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The sun., 1894-11-25
HAMPER1xa THE Ex-Boss MAYOR.
Pat GIesson's Rsiirosd Tied Up By the Ac-
tion OF n Political Foe,

LoNa ISLAND CITY, Nov. GA displaced
rail on ex-Mayor Gleason's electric railway, at
the junction OF Vernon and Borden avenues,
this afternoon resulted in three arrests. and for
a few minutes q riot was imminent The
Stelnway system and Gleason's roads form q
junction at this point on the way to the Thirty
fourth street ferry. For several days the Stein
way company have been repairing their tracks
at this place, and to-day 1t was found necessary
TO tear up one Of the rails on the Gleason sys-
TEN. The rails of each track run parallel with
each other, separated only by three or four
inches. This temporarily crippled the Gleason
road, and q "jigger" made connections be-
tween the ferry and the electric cars wait
ing above the break. Late this after
noon the Gleason men were instructed
to temporarily repair the break in order to have
the road in condition for Sunday traffic. which
Osy heeSy o thu made
for permit to make the necessary repairs
This, he alleges, was refused by ; Sommiss;i9nner me,
that the road would have 10 wait until Monday:
Mr.. Coffey says that Corporation Counsel
Stewart and Mayor Sanford were in favor of
Policemen were on hand when James Mangin
the the rail V despite e. the % Objection OF the { Commits
sioner of Public Works. They had scarcely be-
gun work when an officer charged on them With
their heads. and then placed them under arrest.
The rail was torn up again and thrown aside,
thus breaking the circuit for the electric cars.
Soon after this John Ardin, a driver on the
Gleason road attempted to run his car over the
disjointed place. He was dragged of the car
and also taken to the station house, where all
three men were held accused of a misdemeanor.
Soon several hundred men, among them many
of ex- Mayor Gleason's followers, congregated at
the scene. They seemed In angry mood.
Fearing further trouble, more policemen were
called out. In the mean time Mr.. Gleason noti.
fled his counsel Of what was taking place, and
was advised to attempt no opposition. SO the
Gleason forces were withdrawn, leaving the
break unrepaired.
Mr.. Gleason attributes Mr.. Sharkey's action
TO personal spite. The two bitter political
enemies, and the ex-Mayor asserts that the
Commissioner has frequently shown his per-
sonal feeling by endeayOring to inIure him in
various ways. Had IL been any other day but
Saturday Mr.. Gleason says he would have lost
no time in obtaining n mandamus from the
courts compelling the Commissioner to issue the
permit As IL is he thinks he has very good
action against the city for interfering with the
operating OF his road and he also intends to pre-
fer charges OF assault against the policemen who
arrested his workmcn.
1t is claimed on behalf OF Commissioner
Sharkey that the paralleling OF tracks so close
together is a violation Of the law. but as Gleas-
on's track was laid In that manner during his
term as Mayor no objections were made. Now,
however, since one OF the rails has been torn up,
II is the duty OF the Commissioner Of Public
Works TO prevent another being laid.
The sun., 1894-11-25
4 HANDSOME house DEFACED.
It VIII Take . ChiseI to Remove the Mark .
from Marble and Granite.

Some one either seeking revenge or bent on ma
llcious mischief defaced the front OF Mr.. Isaac j.
Stibel's handsome house. $40 West 103d street,
last Thursday night. At $40 O'Clock Police
man McAvoy passed the house on his way to-
ward West End avenue. At that time there was
no sign of the defacement.
Less than twenty minutes afterward Mr.. Site
bells son Samuel returned home and saw that 9
mixture OF lampblack and turpcntine had been
splashed on tho side of the high stoop and along
the front of the house to a height of twelve feet
over the porte cochere. The granite base Of the
iron fence which runs along the grass plot to
the west. was treated In n similar manner Somo
been smeared in such q way as to destroy Its
beauty.
Young Mr. Stebel ran TO the corner Of West
End avenue and 1O2d street and told Police
man McAvoy, who made II search OF the neigh
bOrhoOd, but no traces OF the culprit could be
found. The house, which is one OF the hand
soonest on the west side, was built about six
years ago by DIR. Marvin 5. Buttlcs, brother
in-law of Judge r. H. Dugru II was bought just
after it, completion by Mr. Sticbel an importer OF
Jlp broadway. The front is of Rutland gray-blue
marble. which Is nearly rs hard ~ granite. The
paint sank deep that tho stains cannot be re-
moved except by chiselling or the face of tho
stone. For two days efforts have been made TO
cleanse tho front with lime, acids, and tur-
pentine.
: Mr.. Stcbel said last night that he could not
imagine the motive for the act. No servants
have been discharged. and he Is sure that no
one whom he had ever employed either in his
house or store would commit such an offence.
The sun., 1894-11-25
THE BABIES, HOSPITAL,
Another House Added to Its Quarters-A
Reception and Congratuiatory Speeches.

Forty-three tots held a housewarming yester-
day afternoon at the Babies Hospital, 657 and
$50 Lexington avenue, and more than 900
people visited the young ones and helped their
white-capped nurses. their Board Of Lady Man
ayers, and their physicians TO celebrate the adj
dition to their quarters.
One baby. three weeks old. who weighs only
80 pounds, did not do much celebrating, but, as
he lay quite still in an incubator and dozed the
afternoon away. unmindful of the gaze of many
curious people, he proved great attraction.
The Babies Hospital has been in existence
since 1887, and owns the house at 657 Lexington
avenue. The managers have Just rented $50
and the two houses have been renovated and
turned into one, with the result that many more
patients can be accommodated. Both houses
were well filled at o'clock yesterday afternoon,
when the Rev. DIR. Henry J. Van Dyke OF the
Brick Presbyterian Church offered prayer to
open the proceedings of the day.
He was followed by T. T.. Satterthwaite, NJ D.
President of the Board of Directors OF the insti-
tuition, who gave an address of welcome. DR.. L..
Emmett Holt, the hospitals attending physician
read the medical report. DIR. A. jacob. repre-
senting the Board Of Consulting Physicians
read an address, and then Bishop Potter spoke
. Almost all OF the wards have been furnished
by individuals, and the rent of the new house il
TO be paid by Mrs. w. Seward Webb and few
other ladies.
The sun., 1894-11-25

New BRUNSWICK, Nov. 24.-There was Q
brilliant wedding at st. Johns Protestant Epis-
copal Church this morning when Mrs. Charlotte
J. Shepard married to Malcolm Clark
Warner of New York. Mrs Shepard Is n
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Riverius Marsh of
Livingston avenue. Through her mother. who
was Miss Julia ID. Hempstead the bride is de-
scended from Sir Robert Hampstead. who came
from England with John Winthrop. to whom.
as Governor of the colony OF Massachusetts,. he
was legal adviser. The bridegroom Is a son OF
Judge Donald J. Warner of Salisbury. Conn.
For some years he has been identified with
the Wholesale carpet business in New York and
philadelphia, and Is now connected with the L.
$: Higgins Carpet Company. The wedding took
place at hilf past o'clock. the Rev. G. F. Phelps
officiating. The bride came In on the arm OF
her father. She wore gray travelling suit and
carried La France roses. Mr.. Henry b. Brow
nell OF New York. a classmate OF the bridegroom
In Trinity College, acted as best man. Mr.. and
Island.
The sun., 1894-11-25

Mrs. Peterseu N, with Her Chiidrer, Were o..
the Ocean when Peterson wss Killed.

Mrs. Peterse N, with Her Chiidrer, Were o.
the Ocean When Peterson Was Killed.
Mrs. Olaf Pet ersen and her two children from
Arndel, Norway. were passengers ON the Bremen
steamer slavonia. which arrived at her pier In
Ioboken yesterd ay morning.
Mrs Petersen e xpected TO meet her husband,
but she looked arc und for him in vain. Friends
were there to me st other passengers, and as
Mrs Petersen saw them go away one after the
other her distress adj anxiety increased. She
questioned employers of the steamship COM
pany and others on the pier, but could
body piticd her. Fina ly a young man named
pohl. an employee of the New Jersey Transfee
Company. asked her II she had any baggage
that she wanted taken way, She told him thai
not know where sho was going until be arrived.
On learning that her husbands name was
Olaf Petersen, Pohl RENE mbered having read in
the papers that a man OF that name had been
crossing of the Erie Rail way last Tues
day. Mrs. Petersen said her husbandwas
and he became convinced that he was Mrs
Petersens husband. As. gently as possible he
communicated his belief to Mrs. Petersen, and
Willow avenue, Iloboken, where Petersen had
boarded. They arrived at the house short time
before the hour fixed for Petersens funeral:
The scene was heartrending when the widow
recognized her husbands face In the casket.
Pastor Schre Of the scandinavian Trinity
Church after n time succeeded In persuading
the bereavcd woman 70 allow the funeral SER
Of the widow and the children until she decides
what to do.
Petersen came TO this country seven years
ago. He sent remittances regularly to his wife,
and about six weeks ago sent for her and tho
children to Join him.
The sun., 1894-11-25
ALMOST BROKE UP IN Il RIOT.
A Very Lively Meeting Last Night or the
South Orange Tow nshiP Committee.


south Orange Township Committee.
SOUTH ORANGE, Nov. 24.-The South Orange
Township Committee held most exciting
special meeting tonight 1t had been called TO
consider the proposition of Committeeman
Clinton f. Brush, backed by petition signed
by ninety-two of the townsfolk, TO add J. Frank
Fort TO the counsel in tho of the township
against the former Collector. Moses =. Smith.
The present counsel In the case Col. Ed
ward Livingston Price OF Newark and John II. .
MeeKer of South Orange. IL was the sense OF
the taxpayers present at the session tonight
that the petition reflected on the present coun-
sci, and II was furthe thought that two lawyers
were enough To prosecute the case.
While the meeting was In progress Charles
II. Taylor, a member of the Maplewood Improve
ment Society, made whispered remarks regard
ing some OF the persons who stood near him.
The persons referred to took umbrage at these
remarks and went for Mr.. Taylor. Odicer John
q, Johnson. who used to be a professor at Seton
Hall College, was the only policeman in the
room, and when he tried 70 arrest the men he
was handled very roughly. For time it
seemed as though there would be FREQ fight,
but the officer finally got one prisoner out on the
sidewalk.
Then the meeting was brought TO order by
Chairman Fogle. who mounted table and be-
sought the citizens to keep the peace. The ma
jOrity OF those present were very indignant at
the insinuations made against Col Price and
Mr.. Meeker, and when the Township Committee
declined TO take any action on the petition there
was great applause.
The sun., 1894-11-25
DENOUNCING THE MASSACRE.
why New York Armenians Dare Not Give
Their Full Names.

The members of the various Armenian soci-
etes in New York met last night over Roster q
Balls old music hall in West Twenty-third
street to protest against the massacre of Ar
menian Christians by the Kurdish brigands.
Most Of the speakers would give only their
Christian names. They said that II they gave
their full names the papers would be forwarded
to Constantinople, and tho Sultan would take
revenge ON their relatives.
The hall was hung with black flags, on which
were printed such inscriptions as "Reyengel
Blood has been shed!' Vengeance! No liberty
without blOOdw
ON the street at the entrance tn the hall was
black flag On which were painted two revOlvers
Another flag bore the inscription: Down with
Turkish rule in Armenia" On the platform two
rifles were stacked against each other. There
WAS also painting OF Armenia, represented as
n beautiful woman weeping. The Chairman OF
the meeting was =. MOurat -. Some OF his
relatives are at present imprisoned In Turkey.
After lac had denounced tho recent massacre,
similar speeches were made by Arsham An
donian, NJ. Elias, Abraham lialabOn, DR.. =.
Apkarion, and Dr. n. X. Theodorian. During
the intervals between the speeches the audience
sang American national songs.
The sun., 1894-11-25

away Ard now the CLARK township farmers
are willing To exchange several bushels Of any
thing grown in the settlement for an eXpedient
TO get rid OF the black nuisnnces
The fame OF the ruost Is spreading throughout
the country, md hunting parties come In every
night and PICK OF dozen or so OF the crows.
IL rs good sport, but seems to make no difference
in the size OF tho flock. Parties Of men and
women also drive over from Elizabeth and
PlainHeld at dusk every evening TO watch tn.
worth a trip 10 Clark township TO see. Tie
shooting parties are increasing nightly, but IA
Jerry Gray's half sisters grandson says:
"They al At none of them done what old Jerry
did. an don't expect ter ever see the like In
these times7
The sun., 1894-11-25
Aa Ontario .ud ws..sru BraHeh.

KISGsTON, Nov. ~ The Ontario and West
ern Railroad Company has definitely located Its
route for the Ellenyille branch from Ellenville
toNaDanOch and the Eastern state Reformatory.
The new railroad will be built the east side OF
the Delaware and Hudson Canal. II Is expected
that work will be commenced on or about Jan. 4.
Sufgeys have also heen made down the ROndOut
Valley for further extension to Alligervills
and Greek Locks, the latter place being within
ten miles Of this city. This will he built II the
managers OF the Ontario and Western Railroad
are satisfied that enough business can be Sc
cured 10 warrant the eXtensiOn.
The sun., 1894-11-25
Open evenings 10 10 o'clock until Jan, |, '95,
MANSFIELD BEFoRE THE CURTAIN.
He Bids Farewell TO BoSton In n Humor-
Gus and Sarcastic speech.


BOSTON, Nov. 24.-Mr. Richard Mansfield was
in sarcastic frame of mind tonight when, at
the close of the performance Of " DIR. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde" in response to repeated calls, ho
came before the curtain and said:
"Only my regard for you could persuade me
ever again to make any remarks before the cur
tain. My duty is to the public, but have been
reminded by one of the Boston papers that the
calls for me to speak were ironical. Now, I
have no desire to be made fun OF,
and can sec no reason why you
should call me eight or nine times merely in fun.
l am afraid there so many gentlemen in
Boston who say something when they talk that
they object to have any one else speak who says
nothing, as I am doing now. l thank you
with all my heart for your kind recep-
tion. I shall not be in Boston again
for long time. Ihave made up my mind that
/ should like to be regarded with rs much
favor as those attractions which you honor
not to appear again in this city until | am
as good as they are. As that time Will prob
ably never come l shall doubtless not see
you again. Notwithstanding your magnificent
patronage l have not realized as much as
Mr.. Irving did in his engagement, which
can actor is under much greater expense
than the English actor and the scenery
that Is built In England does not cost half
so much as the scenery that Is built In America.
am trying to save up money. to build theatre
Of my own, and any small contributions
will always think Of me as kindly rs think Of
YOU"
The sun., 1894-11-25
Pa,rlek Km.. STRUCK BY a Trorr.y.

Patrick Killen. who swept the switches and
curves of the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad
Company for quarter Of a century, and was re-
tained BY the Consolidated Traction Company
when 1t leased the road and established the
trolley system, was struck by a trolley yester-
day at West side avenue and Montgomery
street and received injuries which may prove
l"thi; lie was lhNcn 10 the tlty Hospital,
lie was out IA all kinds uf weather aud the con-
stant exposure had made him brown and l,riE-
Zltd, ana bending over 50 much had curved his
back 90 that he MAS unable 10 stand erect. ID
was said Of him that lac was the only person not
excepting the President OF the COMPANY who
had the privilege Of riding on the cars without
paying or showing pass. his little broom And
grease pot were his passport
The sun., 1894-11-25
DIvoRCEs IN oKLhHoMA.
Many New YORK Gases BEING Considered
Thsre-Soue Decisions.


There-Some Deeisions.
PERRY. Oklahoma. Nov. 24.-The divorce suit
OF Mrs Florence Wilkes, wife Of George wilkes
Of New York, was en- trial to-day. Lack Of con-
geniallty caused the suit which Mrs. Wilkes has
brought. The suit was filed three months ago,
and on Monday, unless something unforeseen
prevents, Mrs. Wilkes will probably obtain the
decree.
The list Of divorce suits in the district court
here contains more than q dozen New York
cases. DIR. Edmond Moff1tt of New York has
taken up his residence in Perry for three months
to get divorce from his wife, Margaret.
In his petition for divorce DIR. Moffitt says he
was married in November, 1872, and he and
his wife separated in April, 1893. The Doctor
says he has six children. lie alleges that she
was cruel TO him. and. further, that she set his
children against him. He further says that his
wife circulated scandalous reports about him,
and DETAINED hls good name in many ways. lie
also declares that his wife, in ilt OF anger,
threw butcher knife at him. ~
To all this Mrs. Moffitt files counter petition
and denials. She says DR. Months mother is
rich, and tho Doctor and his mother want To get
rid OF her. She says her eldest son earns for her
anvelihood, and that the Doctor Will not sup
FORT her She brings with her into court some
papers from New York, and shows that the Doc
tor has been put under bonds to support her.
Mary NJ. stanton is another New YORK
husband. i. T. stanton. In her declaration pa
pers Mrs. stanton says that she and Patrick
stanton were married In New York on Feb. 90.
1887, and from tho first days Of their marriage
he treated her cruelty. On one occasion, she
says, her husband came Into her room while she
was saying her evening prayers and took her by
the hair and throat and pulled her about the
room, making threats of murder
Emanuel Il. Marco obtained n divorce yester-
day from his wife Rosa. lie said that he was
married in 1898. in ST. Andrews Church. New
York, and that his wife was cruel to him.
neRlectful Of him, and that she kept company
with evil women and fllrted with men.
Mrs. Clara Dawson Of Brooklyn obtained
divorce yesterday from James II. Dawson. Her
father is reported rich Her grounds were
cruelty.
The late decision OF the Supreme Court made
null and void many OF the divorces that had
already been granted in probate court. but the
same were filed at once in district court, and
they are being heard every day.
There are many cases on the docket from
Ohio. Illinois, New York and other States, and
people are coming in every day. All the courts
Of Oklahoma are crowded. Oklahoma is known
as the land of easy divorces.
The sun., 1894-11-25
THE SUGAR SCANDAL WITNESSES.
Demurrers to the Indictments Against the
Two Newspaper Correspondents.


wAsHINGToN, Nov. 24.-Demurrers to tho
indictments against the two newspaper corre-
spondents, John s. Shriver of the New York
Maj and Express and f. Jay Edwards of the
Philadelphia Press who refused to answer ques-
tions as TO the source Of their information as TO
the Sugar Trust scandal before the Senate in-
vestigatlng committee, were filed to-day by
Judge A. J. Dittenhoefer. their counsel The
day for the arguments In the case has not been
set.
The demurrers are alike, and assert that the
Senate had no power to compel the defendants
to answer questions; that Shriver and Edwards
did not refuse to answer questions pertinent to
the subject matter under inquiry; that no In
dctment against them can be maintained
until the Senate has passed on the ques-
tions asked. and determined whether. they
are pertinent to the inquiry; that II Shriver
and Edwards had answered the ques-
tions asked they might have incriminated
themselves; that answers might have tended to
degrade them in exposing private, confidential.
and privileged communications; that the law
under which the prosecutions were brought Is
unconstitutional, and that the criminal courts
have no Jurisdiction In the matter. The demur-
rers conclude with plea that the indictments
may be dismissed.
The sun., 1894-11-25
An Amateur Conductor.

1t must be a pleasant thing for young man
who likes leading a band to indulge this am
btion in large music hall, with trained
musicians 10 follow his baton, and lots of nice
girls in the boxes TO listen and applaud. Mr..
Elliott Schenck, with an orchestra OF musicians
selected from the symphony Orchestra, gave
himself this pleasure last night at Carnegie
Hall, and from the results of his efforts it can
not be decided that leading bands IA n
practice which should be harshly denied 10
young men. II is less likely to injure them than
actual participation in a flying wedge, and IL
possesses less risk than cross country riding. To
be at once a leader and composer complcates
the situation, but IL will be seen that this is not
the most dreadful thing in the world as the
writing OF comic librettos might be added 10
these. ~
Mr.. Schenck had an amiable audience Of
friends, who appauded his compositions IA well
as the works lie directed. Two of his compost
Olive Schreiners THE Lost JOY" and il can,
not be said that this is piece likely
10 restore joy 10 anybody or create any
particular pleasure on its own account. The r,-
mama IN Schumann's minor symphony ap-
pears 10 have been as largely part Of the COM
poser Inspiration as any suggestion from south
Africa There was also an overture, Pcrseus
"Siegfried" music. and dragon that
labored through the trombones, In addi.
tlon 10 these pieces there were compositions
by Beethoven, Schubert, Massenet. Wagner
and such composers. Mr.. Schrnck directed
them and seemed To enjoy il. IL was his CON
nobody elses affair. Nine. dc Bcridez sang an
aria from " La GioCOnda" and the seguidillC
from Carmen" She Is an agreeable mezzO Of
ample voice and energetic method
The sun., 1894-11-25

A Man Who Escorted Hin Home Locked
Up as His AssaiIant.

John J. Worthylake OF 425 First avenue was
taken yesterday TO Bellevue Hospital TO be
treated for injuries on the head for which he
can account only in the vaguest way. Last
Sunday. according to the story told by his wife,
he went out early in the morning to get some
eggs. He returned soon afterward with the eggs
and went out again almost Immediately.
He did not return until late In the afternoon,
when he was brought home in a dazed condition
by g.. w. FentOn OF 397 First avenue. He could
not give any account OF himself. where he had
been or what he had done. He said he had not
been in any quarrel and that no one had struck
him.
When Coroner Fitzpatrick took his ante
mortem statement he hinted that Fenton had
struck him, but Fenton denied it. Coroner
Fitzpatrick said yesterday that lie did not think
Fenton had struck Worthylakc. Fenton is
tion. He says he saw Worthylake staggering
along the street and took him home. Worthy
lakes condition is critical.
The sun., 1894-11-25
PREACHER o,coNNE1L LOCKED UP.
Surrendered by HIS Bondsman. Against
Whose wife He Had Testified.

Timothy O'Connell, the Baptist preacher, who
was held In the Harlem Police Court on Friday
under $500 bonds for having assaulted o little
ten-year-old girl. was surrendered yesterday by
his bondsman, Philip J. Kelly, whose wife his
testimony had helped to send to the island for
habitual drunkenness. O'Connell was arrested
in the Bowery and locked up in the Oak street
station house. ..
Mr.. O'Connell has been my guest" said Mr..
Kelly, subsequently, -" for some time, and, al
quently, did not believe that the charges made
against him were true. However. to-day, when
/ saw him going about In a state that looked to
me like one bordering ON delirum tremens, in
front Of so New Bowery. i thought the best
thing tn be done was to surrender him."
O'Connell, as he was being taken to a cell In
the Oak street station after being arraigned at
tho Scrgeant's desk. declared that he was min
ister of the Episcopal Church, and that he was
an innocent man; He offered his watch and
chain to Sergeant McNally security for
penses to be betrayed for u message to his
lawyer.