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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-23
BURGLAR SHOTIN MONTMOoR
FOUND DEAD ON THE ROAD Nor FAR
IRON THE SMITHS aRoOERH.

He Had Fanep After David Saith Hsd Fired
Ballet lnto hts Rrsis re wss
GsttisG out OF wisasw-His Career.
NTAcK. N Y. Aprfl PA bullet in the brain
put an end this morning to the existence OF
Hugo Willis one OF the most notorious bur
glars known in Roekland county. or upper
New Jersey in many years
At about 2:30 o'clock this morning q noise
was heard in the grocery OF Smith Brothers at
Montmoor By David Smith. one OF the firm.
who sleeps overhead. Getting his pistol. Mr..
Smith went carefully down the back stairs
unlocked the kitchen door, and walked eau
tiously out into the yard where he kept a
large dog. He united the animal and. getting
lantern from the barn. walked around to the
trout OF the store
As he reached that point he saw large
burly form coming out OF the window. He
hrsd and the man set out to run down the
turnpike leading to Nysek. and was lost sight
Of. Eugene Blauvslt q milkman. who came
along at that time stopped his horses. and
went through the grocery with Mr.. Smith to
see II any other thieves were secrsted inside.
Several neishbors who heard the pistol shot
II was found that the man had broken two
then raised the sash so he. couid enter. 10th.
Ing had been taken from the store as the thief
nhu uOuntlese Deen checked In dis WORK by
hearing Mr.. Smith around. No trace of the
pistol shot could be found about the building.
90 4 was unknown At that time whether the
bullet had struck anywhere or not
Milkman Blspyelt started on down on his
hundred yards below the grocery he saw :
jumped out Of his wagon and found that the
man was dead. On turning him over he saw
blood Issuing from his mouth. and recognized
him as hugo Willis Of Montmoor. The shot
fired By Mr.. Smith had passed through his
mouth and entered the brain. Coroner Acker-
son Of Rockland Lake was notified. and took
Wiilis's career was filled with crime By
trade he was . rustic.chair maker, and he
could have realized good living from that
source had he chosen. He had many different
lodges In the way OF begging. and frequently
obtained money By his lies and receptions
from innocent and unsuspectinR people Of this
place. few months ago ne com pleted term
In the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton.
A number OF crimee were committed In
this region. and Willis was believed to
be the guilty party. but the evidence
Not long ago the Post once at spsrkill was
articles taken were found In Willis's house.
HI is believed to have robbed the schoo house
at Blauyeltyille since his release from Tren-
ton. and It 10 almost certain that he had a part
In q number OF burglaries com n. tilted In this
place and vicinity within the last few years.
Willis leaves q wife and two children. who
are considered honest and bark working. Two
other children died . few months age Of
diphthsrta
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rRaSs HEN FOUND DRoHHHn.
Ous IN the Atlantic Bssis. Oss IN the Eas
River. and Oas In the Harlem.

One In the Atlantic Bssis. Oss In the East
River. and Oas In che Harlem.
A man was found drowned In the Atlantis
Basin. at the foot Of Summit street. Brooklyn.
yesterday morning. He was about feet q
inches tall. OF light complexion and light hair.
and wore dark clothes On one OF his Gun but
tons was the letter A A piece Of paper with
the address T. r. Larsen. BAT Third avenue.
between Twenty-ifth and Twsnty-sixth
streets New York" was found in one Of his
pocketA The body was sent to the Morgus.
Charles Christensen. who rooms at the
above address. accompanied Mr.. Larsen to
the Brooklyn Morgue yesterday afternoon.
but neither recognized the body As that Of any
person he bad ever seen before. Mr.. Chris
Hansen. however. recognized the piece OF pa
per as one he had given to person he had cas-
where he could hire room. 1t had probably
been transferred to the man who was drowned.
The body Of q man about AZ years old. OK
feet tall with sandy hair. was found In the
Harlem River at the foot OF 130th street early
Yesterday morning. IL was dressed In black
cutaway coat. black and brown striped trou-
sere. black velvet waistcoat. and black over
coat On the left forearm were tattooed the
letters d. II. and shield,
Another body was found in the mud OF the
East River at the foot of Twenty ninth street
yesterday morning. II had been in tho water
about a year and Is supposed TO be that Of Q
man who was drowned where the body was
found while unloading iron from q canal boat
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Grand total accounted for. .........

In a supple entary report President and
Receiver lose ph & Harris. under date Of April
H. saya that tho receiyers' certificates out
standing amount to So. 100000 and the float
ing debt Is -. 10000. and makes the follow
ing statement:
To obtain the means to take up the re-
ceivers certificates and the floating Indebted
ness 1t will be necessary to pledge all OF the
available securities. and, unless there should
be an Improvement In business. the net earn
tngs Of the company will not suffice to pay
both the general mortgage interest and the
equipment notes Most OF the Car Trust GER
tincates are secured By the deposit OF an equal
amount OF general mortgage bonds and
need not be here taken into oonsidera-
uon. As payments are made on account
OF the equipment. the equity so acquired
By the company passes under the general
mortgage and adds to its security. while with
out the use OF all the equipment now upon the
road the business OF the company could not be
properly conducted. Ii Is consequently to the
interest otthe general mortgage bondholdsrs
that the title to the equipment should be pro-
tected and the accruing payments In some
manner provided for. Various schemes have
been suggested and deliberately discussed with
the friends OF the company. but as yet no plan
has been formulated which the management
has felt warranted In ering to the considera-
ton Of the security holders. The subject Is
under constant consideration. and It is hoped
that at an early day some method OF adjust
ment may be agreed upon which will secure
the approval and cooperation otthe stockhold-
srs and creditors OF the COMPANY"
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SS.E: Col and Mr. and Mr.. o.ru,A o, New

o6sT: Co.. and Nj. and Mrs c.ruth Of New
The Perrin spring fair, which va. iotsndsd
20 supplant the famous Faster fair in icipsie,
nas proved failure, The Td5ebldH says In AZ
the American buyers were most conspicuous
by their abeence Most Of them went 10 Lain
Hcl where trade was az active as ever The
tair COMMITTEES here II now in such A hot
quarrel over arrangements and expenses that
iss msmbers probably will not care TO repeat
Catholics expect that Berlin will soon be
made diocese with Dr. Fahnel as Bishop
The Australian Bishop OF Olm0tz will be re-
eelyed BY Emperor William In Potsdam on
NAY .. Part 81 his diocese lies In Prussia and
hence ne Will appear before the Emperor in
the capacity OF Prussian prelate
,,preparatl9ns for the Berlin industrial Exhi-
from local merchants and manuiactursrs
many persons In all parts Of the EN- pire are
arranging TO make exhibits.
Inc Paris dsiltes are circulating various
cansrds concerning the prospect OF q disarms-
ment conference. Emperor William II said to
favor such conference aud to have sug1 eetsd
some new plan Of reducing armies 10 the Car
and Emperor Franz Josef. All this lie nom
sShse, without shadow OF foundation in fact.
me Chancelor. when requested to make an
omcial denial OF the Paris stories, replied that
incl, were too ridiculous to be noticed.
a despatoh from Warsaw says that 213 per-
sons were arrested there about q week ago for
taxing part In the KllinskI oentenni cefebrs-
tlon They were released after having been
10 Siberia W."
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HISS M'DoNALD's RAkoR.
She Had Heard That Mrs. BIakeIy Was
Interfering In Her Love Affairs.

She Had Heard That Mrs.. BIakeIy Was
Interfering In Her Love Affairs.
Mamie Mcdonald. . young colored woman
who lives at 800 Flushing avenue. williams
hurgh. learned a week ago that Mrs Annie
Blakely. also eolored. OF l08 Gwinnett street
was trying to induce Edward Williams. Miss
McDonald's sweetheart, to abandon her. She
called on Mrs. BlAksly and warned her against
meddling In her love affairs. Mrs BlakeIy,
after telling her she would do as she pleased,
ordered her out Of the house. When the girl
left she threatened to be rsVenged. On Friday
boy told Mrs Blskely that Miss Mcdonald had
big razor up her sleeve and was going to cut
Mrs. Blakely's heart out Mrs. Blakely did not
60 out OF her house that day. nor on Saturday.
Some relatives called on. her Saturday night
out for a can OF beer. Before going to a saloon
she looked up and down the street to see II
from the saloon and when within ten yards OF
her house she felt something on her shoulder
and sbs turned 1sscsai sb s5Oand
open razor in her hand. The latter threw her
left hand around Mrs. Blakely and tried. It Is
BiStely dropped the can and threw up her
right arm 20 ward on the blow. The razor cut
deep into the arm. When Mrs BlAkely began
TO scream the girl tried to sttie her cries with
her hand and made another attempt to cut her
throat
Several negroes, ran TO Mrs. BlakelJ's assist
Ance. and then her AssailAnt ran away. The
injured woman was yery weak from loss OF
blood when an ambulance arrived After her
rooms. Fairly yesterday morning Miss Me-
Donald was arrested At her home. She ex.
pressed no regret at what she hal done and
hadn't killed Mrs. BIaSsiy' She repeatsd her
remarks when she was aftsIward Arralgned In
molly ,remanded her until to-day on a charge OF
felonIous assault.
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cARr lEKoRp TO PROVE TEE VIII.
Sergeant BIs,r wouid es, sss.ooo " N.
Haa = rev Hnsarsds 20 Srsrs.

Sergeant Bisir vvouid Get sas, eco " ne
Nae = rev Hussrsds 20 spsr..
Police Sergeant William Blair became heir
to SOS. 900 or more By IN eldesth Of his uncle.
Lewis r. Blair. the Astor House barber but
on account OF the peculiar laws which affect
the probating OF Wills In this State he will be
unable to get this inheritance unless he can
raise money enough to paJ the expenses Of
the witnesses for the relatives who have given
notice that they will contest the will
The property ronsists Of about 500 900 In
real estate and s25.o in cash. to be divided
among ten persons. Sergeant Blair II an ex-
ecutor as we'll asa legstee. but owing to the
contest brought By the other benefcisries and
q number Of the late BARRIERS relatives who
live In the northern part Of the State. the en-
tire estate has been placed In the hands OF n J.
Scanlan as temporary adm illustrator. Section
1872 OF the Civil Code Of Procedure states that
the TEN porary administrator must deposit all
funds Of an estate in his care with trust COM
psny. and he may not spend any funds from
the estate except for funeral expenses. or
referees or stenographer'sf fees. Section 1918
says:
ANY party who contests the probate Of = will may
By motto. died With IN. suIros.t. any tim. beio.
the subscribing witnessed, to written WILL or Of any
s.d may ): m..i. in 1hles 1 Sss sst IL .ueS vi
and abb. 20 ,..T n mus, ). :. .s.n p competent
In the contest over the will Of the late Jesse
Hoyt, ex-surroRate kollin. CAV. It as his
opinion that the duty to produce the with esses
devolyss upon the prepayment. "A executor Of
Blair to Propcne the will to the Surrogate.
Sergeant Blair being. as he asserts, man OF
small means. with his salary as his only
means OF support. Is unable to produce the
ten or twenty witnesses from MP the State. as
he cannot AFFORD to pay their expenses to and
In this city. He cannot secure any money
law Clear to The Iii. that Tie ss&pors .as
administrator IL entitled to pay.
Lawyer James Q'Neill who 10 Sergeant
1t IL a great misiortune Tor poor man to
unable 70 raise $500 or goo ). ssnnqs s get the
cessfullJ contested. Blair will get that much.
Of certain ethsrS u ot the Sens s iimef
hertz and they ean sord r to pas s0R the
Transportation OF their witnesses. Blair as
. poor man cannot But the most absurd
point OF all IL that the law REQUIRES the execu-
witnesses. but of all tho contestants. II Blair
cannot borrow enough money to do this the
estate will remain In the hands OF the admin
istrator until II 10 eaten up by fees and litiga-
ton. or until the law 10 changed"
Lawyer " Neill added that hs hoped the at
tention OF the Legislature would be called to
this state OF Affairs. SO that the law could be
altered.
:, The case came up before Surrogate Arnold on
Friday. when LAWYER ONeill moved for an al.
the Witnesses At the time he m ade the mo-
tton he said he knew the Surrogate could not
grant the allowance, but he wanted to go on
OF the law. Surrogate Arnold reserved de-
cision.
don't see how he can. as the law is absolutely
clear"
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ILNxEL oBsEFTEs THE PAssoIxn.
Takes the strsagsr's Seat ana villas =
Point sehBulevtteh.

Takes the Strangers Seat ana villas =
Point on sebnuleviteh.
Upon the evening OF the irst day Of Passover
the Seder must be said The family gather
around the supper table. and the father repeats
the story Of the mercy Of Jehovah In passing
over the children odIsrael In His wrath. and a
the proper intervals the wine glass IL drained
and the other details Of the ceremony are OBJ.
served.
1t is custom upon this evening to leave one
seat at the table vacant and to place before 10
q glass Of wine and plate hesped with food.
and then to open the door so that the stranger
may enter and appeass his hunger. In the
drama and fiction OF eastern Europe the
stranger often enters-psrhaps he IL long,
lost son or . discarded lover-but in actual Life
It happens rarely that the strangers seat II
filled. On Friday night. however. IL happened.
and the way Of II. In schmulevitch's own words.
schmqis one on the east side
street. last night eating euiash. and arinnins
from ear to ear. .
.sloar }aaS hssSPz ne S.s sst'd
.HTy sa2el oef.q tseurb snGT my
WisnlwIes bought him N outss ana told him
ass; 6.%s: ,eid e e home: sought him si
FIRST day he was arrested. That was on FRI
day. l paid his ine-S3 think OF it-and T
himself. He was no business man. He was
not smart He was q fool. / could not sup
port him. 30 Yankel took his bundle and
went away.
AT supper. I said the seder. put whole
roast chicken on plate and filled glass with
auart-and then opened the door and asked
the stranger to come in. | did not sec any
hear somebody in the hallway say. Walt 9
min ute, Sch m ulevitch' and then-what do YOU
chicken. What could I say7 Not Q word.
What tcould my wife sayl Not Q word.
the whole chicken up.
when think Of that now. II makes me
man some day. yet Hey z"
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They Mean TO Secure the Defeat ofthe WILL
son Hill n II Is Possible.

son Bill II H Possible.
NEW ORLEANS. April 22.-Ths sugar planters
are not satisfied with the Wilson bill In its
present shape and believe It will not afford the
protection desired By them. A conference will
be held here on Saturday to decide as to the
best policy to be pursued and whether or not
Q convention shall be called. Mr.. James MUIR
ply. President OF the Sugar Exchange. who Ia
leader In this movement. says that IL 10 i'm
possible to raise sugar with profit under the
Wilson bill He holds that the bounty Is
preferable. that II is . contract which the Gov
eminent OF It's own volition made with the
planters and which Il ought to carry out. Mr..
Murphy holds that the Wilson bill can DO de-
fsated. and says:
Tho votes Of the two Louisiana Senators To-
gsther with votes Of the four Populist Senators
and the republicans. would give the opponents
OF the Tariff bill forty-thrse votes. while all
the Others com binsd would be unable to
muster but forty-two leaving q majority OF
one necessary to defeat 1t. In the event Of the
convention: the sugar people will ask Senators
missed, to vote against the Wilson bill. It is
said that II We do not take the present or pro-
posed duty or schedule. that We will have to
take 1t any way. and that II Is better to put up
iieve in such policy. think we can get more,
and We ought TO have It Sugar is q nationai
staple and the United States ought to make
all the sugar necessary for the home markets
bounty system the American sugar Industry
has been placed upon its feet We understand
pounds to the acre Of land. The Industry has
other law or system of protection would en-
courage II
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moKRIsroWNs COUNTRY CLUE
IL May Opea It's FIeturssqueIy Situated
House DseoraiIos Day.

Il May ops. It's FIetur..sueIy Situated
House On Dseorstios Day.
Morristown. the home OF many OF New York's
business men. Is to have . country club At
. meeting held on April 10 the Morris County
Golf and Country Club was organized. and
the following Board OF Managers was elected:
Miss Rowland. Mrs. Louis A. ThebAud. Mrs
Thomas C Bushnell. Mira George B. Raymond
Mira D. Willis James. Mrs. Fl. Mex. Twombly
Mrs. Robert F. BallAntine. Mrs. W. Roscoe
Lyon. Mrs Richard II. Williams. Mrs. W. ALI
ston Flagg. Mrs. @. G. FrelinHhuyssn. Miss F.
L. Hopkins. Mrs Charles scribnsr. Mrs Mar
maduke Tilden. Mrs. Rudolph H. Kisssl. Mrs.
ElehATd 4. MeCGrdy. Msn Charles Bradley.
Susan de +. Day. and Mrs Robert II. McCurdy.
The officers elected for the year we're: Miss
HowlAnd, President; Mrs. II. Mex. Twombly
Vice President: Mrs. William Shipper Re-
cording Secretary; Miss Field. Cores pond ding
Secretary; Mrs. Charles Bradley Treasurer.
The club house will be on very pretty piece
OF property. adjoining . curious and famous
depression IN which b from tine immsnorial has
golf course there will be tennis courts and
eroquet ground. II is expected that tho club
house will be opened on Decoration DAy.
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The Same Saloons Open that Have Bssa
OPea for the Last Five Sundays.

The same Saloons Open that Have Bssa
Open for the Last Five Sundays.
Mayor Schisren's reform movem emit In Brook
Ign does not In any way please the members
of the Brooklyn Temperance League Tho
league held m seting yesterday afternoon IN
Bradbury Hall In willoughby street. near Ray
mond. 1t was presided over by A. II. Walker.
who In opening the Meeting said:
Here We are again for the same purpose
that We have met In the past and here are the
reports OF the saloons that are open to-day
the same saloons that have been open for the
past i've SundayA There Is no change In our
city affairs As regards the violation OF the ex-
else laws. We have had . reason for going
over the same ground for five weeks. and these
reports have been sent to Mayor schieren
every week and he has asked the police Cap
Mr.. Walker then read out the numbers Of
fifty saloons which had been reported as open
and doing business, The Chairman wound up
his remarks by saying that all the association
wanted OF Mayor schieren was that no perform
his duty. Col. Alexander 8. Bacon said that
II Mayor Sehieren strictly enforced the laws
his name would be placed upon the tablets OF
fame. but Il he lacked backbone this would be
The most dangerous man" said Col. Bacon,
is a good man. What very good men Mayor
Whitney and Mayor Boody were! I'd rather
have . decent man in the Mayors chair than a
good man without any back bone"
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PERsECUIED BY BOYS

Lifs .. the Chase Hos.ehoia Nsas hEi,.rs-
bic By Gs.g OF Misehisvous Tsupester-.
Frank NJ. Chase. . publisher. and his wife.
who live at All West Thirty-third street. have
been at odds with the boys Of the neighbor-
hood for several months Two years ago the
house was owned and occupied By . DR..
Meyera who sold II because he couldn't get
along with the boys Mr. Chase was not ieno-
rant OF the unpleasant relations which had
existed between the physician and the young
sters whom he moved into the neighborhood.
Il was always fond OF children" he told Dr.
Meyers. aud I am glad to know that there
are lots OF them around here. We shall get
along eapitally together"
Or. Meyers shook his head incredulously and
went his war. This conversation took place
two years ago. Mr.. Chase says now that he
will sell his house for $500 less than he paid
for IT,
There's . big gang OF them. and they are
positively the worst boys ever knew" said
he yesterday. They assemble in front Of the
house at sll times OF the day and call my wife
dow Al nsht they I ring s he bell and then yell
at the servant who opens the door"
us About week ago Mr. Shss ,s and ne wife
who had called to see them. suddenly there
was heard peculiar humping against the
and this was Toll owed by the piercing shrisf 81
an animal In pain. The guests looked alarmed.
and Mrs. Chase grew pale with anger.
Those boys again" said Mr.. chase jump
Ing from his chair and running to the door.
He found a large black cat hanging By It's tail
from the knob OF the door. Its cries Of pain
were so loud that several policemen came to
Ths handle of the bell had been pulled out
IA plug inserteiy so that there was an In
cessAnt ringing Mr.. Chase reported the mat
ter at the " est Thirty-seventh street police
station. and was inform cd that the boys would
be kept In order In the future.
On Thursday night while Mrs Chase was
standing In the lower hall. the head Of an UNI
brella came crashing through the glass panel
OF the front door. Her appearance at the door
was greeted by q howl OF dertsion from o
crowd OF urchins In the street Mr.. Chase
chased the boys several blocks without suc-
cess. The crisis had come. however. and on
Friday he obtained o summons from Justice
McMahon for two OF the boys, They were
William luigley OF All West Thirty-street
ana William Coyle OF 413 West Thlrty:third
street. They appeared in Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday morning. 1t was DIM
cult to make specific charge against them.
Both OF them denied that they had thrown the
missile through the panel Of the door. They
said that tho Chase family was not popular
with the young people In the neig borhood.
Mrs, Chase had frequently thrown dirty water
on them from an upper window.
Justice McMahon. after trying to patch up Q
truce between the boys and the Glasses. dis
missed the complaint.
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sl..n,r. Alo.r N.uroa.al..a.

ST. JoHS's, NJ. April 22.-Ths British steam
er Silvia from New York for PlAeentiA. n. F..
which went ashore At PlAesntiG yesterday.
warped OIL safely at high tide last night The
damaSeto her is yerJ slight and she Is making
no water. About 300 tons OF cargo we're dis
charged into sehoonsrs 10 tighten her sum.
eiently. she will come here to be surveys
and oysThauled-
The ice Iloek ade was driven on a few miles
TODAY. The steamer tlundA got away alter
waiting week. The Coban entered LnuisburR
and IL likely to get through tonight. The
Allan liner COrsan 10 stu on Cape haee. being
afraid to venture along shore She will decide
on definite course at daylight to- morrow.
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Kur.n.A'. LlE. Ia.ar..ss win n. r.ls.

The suicide OF Max Kurzman. the New York
Life Insurance Company's clerk. who took .
dose of IAudanum on Thursday morning. viii
cost the insurance company $1,000. Kurz-
man had policy for that amount which was
payable to his sister. The premium on II was
due on March %. but was not paid A story
was printed yesterday to the eject that the
company would contest payment on the ground
due premium after KurEmAn's death and be-
fore the company learned OF his death.
President John A. Mccall said last night that
the policy was good the premium being less
than thirty days overdue. and that suicide
made no difference.