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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-09
NORWOOD PARK TOURNAMENT.
STEVENS NEARLY WINS FROM THE ENERGETIC
ENGLISH CHAMPION GOODBODy
wprNN DEFEATS oTIACE

Long Branch. Aug. (Spec!ab-rhe winning career
Of NJ. +. Goodbody came near being checked this
morning by Richard Stevens. but the former finally
pulled out long and hari-fought contest. thereby
retaining his position at thu head OF the Ave experts
who are contest!ng here at Norwood Park Good
body won after five sets the first three OF which
were especially close and exciting. J. ". Albaugh
refereed the match with great success, but the UNI
plres became mixed up once or twice one line man
had a somewhat curious idea OF The responsibility
OF his position, a. shown by his remark 20
one Of the contestants after clearly erroneous Dc"
cison: Il am afraid was wrong just now. MI
stevens but never mind III even things up later
Stevens rlaved the best tennis he has shown here
thus far. and demonstrated clearly that he cannot
be beaten At his own style 81 play Good'"iy
started In 10 play Stevens At the atters style 81
hssellue play but after keeping at IT until the
score was two sets to against him. he concluded
that perhaps a little iobbns. supported by his
presence at the net. would perhaps. after all be ms
wisest course
stevens pulled on, the frs, after the score was
= and forty love against him. after GoodD"dy had
three chances 10 make a single point The se'"hi
set witnessed long rallies and "Nhaustng play uhd"r
the hot sun. both men stayed IN the bacK OF me
courts and tried ground strokes almost exclusively
In the third set Stevens played pretty tennis. AMI II
was In this that he made three excellent Voley
returns making hts point each time. voieyins being
with stevens decidedly rare article. "he'hef ~
was these three voley strokes, or the hal, OF
Coodbolys changed tactics, or all th"sc causes n-
bInsl Stevens could not play winning tennis after
this and Goodbo1y took The last two sets and tn
match. =,
champion r. D. Wrenn met Malcolm Chac" In
the afternoon. and the champion showed pretty
clearly that there lots Of tennis LEFT in him stl
Wrenn yoey-i with great skill Tomorrow morn
ing Wrenn meets GOOdb0dy. and the afternoon =
piav will be between Stevens and 'hace; 20 be fol
lowed by an exhibition match between Wreiin ana
c'hace against Larned and Goodbody. To-day :
NJ r Goodbody defeated Richard Stevens, -
CO 40. 60 GO.
r. D. Wrenn beat Malcolm Chace. 4-s, Sc. 60
O. . - -, - 10, A.
y - Wrenn won 2 lost !. W A. Larned. won J.
los, !: Malcolm Chace won 0. lost J. Richard Ste
vens won o. lost 2.
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JOSIAH X BROWN.

r,ca y y Aug Josiah X. Brown del ~ his
home IN Holland Patent. this county. y"si'ri1y
after year. ~ Illness with Brghts disease. MI
pr,,,Su w. born near Stltfyll,e In tn town ot
Floyl Oneida County. September -. lSp H. was
A lawyer by profession. and AZ one time partner
u the late Francis herman. In This city OWING 10
IN health he subsequently went 20 tn f"nn'ylvanla
of n,lls Regnining hts health. he returned 10
t'tlca and resumed the practice of law He served
49, city attorney two terms lie was always Dem
O,rat and was a delegate 70 ths National 'onv"i-
'ion which nominated Samuel Ild"n ior PRESIDENT
IN s7G ana A delegate 20 tho State CONVENTION nom
inat!nI Grover cleveland With whom n" had long
been personally acquainted. and made speech
-.conding ne nomination When ~. Office - state
Dairy Commissioner VA created by ~" I"gslhiui
Mr. brown who's. early i'e had been passed on
farm Wa appointed hy Governor t.eve!ani m
nrsr incumbent ~ the office. which he he'd ana IN
which he served during tho administrations ~ to'h
Governors Cleveluni nni HI His aght IN N" IN
rrr-ft - 'h~ dalrvm'u against olclnllrgMin" l. a
,,f.- %, record - also h.s "Nors - suppress
,he edulferni.on 81 milk His widow. a daughter or
~ late Iczekiah Mcintosh - this county ana on"
son James II Brown. - Stftvi,". now Assistant
stat" Dairy Commissioning. sirylr" MIN IN
funeral Will h, held az Holland Patent az =. IN
Friday.
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HE PROBABLY TIED THE STRIP HIMSELF.
NEwTOwN. l.. l.. TiOTGIT 1T HAD A MURDER
CASE-BEIIEF NOW THAT IT WAS \ SUICIDE
A MAN WITH HIS HANDS TIED FOUND
DROWNED At BOwERY BAY BEACH

NEWTONN, l.. J., Tliot OH II HND "A NJ fNDfsft
CAsE-BEIIEF NOW THAT IT WAS SUICIDE
A Man WITH HIS HANDS TIED FOUND
DROWNED AT BowERY BAY BEACH.
The residents of Bowery Bay Peach and Newtown
l.. L. were in a ferment yesterday over what they
thought a case of murder. mans boly was
found in the Sound a, Bowery Bay Beach There
was strap fastened about the wrists. ana this
more than anything else. gave rise TO the murder
story. Later on careful examination proved
almost without doubt that the man TOOK MS own
life In Il deliberate manner
The body found yesterday morning by Police
man Corrigan and had evidently been washed
In by the tide and kept from holting out again
by two rocks. which jut from the water. The man
had been lying on his face. and 'he officer ala not
the strap until ne turned the body over lie
covered 1t with boat and sent word to coroner
Brandon. at Newtown.
The strap with which the mans hands were tied
was an ordinary one. such is used 10 lie shaWs.
An examination showed the strap was propaoiy
placed the wrists by the man himself Inc
free end OF the strap had been ri nthrough me eye
over the mans right wrist ana drawn tight The
free end then wrapped around the Ieit wrist;
crossed and brought around again. Then the END
was carried over the piece between the two hands.
turned and drawn through underneath one of the
wraps The mans hands were ten or eleven inches
apart. and he could easily have tied the strap MN,
self. No murderer wishing 20 conilne me hands Oh
his victim would have tied the strap In SUCH a man,
gone much trouble Tn" operation
would have taken some time while IT "oud nave
been Oaly the work OF a moment to place Doth
hands together ard bring the strap around 80 II
would buckle. In this case the tongue OF the
buckle not even put into the eyelet
The about forty-hve Years old ana
slightly built Hts hair had reddish tinge ana
the beard Of the color tingei with gray.
The chest was sunkcn. tn" body and limbs almost
devoid Of flesh there were back rings about me
eyes and every Indication that no only shortened
his life by a few months. as signs OF consumption
were plainly seen. The clothes which were taken
from the body were poor and much worn on one
81 the socks were initial slips bearing the iet-
tors "F s" There nothing IN IN" pockets
except one button AMI old briar pipe.
Coroner brandon ordered the body removed TO
Skeletons Morgue In Newtown. DR.. 4 T. 'omo,s
made IN examination An autopsy Will be held this
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WORK FOR PEACE IN VAIN.
Continued from First Page.

10 preserve the neutrality OF the treaty ports yes
terday said: III such compact should be formed it
would not Imply that would need as many ships
as there are treaty ports For instance. in China
the treaty ports 20 be maintained a neutra. would
be Annoy. Canton. Chin kiang. Foo Chow, Han
Gov EnsP9 Shanghai and TienTsin; and in Jap ,s,
Nagasaki. Hi0gO. Kobe. Osaka Yeddo Toxic
and Yokohama. Hogo. Kobe and osaka are so
near together that one foreign warship at the
most twO-one at the mouth OF the Osaka River and
the other at Hogo-wou.d be amp.e. Then there
are eleven other ports. a total OF thirteen The
four nations mentioned forming the combination
would not each have to keep ship at each port
but they would divide up the service. that one
ship OF any one nation would guard the interests
OF a.. the other Powers at the port 10 which she
should be detailed BY such arrangement the
ports would he protected from bombardment and
the maritime commerce Of the various countries
would De continued without interruption"
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FRIENDS To MEET At CHiPPiQt j.
HUNDREDS OF THEM ATTEND THE ANNUAL. CON
FERENCES or THE SOCIETY,",
WHICH HEGIN To DAY.

HUNDREDS OF THEM ATTEND THE ANNUAL con
FEKENCEs or THE SOCIETY,".
WHICH BEGIN TO-DAY.
The annual school religious and philanthropc
conferences OF the Friends will begin to-day in the
Institute at Chappaqua. The scene yesterday AT
,he usually quiet little station was a lively one Al!
dny long large stage-coaches drove ny and down
the hillv roads between the Chappaqua Mountain
Institute where the meetings are to be held. and
the railroad. Friends from New York and Brooklyn
arrived on the morning and early afternoon trains.
IN be- ready to assist In welcoming the guests from
a distance Supper was served In the dnng-hall
of the Institute to the 200 Friends present. after
which they wandered over the beautiful grounds
or sat I'm groups on the porches and lawns. waiting
m. arrival OF the special train which would bring
about a thousand more. ,,,
IL was o'clock when the stages came roHlng
along the country road past the Old meeting house
yith its hundred cots. to the institute bringing
guests from Washington. -. C., and other places
Mrs Emily Yeo, the matrOn of the Institute, az
sisted by A number OF other women. welcomed the
visltors who, after eating their supper took their
nlores in the tents which dotted the beautifui
grounds =, - ,o., ,.,
an the grounds in front OF the Institute At 95o
m The session will listen to reports or the
Lxecutiye Committee upon the New ork yearly
,ne.tnl and the Genesee yearly meeting, ana 10
napers on practical school work. The evening VIII
bc devoted TO social pleasures.
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POstOiIlcc Notice,


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DIED..

ALExANpRE-At stanford COM August s. 1894 j.
Notice Of funeral hereafter =.
BEAMEs HART-At brooklyn. August 1891 sarah id.s 49,
~ i nsa'e and widow Of Dr. Glare W. Beames in her
Relates and s. f: Msba ar oS S"fh Hs Gold
st. brooklyn August o. at 2 p. m.
Interrnent Mt Greenwood -
HoGAN-on Ausu.i 1884, e. nios the End'c0''' Ella
r Masfve services Ssy1 at "i!s Of M and
Friday august TO- at D u a. e %
aasl, asa1H F. a in.S1
FT Tbar.aa seFv AGsu.s o. a, oclock.
Train leaves chambers-st. on y. J. & ~ l. H. n-'
rniermen, '' at Greenwood Friday morning.
,ss sara Amelia edes, daughter Of tn:
late Abraham : jones' 81 Nv io, ,,.,s. II s,2n m
Tga an a at Ga noS cenra station o3'
carriages al New-Hamburg station
KNAPP-On Wednesday, August $ at Mystic. Come
Pastor j Knapp Of Maciougal street Baptist Church.
Funeral services at Mystic Conn., Friday. August 10
LocKwooD-At stamford. Conn. August :. william
Funeral serycr at residence Of his brother Theodore
Lockwood Thursday. az ! p m 49,
MEYER-At New York August 6. 1s'4 after iohs III
ness NJ II. Meyer. in his s'th year
Funeral private. - ,
Had Ts Ohio Es .s Train IN the MS eh YEAR Of
suddenly Round Lake T. g TSsss:y
emeritus Drew Thepioeicai seminary. Madison. y. j.
Internent private at Flushing. l.. J.
STVRTEVANT-At Center Moriches L. J., August =:
ss Crcic urtayant secretary and treasurer OF he
sisters Of the stranger N"w-York.
the Church ot the strangers Mecer
1t near sth-st Friday morning l0'h inst at io'So
o'clock
VAN BEt'REN-On Wednesday. August 1884 at hee
residence II lfthsi. this city. Mary splheiet
Fonernan widow Il Michael ". Van Beuren daughter
u the late and Eliza ~ :. Fonerben and grand
daughter Of Henry Spingier
Notice Of funeral hereafter
YAK wrNKIE-A. Iltchheld Conn. on Wednes-
DIV August = 1894 Elizabeth Mitchell Van Wrinkle
vife Of Edgar Beach Van Wrinkle and daughter OF inc
late Hon William Mitchell. in her 18th year .
Relatives nj invited 70 attend the funero
from tho con grega,ionai church. Lchield Conn., on
Friday afternoon. August ia. AZ O'Clock
VOORHEES, Monday. August g. Sabrey voorhees,.
Relatives and friend. respectfully invited 70 atteno
th- funeral the residence q her sohn-law
H. = Van Syckel 10 West l2Iih-st, THURSDAY. August
rn,erment in Kensico Cemetery convenience Of the
family.
WHITE-On August :. 1894. Catharine NJ White wldow
Of col Vim F. White ana daughter OF the late EDWARD
" and POST Ieggett r,,,
Funeral from her late residence l2s l.ndenst Eliza
beth y j. Friday. August 10. at clock
WIGHTMAN-At Lake P.acid the Adirondack on August
: 1884 Frederick Hartley eldest son u Frederick B.
and Abbie II. Wightman.
Funeral services his residence" 40 Lenox-ava
N Friday. August 10 AZ o'clock D. m
KrNSICO CEMETERY. Harlem Railroad. - minutes
from Grand Central Depot. private station at enc
trance. once 10 Eas 42dst Telephone call. $50 81
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ovr or JApAN's SWIFT CRUISERS.

The new japanese i.2o-ton cruiser Sati-suata. re-
centlv constructed AZ Elswick arrived at Gibraltar
on Tuesday. and intended to proceed from there
through the Suez Canal 10 Japan as soon rs she
could be coaled II IL likely that she Will cross the
Arabian Sea and the BAY ~ Bengal. and get
through the Straits OF Malacca safely; but when
sh. arrives I'm the Chinese Sea. on her way 10
Corea her officers and men VIII have 70 Keen a
shlrp watch FOR Chinese warshiDs. The Sati-
euata IL a steel twin-ycrcw protected cruiser $50
f..t long g. feet breadth beam 1919 feet draught
T. go horse. power. and has an estimated speed Of
twenty three knots. Her armament consists or
four 6-nch. eight i7-inch ard TWENTY-FIVE smaller
rapil.nring guns and six torpedo Launching tubes
Sh. has "A complete steel deck IA inches mick on
tho hat and ~. % q, riches thick on the slope
She has I coalcArrylng capacity OF l.Vn tons
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HE FLED From HIS HELPLESS |It fiM.
4 RECKLESS DRIVER Runs OVER AND KILLS
AN OLD WOMAN IN THE BorLENARp-
THEN HE MAKES a DESPERATE
rrrpRT TO ESCAPE.

EFFORT To ESCAPE
Nrs Catherine Steckne. eighty-sx years old, OF
M a5 West Sixty-eighth-st.. was knocked down.
run over and killed by "A grocery wagon driven
nc Richard Katz in the employ OF J. H. Tonnes
grocer of No III Columbus-ave. KATE was driving
nm the Western Boulevard about $50 a. m. yester-
day when Louis Plls also a grocery driVer' came
along and tried To pass him. This aroused the
snoring instinct In Katz who whipped up MS morse
and went racing up the ROulevard| Pts also phed
the lash TO his horse and hot chase followed
A, Seventv-nrst-st Mrs Steckline was slowly
crossing the thoroughfare. Either she didh see
the APPROACHING wagons or. seeing them' became
bevi;der.d and could not get out Of the way Katz
horse struck her knocked her down. and the heav-
uv-loden wagon passed over her breast
Instead OF hating to see the result oi HIS c"reesS
ness Katz only drove the faster
Policeman Mulcahy. Of the West Sixty-eish'h-s''
station. witnessed the affair a block away. He
ca led 10 KATE 10 hiatt. ana on ms refusal nutIleu
after him. After running "A block the poncelhf u
saw IL was useless 10 try 10 eaten the iustI'e W,
foot Just this moment "A contractor, haiheu
Mclaughlin whom the policeman knew, came along
Muicahy jumped into his vehicle and ,old him 70
most exciting scene the heavily laden grocers wagon.
its horse on "A dead run jumping. joiting and clat-
tcring over the pavement the light wagon Following,
its occupants urging the galoping morse 10 greater
Away up the Boulevard brick truck toied and
creepei aborlousy along Its driver heard the clat-
ton and refined his team directly across the track
or the fugitive and he was caught -
The injured woman was taken TO Roosevelt Hos
pital where she died.
Katz was taken to Yorkville Court, where he
said he didn't the woman at ALL and didn't
know that he had run over any one. He was held
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-09
GEORGE TANDEkBILTS ASHEVILLE HOUSE
IT HAS A FRONTAGE OF 400 FEET AND is AS
LARGE AS CITY BLOCK.


LARGE AS A CITY BLOCK.
John J. Sinclair and superintendent James McMur.
trle. OF James Sinclair G. Co.. No. 4lS East twenty
nlnth-st. master stonecut;ers returned from Asne-
Vile " c. Yesterday, where the firm has about l5o
cutters at work on George Vanderbllt's mansion
The stone work IL practically done and the In
terror woodwork will soon be begun.
Mr. Vanderbilts house is a magnificent one
said Mr. McMurtrlo yesterday. 1T has frontage
OF 100 feet and is 1850 feet around. The contract
for stating its roof Is said 10 be the largest one UNI
dertaken in this country II will require 1.l0o
squares of slate each square continuing 100 square
feet Pennsylvania Railroad shop at Altoona,
Penn. has the next largest roof containing IW
squares OF slate The banquet hall is i2x72. and II
extends 10 the top OF the house. Mr. Vanderbilt
has 800 employees on the place which In area covers
90 600 acres There are already constructed sixty
miles of macadamized road. The house alone would
occupy more ground room than an entire DOCK
between Sixth and Seventh ayes. near Twenty.
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FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
FOR TIE DOUBLES CONTEST AT
NARRAGANsE;TT AND FOR THE sTKuG-
GLE ~ SINGLES AT NEWPORT


PREPARATIONS FOR TIE DOUBLES CONTEST AT
NARRAGANsETT AND FOR THE sTKUG-
GLE ~ SINGLES AT NEWPORT
The contests for which tennis players have been
rrenaring since the frost disappeared from the
.,round last spring are now close at hand. The
doubles championship OF the East will be played
a, Narragansett PIER In the week beginning next
Nondav and the winners OF the tournament VIII
try conclusions with the Neel brothers OF California
u,ho won the Western doubles at Chicago last
month Then the winners Of this East va. west
contest mus, defeat Clarence Hobart OF New
York and r H. Hovey, OF Boston, the present
chann,ons before they can lay claim TO the title
OF Champions OF America. The chaHehse hatch
Will take place at Newport at the time when tho
singles championship contest ""'o" Dos'''7 1'"s'''
Il. is being played.
Chicago may enter the Narraganseu tournament
unon navment of the entrance fee. S. which must
ha sen, m Josepb r Whlt,elsey. al the Narragan.
sett pier Casino, on before FRIDAY, august ~
Dr lanes Dwight Will be referee Tor the toufha'
nent. If, !, ,a,.., ~, ,ha
Casino courts at Newport on August 2 and fol9w'
ing days play beginning daily at iO5o a. III. ne
winner OF the tournament VIII be Gale" upon 10 pay
Robert u. Wrenn for the chaulp'9nssmp: ~ ~, in
won last year from Campbell by d.iaui', adasr w.
featng F. Hoyey in the finals OF ine ssn
In both the tournaments matches VIII De Dest
three sets out of Ave advantage sets being pltyrd
First, runner-up and consolation pits I,s, give no
sssI,med names and must tell the name OF the cIup
10 which they belong. They must also De Piepaaeai
standing in their club and that the CLUB Is hol IN
arrea RS TO the National Association ne enua i
fee in singles IS g. and entries nHs, Dc on o
by dr. James Dwight. the Casino. Newport on OF
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NAVAL BATTLES NOT LOOKED FOR.
THIS Is THE SEASON OF STORMS IN THE

THIS Is THE SEASON OF STORMS IN THE
SEAS ABOUT JAPAN AND CHINA.
Washington Aug. s-The dearth OF news from the
seat Of war In the Far East still prevails at the
State and Navy departments and the legations OF
China and Japan and from what Is sad at the
japanese Legation It appears likely that naval war
fare az least will not be resumed for some time.
This Is the season Of monsoons and yphoons, ga.es
and hurricanes japanese and Chinese seamen know
the dangers of the Japan Sea and the China Sea n
the monsoon season. for while the monsoons are
A great menace to vessels they operate with the
naturally chOppy waters of those seas TO make
navigation exceedingly risky. There is aso always
the prospect Of the swr,ng. deahieang typhOOn.
which claims many victims every year and 3 re-
spected accordingly by those who know It's POSSIBLE
ties. 50 with the monsoon among them and the
typhOon awaiting its chance - appear, the Chinese
and the japanese naval commanders will probably
remain close TO home ports Their naval operations.
Judging from precedent. VIII extend merely TO snort
runs but in the hope Of meeting a ship Of the
enemy. The japanese. at least probably Will pursue
this policy which is as aggressive as circumstances
Will permit.