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MARH TWAIN IN TOWN,
Has Besa Abroad 10 Sea His wife. WI
Was III In Paris.

Has Bssa Asrosd TO Ne. His wife, whs
Was III In Paris.
Mr.. 8. L. Clemens known to more people a.
Mark Twain. got back from Europe yesterday
on the steamship New York. and is now at
the Players Club He said to SUN reporter
last night:
Il went abroad to SEQ how my family wore
getting along. and not for tho benefit Of my
own health. as has been reported My wife
has not been we'll for some time. and she Is
now under the care OF . physician In Paris
] wanted to see for myself Just how she
was. and that's the reason / went l
found her to be very much improved.
and that's why I didn't stay longer;
didn't have much Of . visit But the "trip was
was deliehtfui. hear you'd had a great storm
here. but at sea We had nothing OF Il. The New
York encountered no bad weather. and only on
one day o rough sea. which seemed more like
the wash from another steamer than anything
else. shall return TO Paris again In Just three
weeks. to take my family to Aix-lss- Bains.
Battle are part OF the treatment prescribed for
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oAxAN lMPUTA TED EAsRMKNr LIVE,
0uestsou Raised and Not Settled Q. . Dana-
age suis Agaiast M.nhattss.

Qsestieu Raised and Not Settled o. . Ds,.-
age suit Agaiast M.nhattss.
Interesting questions have arisen in an 40
ton brought by A. D. Shepard in the Supreme
Court to recover from the Manhat Elevated
Railroad damages to the fee Of 20. II. "a. and
20 Trinity place. A motion made By the wss-
tern Union Telegraph Company for permission
to step into the shoes Of Shepard In the prose-
cution OF the action has been denied By Justice
InGraham.
The main point In the case 10 whsthsr the
owner OF property along the elevated roads
can sell It and reserve the right to recover
damages TO the easement. known a. fec and
future damages. from tho elevated roads II
10 not disputed that he can reserve the right to
recover for past damages. called loss OF rental.
which 10 for the reduction Of rents fer the six
years before the action. Such loss of rental IL
generally mueh less In amount than the awards
for permanent damages to tho fee.
Th Y. II suit Tf a .sa 1sss
them until 1883 without taking action against
the elevated a roads n Tor damages s to the prop
to George Waite Tubbs for slO6, 900. aud II
went through various hands to shepard. who
Fs.ssSa JsaSsS; !. FSSSs
party 81; s5t9 81 IN
Sy S.%.ss: don: g q: .TS;s:.S Diog:iy .
the OF the tnereot IN the past. present.
future OF tho construction and operation OF
now constructed and operated.
The com pany commended that the words re-
ferrinR to all damage past present. and future
embraced fee as well as rental damage for all
time. Lawyer W. q. PeckhAm, for Shepard,
argues that the right to light and air. for
which fee damages are sought. cannot be
owned By one person not the owner OF the
land. He quotes from q brief which he says
Lawyers John I. Dillon and julien n. Davies.
counsel for the roads. made In another sle-
waited case when they were In different Doai-
tion. as follows:
The easement be severed from the prin-
cpal estate than the sight can be severed from
Shepard alleges that the directors In the ele-
waited companies and the Western Union are
largely the same. and that the proceeding Is
brought by the Western Union to obtain con:
troll of an action In which It has no intention of
procuring judgment against the elevated
roads. On the other hand. the Western Union
claims that q clever effort 10 being made in the
case TO circumvsnt It out OF Its rightA Mr..
PsckhAms brief says:
In nearly every case where Mr.. Sage his corpora
tton predecessors In title thsy enough In
nuenoe or can obtain enough innusnes to come In
No facts on which this assertion 10 made are
given. and the result shows no ground for the
misgivinR In this case. Justice IngrahAm de-
cides that the Western Union Telegraph Com
psny must prosecute any rights 1t has In .
proceeding OF Its own.
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4 NV RrI..I. MAJ Ia ian Her.

EessAr KsmpshAll. President of the E.
KsmpshAll Company IL lodged In Ludlow
street jail In default OF $4,000 bail upon an
order granted BY Judge BoOkstaVsr Of the
Court OF Common Pleas, in An action brought
By Charles L. Johnson to recover S2.5OO dam
ages. Johnson alleges that ksmpshan In
the capital stock OF the company for 81. 800.
upon REORGANIZATION that the COMPANY had =
capital stock OF 1000. and Vas the owner Of
several valuable patents and devices. John
son SAYS the TspFesentations Wsro false, and
that the capital stock IL worthless and unsal-
abis KemDshsll Who y = restdsnt 81 New
BEitsil. Conn- WAs Arrested uhlls e. : Slslt e
this slsE
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Esu,sas'. Gas Light Company. T.. Bnl..


The General Term OF the Supreme Court has
affirmed the action OF tho lower court VaeAt-
ing an assessment made By the Commission
ers Of Taxes and Assessments upon the per-
sonal property OF the Equitable Gas Light
Company at 81. 964. GOO for the year 1892. but
takes occasion to say:
Much as We regret the necessity. We see no
escape from an AtirmAnce OF the order APP
pleAled from. The Court Is OF the opinion that
In view Of the statement OF the company IS to
its Assets as made In 1891, as compared with
that made in 1892. the latter was disingenu-
Gus, to say the least. The assets Of the com
Pkny were stated IN 1891 TO be 81, 74O 1852.
while In 1897 they had shr9nk 70 the eompar-
standing the terrible diSAstsrs which N ust
been any such honest shIlnkGRs OF assets,
IL pays a dividend of eight per cent. aud
has surplus earnings amounting TO s44 7fsIO5.
mere perusAl Of these figures shows that the
staten ent OF 1892 Was obtained for the pur-
pose Of meeting the decision OF the courts In
respect to this corporation as 70 It's liability TO
taxation in 1891. But the difficulty IN dealing
with this state Of facts arises from the failure
OF the Com Mission srs to nquirs into the meth
DDS BY which this four millions Of losses in
single year was arrived at. IL the Com mis-
sioners had examined the party making the
statement. as they hAd . right to DO under the
statute, this slight discrepancy Of TOUR mil
lions would. undoubtedly. have been eXplAinsd
TO the detriment OF the IelAtor. But this in
VestiRAtlOn We cannot enter into now"
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Doctor. Question rr..a.-<....

CHICAGO April 1+-Dr. Gentry and Or.
Kretchslto-day called at the county jail 10 see
PrendergAst on behalf OF the defence In his
case. and the assassin was brought down from
his cell in the debtors department to the visit
ors' cage. PranderRast was quiet and in good
humor. His nose which was injured in his
hight with Guard Smith on last Tuesday, has
meath both eyes arc the only marks left Of the
beating Smith gave him. Prendergast sat
down on q bench and talked for twenty min
utes with his visitors. readily answering all
their questions. LAWYER Truds left the city
TO-DAY, and announced that he had withdraw
from the PrenderRast prosecution.
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BOTS CRUEL.Y 1RFxTEp.
Head OF the Kansas state Reform seAsss
CHARGED with Ishsmaatty.


CHARGED with Iahama.ity.
TOPEKA. April lie W. Justice. q teacher
at the State Reform School. has made serious
charges against the Superintendent OF that in
stitution. Il. @. Hitchcock. alleging brutal and
inhuman treatment Of the boys under his
care Rumors Of this character have been
current for some time. but. until yesterday. no
specific charges have been made. Justice
have been beaten unm ercifully.
One, case II that OF William Mooney who was
50 BADLY treated that several weeks ago he hid
Ia the sewer In which no was made to work.
In the hope OF escap ing. He stayed there un-
I'll the next evening. when he was captured By
one q the teachers; The teacher was about to
give Mooney some food, as tho boy had eaten
nothing since noon Of the day before. whom
liitehcock appeared on the scene. Hitchcock
said the boy could have no food and ord cred
him locked up In the dungeon, room about .
by IL feet Food was given the boy tho next
morning but he was kept In the dungeon
Several other cases Of similar character are
reported. The charges against Hitchcock will
be presented to the Board OF Charities and an
investigation will be made.
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He ssa . Predeeessor TRY q Hob ~ Ola
Couple aad Are RseoE~i.sd.
oLNEY. Ill. April 14.-Joseph johnson. lvins
three miles north Of Noble. was awakened on
Thursday night By two men. who demanded
his money. One seized his wife and the other
held him at the point Of revolver. Tbs man
without inticting injury. Mira Johnson pulled
the mask from her assallant and recognized
the man as Andrew Gatewood. recently elected
Town Clerk OF Noble township. Lakewood and
his Accomplice. sr;Town Clerk Thomas Miller,
were arrested and brou 81 hit to this city to await
the action OF the Circuit Court
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an OH TANK CAR EXPLODED.
Fosr Men VIII Probably Die as the Resu
OF an Aceident In Chicago.

fonr men VIII Probably Die as the nesule
Of an Accident In Chicago.
CHICAGO April 14.-Fire started ct $50
o'clock this morning in Union Line tank oil
car standing IN the Chicago. Milwaukee and
81. Paul yards. near Sacramento avenue and
kinzie street. IL burned slowly until $50
rolling stock and mortaily injuring several
men, The most seriously injured are: Pat
rick Fitzsim N ons. burned and will die: John
about face and hands. will die; John Vein
teldt, West Indian street, burned about the
burned about tho body. will die; Joseph
CTansden. S1S Austin avenue. slightiy burned.
Most OF the injured were taken TO Bennett
Hospital; The fire was started from burning
rubbish In tho yards.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
LOST INTEREST IN LIFE.
A yIeu-. OF oat.r-s Rec erred 90 Ce-pis,s
Health.

Health.
Edward F, Parker q resident Of Port Rich.
mond staten Island was victim OF that
dread disease, catArrh. for aome time; How
he wns cured IL an Interesting story. For a
long time" said he. suffered from eatsrrh
most seonizing pains dart acroea my eyes, and
was In n most miserable condition. In the
and was continually raising. mucue matter
lost ali interest In life, after had been treated
BIZ number Of so. called srecialies ana was
menced, After much urging on thu. part nj
friends I was persuaded to give the Munyon
had not been under treatment but short
while when I commenced to improve. and now
/ am wholly cured"
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EIAls,,s Tro- CathIo,s sessoI-.

The success of the exhibits OF the Roman
Catholic schools at the Worlds Fair has suE
Gssted q similar exhibition Of local character
In this city and arrangements have been
made to hold Il in the Grand Central Palace
FOrty-third street and Lexington avenue
during the week Of May II. kOrty pArochiAl
schools will contribute eXhibits, az will also
the trade schools OF the Catholic Protoctory
and Father DTumgonls's Mission Of the Inn
maeulats Virgin. ltsidss several colleges and
other Cstholis institutions OF learning in the
city And It's vicinity.
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AIrs. MeWiniaas MIssi.s.

A general alarm has been sent out by the
Brooklyn police for Mira Margaret MeWil-
lIams who lived alone atWater and Jay streets.
She left her home early week ago yesterday,
and was seen last about o'clock In the after
noon at Water and Pearl streets. not far from
her house. Her grown.uD children did not be-
thought she was visiting with some Of her
relatives. She wore a black skirt. gray shawl
and q black hood. She was gray haired and
dark-syed. Her left eve has a cast. Her SON.
John MeWilliams OF 81 Flint street. Is search
ing for her.
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Father Dsa, s.nI salrs "a. Hl.As,.

Father Francis Dent. who was expelled from
the Franciscan Order several years ago. applied
yesterday to Justice Bartlett In Brooklyn for
new trial OF his suit for SlOO. 900 damages
against Bishop Ryan OF Buffalo. Decision was
reserved. At each stage In the prolonged Iiti-
CATION against Bishop Ryan. Father Dent has
90 .Ar been ds lea IL sah soPscssd that ne
his peace with the Church.
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aside and furnish q convenient room IN the
Sspi !; 10. ?. other Soyernmsnt buidipE for the
=, Mr. Hoar gave notlee that when the resolu-
tton would come up he would move 10 refer II
to the Committee on Finance
Mr.. Qusy had not hntshed his speech Al q
i. NJ, the limit OF the daily dabate when the
Senate proceeded 10 the consideration OF ex.
scutiye business adiourninR at $40 p. NJ til
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A house occupied By Edward Frey. publisher
Of the Ersis Fresse. aud his family in College
Point took IRE from q defective due late on
Friday night. aud the family we're rescued
with difieulty. NelEhbors who we're aroused
out several ehildran who were half suIOoAtsd,
The IRE Was soon sxtin pushed but the build
ing was badly damaged on the iAsidO.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
GArrrtt r. ssTviss 90 L,

GArrrtt r. ssTviss 10 Lecture ga AstEOIS<y.
Garrett r ssryisS will deliver an illustrated
lecture on "Astrology and the Astrologsrs" be-
fore thsmembsrs Of the Long Island Historical
society vt thsir hall. Clinton aud PisrreDoint
streets. Brooklyn. on Monday night
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EVERYTHING ELSE FAILED.
But Munyon's Cu.rrh Treatment was
Rapidly snl Radically EFseuve.

Rapidly snl Radically EEseuve.
Frank Osborn, residing at 20+ 10th st.
Rrookiyn. NJ Y. says: Il can heartily en-:
dorse Munyon's. Cstarrh Cure, for II cured
me when everything else failed. l sonered
as only those who have undergone it can
appreciate. Ny head was continually stopped
and felt depressed and melancholy AL the
time. ! finally began the use o. Mnanyons
aeon Welded and to-day am as we'll as any
one could be. / attribute my cure to akilini
treatment and the use OF Munyon's hemedles
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SsS :.ysa i Ei.. Y Nsm 81
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vice absolutely
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In the House to-day as theiClerk began read
ing the journal OF yesterday. Ar. Reed inter
ruptsd with the suggestion that the frst busi
ness was the question OF approving the iouEna
Of Thursday The Speaker thought not. 40,
the reading OF yesterdays journal was com
plstsd. WhrreupOn Ar. BOutelle objected to ID
sppFoyal and the yeas and nays we're ordered
The House WaA again unable 20 obtain
Quorum and on motion Of Mr.. OuthWAlts o
Ohio adjourned until Monday.
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Ths ssnate hAI eonaEasd DC lolloHln

nomiDatiOns:
nsPAmsag 81 htzts. 10 be Third Assistant Secretary
state.
EdTArd n Strobsl az NsE York 70 Be EaEOy n.
tFaoTdinAry And AnatsF fani potshtAry 10 Ecuador.
HsnFy ". Hart AaaistAAt Appraiser or hsEehAadiss
Issi@.sisl;s- E5sas : sssssl olsAA. X r AAa
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-22

Added TO the Labyrinthian story OF hev.
HOWaril,a lrimes


JACKSON. TENN. Feb. 2l-Another
dark chapter was added 20 the checkered
career Of Rev. G.. +. b. Howard alias T..
Ross, Joseph Leger, and William Lord
Moore, preacher, railroad president, and
swindler, when four of the witnesses In
his late trial-E. L. BrockWay, William
j. Gleason, Edgar Smith, and George ii.
Heatlcy-appeared in the Federal court
this afternoon and publicly confessed that
they had perjured themselves when they
swOre in Towards behalf. As the young
men told their story Of how, In answer
TO a want advertisement in New York
paper in December. for young men To go
to the Southwest, they first met Howard
I'm New York and as his subsequent treat
ment Of them was unfolded the sympa-
thy Of the crowd went out to them. When
Hcatley told Of the plot which the WHY
swindler had concocted in jail and adj
vised three Of them to get Brockway. one
Of their number, out Of the way for con-
Tossing; that he would furnish the poison,
the listening crowd was struck dumb with
establishment.
Continuing he told OF Towards plot
10 furnish them tools 20 break Jail. and
advised them 10 make way with Fred
Brown, the English clerk Of William
Lord Moore, whose testimony was so
damaging 10 Howard. and also 10 STAY
r. Bullock, the attorney who SO ably
prosecuted Howard on behalf Of the
Government. This would have occurred
had not the plot been discovered and
Howard moved TO a steel cage. The
witness also told how Howard had init
Undated him after he had brought them
TO Jackson. by laying a pistol on the
table. stating that he would Kill any
:. l..
this way he browbeat the young men
until they were in his power Sentence
has been temporarily withheld. and it is
now quite certain that the Government
intends bringing the famous prisoner
from Columbus, o., where he is under
nine years sentence back TO Jackson, and
try him for his last crime.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-22
NEGRO FARMERS IN SESSION.
They Meet and Discuss Thoir Condition
with "A View to- lettering AZ.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. 2l.-About
six hundred black-belt negro farmers
came together to-day i'm the third annual
Tuskegee. Ala, Negro Conference FRO
fessOr Booker, of the Washington rus
kegee Normal and Industrial Institute
presided. Many distinguished people were
present from the North and elsewhere
and letters of regret were recelNd from
such men as c. j.. Huntington and Dr.
Lyman Abbott and Bishop Potter OF New
York city: Robert c. Winthrop, Of Bos-
ton. and President Gilman, Of the Johns
HOPKINS University. Most of the dele
gates are from the counties where the
negroes are i'm the majority. but nearly
every portion Of Alabama and many other
southern States were represented. The
farmers occupied the time Of the confer
ence. and gave, in their own way, an
account Of their condition and what they
hoped TO do i'm view of H. They spent
no time in looking TO the past or in fault
finding. but agreed that the thing for them
10 do was 10 lend every energy i'm receiv-
ing education properly and practical re-
ligion.
They resolved to lengthen their schools
by subscription. 10 provide better teach
ers and schOOi-hOuses, and TO request
their best educated men and women TO
so largely in the cities. They admitted
the almost universal mortgage system
and the evil influence Of the one-room
cabin. but they said great changes for
the better had been wrought since the
beginning Of these conferences, and they
expressed their purpose TO so home ana
buy land. raise their own food, work
winters as well as summers, practice
economy. and cultivate the good VIII oil
their white neghbors
Great planness was used in speaking
Of their moral and religious condition
and all agreed 10 draw sharp lines be-
tween the virtuous and the immoral. 20
tolerate no wrong doing on the part OF
the leaders, especially ministers ana
teachers. \ large number OF women heiu
a meeting Of their own.
Many noted Southern educators were
prssent. who win hold conference to-
morrow.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-22
SERIOUS PRACTICAL JOKE.
sophomores Fiji the freshman's Banqu,t
Room with suiphuric Acid.

ITHACA, y. y. Feb. 2.-A large num-
Der Of students Of Cornell University are
leaving town as a result Of the sopho-
mores practical joke on the freshmen last
night. While the freshmans annual ban
quet was in progress behind locked doors
i'm the large hall formerly occupied by
the Nansonic fraternity, the room was
flooded with chlorine gas. \ colored wo-
man. employed as a cook. died from The
effects of the gas. and about thirty stu
dents were made IN, but Will all probably
recover Two students, named Mcneil and
McCulloch. were reported dead, but they
are still alive, though very III.
Some person had entered room under
the kitchen. attached TO the hall. and
bored two holes i'm the ceiling above. On
a table stood large jug, corkei. but IN
the cork were two rubber tubes, which
ran nearly up to the ceiling. where they
were connected with two glass tubes
which ran through the holes In the floor
thus spreading In the room above. the
gas generated from the jug, which was
found 10 contain chlorine. a mixture or
salt and sulphuric acid. There was. how
ever. no clue 10 the party who had been
guilty OF this dastardlypiece OF business.
The coroner has taken the matter IN
hand. hence the exodus OF students
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-22

Refreshing As Lake Breeze Are
They.

According to the Chicago Record TO
the weary business girl who PUSHES
through life like whrlwind the dear
little domestic home girl is as refreshing
as a lake breeze. II you are wage
Garner with your mind all befuddled with
business cares, just seek one of these
little house-wifeiy maidens and you'll
get as much comfort just from looking
at her as you would from a two-week
vacation. She is so rcstflul. She hasn't
been foolish enough to save some
money and invest it in stock, and then
nave her brain temporarily unsettled
every uine the price goes down a notch
or TWO. She dosen't care two cents
whether IL rains or storms--she can fuss
around with her flour sieve and her
cake TINS and be as happy as II the
sun were shining. If you call on her in
the morning, she'll rush at you with a
iolllns pin In one hand ard a biscuit
cutter in the other. When she kisses you
the flour on her nose is transferred TO
your own. and you pick little chunks Of
dough from between your fingers all the
rest of the day. Then she'll march YOU
into the Kitchen ana there. sitting in a
row. are cakes with coats of frosting
and leaves OF bread that have overrun
thVli pans, ana PIES Win thelr edges all
nuted and scalloped. She puts her little
head on one side. surveys her work with
twice tue admiration with which you sur
vey your monthly earnings and says:
Aren't these just TOO loyely?"
They say that the gentle home girl Is
growing scarcer every year. Who can
censUre "A man when he carries her off
TO turn his bachelors den into "A four
roomed fairyland that is the envy Of
all his friends.