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The record-union., 1894-03-31
UPRISING In SAMOA.
Angered Natives Break Out in
Armed Rebellion.
SHARP ENCOUNTERS. IN WHICH
MANY WE'RE KILLED.

Rebels Driven Into the Interior
Malietoa's Troops Charged With
Indulging in All Sorts of Barbari-
ties and Atrocities, Mutilat1ng
Prisoners, Beheading the Dead and
Outraging the Women.
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nue. have big mastIff which IL Kept chained
w: some time between 8 and o'clock on
Friday, night the dog became very uneasy and
time TO 1uI ct him, It is thought that the dog
may have heard the noise Of the struggle.
avenue, was on his way way home ' from work
through Westside avenue between 81 and iH
t tT,day EVE sIyennF when msp rn9n Ing
ho stopped and asked klnmm. 10 he had any.
thing to eat in the dinner pail he carried In his
started on Saan runnins ward wa Montg S mTy
street, looking lack over his shouldert two or
lamp Klamm could SEQ TIM. the the man wore a
BLACK Derby hat dark woollen shirt, and dark
s %nS i ndSss thH
countenance. The police attach very little
signincanco to the occurrence.
When Miss BurrowelinO faileit to roach Mrs.
o.ciock neither her cousin, Miss Dextes, nor
thought sho must have been detained by sons ns
OF her pupils or that she had gone Ia, visit
sISs osh e The u sSehs sEs hSd
Grace N. \ Church Tor several yssts; AZ time
ss sSs Mig s
that Miss Bnrrowciilo was one oi the best AMI
sweetest girls she ever knew. Although vi.
yaclous she was modest Although she had
ACQUAINTANCE, she mover encouraged any OF
them, prelerTing tho society Of her own aeN
Occas iunally Miss Ingran's brother escorted
Miss BarrowclifTe to tho ear from the house. or
from church entertainments. All OF Mas Bar.
rowcliffe's friends in Marion agree on the
statement that she never received special Mt
tentinn from any OF her young nfen acuuaint-
ances.
Mr.. Vernon. in whose house. 10 Grand street
the music tchcher and her cousin lived, IN
greatly distressed at the misfortune which
has befallen his ward, ns he considers her
She has lived with his family since her fathers
death. two years ago. lie save that Miss
about 10 o'clock on Friday. and sat up until II
waiting for her cousin. The family finally
concluded that SHE had concluded to remain
all night at some friends house. Although
she had never been away from home all night
before they were not alarmed about her. and
In the morning, however Mr.. Vernon went
up to Police Headquarters, and hearing there
about the woman who had been found in the
lot. went up to the hospital and identified her
MIR. Vernon does not think sho had much
money In her pocketbook. although he does
not know how much she had. II was Mrs.
Smith who reported that Miss Bnrrowcliffe had
large sum. She paid the music teacher four
dollars, aud saw big roll OF bills in her
pocketbook when II was opened.
Mr.. Vernon describes Miss Barrowclffe as n
most estimable. young woman. No young men
visited her ut the house. and she was not re-
ceiNtng attention from any one. Crowds OF
people" nearly all OF them we'll dresssd
women called Mt the hospital yesterday and
Mt the seventh Precinct station to INQUIRE
about tho patients condition. They went
away. relieved on learning that there WAS q
possibility Of her recovery. All of them united
in praising her and speaking OF her excellent
character. Matron Osborne at the hospital Is
and Miss BarrowclfTe. as 1t happened, had
long been friends.
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JENNIE MAGRILL MISSING.
Her Mo'her Told by n Fortune Teller that
She Was with n blond Young Man.


Jennie MaGrill, the nincteen-y year old daugh-
ter OF Max Magrill. n merchant tailor at $40
briggs avenue. illlsmsburgh left her home
week ago yesterday to 20 to Newark with
some friends. She promised to be back at 8
o'clock that night. Nothing has since been
seen or heard of her by her relatives. Mrs.
Magril her mother. was in tears last night
when a Sun reporter called at the house
Jennie was such n good girl" she said.
that fear something terrible has happened
to her. Three months ago she was laid of
from work in the buttonhole factory In which
she had been employed In briggs avenue and
North Fourth street and her enforced idle
ness made her melancholy at times. On the
day before Christmas she told me that friends
had invited her to 60 with them on q visit to
Newark When she left the house Just before
noon on that Sunday she was in q cheerful
frame OF mind. and when she kissed me good
by she said Mother, your darling will be
-. Eight o'clock came aud Jennie didn't come.
All that night l watched and waited at the
thought then that perhaps she and her friends
had left Newark later than usual and that she
didn't return on Christmas / still thought that.
It being holiday. she was yet with her friends.
All ths f and nSRt Tass
search for her and went 10 all my friends and
relatives. but nobody had seen her.
teller. and went to one In New York who told
me by cards that Jennie had gone into the
country with a handsome blond young man. I
thought OF all m y friends and those whom Jen-
ME knew. and the only blond man l could
think Of was man in Pitt street. New York.
who formerly kept a barber shop. | went to
him on Saturday and asked him where my
daughter was. He was surprised, and declared
that he had not seen her In three weeks.
My impression il now that Jennie has been
murdered somew where. as she had on her when
she went away nne gold watch and chain.
and n diamond ring on the third ilnger OF her
left hand. She was dressed in a red cloth dress
and hat trimmed with red feathers. and wore q
light coat. Whenever she went out tor walk
in the evening she was always at home a. 3
o'clock. She didn't care for young men,
A nsiGhbor OF the Magrills said that Jennie
was In love with a wealthy Jew. who lives In
this city, bat that her parents were opposed to
him. and that there was no doubt the girl had
eloped with him. Mrs. Magrili emphatically
denied this, and added that II her daughter
had kept company with anyone che Mrs Mag
rIlll would not hesitate to tell It
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When THE Sun reporter went to see Mrs
yard back OF her house.
Go into the parlor. please. ana l Will see
yon In q minute" she said i, .u..,
slenI.r with brown hair and biz brown le eyes
The lines Of her face tell the whole story OF her
line and wrinkle.
Now. sr. you want 70 interview me. don't
interviewed. 1t takes IN great deal OF my
time, and Lesides l haven't found the re-
porter yet who gets everything say straight
The STRIKE,
Very Well In the nrst place. II isn't
nrise: Ns i9eEout: we were az aisehaLge .
That That was on Saturday on the following
work for us Il we gave up our unions, We're
fused to do that and wa haven't had any work
to DO since then: That how we stand now.
brevity with which this was told took the re-
por,,er's breath away
Yes. Is there any suffering in Dan6ury at
present.
We have many people here who would rather
s star than ask Tor ,o0d snG as We know rust
hW Of we esn are Sst NOW Soy
many people are suffering.
SO far however, no one has gone hungry.
now. We have a relief committee that Is on
the lookout for cases OF distress. We also have
This society was organized In orderto pay bon
ehts In case Of death. II Is u separate organi-
cation. and there are many members OF the
union who do not belong to II. IL tho lockout
does rot end in lew weeks, howeyar, the soc-
ETY. will probably decide to lend a the money
II has in its treasury to tho union"
How much is that :" ,.,,-
Il would rather not say. Unfortunately this
money Is IN bank 81 whlch ono OF the nat
manufacturers Is a director. so that he knows
not only how much We have hut can Judge
whan we herin 10 drAU on Al how badly on We
are / am Very sorry Tor that. IL was mis-.
Iota ~ iud1msnt 10 mi n fhsra - was '"''
iah ~ 'hOAo-
Have you found many cases OF extreme dis
tress p
NO: not many. We have found some how
syAr Thera were several famiiIes hare that
80 =, ~ 10 -, bra.d 10 e. ho,sa ~, 10, 20
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TO Nominate Tuesday Candidates for
Congress In Two Districts.

TO Nominate Tuesday Candidates for
Congress In Two Districts.
The call for special election to MI the va
cancies In the New York Conversational deleRa-
tion provides for so short a campaign that
both Democrats and Republicans have been
obliged to hustle to get their candidates in the
field within the twenty days limit prescribed
by law At the meeting OF the Republican
County Committee in November. when
II had been determined by the election
OF Congressman Fitch and Fellows as
Com ptroller and District Attorney respectively.
that there would be vacancies to be filled in
the fourteenth and Fifteenth districts the
Executive Committee was empowered to issue
a call for primaries and nominating conVen-
tions In those districts II the emergency should
require IL. Tho emergency having arisen the
called has been issued, and the nominating
conventions Will be held Tomorrow night in
the Fourteenth district at LIB Broadway.
and in the Fifteenth district at li7
East Ainety-third street The only candi-
the Fourteenth district is lemuel LILY
QuiGg. an editorial writer on the Tribune,
and the head Of the literary bureau OF the Ma
tionAl Repub liean Committee during the cam.
Talgn OF 1892. Henry GTRsse. II is said. would
Ike the nomination in the Fifteenth district
but the claims OF III. G, Robinson. who was SO
easily defeated for Comptroller last November.
and who was beaten in the same district by
AshDel r. Fitch tho Tammany candidate In
being chosen for the sacrifice: lsidor htraus
is mentioned as the probable Democratic can
didats in ono OF the districts. Both districts
are Overwhelmingly Democratic.
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an attempt 10 open Independent Of union hslp.
ANY such move will be stoutly resisted By the
men, who are as determined as they were
month ago. and oven more thoroughly orea-
nized than they we're then.
II IL believed that plot to kldnap three OF
the leading meinbers OF the Hat Manufac-
tuners Association has been frustrated through
the revelations Of woman, TO whom the plot
ters con1ded their scheme None OF the Dan
bury hatters Ia believed to have been impll-
Gated in the plan.
Two strangers appeared In town recently.
One was man named Thomas McCann. who
posed as New Jersey halter, brought here by
the promise OF work In the Independent shops.
Tho other man was known as Dick O'Brien.
They made the acquaintance o. n woman OF
the town. and, while intoxicated. II Is said, Me-
Cam revealed to her the details Of n plot 10
kidnap Charles n. Merritt. President ~ the
manufacturers association: ID. W. Meeker. its
Secretary. and another manufacturer whose
name 10 not known. They were to have been
held for ransom.
The woman became frightened. and gave the
plot away The men left town the next day.
and no effort has been made TO trace them. as
the police do not believe the woman's story.
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1000 IJTh-CENT MEALS.
1so BIeecker street Open to All To-day
East side Relief Work.

1sO Bieecker street Open to All To-day
East side Relief Work.
As early as & O'Clock yesterday morning
there was n crowd OF several hundred hungry
people at the Peoples Restaurant OF the In
dustrial Christian Alliance. 40 Blocker
street Tho procession continued all day and
by night 1t was estimated that about 900
people had been fed. the largest number in
one day since the 5-cent IN calls were started.
Livery New Years day tho Alliance gives free
meals to all who come from q A VI. until mid
night. This has nothing to do with the J-cent
restaurant plan. Preparations have been made
to feed Z. 900 people to-day. At o'clock this
morning several men began erecting a tenn
porary staircase on the Sullivan street sido to
dren will be fed. All the inmates ~ 10
Blescker street. numbering about 100. have
volunteered their help MS walters and cooks.
The East Side Relief Work Com mittee Mt 1872
Essex street appeals through its Treasurer.
Louis Stoiber, for contributions to aid tho I'M
EN- poyed on the east side. The report for the
week ending on Saturday shows that the COM
mittee expended during the week 81 U!flU2.
and has balance OF - OASIS. Last week Ut
employed more than 200 men ut 81 a day
sweeping streets More than 100 other ION
were Kent at work nendinG garments. Treas:
urer Stoiher says that the money on hand will
not permit this method OF aid to he continued
much more than O. week longer.
The Tammany Hall General Com mittes OF
the Fifteenth Assembly district subscribed
81. 800 yesterday aftern Don for the relief OF the
distressed OF the district. A committee was
appointed to distribute the fund.
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Aer.a, TrolI.v n.IIroad s,h,m,

An electric aerial railroad to carry mail and
perishAble freight at the rate Of over 25O miles
an hour. is projected to be constructed be-
tween Detroit and Cleveland. a distance OF l7O
miles. Albert l. Widdis is tho inventor OF the
scheme for the road aud he believes h5 has
amply demonstrated its pracIcaDIIity An
governmental line was in OperatiOn at the
Chicago Fair aud made surPrislOg speed A
car fliteen feet long and four feet square *
suspended ~ Tour wheels ON an elevated rall
a trolley wire The ends 81 the ear are cone
shaped to reduce the atmospheric resistance.
MT. Niddls does not propose to carry IRssen-
gers on his railroad, but says that With II per-
ishAble freight. mails. and such matter could
be carried across the continent ia a day. The
plan seems feasible hen the prOdigiUus speed
attained by dynamos is considered.
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Put your eve on me- young Teller. and don't
monkey with fate" said a big man with face
full OF black whiskers and his trousers In his
boots. as he came into the Red Ghost q ulch
cafG. where the dapper little bartender hap
pened TO DO alone. I'm a death dealing
crawler. am! I'm a cTawlin' trantuly from
the Syesry foothills, an thsr's hair on my
claws u foot long I've got tive rows o. iangs
nineteen fangs to the row. an every fang
loaded with pint o bison. list awaitin' to be
socked into the first fellerbein human or
lnIin that shove EN- M ag,insti Pm
crawlin' right fer YOU. and thar ain't
1t out. quicksr'n Jack rabbit Kin go two foot.
young teller, or I'll spill enough bison in you
to lay out hull tribe o. Digger lnIins. from
tho head buck down to the suckin' paDoose
ut your eye on me, and don't monkey with
fate for I'm a death-dealin' crANleT. | am, an
I'm crAwlIn' right for you, an thar Amt moth
in kin stop me but rum You hear me"
tender, coming from behind the bar You're
a blessin in disguise. YOU are. I've been
Uinin' away for want O. t'rantuly Juice. an I'll
lust Try a pint or two % YOURS for luck! You're
a death-dealin' crawler, are YOU Well, now.
crawl right un and shoot your plsOn.'
You bet I'm deAth-deAllnR crHwlsr" said
the Long haired TaTantulA from tho Foothills,
hacking toward the door. But amt nohoG
I'm cTawliu' crawfsh as well as a crAwlin'
the cTawish act chance"
And the vrnOmOus terror back al out OF the
door so quick that the bung-starter missed
him by foot.
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4 PoIrER's OFFER 10 MS WoRKMEN.
John Moses Will Pay the Highest EngiIsh
Rates with Tariff Added.

TRENTON. Dec 31.-John Moses. the propris-
tor OF a large pottery. yesterday made formal
offer to his employees to pay them the highest
rates Of wages paid In England for similar
work adding thereto the amount OF tariff.
which is now 80 per cent The offer was made
to committee Of employees representing
every department of the pottery. 4 he advan-
tages and disadvantages were eNpla ned. and
the men were told to consider the offer among
themselves before making answer.
Mr. Moses said his obIecG is to set all
his hands at work, and also to secure u basis
for tho permanent regulation OF wages In the
future He believed every manufacturing pot
ter in tho country would m AXE tina same agree
ment and start into full operation immedi-
ately. although here would he no sale for the
goods for several months II the offer should
bs accepted 1t would mean a reduction oi abOuc
20 per cent. in the wages Of women and boys.
Some of the men would get more. while others
would be reduced all the way from to 30 per
cent. Yesterdays nav roll for the week in tho
Moses pottery amounted to $3.50. For tn. cor
responding week last Year the amount was
So 500. Tho offer OF Mr. Moses is held to be a
full answer TO tho tariff reformers that tho
tariff on crockery benefits only the manuiac-
tureFa.
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A VhLULBLE SkURIJy.
Now that the Alligator O. Nearly Extermi-
mated His Virtues are R-cognIz d.

nhted TITS virtues arc hrcOEniz Il.
The alligator was never beloved by the peo-
pie living in the regions where it abounded the
farmers mathematical it az q destroyer OF
Young pigs while every one was agreed It was
an ugly. useless animal. But since the demand
for its skin for valises. pocketbooks, and q
thousand and one such uses. has resulted in
the almost entire destruction OF tho ali gator
the residents Of the bay and bayou regions Of
Louisiana and Florida have discovered the
huge ssurian's value. With its disappear
ance there has been great increase in the
number OF muskrats. rabbits rsccoons, and
other mIschievous animals and in some parts
OF Louisiana, since the disappearance Ot the
alligator these animals have lately become u
dangerous pest. The rats burruw through the
levess built To keep the water On the rice fields
during the growing season, and do i'm
mense damage. Constant whtchfulneSs and
much hard work is required TO keep IN tho
lrvees. which oitentimrs are 50 hon eycombed
as to need entire reconstruction. The ra nbits
and raccoons make great havoc on the truck
farms, destroying lettuce, caulifoTer, and
caDIages wholesale. some farmers have had
TO build wire fences about their fields. while
Others have abandoned tho raising OF these
vegetables. several years ago q law was
made In Plaguemines Iarlsh forbidding the
killing OF alligators, and with their increase
the destructive yeTmin decreased. But that
law has since been repealed.
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PREyDERsAsr WANTS SOLITUDE.
Hs Asks 90 he Put In a Cen By HImssIG hut
His Request Il Refused.

CHICAGO. Dec. 3l.-Another Of tho regular
Sunday Tumors that PTenderRAst. the con-
demned murderer, had attempted suicide
gained wide circulation this afternoon. Jailer
Morris was kept busy for an hour denying the
report by telephone. Then guard handed
Jailer Morris slip OF paper 1t Was a note
from PrendsrgAst. as follows:
4" Morri'. Jti,r.
DEAR SIR; Please place me in a cell alone.
PRENDEEGAsT."
The jailer smiled rs no read the lines.
There's a fellow who Insisted upon being
addressed as Mr. during his trial" he re-
marked. and he addresses me Rs Norris "
Then Jailer Morris wrote reply as follows;
sc I',,sd-, ~. pSi.ors
PTendeTga st 10 in cell %. with George Craig.
charged with the murder OF Emma Werner.
Craig occupies tho upper bunk, and does not
appear TO be pleased with PTenderRAst's com
pany. Neither does PTendsIgRst fancy the
presence Of Craig. However. there Is plenty OF
room there for both Of them. and the over
crowded condition uf the Jail makes II neces-
saTy that both remain where there are.
PTendergast was surly all day, His actions
in the morning aroused the suspictOns Of
Guard Wallace, and the latter todd the assassin
TO hold out his hands until he Was searched.
Why do you want TO search me- p" demanded
PTsndsrgast GngTily.
about you. Of course" answered the guard.
IL YOU fellows think am going 10 commit
suicide you're foolish remarked the MUIR
deTeT az he extended mis- hands. IL have
to die I'm going to put you fellows 10 the
bother Of killing ma
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COON HUNTING ~ GEORGrI.
It Was spunky Old Darby WAC Guided
the PnrtN md Climb ed Tr.r.


SCRANTON. Dec. 3 -" We got tired OF bird
shooting down in Georgia not long ago" said
a Pittston snortsman. and after a days rest
we hired n darby to take us coon hunting in
tho evening" The darky had a pair OF good
the swamp and IN a tall cypress tree at tho
foot Of which they were yelpinG when we came
up The thick moist vegetable mould OF the
swamp was AS springy as q sponge under our
weight and when the coored man had Joined
the dogs and lighted pine torches for us he
peeled of and climbed tho tree It was close
on to iifty feet to the limb the coon was hug
glng. and the darky was putting Ike a por-
poise when he reached it. After he had got
his wind he gave us very minute orders where
to stanI and then he crept out on tho limb to
shake the coon loose.
The coon had faced about. with its nose
toward the trunk and i Glung Ike tick III
hs head. and the next instant hoth niger and
coon demonstrated the law Of .gravitation In .
way that would have delighted Sir Isaac him
self II he had seen II. The darky and the coon
made hole rs big as u table in the ooZy bot
tom oil the swamp when they struck. and tho
next sound we heard was the darby yelling.
The dogs pitched into the coon in great
shape. and the darkey Jumped up, grabbed his
right ear and sang gu loss. amt hurtr
We found tnatths !al! hadn't injured him
any, but his ear was lleeiing nrotuse!y. for
the coon had torn II into three parts with its
teeth. W" bound the ear IN, and that q mo
the dogs had killed the coon. Then the iar-
Don't know what 10 stocked done Of OIL
Sand struck snag.'
What stock - asked.
on sam young uns he said.
How many are there'"
Thirtecn. boss; had siN.een.
We offered to take the darky home, hut he
gritty old fellow climbed three more trees aud
shook out four coons for the dogs to kill"
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a DsPsr,msat Of ChIeaEO University 90 hs
Formally Dedicated.

CHICAGO Dec. Sion New Years Day the
Kent Chemical Laboratory will be formally
dedicated 10 the cause OF science and become
Incorporated as a department Of the Chicago
University. To honor the event about sixty
professors OF the sciences will eongregats from
Inc Important universities ana schools over
the entire country The exercises will take
place during the afternoon. the principal fsa-
tuTe OF which will be an address by Dr. Ira
Remse OF Johns HOPKINS University. The
laboratory. which is the Git Of sydney A. Kent.
Is said to be the tnest IN the world. The
building which Is OF handsome gray stone 10
on the campus. aud contains over forty rooms.
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FREE LONGING IN THE CHURCHES.
The Rev. M. Wilson saws Now Z. the Tirs
TO Win Back the People.

TO Win Back the People.
The Rev. John A. H. Wilson. pastor OF the
Eighteenth Street Methodist Church. wants all
the churches In tho city thrown open to the
public night and day. lie would turn them
into great lodging houses for the poor and
homeless In his sermon Yesterday he admitted
that his plan did not meet with the approba-
ton Of many OF the ministers and laymen Of
the church. He had called a meeting OF min
listers and laymen. md II proposition 20 con-
slider the advlsability OF opening the churches
was tabled by large majority.
l. challenge these ministers and church
to walk the streets next Tuesday night with
see whether IL is worse to let thousands
Of suffering men freeze in the streets or to
warm and open the churches for their shelter,
AS Jesus would do. The cry is Tho people
have left the churches | denv that. Tho
churches have left the people. In our anxiety
TO stand in with tho classes we have left the
masses and the masses have found 1t out.
God. by the providence Of afliiction, hns
brought to the door Of the churches the
opportunity TO win back the masses. Open the
churches to the people day and night Tor sit
ting rooms, for reading rooms, Tor lodging
rooms. for warmth and shelter. Who ever
deemed 1t aAorilege during the war when
church buildings were converted into hospi-
tails for the wounded? There Ia now no boiler
use to nut them to than to open them to these
poverty stricken brethren OF our Lord and
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