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Fisht Caused By nm April Fool Joke =.
the Huuter's Point Ferry.

A Fisht Caused By April Fool Joke -.
the Hanter's Point Ferry.
Henry Roener OF 141 Fifth street Long
Island City. was attacked by a party OF drunken
Italians shortly after midnight OF Sunday as he
was entering the Hunters Point waiting room
OF the Thirty fourth street ferry. in company
with Edward Patterson OF 16J Amsterdam
avenue. New York. and another friend. who
were on their way back to New York. The
quarrel was the outcome OF an April fool Joke
which Roguer played upon his companions In
taking them to the door OF the James sli y ferry.
which IL not operated Sundays.
The Italians saw the Joke and jeered the
men. A fight was started and tho men fought
into the ferry house and across the floor into
the SIN )kinR room Tho Italians used knives.
Rogner received several wounds and sank
down fainting from loss OF blood. The Italians
Ned. but three OF them were captured. The
prisoners said they were CTolgo ID. Fringe. n
tailor Of 243 West Twenty n NTH street: Domi-
no Safrano. n tailor OF 30 Mulberry street
New York. and kalph Cortezo. n barber OF III
Borden avenue. Long Island City. Several
knives were taken from thsm.
Rogner was taken to 81. John Hospital His
face was slit open In several places and he
had four gashes In the back and one in the
groin. while his left wrist was broken. His
recovery Ia doubtful Patterson escaped with
. few gashrs. VIII lie the third man got on un-
harmed. Yesterday morning the accused men
were arraigned in the police court and held to
await the result Of kognor's injuries.
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Justice O'Brlen OF the Supreme Court has
denied the application OF Henry Kstsltas
trustee Of the Gardner estate. to have Comp
troller Fitch punished for contempt OF court
for not complying with the perem DtOry man
damus issued ny Justice Barrett. ordering the
ComutTollsr TO sell certain bonds and use the
proceeds in paying for lands taken for the Cor
lears Hook fHTk.
Justice O'BTlsn says that the bonds which
tho Legislature In the act OF 1892 ordered Is
that they are ten year bonds. one-tsnth OF
which are to be retired each year by lot This
provision the Judge thought. had intsrfsTed
with the sale Of tue bonds. and he suggested
that the Legislature lie asked to mndlIy II SO
that the money tan DO raised TO paJ the prop
erty OKneFk
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oYn DAr,s s1oxks cILENDAR.
just y. Present Cousin Ed Se.ws 60 n
Ahead OF Cou-,, w. n. ID.

just n. Present Cousin I'D se.-s TO Ne
Ahead OF Cousin w. Il. ID.
new phase OF the litigation brought By
Edward s. Stokes TO recover S250.O00 from
William I. ID. Stokes for libel was before Judge
Beach yesterday In the Supreme Court, Cham
Jers. upon motion OF Lawyer John J. Adams
to have the case sent to jury TO assess the
damages.
Artcmas II. Holmes admitted that the plain
tin was entitled to a writ OF inquiry. but said
that sending the case to q sheriff's Jury was
the proper procedure The purpose Of allowing
n default to he taken. he said. was In order
that the questions raised might be taken to
the Court Of Appeals
Lawyer Adams said that there should be
regular jury. because II judgment OF $50. 900
or 100000 was rendered. W. f. ID. Stokes.
being a rich man. would not feel H. and IL
might be paid Judge Beach intlmatcd that It
was unusual to send such a proceeding to
sislon. Justice O Brien Of the supreme Court
has uenied the APPLICATION made bv /; r
StoEess adversaries for n resale OF the Hon-
man House corporations property. The Farm
ers' Loan and Trust Company. rs trustee
under tho mortgage, had the property sold In
bard. referee. Judge VBrien holds thnt the
proceedings were legal and regular. Cousin
W. Il u. Stokes was the principal person who
thought otherwise.
A transcript OF Judgment. obtained in tho
Queens County Supreme Court. was nied Ia
Edward :. stokes against Cassius ii. lead Tor
S1SI,jlO
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A Word About
Our Stock.

Every garment is made in our
own factory.
Only Atwood cloths are used ;
these are tested as to color and
strength before they are made up,
and all the smallest details of man.
ufacture are carefully watched.
We keep thoroughly posted as to
new styles appearing at home and
abroad, and are among the first to
introduce them to the retail trade.
The class of goods we handle
are equal to those of the swell
custom tailors, and our prices are
uniformly moderate.
Our trade is largely composed
Of those who have not before pur-
chased ready-to-wear clothing. All
our garments are guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or money will he
cheerfully returned.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive cffectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because il acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance. .
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
nfactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you. will not
accept any substitute il offered.
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FOR nkLEAs1So GREEN GOODS MAN.

jersey CiS'- cater Of Police to be Tried for
what re Had Forsotte. All About.
Police Superintendent c. p Smith OF Jersey
City was arraigued in the oyer and Termiuer
Court yesterday to plead to an indictment for
malfeasance In offlce. The indictment sets
forth that:
Christopher p. Smith on the 1st day Of December.
1892 in the city OF Jersey Cy being Superintendent
OF Police of said city. did In violation OF hts duty
superintendent wifuy and unls vfully order direct,
and cause the discharge from custody Of two men.
whose names are to the grand inquest unknown, who
were then and there under arrest and IN the custody q
ess,sin er sIu, bS,,ne.s and oeSapston rnown as
The green good, business. and on .u.pyinn Of having.
goous swindls. obtained from certain man whose
with intent to cheat snd dsfrsud him thereof
Allan l.. McDermott who appeared for the
superintendent. entered a plea Of not guilty.
reserving the right to move to auash the in
dictment bail was fixed at 81 900. and was
furnished By ex- Finance Commissioner Joseph
The occurrence for which Superintend dent
some one told Policeman Cummings that he
| suspected two countrymen we're being swim
being pointed out the policeman took the m to
the Filth precinct station. Sergeant Hang. who
or duty wsch The
the suggestion OF a citizen. and that he had no
noPIsase % o, ahe eass The n: sountry%sn ps
fused to make any complaint They said they
| had not been swindled. and that no attem pit
| hal been made to swndle them. They were
| evidently lying. but the Sergeant could not In
| duce them to make n complaint The man who
had got Cummings to interfere nlso declined
about the four men and had merely suspected
| from their nctione when he saw them together
| that there WAS a green goods swindle gong on.
| Sergeant Haag telephoned TO superintend;
| ent Smith at Police Headquarters. and asked
for instructions. The Superintendrnt instruct
| ed him to make another effort to have some
| body make q complaint. The Sergeant ngain
| asked the policeman. the citizen. and the
| countrymen to make n com plant. but they all
refused. superintendent smith then tele-
phoned Sergeant Haag that. under the circu m =
| stances. there was nothing else to do but dis
| charge the men as they could not be held with
| out a complaint.
The superint endsnt forgot all about the case
| until he was notified to appear and plead to
| the indictment for malfeasauce district At
| torney Winfield suggested to the Grand Jury
| that the evidence was insufficient TO find an
Indictment. and that 1t would not hold.
| but his suggestion was disrcgarded. When
| the case Is called for trial. Lawyer Nc
| Dermott will move to Quash the Indictment
y
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THREW Bc0k At 1nE LAWYER.
Cutsj,r's FIT or Rag Cause. an Adjourn
ment OF FL. TRIAL.

CutnJsr's FIT or Rag Cause. an ArJouru-
ment OF RI. TRIAL.
The case against Cutajar 4 Co. for alleged
frauds on the revenue was continued yester-
day. before Judge Benedict. In the United
States Circuit Court Cutaar declared that
the trouble was caused by one Stockriss. q
clerk. whom he thought "a great blockhe cad. 4"
who used to torment him whom he was busy.
For two years he had to make out pro lorna
invoices because this clerk pretended he could
not do that work. Cutaiar said he had an
opinion now that this clerk was not so much
Of a blockhsad. He had brought Stockriss
back from Calcutta, and was now paying his
board and allowing him pocket money. He
had made an urgent appeal to him to come.
for heavens sake. explain all this trouble
and relieve me from the results OF your crook
ednesa."
After declaring that a certain PAPER hook
sye 4. sS5y IN ms ,os
only some entries. On being questioned as to
the numerous visible allegations. whether they
were not in his own handwriting, he lost en-
with a furious gesture. he hurled the book at
Lawyer t'rlttenden's head. shouting:
No. sir! lts an Infamous lie. and you know
It'll l never saw that hook before"
was not his duty to stop the trial and take
measures to assert the offended dignity OF the
Court. He relented however, though the de-
fsndant, wild with excitement began an inco-
Vigorously. and rsprimandrd Cutajar. The
latter felt n reaction 81 extreme " eak ess. and
was permitted to retire for . few m inutes to
recover his composuIe. He did not readily re:
fallen. and Judge Ben sdict adjourned the case
until 10 A. N. to-day.
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MILLS IULL or MURDER TEI
q ,iag TO Add Detective murphy TO His
SGrssesard Nyb<a Ste Gets Dat OF Pri-on.

q ,iag TO Add Detective murphy 10 His
SGrsyesard Sb-n Ste Ge:r Dat OF Pri-on.
Little SAMMY" Mills. who killed. Kid"
Onrien In fight over the division OF the
spells OF Il theft In Chatham square. and who
WAS indicted for murder in the first degree.
but discharged. the indictment being dis
missed on the ground that he acted in self
defence. pleaded guilty yesterday. in the Gen
eral Sessions before Judgs Cowing. Of shooting
st the Italian prorrietor OF the saloon at IL
Detective Sergeant Murphy Of Inspector Me-
Jaughlin's stan told Judge Cowing that NJ ILLS
was n professional thief and altogether too
handy with his revolver. Judge CowinR SEN
fenced Mills to state prison for two years and
six months As Mills was being led back to
the prisoners box he passed Sergeant Murphy.
and he trid. TIN eateningly
will murder you when get out" .
Then Mills's mother. an elderly woman. stood
M IN the enclosure for women and called out:
Judge, ] want to he heard! | want TO be
heard! This Ia a plot to send MI hoy to prison"
she was taken from the court room.
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rRIckED INro JMpRIsONMkNr.
John.ss's Ds..ra for $4,000 D.-.Ees-I
Novel case.

Johr.e.'s Demand for $4,000 Dsn,ses-A
Novel case.
The decision OF Judge Glegerich OF the Court
OF Common Pleas sustaining the demurrer In
the suit OF Joseph W. Johnson against James
Good wood was reversed yesterday By the Gen.
eral Term.
johnson was form erly In the employ OF Will
liam Liddell 4 Co. He alleges that In Feb
ruary. 1892. Goodwood charged him before q
Police Justice with having threatened to In
lure the property Of Goodw wood and his firm
and expose certain secrets affecting him
and his firm. hut agreed not to do SO II the
firm would give him 81 100 He also promised.
It ts alleged. that In that case he would deliver
all the papers and secrets he had in his pos
session concerning defendant and his firm.
and would agree in writing not to modest its
trade o. customers Goodwood further AL
legged that he paid the S2.1oo demanded. and
II is averred that these charges. on
court Of General Sessions. we're false, and
declares that he was Induced to plead guilty
and was sentenced to ten months imprtson-
served. On his release he brought q suit for
$50. 900 damages. on the ground that the &c;
eusations made against him were false, and
the assurance that It would be to his benefit to
do 40 and would terminate tho proceedingr
and that he did SO under duress and long I'M
prisonment.
The demurrer interposed was to tho effect
that the complaint did not state facts su fficient
TO constitute q cause OF action.
1T the facts says Judge Pryor In overrul-
ing the demurrer. show right to relief. the
plaintiff will not be turned out OF court be-
menclature. Nor is II answer to an action
that the like was never heard OF before. 1t 10
the peculiar merit OF the com on law that It's
principles are so flexible and expansive" as to
comprehend any new wrong that may be de.
human depravity. In the case before us the
demurrer admits that by fraud, dureas. and
conspiracy the defendant maliciously pro-
cured tho arrest. conviction. aud imprison-
ment OF the plaintiff for a crime Of which he
was innocent. and Of which defendant knew
him to be innocent. to his Rrievous injury in
person. property. aud reputation. Ia It possi-
ble that for such n confessed wrong the
plaintiff is without legal remedyp
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NEED NOT sEnyE c6LoRED MAN
So Long A. They Cans show that TraIao
Refasss Ga Account OF Their Color.

So Long AZ They Cane show that Trai.er
Refuses Ga Account OF Their Color.
Abraham Elhp bein. q retail dry goods dealer
Abraham Goldstein. and James b. Foster. q
colorsd man. who said that he was Judge on
the Monmouth Park race track. went into
Trainor's cafe. at Broadway and Twepty-thlrd
street. on tho night OF July 3 last. and ordered
beer. They didn't get II. and walked out. some
time before this T. Thomas Fortune. a col
ored editor. had secured a judgment against
Trainor for assault and false Imprisonment.
as he claimed that h. was put out Of the CATS
aud unJustly locked up in the Tenderloin sta
ton after the bartender had refused to serve
him on account OF his color. Foster and his
companions began an action against Trainor.
each claiming 5000 damages. aileglng that
negro ,.,., ..,.r,. A.,o IT,.
Court. Lawyers Allan and MURRAY represent
ed Trainor. and had Manager Ennis OF the no
the cigar case in court to swear that there was
no color question involved.
Lawyer RothschiId for the three defendants
test ease, doldsteln. corroborated by Elm
bein. testified that they waited twenty minutes
having got no beer. When they asked the bar.
tender who took the order why it was not filled.
Goldstein testified. paid no heed 10 the trio.
but went on cleaning glasses As ne hiu not
see them at all Goldstein said that his COM
panion and Foster had been visiting friend
on Thirty fourth street and dropped into the
cate by chance to get n drink.
Lawyer Allan. without calling witness Tor
the defendant move to dismiss the com plant
on the ground that the plaintiff failed to show
that discrimination had been made on account
OF Fosters color. or that there was purpOsed
delay In filling the order. Judge lnRraham
dismissed the case with costs for the defend
ant. The Justice said that TIainor had the
right to refuse 10 serve any customer whether
white or colored. so long as he did not base his
lawyer Allan said after the trial that each OF
the three omplainants would have TO nAy . 80
costa TrAinor. he said. believed that the
visit of the three men TO the saloon Was a
sequel OF the Fortune verdict He had been
saloon simply to annoy him. and he thinks
that the failure Of Goldstein's case will deter
any such attempts In the future
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FARkWELL. UNIYERsIL CLUB.
Poet Squire. Pheasant CotsTis Gives u
It- L.iagsring Shosf.

Poet Ssuirs'. Pheasant Cotsris Gives Up
It- I.IagsrinE Shosf.
The last vestiGs OF the furnishings OF the
house at IL West Twenty-f!th ttrAet was
carried away to n secondhand dealers on Sat-
urday. and with 1t went all but the memory OF
the Universal Club The Universal Club was
one OF the most exclusive gam bling houses in
this city and was open only to heavy players
who had b-en properly introduced. 1t was
broken up only few months ago by Capt,
Richard UConnor. then OF the TenderlOin pre-
cinct. but now commander OF the Church street
squad. who raided IL and caused TO be de-
rtrOyed all OF the valuable roulette wheels.
poker tables. and faro layouts that were cap
Al that time and for year or more before
then ROlliu NJ Squire was interested In tho
club. With him IA tho club maasRement was
billy Mead. a brother Of James 81 cad. Both OF
these men nave declared right along that the
cluO was a private club and not public gam
bling house. The last raid effeetuAlly settled
the future OF the house. ThOse who had been
the projectors OF the club made up their minds
that II was impossible 10 continue to run H..
and Il had been closed for some time. The sale
~ the furniture MAS ordered By Mrs William
Conner, widow OF Capt Billy Conner who
formerly owned the 81. James Hotel. The pro-
cesds Of the sale represent about all Mrs. Con-
The house ut IL West Twenty. nh street was
originally owned by Charley Ransom. lie sold
from the rear OF the ST. James Hotel tn the
rear OF the house and used the building az an
annex to tho hotel when Cant. Conner 1is,l
the annex Was cut on and Billy Mead starte'.
Interested in the club and spent considerable
time there. since the raid BY Capt. VConnoF.
Mead has been living In the house alone. but
he Was ma . to pay the rent and had to get
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NAN HUNT IN UILLIIMsBURGH.
A Big Crowd AVID SIX Pole -me. Cha. ID th.
han who Aceosied Mrs. Doraa.

When the wife OF Patrick Doran. a saloon
keeper in Grand street. near briggs avenue.
williamsburgh. got home from n concert on
Sunday night. she toll her husband that =
man had followed her and attempted to speak
to her several times. Doran went out with
her. and they saw the fellow standing In front
OF u restaurant.
Doran told his wife to go ahead aud he would
follow. The man accosted Mrs. Dorsn again.
and she called to her husband. Then the man
ran to Bedford avenue. Doran pursued him.
and shouted stop him!" In few seconds
fully 500 persons Joined in the chase. The
fugitive ran down Bedford avenue and turned
into North First street. opposite the Filth pre-
cinct police station. There the crowd was
Ioined by half dozen policemen.
Through North First street to Berry street
the chase continued. The man turned intn
Berry street aud ran to Grand street, and
down Grand street to Kent avenue To- North
First street where he disappeared in hig
tenement house. The police reached the
house. but were unabl. to find him.
For nearly an hour the crowd stood In front
OF the house. expecting that the man would
come out. He did not appear, and is believed
20 have scaled a fence in the yard and esca ped
through another house into the street
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Anthony i. Voorhees,, the young bank clerk
OF New Brunswick. y. j.. whom Rose Ryan
the wife OF a Park policeman. accused OF Hn-
noYiuE her in Central Park on March -. was
discharged from custody IA the Court Of Spe-
rlal sessions yesterday. Airs. EyAn and luTS
Policeman Mitchell repeated the story they
told Justlre Koch IN the AUTkNllls Police Court
on March -. but became cOn used when cross
qusItuned by FTed L. House the dsisndant's
counsel. Mayur James IL. NAucleei Of New
IAxes there. the ltev. Charles L Phelps. NoOr-
hess pastor. J. keAFney Rice the presiding
Judge OF the Court 81 COmmOn Pleas Of MIDI
dleEsX county. :. W. sherman. cashier OF the
Gallltin National Bank. aud many others. tes-
tined " the eXesllent character Of Voorhees,
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suALI-pOr IN BROokLYy.
$3.50 UaSsseIna's ed srhss ChiIares "A At
tempt 20 Break Quarantine.

tempt 90 Break Quarantine.
At meeting OF the Health Committee n; tho
Brooklrn Board OF Education yesterday it was
announced that reports hal been received In
reference TO the vaccination examination
from foTty-one schools 1t was found that
> $50 pupils had never been yaccinated; that
there were over 5000 doubtful cases. and that
1000 children were absent. 1t was deter IN ned
20 exclude from school the unvaccinated chill
dTSn.
There has bsen little abatement In the prog
Tess OF smallpox in Brooklyn. Yesterday
twelve new eases were Temoys'l to the eonIa-
gious disease hospital. in Flstbush. Health
Commissioner Emery has appointed twelve
new vacclnatinG doctors. Including three
women.
Patrick Hughes tried yesterday morning to
go out Of tho house at 81 Spencer street
BROOKLYN. which has been placed in auAran-
tine. When Policeman Wilson stopped him ~
drew a revolver and threat q N cd to shoot. Will
son rushed At him and knGeEed the pistol cut
OF his hand Then Hughes got "a bale stick
and struck Policemen Wilson and Tanning
with IL. cutting their faces. They arrested
ting In the Lee Avenue Police Court.
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II FrIghIsRsd the BaSI, Aad Now Mrs. HOn
IL sa'az toe = Divorce.

1t FrIghIsRsd the Bah, aad Now Nrs. HOn
IL sa,az tor Divorce.
1t seems that a noisy alarm clock was the
primary cause OF the suit for divorce brought
by MIRA Laura Roll OF Springfield. n j., against
her husband. William. He was a milkman
and had TO get up early In the morning. lie
had an alarm clock at the head OF the bed. and
when IL cut loose In the morning 1t woke not
only William and his vile, but the baby as
well and Mrs Roll did not like 1t because 1t
frightened the baby.
The case was on trial YESTERDAY before Vice
Chancellor Green in Newark. Mrs. Rolls
father is UndertAksr William s. Smith Of
Springfield. lie testified that his daughter
aud her husband were boarding in his house
at $3.50 a week. and that when child WAS
board. but they dsmurTsd. and a. a cOhse-
quence he had 10 keep not only the husband.
wife, and child. but nurse as well. Tor %. %
week.
Mrs. Rolls chief complaint was that her
husband frequently stayed aHaJ ali night aud
said he did not love her.
kOll said that he WAS locked out OF the house
at least twenty five times when lie went home
at 10 o'clock at nigat and that he had to slsep
that he loved his wife. He did not love her ali
the time but sometimes no would love her for
a day or two she Was always Kind to him. nc
Said, and he WAS willing to live with her now.
Roll Is the man whose eiigy was hung In the
Village on sunday The figure Was rlAcArded
with his nAme. and was left ned 10 telegraph
pole Al day. lie is Chosen FTseh0ldeT.
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The case o; rolice Captain pevery. who was
indicted :or w.lful neglect OF duty in falling to
suppress dlsorderly house In the Eldridgs
street precinct. was called yesterday In the
Court 81 eyer and TeTminer. Gait. Devery's
counsel Col i. G. James. was engaged else
where His partner, A. J. ElkiDs. conferred
with District Attorney Fellows and Justice
O'BIien. and he announcement was made that
the trial would not begin until TO-DAY.
Chief Agent Lennon and several detectives
OF DIR. Parkhursts society testified yesterday
81 alleged diEordtrly housed up town, which
were recently ralded ar the instance OF The
ali