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The sun., 1895-02-06
MoTrxa ON ALBANY.
Rsrorrers asiue n. = special Car To-day
TIE T~u Law RuiIdsrp.

Charles Stewart Smith, Chairman Of the
Cooper Union meeting Monday night, appointed
yesterday the ten members OF the committee
provided for by resolution OF the meeting TO
frame substitutes for the proposed police legis-
lation now pending in the Senate. They are
n d. Kenneson. Lewis l.. Delafeld. Seth Low
William H. Hornbower. William NJ. WINS
George VI. Cunning, Theodore Sutro G. G. Bea-
man, Joseph Larocque, and James w. Pryor
Mr.. Larocque has declined TO serve on account
OF the pressure Of his private business. Mr.
Kenneson, Chairman OF the committee. was
collaboration with Frank Moss In framing the
Parkhurst police bills.
The reformers who will 20 to Albany TO appear
before the Lexow committee to protest against
the passage OF the pending bills for the reorgan-
ization OF the police will ride In a special draw
ing room car. tn be attached to the $3.50 o'clock
train this morning. Charles stewart Smith,
Joseph Larocque, and c. II. Parkhurst will be Of
Dr. Parkhurst admitted last evening that he
does not expect his bills for the reorganization OF
the police force to become laws When asked
why they had been drafted then, he said
quired three years Of agitation to secure what
we have. 1t may take three times three to get
what we want, but constant effort Will fetch
The following petition, signed by 200, we'll
known Republicans and addressed to LIEUT.
Coy, Saxton and Speaker Fish, was hurried off
to Albany yesterday TO secure its presentation
in the Assembly at least before the Mayors
power Of removal bill shall be passed by that
body:
The undersigned Republicans in the city of New
York beg TO appeal through you to the Republican
members OF the Senate and Assembly for the imine.
bill
More than plonth has passed since Republican
became Mayor and the city Is still mainly governed
by dlscredted and repudlated Tammany officehod.
era EVIDENCES aeeumalate that they are making ac,
nJuring the Government OF the city and s alternating
from the Republican party great numbers of the
cltizens whose votes the victory last Novem
Der. and on whose support must largely rely for
success hereafter.
Most Of the signers are Union League and Re-
publican Club members, with sprinkling of
Milholland Republicans. Among them are
Gen. Horace Porter, John +. Miholland, Cor
nelius n. Bliss. Gen. o. II. Lagrange, Charles
Stewart Smith, Or; Louis Livingston Seaman,
rh br. s an1 l,tSO ~ ih ,,od ,o
add n postscript regretting that some of the de-
lay complained of was occasioned by the intro
auction Of their amendment to the Seventy's
bill
The sun., 1895-02-06
PLATT ON TOP IN KINGS.
His Friends in Complete Control OF the He
publican Machine.

There was another pitched battle last night
between the Worth Buttling and the Willis fac
tions for the control Of the Republican organi-
zation in Kings county. 1t resulted as usual in
a victory for the former. The fight wac over
the choice of the officers of the Executive Com
mittee of the Republican General Committee,
the control Of which body is always the special
aim OF the rival statesmen.
The amount Of pipe laying which has been
going on for the past month to capture the Ex
ecutive Committee machine was fully demon
strated by last nights proceedings. Each side
had three or four candidates, and half dozen
ballots were taken before a decisive one was
reached.
When each faction had rallied for the wind up
Francis =. McColl Of the Twenty fourth ward
came up as the candidate of the Worth faction
for the chairmanship, with Willard 8. Pladwell
of the Fourth ward as the representative of the
Willis men. McColl was elected by vote 1S to
16 amid howls of delight from the Buttling
shouters. Mr.. McColl is a prominent member OF
man of the House Committee.
Although he has not been specially identified
with either of the factions. there can be no
question that he owes his preferment in the or
ganiZation to the favor of ex-senator Jacob
Worth. who is now the virtual boss of the Re-
publican forces of Kings county.
The Worth element still further showed its
supremacy by electing Warren G. Treadwell OF
the Ninth ward, secretary, and Albert +. Guyon
Committee.
The machine in Kings county is now COM
pletely in the control of the friends of Mr..
Thomas G. Plat.
The sun., 1895-02-06
HELD UP A TRAIN.
Tho Passengers Made to Shell Ont In the
Good Old shioned Way.

HUTCHINSON. Kan Feb 5.-Train No. on the
Santa Fe passed west through Hutchinson last
night on time. When Sylvia, a small station
twenty miles west was reached the train stopped
for coal and two men crawled into the cab at
the same time covering Engineer Kearney and
his fireman with guns. They robbed the engi-
neer and fireman of their money, about $40.
and ordered them to march to the express car
and break open the door, A demand was made
upon the messenger. Jesse Ruble, to open the
SAFE but when he refused the robbers abandoned
the idea of robbing the express car.
They then marched the engineer and fireman
with a sack into the passenger coach, and while
one man held tho trainmen with his revolver,
"hands up" Thus they went through the train.
dumping pocketbooks, watches. knives, and re-
volvers into the sack. The amount OF money
secured cannot be approximated. One lady
bought a ticket at Hutchinson for a Colorado
point, and the ticket agent here says she had at
she was made to donate.
The robbers We're very cool and deliberate,
taking fully an hour to do their work. When
the robbers entered the coach about the first
his brakeman. and they, too. were forced to sur
render their valuabes. After the work of rob-
bing the coaches was over, the engineer and
fireman were marched back TO their posts and
ordered to pull out" which they did.
After the robbers passed through tho first
coach the conductor and brakeman started to
leave the car and raise an alarm in the town,
but they were discovered by more robbers
standing on the ground on each side of the
train, who ordered them back into the coaches
out. well armed, trailing the robbers, who rode
of in q southeast direction.
The sun., 1895-02-06
STOLEN GOLD IN HIS TRUNK.
Arrest OF . Liverpool Embezzler and His
wiGe-S5, 900 Recovered.

James Matthew Keene and his wifo Kate
were arrested yesterday afternoon in their room
in the Hotel Marlborough, at Broadway and
Thirty-sixth street. Keene is wanted In Liver
pool for the embeZzlement Of $1,000 from the
firm OF Elder, Dempster IL Co., agents for the
British and African Ocean Transportation Com
pany and the African Steamship Company.
Keene was assistant cashier for the firm.
On Monday Inspector Mclaughlin received
caSlegram from tie Chief of Police of Liver
pool ASKING him to arrest Keene and his wife.
They sailed from Southampton on Jan. 10 on
the Berlin. They came saloon passengers
ald got here on Jan. 30. They had as q fellow
passenger Holmes Agnew. who took them to
the Hotel Marlborough and vorched for them.
Mr.. Agnew lives at the Hotel Brunswick but he
was not there last night. The prisoners were
remanded at Jefferson Market. keene was
taken to Police Headquarters and his wife TO
the Mercer street station.
Keene told Inspector Mclaughlin that he had
stolen about $4,000. He took 81, 500 in small
amounts and lost 1t playing baccarat. Hedidn't
see any chance of repaying 1t, so he stole $500
his wife is in no way to blame. She insisted on
coming with him. They have one child. a girl,
20 years old. who was left with Mrs. Keene's
mother.
their baggage was searched at the hotel. in the
bottom Of trunk was found a tin box contain
ing $4,000 in American gold. This was all the
they had Where the other $1,000 is
Last Saturday Keene and his wife. In the COM
pany Of Agnew, went to Lakewood to
Agnew's wife. They returned on Monday morn
ing. 1t was Keene's intention to start for Rio
in the coffee business. His father for many
years commanded one Of the Elders ships.
The sun., 1895-02-06
MRS. sCHULTHEIs FORGETTING.
Doesn't Want to Prosecute the Omeer Who
Assaulted Her Daughter

Doesn't Want to Prosecute the Omcer Who
Assaulted Her Daughter.
Miss Annie Schultheis of 334 East Fifty-third
street. who says that Policeman John A.
Hurley Of the East Fifty-irst street station
assaulted her on Sunday night last, has not yet
appeared at Police Headquarters to tell her
story to Inspector Williams, and consequently
no charges have been made against Hurley. IL
is alleged that on Sunday night Miss Scnultheia.
who is 90 years old and an invalid, was attack ed
by Policeman Hurley in the hall of her home.
She had just returned from church, when
Hurley. she says, forced his way through the
front door and seized her inside the hall. He
placed his hand over her mouth to prevent her
from making an outcry. She struggled with
him and succeeded in bringing to her assistance
Jacob Black. q bottle dealer next door, Black
dragged the policeman away from the girl, who
fei in faint on the floor Hurley made him
self scarce.
Mrs. Schultheis reported the matter to Capt
Kelly. and a roundsman was sent ont to find
Hurley The roundsman travelled over Hur-
ley's post for an hour before he found him
Monday morning Mrs. Schultheis identified
Hurley at the station house as the policeman
Schulthes is disposed to forgive the officer for
what he has done for his famiys sake
Inspector Williams said Yesterday; "This IL
an outrageous case and the policeman should be
punished l have told Capt. Reilly TO make
every enort to get Miss Schultheis TO come hero
come, and the mother of the young woman
seems inclined TO let the matter drop. I will do
All can, however. to bring her here TO prefer
charges against the officer"
The sun., 1895-02-06
LAFE PENCE a RAILROAD MAN
The Colorado PopaIist Elected yIce-Prssi-
dent OF "A New York LIae.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-COngressman Lafs
Pence OF Colorado, who is one OF the most prom
inent young members OF the House, and who
has been conspicuous during the present Con-
gress as one of the leading lights among the
Populists has been elected Nice-PTesdent OF
the Port Jeryis, Monticello and New York Rail
road. which runs from Port Jeryis to Monticello,
including branch from Hugenot Junction TO
Summitville.
IL is Understood that he will be also elected
Nice-Presdent OF several other roads belonging
10 the Haines system At the annual meeting OF
the directory TO be held soon. Under this new
arrangement Mr. Pence will make his home in
the East, and he viii probably be located at
kinderhook, \, Y, which is the home OF the
Haines bTOt hers.
Congressman Pence has been selected for the
Nice-PresdenCy of these different railways
HRines OF New York, who regards him one OF
the brightest young men Of his acquaintance.
The sun., 1895-02-06
STIRRING UP GEN. sICKLEs.
The Husbands OF His Half Sisters Wan
His Fathers Estate Settled.

George Sawyer, q saloon keeper, of New Ro-
chelle. who is a son of Mrs. Mary Sawyer. the
second wife of George A. Sickles, father OF Gen.
DAME, Z. Sickles. said last night tha. a referee
had been appointed few days ago in this city
to take testimony in proceedings which Mrs.
Sawyers children are bringing to have Gen.
Sickles settle the estate of his father.
The persons who are moving in the proceed
ings are the men who eloped with the daughters
Mr. Sickes had by his second marriage.
Mr.. Sawyer said that when George Sickles
died on March II, 1887, he left property valued
at 81. 100000. The widow got a fixed sum and
a life interest in another sum, and most Of the
rest was left to Mr.. Sickles's three daughters.
Gen Sickles received only small amount.
George Sawyer was made executor. There
WAS dissatisfaction with the will and an agree
ment was reached by which the parties agreed
not to insist on the carrying out of its provi-
sions.
By the agreement the entire property was to
be divided into eight shares, one to go to Mrs.
Sawyer, one each to her three daughters by
George Sickles, one to Gen. Sickles, and one
to each of Gen. Sickles's three sons.
Gen. Sickles was made administrator and was
not to accept any fees, but was to turn them
died and left property valued at $3.50. 900 to her
three daughters, Mrs Deane Mrs. Quinn, and
Mrs. Dinham. She made Gen. Sickles executor.
The husbands of Mr.. Sickles's three daugh-
ters now say that Gen. Sickles has not been
settling up the estate as quickly as Is desired,
and their action was taken to compel him to act.
Gen. Sickles was not in tho city last night
The sun., 1895-02-06
CHICAGO GAS TRUST.
An Agreement Between the Factions Said
10 Have Been Arranged.

CHICAGO Feb. 5.-The statement was made
to-day on trustworthy authority, confirmed by
news from the East, that in . few days the
factions In Gas Trust affairs will have settled
their differences and change of management
satisfacto ry to all concerned will be effected
Robert 7. Lincoln, who represents the new
interest supposed to be the Standard Oil
Company, Attorney William J. Campbell, who
has long been the Gas Trusts legal representa-
tive, and q. X. q. Billings of the Peoples Gas
Light and Coke Co., chief Chicago representative
of the old or JerZmanosk i-BenediCt interests,
have been East conferring with others in the
deal.
The Injunction procured by Attorney-Gen-
eral MolOney prohibiting the voting OF the Gas
stock held by tho Fidelity Trust Company of
Philadelphia will not be attacked for the pres
ent plan has been agreed upon which will
result in giving the new interest the voice In
the management which it has been contending
for without either a dissolution of the injunc-
t.on or q disobedienCe of 1t.
AS IL seems impracticsble TO distribute the
trust stock, it is probable that certain directors
will resign, and others representing the new in
terests will be put in their places II is expected
that the new management Will make some
change in the form OF the trust so as to bring
the combination in harmony with the Anti
Trust law OF Illinois and stop the attacks made
upon the companies by the Attorney-G enerEl
through the courts.
The sun., 1895-02-06
COILS EIPELS UNNEf.
ARd Gsnner Starts = PIatt Club Under
CollIs's Nose.

Egbert F. Kroyer and Frank J. Gunner. men,
bers of the Republican County Committee from
the Twenty-fourth district who voted for Ed
ward Lauterbach for President of the commit
tee, were expelled from the He'll Gate Republi-
can Club by vote of ~ to at meeting held
last night.
Gen. Coils and the other delegates from the
Twenty-fourt voted for William Brooktield.
and all the delegates, including Kroyer and
Gunner. were instructed to do the same. Their
expulsion from the club is the result OF their
refusal to be bound by the resolution Of instruc-
ton. 1t in no way affects their standing in the
County Committee.
Both Gunner and Kroyer voted for their own
expulsion, and, with their friends, went around
to 1884 Avenue A, where seventy EIGHT charter
members of new Republican club met and or
ganized as the Republican League Of the Twenty
fourth Assembly district The temporary Presi-
dent OF this organization Is Edward j. Price.
and Frank j. Gunner was chosen Secretary.
The new club adopted resolutions endorsing
the action OF kroyer and Gunner in voting for
Edward Lauterbach and calling on the Legisla-
ture to pass bi- partisan police bill and pay no
heed to the demands Of amateur dictators."
+. A. Schulze made speech in which he said
that the Republicans OF the Twenty fourth dis
trict would yet drive Gen. Coils back to Phiia-
delphia
The sun., 1895-02-06

The trial of the action for breach of promise
OF marriage in which $40, 900 damages Is asked,
brought by Anna Barbara Aulbach against Po-
ilceman Thomas Gill OF the East Eighty eighth
street station, was begun yesterday In the City
Court before Judge Fitzsimons. The plaintiff
says she became acquainted with Gin in June
1893, and in the following month he asked her
To marry him. She consented, but tho de-
1endant has not kept his promise, although fire.
quently pressed 10 do so. Although not stated
since the beginning Of the action. The plaintiff
was IN court with baby in her arms. gill came
lhto notorlety some time ago for arresting Han
nan hnsenthal, whom he charged with solicit
ihg The girl said Gill asked her TO go to a
Motel with him, and that when she repulsed
nun he arrested har q III was tried before the
Police Commissioners and acquitted.
The sun., 1895-02-06
THIS IS A MURDER STORY.
THE MURDERED MAN DECLINED TO
WRITE ~, RUT HE TELLS 1T.

Puts re In en- Irapersonnl Form rrou, Nat
urai Deiicncy OF Feeling, but Makes It as
Plain ns the Rinek Eye on Hls Own Face.
This Is not n problem in algebra. II is a muir
der story without a murderer or . murdered
man. Yet, for convenience, let 1t be put In
algebraic form. and
Let X - n reporter, the anmurdered victim;
Let - the murderer, who didn't murder any
body; and
Let 2 - the cousin Of Y. who assisted him in
the murderless murder Of the unmurdered
victim.
Now X and y are both members of the Ancient
Order OF Hibernians and also they both bear
the same surname, name common in that or
gauization. Both were drinking in an Oak
street saloon on Monday night. They were
drinking together. j was drinking with his
cousin Y. Presently u walked over to X and
nsked him to drink. declined. whereupon
put forth proposition that appears neither In
mathematics nor in any other publication per-
mtted by the law. Y responded in kind. Then
n made statement, viz. that he was as good
man as any day. That IS:
"a
In reply to this X made n counter statement
alleging that he was A. good ndn man as ey fSr ua All
was agreed, but at this point up stepped J., who
put forward the theory that he was better
7 is greater thank Therefore as X u. Yis
also greater than u.
~
This wasn't the point, however, for imme-
diately alleged that he was a better man than
Y. This resolved the hypothesis into this form:
~
Z indeSnlty.
Or in simple language. What is K good for
and moment later Y, Y, and n were so inextri-
cably tangled up that Cayley himself couldn't
posing and reducing IL was shown that and
together were superio: to y.
Y+ZeX
Y still maintained that he could square himself
by doing up either of them alone.
Xa= YorZ
But he got no chance. for the proprietor Of the
place hustled him up stairs to bathe wounded
gins. The two cousins came up stairs presently
after their enemy. who. hearing them, climbed
% Which hs to
port for duty at his office for an assignment to
look up news items On his arrival the editor
Hurry down to the Oak street station and
get a murder that has just come in"
The reporter hurried down to the Oak street
station. where the Sergeant told him that a
murder was reported at q certain saloon in Oak
street and that f.d, detective WAS nysstgntne
The Sergeant then mentioned tho murderer's
name as he had heard 1t in a rumor.
porter.
" And tho name of the cousin?"
He gave me that black eye" observed the re-
porter. -.
And the name of the murdered man p"
Holy snakes! That's me!' yelled the re-
porter
The detective was recalled. The reporter re-
turned.
:" Did you get the murder story 2" inquired the
editor.
IL did not" said the reporter i've known
men that read their own obituary notices, and
I've heard of men that wrote their own obituary
notices. but ! never knew or heard of a man
who wrote up his own murder, and don't in
tend to set q bad example,"
The sun., 1895-02-06
ope.lug the repne.se. Re,uru..

NASHVILLE, Feb. 5.-The General Assembly
met in joint session to-day TO open and publish
the returns of the late Gubernatorial election.
The Hon. II. Clay Evans was present with his
counsel and the galleries were packed, After the
resolution had been read calling for the joint
session, Senator Butler CRep.) presented a pro-
test in which he attacked the constitutionality
OF the Contest bill recently passed, and insisted
that the returns be opened and published in ac-
cOrdance with the Constitution. The protest
was ordered spread on the minutes. The call OF
the counties was then taken up and the returns
read. Several counties were objected to by both
sides, and under the new law the returns from
such countes cannot be published uhtil after
an investigation.
The sun., 1895-02-06
Say. the Woman D,a the Murder

DETROIT. Feb, b.--William Brusseau, under
arrest ON suspicion Of having conspred with
Mrs. Nellie Pope 10 murder her husband, Dr.
Pope, To get his $4,000 life insurance, has
made another statement lie at first said that
he killed the Doctor with a natchet in self
defence, lie now says that Mrs. Pope murdered
her husband with a hatchet and that he had
nothing 70 do with the actual killing although
lac knew Mrs, Pope intended to murder him and
also knew she had attempted II with coal gas
before, The police still think that he did Tie
klillng ne says that he was wholly under the
70 tell the story duplicating himself
The sun., 1895-02-06
Inws roR HAWAIIAN REBELS.
The co-t-absnd Goods were Losdea % =
IItt,e vessel at San Francisco.


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5.-The publication OF
the statement Of the Captain Of the Hawaiian
stcnmer waimanalo, which landed arms for the
conspirators near Honolulu, led to-day TO the
discoyery OF all the facts In regard 10 the ship
ment Of the weapons and ammunition from TINS
oitv in November. 1t now turns out that the
vessel was the II. c. wahlburg, and that she
was loaded with this contraband cargo At one OF
the largest wharves in this city.
The wahlburg was n fore-and-aft coasting
schooner of twenty seven tons. sixty feet over
oil, which was libellcd and sold on Nov. II by
the United states Marshal She was knocked
down TO Matthew Martin, who Ia well Known
here as Captain OF several coasting vessels, q
good navigator, but unpopular because lie is
very taciturn. II is said that the money which
pa,d for her was furnished by two men who
were with Martin, but whose names did not
figure in he transaction.
As soon as the vessel wan bought her owners
had her removed To Mission No. and piers
which are crowded with shipping. There
Martin who was constantly In charge. gave out
that he proposed to 10 on an otter-hunting
cruise which might last two years. For two
DAYS provisions were taken aboard In such
quantities as to excite the wonder OF men about
tho water front. There were only four men
vessel loaded declare that II oil the cases
marked provisions COnthlneu RTuD thofo Nae
enough put on board to last two years.
No inspection was made of this cargo, The
cases, which were Of all siles. were marked pro, o,
visions, and no one about the wharf seemed TO
suspect that an Illicit cargo was being loaded to
give aid and comfort 10 Hawaiian conspirators.
On Nov. 10 the vessel went to Sansalito across
tho bay, where she took on a supply Of fresh
water. The fact that she was going on an otter.
hunting expedition made 1t unnecessary for the
Captain to give his destination. She cleared on
Nov. %.
The only member OF Martins crew. who is
known Is Pete Olsen, notorious emuggler, who
has been arrested several times here and In Vic
toria for opium smuggling. The theory here is
that Martin painted out the name OF the vessel
and substituted another.
Hawaiian Consul General Wilder tonight ad.
mitted that the wahlburg was the vessel
which carried arms to the Honolulu rev9lu-
tionists. He said she took 500 rifles and .
large amount Of ammunition. He declared
that he knew the real owners. who used
Martin simply as q fgure-h head. and that he
also had proof against the firm which supplied
the weapons He refused to disclose the names,
as he said IL would spoil his case. He proposes
to have Martin arrested and the schooner seized
the moment she appears at any Pacific coast
y.nr
The sun., 1895-02-06
a Thousand Applicant. for Post once Jobs.

Civil service examinations of applicants for
situations In the Post Office were begun yester-
day. The competitors included thirty women,
who are looking for employment as clerks Tho
examinations last until Feb. l6 inclusive, and
about ninety applicants will be examined each
daY. Four days will be given TO the examina-
tion of applicants for clerkshlps and the rest of
the time will be devoted TO would-be carriers
and porters. The applicants for appointment as
carriers number 647. clerks 3d6, and porters -.