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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
GrsTAvE sTERN's MYSTERIOUS INJURIES.

Gustave Stern. twenty years old who was found
living in the gutter In front Of No. 1905 Myrtle-ave
late Sunday night. died last night In ST Cath-
crimes Hospital Joseph Plegman. who lives ut NO
SO6 Myrtle-ave while crossing the street, stumbled
over the body of a man. Plegman called a police
man. and the examination showed that the man
feet were almost cut of, that his arm was broken
and that he badly cut about the head John
Haffner who worked with Stern in New-Nork. told
the police that the latter attended reception and
that discussion in regard TO Charles John
SON. the postofiice thief who escaped from officers
last week by leaping from train and that stern
remarked that he could accomplish the same thing
and was willing to wager that II could be done In
safety Then. II is said. bet OF 8 was made
Shortly after 10 o'clock Stern left the reception, and
HafYner accompanied him TO the station at Dekalb-
ave
AS Stern his way up the steps leading 10
the station he remarked to Haffner that he was
going TO Jump from the train and win the wager ne
had made Haffner laughed and bade his friend
good night. Ten minutes later Stern was found by
Plegman That he either jumped or fell from the
elevated road the police say. there Is no doubt ana
the fact that piece Of human bone was found
Yesterday between the rails indicates that the
wheels OF the train passed over him The doctors
at the hospital think that Stern fell from the sta
ton platform and was run over by trolley-car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
FURTHER REPORTS or DEEELICTS

The steamship Rio Grande. from Fernandina, re-
ported yesterday that on May II. when twenty
three miles south by west from Hatteras Light
she passed a vessel bottom up directly In the
track of coastwise vessels. She passed the same
wreck thirteen miles further south on April g.
The steamship Louisiana, from New-orieans on
May ~ evidently passed the same wreck. When
fifteen miles from Cape Hatteras ieh'. Inc tower
t.ar,rg nor,hwest nv west she passed a wreck,
bottom sd. with one mast attached The bottom
had been recently painted with brown metallic
naint The wreck Is a most dangerous obstruction
10 navigation. being just awash on the surface OF
"" tn Netberla nds- American steamship spaarn-
dam reports that on May 8. In latitude ls;S N.
3sntiy WIN The bark Birgitte. previously reported.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION MEETING

The seventy-frst annual meeting of the American
Sunday-School Union was held In the Fatbush
Dutch Reformed Church on Sunday evening DR.
G. l. Wells pastor of the church. presided and
made the address OF welcome. The Scripture lesson
was read by the Rev. c. S. Williams. of the F'eni-
more Street Methodist Church. The speakers, be-
sides the Rev DIR. Rhoades. were the Rev DR.. Ed
win w Rice Of the publication department. Ameri-
can Sunday-School Union: the Rev. Dr. J. NJ Cro-
we'll secretary Of missions: the Rev Dr. ID. w.
Couch pastor OF the Lenox Road Methodist Epis-
copal Church. and William L. De Croft. missionary
of the Union from the Rocky Mountain district
The Rev DR. Crowell read the annual report
showing the work done by the Union during the
last year In that time 1.7S5 Union Bible schools
were established 1884 schools. containing lS3.eo2
scholars Nn addition to new schools started VISITED
and aided and 14.2S Bibles and testaments dis
tributed. There were in all 1863 conversions re-
ported and Gospel literature to the amount OF
SS5lo Os given TO needy schools. One hundred and
eight frontier churches have grown out of the work
of the American Sunday-Schoo Union during the
last twelve months
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

In the Middlesex Common Pleas Court in New
Brunswick yesterday the report was received OF
Richard s. Conover. of Sayreville; Theodore a
Wood of Raritan. and Forman Smith. of East
brunswick three freeholders recently appointed
by the Court to examine the condition OF the New
brunswick and Cranbury turnpike road lnes
find the roadbed itself in very imperfect ORDER pc
ing sandy and heavy, and worse tnan any ornrt
that in their opinion the officers OF the road are
not justified in collecting toll on the road IN us
present condition and that TO put II IN condition
which would justify the collection OF toll would
cost more than the present stock is worth Judge
Rice authorized the drawing or an order 10 open
the gates to the public free OF toll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
YONKERS.

The body OF a man was washed ashore near 'he
a.gnal tower OF the Hudson River Ha'i'oau a,
Spring Hill Grove YESTERDAY FROM ie''.'a r',aa
,,nor tho hodv 4, is supposed 1t that OF Thomas
7 Hickey. OF Tarrytown. a member OF Court Ere
mont. Ancient Order OF Foresters Dennis Cannon
OF No % Riverdale-ave.. saw the body come ashore
and told Coroner Miles. who had 1t remover 10
with John Ryan left Tarrytown on SUNDAY. May
& and started 10 row across the river. lhe boat
o. ns,ed before they reached Nyack but they were
rescued and resuscitated at Nyack They d h hnen
Snard NJ them I'LL yesterday. when Ryans BODY
Was washed ashore at Dobbs Ferry. and Hickey's
nkers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
,esyyrrrg wouAy COMMITS Suicide.

Mrs Jennie Kimmel, a Russian woman thirty -hve
years old committed suicide by hanging from the
transom OF the door In the vacant apartment ad-
Joining her rooms In the tenement-house NO I'D
Madison st. yesterday morning. Her body was dis
covered by her eldest child. TILE fourteen years
old who was searching for her Mrs kimmel had
been sick for some time. and had no means to pro-
vide for herself and children. Her husband. Abra-
ham. had deserted her six weeks ago. NO rent
had been paid for the apartment for over month";.
and Mrs Kimme had received dspossess notice,
which would compel her 10 get out yesterday ms
fact coupled with sickne restitution and the
deserton OF her husband. probably caused the
woman To take her liza
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
OPPOSED TO LEGTSLATTVE INTERFERENCE.

Controller Fitch yesterday sent a letter to Senator
Donaldson. chairman OF the Senate Committee on
Commerce and Navigation protesting against legs-
lative interference with the ctys franchises con-
tempated In the bill reducing the rate Of fare on
the Staten Island Ferry from 10 to cents. When
the franchise sold by the Sinking Fund Com
mission tho fare fixed at 10 cents. The Con-
trocr believes that reduction would be injurious
the cfty's financial interests by injecting an ee-
ment OF uncertainty into the sale Of municipal
fra nchises. Mr. Fitch does the
principle OF home rule. which mas prevailed In New
York city for go years respecting the disposal OF
ferry franchises. set aside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
NEW-JERSEY
JERSEY CITY.

The picture transfer tickets which have been IN
Use by the Consolidated Traction Company IN
Newark were yesterday introduced on the COM
panys lines in Jersey City. Hitherto passengers
y,ere transferred by agents who stood at the inter
actions Of the various lines Now transfer tickets
are given by the conductors. The public was noi
Informed Of this change except by a little car!
pasted at the ends of each car. and as a result
two or three hundred passengers were opnseu 20
nav two fares So many complaints were maze
that in the afternoon new order was issued re,
curing conductors ask passengers II they wanted
transfer tickets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
VETOES BY MAYOR sCHIEREN.

Mayor Schieren yesterday vetoed the bill to ex-
tend the term Of City Clerk Joseph Benjamin from
two to five wears His reason for the veto Of the
bill relative railroads in Hgh-st. is that recently
the Common Council Of the city granted TO the
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company. Of
Brooklyn. the right TO lay. maintain and operate
a street surface railroad in Highest. from Wash
ngton-st. Jay-st.. which includes only part
OF Highest lying between Adams-st. and Hudson
ave; that he approved the grant because II seemed
to him for the public interest. and that the new
law would subject the railroad company TO new
and unrea sonabe requirements.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
INDICTMENT AGAINST BESSIE FATRRA yRS

The Grand Jury has brought in true bills against
Bessie Fairbanks for felonious assault She shot
Isaac Cochrane twice in the head during a quarrel
In saloon at Sixty -seventhst. and Third-avc.. de-
stroying the sight Of OF his eyes. Cochrane
used to live with the woman IN a fat. but shortly
before the shooting had left her. She had no
money, and when she impored him 10 return he
refused. The indictments were handed by the
Grand Jury TO Recorder Golf. The Fairbanks
woman is now locked up In the Tombs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN
TRAFFIC ON THE BRIDGE GROWING.

President Howell. Mayor Schieren. Messrs.
Keeney Henriaues and Skinner were the only ones
nresent at the meeting Of the Brooklyn Bridge Irus
tees Yesterday afternoon. The treasurers report
showed. April 2 receipts to be sll'so2 Ia disourse
ments 500 324 52 cash on hand. Sal 1853 &c. the sec
retarvs traffic statement for April showed the tota
number OF passengers transported on the cars III
Anr,l 10 b. 3s72 49, with a daily average OF lZssl
80 aaa,rs, daily average OF ~ l5s for March. 1895
The receipts for April. 1896 were N@2's 80 as
against sl(3 $50 q for April 1894 ,,,.,
dss'"S1 sentative OF the Brooklyn Elevated
Railroad Company offered plans and applied applied TO, f1r
ninals on the Brooklyn side. from the eastern end
Of Bridge platforms in Hghst TO the en
executive session without taking action on the
proposition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
HE MAY SUE THE BANK DIRECTORS.

William ~ Dykman. receiver Of the Commercial
Bank was yesterday officially Informed by Judge
Gaynor that he might institute proceedings against
the directors of the bank realize on certain debts
of the bank This is what Judge Gaynor writes
in answer to Mr.. Dykman's request Tor instruction
IN tho promises. 'The receiver should proceed ex-
peditiousy to enforce any liability OF the directors
without, regard what creditors may do In re-
snect Of seeking TO enforce the liabilities OF stock
holders The stockholders and the receiver being
made parties to a suit by the creditors. Tor wnlcn
Uerscbheld VS. Bopp furnishes a precedent. that
suit would naturally until the liability OF the
directors should be realized upon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14

The ship Liverpool. the largest sailing ship that
ever entered this port. arrived here on April 10
from Calcutta and was towed out OF the harbor
yesterday by the ocean tug q. W. Pride. jr Of
Philadelphia. The Liverpool could not get
cargo here. so to save time 1t was determined to
have her towed up to 81. John. y. b.. a distance
OF 800 miles, where Will load with deals. The
tug-owners get 81 .00o for the job.
II may be added that this IL the second large
vessel within the last fortnight that has left this
port In ballast The former vessel. big steel
four-inasted ship. having gone 10 Newcastle, n. s.
W.. for her cargo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
HOME NEWS.

N, United rr,,s Local Ne~s ~hfeh r'pre'en" a"
.emspop,rs IN Ns~ YORK Guy INA, ar ovo,.r, NJ
,,s mar. NJ N. United Press. has III hrd"q"",'"
~ o, lnn,, y>,r York C,fy Al Information" on" "
m,ns for public use may be sent TO mo" hedaq"".
,n,y rim then b, dsributed TO oil The tn'fea
papers In this city. and TO me o"''s" f'''' ~
f,on throughout the country
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14

MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise q Sunset 10? Moon a O:Oi Moons ~
HIGH WATER TO-DAY
M-Saniy Hook II - GOV. Island 80 Hell Cato 80
PM-Sanly Hook 1872 Island 900. He'll lbs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14

SALE or MES FAhA' "|h'h'"" H'fhoi"
The sale OF the effects OF the late Mrs Paran Ste
vens. which has been In progress since last Thurs.
day at No. 80 University Place was concluded
yesterday afternoon The last OF the goods sold was
collection Of rugs. OF which thArs about foriv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
Hebes. of all in 1eavepng power-Lates U.S. Govt Report
R3H!A.!!! Rsx!aas
ABSOLUTELY pUEE

rs ,rices realized for the rugs ranged ironi :,
Inc Rl.,sLir rugs sold for 81 each. pair OF Pius
or,,erss brought 81 go Ten Oriental rugs
go apiece.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14

OUTGOING SfEIUERj.
MEnTFsDNY. NAY -
SHIPPING .NEUS.

Augusta victoria Hamburg Hamb-An 800 Il 100 Il
Trinidad. bermuda. Quehec. 500 m 1000 y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-14
Announcements

ovroSrA E. e. " ONEONTA
A deep pointed roll collar.
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THE WORK OF YEARS.
How Manuscripts of Famous Authors Have
Been Lost In Flames.

How Manuscripts of Famous Authors Have
Been Lost In Flames.
A catastrophe recently happened to an
American author which, though deplora-
Bile, is by no means Unprecedented. A
manuscript of his, the work of years, was
accidentally destroyed by fire. This is d
danger which it is impossiblc-in COM
mercial scnsu-tO insure oneself against,
for as the elder Disracli remarks in his
cynical manner, Though the fire offices
will insure books, they will not allow au-
thors to value their own manuscript" The
only safe way with these treasures Is to
have them copied, chapter by chapter, by
the typewriter, but us the risk is almost
inflnitCsimal no one thinks it worth while
to guard against it.
Thirty years of literary labor of Ben
JonsOn were thus consumed. 1t is prOba-
BILE that he used strong language but
could hardly have taken the matter so
much to heart as u scholar of the fifteenth
century, who, driven to madness by sim
liar loss, knocked at the church door with
his head), and called Providence to witness
that all relations between him and it were
sundored. Hear what | say for l am in
earnest and resolved. If by chance, at tho
point of death, l should be so weak us to
address you, do not pay any attention"
This is probably unique as an utterance of
passion. When the commentator of Arts
totle found his house on fire, he rushed
into the street, calling out the name of his
precious manuscript, the danger to which
he fondly thought would excite the fire.
men to supcrhuman exertion. l have Of
ten thought that the loss Of that manu-
script of Carlyle's had something to do
with his subsequent i'll temper and bad
manners. He affected to take it philosoph-
ically, which always drives a misfortune
in and plays the deuce with the liver
London News
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An EARLY War Cnrresnnndent

In 1856 DR.. W. H. Russell was barrfs-
ter, engaged on the staff of the London
Times rs a leader writer, a convenient
connection with journalism much less
common in this country than in England.
where most of such work is done out of the
office, and makes n convenient second string
for young professional men who have not
yet become established in the more proflta-
bic practice of the law. One evening in
February he was called to the office Of the
editor, Mr.. Delane, and told that a very
agreeable excursion had been arranged
Ito go to Malta with the guards" AT this
time there was no serious thought Of war.
Then came the expedition to Turkey
which even then no one thought would re-
suit in serious war. His troubles began
here, the general in charge of the expodi-
ton not being able to see why newspaper
man should be on board And after he had
landed and pitched his tent in quiet
place it was summarily pulled down. The
idea Of giving a correspondent official rec
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A SOCIAL ARRANGEMENT.
Husband and Wife as Viewed by a New
York Society journal.

A writer in Vogue-a man. too, by the
way-scrves up the matter of family po-
litoness in the following piquant fashion:
1t IS not altogether just, and yet there
is unfortunately enough truth in it to make
it a matter Of regret that such state OF
things should exist. He says:
1.-The obligation to be agreeable is not
apparently classcd among the 'oughts' of
masculine behavior, the result being that,
as a sex, men lack graciousness of demean-
or. There are few women of any social
pretcnsions but recognize the importance
and desirability Of making themselves gen.
orally agreeable, and however far they may
fall short of being really entertaining
women at least make the effort to be COM
panionable.
"The most usual examples of the I'M
likeness of the sexes in this regard is fur
nished by wives and husbands in their de-
meanor toward one another. Man does
not conceive 1t to be any part of the hus-
bands duty TO be entertaining to his wife.
He may supply her with opportunities for
pleasant expGrienCes-the play, opera, hos
pitality, travel-but that he is under any
obligation to make himself companionable
or to respond to his wife's efforts to enter
tain him does not suggest itself to the
masculine mind.
Nothing is more common in all grades
Of society than the spectacle of the husband
treating with rudenoss of speech or gruff-
ness of manner the wife's effort at max
ing conversation in her endeavor to create
an atmosphere of comradeship. Public
convoyances, the theater and hotels offer
opportunities for many pathetic studies of
the difference between the sexes in this re-
gard. The wife essays n few remarks, tho
husband answers indifferently or not at
ALL thus discouraging all conversational
attempts on her part.
He would greet with derisive laughter
the idea that he ought to try to entertain
his wife as he would any acquaintance,
man or woman, whom he might meet. 1t
is all traceable to the masculine doctrine
that women were created for mans pleas
ure, and it is part of the very lordly atti-
tude that man has maintained from time
immemorial until recently, when this ar
rogance Of man met its Waterloo in the
self assertiveness of the new woman"
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HOW TO BECOME A RUNNER.
One of the Most Healthful Exercises For
the Whole Body.

Running is one Of the best of exercises
for the whole body. 1t rounds out hol-
low chest, drives the oxygen into the far
thcst air cells Of the lungs wonderfully in
crcascs their capacity and develops the leg,
thigh, stomach and waist muscles Rut
! it must be learned, just as skating swim
ming and bicycling have to be learned,
and there are two things that must be
kept in mind by the learner.
| The first is-whcther in sprinting, dis
lance or cross country running-to run
entirely on the ball of the foot or, as they
say on the track, "Get upon your toes!"
BY striking on the ball of the foot, which
is sort of natural spring board, the run
ncr takes longer stride and the spring
that he gets enables him to lift his foot
more rapidly and repeat the stride more
| quickly than the runner who goes fiat
footed. AS length and rapidity of stride
are what give speed in running, it follows
that fiat footed runner can never be q
fast one. Another reason against pound
ing away flat footed is that the delicate
mechanism of the ankle, knee and hip is
Jared and may in time be injured.
The second point for a runner to observe
is his method of breathing. Breathe
through both the nose and mouth. Nearly
every boy when he first begins to run has
the insane idea that all the breathing must
be done through the nose. There was
never greater mistake. When boy runs,
his heart beats much faster than it does
ordinarily and pumps out just so much
more blood. All this must be acrated or
purified by air from the lungs. The OPP
preston that one feels Thcn beginning to
run is due to the lungs demanding more
air for the extra quantity of blood which
the heart is sending out. Nature has
looked out for this and provided n way by
which air can be furnished to the lungs
very rapidly. 1t is very simple way and
consists of merely opening the mouth.
Breathe, then, through the nose in ordi-
nary life as much rs possible, but when
you are running or exercising violently
open the mouth and take in air in deep,
rapid breaths, not gulping it in through
the mouth alone, but letting tho mouth
and nose have each it's share Take as
long a stride as possible, but without over
balancing the body. Bend the body slight
ly from the hips, for if it be held too erect
the stride will be shortened. Let the bent
arms swing easily and naturally little
above the level of the hips, swinging out
and back with every stride. This keeps
tho muscles loose prevents them from be-
coming tired so easily as they would if held
rigid and balances the body better. Take
especial pains to keep the body from being
stiff; let it swing as easily and lithely as
possible. In sprinting the stride is shorter
and more rapid than in long distance run
ming, and q Splinter usually runs with
body thrown farther back, in quite differ
ent form from the long, easy lope of the
distance runners. Scoville, Jr., in St.
Nicholas.
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Kentucly BabY,s PIaYthinr.

Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF Martin, who live on
Cat creek, in this county, have a bright
little boy, 3 years old, who, while I'M
dressed for q bath, desired his mother to
allow him to run and play. He was sent
into a carpeted room where the curtains
were drawn, and after few minutes with
an exclamation of surprise and delight,
the little fellow came into the hall holding
in his hands huge copperhead snake He
had grasped it near the tail, and the rep
tile was writhing and twisting, its head
nearly reaching the floor and moving about
the feet of the child.
Mr.. Martin, who had just entered the
house, was horror stricken for a moment.
He called loudly to the child to drop it.
The little fellow obeyed, and ran fright
ened to his fathers arms. The reptile i'm
mediately pursued the child and endeav-
ored to strike him, coiling and darting its
poisonous tongue in the most threatening
manner.
Mr. Martin dispatched the snake in less
time than it takes to tell it, to the great
distress of the little boy, who seemed to
think he had found beautiful plaything
and was being deprived of it, and was in.
consolable when 1t was removed from his
sight.-Clay City Chronicle.