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for Infants and Children.

localities and the losses from that cause
have been comparatively small. Some or
the newly arrived battalions were landed
toward the end OF that month, and had
the yellow fever. Havana has escaped
an epidemic. and in Matanzas and Las
villas there has been only a little fever.
The soldiers are having paludial tmalariaD
fever now. and are likely to have more
during the next two months. l expected
this.
THE insurgeat torpedoes are very rudeiy
constructed. and not as effective as they
max be made. do not regard hidden tor
pedoes "a especially dangerous 10 our
side They may prove like two-edged
sword I hear of TO injurious moral effect
on the soldiers caused by fear OF contact
with torpedoes. l have not as yet any con-
fidence in the use of dynamite or any or
the similar high explosive pfoJecuies'
great or small.
Washington City, Oct. 9.-The treasury
department has received through the sec
rotary OF state and the Spanish minister
the substance of telegram from the span
ish consul at Key West, stating IN efIeci
that another filibustering expedition was
fitting out at Pine ridge. one OF the Florida
KEYS The Cincinnati is said to be at Key
West and the Woodal is about to start
from New Orleans, conveying party. me
Childs, probably now at Key west, IS pre-
pairing 10 sail. Assistant Secretary Wlke
has sent Geographic copies OF the spanish
minister's note 10 the collectors OF GUS
toms at New Orleans, Key West and
Tampa, with instructions for them to con-
suit the United States attorneys ana oili-
GERS Of the nearest revenue cutters, with
a view to preventing violation OF the neu-
trality laws of the United States.
Havana Oct. "a dispatch from Rein-
idios announces that the insurgents have
DESTROYED with dynamite one Of tbs arches
OF the finest and largest bridges or the
Sagua Ia Chica railway, not far from Ca
maiuani. province Of Santa Cara
Quincy, H., Oct. "a meeting OF 800
citizens tonight, presided over by Mayor
Steinbach and addressed by several ora
tors, passed resolutions OF sympathy with
the Cuban insurgents and petitioned con-
gress and the administration to extend
them recognition as belligerents.
Havana, Oct. 9.-It is reported here that
according to official advices. the British
consul at Nuevitas. province of Puerto
Principe, has joined the insurgents.
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West and Oscar Marbet 10 wrestle

w. II. West. who won a wrestling match
with Max Marbet in this city August ..
went 10 Port Townsend on the Sehome
last night 20 make q match with Oscar
Marbet. champion OF the Pacific coast.
The terms OF the match. with the excep-
ton OF the stake. have been practically set
tied BY correspondence. and 1t only re-
mains for the principals 10 sign the arti-
Giles. Narbet undertakes 10 throw West
three straight falls within an hour The
match IS 20 occur within six weeks. Both
men viii need severe training. as MarSet
now weighs about 100 pounds and West
10
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SPORTING MOTIFS.

Af Ere Cravesent RAGS We6n Nefav re
Winners were. Five fuFtonEs. Seular RAJ
raa9hie, 1914 one mile, S&maFatin .4sts.
SIX fsrlones. Marshall. LISA SIX tlsrlonEs
selling. Naael Glenn. lis. slN TuflaasS
selling. FaGeid iIt>a.
~ the EaEonia tC1rctnnatN raceS wed
res&aV the winners we're. Six fu4}auws
Newark. Ire. selling. one mile. Aimee
Goodwin. *Sls five ant cne-ha1e FUR
longs. Fregf3i. s3-s usils ard ose-stx k
kel. i.c1.a
At the san Francisco races y e5nes.iav
the winners were, f4ye ans suc-haU Far
longs. selling. Imp Miss Hrumre& 3 -
rye and one-Hnlf f}sriensS -.Yrar-a..ts.
Crafty, a-ts FIVE an3 Cnc-half farfHrEx
srl,inw Sootataiu. 4 IA ESe ant cnV-haig
rarlcDgs, sellue Ncsirt. Iva oua ialse
handicap. McL4ght, Lass.
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Roodte Officials I'm RuffaIo.

Buffalo. Oct. 9.-Three men have been
arrested charged with embezzllng large
amount OF money from the city by pad
ding the payrolls of the street bureau with
dummy names. The prisoners are How
ard u. Herr. cashier of the department
OF public works; John N. Danahy. deputy
superintendent OF streets. T-ad Joseph
Burke, formerly INSPECTOR Of streets. but
now a saloonkeeper Warrants were
sworn out by the mayors private secre-
tary on information laid before him by
c. F. Matthews. proprietor OF the Tx
press.
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Many Persons Drowned I'm Russia.

ST. Petersburg, Oct. "Details nave
reached here of the capsizing of a raft on
the river Okla, near the village of Ozery.
upon which was large number of per-
sons. There were 200 factory hands On
board the raft when it capsiZed, and q
bodies have been recovered thus far, III
Guiding those of % women. Others are
still missing. and it is feared that the
death list viii be largely increased by tho
final record
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Raptist pelegntes to Victoria.

The five days convention Of the North
west Baptists began at Victoria yesterday
with the preliminary board meeting, and
today the regular sessions commence. The
Seattle delegates to the convention left
yesterday. the rcpres sntatioa of the
churches here beng a large one. The
programme for the five days IS an inter-
esting one. and as the transportation COM
panies have made low rates. a large and
successful meeting Is expected.
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FOR BEER on SUNDAY
Tammany Hall Puts Up a
Strong County Ticket
ALLIANCE WITH THE GERMANS.
Ex-Recorder smyth, Gen. Mcmahon
and Henry ID. Purroy Among the
Candidates.

New York. Oct. s.-The Tammany Han
wigwam vas crowded tonight al the OPEN
ing Of the county convention to nominate
candidates for the city and county. The
following ticket was nominated:
For justices OF the supreme court.
Charles H Traux ard Frederick Sulyth,
Tammany. and Charles r. Mclean. Demo-
crat Gad German American Reform Union:
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Newmarket Oct. &C. = Blake's Sack
Fly. Rock Dove. waa the cEaroWttch
stakes today. Rar3 - Avon second. ans
count Sh0n1he~w fAlrt. distance. miles
. furlanes S yards Tee betting was - -
: against Rock Dove, 81 90 ! against Bard
= Avon. 5 - 7 against count ShcuAerg
Twenty-fogr horses ran.
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Sto,o the Dummy apd h. coer.

A man giving Tho name ~ James Barnes
VA arrested Fy Police 0Gicer Kelly last
rtgnt eo~ stealing cIothser's dummy. on
whica was Cneyiot sack Coat TAa thief
s0atched the dummy fTo0l in front % a
ciataiaE stare on Main street. n the
S4airc-Latjus- buib3lrE. aua h.a u ir. a
vacant }ot. He Afterwards went hack. EVIL
IDENTITY Il secure she coat. and was cap
tarrl hE The cfneer
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I.nnI.hnlent I'D 80 - Rlntes-..

New York. Cct s.--A dispatch 90 tne
voYle from Feochow. China. say. 1ae
kmcherE commission dudS thst Ef3 a. ri-
nesc teak pars ia the massacre - Eliss G-
aries AZ NwasanE. Ftffy-niHe persons
have oeca put 0n trial. ans fcrty-fiRe Rave
been convicted ThsFtR-two Ch3nese are
awaiting tie NieSros eeelslca 4as sem
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Russian Steamers to China.

London. Oct. 9.-The Vienna correspond
ent of the Times telegraphs that he hears
on good authority that the Russian gov
eminent is planning a line Of fast steam
ers TO run from Vladiyostock 10 Shanghai
in connection with the Siberian railroad.
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Saloons Indorse the Tammany Ticket.

rnittee of the Society for Liberal Sunday
Laws this afternoon Endorsed the Tam
many political nominations. The society
represents the united saloon interests OF
the city
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Thomas Carroll the shingle weaver for
merly of Ballard, now of Fairhaven,
wishes IL understood that he is not the
Thomas Carroll who was sentenced by
Judge Glasgow Saturday TO two months
imprisonment for winking when he was
fined
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New Haven. oct. e.--The Ns,e-A1ahe-Ss
football waue played hers today resulted
la a scare % Is - Q IN favor ~ the former.
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AN EXCHANGE OF PASTORS.

mission Is at stan6stiIl. The consuls
are simply waiting for orders.
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New York. oct s-The Worlds London
special SAYS. Edgar Saltus. the we'll
known American althoT writes fhat be
WIS married yesterday at the Farlfsh
EMBASSY ca0rch IN Paris TO Mss Elsie
We.eh Smith. she is a ~ants-6 a1lsgh.s.r
~ }oan We3ch. Of PhiiaSe phla. former
y Cnite4 States minister 70 London
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PAtYsck ravanAnEh, q w-el}-known Chi
case a.sti.leE. died tAeFa y s2uss4ay %
Aror.eAs.
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HOT SPRINGS, OCT. 81.
Place and Date of the Great
Fist Battle Fixed.
THREE WEEKS FROM TO-DAY.
Work to Begin at Once on q Great
Amphitheater at the Springs.

Rejoicing In the Lucky Arkansas Town
The Governor VIII wair-Coiiapss
OF the Prosecution In Texas-Keferee
TO Be Chosen on the Day OF the
Fight.
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CORDRAY'S THEATEk.
" JOHN F. CORDRAY. Manage
w. Nj. RUSSELL. Resident ash's
Week commencing Monday, vS a..
Fourth Week and Phenomenai S@
cess OF the
CHASE STOCK CONAN. ~.
Monday. Tuesday. "Wednesday am
urday Matinee.
THE TWO oEPHANs.
See this Beautiful Play. see . .,saf
OF Actors. See a $50 entertaiin'
popular prices.
Thursday. Friday. Saturday a arc srs
day. the greatest OF all sensationsee'
mas. adapted by Charles W. 1nasn
">Ea FTLE. Or Xe farif JAZZ
Founded upon the Indian iipllsasrt
Grand opening Of the Auditorium. .sa,.sssss.s
SOS" Living Pictures ana
Peoples Priceg-1o-. 20c. goc. PC anl :
20 the theater Admission TO Aa leas' -.
l0c- Auditorium commences az "a q 70
ter. $3.50. Box Office open from ~ :
10 p. IN.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
TEACHERS WHO HELP ONE ANOIHEh

GOOD WORK Or THEIR PROSPEROUS MUTUAL
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
No entertainment In recent years has so generally
called public attention TO the Ieachers MUTUAL
Benefit Association the presentation OF the Mar
riaqe Dramas' at Madison Square Garden on Sat-
urdav night The great amphitheatre OF the Gar
den was filed with a brilliant and representative
audience which included some Of the most proni-
nent people in various professions and showed how
Widespread and sincere was the interest IN ,nis
,node., organization. Although established only
%, v.ors ago II has done an immense amount Of
work in relieving unfortunate school-teachers who
we're unable to attend to their professional duties
and who had no means of support
The organization OF this association was the result
NJ n pathetic incident. About thrty-hNe years ago
a young schoo-teacher died in the SN'eeh'h warn
The circumstances of her death were so SAD that
I, o, bar fs.low-teachers 10 work 10 organize some
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
4 BRUTAL BOYER FINED.

There was sparring exhibition at Lenox
Lyeeum. Fnty-ninth-st. and Madison-ave on Sat-
urday evening The second contest was between
Thomas Hayes. aged Twenty-Five Of No POI West
Fifty-third-st.. and William Ahearn. aged twenty.
six. OF No. 2o9 East Forty third-st The intention
was to spar four rounds. At the close of the
third round. however. Inspector Williams declared
that the contest had gone far enough. stopped
st. The referee awarded the fight to Ahearn. who
advanced 10 Hayess corner to shake hands
Hayes. 1t Is alleged. advanced to meet his oppo-
nent. and. instead OF shaking hands. renewed the
fight. landing a staggering blow upon Ahearn's
Jaw He seemed to be laboring under intense ex-
citement. Handlers. trainers. hackers and friends
Of both parties jumped into the rpg and o general
tight ensued IL was all the police could do to
restore order Yesterday morning both Of the
n the Yorkville Court. who discharged Ahearn
and nned Hayes s.. He paid.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
UITEE COMES HiGH on STATEN ISLfND

PEOPLE OK THE NORTH SHORE HAVE TO fAf
EA BARREL OR 70 CENTS \ PAIL. OR GO DRY
The residents OF the village Of New-Hrishton.
s T. for the last few days have been compeiieu
IN nurchase water from vendors at the rate OF
On co,,s a nail The Staten Island Water Com
many which supplies the North Shore villages
with water. turned of It's supply on Friday WIN
out giving It's consumers any notice Whatever /"
consequence the electric light plant at 81. GEORGE
which lights the streets on both the shores was
compelled to shut down and leave the streets IN
total darkness The electric company mas SINCE
however made other arrangements for water
supply and vas in operation last night a. usual.
The houses In New w-Brghton which nave steam
heating apparatus. have since the shutting howh
OF the wa,er-works. been without heat ana the
occupants OF the houses have been depending on
small gas stoves for warmth. Yesterday Vendef3
I'm sleighs laden with barrels Of water. were reap
ing harvest 10y dsposIng Of their cargo at "
cents n pail. or g barrel
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
M c. PETERS'S HARD LCCA.
WAS A VERY WET SuNDAi
FOR HIM.

,-t1ES HE GOT BACK TO HIS HOUSE FROM a
,rcr,-p,Sc ror,R EARLY YESTERDAY MORN
ING HE FOUND 1T DELUGED WITH
WATER FROM BURST PIPE-HIs
CARPETS AND FURNITURE
DAMAGED CONSIDERABLY
u.hsn The Rev Madison c. Peters, OF the Bloom
,,gdaIe Church reached New-York yesterday al
an,,,.s, af,or Ieeturing tour through Ohio, he
Col. thankful, There's no place like New-fork.
no nut,ered to himself as he hurried from the ferry
boot But he thought 1t was mighty coid' ana ne
found that his muskrat-skin overcoat WAS very
seasonabIe. He buttoned 1t close about MS t"roa'
and hastensI his steps toward the elevated roau'
once in the cars he felt warmer. The great ci'y
was lust waking up. and as the innumeraoie s"uea
barrooms sro, past the car window he wonnereu
. the day would be dry one in New-fork. lie
hoped IL would. ,, -.
when he reached his house. at Sixty-eighth-S'
and the boulevard, with feeling OF JOY that can
only come 10 n man who has been anxious !" ee'
home for many days, he opened the door
As he crJssed the threshold he stopped sho'' anu
rubbed his eyes He couldn't realize wnere ne was
for there before his eyes were streams OF water
pour,ng down from the ceilings, hiiins 'he "o"'e
with sounds not unlike that made by water
Then on the stairs stream came ruo"'"s ~
forming cataracts at each step ana peau'iu' .a
cades where the torrents leaped Hoh ''e 'e
o the floor below. - .
In the parlcr numerous streams "h'c" III
undated the carpet and saturated the furniture d'a
curtains The furniture OF the ParUr "aS vi '''
plush and the carpet light OF color. so IL nap
pened that the coloring from the furniture upon
the carpet. giving the place the aspect Oh oA'''e
field.
The library and the bedrooms and the k''one"
all had suffered from the deuse and wheh MI
Peters had made "A round of the premises the
joy that had filled his soul had departed , . ,,
Il Intended to preach a good sermon. ne IN, s"tt a.,
last night put / tell you | feel but htte IKE IL !.
now / think | could preach a good sermon o. on u
plumbing though. ] think 1t Is an outrage the way
ihev are allowed impose upon the pubic. ,,
'When I went away to lecture / sent my iamiIy
10 my wfe's some. | left young fellow IN tne ne
house to look after things. The house Is heated
from the church furnace and owing to 'he ar ar
rangemens Of the pipes the Hood occurred eA
peeled to get home last night and the sexton n m@ OF
ihe church turned the steam on. My young hia
remained up Until 2 o'clock. and as / dldnt ri reacn
nome at that hour he went TO bed. The explosion
must have occurred at about o'clock Every
thing has been ruined. | can't estimate the loss
vet but It viii he pretty heavy" A.,
Mir Peters gave general talk to ms consrsSa.,U,n az,
last night. He promised to say something interest,"
ing next Sunday, however
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
BlOomingdaie Bros, ,.,' ,''s .'s .s'; %,;;; s,,.
7WENTY-TWO FAMILIES HUSTLED or
FLAMES IN BIG TENEMENT-HoUsE IN
RIDGE-ST

FLAMES IN BIG TENEMENT HOUSE IN
RIDGE-sT.
No. lia Rldge-st is q slx-story "double-decker"
tenement. to all outward appearance OF the usual
East Side type. To a considerable extent. however.
II is constructed on the plan Of the Ideal tens-
r ent-house' outlined by Fire Chief Hugh Bon.
Ter before the Tenement-House Committee. and
this fact probably saved It from destruction. and
the l5o souls making their home within its walls
from horrible death In a big fire which started
in the basement shortly after 10 O'clock yesterday
morning.
AS in the majority of East Side houses, the
ground floor of the house Is occupied by two
stores. Herman Newmans bakery has one side
ind the other Is taken up by the meat market OF
Martin Ehrenfeldt. Between the stores and the
basement and the upper floors OF the tenement
mouse there is communication except by way
Of the street. pan which. according 10 the
statements OF chief Bonner would preven, hall
the ,enement-house nres that occur. II it were
carried out
The fire started In the cellar below the bakery
Business was I'm full blast and the store sas fun
when at 10 a. m. smoke began TO pour into tn
workroom In the rear. Newman. his customers and
assistants. ran into the street shouting "Fire
, Wh all their might Their cries were heard y
& who turned turned In an alarm Engine No. Is and hoS5
while the men Of no. i manned the hose ana
nooded the cellar. the members Of the hook smd d
h,n,ta auutr company ven! throuen the house .,nI
through the smoky hallway into the street,
When they were out a brief examination showe95
anything but perfect construction. From the ns nrss
moor. separated from the blazing bakery by onv
extending o the roof The smoke was pouring
through II. and as a precautionary measure Captain
Ahearn ordered a third alarm sent In The en- en-
glnes arrived just IN time TO save Fireman Nc
kavanagh, OF Engine Company No. l5 who Dag
Bonner. who had come the third alarm toot n,
command, anG the eigLt engines which were pus
to work had the fire under control In TWEEN"
minutes. -.
The butchers shop and the bakery were bots ots
wrecked by the flames. and the building, whlsA
is owned By Samuel Harris OF No loe Ludlow,sss:: -:
was damaged to the extent Of about VWo ~ ~
total oss will not exceed 5000 The cause OF tns
fire Is unknown.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
TIE SCHOOLS or TIE STATE
SUPERINTENDENT CRooKER SUGGESTS NEW
PLAN FOR ApPORTloNiNG PUBLIC
SCHOOL MONEYS.

l'ishN rOis NJ titNii"''''''
SCHOOL MONEYS
Albany Feb lo-The report of James F.
Crooker. state superintendent OF Public lnstruc-
ton will be transmitted to the Legislature to-
morrow 1t contains the following statistics
Number OF school districts. ll.l2l. a decrease Of
Weak districts with stronger ores and the annexa-
tion OF large tracts of territory to some q the
Number of public school buildings. Ig,05 of
which !,hee, cities have S's and the country dis
Amoan expended for sshOohousss durns The
Aggregate value of schoolhouses In cities, $751;
and mE.r in the q" Gs%s5Ty SsrsdTy 81 s ssb5o
Of whom the cities claim l.2OsSS. and the country
Total increase in school population during the
Total attendance at school-Citics. 5ss. $685. coun-
y" Total sVS Samber Of teachers sssss OF Whom 5000
sy yStal amount Of tescsszs % her % saIaresie a.
Aysrase "a, annual pdlvIausI saary-cass s7o7 z;
1I' public policy Of the state is very liberal toward
public education. It should not be expected to do
AL m OF G nSoes the
cannot too Gassy %rSs % 'nst be taken
tions. to raise as a supplement- an equal amount.
at least to that RECEIVED from the state Treasury
tai expenses; An average Of 1915 per week for
teachers salaries "a IN ,uy sS,nh,y sshSos IS entirely
plan OF apportioring the public school
moneys Is suggested IN the report II IA to change
the present system OF giving each district. rich
and poor alike. the lump sum of $780, called a dis
trict quota. for each teacher employed The plan
suggested is as follows: That districts whose as
sessed valuation Is 5000 less should receive
two and three-quarter district quotas OF 500 each
for each teacher. provided they raise by local tax
alton s25 at least In addition. TO be used only Tor
teachers wages; that districts whose valuation Is
over 5000 and less than $4,000 receive two and
one-half quotas for each teacher. provided they
raise at least $50 additional for the same purpose.
that districts whose valuation is over $4,000 and
less than $4,000 receive two quotas provided they
raise at least 800 additional for the same purpose
that districts whose valuation is over 10000 and
less than $4,000 receive one and one-half quotas.
provided they raise at least $50 additional for the
same purpose that districts whose valuation 1,
over $4,000 and less than $4,000 receive one quota
provided they raise at least $3.50 additional Tor ths
same same purpose; that districts whose assessed vaua-
a,, oaeInaI quota provided they raise at least $3.50
tscs'v sSss whose assessed valuation above 100000
assst N0o additional for the same purpost. -
New-York tribune., 1895-02-11
MsEriyc OF FREE Soys or ISRAEL.

The annual session Of District Grand Lodge No
l. Independent Order Free Sons of Israel. held
yesterday at Lexington Assembly rooms East
'ifty-eighth-st. Retiring Grand Master Henry
Jacobs in his annual report made a number OF
recommenda tons and advocated the establishment
OF employment agencies In the lodges and thought
that the Initiation exercises should be made more
Interesting.
The following officers were then installed: Grand
master. Ralph Tobias: first deputy grand master.
n. l.. .Ssixas; second deputy grand master, a.
Spangenthal. OF Newark: grand secretary. L. X.
Gofdsmith; grand treasurer. b. Levineer: grand
n sS9pgpctQr. ~. Goldberg: grand tyler. A. Schoen-
= ipal and .Seneial Committee, S. Stern, r. Rosei-
oerE, r. Heinrich and r. L. Tuck.
:. Nhere were 2co delegates present representing the
following States: New York New Jersey Con-
uectcut and Rhode Islanu ~