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The sun., 1895-05-18
4 POST OFFICE BOYCOTT.
Postmaster Lane Finally Had to Appeal to
the Washington Authorities.

MANoRvILLE, l.. l.. May 17.-With n view of
breaking tho boycott against Postmaster f. W..
Lane of this place. the authorities at Washing
ton have taken hand in the controversy. and
trainmen and messengers on the Long Island
Railroad have been warned against receiving
mail matter aboard the train from this village,
unless 1t passes through the Post Office, on PEN
atty of Immediate dismissal.
The office was formerly held by q. W. Raynor,
n leading Republican of Brook haven, who has
lust been elected Justice of the Peace. For
twenty-five years the Post Office was located in
his store and it is said that he came to look upon
IL as his personal property.
Mr.. Lane keeps rival grocery at the other
end of the village. He and Raynor were never
on good terms. and during the iatter's lonG term
as Postmaster, Lane 1t is alleged. kept supply
of postage stamps on hand and assistnd in hav-
ing the letters mailed on passing trains and at
other Offices in order to cut down Rnynor's busl-
ness When Lane got the appoi intment OF Post
master he lost no time in transferring the office
the two men, and Raynor Immediately laid In a
snppiy OF stamps and began u retaliatory war;
fare against his old rival.
IL appears that he made such serious nroads
ON Lanes business that the latter appealed to
the postal authorities at Washington: An In
yestigation was ordered, and a few days ago,
when Raynor and his friends attempted TO mail
their letters aboard \ passing tram they found
the mail car locked against them. while one OF
The trainmen showed them n copy OF the order
directing the trainmen to refuse any mail mat
ter from that station not coming through the
Post Office.
The sun., 1895-05-18

Ordered or Riverside Drive by Park
Policeman.


Policeman.
Lawson y. Fuller was ordered off Riverside
Drive yesterday morning by Mounted Police
man Butner for violation OF the Park ordinance
by driving six horses, coach fashion. attached
to a dogcart. At 10th street the policeman re-
fused to permit him to go further. Mr.. Fuller
expostulated with the policeman. but he re-
maincd obdurate. so the team and its driver
were forced TO leave the drive. which is under
the control of the Park Department.
The Park police say Mr.. Fuller was ordered
off the drive because he had no Kermit to drive
once violated the Park ordinance in IL similar
fashion.
Lawson Fuller. when seen late last night at his
house. at l5Oth street and Amsterdam avenue
said That about four years ago, he promised
Mrs. j. Hood Wright that he would drive a
of the Manhattan Hospital. She asked him
again lately. In an exhibition at Fleetwood
Park on May 80 for the benefit OF the hospital
he will try to beat three minutes with u skin
hand.
hand on he North Side road an. at Fleetwood
TO get the horses trained to move together
Yesterday morning he drove ont to Fleetwood,
turned r % Hask 10 for spin on Rversde Drive. lie lie
drove in AZ Clnrcmont and when he reached
=" Mr.. Fuller we are instructed not to allow n
six-in-hand on the drive without permit"
are you sure lIltt tiitTe ID u TtSolublOn Dt tno
BOARD that SIKH hand are TO be excluded 7"
Mr.. Fuller asked. The policeman said ne
thought tho resolution that was passed last
winter said that no one could drive more than
four-in- hand. Mr.. Fuller told him that he
would drive OF Mt the next street.
Mr.. Fuller says he will have to have another
tnssle with the Park Board about this skin
hand. If the driver knows how to handle
his horses. ho says, there is not tho
danger with six, or even eight, in hand
that there Is with nine-tenths OF the single
horses driven In the park There has never
been u runaway of n four or six-n-hand in the
park. The horses, when going together, do not
notion to run together.
As to the drive at Fleetwood. Mr.. Fuller says
that ne challenges any man with a skin hand
Of horses without u record to beat him.
The sun., 1895-05-18
UNCLE sam Is Bad pfi.
Therefore the Federal Courts in ThIs CITY
May Have to Close.

AS n result of the failure Of Congress to make
sufficient appropriation for the department nf
Justice. Judge Townsend closed his court in this
city yesterday. and it was stated in the Federal
building that the United States Judges for the
seventy eighth districts throughout the country
contemplated holding a conference to discuss
the situation, which mcnaces alike the dignity
of the bench and the ends Of justice Last
Tuesday Judge Coke discharged nine prisoners
in Utica because thore no money to con-
duct the prosecution with. The Deputy United
States Marshals in this city whose wages arc
several months in arrears. yesterday decided 10
send PETITION to President Cleveland, asking
him to intercede for them with Attorncy-Gen-
eral Olney.
Nine witnesses who had appeared before
Judge Benedict in the trial of John Fitzgerald
for assault on the high sea applied Yesterday 10
United States Marsha! McCarty for their wit
ness fees. They were told that there was 10
money in the office with which 10 pay them,
and that it might be n year before they co'.d
be paid. The men are all sailors and had been
detained thirty-nne days II Ludlow street jail.
They have no money, ana said they did not
know what to do until they can get another ship.
The sun., 1895-05-18

Firteen.yenr-oId Agnes McGraw Left Home
Because Her Mother Burned Her Ribbons.

A pretty fifteen year old schoolgirl, wearing a
short brown dress. n hat trimmed with red
flowers, and carrying big bundle, was arrested
as she alighted from the 1892 o'clock Patchogue
train on its arrival in Long Island City last
night The girl was Agnes Josephine McGraw
of Bnyport. Her arrest was made through n
telegram received earlier in the evening by De-
tcctiye James Sarvis OF the Long Island Rail-
road from Bayport requesting that the girl be
held.
There were tears in her eyes when she got or
the train She was evidently expecting some-
body The Bayport telegram said that she had
eloped with brakeman on the road of the name
of McKenna. With n view to catching the girls
lover, Detective sarvis waited until sho was
about to lenvs the railroad yard, when ho ap-
preached and took her in custody.
sbe hsvan Ma 10 sob bat was finally uuecd
and told the detective that she had run away
from home because her mother burned her rib
owns n small farm in Bayport. 1t was while
watching the trains pass through her village
McNenna. nS mn She said She didn't know his Chris.
tnn name, but when she spoke about being i'll
treated ut home he asked her why she didn't
was planned. McKenna was an elderly man,
she said. and appeared to take an interest In
her. He promised to take her to New York and
see that she was well cared for
She planned to leave her homo yesterday
morning. AS usual. she le1J tne mousse Ill cOtn-
pany with her younger brother and sister for
school, but on the way there she made an excuse
were Mt work in the field, so. going to the barn.
she hitchcd ono OF the horses to a light wagon
and, packing up her clothes and taking 5, in
money which she found in one of the drawers
OF a bureau she drove to Patchogue. where she
was joined by ,McKenna. They, drove back to
Kenna got out and took her bundle, while she
returned the horse to the stable. Both then set
out on foot for Patchogue, where the girl bought
McKenna was to meet her in Long Island City.
In the mean time the parents of the girl heard
of what was going on. They succeeded in
tracing the couple to Patchogue, and there they
learned that the girl had taken train for Long
Island City.
Detective Sarvis took the girl to the Second
precinct station house. where she was held for
the night. 1t is probable that her parents Will
be on hand to claim her in the morning. Nc
kenna's whereabouts is unknown.
The sun., 1895-05-18

inc t, Cuban character too we'll to be led into
SUN SUN trap; There are now in the ncighbor-
island. About one-thi ird Of the them are
Snbans: the rest SpanardsS None OF the vol
Snteer reglments has been sent into the field to
90 nctlve lighting. All have been employed for
police and garrison duty In cities and towns. In
this province moro than 100 Cuban volunteers
or the fifty men used as guards at the town of
Hrisio twenty deserted In a body last Sunday,
parts of tho island await only a favorable oppor-
ti6 tdmi6ai.y; II must be remembered that these men
s ha mot snss Of Their free will Most
they were recruited under PRESSURE. Their sym
rathics are with the Cubans, aud a few Cuban
In their ranks.
., MARTINEZ Campos has informed seMor Grano,
the chef custom House official here. that he ex-
pects his resignation, as the harbor has not been
improved since Campos was here seventeen
years ago. He suggests that the long planned
widening OF the entrance and the building of n
stone wharf, for which port charges amounting
to S20o;00o have been raised. be begun Mt once
as Il VIII give work to idle natives. and. together
with the extension of tho railroad, will keep
them from joining Maceo.
One explanation advanced as to Campos's sud-
den departure, when the insurgents were almost
knocking at the city gates, is the report that
district. has been taken prisoner by the insur-
gents. nni is now held at llnto del Medic, in the
interior, back of San Luis. The insurgent chief.
doubted here. Campos left either for Manzanil-
10 or Guantanamo He never announces his
ueSllnttlOn when ne departs.
Manuel Fuentes the young Cuban insurgent
who carried credentials from New York news
paper, was released after four days confine-
mcnt in Spanish fortress. He Is not Il re-
porter. and never had place in a newspaper
office, as far as can DO learned, yet no passed
back and forth through the lines. carrying in
formation to the insurgents. When arrested he
had several thousand dollars In gold and drafts.
He said he was going to the United States to
purchase arms and ammunition for the in
surgents. and. after he had insulted
several spanish officers. he was arrested
His release was obtained by personal
representations made to Gen. Garrish
by persons in good standing here. Fuentes has
been ordered to leave the island by the Govern
ment. All reputable American correspondents
have been treated with the greatest courtesy by
the Spanish officials. and not the slightest i'm
pedment has been placed in the way. except
that cable news must pass through the hands of
n censor. In releasing Fuentes the Spanish
officials said they did so to show their friendly
feeling toward the United States.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. May l7.-At Key West.
Fla. it Is said tiibustering expedition started
for cuba while the war ship 1nfanta Isabel was
detained in quarantine at Tampa. The report
comes from a trustworthy source.
MADRID. May 1.-THE Government is nego-
tiating with the Bank OF Spain for loan of
SlO.0OOO00, at 4l4 per cent, to meet the eX-
penditures incurred through the Cuban cam
paign.
The Government is preparing to send l, 500
cavalry to Cuba at once.
The sun., 1895-05-18
CLAIMED BY FOUR HUSBANDS.
Each Claimant to Mary Donovan Denounces
the Others ms Impostors.

inc otHcFs AN a"possoFss
A woman who described herself as Mary Don
ovan. 10 years old. Of Mount Vernon. \. V. was
locked up in the Mulberry street station Thurs
day night for being drunk and disorderly at tho
Bowery and Prince street. She had hardly been
locked up when George Wiley came in and ex
citedly demanded her release.
"Who are you 2" asked the Sergeant.
I'm Mary Donovan's husband replied
Wiley, who added that he lived at l l3 Second
avenue He became noisy that he was locked
up on charge of disorderly conduct.
Mary Donovan by this time was ready to be
taken to the Elizabeth street station, where
there is n matron.
A second man. who said he was her husband,
hurried into the Mulberry street station shortly
after Mary Donovan had left. He refused to
give his name. hut lost his temper when in
formed that Wiley had put in prior claim for
Husband No. hurried to the Elizabeth street
moved to the Hudson Street Hospital. She had
become hysterical at sight OF the cell III which
to msn eaed ahe at the Mulberry
station shortly after husband No. = had left.
and after describing Mary Donovan. demanded
cally: Are you her husband, too Z"
The rspsd that ne wd was the only
husband No. left the station without giving
ms name.
Wiley. husband No l. was arraiGned in the
Tombs Police Court yesterday morning. but the
woman was too i'll to leave the Hudson street
Hospital.
Wiley was fined SIS and paid it. He went
away protesting that he was Mary's only hus-
band.
4 man who limped and looked seedy arrived
at the Tombs Police Court shortly after noon.
Was Sarah Joyce brought here?" he asked
Clerk Belts.
The clerk couldn't find the name.
Look for Mary Donovan" said the man.
hn III mel LAI
" I'm Sarah Mary's husband was the answer.
Clerk Belts smiled aud told the man the story
of the other three husbands.
Somebody will get hurt for ella lining my wife
as theirs" said husband No. /, as he hurried out.
When asked for his name No. said it might
be Joyce and might be Donovan but he wouldn't
know, what the three impostors' names would
be If he caught any Of them.
The sun., 1895-05-18
Il WON.iN CYCLIST ARRESTED.
Goo Goo De Witt Catches Her Riding on
the boulevard with Lamp Cnli.shtcd.

the boulevard with Limp UnlIghtcL.
Thomas ID. DE Witt. the member of the West
side Protective League who had score of
bicycle riders arrested on Wednesday night for
not having their LAMPS lighted. resumed his
crusade last night.
He stationed himself on the Boulevard early
in the evening and. as the unsuspccting Wheel
men came along without any headlights. De Witt
halted them and turned them over to Policeman
Smith, whom he had assigned for that duty.
Five men and one young woman. members OF
the Excelsior Bicycle Club, who were out on
their weekly Friday night run. came down tho
Boulevard at 1880 O'Clock. The young
woman was Miss Jennie Raisbeck. 10 years
Of age of Go West Sixty-sixth street. the
daughter of Thomas Raisbeck, President
of the Raisbeck Electrotype Company of "a
Vandewater street. The lamp on her wheel had
gone out. De Witt stepped out in the roadway
at Sixty-eighth street. stopped the party, and
ordered the policeman to arrest Miss Raisbeck.
Her COMPANIONS accompanied her to the West
SiXty-eighth street station house, vigorously
upbraiding De Witt on the way.
Marion. the crusader nsurped the function OF
the Sergeant by asking the young woman her
pedigree. despite the protests Of Marion. who
reminded him that he was in charge of tho
When her pedigree had been entered upon tho
biotter. de Witt offered to 20 her bail. and in.
sisted upon the Sergeant making out the bail
bond Immediately, as he wished to go home. FL
became abusive when Marion told him politely
that he would have to wait an hour. as he waS
busy making out bail bonds for the release OF
SOME Of De Wits other victims.
Among the others arrested and bailei out
were: George A. Lawrence, n medical student,
OF 120 West Fifty-seventh street: Henry /!m-
merman of 4ol Columbus avenue. William
Charles Faith of lu3 Essex street, nrl Edward
Powers of l40 West Sixty second street.
The sun., 1895-05-18
DIED ON HIS BRIDAL TOUR.
Principal EdwardP. Pitchers Sudden Death
Eight Hours After His Wedding.

NEwBURGH. May l7-Edward Payson Pitcher
principal of public school in New York city,
died in this city last night. eight hours after his
wedding to an accomplished young lady OF Cairo,
Greene county. The wedding OF Mr. Pitcher oc-
Cured at Hudson. n. Y. yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock. At0 o'clock the bridal couple arrived
at Newburgh and registered ut the Palentine
They retired to their room the third
floor. About an hour later Mr. Pitcher
came down stairs to write letter in the
hotel reading room. He was apparently feel
ing we'll when he bade Clerk John Halliday
good night, and returned to his room. At II
o'clock the clerk WAS called by Mrs. Pitcher.
the husband having been stricken with Illness
DIR. A. V. Jova was called. He reached the
later later. Mr. Pitcher died. DR.. W. 5. Gleason was
called in and after consultation the two ply
trouble OF the heart. Mr.. Pitcher was 80 Years
of age. The bride is 80 years old.
Edward Payson Pitcher was principal OF tho
male department Of Grammar School 3D. at l. 40
West Twentieth street and In point of service
Of S a m G & h
May. 1861 and was promoted TO be principal
in 1890. Mr.; Pitcher was a native Of this city;
School in June 1909. He was then 90 years Of
age. He took the teachers examination at
he WAS appointed a. teacher and took
charge of n class in Grammar, School
3d. He was made principal or tho male
department of the school Immediately after
the resignation OF former principal Thomas
W. Conkin. Mr. Pitcher was at the school on
Wednesday. He announced at that time to a
few friends that he was going away to be mar
ried. They were all very much surprised as
they had regarded him as a confirmed bachelor.
Mr. Pitcher was regarded as one OF the most
ular with his associates. He a member OF
the Executive Committee Of the Society of Ped
aGogy. and was also a member Of the school,
masters Club. so far as his friends in this city
know he had never before suffered from any
organic trouble of the heart.
The sun., 1895-05-18
TEST OF DECK-PIERCING SHELLS.
The Result Satisfnctory-New Magazine
Rifles for the Engineers.

SANDY Hook, May 1.-THE last lot of 10
inch deck piercing shells furnished by the Mid
vale Steel Company Of Philadelphia were tested
this afternoon at the proving grounds. Tho
shells are designed to carry bursting charge
of emmensitc, and required to penetrate deck
plate inclined sixty degrees to the line of fire.
Both of the shells fired under these conditions
We're recovered. after penetrating the plate. en-
tirely uninjured.
The test took place under the direction of
Capt. Heath, in charge of the proving grounds.
There were present Capt. David A. Lyle the
army inspector at Midvale Mr.. Farnum the
ordnance engineer: Mr.. Brce. Mr.. Pollock. and
Mr. Dodge. The army officers expressed them
selves entirely satisfied with the results OF the
test.
WHITEsToNE, l.. l., May 1.-THE new Krug-
Jorgensen magazine rifles, to equip the United
States engineer battalion. were delivered at
Willcts Point to-day OH the Government steam
er Ordnance. There were APO rifles, l40 for
each OF the three companies. The new guns will
be given out next week.
The sun., 1895-05-18
THURSTON NOT a MON4RCHIST
The Report from San Frnncisco Pronounced d
Absurd In WnshinEtOn.


wAsHrSGToN May 1.-THE report which ap
peared in San Francisco paper yesterday, and
which was telegraphed East last night, that
Mr.. Thurston, who was until recently tho
Hawaiian Minister to the United States, is ad-
vocating restoration of the monarchy in Hon
olulu. had its origin In a paragraph published
in a native newspaper weeks ago.
Copies OF Honolulu papers received here, bear
ing date April II, refer to reports prevalent
among the natives that Mr.. Thurston was to
head n movement in favor Of restoring Queen
l.iliuokalani, but the references were all made
in n jocular spirit, us being on Its face an alb
surdity:
republican. He was the Chairman of the Com
mission which came to Washington shortly af-
the tns of to nted
Hs Of fhs fss In 5f
sent SEM 10 this country as Il mister. this he!ns he
most Important diplomats post within within The gift
lulu. engaged in the practice of law. and his
friend; here say that he is stili the same ardent
contrary are unworthy OF notice.
Mr.. Frank Hastings, acting Minister from
Thurston has become royalist and that the
Dole Government is breaking down. MIR. Hast
This report is too absurd to be digniied by
denial. There is absolutely no foundation in
fact for it. Why. Mr.. Thurston was one Of tho
Annexation Commission. and Minister from
Hawaii from the first under the republic There
can be no truth whatever in such crazy yarn.
1t Is only intended. II there be any motive be-
hind 1t. to disturb the situatio and encourage
the enemies of law and order in Hawaii"
BOSTON, May l7.-GOrman ID. Gilman, Ha-
waian Consul. has this to say regarding the re-
ported unsettled condition OF affairs in Homo
LULU
II received by the last mail that has reached
here from Honolulu six letters from different
correspondents. all of them active. intelligent
business and professional men, representing in
the aggregate large financial interests: The
dates were to the very last Of April, and came
alarm or general anxiety was expressed in any
one of them. Minister Thurston was back on
his native soil. and no new volcanic eruptions
in political life were manifested: President
Dole and the Minister were Off with a party. in
cluding officers Of the United States steamship
Philadelphia on their yachts to Pearl Harbor.
II have all the late Honolulu papers up to
May =, in none of which, Government or oppo-
sition are any fears manifested of revolution or
dissolution. Very recently, within a few weeks.
special correspondents reported by telegraph
certain Indications that foreboded disaster. II
not Decentralization at Honolulu. but later ad,
every one of them. and made the facts appear
almost the opposite of what had been tele-
graphed. One correspondent writes me, April ~
80 Matters are quiet here now. and II people
would only tell the truth we would have moth
ing to fear
Another writes:
"A special correspondent here has been made
to apologize for his wrong statements In his cor
respondence to the East"
The sun., 1895-05-18
SPRINKLED WITH MERCURY.
Is II Dangerous TO Work Where Lam
Bulhn Are Exhnuated Of AIri

Suit was brought before Judge Child and a
jury in Newark yesterday by Erhardt Bruder
who was employed in the Edison Lamp Works
at Harrison. He asked damages in 5000. al
legng that the General Electric Company has
ruined his health. He was employed in the
room where the mercury pumps for cxhaustng
the air from the lamp bulbs are.
He asserts that when the bulbs break the
mercury is scattered over the operatives. and
that as result his whole system has become
poisoned. His hair, he says. is falling out, his
teeth are loosencd. his sight and memory are
impaired. and his limbs weakened. 1t Is said
that the fate of four five other cases will de-
pend upon this suit.
The sun., 1895-05-18
CORRUPTION IN NEW ORLEANS.
Henry Hicr. - WeIi-LnOwn Stock Broker.
Convicted Of Perjury.

NEW ORLEANS, May 1.-THE jury in the case
of Henry Bier, on trial for perjury, tonight
brought In a verdict Of guilty. Mr.. Bier is q
leading stock broker in New Orleans, n man of
wealth. and a leader in society The verdict
was the result of a big transaction, by which he
purchased the franchises of the New Orleans
City Railroad from the city for $780, and
sold 1t to the Traction Company for 100000
He was called upon to testify in the impeach-
ment proceedings Of Mayor Fitzpatrick AS to
gated 1t on the charge that the franchise had
been bought through the council.
II was generally supposed that Mr.. Bier would
be acquitted. and his counsel offered to submit
the case without argument but II was argued,
and the Jury after n few minutes consde Grafton
brought in a verdict of guilty. 1t will probably
lead TO renewal of the investigation into
municipal corruption.