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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-23

The new tea room on Fifth avenue will have
to struggle against n prejudice which does not
exist in Paris. where there exists an establish
ment after which the present undertaking is
modelled. The ten rooms kept by Columbin
have the reputation of being about the only
places in Paris to which young women may 90
In the afternoons accompanied by men, and
as 1t IL. the greater share Of the patrons nro
English and American residents OF the city.
The subscription teas on two afternoons a week,
undertaken at Shorry's two years ago. were not
a success. and IL was said at the time that New
Workers took no interest in going regularly to
n public place u meet just the came people that
were to tie found In one anothor's houses. SO
that enterprise apparently. persisted from It's
excessive exclusiyeness. There are no such
limitations on tho privileges OF the new
tsa room, but 1t ia unmIstakably the
on the character Of the guests. AZ ColumbIn's
In Paris. with all its limitations, there are oc-
casional ~vi9Itors obviously not of the class to
which the resort Is intended to appeal. But In
the iberallty Of Continental views such matters
are not viewed with tho same strictness rs In
New York. But it was demOnotrated by tho
former experiment here that even In New York
too strict an exclusion OF what adds variety and
contrast TO such gatherings Is not conducive to
success. The Fifth avenue tea room appears to
have struck a mean which may Keep 1t Dopu-
lar with I'LL classes.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
BICYCLE MADE HER BLIND.
Mrs. Hughes Insisted on Riding A fter
Being Advised to Stop.

Mrs. Hughes Insisted on Riding A fter
Being Advised to Stop.
Wilmington. Del, Aug. S.-Tbe doctors
If Wilmington and PHILADELPHIA a re nuzzlad
over a case of blindness in this city which
has resulted from excessive and narSist-
ent bicycle riding.
Inc victim Is Mrs. Enlen Hughes, prom
nent society woman. Mrs. Hughes was an
enthusiast cyclist, and prior to her attack
'fblindDess was regarded as one of the most
graceful riders in her set.
In September last she took her first ,es.
son on the wheel at Pyle's Cycle cademv
ana by November 1 had become an adent
nder. While learning. however. and even
after she had acquired the mastery of the
wheel, she had habit of keeping her eve.
nveted constantly on the front wheel In
nef efforts to guide it. This habit grow
untii her eyes became affected with what
lne doctoB diagnosed bicycle stare.r
her eyes became CLASSY and panied her
severely, but she continued to ride The
wbeel, refusing to accept the diagnosis of
Der doctors. Herfriends noticed the strange
appearance of her eyes and her Inclination
to stare at everything while walking or
sitting, and they ecame alarmed at her con.
dition.
she took daily exercise on her wheel for
more than month after the first sym pto,ns
OF the stare developed, and refused TO ston
until she was compelled to by the severity
Oh the pain in her eyes.
About the first OF April the first symptoms
OF blindness developed, and it was neces.
sary TO confine her in dark room. During
her confinement her eyes bled profuseIy
and her condition became so seriops that
she was taken to IrivatehospitaIIn Phila.
deipbia for treatment. At the hospital she
puzzled the surgeons in their efforts IN
diagnose the case. They administered
treatment 10 stop the hemorrhages ana
,or a time afforded temporary relief, but
ner condition grew steadily worse until
July l, when she became totally blind.
Mrs. Hughes is now in a critical condition
at her home In this city, and although
she is under the constant care of specia,.
lists from Philadelphia and New York
ber conditionis weakening SO much everv
day that it is doubtful IL she will recover.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
GENERAL sroRTISG NOTES.

The Australian cricket team, now in Eng
and and which win, play three matches
aere In September, is claimed to be the
strongest that has everleft the Antipodes on
tour Of conquest
George Y. Hankins, the former king Of
chicago gamblers, has gone, broke Every
thing he owned has gone: even his resi-
dence has been turned over to his former
business associate, II. c. Mcdonald.
[. G. Smith, known as Muldoon's "Col-
ored Thunderbolt," defeated Mike Queen
OF Chicago, at Niagara Fails last night, in
two rounds Of what was to have been q
twenty-round bout. Queen barely missed
being counted out in the first round. The
crowd thought the fight fake" ard po-
ncemen had to be called to clear the room.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
NEW YORK FOR M'KINLEY
Whitney Says 1t Will Give Him
100000 Majority.
Pronounces Unqusiifiedly Falso ~
Statement Attributed to Him That
He Regarded State Doubtful.

Philadelphia, Aug. s.-The Evening Tele-
| graph yesterday afternoon published an
interview with ex-secretary whitney, OBJ.
to that paper from New York. In the inter
view Mr.. Whitney expresses the belief that
Mckinley will carry New York State by
1000 majority.
| The interview follows:
..Is 1t true, Mr.. Whitney, that you class
New York State as doubtful?'
True, sir? There is not a word Of truth
in it. 1t Is not only false, but it is ab-
solutely false.''
WAS their statement circulated with the
object Of placing you iu a compromising
position, and for mercenary purpose?"
"These people have no object and no
power to effect any compromise. In my
| opinion. Unfortunately, perhaps, arm re-
| garded as aIeader of the oundmoney move
ment in the Democratic party, and a good
many people, whether wisely or not, attach
importance TO my utteranee. When it is
known that I yield New York to the silver
people they regard the situation OF sound
| money as periIous.
knowing this to be the effect of what
such statement from me on the subject
would be, the bear eleme Mt. which h las been
ra;ding stocks for long time. and which
wants some new argument TO further de-
press, has most unwarrantably y seized upon
my name and rasca!Iy attributed this declar-
alton to me. 1t is false, wholly false"
Then, You do not give up the State?'
what? Give up the State OF New York
on an issue which means reputation?
Never! Thereis nothing, absolutely nothing,
to justify honest men from yielding an
inch OF their ground. On the contrary, you
may express 1t as my firm conviction that
MI Mckinley win carry this State by fully
200, 600 majority. and In that majority you
will find men OF all classes who put patriot
ism over partisanship in an issue of this
kind have no hesitation in expressing
this belief. 1t comes from what l have
seen. what have heard, what have in
vestigated and what / know.
People who understand me would not
foran instant accept as true any such state
nient as that attributed to me today, but
there are thousands who do not know me
who would readily accept any such report,
aud that is all the bears want. To start
break 1t is only necessary to cause fright"
"You have never given up New York;
Never. When the Chicago convention
turned deaf ears to the Empire State dele
CATION New York was lost to the nomi-
nees it selected, and from that day the
native honesty Of our people has been stead
lily asserting itself in antagonism to the
vicious silver heresy. You may say for
me that if 1 have any utterance to make
on the status Of the present national con-
test, it will not be by vague report, COM
ing from maneuvering clique of brok-
ers who are trying to ruin credits, and the
public may as well take this as a hint
toward the truth now
The evening times., 1896-08-08
shE WAS ro7 YEARS OF AGE.
Aunt '.Phy IIis'' Maherd Claimed That
She Remembered Washington.

Aunt ''Phy Ills" Maherd Claimed That
She Remembered Washington.
New Castle, Del, Aug S.-"Aunt'' Phyi-
lis Maherd, colored, aged nearly lot
years, died at her home in New Castle last
evening.
She was born In slavery and sold three
times. Once when sold she brought more
than ten other slaves put together
Howard Walker was her original owner.
During the '2Os she was sold to the Arm
strong family, and later to the Ogles.
She had lived in New Castle about six
years.
She leaves one daughter and two sons.
The daughter, Mrs Caroline johnson, who
was her oldest child, is eighty-seven years
old, and lives with Mrs. Van Gasken, OF
Smyrna, by whose family she has been
employed for more than fifty years.
Samuel Maherd, Aunt Phyllis second
oldest son, died recently. Arthur Maherd,
aged sixty-five years, lives In the house
in which bis mother died. as does also a
son OF Aunt Phyllis deceased daughter.
Up to three years ago Aunt Phyllis
was remarkably active and could see to
thread a needle. She remembered George
Washington, the burning OF Frencbtown,
and the war OF 1912.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
BANK oFFIcERs ARRESTED.
Charged With Breach hofTrustinover OF
drawing Their Accounts.

] Charleston, s. c., Aug. SRA. Bequest
and ]. Fred Lilien,hal, president and ex-
president OF the German American Bank,
which went under in this city a month
ago, have been arrested on warrants sworn
out by stockholders. Both men had bor-
rowed large sums of money from the bank
of which they were directors, and both
had oyerdrawn their accounts.
bequest is charged with breach of trust,
IN having used bonds In the custody Of the
bank. II is nisdemeanor under the State
law for a bank director to oyerdraw his
account In his own bank. and both men win
be prosecuted on this charge
The arrests have created sensation in
the city, and IT is said that the men win
retaliate by having all OF the other directors
f the bank arrested on similar charges,
Both Bequest and Lilienthal are prominent
men, that latter being an alderman Of the
Mtg.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
AMONG THE AMATEURS.

The Moonlight Baseball Club held meet
Ing last night at their clubhouse on Eighth
street. A number Of changes were made
in the membership. Moses Goetzinger was
released. The club has played nine games
this season and lost four OF them. Noses
Goetzinger pitched In the losing games.
They would like to hear from all teams
eighteen years. Address Otto Goetzinger,
1929 Ninth street northwest.
The evening times., 1896-08-08

darkness, and Umpire sEmsle awarded fIie
game to Baltimore by score of s to O.
Young asks Hanlon to give his side OF the
case. s 5---
The Reds will have a little taste OF life
at fashionable seaside resort during tfer
next Eastern trip. Atlantic Cityis only a
short run from Philadelphia. During the
games in the @ uakertGity, August 20 and
81 and September i, Manager Bancroft has
made arrangements whereby the Reds can
spend their evenings in Atlantic City
They will run to Philadelphia on the noon
train and return to Atlantic City every
night after the game.
A disappointed baseball writer In Wash
ingtoD calls us a .'sopoiiferous slumberer'
because he could not be our correspondent
| in, that city, and a disgruntled iraitsstor in
This city who has grievance because things
10 not come his way shows his inc experience
and lack OF knowledge Of the ethics Of
journalism by crediting the same Strange
how far some people will go to gain what
they consider their personal endsr' And
why?-Philadelphia Ledger
Despite reports to the contrary. ii is
earned from an excellent source that the
New York club is dickering with Rus;e, and
that concessions will be made to the big
fellow. The information comes from o
man who Is supposed to stand very close to
the powers that be in the club, and, accord
ing to him, Amos will be seen in a New
York uniform by The time the team returns
from Boston and begins the home series
with the Western clubs.
lone of the smallest crowds ever be.
held at ball game flocked by themselves
to witness u game between the ST. Louis
browns and Louisvilles at louisville late
last season. says Tim Hurst. .They took
exceptions to one OF my decisions, and
one Colonel in the stand, with a whisky
voice aud fine-cut whiskers, yelled. .sah,
Hurst, sab! IL you don't do the Kunnels
Justice the crowd here will run you off
the field, sab! | politely informed this
Colonel that 'tfie crowd wasn't large
enough to make respectable showing in
rough and tumble, and offefed,to. lock
the gate and take q, catch-as-catc ch can
chance with the little bunch OF fans that
were roasting one. The noyeit Y OF the idea
struck the bunch as, being funny, and
they laughed, and it, made a hit with
them, and wasn't roasted during the
remainder of the game
The evening times., 1896-08-08
Martin to Meet the comm.ttee.

Philadelphia, Aug. S.-After consulta-
tion with his attorney upon the course
he should pursue to meet the testimony
submitted to the Senatorial Investigating
committee, connecting bis name with the
telephone franchise, David Martin
sent a telegram to Senator An
drews, chairman OF the committee, de-
manding that he call the committee to
getherfor the purpose of giving him Martinl
an opportunity to be heard in his own de-
defense. Senator Andrews replied that
he would consult with the committee, and
arrange for as early meeting as possible.
To a reporter Senator Andrews said that
the meeting would probably be called On
Wednesday Of next week.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
McAuIiffe ana cbovr.,-, 1890.

1cAuIf1s and Choy ynski to Meet.
san Francisco, Aug. s.-Joe McAuuffe
and Joe choynski. the heavyweight pugi.
hsts' signed articles today for an eight
round Contest, to take place on the eeth
instant. Jeffreys, the Los Angeles giant.
and Van Buskirk, the Olympic Club heavy.
weight, were also matched for 1imitcfi
round bout TO occur on a date yet to be
named.
The evening times., 1896-08-08
; EXCURSION "a Ntacara FaIls,

Special express, with through coaches
and Pullman parlor cars, win leave B. and
o. station. Washington, for Niagara Falls.
Watkins Glen, Rochester and Buffalo, Thurs
day, August IS. at $40 q. M. Round TIN
good for ten days, $40 au7.6t
The evening times., 1896-08-08

iaggard to double the number OF riders
tDat now belong TO this popular orgali-
zatioD. Its benefits are not sufficiently
advertised. Many riders in the country
90 not know what it is in existence for.
One tremendous effort should be made
the coming winter TO enlist in the cause
$4,000 wbeelmeD, who haveno idea OF what
the L. A. W. constitutes, and who would
readily enter the ranks were but the facts
known.
The evening times., 1896-08-08

:. With the novice record ct 2:O5 SO, there
are no more efforts made to reduce the
record. Last year saw this mark brought
down several times, but the system of
pacemaEing in novice races has been
done away with, and Harry Clark, the
Champion, who IS also something of an
unpaced rider, is apt to retain his honors
for an indefinite period. Chairman Gid
con has set his ban on pacing in novice
events. He argues, and wisely, that be-
ginners have NO idea of following pace,
and consequently many OF them get no
possible show to win.
The evening times., 1896-08-08

Atlantic City-Cape May by b. & O.
r. R.
Fridays and Saturdays, IL @. m. and 12
: m. Round trip Sc. Good returning until
Tuesday. s,t.th.s-Jy&au
The evening times., 1896-08-08

The membership in,the League Of AMER
lean Wheelmen has been steadily on the
increase. 1t seems to= have gathered
new impetus, but efforts should not &c
The evening times., 1896-08-08

Toe clips are advised for wheelmen at all
times. but these clips should rot be so tight
as to prevent the rider from being able at
an instant's notice 10 free his foetin case OF
need. In ordinary riding they allow of
more security OF the foot on the pedals, and
in consequence give more confidence In
hill climbing they permit of the rider OBJ
tanning more power, while in descending
hills they enable the rider TO hold his wheel
in check, provided he does not desire to
coast. In cases OF sudden emergencies. clips
are invalua BILE and the rider can check the
speed of his wheel much more quickly,
whereas, without them, the foot is liable
to slip Just at the time when most needed.
A great number of women who ride the
wheel are of the opinion that the bicycle
should be propelled with the toe On the
pedals, but this is a serious mistake,
which a well-known specialist says will
result in deforming the foot The proper
way to foot the pedals'' is to place the
ball of the foot thereon. This, 1t is
claimed, will add to the high instep which
women crave so much for
The evening times., 1896-08-08

Games Today.
Baltimore at Washington.
Brooklyn at New York.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at Cleveland.
Louisville at Cincinnati.
st. Louis at Chicago.
The evening times., 1896-08-08

Yesterdays Results.
Washington 4, Boston 8.
Baltimore 16, New York 1.
Cleveland 3, Pittsbnrg 8. asait
The evening times., 1896-08-08

The death of Joe Greibler, the st. Paul
rider who wasprcipitated to death at Lima,
Ohio, records the first instance OF fatality
in connection with cycling facing in the
annals of the sport. There have been some
terrible -upsin the past. and many riders
have left the arena with broken bones, but
the pastime has been devoid of a calamity.
in which one of the racing men met death.
1t is a sad case, indeed, and wheelmen in
all parts of the country sympathize with
the youngman's famil y andfriends. Greibler
was rider of no mean ability. Before this
year he was unheard of, but on the national
circuit had forged ahead of the old timers,
and ooked upon nasverypromising. as The
incident but illustrates that racing men
cannot be too careful of foulipg one an.
other in the heat of such fierce competition
as is going on today.
There seems to be no doubt now that Z.
=. Anderson will make his attempt next
Sunday to pedal a mile minute, paced by
locomotive. Accompanied by his trainer,
E. A. Buckner, and A. C. Williams, assist
ant general passenger agent of the Bluff
Line, over which the trial will be made,
Anderson went to Odenburg. H., aud made
two trials behind a locomotive. lie Gov
cred two quarters, one at the rate Of twen-
ty-seyen miles an hour and the other az
thirty-five miles. In neither heat had he
any trouble keeping up with the engine.
The track is only partly completed. and
Anderson, therefore, was not able to go the
whole distance. 1t was Anderson's object
to see II he could overcome the suction
from the coach travelling at high rate of
speed. After the trials Anderson seemed
satisfied and expressed himself as con fident
that he could attain the speed OF a mile .
minute. y'.,''
The evening times., 1896-08-08

Of 13 to 8. The st. Louis men played for
darkness, and Umpire eEmslle awarded tie
game to Baltimore by score of to o..
Young asks Hanlon to give his side OF the
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Guixotry.

Qai1ote is 1t least interesting, and
even amusing. More than this, he Is Of
practical service. His daring unreason-
ableaeSs stirs up stagnating waters and
rel1eyes the gray monotony Of common
sense. Perhaps we regard him with tho
pity that is akin to contempt, and call
him fanatic, enthusiast but 50 have we
called tho prophets that were before him.
Enthusiasm 10Y is rather out of fash
ion, like du"ls and hard drinking; and
70 call Q man enthusiastic is almost as
great IN insult as to call him gentcel.
And 50 we look askance at Quixotry,
because it Is not the mode" But per-
haps we rather ought to weep that it is
50 much a thing Of the past, and cherish
these feW instances Of it that remain;
not olar because Of its artistic value,
bEt because where the more sober thinker
fails, the Qatxote is often Of service.
Like an inferior soprano, he VIII be
heard BY his much screaming, and moth
Ing Is evtr done without a scream.
We have Mr.. Bundle statement that
the public is "a hass," and it Is only
tor apt 81 stand between its pr5varbial
Two bundles Ct hay and taste neithorS
1t takes q good deal to wake it from that
dep, sweet siulnoer i'll which It habitu-
ally lios, dreaming thatit il doing some
thing, fighting old battles over again,
instead II bestirring itself about new
onas. Most progress, and especially pa-
l1tical progress, Is q series Of conIpro-
nllses. No party gets as much as It
wants, but each is drag upon the other.
London Spectator.
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LASsClNG REQUIRES SKILL.
One MAJ Thought It Was Easy and Lest
a Thumb.

Il lost that thumb by knowing too
much,' said the cid stCckman, III an
sWer to a query. Il was nothing but a
telderfoot, but I thought because I could
rope /. calf Ill d corral that | could do
anything any L else could.
THE first day that I went out with
my TaWEldc rata on my saddle some of
the men commenced trying to tell me
how to rope 4 steer and how to take a
turn arGGnd the horn of the saddle with
the RATA when | wanted to hold him,
bat told them [ guessed I knew how
to do It, aud I'm q thumb shy IN conse-
queIce.
II cEucked the rope on a steer as he
was running and quickly wound the
RATA aroGnd the horn of the saddle.
There was a jerk, the steer went down,
and my thumb was crashed to q pulp.
| had, i'll taking a turn with the RATA
around the horn, unwittingly got my
thumb between the rope and the POM
mel. When it frightened I lost my thumb.
"Wnen q cowboy holds Il loop in his
right hand, ready to throw, his thumb
IS pointing from him. After the throw
it is natural for him to let the RATA
slide through his hand from his little
finger toward his thumb, but if he at
te-npts to wind it around the saddle
horn Ill that way it is 10 to / that he
will get his thumb tangled up as I did.
After the throw he has to let 60 Of the
RATA entirely, seize it again, and as he
winds 1t around the saddle horn let it
Slip through his hand from his thumb
toward his little finger. just ~recollect
that and il may save you a thumb. -
San Francisco Post.
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LOOKED LIKE AN OLD UMBRELLA.
Eut It Was q Second Story Sneak Thiefs
S~tepladder.

Major Mcore's office in the District
building is a curiosity shop. he has
there a collection Of articles used by the
criminals who have been run down BY
the metropolitan police: but there ls
II particular article among them that
is probably the center OF interest. In
appearance it resembles an umbrella
that has seen much service, or it might
be taken for a stage umbrella, such as
is used by Marks i'll "Uncle Toms
Cabin"
This imitation umbrella wasformeriy
the properly Of Il burglar, and il was ~
its means that he was able to enter the
second story Of a building. Removing
the cover. Il stick wound with rope IS
revealed. The stick opens like g tele-
scope or q jointed fish pole. Wound
around it is q rope ladder. maze OF
strclg material and about IS feet IN
length. The ladder is only wide enough
for one feet to be placed on the rounds.
The extending stick was used to raise
one end CT the ladder to the window
through which the operator wished TO
enter. aud o. ore end Of the ladder &C
two hGoi..i to hc fastened 70 the sill. The
coiitriyuncc YVES taken from i cGlc-ed
burglar named james Moore, who -
now serving out i 20 years sentence in
the Albany pc.itentiary for h~oaaebreak-
ing.
Moore was first arrested about ten
yeas ago. 1t was then that he made use
Of the Ladder to gain Ambulance to the
housrs that tempted him. He was al
old sailor, and while on board snip he
learned the art Of making and splicing
rope. Entering the field Of crime, he
conceived tho idea of tee rope ladders.
1t is regarded as one Of the most in
geniCus affairs ever made use of by q
thief. He carried no other tools, as he
was what is known i'll police circles rs
a Summer thief enc who works
when windows are left open. Moore
operated alone, as he vas afraid to trust
a pal. '-Washington Post.
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ingiy. 1ou uutlceu hlm sign lnat regis
ter and go off up stairs?' concluded the
clerk. well. he does all the rest III the
same confident way, just as if she were
with him and his first consideration
was for her"
"You may not be poet said the
reporter, "but the story you tell is a
poem that al men should learn and
cherish il their hearts. New Iorh
SIM.