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THE COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK.

Unsurpassed in location and perfect in all
appointments Free Coach and Baggage to
and from Grand Central Depot by giving uf
notice. American plan, 81 er day and up
ward; European plan. Si.5O per day and up
ward. Music during inner. The travelling
public will find this delightful. cool and
homelike hotel.
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NuaxxEss CARDS.

cEW1NG MA >7HINEs.
Nheeler a Wilson. $500. The singer, $lb-OO.
domestic, $3.50, S1ahuAIe' S~o,vsS' oao
Uoueehold, fa5.O0. 9th 9r makes Az 80. &c, $9o'
Oak or walnut. 1s years kuAtnhSeo'
anS Solu ~ f.nd machines at $500 up Re
pairing. GO cents. oDoNAI,D.
No "a East Seventh Street. Wilmington, Del
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ORce Seventh and King. Phone 54B.
h Sergeant, dealer In coal SaS wood
eE-Large pea coal for family use
Oak or pine wond. large load 81. So.
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Nan For

The Bayard Legion, the originator Of
cheap Sunday excursions to Atlantic City
August 9th. Tickets 1875 children 65c
Twelve hours at the sesshors & o 4 r.
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Send Postal for New Dav. Also New Nlght
Circular OF Goldsy College
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ZEAL ESTATE.

HIGHLANBs-NEW HOUSE IN PEkr
III fec6 order, rooms. front porch, etc. Lot
25xl25; positive bargain II sold within THIRTY
days. Il. L EVANS q CO.. Eighth ana
Market streets.
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WARREN f. LELAND,
Proprietor.
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HOTELS.
WINDsOR HOTEL,

FIFTH AVENUE, 18Th TO 47rH sTs.,
NEW YORK.
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ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.
DELAWARE HOUSE,
Corner Georgia and Pacific Avenue,
Atlantic City, N. j.
square from the beach. Terms moderate,
J. J. GOOD & J. HANNA, Proprietors.
HOTEL HECKLER,
IL Formerly Normandie.)
Corner Atlantic and Pennsylvania Avenues
Atlantic City. N. J.
Heated IN the winter with steam.
HENRY HECKLER, Proprietor.
TIE ARGYLE; 1,1:D,,o c,,v
Connecticut Avenue, Ocean End.
A cheerful home, like home. Special rates
to July !.
THos. H. AND A. G. sEDLoE.
rINHE BREvOORT.
Il IL =. South Carolina avenue. Open all
year. Convenient 70 depots and beach. Bright,
cheerful rooms. Remodeled and refuruished.
Weekly terms reasonably.
B. 70. NORRIS. Proprietor.
THE KINGSTON
137 OCEAN AVENUE.
Near the Beach Terms reasonable.
MRS. A. e. MILLER.
rTVHE LUCSRN, MASSACHUSETTS AVE-.
Il near Pacific, Ocean View. Reading X.
X. trains stop at Mas achusetts Ave one
square from beach. Table and appointments
Arst class. hates; Spring, $l;5O per day; SsOO
per week. Special rates for the season. From
Sat. till Mon. $500. 4. HARROD. Prop'r.
THE NORWOOD.
i Ocean Ind Kentucky Avenue,
Atlantic City, N. j.
Steam Heat, with all modern improvements.
Open all the year. Terms moderate.
MRS. ALSFELT, Proprietor,
MR.. AND MRS. A. B. GARDNER, Morss
THE OSBORNE,
Il Corner Pacific and Arkansas avenues.
One square from Reading Depot and Beach.
New electric passenger elevator and cleo
Terms: daily, 81 50 TO $3.50; weekly. $500 to
Sll.0O. Mrs. X. J. OSBOkNE
SAN MARCOS HOTEL,
Pacific and Massachusetts, Avenues.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.,
OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
Near the Beach. ELEGANT and Modern.
Hydraulic Elevator. sun Parlor. Hot and
Cold salt Baths. Cuisine and Service Unex-
celled. A. CRUDE.
CAPE MAY.
NEW Mt. VERNON HOTEL.
SOUTH CAPE MAY, M.
New Management. Directly on the beach.
Ocean view from every room. Reasonable
terms. Special rates to families.
j. 4. CROWhLL, Proprietor.
HOTELS.
WINDSOR HOTEL,
FIFTH AVENUE, 4sTH TO 4yrH sTs..
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CAPE MAY.

NEW MT. VERNON HOTEL.
SOUTH CAPE MAY. N. J.
New Management. Directly on the beach.
Ocean view from every room. Reasonable
terms. Special rates to families.
j. 4. CROWkLL, Proprietor.
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NToTICE-A MEETING OF THE BRYAN
~ and Sewall Democratic Club No; l., OF
Wilmington. pel., will be held 10 tne nluule-
ton Bnilding, Fourth and King streets, on
Monday evening. August 10, at O'Clock, A
cordial invitation Is extenoed TO all citizens
who favor the election OF Bryan and Sewall.
II FRANK Mccoy. Chairman.
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ALL
N stnte licen Sc and Ia due and not paid on
or before the 3lsu day of August. 1898, there
will be 25 per cent. added thereto. In accord
ance with section 6, chapter bo, Revised Code'
Laws of Delaware. =. .,,.rD
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IF YOU ARE INSURED IN THE METRO
i polilan. Prudential or United States. LOT
$500 and upward, you can learn something 70
your Interest by addressing, Insurance, Z. U.
Box 1S}
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THE SLOT WAS TOO WIDE
Novel Point on Which ]. C. Shoe
maker Bases an Action
for Damages.
A Subtitle First of Its Kind Against
the Geary.Street, Park and
Ocean Road.

The tire of John E. Shoemaker's bicycle
slipped into the slot on the cable line of
the Geary- street Park and Ocean Railroad
on May % last while he was riding rapid y
along the track. and he dismounted with
rather more rapidity than is customary
with wheemen.
AS result he has begun suit against the
corporation on grounds never before urged
as the basis of an action for damages.
Shoemaker alleges that when the COM
pany obtained its franchise from the Board
OF Supervisors one of the provisions of the
grant was that the width OF the aperture
or slot above the cable should not be over
en-eighths of an inch in width, and
that it was the duty of the company to
see that this provision was carried out.
Shoemaker goes on to say that on the day
mentioned, while riding along the slot at
the intersection of First and Point Lobos
avenues, his tire ran down into the slot
and he was thrown violently to the ground
sustaining severe physical mi uries as well
as completely wrecking his bicycle He
alleges that at the point where he was in
jured the slot was one and fve-eighths
inches wide and that this condition of
affairs was contrary to the ordinance
granting the franchise and due to the gross
negligence of the corporations employees.
He asks damages in the sum of $299 and
for costs of suit.
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CRUSHED BY A TRUCK.
Lawrence Crounse, Five Years OF Age
Instantly Killed at Fulton ana
Cough Streets.

A fatal accident occurred to Lawrence
Crounse, five years of age, yesterday after
noon at Fulton ard Cough streets. The
boys father Fred C. Crounse, lives at SOFA
Franklin street.
Charles H. Selleck, tea mster for l. s.
Van Wrinkle & Co., iron merchants, Mar
ket street, was driving his empty truck to
the stables on Cough street when the boy
jumped on the side of the vehicle to get a
ride. He missed his hold and fell, one OF
the wheels of the truck passing over his
chest and killing him instantly.
Selleck, wondering what the wheel had
passed over looked behind and was horrl-
fed to see the body of the boy on the
street. He stopped his team, picked the
boy up and, thinking that life was not ex-
tinct, put him in passing express wagon
and asked the driver to take the boy to the
Receiving Hospital. On reaching there,
DR.. Thompson pronounced life extinct and
said that death must have been instanta-
neous. The body was then removed to the
Morgue.
Selleck surrendered himself at, police
headquarters and was booked at the City
Prison on the charge of manslaughter.
Chief Crowley refused to release him on
his own recognizaDce.
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said the fighter, slowly repeating the query.
well, [ certainly do, or shouluh nave
matched with him."
About how many ROUNDS 90 you tnlnA
the contest will last p
"Well, now, as to that cannot say.
Gallagher is good man, strong, Wli1mrhI9
fighter, and is dangerous at all times; Inc
tight may last to the ten-rounos llnlC anu
it may not. l am not prepared TO say.
When Smith was asked what ne tnolsnt
the outcome of the Corbett-SharKey pots
would be he said he thought Corpett
ought to win, as he is master OF ring
tactics and not to be compared VIII
Sharkey as regards ability: lie tnougnI
Corbett ought to get the decision anyway,
even if he didn't knock Sharkey out.
"And by the way" he added, 81 under
stand Corbett has said in one OF your
dailies that 1 am only one- ma oee
fighter, and that Young Corbett can
whip either Gallagher or me. Well, al l
have to saw is that am willing to hght
George Green young CORRECTLY, win or ,,
lose, for as much as he wants at any tine;
Smith also says that he is matched 10
fight Dudley Evans, the champion middle
weight of Oregon, in Portland. July 10.
He is also confident of victory in this In
stance.
Ned Morrissey, his trainer, who has won
many 130-pound matches In the Nortn-
west, SAYS he is willing to meet any man
in his class in California and is Wiling 10
open negotiations at any time.
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Browns former stronghold. who are
willing to affirm that the sacred edifice
has become the permanent abiding place
of all manner of uncanny creations.
They go further than this, and in
whispers, tell of mysterious lights seen
around the church study, lecture-room and
in the front part of the building. These
lights are said to fit from one place to
another with almost inconceivable quick
ness, disappearing entirely from sight,
only to flash again the next moment at the
same spot or in some more remote quarter
OF the edifce.
The lights, however, if they really exist,
are the least of the mysteries attending
Browns old church. A man slightly
stopped is said to walk up and down the
alley which separates the church from the
st. Lawrence stables. The figure may be
seen almost any dark night. The head is
bowed low Oh the breast as though in a
deep study.
employees of the livery sta bic view with
distrust the approach OF midnight. Two
watchmen have already resigned their DO
sitions, claiming that they were not mo-
rally strong enough to'withstand the cold
chillS which chased up and down their
spinal columns when they inspected that
portion of the stable adjacent to the
alley.
The figure WHICH has caused so much
uneasiness in the livery stable, and among
the people who live close by, is said to re-
semble closely that of Sexton Stevenson,
who died Christmas, 1894. Stevenson had
worked very hard all day assisting in the
decorations, and doing such other work as
the occasion demanded. Late inthe after
noon he was suddenly stricken with apo
plexy, dying that night.
Stevenson was not happy man as sex
ton of the First Congregational Church.
For some reason Brown conceived vio-
lent dislike to him. On several occasions
the sexton talked to leading mem bers of
the church about his uncomfortable posi-
ton, asking them to intercede in his be-
half.
In spite of all these troubles the old sex
ton took great interest in the church and
endeavored in every way to beautlfy Its
surroundings. Just prior to the fatal
Christmas Stevenson planted lot OF flow
ers in the alley between the church and
stable. With tender care he worked with
them and Just as they seemed in fair
way to gladden. his heart with bloom and
fragrance death came. The flowers either
dropped and died or shriveled into some
thing utterly unlike their natural state.
No one, not excepting the grim-yisaged
but genial Pike, has ever succeeded in
making the survivors flourish.
The silent fl ure which haunts the old
church was observed for the first time
about two months ago. People have
watched him from a distance, but only
one man has had the moral courage to get
in touch, so to speak, with the mysteri-
Gus being. This was the first Waterman TO
give up his position. About midnight two
months ago the Waterman was making
his usual rounds, when as he approached
the window leading into the church yard,
a cold wind brushed across his face. He
shuddered, glancing at the same time
toward the window to see if it were open.
The window was closed, however, but
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through the glass the figure of man with
a long cloak thrown carelessly over his
shoulders was seen walking slowly dow
the alley. The first fear partially disap
peared, for the Waterman summoned up
sufficient courage to raise the window and
call loudly after the stranger. But the
man with the long cloak answered never a
word. Indignant at such treatment the
watchman reached for good sized stick
living conveniently near and taking careful
aim let it fly at the stranger.
Then the strangest thing occurred. The
stick, true to its aim, struck the stranger
or rather the cloak he wore. The missile
fell noiselessly to the ground, the cloak
dropped over it and the figure vanished in
a thin mist The Waterman is not sure
whether the man went up into the air,
down into the ground or disappeared
through the solid oak doors leading into
the church. Of one thing he is certain,
however, and that is while he saw the
cloak and stick fall to the ground he did
not see the direction taken by the silent
figure.
The next morning the cloak was found
where it had fallen and returned to the
church. Since that time the figure has
been seen by at least score of people, but
no one has had the temerity to get within
speaking" distance.
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CONSIDERATION OF
BISHOP GRACE,
The Respected Priest of
Sacramento to Be
Elevated.
CEREMONIES TUESDAY.
They Will Be Held in the Cathe-
dral of the Capital
City.
DEEP INTEREST IN THE EVENT.
Archbishop Riordan Will Offciate
With Bishops Montgomery and
Seaman.

Right Reverend Thomas Grace, formerly
vicar-general of Sacramento diocese, who
was recently elected bishop of the see left
vacant by the death of Bishop Manogue,
will be consecrated Tuesday morning next
The Most Reverend Archbishop Riordan,
DID,, assisted by Bishops Montgomery
of Los Angeles and Seaman of Salt Lake
City, Utah, will officiate at the consecra-
ton. In the Catholic church there is per-
haps no ceremony surrounded with so
much imposing solemnity as the consecra-
ton of bishop, and this event gives
promise of maintaining that grand charac-
ter and impressiveness. The ceremonials
and their attendant services will be held
in the cathedral of Sacramento, the sane
tuary of which will be beautifully deco
rated for the occasion. Indeed, prepare
tons on very elaborate scale are already
in progress to guarantee the fitting cele-
bration of the raising of this highly re-
spected and loved priest to his exalted
office.
Special arrangements for the accom-
mediation of visiting prelates and priests
have been made. The sanctuary will be
arranged to receive an unusually large
NUN D0T VI anu IL Is CA pCCISU
that the whole floor of the stately cathe-
dral will be densely crowded.
In view of the widespread interest in the
conservation, priests and laymen are ex-
pected from all parts of California. All
the Catholic societies of Sacramento have
slgnitied their intention of attending, and
societies from other towns in the diocese
will in all probability show their regard
for their new Bishop by sending large
delegations to be present at the ceremony.
1t Is likely, also, that Bishop Mora of Los
Angeles and the prelate of Portland, Or,
will participate.
Bishop Grace was born in Ireland in
1912 and his education was received in
private school, then in st. Peters College,
Wexford, and finally he studied for the
priesthood in the college of the foreign
missions, All Hallows, Dublin. In 1867
he was ordained priest, and then came
immediately to California. His first
pastorate IN the State was at Red Bluff.
Tehama County. While there he built
the Convent of Mercy. His next station
was Grass Valley, whence he moved to
Marysville In 1881 he was called to Sacra-
mento, where he succeeded Father Nc
Sweeney as pastor of st. Roses Church.
For years he was advisor of the late Bishop
and his long years of ASSOCIATION with the
Catholic people of various parts of the
large diocese make him one of the best
known priests in California.
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Declares the Mighty Has Fallen
Through an Appetite
for Rum.
THINKS CoRBETr MISTAKEN.
England, He Believes, Is Behind the
Times in Everything but
Horse.Racing.

eyes," said "Mysterious" Billy Smith
champion welter-weight of the world, yes
terday, 81 am here to fight Gallagher or
July 2, and if nothing unforeseen happens
| [ guess one or the other of US will get &
chance that night to see Shorthand charac
tiers. Chinese hieroglyphics and the label;
on chemists bottles freely floating in the
air.
Smith arrived yesterday afternoon
from Portland, Or, on the steamer
Columbia.
1t was only about six weeks ago that
Smith came over from England, where he
was engaged IN several battles under the
management of the London National
Sporting Club. In all of these he added to
his laurels.
The first was with Corporal Ham, the
cham pion light heavyweight of the Eng
lish army. Ham lasted just ten seconds.
The next was with Jack Bryant, the win
ner of nine fights in the foregoing class.
This fight lasted Just thirty seconds. Then
came ALI Morris, who belongs to the
heavyweight class. This was a harder
contest than the two preceding ones, and
il took Smith two minutes to put his burly
opponent out His last contest in England
was with Billy Husbands, and the cham
pion required eight rounds in which to
put him TO sleep.
Compared with Americans" said
Smith, 1.-The English are fifty years behind
the times. They are old-fashioned in
everything-in the way they build their
houses, even. There is only one thing in
which they excel every other country, and
that is in horse-racing. There is no doubt
but that they have this branch of sport
down to a pretty fine point. When it
comes to racing horses they are scientific,
and no mistake about it.
"W lille l was in London [ saw Peter
Jackson, at the National Sporting Club and
various other places. Poor old Peter. He
is about as near physical wreck as a man
can well be. [ don't believe he will ever
enter the ring again"
WHAT has brought this condition of at
fairs about to your notion?"
Booze" said the pugilist sentenIiously.
HE is in trance nearly all the time"
This latter is an original expression OF
Mysterious Billy's own coinage. 1t
means that Jackson is so constantly under
the influence of liquor as to appear stupid.
81 fought Kid Mccoy in Boston May
49," continued Smith, land at the expira-
ton of six rounds the fight was given him
on foul. Mccoy fought at 15S pounds
and l at 144. But that wasn't where the
trouble came in''-this with an ominous
lowering of the brows and a close compress
sion of the lips-"there was some crooked
work by the referee. Why, l challenged
Mccoy in the ring Immediately after the
fight had been awarded him, for $500 a
side, and do you think he would fight me
Mil He had ali he wanted already.
Then [ came to Portland where my
parents live, merely to pay them visit
and get little recreation, but Bob Harris
| Il I'll II
was there, and SO he telegraphed me to
come to San Francisco, saying / could
make a match with Gallagher. l after
ward found out he had telegraphed me in
Boston.
do 1 think I can defeat Gallagher
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IN THE COBONER'S FAVOR
Judge Murphy Will Not Prevent
the Sonderup In
quest.
DR.. Huffman Will Now Have t.
Answer Certain Questions or
Go to Jail.

The Sonderup case. was yesterday de-
cided in Coroner Hawkins favor. Judge
Murphy sustained the Coroner's demurrer
to the writ OF prohibition.
Marie Sonderup petitioned for writ
prohibiting the Coroner from proceeding
with the inquest on the body of her hus-
band. The Coroner's demurrer claimed
that the writ failed to allege that the Cor
oner had acted without authority. AS
public officials are presumed to act within
the law, the court held that this was a
fatal defect in the writ and sustained the
dem urrer.
This action OF the court will force DR..
kaufman to testify before the Coroner or
90 to Jail for contempt, which will throw
open the gate for repetition of the whole
trouble.
Originally the matter started with the
death OF Mrs. Sonderup's husband, who
was injured in a Kearny-street car acct
dent. DIR. Huffman attended him and
made out death certificate charging his
demise to the accident. Coroner HAWKINS
then he'd an inquest and called Huffman
as witness. Kuhlman refused to answer
certain questions and was committed to
the County Jail for five days for contempt
He procured writ of habeas corpus and
was released, 1t being charged that the in
quest was an illegal one from the fact that
the jury had viewed the body before bein g
sworn.
Coroner Hawkins then impaneled
another jury and after lot of trouble sue
ceeded in having the body exhumed, when
proceedings were legally begun. The
autopsy physician found that Sonderup's
death did not result from injuries, but
from consumption. On the stand, at the
second inquest, DR.. Huffman again re-
fused to answer the Objectionable in
auiries and while Hawkins was deliberat-
ing whether or not to commit the physi-
clan for contempt he was served with the
writ of prohibition by Judge Murphy.
And now, like link in an endless chain
the beginning point of the matter has
come around again.
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Temperance service.

At Simpson Memorial Church this evening,
at AS O'Clock. temperance lecture will be
held with an address by the pastor, Rev. John
Stephens, and attractive music rendered by
the choir. Members of the Order of Good
Templars, Sons of Temperance and Woman S
Christian Temperance Union will be present
and occupy reserved seats. The public are in
vited to attend.
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THE CONDUCTOR WAS RIGHT.
Peter Brooks, Laborer, Fined for Re-
fusing to PAY His Fare.

fusing to Pay His Fare.
Peter Brooks, laborer, appeared in
Judge Campbell's court yesterday morn
ing to answer charges of disturbing the
peace and battery.
He got on Market-street car at Third
street Friday afternoon and handed the
conductor check which he said he got
from the conductor of Third-street car
The Market-street conductor told him that
no checks were now issued, and demanded
his fare Brooks refused, and wheI the
sisted and struck him. Policeman John
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Wallace was summoned and placed Brooks
under arrest.
Judge Cam pbell after hearing the testi
mony fined Brooks $50 or twenty days in
the County Jail. The Judge in sentencing
Brooks said that conductors had certain
rights, and the Market-street conductor
did quite right in attempting to eject
Brooks on refusing to pay his fare.
The presentation of the check was
merely subterfuge to evade paying his
fare
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IS IT A GHOST,
GOBLIN OR man 2
A Silent Figure Now Stalks
About the Old First
Church.
WEARS A GREAT CLOAK.
The Strange Sight First OBJ
served by a Waterman Two
Months Ago.
DISAPPEARED IN A THIN MIST
Lights Said TO Flash in Different
Parts of the Church at the
Midnight Hour.
DISAPPEARED IN A THIN MIST

Do ghosts and hobgoblins haunt the
twice-scandalized precincts of First Con-
gregational church, There are scores of
people living in the neighborhood of