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CAMPBELL WILL TURNS UP.
WALLPAPER MANUFA CTURE Err PRO.
pIDES FOR LILLIAN ASH

Had Already Decided Tive Houses to Her
His OnIy Chiid. DnuGhter, Announces
Contest, and Says Mrs. Ash Kept
Relatives Out OF the House at the Last.
As nsprellminary step to.litigation over the
estate OF William Campbell. wall paper manu-
facturer, who died last Sunday. Howe g. Hum
mel had Sidney II. Salomon appointed guar
dian yesterday of his wifo. Estelle Loonore
Salomon. nee Campbell. who is the only child
of Campbell.
Campbell, whose brother Samuel was for
merly Chief OF the Fire Depar IN eut. had large
wall paper factory on tho block bounded by
Tenth and Eleventh avenues, Forty-hrst and
Forty-second streets. which block he owned.
He was reputcd to be n millionaire.
Mrs. Salomon, who was 30 years Old on Oct.
last. married on June 2l. 1905. Hor mother
had died In 1893 She says that her father
left no widow, although q Mrs. Lillian Ash
was known as his wife for considerable time
before his death. Mrs. Ash had formerly lived
opposite the Campbell residence in West Fif-
ty-eighth street. This residence and the house
at 22l West Fifty-seventh street. the dauVh-
ter says, her father decided to Mrs Ash on
Oct: i.
The daughter says that when her father
wascseizcd with his fnnl illness Mrs. Ash ex-
eluded his relatives from the house, and the
before his death, when lie was SO feeble he
could hardly speak. She had not been noti.
L
the day on the morning of which he had died.
Mrs. Sal6mon declares In the papers on tho
motion that she believes her father left no
viii. but that IF he has left will made shortly
before his death she means to contest t.. she
also Intends to br ng action to set aside the
conveyance Of property to Mrs. Ash on allega-
tons that they were made without considera-
tion and as the result of undue influence while
her father was not mentally competent.
IL Is declared in the papers submitted on
the motion that Mr.. Campbell left about
5000 in personally and more than $780,
900 In realty, exclusive of his wall paper bust
ness. He Is said to have refused an offer Of
1000, 900 from the Wall Paper Trust for his
business and the block on which his factory
stands.
AS the Surroeate's Office was closing vester-
day Will of Mr.. Campbell WIS filed. He gives
his daughter $4,000. and divides his es:nte
into sixt iaths remembering number OF reia-
tives and friends. and giving Mrs Ash good
share, including his horses and carriages.
Lawyer l1ummel said that he had as yet
knowledge of the will, but that It would be
contested. and that an effort would be made
to set aside the conveyances, on the ground
THAT by reason of excessive drinking Mr.. Camp
bel! had become mentally iacomr etent.
Mr.. Salomon is required by the order of
Justice MaCLean making him guardian OF
his wife to Eive a bond OF $4,000. lie made
afhdavit that he Ia u broker. and Is worth in
stocks and bon Is moro than 100000.
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REV. DIR. V4xsLYKE'sN NEW CHARGE.
He Comes from Catskiu to tho North Re
formed Church, Brooklyn.

He Comes from Catskin to tho North Re
formed Church, Brooklyn.
The Rev. DR.. Evert van Slyke has accepted q
call from the North Reformed Church, on
Clermont avenue. near Myrtle avenue. Brook
lyn, succeeding tho Rev. DR.. T. Calvin Nc
Clelland. DR.. Van Slyke is "a descendant of an
old Holland family which settled In Bever-
wyck, now Albany. in 1850 and the family has
since continued to live In tho Hudson valley. Tho
new pastor OF the North Church was grad uat ed
from Rutgers College in 1862 and from tho
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church
In 1855. He was pastor of the James Street
reformed Church OF syracuse when its build
ing was burned. and through his efforts a new
ediiice was built. now considered ono OF tho
finest churches In the State. In 1888 he was q
delegate from the Reformed Church of America
TO the Pan-Presbyterian Council in London.
Dr. Van Slyke Is well known as q lecturer on
medieval English church architecture. He is
chaplain OF the Atlantic Yacht Club of Brook
lyn and has been for six years one Of tho Vice
Presidents of the Holland Society of New
York. He comes to Brooklyn from tho First
Reformed Church ut Catskll and will preach at
the North Reformed Church on next Sunday.
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GEN. COILS EXPLAINS.
He Says IFe Has Not Permitted n Violation
or the Law About Employing Aliens.

He Says IFe Has Not Permitted Violation
or the Lnw About Employing Aliens.
Gen. Coils, Commissioner of Public Works,
has replied to q charge made BY the Building
Trades section Of the Central Labor Union. to
the effect that aliens are being employed on
municipal work near the pumping station at
High Bridge, contrary TO law. Gen Coils says
the contract for this work was awarded to Il. A.
Smith on Feb. 13. 1891, was declared aban-
doned in 1894. and re-let on Jan. l6. 1895 tho
new contract being upon the same terms and
conditions as the original contract.
Neither the original contract" he says,
NOR the subsequent con tract for the compile
tion of the work comes within tho provisions of
the law Cchapter 622) referred to by you. and
chapter 3S5 of tho Laws OF 1870 applies only to
direct employees OF the city and not to men en-
ployed by contractors. The original contract
having been entered into before the law of
1894 was passed. the subsequent or second con-
tract for the completion OF ! he work. which was
come within the provisions thereof"
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PLOTTING IN IIaYTT.
Discovery OF Conspiracy to Overthrow
the Gsovernment.

KINGSTON. Jamaica, Oct. 22.-Private ad-
vices received here to-day from rt-au-Prince,
Hayti. report the discovery at Aux Cages of a
conspiracy to overthrow tho Government.
Most of the exiles who recently returned TO
Haytt are implicated and so are many Govern
ment officials. The plans of tho plotters had
been carefully concealed and it was only by tho
merest chance that the Police department OBJ
tained clue. The recent out breaks of Incend-
arism are attributed To these would-be revolu-
tionists. NJ. BnuZey. Director OF Customs Mt
tho port OF Aux Cages. has been arrested and
many Icr minor Government officials have
been lodN d in prison suspected of completely.
tho canalist section. and Co.or Is given to this
by the fact that VI. BOuZey is II leading mem Der
OF this party. Extreme disquietude exists in
Port-au- Prince.
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HAKEFIELD,S ARC LIGHTS.
The Annexed VILLAGE VIII Get Thew After
Lawsnit or Not nt All.

AT the meeting OF the Board OF Electrical Con-
troll yesterday it decided to refuse the ap-
plication OF the East Chester Electric Light
Company for permission 10 erect poles and
string wires in the recently annexed district Of
the village OF Wakefield. The application iS
refused, so as to bring on test case in the
courts to determine the validity OF the contracts
of the company with Wakefield village. and
also TO determine whether a company whose
plant is outside the city limits may furnish eicc-
trc lighting within the city limits. The East
Chester Compnnys plant is at Mount Vernon.
On MAY : last. the day the act OF annexation
was passed by the Legislature. the trustees of
the village entered into ivo wears contract
with the East Chester Company that the latter
should furnish the village with twenty four arc
of Electrical Control holds that It has no 1urs-
diction over plants beyond the city limits. and
currents that may be sent through the lines.
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RoBBED sCHooLHOUsEs.
" Boston Doc" an Aii-round Crook. Caught
In the Act of Stealing ii Coat.

" Boston Doc" an Aii-round Crook. Caught
In the Act of Stealing II Coat.
James Wilson, 81 years old, who says he is
from Boston. and Is well known to the police as
an al-round crook passing under the aliases of
Boston Doc" and Max Gardiner, WAS arrested
yesterday by Detective Sergeant Kalvy of the
Central Office and arraIgned in the Yorkvillo
Police Court on n charge of larceny.
For several weeks past complaints have been
received at Police Headquarters that many
schoohouses had been robbed. Among them
was the grammar school in West Forty,fourth
street, from which tho woman principals seal
skin coat, valued at $3.50, was stolen.
Kalvy saw Wilson in Broadway Yesterday
and recognized him as an old crook. He fol-
West Fifty second street. and there caught him
in the act Of stealing the principals overcoat.
Wilson. whan arraigned In court, was remanded
for examination tomorrow ofternoOn. He was
afterwRrd hailed to Police Headquarters to have
another photograph taken.
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PREsAs GETS BACK HIS DIAMoNDs.
A Criminal Court aud Two Civil Courts Had
Hack nt This Case.


Salvador Presas had two diamond rings and
pawned them for $3.50 with Simpson. Subse.
Quently Manuel Plaza took the rings out of
pawn upon the understanding that Prssas was
to have the rings upon repaying Plaza. When
Presas demanded that the rings be returned to
him he learned that they were in the possession
Of Rebeccs Israel of Pa West Fourteenth street.
having been given to her by Plaza. subsequent,
ly Plaza and Miss Israel quarrolled and Plaza
demanded the return Of the rings. 1t was then
discovered that Miss Israel had assigned them
to Alexander p. Sheridan. Plaza caused her
arrest and the rings were recovered and turned
over to tho property clerk at Police lieadquar-
ters to await the decision Of the civil court.
Miss Israel was discharged in the crimina,
proceedings. Presas brought suit In the First
District Court against the property clerk and
Alexander =. Sheridan To recover the rings
The property CLERK delivered them TO the clerk
Of the court and WAS dropped from the snit.
The decision in the District Court was In favor
OF Sheridan, and Presas took an appeal To- the
Appellate Term OF tho supreme Court This
the rings
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LITTLE DEAaroNICo ErIcrED.

g. A. IL. Man Mustn't Sell Tarta and Sand.
witches In tho CITY Hall.
Little Delmonico has been evicted from the
City Hall by John C. Graham the Superintend-
enl of Buildings In the Public Works Depart
ment He was known in private life as William
II. Lamond. and for years the little speotacled
mulatto. white nproned and bearing his burden
of sweets and sandwiches has been famil
Hall He went about dispensing tarts and sand
wiches to Judges, Jurors. court attendants and
OF protest goes up. Lamond is a mem ber of the
q. A. r.. having served with tho Fifty fourth
Massachusetts and oil the United States frigate
ily, and resides at l49 West Twenty-siXth
Hfroet
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A STOLID BOY MURDERER.
EIMER cLossEN WEARS Hrs END
IN CALLoUs INDIFFBRBNOE.

As Unuoved In Jau ss ne Was Dur'nG
HE Triai for ths killing or Hedgets-
Does Not Talk sf HE Execution, but Lie
tens without n ouivor when Others De.
Por stoicom in crime there are few parallels
u tho record Of Elmer Clossen, the eighteen
yesr-old Joy now In the Somerset county jail at
somervilie. n. j., awaiting the death penalty
for tho murder OF his employer, George Hod-
setts. on Aug. 20. Young Clossen shot Hodgetta
with tho same deliberation and In the same
spirit with which an ordinary person would set
out to do any everyday task; end since the
shooting ho has Eono through all the consequent
events with a eomposure worthy Of fatalist.
fhe defence that his attorneys ofsrsd-he put
forth none hinselt-was insanity.
Clossen was brought up by his mother and
stepfather on small farm in the town OF
Pluckamer, about fifteen miles from somervills.
He was a very ordinary boy in all respects ex-
cept one-ho had remarkable steadfastness ana
strepgth Of will in obtaining or carrying out
anything upon which his mind WAS set. Ia his
sitter disregard for others and for himself ~
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s..,.m,,r.. Death Ratio In tho State.

ALBANY. Oct. 29.-The bulletin OF tho State
Board of Health for the month OF September
shows that there were 800 fewor deaths re-
ported than In the corresponding month of last
year. The mortality from all diseases OF the
digestive ORGANS is diminished. There were
800 fewer deaths under live years of age. Com
pared with the preceding month OF August. the
total reported mortality is decreased by 5000.
The death rate from all causes was 1880.
against 1880 in September last year. The Sep
tember prevalence OF typhoid fever ia excessive
in tho Hudson and Mohawk Valley districts.
and In tho southern tier and east central dis
tricts Diphtheria caused fewer deaths than In
September of any year for ten years.
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WANTS DIR. RAMSAY TO STAY.
Harie m Presbyterian Church Votes gnInst
Letting Him 60.

Letting Him 60.
congregational meeting OF the Harlem
Presbyterian Church WAS held in the chapel on
12oth street Wednesday evening TO vote npon
the question of joining with the pastor. the
Rev. DR.. Ramsay. in a request to tho Presby-
terv of New York TO dissolve the present pas
toral relation. In order that the pastor may ac-
cept call recently rendered him by the First
Presbyterian Church of Beaver. Pa The
meeting was well attended especially by the
young people OF tho church. DIR. Beech, Stated
Clerk of tho Presbytery of New York. acted
moderator at the request OF the
pastor. The voting. which was spirited.
showed that those participating were unwilling
80 to 81 against uniting with the pastor in his
request. In view OF the trouble through which
the Harlem Presbyterian Church passed about
eighteen months ago the action OF the oonRrega-
ton Wednesday evening is significant. The
final step In the present effort of DR.. Ramsay to
break break up the pastoral relation to this church
win be taken by the Presbytery on Monday.
Nov. o. At the preceding attempt the Presby
terry sent the pastor bRcK to his people.
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WILLIAM WHITES INJURY.
It Proved Fatal, but No Ono Seems {
Know Just How II Was Received.

William White. 80 years old, q negro from
Tennessee, died yesterday morning at the
Brooklyn Hospital under peculiar circum-
stances. He WAS arrested on the night Of Oct.
IA for intoxication and locked up in the Adams
street station. He appeared to be in dazed
condition whom arraigned the following morn
ing before Police Justice Walsh, and WAS sent
to Raymond street jail pending examination.
He was found the next morning unconscious In
his cell and removed to the Brooklyn Hospital.
Tho doctors discovered n severe wound in the
head over the right ear.
The man never recovered sufficient conscious
ness to explain how he received tho injury, and
bot the police and Jail authorities say that 1t
was not inflicted while he was in their keeping.
1t Is supposed however. to have been received
by q fall while the negro was drunk, and to
have escaped observation until he had lost con-
seriousness. Coroner Coombs will hold an In
quest in the case to-day.
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MsI.aughiIn Reinstatsd OaIy to Ne su..
pended.

Inspector William Mclaughlin, who was re-
instated on the police force by tho Court of An
peals. has besn restored to his old post but IA
now under suspension. Tho Inspector, accom-
panied by his counsel, LAWYERS Mccall and
Elkins, called at Police Headquarters yesterday
evening and served the papers OF the court unon
Chief Conlin. Their service served as his rein.
statement.
The Chief AZ once suspended the INSPECTOR
and told him to report At Police Headouartera
every day. The Inspector viii be under suspen
sion until the Commissioners decide whether or
not he will be placed on trial before them Tho
Court OF Appeals granted him y new trial In the
courts, but II is thought possible that iin a. AZ
win mot be called for trial again.
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Baby Rescued bv a FIrsmaa.

Mrs. John Harmes. the wife of street car
conductor. living at 7Ol West l0lst street, went
to market yesterday morning. leaving her six
teen months-old boy, Lester, fastened to his
chair, with her two other children. OF whom Ben
ny. aged s. was the elder, to take care OF him.
Benny ignited some matches to amuso his baby
brother and set fire to the bed clothes.
Noighbors rescued the elder children from tho
spreading flames, but the baby Was left behind.
He wss tnally rescued by one OF tho fremen
who had bsen summoned. and proved not much
the worse for his experience.
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ATLANTA. Ga Oct. 20.--The Legislature in
Joint session to-day opened the returns and
counted the vote cast in the State election,
Oct. 7.
Gov. Atkinson received 100 s27 and Seaborn
Wright s5,S32. AtkinSons majority over
Wright Pop WAS 22, ,OoO less than he ma jUriIv
of Terrell DOM for Attorney General, over
Clark (PopJ for the same Office 49,
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MICHIGAN NOT DoUsrFuL.
state Chairman Ferry Says the SiIyerite
VIII He Overwhelmed

''"'e >hA,rman Ferry says tho Silverit0o
VIII he Overwhelmed.
DETROIT. Mich. Oct. 20.-D. NJ. Ferry. Chair
man of the Republican State Central Commits
tee. this afternoon issued a statement to the
people OF Michigan In which he said in part:
The battle Is practically over and the cons
test Tor sound money and prosperity is won.
Michigan is not doubtful State. but will de-
dent with majority sufficient TO overwhelm
,bs th enemy enemy AZ that is needed now is to hold
o1 1e gr1uha M siresdy:yon Patriots irrespective
splraGy TO degrade labor, debauch the Judiciary,
and discredit tho honor of our nation"
The sun., 1896-10-30

George s. Weaver. Jr.. dealer in coal and
wood at 3l7 West l25th street and at Manhattan
street and Twelfth avenue. made an assign
nent yesterday TO VIM. G. Bates.
Deputy Sheriff Lipsky received yesterday an
execution against William Gregory, who has q
brass foundry and finishing works at . 4 Front
street. for $s47, in favor OF Genevievs NJ.
Gregory.
Thomas Nolan has been appointed receiver In
supplementary proceedings for Christian En-.
Avenue A. on tho application of Max Godstein
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Sarah yn,.n,I.e,- cLuroh Hequ..,..

JAMAICA, L.I.. oct 20.-lhe will Of Sarah
Valentine OF Richmond Hill WAS filed and an
proved in the Surrogate Courtof Queens county
this morning. Mrs. Valentine died in st.
Johns Hospital BROOKLYN. last April. She
bequeathed $1,000 TO the Church Charity
Foundation of Long Island at Brooklyn. 81 900
to the rectors, wRrdens, and vestry OF Grace
Church, jamaica and $500 to the rectors, war
dens, and vestrymcn of the Church Of the
Resurrection OF Richmond HIN.
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Austria Skating Out American GIuco,,

WAsHINGToN Oct. 29.-United States Consul
Hurst, at Prague, reports to the State DepArt-
ment that the Austrian Government is nbout
to treble the duty on glucose to effectuAllv hor
ont the better and cheaper article from Amer
lea. Within hEe months the United states
into Austria, paying duty Of S!.OO for every
n2O pounds. N''
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Mortany Wounded In a Political Discussion

WILLIAMsPoRT. Pa. Oct. ?0.-As a resul. Of
a political discussion, Frank Roarty of Locust
Gap is lying at his home fatally injured from
knife thrust. Roarty, with Thomas Moore and
Patrick Boylan were drinking in n saloon last
night when Bovlan commenced to abuse Nc
Kinley which caused the others TO dcnounce
Bryan. This ST. enragcd Boylan that he drew n
knife and buried II in Moore's leg. The wound
ed man WAS taken home by ROarty. Rcturni ing
he met Boylnu. who plunged his knife into
Roarty's abdomen. Death will result.
The sun., 1896-10-30
Killed by q Tornado In ohiahoma.

GUTHRIE q. T., Oct. GA tornado visited
the country around Carney east or here last
night. doing an immense amount OF damage to
property and killing several persons. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mclaughlin were found dead this
morning in tho ruins OF their home Harrison
Jones " m die OF his injuries, ana number OF
others were badly injured.
The sun., 1896-10-30

PATTERSON, MI, Oct. 29.-About 500 men
and boys participated in a Popocratc parade
here tonight. transparency bearing a rep
ressntstion re Of cross and crown. with picture
tho organizations. and IL was crested with Misses
hll along the line.
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The FIoyd.Jonra Library Open Mt Massa.
peqna, l.. i.

MAssAPEoUA, L. l.. Oct @0.-The Floyd-Jones
free library was opened to-day. The library,
with generous endowment. was presented to
the town by Col. De Lancey Floyd-Jones. who is
a veteran of the MexcSn. Indian, and civil wars.
The library building Is a gothic structure, and
stands on historic land that has been owned by
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Light Up ON the Line or Parade.

Mayor Strong. President of the Business Mems
Republican Sound money Association, sent out
this request last night:
The occupants OF buildings along the
route route OF the business mems Republican and
SOUND money parade are earnestly requested 10
illuminate tho front rooms OF their houses from
aark i Intii the close Of the parade. In order to
assist In lighting tho line OF march,
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Thrown rrou, H,s waEou AuA killed.

John Horn, 7s years old. peddler Of 123
Debevoiss street, williamsburgh. while driv-
ing across tho Harrison avenue car tracks yes
terday was thrown from hts seat and struck
the pavement on his head. He sustained a
fracture OF the skull and lied an hour later in
the Eastern District Hospital.
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stoch Exchange Rejects A. r. Mlll.r.

The application of A. p. Miller for member
ship in the Now York Stock Exchange was re-
jscted yesterday by the Comnittee ON Admis-
sions. Mr.: Miller is = brother OF Emanuel n,
Miller Of Miller d Wilson, At whose suit Ernest
Gittings OF Gittings d Co.. stock brokers OF this
city and Baltimore, was arrested on wednes-
daY.
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Mounting Ten.,Hch Guns at Fsrt Monroe.

Fort MONROE, Oct. 20-Two additional 10
inch modern rifles, with disappearing carriages.
have arrived here and are being mounted be-
hind A solid mass OF concrete thirty feet high
by ffty feet thick. and will command the chan
mel to- Hampton RoAdAs
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Tho Elevated ROAD. and the Bridge.

Mayor Wurster OF Brooklyn has appointed
George II. Thomson one OF the three expert
engineers who are to report ON the feasibility of
running elevated trains over the bridge struc-
ture. Mr.. Thomson 10 connected with the New
York Central Railroad, and 10 consulting enRi.
nssg ofthO Wagner Palace Car Company
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The suit of Sculptor W. o. Partridge against
the committee which had charge of the eree-
tion of the Grant statue In Brooklyn ts 10 be
tried tp that city, and Mr.. Partridge being q
for $3.50 AS security for costs. Mr.. Partridge
allSgSs that the conmittes StilI oWeS him 1000.
The sun., 1896-10-30
Dr. eutmal Foana. n Ber,,n soholnrsh,p.

The will OF DR.. Edward Gutman of this city,
which divides most of his 100000 estate be-
tween his daughters Leonora and Aurelia,
leaves 5000 TO establish a scholarship at tho
Friedrich Werder Latin School of Berlin. for
such graduates; preferably Hebrews. as may
wish to pursue their studies At tho Berlin Uni
versity.
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FACTS ARE FACTS.
we carry ths largest gtOcE '.
aud sell more mems Rlovaa
thAb any house In the United stAIea
Oar 81 80 glove IL uaeSaalIaA
JOMS fOABYTHR
800. 20l and 100 BraAdWai.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-25

of certain money he would surrender him
self and his followers TO the authorities
A a matter Of fact he never had the least
intention OF fulfilling his promise. When
tho revolution broke out he snapped his
fingers at the Government and Joined
the patriot army. His negotiations, how
ever. had raised suspicious, and when.
lust before the revolution began NUM-
Der OF persons suspected Of disafIectioa
were thrown into prison. 1t was openly
declared that Mirabcl had sold the plans
OF the insurgents.
The accusation was groundless. and IL
did not hurt his popularity among The
wilder spirits Of the South who wished to
make him their leader. The patriots Of
the North. however. were bitterly oppos-
cd TO him. They openly branded him as
traitor. and named for their candidate
Manuel Garcia. Neither was chosen. 500.
Garcia was Killed by the Government
troops. and Mrabel became leader OF one
Of the many guerrilla bands which hava
given the Spanish such trouble through
out the war.
The Cubans In New York declare thaI
the real Mirabel Is still alive They say
that Mirabel could not possibly nave
boon in Puerto Principe nj the TINE nc
was said 10 have fallen.-Now YORK Suh'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-25

WANTED, position. Am twenty-four
years OF age. quick ana steady hand.
willing 10 ~Ork Address No 10l west
Main street, city