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The sun., 1896-12-19

Beheaded By Train While Hts Way
to Call Girl He Met In New York.


to Call on Girl He Met In New York.
PORT JERvIs. Dec. 1s.-Early on Tueeday
morning last Louis Cappno, an Italian track
laborer found the dead body OF well-dressed
man lying between the tracks of the Erie Rail.
way at Cillins Switch. Just east OF this place.
The head had been severed and lay fifteen feet
distant. There was nothing on the mans per-
son to identify hi II other than pocket handa.
kerchief. on which the initials *. D." had
been worked in one corner in silk. Tho body
was brought to Port Jervis and was buried on
Wednesday in the cemetery at the expense of the
town. Since then Coroner Harding has been
Investigating the case and obtained q clue as
TO Ae mans identity. Yesterday afternoon a
young woman, who was n stranger to the Coro-
ner, called on him ut his office and made some
Inquiries about the unknown man. She said
that she knew him and accurately described
him. At first the woman refused to reveal
the identity of herself or the dead man until
the Coroner had promised to, keep her name
and residence secret. She then told the fol-
lowing story:
His name was Theodore Martinier. Scotch
man. All the information MS to his residence
was that 1t was FortysiSth street. New York
city. She said she went to New York on an
o IS nnd thsre s met rneP shc
said he had plenty of money and carried
gold watch; bur neither money nor watch tSn was as
had sister, in Scotland OF the name Of Kath-
erine Daniel. and the handkerchief found on
his body. bearing the initials TX. D." was
present from her. She admitted that on her
return from the city a correspondence had
been kept up with her newly found friend, the
ssest letter containing the information that he
expected to pass through Port Jervis on an
Erie rain and would like to call on her. She
expected him on Monday night. hut when sho
saw In the local papers news of the finding of
the body of the unknown person, the description
Of which answered to that of Martinier. she
sought the Coroner to get further information
The Coroner refuses to give the name OF the
htif'ir fG f1nf o IN
in Pike county, Pa. not many miles from this
place.
Tho fact that Martinier had plenty of money
and a gold watch when seen in New York, and
that there were no valuables on his person
when found, leads to various theories as to the
cause OF his death. one of which is that he was
murdered. robbed. and thrown on the track,
and another. and probably the correct one.
that he fell from an Erie train In the darkness
while going from to another and his
pockets were rifed by tramps " ho came across
the body before the case was reported To the
authorities ,-asGTfr71taatFp
The sun., 1896-12-19
"FARMER ED" CONVICTED.
He Assisted Two Western Crooks In the
Williams HoId-Up.

Franklin p. Hope. known to the police a.
Farmer Ed" WAS convicted In the county
Court, Brooklyn. yesterday, of having assisted
in holding up ana robbng Arthur Williams. the
son of the Rev. c. 8. Williams. the pastor Of the
Fennimore street Methodist Church on Oct.
at Linden boulevard and Rogers avenue.
Frederick Diamond and Thomas Howard West
ern crooks. were convicted as participants in
the same crime and were sent to Sing Sing for u
term Of ten years each: Hope Is ts years oid'
The testimony showed that Diamond ana
Howard. with Emil Ebert. IA years old,
they met Hope and Paul Crawford. The party
decided 10 90 TO Brook lyn and while on the train
they robbed a peddler. Hopes share OF that
robbery was u razor They went to Flatbush
where they mot and robbed Williams. Hope
will be sentenced on Monday.
The sun., 1896-12-19
FAG.IS UILTT or COMING.
Convicted by n Jury Despite His PrOtssta-
tIons Of InaOcence.

Thomas Scott Pagan Was convicted Of coun-
terfeiting in the Cnitod States Criminal Court
yesterday. The jury was out only fifteen min
utcs. Judge Brown remandcd him for sentence.
The prisoner himself was the principal wit
ness examined yesterday. lie testified that lie
was born i'll Dublin and IL % years of ngc. he
met Knapp last June. Subsequently he called
ut Knapps house to see him about u rifle. He
snw plaster OF Paris Oh the floor and some five
cent pieces. and suspected tERt Counterfelting
was being done there.
He was out of WORK at the time. and rs he had
had some experience In detective work ne
Gated his suspici0ns and his intention OF INFORM
inE the authorities to two friends. This was
six days before his arrest. lie had never bought
any counterfeit COINS from Iompkins. who had
SO testified. nor had he ever made a mould.
Ia answer TO question by juror. Pagan said
that he had not told the police about the
KHapps because he hoped to derive some per-
sonal benefit from workln. up he case alone.
The sun., 1896-12-19
Approves McHugh,s Work.

The International Seamen's Union has on.
dorsed the work OF Edward McIIugh, the
English trades unionist. in organizing the long
shoremen OF New York and vicinity. A report
issued yesterday by the General Secretary saysI
1T is to be hoped that Delegate McHuRhA
work will be- entirely successful. and that uf;l-
mately an arrangement may be made by which
the American and British maritime workers
may nct in conjunction upon some certain
point"
The sun., 1896-12-19

Too many was the only
fault of the kersey over
coats yesterday marked
down from $35 to $25-
the mild weather upset
our calculations.
In all New York, no
matter what price you
pay, a handsomer, better
kersev overcoat cannot be
found.
Some of all sizes still
remain; few youths as
well--16, II and IL years.
To Mothers
If ones foresight was
only as good as ones
hindsight. how differently
we all would act.
Two weeks after Christ
mas if the crippled toy
could be made whole,
then exchanged for suit
or overcoat. how eagerly
you would do it.
Boys suits and over
- coats at toy prices.
Norfolk quits: double breasted suits
with and without deep sailor collars.
sA We're o..
Cape ovsrcoats. e5; topcoats Of mel
The sun., 1896-12-19
Five Year. for killing n womnn.

John Graham, 26 years old. OF 900 Myrtle
avenue. was convicted In the County Court,
Brooklyn. recently OF manslaughter in the nrst
Aspinall sentenced him 10 ten years impriron-
ment In sing Sing but Lawyer Jerry A. Wern,
the term was reduced " i've yeaIs.
The sun., 1896-12-19
Engineer John EdIe Missing.

John Edie. the engineer on the steamer Mani.
,oba. fai,ch TO appear when the vessel was ready
to lehve its Rrooklyn pier for South America on
dec. j. Tho Captain sent his clothes ashore and
hired another man in his place. Engineer EdIe
hns moi been heard of or seen since he started
for tho steamer on the night before shc sailed
and hin wire, who is nurse in the BrOoklyn
II"'pItal, has requested the police 10 search for
linn,
The sun., 1896-12-19
$4,000 Nor. to Remove SNOW.

The Board of Estimate and Apportionment
tran sierred $5U. 900 yesterday. at Col. Warnings
request. from the sweeping fund of the Street
Cleaning Department /" the snow and Ice fund.
A similar transfer of S2j. 900 was made n few
days ago In addition to the regular Appropria-
lion OF S+O.OOO. Col. Waring has spent $685.
900 for the removal Of snow and ice since Jan.
last. Comptrollcr Fitch asked Col. Waring to
make an estimate Of what the removal OF snow
for the rest of the year would cost, with view
to making all tho necessary transfers ut one
time. Col. WarinG said no would do SO.
The sun., 1896-12-19
WAR VETERAN EARL DEFEAIED.
He Cannot Recover His Police Court Clerk.
ship In brooklyn.

Mortimer c. Earl. a war veteran, has beon
fighting to be reinstated as clerk in the Even
Street Polco Court. brooklyn. He was appoint
ed by Justice William Watson, and when Wat
sons term expired Justice Lemon succeeded
him and appointed George II. England in place
OF Mr.. Earl. The matter was carried INTO tho
courts by Ear. who asserted that his dismissal
WAS Illegal on the ground that lie wasa veteran.
Justice Dvkman in the supreme Court handed
down n decision yesterday. dismissng the suit.
He holds that the term of office of the clerk OF u
police court ends when the appointing power
retires from the court.
The sun., 1896-12-19
Ml.. Margaret Drowa,. Muraerer Mansea

UpPER MARLBORo. Nd. Dec. l8.-James
Smith, a negro. was hanged here this morning
for the murder in July last OF Miss MarGsret
Drown. He cut the girls throat because she re-
pulsed him. He Was kept In Baltimore until last
night. when Sheriff Underwood and his depu ties
secretly brought the murderer back here, after
he had been baptized by q Baptist clergy man IN
the DAlLlmOre prlsOns
The sun., 1896-12-19

-ha ~ ocloek noon train for Boston has been dis
sontinued The time OF the II A. NJ has beeu quick
snsd' duS bo.ton IiI0 p H. hours and 40 min1tes--
The sun., 1896-12-19
ROGERS, PEET & Co.

Prince and broadway.
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty second and Broadway.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-12-11

stand. and after years Of ~self-tcrture.
months OF m%otionless CONCENTRATIONS.
and long weeks of ardent study, I
arrived at a profound knowledge Of
the hidden mysteries of the spiritual
world. The ordeal was a frightful
one. physically as well as mentally,
but thanks to the tremendous vital
powers | inherited from nv father
and the subtitle intellect which was
the gift of my mother. l survived
years of anguish n suffering, at
tanning at last1 the wished for goal.
l could leave this tenement
of clay at will. and could
send astral body whittier I
desired. | could indulge in the
dreams of a god, and partake of the
joys of Paradise even before nv BODY
had persisted from this earth.
Willingly would I have remained
away forever and let my pain-twisted.
SCARED body return to the earth from
whence it had originally sprung but
the laws OF the universe prevented
me; my time had not yet come. and
was forced to return at certain inter.
walls and r%eincarnate myself in this
body which | now wear.
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-12-11
A Sudden Rise in Prices.

Maurice Thompson tells of a certain
buyer of sheep who went into the
mountains of Eastern Kentucky,
where the following dramatic incl
dent took place between him and a
grim mountaineer who had one eve
for sale: Buyer-That is worth
eer-Hit air wo'th jest a dollar N err
half. Buyer-You are joking; the old
thing is lean and Mountaineer,
drawing a huge pistol and cooking it
stranger, wat did We say at that
air eve was wo'th? Buyer, briskly-
Nigh on t. S. is what J. said.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-12-11

Too Much Pedestrian Exercise Makes
People Dull, Cross and Thin.

People Dull, Cross and Thin.
Few persons are aware that violent
pedestrian exercise. by generating
more carbonic acid than the lungs
car conveniently let of. fills the sys.
TEN with poison and %stiffens the mus
Giles. 1t is for this reason very dam
gerous If the heart is weak. The
professional pedestrian is hardly ever
1.-the. whereas the equestrian is grace
full, because he takes exercise with
out filling his blood with the poison I
have just named. the immediate ef-
feet of which is shortness of breath,
sometimes with a stitch in the side.
Cyclists make journies Of hundreds
OF miles without getting knocked up.
This is because the lungs are not
overstralned as in, say. a long, quick
walk or pedestrian race. Alpine
climbing is worse than RAINING. 1t
has been noticed that Alpine climbers
whose torbears were not time out of
mind Switzers begin to break down
after eight or nine seasons of noun
~taineering and age prematurely. /
am glad to know this because | care
little for mountain scenery and feel
as il in jail when Alp rises above Alp
around me The strong sunlightfrom
dawn to dusk and the simple and re-
poseful horizon of the plain are far
more congenial to mo than the patchv
lights and chillingly deep shadows of
the mountains.
Ladies. it also occur to me. may
be interested to know that a muddy
complexion is often a onseauenc Of
violent c%lamberlng Of hills. the blood
loosing, when overcharged with car
bonic acid, it's ruddy glow, and the
skin dolicacy IL trying TO aid iii work
ing off the poison. soft clear COM
plexions are much more common in
'Tolling' countries than in high
lands. The Swedish women have, in
this respect a great advantage over
the Norwegian, and, SO far as | can
Judge from personal observation. the
Ayrshire girls have more to be proud
OF than the Highland lasses. Those
who 60 in for pedestrianism and
lawn tennis should carefully drill
their breathing organs to keep their
good looks (when blessed with them)
or to improve their appearance when
they are not good looking. Spirits
suffer just as much as appearance
from the self poisoning process of
which l have been speaking. Have
you ever noticed what fearfully dull
and cross beings gentlemen become
after a'hard days deerstalking?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-12-11
III.
The Dissection Of a Soul.

THE history Of my life, which l
am about to relate to you. is known
to no one, and l only reveal it now as
it is necessary for the success of the
experiment l contemplate making that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10

Secretary Morton says he has in the de-
partment of agriculture the very man Gen.
Grosvenor, Frank Aldrich and the other
political mathemat icans need in their bus
mess, says the Chicago Times-Herald The
mans name is Henry Farquhar, and he is
assistant statistician OF the department,
appointed through civil service eaxmina-
ton For some time rumOrs of Mr.. Far
quhar's amazing ability in the line of mem
tal municipalities have been in circulation
about the department and a few days ago
Secretary Morton put the matter TO a test.
Mr.. Farquhar," said the Secretary, Il
nave heard you can multiply ten figures in
your head. Is that So
Well replied the assistant statistician
modesty, Il am wiling to try"
Then multiply 1858 l0l by 49," said Sec
rotary Morton.
Mr.. Farquhar had the figures repeated to
MN, and then he concentrated his mind
upon them. For a half minute or so he
looked like man in trance. Then he
seized pencil and a piece Of paper and
773."
Now let us see if that is right said
Secretary Morton and one Of the bright
young men of the Secretary's office care
fully and laboriously worked out the sum.
Mr.. Farquhars figures are wrong" he
announced.
7 think not" replied the modern Zerah
Colburn. land you had better go over
your work again The young man did so
and in a few minutes admitted he had
made an error and that Mr.. Farquhar was
right.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10


Seldom has there been so strange a de-
tense in behalf OF a criminal as that made
in the case Of the state against John
Watson Hudreth, al Rome y. Y. The
verdict found by the jury in the case
was reported in our dispatches yesterday.
Last November Hudreth and two other
young men, Theodore Hibbard and Her
bert Plato. attempted to wreck a passen-
ger train on the New York Central rail-
way. They removed bolts from the rails.
so that the rails spread when the
locomotive struck them. A part Of the
train was wrecked. but only the
engineer and one other man was
killed. Hndreth was convicted only
of manslaughter. and was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life. The
other two wreckers plead guilty 10 man
slaugter. and each was sentenced to the
penitentiary for forty years. They were
fortunate in getting or so lightly, as they
deserved to be hanged.
But the defense that Hildreth's lawyer
made in his behalf was an extraordinary
one. as indicating in some degree the
condition Of public sentiment in respect
to railroads. In the course of his argu>
ment to the jury he said:
we find a great, an extraordinary, in
terest, a thirst for blood. on the part Of
this great soulless corporation. From what
we know Of IT, we know it is not max
ing this effort for charitable purposes"
The soulless corporation alluded to was
was doing all it could to have the train
wreckers punished. And why should il
not have tried to have the wreckers pun
ished? What wsuld the public have said
if it had made no effort to bring to jus
tice the wretches who attempted to muir
der whole train load of people? Sup
pose it had shown indifference as to
whether or not the wreckers were con,
victed. Would it not have been severely
condemned. and would it not have de-
served condemnation? Yet lawyer in
open court attempted to excuse the MUIR
derers on the ground that the railroad. a
soulless corporation as he called it. thirst
ed for their blood. 1t is remarkable that
the judge did not rebuke the offending
attorney, for what he said was an Of
Tense. 1t was more; it was an outrage
upon intelligence. 1t amounted almost to
a crime against society.
In a lesser degree, in all parts of the
country, there are lawyers who strive to
create a feeling of bitterness against rail-
roads. Personally they have no feeling
against them, but by arraying the I'M
thinking against them they hope to gain
verdicts which the facts do not warrant
Is it strange, therefore, that railroads
find it difficult to get justice in the courts
or from legislatures, or that a political
party should propose to change the own
ership of them from the people to the
government? There is no doubt that the
railroads, as a rule, grab all they can
get, but that fact should not deprive
them of just and fair treatment
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10
Cuba,s Prospects.

There are reasons for thinking that the
prospects of the Cuban insurgents for sue
cess are steadily improving They may not
be winning important battles, but they
are wearing out the Spaniards. Spain is
daily finding it more difficult to meet the
demands upon her for war expenses, and,
besides, the strength of the opposition to
her present form of government is increas-
ing.
The sickly season in Cuba is close at
hand, and disease will thin the ranks of
Spains army much more rapidly than the
insurgents can thin them with their ma
chettes. Spain has now one hundred and
twenty thousand troops on the island.
Within six months, if the summer proves
to be a sickly one, she will not have more
than half that number fit for duty. on the
other hand the forces of the insurgents
win not suffer greatly from disease, being
acclimated. Spain will find it difficult to
fill the ranks of her depleted army while
the insurgents are likely to have great ac-
cessions to their ranks, not only from
among the Cubans, but also from this and
other countries.
1t is said a great many men are enlist
ing in this country for service in the cause
of Cuba. One report has it that regular
recruiting stations have been established
in New York and elsewhere by the Cuban
| junta, and that but little difficulty is ex-
! perienced in getting men to enlist.
| No doubt high wages and a bonus are
! paid those who enlist. This means OF
/ course, that the Cubans have secured mon
/ ey from some source, probably from the
sale of bonds 1t was stated recently that
a sale of a large amount of bonds had beer
effected to New York bankers. These ban.
kers must be pretty well satisfied that the
insurgents viii triumph eventually or else
they would not risk money in aiding them
All things considered. therefore. the out.
look for the success of the insurgents is
rather encourag ing. If they can maintain
their present position awhile longer the,
viii find it less difficult to get help With
a fair prospect of success they will not lacl
/ assistance
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10
Mr.. Stephens Paper.
From the Baltimore Sun Dem.).

The Sun has received a copy of a re-
markedly forcible and convincing discus
sion of the silver question in the form of
pamphlet on the question of "a bimetallic
standard" written by Alexander Stephens
of Hancock county, Georgia, and address,
VINO is a nephew of Alexander H. Ste
phens' vice president of the confederate
states, condenses within twenty-four
pages a complete exposure of the essen
tlaI tall9cieS of the cry for the free coin
age of silver dollars at Is to l. He be-
gins with careful definitions, to which all
Will assent. Having thus shut the door
to, various errors, he proceeds to ascertain
what value is and whether the govern
ments fiat can create 1t. A double stan
dard of value is shown to be impossible.
1t is different from a "bimetallic stan
dard one measurer used in two differ
ent metals but even the latter is imprac-
tlcaole at the old ratio OF 10 TO l. conditions
have changed since 1873, and the action OF
the United States cannot restore them.
On this point Mr.. Stephens well says:
Until native conditions and cost of pro-
duction keep a uniform relation between
the two metals, as we'll as uniform rela-
ton to human desire, it will be impossible
TO coin them indefinitely on terms of
equality al any fixed ratio, and keep them
permanently in that relative position"
OVerproduction has been the chief cause
of the depreciation of silver, which silver
ties ascribe to the decentralization of that
metal The idea that legislation of that
metal. The idea that legislation will raise
the price Of silver rests on untried theory,
and facts are against It. At some length
Mr. Stephens shows the interest of the
south to me in the early cessation of the
silver agitation. The south wants capital
to renew that splendid movement of devel-
opment which was due to the Investment
of borrowed capital and which ended
when the sherman act of 1890 came TO
be understood by investors. The author
appeals TO Georgia to discard money falla-
cies which, if acted on, will tnJure the
south more even than did the civil war.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-10
AmicabIe Relations Resumed.

A young man in San Francisco and a
young lady in San Jose were for time
very much in love with each 0ther and
during that period each wrote the other
a tWO-pOund letter every day weighted
down 10 the limit with kisses and express
ions Of love, says the san Francisco Post.
But they quarrele q couple Of weeks ago
send back my letters" she wrote.
Return mine first he replied.
If you had been gentleman you would
not nave waited for me 10 demand their
return wrote she.
Ethics for the use Of women only don't
60 he responded.
Then there came a pause in their CORE
spondence- The young wan wanted his
letters very badly, for he knew he had
made fool of himself in every line or
every letter. The young lady wanted
hers, because any one would think she
was crazy 10 fall in love with such a
brute.
Send my letters on April 5. and III
send yours the same date, so we viii
Poth get them at the same time, wrote
An right" she answered.
Each waited TO see if the other would
really act in good faith and send the
letters, so neither received them.
"A man who has so little regard for
MS word etc, she wrote
\ woman who would deliberately at
tempt such confidence game" etc, re-
sponded he.
There was another pause in the corrc~
Spondence, during which both tried 20
devise some way of effecting an exchange.
The idea Of a third party occurred 10
both, but was abandoned. The inter-
mediary might read the letters. Finally
tne young man decided to go after them.
lie erected the exchange, and now the
correspondence has been resumed
GU KNOW dear little sweetheart, that
L was Just teasing you wrote he.
you horrid boy, to treat me so. I have
a notion never to love you again." an
sWered she, and there will soon be an
otner stack Of two-pound letters to eN~