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New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
REuODELLING AN OLD HOUSE,
THE MEAD HOMESTEAD. NEAR PORT CHEo-
TER BEING REPAIRED-A PART OF
REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY.

,,he old Mead homestead, at Quaker Ridge "cs'-
chester on tie Byram shore. has been purcnaseo
bv DR. Frederick F.. Hyde. Of No. 20 East fhty
.hr6-st New-York City. and Is being rerooeIeo
ard repaired Many people about Port Cnester anu
It's neighborhood would be sorry. indeed IL TINS o'o
landmark were to he destroyed or changed hateri-
u,. srcr, ,ts original design. The building was
erected In 1853 by Benjamin Mead. and mas never
bcan repared or altered since. It's owner was '"e
descendant Of John Mead, who cmgrated iro"'
Greenwich. England. in 1890 and with his two sohs'
John and Joseph. purchased the farm oi lou acres
from the Indians The children OF benjamin 'ieau
were Obadiah, Mary Theodosia. Anfa ana noe'e, ,
In the Revolutionary War. when the COWBOYS anu
1ror,es who were neShbors had their encounters.
and when the British and their Hessian soio'erS
were continually making raids on the vesse's III 'he
Sound q raid was made on the Mead homestead
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

The tournaments are open to all residents OF ,he
United States and entries must be made before No.
.ye,nber % to E. j. Napier secretary No. 7332 Har-
vard-ave Chicago. the entrance fee being 81 cents
The players entered for each divisional tournament
will pay for the district championship. and the eisht
winners will compete in a Anal round for the Na-
tional championship at correspondence chess
The association has a membership or l'o'o. ~
on solid basis and Is widely known and popular.
great struggle is looked for when the contests get
under way. as nearly all the crack correspondence
players OF the country are in the lists.
Following are more games from the Budapest tour
0ament:
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
In. FULLER'S GREAT RACE.
THE VETERAN HORSEMAN TELLS no"
HE DROVE HIS siX-1N-HAND.

TIE EEAUTIFt'L ..NIMAIS FLY AROUND ihE
TRACK ~ caG.-soME GOOD AD-
VICE 70 OWNERS
The notable performance Of Lawson \. FuI!er the
weli-known New-York horseman, at rieet"ooa a:
on Monday last certainly stamps him as one OF the
mos, sarous trainers ard drivers OF sx-n-hani
teams in the wcrd. Not content with the previous
record OF three minutes. which he held himself Mr.
Fuller was ambitious lower 1t. Years aSo morse
that could trot mile IN three minutes was consld-
cred a fas; animal. but nowadays such horses are
far too common to attract any special notice. VI
course there Is 4 vide difference IN drVihs s''s'e
horse mile In three minutes and driving six-.h-
hand team mile in the same time, but for al. this
Mr. Fuller was not satisfied with a record for MS
s.x-:n-hand which could not he written with the
word ,wo te.o.e H. He said before he made MS
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
WITH QUEENS AND ROCKS.
PIILsBURY WILL NOT CHALLENGE 0O
sHowALTER WILL.
NOTES yRoM VARIOUS CHESS FlShD'-'
GAMES FRoM BUDAPEsT-PRoBLEMs AMI
CORRESPONDENCE.

The handicap tournament OF the Manhat'a" O"'''
Club vas scheduled to begin YESTERDAY 10,
Helms Tatur. Napier. Marshall ana SWAMI" n,e.,,,,
play in the championship tournament or the nfooN'"
Chess Club. r
As Pillsbury would not challenge Showa'sf io q
match. the latter will ask Pillsbury tor oou' u
seven games up and 81 900 a side
An international tournament for women Is " 'aSo
place next summer in London. for prizes 10 '''
value of $780, $3.50 $780, $50 and SIS. respectively.
Up to Wednesday Lasker had beaten S'eihi'1 .",e.
In the championship match. The result OF 'he 'niu
rame. scheduled for Friday. not known in TINS
city at noon yesterday.
President Z. T. Runge OF the Pisbury NaNonai
Chess Correspondence Association has appoih'eu ''.
Tournament Committee which will nave cnaise Vi
and conduct the several contests now scheduled 10
begin on December l. The chairman OF the commit
tee is A. H. Gansser president of the Michigan mess
Association and he has his assistant s. II. Chau-
wick, secretary of the Brooklyn Chess Ciup. Inc
eight tourney divisions represented on tne CONF
mittee as follows:
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
COURT CALENDARS FOR MONDAY.

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'' pTsme NGne"sr coarpac.l H. at p netore smyh
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Supreme Court-spccial Term--part V-i'efore Truax.
.Sea's' anished u &c ''"' ''''
Lean causes to be sent from Part iv for trial. Case
SUPREME Cour,-specai Term-Part vII-Be,ors An
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New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
ANIMAL BALL OF THE OLD GtAhD'

The annual ball Of the Old Guard vii; take p'ass
n, tho Metropoli,an Opera House on January a"a
vii, probably he the mos, elaborate affair ever sI IA
~, that organization Special efforts will be mace "
~ nav ~ decorations and music and the Comn.,.
ss on Invitations has the assurance tina. p'oa,
officers will be present from all parts OF .ne march
Sorermo, Ill., Sioan and the Governors military '
will Mil be The first time =, II the con-
Inc s,tnr ,rhoma. r. Sloan, Captain bewTr D
s,s,s nogsr" o' captaln j. +. wenman. Lieutenant 49,
Moore and Captain u. !. Faris
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
MORE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE MUSICALS.

4 few OF the latest subscribers to the Metropolitan
Opera Musicals include Miss Anna Clarke Mrs. Mary
j.. Cammack, Mrs. @. f. Dodge Mrs. s. Gruner.
George Il. Gibson Mrs. NJ. Neidenhelmer. Mrs. X.
Hawkesworth. Mrs Bennett King. Mrs. Lewis Kilt
son. Mrs Gouverneur Kortrght. Mrs Josephine
Kuhne. Mrs Walter Lewis. Mrs. J. F.. Martin. Miss
Agnes Miller Mrs. ". +. Moore. Miss Helen Moore.
Mrs r. H. Pratt. Mrs. Edwin Parsons, Miss Bertha
Potter Mrs. James Struhers, Mrs. O.. ID. stickney.
Mira M p Vivanti Mrs. Clarence Whitman. Mrs.
Blanche Wertheim. Mrs. ii. D. Wa.len, Mrs. Walter
Watrous and w c. Whitney. Mime, Eames ana N.
Der "a
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
STEAMER LAUNCHED.

Oelr,chs G Co have received a cable dispatch stat
Ing that the new North German Lloyd ;wln-screw
steamship Bremen $50 feet long and 60 feet beam.
10000 tons register. successfully launched ycster-
day In the yards OF F. Schchau at Danzlg. Ger
many
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
REFEREES APPOINTED.

Supreme Court.
by pcekr,cn ).
xatter Of Uas, Side Dank--nehard ~ Henry.
Vsineke aEt Xolnste-Richafd NJ Heafy.
ny 1sni.san, J.
Matter Of yidsty Deposit Company of Msryiand-Wil-
lam Jay.
ny LAwrsnos. J.
vuvaiAb ast Naydsnn-Elliot oandforA
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15

NOTES By MIESES.
Ms GAMRIT DECLINED,
THIRD GAME-QUEEN'S O.

(a) XIX was much better
(b) II XXI 5; 81. Q-B4 CHI K-R d SS At-
x ch and mate cannot be prevented.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
FOURTH AND LAST GAME-Two KNIGHTS
bldCh-OIc Iirt'
X or X r.

PROBLEM no. I64. BY E. B. COOK HoBoKEN.
MACE.
The evening times., 1896-10-05

the year OF which Capt. webb speaks one
Of tie new cadets had Just come from a
backwoods school where the Studelis pla yefi
marbles into very much later years than
they did in the cities. This lad. thinking
customs would be the same a his ne W
school. brought all his wealth in marbles
with him. and challenged all he met TO join
him In a game A firsthe was sCoffed at
as baby, but soon the temptation to pla y
became too strong and first one and then
another fell.
Within month most OF thc-cadets were
playing at the game. Where the marbles
came from was mystery. but everybody
seniors juniors, Sophomores and plebs- went
around In off hours with their pockets bulgcd
out With the miniature spheres. Finally.
the officers in charge got wind OF the lad
and stopped 1t. but the event marked the
Institution OF the new order OF thinee.
under which rccreations OF all kinds are pro-
v!ded for the students.
For long lime the year of marbles" was
a source of merIinIcnt around the military
academy. but gradually its memory faded
a way. uu,n now it is recalled By only few
old timers.
The evening times., 1896-10-05
Ultimatum to the Union.

Millville, N. j., Oct. 5.-Whitan, Tatum
4 Co., the big glass manufacturers. have
posted the following notice on their works
here:
ITO the Committee American Flint Glass
Works Union: We are going 10 start one or
more of our film furnaces a soon asposible.
Should you desire to man these furnaces
with worknen at 90 per cent off the price
list, you will notify US at once. II We do
not receive your assent within two days,
we shall consider that you decline to man
tue furnaces, and we shall post the inclosed
ootice to our men individually, together
with a copy OF this notice to you, stating
that 10 consequence OF the refusal OF the
union to furnish US men. We are obliged to
appeal to the Iorkmep direct"
The evening times., 1896-10-05
Briefs by Wire

| N. r. Cooke, OF Hampton, Va, has been
arrested at Harrisonburg, charged with
passing forged checks upon several persons
in Staunton.
!, Sufferers from the hurricane in Florida
are said to be without food or shelter, and
appeals will be sent out TO the people OF the
United states.
Mr.. Henry Byron Reed, Conservative
| member OF the House of Commons for the
eastern division of Bradford, is dead He
was forty-one years of age.
Bud Chaffin, of Devils Bluff, Ark, is
missing, with five children, and it is
thought that they have been murdered by
Mrs. Charfin and paramour.
Fierce N Coleman, lumber dealers. OF Day
ton, o.. have been levied upon by the
sheriff with cognovit Judgments taken in
Lucas county, amounting 10 S73,SSO.
In Ogden, Utah, on Saturday v evening W
L. Edison shot and fatally wounded Miss
Lille OFT and slightly wounded her sister.
Jealousy was the ca use of the shooting
George Kirkwood committed suicide at
McReespOrt, Pa yesterday morning by
h'nging himself with towel 10 the Goor
OF his bedroom lie could not sleep and h ad
been In Ill health FOR some time.
II. Radema ker 6 Sons, of Grand Ra pids,
Mich, have filed trust deeds for the benefit
OF creditors. The firm is an extensive
manufacturer of ba seball bats, and has been
in business quarter OF a century.
William j. Clare, of Quincy, Mass. a
cadet on the training ship Enterprise. died
In the Boston Hospital on Saturday OF
diphtheria. The boys parents have de-
cided to ask for an investigation into the
conduct OF the ships officers.
Frak Weaver, sixteen years old, of PliiIa-
delphia. was fatally injured Saturday after
noon near Wilmington, Del, He was bicy-
cling on the Philadelphia turnpike, and
while descending Penny Hill collided with
team. He received internal INJURIES broke
"A rib and iacerated his scalp. =
The postoffice in Milton Del, was broken
into yesterday morning. A hole was drilled
through the top Of the safe. and nitro
slycerine poured in. the explosion COM
pletely wrccking the safe and shatteriigau
the windows in the room. About 500 in
stamps were taken. Persons blocks away
heard the noise. but no one sa W the men.
Maiachy Glen, OF Long Island City met
with a severe accident yesterday in Cal
vary Cemetery, New York, where lie is cIn-
ployed. He was hurrying from one section
OF the cemetery to another, when he stun-
bled over a pile of earth and then fell into
an open grave, striking on his head. He
was unconscious when rescued by his fcl
low orkmen.
The body of a well-Gressed man. appar-
emily about fifty years OF age, was washed
up on the Delaware River shore at Bridge
port, Pa, on Friday night, aud from articles
found in the clothing the body is supposed
to be that of man named Tross, who was
passenger on Que OF the steamboats, on
The line OF the Baltimore and Philadelphia
Steamboat Company on Thursda night last.
The evening times., 1896-10-05
SUICIDE THROUGH FRIGHT.
Passenger on a Wrecked Train Sends
Bullet Through His Heart


Topeka, Kans.. Oct. 5.-Locomotive No.
s5S, attached to the Santa Fe eastbound
passenger train No. 2, exploded While run
ming AT full speed yesterday morning. near
| the village of Peterton, thirty one miles
west, killing six men. passenger was
so badly frightened that he committed
suicide by shooting himself through the head
with a revolver.
The dead are Engineer Strump. Topeka.
Kan: Fireman Harry HoIister, Topeka
william II. Adams, tramp. riding on bag
gage car, and supposed to be from Chill
hcotiIe, Iowa; three tramps. .nainesInknoy-n.
all OF whom were riding on the baggage
car.
, Among the in iurcd arai Mrs. Edna Max
well. an editor on the Morning Telegram.
Colorado Springs. Colo. hands and arms
cut and bruised; Wilford Burns, tramp, legs
and arms cut and bruised; James Coleman.
tramp. cut and badly bruised. None OF the
express men or mail clerks were seriously
injured.
Mrs. Edna B. Maxwell was the only pas
senger injured. although the train was
heavil loaded. C. L. Shirman of Kansas
City. helper in the express car was con-
siderabiy bruised by failing boxes.
The man who killed himself is thought
to have been William Becker OF Los An
geies. Cal. He was well dressed and had
plenty or money. His ticket read from
Los Angeles to Chicago. He was greatly
excited after the accident and gave his
money anti watch to d passenger.
IL he had any papers he threw them
away. He stood around while the men
were digging in the wreck for dead bodies
and cried and acted strangely, but finally
resumed his seat in the car and became
quiet 20
Suddenly he drew a revolver and placed
the muzze against his left temple al
fired. He tumbled into the aisle dead
without uttering word.
The evening times., 1896-10-05

Ts~~ HE greatest industry in our neigh
boriood." said Mancos Qucdalia.
OF rapantla, Mexico. at tue st.
James, lis the cultivation of the vanilla
bean"
The cultivation of this plant Giffers
from the general idea of agricultural care.
for it consists entirely in cutting away for
ests to give it room to grow, The vines
are naturally grove from cuttings, just IS
are grape vines, but they can also be gro wu
from seeds. in which case it is much longer
before they begin to bear. The vine is very
hardy in its native element, and sometimes
takes root. even if thrown carclcssly on
the ground, providing ouly that it has
shade and moisture. 1t grows best in virgin
soil where streams abound and where the
soil has slight intcrmiXture OF sand.
AFTER setting out the plants, if they
thrive, they will begin To bear fruit in three
or four years. The yield of beans increases
each year after that until about the fifth,
when it begins to dwindle- In about the
tenth year there is little or no yield and the
plant is cut down. The vines yield, when
they are IN their greatest development, from
as to goo beans. The beans are not ripe
until they become yellow, which occurs in
January or February, but they are cut pre-
maturely on account OF the depredations OF
thieves, and on account ofthe great der nd
Taking tho average for the last ten
years, the number of beans gathered 10 each
years crop has been above Is. 100000.
AS a rule the planters do not know how
to cure the beans. This is Il matter which
requires much experience, and persons max
ing a profession of it buy the beans from
the planter and cure them themselves. Va
nilia beans are also grown in subtropicai
climates, but they arc much inferior 10 the
Mexican product"
The evening times., 1896-10-05

GRANClS TAUREL. naturalist, who for
many years mas made study of rep
tiles. is a guest at the Riggs House.
He is generally ndisposed TO conversation.
but when his favorite subject, SNAKES, WAS
mentioned. he became eloquent. He in-
veigles gainst the repugrauce which people
generally exhibit toward snakes. and also
against the belief in the heprrvaIencc and deai-
iIness OF poisouous reptiles. Despite the
great number OF deaths from snako.bites
;hat we read and hear OF, he claims the pro-
portion of poisonous to harmless snakes is
extremely small. Only those snakes which
have two hollow teeth i'll the upper jaw are
hurtful. Other snakes bite in jus; the same
way. but these inject the poison through
their hollow teeth into the blood OF the per-
son bitten. whichin circulating reaches every
part of the system, and effects every organ.
OF the poisonous snakes there are Two
classes, those whose bite is certain death
and those whose bite can be cured
Europe is especially happy in Possessing
only one variety of poisonous snakes, the
viper. and even this seldom infiicts an in
durable injury. In the United States. with
the possible exception OF Mexico, there
are but three venomous sndkcs-the rat
tle-snake. the copperhead and the nlcc-
casin. All the other varieties are per-
fectly harmless. In some Places the COP
perhead is known as the fIat-Eeaded adder.
hut tn name adderis given nindiscriminateiy
by country folks to great number OF
snakes. none Of which except the &C.
casin are any more dangerous than the
pretty little garter snake.
notwithstanding his advice the naturalist
added good-naturediy that he had no do nbt
that people will continue to do in the fu-
ture as they have done In the past, that is.
run whenever they see snake and inquire
whether it is poisonous afterward
The evening times., 1896-10-05
uEARD By
LII THE LOUNGER.

@ oTToN prices will be much higher
- this year than they have bsen for
several years past, is the statement
made by Alfred Harden. a Georgia planter,
who is registered at The Metror olitan.
The two causes which combine to bring
this about are the comparative shortness
of this years crop and the existing revival
or the cotton goods trade.
Within the past few weeks. many OF the
New England cotton mills, which had either
closed down temporarily or We're running
short time, have revived operations in fun,
and their owners expect the boom to be
permanent. With these two causes in
action, the price Of cotton is sure to reach
and maintain an unusually high rate So
those who have any crop at all Will lie as
surcd OF much larger returns than they
have had from much larger crops in pre-
vious years
Many Of the PLANTERS, however. have
completely failed Oh tEeir crops, and hardly
raised enough to send to market Upon
these the real burden of the reduced crop
will fan. for those who realize so per cent
or more OF tier regular output VIII make
1t up out Of the increased price.
The evening times., 1896-10-05
CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION.
Nebraska Republicans to Meet 1t Lin
coin and Make Nominations.

Lincoln, Nebr., Oct. 5.-At conference
OF Republicans held here, q call for State
Republican convention was drawn up and
issued yesterday. The call recitcs the his
tory of the Republican party and appeals
for orthepreservationan and pcrpctuation ofparty
principles.
All Republicans who adhere TO the origi-
nal principles are invited TO assemble in
mass convention at Lincoln. on Tuesday.
Oct. 6, at 10 n. m, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for State offices and
Presidential electors. TIE call is signed
by F. L. Rose, VITO was chairman of the
conference. Those i'll conference were the
s'mi ddIe- of the road Republicans
The evening times., 1896-10-05
HEY were swapping "reminiscences in

THEY were swapping "reminiscences in
the lobby OF the Ebbitt House. and
the conversation had turned on the
absolute necessity existing in mans na,ure
for pla y of Some kind, when Capt. s. Terry
Webb, L. s. A, related an INSTANCE .x-
emplii Wing this trait, which is well worth
repetition
IL occurred when he was ''plcb" at
West Point man, years ago. The old re-
sime still held sway there and no means OF
recreation whatever had been provided for
in the daily life of the students.
All the nece ssary muscular exercises were
administered in doses in the shape OF drills.
gymnasium work and the like. Ithad never
occurred to those in charge that anything
in the shape OF pastimc was necessary to
relieve the tcdium of the routine Work.
But their eyes were finally opened in q
most amusing manner. Atthe beginning of
The evening times., 1896-10-05
MEN
FOR
THE BIG
GUNS.

sDOUiu be spetldNN duu
scientifically trained for their work There
would be no use in having biSh-power
guns unless there are bigh-power men to
serve them. OF course, the numerical
strength of our artillery corps is so limited
at present that it will serve only as
nucleus for the force which ultimately
must be gathered in order to meet the
demand of 4 fully developed system OF
coast defeuses. 1t is well, however, to
make beginning ana to lay a foundation
upon which gradually an adequate super
structure can he reared.
Gen. Miles proposes that all artillery
posts shall be instructed in the Sc of these
high power guns and rifled mortars in
order that the men shall become thoroughly
proficient in handling them Prizes are
to be offered in "A series of competitive
drills to encoura ge rivalry, and every
thing will be done TO arouse the ambition
and spirit of the men. The fact is recog-
uized that no matter how perfect the
Qualifications or how excellent the ord
nance, all are OF little use IL the SOL
diers are not thoroughly drilled and ex-
perts In handling the big fighting machines
1t will take at least ten or fifteen years
before the system OF coast defenscs is
completed. In this time, no doubt, Con-
gress will authorize such increase OF en-
listments in the artillery branch OF the
army as will be made necessary by the
new conditions. For these newcomers those
now in the service will be able to act
as guides and instructors, and hence tie
wisdom of Gen Miles new departure must
be patent to ALL
The evening times., 1896-10-05

rent Family Circulation much
greater than any other paper, morn
ing or evening, published in Wash
fngtOn. AS u News and Advertising
Medium 1t has no competitor