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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
MORE APPOINTMENTS SOON.
no NEW FORTS on STATEN ISLAND.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL REGARDING THE
MILITARY RESERVATION.

The fact that bill has been introduced IN 'he
Assembly giving the Government jurisdiction over
the military reservation on staten lsiahd uoes MOI
point to new Notifications" THIS was the state
ment Of a military officer TO Tribune reporter yes
to-day afternoon you may renemper ne "e'''
on that some time the Government uu nc
quirc additional: land down there FOR ioruhcat'on
purposes to be used some time In the iutufe' Nc"'
II f. always the case that when land Is acquired py
the Government for use as "A MILITARY esei 49,
the State authorities C.. de to II the rlsHt 10 as
lute Jurisdiction. Really II Is lltt.e more man -
form In point of fact 1t is 10 prevent c.as DC ".
tween civil and military Law. on an rese va V t
martial law exists II the State alone hau JiriShv
ton a Uouor-dcaler might set up 'hop mere on
Cioyer5or's Island and If the military authorizes
arrested him he could appeal to the STATE couass
and eecllrc release on the ground OF iaisc az
or because the military were cncroachins uto' .''e
magistracy That is all there Is TO inc lueSs.oi1
SO far az the land involved is concetheu nc -
une in a recent article on Fort Wadsworth' shovel
exactly what has been acquired recently py pun
chase II is the design ultimately TO use TINS NV
land which lies eastward OF the present ioi co.
ticn round the bend OF the Lower Say hs ~ 81 i
heavy water batteries and for masKei pa..ei'e 80
powerful mortara on the wooded SLOPE WI -
ceaci from the waterfront. Then 100 me ii,e VI
parapets may he continued from the presc,i' VII
ern limit of the fort for fully quarter Oh a. ln
toward the Ncw-Jersey shore. II the eNeehclss "
the future demand elaborate "A system y, ~
fences for the port of Ncw-York on that sue ~,
the channel But II s not likely that any wa''
be done for wears TO come with tne new ,,'.a
ton The Government simply bought FOR the future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
WALTER JONES MUST GO TO COURT.

John J. Sullivan. attorney and assignee Of George
r. w. hoffman. the photographer, obtained from
Justice Beach in the Supreme Court yesterday an
order requiring Walter Jones. the actor. to show
cause why he should not be punished for contempt
OF court in not appearing for examination In sup
Elementary proceedings on an order issued by Jus
ticc Pryor calling on Jones to appear for examina-
ton on February S which at that time was ex-
tended by Justice Beach until yesterday As Jones did
not appear al that time Mr.. Sullivan got the order
On December 81 last judgment was entered against
Jones by default for t3l l5 which. II Is alleged by
the assignee is due to hoffman for photographs fur
nished to the defendant while he was playing In
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
CHASE FOR AN INSANE MAN
1,r LEAPS INTO THE RIVER AND MAR
Row1Y ESCAPES DROWNING.
.rrrp KNOCKING DOWN A KEEPER AT BELLEVUE
HE BUSHES THROUGH THE YARD AND
r,Mps OVER THE SEA wALI--ELUDES
MOST EXHAUSTED.

HIS REsCUERs UNTIL AL
MOST EXHAUSTED.
A, exciting chase after an insane man took
r,ace in the Bellevue Hospital grounds yester-
aav afternoon. The patient was Edward Rodgers,
ho escaped from the insane pavilion after
,rock,ng down one of the keepers. Rodgers is a
lark forty-fve years old and lives at NO Az
r,ason-st 1t Is said that he became insane
tsw days ago. and yesterday afternoon his
hrother Michael Rodgers and three friends de-
o,ded to take him to Bellevue Hospital he IN
sisted on walking all the way. AT Twenty-'hlrd-
:, and Fourth-ave he became unmanaSeapIe
ond refused to go any further. His brother cahed
mon Policeman OConnell, Of the East twenty
second-st station. who assisted Ill 'aNine
Rodgers to Bellevue. He was carried INTO 'he
insane pavilion, where OConnell LETT MIN anu
vent into the reception room
A. the time that Rodgers was taken in several
natients were being transferred from the rear
door Of the pavilion Rodgers. watching MS
ohorce made q dash for liberty. Thomas Butler
one Of the keepers, was passing near the door
-, Roaqers suddenly sprang up, struck Butter
behind the ear and felled him to the floor. he
,hd ou+ NJ the door and ran across the lawn
o. tho sea wall. His brother Michael raised an
alarm, which was heard by Policeman OConhei''
who ran after the insane man. Waiue"
O,Rourke. Deputy Warden Richard ana romeo
man Morrell, who on duty at the sovera
ioined him. Rodgers jumped over 80 trt -
benches and. reaching the sea wan. ,rap case 70
eightnen feet of water. He swan arouhu 80 .es
.h War and threw aside a rope whlcn "aS
thrown him. Several attempts We're "a Az the
rascue him but he euded his rescuers' ~, ' ~
end of about ten minutes he showed s,sn nS IN u,
exhaustion and a life ladder was loi" -
eAn n 81 r,,,i him out Harold Logan, news
naner man, reached down over the wal anu Hs
paiS bv Warden ORourke and some otheis, ,,,as
aged TO get hold of RodgeTss Goa. a A., e o,t
sinking for the second time ana ~ the ground
>,,chaei Rodgers struck his brother IN tle o.s
W. Men there wanted TO have Michae aries.eI
w this was not done. The insane iii In 90
dressing the crowd said: my haillt Thev are
t ling to put me away. have money ana '''e'
want It $1,000. .ho ;rsane paviiOn and
r,,t under restraint The keeper bu'ie ao,va5
poudered unconscious by the blow ne rec e,l,sd
fronn Rodgers He had serious gash .. DIHt fnr
IT. iioN, aar and was removed TO the hospitai iu'
the eat anu DR. Russell, Of the insane pavilion
,,,1 examine Rodgers to his mental cohdi'o"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
FRANCIS WILSON PAID THE ACTRESS.

Lottie F. Trtes brought action some time ago
against Francis Wilson. the actor and theatrical
manager. for breach OF contract averring that she
was discharged from the Devils Deputy" company
without cause and claiming $50 damages as salary
for the rest OF the season. When the case came ND
In the City Court before Justice Ccnan yesterday
the matter was settled by the payment by Wilson
Of $500 the plaintiffs attorneys Fromme brothers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
VANDERBILT ALLEN IN CONTEMPT.

Vanderbilt Allen was adjudged guilty Of contempt
Of court by Justice Andrews in the Supreme Court
yesterday for falling to appear to be examined in
supplementary proceedings on judgment that was
obtained against him in 1892 for sl2926 In favor Of
Sherman W. knevals assignee OF Charles II.
Caldwell and William H. Bunker Allen has paid
S.117 OF the amount due. The motion TO punish was
garnted by default.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
,,r pp1xr-cLoTH MARKET.

r.r Diver Mass. Feb. 1.-THE print.clotn mar
ran ,s IAN quiet during the week the bulk OF the
ket mas Se.rs been done in the first few days The
trading na' zen almos. altogether on odd goods
sners It'll. demand for regulars, Tns fssm
ing is TIE s,s las COO stock. $4,000 Saes-lSlooo
pieces 10 oo ssxsrs 5000 spots 10000 futures Mar
gus sat ara, at 2x cents for 6ixois'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
ONE RANK DRAGs DOWN ANOTHER.

Chicago Feb l5-The failure OF the banking
house OF Kopperl & Co. yesterday afternoon was
followed by a run on the allied house OF A. Kop.
perl. which does banking and steamship agency
business among the Jewish and Polish population.
The result that the latter house also made an
assignment this morning In the County Court Ne
statement Of assets or liabilities was given.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
APPOINTMENT BY MAYOR WARWICK.

Philadelphia. Feb. l5.-Mayor Warwick this after
noon appointed Frank NJ. Ritter to be Director OF
Public Safety to succeed Abraham NJ Better.
whose appointment by Governor Hastings as a
to-day The salary is $1,000 year Mr.. Ritter Is a
well-known lawyer and for four years was an as
sistant city solicitor OF Philadelphia He has been
a member OF the Pennsylvania House OF Repre-
sentatives from this city since 1881
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
ruo CARDINALS IN NEW-ORLEANs.

xaw.Orleans, Feb l5-cardinal Gibbons. accom-
nan,ed by Bishop Keane. OF the Catholic University
A. washington. and Bishop Gaoriels' OF osaens-
-. \ " arrived here yesterday to attend the
D uns a. n the catholic Winter School,! Cardinal
Speim arrived from Atlanta this morning, Both
Snitares will be present in the city during the
carnival festivities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
TRIAL TRIP OF THE ADAMS.

San Francisco. Feb. l5-The United States war;
sloop Adams went out on trial cruise yesterday.
Should all her machinery work we'll she will prob
ably sail for Honolulu on Tuesday. Should any
fault be discovered she will go back to Mare Island
ship Independence was at the head Of the Inspection
Board and his report will decide the destination OF
the slo0p.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
poRRERS MAKE A RICH HAUL.

,sN-W 7. Morrow at Frankfort. robbers entered
Ne home here and made Off with box containing
.",.. ,onds and other securities valued at $1,000
Tns d,snyery was made yesterday morning, but
no clew las been found as yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
TUG FOUNDERED. CREW SAVED.

The small tugboat Rescue foundered off Red Hook
yesterday. but the crew saved. The COM
mander and owner of the tug Is Captain Gully.
The Baxter Wreckng Company will begin the
work Of raising the vessel this morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
TODIVIDET THE EXAMINATIONS
STATE BOARD OF REGENTS MEET AT
THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.

ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST DIMINISHING PRE-
LIMINARY BRANCHES EARLY IN THE
MEDICAL. STUDENTS COURSE
OF STUDY.
Pursuant TO call issued By Melvil Dewey. sec
rotary of the Board of Regents OF the University
OF the State of New York, number of educators
who are interested in the question of examinations
by the State Board. assembled at Parlor Il. Fifth
Avenue Hotel. yesterday. The question TO be dis
cussed was the division of the medical examinations
so that the preliminary branches. such as enat-
omy physiology and chemistry might be disposed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16

Mail orders receive prompt attention NO
charge for packing and safe delivery guarah-
teed Illustrated catalogue mailed free 70 OUT
of-.own residents. All goods delivered free
within 100 MILES Of New York city. except re-
,,,rr money charges on packages sent c. y. u.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Japanese Nurdcrer C,,,h,

Denver, April 14.-Aoki. the japan
csc VINO is charged with the murder of
Mrs. Minnie Miller and her nephew.
Willie Truesdell, on Homer's ranch,
near Denver, was captured at Pueblo
this morning and brought to this city
lie admits having killed the woman
but says he did it in self-defense. He
claims they quarreled over his wages
ana that she attacked him. first with
Il gun and then with a knife. He
0 the weapon from her and finally
Stable her. He claims TO have no
recollection of how the boy met his
death. The officers say no gun was
found at the place.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
From Foreign shores.

King Oscar of Sweden has arrived
at Genoa.
The English think Chamberlain is
tritiing with the Egyptian question.
The municipal council of Barcelona,
Spain. has decided to equip a battalion
OF volunteers.
The Indians in some parts of the
State of OaXaca, Mex, have risen to
protest against the increased state
taxes.
South and Central American presi-
dents have almost unanimously en-
dorsed the stand taken by President
Diaz on the Monroe doctrine.
The Cape Town Argus publishes n
dispatch from Salisbury. Matabele-
land, which says Cecil Rhodes is sick
of a fever.
There is every reason to believe that
Walter Dygert, the young American
who has been held under arrest at
Guines, Cuba. under suspicion of com
plicity with the revolution, will be a
free man in a short time.
The London Times publishes a dis
patch from Singapore which says that
III Hung Chang has abandoned his
American tour, but that after the
cars coronation at Moscow he will
proceed TO London to see Lord Sails
bury.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Nacco Near Havana.

New York. April IA. A dispatch to
the World from Tampa says: Among
the passengers arriving from Cuba
last night was n who left Havana
Friday in a coach with others for a
short drive in the country. At Man
aqua, twelve miles out, the coach vas
stopped by insurgents and the spokcs-
man asked the driver if he recognized
him. Upon receiving an affirmative
answer the leader said: Return to
lavana with your passengers so that
they may be witness To having seen
me here and tell Gen. Weyler that
Antonio Maceo is here waiting for
him. The party returned and The
news was quietly spread in Havana,
but Maceo is still at Managua.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
peopIe I'm Prin

Another wife of the late James g.
Fair materiali@eS.
Vice President Smit, of the Trans
yaal republic, is dead.
The king of Greece is an e&celieh.
swimmer and has IA perfect passion loi
fishing.
paderewski claims that he mas re-
ooivod IA 600 requests for his photo
craph and his autograph from his iair
admirers.
Ex-Goy Mckinley will deliver an ac-
dress at the a~uadrennial general CON
ference of the Methodist churcll. WhlSi
will he held in Cleveland in May.
The French Duchess dues is said
IN renoir every Friday morning. IN
mems clothes, to a cancer hospital
where she replaces an intirmary ser
want girl until late in the evening.
George Meredith, the noycilst, says
In n recent letter To an 1rlehd:
s'Sincc the benignant CONCLUSION ol
the greatest of civil wars | nave
looked upon the American people as
the leaders of our civilization.
Gerald Massey. the veteran poet. is
I'll He has recently suffered great 40
nestle sorrow by the death OF his ohlS
son n Young MAJ of great promise.
who r%ecentlv went out from England
to an appointment in Nova Scotia.
Gen Saussier. military governor OF
Paris. who. in case of war. wouid ACT
as commander-in-chief OF the FRENCH
army. though he has reached the -
limit. has been continued IN ONCE U!
the ministry for three years longer.
William III. Nourse of Boston, wbo
WAS n member Of the Nile expedition
of 1857 thinks that Gen. Kitchener ~
the greatest living fighter of ARABS. lie
knows their language and their Gus
toms. religious and social, and is able
To GO amoag them in disguise with
impunity.
Miss Amy Il. Acton, who graduated
from the law school of the Boston UNI
yersity two years ago, left Boston 10
fill a position as attorney In Dayton
Ohio. A month ago she Went 10 Colnhl-
bus for examination for admission 10
the bar. and her average places her at
the head Of a class of over fifty mem
hers.
The greatest American musical gen
ius. stephen e.. Foster. il 10 have a
monument mt Pittsburg, his native city.
Subscriptions now exceed $o,0D0. u
will he augmented at the national Saeu-
gcrfest to he held In Pittsburg III June,
at which q chorus, unaccompanled ny
orchestra. will sing Fosters "Old
Folks at Home"
Dr. Carl Peters, the German eNplor-
er, whose conduct in Africa has got
hin, into trouble. is 4 nock-knced little
man with IA well-shaped head, his
cheeks SCARED with slashes from stu
dent duels. He lisps, wears cye-glass-
es and is n pronounced Anglomaniac,
especially in dress. and his aspirations
to be a sport" Moreover, he has UNI
bounded conceit.
That Speaker Reed is taking mat
tiers philosophically is shown by a re-
ply he made to a member of congress,
who attempted to condole with him
concerning the New Hampshire con-
vention. THE uncertainties of life
give the greatest zest TO our expert
ence,' he said. 1T would be a very
stupid world II everything turned out
as expected"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16

Cleveland. April IA. - A fire which
started at , o'clock this morning in n
three-story tenement house at the cor
ner of MuirSon and Oregon streots
caused a loss OF $4,000 and put tbo
ives OF the members of fifteen fami-
les IN peril for a brief period. The
hre started on the second floor of the
building, which was n frame structure
owned by Sipe Il Sigler. and the occu-
pants OF the upper rooms all cached
II hre escapes in safety, with the
exception OF n young named
Mary Cox. who jumped from a third
story window and was badly hurt
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Casualties.


7. B. Seaman. Union Pacific police
man, was fatally stabbed by an UNI
known tramp ut Pocatello, Idaho.
Mrs. Curry and her negro servant
were asphyxiated by coal gas at her
home near Lake Mahopac, y. Y.
BY an explosion of dynamite at the
new Radebaugh tunnel, nea Greens
burgh, Pa, one mar was killed and
three injured, two fatally.
The general offices and club houses
of the Westinghouse Air Brake COM
pany. ut Wilmerding, Pa, were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000. Fully
insured.
A span of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
railroad bridge. owe the Maumee river
Mt Toledo. Ohio, went down under the
weight of Il freight train, drowning
one mSn.
Fire entirely destroyed the large. SIX
story brick building occupied by the
Savannah GA Grocery company.
Loss on the building is placed ut $fO,-
600, and on the stock at $4,000.
While taking exercise at Montgomery
Park, Memphis, Tenn, the race horses
Addie Buchanan, Leavitt and Dan
Ruger, the latter Il valuable colt By
Simple Simon, came in collision, and
the three We're seriously hurt.
The British ship Brabloch, sixty-sev-
en- days from Newcastle, n. s. W., was
lowed into San Francisco with her car
go of coal on fire. She was grounded
and water pumped into her hold
through ten lines of hose until the fire
was extinguished.
Josephine Louise House. n magnif-
cen three-story building, was badly
damaged by fire In New York. Cause.
unknown. The building WAS used by
the young lady students OF the famous
Sophie Newcomb college as a dormito-
ry. Damage, $1,000.
Incendary attempts were made to
burn the Savannah .iGa) pOstoffice
and also the large four-story brick
building occupied by the Hoyie Gro
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
EVIL DOfngs.

Hiram A. Waite, city controller or
Fort Huron, Mich, is missing and II Is
feared he has been foully dealt with
Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming nee Liv-
ingston) will be put on trial April ~ at
New York for the alleged murder or
her mother, Mrs. Bliss, by poisoning.
Jesse White, charged with the muir
der OF Mrs. Hester Curtis last Deem
Der, was found guilty at Lafayette,
Ind. He will 90 to prison for life.
Investigation shows that the embez-
element of Barnard, the cashier OF the
Fort Stanwix National bank in Rome,
". Y, who committed suicide, aggre-
gates 100000.
The case of j. G.. YetZer of Des
Moines, convicted of fraudulent bank
ing, was affirmed by the Iowa supreme
court. He will go TO the penitentiary
for five years.
Henry Jacques, se~venty-eight years
old, IL reputed millionaire miser who
lives on toast and water. tried TO com
nit suicide by jumping from a Staten
island ferryboat at New York.
Hayde Sheriff, a boy thirteen years
old. is under arrest for starting a num-
Der Of fires at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He
has made a partial confession, and
there is no doubt about his guilt.
At Bow street police court at Lon
don, Matthew Arnold, tifty-two years
Of age. well dressed, was remanded on
an extradition warrant charged with
embezZling the sum of $4,000 in Den
yer. where he said he had been clerk
in civil and criminal courts.
Attorneys for the Taylor brothers
of Carrollton, Mo-, against whom the
sentence of death for the murder Of
the Meeks family has just been upheld
by the state supreme court, have de-
cided to ask the supreme court for a re-
hearing Of the case.
A month ago L. Scott, n prominent
merchant of Toronto. committed sui
eide by jumping off the Rcsedale
bridge. A week later j. Long, the head
waiter Of the Albany club, initiated
him with fatal results, and now John
Strachan. one of the locked-out t~ailors,
has made the same terrible leap. Al
though fatally injured, he is still liv-
ing.
One of the most atrocious crimes
ever committed in Hamilton county,
ILL.,, occurred in the Gormay settle
Inent. Ben Boehmer, a well-to-do farm
or. 40 years old, cut his wife's throat
and hanged his s~iX-year-old son 10 a
rafter in his stable. After committing
these deeds he covered the bodies with
fodder corn to hide his crime and made
his escape to the woods. |
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Preparing to Seize the Tr,u.x,,r

New York, April IA World she
cial from London says: Colonial Sec.
rotary Chamberlain, it is reported. has
cabled To President Kruger. of the
Transyaal, calling his attention to Tho
long delay in answering the invita- tion
to visit England. Mr.. Chamherlain
,htilhaied that unless a definite reply
is received Immediately, so that a per-
sonar conference may be had in Lon
don over Uitlander grievances, other
measures will be taken to secure n
remedy for those grievances. All this
points TO a long contemplated plan to
ultimately n the Transyaai.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
MiscelInneOus.

The Transcontinental Passenger 1885,
citation has been reorganized,
Gov. Atkinson of Georgia paid a
gerald, Ga.
George w. Allen. owner of packet
lines before the war and for many
years a shipbuilder at Richmond, Va,
is dead.
G. Il. Corley, an expert engineer,
known all over the United States, died
suddenly ut Dayton. Ohio. He was
electric superintendent of the City
Electric company.
The wife of William NJ. Hampton
was Frustrated by fright at Indian.
apolis by the presence of a burglar in
her sleeping room, and she died of ex-
haustion Il few hours later.
William o. Bum, editor Of the Ge-
neva IN. Y.) Courier, is dead. aged 81
years. Mr.. Bum was formerly a mem.
Der of the Republican state committee
ard assistant deputy internal revenue
collector at Syracuse.
The strike of union men employed in
the construction of the auditorium for
the Republican national convention
which was threatened because Of the
award by Contractor Mcclure of a con.
tract for roofing to a firm employing
non-union men, has been averted.
Miss Mildred Darlington Hutchinson.
daughter Of Representative Hutchinson
of Texas, was married in st. Johns
church, Washington, to Edward Muggo,
Jr., of Houston. Tex. They went to
New York after the wedding and later
will live in Houston.
An effort is being made by Repre-.
sentative Mondell of Wyoming to have
the Big Horn hot springs, on the Sho.
sltrane Indian reservation in Fremont
county. Wyoming, purchased by the
government and held as a public reser,
walton. as the hot springs Of Arkansas
are
The body Of Mrs. Samuel Hit. who
was buried at Beaverton, Mich. wher;
taken up to be reinterred in another
cemetery, was found to be completely
petrified, though, 1t had been i'm the
grave but two years. The features
Were perfect. When struck the corpse
gave forth q ringing sound.