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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24

be just behind the triple-screw nyer Columoia,
Captain Sands; and then will come TWO more
battle-ship the Maine and the Texas, Doth Oh
which are now in fine trim. There VIII aiso Dc
the Raleigh and the Cincinnati. and the monitor
Amphitrite and possibly the Montgomery. 10
these vessels Will be added the katahdin, the
transport Fern and the torpedo-boat Cushins,
I'm all the strongest aggregation or ngn'efs .ie
Navy has ever had In New-fork HORROR Ou
board these vessels are upward or 3,VVV mn
and officers and the sight when they man .he
sides and cheer Ii as he sails up me harpoi
is expected to impress the Chinese statesman
at least with the Importance or the new Na'y.
On Wednesday the Acting Secretary VIII SEW
instructions TO Admiral Runce or the par' ns
is to take In receiving Ii. The entire nees o., :.
expected to be drawn up In the Lower Dey
in open order lines and between them the o..
Louis will pass as the Chinese ensign IS prokei,
from the masthead Of each vessel ana saiu'eu
with twenty-one guns. The occasion VIII pe
one in which the National flag Of China VIII pe
seen fving from the mast Of an American war
ship at New-York for the first time as no I'm, m
nese visitor has yet come TO that CITY OF sum
cient rank to cntitle him to Warship saiute'
The Navy Department is now considering ia
what capacity the Navy VIII salute me coih'ns
magnate ii Hung Chang holds In emma an
almost endless array of offices, ana "nicn vIio
to select for honoring s a problem perpexlns
the officials When visiting Great Britain ne
was received In the capacity OF Lord hlgn Ao
miral of the Chinese Navy, with salute ot
nineteen guns the same that the Secretary OF
the Navy is entitled to- This selection was ol
course n characteristic one in England, whose
greatest strength and pride lies In ner navy
But in view Of the pitiable record mace ny w .lie
Ch1ese Navy in the war with Japan, IL can
scarcely have been regarded felictous COM
pliment TO Ia Hung Chang by that gentleman
and his suite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
POLICEMAN SAVAGELY ATTACKED.
A SMALL. RIOT IN WEST FIFTY THTRD-sT STARTED
BY THE ARREST OF SOME BALL-PLAYERs

A SMALL. RIOT IN WEST FIFTY -TiIRD-ST. STARTED
BY THE ARREST OF SOME BALLrPLAYERs.
Some boys playing ball yesterday In West Fifty
third-st between Tenth and Eleventh-aves,
created what threatened to develop into small
riot I'm that block which was averted by rein
forcements from the West Forty-seventh-st sta
tion
Owing TO numerous complaints Captain Sheehan
sent Policemen Schroeder and Conway In citizens
clothes TO arrest ball-players in West Ffty-third-
st They caught Charles Brown, jr., OF No. 52O
West Fifty-thrd-st and on the way to the sta
ton his father attacked the officers There was
short triangular struggle. In which Drown was
getting the worst of t. when Andrew Sutro OF
No 500 West Fifty-third-st.. and Carl Staley. Of
No 56 West Fifty-third-st.. rushed TO Browns
assistance. Sutro struck the policeman with
brick and Staley engaged Conway with his fists.
In the mean time Brown, sr drew a revolver
from his pocket and fourishing II. toward the
officers one OF whom disarmed him with blow Of
his club There great excitement In the street
al the time and stones and sticks hurled
from windows and roofs at the officers, who were
plying their clubs vigorously The wives OF their
assailants Joined in the battle, and badly hand-
capped the policemen by throwing their arms
around their necks.
Conway and Schroeder would have Jared badly
enth-st station about the trouble. The reserves
then sent out. The policemen escaped with
a few abrasons OF face and slight scalp wounds
Several OF their assailants were locked up in the
West Forty-second-st station Magistrate Kudlich
admitted Brown to 900 bail late last night.
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FOUR MEN KILLED IN A WRECK.

FREIGHT TRAIN THROWN INTO RIVER
CAUSED BY A QUIcKsAND.
San Francisco, Aug "a Cali dispatch from
Missouia, Mont, says a westbound freight train on
the Northern Pacific Railroad was wrecked one mile
east of Horse Plains the Rocky Mountain DIVISION
yesterday morning and four train hands LOST the'r
lives The dead are George Weigle engineer, Hope
Idaho. /. / Frizzlc fireman. Hope. Idaho; j. W.
Bolger. brakeman. Spokane; r. NJ FISH, wiper
Jccko Idaho Full details Of the accident are lack
ing and 1t is not known If there is further loss OF
life. ,,, g.. ,A. ,,, ,-
charge OF Conductor Glen. When opposite ME
Board Just east OF Horse Plains, a huge ming sfv-
eral hundred feet long spread. throwing the entire
train into Clark's Fork River The victims meI
toned all Instantly killed Their bodies nav
by the settling of quicksand The roadway Is sun I'M,
passabe, and the railway officials are withhoialhs
details Of the wreck.
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THE LOST STUDENT FOUND.
YOUNG REV. WHO DISAPPEARED FROM
CORNELL HEARD FROM IN INDIA.
A REMARKABLE TALE OF wANpERrNGs TOLD ~
LETTER TO HIS OVERLOOKED PARENTS .
IN BuFFATyO


IN BUFFALO.
Buffalo Aug 23-Frederick Gordon Rev. the
Cornell student who disappeared on October z.
1894. and was supposed TO have met with foul
play. has been heard from. His father. Esbon
B. Rev. OF this city. received letter from
hm' yesterday dated in India. stating that he
In good health and bound for home His
reason for leaving college that he found
that his knowledge Of French and German was
limited. and he was confident he would be una
bic TO keep up with his class. and rather than
fail he believed it would be better 10 go among
the people and learn the language. For five
years he hal been crowding himself in his stud
les and says he did not feel able longer 10 con-
tirue the strain. and one afternoon while at
the lower end Of Cayuga Lake and out for
walk. there came over him desire 10 leave that
was irresistible Discouraged and tired. he
followed this resistless force and left the coun-
try.
After leaving Cornell he went 70 New-York.
engaging passage on a cattle-ship and working
his way to Bordeaux, France. At this place he
secured employment with an electric firm that
was about to erect an electric plant In Central
America He sailed from Honduras in the early
part OF 1895. visiting Jamaica, Martinique and
Cuba, and then returned 10 France. where he
contracted 10 look after the electric machinery
OF tramp tradng-ship bound for the East
Indies. His knowledge Of mathematics. Sysics
and Latin has kept him employed and enabled
him TO much OF the world.
The knowledge OF his sons safety has brought
great Joy TO the family Of Mr. Rev. Almost
from the very first Mr. Rev firmly believed that
his dead. He said that he was certain
the young man had been murdered. and pointed
to the finding OF his watch to substantate this
theory. He declared that he had other evidence.
but what II was he steadfastly refused 10 di.
vulge Mrs Rev equally certain ~ her
sons fate On the night before he went away
she had { dream that he had been killed. This
she took a presentiment The shock of
learning from his pen that he was SILL
alive almost too much for them. and
neither the father nor the mother Of Rev is
inclined 10 speak on the subject Of his peculiar
actions or to express an opinion regarding his
real motives for leaving college and home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
HELD Up IN A RAINES LAW HOTEL
A VERMONT MAN ROBBED AND THEN KICKED
INTO THE STREET

A VERMONT MAN ROBBED AND THEN KICKED
INTO THE STREET.
George Herdling, OF the proprietor OF the
United States Hotel Fulton and Pearl SITS. this
city was held up and robbed last evening In the
Raines law hotel. No. % Chatham Square. which
bears the name "P. Cunningham" over the door.
Then he was kicked into the street Young
Herdling lives in Monkton. VT. and Is staying with
friends at No 4i2 Amsterdam-ave. Last evening
he had been visiting his father and on the way up
town stopped at the Chatham Square place "ners
he ate sandwich and drank a glass OF Deer
As he reached the hallway on the seco'io "oo'
coming out three men walked up beh'na nun, a"o
ha,ora be knew where he was they knocked MN
aoun One of them held him while the other TWO
,o,. all b,s money several dollars. his soid "a,en
and cha,n and a diamond shirt stud Then they
ro,,sd him over took of his coat and waistcoat ana
n. ~ the thieves drew of his own worn-out coat.
90 MT ~ on Herdling Then the three men dragged
him ,downstairs and kicked him into the street
IardinR had been una BILE TO call Tor nelp because
ONE ~ his assailants named Kennedy. had Kept
tiSht grip on hts throat during the whole proceed
Hs showed the hngermarks on his throat at the
OaE-st station, where he went TO complain.
Detectives Malarkey and Riley were assigned 10
the case and Herdng went out with them. They
found one In Chatham Square. and later got one OK
the others The third man escaped with all OF tho
stolen property but the police expect to capture
him.
The two prisoners John Kennedy, Of No. ~
Cherry-st and James Hart address unknown.
Both are young men and belong In the West th0
police say ------------~- =
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PARTIAL ECLIPSE or THE MOON VIEWED

San Jose CAL Aug 23.-Director Il. s. Holden. OF
Lick Observatory. sends out the following report
OF the partial eclipse OF the NOON last night. The
observations were made by Professor c. ID. Per-
rne:
Light clouds partially obscured the first contact
OF the shadow. but they soon cleared away, ana
the sky was clear during the remainder OF the
eclinse The first certain darkening by the penum-
bra was at S:35. The first contact with the shadow
was at s.23 81. The last contact with the shauow
was al l2.3l:5O The obscured portion or the moon
was quite bright the more prominent markings be-
ING 90 sily visible. The eartEs shadow was a cop
,'s nas color near its centre shaded TO somewhat
rreenish tinge at the edges. the penumbra being
Of n light pink tlngo. A
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SHOT AND KILLED HIS SISIER.
FATAL RESULT OF A BOYS TOYING WITH
A LOADED WEAPON.
THE SHOOTING WAS UNDOUBTEDLY ACCIDENTAL
BUT THE EAST SIXTY SEVENTH ST. POLICE
HAVE TAKEN THE LAD
INTO CUSTODY

INTO CUSTODY.
Peter Fisher seventeen years old, employed
as an errand boy by James J. Tillis. OF No III
West Twenty thrd-st., who lives with his par
ents at No 40 East Seventy-eighth- while
plaving with a Flobert rifle about o'clock last
night. shot his sister. Elizabeth Fisher, In the
left side Of the neck just below the left ear, the
ball penetrating the brain. She died few MIN
utes later
Fisher who was Immediately arrested by 70
liceman Mitchell and locked up In the East six
tv-seventh-st station, said he had borrowed 'f'e
rife from a neighbor for the purpose Oh shoo'-
trg cats Yesterday afternoon he was IN 'he
kitchen toying with the weapon when MS SIS
ter Elizabeth thirteen years old, came INTO ''e
kitchen and took chair to reach an upper
shelf in the closet. to get the key or her "ri'ins
desk Her brother. Peter at the other END
of the kitchen. Suddenly there was iouu re-
port and the girl screamed. sprang iro'ii 'n'
chair and ran into the hallway, where neish-
Dor caught her just as she was raiilhg' Ing
blood was streaming from wound III 'he iie'N'
Her ia her and mother. who were IN the Ho"'
room at the time. heard the report ana ia" ou'
Into the hallway. arriving just IN time u Se'
their daughter die in neghoors arms
The screams Of the mother aroused the ten
ants IN the house and they came hooking 10
tho rnner floor where the girl still lay III 'he
hallway one man. who had more presence OF
mind than the rest, when he learned that a slr, l
had been shot ran to the street and summoneo ,oaa
PoIIceman Mitchell who called an ambulance -
- ,ha presbvterian Hospital When Mitchell
reached the top floor of the house the girl was
dead and he at once placed the boy ir CUSTODY.
The latter told the officer that the snootIhs Was
n,:reIv accidental that he had been throwing
tha rifle about from one hand to the other ana
hot IN doing so It had been discharged When
the ambulance surgeon arrived he pronouncsed
,he eirl dead Fisher was then taken to the
~, civtv-seventh-st station and locked up.
Thomas NJ Fisher, the father Is a carpentner' n,.
The dead girl who was the pet OF & the 1amlly' naH,
a,tordad the Seyenty-ninth-st Public School.
DIR norents are frantic the tragic
5sath 1n Of their daughter but both believe that
the shooting was entirely an accident. me ,e
boy was deeply attached TO MS sister anu us rs
viii be taken to the Yorkville Police Court ths
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
UTrPTFTL EFFECTS OF FREE SILVER.

Waterbury. Conn, Aug. 23-The Waterbury Clock
Companv. which has been closed owing TO the de-
pression. will resume work tomorrow.
The Benedict Burnham Manufacturing Com
many one OF the largest brass goods concerns In
tnnssrrica has reduced its working time TO four
6aws n week President Frisbie said this evening
that the serious dulness in the business OF the com
many Is directly attributable 10 the freesilver aga-
ttAn
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CORPORATIONS MUST PAY FRANCHISE TAI

Frankfort. KY. Aug 23.-Judge Barr. Of the
United States Court. has rendered a decision hold
ing that every corporation in the State must pay
franchise tax The decision is sweeping in It's ef-
foe, and instead Of 100 corporations. have been
assessed by the Board Of Valuation and Assess
ment there will be 1890 go
The decision is retroactive and will require great
Increases i'm the clerical force 10 put the law into
operation Attorney General Taylor says there Is
no doubt OF its correctness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
mo covrPOL THE SULPHUR MARKET.

washington Aug 2a.-Deputy Consul Ritter reports
from Catana TO the Department OF stare the fo'ma-
I'm -, tho Anglo -scllian Sulphur Trust The cap
.'o' % - ,he rus, IL elCOOoOO furnished by Italian
80. ,,-a..h and English capitalists. The company will be
as the Anglo-Sician sulphur Company,
K,rU,ed and will have HEADQUARTERS In London Ine
niteu teSncf wear and higher prices, Mr. Ritter says.
lan l posc great injury 70 the acid makers ana man.
w, W,n .,,1rers of the United States
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AN AGED MAN MISSING.

Andrew J. Odell eighty years old was reported
,n,ssinq at Police Headquarters by his brother
7 w OdelI of No. 10 First-ave. last night. The
missing man left Tompkns Market on Saturday
~ Cd 10 No ll3 East -thrty-ninth-
at Since then he has not been SEEN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
BEATEN OFF WITH AN OAR.
A NEGRO BoATMAN ATTACKS a YOUNG WOMAN
r,,,rrr SHE IS ROWING IN sHEEPsHEAD
BAy-IN THE STRUGGLE THE MAN Is
PLUNGED INTO THE WATER

,rss c Simpson. who lives with her mother' AT
r,heIbert villa, Ocean and voorhees, aves, sheeps-
head Bav. was yesterday the victim OF an OUT
rareous attack Miss Simpson was rowing alone
in a boat in Sheepshead Bay yesterday morning
n,bo, sbe was acco-ted by a negro who was scuI-
,na IN another boat Miss Simpson ignored the
mans salutation whereupon he assailed her with
many insulting eplthets. Proceeding 20 more ex-
treme measures, the negro attempted TO poard
Miss simpsons boat. but with the ald OK one oI W
the oars which she was using, she endeaVored 70
beat him Off During the struggle, the assalants ass
fading advantage OF the predicament In which the
man had been placed Miss Simpson made ,ev heF es
minutes When She reached the shore and found
herself in safety the courage that had M hsherto M
since been prostrated In her home. The police We're
informed OF the attack and they. together with a
ba nd of citizens, led by friends or MISS simpson,
began n search for the miscreant.
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rur pPEsIDENTS QUIET SUNDAY.

puzzards Bay. Macs. Aug @.-The President mas
remained at Gray Gables all day. as Is MS "S""'
custom Sunday . ,,,o.
.ssis,ont Secretary Hamln arrived al Marion
,o'day where he will remain until Tuesday morn
ing He will speak at the convention dav St '0une fer
mS,hyb S,nb he viii return Immediately 70 Wasninston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-24
HOKE SMITHS RESIGNATION.

TIE SI-CKtIAH NHI" III II7f' 'IIII1''
FURTHER TO SAY ABOUT 1T.
Washington Aug. 23.-Secretary Smith had just
returned from a ive-mie spin his bicycle this
evening when he was seen by the United Associated
Presses reporter. lie said he had no further In
formation TO add to that already made public about
his resignation from the Cabinet He was much
amused at the varied comments OF the Eastern
nress on IT, The Interior Department will be left
IN charge of First Assistant Secretary Sims on Sep
tember next, unless In the mean time. the Presi-
dent names a successor TO Mr.. Smith.
The herald., 1896-07-07

stated for by the winning Of heretofore
Republican or doubtful commemorative
1t is this consideration that strengthens
the candidates. of Boies, Stevenson and
Matthews. Iowa is usually rated Re-
publican stronghold, but Boies has cap
tured it every time he tried. Illinois is
another Republican field as a rule. but
Vice President Stevenson enjoys an i'm
mense popularity in it and no doubt was
very largely instrumental in securing it
for the Democratic column in 1892 In
diana belongs to the list of doubtful
states, with a very desirable bunch OF
votes in the electoral college. Matthews
has the prestige of success in it and,
without doubt, would have a better
prospect of carrying it than any other
Democrat who could be named. Thus
it will be seen that the very fact that
Bland comes of a surely Democratic
state may operate to deprive him of the
support of delegates who might person
ally prefer him to any other aspirant.
The outcome at Chicago is good to
guess at, but dangerous to gamble on.
The herald., 1896-07-07
ODIOUS LEGISLATION

The local minister who seems to have
undertaken the championship of the un-
American, un-democratlc, Puritanical
Sunday-closing ordinance would appear
to better advantage if instead of impugn-
ing the patriotism, sincerity and piety
of those who oppose that odious legisla-
tion he would answer, if he can. their ar
guments. Fume. froth, denunciation
and misconstruction do not constitute
logic
There is no law in existence re-
quiring men to work or do business seven
days in the week. and there ought to be
none, yet it is logical proposition that
If government has the right to regulate
the hours that people shall work or do
business it can as rightfully require peo-
pie to work seven days as it can to COM
mand them to limit their exertons to
six days. AS a matter of fact practi-
cally the entire retail, wholesale. profess
sional and industrial activity of the city
is suspended now, without the interven-
ton of any law requiring such suspen-
sion, on Sunday. outside the lines ex-
empted by the proposed ordinance very
little work or business is done on Sun
day. But the people who do work on
Sunday, be they many or few, have as
sacred right to do so as to toll on Mon
day. Their labor is their own and it does
not lie within the rightful province of
other people, even though the latter be
in the majority, to limit them in the ex-
ertion of it. This is a fundamental prop
osition that no amount of ranting and
roaring can upset, and ii must be upset
before the foundation stone of the prin-
ciple of Sunday law legislation
can be laid.
The talk about such legislation
being in the interest and on
account of the working people,
sounds more pretentious than sincere
Among the hardest worked, especially
on Sunday. of the class which seems
the object of so much solicitude on the
part of the reverend champions are the
street railway employees. Why exempt
street railways from the prescription of
Sunday ordinances? Where is the diff
erence in principle between working a
bell-punch, throwing a switch and
operating motor or driving horse and
selling cigar, bartering a necktie, shaw
ing chin, or disposing of box Ct sta
tionery? Is it because the advocates
of Sunday laws use the street railways
to convey them to church in
the morning and to the parks
and beaches in the afternoon OF
Sunday that they can tolerate
business in the street railway line on
that day, but not in the other. lines :?
The herald., 1896-07-07
Smith. Brcckwnv Wedding

A very pretty wedding occurred yes
terday evening at the home or Mr.. anu
Mrs Griffin on Ceres avenue, when MISS
Addie s. Brockway and George William
Smith were united in marriage by the
Rev. Wilson of the First Methodist Epis-
copal church. The bride, winsom bru-
nette, looked extremely we'll in gown
of white silk, garnished with white satin
ribbons. The skirt was plain and full
and cut with demi-train. the NOUS
quetaire sleeves of the high corsage
were met with long white gloves In her
hand, and she carried cluster of sweet
peas and ferns. AS the wedding march
was rendered the bridal party entered
the room preceded by Miss Chapman,
dainty little flower girl in white swiss,
who scattered flowers in the way of the
bride from small basket which she car
ried. The bride and groom followed and
stood under a handsome horseshoe COM
posed of white sweet peas and roses,
which hung from ropes of bright flowers
that formed a network overhead. About
the room were clusters of flowers which
enhanced the beauty of the room. Fol-
lowing the ceremony there was an elab-
crate supper, the guests all sitting down
at once, twenty in number, at long
table laden with many delicacies. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith took possession of their
home. $40 Beaudry avenue. last night,
and will be at home to their friends after
July 11th. The young couple have the
best wishes of a host of friends. Among
those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Pascoe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Weeks. MIR. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. Mrs.
and Miss Miller. Miss Kate Farrell. Miss
Goggin, Gillespie. Messrs. Groggan. von-
derlove, Pascoe. Bumbaugh, Nepier.
VignolS and Bass
The herald., 1896-07-07
Here and There

The many friends of Mr.. Joseph Fred
erick Bumiller are congratulating him
upon the near approach of his marriage
to Miss Eckley Blasdel of ST. Paul. The
wedding will take place the latter part
of this month.
Mr. Frank F. Truscott and Miss Car
RE Mccullough, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Mccullough will be quietly
married at her home, 1922 New England
street, Wednesday, July Sth, at s o'clock
p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Blinn entertained
a few friends informally last night with
cards at their home, 1920 South Flower
street. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Roth Hamilton, Mr.. and Mrs.
lie Grande Belts, Miss Lewis Smith, and
Mr.. Salter.
The Assistance league will meet next
Saturday afternoon at the residence OF
Mrs Brown, 1926 Portland avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Schumacher are
stopping at Redondo for number of
weeks.
Mrs. j. G. Sentous and her daughter.
Adele and Mrs. Burton F. Lewis will
leave tomorrow for months stay at
Santa Monica.
Among the passengers on the Hermosa
last evening were noted Mr.. and Mrs.
], Walter Bridge, who expect to spend
two or three weeks on the island
The entertainment which was to have
been given by the ladies Of the G.. A. r.,
assisted by the American Star drum
corps, Tuesday evening, July Z, at Blk
by's hall, 610h South Spring street, has
been postponed on account Of the drum
corps being ordered to Ventura