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The sun., 1897-10-12
"TLiE DEADLY B4NEO OF FOOTBALL,
Worse Than Prize Fighting, Say tho Methodist


PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 11.-Members of the Ma
tonal Association OF Local Preachers OF tho
Methodist Church discussed football at their
meeting to-day. The game was denounced as a
blighting curse, less entitled to respect than a
common prize fight. reference to the subject
In the annual report OF Taylor University started
the discussion. The report said:
so far God has saved us from that class
spirit which leads to hazing. we'll as from
the deadly bane OF secret fratcrnities. baseball
mines. and football teams We encourage
students to take plenty OF active exercise and
do not object to any form of innocent amuse-
mcnt; but we do not countenance those organ
lied games which lead our students to go out to
other colleges TO play matches or cause teams
from abroad TO visit us for similar purposes"
On the adoption Of tho report there was gen
eral outburst against football in particular and
college athletics In general. and the report was
ordered to be spread upon the minutes.
The Rev. DR.. G. f. Foster said that football
was glad that Taylor University was free from
the thin of college athletics. DR.. Cotton Army
OF East Bangor, Pa. said:
81 sent my son to n religious training school,
and there he imbibcd habits that are now hard
TO break. II did not keep him supplied with
money some else would Instead OF the
training being blessing, it proved to be a curse,
bo far as morality sucS.
The sun., 1897-10-12
INVESTIGA THE FLOOD.
Contractors ana Public Works Onicinls Trying
to Find Out what Hurst the Big Water Mnin.

to Find Out what Burst the Big Water Main.
No time was lost yesterday by the Depart
ment of Public Works. 7. L. Crimmins g. Co., or
the Metropolitan Street Railway interests in
getting down to work at the repairing and set
tlement Of the damages caused by the bursting
OF the 4s-nch water main at Forty-eighth street
and Madison avenue early on Sunday morning.
Gen. Coils ordered an investigation, and the
first thing yesterday morning he made per-
sonal examination to get an idea of the cause of
the accident. John d. Crimmins. besides order
ing an investigation. sent out engineers and
electricians to look into the matter OF damage
done. to aid in restoring houses overfiowed to
their proper condition. and to indicate his dis
position TO do all that is right in the premises.
He did not wait for claims to be put in, and so
far as reports had been made yesterday after
noon. the people Of the overdowed district manl-
tested wish to meet the matter in similar
spirit.
There are varying ideas as to the cause OF the
accident. NJ. Crimmins thinks that the water
pipe being an old one. had become weakened.
and IL Is said that there had been no heavy
blast exploded in the vicinity for some time and
no blast at all for several hours before the first
indication OF trouble in the big main. Gen. Col
lis, on the contrary. believes that the break
caused by the blasting done BY the contractors 8
men. He said yesterday that he thought the
contractors in their anxiety to get the work
done quickly, did not exercise due care.
The sun., 1897-10-12
UNDEsERv1Na OF CITY CHARITY.
superintendent Rauer Reports S.2s5 Cases.
which Cost tho City 81. aI8, A5l Annually.

superintendent Rauer Reports Is.osS Cases.
which Cost tho City 81. aIs.Asl Annually.
Some time ago the Charity Commissioners,
acting under the revised Constitution, which
declares that mo person shall be admitted to
private institutions supported by the city un-
less proper cases." authorized Frederick F.
Bauer. Superintendent Of Outdoor Poor, to
make investigation Of the various hospitals and
other city institutions. and ascertain the num-
Der OF undeserving cases supported by the city.
Mr.. Bauer submitted his report yesterday as
follows:
Total number OF cases Investigated, 90. .6sl; ap-
proved 1926 disapproved for various causes. In
cluding ability to support themselves and improper
charges. 1925.
By these distpprovals the city has saved the
following itemiZed expenses:
Children in institutions, $l04 per year. S759.ol 9;
children in hospitals. ll3V. 81 per week, e3I I;
mothers with babcs in institutions, l.277, at $3.50
per year. eI5s.72 maternity cases. 2++i. ut Sc
for obstctrca treatment. SOL ,O00 adults In hospi
tails, sli, at 81 per week. $3oSS; 30s men at e15
per year. $2,+02.
Superintendent Bauer's disapprovals should
save the city an annual expense of $l,3l3,i7l.
The sun., 1897-10-12
BoT KILLED By TROLLEY OAR.
Policeman Baike'r Little SON 1s Run over in
Morrinnnin.

John Bake, aged IL years. OF $50 Union ave-
nue., was run over and killed by trolley car OF
the Wost Farms branch Of tho Union Rail-
way Company at Third avenue and 16lst street
about o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was
son OF Theodore Bake, policeman OF the West
Twentieth street station. Mrs. Bake sent tho
boy with q big bundle OF soiled linen to n neigh
boring laundry. The car, which was in charge
OF Motorman John McGowan OF 1000 fremont
avenue, was slowing up at l6lst street, as all
cars do at this junction to transfer passengers
to tho High Bridge branch, when tho boy hur-
ried across the street with tho bundle on his
shoulder The lad successfully lodged a passing
truck only to run In front OF the approaching
trolley car which was bound north.
Tho motorman, on seeing him, rang tho gong
ana put all his strength on the brake wlthout
avail. Tho cars are heavy, and this one ran SIX
feet before 1t could be brought to standstill.
The boy did not seem to hear either tho gong or
the warning cries of the motornan or passen-
gers on the front seats, who saw his danger. ie
was knocked down, and the front whecl passoo
over both legs midway between the hips ana tho
knees. crushing the right leg and nearly sever
Ing the loft leg. Policeman Gushing summoned
force stimulants down the boy : throat. Hedied
in q very few moments after being taken from
under the car.
Policeman Bake, who was at homo for tho
accident by n passcr.by, who had recognized tho
lad. He arrived nt the Morrisania police station
directly after the body had been carried thore
on o stretchcr and helped TO place the body in a
coffin, whore IL had to remain until an under
taker could be summoned and a permit for Is
removal be obtained from the Coroner, The
motorman was locked up in the Morrisania
police station by Policeman Cushing.
The sun., 1897-10-12

tho widow or Michael sauerbroi Creates .
aoeno In Court.

James Marks was put on trial In the Oyer
and Terminer Court IN Jersey City yesterday
for tho murder of Michael j. Sauorbrei In Ba-
yonne on May 81 OF this year. Justice Lippin-
colt and Judge Hudspcth were on the bench.
Prosecutor Charles II. Winfield represented
the State and Senator William ID. DAILY and exc
Judge Thomas f. Noonan appeared for the de-
fendant. Prosecutor Winfield related the cir
cumstancos of tho shooting in his opening adj
dress TO the jury. James Il. Marks, tho de-
fendant's father, died in Belfast, Ireland, on
July L., 1895. His will provided that his
widow should have the income from the estate
until She married again diod, and then tho
property was to be equally divided between tho
defendant and his half sister, Jeanne b. Will
haus OF Elizabeth. The widow was made tho
eXccutrix. Sauorbrei leased the house 666 Ave-
nue y, in Bnyonno, from Mrs. Marks, and kept
field said, gut an idea that he ought to have
possession OF his share of his father property
at once, and he went occasionally 10 SapgroIei
and demanded the rent. On May II Marks
made demand for tho rent, and when Sauer-
brei said ho had already paid 1t TO the eyecutrix
penetrated Sauerbrci's left breast, and he died
about an hour aftcrward. The defence is selt-
several witnessess theses testified that they saw
Marks with revolver in his hand backing out
OF the front door and Sauerbrei about three rect
Marks fired shot and Sauerbrei went back:
Marks followed him. pulled the door TO, and
locked 1t from the outside. When Marks was
locked loci up in a cell in Police Headquarters ter he
intend to kill Sauerbrci. Ho thought he had
fired over his head. He also said that ali though
not in the habit of carrying revolver, he took
one with him that day because he expected TO
have trouble and he did not want to got tho
worst OF IL.
Mrs, sauerbrei, tho widow, identified the
undcrshirt and ncglig6 shirt her husband wore
that day. Mr.. Winfield showed tho jury where
the clothing had been perforated by the bullet.
Mrs. Sauerbrci became hystcrical. Two court
officers assisted her from the witness chair.
As she was passing Marks she stoppedand shak-
ing her finger AT him, exclaimed: There is the
man that murdered my husband" The officers
hurried her away. Tho trial will be continued
to-day.
The sun., 1897-10-12
SPORTING WRITER ARRESTED.
He Ii Accused or Perjury, Preferred by the
British Authorities.

He Hs Accused or Perjury, Preferred by the
British Authorities.
Benjamin Hyde Benton, well known in both
the United States and England as q writer on
sporting matters. was arrested last evening at
Twenty-hfth street and Sixth avenue upon a
charge Of perjury preferred by tho British
authorities, who ask for his extradition. The
prisoner arrived at the Federal building too late
to be arraigned before United States Commits
sioner and was locked up IN Ludlow Street Jail
overnight.
The warrant UPON which Benton was arrested
charges that he swore falsely In a suit before
the High Court Of Justice in London, England,
on May 27 last. Benton said last night that his
arrest was persecution and for the purpose Of
preventing him telling what he knows about
various sporting matters. domestic and inter
national
t." went to London some time ago." he said.
ITO conduct tho Mirror Of Ljfe a sporting pa
per, for DIR. A. p. Ordway. We did not agree.
and contracted with Richard X. Fox to con-
duet London edition of his. paper. Ordway
failed to pay me for my services. ] sued him.
and it is In connection with the suit that my
rest has been caused. OF course, deny the
charge against me-
The sun., 1897-10-12
SCOTT PROPERTY IDENTIFIED.
MIR. ana Mrs. Frank II. scott Visit Police
Headquarters Reaching Town.


Mr. and Mrs. Frank II. Scott, whose house at
Orange was looted during their absence Of $l0,-
600 worth of foreign gowns and other flnery
and valuabes, arrived in town late Sunday night
and went TO the house OF Mr.. Scott's brother in
West Fifty street. There Mr.. Chichester
Of the Century Company met them with tho
double news that their house had been robbed
and that tho stolen'property had been recovered
through the clever detective work Of Detective
Sergc0nts Valley, OConnel, and Gain.
MIR. and Mrs. Scott went yesterday to Acting
Capt. McClusky's room in tho Detective Bureau,
where the goods were all laid out on chairs,
sofas, and tables, and identified them. They
said that they had returned from Europe about
the middle OF August, and had gone to their
house for a week. and then, leaving number OF
their trunks had closed the house and gone to
the Berkshire Hills Thus 1t happened that
thousand-dolar Worth gowns and such things
were at hand when Burglars Bennett and Hy-
handmade their raid on the premises.
Bennett, Hyland, and Mary Rogers who
were arrested together at 256 West Forty third
street, where the goods were found, were taken
to Jefferson Market Court yesterday, and re-
manded to the care Of the police to await eX-
tradition papers from New Jersey.
The sun., 1897-10-12
MOALMANS WIN FINALLY.
United States Court or Appeals Decision In the
Famous Insurance Case.

Famous Insurance Case.
Judge Lacombe in tho United States Cir
cuitCourt OF Appeals. has handed down an opin-
Ion affirming the decision OF Judge Wallace in
the suit Of tho J. IL. Mohlman Company against
the Western Assurance Company of Toronto
Canada which has been before the United
States Courts since the May term In 1895. On
tho night OF April 30 in that year the L-shaped
fve.story building SO and 30 North Moore street
and 1873 Franklin street, occupied by tho
Mohlman Company as a wholesale grocery
house. was destroyed. The insurance COM
panes. OF which there were several that had
Issued policies upon the structure and stock,
refused to pay tho loss on the ground that the
building had collapsed Just before 1t took fire.
This, they claimed, invalidated the policies.
On behalf OF the MOhlman Company it was
alleged that fire caused the collapse, and suits
were brought against all OF the companies, that
against the Western Assurance Company be-
ing taken as n test case. A jury In the United
States Circuit Court decided in favor OF the
Muhlmuns, and this was sustained by Judge
Wallace on tho ground that IL IL the duty OF
tho insurers and not OF the insured to produce
the burden OF proof as to the cause Of the fall
of a building. The appeal taken by the West
ern Assurance Company was from this finding.
The case has excited widespread interest
among insurance men, not only on account OF
its peculiar features, but because important
points of law bearing upon certain clauses In
their policies are involved.
The sun., 1897-10-12

suspectinE Him or Inndelity. she Assaulted
Him in the street.

Mrs. Cora Williams, the wife OF Policeman
John A. Williams OF the Oak street police sta
ton, was arrested In West Tooth street. near
Columbus avenue, carly yesterday morning, for
assaultinR hor husband. In the Harlem Police
Court the charge OF disorderly conduct was dis
missed. and she was fined SIS for carrying re-
yolver.
Mrs. Williams. suspecting her husband of
infdelity, followed him on Sunday night from
their homo. at Sc West ll7th street, and saw
him enter a fiat house In West Tooth street.
whore, she alleges he remained during the
night. She walked back and forth through
West Tooth street until morning, when. she
said. she saw her husband IN the window. aud
called q milkman who was passing TO witness
that he was in the company of woman She
remained in the street until her husband came
down, when she became so angry that she
slapped him In the face and struck him with her
umbrella. Policeman Sullivan OF tho West
Tooth street station placed her under arrest.
Mrs. Williams declares that she will begin pro-
ceedings for q divorce.
The sun., 1897-10-12
Tho weather.

There u storm OF considerable force central
yesterday over Manitoba, the outline OF depression
extending southwark all the Mississippi statcs
to the Gulf OF Mexico and eastward over the lake
regions Rain fell the entire area The 10
spreading eastward.
In the central States west OF the Mississippi tho
weather fair and colder. There was dense fog
the middle Atlantic coast
In this city the day cloudy and foggy; average
humidity rs per cent? wind eastery average velocity
4 miles an hour; highest onicial temperature 60.
lowest bO; barometer corrected to read sea level
at 3 A. NJ 30.ls. 8P. N. 5000.
The thermometer at the United States Weather Bu.
reau registered the temperature yesterday follows
The sun., 1897-10-12
sTIYD1ER BARNES CONVICTED

In Spite or the Testimony or y Deaf Man who
Had Never Heard Any Ill or Him.
Dwight b. Barnes hired an Office at 33s
Broadway, called himself agent for a patent
spring seat for locomotive engineers. and adver-
tised for clerks. bookkeepers, drivers. and can
vasso.s. whom he swindled out OF 500 and 5000
each e1ncted by way OF security" He was
convicted in the General Sessions yesterday Of
grand larceny.
One OF the witnesses for tho defence was
Leonard Rose, who testified that Barnes was q
man OF good character Tho witness was deaf.
Are you now testifyng as 10 what you know
personally OF harness character or only what
you heard r. asked Recorder Con-.
From what know" answered tho witness.
"And how long havo you been deaf :" asked
the Recorder.
Ever since childhood" answered the witness.
The sun., 1897-10-12
KILLED BY A STREET CAR.
Abraham httman's son-in.Law Falls Under
the Wheels While AiigirinE.

Isaac Stcur 35 years old. of SO Wilett street.
was run over and killed yesterday morning. at
7:lo o'clock. while aliEhtinG from Delaney
street crosstown car at 40 Spring street. Steur.
when stepping from the front platform of the
car. missed his footing and fell under the
wheels.
The driver of the car. Michael Scanlon Of
Mangin street. was arrested. He was arraigned
in the jefferson Market Police Court, and was
remandcd to tho Coroners' office. Coroner Dobbs
held him in 81 800 bail pending the inquest.
cloakmakcr and furrier. of ll3 Mercer street.
whose failure in business was announced yes
tcrday.
The sun., 1897-10-12
CONTRACT TO ALTER cITF HALL
Awarded to J. z. brady for Ssh. 600. with q
stipulation for Haste.

The contract for remodelling the interior Of
the City Hall for the accommodation of tho
Municipal Assembly Of Greater New York was
awarded yesterday by Gen. Coils to Ut. Brady,
whose bid was $lsl. 800. The contract was let
without advertising in order to expedite the
work. Besides being the lowest bidder Mr..
Brady promises to work night and day on the
contract. and he guarantees that the chamber
of the Municipal Assembly as well as the clerks
office will be completed and ready for occupancy
by Jan. /. The rest Of the work Is to be finished
before March l.
The City Court will have to move out. and 1t
is expected that the Sinking Fund Commission
will secure for it the quarters now occupied by
Col Waring in the brownstone building facing
Chamber street. Col. Warnings new office will
be in tho New York Life Insurance building. at
Leonard street and Broadway.
The sun., 1897-10-12
More Trouble cor the Me,ropell,an COMPANY.

Meyer Lehman. a First avenue dealer in mil.
hnery. who livos at 243 East Thirteenth street,
has applied to the Supreme Court, through
Charles Henry Butler, for writ of mandamus
requiring tho Commissioner of Public Works to
stop the Metropolitan Street Railway Company
from constructing what the petition alleges arc
electric subways along the lines of the COM
Pany's roads In Amsterdam Madison, and
Fourth avenues, and in such other streets as
are followed by those OF the company's lines
underground.
Mr.. Lehman alleges that in the work of con.
stTucting the cUnGuis for the eectr ric currents
that are to operate the cars the company ia nut
ing In other conduits for the conveyance OF
ehctric wires, IN uontTnventiOn OF the rights re-
served by the charter 10 the Subway Commits
bloners. lie asks not only that the company bo
forced to stop the !iying OF these alleged sub
ways, but that hose already constructed by tho
company he taken ur. The motion is to he
Special Term '''' :"
The sun., 1897-10-12

Handsome Mrs MnrshnIl Acquitted by II Hack.
ensack jury OF Mayor Crotly's Charge.

Handsome Mrs. MnrshnIl Acquitted by n Hncks
ensack Jury OF Mayor Crotiy's Charge.
HACKENsAcK, n. j., Oct. ll.-Therc was re-
marka Bile sight in Hackensack to-day following
tho acquttal Of Mrs. Gertrude Marshall Of
Montvale. Mrs. Marshall was indicted by the
Grand Jury for harborinG sixty'seven ducks on
her place. thereby creating nuisance 20 tho
great annoyance Of Albert G.. Crotty, Mayor OF
the borough. who was deprived of his sleep by
reason OF the noise of the fowls. Mrs. Crotty
being also almost killc ! by nervous prostratiun.
When the Jury ren tered its verdict some OF tho
witnesses procured flags and proceeded to colo
brate the victory by going around among tho
hotels and then driving out of town with deco
rated carriages. Prosecutor Stagg rCbukCd
some OF them on tho street. 1t IS commonly said
Jury.
The sun., 1897-10-12
oRAzED OYER VIEW YORK POLITICS.
william Hard In Custody In Washington.
Having Been Declared Insane.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-The present condition
OF New York politics entirely too much for
the mental structure OF William Hard. and he
is now In custody having been pronounced In
sane by the police surgeon. Hard came to
Washington with his wife two weeks ago. and
since then has talked of nothing but the political
situation in New York. Yesterday the violence
suspect that he was crazy. and their suspicious
were confirmed by the verdict OF the physicians.
Hard declared himself to be a Democrat. and
declaimeI In behalf Of the Democratic candi-
date for Mayor OF Greater New York. Mrs.
husbands condition. His brother In New York
has been notified.
The sun., 1897-10-12
TO LEAVE ALI QUESTIONS OPEN.
Arrangements for tho Fall Conventions or tho
Hoard OF Trade.

ARRANGEMENTS for tho Fall Conventions or the
Hoard OF Trade.
At meeting Of the Executive Committee Of
the Board of Trade and Transportation yester-
day final arrangements were made for the SER
les OF fall conventions, the first open session of
which will be held to-day. 1t was decided at
the meeting that tho daily sessions should be
for d iscussion and education only and that the
board should not go on record with formal ac-
Ing to public policy that might be advanced In
any paper read.
The boards honorary membership now
ceeds 10000. A large attendance OF Out-of-
town members is expected. Many have already
arrived in town. President Darwin II. James
VIII nave charge OF the first open meeting Mt
1880 O'Clock this afternoon, when Joseph MIN
mo will read paper on "a United States Do
partment OF Commerce."
The sun., 1897-10-12
WABHIN0ToN FORECAST lOR TUI

"AbhNuiOS folENAai ~" ''hspAt'
For eastern HeI0 York. eastern PennsyIudnfd, keto
Jersey. and Delaware. hrcd 'oHfn0 tVedther and
probably shOtcers: cooler tonight; brisk and high
sOuthoTIv tctHds on the coast.
For the District OF Columbia, Maryland. and vir-
Einia rain, followed by cl caring weather; southerly
TO westerly winds; cooler to night
For New England, threatening weather. with show
ers; warmer In tho northeast portion brisk TO high
Southerly winds, shiftng to westerly
For western New York and western Pennsyl aniA
showOri brisk and high southweSterly winds and
cooler this 5veninE
The sun., 1897-10-12
JANIroR cosFEssEs HIS THEFT.
He stole = 90. 100 Diamond Stud Belonging to
HIS Employer.

HIS Employer.
Joseph Wetler, the jantor and gardener of
the Pope mansion at Bushwlck avenue and
Himrod street, Brooklyn. was locked up In the
Ralph avenue police station last night on the
charge OF stealing q diamond and black pearl
stud valued at $1,000 from George Pope, o
cigarette manufacturer. Wetler is 80 years
old. and his wife and two children live at 1906
Myrtle avenue. The. members of the Pope
family went to the country three months ago
and left only a few servants, including Wetler,
In the Brooklyn house. Wetler, It Is alleged,
went to Pope's room and abstracted the stud
from a shirt in a bureau drawer. He pledged
the StTd in Mtntzs RaTashoP at % 76s broad;
miss the stud until yesterday. The police say
that Wetler admitted that he stole the stud and
pawned It, He said that 1t was his intention to
redeem 1t, but that he was unable to raise the
deemed.
The sun., 1897-10-12
walton storm. WHO want. a Dlveroe.

Leila 8. Storm has obtained an order from JUS
tice Truax OF the Supreme Court TO serve an
order by publication in an action for divorce on
Walton Storm. Storm, who was prominent for
q time in local politics, and who got into some
financial di dilliculIies, is supposed 10 he in New
Orleans. He and his wife were married Nov. 5,
1888. and have "a child Of Is years. The wife
Minnie Mackey.
The sun., 1897-10-12
SA,s7S FOR "a Crushod Hand.

Tho suit of Cornelius CoyIe against tho Grit
fng Iron Company OF Jersey City to recover
$4,000 for injuries sustained in an accident in
November. 1896 was triod In tho Supreme Court
in Jersey City yesterday. Coyle was oiling cog
wheels when the belt slipped from pulley and
his hand was drawn between the cog wheels and
crushed. The defence was contrihutory negl-
Rence. The jury awarded him SA,375.
The sun., 1897-10-12
POLICE RATING FOR "FITNEss." I"
Candidates for Promotion voiuminous as TO
Their Merits.

Tho Police Commissioners rated yesterday
the candidates for promotion for "Htness."
As an item in tho rating, they required cand-
da es to submit their own estimates Of their
value in the shupe OF their records" The re-
suit was a double armtul of transcripts, more
than the Commissioners could read and digest
IN a week. Some OF the candidates had put
they put on uniform. Very few had the merit
OF brcviy.
The board took it all into account. Tomor-
row, IL Is expected, the promotions Will be made.