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Obituary Notes.

Edward Morrison. who had been member Of
tho Stock Exchange since May 8. 1869 died at
his home. - West Thirty-ninth street. yester.
day morning. lilo WAS rs years old. A week
ago Sunday. aitera visit to his son. Edward
seized With vertigo in the street lie was re
moved to the Manhattan Hospital and later TO
his home, He was thought to have recovered
from his Illness and was expected to return TO
his office. II broadway, yesterday. On Satur.
day. however he again became very sick and
ed over sixty-two years. lie came to Wall street
as CLERK when W ,, he was but - years old. He was
the old Open Board of Brokers. and he entered
the stock Exchange when the Exchange alb
sor5en sDr6 AZ the Open board H. sueeesstully wealth
long business career and leaves II considcrabie
estate. A widow survives him, as well as an
unmarried daughter and two sons. l.. w. Nor.
rison ono Of his sons. is member Of the Stock
Exchange and belongs TO the iirm OF jenkins &
Co.. which also has Its office at Al broadway.
Tho Rev. Dr. James Norton Crocker who died
N saratoga on SUNDAY, was born In Cambridge
,Msshhington county; May -, 1927: his father be-
IN the Cambridge Academy and afterward De-
came Instructor in Greek and Latin at the Albany
bfsciademy. u, few years later he graduated from
i,rinceton Theological Seminary with honOry.
His iirst charge was at Carlisle. Schoharie coun.
y. Later no accepted call to Charlton, Sara
High School. In 1867 no removed to Saratoga,
was chosen Superintendcnt of Schools. and or.
The Second Presbyterian Church % was orRanised
i
tinung in charge until 1875. He then no organized iS
school for boys and young men. In 1879 the
Presbyterian synod of New York appointed him
syn0dical Superintendent. widow and three
children survive him.
Tho funeral services of Ellen NJ. Matsell.
widow Of George w. Matsell. ex-President
on Saturday. Tho interment was in Trinity
Cemetery, ON Staten Island. Mrs. Matseil was
daughter OF tho late George Minott Barrett OF
Station Island, and lineal descendant OF Hum.
phrey Barrett. who came from England In 1910
and settled In Concord. Mass, Among those
present at tho services We're Justice Charles Il.
MacLean and Andrew ii. Green.
Stuyvesant LIE Roy OF this city died yesterday
morning at his Newport villa OF Brlght's dis
ease. from which he suffered several months
before being taken there a month ago His en-.
tire family WAS with him when he died lie
loft widow and two children, Stuyyesant Le
Roy. Jr. OF Chicago and Mrs. Amos r. French OF
New York; He was the son OF the late Daniel
Le Roy OF New York.
Charles Neidig. u retired chair manufacturer,
died on Sunday at his home, SO Conselyea street
Williamsburg, In his hfty-second year.
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II Won't ne Long Now Before tho Custom House
Appointments Arc Made.

Postmaster Van Cott was in Troy yesterday
visiting Gov. Black. When Mr. Van Cott ro-
turns to New York he will give some attention.
1t was said last night, to the appointment OF .
successor to the late James Gayler as Assistant
Postmaster. This place is the finest one in the
gift OF Postmaster Van Cott.
Edward NJ. Morgan. superintendent OF city
delivery in the general Post Offico: John steb
ling. State auctioneer; Col. Bankson T. Nor
gan, counsel to Postmaster Van Cott, and George
It. Manchester. Secretary OF the New York Re-
publican County Committee, are among those
mentioned for the place.
Tho friends OF Senator Plat, Secretary Bliss.
and President Quigg OF the New York Repuhli.
can County Committee said last night that
President Mckinley is on the point OF sending 10
the Senate the names Of
George II. Bdwell TO be Collector OF the Port
OF New York.
.silas G. Croft to be Surveyor OF the Port Of
New York.
Wilbur. F. Wakeman to be Appraiser OF the
Por; OF New York
The Kings county Republicans would Ike 10
name the successor OF the late &. {. Baldwin ~
Naval Officer of the Port, and also the Poslmas;;
ter OF Brooklyn to succeed Deacon sullivan, anu
the names OF Deacon Walter AtCrhury ana
Deacon Tom Fltchic were mentioned last nighs
for these two places.
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MIR. RICH.iRDsoN,s NIECE.
She SaSs she Has Ciaim Against HE Estate
Rnd IL Coming Eat 20 Press Il.

POMONA, Cal. June 2l.-Tho late Mr. Joseph
Richardson. the New York millionaire left n
niece in Southern California. Mrs. Dora Richard
son Maxwell. Her father was Henry Richard.
son. younger brother OF Joseph. She says that
Joseph sailed from England for New York about
1887. and at that time he was stone mason
Henry had received 5 800 from some invention
This he loaned To Joseph.
Five yearG later Henry came to America. He
drank heavily. and his industrious. saving
brother paid no further attention to him. Mrs.
Maxwell SAYS the loan was never paid. Henry
died in the poorhouse in Philadelphia in 1868
He was buried there.
Mrs. Maxwell has seven letters written by
Mrs. Joseph Richardson to his mother and
brother in England between 1897 and lS4O In
each he spoke of his brother IIenrys loan to him
and how he meant to repay 1t all with good in-
terest some day.
She also has letters her father wrote in 1860
and lSGl, saying that his brother Joseph and he
did not speak, and that the loan had never been
repaid. Mrs. Maxwell married n shoemaker In
1873 and came West to San Francisco In 1876
She has been widow for seven years, and has
supported three children By the hardest work as
u cook on big ranches.
Six years ago she wrote to her rich uncle In
Now York for help To educate her children, but
the letters, after the first one. all returned
unopened. addressed In her unclc's handwriting
Shc has secured funds. and will leave in a few
days for New York to bring suit against her un-
Gle estate.
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ILLINOIS DEMOCRACY.
BcntIey Succeeds Nelson ms Chairman or the
SLATE Central Committee.

Chicago, H., juno II. Arthur c. Bentley OF
Pittsneld, pike county, was elected Secretary Of
the Democratic state Central Committee to-day
to succeed Thcodorc Nelson. who resigned
Bentley is a friend of Buck Hinrichsen. and
the place was given him by Altgcld followers
with the hope Of ending tho war between the
two lrndrrsi OF the Illinois Democracy. Mr..
Brntlcy's salary will bc 5000 year. The job
used to pay $4,000 during Nelson's long term OF
service hut Ncsun was not on the best terms
with Aitgcld, and the ex.GovcrnOr, through Joe
Martin, had the salary reduced by ~, 90 al one
Iingichstn man, and the committee believed It
wise 10 select his successor from the same fac
tIOn.
Tho meeting was held al tho fremont House
headquarters and WAS attended by most OF tho
leaders OF tho silver wing Of the party from All
over the State. Charles Il. Laid o. kcwhn"c,
Chairman OF the last state Convention, Was
present with proxy and took occasion TO ini'
mate that il Aligrld WAS not 50 dlCtHlorll IN
his methods thG democratic party in Illinois
would meet with more success.
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BOIES AND THE sILvERITEs.
Some Doubt That the Three Conventions In
Iowa Will Name Him for Governor.


Dies MONIES. Ia. Juno 21.-The Democratic,
Populist. and Free-silver Republican State con-
vcntions will be held in this city on W Wcdnes esday,
June %. What they will do is extremely
problematical. Ex-Gov. Horace Boes, after
long-continued solicitation. said that If the nom.
ination for Governor comes to him from all
three conventions he will accept it and lead tho
campaign although he prefers not to do so.
The Free Silver Republicans, most of the
Populists. and large part of tho Bryan Demo.
cIlts declare that he cannot have the nomna-
tion unless he is willing to declare unequivo-
caly for the principle of the free and unlimited
coinage OF silver at the ratio OF 10 to /. Gov.
Boise will never do this. He is a strong silver
man. but he Is utterly opposed to a fixed ratio of
coinage Mt 10 to l.
Candidates are very numerous, but mono Of
them seems TO have sufficient following to es.
tablish lead at present. Ex.Congressman Fred
T. White was supposed to be the leader. but no
is now regarded as practically out OF the race on
account OF the opposition to him in his Congress
district.
Ex.Congressman John T. Hamilton of Cedar
Rapids. Postmaster Burgess of Ottumwa, ex-
Congressman Daniel Kerr, who is free-silver
Republican. and numerous others, are men
toned. but none of them seems to I'LL the bill
and the leaders of the three organizations are
trying to lind a new man who will meet uni
The platform will undoubtedly approve the
entire Chicago platform. with an elaboration OF
another liberal liquor law denounce the alleged
cxtravaGance OF the Republican Legislature
and state officers. and como out strong against
Secretary Walsh OF tho Democratic National
Committee Is hero looking after things.
The gold Democrats are most pronounced In
their declarations that they will mover support
a monRrel ticket. The three conventions will DO
Tickets but there is considerSble e
about how 1t shall be divided.
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BRITISH PIRADE IN BOSToy.
Tho Ancieuts and HonornbIes In the Processien
Tho Dinner.

Boston, Mass, June 81. 1s9T.-Tho English
born residents of this city celebrated to-day tho
Victorian anniversary. Tho principle feature
was the afternoon parade. with about 900 men
In line, including the officers and men of II. NJ
8. Pellas, the British navy and army veterans
Of Boston, tho Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company, and representatives OF English So
cietios. At p. NJ. n banquet was served to
about 9 900 persons In tho Mechanics building
George b. Perry presided, and Gen. Curtis
Guild. Jr.. was toastmastcr. Sir Dominic Col
nagh spoke for the Queen. Other speakers
were Gov WOlcott, Ma, or Quincy, Capt. Hump.
hago Of the Palace. =. +. Davies ii. r., the
Rev. Or. Lorimer. Prof. X. S. Thayer. DIR. VIII
liam Everett. and j. Payson Bradley, Com
mander OF the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company.
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CAPT BOYCOTr DEAD.
HIS Name Became q New Word In Our Lnu
EuaEo DurinE tho AErarIan Troubles.

LONDON, June 21.-Capt. Boycott. who became
famous by being the first man subjected to the
boycott " in Ireland, died to-day. He was about
55 years old. Capt. Boycott was an agent for
several landed proprietors in County Mayo in
1880.
The peasants could not pay their rents and
Boycott made himself unpopular by enforcing
their collection. Mr.. Parncll urged the people
OF Ireland to send oppressive landlords and
agents ito Coventry Boycott was the 1irst
upon whom the method was tried. He was un-
able to get men to harvest his crops which rotted
i'll the field; his domestic servants left him, and
tradesmen refused to sell him provisions. lie
was eventually helped out by tho emergency
men, who were organized to give relief in such
The sun., 1897-06-22
CHARLEY RosS's FATHER DEAD
He succumbsd to Heart Disease At His Mons
In Germantown.

PHILADELPHIA. June 2l.-Christlan X. Ross,
father Of Charley Ross. died at his homo on
East Washington lane. near Chow street, Ger
mantown, carly this morning. He was in
his seventy-fourth year. He had been i'll
three weeks Heart disease was the cause of
death.
Up to his last illness Mr.. Ross mover gave up
the search for his missing boy. whose abduction
startled Philadclphia on July !. 1874, and be.
est. The fruitless search for the boy, Involving
the expenditure of considerable money is a
familiar tale In every household. and forms the
title Of A Fathers Story OF Charley Ross, t"
describing In detail everything connected with
OF the search.
At the time Of his death Mr.. Ross was Master
Warden OF the Port, place to which he was ap-
pointed by Gov. Hartranft. after business re-
verses overlook him as result Of his ureless
search for the missing child.
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AmasA I.n't a District Leader Yet.

Amasa Thornton didn't propose to have
Charles A. Hess selected to succeed George r..
Manchester as Republican leader in the Twenty.
fifth Assembly district. Amasa wanted the
place himself, and hc called the election district
sions. Last night was the time when the cap.
tains were to meet Amasa's call, and the place
was II West Twenty fourth street. One OF tho
peal. Mr.. Hess had issued a call for tho cap.
tains to meet him at the same hour in Gramercy
Hall in West Twenty-third street. Twenty eight
trict leader.
The sun., 1897-06-22
CANADIAN SOCIETY CELEBRArEs
Toasts tho PresIdent and tho Quees Aud sends
Cable Despatch.

The Canadian Society gave its first annual
dinner and celebrated tho Queens jubilee at the
Windsor Hotel last night. Perhaps scventy-hve
Canadians were seated at the tables each hav-
ing pinned TO tho lapel OF his coat small Brit
ish fag Over the speakers table the Stars and
Stripes and the British flag were draped to-
gother.
The Rev. DIR. Edward II. Krans presided. At
his right sat Ellis II. Roberts. Treasurer of tho
United States. who represented st. David 8
officer sat Prof. Charles q. d. Roberts. tho
Canadian Ca historian: ESIi. Others present were:
Rev. DR.. Newland Maynard, the Rov. j. j.
Rowan Spong. Col. George H. Waring, Jr., Dr..
II. =. Foster. Jackson Wallace. Llout. de Clot OF
J. Evans, and DIR. Wolfred Nelson.
Tho toasts to tho President of tho United
States and then the Queen were drunk standing.
A telegram of ofcongratulation was sent to Buck.
ingham Palace.
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RUSHED TO THE FIRE ESCAPES.
A Two-AIarn Fire In Tall West Side Teno-
ment-Tenants BndIy Frightened.


A two-alhrm fire occurred in the big tenoment
al i02 Fifty-sixth street md Ninth avenue
yesterday afternoon. The damage was com
parativcly slight. hut there was plenty of cx-
citoment while the fire lasted. The tenement
Is six stories high and is occupied by twenty
families: The fire started In the kitchen Of
Mrs. Mary liauser, the janitress, who
occupie1, tho two inside, fats on the third
floor. She says that she lighted fire In the
stove and then went into the front room, leav.
Ing lighted lamp on the kitchen table She
returned In about fifteen minutes to find the
Kitchen all afame.
She ran TO the fire escape and gave the
alarm. Volumes Of smoke pouring through
the halls and ont OF the windows drove the ten
ants TO tho fire escapes panic-strickcn and Il
was only the warning shouts Of the crowd be-
low that prevented some OF them from jump
lnG. When the fircmcn arrived ladders were
put up 10 tho escapes and tho frightened ten
ants were carried down In safety The fire
was confined to the ianitrcss's apartments.
Tho tenement is ownod by the Henry Jones
estate. and the row OF which IL Is a part has
suffered from firo several times In the pa st
two years.
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Cry OF MEXICO, June 2l.-The Tlco Repub.
Hcs will print tomorrow morning congratula-
tions to England on tho Queens jubilee from
almost the entire foreign Diplomatic Corps. in.
Is celebrating to-day. Bunting and illuminn.
tions are freely displayed. There will be u dim
ner tomorrow night.
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a G,rl nleyeIl.t,s Log RrsLsu,

Jennie Hannill, 10 years old, OF 387 East
Fourteenth street. fell from her bicycle at the
entrance to Central Park, at lOsth street. at
53O O'Clock yesterday afternoon, and her left
Wright Hospital. ~ --""N
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EXPLOSION IN THE POST OFFICE.
Serious Results Followed striking = match In
the basement.

PORTLAND, Ore. juno 2l.-A terrific explo-
sion OF Illuminating gas occurred in the base
ment of the post Office at . +. NJ. to-day. 1t
broke several partitions and many windows,
about the head and hands. The janitor entered
the basement, whore tho gas had been leaking
for some time, and struck light. The explosion
that followed was heard for half mile. Tho
damage is g., 800.
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.4N ENGLISH FLAG PULLED Down,
Hut Another Was lloistcd and Kept Up by q
Man Guard with Revolver.

LYNN. Mass, June 21.-An English flag was
hung out yesterday from n window In Osbornos
Block by an Englishman. Two mon approached
from the rear tho building, threw n rope over
the flag. pulled 1t down. tore 1t, and threw 1t on
the ground. The owner Of tho banner put 1t
back in place and guarded 1t for several hours
with q drawn revolver.
, 1897-03-11

Some PERSONS wonder why engaged
people generally prefer to keep their en-
gagcncnts Us quiet as possible until the
day of the wedding. Perhaps the reason
lies in the results Of a newspaper Az
nouncement.
The other day an engagement was
mentioned III one of the afternoon pa
pers. 1t was i'll the last edition Of the
paper, but early the next morning scv-
eral awning makers were at the hGmo Of
the future brides parents, soliciting the
contract for Supplying an awning when
the event came of. On til" same morn
ing and i'll the first mail no boss than
half dozen printers and cngravCrS sent
samples Of tlicir work and quoted prices
for which thov would be willing to Irr-
pare the wedding cards according 10 the
latest dictates of fashion. During the
remainder of the week milliucr>. cater
ers, Grcssmakcrs, l~ivcrymcn. furniture
dealers, hardware mcn and dry goods
merchants made known their desire to
supply the future bride and groom with
all the outfit that they might need or
imagine they needed. The young folks
are now waiting for bids from ministers
who are willing to tie the knot 1T bar
gain prices.-Butfalo CouriCr.
, 1897-03-11

A dramatic story wlStuld at Il Iamil-
ton college alumni dinner III New York.
General Schuyler Hamilton gave some
interesting incidents from the lif" of his
grandfather and described amcrtimC be
tween Aaron Burr and Mrs. Hamilton,
daughter-in-law of Alexander Hamilton
and the mother Of the speaker, III 1880.
las Colonel Burr entered the room, - he
said, my mother, i'll extreme agitation,
seemed about to faint. Colonel Burr,
noticing this. but not knowing her, i'm
mediately went to the sidCboard, poured
out a glass Of water and advanced to
hand it to her. 1t was all done most
naturally, gracefully and court,ously.
My mother shook her head and muir
INJURED. 4 am the daughter Of Alexander
Hamilton Without Il vOrd. Colonel
Burr placed the glass of water on the
sidCbOard, bowed in silence to the
Misses Nathan and quietly retired. II
was to him, rs TO my mother, evidently
a very painful! meeting. Colonel Burr
deportcd himself like Il dignitiod gentle
man. l was u little boy about S years
old. Then | learned for the first time to
imprcss'tho fact upon my memory that
Colonel Burr had killed my GRANDPA
thcr. New York Letter.
, 1897-03-11
Not Yellow.

He is II down town lawyer, and he
was going to have bound the proofs of
his briefs i'll II certain important case i'll
which he was engaged recently. He has
II clerk, u good, %plodding sort Of Il fell
low, not one of the kind said TO be
likely to set the river III fire, but one
who can be depended upon.
John" liz said, go to the printer
and see about bindings for these briefs.
[ am not particular about them except
that they must not be yellow. You II
derstand?'
eyes, SIR" said John.
"You told the printer to he sure and
not have yellow covers Oh those briefs,
did you:' he said as the clerk returned.
yes, y said John. II picked them
out myself"
The briefs came back neatly bound.
As the lawyer examined them an ex-
preston of great wrath might have been
seen on his face.
"John!' he called. John, didn't 1
tell you not to have these briefs bound
in Yellow"
YES, answered John in a surprised
tone. "And l was very particular about
it. l picked out IL beautiful canary
color. New York Times.
, 1897-03-11
Vesuyius.

Recent reports from Mount Vcsuvius
say that its eruption is steadily incrcas-
ing i'll volume. A broad stream is flow
ing down north of the Atrio del Cavallo
in the direction of the Fosso della We
trana. and the cOrc Cf ashes, with the
crater of Ncsuvius proper i'll the center,
is visibly growing. The interior plateau
which stems the lava flow appears at
night all OH fire. According to the
measurements taken by the engineer of
the observatory, the height Of the moun-
tain has increased by 100 meters since
the present eruption began, while the
fiery lake along the Atrio has attained
IA circumference of 1900 meters, and
the bulk Of the lava emitted. is esti-
mated mt 4, 900, 900 cubic meters. The
magnificent spectacle attracts many
sightseers.
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glowing health, but there was an I'M
naturally deep tirsh upon her cheek, and
nor lips were tightly closed together.
When we reached the station, the
train was already in it. | rushed to the
booking Office, bought our y tickets
Il have them now, for they We're never
used, seized my change and hurried
my wife off the platform. reaching the
train just Us it was beginning to move.
Alice hcsituted.
Get i'll, for goodness saleI' l cried
peevishly, opening - carriage door, and
then-God forgive me- gave her a
push, and you know what happened
next.
My poor wife never spoke again, but
as she lay i'll the waiting room, mutt
lated and dying, she just opened her
eyes and looked at me. Then a sad,
sweet smile came over her face, and,
raising her arms toward me, as | bent
over her in an agony of lemorse, She
put up her dear face for Il kiss, just as
she had $ often done i'll happier days
l stopped down, and then-somehOw
l could not give her that last kiss.
Something held me back-a feeling of
utter shame and unworthincss. A shad-
ow of pain crossed her face, the arms
fell back, and in u moment the OppOr-
tunity had passed forever, and our span
of welded life and love had cndcd-so.
Do you remember that awful inquest,
Harry? You were good to me that day,
old fellow. No one could have proved
himself Il trucr friend.
You remember that, when I gave my
evidence, | said that | tried to assist my
wife into the carriage. Well, you know
now that | was playing with the truth,
and you will probably dcspise me for it.
! almost hoped that there would be a
verdict of manslaughter-that l should
be sent to prison.
There is only one thing more to tell
you. When the accident became known,
| received many kind and sympathetic
letters from my friends and hers. l
hardly read them, for each of them was
a fresh stab to me. IF they only knew!'
my conscience kept saying to me. She
knows. She died cursed by my i'll tenn
per, without a parting kiss, and if we
meet in another world what will she
say to me or to her?
But there was one letter that arrested
my attention and caused me far more
pain than all the others put together.
1t was from the lady whose invitation
had caused our fatal quarrel. Per
haps," it ended, sit may be some COM
fort to you 10 keep the inclosed letter
, 1897-03-11

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