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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-30
REoREhxr THOMAS nhHBR.
Deserts H1is swcetheart 20 Seek Death ana sns
IL Seeking Him.


MoRRisTowN, n. j., April 2a.-Thomas II.
Maher was to have married Miss Kate Prender-
CAST yesterday morning in the Roman Catholic
Church OF the Assumption. but instead he has
run away from the town and sent word to his
prospective bride that he meant to end his life.
Maher camo to Morristown two years ago
from Staatsburg- the Hudson. Maher was
c~oachman for Felix Samson, q New Yorker, who
nves on South street. He Is % years old, tall,
hnG handtChi6.
Miss lrondergast is also fno looking. She
owns a drcssmaking establishment.
The wedding was set for April %, the date an
nounced, ana every preparation made for tho
event, Ho called to SEQ her Friday evening and
seemed Just as fond as usual.
On Saturday afternoon ,Mahor received q letter,
postmarked In New York city, and its contents
disturbed him greatly. He hurriedly changed
York city.
Miss Prendcrgast was out Of town on Sunday,
but she returned on Monday and Maher was
expected that night. He didn't come.
Late on, Tuesday evening Miss PrenderRast
received this lettor. dated New York city, April
20, postmarkcd at IL =. NJ, and scrubbed on q
piece of brown wrapping paper:
DEAR KATE: BY the time you receive this
letter my body will be floating in tho East River.
would only bring disgrace to YOU. YOUR family,
and mine forever IL 1 married you. I love you
just as much as ever. Good.by. Hoping TO
meet you in heaven, Iremain yours forever.
This morning Miss Prendergast loft home for
believe he is dead. She thinks he is in some
serious trouble, and hopes to rescue him.
Friends have attempted in vain to persuade her
that her sweetheart was a married man.
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WOMAN KNOCKS OUT rWo Cops.
Ht Took Five to Put the s,x-Foot Amazon in q
Patrol VynEou.

A woman about six feet tall called at the house
of Alonzo A. Jones at 7O2 Third avenue on We'd
nesday night, and said she wanted her husband,
Frank Jones. Mr.. Jones ordered tho woman
away, saying his son Frank had no wife. The
woman gave the old man a cuff on the ear that
knocked him down. He shouted for the police.
and Policeman Charles Mclaughlin responded
and tried to arrest the woman. She picked him
up and tossed him into the street. He got up
dazed, and whistled for help.
Policeman LoOnan came along, and the two
advanced on the woman and tried to seize her.
They don't know just how II happened, but a
moment later both were sprawling on the side
walk and the woman stood looking down at
them. They again tried to arrest her without
using too much force. and again they were
knocked down. They decided they had enough.
and sent for a patrol wagon and three more
policemen. This squad got the woman to the
station house after some trouble.
In the .forkville Police Court yesterday she
was fined $40 for intoxication. She said she
lived on Staten Island. but would not tell in
what part. She gave her name as Mrs. +. p.
Jones and paid her fine.
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FOUND HER STOLEN SON.
After Seventeen Wears Mrs. BehInnn Learns
the whereabouts OF Her Kidnapped boy.

MANCHESTER, n. H.. April 29.-Mrs. William
II. Behlman Of SO Spring street, this city. has
found her son, who was kidnapped on Christmas
Day, 1850. In 1878 the woman. who is now
Mrs. Behlman, was married to Luther +. Dan
forth. They removed from here to Woburn,
Mass, whore domestic troubles began, and late
in 1879 Mrs. Danforth. who had returned to
this city, filed a libel for divorce. A child was
born to her, and on Dec. %. 1850. the child then
being 2la years of age. three men entered her
home and stole the child. One OF the men was
her husband, from whom she was seeking d.
vorce. The men drove Off with the child In q
northern direction. and although every effort
was made by the police they were not overtakcn.
1t has since been learned that the boy was
placed in care of Charles Sanford of Nichol-
willie, \. V, a farmer in good circumstances, who
gave him an excellent home. A Mr.. Goodell OF
Nicholvillc, a relative of the Sandfords, mani
tested a great liking for tho boy. and on his
death left him a legacy. 1t was while endeavor-
ing to carry out the provisions OF Mr.. Goodells
will, 1t being necessary to establish the parent
age OF the boy. that a clue was obtained as to the
whereabouts of the mother. She had married q
second time, and was found in this city. The
mother has just returned from a visit to her
son. a student at the Potsdam. N ", academy.
Young Danforth will remain in school, but will
come TO his mother during the vacation season.
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MURPHY FOUND SOME "FRIENDS."
Ono OF Them Was Ike van-Polico Save
Murphy.

Dennis Murphy arrived II in this city yesterday
from Ireland on the steamer Majestic. He put
up at a West street hotel. and then started out
to see the town. He walked to the bridge. and
as he started to walk across he was accosted by
an elderly man who wore a gray pointed beard.
you're a stranger in the city, aren't youf
said he.
IL am. indeed" answered Murphy. land it's
a big city to be a stranger in. l came from Ire
land yesterday. and I'm going to work for a
farmer"
While they walked along and Murphy con-
tinued his condolences to his ncw-found friend,
another man came up and was introduced.
AS the trio entered the hallway at "a Orange
street. Brooklyn. they were spotted by Police
Sergeant Edward Toole and Policeman James
Mansell OF the First precinct. They could, not
explain what they were going to do in the, hall
way and were arrested. At the station house
several Confederate notes were found in the
pockets of the man with the pointed beard; along
with a check for $3.50 drawn on the Commercial
Bank of this city.
Murphy's friends were taken before Chief De
tective Reynolds and he promptly recognized
them as Ike Vail. a well-known confidence man.
and Edward Boyle, alias Little Teddy" a short
change man. Vail gave his age as 81 years and
said he lived at "a West Twenty-fOurth street.
Boyle claims TO live at 1853 East Twenty-third
street. Both were held by Justice Walsh ycster-
day afternoon TO await the action Of the Grand
Jury.
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CLOCK GAZE 4 FIRE ALARM.

Tho House Was Burning when II Went Of
Occupants Fake to the Fire Escapes.
An alarm clock served as an impromptu fire
alarm at 1866 East Fifty-sixth street yesterday
morning. 1t was set to wake up Robert Nc
Laughlin, a street car conductor. who lives ON
the third floor and has to turn out early. When
1t aroused Mclaughlin the house was full Of
smoke and it was no longer possible to get
down to the door. A fire had started in tho
basement and had reached half way to the roof
by that time.
The McLaughlins, and, on the floor below, tho
O'Connors, including women. children, and
boarders, had to take to the fire escapes. Tho
firemen found Mrs. O'Connor still clinging to
the iron ladder and took her down. Then they
put out the fire. The damage was 81. 800.
A small fire In the tenement at 40 Division
street frightened fourteen families half out of
their wits. They ran for their lives. No ono
was hurt. Damage 800.
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GOT BURGLARS AND PLUMBER.
Staten Island Police Capture Two Men who
Had Just Robbed o House.

Had Just Robbed . House.
The Staten Island police captured two burg
lara yesterday morning as they were making
.heir way TO the New York ferry with plumber
from . house which they had Just robbed. Pa
trolmen Smith and Manley were out in citizens'
clothing on tho lookout for burglars, and short
~ before 9 A. NJ. they overhauled two young
Germans on Richmond terrace near Lafayette
avenue. The men said they had Leen employed
as walters at an entertainment and were on
their way to New York. Their pockets were
well filled and one man carried a small satchel.
Tho police found that the 50 schel contained
81 verwAre and then they placed the men under
arrest.
The men said they were Charles Schneider
and William Manken OF the Bowery. New
York. In their possession were found ABOUT
5000 worth of silverware and bric-a-brac. a
number Of pawn tickets. and some letters ad-
dressed to David Wilcox of Staten Island.
whose house was robbed on Tuesday night.
From the initials on she silverware the police
found that IL belonged to David w. Gould. o
New York broker, on Bard avenue. Livingston.
The police found the Gould family all asleep
and Unaware of the visit OF the burglars.
The burglars confessed that they had robbed
the residence OF Mr.. Wilcox on Tuesday night.
when about $500 worth of s~ilverware was
stolen.
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Bills Accepted by the Mayor.

The Mayor has accepted the following bills:
Authorizing the Board OF Estimate to examine tho
claim Of Mary Z. Ward. surviving partner OF the nrm
of Warren, Ward & CO.. for extra work done on tho
enlargement and equipment of the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art.
Putting on salary the jury notice servers In the
ONCE OF the Commissioner OF Jurors.
Creating a notification bureau In the Finance De-
partment by providing for the appointment of three
additional clerks.
Permitting the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum TO
sell its property ut Fifty nrst and Fifty-socond streets
and Fifth avenue.
Authorizing the Issue OF bonds for the laying out OF
the new geological garden In Bronx Park.
Exempting st. Luke's NJ u. Church from tho pay
ment OF alter tax on property leased by II.
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!. 4. HATEMErER.s FUNERAL.
Solemn Requiem Mass Celebrated ut st. Pat
rick's Cathedral.

oolenn Requiem Mass Celebrated ut 81. Pat
rick's Cathedral.
In accordance with his wish expressed just
before he died the funeral services Of Theodore
A. Havemeyer were held yesterday morning at
b. Patrick's Cathedral. 1t was q request Of the
family that no floral tributes be sent. There
were, however. an immense pillar OF roses sent
by the employees OF the ref1neries and a cross.
also OF roses, fully six feet high, sent by tho
office employees. Water lilies interviewer with
palms were banked around the pulpit, and a
large wreath of yiolcts. which was sent by the
family. rested against the cltafalquc.
Archbishop CorrigGn ofiiciated. Solemn
lequiem mass was sung by the Rev: Sylvester
Malone OF Brooklyn, assisted by the Rev. W. b.
DAILY as deacon and tho Rev. l. H. Mcmahon as
subdeacon. No sermon was delivered. Gonnd-
soils cherubim REQUIEM and Gounod's Sanctus
were rendered by the cathedral double quartet
and the boy choir Of eighty voices. The hymns.
Nearer. My God. 10 Thee" and Lead. Kindly
Light, were sung at the request OF the family.
Arrow OF ninety.two pews. on each side OF the
middle aisle OF the cathedral. was reserved for
the members OF the family, business associates.
and intimate friends of Mr.. Havemeycr. Thirty
Of these pews were occupied by one hundred
employees OF the Wall street Office.
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MRS. MILFORD WANTS ALIMoNY.
a Daughter or Samuel n. Everett says Her
Husband Abused Her.

a DauEhteF or Samuel n. Everett Bays Her
Husband Abused Her.
Application WA made before Justice Maddox,
in tho Supreme Court in Brooklyn, yesterday
for counsel fec and alimony in the suit for u
separation brought by Ida Milford against
Charles l. Milford. The plaintiff is a daughter
of ex-Assemblyman Samuel II. Everett. the
well-known restaurant keeper. The couple
were married eleven years ago. and Mrs. Null
ford says her husband abandoned her five years
ago. She says he Is a member of the firm OF
Charles milford & Co.. ice dealers of Washing.
ton Market, who are rated as worth from
$4,000 TO $l25,OOO. MIS-. Milford alleges that
her to other indignities.
Mr.. Milford alleges that his wife abandoned
him and went to live with her parents. He says
he is not a member OF the firm and earns only
$15 a week. but that he was ready at any time
to provide a home for his wife and two children
in this city. Decision was reserved.
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new HAVEN, Conn, April ~o9.-Counsel for
Luohlas r. Ripple OF this city. sentenced at the
,Ao' Term session of tho Superior Court to be
Aansed on July . for wife murder. to-day an
oounced that the appeal from the decision OF the
s,%ot,lt 70 the supreme Court of Errors of this
SSc oa, mad been withdrawn. 1t was further an
SSS c u That AN attempt would be made to
b~aLe NE intervention of tho State Board of
'~'uohs AT once. Ripple says he 10 insane.
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s''neil Graduates to Take Charge or China'a
Model Yarn.

ITHACA, April 20.-President Schurman has
recommended to his Excellency Chang Chi
nuhg. Vlceroy of Hu Kwang. China. Mr.. G.. D.
pfi' b. s., in agriculture 'ss. of Patchogue.
u l., to take charge of u mode farm at
'"uChang, The viceregal capital. The letter re-
ssshbea IN THE Sun. 1t requested President
nnSIhah to recommend a Cornell professor or
ssaaamnnnnate to undertake the work at a salary of
1 III an agricultural school In china II pos
tc ~ ar. Brill has had several years OF prac-
A. tsperlcnce In farming. and Is now a gradu-
~ student in the university.
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DOESN'T KNOW EHO HE IS.
Thinks His Name IL BGaurman. but Is Vet sure
Has AmnesIn.

There Is a patient in Bellevue Hospital who
thinks his name IL Charles Ernest Kaufman,
but is not sure. He is suffering from amnesia.
or loss Of memory. He was found at the hos
pital gate on March 25 in a state of collapse,
With nothing about him 20 Indicate his Identity.
He was at first put In the alcoholic ward. and
LATER in the insane pavilion.
He dimly remembers having once delivered
goods for q grocer whose name he does not
.ecollecL. He remembers nothing after taxing
his usual morning drink before starting to
work on March 3 until he found himself in the
alcoholic ward the day after his admission TO
Bellevue.
He says he was born in Bremen forty-eizht
Years ago, and that ho served In the German
army in the Frnnco-GermAn war. Ho has
Rrown-up children. he says, and he wonders
they haven't looked him up.
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PEEKAMoosE FISHING CLUB SOLD.
Lees Than sIl,OOO Paid Tor the Ulster County
Property and Privileges.

Lees Than $1,000 Paid for the Ulster County
Property and Privileges.
The famous Peekamoose Fishing Club. located
in Ulster county, near Rondout, over which
property its members have been in litigation for
the last three years. was sold at auction yester-
day for $lO,sOO. An additional $25 was paid for
the kitchen utensils and other paraphernalia in
the clubhouse. William Kennedy was the auc-
tioncer and the bidding was rather spirited.
clubhouse with furnishings and five leases,
granting the right TO, fish in Rondout Creek.
burketIs streams, and Other bodies Of water in
Boston and a representative OF J. q. A. Ward
were the rival bidders and lifted the bidding
from 800. on which Mr.. Simpson started it. to
the final sum paid, at which figure Mr.. Simpson
won. The original cost Of the property n few
years ago was only $500.
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Tho Yankee Doodle'. plans burned.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. April 29.-The building
occupied as tho Office of Mcbride Brothers, coal
dealers at Schuylkill avenue and cambridge
street, was entirely destroyed by fire late yes
tcrday afternoon, which also consumed a num-
Der OF valuable papers, among. which were the
plans OF the speedy launch Yankee Doodle. This
launch were burned some years ago while on q
cruise in Southern waters. and was rebuilt &C
cording to the plans. The second launch was
considered to be faster than the first. Not more
than one year ago she was burned.
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THREE BOY BURGLARS NABBED.

The Leader. AGED o, Forced HIS Younger Pais
by Blows TO DO HIS WILL.
Nine-year-old Eddie Brown OF 4s4 Pearl street
forced eight-year-old Tim Sullivan. who lives
next door, and six-year-old Peter Repusby OF 81
City Hall place by much pummelling to enter the
wine house of A. Haberdicht & Co. at 1852 Church
street through the cellar grating last evening.
While they were passing up bottles to him, q
detective came along and nabbed all three.
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CHINATOWN "A4BEGoW" KILLED.

He Fell from . Roof In PelI Street AFTER Going
ON an ErFand.
Thomas Quinn, who was what 10 known in
Chinatown as a "labegow." fell Off the roof at 8
Pell street yesterday morning and was killed.
The word labegow, which Is said to be Chinese.
means a messenger. Quinn used to run errands
for the people who conpOse Chinatown.
He went on an errand Wednesday night for
ono of the women who live at 0 Pell street. and
when he returned he said he was going on tho
roof to sleep. 7 That was the last seen OF him I'M
til his body was found In the yard.
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Il SMALLPOX CASE IN BRooK1Yx.

Tho Victim Supposed to Have Contracted tho
Disease In This CITY.
John C. Vaughan. a carpenter, As years old.
was found to be suffering from smallpox yester-
day. and was removed from his homo in Fifth
avenue. near Fifty-sixth street. Brooklyn, TO tho
Contagious Diseases Hospital in Kingston ave-
nue.. All the other occupants OF the house were
vaccinated and the premises were quarantined.
Vaughan was employed on the new Bank of
Commerce building In this city, and Is supposed
TO have contracted the disease from an italian
laborer. This Is the first case OF smallpox dis
covered in Brooklyn since February, 1895.
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ELErEy YEARS 4 FUGITIVE.

habber Broker u. A. smith COnes Rack Vow
and Pleads Not Guilty or Theft.
Henry A. Smith. a fugitive from justice for a
little over eleven years. walked into the District
Attorneys office yesterday and gave himself up.
He was formerly a rubber broker here. In 1885,
as alleged. he appropriated to his own use n
beitihg Company 10 pay for rubber shipped to
the company by Robert Soltau of this city. He
was arrested. jumped his bail, and fed to Can
IA. Years passed and his case was forgotten.
a Few days ago he sent word OF his intention to
and gave 81, 900 bail.
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CLEVELAND or to Gray Gables to Fish.

GREENWICH, Conn. April 29.-E. c. Benedict's
yacht Oneida left here for tray Gables this noon,
having on board ex-President Cleveland, ex-
Secretary Carlisle, ox.Postmaster-General Will
son, and Banker Benedict. Arriving at the
Presidents summer house the party will mako
n brief stop, and then start on a fishing cruise
along the Massachusetts coast and In the neigh
borhood of Block Island,
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Mayor wurs.er ana brooklyn B,ll..

Mayor wurster of Brooklyn had little encour-
agement TO give a delegation of Coney Islanders
who called upon him yesterday and urged him
to approve the bill for the extension Of Surf
avenue from West Brighton TO the Oriental Ho-
tel, and he will probably veto II. He promised
to approve the bill for n bond issue OF 81 800. 900
for the Improvement OF the New Utrecht terri.
tory, provided that no money would DO asked
unti the close OF the year.
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LIFE SENTENCE IN AUBURN.
ne Result or the Trial Of HIoyd Myers FOR TIA
Killing or Two Men.

BUFFALO. April 29.-To the Auburn State
Prison for the remainder of his life was the SEN
1nce imposed on Floyd Myers by Judge Nash at
corning today. The crime OF which Myers was
convicted was the killing Of William Harrington
zna William Allen. The case has been on trial
today. '"' :" N
me murder was committed on the evening of
. |, gay before last Christmas. It was the re-
tplt or a, quarrel growing out of the alleged
ueit Of a lap robe by Myers.
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Observation-Disclosures REQUIREMENT. notice
L is hereby given that An Act has been passed by
both branches Of the Legislature entitled An Act To
provide for the payment " certain claims for mate
rals furnished and work done for the Fire Depart
ment ~ q 0 City Of New York.
FURTHER NOTICE Is hereby given that a Public
Hearing upon such hill viii be held at the ONCE Of the
Mayor, In the city Hall, In the city of Sew York, oa
Monday, May Nd, 1897, at = n'clOrk y, VI,
Dated City Hail. New iork. April gath. 1897.
W. l.. STRONG, Mayor.
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CHALET CONVICTED OF MURDER.
Ne Killed HIS wife at Round Brook. y. J..
Last winter.

PLAINFIELp. N. j., April 29.-Joseph Chalbi
was found guilty of murder in the first degree
to-day in the Somerset County Court for killing
his wife last winter at Bound Brook. The jury
was out twenty-four hours before It could agree.
The trit lasted three days.
Judge Magic will sentence Chalbi ut q later
date. This IL the fourth convicted murderer
who is now lodged in the Somerset county jail.
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DURSUAST TO TUT REQUIREMENT. no
L ticc Is hereby given that An Act has been passed
by both branches OF the LEGISLATURE entitled An Act to
amend chapter four hundred and ten Of the laws OF
eighteen hundred and eighty.t~U. entitled AN Act
10 consolidate into one aut and to declare the special
and local laws affecting public Interests In the city OF
New York" as amended 10y chapter seven hundred
and hfty-sevcn of the laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety'fouT, relating to clerks, Officers aad attendants
OF courts.
FURTHER NOTICE Is hereby given that a Public
Hearing upon such lin will be held at the ONCE OF the
Mayor, In the City Han. in the city Of New York. on
Dated City Hall. New IoES. :rril .ith. lL97:
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9lars aud apartments 90 Est.

10Th ST.. 5aa WEST rooms, 90.
g2D ST.. AGO EAsT.-i rooms. 9l2.
AV.. IA55-IA35.- rooms and
bath. halls heated, &lS to sci.
HO8D ST.. On WksT.-d rooms and bath. steam
heat. cas- TO 6!5.
COLI Az, SS3 AND $685. rooms and
hath. steam heat, s25 to $50.
ll5TH ST.. 1I5-lI5 WEST rooms and bath.
heat. hot water. SEQ.
l20D ST.. 3lb EAST. Single fiat, 3 rooms and
bath, 927 so to $40.
steam heat. SEE to 125.
l0ATH ST., I86-l0J ~ Est "a rooms and bath.
steam heat. hot water, SEQ to S25.
Apply to jAnitors on premises or
MACLAY & DAVIES,
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Sflert 9sArG.


IYTH ST. I0s WEST between Broadway and 9th
II av.-Handsomely Furnished parlor suite, suit
able for physician or two bachelors; every con-
yenience; other rooms; board.
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PURSUANT TO STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. no.
L tice Is hereby given that An Act mas been passed
by both branches OF the Legislature entitled An Act 10
amend chapter four hundred aud ten Of the laws of
eighteen hundred and "iRhty.two, entitled An Act
70 consolidate into one Mt and to declare the special
aud local laws affecting pullir interests In tho City OF
New York relative To proceedings to open streets in
said city.
FURTHER NOTICE IL hereby given tina, a Public
Hearing upon such hill will be held al the ONCE OF tho
Mayor. In the city Hall. in the city 81 New York. On
Monday. May III. 1897. AT g: 10 O'Clock y. VI.
Dated City Hall. New York. April 2sth. 1897.
w l.. STRONG. Mayor.