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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
OTTO GRESHAM ARRESTED.
He yentured d to Say Something to n Chicago 20
nceman and Wa Locked Up.


liceman and Was Locked Up.
CHICAGO. July lotto Gresham, son of tho
late Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham and
a leading member Of the bar In Chicago, was o
prisoner at the Harrison Street Police Court
this morning charged with interfering with
q policeman in the discharge of his duty.
Justice Foster officially declared tho arrest
q blunder. and o warm shaking up Is looked for
ct tho Cottage Grove avenue police station.
Mr.. Gresham and an old colored man, James
Higgins. were arrested together by Policeman
Charles Mcclellan of tho Cottage Grove avenue
police station last night. The negro had Just
been searched by tho patrolman as a sus-
gieious character. and he appealed to Mr..
Gresham, who was passing, asking him
whether the procedure was right. The latter
replied that II the colored man thought no had
been misused the proper thing TO do was to r-
port the matter az the City Hall instead of sub
This angered the. policeman. who says that
Higgins abused him and that Mr.. Gresham
under arrest and had them carted OF to tho
lookup. Mcclellan. Mr.. Gresham says. had
been drinking.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
WONDERS OF THE x1oNDuE.
Latest Reports or the E-nornous Richness Z
tho new R1dofndo.

the Few R1dorAdo.
sEkTTLE. Wash, July 12.-Jack Carr, mail
carrier between Juneau and Yukon, has arrived
In Seattle on the steamer Topeka, bringing
Klondike news to juno 8. Ho made tho trip TO
the coast in less than thirty days. He reports
Circle City and Forty Mile. which had over 8, 1000
people, to be nearly deserted. two-thirds having
gone to the Klondiko diggings In one stampede.
There are now over 1000 men at the new mines,
1000 OF whom passed over the summit this
spring.
He reports that great fortunes arc being made,
and that gold dust, which IL tho currency OF the
country, In as common almost 90 sawdust Ono
piece Of ground on Eldorado Greek forty-ive
feet wide has produced $4,000
Two " tonderfeet" from Chicago, named wier
and Beecher. leased q piece Of ground for sixty
days, paid q royalty Of $4,000. and divided
$4,000. The miners have only advanced up
the Klondike nine miles, and at that distance
there are several claims that will produce
9 1000, 900 apiece.
The Berry claim. on Bonanzo Creek. has
cleaned up S14b,000 in q few months. An adj
Joining claim produced an ounce OF gold to the
shovel every minute. White wages are S15 q
day In the mines and the men can board them
selves for 90 a day.
Men who haven't $500 in their wallets con-
slider themselves busted" Five thousand
gallons Of whiskey had arrived at tho diggings
and as much more was en- route. 90 that livelier
times are anticipated.
Carr will return on July %. taking his wife
and children with him. He anticipates making
the greater part Of the journey on horseback
within less than thirty days from Juneau with
little or no hardship. The stampede from the
juneau and eastern Alaska camps still continues
and the Klondike fever 10 extending to all the
Puget Sound towns.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
CURRENCY MESSAGE DELAYED.
Not to Ne Sent Beforo the Tariff IN Out or the
way, and May Not No sent at All.

Not ~ ~ bch h1gtoEo ~ u u " u b40
way, and May Not no Sent at All.
wAsuINaToN. July l2.-President McKinley's
much-advertised currency message did not 60
to Congress- to-day. rs promised last week. Up
to Saturday 1t was fully intended that the mes
sage should DO transmitted. but the President
and his Cabinet officers have changed their
minds since then.
To-day 1t was stated authoritatively that the
views Of the President would not DO laid before
both houses until after the Tariff bill was en-
tirely out Of the way, which indicates more I'M
certainty than ever about tho ultimate fate Of
tho document. 1t was written moro than q
month ago, and It lay on the Presidents desk
while he considered tho advisablity OF bringing
IL to tho attention Of the legislative branch.
After tho positive announcement was made
that the message might be expected some day
next week. protests from prominent Republican
politicians and business men began to pour in at
tho White House and the Treasury Department.
These have had some effect in bringing about
the further postponement In transmission and
may cause m abandonment Of the intention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
ONE LONG, JOLLY CAMPAIGN.
Ohio snverites to Establish Camps with OF.
Roasta and Plenty or Talk.

Ohio BHVeFIto1 % Est1DTHh UampS VIII UIs
ROasta ana Plenty or Talk.
COLUMBUS. o.. July l2.-It became known
here to-day that the free-silver forces will
COLOMBO their number in different parts of tho
State where monster meetings will be held daily
during tho campaign with q view TO crystalixing
public sentiment in favor OF tho white metal.
There seems to be an organized movement in
this direction and the bimetallio league of the
United States. 1t 10 said, 10 behind the scheme In
q financial way and win foot tho hills. It Is pro-
posed TO lease farms in the more thickly settled
parts of the State and have OK roasts and other
special inducements TO get the people to come
out. A colony Is to be formed in this county.
county, and 1t Is said q colony has boon formed
in Clark county, the home Of Gov. Bushnell. 1t
Is understood that Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois
literature, with the two old parties divided on
the lines OF last years campaign.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
JOE HEDGES BELLIoERENr.
Ne Wanted % Thrash an UnnIiaI Son Vhs
Heat His Mother.

Heat His Mother.
Magistrate Job Hedges pugilistio spirit
was aroused In the Yorkville Police Court yes-
to-day when Bridget Farrell of 1915 East Sixty
fifth street told Of the unflial conduct Of her
AO-year-old son, Lawrence Farrell.
"He called his sisters filthy names, and, when
I reproved him, struck me In tho face" she said.
"He will not work. but often gets drunk, and
We have to support him."
II wish I were not q Magistrate for about
twenty minutes.' said Magistrate Hedges, "and
! would settle this case by giving you tho
thrashing you 80 richly deserve, Farrell"
He then ordered tho prisoner to pack up his
things and get out of Els mothers house and
II viii adjourn this case and give you until
II o'clock 70 clear out. and Il you don't DO It a
you TO the Island, you unnatural son." CON
tinued tho Magistrate.
Mrs. Farrells eye was bruised from the blow
her son gave her. Tho son was q strapping SIX
footer, and looked able to knock out tho MaKis-
trate. who 10 a snail man, In one round. Far
rel left bic home. a. ordered, before noon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
HoMAN,s BODY IN 4 BARREn.
It Was in Pieces and Came to ouitman. O.,
By q IN

QrrTMAN. Ga. July 12.-The steamer which
arrived here on Friday deposited a. part Of its
freight a small and securely fastened barrel,
which, the consignee being unknown here. was
left in n building near the station to await Q
This morning 1t was broken open and
revealed the d~ismembered body Of Q woman.
The head and the features indicated youth.
The corpse was in many pieces. all bound In Q
homespun shirt, which was the only clue to b
found. The barrel was evidently manufactured
in Florida, but tho crew of the steamer do not
know how or whore 1t found its way ON tho
steamer.
Inquiries were made In this neiRhborhood and
telegraphed all over the lower portion Of the
State. but as yet nothing going to reveal the
identity OF the woman has been found.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
NOTED HORSE THIEF KILLED.
John Addison or Texas and Shot by
n Texas sheriff.

DALLAS. Tex, July 12.-John Addison, ono of
tho most famous horse thieves that has operated
ON tho Texas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory
borders in recent years was killed last night,
about $50 miles northwest Of Dallas, by tho
Sheriff Of Willharger county and posse. Addison
had In his possession when killed five horses and
two mules stolen in Northern Texas and was
hurrying toward Oklahoma. When headed off
a'hard fight, wounding one OF his pursuers. Hc
was shot three times and died before his slayers
could get to him.
and other North Texas places for horse stealing
and highway robbery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
wu1TEoAPs IN NEW HAMPsH1RE,
A Man Drummed Out OF Milford In That state
by scAndaliEed Citizens.

MILFORD, N. H., July 12.-Whitecaps have
takon a hand in administering Justice in this
little town. On last Friday evening, Azel p.
Brigham. employed by ono of tho loading mer
chants, was drummed out of town to the tune
Of the "Rogues' March by a party of men
who wore long white masks. brigham was
dragged out of his house on Amherst street by
the mob, and by the time he arrived at the East
Milton line no was considerably scratched and
bruised and a good deal frightened. 1t is
charged that brigham had been intimate witt
chants ears and he at once turned his wife out
OF his home. 1t Is charged that abe at once went
moro than the people could endure. brigham
left ON Saturday morning for parts unknown.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
4 s1oo,ooO,oo MORTGAGE.
10 IL the Ono Given by the Central to tho Cen.
trail Trus: Company.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, July IA 800, ooo, 900
mortgage was filed in the County Clerks office
ut ten minutes after 2 O'Clock this afternoon. It
was brought In by Patrick A. Nolan, a special
messenger from the law offices Of Stetson, Tracy.
Jennings & Russell Of New York city. was given
BY the New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company to tho Central Trust Com
pany of New York. and will DO recorded in
every county in the State through which tho
railroad passes. The mortgage will draw In
terest OF 3l9 per cent. 1t Is In book form, con-
tanning eiRhty-seveu pages. 1t cost 1925 to
record II here. It Is the largest mortgage ever
recorded In the County Clerks office, and covers
all OF the rights. leases. franchises, and other
property of the mortRagor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
EMPEROR WILLIAMS INJURY.
Few Details Arc Given and tho German Public
10 Much Alarmed.

Special Cable Dsspatch TO THE Sun.
BERLIN. July 12.-Yesterday's despatch from
Odde, Norway. announcing an accident to tho
Emperor by the fall Of a rope from the rigging,
which struck him in tho eye. has caused intense
excitement here. Despite tho fact that reassur-
ing announcements have been given out to the
public, the paucity Of details OF the mishap pro-
notes general belief that the Emperor's injury
Is of q serious nature.
A bulletin received from odde to-day says
that the Emperor's condition is satisfactory. but
neither tho Ministry of Marine nor the EN-
peror's private Naval Cabinet has received any
news Of tho accident.
An eminent Berlin oculist ventured tho
opinion to-day that perhaps q permanent visual
affection might result from the Emperor's
wound.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
KILLED HIS MOTHER.
Hhe Crimo or Herbert Cornwall. who Himself
Met . Violent Death Last Week.

Hhe Crfmo or Herbert Cornwall. who Himself
Met = Violent Death Last Week.
81. LOUIS, July 12.-on Wednesday last, as
reported In THE Sun, DR.. John Cornwall shot
and killed his dissolute brother Herbert an the
latter was about to assault his father. DR.. Corn
wall 10 now out Of jail on bail. He said to-day
that Herbert had, in fact, killed his mother, not
by the grief which his actions caused her, but by
physical injuries he inflicted. DIR. Cornwall
said:
Herbert dragged his mother by tho hair of
her head from the house into the street one day
and also stabbed her In the neck. The injuries
did not prove Immediately fatal, but We all
know that they killed her. The matter was kept
secret. We could not bear tho disgrace, but
now I suppose It must come out"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
NITRIC ACID OAR LEAKED.
The Fumes Drove Chicago Residents IRON Their
Homes and OyercAme Seventeen Persoas.

Tho Fumes Drove Chicago Residents from Their
Homes and Oyercame Seventeen Persons.
CHICAGO. July 12.-Seventeen persons were
overcome last night by fumes Of nitric acid that
came from a tank car on the Burlington tracks on
West Seventeenth street. The trouble was
caused by the leaking of a a.OOO-gallon tank In
the Burlington railroad yards. The fumes were
blown from the yards by a strong wind and
drove hundreds from their homes, choked chill.
dren. killed hens and chickens. and Frustrated
the curious who got too near the source of the
trouble. It took q company of firemen and a
great quantity OF water to SO dilute the acid that
IL was harmless.
The car was first taken to Western avenue in
the hope OF stopping the leak, but this could not
be done, and the tank was then hauled 10 the
yards at Hoyne avenue and Seventeenth street..
4 place thicky surrounded by dwellings. Hero
fromen poured water on the ground while train.
mon dumped four carloads OF cinders on the
Tuning acid. When this was done the tank was
empty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
WOMEN AT THE STONE PIE.

-Four OF Them Will Wear OveruIIs ana Crnok
Rocks with Men Prisoners.
KANSAS CITY, No. July 12.-when Joseph
Addison, who superintends tho city stone pile
In Kansas City, Kan. takes bis prisoners from
the lookup tomorrow there will be In the lot
four women.
BY q recent order of the Police Board these
women prisoners will have to break stones tho
Same as the men. The Commissioners have de-
cided that this is the only way to keep women
out of jail.
Tho board has purchased overalls for the wo-
men. and they will not be allowed to wear skirts.
Citizens are cr.ticising the new order adversely,
but this makes NO difference with the board.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
mrs. benjamin Harrl.on's soda Water HrI.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 1.-the executor OF
the estate of John A. Craig, n confoctioner. fled
a report Of the assets Of the estate with the
Probate Judge to-day, among them being a mum
Der OF accounts against customers OF the con.
fectioner. The bills ran o from a few cents to
many dollars, and among them Is one against
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison for ~, 10 for candy and
the account slipped the memory OF Mrs. IIarri,
son, ana that the executor did not present il.
but filed 1t with the inventory as an unpaid
claim.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
Iaxhtu,u. Han on the Clo,Ass Line.

READING. July 12.-During . thunderstorm
near Myerstown. Clinton Becker went out to
look up the road TO see whether his wife was
coming home. As he passed under a wire clothes
line, q flash of lightning killed him instantly.
One Of his shoes was torn into fragments and
the works of his silver watch were a molten
mass. The only spot on his body was q red mark
on his breast the HiEe OF Z silver quarter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
Grea. Crop. in the Ear south~o.t.

FL PAso, Tex. July 1.-THE rainfall in west
ern Texas. New Mexico, and Arizona this season
IL greater than ever known. There has been an
abundance Of grass and water, and range cattle
and sheep are In fine condition. Lambs are
being shipped in train load lots Of double-deck
cars 10 the feeding grounds OF Colorado and
Nebraska, to be sold In the Eastern markets
next year. The irrigated crops are good and the
yield OF peaches. pears. and grapes Is larger than
ever
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
FARMERS TO WITHHOLD WHEAT.
state Organization Proposed in Kentucky 70
Bring About Higher Prices.

LEXINGTON. KY, July l2.-Kentucky wheat
growers met here this afternoon to take steps
toward withholding their present crop of wheat
Hom the market until the higher prices which
tney expect to become q certainty. Millers hero
are paying 90 cents for new wheat to-day, and
.e farmers think the price will be at least 10 In
,ess than a month. John b. Kennedy of Bour-
Don county was made Chairman and William
Dteelo OF Woodford Secretary. A paper on the
production and price OF wheat sent by ]. 4.
hniyhn OF Chicago was road. He insists that
, Sn9Ie 10 not q surplus OF wheat, and tho price
"tn most certainly go up between now and fall.
Soi; Tobias Gibson OF Woodford made q long
ff 6r% q urging the farmers to get together and
IRON The manipulations OF the rpeculators. He
Unerea the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
n mat the farmers OF the counties of the State
Ue recommended to form farmers associations
SSor rnsir county seats, with a Wow to ultimately
oinihg a state organization, to which the
'Suh'y Organizations are TO DO subordinate"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
FELL DOWN IN ELEyAT0R SHAFT.
Mrs. Il. }. IsbeII Instantly Killed In u 81. L0uis
DRY Goods STORE.

ST. LOUIS. July l2.-Mrs. E.. J. Isbell. a wealthy
woman. while shopping at Scrugg. Vandervoort
& Barney's dry goods store this afternoon. fell
down tho freight elevator shaft md was In
stantly killed. The first intimation Of the acct
ginoer of the house. passed by the bottom OF the
elevator shaft and saw the body. 1t is believed
Mira. lsbell entered the alley IN tho rear OF tho
building and thought she could enter the build
Ing by the passagcwRy through which freight 10
delivered TO the elevator, mistaking the passage
way for a door.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
BIZ RAIL UP PoPooArEPErI.
A Cable Line Will Soon Land Passenger 6
the Crater.

4 CabIe Line VIII bOon Land PAasengeF0 %
the Crater.
CITY OF MExIoo. Mexico. July 12.-The owner
of Popocatepetl. Gen. Casper sanches Ochoa,
expects within three or four months to complete
his cable tine to the crater. The line viii run
from Tlamacas to the crater. q distance OF two
and q half miles. and will be used for the trans
portation of sulphur to be prepared for the mar.
soon as 1t is completed 1t will be possible to leave
this city at 6 o'clock A. N. and be back at 8
o'clock !. Nj. and yet spend a couple OF hours at
the crater.
Coaches will carry tourists from tho town Of
Amecameca to Tlamacas and the cable will carry
them to the top In twenty minutes. a feat now
scarcely accomplished in less than four or Ave
hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
sooIALIsTs NOT FOR Low.

viii Nominate Next Saturday . City TIckst
OF Their Own.
Various organizations belonging to the So
~ciAlistic Labor party held primary elections last
night to select delegates to the City Convention.
which will DO held at the Labor Lyoeum. "a
East Fourth street, on Saturday evening. Dele
gates were selected By soclalistic organizations
OF brooklyn, Long Island City, and New Jersey
also. Tho Socialists have been invited TO sup
port Seth Low, and have declined.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
sPAIN,s TROUBLES THroKEN.
ht IL Admitted 1t last That Gomc-,u Forcc,
Arc Near Havana.
Special Gable De.patoh to The Sun.

MADRID. July ia special despatch from
havana to the Hcrdtdo says that two of tho
principal bands of Insurgents arc now In tho
province of Havana, and that arms and ammu
milton have been landed ut various points along
the coast.
Upward of $4,000 spaniards are sick, and
there arc 1000 patients In the Havana hospitals
Alone There is also a great scarcity OF pro.
Visions, owing to the delay Of tho authorities In
making payments to contractors.
Tho statement of the Official Gazette In re-
gard to tho affairs of the Bank of Spain has
caused q great deal Of comment. 1t is shown
that the notes In circulation exceed the amount
the bank Ii authorized to issue by 136, 200. 600
posetas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
BRADBURY FoRGIrEs HIS WIFE.
It L. Said They Will Go to Europe for an RE.
tended sojourn.

IL onAo Hhey VIII u 70 EurOpO IOr an EKs
tended soJourn.
SAN FRANcIsco, July 12.-The proceedings
against Mrs. John Bradbury, who eloped from
Los Angeles with tho married Englishman, w.
Russell Ward, and fed to this city, were dis
missed to-day at tho instance OF tho President of
the Society for the Suppression of Vice. 1t is
understood that Mrs. Bradbury has received her
husbands pardon, He is now In New York. and
1t Is said that she will leave here at once
with her mother to Join him.. Tho Bradburys
will then make a tour Of Europe and will re-
main away from Los Angeles until the memory
OF tho wifc's escapade 10 dim.
Ward. her recent aramour Is out on bail, and
1t looks as though he would not be prosecuted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN DENMARK.
One Train Daahes Into Another-Horty Killed
and Sixty Injured.

Special Cable Despatoh 10 THR Sun.
COPENHAGEN. July ia terrible railroad
disaster occurred last night at the town Of
Gjentofte. near this city. An accommodation
train filled with passengers was standing at the
station whom an express train running at q high
rate of speed dashed intoit and demolished most
OF the cars. Forty persons were killed and sixty
injured moro or less seriously.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
DRoVE OYER HIS N TWICE.
A Bicyolist Hun Down and Injured In Second
Avenue.

George Brown. a waiter OF $50 Fourth avenue.
South Brooklyn, while riding a bicycle down
Second avenue last night was crowded to the
gutter by n team OF horses driven by Martin
Bchune Of ll6 West Twentieth street.
Brown grabbed the brecching OF one OF tho
horses, and one OF tho front wheels passed over
his left ankle. In his excitement the driver
backed the horses so that the wheel passed over
the bicyclist's ankle u second time. Brown was
taken 10 Bellevue Hospital and Bchune was
arrested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
FRENCH GOVERNMENT DEFEATED.
IL MAJ . Reverse In the Chamber but Later
Obtains q Marrow Majority.
Special Gable De.patch to THE su,.

Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun.
PARIS, July l2.-In the Chamber Of Deputies
to-day the Government attempted to defer dis
cussion Of the proposed fiscal reforms. and was
defeated by a majority Of twenty-five. subse-
quently, on another question that came before
the anil the Government obtained O mar
row majority Of thirteen.
After the defeat tho Ministers resolved to
postpone the summer holidays of the Chamber
until certain supplies shall have boon voted,
motions for which will DO brought forward to-
morrow.
The debate was momentous, the Governments
reverse implying q change In the policy of
Europe in the East.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
HE WAS ACTOR BEBUs.
Body or the Drowned Man who Carried Pootr
In HlS Pockets I~dentined,

John Murphy OF 4o6 Second avenue called at
the MorRue last night and identified the body of
the man drowned in the North River at Eighty
first street on Sunday. in whose pockets were
bits Of poetry. az that of Davenport Bebus, an
actor. Bebus. he said, was about 40 years old,
and married. He had been following the races
recently.
Murphy said on leaving the Morgue that he
was going 70 look up a brother OF Bebus who
Later John W. Bebus of l4s East Twenty.
ninth street. q nephew of the dead man, ap-
Pearod at the Morgue and completed the identi-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

Tho Duke ana Duchess or York VIII Start on
Aug. l6 for n Tour or the IsiAad.
Special Gable Dsspatch to The Sun.
LONDON, July l2.-Tho Duke and Duchess OF
York will start on Aug. Is on a visit to Ireland.
They will remain for ten days in Dublin, and
will attend the Leopardstown races and tho horse
show. after which they will make an extended
tour In the north and south ~ of the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13

, ANNAPOLIS. Md, July l2.-Democrats won in
the Annapolis municipal election to-day. sloot-
ing q Mayor. Councillor, and four Aldermen.
The Republicans elected two Aldermen, one Of
whom 70 colored.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-13
brothers Killed by LlShtninu.

Va. July 12.-While on their way
rom church yesterday afternoon Samuel and
Sinssr hShanea, brothers, were struck by light
ohurch' In AbsDsrls county.