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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
LOUIS PHILIPPE PLAYED "cRAPs."
Tho Game Was Introduced to New Orleans
Society 400 Years Ago.

Aho ~oAn0 NNoa u NO" UTlSon
Society o Years Ago.
From the Savannah, Ga. Netrs.
If there is one game to which tho Savannah
negro is devoted above sl others 1t is craps.
City or country. It is all alike. On Sunday the
country negroes gather in little groups in the
shade of the trees, out Of sight of tho "big
house, and play all day long. or until the
wages which they received on Saturday night
are gone. In tho cities they gather on the
wharves. in the corners Of warehouses, or any
favorable spot out of sight of tho "cop," and
play for any amount they may possess, from
coppers to dollars
The Savannah bootblacks and newsboys, like
those Of any other city, gamble away their earn
ings, and many q game In carried on in the lanes.
the play ers often becoming so interested that
they lose all thought of the policeman until that
worthy appears in their midst and nabs q couple
of the players. White boys play the game. too.
but negroes OF all ages and sizes shoot I" craps.
There, is only one other game which equals
craps In fascination for them, and that is policy,
SndI as s. policy POL Is more liable ;, to be interfered
There are Vaccinations about the game pecu-
harly African; 1t is not without its intricacies;
the game is simple enough, but there Is a crowd
around the players. and there may be a half dozen
How they manage to keep the run OF the game
Is q mystery to the ordinary observer, but they
40 so with unerrlng accuracy. Fights over crap
games are rare.
The. expressions common to the game are
amusing. New dress for de baby" exclaims
other. DE little number two" says one az that
unlucky number shows, up; II eight you" says
another, meaning that he bets that number will
not turn up again before the lucky seven.'
And SO II goes.
The City Council Of New Orleans has Just
passed q law making the game of craps illegal.
IT does not matter where 1t is played, whether
In the streets. In the club. or at home, craps ia
specially singled out as the most depraved of
gambling games. not to be tolerated anywhere.
The game. according to a writer in Hdrper's, is
Of New Orleans origin and over 100 years old.
bernard de Marigny, who entertained Louis
Philippe when he came to Louisiana. and who
stood seventy years ago at the head Of the creole
prominent eitiEennhe was entitled to call him
high, favor as the fashionabie gambling
Of the day. When he laid off BIS plan
tation. just below tho then city OF New Orleans
lit Is now tho Third district, but was then the
Faubourg M~arigny-and divided 1t up into lots,
he named ono of tho principal streets - Craps"
and explained that he did so because he had lost
the money he received from the lots on that
street in this favorite game OF his. II remained
Craps street until q few years ago, when a pro-
test was raised against such a disreputable name
given TO churches. THE Craps Street Meth.
Bernard Marigny's death craps as a gambling
game descended in tho social scale, and was
finally monopolized mainly by negroes and street
Ramins.
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NEW YORK AND HARDWARE.
A Branch OF R1nnurhcturlnR In which the Elm
pire City In stin Behind.

A Branch OF Manufacturing In which the EN-
pire City Ir stan Behind.
The Merchants Association has published q
pamphlet showing the extent to which New
York Is at tho head of other cities in various
lines of manufacture. In 1t tho figures are
given which show. for instance, that in the
making Of mons clothing the enlarged New
York imports and manufactures in a year moro
than twice as much clothing as any other city,
the figures being for New York $75. 600, 600,
and for the next city in rank, Philadelphia,
$32, 900. 600. In women's garments the figures
for tho enlarged New York are S45. 200. 900,
and for Philadelphia, the next highest city,
$6,OOO,oOO. And SO 1t is practically through
out the whole list, with very few ex-
ceptions, Chicago leading in meat products,
lumber. wagons, and cars. and Philadelphia in
carpets, woollen goods. and locomotives and
SO on. But In tho matter of hardware, for some
reason which does not appear to be altogether
clear when Now York's proximity to iron and
coal mines. to the railroads, and to foreign COM
merce Is considered, New York lags somewhat
behind. In the statement made for distribution
by the Merchants Association, the figures for
hardware and cutlery are given as follows: For
New York tenlarged city,, "a. 800, 900; for the
city next in rank. 90. 100000. The city next In
rank to New York In respect to the manufacture
Of hardware is the city of Chicago. which. by
the census Of 1890, had this business much
moro generally developed than New York, and
since then Chicago's lead has rather been in
creased than diminished.
Nor does New York como second even in hard
ware. products of mechanical manufacture, for
the city Of Philadelphia is ahead OF 1t. Not very
far behind New York comes New Haven, and
very little behind New Haven Is the city Of
Reading. Pa. On the basis Of population, the
hardware interests, OF Brooklyn are very
much better developed than are those Of
the present city OF New York. Buffalo,
Bridgeport, Waterbury Conn. and Cleye.
the hardware business OF which is very extcn.
sive. In the whole country. the eight cities
named have the bulk OF this branch Of manufac-
turing business, which is exclusive OF the Item
of cutlery and edge tools. In the manufacture
OF edge tools Newark comes first, New York is
second on the list, Philadelphia third, and
Louisville occupies the fourth place. In plumb.
ers supplies New York represents So, DOC. 900
to 100000 D. of the next highest city. In wire
work the manufacture here Is double what it Is
IN any other city In the country. and the manu-
greater than in any other city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
WHALE HUM IN PUeET SOUND
Twenty Men Being flowed About In Vaughn
Bay-A Big Flight On.

Twenty Men Being flowed About In Vaughn
Bay-A Big Fight On.
TACOMA. WASH, Aug. 14.-Twenty men In six
boats were lowed sixty miles last night by a
.snmpbacked whale forty feet long. The whale
had been playing in Vaughn Bay for several
days. and yesterday steps were taken to capture
him. After two or three rife bullets had been
fired into his head, a harpoon was successfully
launched in the whales blubber. Five boats
were quickly hitchcd to the harpoon, and the
hour. being towed around the sound and bay.
Attempts were made to strike the whale with
another harpoon. 1t required two hours work
20 do 1t. To this harpoon another boat, contain
ing four persons, was attached. About 3 o'clock,
when the steamer Susie delivered mail and had
taken her departure, the whale made a bolt for
Of tho Susie. He escaped into North Ray. and
when last seen by the Vaughn people the boats
were still attached to harpoons. This was about
SP,. NJ, and the whale was then heading toward
One boat then put back to Waugh for food and
lances. the men In boats being determined to
lance could be found. Two more were impro-
vised, and. after two, hours rowing, the men
from Vaughn.
summer, whom O sixty-foot whale towcd several
boats around for i've days and nights before
1t was killed by lances and balls shot from
Bay whale stopped to feed ,1 and nt tRis morning. mo- nnpf his
pursuers decided they had been towed at least
sixty miles. Early this morning the whale was
lanced several times and bled freely. Later one
Vaughn to inform tho people that all were well.
BY Tomorrow the whale will be killed. The
whale blows frequently, and as often as posi-
The first harpoon was thrown by Robert Irving,
Justice Of the Peace In Vaughn.
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TRYING THE BLooDHoUNDs.
A FuEitive's Waiting Race That Gave . Ner-
vOua Spectator . Scare.
From the Cripple Greek Guide.

From the Cripple Greek Guide.
The dogs! The dogs!"
The cry of agonized apprehension was stimuli
taneous with the appearance of a man with dis
hevelled hair, distorted features, and the tor
ture of fear in his eyes, who leaped from the
arroyo and dashed past with the speed Of the
wind. The horror Of the situation struck me
dumb and palsied my nerves. The yelps of the
swift approaching dogs beat on my ears like the
roar OF cannon, and the pressure on my brain
was like that ola man drowning in forty fathoms
of water. l tried to run, and a million pains
shot through my limbs, as though l had been
shocked by a powerful electric battery. l was
only conscious of one fact, and that was that I
stood directly in the path OF a pack OF blood
hounds, taught by instinct and training to tear
human bipeds to pieces. The knowledge that
they would only attack the man they were dele
gated to hunt down did not occur to me. 1t only
came to me when the pack dashed past in full
cry. Tho dogs paid no more attention to me
than II had been one OF the sagebrushes of tho
plains.
Strength and sensibility came back as quickly
as they had deserted me-, and l followed the
e eSs : C, '0 z 'BRe Snd re learn ara 'a ass .s's Ss OF u ,hs t ns iss
sight of the race track stables and within hear
Ing Of a chorus that made by blood run cold.
The dogs had caught sight of their game and
were yelping like a pack OF hellhounds; a dozen
horsemen'and stable boys were shouting at he
track. But terribly clear and distinct above
these sounds came the maddencd shrek OF the
convict, who was ~plunging in h~eadlong fashion
toward the open door of one OF Inc stables. 1t
was evident his strength was almost gone, but he
dashed through the stable door, AMI / heard the
key turn in the rusty lock while the dogs were
still several yards away.
The horror was still upon me when tho head
OF the convict appeared at the open window, ten
feet above, the ground. and. to my amazement.
he greeted the people and dogs below with a
jcering laugh. THAT was a dead easy one,' he
said. still laughing. Il could have been here
ten minutes ago, but l wanted to give you fell
had been pursuing and made frantic EFFORTS
to reach him: They jumped toward the window,
striking against the side OF the barn and falling
rage until the foam streamed from their red
chops. ! appealed TO the stableman for an ex-
PLANTATION. but all l could get out of him was:
"They arc irving the dogs. / reckon-n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
RANcHER sCHoFIELD,s DEATH.
No was Killed by the Hired Man while DO
Tending Mrs. Schoneld.

No was Killed by the Hired Man while Do
Tending Mrs schoneld.
SAN JOSH, Cal. Aug. 1.-the mystery of the
murder of Rancher Schofeld at his home near
Morgan Hill in this county was cleared up to-
day. when 14-year-old Irving Mann. a stepson of
tho dead man. confessed that Schofleld was shot
dead by Daniel butcher. a young farm hand.
According to tho boys story, schofeld, after q
violent quarrel with his wife over her refusal to
permit him to sell the homestead and 60 to the
Klondike, found her and the hired man,
butcher. in the barn. where they had taken ref
age. He was armed with a rifle and threatened
TO ahoot his wife, when butcher levelled
the rife he carried and shot Schoheld
dead. Tho body was then carried out to the road
In front of the house. and all agreed TO tell the
story. that Schoneld had been ambushed and
killed by some enemy in the early morning, who
had yainly tried to shoot him through a window
story. even when 1t was shown by a doctor that
the MAJ had been dead twelve hours before they
said he was shot.
To-day preliminary examination was to be
held at Madrone, but on the way to this place
young Mann broke down and confessed. scho-
Held had a violent temper. He was also cruel to
his step-son and intensely jealous OF his wife.
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Mrs: Rosina Vollhart has purchased from william
Fair for about $4,000 No. az vesey street, a four.
s4,s1loOi 1t adJoins the lot through which the sixth
ana Eighth avenue car lines reach Ncsey street from
the 1Srths In part payment Mrs. yu!lAart gives q
200 feet south of laTth street, AZ $50, 1000.
A. stern has sold TO Rosenberg 4 ~Ieinberg tbs
northwest corner OF Stanton and or hard streets, old
buildings. on a plot t3x5O. The buyers will improve
the properly by erecting at q cost OF about $4,000:
store and tenement house, $3.50 and 4 as. '"' '
Philip Jaselson has sold for the Marx. Ernst syndi-
cate to H: ssrner the block iront on Amsterdam
lena and Wolf brand have sold TO Goidstein q
on q plot b3XllO. for improvement by the erection
OF two six story light brick. stone aud terra Gotta
front stores and tenement houses, each 2Gx9o, to
James D Putnam has sold to Abelmsn & Ro.en.
6anm the plot ookloO on the southwest corner Of
improvr by building two nveslory brick and stone
front stores ana nat houses, 33x95. for the corner,
s sS5 5.oo eo' 0'her VIII be S7''o' Total cost about
stabler 4 smith have sold for Alonzo r, knight No.
dwelling. lsx60xi0O, for about 3 1000.
WaEksr 4 Lawson have sold TO Czech Charles No. IL
aoTioao' for about siIo.6 o eiG Nj, I cnSSrlS sw EVEN in on pa 1%s
payment for the above No, ot7 West Broadway, .
seven story G building. 2oIsoIloO, at a valuation OF
j.. Kennedy has sold TO James A. Moore No, rs
E as IhiTy'sixth street a private dwelling, 25Io5E
+. G. Eckhardt has sold for william Landt No. sia
1enth avenue; a hve'Story double Nat house, 25G35E
!" Korn has rcsold the sailors Snug Harhor Lease.
no.a, 30 Oh East Ninth street, which he purchased
Emily o. Bacon has sold the plot. 8GNln0. on tho
northeast corner Of Riverside Drive and I0iir str .rL,
with q three, story stone dwelling thereon, for asout
SISo.oVo' The seller takes IN trade some do~atown
PoilAtschsek hare sold fos LAou Kn.t-r 70
@N-e'y ioaV SLst avenue. . a'sssey A. AsuSs.
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the frjng should Be kept up EN- both were patIs-
handsheke ended this affair OF honor. Only 4
man Of undoubted courage would have dared to
carry out such an audAoious farce In days when
the code was considered moro binding than
tho Ten Commandments.
During Col. FttEhugh's service as member Of
the Legislature he was the owner OF q small dog
that used TO follow him everywhere, The little
animal hnd q trick Of yawning loudly whenever
he was ticklod In the ribs, and whom some to-
dious orator would be pouring forth his floods OF
eloquenco the Colonel never failed to provoke
from his canine friend q rsrics OF yawns that
would oonvulse the HOUSE. and silence the prosy
War Billy" another of his martial nick.
names, left seven sons, who inherited tho spirit
OF tneir distinguished father and transmitted IL
n turn to their children, ro that tho name OF
t1t5hugh In every generation stands for valor.
patriotism, and love of freedom.
mrs, James q. Birney and Mrs. Qerrit Smith,
wife OF Gerrit Smith Of New York, are grand
danghters Of Fighting Billy" Anne Fitshugh
Miller or Geneva, n. VA prominent woman
snnr@SSist, is 2 MISUNDERSTANDING. and
Living IN pittsburg. 10 q grandson Of the same.
seline portrait referred TO at the beginning of
the sketch. The Fitzhughs of Kentucky are
likewise, proud to trace up their descent from
War Billy Miss Bessfe FitzhuRh is well
known, both North and South, Ms a tencher OF
tho deaf, dumb and blind. In tho family OF tho
Lexington FitZhughs are four daughters, all
noted for their literary talent, and 30, in vari.
GUS Euiges, the soul of the old Colonel, like that
OF John Brown, 10 still marching on
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THE RuINEBEoK ABDUcr1oM.
Omesrs on tho Trail or 18-Yenr-Oid Ami,
Garrisoh and Iter Abductor.

Omesrs ON tho Trail or ls-Year-Oid Annie
Harrison and Iier Abductor.
Pou0nKEEPsIH, Aug. lathe mystery OF tho
disappearance OF pretty thirteen.year-old Annie
Garrison Of Rhinebeck is likely to be solved be.
fore tomorrow. The Louis Pectel who Is said
TO have abducted tho child 10 well known in
the eastern part of Duchess county. He has
lived in Pine Plains most of his life.
He had q wife years ago who left him and
went to live with another man. After that no
went down hill, and several years ago was work.
Ing In Q saloon in Pine Plains for 81 a month.
Then he disappeared and was not seen again
money,
Nothing was seen of him again until Thurs.
Day. when no reappeared in Pine Plains. In
bis company was the child ne got the day
before from hol foster parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Simmons. In Rhinebeck. He said that tho
child, had run sway from home and got lost, and
that he was trying, TO beg money enough to send
considerable exposure. From Pine Plains tho
TWO walked away in the direction Of Mount Riga.
The authorities at Rhinebeck have been mott.
ned and officers are now ON their trail.
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CLAYTON. Aug. 14.-Today was q fine one In the
camp of the American Canoe Association and a NUN.
Der of races were called. The mired tandem padding
quarter mile straight away event was won by Mr..
Begg and Miss Pearsall. both Canadians. The time OF
the winners was g minutes and 80 seconds
The club sailing. four and u half miles. was between
the New Yorks and the Ianthes OF Newark N. j. The
score was 10 to q in favor OF the former. The race
for fours. padding half n mile with q turn. caused
the most excitement OF the day. Up to the last min.
ute the Toronto Club had expected a walkover on &C.
count OF no opposition, but q mixed four was ON
hand. divided between the Torontos and the Ottawas,
The mixed crew won in 3 minutes o seconds, to the
rorontos' B minutes Ia seconds.
The race for open canoes, half q mile to windy ard
and return under sail. was won by Palmer of tho
Ianthes In II minutes SO seconds.
The novice sailing race Of three miles was won by
W. F. Adams OF tue New York Canoe Club IN 10 min.
utes.
There are now In camp more ex-Commodores than
ever attended any previous camp. They number ak,
e. Follows; Burns, Dorland. Winnie. Huntington, Wi
kin, and Lawson.
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1778.
DAVID
Was Born In October.
Murdered Sept, 92, 1910.

There 10 q tragic story connected with the
death OF Eyerhart that was well Known to tho
this manner has been handed down to tho pres.
Everhsrt came to Kentucky from North Caro-
they dwoit In Roetcastie county, whittier. they
had been. attracted by tho fabulous stories Of
that hiatt section sitSst Of % The state STAT ~ Trsdit tom speaks Of
Everhart as o wild. dissipated man who was
y TspS,,{ S Ei iifo up sssT he sn tu as a q Sa a easd. who would
Everhart and his companions erected near
where. the railroad water. tank now stands at
which arc yet to DO seen. From there they
would daily sally forth to prospect for silver.
had I'D With h him his his daughter Mary, n who Is Is ssid 70
have been a girl OF rare beauty.
the girls favors. but her fckleness kept each of
them in uncertainty. and in this way q fierce
enmity was onRondered between these two men.
tho possession Of the gill. The loser not only to re-
nounce any claim he might have upon her. but
was TO take his departure from the country also.
This arrangement was agreed to by all parties,
ehanty after the days work was done, the girl
1t was, too, both men keeping. well together
until the final deal, when Everhart turned o
t I'nR Ripfs trump which gave him the game and
This angered Thomas, and he sprang upon
Everhart. stabbing him with a glittering knife.
and no one. of course. knows exactly what hap.
pened, but passers by the shanty next morning
discovered Everhart's body. covered with
wounds, lying upon the threshold. His com.
Of again.
The dead man was buried In the lonely spot
spoken of above. and some years afterward his
relatives. in North Carolina caused the rude
stone to be erected which marks tho grave to-
day. One remarkable feature in connection with
the last resting, place OF the unfortunate man Is
y YEARS 'e eins ssa Il M has s aest h fHnk T fSGt /, IN n all , shs
prise to the superstitious mountaineers, how
ever. who aver that . murdered mans grave
never sinks.
Tho vicinity Of the lone grave IL said to be
haunted, and many are tho gruesome stories
current OF the unnatural occprrences that trans
the locality after niehtfall, tho best mon In the
county concurring in tho opinion that the place
is frequented by visitors from 1.-THE other side"
The %fayorite story in this line tells Of a ball Of
hred w VI ,ha burns steadily and brightly at tho
had the courage to approach the spot near
enough to solve the mystery. 1t is also told that
Q shadowy man. bearing a coffin upon his shout
der, emerges once q year from the old orchard
and travels hastily across an open space, disap-
pearing nenr the forsaken grave.
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BIrrD1ro ron IAUDArUM PoISoN:
A Quart OF ni.cs Biood Rensved sne IN ESsai
Quantity or Brine Injected

Quantity OF Brine ur1eotea'
Nor, the PAtiodsIphia Timea
"with his respiration but Ave In Ave minutes
We saved him."
Tho speaker was DR.. Albert ID. Blackourn,
chief OF tho medical stan at the Presbyterian
Hospital. Tho man referred to had beon brought
there by the patrol wagon several woeks ago
nearly dead from tho OBJECTS OF n quantity Of
laudanum which ho had swallowed with sui
cidal intent, but who now, thanks to the sudden
thought, or, more likely, the Inspiration which
seized DR.. Blackburn, when al the usual meth
DDS were falling TO restore consciousness ana
death seemed but n moment to linger. Is mighty
glad that the breath of life still fingers In his
breast.
For hours we worked with him." continued
the doctor. "wo applied the stomach pump,
but the blood had absorbed the poison. We
tried other methods. We worked assiduously,
almost frantically. Reluctantly we we're forced
to acknowledge that re could get no results. for
the patient sank lower and lower. We were at
Suddenly this line of thought struck me:
That mans respiration is but five In five min.
will do no good, for tho blood has absorbed the
to get Il. out of the system is to bleed him. to do.
priye hin 9f the ysry essence or Ire, IN order
y a saline solution; we can prepare a like soIu.
ton with the proportions the same and inject
TINS INTO tine body to take the place OF the poi.
son-flled blood. Tho body will do the rest; 1t
will assimulate the solution and make 1t blood.
The chance was q desperate one, but tho cir.
cumstances called for it So we bled the man,
and the two pints which we let out were as
black ae. Ink. so. pregnant with the poison was
1t. Quickly we injected an equal quantity Of
the saline solution; then with our anxiety at q
high tension we stood around to watch and
await results.
"Once we thought we detected a slightincrease
Of respiration, but we dare not trust too much.
A few minutes later we were sure of 1t. Slowly
the respiration began to rise and slowly but
surely the organs began to once more resume
their functions. Still we watched, fearing q re-
lapse. None came.
Then. at last, the man was out OF danger.
he stayed under our care for n few days, and
when we sent him away he had totally recov-
cred from the effects of the poison which he had
put into his system. To-day he is a hale and
hearty man."
1t is highly probable that this method Of over
coming poison 10 a novel one. No one seems to
know OF any like instance. At least, several repu-
table physicians of this city. when seen yester-
day. said that no case of a similar nature had ever
come under their notice. nor, were they aware
that such a method had ever been applied with
success before. However that may be, the
method is undoubtedly an efficacious one. and
will probably be the means of saving the lives of
many people who have swallowed deadly po.
tions accidentally or with a desire ito take arms
against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end
them"