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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
ASSAULTED BIZ MASKED BURGLARS.
n Farmers wife BADLY Injured. and Two Sens
or Another Farmer Arrested.

OF AnOtner FARMER arrested.
WATERFOWL, n. Y. Dec. 13.-At 2 o'clock
last evening two masked men entered the
kitchen of the Lawton farmhouse In Rodman, a
few miles from this city, as Mrs. Lawton was
preparing to go to the barn to assist her hus-
band in milking. One of the men, whom Mrs.
LawtOn afterward recognized as Burt Nc
Bride, son of a farmer of Watertown Centre.
pressed q pistol to her head and demanded
her money or life" She screamed for help,
whcreupon the other ruffian struck her re-
peatedly over the head with a club until she
fell bleeding and insensible to the floor. When
she revived she found her 6.yoar-old boy, who
was abed in an adjoining room, crying because
two masked men had stolen his pocketbook
from tho bureau. The house had been ran.
sacked, but aside from the child's pocketbook,
had been taken.
Mrs. Lawson was almost blinded by blood
and suffered intense pain. but she fastened to
time was milking: Taking. the child. the sou-
Pile hurried to the house of Farmer d. L. Bailey.
. quarter Of 2 mile swsY. ~, M Gd Bailey went an fcr
head, which 1t took six stitches to close, and
two or three other outs on the back of the head,
penetrating to the skull. Although terribly
injured; he thinks thinks the woman Snn win live. .,ou
this city, who. with q deputy and two police
rested Burt Mcbride and his brother Edward,
bloodstained, and there was blood on hi. trou-
sers. They were brought to Jail in this city
this morning. Before being brought to jail
they were driven to the Lawton farm, and Mrs.
who. pointed the revolver at her, and whose
mask fell OF.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
TENNEY COULDN'T BE BRIBED.
Rev. DR.. Gregg Says the Late judge Once Re-
Iected an OHer OF $500 900.

The funeral of Judge Asa W. Tenney took
place yesterday afternoon from his late home at
100 Washington Park. Brooklyn. The services
were conducted by the Rev. DR.. David A. Gregg.
In his eulogy the Rev. DR.. Gregg revealed an
incident in the official career OF Judge Tenney
which had been concealed for about twenty
years. John s.. Sanborn, who died in Massachu-
setts about six months ago, was indicted while
Mr.. Teuney was United States District Attorney
in Brooklyn for defrauding the Government.
An offer of $500. 900 was made to Mr.. Tenney,
according to the Rev. DIR. Gregg, to drop the
prosecution. but he rejected the proposition.
AT the close of the services tho remains were
taken to Greenwood Cemetery and placed in the
receiving vault. The pallbearers were United
States Commissioners Morle, Noah Tebhett, l..
w. Emerson. Justice Jesse johnson. Joseph
Benser. John A. Taylor, i. Il. Gambler, Charles
NJ. Englis. and J. W. Pickett, Jr.
The United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
adjourned yesterday out of respect to the mem
DRY OF the late United States Judge Asa w. Ten
ney. after Chief Justice Wallace had ordered an
appropriate entry to be made upon its minutes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
FOOTBALLS OPPONENTS SCORE.
They Report the BarLsdaIe Bnl Favorably
TO the Virginia Senate.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 13.-The football fight
started this morning in the Senate Committee
on General Laws, and after @ lotsof discussion
the bill was reported favorably by a vote of
5to4 Quito a number Of young ladies were
present who had brothers and sweethearts at
Richmond College, and they applauded so en-
Enthusiastically whatever was said in favor of
the game that Senator Mushbach, the Chair
man. had to request that no further demon
s~trations be made.
Senator Barksdale said that there was a dis
position to ridicule his bill. but that he offered it
in good faith. Football was a brutal game and
should be prohibited. A representative of
Richmond College was present with the head
gear and football suit, which he donned, and
demonstrated that the player was we'll pro-
tected from injury.
Mrs. Virginia Morgan Robinson, whose son
10 an invalid from n blow received in a game
a year ago, was present and opposed the game.
Her son is strongly in its favor. A letter was
read from President Eliot Of Harvard In strong
support Of the game. and several speeches were
mittee was a surprise to those present. The
close vote indicates that the fight in the Senate
will he holly contested. The bill has been
made a special order for tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
A UNION LEAGUE SECRET.
Gen. TracS's Illness ON the Eve OF Election
Nomination. for Next Year.

Gen. TracS's Illness ON the Eve or Election
Nomination. for Next Year.
Tho Nominating Committee of the Union
League Club. which is TO name a candidate for
President of the club, Is to meet tonight.
Moro than ordinary interest, a member of the
committee said yesterday, is felt in the com.
mittee's selection this year. A number of
available candidates, including Cornelius y.
Bliss and Elihu Root, have been discussed. The
campaign for Mayor Of Greater New York has
left traces Of bitterness in the club. although
the nominating committee, it was declared,
will not consciously be affected by ~factional
political matters in the selection Of the candi.
date for President.
1t may now be told that for several days near
the close of the campaign Gen. Tracy. who was
stopping at, the club. his home being closed
for renovation, was very seriously i'll and in
danger Of collapse. The Union League Club
member who told Of this yesterday said that
even those in the club opposed TO Gen. Tracy
took special pains TO keep the news of his i'll
ness from getting outside of the club. This
member said that Gen. Tracy on that occasion
was attended by DIR. Janeway and other chi.
nent physicians, and was treated for heart
failure and physical collapse.
Yet we, although Low men," continued the
member, kept this secret of the campaign in
violate, as news of this character would Ger.
tainly have seriously influenced Gen. Tracy'a
campaign"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
WILL THEY ARREST HER3
Princess Chimay Wanted I'm Connection with
the sale or Improper Photographs.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 13.-The Globe Democrat has
received a cablcgram from Paris which says
that a warrant is reported to have bee issued
for the Princess Chimay. nee Clara Ward. in
connection with a seizure of obscene photo
graphs recently made b. the police. A num-
Der OF the pictures seized represent the woman
in what are known as plastic poses. The pho
tograph dealers produced in court a contract
bearing the date OF May 25. 1897. and in
which "Mme. La Princesse do Chimay, noe
Ward, authorizes hereby NJ. X. to sell in France
stamped with the fac smile OF her signature,
Clara on the condition of paying to NJ. Kolta,
her agent, the sum of rs francs royalty for every
100 photographs sold"
The contract bears her signature, duly wit
messed. This document renders her a party to
photographs which is punished by Joint i'm
prisonmcnt and fine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
WERE rE At TOM DUNN's BALL
Sure Everybody was There BarrinE Croker
and Var ~vVyck-scnree Room TO Dance.

u ~ ~ EAaOO
1t was Tom Dunn's ball. 1t was given last
night in tho Central Opera House in East six
ty-sevcnth street, and mover has that place of
amusement witnessed such n crush. To DO
sure, invitations were issued for the ball in tho
name of the Delaware Club, but everybody
knows that that is Tom Dunn's club, and Dunn
dominated the show. 1t was his, and he was
proud Of II.
Time was when Tom Dunn was only an east
side character. He belonged to a small section
Of the big city. His annual ball was a great
event then. His fame spread, and his annual
blowout became an event OF municipal political
Importance. His election last month as Shor-
III of the county added to his prestige. which
accounts for the unprecedented crush at last
nights function. There was hardly room to
Richard Croker didn't come. Mayor.elect
Van Wyck remained away. But Tom Dunn
many Hail leader, and every Tammsny man Of
note in the city. Then there was the only
leader .. Tom d NM ever i,cv aSkn PsNSsr 6 1bs that sist no
ninth Regiment band, who heads the process.
sion on st. Patrick's Day. .
Democrats. He counts many Republican poll
ticians among his friends and there were
W %sRy p 9s ais bs MoM lnif n asa se a@ong i tns%
9t tie Park Board. John c. Graham and John
II Mr.. Croker WAS not present, his representa-
tive, tho new active leader OF Tammany Hall,
men who are looking for appointments under
the new administration. and they hung about
Mr.. Carroll like flies about a molasses hogs.
head. Prominent in the gathering were the
Democratic deputy sheriffs, who were retained
IN or appointed to office by Sheriff Hansen:
They desire to be retained In place by Sheriff
Dunn. The jolly Sheriff-elect was ready to
a an oath, though, that there was not ON
office seeker in the crush.
Sure. none ofthem has asked me for a job
the night" said he.
Among the boxholders were Senator Maur.
ice Featherson, Assemblymen p. J. Andrews
and John B. Fitzgerald, Aldermen Thomas
Campbell, Jacob RUPERT, George Tyson, W.
G: Blanney, ?: K Lantry, James Mccabe. Peter
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A Son or the 1t. Louis millionaire Brewsr HELD
UP In n Cab.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. l3.-Peter Busch. son Of
Adolphus Busch. the millionaire brewer, was
held up in q cab near tho Union Station on
Market street by two men with revolvers, who
stripped him Of diamonds valued at 800. The
robbers lacerated one OF Busch's fingers while
taking of "a ring. Then one Of them aimed n
terrific blow at his head with o revolver, but
missed. They made their escape.
Busch engaged a cab at Twenty first and
Market streets and ordered the driver to go
east. Two men had been chatting with the
cabman when Busch stepped up. and he be-
lleves all three were implicated In the robbery.
tenth street two men ordered him to throw
up his hands. The e%bnah leisTHrely stopped
his horse, saying, IAn H. iG lb c ieliows' Then
busch. Detective potzman, who has been at
work on the case, sayS he can find no evidence
against the cab driver, but he will be held I'M
der surveillance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
PLEA FOR 4 GOOD COOK.
Sim's OhIy Falling IL 10 shy ut Hurricanes
There Was Something About a watch.

oim's Oniy tatinG 10 To shy 1t Hurricanes
There Was Something About n watch.
James Grecesky, indicted for stealing a watch
from the skipper OF a schooner he was cook on.
was released in tho General Sessions yesterday.
The skipper had sailed away TO Key West.
Grecesky had q lot Of testimonials to his char
acter. This is one OF them:
ABOARD TIE SCHOONER THELMA,
BRUNSWICK, Ga, Dec, 3, 1897.
To the Judge toho uDiH sn on Jin's cdss.
SIR: / know Jim Grecesky for
many years. and never met a more geHtlemanly
man or a more capable steward in all my life.
which j was commander, and he was always an
honest fellow and a cook who knew how TO cook.
ANY ono who has eaten any OF Jim's cooking
will back him up at any time. j never had 10
discharge him from any OF the vessels j com
mAnded. He always left voluntarily. He
usually left about hurricane time. lilo never
did like the hurricane season. and II was
always at the hurricane season that he
left me. He does not seem To love hurricanes
no how, and ] don't blame him, because after a
man has met one good one II y sufficient TO last
my old friend Jim any good i will DO tickled to
dragged down, and / tell you Jim's q good one.
il Is q shame for, such good people TO get
hauled Just for a first fall and then be sent Ia
prison. while they let the buns and tramps and
bad fellows get away. Really. Jim 10 a good
cook. and 4 hope that he gets out. He was never
afraid Of anything or anybody but n hurricane
That Is Ill that ] over heard against him, and
never blamed him. Very respectfully, Jiin's old
Captain, ARTHUR Il OF B0ston-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
HELD THE Authorities At BAr.
A LunAtic BarrIcades His House. Resisting
an Order to Take Him 20 an Asylum.

A LunAtic BarrIcades His House.. Resisting
an Order to Take Him TO an Asylum.
ROCHESTER,, Dec. 13.-After holding the town
authorities Of Palmyra at bay for three days,
James 7. Walker. tho insane man. has been
captured. An order committing Walker to
Willard was secured last Friday, and since then
the officers Of that institution have been trying
to get their man. He barricaded his house, at
the head of Cuyler street. and seemed to enjoy
looking out upon the officers and crowds. No
one cared to venture too close TO the house. as
Walker has the reputation Of being an expert
shot with the pistol. and 1t was generally
believed that 1t would be dangerous to
trespass on his domains. All Saturday and Sun.
day a strict watch was kept lest Walker should
escape, and this morning ,~Poormaster Bowman
and Officer Dennis decided to take the bull by
the horns. Crawling through q rosr window.
they went upstairs and found Walker locked In
his room. The door was quickly opened and
Walker was taken into custody wi bout trouble.
When q boy Walker was prccocious. He has
always been of an inventive disposition, and do.
| nestle troubles and tremendous egotism have
unhinged his mind. Palmyra has been greatly
wrought up over the lunacy proceedings. and
the sympathies of the villagers have been
strongly with Walker. He 10 now In the lookup
and is trying to get a writ OF habeas corpus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
FRESHMEN SUMMON POLICE.
COLUMBIA sTUD ENTS BATrLR
AROUND CARNEGIE NAIL.

Sophomore Prevented from Breaking Up the
Freshmens' Diunor. but They Capture ter
Prisoners and Compel Them to DripH
MILK In y stabIe-A Sophomore Locked lin.
The Columbi freshmen, who deceived the
sophomores on Friday as TO the date OF their
dinner, made arrangements that very day 10
have their dinner last night. Lest the affair
should be broken up by their enemies, the
freshmen preserved the greatest secrecy on the
subject; but somehow. one OF the sophomorcu
discovered yesterday afternoon that the dinner
had been planned for the evening. So the sophos
mores spied around at all the hotels until they
found that tho restaurant at Carnegie Hall,
Fifty.sixth street and Seventh avenue, had been
chosen as the f~easting place.
Then the sophomores went ahead with theiP
plans to break up the dinner by kidnapping all
the freshmen whom they could catch. Several
Of the 1901 mon were seized as they left theiP
rooms. but 1t was on Carnegie Hall that the
sophomores planned to make their main attack,
A number Of cabs were hired and stationed at
convenient points near tho hall. At 2 o'clock
over q hundred sophom ores met In front Of the
Plaza Hotel and wero then detailed to different
points. Whom q freshman came along. three or
four sophomores at once jumped on him. knocked
him down. and compelled him to give his word
to allow himself to DO taken of peaceably in @.
cab. In this way several prisoners were coon got.
The freshmen sent word to Police Hcadquar.
e eas.. t sssn INK TSss Of eI sSs %e, st F the hall; S1S
street station sent up all his reserves to guell
81 SAas sAs was building shsn s'm9 ssv: q Tree .t asss in 9 Ssas
badly T bruised s 8 but Y meme was seriSogHsly
sixth street several times. and finally srresteda
student who was leading the sophomore. He
was taken str I% { ! Patel w SEsrd 70 hs sa Se %sss aa4S5 Ritz:
TWenty.nrst street He was Saiied out shortiy
afterward.
Ono Of the s%ophomores had meanwhile sneaked
and food on one Of the tables. and ten Of the
taken in cabs to tho stable Of ex-Mayor Grace.
IN sev shsrd = I snsTd near Ss hf ns1i sSpSom SEs;
secured them and began to make them do ally
sorts of ridiculous tricks. The freshmen learned
had fallen and obtained a search warrant. A
policeman was sent from the East Sixty.seyenth
no reason for his Interference. The crowd al
the stable soon after this was Joined by two
other sophomores, who had been imprisoned IN
2 cellar by the freshmen, but who had escaped
After the arrival Of the police at Carnegie
Hall the freshmen, of whom about a hundred had
their toastmaster was one OF the stable pris-
oners. The captured freshmen. after having
At midnight from their prison in the stable.
vas Walter Grace, son of John ". aFses.
lor at SO East seventy.ninth street. when
al Sns nis sHst' ON in h ris'pS pnoni.s to to shS RI.
He iHsA was wa wac aeo sinHMsd d BY Ua'f b]odye "a dd'" q
tux snfned s'''S Sns .h s,s''% al agr wedn in me- yie sS
Of his promise, to surrender gracefully. and ae-
companied the sophomores to ex-Mayor Grace's
stable on condition that they would be released
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
SHOT Il MURDERER DEAD.
Arkaunas Deputy sheriff who Had Killed
n Mar Killed by Another Deputy.

An ArkauHas Deputy sheriff who Had Killed
n Man KILLED by Another Deputy.
HAMBURG. Ark, Dec. l3.-Deputy Sheriff Mer-
riwcther was killed at Parkdale last night. Mer-
riwether killed DR.. Oscar Lockhart near Nor
ren last April and escaped. hiding himself in
the swamps. Recently he has been heard Of at
several points. and Sheriff stillwell has had
men after him.
Last night M%erriwether. armed with a rife
and two .44.calibre pistols, and accompanied by
two men. also armed heavily. rode into the little
village Of Parkdale. One of the men entered a
diately seized by Deputy Sheriff Barnes, who
happened to be in town and unarmed. Barnes
ran out OF the building and. cooking the gun,
commanded to surrender. Merri-
wether attempted to raise his CUR. when Barnes
shot him, and he dropped from his horse dead.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
NO CYCLE PATH ON THE BRIDGE.
A twenty-five YeaFs' Lease for the Tubular
Dispatch COMPANY.

A twenty-five YeaFs' Lease for the Tubular
Dispatch Company.
President Berri. Mayors Strong and Wurster,
and Trustees Henriques. Page. and Keeney
were present at the regular monthly meeting Of
the Bridge Trustees yesterday, the last In tho
history of the board. Chief Engineer Martin
submitted a report on the two proposed plans
for q bridge cycle path. 1t was unfavorsble to
both, and the scheme will be referred to tho new
administration.
John f.. Milholland and Second Assistant
Postmaster-General Shellenberger were present
to press the claims OF the Tubular Dispatch
Company for an extension OF its lease on tho
structure from fve to twenty-five years. On
motion OF Mayor Wurstcr the extension was
granted, the comnany TO pay the city 2 per cent.
of the gross receipts, and in no case less than
u 900 a year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
TWO NEGROES 1YXCHED.
Taken from the Omcers on Their way 70 jail
ana Hanged In the Woods

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 13.-Wntson Carter and
James Thomas. both colored. were lynched to-
day at Bayou Goula, Iberyille Parish. for the
murder OF George Bubur. Bubur kept a store
on the Brown plantation at st. Gabriel in the
same parish. and was murdered on the night Of
Nov. 81. The murderers robbed the store and
got away with a considerable amount OF money,
few days afterward six negroes accused OF
the murder were arrested At PlAquemine. the
iSiI there, The murder had been most brutal
and there was much talk of lynchinG the pris-
oners. At tho suggestion OF the sheriff the
New Orleans to-day for safety. The removal
WIS kept a secret. but II leaked out in some way.
Al Bayou GoulA a mob boarded the train. took
Carter and Thomas from tho officers, carried
7 them 10 the woods. and hanged them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
WM. 1AMPsoN's WILL SUSTAINED.
It Requeaths Moro Than 0AOO, 900 TO Yale
acknowledgements by an AGED Aunt.

1t Requeaths Moro Than $500, 10 Yale
acknowledgements by an AGED Aunt.
ROCHESTER. Dec. 13.-Surrogate North of
Batavia to-day handed down q decision dis.
missing the contest over the will OF William
Lampson. the Leroy banker, who died on Feb.
II, leaving an estate of over $500, 900. all but
about $35. 1000 of which he bcqueathed TO Yale
University. Mrs. Laura Brooks of ST. Paul.
MIMI, an aged aunt Of the decedent, contested
the will on the ground that there is q State
law which forbids foreign corporations to re-.
ceive requests where the will bcqueathing
them was executed two months before the
death of the ~tcstator, which Was the case at
bar.
Judge North decides that the New York stat.
uto does not govern in this case. He held that
the act OF 1S4s, on which the contest was
founded, bears only on corporations organized
in this State and does lot affect corporations
of other States. The contestant. who would
receive the bulk OF The estate IL the will was
broken, will appeal from this construction Of
the law to the Supreme Court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERs.
An Attempt 10 Wreck the Montreal Express on
the Adirondack Road.

UTICA, Dec. l3.-As the Montreal express, No.
AGA, of the Adirondack and ST. Lawrence Rail-
road was running on the down grade just north
of Mountain View last night Engineer Lynch
saw An obstruction on the track and he applied
tho emergency brake. AS he did SO tho pilot
struck a mass of material arranged in a v shape
with the point toward the engine.
Mountain View is a flag station, and the train
was running about thirty miles an hour. expect
ing a signal TO stop at that point. In conse-
Quence but little damage was done to the ell
gine, but the passengers were severely shaken
up.
to see what had caused tho trouble. They
found that seven or eight ties had been piled on
the track with the evident intention OF WreckinR
the train. Fortunately the pilot threw the ties
TO one side, and none OF them stuck In the
ground endwlBe. II they had, the rcAllt would
haye been accomplished aud the engine de-
rallied.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
Ia ToURAINE IS LATE.
Crack or the Preach Lino Overdue ut Mavre-
Left Here Dec. q.

The twin-screw steamship La Touraine. crack
OF the French lines feet. which sailed from this
port on Dec. 4. is overdue at Havre. She usually
makes the trip. about 3, 100 miles, In seven days.
Her eastw I'd record is 9 days, 90 hours and @
minutes. She left her pier at the foot Of Morton
street, North River. at 10 o'clock in the morn.
ming, and passed the Hook two hours later. Al
lowing her a day for bad weather, she will be
overdue two days at Havre this afternoon. Her
agent here thinks she has been delayed by tenn
pestuous seas. which have caused other liners to
be a day or more late, She carries 40 first cabin.
81 second cabin, and 3l2 Storage passengers.
northeast OF Sand Hook, or in the neighborhood
OF Cape Race, Newfoundland. by the steamship
Teutonic, which arrived here last Wednesday,
She was then somewhat less than q third of the
way across the ocean, and WAS all right.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
SHOT TWO OTHERS AND HIMSELF.
Owens BADLY wounds sis wife and Daughter
ana Then Attempts Suicide.

MODESTO, Cal, Dec. 13.-To-day George c.
Owens. a carpenter. shot his wife and daughter,
badly wounding them. and then attempted sui
eide. Owens's daughter. in September last,
married a young blacksmith named Tieds-
mann, despite Owens's bitter opposition. His
wife sided with the daughter. whereupon he
treated her so cruelty that she went TO live
with her son-in,law and began a suit for d.
vorcc.
10 day in Tiedemann's absence Owens went
to the house, and without warning opened fire
on the women. His wife, who was soon 10 be-
come a mother, was shot through the aldo
men and arm. and the daughter received, a
bullet in her breast. Owens then put a bullet
Owens will be lynched should his wife die. lie
had no good ground for opposing his daugh-
du5trious.