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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
KHAPP,S ROLLER boat.
It Has . Trial with Results That. He Declares,
Arc successful.

ToRoSTo, Ont. Oct. 19.-The machinery of
the roller boat with which Lawyer Knapp ex-
pects to knock ocean steamer records all to
pieces and to cross tho Atlantic Ocean In three
days. had a trial to-day. The vessel consists OF
two large cylinders, ono inside Of the other. Two
engines which are in the inner cylinder are de-
signed to drive the outer shell around at a rapid
rate and make 1t roll over the water. The inner
cylinder Is on bal. bearings. and is to maintain
It's position.
On Saturday the machinery refused to work
properly and tho boat was nearly upset. To-
day the trial was successful. and Knapp declares
that he has established tho entire success OF his
invention. When the steam was turned on to-
day in an instant there was the liveliest COM
motion aboard. The wheels began climbing up
the inside of tho boat and persons on the plat
forms at each end found themselves elevated at
an angle which threatened In another moment
to pitch them into the water. There was q
deafcning noise, as II the machinery had all
burst to pieces and was flying around inside
| the great cylinder, which at that instant began
to move in tho water. The engines and plat
forms suddenly slipped back to their former
horizontal position. but Just ms soon began their
upward climb again, thus accclcrating tho speed
of the revolving cylinder. Then the engines
| were stopped. After n brief breathing spell the
| engines were again started, and tho boat again
reyolved, this time faster than before. After
two or three turns the trial was over. and every
one voted it n success.
Regarding tho spced to be attained, Builder
Poison talks Of sixty miles an hour when they
get the boat out into the open. Knapp. how.
ever, is not so anEline ana does not anticipate
ANYTHING like such IA result with the engines as
nov placed. The vessel will have a trial on the
bay tomorrow or next day to test her speed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20

when the Republican party and the citizens OF
Brooklyn united on him for Mayor, he was
elected by only 1884 plurality, while In 1883,
with the same forces behind him. he was elected
by only 1889 plurality.
The weakness of Van wyck and Low as can
didates before tho people, 1t was remarked,
comes from tho fact that neither represents q
substantial platform of principles. The strength
OF Gen. Tracy and Henry George, on the other
hand. comes from the fact that they stand upon
unmistakable platforms of principles. Gen.
Tracy's course during tho campaign has been
dictated by the st. Louis platform. which de-
mands sound money and good government.
Henry George stands for the Chicago platform
pure and simple. Mr.. George has never been
accused OF political dishonesty. He is criticised
rs a misguided student OF economics. But he 10
frank and candid always. He said yesterday:
II think 1t highly proper that President Nc
Kinley should tako an earnest interest in tho
success Of the regular Republican party in this
election. The principles for which Mckinley
stands are not so thoroughly established that
they can fail TO interest every voter In this city.
National politics is Of such interest that tho
President is excusable for lending his influence
to the party which elected him. II Bryan had
been elected I would certainly have felt entitled
to the moral influence which he could have
welded in the election in this city. Mckinley
is perfectly right in wishing to see Tracy in this
city win. But I hope the Chicago platform
viDap
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
BAD BOYS OF SYRACUSE.
Sons or Good Families Arrested and Accused
OF burglary.

SYRACUSE, y. Y, Oct. 19.-The police of this
city last night arrested five youths, all sons Of
good families and all accused Of committing
petty burglaries in the southern and western
portions Of tho city. The boys are William
Rcdding. Dennis Conley, Frank WEIGH, and
George Sage, all sons OF respectable parents,
and Loring Fowler. whose father Is u conspicu.
Gus attorney. The boys are oil under IL years,
and II they had not taken it into their heads to
go West and become train robbers they probaA
bly, would not have como into contact with the
police.
A week ago the boys broke into Durham q
Blacks hardware store and took several req
volvers. On the next day they left the city and
camped in the woods at Beaverton on Oneida
Lake. They were driven out Of the woods by
hunger and cold, and they returned to this city,
where, with money taken by young Fowlet
from his fathers safe. they purchased new
clothes and put them In tho toilet room of the
New York Central station. leaving their old
suits behind. The clothes were identified and
a search was made for the lads. They were
seen last night leaving the city by the way Of
East Water street. and after a longchase were
captured by the police. One OF them carried Q
big revolver and q handful Of cartridges. Othet
weapons were found by the police where the
boys had hidden them. They will be charged
with a number of recent housebreakings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
VAIL STREET ELECTION BETS.
IS. 900 Even on Tracy Against Low-Tammany
MaLes More RIds Than Bets.

Following tho appearance at the Stock Elk
change yesterday afternoon OF Col. Harry /.
Swords, formerly Sergeant-at.Arms Of the Re-
publican National and now Secre-
tary OF District Attorney Olcott. the odds which
have prevailed on the Exchange in favor OF Low
against Tracy evaporated. Col. Swords had
$1,000 with him for betting purposes, and he
empowered +. w. Hopkins 10 offer it on the
floor at even money that Tracy would poll more
votes than Low. A lot of bets at even money
were quickly made, all the cash that the Colonel
had brought to the Exchange being placed at
that rate.
Big wads of Van Wyck money were in evil
dence all day. and il was currently reported
that the money came from a Tammany pool of
100000 raised to rig the betting market. The
Van WICK money tina: appears in Wall street
is handled chiefly by Bell & CO. and Alfred De
Cordova 4 Co. Edward Bell announced yes.
terday that he had $50, 900 to bet against SO.
OF the four leading candidates for Mayor, Tracy.
Van Wyck. George or Low, should publicly
withdraw. He made one bet of $500 TO 500
that Van Wyck would he elected. +. Is. Tai.
colt offered all day, without finding a tHkcr,
$1,000 20 ~ 900 that Low would not TIC elected.
Warren r. James offered to make bets in any
amount at the following rates: BIZ to ! against
Low; Big to / against Tracy; L. TO l against
George. In the outside brokerage crowd Will
liam {. Ncefus made "A bet OF $500 even that
Low would poll more votes than Tracy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
TIE CASHIER WAS THE THIEF.
He Shot Himself AFTER He Failed TO Cover His
RmbeIzIement by \ Fire.

SAS Francisco. Oct. l9.-Thero was a small
fire last night in the Office OF the Pacific Gas
Improvement Company on Stevenson street.
and after the fremen put 1t out they found
three holes drilled in the safe and money scat
tered about the room as though thieves had
been in a great hurry TO escape. The officers OF
the company found $4,000 missing.
The police declared that the robbery was a
fake, as all signs pointed to amateur work, evil
IDENTIFY done to mislGad. Orders were given to
inspect the books to-day. and then the news came
from Berkeley that William J. Lyon, cashier OF
the company. had gone into tho hills back OF
his house and shot himself through the head.
How heavy his embelllcmcnt is cannot DO told
till the books are examined.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
REPUBLICANS NOT Low MEN.
Gen. Tracy Endorsed In tho seventh ana
Twenty.thIrd Wards OF DrookIyn.

Tho Seth Low pneumatic boom in Brooklyn
was severely punctured twice last night. Tho
Twcnty.third Ward Republican I'm.
dorsed Gen. Tracy by u vote of lo3 to 20. This
is considered significant of the evcr.increasing
change OF sentiment against Low. The Twenty.
third ward has all along been claimed as a hot
bed of Lowism.
In the Seventh ward there was the same
story. The committee Endorsed Gen. Tracy BY a
vote of 45 to 10. Chairman Alfred +. Voss, who
is Low supporter. was 30 much enraged at
the manifestation OF loyal Republican strength
that he refused to put the resolution to a vote.
The committee ovcrruled him and the resolu-
ton went through with "a hurrah. Delegate
Hilton added to the Low mems discontinue by
promising to give $50t TO the Citizens Committee
OF Fifty II Low got a single Republican vote in
his election district.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
FIRE STOPS NI1oy's SPEECH.
IL Was In His House-When 1t was Over He
Finiahed Ms speech Mt the Seneca CIub.

Lewis Nixon, the Tammany candidate for
Alderman In the Twcnty-fitth Assembly district.
was about TO mako n speech last night before
the Seneca Club. on Twenty-ninth street, when
he received Il message that his residence, at %
East Twenty-fourth street. was on fire. He
postponed his speech and hurried home.
By the time he reached there the fire was out.
1t started In the basement and was caused by
an overheated furnace. The damage Is esti-
mated at 81. 900. Tho house was occupied only
by servants, as Mr.. Nixon and his family have
been stopping at the Hoffman House while 1t
was being got ready for tho winter.
After the fire Mr.. Nixon returned to the Sem
eco Club and made his speech. Mr.. Nixon 10 the
owner OF tho Crescent shipyards at Elizabeth.
port, n. j., and Is the builder of the Holland
submarine torpedo boat.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
RAT HUNT CACSES 4 FIRE.
Sparks Struck by Crowbnrs from n stone IE.
mite Hay In n stable.

While four laborcrs under Foreman Thomas
Green were working about the stables OF the
Park Department on the transverse road at
Eighty-ffIh street yesterday. q rat ran out OF q
disused iron pine leading from the inside OF ono
OF the stables to a water trough outside. At the
end OF the pipe was a bottle containing some
sort OF liniment which q veterinary had been
using on the horses. A stone had been placed in
the mouth OF the pipe TO keen the bottle from
rolling out. When the rat appeared the work
men concluded that there were moro where no
came from, and they started to punch them out
with Crowbars.
They broke the bottle. and its contents soaked
n quantity OF hay in tho pipe. Their further
efforts sent a shower of sparks, generated by
the contact OF their bars with the stone. into the
medicine soaked hay. which burst into flames.
The men who had started the fire organized a
bucket brigade TO put it out. They succeeded.
side the stable and done $50 damage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
BACK FOR HIS PAWN TICKET.
Last Spring flo Dropped 1t In y Bridge Box-
It's FOR His Heavy OvercoaG

A passenger on the bridge one morning in
April last dropped q pawn ticket for an over
coat In the box instead OF tho regular ticket.
The policeman in charge OF the box discovered
the mistake. and the passenger had to put tho
regular ticket in the box before no was allowed
to pass on to the train. The pawn ticket, OF
course. could not BIO reached at the time. but it
was found the same day. when the box was
opened, and. although somewhat mutilated.
still retained the necessary me ana of identinca-
ton. 1t was laid away with tho numerous
other bridge finds in the office OF the general
ticket agent.
On Monday the owner of the pawn ticket
turned UP and 1t was returned to him after no
had fully described it. He said that he had been
out In California since he lost tho ticket, and
now that the cold weather was approaching the
overcoat would come in handy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
M'KISLE FOR TRACY.
Gen. Butterworth Definitely Reveals the Pres
ident's Attitude.

The reception to Gen. Benjamin +. Tracy at
the Union League Club. in Brooklyn. on Mon
day night, at the close of the magnificent demon
s~tration at the Clermont Avenue Rink. was an
inspiring incident of the campaign. 1t was in.
tended that the reception should be an informal
affair and there was no prearrangcd programme
for speeches. Gen. Tracy. however, was forced
by his enthusiastic admirers to make n brief ad.
dress. and Senator Thurston and ex.Congress-
man Benjamin +. Butterworth also had TO mako
addresses.
Gen. Butterworth in his speech in the rink
had used words implying President McKinley's
wish that the Republicans might win in New
York. hut in his speech in the club he quoted
Mr.. Mckinley's language. Following is the
part Of Gen. B~uttcrworth's speech in the club in
which he referred to the President:
III you had nominated a political nondescript.
who vacillated between exalted virtue and the
other extreme llaughterl there might be some
excuse for your failure TO succeed. But having
nominated the man you have. there is no man
among you tonight who should not give the
ticket his heartfelt support. II you do not give
it. when we come to talk to the West next fall
we will say that you have not stood with us as
We stood with you. On the evening of the I'd
of November telegraph message will be awaited
at the White House. President Mckinley said
10 me night before last. Ben. you know how
earnestly l feel in regard TO the triumph OF
the Republican party in Greater New York
[Cheers.l 1t is due to truth and to patriotism
that you support this ticket. | confess that !
was a little annoyed and hurt when it was suE.
gested that il was out OF place to come here.
But / sincerely trust that the West will learn
that you stood by them as they did by you. 1t
will be so unless the ultra.righteous defeat the
ways OF Providence"
The cheers which greeted this announcement
swept through the big building. and could be
heard to the remotest limits of Grant Square.
No such enthusiastic demonstration was ever
before witnessed in the Union League Club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
NEW YORK FOREST FIRES.
Half or Huron's Population in tho Field for
Three Weeks Fighting tho Flames.

WoLcoTr. N. V, Oct. 19.-Forest fires are in
creaslng in numbers and volume in this vicinity,
and the air Is heavily charged with smoke.
Wilson's woods. half a mile southwest OF tho
village, are burning fiercely, despite the efforts
OF scores of men to subduc the fire. Should a
strong wind spring up no human power could
save the village. Half OF the people Of the town
OF Huron have been engaged for three weeks in
an apparently hopeless fight with forest fires.
entirely destroyed. \ large number OF dwellings
in Butler. Huron. and North Wolcott have been
destroyed, and more costly fires are bound TO
come unless a heavy rainfall occurs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
"PACK OF YANKEE LIES"
Confederate Veterans Denounco = History OF
tho United stntes Used In NIrglnIn.

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. l9.-At a mass meeting
of well known Confederate veterans tonight
resolutions were adopted dcnOuncinS Barnes's
History Of tho United States. now being used
in the. public schools OF Virginia. and calling
upon Tic state Board Of Education TO eliminate
il from tie schools, Ir. Hunter Mcclure do
livurcd an address dCnoUucinR the, book, and cn-
Commander Of the Grand Camp Of Confcd4
erate Veterans Of Virginia, made IA scathin$ NJ.
tack on the book, and said II was u pack II
Yankee lies. Ills remarks were chccred loudly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
SENATOR MORGAN RETURNS.
He Ii q Moro Hearty Advocate or Mn waiiau
Annexation Than He Was Before.

SAN Francisco. Cal, Oct. Ex-senator Nor
gan arrived to-day on the Belgic. He Is more
pronounced than ever in his advocacy Of Ha-
waiian annexation. saying that the islands are
indispensable to tho United States and the argu-
ments in favor of annexation have been under
stated.
He said he found no opposition to tho scheme
worthy of tho name. while tho boyle OF coolie
labor Is baseless, as the laws provide that these
Chinese and Japanese shall return to their
native country when their contracts expire.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
LUETGERr JURr STILL OUT.
Judge Tuthin Locks Them Up FOR Another
Night and Goes Home.

CHICAGO, Oct. l9.-Tho jury in the Luetgert
wife murder case is as far from an agreement
as ever. 1t has been out more than thirty
hours, and IL Is evident that tnore has not been
ANYTHING like harmony from Tho start. AT 10
O'Clock tonight judge TutGill, went home,
after announcing that he would DO IN court az
900 O'Clock tomorrow morning. II Is said
that the jury stands elSAg fgT conviction and
four f0g Reqlitta1
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
CArneld', Tatner.,u.IAw D,lnE.

CIEvEIANp. O., Oct. lo.-Ichulon Rudolph.
81 years of aye, father .u.!aw % tho late l'ross-
dent Garfield, J.. DYING a. tHc lo'ne OF fh
daughter. Mr-. Garfield, in Mentor. Mr., ltl'
dOlph hus lived In Tins state. nearly all hta no,
anG for suul, yea .a5 T. ,ur'n S'ia- iht "..tse
living Ohioli. IL, grandson, Harry A. uarne!ds
said to,iGy That Nj. liGdV.pl > tgouIlo Was duS
" Old use.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
ALL THE Students Walk OUT,
They won't Return TIL tho President or tho
baptist University Is Removed.

sioux FALLS, s.. d.. oct. l0.-All OF the stu
dents of The Baptist University walked out Of
the institution today, and demand the removal
OF the President before they will return,
The arbitrary rulings OF the President and
tho slight proyocation on which he inflicted
punishment were the Causes. II 10 likely that he
will have 70 K0S
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
Ono Lspsr allowed to Remain at Home.

The three lcpers, who went to Bellevue Hos
pital on Monday, after their escape from North
Brother Island. arc still being provided for
there. They are in the isolation tent at a re-
mote point OF the hospital grounds and will be-
kept there until the Department of Charities do
ciGes what shall DO done with them. DIR.
stephen Smith. the President OF the board. has
been notified By superintendent Murphy Of
bellevue that he will keep the leners until some
Other arrangement il made; William Bryan,
the fourth lcpcr. is still at his brothers home,
222 West SiXty-third street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
jailed ron ms DOG'S SAKE.
O'HanIon Couldn't Ray thr Tax, ana Wouidnr
Give Up Ills Chiidrcn's Pet.

PATERSON. y. J.. Oct. l9.-As a result OF tho
efforts Of The police TO bring delinquent dog
owners 10 t.u.c. Thomas OIltnlon was sent 10
jail this morning for ten days for falling 70 pay
his doc license. lie sad lac could not aiord TO
pay the muUuy, aud his al ..dren were 50 at
tacAct 10 The Gug that hG could not send IL away
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
TOOK NOTES AT "rHE FIRST BoRM.'s
BurIesquo Writer Arrested. but Let Go on His
Tearing Up His NOteS-

Thomas Martin. who says he is an opera com'
pany manager and q writer Of burlcsques. won't
TO sec "The First Born" at the Manhattan
Theatre last night. As soon ms the performance
started he began taking notes. Tho attaches OF
the house saw him, and when he came out .
policeman was on hand to nab him..
David Bclasco, who collaborated with Play
right Powers on The First Born" accused
Martin OF trying TO steal the piece for william
A. Brady. Martin denied this, saying that he
was getting material merely for II burlcsque for
Weber x Fields. Io consented TO tear up his
notes. and was let 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
Forest Fires In the auerheu,es.

ALTOONA. Pa, Oct. l0.-Forest fires are raging
In the Alleghenies, and Altoona is shrouded in
a pail Of dull gray smoke, tho monday sun he.
ing almost invisible. Tho light of fires can bO
seen on every hand tonight. More than 100, 900
acres Of timber have been burned oyor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
Tho nanroAa Bstwoeu Tleut.l. and P.L,u.

SAN FRANclsco' Oct. l9.-Adylces from Tient-
sin say the Pekin railroad Is rapidly approach
ing completion. Though the service is bad tho
trains are packed. and The receipts are between
81 o and $1,000 a day. American locomotives
have arrived ana are being put together.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20

Simpsons new Loan once and safe DanoGIt yaulta.
las West ASo o.. near brOasMyr-Agvt
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20

AISopp'S October Ale.
just arrived On drSught nearly sVsQyheESrzkaH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-20
Another strong Endorsement Tor Con. rrao,

The Union Republican Club OF BROOKLYN met
last night at its rooms In South Oxford street
and. with great acclaim. Endorsed Gen. Tracy
and the entire ticket.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11

intendent could not say positively because
the proofs were destroyed and he did not
know what had been issued before 1895.
Counsel do not dare" he said, Ito af-
firm that any witness swore that no such
forms were ever printed prior to 1895 II
they have the temerity to argue that any
witness swore this way they Will please
name him. Yet the prosecution prom
ised TO prove positively that no such form
was printed prior to 1896 They have
made no such proof and can make none.
We, on the other hand, can positively
show that the blanks are not alike. We
will show that money mas power and that
somebody has suborned perjury. We
have not deceived the public or tried our
case in the papers. We can show that
millionaIres sometimes make their money
by fraud and hold it in the same way"
Ex-Judge benson followed Mr.. Reddy
for the defense in an elaborate argument
on the differences between the Cooney GER.
tifcate and the exhibit mum bered 16.
"If your Honor will apply fine rule
and measure the printing of the two"
said he, "you will find variance OF 1872
of an inch. a careful man has measured
the two ana has shown more than 100
discrepancies.
The courts attention was then called to
the fact that the rs" in "State" in the
Cooney certificate is square or blunt,
while the same thing in the Crocker
blank. marked exhibit 49," is round.
The following were some of the points
made:
The st" in the same word of the GER
tifcate is straight, while it is crooked in
the blank.
The second 'tt' in the word Estate" of
the Crocker blank is solid and omplete
while in the Cooney document it is split
1.-THE 20" in of is broken differently
than the break in the same letter in the
certificate,
The letter "f' in "of" of the Crocker
blank is almost complete, but it is not in
the other. The defense contended that
whenever the Identity failed in so sub
stantial a way it showed that the docu-
ments were not the same.
In the word "California' the capital
'C' was shown to be at wholly varying
angles. 1t was shown that, by fine
rule, the variance would be fifteen de-
grees.
In a similar way it was shown that
there were great variations in the letter
al" in the word "California''
The letter ''i'' in the same-word "Cali-
fornia" was shown to have dots of wholly
different size.
The dotted lines or rules in the two cer-
tiicates were shown to be of wholly differ
ent lengths.
1t was shown that the braces in the two
certificates were wholly unlike, that in
the Crocker blank being heavier and one
tenth OF an inch longer than that in the
Cooney certificate.
In the word hundred" 1t was shown
that the ''r" was complete in the Crocker
exhibit but, partly gone in the Cooney
certificate.
By superimposition to the light it was
shown that the documents failed to agree
in m any particulars.
The case will go on to-day and the at
torneys will devote the forenoon at least
to argument. Judge Cook ordered the
jury to appear in court for further hear.
ing of the case on Friday