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4 FNIsoNrr OVEN 4 EURNA0E.
Farmer Ferry Piuuea Oovn By = EaiiinE Tree
on = Charcoal Rit In the woods.

NoRwALK, Conn.,, Nov. 18.-A trce fell on
onver Perry. n Weston farmer, while no was
attending TO tho FIRE in u charcoal pit in the
woods last Saturday afternoon. and hold him a
prisoner 30 ;that he was slowly roasting whhe
assistance was being procured.
Perry, with his little children for compan-
ions, had been watching tho pit for q day or
TWO, and filled In tho time by chopping down
trees. a big button ball standing near tho pit
was almost ready to fall when the smouldering
nre gave indications that 1t was about to burst
into flames.
Perry dropped his axe and clambercd up the
side OF the pit, carrying an armful of turf
with which to choke up tho air vents and
snloIner tho flames. While no was IN n stoop-
ing ir,n position e1 on q heavy gust Of wind snapped t tho
chopped, and the tree fell over. tho pit, Tho
limbs fell, across. Perry, held him down.
and drove his legs through the turf over the air
NOE INTO the furnace underneath.
HIS children had. not the strength to render
ASSISTANCE, and thoy hurried to the nearest
houses, a half mile away, to summon assist
ance; Nearly an hour elapsed before 1t ar
Perry was found lying on his face moaning
and breathing heavily. He could not speak,
and his. eyes were closed. A limb rested
across his neck, choking him and holding his
mead TO the ground. His legs dangled through
position moro pcrlous, tho air thus admitted
70 the Interior of the pit had famed the smolder-
ING, embers into n lively blaze.
Waen released he was almost dead. Ono
arm was broken in two places, his chest WINS
suffered internal injuries. He was taken
home, where he died to-day.
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TnEY'vEGOTA ANOTHER SAW
MRS. MACK WILL BE ED TO 1DEN-
TIT IT AS THAT USED By THORN.
It Was Found on tho Meadows Just ON tho
Causevny Leading from Flushing 20 Cell
ieEe Point BY y Pole who wa. Moving
the ArnndoM-It wow Rorma nm Rnhihit.

II Was Found on tho Meadows Just on tho
Causevny Leading from Flushing 70 Gel.
leFc Peint BY y Pole who wa. Moving
the sreadow-It row Forms mn Exhibit.
Another saw has been added to the collection
Of exhibits In tho Gicldsensuppc murder case.
In hcr confession Mrs. Mack informed the nu.
thorities that the saw found In her apartments
at the time Of her arrest was not the ono used in
Remembering tho body Of the murdered man.
She said that a brand-new saw. purchased by
Thorn for the purpose, was the implement used.
Following tho murder, she said. they drove
somewhere, sho didn't know exactly where, and
Them either buried this saw or threw II nway.
In the carly hours of last Sunday morning Mrs.
Mack was taken for q drive in a closed carriage.
She was accompanied by two Queens county
slcuths. The party were searching for the saw.
After n drive of several hours they returned
to the jail, unsuccessful. Mrs. Mack was un.
able TO locate tho exact place where the saw
was buried. In fact, she finally admitted, 1t Is
at High Bridge, Brooklyn, Astoria, Woods Mi%s
Flushing or College Point that they buried the
say saw she was positive, howovoF, that they did
somewhere md in some manner.
But yesterday an incident occurred that would
4 saw was actually found. It was picked up on
tue meadows Just of the causeway leading
way between those " villages. While NOV.
ing over the meadow land a Pole answering to
the name of John Tonofsv. employed by Jacob
Bcresheimer of College Point. encountered an
obstruction In his work.
Upon Investigation he found the handle OF q
saw protruding from the ground. Tho blade
was sunk into the soft mud. This astutc Pole
turned his find over to his employer. who imme-
dlately placed it in the hands of the authorities.
IL was taken to the Queens County Court House
In Long Island City carefully guarded. and was
finally locked up with the collection of other
grnesomc articles pertaining to the murder.
1t is said to be an ordinary saw manufactured
BY, Richardson & Son of Newark, n. j.. 1t was
cakcd with rust, but lynx-eyed individuals
about the Court House yesterday asserted that
they discovered bloodstains on tho blade. Gield-
sensuppe was murdered five months ago. Mrs.
Mack Is to DO asked to identify the saw as one
OF tho instruments used in dismembering the
body. Authorities about the Court House yes.
terday deelared positively that it, was tho saw
used by Mrs. Mack and Thorn, and tho inference
is that Mrs. Mack had already identified the i'm.
At any rate, the authorities say, 1t
Will be shown to her to-day.
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DROWNED HERsELFINA RESERVOIR
a WelI.to.Do Woman's Eccentric Life Ended
At Hartford by Suicide.

HARTFORD, Nov. 16.-The woman who COM
mitted SUICIDE by drowning herself in the Gar
den street reservoir on Sunday night was Miss
Alice T.. Patten Of Waterbury. She came to
this city about eight years ago in order to be
near her brother, her only living relative, who
was an inmate of the Retreat for the Insane.
She occupied a room at the Hotel Capitol, which
she took care Of herself. She was supposed to
be we'll off. AS she lived n retired life and was
peculiar In many matters. she was considered
by some people to be harmlessly insane.
Although Miss Patten was a Congregational
list she had lately been affiliated with the Chris.
tian Scientists. She was last seen at the hotel
on Saturday morning. When the body was
found by the police 1t was considered strange
that there were no rings or jewelry OF any de-
scription. but an examination of her room at
tho hotel showed her iewelry and personal ef-
fccts were all there. 1t is now believed that
Miss Patton made an attempt on her life last
Thursday, as q strong smell of gas was noticed
In the hotel corridor that day and was finally
traced to her room: When the proprietor
knocl.cd at her door Miss Patten opened 1t i'm.
mediatcly and said without waiting for a ques-
ton:
'It IA furnad nfP pnw"
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AUsrnrl AND rrnxrr
Ons Cause or Trouble nsns Been settled. bet
Bnothcr Threatens = Crisis.
Special Gable Ds,poton to rns SUE.

Special Gable Dsspatch TO The SUE.
VIENNA, Nov. 1G.-Tho latest advices received
hero from Constantinople in regard to the
threatened crisis between Turkey and Austria
say that tho Porto has conceded tho demands for
reparation made by Austria for the outrageous
treatment by tho Turkish. authorities at Nor.
sina OF the merchant Brazzofolli. agent OF the
Austrian Lloyt s Steamship Company, who was
summnrily expelled from Mersina last month.
Tho Oriental Railroad dispute is stlll pending.
and Austria threatens u diplomatic rupture un.
less the matter is settled by Thursday. The
Abatement that Austria threatens to lombard
Mersina II untrue.
The Austro-Turkish incident 10 as yet un.
settled. The story of tho threat to lombard
Nersina Is unofficial and rests on no very re-
liable basis. although It Is a fact that two Aua-
trian warsh Ups are ut that port. 1t seems that
Turkey has rcn owed the Mutessarif of Mersina at
tho demand of Austria, but demurs to removing
the Vail or Governor-Genera Of Adana.in which
province Merslna is situated. on the ground that
he was not concerned in the outrage on Bragze-
folli. This part of the dispute, however. may DO
regard cd as good as settled. as the Porte will
undoubtedly yield to Austria.
It is thu second note which Austria has tackled
on the Mcrsina case which is causing Tur-
key to stiffen. This note makes a some
what novel claim, Austria having consti-
tuted herself tho champion OF the Tur-
kish Railways Exploitation Company. which
10 q purely private concern managed In
Vienna. but with financial interests that are
mainly centred in Paris, Berlin and Zurich. Tho
demands include payment for the transporta-
ton OF Turkish troops during the recent war
with Greece and q concession for laying an ad-
ditional local track in Constantinople.
1t is these claims on his exchequer that the
Sultan is refusing to grant. II he does not yield
by noon on Thursday Baron Calico. the Austrian
Ambassador, will leave Constantinople. In the
present dispute Austria has the tacit support of
tho powers on which tho Sultan has been accus-
toned to rely. He will probably remain obsti.
nate until the last moment and then yield.
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A NEW HARLEM DOCK.
1t Will No TOR the Accommodation or Uptown
West SIdern.

West Sidern.
The material development of the Harlem ter
ritory north of 10th street has boon going on
rather unevenly for some years, the greatest
advantages in respect Of piers, bridges. road
ways, and bulkhcads having been accorded to
that portion of Harlem which is to the east Of
the Eighth avenue line. while the western por
ton has had little attention. The city of New
York. however, before the consolidation of the
city with the Brooklyn, Queens. and Richmond
boroughs on Jan. 1, is to do something to aid in
tho improvement Of Harlem, west, by the build
ing of a new dock at 129th street and the Hud-
son River which will meet public requirements
and be a suitable landing for vessels.
Tho Albany day boats and night boats stop
now. when running, no further north than
of Harlem there has been for some time an agi-
tation looking to the use Of n pier in Harlem at
which the boats Of these lines and other Hudson
River steamboats, as well might stop not only
for the embarking and landing of passengers.
but for the handling OF baggage and freight as
dents was sent to Albany last year with a
view Of securing this reform. but the project
the there enfU %as no 9ns su TiafSe T issd Sane 70 pia Ss tf fr
passengers and no safe pier for freight on the
line Of The 1vh, river fro side north Of Ninety;sisth
aid Of the Dock Department was invoked and
the board has agreed upon plans for rebuilding
tnpe p from wR Riefi the s0e city derives pas% !" reven saeu Of
800 q year. only, though for tho two pliers ut
the foot Of West Twenty-lrst and Twenty.
second streets the city gets $4,000 Jointly.
building of the present pier to the length
Of 327 feet z inches. and to a width of
sixty feet. The pier is to be rooted and to con.
tain all necessary accommodations for the trav.
cling public. The effect OF tho construction of
the new pier will he to enable Harlem travellers
to reach the Hudson River boats without tho
necessity of a trip to the lower part of the town.
To shippers, MERCHANTS. and marketmen. also.
the new pier will be of decided benefit. 1t Is in
tended to begin work on the new pier before the
close of the present year. and it is computed
that three months time will be necessary before
the pier will be ready for opening.
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MRS. KETCHAM,s PROTEST..
Apparently No Rensou to Suspect That She
Caused Her Mnsbnnd,s Death.

CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-There was a dramatlo
scene to-day Mt the cottage in Indiana avenue.
where inquiry into tho death Of John b.
Ketcham was in progress. Two witnesses had
been examined by the deputy coroner, and tho
statements of the two attending physicians had
been submitted when it was announced that,
owing to the inability of the chemist to furnish
his analysis of the dead mans stomach, the in.
quest would DO adjourned one week.
trembling with excitement and emotion. Mrs.
Mabel ,Estolle, Ketcham. upon whom the sus-
guilty, of poisoning her husband, demanded that
there DO no delay.
e week's postponement is not necessary"
she cried. You know, gentlemen. l want this
oyer. You can't imagine how have suffered.
be fastened Can't tho physician put moro
time upon it, Please make it sooncr."
The appeal. was needed and the case will be
resumed Friday. There is now apparently no
ground for believing that the woman was In any
way responsible for her husbands death.
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GOLD IN
A Rush Expected to tho wichita Mountai
when Congress Opens the Door.

A Rush Expected to tho Wichita Mountains
when Congress Opens tho Door.
WICHITA. Kan, Nov. 16.-Thousands of pros.
pectors, excited by the recent discoveries of rich
leads Of gold in tho Wichita Mountains in the
Kiowa. Comanche and Apache reservation,
Oklahoma, are focking toward that country.
Men who prospected there for years prior to
the recent expiration Of the lease undor
which the lands were held by tho
Indians are agitating tho early open.
ing of tho reservation. They expect to have
10000 men en- route to the mountains
within the next month, and believe that by sheer
force OF numbers they can secure the attention
Of Congress and get the country thrown open.
Assays that have recently been made prove
conclusively that gold is there in abundance.
The prospectors, who have haunted the noun.
tains In defiance OF the orders of the Indian
agent. have brought back indisputable evil
dences of their richness.
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GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN ANXIOUS.
they VII Protest Against Opening American
Markets to Canadians.

They Viii Protest Against Opening American
Markets to Canadians.
GLOUCESTER. Mass. Nov. 16.-The men who
are most deeply concerned in the fishing inter-
ests of this city are anxious about Sir wilfrid
Laurier's scheme to settle the fishing disputes.
Any bill looking toward reciprocity or anything
leading up to 1t will be bitterly opposed by the
local fishermen. They say that the Washington
treaty, which was In force from 1882 until 1884,
worked untold injury to Gloucester fishing in
terests. as under it Canadian fishermen were al
lowed to have free access to American markets,
with the result that the local fishermen were al.
most driven out OF the business. 1t Is probable
that a petition will be prepared and presented
to Congress at the coming session protesting
against any change In the existing conditions.
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bicycle Rider Who we,xh. ssA l.s Peupd..

Mr.. Joe w. Grimes. who was in Savannah tho
early part of this week. is the heaviest bicycle
rider In the world. He created a sensation from
the time he reached here until he left for
with all that avoirdupois rides a wheel like a
3.year;old., He is 9 feet 4 inches in height, waist
63 inches, hip GO inches. thigh AZ inches. calf OF
leg 26 inches. He wears n shoe specially
made for him IL inches in length and
has an ankle measurement OF 10 inches. He
was born In Higginsport. O. At the age of 8
years he weighed 100 pounds; at IL years, 800
pounds; at 10 years, ASIA pounds. Nine
fallen of a bit since, as he tipped the scales at
524ia pounds while in Savannah. He has ridden
q mile, paced. in 1888 and a half mile in l:2l.
The wheel he rides weighs 90 pounds and has
special heavy tires and a seat constructed to
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S. N. w O D g,
Main House, Astor and Lafayette Place
Zone Block East of Broadway.
Broadway, cor. 30th St., New York.
HIS BoDY CRUSHED F1AE

A Helper In an Iron MiI Drawn Int ROlHina
Machinery ana All His Bones Broken.
VALLEY FALLS. r. l.. Nov. 16.-John Heher.
nan, a contractors helper. 1s years old, mot
with o frightfnl death this morning at the Per
kins Horse Shoe Works. He leaned over the
machinery Of the rolls to get at a pail of drink.
ing. water. His oyercoat caught In tho coqs
the spindle of the rolls and into the rolls them
selves before the power could be shut or. The
body was II orally crushed flat. Every bone In
1t was broken. It required some time to extri-
cate the body from tho clutch OF the machinerY.
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A Heavy Fnnura In Te1ss.

ABILENE, Tex, Nov. 16.-S. Lapowski & Bro,
dry goods and grocery merchants here. at James
vile. and at San Angelo. Tex. filed a deed of
trust to-day. naming Henry Sales as trustee.
They have been In business In Texas for nine.
teen years. Thor assests and liabilities are
estimated at from $3.50. 900 TO $500, 900.
or the Indebtedness $l75, 900 il to preferred
creditors, among whom are the following con-
Germs in New York city: The Geman Exchange
na1i9Ihdi bank: j. W goo; ihs a5 nniSn square Nss'
lesser & Co, $2,394; IL. b. Clafiin & Co.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
He CRITICISED H1NCoCK.
Ubiru Deputy Acknowledgement EisseiburEh
Removed from once.

ALBANY Nov. 1G,-Tho Hon. William f. Kis-
Selburgh OF Buffalo has resigned ms Third Deputy
Attorncy-Gencra at the request of Attor. cy-
General Hancock. Mr.. kissclburgh's removal
created mild surprise about the State Depart.
ment, as 1t was known that his loyal ability was
the occasion of much jealousy on the part OF
other members of tho Attorney. Generals Office
force. IL stated thar the reasons for Mr.. Kis.
eelbnrgh's removal were that he is an o~rganiza-
and criticised his chief regarding tho procedure
taken by tho, Aforementioned Office under
the last Legislature. ~
Mr.. Kisselburgh has been especially strong in
his condemnation of the Attorncy.G eneral's
course in hir NIX special attorneys to look after
the states interests in actions which should
have been taken charge OF personally by Tho
Attorney-Gcncral or one of his many deputies.
httorney-Gcnerul Hancock refuses 10 say why
he requested Mr.. Kissolburgh's resignation.
which was asked for Immediately after election
and takes effect Ia December.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
BIG r L.
o Men Thrown Out or work BY the Disaster
In tho smuEGIer Mine.

BUU MeH InFOWb Uut OF VNOFK " INC DI14bt0F
In tho smuR1ler Mine.
ASPEN. Col, Nov. 16.-The situation here
grows hourly more alarming, and unless tho
seat of the Smuggler fire Is soon reached there
Is every reason to believe that the entire dis
trict will have to BIO temporarily abandoned.
This morning every property on Smuggler
Mountain had to 10 abandoned on account. Of
gas. Some narrow escapes are reported from
the Cowenhoven tunnel. A driver was found
in an unconscious condition In the bottom Of
ono of the cars. Engineer Irwin on the Park
other men were found wholly or partly un.
conscious.
About 600 mon have been thrown out Of
work by the gas. Between forty and fifty miles
Of workings have been abandoned on Smuggler
Mountain, eight Of which are in the Smuggler
mine.
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Printers, Union. to Consolidate.

1t was stated yesterday that on Jan. 1 Typo
graphical Union No. @ of New York is to consol.
idate with Typographical Union No. 90 Of Brook.
Ign. and that committees of both unions had
been appointed to perfect tho consolidation in
accordance with the rules OF the International
Typographical Union. The resultant union will
DO known as No. Il, and big Six" will then be
union In the world,
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whore Yesterday,s fires wore.

.M.-1:3o. 10 Batavia street. Thomas Solomon,
no damage.
p. M.-4:Oo. 20 Forsyth street. Tesha Mangrow, no
damage; 500. 81 Ridge street, Simon Cohen, damage
$3.50: $3.50. 100 Ninth avenue. David Raymon. dam.
age 500; 700. 1913 Sixth avenue, Louis Reicher,
damage %trihing; TAO. 1919 Sixth avenue. Nathan
Lowe. damage 5000; 1906, 1877 William street.
nue.; William a: Street, damage slight; 500, 1893
Third avenue. John Buckley. damage. $50; S:lO, $40
West Thirty,iirst street; WIN am cavanaugh. damage
ards, damage e5;- e:45. 90 Hester street. william
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President Diau WON'T interfere.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Nov. l6.-James NJ. Smith,
a Confederate veteran of Burnett. Tex. has re-
ceived an autograph letter from President Por-
fro Diaz. in which the latter states that no will
not interfere with the execution Of the death
sentence on Max Stewart. the Confederate vet
was sentenced to DO shot for the crime. The
case has attracted wide attention throughout
the South, and an appeal for clemency signed by
the Governor Of every Southern State was re-
Gently forwarded to PrcsIdenL Dinz.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
OUR PACIFICl FISHERMEN.
They May Land Their Fish Mt Canadian Ports
TO Forward to This Country.

OTTAWA, Nov. lean order has been passed
by the Dominion Government permitting United
States fishing vessels on the Pacific coast to
land their fish from the deep sea at Canadian
ports, and have the fsh sent in bond to the
United States.
The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, has
boon for some time past urging the Canadian
Government to consent to this arrangement, as
1t would bring a large trade to that port which
at present, is done at American ports. On the
other hand. tho city of Victoria has been Op-
posed to the arrangement.
Some time ago Sir Louis Davies. Minister of
Marine and Fisheries, made a recommendation
to the Cabinet to give six months permission.
The matter was referred to the customs depart
ment to make the necessary arrangements. This
has just been accomplished.
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ANr1-RENr TROUBLE IN TEXAS.

TWO HIuTuoF1 AttFIbuteu 10 It-EIoIonco ThFe0tI
ened by Farm Tenants.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Nov. l6.-Tho agitation
among the farm tenants of Williamson county
against the money rent system and tho forma'
ton of White Cap organizations among them
are spreading to other counties of the State.
Two murders. are already attributed to this
cause, and further trouble Is threatened.
The renters threaten to burn the barns and
homes OF the owners of the land IL the money
rent system Is not abolished. Owing to the low
price of cotton the past season has been a poor
ono for tho renters. II successful in their de-
mands they Will abandon the raising of cotton
and plant a diversity OF crops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
InrIdEo Loop Injunction.

A motion to make permanent Justice Gieger-
ich's Temporary injunction forbidding the
Brooklyn Bridge trustees from looping the
trolley tracks across, tho footway Mt the New
before Justice Andrews in the Supreme Court.
IL was commended that the loop would endanger
the lives of people going to the bridge. and par
tieularly of those desiring TO walk across. De-
ciSion Was reserved.
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ENGLAND's GREAT STRIKE.

The Proposed Conference Has Virtually Becn
Given Up-No settlement In View.
Special Cable Despatch to TIE Sun.
LONDON. Nov. 16.-There is now no prospect
Of an Immediate preliminary conference between
the striking engineers and the federated ON.
ployers. Representatives of both sides in the
dispute are leaving London. and tho expected
conference has virtually been given up.
The boilermakers who went on strike in OPP
position to the orders of their own trades union
on account Of their sympathy with the striking
engineers returned to work to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-17
81 CY LITTL Z HAITI.
She -s'oGended the Dignity or Germany ana
Insulted tho Emneror.W

Spscial Gable Dssparch to THE SUI.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.-The Hayti affair is still
booming. The papers print interviews with Herr
Lueders. whose arrest at Port-au-Prince gave
rise to the dispute. The Bertiner Ndchrichten
discovers that the Haytian Government not
only offended the dignity Of the empire, but In
suited Emperor William. 1t says:
How utterly the Haytians have lost q proper
sense OF the relations Of the two States Is demon
strated by the Haytian agent hore venturing in
his dealings in official quarters to institute a
comparison between the President OF Hayti and
tho German Emperor. OF course he received q
proper answer"
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Three Chmdren nurnsa to death.

EUFAULA, Ala. Nov. l8.-Three children lost
their lives by the burning OF an old frame house
a mile from White Oak. Ala, on Sunday night.
Their parents, Louis Brown and his wife. went
The building caught fire soon after the parents
LETT, and when they returned they found IL a
heap of ashes.