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MORE HOSPITAL MURDERS.
THE sPANLsH KILL THREE WoMEN
AND SEVEN SICK MEN.
UnroTtunntsa IN the Hospital EeuEht HARD fsr
Their Lives, Killed or wsundea several
Annailnutr, and sorae of the sick Escnped
-Hhn Ganfln ninnnn In mis- Palace.

UnfoFtunatea IN the Hospital Feught Mare fsr
Their Lives. Killed or weunded Several
hssaiisnt-, asa souse of the sick Escapea
The Gentie Rianee In Eais Palace.
HAVANA, Nov. ~, via Key West, Nov. 2e.-
Another Cuban hospital has been destroyed by
the Spanish guerrilla forces Of Cabahas at Herra.
duras, Pinar del Rio province. When the
sick and wounded patriots and the few guards
Of the hospital saw that they were surrounded
they resolved TO fight desperately TO the last.
After q terrible engagement they wore able
to break through the Spanish lines and save
some Of their sick and wounded. But seven Of
the number, who were almost dying with
malaria, were captured and Immediately put to
death by the Spaniards. Three women were
also made prisoners and were slain. Tho bodies
Of the victims wero heaped together and
burned with the three huts in which the hos
pitsl was established. The insurgcnts. al
though they were almost unarmed and most of
them were sick and therefore physicGlly In
forior TO their assailants, killed ono Spanish
Captain and three soldiers and wounded i've
soldiers.
A Spanish report published here describes
as an important Spanish victory tho attack on
. Cuban camp near Moron on Nov. %. The
Cubans were encamped near the military line
Of In trocha, and tho Spanish battalions Of
Granada and Herman Cortes combined to sur.
prise Thorn. The Havana newspapers say that
only ono Spanish soldier was wounded in the
engagement, while other reports say that the
Spanish had moro than fourteen killed and
wero utterly routed.
Tho p%essimistic feelings of many Spaniardi
hero arc expressed by La Luehu, which dc.
scribes the situation in Spain as very grave
and in Cuba as very threatening"
Gen. Blanco. at his palace. Is trying to con
quer with all kinds Of fattery and promises
the.Cubans residing in Havana Senior JOSE
Maria Galvez, President Of tho Autonomist
party, now has the greatest influence with
the Captain-0 General.
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DETECTIVE C1IFFoRD,s FATE.
His Conviction for the Murder or william G.
Watson Is Connrmed.

= - VI
The Now Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
yesterday affirmed the conviction Of former
detective Clifford for the murder OF William G.
Watson. division superintendent Of the West
Shore Railroad. Clifford, who was employed
by the company, received n large reward for the
capture OF Oliver S. Perry, the train robber. who
had escaped from the Asylum for Insane Grim.
inals at Matteawan, n. Y. Up to that time he
had been . sober, industrious man, but h took
to drinking and went on q protracted spree. He
neglected his duties, and Super ntendent Watt
son discharged him. On the afternoon OF March 5.
1896. Clifford went to Mr.. Wattson's office at
Weehawken for the purpose, as no said, OF hav-
ing II out with him. After a few moments con-
versation Clifford drew a revolver and shot
Watson. The wound proved mortal. Watson
was brought to tho Roosevelt Hospital in this
city and died q few days aftcrward. Clifford
was tried in the Oyer and Terminer Court In
Jersey City on June II and IL before a struck
Jury and convicted of murder in the first de-
gree, the jury accompanying the verdict with .
RECOMMENDATION to mercy.
Justice Lippincott refused to accept tho rec
ommendation. the only penalty for the crime
being death. Clifford was sentenced to DO
hanged on Sept. IA. An appeal was taken to the
upper court with tho result stated. An appeal
to the Court of Pardons for a Communication Of
tho sentence to imprisonment for life is now
Cli1ord's only chance of escaping the gallows.
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THE THEATRICAL TRUST AIMED At.
Its Mothsas Attacked In . Suit Brought by the
Owners or 1909"

Its Moihods Attacked In . Suit brought by the
Owners or 1909"
An order issued by judge Lacombe of the
United States Circuit Court last week directing
the George w. Lederer company to desist from
any ATTEMPT to interfere with the performance
of 1899" at the Casino is returnable on FRI
day.
The Fifth Avenue Opera Company. tho COM
plainant in the action, says that the so-called
Theatrical Trust is responsible for certain al
legged attempts Of the defendants to interfere
with the performance of 1899" Lederer being
under the control Of the trust.
These attempts at interference. are alleged to
have been made after the complainant refused
to DO controlled and dictated to by the trust.
The acts complained of specifically are the
issuing of q large number OF passes to
persons who had been instructed to ha-
rass and annoy tho actors. and who brought
the opera into discredit by kissing; the omission
Of a statement Of tho number of acts from the
first night programmes. an exodus at the end OF
tho second act being started by passholders who
had been instructed 10 do so. and tho neglect to
pay certain expenses, including the salaries Of
musicians and others. which Lederer WAS bound
by contract to settle. and which are necessary
fer the continuance of the opera.
This Is the first time tho Theatrical Trust has
been called into court in such q way as to
threaten q disclosure Of its business methods,
and considerable interest attaches to the matter.
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oIrr nAersrnArss, Mnrr1Ne.
Thsa.s n. paurrny Appeintea Assistant Clerk
-~TeIephsnes Tor the nsEistrates.

-N9NNEaNAN3
At the regular monthly meeting of the Board
Of CITY Magistrates last night, Thomas II. MUIR
ray was appointed assistant clerk. in place Of
William II. steinkamp, resigned. The term
runs to June 80. 1899. and the salary is 50, 900 q
year. Mr.. Murray is q veteran and has praoticed
in this city as a lawyer for q number OF years.
Magistrate Pool stated that there was yet in
the budget Of the City Magistrates $s.ss2.ee
that would not be expended. He moved that
81. $50 DO set aside for the December salaries of
the Magistrates recently appointed, $l,000 for
a contingent fund. and that the remainder be
transferred to tho repair fund, which was OK
hausted. This was adopted. The Magistrate
was Instructed to request the Commissions of
Public Works to have a telephone placed in the
Magistrates room At each court.
letter was road by Magistrate Deuel. from
the Civil Service Commission stating that none
but attaches OF the courts in line for promotion
could take the examination for a place on the
eligible list for appointment az chief clerk. A
list of the present assistant clerks, stenoRra-
pliers, and interpreters will be sent to the Civil
Service Commission as those eligible for the ex-
Animation.
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HE DREW THE COLOR LINE.
Paul Brokaw Shot After He HAD Elected =
Negro from n saloon.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29.-Aa attempt TO draw the
color line in q west end saloon early on Sunday
morning nearly cost Paul Brokaw his life. He
is a son of DR.. A. V. F. Brokaw. a physician.
Young Broknw was shot by q negro whom he
had thrown out of Flynn's saloon. Just as the
bullet was fired young Broksw dodged:and sui.
fered only a flesh wound. Brokaw was with
his brother, and several west end young mon.
among them Fred and Oscar Chaplin, sons OF q
Southern novelist. They had been up all night,
and when the negro walked up to the bar
where they were drinking all became incensed.
The negro protested that he should be per,
Paul Brokaw to eject the negro. There was q
scuffie. in which the negro was .worsted. But
he returned with a revolver and shot Brokaw.
Their he was pursued by the wounded mans
friends. He escaped in the darkness. but the
taken for the culprit. The small riot that fol.
lowed was quelled by citizens.
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oUBA,s NEW GOVERNMENT.
Further Details or the work or the Assembly
Received from Gov. Cespedes.

Further Details or the work or the Assembly
Received from Gov. Cespedes.
Mrs. Ana do C6spedes, widow OF Carlos Manuel
dc Cespedes, the FIRST President Of the Cuban
republic in 1868. and mother of Carlos Manuel
de Cespedes,n now Governor of the East under the
Cuban republic. received yesterday in this city
q letter from her son. 1t was written in the
State Of Puerto Principe ten days ago. and fully
confirms tho news published in THE Sun about
the recent election of the Cuban Government.
1t gives also some interesting details concerning
the election.
Gov. Cespedes was ono of the representatives
in the General Assembly by which tho Govern
mont was elected, and, together with Domingo
Mendez Capote, now vice-Presidon Of the re-
public. framed tho articles of the new Constitu-
ton. He accepted his nomination rs a Deputy
only to support the candidacy of Bartolom6
Maso and refused to accept Office in tho Cabinet.
Tho Assembly met on the day appointed. Oct.
10, at the town Of Aguara. where President
Cisneros and his Cabinet had been established
afterward to hold the sessions of the Assembly
at the town of Yaya. nearby. The Deputies
spent the rest Of the II m9 %nh.L in Id di, ,Sn the
ment was elected as follows:
Maso.
Vice President-Domingo Mendez Capoto.
Secretary OF War;. b. Aleman.
Secretary of Foreign Relations-A. Moreno dc Ia
1OTfe.
Secretary of the Intertor-E. Silva.
Secretary of FinanceB-E. Fonts Sterling.
Commanderin.Chief Of the Army-Gen. Maxine
Gomez.
Lieutenant Generai-Gen. calixto Garcia
Domingo Mendez Capote presided over tho
assembly, and this led to the mistake. made by
some OF the newspapers here. Of saying that he
was the President of the republic. The can
didato who obtained most votes for the Presi-
dency, after sehor Maso, was Gen. Calixto
Garcia.
Eloquent speeches were made by sehores
Capote. Freyre ,Andrade. DR.. Hernandez, and
others. When the election WAS over. the men,
bers of the old government, with President Sal
vador Cisneros at their head and all the members
OF tho Assembly. called on Senior Maso and
warmly congratulated him.
Senior A. Moreno de 10 Tore, the new Secre.
tary of Foreign Relations, received the news OF
his election while still in bed. where he was
recovering from a severe wound in the hoad re-
ceived in battle shortly before the Assembly
met.
The first act Of the new Cabinet WAS to express
appreciation OF the great patriotism and services
to the republic that marked the term OF the
members OF the Cabinet of Senior Cisneros.
In the new constitution the faculties OF the
President OF the republic arc somewhat en-.
larged.
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CHEAP H FOR ALL.
COZ. P1NGREE SAYS HE HAS BoU9Hr
THE VENEZUELAN LAKE.

|
Ne Vow Proposes to fight the barber trust
ne Declares That Thero IL We Reasoa Why
Asphalt Raveueats shsuia Cest 70 NIECE
ana ne Expects to ~ ork \ Reveiution'
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. 29.-As a bid for per
sonal popularity, Gov. Pingroe's. Venezuelan
asphalt dicker leads the list and far surpasses
oil his campaign for cheap railroad fares
and free water. 1t appears that his IDEA
In purchasing the option on tho aspnait
lake In Venezuela was really the FIRST move In a
deop-laid plan to fight the Barber Asphalt Trust
and place the laying OF asphalt MS pavement
within the reach Of every municipality. lie says
that the foundation for n cedar block pavement
IL the same as for asphalt and that there 10 no
reason for the difference In cost between = dollar
a yard for cedar block and s2.l0 for asphalt.
He has figured out that asphalt can DO delivered
in New York for SO per ton, and the only cost
outside this will be for the railroad transporta-
ton and mixing.
inasmuch az fully one.half Of the two-inch
or sand. it can be- seen that a ton OF asphalt will
Tho Governor considers this style Of pave,
nicipslitiss or to contractors a. q bedrock
pany will receive will come from the immense
sales on small margin. Col. Ell Sutton, the Gov.
caracs. D STsIn to Fs SIoss .Ss dcsi f ss' TIC sSniH lake e
The Governor said tonight:
III | was the boss Of q town, I wouldn't have
anything but asphalt on tho streets. It's the
coming, pavement; In q decade nothing else
owners agree with Hamlin of Buffalo that
asphalt Is the best pavement that car
be laid for horses. They soon gel
they are going. The difference between asphalt
pavement and any other is just the same as the
difference, between a good coat and a shoddy one
With asphalt at a reasonable price every city
can afford to lay its own p~avements with as
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
BIG GAL T..
over Thirty Persons Known to Have Been
Drowned In Wrecks.
Special Cable Ds,patch to THE Sun.

Special Gable Dsspateh to THE Sun.
LONDON. Nov. 29.-The gale which began
early yesterday continued throughout to-day,
doing widespread damage. Reports from
different places show that moro than thirty
persons have been drowned in wrecks.
The steamer Noel OF Dunkirk stranded near
Dungeness. after having been badly damaged
in collision with an unknown four.master
steamer. The latter vessel disappeared after
the collision, and it is believed that she foun-
dered. The Noel's crew numbered thirty men.
Destruction threatened them all day, and they
had not been reached this evening, owing to
the gale and driving sea.
The Thames and Midway rivers rose six
feet above normal high water. Tho Woolwlch
Arsenal was flooded, and 1000 troops were
awaiting shipment on the quays. They were
unable. however, to prevent damage to the ex-
tent of many thousands Of pounds.
Many of the southern and eastern coast re-
sorts have suffered badly. The Marine Palace,
the concert hall, and the baths at Margate
were wrecked.
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n widely Known Patron or the Treetirg msrse
Hi Friendship with w n. Vanderbilt.

wa ~
Mathew Riley, one of tho most widely known
patrons OF the trotting horse In America, died
yesterday afternoon at his home at 1o48 Madi
son avenue after nm illness of several months.
His death was due to Bright's disease.
Mr.. Riley was born in Boston about so years
ago. He was for many years in the hotel busi-
ness at Saratoga, Jacksonville, Chicago. and
Philadelphia. At one time he was manage OF
the Palmer House In Chicago and later was con-
nectod with the Continental Hotel In Phila-
delphia. About twenty years ago he came to
New York and was associated with the banking
Arm OF Henry Clews & Co.
The famous Sealskin Brigade Of road drivers,
led by Robert Bonner. William II. Vanderbilt
and Frank Work was then in its glory, and Mr..
Riley soon became a prominent figure at Fleet
wood Park, Barry's Romantic Hotel, Gabo
Cases. Judge Smiths and all tho other
roadhouses and resorts where horse
men congregated in those days. He was q CAPT.
tai sloryteller as well rs q clever reinsman, and
became very popular among the Wall street
and jerome. avenues. 1t used to be said that no
was one Of the very few men Mr.. Vanderbilt
Many Of Mr.. Vanderbiits Sceuaintances both
cred him on such occasions about business mat.
ters, and sought to get tips on the market. but
About 1883 Mr.. Vanderbilt presented to him
the noted trotter Leandcr, who was known on
VIC tuii bOC btWlS.- MT. Itilty uEONo thV
chestnut horse ON the road for many years, and
at last accounts Leauder was still living at his
conkiing, and many other famous men who
drove on the road in the sos were among the
intimate friends OF the dead horseman.
In 1891 Mr.. Riley was chosen President OF the
Driving Club of New York. which at that time
was said to have the wealthiest membership of
any club in the world. While ut the head OF
the Driving Club he put together the noted
double team Lynn ". and Clayton and
drove them a mile to pole over tho Fleetwood
track In D.lQ In tpD r0ad WAGON. Later he
owned and drove such well.known ~trotters as
Kitty Bayard, 2:l24; Addio L., 2:1s4, and
Arlene, 2:lsl4.
Two years ago D. ]. Campau. the President OF
the Detroit Driving Club; presented the noted
him on tho road UP TO the time that he be-
came i'll.
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MAUn1cE Ia MoNrAaNE ROBBED.
Thieves Loos His Country Mouse ut Great Neck.
on Long Island.

GREAT NECK. L. l., Nov. 29.-Maurice La Mon
tagne OF New York, who has a handsome coun-
try place here, visited the house yesterday and
found that 1t had been robbed. Mr.. La Mon
tagnc came here to arrange to ship the family
s%ilverware and other valuables to New York to-
morrow. Everything in tho house had been
packed ready for removal. He discovered that
the trunks had all been broken open. and all
contents Of value removed.
Tho burglars got into the house by prying
open a rear window. 1t is not known whom tho
robbery was committed, but the authorities are
of the opinion that the burglars entered tho
house Friday night. There is no clue to tho
thieves. 1t Is believed that they came here in .
boat,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
L ABOARD FOB THE STEAM SLED.
Roberts Expects In January to Deliver . Lead
or Fresh Meat In Dn " son.

TACOMA. Wash, Nov. 29.-Invcntor George
Roberts has applied for patents on steam
mountain. and steam ice sleds. by which
he proposes to reach Dawson City by Jan.
/. He says his mountain sled, carrying
a boiler setting on n pivot and a nine-
horse power engine. will transport three tons
per trip 10 the summit of Chilkoot Pass. pulling
himself mp by means of an anchored steel cable,
which will pass around steam capstans and
catch pulleys on the sled. Between Lake Lin
derman and Dawson nine ice sleds. each pulling
three trailers, will be used.
These sleds will be twenty feet long by seven
wide, having hollow runners through which
steam will pass. A stern wheel will have spike
projections for penetrating ice. Roberts has
contracted to get one sled load Of fresh meat to
Dawson in January.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
N. IL. HnoaseAARD Il SUICIDE.
A Former BrsskIyn Man Shoots Himself at
Richmond, Va.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 29.-N. f. Krogsgaard
OF Brooklyn, N. Y, committed suicide on Sum
day afternoon in a boarding house at Clopton
Hill, near this city. by shooting himself through
the head. Among the papers found by the
Coroner on his person were two checks made
payable to Conrad Bredruff and drawn on the
Petersburg Saving and Insurance Company.
one for $7s.75 and the other for S32. Also q
letter addressed to Messenberg & Co.. IL vii.
loughby street, Brooklyn, N. Y, telling them to
pay his funeral expenses.
Mr.. Krogsgasrd came to this country when
has lived In Brooklyn most OF the time since.
Within tho last five or six years he has lost all
his near relatives. This. with his bad health.
preyed on his mind to such an extent that he
concluded to end his existence, lie leaves a for
tune OF between $25, 900 and 100000 to his
cousins, Conrad and Christian Bredrun. His
wealth was In money in Brooklyn and real
estate In Mcdowell county, w. Va.
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Judge Gary Overruies the Motions Ter the De-
fence, aud Jury GETTING Commencos.

WUUBU III UVUTTUTVW II TWVVVWWT y WUU ~
fence. aud Jury GettinE Commences.
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 29.-Judge Gary has over
ruled the motion Of the defence In the Lueteert
case that he refuse to further entertain juris-
diction or:preside at the retrial. He, however.
said that II the States attorney and Harmon
and Reise, counsel for Luetgert. could agree
upon taking the case before some other Judge
he would willingly leave tho Criminal Court
and return to his duties In the civil courts.
Late in the day, after q conference between the
attorneys, in which they failed to agree on any
other Judge, Mr.. Harmon made a motion for a
continuance on the ground that he was UMPIRE
ment Judge Gary overruled this motion and
ordered that the selection. Of the jury be begun.
This was done at once. TIL attorneys for Luet-
from those adopted by Vincent and Phelan.
There will be also several new witnesses for tho
defence, including Mrs. Amelia Turner OF 4726
Dearborn street, who says she saw Mrs. Luet-
CERT alive on May 8.
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AMMUNITIoN FOE AFRICA.
A Cargo Destined fer the southsrn Frovinesa
or Abyssinia.

Special Gable DesDatch to TIE SUE.
LONDON. Nov. 29.-The inquiries made by tho
customs authorities concerning the cargo of am.
munition brought into tho Thames from n Rus.
sian port for transshipment on board the steam
or Beluchistan, which trades with ports on tho
Persian Gulf, have been completed. The ON
Gals discovered that the munitions are tho prop
erty of Count Nicholas Leontie1, the Russian
officer who was soine time ago appointed Cover
nor-General OF the equatorial provinces OF Eth
tined for that territory.
1t was further learned that Count Leontieff Ia
importing large quantities OF military equip
ment into the equatorial provinces In pursuance
OF a plan OF thorough reorganization and
strengthening OF the Abyssinian forces.
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Troy, Nov. 29.-Tho customs officers at
PlAttsburR on Saturday seized about 100 live
turkeys which had been smuggleI across the
border in the vicinity OF Moo re-. y. ". for the
Thanksgiving trade. Farmer Hogan was ut.
rested on the charge OF smuggling. lie gave up
the turkeys, and the officers took them to
PlAttsburg. They will probably dispose OF the
pssONstv ct auction this week.
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o,BRIEY STOPS A SHOW.

CalIsthonios Not Proper ms = Sunday Porf0r1s
~aace-Mayor strssE s;rants . Permit.
Tho Molrose Turn Verein hired the Metropos
lis Theatre. at 1921 street and Third avenu0s
for last Sunday evening to Rtyo an athletic en-
hibition. Ono OF the features Of the entertainS
ment was to have been a drill of children In
calisthenics. Capt. O'Brien. ex.sleuth. pow
commander OF tho Morrisania police, etopped
the show. saying that 1t was not a sacred PER-
formance.
YESTERDAY President Ochs of the Turn verein
got a permit for an athletic exhibition. from
Mayor Strong. and the show will DO held next
Sunday evening.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30

While Christmas comes but
once a year, an umbrella oppor~
tunity such as this is rarer still
Two sorts and two prices, both
with splendid silk and strong
frame-either 26 or % inches
1886 and $685..
But this is more Of a handle
sale than an umbrella sale. Not
one of the 1886 kind has q
handle worth less than Sc; not
one at $685. with a handle worth
less than $40.
If after Christmas your friend
doesn't like it, we'll gladly take
it back.
ROGERS, PEET q Co..
Prince and Broadway.
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty second and Broadway.
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nurs. Adrian IsslIn'. Funeral To-Day.

NEW ROCHELLE. Nov. 2e.-The funeral ser.
vices over tho body of Mrs. Adrian Iselin, at st.
Gabriel's Church. tomorrow morning. will be
very simple. They will begin at IL o'clock.
AR hbishop Corrigan will be tho only visiting
clergyman who will participate in the services
with the rector, the Rev. John A. Kcllner. The
only singing will be by about fifty little children
who attend st. Gabriel's academy. The body
will DO inferred at Woodlawn.
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The new No. 7 public school. at Park avenue
and Newark street. Hoboken. was dedicated
last night. The Rev. A. b. Richardson of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church deliv.
cred tho invocation. and addresses were
made by DIR. ]. NJ. Green. principal Of
the State Normal School; DR.. Henry
Snyder. superintendent OF the Jersey City
schools; County Superintendent y. A. Murphy
and A.. J. Demarest. superintendent of Hoboken
schools. The presentation of the building was
made by Mayor Pagan and it was accented by
President Edward Russ of the Commissioners Of
Public Instruction. The Hoboken High School
pupils sang patriotic songs.