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CAME FROM VERMONT FOR 4 BRIDE.
she Agreed to Meet Him In Troy. but He waited
In Vain for Her Coming.

IN batn loT MGR NoufuB.
TROY. June 14.-Henry Bean of Manchester,
Vt. came TO Troy last night for a bride. To-day
he returned alone to his homo In the Green
Mountain State. Not long ago bean worked in
the shoe factory at Leiccstershire, Broome
county. One of the ~prcttiest girls in the shop
was Laura Woolsey. She captivated young
Bean and he wooed her ardently. At length
Bean threw up his job in the shoe factory and
told Laura that he was going to Manchester. VT
He said that he could do better in Manchester
than he could in Leicestershire.
But what of mer' asked the girl.
"oh, you will be all right" he replied. Just
as soon as l get settled in Manchester I'll send
for you and we'll get married"
Bean went TO Vermont, leaving pretty Laura
behind. or course they correspondent. Eventu-
ally Bean wrote 10 Laura, asking her to meet
him in Troy, saying that as soon as she arrived
in this CITY they would go to a Justice of the
Peace and get married. Miss woolsey agreed to
the plan and promised to- be in Troy last night.
a:1 10 train from the West. Young s'f Bea anf re oe ses
Troy early in the evening from Manchester. He
wandered down to the City Hail and asked jan
Want to get married r. asked the rotund
"weIit,i was thinking of getting married."
answered the young man.
tice Martin Murray is the man You want. He'll
marry you good and fast in no time"
Young Bean found Mr.. Murray. who agreed to
wait at his private office until the arrival OF the
bride to be. Bean then went back to the Union
station. Meanwhile it became rumored that
the young man was waiting for a girl whom he
would wed upon her arrival. and a crowd
quickly gathered at the station. The $40 train
alighting passenger with wistful eyes, but he
did not see pretty Laura Woolsey.
Train after train rumbled into the station, but
Laura came not. Then Bean went to Justice
Murray's Office and told him to wait no longer.
that no marriage ceremony would take place for
awhile at least.
Il am very sorry for you." said the Justice in
sympathetic tones. How did it come that you
were to meet her in Troy r.
Troy is about half way between B%inghamton
and Manchester. and SO I thought 1t would be
easier for her to come here and marry me. She
amt travelled much. and l didn't want her to
go a long ways alone"
There was a culver in Beans voice and mois-
ture in his eyes. Bean went TO a hotel, where he
spent the night. To-day he returned to Man
chester. He appeared very downcast.
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WANTED TO DIE AN AMERICAN.
Grimm Hnd Lived Here - Years BEFORE He
Applied FOR naturalization

John Griffin, a gray-haired. notwithstanding
Englishman, applied in the Common Pleas Court
in Jersey City yesterday for naturalization
papers.
How long have you been in this country 7"
asked Judge Hudspeth.
twenty-five years, sir" replied Griffin.
twenty-five years and you never applied for
your papers before" said the Judge In surprise.
May ! ask you why you mako the application
nowf
"Because. sir" said the old man. 81 want to
die an American citizen"
THAT is a good and sufficient reason, said
Judge Hudspeth. and In less than two minutes
the old man had his papers.
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MAYOR RICHARDs VAS JEALOUS.
He Loved MisA Brown and Objected TO HedIey's
Attentions 10 Her.

BUNKER HILL ILL.,, June li.-The cause which
led up to the killing Of Mayor John Il. richards
oy Capt. Fenwick Y. Hedley yesterday was
bliss Ella Brown and not politics. Mayor Rich
erass love OF Miss Brown and his jealous hatred
OF Capt. Hedley have caused him to assault
medley several times. He was physically much
,he superior of Hedley, and had punished He'd
ley severely. Hedley had armed himself in ex-
Rectali0n OF a renewal OF the assaults, and when
iichards attacked him on the street on Satur-
Jay he drew his revolver and fired.
Miss Brown Is 80 years old. She is a stenog-
ff a and very pretty. Richards, a bachelor,
,eh desperately In love with her, and though he
brown sang in a church choir. IIedley was or.
Eahlst, and a more than friendly feeling APP
a1ns forbade the woman, who was a distant
ieiatiye, to have anything TO do with Hedley.
Sne aisregarded the admonition and the feud
was the consequence.
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JUDGE AsPINALL THREATENED.
But "FiEhtinE doe" Is Not worried Over tho
Matter.

Judge Joseph Asphalt of tho County Court in
Brooklyn received "A letter yesterday notifying
him that his life was In danger. Judge Asphalt
while a member OF the Assembly some years ago
received the sobriquet" of Fighting Joe" and
after reading the letter he said to his friends:
"They used to call me Fighting Joe.' and l
an not the least afraid Of this threat"
This Is the letter:
HONORABLE SIR: | beg you Will he careful. Ny father
has Just been releas d from prison. and he swears to
be reyenged on YOU for sending him up. For Cots
sake do not be- out after dark. He-that II. my father
-prowls about your house and ! do not wish u crime
TO be committed.
Judge Aspinall said he did not intend to stay
in the house after dark, and that II he got the
first crack at his would.be assailant an ambu-
lance would be necessary to carry of what was
left OF him.
at might no well. T" he said, "to warn persons
having business In the immediate neighiorhood
Of. my house. at, TAI Lafayette avenue. not TO
loiter, as a mistake might be made"
He said that II he found there was no truth in
the letter, but that 1t had been sent just for fun,
he would make 1t extremely funny for the writer
II he was found out.
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HER HUSBAND POISONED.
she Is Arrested After the Finding or Arsenic
in His stomach.

INDIANAPOLIS, June l4.-Grant Heath. a pros
porous farmer OF Greene county, was taken sud-
denly i'll at the breakfast table on May 10 after
complaining that his coffee did not taste right.
He became nauseatcd a few moments later and
he died on May Il. He and his wife did not 1.-Two
happily and charges of foul play were made.
After several days the body was cxhumed and
the stomach was sent to Chemist Hurley Of this
city in order that its contents might be analysed.
To-day the chemist completed his analysis and
forwarded his report to the Coroner Of Greene
county. He found arsenic in small quantities
both in the stomach and in the intestines, and
says that poison could be found without doubt
in the spinal column, spleen. and brain. Mrs.
Heath has been arrested and is now in Jail. but
she denies administering the poison.
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CHAINED THE BICYCLIST.

Robichaud or Nashua Made Fast TO . Post to
the Entertainment or sunday ChurchEoera
NASHUA, n. H., June 14.-While Will Robi-
chand was about to chain his wheel TO q post op-
posite Odd Fellows Hall on Sunday morning. q
stranger came up behind him. and. snatching
the chain, slipped it around Robichand's arms
and body and snapped the paddock. Robichand
could not move his hands, and was securely i'm
prisoncd for two hours. an object Of curiosity to
persons going to church. None could help him.
Finally a policeman went to the police station
which he cut tho chain. Robichand does not
know who chained him. If the stranger in.
tended robbery he must have been frightened of.
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GIANT CRACKER AMONG CYCLISTS.
Its Explosion FriEhtens wheeIwomen-Ono
F~aintE-JOkeF Jailed.

AS sixty whcelmcn OF the Morris Club rode
through Lawrence street on Sunday night, with
i've women. guests OF the club, Wesley Gibson, a
young negro. living at 3 Lawrence street, threw
a giant hrecrncker as a Joke. II exploded among
the women. II was four and "A half inches long,
and made as much noise as an ordinary cannon.
Three of the frightened women fell from their
wheels, and one OF them, a Miss Pierson, tainted,
Gibson was fined % In Harlem Court yesterday,
and sent 10 jail In default Of payment.
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Arrived-MoSpAY. June IL

Sc Tauric. Smith. Liverpool June 4.
SIS Furnessin- Harris. Moville June 4.
sH Marrngo, Bingham. Newcastle.
IS Amana. Carr, 81. Vincent.
IS Boston City. Barclay, ST. Vincent, c. v.
IS Al IT, Soldiers, Port Limon.
SIS Santo Domingo. Aguirre. Havana
IS Vigilancia, Mcintosh. Havana.
SIS Fl Sorte. Hawthorne. New Orleans.
"a Creole, Gaycr. New Orleans.
ST Colorado, Risk. brunswick. Ga
IS Guy andutte. Davis, Norfolk.
SIS Lon. ships, Millions. Philadelphia.
Bark Blaiict Aspasla, Gorziglia, MacorlA.
Bark MatRnZas, Ertkson, Havana
lfor later arrivals see First Paxe.l
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BENEDICT BURROWS NO LURE.

The Mayor signs when He Remembers the
Girls That Came 10 See Sob Hedges.
Eyes" said Mayor Strong slowly and sadly
when he was asked about his new clerk, Bion l..
Burrows. "Y-e-s-he's all ~right-oh. yes, Bur
rows, he's all right-but-but--"
The Mayors voice dropped. He glanced around
to sec who was looking and went on. but Bur
rows. he's married, and there amt any moro
pretty girls coming around the office"
The Mayor heaved "A sigh before he proceeded.
"0h, Hedges another slehl j tell, you, Hedges
was a great man. He wasn' married, you know
then; but burrows, he's married" and the Mayor
sighed again.
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WOMEN AsSaIL HYPNOrIsTs.. K.
Daughters OF the Revolution and Others M0-
biliIe Against Them.

ANsoNIA, Conn, June li.-A family OF hypno-
lists arrived in Derby this morning TO RiyS an
entertainment in the Opera House. 1t hud' been
announced in the local newspaper that a v woman
OF the troupe would be put to sleep in the win
dow of a local store, there TO pose twenty-five
hours. The announcement created a strong OPP
position among tho citizens. Tho Advisory
Board OF the Daughters of the American Rovo-
luton held Il meeting on Saturday and adopted
a resolution Of protest against the exhibition.
Women's tlnb passed a similar resolution.
which also was pre- cntcd TO the Mayor. In both
some influence OF such an cNlihition on Inc com.
munity and its offunsivcness TO Tie women OF
the city. ,-. -
Mayor Chanec received both resolutions, but
said he could do nothing. Tho hypnotistshad
hired the window, II was private property and
keep people moving and prevent any unseolnly
exhibition OF remarks. The women Of the SWS
| clubs are greatly stirred
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Lieut.. CIarLe's Divorce Case Dismissed.

The action brought by Lieut.. Alphcus Il.
Clarke, formerly stationed at Fort Hamilton.
for a divorce from Mary A, Clarke on tho
ground that she married and lived with Sylvester
Folsom, while he was away in the West, was
Supreme Court. The Judge says that the eyi-
dence OF conformation is sufficient TO warrant .
dismissal Of the action.
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GOOD HORSE.
r''''s1SEtsm Tribute to Him by Ono or the
New Policemen,

Well. I'm dumbed!' said the horse ambu-
tahee clerk in the Board of Health yesterday.
ne had been inspecting the police reports OF tho
h'sht before. He read in one OF the finding of u
ucad horse in Third avenue uptown. II was on a
Tegular blank. and was made out by a new pc.
sluolnan. There are ten or twelve questions
printed on the blank. They related to tho kind
81 animal dead, the size, the color, the cause of
uealh, ana other things. The last question and
an:WeT read: Disposition OF the carcasel A.
. hind and gentle.
Well I'm dumbed!" said the clerk again as
ne read II O second time.
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Ausinfss N1tirfs.


MIRA. WiHSlow's Soothing Syrup for children teeth.
Ing; softenB the gums. reduces allAys
pain. cures wind collie. diarrhpa- gee. u bottle.
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MIRINE INTELLIGE NCE

IMMATURE ALMASAc-THIs DAY.
Sun rises -. 42s sun SETS. : 80 Moon rises. go.
HI1n wATER-THis DAY.
Sandy Hook. Z 81 Gov. Isi'd. $ 90 He'll Cato. o 90
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gsw CIVILIZATIONS.

2!5Ci EACH Mailed. PHOTOGRAPHIC view albums
New York. Boston. Chicago. PRATT, I0I 9th az.
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SIS Friedrich der Crosse. from New York. at Bremen
IS City OF Rome. from New York. at Neville.
So Wsrkendam. from New York. at Rotterdam.
IS Prussia, from New York. at Hamburg.
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IS rrinz Regent Lui,pold, from southampton for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-15

Formerly A. T. Stewart g. Co"
Broadway. 4th ave-. 9th and 10Th sts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-28
FUNERAL OF BENZ. X. sH1nRrrrs
nc Did Important work for tho Poat once
Depnrtmcnt In War Tirnes.

Funeral services for tho late Benjamin kellar
Sharretts, the former Post Office inspector, VINO
died on Saturday, were held last night at his
late residence, $50 East Eighty-fourth street
The intcrmcnt will take place to-day in Cypress
HIS. EN.Postmastor. General Thomas l.. James
paid n warm tribute to the dead man yesterday.
He said:
benjamin Sharretts was appointed n special
agent OF the Post Office Department in 1883 by
the Hon. James Campbell, then Postmaster
General. as the successor OF J, Holbrook, and
for years was attached to the New York Post
ONCE as the chief special agent and detective.
and as such rendered most efficient service. He
served under Postmasters Isaac V. Fowler, John
a. Din, William b. Taylor, Abram Wakcman.
James Kelly, Patrick ii. Jones, Thomas L.
James, Henry G.. Pearson. and Cornelius Van
Colt. He subsequently retired and became con-
nected with the American Surety Company.
Very effective work was done by Mr.. Sharretis
during the star route n~vestigations in 1881,
when he was app )inted, liz connection with II.
c: ia kson and Henry A. Gibson (now member
stcambo I service on the Mississippi, Missouri,
and Arkansas rivers, by the General.
MIR. Sharretts occupied d prominent position
during the stirring war times that followed
closely on his appointment In 1883 as special
agent OF he Post Office Department.. The Post
Office at Port Royal, S. Cone of the important
points OF communication between the North and
the South, at this time-was in possession Of a
traitor, VINO communicated inc contents OF lm-
portant papers passing through the office, and
who cmbcIzled the funds intrusted to his care.
Mr.. Shtrretts was selected by President Lincoln
to take charge of the office. which he did until a
successor to the dcfaulting official was APP
pointed. llo brought order out of chaos and
made the service secure and complete. lie was
also selected by the Post Office Department
TO visit san Francisco with a view to hay.
investigated. and, on his report, n law was
passed which put an end to the Wells.Fargo
postal system of transmitting letters to, which
their stamps were affixed and which babe fair
TO rival the United States Post Office in its
methods and patrons. Mr.. Sharretts helped in
establishing t o present Post Office, and many
Of the modern methods OF Post Office work were
suggested by him.
MIR. Sharretts was one Of the editors and pro-
prietors Of the Landmark. a well. known Ma.
sonic journal. and, under the nom dc plume Of
. Mons. Tonson,' was n contributor to the father
of tho modern Post Office Guide. . paper called
the United States Mail and Post Office Is
ciSfuDf"
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RICHMOND. Va, Oct. 27.-Miss Mamie Witcher
LanEhorne, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Chiswell
Langhorne and sister of Mrs. Charles Dana Glib
son OF New York, was married to Mr.. Robert
Gould Shaw Of Boston to-day at noon at d" Mira
dor" the country home OF the brides parents in
Albcmarle county. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. DIR. Carmichael Of ST. Paul's,
Richmond, and the Rev. DIR. \icve OF Emmanuel
Church. Greenwood. The bride entered tie
room with her sister, Miss Phyllis Langhornc,
who was her maid of honor and only attendant.
Mr.. Quincy shaw, Jr., brother OF the bride
groom, was his best man.
The brides dress was OF white satin, with cor
sage of chiffon and orange blossoms. Her veil
wac caught by "A diamond pin, tho gift of the
bridegroom's father. His own gift 20 her was a
string of pearls. Mr.. Chiswell u. Langhorne
gave his daughter away.
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THE MARINE CORPS.
Col. Haywood Asks for an Increase or the
Force TO D.O53 Men.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Col. Charles Hey
wood, commandant of the Marine Corps, in his
annual report to the Secretary Of the Navy.
makes q strong plea for the increase OF the
strength of the corps. This has been the bur
past. He calls attention to the fact that the
number Of enlisted men in the navy proper has
been largely increased owing to the additional
the Marine Corps should.be increased. Besides,
four new shore stations have been established
at Newport. K. l.; Port Royal, S. c.; Bromerton.
Wash. and Pensacola, Fla.-since the necessity
for additional men was first urged upon Con-
gress in 1891. He asks thai tho department
be authorized to enlist the full number of men
provided for in the statutes, 3,O73. The pres
emit strength OF the corps is $500. Col. Hey
wood also renews his recommendation that
there BIO q Encouragement OF the official grades
by an increase of Captains and Second Lieu
tenants and u decrease of First Lieutenante.
During the year there were ,063 vacancies.
caused by discharges, assertions, deaths and re-
tirements, and l,l52 enlistmcnts and re-cnlist-
ments. There are 4s7 aliens in the corps, 2i6
Of whom. have declared their intention to be-
come citizens; 232 live in the United States.
but have not declared their intentions TO be-
come citizens. and only nine claim foreign. resi-;
dence; 1.406 men are on duty on shore and
LILO on board ships in commission.
Other recommendations are: That the civil
force at headquarters having been placed under
civil service rules. a Encouragement of salaries
should he made to correspond with those re-
ceived by clerks in other departments OF the Gov
rnment that the coinInandant of the Marine
Corps be received, when making official visits.
with the same honors that are paid To "A chief of
bureau; that the act 10 provide for the deposits
of the savings Of seamen of the navy be made
applicable to the Marine Corps: The estimates
subsistence OF the corps for the year ending
June 80. 1899, amount to 81, 2ol ,9Sl.
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WARRINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Marine Band is
to have a new leader, and Prof. Zimmerman, at
present leader OF the Naval Academy Band at
Annapolis, has been elected. Prof. Fanciulli's
term of enlistment has expired and the Naval
Department has refused his application for re-
enlistment, thus opening an easy way for dispos-
Ing OF him. F~anciulli has been unpopular with
naval officers, and got into serious trouble on
decoration Day by pcrcmptorily refusing to
obey the ord RS OF a Marine Corps Lieutenant
to play certain pieces OF music. He WAS arrested
while the procession was moving up Pcnnsyl-
Sania avenue and was afteFwurd court-mar-
Rotary Long has finally granted permission TO
the Marine Band TO attend the Chicago Horse
ton under the leadership for the first time OF
Prof Zimmerman.
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CIarke-k nIEht.

One Of the largest uptown weddings in years
was that yesterday of Miss Annie Waite knight
and DIR. Walter j. Clarke. 1t was celebrated at
high noon in the Church of the Holy Trinity.
LcnOx avenue and 1g2d street. The Rev. DR..
Dc Witt Bridgman, the rector, performed the
Miss Grace Knight, sister ot the
bride, was the maid OF honor. Miss Lydia %.
Holt and Miss Emclinc Clyde were the brides
maids. y brother OF the bridegroom, George J.
Clarke OF Canada, was the best man. The ush-
ers were Prof. Alexander Phillips OF Princeton.
\. j. and Howard A., Sutphen of Freehold,
Clarke. brother of the bridegroom; John Ii.
Torrey OF Brooklyn, and DIR. Arnold J. Leo.
After the ceremony there was a wedding break
fast and reception at tho home Of the brides
mother, Mrs. Charles knight, 24s West l32d
street.
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WilIia-k

daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar ketcham,
and Charles Carnalt Willis of Philadelphia was
celebrated yesterday at noon at the home of the
brides uncle. J. Schuyler Anderson, Woody
Crest, Jerome avenue, near 165th street. Tho
Rev. Edward B.. Coe. pastor OF the Collegiate
Reformed Church. Fifth avenue and Forty
eighth street, performed the Helen
groom, was the flower maiden. Miss Lillian
Ketcham attended her cousin as maid OF honor.
and Miss Clarke. Miss Helen VI. Hartman. Miss
Katherine Schuyler Anderson. also cousins OF
the bride. and Miss Hattie Van Orden were the
bridesmaids, Henry Schiefelln Clark. Jr. and
land, Jr., OF Hamilton. NJ So. attended his
cousin as best man. and the Messrs. II. C. Law
son of Philadelphia, William Il. Hartman, Z.
Van Rensselaer, Ketcham, and DIR. Churchill
Carnalt, all OF this city, were the ushers.
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Diabetes.
DR.. j. Seegen, Professor of HediclnO
at the University of Vienna,

In his celebrated work on diabetes
mellitus says "Of all remedies in
my large experience with this
disease, and the many cxperi-
ments which !, as we'll as such
prominent men as Angle, Fieck-
les, l1lawezek and others, have
made. Carlsbad Water and tho
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt deserves
to be placed in the first rank.
"All of the above writers agree
with me that the use of the Carls-
bad Water eXerts a very beneficial
influence in diabetes. / have,
in the course of many years
treated a very large number of
patients suffering with the disease,
and have. with great interest,
noticed the effect of Carlsbad
Water in reducing the amount of
sugar. My invariable experience
has been that almost without an
exception an Improvement was
marked and noticeable during and
after the use of the same, even
where no strict diet was OBJ
served" Eisncr& Mcndelson Co..
sole agents for the genuine i'm
ported Carlsbad Mineral Water.
New York.