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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
BRITISH TRADE CAPTURED.
Other Nations RenpinE tho Benent OF Her In,
difference to buyers Wants.
specta! Gable Despatch to THE Sun.

difference to Buyers' Wants.
specta, Gable Despatch to THE Sun.
LONDON. Aug. "A Blue Book was issued by
the Government to-day containing the replies of
the colonies to the recent request of Colonial
Secretary Chamberlain that they ascertain to
what extent foreign imports were displncing the
imports from Great Britain.
The reports all tell the same story of the obstt-
nate rigidity Of British commercial practices
and the Indifference to the special requirements
and preferences Of colonial customers. II the
latter do not want what the British manufac-
turers choose to supply they may buy where
they can.
True, Great Britain Is still by far tho largest
provider of colonial wants, but foreigners are
making steady inroads and threaten to capture
the entire trade in certain articles. Germany
and tho United States are England's strongest
competitors, both supplying. especially to Aus
t~ralia, cheap, improved goods of excellent style
and finish, which British manufacturer are
unable to touch.
A few extracts from the Queensland report arc
typical. OF the ammunition imported into that
colony 65 per cent. comes from Germany, while
so per cent. of the cement imported Is also Cor
man. Those articles are equal in quality to tho
British articles and are cheaper.
or the imported clocks and implements, rs. 80
per cent. are American, owing TO their cheap
ness and suitability. European and American
manufacturers have AS per cent. of the import
trade in boots. The American goods are rapidly
growing in favor owing to their high finish and
suitability.
A similar report comes from New Zealand,
which colony is supplied by the United States
with all its axes and hammers. which are
lighter and in every way superior to the British
tools. The reapers, binders, mowers and seed
drills used in the colony are nearly all Of Ameri-
can manufacture. these implements being
lighter and far cheaper than those made in
Great Britain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04

Many Persons Interested In the Railroad in
London or Going There.

LONDON or eOinS Lnere.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3.-Maior Alexander Shaw,
Chairman of the Baltimore Reorganization
Committee of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
will leave New York tomorrow for Europe,
sailing on the steamship Majestic. He will be
accompanied by his brother, William L. Shaw.
and by DR.. Richard Gerstell OF Cumberland.
Major Shaw expects to be away about six weeks
and will spend most of his time in London.
It Is said that he has gone abroad 10 confer
with the English bondholders about the present
condition of the property. The Sterling loan Of
the Baltimore and Ohio Is all belt in England.
and a large part OF the consolidated mortgage
and the Pittsburg and ConneIlsville bonds are
also owned there.
Gen. John Gill. President OF the Mercantile
Trust Company, who represents some large in
teres,s in the railroad. and +. r. Bacon Of the
New York committee, have Also gone abroad.
Elk. President Charles r. +. Mayer Il there also.
On the street there arc expectations that some
developments may happen during the fall with
regard to the Baltimore and Ohio. A great deal
OF money is being spent under the orders OF the
court, and some bondholders are growing
FESTIVE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
B1CYoL1sT q down BIZ 4 TRUCK.
A ssptuaEenarinn Teacher BsdIy Injured Tn
Fourth Avenue.

Fourth Avenue.
George e. Tuthill, ~ years old. Of 5 Bank
street, a teacher in the Grace Industrial School.
was run down while he was riding a bicycle
Yesterday afternoon by a horse and truck driven
by Harry Barnett Of 100 East 1o4th street. The
accident occurred at Fourth avenue and Ninth
street, and eyewitnesses said that it was due to
the carelessness of the truck driver.
Tuthill, who had crossed town from his homo
through Eighth street turned into Fourth
avenue. and proceeded along for a short distance
on the west side of the street. Just before he
reached Ninth street he cut across to the east
side and swung in in front of the truck driven
by Barnett. Peter Culligan Of $40 East
Thirteenth street, driver of q Fourth avenue
car. which was approaching bound north. who
saw Tuthill Cross tho street, says that tho old
man handled his wheel skilfully. and that there
was about thirty feet Of space between tho
wheel and the truck before the collision occurred.
Barnett, according to CulliRan, did not SEQ
Tuthill cross the street, as he was looking at
something on the sidewalk. Without turning
his head he urged his horse from a walk into .
trot. Cullignn yelled ut Barnett. but before the
driver could rein up his horse a shaft Of the
"i THe o hi1 man stlq pitched forward and fell toward
the horse, landing on his back with the wheel
between his legs. The horse trod on him and
spokes of which held it fast to It's hind leg. Bar.
nett, after swearing at Tuthill for his careless
ness, whipped up his horse and escaped. He was
arrested later at the office OF tho owne Of the
truck. :. Daub Of 81 First avenue.
Tuthill was taken to st. Vincent's Hospital.
where it was found that four of his ribs on the
right side were broken and had punctured his
lung. The doctors believed that he would re-
cover. but said that he would be laid up for
weeks. Last night he was removed to his home.
In addition to his other injuries he was bruised
all over the body and on his right thigh was q
perfect imprint Of the horses hoof.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
rANDEn scoRCHERs SABBED.
Tho Girl Said tho Usual Thing Whom Told ~
q Cop to Go slower.

Ih0 S1rA oolo tho Usual EnluB ~Ao0 hoh4 "
q Cop to Go slower.
While Bicycle Policeman Sohoeneck was at
Sixty fourth street and the Boulevard about 10
O'Clock last evening a young woman and young
man on a tandem rode past him SO fast that all
he saw was o streak.
You'll have to slow down." shouted scho-
eneck.
oh, I don't know" said the girl over her
shoulder. tAll girls riding tandems say this
when told TO go slowcr.l
Schoeneck followed and overlook them at
Seventy-second street. As be stopped them the
girl turned 70 her escort.
Now will you be good T. she said.
At the West Sixty-eighth street station the
man said he was Leonard Harper. 20 years old,
OF 90 West Eighty-eighth, street The young
woman said she was Mary Jordan, and told the
Sergeant she'd just as soon he'd know that she
was 81 years old. Harper warned her not TO
give her address. and she said she lived at %
West Eightysixth street. Harper and she
kissed the station-house Bible and swore that
they owned the tandem Jointly. They left 1t as
security for their appearance in court to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
Adoptsd Children Have Full Rights In View
Jersey.

Judge Fort. in the Court of Common Pleas at
Newark, yesterday decided in favor Of Miss
Elsie Dean Pcddie n suit brought by the State
of New Jersey to collect from her $22, s33. 70
under tho Collateral Inheritance law. Miss
peddie was the adopted child OF the late Thomas
Il and sarah A. Peddic Of Newark and the
principal beneficiary under their wills. The
State tried to collect the tax, holding that
though the Collateral Inheritance Tax law spe-
cihcniIy exempts children, this exemption
did not apply 10 adopted children; Judge Fort
peddie. then Minnie L. Dean. had been legally
adopted at Hartford Conn. in 1870, and he
said that a child adopted Under the law was en-
lock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
DARK oUr1ooK1 IN rHEPH11RP1EEs
Cheap Money Has Been Introduced ona All
the Crops Are Failures.

Cheap Money Has Been introduced sna All
the Crops Arc Failures.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. ga private letter re-
ceived here from Manila, dated Juno 9, gives .
gloomy view Of prospects in the Philippines.
where business Is practically as dead a. in Ha-
vana. The letter says:
Things are in q frightful mess. Spanish dol
lars have been introduced at 10 per cent. less
value than the Mexican dollar. Everybody
wants to sell out. Native brokers are all over
the place. like ants, trying to sell houses.
grounds. horses. carriages. furniture, estates.
&C.. and no buyers. The heat for last ten days
has been awful.
In the sugar provinces cane plants arc being
burned up for want of rain. and in the northern
rice provinces locusts are eating everything. A
few days ago. about forty miles from Manila. a
train was stopped owing to the immense mass Of
locusts on the line.
Fighting is sill going on in several provinces,
and the papers here say nothing about 1t. The
papers haven't even mentioned q single 'giori-
Osa victoria
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
our sanitary Inspectors Tell or Its RavAGes
Among Spanish Soldiers.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.-Yellow fever is tho
most effective ally Of Gen. Gomez just now. DR..
srunncr. the United States sanitary inspector
at Havana, in his latest official report says:
u 10 the last two weeks 1t was noticed that
mere were no cases occurring among the sailors
OF the Spanish navy. but lately five or six war
vessels have gone to the navy yard, which is in
close proximity TO the Tallapiedra wharf and
closely adJoins a military hospital, where sew
eraI cases have developed in the crews of the
vessels. There are seven or eight war vessels
now In the harboP, and their complement must
aggregate LOCO men. many OF whom / learn are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
MIDWIFE WAS INCOMPETENT
A Coroner's Jury Wants Midwifery Ended b,
the Legislature.

An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner
Tuthill and a jury in the case OF John ]. McCiee,
one and a half days old, who died on July Do, at
81 Market street. According to the testimony
tho child's death was caused by the inCOmpe-
tency of u midwife, Mrs. Hannah Hurley OF SO
CatnArine street.
Coroner Tuthill in his charge called the atten-
ton OF the Jury to the number OF deaths during
the past few months OF both childrcn and women
through the lncompetency OF mid ~ The
Jury returned a verdict that the death Of the
child was caused by Incompetence on the part
OF Mrs. Hurley. and recommended thatthe prac-
tice OF mid wifeTy in this state be discontinued,
and that suitable legislation TO that effect DO
passed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
BICYCLE SIDEWALK TRUNDLINe.
Mayer Strong Holds Up tho Aldernen'u Wheel
mems Ordinance for . Week.


Louis Rosenfeld of the I. A. w. had . talk
with Mayor Strong yesterday about tho ordi-
nance adopted by the Board Of Aldermen a
week ago at the instance Of the l. A. w, pro-
viding rules OF the road for bicylists. Acting
Mayor Jeroloman objected to the clause permit
ting bicycles to be trundled on the sidewalks,
and he impressed his views on Mayor Strong.
The Mavor told Mr.. Rosenfeld that he was in
clined to veto the whole ordinance because Of
this feature.
Mr.. Rosenfeld said that bicycles sometimes
broke down, and. in such q case. it was both in
convenient and dangerous for a bicyclist to
trundle his wheel in the street among trucks
and cable cars. Tho Mayor said he would ap-
prove the ordinance II 1t were restricted so as
to apply to such cases only. Mr.. Rosenfeld
replied that 1t would cause delay to have the
ordinance amended, and besides sidewalk
trundling was often necessary when streets
were torn up or blocked. and from other causes.
The Mayor will think tho matter over for
another week. He retrained from sending a
veto to the Aldermen when they met yesterday.
There Is no ordinance or regulation at present
which prohibits sidewalk trundling OF bicycles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
INJURED BY 4 BICYCLLsr.

A Retired Merchant Hun Down In Madison
A~venue-Cyciist Locked Up.
George Miller, a retired merchant OF "a East
Fifty street, was Knocked down while
crossing Madison avenue last evening b.. tho
bicycle of Henry Six. q clerk Of 1882 Fifth ave-
nue.. Mr.. Miller did not see Six, who was
riding downtown, until 1t was too late for him
to get out OF the way. and the whee!man could
not check his speed enough 70 turn out
Mr.. Miller's left leg and side were bruised. his
knee cap being severely hurt. He was taken
home by DR.. STOPPER OF Flower Hospital and
Bicycle Policeman Ormsby locked Six up in
the East Fifty-tirst street police station. Mr..
Miller Ii 81 years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. s.-Minnie Wheeler. 90
years, a had three ribs. her clavicle
bone and her skull fractured to-day by attempt
ing to pass between a wagon and the curb at
Rrood and Diamond streets. Frank Dowell, the
driver Of tho wagon, picked her up and drove
with all speed TO the Samaritan Hospital,
where her injuries were pronounced mortal.
The young woman sxonerated the driver OF the
wagon and he was not arrested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
EASIER TO GET PENSIONS.
A Decision aa to Honorable Discharges Which
Is In Line with the Eew Policy.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Assistant Secretary Of
the Interior Davis to-day reversed the decision
of the Pension Office in the case of James p.
Finley and established an important precedent
for new cases and a basis for the reopening of
cases previously decided.
The Finley case was an appeal from the re-
lection OF the application by the Bureau Of
Pensions under section . Of the Act OF June IT,
1890, on the ground that it contained no aver.
ment that the claimant was hOnorably dis
charged.
Judge Davis holds that n declaration under
section . Of this act which fails to allege that
the soldier has been honorably discharged.
while not defective, is not void. but may be
amended. The last two Administrations have
always held to the contrary. This action is in
the line OF the policy or the Administrator to
make it as easy as possible for applicants for
pensions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
KING OF CRAP PLAYERS DEAD.
Allan williams Hangs HimsslE-sl. so In Cent?
In His Pockets.

Allan Williams. u negro waiter, who was out
of employment. committed suicide yesterday by
hanging himself with a clothesline from the
balustrade of a stoop in the rear of his home at
o4s West Forty-seventh street. Williams was
known az the liking Of the crap players in the
neighborhood where he lived.
He never wearied of playing craps. and when
his pockets were searched yesterday by tho POI
lice the sum OF $l.40 in cents was found in
them, His wife said that he must have won
the money at the game. 1t ID supposed that
williams hanged himself In q ut OF temporary
insanity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
Frederick schmIdt TooL Paris Green.

Frederick Schmidt. Al years old. q laborer.
who lived with his wife and 13-year-old daughter
at 1877 Montrose avenue, Williamsburg. at
tempted suicide last night. He had been out OF
work for six months. He took a dose of Paris
green at KnickerbOcker and Flushing avenues.
Among the crowd that gathered was his
brother Carl Of l43 George street. Carl tainted.
Frederick was taken TO st. Marys Hospital.
DR.. zimmerman said that he would probably
NOT recOyor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
D.. 8. Commls.ioner Morle q BlcycIs Victim.

United States Commissioners Richard p. Morle
hobbled into his office in tho Federal building in
Brooklyn yesterday on a pair or clutches. He
ga. .,fYering from a badly sprained ankle. re-
ceIyed in a fall from his bicycle in front OF his
home in schermerhorp street. Mr.: Morle iss
by the collapse Of the front tire of his bicycle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04

II Il ne Sustained the investigators OF Govin'1
Death VIII he Embarrnnsed.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.-%onsulGenersl Lee
has informed the State Department that tho
case of Manuel Fernandez Chaquelo. an Ameri-
can citizen convicted Of completely in the Cuban
rebellion, has been referred to Madrid for set
lement. The enforcement Of the sentence inn
posed on Chaquelo was deferred, partly because
Captain-Genera Weyler and his Judge Advo-
cate disagreed as to the findings Of the court.
Gen. Lee says a Judge Of the Military Court
informed him that Chaquelo had been sentenced
to life imprisonment. and that II the sentence
was carried out it would result in his being sent
to the penal settlement at Ceuta, Africa This
would dispose of his testimony as a witness in
the GOWN case. A t the trial the prosecuting
officer asked that q death sentence DO pro-
nounced.
Gen. Leo has asked tho Captain-Gsneral for
positive information as to what decision tho
Spanish Government has reached In the case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04

TOPEKA, Ean., Aug. 3. In response to a per-
s!stent demand from the ultra prohibit!onists.
Gov. John W. Loedy has ordered all saloons
closed in Topeka. The order has also been eN-
tended 10 The drug stores, which have been or
tcred To cease selling liquors. The Police Com
mIs,ioUers have been collecting fines, but this
plan has been abandoned, and Topeka Is also
iu'ely dry for tho first time in years. NJ other
town Ia the State IL Affected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
MRS MORRIS TEARS DoWN HER DAM.
She Fakes Legal Advice-seIectman Curtis VIII
Not Prosecute.

Not Prosecute.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Aug. 3.-Mrs. Mary Morris
OF Stratford, who defended the dam she had
built on her property, with q wash basin. with
which she knocked S~elcctnan Curtis down and
doused Sheriff Stage with dirty water. has sur
rendered, and to-day tore away the dam. This
morning she visited her lawyers in this
city. and they advised her that the dam was n
nuisance and that she would be Liable II she did
not remove il. This did not suit her. and shc
paid tho fee asked and visited another firm.
There she received the same advice. After that
she decided the lawyers were all against her,
but went home and tore down the dam. Select
man Curtis will not press the charge of assault.
on condition that Mrs. Morris does not erect
any more dams on her premises.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
Mr. Arthur white Leaves the Grand Trunk.

TORONTO, Aug. 3.-Arthur White. district
passenger agent OF the Grand Trunk Railroad
here for a number OF years, and one OF the best
known railroad men IN Canada, has resigned to
accept the position OF general manager OF the
National Dispatch Fast Freight Line.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
WORK ON TIL RYDER LYycH1ye.
Northern Detectives Go to Georgia to Catch
the Members OF . Mob.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 3.-Pinkerton detectives
from New York, Chicago. Philadelphia and
Cleveland. passed through here to-day for Tai
bottom. Ca, where they will assume the task OF
unravelling the Ryder l~ynching mystery. They
are In the employ Of the Ryder family, who, in
addition to the State rewards. have offered
SIS, 900 for the arrest and conviction OF the guilty
persons. This. with the Governors proclama-
ton. has induced numerous free lance detectives
TO work on the case. and the arrest and conyic-
ton Of the lyncherI Is almost assured.
The Ryder brothers have both received anony-
nous warnings to keep away from Talbotton,
but declare their intention Of assisting in the
search for their brothers murderers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
HIS BICTCLE KILLED HIM.
a Curious Accident which Cost Young Petsr
Rowe His Life.

PLAryFIELp n. j.. Aug. 3.-Peter Rowe, tho
ten.year-old son OF Jere Rowe of Front street,
died last night as the result OF q fall from his
bicycle on Saturday night, Young Rowe was
riding his wheel in front OF his home when ono
OF His trouser legs caught in the chain on the
wheel and threw him from the machine. He
struck on his head near the temple; and was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
1mluo,. Central Takes the Ohio Vale, Railroad.

CHICAGO. Aug. 3.-Fornal possession was
taken by the Illinois Central Saturday night of
the Ohio Valley Railroad. The road was once a
part OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Southwestern
road. which passed into the hands Of the Illinois
Central some time ago. The Central will operate
hereafter the OHIO VALLEY road as the Evansville
line OF the Louisville division.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
Mortal Quarrel over a Fathers Burial

COLUMBIA, S. C.. Aug. 3.-WIcker Smith. an
old resident OF Newberry county. died yester-
day. Last night his two sons, Walter and How
ard, tried TO decide where they would bury him.
They could not agree. Blows followed words.
Then knives and pistols were drawn; Walter
was stabbed seven times and Howard severely
shot. Both are at the point of death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
Condemned SeGroe. Hurried to Another sarl.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. Aug. 3.-Lewis Thompson,
Walter Neville, and Rosa BuforG, the three me-
groes convicted recently at Decatur for assault
ing Nellie Lawton, and sentenced yesterday TO
be hanged on Sept; 7, were brought here to-day
from Decatur. There was u report last night
that the negro friends OF the prisoners were or.
ganizing to attack the Jail and release the pris-
oQers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
KING GEORGE WON'T ABD1oArE.
Hut He VIII Oppose the Control OF Greek
Finances by the Powers.

Finances by the Powera.
Special Cdbis Despatch TO THE Sun.
ATHENS. Aug. 3.-Prime Minister Rail- au-
thorizes a denial of the statement made yester-
day by NJ. Skouloudis, Minister of Foreign Az
fairs. in the presence of several journalists that
King George had unalterably decided to abdi-
cate in the event OF external control being I'M
posed on the Greek finances.
NJ. Ralli declares that the King has not threat
ened to sbdicate, but will support the Govern
ment TO the utmost in opposing tho plan OF tho
powers TO take over the control of the finances.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
Secures Control or tho Po.t-untellweucer.

SEATTLE, Wash. Aug. 3.-The Piper brothers
Of Portland, Or. have secured an Opium on the
Seattle Post. EntrNi9cHccr the consideration
being {, This secures The cpnrrolling in.
teresi owncd by John HOge u IIa"5rl'e d., tho
minority interest being nc.aG, ID - sad, 9y Mr..
Rockefeller OF Sew York. The transfer Is Gx-
pected to take place on Aug. To-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04

Park Commissioner Dettmer OF Brooklyn has
decided to put a big batch Of Crow Hill convicts
at work grading and removing the stones from
the forty acres of east-side lands around tho
Institute OF Arts and Sciences. Later, II the
experiment Ia successful. the %convicts may be
taken down TO Jamaica Bay 70, assist IN dredg-
ing the channel and filling in the meadows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
C4NADA,s GRATITUDE.
Laurisr on tho Result OF EnEiand's Action on
tho Commercial Treaties

Cpscial Gable Despdtch to THE sUS.
Lon n Aug. 3.-Sir Wilfred Laurier. the
Cana 1a crime Minister. who is now in Paris.
has be q -tervicwed By tho correspondent of
the d. .Ncrs in regard to the effect pro-
duccd in Canada by the action OF the British
Government In denouncing tho commercial
treaties with the German Zollverein and Bel
GUM.
Sir Wiltred declared that the abrogation Of the
treaties would cause the people Of England to
receive more gratitude from the Canadians than
even they expect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
A Brooklyn Printer Held ASA burglar.

LYONS, y. y. Aug. 3.-Wiliam Lonyon, Q
printer. about ~ years old. who says he lives in
BROOKLYN, has been held for the Grand Jury on
a charge of burglary. He l. said TO have broken
into Inc house OF Edward Trim, near Clyde. on
sunday, during the fnmi!y's absence: When
arrested yesterday he had tho plunder with
hEr,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-04
CHEAP CABS FOR THE ERIE
THEY VIII CARRY LIGHT BAGGAGE
WHEN DESIRED.

The Prices 20 Nc Arranged According to
Hsues Laid Out from Jersey City - = Centre
Each Cab to Have n Goat or Arms"
CousistinE or the Railroads Trade Mark.