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OBITUARY..

James J. scanlon, a special excise agent, died
suddenly yesterday in the Osborne House. at
Auburn, where he was assigned toduty by the Ex-
else Department. He lived at loS East Ninetieth
street. this city. He was a brother-in-law of Chief
Drummond of the United States Secret Service,
with which he was formerly connected. Mr..
Scanlon was at one tins III charge OF the United
states Secret Service for the district of Phila-
delphia, and for n short time was acting
chief Of the service. lie was instrumental In
securing HE conviction OF many noted counter
feiters. Ii was he who. in 1850, found the plates
buried in Jamaica, J.. l., which were made By
W. Il. Brockway, and he gathered tho evidence
when resulted in the conviction OF Brockway.
Mr.. scanlon was u private Of the Seyenty,sixth
New York Cavalry III the civil war and a mem
Der OF Kimball Post, G. A. Il.
Orestes Cleveland. the eldest son OF the late
Qrestes Cleveland, for many years Mayor Of
Jersey City; d!cd at his residence in Cold Spring,
N. Y, Oh Wednesday eyehing, from erysipelas.
He had resided in Cold Spring about two weeks,
and before goiEG there had gone newspaperw work
in this city. He was u graduate of Yale College.
james Lawrence Murphy died on Tuesday at
his home, 222 Cumberland street. Brooklyn,
aged SO years. He was long cashier for e. &H.
+, Anthony & Co, dealers In Photographic sup
plies. Clinton Commandcry X. T.. conducted
Masonic fuEcra! services at tho house last night,
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EASTON EXONERATED.
Tho Charges Against the superintendent or
Public BuildinEn Arc Dismissed.


Public BuudinEs Arc Dtsmissed.
ALBANY. July 15.-The charges against Fred-
erick Easton. Superintendent Of the State De
of Public Buildings, were to-day Off
cially passed upon by the Capitol trustees. by
whom Mr.. Easton was appointed, and they fully
.exonerate Mr.. Easton of all the charges. Tho
trustees are Gov. Black. Lieut-Gov. Timothy l..
Woodruff. and Speaker James O'Grady Of the
Assembly, all Republicans. The charges. we're
York city. who endeavored last winter to have
the Senate appoint q special committee to In.
was that the trustees of public buildings were
asked to look into the matter. The charges
alleged that gross extravaganza was practised
by Mr.. Easton in the conduct of his department.,
and that twice the number OF employees eces-
sary were upon the payroll. In its report exon
force of employees has been altogether too large.
but say that they were greatly reduced In num-
Der. until now they believe the present number
1.-THE suggestion having. been made that the
repairs and improvements in and about tho Sen.
ate and Assembly chamber were extravaRant
the ordinary market value. the trustees caused
an examination Of this subject to DO made by
disi inter- st Dc experts Ipsossh and dn rsq ~ . mst am estimate sann ~.
pairs and improvements. The estimates fur
nished by the experts were in many instances in
satisfaction of the trustees that the prices paid
by the superintendent were not excessive"
The attention of the trustees was also called
to certain matters connected with the manage
ment of the State House. Al their suggestion, the
3anitor of that building, W. s. Turner Of High.
land Falls, about April l last was suspended
from duty. pending an Investigation. The re-
suit of tho investigation conducted by the trus-
tees convinced them that conditions have OK
listed in connection with the management of the
State House. on the part of said ~janitor. so mex;
cusable that his temporary suspension should
be made permanent. The charges against Tur-
ner were that he had withheld certain moneys
from scrub women employed about the State
House. 1t was alleged that he paid these
drew from the State for their services.
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sWINDLED IsELIN & co.
GoIdstein q Co. Said TO Have Got BO.OOO
Worth OF Goods on False Pretences.

Goldstefn q Co. Said to Have Got $50. o
worth or Goods on False Pretences.
Samuel Goldstein of II Second avenue was
charged with grand larceny when he was ar
raigned in Centre Street Court yesterday by De-
tectives Gun and Farley OF the District Attor-
ney's office. W. @. l.. Betsch. credit representa-
tive of the firm of William lselin & Co., was tho
complainant against him..
Betsch charged that Goldstcin, as senior mem-
Der Of the woollens firm Of Goldstein 6 Co..
obtained from him on June "a. by fraudulent
representations rs to the state Of their finances.
goods TO the value of $37s.be: Within one
and the creditors were unable TO got any of the
goods.. Betsch declared that thirty.three other
firms. had been victimized in a similar manner,
and that tho value of the goods 30 disposed OF
amounted to over $50, 900.
Goldstein pleaded not guilty and Magistrate
nation. He could not furnish security and was
committed to the Tombs.
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WANTED HIS HEARTsrRING CUT.
Clirehugh Always Had . Dread or BEING
buried AlIve-Me Shoots HImselr.

w. Scott ClirehuRh, So years old. nm insur-
ancc broker, who had q furnished room at LIS
Lawrence street, Brooklyn. shot himself In the
head last night. and was taken to the Brooklyn
Hospital. He is not expected to recover. He
had been i'll for some time, and feared going
into a trance and being buried alive. His wife
died several years ago.
After dinner last night he retired to his room
and arranged a looking glass on a small table at
the side of his desk in such . way that he could
see the right side OF his head. Then he shot
himself in the right temple with q 32-calibro re-
volver. Mrs. Holze, the landlady, heard tho
shot. and on going to the room found Clirehugh
lying on the floor unconscious. He left o letter
for his brother, as follows:
DEAR BROTHER JACK: I cannot stand this
agony, 80 | join us all. Look after the business.
All tho things you Will give as you see your.
self. My bank books arc getting made up. ]
feel very bad. You know the terror | have al.
ways had about being buried alive. Be sure and
have DR.. Austen sever the heartstring at tho
last. Yours. sincerely, W. s. ~CLIREHUGH."
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TRIED SUICIDE IN THE ToMBs.

oliver. Who Had Previously Swallowed . Koy.
Swallows n silver Pencil.
John Scott Oliver. tho California deputy
sheriff, who is under indictment for abducting q
ffteen-year-old Brooklyn girl. and has been in
the Tombs since Monday, was taken to Bellevue
Hospital yesterday afternoon to have a silver
pencil removed from his stomach. Oliver tried
10 commit suicide by swallowing some buttons
and a key when he was arrested.
A watch was kept on him In tho Tombs, but he
managed to swallow his silver pencil. A t Bel
danger,
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where Yesterdays Fires wsre.

A. Mao, 1870 Third avenue. Victor DaiensA,
damage CO. ll:2o. 1877 Orchard street, Lena simsroy,
damage So b;l5. 90 Park row. Florence Lewis, dam
age 81 1900.
p. M,-7:25, ia East Eighty.nfth street, damage
%; 7:3o. $40 Second avenue. William Trittle, damage
ebi s45.u eA8 Rivington street, L. Klein. damage
5000 800. 72l fremont avenue, damage oB; e:bB, 100
East losth street, =. Schmidt. damage 025; li:oo,
S7b Broomo street. damage ol0.
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KILLED AT A NEWARK CROSSING,

saIoonkeeper Rice Drove In Front or . Jersey
Central PASSENGER Train.
The 4:4o train from New York on the Central
Railroad Of New Jersey struck n wagon driven
by Max Rice, q saloonkeeper of l2l Albert ave-
nue., Newark, at the Hawkins street crossing in
that city yesterday afternoon. Rice's head and
breast were crushed and he died two hours af-
terward In st. Michael,s Hospital. His son
was able TO no home after his injuries had becn
dressed. There is an extensive railroad yard ut
Hawkins street, and Rice, after allowing a
freight train to pass In front OF him on one track,
the other.
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TOOK POISON IN CENTRAL PARK.

A Young Woman Who Refused Her Address
Tries to KiI Herself with Paris Green.
Alice Misterfeld. who refused to give her ad-
dress. attempted to kill herpelt by taking Paris
green while sitting on a bonch near the Seventh
avenue and Fifty-ninth street entrance to Cen
trail Park last evening.
Park Policeman Mears was tho first to find
woman was sent TO Roosevelt Hospital. She
will recover. A card showing that she had been
treated in tho nervous ward Of Mount Sinai
Hospital was found on her.
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both or the Maryland senators III.

WASHINGTON, July 1b.-Doth of the Maryland
Senators are in bad health. Barnes Compton,
who is very intimate with Senator German,
says his condition 10 by no means encouraging,
and he believed that he would be unable 70 re-
turn TO Washington for some time.
Senator Wellington has boon in feeble health
for weeks, and again and again his friends have
advised him 10 leave Washington to obtain rest
and renewed vitality. His condition ID said TO
be OOri0uk
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This document so fired the members of the
House and Senate with enthusiasm that the
bill went through and was Q law before the pro-
testing feather dealers could say caterpillar.
Now Workers who are familiar with the law
have been a little inclined to laugh at the fix In
which the women and feather dealers Of Massa-
know that O bill similar in provisions was passed
by the New York Legislature at its last session,
but failed to receive the Governor's signature.
was not signed for the reason that the measure
was not approved by the Commissioners of Fish
cries. Game. and Forest, but there is a suspicion
that the feather dealers persuaded him not to
Chief Rufus Wade of the Massachusetts dis
trict police sent out to-day TO all milliners and
ing q copy OF the act passed by the last State
Legislature, and which says in substance that
neither the body nor the feathers Of Massachu-
ornamenfing hats or bonnets. Chief Wade says
that he will prosecute the enforcement of tho
law. Besides the circulars. the members of tho
State police in all parts OF Massachusetts have
tention.
Chief Wade takes exceptions to Police Com
effect that a woman could not be arrested under
Tho law reads: "Whoever shall have in. his
whose taking or killing is prohibited" &C. Po-
hce Commissioner Martin declared yesterday
that none but men could be arrested under that
chapter 3 of tho laws to support his position.
This section reads:
Words importing the singular number may
things; words importins the plural humber may
include the singular. and words importing the
masculine gender may be applied to females"
not ono Of the feathers used for trimming hats
10 taken from birds killed In Massachusetts
that the plumago used comes largely from the
South or else is imported from France and Ger
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the same cause.
Impure blood reaches out in ali direction:
over the human body. 1t stretches out a
tentacle and grasps one organ or another.
1t attacks the liver and the sufferer is said
10 have liver complaint" II attacks the
iungs, ana he Is said to have consumption.
IT reaches his kidneys, and the doctors saw
he has kidney disease and treat his kidneys.
These so-called diseases are opIy svn,Ston,s
They all reach back to the same cause. and
that cause is impure blood. And impure
blood Is usually caused by. imperfect diges-
tack its head and body. Itmight be killed by
cutting of It's arms, but il would take q long
Time. While one was being cut of, Others
would fasten themselves ON the victim.
The way. to cure disease is to cure the
cause of the disease to 20 right at the
head Of the matter. There is no use treat.
ing, symptoms. Disease cannot exist In a
body that is perfectly pure and full Of
hcalthfull, strengthening properties. 1t
AN be made pure BY the use Of DR.. Pierce's
Discovery" It Is because C Of its won MIa,sal
blood purifying and invigoratinR qualities
that this remedy is so marvellous in its eC.
feet ON diseases of the throat, bronchial
tubes and lungs. It cures ninety-eiEht per
sent. OF all cases of consumption. II stops
lingering, chronic coughs, and builds up
those who are 4" III down" emaciated or
aebilitated from any cause. II rnakes sound,
firm, healthy flesh. 1t makes people strong,
1t invigorates the blood, and Stimulates the
action of every organ in the body. The
three things that it dAes are the three things
that must be done in every case before
health can come. 1t steadies and strength.
ems the nerves makes digestion perfect
makes the blood pure and rich. There is
nothing in the world Just like it. There )
nothing in the world that is Just as good"
though dishonest druggists will sometimes
tell you so, for the sake of the profit thsy
will make or iuferiSr articleA
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lE--I~ Arc winning favor everywhere
tUOOU . as u mild. effective family
Ollie cathartic. They stimulate
snsO the liver, remove all waste
and leave the bowels In healthy condition. 25e.
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Premium on Gold In Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, July 15.-Tho premium on gold
to-day is 1l3l3 per cent.
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ARRESTED.
saloon Keeper ConneiI and His Son Locked Up
for AbettinE Him.

Henry Fredericks OF 100 West Forty-eighth
street was arrested for making a book on the
Brighton Beach races in the saloon at s24
Seventh avenue last night by Policeman Sweet
of the West Forty-seyenth street station.
Patrick Connell, the owner OF the saloon, and
Joseph Connell, his son, the manager, were
arrested for allowing the bets TO be made In the
saloon.
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Disease 10 like q
AA~n A.L ". =

Nnc9Se 10 like q
devil fish. It has
o body with
many diverging
The man
who 10 erasped by
one of these arms
may possibly not
see that IL Is d.
recny connected
with the othen.
Nine diseases out
of ten start from
the BQme causA
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Schooner sophia Godfrey Being flowed 70 New
York.

ATLANTIC CITY. n. j.. July l6.-The disabled
schooner Sol hia Godfrey, Capt. Chapman,
started for New York this morning in tow of the
tug Caramel.
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Brown thrasher,
b o. Lincoln,
Hermit thrush.
Vesper sparrow.
Robin redbreast,
Song sparrow.
Scarlet tanager.
Summer redbird,
Blue heron.
Hummingbird.
Yenowbird,
Whip-poor-wnl,
Water wagtail,
woodpeckcr.
Pigeon w~oodpecker.
Indigo bird.
Yellow throat,
Wilson's thrush,
Ohfekadaa
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Coloratlo,s Big Tunnel.

Two gangs of workmen have just be.
gun digging in Colorado the longest
tunnel which man over attempted to
construct. The main bore will be &c
miles long, and connecting with this are
subsidiary tunnels with total length
of 80 miles. SO in reality the task that
has been put under way is that of dig
cling so miles of tunnels, and every foot
of this vast system will be under Pike s
peak and the mountains that tower Oh
each side.
The starting point of the main tun-
mel is ut the foot of the mountain lead
ing up to Pixies peak, near the old
town of Colorado City. This point is
but short distance from the railroads
which span the country between Colora-
do Springs and Manitou. From here it
runs almost due southwest. The farther
edge of the tunnel is at the edge of the
mountains st Four Mile Creek, over in
Fremont county, Colo, six miles south
of Cripple Greek and near the little
town of Sunol. Two gangs of men, as
stated, are working on the tunnel, ono
at each end. Just at present they are
making progress at the rate of 30 feet q
day. 1t is believed that the mammoth
task they have undertaken will be com-
pleted in seven years from the first of
the present month.
The main tunnel will pass directly
under the cone of Pixies peak at depth
of nearly 1000 feet and 2,700 feet be-
meath the town of Victor. Its average
depth from the surface will be assoc
feet, and it is designed to test the min
eral deposits of the territory at these
great depths. Thirty miles of lateralf
are contemplated, and these will pass
underneath all the Cripple Greek dis
trict at OH average depth of 2,800 feet.
Cripple Creek, Victor, Gillette, the va
rious small towns and 1000 mines are
to be made tributary to this vast system.
Under present circumstances the dis
tance-the shortest way-from Colorado
Springs to Cripple Creek is 81 miles.
By way of the tunnel the two cities
will be only l6 miles apart. 1t is esti-
mated by the contractors that tho aver
age cost per foot of excavation will be
$50. This makes the total probable ex-
pense Of digging the tunnel and its sub
sidiary branches $40, $40, 000.-Cripple
Greek Times.
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Glass Tonibstones.

1t Is o comparatively new idea to put
up tombstones and monuments of glass,
instead of marble OF granite, but it is
practical one and likely to meet with
great encouragement from those who
desire these memorials 10 DO lasting
Glass resists the elements aud is to all
intents and purposes indestructible
Stone of all sorts crnmbles and disinte-
CRATES under the action of the elements.
But glass remains and will endure for
centuries. 1t is, therefore, proposed that
all memorial tablets, monuments and
headstones be made of glass. Any color
may be selected, pure white. of course,
having the first choice Lettering may
be put on i'll any style, and any device
or pattern may be used. 1t has long
been understood that for marine pur-
poses thick plate glass is the only prnc-
tical aud appropriate material, resisting
storms and seas as no other substance
can.-New York Ledger.
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stranger
- El,x
There wero Ducks.

Zone morning not long age" says
the Philadelphia Record, when the
servants of the Cleveland household
came down stairs for their days work
their astonished gaze rested upon ducks
by the score. There were ducks before
the porch and ducks upon the window
stills. Whole flocks of ducks nodded from
the branches of the trees surrounding
the house, and still others squatted
upon the lawn before the front Of the
dwelling Little steamers of ribbons
aud flags futtered eayly in the morning
breeze The opening of windows and
doors had no disturbing effect upon the
flock of birds, and moments investi-
CATION showed that they were all decoy
ducks, with which some industrious
young men had decorated the ex-presi
dents premises during the night. The
men about the place had half days
work in collecting the decoys from
about the house and from of the trees "
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NOT BlR0a OF FREEDOM.
Posta, Congress- Delegates Natural En-
ror Near the Tomb of Washington.

A Posta, Congress Delegates Natural Err
ror Rear the Tomb of Washington.
On the trip Of tho delegates to the
postal congress down tho river to Mount
Vernon recently a strong wind was
blowing off shore, and just before the
boat reached Mount Vernon the breeze
waited a very bad odor to the nos
trils of the distinguished foreigners and
caused the ladies in the party to pro-
duco their perfumcd handkerchiefs and
the gentlemen to puff tiercely on their
highly favored cigars and cigarettes.
When the delegates had arrived and
were walking about the beautiful
grounds and taking careful note OF
everything they saw, many were no.
ticed to cast their eyes heavenward and
point out to ono another the half dozen
or more large birds which were sailing
and circling above their heads. His ex-
cellency the delegate from Austria was
one whose attention was directed &c
these birds. He approached Mr.. Robert
Hatcher, the American secretary, who
had won the admiration of the dele.
gates by his lucid explanations of all
things seen and unseen about which
they inquired during their stay in the
city and in choice French remarked:
Monsieur the secretary, am glad.
Monsieur, 1 am delighted; I am salts
fed. Visit the home Of the great Amer
lean, General George Washington, and
above mo in the beautiful blue of your
summer sky l see circling the noble
American eagle Monsieur, am to be
congratulated. %
"Gee whiz!" said Mr.. Hatcher in an
aside. "What am I to tell this man?'
Equal to this emergency, however, as
ne has always been to any in the past,
he assumed his politest air, and accord
ing to his own statement he is the po-
litest American on. earth, and said in
good but sorrowful French:
"Alas, monsieur, the honored dele
gate to the postal congress universal, !
have the honor to inform your eXcellen-
cy that the birds he sees floating SC
gracefully in the air are not American
eagles. Alas and alas, monsieur, they
are buzzards-turkey buzzards. re-
speotfully refer monsieur to his ency-
clopedia to learn the character of this
bird. -
Mr.. Hatcher heaved deep sigh, and
the delegate walked away with sor-
rowful but puzzled expression. This
made Mr.. Hatcher even sadder, and
calling to the delegate he suggested:
"But monsieur may say that he has
seen American eagles at the home of
Washington. There will DO none to dis
pute his statement.
The delegates face frightened; he
grasped Mr.. Hatcher by the hand, shook
it warmly, offered him cigarette and
then bowed himself away, and i'll diplo.
matte language the incident may be re-
garded as closed. Washington Post.
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Convict Stripes.

After July i the convicts with q good
record in the Kansas state penitcntiary
will wear suits OF cadet gray instead OF
striped suits. III referring to the matter
the warden Of the penitentiary says:
II believe the change will have benefi-
cial results. When l made the announce
ment to the men of the proposed change,
they seemed highly delighted with the
prospect. Since that time I have OBJ
served difference in the demeanor Of
the prisoners, and the class of otfenses
has been Of more trivial character.
The stripe is older than the penitentiary
in this country. 1t came across the
ocean. The lockstep came with it. We
associate both with the rcnitentiary,
and in the public mind the chief mark
of disgrace i'll going to the penitentiary
is the 6onning Of the stripes. The COIL
victs know this, and hence the opportu-
nifty to keep out Of them is seized upon
By all men sent to prison, especially by
men who still possess hope and ambi-
ton to he something better than con-
victs.