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BROADWAY CABLE CAR BLOWN UP.
a A<.Caibre Rino Cartridge Expisdea by
Its Wheels at Tweaty-seve~th street.

a A<.Caubre Rino Cartridge Expleded by
Its wheels at Tweaty-seve~th Street
When Broadway cable car full Of passengers
reached Twenty-seventh street on its way UP
town last night, there was an explosion under
meath. The front part Of the car was lifted up
at least . foot. When II righted itself the grip
man Immediately put on tho brakes and
brought the car TO q full stop.
Smoke poured up through the flooring OF the
car an instant after the explosion. Passengers
on the rear platform got on In hurry. Tho
passengers in the car rushed for both doors
Tho women we're badly frightened. and ono be-
came hysterical. She was assisted out of tho
car By her escort.
Tho noise OF the explosion brought with the
crowd which gathered Special Officer Enright
OF tho Metropolitan Hotel. He found q 4i-caii-
bro rife cartridge near the car track. A little
hole had been blown In the ground beside the
track.
Whom tho gripman of the car started north
ward he was minus most Of his passengers
There were fifteen cars stalled behind him
They could not move very fast on account OF
the number OF people In the street. Fully 1000
people tried to ind out for themselves the cause
OF the explosion.
A canvas similarly blown up at A. NJ. yes
terdny.
The sun., 1897-01-14
xIsHAP TO THE MOSTG
The Cruiser Strikes - Osstructiss or Gov
ernor's Island aad Returns.


ernor's Island and Returns.
The United States cruiser Montgomery. which
left the Navy Yard in Brooklyn on Tuesday
afternoon to Join Admiral Bunces squadron at
Hampton Roads, returned unex pectedly to tho
old anchorage At the yard yesterday morning.
While steAming rapidly down the East River
the cruiser struck the bottom or some sub
merged wreck. and although she continued to
mako apparently her usual headway and
showed no leak age, Capt. Bradford ordered the
anchor dropped OF Tompkinsvilie. and sent
despatch 70 Washington reporting tho accident
Orders came back directing him TO take tho
cruiser back TO the Navy Yard for inspection.
Divers made an examination yesterday after
noon and found that one Of the propellsr blades
had been broken and another badly bent, and
also that tho cement under the port boilers aud
engines had boon badly cracked. showing that
tho vessel had struck hard against some OBJ
struction. As tho cruiser was q good distance
from the shore and drew only sixteen feet OF
water, tho Officers are of the opinion that tho
obstruction u wreck.
The cruiser Columbia loft tho dry dock yester-
day. and the Montgomery will take her place In
tho dock to-day and be thoroughly surveyed, so
as to ascertain the extent Of the injury. There
was only slight leakage noticed yesterday. ana
II IL not thought any OF the platcs have been
injured. A court OF Inquiry may be ordered
when the result Of the survey has been trans.
mitted to Washington.
The sun., 1897-01-14
Lawyer Mee,.i.y Win. n Bride.

NYAcK. Jan. l3.-Hugh j. Mckinley. a young
lawyer OF this town. left here by train at noon
to-day with pretty young bride. whose parents
knew nothing OF the wedding until they learned
Of tho departure OF the couple on an extended
wedding trip through the South. The bride
was Miss Edith Lillian Defeutiorf, daughter OF
DR.. w. Lee DefondorI, who has a palatial resi-.
dence at upper Nyack, and who practises in
New York city. Mr.. MoGinley is a popular
young man here, and for several months has
been paying attention to Miss Defendorf. She
Ia about IL years of age, and very attractive In
appearance and manner. IL 10 said that she has
n Handsome fortune IN her own name.
The sun., 1897-01-14

A Result or Enforced IAieness In the Kings
County Penitentiary.

Two OF the idle convicts in the Kings County
penitsntiary had lively scrap yesterday morn.
ing In their cell on tho fourth corridor. Tho
combatants we're Horace Mccoy and Low
Thompson. Government prisoners, who are serv-
Mccoy rcproved his fellow prisoner for not do
ing his share In keeping the cell In order and
this started tho hostllities. Mccoy chewed
Thompson's fingers and then broke medicine
bottle over his head.
Tho men were battling whnn Keeper Thomas
McManus arrived and dragged Mccoy Into the
corridor. The keeper was nearly thrown over
the railing before he had subdued the convicts.
Mccoy was taken to the solitary cell and
Thompson TO the hospital.
Thomas Conuelly and John Manning. short
term convicts, stepped from the ranks while
being marched to dinner yesterday. and ex-
changed several sharp blows before they were
separated. Warden Hayes regards those out
breaks asthe result OF the enforced idlensss OF
the prisoners.
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Reducing Expense. In tho Custom House.

WAsHINGToS, Jan. ia reduction OF Sl27,-
900 per annum has been ordered in the Office OF
tho Collector OF Customs At New York. Tho
reduction is to take effect on Feb. !. IL will in
oludo the discontinuance OF tho services OF
twenty-five inspectors Qncluding twelve exist
two existing vacancies). ono weiGher, ten assist
ant weighsrs dnoluding four existing yacau-
ciesl, seven assistant woighsrs, and a reduction
In the force of temporary weighers' laborers,
The sun., 1897-01-14
TEENEssEE,s POLIIICAL PLOT
A. Attempt by Legisistio. TO Drive TIL,
man from His Coutest.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. l3.-The House of
Representatives to-day passed on third readipg
tho bill to require contestant for tho off,co OF
Governor to give s25.oO bond for the costs OF
the contest. The bill was discussed at length.
During the discussion the Hon. George n. Till.
man, Republican. who will contest the election
OF tho Hon. Robert l.. Taylor. Democrat, "A
Governor. was asked whether ho would make
the bond in the event the bill passed. He re.
piled that he would make tho bond IL he could
do 30. aud go on with tho contest. He said the
passage Of the bill would not deter him in the
least. The bill now goes to the Senate
The sun., 1897-01-14

The American limo steamship 81. Louis which
arrived at Southampton Yesterday from this
port, beat her own eastward record and that OF
her sister ship, tho 81. Paul, by more than an
hour. Her tiTno was six days twnlve hours and
about twenty minutes. Tho eastward record,
hours and hrty- -hve minutes. rhis trip Ot the st.
Louis is exceptionally fast for winter weather.
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I!,liuok alani Hack In BrooL,,n..

BosroN. Jan. l3.-Ex-Queen LiliuokalanI re-
turned yesterday from her trip to Niagara
Falls. and has resumed her quiet life In her
temporary home In Brooklne She is enjoying
her stay In this Part OF the country. has become
accustomed to the severity Of tho winter. has
seen her nrst bnowstornl, and Is apparently
perfectly contented To let political events take
The sun., 1897-01-14
SALISBURY AND BAYARD.

They Congratulate One Another Upon the
siEning Of the Arbitration Treaty.
LONDON, Jan. 13-After tho conclusion Of tho
Cabinet meeting. which was held to-day. Lord
Salisbury received United States Ambassador
BAyard. and his Lordship and Mr. Bayard con-
graduated one another upon the signing OF tho
general arbitration treaty between tho United
States and Great Britain.
The sun., 1897-01-14
In The Sur he's 80.

The Catholic World Magazine. edited by tho PauIist
Fathers has the best discussion OF Social Problems
Is able advanced, and aggressive Within the last
few years IL has become exceedingly popular In Tone
and as consequence Its circulation has increased
300 Der cent l20 West Goth st. % per year.-Adp.
The sun., 1897-01-14
African Soil on Ell. Island.

The foundation of tho extension to Ellis
Island has been augmented by several hundred
tons Of the soil OF West Africa, which was
brought here on Thursday by tho American
bark Liberia from Sierra Leone. The Liberia
used the soil as ballast on her swift winter yoy-
age OF twenty. nine days. The ballast was
transferred to lighters, and dumped yesterday
in the crib work that will form the made-u p
part OF the island.
The sun., 1897-01-14

Building Commissioner Bush of Brooklyn re-
ports that there are 1000 so.cailed hotels In
Brooklyn. OF which only. he says, forty three
are hotels In reality. oil the others being Of ths
RHlnes sort.
The sun., 1897-01-14
LAWLEss cor. M'CoRKLE.
He Apologies for Having Called Out ths
Militia TO Suppress Disorder.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. l3.-The State
Legislature met at noon to-day. The Republl-
cans have big majority in both branches and
organized the House and Senate. The last
message OF Gov. McCorkle was read. He re.
ferrel to the miners strike OF 1895. during
der, and apoogized for his action. lie said;
The use OF the militia to break strikes, whilo
common, IL unlawful"
Further on he recommended an increased Ap-
propriatiOn for tho militia.
The sun., 1897-01-14
WAITING FOR 4 MURDERER,
All Ready IL San Francisco 10 Are st Hut
Ter When the Ship Arrives

ier When the Ship Arrives.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. l3.-The Swanhilda, tho
ship on which Butler. the Australian murderer.
sailed. has not Yet been sighted. There have
been some changes In the plans for the arrest
Of Butler. The United States revenue cutter
Perry, now at Mare Island, has been placed at
States Marshal Baldwin, and the Australian
detectives who came to this city to head on the
murderer
Tho programme for Buffers capture has not
yet been completed. but the police advocate
sending the cutter to sea, and when the vessel
lssiRhted. arresting the man. Marshal Bald win
the Australian detectives. Sergeant OF Police
Bonner and few crack shots will be sent out
on the Perry.
The sun., 1897-01-14
Lawyer Couch Dies or Poison.

FORT SCOTT Kan, Jan. l3.-John II. Couch q
lawyer of this city, candidate at tho recent
election on the straight Populist ticket for
Judge OF the Court OF Appeals, died this morn
Ing OF morphine poisoning, Hla relatives says
" was an accident. He had Just returned from
With whom he failed 70 effect reccr cliiAtion.
The sun., 1897-01-14
AMERICAN MISSION ATTACKED.

Il Is suseessfaiIy Defended Against /. Mob
OF Chinese.
LONDON. Jan. lathe Times has q despatch
from Hong Kong saying that an American
Methodist Mission station, about nfty miles
from Foo-Choo. in the province OF Foh- Kien,
has been attacked by mob.
number Of shots were fred. but none Of the
inmates OF the station was Injured. The local
officials defended the mission
The sun., 1897-01-14
RESCUED FROM FIRE
Mrs. sharps Carried Out sr . BIas,~e
Room While IN . swoou.

foSKERs, n. Y, Jan. IA fre occurred at
llh O'Clock tonight In the rooms Of Col. II. 4.
sharps. editor Of the Sentinel on the top floor of
the hotel on Getty square. Mrs. sharps was in
her room. and her husband was in the cafs bs-
low. lounge took fire from lighted cigar.
cite. and some bedolothes caueht and burned
called for help. and then che tainted
Ihs yrompt arrival Of the nrsmsn prevented
were thrown n0in ths Window into "a. stress
and the names were coon oxtinguished. Ser
Eesns ouinn Carried Mrs. Sbsfps out of the
The sun., 1897-01-14
The not spring. or ArLnusas.

The orloisi records show that over 1000 soldiers
and sailors have been treated for Nleamstsm at the
United states Army and Navy Hospital. Hot Springs,
Ark, aud over 20 per cent permhnfnyly cured,
This Is the best season TO visit Hot Springs, Winter
climate mild and sunny, illustrated pamphlets and
ial ipiorlesti9n furnished BY W. X Hoyt ssi broad
The sun., 1897-01-14
ENGAGED 90 YEARs 400.
h Was Not TIL Yesterday. However That
the Marriage Liessse Was Proeurea.

w. ESesrees
BURLINGTON. Ia. Jan. 13.-Silas NJ. Wheeler.
aged 90. and Miss Martha E. Lincoln, aged So.
to-day secured y license to marry. Forty years
ago they were lovers. but n trifing quarrel sepa-
rated them. and Wheeler went 10 California.
Several years later Miss Lincoln also went to
California, but remained In Ignorance OF
Wheeler's whereabouts. The other day she re-
turned here TO visit her aged mother. who lives
near West Burlington. Hither also came Silas
wheeler TO attend to some business and to visit
his ooyhood friends They met for the first
The result Of the meeting was the MARRIAGE
license: They are both we'll known. highly re-
spected, and we'll -to-do.
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BANQUET TO TIE sENAroR.ELEcr
There WIN ne Thirty Tables aaa ssats for
Twelve Huaarea Guests.

ALBANY. Jan. 13.-President Colvin and the
other officers Of the New York State League of
Republican Clubs have practically completed
all arrangements for tho banquet TO be rendered
the United States Senator-elect at Harmanus 10
Bleeckor Hall. In this city, on Jan. 20.
Seats at the banquet will be provided for
l,20o. the demand for tickets being 40 great as
to call for the additional accomm odation for
goo. There will be thirty tables, the speak ers
all being at one table-the centre OF the hall.
Tickets may be obtained OF Secretary c. n.
Manchester, 1l3 West Thlrty-elEhth street,
The sun., 1897-01-14
". ". AsT0R'S sUBsCRIPTIoN.
He Gives $4,000 Tor the Keller or the
Faainc Sufferers In IsdIn.

LONDON. Jan. l3.The fund for the relief of
the sufferers BY the famine in India, which was
started a few days ago by Mr.. George Faudel.
Phillips Lord Mayor Of London. now amounts
fund was that OF Mr.. William Waldorf Astor,
who gave e.. 900.
The sun., 1897-01-14
May Cro.. ,n. ParI After Midnight.

The Board OF Park Commissioners at Its meet
Ing yesterday morning passed n resolution to
permit pedestrian to cross the Park at Seventy
second street after tho hour OF closing at l2
O'Clock midnight. This Is on account OF mary
requests from west side residents.
The sun., 1897-01-14
DIR. PENrECOsr WON'T COME

me- VIII DeeHno tho Invitatiou to Return
Here from Londo..
Special Cable DsspatcA TO THE SUM-
LONDON. Jan. 13.-After . fearful meeting
with his congregation At the Marylebone
Presbyterian Church. this afternoon, DR.. Pente-
cost agreed to decline the Invitation to the pas
torate OF the First Presbyterian Church in New
York.
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s.e'y Fr..e,.'. Nom,.at,oa SIM Held Up.

WAsnINGToN, Jan. lathe nomination of
David II. Francis Of Missouri to be Secretary of
the Interior was called up In the executive
session OF the senate this after noon. and after
q short speech by Mr.. Vest dem. Mo..) the case
went over without action.
The sun., 1897-01-14

Deerfoot Farm sausages made from little pigs Thelr
the mArkek --Adv.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

A FEW INDIANS STOOD ABOUT.
we buried him out there. That head
stone you see amt marble-it's plat
ter that Elnathan bought up to Wichi-
ia. We couldn't find no headstones
proper, SO he got the name and date
painted on this and set it up at the
head. Like to look at it?"
We answered that We certainly
should like to see it, and followed her.
In the barn-yard were our mules, some
prairie hay, bunch Of last years corn
stalks and a Texas COW with wide
branching horns, look of defiance in
her bony, repulsive shape. The fence
was made of cottonwood rails, and to
the south of it, on the outside, was the
grave.
At the head was very large Queens
ware platter, with "Jerud Whitehead"
painted across 1t in black letters. 1t
stood straight up. like any headstone.
and though, as the old woman said,
at sometimes topples over, especially
in the spring when the ground thaws,"
it was little trouble to right it again.
I'm going to decorate Jerud's grave
tomorrow" she said, on our way back
to the house.
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passed before l was .suf1ciently con-
scious to take note of actual events 1
have never been able to discover, not
withstanding the efforts Of my friends.
And consciousness came so gradually,
and the struggle to assert itself was so
prolonged, as to add to my confusion In
this matter. Minutes that were like
weeks, weeks that were like minutes,
passed by during this = crisis in
strangely sweet manner. l was so
weak and helpless that could scarcely
move, and so composed and restful that
did not wish, and even feared, to do
so, lest a change should take place in
my condition. The first thing remem-
Der is that, opening my eyes languidly,
| saw the sun shining through
roof of loosely twined branches; the
next, that after an interval OF MOI
ment, or day, or1of many days, 1
saw the stars shining through them.
No sound disturbed the delicious still
ness. Then came another impression,
often repeated, of my lips being
touched by food and liquid, which l
took INTERESTINGLY. Did l then begin
to hear whispers, or was it the muir
muring of the breeze through the shell
ter of my leaves and branches? But
an actual voice did come to my ears.
81 am so glad, Tom! / am so glad!"
And on another occasion:
Hush, Toni We mustn't wake
him."
And further on, words to the same
effect, tenderly and lovingly spoken.
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his lot. Mr.. bruce was here before
me; he had been a passenger in The
Rising Sun; my wife and child were
also in that ship. Was not the infer
ence as clear as the MONDAY sun?
A black cloud fell upon my soul. All
goodness, all purity, was blotted out
of the world for ever and ever!
Through all my trouble and misery
I had chung, with strong. yearning
hands, to the rock of my wlfe's faith
fulness. Whatever of sweetness came
into my life (Heaven knows there was
Nttle enoughD after the last inter-
Saw with my mother. came to me
Tough the light of this belief in
-Jhbel's innocence and purity. But for
Mat my soul would have been wrecked
-Aany years ago. Better If 1t had been;
better if had fallen; better If l had
diadl For now the rock to which ]
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-05-28

WAS your husband soldier?" We

WAS your husband a soldier?" we
asked, sadly and respectfully.
NO" she answered, mot exactly;
but he would "a been. They was going
to draft 'em in our town one time, and
Jerud he was took with rheumatic SO
he was confined to his bed for month.
He was awful sorry, for he did want
to fight for his country; and he said
he'd Just as soon be drafted as to vol
unteer-it showed how bad they want
ed him.
Then another time" she went on,
Squire Smith offered him five hun
dred dollars to go as his substitute;
and l was willing, for we needed the
money bad enough. Jerud got all ready
to start, as peart as could be, but the
very last thing he was took down
with the rheumatic again. Jerud was
as good as could be- and as brave; and
I've seen him stand in the door leaning
on his cane and cheering the boys when
they marched away, and saying how he
did wish he could go, too.
Well, Jerud,' would say, suppose
you start in one Of your good spells?
And he'd answer, All right Half a
dozen times I'd pack up his things and
get him ready to go, when all OF
sudden his rheumatic would come back,
and he'd have to stay at home. So
the war passed, and poor Jerud, he
sighed when the boys came home, and
pretty near almost cried.
"Jerud wasn't given to work very
much, on account of his rheumatic;
but l never laid that up against him.
We come out here for the stage COM
pany five year ago, and done pretty
we'll. Elnathan and I done most Of
the work.
ut always seemed to weigh on Jerud
that he hadn't been soldier. He
would sit out on bench at the door
for hours, watching Elnathan and me
plant the corn, and having that far
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born. BY much fiogging from a raw
hide instrument, whose like have new
er seen, they were induced to plod
along. They were thin in flesh, and
lame.
Now and then we saw early wild GRO
cuses and canterburybells and the
soft, trailing sensitive plant, with Its
sNssn balls spattered with golden dust.
There were no more houses-only lev
ell, unbroken plain, with an occasional
steep-banked stream, on whose margins
grew a sparse fringe Of cottonwood
trees.
A gray wolf trotted out Of the tim
Der and stared at us. Deer in the dis
lance bounded away, while one solitary
prairie schooner" crossed our path,
with its jingling kettles hung low I'M
derneath the wagon, grazing the tips
Of the grass.
twenty-five miles before another re-
lay" said the driver, land it will take
us all day."
If the driver had been communica-
tive the hours might have passed
quickly; but he was taciturn. Such
pay as he drew from the stage COM
pany was we'll earned, for between the
stubborn mules and the sometimes bad
road he had hard time of it.
Toward evening we drew up to lit
tie shanty, the first building We had
seen for twenty miles, and alighted for
supper and to change mules.
An old woman and her son kept the
house. She was glad to see me-" she
said, "for women don't come this way
much, and l get lonesome.
We had expected to move on after
supper, but the driver came in to say
that the relay mule had strayed away,
and we should have to wait till morn
ing.
The old woman was delighted, nor
were we sorry. Staging. was losing
its fascination, and we felt much
Obliged to the relay mule for running
away.
He'll be back bright and early in
the morning." said the old woman.
"Elnathan, he tied the big dinner-bell
onto his neck SOS to be sure to find
him. To-morrow's Decoration day; did
YOU know it," she asked, as we sat by
the corn-cob fire.
We had almost forgotten it. Our
hostess went on:
1--WE always decorate, Elnathan and
me. There amt any graveyards
around here, only just one single soil
tary grave" She wiped her eyes,
which had filled with tears "See 1t
out there, that bit of white loomin' up
close to the barn?"
We could distinguish in the cleaning
what looked like headstone, and told
her so.
Eyes," she went on, chats grave.
It's my old man. Jerud; Elnathan's
father. He died three years ago, and
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SEATED ON THE QUILT.
away look in his eyes you hear talked
about. And one time he died. We've
decorated his grave ever since, just
as If he'd been soldier"
do you have many flowers around
here?" we asked.
ooh, no, there amt no flowers, so to
speak. l don't care much for them lit
tie wild things, and amt never plant
ed any poppy seeds and hollyhocks and
geraniums and pinies. I've got some
thing in that trunk over there that's
better than flowers to decorate graves
with"
We looked at the trunk. 1t was COW
cred with calfskin, tanned with the
hair on, the fur side out, and studded
with brass nails. We wanted to ask
what was in it which was better than
flowers to decorate graves with" but
we restrained our curiosity.
That night we went to sleep to dream
of grassy mounds and shining concave
headstones.
It was late in the morning when the
relay mule was found; but the driver
himself had then disappeared, and our
starting was postponed. After the
breakfast dishes were washed the old
woman dressed herself in her old-fash-
toned best clothes, put on a bonnet
which had been hers before the war"
and sat down by the ancient trunk.
We did not talk, for she seemed sad
and absent-minded.
She unlocked the receptacle which
held something better than flowers to
decorate graves with, and drew care
fully forth neatly-folded patchwork
quilt. Then she walked slowly out to
the grave.
After standing for a few minutes
talking with Elnathan, the two took
the quilt by each Of it's four corners
and spread it evenly above the grave.
Then the old woman sat down on one
corner of the decoration" while Ell
nathan went away to his work.
The quilt was set in diamond pieces
-grass-green and yellow and blue and
black and purple. 1t was the gayest
of its kind that had ever seen. The
warm spring sunshine lighted up the
bright tints into kaleidoscope Of
beauty.
The Texas COW peered through the
not too substantial fence at the amaz-
ing brightness, astonished into a be-
trayal of unusual emotions. Presently
she wisked around the yard in free
dom of movement which startled me.
The old woman, after sitting for an
hour with her head bent low upon her
loyal breast, rose and folded the quilt.
My companion was sure that she had
been asleep, but saw traces of tears as
she laid the quilt away in the old trunk.
remarking, as if to herself:
Eyes, 1 shall always decorate Jerud's
grave. He would "a been a soldier IL
it hadn't been for his rheumatic. -
Elizabeth Gripnell in Youths Compan
ion.