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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

Defendants Oner to Settle Outside OF Court
May ne Accepiei by the State.

Defendants Oner TO Settle Outside OF Court
May ne Accepted by the State.
ALBANY Dec. 27.-The suit against Armour
g. Co. of Chicago for violations OF the Oleomar-
garine law, involving the payment OF penalties
in the neighborhood Of $500, 600. has not yet
been compromised by the State authorities.
Four months ago Armour offered to settle tho
case out of court by the payment of 500. 900.
There is q disposition on the part of the Cover.
nor. Agricultural Commissioners Weiting, and
Attorncy-Gcnera Hancock to effect a settle
Incnt of some kind and thus avoid an endless
litigation. The suit was commenced over three
years ago. the venue being laid in Jefferson
county. The complaint in the suit has not yet
missioner determined to bring the action he
was met by an order from a United States court
preventing him from interfering with Armour's
business. This order was finally vacated, and
the State has won on every point 30 far raised
by Armour.
The defence contend that the action began
against Armour in this State is Of no force, as
the venue was laid in Jefferson county. The
law provides that the venue shall lie in the
county in which the violations occur. Five diff
ferent suits should. 1t 10 argued, have been
brought against Armour. with the venue lying
in each of the counties in which the violations
occurred. Owing to the two-year statute OF
Limitations the present suit cannot be with.
drawn and five new suits instituted, and 1t 10
declared that the courts cannot separate the
present suit into five separate actions. This is
ested think it would be veil to accept Mr.. Ar
mour's proposition to end all litigation on the
payment OF the 100000. as otherwise 1t Is anti
for several years. and that in the end tho state
would be beaten.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
It E. WARD 6 90. FIJI no APPEAR.
Comforting Statement That Creditors Will He
Paid Eventually.

Comforting Statement That Creditors Will He
Paid EventuaII,.
The corridors leading to the offices of T.. Z.
Ward & Co.. 81 Broadway. seized on Friday by
the Sheriff on an attachment for $5,576.96 in
favor of II. Seymour Squyer of Auburn, were
thronged with former customers and unpaid
employees of the firm from 8 O'Clock yesterday
morning until late yesterday afternoon. The
customers were there to learn, If possible, what
chance there was OF getting any of the money
which the corporation owed them. The en-
ployees were looking for their last weeks wages.
Neither customers nor employees got any sat
i~stactory information. Neither Mr.. Ward nor
anybody known to be connected with the cor
poration appeared at the offices.
Among the customers were two women. One
of these said that the defunct corporation owed
her nearly So, 600. The other woman said she
was out about aB much more. Both women
bore their alleged losses stoically. Deputy
Sheriff Levy said that he had an attachment in
favor of Branard W.. Barrows, an out-of.toWn
customer of the corporation. for 81 800. He
said that he thought the assets he had attached
would 10 sufficient to satisfy both claims. Levy
added that among the securities found were q
number Of shares of the United States Rubber
Company's stock.
One OF the cashiers OF the corporation stated
TO a reporter of THE sun yesterday that I. E.
Ward & Go. gave employment to lwenty.eight
mcn and boys and two women. He said that
he had been instructed to say that all debts duo
to either customers or employees would be paid
In full.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
p. LETTER PRAISES HIS son.
Says the HouuG MANS Wheat Deal Mas Been
OF Great B-nent TO tho Farmern

Says the NounE Mans wheat Deal Mas Been
OF Great benefit 20 tho Farmers.
CHICAGO, Doc. 27.-"The wheat deal Of my
son has brought to the farmers Of the United
States 10 or Is cents a bushel more for wheat
than II he had not gono into 1t" said l.. z. Letter
in talking Of the great battle between Joseph
Letter on the one side and the elevator compa.
MES. headed by T. d. Armour. on the other.
my son has been the benefactor Of the aEricu!-
tural industries of the country to that extent.
The seller is now debating the price Of his prod
uct. not the purchasoe. Chicago makes the
market price of wheat, not Liverpool, and tho
local influences. which have been so long for
constantly lower prices, have ceased to control
Chicago markets."
The first purchases of wheat by Joseph Letter
were made in July last at 81 cents. The price
for actual wheat, such as the farmer sells, has
been between 90 cents and 81 for several days.
This makes a total advance since July of about
95 cents. Letter. ST., gives to the ordinary
course of the markets credit for between 20
and IS cents OF the rise. The remainder no
attributes to the substantial support given to
Joseph Letter has determined to fight out the
milking" Of different grades of grain to the
limit of the Board of Trade judiciary. The test
will come with the cargo OF wheat which was
Thursday. but which was rejected by the clique's
shipping agent. The whole system OF mixing a
lower grade OF grain into a higher grade. In or
der to bring up the standard of the whole. will
be attacked vigorously. 1t has been maintained
that some houses have the system OF mixing
grain down to SO fine n point that they can turn
out a mixture that will just get into the con-
tract grade without q shade to spare.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
JUDGE THINKS HIS BROTHER MAD.
Lawyer BiuchoE. or the Contrary. Insists
That He 10 sane Now.

Lawyer BiuchoR. or the Contrary. Insists
That He IL sane Now.
An inquiry was had before the Sheriff's jury
yesterday in regard to the mental condition of
Franklin J. Bischoff. a lawyer and brother of
Justice Henry Bischoff of the Supreme Court.
The bearing was had on petition of Justice
Bischoff. who averred that he believed his
brother to be insane. Lawyer Bischoff was ar
rested in several actions brought by people who
said he had defrauded them OF money. and was
In Ludlow Street Jail on these processes until
he was removed to Bloomingdale asylum.
Lawyer Bischoff was examined at length
yesterday. He said that his wife and children
have not visited him at the asylum and that
they are maintained by his bro her. He said
that he would prefer TO suffer imprisonment
for any wrongs he had. done his clients rat her
than be kept with lunL tics all his life, While
he might have been troubled mentally when
there had so improved him that he 10
now sensible. At tho asylum he said
they had treated him with much consider
alton and have permitted him to go away bicy.
cling for a day or two on his parole that he
would return, and he feels improved mentally
and physically. He snid he did not know how
he stood with his clients because he did not
have his books with him, but II he could get free
he would earn money to pay anything he owed.
He denied that he had twice threatened to CON.
init suicide.
Lawyer Bischoff still on the stand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
1LANTHoNY ABaEr,s STORMY TRIP.
Only Three Tons or Coal Left After Battling
with Gales for Thirty Days.

Only Three Tons or Coal Left Arer Battling
with Gales for Thirty Days.
The tramp steamship LlantbonyA Abbey, which
arrived yesterday. spent thirty days, nearly
every one of which was stormy, on her voyage
from Dunkirk She carried 800 tons of general
cargo and $50 tons of ballast. and was not
loaded deep enough to keen the blasts and seas
from turning her into the trough. where she
wallowed as only a high.sided freighter can. and
shipped cataracts of frigid sea crests that froze
as they fell.
She had $50 tons Of coal when she left Dun
kirk. and when she was In the neighborhood Of
the Banks. five days ago. she had only forty
tons. Capt Townsend thought then that he
would put into Halifax for a fresh supply, but
the weather moderated n bit and he decided to
risk going ahead. He ran into a fierce storm on
Christmas eve. in which the ship pitched and
rolled so violently and the decks became SO
thickly coated with ice that nobody ventured
out OF shelter.
Cook Charles Salz was thrown from his berth
in the galley, where he was sleeping. He woke
up with his head sticking out through q panel
of the galley door. He thought he was the VIC
tim Of a nightmare at first. After he lad felt
himself all over and found that there was moth
ing missing he decided that n lurch of the ship
WIS responsible for his mishap.
The ship had just three tons of coal In her
bunkers when she locked yesterday in Brook
lyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
JERSEY CITY BAR SCANDAL.
La~yers Noonan and Simpson Arraigned OF
CHARGE OF Conspiracy.

Lawyers No0nnn ana simpson ArrntBueu On
Charscs OF Conspiracy.
Former Assistant Prosecutor Joseph NJ.
Noonan and Lawyer Alexander Simpson were
arraigned In the Court OF Oyer and ermin
in Jersey City yesterday afternoon to plead to
an indictment for conspiracy to obstruct jus
tice. They were attended by ex.Judge Thomas
+. Noonan, who is not related to the ex-Assist-
ant Prosecutor. but who, with ex-Attorney-
General Stockton and ex.Judge William T. Hofr-
colt and judge Hudspeth were on the bench,
and q number of lawyerstwere in the court room.
When called upon to plead the defendants an
swered mot guiltyl' In a strong, firm voice.
Bail was fixed at 81, 500 in each case and was
curity for Mr.. Noonan and William Ormsby for
Mr.. Simpson. Ex-Judge Noonan requested the
court to fix an early date for trial. Counsel also
wished to deny n statement made In some of the
the Grand Jury and made a statement, and he
further wished to correct the impression some
people have that the Grand Jury hears both
sides of a case. The defendants, he said, are
the case TO the court and to the pubic with as
little delay rs possible.
Justice LippIncott said that it was the prov
ince of the Prosecutor to fix a date for trial, and
two terms had elapsed after the finding OF the
Indictment. Then ir the case had rot been
moved the court could fix a date for trial
Prosecutor Winfield, he continued, felt that his
ordeal of prosecuting the case In person, and
he had therefore assigned eX-Judge A. z. Gar
rettson to take his place.
The Indictment against M MOO ra ana :, Sim mp
lawfully release a man from the county Jail for
q consideration OF $500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
ANOTHER MURDER BIZ FooTPADs.
FIOrian Landes Pays the Penalty or Resisting
"Hide Open" Chicago Thieves.


"Hide Open" Chicago Thieves
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Florian Landes. a saloon
keeper. died ut his home, 302 West Chicago
avenue. late last night from injuries received in
an encounter with bold.up robbers at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning. Landes and q friend named
Hartzelman at / o'clock on Sunday morning
went to a restaurant at West Ohio street and
Milwaukee avenue for supper. The meal lasted
about TN hour. After the two had left the res
taurant they started west on Milwaukee avenue
and had gone O short distance when three
men sprang up from q basement stairway lead
ing to the sidewalk and demanded their money.
Hartzelman fed. Landes struck at one Of
the men. The thief lodged, but one OF
the other men hit Landes over the head with a
billy or sandbag, knocking him down. The
thugs kicked him, hut he managed to get TO his
him a second time over the back of the head and
rendered him unconscious. Then they ran with
out searching his pocke's. He was found I'M
conscious by some young men who carried him
could give no definite description of his assatl-
ants. Landes is the third citizen of Chicago
killed recently by hiRhw.,ymen.
Five other hold-Hp rob6eries were reported
yesterday; Joseph Black, Omaha; w. j.. Ken.
nety, clerk of the Saratoga Hotel; j. Maloney,
III North Peoria street; Ivan Shay and samuel
Town, 625s Emerald avenue. were all robbed or
brutally. and Black lost a valua BILE gold watch.
Mrs. 4. X. kiesche, wife of q dealer in brew
ers' supplies, was assaulted by burglars In her
home. 1929 Montana street. and beaten SO 50.
The hallway on the third floor and went upstairs
10 see what it WAS. She struck a match, and
two men struck her GU the head with butts OF
OF stairs. The burglars escaped with jewelry
and small articles valued at $500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
EBxDTI1LB EDIroa ARsrsrnD.
undioisd mere fsy T.sn 10 aettinE eiA,ele
BIZ Fnlna ReprenentntIons.

" hhhne Neprfnentauoub%
At the District Attorneys ofioe yesterday
news was received TO the effect that William
H. Griffith, proprietor Of tho Leadville Herald
Democrat, had been arrested In Dcavcr. Col,
by Detective Sergeant John Cuff Of this city.
Cuff started for the Vest a few days ago. He
was armed with extradition papers and q war.
rant for Grinith's arrest. The warrant charged
Griffith with obtaining by false representations
Sl4,6l9 from Richard J. Bolles.
In October last Grifith was indicted by the
Grand Jury here for larceny in the first degree.
The indictment was fled after Bolles had testi.
fed before the Grand Jury.
Bolles il now living In Colorado, where he 10
President of the Mining Exchange Of Colorado
Springs. Some years ago he was q member Of
tho, New York Stock. Exchange. He had a
1892, and at that time, It is alleged, Milli9m
II. Griffith called upon him and stated that no
Ing ready cash for the Colorado River Irrisa.
ton Company. He produced three promissory
notes q the company signed BY Earl ID. Coo,
proprietor of the Denver Times, who was
p proGaaed a U cheek ees for ta!i $a,sia, 90 S S,said % have RS b sssS
oashcd the chock and discounted, the notes,
giving Griffith. Sl4,819. He did this, accord:
i made 20 b sh sr lRaiSen tsat d psp %oSlG On be q rs ssSsS%fne
for the payment Of the notes and also tho cheek.
The indiotmsnt further alleSes that Griffith
$500, 900 above his debts, and that the irriga-
ton company had q twclye-milc canal In opera.
company own.d over r's 400 acres Of land in
Yuma county, Ariz, and had spent over $685.
600 in improving the land.
All this, Bplles says, Is untrue, and he adds
that he would not have advanced the money on
the irrigation company's paper but for the fact
that Griffith made the representations that Goo
was O wealthy man and that tho irrigation COM
pany was in q prosperous condition and sol
vent.
Assistant Dtstrict Attornev perkins. who
has charge of the case, said yesterday that Coo
would come on here to testify as q witness
against Griffith. Mr.. Perkins added that Coo
had not received any o, the money ostensibly
raised for tho irrigation company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

l. AT his residence, 1913 Bergen ST.. Brooklyn.
Charles Bull, In his $50 year.
Funeral services Wednesday, Dec. 90. at 8 +. NJ.
Burial convenience OF the family. Orange county
papers please copy.
CONWAY.-on Saturday, Dec. 25. at 3O5 West
10th ST.. New York city, Ellen Dana, wife OF Mon.
cure d. Conway. In the oath year OF her age.
Funeral private. Cincinnati aud London papers
please 'opy.
CRON-PHOUDFOOT. On Sunday evening. Doc.
20. Jane Proudfoot. widow of Peter Cron. In her
SD year.
Funeral services at her late residence. III South
4th av, Mount Vernon. NY, Tuesday, SSth inst.
at 7:i5 y. N.
KELLY ~(sIIIELDsp. -On Monday, Dec. 81. 1897.
at her residence. l2l West ll5th ST., Katie Ma.
grath, widow OF J. W. Kelly Shields, aged 25
years,
Notice funeral hereafter.
NnARsIiALI. ON Dec. 20, at st. Louis. No, Minnie
g., wife Of Pierre II. Marshall Of New York.
WOHTIiES.-A Passaic. ~. j., Dec, 20, Moses Ed
son worthcn, IN the 6lst year Of hIs age.
Funeral from his late residence. Passaic. y. j., on
Tuesday, bee. 2s. at 2 O'Clock +. NJ. Kindly omit
flowers. Train leaves Erie X. r., Chambers SL
ferry. l O'Clock, and West Esd st. ferry az lAiSO
O'Clock p. N. Boston papers please COPY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
ME-. Robert Hss,. Dance.

Mrs. Robert Hoe of IL East Thirty-sixth street
gave a dance last night Tor her son and daugh-
ter, Robert Hoe and Miss Ruth Hoe, Carl Gould
led the %cotillon and danced with Miss Hoe.
Garrett Pier was his assistant, \ number of
pretty favors. including fancy baskets filed
with flowers. ssshes. boutonnieres. r~osettes,
and silver trinkets, were distributed. An elab-
crate supper Vas served stsss me me cStiiion.
McKeSver. Miss Augusta DE Peyster, Miss
Caroline NJ. Phelps Stokes. Miss Susan Valen-
Misses Atterbury. Miss Bowers, Miss Angelica
Schuyler Church, Misc Josephine Drexel, Miss
Mildred MinLurn, the Messrs. AtteTbury, SpOtts-
wood Bow rs, Morris Gillespie. Kinnicutt,
Percy ROCKEFELLER. Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr.,
kiliaen Van Rensselaer,. and the MsaAT0. Barney,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
NARROW EsCAPEs AT a FIRE.
A Fireman. aa well rs Tenants. In Danger
Everybody Rescued Finally.

- ~ Nctt - --HOs"
Everybody Rescued Finally.
There was n good deal of excitement in the
tenement at BAL East Forty-frst street yester.
day morning when 1t caught fire and several
persons had narrow escapes. The fire started
in the basement, where the janitress, Mrs.
Ticsdale. lives with her two children. She
called a policeman and ran down for them. She
found one and brought 1t out. but CROPPED vainly
about in the smoke for the other. The child had
run to the street on his own account. but she
did not find It out until she he'd lost her way
altogether. Alfred Varney. who lives on the
floor .bove. heard her cries and carried her out
in the nick OF time. He was singed and pros.
trated by the smoke himself In the effort
woman. got out through, a rear window, tho
arms. Fireman William Cullen was caught in
a narrow space between the burning house and
the next, and WAS In danger OF being smothered
when his comrades came to his relief and
dragged him out. Mary Clancy. an aged woman,
was carried out. Dowildered. The hremen found
her crourhing in her room. unable from terror
to help herself.
drawing water tower 3 Iell into a trench ten
feet deep at Second avenue and Forty.second
street. Block and tackle were made fast to the
elevated railroad structure, and with q crowd
OF n hundred sightseers pulling on. 1t was
hauled out uninjured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
DUNK1RK POST OFFICE ROBBED.
Eighteen Rcgiatered Packages Taken from the
Distributing Table.

Eighteen HeGlntereu Packages Taken from the
Distributing Table.
DUNKIRK, Dec. 27.-Dunkirk Post Office was
robbed last night OF eighteen outgoing registered
packages. which had arrived from various points
for redistribution. Thirteen Of the packages
were addressed to Fredonia. The theft was COM
mitted between l and 10:40 +. M. yesterday.
The discovery was made by the clerk who sleeps
In the Post Office. when he arrived there for the
night. Nothing else has been missed by the
Post Office officials. although other registered
packages lay untouched on the distribution
table beside the packages taken. The packages
wei left on tho table because the safe was al
ready crowded with valuables from the Christie
mas mail.
At frst it was thought that the thief had
entered by forcing a cellar door connecting with
a passageway running the length of the Opera
House block. in which the Post Ofice is located,
and then forcing a heavy trapdoor In the Post
Office. But later this theory, was disproved by
the fact that tho snow, which In two places
covered the floor OF the long passage, had no
footprints in 1t. and the opinion is that the thief
entered and departed by unlocking the front
door, and then. to elude pursuit. forced the eel.
lar coor and trapdoor from the inside instead
of outside.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28

Pian o. tire water Front luprsvement which
II 10 meant 70 Cemunemsrnie

10 Meant TO Commemorate.
The Dock Commissioners yesterday gath.
cred n party Of guests, including representatives
Of tho shipping interests OF the city, some Al
dcrmen, and Mayor Strong. and took them on
the excursion steamer Favorito b the foot Of
Bothune street on the North River. There the
board unveiled the monument to itself and 10
Mayor Strong, which was shown in THE Sun
on Dec. /.
The ceremonies began at 8 o'clo TX, when the
boat tied up at what will DO the central pier Of
five for which appropriations have already been
made. Tho monument stands on q granite
foundation, now partly surrounded by water.
When the pier is finished, the monument will
DO ut its entrance. The monument 10 Of Quincy
granite, about Ave feet high, and looks very
much like a respectable tombstone. 1t has
been approved by. the Municipal. Art Commits
stating that il commcmorates the improvement
Of the water front from Charles street to TWEEN
ty.third street, begun during tho administre.
that of their engineer II. chief, George s.Grcenc.
the party arrived. They were removed, and
the party filed ThI across tSs the gsnspl%nk and I'd IN, N.
former Dock Commissioner. made a speech de-
scribing the dock improvements, which the
from 700 to 1865 feet in length and IRON 70 to
age room will be made. The whole expense Is
about $1,000, 900. The rental will be about
800 per cent. City bonds which pay for 1t can
be placed at 3 per cent. THUS" said Mr..
Dimock,. "a sinking fund will be created which
within the thirty years the los ses will have to
run will pay these bonds and thus practically
give this magnificent property to tho city FREQ
Of cost"
The Mayor and each Commissioners made a
short speech. and the steamer Favorite re-
turned to Pier A, where the guests disem-
barked.
1T isn't often you have O chance to see your
name on n monument before you are dead" ono
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-28
az ooMEs roR Hrs JOE.
Picked out one IN the Di-,riet Attornsy's Q
nee at e. o = Wear.

nee at $1,000 . Wear.
He was n little fat man with q long black
beard, and he had left his collar and tic at homo
He got to the District Attorneys office at noon
yesterday and was stopped in the hall by John
Redmond. the hall man.
"who you want to sect asked Redmond.
"I wish to spoken a little init der Dlstrio1
'Torney's ofico," said the stranger. ut stands
In der Cherman newspaper dot der Assistants
District 'Torneys all leave dor office on Chanuary
LIST und dot yet more now ones will DO needed.
II stands In der paper dot dey can't find no mems
at toll for der chobs. und dot IL pays $500 dollar
q year for n salary. / come for one, cause / ain'N
working NOW"
"You come for onei" said Redmond. "OnO
what T. /,
IA chob; I don't need any for my son, Gauss
yo all could live easy on dot, ! told my wife to-
Are you, 4 lawyer o. asked Redmond.
No" said the stranger, - don't need nq
lawyer TO ask for n chob for me. always eeb
my own chobs; ! am u tailor" "
"Bat a man must be a lawyer to bs appointed
Den l can hire one to do dor work. replied
the little innn. Der salary is yet big enough
Yes said Redmond. but only lawyers need
apply. Mr.. olcott has no vacancies here. any
way, All his places are filled,
stan DHn dot der SSr K I RisFf sts' xS Sh out on sr Fpid Essr 10
Yes" said the hall man, "but then Mr.. Gar.
diner. the new District Attorney, will I'LL the
vacant Jobs"
We'll, l see Mr.. Gardiner, den" remarked the
tailor.
You had better call at Tammany Hail."
shouted one of the elevator men.
Never T. declared the applicant; "I voted
against dot machine und dor Republioanische
machine und ! spceehed for der Citizens Union.
Dey told Tue l would get n chob. und l want 10
now"
You better go home" said Redmond, cor the
Board, OF Health may get you. Quickl Catch
that elevator car"
And the little tailor ran and caught II. \