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ENDORSED THE COMPANIES CHECKS.
vice-President OF the Van Horn a Ellison
Drug Concern Arrested for Forgery.

~vice-President or the Van Horn a Ellison
Drug Concern Arrested TOR Forgery.
Guy r. p. Ellison, vice-President OF tho cor
p~oration of Van Horn s. Ellison, druggists at
Fifth avenue and Fifty eighth street, was ar
rested yesterday morning on the charge of forg-
ing the name of the corporation to a check for
$2OS. In tho Yorkville Police Court he was
held in $500 bail for examination tomorrow.
Miss 4. George Ellison, his sister. who livos Mt
424 Park avenue, became his surety.
Three afidavits were presented In court In
support of the charge. One was made by Presi-
dent Van Horn Of tho corporation. another by
S. Harrie Ellison OF 30 West Fifty.ninth
street, Treasurer. and the third by II. W. Robin
The afidayits set forth that, on April 8. tho
prisoner indOrsed the names of Van Horn &
Ellison on the back Of the $20S check, cabhcd II,
and retained the money for his own use. Presi-
dent Van Horn said that the prisoner had adj
mitted to him that no had tndorsed the check,
and would do SO as often as he felt so disposed,
and that he had, in fact. indorsed checks to nm
aggregate value OF $500. Tho complainants
said that only tho treasurer OF tho corporation
WAS authorized to indorse checks.
The prisoner said he had been informed by
counsel that he had q right to indorse and cash
checks. Mr.. Ellison Is - years old. and lives at
3l7 West Eighty-second street.
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GOES WEST TO START LIFE ANEW.
WIN. 4. Sweet Leaves Syracuse Never to Ne.
turn Untn He 10 Rich AEaia.

Wm. a. Sweet LAaye0 Syracuse Never Il II.
turn CntIl He 10 Rich AEaia.
SYRACUSE. June 2O.-The city Ia astir over the
story Of William A. Sweet, President Of tho
Sweet Manufacturing Company. which recently
went into tho hands of a receiver for the second
time within two years. Mr.. Sweet left town on
west-bound train yesterday afternoon, saying
to the receiver: 81 shall never return TO SYRIA
cuse until I Am rich again. or until you send for
me to run the works." To q friend he said: IF
/ don't come back with a bag of gold I won't
como back ut all. The ingratitude of friends Is
hard to bear. Ican't stay here any longer"
Mr.. Sweet. who is 81 years old. has been for
nearly forty-hve years a striking figure In the
business and political life of Syracuse. He was
born in Pompey. OnOndaga county. a town
Seymour. Gen. slocum. and other men who be.
came famous in their day. Having learned the
blaeksmith's trade, and being ambitious. no came
In iron manufacture he founded what after
ward became ono OF tho greatest steel rolling
mills IN the country. 1t was the largest manu-
steel output of the State. Mr.. Sweet was aR-
gressive and energetic and figured prominently
for many years In all the affairs OF the city. Ho
was a lover OF fast horses and q connoisseur OF
precious stones. Personally. he was eccentric
IN his habits. and on ono occasion startled his
buttons of which were diamonds and other gems
to the value of $1O.000.
Company two years ago. with liabilities Of $500.
600. Mr.. Sweet was cstimated TO be worth from
$500 900 to 81. 100000. He made a gallant
struggle and succeeded I'm renuminR business,
but the state of trade was against him, and a
few months ago the concern again went into the
hands Of a receiver. Practically penniless, Mr..
Sweet has turned his face to the West, where
some small mining properties induce him to
hope for possible success.
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ne In said by . suas supposed to DO his Son {
be 2llnsinG.

ne In said BY . sEau Supposed to be his Son 60
be MlnsinG.
The Brooklyn police sent out q general alarm
last night for B. J. King, who was reported as
missing by q young man, supposed to be his son.
1t wac said that Mr.. King had been staying at
the Princeton. 326-329 West Fifty.seventh
street, that his place OF business In this city was
at lat Washington street, that he was a mem
Der of tho Cook Manufacturing Company and
that his homo was in Atlanta, Ga.
1t was explained that he had been confined in.
doors by sickness for a week. but that early
yesterday afternoon he was 80 much improved
that he started of on q bicycle to visit n friend
in Brooklyn, promising to return before 1
o'clock.
The son anid that when his father failed to re-
turn no became uneasy and went to Brooklyn to
search for him. Finding that he had not visited
his friend. he went to the Brooklyn Police Head
quarters and the alarm was sent out.
Mr.. King was described as As years old and
slim and as having n gray mustache and wear
ing Masonic emblems.
The only King who has lived at the Princeton
who could be found by q reporter last night was
DIR. NJ. l.. King. He left here q year ago, and
lives at the st. Augustine, at Eighth avenue and
Fffty.seventh street He said that none of his
relatives was missing.
1t was true. he said. that he had a brother
named Brice J. King. but he lived In Centralia.
KAN, and had not been In this vicinity in i've
yearH.
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UP 100 FEET ON HIS KITE.
CHARLES II. LAMsoN's EXPERIMENT.
At RIGBY PARK, ME.

r. a. - ..aDm
r"" Inv .'s' @h'
O"'orS no Fi'ca In the A'r-the Ffrrt
Direct Ascent with n hhe Lnmsen'p
Hope OF seIvinE tho Airship Problem.
w. une %v:-SVS roauers VII
son - .no sSto.n' puoiSneu III ooNnh
Nusus. i"S' Nnarioo n. L"inson eApertnohD
r M "s sisnip a. Iusoy rars' ne,e
nn eNpiois was rewarded theh oy frot. Haus
20. ~ oNpoi" 90 u = ao'enoeu so,eA.
.ine airShIp experiments ATTAINED up totnes
.m oNper'h,onts tneh mado were wins
u" unn siheo .hn. t,he MI. Lah'soh mas poen
"otNN,s e'oauh'' nv 'esterohy. ny personal
o"e,o o' n'' "ifehip' oc'pohs.rh'eo tnao ne
10 10y ioe''n " hope '""' oe'ore iong NJ
=. !" WIN MS Invention phenomenal TO
'u'e :" ! neVlsation.
A"o, Ausue' IL hiust "onuerIui part OF nm
1Hpe,,n.e"'s "astne steaoiheas OF the snip wniie
'uai a"u .ns great iea.ure OF 'ne Lamson
mp was gam maze evident by yesteruHye
ums' ban'soh asserteu IN HE SUM year age
s",. ~ouiu one ahs acmonsrrato inc ieasi-
I'm. othis pi"no aeriai naVisatf"n' ana "heh
u t'ia,s q over ihst hient INC CRITICS VINO
""'e"eu 'ne" asrceu that he had gone q long
".' v"aiu MAKING hs cia'p' goon.
a. "'o"' fofoeiue Yesterday aitcrnoon
nanu'oh asecnucu 70 " neight OF nearly loo iecs
on vi his afsnips' nc "ent up ehsiiy ana
e"hhe !" AL r'ent aitcr spending time enough
u ioos aoout MN anu reel the nova
~ VI A''hs through inc air. Mr. a.
n,N i'ote"' iouhoer anu oireetoF OF inc
niuo fiih Metcoroiogicai observatory near Bos-
~, o"me u Foruenu' accompanied py MS
aSSistants, III. n. clayton ana .. I. FureuBon,
'cspo"e eh' q viz LaniSoh anu test some OF
AZ he"ly -cohatruetod kites. The steamer was
taken TOT "aites Landing, where Gen. J. N.
nro"h mao gwen inc use OF MS Dig nay neids
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WOMEN SAVED FROM FIRE.
Caught By Policemen on Leaping from q win
dow-One Hurt.

Caught By Policemen on HeapinE from o win-
dow-One Hurt.
Policeman Patrick Shea of the West Thirtieth
street station while passing the three-story
brick dwelling at 142 West Thirty.seconds street
last evening saw smoke coming from one of
the windows Of the first floor. After ringing an
alarm he returned to the building. which 10 oc-
cupied BY negroes, with Policemen Reardon and
Kruger. The three policemen found the halls
and stairways OF the house In flames. The ten
ants OF the second ioor-Ella smith. a laundress;
Mrs. Sarah Walker and her 1s-year-old daush.
ter. Lulu-appeared on the stills Of the front win
dows of their rooms. By that time a big crowd
had gathered. The crowd shouted to the women
to keep up their courage until the fremen would
arrive.
On the third floor Walter Cranston, q bar
tender. lived alone. He was In the house &C the
time tho hre was discovered, and like the other
tenants he appeared at one OF the front windows.
In the mean time the flames were spreading
rapidly. Tho three policemen went up on the
stoop leading to the burning building and
shouted for the women to drop. one BY one, from
out and swung from the window sill. dropping
into the arms Of tho policemen Her daughter
As MIS- .o sias.s ala ian mot Sst Watt sA iSa s, wissSas hA sSs
Jumped down on the sidewalk. was picked up
HOSPITAL IN an smbaianee. Tho SSSula 1re
9urReon who attended her said she was not badly
injured.
Cranston climbed down the window shutters
to the second floor. thence down the shutters
to the first floor. and then, jumping into the
area escaped without injury.
There were no other tenants in the house at
by way of the front windows. The firemcn az.
ttnguished the flames within half an hour. Tho
damage done TO the building amounted TO $500.
the nat of Mrs. Sarah Highsmith on the hrst
moor. Mrs. Highsmith was not at home at the
time.
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TORNADO AT NEWPORT NEWS.
BuiIdinGs and Trees Biown Down and Vessels
Tossed About in the Harbor.

v u DioNh hbo"u onu NSb3Nlo
Tossed About in the HaFbor.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, June 2o.-A tornado
visited this city at about o o'clock this evening.
For some hours a dark hoavy cloud lowered
over the city, and when the climax came the air
was filed with dust. As the strength OF the
wind increased limbs of trees were broken and
many trees were torn up by the roots. AT the
Fast End, n suburb of the city. several houses
were blown down. and 1t is believed one man
was killed. A score or more OF Sunday school
children who sought shelter in u nearly COM
pleted building at the corner OF Chestnut avenue
and Twenty-seventh street had u narrow escape.
The falling bricks of the chimney. however,
warned them. and they had no sooner rushed
out into the street than the structure collapsed.
These children say that they left u man In the
building whom they rushed out. lie wanted
them To- remain. calling to them There's no
danger
Several vessels in the river broke from anchor
and narrowly escaped being beached.. Tho
shore h literally strewn with small craft, and
IL is feared that several yachting parties who
have not been heard from have been drowned.
At Old Point Comfort the waves were the high.
est ever known. Several sailboats ware washed
ashore and n steam launch was sunk.
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SIZE LOVES A HANDSOME OFFICER.
woman. AEe Unknowu, ConHdes 70 the Core.
nor Her Purpose to Die.

woman. Are Unknowu, ConHdes 20 the Coro.
nor Her Purpose to Die.
Coroner Hoeber doesn't know who wrote him
this lettor, which he received on Saturday:
To the Coroner Of Ne.S York:
"As I Am soon to depart out Of this cold, cold
world into an unknown, as q dying request
wish you not to keep my romains in the Morgue
over three days. II not removed by any one before.
God knows I have fought vigorously in my
cndeavor to overcome tho terrible feeling Of solf-
destruction, but I cannot; no, / cannot; my
heart IL broke and I must die. Unjust have rest.
and that in tho sleep from which no one waketh.
II am young, a respectable girl Of high parent
age. and perfectly sane; but that word lovei
Oh. Lowell How many besides myself have
sought nm unkindly grave on account of that
word! God knows all and no will forgive me.
II met and became acquainted and fell desper.
ately In love with a handsome Government
officer. and endeavored to win his love. but I
could not. He is not to blame for my act, as he
l will die without revealing HIS name. He never
treated me as more thar a friend, but his
handsome face, pleasant smile, and winning
ION his return last week FROM abroad sought
him and told him Of my love for him; but, he
owns me, and my heart went out to him, and
for his sake I have sealed his nj me and die for
him. Az no may not wish to identify me-. and
not knowing his present address. please give the
inclosed letter to any one who may prosont the
remaining half of this card, which | gave him.
requesting him to koep 1t, not knowing what for.
GOD pity my dehr parents and have mercy on
me. a lovc.foolish, sad-hcarted girl"
The inclosed letter 10 sealed and the half card
referred TO 10 pasted on the envelope. which il
superscribed:
"Deliver only to the person presenting the re-
mainder OF this card. 1t must not be opened.
FROM AN SUICIDE
On tho card are two hands. clasped. q bouquet
Of roses, and a turtle dove, n wreath Of roses
and furHet-me-nptR encirclinr the banda. Tho
card bears the inscription: Far from thee DO
avary main
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ARRESTED At HIS WEDDING.
Murphy stoIe His Fathers Furniture ana Beat
MIm when He ObJected.

Murphy stoie His Fathers Furniture ana Boat
l1Im when lae Objected.
Daniel Murphy, 81 years old. of Az West
Seventeenth street, went to the West Twentieth
street police station yesterday afternoon and
said that his son William, who was married
yesterday, had taken all OF the family furniture
to his fiat at sos West Nineteenth street, and
had beaten him severely when he objected.
Murphy was sent to the New York Hospital, but
the police decided at first not to arrest Murphy.
Jr., on his wedding night. In the evening they
learned that the older man was likely to die. so
Policeman Barney Martin was sent to 5O5
West Nineteenth street TO arrest tho young
man. He got there while the wedding recep.
ton was In progress. Forty guests were present.
They didn't want to have Murphy arrested,
but Martin lugged him along to the station
with the bride ~clinging to his arm and tho forty
guests trailing behind.
In the station Mrs. Murphy pleaded to have
her husband set free. The Sergeant refused.
bands neck, and 1t took four policemen to sepa-
rate them.
She was finally put out of the station and he
was locked up.
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HIS BUILDINGS SWEPT Away.
A Tornado Carries n Child About 100 Reds
and Depssits % ON q straM Pile.

DUNCAN, Neb.. June 2O.-To-day a tornado
struck the farm OF John Eisenmann. seven miles
northwest of Duncan. All HIS buildings, In
Guiding q story-and-a-half house. stable. wind
mill, and Rranary full of grain. were completely
demolished. Mrs. Eisenmann was badly injured
about tho face. and a little child was found a
quarter OF a mile north ON an old straw pilc,
slightly injured. Sections Of the buildings were
found over q mile away.
All trees in tho path of tho storm were raxsd TO
the ground. The storm was very narrow at this
point and extended northward toward Monroe
and Norfolk. Considerable damage by hail Is
reported in the vicinity of the tornado's path.
About three inches OF water fell at Duncan, ae-
companied by u heavy wind.
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X-RAYs FIND 4 BULLEE.
Successful Rxanination In the Case OF q -,
Accidentally Shot.

Successful Rxamination In the Case or n hoy
Accidentally Shot.
DR.. W. +. Solder of Newark made an X-ray
examination on Saturday night in the case of
little Bertram Nelson, who was shot through
the chest . week before by his brother Clarence
in a mock duel in which toy pistols were used.
The boys. ono IL and the other 10. had been
cleaning their pistols. and that OF the elder lad
contained forgotten cartridge. which exploded.
sending n o2-calibre bullet through Bertram's
right lung. DR.. Seidler was called in at the
time. and on Saturday he concluded that the
boy was well enough to undergo the strain of
an X-ray examination.
The boy was examined with n fuoroseope
from the back and from the front and the bullet
was plainly seen logded against the third rib.
several photographs were taken. An incision
viii be made and bullet extracted some day
this week.
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'ody. but with much Of Mr.. Austin's usual horti-
cultural metaphor.
The absence Of any distinctive note Is sure to
prevent It from reaching the heart Of the peo-
pie. The following verses show the quality Of
tho stun:
The lark went up. the mower whet his scythe.
On golden meads kline Illuminating lay,
And all the world felt young again and oliths.
Just - to-day.
Tho above 10 the first verso. The fourth verse
reads:
In the green wheat the poppy burst aaame.
wfdrose and wsodbIne garianded the glade.
And twin with maiden summer forth there came
A summer maid.
The twenty fourth verso Ii as follows:
Then TO tho winds yet wider was unfurisd the nng
That tyrants never could enslave,
TIL Its strong wisdom governed half the world.
And all the wave.
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DIMES.
Man and woman Arrested ~ Their Daughters
Come Home fran sunday school.

Man and woman Arrested a. Their Daughters
Como Home fran sunday school.
Secret Service Chief George w. Hazen came
recently from Washington to aid in finding
counterfciters of ten.cent pieces known to be
working about New York somewhere. with
him were Detectives Esquirell, Owen. and
Henry. On Saturday they saw Mrs. Catherine
Wagerley on Broad way. She was passing dimes
which wero counterfeits. Mrs. Wagerley lives
with her husband at 81 Bleecker street. Brooklyn.
Yesterday tho detectives went to No. 81 and
found WaRerley on the top floor of the three.
story building. which he owns. Wagerley tried
TO keen tho detectives back with n game of blur,
but the men searched the place. found about $40
in ten-cent pieces, seized some moulds. and saw
that the metal had been melted over the range
In the kitchen.
While the detectives were there l2.year.old
Gertrude Wagerley and her l5-year-old sister.
Katie. came home from Sunday school. Their
locked up in the Oak street station.
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TROLLEY CAR UPSET THE ouIsys.
Martin Qainu'a Wages Wrecked. HIS Three
ChiIaren Hurt. and MS narse IstsnbIed.

hAaEtb - ~ hAtFNN "
Martin Quinn, n machinist, who lives at 36
Schafrer street, Williamsburg. and his three
children were riding in a onc-horse open wagon
yesterday afternoon when n Gates avenue
trolley car crashed into the wagon and spilled
its occupants on the tracks. Fortunately Quinn
and his children escaped serious injury. The
wagon was wrecked and the horse badly hurt
The collision occurred in Oates avenue. near
Knickerbocker avenue. The car. In charge of
Motorman Wilson, vas bound for the bridge.
Quinn says his horse Was almost at a standstiL.
The motorman says Quinn's careless driving In
responsible for the accident.
When the crash came the horse was knocked
down. Quinn and his sons, George, 7 years old,
and Frank, 4. were unseatei. Berths Quinn, 8
years old, fell under the wrecked wagon. The
eldest boy was picked up unconscious. lie WAS
slightly cut on the head. Frank narrowly
escaped being kicked by the horse and Sustaiuel
several bruises. The girl was badly frightened
and tho father suffered with shock. An ambu-
lance surgeon attended TO their injuries and
Quinn and his little ones walked home.
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ANOTHER xARoxIo MESSAGE.
This 1iz,e ths- Iisu,e To Picked Up In Narra.
gauaett lBay.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., June 20.-while playing
on the shore at Fields Point on Saturday some
boys found what purports to be a message from
the Inflated steamship Saronic. The boys saw
q bottle floating on the surface Of the water, and
taking 1t ashore broke 1t. They found it con.
tanned a paper on which the writing was almost
illegihle. They took the paper to the Fifth
, oiice station. where Sergeant Prout. with the
aid OF a magnifying glass. made out the writing
to be:
soa. steamship Naronic. We are sinking:
boats all lost: no hope. This may serve to clear
mystery should. it ever reach land. Good-by
From Swanson jameson"
There wns n hole instead OF n letter after the
"I' In the name OF the steamer. The bottle
was u onlmon bottle such US Is used in N drug
store. and the paper was cheap letter paper.
The writing was In lead pencil and was 80 faint
that 1t was evident that II had been In the water
"A long time. Fields Point Is the nearest TO the
city Of the shore resorts on Narragansett Bay
and removed from the open sea by practically
the length of the bay.
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TWO COSTLY LOUISIANA FIRES.
PIckwick MsteI IA New Orleans and u. c. Lie
DIauc's COunIPy II0Ae Burned.

PickwiCk hIstel ia New Orleans and u. &. Lo
nlnuc's Country Home Banned.
NEW ORLEANS. June O.-Firs was discovered
in the upper story of tho Pickwick Hotel on
Canal street at an early hour this morning. Tho
Fire Department was late In getting to tho
scene. All the guests escaped without diff
Guilty and with most OF their baggage. but the
hotel was badly damaged by fire ana water, all
the furniture being ruined. The loss is esti.
mated at from 500, 900 to 100000; The hotel
sold n few days ago 10 DO converted into u dry.
goods store.
A fire at Pecan Plantation. near Piaquomine,
destroyed last night the handsome residence OF
D. G. lie Blanc. ono OF the finest country houses
In the State. A large amount of jewelry was
burned in the IRE, and the loss IL estimated Ut
800,
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piscunainE the Meds OF Pnytne the Greek
Indemnity to Turkey.
Special Cable Despatch 10 The SUN.
CoNsTANTTNoP1E. Juno 2O.-The first sitting
OF the financial commission to determine the
mode Of payment Of the indemnity from Greece
TO Turkey was held yesterday.
The Sultan has ordered tho erection Of build.
ings In the vicinity OF the palace for the purpose
OF holding an exhibition. the proceeds of which
arc to DO devoted to the relief OF the families of
the Turkish soldiers who fell during the cam.
paign.
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SHE MARRIEs 4 CHINAMAN.
Two bright Students OF stanford UnIversit,
Join Their Fortunes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 20.-Miss Emma Ellen
Howse, q graduate of Stanford University, who
welded Walter Ngong Fong, u young Chinese, at
Denver yesterday, met her husband at Stan
ford. She was a special student in history, and
he was in the same classes. She is bright and
pretty. Fong graduated at the University OF tho
Pacific at San jose. and then took a post-gradu-
ate course ut Stanford. He paid his way at San
Jose by Interpreting In the courts. He Is a Chris.
tian, and was active In mission work when here.
A few months ago he was credit ed with being
at the head OF a powerful organization Of edu.
Gated Chinese In this country, whose object was
to overthrow the present dynasty, and trans
form the Chinese empire into a great Oriental
republic This was a eanard, but FOng believes
In Marquis Tseng's prediction OF a great awak-
ening OF China In the near future. He has dis
carded his queue, dresses in American style,
and only his features show that no 10 u Chinese.
He speaks EDglish without the slightest foreign
accent,
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eUNPoWDER IN A BURNING HOUSE.
Twenty Pounds OF 1t Pound by the Hlremeu
Under Reds and Elsewhere.

Twenty Pounds OF 1t Found by the Hlremen
Under Reds and ElseWhere.
PATERSON. N. j., June o.-Ffre was discov-
cred at 122 Oliver street about 1 o'clock this
morning. The house is occupied on the first floor
by Edward Westhoven, who keeps a saloon. and
on the second floor by James Stoddard and
family. The Stoddard family are out Of town.
When the flremen arrived they found the house
burning in different places. The hre was soon
extingnished.
powder were found distributed through the
house. under beds and in bureau drawers. Tho
house was turned topsy-turvy. pictures having
In heaps on the floor. Several fuses were found
scattered through the rooms, both upstairs and
In kerosene lamps. westhoven closed his saloon
about midnight and he has not been seen since.
The Westhoven and Stoddard families are