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Observation-Disclosures
TISITS 4 House ~ STAFFORD
TWICE ~ OWE Mo HT
Escapes Each Elmo Arrcr ncinE DIscoyered-
struggle with n Young woman on TITS FIRST
NIslt-NiieS In Another House Artcr ucinE
pisCo,c 81 ed -prscribc nsn MrnN, srt Ncrro.

EsCnnca Each rIutN AnHr ItrInu nIssoyAred-
struggle win n Young womnn ON Is,s F,r,,
visit ,uics In Another HOUSE, Artcr uc,nK
pi-co,Ci cd Described asn Irav, set Negro.
nyu,,yr,,r r,,, n, -. S,u,,r., ~
~ va" Wv :" ''''''''" ""S
n burglar of exceptional daring who has terror
lied the village. lie entered tho Sane house
t,yiro d,rin, ui,b, E,rlr on S,,dox
"'' "a" NV "'Su'' r''iS WI SUNNY
morning lac was discovered in the residence Of
Henry Booth and escaped after q struggle with
Miss nro,h. fcv hours ,ft,r,,ri hc "a.
"'",' "' :"
turned ana again entered the house. hut again
made his escape. The same night tho house
nf l1,,,,,s Srocr Il, ~, ,,,o ,,,rt ,, ,t, ~
>, ~ " -. "Pi,, w Nv 80
iaS' was "Iso chteroi. Iho nArR.nF was canIhe
at work There, 0n! ''G%pe'' The houses Of
.o.,P'. H",n""' '". ! ",'''",' '"Ft'S
were also entered. Al The Anthony house tho
action Of the burglar was even moro daring.
Tho n,,,h hn,sc L. an elm s,r,c, NJ,
po,tL s,"ny, ,,,,,,., ,ir, o",.h a. 49, "r.
I occupy "a room on the second floor. The family
retired cor,v nm saturday rich, %cuic IN,
younger daughter, was awakened some time
during the night by a movement under her
pi,,ov. Sbc n,bc1 ont hcr hand in ,hr d,rt.
moss ana II lcl upon the nrm OF n man. The
girl screamed and awakened her sister Alico.
"' - '''' VI" w. Nv -" VI Wv "",Si' NV
whs "r"EErl rom her bed and struggled about
h rnr ' It",or , n,,,r Yru ,yt,h a ,% n'","n "'H rs eouaa see
Nv '7''' '''"h"t'''e wiz ~ ~" u n'"'ch
went OUT anu INC burglar Wrchclci himself
free from the CRASH OF tkc girl and ran down tho
.,,tr. :, r, hau ,,l ,.,.,.1 M f..h....-
'"'i ~ !. M II" 'SI"pc'' 'no i"INcr was
awakened 10y the cries OF tho girls and the
struggle unstAjr. nnd WIS in the hnl when tho
man dashed past him and out of the front door.
Mr.. Booth Wns TOO hrwiIdrrcd ia mako nnv nj.
TENN, To stom INN. An invcsti,ntinn showed
that both The front and back doors of the house
wcr, onrn.
WIS an Lopr mr. ,norc hofore IN. inr,,t.s NJ
the house were asIrru nynin ,finr tho "xcite.
mem a; n visit fr,ru +, hurgiar lr Rnnth saw,
~ .,,.,-, l,,,., i,,,, ,.l .-u.i .F..l ~ - II
Suddenly he w,s awakened hy n noisn IN his
room. flo sat mn in hnd mud in tic l,rtnnss
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FOR A FLOATING DRY DOCK.
Admiral Matthews Wants One In Some Gulf
Port.

WASHINGTON. oct. 2i.-Iienr Admiral +. o.
Matthews, Chief of the Naval Bureau OF Yards
and Docks, is an adept in the art of eConomizing.
His annual report, made public to-day, shows
that he pruncd down the estimates of the com
mandants of navy yards and shore stations from
50. 92s. O6s TO $2,43+ .302. The estimates for
improvements. amounting to s., S6S. SOC, w re
pared to 81 Bod. So.
For the Brooklyn Navy Yard Admiral Matt
hcws asks $3iS,63T. or this amount $50. 900 is
wanted for dredging ont the Wallabout and
opening up the Whitncy Basin, thus doubling
the available water for large ships; for improv-
ing the wharf between the stone dry dock and
main street, $1,000; for new shops, sos, 900;
for a new oil and varnish storchousc. $I6.3OO,
and for n new storehousc for supplies, $40, 1877.
Admiral Matthews recommends that dry
docks hereafter be constructed of con-
crete with stone facings TO nbutmeuis and
affairs. The dimensions. he says, should no
about $50 by % feet, with n depth over the sill
ut mean low water Of 80 feet. The section OF
the entrance should he shaped rs is the greatest
cross section of II battle ship. In soft or uneven
bottom pilinE may b. necessary under the stTuc-
turc. hut in that position the pillnG would last
for all time. This. says the Admiral, makes u
solid mass entirely ind pendent Of all outside
conditions. He thinkS a steel floating dock
filled with gates for use with the hea yicr ships
would be OF great service at either Key West,
Tortugas, or Algicrs, La.
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SUICIDE, Not MURDER.
AUTOPSY. Made After Her Husbands Arrest.
showed That Mrs. Williams Took Poison.

H"''e 800 So
Kate Williams. the wife of John +. Williams,
n -four and feed dealer of liil Avenue A, was
found dead on the floor in her bedroom early
yesterday.
The records of the Yorkvillc Police Court for
the last six months contain two entries Of the
woman's complaints against her husband for
allcged.ill treatment. when Williams went to
Mrs. Mahoncy, his mother-in-law, yesterday and
advised her to go to his home and look after his
wife, the Mahoncys jumped AT the conclusion
that he had beaten his wife rather more than
usual. They found Mrs. Williams dead, and
ran to tell the police that she had been muir
dCred.
DR. s. b. Ives. captain Of the Yale '93 crow.
the surgeon of the ambulance which was sum
mOncd from the Presbyterian Hospital, when
his attention was called 10 bruises ON the dead
wonnn's lip and jaw said that these wounds
might Indicate the cause of death. ON The other
hand. there was nothing to show that death WAS
moi due to natural causes.
Williams came home during the inycstiga.
ton OF his wifc's death. Joe Nahoncy flew at
him. loudly accusing him OF murder. The
lolice arrested. Williams and sent out this buile-
"Gwcnty.afth: Precinct. I2:i3 \. M.,-Kate
williams, 20 years. was found dcnd in her
apartment at lili Avenue a: Had her teeth
knocked out and bruises on face. John VIII
iains. dealer in feed. her husband, arrested.
| charged with having committed murder, Joseph
SM ro I iGoT n. nsS"I TO- JOHN In William m"'" Kate " VII
linms told Mahoncy that her husband had beaten
her. Coroner has been notified"
Coroncr's Physician schultz made n careful
examination Of the body later; He found car
bulic acid burns on the wOnlan's upper and low
or lips. lie viii hand in II report today to tho
eject that Mrs. Williams committed suicide.
Before this had been asccrInincd Williams
was arraigned in Yorkvillc Court, where he was
confronted with witnesses who had heard
| rounds of Guarre!linE In hiS fat on sunday. IN
advice of his lawyers he said nothing. When
he was arrested he said only, II can prove an
alibi.' The alibi will not be necessary now.
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sCHooL CENSUS APPOINTMENTS.
Three Hundred Enum"rators Named by Gov.
Binck for the Work.

ALBANY, Oct. - o'morrow 300 cnumer-
ntors will begin the work Of taking tho census of
children of school age in New York city. in
accordance with the provisions of the Biennial
School Census Jaw. There are from five to
twelve enumcrators appointed for each Assem-
bly, district, according to population. For
each Assembly district one supervisor OF tho
census is appointed. and he is held responsible
"or the work of the cnumcratorS.
The cUumcratOrS and supervisors were named
to-day by Superintendent Charles r. skinner OF
the state Department Of Public Instruction.
The supervisors will receive - o day and the
enumeraiorS ~. The taking of the census Is
distinctly n state affair. and IS in no way under
the control OF the local Board of Education. The
expenses of taking and tabulating the census
will be Sg5,uGo. 1t is expected the work of
enumeration Will be completed in four weeks
time.
Deputy state Su pcrintcndent Of Public In
struction Howard j. Rogers started for New
York tonight to supervise and direct the work.
The school census in brooklyn is to be taken by
the members OF the police force. Supcrintend-
ent skinner 81 the state Department Of Public
Instruction said to-day that Brooklyn had no
available funds to employ special cnumcrators
for he work. and that the city would save &c.,
600 by having the police take the census.
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The Board of City Magistrates at its meeting
last night was in doubt rs TO whether IL would
open the new West Fifty.fourth street Court
ON Nov. 3. and it will hold another meeting
next Saturday night to decide the matter.
A letter was received from Alfred H. 'onk'
ing suggesting that the Magistrates in The
courts hc'ow Fourteenth street sit uitll y
o'clock on election night.
II fear inspectors Of election VIII Ninlnic IN"
law he wrote. ''and in close districtH Il IL
possible they VII! make n false canvass. Watch
Crs may ask for warrants"
The Magistrates smiled when the letter was
read, and ordered ii on hle.
A communion, ion vas received from vii.
liam II. kliukcr saying that the Associated
Cycling tluhs requested ihut any and all per
SOM. arrcs ted for -"nrching I've tined $40 when
the practice. The letter was filed.
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,ns been 0c,,v. in nersuadinr tho Administra.

has been active in persuadinE. tho Administra.
ton to postpone tho Union raelno saie'
Thomas attitude toward the Union Pacific
roorgani2n tion, IL is proper 70 state mat none
Guiding tho most intimate ono OF them, OK,
United States senator Hrlcc, las ,coop.erated
with him in any way In his Union ihciic ven
turc, nor do nny of them share his views. As q
matter Of fact, many of them are Interested In
the regular reorganization syndiCnic, ana hr0
the rCluIC not especially pleased al MS cioTls 10
thwHrt their plans.
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Mrs. Braun Gets u Divorce.

SIOUX FALLS. S. d., Oct. 25.-Mrs. A. S. Braun
OF New York secured n divorce to-day from her
husband Anthony Braun. .Ir. Both arc members
OF the theatrical profession and were with "a
New York stock company last year.
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CAUSE or THE ACCIDENT.
president D"pew and the Other Officials nj n
Loss 10 Determine IL.

President Dcpcw, at his Office in tho Grand
Central station, received no Intelligence ycstcr-
day rom the scene Of the wreck which inclined
him 10 alter his opinion, formed on Sunday,
that no human forests Git cold have prevented
the Garrison's catastrophe. As TO the cause of
tbs wreck he had no opinion. AL was conjecture.
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3usinrss Inticr5.

Mrs. WinsIoW'H Soothing Syrup for children
teeth!ng; so'trns the gums. reduces Inflammation, al
lays pain. cures wind collie. d]iaTrh,ra. 2jc. q bottle.
The Russian mud Turkish HnthS. Is lafayette
place. with restaurant, cafe aud hotel arrpnmOdar
lions, are the most luxurious OF the Kind In the world.
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3lrw Qualifications.

NOW READY. 70 cents. So Ia year.
The NOVEMBER HUMHEE Of tho
DALI MALL MAGAZINE.
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SOME OF TIE CoNrRNTs

SOME OF THE CoNTESrs:
THE CAMPAIGN or ST. NINCTST.
riL Pprfr0iis and PiInS n The hattie, BY
Judsc OCOSNOR MOKi;IS.
A BUILDER or THE EMPIRE. by
n baroness M~ACDONAiD OF EARNS, LIFE.
TIE HOME OF THE pENGlINS OF
THE WORLD IY " n. 81, kfRTpN.
Wustrdtcd trpm NJ'c"iIi Photographic
rApTINES or THE MIGHTY. by ].
r. III JOHNSON
FAMOUS lIOIsl'S: IONGIENT. the
L seat 81 the Marquis u hath. Hy the k"Y A.
nIu"truLd C,on, SPr tnl photographic,
THE PILOT. illustrated. by NOR
L LEY ROBERTS,
NEW YORK.;
The INTERNATIONAL NEWS CO., sa Duane street.
Montreal; Muntr,al Ncw, ga. fromt'3 Toronto
'"w- 90,
NEW French ,:, ",ol, sirr lmrn. i~' hnl' lr go.
y "a lFi.is, fru" i'iri,, 20" ,l"ad"aF' Ne" york.
French les 'ns.
OK r~ACH-Glry'- ro''t,," Mur-,us bro
20 m.guury." Laai"r's "Ud trn.w mn" boEs.
Diseases. "ChecLcr Player" FKAlI. l0I 9th e.
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NARINE INTELLIGE NCE.

MINIATURE ALhASAC-Tms DAY.
Sun rises. O2I : Sun sets. . 04 Moon SETS. 3 90
HIGH wATER-TnIS DAY.
Sandy Hook. 7l2 Gov.lsld. IA He'll Gate. 81
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Arrivod-MoSDAY. Oct. 25

So vrcndam, StcnGcr. Rotterdam Oct. 10 and Bou.
loGuc 18th.
- Iurrc-sla. Harris. Glasgow Oct. IL.
IS Charlois. Peters, Rotterdam.
IS Bowie, Jones, Liverpool.
For later arrivals see First Pagel
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NNETFEV VTTs
SIS Ems. from New York. at Gibraltar.
SIS Cufr. from New York. at Liverpool.
SIS Amsterdam, from New YORK, at Amsterdam.
S. HindoO, from New York. at Hull.
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SAILED FROM FoREIGS FORTS.
SIS Allcr. from Gibraltar for New York.
81 Alliance, from COlOn for New YORK.
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SAILED FROM DOMESTIC FORTS.
SIS Algiers. from New Orleans for New York.
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IS Maasaam, from New York for Rotterdam. passed
tl,c I iznrI
The leader., 1897-09-22

lv one hears rumor of the police hav-
ing nearly captured an outward expedi-
ton But that is not all. In point of
fact scores of boat loads of ammuni-
ton, medicines, clothing, and even
arms, have been safely shipped hence
to Cuba; and only on two occasions
have the police effected capture.
of course, for obvious reasons, | do
not propose here entering into details
of how the oracle is worked. Suffice it
to say that one day recently l was mott
fied-after frequent applications and
MANY favors done-that if pleased to
take passage from certain outport on
boat that was shipping cocoanuts to a
Boston fruiter at Port Maria, the
chances were even that l would either
see Cuba and an insurgent camper
fall into the hands of the police.
So, in broad daylight, within sight of
the police station, l stepped into huge
punt-like craft, and, before a brisk
breeze, started for Port Maria. The YES
sci, an ordinary coast drogher, was
heavily laden with cocoanuts. A few
miles down the coast we landed. A
quantity of nuts were cast ashore and
replaced by several packages, and the
native crew exchanged places with
dozen Cubans. Then HE for the open
sea! But not before squad of be-
lated policemen came tearing through
the bushes. The expedition had been
discovered, but too late to stop it-as
usual. But the cocoanut racket was ex-
ploded, and some other dodge would
have to be invented. For every one OF
these cocoanuts, except the decoys al
The leader., 1897-09-22
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


During the week ended September IS
the temperature was warm and the pre-
cipitation below the normal, as q rule.
The majority of the cotton reports show
a falling off in the condition and yield
OF that crop over the greater portion Of
the State, although good average crop
is indicated in some favored sections,
and better than last year. The cause
of the deterioration in cotton is attrib-
uted to shedding, rust, rot, worms and
the premature opening of the bolls.
The southern portion of the State has
received too much rain generally, and
drouth has been injurious over the north
portion in many sections. In the delta
and the overflowcd lands, late frost
will be necessary to secure the full CT op,
which is very promising at preseat.
Cotton continues to open fast, and pick
ing is progressing under the favorable
weather conditions Considerable hay
and fodder have been saved. Corn and
gardens are showing the effects of the
drouth and will be cut short thereby.
The leader., 1897-09-22

ridges, Q small lot Of clothing. medi.
cines and delicacies for Calixto Garcia,
and important mail and later cable dis
patches from New York. What a
scoop for the Dons u they had caught
US! And they very nearly did, too, as
the sequel will show.
Ii was late in the afternoon when we
made the shore. through a veritable
labyrinth Of coral reefs, and beeched
the unwieldy punt on long stretch OF
sandy beach. Instantly all hands COM
menced to tumble the cocoanuts and
packages ashore, whilst the leader of
the party sent up a rocket that trailed
high above the trees that grew densely
TO within few hundred yards of the
sea. BY the time the cargo was landed
some 80 Cubans we're on hand, and,
without ado, a start was made for the
camp in the interior.
But only a start. There was a stop
page.
A bugle sounded down the beach
around the bend.
"The escort?" asked our leader,
anxiously.
They are yonde:," was the reply, in
a scared voice.
a moment later a party of Spanish
guerrillas, about 90, or even more,
swept into sight.
Run for the bush!" cried the leader,
suiting the action to the word
This was fine ending of my adven-
ture, | thought, as under a shower of
bullets we dashed into the thicket. But
the end was not yet. AS instinctively
looked back, from the opposite side OF
the beach a single horseman, dressed
in the Cuban uniform, and waving a
heavy sword, dashed into the open.
AL machete!" he cried. Then the
tramp of horses sounded duly on the
sand, and a squad of dozen Cuban
cavalry thundered after.
Form squared" yelled the Spanish
officer
"Ah, traitor, it is thou?" shouted the
Cuban, as he rushed past where stood
A cloud of flying sand now developed
the scene. Only the clatter of Spanish
carbines, the snap-rip-rap of American
repeating rifles and the clash of steel
told how holly the fight waged. In ten
minutes it was all over. The guerrilla+
had no chance before that furious or.
slaught, and they could not even run or
double on the heavy sand.
Only two prisoners were taken, one
young Spaniard scarcely out of lis
teens, and the leader of the guerrillas-
Cuban ard a deserter from Garcia's
The leader., 1897-09-22

The following additional applications
for pensions have been granted by the
board of pension examiners of Clarke
county: Rebecca Sergerner, Mamie C..
Pounds, Mrs. f. Leigh, l. A. Clegg, j.
II. Cantwell, j. A. jackson and Bob
Graham. The old pension list Of the
county remains as heretofore except
those pensioners who have died since
the last distribution were stricken off.
Indications are that there will be con.
siderable increase in the number OF
pensioners as compared with last year
Last year they got s1S.75 each. AS the
appropriation of $4,000 must be dis
tributed pro rata the sum paid each will
be reduced in proportion to the increase
Of pensioners. The amount will not
exceed SIC. and may be less.
The leader., 1897-09-22
.pEANUT JOE. I"

MAS, yer. yes! I'm settin' jes' trihe stiff
30 Uni on this corner here for twenty
year all told:
-. eysrybody knows me now m calls me
by my name
,.,.t get lonesome IL 1 Try races are SO
NV heart feel CHEEKY fore they
masses out NV sight
49,. Pss' long enough ter say er kind word
fore they go ,,,.
peanut joe"
Youngsters too. Lord love 'em. all
l"7 smile m nod ter me:
=, boart gets ez tender an ez soft
Ike ez kin be;
y" cheeks so plump m red,
, Lots EN- keep their pennies. an take er
49,. Me- goes erway a-laughin'. so happy an
.sJns This OF world seem ter be a bet
ter place ter stay;
I'm they reach Their corner they alters
seem ter know
IN, Iistenin' till hears 'em shout: Good
rv!' ter Peanut Joe.
:, takes me all my time ter see Their
Erightes' side Nv life,
An, so turn my eyes erway from discord,
sin n strife:
m, n nv corner seems ter be hard N
dreary place.
hunts among ther crown Ter i'hu happE
little face;
An brighter than er sunbeam or ther bluest
bit NV sky.
. heaven or earth It seems ter shine right
out NV heby's eye.
G. II there is a world above, wher' men
like me kin go,
les save place right next ter them-a
SPOT fer Peanut Joe"
Waller S. Stranahan, In Chicago Record.
The leader., 1897-09-22

ready thrown away, had been carefully
scooped out and filled with rifle car
tridges.
Whilst kept out of sight, the Cubans
returned derisive replies to the calls OF
the police to return to shore. The in
spector snapped a revolver at us, and
the bullet whistled over our head as the
sail was tapping to catch the breeze.
Instantly dozen rifles covered the as
tonished policemen. and Cuban yelled
that il another shot was fred they
would blaze away. 1t was sight to
see how those policemen vanished into
the bush.
The escape proved good augury,
and, without sighting the smoke trail
OF any of SPANS vigilant cruisers, early
In the morning of the third day we had
the Cuban shore high ahead of us. |
now found that our destination was at
. point along the Santiago coast. and
that We were carrying 100000 cart
The leader., 1897-09-22
New Pensioners for Clarke County.

l.. $. FOSTER, Superintendent.
jackson, September 18th.
The leader., 1897-09-22
wildcats Raided.

Deputy United States Marshal George
b. johnson and John w. Street, sheriff
Of Tippah county, captured two stills
last week One of 75-gallons capacity
was taken twelve miles north of Ripley.
With it were found some 200 gallons OF
mash, fifty gallons of ''slnglings" and a
barrel of sorghum, all of which was de-
stroyed. The other was taken ten miles
northeast of Ripley. This was twenty
fve-gallon still, and was just being put
down, no supplies being on hand. They
were well-made copper stills and had
seen considerable service. Much trou-
bic has been caused by their operation
in that section in the past few years.
The leader., 1897-09-22

and have hand. But my services are
not wanted. Younger men, and men
tunate claims in the event of unpleas-
ant contingencies, are to the front.
Thus am shelved.
But all things come to him who waits.
And the other day my opportunity
found me out, all on the jump. Few
people, even in Kingston, have any con-
ception of the frequency of the open
boat maitland other service-that is
maintained between the Cuban insur-
gents and the Jamaica junta. Now and
then an inward boat is caught and its
occupants quarantined; and occasional
The leader., 1897-09-22
THE CUBAN INSURGENTS.
How They Live, and Wait and
Fight for Existence.
Account of a Thrilling Dash Across
the Channel from Jamaica with
Fiiibusters-Bricf hut Ex-
citing Experience.
Especial Kingston tJamnica, Le,tsr.l

1t may only be pleasant fiction that
the most decrepit old war horse livens
up ina fiery fury at the bugle blast,
but, measuring the corn of human ma
ture by my own unlicensed bushel, 1
should say that it is the most difficult
thing for the retired war correspondent
to keep his hair on within measurable
distance Of war camps and battle fields.
Ever since the outbreak of the Cuban
instruction, placid family man though
l am, have beea all agog to go over
The leader., 1897-09-22
Interraisiing ! tSaver,ation.

The late Justice Maule was once en-
gagged in passing sentence on pris-
oner, when one of the officers OF the
court annoyed him by crossing the
rangway beneath him with papers for
members of the bar. Don't you know"
cried the Judge. severely addressing
the official culprit, that you ought
never to pass between two gentlemen
when one of them is addressing the
other?" Having thus relieved hiz
mind, the Judge proceeded to pass sen
tence OF seven years penal seryituds
on The other gsrtlemau- N.F.THbuns