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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-02

BY order OF the Populist Judicial
Committee of the Seventh Judicial
Circuit. A. L. Sprague,
John McFadden. Chairman.
Secretary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
TOURISTS SUICIDE IN Il HOTEL.
ssM. Rousseau,o who was Probably RIauric,
KanpG Kills Himself In Philadelphia.


s'M. Rousseau" who was Probably Maurice
kampf. kills Himself In Philadelphin.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. lion Tuesday q tall
mai with @ black mustache. about 80 years old,
registered at Green's Hotel as m. Rousseau,
tourist" No address was written on tho book.
This evening, in consequence Of an odor of gas,
room POS, which he occupied, was entered, and
he was found dead. Tho gas was turned on full
head. Tho body was partly disrobed and was
lying in the middle Of tho bed. On the bureau
were two bottles which had contained whiskey.
n small revolver of French pattern. and q note
addressed to the Consul of France. On the en-
yelope was written in English:
I'm case any accident happens to me, will
tho finder of this be kind enough to send II to
the French Consul in the town IN which I shall
stay at the time"
The revolver had six chambers. one empty. 1t
was silver mounted and Of 2s-cnlibre. There
from c. Epler, photog apher, 292 Fifth avenue.
New York. 1t was dated Nov. 4. The man had
q travelling case bearing the initials M. X" q
hat case. and other travelling accessories.
Some cards in the mans possession indicated
that his name was Maurice kampf. Among his
effects were Canadian Photographic views, pur.
chased in Montreal or Quebec, and q copy of
Pierre Lofts novel, ''L'Exile." purchased in
Havana. He had only 43 cents in his possession.
Deliberate preparations were made for suicide.
The ~crevices around the door in the room were
over these a large travelling shawl was hung.
The Coroner took possession OF the note ad'
dressed to the French Consul. Its contents are
unknown.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
MUST PAY TO ALL ALIKE.
Ceuamiasioner Uotts Demands . Change I'm
Hartford LILO Insurnnce Coz N1ethods.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, Nov. lin the examina-
ton of the Hartford Life Insurance Company,
which Commissioner Belts has been making. he
practice Of paying Hartford policy holders 4 per
cent, while outsiders were only receiving 3 per
cent, making a discrimination not authorized
by the statutes relative to policy holders OF the
same class. The Commissioner informed tho
directors that the discrimination could not be
tolerated, and directed that the Hartford policy
holders thereafter should receive only 3 per
cent. He also directed that tho policy holders
Of the class In question living outside OF Hart
ford should receive additional dividends until
they have received the same rs the Hartford
policy holders. The company Is now engaged in
evening up the dividends.
pany had rejected 10000 Of the insurance
which was reported as outstanding on Dec. 81,
1896, in the annual statement to the Commits
tended as a technical Infringement Of tho Law.
1t was occasioned by including all Of tho appli-
cations for insurance that were received during
the last days OF the year, the presumption OF the
Commissioner Belts has had a conference with
President Parker in regard to the mistak Q in
tho report, especially the errors In regard to out
standing insurance, and no error OF the kind
will be allowed to occur hereafter.
The examination was conducted during the
absence of President Parker in Europe. While
1t was going on Commissioner Belts went before
the Board Of Directors ana pointed out lines OF
which he demanded should be abandoned. I'm
der the origi al business Of the company, which
was known at tho time as the Hartford Life and
Annuity, Company. time policies were Issued
on which regular dividends were t DO paid.
Many OF those policies arc still outstanding,a and
dividends are paid on them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
AeEDFARMER AND UeH rBR snor
Attacked ~ = Worthless Eeilew whs Had
Been Driven or the Farm.

GouVERNRUR, Nov. 11.-Asa w. Briggs. 80
years OF age, a respected farmer Of Hannawa
Falls, this county. lies at The point Of death and
his daughter, Mrs. II. w. Burt. Is painfully
wounded In the left arm, as tho result OF a
cowardly attack made by Morris Savage last
evening. The Burts lived with Briggs In q
pleasant farmhouse q mile from Hannawa vii
lage. Savage 10 n tough character who has
lone time often In the county jail. Some weeks
ago, while intoxicated. he went to the Briggs
home In the absence of Burt and attempted to
run things. Burt returned and drove him OH
the farm. Savage vowed vengeance.
Last evening Burt was again absent. Savage
went to the house at about 2 o'clock and
knocked at the door. Nine-year.old Harry Burt
opened the door and saw a masked man holding
a large revolver. The boy screamed and lodged
inside. His mother hoard the cry and came to-
ward the door. Savage frei. and the 3s-calibro
bullet ploughed through hcr left arm. He was
about to FIRE again, and Mrs. Butt threw up the
weapon. Savage then pushed her into the hall.
rom which she escaped 10 secure heip Oh u
neighbor.
Meanwhile Briggs. who is partially crippled
from O recent stroke of paralysis, had left his
struck him twice on the top Of the he ID and the
old man went down to the floor. Savage then
fred twice at tho PROSTATE body, One bullet
won't through Briggs's right shoulder and the
second hit him in his neck. The latter wound 10
q. very dangerous one and tho physicians say
there is little chance &c, OF 1. his - r &c .srIS, Mrs.
After the shooting Savage fed. There was q
full moon and an inch of snow, making track
Ing pursuit s9sy, AIMED sna 1o Pss ;eins Cd f 81 9sc county ssES sG sa;
and to-day without result, and a despatch 70.
still at liberty. He has Been traced to Potsdam
and later to High Falls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
DAVID WEEKS WILL ooNRBsa.
NE Will Turn States Evidence % Convict
Boinay or the Nichols Murder.

Ne Will Turn States 1videnoo 70 Convict
Boinay or the Nichols Murder.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, Nov. 11.-David Weeks
will turn States evidence whom the case against
himself md Charles Boinay for tho murder of
aged Marcus Nichols is called next week.
Weeks will be tho principal witness for the
State. Boinay fears that no 10 to DO betrayed.
and he has tried several times since no and
Weeks were indicted BY the Grand Jury to get
o note to Weeks, but has been unsuccessful.
Weeks has been willing from the time Of his
arrest to tell all he knew about the crime. 1t
is oven alleged that he was instrumental in
having Boinay return to his home In this city.
Since tho arrest Of the men Weeks has been
very nervous, and his mother has begged him to
tell the truth about the case and save his life.
She feels that Boinay is a rascal, who has
blighted the life of her daughter Maggie, to
whom he is married. and she does not care what
becomes of him. Weeks will swear that Boinay
fred the shot that killed Nichols, and he will
produce the revolver in court with which the
deed was done. Weeks will alao declare that
when he was enticed into the job by Boinay the
latter assured him there would be no need OF
shooting anyb dy: the job could be dono rs sue
c~essfully as was the robbery at the homo OF
Miss Kate Nichols q few weeks before, which
was done by them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12

Both or Her Alleged Husbands Unite In Ao-
cusing Heroine . Physician.

~~- AoE htUS0A ohAbo ~ nv
cusing Heroine . Physician.
Olga w. Piper. 20 years old, was held yester-
day in tho Jefferson Market Police Court to
await extradition papers from New Jersey to
answer to a charge of bigamy. John G. Smith
Of Whiteport, N. j., and Edward W.. Piper.
NJ. D., Of tho Hotel Minot. Eighth avenue and
l26th street, filed affidavits tina. tho woman
had been married to each Of them.
In the anldavits the complainants allege that
tho woman married Smith at Bloomingdale on
March II, 1886. under the name of Louise
Crben, and.that.she deserted him on Sept. II,
1892. Piper alleges that the woman was mar
ried to him on March u, 1895, at Rutherford,
n. j., under tho name Of Olga w. Humphrey.
He lived with her at II West 1O4th street until
Nov. /, when he became satisfied that she was
not his lawful wife. He then left her. 1t is
also asserted that the woman visited Smith at
Whiteport subsequently to her marriage to
Piper. Piper. became suspicious last summer
and employed a private detective, who-discov-
cred that Smith was her real husband.
The woman denies guilt. She said in court
that Piper had risen greatly, in his profession
he had only q barely furnished room. Now
they had a nicely appointed flat, she said, as the
result of her hard labors. The fact that she
visited her first husband. Smith, after her sec
ond marriage, takes away from her the com.
mon defence, belief Of the probable death of her
first husband. The woman. who Is a Russian,
wanted to put up tho fiat furnishings as bail
security, but Piper denied that she owned 1t or
had any interest in it
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
A Nurs. Kills Herself with Gas.

Ann Jackson. a Russian woman. 80 years old,
committed suicide by gas asphyxiation in the
bathroom of her hat at 943 Amsterdam avenue,
yesterday morning. She was tho widow OF a
medical student named Godfrey Jackson, who
died Ave years ago. They met in a New York
hos pital. where she was employed as a nurse.
She had received . diploma as a trained nurse
whom she had two children. she returned to
Vienna. but came back to America three years
in getting work. She left a letter written In
Russian and addressed to her niece. This is a
TRANSLATION of part:
1.-The children have been bad in school, and
will not study. ] do not know what l am TO do.
When l need their support they will not be able
to do anything for me. l shall give up the
struggle and take my life. II l an discovered
before death comes. ! ask that no effort he made
to restore me. / leave my children 10 the care
of my relatives
The children attended DR.. Felix Adler's school
of ethical culture in West Fifty-fourth street.
The neighbors took charge OF them. Nobody
seemed TO know the whereabouts of the dead
WomRn'B relatives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
SHOT HER -FOUR TIMES.
Klliott was Jealous or Mrs. Leavitt ana Tried
to Knl Her.

70 XIII Her.
BELFAST, Me, Nov. 11.-Edwin Elliott shot
Mrs. Charles NJ. Leavitt in her homo on Cross
street at noon to-day. He was Jealous of her.
and fred i've shots from . revolver. four
of them taking effect in her body. For some
time Elliott has been in love with Mrs. Leavitt
About two weeks ago Elliott and Mr.. Leavitt
met on the street and words passed between
them relative to the relations between Mira
Leavitt and Elliott. They had q fight. and
Elliott was badly used UP. He at once threat
ened to take Mrs. Leavitt's life.
When Mrs. Leavitt came up from dinner in
her house she found Elliott in his room. He fol.
lowed her to her own room. She saw that he
had a revolver and to take It from
him, when he began to shoot. Before she could
get away from him he had shot her four times.
The sound of the shots attracted people to the
house. Elliott went about a block to the Revere
House, where he told the clerk. that he was
crazy and asked that he be locked up. He CON
make any statement. Elliott has been away
from his work for four days. Mrs. Leavitt is
just alive. and the physicians say that she can
1.-Two only . few hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
At1Ro11EY MUDD1E IN BRooK11N.
y Desision or the Court OF Appeals May Delay
Bridge Rapid Transit.

~DO0AblOh ~ n SouFt VI hppcAib may DOtAy
Bridge Rapid Transit.
Tho surface railroad officials in Brooklyn arc
worried over the recent decision of the Court of
Appeals In the case of the Kingston City Rail
road Company. compelling an operating COM
pany to hold q franchise for all portions of the
routes used and denying the right of the COM
Yany which held tho original franchise to lease
such routes unless the lease was made before
tho new Constitution went into effect Nearly
all tho roads in Brooklyn are operated on some
portion Of the line Of another, many Of these
privileges being granted within the prohibited
period. Eminent railroad lawyers admit that
the decision in the Kingston case may cause
much embarrassment.
James c. Chur h said: 1T do not believe there
ID q railroad in Brooklyn which docs not operate
on the tracks OF another company. / don't see
how the companies are going to get away from
this decision. They certainly cannot 60 on with
their plans for crossing the bridge. as. with the
exception of the De Kalbayenue road. they have
70 franchises for the use Of Washington street.
Tho Brooklyn Heights Company alone has. n
franchise that will. permit cars to leave tho
bridge by way of Fulton street. Under this de-
cision the companies can be at once stopped by
INJUNCTION proceedings II they attempt to carry
put the arrangements made by the operation of
the bridge trolley cars"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
ACCUSED BY AN EARL.
Lerd carrinEton Hssa woman Arrested wheu-
He Accuses or B~iackmar.

Special Gable Despateh to THn suS.
LONDON, Nov. ia scandal affecting an
English peer who is popular in society and po-
litical circles will come up for a hearing in the
Westminster Police Court tomorrow. The
peer is Lord Darlington. who to-day obtained a
criminal warrant for tho arrest OF q woman
whom he charges with blackmail. Lord Car
r,nBton compAXned that the threats made by
the woman and the lettors no has received from
her have made his position uncomfortable. and
compelled him to take the most extromo pro-
ceedings against her.
Lord Darlington ls ono Of tho few Liberal
peers who still remain intimate with the Prince
OF Wales. He was at one time Lord Chamber
lain OF the Queens Household. He and his vito.
who is the eldest daughter of Lord suflold, are
frequent visitors at Windsor Castle. The war
rant was served in London tonight.
Lord Darlington. who was the third Baron of
MS FAMILY, was elevated to an enrldom in 1895.
fie1e Joint hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain
OF England. He sat In tho House of Commons
ior hlgh Wycombe from 1865 to 1858, was Cap
tain OF the Royal Body Guard from 1881 to
1850, and Governor of New South. Wales from
1Seo 10 1890. From 1892 to 1895 ho was Lord
SheL1oerlain OF. the Household. Ho was mar
riod In 1873. and has three daughters and one
son. Viscount Wendover, who was born in 1895.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12

That's WIFI tho walking DELEGATES Ordered 9
strike By TsieGrap h.

That's why tho walking Delegates Ordered .
strike By telegraph.
The first attempt ever made by an east side
trades union TO order q strike by telegraph was
that of the CloaEmakers' Union yesterday. The
establishment affected Is that Of Freedman
Bros. OF Broadway and Prince street. who en-
ploy 1900 outsido and inside hands. Tho out
side hands wero already on strike. and on
Wednesday night 1t was decided to order the
inside hands out, too. SO Secretary Rosenberg
aent a despatch yesterday morning to one of the
cloaKmakers employed In the factory, saying:
Call down all the tailors At 9nee on strike"
The reason tho walking delegates had recourse
factory is a woman. tho only one in such 4 place
in the city, and tho walking delegates didn't like
TO 20 near the establishment. One OF them said
yesterday afternoon:
"It's different with a man; you can talk rough
to a man, hut not to a woman
He further explained that the foreman in
question, whose name 10 Mrs. McDevitt, Is a
woman Of great force OF character and cannot
be bluffed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
Funeral or Charlie. m. O,ye,,l.

The funeral of tho late Charles II. o'Neill, a
former Mayor of Jersey City. took place yester.
day morning. A solemn requiem mass. at
which Archbishop CorriGan, Bishop Wigger of
tho Newark Diocese. and twenty-five priests
assisted, was sung in 81. Mary's Church. The
John Smith deacon. and the Rev. Daniel Brady
sub-deacon. The church was crowded to its
utmost capacity. The honorary pall-bearers
were Chancellor Alexander T.. McGill. Judge
Jonathan Dixon. DR.. Benjamin Edge. Patrick
pany: Ii. r. CiSrr, John BetH' John Re neMJ o and
George ". Petersen. Mayor Hoos and a mum.
Der of city and county officials attended the
services. The interment was in the Catholic
cemetery in Westside avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
JAMES FI1zPATRICK's DEATH.
Dia II Result from an Ambulance Surgeons
Mistaken DlaEnoaiSi

The death of James Fitzpatrick in a cell in the
Bergen street police station, in Brooklyn, on
"Wednesday night, might, his friends say, have
been syerted had lie received proper medical
attention. lie was arrested about o'clock in
the afternoon IN Fulton street, while apparently
In n helpless state Of intoAication, and taken to
tho station in a patrol wagon. An hour later
Ambulance Surgeon Sherwood was IN
from the SeneS Hospital TO attend him.
DR.. Sherwood declined TO remove tn" man 10
the hospital on the ground that IL was simply a
case Of alcoholism. Two hours later the prisoner
was found dead on the floor OF his cell. Fitz-
patrick was SO years old and lived at 1887
Douglass str et. He had been n fireman in the
Jail for the past twenty years, and tho jail offi-
frank 70 sxcesS. Coroner Coombs will hold the
Inquest to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
GEORGE Z. WILSON A SUICIDE.
He was . Eormer Bookkeeper in the County
Treasurer'a once in Brooklyn.

He Was . E0rmer Bookkeeper in tho County
Treasurer's once In Brooklyn.
George E. Wilson, 35 years cid. was found
dead yesterday afternoon in tho bushes among
the vacant lots In President street. near Kings
ton avenue. Brooklyn. and an empty bottle,
which had contained carbolic acid. was at his
side, indicating that he had committed suicide,
He was unmarried. and lived with his widowed
mother at 535 Hancock street.
, He was formerly employed AS a bookkeeper at
81, 600 a year in the County Treasurer's office.
his appointment having been obtained for him
by President James McKeon Of the Hamilton
Club. The work became distasteful to him and
in August last he gave up his Job. Since then
he had been unemployed. and recently he had
been drinking hard. He, had not been at his
son of George Wilson, a toy manufacturer, who
died about twelve years ago. leaving a large
estate. which was divided equally between the
widow. four sons and two daughters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
Testing the Ace,ylone Gas Buoy Light.

The first official test of the acetylene gas buoy
liPht with which Lieut. Col. D.. NJ. Heap, engi-
neer Of the Third Lighthouse district, has been
experimenting. was made last evening. About
1890 o'clock the buoy, which had been anchored
in the Long Island channel Off tho lighthouse
depot at Tompkinsville was operated.
A Pintsch fash light was moored beside II, and
on tho John Rodgers were the officials who were
delegated to make tho test. They were Capt.
Winfield Scott Schley. Commander George
Tho Rodgers went three and a half
miles down tho bay. The Pintsch light became
invisible. The acetylene flame could DO seen
upper bay. The test was pronounced a success.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
Structural IropworLsra Strike.

A strike OF the structural ironworkers on a
big building at Broadway and Houston street
took place yesterday against Milliken Brothers,
to force the payn ent of the union scale of wages.
mems Union, TO which the strikers belong, said
thai some days ago he notified tho contractors
that, unless union ages were paid, the strike
Would be declared. Tho contractors promised 10
pay union wages, he said. but failed to keep
their word,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
Nellie Is Not MRS. Loul. Rice.

Louis Rice. II years old, has obtained through
his mother, Henrietta Rice, as guardian. a de-
cree from Justice Lawrence OF the Supreme
Court annulling his marriage to Mollie FIana.
on April 8 laSt without the consent OF his
parents. He says he cant remember who nar-
ried them, but y WAS some clergyman in lO5th
tihcAt0.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
STOLE SALVATION oHAIRs.
BSwsry American Volunteer Post Robbed By
Its CaretaLer.

Dowery American Volunteer Post Robbed By
Its CarotaLer.
Tit post Of tho American Volunteers at 400
Bowery had a deserted air yesterday morning
whom Lieut.'Col. Gardner approached it on q
tour OF inspection. Placards reading CLOSED"
and This Post DIsbanded" were in the win
dows. The Colonel's wonder increased when no
saw that the place was denuded Of its furnish
ings and that the last of the hundred chairs
used at the meetings were being placed on q
truck near by.
Ths Colonel hastily summoned Capt. Marion
Tucker. and together they hunted up Robert
~sleeping in the place in return for his doing odd
Jobs there. Twiss told the Colonel that he was
having the chairs revarnished, but Capt. Tucker
side Auctioneer. Twiss was arrested for stealing
them, apd later arraigned in the Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court. lie pleaded not guilty, but
was held for trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
HAYTps ROW WITH aERMANY.
Berlin Newspapers Think II 10 High Time to
Enlarge the Navy.

BeFlin Newspapers Think II 10 High Time 10
Enlarge the Navy.
Special Gable Despatoh to THE Sun.
BERLIN. Nov. 1.-THE cruiser Geflon. which,
1t was reported q few days ago. Germany was
going to send TO Hayti to enforce her demands,
growing out of the arrest of Herr Luedors. 10
tho only vessel that is available for tho
purpose, and she will have to DO locked
at Kiel to mako ready for the
voyage. 1t will be impossible to get her ready
to start before Dec. 10. The Conservative jour
mails are eagerly seizing the occasion to advocate
an increase in the navy.
The details of President Simon Sans recep'
ton of Count Schwerin, the German Minister,
when he called upon him in connection with the
case, has inflamed q section of the press, which
is clamoring for Germany to make an example
of Rayti. lest all the Central and South Ameri
can republics initiate her example.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
z 6O-62 West g. st. :
FOUND DYING IN 4 BARN.
a Patterson hoy shot in the Head-His Com
pRniona Fled.

PATTERSON. MI, Nov. 1l.-William Mason. 10
years old, died at ST. Joscph's Hospital to night
with a bullet wound in bis forehead above the
left eye. Shortly before L o'clock Samuel Long
street, Ii years old, heard n shot in the barn of
Columbus Force on Ryerson avenue aud saw a
crowd Of boys running away from the place. He
found young Mason lying on q bale OF hay in the
barn. He was unconscious and blood was spurt-
ing from n wound in his temple. A Flobert rife
was nearby. His parents. who live at 50 Ityer-
DIR. Wolf, who pronounced the injury mortal.
Longstreet said he WAS unable to identify any OF
the boys who ran from tn" barn. 1t has hoen
learned that Mason and several companions
were in the habit of gathering in Force's barn
to shoot rats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12

Deputy Sheriff I.oub took charge yesterday Of
the establishment OF Moses 5. SordlinRer, man
ufacturer OF cIoaks and silk waists at 1888 Ca
nal street, on an execution for Sil5.G3 in favor
of Meyer KatZcnbcrg.
He also took charge OF the store OF Simon In.
nenberg, manufactures OF cloaks at IL SuiTOlk
street, On an attachment for S7Ds.l5 in favor OF
Louis Bolsom. All the goods had been removed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-12
Presidents or the vanderbilt Line. Meet.

The Presidents and representatives of the
Vanderbilt lines wero in session at the Grand
Central station on Wednesday and yesterday.
Only routine business was transacted, as 1t was
the regular monthly meeting. William X.
Vanderbilt acted as Chairman. 1t was reported
yesterday that he would replace Cornelius Van
derbilt as Chairman OF the Executive Commit
tee. but this rumor was said TO be without
foundation at President Depew's Office yes
terday.