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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-27
Baseball Yesterday.

At Louisville; Boston. T.
AT Chicago-6; New York. ..
At cleveland-i: Philadelphia. .
At st. Louis-Game postponed, rain.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-27

Constantinoplc, May %.-General Nell
son A. Miles. who left the United States
with the intention of Observing tho
Graeco-Turkish war. started yesterday
for Athens with his suite. The general
sally.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-27
A GOLD STRIKE.
Colors Pound in "a Well. and Now the
whole Town IL staked Out in Claims.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Spokane. Wash. May 3.-Nearly the
entire town OF Davenport. Lincoln coun-
ty. near here, is staked out In mineral
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-27

At Cincinnatl-Boston.
At Pittsburg-I,rooklyn.
AT st. I.ouls-New York.
At Chicago-Philadel
At Observation-Disclosures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
THE BRIDE DEsoExDED A LADDER.
10 This Way Miss Lewis Escaped . Merry
Party or Rice ThroweTn.

10 This Way Miss Lewis Escaped q Merry
Party or Rice ThrowerA-
~PLAINFIELD. n. j.. June 4.-Beniamin F. Lang
worthy OF Chicago, who was best man at the
marriage OF Miss Louise Augusta Lewis to
James Everett Kimball in the Seventh Day Bap-
list Church last night, devised a way whereby
the couple evaded a party OF a hundred young
people who awaited their coming with rice, old
shoes, and other tokens Of good luck. At the
door OF the carriage that 1t was supposed was to
carry them from the home Of the bride to the
station of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
the couples friends had prepared the nuptial
haZing, which was to be complete In every de-
tail, but they wasted their efforts.
Langworthy put up a ladder from the back
yard TO q second story window. and when the
time came for them to depart for the train tho
couple descended the ladder to the ground.
They were then conducted to another carriage
that had not been bedecked with white ribbons
and other tokens signifying the presence OF a
train speeding toward Beach Croft. Mass,
where they arc to spend their honeymoon, be-
had been fooled.
tense of humor not to have any of the usual
Pleasantly with the bride and bridegroom, and
be saw to 1t that their trunk WAS sent to the
depot covered with white ribbons and with two
Or three shoes dangling from tho straps. Tho
gToom's coat pockets were also literally supplied
with rice. which he emptied. much to his en-
hinder that their friends still thought OF them,
apair Of old shoes tied with white ribbons were
sent by express TO them to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
DOCTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Arrested OWING to hts Peculiar treatment or
Pronk OF Brooklyn, who Died.

DENVER, Col, Juno 4-Dr. Lewis F. Preston,
n specialist with an advertised cure for con-
sumption. was arrested late last night and re-
leased upon bail to-day, charged with tho muir
der OF David Pronk, n patient from Brooklyn,
N. Y. Tho body OF Pronk will he oxhumcd and
an inquest will DO hold II tho autopsy shall do
velop that death was due to the practice Of the
specialist.
David Pronk, with his family, came on in the
last stages of consumption. The Cigarmakers'
Union furnished money to give Pronk the benefit
Of medical treatment. and DIR. Preston's now
euro was tried. This consists in inserting a
trochar into the lungs at a point where n cavity
is supposed to bc. Through this hollow tube n
loop Of platinum wiro is inserted. Connected
with tho loop are the wires Of n powerful cleo
trio battery. and when the current is on the loop
takes on q white heat, which Is supposed TO kill
the germs within tho lung cavity. Pronk was
unable to survive tho application OF chloroform
and the operation, dying soon after the operation.
Preston says he has n written release from
Pronk, and will produce his college diploma as
a defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
URBAN SNAKES.
sIr-Footer Under . RIOor In Pearl s~treet-LAttlo
Ono In City Hall Park.

sIx.Footer Under q FLOOR In Pearl s~treet-Littie
One In City Hall Park.
This Is q true snake story, for q Sun reporter
has seen the snake. 1t lacks only one inch and
a half of being six feet long. Ben Eggers, who
keeps o saloon at 146 Pearl street, says 1t was
killed In his cellar, and he keeps the corpse
down there on the top of q whiskey barrel to
prove 1t. Mr.. Eggers says that he heard an out
cry In the cellar. where a carpenter was taking
up some old flooring, and went down to investi-
gate. He found the carpenter. tho carpenters
boy. and the snake. At first 1t appeared that all
three were trying to get out Of the cellar at
once. The arrival Of endorsements was tho
signal for attack, however. and a lucky throw
by the carpenter crushed the snakes head. The
snake Ia a Bdscdnion constructor, ordinarily
known as a b~lacksnake. How he got into the
cellar Ia a mystery.
While workmen were digging about tho flower
beds In the City Hall Park yesterday a brown
ish. yellow snake about two and a half feet long
was discovered and killed. 1t WAS laid under
Sheriff Damsen's window, and several deputy
sheriffs swore of. One OF the yellow journals
sent a civil engineer over with a compass. q sur
veyor's chain, and a boy to measure tho snake
for the Sunday paper. The engineer chained
from the place where tho snake was found to
the place where It's body was reposing and made
1t n. $3.50 E., / on. 1871
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
KILLED HIS s By ACCIDENT.

he Throw the stone at His nrother.in-Law
and IL mit Her on tho Head.
MASON CITY. Ia. June 4.-Frank Wiltse and
Jerome Dow. brothers-in-law and both prosper
Gus farmers. living two miles east OF Charles
City, had q dispute to-day over the trespassing
Of som cattle. They exchanged blows, and
wiltse seized a stone weighing about three
pounds and hurled 1t with all the force he could
muster at Dow's head.
The stone missed its mark. but struck Mrs.
Dow, his sister. In the back of the head. killing
her instantly. She was standing near. a wit
ness to the dispute, but, becoming alarmed,
started to run into the house. Wiltsc. when he
saw what he had done, was frantic with grief.
He at once surrendered to Sheriff Parker and
gave bonds for his appearance Mt trial. The
funeral will be held tomorrow. The trial Is set
for tho day following.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
DR.. Towns and VITO or Washington Lose Their
Lives In the Gulf Mt Galveston.

DIR. Towns and WIFE or Washington Lose Their
Lives In tho Gulf Mt Galveston.
GALVESTON. Tex, June 4.-Last night DIR. II.
g. Towne, his wife, and sister-in-law, Miss Grace
Trout. went into the Gulf bathing.
A large wave suddenly struck them. carrying
them out to sea. Miss Trout was thrown on tho
rocks of an abandoned jetty. The doctor and
his wife were carried out to sea ana drowned.
After much difficulty Miss Trout got back to the
shore. and In a bewlldered condition found her
wav TO her fathers residence, and reported the
incident to her father and brother.
A vigorous search was instituted Immediate
ly, and the bodies wcro recovered early this
morning. DIR. and Mrs. Towne came here from
Washington, ID. g., about a fortnight ago on n
visit TO Mrs. Towne's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 3.
c. Trout. They intended leaving to-day for
louisiana, where the Doctor intended practis-
ing his profession. They leave two children a
boy and girl aged, respectively ~ and 10 years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
MARRIED ON HIS DEATH BED.
Robert Y. Tanning, Nephew OF Calvin 3. Eirice,
slnkeA Miss Spencer Ills Nine.

POMONA, CAL, June 4.-Robcrt Il. Tanning,
nephew Of ex-senator Calvin 8. Brice Of Ohio,
died suddenly Mt Tempe, Ariz., this morning,
and tho information hns been telegraphed TO his
relatives In Pomona Valley.
Mr.. Tanning had passed much OF tho last Ave
months in this region. lie had pulmonary con-
sumption in tho second stage. In May physi-
cians told him he must go 10 a drier climate, so
he moved to Tempe. Last week ho Ind several
hemorrhagce that ncRrly killed him. His mother
and Miss Eleanor Spencer, to whom he was on.
gagged, wero called to Tempe. Mr.. Tanning was
told his end was noar, and on Tuesday he was
married on his doathbed to Miss Spencer. He
grew steadily worse, and passed away during a
hemorrhage.
He was assistant to tho general manager Of
tho Iron Mountain Railroad, and one of the most
promising railroad officers in the Wost. Ho in
herited wealth from his father. and he willod
that and a largo insurance to his bride. His
body will be taken TO. Sedalia, Mo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
MISS CooPER'S DOUBLED REQUESTS

Adirondack sanitnrium a. veil Nc Cooper
Union Benents by Her Pencil Note.
1t is stated that the bequest made in the will
OF Miss Julia Cooper to the Adirondack SAM
tarium for C~onsumptives at Saranac Lake has
been doubled by Edward Cooper, the brother Of
Miss Julia Cooper, and residuary legatee under
her will.
Miss Cooper died In January. Her estate,
real and personal. was estimated at 100000.
She gave to Cooper Union 500. 900. to the
Adirondack Sanitarium $4,000, to the New
FORK Inirmary for Women and Children $685.
600, and to individuals about $25O.oo0. The
rest OF the estate. some 100000. was left
absolutely to her brother. A week ago. at
the thirty.eighth annual commencement Of
Cooper Union, ex-Mayor Hewitt, the Sec
rotary of the Board Of Trustees. stated that
on the margin of Miss Cooper's will, in
pencil, were the words: Another hundred
thousand" and that in compliance with that
wish the brother. who WINS the sole executor.
had doubled the original bequest, and had given
SooPs ibs e sa%e f sbIDs With the the n SSiro snHs rs sa naa
sanitarium. Ex-Mayot Hewitt said to TIE sGS
was one Of which he would not speak. One OF
the officials Of the sanitarium in this city
SHa' friends mase of nf the ssnitarium said that TN;
tho original Will or Miss Cooper IN the Surro-
gates ONCE yesterday. The pencil note 10 on
the front Of the single sheet Of paper on which
the will Is written. and IL on the margfnSffreetfy
beside the paragraph relating to Cooper Union
and the sanitarium. Tho marks are very faint,
and look as though they had been rubbed. The
note reads:
wish to make this sum $500. 600 instead OF 0Ioo.
900 to Cooper Institute. and to the sanitarium ESQ.,.
900 instead Of e25. 900. JULIA 0ooPER.
Nov. 10. '95.
In the probate papers filed by Mr.. Cooper
with the will he says:
"a large proportion of the residuary estate
though bedueathed to petitioner, will. be distrtb
uted among several persons and various benev
oient Institutions. pursuant to the wishes OF
| testatrix as made and indicated by her In hel
lifetime, though the same never were formally
executed or expressly incorporated In her last
will and testament"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
sSoo,ooo FROM WIRE TAPPING.
sunmerneId, Arrested in Denver. TELLS d
Grent gucceas In Several Lands.

Grent success In bevorn1 Landp-
DENVER, Col. June 4.-Charlos Moran and II.
M. summerheld. the pool.room wire tappers,
were released to-day atnoon for lack Of evidence.
These men have been worry free to talk of their
prowess In other cities. Their outfit included
wire cutters, a flve-strap switchboard, a box re-
lay and sounder, pole climbers. and other para
phernalia for good work in wire tapping. They
sold they were able to cut in upon a duplex wire.
summeraold says he won a record at the Chick.
ering Hall contest in 1901 as a fast sender, hav.
ing taken third prize at that time.
Five years ago" said sump,eriold, Moran
and / went into the business o. tapping the
wires Of pool rooms and race trucks. We saw
how easy 1t was to make money In that way.
The pool rooms, you know. have no legal exist
enco and therefore they cannot punish us.
I'm New York We ran as q blind an x-ray APP
paratus factory mt 90 East Thirteenth street.
under the namo of lie Roy & Co. Sometimes we
got local parties to place our bets on n 10 per
cent. commission to avoid suspicion. We have
had the pleasure OF breaking pool rooms in Ger
many, England, Canada, and this country. raising
in tho last FIVE years Just about 100000, much
Of which we have spent In bucking the faro bank,
some in foreign travel, and some in the purchase
Of New York real estate. In 81. Louis we did
four pool rooms two months ago for $1,000 bet
ting on Basquil and Parmesan Of the Oakland.
CAL, track. We also won in backing Royal
Nottio instead of Plug in June, 1895. at New
Orleans. We also had fun with tho Roby and
Columbia Heights pool rooms In Chicago on Feb.
25. 1897, and similar places in Toronto and
Hamilton. Canada, and the Point Of Pines and
Lynn rooms. Lynn. Mass.
I'VE wero arrested in New York In October.
1890. and July, 1891, on the charge Of wire tap
ping"
These men will probably not DO able to con-
tinue their game in Denver.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
DELICATE PoMBY's PREDIcAMENE.
Kept In Quarantine. Far from tho international
Commercial ConGrcsa.

GALVESTON. Tex, June Al. J. Pomby, delo-
gate from the United States OF Colombia to the
international Commercial Congress now in ses.
sion at Philadelphia, is q passenger on tho brit
ish steamship Explorer which arrived yesterday
morning, and Is being held tho usual timo in
quarantine. Mr.. Pomby Is n wealthy banker
and merchant OF Carthaeena, and In very
anxious to get away SO that he can attend the
congress. but tho chances are that he will not be
released until Sunday morning. That would be
too late for him TO fulfil his mission, and will
render his trip to this country useless, as far as
his mission ia concerned.
DR.. Mayfeld. the quarantine officer Of the
port, took the matter up with the authorities at
Austin. and advised that, rs tho ship is entirely
healthy, the delegate be permitted to land and
proceed. The authority was secured. but II
seems that the passenger cannot be landed until
tho Custom House people say so.
The Collector appears to have no discretion
under the law in the matter. and Mr.. Pomby has
taken the matter up with the representative of
his country at Washington In the hope that ar
engagements can he made for his release. He has
also t~elegraphed the Congress at philadelphia
to use its Influence in his behalf, and It il
thought that he may be helped out OF his pre-
dicament, otherwise he will be held until Sun
day morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
HOME FROM Il RUSSIAN PRISON.
Hight sailors Land In San Fraucisco. and Tell
or Their Sad Lot In yladivostok.

Hight sailors Land In San Fraucisco. and Tell
or Their Sad Lot In VladivostOk-
San FRANCISCO. June 4.-Eight American sail
es returned here to-day after nearly two years
In prison at vladivostok. They formed part of
The crew OF seventeen men on the American
schooner saipon. who were captured in the fall
els9S off Robber Island. near Saghalen. They
say they signed for an ordinary trading cruise.
and when they found tho Captain intended to
rad the Russian seal islands they protested, but
IVAN. They landed late in the season on Rob
pt Island when 1t was known the watchmen
Gsa teen withdrawn from the Russian Fur Seal
Soinpany's warehouse.
Whi!c on the Island they were surprised by tho
appearance OF the Russian cruiser Yakut. The
SSs5RtHlh Of the saipon and three men put TO sea
Sna abandoned the sailors OIL the island. These
meIe taken to Nladivostok and thrown into the
summon y receiving prison. infested with, yermin
H. crowded with C~onyicts. After six weeks
tncS went through a ~farcical trial and were sent
~ She main prison. They there were half fed
ssnuI htr iel with desperate conyicts. Standings
S NV murders were frequent. In June Of last
Ia lhty got a note to the Captain OF the United
kos'en SNIP olympia, which was in the har-
al pAt the Russian officials deceived him by
io3llhR me prisoners would be released In the
S%nao"ihg month. Finally friends in California
Narrated 10 the American Minister In st. Peters
L Luz ana on March 20 last an order for their re-
'ladiyostoG. ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
MIR. sHEPARD'S CAMDEN MARRIAGE.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Van Horn DID Not Know the
Man who Gave Him n $50 Zee.

The Rev. Nr. Van Horn DID Not Know the
Man who Gave Him q $50 Zee.
Rev. William Van Horn of Third street and
Kaighn's avenue, Camden has made the
discovery. 1t is said, that it was he who
performed the first ceremony of marriage
which united Elliott F. Shepard with the
widow Esther Virgins. While President
Mckinley was being inauRurated on March 1
last a well-dressed couple were ushered into Mr..
Van Horns presence by Cab Driver Harry G.
Park. They asked to be married. Tho BRIDE
groom gave his age as % and tho bride hers as
25. The bride said she was a widow.
When the couple had gone Mr.. Van Horn was
surprised to find that the bridegroom had
handed him five $40 bills. When the Shepard
marriage created such n sensation, the Rev. Mr..
Van Horn, remembering that fee, which was
such q surprise to n CaIndon preacher, went to
his records and found that II was he who had
performed the first ceremony to the son OF Mrs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05

ne Forsook tho whites. and Bequented His For
tune to These He Choose In Their Place.
ELBERTOS, Ga, June 4.-By formal act to-day
the mulatto family Of the late ex-Gov. George W.
Dye came into possession Of his estate, said TO be
worth $780, 600. Dye belonged to one of the larg-
est slave-owning families in the South. Having
been Tilted by the daughter Of a neighbor, he
forsook white companions. and retiring to his
estate, devoted himself to cotton planting.
When he died some years ago $40, 600 in gold
was found in a sack under tho pillow on which
his head rested when he died, and another large
sum was found in another place. His will left
all to his negro family. His white kinspeople
have tried to break the will.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
DOGS CAUSE PANIC.
One Alarms n Rarber shops Customers and the
Other scarea shoppera.

One Alarms n Barber shops Customers and the
Other scarea shoppers.
The heat affected a black collie dog which
Mrs. Mary Ellis Of $50 Third avenue was taking
up Broadway Yesterday afternoon. and he
cavorted around in such an alarming fashion
that Mrs. Ellis released her hold on the chain
which held him.
He bounded into the barber shop Of v. Martie,
under the Hotel Marlborough. and n panic
among the customers and shavers followed.
Tho animal was chased into the hotel lobby.
and. after scattering the guests there, 1t ran out
into the street. He saw persons In the neigh
borhood wildly excited and dashed back into the
barber shop.
Policeman steadman got around by this time
and knocked half the life out of the dog with his
stick. Then he took him into the street and
finished the other half with n pistol shot.
Another dog-a yellow one-dashed through
Twenty-third street from broadway to sixth
avenue earlier in the afternoon and scared tho
shoppers along that t~horoughfare. At the cor
ner Of Sixth avenue Tony, Beyan OF 3o7 East
Forty-eighth street killed the dog with q blow
of O club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
SHE LEADS IN BATTLE.
PHILIPPINE INsURG ENTs FIGHT
UNDER DIR. RIEAL'S WIDOW.

Her Company Hgns Already won Two VIC
tories and Follows her Devotedly Her
beauty and Nor Determination - Further
the Cause TOR which her Husband DIED.
TACOMA. Wash. juno .-To-day' advices from
Hong Kong say that tho beautiful widow Of DIR.
Rial has caused a sensation throughout tho
East by assuming omman Of a company Of In
surgents In the Philippine Islands. Already her
command has won two Victories over Spanish
troops. Her headquarters arc at Naic, in Cavite
province.
1t was reported recently at Hong Kong that
shc had moved into Laguna province. whore
Spanish troops have been operating latoly, but
this proves to be a mistake. Early last month
her company attacked and drove back the
Spanish advance guard in Cavite, i~nflcting
severe losses. Two of her company were
wounded. A few days lator Spanish troops at
tackled the insurgents and were driving them
back. Then the company Of Capt. Rial came
up and changed the defeat into victory.
Her success Is accounted for largely by tho
fact that her command Is composed Of picked
marksmen.
At another time her followers set fro to Sow
eral large estates before tho Spanish troops
could occupy them. thus destroying largo stores
upon which the Spanish were depending.
1t will be remembered that Mrs. Rial is the
| stepdaughter Of n retired Hong Kong merchant,
who went to Manila for her health. There she
met DR.. Rizal. and married him after n brief
engagement, against her stepfather's wishes.
, Soon afterward DR.. RiZal was captured by the
Spanish, convicted Of treason by tho court mar
tial and ordered to be shot. His wife was per-
United to see him just before he was executed.
Later she decided to devote tho rest OF her life
to the cause for which he died, and. after max
ing final preparations and arranging her affairs,
she went to Cavite, whore her coming was
hailed with delight by tho insurgents.
When DR.. Rizals body was delivered to his
family his sister found in the bootleg a stirring
ode he had written in prison. in which he called
upon his countrymen never to forsake the cause
Of liberty. This ode has been printed and dis.
tributed among the insurgent troops. Mrs.
Rial has taught 1t to her troops, who, accord
ing to reports from the Philippines, delight to
sing 1t under her leadership.
Mrs. Rial IL an expert and
passes an hour every day practising with the
rife. Latest reports state that, notwitnstand-
ing the Spanish boasts, the insurgents are win.
ming more victories than are the Spanish. and
that there Is no prospect Of the Spaniards sub
DUNG the islands.
The Spanish Governor-General has requested
tho Government at Madrid to send him 5000
more troops at once.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05

a Brooklyn Couple Cell Up Justice GeiEer
After IL O'Clock.
A couple who debarked from a Pennsylvania
Railroad ferryboat in Jersey City, at IL 80
o'clock last night, asked the policeman at the
ferry entrance where they could find q clergy
man or a Justice of the Peace. The young man
told the policeman in confidence that they
wanted to get married: They were directed to
Justice OF the Peace GeiRer. who has an office
adjoining Police Headquarters.
Justice Geiger was called up and performed
tho ceremony. The bride. a pronounced blonde.
old. OF ego Carroll street, Brooklyn. The bride
groom, n beardless youth. was Otto X. Kainer,
81 years old, of $50 South Oxford street, Brook
lyn,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-05
SHERIFF EAAsEN AS Il WITNESS.
He OIblains at Starting That HIS Name 10 Net
Damsan.

He OIblaih9 ~ Starting That HIS hsnae 10 NOS
DAmsen.
Sheriff Edward J. H. Hansen was in Special
Sessions Court yesterday as a witness in the
case of Robert Steiner. who was charged with
having passed a boomerang check for $50 on
John Malone, u hotel keeper at Eighty-fourth
street and Third avenue, on May 25.
What Is your namef I" asked Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Matthews.
Edward J. II. T-a-m-s-e-n. Tamsen, not Dam.
sen" replied the Sheriff.
what do you know OF this case 7"
mo much" said the Sheriff. ~ was In the
IStaats-Zeitun0 restaurant ono noon for lunch,
sitting on, I mean at. a dable, when Mr.. Steiner
game in. Ho says to me how am + and I re:
sponded to him. Then we shoog hands and
talked. Pretty soon another mans came along
and shoog hands with me, and Mr.. Steiner asked
me did / knew him. 1 told him in a very super.
fuous way that ] knew him slightly; that I had
seen him at ~polidical gatherings, and that's all l
know"
Sheriff Damsen was then excused. As no
more serious evidence was brought against
Steiner he was discharged.