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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
THE MEETING OF THE MA roRs.
The Convention or city Father. 70 ne Held NJ
Columbus Next Month,

Columbus Next Month.
Mayor Strong and tho members of the Board
Of Aldermen have received invitations to tho
National Convention of Mayors and Council.
men, which will be held in Columbus, o., on
stated TO be:
First-The formation of a national organization OF
the Chief Executives and members OF Councils OF
cities in the United states.
second-The hearing OF addresses on important
municipal topics by distinguished speakers.
Third The general discussion Of all questions per
tanning to the administration of all branches OF mu.
nicipal work by Mayors and Councilmen from all
parts of the country.
Fourth-The Interchange OF ideas and knowledge on
municipal problems, such rs will result from tho
experienced city onicials coming In contact with each
other.
The convention will deal with such topics as
the granting OF street railway. gas, electric, and
other franchises, and the control of and revenues
derived from corporations enjoying such special
franchises; the collection and disposition OF
garbage. tho relative merits of the various
street. paving materials, the cleaning of streets,
the municipal ownership OF lighting plants and
the cost OF street lighting under the contract
system. the municipal management of public
water supplies and the necessity for water filtra-
ton. fire and police protection. parks and play
grounds, municipal finances. taxation and
special assessments, and the regulation of tho
social and saloon evils.
The projectors OF the convention expect That
moro than 900 Mayors and Councilrnen will be
in attendance. During the time the convention
is in session there will also he II meeting of the
Comptrollers and Auditors OF some of the prin-
cipal cities OF the country. Among those who
convention arc Col. Waring, the Hon. Potato
Pingrec, now Governor OF Michigan. DIR; Albert
Shaw, and Edward NJ. Grout of brooklyn.
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CLUE IN FINGER PRINTS.
AUTHORITIES TO MAKE THE TEST
IN THE WILSON MURDER.

Photograph OF Finger Prints or tho suspect
stuyyesapdt and Those LEFT by tho MUIR
derer 90 ne Made and nInGnined 1000
Times = Indictment Hangs on the Result.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. $3.50 far as the police
authorities OF Philadelphia have knowledge,
thcre has never been a murder trial In this
country where the fate Of tho accused man has
depended upon an examination Of his finger
marks. II Marion Stuyvesandt, tho colored
porter committed by the Coroner on
suspicion of having killed Librarian Will
liam c. Wilson. should DO placed on
trial for his life. IL will be solely because the i'm.
preston of his thumb and finger tips correspond
with tho marks left in blood by tho murderer.
Coroner AshbridRe said there could be no pos.
sibility Of a mistake that would deprive an in.
nocent man of his life. He says that
there have been impressions of the fingers
taken in q sufficient number OF cases to show
that there are no two subjects alike. There
fore, IL the blood on tho handle of the hammer,
on tho knob OF the dresser drawer, on the
drawer and keys OF the cash register, and on tho
knob OF q door. all OF which have been found and
taken possession of by the Coroner, should prove
to BIO identical under the microscopic examina-
ton with the impression of stuyvesandt's fingers
taken in ink. the mulatto will have to defend
himself.
Tho Coroner is holding Stuyyesant because
the police have no other clue left to work on.
II tho porter did not kill his employer the
police do not know who committed the crime. DR..
Henry w. Cattell, the Coroner's physician, who
has the exhibits from the scene Of the murder at
his laboratory, 800 Spruce street, left the city
to-day for Montreal. to be absent a few days. He
has made preparations for tho test, but does not
expect to complete 1t before the lapse OF a week
o ten days, Photographic plates viii be made
on which the marks will be nagnihed q thou
sand times or more. until every line
mado the marks can be shown with
clearness. The comparison will be helped by a
dozen or more other impressions from subjects.
When tho tests are finished they, will be ex.
hibited to the Distinct Attorney, and the result
will be either the release of Stuyvesandt or his
formal Indictment for murder.
A conference OF negro ministers was held to-
day at an African Baptist Church to raise a
fund to assist Stuyvesandt to regain his
liberty. The prisoners attorneys have sig.
niied their intention OF applying to the court
on Wednesday for a writ OF habeRs corpus. In
common law proceedings the courts OF Pennsyl.
vania have rarely, II ever, restored a prisoner to
liberty who was detained under u commitment
by the Coroner.
James T. Kane, the suspect arrested in Balti-
more for the Wilson murder, was released after
an examination by the Philadelphia detectives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
SUICIDE OF 4 CoMPosIToR.
He Asphyziates Himself with Gas In Smith 4
Mcneil Hotel.

h'sNetib y
A man who registered under tho name Of
Henry Mills Cole, Chicago, H., committed sui
eide Sunday night or carly yesterday in Smith
g. McSell's Hotel, 1919 Washington street, by
inhaling illuminating gas.
Cole arrived at the hotel on Saturday last and
took a room for one week. He was seen last on
Sunday evening on the way to his room. Yes.
terday afternoon as a chambermaid was passing
his room she noticed the smell Of gas and gave
the alarm. The door was forced open and the
dead body of Cole was found on the bed. The
gas Jets in the room were fully turned on, and
the door and the windows were tightly closed.
There was a crack under the door of the room.
into which Colo had stuffed his trousers to pre-.
vent the gas escaping.
Cole had evidently been dead for some hours
when his body was discovered. There was a
sealed letter addressed to 'Myles johnson,
Herald Office, New York City" found in his
pocket. and also a receipt from the CCndrd
Steamship Company for ST. for n transfer TO
second cabin on the steamship Aurania. :,
book in his nosscssion which showed that he had
deposited S3.l75 and drawn $3.50: The sum
of $lO6. 81, = card of the Typographical Union
Of Chicago. and two slips OF paper bearing the
addresses OF John MinncCan, 254 ST. Marks ave-
nue.. Brooklyn, and c. q. Dirgoyne. printer. l4S
his vest.
Beside him on the bed was a sheet OF paper on
which was written in pencil some verses OF a
song beginning with the limo She's somebody's
mother. boys, you know, and a proof sheet from
a newspaper office OF a story headed "Phono
graph Man in Jail"
The suicide was about 60 years old. The police
say he was a Compositor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
MOST TO LEAVE NEW FORK.
He Will GO to Bunaio Next Week 10 TAX
Charge OF an Anhrchiut Paper.

Charge OF an Anarchist Paper.
John Most. who as leader of the Anarchists
has been looked upon as an institution in New
York. is going to leave for good. Next Tuesday
he will go 10 Buffalo. There he will be installed
as editor Of the -Arbeiter Zeitung, a daily Anar-
chist organ OF that city. Most's New York Or
gan. the Frciheit, has not been published since
Aug. :. 1t had been known for some time that
the Freiheit was going down hill rapidly. At
one time II had a large circulation in New York
and Brooklyn and in q number Of New Jersey and
Long Island villages where there were Anarchist
groups" But after Most was arrested and
imprisoned on Blackwell's Island his articles
were too tame for the Reds. and the effect on
the circulation of the Freiheit was bad. Be.
sides. thousands of cast siders who were An
archists in the old sweatshop days became
American citizens and ceased to be Anarchists
when they became better OF.
Most said yesterday that the Ffeihcft had
stopped publication here for good.
The negotiations about the Buffalo paper
will. besides editing the Arbeiter Zeitung daily,
publish u weekly edition. which l will call the
Frsiheit. New York is not a grateful place,
though | have some friends here
bonner und hlitzcn. said one OF Mosts com
rades.. New York was no goot alretty: Der
polizci run all der town nnd all der mcedinRs!'
The Anarchists OF Nost's group will give a
farewell festival in his honor at Manzclls Park,
Fort Wadsworth. Staten Island. next Monday.
Labor Dav. There will be red-hot speeches and
beer will flow in rivers.
The FTciheit had been shifted from town to
town before Most began its publication here.
i WAS originally published in London, then in
Zurich. Switzerland; afterward in Berne. later
III Shafihauscn. and in Hoboken when Most
came to America, In 1873 Most began to issue
the paper in New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
TARRED AND ED.
fifty Citizens Mets Out Punishment 10 an Aged
sinner OF Hoboken. BroOme County.

sinner or HoboLeB. BroOme County.
B~INGHAMToN. Aug. 3O.-Perry Bancroft Of Ho-
boken. near New Berlin, was tarrcG and feath-
cred last week by an indignant crowd Of citi-
zcns. Bancroft bears an unsavory reputation,
and until Il short time ago his house was the
resort Of questionable characters. A few weeks
ago a party of citizens made the place a visit
one night and bombarded it with eggs that had
evidently seen better days. Rocks were also
thrown against the house, windows were bro
ken. and the inmates were so frightened that
they sought safety in flight. They were chased
for a mile by the indignant citizens before
they reached a place OF safety. They did not
return. and Bancroft has been living alone
since. He is about 20 years old. Since then it
became noised about that Bancroft had enticod
little girls into his house. One of the children
is a daughter of William Colburn, and is 7 years
old. She, told her father what Bancroft had
done. and her story WIGS corroborated by n play
mate who went with her.
A warrant was sworn out for bancroft, and
when the constable went to scrvc 1t he was &C;
companied by NIFTY, citizens, armed with several
BUCKETS Of tar and one or two stif brushes.
as the posse, and he was compelled 10 sit down
on alog and wait for his prisoner. lie could hear
The posse Invested BANCROFT OF his clothing, and
spread the Tar on good and thick. The feath.
made up for the delay By giving Bancroft a good
bancroft was a queer looking object when the
posse got through with him. lie was or.
dered TO put on his clothing, ana was marched
back to tho waiting constable. He was then
taken to the county Jail and locked up. Later
in the evening another party OF men tarred and
feathered the house.
Tho examination was held at Justice Trayer's
residence, where the Colburn girl told a straight
fol ward story, but her playmate, who Is some
what younger, was badly frightened, and made
so many contradictory statements that ban
croft was discharged. The fact that ho had al.
ready been severely punished was o factor In
moving the Justice TO DO lenient.
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Tho Accused Treasurer VIII Not Surrender
Until lie Secures Bondsmen.

In0 Accused VIII ~ uEIGuut
Until lie Secures B~ondsmen.
TRENTON. n. j.. Aug. 3O.-At $50 o'clock to-
night Peter W. Grocer, the treasurer OF the
wrecked loan associations. had not been arrest
ed. Gen. Donnelly. his stepson, said that he was
ont OF the State, and would remain away until
bondsmen could be secured. Isaac A. Yard, tho
stamp clerk in the Post Office, says that Grocer
was in the Post Office tonight and bought
stamps to mail two newspapers. but no one else
appears to have seen him. Yard was n letter
carrier for twenty years and knows Grocer well.
Tonight a meeting Of the committee of stock
holders of tho wrecked associations was held.
Grocer had promised through his son to be pres
ent and to give information about the books and
affairs OF the associations. but he did not appear.
Neither President Lindsay nor Director Hancock
was present. Hancock is a member Of the COM
mittee.
Grocer is also treasurer OF the Ocean Beach
Land Association. which laid out and built up
the seaside resort at Bclmar. Judge William S.
Yard said to-day that Grocer could have but a
little of that associations money, as 1t practi-
cally wound up its affairs n year ago.
Grocer and Hancock are also directors of tho
Bucks County Contributionship Insurance Com
pany OF Bucks county, Pa. one Of the oldest mu-
tuRl companies in the country.
Officers are now watching the residences of
friends OF Grocer at several seaside resorts and
in this city and his home at Trenton junction.
Ills friends say he will put in an appearance
loan associations and has secured a warrant of
arrest. The application for n receiver will be
heard before Vicc.Chancellor Grey at Camden
on Tuesday OF next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
TROLLEY CAR ED.
II Ran Into n Truck which Had Get Tangled
Up with an Elevated Road PnIar

While a trolley car well filled with passengers,
among whom were many women and children,
was bowling down Third avenue. near l56th
street, yesterday afternoon. Dennis Devine OF 81
South First street. Brooklyn. set out to cross
the track on a big double truck heavily loaded
with salt fish and provisions. He saw the danger
FASTENED it by driving the pole OF bis wagon into
an elevated railroad pillar,
The car. which, was an open one. crashed into
the rear wheel OF the truck. The front seat OF
the car was carried away for it's entire length,
and the second seat WAS broken down for half
it's length. The passengers on both seats were
showered with broken glass from tho front win.
dows, and all on board. the car were 30 thor
oughly frightened that they Jumped OF, leaving
still. No one was hurt. Tho truck driver was
arrested and locked up In the Morrisania police
station. The car was disabled. so that 1t had to
be pushed to the car house by another car.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31

WINsTED. Conn.,. Aug. 3O.-George Gardner. q
knife manufacturer and a well-known citizen of
this town. attempted to kill himself at his homo
this morning by shooting himself In the head.
He may recover. About 8 o'clock this morning
his wife heard the report of a revolver. and.
rushing to his bedroom. found him lying on the
floor with a 32-calibre revolver In his hand. His
l9-year-old daughter. May, mounted her bicycle
and went for a physician. Drs. w. 8. Hubert
and T.. L. Pratt extracted the bullet from Gard
ner's head. 1t had entered back of the right ear.
Financial embarrassment prompted Gardner to
try to take his life.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Warren md Broadway.
Prince and broadway.
Thirty.BeCond and Broadway.
APACHE KID DEAD.
Tho Bones or the Terror OF tho southyves
BIeaching on n Mountain Side.

RIcaching on n Mountain Side.
SILVER CITY. ". NJ, Aug. 30.-Apache Kid
the terror OF the Southwest, is dead. His bones
lie bleaching in the sun on q lonely range Of the
Sierra Madra Mountains. in Mexico, q distance
Of about 100 miles south of the international
line.
After his last killings near Ash Springs In
Arizona he made his escape across the boundary
into the mountains in the northern part of the
State of chihuahua.
An attempt was made by the Mexican troops
to dislodgc him, but his hiding place could not
be found.
Some weeks since a squaw who was supposed
to have been with him at the time, returned to
the San Carlos Indian reservation, from which
she had previously been stolen by tho willy saw
age. At first she disclaimed all knowledge of
his whereabouts, but recently she told her story.
1t was merely that the Kid had died of dis
case. His remains were left lying on the noun
tain side where he breathed his last.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31

A drowned man, about 80 years old. 8 feet .
inches high, slightly bald, with red hair and
mustacho, and wearing coarse, dark clothes, was
found yesterday in the East River at the foot OF
William street. Brooklyn. There was a purse ON
the body containing ono cent, and this recom-
mcndation signed by W. A. MoriGrty. chief en-
ginccr OF the steamship Alliance of the Panama
Hallway ind Steamship Company, dated June
10, lSH7: This is to certify that the bearer.
Fritz Fyrkraski. is an industrious and trusts
worthy man." The body was taken to The
MOruue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
where Yesterday. Fires were.

A,M'-liSb, foot East sixty.fourth street, August
Brown. damage e5; $40. 3O4O THIRD avenue. damage
S1;ll. 22 Orchard street. nathan Blum, damage s..
+. M.-2:aS. ) Avenue u. damage So 5;35. 275
broadway. damage s.; 7:iO. l0i Norfolk street. @.
Il re-pblath damage as; 7HlU, 5O7 West Thirty. third
ttrcet. damage SlOO; s'2n, uiu second avenue, q,
furham. damage 50; niu5, 400 West Thirty seventh
street., Emil Scheur, damage t50; B:4S. Az East
ssyenty1aixth street. Charles Pape, damage 100000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
WATsESSING STRIKE INDORSED.
walking Delegates Ask the London Union 10
DO What II Can to Help.

Tho Board Of Walking Delegates yesterday in
dorsed the strike of the union machinists at the
Sprague Elevator Works. Watscssing. n. j.,
which has been in progress for nearly two
months. The Sprague Company has n contract
for supplying the motor power for tho new UNI
derground railway in London, aud the Amalga-
mated society OF Engineers OF London has been
asked, through It's local branch here, not 10 han
die any Spraguc material while the strike Is In
progress here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Successful Competitors for seton Hall Scholar
ahina.

SOUTH ORANGE, N. j.. Aug. 3O.-The success
full contestants for free scholarships at Seton
Hall College are: Edward Brennan of 81. Pat
rick's School. Elizabethport; Frank Mcclure
and Edward +. Hoppon Of st. patrick's School,
Newark. Fifty-five Catholic parochial school
students competed. The winners are entitled
TO three years OF the preparatory course at Seton
of charge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31

The trustees OF the village OF Arvcrno-by.the.
Sea applied to Justice hickey in the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn, yesterday. for the appoint
ment of a commission TO condemn right of way
Jamaica Bay. Tho trustees of The Village OF
Hampstead objected on the ground that tho
sewerage would XIII the oyster beds owned by
the residents OF Hampstead. Decision was ro-
served,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Duluth want. tn. Armor Plate Factory.

DULUTH, MIMI, Aug. 3O.-The movement on
foot in this city to secure a location for a Govern.
ment plant for the manufacture of armor plato
is gaining ground daily. he Citizens Com
mittee which was appointed to secure the loca-
tion has decided to name CiouRh's Island, and
their choice meets with the approval OF nll who
acres, Is seven miles up the 81. Louis River, and
can be reached by any boat that can enter tho
harbor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
1000 More c,onLmnler- TO strike.

Several more cloak manufacturers yesterday
granted the demands Of the union for an ad'
vance of wages. Carl liosonbtnm. Greene and
Houston streets. and ;, liothschild. broadway,
near Canal street. refused tho demands. and
strikes will be ordered in these shops to-day.
The Two firms employ altogether about 200
q lhe IL. OOO cloakmakers in the union over
one.hnIf have been on strike in various shops
since The present series of strikes began. OF
those on strike ABOUT thrcc'fourths have gained
their demands.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Roy TR4IN WRECK Frs.
ArraiKnmcnt or Two OF the Hand That Tried
20 DeraiI n Brighton Beach Train.

Edward Campbell and William McCauley, two
of the boys accused OF trying to wrCcka Brighton
Beach train on Sunday evening at the Eastern
Parkway cut, were arraigned in the Flatbush
Court yesterday. They told Justice Steers that
they had nothing to do with the crime, but were
with the offenders. They were held in 81 900
hail each for examination. Thor companions,
they said, tried to derail the train for fun. Po.
iiceman Farrell. who arrested the two boys.
band-Thomas McFeeley OF 80 Little street, j.
Lyons OF Hudson and Little streets, and Joseph
Burns of 1913 Plymouth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Musician AdOlDh MOlenhauer In n sanltarlum.

Adolph Mollenhauer, one Of the proprietors of
the Mollenhauer College of Music in Brooklyn,
was removed on Saturday TO DR.. Wiley's ssni-
tRrium at Amityyillo, L. l., suffering with
nervous ion and threatened mental col.
lapse. His brothers, who arc associated. with
him in tho college, say that excessive bicycle
exercise. in addition to his engrossing musical
duties. brought on the trouble
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
,,.r,,u iron. preaching Deus'a doctrines.

DALLAS. Tex, Aug. 30.-Dcbs's Social Democ-
rocy is making Roadway in Texas. Martin Irons,
formcrly OF st. Louis. tho railroad strike leader
in 1856, is pushing tho new movement with
nncruy. Last week Irons organized four
IranChes OF the Social Democracy In central
Texas with an approximate membership OF 500.
lie Is doing his work mainly among he railroad
zion tenants OF the populous Brazos Valley.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Five sIen Drowned from n ~sallooat.

GLADSTONE, Mich, Aug. 3O.-This morning at
IL O'Clock five Finlanders were drowned in tho
bay opposite the furnace by the capsiGing of a
sailboat.
Their names nrc Gus Erickson. John Fandt,
Gus anderson, John HcnansOn. and IlOlp Erick-
son. Graphing parties have found the first.
named three,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
College FONT SIIS. 900 street Improvement
ROnd Issne Awarded.

COLLEGE PoIHT, J.. l., Aug. 30.-The village
trustees tonight voted to sell the $4,000 in
3 per cent. street Improvement bonds to
Lambrecht Bros. Of Cleveland. tho highest OF
twenty-five bidders. The bonds We're sold 10
that firm Mt $40. 753.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
barnard Rosenberg XIII. Himself.

Bernard Rosenberg. so years old. OF 2959 At
lantic avenue, Brooklyn. ommitte suicide In
his bedroom yesterday by inhaling Illuminating
gas. He was found lying on his bed with a rub
her tube In his mouth, the other end being at
suicide
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
a Female Convict Bites warden Hn,os's
Thumb.

While Warden Hayes of tho Kings County
P~cnitcntiary was demonstrating yesterday
morning with Mary Ol3ricn. q prisoner. for re-
thumbs, INJECTING a painful wound. The wo.
man has served three previous terms in the
prison. and has frequently made trouble for tho
keepers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
N.warn Biscuit Company Burned Out.

Fire last night totally destroyed the works of
the Newark Biscuit Company at Lombardy and
South Bridge streets, Newark. Several hundred
barrels of Hour. n large stock of crackers, and
5000 loaycs OF bread. besides the valuable ma
cbinery were burned. Loss. $25, 0OO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-31
Flint's Fine Furniture.

DhlntieSt Novelties
in drapcries and sofa cushions now %
bargain prices.
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LABOR MEN IN ST. LOUIS.
SOVEREIGN, DEBS, AND OTHER
LIGHTS ARE ON HAND.

They VIII TncEie the Question OF settling the
Great Coal S1Inera' strike-Tnik OF Asking
tho President TO Call n Special session or
ConEresa-views or Some OF tho Leaders.