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RANG 4 FALSE ALARM OF FIRE.
Another How Was Arrested. hut the Culpr,t
Gave Himself Up-Bsth Let Ge,

Another Boy Was Arrested. Hut the Cuiprit
Gave Himself UP-Bsth Let GO.
When James Wickham. II years old, OF 4 First
street, was arraigned In the Essex Market Court
yesterday. on a charge Of ringing q false alarm
OF fire on Saturday night, another boy pushed
his way through the court. and, gaining q posi-.
ton infront OF Magistrate Hedges, said: "Dis
10 a mistake. 1t was not Jimmy Wickham who
rang de alarm. 1t was me-"
The speaker described himself as Oscar wer.
ner, 10 years old, OF 81 First street, The alarm
In question called the fremen 70 a imposed IRE
at 20 First street. Gas which escaped from a
leak in q gas pipe had become ignited. A man
pointed out young WickhAm as tho boy who
rang the alarm and Policeman SchassberRer of
the East Fifth street station arrested him.
Il thought dc house was on fire. said Wer.
ner to Magistrate Hedges, and l didn't want
no one to be burnt up. ! saw Jimmy Wickham
arrested, and ! wanted to tell de cop IL WAS me
tell youse." ~"N
We'll. you arc An honest boy and I will LAT
you both CO. said the Magistrate.
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The weather.

There was an area OF low pressure moving out
or the St. Lawrence Valley yesterday. Il caused
cloudy weather and thundsr storms over . part
OF the Middle Atlantic and New England States.
An area OF high pressure was moving down from
the Northwest with cooler weather.
the temperature remained high In ell the South.
srn States. touching between 70 and % degrees.
In this city there was = shower In the early
morning AID . thunder storm in she HfternoonI
othsrwiie the day was fair; highest onnciai TEN.
psrsture Ta'. lowest co.; average humidity %
per cent. In the morning., dropping to OF. per cent.
In the EVENING" wind south TO northwest. average
velocity 10 miles an hour: barometer. corrected to
read 70 sea level, At y A. n. 1918, y p. n. 2p.T&.
The Thermometer at the United stGteA Weather Blu.
reAu r~egl1tered the temperature yestsrdAy as follow:
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ryphus Heysr An Mantian.

DCRANoo. State OF Durango, Mexico. June
2o.-The overland mail courier from MAyAtlan
brings news hero that an epidemic OF y phuS
fever is raging in that seaport city. and that a
number OF deaths have already occurred, Tho
authorities are taking every precaution 20 stop
the spread OF the epidemic.
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E.hls,. or Mexican Products.

CITY OF MEXICO, juno 2O.-Luis Siliceo has
obtained a concession from the Government to
establish u permanent exhibition of Mexican
ufRcturcd articles, In this city, for the beneht Of
Americans and other foreign business men who
yiait here. 1t Is probable that a department will
machinery and manufactured goods. A large
building has been secured here In which the eK-
hibit Will be placed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-21
Huasral or slnon vsIDs. Mag Or Jersey O,,y,.
Little Italy.

simon Voips. known as the King of Little
Italy. the Italian quarter in Jersey CITY. who
died Of asphyxiation by gas last Thursday morn.
Ing In his home. 3s2 First street, was buried Yes.
tsrdsy afternoon. The entire Italian COLONY
turned out and all the Italian societies OF Jersey
City marched in the funeral procession. The
hearse, was drawn by four horses. One society
headed BY a brass band. marched In front Of the
hearso, and the other s~ocieties. headed Inv
another band. followed. About a hundred car.
EuisEeS were In line. Services were held In the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-21
IN MEXICO.
Several ThsasAHd Will Settle sn the southsr,
C0aee Lands

VERA CRuE. Mexico. juno 2o.-The first In.
stallment of Japanese colonists to settle in Mex
leo have arrived NJ Tapachula and will at once
make their homes on tho land which has been
granted to them by the Mexican Government.
The town Of Tapachula Is In the extreme south
eastern part Of the State OF ChIapas, near the
Japanese viii occupy are only n few leagues
rom the town. These lands are adapted for
piscount Enomoto Of the Japanese Government
~ tho MEXICAN Government for tho colonization
thereon OF several thousand industrious Japan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-21
KAseLoa or . HosoLsn Trs..le b, = Car.

Joseph Albertalli, IL years old, of 5l2 Paterson
avenue, West Hoboken. was playing with some
other boys yesterday on the North Hudson
County Railway t~restle. along the Hillside road
IN ho6okenS when he was struck by a trolley car
xhu kn0cked on the structure. He fell about six
bruised badly about the body. He was taken to
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a EuoSoLes hoy Drowned In a QUAR-, Pit

Frederick Henlein. 10 years old, OF Jane and
West streets. West Hoboken. was found drowned
on Saturday night in q pool OF water in = .is-ty
pit al Summit avenue and Shippcn streets, nCAr
his home. The boy WAS last seen on SATURDAY
afternoon, fishing In the pool.
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WA5HIHUION FOhLCAbT Toh MONDAY.
For New England. generally fair. except showers on
the coast, probably clearing Monday night; northwest
winds
For eastern NsU York. eastern PsAMSvIpanGa, Ne,S
Jsrssy. Dslouars, the District az c~oIAEbta. Maryland,
and Virginia. JaiT, slightly cooler; noSthvOsst st.ds.
For western Pennsylvania and western New York,
tATi light. northeast winds. bSsOmlnS yaEiAbls.
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1--WE ms1icaa Riysrs Joln.a by can,

oRIEABA. State Of Vera Cruz, Mexico, june
2o'-The canal connecting the PapAntla and
Consolation rivers in this State has been com.
TlSfSd1 y Is q most important waterway and
country. A line OF boats will ia astShIishHAn nv
The twf Rivera and the canal. v"
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Two BOY. Fall from a Cherry Free.

BooNToN, n. J.. June 2o.-John Hickken. 10
years old, and Walter Higgins. Is years old.
both OF Hoboken. who were visiting relatives at
Mount Tabor, fell from a cherry tree this stie~
noon. Hickken's right arm Is broken. ~li!eSiDs
skull 10 fractured and two OF his fingers broken.
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BOY BADLY BURNED


John NAneal, the 2-year-old son Of . laborer
who lives in the rear tenement at 625 East
Twelfth street, set OF a nrecracker yesterday
with q snap match In the; co urt in front Of the
tenement. The head OF the match fell into his
dreSs and set IRE to IL.
The. boy ran into tho street all in flame. and
his mother, attracted BY his screams, followed
tinguished the boy was badly burned. He WA
sent TO Bellevue Hospital for treatment.
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New train for Indianapolis and 81. Louis by Nav
YORK Cenhal. Leave Grand Central Btauos o,nn
!: ~, STRIVE indianapolis ueHt evening. ST. Louis go.
, 1897-09-21

DR., Loy-, the French physician, WHIT
mas grcntly interested himself in the
question, What passes in the head Of
adecapitaled human being?' relates the
foiiowir. remarkable story. which he
says was taken from the archives Of the
Vienna courts: II was in tho year -
that schGencnburg, a well known bandit,
and four Of his associates were caught
ami condemned to death. They were
already on their knees ready to pay the
penalty of their bloody deeds by SUBJ
mitting to the awful fate Of %decapita-
ton when S~choenenburg addressed the
judge, asking that his four companions
might be p%arGoned on certain condi-
tions. III, asked the bandit, latter ]
am ~beheadea, | get up and walk to the
first OF my comrades, will you pardon
him." The judge thought that he was
pretty safe in complying with the re-
quest. Then" continued Schoenen-
burg. "if l walk to the second. the
third and the fourth, will you pardon
them also:' The judge replied that if
such d miraculous feat could be per
formed he would obtain pardon for the
other three also. The bandit was now
satisfied. and, bending his head. he re-
ceived the fatal blow. Instantly the
head rolled down in the sand, but to
the surprise and horror of all present
the headless trunk arose and walked
alone. Aimlessly, it appeared. the body
walked around until it passed the first,
the second, the third and the fourth
condemned bandit, when it fell down
and became motionlcss. Query, How
could a headless body think?'
, 1897-09-21

The superstition that human beings
should sleep with their heads to the
north is believed by the French to nave
for it's foundation a scientific fact. They
affirm that each human system is i'll it.
self an electric battery. the head being
Il Of the electrodes, the feet the other
Their proof was discovered from expert
ments winch the Academy OF Sciences
was allowed to make OH the body of a
man who was guillotined.
This was taken the instant it fell and
placed upon a pivot free to nov as it
might. The head part, after IA little
vacillatioD. turned to the north. and the
body then remained stationary. 1t was
turned half way round by NJ Of the
professors, and again the head end of
the trunk moved slowly to the cardinal
point due north. the same results being
repeated until the final arIcstatinn of
srgapj" movement.
, 1897-09-21
safe OPENING AN ART.
An E>pert Who Met Many Obstacles ant
Overcame Them.

Overcame Them.
Opening refractory vaults, safes and
burglar proof chests is a science in itself
and is surrounded by the utmost secrecy
BY those who make u living out Of it.
In a talk to tho Chicago Post a man who
has been in the business 40 years said:
1.-The essential qualification which IA
successful safe CpeDer must possess is an
intimate and distinctive knowledge Of
the mechanism and workings of every
variety CT combination lock. He must
be born to the profession and possess
acute mechanical perception.
NEARLY every obstinate safe which
am called upon to open presents unique
conditions demanding new and individ-
ual treatment. The nature of the diff
Guilty must be correctly diagnosed in ad-
vance OF the lock will remain obdurate,
for machinery does not move By chance.
81 he biggest tait ever held out to me
came in the form of u proposal from Il
detective with whom I was well ac-
quainted. 1t had been supposed that the
locks made by II certain firm of safe
manufacturers We're proof against TIE
manipulations of burglars ana experts.
but 4 few days before | was approached
by the detective l had been called upon
to open one of these safes and had sue
ceedcd. The incident gave rise to much
comment.
'AS l was sitting alone in my office
the detective entered and asked me If !
did not VI ish TO make some money. |
replied that | was in business for Just
that purpose. He then questioned nc
closely as TO my ability to open tie AT
ticular kind Of lock i'll question. When
satisfied that | was easily ab.o 10 do so,
he said:
"'lll tell you how you Can grab CT
800, 900 without the least trouble. Tic
boys know Where there is II safe CT the
kind which contains $500, 900 in pa
per currency. 1t is easy to get AT, and
all you'll have to do is to walk iii, ate.
they have opened the way. unlock til"
safe, take ont 500, 900 and leave tbrr c.
msindcr for them. It's the easiest kind
of money
by TIE boys the defective meant u
notorious gang of burglars which had
been conducting IA series Of daring rpet-
atioEs. ! told the detective that | lad
been much given to card playing il ny
youth. thus acquiring II strong pre-"
ence for a lone hand, and that this r.
objection had become too firmly ti*'d to
be changed. He toOk the hint u:.d jrf:
my Office as sCOu as possible
, 1897-09-21
The short Stops Of the Train.

Sustained journey speed, from end to
end Of Il run, is not merely a matter of
high speed between stations. 1t involves
also making the station stops short
The more stops there are the more i'm
portant is prCmptness at stations. The
observant mun who travels much can
not fail to notice the effect on trainmen,
Oh station men and even on passengers
of babitual fast running. All hands get
trained to aIertness and precision of
movement. 1t is a fine thing to watch
the handling of u very fast train at a
station. 1t is inviRorating to see the
speed without haste of the inspectors
and the bargapemsn, the quick and
smooth change of engines and the cut
ting off Of the dining car. l have seen
the other extreme on a Southern rail.
road, whore the easy going conductor
ran past Il flag station and then backed
dowL y mile tn let off one passenger
His serene indifference to time did not
nuke me feel any safer OIL his train
Engineering Magazine.
, 1897-09-21
STANDARD TIME.
The Four ssc.icns into which the Coup.
try l. Divided,

n our SSCtubna into " hitch the Conn
try i Divided.
Primarily, for the convenience of the
railroads, q standard of lime was estab.
lished by mutual agreement in 1888. by
which trains are run aud local time reg
ulated According to this system, the
United States, extending from 60 to l25
degrees west longitude. is divided into
foul time sections, each OF IL degrees of
longitude, exactly equivalent to one
hour. The first teasteru) section in.
cludes all territory between the Atlantic
coast and an irregular line drawn from
Detroit to Charleston, the latter lie
ing its most southern point, The sec
ond tcentral) section includes all the
territory between the last named line
aud an irregular line from Bismarck to
the mouth Of the Rio Grande
The third tn,ountuln) section includes
all territory between the last named
line and nearly the western borders Of
Idaho. Utah und Arizonu. The fourth
(Pacif1c) section covers the rest of the
country to the Pacific coast. Standard
time is uniform S'side each Of these sec
tons. and tie time Of each section diff.
fers from that next to it by exactly one
hour Thus ut ~ noon in New York
city eastern tlMe) the time ut Chicago
central tInie) is II u. u. at Denver
(niounfain timel, 10 u. M. and at San
francisco Pacific time). 9 o'clock Il. nj.
Standard time is IL minutes slower
at Boston than true local time. 4 min.
utes slower at New York. = inmates
faster at Washington. ~ minutes Iuster
at Charleston. 2s inmates slower at De-
troit, ~ minutes faster at Kansas City,
10 minutes slower al Chicago. | minute
faster AT St LcuIs. rs minutes faster 1T
Salt Lake City and 10 minutes faster ut
San Francisco Atlanta Constitution
, 1897-09-21
An lnquiring Whcelman.

This letter, published Is The Anicri
a Field, is said to he "n order ltHt y
q Kansas man Il Il bicycle company:
DEAR sIHZ-I live on mi farm near I.in.il'
ton. Kan, am 81 years oil anil just - ii d.
sporta. Ny neifew in Indiana lul IN 81 /:
new biscilc al sent me his old one l.. .-g.c,
and i've learned TO ride srmc. Its n lie T fun,
but my biscilc jol.s considerable. a Teller cD..'
along yesterday wiki a Liscil" :!:at hI- AC..,"
injun roblcr ii,cs stuffed vi Il wind. Iu i,t
me try EiSsel and mi. it rUl Ii, g & kuShir! ic
told me you sell injun robucr j .,t The sane ~
hisscn. How much will i. 10 to fiS Lime UP
like hissunf Mine j. al iron wheels. Do You
punch the hollow hole threw the iniun rol-"I
or will ] have TO 90 ii riysclf? How DO !'u
stick the ends together AFTER you got il core;
II your injUn Iubler is already hollcr, Will il
come any cheaper empty | can get all tho
wind l want ont here in KANSAS fIee.
E~BEKNEEZER Y. JENsoN.
p. S.-How much Go " / charge for the doc
dad you stuff the wind into The robDcr with,
and where do you s,artf
, 1897-09-21

Henry Nv, the idol Of the French
people, was also II king of phrase max.
ars. During Ii Of his tours through
France be arrived at "a small village
and ordered that the most intelligent
villager be sent to converse with him
while he dined. When the rustic up,
peaied, the king ordered him to take "
3eat opposite 10 him IL, The table. What,
is your Nance asked the monarch.
"Sirr, l am called tiaillard, replied
the peasant. "Wlat IL the difference"
said the king. "be,ween Gaillard de,
a jolly fellow land paillard" ii. g., Il
rake)? Sire" was the reply, there is
but q table between the two
, 1897-09-21

TIE durability OF this timber il forci-
bly, illustrated ty fallen trunks that are
perfectly ~,und after lying in the damp
WOODS tIr centuries. Soon after these
trees full the are overgrown with moss,
in which seeds lodge and terminate and
grow up into vigorous saplings, which
etand IN a rcw on the backs Of their
dead ancestors. OF this company Of
young trees perhaps three or four will
grow 10 tu | stature. sending down
~strsddling roots on each side and estab-
fishing then selves in the soil. and after
they have reached an age Of 800 or 800
years the downtrodden trunk on which
they are standing. when cut into, is
found Us fresh in the heart ~ when It
fell.-John Muir in Century.
, 1897-09-21

Eight hundred years ago all of the
large cities of England had regular
slave markets for the sale of " hite slaves
from all parts Of the Kingdom In the
Life of Bishop Withstand" the writer
says: at was u moving sight to see in
the public markets rows Of young PEG.
pie of both sexes tied together aud sold
like cattle-men. unmindful of their
obligations. delivering into slavery
their relatives and even their own chill
dren." In another pnrt Of this work it
is noted that these slaves were ''partic.
ularly young Woman Of fine proportions
aud of great beauty ~
, 1897-09-21
JONES' STRATEGY.
He Got His Ncu Suit Mt Half Trice by
Great Scheme.

He Go. Hi- Ncu Suit Mt Half Trice by n
Great Scheme.
Jones' new suit fits beautifully, but
he was $40 shy on the price. He needed
the suit badly, bur his tailor was de.
cidedly disinclined TO part with it till
it was paid for After lying awake all
night revolving in his Lind various
schemes old aud new to get possession
of the coveted attire Jones evolved a
brilliant idea. I,e Put en- u high collar
two sizes too large for him. went to his
taller and tried on the coat again. Of
course 1t did not fit around the collar
n would have to be let out. The next
day he put ON q collar a half size toe
small and tried it On again The collar
Of the coat bulged ont in the back as if
It had been ccnstI ucted for the neck Of
. pugilist.
II cant wear that thing" declared
Jones. ut does not fit at all"
"Ho. it does not seem to-" admitted
the tailor.
You've tinkelsd with it now till
You have rouily ruined it. guess ]
don't want it"
well, III tell you what III do"
proposed the tailor. who did net want
q misfit left Gil his hands I'm knock
of % OIL the price"
Don't want a suit that don't fit
declared Jones.
"Well. I'll make it $40"
make 1t SIC. so ard III take it,"
"All right. but | lose money on it at
that"
Jones paid another taller 81 to huv.
the collar Il. cred, IaiL for his suit an
had 81. so IN which t Nv ct it. "-S:.n
Francisco PISt.
, 1897-09-21
SEWING ON MEN-OF-WAR.
How . Sailor May Add Something to His
Pay From Uncle Sam.

u ~ uCi HAuh.
Visitors On bourd wal vessels in the
navy yard will very likely see amGrg
the sailors scattered about the decks
smoking, talking and so Oh II sailor at
work with II sewing machine. 1t is IL
hand machine II has a pretty heavy
base. so that it can be set dos ! Oh deck
and worked easily without shifting its
position.
The machine is owned by the man
working it. On Il biz ship like, for .x-
ample, the battlcship Indiana. carrying
a crew Of 400 men or more, there wound
probably he found ~ many rs Il dom
sewing machines. On Il third rate
cruiser, u smaller vessel, such, for il.
lnstration, rs the Detroit, there would
chimes. The machines are ottencst
owned by snilmakors and sailmak,Ts'
mates. but 'hcy may be owned by sail
ors. Any man on TIE ship might haze
a sewing rlachine if lie waEted 10
Space is valuable III u vessel, and 10
only hand machines are allowed, ant
to bring Il machine aboard pCrE isS!C1
must be got from the C~onmar.iru q
Ger. 1t is not TO he supposed TIA; exc.
man in the ship world want nsevi'
machine. As Il matter of fact co'ar;I
lively few men 60. and those " no VIZ.
to take one aboard ere not Likely to iiEG
any difficulty in the way.
A sailor who has a sewing Wa@'!irp
makes and repairs garments for LIN
self md he does wCIk fer others IL"
, 1897-09-21

The efficiency Of the employees CT the
Jacksonville Tostof;icc was put TO II Sc.
we're test recently, " hen the fistrihIt.
ing clerk cane nc1Css Il Photograph with
q postage STAMP uttM he'd and the Gully
direction Oh II as follows. says the Flor.
ida 7 INES Union:
"DeIiver to ---. jacksonville,
Fla"
Several CT the employees were shown
the picture. which was taken with a
small camera. and which did not show
the face # the person photographed
very distinctly One of the carriers
named Walter Il. Coleman. the general
travelling agent of the F e. and z. rail
way. was the person. Several of the
clerks aud carriers did not think that it
was Intended for Mr. Coleman, while
others sided with the Bay street carrier.
Finally u wnger Of II vas made, and
the currier started out to deliver it.
When he reuched Mr.. Coleman's
Office, that gentleman at once claimed
the Photograph us enc Of himself. A
week e OF more, " hile walking along
Bay street. he NIT a young lady with n
kodak, who took IL snap shot at him in
froLt of the Gardner building. She said
that II the picture was q good one she
would send It to him 1t also appears
that the young lady won u wager made
with her father Gu the delivery Of the
photograph to MIR. Coleman with only
the dir ctions above.
, 1897-09-21

Nine out . ten persons, il asked
what is the most sensitive part of the
body. will reply the tip Of the tongue.
This is u mistake, Those engaged in
polishing billiard balls or any other
substances that require a very high de
gree Of smoothness invariably use the
cheek bone as their touchstone for de-
tecting any roughneas-
, 1897-09-21

Recent statistics show that the Eng
i;sh citizens heaviest ILL, inter 'ood,
rent, clothing ami drink, is his gas bill.
England pays 500. COG. 900 IL year to
the gas companies, and it is calculate 7
that the gas comp rs realize a profit
of S2G. OU0, 400 - ytar.
, 1897-09-21

The passenger department Of the I'm
ion Pacific has arranged to have a lin
tied supply o.: the illustrated Festival
E~xcursionist' and also a supply Of a
special edition OF the Denver Evening
Post delivered in this city. In these
papers information will be given as to
rates and dates of the Festival of Noun
tain and Plain. Look out for them.
, 1897-09-21
NJ A

The Union Pacific will make a rate Of
1855 from Laramie to Denver and re-
turn, for the festival Of Mountain and
Plain. Tickets will be sold Oct. 4, S.
and 6, good for continuous passage In
zach direction. Final limit Of tickets.
Oct. 8.
, 1897-09-21

Maria. J am ready to start down
town now. Didn't yea say there was
something you wanted me to remember
particularly to bring home with me this
evening""
Eyes"
"Well, what il it!'
How can tell until have looked
over the advertising columns of the pa
per?''-ChicaEo Tribune.
, 1897-09-21
rHIUU0H SERVICE

The through car ssrvies 70 Dasv~.
Kansas City. Omaha, Chicago. d. Loais
and othsf eastern cities. via the UNION
Pacific and coansctoos. u u~ne1esalsd
by any other line
me squipmsnt consists Of Pullman
and Tnusist SlsepesA ClAif OAfA. DE-
iug Csrs, Bu1st, nokasy - 00Gkiag
For t,rhess. tias tables Esd a. < n
q m.AHK. Asss..
, 1897-09-21

Aid 'chnrRing %furiously up)--Gen-
ernl. the enemy has captured our left
wing What shall we do!
The Con .ander-Fly with the other.
-rLiiadell bia Inquirer.
, 1897-09-21

Rice is the NEST Ill iGt,'i = q.
Japunesc crops. The cultivation 49, -
up more Than half If the counti, : r'tn.
surface of arabic. land
, 1897-09-21

There Is 70 much sympathy IN this
t,untry fhut very often the under dog
lacones y dangerous. .mpudent cur
.AtcIIison UlUbe.
, 1897-09-21

Mcss-lt 'rIlvs III tTLiilU 1t SO 40
men at EalLR III !! stir't or
itIi- IEc Itil,tu dat IT itns van
head -iii!.GCilLIa Moth ALu L