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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
PRICE TWO CENTS
DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT.
HOUSE caucus TOTE' TO OPPOSE
M'KIyLEr,S PROPOSALS.

Bailey OTera Resolutions which Are Adopted
Agaiust Retiring GrsrnbncLs or Rxtena.
Ing National Bnnks. for cuba nnd q Bauk.
ruptcy LaM-unwaiinn Course Left Open.
WARRINGTON, Dec. l4.-Ono hundred and
one Representatives attended the Democratic
House caucus tonight, over which Mr.. Rich
ardson OF Tennessee presided. Tho New York
members were mostly conspicuous by their abb
sencc. The caucus was called at the request OF
fifty or sixty members who wanted a defnite
and authoritative policy adopted for their guild
ancc at this session. The caucus was in ses-
sion less than an hour, ana unanimously
adopted the following, offered by Mr.. Bailey.
the official leader Of tho minority:
"ReSoircd, That It is the sense of this caucus
that tho Democratic members of the House OF
Representatives ought to resist all efforts, d.
rect and Indirect, to retire the grccnbacks and
",ReSolrcd. That we are opposed to and will
resist all attempts to extend the privileges of
the national banks or to reduce the taxes which
-'"Resoirei. That we favor the early consider
alton and passage OF The Senate resolution
the ISLAND Of Cuba between the Government Of
Spain and the Cuban peorlo.
me shr .; = i;st That an5 WISE WE f SnnEra the SpIr ny enact
Brief speeches were made by Mcssrs. Bailey,
De Almond OF Missouri, Maddox Of Georgia.
Gt"kuic VI v icuhoebcVs
Swanson OF Virginia, Sims of Tennessee, and
Others. all counsclling moderation In action at
this time. There was no opposition to the reso.
buttons offered by Mr.. Bailey. The question of
Hawaiian annexation was, passed over with the
suggestion that when 1t became necessary to
determine ~ course Of action relating thereto
another caucus would be held.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Maddox was
agreed to-. authorizing the appointment Of .
Democratic Congressional committee to man.
age the campaign of 1898, to consist Of nine
Senators and one representative from each
State and Territory and the District OF Colum.
bia. Tho committed is empowered TO fill vacan-
cics and to select the members from those States
and Territories having no Democratic repre-
scntation in Congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15

The ALLEGED Lawyers 0uit tho Theatre when
Their Money Was Refunded.


Two men in evening dress sat together in
aisle seats right under the lower right.hand tier
Of boxes ct wallack's Theatre last night. All
through tho first act Of "a Ward Of France"
they made audible comments on the actors and
the play.
When the first act was over the two men
strolled out into the lobby, whore they ran
across A. w. Mackenzie, the representative Of
Klaw & Erlangor. the managers of Ward Of
France"
Mr.. Mackenzie told the two mon that box
holders had complained Of their conduct and
had said that one Of the men held an unlighted
cigar in his mouth, while he commented on tho
actors in the play.
The two men talked back loudly at Mr.. Mac
kenzic, and said 1t was their right to laugh at
the actors or make any comment on TIN per
formanco they pleased. They denied that heir
criticisms had disturbed the box holders.
Manager Mackenzie insisted that they had
he demonstrated with them for their behavior,
he placed his hand on one OF the mons shout
TAKE your hand Off me- said tho man,
loudly. "or IN punch you In the nose"
summoned Policeman Craven of the. West
Thirticth street station. Tho two mon said they
were perfectly willing to beplaced under arrest
II Manager Mackenzie would make a complaint
against them.
AT this point Johnny McKeever, the Treasurer
of the theatre, offered to refund their money II
they would leave. They said y their presence
wasn't desired they would willingly leave the
theatre. The money thoy paid for seats was re,
leaving. declared they, were5well-known law
yers and knew their rights.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
MRS. HALL PUT OUT OF Il PRIMARY.
She Wanted to Work for Caleb Sinms, bat tho
Police wouldn't Have It..


Police Wouidn't Have II.
Merry Ellen Hall. tho colored woman who
makes 1t her business to hustle for votes for the
Republican party. made it interesting at tho
Republican primary of the Sixth Election Of
the Tyenty.dfth Assembly district last night.
The primary was held at 1913 West Twenty
seventh street. and Mrs. Hall was on hand to
SEQ that Caleb Simms. the colored leader of the
district, and his friends were not buncoed by
the anti.Simms crowd.
Mrs. Hall insisted on her right to stay In the
polling place as a watcher, but Simms's oppo-
nents ordered that she be removed as she wasn't
a voter. The three policemen who where on
hand looked at 1t that way and they escorted
Mrs. Hail to the street and ordered her TO
move on.
But Mrs. Hall didn't move on. She stood out.
side the polling place. and when q voter entered
who she thought had no right to vote she set up
o great cry. The crowd that had collected
helped her out In the outcry. Then the police
men ordered Mrs. Hall to go away or be arrested.
She denounced the policemen and said she
would use her influence TO have them removed
from the force. Then she went to the West
Thirtieth street station and demanded that she
be allowed to remain at the polling place.
Sergeant Mccoy advised her to keep away.
She said she would go TO Police Headquarters
to-day and mako a complaint against the police
men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
CHIEF KIDNAPPER CAUGHT
ALBERT 8. WARNER ARREsTED IN A
SMALL KANSAS TOWN.

~ WAN VINO NNhn tne hhohu " -
tors whe Abducted Little Johnny Conway
In Albany and HELD Him TOR $4,000 Ran
soua-His Conroderates Vow In state Prison.
Albany, N. ", Dec. l5.-Chief Of Police Will
lard received q telegram from Riley. Kan, To-
night, announcing tho capture there OF Albert
s. Warner. the chief of tho three conspirators
who. on Aug. 10 last. abducted little Johnny
Conway and attempted to get $4,000 from his
father for his return.
The arrest Of Warner was effected by Detec-
tive Kane Of the Albany police and q Kansas
City Pinb erton agent. The town OF Riley Is q
hamlet Of about 200 inhabitants. 1t 10 about
80 miles from Kansas City. As soon as the
usual form is complied with Warner Will be
brought to Albany for trial.
The other two conspirstors. Joseph NJ. Hardy,
the boys unclo, and II. G. Blake. who were ar
rested soon after the boy had been rescued.
pleaded guilty to kidnapping him. and received
sentences of fourteen years imprisonment each
in Clinton Prison.
On Tuesday, Aug. 16. 5-year-old Johnny Con.
way, son of NJ. J. Conway. q well.to-do Albany
man, was taken from In front of his homo, W
Colonie street, and was hidden In a house on the
outskirts OF Albany. On the following day his
father received q letter signed Tho Captain OF
the Gang" in which the abductors offered to re.
turn the boy TO his parents on payment OF $4,000.
The crime aroused Albany and attracted at
tention throughout the entire country. The
whole police force OF Albany and thousands Of
citizens Joined In the hunt for the boy and his
kidnappers. He was at last discovered and re-
turned to his parents.
During the investigation suspicion fastened
itself upon Hardy. tho boys uncle. and he was
arrested with II. g. Blake, an Albany man. Tho
police soon learned that these men had been
connected with the crime and obtained confos-
sions from them.
1t was evident to the authorities, however. that
some other person was at the head Of the con.
| spiracy. and from descriptions obtained Of the
man who had been seen in consultation with
Hardy and Blake 1t was decided that he was
Albert 8. Warner. a lawyer. who had been on.
gagged In many shady dealings, and who had an
Office at 1898 Broadway. New York.
Detective Worden Of the Mercer street police
station. New York, was tho first to suspect
Warner. 1t was found that Warner had fed.
and the last that was heard Of him was on the
10th of August. when he was seen in Schenec-
tady talking to Blake.
Warner. at the time of his flight, was under
bonds In New York for attempting to blackmail
b. J. Meyers. O Twenty.third street jeweller, and
he had explained the plan Of kidnapping the
Conway boy to Frank Z. Albinger, q civil en-
gineer. of 1913 Liberty street, New York, and
had asked Albinger to gr into 1t with him, tell
ing him It was perfectly safe and that the re
ward was bound to be big.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
A STUPID LIE, SAYS ". C. WHITNEY.
The world Invented . Story That He Was
"ConsPirinEn AGainst the Tunnel Road.

The World Invented . Story That Ho Was
"ConspirinEn Against the Tunnel Road.
william @. whitney made the following state
ment yesterday regarding charges made by the
World to tho effect that he had entered into a
conspiracy with George J. Gould. Russell Sage
and Richard Croker to defeat the construction
OF an underground rapid transit railroad:
$50 far as I am concerned. the article Is a lie
from beginning to end. I never had any talk
with either Mr.. Gould. Mr.. Sage or Mr.. Croker
regarding the proposed underground road. I
have never taken any action or done anything.
directly or indirectly. to obstruct the building
Of tho underground railroad. Neither has the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company. nor, to
my knowledge, anybody connected with II.
Everybody who has discussed the subject
with me knows that I have held to the opinion,
as I do now. that the construction and operation
OF the underground road by responsible persons
would be distinctly beneficial to the street rail
way company. There is no profit for q surface
proposed underground road would simply serve
to locate the constantly increasing population
If is. sssis Sf Long SsT Island 4Sna 81 Stab. the f f,IsSd. a S%ii'SS' ss;
Dscesssari iP'e come aneff inte tR RsPSS BUSINESS T and s inse
Short distances to their destinations by the
the Metropolitan Street Railway. therefore,
l have no hesitation in saying. as / always have
said whenever I have discussed the matter,
that I should be glad to have the road built on
the lines proposed. AS to the practicability OF
the scheme. l have no opinion to express. be-
cause 1t does not concern me. Neither does its
bearing upon the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Company affect me in the least, as l have not u
dollar of interest in the Manhattan Company.
Ordinarily l do not consider worthy OF atten-
ton these newspaper fabrications, but this par.
ticular one is SO full Of false statements and
malicious insinuations that J. feel 1t my duty.
In justice to my business associates, to stamp IL,
as far as It relates to myself and the Metropolis
tan Street Railway Company. as a stupid lie."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
r. PETER WILL WED MIR. FARBER.
He Has Been Prosecuting Her Case OF Islander
Against Mrs. Gather.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Dec. 14.-The announce
mennt that Mrs. Ella Mercer Peter was about to
marry Mr.. Edwin J. Farber has interested soci-
ETY. circles. Mrs. Peter was divorced from State
Senator Peter several years ago. She Is o very
beautiful woman, a linesl descendant OF Gen.
exclusive circles. About q year ago she re-
ceived anonymous letters OF a scandalous char
brought suit for SANDER against Mrs. Thomas
Gather. a leader In society and wife OF one of
the wealthiest residents OF Howard county,
charging that she wrote the letters.
Mr.. Farber. q well-known lawyer and club
man, was engaged by Mrs. Potter to prosecute
the case. Trial has been nxed several times,
but always postponed. Last Saturday 1t was
again called. but at Mr.. Farber's request again
postponed. 1t now appears that SnS ttachment
believed generally thatit was with view OF &C.
centuatinR his disbelief in the charges made in
the letters, upon which suit Is based, that Mr..
Farber win wed Mrs. Peter, and then appear in
his Wife'S behalf.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
ABATISG A SONG.
LeEisintion Against ga usot limo In the ola
Town To-NIght.v

TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. l4.-The Town Council Of
Mankato, Kan. intends to stop by ordinance the
singing. humming or whistlinR Of the song "A
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" At
TopokN's fall festival this song was adopted by
the Karnival Knights, and the thousands who
visited Topeka went home singing, whistling
or humming it until ono half the Kansas popu-
lation have Joined in the chorus, and in tho
1t has become an intolcrable nuisance.
In 1894 the Town Council Of Manknto squclched
the whistling and singing Of AFTER tho Ball"
1t passed an ordinance under the Nuisance law
filming each and every person 80 cents for each
and every time no or she might be proved guilty
OF whistling or singing After the Ball be-
tween tho hours OF @ o'clock In the morning and
10 O'Clock at night. The Hot Time" song, the
Mankato people say, has become an intolcrablc
nuisance and must be squelched,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
DOUBLE SUICIDE SUSPECTED.
Mrs. BrnssiBGton Fears That Both Her Sons
May Have Killed Themselves.

Mrs. Elizabeth B~rassington. who gave IL
William street, New Rochelle as the address
of her brothor-in-law. but would not tell where
she lived, went to Police Headquarters last
evening and asked that search be made for
her son, Richard G. Brassington. a salesman.
Mrs. Brassington said that she heard from her
son at Wappingcr's Falls last Friday. He had
been respondent over business troubles. SO she
sent her elder son, John, to bring Richard
home. Since Friday she has not heard from
either o, the men. who, she said. were greatly
attached to each other.
On Sunday Mrs. Hrassington read in THE
Sun that a grip like Richards had been found
in Poughkeepsie. She fears that he
suicide and that John, learning Of it, followed
his brothers example.
Richard Brassington, according to his moth
er's description, is six feet two inches tall and
is 20 years old. His hair Is fair and his COM
plexion light. He wears no beard. The police
sent out a general alarm for him..
Soon after Mrs. Brassington had gone away
Robert Dawson OF 3ls East Twenty.seventn
street reported that his son Thomas, IL years
old, and Richard, 8 years old. ran away from
nome last Thursday and hadn't been seen since.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
DEATH DUE TO 4 BEATING.
policeman Murphy Charged with Fatally Club
bling y Bartender.

Thomas p. MCCARTHY. q bartender OF 10 Ba-
tavia street, died In Bellevue Hospital last
night Of erysipelas, due apparently to injuries
to the head. His brother and sister-in-law. Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Mccarthy of l4e Cherry
street. both allege that these injuries were re-
csived In Farrell's saloon at Roosevelt and
Batavia streets.
The men who inflicted them are said to have
been 8 aloon Keeper Farrell and Policeman
ThAddeus Murphy OF the Oak street station.
Mrs. Mccarthy says that Murphy went to the
saloon early on Dec. z In uniform while Farrell
was having a dispute with Mccarthy. During
the row W hich Is alleged TO have followed Nc
Carthy was dubbed and beaten so badly that he
WAS taken home in an Unconscious condition,
He was removed to Bellevue on Sunday.
Mccarthy, so Mrs. Michael Mccarthy says,
wanted 10 keep the matter quiet, because, he
said, 1t would DO good stun for him" as some
body had already given him IS and the promise
OF $50 more when he had recovered.
Farrell denied last night that MCCARTHY was
was appointed to the force in 1898, could not he
found last night. The police will investigate
the matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
MADE THE TURKISH RoBBER PAP.
Consular Agent Poche Gets Redress for q
WronE-An American aIissionary.

WronE-An American Missionary.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l4--The United States
Government has not much4of a record in col
lecting indemnity by the methods pursued by
Germany, but information was received at the
State Department to-day that q consular repre-
sentative of this country had made q Turkish
highwayman diseorge 700 p~iasters, which he
took from an American missionary. That
seems o large sum at first glance. but 1t
amounts in American money to only $24. The
details Of the robbery and its sequel were re-
ceived at the department from James B. Angel.
the United States Minister at Constantinople.
The Rev. William Nelson. the missionary In
the case. wat held up last November on the road
between Maura and Khan Chkhoun. Frederick
Poche. the consular agent Of the United States
at AleppO, who gets less than 800 a year In
fees for performing the duties Of his office, set
to work to redress the outrage to an American
citizen. He disarmed the robber, had him ar
rested and punished, and made. him return the
$24 to Mr.. Nelson. Minister Angel says that
Consular Agent Poche. who. by the way. was
born in Austria, and appointed to the Aleppo
agency from Syria. was very urgent and per-
sistent In his efforts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
CUBAN EXILES AMNESTIED.
ALL But COMMON CRIMINALS MAY
RETURN, SAYS BLANC0.

Their Lives and Their Property Will he Re-
spected. He m and They win Not
ne molcsted Because OF Their Previous
Acts- L. It = 70 surrender
WAsH1NGToN.D Dec. 14.-Sehor Dupuy Dc Lone,
the Spanish Minister, received to-day from
Captain.General Blanco at Havana q telegram
containing notice Of the granting OF what APP
pears to DO an order Of amnesty to all political
exiles from Cuba. It indicates that the Captain.
General has revoked tho conditions under which
American citizens were expelled from the island.
Nearly every American arrested In Cuba In
Weylcrs administrators was compelled to give
promise that he would not return under tho
threat Of q severe penalty for disobcdience.
Now, however, if Blanco intends to adhere hon.
estly to the policy outlined in his despatch to
the Spanish Minister. everybody expelled from
Cuba, except common criminals, may go back
to the island with assurances Of safety as long
as they obey tho law. The Captain-General's
telegram follows:
I'm addition to my cablegram OF Nov. 27. I
now add that your Excellency can authorize
Con suls to issue passports for this island to all
persons having emigrated who solicit them.
without exception. save in cases Of common
crime. This applies to all political emil
grants. both those who have emigrated
voluntarily and those who consider themselves
obliged to remain In exile for q purely political
nature, reason, cause, or act In both cases
your Excellency can assure them that in this
island their personal safety, their families. and
their estates will DO guaranteed with tho eff
cacy with which the Government to-day pro-
tects and aids those who obey the law.
"BLANco."
There is o suspicion in official circles. which
Is gradually becoming a conviction with some
Of the most credulous, that Spain is preparing
to turn the island over to the Cubans. There is
no doubt that the Spanish Government and poo.
Pile are sick Of tho war and the financial ruin
which II has brought.
The decree Of autonomy and the pacific policy
inaugurated by Blanco are pointed to as indi.
eating Spain's desire to get Cuba OF her hands
while seeking to have It appear that the island
is under Spanish domination. Some Of the
officials here suspect that Spain would DO glad
to get rid OF Cuba II she could do It gracefully
and without seeming to acknowledge that she
had been whipped.
All these views. however, are merely specula-
tive. but those who hold them will no doubt
find another reason in support Of their argu'
ments In the action OF Blanco in regard to e1pa'
triated Cubans and other exiles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
VESSELS DRIVEN AGROUND.
An Unknown sioop ON y sunken Bar n Willie
West or shelter Island.

GREENroRT. Long Island. Dec. II. Capt.
George Haynor, a bayman. arrived here early
this morning and reported n vessel in distress
off Paradise Point, a mile west OF Shelter Isl.
and. She had been driven on a sunken bar In
the night by the gale. The vessel was sloop
rugged, but he did not know her name or any
thing OF the crew. He thought 1t was one OF the
scallop fleet. Capt. Ray nor was unable TO lend
aid, He had hard work weathcring the gale
with his small craft. A relief party was about
to be formed, when the gale increased and tho
project had to be abandoned.
Al noon, while Capt. George Davis's sloop
yacht Layenia was riding out the gale Mt her
moorings in Greenport Harbor, all the crew, In
Guiding tho owner. being ashore. a big sea
caused the cables To snap. and the yacht drifted
on the beach. She was badly damaged by the
position. and will doubtless be ioated as soon as
the wind abates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
AGAINST HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
The Federation or Labor PasseS . Resolution
Opposing the Project.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 1+.-The American
Federation of Labor held two sessions to-day.
An important resolution acted upon was one
disappearing Of the annexation OF the Hawaiian
Islands, and urging the United States Senate to
reject the treaty OF annexation, and to take such
other steps as may DO necessary to maintain
amicable relations with Hawaii.
The resolution was adopted by the convention
after some discussion. An amendment to pro-
vide that u committee shall go before the Senate
adopted.
The subject of Government postal savings
banks was brought up by the introduction Of a
resolution from the Committee on Resolutions,
which Endorsed the establishment OF such banks.
The resolution advocated immediate action.
A protracted discussion was caused by n mo-
ton looking to the preparation of a bill by the
Executive Council authorizing postal banks.
and its introduction in Congress. The resolu-
ton was adopted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
Mis-. War, sbocdy Killed b, n Train.

Miss Mary Sheedy. 20 years old. a resident OF
Elm Park, :. l., was killed yesterday morning at
the John street crossing OF the Staten Island
Rapid Transit Railroad. She MAS employed by
Mrs. Hugh Foster. When she, stepped on the
railroad crossing the engineer blew his whistle:
ahead and then she stepped back on the track
again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
MIR. CROKER IN WILMINGTON.
he Says His Visit II Personal. and Refuses 70
Talk Politics.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Richard Croker ar
rived in Washington this morning. He called
on several friends. including Representative
George b. Mcclellan. before going to tho home
OF Senator Murphy, where no arrived about the
middle of the afternoon. Mr.. Croker told his
friends on his arrival that he would remain in
Washington only a few hours. returning to New
York by a late afternoon train. After reaching
the house of Senator Murphy. however, he de-
eided to remain over night, being the guest OF
the Senator.
To a sun reporter who called Mr.. Croker said
that his errand was not political and that no
wished only to have the pleasure OF meeting
accomplished this we'll. for he had a long con.
ference with Representative Mcclellan and q
all callers at the %latter's house that he did not
care to talk politics or TO say anything whatever
Greater New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-15
FIVE MINERS LOST.
TheJ Go Down on the Ten-Ton sioop Augusta
while eoing to AInhkn.

VICTORIA, b. G.. Dec. l4.-The steamer oquit-
lam. arriving to-day from Lynn Canal and north
crn British Columbia, brings news from Bella
Bella fthe loss there ten days ago Of the ten-ton
sloop Augusta. bound from Seattle for Copper
River with fve prospcctors and their effects.
The vessel was lost in Dixon's Entrance, and
within view Of the halibut fishers there.
They saw the distress signals and attempted
q rescue. when q squall came on. While they
were meeting 1t the sloop disappeared and
neither she nor any one on board has since been
seen.
Several other losses of small shipping by tho
same gale are reported, but none accompanied
with loss OF life.