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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18

Inprison q Boss In . RafldiaG and Threaten
TO Burn IL n He Does Ast Fay Them.

"
Imprison y Ross In . Banding and Threaten
TO Burn IL n He Does Net Fay Them.
TROY. Dec. 17.-Eighty angry Italians created
a wild scene at SCOTS Corners, in Sohodack. to-
day by imprisoning one Of the bosses In a build
ing and threatening to burn the structure I'm.
less they obtained the money that Is due them.
Tho Italians say that promises to pay them on
Nov. Q were not fulfilled, and that they cannot
get their money. Deputy Sheriff Atwood.
Jailer Spencer Loimas. and several others went
to the scene of the trouble this afternoon. 1t 10
learned that the Infatuated Italians repeatedly
stormed the building in which Sub-Contractor
Frank Phinney took refuge, and swore that un.
less paid at once they would destroy the build
ing with fire. Phinney is in a room on the second
floor, which he has been using lately as an Of
fee. The remainder of the building has been
used as living quarters by the 1talians. The men
allege that $3.50 is due them.
The Itnlians. 1t is alleged, agreed with Phin.
ney on Wednesd' ~ that II he would give them
each 81 and lake them to New York they would
tanned money enough to make the settlement
and returned to East Schodack. When he en-.
Threatened to XIII him il he attempted to leave.
Phinney dropped a letter from the window.
was sent to Rensselaer, last evening. Tho
case. notified the sherif's office.
which Phinney is imprisoned, reached Rensselaer,
at moon to-day and reported that great excite
ment prevailed; The building is surrounded by
about eighty Italians, who have become very
demonstrative. A watch was kept on the
building all night. People were afraid to re-
tire. fearing the men would set fire to the
building. The Italians, are said 70 be armed
with reyolyers. and 1t is believed will show fight
If attacked.
After being locked up in the building for
more than fifty hours Phinney was rescued to-
night by a force of deputy sheriffs sent from
here. Phinney Is q sub-contractor of J. M. Sulli-
van & Co.. New York. There is much eScite-
ment at the scene and further trouble In feared,
as the Italians are desperate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
STORM SCENE IN A PARIS THEATRE
Mirbeau's Play and Bernhardts AetiuE Almos
Stir Up q Riot.

Mirbeau's Play and Bernhardt's AetiuE Almost
Stir Up . Riot.
Special Cable Despatch to THE Sun.
PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE clever defamation and
The exposition OF revolutionary ideas amid real
istic surroundings which mark Octave Mir
beau's play LES Mdurais Ber0ers," now
being performed at tho Renaissance Theatre.
with Sarah Bernhard as the heroine, led, as
not a few persons anticipated, to a stormy
scene last evening. At the end OF the third act,
az a bugle sounded, heralding the approach Of
troops to check a riot, excited shouts of "Pire
rAndrch'e' arose from the galleries. Some per-
sons occupying stalls were equally thrilled
and responded with cries of "Vire PArmee."
The excitement then passed. but it was re-
vived more strongly than before in the fifth act,
when the corpse Of Rouie IN. Lucien Guitryh
the Anarchist leader Of a strike, was carried
from tho stage. The people in the galleries
were carried away by their feelings and fran.
tically yelled: Mort a lie Bourgeois"'
"Vire TAndrchieI" "Viue la Communel ]"
completely drowning the voices Of the actors.
There was some Kissing from the stalls, and
finally the bulk of the audience revolted against
the continued exhibition of the body of the
strike leader and cried "Asscsi ASSET"
After the performance the occupants Of tho
stalls called Nine. Bernhardt before the curtain
and vehemently applauded her to show that
they ASSOCIATED her TALENT from the thesis OF
tho play.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
OLEVELAND,sC IvIL SERVICE ORDER
TIE siiEht Medication Contemplated by
PRECEDENT mckinley.

WARRINGTON, Dec. l7.-President Mckinley
Is contemplating slight notifications Of the
famous civil service order of President Clovo-
land. which threw the protection OF the CLASH
ned service over several thousand Federal om-
pioyees. The proposed changes have the APP
proval OF the Civil Service Commission, and are
aimed to give internal revenue and customs
collectors and other like officers the power to
select their own subordinates, particularly
those who handle money for which the collec-
tors are liable under bond. The Presidents
order may BIO issued very soon. and the knowl.
edge OF 1t is responsible for the widely circu-
lated report that he Is about to revoke Glove
lands order and release about 45. 900 employees
from the classified OWL service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
"TH1EFr" CRIED THE PARROT.
Passing Policeman Called In by an Hutelligen,
Parrot which Speaks spanish and English.

Passing Policeman Called In by an HnteIliEent
Parrot which Speaks spanish and RnGlish.
While Policeman Taylor of the West Forty.
seventh street station was passing John Botts's
bird store Mt 500 Ninth avenue yesterday morn.
ing at 2 o'clock he heard the parrots inside chat
tering and screaming at q great rate.
Before he got out of hearing o parrot who
had been screaming in Spanish translated the
cry Of warning and screamed, "Thiefi Go
way. you THEIR
Taylor went back to the store to investigate.
He had no trouble in entering, for the lock had
been forced and the bolts pushed back.
After a long search Taylor finally looked
under cot bed in q corner of q rear room and
there found the thief.
The prisoner was locked up in the West Forty.
seventh street police station. where he said that
he was Daniel O'Brien of $50 West Forty.ffth
street. Nothing had been stolen.
OBrien was arraigned yesterday morning in
the West Fifty-fourth Street Court. Magis.
trate Flammer held him in $1,000 for trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
PER11s OF THE FOLDING BED.
Secretary Kerr or the Hoboken board oi
Rducation Nearly Sunocated.

Secretary Kerr or the HoboLen Board or
Education Nearly sunOcated.
A patent folding bed, which shut up at the
wrong time, came very near ending the life Of
William A. Kerr, Secretary Of the Hoboken
Board of Education, early yesterday morning.
at his home. 11O3 Garden street.
Mrs. Kerr arose shortly before 7 o'clock and
started downstairs to prepare breakfast, leav-
ing her husband asleep in bed. She had not
reached the lower floor when she heard a creak-
ing noise, followed by a crash that Jared the
house. Mrs, Kerr hurried back to the bed
room and found her husband pinned under tho
bed. The heavy head piece had fallen and was
resting on his back. Mrs. Kerr called o Mr..
Allen and a MIR. Cruder. two friends OF Mr..
Kerr, who occupied rooms in the same house.
The assistance arrived none too soon, for when
conscious, and was nearly sutfocated. DR.. @.
/. Simon, who was called. said that AIR. Kerr's
spine had been injured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
CAPT. s. @. REID,s CRAVE FOUND.
Definite Location or tho BuryinE Place or the
Designer or Our Flag.


Designer or Our Flag.
The location OF the grave of Samuel Chester
Reid. who designed tho present United States
flag, has been definitely determined by Joseph
NJ. Z. Burnett Of the Samuel Chester Reid Mon
ument Association. Capt, Reid died in the
Naval Hospital here in 1861. and was buried in
Cypress Hills Cemetery. in a lot that had been
purchased by his two brothers. A man named
Marchant. who has been employed at the ceme-
terry for forty seven years, now certihes that no
sold the lot at Cypress avenue and Zephyr path
to the Reid brothers. and that by his advice they
buried Capt. Reid in the middle ono OF the hyo
graves In the rear OF the lot. Tho grave Is with.
out any, mark, but the association is going to
erect a fitting monument over II.
Capt, Reid was born in 1888. When there
States Nag In 1918 Capt. Reid suggested that a
star be added in the field OF the flag for each
State admitted to the Union, and that the num-
Der of stripes be not increased. Rankin Post, q.
A. r., has for years placed flowers on a grave at
some distance FROM that of Capt. Reid, in the
belief that II was h~onoring Capt. Reid's grave.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
RIOT IN 4 CuICAGo COURT.
Violence Over the Conviction or Election Law
Offenders.

CHICAGO. Dec. 17.-There was q riot in Judge
Chetlain's court shortly after 8 o'clock this
evening when the jury in the Seventeenth ward
election case gave a verdict convicting John J.
Hanrnhan and Patrick Ferris and acquitting
Albert J. Purvis OF fraudulent practices. A cry
Immediately went up Of discriminating against
the Irish.
Three men threatened Assistant State's At
torney Barnes. Mrs. Hanrahan. wife OF ono Of
cd TO assault tho Judge. Mrs. Purvis hysteri-
cally shook hands with the jurors and thanked
had to be guarded by police officers when ho
left the courtroom. He feared assault from
Hanrahan's brother. 1t was also expected that
the mob would carry out Its threats OF violence.
Silas Hunt, a juror. also narrowly escaped as
sault.
The case against the prisoners was for falsi-
flying election returns In November last
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
"LoRD BEREsFoRD" IN MExIoo.

The SwindIer working the City Authorities
for Local Improvement Contraots.
CITY OF MEXICO. Dec l7.-Sidney Lascolles.
tho bogus Lord Beresford, who is so badly
wanted for swindling in the United States. 10
here. and by the exhibition of letters. talk of
prospective wealth. and q bold front has so
worked on the municipal authorities that he
stands an excellent show OF closing some heavy
contracts for local improvements.
He has been here about FIVE weeks with his
wife, whose father has Just died in Georgia, and
for whose. fortune .Lascelles says he will sue.
His true character has come out. but he says no
will shortly return to the States and fully vindi.
cate himself. He Is cutting q wide swath here,
and he and his wife are very popular.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
PANIC ON A STREET CAR.
A woman PASSENGER knOcLed Down ana In
ternAlIy IDJured.

Mrs. Louis Frank of 200 West Sixty-fourth
street was seriously injured last night In a
panic on a Fifty.ninth street cross.town car
while 1t was going east between Fifth aud
Sixth avenues. The. roadbed there is torn up
in order TO change the motive power TO electric.
ity. A number OF neayy planks had been
placed between the rails for the horses 10 walk
loose board, and the other end flew up with
great force. IL struck the forward end Of tho
car, breaking the brake rod and tearing up the
lowed for a moment. Mrs. Frank. who was
sitting in the middle Of the car. started to get
knocked down, and, in the scramble, sustained
internal injuries. She was taken to the Presby-
terrain Hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
New small ParL on tho hudson.

A resolution was adopted by the Board OF
Street Opening yesterday to lay out a small
park in the two blocks bounded by Fifty-second
and Fifty-fourth streets. Eleventh avenue. and
the Hudson River. which are in one OF the most
congested sections of the west side. The prop
shanties OF little value, and 1t Is expected that
the land can DO taken AT a very low figure. Cor
p~oration Counsel Scott was instructed 10 begin
the necessary proceedings to acquire the prop.
aFIy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
TO SUCCEED JUSTICE PARKER.

Gov. Black, Il Il Reid, Will Appoint Aiphaus
T. Clearwater or Kingston.
Gov. Black, his friends said yesterday. has
decided to appoint County Judge Alpheus 7.
Clearwater of Kingston. Ulster county. to suo-
coed Alton B. Parker on the Supreme Court
bench of the Third Judicial district, Just elected
by the Democrats to BIO Chief Judge of the
Court Of Appeals. Justice Parker is also a resi-.
dent OF Kingston.
Friends. OF Deputy Attorney-G General g. D. B.
Hasbrouck, also OF Ulster county. have made q
successor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
SHE WOULDN'T BE rAoo1NArED.
After Miss Miller HAD been Sent to Jail she
Reiented and WA Released.

After Miss Miller Had Been Sent to Jail she
ReIented and was Released. ,
ATLANTA. Ca. Dec. 17.-Miss L. Miller, o
well-known dressmaker here. was imprisoned
here to-day for refusing to be vaccinated. She
is patronized by the fashionable people of tho
South and is we'll known over this region. The
city IL undergoing the rigors of compulsory vac
c~ination. and when the physician reached Miss
Miller's residence she refused to let him apply
the vaccine. He called again with the same
result.
A case was made against her and she was
fned &25. She pleaded ag an excuse that tho
operation would disable her from earning q
living for two children whom a dead sister had
left in her care. She said she could not afford
to pay the fine, and was sentenced to twenty.
five days imprisonment in tho city prison.
When she had been there three hours she re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
II. II. puryea Kents a Newport Cottage.

NEWPORT, X. l., Dec. 17.-Herman B. Duryea
of New York has rented the Chickering cottage
on Bellevue avenue for the season OF 1893. Mr..
Duryea is an enthusiastic yaChtsman, and 10 the
father of the special thirty-footer class OF yachts.
This fall he tried TO Introduce a class OF forty
one-footors, but did not succeed. IL is now ro-
The Herrcshoffs is for Mr.. Duryea, who win
race her next year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
THE CHICAGO WHEAT WAR.
p. ID. Armour Delivers TO tho Letter Syndicate
1000. o Busheis-

CHICAGO. Dec. Up. D. Armour delivered to
the Leiter.French syndicate to-day 100000
bushels of cash wheat. In all the Letter people
took 1,25O.O00 bushels. for which they paid
cash. Mr.. Armour also has several million
bushels sold for delivery before the end of the
month. and Weare has been a good seller on
the recent bulge against purchases In other
markets not yet delivered here. There was
house receipts were about to expire. and The
quarter of n cent extra storage which Letter
had to pay for the single day will cost the young
millionaire just So. 500.
The Letter men arranged before Dec. ! with the
bushels of wheat they have been getting il in
at the rate OF 100, 900 bushels daily for ten days
and now have $500. 900 bushels and are ready
he is not one bushel short on wheat, all his
sales have been against cash property and he
has plenty of wheat to deliver.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
QUITS ST. LOUIS HEADQUARTERS
The United State Express Company MovinE e
Its Cincinnati Branch.

HHo UHIteu btuVe1 hHpFetb NOmpAhy MOVInB 20
Hts Cincinnati Branch.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Dec. 17.-An official order has
been promulgated to the effect that after the
first Of the year the services will no longer DO
required Of the various heads Of departments
here of the United States Express Company. OF
President.
1t is said that tho order was occasioned by a
10 Cincinnati. where the two divisions are TO bo
consolidated. Tho territory covered from the
local headquarters embraced Missouri, Texas,
Dakotas. The force hero comprises q general
superintendent and STAFF of about forty clerks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
Hawaiian suEar Planters 4. Louls,aus.

NEW ORLEANS. La. Dec. TIA party OF sugar
planters and others interested In the sugar In.
dustry from Hawaii are now visiting Louisiana
to Investigate the Louisiana, machinery and
sugar and to see whether they are adapted to
the Hawaiian Islands. Yesterday they visited
leans and to-day they took in the lower coast
All are strong advocates OF the annexation OF
Hawaii by the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
BONAI FOUND GUILTT.
Tho Jury in the Murder Trial Conviots min OF
Murder In the Flrst Degree.

Murder in the First Degreo
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, Dec. 17.-Tho jury to-
night found Charles Bonai. charged with the
murder Of George Marcus Nichols on July 20
last. guilty of murder in the first degree. They
were out one hour and forty minutes. Bonai
heard the verdict with Indifference. rs he was
led back into the prisoners pen by the deputy
sherifs he turned and smiled and nodded his
head to some person he recognized near by.
Maggie Weeks Bonai. the wife Of the accused.
and who went on tho witness stand against her
husband. was not in court when the Jury came In.
The efforts of the attorneys for the prisoner
from the start had been to secure o verdict Of
murder in the second degree. Sentence will DO
passed upon Bonai on next Tuesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
VAUGHAN AND THE LORDS
Vatican Omcials ConaFm Reports OF Efforts for
the CardInnl's Admiration.

Special Cable Despatch to THE Sun.
LONDON. Dec. H. A despatch to tho Chroni-
Gle from Rome says that Vatican officials con-
firm the report that the Duke Of Norfolk. the
British Postmaster-General, has approached
Prime Minister Salisbury with a Wow to obtain
ing the admission of Cardinal Vaughan into the
House of Lords. The admission of the Cardinal
would greatly please the Pope.
Assuming that there Is any truth in the de-
gpatch to the Chronicle. the only means Of the
Cardinal entering the House of Lords would DO
BY creating him q temporal peer. His creed
would be a barrier to his entering the House on
the same footing as the English Bishops. A pro-
text for making the Cardinal a peer would DO
difficult to find. and his creation would unques-
tionably raise q Protestant howl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18

No was Handling n Hose at . F1re-Mis Spine
and Side Injured.
In attempting last night to drag q hose over
the slanting roof of an extension of the cooper
age and power house of the Manhattan Brew
cry, l2sth street and Amsterdam avenue. In
which fire had been discovered, Duncan Powart,
twenty-five feet to the ground. His spine and
left side were injured, and he was also badly
bruised. He was removed to Manhattan Hos
pital. The fire did $40. 900 damage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
Hammer month In the Iron ana steel Trade.

PITTsBURG. Dec. 1.-THE iron and steel bust.
ness of the current month shows such an In.
crease thati 1t will eclipse the famous December
of 1892, which up till now carried the banner
as the leading month. An the Mills and blast
furnaces are running tull time and orders are
DAYS 40. 900 tons OF pig iron and over 100. 600
tons OF bars and billets have been contracted for.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
Par, or s.rs wLluns's Estate SOLD.

NEWPORT. r.. l.. Dec. l7.-Mr. George L. Rives
OF New York. executor OF the will OF the late
Sarah Swan Whiting. has sold to Jane Whiting
the Whiting estate on the corner of Bellevue
avenue and Webster street. Jane Whiting has
sold To Sara Rives one.hali OF the property. Tho
Whiting estate comprises 96,OSU square feet of
land upon which 10 the villa known as Swan
Whiting.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
nh to Make Gs,srn0r,s Island . CITY rArL.

WASHINGTON. Dec. l7-RepresentatlVe Brad
ley OF New York introduced a bill in the House
to-day authorizing the Secretary of War to con-
vey Governors Island to the city of New York
for use ns q mark. The price to be paid for the
island Is TO DO determined by the Secretary OF
War and the city officials.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
Prairie Eire Along DeylI,s Rl,er.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, Dec. l7.-A prairie fre
has been raging in the valley of the DEVILS
River for several days. and many thousands Of
acres OF range land have been burned over,
Several ranch buildings and two large herds OF
sheep have been destroyed,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
sun U.,nr the WAFER LILY.

CHARLESTON. s. O., Dec. l7.-arover Cleve-
land baRged twenty-nino ducks in two hours
this morning. ana he said 1t was the finest sport
hs ever saw. Mr.. Cleveland is still using the
Governments tender, the Water Lily. His party
will leave on next Wednesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
PRINCE HENRY PUTS TO SEA.
hide His Family Good-By and sails Away for
kiao Chou hay.
Special Gable Despatoh to THE

SpscfdI CdbTe DehpdToh 70 THk SUN.
BERLIN, Dec. 17.-Prince Henry of Prussia.
who Is in command of the squadron that 10 to
reinforce Admiral Diedrichs at Kiao Chou Bay,
China. and who left Kiol yesterday afternoon.
put to sea at $50 p. M. to-day. The last point
at which the Deutschland. his flagship, touched
was Brunsbuttel. in Holstein. where Princess
Irene, Prince Henry's wife. and Ptinoe Waldo
mar, his son, boarded tho vessel and bade him
farewell
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
sEMIyOLEs SIGN TIE TREATY.
Agree with tho Dawes Commission 10 kXtin'
guish Tribal Government.

MUsKoGEE. I. T.. Doc. ia treaty between
the United States and the Seminole Nation has
been concluded and signed by the Dawes and
Seminole Commissioners which provides for the
allotment OF the lands for the Seminoles and a
division of money anon. the citizens after the
tribal governments are eXtinguished.
or the funds OF the nation S500,O00 are set
apart for q permanent school fund. The Gov
eminent is to prohibit the handling Of intoxfcat-
Ing liquors In the nation. and 10 To try to pur-
chase zoe, 900 acres of land from the Creek
Nation for the bemln0l0As
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18

Aade OF little pigs and choice spices. You have never
sausage In perfection unless you have tried
Ihem. Beware OF tmiIAtonA-Ads
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18

sim pson's new Loan once and safe Deposit Vaults
las West S3d IT., near broGdWAJ.-AdH
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18

There was. therefore, plenty Of speculation on
tina outcome oil The contest. hut in most H.
stances Mccoy ruled favorite. There ,wcra
many conservative old.timers " no beloved thsn
Inc " 90" was moro of an chance
lh4n an odds-on affair. They reasoped that No
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-10-21
PICKED IN EUROPE.

Insanity is increasing in Ireland
English statistics say that one serious
cause of lunacy is the abuse of tea, an
other an overindulgence in alcohol, a
third the disappointment of having
tried emigration and failed.
Political proselytism by theater plays
seems to be the fashion now in Paris.
y piece glorifying the late Gen. Bou-
LANCER, which fell absolutely fiat, has
been followed 10Y a royalist play, Ton
Droit, ton Roi," at the Noveau theater
it was equally unsuccessful, though it
created a row in the audience.
"A. ID. Invisible Elevators" by which
man might add four inches to his
stature, was the means by which a
London swindler started in to make
his fortune. The elevators were pieces
of cork an inch thick put in the heels of
shoes, which were bought at 6S cents
a dozen pairs and sold for $1.37 pair.
He had made over 81, 900 when arrested.
Either there has been n great change
of manners in Norway during the last
80 years or else Bjornstjerne Bjornson
has decided to show that he can out
/ lbsen his daughters father-in-law. In
, "Magnhild" and Dust" his latest
stories, the unpleasant realism is car
ried to an extreme, and there is no
trace of the idyllic poet who wrote
"Arne" and "The Happy Boy"