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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
THE ANTI-FooTBALL CRAZE.
A Prohibitive Measure Introduced In the VII
GInia LeE~islnture-Rum FOR Students.

A Prohibitive Measure Introduced In the yir.
Ginia LeGislature-Rum for students.
RICHMOND, Va. Dec. Both branches Of the
Legislature canyassed the Gubernatorial cleo
ton returns to-day. The two bodies agreed to
hold a joint caucus tonight Tho much-dis-
cussed anti-football bill was introduced by Sem
ator Barksdale of Halifax. 1t provides that no
prize game of football and no football game for
which admission is charged shall be played in
offence. The bill is being strongly supported.
Senator Morris OF Albemarle introduced a bill
ginia from the law prohibiting the sale or CIV
ing away of liquors to minors, pupils or stu
dents of Hampton Normal Institute and other
Senator Morris introduced a bill to amend this
law by making an exception Of the university.
His bill was put in too late and could not be
gotten through. In consequence the students
at the university have been compelled to get
their liquor on the sly for two years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
klLLED WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Tho Murderer wanted HIS Victim to suppor
Him , She Refused.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 2.-Louis Zucngler
shot and killed his wife to-day and then killed
himself by swallowing O dose OF carbolic acid.
Two years ago his first wife procured a divorce
because he abused her. Soon after no tried to
kill her. and achieved such notoriety that he
changed his namc to Albert Kruger, under
which name he has been living ever since.
Last January he married n widow at Rich.
she support him. Several weeks ago she re.
fused to longer provide for him. and ordered
him to leave the house. She began proceedings
for divorce, whereupon he got into her homo
one night and tried to kill her, but on her
promise to live with him he spared her.
This morning he again entered her house while
she was preparing breakfast and without a
word of warning shot her dead. He then drank
carbolio acid and escaped. but two blocks from
tho house fell to the ground, unable to proceed.
Tho police found him and took him TO tho hos.
pital. where he died at noon. He was 81 years
old and his victim was 40.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Albany to Have a New Theatre.

ALBANY, Dec. 2.-Albany is to have a new
theatre. A company is to be organized to build
one on the site of the old American, which ad-
Joins the Albany Club on State street, Just west
OF Pearl street. The theatre will be In the Froh-
man syndicate circuit. Work on the building
will be begun in the spring. and it will be com.
pleted by next fall. A root, garden will be
W. Cole, Chairman Of the State Railroad Com
mission, will be President Of the corporation,
Judge A. j. Dittenhocfcr. w. g. Wiley of New
York. and Lester j. Saul and M. Livingston of
Albany will be the other directors. A. ID. Gerber
is to manage the new theatre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Movement to Protect the Health or LAve stock
in the Northern Bintea.

ST LOUIS. Dec. 2.-The Interstate Association
of Live Stock Sanitary Boards is In session at
the Planters Hotel. Live stock dealers to the
number Of 100 are present from Indiana. Hi.
nois, Kansas, Kentucky. Missouri. Oklahoma,
Tennessee. Wisconsin,, and Arkansas. The
gathering Is tho first In the movement to organ
ize a National Commission. to act with the Gov
eminent in protecting the health, OF live stock
Agriculture has established a quarantine limo
north of which no cattle may come except for
Immediate slaughter from Feb. Is to Nov. Is.
The present meeting Is to consider the course OF
that line as 1t Is now fixed and the length Of tho
prohibitive period.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. miss Mary Moore
S%outhwick. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lawrence Southwick of this city, was married
TO Mr.. William Waterfall Lucas. at Grace Prot
estant Episcopal Church, this evening. The Rev.
Fl. Richard Harris. d. D., rector of the church,
OBLIGATED. Miss Florence Greene was maid OF
honor, and Miss Reba, Headman bridesmaid.
The best man was Charles Lancaster Belts, and
liam ]. Suddards, Walter s. McInnes. g. Her
bert Taylor, J. Wistar Huey, and Barton Lucas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Cb,,a Burned to Death Playing with Matches.

Violet Dittmar, the 2.yearold daughter of tho
Rev. James G.. Dittmar. pastor OF Hope Baptist
church, in Williamsburg. was fatally burned
yesterday at her parents home, 1874 Penn
street, While playing with matches. The child
had been left sleeping In a crib. Hor mother
went TO the basement dining room. and while
there heard the child scream. She ran upstairs
and found the child's clothing ablaze and the
little one badly burned about the body. The
child died two hours later; 1t IL Thought that
after the child awoke In its crib IL leaned over
toward the mantel aud secured the matches.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
MORE TYPHOID IN PATERSON.
Mayor HincbIine said TO Have Shown symp.
toms or tho Disease.

PATERSON. N. j.. Dec. 2.-Up to 5 o'clock this
afternoon fifteen new cases of typhoid fever had
been reported. 1t Is understood that Mayor
Hinchliffe. who has been i'll for several weeks,
has within the last few days shown symptoms
of the disease, and 1t Is said that ex-Sheriff Hop
son 10 also down with II.
Although Health Inspector Leal says that he
knows what started the disease. he still refuses
to tell what 1t was. Other physicians lay the
blame on milk that is brought here from Sussex
county. DR.. Leal says that the special cause Of
the present outbreak lasted only one day. He is
out of town to-day. and 1t Is said he Is on q
tour of investigation In Sussex county.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
owell-Churchman.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2.-Miss Mary Wharton
Churchman. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Churchman of this city. was married to Mr..
lanes Arnold Lowell OF Boston at noon to-day,
at the residence OF the brides parents. 1927
Spruce street. The invitations wore limited to
relatives and intimate friends. There -wero no
Icy of st. Lukc's Church performed the cere-
mony. Mr.. Matthew Luce of Boston was tho
hest man.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Two College Football Players Retired by Ill
ness.

EXETER, N. H.. Dec. 2.-Leonard E.. Lynd Of
the class Of 1901 at Phillips.Exeter Academy
has been taken to his home in Troy, N. Y. He 10
suffering with Bright's disease. which was ag-
gravated by his exertions on tho football fold
this fall. In the Bates game OF Nov. 6 his back
was injured, yet he pluckily played throughout
tho Andover gume. His return Is doubtful.
George p. Elliott, captain of the PhillipB.An-
dover football team, has left school on account
of i'll health.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Cai.son WorLers Strike.

Twenty-Five caisson workers belonging to tho
Compressed Air Workers Union OF America
who were at work on one of tho new East River
Bridge piers were on strike for two hours yes
terday. They, are employed by, p. II. Flynn, and
Tho union wages are $3.50 for eight hours
work at a depth OF 90 feet. and higher wages for
fewer hours ut any greater depth. Tho men de-
manded 81 for six hours work after noon yes
terday. Their employer held out for two hours
and then conceded the demand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Seneca Falls man M,.torlou.is Disappears.

SENECA FALLS, Dec. 2.-Mr. G. l.. Werner of
this place mysteriously disappeared a few days
ago. and why and where no went are problems
his relatives arc trying to solve. 1t Is known
that his domestic relations were the happiest
and that his financial affairs are in a substantial
condition. These things make his disappearance
all the more mystifying, and 1t Is feared that he
may have wandered away while temporarily in
sane. Foul play was at first suspected. but this
theory is now discredited by members OF the
wife and three sons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Talk or n strike nj sherr,'s ..

1t was discovered yesterday hat there were a
number of non-union steamitters at work for
tho De la Verne Company on the Sherry build.
ing, Fifth avenue and Forty.fourth street. The
contractors were asked to discharge them. but
refused at first. but acquicsced later. when the
walking delegates came to order q strike. Ii
was reported to the Board OF Walking Dele.
gates that tho same employers had non-union
steamhiters at work in the Astoria, Thirty.
fourth street and Fifth avenue,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
DYING WHILE HUSBAND PLAYED.
Mrs. ILvinGston Would Net Intorrupt o The
atricnl Performance.

htF1chI F0fIofmNuCe.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 2.-Della McQuaid Liv-
ingston, tho wife of Actor Arthur Livingston,
died at an intirmary at midnight last night just
after her husband had finished playing q part in
"Charley's Aunt at the Temple Theatre. Mrs.
Livingston came hero two weeks ago from Santa
Rosa, CAL. to DO with her husband, who is a
member of q stock company playing here. She
attended o matinee performance on the day Of
her arrival, and while there was taken suddenly
III. She grow worse rapidly, appendicitis hav-
ing developed. An operation was performed on
Tuesday.
AS her husband was on the bill for tho per-
Torrance last night, Mrs. Livingston would not
let him be notified Of the change for the worse.
When the play was over he was notified that his
wife was dying, and he reached her bedside just
in time to see her die. She was an actress. and
was % years old.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
$50 CoMMuHIrAw AVENUE,
Hoos,s SUGGESTIONS IGNORED.

Vow water Supply Specifications Adopted By
jersey City commissioners
The Board of Street and Water Commission
ers of Jersey City yesterday adopted a new set
Of specifications for a new water supply. The
specifications werc prepared by expert engi-
neers c. c. Vermeule and Garwood Ferris to
take tho place of those which were vetoed by
Mayor Hoos. They differ from the former only
In one particular. Mayor Hoos's suggestions
having been entirely ignored. 1t is understood
that II the Mayor, vetoes tho specifications
again the board will pass them over the veto
and he will be charg d with the responsibility
OF delaying the water supply.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

SARATOGA. Dec. 2.-The body Of young Harold
Batchcller, son of the lato Hiland Bachelor Of
Brooklyn, and stepson of DR.. J. Il. King of Fort
Edward, was recovered In Round Lake late this
Parker of New York on Nov. 20. blth were
drowned, and u steady search for the bodies has
been in progress ever since. The body was re-
coyered'b by the veteran Saratoga Lake fisher.
man. Harvey Cook, after scores OF citizens and
several professional divers had failed. 1t Ii ex-
pected that the otGer body will be located to.
ttngrnpC
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
AIDING 1UETGERr WITHOUT PAY
Lawyer Luthor Latin MILLS Guides tho Defenc'
or tho Sausage Maker.

or the Sausage Maker.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2.-Luther Latin Mills Is acting
as Luetgert's associate counsel. This statement
10 made on the authority of Attorney Harmon,
chief counsel for Luetgert. Mr.. Mills is receiv-
ing no pay for his services. and is actuated
wholly by humanitarian motives. He has not
appeared in court yet, but every movement
made by the defence has been considered and
discussed with the famous criminal lawyer.
When the closing are reached Luther
Lafiin Mills is likely to figure publicly as a
pleader for the prisoner. The work Of obtaining
a jury proceeds slowly. But four jurors have as
yet been accepted by both sides.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
whore Yc.reraa,'. Fire. Were.

A. M.-5;O5, 3O3 First avenue, Joseph Peleso, dam
age ESQ; $50. 10 and Is West Third street, Hoffman
& Marks and Others. damage $1,000; e:05. ~ West
Twenty.second street. Mr.. Nhitlock. damage C75..
j. M-I:BO, 2JS East Third street, Ida Ienming.
damage trliiug! $500. 4H9 va, Se'enty's scond street,
John Menden, damage 500; 1870, 10 Lexington ave,
nue.. Mrs. WeRTnroth. damage trihing; $3.50. Forty.
second street and Est River, damage S25; 1907.
$500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Death OF n Negro Cent.nariau.

B~INGHAMToN. Doc. 2.-Moses Lee, a negro,
died in Norwich on Tuesday at the age Of 1o4.
Leo was a slave before tho war, and when the
great news of the fall OF Richmond reached the
ears OF the slaves he was one of the first TO take
advantage of the opportunity and como North.
He afterwnrd Joined the Hath New York Vol
Mnteers. and when the war was over came to
Norwich and has lived there ever since.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Iil,uo,. Miner. Refuse to Arbl,rat..

ST. LOUIS, No., Dec. IA report was submit.
ted by the Manufacturers Association Coal
Commission this evening announcing that Its
efforts to terminate the coal miners strike in
Illinois had proved f~ruitless. The committee
states that 1t received responses from all tho
coal operators lnstrusting their tease to 1t. but
that the miners. after its conference, declared
that they had nothing to arbitrate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
Homo Telephone Company or CIovoiaud RE-
0rEnuiEed.

CLEVELAND, o.. Doc. 2.-The Home Telephone
Company OF this city. which was organized two
years ago by Henry George the younger as an
Independent company TO fight the Bell Tele-
phone Company. has been reorganized, and the
New York Construction Company has lost the
controlling interest. FRANK Sterns and other
Cleveland men are In charge now, and say they
will push the concern rapidly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
HIM u.

q sailor slaAhes Two Wen In n Howery LodE-
Ing House.
Because he had been awakened from a sound
sleep by the tramping Of other dodgers In the
hall at ~ Bowery last night. Oscar Peterson,
% years old, u sailor. broke loose with an
open razor and slushed two OF tho men,
Frank Smith and John English. Smiths neck
was laid open, and he got several smaller cuts.
English's back was cut, in addition 10 minor in.
jurieB.
Policemen O'Sullivan and Mahony overpow-
cred Peterson and took him TO tho Elizabeth
stree. station, and tho injured men were sent to
o hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

ALBANY, Dec. 2.-The State Forest Preserve
Board met to-day. Among the lands purchased
for tho Adirondack State Park were 1874 acres
in Township 4. Hamilton county, OF ned by
George w. Clarke of New York city. The pur-
chase price WINS Ei.75 an acre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

A man in clerical garb. who described himself
as Thomas Brady. u priest. of Elizabeth, N. j.,
was arrested last night at Fifty-fourth street
aud Fifth avenue for intoxication.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
LAKE STEAMER E q YPTIAN BURNED
Round from Cleveland 20 milwaukee, ON Lake
Huron Crew Rescued.

HARRIsvILLE, Mich. Dec. 1.-The steamer
Egyptian. bound from Cleveland to Milwaukee
with q cargo Of coal. burned TO the waters
edge on Sturgeon Point on Lake Huron last
night. The crew were saved by the steamer Sir
William Fairbairn OF the Bessemer fleet.
The Egyptian was owned by Nelson =. Whip
PIE OF Detroit She was 1908 tons net and WAS
2S2 feet long by 20 feet beam. She was built In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

Edward II. Hoos. son and private secretary of
Mayor Hoos Of Jersey City. was married on
Wednesday night to Misc Louise F. Kerner at
the home of the brides parents in Park Ridge.
N. j. Only immediate relatives of the bride and
bridegroom were present. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoos
will spend the honeymoon in Washington.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
S. N. w O O D g. &
Main House, AStor and Lafayette FIaCe
Zone Block East of Broadway.
Broadway, cor. 3Oth st, New York.
THE DURRINr MURDERS.
Evidence That Blanther Was In Atlanta Whel
the Grimes Were Committed.

EV1uenco That BIahIheF VIZ Tn AIIahiA When
che Grimes Were Committed.
ATLANTA. Ga, Dec. 2.-Records in existence
here prove that Joseph +. Blanthcr was In At
lanta when Miss Blanche Lamont was murdered
in San Francisco. In the early part OF 1895.
under the name OF Arthur ID. Forbes. BlantheF
was in business In this city as the proprietor OF
what was known as tho Atlanta Publishing
Agency. The murders OF tho two girls in San
Francisco took place in April Of 1898.
The books OF Kelly Bros. & Co, dealers in gro
cerics and grain, show personal business trans
actions with BInnther every day during that
month. His business was located on North Prior
street. The attempt has been made by Durrants
lawyers to direct suspicion TO Blanther as the
murderer OF tho girls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

Yesterday in one. of our stores,
standing almost side by side,
were two men, each trying on
suits: one a burly fellow with a
5O.inch chest, the other fully g.
feet tall, his chest not measuring
"a inches.
We don't make to order but
we make to fit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

Time is money to be sure, but
$1.66 a minute is time we'll re-
paid, isn't it
Fifteen minutes looking at our
best overcoats means at least $25
saving,-$1.66 a minute.
Our best are $40 to $50;
tailors' best, $65 to $75,-same
o%vercoats.
But don't choose a rough.faced
cloth unless you're a very care
full man. s.
Who said Friday was un.
lucky9
Boys Fancy Shirts, 2 pairs
cuffs, 65c.
It's our $1.25 kind.
It's everybody else's $3.50
kind.
It's our way of inviting you
to see what handsome, what low.
priced clothes, shoes, hats and
furnishings we carry for boys
boys as young as three.
ROGERS, PEEr & Go.
Prince and Broadway.
Warren aud Broadway. ..
Thirty. second and Broadway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03

Tennessoe's Governor Saves n Murderer's Life.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Dec. Coy. Taylor has
m the sentence OF George Mathcs, who
|. WAS to have been hanged at Soyierville, Tenn.
| to-day, to life Imprisonment.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-28

The eighth annual banquet of the
Alger Club was In every respect up to
the high standard of that organiz-
atoms way OF doing things The
feast of reason and flow of soul aud
the menu were all that could be de-
sired, while Republican enthusiasm
present had rather more than the
usna! number of warwhoops in it. As
q political organization Of itself, aud
as an auxiliary to the greater party
organization Of the State, the Alger
Club has demonstrated its usefulness
and power. May Its shadow never
grow less. There is yet work for
It ito do, aud most cOmmendable
disposition of the club to do 1t with
the vim and vigor that make for
victory. The banquet was one Of the
clubs most gratifying successes, and
there is a certain gentleman In this
town, who Is all right, who never had
more reason than he has to day to
feel proud of this popular orgaDi-
,ation, that bears his name. Detroit
J ournal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-28

~Hail C0lumbia' vas written Ia
1898 by Joseph Hopkiuson, when Coz
gress, In session at Philadelphia, VAS
debating what altitude TO assume In
the struggle between France and
England. Party feeling ran high,
and the air vas surcharged with
patriotic enthusiasm. Ay0ung actor
10 the city, who was about to have q
beheft came to Hopkinson 10 des-
pair aud said that twenty boxes re-
NAMED unsold, and It looked as the
proposed benefit would prove fall
ure. II Hopkinson would write him
a patriotic song, adopted to the tune
of ~The Presidents March" then pop
ular, IL would save the day. The fol-
lowing afternoon the song was ready;
it was Only advertised, the house was
packed, and In wild enthusiasm the
song was encored and re-encored. -
February Ladies' Home Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-28
How to Successfully Influence
Non-Churchgoers.

II you can make people believe that
they are welcome In Gods house 1t is
not hard tn induce them to come, aud
II you make the service attractive to
them there Is no trouble to hold
them. The old gospel has never had
such power over man as 1t has to-day,
and what we want is Bible-teaching,
Plenty of illustrations to make the
truth practical and everyday, and a
fearless application of them will al
ways be effectual anywhere. What
men want Is to be preached to not
over. A minister was complaining
to an actor that while his sermons
were true they had less effect upon
his hearers than Tho actors imper-
sonations over his hearers. The reply
was true. @You preach truth as
though it were fiction, said the actor,
Il act fiction as though 1t were
truth dwight L. Moody, In Dem
orest's Magazine for February.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-28

A new Book. Knitting and Croch-
citing, of 81 pages, over SO original
designs illustrated, beautiful lace
patterns, shawls, hoods, jackets, etc.
has been published by The Home,
14l Milk Street, Boston, Mass, and
will be sent with subscription to
that paper. The Home is a 20 page
monthly, filled with original stories,
literary and domestic topics, and
fashions. Its department of fancy
work is special fea ture, new and
original designs each issue. The
price of subscription Is SO cents a
year, and will include one of these
books. AS a special iuducement to
trial subscribers a copy Of this book
will be given with a six months sub
scription. The price OF the book is
rs cents, but a six months subscrip-
ton and tie book combined will be
sent for only Is cents. Their annual
premium list for 1897 will be sent
free on application.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-28
Appropriately Named.

No journal ever had title that
more perfectly described 1t than the
newspaper-magazine EVERY Where
Tt goes all over the world, and the
universe, too, for that matter, after
its material; and when 1t gets back
home with IL, serves IL up In such Q
dandy and healthful way, that IL rests
and invigorates all who partake OF It.
Better than that It starts out again,
carries the fine repasts all over the
country, and places them the whole
year through upon the centre-table
of every family circle that has sent
IL the small sum OF nfty cents. The
January number is at hand, and con-
tains in its fine table OF contents q
beautifully illustrated poem by Will
Carleton, entitled up In the Loft.
Every Where Publishing Co., Brook.
Ign, N. Y.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-28
The Toledo Weekly Blade.

Every intelligent family needs In
addition to their local paper good
national weekly. The greatest and
most widely known general family
newspaper is the Toledo Weekly
Blade. For thirty years 1t has been
regular visitor In every part OF the
Union, and is well known at almost
every one of the 10000 postoffices in
the country. 1t Is edited with ref
erence tn a national circulation. 1t
ia a republican paper, but men Of all
politics take it, because Of its honesty
and fairness in the discussion of all
public questions 1t is the favOrite
family paper, with something Tor
every member of the household.
Serial stories, poetry, wit land humor,
the Household department (best In
the worldly, Young Folks, Sunday
School Lessons, Talmage's Sermons,
the Farmstead, the Question Bureau,
(which answers questions for sub
scribers), the news for the week In
complete form, and other special
features. Specimen copies gladly
sent on application, and IL you will
sent us list of addresses we will
mail copy to each. Only sl.oo a
year. II you wish to raise club,
write for terms.
Address THE BLADE,
Toledo, Ohio.