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SMALL COURTESY TO DJETAD.
Ne Yoreisn Adairals In Crete Decline 70 saiute
o. Visit Him.

o. Visit Him.
Special CabLs Dsspateh 10 the SUE.
CANA, July 24.-Djevad Pasha, the newly ap-
here to-day and was saIuted by the Turkish fort.
eIined to either salute or visit him.
Replying to Djevad Prsha on the subject Of
exchan9ing visits, the Admirals declared that
there was no need for such q formality on the
occasion of q mere change in the commander Of
the Turkish troops. The Consuls gave n similar
reply, but said that they would return q visit in
. civil capacity.
It II feared that Djevad Pasha will prove an
evil influence In the settlement Of the Cretan
question.
The Crctan delegates have again informed
Admiral Canevaro, the commander of tho allied
fleets, that they VIII accept no arrangement
until the Ottoman troops have departed from
the island-
The Insurgents consider that the arrival Of
Dievsd PashA indicates the intention Of the
Porte to retain . garrison In Crete in defiance
Of the powers.
despatch from CANDIDA says that the fnsur-
Eents near that town have fired on the Seaforth
landed there some months ago for the purpose
Of supporting. In conjunction with the troops of
other nations, the demands OF tho powers re-
Specting Crete.
The troops wor0 route marching when the
incident occurred. It In reported that the firing
was due to the fact that the interpreter accom-
panying the column wore q fez, which Ia usually
asign that the wearer Ii q Moslem-
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sHor WHxLE EATING DLSgER.
Alra. Galley WA Near the window and . stray
BuilsA struck IIes In the Head.

AlRA Galley Was Near the window and q stray
naiIsA strsck IEes In the HEAD
Mrs. Catherine Culley, Q widow, Of 63o Park
avenue, Williamsburg. was shot in the head
yesterday afternoon by 4 stray bullet while eat
ing dinner with her mother and her three chill
dren- Mrs. Culley's fiat Is on the second floor.
and she was sitting near o window when the
shooting occurred. The sash was raised. but the
wooden shutters were closed.
When the bullet struck her she screamed and
fell to the floor. Tho cries Of the children
brought several neighbors to the fat Instead
Of sending for a physician they stood about and
discussed the shooting for o full half hour.
Finally q policeman heard of the accident and
he summoned m ambulance. Mrs. Culley was
taken to the Homeopathic Hospital, where the
bullet, which struck her over tho right ear. was
extracted. She was not dangerously wounded.
Upon Investigation Police Captain Early found
that the bullet had grazed the edge Of the hre
escape before striking Mrs. Culley. He also
learned that Just before the accident a hoy who
lives in the neighborhood was, shooting at
pigeons with Q Flobert rife. The boy could not
DO found.
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AMERIoAHs SEE GLADSTONE.
The Engliah version OF Their Visit L. Vet II
the kindtest Spirit.

The Engliah version OF Their Visit ls Wet In
the kindifest spirit
Special Cable Despatoh to THE SUE
LONDON, July 24.-Now that tho English lore
Of Americans 10 being carefully d~issembled,
owing to recent occurrences, paragraphs like
tho following In to-dsys Chronicis receive
prominence:
"A party Of American patrons Of the Chester
festival, hearing that Mr.. GIAdstone's custom IL
TO attend the Thursday evening service. made
the trip to Hawarden and were gratiied to their
hearts content. Disregarding the notice on the
board outside. they invaded Mr.. Gladstone's
private grounds. gazed unabashed into the hall,
and then proceeded to Hawarden church to
await the arrival Of the Grand Old Man.
About 5 p. N. Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone
alighted at the rectory. and after q brief rest
Mr.. Gladstone alone walked to tho side door of
the church, without looking to the right or left.
entered the church and took his scat The Rev.
Stephen Gladstone read the service. his father
heartily joining in the responses.
"What would have happened had Mr.. Glad
stone failed to attend. 1t is impossible to say, for
one American gentleman, who in the park had
been collecting ferns and scraps Of bark. said
that he shouldn't leave Hawardan until no had
seen Nj. Gladstone; and he meant It"
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KILLED HIMSELF IN HIS OFFICE.
George w. Troattrr CommIts suicide In Boston
His Mental Troubles.

HIS Mental Troubles.
BOSTON, Mass, July 24.-George W. Troftter.
25 years old, shot himself fatally in his office,
room 81, II Bedford street at $3.50 this after
noon.
When the room was broken into by the police,
shortly after the report was heard, the young
man was dead, with a bullet through his heart.
He was in the thread business, and resided with
his father. q. II. Trohtter. at 40 Washington
Park, Sewtonyille.
Tho family Is well and fsvorably known in
this city and IN Newton. Young frontier was
engaged 10 be married 10 a Miss Curtiss OF New
t~onville. He was a member OF the Univcrsalist
Church and a leader in the younger social set;
his friends think he killed himself In a moment
when the pain seemed unendurable.
Trohtta suddenly disappeared about two years
ago, and nothing was heard of him for six
mouths. during most OF which time he was in
Chicago. Tis disappearance at the. time was
attributed 10 mental alteration, but he seemed
TO recover his health after his return.
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ON CHAPMAN, By IGEoN.
A bird OF the Air Carries the Matter frsu
SANDY Hook to the Geriach.

A bird OF the Air Carries the Matter from
sandy Hook to the Geriach.
Most Of the Georgians who came TO town two
weeks ago on q business and pleasure trip arc
now on their way homo. The whole party was
housed at the Gerlach. Some of them sailed on
Friday on the steamer ChAttAhoochee.
Charles A. Gerlach, the proprietor OF the hotel.
Is q pigeon fancier. and he has $50 homlng
pigeons housed on the top of his hotel. The
Southerners took O good deal of interest in the
pigeons. and Fridays party carried away twelve
Of them. which have all come home. One ar
rived on Friday night at $50, thirty minutes
after being set free of Sandy Hook. 1t carried
this message:
$3.50 P. N, July 20. 1897. on Sandy Hook. Aboard
steamer ChattAhoochee. Greeting from Augusta
party bound for home. All had good time, but most
OF boys say Tenderioin Is very tame since the Cars
reign. We hope to hoar OF his being sont up with the
goats. so the goats can chew the Cara WHISPERS. All
well. y 1. sPETH,
W. y. CAyANAUaH,
WALLACE WHKLEas.
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BRIEF REST

he VIII Remain Only . Week With Ills DauBh-
ter at AmaEnnsett. L. L.
AMAGAssETr L. l.. July 24.-Secretary OF
State John Sherman arrived here at noon to-
day. accompanied by his private secretary, Mr..
Babcock. His brother. Major Sherman. and Mr..
and Mrs. McCallum were at the station. Score
tary sherman rode to the Ocean House and was
aeon resting on tho broad veranda, enjoying tho
ocean breezes.
Secretary sherman said;
son account OF important business IL will be
impossible for me to remain here over a week.
While I am here ! shall drop all official cares
and avail myself OF the opportunity for a rest. ]
gain my health"
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MENEIEK FAVoRs ENGLAND.
win Italy ana Great Britain have Trouble
Over Abypainin
Special Cable DsspateA to The SUI.

spectai Gable DsspatcA to THE suS.
LONDON, July 24.-It Ii probable that the next
international sauabble will be between those. at
present, very good friends. England and Italy.
The special mission sent to Abyssinia brought
back to London q treaty favorable to England,
and gained largely at the expense Of Italian in.
~tsrests; and ss soon AZ this becomes known In
Italy there is bound to DO trouble.
Little appears to DO known outside OF italian
Government circles as to tho utter failure Of tho
italian mission to Emperor Menelek, Of which
Major Navazzini had charge. His imperative
Instructions, carly in the year, were to conclude
q treaty with tho Abyssinian monarch, settling
definitely the frontier line between his domin-
Ions and the italian colony Of Eritrea. Unfor-
tunately for Navazzini. while he was yet me-
gotiating q debate took place In the Chamber OF
Deputies in Rome, in which 1t was clearly
demonstrated that there exists one influential
party In Italy which, IL 1t had its way. would
abandon or sell the whole colony; and the Brit
ish envoy took care that King Menelek should
know all about this.
Since then even the italian Premier has taken
little or no pains 70 conceal his opinion that the
best policy would be to clear out Of Africa alto
gether. His organ, the well-known newspaper.
L'Opintonc. said the other day that II King
Menelek wished to obtain Eritrea. Italy would
not fight him for 1t. Another Rudini organ,
Corricre di Ndpoli, has declared that there must
be no half measures in Africa and that Italy
must either give up everything or keep every.
thing: and as the Premier himself has already
publicly declared that II Italy Is to remain in
Africa at all she should merely hold Massowah
and that district and substitute the native chiefs
in other parts Of the territory. the Abyssinian
monarch ought to be able to see, without much
mental effort. that his business is to hasten the
italian evacuation by means Of pressure from
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MAYOR M,CoWN CHALLENGER.


RALEIGH, N. c., July 24.-Moses McCown,
Mayor of the city Of Durham. N. c.. was ohal.
lenged formally to-day to fight o duel. Tho
challenger is Joseph II. Shields. q respected
farmer In an adjoining county. No answer has
yet been made to the note and It is not known
what McCown will do. Both are men OF un-
doubted. courage. Shields was q bravo Confed-
crate soldier and served throughout the war.
The challenge grows out Of tho damage suit
OF Shields against tho city Of Durham. McCown,
who ie related to Shields, was put on the stand
70 testify as to Shields's character. In giving
tfons In such q way as to cause Shields to lose
his case. This infuriated Shields and the chal-
lenge Is the result There is q law in this State
making, II. q misdemeanor to send. accept, or
bear a challenge to fight q duel, oven though no
such an encounter is made ineligible to any office
whatever In the State.
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Max Ortlieb. a steerage passenger on the
French line steamship La Touraine, which ar
rived yesterday from Havre. got up out OF his
berth Mt l o'clock on Tuesday morning and told
his roommat that he was going on deck as he
felt dizzy. He Was only partly dressed and left
his watch and his money behind. lie did not re-
turn to his berth and d search OF the ship failed
to reveal him.
The officer in charge OF the steeragc depart.
ment reported to Capt. Santelli that Ortlieb had
jumped overheard. lie had been acting AS II in
sane. He kept a saloon Mt 2+6 knickerbOcker
avenue, Brooklyn. until about two years ago.
when he went to Germany.
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vooDOos STEALING SKULLS.

Negroes I'm n Louisiana Settlement Excited
Over Grave Robberies.
NEW ORLEANS, La, July 24.-The negroes liv-
ing in the settlement of Belgrade Lane, just be.
low New Orleans. are excited over the action of
some ghouls in the graveyard OF the settlement.
The robbers were frightened off after they had
dug up a coffin. An examination showed that
they were not stealing bodies, but had cut only
the heads and arms from the disinterred corpses
and had made away with them. This mutila-
tion of the dead has frightened the negroes OF
the neighborhoOd far more than II the bodies had
been stolen. and the general belief is that it is
the work OF the "voodoos," who use the skull
and crossbones in working their charms.
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he DIDN'T JUMP THE BRIDGE

william =. Spears Tries to Leap from . nov.
ing Bridge Train.
William J. Spears, 81 years old. who described
himself as an enRraver of 237 East Forty.sixth
street, tried to commit suicide by leaping from
the platform Of q moving bridge train last night.
Tho train left the New York side at 1920
o'clock. and when It reached tho middle Of the
river span Spears mounted tho railing before
Conductor Murphy could realize what he was
cayliei n rnndmyct hpn'SS oaa ad% ,I 5ds =, ne time, haha
hold the would-be jumper. When tho train
got to Brooklyn Spears was handed over to o DO
liceman and taken to the bridge station. There
he told the roundsman that he thought a mans
life was his own and he could do what he pleased
with it. He was locked up in the Fulton street
station.
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BANKER ALLIs PARDoNED.
President said to Have Set Free q
Wrecksr OF . Little Rock Hank.

Tho President said to Have Set Free the
wreckor OF . Little Rock Hank.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, July 2L.-1nformation
reached here this afternoon from Washington
that President Mckinley had granted to II. g.
Allis, former President Of the First National
Bank Of this city, q full pardon for the part he
played in wrocking and swa1nping that institu-
ton in 1892.
Allis was serving o fve-year sentence in the
Kings County New York; Pcnitentiary, and
had yet about fifteen months time to serve. He
was charged with squandering about 81 900 900
Of depositors' money and also with swindling
several New York and Boston banking institu-
lions for something over $500. 600.
President. The news of his pardon, however,
was received gladly by hundreds Of his old
friends here who win welcome him back.
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DID HE WAIT FOR FHE NOE,

a Deputy Sheriff. with Negro Henry Gray,
"Missed q Train --Grny I.ypehed.
COLUMBIA. 9. c., July 2l.-County Solicitor T.
s. sease teleeraphed to the Governor to-day
notifying him that Henry Gray was hanged by
q mob at Ora last night. The Solicitor says the
prisoner was started out OF Laurens in plenty
of time to have evaded the mob. The deputy
sheriff failed to catch one train for an unex.
planned cause. and remained at Goldvillem. six.
teen miles from Laurens. for eight hours. The
fact of his being there was conveyed to the
lynchers.
The Solicitors statement is damaging to the
deputy sheriff.
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SODA WATER RETORr EIPL0DEs.
TIVE Men Hurt while Charming . Hountain f,
One viii Probably Dis.

TRENTON, n. j.. July 2i.-While charging q
soda water fountain in Oscar Davison's drug
store this morning Oliver Twist, % years old,
and Walter volk, IL. were badly injured by the
explosion of the copper rctort in which the gas
Is generated. Volk's arm was broken and he
was injured about the abdomen. probably fatally.
Twists injuries were about the legs and aldo
men. One Of his shoes was torn OF by the ex-
plosion. Neither OF the victims has been able to
give an account Of the accident, which took place
about ten minutes after they entered the cellar to
charge tho fountain. The gas holder was sup
posed to Withstand u pressure of 500 pounds to
the square inch.
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THE HAIR WASH TRAGEDY.

Theory ~ 20 the Cause or the Ignition OF s1rA.
samueIs0n's Hair.
Special Cable Despatoh TO THE SUE
LONDON, July 24.-The petroleum hair wash
tragedy is causing immense talk In London.
The case Of Mrs. Samuelson proves upon fnves-
tigation to have remarkable features. 1t 10 in
sisted that no light or nre was near when her
head burstinto flames while the hairdresser was
shampooing her hair.
The theory now advanced is that ignition was
caused by a spark of electricity developed by
friction. The stun is highly volatile. containing
ether, &C.. besides kerosene. to induce rapid
evaporation.
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KILLED BEFORE HIS WIFE.
a Citizen or waco, Tex. shot Down by
Burglar In Els House.

a Citizen OF waco, Tex. shot Down By .
Burglar In IHis House.
WACO, Tex, July 24.-John b. Daniel. q we'll
known Populist publisher. was murdered ct his
residence in the northern part of the city at an
early hour this morning in sight Of his wife.
A noise in the kitchen attracted them. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel left their bed and went
along the hall. Next n noise was heard in tho
w%oodshed, and Mr.. Daniel, pistol in hand. went
out there. and was met at the door by a man
armed with q revolver.
Both fired, and Mr.. Daniel fell. his heart
pierced by O bullet. Mrs. Daniel few to his side,
and he died In her arms. The robber left a re-.
volver and a face mask OF black cloth in the
woodshcd. Tho trail of the murderer was fol-
lowed by q bloodhound in the city, but was lost
In a prairie grown up in sunlowers.
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NEWsPAPERs HAZE AN ENEMY.
Mr.. Btrren. n. p, Has an Exceedingly PooP
Opinion or Them.

Mr. Dirren. II. p, Has an Exceedingly PO0F
Opinion or Them.
Special Cable Despateh to The SUE.
LONDON, July 2L-The Hardwicke Society
held q largely attended meeting tonight at
LIncoln's Inn. Mr.. Augustine Birrell, N. p.
who Is q barrister, moved that the pretensions
Of tho daily press were ridiculously high and
extravagantly increasing, and ought forthwith
to be- abated-
He declared that the press was q mere COM
mercial undertaking for the purpose of supply
ing trade and sporting news. to which was added
a variety column.
There Is ono newspaper. he said. doubtless Of
the better class, which furnishes political news.
but by accident. 1t usually only tends to pander
to the vanity Of politicians.
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ASLEEP ON TOP Il HIT CAR.
A New York noy L. Lost On His Way from
Albany ana Tries to Beat kAis way Homo.

A New York noy L. Lost On His Way from
Albany and Tries to Beat EHis way Homs.
PoUoHKEEPsIE, July pas q freight train,
south bound, passed through the New York Cen
trail freight yards this afternoon Detective Grady
caught sight OF a little fellow asleep on top Of
one of the cars. His body had rolled so near the
edge that his head and shoulders were hanging
over the side OF the car.
He stopped the train and, climbing up, rescued
the boy from his perilous position and took him
name as Frank Jenkins. and said that bis
father 10 Michael Jenkins, q boss trolley
Hneman Of 225 Willis avenue. New York. He
odelI, between his Sobs, that he went to Albany
with an elder brother to visit relatives, and on
The return trip he got on At Hudson and misSed
beat his way home. The Recorder committed
the boy until his parents can be notified.
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A Grand Jury Asks the Gevernor 70 Rene,
His Brother-in-Law from once.

LEXINGTON, KY, July 24.-Tho Fsyette coun-
ty Grand Jury Just before adjourning sine die
this afternoon brought in n minute asking Gov.
Bradley to remove his brotherin.law. DIR. w. u.
Scott, superintendent OF tho Eastern Kentucky
Lunatic Asylum at this place. State Inspector
Lester has made an investigation in the asylum
affairs, but the report was kept from the public.
DR.. Scott appeared before the Grand Jury vol
unfairly and testified to the condition of Affairs
at the asylum.
The jury in its report says this fact saved him
from being indicted for malfeasance. They say
he has reduced the amount OF food furnished tho
Inmates to such a low point that they are prac.
tically starving. They characterize this 40
''senseless ~parsimony." They close their re- ,rt
by saying:
"Dr. Scott cannot properly conduct this insti-
tuition. and We hold IL disgraceful to the state,
suffering Of the inmates to continue Scott In
officah
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KILLED rs MHx AND WOMEN.
a Man In North Rernco Runs ANNEX an,
Makes . Terrible Record.

sAN FRANcIsoo. July 2A.-Hong Kong papers
watch arrived to-day by steamer China contain
details Of terrible case Of runnlng amuck. Ana
tive ofBritish North Borneo killed fifteen men
and women, and badly wounded thrpo others.
At Kaningow. on May %, British Agent Bar
raut says that reports came to him that q
coolio named Antakin had run amuck at Gun
sats's town. Barraut FASTENED TO the place with
four police. They found Antskin dead, shot
like q mad dog by one Of Gunsats's followers. and
near by were the hideously slashed dead bodies
OF nine men and boys and six women.
The cause Of Antakin's madness was his wife's
infdelity with q man in the village. When the
husband discovered It he was attacked with
rage. frothed at the mouth, drew his razor-edsed
kreese. and started out to kill. He slaughtered
all he met as he dashed down the street.
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E1.Mlaistsr Terrell Rsturns IRON Turkey.

The Hon. A. w. Terrell. former United States
Minister to Turkey, landed yesterday trOm the
American liner Paris. which arrived at ouaran-
tine from Southampton on Friday night He
went to Washington. He said that he still ro
Rarded himself as in the employment Of the Gov
ernment, and that he. therefore. could not dis
cuss the affairs Of Turkey.
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JUSTICE BREWER ON JAPAN.
No Prospect, He Says. OF Any serioas TroabIs
Over Ha wall.

Over Haw wall.
LEAvENwoRTH. Kan, July 24.-Justice J. ID.
Brewer OF the United States Supreme Court ar
rived here yesterday to attend To private bust
ness matters and visit friends. He will not visit
here again before going to Paris next summer to
act as one of the Venezuelan arhitrators. In
reply to a question regarding a possibility Of
war with Japan, Judge Brewer said:
81 can see no earthly reason why Japan
sbould want war with US. In the first place. tho
Hawaiian Islands have not been taken In by us
yet. II they were, Japan could not, Lake them
japan could make nothing BY a war with the
United States. There Is no territory she could
get, and II there was she could not keep It.
Japan might do a considerable amount OF mis-.
chief; but We have 10000, 900 people to draw
from. and In n year we. would have the water
covered with warships."
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KlIIed b, Lightning in Huston.

BOSTON. July 2t.-During a heavy thunder
storm that passed over this city this afternoon
the building at 10 and AZ E!lby street was
struck by lightning, and Alice Bar. of Wal
than, who was washing windows on the second
floor, received II shock from which she died
about half an hour later at the Emergency Hos
pital. The old Fitchburg Railway station. on
C%auseway street was also struck by lightning,
but was little damaged. AT Eewburyp port a
large barn was struck and burned to the ground.
A great deal OF damage was done by hail. About
an inch of rain fell in half an hour.
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MAYOR WURsTER WILL WAIT.

He Will Not, He says. Take y Hand In Faction
Politics While Mayor.
Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn announced yes
terday that he was not in politics. He said he
did not intend to take sides with either faction
of the Republican party while he was Mayor.
He said he did not think 1t was dignined for a
Mayor to be engaged in politics. lie said. how
ever, that he would reGnter politics when his
term as Mayor expired. He Is a resident of tho
Nineteenth ward, and lives in the same election
district as does County Clerk Jacob Worth.
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STEAMER MIAMI ON FIRE.

rho Lone star Line Vessel Pats In nc lkey west,
Fla. In Distress
KEY WEST. Fla, July 2L-The Lone Star line
steamer Miami. Capt West, bound from Gal
weston to New York, arrived here this evening
in distress. being on fire In two holds. She laid
up at tho Commercial Company's docks and the
fremen OF the company began a vigorous fight
to save the ship. a..
The city Fire Department volunteered their
services, but they were not accepted, for some
reason. The steamer is laden with cotton and
wool.