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The Independent New York sharpshooters. in
GLIDING some OF the best German-American
marx smen In the country. sailed yesterday for
Anri,ste Victoria' some ~ The rihemsn are
Col. William v. Weber, Gus zimmerman. Lieut..
Henry Weber, Lieut.. Albert Rodler, Jacob Rup.
Henry Weller. They will compete with German
Fifenon on July 4 at a tournament at Nuern.
berg.
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At the Broadway saiesroom yesterday Peter y.
Meyer 4 Co. sold No. avs Lexington avenue. 2oxsb,
I'VE story and basement prownsIone dwelling. fore.
closure. to r. r. Tyseu for alt,sbo: also wesy
1874 street. south side. 1884 feet east OF seventh
avenue. I7Axe9.ll. three story and basement brfcE
dwelling. foreclosure. 70 tho plaintiff. Oliver q.
Van Beuren and others. trustees. for $4,000.
northeast side. 40 feet southeast OF Matilda avenue
2oxloo. foreclosure. 10 Maria s. Hageman, plain,
tin, for 81, 500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

Frank sullivan's Companions Swan Ashore
when tho Boat Was Upset.

A man was discovered sitting astride an up
turned boat by the lookout Of the Long Island
City ferryboat Long Beach yesterday morning.
The Long Beach picked him up and turned him
over TO the police OF this city. He said that he
was Frank Sullivan, and that he lived at 303
East Thirty.ninth street.
with two friends. Philip Cullen and Patrick
Malloy, he went out rowing on Wednesday
night. They rowed around B~lackwells Island,
and were finally upset by the wash of a Glen
Island boat. His two companions swan ashore;
he chung to the boat two hours. he said. Tho
police took him to Bellevue Hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
proposals.

PROPOSALS will 10 received at the Bureau Of sup
- plies and Accounts, Navy Department. wtsninSI
ton. ID. C., until l2 o'clock noon, June ~, !Spf. shl
publicly opened immediately thereafter, to furnish
AZ the New York Navy Yard aquanity ~ sugar bans
corned beef. vinegar, rice, tomatoes, mattr sN"s, run
Der buttons. twills. spool cotton. spool silk, hutton
hole twist, mar thread, stay binding, silk lares Etr
cloth, cap Nisors. leather vents and bands, dress van
yAS., serge. bunting, steel plates. steel shapes, hI
steel. steel nVet rod. and wrought iron pip H.ps
proposals. will be furnished upon application 70 L1S
Navy Pay omce, New York, EDWIN STEWART, fO
master oOusrAl y. Z. n. e-S-oT.
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Quarter. FOR Detained Immigrants.

Fifty of the A79 immigrants who arrived yes
terday on the steamships Bremen, Aurania, and
Travc were detained for examination. The in
~spectors interrogated tho immigrants on the
steamship piers, whence all except those de-
tanned started for their destinations. The others
went to the Barge Office. Tho big sitting room
of the day customs inspectors will DO fitted up
as a dormitory for detained women. Houses on
State street may DO rented for other purposes Of
the bureau.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
a $40. $50. 10 verdict for Pictures SOLD.

James A. Mccormick secured a verdict In tho
Supreme Court. In Brooklyn. yesterday. for
SlO.563.l2 against Victor Z. Wilder. for oil
paintings. The defendant commended that Mr..
Mccormick agreed to take back q lot OF pictures
valued at $4,000, but later refused to stand by
the agreement. He will appeal the case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

Justice Dickey Of the Supreme Court, In
Brooklyn. yesterday granted permission to the
Second Presbyterian Church. at Remsen and
Clinton streets. of which the Rev. John Fox is
pastor. to mortgage its property TO tho Brooklyn
Savings Bank for $50. 600, at 4is per cent, for
two years. The money Is to be used in paying
of a mortgage OF 81. 00O a loan of . 4 1000, and
other indebtedness. The church property Is
valued at $3.50, 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

Hugh Dougherty. in the Supreme Court. in
Brooklyn, yesterday. recovered a verdict of
$4,000 against Milliken Brothers, iron contract
ors, for injuries received by the fall of . derrick
at tho foot of Clinton street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
HE LET UP ON Berry FOR TWO.
nudlich Discharges . Nowsboy whose Fine His
Pnls Made UP . Purse to Ray.

Fntn hnuo Up y huFne TO ray.
After o newsboy named Berkowits had been
fnod So for disorderly conduct In the Jefferson
Market Police Court yesterday his eight COM
panions who had been discharged made up q
purse OF 81, which they carried to Magistrate
kudlich with q plea to "let up on Berky for
two"
Magistrate Kudlich discharged Berkowitz, 70.
turning the money to the subscribers.
"A boy cannot be wholly bad for whom his
companions will mako that sacrifice" was his
dominant
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
FINANCIAL AND coMMERo1Ah

UNITED STATES ANT STATE BoNDs dN S1.ooos).
s+s.r leo7l1lSI 1Us+s,c c. 1oo7ll3
CLOSING PRICES OF UNITED STATES BONDS.
Bid. Aaked, Bid, Irkcd
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Opening. Highest. LONGEST. Closing. MOI

Barley-Was inactive but firm. New feeding, 27ia
@2TS4c.. cost and freight to Buffalo; mailing. $50
acc. as TO quality. Kye-Was duh. State. 8g9 4Oc.
No. 2 Western. 3BG SbLc.. cost and freight to Buff.
falo. Corn-Spot was lower and in fair export de-
mand. Sales. al 900 bush. including 266. 900 No.
g mixed on private terms free ON board anoat for
export. No. . mixed In elevator, 5000 at 2pL.c.
Futures declined &c. Future sales 1856 o bush. as
follows:
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dividends aud autsrest.


MILLS BUILDING. Ia ST,
NEW JUNE -, 1891.
DIVIDEND y c. 227.
The regular monthly dividend, FIVE go)
CENTS PER SHARE. has been declared for NAY
pay able at the once OF the company. san Francisco
inst.
Transfer books close on the 10th inst.
LOCSSDERY 4 Co, Transfer Agents
ESTATE TRUST COMPANY of SEw WORK.
~ 80 NASSAU STREET. June II. lNr,
The Board OF Trustees have this day declared .
semi annual dividend OF three and one half yer r"nA
(sla per cent j. payable July /, 1897.
transfer books close June III, 1897, at o,nI"s
4. NJ, and reopen July |, 1877, NJ 10 o'clock 4 "
HENRY ". RElGHLFi. SECRETARY
NEW ENGLAND LOAN y TRUST co, "a hss,sl
AN 81. New Io.k.Ths NIT, H"n,e'nii'St
CENT. has been declared by the directors OF this conn.
W. i. BARTLETT. Treasurer.
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BID leEcd-
On st Is, r.
ut pl OF O. e6h -
On ST "a, r.
1907. ....111b 11lh
On st d, Q,
1907. Ills 113h
On st n, r,
1895. ....l26 1854
On st d, C,
1895. ....l26is l26l =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

Oats-SpOt was quiet. No. 2 White. 2Bc.i No. 3 DO.
24a.c.; No. 9 white. clipped. 28l2c.; No. 3 do. 90 L,c. (,
No. 9 mixed. 22l4c,; No. y do. gle. rejected mixed.
zoe; do. white. Y3r.; No. = mixed, delivered, 23lsc.
were firm. Future sales Is. 900 bush. as follows:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
Pronounced n Forgery.

Cleveland. Ohio. January 3l.--A special
from Canton says the letter purporting TO
have been written by President-elect Nc
Klnley advising that the inauguration ball
was to be abandoned and the fund set aside
for that purpose devoted 10 charity. IL
clumsy forgery. The letter is believed TO
ha1 o been concocted in Washington but the
purpose OF the forgery is not clear. for the
reason that no fgnd is raised for the In
auguration ball. the expense OF that Tune
ton being met from the proceeds OF the
sales of tickets. An investigation Is being
quietly held by some OF ar. Mckinley's
friends though he Is not interesting him
self in the matter, aud II the forger u
found he will be exposed II not punished
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01

Canton, Ohio. January 31.-President-
elect Mckinley passed res,ful day. He
deyiated from his usual custom and did
not so TO church this morning. About noon
he went TO his mothers home for dinner
and remained there nearly all the after
noon. This evening a few friends dropped
in AT his own home. and the time was
occupied in pleasant talk, carrying with II
none of the worry OF political topics which
his time liz so thoroughly occupied with on
week days There were few callers ad-
mitted but there was little done in the way
Of politics. The politicians have come to
understand pretty generally that Major Me
Kiney Is averse to Sunday conferences and
few come on That day.
Congressman j. W. Wadsworth OF Gen
esee, n. Y, was granted II short audience
but evaded all the ln+erviewers as to why
he came. by leaving the city on an early
train
George NJ. Marshall. who registered from
Delaware came to confer on some minor
matter In which he himself is chiefly con-
cerued
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
SUFFERERS FROM FAMINE.
Migration in India on Account Of the
Scarcity Of Food.
THE VICTIMS IN THE POOR HOUSES.
Efforts of the Natives 70 Auex,,,e
suffering by Chnrity-Worst
Effects Of Famine stuvc or.

Nigapore, January 31.-(Copyrighted
1897, by the Associated Press. 1.-The special
correspondent of the Associated Press, who
is now visiting this city, finds that town,
which is the seat OF many government Of.
hces and the center Of important manufao
lures of cotton, silk, woolens and cutlery.
having population normally of over 1Oo.-
COO, has been invaded by an extensive mi
grafton from the outlying districts where
scarcity of winter rains was the rule.
Government activity, in connection with
the irrigation work and other public en-
terpriscs and thorough precautions taken
fol the relief OF the unfortunate have
avertcd an acute crisis. Half crops only
were secured throughout this section of the
country this season, but tho fodder supply
is good and It is hoped the worst effects of
the famine Will be STAYED off for two
months longer at least.
Your correspondent has visited the
poor house. accommodating about 1000
people. a piteous spectacle was here pre-
scented by the almost naked dIegs of hui
mainly. nearly all too i'll or diseased to
work. but all fed and healthfully housed at a
cost of 1900 rupees each month, the fund
being raised by native charity. This poor
house is q fair representation OF poor
houses In other sections Of India and shows
how small n sum is necessary to save the
unfortunates from actual death by starva-
ton. Taken as whole. 1t may be stated
that the Nlgapore district Is not as badly
plighted as the Northern districts already
visited BY YOUR corrpspondent
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
MURDER OF CHRISTIANS.
ConsuIs Have Called on the Governor
TO Protect the People.

ConsuIs Have Called on the Governor
TO Protect the People.
London February IA dispatch to the
Daily News from Athens dated Sunday
says that serious news has been received
from Heraklion. 1t is stated that ten
Christians we're murdered Thursday while
outside the gates of the city, and that
armed bands of Mussulmans leave the
town daily for the purpose of plundering
and burning the villages OF the Christians.
The dispatch adds that these outrages are
evidently in accordance with hints received
from Constatinope The situation is so
serious that the foreign consuls have wired
the governor general of Canea. calling FOR
the adoption Immediately Of stringent
measures looking to the protection of the
people.
Foreign warships are now arriving at
Heraklion with a view of Offering pro-
lection TO the Christians there. The Chris
tiens In the districts in the vicinity OF
Herakllon are arming and occupying STRAIT
egic plans for the purpose of preventing
an influx of Mohammedans to the town
and a serious collision Is feared in the near
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
The Tips burglary.

Austin, Texas. January 3l.-J. C, Gard
ner, Frank Gardner and George Monaghan
were, arrested today in San Antonio
charged with burglary.
! few nights ago the plate glass window
in the store OF Walter Tips in this city
was broken and about 500 worth of pistols
taken. Chief of Police Lucy investigated
the affair ard found some of The stolen arti-
Giles in pawn shops. He sent Officer James
Grlzgard to San Antonio and the 'hIle men
above named were located and arrested and
brought TO Austin tonight Stolen articles
were also found In the pawn shops OF san
Antonio. The two Gardners and Monaghan
came here from New Orleans Via Houston,
where It is understood they spent several
DAVIS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
FORCED TO RESIGN by ILL HEALTH
Roscbery's Secretary for Scotland
| NcsiInx from Pnrlinment.

London. January 3i.-The Rt. Hon. Sir
George Trevelyn, radical, secretary for
Scotland in the cabinet of Lord Rosebery,
has resigned his seat in parliament on ac-
count of Ill health. Sir George Trevelyn
took a high degree at Trinity college, CAM
bridge. was called 10 the bar dinner temple)
and represented Tynemouth from 1866.
He has been successfully lord of the ad-
miralty. secretary to the admiralty, chief
secretary for Ireland. chancellor OF the
duchy with a seat in the cabinet and sec
rotary of state for Scotland.
AS Irish chief secretary. under Mr.. Glad
stone. he showed distinct traces of merit.
1t was to him more than anyone else that
abolition of purchase in the army and
the Acknowledgement OF the agricultural
laborer were due. He was horn In 1898
and in his public life has been distin-
guished for his attacks on the house Of
lords and the established church.
Sir George Trevelyn is said to be fine
scholar. Though his brilliancy comes out
in mis- public speeches, he has printed a
biography of his uncle. Lord Macaulay, a
life of the early days OF Charles James Fox
and a great deal Of dramatic and satirical
verse. of which 1.-The Ladies' in Parlia-
ment" Horace at Athens" and THE
Dhawk Bungalow" are perhaps the pest
known.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01

London, January 3l.-A telegram from
Eebom. in the Middle Niger region, dated
January 90, says that the columns of the
Royal Niger company's expedition against
Emir of Nupe arrived in good
order after an eighteen days march
of 200 miles. The men at times
were compelled to marca single file
through the brush, The power OF the Flu
labs in the regions Of the South Niger river
has been utterly destroyed, The fotilla
and a detachment accompanying the eN-
peditlon surprised and destroyed the south
ern Fulah capital OF Ladi. This town
was depot for stores and the Fulah5
we're retreating In that direction when It
was captured. Twelve hundred slaves
wore rescued Most OF these slaves were
elderly men. all the women and children
of both sexes having been sent to the cap
ital AT Bida. recent telegram from La
COS gives an account Of the expedition sa-t
out by the Royal Niger company.
expedition consisted of 700 Hausa troops,
six maxims. twenty-a!x mounted European
officers and 500 carriers. Sir George Goidie'
the governor. accompanied the column. The
ROYAL Niger company's hotilla OF armed
stern wheeled steamers was ordered TO
natrol the Niger for the purpose OF cutting
OFF the retreat OF the Fulah forces to Bida'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

SELMA, Ala.--Lconord Copeland, q
Young, white boy, shot aud mortally
land gave himself IN, and rs now IN jail.
He claims that the shooting wus In self
defepso. .
ATHENS. Ga white n, play with lbr
homr ON the boulevard Gladys, fvo.year-
Obj daughter ~ Mayor Pro TEN. James
r. Rhodes. came near beng burned to
death.
SAVANNAH. Ga Justice of tho Peace
McLcon Kong got Into n difficulty with Q
white man named Doc" Smith near hds
home Al The lw"ys,mlle pgst on the oges;;
chloe road. and ended i by blowing OF
part of smiths chm with II pistol.
HOLLY SPRINGS. Mission planta-
ton three miles south OF here Fanny Ste
years, was burned to death whae iryins
10 save "a aiA-ytur-oi1 negro child who
had caught on IRE. The child and woman
were burned 10 a crisp before assistanos
came.
Lowell Whllesldes engaged IN a fight on
the pubic square here today; Whtessdcs
4 'S Is thought ,.i Eiascn can not recover. AZ:
ter being separn Oh Edison secured ps-
to' and returned. aud shot wmtessdes.
killing him INSTANTLY Whites nes Is the
son OF Il prominent merchant.
LANGSDALIs. Mss. Rev. Alex Trotfcr.
OF this place. has ghout completed q ma
chine for perpetual moi Ion, on which he
ldH pffh N.'hlhh ihN 49, '''l' p
lie has made severed experiments. and 10
sure that he has machine that will
work The inventor is "A we'll known man
lister of the gospel who, UP to Few
years ago was a school teacher. lie has
been SUPERINTENDENT OF education OF this
county and was once a prominent cHudI-
date for the office OF State supcr.ntend@
ent.
NATCHIToCIIES, La.--Two deaths &C.
Cured In this parish as a result of she
severe sold weather. An old negro living
in % little hut at Grand Ecoro was found
dead. frozen stif'. and a negro woman
died on the road TO Provincial Her death.
however was due to almost criminal care
lessness. II seems that she had come here
for tho purpose of visiting her daughter,
who was s'ck. and was herself taken "
with pneumonia. Some of her relatives
insisted on taking her back home, and she
died on the way.
MERIDIAN. Miss.--A difficulty occurred
In the city between l.. u. Bowden and
Dave Edwards. aged respectively fiftyA
e,pht and s.-venfv-one years. in which the
latter lost his life. Edwards used his fi0t,
while ISowden weilded a small walking
cane that he carried In hs hand Edwards
received quite a severe blow across the
nose and under the chin. after which
Bowden left him and went In search Of .
policeman TO have him arrested. When h
and the officer returned Edwards was
dead. and Bowdsn himself became the
prisoner aud was 'incarceraged tn The
county ta.l. II Is thought that Edwardr
death was induced more from exctteulen&
than from the blows he received.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01

the house committee. today discussed in.
formally with Secretary Francis the Plat
bill to change the existing conditions in
the Indian Territory. No conclusion was
reached.
Chairman Dawes and Messrs Armstrong
and Montgomery OF the Dawes commission
also had an interview with the secretary.
In the course of their talk they stated that
the delegation sent here by the Ch,ckasaw
tribe had not communicated with the COM
mission In any way. They said the dele
gation was authorized to conduct ncgo-
tiations with the commission and probably
would reach an agreement on the lines of
the Choctaw convention with few modi.
fications. Neither the commission nor Sec
rotary Francis is disposed to consider the
proposition TO extend the time within which
the tribal organization IL to be broken up
and the Indians admitted to citizenship and
the commission thinks the Chickasaw dele
CATION will finally Yield
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
IMMIGRATION HILL.


areulars Which Were Sent Ont to
Prevent lis Passage.
Warrington January Ex-senator Lodge
sn today:
slnce receiving copy Of the kilograms
which claussenus & Co. were sending
H.'o Affect votes on the immigration bill
~ which | gave to the press, there has
ssn sent ne copy of the circular which
as hrm has been sending out through the
~ AS they stated in an interview that
", we're sending out their kilograms only
ueir Individual capacity. 1t will be in
.sslhs to observe that this circular is
.aa'tssed to agents, who | suppose were
~ 70 act in their Individual capacity and
NV nv IS agents Of the North German LLOYD
salsnip company. This circular in full
t, .neago' January 25--To Agents: The
s.,.m sIauon bill. which is intended TO ma
H., Ius restrict immigration. comes UP for
, ,S.' disposition in the house Of representa-
TIE 9Th instant N' y" " cum s''y'
IN, Is quite clear that Immigration will
~. oe restricted almost To the exton: Of
Nm Ne, easlusion of immigrants should the
n NJ leone law, and every effort shoi.ld
h.bnl ' " insure the defeat o.
A., w are indirectly interested In the de-
r. "a, VI Inc bill, as much as we are and
n \, ",u'a respectfully ask You to wire rep
eelr, =, .s n congress Immediately on re-
torninr , ,S,s 10 vote against the bill, in
nsans us mem that the measure virtually
,or ~ essciesion and that their vote in ia
,Ssi, " sae same will mean repudiation by
election. anu ue'eat at the next
hi. " sting that YOU will not fail TO give
IN measure measure your prompt attention. wa
~ ''p@ respectfully. "
Enclosed i. i, clapsscnius & Co"
'W WI ' : Slip in rcd tpye as follows.
n ln "s your representative fullv and let
pron rsus cost Of telegram and we viii
i XIX, refund amount Of cost 70 ION "
lot,s~ ' ~. II very desirable. :" said senator 1
H. p,s,, 'nat the attention Of conrress Of
10 tSlT XII, ,,, ana o. the public should he drawn
4 iors,s aVempt on the part Of the agents Of
.rs,t N ans, r,orpcraion to defea, a measure ot
VI Of p ,sa E, Importance. in which the noo.
htsre.,,SssSs !, United States are SO profounJIy
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
BIG BREwERY SYNDICATE
Preparing TO Combine All the Mig
Cincinnati urcvvcrics.

preparing 10 tOWbne All
Cincinnati ureNcrics.
Cincinnati, Ohio. January 3i.-Tho En-
quirer today says;
Three representatives OF a gigantic Lon
don syndicate are In this city for the pur-
pose OF gobbing up all the biggest brcwries
here and success has 40 far crowned their
efforts. They have purchased an option on
sixteen and the deal has progressed SO
far that most OF the brewers have begun
taking stock and summing up ali th.
saloon chattel mortgages they hold for
the purpose OK knowing Just how they
stand The deal will be closed during the
coming week. The amount to be paid for
the lot aggregates 81, 000. 600. one-half will
be paid In cash and the other half in pre-
ferred stock with guaranteed interest. 30
that the present owners will have some
voice in tho future arrangements OF the
affairs The syndicate intends consolidat-
ing under the laws OF the State and make
them all one grand corporation. The Older
brewers were the most eager to make the
sale owing TO the condition trade has been
in generally for some time. The deal hne
been under way with local brokers' several
months One OF these brokers was In Lon
don during the summer. II Is stated that
the syndicate also has options on the Fay
Egan Wood Working Machinery plant OF
this city, the Hoover. Owens T. Rensselaer,
Engine works at Hamilton and other fac
tories
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-01
WEATHER INFORMATION.
Lnst Nights synopsi..

A we'll defined cyclonic disturbance is
central IN the gulf. south OF New Orleans
Tho barometer is generally high else
where, with the highest. 9o.i4. at Davcn-
port
The weather Is generally partly cloudy
10 cloudy with rain falling at Nicksbure.
Memphis and Jacksonville and snow at
~ miIes IRON, ,hn Mnrthaast ~, GaI,.,o M
Precipitation amounting TO 10 OF an
inch or more Is reported from Wick sburr
New Orleans and Palestine and Galveston.