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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
PENRosE LOOKS OYER THE GROUND
Sent by Quay to Look Into the state Revenue
TnnEle -Reform RIIs q Farce.

TnnGle Reform BILE q Farce.
HARRISBURG. Pa, June 1.-THE question OF
final adjournment Of the Legislature is bother.
ing the Republicans as much as the difficulty Of
securing the adoption of revenue bills. Senator
Quay, Speaker Boyer. aud Chairman Marshall
OF the House Appropriations Committee
are DESTROYS of an extension Of the session
to July 20. but there Is a most pro-
nounccd sentiment against 1t in the House,
many Of the members of which are
willing at any minute to form q combination
with the object Of forcing an extra session. 1t
Ia now proposed by some of the leaders TO mako
complished by having the Legislature work six
days a week. including night sessions. This
would leave twelve working days.
Senator Penrose, after several conferences
here, returned to Washington this evening. He
came here at Senator Quay's request to start
form bills tanglc. Senator Quay himself, who
has been wavering in his purpose to come here,
has now sent word that he will DO in Harrisburg
on next Monday.
with regard to tho enactment OF the reform
measures, as proposed by past State conven-
tons, was fully demonstrated to-day by tho
reports of the. conference committees on the
measures which were supposed To prohibit in
reference at primary elections, and to prohibit
been made almost worthless by various amend
ments, and now the changes rs adopted by tho
conference committee have so emasculated the
measures that they will be altogether useless. II
enacted into laws, to bring about the reforms
they were originally expected to achieve. The
greatest care seems to have been taken to
modify them In their essential features 30 az to
render them q trayesty on reform.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
GOMEZ SURE OF SUCCESS.
Cuba's Cause More Certain Than Ever to win
No Compromise Possible.


Under date OF May 10 Gen. Maxine Gomez.
Chief OF the Cuban patriot army,
writes to Delegate Tomas Estrada Palma az fol-
lows:
II am more pleased than ever with our tactics.
which are productive of the best results under
the peculiar circumstances Of this war.
despite his numerous army. Gen. Weyler
movements. We are now holding tho Same
positions as -four months ago. The Spanish
troops do not disturb us to any great oxtent,
and whatever fighting We have had has been OF
our own seeking. The alleged pacihcation is
absurd, and its official announcement SO ridicu-
lous that 1t will certainly bear an effect contrary
to that desired by Weyler.
Tho Cuban revolution has never been moro
cruelty makes 1t moro bloody. As an old soldier,
/ can assure you that the outlook was never
brighter for our sacred cause, and we all feel
sanguine as to the ultimate success.
81 see that there Ii again some talk about q
compromise. or this ! know only what l have
often written TO you and now repeat: We have
sworn our Constitution and shall uphold II at
the sacrifice OF our lives. 1t forbids us to enter
upon the independence OF the country. This we
maintain day after day. IL the Spanish actually
wish to bring about an end to this war. in which
thousands lose their lives. and the property
us is destroyed, they will always find us ready
to reach an understanding as TO the price, how
ever high, to be paid for our Independence. A
few millions moro or less are OF no account to
us when we think OF the lives that are daily
sacrificed. .
But. DO this as 1t may. independence is not
far, because while Spain IL now almost eI-
hausted, wo are getting stronger every day."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
KILLED HIMSELF FOR 1orE.
Miss Burs, TOLD ms she Didn't Love Hiu-
and re Carried Out Isis Threat or Suicide.

JAMAICA, N. Y, Juno 1.-THE finding Of tho
body of a mai in tho woods near this village to.
day developed a story Of unrequited love and
suicide. The body was that OF William Hay.
ward Of 1871 Clifton place, Brooklyn.
After leaving his sweetheart yesterday. sub
sequcnt to n lovers quarrel, he shot himself in
tho head, and his body lay In the woods all night.
\ laborer on the village sewers came across the
body in a secluded spot on Cedar Hill. lie noti-
fed John Cuttings. Cuttings found the body lying
beneath n bush. In tho dead mans hands n pistol
was tightly claspcd, one chamber being empty. ~
jagged hole in the right temple showed where
body, Gaitings found a piece OF cardboard on
which was written: June 10, 1~s97,-sbot with
troubles were so great I could not stand It, my
dear The misstve was directed To my dar.
had been written after tho word darling" but
had been scratched out.
Coroner Mutt q Woodhaven, after having re;
ceived notice of the. finding OF the body, started
iied by walter smith that a Young woman Wo mai With
After some d%ihienity the young woman was
found. she refused either to give her
after being Threatened with the prospect
81 SSS : p Mss d in jail, s Shs told "a a sss 'iHG 5S:,v She .,I said
tho latter was madly in love with her. Yoster.
the, woods together. Hayward asked Miss Burst
u she loved him. She declared that, except as n
friend, she did not.
Then l will kill myself" he declared. They
started for Jamaica last evening on a trolley
Hayward jumped from the car and disappeared.
Fearing that Hayward had carried out his
threat. Miss Burst returned to Jamaica to-day.
She had come from n fruitless search for the body
whom she met Smith.
Coroner Mutt imparelled a Jury tonight and
announced the inquest for a week from next
Tuesday, Hayward was 81 years of ago and
lived with his parents in the Clifton place house
The bullet which killed him was OF 80 calibrc
and passed entirely through his head.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
LEAGUE LEANS 70 rAMwlNY.
ALLEGED Eres-snver Party Started ~ Moses
Oppenheiner and Others.

The Independent Bryan League Of 1896 reor-
ganized last evening in room %, Cooper Union,
under the namo OF the Peoples League. Be-
sides tho members OF the old Bryan League there
have been added to tho membership DIR. Marion
M. Millor's Association for Municipal Control Of
Franchises and other men who were prominent
In the support Of Bryan and the Chicago plat
form last year. The resolutions adopted by the
league say:
I'VE reafirm tho principles OF the platform OF
the Democratic party adopted at Chicago. and
we shall apply them in the coming municipal
contest. trusting that local liberty and justice
will reward earnest and persistent effort, and
that whatever, of good we may gain In this
great city will beneicially affect tho State and
The session of the league last evening was not
altogether harmonious. Some OF the friends OF
DIR. Miller thought hat there was too much OF
Il. Darling, a lawyer with n big voice. denounced
Tammany as q thoroughly corrupt organization.
got se Sp and protes,od' ana % two or t Gf sso Of le iss%
T Tar S%S nS'i Hall sifl aSsu .edy S N : ba aSf ssss r aS Sff To-
Moses Oppenheimer, who hired the hail, and
wig declared that ,Tammany was all right.
sat Darling FL the out. single MI. p pSiliISs%aEidn NOT ctFe %"is fo sG
the policeman, but left, the hall with about If
teen OF his friends, All Of the, anti.Tammeny
however. A dozen speeches were made after his
departure. in which the g~oldbngs in Tammany
were larruped numerically. David Rousseau
The rich leaders of Tammany Hall are going
unit t ali Of fff tbe Byva mow orea aeI VI ak IL G the INV, 70
80 that when they come back they will ind that
we have such a powerful and compact organiza-
port the Chicago platform will have to come to
us. I don't much like this suggestion OF com.
Is not much sweeter than It has been FOR some
years."
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PETERS HANG ED HIMSELF.
Tho Supposed Murderer or Leo schrierers Pound
Dead in His Home.

PATERSON, N. j.. June 1.-THE mystery of
tho murder Of Leo Schriefers was apparently
cleared up this morning through the discovery
OF another tragedy. The body OF John Peters.
the supposed murderer. was found hanging by
tho neck in q small hall bedroom by Chief of
Police Graul. who forced the door. which was
locked. Peters wore his trousers and shirt and
was in his stocking feet. Over the shirt he had
put on a woman's waist with large puff sleeves.
1t was probably his wife's and would seem to in
dicate that he was thinking of her when he COM
mitted the crime.
No word of Mrs; Peters has been received yet.
She was employed at the Empire Silk Mill, but
was discharged about ten days ago. 1t Is said
that the other employees in the mill refused to
work with her on account of her conduct with
Schriefers, which had become matter of gossip
for the mill hands. After her discharge she dis
appeared and her husband became low-spirited.
The two children were at the house this morn
ing and one Of them was at Chief Graul's heels
when the body was found. All along they In
sisted that their father would return soon, but
when. the body was found this morning their
grief became uncontrollable. Neighbors are now
caring for them. Although but 10 and IL years
old. they both seem thoroughly conversant with
the family trouble. and say that the boarder was
responsible for their mothers leaving homo and
was the only one who know her whereabouts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
DID MRS. LUETG ERT WRITE ITr
An Alleged Letter Received from the Woman
Supposed TO Have Reen Murdered.

An Alleged Letter Received from the Woman
Supposed 10 Have Keen Murdered.
CHICAGO. June 17.-Alderman Schlake OF tho
Twenty sixth ward received by yesterday after
moons mail a letter purporting to be from Mrs.
Louise Luetgert. 1t was written in German and
dated Chicago. June 3. although it was evidently
not mailed until yesterday.
The letter recites many difficulties with her
husband. tho accused murderer. but the writer
says she wishes to exonerate him of the charge
on which he is held. 1t said that the writer was
In good and safe hands. with enough money and
clothing to live without care.
Luetgert is said to have declared that the
handwriting was his wife's as soon as he saw the
letter. Later he denied that the writing was
hers. Dietrich BiCknese, the missing woman's
brother, and Mrs: Wilhclmina Miller, her sister.
also pronounce the letter a forgery. Inspector
Setback denounced IL as a fake.
"Itell you tho woman Is dead, " he said. "She
was eaten up by acid In that vat, and nobody
will ever see another sign of her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
CONDEMNED DYNAMITE ExPLoDEs.
Set on F1re at tho City Dump in Decatur. Ill.,
by an Experimenting Keeper.

Set on FIRE at tho City Dump in Decatur, nl.s
by an Experimenting Keeper.
DECATUR, Ill, Juno 1.-THE explosion of 800
pounds of condemned dynamite sticks at the
city dump and burying grounds on the Sanga-
mon River bank. two miles from tho centre Of
the city, at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, shook
the town like an earthquake and caused build
ings in the city to rock and windows to rattle in
a startling manner. 1t was at first supposed
to be the explosion of one of the powder maga-
zines near the river.
Several months ago sixty-two boxes Of dyna-
mite were condemned, and 1t was given to Jo-
seph Foster. in charge Of the city burying
ground for dead animals. to put in the ground.
He failed to do SO, and today he took the sticks
out of the boxes and piled them on the heap
of refuse which be wanted to burn. Then
he and two others applied the matches.
Foster had been told that the dynamite would
burn, and he and his assistants went of
200 feet and watched the fire. There was q ter
rifle explosion and the ground at the fire was
dug twenty feet deep. A small house close by,
untenanted. was completely shattered. Tho
home of Circuit Clerk Foster was badly dam
aged and many houses had window panes broken
by the conclusion.
A man in a well, forty feet deep, two miles
from the explosion. said he felt q fearful rush of
air to the bottom where he was at work and he
hastily got out. He thought there was an earth
quake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

The Notorious Train Robber Sho Shot District
Attorney Norris.


PRESCOTT. Ariz.. June 17.-Jim Parker. tho
notorious train robber, whose adventures dur
ing his two attempts to escape to tho Grand
Cahon of the Colorado have filled columns of
the newspapers. was convicted to-day OF muir
der in the first degree. and sentenced to be
hanged. Parker shot District Attorney Norris
while breaking out Of jail at Prescott. He was
a cowboy. He attempted. with q companion. to
hold up and rob a Santa Fe train at Peach
Springs on Feb. 9. Parker's pal was shot dead
by the express messenger. but Parker escaped
with considerable loot, and took to the noun
tains. which he knew well.
After seven days. during which he had little
to eat, he WAS captured BY Sheriff Rutrner and
brought to Prescott. On May 8, with two des-
perate criminals. he broke Jail. Norris hap
pened to be in the jail and came to the aid OF the
again took to his old haunts in the hills and 1t
was not till May 81 that he was captured.
A party of pursuers surprised Parker and ar
rested him. but on the way back he secured pos
session OF some rifles and escaped. He was
finally caught by u storekeeper, who hired Nav
ajo Indians to help him trail the criminal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
THIS DINNER A ROOM Fon STRONG

Given TO Gen. Kerwin. Chas. II. Murray Prs-
siding ana Col. Grant Interpreting.
A dinner WAS given to Gen. Michael Kerwin
last night Mt the Hoffman House, at which
Charles II. Murray presided. He was In tho
Police Board with Gen. KerwIn until Mayor
Strong removed them both. One OF the speeches
was mado by Police Commissioner Grant, who
said:
al can SEQ that this is a meeting to boom
Mayor Strong for Mayor OF Greater New York,
and that you have Mr.. Murray here TO make the
nomination and Mr.. julius Mayer TO second 1t.
Now that is one thing / cannot help them In. 1
, nnt Pp%ositIona me eaT piSce h he cot sot on the pnn Iiies
Board was offered to me. and / didn't take II.
He got 1t. When he was put out I was put In,
and / have had n cat-and- parrot time OF 1t ever
since l have been there
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
BROOkLY Nv.

Joseph Geifsr. aged e5, . iaborer At Barren Island.
was found dead In bed az John Fulton's Hotel AZ
100 Buffalo avenue yesterday. He had been AccI-
dentaily asphyxiated.
A drowned man Was found floating in the bay
Dear the NarroWy yesterday morning, and was no.
moved TO the Brooklyn Morgue. In the pockets
were a handkerchief with tho letter II worked on
IL. q key. ami - cents.
Arthur Read, aged 81 years. VINO had been out OF
work and deGpOndent FOR two years. committed
suicide YESTERDAY by shooting -nimself in the left
breast al his home. aUB fIfth avenue.
Willie Draper, 3 years old of Ninety second street,
Fort Hamilton, HAs accidentally drowned yestsr.
day afternoon in a pool OF water In the rear OF his
parents home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
ANOTHER STUDENT BURGLAR.
4 Member OF the Class OF 900 In . Science
tady School Caught In the Act.

scHENEcrApY. June 17.-Not long ago two
Union College students were arrested in this
city and convicted Of burglary. Last night
Oliver Moore Beckwith, 1s years old, a member
Of the class of 8 o In the Union Classical Insti-
tute, the son Of respectable parents and the
brother OF a minister of the Gospel. was caught
in Durye's drug store in the Van Carter Opera
House block. The proprietor had been missing
various sums OF money and many small fancy
articles for several days. The store is directly
opposite Police Headquarters, and there IL q big
arc light In front of the store.
Assistant Chief OF Police De Forest was noti-
ned OF the thefts and he decided to set a trap for
the thief. Some silver coins were marked and
placed in. the money drawer. The Assistant
Chief and Policeman Rynex concealed them
selves in the back OF the store. For two nights
no one appeared, but last night their vigil was
rewarded. Young Beckwith entered the store
through the traIsom above a door leading from
Tie lobby Of the Opera House to the front door,
OF which the burglar had q key. Beckwith went
a once to the money drawer and then Do
Forest arrested him. He was go. astounde ed
when the policeman confronted him that he
could offer no resistance, He broke down and
confessed to the other burglaries. To-day he
was held for the Grand Jury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

~PITTsBURG. June lT.-Stephen Peabody. tho
New York banker; Col. George W. Elkins OF tho
Elkins-Widener traction syndicate. and Paul
Stackhouse, a Philadelphia capitalist, arrived
here late tonight and met a representa-
tive OF c. l.. Magce. 1t is believed that
they came either to consult with regard
to tho suit brought by the traction syndi.
cato against Broker George !. Whitney. or else
Widener syndicate in tho Second avenue trac.
tion line. owned by Brown Brothers of Balti-
more. Mr.. Peabody is said TO be in partnership
with Brown Brothers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18

GALES FERRY, June 17.-Bob Cook was in q
happy mood this morning notwithstanding the
river was not az smooth as could be wished for.
A brisk southerly breeze prevailed. and the
varsity men received pair.oar instructions in
the vicinity of the boathouse. At noon they
entered their shell and rowed down In stretches
as far as the naval station. They were followed
by the freshmen shortly after. and both boats
crews were on the river nearly two hours.
The crews were on the river again this
evening. starting down stream about z
o'clock. and continuing to the big drawbridge
four miles distant. The water was in good con-
dition, but no attempt was made at speed on the
trip down. The varsity men limbered up for a
half, mile on the return. rowing a very clean
distance in less than three minutes at a 80
stroke gait, the tide being in their favor. The
steam yacht Peerless. which will probably con-
vey the crews and their shells to the Hudson on
Saturday night, arrived in New London harbor
this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
PLAT INVENTED THE OTIS!
Here's . Discovery by the Fifth Avenue Annex
OF Tammany Hall.

The Democratic Union, which 10 controlled by
Charles A. Jackson, Charles f.. Allen and other
Tammnny Hall Democrats and has its headquar-
tiers at the Democratic Club. held another meet
ing at the club last night and adopted resolu-
tions intended to attract the gold Democrats OF
last year to the support OF the Tammany Hall
ticket next fall.
Administration ss Repmbiican and rnli nn 81 +
Democrats TO dislodge it. The Citizens Union
Is characterized as I'm adjunct OF the Repub-
lican party " and Seth Low as a dccoy Repub-
lican candidate. The further declaration is
made:
That the action OF the Citizens Union, taken
on the evening of juno Is. in postponing their
nominations until they shall receive the nod of
Thomas G. Plat and his fraudulent Republican
organization. 10 a further proof OF the very ami
cable arrangement existing between them, and
makes apparent the fact that the creation OF the
Citizens Union Is n Platt-1ow Republican de-
vice, their alleged non. craftsmanship hypocriti-
cal. and their very being scarcely disguised Re.
publicanism., Seth Low is a Republican, and
this Union demands that the first Mayor of
Greater New York shall be a Democrat"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
CALVARY MAY BURY ITS SUICIDE.
The woman said to Have Been . Mrs.. John
Davis OF Utica.

rue Wonhh uoi0 To haNe neon y AFAs Sonn
Davis OF Utica.
Tho body of the woman who committed suicide
in Calvary Church on Saturday, unless identi-
fed in the interval. will be buried tomorrow.
Superintendent Murphy Of Bellevue Hospital
said yesterday that he understood that the
members Of Calvary parish were raising a fund
to pay the funeral expenses and save the body
from burial in the Potter's Field.
Mrs. p. II. Rourke OF 800 East 12oth street
went to the MOrgue yesterday afternoon. and
after looking at a photograph Of the body said
1t resembled in some respects her cousin, Mrs.
John Davis OF Utica. She said that a daughter
of Mrs. Davis eloped several years ago. and was
living in this city or Brooklyn.
Mrs. Davis had threatened to commit suicide.
Mrs. Rourke said. The Identification is not
considered important at the Morgue. The body
a Bowery lodging house keeper earlier in the
week. His Identification turned out TO be a
mistake.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
BUILDING UNION DEMANDS.
GIGs,ers and sLyIisht Makers want an Increase
OF Wages

It was announced yesterday that tho Sheet
ana Plate Glass Glaciers Union had prepared q
now agreement. to go into effect on Sept. l.
which would DO submitted to the employers
next week. 1t provides for u minimum rate OF
wages OF $l6 a week. or IS q day II the man is
employed by the day. In shops tho working
hours will be 1fty-four per week and on build
ings forty.eight per week. These demands mean
an increase of wages and a shorter work day.
The cornice and skylight makers will also
make a demand next week for an increase of
wages from 81 TO SO. so a day, to go into effect on
Sept. 9. Both demands have been indorsed by
the other building trades and strikes Will DO
ordered In all cases where they are refused.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
NO SPANISH LINE TO OUBA.
Merchants whs Can't Pay freight in vseyieF'a
Money Want One. That's All.

There was a rumor yesterday to tho effect that
q line of steamers under the Spanish nag had
been started to run between this port and those
of Cienfuegos, Santiago. and Guantanamo In
the Island of Cuba az a result OF the action of
the firm OF James +. Ward & Co. In signing the
petition for Intervention In Cuban affairs which
was addressed to President Mckinley recently
by a number Of merchants and bankers doing
business with Cuba. Mr.. II. y. Booth of the
Ward line Gaid yesterday that tho signing by
the company OF the petition referred to had not
had anything to do with the establishment OF
the new line.
What happened he added. was that GER
tain merchants In Cuba wished to pay for freight
in Weyl0r's appreciated currency. AS We oh
jected to this, some importing houses in Cienfu-
eRos and Santiago de Cuba undertook to run u
couple OF steamers on their own account. But,
as has been the case on former occasions, they
will have TO discontinue doing 80"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-18
TWO 11eHrsHps LAUNCHED.
Sent into the Ixennebec at Bath. Me-. from ths
Same Ways.

Same Ways.
BATE, Me-, June 17.-There was q twin launch
ing from the same ways to-day at the Bath Iron
Works, when the composite steel lightships
known as Nos. SO and 50 took their initial dip
in the Kennebec River. The two vessels were
constructed one ahead of the other. and the
ways necessary to send them overheard had q
length OF nearly 400 feet. To reach the water
the first boat had to- traverse about $50 feet.
The second had to slide more than twice tho
distance of the first one. The first ship was sent
overheard at 1923 o'clock, and the second took
her dip twenty-seven minutes later.
The Two lightships were built by contract for
the Government at 1928, 900. They are provided
with steam power. each having a single.screw
engine. They are supplied with twin electric
light plants, and each has two masts. On each
boat there is accommodation for four officers
and ten men. In one month the two lightships
will be ready for delivery at Staten Island, that
being a stipulation OF the contract.