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The evening times., 1897-04-03
OPPOSE GREATER new YORK
Mayor Strong Urged to Veto the
Charter as Drawn.
Ex-MayOr Hewitt Makes an Impas-
stoned Speech, aud Pointedly Re-
fers TO "Boss Rule" in 1t.

New York, April 8. Five ex-mayors of
this city yesterday eXhorted Mayor Strong
to veto the Greater New York charter,
which was passed by the legislature and is
now in lis hands for approval. One OF
them, Abram s. Hewitt, appeared in per
son and made an imIassioned speech de-
mandatory of the charter. The other four
wrote letters in which they expressed views
just as strong as those of Mr.. Hewitt
Theywere Daaiel y. Tie nal a, ma yor from
1855 TO 1860; Smith Ely, 1877 to 1878;
Edward Cooper 1879 to 1880, and Frank
lin Edison, / sS3 TO 1884. William X. Grace,
whose term was from 1881 To 1852, had
been heard from on the previous day Mr.
Hewitt said be appeared as the representa-
tive of the Chamber OF Commerce, and in
the course of his remarks referred to the
charter as having been ''jammed' through
the legislature.
There comes a time continued MIR
Hewitt. when even boss gets tired.
It's tremendous strain on a man to have
the sole government or millions of people,
And SO, instead OF watching the slow
process by which the people formerly made
self trouble by making up his own mind
what is TO he done, and issuing orders TO
the Legislature 10 jam the thing through.
Mr. Hewitt pounded tie mayors desk
with his fist as lac spoke, and there was "A
round OF applause from the audience.
Even as the people had no time in
which 10 consider this measure, so the
Legislature took no time To considerit. Not
one man there read the charter.
The thing is an absurdity on the face
of iti II is an insult TO your intelligence
to ask YOU to take the responsibility OF
sa wing that il is a good measure.
Are we free people, or are we the
serfs OF a boss? ] wish | had the power
and capacity to make the people OF this
community understand what magnificent
thing il is to be a self-gOverning people.
Yet here are three millions OF them taken
literally by the throat and told that they
have no voice in the question of how they
are to be gOverned''
Mr. Hewitt's closing words, pronounced
with great eanestness, were these: You
are making history; and the place YOU will
occupy in it. sir, will be determined by the
action you take on this question:
The evening times., 1897-04-03
PATRIOT COMES TO GRIEF.
He Wanted TO Help Gomez. But Be
gan Fighting Too Soon.

New York, April 3-JOhn Mccormick
and Edward Delaney, Battery boa tmen,
were summing themselves ON their boat
landing yesterday, when a neTvOus-IoOk-
ing. dark-skinned little man hustled up
and excitedly hired the bOatmen To row
him to a schooner, which, he said, was
anchored down the bay.
Halfway across the bay the passenger
suddenly stood up, cast his derby hatOver-
board, and, extracting from a bundle
mighty sombrerO, he put that on his head
and yelled, Cuba librei" Then he ripped
open another package and in another mo-
meDt machete was glistening in the
sunlight, and another shout OF Cuba
librei" was heard
Il am going TO Cuba said the little
man. excitedly. Il want YOU to row me
there. Here is my log book. We viii
keep an account of the voyage in that "
Liberty Island was then close aboard,
and the boat was headed for the landing.
Two soldiers were at the landing. and the
would-be filibuster was Cisarmed by them
and put on the Liberty Island boat, which
brought him back 20 the city The moment
the gangplank was over ne bounded ashore
and disappeared in the crowd.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
CASHIER DEALT IN FUTURES.
shortage In His Accounts Discov-
cred After He Had Disappeared.

Raleigh, N. c., April BE. g. Lineberry,
.of Durham, cashier OF the Moorehead Bank
ing Company, disappeared last Tuesday,
being short in his accounts. Last Friday
the bank officials found that Lineberry
was short at least 81 200. He was given
an opportunity to make good the loss and
left town ostensibly for that purpose. Line
berry has not been seen since and his
whereabouts are unknown. The inyestiga-
ton was continued and the shortage has
gradually increased until IL lis now $4,000.
Lineberry was also trustee OF the Durham
and Northern Railroad sinking fund for
the town of Durham, having not less than
$50, 900 in his keeping. and it is feared
that he is short good part OF this. The
aldermen have his bond in a Baltimore
security company for 10000 All of
Lineberry's property, consisting OF sew
eral houses and lots, has been attached.
Lineberry's friends say he viii make his
shortage goood. The shortage covers
period of five months. He has been deal
ing In futures.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
POLITICS CAUSE A RIOT
Town of Huntington w. Va, the
Scene of Wild Disorder.
Knives and Clubs Used in Street
Fight Between Half Hundred
Men-Police Take Sides.

Huntington, w. Va, April Ia scene
unparalleled in the history of Huntington
was witnessed on Third avenue. the lead
ing thoroughfare of the city, at IL O'Clock
this morning. It was riot between Dem
ocrats and Republicans, the result of Thurs
days city elections.
The fight began between DR.. LIE Sage,
Republican leader, and George Ingraham,
Democratic leader. In five minutes fifty
people became involved, and knives and
clubs were used with telling effect on
both sides. Women who were on the
street fled for their lives. and riot reigned
supreme for half an hour.
The police did not try TO queil the dis
turbance, but rushed in and used their
clubs on the heads ofpriyate citizens against
whom they had personal grudees. Matters
The evening times., 1897-04-03
TRADING IN STOCKS DULL.
Western Union Sold Lower on Ru.
tnors of Dividend Reductions.

mors OF Dividend Reductions.
New York, April Speculation at the
Stock Exchange during the first hour of
business was rather quiet, the changes,
except in a few instances, being confined
to the fractions. London adyices showed
little change in American securities there,
and local commission houses had few or
ders. Shortly after the opening the bears
attacked Jersey Central, Western Union
and Leather preferred, and succeeding in
breaking prices l 1-Sai 3-S per cent.
Western Union was sold down to 20 I-2
on the revival of the rumors of probable
reduction in the dividend rate. The di-
reetors will not take action on the matter
for some time yet. Jersey Central dropped
i Ia to II ga and Leather preferred
/ Is to 81 6-S. Manhattan lost about a
point and was more active, but the changes
i'm the general list were merely fractional
Toward / O'Clock some of the smaller
shorts attempted to turn paper profits into
cash, and a rally of 14a1 IA per cent fol-
lowed. Jersey Central was notably firm
at this time. The trading throughout the
early session WAS light and almost cn-
tirely protest. onal The market at IL
O'Clock was quiet and firm.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
Pronertv Owned by Charities.

In response to request submitted un-
der dateof the eth ult., the Commissioners
today forwarded TO the Hon James Nc
MILAN, chairman of the Joint select Conn
mittee to investigate charities, state
ment of the property in the District owned
or held by charitable institutions and ex-
empt from taxation, together with the
assessed value of such property and the
names of the owners The list embraces
thirty separate pieces of property, rang
ing in value from $1,774,750, the Sol
diers' Home, down to SLAP, the Female
Union Benevolent Society's property. The
total valuation, including improvements,
is about $6.6s9 1892.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
JOHANNES BRAHMS DEAD.
He Was Noted German Musician
and Composer.

Vienna, April 3.-Johannes Brahms, the
noted German musician and composer. died
here this morning, aged sixty-four years.
Johannes Brahms was Eorn in Hamburg,
May Z, 1888, and received his musical
instruction from his father, who was
member of an orchestra. After several
years as a director of music at the court
Of Lippe- Delmold, he devoted some time
to study and composition in Hamburg.
He moved to Vienna in 1862, where he
reInaineda year Hethep visited Hamburg,
Zurich and Baden Baden, returning to
Vienna in 1863.
From 1872 to 1874 he was conductor
of the concerts of the Society OF Amateur
Musicians. Later he resi- ded for some time
near Heidelberg, but reformed to Vienna
in 1873 to make it his permanent home
Among his compositions are the 'Deutsches
Requiem" "Rinaldo," cantata: ''Schick-
salslied, 'Triumphlede,'' -" Rapsodie"
from Goethe's "HartZriese," besides many
songs, duets, choruses, concertos, trios, etc.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
coxFEssEs TO MANY MURDERS.
Buster Says He Belonged to Gang
Organized to XIII.


Charleston. W Va, April 3.-Lloyd Bus
ter, who is N Jail, charged with assisting
Wiley Lewis, the chief OF the Montgom-
cry gang of murderers, To blow up Ches-
apeake and Ohio Railroad bridge. has gone
into the confession business also, and yes
terday told the officers of eight murders
committed in Ohio by Lewis and others,
including himself, all of them for plum
der He also told them that four men had
been killed by the same gaDgin the Kama
wha Valley. Four of the Ohio murders
were committed in Columbus, where the
victims were suffocated in close room
with natural gas.
The authorities refuse to give out all
the details of Busters confession, but IL
is the most startling information yet rt@
ceived in connection with the Montgomery
murders. There is great uneasness among
the Fayette county authorities, for fear
the people in Jail there viii be lynched.
The people Of Fayetteville are greatly
incensed against the gang, and a leader
would find ample folio wing. Gov. Atkin-
son and Adj Gen. Appleton have been
apprised of the danger, and are ready to
send soldiers at moment s notice
James Eaton. of Powelton, has offered to
reopen the Straughton coal mi1e, where five
bodies are supposed to be hidden, and Will
begin work today The Cochran murder is
still mystery, though the officers have re-
ceived hints that the body was weighted
and thrown into the Kama wha River. Lewis
and Slaughter have today admitted par
ticipatiug in the murder of DIR. A E. Auitz,
for which Clendennin is now in the peni-
tentiary for life. The officers also know
they killed DIR. E. Davis two years ago, and
have good evidence that the gang made
away with Saloonkeeper James Thomas,
who mysteriously disappeared with $500
in his pockets last year.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
NOT INsULTED BY TURKS.
Russian Consul Denies a Rumor as
a Greek Invention.

ST. Petersburg, April 3.-The Russian
consul at Jauina writes that 1t is untrue
that he has been insulted by Turkish
troops. He states that this story is
probably Greek invention.
In reply to the Greek assertions that the
Macedonians will rise upon declaration OF
war, the wish alone seems father to the
thought The Prince OF Bulgaria and
Premier Stoiloff are resolved that no up
rising shall take place IL they can help IL
In Bulgaria there is certain popular
feeling every spring toward stirring up a
Macedonian agitation, but NJ. Stoiloff is
able to hold his own against the opposition
party. He considers that the wisest policy
is to support the prince and stanchly aid
the pow ers in the cause OF peace now, In
order that Bulgaria may have stronger
claim later.
Seryia is pledged to follow Bulgaria's
lead Only in case Of massacres taking
place would either of these powers move.
The evening times., 1897-04-03

Had Been Suspended From Cobb In
titute for April Fool Franks.

Had Been Suspended From Cobb In
titute for April Fool Franks.
Athens, Ga, April 3.-The young ladies
who were suspended from the Lucy Cobb
Institute by the principal, Mrs. Epscomb,
did not leave for their homes this morning,
as had been expected. The sentence OF in
definite suspension was lifted by the board
of trustees, which decided that Mrs. Lips
comb had taken too serious view of April
pranks that caused the suspeni ion. Sew
eral of the parents OF the young ladies have
arrived in this city.
Thursday night Mrs. Lipscomb gave the
girls talkin the study hall. She reminded
them OF their breach of discipline, told
them she hoped and prayed they would
never be guilty of such conduct again and
bade them goodbye. They were then
told to pack their trunks and get ready to
60 home.
The girls were very much affected, and
for half an hour they cried and sobbed
aloud. Then the trustees took the matter
in hand. The trustees are: Messrs. A. l..
Hull, Lamar Cobb, John a Hunnicutt and
Billups Phinizy. The young ladies are
overjoyed at the turn which affairs have
til aken.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
PLANNING A GERMAN COLONY.

Capitalists To Start "A Beet Sugar
Factory Near Snow Hill, Md.
Snow Hill, Md, April 3-Six German
capitalists have been at Klej Grange, below
Snow Hill, this week, looking over the
Drexel estate with view to purchasing it
and starting a colony of German beet
farmers and erecting a large factory for
the man nufacture of beet sugar. The prop
ertv is in the hands of New York real
estate agents, who hold it at what the Ger
mans consider a fancy figure, but it is
thought they will be able to get together
on the price.
The plan Will he for the German farmers
60 till the land wiCh oxen and feed them on
the part OF the beet not utilize in the man
uracture of sugar, as is done in Germany.
The property in question was bought by
the late Joseph w. DreXel about fifteen or
twenty years ago, with the object of estab-
fishing a colony for overworked dwellers
In crowded cities. The estate was divided
into small parcels, which Nir. DreNel Of
fered for sale on ten years time. no cash
payment required in advance. Tenant
houses were erected, and a few latoring
men from New York and Philadelphia
took advantage of the literal terms Of
fered them. and bought parcels Of the
property AS a rule, however. they were
ignorant OF farming methods. and soon
delivered up their purchases and drifted
back to more congenial work
IL is said the property cost Mfr. DreXel,
all told, 500, GOO. including the improve
ments he made. There are about 5000
acres in the body OF land, part OF which
borders on the Pocomoke River. Since Mr..
Drexel's death ii has been in the hands
Of Mrs Drexel and Mr. william ]. Arkell,
OF Judge, as trustees. The estate is looked
after in Worcester county by William c.
Tarr, the local agent.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
Lawmakers TO Play Chess.

London, April 3.-Tbe chess playing
members of the House OF Commons held
meeting last evening to discuss a proposal
made by Mfr. John Henniker Heaton, NJ.
p, for Canterbury, that an attempt be made
Go arrange a match with players who are
members OF the American House OF Repre-
sentatives Subsequent to the meeting Mr..
Ueatoa sent q cable dispatch to Mr.. Rich
mond Pearson, Congressman from North
Carolina, asking him TO see If a match on
lines indicated in the dispatch could he ar
ranged. If the match is arranged it will
he the first time in history that d game
has been played by representatives of two
parliamentary bodies.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
CENTENARIAN DEAD.
Uncle Josie Field Became a Bride
groom at Seventy-five.

Red Bank, N. j., April 3.-Joseph Field,
familiarly known as ''Uncle JOSIE" the
oldest inhabitant of Monmouth h county, died
at his home in Middletown, short dis
tance from here, Thursday night. He was
born on September 26, 1892. The old man
had been falling during the past three
weeks.
"Uncle Josie" was born in Mddletown
and resided there all his life, with the
exception of short time while he was
in the produce business in New York. He
did not marry until he was seventy five
years of age. Then he chose as his wife
Miss Euretta Hedden, who was fifty years
his junior The couple had three children.
Mrs. Field died, but the children are all
alive.
Field was the owner of a farm consist
ing of 400 acres, and he worked every
day on the farm until he was LOO years
old
The evening times., 1897-04-03

healthier-anyway, doctors did not insist
on such things so much. That sort OF
treatment was not "fad " as it is to-day.
Many a woman goes on suffering tortures
in silence because her natural modesty
prevents her taking the step she knows
will follow when she calls on a doctor.
There is relief for these women and 9TH
ers. 1t is in DR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. This is an absolutely certain
remedy for all the weaknesses and dis
eases of woman's peculiar organs. 1t is
the preparation of an eminent and sue
cessful specialist regularly graduated,
experienced and skilled physician, who
has for over thirty years made speciality
of diseases of women. This is the only
medicine for women that emanates from
such as urce. 1t is sold by all good drug
gists, d its sales amount to more than
the combined sales of all other prepara-
tions designed for the same purposes.
HEAD HEAvY7 Do YOU feel sleepy and sluggish
and half-dead all days Is your sleep restiessf
Do you have bad drearls7 Does little exertion
tire YOU out Are YOU short-winded? Do you
have palpitation of the heart? If YOU do, you
probably need DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. All
of these symptoms come from constipation more
frequently than they do from any other caust
Ninety nine times in a hundred Dr. Pierce
Pleasant Pellets will cure them by curing consti-
patton. The Pellets" are the only absolutely
permanent cure for this prevalent disorder.
They are tiny, sugar coated granules and little
vial holds forty of them. One Pellet Il gen
as laxative and TIVE mild eathartie
The evening times., 1897-04-03
THE BICYCLE RACE.

don. Gordy gave his age as thirty-five
years and his home as Georgetown. He
told the minister he was IA winower, gave
his fathers name as Peter Gordy and his
mothers maiden name as Rebecca Collins
Mrs. Lewis gave her residence as 2613
Eighth avenue, New York, heT age as
thirty years and her maiden name as
Grunert She told the minister she was
born in Milwaukee and was the daughter
OF John Grunert.
Attorney General White says the proof
of this marriage is the last LAX in the chain
of circumstantial evidence against GoTdy.
Forty witnesses have been summoned in the
case
The evening times., 1897-04-03
GoRDYs MARRIAGE RECORD.
Proof of His Marriage to Mrs
Lewis I'm New York.

Wilmin gton, Del, April 3.-Detective
Mcyey has transcript from the records of
the marriages reported to the health de-
partment OF New York city, which shows
that Estelle Mary Lewis and James Nc
Fa,lden Gordy were married there Febru-
ary 25 by Rev w. w. Moir, rector OF the
Church of the Holy Communion. Gordy is
row in Jail at Georgetown, Del, ON the
charge of numbering his wife
The witnesses of the marriage We're
George L. johnson and Gabriella *. Jor-
The evening times., 1897-04-03
SILVER MEN REJOICE.
Thank God for Deliverance From
"Cleveland's Accursed Reign.'

Thank God for Deliyerance From
"Cleveland's Accursed Reign."
Mexico. Mo, April 3.-The Jackson
District Free Silver Club of this county, at
a large meeting Thursday night, passed
the following resolutions by a unanimous
vote:
Resolved, By the Silver Political Club
of Jackson district OF Audrain county, Mo:
First That we reverently thank the
great and good God of causes and effects
for His pTolongation of time until He in
His mercy saw fit to unceremoniOusly choke
off the equity hero OF Buzzard's Bay by
cutting off his pIutocratic reign forever.
Second-That we believe that no man
ever left the Presidential chair so utterly
despised by so many people, not even ex-
cepting the ursuTper, r r. Hayes.
Third That the governor OF Missouri
appoint IA day of fasting and prayer for our
deliverance in the opportune time from
the accursed reign of Grover Cleveland
The evening times., 1897-04-03
THE LAST DAY OF THE RACE
All the Contestants in Unusually
Good Spirits.
SCHOCK KEEPS UP THE LEAD
Alberts Pushing Him Closely, With
Golden on tn e Latter's Heels, Law
son u Good Fourth, and Cassedy
Not Far Behind the Swede RI
vierre's Funny Fall.

AS the last hours approach of the great
six-day-go-as-you-ple bicycle race, which
will wind up in Convention Hall tonight at
midnight, the spirits of the contestants be-
gin to rise, and corresponding increase
in their form is noted. This is particu-
larly true OF Schock, the old stager, who
at any time since his great twenty-four
hour ride last Tuesday. p
The evening times., 1897-04-03

son passed his / 800 mile post, and he,
too, received an ovatpn fqpn his adj
mirers. Shock tally Showed 900 miles
at 1913. The score bit ] O'Clock stood:
schock, 500 miles Alberts, ,545, laps;
Golden, 1921, 8; Lawson, l,5o4, 8;
Cassidy, All, 8 Rivierre, ,Q64, g; Ford;
$50, Z; Muller, 100, 81 u
The O'Clock score was:
schock, 1 600 miles; Aiberts. .557 miles
6 laps; Golden, ] ,533 miles laps; Law
son, ,516 miles 4 laps; Cassedy, ,5S3
miles / lap; Rivierre, 1,075 miles; Ford,
$50 miles laps; Muller, 80 miles 8
laps.
AT that hour only Cassidy and Riyierre
were on the track.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
MISS ROBINSON A LAWYER.
she Made Trouble in Ohio While Nc
KinIey Was Governor.

New York, April 3.-Miss Nellie G.
Robinson, the first woman 20 practice
law in the court of special sessions, made
her initial appearance before that court
Yesterday Miss Robinson was assigned
to the case Of Edgar Bauer, pedler, ac-
cused of stealing crate of Strawberries.
She was admitted TO practice in the New
York courts last August, on motion, hav-
ing practiced for three years in the Ohio
courts During President Mckinley's term
Of governor in Ohio, Miss Robinson caused
a great row by insisting that she lie
granted q notary public's commission.
The governor refused, and she carried the
matter to the courts, and was finally
beaten in the United States courts. She
secured an adjournment yesterday of her
clients case until Tuesday next.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
Mr.. cleveland Going FISHING.

sandusky, Ohio. April 3.-The Pelee Isl
and Club will begin its send-annnal war
fare on the finny denizens Of the lake
about the 1st of May. Instructions have
been received at the club TO prepare a
room for ex-President Cleveland. who
will be a guest OF Victor Turner. OF Chi
oago, for a few days.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
ABUSE OF THE SICK.
Spanish Hospital Officers Arrested
For Serving Bad Food.

For Serving Bad Food
Havana, April 3.-Dispatches from Cien-
fuegos. province Of Santa Clasa, announce
that Captain General Weyler has ordered
the arrest and imprisonment Uf the chief
Of police there, SenOr Merina, several
police inspect ors and thirty-five other
persons.
The captain-general, While visiting the
Marine Hospital, which contained twenty
patients. made inquiries which elicited the
information that the TatiOns there Were OF
a poorer quality than those served in the
military hospitals, where there are 500
patients.
Thereupon he issued orders TO the effect
that, while all useless expenditure was 10
be avoided, all persons convicted If depTiv-
ing the sick Of what is due to them, WiQ
be severely punished.
The evening times., 1897-04-03
ApIoxaltd,s Tragic Death.

Chester, Pa, April 3.-Gray-haired John
Lindsay, of East Thirteenth street, went
to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad stationIn this city yesterday
afternoon 10 receive his invalid daughter,
Miss Rida Lindsay, who was on her way
from Asheville. " c. As Miss Lindsay was
assisted from the train she collapsed at the
sight OF her father and died at the station
a few moments later
The evening times., 1897-04-03
REJOICING IN MADRID.
Belief That the Philippine Rebel
lion Has Been Crushed.

lion Has Been Crushed.
Madrid, April 3.-Public enthusiasm here
is running very high over the news from
Manila of the Spanish victories in the
Philippines, resulting in driving the III
sursents ont Of Cavite, and the complete
capture Of the province by the governments
troops. 1t is believed here that these
Spanish successes have ended the war in
the 2 hilippines.
Gen Polavieia. the governor general OF
the Philippine Islands, who is awaiting
the arrival of his success or, Captain General
Primo de Rivera, is to receive the Laurel
Cross, and Gen. La Chambre. commanding
a division Of the Spanish troops in the
Philippines. is 10 be advanced in rank.
Col Cirujeda, who commanded The Span
ish forces in the engagement in the finar
del Rio province of Cuba, in which the in
surgent leader. Antonio Maeeo, was killed,
has been appointed adjUtant of the mi0-
tary household of the Queen Regent.