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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

last week when Anna Held retired from the
company or. account Of the failure of the mana.
ger 10 pay her salary, IL was believed that the
s,tuhuon was serious. II became known that
the employees OF the theatre were unpaid and
She new OF tho assignment has been expected
"A very characteristic story was told OF MT.
Hammerstein the other day in. connection
with his row over Anna Hcld's salary. Some
thing was said about his management Of the
Oh very WE'LL" the manager said, II can't
manage the Olympia, / guess. But I built it
up and I can burn 1t down"
lie grew violently excited, seized . piece OF
paper, and rolling Into a lighter stuck 1t up, nt
an electric light that was covered by a globe;
Mr.. Hammerstein saw how little, likelihood
there was of any confiagration so long as the
electric light was protected and he threw down
the paper with o smile.
But l won't burn it right now" he, said.
Held's manager. for $1,000 for breach of con-
tract and 10000 for general damages. Zeig-
field Is suing Hammerstein for S20,0O0. cuaran,
tee for atwenty-weeks, engagement and for Sloo
last night, backed by Miss Held, to provo that
IL was Mr.. Hammerstein who broke the con.
tract and discharged Miss Held. No. salaries
had been paid. he said, except for four days. and
high, MIR. Zeigfeld said. but he made an offer
to release Mr.. Hammerstein from, $4,000
Of guarantee. and to, close the con.
tract He also refused to allow Miss
Hammerstein was angry at this. and finally, put
an understudy In Miss Held's place, and told her
she was discharged. When Miss Held failed to
appear the audience demanded its money back.
Attempt. were then made at reconciliation with
Poupee' after " $50. q week understudy had
been put in her place."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
HUNTERS KILL 800 DEER.
Dennis Gray or say Vile Has n Ride on n Backs
Autlers-Two thousand Hunters Out.

Dennis Gray OF Say Vile Has y Ride ON n Bucks
Autiers-Two thousand Hunters Out.
Between two hundred and fifty and three hun
dred deer were shot in different parts of Long
Island on Wednesday. 1t is estimated that
fully two thousand hunters beat about the
woods, and that any deer are still alive to fur
nish sport Tor another Wednesday is due to tho
fact that the average sportsman OF tails region
doesn't invariably hit what no shoots at. II
every shot that was fired had brought down the
quarry tho trains wouldn't be able to bring in
the game. and venison would DO cheaper than
pork in the markets. By the time the other
Wednesdays in the month have passed-the
Long Island deer season consists OF W ednesdays
In November and no other days-some wise per-
sons will come along and locate claims for lead
mines in the places where the bullets have fallen
thickest.
In the neighborhood Of Say willie about seventy
deer were killed. The incident of the day was
the attempted abduction by a large buck Of
Dennis Gray. a young hunter with considerable
local reputation. After bringing the buck down
with his first shot, Gray ran over to where it
lay. but before he could get to it the animal
rose. The hunter instantly jumped at it. and
seized its ~antlers. So vigorously did the buck
shake its head that Gray found it expedient to
wind his legs around its neck and hang on with
all his strength. This would have done very
wei nhQ the animal reulalneu bCALlOQAry, Dut
instead 1t bolted for the woods. to the extreme
discomfort OF Gray, who vas afraid to drop for
fear of being trampled. Presently he bethought
himself Of his knife, which he succeeded in
drawing, and with 1t he cut the animals throat.
This involved a decidedly heavy fall for him.
but he doubled up and rolled. and suffered moth
ing worse than q hard shake up.
The Fur. Fin and Feather Club got twenty.
one deer. Patchogue hunters and visiting hunt
ers in that region brought down fully seventy
five head. Uncle Dan Holman. the oldest hunter
on Long Island, got one and wounded a second,
which some other hunter brought down. A
special train to Oakdaie carried a large party Of
hunters to the Montauk Point territory and 1t
10 estimate that 1000 hunters were on the
ground during the day. The few inhabitants
were afraid to venture from their houses. and
those who were obliged to be abroad affected u
mode OF progress much like stalking. running
rapidly for a few steps and dropping fiat upon
the ground whenever a gan was raised. The
Montalk Pointers are talking or a special Thanks
giving service that they all escaped with their
lives. More than 100 deer were killed on the
point,
Northside hunters killed n dozen in their
neighborhood, twenty was Riverhcad's score.
Three Lynbrook hunters were arrested for
p~oaching on the grounds Of the South Side
Sportsmen's Club, but were released on their
plea that they did not know they were trespass.
ing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
NEYADA CLUE n LOSER.
Its Secretary Hunts Up . ~PoughkeeDsio Man
who Gave Checks for His Leases ut Poker.

Eta Secretary Hunts Up . ~Poughkeepsie Man
who Gave Checks for His Leases ut Poker.
PoUsHKEEPsIE. Nov. "A dapper-looking
man, with black hair and mustachea and snap
ping black eyes. walked into the police station
this afternoon and asked acting Chief Welton
II he knew q man of the name of w. J. Reardon.
YES" replied the Chief; he is q well-known
builder here"
"well," added tho visitor. II have his check
for $40 on the Poughkeepsie National Bank,
and when I presented it for payment the cashier
said he had no account there and had never had
one, and that he did not know him. I have got
back protested"
To inquiry concerning his name and business
the man said he was J. i'm Keller, Secretary
of the Nevada Club, in the Hotel Metropole,
Forty-second street and Broadway. New York,
and that the checks represented Reardon's
"Reerdon and q man named schuSsldt came
down ( no from P asia kSslss . and won 1, $s2 G,} PLAY y
these check: represent Re9Fdon's losses; Ihave
game, I served a paper on SGhufeldt to-day. I
' Sss ! h as.I near e. &c. the sw M9f fFom n aeu @b snd I esu sfn
words on him: To- make those checks good I
Here Keller threw down a lot OF pawn tickets
on the Chiefs desk.
I've ran a club for business men, said Keel
eE. "Col. Bliss is President, and no will make
these men pay II IL costs him a thousand dollars.
We trusted them. They looked like respectable
men. While the guests Of the Nevada Clubthey
were in good company. and they abused their
privileges. Why, Capt. Sheehan drops in on us
to get a cigar sometimes. and once in u while he
pulls us, like he did a few days ago"
Chief Welton advised Keller 10 get a warrant
for Reardon's arrest 1t was refused by the Re
corder because the transaction took place IN
New York
The Nevada Club was raided on the night oil
Oct, Is on the complaint of a Brooklyn man.
calling himself Edward Ledeliey, who told
a poker game in the club rooms, which
are on the second floor of the Hotel Metropole
He said he did not care about the loss OF the
money. but wanted to get even because he had
TIE six men who were found in the clubrooms
were hailed to the West Thirtieth street station,
where they gave bail. They were discharged
| the next day when ar-aigned in the Jefferson
Market Police Court.
Manager Cornish Of the Hotel Metropole said
last night that Keeler was not connected with
the club, but the hotel clerk and others about
the place said that he was.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
At BAY IN IA TLOR,S HOTEL.
A Nurse and n Lawyer Sock yainIy TO Lur,
DIR. Winters Back to u sanitarium.

DIR. Frederick G. Winters of ls Patchen
avenue. Brooklyn. a patient in the River Crest
Sanitarium in Astoria, L. l., escaped from that
institution on Tuesday. and is now a guest in
Taylor's Hotel. Jersey City. He arrived at tho
hotel on Wednesday morning, and registered as
"F. G. WILDER. New York"
DIR. Winters was sent 10 the sAnitarium by
his relatives us n victim OF the cocaine habit.
A lawyer and a nurse from the sanitarium were
in Jersey City last night trying to get DR..
Winters to go back to the sanitarium. lie re-
fused to see them, and then they tried strategy.
An effort was made to coax him out OF the
hotel to the street. with the intention OF getting
up a fake fight with him ana having him ar
rested, so that he would be held AT the police
station, but he refused to leave the hotel.
Then a fake despatch was sent to him from
BROOKLYN asking him TO meet the sender at the
Annex ferry ON the Brooklyn side. Tho sender
OF the despatch made the mistake OF addressing
IL 10 the name under which DIR. Winters had
registered, and he realized at once that it was a
trap.
The nurse and the lawyer were at the hotel at
/ O'Clock this morning trying to devise some
scheme for getting DR.. Winters into their GUS
tody. DR.. Winters cOntid d to the clerk of the
hotel that some persons are interested in having
him incarCeratei. and that there are large
property interests involved.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
THIEF sTABs 4 WOMAN IN 4 STORE.
He Went Away without Taking AnsthinE-
Police Looking for Him.

Mrs. Martha Durrs. whose husband keeps q
small bakery on tho ground floor at 336 East
1O6th street, was stabbed five times in the left
arm and shoulder at noon yesterday by a man
who. she said. tried to rob the store. She was
alone in tho place. her husband having gone
downtown on business. when the man came In
and said: II want all the money you have
in this place, and ! want it quick" Her
first impulse. she says, WAS to move toward the
cash drawer and take hold OF 1t. Tho man
leaned over tho counter and tried to break
the drawer open, but she beat him on by
striking him In the face with ono hand as
she held the drawer with the other. The robber
then drew a jackknife ana stabbed her once in
the left arm Just above the elbow. She tried TO
get away by running into the bedroom In the
rear of the store, but the man followed her and
stabbed her four more times in the arm and
shoulder. The thief became frightened on Mrs.
Durrs ~fRinting, and ran out OF the place with
out robhing the cash drawer.
Mrs. Durrs WAS found unconscious twenty
minutes later by Mrs. Mctiowan. who lives on
the fourth floor of tho tenenIont. Mrs. Nc.
finding any one at the counter, walked back TO
the bedroom where Mrs. Durrs lay. An am
bulance was called from the Harlem Hospital,
and DR.. Hubby dressed Mrs. Durrs's wounds.
She refused to go to the hospital, Detectives OF
the East lO4th street police, station were mott.
fled. and they arc looking for the thief, whom
Mrs. Durrs describes as u man six feet tall, with
red hair and full beard, lie was dressed in labor
er's clothes and was very dirty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
HE BELIETES IN M4TRIMoNF.
Mayor zleEenhein Opens q Bureau I'm His
Onlce for Its Promotion.

Onice for ls Promotion.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. mayor Henry Ziegenhein
has established q gratuituous
bureau in his own office. He is placing CORE
spondents OF opposite sexes in communication
with one another. His enterprise owes its in
ception to a recent controversy over the pro-
posed appointment OF women in the street
cleaning department. To n delegation that
visited him in the interest of several female
candidates, Mayor Ziegenhein declared there
were 10000 young men In st. Louis who had
not married because they failed to find old
fashioned women.
Since then his Honor has been called upon to
furnish proof of this assertion. Women wrote
him describing themselves as particularly old
fashioned in their habits and inclinations, and
eager to wed men who sought wives of their
character. Following the publication Of these
missives came letters from bachelors anxious to
marry the writer's. One of the women corre-
spondents lives in Kansas City. Her letter ap,
peared to the Mayor 30 deserving OF attention
that he sent her address TO J. j. Hannigan, a
horseshoer, at Grand avenue and Market street,
in response to the %latter's earnest solicitation.
81 nm going to help the young people" Mayor
Ziegenhein says. Il believe in marriages and /
shall do all l can during my administration to
bring marriages about. i shall continue 10 send
deserving letters to deserving young men who
ask for them"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
MR. HArEMEYER HAD APPENDICITIS
Reported to Ne Recovering Nicely After 81
Operation Done on Monday Wight.

Reported to Ne Recovering Nicely After an
Operation Done On Monday Might.
Henry O. Havemeyer. President Of the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company, underwent an
operation for appendicitis at his homo. Pslmer's
Hill, North Greenwich, Conn.,. on Monday night.
1t Is stated that his condition. which was crit.
zeal up to Wednesday night, is now much inn
proved.
Rumors Of his sickness bave been current in
Wall street, but in Difference to tho wishes of
the family no public statement of his condition
was made until yesterday morning. when John
e Searles, Treasurer Of the American Sugar Re-
fning Company, sent out this bulletin:
NJ Havemeyer was taken i'll at his resi-
dence on Monday last. There was q consulta-
ton OF physicians, VINO pronounced his trouble
appendicitis. An operation was performed on
Monday night. 1t was entirely successful, and
Mr.. Havemeyer 10 doing splendidly. The re-
port from his physicians this morning is that
nothing moro favorable could be desired"
Mr.. Havemeyer returned from Europe three
weeks ago. When he was taken suddenly i'll on
Monday morning DR.. A. NJ. Hurlbutt of SIAM
ford was called in and Ave doctors were sum-
moned to . consultation. 1t was decided that
Mr.. Havemeyer had appendicitis and that an
immediate operation was necessary. This
operation was performed by DR.. Robert
Abbe of Is West Fiftieth street on Mon
day night, and was, it IL now thought, entirely
successful. Mr.. Havemeyer's condition was
critical up to Wednesday night, however. and
DR.. Hurlbutt was in almost constant attendance.
DR.. Able examined the patient yesterday. and
said his condition was as favorable as could DO
desired. Upon the strength of this assurance
Mr.. Searles issued his bulletin. and DR.. Hurlbutt
nlept at home last night for tho first time since
Monday. It was said at Mr.. Havemeyer's house
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
COAL GAS KILLS THREE.
An Entire Family Frustrated and Two More
May Vet Die.

LASsPoRp, Pa. Nov. 4.-Coal gas escaping
from an open stove in tho home OF Peter Chew
per, ON the outskirts Of this place. this mornin.,
will probably cause the death of live persons,
three being already dead. Mr.. and Mrs. Chew
per, their infant daughter Annie. and John
Stoplman, Mrs. Chewper's father. retired at 8
o'clock last night.
At 4 o'clock this morning when John Simon. a
boarder, returned home from work he placed a
bucket OF coal in the stove and left the lids open.
He then went to bed. At o o'clock this morning
a woman OF the neighborhood raped upon tho
door, and, receiving no answer, forced an en-
trance. She was almost overcome by The coal
gas. bu managed to reach the slceping npart-
ments, where she WAS startled TO find the occu-
pants In an unconscious condition.
Physicians were Immediately summoned.
Peter Chewper, Annie Chewper. and John Slopl.
man were dead and Mrs. Chewper and John
Simon unconscious. Physicians have labored
with the two latter all day, but have been
unable 10 revive them and their cases are hone.
less. A pet cat was found dead upon Inc floor.
The house Is u one'story. three.roOin affair and
! the deadly fumes OF the coal gas penetrated
every creyice.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
JUDGE PLEADS WITH A MOE.
Promises SWIFT Justice to Murderer Morgan
A LynchtnE Ayerted.

WI uhNtVo ~ NAotBuu-
A LynchinE Averted.
~PARKERsBURG. w. Va, Nov. 4.-Ripley. the
county seat Of Jackson county. has in its streets
an armed mob, which surrounded the Jail this
afternoon bent on overcoming the guards and
l~ynching John Morgan, who was captured in
the woods and brought to town.. He killed Mrs.
Green and son and daughter yesterday. Kate
Green, who escaped from him, died to-day Of
exhaustion and from wounds received at the
hands of Morgan.
When Morgan was brought to Ripley a mob
Of 400 men prepared to assault the Jail. Judge
Blizzard, who is holding court in Ripley. made
a personal appeal to the crowd. begging them to
let the law take its course. promising them that
he would summon o special Grand Jury. have
Morgan indicted and tried Immediately. and, II
found guilty. hanged in thirty days.
The Judges promises prevailed. and in less
than an hour the Grand Jury was called. In
an hour an indictment for murder was found.
The trial was set for tomorrow. Morgan has
confessed. He says he killed Mrs. Green and
the Others in self defence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
BROTHERS ENGINES WRBCKED.
Brakemen Left q Switch Open and . Serious
Railroad Coiision Followed.

Railroad Coliision Followed.
READING. Pa. Nov. 4.-Two brothers, On
gineers. Ben and Dan Klemmer. Of the Reading
Railroad. had q close escape from death at 9:2O
o'clock this morning. Ben Klemmer runs the
express train on the East Pennsylvania Rail-
road from Allentown to Reading. He was due
hero at 1O:15 o'clock. When he approached
Topton. twenty miles east Of here. he noticed an
open switch ahead Of him. He was coming ct Q
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES clip. He had just time
to reverse and put on brakes when his engine
ran on the siding and crashed into his brothers
engine on a through freight, that was standing
on the siding to allow the passenger train to
pass.
motives were wrecked. but the two engineers
escaped. The tender Of the passenger train was
driven into the baggage car. and the passengers
were hurled violently from their seats. Fireman
caught in the Week Of the tender and badly
hurt and burned. 1t Was some time before ho
was taken out. Harry Knecht, express messen-
ger. was caught in the baggage car wreck and
sustained a fve.inch cut on his head and severe
body bruises. The side of the car had TO- be cut
away to get Thin out. Mail Clerk George J. Kurf
jumped. and was severely hurt in his fall.
Newsboy Fair was severely rprained. A number
OF the passengers received sprains and scratches.
The freight engine had been run on the main
track for water, and when 1t was run back on
the siding ono Of the brakemen neglected TO close
the switch properly and the wreck followed.
Four OF the cars OF the freight were wrecked.
Travel was delayed some time. The two en-
gineers have been running for years on the
Reading, but never came so violently toget her
before. The weather was clear and the neglect
ed switch not twenty-five yards from the stand
ing freight train.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
FIRE FOUNTAIN IN WALL STREET.
Gas from n Leaky Main lGuited while work
men Were Digging Q Ditch.

Gas from n Leaky Main lgnited while work.
men Were DiEEinE . Ditch.
There was a fountain Of flame in front of 81
Wall street shortly after 8 o'clock last evening.
Workmen employed by the New York Steam
Heating Company. in order to repair some Of
the concerns pipes, dug down into the bed Of
the asphalt and made q ditch several feet deep,
which was lighted by gasoline torches.
Suddenly there was q puff of fire and the
eight ditchers leaped for their lives. They
were not burned, but dancing along the ditch
behind them were half a hundred forks and
peaks Of fire.
Gas from a leeky main had ignited. and as
the gas came up through the sand for a dis.
lance of twenty-five feet or SO, 1t blazed up FIVE
or six feet above the pavement level.
The workmen set to with their shovels and
Allied the ditch with the sand they had taken
out until the flames were smothered. Then q
Sergeant Of the Old Slip police station sent
word Of the leak to the Mutual Gas Company
and the Consolidated Gas Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
TRAIN LEAPS INTO RIVER.
FOUR LIVES LOST IN AN ACCIDENT
NEAR cHARLoTTsvILLE, w..

Arie on n on the Chesapeake ana
Ohio Itaiiread Dreats and the EnEine ana
Three Carr PlupEe late the River-A
Doscn Persons wcro Hnrt-othensAcctaents,
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 1.-The "F. F. ""
through vcstibulo train from Cincinnati to New
York, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
plunged into the Rvanna River about throo
miles east OF Charlottesville to-day shortly after
noon. -Four persons were killed outright and q
large number OF persons were injured. At the
time OF the accident the train was one hour late
and was running at a high rate Of speed. Upon
rounding a curve on the banks OF tho river.
which is about 100 yards wide at that place, an
axle on the engine broke, and the engine, ten
der, mail and express car, combination car. and
day coach were thrown over the bank into the
river.
j. IL. Alexander. express agent. and n. ".
Berkeley escaped from u flooded car by crawling
through a window. The momentum Of the train
was so great that six cars were hurled beyond
the engine. A combination car and day coach
were thrown across the track against the river
bank. Several cars were piled upon each other.
Most OF the passengers were tound for Wash
ington and New York.
Three relief trains were at once sent to the
scene Of the wreck and six railroad surgeons and
fifty stretchers were ordered to be sent by special
train. Everything is being done for the injured,
who were taken to Charlottesville for treat,
ment.
Among the Richmond passengers on the train
were the Rev. DR.. A.. f.. Dickinson. the veteran
editor. and State Treasurer A. W. Hartman.
They were unhurt.
The names and addresses OF the dead and In
jured. so far as known, are:
Killed-Henry Burnett. negro porter; Merara
Andore, an italian woman, and her infant; p.
Mareno, Italian, died in Charlottesville.
1njured-Enginccr Duke, probably fatally;
Baggagemaster Peers, badly hurt internally; A.
Merara. Italian, badly injured: two small chill
dren were hurt dangerously; W. L. Goehner,
Stewards Draft, Va. right hand hurt; ]. NJ. Mil.
Ter, sleeping car conductor. dangerously hurt in
back; Richard Berkeley, express messenger,
bruised; J n. Haig. Baltimore, knee spraineds
Lee Crandall, Globe, Ariz., hurt on head; Mrs.
Bush. 81 West Thirty-frst street, Baltimore,
hurt about head and arms: J. w. Elder. WASH
ington. head and nose hurt: c. R O'Brien.
Louisville. Ky, cut on head; Jonah II. Hinckel.
Trenton, o.. left hip injured. One Italian child
is missing, and is thought to DO under the
wreck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
LEFT Il TRAIL OF DEATH.
A Train Kills Four Persons on Ono Run and
One Passenger Kills HinssIE.

DALLAS, Tex. Nov. 1.-THE west-bound pas
senger train on the st. Louis and Southwestern
road. known as the Cotton belt route, ran
over J. C. Beasley. an ex-section foreman. who
had fallen asleep on the track near Mount
Pleasant. He was killed instantly.
About thirty miles further west, near Green-
vile, three negro children were playing down
among the timbers Of a trestle bridge. They
scampered up to the track trying to escape.
They had not been seen by the train men and
were so close to the engine that they were run
over before being discovered. Two were killed
on the rails. The third died an hour later.
A few miles further west, near Wylie. . pas
senger named J. c. Davis entered a closet and
committed suicide by shooting himself through
the head. His home was at Cedar Hill, neaR
Dallas. His friends cannot account for his kill
ing himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
NO INITIATION FOR rAy WICK.
Ma yors-Elect. as such. DO Not DIIe with the
Chamber OF Commerce.

Justice Van Wyck. the Mayor.elect of Greater
New York, according TO present intentions, will
not be included in the list OF invited guests at
the Chamber OF Commerce dinner to be eaten In
Delmonico's new uptown place on Nov. 90. In
accordance with the custom OF the Chamber the
President and his Cabinet, the Governor, tho
Mayor, The cOmmRndant OF the Navy Yard. and
the East, United States Army, will be invited,
but it has not been The custom 20 invite Mayors.
elect. Mayor Strong is a member OF the Cham
Der. Seth Low is an honorary member and Will
ha In yiInh