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STAGE IABoRERs, ROWS.
Fresh Complication. for the Theatrical Froteo
tive Union.

Tho Theatrical Protective Union, which is en-
broiled with the Scenic Painters Alliance and
the Manhattan Musical Union. has got into a
new snarl. II was reported by Delegate Hou'
rihan Of the Electrical Workers Union. No. 3,
at the meeting of the Central Labor Union yes
terday. that a member OF his union had got q
Job rs electrician at the Metropolis Theatre,
l42d street and Alexander avenue. but was pro.
vented from taking 1t by the Theatrical Pro-
tcctivo Union, which IL composed OF stage mo-
chanics.
"In order to get the job, which begins to.mor-
row. Hourihan said. "he must join the The
atrical Protective Union. The union will not
take him in. although no IA IA competent man
and Is willing to pay the initiation fee
A discussion followed between the delegates
OF the two unions. The G. J.. L. then decided
Theatrical Protective Union should admit the
man In order that he could go to work."
Tho Grievance Committee then reported, on
the complaint OF the Manhattan Musical Union,
that the Theatrical Protective Union would not
order a strike in the Fourteenth Street Theatre
TO get tho control OF tho orchestra for the Man:
haitian. people. The committee recommended
that the Theatrical Protective Union should
support v the claims of tho Manhattan people,
that il, order n strike or stand suspended or OK
PEELED from the Q. L. L. The report was
adopted.
Amcoting of tho Theatrical Protective Union
was held yesterday afternoon at tho Elks Hall,
Twenty.scvcnt street and Broadway. 10 con.
slider the strikes of the members OF tho Scenic
Painters Alliance. The meeting was secret,
hu; II was stated that tho Theatrical Protective
Union would support tao alliance II necessary.
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OBITCARE.

Capt. J. b. Donally. ex. United States Marsh Il
for Louisiana. died yesterday at Pass Christian,
Miss. aged 90 years. He was q native OF Cali.
polls. o., but went South as a boy. He entered
the Confederate Army and rose to q Captainoy
In the Fifticth Alabama Cavalry. After tho
war he engaged In planting In northern Louis.
lana In 1888 Gen. Harrison offered him tho
place OF United Statos Marshal. Donally
soon became the leader of the conservative. or
sugar planters branch OF the Republicans. He
was Chairman OF the Republican Executive
Committee in 1896, and managed the State cam
paign with great viGor. He was n delegate to
the st. Louis National Convention last year.
Donally WAS II candidate for Collector OF the
port, and whom he visited Washington recently
President Mckinley. who was his personal
friend, rendered him any other Federal office In
Louisiana except that. Donally. however. per-
sisted IN demanding the Coliectorship.
William Hinchman died suddenly on Satur-
day al his home at 20 Grove street just after
his return from Buffalo, where he had repre-
iran Army encampment. Mr.. Hinchman was
born in Hyde Park, y. !. Having come TO this
city he was appointed. when 81 years old. a
policeman Of the old municipal force. When
the civil war broke out he enlisted in the fifth
Duryea Zouaves, lie lost an arm IL the baltic
was discharged from the service. After that no
kept a grocery in the Nin,h ward, He was an
active Hepublic a. an ana a, belonged ., Ion y .nd TO o TIE he,pusIi,
Club. His age was W years.
The Hon Alexander Hamilton Palmer died at
his home In Conkling Vile, Saratoga county,
yesterday, aged 90 years. He was born In Dur.
ham, y. ". and many years ago represented
Columbia county in tho Assembly. During the
war he was a Provost Marshal. For twenty
years he served AS internal. revenue collector.
Ho is survived by an only child. Mrs. NJ. II. vii
cox Of Saratoga Springs.
Henry Hoffman. II retired machinist of Brook
lyn. died In the Saratoga Hospital on Saturday.
OF the effects of an accident which he sustained
on Aug. IA. He fell down a iiRht in tho hotel
In which he WAS staying and was unconscious
for several days aftcrward. Death was due 10
| cerebral hemorrhage. He had been an annual
visitor at Saratoga for more than u quarter OF a
century.
Information was received In Jersey CITY las
| night that the Rev. j. Lester Wells, assistant
pastor OF the Tabernacle. had died suddenly at
vacation. Mr.. Wells was about as years Old
lie had hecn associated for several years with
the Rev. DIR. John l.. Scudder. pastor Of tho Tab
ernacle. and had special charge OF the Peoples
Palace.
Miss Kate Goulding. sister of s. GouldinR OF
IL West FOrty-sscOnd street, New York CITY
died at the United states Hotel In Saratoga yes.
terday AS the result OF a complication OF heart
and Kidney troubles. Miss Goulding was about
55 years OF age and was In Saratoga for her
health.
Isaac N. Travis, Jr.. taxidermist at the Ameri.
can Museum OF Natural Hlstory in Central Park
died at his home in Orange. ". j. on SATURDAY
night OF pneumonia. He was "a years old and
unmarried.
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FAST TIME FROM HONOLULU.


voyage In hignt9 MN DAYS
There arc still a few Yankee sailing vessels
that go round the trouhlous Horn worthy OF tho
distinction OF being clssscd us clippers. One OF
them arrived here on Friday afternoon from
Honolulu. making tho best run from that port
that has been recorded since tho time when
Yankee clippers and packets held the worlds
records. She Is the four.mastcd oaken flyer
Susquchanna, and when she was doing her best
work, with the wind on the quarter. she spread
900 yards OF muslin" She will discharge
to-day 200 tons of raw sugar. which she
loaded at Honolulu.
Her time was cighty.nino days, which her
skipper. Capt. Joseph +. Sewall. says is tho best
made from Honolulu since the Sovereign OF tho
Seas, one Of Donald McKay's marvellous croa-
tions. did tho trick In eighty-two days. On that
memorable occasion, away back in the ifties, tho
Sovereign OF the Seas covered 436 mile in one
day, and her average for four days, when she
was reeling of the knots ut steamship speed,
was 39S miles.
In these unromantic times OF engineers and
coal shovellers II Is seldom that even IL Yankee
carrier makes the time recorded, on the log of
the SusQuehanna. She covered the distance
from Honolulu to the Horn in forty.scven days.
She was thereabouts on July I, and the day was
celebrated by n dinner to the whole ships com
pany of thirty men, consisting OF roast pig, fresh
vegetables and punch. West of tho Cape the
ship ran into bad weather and reduced canvas.
She was backing and hlllng for ten days.
Then she struck favorable weather, and for
nineteen days her average was 2l0 knots. Her
best days run in these nineteen days was 27O
knots. She was only twcnty-three days getting
from the equator TO Sandy Hook. She had brisk
southerly winds in the South Atlantic and light
southerly winds in the North Atlantic. She
sailed from Philadelphia to Japan. thence to
year. which is pretty swift travelling even for a
four-masted clipper.
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MAY RELEASE GEORGIA coNTIoTs.
a Court Decision That Seems to Give Liberty
to Many Men In the Camps.

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. 29.-The recently discov-
cred decision by tho Supreme Court, which
makes illegal all contracts leasing misdemeanor
convicts to private individuals has placed the
State in an embarrassing position. Under the
circumstances, habeas corpus proceedings will
release from private confinement any one OF
these convicts. and the State Administration Ia
trying to find some way out Of the difficulty.
Its only hope lies in the fact that most of the
convicts in question are negroes. who hnvo not
money enough to employ attorneys TO handle
their cases. Those who have money enough can
break their shackles very quickly.
A case in point is that Of a negro named James
Miller, who was convicted recently OF larceny
In Terrell county and sentenced to twelve
months service in the chain gang or to pay a
fine of $50. He did not pay tho $50, and the
Sheriff OF the county sold him to a private con.
tractor named J. W. Tatum for $40. Tatum
runs a turpentine distillery and expected to
have the use OF the negro's services during the
twelve months sentence.
A firm Of lawyers learning Of the brutality
exercised in the private convict camps brought
habeas corpus proceedings for the release of
Miller. and the prisoner was taken before
Judge Sheffield. The lawyers made the point
that when the Sheriff received So for the sale
of Miller's body his fne OF $50 had been paid in
full. and that no should have been set free at
once. The Judge took this view OF the case and
the negro was turned loose. Similar proceed
ings are now threatened all over the State.
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NO GUNS FOE BOTS TO HANDLE.
Some Ladies' Arc WnlinE That Broomaticks
Should he Used for Drill Purposes.

Some Ladies Arc Willing That Broomsticks
Should Be Used for Drill Purpeses-
LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 29.-The State Woman's
Christian Temperance Union has determined to
have the arms removed out Of reach OF tho High
School cadets in the State public schools. This
plan was outlined after an exciting meeting of
members Of the order in the State which lasted
nearly all last night.
The ladies declare that the young men of tho
State should be taught peaceful methods. not
settling disputes. such as arbitration, &c. One
member wanted to substitute broomsticks for
guns in the hands OF the boy soldiers. II tho
school directors think tho drill OF the militia Is
so helpful in n physical way.
The women arranged for a vigorous campaign
to be conducted on these lines. The High School
boys OF Lincoln, Omaha. Beatrice and other
large towns OF tho State now have cadet COM
panies, differed by a Lieutenant Of the regular
army detailed for the purpose of instruction.
The cadets are said TO be quite proficient. and in
the case of an emergency might be depended
upon to do excellent military duty.
The W. G. 7. l.. OF Nebraska arc determined
that they shall be taught nothing in the schools
that Is not in conformity with Biblical teachings,
and they insist that this Is all included In tho
injunction of the Nazarine. who declared that
when smitten on one cheek the other should DO
turned.
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TREASURER GROCER IN HIDING.
Charges as 10 tho Use He Made or Some OF the
Loan Association Moneys.

TRENTON. N. j., Aug. 29-Constable BOLTON,
afternoon to arrest Peter w. Grocer. the de.
faulting secretary and treasurer of the two
wrecked loan associations. returned at 0 o'clock
this evening without his prisoner. BOLTON said
ne had not seen Grocer, blu. that he could find
MIN in two days. 1t Is believed that Grocer is
being hidden by his friends until arrangements
can DO made to secure bondsmcn. Bail in q
large amount will probably oe required, or no
WI DC arrested on charges Of embezzlement
mace by other stockholders.
1ohh n. Lindsay, the President OF the associa-
IONS, said tonight that he could not See where
tae missing money had gone. The association
tvyiaWs require the President to sign warrants
~ pay out money, and no had not. he said,
SS8EnnSG warrants to any such amount as
Seo.OO0; the amount OF Crozer's shortage.
saU"eyer' mas a large number OF notes and checks
growing large loans to Liuusay and to Edward
tions. o'''' VI IL a''o'~
Suit was begun yesterday by Counsellor Blu.
SSnn"nan against Evans for 81 ,427. There is about
yi,oVo more due by Evans. tho notes for which
npa'e moi matured. Col. Daniel Loder owes
T bo y Si,3oo on notes, and Capt. Matheson,
money from Grocer and left with him their
Su'cs, "h!ch have not been paid. Mathe3On
cae one OF the auditors who swors in 1894 that
S Nss D report lnade to the State Labor Bureau
slnouht OF bet ween r. 900 and IS. 600 are in The
possession 4f erozer's assignees.
nj - sara mere that General
EEonara 4; DonnellS Is propably entertaining
Gen "u ms summer resiC ence al Spring Lake.
SSrozeT. Constable Dolton was afraid Ia enter
t1Sen Dohneliys house In search OF Grocer. but
'AouSel ID Deing watched by special onicerA,
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sHor HIMSELF IN III BATHROOM:
A Stranger Commits. suicide in tho St. Charles
Notel In uaiIstun.

BALIsToS. y. V, Aug. CA man committed
suicide to-day in the bathroom of tho ST. Charles
Hotel by shooting n bullet through his head. He
is supposed 10 be F. S. Young OF Gowanda. n. Y,
but had n card in his pocket bearing the name of
Calvin D.. Young. Auburn, \. Y. He came here
about one month ago and registered at the Hotel
Medbcry under the name of f.. s. Young. He
stayed at the hotel one day only, after which
street and went every day to the St. Charles
Hotel to take a bath. He was apparently about
Is years OF age. and wore a light suit Of clothes
and cap. His face was smooth. with tho excep-
ton OF the chin. which had a beard Of ebouta
months growth. When found he had $50 in
his pocket and a diamond stud in his shirt front.
No ono knew him in town. and he has acted
strange since he has been here.
Coroner Varney of Saratoga Springs was sum-
moned and impanelled a jury. He decided 70
have n Photograph taken of the dead man and
try and find his relatives. after which no ad.
journed tho inquest until Tuesday afternoon at
4 o'clock
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81. LOUIS LABOR CONFERENCE.
The AssttnE to Discuss tho Miners' Strike and
Court In1unctions.

court hblunCtIOub.
d. LOUIS, Aug. 29.-whatis styled the United
Labor Convention will convene in this city to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock. when the Confer
enoe Committee will organize. Rumors have
been published to the effect that in
order to aid the striking coal miners the
labor convention will order Q general strike Of
all labor unions throughout the country. This
finds emphatic REPUTATION in the statement that
no powers have been granted any OF the dele
gates by their legislative councils to do moro
than attend the meeting in st. Louis and report
back TO their respective bodies tho sense Of tho
convention.
Conversation among many Of the local labor
leaders discloscs that the local unions. while
sympathizing with the striking miners. are op.
posed to a general strike. which would throw
cut their own member without any benefit to
the strikers.
They say that In order to be of any aid to tho
miners they must be at work themselves, and
that TO go out on strike would place them where
Besides, 1t would stop industries. whose closing
down would decrease the demand for coal.
which Wh,I Is the {. very thing Jhey do not want; .-,..
viii be declared, Secretary steinbess Of the local
building trades council said tonight that a
unihcation of all the big labor organizations OF
the country to combat tho practice OF govern
Furthermore. Secretary steinbess said that a
national convention of citizens, irrespective Of
their utilization with Ia hor unions, would doubt
less be called to make vigorous protest against
goyernment by injunction.
while these questions will receive considera-
uon. the convention will undertake to aid tho
coal miners. Probably an assessment OF all mem
oers OF labor organizations now at work will be
recommended.
j. R. Sovereign, Master Workman Of tho
knights of Labor. arrived from Arkansas this
evening. Eugene v. Debs. the Social Democ-
fa9y. Samuel Gompers of the Federation of
lAhnF pFAaiHanf PutrIFnrI and Garratnr -,
Pearce Of the United Mine Workers are eI-
pected TO reach here in the morning.
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SHOT HIMSELF AFrER STEALING.
A catcher who Had Robbcd His Employe ere
Attempt suicide.

Morris Levy. ls years old. OF 81 East Fifty
second street, attempted yesterday TO commit
suicide at tho Bellevue Lodging House. $40
Bowery. by shooting himself IN the left breast.
Levy had stolen SIS from Lyman s. Co. where
he had been employed as a butcher boy. and had
been discharged by them.
With the 1ittlc money that was left him no
bought q 22-calibrc revolver. and at z o'clock
yesterday morning shot himself. lie left W
~ietters. one OF them TO the son Of his former
employer begging that he be forgiven for having
robbed his father. The second letter was adj
drelsed to his parents. II read as follows:
DEAR PARENTS. SISTER. AND BROTHER: FH.
cuse mo what I done. couldn't help II. II was
always in my head to have money. l wished I
had never gonc in the butcher business. Better
for me to die. Your son. MoRRIs.
Don't think | was crazy when | did it."
He was removed 10 Bellevue Hospital, where
II was said that his wound was serious.
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A Reception and Races Arranged BY the
Brooklyn battalion.

BROOKLYN battalion.
The first division of the Brooklyn Naval Bat
talon will give "a reception to Neptune and
Amphitrite' at the camp at tho foot of Fiji
teenth avenue. Bath Beach. on Saturday. Sept.
IL. There will be a regatta in the afternoon.
The first race will be for eight-oared shells, tho
contestants being members of local boat clubs. A
cutter race will follow. The four competing
crews Of tho first division will be commanded
respectively by Acting Quartermaster f. j.
WEIGH, Q~uartermaster Sam Crossing. Boat
SWANS Mate w. II. Griffith, and Torpedoist
Jacob w. LnDgthorne. The winning crew will
row q crew from each OF the other two divisions
for the battalion championship.
In the third event several whaleboats and cut
tiers will be anchored about 100 yards from the
shore. Masts will be stepped and sails furled.
The crews will remain In their tents until the
order. Man the bonts!' 10 given. Then. in full
uniform, the mon will race down the long pior.
dive overboard, swim to their boats, weigh
anchors, and. after setting the sails, start ON q
boat race down the bay. When the boats return
the men must furl sail, swim back to the pier,
run to the camp, and fall In for muster. The
first crew In line will be the winner.
Several hundred members OF tho New York
and New Jersey reserves have been invited.
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ROUNDUP OF sCORcHERs.
BicJ clists on n Tandem Nabbed AFTER n Cha
on Riverside Drive.

BicJ ciists on n Tandem Nnbbed After q Chase
on Riverside Drive.
George Kurtz OF 922 Eighth avenue and
Arthur Hurtig OF 357 West Fifty-sixth street
scorched along Riverside Drive. near Grants
tomb. on a tandem yesterday at a rate of speed
that aroused tho Ire of the policemen who saw
them. A mounted policeman started in pursuit,
but, being unable to overtake the tandem, he
shouted to the policemen along the way and
they. too. Joined in the chase. All the bicyclists
on the Drive followed in long procession.
When the tandem turned from Riverside
Drive into tho Boulevard tho crowd followed.
Over the rough pavement OF 18th street tho
tandem bounded like u rubber ball. The
scorchers finally sought the park as their last
refuge, only to find Park Policeman O'Rourke,
mounted on q wheel. lying in wait for them.
They were nabbed and locked up In the West
While Bicycle Policeman S. Whitman was
standing at Twenty-sixth street and Eighth ave-
hin. The policeman, who Is known as Ajax"
called TO him to stop.
ri nI see II s yoa t haTe 10 ePa aesw rsp.ae a. the e6 %Hn.
man. mounting his wheel and starting after the
Scorchsr. The man was a fast rider. AND he led
street, however. he gave In and was taken to the
Yves: Thirt!sth street station. He described
tice. Of AIS East Thirteenth street.
I've got an appoinIment with q friend at
fllth-nlntn street ana Eighth avenue for $780,"
he said, and I'm behind time. That's why l
scorched."
His excuse was not accepted and he was
forced to leave his wheel as bail. When he
went away he said that he thought he would not
find bis girl thero when no reached Ffty-ninth
street.
Bicycle Policeman Ormsby saw q triplot rid
den by three mon go down tho Boulevard last
evening faster than tho law allows. He started
to chase the triplet at Elghtieth street and
Overlook 1t az seventy;afth street, He arrssLod
l2oth street and Robert T. Dodge and Henry
Schaeffer of 23l West 12Oth street. They left
the bicycle at the West Sixty-eighth street po-
lice station As bail.
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Drowned Herself In n Clstern.

SARATOGA, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Cora VandGrbur9
Haskins committed suicide Mt Schuylerville to-
day. She was missed By her hu shand, William
Haskins. who aftcrward found her body in .
cistern. Mrs. Haskins was about 30 years of
age and WAS subject 10 fits. She drowned her
self, it is believed. while mentally dCraUEcd.
Mrs. Haskins was n daughter ~ tho late
Nicholas Nandcrburg OF Northumberland. Her
father also met death in a well. He descended
into a cistcrn TO clean II, and Was overcome BY
foul gases, His wife. who tried 10 rescue him,
also fell in and was rowned.
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Fourth Avenue Tunnel to He Closed.

The Fourth avenue tunnel will be closed Tues
day morning ana will remain closed until the
work OF changing the roadbed for tho new un.
derground trolley system on that part OF the
Fourth avenue road has been completed. This
is made necessary by the impossibifity of LAYING
a temporary third track In the tunnel.
President Vrt eland expects that by working
iShed In fifteen dAyh
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Demeutcd Adam SCHROEDER Tries Four Timss to
Hang Himself

Adam SCHROEDER. GO years old. of II Cleveland
avenue, Harrison, y. j., mado four attempts 70
commit suicide by hanging last night. Twice
he was cut down by n ncighbor named Fender
CAST. who happened to glance through the opon
door Of the apartments and SAW SCHROEDER hang.
inS from n closet door.
Pendergast told Schrobcr's family and Schro-
her was watched. He managed, however, to
evsde suspicion twice by ~fcigning slccp.. A $
soon as the coast was clear he would swing htm'
self off again. Each time, however. he WAS do
tected and cut down. 1t is believed that he 10
crazy.
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Conditional Acceptance OF the Torpedo Roat
Dupont.

WASHINGTON, Aug, 29.-The preliminary ao-
ceptance of tho torpedo boat Dupont. built by
the HerreshoTs. has been recommended by the
inspection board, with final acceptance subject
to repairs to her condensers. 1t is estimated
that those repairs will cost S5. 900, but tho build
ers decline 10 make them. The Navy Depart
ment will send officers TO examine the con-
densers, and will deduct the amount necessary
for tho repairs from that portion Of the contract
price not yet paid.
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Fell from Cable Cara.

In aliRhtlng from a cable car at Twenty.fourth
street and Third avenue last evening Margaret
Dunworth OF 81 Lexington avenue slipped. and
falling, fractured three OF the bones of her right
foot. She was taken TO bellevue Hospital.
Joseph Hughes OF 6l3 East 10th street fell
from a cable car at Lexington avenue and
T,wenty-hfth street last evening and broke his
left knee cap.
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SWEENEY's BLOW KILLED RAN.
The Outcome or - Quarrel In = salssn Near
the bridge station In Brooklyn.

" OutComo VI u SuSrFo IN y balooA Near
the bridge station In RrooLiyn.
The man who was struck in the back of the
head by John Sweeney of II high street at
Washington and High streets. Brooklyn, on
Saturday night. died at the Brooklyn Hospital
at O'Clock yesterday morning. He was identi
fed as Thomas w. Ryan. 81 years old, OF Thir
teenth avenue and Sixty-fourth street. an agent
for the Judge Publishing Company. He visited
the saloon in Sands and Washington streets on
Saturday night He and Sweeney had several
SSr snen,v and N bt then hon R :. a. H. 4 las Is said, accused
When no left the saloon Sweeney followed
and in front Of tho bridge police station struck
Ryan fell, and Sweeney ran away. When
Sweeney was arrested he acknowledged that he
struck Ryan, and said he did 30 because he had
been wrongfully accused OF committing a crime,
Ryan leaves a wife. two sons, and a daughter
Sweeney was held by Justice Bristow in the
Adams Street Police Court yesterday on the
charge OF homicide.