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IN FAVOR OF GOOD ROADS.
Farmers Stirred Up on the Qu~ention-They
Favor the IItgbie BiIl.

ALBANY, Nov. l9.-Mr. J.. d. Collins. editor
ofthe Farmers Union -idrocdte, has secured
from farmers and other Interested persons
throughout the State their opinion upon the
good roads question and the manner in which
it should BIO brought to the attention Of the
next Legislature. He says that the conccnsus
Of opinion seems to favor the Good Roads bill
introduced at tho last session Of the Legisla-
turc by Senator Higbic and Assemblyman Arm
strong, which was Endorsed by tho l.. A. w.
The bill will be introduced at the next session
in an amended form to meet the object ons
made to it. Instead of providing for q commits
sion Of three members at II salary of $1,000
each. provision will be made for one Good Roads
Commissioner al n salary Of $1,000.
would be more effective If the provision regard.
ing the apportionment of the expense OF road
construction were changed 30 that the State
would pay 90 per cent, tho county 70 per cent.
and the town, and the property admitting the inn
proved road each l2ia per cent. 1t is contem-
to dcfray the States share OF the expense of
constructing good roads by one.half. or to
100000.
In speaking OF the position of the farmers on
the good roads question, Mr.. Collins tonight
said: The fact that the farmers as a class are
good roads is a matter OF congratulation TO
those interested in the subject, and there is but
little doubt that tho present agitation will re-
suit in Il law which will combine elements which
long have been desired"
Mr.. Collins says that as yet no opposition has
Giles 81 each TO secure funds to construct good
roads.
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AMERICANS IN CUBAN PRISONS.
All Except One. Louis sornelinn, Have Now
Been Released.

All Except One. Louis Sornelinn, Have Row
Been Released.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 19.-In announcing that
tho release Of the Competitor prisoners marked
the liberation of every American citizen from
Spanish prisons In Cuba the State Department
overlooked the fact that Louis Sornelian, also a
citizen of this country, was still held under mr.
rest. There is little likelihood, however, that
Sornelian will be kept in confinement much
longer, as the Spanish Government has decided
to abandon the prosecution of all Americans
arrested up to the present time. The statemen
prepared by the department shows that since
March 4 last twenty-seven American citizens, in.
Guiding all then In prison except Sornelian, have
been set at liberty. Five days after President
Mckinley was inaugurated Spain released An.
tonic S. Del Villar. and the others were liberated
In rapid succession during the following months.
The then Conservative Ministry was impressed
i~stration intended to take vigorous measures in
regard to Cuba, and sought 10 placate the United
States by turning loose all citizens of this coun-
try against whom it did not have good cases.
The list OF Americans released is as follows:
Sylvester Scovel. Frank j. Larrien, Oscar Ces-
Cazanas, Jose D. Amieva, jose Gonzales. John
7; Kelley. George w: Aquirre. J. l.. Cepero, jose
villar,. Francisco MILAN. Wages Remedios,
MANUEL Ruiz Porras, 4. G. Betancourt, George
Newton, Pedro Manuel. Hernandez Monies.
Frank Thomas Julio Sainz. Alfred
baborde, William Gtldea, Ona Melton, Charles
Barnett, and William Leavltt. All except An
tonic Del Villar, who was held at Cienfucgos,
were confined in Havana prisons.
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BIG FLOODS IN WAsHINGToN.
No Overland Trains Arrive Mt Tacomn-The
Tracks Under Water.

TACOMA. Nov. 18.-Heavy rains for four days,
accompanied by chinook winds, have caused
tho west Washington rivers to overflow thor
banks, carrying away bridges and fences, cover
ing railroad tracks. and causing much damage
to property. The Snoqualmie. S~nohomish, Sui
tan, S~kykomish, White. and Cowlitz rivers are
out of their banks. During three days ending
last night over five inches Of rain had fallen
over the Puget Sound country. and the chinook
winds melted great quantities of snow in the
mountains.
The S~kykomish and Stillaquamish rivers are
higher than ever known before, and the Great
Northern track Is washed out between Sultan
and Index. The wires are down, and the condi-
ton OF the road beyond there is conjectural.
Stanwood, Snohomish county. is under water,
and every business house in Sultan has one to
three feet of water over the floors. At WenRt-
chez the storm was the worst ever seen there.
causing the Wenatchee River to rise seven feet
in six hours. Bridges across the White River
have been washed out on the Northern Pacific
thirty miles east OF Tacoma, causing a suspen-
sion OF traffic.
No overland trains arrived to-day on either
the Northern Pacific or Great Northern. Trains
from tho south are late tonight. The Northern
Pacific will send out trains for st. Paul via
Portland. using the o. and N. line between there
and Spokane.
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William l.. Proctor of Ogdcnsburg. N. Y.s
died at Lakewood, \. j., yesterday morning,
aged 80. For moro than thirty years he was
general manager Of th" Skillings, Whitney Sc
Barns Lumber Company, whose New York ofIco
il at ] Madison avenue. He WIS "A Presidential
Elcctor during the Harrison campaign and was
n delegate TO the 81. Louis Convention that NOM
mated President Mckinley. For several years
he had been "A member of The Republican State
Committee. He was instrumental in getting
the 81. Lawrence state Hospital located at OR-
densburg and he was President of the Board of
Managers at tho lime of his death.
The Rev. Nathan Tibbnls. the founder Of the
publishing house OF y. Tibhals Il Sons. died az
Gny nom" oa"i i 81 V ycbrs. a Hn " Was linr 1rn < ~ GiHffs ord
Conn. lie was active in the Methodist Episco-
pal ministry tor n dozen years. In lS1S no
founded the publishing house of y. Tibbals Sc
Sons. which subsequently became the Tibbals
Book Company. He leaves four sons and fouR
daughters.
The War Department has been notified OF the
sudden death OF l.icnt. y. b. Jackson, Ninth
Cavalry, Mt Lincoln. Neb.
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concert BY the PspIls OF tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Croditnbie Performances.


The pleasant occasion which was celebrated
iost evening In Carnegie Hall BY an agreeable
ana interesting concert was the tenth ami
versary of Mr.. Alexander Lnmbert's dictatorship
OF tho New York College OF Music. Among
olher cheerful things which occurred at this
auair there was the presentation OF n large
SILVER loving cup" TO Mr.. Lambert by his
pupils. speech made by Mr.. Damrosch. whose
orchestra assisted in tho performance, re-
minded the audience that Mr.. Lamberts
energy had caused tho institution under
his caro- to be exceedingly prosperous: that
by his tact he continually won friends and
erased onemics, and that by his ndmir-
aole teaching he made wonderfully proficient
pupils in the noble art Of piano playing. Each
OF the things seemed easy TO believe. tho last
statement having been amply verified during
the previous hour by ono astonishingly prcco'
cious child OF about 10 years and some young
women or IL or 20 who had played with such
strongly defined method and such evident clever
urill as to. crafty and charm every listener in
tho well-tillcd house.
Miss Gussic Inckcrmon. the child, played tho
nrSt movement of Bccthovens e. major concerto
with n soft, sympathetic touch, n firm accent, a
urge amount OF energy, and much expression.
sure OF Themselves, in every why, that 1t isa
pleasure to soc or hear them. There arc posi-.
m NANNY n oP h f@MIfs Oh abe R aySoSIs' and, IN a, far sRG as
they have advanced, tho whole structure Of
their learning seems solid.
Little Miss Title Stiller, also, about 10 yenrs
old, played the violin crcditably. Everything
that was done by pupils was taken from some
concerto. There were thus upon the programme
movements from conccrtos by Lito!f, Rhode.
thing had an orchestral accompaniment.
Nine. Sembrich and Signor Bevignnni occu-
pied boxes at the left of, the house; They up
plaudcd some of the work very cordially. The
names Of tho students who took part were
Misses Florence Terrell, Katharine Campbell,
Ada Smith, Gussic Znckerman. Master Harry
Graboff. pianists; Miss Betsy Beckwith. So
prano; Tillic Stiller, yioliniste,
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Royal is the greatest Of all
the baking powders in strength,
purity, and healthfu1ness.
DUTCH PETE ED.
He Must stand Trial for tho Murder or the will
linmsburE ReIirInger.

Peter Gerstel, alios Dutch Pete" the al
legged accompIice of Fritz Meyer or Constan-
Tine Steigcr in tho murder OF Bellringer Stelz
OF johannesburg, was indicted by tho Kings
county Grand jury yesterday. and was ar
ralgned before Judge Aspinall at half past
l O'Clock in the criminal part OF the County
Court, where n plea of mot guilty" was en-
tered for him.. IIo had beon arraiRnod pre-
yiously before Justice Bremen at the Adams
street Court. lie was remanded to kay.
mond Street Jail until Nov. %.
When taken before the Grand Jury he was
identified by Frank Hans and Frank Gable; and
Louis Smith, alias Dutch Louis and Cock
eyed Louis and Mary Muller. or Mary Smith.
repeated tho testimony against him which
they had given to Capt. McClusky at Police
Headquarters on Thursday. A true bill for
murder in the first degree was found against
him. 1t being set forth that on Aug. 90 he as
saultcd George Stclz, striking, beating, and
wourding hin, about the head with u weapon
ing him about the throat with clcnchcd hands,
me wounds causing death. This means only
s st"S ne w I%s,. z s, ,hS no asm@ittss t Is a mpp rdd Of
The names Of nineteen witnesses are Endorsed
on the indictment.
Gerstcl said when. arraigned that he had
never been in Brooklyn before and mad not
known Meyer or Steiger at tho time OF tho
abb. Mary Muller. or smith, WIS detained
ns. u witness against him. The date for tho
trial and tho assignment of counsel will be
settled later.
Notwithstanding the prisoners bold front,
District Attorney BaCkus and Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Caldwell, who laid the evidence
before the Grand Jury, feel confident that they
have a strong and complete, case, against him:
Men such rs compose the dutch gang
have been responsible for many crimes in the
territory of Greater New York, The murders
of Harris, the butler at the Bordcn house. and
OF Max Eglau, professor at the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, were doubtless the work of men Of
this stamp. The police. however, have little
expectation of connecting the men now in Gus
tody with these particular crimes.
butch Louis" Frank smith. and Frank
Bollinger. the Bowery jeweller, who were ar
rested with Gcrstcl and Mary Muller. on sus-
picion of being implicated with Constantine
Stciger in the murder of Policeman Fred Smith
of the Filth street station ami of Bcllringcr
Stclz of Williamsburg, were again arraignod in
Centre street Court Yesterday by Central Office
Detectives Reap. Holland, and Price.
Capt. NcC!usky asked that Bollinger bc dis
charged for lack OF evidence. ana that smith
and Dutch Louis be again remanded. Magis-
tratc Brnnn granted the request. Dutch Louis
refused to talk about his confession.
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SPANISH VICTIMS OF WAR.
10000 MEN HApE PERISHED OR
BEEN DISABLED N CUBi.

Ehs CONSERVATIVES Arc Try Ina to Wake Trou-
bic for Binnco-iie Tells Their Leader They
Arc Worse Than the Rebels aud &c WIN
Have TO Punish Them - Hard Fighting.
HAVANA, Nov. II. via Koy West. Nov. 10
Gen. Blanco has reported TO the Madrid Govern.
ment that the losses to the Spanish army in
Cuba amount TO 100000 men from tho begin
ming of the war, 10000 of them being now sick
in the Spanish hospitals. OF the 49,, 900 rcRu-
lar troops received by Gen. Weyler, only $4,000
men ft for duty remain.
Tho Conservative partisnns OF Wcyler are
trying hero to raise all kinds OF trouble for tho
Government. III Concrete s~avagcly attacks the
Government and autonomy. ScNor santos Guz-
man. leader OF the Conservative, made a row In
the Captain.Gcncral's Office to-day because he
wished to send to Madrid a despatch addressed
10 the Queen protesting against autonomy and
the censor refused TO allow the despatch to pass.
Angry words were banded between Gen. Blanco
and Se6or GuZnan, tho Captain.Gcnoral OK.
claiming: You and your followers nro moro
rebels than the men in the field, and. rs the rep.
resentntivo OF the Government. ] shall have to
punish you"
At Los Palacios. Pinar del Rio. tho Conserva-
tive Major refused to recognize the authority Of
the newly appointed Governor, Senior Fabio
Breyre. Tho Governor had tho Major ar.
rested.
Havana is very much alarmed over the atti.
tude of the Conservatives and volunteers. who
are resolved to use force before consenting to
the establishment Of autonomy. A civil war
here among the Spaniards themselves is i'm
pending.
The guerrilla forces and the Spanish columns
are disobeying Gen. Blanco's decree with regard
TO the release Of tho pacihcos, and wholesale
butoheries of the concentrates occur every day.
Tho insurgents have destroyed with dynamite
the railroad line and bridges between Guines
and San Nicolas, in Havana province.
A hard engagement has taken place near
Aguacate, Havana, between tho Spanish bat
TALON Of Almanac and the insurgents under
Col. Arrange. The Spanish had to tnke refuge
in the town after leaving ten killed and eighteen
wounded on the fold.
The important sugar estates in central
Limones and Mercedita have been burned by
the insurgents.
Tho now Governor of Santa Clara, Senior
Marcos Garcia, has asked for enforcement
from Gen. Blanco to protect the town of La Es-
peranza against the patriots.
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YELLOW FEVER IN FLORIDA.
Some Anxiety Caused by the Occurrence or
Two Cases Mt Pensacola.

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. l9.-Some anxiety has
been caused by the occurrence of two cases Of
yellow fever at Pensacola, the first reported in
Florida this season. The City Council of Pen
sacola ordered the destruction Of the house in
which Morris Goldberg was taken sick with
yellow fever, but before the building could be
pulled down it was fired by a mob and CON-
pletely destroyed. The house of Rabbi Gold
stein, in which Goldberg died. was also de-
str0yed. A case of yellow fever is reported at
Fort B,trrancas,. opposite Pensacola. Tho
patient is a soldier OF the First United States
Artillery. No explanation il given of how
the case occurred, as the sick soldier had not
been two miles away from the fort or any where
in the ncighhorhood OF a case Of yellow fever.
The disappearance OF the yellow fever was
celebrated in Baton Rouge last night by a
torchlight parade in which many of the fca-
lures OF the New Orleans carnival were pre-
sented., Several other towns have had parades
or thanksgiving meetings to celebrate the end
Of the epidemic.
Yellow fever record: Now Orleans-New cases.
q; no deaths ithc first day for two months that
has passed without a death from yellow fever.
Mobile-New cases, 4; deaths. /. ,Among the
new cases is a son OF Raphael Semmes OF Con-
fedcrate fame, who is seriously i'll. Biloxi
New cases, 1.
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MIXING UP MATTERS.
The Sound Money Lawyer shouts for silver.
and the silverite Upholds Gold.

The Sound Money Lawyer Shouts for silver,
and the slverite Upholds Gold.
OMAHA,Nov. ia case that is attracting con.
siderable attention In financial circles lie on trial
before Judge Scott of the Equity Court. 1t is
entitled Emily II. Talmage VS.. Anna NJ. Althaus
and others, the others being q husband and some
subsequent mortgages.
The suit is brought to foreclose q mortgage
for 81 900 given by Emily r. Talmage and her
husband upon certain property in this county.
The legal fight is duo to the fact that by the
terms Of the mortgage the notes that are Sc
cured are made payable in gold coin. TIL de-
PENDANTS contend that this provision causes the
notes and mortgage to be void, as 1t is contrary
to law to provide that q debt shall provide for
its payment in anything other than legal money
of the United States.
V. O. Stricken. who appears for the plaintiff,
is known throughout the State as a rampant
silverito. In this instance he Is contendinR for
the validity Of the debt. and Is upholding the
gold standard in every particular. For the de-
licly and privately he makes no effort to dis
guise the fact that he is a gold Republican.
but in tho case at bar he argues for silver
with a vim that would delight the most ardent
supporter of the white metal.
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4 sA1vATIoY ARMY RECRUIr.
Tho New Part Played by n Young woman Who
Was the Leader or n Gang.

NoRwALK, Conn.,. Nov. 19.-Minnie Brother
ton. the Wilton young woman who has been de-
scribed as the head of a gang Of young men dis
tinguished hereabouts for raids upon poultry
yards and clothes lines, has Joined the Salvation
Army and spends most Of her evenings in the di.
visions barracks in Grand Army hall. Frequent
ly she joins in n torchlightp parade and takes part
in the open-air meetings on Railroad square.
Sometimes she relates experiences OF her past
career and her talks Invariably draw an inter.
estcd crowd.
Inasmuch as raids on poultry yards and
clothes lines have continued. some doubt has
arisen al TO the efficacy of her conversion. Sec
rotary Smith Of tho local Salvation Army corps
is not ono OF the doubters.
1--WE KIN W her well here" Secretary Smith
told TIE SUN reporter, this evening, but she Ia
not yet a full-iledged member OF the corps, as
she is yet on probation. We have made this
shamminG or really intended to lead a better life.
All OF us are Inclined to the opinion TINT the girl
in future only that which Is right"
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LAWMAKERS RESORT TO FISTS.
The 81. Louis Delegates Adjourn TO Avoid q
apectncuInr show.

ST.. LOUIS, Nov. ia session of the House of
Delegates concluded this evening In a more dis.
graceful row than has yet lent sensationaIism to
the meetings OF that body. The House is divided
into two factions tonight.
Delegate J. J. Burke announced that he had
heard that two mcmbers OF the minority had
deserted TO the other side. His intlmations of
bribery evoked Indignation from the other
delegates. one Of whom. Edmond Bcgscli. moved
that Burke hO elected.
Bersch and Burke closed in on each other and
the Assembly divided itself into two sides.
Tho ScrgGant-It Arms was powcrless, and
Burkc's wife, who was present, took n hand in
the trouble. speaker Julius lehman turned
the crisis 10y summarily declaring The House nd
iOurneu.
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STRUCK DOWN By 4 NEGRO THIEF
a Philadelphia Shoemaker Dying OF Injuries
Inflicted In lis shop.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. ia. Pomargicr, 80
years old. a shoemaker. was struck down by a
negro in his basement shop at Sixth and Pine
streets to-day. and will probably die. The negro
escaped and the police have no trace or descrip-
ton of him. He entered the shop this afternoon
and asked to see a pair OF shoes. Ho tried on a
pair. and, leaving his old ones in the shop.
started TO run away. Pomargier picked up n
heavy file and pursued him.
The negro wrenched the file from Pomargier,
and struck him murderous blows on the head,
fracturinG his skull in two places. Then he
fed down the street, leaving his victim uncon-
sciuus. A woman WAS the solitary witness Of
the assault. but in her fright she could give the
police only Il vague description of the assnilant.
They have no clue to him but the old pair OF
shoes.
Pomargier was taken to tho Pennsylvania
Hospital, where the doctors said there was no
chance OF his recovery. lie was married and
had one child.
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Woman sunrnEist Surprised by : Chicago Alder.
man's Compliment.

CHICAGO, Nov. l9.-It Is believed that Alder.
man Johnny Powers Is about to forsakc his
present ways and associates. As President of
tho Cook County Democracy, as we'll as pro.
prietor Of a dozen notorious saloons and gam.
bling dons, he may be regarded as a fitting sub
ject for the efforts of the Christian women of the
land; but the woman sutrraGists wero not a
ilttle puzzled when. at their meeting, at the
n beautiful bouquet of American Beauty roses
WAS received Icy Miss Susan Il. Anthony. the
gift OF the Alderman from the Nineteenth.
81 do not know" said Mrs. Fanny Newman,
who had charge of the hall decorations,
"whcthcr this is 10 be regarded rs u mere bit OF
Gallantry or IA genuine conversion"
Hush said another woman; Il know what
those flowers mean, but i shall not tell"
Alderman Powers's flowers had the place Of
honor on the stage, and as one by one the mem.
bcrs of the state Executive Committee drifted
into the building they were aslOnished. de-
lighted. and amused Mt this singular manifesta-
ton OF the County DcmOcracy's President.
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ALBANY, Nov. 19.-The Commercial Travel
lcrs' Sound-Moncy League OF the United States,
with principal Office in New York city, was in
corporated to-day with the Secretary OF State.
Tho objects OF the league are TO organize COM
mercial travellers into q corporate body ON
mitted to the belief in sound money, to dissent
nate literature upholding the gold standard, to
secure the services of able speakers to deliver
addresses under tho auspices OF the league. and
to establish br inches of the league in all cities
OF the Union. The directors are: Harry w.
Dearborn. Isaac Fuld, James NJ. Battersby. John
L. Shepherd, and August Stcarn of New York
city,
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ESCAPE THE RETALIAToRY LAW.
Representatives or = PruaSian Fire Insurance
Company Incorporate in This State.

Representatives or = PruaSian Fire Insurance
Company Incorporate in This state.
ALBANY, Nov. 19.-The MagdeburG Fire In
surance Company Of New York city has been
authorized by Superintendent Payn Of tho In
surance Department to transact the business of
fire insurance in this State. The company has a
paid up capital of 100000 and a surplus of
$50 600. The directors are E.. F. Miethke OF
Msgdeburg, Germany. who subscribes for $685.
800 of the stock Of tho company. and F.. p.
Olcott, William Allen Butler. Paul f. Rosor,
Ernst Thalmann, John hoffman, and Adolph
Dolmeyer of New York city.
Mr.. MieLhke was formerly manager of tho
Magdeburg Fire Insurance Company OF Magde-
burg. Germany, which company transacted
business in this State up TO two years ago. At
that time the Superintendent of Insurance re-
fused to relicensc the company to do business in
this State, pursuant to the provisions Of tho
retaliatoryi insurance law. passed by the Legis.
laturc of 1896. because Prussia Disseminated
against New York State insurance companies.
Now the representatives OF this company have
formed o corporation in this State as q Now
York State fire insurance company.
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German warship Going to Haytl.
!spsofaI Gable Despatch to The SUN.

BERLIN, Nov. 19.-It is now reported that the
Government will send the battleship Deutsch.
land to Hayti. instead Of the cruiser Kaiserin
Augusta, which. 1t was said. would be de-
Bpatched In connection with tho dispute arising
from the arrest at Port-au'P Prince OF Herr
Lueders, a German subject. The Deutschland
is expected to arrive at Port-au-Prince before
Dec. Is.