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New-York tribune., 1897-07-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Arthur G. vedder Fort Plain " Y........ 5000
H. e. B............. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 6OD
'Cort,andt. n. Y. In memory OF Arthur 49,. 500
Raised by the following named children OF
Yankton 8. D.: Frances Sullivan. Arthur SUI
van. Kate Mcvay Laura Mcvay. jennie
Gamble Ureasurer). Hugh Gamble. Ruth Drd-
Bates. Edith Wilcoy. frankie Goodrich. Alice
Laura woo.ey. ~ ....'..'."".....""." ~ 1910
From three boys '........................... SO
Dr. Louis Faust. Schnectady. ~ Y............. 500
4. r. L.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 300
Mrs. A. e. Kingsland. ........................ 800
others ' ....,............. 900
Gladys and winthrop ........................ 500
vile ...."'......"........... 900
II. II. Gardner. YORK. Penn. ................... 800
80. ". T. bovs" Observation-Disclosures.
Il H. Observation-Disclosures. 1000
II 1eline Montague. Bro lkiyn n................ 500
J. y. S........................ 800
y. B. ........................ 300
Mrs. W. kennon JeHett New Brighton. Staten
Island Observation-Disclosures. 500
marble" Greenwich. Conn. SEQ
Previously ackn onledged. d................ II O9T 20
Total July 49, 1897 .Sil 334 Is
New-York tribune., 1897-07-17

THE BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE FAX
WEsT.-"What of the situation in the Far West?
as,,ad a renorter OF ex-Congressman Dooli;tle, OF
washington. AT Wiiards, yesterday. "Wei,' re-
ulled Mr. Doolittle, I'VE are not complaining ana
have plenty to live There is good deal OF ac-
tivlty in the mining districts and our Oriental trade
IS also growing very satisfactorily But aside tto
Tic mining camps business generally Is quiet anu
Money is Scarce. The people are not looking for
boom but they expecting dec.deH l,hP,o'gg I,
,nnt when the new tariff goes into cHect As u
is think the West is in better condition thah '"e
The record-union., 1897-03-11
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.
The Supreme Court Renders an Opin-
ion i'm a Damage Suit.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1O.-The
Supreme Court, in an opinion handed
down to-day, holds that damages for
breach of contract may be computed
on the line of future possibility of the
increase in value of an orchard.
r. H. Shoemaker, Jr., entered into
an agreement with David d. Acker
whereby the latter was to purchase a
quantity of land and grow citrus fruits.
1t was further agreed that Shoemaker
would superintend the clearing, plant
ing and caring for the land; that GER
tain division of profits from the sale
of land or fruit would be made, and
that the contract should continue for
five years.
1t was shown at the trial that the
land was purchased, a portion planted,
and at the end of two years Acker
elected to annul the contract. Shoe
maker left the premises and brought
action for $50, 900 damages. The jury
awarded him $1,000. The defendant
contended that Shoemaker was not en-
titled TO the amount named in the YER
diet and claimed error on the part of
the trial Judge in permitting testimony
to be offered as to the speculative value
of the land and orchard at the termina-
tion of the contract, if it ran its time.
The Supreme Court holds that there
was no evidence that the plaintiff had
made a breach of the contract, and was
placed in the position where he was
obliged to prove prospective profits and
valua ton of the land, and no error was
committed.
The jud6ment was affirmed.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
HORSEMEN ORGANIZE.
New Association Formed at a Meet
ing Held at Chicago.

CHICAGO, March 10.-At a meeting
Of prominent horsemen at the Palmer
House to-day a new trotting horse as
ISOLATION to be known as the Interna-
tional Horsemens Association was or
gained. The organization is the re-
suit of a preliminary meeting some
weeks ago, when a committee on organ
ization was appointed.
Following the adoption of the consti-
tuition and bylaws came the election of
officers. Thos. II. Gill of Milwaukee
was elected President, James Golden of
Medford, Mass, was elected First Vice
President, j. F. Corrigan of Milwaukee,
Secretary and Will J. Davis. Treasurer.
The following We're among the State
Vice-Presidents elected: Mike Buer-
man, Lexington, KY; Richard Tilden,
Denver; VIM. H. Hill, Dallas; Edward
Upton, Helena, Mont.
1t is understood the meeting was not
altogether harmonious, but that no
other association was mentioned in any
way. The work of securing reforms, it
is said, will be begun at once, with a
view to protecting the interests of driv-
ers in the way of fines, etc, and securing
more equitable adjustment in refund
ing moneys for cancelled entries.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
AN HONEST MAN.
District Attorney Bacleus Tells a HUI
mOrOus Tale.

This is one on District Attorney
Bacllus, of Kings County. He tells il
himself, and it was brought out curious
ly day or two ago.
Mr.. Backus in?" a visitor to the
District Attorneys Office asked
Yes" an attendant said you've
just time to catch him before he goes
away for the day"
The visitor entered, passed Mr.. Back
US desk-and Mr.. Backus at it-and fol-
lowed the attendant into an inner room
He was informed that he had passed
Mr.. Backus and returned, to find that
gentleman smiling to discover that all
the world did not know him at sight.
This is a case of arguing myself
unknown the visitor said APOLOGIZE
cally.
1T reminds me of a story" said Mr..
Backus. Il went to Poughkeepsie once
with another lawyer, and a detective in
plain clothes, who was escorting pris-
oner who was to be resentenced there.
The prisoner was shackled to the de-
tective. They sat in the seat ahead of
that occupied by the other lawyer and
myself
THE train stopped fifteen minutes at
POughkeepsie for lunch, and in order
not to expose the manacled prisoner to
curious crowd, / suggested that we
sit in the car for a few minutes after
the train was stopped, allow the pas
sengers to alight and go to the lunch
room and then go quietly to carriage,
which awaited us. The others agreed
and we sat still.
"A nervous passenger who had rid
der in the same car with US from New
York, and who did not know that one
Of us was a condemned criminal, wished
to get out for lunch and thought it ad-
visable to ask some one to keep an eye
on his handbaggage in his absence.
He hesitated until he saw only four
of us left. Then he approached and
looked keenly at each of us in turn
After a close scrutiny of our counten-
anes he leaned over, tapped the prison.
er on the shoulder and said:
Will you be good enough, sir, to
keep an eye on my baggage while I get
bite to eat?' New York Herald
The record-union., 1897-03-11
Hight of Trees in Summer and Winter

1t has, perhaps, occurred to few of us
that the boughs of trees occupy a very
different position in summer and win
ter respectively, but Miss Agnes Fry
has made careful measurements of the
hight from the ground of branches of
both walnut and mulberry trees in
August and December, and she finds
that in some cases there is a difference
of as much as thirty-one inches in the
hight of the same branch from the
ground in these two months This par
ticular figure was obtained with a
branch of a mulberry tree, apd it was
found that in December a weight of
thirty five pounds was not sufficient to
lower ii to its summer position.
In other cases there We're differences
of from thirteen inches to nineteen
inches in the distance in summer and
winter respectively of branches from
the ground. No wonder, then, that the
diagnosis of a tree in winter from its
general outline is so difficult a task
Public Opinion.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
A CLEVELAND MERCHANT SHOT.
Fatally Wounded by Chicago Police
While Firing at Burglar

CHICAGO, March 10.-Albert Zeimer
merchant of Cleveland. was shot
and probably fatally wounded at mid
night tonight as he was leaving the
Great Northern Hotel by police officers
who were attempting to arrest a burg
lar. Two bullets took effect in Zeim-
er's body. In all a dozen shots were
fired, but Zeimer was the only person
injured.
The shooting caused much excite
nIent, and twenty policemen had diff
Guilty in dispensing the crowd.
At l O'Clock the body of a man was
found several blocks from the hotel.
He was We'll dressed, and, like Mr..
Zeimer, had been shot through the
abdomen. The linen worn by the dead
man bears the name "McGovern." The
police are satisfied that he was one of
the burglars whom they attempted to
capture.
When surprised the burglars were
working in store at Van Buren, and
State street. They ran up Jackson
street, pursued by the police, who at
tempted to stop them near the Great
Northern.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
Hayward Restrained From Rsgaining
the Management.
The California Mortgage, Loan and
Trust Company, With Head
quarters at San Diego, Voluntarily
Assigns All Its Property for the
Benefit of Creditors.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1O.-The
contest for the control of the Hale &
Norcross Company has again entered
the courts. Alvinza Hayward was to-
day restrained from regaining control
of the management of the affairs of the
corporation.
For months Hayward on one side ana
Jeremiah Lynch and NJ. w. Fox on the
other have been seeking stock and
proxies for use at the annual election
to-day. For several days the defeat of
Lynch and Fox has been apparent, and
the two men manuvered to retain
their control. Last night Lynch re-
signed as President of the company
and Fox was elected in his place.
Therefore Fox presided at the annual
meeting to-day. The Hayward forces
were led by Robert Grayson and W. F.
Deal, the attorney. All the proxies
had been made in Graysons favor
When the annual meeting was called
to-day Grayson announced that he had
fourteen shares Of stock and proxies
representing IS, 600 shares. The total
number of shares was 112, 900, and if
Grayson had been permitted to vote his
proxies he would have controlled the
election.
In the meantime, however, Attorney
Baggett had secured from Judge Slack
an injunction restraining Grayson from
voting the proxies, and under the de-
cision in the case stock is held by a
trustee, the person for whom he holds
the stock must be named in the books
of the company and also on the face of
the certificates. This law was not obey
ed, and certificates had been issued
from the office of the Hale & Norcross
Company without regard to it.
The restraining order was served on
C.rayson, and the President announced
that the meeting would therefore be
adjourned until further notice
The opposition to Fox appealed from
the decision of the chair and with the
vote of Grayson's proxies the chair was
overruled. Fox then announced that
he would not allow a meeting to be held
in the offices contrary to an order of
court. The Grayson party thereupon
left, met in Mr. Graysons office, called
meeting and adjourned for one week
The news of the fight for control of
the mine leaked out this morning. and
on stock boards the price of the stock
fell from 81 ID to 50 cents. jeremiah
Lynch appeared on the board and of
fered 81 for 10000 shares, or any
part, and the slump was stopped. A
thousand shares We're sold to him at
that price
Fox and Lynch say they will win
their contest, and will compel mining
companies to conduct their business
according to law
The record-union., 1897-03-11
PEACE AND WAR.
How Little 1t Takes to Stir Up Strife
Sometimes

| Four women faced each other in a
| Third avenue IL car the other even
| ing. having been fortunate enough &c
secure two "cross" seats. They were
| young, fairly comely, and were on
pleasure bent, for they carried dancing
slippers wrapped in newspapers and
there were glimpses of gaudy gowns
beneath their long, coarse cloaks.
DO you mind ridin' Backward"
yes; it always makes me sick to my
stomach"
well, you take my seat, Annie, I
don't mind it Bit"
1.-The exchange was made and the
conversation became general.
MY husband said I'd no business to
be thinkin of dancin' when l had a
baby an homework to look after. But
1 guess when he wants a drink or CT
gar he gets 'em, and why shouldn't I
have a little dance if 1 like?"
Sure was the response Of the
Youngest woman. THE men think
they own us, that's the trouble
There amt any man ownin' you
yet" retorted the first speaker with a
chuckle, and you'd better hurry up,
Mary.
Mary's face grew crimson.
oh there's time enough" she re-
piled. II amt obliged to marry to
keep from starving, like some people"
What dye mean by that?"
ooh, nothin'."
eff you mean that for me-
why, you didn't marry to keep from
starvin did your" queried mischiev-
Gus Mary well, that's news to me-"
See here, Mary Martin, if you amt
careful I'll give your face good slap"
eff you did," was Mary'S angry reply
it'd be the last thing you'd do on this
earth"
Ladies! ladies," cried the others,
please quit, Everybody is laffin' at us"
IF you just wait till l see my hus-
band, he'll settle this with your brother
mighty quick
"Eighty-fourth!" shouted the brake
man. and the quartet left the car, still
wrangling and clinching the plan for
dragging in their peaceable and inno-
cent male connections to settle their
dispute.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
REBELS APPLY THE TORCH.
Cause Great Amount of Destruc-
ton i'm the Island of Cuba.

| HAVANA (via Key Vest, March 10.
George Aguirre, an American, has
been transferred from Cabanas fortress
| to the City Jail, upon his own request.
The insurgents surprised the garrison
| of the village of Las PalmaS, in the
province of Pinar del Rio, sacking the
stores, burning thirty-one houses and
| parading through the town. The COM
mander Of the insurgents has been Spe-
cially active in the Manzanillo dis
| tricts. The plantations of Esperanza,
Sofia, Dos Amigo and Salvador have
i been burned. The losses are about So,
| 900 900
In Pinar Gel Rio the rebels derailed a
pilot train on the Western road, be-
| tween Herradura and Paso Real, COM
| pletely destroying the engine an iron
clad car. The engineer and a number
of soldiers were seriously injured.
Frederick iowa and three others, own
ers of the plantation Natalia, joined the
insurgents in raiding Calabasas village
in the Sagua district.
The insurgent force in the district of
Santo Espritu are especially active
This is due to Captain General Weyler
having ordered all the Spanish forces
| to take the field. The city is empty of
| troops and is guarded by volunteers.
The residents are daily in fear that the
insurgents will invade the city and
burn the houses.
Communication with the seaport Las
IunaS has been cut off. The CORE
spondent OF the Associated Press states
that he was able to make his way to
the camp of the insurgents at Rio Hon
do, and that he met General Ruiz Ri
vera While there the arrival of two
Havana gentlemen, accompanied by a
guide from the Spanish lines was an
nounced. They bore passes introducing
them as Gonzales Jorrey, a lawyer. and
Mariana Juarez, and describing them
as delegates appointed by the Spanish
Government to make propositions of
peace on the basis of reforms to be
given the island. General Rivera re-
ceived them cordially, but gave them
to understand Immediately that he
would not hear any proposition of peace
not tending to the independence of
Cuba, and that therefore he could only
consider them as visitors to the camp
During the conversation, at which the
correspondent Of the Associated Press
was present, General Rivera showed
the two delegates the printed order of
General Gomez, ordering shot all who
proposed peace on any terms other
than independence, and declared that
Gomez would accept no proposition but
the independence for which they were
fighting.
The Spanish delegates remained three
days in Rivera's camp. When the dele
gates left the camp General Rivera
gave them written order bearing his
own signature, stating that hereafter
all emissaries proposing peace under
any scheme of autonomy or local re-
forms would be shot.
The record-union., 1897-03-11

| ish expenditure as about to be exhibited
| in certain fancy-dress ball. Where
upon the newspapers of the town be-
came wildly hysterical and began to
print unnumbered columns of rubbish
about this private entertainment. The
irrepressibles of the pulpit seized the OPP
portunity to launch volumes of sermons
upon the ethical and economic aspects
of luxurious expenditure; and the ire
pressibles who had no other outlet wrote
letters to the newspapers or offered
themselves up to the interviewers. The
entire discussion was without signifi-
canoe or practical bearing. Civilization
is a very complex affair. So long as the
laws of the land are not violated, the
rich mans private expenditures are as
strictly matter to be controlled by his
own taste and judgment as the expendi-
lures of the poor man. Capital in this
country, in our generation, has been
eminently and conspicuously devoted to
economic production; and has not to any
appreciate extent been diverted and
wasted in wanton luxury. 1t is none
of the public's business how the million
aire monOpoliSt spends his money; but
it is in the highest degree the public's
business how he has gained it-especi-
ally how it came to pass that he OBJ
tanned the franchise or public privilege
or other favorable opportunity by means
of which he has enriched himself a
community that permits a monopoly to
charge it a dollar and quarter for gas.
when if it had virtue and character it
could make it's own gas and supply it
self at sixty cents a thousand feet,
shows itself in a somewhat pitiable light
when it affects to criticise rich people
for giving fancydres balls or living in
fine houses.-Review of Reviews.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
GERMANY'S NAVAL SECRETARY.
Won HOLMAN Tenders His ReSigna-
ton to the Emperor.

BERLIN, March 10.-The "Freisin-
nige Zeitung" says that the Secretary
CT the Navy, Vice-Admiral Won Holl-
mann, has rendered his resignation,
but that the Emperor has declined to
accept it.
LONDON, March ia dispatch to
the Times" from Berlin states that
Vlce-Admiral Won Holman rendered
his resignation as Secretary of the
Navy because of temporary difference
o. opinion with Prince Hohenlohe, the
Chancellor, and Count Pasadowsky,
Secretary of the Imperial Treasury,
arising out of the fact that neither
OF them had had any knowledge of the
naval proposals which Won Holman
brought from Wilhelmshaven last Fri
day. Presumably in order to avoid
crisis, the compromise which found ex-
preston in Prince Hohenlohe's speech
On Monday was ultimately adopted.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
STEAMER BERMUDA.
A Search of the Vessel Reveals Moth
ing of a FiIibustering Nature.

JACKSONVILLE Fla.), March 10
A dispatch to the Citizen" from Fer
nandina, says the steamer Bermuda ar
rived there to-day from Bermuda. Cap
tain Murray said that she came for
orders. The Bermuda on her arrival
was searched by an officer of the reve-
nue. cutter Colfax, but nothing of fill
clustering nature was found.
The people of Tallahassee We're much
surprised to have a party of twenty
strange Cubans, none of whom could
speak English arrive there this morn
ing, with no apparent object in view. 1t
is supposed they are members of the
expedition that it was rumored would
have cleared from Apalachicola the
other day, if the appearance on the
scene of the man-of-war had not nipped
the project in the bud.
The record-union., 1897-03-11

$1,000, to the hospital, upon condition
that he would be taken care of the rest
Of his life, but providing, if he elected
to rescind the making of the deed, that
he would be charged at the rate of S4C
per month for care while he remained at
the hospital. Little recovered sufti-
GENTLY to attend to his business, but
after few months died.
The Administrative brought an action
to set aside the deed, alleging that Lit
tie was sick and infirm, and unfit for
business. The Supreme Court affirmed
the judgment, holding that Little had
the opportunity to rescind the making
of the deed if he desired, after he had
regained his faculties, and as he had
not done so, the transfer and agree
ment We're valid
The record-union., 1897-03-11

property to the Sheriff to-day for the
benefit of its creditors, without prefer
ence.
At meeting Of the Directors Of the
company this morning the determine
ton to assign it's property was embodied
in a resolution, which states that the
step is taken on account of a shrinkage
in the valuation of its holdings, which
makes it impossible to obtain means
sufficient to pay the obligations Of the
corporation.
The company was organized under
the laws of this State in 1883 having
been incorporated by D. D. Dare, John
w. Collins and other local and Eastern
subscribers. The present officers are
E. F. Pulsifer, President; E. j. Swayne,
Vice President and General Manager,
and Charles A. Taft Secretary.
Manager Swayne said tonight that
the books show assets of S34O,0OO, but
owing to shrinkage of values, the assets
are probably not really more than $751;
600. The liabilities are 100000 He
added that the company's unsecured
debts do not exceed 81 800.
The record-union., 1897-03-11

Boyle, last session caucus nominee of
the Republicans, and w. j. Deboe, a
party leader in this State.
DIR. Hunter, Who came from Wash
ington soon after the Inauguration of
Mckinley, has since been industriously
at work. His workers claim, and with
confidence, that his election is assured.
This claim is borne out by his advis-
ers in their claim that he will receive
the nomination on the first ballot, and
that in addition to the full strength he
will receive in the joint session the
votes of at least five gold standard
Democrats. The friends of st. John
Boyle are vigorously urging his claim
as the Republican nominee. The nu-
erous other candidates are by no
means idle
The record-union., 1897-03-11
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
The Hen Who Return to Work Guar
anteed Their Former Wages.

CHICAGO, March 10.-The Contract
ing Plasterers' and Hold Carriers Asso-
citation held a meeting this afternoon
and declared the strike off, so far as
they were concerned. 1t was agreed
that if the men would return they would
receive their former wages, but that in
the future no individual contracts with
the unions would be made.
A committee from the strikers was
sent for, and at the conference the prop
ositions of the employers were made
known. At meeting of the joint COM
mittee of the striking hod carriers and
plasterers tonight it was decided that
meetings Of all the strikers should be
held tomorrow night for the purpose of
considering the propositions made by
the employing association.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
THE TRANSFER VALID.
Decision of the Supreme Court in
the John A. Little Will Case.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 10-The
Supreme Court, in a decision rendered
to-day, affirmed the Judgment of the
Superior Court Of San Diego county in
the action of Margaret j. Marry, adj
ministratrix Of the estate of John A.
Little. deceased, against St. Joseph's
Hospital and Sanitarium. Little was
sick and cared for at the hospital. While
there he decided three lots, valued at
The record-union., 1897-03-11
CHICAGO MAYORALTY FIGHT.
Carter II. Harrison Will Probably be
the Democratic Nominee.

CHICAGO, March 10.-Carter H. Har-
rison, son of Chicago'S murdered Mayor,
will probably be nominated by accla-
nation in the Democratic city conven-
ton to make the race against Judge
Sears for Mayor.
Primaries We're held in all the city
wards to-day. The platform will de-
clare for free silver, and in all essen
tails will indorse the last Democratic
national announcement. 1t will have
a few words to say regarding local is
sues, but they will be subordinate to
the question of free silver and the right
of the President of the United States to
use his power to preserve laws and
order in Chicago.
The record-union., 1897-03-11
Cleveland Bicycle Race.

CLEVELAND, March 10.-A fall oc-
Cured in the six-day race in which
Gimm, Wood and Ashinger went down
1t occurred through Schock's careless
ness in swinging wide in front of Gimm
who went down, and Wood and Ashin-
ger, who were behind him, fell over him
and his wheel. No one was badly hurt
Score: Wood 1856 miles 10 laps, Schock
33S miles Q laps, Gimm 33S miles laps
Clifford 33S miles 8 laps, Ashinger 337
miles l lap. Denich 80 miles.