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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01

Capt. Calender Fayssoux OF New Orleans died
years old, u native OF st; Louis, and of 4 very ad-
navy of the republic OF Texas, and served in tho
Texas war OF independence and afterward In the
Mexican war. He enlisted in the Lopez tlihus.
ter expedition in 1850, and fought in Cuba, but
was one OF the few who escaped with their lives.
Capt; F9yssonx was o. enc Ge on The Wr moSt Wa !
In his 1libuster invasion of Nicaragua.
He commanded a small vessel, the Grenada, in
Rican vessel OF war of much greater size and
armament. Fayssoux WAS present in q number
Of battles on land and sea In ne SicarsE1an
flibuster navy and received a special award of
100000 from Walker for the great service.
dercd one vessel to the British. He also served
with distinction in the late civil war.
Mrs, J. Frank Aldrich, wife Of ex,Congrsss.
man Aldrich OF illinois, died s%nddenly yesterday
been s~pending the summer there with her chill
drsn. Mr.: Aldrich 1,o did not or reach IA his nish wi mas bed ed
daughter of Gen. Francis T.. Sherman. now liv-
ing at Waukegan. Wis. and the granddaughter
Il ISL fte 1898. and isS4. and he builder Of the
Sherman House. During her husbands service
in Congress as Representative from the First
district of Illinois she was a social favorite at
the national capital.
Fred Hart, an old.time newspaper man and
friend of Mark Twain's during the Bonanza
County Hospital in Sacramento. Cal. In the
palmy days OF mining in Nevada he published
the Austin Rereilc, and was also connected
OF a humorist. and had many contests Of wit
with Mark Twain. He wrote a book called
rare assortment OF tall stories of Western life
each member Of tho club trying to surpass the
other in the wildness Of his inventions.
Andrew O'Rourke. a well.known Democratic
politician and an expert in masonry in the EN-
ploy of the New York city Public Works De
partment along the Croton watershed. died sud
| denly yesterday at his home in North street
White Plains. He became Ill on Saturday with
cramps. after eating ice cream. He was 81
years Of age and was a brother of Assessor
John O'Rourke of White Plains. He leaves sur
vivins a widow and five children.
Edward Birmingham died on Sunday at hi.
home, $50 Quincy street, Brooklyn. He was &c
years old. He had been engaged in the build
Ing business nearly all his life. He was a mem
Der of the old Volunteer Fire Department OF thi!
city. and ran with Engine Company %.
Bishop Lemmens Of Vancouver Island died o
yellow fever in Guatemala yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
UNCLE SAM SUES coBURN.
About %, . in observation-disclosures OF the
Money Order 6ystem.

Money Order System.
WARRINGTON, Aug. 31.-The Post Office Do
partment, through District Attorney Davis,
brought suit to-day against Frederick s. Co.
burn, tho defaulting clerk who has been exc
cutting money orders and cashing them. The
sum In question is 81 200 alleged to be due on
these bogus money orders. Coburn's attorney
confessed judgment to this amount, and a writ
of feri facias was issued to be satisfied by levy
ing on Coburn's interest In tho drug store.
Columns defalcation has made the depart
ment realize the great opportunity for fraud,
without danger Of quick detection, afforded by
Q resort to his methods in the branch money
order office. The amount which the depart
ment could lose by q combination of such de-
frauders Is enormous. Each sub-station and
each money order Post Office could DO made the
scene of Like populations.
To each money order office or sub-station Is
issued Q book containing 300 blank money or
ders. When this Is exhausted another is issued
branch Of the business could I'LL out each order
to the amount Of 800 and with the assistance
Of confederates have them cashed. BY such
means in Q very short time he could get $780,
O0O. and the department would DO out that
much, except what it could collect on his bond.
This Is usually about $1,000. The opportuni-
ties for such work in a big office like New York's
or Chicago's are elmost.u unlimited. If such PEG
ulation were to become common there Is little
doubt but that the department would be COM
PEELED to do away with the present money or.
der system. Fortunately, the Government
has o long arm, and few persons steal from 1t
and escape the consequences.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
COOKING BY ELECTRICITY.

Professor J. p. jackson gives in the Electrical
World for July 81 the results of practical tosts
mado by him Of electrical stoves and other APP
planes for cooking by electricity. He Is most
emphatic in praise OF the new method as COM
pared with coal, especially in the points OF
cleanliness. convSnienee. accuracy. perfect con;
operation is enormously greater than in the case
OF coal. To cook by electricity costs four or five
IA not as yet rs easible-economicaliy-a way OF
cooking. But see how differently the compari.
son stands when Il Is between the coal range and
which Professor jackson claims for the electric
stove can be had by the use OF the gas range, 1t
iaborsaving, time.saving. highly conducive to
health, and mark th!sl instead OF being four or
fyo times MS expensive in operation as the coal
range, il is only about one.hNlf as expensive.
Careful and numberless experiments have
proyed Il. Cooking by electricity may be feast
Bic some day; cooking by gas is a demonstrated
success now. Almost as superior to coal as cleo.
tricity ia. IL has the decisive superiority OF being
SO per cent, cheapCr.-1dc.
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SIZE ASKS $50, 1000 DAMAGES.
Mrs. Winpenny sues Her Father-in.Law for
AlIenatinG Her Husbands Love.

AlleDoIlnA II Htu1banoo Love-
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. ::31.-Mrs. Gertrude NJ.
WinpeDny, wife of Bolton Sutton Winpenny,
has begun an action for $4,000 damages
against her father-in-law. J. Bolton Winpennv,
whom she accuses of alternating her husbands
affections. j. Bolton Winpenny Is said to be
millionaire. He was engaged in the manu-
featuring business in this city for many years.
but retired some time ago, and has since lived
quietly OF his home. l432 North Broad street.
Mrs. Winpenny alleges that she married Boil
on Sutton Winpenny at Palmyra, n. j., about
three years ago. The wedding was kept secret
for some time because of the opposition of
Mr.. Winpenny to his sons marriage with any
body. When the father finally heard Of the
marriage, Mrs. Winpenny says, he flew into q
great rage and declared to her that he would
prevent his son from living with her. He sent
the young man abroad, and he has not returned
since.
The affidavit in which the allegations arc
made was filed this afternoon and a summons in
trespass issued. In the affidavit Mrs. Winpenny
says that on March Is. 1895, and on divers
other days and times . the defendant
did wronRfully, wickedly, and unjustly procure
and persuade Bolton Sutton Winpenny to do
sert and abandon the plaintiff, and thereby the
affection of the said Bolton Sutton Winpenny
for the said plaintiff was then and there alien
ated and destroyed
Mrs. Winpenny further alleges that she Is In.
convenience by the loss of her husbands aid
and assistance, and has been greatly damaged
by her father.in-law's conduct. She therefore
demands $4,000 damages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
DAWSON WILL BE PINCHED.
All Accounts Agree That the Klondike VIII
Suffer for Food.


SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, Sl'-A letter was 70
ceived to-day from ben Go'dhue. a corrc-
spondent at st. Michael dated Aug. TO- "hich
bears out the news thht came yesterday OF
grave danger OF FAMINE AT Dawson I'll! thIe
winter. he declares That even II the rlVerls
not impeded by low water or early trost II Will
be Impossible 10 take up the 1ukoh enough pro-
visions TO teeo the people no" IN lawson ana
those VINO are waiting 10 go up the RIVER
None OF the passehseFsa d. hicnaei were per
hl'tcu 10 take proNisiohs i'll 'ne steamer Jus
received orueFs o" IL COMPANY o agents q"
Dawson lot supplies LOT d year.
Inc deputy customs .o''ectoF 81 81 St'chae'.
as wen rs agents vi Inc Aiasha eonihcFciai
ana North American transportation companies
Unite III saying 'n@' ~ va oe hnposs'"io 70
carry up enough iooo 10 supp! Inc uenaho.
l"ooi inc river sleA'ners' anu possioi! more
are laia up somewhere near fan'par'S win
small chahce Oh getting on Inc sahu oars unless
heaVy rams CONF Inc river Is no" only 'HFe"
ana ohe'n"i irc' ueeP "here IL shou'u nc ~
ieaSt eoupe mat brought an" iIost ms NO
same eHect IN causing low wafer IN inc RIVER
IL winter Hc's III ooiore RISE tue RIVER '"'"
lawson VIII sec taniihe IN all us worst horrors,
mere are no" -es persons AT 81 MISh"e'
waning ii chan'o 'oseI UP 'he river II "o"''
nue. s"!s Il chah'e % eNcee"'neis s'e""ei' '"o
new steamer =. H. hahi''oh mas JUST "een
iauhcheo' anu she VIII MAKE an "''e"p' 'os"
up out 10 II Is II iarseS' river IN Z
sh' s,""us u poorer s"o" '"n II VI II
Doouhue nus 's'keu win o'uiS m'"o' "n' ia.
come oo"h II river an - "e'''N 'H"'
Lawson must S'"r'e ms winter
Al'saN th"' every se"So" .ho 'o"npan'o' na,e
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
PURSUED HIM Nv Il Dab.
A Newark Police Commissioner Nabs . Nan
Against Whom There lie no Complainant.

Against whom There lie no Complainant.
William Reilly. 10 years old. of Philadelphia.
ran out of a saloon in Montgomery street, Jer-
sey City, yesterday afternoon, and the proprietor
followed him as far as tho door shouting "Stop
thief !" Reilly sprinted off, and turned into
Washington street. Police Commissioner John
p. Feeney jumped into a cab and directed the
driver to pursue tho fugitive. Reilly ran sew
eral blocks. and kept ahead OF the cabman, who
was flashing his horses. A yelling crowd fol-
lowed the fugitive and tho cab.
Opposite the Post Office some letter carriers,
who were starting out on their routes. captured
Reilly and turned him over to. Commissioner
Fceney. who put him in the cab and drove to
the Gregory street police station. A charge OF
snatching a mans watch and chain was made
against the prisoner. and no was locked up. He
had no watch or chain. and nobody has appeared
to complain that his watch and chain were
stolen.
Reiiiy's story, is that ho asked, tho saloon
keeper il he had any work to give him. and tho
saloonkccper told him to get a jimmy and rob a
bank. Reilly said something which angered tho
snloonkeeper, and the latter chased him out.
shouting stop. thief"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
MRS. JOHN DREW Is DEAD.
THE END GAME EEsTERDAY AFTER
NOON At LAROHMONT.

Close or q brilliant Career or seventy-thres
Years on the American staGe-The story OF
Her Professional Lire, EndinG Hast Sea-
sop. when she Appeared with JEFFERSON.
Mrs. John Drew. the veteran actress, died at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon at her rooms in the
Bevan House at Larchmont, where she had boon
spending she summer writing her recollections
OF her brilliant stage career. Mrs. Drew has
been failing for about n month. Her death was
sudden and painless. She had passed q quiet
night, and awoko when her niece. Mrs. ]. O.
steuerwald, and her physician, DR.. Charles w.
jackson, entered the room. She recognized and
spoke to them. Then she fell into a sleep that
resembled coma. At 3 o'clock a nurse left tho
room and Mrs. Steuerwald entered and found
tho patient dying. She hastily summoned DR..
jackson, who found the actress dead when he
reached the bedside.
Young Jack" Barrymore, the ACTRESSES
grandson, who had been her pet, was at play on
tho lawn at the time. Notice Of the death was
telegraphed at onoe to John Drew. who Is at
Salt Lake City with tho Rosemary company.
Mrs. Drew's body was removed from the hotel
lato in the afternoon, and was placed in 81.
Johns Episcopal Church at L~archmont by direc-
ton Of the Rev. DR.. Richard Golden, tho rector.
1t will remain there until tho arrival Of John
Drew, the elder son Of tho actress. Tho body
Will DO inferred In fhllauelpnla IN tho remlly
plot. Until John Drew's arrival, IL was stated
last night, no arrangements for tho funeral will
be made. Mrs. Steuerwald has charge Of tho
manuscript of tho memoirs that the actress was
preparing.
Louisa Lane, afterward Mrs. John Drew,
added to her reputation Of being tho most IA
nous comedy actress Of the American stage the
distinction OF being the first woman who was a
theatrical manager In the New World. She
was born in England on Jan. 10. 1919. and was
the daughter of an English actress and singer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01

United States Appraiser Wakemsn made a
discovery on Monday which has led him to be-
heye that he is on the track of a systematic at
tempt 10 cheat tho Government by false GER
t~ihcation of tobacco. Under the Dingley tariff
the duty on baled filler A" tobacco Is 35 cents a
pound. On Monday forty.two bales were sent
% the Appraisers stores certified 10 as filler.
an examination revealed the fact that thirteen
gay ! was discovered that five moro bales con-
lnslned wrapper tobacco. In consequence. the
government gets a total duty on the consign.
gent of 5000 instead OF 81. 2ob. which 1t would
hAHt received had not the fraud been discovered
Appraiser Wakeman has placed the case In
tc hands of the Collector.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
DRANK POISON IN THE STREET.
Death Soon Follows n woman's Purchase OF
Carbolic Acid.

oarboItc ACID.
A tall woman about 80 years old with dark,
wavy hair walked into Weiman's drug store, at
30 Seventh avenue, yesterday morning about 8
o'clock, and bought a two-ounce vial of carbolic
acid.
MY name is Mrs. Mary Donohue and I live
at lab West Fifteenth street. / want the car
bolic acid for disinfecting purposes" she said in
reply to a question from the proprietor.
She spoke very quietly and walked out of the
store with a smile. carrying the vial in her right
hand. When she got as far as Slevin's hotel. at
the northwest corner of Seventh avenue and
Fourteenth street, she paused and watched the
people h%urryinR by for a few minutes. Then.
with a sudden motion. she raised the carbolic
acid vial 10 her lips and nearly drained it.
Almost Immediately she shricked and fell to
the ground. A crowd began to gather and the
street was blocked, with people. who suggested
all kinds of remedies for the woman, who was
finally carried TO a drug store on the northeast
corner of Seventh avenue and Fourteenth street.
Then an ambulance was summoned from tho
New York Hospital, to which the woman was
removed. She died a short time after being ad-
mitted. The police say that the address given
by the woman at the drug store was fictitious.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
Army and Navy Orders.

WARRINGTON. Aug. 31.-These naval orders
have been issued:
Passed Assistant ymaste 2. T. Armes ordered 70
the Detroit. Passed Assistant Paymaster ]. II. Hicks
detached from the Detroit and ordered to settle a-
counts. Chief Engineer W. W. Little detached from
the Norfolk Navy Yard and ordered to the franklin.
lin and ordered to the Texas. Chief Engineer w. 8.
Moore detached from the Texas and ordered to the
Columbia. Assistant Engineer Y. N. Freeman de-
tached from the New York Navy Yard and ordered
to the Cincinnati.
These army orders have been issued:
Capt. David A. Lyle. ordnance department. will
make. between Aug. 20 and Oct. 81, not exceeding
four visits to Newark, on oficial business pertaining
to the inspection OF castings and ~forgings for dtsap-
peartng and mortar carriages.
Leave for one month Is granted First Lieut.. Harry
D. Humphrey. Twentieth Infantry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
MEDAL FOR CAPT. ooRL1ss.
Recognition or His Gallant Conduct as Ceaal
H1oubtain.

Recognition or his Gallant Conduct as Cedar
Mouptain.
WARRINGTON, Aug. 31.-GeorRe W. Corliss
of So Maiden lane. New York city. and Owen
McGough of Troy. N. Y. have received Con-
RressionAl medals of honor from the War De-
partment. Mr.. Corliss was a Captain in tho
Fifth Connecticut Volunteers. At Cedar
Mountain on July 8. 1852. he went forward in .
charge ON the enemy's lines, and saw the colors
of his regiment fall from the hands of tho color
bearer, who was killed. Capt. Corliss seized tho
flag. carried 1t forward in tho face of q severe
Gre. and fell, seriously wounded. As he lay on
the ground he planted the staff In tho earth.
He kept 1t flying until q soldier was detailed to
take 1t. Capt. Corliss was taken prisoner at
Cedar Mountain, and he became permanently
disabled on account OF his wounds.
At the first Bull Run Mr.. McGough. who was
q corporal Of the Fifth United States Artillery.
under a heavy FIRE. A medal Of honor has also
been awarded to L~ieut.'Col. W; H., h. Ben
yaurd, Corps Of Engineers. United States Army.
for gallant conduct at Five Forks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01

HIcKsvIILR, L. l., Aug. 81. - Paul Wagner.
only son of Adolph Wagner. a prominent farmer
of this place. was found hanging by the neck in
the NOW OF his fathers barn this evening. The
young man had been dead for over twelve hours
when found. Young Wagner was in the livery
business, and a short time ago he began
counting Miss Lizzie Sotfcll. His parents OBJ
jected.. and they, had frequent a%uarrels about
the girl, the last being on, Friday OF last week,
was going to Texas. He returned on Monday
and got his clothes. and nothing was seen of him
workman,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
n NEGRO DROWNs HIMSELF.
In . Letter He Asks HIS wife. who Had LEFT
Him, to Join Him soon.

IN y Lottef nc ASKS MS "Ier mo hno Lett
Him, to Join Him Soon.
The body Of Walter Preston Parker, q negro,
% years old. who lived at 237 West Sixty-frst
street. was found yesterday in the North River
at the foot of Seventy-second street. Aletterin
Parker's clothes showed that he had
suicide because Of some trouble he had with his
wife. The following is the letter:
NEW YORK. Aug. %.
DEAR WIFE; I am going to leave you. am
going into another world. l told you that l
never would leave you until death and l mean
it, and when l am gone you will believe me.
You know that / love you and no one else. May
you have q nice time with the one you are with,
and may l meet you in the other world soon.
Don't forget Viva, and always remember that I
still love you. and will die with you on my brain.
Please think of the children and me, and II you
find my body have it buried. Don't let my
mother know. for Gods sake. that I am gone.
and please don't be very far behind me.
WALTER PRESTON K
"P. a-Good-by, love. From WALTER"
The police say that Parker's wife had loft him
some time ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
RELIGIOUS LIVING PICTURE rs.
Reformed Men Pose ut Asbury Park at . Scr
vice In Educational Hall.

AsBuRY PARK. N. j., Aug. 31.-At the service
held In Educational Hall last evening by tho
Church Army living pictures wore introduced
to bring out the points made by the speakers.
The Rev. John II. Murray, who began life as a
hotel sneak thief. appeared on the stage in q
striped suit of the kind worn by c%onvicts.
John NJ. Wood, the superintendent of tho
Mission for Seamen at the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
dressed himself in a ragged suit and posed as a
drunken sailor man. Five years ago Wood was
staggering toward the river to commit suicide.
He passed the entrance to Jerry McAuley's
Mission, went in and was converted. Lieut..
Ladd posed as an opium hend In a smoking
room, and explained the method OF smoking
npium
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
kIOndIke Mails.

WAsHINGToN, Aug. 3l.-The Post Office De-
nartment has concluded arrangements for car
ryin0 mail to Dawson City. The first mail will
leave seattle on Sept. IL by steamer for Juneau
and Dyea. From Dyea it will DO Transported
n ~ contract with the Canadian office to Oaw-
snn CIV This mail will depart once a month
from now on. The first mail will BIO only for
ietiers. as will also the others during tho win
Ter The last newspaper mail VIII leave San
Erancisco on Sept. B Tor the Klondike regions
by way Of the Yukon River.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
sTEWARD HoLsTs SUICIDE.
He Abused His WIFE. and when She Left HIN
Killed Himself.

William C.. Hoist, a ships steward, IS years
old. committed suicide on Monday night in Val
%entine's Raines law hotel, 227 Broadway. VIII
liamsburg. BY inhaling Illuminating gas. He
went to the hotel at IL o'clock and took a room.
In q pocket OF the suicides coat was q policy OF
insurance in the John Hancock Insurance Com
pany and a certificate OF membership in the Odd
Fellows. They were addressed ITO my wife,
Mary. IL Meserole street, williamsburg
Holst's mother.in-law, Mrs. Kate Paul. lives at
the Meserole street house. She told the police
that Hoist had treated his wife with great cru
city and threatened to kill her. and five weeks
her mother. Hoist went to see his wife several
times. but she refused to have anything to do
with him. He called there on Monday night
and was ordered to leave the house. He threat
oned to kill her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
HELD Up In Rroaa pazmEht.

Charles Baumgarten. a peddler. of $3.50 Second
street, Jersey City, reported to the police yes
terday morning that two men had held him up
IN broad daylight on Monday evening and
robbed aim of 20. The robbery. he said. was
committed at Newark avenue aud Seventh
b-tre', u much travelled thoronghfare. Baum
Eaf'@n snys his arms were pinned behind his
n" by one OF the robbers while the other went
tnf%Ngh Hls pockets and took the money. De.
SiIyl'ts Clark and Pearson arrested Richard
;MhuhHy 0! 40 Fifteenth street. ~Baumgarten
unITlt nc prisoner was one OF tho men. but
49, i9t Identity him positively. The prisoner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
FUN FOR THE oNLooKERs.

Uuiou's Chier or Police Orders the Arrest or
Motormen who Hun Cars Too Fast.
Numerous complaints having been made to
the police of the town of Union, N. j.. that troll
ley cars on the North Hudson County Railway
are run faster than twelve miles an hour, Chief
of Police Venino has ordered that all motormen
who fail to obey the law be arrested.
The residents OF Union Hill expect to have
considerable fun watching the policemen chase
trolley cars.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
NEURALGIA CAUSES SUICIDE.
Catherine Cohen Poisous Herself with Carbolio

Catherine Cohen Poisous Herself with Carbolio
Acid.
Catherine Cohen, aged % years, q sufferer
from neuralgia, left her homo, 800 East l6lst
street, after taking carbolic acid yesterday
morning. and hurried westward. On nearing
Forest avenue she staggered. and at the avenue
her strength completely failed her and she fell.
When policemen went to her assistance they
found the vial from which she hadl drunk the
poison still clutched in her hand.
She was carried into Zincks drug store, in
front OF which she had fallen. to await an ambu-
lance. She retained consciousness only long
enough to tell her name. She was removed to
Harlem Hospital, and died there two hours later.
Her sister. with whom she lived. said her mind
must have been affected by the pains OF neu-
ralRiA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
TURN TEREIN's NEW CLUBHoUsE.

To he Built at Lexington Avenue and Eighty
NTH strest-Cost el35. OOO.
The New York Turn Verein Is to have a new
clubhouse. Plans and specifications for its cree
ton were filed with the Building Department
yesterday. 1t is to be a brick building. Ave
stories In height. and will be erected ON the lot
at the southeast corner OF Lexington avenue
and Eighty. fifth street. IT will front 81 feet .
inches on Lexington avenue and 90 feet q
inches on Eighty.tifth. street; Israel 4 Harder
of 1914 Broadway are tho architects. The new
27l broadway is the President of the club.