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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
Brides Father shot ut ller. Hit the Groom,
and Then KILLED HIMSELF.

GUTHRIE. Oklahoma, Sept. 5.-News Of an
elopement, followed by the attempted murder
Of the bride and the suicide of the brides father,
reaches here from Altus, Greer county. For
some time Grumpy ThaRgard, n young farmer,
had attempted to court a daughter of Robert
Griffin, but was ordered away by the father,
who declared he wanted none OF his girls to
marry. On Thursday afternoon young Thag-
gard went to the Griffin home, in the absence
OF the old gentleman, and got his ftnnc6c, TAX
ing her to his home, five miles away, where q
minister was in waiting to perform the ccre-
mony.
The father came In pursuit. but arrived half
an hour after the ceremony had been per
formed. He seemed to take the matter very
coolly. much to the surprise of everybody, and
told the young couple to come and visit him.
He then went home, and aft6. a long search
found his revolver where his daughter had hid.
den 1t before leaving. The couple went to
church that night, and when returning at 10
o'clock were met by the father OF the bride,
who, standing In the road as they came along,
shot at his daughter and then turned the pistol
against his own head and fired, killing himself
instantly. The bullet intended for the bride
grazed her, and, hitting her husband, passed
through his arm and into his lungs. He is seri.
ously wounded and probably will die.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
4 CURE FOR K1oND1KE FEVER.
Merritt Writes from Rainy Lake That He HAS
1t I'm the Randolph Mine.

1t in the Randolph Mine.
DULUTH, Mimi. Sept. 5.-A letter received
here last night from the Randolph mine on the
Seine River, near Rainy Lake City, speaks
glowingly OF the property. A box Of nuggets
picked from the quartz taken from the mine &C
companied the letter. The mine Is owned by
Louis A. Hall Of New York. Most Of the mug
gets were a tride larger than pin heads. but
some Of them were as large as small peas. The
letter is from w. ]. Merritt, superintendent Of
the mine. It is as follows:
"The mine Is a bird and it gets better the
further We go. 1t looks better every day. i'll
had this shaft in Duluth over night I would cure
every case of Klondike fever that has escaped.
Its seldom that you get q quartz and a placer
mine in the same vein. but that Is what we have
got. The mine is a bonanza and don't forget it
for a minute. The vein 10 widening and every
thing pans gold, even the mud that is drawn
from the boiler.
THE shaft Is now in seventy-six feet, and tho
vein averages three feet eight inches in width.
but the dirt on each side Is as good as the quartz.
80 that the whole thing that pans Is about five
feet wide. want to let q contract for about
800 cords OF wood for winter, and I also want
toEet our winters supply Of provisions.
You will please give notice OF a meeting Of
apply to the board to have q steam compressor
plant put in. as there is no use hesitating any
longer. This property Is no speculation, but a
sure thing. We can work 30 much faster II we
have q compressor plant i send some nuggets
taken from the decomposed quartz with q jack
knife and there 10 any, quantity OF the same
KIND OF ore in the stock pile. It Ii worth o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
MURDER ON 4 FLAT CAR.
sower BeEGea to Keep Hls Sroney for Hi. sick
wire, ana was shot DEAD.

P1TTsBuRG, Pa. Sept, 5.-Charles Sewer and
Ave companions, all iron mouldcrs, boarded q
freight train on the Pittsburg and lake Erie
road at New Castle last night to come to Ale
Rheny. Several weeks ago Sewer had gone to
New Castle and secured work. His wifo was
sick, and he borrowed money and sent hor
and their two children to Chippewa Lake. o.
The trip he started on last night was made for
the purpose of packing up and removing his
household goods from Allegheny to New Castle.
At Beaver Falls the train stopped and two
young workingmen climbed aboard It, get
ting ON a car separated by another from the
ono the iron moulders were in. AT New Brigh.
ton station, at . A. NJ, the two were surprised
to hear the command Hands up!' uttered by
three men, who clambered over the edge of the
gondola, each with q revolver in his hand.
They got a few cents from tho Beaver Falls
men and climbed over TO tho gondola car
where Sewer and his companions wero.
Hands up," was the command
Don't rob me- said Sower. ~ have only
$8.4O, and I'm saving It for my sick wife,"
Take that was tho response. and Sower
fell to the floor with a bullet through his heart.
The murdcrcrs robbed the other men, and then.
finding Sewer was dead, forbore to rob the
corpse and swung off tho train just as 1t entered
Beaver, warning the iron moulders not to look
after them. The Beaver police were notified,
and a description OF the murderers was tele-
graphe cd broadcast.
Sewers companions and the two men from
Beaver have all been arrested pending invcsti.
CATION. Two men answering the desci iption OF
the robbers were seen to board a freight train
for Plttsburg this morning. and the third
bought q ticket for Cleveland at Beaver. The
police believe the murderers are fakirs follow
ing up the county fairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
TROLLEY WIRE GETS LOOSE.
shocks q Girl Insensibie and RrIghtens q
Horae,

Horae.
A live trolley wire out OF place caused q heap
OF excitement In Seventh avenue at 1S5th street
last night. A little girl was badly shocked. and
a horse got a stroke that made him try to kick a
wagon into pieces. The girl who was hurt was
Tessie OFT, and 1t was her fathers horse that
tried to smash the wagon.
Philip OFT OF 944 Sixth avenue went out
driving early last evening In a two-scatcd open
wagon drawn by one horse. On tho front seat
with him was his l4-yearold daughter. Tessie,
and on the back seat his wife and a Mrs. Taylor.
They drove down Seventh avenue about half
past 8 o'clock.
Just as they were crossing the tracks of tho
Union Street Railway Company at 135th street,
about q hundred feet OF trolley wire dropped.
falling between the horse and the wagon. Tho
wire twisted and twirled, and from its end on
the ground sent forth q shower Of bright sparks.
1t was very much alive.
Mr.. OFT drew up his horse sharply when the
wire fell, aad before he could prevent her Tessie
leaned over and picked up the wire TO pull 1t out
of the way. She had hardly touched it when
she fell back into the seat with a scream and
Her mother and Mrs. Taylor screamed also.
and started TO jump from the wagon. Before
about BY the child. planted its sparkling end on
the horses flank; The animal gave q shrtll
After smashing the dashboard and the Will.
hctree the horse started to run away:
A! large crowd OF men had gathered. however.
and some or them grabbed the horse. Others
lifted the unconscious child and the women out
OF the wagon, all steering very clear OF the
vicious wire. which was still playing pranks all
over the ground.
Mr.. OFT jumped out. and after hard work the
horse was unhitched without any one being
touched by the wire, and then the wagon was
/ pulled out Of the way.
Word OF the accident was sent to the power
house and a repair gang was sent TO mend the
wire. When the repair workmen got there they
refused to deal with the wire even with rubber
gloves. There was another walt until the cur.
rent was turned otf. and 1t was half an hour be.
fore the street was cleared.
Jessie OFT was taken into a neighboripg drug
store and. after a WHILE. was restored to con.
sciousness. She seemingly suffered no III effects
from the shock except some burns on her hands
where she had grisped the wire. The horse,
too. was only slightly burned where the wire
struck him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
CAR Wheel ooLLAPsED.
Upset the Coach on . Maine Central-Ons
Person Killed and Thirty Hurt.

feFDOn u ~ hhifts
VAUDEVILLE, Me-, Sept. Sat $50 this
morning n special passenger train OF six cars
was wrecked at Burnette's crossing, three
miles west of Etna, by the breaking OF q wheel
under the rear coach. Ono person was killed
and thirty.fve were injured. Just as the train
went over the crossing the rear car. which was
a combination passenger and baggage car, sud
denly left the rails and in a twinkling was
overturned completely.
The passengers were all thrown to one end of
the car and piled promiscuously in a heap,
where some were cut by the broken glass. some
were injured by being stepped on, and others
nearly suffocated by the crowd on top of them.
Martin Payne OF Plymouth, who was near the
door when the accident happened. made an at
tempt to jump. and was caught beneath the
falling car and killed instantly. Those. who
were Injured were at once removed to the house
of George Simpson near by, and cared for TIL
medical aid arrived. The wheel which broke
and caused tho accident was one OF the kind
known as paper wheels, and 1t ID supposed that
the tire became loose and fell of. thus causing
the wheel to collapse.
General Manager Evans and Superintendent
Hall OF the Maine Central at once went to the
scene of the wreck by special train. Those who are
not expected 70 recover are Mrs. Jennie Towns
end, Newport, Me-, badly cut about the head
Frank Billings, East Newport, Me-, serious In
ternal injuries; Mr.. Freeman Mills. Lowell.
Mass, internal injuries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
FORTUNE FOR 4 TRAMP.
Jacob Wilson Hears That He Has Broken His
Eather,s VIII at Last.

Fathers Will ut Last.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Sept. 5.-Jacob Wilson.
aged SO, who came to this State n tramp last
March, and applied for work in Tulare county
for his board. has received word that the United
States Supreme Court has decided in his favor a
suit that will give him n good portion Of a $l5,-
600, 900 estate. The suit was brought In the
New York courts In 1886. and Affects the estate
of Jacob Wilson, ST., banker and broker of Wall
street.
Young Wilson. according to his story. In 1873
married a woman who was a nurse in tho family.
Tho family raised q row and Wilson wei. to
Australia with his wife. In 1884 his father
died. cutting of Wilson without q dollar. In
1886 he brought suit to break the will, and dur
ing the eleven years interim has been penniless
and a wanderer; Last week he received news
that his suit had been successful. but he Is only
modcstly elated over II.
He is particularly bitter against his sisters.
One OF them lives in Pittsburg, where her hus-
band Is the President OF a large manufacturing
company. Wilson says that in 1893. after the
hardships OF an overland tramp from California
and sick and hungry. no went to the door of her
home In the aristocratic part OF Pittsburg and
sought help.
world, ana there was neither food nor money
for him. After working on a ranch in Tulare
for a few months for his board. Wilson got q
place on n small weekly newspaper at Dinuba
and was making barely enough to keep himself
alive when he received news OF his good fortune.
Wilson Is now in stockton arranging with q
firm of lawyers to obtain his inheritance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
HELD A MATRIMONIAL PICNIC.
The Chicago Human Nature Club Iistsns to an
Oracle IN jackson Park.

Oracle IN jackson Park.
CHICAGO. ILL.,, Sept. 5.-The Chicago Human
Nature Club held Its first matrimonial picnic"
last night. Every man In search of a wife was
invited to attend. and sixty responded TO the in
v~itation. Only about forty girls responded.
The aspirants. dressed In bicycle
suits. met at Wabash avenue and Madison
street. where they boarded tho cable train
which bore them TO Jackson Park, where the
oracle was to DO heard from in the old German
pavilion. Here tho high priest commanded ST.
lence.
Let reason reign - he said. Cupid has had
his day. Let calm elaboration. not passionate
impulse. choose your future wives. Now let
him that Is weary and heavy laden with the
burden of single blessedness come unto NO."
DIR. Il. b.. Jacobs was the first applicant for o
helpmate: This man." said the matrimonial
able temperament. He is a man Of strong pas
sions, Of quick impulses. His life companion
should be such a woman In general appearance
as this" and he led forth a dimpled miss with
golden hair. Her head was bent to the search,
ing touch OF the adept.
HYes; Just such a woman is the one for the
doctor. Her every characteristic Is the absolute
opposite OF his. They will be happyif they sub
NIT TO the decree Of this court and marry"
w. X. Hearn of 2S3 Indiana street and Miss
next declared a%tiinitles, much to the disgust of
Other couples who were declared Just suited
for each other were Fred Gustayson OF 1928
State street and Miss u. Y. Yegge OF 2s3
Indiana street; Daniel Dayis Of Chicago avenue
and May street and Miss Minnie Wallace OF $50
Milwaukee avenue, and j. p. Kirwin and Miss
Helen A. Wallonhap.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
PASSES WORSE THAN EYER.
Increased Travel Has Deepened the Mire ana
Made sknEuny Almost Impossible.

bhhHuhy ~ h"pabsaDNo-
SEATTLE. WASH. Sept. 5.-The steamers Queen
and Alki arrived this morning from Alaska,
direct from Juneau. The gateways to the Klon-
dixie appear to be butlittle improved after being
open to the great throng for two days. The in
creased travel has deepened the mire to an
almost impossible condition. About a thousand
men got well on their way. Both vessels return
to Skaguay. sailing on Monday and Tuesday.
with horses, cattle and merchandise and 200
passengers. The Alki brought down 5000 tons
Of concentrates from Douglas Island.
The Portland began receiving cargo for st.
Michael this morning. including one steamboat
and two steam barges. The steamboat was for
merly employed on the Maumee River at To-
ledo, o., and Is constructed OF steel. She was
taken apart and shipped across the continent BY
rail. She arrived yesterday and Is now on tho
deck of the Portland for transportation to the
Yukon, where she will become one Of the feet Of
river boats in the employ Of the Alaska Trans
portation Company. The vessel was formerly
known as the Valley City. She will DO rechris-
tened the James E. Barr; This makes the
two months to be put together and placed on the
Yukon.
The officers Of the Portland are being drilled
by an expert in the use Of the Maxim gun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
GALENA VIII BE DRY.
A vigilance Organized TO Deal with
the Saloons.


GALESA, Kan. Sept. 5.-Intense excitement
prevails here as u result OF tho secret organiza-
ton of a vigilance COMMITTEES TO enforce tho
prohibition and other laws. Galena. like all
other towns in the prohibition State OF Kansas,
had a lucrative liquor trade until three days
ago, when tho saloons and gambling houses
were closed and warrants Issued for their pro-
p~rietors.
For several years Riley Robinson, an ~infuen.
tial citizen of Galena, has enjoyed the monopoly
of the liquor trade here. Galena having the
richest lead and zinc mines in the world around
It, and being prosperous. attracted other liuuor
dealers, who wanted to share the profits OF that
trade, and thera has been a hot fight between
Robinson and his would-b DO competitors.
Last Thursday all of the saloon men and
gambling house keepers here we're arrested er.
copt Robinson. who Is said to have fed to Mis-
souri, TO cvade arrest. The gambling parapher-
MALTA and the saloon fixtures and liquors were
all seized by the county officers, directed by the
Prosecuting Attorney. Some people say this is
one OF Robinson's schemes to drive out his
rivals and that when they have gone he will re.
was TO prevent this that the Vigilance Commit
tee was formed, and 1t Is doubtful II Robinson
will dare pursue his old calling under these cir
CumBlanCeB.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
THE X RAY MADE HARMLESS
a DISCoVERY MADE By ELLIOTT
WOODS OF WASHINGTON.

ne Says That Human Flesh viii Not suGer
By Exposure 70 the N-Rny ir tho Ray IL
Passed. Through Gold Fo,i-How the Foil Is
Treated. However. He Keeps - Secret.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 5.-Elliott Woods. Super
intendent OF the National Capitol, is a student
Of photography. and has recently boon making
some experiments with the X.rays. and pro.
duced some results OF great interest to scien.
tihc and medical men. He does not profess to be
an expert in the laws OF light or the uses and
abuses OF the X ray, but nevertheless he has I'D.
vanced tho science Of both very materially and
to a practical purpose. He has a very finely
equipped laboratory. where he has conducted
and is still conducting interesting experiments.
One OF his most recent experiments was d.
rectcd to the now well-known fact that human
flesh suffers In a great many cases after exposure
TO the A'ray. One OF the most serious cases OF
the Ill effects Of the ray on the flesh was reported
not long ago to the United States Surgeon.Gen.
eral. Before that, however, there were several
specific cases In which the rays had produced
fostering flesh, sloughing, falling out Of hair.
sores, Inflammation, &c.
Mr.. Woods has discovered q process by which
this effect Of the X-ray can DO eliminated. He
announced to-day that there Is no proof at all
that this quality for i'll effect is inherent in the
ray. II that wero true, he said, the effect would
probably be absolutely or approximately the
same in all cases of exposure. He admits, how
ever. that the ray, in combination with certain
physical conditions OF the patient or subject,
might have produced the i'll effects described.
Mr.. Woods has discovered that those Ill effects
will not follow exposure to the X-ray II the
light is passed through prepared gold foil. but
how the foil is treated he keeps u close secret.
A practical application of this discovery has
already been made.
1t has always been desirable in surgical opera
tions to observe the process Of the healing Of
tissues, the knitting Of bones, and the recreation
OF parts whatever and wherever they might be.
To obtain such knowledge 1t would be necessary
TO take frequent shadowgraphs, and since tho
remedy in some cases has been as bad as the dis
ease, there has been a growing distrust of the
X-ray treatment.
! Notwithstanding this. and since Mr.. Woods's
discovery. several of the surgeons Of Washing
ton have sent patients to Mr.. Woods TO have
s~hadowgraphs made of bones which have re.
Gently been set. Two cases were shadowgraphed
by MIR. Woods on Friday, and other patients will
be sent down from time to time for observation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
MURDERER PERRY PREACHES.
He Tells His Life story to Fellow Prisoners In
q Georgia jail.

ATLANTA. Ca, Sept. 5.-H. S. Perry, who is
to DO hanged at Decatur on Wednesday for the
murder OF Belly Lanier. has developed into a
preacher. As was hissscustom, the Rev. r. $.
Stevenson went to the jail this morning with tho
intention OF conducting services. He was sur
priscd by a request from Perry that he be per-
mitted to occupy the pulpit. The request was
granted. Perry read two chapters from the
Bible, and then selected u text from the six.
tccnth chapter OF Acts:
'Belicve on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou
shalt be saved"
For an hour and a half Perry spoke. He
told tho history of his life; Then he spoke on
the forlorn condition into which hts death would
children would appreciate the life sacrifice on
his part to vindlcate the fair name OF their
mother. .Perry's speech affected his hearers to
a marked degree.
At,or he ended a hymn was sung, led by ,Tay-
lor Delk, the father of tho outlaw Tom Delk,
who was hanged two months ago and who is
himself under the shadows OF the gallows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
II. n. BLooDGooD ARRESTED.
The Hackney breeder Charged
with DockInG Moraea, rails.

P1rTsFIEID. Mass. Sept. 5.-H. X. Bloodgood,
the horseman and well knownb breeder OF mack
ncys. was arrested in New Marlborough. Mass,
on Friday, charged with docking the tails OF
hackneys. Mr.. Bloodgood will appear in the
District Court at Great harrington on Tuesday
for trial. The arrest was caused by an agent Of
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to An
finals. and took place at the Bloodgood Stock
summer.
The arrest caused much surprise among the
horsemen and cottaRers at Great harrington.
Mr.. Bloodgood is an authority on hackneys. and
for several years he has acted as Judge OF tho
hackneys at the annual Horse Show in Madison
Square Garden. He has n fine stock farm OF 500
acres at New Marlborough. The docking is al
legged to have occurred in August.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
SCHURz ON GERMAN CITIZENS.
says That They Have helped 10 OVERDOSE tho
PuFitaaical Blaze Laws.

CINCINNATI, o.. Sept. 5.-Fully &c. OoO persons
went to the Geological Gardens this afternoon
to attend the German day celebration, Carl
Schurz spoke for an hour and a half. Mr.. Schurz
said that to tho Germans was due the credit
of overcoming tho blue laws of the Puritans In
the observance OF the Sabbath until now COM
mon sense largely ruled with the masses in that
connection.
lie quoted the expression attributed to Gov.
"Bill" Allen of Ohio. that the Germans are
good p~atriots, but damned, bad p %rtisans," as
the idea that being able 10 speak the German
language was q detriment to a mans patriotism.
He warned his hearers that those were not al.
ways tho best citizens who were the most loyal,
enthusiastic followers Of political leaders.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-06
FOLLOWED CLOSE IN DEATH.
Mrs. X. X. Jonea and Her Daughter Charlotte
Die within Half an Hour or Each Other.

N~ARRAGANsETT PIER, r. l.. Sept. 5.-The
deaths of Miss Charlotte Jones and her mother.
Mrs. +. X. Jones of New York, within half an
hour OF each other at the Mathewson Hotel,
where they have been guests during the sum
mer, has cast q gloom upon the pier this even
ing. They died Of pneumonia, which they con-
tracted in mid August, the mother having be-
come i'll in caring for her daughter, They had
not been considered dangerously i'll until quite
recently, when Mr.. Jones, who was in Europe
on law business, was telegraphed to come
home. He reached Narragansett on Saturday.
just in time TO see his wife and daughter alive.
Mrs. Jones was II Miss Patterson, daughter
OF Henry Livingston Patterson of the United
States Navy. Her sister, Miss Julia Patterson
of New York, was with her at tho time OF death.
Mr.. Jones up to five years ago was a member
OF the law firm OF Coudert Bros. His office is at
AT Cedar street, and he had his town house at
1877 West Eighty.seventh street. He was coun-
sci for the Compagnie Generate Transatlantiaue.