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WORTH FACTION BEATEN ADAM.
Lively Time at y Meeting ef the Ceunty Com-
untttae In Brsok1yn.

The Republican County Committee in Brook
i'm held three hours session last night, most
of the timo being engaged in an acrimonious
discussion of the affairs Of tho Fourth Ward in
which there was an outbreak OF the Worth and
anti. Worth factional strife Of last year. All
the members OF the Committee on Organization
with the exception Of Messrs Bristow and Neal
reported that Edward M. Smith was tho legal
President OF the ward committee, and that he
should be recognized rs such, and that tho other
officers associated with him should bo sustained.
John M. Ward, one Of Worth's chief liontenants,
bitterly attacked the findings Of tho committee
and wis supported by VIM. A. Pendergast of tho
Twenty.second ward and ex.Sheriff Buttlng
Mr. PenderRast caused q wild uproar when he
assorted that q member of tho committee, who
was Interested in tho Fourth ward squabble
had told him that there was n plan on foot to
form "rump" organization In the Fourth
ward, but refused to give the name of his in
formant.
Tho Worth faction was outvoted almost two
to one, the report of the Organization Commit
tee having been sustained by vote Of 81 to 46.
Tho installation of an anti-Worth organiza-
tion in tho Fourth ward will probably
result In tho political downfall Of Mr.. But
Ting, az 1t is a part of his Assembly district.
The rerorts of tho Organization Committee on
any discussion. In the Eleventh ward contest
John E. Thorno came out ahead. In the
Twelfth ward tho committee found
that there was not single. regularly
organized association, and new primSries
in all the thirteen districts were ordered. They
will be hold on March II from p. M. too p. NJ,
under direction OF committees of three from the
County Committee 1t was also directed that
now primaries should be held In the Twelfth
and Thirteenth districts Of the Fifteenth ward
on March o.
Resolutions commencing the President for his
patience and nrmness in dealing with the
Spanish difficulties and the House OF Represen-
tativcs for passing the $50 00o.OO act, and also
commending Gen. Woodford and Gen. Loe. were
passed unanimously and with great enthusiasm.
The Chairman was directed to appoint
Maine Relief Committee to raise funds for the
families OF the dead sailors, the same to be
forwarded to Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Roosevelt.
Just before the close of tho meeting ex-
Assemblyman Henry E. Abel OF the Twenty
second ward offered resolution commend
ing the authorities for investigating the
alleged scandals in connection with the old
Brooklyn Board of City Works: Theodore
b. Willis, who was Commissioner of City Works
at the time the irregularities were alleged to
have taken place, seconded the resolution, de-
claring IL to be his greatest wish that the mat
ter be sifted to the bottom. Ho denied any
knowledge that any frauds had been perpetrated
during his incumbency.
The sun., 1898-03-09
BRITISH At LAKE BENNETT.
Mounted Police EstnbiE-h Two Posts on tn,
Disputed TerrIiOrS.

Mounted Police E.tnbiI-h Two Posts ON tho
Disputed TerrIiOrs.
SEATTLE. Wash, March s.-PasEengers arrv.
ing from Skagway to-day confirm tho report of
the raising of the British flag at Summit Lake
and the stationing OF eighteen mounted police
there. At Crater Lake. on tho Chilkoot Pass,
blockhouse has been built and occupied by
twenty OF the police. A short time ago Willis
Thorp OF Seattle took in u stock of goods and
meats with the intention of opening a store at
Lake Bennett on disputed territory. To the dc.
mands OF the customs officers he refused to pay
duty. The officers then seized his goods and
posted n notice OF sale. A few days ago, j.
Goodson, the British customs officer. served
Thorp with this notice:
"BESNETT LAKE. B. c., Feb. "a, 1898
~ wills ThOry, SkuDipuR. Alaska.
"SIR: have the honor 10 request you to pre-
sent yourself at Bennett Is. g., within tho next
few days with all invoices for goods and meat in
the province of British Columbia at Lake Ren.
nett found notice of sale of your goods on
the trail between Bennett and Lindorlnan. and
have forbidden your man in charge to dispose
OF a single pound until the duty is paid. Please
give this your earliest attention"
The Government reindeer from LaplRnd have
arrived here and been placed In Woodland Park
to rest after their 7.O00miles journey Two
hundred of them will be sent TO Copper River.
The sun., 1898-03-09
OBITUIRY T.

The Rev. Joseph B. Jennings died OF consump-
tion at st. Lukes Hospital. this city. last Satur-
day. Mr. Jennings had been i'll for long time
at Verbank. n. " and was transferred to the
hospital about week before his death. He was
ordained to tho priesthood or the Protestant
Episcopal Church in 1880 by the Right Rev.
Horatio Potter. then Bishop of New York. but
most of his pastoral life was spent in the
State OF New Jersey. Mr.. Jenningss last
charge was at Wcstield, n. j.. where
he was the rector OF what was then
Grace parish. While in wcstaeld he came into
conflict with Bishop Scarborough. and won his
contention on teohnicalty. The congregation
took sides with the Bishop. and finally deserted
Soon after this Mr. Jennngss health began to
fail and he removed to Verbank \. Y. for rest,
lain to tho community OF the Brothers Of Naza-
re,h. lay mon3stic order, having its head
quarters there. He was about 40 years old.
city on Monday, night. lie was the son of the
late Lorenzo Blackstone ex.Mayor Of Norwich.
Conn. Tho family dates back to William
Totoket Mills for several years. He was once
divorced, and afterward remarked his wife,
who with one son. survives him.
Major Jacob Bretz, the oldest native OF Harris
burg, Pa. died in Carlisle Pa; yesterday. a
paralysis which was the immediate cause OF his
would have been 90 years old. At the time of
Lees invasion in 1868 Major Bretz got through
the lines to Harrisburg and gave Gov. Curtin
the first news that the rebUls had reached
Carlisle.
William b. Beeknan. a member Of the Gov
erninG Committee Of the New York Stock Ex.
change and head of the brokerage firm OF Will
liam y. Beekman Co., died at Sumnerville
S; G.. early yesterday morning. He was SO years
widow. the daughter of Courtlandt Parker OF
Newark n. j., with seven children. survives him.
Capt. Clayton S. Burbank Of the Tenth In
fantry died yesterday at Fort sill. #.
The sun., 1898-03-09
Mrs MATrsoN,s LAWYERS.
She Has Tried Twenty-seven OF Them. and Wow
wants to Manage Her Own Case.

bhe HAS Tried Twenty-seven or Them, and Now
wants to Manage Her Own Case.
Mrs. Clara Mattson of York street, Jersey
City, who has been engaged in litigation with
the New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Com
pany for some years, determined recently to dis
pense with the assistance Of lawyers and plead
her own case She appeared before Vice-
Chancellor Pitney in Chancery Chambers yes
terday.
Have you a lawyer, madam7" asked the
Vice-Chancellor.
NO, SIR" she replied. -
There Is nothing IN this case, your Honor"
interrupted Lawyer Hughes who appeared for
the company. THE bill is frivolous. This
woman has had Twenty-Five lawyers acting for
thrown the case out several times
~ beg your pardon, sir" exclaimed Mrs.
Mattson, you are mistaken. have bad twcn-
tyseven lawyers"
Mra. Mattson was about to begin an argu.
ment when Vice Chancellor Pitney interrupted
into the merits OF the case and report to him.
The sun., 1898-03-09
RETALIATION At OTTAWA.
a Mining CIaiu Bill Introduced to Counteraci
tho Alaska Bill.

OTTAWA, Ont. March s.-Consequent upon
the action Of the United States Senate. the re-
taliationist faction in the Canadian Parliament
Is becoming exceedingly active. and has already
begun to take aggressive measures against
Americans. Mr.. McMullcn. n leading supporter
OF the Dominion administration. gave notice to-
night of bill which provides that only British
SUBJECTS shall be permitted to own mining prop
critics in Canada, and that aliens must have
been resident in the Dominion at least twelve
months prior to the recording of their mining
claims. and also must have declared their inten.
ton Of becoming British subjects before taking
up such claims. This measure 10 clearly intended
as retaliation against the enactment of such
legislation as the Alaska bill in Congress pro-
DOScA.
The sun., 1898-03-09
LYNCRED IN COLORADO.
One or the Robbers' Roost Gang Put to Death
by stockmen.


by stockmen.
Rock SPRINGS, Wyo., March s.-The news was
brought here to-day from Browns Park, on tho
Colorado Wyoming boundary line. that four OF
the members of the Robbers Roost band Of out
laws. who last week murdered Stockman Hoy,
had been captured and one Of them lynched by
posse Of Hoy's friends. Patrick L. johnson, ono
of the gang, two weeks ago shot and killed
William Strange, boy at Hoy's ranch in
Sweet Water county. Wyo. While in pursuit Of
johnson with posse, Hoy was ambushed aud
killed by party of the Robbers Roost outfit.
David Liant and Harry Tracy, two escaped con:
victs from Utah, and johnson. who murdered
tho boy. Hoy was shot on the afternoon of
March l. Tho next morning Jack Bennett, an
associate and sentinel for the outlaws, was cap
tured: He was lynched the following morning
near Ladore. Col. by about twenty five masked
men. who took him from Deputy Sheriff Farnam
of Colorado. Tracy. Liant, and johnson were
captured on Friday last near Powder Springs
also known as Robbers Roost. They showed
fight. but finally surrendered. They will proba-
bly, meet Benefits fate. The place is remote
from railroads.
The sun., 1898-03-09
THE ANTI MONSTER BILL.
'oh TO Take u rrsm tho Committee ne.
rrnied In tho Assembly.

" 'hLe u Irsm tho COmmitteo de-
Tented In the Assembly.
ALBANY, March SIN the Assembly to-day
pemocratic Le'dcr Donnolly moved that the
44c'ary Committee DO discharged from the
1''ner consideration Of his anti.monster bill,
.'o4ucea on Jan. ~. and he aad other mem
VI 'he minority spoke at length In explana-
t, " :" he stand taken by tho minority upon
,HIS ana other legislative measures designed to
diyiduals,
.hairman Armstrong OF the Judiciary Com.
m'''ee opposed the motion, on the ground that
"o ah'i'inohster legislation of last year was now
'nc court OF Appeals for decision as to its
s'''t''uI'ohallty. and he opposed taking any
oh th!s question until tho court has
uu0u Gown It's decision. He declared that.a
heoilhlttee OF the Judiciary Committee had
- eo"S'Herlng all proposed antimonster
,hH,'oh ,hSS" and would make n report thereon TO
" .u, committee tomorrow afternoon.
,rt 'sh 'fep'' Madison). member OF this
Coooihhiittee. said that In the event of tho
s, art OF Appeals holding unconstitutional the
rpu'e" provisions OF tho Lexow anti.monster
.Ir. p''Seu by the last Legislature he had
,tteS' prepared amendments to that law
,r """'d meet these constitutional obiec-
ro,.,. W." ""'ch gave absolute immunity to wit
,b,,,'"o' "o' ohIy Tor any crime committed under
,es,i,' 'ut ior any crime growing out OF the
'n''nE wos OF u witnoss before the referee. 1t
70. rn insult to the intelligence of tho House
ioF any member to endenyor 10 dtscoun, ia. a.
po.sd % y, lIe Court Of Appeals, and lie was on.
except w. IN '%he ne consideration Of this question
decisIon ~ u, ne Judiciary Committee until the
"'WyiS'oh Ne OF the court is available.
Houss "soen ,n 'Dem.. New York; RstouAdcd the
Tended "iTa5la MIN Inc information that he had in.
Comr h ~ ,oduClns resolution requesting the
Go1ri Gc,.ioo,,' o. Appeals TO hand down an immoiists
M. ~, nri or the Lexow Rntimonser law and to
Nsr,oEa IOrthwlth. '"'''"u'''' VI All ot its pro-
0"c u, mellon .ttion was then defeated. 6l to76.
pass, II, ~, most important bills OF the session
SHts SGged by Chairman sears Of the % Asaembly In.
OF a nSw eonnittee. authorizing the formotion
the stinuinass lass OF lie insurance corporations on
tween pPSat premium plan 10 operate bo-
cOnpanias Iae nelds covered by tho old line life
SSSsSSIss on the one hand aud the assessment
soA the other. The bill was prepared
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keIler-Pemberton.

PHILADELPHIA. March s.--Miss Augusta Penn
berton and Mr.. Harry Elwood Keller were
married at St. Lukes Church to-day. Miss Penn
berton is a daughter of the late Clifford Penn
berton and sister OF Mrs. Hobart Hare OF this
city. Since tho recent death Of their father her
family has resided In New York. The bride was
given away BY her brother, Mr.. John Penn
bertoR: Mr.. Henry Chapman ThHyer was best
man. The ushSEs were Mr; Reese Cassard and
Hagen. Jr, Mr.. Henry Gillette Woodman, Mr.
Malcolm Lloyd, Mr.. Edgar Moor Church.
bnrtOn.
The sun., 1898-03-09
Business 3lufices.
DorfiinEer's American Cut GlahA.
Some new and exclusive
lines OF table service.
No. eI5 Broadw ay and No. 80 Murray ST.. MI.
DIT1O.

DITD.
BEEKMAN.-At summerviiis. o. O.. ON March 9,
1893. William Bediow. eldest son OF the late vii.
liam Fenwick Bsekman and Catharino Alexander
Nelson. in tho b7th year of his age.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
CONkLlN.- Suddenly. on March g. Cornelius 9.
Copklin. beloved husband OF Katie M. Conklin in
the b2d year OF his age.
Funeral on Thursday morning. March 10. at o.
o'clock from his late residence. <80 West 2ed st.,
thence to Morris Plains. N. t. where o solemn
mass of requiem will be offered for the rspose OF
his soul. Carriages in waitnlon arrival OF tRain
leaving New York at $3.50.
JEWETT.-At Augusta. Ga. on Sunday. March Q.
Hugh }. Jewett OF Maryland. in the slst year 0R
his age.
Funeral services at zsuesvills. o.. on wednesday
morning. March o.
LAMB.-on Monday. March z, az mis- residence.
Bay l3th st,. near Cropsey av.. Bath Beach. Wal.
ter ], Lamb. In the 44th year OF his age.
Funeral private.
MOHRELL.-on Tuesday morning March Q. 1898.
at her residence. b79 9th ay, Julia A., widow
OF Thomas Morrell.
Funeral services at st. Thomas Church. corner q
bSd st. and 9th ay. on Friday. HAroh IL. ~ II
O'Clock A. A.
THURBER. --on Tuesday. March 8. after bFiee
Illness. Margaret Bsbcock, youngest dauEhtsF of
Elliot Babcock and Margaret Wsdsworth Thur
ber. aged 2l months and Is days.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
WOOD. AT Peekskil, n. Y, on Sunday. March Q.
1895. Samuel .. Wood. Jr. formerly OF New York
city, in the 6sd year OF his age.
Funeral services on Wednesday. 9th mat, - 0
o'clock, 1T his lato residence. 3S2 WaAhngtoa st.,
Peekskiil Carriages will be In waiting % sho
arrival OF TAin leaving Now York ct 1915.
The sun., 1898-03-09
GIRL IN A MoRTARBoARD.

Handing Out Flowers and Whiskey Circulars
to rt-brInk Men In Broadwas.
A good.looking young woman with yellow
curls and blue eyes stood in front of a drug
store on Broadway yesterday afternoon. She
wore a mortarbeard cap set coquettishly over
enc ear. In one hand sho carried q bunch of
white and pink carnations, in the other packet
of circulars. When man left the drug store
soda fountain she stepped up to him. pinned
carnation on the lapel Of his coat, and then
bestowed one OF her circulars upon him. The
circulars advertised q whiSkey concern. Tho
form OF advertising was certainly new one on
Broadway. The young woman took up several
posts during the afternooa, but always in front
OF drug stores. She disappeared at about 4
lars gave out.
The sun., 1898-03-09
BOTH WILL BE RID OF RATCLIFFE.

Referees Report IN Favor OF Freeing the Ac-
tor's Two wives.
Two reports of referees were filed in the su-
preme Court yesterday in favor of the two
women who married Actor Edward J. Ratcliffe.
now In jail serving q turn OF six months for
wife-beating. One of these reports. by Thomas
c. Kinney, is in favor of annullng the marriage
OF Alice De Lacy Ratcliffe to the actor on the
ground that he Ind wife when he married hOr
of an absolute divorce for Caroline Ravenhill
Ratciffe on the ground Of the nctor intimacy
with Alice De Lacy Ratclifc. Caroline Raven
hill Ratclife has n son ID years old, and Alice
De Lacy Rutcliife has two young children. No
alimony is awarded to Caroline, AS the motor Is
now without means. but the question of alinony
~ loft open for further application when Rat
cliffe gets TO work again. The women testified
for each other in the suits
The sun., 1898-03-09
GIVES UP HER HUSBANDS ESTATE.
MRS. Gasrisl ID. Clark OF Baltimore to Be
Married To-Day.

BALTIMORE March s.-Mrs Gabriel d. Clark.
widow of the welknown Baltimore capitalist
who died about eighteen months ago. leaving a
large estate, will be married tomorrow to Mr..
c. A. Linthicum. young member of the Balti-
more bar. The ceremony will be performed at
the residence of the prospective bride, on st.
Paul street. near Monument, in the presence Of
studied law wi tn Mr.. Thomas r. Clenden. Mrs.
Clark S counsel.
Mrs. Clark. who renounces tho provisions OF
her husbands will, which gave her a life estate
in all the property, is said to b. worth 81 ,OO0-
000 Immediately after the ceremony the mar
ricd couple will 90 to New York and thence will
sail for Europe. Mrs. Clark is still n young
woman OF prepoSsessing appearance. Hor late
husband was one of the best-known men in
BALTIMORE.
The sun., 1898-03-09

1t is not enough that the
goods we sell shall please you
at the time of purchase. They
must continue to please you SO
long as they last; else we shall
not be satisfied.
We receive so many compli.
ments on the merits of our cloth.
ing that it is wholesome some.
times to hear a complaint. It
keeps us up to the mark.
ROGERS PEEr & Co.
Prince and Broadway.
Warren and Broadway.
Thirty second and Broadway.
The sun., 1898-03-09
One ship pa.sss the Catalonia.

HALIFAX, n. s., March s.-Capt Davis OF the
steamer Delaware that towed in the Cunarder
Catalonia says that just after he picked her up
he saw an oil tank showing signs OF distress
and asking assistance. but lie could not leave
tho Catalonia.
Capt. stephen OF the Catalonia says the only
steamer he saw was on Thursday. She WAS a
tourmastsr. resembling = Warner liner. He
signalled with rockets, but she evidently did
not see them and passed hIs
The sun., 1898-03-09

Trow's Copartnershp and Corporation Direc-
tory for 1898 10 Just out The volume, which
consists OF more than 450 pages. contains tho
name Of each firm or corporation doing business
IN The bOrOughs OF Manhattan and The Bronx.
with tha u mes Of the individual members OF
each ANA, lne hpeCIl partners and tho capital.
IL uiSO CUntalns the names OF the officers OF in
corporslcd banks, companies. and tho trade
names OF the pToprietOrs, the names OF foreign
nrlns doing business here anu their reprosentt-
tives. besides various other facts relating TO
each hrm.
The sun., 1898-03-09
DOCTORS INSPECT Il SCHOOL.
Ono Case or Measles. but Mono or Scarlet Fever
Found 10 Far.

At the request of President Murphy Of the
Health Board DR.. Blauvelt, Chief of the School
Nedical=Division, visited yesterday Public
School 80, at Ninety-third street and Amster-
dam avenue, accompanied by corps of physi-
clans, and examined the children in the school
for the purpose of 'ascertaining whether there
We're any cases OF scarlet fever among Them
Later in the day, DR.. Blauvelt made report
to President Murphy in which he announced
that 973 children had been examined in the pri-
mary desartment of the school and in the
children in the grammar department. Only
one case of contagious disease was found among
the children examined. This was case Of
measles. Another visit will be paid to-day by
the Health Board doctors TO the school for the
purpose OF asccrtaining whether there are any
cases of scarlet fever there.
The sun., 1898-03-09
HARRY, THE COMEDIAN, I'LL.
Horced TO Give Up an Engagement and Go 10
Hospital la BrO0klyn.

William Barry. the Irish comedian. who Is the
star OF The Rising Generation" is n patient at
the Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn.
suffering from a liver complaint. His friends
are somewhat alarmed over his condition, but
DR.. Frank West his physician. said yesterday
that he hoped to have Mr. Barry on his feet in
lew weeks.
Mr.. Barry's illness dates from the time he left
the Park Theatre stock company In Brooklyn. n
few months ago. and went on the road. After
~ si si," - st tt h3, III IS ioisou 70
work. playing at Cleveland, and subsequently
at Buffalo, whore he had an engagement last
week. 1t was with much difficulty that he was
able 10 appear on the stugc. and on Thursday
night he WAS forced TO give up. lie was brought
to Brooklyn on Saturday.
The sun., 1898-03-09

SAvANNAH. Ga, March s.-Miss Mary Battle
Whitehead and Mr. Edwin Parsons of New
York were married at noon to-day at tho home
OF tho brides parents, Mr. and Mira. George A.
Whitehead. on Jones street, The brid s4room is
the son OF Mr.. Charles Parsons. who controls the
street car systems OF Charleston and Savannah.
The sun., 1898-03-09
BUCKET SHOP BURSTS.
EKtrai smash In Wall streoti Liabilities
NIors'a o Dollar IN q Half

]. NJ. Brooks Il Co., brokers, OF 3s Broad street,
suspended payment yesterday, The firm con-
sisted OF j. NJ. Brooks and lockwood Puffor.
and had been doing business about four months.
"You can call us bucket shop. II you wish.'
said Mr., Brooke to an inquiring reporter. AT
ter the Maine disaster our customers all went
short OF the stock market. We took tho long
side, and tho big decline yesterday in Sugar Re.
hning and Manhattan was too much for us. Tho
DECLINES oflato have been bad for bucket shops"
One OF tho evening papers get out an extra
yesterday on the failure, and described ii as a
"Smash in Wall Street"
The sun., 1898-03-09
MOORE IN TROUBLE AGAIN.
KeBrasLa's ET-Auditor Indicted for Larceny
This Time.

LINCOLN. Neb. March S.-Ex-Stnte Auditor
Moore is again in trouble The Supreme Court
recently released him from serving an eight
year sentence for embezzlcment because IL
guilty OF anything. it was larceny. the stolen
money not having come Into his hands lawfully.
and three indictments have been found against
him, charging the larceny OF money paid him by
that OF "once In jeopardy" but the State Attor-
noy says this Will not avail him.
The sun., 1898-03-09
Dwight &. Crittsndsn Dying.

SAN FRANCISCO March s.-Dwight G. Critten-
den, one of the well,known mining mon of the
coast. is dying at st. Msry's Hospital of dropEy.
Crittenden has had charge OF many large mil es,
but his reputation was made by his mana Ra.
ment Of tho Northern Bell OF Candelaria, New.
which paid millions in diyideAds For years he
was in the Iransya9l Lately be has been man.
aging the Blair mine In southern Nevada for
Mackay and George G. Roberts.
The sun., 1898-03-09
'Arrived-TurspAr. March Q.

Sc Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse, EnEelhardS Brennsr
March ! and Southampton Sd.
Sc Thos Melville, GreiG, Gibraltar.
Ss Cevic, Eicol, Liverpool.
Sc Lackawanne, Robinson, London.
ss Isleworth. McNabb, st. Lucia
IS Ftuminenss, Harvey, Barbados.
Sc Yucatan, Reynolds, Havana.
SIS Ethiopia, Wadsworth, 0lasgow.
SIS Remington, Roberts, Antwerp.
IS Sirius, Ford. Rio Janeiro.
So Fl Mar, Grant. New Orloana
ss Colorado, Risk. Brunswtck.
ss Princess Anne, Hulphera, Norfolk.
SIS Herman Winter. Nickerson, Boston.
Ship Reuce, Adams HioRo.
Ship Sam Skolfield. Wilson, Batavia
Ship Paul Revere. Mullen, Boston.
tFor later arrivals SOC First Paeol
The sun., 1898-03-09
Oh, WE'LL, HE WASN'r 4 SPANIARD.
Third Avenue Railroad Settles n Case with . |
Mistaken PIaIutIn.

mistaken Plnintin.
The case Of Jozue Perla, darkvisaged artist.
against the Third Avenue Railroad Company
tried in Part II. of the City Court yester.
day. Perla said he had been struck by one Of
the defendants cars.
Counsellor Mayer didn't know just how strong
defence he could make. but believing from the
plaintiffs name and appearance that he
was n Spaniard the lawyer decided to go in and
put up the best defence possible.
On the cross-eXaminution il came out that
Perla was Russian, not Spaniard On learn
ing this counsel for defence conferred with
plaintiffs counsel and then said TO the court:
Your Honor. this case is settled. We thought
plaintiff was Spaniard. and we wero not going
TO pay him cent. But as long as he is a Rus
sian we will settle"
Case settled, said the Court.
The plaintiff looked surprised. but his lawyer
told him 1t was all right, and jurors counsel.
ana plaintiff went away happy.