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CENTRAL Pacific TRAIN HELD UP.
Tho Job Done Neatly with Dynamite by
Two White Bandits and u Negro.

SAN Francisco. July 14,-Central Pacific
passenger train No. l, eastbound. was held UP
at 1880 A. NJ. to-day by three men on the
Nevada desert. one mile east OF Humboldt.
Two white men and a negro got on the front
platform OF a baggage car just after the train
left the water tank. climbed up over the en-
CINE, covered the engineer and fireman with
rifles. and made them stop the train. Then
they took the engineer and fireman with them
to the express car. where a number OF bullets
were fired into the door.
The bandits yelled for the messenger to come
out, and when he refused they blew the door to
splinters with a stick Of giant powder. The
messenger then appeared and was told to climb
out aud be q good fellow and no harm would
come to him. The messenger was powerless.
as the bandits were protected by the engineer
and fireman. He surrendered and a stick OF
dynamite blew the safe open ana wrecked the
car. mt
engineer, fireman and messenger were
marched. hands Joined. to some. distance from
the train. where the robbers said "adios' and
disappeared in the darkness toward Humboldt
River.
The passengers were not disturbed. The ne;
gro was possibly an eX-conNict Just, liberated
from some penitentiary. The railroad mas
offered a reward OF 81 900 each for the robbers.
The holdup Is recognized as one OF the best ex-
ecuted Of the many that have occurred on the
Central Pacific system.
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TAX ON TELEGRAPH MESSAGES.
Commissioner Scott Decides Thai the Sender
Must Afix the Stamp.

Commissioner Scott Decides That the Sender
Must Ahix the Stamp.
WASHINGTON. July 14.-Commissioner Scott
Of the Internal Revenue Bureau to-day adj
dressed the following letter to the Western
Union Telegraph Company, announcing the
decision OF the bureau that 1t Is the duty OF the
sender OF a telegraph message to afix the re-
Quired stamp:
"WAsHINGToN. D. O.. July Il. 1898
"WeItsrn Union Telegraph Company, New York, n. 7.
GENTLEMEN: Upon the question as TO whose
duty 1t is to attiX O stamp required, BY the act OF
offered for transmission. you, are advised that
this Office rules that this duty .devolyes upon
the person who makes, signs or issues the mes
sage. .o .ou,aoo .ho. :, ,u
person or persons shall make. sign. or issue
any instrument. document, or paper OF any
description whatsoever, without the same be-
ing duly stamped for denotinR the tax thereon,
guilty of a ~misdemeanor. and on conviction
thereof shall pay u fine OF not more than 500.
TeleRraphic dispatches and messages, are
enumerated Ia the act as requiring the docu-
Section IS OF the act imposes upon the telc-
graph company Q penalty OF $40 for transmit
ting any despatch or message that has not been
stamped in accordance with section q
OF messages Of the officials and employees OF
railroad companies. as provided In section Is.
Is strictly limited to the transmission OF those
MESSAGES between s tS ION 3h o ths reSpeGti Nv
All dispatches or messages OF railroad officials
and employees sent from railroad stations on
their respective railroads. and destined for
Be stamped by their makers. signers. or lssuers
In accordance with section 2. Respectfully
yours, N. u. SCOTT Commlssloher,'
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Election Law, and win prevent their being sub
Juistice Ssynor o9 Tie Supreme Court In the
mater taas Il f 81 the 1s SPPSSip3ttT pS OF election inspeo-
senator GeSow, Chairman OF tho Senate
Judiciary Committee, introduce the bill at TO-
nights session. and 1t was referred to the Judi
The bill originally drafted by Senator Albert
Wray Of Brooklyn to enable soldiers and sailors
Judiciary Committees OF the two houaes and
introduced this morning Joint s9b.eommit;
SES Il 4 I o'eIoc iW IBIS HS mornISss T I'M tSe 81 Senate fns 'i Il
was introduced by. Senator Wray, ordered to q
third reading, and referred e. the Judiciary
the Assembly the judiciary COMMITTEES re-
ported I d I the biz fayor1bly' and II Was S ordered r.
The bill directs the Secretary of State to for.
Ts : the sto ptisSssssryv SSs,lSts; s sSRSs,G aTs Ten S9 of
eiSgto g'S shall iR ssSS sR RYs, SSsslkootE l d al PU enive slope
town. which shalt also. Be entered in tSSee. poll
s pSGk to ths s SsTSts sn q Sta sfstdS S and G s6s o sbs . po 81
book to the. Governor. The Secretary Of State
Is to t fGEwaNrd the ballots e the %elsctSto y districts districts
the vote on the sixth tuesday after election.
ssrs, and BY them e the Secretary Of State for
the state Board of Cqnyassers; No soldier vote
need be canyassed that Dis not received by the
Secretary Of State by Dec, 20.
The Secretary 81 state Is e. send s99 out lists Of
in Cuba. Hawaii, and Porto Rico. this can be
done by mai. but for the Philippines he will
probably use the cable.
The commanding officers Of troops In the
field may fix a day for his men to vote at any
time within twenty days previous TO election.
and he may change the date II any Of the men
are engaged in battle on the day originally des;
ignated. The bill has been carefully worked
Quirement OF the Constitution that the votes
east by the soldiers shall be canvassed in the
election districts in which they reside has been
the source of much trouble in preparing this
bill and has made necessary some considerable
EXPENSE.
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DImD.

EN- At Elizabeth. M ON the IAN inst, aftsR
a few days illness. Henry AIKEN. aged % yeArs.
Funeral from his late r~eaidsnce. 2l2'Rahway av..
on Saturday afternoon, At $40 otlock. pennsyl-
yauh X, r. trHiItleavss New York for aoHth Eliza
beth at 2:aO. Friends afo kindly requested to
omit flowers.
KAUEMANNS-suddsuly, on July Is, Frederick.
beloved son Of Rus4lie GIL tbs late Leopold KAuf-
mann. in his 26th year.
Funeral from Lis late residence, II East Goth Ats
Friday morning. JHly IL, At 10 O'Clock,
SIkATTUCK.-A Leuor, Mass, on Wednesday.
July IS, 1898. Elizabeth Caroline Khs'tack. wife
Of the late william q. shattuck, and daughter OF
the late Albert G. aud Lucy Richardson.
Funeral services at Trinity Church, Lenox. Mass
July 10, at half past I O'Clock. lnterment 40
Greenwood Cemetery
TAYLOR.-After = short illness. at the residence OF
his grandmother. hS. Jeremiah Curtis. West
End. long Branch. N. j.. jeremiah g. Taylor, in
the 91st year Of his ags,
Interment at the convenience OF tho family.
WINANS.-on TuesdHy. July ~, william WinanH.
Funerl service At his late residence. 81 Hart H..
Brooklyn. on Friday evening at 3 O'clock. Inter-
ment private.
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A BABY OF HIGH DEGREE.
Little Miss Falling Shower Born in Brook
Ign Wednesday of MicmaC Parents.

Little Miss Failing Shower Born in Brook
Ign Wednesday of MicmRC Parents.
Very early on Wednesday morning in tho
house at PAL Chauncey street, Brooklyn. there
was born q girl baby who. in point OF American
descent. could make the genealogical tree OF n
Mayhower descendant looklike a withered bur-
dock. This young person is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William Nicholas. formerly
known as Little Cloud and Laughing Water. OF
the Micmac tribe OF Indians, which inhabits
Nova Scotia on the borders OF the Bay OF Fundy.
A few years ago Little Cloud. who is OF a
chiefs line. being a grandson OF the famous
Chief Big Bear. left his own people and brought
his wife with him to Brooklyn. where he got
| employment as engineer in the Smith street
central telephone station. w
The youngster, who. weighs Tx pounds. 10
called at present Falling Shower, which Is, a
| logical name for the daughter OF her parents.
| Later she will get an American name. She has
a three-year-old brother who ~reJoices In the
cognomen of Morning Glory.
Not only is the little, squaw, OF nigh american
lineage. but her mother claims for her good
French descent besides. Mrs. Nieholas,s
mother, as the story goes, was the daughter q
from a nurse when q baby by an Indian chlet OF
the Micmac tribe. When the Kidnapped child
reached the age of Is the chief married her ac-
cording to the tribal laws. and Mrs; Nicholas
was the only child OF the union, Little Falling
Shower is fat and brown and hearty. and she
received visits from the women OF the neigh
borhood with great stoiclsm all day yesterday
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roMrroN lAnrs ErrIosIox.
Lieut.. schumm Finds THAT 1t was Due 60 an
Unavoidable Accident.

Lieut.. H @. Schumm. Second Artillery, Aldo
de-Camp to Brig Gen, Gillespie. Commnndero of
the Department OF the East. made q reportto
the General yesterday OF his investigation into
the cause OF the explosion in the LaHin Rand
powder works at Pompton Lakes, Nj. Lieut..
Schumm found that the explosion, which oc-
Cured In the room whore guhcotton is pre-
pared, was the result OF an unavoidable ac-
cident. In this room were five machines
In which the Ingredients OF guncotton were
mixed together. Each Of these mixers had q
capacity Of fifty pounds.
1t was the custom, Immediately after these
mixers were set In motion, for every man in
the room to leave II, seek q place OF safety, and
remain there for five minutes. II, at the end OF
Ave minutes. no explosion took place. 1t was
considered safe for the men to return. Asnear
as Lieut.. Schumm could learn. 1t was about
three minutes after the men left the room that
they began to return on the day OF the explo-
sion. 1t was just after a dozen or fifteen had
entered the room that the explosion took place.
Lieut.. Schumm mentioned In his report tho
bravery displayed by member Of the Third
New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. q detachment
OF which was guarding the works. after the first
explosion took place. He stated that the soldiers.
regardless OF the warning given by employees.
rushed into the room where the explosion oc-
Cured and began the work Of removing the
dead and wounded and Of putting out the fire
started by the explosion. Lieut.. Schumm says
the soldiers did their work at the imminent
risk Of their lives and the only wonder il that
more were not killed.
The Lieutenant noted some Of the peculiar
effects Of the explosion. Three or four men
who we're standing near q wall were killed. but
the wall was not even indented. In one build
ing the windows and doors were blown out,
but 500 pounds OF Euncotton were not ex-
ploded. A sentry was knocked down, but re-
ceived no injuries. while his gun was carried
100 feet. In another building the windows
and doors were wrecked. but a wooden parti'
tion was left standing without a mark.
Capt. Aspinwall. superintendent Of the works
told Lieut.. Schumm that 1t would be o month
before the works can turn out 80 per cent. o.
the former daily output Of smokeless powder.
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THE TAX ON PHARMACISTS.
Manufactured Contend That Pills Should
Not BE Stamped.


WARRINGTON. July 14.-What time he could
spare this afternoon from signing his mail.
which Is OF tremendous volume. and other rou-
tine duties Of his office. Internal Revenue Com
missioner Scott gave to Attorney A. II. Camp
bell Of Detroit, representing the manufacturing
pharmaceutists OF the United States, who pre-
sented an argument In favor OF a modification
OF the construction heretofore given to the Wal
Revenue bill in its relation to the articles man
ufactured by his clients. Twenty-three OF the
manufacturers which number. it Is said. com-
prises practically all the concerns engaged in
this business. were invited to attend or send
representatives. and twenty responded to the
invitation.
At first the bureau officials decided that all
pharmaceutical preparations must be stamped:
but about q fortnight ago q committee repre-
senting the manufacturers. after an interview
with Commissioner Scott, secured some eXeep-
lions. These included generally what are
termed ethical pharmaeeuticals. those that are
intended to be sold only upon prescription or
administered by physicians.
new circular Of instructions to collectors
was prepared, but its PRONUNCIATION was sus-
pended pending the hearing to-day. The manu-
facturers contend that pills. although sold
under a name. such as pills diuretic or gross
neuralgia pills. contained in a box or package
the label OF which gave no information advising
u layman now 10 use them. should not Ut. taxed.
They also contend that free samples of their
preparations furnished TO physicians for the
purpose of making tests should not be taxed.
Besides Mr.. Campbellls argument. there was
| filed with the COMMISSIONS d brief prepared
BY him, and also, one by John &, Johnson, OF
Philadelphia. The matter was taken under
the bureau. and at the suggestion OF the manu-
facturers they agreed to confer wich pharma-
ceutical experts In their consideration. These
Philadelphia and Caspari 81 Baltimore.
| Affair leaving the Treasury huillinp the
manufacturers formed an organization. to
secure an equitable and Intelligent inter
probation OF the law. having accomplished
which. the organization will expire. An eX-
ecutive committee will remain in Washing
ton. until the matter is, disposed Of. Mr..
Sailor OF John Wythe Il Co, secretary Of the
organization, said that the manufacturers did
not want to be considered as objecting to the
law. They were In favor OF it and expected to
comply with It's provisions. IN the case OF his
firm. to the extent Of paying $3O.OO0a year. but
they did object to an Interpretation OF the
law which was not warranted by its terms and
which. il enforced, would yield the Government
a revenue OF $7O.0OO 900 u year. when the esti-
mate OF the Committees on Ways and Means Of
industry was but ~$3Q.0OO.OOO. 1t is not be-
lieved that any further concessions will Le
made by the bureau.
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No DUTY FOR GEN. wooDFoRD TO PAL
His Household Effects, Sent from Madrid,
Taxed by Mistake.

Gen. Stewart L. Woodford. United States
Minister to Spain. visited Collector 3idwell at
the Custom House yesterday to see about the
entry OF some OF the household furniture he
had with him in Madrid at the outbreak OF hos
t~ilities. He was forced to hurry away. and he
asked the British Legation to see that his et-
fects we're packed up and sent to this country.
At the time it was thought best, for obvious
reasons. not to place upon the goods Gen.
Woodford's name. They were consigned. via
Paris. by the British Embassy's attaches, in
care OF the American Express Company of this
city. a private bill OF lading stating the correct
name being sent by mail to the express COM
pany.
press company knew nothing about them, and,
after some witticisms regarding their Spanish
origin, they were carted of to the public stores.
where they were appraised at $l,4OQ. and
duties amounting to about S46O were ievied1t
Later the express company received the bill
OF lading. and u bill for the duties was
sent TO Gen. Woodford. He. was, surprised
that the Government should tax the house
hold effects OF its own Minister. forced to
return to this country on the outbreak OF war.
He came to the Custom House, however. pre-
pared to pay II the charges were correct. Col
lector Bidwell was also surprised when the
General showed the bill to him. The Collector
explained that it was all a mistake. due to 1.-THE
fact that Gen. Woodford's name was not on the
, invoice. The matter was at once Strengthened
out and the duties RENTED.
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MRS. CUSsICK's RAGE.
She Suspects That Her Daughter Wont ON
with Mr.. Blossom to BE Married.

VII HAEs A1AoAbOAA ~ OS
Rose Cusslck, aged 20. and Arthur Blossom.
aged %, disappeared on Wednesday from 1913
Norfolk street, Newark. The mother OF the
girl keeps q boarding house and Bloxsom and
his brother Edward boarded there. Arthur
Blossom has been paying attentions to the
girl for several months in opposition TO her
mothers wishes. The mother, 1t is said.
threatened to stab Bloxsom on Wednesday
when he took from the house a vallse which
she thought contained her daughters clothes.
She followed him to his brothers store and
tried to persuade a policeman to compel MIN
Mrs. Cussick went back 70 her home. and
threatened her daughter with violence II she
did not tell where her clothes WERE Hose
agreed to go with her TO q place In Newark
street and get the garments. but she ran away
from her mother at the hrst street corner any
learned that Rose had gone TO her married BIS;
ter and had borrowed SO. She went 70 EDWARD
BloXsom's place with a carving knite IN her
hand and said that she was after his DrotherIs
blood. He went home with. her, but dld not
| stay long, he says. because OF the way she was
iourishing the knife. a
ing house for his clothes and she chased MN
upstairs with the knife. He locked himself ul
In a bedroom and while she was pounding az
the door he shouted out the window LOT tine
police. Ln
One OF them returned later to assist Bloxsom
i'm getting his trunk, and he said he had u
made ut Bloxsom. Arthur Blossom. Is sup,
posed TO be on his way 20 Kansas City. ano
perhaps the girl is with hin.
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THE LOAN A BIG SUCCESS.
TT re MORE THAN TAKEN NJ POPULAR
SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The Subscriptions for $500 and Less Will
Aggregate 0 700, 900, and for Sums In
Excess of $780,, 5000, OOO, OoO-The Total
subscriptions Aggregate o1,32B, 900 900.
WASHINGTON. July 14.-The war bond SUBJ
scription IL q great success from whatever
point It is viewed. Applications for allotments,
which closed at 8 O'Clock this afternoon, num-
Der over 100000. and no subscriber for moro
than $4,000 will secure any. 1t will
be o popular loan In the fullest sense
OF the word. All day long until )
O'Clock the applications came rushing In by
telegraph. express. and the mail, until the total
nearly euualled that OF last Monday. which
holds the record, 26,300. At 1880 tonight
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip. who has been
in charge OF the work connected with the bond
issue. said:
1T 10, OF course. impossible to give the final
nguresa at this hour. This department received
to-day just under $4,000 letters aud yesterday
24.300. This mass Of applications must go
through the routine Of tabulation before a to-
tal can be arrived at and the line at which
allotments will be made struck exactly
up to this time. There have been actu-
ally listed subscriptions for $500 and
less to the sum OF $94. 100000. and
those still on the tables will carry that total
above 800. 1000. The subscriptions for the
sums In excess Of $500. scheduled and totalled
at this hour. amount to $6o0,o10.s4O. and l
estimate that 1t will 60 to $735. 100000. Be-
side these there aretthe syndicate bids, two OF
them for tho whole issue OF $5OO.OOO.OOO
amounting to S5oO.o0o. 900. making the grand
total of subscriptions 81. 1876, 100000. nearly
seven times the sum asked for.
I'VE have held UP subscriptions, when there
was doubt as to their bona flde character,
amounting in the class OF $500 and less alone
TO S1e.4 94, TAO. The total number OF subscrip'
lions for $500 and less that have now passed
the stampers is 22S.o00, and that number will
be somewhat increased. The subscriptions fol
larger sums number 0S,50o. and there are still
| several thousand to be listed.
In the last nineteen days the department
has received 255. 300 letters. a daily average o
1922. The last letter was opened within TIVE
hours after the subscription closed. We have
had 400 clerks working on the applications
from 8 In the morning until 1890 at night
Sundays included. At this hour there are bu
seventy-one cases held up because OF some ir
regularity. such as a misplaced remittance o
informality Of subscription. out Of 100000 sub
scriptions received. which fact is some indica
ton Of the thoroughness Of the work done"
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HOWARD GoUnD,s NEW VENTURE.
He Acquires n Controlling Interest in the
Tubular Dispatch Company.

Ilc 4itQulTGS u bACiCoA AZ ciS
Tubular Dispatch Company.
Howard Gould became President Of the
Tubular Dispatch Company last Friday In place
OF John I. Milholland. who resigned to make
way for him. This was the result OF a transact
ton by which Mr.. Gould and some OF his friends
acquired q controlling interest in the Tubular
Dispatch Company and In the New York Mail
and Transportation Company. This obtains
for the Gould interests a monopoly OF all the
methods and systems of delivering mail and
merchandise by means Of pneumatic tubes ex-
listing in New York or projected. No exact
statement of the amount Of stock which
changed hands in the transaction has yet been
made, although it Is said that the transfer will
give the Gould interests control OF ABOUT
$%3,0Q0,OO0. At the meeting at which MIR.
the change in the ownership OF tho stock.
The Tubular Dispatch Company runs the
pneumatic conduits from the Produce. Ex-
the Grand Central Station. 1t also controls the
Mail and Transportation Company. which runs
the lines over the New York and Brooklyn
Bridge. 1t IS sale that this part Of tbs, system
will be open for business next week. The New
capital stock OF the Tubular Dispatch Compa-
ny Is S2.10O,OO0 and OF the New York Mail and
| Transportation Company 81, 0OO,OOU The bond
issue amounts to $SOO.OOO: One OF the assets
| which goes to the new holders OF stock is a mail
contract with the government amounting 70
l72,O0O yearly. The pneumatic service will
be extended over the whole city.
1t Is said that Mr.. Milholland will remain a
member OF the Board Of Directors Of the com
look after the introduction of the pneumatic
system in cities there.
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To Construe John q. Butler's WIN.

Charles II. Duncklee. as executor OF John G.
Butler, who died in April. 1893. leaving an
estate Of $713.000 has brought an action In the
Supreme Court for a construction Of the will.
The testator left to his wife Francella the in
come of $4,000 for life and divided the rest OF
his estate into four trusts for the beneht OF his
8, and John. 10. His real estate was worth but
$4,000, and the rest Of the estate was in
personal property mainly securities The
cause questions have arisen as 20 whether the
widow Is not entitled to dover as well as the
whether certain OF the trusts are not void as
against the statute referring to perpetuities.
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MIR. Co1ER,s REQUEST REJECTED.
Gov. Black Decides Not to Recommend
Any Debt Limit Legislation for This City.

ALBANY. July 14.-Comptroller Coler and
William Q. De Witt OF New York called on
Governor Black to-day and asked him to recon-
mend the Legislature to pass q law in regard
to the debt limit of New York city. so that the
S20,o00,00 debt Of Kings. Queens and Rich
mond counties should not be included in COM
putting the aggregate amount OF the city's debt.
Mr.. Coler presented to. the Governor q letter
signed by members Of the commission that
framed the charter. The letter says:
while we do not express any opinion as to
the precise relation at the present time Of the
debt Of the city to the constitutional debt limit,
it is obvious that the margin, OF debt-ineurring
capacity Is at best very small, and we heartily
approve Of the elimination Of county debts as
provided for in the act Su5Tm a6 e tH Your FAVOR
This let!eF was signed By Gen EN- Renl Hntnbs F.
Thomas +. Gilroy and !. W. Wurster. Other
members of the eommissio9 have written to to
| suggested. Therefore the Governor will not
take any action in the matter. adhering to his
decision not to disturb the provisions OF the
charter.