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BROOKLYN %RDEREDSOUTR
NOT TO TOUCH IN CUBA, BUT TO
CRUISE WEAR BIZ.

Unattached TO Any squadren ana Vet Going
Further Av,y Th.p In Gunyra-Capt
r.., ... M v..,,,. ..u
II FEB. LIN pursuance OF ius pol
Icy to keep in close touch with American in,
time, the Navy Department to-day ordered
mored cruiser Brooklyn is the vessel Holocted'
Guayru, Curacao, Aspinwail, and places in the
Windyv,rd J.,ond. hut b.r oomm,pder Cant.
Francis A. Cook, is especially e~nioined not to
touch any port Of Cuba. This Injunction was
deemed necessary on account Of the bystoricaI
to take alarm over the disposition of United
ststes naval vessels in the vicinity Of their re-
bellious island.
Although officials Of tho Navy Department
say tnat tho brooklyn is gong merely on an
ordinary cruise to places in which the Stars
erai years IL Is regarded as significant
the North Atlantic SQUADRON have been
oa,rt.rmaraoa ar "a - - ,,o a.. ah,n.
oountermahded. she is one OF the hnest ships
presents a combination of armed ability and
1t is also worthy of note that the in
tention TO send the Brooklyn on tho cruise
was made known to the State Department.
where the same explanation as that of the Navy
Department was given. The reported intention
| it's fleet In the West Indies may be one OF the
reasons for the order. II 1T is. neither the State
admit il.
The Brooklyn has been at the New York Navy
Yard since last fall, undergoing repairs to At her
for participation in the winter exercises Of the
North Atlantic Squadron. Great delays were
caused in the completion of this work.
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BLANCo COMING BACK.
Having Failed to Bribe Any Patriots In the
East. He II RETURNING TO Havana.

Having Failed to Bribe Any Patriots In the
East. He II Returning TO Havana.
HAVANA Feb. l.. via Key west-Gen. Blanco.
1t is announced here to-day. will be back In
Havana on Thursday or Friday next, There Is
not the slightest doubt Of the failure of his at
tempt to bride several insurgent leaders In the
province of Santiago de Cuba. Blanco has not
done any good to tho Spanish cause by taking
the field.
On the contrary. the Spaniards themselves
feel greatly Inundated In Havana over his
return without having fought so much as q
skirmish and leaving the Spanish troops in the
west In The same Instantaneous position they
have occupied since the recent defeats OF Gen.
Pando.
The return of Gen. Blanco Is very much com-
mented upon. and there is some apprehension
that the uncompromising Spaniards will avail
themselves of the occasion to make u demon
stration against the Governor General. At
least It 10 known that letters from Romero Rob
ledo, the Conservative leader In Madrid, have
been received here urging the spaniards to
mako trouble, In Havana for Blanco and the
The great hope Of Blanco in going to Santiago
de Cuoa. after, his failure to bribe Gomez, was
merely upon the fact that a certain Spaniard
named Castellanos. went to Rabi's camp a
the Cuban General rejected any sort Of com
promise with the Spaniards, he did not enforce
Gomcz's decree by shooting Castellanos as a spy.
1t is reported here to-day that q fierce engage
ment took place two days ago at the sugar
estate Constancia, owned by Senior Larrondo,
near Encrucijada., Santa Clara province: Tho
Spanish guerrilla force was nearly exterminated
Terrace. was killed.
Between Guara and Melena. Havana prov
ince. a dynamite bomb placed by the insurgents
was exploded. 1t destroyed a Spanish military
train, killing several soldiers.
La Luchd publishes to-day n savage attack
upon the Autonomist Government on account
OF its severe censorship Of the press. The article
ceedings will be ordered against that newspaper.
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SENT BACK STOLEN MONEY.
A Rormer Mau Clerk Arrested Tor the Theft or
$4,000 from mn Express Car.

ATLANTA. Ga, Feb. l.-Lucien l.. Saunders. q
well.known young man, has been arrested
charged with stealing $4,000 from tho
Southern Express Company a little over
n yeur ago. While an express car
was on the siding at Social Circle. Ga. the
express messenger. A. /. Butts. Jr., stepped out
toltalk the to station master. Returning a few
minutes later he discovered that a package con-
tanning $4,000 was missing. There was no pos
sible clue. and although the express company
did not charge young Butts with embezElement
such was the suspicion resting over him.. Under
this strain the mind OF his widowed mother coll
lnpsed and she 10 now in the asylum.
A month ago the express office here received
an anonymous package containing $500 IN
1t happened this was the missing link which was
needed TO complete the case against Saunders
and he was yesterday arrested in Cincinnati
and brought hero for trial. He was the mail
clerk on Butts's train, and the superstition 10
that ne slipped In the car during the messengers
absence and distracted the money. The burden
was too heavy for his conscience. and ho ro-
turned the bulk OF 1t last month.
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ADELAIDE MASON NOT ABDUCTED.
shs Left slaPion ManolA in savnnnsh and I
Goins Rack 90 Her Father.

shs Ieft Marion ManolA In savannsh and II
GoinG Rack 90 her Father.
Harry Askin, manager Of the defunct Friend
Fritz,' cortparySs (which gas headed by Marion
Manola-M ason.and her husband, Jack Mason,
arrived in this city last night on the Savannah
line steamer City of Augusta. With him were
his wife and several members of tho company,
including Adelaide Mason, who left her mother
In Savannah. Mrs. Mason telegraphod the po-
lice of this city on Monday to arrest Askin on
his arrival here for abducting her daughter and
also to detain Miss Mason. No attention-was
paid to this request.
The Askins and Miss Mason went to East
Orange, where the Askins live. Askin said to
O Sur reporter:
"It was Impossible for me to continue our
tour. owing to the inability of Mr.: and Mrs.
and started back to New York by the first
steamer. Miss Mason came of her own Volt
tion and paid her own fare. She will leave US
as soon as she hears from her father"
Miss Mason corroborated this. Miss Mason's
father is Henry Mould. a manufacturer of Pitts
burg, Marion Manola's first husband.
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The AIverd House I'm Gioversvilie Burned Up
Yesterday MHorninG.

Yesterday MorninG.
G~LovERsvILLE, n. Y. Feb. 1.-Fire started in
the Alvord House this morning ut z O'Clock. An
hour later the four-story brick building wal o
mass of ruins and six persons were dead. Tho
fire started on the first floor in tho laundry.
Tho house was nlled with guests. who were
forced to fee, many without clothing. A few
escaped by the stairway, and many jumped
from windows. Some were rescued by firemen.
Several were injured. L. G. Lambert Of Chicago,
q glove buyer, jumped from q second-story win
dow and broke his right arm.
Not o thing was saved, not even the hotel reg
lister. Six persons are buried in the ruins. They
arc Henry G.. Day OF Gloversville. K. f. Kimball.
wife and daughter. Of Indianapolis. Ind: win
Rupert. q bell boy. aged 10. and Benjamin F.
Strickland, carpenter, Gloversville.
DR.. J. D. Davis of Westield, N. Y. leaped
through q window, struck q wire opposite. and
turned several somersaults. and then falling on
q bank OF snow escaped injury. J. H. Barry of
Troy jumped from a window and struck on his
back on a snow drift. He was helped out un-
Window Wind clad in his hight clothes. Suddenly he
disappeared. b. M. Ross of Rochester climbed
down the ;,i blinds and 5%anagsa to reach the b
F. Strickland. whose body 10 in the ruins, was
about to DO married TO q young lady Of this city
\ M: Davis, the proprieser q ne Aiysrd House.
ssyg .hat he f. I. ruined sdR Sod sn "a ss6 Soo The hsr l9ss o.; on
sured. The total loss, including that on the
property Of guests. 10 about $4,000, The
Alvord House was built In 1867 by {. Alyord.
ness under the management of Mr.. Alvord. and
on thar date the first boarder registered Yves
fHnass,;arGris FsbstI2AE.T .. xif1Saii. Tifs,
and daughter were well known in this city and
Peru, where they have lived for several yeara.
They left for the East In the holidays, expecting
to return to indianapolis Jan: 10. Mrs. Kimban
were at GIoversviIle. they had decided to remain
until Feb. 1, and Mr.. Kimball would accompany
them home. A letter from Mr.. KimbalL. re-
ceived yesterday. said they expected to leave
Gloyorsville for Indianapolis to-day. Mrs. Kim
ball and Miss KImball were members of Christ
work. Mrs. Kfmball was anxious to get back to
indianapolis in time to assist In the preparation
for the entertainment which Ii to be given next
~aak
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WANTED POLICE PROTECTION.

A Mig BIuecoat Saves CommissIoner Hnmil.
ton's Son from BeinE snowbailed.
A rosy.cheeked boy entered the West Thir.
tieth street police station shortly before 8
o'clock last night and said to Sergeant Mccoy,
who was doing desk duty:
Sergeant, I'm q son of Police Commissioner
Hamilton. and l want protection"
"In what way T. asked Sergeant Mccoy.
II want to get home" said the boy, land the
streets near my home are crowded with boys
who are snowbhllinE passersby."
We'll guess we'll have to give You protec.
ton, said the Sergeant with q smile. Police
man Lavery, q sixfooter. was summoned. and
he escorted the Police Commissioners son
safely to his home, at 342 West Twenty.seventh
street,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
FoUGHr xUKLUx MEN OFF.
Miss Saeere Jumped from the window or us
Home ana Helped in the Fight.

HrNpMAN, KY, Feb. 1.-About twenty-five
armed men came into town last night at IL
o'clock and attacked the house of Henry O.
Moore, a reputable citizen. who had gained the
i'll will OF the Kuklux by d%enouncing their UNI
awful acts. After firing several shots into the
house they tried to break in. but Moore repulsed
them with an axe. He had no firearms. The
firing caused Jailer Strong and his deputy,
johnson. who had not yet retired. to run to the
scenc. They found the mob in tho act of sntu-
rating Moore's house with coal oil in order to
set &c on fire. They ordered them to leave. but
tracted by tho shooting came to the officers
assistance.
Moore's laughter, Miss Sallie, jumped from q
window, and rs she struck the ground a Ku-
klux threatened to shoot her. She knocked
him down. grabbed his gun, and drove him on.
The firing then became general between tho citi.
zens and officers and Miss Moore on one side
and the Kuklux on the other. The night raid
hurt.
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RloBreIner or BrooLlyu IL Out 90. 300 and
Thinks HIS Friend Lost ms Much.

McBreiner or BrooLlSu IL Out %, ana
Thinks His Friend Lost ms Much.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-Frederick B. Bond and
Francis McBreiner Of Brooklyn borough. New
York, were robbed OF ali their surplus cash yes
terday by two "%touts." who are known as
RED" Murphy and Mike McGinnis. This 10
the story told by McBreiner to the detectives
last night. He lost ~, 200. and thinks Bond lost
as much. McBreiner and Bond knew nothing
of poolrooms. and were approached two weeks
had a sure thing in a wire job" that is. n fixed
race. The Brooklyn men foil into the trap, and
came out West to work the poolrooms, Bond
and Murphy going to Little Rock and McBrein-
er and McGinnis coming here.
The race was the fourth one at New Orleans
81, 100 on silva and gave 81 100 more to McGin-
mis- to bet in another poolroom. McGinnis has
not returned. and silva lost the race. so the
Brooklynite Ia stranded here and believes his
partner lost out In Little Rock.
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Lena Morgalis. Is years old. OF 10 East Broad
way set fire to her clothing with a candle early
last evening. With her garments ablaze. she
ran out to the street. where n ptsserby. Joseph
WRld. an expressnan. who lived near by. rolled
her In the snow until the fre In her garment
the process. The girls injuries were very pain.
full, but her recovery is expected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
SWIFT WORK OF DIPHTHERIA.

-Four or Mr. Browns Children Have Died In .
Week ana Two Moro Are III.
Charles w. Brown Of 248 Terhune avenue. Jer-
sey City, has lost four children within a week
from diphtheria and two moro are in tho
Emergency Hospital suffering from the disease.
Brown is a carpenter and his family consisted
Of his wife and ten children.
The disease first attacked Campbella p, z
years old. the only daughter. two weeks ago,
and she died q week ago last Tuesday. On
Wednesday, when she was buried, her brother,
John H., 4 years old, died. Frederick j.. IL
years old, and Walter H.. 10 years old, died on
Saturday. The recovery of the other two chill
dren is doubtful.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
MONSTER HUNT FIZZL ES.
The Ohio Investigation seems to Have Como to
nm Abrupt End.

Tic OhIO InVebIIENIIOH SbFub 10 HIVE COulo 70
nm Abrupt End.
CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 1.-The Senate investi-
CATION of trusts has been brought to a sudden
termination. apparently. The committee, which
held its sessions in this city for two days last
week, was much annoyed by its inability To get
witnesses. This was attributed at the time to
the inexperionce of the sergeantsat-Arms, who
were unable to obtain, personal service on the
committee returned to Columbus In rather q
bad mood at the practical failure of their mis-
sion.
This morning shoriff Mcconnell received a
letter instruGting him 70 summon about twenty
appear at Columbus. The subpenas were duly
made out and the deputy ~sneriffs were just
about to start out to serve them when tho
bus and informed that the Investigation had
been postponed indefinitely and the witnesses.
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ANOTHER BAD 500 BILL.

Counterfeiter or the silver Certificate Has Al.
tered the Number He Uses.
J. c. Agens. expert money counter at the Sub.
Treasury. discovered another OF the counterfeit
800 silver certificates yesterday in a lot Of cur
rency received from the Garfield National Bank.
The bill was an excellent specimen. and the i'm
portant feature about it was that its numbering
showed that n change had been made by the
counterfeiter. In those of the counterfoits that
had come to hand earlier the numbering began
with "345" or "346." In the latest case it
begins with 1923" This is the fourth Of the
counterfeits to reach the Sub-Trcasury in the
course OF ordinary business.
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MORE TROUBLE FOR SPAIN.
Cuba Being "Paoined., she Ia Asked to Fay
Our Claims.

SeeS VIZ -N w -
Our Claims.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The State Department
has about reached the conclusion that its
claims.for indemnity against Turkey on account
Of injuries to American citizens in Armenia
will not be satisfied for a long time, II at all.
DIR. James B. Angel was appointed Minister to
Turkey soon after Mr.. Mckinley was inaugu-
rated President, With the understanding that
he would resign the office whom he hadssecured
an adjustment Of these claims. DR.. ANGEL ex-
pected to finish the business in a year, but 1t
looks now, II he intends to stay until a settle
ment Is reached, as Il he would servo his full
ness which took him to Turkey unfinished. It
Is said at the State Department that Turkey has
nifty viii be 5H%uiiicient only to pay a fourth Of
those filed by the United States and other ma
lions. .,..
every consideration to an impoverished nation.
This has been shown in the. matter Of claims
made against Spain for injuries Inflicted on
the persons and property of Americans in Cuba.
The claim of Mrs. Ruiz for indemnity on &C.
ish prison has not been pushed while Spain has
been 80 soIely pressed. II IS probable that the
Rutland other. similar cases will be referred to
the State Department is considering the adj
visibility OF making a demsnd for the imme-
diete, payment Of the 10000 which has been
The recent representations of the Spanish au-
thOrltie5 in Cuba that autonomy has been firm
ly established and the island has been practi.
cally pacifed have caused Spain a deal Of trou-
BILE. In the face OF these extraordinary con
t~entions, no objection could be raised TO The de-
| spatch OF the Maine TO Havana, and the United
States Government has now no great hesitation
In pressing the claims, which were held in abey-
ance while the insurgents were keeping the
| royal troops so busy, with the understanding
| that they would be taken up when the war was
ended. The State Department knows thai the
insurgents are having the best of il, but Spain
cannot retract tho statements about the success
OF autonomy and the paciicntion of tho island,
without admitting that the rebellion is as strong
as ever. Spain IL therefore obliged TO adhere
to her remarkable claims. althougLtthey are
proving q boomerang.
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WHERE SOME TRAINS ARE.
Mails from New York for BOstOu stuck IN
Drifts In Rhode Island.

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Feb. 1.-THE storm cut
Providence off from all telegraphic or telephone
communication with the world at large for
nearly a day. and has almost completely isolated
It so far as railroad connection is concerned.
On the New York. New Haven and Hartford
road oil New York trains are stalled a few miles
outside OF StoninRton. where a freight Is do
rallied. Behind it is the Harlem River freight
and every train that left Now York after IL
O'Clock last night. including tho IL o'clock
postal train for Boston.
There are two feet Of snow in all cuts from
stonington to Providence. and telegraph and
long-distAnce telephone wires are strewn all
over the ground beside the tracks.
Providence street railways are tNd NJ. An
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
An ACRE OF FIRE IN JERSEY CITE.
Day a O'DonneIi's CooperaEe B~urnsd-Alarm
In the Surrounding Tensmonta.

A fire started at IL 80 p. NJ. yesterday in Day
& O'Donneli's cooperage, in Sussex street, noRr
Vanvorst street, Jersey City, and in a short
time the entire building was on fire. The build.
ing WAS a two-story frame structure and COW
cred about one acre of ground.
AS the cooperage was located in a tenement
district three alarms were sent out, bringing
nearly the entire Fire Department to the scene.
The occupants Of some of tho tenements got out
in their night clothes.
We're burned TO death. but nearly all the horses
and trucks were taken out In safety. At 1890
the fire was under control. The loss ID eSti-
mated at $40, 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
MARRIED TWICE IN -FOUR DAYS
Young schiFmn Arrested I'm jersey City on .
Charge or BIEamy In Brooklyn.

Young SchiFnn Arreatad In Jeroey city on .
Charge or BIEamy In Brooklyn.
Edward e. Schirma, who was arrested in Jer-
sey City on Monday night on o charge Of big
amy, was arraigned in the First Criminal Court
there yesterday morning. Detective Andrew
Herman of the Central Office in this city asked
that he be detained to await tho arrival of extra
dition papers.
Schirma is % years old and employed as q
clerk by his father. who Is q commission mer-
chant in Washington Market, this city, and
lives In Brooklyn. It is alleged that on NOV.
10. 1897, young schirme married Susan Grind
pl.oyed as bookkeeper. In . dry goods house In
this city. He deserted his bride the next day,
and on Nov. Ia, three days afterward, was mar
ried 70 Miss Mary Russell, smother Brooklyn
sonage Of the Methodist Church at Twenty
eighth street and Ninth avenue. After living
returned to his first wife, and they went to
board at 225 Warren street, Jersey City. Dc
teotive Herman located them. by following
Mrs. SchiIma from the store where she f en-,
ployed.. She was In court yesterday and kissed
and embraced her husband. Schirma was held.
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sPAN1sH WARsHIP ooM1Ne.
Ths viscsya Leaves Spain Tor Her visit e
This Couptry.


ssscidl Cable Dsspatoh to THE suN.
MADRID. Feb. 1.-The battleship Vizcaya,
which was selected by Admiral Bormejo. Min
lister of Marine. TO pay a friendly visit to the
United States. sailed from Cartagone to-
day. Prior to her leaving, tho Admiral made
n speech to tho crew, in the course Of which he
said that they were intrusted with n peaceful
mission, which declaration ELECTED cheers. A
crowd that had on tho quay hoard
the cheering on the Vizoaya and responded with
cries OF Long live Spain"
It is thought probable that the Vizcaya will
make a short stop at the Canary Islands before
proceeding for the United States. It is under
stood that tho cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa.
which, 1t was reported. would 20 to America in
place OF the vizcaya. will follow the battleship
later.
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STRUCK THE CEILING HEAD FIRST.

Baidi's Shirt Caught In tho BeitinE and
He Was Whiried by tho Machinery.
BATE Baldi. a jeweller. 81 years old. of Four
tenth avenue and Bedford street. was m~ortally
hurt late yesterday afternoon in Schambacher's
jewelry shop Mt 81 Mechanic street. Newark.
His shirt was caught In the machinery betting
and he was whiried into the air. He struck
head first against the ceiling. He was removed
to the German Hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
second Omc.r Lost Overheard.

The Ward line steamship Vigilancia. which ar
rived yesterday from Havana, lost her second
officer, Tobias Torresson. on Saturday morning.
He had left the bridge and had started below in
the darkness. The ship was rolling heavily. and
IT. Is surmised that he fell overheard. He did
moi appear when IL was his time to go on duty
on the bridge, and a search OF the ship failed to
reyaal him
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
STEWART DROPS TIE CRIME OF ,7s
His Powers OF Imitation Now Directed to the
Free CoInnEe OF PIlloMs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Scnator Stewart of No.
vada has temporarily closed his labors in dc.
nouncing tho crime of 49,, and in the intervals
of editing the copy for his silver paper Is busy
exploiting the virtues of a pillow inhaler. The
Senator Is President of the company that has
put the inflated cure.all on the market. and this
fact is being extensively advertised in the local
papers through the medium OF n woodcut show
Ing n sleeping beauty breathing health through
the Senatorial inhaler.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-02
PETER LYNOH CONVICTED.
Found Guilty or Murder In the SECOND Degree
Sentenced FOR Life.

The jury in the case of Peter Lynch. who mas
been on trial in Staten Island for ten days on o
charge of numbering his wife at New Brighton
on Oct. 1 last. returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in the second degree at 1l:lO O'Clock
!ast night. Lynch was Immediately sentenced
10 state prison for life by Judge Kellogg.
me case was given to the Jury at 3 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Twice the jury came in
Tor Instructions, and twenty minutes before tho
verdict was pronounced they came In and said
that y was impossible to agree.
AZ lhet time IL is said. they stood eight for
N the second degree. Judge Kellogg told
theinrthat they'd hAvp to nRree or BIO locked up
Tor The night. They then returned 10 the jury
room and speedily agreed ON tho verdict given.
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HER HUSBANDS BULLET FATAL.

Mrs. John vetter Dies OF the wound which
He Intltcted.
Mrs. Ida yetter, who WINS shot by her husband
John vetter. on Jan. %. at tho homo of her
sister. Mrs. Evans, at Isl Eokford street. Green
point. died last night in st. Catharine's Hos
pital. She had been unconscious for forty.eight
hours before her death.
Mrs. Vetter was 20 years old. and had been
married two years ago. She never lived with
her husband on account, It Is alleged. Of his dis
sipated habits. Vetter went to the home Of
Mrs: Evans. where he fired two shots. One Of
the bullets entered his wife's right temple. and
the other her hack. The bullet in the head
proved fatal. Vetter is in Jail.