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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
MATKELIARD's ANo EEL TO BE TRIED
Weed IL Out or the Asylum ana In the Tombs-
And She Srennn to Marry Him.

Weed IL Ont or the Asylum, ana In the Tombs-
And She Srenna to Marry Him.
William @. Wood, who squandered O fortune
Of $s5o.oOo left to him by his father. and who
was committed to tho insane asylum at Middle
town after q lunRcy commission had decided
that he was not At to DO tried for forging his
wife's name to a note for 81 1900, was taken
from the insane asylum yesterday and brought
to the Kings county Court House In Brooklyn
on a writ Of habeas corpus. He was arraiEned
before Justice Dickey in tho Supreme Court.
His counsel, Col. Haire. argued that Wood was
perfectly same ant should be sent back to tho
Tombs TO stand trial on the indictment charging
him with forgery.
Assistant District Attorney Gray. represent
ing the people. said that Wood was probably
sane at present, although he had been insane.
After Mr.. Gray made this statement Justice
Dickey remanded Wood to the Tonbs.
lie will probably be put on trial on Wednesday
At tho time Wood was pronounced insane
witnesses testified that he had deserted his wife
the woman who figured in the Barbara Aub
case. Evidence was produced to show that, after
Wood Ind 50 uandered his fortune on the kcllard
woman. to raise more money for her he forged his
wifc's name to promissory notes. The kellard
woman was Jointly indicted with, WOOD on q
Canrss Of Tb fSTs s6s was the tsle 5aF iEor on Iar 5sF fr and d as.
quilted. She will now he called rs a witness at
Woods trial.
Tombs she made this statement to a u re-
porter:
Wood taken from the Midlletown asylum, be-
cause he still loves me and love him.. When
his troubles are over l will marry him. He is the
only man l ever thought anything Of and the
will be married just as soon rs be is a free man
free from Mrs. Wood and free from prison."
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HON He RI Es AN AIRING.
An Old Man Who 4. Accustomed to Ride Over
the Fridge on Trucks.

There is probably no one to whom the near
approach Of pleasant weather is more welcome
than 1t is to a gray.haired man who made his
first trip over tho bridge this season yesterday
afternoon on a truck complacently smoking a
cigar and smiling the spring air. He was seated
on n hox with his back supported by n cartrung.
He believes in fresh air, and he takes this means
OF transportation to get it, as well as a more
direct view of the water than he could get from
the promenade or the cars. He is we'll known
to the truck drivers. and has been enjoying
these rides for several years.
Every evening he stands on a corner in Centre
street until one of the trucks with whose driver
ne is acquainted comes along. Generally there
are half a dozen racing to roach him. but
it's first COM first accepted with him. All the
drivers are anxious to have him for n fare. be-
cause he Is liberal in his tips. Those who know
him carry q small box on the truck, and on this
the old man sits. The horse blank ct is wrapped
about his legs. the cigar lit, and with q rung be-
hind his back for n rest he rides over the bridge.
not only ENJOYING his cigar bnt avoiding
and gives one an appetite" On tho other side
O: he river he always hands the driver q cigar
and tho price of n nip " as he calls it. He Is
we'll known to the bridge employees, and one Of
them when he saw him riding over on the truck
Yesterday remarked: There Is q sure sign OF
real spring; It hasn't failed in the last eight
years. for Just as soon as the old fellow starts to
ride on the trucks its, almost certain that the
nice weather is here
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snooRIrx orr wonxs soANDAI.
Ansther statenaeut Regarding 70 fren the
CotnptroIler,s 0ncP,

Ahether htatenaeut hornFdiBG " frenn tne
CounptreTer's Omcr,
Tho Expert accountants employed by the Comp
trollcr to overhaul the books Of tho old City
Works Department OF Brooklyn report that
during 1897 Thomas Frazier and Thomas Frazier
& Co. received $6,3S2.5o for earth filling on
Conoy Island In payments ranging from
$3.50 to 5000, and that ono Of the bills, amount
ing TO $59s.50, was paid without q rcquisition
from tho Commissioner OF City Works. as re-
quired by the rules of the department. Another.
for $3.50, WINS indorsod by Daniel +. Doody. and
tho records. according TO the expert accountants.
show that avery effort was made in the offices
OF the Auditor and The Coinptrollcr to expedite
As an illustration of this haste the account:
ants, cite the case Of one bill for 400 yards of
the work was given on April 8. On the Same
day Mr.. Fra2ier's bill was presented for audit,
by II. w. Fielding, the Deputy Commissioner
On the following day n warrant for the amount
81 sns Som wns lGT"T Sna ' GIts o,e BY 's sStd MsyS on
the books In the offices OF tho Mayor and City
Clerk. and paid to Thomas Frazier y Co., who
Bank of Brooklyn. On tho same day the warrant
was stamped as paid by tho trust company on
which IL was drawn by the Deputy Treasurer.
The expert accountants also call attention to
the difference in tho signatures. of Thomas
Frazier Who receiptcd for tho war; warrant i at the
bottom Of the voucher. The signature on tho
receipt, they say, appears to be in the Same
handwriting as tho signature on the warrant,
but In nm entirely different handwriting from
tho signature of Thoma Frazier on the afh-
davit.
Tho Kings county Grand Jury will resume to-
morrow the investigation into. tho alleged
irregularities and Misrepresentation Of public
funds In tho City Works Department In Brook
lyn under Commissioner Theodore b. Willis's
Fielding and former wator Purveyor Oscar
Knapp, who approved tho bills OF Contractor
Doody for the $4,000 dirt job. have been cited to
appear before the Grand Jury tomorrow! 1t is
said that two persons who are involved In tho
Irregularities have to go before the
Grand Jury and make a clenn breast OF the
matter and show how q certain prominent Re-
tho transactions with tho contractors.
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SNAPPED SHOTS WITH BURGLARS.
Grocer Pratto. Forewnrned, Lay In Wait FOR
the Coming or the Cracksmen.

Grocer Pratto, Torewnrned, Lay In Wait for
the Coming OF the Cracksmen.
John Pratto. n grocer at 245 West Thirty-frst
street, had reason to believe that his store had
been picked out by thieves as q good place to
rob, SO he adopted extra precautions for its do
fence. With his two Clerks for company he
slept in the place on Friday night. The three
men were armed, and they divided the night
into watches, so that. whilo one remained on
guard, the others might get some sleep. Tho
night wore away without excitement. but at 4
o'clock yesterday morning the thieves came
and Pratto said: II told you So"
1t was Pratto's watch, and his two assistants
werc asleep on top OF the fresh pork chest when
the attack was made. BY the use of a jimmy
the burglars pricd Off the lock, and ono of them
cautiously pushed the door open wide enough
for him to stick his head In. 1t was a good tar
get, and Pratto fired. The thief returned the
shot and hastily shut tho door. Tho two clerks.
who had been aroused by the first report. fired a
yollcy from the pork chest at the door. No ono
was hurt, but the damage to glassware and
canned goods was serious.
The thieves fired two more shots and then ran
away, one east into the arms OF Policeman
Rogers, who had heard The firing and was hurry
ing to investigates; the other west into the arms
OF Policeman Dirks. who was also flying toward
the thick OF the fight. The prisoners made no
resistance when tho bluecoats got them. They
Eighth avenue. and John Swan. 10 years old. of
44O Ninth avenue. They were arraiRned in the
West Side Police Court yesterday and MaRiS-
trate Olnisted held them for trial.
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HUyoAnIAxs HArE Il oA1A DAT.
They Celebrate tho FIrticth Anniversary or
the Revolution or 1SAS.

The Hungarian residents of the city cele-
bratcd yesterday the ffticth anniversary Of tho
Hungarian revolution Of 1649. A dozen differ.
ent societies participated in the celebration and
helped to make 1t a success. The day began
with a parade. in which 1000 Hungarinns took
part. Each of tho marchers wore a Rossuth
hat. with n feather in tho band and had n ribbon
of the Hungarian colors, red. white. and green.
on the left sleeve. Men In snowy military cos.
tunes lead the parade on horseback. There
were half q dozen brass bands and carriages
drawn by four-in-hands and profusely decorated
with the Stars and Stripes and Hungarian flags.
The parade passed through tho east side Bo-
hemiah colonies and reached the City Hall at 8
pageant pass. Tho parade was reviewed by
Alderman Neufeld. the Hungarian statesman
of the Municipal Assembly.
In the evening there was q ball and q banquet
really fno concert, President Ignatz Knstar
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Carl Schurz, and Senator
Hoar. and n monster chorus Of the Hungarian
societies sang Petoen's patriotic poem of the
revolution. Mime. Julia Kopacsy sang tho Kos
suth song, and Hungarian gypsics played ma
tional music.
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To be born a Harrison has been, In this coun-
try. as with the Pitt family of Prime Ministers
in England. to turn instinctively toward politics
and a public life.
Two Presidents Of the United States. n Gov
ernor of Virginia. who was also a signer OF tho
Declaration of Independence and a member Of
Congress for several y~ears-all within four gen
srations. father to son, has but one parallel in
this country and few abroad.
And yet no profession so severely taxes body
and brain. In no sort of contest do men
spare themselves so little rs in a political
campaign, rs every one knows who recalls re.
cent state and national elections and tho lives
they cost.
their lives to win. and literally drive their
bodies to death whom, as in all such crises of
great nervous tension, n vigorous nourishing OF
tho sy stem with Pninc's celery compound would
tide them over and prevent the breaking down
of the over-eXcrtcd organs.
Mr.. John Scott Harrison. Jr, nephew of eX-
President Harrison, whose hard, telling cam
paign work in the Southwest showed the strong
family gift, sends the following appreciativc
estimate of Palne's celery compound MS an ideal
restorative for the body and brain when either
are excessively used:
KANSAS CITY, Mo-,
Jan. %, 1895.
Wells, Richardson Co.:
Genilemen-It gives me pleasure to say that
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DETAINED HoLDINI PoRTRAI7s.
Hsappraisement Ordsred or tho Three Alleged
TO Re UndervnIued.

a reappraisement OF three OF tho pictures
" Giovanni Boldini. which were under
ee'ehtlon at the art store of Boussod.
'aIadon & Co., 3O3 Fifth avenue, has
oeeh ordered By the Secretary of tho Treas
u'' The experts whom tho law division OF
we Custom House employed to examine the
pe'uFes reported that these three had been
,ef' greatly undervalucd. All the pictures de-
Ahed were portraits. and are the property of
Alust Boldinl. There are six Of them. Three.
tespecuvely portraits OF Whistler. tho
rrhccss Poni0tow ri. and tho Countess
,,.nch were invoiced as worth 80. francs
to ann ana TO this valuation the experts
tt vsns no objection: The other thrco por.
nsns. which arc those 10 be renppraised,
bn I Mrs. LadenburR. inv0iced at 5000.
Ss d Mnicn the EXPERTS said is worth 81. 900 to
E"voO; ' eTIl, 400 invOiccd nj 5000, but said to
WmGrth $1,000 to $4,000, and Mile. ConchR,
"TrSIccn al 800, and said TO pe worth III, 900.
bs' h ~ pictures are still at the art store, but will
Eon GYusht to the Office OF the United States
,,,sa, OF General Appraisers, l25 Blocker
no ss tot Tue rcappraisemcnt, which begins TO-
GEsmpsOw nefOre Col. j. Z. Jewell, United states
over ernmi appraiser. II the result is an ad vance
cen, ,heir iiiyoicc. value of more than so per
Tbmat;' fney VIII DO forfeited to tho Government.
ths !, IS thc law, and neither the Secretary OF
isascr tteaSnry nor even the President could re.
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ONE OF CUPID's FRANKS.
Bride ana bridegroom spend the Evening ne.
fore Marriage with Old FIames.

fore Marriage with Old FLAMES.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. March I2.-When n man
pays court TO n woman in this town he does not
know until the next day how much time he has
lost. And when n woman IL iatterod and almost
persuaded by u man she does not know until tho
How day how uncertain is the stcrncr sex.
Tho man who called on Miss Sapp is now looking
for another job, and the young woman who lis.
tened to the story of Mr.. w. NJ. Lynch will
probably hesitate wnen another young man
shall offer his hand or take him on the spot.
Mr.. Lynch and Miss Sapp were married at
midnight by the clerk OF the Common Pleas
Court OF Kansas City, Kan. The wedding was
in his Office: According TO the stories told by
the bride and bridegroom, Miss sapp. now Mrs.
at the same time Mr.. Lynch spent the evening
with II young woman to whom ne had often told
stories OF love. As soon Ms Miss Sapp's former
lover departed for his home Miss Sapp attiroa
herself in a street dress and quietly slipped out
OF her home. Mr.. Lynch left tho side of his
former love at about tho same time. and by
agreement met Miss Sapp at n point previously
arranged. They boardcda street car for Kansas
City, Kan, where, after some difficulties. they
procured u marriage license. They then re-
tained the services OF Clerk Litchiicld to tie the
sucrel knot,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
Dark CIRCLES SIDEWALK
,rorNrlCT OF PETTY TANDALIsM
AH no DE CoRRECTED.

RESTORATION OF . strip 81 sidewalk
cs.'.o,.d nv the Mcmillan Adninistration-
y. Iu,o,tancs 20 Pedestrians and He
r.,,. IN the Pins or tho Park Circle.
r.,rrbody interested in the proper treatment of
Nv yort's parks will DO glad to know that at
70" anc If the acts Of vandalism for which the
VsN,,i,,u administration was responsible is to
a"n.r,cted. The matter is one that particu-
w. ,,,cree.s thousands of pedestrians who
nnn occnsion to cross the double driveways
nav srt.r Central Park from the circlo at
van~ rinth street and Eighth avenue.
one OF tho last acts of the Mcmillan admin
,.,..,,cn was to destroy the little landing or
n,usIt that used to jut out from the end Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
CLAIMED 8R1DE WITH 4 REVoLVER.
GeIdart Made BIS Rival. n Greek Professor.
Give Up Claim 10 His Sweetheart.

JACKSON. Miss. March 12.-W. b. Geldnrt Of
New York city and Miss Emily Green. art
teacher of Hillman College. near this place.
wcrc married to-day. The bride is from Phelps.
n. Y. having been engaged to Geldart be-
fore coming South. Here she met and plightcd
her troth to tho Rev. DR.. Warner, Professor Of
Greek at Mississippi College. the wedding being
set for the near future. Goldart heard OF I h com.
ing ~nuptials, and with his brother swoOped down
from New York yesterday, held a consultation
with his former sweetheart, found her siill in
lovo with him and then paid his RESPECTS to the
professor. sticking a revolver in the professors
face. Geldart threatened to kill him for stealing
his sweetheart = affections and forced him TO re-
linquish all his claims. The professor yielded
and the girl IL now on her return to Now York
as Mrs. Gcldart.
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spALDING's WIFE "ETS 4 DIVORoE.
Tao Court REGARD showing Hls Conviction as
mn EmbeDi"r kOcuFeA II,

CHICAGO. March l2.-Mrs. Lizzie X. SpHld-
ing, wife of Charles Warren Spalding, the con-
victed banker, obtained a divorce this morning.
The x .PreSidcnt of the defunct Globe savings
Bank. who lavishcd nearly 800, 600 on Miss :.
Louise Erwin. his stenographer, is sentenced to
the penitentiary for en- bcZlling Illinois State
University funus Of which he was Treasurer.
cusing his aged wife OF desertion. This aroused
her and this morning she nled a cross bill. Tao
criminal court record showing his conviction us
. thief was shown and a decree was granted.
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WnMINGToN, Del, March l2.-Georgo Till
man. a burglar. died at the City Hospital to-day
of a bullet wound in the abdomen. lie was shot
by Alfred Belts, aged 20 years. who keeps the
tollgatc on the Philadelphia pike. The burglar
WAS trying TO force an entrance to the tollgaie
when Belts shot him.. Tillman' home Is in
Somerset county. Md.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
whitman Fellowship Entertains MIR. 10 Cal
lienRe.

The Walt Whitman Fellowship gave a dinner
last night at Cabassud's restaurant, 81 Broad
way. In honor OF the English author. Richard
lie Gallicnne. The President. John H.. Johnston.
presided. and mado a brief speech of welcome to
the guest OF the evening. Mr.. lie Gallicnne
read a paper. and speeches were made by Hor-
ace l.. Traubel. Dr., Close. John H.. Johnston.
John Swinton and others. All NJ the speeches
were culogistic of " hitman. There were about
fifty OF the mcInbers and their wives present.
The Fellowship is. planning q big dinner for
Walt Whitman's birthday. in May.
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Two OYERCOME BIZ GAS.
Tho Woman Dead and tho Man In n Critical
Condition In tho Hospital.

A man and a woman who registered as
James Egnor and wife. Catsliill. n. "" on
Friday night in the Itaines law hotel at 7s
West Third street, were found overcome by gas
in their room yesterday morning. The woman
was lying on the bed and the man was sitting
open burner.
The woman died before an ambulance ar.
Vinccnt's HosnitaI The noIic, say The woman
was Mary Fitzgerald. who had been arrested
frequently. and the man is James Iagor, a fire.
man employed on the Cornell steamboat line.
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nur,al Of El.nop I.~l,rle,ohn,. WIZ.

HEMPsTEAD, n. y, March 1.-THE funeral
services Of Mrs. JEANNE LittleJohn. the wife of
bishop Abram \. LIttlcjohn of the Episcopal
diocese of Long Isiard, were held this afternoon
in tho Cathedral Of tho Incarnation AT GARDEN
City. Tho students OF both the cathedral schools
OF ~, Paufs and 81. Mary's attended the funeral
ceremonies In u body, The services were con-
ducted by Bishop Potter of New York and
Bishop Brewster OF Connecticut. The interment
took place In tho burial plot OF the LttlejOhn
family at Great Neck.
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ENGLISH. Ind. March 12.-Emile Devan tried
to kill himself and his four children to-day by ad'
minigtering laudanum. All are In a precarious
condition. Mrs. Devan died nearly a year ago
and since then Mr.. Deyan has brOOded over his
niiiiclion until. IL is thought, his, mind became
unbalanced. should he recover the question OF
his sanity will be In Investigated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
NON SINGS LESSON IN CRAPS.
~ '"' waited tn There Was = BIE Poty
Fhsn snaIched IL and Ran.

Fhsn snaIched IL and Ran.
non sing OF "a Pell street was charged with
trS saef'y conduit when arraigned in the Gem
MnSS t y Police Court yesterday by Policeman
banAuser OF the Elizabeth street station. Mil
crS SSer sand that tho Chinaman had caused a
Mon e collect in Baxter street. -,
thai nnins, IN wonderful pigeon English, said
teere'VO ,mne OF me boys Of Baxter street Yolun-
losiSS ~ ~ 'ta'h him how to shoot craps. After
and Il ~ he lated until there was IL big pot
lued Ill., ehstchcd IL and ran. The hoys pur.
hauseIr' u anu we're assaulting him when MIL
Ierions Iir IN Just In time To save him from
Magistrate Corns,I d,.oharc.a NJ. S,,o NTH
SSE%s!alng that lie had better conIlne his gam
Whiseb' iGn tan and other Chinese games with
--Su ne Was more familiar,
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NO DAMAGES FROM THE HOSPITAL.
Patient sues for IDjurlss she says she Received
at ~. yIHcenrs.

Justice Cohen of the Supreme Court has dis
missed an action brought by Helen d.. Ward
against st. vincent's Hospital to recover dam
ages for personal injuries. She alleged that she
was put In a bed that had a hot bag between the
sheets. which SO burned her log that an opera
ton had TO be performed upon 1t. The Judge
holds that tho hospital cannot be sued unless 1t
we're shown that the person who caused the in,
juries was incompetent, and that the hospital
Court says that the only remedy of tho plaintiff
is against the employee who caused tho injury.
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CALENDAR OF THE WEEK.
Monday. March Ii.

Third meeting of tho Midwinter Club, at
SherTy's.
: l.'iutmmS e. 90 H. hsnnI, ~ r. - tno AS;
decorative Art.
Lecture at Shcrry's by Miss NJ. Eleanor Ford
on "Mudcrn Life in Poetry and Fiction"
Bowling club meeting At the Berkeley Ar
mnry in the evening.
Lecture in the afternoon by Miss Goorgtna
Roberts on a Threatened Divorce Case" Nor.
way md sweden. at Mrs. William Kings
lands residence. llB Fifth avenue.
Shakespeare matinee al The Astoria by Mar
shall Darrach, who will lecture on THE Tenn
pest
or Symbolism as Applied to the New Drama
discussion by ladies at Sherry's.
Tuesday. March 10.
Lecture by MiSs Lalla BAldwin Morton ON
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S~IIIuauLes's .MarrsiLE Parssa" to Coas to
AsbuFy PAFk.

MILWAUKEE March l2.-The Rev. Wesley A.
Hunsberger, the 'mATrying parson," OF Mil
Wnukee, has had q call to 90 10 Asbury Park,
N, j., and has accepted
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Paine 8 celery compound is the one means
regarded sufficiently effective by conscientious
physicians to be relied on in cases OF debility
arising from whatever cause. and to counteract
the strain of unexpected. prolonged work and
excitement. 1t Is the only remedy prepared
in strict accordance with the directions of n
physician of acknowledged ability, first used
and prescribed by no less eminent n man
than Americas greatest physician. Prof. Ed
ward +. Phelps. NJ. D., Ii. d.. of the Dart
mouth Medical School.
No ordinary help. no we'll meaning but unpro-
fossional conCoction. sarsaparilla or blood puri-
her can do what Paine's celery compound IS
able TO accomplish: cure men and women Of
such serious diseases as kidney troubles, liver
complaints. dyspepsia. or permanently drive
away-and there's the point that no sufferer
should lose sight of-perrnanently drive out of
the system, rheumatism, neuralgia and all skin
affections.
Nerves and brain can be worked out. This is
the condition of thousands OF exhausted ner.
vous systems that have been almost worked to
storos. ShAky ncrNcs. finbby mmscles. muddy
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Palne's celery compound has proved Of inesti.
mabie benefit to me at different times. when tho
labors incident to my work and the nervous
strain following arduous work in campaigns
had taxed me physically. With the thousands
of other mental workers, who have been benc-
fitted by it, l can recommend it as q great re-
storativc and builder.
Yours truly.
JOHN SCOTT HARRISON, Jr.
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