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DIED OF roo nArID enowrn.
KiEhteen.vear-Oid Edwin n. Mason wa. sig
Feet ana Two uncheA Tall.


Edwin Ralph Mason. who will be buried in
Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn to-day, died on
Sunday last, according to his doctors, OF the
eneryating effects OF too rapid PHYSICAL growth,
tho same ailmcnt that nearly cost tho life Of
Deputy Charity Commissioner Thomas S. Bron.
mans son some time ago. Mason was ls years
old and n son Of Edwin c. Mason, q broker OF
157 Hayward street, Brooklyn. lilo had at
tanned n stature of g feet . inches three months
tef)ro his doath, and never until then had he
bcen seriously i'll. lie was ono OF n family Of
boys and girls all the others Of whom were Of
normal growth. lie was pronounced to DO In
perfect health three years ago, when he was
examined for an insurance policy in u New
York company. but the examining physicians
were puzzled when told that he was only Is
years old. He looked then to be n robust lad OF
fully IL years.. He was u clerk in the office of
the. Hanover Insurance Company of this city,
and a member OF the Lee Avenue Congregation.
al Church.
Three months ago he was seized Mt frequent
Intervals with severe pains in the abdomen, and
q physician was called and prescribed the usual
remedies for. stomach disorders. The lad got
no relief. He weighed 1917 pounds Mt this time,
but he began to fall away steadily, much the
same as a consumptivc does.
On Dec. =, after a consultation, his physl.
clans ordered him to 40 to Liberty, sullivan
county. ", T.; hoping that change of mir and
scene would benefit him.. He still continued
to lose weight. however, and finally his brain
appeared to be affected. for he ramblcd in his
TAX nnd suffered from severe pains In the head.
just before Christmas II message was sent to
his father that he seemed to he near death, and
no was ,hurricdly brought back to his home.
lie was IN IA delirium when he arrived, and he
relieved him. The Rev. Dr. John Britton Clark
held funeral services at the house last night.
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AM1AB1E COUNT ToN RANEzAU.
He Doesn't want to Ne Questioned By vasrant
Literary Fellowo.


Literary Fellowo.
Special Cable Despatoh to TIE suN.
BERLIN. Jan. A typical instance Of how the
press 10 regarded by the ruling classes in Ger
many, which also illustrates tho difficulty OK
perienced in obtaining authentic information
concerning the health Of Prince Bismarck, was
given on last Sunday.
The manager Of tho Hdmbur1tscher Core
%spondent, who 10 also the agent Of o well.known
news agency. went to Friedrichsruh to inquire
into the rumor of the Princes death. He met
Count Won Rantzau. the Princes son.in.law. and
his two sons near the Princes house.
Apolosizing for accosting him on the road,
the newspaper man presented his card. Count
Won Rantzau glanced anRrily at the bit Of paste
board, and he then shouted:
Clear out. 1 can't be cross-auestioned by all
sorts Of vagabond literary follows. Get out
and he pointed with his cane toward the park
boundaries.
Tho journalist. who 10 prominent and es-
teemed, with difficulty checked an angry reply.
With q view to the main object Of his visit he
explained that he came to submit an important
telegram. which would certainly interest tho
Prince. Count Won Rantzau answered:
81 tell you again to get out. don't want
to sse any telegram" and he then hurried away
spluttering insulting remarks.
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sYRACUsE BURGLARS CAUGHT.
They GagGed the Waterman and Cracked the
Standard OIL snfe.

Standard OIL SAFE.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. 4.-Two masked burg
lars armed with revolvers and dynamite held up
Charles O.. Brown, night Waterman for the
Standard OIL Company's office and depot in this
city. and cracked the principal safe early this
morning.
Tho night Waterman was knocked down by
one of the burglars and blindfolded. bound and
gagged and left in q corner OF the boiler room
half dead. While there he heard the sound Of
an explosion. Some time later he managed to
crawl along the ground through the gates, which
the robbers in departing had left open. to q
switchman's shanty a couple of blocks away
beside the West Shore tracks. Tho switchman
unbound him, and he hurried to the telephone
and informed the police.
Capt. Quigley, with n squad of ~oficcrs, on ar
irving at the scene declared that II he were In
the city tho job could have been done by no
other than Joseph, alias Toad" Thornton, who
has served several terms In Auburn Prison for
burglary. Detectives were put at work search
Ing tho resorts for two men answering the
meagre description Waterman Brown was
able to give. and ut 5 o'clock this morning
nabbed their men, who were hurrying along Q
back street. One of them was Thornton and
residence as Springfield. In their pockets was
found the amount OF money. about $500. which
was missing from the safe. together with two
new 3S-calibre revolvers and n number of fuses
and fuse caps used by c~racksmen. The men
were arraigned to-day, pleaded not guilty. and
were held for the action of the Grand Jury,
which 10 now In session.
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COAL BARGE 4DRIFT AT SEA.
The Coal King with -Four Men Aboard Broke
Away from Her Tug.

The ocean tug l.. Luckenbach, towing several
coal barges. light, in tandem, left Boston on
Friday last for Newport News. or Fcnwick
Island light, near the Maryland coast, the Luck
enbach ran into foul weather. and on Friday
night the last barge in tho tandem. the CoaA
King, which was many years ago tho Nova
Scotian brig Laurence Dclop, parted hcr hawscr
and driftci AVA in the darkness. Before tho
barge, after having s~lgnnlled her Intention, tho
Coal King wHR out Of sip hi.
The tug cruised around for the missing barge
several hours and then picked up the rest of tho
tow and proceeded to Newport News. whore Sno
arrived on Monday. The Luckcnhuch Towing
Company OF this city yesterday sent out Two Of
their biggest boats to find the Coal King. which
has an able skipper and three men. Sho ~
srhooner'rigRcl and will probably be able To
navigate even in u blow. Her owners do not
think that she is in great danger.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
<rTrnBUnr ron oHAIRmAM
The Repubiican County Csmusittee n Brseh-
iyn 20 Organize next Tsesday.

TIE nspublicnn County Couusfttee IN Broeh-
iyn 20 Organise Next Tuesday.
The committee OF representative Republicans
OF tho Ninth and Twenty-second wards In Brook
lyn, which was appointed n few weeks ago to
devise some plan to establish harmony In tho
organization, has adopted this resolution:
RESOLVED, That we to the delegates
10 tho County Committed from those wards the
advocacy In that committee Of q careful revision
OF tho bylaws and the adoption of means to pro-
mulgate information as TO tho time and
place Of election district association meetings In
the county OF Kings, with q view of increasing
tho membership Of the local Republican organi-
cation.
'Resoired, That we urge upon each individual
election district association tho Importance OF
Increasing its membership to the end that those
in sympathy with tho principles Of the Ropubli.
can party DO represented In the various nomi-
mating conventions"
The new Republican County VII
meet for organization next Tuesday night. and
IL IL probable that Walter ID. Atterbury, the
Twenty-third ward leader. viii be elected
Chairman by practically. solid vote. samuel
No. O, who 10 q delegate from the Fourth ward,
has announced himself a candidate Tor the place,
but he has only n slender backing. The Worth
no interest in the election OF officers, but there
is no doubt that II will be ready to make trouble
should an opportunity OF doing. SO DO presented.
supervision OF tho affairs of tho Republican or
Ranization in tho borough OF Brooklyn. has In.
dorsed Col. A. e. Lamb for tho place on the
cant by the death OF Judge Asa W. Tenny. the
majority Of the leaders are said to favor John j.
Allen, the former United States Commissioner.
special activity in behalf of Cen. Tracy in the
recent campaign,
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. nnxnr >. rooLr 4 rAIsorERe
A stopy rrera Montana That Recalls one Lately
Teid OF Brewer pchaubie.

Toid OF Brewer schaubie.
ELIzApETH, N. j.. Jan. Att was reported
here to-day that Henry d. Poole Of this city had
been taken prisoner by some miners in Montana
and had been turned over to the authorities OF
Butte.
On what charge Poole was detained the mes
sage did not state. but It is thought to be in con-
nection with the Masterson Mining Company's
Affairs.
Poole. with q number Of Elizabethsns. was
induced about o year ago to invest in q gold
mining scheme. Tho mine is at Pony, . small
settlement near Sabington, Mon. ~
Al the mine did not produce any DIVIDENDS
mining company. went to the mine last Novem.
Der. SchRublo returned In n couple OF weeks
and told his friends he was satisfied he had been
duped.
About the time he reached Elizabeth word
was received from Butte to the effect that
Schauble, while at his mine, had been held q
prisoner BY the miners until he sent East and
obtained $4,000, with which he paid them wages
due.
schauble is President of the Rising Sun Brew.
ing Company OF this city. He would not admit
that no had been held prisoner by the miners
OT tf frdm + cost He him dla SAW spyfhh d%sve to ts ses
nothing could coax him to return to the mine
and that ho had sold his interest in the Master
son Company to Poole; When asked II he knew
had remained at Pony to operate tho mine. He
did not expect to see Poole East again unless he
got here by walking on railroad ties.
.Poolc's wife is with him, and II Is reported
that he 10 In destitute circumstance. II was
said to-day by q man of prominence. that Poole
had sent East for money very recently.
There are at least q score of persons In this
city who put money In the Masterson Company
and who have given up hope Of ever getting q
cent back.
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T~HELoNDoN, ONT, DISASTER
4 HEhTY BEAM aNhPPED, CAUSING
THE TERRIBLE Accident

Nobody 10 niaune-Tss mach Dead wstrht on
the supports-No Victim VIII FIJI n Pau.
per's Grave-Somo or the Relatives Talk or
suiuR for DnunaEcs-S1nny Flags mt raaIr.y vast
LONDON, Ont, Jan. 4.-Tho DEVELOPMENTS OF
to-day show little beyond the fact that the nc
cidont at the City Hail yesterday, including tho
loss Of twenty-five lives, was altogether una
voidable as far as human foresight could 20. A
great effort will be made to collect damages on
tho part Of some OF the relatives OF the deceased
persons, but the majority arc of the opinion that
there should be no lawsuits, and that justice
will be done.
The Coroners' Jury sat this afternoon. but
their work was purely formal and an adjourn.
ment was taken till Friday. The Council mot
this afternoon and n committee visited every
house whore there is death. No case OF dcstitu.
ton was found, and the victims are all in fairly
good circumstances.
responsible for all ,costs, and that while he
deeply appreciated tho offers of assistance from
Lady Aberdeen and others, he would sec that
none Of the victims filled n psupcr's grave. He
would undertake all tho expense himself In tho
meantime. and II the city did not reimburse him
The flags on the Custom House. Post Office,
and all public buildings are at half mast. There
dead. and. while tho list OF Injured ia increased,
all the increase is in the line OF minor injuries.
City, Engineer Grayhon says that the cause OF
last nights catastrophe was the breaking of tho
heavy beam which runs beneath tho floor,
almost at tho centre Of the space which gave
way. This beam was composed OF twelve 3x4 tim
beers securely jointed together. The joists ran east
and west from the beam. resting on tho front
and rear walls OF the enrinccr's office; There
the centre, rolling all the people standing in this
space into one mass.
The engineer says that tho supports Of this
part OF tho floor were not taken away in making
recent alterations. The wall where this joist
ran was taken out In 1888. Tho engineer did
not consider the hall dangerous. and Save that
the tremendous dead weight simply caused the
beam to snap.
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BRYAN BACK HOME.
He Says He Won't Run for ConEresI-G. y
WInIIams'a Glowing Message.

Wilithms'a glowing Message.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 4.-Mr. Bryan and his
party returned this afternoon from a months
feting and dining in Mexico. He begged to DO
excused from being interviewed just now as to
his impression OF Mexico under n silver stan
dard. but said that he might later make an ex-
tended statement. He returned. however. as
firm in the free silver faith as ever.
Tonight q local club rave him a compli-
mentary banquet. A number of notables from
Kansas. Colorado, and Missouri were present
and spoke. Mr.. Bryan was last on the list. and
his speech will not be reached till early in the
morning. Massachusetts was represented by
George Fred Williams. He said:
The Massachusetts, Democracy Is in line for
Bryan and the Chicago platform in 1900. Tho
Boston Democracy right now is overwhelmingly
for the Chicago platform. The tendency in our
State is to put national issues aside in local con-
tests. but when national issues are drawn tho
silver Democracy is in the ascendency in the
State"
Mr.. Bryan said he would not seriously con.
slider any proposal that he run for Congress this
fall, and refused to discuss the possibility of
being induced to do so.
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CHINA'S GRAVE TROUBLE.
TEE TsUN0-LI.YlMEN DIsoUssINa
GERMANY'S DElfAND.
The Goverruent Fears That = Rupture Hs stiIl
Possibie, bat will Vet Bsrr"w Troubie Till
Prince Kenny Arrives-The Report That
EnEIand Guarantees . Chinese lean.

me covernu-ent Fears THAT n Rupture Is 1till
Possible, but viii Vet Berrow Trouble TIT
Prince Kenny Arrives-The Report That
EnEiand Guarantees . Chinese Lean.
Special Gable Dispatches TO TUE SUE.
PEKIN, Jan. A.-The Tsung.li. Yamon Board
of Foreign Affairs) sat throughout Thursday
night discussing Germany's demand for the re-
moval Of Gen. Wan. tho commandant at Tsao
Chau, for threatening German missionaries.
The result Of the conference 10 not known. but
1t is believed that the board succeede ID in smooth
ing the matter over for tho present.
The Government, however, seems to fear that
q rupture 10 yet possible. though the question
will DO shelved until the arrival Of Prince Henry
OF Prussia. Gen. Wan has been summoned to
Pekin.
BERLIN, Jan. A.-Tho Cologne Gazette asserts
that negotiations for an Anglo Chinese loan
have been In progress in London since Thursday
last. A Chinese land tax 10 proposed as security
for tho loan, but the British negotiators are de-
mandinR in addition n territorial concession to
Great Britain.
able credence on the Stock Exchange to-day that
the British Government has agreed to guarantee
q Chinese loan Of R18. 600, 900.
Tho British squadron 10 reported of the isl and
OF Chusan. on the east coast OF China.
The position Of the Chinese loan negotiations
has thus far been nothing moro than conjectu-
raj. Confirmation of the assertion made by the
Cologne Gazette that negotiations arc in prog
ress for an Anglo.C Chinese loan cannot be OBJ
tanned In London or elsewhere.
A despatch from Berlin states that M. Roth
stein. . st. Petersburg lnancier. has been NO
gotiating for 500. o0O. 900 marks in Berlin. He
left that city yesterday. believing that success
was insured.
On the other hand opinion in Vienna discredits
the idea that the conclusion Of the loan Is any
where imminent. 1t 10 believed In the Austrian
capital that the Cologne GaEette's statement 10
q semi-oficial %"feeler."
The Poltfsche Corresponding, indeed. con.
tends that the negotiations in Paris are still
going on satisfactorily. This. however, 10 very
improbable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
THREE HURT IN A RUNAWAY.
They Wero Heund Lying In the Road By Two
Other Men.

They Were Pound Lying In the Road By Two
Other Men.
While August Schultz Of this city was out
driving with a friend on the road between Glen.
dale and Richmond. in Queens county. late last
night, his horse SHE'D. Schultz got out to see
what was the matter. He heard Rroans and
found that they came from . wounded man ly-
ing in the road.
Ten feet away two other mon were found.
who were also injured.
The wounded men were William Pfautch, a
Trainer; John Kull. a plumber. both of 81 Grove
street, Williamsburg, and John Foster, q saloon
keeper, O. Wyckoff avenue, Ridgewood.
They had been visiting a saloon keeper named
Lydecker on the border line between Glendale
and Richmond. Lydecker had lent them his
horse and wagon for the journey home. Near
whore thoy were found the wagon struck a pile
OF stone, a hind wheel WAS wrenched of, and
the horse r n away. throwing the three mel out
Schultz drove to Richmond and brought DR..
Schovell, and ambulances were from
the Eastern District Hospital and ST. GATHERINGS
Hospital.
Foster was in n critical condition and was taken
to ST. GATHERINGS Hospital. The horse was not
found last night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
VAR ON INSURANCE COMPANIES.

A Demand on Thirty -four European Fire Com.
panics for Unpaid License Foes.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4.-Insurance Commits
sioner Clunie to-day made a demand on thirty.
four European fire insurance companies doing
business in California for unpaid license fees
agGregating $279.53O. In most Of the cases tho
claims date back for twelve years. They are
based on n law requiring foreign insurance COM
panies to pay annually l per cent. of their pre-
miums to the County Treasurer of every county
or city and county In the State for the use of the
Flremen s henet fund or such county.
The law has been n dead letter since soon after
its enactment, as tho supreme Court decided
1t imposed q municipal tax which could only be
levied by municipalities Clunie now contends
that the State has n right to impose the license.
and that the Commissioner has power to pre-
vent the companies which fail to pay from doing
business. He proposes to enforce the demand
ON Feb- !.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
TRYING DOORS Il PoLICEMAN.
his HAND Was Isjarsd ana BLOOD Poisoning
Resulted.

Policeman Matthew Jennings of tho East
Eighty.eiehth street station, while trying doors
on Lexington avenue. between Seventy.ninth
and Eighty-fourth streets. about ten days ago.
caught his left hand between n brass lock and
the door frame. In drawing 1t away his thumb
nail was brOkon.. The next day tho policeman
became Ill, and his wife reported at tho station
house that he could not go, on duty,
No doctor was consulted at first, but ON Mon
day morning Jennings was advised to go to
Bellevue Hospital and have his arm amputated.
The arm by this time had swollen badly and
blood poisoning had taken a firm hold.
jennings went 10 tho hospital, but the sur
geons saw II was useless to amputate the arm,
The policeman died Monday night. He had
been eighteen years on the police force.
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WHERE IS MRS. FINEssEs
She Left Her Home Saturday Night with Money
and Hank Books.

ELIZABETH. N. j., Jan. AIRS. Annie Finesse
has been missing from her home in Marshall
street. near Sixth street. since Saturday night.
She is about SO years of age, and when she left
home she wore, it is supposed. q thin house wrap
per and had only q thin shawl to cover her head.
She took with her about $l75 in cash and five
bank books which showed a total balance OF
$5. 900.
The money is deposited in New York banks in
Mrs. illnesses name. 1t is said that Mrs.
Finesse had been acting queerly for some time,
and that Saturday evening she fell and received
a blow on the head that stunned her. She went
to bed as soon as she recovered from the effects
Of the fall, and no one has seen her since. On
Sunday morning 1t was discovered that she was
missing from her room. and that her valuables
wandered away from home during a fit OF
dementia. Her husband thinks she has COM
mitted suicide.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
BABY DROWNED IN A BOILER.
Her Brothers ana Sisters Playing Around Her
when She Fell In.

John Collins, shoemaker. of 72 King street,
lost a little child yesterday. one out Of six. 1t
was the second lost out Of seven. The first died
Of the effects Of a fall FIVE years ago. The
youngest Of the remaining six, q baby named
Sarah, was drowned yesterday in a tub. with
her brothers and sisters playing around her.
Mr.. Collins was away at work when little
Sarah fell into the tub. His wife had just 1lled
the tub. an iron one. with cold water prepara-
tory to putting IT on the stove to get hot water
, " ShnS sh NV 10 ~ ~ ~ ro ;" hn u . ~ !" IN IN
other children called to her that the baby was
In the boiler. She ran to the tub and, scream
and u doctor was brought, but it was too late
for him to be of service. Apparently the baby
had leaned over the edge OF the tub, which was
q low one. and. overbalancing, tumbled in.
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STREET Can HORSES RUN AWAY

The Driver Dragged Over the Dashboard, but
Rot Badly Hurt.
A team of horses attached to a car Of tho
Boulevard line became frightened near Eighty
sixth street while going north yesterday after.
noon and ran away. There were several wo-
men in the car. and two Of them started for tho
door to get of, but the conductor prevented
them.
whifietrees to the car broke, and Michael
Fitzpatrick, the driver, WAS dragged over tho
dashboard. He was hauled nearly half a block
before he could loosen the reins. The horses
continued their run along the track. and were
finally stopped by Bicycle Policeman Thomp-
son at lOlth street. Fitzpatrick was badly
bruised but was not seriously injured. Mono
OF the passengers in the car was hurt.
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Queens Borough Republicans Form Assembly
District Associations.

The Republicans of the Second Assembly dis
trict of the borough of Queens have formed an
association and elected Francis II. Luce Of ia
maica President. The other officers are: Vice
President, George Sweeney of Flushing; Secre-
tary, Charles Bennett of jamaica; Treasurer,
Alexander Mcclellan of Flushing. A Republi-
can association has been formed in the First
Assembly district of the borough OF Queens. The
officers are: President Edward Bowling Of Long
Island City; Vice-President, Richard Burke OF
Ncwtown; Secretary, Warren X. Haviland of
Newtown; Treasurer. John w. Bennett of Long
Island City; Corresponding, Secretary. Theodore
Arms. William Mack of Long Island City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
A Perry Hskimo Ill Again.

Kushan. one OF the Eskimos whom Peary
brought hero from the Arctic zone. was takon
TO Bellevue Hospital last night with another
had attack OF bronchitis. Mceney. his little son,
drove down with him in a carriage from High
Bridge, where the colony has been settled for
the winter. Not being sick, the youngster
couldn't stay at the hospital. and when he
went away the father was disconsolate.
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COZ. M,LAURIN,s MESSAGE.
He says the U. 8. Marine Hospital Caused q
Yellow Fever Outbreak.

He Says tho U. Q. Marine Hospital Caused tho
Yellow Fever Outbreak.
JACKSON, Miss. Jan. 4.-The message OF Gov.
McLAurin, read before the General Assembly Of
Mississippi in this city to-day. was remarkable
for its charge that the United States Marine
Hospital was responsible for the Introduction of
yellow fever into, the State last September.
In this way he made a strong effort against the
place the States under control. The Governor
made another declaration of political interest,
In which he declared emphatically for tho cleo
direct.
A concensus of opinion among the legislators
shows that this suggestion meets with favor.
and the probability is that this session will take
the preliminary step TO give the first decisive
people.