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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
soPHs MAD 4 ao-M1NuTE BASoUEr.
RutEers Freshman Captured Thoir President
ana Heid Him TIL Nearly midnight.

New BRUNSWICK, Feb. 4.-The annual ban
quet of the sophomore class of Rutgers College
was TO have taken place at the Mansion House
In this city tonight. It did not take place. for
whom the sophomores arrived they found that
the President OF the class, Eugene Higgins Of
Perth Amboy, was missing. In q few minutes
some excited classmen came over from one
of the fraternity houses with the news that
tho freshmen had kidnapped Higgins soon
after he left the chapter house 10 20 TO the
Mansion House. They expl aimed that while
Higgins and some of his classmates were hurry
Ing through College avenue on their way to the
banquet hall they were set upon by twenty
freshmen. who made a rush for Higgins, cap
'1 FSe h 9reshi nna G sooR n him m,t To Highland fpRSssii Park,
and thence by trolley car to Bound Brook,
seven miles away. Tho sophomores gathered
Brook thsi5 fo where and sbo soG 3ou snS H hH1. Ssr in a9 BS@ed
In n house. The freshmen had not ill-treated
him, but no was very much detected. The
ITssnm tse so %S%la nos . s,xS up to ,h fSs cd pr.sSSSSir;
In Bound Brook. They refused at first to inter
fere. but were finally persuaded TO help the hun.
Fly, the sophs demanded the release Of their
President. The freshies SCORED at them.
At IL o'clock the freshmen made up their
m them ana snS' that htSi tbs W dinner 81 NO was s'e ont Of use the he
question. so they allowed Higgins to depart with
his friends. The returning sophomores reached
Mansion Man ESn0ff Ho %ian' E"d' had mfpp the din mes n ready sdy
since 8 O'Clock. He refused at first to
keep the. hotel open after ~ o'clock. be.
after n parley he agreed to let the sophomores
stay just twenty minutes and they bounced
upon the viands with the eagerness OF starving
room. POSTMASTER Higgins cut long speeches.
The freshmen went home rejoicing over what
they considered a good nights work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
SALUTED THE MONTGOMERY.
Our Cruiser ana tho spanish Fort Fire Guns o,
Zach other.

zach other.
HAVANA, Feb. A despatch from the city az
Matanzas says that the American cruiser Mont
gomery entered that port yesterday. anchoring
at noon near the Spanish fort of San Seferino,
which nswered the cruisers twenty-one.eun
salute.
The son Of the Spanish General Luque con.
tinues in q very desperate condition from the
wound he received a few days ago in an engage.
ment with tho insurgents in Santiago dc Cuba
province. To-day 1t is announced that his righp
leg was amputated by the military surgeons.
Henry w. Tain, who says he is an Americas
citizen and a Captain Of artillery in the Ameri-
can Army. and who was an officer in the Cuban
Army under Garcia. arrived in Havana to-day.
He surrendered to the Spanish q few days age
in Santiago de Cuba. This morning he called ON
the acting Governor-General, Gonzalez Parade,
and held a long conference with him. Secretary
General Congosto acting as interpreter. Mr..
Tain said that he needed no help from tho
$5. 900 in gold in O belt which he wears. He in
tends to sail for New York tomorrow.
Between Boniato and San Vicente. in San
tiago, de Cuba province, a Spanish train has
been blown up by a dynamite bomb placed ON
stroyed and four Spanish soldiers were killed and
sixteen wounded. After that a strong force OF
insurgents had an engagement near Boniato
with a Spanish detachment which came to res
cue the train.
A Spanish official report says that the bat
talon Of Cataluia captured at Iona Coma,
santa Clara province, $500 cartridges which
belonged to the insurgents. The report says
the battalion.
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CRADLES BANK SHUTS UP.
PROMOTER TRIED TO aET $50, 900
MORE FROM THE CHEMICAL.

Ham vv,n or the Nav "a.
.,,u.u.,., r.-u.u.,
Ho ~"e'" "os "oe' ""se AS'VO"
That erabio Had luduoed HIN TO hndovse.
the Cbom,c., pont,s ,oops ~ saoa ooo N
Frsnc,s C.,o cr.hIo ora Iohn G s,,ror pro.;.
dent w,l,Ioms said yo.t.raov ,b,t ,horo ,,o.
notbino further 10 bo soid ana ,bat a. tbore
was bo vouldn,t sav n oa bo was sict and Ale.
eusted WITH ~. bu,io haio, thot hod ho.n rad,
II a.v.ion.d So.,ordar 1T ,sa ro.,rn.,,on =,
'"@ 'ne
Casnier Quinlan was the result OF q WISH made
TO this city last Thursday by Cradle. He came
on TO obtain another loan OF 100000 from the
Cnemicai Bank. The loan was refused, ana
Cradle appealed to Directors James A. Roose.
velt and Ereder;c w stevens Than the fact
hat Cradle already owed the bank some S24S.-
600 was discovered. The directors wanted tho
man IN o,vo n don,.nd noto Tor tho .mo,nt and
noto "Aur sMu
he said no would consider It While consider
ing IL he went to st. Louis.
Clnronca NJ cr,b,o = ,,,h,,- ., III. n.o.
~. oi"sio' nepno" =. u p'o
wealthy man and could easily meet all OF his
obIiqations
Vlce-President Roosevelt OF the
Bank said yesterday that n friend of Silver Ind
o.,Ioa -. H. a., ~ ~.ss..n ..o..ss ~.
VIZ WI ~ ~ .no morning anu "sSuroo nm
that the bank OFFICIALS needn't worry about tho
money loaned to Silver. This friend said he
nau oniy .eoentiy iep1 silver SAoo'ooo' eVery
cent or which had been returned.
CRAWFORD, Neb,, Feb. 4.-The State bank of
croyv,ord did not oman a.. doors All. r,orn,,o
c. j. Cradle. the cashier, 10 in the East. A. I.
Hobson. assistant cashier. will say nothing of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
WANTS THE SUN At LETTER RATES
Robert Heading Likes tho Kiondike but Wants
the Geninl LiGht or His Life.

Robert Reading Of Allenda!e. n. j., for
merly superintendent Of George Gould's match
factory at Passaic, who started for the Klon.
dixie gold fields last summer and arrived at
Dawson City in October, has written to his
mother a glowing account of the outlook in the
d~iggings. He says the traffic in claims is
something marvellous. and that the richness
of the country in precious metal had been ex-
aggerated in no respect. so far as had como
under his notice before going in. He saw
So. 000.O Oo in nuggets and at the store, and
says that the talk in the city Is that not less
than $25, 100000 will be sent out during the
next open season.
But with all this wealth and glowing pros.
poets of fortunes for the lucky tew. Mr.. Read
ing says everybody is starving for news from
home, especially those men who were used to
their morning and evening paper before they
left civilization, and he says:
Send me THE Sun. Wrap 1t securely and
Mr.. Reading describes his foot and leg
dress as follows: Two pairs heavy wool
en- socks, one pair Arctic socks, one pair
German woollen stockings. reaching to the
knees and having double feet, and over
all. a pair of moosehide moccasins. Equipped
In this way ] have wandered around nearly all
day in the deep snow with the temperature 500
below zero and neither had cold nor wet feet.
In fact. the snow does not melt, being like sand
particles, that are brushed or easily"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
SPAIN MAKES NEW OFFERS.
FURTHER CONCESSIONS PROPOSED
TO THE INSURGENTS.

Willing to Modify Greatly the Proposed PrerL
ercntini Duties on Imports from spain-
Weakening on Many Points-lndapoadenoe
or Death the Response or the Cuban Patricia.
Special Gable Dispatches 10 THE Sun.
LONDON, Feb. 4.-Tho Havana correspondent
OF the Times claims to have the highest author.
iy for stating that the Government is willing to
reconsider tho clauses of the autonomy meas.
ure relating to preferential duties on imports
from Spain and to modify them greatly II neces.
sary. The Government is also prepared TO grant
additional concessions on many other points IL
the insurgents ask for them.
Tho correspondent confirms tho statements
regarding the intransigeant attitude OF the in
surgent leaders, who. he says. will not accept
any scheme of autonomy. however liberal it
may be. They are determined to achieve the
independence of the island or die in the attempt.
BARCELONA. Feb. 4.-Tho sailing to-day Of the
Spanish mail steamer Ciudad de Cadiz was
countermandod and the fares of the passengers
were returned to them. The vessel, which will
DO fitted out as an armed cruiser. hos been desig-
mated for service in Cuban waters.
MADRID. Feb. 4.-The newspapers are gen.
orally very p~essimistic in regard to the situation
In Cuba. Tho impressions they gather are un-
favorable to the success OF autonomy. and their
expectations are that there will be great diff
Guilty in the paeifl cation of the island.
1t is reported that $4,000 additional troops
will shortly be despatched to Cuba.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
HELD UP THE STATION AGENT:

A Negro Gets tho Day's Receipts st MT. Au-
burn. Mass. and FriEhtens y Woman.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 4.-Miss Mary Mr.
Bride, the station agent at Mount Auburn Gem
etery station. on the Fitchburg Railroad. was
held up in her ticket Office this afternoon by q
negro, who. with q revolver pointed at her head.
robbed the till Of all the money 1t contained.
nearly $50. and escaped.
Miss Mcbride was badly frightened. The
negro had been lettering about tho station all
the afternoon. He made some inquiries about
trains, but bought no ticket. Choosing q moment
when Miss Mcbride had come out of her office
TO attend to the fire and was returning to her
place, he forced his way through tho door, and.
drawing o pistol. ordered her to keep still or he
would kill her.
The station Is in q lonely locality. and no one
was about. Miss Mcbride kept still. The negro
pulled open the money drawer and took the
days receipts.
Then giving the station agent q sudden push
that sent her headlong over a chair. he bolted
from the place and ran up along the track.
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$50 COMING.
Contract Awarded for Transporting Them from
This City 10 Seattle.

vs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Acting Secretary
Meiklejohn of tho War Department received q
cable message to-day from DR.. Sheldon Jackson.
saying that the steamer Manitoban. with $50
reindeer and eighty seven Lapp men and women.
~caretakers, sailed this morning from Alien. Nor.
way, for Now York. These are the deer in.
tended for theG overnmentK londike relief ex.
petition.
The contract for transporting the reindeer and
their attendants from New York TO Seattle was
awarded to-day by Col. Gilliss. acting Quarter
master-General, TO the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. subject to certain conditions. These
conditions are thai the company must agree to
points designated by the persons in charge; that
the cars shall go through from Now York to
Seattle without the transfer of the deer, freight.
or attendants. unless in case Of accident, and
that the eighty-seven Lapp attendants and two
representatives of the War Department shall
be transported FREQ.
Twenty-Five stock and six freight cars are to
be furnished by the railroad company at $2s6.72
q car. and two tourist ~sleepers and two freight
cars, fitted for cooking. purposes: are to be fur
nished free. The trip Is to be- made on regular
schedule passenger train time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
zOAR COMMUNITY,s AFFAIRS.
Talk Now or winding Up tho Business Inter-
ests OF the Concern.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 4.-The quaint com.
munistic village OF Zoar. o., is likely to become
only a memory. For several years there has
been moro or less dissension among its men,
bers, some of them'asserting that worldly greed
has laid hold of some of the officials 20 such an
extent that there was an unfair division of the
revenues and resources OF the community. BY
the terms OF its charter. granted by the
State about 1920. a majority vote is required to
dissolve the corporation and partition the prop
erty. Several unsuccessful attempts have been
made TO accomplish this. Thu dissatisfied ones
lieved that a sufficient number of votes will
soon be mustered to cause q dissolution.
Attorneys have been consulted with that end
In view. The estimated value of the 1000
acres OF tho most fertile land In the Tuscarawas
Valley, which is held by the Zoarites, Is $780,
900. The personality. including money and
credits. ID worth fully 100000.
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They Get Ashore froua the Fioe. and wero
Picked Up ~ tho Steam vvhaior Vanguard.

aapS wv AbuVto IEoD tuo Etoes dbU VT
Picked Up ~ tho Steam vvhaior Vanguard.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. A.-Tho steamer Van
guard rescued the sixteen Trinity Boy fehermon
who went adrift on an loo foo on Tuesday. When
the storm arose they clambercd on the foo with
their boats. and sought shelter beneath these
during tho night. While the snow and rain
storms ragged on Wednesday morning they
made their way over tho ice toward
North Shore Bay, in which direction the
wind was driving the ice. Dragging thoir boats
with them they toilod all day without food or
rest. They had no provisions with them and no
extra clothing and suffered terribly from cold
and hunger. They reached land on Wednesday
at nightfall. Just escaping another night on the
foe which probably would have proved fatal to
some OF them, because six are now 30
Ill from the effects Of their awful OK
perienco that 1t probably win DO weeks before
they recover. All were frostbitton and several
broke down under the strain. Death stared them
In the face all the time until shore was reached.
Their clothes wero frozen SO solidly that they
had to be cut of their bodies by the rescuers.
A search party Of fishermen, who were sent
from here In the powerful steam whaler Van
guard to assist In the quest. found the cast.
Always where they had landed. and retu rned
them to thoir homes this afternoon. Tho
steamer had great difficulty in forcing her way
through the heavy ice. She was unable to move
for several hours yesterday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
HAYAN SUED FOR $4,000
Former Brooklyn Widow Brings Action AGains
the millionaire In Chicago.

hOfmer bfOOktyn willow bFinEB action Against
the Bailli0naire in Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb. A suit for $15O.0Oo against
John II. Hanan. the millionaire shoe manufac-
turer of Brooklyn. In which the plaintiff is a
woman, has been begun in tho Superior Court.
The suit was begun on Wednesday. but was sup
pressed in order that service might DO had on
the defendant. who lives In Brooklyn but was In
Chicago during the present week on business.
in Chicago. Formerly she was a resident of
Brooklyn. Her attorney refuses to give any in
formation as to the nature Of the grievance
against the wealthy shoe man.
Mr.. Hanan was in Chicago on last Monday,
and twas n guest of the Auditorium annex.
He did not register, and although the hotel was
besieged by men who were sent to watch his
movements. he succeeded in getting out of the
city. On Tuesday he went to ST. Louis, AMI
from there went to Brooklyn without being
served with a summons in Mrs. buttons suits.
The attorney for the Chicago plaintiff has now
given up hope Of securing service. He says he
has information that Mr.. Hanan will sail from
New York TO Europe on a business trip In a few
days. Mrs. Dutton. who has been a widow for
sixteen years. came from Brooklyn only last
year,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
KILLED HIS BROTHER AND SISTER
Below Admits That He Poisoned Them for
Money.

SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. Feb. "A Suisun special
says that Frank Below has been entrapped by
officers into a confession that he poisoned his
brother Louis and his sister Susie at Dixon.
Solano county. The victims suffered horribly
and Frank sat by their bedside and was appar-
entity the most sincere mourner. The Coronor's
Jury investigated the case. and though 1t was
clear that strychnine had been put in the.tea.
they could get no evidence to justify holding
Frank for trial. He had been disinherited and
had shown extreme bitterness over the loss of
broIher-in-law the officers contrived to have wit
nesses hear Below admit that he did the poison
having the share In the estate which bets
ceived at the death of his brother and BtateR"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
BOYS ARRESTED FOR ARSON.
Three Y0uAEstsFs VIII started Fires Just 'ts
See the EnEih0 Run.o

MONTGOMERY. Ala, Feb. 4.-Walter and Girls
Demsey. aged IL and 7 years respectively and
Sons of tho fireman who on Wednesday while
fighting the CASTOR fire fell from the top OF the
Tyson building and was seriously injured. and
Fred Nabers, a 8-year-old lad. were arrested to-
day charged with arson. For several days
tho Fire Department has been kept on a
run. The fires have been confined chiefly
to barns. although other buildings nave been
sprinkled with oil and ignited. The urchins
were caught In the act to-day and jailed. They
confess TO having fired q number Of the build
ings, notably the Methodist church on Jefferson
Davis avenue. Tn reason they gave 10 that
they wanted 70 500 the engine run"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
ANOTHER KELLERMAEN JAILED.

Two More suspscts In the Sudden Closing Or o
BrownsViiIe hank.
Jacob K%ellermann. 90 years old. a banker of %
Norfolk street. and Samuel Resented, 80 years
old, a real estate broker of 1876 ChristopheB
avenue. Brooklyn. were arraigned before Magic
trate Worth In the Gates Avenue Court yester-
day charged with grand larceny in having boon
implicated in the embezzlement Of tho funds Of
tho Consolidated and Banking Exchange. al
Thatford and Belmont avenues, In Brooklyn, on
last Tuesday. They pleaded not guilty and
fault OF 81. 900 bail. The police are looking for
Adolph Kellermann, the President OF the bank.
who ID alleged to have absconded with the
funds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
CHINA APPOINTS Il BRIToN,
Robert BredOn Made Deputy Inspeetor-Gensra
or CuAtomn.

Special Cable Dispatches to the Sun.
PEKIN. Feb. 4.-The Tsung.li- Yamen. at the
request OF Sir Robert Hart. Inspector.G General
o. tine Chinese Customs. has appointed Robert
bredon as his deputy.
LONDON. Feb. l. The appointment Of Mr..
Iooert bredon as Deputy Inspector-Gener Of
,he Chinese Customs will be regarded In Eng.
iAha as proof that the danger of British con.
sol OF the Chinese customs being undermined
py political rivals has been averted. Mr.. Bredon
has been a Commissioner of Customs since 1873.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
STRICKEN ON Il BRIDGE TRAIN.

Daniel POmeFOy Dies in the Waiting Room ut
tho Brooklyn Terminal.
Daniel Pomeroy of 60 Hanson place. Brooklyn,
died in tho waiting room at the Brooklyn end of
the bridge. at 9 o'clock last night. He had suf-
fered with heart trouble for some time and had
not felt well during the day. He was returning
homo with several friends and was taken sick
on the train. Mr.. Pomeroy, who was a son of
the late Rev. Charles Pomeroy, was born in
Brooklyn and was 81 years old. He was the
head of the Pomeroy Surgical Company of IT
Union square and had been connected with that
concern for forty years. He leaves q widow and
four children.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
CROSSED ON FLOATING ZOE
L~ounsberry's PeriIous Trip Across the Huaso
ct NewburE.

ct NewburE.
MATTEAwAN, Feb. MARK Lounsbcrry, Jr.,
an employee Of the Newburg Ferry, accomplished
a perilous feat yesterday morning on o wager in
crossing the Hudson River from Fishktll Land.
ing to Newburg on the ice. which consisted
largely Of floating cakes. Many people wit
messed the venturesome act. Lounsberry left
the Fishkill long wharf at 10 o'clock, reaching
Newburg after walking throe-quarters of an
hour on the ice. stepping from cake to cake.
His course was between the tracks of the ferry
boat and the transfer steamer w. T. Hart,
which was considered especially dangerous.
Lounsberry was heartily cheered when he fin
ished his remarkable feat and won the wager.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
TIE NAIVE TO 1EArE nArAxA.
Arrival or the Cruiser Montgomery ut Agatau.
zns-No Demonstration.

zns-No Demonstration.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-The battleship Maine
will be Withdrawn from Hayana harbor in 0
few days. 1t was intended to allow her to re.
main there until Feb. Is, when she was to sail,
for New Orleans to participate in the Mardi
Gras celebration. but as officers and crew are
chatting under the close restriction to shipboard,
and Havana harbor is very unhealthy, her de-
parture will not be delayed until the original
date set. Secretary Long said to-day that ID
was the intention of the Navy Depart
ment to send a small cruiser to take tho
place Of the Maine. The Detroit and the Mar
blehead are the only small cruisers available for
that duty. They are with the other ships OF the
North ATLANTIC squadron in the Bay Of Florida.
1t is not unlikely. however, that the gunboat
Nashville. now at Key West. will receive the
assignment.
Secretary Long this morning received o tele-
gram from Commander Converse OF the cruiser
Montgomery, reporting his arrival yesterday at
Matanzas. Cuba. He says the usual courtesieS
were exchanged. and that there was no demon.
stration on account Of the Mo~ntgomery's an
pearance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
FLOOD OF ooUHrERFEITs.
Tho Bogus ''wIndom Bin Makes Its APP
pearance Again.

pe0ranc0 Again.
The Sub-Treasury authorities report the reap
pearance here Of examples Of the dangerous
counterfeit Of the old style or "Windom" sill.
yer certificate, which was first discovered moro
than a year ago. For q long time none of the
counterfeits was received. but lately several
have been detected among the bills that have
reached the Sub-Treasury. Two were found
this week. one Of them yesterday. Dispatches
from various points in the country have in tho
past few days reported quite a flood Of the bad
Window bills at various Western cities.
A popularity of tho bad bills Is that they
always appear to have been a long time in circu-
lation and are badly worn, but the secret service
agents have never been able to get any trace OF
the plates. The worn appearance of the notes
Is believed to be given to them purposely by the
counterfeiter.
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LOST THEIR $4,000.
Rev Workers Meet q slick EnEIIshman witness
n Phosphate Mine.

New Workers Meet . slick Englishman WtthoNa
n Phosphate Mine.
CITY OF MEXICO. Feb. "A few weeks ago en-
Englishman giving the name Of Frederick Ora
ham arrived hero in company with two New
York capitalists whom he had interested in
what he said was q great phosphate mine situ-
ated in the State OF Oaxaca. Graham induced
the two New York capitalists to join with him
in buying tho mine, and they deposited 10000
in bank here to be used as the purchase money.
The New York men then went to Oaxaca to in.
sDect the mine, and in their absence Graham
Grew aseWed an q Tb th ty mo caS IRON ron Inc bS 90 pan n ana diSsp-
and reported to the authorities that they had
been bnncoed and robbed of their money. They
could find no semblance of q phosphate mine In
OaXaca.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
,hoao l.lana locomotive works Assign.

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Feb. 4.-The Rhode Island
Locomotive Works filed its petition in insol-
yency to-day In the Appellate Court, The con-
corn was not at once adjudgod insolyent. but on
Tor the property. MIR. Wilson was appointed TO
take charge until the petition OF insolvency has
been adjudicatod. The schedule OF assets shows
estimated total value OF R5lS.376.57 ana iaoili'
ties amounting TO $6l6, 703.S5.