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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
WHEELING AND LAKE ERIE.
Dotails or the Plnn for the Reorganization or
the Company.

U0N4L8 - -
the Company.
The plan for tho reorganization Of the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie Railway Company 10 an
nounced. 1t provides for . foreclosure Of tho
consolidated mortgage and conveyance Of the
property to 4 new company. The three divisional
mortgages, known as the Lake Eric division frat
mortgage, tho Wheeling division hrst mortgage,
and the extension and improvement first
mortgage. will DO left undisturbed. I'M
loss refunded by agreement with tho
holders of the bonds issued hereunder.
The holders of the Mercantile Trust CompRny's
receipts for the consolidated mortgage bonds
will receive par in first preferred non'cumula-
tive 4 per cent. stock OF tho now company for
the principal Of their bonds and interest from
| Jan. l, 1897, to July l. 1898. Holders Of these
bonds who do not deposit them with the Nor
camille Trust Company before July % next will
be excluded from participation in the plan OK
cept upon payment of such penalty as tho Re-
organization may impose.
Holders OF preferred stock who have already
paid tho 81 q share heretofore called will, upon
the payment of $11 additional per share, be en-
titled to. receive SIP in second preferred stock
of the new company for eRoh share OF old pre-
ferred at ok. Each share of old common stock
will receive par in new common stock and 80
Of an assessment of 90 a share on such old COM
mon stock, in addition to the 81 a share already
paid under the call made by the stockholders
committee.
The plan. which has been fully underwritten.
is mme by the committees representing
the Lake Erie Division bondholders. tho exten'
sion and Improvement first mortgage BOND
holders. tho Wheeling division hondholders, the
consolidated mortgage bondholders and both
classes Of stockholders. 1t gives to the import
ant firms representing these various interests
the power to select the directors Of tn
Company since Jan. l last show an increase o.
AS per cent. as compared with those OF the same
period of last year, and the expenditures by TIT
receivers In betterments Of various kinds hav'
resulted in a much lower ratio OF operating ex
penses. Provision lie made in the plan for con
solidation with other roads, but the roads fl
view are not named. though it is fair to presum
that those in contemplation operate in contigu
GUS districts in the Ohio coal fields.
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orr1orA1 rrIxAhIrs ON TUESDAY,.
Tauauaapy Contests IL at Lesst Three DtstTists-
Republican Regulars viii wis.

HlNNA NHNNA ~
Republican Regulars VIII wis.
The primaries for the selection Of delegates 10
the new city committees and county commit
tees Of each political party in this city and TO
the Assembly District conventions will be held
on Tuesday, and every citizen who 10 enrolled
has the privilege Of voting. These primaries,
which are the frat 70 be hold under the pro
visions Of the new law. will be carried on much
the same as an election, ana all sorts OF safe
guards have been thrown around them to pre-
vent illegal and fraudulent voting. AThe name
and address Of every citizen who Ia enrolled, a.
we'll az his party Affiliations. have been pub
lished in the Citv Record. The names of the en-
rolled voters in Manhattan and the BonK are
published by Assembly districts and those In
Brooklyn BY wards. A separate supplement 10
devoted to each of these divisions. 80 that the
work Of Identifying q voter will be extremely
simple.
The leaders Of Tammany Hall say that the
utmost harmony prevails throughout the ranks
Of the organization. but 1t 10 known that there
will bo lively contests in at least three Assembly
districts. Bernard Rourke Is still looking for
tho scalp of Councilman Martin Engeli Tam
many leader in the Eighth Assembly district,
and he seems to think he will Ket II. ,EnEel says
The Twenty.frst Assembly district former Police
Inspector McAvoy has thrown down the gsuntlot
leaders Of Tammany Hall will probably take =
hand in It before the primaries are held; me
Avoy and StillIngs will be retired from the con-
test and the leadership of the district VIII 60 TO
some dark horse. The man most likely to get
tho place in this event is John Delmour, Mar
shall for the collection OF arrears OF personal
taxes, who Is a relative Of Lawrence DolnouF.
lately the leader OF the Thirtieth Assembly dis
trict. A contest is expected in the Annexed
District, where Councilman HylRndS 10 rebelling
against tho powers that DO.
Harmony also prevails In the ranks OF the Re
publican organization and few contests are ex-
pocted. The Swayne Republicans are making q
strong effort to capture the delegates from the
Twenty.6rst Assembly district. but Col. Abe
Gruber, who Ia the organization leader there,
says he isn't II bit worried by the demonstration
There will be contests in several other districts
also, and the followers of Gen. Swayne may elect
ing majority of organization mon In the new Re-
publican County Committee.
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Tho funeral of Thomas W. Kcenc, tho actor.
was held yesterday afternoon at his home in
Castleton Corners, Staten Island. About 500
persons. many OF whom were actors, were pres
emit, The services were conducted by the Rev.
+. f. Grunert of the Castleton Corners MoraviRn
Church. Services we're also conducted at the
grave hy the New York Lodge of Elks ana the
Naval Lodge OF Ma ,Ons, The boiy reposCd in n
Moral tributes were laid upon it. The irtcrmcni
was in aiTview Cemetery Among ihS7e pres
Roland Reed, Frank Evans. William Lloyd
brown, Edward J,cobus. George l. Herbert
Col. Aston Brown. Joseph keefe, John NJ
land, Pierce L.. Jarvis, and Charles Mitchell
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BOGUS WIRE-TAPPERS ca UG hi.
They Protcndcd TO Give Custom"rS the Results
Of RnCcs In Time 10 Eeat tho P"olroomS.

|
They Pretended to Give Customer" the Results
of RnCcs In Time 10 Feat the P"olroomS.
Henry Summcrfeld. Peter Williamson. and
John Burke were held in 81 900 bail each in the
Yorkville Court yesterday for examination to-
morrow on n technical charge OF Larceny. Po-
lice Captain Kane told Magistrate Flammcr
that the prisoners conducted q bogus poolrOom
over q restaurant AT 673 Third avenue. They
pretended TO have tapped the Western Union
wires, ana by this means to be able to get race
track news fifteen minutes ahead OF any other
poOl room in the city. They let it be understood
about the ncishLorhood that they could give
the result of Il race in time for a customer to go
to n pOolronm and let on a sure thing. The Cap
tain said he had ono witness who paid 500 for
such a tin and placed a bot on II horse that
came in last.
When the detective entered the place on Fri
day night one of the prisoners had his coat or
and was sitting NJ a liable ticking Il telegraph
instrument connected with n wire which ran up
nccted with "A Western Union wire. lnresLiga-
ton showed that il had no connection with any
other wire. ~SuInnCTiield Was said TO be tho
manager OF the place. The Captain told the
Magistrate that the managers picture was in
! tho RoRlrS' Gallery at Police He dquartcrs.
The police seized the telegraph instrument
and srvera! dry batteries when they made the
arrests. Symmetrical acknowledged that he
taupcd any wir s. lilo asserted that ii was his
intention 10 put in II private telephone wire. in
order to get early Tace.traCk news from an office
downtown. Capt. kanc said the men had been
in tho Third avenue place for about two weeks,
and Ind "A GOZen men about the nelghborhood on
the lookout FOR customers.
The prisoners were unable to give bail ant
were locked MP.
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PoIoaraaH left the SHAFT Door Open and tho
Fire Spread to tho HAIl-LOSS. $4,000.
Fire cracking In the dumbwaitsr shaft behind
her room on the second floor OF the house at
Q36 Fifth avenue yesterday morning AwoEe
Mrs. Louise Lewis. who keeps a manicuring es-
tablishment. She went to the door and called u
policeman, who. having made sure of tho fire.
thoughtlessly left the door OF the d~umbwRlter
ahaft open so that the hall was ahlaze when he
game back after sending in an alarm.
Mrs. Lewis could not get down. Policeman
Are escape, while Policeman Perigo took Mrs.
Hannah Kirk down from the third floor.
TSsn the fire was put out. IL did $4,000 lam,
age, chiefly to the stocks OF Everall Brothers &
90. and that of Hubert Brothers. dealers IN
sporting goods, whose store was in tho base
mcut,
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MRS. yUL1EN's BoDY CLAIMED.
Her brother says Tint Mullen. Who Killed
Her. 10 . Burglar and n Bigamist.

h9f HFOtner bAyu hnHt uiiS NNH NAito@
Her. 10 . burglar and n BiBamiat.
Mary O'Brien. the aged mother. and Morgan
O'Brien, q brother, OF Mrs. Joanna Mullen, who
WAS shot and killed by her husband. Joseph
Mullen. on Friday night at 33l West Seventy
eighth street, called at the Coroner's office yes
terday to secure a permit for the removal of the
body Of the murdered woman to Jersey City.
Mrs. Mary O'Brien lives at 6 Coles street,
and Morgan O'Brien at 239 Monmouth street
in that city. Morgan OBrien said:
Annie met Mullen about two years ago.
when she was working somewhere on Long
Island. | do not remember the place, AT any
ratio they were married soon, afterward., some
time later she learned that her husband had a
wife and children living somewhere in England.
and she left him and began legal proceedings
for a separation. Through inability to produces
legal proof of his former marriage she failed TO
secure her decree. While the proceedings were
pending Mullen was arrested In Kings county
county penitentiary. He had been ont of tho
penitent.ary only two days when he shot my
sister,
,as fatally wounded. At Roosevelt
ylCal 1t was said yesterday that though he
vas in a critical condition he might possibly re-
cover.
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The WeathSr.

Fair weather continued yesterday in all parts of
the country eRst of the Mississippi except New Eng
land. whore II was cloudy and showory. with brisk
TO high northeaa.er!y winds on that coast. West of
the Mississippi and cast of the Rocky Mountains the
weather was cloudy. with sca;tered showers.
Thcrs was a depression In the Southwest, extend
ing from California; TO Kansas and Texas.
The pressure was high In all the Atlantic and
Northern States.
In this city the day was fair; highest omclal tenn
| perature So, lowest 81; average humidity. 20 per
cent; wind northerly, average velocity IL miles an
hour; barometer. corrected to read to sea level, AT
4 A.. NJ. 80. IA, IS 4, n. SO.l6.
The thermometer at the United states Weather Blu
reau registered tho temperature yesterday as follows:
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Hard Work to f, O,roc, A,lmon, OUT of the state

The temporary injunction which Mary w.
Lyndc obtained in this state restraining Charles
". Lyndo from disposing Of his property pend
ing AN action brought by her to recover
s.07GO7 arrears of alimony under n decree of
divorce granted in New Jersey. mas been "a
Gated by Justice Stoycr of tho supreme Court.
Mrs. Lyme II : stcnograph"r AT $40 week in
the CIcrh's Office Of Tho Court OI ChanCery at
Trenton. in when she got her decree. In tho
decree which she obtained in 1897 she got an
allowance Of $50 "A week permanent alimony.
She had married Lyudc in 1883 aud separated
from him in 1887. In 1896 he inherited half II
million dollars from his father, and he has since
been living at PAtchoguc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
DEAD ON THE RAILROAD.
The Body Found In stamford OF n Nan Who
Had Pawned Things Here.

HAu Wv
STANFORD, Conn.,, June About l O'Clock
this morning Joseph Mulvehill, one Of tho yard
brakemen. found the body of u man lying upon
the railroad tracks about seventy feet west Of
the signal tower. The body was near the east
bound track and was quito cold when found.
Indicating that the man had bsen dead for
some time. The man was apparently 80
or 40 years old. HE was shabbily dressed.
but letters and papers found upon him
proved that he was not:a tramp; From these
Henry j. Brandon OF Philadelphia, and that he
was an Odd Fellow, belonging tc Quaker City
letters were from relatives in Hamilton, On.
tario, Canada. and there were numerous Post
Office money order receipts, showing that for a
considerable period he had been sending weekly
Word was sent to Philadelphia early this
morning. Pawn tickets-one for 81 on a watch
at b54 Ninth avenue, New York, May o, and
one for 81 cents on q coat oc May "A at 677
Fifth avenue, Brooklyn-were found on him,
The man weighed perhaps l40 pounds and was
5 feet 10 inches sall. with black hair sprtnkled
| with gray, brown mustache. and beard OF about
five days growth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
EAe MARY's TREASURES BURNED.
She HAD Been AccunuIt tiaE Rags and Junk
for Years. and Was EncOnHoIabIe.

she HAD Besn AccuIuuIa tinE Rags and Junk
for Wears. and Was IncOnaOlabIe.
Rag Mary's treasures were burned up yester-
day at 8 Birmingham street, Rag Mary 10 an
eccentric old woman whose right name is Mary
Gillen. She sells papers in Gold street. and for
years has made a practice of packing away rags.
old mating. and every kind OF junk In her
room. which gradually became so choked with
the trash that only a sort OF burrow remained
for Mary, in which She slept and smoked her
corncob pipe. 1t was this latter practice. proba-
bly,, that caused the fire.
ii started in the early morning. Tho other
tenants tried vainly to get Rag Mary to go out
with them. She wrung her HANDS and sobbed
that her treasures were being burned. She was
finally dragged out by a policeman and tho jani-
tor. Afterward she raised such an cutlery In the
| street for her money and treasures that the
| hremen went In and overhauled the stun in her
room to sce If she had any money hidden away;
There was none there. Apparently she believed
the junk was money.
The dro did $500 damage to the tenement.
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WAbHINUTOF FOHENAsI TUE bVHUNI'
For Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont. brisk SASD
Srly winds.
For Massachusetts. Rhode Island. and Connecticut.
threatening weather with showerSi brisk northeast
winds.
For eastern Nsp York, generally Jdiri northeast
tDi,.dS.
For eastern Pennsylvania. fair; %northerly winds.
For New Jersey and are, threatening weather
with showers on the coast; brisk northeRsterly Winds
For western New York, western pennsylvania, and
Ohio. fair. followed BY increasing cl0udinusSi light
| 0AAtSrlJ winds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05

AIieIo Was Bent on AvenGinE tho Family
Honor Under Advices from ItalI.

Honor Under Advices from TtnIJ.
vincenzo Micle came to America n few weeks
ago to seek his fortune and to be near his sister.
who had preceded him by some months with her
uncle, Dominica Riccio. aged SO years. Mielo
settled in Brooklyn at "a Withers street and
found his unolo at 81 East 115th street. He
also found that his sister was living with the
old man and was Indignant. He wrote to his
father in Italy OF tho condition OF affairs and
asked his advice. 1t came on Friday. The
father wrote that only blood could erace the
stain on tho family honor and that he looked to
his son to avenEe the family.
Vincenzo called on his uncle on Friday and
was well received. In his pocket he carried o
file which he had converted into a dagger. He
went to bed at his hosts invitation without .
trace Of temper to give a, hint of his purpose.
At 4 A. N; he crept out OF bed and attacked his
uncle while the latter was still ahed.
Riccio jumped up at the first blow and, fought
desperately, yelling meanwhile for help. Poo
liceman Beck responded and found Mielo con-
coaled in an ad joining room. Beck had to club
him into submission before he would relinquiBh
Nhe dagger. He had stabbed. his uncle fye
times. but had not succeeded in infiictinE any
very serious wounds. He was hold for trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
CAN'T ooNVIOr ROBINSON.
Twice . Jury Has stood 10 to Q fer Aoauittn1
in tho Diamond Case.

Twice . Jury Has stood 10 to . fer Aoaulttal
In tho Diamond Case.
After being locked up all night the Jury in the
case of Joseph Robinson. who was on trial on
an Indictment charging him with receiving
stolen goods, filed into the Court of General
Sessions yesterday and made the announcement
that they could not agree. Judge Eewburger
discharged them and released Roblnson on his
old bail bond.
This was tho second time that Q Jury had
failed to agree about Robinson. On both COCA
sions 1t stood ten for acauittal and two for con-
viction.
The case first came up after the failure Of 9
Maiden lane jcweller named Lyon. who caused
the arrest Of his nephew, Louis Stein, charged
with stealing $250.OOO worth of diamonds from
Lyons establishment and selling the ,diamonds
to Robinson, who owned n small jewelry shop at
% Stanton street. Stein turned States EVIL
dence and testified that he had sold the dia-
monds to Robinson for much less than their
cost. and that Robinson knew at tho time he
bought the jewels that they had been stolen.
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A FENCE WAR IN BROOKLYN.
An AGED woman whO Participated In It hay
Die OF Her IBJurIes.

Mrs. Mary Gowcnthall, so years old, and Mrs.
Catherine Wilkic. Sc years old, who 1.-Two in tho
front and back houses respectively at 26l
Eighth avenue. in brooklyn, had a dispute on
Thursday last over the boundaries OF their ter.
ritories. The erection OF a fence by Mrs. Wilkie
led 10 the hostilitieS.
John Wilkie. tho lD!year'old, son OF Mrs.
alleged, Mrs. Gowcnthall was severely beaten
with a club on the head and body. The doctor
in Attendance notified the police. yesterday that
she was suffering from conclusion OF the brain
and other injuries, which were likely to result
in her death. Mrs. Wilkie and her son were
arrested.
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SHE LOST HER HAT.


A strong wind swept through the open trolley
cars as they crossed the East River Bridge yes
terday, especially toward evening. Many wo-
men decked in their summer fnery looked like
birds of fine plumnge in a gale. Their hair and
ribbons flew about their faces. One woman
whit came over in a Third avenue car. wore Il
large chip hat with a flower garden on 1t, sup
pleIuentcd with feathers and Hght-green rib
bonS.
When a gust If wind almost carried the hat
away, shu clulChed IT with botn hands and didn't
LET 20 again until the New York tower was al
most reached. Then, hecoIning more confident,
she frightened one OF the hat pins and settled back
In her scat. Before the car had gone fifty foot
further a blast tore the hat from her head.
II went saiiing out OF tho car over the road
WAY and out into free space. For IA few min
utfs il didn't know whether to rise or fail, hui
| hoon gruyiiation asserted It's sway, and il para
chuted gracefully down and allghtcd ON tho
, water below. Its owner sncccedcd III not cry
ing, but she couldn't hop biuahIng.
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ACTOR sEABRooKE OUT OF JAZZ.

Agrees 70 Fay HIS Wife's Back Aiimony On
the InatnIImcnt Plan.
Justice Cohen of the Supreme Court signed an
order yesterday discharging Actor Thomas Q.
Seabrooke from the custody of the Sheriff. by
whom he was taken for failure to pay his wife
Elvia, arrears of alimony. The order WAS granted
on consent OF A. H. Hummel. counsel for the
wife, and OF Fromme Bros, counsel for Sea-
to play at the Casino and he has agreed to pay
his wife $75 n week from his salary. OF which
sum $50 is to be credited to him on the arrears
and $40 is to provide for the regular weekly
allowance made in the order of the court issued
about two years ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
r.ur P.llec sergeant. Transferred.

Acting Chief Dcvcry got to work on the Scr
gennts yesterday and ordered the following
transfers: Patrick Corcoran from Charles street
to tho Central Office. Thomas Boyle from the
Central Office to West Forty-seyenth street.
Michael Lamey from West FOrty-seventh street
10 Charles street. Sergeant ThOmRs Mansin
was transferred from INSPECTOR Donald Grants
staff to that of Inspector Thompson, Hounds
man Gilhooley and din policemen wcnta with
Mangin. Ronndsmnn Henry Cohen and Patrol
man Mccarthy were moved over from the Cen
traI Office to Inspector Brooks's office in Queens.
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Notice to Holders or Suburban Bondu.

Comptroller Coler said yesterday that all valid
bonds of tho municipal and public corporations
in the counties of Richmond and Queens, now
wholly within the city. which wore issued prior
to Jan. l, 1895, and NIL bonds of such corpora
lions issued subsequent to Jan. l, 1895, when
certified by the Corporation Counsel to be valid
obligations Of the city of New York, will now DO
received by the Finance Department. for the pur,
pose of making II proper record OF them.
All interest on tho bonds and any principal
thereof that may be due will be paid as soon as
practicable after such record is made, but no IN
terest will be paid on any bond until it has been
thus recorded.
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The School Board of tho borough of Brooklyn
will meet on Tuesday. and probably will I'LL the
two assistant observation-disclosures by the appoint
rncnt of Principal w. A. Campbell OF School
IL and c. b. Shaw. PRINCIPAL Of School 10.
that ono of the places should go to one OF the
female principals, and it is understood that
thcy will nj! vote for Miss Evangeline Whitney
OF School go. 1t is said that Mayor Van Wyck
has expressed a desire that the. appointments
should he deferred until September, but this is
not likely to be done.
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Charlie. ~. Andersen Plued 90.

Charles W. Anderson of 115 West Thirty.dFst
street, q colored politician in the Twenty+hfth
Assembly district. was arraigned in Jefferson
Market Court yesterday. charged by Frances
Bodie. a Young mulatto girl who lives at 742
Sixth avenue, with annoying her. She said
that he had followed her and abused her on
Friday night on Sixth avenue, and she called In
a friend. who confirmed her story. Anderson
said she had spoken to him first and called him
a"nigger." flo had not followed her, he said,
but told her what he thought of such language.
Magistrate Wentworth fined him $3 for diSoE-
derby conduct.