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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
Real H.tate Private sales.

Charles orinith Moses has sold for Raimund Won
ana enn. .sSips% of tw s.g proven lo DnoG GWe Z i nsnr ,tabis.
and outhouses, at the northwest corner OF Fort Wash.
, sgD. 600. ay re Ma. s Msr, DEPOT Por lane Ia. E 1aS. .m stssf SSth fS5
Company he has soln 70 Mr. schramm the two fve-
Nos. 1876 and lUs West nth street. each s7.sSssS
lo0.1l. $50 feet east of seventh avenue. for sIa5..
single SGq' n nat. NO 10: 1 iHS West Sss' isi.t stree street: vi slx S1SSGssIhc
39 feet east OF Sew nth avenue. for $50, 900.
East atssii sixth street : eeste on MOI io' l FHtS1i' also IS? e. o isS "1 ae Srs
street. on lot 2bxsi 8, from Anna Russell; also No. OF
Henry street, on lot 20, 5xl00. from the Oppenheimer
estate. and have sold to Rosenberg & Fenberg Nos.
90 and os Stanton street, on lot 4Tx7o. for improve.
ment.
I. Scott has sold for A. H. Altmayer to h. ]. Lud.
E Eld sns ho strset. ss psGSnssSnf 6ss, on private at; terms Sa ns''
Frederick southack 4 Co. have sold for Henry Par,
Trust Company. the northwest corner OF Fifth ave.
nue. and Nineteenth street. an old private dwelling
Daniel Lamont has purchased from Francis g.
dIoya No. =, 9 ~ wss, FL Tlfiy,.ni 5dns street sso oGo fOurstory
George +. Jackson No. ssa West End avenue. a nve:
Iowenfeid ( Prayer have sold to jacob Rau.h a
lot on the north side of Eighty:sevcnth street, lo7
brick and stone nat viii be erected on the lot.
w hnnd .a,.,s H. 4 al t Iv,nss . h1vs ! Se ought f from ,r the
building, on lot 26xl00; also from tn. Stein estate
Sos r, SO st 70 I 80, E s1.o s sro% 6. " p ruiI Ise sg: a %snli asng;
street. q house on lot 2a.8xse;8.
the 'wcstchcster Realty Company one.half OF the
Elliott F. Shepard property. including a handsome
%residence and outbnildingS at Dobbs Ferry.
Slawson 4 Hobbs have sold for Charles W. Grifith
the threestory brownstOne dwelling No. 25B West
104th street on private terms.
William A. Hynes has sold to q builder the plot
75xloO. II. on the north side of l12th street, l75 feet
east of Lenox avenue.
Frederick Muller has sold to James Ward No. $40
West Forty third street.
H. Rinaldo & Bro. have sold for Lowenfeld & Prayer
10 Kidansky & Fine Nos. 100 and ITO EldridRe street.
Joseph II. Choate took yesterday from William II.
s. Wood titlc of the dwelling in Sixty third street.
south side. l75 feet east OF Fifth avenue; price
$50, 600.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
xxABE & 90. HAVEN'T DISSOLVED.
Charles Keidel. sr.. Has Sold Out Hin Interest.
but tho Business viii 90 o..

Charles ketdei. ST.. HAS Sold Out Hts 1ntarest,
but tho Business viii 40 o..
Ferdinand Mayer, manager OF the New York
branch OF William Knabe & Co., piano makers.
whose home Office is at baltimore. said yester.
day that the dispatches sent out from BAlti-
moro on Tuesday night to the effect that the
Knabe firm had dissolved. Charles Keidel and
Charles Keidel, Jr., withdrawing from the firm
and taking $500. 900 from the business. were in.
accurate.
"No attorneys have conducted negotiations
between the Messrs. Keidol and the Mcssrs.
Knabc, looking to dissolution, as the dispatches
assert" he said, land the firm has not been dis
solved. 1t 10 to 60 on just the same as 1t has
gone on Tor sixty.hve years since its formation.
Ernest j. and William Knabe have bought out
Charles Keidel, ST.. paying him 100000 for his
interest in the firm, the whole capital of which
is 81. 000. 000. Mr.. Keidel lives in Baltimore.
ERNEST J. Knabe. the present head of the
business, who Is in New York to-day. and Mr..
Keidel ty telegram from Baltimorel authorize
me to make this statement. William and Err
nest Knabe held the other $500. 600 or tho capt.
tai and they own the whole concern. which now
in the third generation passes again to the ex-
elusive control of the Knabe family. There
have been no di~sagreements. The knabe and
Keidel families have intermarried. Tho elder
Mr.. Keidel has determined to retire from busi-
ness, and he intends to spend the remainder Of
his life in Europe"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
A DYING MAN LOCKED UP.
PoLTcE THoUG RT THE LETTER OAR
.RIER WAS DRUNE.

Cerener's larry Recommends That tho Reiioe
Endeavor 70 Discriminate Between Per-
sons Nho Are Under the Hnnueuce sf Aicehsi
and These who Arc Suffering rrora nlineas.
Coroner Bausch and a jury held an inquest
yesterday In the case Of Charles Kruu,menauer,
a letter carrier of 921 East Ninth street, who
died in the New York Hospital on Feb. % Of
cerebral hemorrhago.
Krummenaucr. who was attached to station
ID. was found at Twenty.ninth street and Madi-
son avenue about b p. NJ. on Feb. %, apparently
In an intoxicated condition, by Policeman
Charles Davis. who took him to tho West Thir-
tieth street police station in tho patrol wagon.
Tho policeman asked Krummonauer II he
wished to go to n hospital, andshe said he did
not. Then he took him TO the station house,
where. he was lockedsup In a cell on the charge
Of intoxication. About 1. o'clock the next
morning itswas found that the letter carrier was
III, and Sergeant DAILY sent for an ambulance
andshad tho mar taken 10 the hospital, whore
he.died the following day.
Sergeant DAILY, the first witness, said that he
was at tho desk when Krummenauer was
brought in.
Sergeant DAILY, land to mo bore every evidence
Of intoxication. 1 also smelled the fumes Of
liquor from mis- breath
But q man may get sick on tho street, 60
iiit u Eulbo hlll lAhC u VI vi pIhiiuJ uhu
then:sndde1ly.eollapsc when;he reaches tho Sido-
That Is so" replied the witness.
Then you would not say he was drunk be.
cause he smclled Of BRANDY"
Not In that case"
The Sergeant added that he first sent Krum-
menauer TO the back room in the station house,
and it was not until he had asked some of tho
other men their opinion as to whether no was
intoxicated that he ordered the letter car.
rier to be placed in a cell.
He went off duty, at 9. o'clock that evening
and returned at midnight.
Il asked" he said, IF the man had gone
home, and on learning tn It he was still In the
cell and had been asleep since 6 o'clock, / sent
for the ambulance and had him taken to the
hospital"
Doorman Thomas Kavanagh Of the West
Thirtieth street police station testified that he
was In charge OF the cells that night, and that
KrummenRuer acted like n drunken man.
you have had experience and can tell a
drunken manf' asked Coroner Bausch.
Yes, sir, we have all kinds of drunks; we
have the crying. drunk the lying drunk the
stupid drunk replied the witness.
Several letter carriers were called. all Of
whom testified that Krummenaucr was not q
drinking man. and that he had been on siok
leave for six months before his death.
Coroners, Physician O'Hanlon. who made the
autopsy, said that death was due to cerebral
hemorrhage, due to q cystic tumor on the base
of the brain. DR. O'Hanlon said no found no
dict that death was due to cerebral hemorrhage.
We also recomemnd," 1t added, Increased
vigilance on the part Of the police in their en-
deavors to discriminate between prisoners
under the influence OF alcohol and those who
are merely suffering from disease or illness"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
H. N. 0. AND L.. AS CHIEF HARVESTED
~AA'1ea with Perjury by n Bank rs
10 the Concerns Liabilities.

FrTJurS DS n hank EHAmlucF as
10 the Conoern's Liabilities.
george s. Bell, President of the Home Mutual
Dunaihg and Loan Association. which failed re.
.'ua' was arraigned in Centre Street Court
yesterday on a charge of perjury preferred
.sA'nst him by James s. McMasters, an exam
9 OF the New York State Bank Bureau. Bell
- arrested at his home, 1904 Boston avenue,
u INC morning. by Detective Tierney of tho
Pool.
IN his complaint McMasters says that Bell
.uu george w. Harris. who is Secretary of the
e eii"RPshy. sworc In January that the liabilities
rail- concern were only 81 4, 39l 40, when in
uIsadssa tlry we're more than 1874 900. Boil
Elm in hot guilty and Magistrate Pool held
day. ESTu."up pan Tor examination next Mon
Am nM%Hrd A. Bell of 95l East l65th street,
Al the prisoner, went on the bond.
ncb liver knowingly or Willingly signed any
alWsv aicnlent, said Bell to II Sun reporter. II
hAyse, Sign"H Just what Harris told me to. I
Rel Hnk , ZOO in The concern myself"
he W." * years old, and McMasters believes
comnnG,, q nght"head and had no intention of
FeromsnIhE any offence. Lawyer Samuel J..
Ilrtssno % l52 Nassau street. who represents
Tia cono sLAreholders, declares that the books of
ws,s ,nvveerh were altered. and that whole pages
viii roIh ont. Lawyer Ferguson says that he
School 'otcen against ex-Alderman Henry l..
"' '"e treasurer OF the company, ciyilly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
srorrrp nErrrrr rnoons.
Elevators Passeneeru Imprisoned u.tn ths
SAFETY ApPllances Msre Looarnca.


An accident to a New York Life building clc-
vator Yesterday morning caused soino excite
ment by imprisoning tho passengers untfl tho
elevator could DO moved. The accident was
duo to a arrangement in the snfety appliances.
1t occurred about 8 o'clock. Seven of tho
scrub women employed in the building started
down from tho twelfth floor in the first OF tho
eight elevators in tho entrance hall. Every.
thing went smoothly until tho ninth floor was
reached. Considerable speed had been attained.
whom. with n jerk which throw several OF tho
passengers Oft their feet, tho chr stopped. Con.
fusion resulted. as the car Yves stuck midway
between the eighth and ninth floors. There
were few people In the building at that hour,
and u was some time before the screams of tho
scrub women were heard. 10
Their predicament was finally discovered by
one or the other elevator boys. None OF the
passengers were hurt, but IL was necessary to
Keen them imprisoned about twenty minutes
before tho car could be moved. II was found
that the governors had been set for n slower rate
OF speed than that at which the car WIS going.
AS a consequence the governors. acting auto
matically. had exerted such n pressure on the
elevator rails rs TO cause the car to como to a
sudden halt 1t was impossible TO release them
until workmen got on top Of the car and re-
leased the automatic lever which Ia part Of the
attachment. The water in the scrub women's
pals had splashed all over them, and they bore
a. Avery sorry appearance whom released. The
elevator was not in use later, as IL was neces-
sary to repair q slight damage to one of tho
governing brakes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
TWO FATAL FALLS IN SHAFTS.
Arreat or . Mau who L. Declared to No re.
apOnsihle for One.

hrfenL OF y A1ou u DeclaTou 70 no NO.
apOnsihle for One.
Michael Hoskowitz. 20 years old. Of 100 Or
chard street. was killed yesterday by falling
through q hatchway from the sixth story at 1sl
Ludlow street to the ground floor. Hoskowitz,
who was employed by Samuel Mittelman, a
manufacturer OF women's shirt waists. was low.
ering bundles Of clothing to the basement when
he fell.
Henry Hoskowitz. the 14-ycar-old brother of
the dead man. who also was employed In the
place. told Coroner Bausch that benjamin Wal.
~lenstein. another employee. gave the rope
that was attached to the bundles q pull, which
caused the accident. Wallenstein denied that
he touched tho rope. Mr.. Mittelman also said
that Wallenstein did not go near the rope, In
view OF the boys statement the Coroner held
Wallenstein in 81, 0 bail pending the inquest.
which will be held to-day.
David Canayan. 10 years old. q brass flnisher
of 600 East Thirteenth street, fell through the
elevator shaft from the sixth floor OF tho build
ing at 258 Pearl street to the basement yester-
day afternoon and fractured his skull. He died
while being conveyed TO Hudson Street Hos
pital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
eorDRUNK ON STOLEN CHAMPAGNE.
Coneho's Carpenter Also Accused or Stealing
1000 Mexican Dollars.

Coneho's Carpenter Also Accused or Stealing
1000 Mexican Dollars.
Christopher Evensen, carpenter OF the Ward
line steamship Concho. who is accused Of par
ticipation in the theft of q quantity of cham.
payne, was held for the United States Grand
Jury under ST. 900 bail by Commissioner Shields
yesterday. William H.. Ballou. first officer of
the Concho. testified at the preliminary eXami-
nation that when tho vessel was q few hours
out Of Havana on the last trip a case Of cham
payne was stolen. Noticing that Evensen was
intoxicated. he searched his room and found
several empty champagne bottles and a number
that had not been opened.
On the snme trip l 1000 Mexican dollars were
stolen from Oscar +. Crocheron. the ships
purser. and Evensen fell under suspicion. When
arrested, shortly after the arrival of tho Concho
at this port, an amount OF United States cur.
rency about equal to the value OF the Mexican
dollars was found in his possession, and 1t was
believed that he had in some way managed to
exchange the stolen money.
When arrNigned before Magistrate Pool in
the Tombs Police Court yesterday for steal.
ing the money he was discharged. for
the reason that the alleged larceny had
been committed on the high seas and was,
therefore. outside of the Magistrates jurisdic-
ton. Before Evensen could leave the court.
Marshals Blake and McAviney End taken before
Commissioner Shields on the charge Of stealing
the champagne. 1t is said that the accusation
regarding the theft of the Mexican dollars will
be revived against Evcnsen before the Commits.
Sioncr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
SAVED 4 CHILD FROM FIRE.
Kelly Get Rurped In tho Process. but Didn'
Leave HIS Address.

Kelly Get purned In tho Process. but Dfdn't
Leave His Address.
While Aaron G. Moore. q coffee broker living
at 1913 West Fifty-ffth street, his wife and one
OF their children were at breakfast in the base
mcnt yesterday morning. they heard the crack
ling Of flames in an adjoining room. Mr.. Moore
assisted his wife and child out through a rear
door and then turned to run upstairs to save
the remaining child. By this time the halls
were flled with smoke and the carpet ON tho
stairs was blazing. Before he reached the first
floor his clothes were aire. and in trying to
bent out the flames his hands were burned.
A passer-by, named Kelly, who heard his cries.
ran in through the front door, which Mr.. Moore
had opened. and, rushing upstairs ahead OF him.
seized the child. and. calling on the nurse to
follow, started down the stairs. By the time he
reached the street his coat was on fire and most
OF his hair had boon burned of. The chiid's hair
was singed, as was that OF tho nurse. Kelly
went away without giving his address.
The fremen. once on the scene, extinguished
the blaze in short order. The loss was esti-
mated at 800.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
SISTER SUES SISTER.

Mrs Burnn Claims That Money She Lent
Her Father Was Wiiied Away from Her.
Mrs. Agnes L. Burns, q school teacher. had an
action on trial yesterday before Justice Slower
OF tho Supreme Court to recover $lO.e95.43
from her sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Mullin. for
salary which she alleges she loaned to their
father. Charles Golden. The plaintiff says that
10 her father to pay off mortgages on several
parcels OF real estate.
lie died in 1891, leaving NIL his property by
will to his wife. Mrs. Golden died in 1897,
leaving only 81, 900 to the plaintiff. Most OF
the defendant.
The defendant says that tho only money tho
plaintiff gave their father was for her board
and the board OF her two children. The case
was not concluded.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03

MAYOR Taylor Makes Accusation against Tive
Pablo works Commissisncrs.

MAYOR Taylor Makes Accusation Against Tive
Pablo Works Commissioners
BRIDGEPoRT, Conn.,, March 2.-Mayor Taylor
tonight preferred charges of malfeasance in
office against Public Works Commissioners
William Waterhousc and William 7. Ferguson.
and asked that they be removed from office.
Ferguson is o Democrat and a merchant.
Warehouse is a Republican, and has been a
well-known resident of this city for many years.
Warehouse is charged with receiving money
for voting to award certain contracts to certain
persons; with securing money represented to be
used as campaign funds. and appropriating the
same to his oM use; with receiving compensa-
tion through third persons for work done for
tho city. and with obstrncting and hinderinG the
doings of tho Board Of Public Works.
Ferguson Is charged with having received
com, ~ensation for voting certain contracts and
privileges in the Board OF Public Works to Ger.
tain persons. and with obstructing and hinder
ing tho doings of the board. The terms OF both
will expire next month. They have retained
counsel and will contest their removal on tho
charges.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03

Michael Leonard OF 700 Cortlandt street, West
Hobokcn, who Is suspected Of having caused
tho death Mrs. Mary Colomier OF 191 Con-
gress street, Jersey City. was committed by
Police Justice Potts yesterday on n charge OF
manslnughter The woman died on sunday
night or early on Monday morning, Leonard,
who was with her when she died, refuses TO
years old, the woman's husband. and his
daughter Rose, 9 years old, nTc held as wit
nesses. Colonlier slys that his wife and Leon
ard were together all night. The child says she
saw Leonard strike her mother. County Ply
stefan Converse has directed Coroner Hoffman
to hold an inquest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
RESCUED GREW BRoUGHr IN.
Eight Men from the BriE Alistietoo Taken to
philadelphia.

Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, March 2.-The British tramp
steamer Kensington arrived here to-day with
the crew of the British brig Mistletoe, which was
found in a sinking condition on the Banks Of
Newfoundland on Feb. 20. The rescued mari.
ners are: R. d. Cave. Captain; George Coysch,
first mate; John Cook. second mate. and Charles
Fleming, Joseph Butt, Robert Randall. r.
Churchill. and Ernest Cave, son of the Captain.
The Mistletoe left st. Johns on Feb. IL with
goldfish for Bahia. Brazil. Two days. out she
an ice foe. For Ave days the vessel was help
less, and her crew wero almost frozen. Signals
finally came from the kensington., Capt. Cave
set fire to the sinking vessel before, leaving her.
British Consul Clipperton and will DO sent to
England. The Mistlctoe WAS a British boat.
built at Brixham in 1875. She was owned by
G. w. Terser.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
CASHIER CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
said to Have BeEup stealing the Day After
re was Employed.

John g.. Melville, bookkeeper and cashier for
welnmsn, Hirschman s. Co. Of $40 Broadway,
was arraigned in the Jefferson Market Police
Court yesterday on a charge of forgery.
Stuart Hlrschman appeared as the complainant.
He alleged that the prisoner entered the firms
employ on April II. 1893, and that between
that time and Jan. 1 he had d%efraud.d the con-
Germ out of 81, 92+.24 by altering checks and
making false entries in tho cash account. An
examination by an expert accountant showed
that the fraud had been going ON since the day
following that on which Melville was en-
ployed. Magistrate Deuel. held the prisoner In
Sl.O 600 bail for examination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03

The site for the Port Washington terminal Of
the Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad
extension of tho Long Island road has been de-
cided upon. The location OF this depot has been
a matter of great concern to the people of Port
Washington. The railroad company has finally
selected a site on Flower avenue. about q half
mile from the shore. The land Is owned by III.
Baylis. II is expected that the now road viii be
in operation early In the spring. The day II
Washington. as that village has been working
for the extension for years. 1t being nve miles
from the nearest OF the present railroad stations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
'oT EVEN WITH 4 SLOT MACHINE.
""eEed 'onntrrreit-r's Excuse Tor WorEIuE
on Inh NlrkrIS.

"" IT NEFHrTN.
Mia AVE- smith of 227 Hamburg avenue was
n. > 1000 bail by Commissioner Morlo in
nm ~ states Court in Brooklyn yesterday
IN o,H1Fsc OF having passed counterfeit coin
b,,,'o'n' He is alleged to nave given the
The hasTrer a bad nickel in payment for n drink.
hin dro , SAID he watched Smith and saw
SAiooSn, W several nickelS in a slot machine in the
Tie Prison melting rot md lad!e were found in
The BAD o cn . house. smith admitted dropping
that he h""tI,N ~ lhe slot machine, aud explained
Was onl, ""u gotten them from the machine and
%ICconHt,s Ts,nE thtm TO get square with it. lilo
Kround N i"r me melting pot and ladIc on the
""ep'Ft OF his tools Of trade. "N '""' "'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
Demlulcs C..nre CanvIeiAa of MansIauEhter

Dominica Cesarc. the italian who was arrested
while hiding in n trunk at Jamaica. i. l., was
convicted yesterday in the Criminal Branch OF
the Supreme Court of granddaughter in the first
degree. On the night OF Nov. 81, 1897, he killed
Lorenzo Guilitello, n fellow countryman. who
lived with him at III Mulberry street. Tho
men quarrclled about Guilitcllo's wife. and
Cesarc stabbed Gu'litellO TO death. To-day
Ccsare will be sentenced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03

To Coufer In the I"tnr'sI or the N"S"ba"m Hill.
The Now York Credit Mems Association has
sent out to merchants generally a postal
card request that they attend the meeting to DO
held to-day TO consider and assist In the passage
Of the Nussbaum State Bankruptcy bill. The
meeting Is called for 4 o'clock In the Stewart
building, third door. ,..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
A New pos, once sup.s,au...

A Post onico snb-station will DO opened at tho
southeast corner of Tenth avenue and Thirty
fourth street on March 10 for the sale of postal
stationery and the transaction OF money orders
and registry business. 1t will be known as
No. l03.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03
MRS. MACE WAVES EXAMINATION.
Her Husband Was In Court. but tho Couple
Did Not Meet.

William Place. who was murderously as
saulted by his wife. Martha Place. on the Same
day when his l7-year-old daughter Ida WAS
found dead in their house in Hancock street.
Brooklyn. was sufficiently recovered yesterday
to leave st. MRry's Hospital and appear in the
Gates Avenue Police Court, where his wife was
arraigned. He was assisted to court by his two
the arraignmcnt of his wife he was kept in
Magistrate Worth's private room.
Mrs. Place was Represented by Lawyers New
man and McSherry. Her attorneys waived ex-
animation on her behalf, and she was held to
await the action OF the Grand Jury. She did
not meet her husband.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-03

NJ "'''H'on'S "es. 900 Verdict Affirmed.
men, oonrt OF Appeals has affirmed the iudg-
hiDsa 'he case OF Anna C. Erickson, who OBJ
HeiE6tss REerdict OF S23, 900 against the Brooklyn
~ IN n iis"hroad Company for tho loss OF her
Ke accnm IUhey accident. The Judgment, with
Nb1SJy Vso tai0onn OF costs and interests. amounts