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sEReEANr TINS As Il voUDoo.

Abstractedly Quoting Milton. NE Exercises
Rats from q CoIored Visitors Shoes.
please. sub. will 70 DO 90 kim as to take the
rats out of my shoesi Tho rats in my shoes Is
troubling ne terrible. subj"
Sergeant Tims of the West Thirtieth street
station heard little or nothing of this petition.
which was made by a little negro in front of his
desk last night. There was . frown on his brow.
He was trying to remember something. Sud.
denly 1t came to him:
Ashout that tore Hello conoave. and beyond
Frighted the reign Of Chaos and old Night.
He began to quote in his resonant voice:
All in q moment through the gloom were seen
Ton thousand banners rise into the air
with Orient color waving; with them rose
A huge forest OF spears. and thronging helms
Appeared, and serried shields in thick array
or depth immeasurable. Anon
deed boss shouted tho little black man,
".dat's plenty. For sho. plenty. I mos Ger.
t'nly am bleeged to you, sub. De rats Am gone.
Decd dey amt mono left. Nary one. An II you
will be SO kin as to write out dat charm you
done spoke for to drive EN- out, why, sub. I'll
60 on and bother you no mo- subj"
The littlo negro, who described himself as
Samuel Roy OF 239 West 129th street, was sent
to the Bellevue insane ward in spite Of his dec
~laration that he had no moro rats in his shoes.
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A NEW BUNCo GAME.
NJ Merits were Tested in Chicago on o Celery
Sos Grower from California.

- b8ObttD NvoFO oDt00 IN NutCo4O On . O0I0fy
Grower from California.
BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 9.-Henry Winter of
0antA Ana. one of the largest celery growers in
the 6tate. has just returned from Chicago. where
he was the victim Of one of the cleverest bunco
schemes yet heard Of. He was sent East by eel.
cry growers to advance their interests. and took
e200 for expenses. He was probably sized up on
the train, for when he stepped OF at Chicago he
wa met by three men, who told him to consider
ktmself under arrest for sounterfeiting. He
told them who he was and declared there must
beA mistake.
FsNow. don't try to fool u.s." was the only an
ewer. I'VE are United States officers" They
threw back the lRpels of their coats and showed
glittering stars. I'VE know you to be the most
dangerous counterfeiter In the country, and
further, We know that right now you have on
your person quite a sum of counterfeit money"
Winter at once protested that he had no
spurious money. and to prove his assertion. pro-
duced his roll Of bills and told the men to look
the money over and SEQ II 1t was not genuine,
1hey inspected the bills and told Winter they
were dangerous counterfeits and no would have
70 20 with them to the police headquarters.
Without q thought of his money he accom-.
panied one of the mon, who In the crowd sud
denly disappeared, Then he knew for the first
time that he had fallen among thieves. HI
complained to the police, but they laughed at
him and called him a jay. He didn't tell OF his
loss until his return. when he told Of his adven.
turO In the dangerous streets of Chicago.
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NEW ALASKAN DISCOVERIES.
Glowing Stories or the wealth in Gold and
Copper on Some Islandn.

Glowing stories OF the wealth in Gold and
Copper on Some Islands.
TACOMA, Wash. Jan. 9.-What are described
as mountains of rich gold and copper ores have
been discovered on Gravina. Annette. and Re-
villagigedo islands. on tho southeastern Alaska
Wrangell with a party of prospectors, says Of
those islands:
Certain it Is that fortunes await their prac.
tical and intelligent development. 1t seems ex.
travagant to speak OF mountains of ore. but that
is exactly what characteriZes these islands and
also Mary and Prince of Wales Islands. Hundreds
of thousands of tons of ore. practically ready
for the smeltcr, may be shipped without putting
a pick beneath ground. The lodges extend from
the beach to the base of the mountains near
the centre of the islands, and vary in width
from 10 to so feet. These lodges at times rise
in fantastic shapes like the ruins of ancient
castles. and all carry precious metals. Strip
them anywhere and the metal is laid open. We
opened lodges and gold was plainly visible In
the white quartz. All this is above the surface,
all indications being that still richer rock will
be found beneath tho surface"
On Gravina Island the ore is principally cop
per. showing up well in free gold, On Reyilla'
Bay. very rich free milling lodges have been
located. Otherwise these mammoth deposits
are all unclaimed. Cohen's description has
caused much excitement at Wrangell and
Juneau. and many locations will be made
lively easy Of access. All these lands have land
locked deep water harbors. with ideal mill sites
and waterfalls to furnish power for stamp mills.
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PARsox Err TIES TWO IONS.
A Baron OF Harlem ana n baroness or Brook.
Ign Made One at One In the Morning.

A Baron OF Harlem ana u baroness or Brook
lyn Mnde One at One In the HIorninE.
This marriage notice was in one of yester-
days newspapers:
Won MUENCHow RYCHARsKA.-Aug. 10,
by the Rev. Schneider. Baroness AIDA Won Ry.
charska. 1877 Cumberland ST.. Brooklyn. to Baron
Ernst Ullrich Won Muenchow. 1877 West 1881
st., city.
A reporter went up to the West 1O3d street
address. where he was informed that Baron
Ernst Ullrich Won Muenchow had moved away.
A visit was next paid to the residence of tho
Rev. Francis J. Schneider, at 1875 Second
avenue.
The marriage notice reads Aug. 10" said
Mr.. Schneider; "it should BIO Aug. IL, because
it was after midnight whom I married the
couple. They came to the house alone"
AT 1 o'clock In the morning r. asked tho re-
porter.
That I refuse to say" answered the matri.
monial minister. 1T Is nobody's business at
what hour I marry couples. I'll marry them
any time. night or day. My door bell is never
out of order. II was to talk about the mar
riages I performed it would hurt my business.
Don't you see it wouldi Now I married moro
couples last year than any other minister in
the world. However, I will allow you to SEQ
the marriage certificate in my record book.
BRIDES name, Adel Won Rycharska; age94
years; birthplace. near Dnesseldorf. Germany;
fathers name. Anton Won Rycharska: moth es
maiden name. JulianR Brand; BRIDES residence,
1877 Cumberland street, Brooklyn;
"'Groom's name, Ernst Ullrich Won Muen.
chow; age % years; birthplace, Swinemuende,
province of Pommcrn; fathers name, Ernst
Won Muenchow: mothers name. Gertrude Won
Goedke; groom's residence. 1877 West 1O3d
street. city,
You see," continued Pastor Schneider, Tho
bride Is only a half Baroness because her mother
was not n Won. Only her father was a Baron.
My wife was the only witness to the CEREMONY
three:story bro wnstone-front house. within a
came to the door said:
right. The Baroness is a highly accomplished
her mother and my folks. lam not related to
I saw tho marriage certificate. Her reason for
having the notice printed at this late day was
to make the marriage official. She thought it
would not be legal unless the notice was printed.
She is Of Polish descent. Her father was a
Baron at Cologne. Germany. He is dead now.
The man she married Is a genuine Baron; His
father is in Germany what we would call here
n State Attorney-General. He was a German
army officer. The couple became acquainted in
the old country. The Baroness is home. but I
know she viii not talk to reporters about her
marriage
"Can sec the Baron - inquired tho reporter.
IL Is out Of town at present" was tho reply.
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Tily Meyer Not an Heiress-Msrriod BEFORE f,
Has Ono Child.

49, ~"O $50
HUNTINGTON, L. l., Jan. 9.-The story tele-
graphed from Atlanta, Ca, about the marriage
Of Tilly Meyer of this village TO Hypnotist
James Carraway at the Alcazar Hotel, st. Au-
gustine, Fla, was read with interest here. II
the happy bridegroom has been correctly quot
ed, he has boon cruelty misinformed rs to the
financial condition Of the family Of his bride.
Tilly Meyers parents, honest, hard working
Germans, live on q leased farm at Lloyd's Neck,
near this place. Mr.. Meyer is not a million
aire. and the nearest he ever came to owning an
interest in a brewery was when he worked as
foreman for RUPERT the brewer.
,Tily is known heroabouts as Mrs. Edward
Rieger, and their only child. a girl 5years old.
Is. living. with her grandparents, the Meyerses.
About eight years ago Tilly startled the quiet
folks Of this village by clipping with Charles
Gildersleeve, a horseshoer, who deserted his
wife for Tilly. The runaway pair repented and
returned homo. Two years later Tilly mar.
ried Rie ger, who now lives at Flushing. After
n wedding trip to the Pacific coast the young
couple settled down here, but Rieger's objec-
bride soon caused q separation. 1t Is told here
now that Mrs. Rieger once 30 turned the head
Of a Sound skipper that he anchored his craft
during q storm and came ashore to pay his de.
votions to fair Tilly. His vessel blew ashore
and was wrecked.
Two years ago Mrs. Rieger applied for a
divorce on statutory grounds. Justice Cullen
suspected collision and refused to grant a di.
v0rce.
Mrs. Rieger-C arraway's parents said to-
night. "Tilly is old enough to know what she's
doing"
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POUND rnousAnpe srARrIxe.
CenFrsssunn rkine nna Mr.. Russell Get Raon'
fFou y frip 60 Cuha.

~ 1891
TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 9.-william II. King, NOM
Der of Congress from Utah, arrived to-nirht
from Havana in company with Charles w. Rus
sell Of the Department Of Justice and DR.. Hor-
man Schoenfeld. Professor OF Continental His
tory in Columbian University, formerly United
States Consul at Riga, Russia.
Congressman King says that he has made an
extensive trip through the four provinces Of
Cuba during the last few weeks with q Wow
Of nscertaining to his own satisfaction the
actual conditions existing in Cuba, and no
says that no one who has not made such a
trip can form the lenst iden of tho effects OF
Wcyler's policy. He visited tho provinces OF
Havana. Santa Clara, Port au Prince. and Ma.
tanzas. and says that in every village and town
the reconcentrados arc starving TO death by
the hundreds.
Tho condition OF the Spanish soldiers is al
most as bad, for thousands have died of disease
since reaching Cuba, and at present the hospi-
tails arc filled with the sick and wounded.
Mr.. King says that something should be done
at once to put an end to the war In Cuba. but he
the House. He loft for washington tonight.
Mr.. Russell accompanied Mr.. King on his trip
through Cuba. Tho object OF his visit, was to
investigate certain claims of American cit
liens for damages. for property destroyed
since the beginning OF the war. Ho
says that he has nothing to give out for publica-
ton. Prof. Schoenfeld made an extensive trip
through the island in the interest of . German
publishing house. He says:
mistake, that may be summed up Gen. Woy-
lar"
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RROOhLYN.

An oil portrait Of the late Justice Calvin Z. Pratt
has been added TO the collection OF portraits OF for.
mer Justices OF the Supreme Court In the main room
of the Appellate Division.
The criminal term OF the County Court will begin
to-day with Judge Aspinall presiding. At the request
OF District Attorney harean. the term was postponed
Que week IN order to give him time TO prepare cases
for prosecution.
Edward Madden. 81 years old. OF IS Willow place,
while intoxicated early Yesterday morning. fell over.
board from the ferryboat brooklyn at the foot OF Al.
lAnt!c avenue. He was rescued by two deckhands
anu was then taken home.
John Kenny. 80 years old. who said he had no
home. was arrested At 4 o'clock yesterday morning
in the cellar Of Walter Il. Berry'a bakery, at Ii3f
Fulton street He was locked up In the Classon ave.
nue. station. charged with tempted burglary.
Frederick Emonds, 81 years old, OF Third avenue
and Ninety'ntth street, an engineer employed In tho
Anel Kleug brewery In Third avenue and Ninety.
sixth street, fell from the top OF the boiler to the
ground. q distance of twenty feet. yesterday and
uA1 tAkeGt " the Norwegian HosDitAl -
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DROPPED Il LIGHTED MAToH.
Ellis and his wife BADLY burned By the Fir,
1t Started.

Ellis and his wife BADLY Durne0 By tho Fire
1t Started.
ELIZABETH. N. j.. Jan. 9.-Harvey G. Ellis Of
1928 Franklin street and his wife had a narrow
escape from death tonight as they were about
to retro. Whom about to light the gas In his
bedroom Ellis dropped a lighted match on a sofa
from which some excelsior filling protruded.
The excelsior caught fire and Ellis opened a
window and attempted to push the burning sofa
out through 1t. The sofa stuck, however. and
Mrs. Ellis ran to his assistance. The sofa fell
on her. fracturing one Of her arms, and the
flames caught her night clothing. Her husband
wrapped her in woollen blankets. smoth-
ering the fire. She was burned severely
about the body and her husband was burned
painfully on his forearms. By the time he had
his wife out of danger the burning sofa had
ignited the window curtains and the carpet,
threatening the destruction OF the house. Ellis
succeeded in THROWN the sofa out of the win
dow and extinguishing the flames in the house
before any great damage had been done. Ellis
was so badly burned that no will not be able to
work for some time.
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J. Charles Clarke. q collector for the Metro
politan Insurance Company at Newark. 10 still
missing from his home In that city. He disap-
peared on Wednesday last and tho police were
notified next day, as 1t was unusual for him to
be away from homo over night. His accounts
with tho company are straight and there 10 oven
a balance to his credit. Clarke is said to DO most
a~bstemiops. and there Is no reason to believe
that he IL on q spree. as tho detectives In
timated. He has been married six years and has
been employed by the insurance company seven
cent. He is 81 years old. 8 feet o inches tall.
and well built, has a light complexion, and a
heavy mustache. When he went away no wore
a mixed business suit. black oyercoat, brown
Alpine hat, and tan shoes. His homo 10 at 81
Jay street, Newark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-10
THE CANAL IMPROVEMENTS.

Comptroller Roberto IL Not 30 Certain New
That tho Work Should ne Stopped.
ALBANY. Jan. Estate Comptroller James A.
Roberts has returned from Buffalo. He was
not 80 certain tonight that work on the canal
improvements should be stopped. though he re-
fused to discuss the question. Comptroller
Roberts threw the blame uron his deputy. Col.
VIM; J. Morgan. for the publication Of his views
on this question. He said that Col. Morgan
broke faith with him in allowing his letter to
Superintendent Aldridge to DO published, but
denied that he intended to remove him from
office for such action. The Comptroller was not
certain when the State Canal Board would meet
to consider tho canal Improvement question:.
saying that he usually called a meeting ON short
notice at the request OF the State Engineer.
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oHURCHeoERs DIDN'T LOOK IN.
woman GaGEed and Robbed In Full View OF
9corea in ReadinE. Pa.

Nohuu hoBHeo nhu hSoDoeo IN Huu Wow OF
Scores In Reading. Pa.
READING. Pa. Jan. 9.-Mrs. William Madeira
conducts a small cigar store at Seventh and
Dick streets in this city. Shortly before 2
o'clock tonight two masked men entered the
store and swiftly locked the front door and the
one leading to a rear room, in which three boys
were seated.
Before Mrs. Madeira could mako an outcry
they seized. gagged, and bound her to a chair.
Then they emptied the cash drawer of its con-
tents, and after helping themselves to cigars
and tobacco escaped by the front door before
which a continuous stream Of churchgoers was
passing.
So quickly and quietly did tho whole affair
occur that nothing was known of the robbery
until Mr.. Madeira, who had been In his second
story room directly above the store, attempted
to enter and found the door locked. As soon as
he discovered his wife, who had tainted from
fright and pain, the alarm was given, and in
committed the police were in pursuit Of the rob-
bers, who had been seen to walk rapidly toward
Penn street, where they mingled with the crowd
after removing the handkerchiefs with which
their faces had been covered. They secured
about S25.
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ne EInds Our Tres aua steel Huaustries Press
ting EnEisna Hara-uuys pe.e TeeiA.

ne Etnon ouF Tres aud steel IrdusfFies EFenn-
inE EnEisnd Hard-uuys eoue reels.
Alfred +. Yarrow Of Yarrow & Co, Poplar,
England. who has been in this country since
Oct. %, has returned to the Holland House and
will sail for home on Saturday. Though calling
his trip a vacation, Mr.. Yarrow has visited and
inspected several OF the largest iron and steel
working plants in this country and has been
greatly impressed by the American methods Of
work and thor results. Some time ago he
wrote to the London Times that IL the striking
engineers In England would select a committee
OF three or four mon to visit America, inspect
the plants here, and make a report 10 tho
strikers. he would gladly defrny the expenses
of the trip.
American iron and steel workers." he said
yesterday. " are better paid than English, but
they do far moro than proportionately better
work. They have superior diligence. appiica-
tion. and ingenuity. and take moro interest In
their work. II seems to be the rule for each
man to do Us much as he can, while at homo
every one is afraid Of ~injuring his follow work
man, and does no more than he. has to. One
noticeable thing in connection with this IL tho
tending Of automatic machines. I have seon
one man In charge of several machines here,
while at home It's against the rules Of the union
for q man to'tend moro than one. Consequently
he is idle q considerable part Of the time. When
a new machine is introduced into an English
shop. the union decides the rating of a man to
tend 1t, instead of allowing n man who Is doing
similar work TO take charge of the new tool.
The lowered prices OF raw material In this
country have put American engineers into di.
rect competition with their English contem.
poraries. and l believe this competition will
continue and grow kocner. Tho materials, &C.,
for the Central Railway In London are being
supplied BY Americans, who are also shipping
steel billets to England. boiler platea TO Holland,
and deck beams to Belgium. These are all
centres Of the. various industries using those
Materials and England formerly supplied them.
l foresee that America will soon take the nrst
place In the world unless England bestirs her
self and shakes off the attitude OF Indifference
assumed thirty years ago. when she was at tho
head in engineering industries.
During my visit here 1 have purchased q
quantity of small machine tools which are su-
perior to tho English makes. With such tools
the price is Of mall moment: the best is wanted.
no matter what the cost. though prices here
compare favorably with those at hone:",
Mr.. Narrow has been accompanied by Mr..
Greene, n personal friend and companion, and
Mr.. Deckham, engineer to tho Millbank Dock
Company. The latter is the inventor OF an inn
proved grain elevator which has been intro.
duced very adyantagcously abroad. and will
probably be tried here,
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IN ALBANY.
Will Gather Facts REGARDING the Operation or
Gov. Black's Civil Service LAW.

Shhh ~AthUE SSOtb tAo U VI
Gov. Blnch's Civil Service Law.
ALBANY. Jan. 9.-Secrctary George McAnenny
Of the New York City Civil Service Reform As
ISOLATION arrived in Albany tonight. His mis-
sion is to gather statistics regarding the opera
ton of Gov. Blacks Civil Service law. with q
view of attempting to show that it has opened
the doors to many evils in the public service
which Mr.. McAnenny says existed before tho
Civil Service law was enacted. in 1898. Mr..
McAnenny said that in his opinion Gov. Black
was entirely sincere in the belief that he had
been instrumental In giving the State the best
Civil Service law that could be devised.
Recognizing that Gov. Black Is honest In his
civil service position and not at all DESTROYS Of
secure information regarding the operation of
the law In order to show the Governor that the
law had not accomplished what was claimed for
IT.. Mr.. McAnenny said that In a few days no
would issue a public statement. reviewing tho
operation and apparent defects of tho " fitness 4"
provision of the law.
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~BLACKMAILING ROYALTY.

Several Persons. IncIndinE . Music Hall
Singer. Arrested at Budapest.
Special Gable Dispatch to THE SUN.
BUDAPEST. Jan. 9.-The police of this city
have arrested several persons. including q
music hall singer who has been billing herself as
tho Queen of the East" The prisoners arc
charged with blackmail In connection with
letters and autograph photographs from King
Alexander OF Servia.
Whom ex-King Milan arrived at Budapest the
other day 1t 10 said that they experimental upon
him.. but he summoned tho police. It 10 also
charged that tho prisoners were planning to
blackmail Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. whom
tho singer M ct at Carlsbad.
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HELD Up And Robbed on this HsSoken Ferry
Road.

William Knott. rs years old. a clerk in tho
employ OF the Now York Central railroad, who
lives in Washington street. West New York.
n. j., told the police yesterday that he had been
held up by two men and robbed OF $40 while ON
his way home early in the morning. lie says ho
crossed the Forty-second street ferry to Wee
hawken shortly after midnight and started 70
walk up the Ferry road TO his home. When half
way up the hill two men attacked him. Ono OF
them struck him on the, head with a club.
rided his pockets. Then the highWsymen nSds
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MUST CABLE FOR %, 900.
MininE Promoter Held Priaoner In . GesrEia
Hotel by Alleged Victims.

Miniug Promoter Held Priaouer in . Georgia
Hotel by Alleged Victims.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. Jan. 9.-Capt. Eugene
Frederick Gustave May Mayne appeared here
last summer and took options on half a million
dollars worth of mining property. Later he re-.
turned to England to secure this immense sum
of money. which he said was at his disposal.
leaving behind him as his principal Henry He'd
ley Bush. The Captain has failed to return. and
now Mr.. Bush Is held confined to his room In
the hotel by an oficer until he can raise SIS. 900
to repay those whose money he is alleged TO
have Incorporated.
Bush treated the matter lightly at first, but
when no found that 1t was q serious matter he
begged to be allowed to remain In the hotel un-
der guard while he cabled to London for tho
money. which he says will come within fifteen
days. These two men with their display OF
wealth made the people hereabout believe that
should be invaded by seekers after wealth.