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,o,, ,o"A NOV 1.-THE official vote In Sara
M I,'Un'S on tho constitutional am sndments
H. - ,.'''nrht No, |, for 377. against 2.4dl I;
gain" !. i..tt.' against 2.4oS; No. 3, for ., 5Ss
The sec "a .'" !, Tor 2,fS. against 2.Uii.
as d,bt." amendment is tho one separating
N''" OIL cities aud towns.
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as Don JoJs in Carmen" in the autumn Of tho
following year. Since 1895 he has been first
tenor in Brussels
ON the Fucrsl Bismarck yesterday were Mra
Maurice Grau and her daughter Louise, whom
Mt Grau came from Chicago To meet last week.
lie re urned with them on midnight twain. Sig.
Scott, an Italian baritone who is making his
frs; visit 10 his coun ry. was passenger on the
same steamer and went with Mr.. G'nu 20 Chicago
He is 10 sing there oa Wednesday night in LES
HuEueno's.' He is a genuine Italian in spite OF
his name. which was not manufactured from an
English original suspicious MS IL sounds. He
sang last summer for the nrst time al Covent
Garden and was successful enough 10 warrant
his engagement for New Yofks more exacting
audiences
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

The Republican Club gave a dinner last
night to John Sabine Smith, a former pres ldent
o. thecluh who Is TO be married to Miss Alice
cara sawyer at Randolph Center. VT. IN Nov.
To- loving cup was presented to AIR. finith.
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John Morri,sey Gray. Election Expenses.

John Morrlsscy Gray, tho defeated Demo-
cratic cand LAT. for Register In BROOKLYN who
ran about 10000 behind his ticket, has q ed
a certificate Of mis- election expensrs. They
footed up to 5000, OF which 81. 600 was q con-
tribntion 10 the Democratic General Com
mittse.
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The Erin Pets Into st. Michseps for Coal.
Special Cable Dessdtck 10 TIKI SUN

opee'u' 'd"H DesSutch 70 IHH SUN
LONDON. Nov. IA despatch from st.
MlehnsPs, Azores sara the steam yacht Erin
which la towing the Shamrock put In there to-
day for coal
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Hot Fighting a. tn. National A. G.

A big crowd Of sports witnessed the weekly
box ing show OF the National A. O.. Brooklyn.
last night. Joe Ward was referee. Tho hight
ing was fast and furious The were tivs bouts
on the card. three Of them being knockouts
aud the others draws.
In the first bout Kid Hogan OF New York and
Danny Sweeney OF Brooklyn crossed arms
This wa'a lively affair from the gong tap
Hogan was fast and ou,fought Sweeney after
the first round. knocking HIM out In . minutes
and 30 seconds o: the second round.
Frank Bryant and Harry Kyle, both OF New
YorE. met in the next bout OF ten rounds at
l25 pounds, his Was an even go" and was
declared u draw.
1t took Harry Petersen only 2 minutes and
50 seconds Of the first rourd to get the ter
OF Dick Wunderlich In the third bout; William
Burns Of New. York and Kid Everharlt
OF Brooklyn fought H. draw at 10
pound. and In the final bout there was a
slashing fight between j i'm Austin OF New York
ana Joa Walker, the champion Of western
Connecticut. Austin used both hands effect
lively on Walkers had and face. but the
latter WAS game and fought back hercely. The
bout ended in the fourth round when Austin
an led his left in Walkers wind and as thu
latter came forward from the blow Austin sent
lin his right ACROSS on Tho chin and the STAN
ford lighter was knocked out.
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The following qualified as sharpshootsrs:
APPEL Falls Over His Opponents Feet
and Loses.

At the Pelican A. c. last nisht Jack Fox OF
New York met Harvey APPEL OF Brooklyn. The
men were scheduled to box twenty rounds at
l3S pounds. In the thirteenth round APPEL
tripped over his opponents feet and fell to the
boards. striking his chin hard. He was unable
to continue the fight, and the referee gave his
decision to Fox. although APPEL had a shade
the better OF the contest. There was a long
refusing to weigh In.
Fox opened the frst round with repeated
right hand swing. on Apfsl's Jaw. the latter
retaIlating with straight lefts to the mouth.
In the second round Harry used his left to the
face and from continued jabbing had Fox on
the defensive. Fox mixed II In the third. but
Apfe! put his left to the Jaw. which male Fox
more careful. The next two rounds were
even. Harry started the sixth with n left lab
to the mouth that shook Fox up bit Then
Jack putting several good right swings on his
opponents stomach
In tn. ninth round Harry put Jacks head
defensive. when the he'll rang Both landed
telling blows IN the tenth. Fox playing for the
stomach. while APPEL came hack with right and
m 4"s to the %"h , The =, HeI ,bs rod
which mads Fox cnch to the bell Both same
up strong Tor tn" twelfth. Fox put his right to
the stomach, Harry getting on the jaw. In tho
tripred ana fell hard. II" could fight no 10 ore
ami tho verdict was against him:
ln The nrs' preliminary hou often rounds at
Jimmy German Of Paterson. n. J. Donnelly
won. Tho second bout was Of the smuggling
ORDER. 1t hroqEht together Jim Casaily OF
ten rounds nj 1870 pounds. Cassdys seconds
threw up tho sponge In the third round
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The nrst concert in an educational series OF cham
Der music rrciiAls by Max LiebliHg. pianist. Hans
Kronoid. 'o"ilist. and others. will be given at tho
New York College OF Music ueI Tuesday even ng.
The programme incl ides Hsydn's trio No. In q
major. II LArt's sonsta in fat major for cello and
piano. tenor aria from Handels Sans n" sung by
Hobart Smock. and Beothovcn's SCI tot op. 20 In Y
fat major one uui tue feature OF thss. concerts 10
the low price of admission. which has been nIod At
az cents.
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Two trio'. Bssthovens opus 10, No. =. IN Cat
major. and Tscha kow"y "a in A minor. opus So
will be playoi at Edward and Carl Herr AIMS
chan Der music cnu"et this afternoon at Hoo'u-h
Ri,e Hail Otto X. schill. violin. aud Emil sehenci.
,ralln Ii ..aaA
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Clara Butt. the English c. mt 10. ia 81 present
singing in to e-n oite. sh- will 81 q two
more roc tai. at Mendelsso'n Hail on Tu -da' oven
In. nv. ii, and saturGa" A'ternoJ IN. nov. 76.
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Vladimir de Pachmanp's programme for his nnsi
recital on Saturday a'tern o.. Dec. ?. in Nrndes.
sohn Hail. includes the following selection. all
from Chopin: Sonata. op. SO. fat minor; bnllsde.
OPP. az. @ minor: bsrcsrile. OPP. co. r sharp major:
etude op as, NJ. I. A fat nocturne. op bb, No. 1:
vAs.. op. ~. No. ?. mazurkas. op. 3d. No. 2. OPP az.
No. !. and op. s3. No. I; be ceuse. Op. o. d fat.
and grand polonaise. op. SO. A fat major.
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The Fa"sn, on Quartet 'ill be head on wedn.s.
dav ev"u'sN Men ,el-sohn Hill. with I Q 40 ON.
psui" to the ~ nols In a rec til Intended to 70.
o he musical y ss'hilites VI tie inst un ent.
The numbers leets . from tn worss Of ,lendels-
sohu. RUsenthai. List. b .ethoven and s, human.
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Josef Weiss will give bis second recital at Knabe
Hall on w-dn s,Ar even ng Ho will play ave
pieces ~ his own an the following selections from
Brahmsi vanAron' and fuIue on a them" OF Han.
del" four plan pieces of op, liz. some waltIes and
two HungariAn danees.
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Ahrenns Remenyi. soprano. will give series Of
Elk mu- cal Afternoons du ing the w,n or at tho
Waldorf Astoria. assisted by several other must
cans Tho hpt recital viii consist exclusively of
modern French ompos.toua This o. cert will be
followed By Italian. German, Hungarian. Russo.
scandnav a. nd old T. en b music rec tails. Al the
nrst concert Mis-. Romenyi will be aided by Victor
Boipsl. p Anist and Hsrwesh Won Ende. yiolinist
rccen ~ OF the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra un.
der Niksch
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Gerrit Smith will give On MNndAv afternoon his
two hundred and siItie:h free organ recital at the
South Church. Madison avenue and Thirty eighth
st est. MT Smith will play several pieces uufAnll-
lar here includ,n: compositions OF Dvorak, chad.
wick. Castor NJ DethIcr ami Others. Maryu-rit
Hail will BE- th' solpis Those rectAls will
on Mondays at $50 o'clock
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yerdl's ave Maria" 10 TO be heard for the tr,t
time in NV York at the Musical Art Goo e,vs con.
cert, on Dec II, at CarpeIie Hi. The programme
will also con'Aiu PAlestrinAs "Nissa B-rv,s." folk
sons By Brahms. two motets by Walter Dimr sch
and Peter Corncliuss frost in Thra,nsn." for bari.
% and chnrna
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The nrst Of the Knessl onsrtets afternoon con-
certs will take place n 1t Tuesday at Nendelssobn
Hall. when Richard Burmeister pianist will assist.
The programme will contain Mozart quattt In B
fat m uor. sant.saen. SONATA for piano and cello
in minor and quartet in A major By Borodins.
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Az the nrst concert OF the Dannreu,hsr String
Quar- etts. on Nov. ~. at sherry'.. the programme
vii include ausrtettes b Boccherini topus S2,,
pvorsk opns 34l and F,ure Copus ibi. Belle New
port will sing and Aiuie LAehAums will DO the
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-07-27
Purchased New Site,


A few months ago w. p. Harris start
ed woodworking plant in the old
creamery building, He began making
picker sticks and other hardwood spec
ialties, The business grew as if by
magic and more machinery was con-
stantly added to make new specialties
until the plant was crowded and new
quarters had to be secured To meet
this demand Mr.. Harris has purchased
the old Carr factory on the L. i. & w.
n. G. railroad aud will make all neces-
sary repairs to the building and move
his plant there by September LIST.
When located in the new quarters he
will put in a sawmill and other ma
ehinery. The sawmill is made neces-
sary because he buys great deal of his
hmber in the log, and must cut tito di-
1hensions desired. AT present he will
oontne his operations to making hard
wood specialties for the trade, but as
the plant viii be thoroughly equipped
for doing all kinds of planning mill
work he may decide to do some custom
work.
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ton. THE COMET has been Informed
by G, G, Taylor, a neighbor living at
Milligan, that Prof, Ho2wood, .af Mill
igan College, and Nat Williams, a resi-
dent of Milligan and neighbor Of
Chase, assisted the family in putting
Chase in the coffin. and they positively
assert that he is dead.
1t is also stated that the remains lay
by an open window "A hours with the
thermometer. below zero +-he died, dur
ing the coolest weather we had last
winter.
When Tom Chase died he was in
debt between $4,000 and $4,000. He
held insurance policies for $22, 900 on
his life and a $40, 900 accident policyA }
The widow collected $2O,O 900 from the
Mutual Life, of New York, 50, 900 from
the Golden Gross, and compromised
the accident policy for about 5000, She
has refused to pay great many Of her
husbands obligations and declared
that he forged the names of his secu-
rites to several of the notes that have
been presented, Thore are those who
believe that it was her course in this
particular that has caused the report to
be circulated that her husband was not
dead '''-@" "'-''l
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Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. L. Williams enter
tanned delightfully."- MISUNDERSTANDING
complimentary to -Meyward and .Klep.
per- The evening" was most ,happily
spentin' music, rccitations, etc. Re-
freshments were served during the
evening, - % = ~
? Mrs. Robert L. Taylor entertained,
on Tuesday night, large and brilliant
assemblage of young peoph-the
friends of her Charming daughters.
Probably nothing 'that has occurred in
social circles here during this season
has been more pleasant or more thoro-
,ughly enjoyed thar, this entertainment.
The pretty parlors and spacious veran-
das OF "Robin's Roost" were almost
filled with gay and happy guests, among
whom, the Governor moved freely.
everywhere shedding around him the
sunshine of his pleasing humot. The
refreshments We're snmptupns, in 1 fine
taste and delightful, such as might DO
confidently anticipated at the hands of
50 experienced hostess as Mrs. Tay-)
Tor. The grounds surrounding. the
house and the Yerandas were adorned
with Chinese lanterns, which lighted
up the happy scene and addett5to tho
beauty and eHjoymenttof-the occasion.
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ALIVE OR DEAD?
THAT is THE QUESTION AGITATING
THE PUBLIC MINDS.
At Present in Regard to Thomas R
Chase.

At Present in Regard to Thomas R.
On the 18th of last February all that
was mortal Of the once happy Thomas
r. Chase is supposed to have winged
its flight into that bourne from which
no traveller returns but therby hangs
a tale. Shortly after the remains were
supposed to requiescat in pace it be-
gan to be rumored about that Tom was
not dead, but was alive and still enjoy
ing himself upon this mundane sphere.
The COMET heard the story several
times, but supposed it was only a
gruesome sort of joke, and did not
pay any attention to the matter The
story grew as it rolled from mouth to
mouth like snow ball gathereth snow
until everybody was talking about it,
and the superstitious could almost see
Tom in the neighborhood Of his old
home at the hour of midnight, when
graveyards are supposed to be yawning
One story has it that wax figure had
been made that resemeled Tom so
closely that his most intimate friends
could not distinguish the difference,
and that this figure breathed by means
of an internal mechanism and then
died and was buried while Tom was
speeding westward, These stories
finally reached the ears of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of New York,
that had recently paid $4,000 to the
widow, supposing Tom to be out of the
land of the living. The company i'm
mediatel Y sent detective to Milligan,
Garter county, Tenn, about three
miles west of this city, where Tom
lived and moved and had his being,
and where he is supposed to have died
Acting upon the report made by the
special agent the company has filed a
bill in the chancery court at Elizabeth
ton to recover the money so paid. The
bill is an interesting document, and is
one of the ablest written documents
ever filed in a court in this state.
Ingersoll q Peyton, of Knoxville, and
Isaac Harr, of this city, are the at
torneys for the plaintiff Mrs. Chase
will be represented by Kirkpatrick,
Williams u Bowman, of this city, and a
great legal battle will he fought pro-
vided Tom Chase is not found to be a
living corpse,
The bill is too long to be copied, but
it alleges among other things that on
the Both day of Sept, 1898, Thomas R.
Chase, of Milligan, Carter county,
Tenn, applied to complainant for 800,
900 insurance on his life payable to his
| wife, Mary A. Chase, on the income
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1899-07-27
Work Progressing Rapidly.

The Virginia and Southwestern Rail
way company are pushing their work
as rapidly as men and money can do it.
The grading on the Stony Creek ex-
tension is completed to their first
mines and track laying will begin at
once. A large force will go to work
Saturday on the Mountain City extern
sion. This is the line that passes
through the "Horse Shoe" on the Wa
tauga river seven miles above Eliza
bethton. The three miles in the Horse
Shoe is very rough work and will re-
quire some time to complete. An iron
bridge company has an engineer on the
ground preparing plans and estimates
for the river crossings. The prelimi-
nary survey has been made as far as
Butler and the location as far as Fish
Springs. There is no doubt that this
extension will be built for the company
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Frank Yoakly, a brother or nephew.
Complainants state that they believe
that as soon as Mrs. Chase hears of the
filing of this bill she will transfer said
money for the purpose of defeating the
suit, and they ask that the several de-
positors be made parties defendant to
this suit and required to answer. That
attachments be issued and levied upon
the property of Mary A. Chase, and
particularly the monies described, and
said Yoakley and said banks be duly
garnisheed hereunder, also writs of
injunction issued forbidding said Mary
A. Chase and her husband to transfer
said funds, and enjoining said banks
and said Yoakly from paying out the
funds deposited with them by said
Mary A. Chase to any person whatever
until the further order of this court.
On final hearing complainant prays
that said policy be declared fraudulent
and void and said payment procured
from complainant through fraud and
said funds so received be followed up
and declared to be the property of com
plainant and by proper order restored
to its custody or that they have judg-
ment against Mary A. Chase and her
husband for $4,000 and interest and
the funds attached be applied to the
satisfaction Of the same. The prayer
closes in the usual form.
Chancellor J. P. Smith granted the
injunction as prayed for and the funds
have been attached. Defendants are
requested to answer the first Monday
in August and the case will probably
be tried at the regular term of the
Chaneery court on the second Monday
in August, At this time an order of
court will be asked to open the grave
Runner has it that the grave is now be-
! ing guarded but this is erroneous.
Some think that the insurance compa-
ny has robbed the grave for the pur-
pose of litigation but this is not given
much credence. &
The case is causing the greatest SEN
sation this section has ever experienced.
There are many who believe Chase is
still alive, aud there are others who
think him dead, and all kin1s Of I'M
reasonable statements are in circula.
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life plan, with annual payments, and
persuant thereto on the 18th of October,
1893, complainant issued to said Chase
its policy No. 919, 1874 for $50, 900 on an
annual average premium of 81, 107.0O,
his age being 50 years.
On the 18th day Of February the
death of Chase was reported to have
occurred at his home and persuant to
proof of his death and application
therefor filed on the 2Sth of March
1899 by Mary A. Chase beneficiary, re-
lying on the same. Complainant on the
18th of April, 1899, paid to said Mary
A. Chase said $40, 900 in satisfaction Of
said policy and of her loss Hereunder
by the alleged death of her husband.
Then follows the statement that the
complainant has been informed within
the past month aud believes and al
leges that said proofs of death were
false and that they were fraudulently
procured and presented for the pur-
pose of wrongfully obtaining said 500,
600. On account of the death of the
said Thomas r. Chase, whereas in
truth and fact did not die as alleged on
the 18th of February or at any other
date prior to the payment Of the $40,
000 nor has since died but is still liv.
ing. The charge is then made that
this fact is known to the wife and that
she conspired with her husband tc
practice the fraud upon the company
That alter pretended death the wife
procured coffin, but not an under.
taker, and without showing the corpse
to any of his friends, fastened down
the coffin lid and carried hecofin with
a few members of the family and to 8
distant point for burial, had a funeral
ceremony performed and said eoffir
with the supposed body of her hus
band inferred with ordinary burial ser
vices.
The Compliments also allege thai
for the purpose of practicing the fraut
Chase pretended to receive n seriou.
/ injury on his chest at Greeneville JUS
a month after the issuance of saiC
policy, took his bed five days later an(
called a physician to examine and trea
him. hut on careful physical examina
ton said physician was unable to fine
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any symptoms whatever either of ek-
ternal or internal injury, and he was
discharged after two visits and another
physician called ia upon whom said
Chase and wife were able to practice
their imposition.
Complainant further charges that for
the purpose Of obtaining said policy
Chase represented that his mother had
died at the age of 35 from the pains
and peils OF child birth, previous to
which her health had been good, which
representation was a part OF the con
tract and upon the faith of which the
policy was issued. 1t is now alleged
that the Complainant has recently and
since paying said $50, 900 been informed
and believes that said representation
was false and was fraudulently made
for the purpose Of concealing the true
cause of her death. 1t is alleged that
the real cause of his mothers death at
the age of 35 was disease of the lungs
known commonly as consumption, and
that the proofs in the death of Thomas
r. Chase show that the cause Of his
death was an 'abscess of the lungs
or IAN obstruction of air in the lungs"
or, in other words, some lung disease
similar to that which caused the death
of his mother. Complainant charges
that the policy was obtained through
the false and fraudulent misrepresenta-
ton of said Chase, made with intent to
conceal his family history and his own
rendering to disease.
Complainants then charge that if
their information and belief in regard
to the life and continued existence of
said Chase be erroneous and he died
as stated in the proofs of loss, still said
policy was obtained by fraud and was
therefore void, for they would not have
issued said policy had they known the
true cause of his mothers death.
Complainants further claim that they
have learned the fact to be that Chase
was a man of very small income and
unable therefore to make the annual
payments of premium 81, 10700 and
that as a matter of fact he was unable
to make even the first payment of pre-
MUM upon said policy before his al
legged death and therefore they believe
and charge that he made application
for and obtained said policy with the
purpose there-in-mind to defraud COM
plainant hereunder and that he and
his wife conspiring together carried
out his fraudulent plan.
Complainants then alleged that the
said $4,000 has been deposited by
Mary A. Chase in the Banking and
Trust Company, Of this city, and the
East Tennessee National Bank, the
Third National Bank, and City Nation
al Bank, all of Knoxville, in sums of
about $5, 900 each, and thay also charge
that Mrs. Chase has considerable
sum of the money on deposit with
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Telephone Line Sold.

The Nolachucky Telephone Company
has sold out the Peoples Telephone
Company Of Bristol. Several weeks
ago Guy r. Johnson, who owned a
majority of the stock in the Nolachucky
line, sold out to the Bristol and Green
vile companies, and since then deal
has been pending for the balance of the
stock. Mr.. Albert Parlett, manager of
the Peoples Co., came down from Bris-
tol Tuesday, and was closeted with
Mr., r. L. Bruner and other stockhold-
ers of the Nolachucky for several hours.
The result was that sale was consum-
mated, and the entire plant will pass to
the control of the Peoples Telephone
Co. on August LIST. The new company
will purchase property for a central
office and will vastly improve the ser.
vice in every particular. 1t is possible
the old COMET" Office building near
the Southern railroad will be purchased
and used for store house and ex.
change with toll station over in the
city.
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An Honest Policy.

The New York Life Insurance Conn
pany makes thorough, searching ins
vestigation before weriting policy on
the life of any person; but when an
application is accepted, the company
issues a clear contract, absolutely I'M
contestable. A policy In the company
means, to a widow or an estate, lega-
cy and not a law suit. The New York
Life offers ''The Best of everything In
Life Insurance. Wofford Brothers,
Agents. L... -LA-LL- 80 ~ j