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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
FoUR CoyoREssMry on TUESDAY.
Two Democratic and Two Republican Dis
tricts to choose Representatives.

Two Democratic and Two Republican Dis
tricts to Choose Representatives..
rorr ,..,,,tos ,r,.,,, ,ror,
Four ooheressIons vacancies arising rom ,
! death. resignation or nomination to a judicial
of,ce arc TO be filled BY the voters on Tuesday.
- a. AM, =, a. sia. iii B.. 40,
anu 'ns hhne OF these Vacahcee wiz oc nv.
only without effect upon tho substantial and
sufflcI.nt R,pIblcap lead I'm the Fifty sixth
49, h,,, a.. Iis,ri.. f.. 80 ~. ,,oo,oi..
HOUSE put the uistr'cts IN whch the Naeuheie9
occur are those least likely to furnish any
suids to political sentiment or prsference.
MI, at.,.,.,. 80. en-. RI, u.tno 90 long
lhese ulsric's arc the FIRST ma'he' 81 ,ous
represented by Thomas Is. Reed. tho Sixth
Nobrosks. TO succeed William l.. Greene
in',,N,' a., r11l ,,.,h -
lPopuHsl' ueceased' inc Ihiry-'outtu Ne"
York. for a successor TO Warren Is. Hooker
fRenublicsnl and tina Ninth pennsylyanIa I'm
$500, 49, ,,e..,, in....r n.
pace OF DhnIoI brm'n'iou' NDo"ocr"", ~"
OF the Congressional vacancies arise In dis
trIcts baretofore renresented nv Republicans
80. w ,,N,-,. ..,.y - nan,ao,a,,
anu Two III uie'ricts rep'oSeh'o" w Doni0''"''
or populists.
Mr. p.aJ xhsn ch,sen n venr AGO had n plu-
-. -, - a, r.- ,.t,,. :, -on.
raIity OF o,ooV MT uIeehe' "pur"h'y VI wv :
the m ajority for Mr.. Ermentrout was 1900 and
NJ Mr. Uooker 10 300 II ia probabIy n fact
th,t 4, no IpscaIinv oleotion In the nitei
states for certainiy twenty.nvs vcnrs. held in
Tho vonr nreccSings Pre,identini elsction have
the Cong resainnsi contests 10 Mi vacancies
been 40 clearly ioreshndowed The New York
listrict in which the election IL to he held on
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
Drxy wonKiyG HAnD ioR GnrAl.
No Cans Required When They Go Around
Promoting Prosperity.

Since tho nomination OF tina Hon. William l..
Grell for Sheriff tho Hon. Thomas J. Dunn. the
present occupant % that office. has been work
Ing verv hard to help elect his successor.
Sheriff Dunn was telling some of his expert
ences yesterday:
Sure he said. this Teller Grell Is u corker.
We were in n saloon the other night and says
To the bartinier. Give us n quarrht Of wIne
and W. drank II; nnd GreI he says, Anoder
kavort. of You hlaase. and We had thai, and
Tim sullivan he says. 'H.vc us another quart
and we had that: an GrelI h. Iassps u Ii 20
dollar bill 10 II Little lrlshnan at til. end vi the
bar ana h" says. Buy another quart And
tho lrithmhn lie stcps mp and lac says to tho
maruhder. WIll ycl give us another quart.
tn. bart nder pnys 20 GttInton to nm.
- say says the lri-hIsan, viii yez give ia
another uuatf' And the bartender he peers
oyer the bar toward the ilura and he says,
Where's yer cam Aud Grsll hs had dlpo-
mncy enough 10 stop the fight"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
coon FORTUNE s0BkRKD NM
News Of an Inheritance Brought sIatson "a
His Senses.

HOUGrroN, Mich, Nov, 4.--Vctor Matson a
university graduate and the scion OF nm old family
in Finland, took TO drink and was disowned lie
came 10 America and married had good places
obtained hy his superior education and ability
finally sank 10 the station Of n day lab0rcr, and
his family became dependent on charity. lcs
tcrday a letter came from Finland which an
nouncCd the death Of his father and the forgive
ness # the prodra! who inhcrits the entire estate
yHlucd AT 300 600 marks When Nation finally
realized the facts he burst into tears. hunted up
his destitute wife and children, and after takint;
the pledge before Municipal Judge Curtis for.
malfy assigned the entire interest in the estate
10 his wife Matson and his family will return
10 Finland
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oBrien say. He'll Bent GrelI by 50, 900

The Republicans OF the Sixth Assembly
district. where James T.. March. tho to-
puOi!can leader, ~ trying 20 down tho
Hon Timothy Dry Dollar Sullivan, had n
parade through the district last might and
an open air m Getting 1T Marion Stunr.
march and there were more than 1000 AZ me
meeting Speeches were made hy I. Il lev.
nohi~" II" ,rtHrns' | mon. " iniam O'Brirn
Allied T., Ommen, candidate Tor Iistrtci
IIst"r. william j. seaman. Thoniqs L.
Alderman Nr O'!ircn tod tho crown Inot ' hi,
would beat Grel tor ShcrIN by 5uulO; Ia" .niJ
4" had gon" ovar the hguI"S carefully All
dent Labor rarIy was a bigger ;actOrthan Il had
ANY idea. " y '''
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SCATTERING REBEL BANDS.
Lawton's Cavalry Takes BonRabons-
Scouts Capture Guns and Ammunition.

scouts tnpture suns huu h'''
neral Cable D,,patoh 10 tvs suS.
MANILA. Nov 4.--Troop d Of the Third Cav
airy under Capt. Chase. and Troop OF the
Fourth under Capt. Rivers. marched
eighteen miles yesterday and surprised
garrison Of nfty Filipinos at BonRabong. atown
about fifteen IN lies northeast Of Csbanatuan and
about the same distance due east OF Talavefa
They pursued the insurgents Tor Two miles.
capturing their flags. ammunition. Telegraph
outfit. u number OF records. and two rifles.
Capt. Cashiers scouts located gang OF In
surgents near Aliaga yesterday and gave them
battle. Five OF the insurgents were killed.
CAPT. Cashier had one man Killed.
The scouts then proceeded to Aliaga with
the Third Cavalry. Col Hayes took the Third
Cavalry and the scouts out and captured two
carts loaded with ammunition and the brssch-
block OF six Inch Krupp gun. In addition to
q large quantity OF supplies. Thirty sick and
wounded rebels were found hidden In the
grass.
At San Domingo the scouts joined Capt.
Parker's command Of 125 men and attacked
Saragossa. killing three insurgents. Then
they made drtour Of sixteen miles and killed
three more insurgents. They returned to
Aliaga last night. The country where those
engagements occurred Ia fiat and grassy. with
deep canals. The rebels used revolving can
non at Aliaga.
Capt. Cameron's troop OF the Fourth Cavalry
secuted as far ~ Hacienda de Vale. which Is
about ave miles northeast OF Talavera They
found fourteen wounded Filipinos who
had been abandoned and were starving.
An examination OF the trail whore Col. Bell
had his fight with the insurgent cavalry shows
that twsnty-six rebels were killed. Three
prisoners, thirteen horses and fifteen guns
were captured.
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WARRANTS FOR THE 18TH.
ipt. McCulIngh Gets forty-ssven More
-Tammnny Captain In tho Sth Held.

tpt. McCuiIagh Gets Forty-ssyen More
-Tammnny Captain In the Sth Held.
Supt. McCullagh got from Magistrate DIM
oil in the York vile court yesterday warrants
nr forty -seven persons who he said had ille-
ally registered in the Nineteenth Assembly
strict Supt, McCulagh convinced the Mag
+trats that he had proof against all 'the men
Earlier In the day eyeral police captains had
.ked or warrants and Magistrate Olmsted
I'D them that lie would not issue warrants on
mple statement from wnrd man that a
rrtain person had registered from house
here he did not live. There must be corrobo-
alive evidence.
The Magistrate held Joseph Hensrty. an ax-
onvict Of ~ First avenue, IN 81 O,O for regis
erinR in the Twcniy-third election district
I the Eighteenth Assembly district
Max lang. the rammany Hal captain OF the
econd election district Of the Eighth Assembly
iatrict who was arrested on Thurs lay charged
nth Inducing Herman Farnsu.cn tn reg st.r
legally from III Cana siro't hal = hearing
'ssterdBy in the Essex Market police court.
Magistrate Crane held him In : OuO for trial
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TRIED TO STEAL q STAIRCASE
Work of Thieves Interrupted by the Wal
dorf-AstoriA bet ectiye,


Three toughlooking men tried yesterday 10
steal detached staircase built Of wood and iron.
from the court In the rear OF the Waldorf Astoria
Tho staircase was too heavy 10 carry away with
out a cart They hunted up u pushcart and a
sledSehammcr. With the slcdgc they broke ihI
staircase. One half was loaded on the cart and
two Of the men rolled II away. Tho third man
stood on guard 10 watch tho other half Hotel
Detective Sullivan found him there and placed
him under arrest.
Sullivan locked his prisoner up In the West
Thirtcth station and trallcd the push cart 10 400
West Twenty first street where he arrived lust aq
the two men were about 20 unload the cart The
two men were arrested. The prisoners said they
were Charles Anderson of $50 West Twenty six IN
street Frank Sands OF 40 West Thriv,second
street and James Tush. no home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
A HOMELEss HEIR-APPxRESr.
The Duke of Albany Gets the Cold Shoulder
In Saxe-Coburg-nnd-Goth n.
sp,e,dI Cabl. D,,pa.e, TO TMs suS

FhfeIdE tuUN DTsbd'o7 70 IHG Nun
BERLIS. Nov. 4.-EnGlsh papers have long
jssted about Royal German paupers living
on British taxpayers" The German papers
now retaliate by describing the young
Duke OF Albany as the homeless heir
apparent" They say that the Duchess and
her children have been forced to leave
the Duehy OF Sake Coburg- and Gotha because
the reignIng Duke gave the Duke Of Albany
and his family the cold shoulder at Court and
refused to provide dwelling In the Duchy for
the heir-apparent. The Duke OF Albany and
his family. therefore. have been compelled to
take refuge at Stuttgart.
The matter has been the subject OF n quss.
ton in the Gotha LandtaG. The Government
refused to answer. though the questionsr de-
clarsd that refusal would be accepted as CON
lrmatlon OF the report.
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symphony Concert. a. nm Aid to Rel,r,o.

PHILADELrHA, Pa. Nov, 4-Frtz ScheeI.
conductor Of the Philadelphia symphony So
ciety. has sent to various clsrgymen letters
agencies for thu spread Of religion and srS.
gesting that sacred Sunday symphony con-
certs be- held In the churches He has received
replies IA, orinR the plan from some OF he hest-
known religious teachers Of the city and IL Ia
probable that some concerts will 10 given.
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Mr.. Cr.u WIN lie Taciturn in several Ian.
guRRrs.

Thomas VI, James, the press agent OF Will
lam I. Grel, issued notice yesterday to tho
effect that Mr.. dre would meet his old ascot
ates OF the Seventh Dlstritt in the Fourteenth
Street Theatre Tonight
,'Commiss oner Grcll." said Mr. James. al
though habitnnted to the tariturrity ~ his
nationality, Is gifted with y certain natural clo-
Guencr that ishiway 4,lcN"jl "t the hite' meas OF
personalities
Dir. Grc speak N ."y raj liuSuhse.
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Parsons Puts the labor Vote at 20 900.

John y. Parsons said yesterday that not only
Mr.. Croker but Mr. QuiGg had moderated the
vote OF the independent Labor party. Tho
rock Mr., Croker would split on In tho Twen-
tcth and Twenty eighth Assembly districts
on tho East Side and In tho Thirteenth FIJI
the West Side, hr Parsons said was that he
calculated on the usual Tanmany majoritss.
The conditions wero altogether changed this
year. and Parsons believed the independent
lAhor pnriy vote MOnld reAnh 40 600.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
M'KINLEY CONFIDENT or ONO.
He Est Rtcs Tint Nash VIII Garry the
stnte by 10000 Plurality.

~Htt Dy sV,UOV TTuTHIHy.
WAsHISGToS Nov. 4.-Senator Clark Of Wyo-
ming il in Washington aud called on President
Mckinley this morning. Tho Senator said
that the President discussed the Ohio situa-
carry the State by 10000 plurality. This es-
innate was based on lato Information that he
has received from Ohio and Oh his own OBJ
surNa'ion when he was there two weeks ugo.
Pres dent Mckinley will leave Washington
for Oh 10 on Monday night in order to cast his
ballot IN Canton on Tuesday. lie expects to
leave on tnm return trip ia time to reach Wash
ington on Wednesday afternoon.
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About week ngo 1t was Atated that tho
Archduke Franz Ferdinand would celebrate A
morganatie marriage with the Countess
Ch"tek tomorrow. The Countess, il was
but would live at a castle In bohemia S'"'''
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ROrAL MOKGANATIC WEDDING.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Insists on Mar.
Tying tho Countess Chotsk.

NVtfIdF tuOEf He'paNN To THE FUN.
VIENNA Nov 4,-THE SUNS correspondent
10 assured that the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
insists on his marriage to the Counts.s
Chotek, although he is unwilling to renounce
his heritage OF tho throne.
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VIII am J. O'Bren, tho Fusion and the indie
pendent Labor Parry candidate for sheriff and
Can iidatcs Crosby and Ssnbury, made tour OF
the Fast River front yesterday afternoon nud
enthusiastic audiences Of longshOrrmen W, re
addressed Mt various points Mr. O'lirlrn
started down town lIOm hOus on street aud ih,,
other two canflinfcs started from the Battery
up. JnA three met at Roosevelt street and All
were greatly pleased at the result OF the tour.
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Hudson County's Omcinl Rrri.try rIrnrc.,

The Hudson County Board u Elections PC.
csISsd yesterday the fnnl returns II the regis.
tration in the cities, town, MID townships con, -.
prlslng the county The total registration /.
62,bl5. divided NJ follows: .Iersry CIV. n .
SlS; Huhokrn, i,1Si; Baynnnc. a. JIl town
OF linton. s. =; West ilubuk"n, i.l9j: Hn,,
rison, 100; krRru"y 2,+!tS Nc+t New YORK.
l2u?: Nor h Bergen. S.S Gu,trnburg III
NeehaWkeh, l."ui; East Newark. IOS
L. W. Dress >h'rIs. T. 4 w
ieF!ett IN every drtRlI.-A.r.
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LOVE. LITERATURE. LAW.

Mrs. Henry Siegel, wife Of the pres
ident Of the big New York and Chicago
firm of Siegel. Cooper G Co.. gradu-
ated few days ago from the woman's
class in law OF the New York uni
versity. When she married Mr.. Siegel
1t was said that love and literature
had attained a climax In her life. be-
cause her first novel. Juleps and
Glover. came from the press Just two
hours before the wedding. And now
1t is a combination Of love. literature
and law. 1t is not thought for a mo-
ment that Mrs. Siegel is going to open
an Office and hang out a sign reading
Marie Vaughan Siegel. Attorney at
Law" But she is one OF the few
women who realize the value Of a
legal education and demonstrated her
realization by taking course in the
women's law class. II is thought that
she may have line OF literary work
in view that could be aided with a
clear Idea Of general law. Mrs. Siegel
Is the daughter Of Judge Vaughan, the
veteran Illinois jurlst. and a cousin Of
Ex-Governor Campbell Of Ohio. She is
also related to Cardinal Vaughan. She
is well known In New York literary
circles. having been frequent contrib
utor to the leading magazines as Mrs.
Marie Vaughan Wilde. She flrst met
The silver star., 1899-05-12

and those who have read this ane
story know we'll how closely he ad-
hered to the simple, easy style which
he 20 much admired In Pushkin's 70.
nance.
"The Death of ivan Iiuch" and "The
Power Of Darkness" are both based on
Incidents in real life. In regard to
The Kreutzer Sonata" Sergheenko
tells curious story. One evening
some friends. including Repin, the
painter. and Andrew Burlak, the cele-
brated comedian. assembled at Toll
stoi's home. and during a lull in the
conversation a lady began to play the
weird sonata which furnished Tolstci
with the title for his famous book.
As she played Tolstoi was strangely
moved and the final chords had hardly
died away when he turned to Repin and
said: Nov. here Is an excellent
theme for both of us to handle, you
with your brush and with my pen,
and when my work is finished we will
get our friend Burlak here to read 1t.
and then we will put 1t on the stage,
and you can paint the scenery for It,"
Nothing more was said at the time, but
Tolstoi certainly did not forget the
Incident. for not many months elapsed
before the world was startled by the
publication of "The Kreutzer Sonata. -
The silver star., 1899-05-12
AMERICANS ABROAD.
Some of the Amusing Experiences That
They Have Met.

Some of the Amusing Experiences That
They Have Met.
A writer in What to Eat gives some
amusing experiences of travellers
abroad. One man had quite time
with a official In Russia because that
individual could not be made to under
stand Minneapolis was the name of a
town. He insisted it was woman's
name and should be written Minnie A.
Polls and then wanted to know wheth-
er she was madame or mademoiselle.
In Turkey a man registered from
Skaneaieles. and every one there took
him to be an Indian chief doing the
grand tour. His name was Barnes, so
once he registered as Mr.. Barnes of
New York. A Hungarian magnate
who had read the novel by that name
insisted on taking him to his manor
and entertaining him royalty for a
month. cynic tried registering as
plain John Smith at European hotels.
He got cold. dark room at the top of
the house. At the next place he pre-
fixed judge to his name and was
given better quarters. At the next he
registered as Hon" and came down a
floor; presently he was major" and
got a bathroom attached to his next
quarters. As he moved from place to
placed he increased his Importance.
AS colonel he was given a good room
on the first floor and when he regis
tered as general" he was given the
best suite in the house at a discount
The silver star., 1899-05-12
THE MILD BENOALI.

Life is taken very quietly by the
mild Bengali. He is not worried by
'busaes and motor cars. but prefers to
do his travelling by means of the
country boat. The villagers exist
(they can hardly be said to live) In
their grass huts. which are run up in
q way that would make the most ac-
complished builders stare. In the
northeastern part Of the province the
climate is notoriously unhealthy. and
malarial diseases OF every kind are
rife. The average Bensali villager ia
just about the most unpleasant person
to have anything to do with that can
be imagined. He is tall;ative. quarrel
some, and rs impudent us he dares 10
be. He will come with a long tale of
the ravages a leopard Is committing
among bis focks. and then. when the
whiteS have shot the offender. he will
refuse to give the slightest helm to-
wards getting the trophy into camp.
II by any chance he can get In the way
OF a No. shot. he will most certainly
do SO. and then voc bctide the nm.
lucky sportsman who has peppered n
Bengal In mistake for snipc. Lucky
he is II he escapes U lawsuit In which
The silver star., 1899-05-12
AN INTREPID RIDER.

Mr.. Spong Of Rochester. England.
was one day riding down the High
street at Brompton. when his horse
took fright and dashed away at 4
frightful pace. Tearing through the
arch at Brompton barracks, It contin-
ued on its mad career in the direction
Of the iron fence at the other side OF
the barrack yard. beyond which was a
fall Of forty-two feet. It was while
crossing the yard that Mr.. spong ar
rived at a full sense Of his fearful po-
sition: the dwarf-like appearance Of
a large tree beyond the iron rails In
dicated the great depth. The animal
presently arrived at the five-foot
fence. which 1t at once took. and horse
and rider disappeared. the animal car
rying away some seventeen or eight
cen OF the iron bars into the chasm
below. Fortunately u flight OF steps
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A VIEW on MuscAT.

speaker pauses and the brass bowl Is
passed round. AS long as the con-
tributions flow in freely the story is
continued until, by frequent calls on
the purse of the natives, it becomes
evident that all the pieces have been
collected, then the story is brought
to close. and the villain Of the piece
gets his deserts, much to the satisfac-
ton of the crowd. These professional
story-tellers have several ways of get
ting money, and adopt the plans of
the dervishes in Persia. They play the
part of astrologers or of holy men.
They enter into public discussions with
other men OF the same calling. The
winner of the debate nominally takes
the money collected, but, as rule,
the two are in league and share the
plunder. At the entrance of the harbor
Is small fiat rock, which rises only
few feet from the water level This
used to be the execution ground of the
district. The condemned were placed
in chains, and left without clothes.
food and water, just beyond the reach
Of the sea. to die of privation. and of
eAAo SAS>ec oL thC ouh, WHlCu oulueo
in a cloudless sky and with tremen-
dous vigor. 1t is said that no prisoner
ever survived second days exposure.
The sultan of Muscat has among his
subjects a varied collection of all
creeds-Mahomedan Hindoos, fire
worshippers. Jews and Armenians, and
in spite Of this fact good order is
maintained. The slave trade is in de-
cadence. but even now American and
British gunboats. used for patrolling
purposes. occasionally capture slave
galleys, and rescue the Zanzibaris,
who are taken to Muscat and set at
liberty. The British consul has a
bodyguard OF Indian troops, and on the
whole the consulate has a better ap-
pearance than has the sultan's palace.
Muscat has three consulates. the Amer
lean, the British and the French.
The silver star., 1899-05-12
THE FIRST TO FIRE.
FIRST OF DEwEv's FLEET TO
RETURN.
New Details Of the Gallant Part the
Rsisish Took--Other ships Crews
Thought Her Doomed at One
Time.
Especial letter.

It seems strangely appropriate that
the ship that fired the first shot in
the battle of Manila should be the
first one Of Admiral Deweys victor!-
GUS fleet to return to the United States
The Raleigh. Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan.
not only opened the battle on that IA
nous May l. but was in the thick OF
the fight throughout.
The Raleigh was steaming along
third In the line when the Spanish
squadron was sighted in the little Fay
of Cavite. One of her five-inch guns
returned ready response to the Span
iard's tardy salutation. Another shot
came from the Spanish shore batteries
and. as the Americans were on a sharp
lookout for the fleet the Concord
placed a six-inch shell so close to the
spot whence the enemy had fired that
1t killed several Of their gunners. Our
cruisers were in the following order
The silver star., 1899-05-12
IN DISTANT MUSCAT.
LIFE GOES ON IN MEDIEVAL
MANNER.
Revisg Rscitsr an Institution-Iaex-
psnsivs snd Emcisnt Way Of Exscu-
ting Crimiuals Convicted of Capital
O6onsos.
Especial Letter.)


Americans have lately been read
ing about an out-of-the-way place
called Muscat, which has been brought
into prominence lately by the threat
Of British admiral to lombard the
town IL the sultan of Oman did not
cancel his concession of a coaling sta
tfon to the French. The accompanying
Illustration Of Muscat and its inhab-
itants is from photograph brought
by correspondent who has recently
visited the district in question. He
writes: Quite feature Of native life
In Muscat is the storyteller-not Of
the American type. This more or less
shady customer Is rowing spirit who
travels from town to town narrating
to the frequenters of the coffee-house
the most complicated yarns of love
intrigues and harem plots. AS soon as
the listeners become interested, the