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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
ALDERMAN'S FRIEND FINED.
Made n Mistake About Her Name, When
Arrested for LoiterfnG-She Explains.

Tho woman who was arrested on Monday
night Ly Policeman O'Donnell OF the Tender
loln station on n charge OF lettering in the
street and was bailed by Alderman ID. j. Hor-
rngton Of the Seventeenth Assem- bly, district,
was fined IN Jefferson Market Court yesterday
despite 'rhntic protests that her arrest was an
outrage
The woman was arraigned in court as Helen
Blauvelt of Tcnahy. n. j.. the name she had
given at the police station. Policeman ODoD'
nell testified that he had arrested her at
Twenty nth street and Broadway. after hav-
ing seen her stop two men, She swore at him
ways that She Nas intoxicated.
Frompted 10y her counsel, Lawyer Alter the
woman explained that she was arrested while
Ss5 wy 70 %s"aay,. J.; where s$s Sss to
ment resulting from The arrest caused her to
give that name by mistake. Her own name.
,hef woman said. was Helen Van Deer. Her
was married to n real estate dealer OF Pecks-
kill or OF .Tenady-she seemed somewhat IN
outrage and she was sober when arrested.
AldsrmanJ harrington testified that he had
known Mrs Van D.ers parents well but llad
on to furnish bali for her lie swore that he
had appeared at the. police station before II
was then sober. This statement was violently
disputed by the policeman. who asserted that
thS hs n2 aF5DHa at tho station
. Magistrate Cornell reularked.that tho case
had been reduced to a question o. veracity be-
tween the policeman and Alderman llarring-
ton. and adjourned the hearing TIL tho after
noon. Police: Captain Price then Appeared with
the station botter and showed that 1t was
A. ~, not later. when the woman was bailed.
On that she was then Intoxicated.
The statements OF that, woman and OF her
witness have been completely dlsproyed," Mag
lstrate Cornell remarked. Il shall fine her
So" Tho fine was paid at once.
. PEEKsKILL, n. Y. Aug. l. There Ia a woman
living several miles north OF l,eeksk u. TOWARD
Van Deer Her husband IL known as +. z.
Blauvelt. her father Is Coflandt Gilberts.
She has many friends. and entertains her
friends great deal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
FIGHTERS IN A BRAWL.
Spike Sullivan and Terry McGovern Smash
Each Other mt Coney Island.


Ever since Sam Harris manager OF Terry
McGovern and financial adviser Of Tim Kearns
accused Spike Sullivan Of being coward and
belittling his abilities as a fighter there has
been bad blood between them. When Harris
and Sullivan tried to make match between
Spike and kearns the other day the breach be-
tween the pair widened. and both vowed to get
even at the proper time and place The occa-
sion'presented itself early yesterday morning
Harris came across Spike at Hendersons Pa
vilion. on the Bowery. Coney Island. and. as
mae fSs to w nsfe p r
ms NJ, wife and Terry McGovern was also present
As told by eycwitnesses. Sullivan. who was
seated at another table enjoying late meal.
Say, what is all this hot air about you say
only w ras ~ yo gs ahf s !Sged Harris that's the
spike became white with rage and brought
his, right from under the table md ilourshsd
said. MsGovern anticipated him and gave
Snss S6 ngTSG rSht on The aT Sullivan aE
Iair resumed hostllties and Spike Knocked
McGovsrh down: Terry was on his feet in an
instant and hot scrimmage took r'acs;, Mc-
Govern. urged on by Harris. went afte Sullivan
Dave sullivan came to his brothers rescue.
.b and Terry scramble all oysrtho floor and
punch, with the left and cut Spikes cheek
open. Then the walters tried to Quel tho dis
turbance. but before they were aware plates
In the midst OF the melee some one. and It was
s@id to he Frank Patterson. struck Spike on
the head with plate. McGovern was hustled
away by friends. and then the police arrived
OIL the scene.
Sullivan had his wounds dressed by DR.
Chambers OF Coney Island and went homo. lie
was not badly hurt. large crowd collected.
and 1t took the police fully half hour to dis
trounced After the scrap was over Terry IS
reported to have said that he would like to meet
the two Sullivan brothers in one ring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
COLUMBIA AND DEFENDER
Ready to Meet Again To-Day in Race OF
NeMnnrt.

newport.
NEWPORT, Aug 1.-The Columbia arrived
from Bristol early this morning In tow OF the
st. 9lchacls md picked up her moorings In
Brentons Cove. Later in the day she holsted
her big mainsail and sent her working topsall
aloft. At about 1890 O'Clock, Mr. and Mrs,
1selin and Mr.. Leeds being on board. the Co.
lumba broke out hor head sails and stood out
eide in light southwest breeze The De-
fender with Mr.. and Mrs. w Butler Duncan. Jr..
on board. soon followed the old yacht carrying
her club topsaIl. They stood along on the star
board tack and passed Point Judith. then stood
over to the southeast and iinally squared away,
and with spinnakors set ran into Newport
harbor, where they arrived about o'clock.
The boats ran along very smoothly together.
Tonight the st. Michaels was sent to Bristol
for some gear to be used In to-morrow's race
The Columbia and Defender will make a Sec
ond attempt to race for the prize offered by the
Newport Yacht Racing Association. and the
chances are thnt this time they will succeed
ans 0r f0d d ths s9 er9shs s
previous start star The keGatta Committee VII!
ana the start win be made from Brcntons Reef
left here for Newport the mainsaiI was iMrled,
while the head sails were slowed away. Thcre
tie masthead Mr. fsen was aHu ssE i the Co
lumbia wQnld, be ready to Fail 10 the, race off
Newport Wednesday. He replied that she
would be ready to race on that day that the
trouble with the mast was Of no great mo-
ment. 1t was fixed so that now 1t is ship
shape. He was asked about ting, new steel
say yery much about i a. yet, owing to ths
fact that there was not sufficient opportunity
to observe its service when under sail.
The mainmast was rlGhted after consider
able trouble yesterday afternoon. The Job
was accomplished with purchases and par
buckles on deck. Later the mast was wcdged
Capt. Barr and First Mate Allen went nloft in
boatswain's chairs. making critical eHamina-
ton OF the gear about the masthead. The
blocks above and below were scraped and var
nished and there was general overhauling
about deck.
The head stays that were Stacked up to fix
the mast were frightened up in the turn buckles
late in the afternoon.
Columbia had n new mainsheet span rugged
yesterday. Heavy stee shackles are now in
use instead of the Links. They are three In
numhcr. On the under rart Of each shackle
there is an eye into which the sheet blocks are
hooked. At the ends o. the gear shackle and
block are com bined This is similar to the rig
on the Defender. New steel wire brides were
also rugged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
LICKED BY THE CAR CONDUCTOR
Bridge Passengers Eyes Blnckened and His
Nose Punched Almost Before He Knew It.

Nose Punched Almost Before He KnewIt.
Norman c. Ferguson. a BROOKLYN Bridge car
conductor. was arrested at the Manhattan end
OF the bridge last night on the complaint OF
William s. Wakefield. q merchant OF South
Framingham. Mass. who said that Ferguson
had assaulted him. and:showed two BLACK eyes
and a bloody nose 10 prove 1t. Policeman Kelly
OF the bridge police was witness of the latter
part OF the trouble. and put a stop to it.
FerKuson'S side OF the dispute was that when
his train left Brooklyn Wakefield and a conpan-
ion tried to board a car while it was in motion.
and when Ferguson refused to open the gate
Wakefield struck him with his cano. for which
on.thrashed him as soon as possible
Policeman Kelly. at this end OF the bridge.
Jaw Ferguson leave his car when the train
reached Manhattan and wait around on the
incoming trains platform. When the next
train from brooklyn came, In Ferguson was
waiting at the first car. When Wakefield ap-
,peared he received blow in thhrrlght eye and
punches in the nose. Kelly pulled Ferguson
off and Wakefield leaned against the car till he
ceased to see stars.
At the Oak street po'ice Station Wakefield
said that he was the victim OF an unprovoked
assault and he was going to pu II the case. al
though hisstime was valuable. Sergt Handy,
on his com plant. locked FerGuson:up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
MAIL DESTROYED IN ERIE WRECK.


Seventeen Pouches Ground Up-Some of the
Damaged Letters Recovered.
Seventeen mail pouches with their contents
were destroyed in the Saturday night wreck at
Red Rock on the Erie road The mail was In
charge OF tho baggagemastcr there being no
postal clerk on the train. After the wreck q
railway mail service agen. was sent to the
scene to preserve what he could OF the torn
I'm NAL numner Of damaged
The mail on the train was that which had
accumulated In this city between l and half
along the Erie and its connections. 1t included
the mail sent away from New, York business
houses before the closing hour Saturday
usually an exceedingly valuable class of letters
Besides mai matter taken aboard the train
after it had lott New York; the seventeen de-
Attica. Sidney. Elmira. jamestown. Salamanca
Randolph, Wellsvlle, y. Y. and McadviI!e.
CORY, Warren Greenville and Bradford. Pa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02

Tho team which will represent tho United States
in the annual cricket match with Canada at Toronto
on noNt Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday has been
selected It ia made up Of young players almost
all Of whom are new to international cricket AMI
III" game should resolve itself into a Of streug'
b't"r"n age and experience and youth and activity.
The United states eleven will lie as fologsi p H.
CLARK captain. W. T. o Noill, y H. Crayea + H.
Rates and w l. frcclanl uf the Germantown q. {, d.
ii. & ThAy"r, j II. ~rattergpud aud W : Hinchu N
nt Meuuh, W. J., Goodman. {. ii. Ililncmsou and J.
II. Mason OF lhiladClphia; substt.te j. n Henry OF
Germantown. The fact that the belmont Club WI
be On tour during the game may account for To-
TACT that not on" of its men is on tho team Thy
will be In Cleveland on Aug. L In Detroit on tho III
al Chatham on the 18th.
The Canals n team Will be! II Il. McCfiverin cap.
tam. II, Is, Brst0we. A. q. Chambers W II Coor.r
II FMreS'er, +, G. Goldingham. J. Ii. Lang & !.
Lyon, II. 4. Mn, u. W. saunders and W. r. McMur-
try: substitutes. J. L. Counscll, W. @. Baker and j.
J. s1merylle This will BE- the twenty seventh an.
nuAI Hhuls between the two countries OF those
played, the United States has won sixteen, CanAdS
eight. and two have been drawn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
cntHu or rErSrIDIG1rArE UR
He Induced Maid to Wed, 1t IL Said, and
Now He's In the Lock-Up,

l'uE" do laska was produced yesterday be-
fore supreme Court Justice Stovcr in Brook
lyn, 10y sheriff Blauvolt Of Rockland county. in
oh"d,rnre to writ OF habeas corpus issued on
Monday ll"was arrested n week ago at ll2
ti'y@'ie street. Manhattan. and taken Of TO
New 'tr, E""kIaud county His lawyerclaimed
tnH' Er "ae k"pt IN ignorance of tho cause OF
NJ "".tt n!tut hnl that the-" was a scheme
-, l"ha r1..It',., h,'a. II was declared yes
t''.. '9"' IA" 'r.. .l'r !, slright of hand
I"r"'I."", Hau mat hn lu4Glod Fanny Gilmore,
:. ..tI, q y. .p Eul away with him from iInv
'rH" ' \ow, }"rt, whore they we're mar
=. 10 b. au! II" L. Charged With abduction.
~ I"" i'J-rNt "' MS LAWYER no hearing was
u --L-.l. NMIL- t--lnmIrnM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
car TO VIEW YORK RABBI
Portland. Ore, Congregation Wants DR..
Wise OF tho Hnnl Yeshurmm.

SAN Francisco. Aug. 1.-The Row. Stephen
S. Wise Of New York. who Is staying in this
city at present with his brother Attorney Otto
Irving Wise. has been informed by the Hon.
Solomon II.r5ch. former Minister to Turkey
that the congregation Beth Israel OF Portland
Ore, has unanimously elected him rabbi for n
an annual salary OF $5,OD0, Or. Wise wa. not
a candidate for the place. He lectured in Port
land about three weeks ago, He said to-day
that he you'd consult with tho officers Of his
New York church when he returned and then
reply to the Oregon congregation.
DIR. Wise Is the rabbi OF the congregation
Bnai Yeshurum. Madison avenue and Sixty
Nth street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
CROKER'S SALARY HELD UP.
Fire Chief VIII Have to Sue tho City to Get
His Money.

The Municipal Civil Service Commission has
refused to certify the name OF Edward Croker
as Chief OF the Fire department. and Comp
troller Coler will not pay his salary Mr. Cro-
ker will have to bring suit to get his money
Mr., Coler said yesterday that he would not pay
any persons salary unless il was properly GER
titled. and number, Of employees Of the city
who were appointed after the " hite law won't
into effoct on April I9 and before the new rules
for this city were promulgated by the State
Commission. will be obliged to go without
their pay until judicial decision in their cases
IL made. The employees whose pay will be
hold up include two who were appointed by
COMPTROLLER Coler himself
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
4 TOWN BLACKBIRD KILLER,
Hired to Rid Hollidaysburg, Pa, of Pest
-High COnstnble ObIects.

ALTOONA. Pa. Aug IA cloud Of black birds
settled over HollidaysburE about month ago
and became such nuisance that Burgess Van
Altman appointed "a special black bird officer
and bought him n gun at the bo.oughs eX-
ucnae. since then brqahut has fallen like rain
in HollidaysDurg, and nervous citizens have
protested that they were i'll danger Of being
peppcred. To-day High Constable Miller came
70 the front with an ancient ordMnncr profile
ting the use Of firearms under any circum-
Stances. lie, has served uotice ON the black
bird officer that the next dischars" Of the gun
will cause his arrest. The burgess has in
structed the officer to proceed with his sport
and informed the high constable that the mat
ter will be settled by law.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Charles c. Shelley & Son, Printers, Fail
Bankruptcy Figures.

Charles c. Shelley K Son. printers at GO Park
place. allowed judgments to be taken agans at
them yesterday for Sll.3S! by three of their
creditors. DEPUTY Sheriff Leavitt levied on the
establishment but found ID. N. Ripley in posses
sion under q chattel mortgage The firm had
heretofore done large business. and q year
ago, va ued their, plant at $50 900. In the
trade, however. their'payments have been re-
ported slow. The lla bIlitles are about SPA
creditors to continue tho business by means OF
q stock company.
The Bankrupt net has been in operation a
year. and in that time there have been filed in
this city 1881 petitions. and go discharges
have been granted. Estimates We're made
When the act was passed that from 5000 to
10000 persons in this city would take advan
tage Of it the first year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
L.IRCHIIONT'S CRUISE.
Yachts That VIII Take Part in the Runs to
New London.

The cruise Of the Larchmont Yacht Club,
which will be from Off the clubhouse at Larch-
mont 10 New London. promises to be u very
successful one. SO far the owners Of sixteen
scnOOuers. seven sloops and seven steam
yachts have promised to GO Tho sail yachts
will race from port to port and on arriving at
New London the Larchmont burgee will bs
hauled down and the hurgae of tho New York
Yacht club substituted. The start will
Ice made at 10 O'Clock on Saturday
morning. the starting line being Off Com
stables Buoy. The first days run will
be to Morris Cove and the finishing line will
u" drawn south from the bell buoy OF I.ud-
uug'un Rock, at III" southwestern end OF tho
western Nrrakwat"r. The Judges boat will liz
will anchor flr the night Off the Tcquot AIso-
citation hpuse, On sunday tine run viii BE- to
New London. The yachts will start III the
Now llaArn light and finish of Sarah's Ledge
buoy, The hoats that will tako part In those
runs are rs follows:
Amoeta. ". could Brpkaw. Atlantic Wilson Mar,
shall, fmrla!d, W T. Isriln; Alsayicun", cav &.
Bragg Cru adler Seymour /" Hustled, Iioval.r Huv.
arr w, nt"r. Katrina, Robert + Tut Hl"nduycor,
luar!,, Wgie. MAYNARD. CHARLES nunthrrs; Lady
EoIyn Jnir"d A"krrluani hlrNAua. GrorGr q ~
sln! ARIEL tancs J.. Leland, Carlotla, C. 1, rlrrh.
so"ps md YHwls Huron. Ntc..C ou,moioro r. :.
IL W and A. e HanIu Auootyk. Oswald Saudersnu;
j. G. Bergen.
son Is. Moore: Maspeth, G. Meyer; VVlra, Clifford
BrUkaw; Nydia |, T. Emerson.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
FIRE DEPARTMENT PROMOTIONS.


Fire Commissioner Scannell wrote to tho
City Civil Service Commission yesterday ask
Ing for authority 10 promote ilrcmon who havo
made rescucs at fires nj tho risk OF their lives
without the necessity for a civil service exami-
nation. Tho Commissioner said he understood
that the State AMI the municipal civil Service
ence. and he hoped they would then take the
matter into CONSIDERATION. Archbishop Corrl-
gan and Bishop Potter, the Comm ssoner as
serted. had asked him to promote some fire.
men who displayed great bravery AT the Wind
sor Hotel fire. but he had not the power to
cOmply
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02

The steam yacht Corsair. Commodore ]. Pier
pont Morgan's flagship. was towed up the North
River to Fletcher's yard at Hoboken. whore
she is to be docked for cleaning and painting.
slight accident happened to the yachts MA
chnery IN the afternoon, and when OF tho Bat
terry II was necessary To secure the aid OF two
tugboats To get the vessel UP the river The
pareu to- day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
HrRT IN TIE CRusH At THE BRIDGE.

As Kline CraWled Under n Car Rail An
other Man Walked in over His Back.
BERNARD Kline Of l44 VarGt street. Brooklyn
tried 20 get n seat on an incoming Flushing
avenue car in the crush at the bridge last night
by crawling under the guard rail. He got half
way under the rail when man who had him
inside III" car blocking Kline from going fur
Their, Kline was Iummed against a pillar his
back was wren phed and his body badly bruised
He was taken to the Hudson Street Hospital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
Meteor Defeats britannia and Satanita for
tho Queens Cup.
!sp,aai Gable Ds,patch to The Sun.

Sprsidi Gable DeSpdtch 10 The SUN
Cows, Aug. 1.-The German Emperor's cut
ter Meteor, the Prince OF Walcs's Britannia
and {, D. Rose Satanita started in tho Cowes
regatta race for the Queens Cup to-day. Tho
race was won by tho Meteor Tho bonts
crossed the finish line rs follows Meteor,
3:43:Ub; Britannia. 1914 40; Satanlta. 4:ll:45,
The Britannia lost on time allowance by min
ute and 40 seconds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
PRIZE SHEEP FROM ENGLAND.
Two Hundred and One Valuable Ewes and
Rams Arrive on the Georgia.


Rams Arrive on the Georgia.
The White Star steamer Georgia. which ar
rived from Liverpool on Monday. brought POI
English prize sheep. The.larger part OF tho
sheep were OF the Shropshire breed. valued at
$40 each. During the voyage over O ram OF
the long haired Lincoln species died. 1t was
valued at $780, An Oxford ram valued.at $500
did not die. The animal weighs over 400
pounds and 10 two years old. 1t was bred by
James HOBBS or Gloucestershire and was con-
signed to Il. T. Stone OF StoninRton. Ill.
Two yenrling ewes. u two-year-old ram and
a two-yenr cd eve also. were imported by Mr.
Stone The ram won the frs. prize and also
the Prince OF Wales gold medal last year A
long wool we'of the Lincoln breed went to To-
ronto and two Shropshire rams, both prize
winners went to MilLrook. y. Y. David But
Ter OF Scotland sent four sheep Of the Crested
knight species and some OF the animals were
from George Iyde Foster llarter. the Eng
lsh Judge
Several fine dogs were also brought over on
the steamer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
THE CAROLINA WINS At NEWPORT.
New Rules of Racing and Rich Array of
Prizes for 3O-FOoters.

NEWPORT. r. l.. Aug 1.-The 0-footers raced
this afternoon for sweepstakes. and the Caro-
lima. sailed by Capt. Sam Seaman. was the
winner. with tho Pollywog second These
boats finished over ten minutes ahead Of the
rest OF the fleet, az they got slant Of wind
first off the Narragansett shore The course
was a triangle OF eight miles. twice over. the
marks being Off jamestown and Bishops
Rock. The wind was southwest and quito
fresh. A feature Of the race was that tho Earl
of Yarmouth sailed with Mr.. Ellis in the Hera
With the exception of the Carolina the boats
were sailed by their ownera. Mrs. Duryca.
Mrs. Adolph Ladenburg and Foxhall y Keene
were guests on board the racers. The sum-
mary:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02

AMHERST Mass, Aug, 1.-The body of Eugene
TaEahpuor, the Indian farmland who last
evening shot and killed l7-year-old Edith
MorclI, daughter OF his employer, Was found
early this morning IN the ruins of the barn.
which he fred soon after committing the muir
der The finding OF the body was a surprise to
many. as II was suspected that the murderer
had fled to the woods.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
DIVoRCE FOR MRS. cnAx. D. GAIrnEn.
Her Husband n Captain in the Army and
Ordered to Manila.

baltimore. Aug l.-Alico stockton Gather
wife OF Capt. Charles d. Gather. has secured
divorce In her bill she alleged non-support
for herself and children. The decree slgnpl
by Judge SHARP, grants h"r 5000 annually. Tho
husband made little drtCucc. Capt. Gather
was recently appointed to the volunteer army
He was at one time tolone. Of tho ifth Mary
land Regiment, aud is a brother Of Attorney
General George Il, Gather, Jr, He has been
Ordered 70 "a" lhl,Ipp.ncs. During The war he
MhLln IL Mhs eMnlMunI LnMM SuuLh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
40 coNrERrycx WITH AAuR1Ehz
Canadian Premier Denies That He Is to
Dlscnsa Alnskn with Mckinley

OTTAWA, Ont. Aug. l.-Sir Wilfrd Laurier
said this morning in regard to a report that
he was about TO hold conference with Presi-
dent Mckinley at Hotel Champaign upon the
ALASKAN boundary dispute:
THIS i news to me. never heard OF 1t be-
o.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
Fnlsco's TRADE WITH TIE ORIENT

Now Line of steamers Put On to Handle
the Increased business.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-The Santa FG Rail-
road Company has decided to run regular
line of steamers to San Francisco instead OF
having them simply touch at this port on their
way to the Orient as heretofore. The limo with
o@ ~ k,a II" * a t 10 ~ va W
q large general cargo Tho business Of this
port with tho Orient and Honolulu has so in
creased that the regular lines have not been
able 70 handle all the freight offered iu the
past few months.