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REV. DIR. GUMBART DEAD.
Prominent Baptist Clergyman Dies Sud-
denly at Home in Boston.

ueh1y Al EAOHI6 IN hOStOns
Boston, March 19.-Rev. A. S. Gum
bart, pastor of the Dudley street Bap-
tist church, and one of the best known
Baptist clergymen in New England,
died at his home here to-day from heart
failure. Dr. Gumbart was taken Ill at
5 o'clock tonight with angina pectoris,
and although attended by three physi-
clans, died in four hours.
DR.. Gumbart was born in RoXbury,
November 25, 1863 He was of Hugue-
not descent, and received his early edu-
cation in New York. He was ordained
to the ministry in 1878 at Port Rich
mond, Staten Island, where he preached
for some years. Thence he went to a
pastorate in Jersey City. In 1884 he ac-
oepted call to the pulpit Of the Noble
street Baptist church in Brooklyn, where
he labored for five years prior to his call
to Boston. He was secretary of the
New York Baptist Minister'S conference,
and later it's president His knowledge
of Sunday school work was so highly
regarded that there was hardly state,
country or city association in the vicin-
ity of New York to which he had not
delivered addresses. He entered upon
his duties as pastor with the Dudley
street Baptist church on Sunday, Janu-
ary 10, 1890. DR.. Gumbart was married
September 4, 1876, to Miss Lucinda B.
Parkinson of Keyport, N. J., who is ar
IDENTIFY devoted to the duties of a minis
ter's wife. With two daughters, Misses
Dora and Carrie Gumbart, she survives
him.
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Positive Statement of Sergeant Mason-
What an Agent Told Him.

| Leavenworth, Ka., March 19.-The
army beef court of inquiry concluded
the taking of testimony at Fort Leav-
enworth to-day and departed for Chi
cago. The only witness examined to-day
was Sergeant Edward Mason, Troop A,
First U. S. cavalry, located at Fort
Robinson, Neb., who served as regimen
tai commissary sergeant at Lakeland,
Fla, and during the Cuban campaign.
Sergeant Mason's testimony was the
most direct that had been given srYce
the court left Chicago, witness declar-
ing that the meat at Lakeland was 'un-
doubtedly chemically treated" can
agent of Armour Il Co.." he said, "told
me at the time that this meat had been
treated with what was called preserva-
tine" Witness had refused to accept
the meat. Sergeant Mason was inter
rogated individually by each member
of the court and could not be shaken
In his testimony. He told of the meat
furnished on the voyage from Tampa
to Cuba. No complaints were made of
the canned roast beef but the meat was
tasteess and unsatisfactory generally
and had to be thrown overheard. In
Cuba the men would not eat the can
ned roast beef and as a rule it was
thrown away. The refrigerated beef
issued after the surrender was good,
but as rule it was spoiled before it
could be used.
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TOTE OF THE THIRD WARD.
Talk of Fraud There In Last Election
Senate May Throw II Out.

1t was learned from reliable authority
yesterday that in addition to the large
mistakes in the count Of the Third ward
senatorial ballots found in the recount by
| the senate committee on contested cleo
tions and already reported other mistakes
| were found in the recount Of the bal
lots Of that ward which lead the COM
lnittee to suspect fraud and which may
cause the entire Third ward ballot to
be thrown out by the senate 1t was
stated by member of the committee
last night that while the recount of the
ballots cast in that ward for senator
was going on, the ballots cast for sher-
iff We're also recounted for the sake of
comparison with the senatorial ballots
and that it was found that Walter
Leigh received for sheriff 1853 more bal
lots in the Third ward than were re-
turned for him in the official returns of
the ward. The recount showed that the
returns for Mr.. Durham were substan-
TALLY correct
In the Third ward box the senate
committee found 1874 envelopes, while
the check list showed only 1886 names
checked, of those who had voted. The
recount showed the senatorial vote to
be as follows: Callahan 1,179, Averill
643 prohibition candidate g. socialist
candidate 103, total 1927. That is, there
were SO more votes in the box than there
were envelopes used and 81 more votes
than the check list accounted for. An
other fact found by the committee was
that in the Third ward there were no
rejected ballots while in all the other
wards there We're rejected ballots, the
number ranging from five to thirty in
the various wards The vote for sheriff
was returned as follows For Leigh 993,
for Durham 663 The total vote re-
turned for sheriff was 1,764, while the
total vote for senator as found by the
recount was 1927.
The senate committe will report Wed
nesday next to the senate the facts
found in the recount of ballots in New
Haven but will make no recommended
tions. What action the senate will
take in regard to the Third ward bal
lots in view of the large number Of
mistakes and suspicious circumstances
found in the recount, is largely a mat
ter of conjecture although it Is rumored
that an attempt will be made to throw
out the entire vote of the ward.
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WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Probably Fell In an Eptleptic Fit Will,
Carrying Lamp.

Northampton, Mass, March 19.-Miss
Emma M. Clark, forty five. of this
city, met a horrible death by burning
at her home on Clark avenue early this
morning, For some time she had been
liable to epileptic fits, and one of these
sudden attacks no doubt caused her
death. Her brother awoke at three
o'clock in the morning, aroused by a
feeling of suffocation, caused by smoke
which filed the house In bathroom
he found his sister burned to a crisp
1t was evident that she had fallen in
fit, dropping the lamp which she had
with her, and which exploded.
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MRS. PLACES LAST SyyyDav
warmed by Warden Sage to he Ready to
Go to the Chair


New York, March 19-Mrs. Martha
Places last Sunday on earth differed
but little from the other days she has
spent in Sing Sing prison. She dis
played no signs Of breaking down and
appears to be growing stronger and
more composed as the time for her
death draws closer. Mrs Place went
to sleep about 10 o'clock Saturday night
and rested calmly until 4:3O this morn
ing, at that hour became restless and
continued SO for time when she calm
ed down and slept at intervals until z
o'clock. All Mrs Places meals are now
served from the warden's tables and
will be until she goes to the chair.
During the morning Warden Sage
called on Mrs. Place and warned her to
be prepared to go the chair. Whether
he told her at what hour Of the coming
week she must expect the summons is
not known, but 1t Is not thought he in
timated to her more than a general idea
of the time. Mrs. Place took the warn
ing coolly, far more so than she took
the breaking Of the news that she must
not hope for a pardon and the other
message, that she must hope for moth
ing. She seems to have nerved herself
to the test and it is hoped by all con-
cerned In the execution that the nerve
she is now displaying will remain with
hr until the end. The sentence may be
executed at any hour after midnight,
but just when the woman will b led to
the chair is known to no one except
Warden Sage and it is a matter of
doubt even if he knows exactly.
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HOTEL WINDSOR FIRE.
Progress of Work on the Debris--TalE
of fIncendiartsm.

| New York, March 19.-In a drizzling
rain more than two hundred men con-
tinued to work to-day among the debris
and smouldering ruins of the Windsor
hotel, searching for the bodies of per-
sons who perished in the flames, and to
recover any valuables that might have
escaped the ravages of the fire. The eff
forts of the searchers were futile, how
ever. as the ruins were too hot for the
men to make much progress and the
smoke arising from the burning material
was rendered more dense by the damp
ness Of the atmosphere. At intervals
during the night flames burst forth
from the burning embers and drove
back the workmen. The work of demol-
ishing the fragmentary portions of the
walls on the east and north sides of
the burned building was begun this
morning and later the work Of removing
the rubbish was pushed as vigorously.
Daniel Sweeney, the emergency
wrecker of the building department, and
three men had a narrow escape from in
jury and possibly death about 5 o'clock,
The four men We're on top of the six
story wall, which was still standing on
the Forty y-seventh street rear, corner of
the hotel, tearing it down. A stiff
north wind blew up rather suddenly and
Sweeney felt the wall trembling beneath
him. Sweeney cried out a warning and
the men hurried from their dangerous
perch. They were just outside the dan
ger line when a great section of the
wall. thirty feet or more square, and in
Guiding that portion where they had
been working, went down with roar.
A portion of 1t fell on the roof of the
house back of the hotel, wreclsing the
roof. The house had been emptied by
order of the building department and
nobody was injured.
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THE MILITARY TOURN4lTENT.
Third U. s. Cavalry Troop Arrives n
Madison Square Garden

New York. March 19.-The United
States cavalry troop which is to take
part in the military games of the Mill
tary Athletic league which begins in
Madison Square Garden tomorrow, ar
rived at the garden to-day from Fort
Ethan Allen. The troop is commanded
by Captain George A. Dodd and con-
sists Of sixty-six men with horses.
They will be quartered in the garden
during the tournament. Light Battery
F, of the Fifth Artillery arrived at the
garden from Fort Hamilton, in the af-
ternoon in command of Lieutenant Nc
Clusky. The track on which the ath-
letic events will be contested was COM
pleted tonight.
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FUNERALS OF THE LEL4NDS
Held Yesterday from the Church of the
Heavenly Rest.

New York, March 19.-The funerals of
Mrs Warren r. Leland and Miss Helen
M. Leland, wife and daughter of the
proprietor of the Windsor hotel and
who died from injuries received at the
fire were held to-day at the church of
the Heavenly Rest, Rev. D. Parker
Morgan officiating. Mr.. and Mrs Alb
ner Mckinley; w. S. Hawk and G.
Wetherbee and a few other friends of
the family were present At 1 o'clock
the bodies were taken to the Grand
Central station and sent to Chicago.
There were two large baskets of easter
lilies near the caskets4 the gifts of
President and Mrs. Mckinley. Mr.. Le-
land and his son, Charles W. Leland,
accompanied the remains to Chicago.
The interment will take place there
Tuesday.
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HON. P4TRICK WALSH DEAD.
An Earnest Champion of Southern De-
yelOpment.

Augusta, Ca, March 19-Hon. Pat
rick Walsh, ex-senator and mayor Oh
Augusta, died at his residence to-day
after three months illness from ner-
yous prostration. There was little
hone in the community of his recoV-
ery, but his death was not thought to
be So near at hand Mr.. Walsh was
one Of the most prominent men In
Georgia, and had national recognition
as the earnest champion of southern
development. and was perhaps the best
authority on the material resources
and manufacturing products of the
south
Mr. Walsh was born in Ireland, jan
uary l. 1910, but his fathers family
came to America while he was a boy
and settled at Charleston, S. G. At -
years Of age he was apprenticed in
the Charleston Evening News and in
due time became a journeyman printer.
He came to Augusta in 1862 and has
ever since been identified with the
press of the city. For twenty-five
years past as editor and proprietor Of
the Augusta Chronicle. From 1886 Mr..
Walsh was general southern agent of
the Associated Press until 1892 when
he became manager of the Southern
Associated Press. In 1870 he became a
member of the city counsel from 1872
to 1878 he served in the state legisla
ture In 1880. 1884 and 1896 he was a
delegate to the democratic convention
and served for four years as men,
ber of the democratic executive COM
mittee. He served as member at large
for the Worlds Fair commission: in
1894 he was appointed by Gov. North
ern to the United States senate on the
death of Senator Colquitt; in 1897 he
was elected mayor of Augusta, which
office he filled at the time Of his death.
His funeral will take place Monday
at $3.50 o'clock from st. Patrck's Cath
olic church. The acting mayor and
city council, the city officials, county
officials, local organizations and public
school children will attend the funeral.
kilograms of coincidence have come to
Mrs Walsh from all over Georgia and
adjacent states Mr.. Walsh left no
children, but his nephews, who have
been associated with him on the paper,
will continue to run the Augusta
Chronicle.
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CHEW UF NEW DEFENUEK
Selected by Capt. Weed-All Deer Is
landers-23I Applica ttons.

Deer Isle, Me-, March 19.-The crew
cup We're selected last week by Captain
F. P. Weed. The task was difficult
one as 231 Of the best seamen of the
island made applications for a place
among the crew. The restriction that
those selected should be under thirty
years of age assisted Captain Weed to
some extent, but at the same time it
excluded several of those who were on
the old Defender in 1896. Every man is
strong and hearty and like all Deer
Islanders has spent his life in battling
with the sea and storms along the Maine
coast and on the fishing banks.
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Actor worth Not Lost.

Philadelphia, March 19.-Joseph Ha-
worth, the actor, was in Philadelphia
on Friday at the time the Windsor Ho-
have been a victim of the fire, as Was
feared by his relatives in Cleveland.
Mr.. Haworth came to Philadelphia
from Atlantic City on Friday and re-
NAMED at a hotel on Friday night.
He remained on Saturday and left on
Saturday evening, telling his friends
here that he was going to visit Dr. G.
P. Moore at Wakefield, IN. Y.
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FIRE 1T LIGHTHOUSE POINT.
Taylor's Bar and l3illin Ed Room Burned
Yesterday Morntng-Loss III 500.

The bar and billiard room connected
with Taylors hotel at Lighthouse Point
was totally destroyed by fire about 4
O'Clock yesterday morning Mr.. Tay-s
lor awoke about O'Clock yesterday
morning and saw the glare of the fire
shining through his bedroom window.
He Immediately rushed out and with
the assistance of others in the hotel,
which is considerable distance from the
cottages on the other side Of the
grove, did what he could to eXtinguish
the flames. The fire had already gain
ed considerable headway, however, and
all efforts to put it out were unavail-
ing. When first noticed by Mr.. Taylor
the fire was in the bar room. He stated
last night that he had no idea as to the
cause. The bar and billiard room was
separate building distant about fifty
feet from the hotel and it was with Diff
ficulty that the flames were kept from
communicating to the house The loss
to the building, which was of wood, Is
about $500 Mr.. Taylors loss to his
own goods, stored in the building,
amounts to about 500, with no insur-
ance.
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PRINCETON BASEBALL
o"ptaih hafer VIII Again Reduce tn
Number of Candidates

Princeton, N. j., March 19.-Captain
Kafer tomorrow will again reduca the
number of candidates for the baseba II
team. The following team will be re-
tanned and taken on the southern trim.
Catchers, Kafer, Green; pitchers, Hill
debrand, Harrison, Meier, Braly; first
base, Chapman, Hamilton, Black; Sec
and base, Burke Steinwender; third
base, Hutchings; shortstop, Langdon,
Duncan; aMtf1eld, Suter, Watkins,
Brown and Paulmier The following
dates for the games with the Yale
freshmen have been given out by
Brown, manager of the freshmen team,
May % at New Haven; June at
Princeton.
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REP. ALEX. CONNELL Called.
~
Unanimously Chosen by the Fifth Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church.

New York, March 19,-The committee
of the whole of the Fifth Avenue Pres
byteran church, the body that was ap-
pointed by the congregation and trus-
tees to select a successor to the late
DR.. John Hall, decided at meeting
held in the church yesterday unani-
mously to recommend that the Rev.
Alexander Connell be called to fill the
vacant pulpit. Rev. Alexander Connell
is from London, Eng, and last Sep
tember filled the pulpit at the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church, his SER
mon greatly pleasing the members of
the congregation.
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THE TRIP TO JEKYL ISLAND
The President and Senator Hanna Cer-
tain to Go, However-speaker Reed
and Mckinley Expected to Meet There
Again Asserted That Politics Have
Nothing to Do With Trip.

Thomasville, Ga, March 19.-President
Mckinley and Vice President Hobart
to-day attended the Thomasville Meth
odist church. The weather being cold,
Mrs. Mckinley remained indoors. Pre-
siding Elder Branch conducted the ser
vice and in his prayer, he implored God
to bless the president of the United
States and give him wisdom for the con-
duct of his office. His sermon was entirely
doctrinal, and free from even the remot-
est allusions to the president or politics.
The party went for a drive in the after
noon and then, owing to the cool east
wind, spent the time indoors. Prepara-
tions have been made to leave here in a.
special car over the Plant system at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning for Jekyl
Island. Here the party will remain till
Wednesday,
Politics, it is repeated most positively,
have nothing to do with the trip, and no
political conferences, it Is explicitly as
serted, will be held there. That the
president and Speaker Reed will meet
is, Of course, expected, and as result
it may promote better relations between
them, though neither will be a party
to any attempt to bring about meet
ing. The exact personnel Of the party Is
still undecided. Those certain to go are
the president and Mrs. Mckinley, Sena-
tor Hanna, Assistant Secretary Cortel-
you and DR.. Dixey of the navy, the
family physician. Vice President and
Mrs Hobart will not go unless the for
mer feels better in the morning. Mrs.
Hanna will remain here. Judge and
Mrs Day will proceed from here to
Asheyille
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BELGIUM'S DEMAND ON CHINA.
Its Concession Urged by Great Britain
China Declines

London, March 20.-The Pekin corre-
spondent of the Time says: Sir Claude
Macdonald the British minister, has
been urging the Tsung-Li-Yamen to
grant the Belgian demand for a con-
cession at Han-Kow but China de-
clines, and the British advocacy of Bel
GUMS proposal is regarded as unreas-
enable, and inconsistent"
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Daily Mail says: 1t Is asserted here
that negotiations are almost concluded
by which the treaty port New Chwang,
province of Leao-Tong, on the River
Laou, near the gulf Of Pee Chilli, will
become Russian possession, Russia
undertaking in return to support China
in RESTING the demands of Italy.
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SNOW STORM IN DANBURY.
Very Severe One Struck City Last Nigh,
Traffic Impcded.

Danbury, Conn, March ia snow
storm of great severity prevailed here
tonight, seriously impeding trolley
er means of travel. The snow COM
menced falling about b. m., and it
was accompanied by severe high
wind which caused the snow to drift
Late tonight the storm was growing
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Fire at Putnam.

Putnam, Conn.,, March ia two
story dwelling owned by G. d. Bates,
and occupied by M. S. Dixon, superin-
tendent of the French River Textile
Manufacturing company at Mechanics
vile, was totally destroyed by fire
shortly before midnight. The fire
started in the cellar and it is thought
caught from the furnace. The loss is
about $4,000; insured. In trying to
save some Of his furniture Mr.. Dixon
accidentally broke his leg.
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SPAIN AND THE WORLD.
Again Asserted That She Has Deter
mined to Make Protest.

Madrid March 19.--Senor Silvela, pre-
mer and minister of foreign affairs, had
a conference to-day with the French
Spanish prisoners in the hands of the
F'ilipinos. Spain, it is said, has deter
mined to protest to the civilized world
against the Americans in hndering the
efforts of General Rios, Spanish COM
mander in the Philippines, to liharate
the prisoners The government will de-
mand a credit for the payment of the in
terest on the Cuban debt.
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OfIncendiarY ORIGIN.

New York, March 19-The Herald to-
morrow will say: A mass Of testimony
Is accumulating tending to show that
the Windsor hotel fire was OF incend'ary
origin, and the motive was robbery and
that in some cases the thieves were sue
cessful
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IMPORTANT SPEECH BY KRUGER.
He Emphasizes Necessity of Retaining
Dynamite Monopoly.

Pretoria, March 19.-President Kruger
in an important speech at Heidelberg
the state retaining the dynamite monop-
oily, because, as he argued, the South
African Republic being an inland state,
in the event of trouble with any of the
powers, it's supplies of explosives might
otherwise be suddenly cut off. Where
should we be then?' he exclaimed. He
announced his intention to modify the
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$1,000 Gift Accepted.

Paris, March 19.-An official decree
just issued authorizes the School of
Mines in this city to accept the gift of
$4,000 offered in February of last year
by Dr. Thomas Eggleston, emeritus
professor of metalurgy of the School OF
Mines, New York.
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CONDITION OF JOHN SHERMAN.
still "a Very Sick Man But lie is Steadily
Improving.

Kingston, jam, March 19.-The Amer
lean line steamer Paris, Captain Freder-
cans touring Indian waters, arrived
here to-day. The Hon. John Sherman is
steadily improving, though he is still
a very sick man and cannot with safety
be transferred tomorrow to the United
States cruiser Chicago Great interest
is manifested in his recovery on board
the Paris.
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TO Superintend Havana Paving.

Boston, March 19.-Charles H. Black
of Chelsea, a well known builder of
roads and streets, and president of the
MASSACHUSETTS Highway association, has
been appointed superintendent of paw
ing for Havana. He will begin his
work in Cuba April Is.
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Rev, DIR, McElvin,s New Churcb.

Boston, March 19.-Rev William r.
McElvin, D. D., of Brooklyn, formal
ly assumed the pastorate of the Shaw
nut Congregational church to-day, sue
ceeding the Rev. William Barton, D. D.,
who has been called to Chicago.
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Baron uerscheIps Remntns.

Portsmouth, Eng, March 19.-The
British cruiser Talbot, with the body
of Baron Herschell on board, which
sailed from New York on March 8, ar
rived here to-day.