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The evening times., 1899-06-12
CHILDREN ADRIFr AT SEA.
War Veteran O'DOnneIl Rescnes tn
Two Little OsbOrnes.

War Veteran O'DOnncl RcscUcs the
Two Little Osbornes.
New York. June 12.-Take off your hat
to Mr.. O'DonneIl. who yesterday again
proved that peace hath her victories no
less renowned than war. Mr.. O'Donnell
is an advertising agent living at No. 23S
Halsey Street, Brooklyn. 1t was very
lucky for the two Osborne children that he
went to Fort Hamilton yesterday.
Grace Osborne is seven years old and her
brother Harold is nine years. Their faith
er is well-known surveyor; their home is
at No 1s5 Fifty-sixth Street, Brooklyn.
With their nurse the two children went 20
Fort Hamilton yesterday afternoon. The
nurse got to gossiping with other nurses
and Grace and Harold slipped away from
her.
The children got into a rowboat that was
tied to a pole. Harold unfastened the rop,
and the ebb-tide catching the boat carried
it out through the Narrows toward the
sea The children thought they were sure
ly lost and cried at the top of their lungs.
Their nurse, seeing their plight seemed to
lose her senses and tried to jump into the
water. but men grabbed hr.
Then Mr.. O'Donnell proved his pluck. H
threw off his coat and vest, kicked OF his
shoes. plunged in any Justify swan after
the boat. quarter OF mile away then.
The weeping children dried their tears and
looked anxiously at their rescuer as he
got closer. closer. ODonnell carefully
climbed into the boat, in which. luckily.
was a pair of oars. and soon restored the
youngsters to their nurse.
O'Donnell dried his clothes in a hotel
and went away before Mr.. Osborne. learn
ing of the rescue. could thank him
O'Donnell is a veteran Of the Fourteenth
Regiment. having served through the war
with Spain in Company E.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
AN AFRoNAuT IN GREAT PERIL
Swinging on TrsPexe HANGING
From q Torn Balloon.

from bAAhSo'
New York. June. 12.-Swinging on a
trapeze suspended from a balloon at
height of 200 feet, c. c. Bonnette. an aero
raut. hung in deadly peril yesterday AFTER
noon above the heads of an excited gather
ing OF 90, ,060 persons. while the gas escap-
ing from a big rent in the huge bag near
~ suffocated him with its fumes.
The great attraction of the Plattdeutsche
Volksfest at Ridgewood Park, Myrtle Ave
nue., Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, was
widely advertised balloon ascension. Bon
netie was 20 ascend ciinging 10 trapeze'
and when at a sufficient height was to per-
fern acrobatic feats upon the bar. He then
was to open the gas valve Of the balloon
and return 10 the earth himself by para
chute.
The event had created great interest and
n great crowd had collected at the time set
fer the ascent. The attendants began to
fill the great silk bag with gas, but failed
to notice that there was large size rent
in il above the spot where the trapeze
would hang. Bonneue also overlooked the
leak, and shortly afterward ascended 200
feet above the cheering throng.
The spectators noticed that something
seemed to be troubling the aeronaut. for
instead Of the customary swinging from
the bar CT the trapeze. he was seen TO
be cling desperately TO the ropes and NOV
ing his head from SIDE TO side.
The spectators became intensely excited
and ran hither and thither, conscious that
something had gone wrong. The balloon
descended about fifty feet and drifted OF
toward Three Farms. a quarter OF mile
from the park. the crowd following and the
attendants making frantic efforts TO be on
hand should the balloon fall to earth.
While above Three Farms the aernaut
cut loose his parachute and descended with
great switfness into a large tree, in the up
per branches of which the man and the
parachute became entangled.
The attendants climbed up the tree and
carried Bonnette TO the ground, where it
was found that he was badly bruised.
The balloon collapsed shortly afterward
and came down with a rush. The para
chute was totally wrecked
Bonnette said that Immediately after the
balloon had risen from the ground he had
noticed the escape OF the gas from the rent.
but had been powerless to check TO stop
the leak. The volume of gas escaping be-
came rapidly greater and nearly suffocated
him. forcing him to move his head from
side to side in an almost fruitless endeav-
or to gain q little pure air.
Ii was impossible for him to reach the
rope which would open the gas valve. and
by the escape of mere gas, bring the bal
lcOn to the ground for the rope. although
dangling q few feet directly above his
head. was in the very centre of the vol
ume of escaping gas.
Bonnette said he clunE with all his
strength to the ropes CT the trapeze until
his head became a little clearer, when he
succeeded in cutting loose his parachute,
which had been lash one of the ropes.
He struck the tree with great force. owing
10 the fact that there was not sufficient
distance to permit of the parachute being
fully spread.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
PICNICKERS LOST IN A FOG.
Hecnlmed and Lay All Night I'm New
York Bay.

New York. June 12.-After a night spent
blanketed in fog in dead calm on TIE up
per bay twenty-five children and eleven
adults landed at the foot of Linden Avenue
in the Greenville section of Jersey City at
) a. m. yesterday.
They were met by forty-four anxious,
almost hysterical mothers and fathers and
some two hundred others who had bsel
sitting up all night imagining all sorts of
disaster.
1t was an excursion given Saturday aft
ernoon by Rector Percival Pyle and o.
ganist Charles f. Colbeck. cf the Grsc" p.
E Church, Of Greenville. to the members
of the choir. seventeen boys and hve gir.s-
Other adults in the party were Mrs. Col
beck, Clerk of the Vestry William Ammer-
of the sloop yacht Ella c.. which carried
the excursion, and five members of the
congregation
The little folks sailed away, bound for
Midland Beach. at O'Clock in the after
noon When off Fort Wadsworth the Cor
suches found that they could not reach
Midland Beach. SO it was decided to PIT
in at Almer Park. There the children en-
joyed themselves until O'Clock, when the
start was made for home.
When well out of Gravesend Bay the
wind died down suddenly, and the toat
was becalmed. 1t was thought that by
working at the oars the trip could BE- made
safely, but a fog came up. hiding the
lights on shore and adding an element OF
danger to the adventure.
The children enjoyed the situation i'm
mersely, but their elders were much wor-
ried. One by one the little ones dropped
off to sleep and were stored in the cabin.
The fog lifted about a m. and it was
found that the boat was off Bay Ridge. A
breeze sprang up and the excursionists
sailed home.
All this time the Greenville section of
Jersey City had been in ferment. Dis
iracted mothers wept and prayed along the
water front, while frantic fathers made ef-
forts to ascertain the where abuots CT the
boat. Universal joy greet.d the return OF
the voyagers.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
The Lynchins of the Humphreys.

Austin. Tex, June 12.-Governor Sayers
has made public the report Of Assistant
Attorney General Morris, who went to
Athens. Henderson county. Tex, to inves-
tigate the lynching OF the Humphreys
brothers. He says twelve persons have
been arrested. charged with being in the
mob. and goes on:
Some of the people who are arrested for
this crime are in splendid financial circum-
stances There was not even a reasonapie
excuse for mob violence The TWO hum
phreys boys had been charged with steaiihs
hogs from Joe Wilkerson. one OF the men
now in iaiI. but the county attorney, the
sheriff as we'll as members OF the grand
Jury, who found the bill, stated TO me that
the testimony was very meagre and tnat
the Humphreys could not have been con-
vicfeH -
The evening times., 1899-06-12
A HORSE ON A CAR FENDER.
knocked Down With n WnEon md
Carried Fifty Feet.

New York, June 12.-Another accident
was added to the record of the Sixth Ave-
nue. underground trolley last night This
time the victim was a horse, and the ami
mails life was saved in an almost miracu-
1ous manner by the fender of car No. 22G9.
The car was coming north on Sixth Ave-
nue. at high speed when, at the crossing Of
West Thirtieth Street, it struck horse
attached to a delivery wagon from Shan
1ey's restaurant. Joh- Martin the driver,
was thrown from his seat. but escaped in
jury.
The blow knocked the horse down and
the animal fell on the fender. Motorman
p. Fl. Hughes was unable to stop the car
and the wagon was dragged until it struck
a pillar of the elevated road.
AS il cut by a knife the shafts snapped
and the traces broke and the horse lay
free but helpless upon the fender.
The car had gone fifty feet with Its bur-
den before it was stopped. The horse was
slightly cut about the legs but not serious
ly iIured. Martin refused to make a
com paint and the motorman was not ar
rasted
The evening times., 1899-06-12
NEGRO MOB 1YNcHEs A NEGRO.
Victim Had AskaalfsA Woman sf
That n Rac<.

Ihat. Race.
Memphis, Tenn. Iune i2.-A Sardis.
Miss. Simon Brooks. a negro. who had
assaulted and robbed Anna Armistead. a
negro woman, was taken from the jail
Saturday night by mob of 500 members
OF his race and hanged to a tree. Sunday
his body was swinging to the breeze as
people passed. along to church.
Yesterday BROOKS was taken before Mrs.
ArInistead, and she at once said he was one
of her assailants. Another negro who had
been arrested was not Brooks companion,
and he was set at liberty. At midnight SEQ
negroes entered Sardis. The deputy sheriff
was seized and forced to give up the keys
A procession was formed and the small
army of blacks moved away. They made
no effort to conceal their identity Half
mile from the Jail they halted. BROOKS
was given FIVE minutes to pray, but ne
cursed the lynchers and said he did not
care how soon they sent his soul to hell.
A rope was thrown across the limb f
tree and in fifteen minutes the negro v as
dead.
Negroes approve the lynching and many
say that assault means rope when one OF
their race is outraged by another negro.
II the other assailant of Anna Armistead
is caught and. identified he, too, VIII be
Iynched. "t=-
The evening times., 1899-06-12
SENIOR QUESADA
AWAITING ORDERS
His Appointment Something
Of a Surprise to Him.
Cuba's Special Commissioner Not
Yet Apprisad of His Duties.
Ills Opinion of Current Matters of
Interest In the lsfapd-Does
Not Look for Trouble.

"'My appointment special commission
er from Cuba to the United States was
something in the nature of surprise to
me-" said Senor Gonzalo de Quesada to a
reporter for The Times this afternoon.
Senior Quesada also said at he regarded
the appointment as a re snition by the
United States of the personnel of the Gu
ban government.
Concerning the character of my new
duties" added Senor Quesada, Il can as
yet say nothing for the simple reason that
I have not received any instructions from
the powers that be. When i will be in
formed as to my duties as special commits
sioner from Cuba do not know. but natur-
ally expect that it must be within few
days
The new special Cuban commissioner was
asked if he knew how his appointment had
been received by the people of the island
Il do not" was his reply. The CUBAN
papers containing the notice OF my ap-
pointment as special commission have not
yet arrived here, and l do not expect to
see them and read their comments before
tomorrow.
senior ouesada is OF the opinion that
there VIII De no lo- tIiS bSt'sN-'
Americans and the Cubans, notwithstand-
ing the somewhat disquietinS reports thai
have been recently circulated. The rumors
of prospective trouble emanate from
sources that are not TO be given serious at
tention. A great deal of the present asita-
tion in the island is due to the malicious
efforts of professional trouble monsers.
The new Cuban commissioner is CT the
opinion that differences arising will be ar
ranged with entire friendliness and that
the intelligent people Of the island will
refuse to permit themselves 10 be carried
away by the efforts Of the asitators to
make strife.
When asked what he thought of the cab
mans strike in Havana, Senior Quesada
smiled and replied: "Oh, they are fast be-
coming Americanized. American ideas
and methods, you know, are now making
rapid progress in the island.
He gave it as his opinion that the Span
ish laws with some notifications would
continue in force in Cuba.
Referring to the recent fights between
the Spaniards and Cubans, Senior Quesada
said il didn't amount 10 much. As race
question, he said, there was no ill-feeling.
He compared the shooting of a Spaniard by
a Cuban to a lynching in this country and
said that it was wrong to condemn Gu
bans for the act of one OF their number.
The question Of annexation, Senior Quesada
said was one for the future to determine
The evening times., 1899-06-12
ieS-dAds

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS IN
.wILEN HEIGHTS AT HIGHLAND STA
TION. b. & o. r. r., IN PRINCE GEORGES
COUNTY, MD.
By virtuc of the power contained in a deed OF
trust from William W. Mccullough to Herbert C.
Eastcrday and Willis C. HalderInan. dated July
/. 1892. and duly recorded among the Land Rec
ords of said county in Lber J. W. b. No. y, folio
727 the undersigned. the trustees named therein
will sell in front of the premi 5. ''Wien
Heights" at Highland Station. the u. & O.
r. r.. on SATURDAY, JUNE II, Isno, at l
O'CLOCK p. NJ. the following described lots Of
land, viz: Lots numbered ! TO 10. both inclusive,
in block numbered T. in the Home Investment
Co;irpany's subdivision Of a tract of land known
as .Wiien Heights the same being recorded in
j. w b.. No. 25 folio i65. land record book
The lots will first be offered separately and
the several bids reserved until oil are offered,
when the property viii be offered a whole. and
the method realizing the greatest amount will be
adopted
Terms of sale: Cash. A deposit Of $50 viii
be required on each l9: if sold separately. and
500 if sold as whole. Conveyancing, stamps,
etc. at cost CT purchaser or purchasers
HERBERT c. EASTERDAY,
WILLIS c. HALDERMAN.
je7-Iot Trustees
The evening times., 1899-06-12
TOM BAKERS body
SADLY BORNE HOME
His Clans Threaten Vengeance
Upon His ASSassins.
A New Era of Feudal War Looms
Up in Kentucky.
The killing of the MOuntaincer
While Under Legal Protection q
Signal for ReIentIess Strife.

Manchester, KY, June 12.-Downcast be-
cause. of the taking OFF CT their leader, but
determined to avenge his death, the re-
naming Bakers and their relatives slowly
made their way over the hills to Crane
| Greek, following the dead body OF Tom
Baker. yesterday afternoon. II was a Pc
| culiar procession, and bore a striking con-
trast with the one bringing Tom Baker.
the feud leader, triumphantly to trial just
three days before. Captain Bryan and a
| squad OF State militia accompanied the
family, friends, and the corpse. returning
this morning to London, from where they
will go to Lexington tonight.
The main body of the soldiers arrived at
i Barboursville at o'clock in charge Of
Jim Wiley, Dee, and AL Baker and placed
them in the Knox county Jail to await
| trial on the change of venue granted by
| Judge Cook. From Barboursville the SOL
| diers will return to Lexington Governor
Bradley and Adjutant General Collier at
| tempted many times last night to commu-
nicate with Colonel Williams in charge OF
| the troops. but no person could be found
who would dare take a message across the
mountains before daylight this morning.
Brit Davis, a colored man who served as
a deputy sheriff Of Clay county for six
teen years and resigned only after the
Baker-Howard feud broke out. said: i
know the people Of Clay county. II is
worth a mans life 10 go to Manchester be-
fore daylight He would be shot down as
a suspected messenger from the state de-
partment or a newspaper correspondent.
All OF the friends of the Bakers are not
dead or in jail and they have sworn ven
geance on the Whites"
Before tie arrival of the troops here the
Whites and Howards could not locate the
Bakers. They had assembled at Manches-
ter and would not go home for fear of
meeting with some Of them. The Bakers
came to London and from there went to
Mckee. keeping their movements secret.
From Mckee they returned TO their rem
devious on Cane Creek and sent word to
the militia that they would surrender If
guard be sent to protect them. Bel How
ard, Judge White. and half dozen others
of the White-Howard side were trembling
in their boots because of fear OF being as
sassinated.
The consensus of opinion is that the
Bakers now in custody will be cleared of
the charges against them said London
lawyer this morning. The killing OF Bak-
er while he was prisoner in the charge
of the militia viii call for assassinations
such as were never before heard OF here.
The Baker men will give no quarter, and Il
would not surprise me 10 hear OF the kill
ing of John G. White. who went up last
night from Winchester with a strong body
guard
People who like mountain warfare are
tioclling in from all directions and those
afraid of being involved are leaving Judge
Cook has taken no action toward inyesti-
eating Che murder of Baker.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
MIGHT HAVE BEEN scALPED.
Fate of n Trio Disposed to ..Joily'
nm Indian.

New York June 12.-Three dashine
young blades of Newark were holding q
hiccoughing convention at Broad and Mar
ket Streets. that city. just before ! o'clock
yesterday morning. when they were excited
to derision by the remarkable appearance
of stranger who paused to wait for a car.
Long black tresses fell over his shoulders
from under the broad brim of his steeple-
crowned hat. His shoes had high heels
like woman's. He was tall and brown,
with high cheek bones and piercing black
eyes. But his facial peeuliarities appealed
less to the young men than his sartorial &C.
centricity-for they had never read Feni-
more Cooper.
Where did you get that hate" exclaim-
ed the member of the trio whose wit
makes him a man of mark IN the boarding
house at which they live.
His companions broke into paroxysms Of
mirth. but the stranger might have been
mistaken for bronze statue. Another OF
the trio cogitated deeply until inspiration
came to him. and he cried:
Say! Who's your barber, Guinea"
Even this thrust left the stranger un-
moved. His head. when he turned it to
look along the car track. had the swift
pose was absolute and unstudied- 1t was
clearly necessary to take stronger E,eas-
ures with him. and the third bold roysterer
rose to the occasion Stepping up TO the
stranger. he enquired the time
Il don't know, sir" was the courteous
reply.
You're a lfar,'' clustered the young
man. and the phrase ended with a sroan
uttered as he lay in the gutter. bleeding
from a cut ever the cheek bone.
The other two advanced trucuiently; tut
right and left hand blows, too swift to be
translated into pugilistic terms. sent them
both to earth. The stranger was trans
formed There was look in his eyes that
deferred the young men from trying to Iise.
even although they had not read Fenimore
Cooper.
The Indian did no: attempt to scalp them,
however He explained to the policeman
who came running up that he had been
Obliged 20 resent an insult, and he was
allowed TO catch his car.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
LABOR CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
Report of the New York State Bu-
renu of Statistics.


Albany, N V, June 12-That there is a
decided improvement in employment
throughout the State in nearly all indus
tries with the exception of the building
trades is shown by the first quarterly bull
lstin. Just issued by the bureau of labor
statistics for the quarter ending March 81.
The bureau made enquiries early in May
of leading manufacturers concerning the
condition Of business. Their answers are
summarized in about twenty-five reports.
Five reported an advance OF business since
January l. fourteen others reported an
increase of working force, while only three
reported a declining or stationary business.
Industries most favorably situated were
iron and steel Gncluding foundries. agri-
cultural implements and stove factories,,
common gods. clothing Gncluding boots
and shoes. collars. and cuffs. and straw
hats. canned goods, cigars, and lumber.
The trades union returns on employment
for the quarter ending March 81 show the
following comparisons for the correspond
ing period in 1898: Number OF unions.
1.156. as against 1,O4S for last year, an in
crease of JOS; number of members, 1856,
of which 16s 235 are men and 1.2S1 wom-
en-. as against 119. .955 last year. a decrease
oil 6,43J. number Oh unemployed on halcn
81, 3l,Gl3. as against IS S5I last year. a de-
crease of 1.24i: number unemployed dur
ing entire quarter. %. $50. as agains. 1922
last year. an increase of i.557.
The striking facts Of this table are the
large numbers of the unemployed in the
periods covered. The economic situation
Of trade unionists is popularity supposed
to be more secure than that of the working
men, yet "A 600 out of li3. 900 trade union
lists were reported in idleness on March 81.
1897. while 81. 600 had been unemployed for
the entire three months between January
] and March 81. 1897. being almost exactly
one-fourth of the total membership.
Since 1897 the conditions of employment
have improved the percentage of total mem
bership idle on the last day of the first
quarter. being 1872 as against q for the
corresponding quarter of last year. While
the conditions of 1898 showed an improve
ment over those of 1897 the improvement
since 1898 has not been so noticeable. In
fact the percentage Of those idle for the
three months period this year exceeded
that of 1895
Table OF the report shows that the
upstate employees are in better situa-
tion than those of the metropolis. While
14.6 per cent Of the organized working peo-
pie in New York city were idle through
out the quarter ending March 81 1899. the
percentage elsewhere in the State was only
10.1. In New York city only 37.6 per cent
of the unionists worked full time but in
other towns 62-S per cent were steadily
employed throughout the quarter.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
SICK MAN TREATED AS DRUNK.
New York Surgeon Mistakes Apo
plexy for AlcohOIism.

New York, June 12.-An unknown man,
who is supposed to be one of the many
homeless men who sleep on the park
benches at night. was found unconscious
in Mulberry Bend Park, last evening. and
as he appeared to be in serious condition
an ambulance was called from Hudson
Street Hospital. Surgeon Smith. who re-
sponded. said the man was drunk, and he
was taken to the Elizabeth Street police
station and locked up. Shortly afterward
it was noticed that the man became weak
er and nearly rigid. and another call was
at once sent in for an ambulance.
This time the same doctor said it might
be a case Of apoplexy and took the patient
to the hospital
There was nothing on his person by
which he might be identified.
The evening times., 1899-06-12
DEATH CAUSES DEATH.
A Stricken Woman Fails Upon and
Smothcrs n Child.

Middletown. Del. juno 12.-Mrs. Rebec-
ca ]. Vandegrift. aged seventy-three. who
lived here with her nephew and his wife,
was left by the family Saturday night TO
care for her grandniece. Ruth vandegrift
Wood. aged four.
When Mr. and Mrs. Wood returned they
found the aged woman and the child dead
in bed. Mrs. Vandegrift had died of apo
plexy. and falling across the child had
smothered ii.
About the same time the little child of
Thomas III. Preston. a neighbor of the
Woods. went cut TO look for her father.
who had gone after the cows. and found
him dead