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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
SHOT WIFE AND VISITOR.
Italian Husband Found n Man Under the
Bed-Womnn win Die.

Bed-Womnn VIII Die.
NincenZo Loreto. Waterman. 80 years old.
shot and mortay wounded his wife. Marie.
yesterday morning at their home. 23l East
1llth street. Thinking no had killed her, he
then shot Joseph sperraRo 80 years old, OF PA
Enst 11lth street twice. one bullet striking
him In the left leg and the other inlicting
scalp wound. Loreto fed after the shooting.
and late last night had not been captured.
Some Of Loreto's neighbors told him a few
weeks ago that his wife was unfaithful to him.
He told her OF the stories he had heard and she
denied them. and said that II he ever found
that they were true she would let him kill her.
On Saturday night Loreto hired Lorenzo Per;
RADIO, his stcpbrother, to work for him and
found his wife In bed apparently asleep. On
looking around the room he STUN bled against
a strange pair Of shoes. Then he struck a
Loreto pulled a pistol from his pocket
~, "Noww Your time has c9}me" SHOUTED to
jump through the parior window second
S SnSts gfE hsP aqa h5a Tsps s
sPerreso b. this time had erawled put from
Loreto. fired two shots at him as he ran.
wounding him. but not seriously. He, man
aged to get out OF the house and was picked up
the East 10th street station. Wv '' '''' "
The man and woman were removed In the
same am bulance to the Harlem Hospitsl. whore
yesterday Coroner Hart took Mrs. Loretos
ante-mortem statement. She said that Sperr
Nheh had chased him e 1 and that
she and sperraRo were sitting In tho paror
when her husband entered. Sperrago told the
Coroner that the woman had invited him to
cal and see her.
Three children. who were left behind in To-
reto's home. were placed by the police in tho
Gerry sooietys care
Late last night the police arrested Raffele
Bezzano Of 23l East / III street as a witness
in the case. He was detained at the East l04th
Atreet station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
FATHER DROWNED. SOW IN JAIL.
End of q Fishing Trip to East Rockawny on
which Both Got Drunk.

Ely Rosenkranz OF 642 Courtlandt avenue.
borough OF the Bronx. in company with his
son, Bernard Rozenkranz. who is % years old.
went to East Rockaway on Saturday night on a
fishing trip. Yesterday morning the elder
Rosenkranz was found drowned in the inlet
and later the son was discovered asleep In
rowboat which was at anchor some distance
down the inlet. 1t Is said the younger Rosen-
kranz was stupened with drink. and. at the
direction Of Justice z. II Wheeler. acting as
Coroner the son was sent to the Queens County
Jail in Long Island City until the drowning OF
his father could be Investigated.
Young Rosenkranz said that his father and
he engaged a boat at Mollitor's place. near the
railway trestle spanning the water between
East Rookaway and Long Beach. In the course
Of their journey they drank several times. and.
after being out in the boat . short time. his
father suggested that they 90 back for another
drink Rosenkranz says he roTed In and
placed his father on the float at Mollito re-
sort. and told him to 80 In and lie down. He
sa " his father enter Mollitors place. and then
rowed out. cast anchor, and made preparations
to fish He knew nothing about the drowning
Of his father until he was taken out Of the boat
and vas informed Of the finding OF his fathers
body.
Justice Wheeler's commitment directs the
Sheriff to hold him as a witness. Both father
and son we're varnish makers employed Ia
HIldebrand:'s place at 80 East sixty fourth
street. Manhattan. Rosenkranz thinks his
father fell off the railway trestle into the inlet.
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MEAT sKEWER HIT TIE MARK.
Boy Put 1t with a Blank Cartridge in Toy
Pistol and Shot Another Boy.


Pistol and Shot Another Boy.
John Fl. Kehoe. 10 years old. Of 400 East
Sixty third street. sat on the stoop OF his home
yesterday afternoon amusing himself by shoot
ing blank cartridges In toy revolver. When
this sport paled. he conceived the idea OF load
ing the pistol with eat skewer and shooting
at mark He had just put In the skewer and
a fresh cartridge when Conrad Kraft. & years
old. of 419 East Sixty-third street. happened
along.
"Lemme see the gun" urged Kraft.
Jaw. gwan. or III shoot yel' replied Kehoe.
and he pulled the trigger. The skewer struck
the boy. passing through the wall OF the
stomach.
You have shot mel" shouted Kraft. crying
with pain. He pulled the skewer out OF his
body. and Kehoe. seeing the blood on IT, ran
away. Kraft was taken 70 Flower Hospital.
Lsna 81 IT" The East
street station learned last night that Kehoe
was employed at the Manhattan Hotel. and
went there to arrest him. Kehoe saw him
first. and ran up fourteen fiights OF staira to
the servants quarters. whore he hid In a small
closet under the stairway leading to the roof.
One OF the servants told the detective where
the boy was. and he was captured. At the hos
pital Kraft Identified Kehoe as the boy who
had shot him. but said that he believed that it
to see Kehoe looked up: Kehoe also protested
that the shooting had been accidental He
was locked up all the same on charge OF felo-
NOUS assault
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
BCBoN1C PLAGUE on sH1rBoArD.

Passenger on tho Nippon Maru Died at Sea
Steamer Quarantined at Honolulu.
HONOLULU. June IL. via San Francisco. June
25.--The steamer Nippon Maru. which reached
here yesterday. was held in quarantine on the
report that death occurred three days before
of bubonic plague. The steamer was quaran-
tined at Nagasaki because OF suspicious
death. The vessel was held for week. but
was then released.
Three days before reaching Honolulu a Chi
nese passenger died. The ships doctor dag
nosed he case as urRmic commissions, but some
symptoms were suspicious. and he preserved
the body for bacteT biological examination Post
Physician Day and DR. Carmichael OF the
United states Marine hospital have since made
bacila In the body. The body was cremated'
and the steamer ordered into quarantine for a
wsek
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
SMUGGLING RIM At HALIFAX.
The Liquor Drawn OFF in the Bonded Ware
house and Water Substituted.

HALIFAX. n. s.. June 25.-smuRgline liquor
into Nova Scotia from st. Pierre has long been
practiced The temptation to do this is great
particularly on rum. which costs in Jamaica
or Demarara less than 30 cents per gallon. but
on which the Canadian Government levies a
customs dut' Of $40.
new phase OF the infraction OF the law has
Just come to light Customs officers in this
city seized five puncheons which were in bond
hero. Three Of these pnncheons held rum and
two contained colored water Clandestns
entrance was obtained to the bonded ware
house by the firm who imported the liquor The
lots and water substituted. The colored water
ls exported IN bond to St Pierre. This is the
worked the game at the St Pierre end Of the
line is not known. but it was accomplished.
me penaity rof ,n,S BESIDES tns me- me-
practically all the rum consumed In Cane
Breton Is smuggled. L is Constantly brought
from st. Pierre by sailing vessels and landed
there In small packages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
STOLE TO PLAY TIE RACES.
Murphy Lost $1,000 He Took from His
StepdauRhter, hut She Won't Prosecute.

Murphy Lost $1,000 He Took from His
Stepdaughtsr, hut She Won't Prosecute.
Joseph Murphy OF City Island was arraigned
before Magistrate Crane In the Morrsania
Police Court yesterday ON a charge of grand
larceny made to the police by Mrs, Mary Mer-
rift. his stepdauRhter. On June 10 Mrs. Mer-
rift drew $1,000 from tho Mount Morris Bank
She intended to purchase lot with the money
In the meantime she placed 1t In q small safe
in her house. The next day The money was
ported her loss TO the CITY Island police and
Murphy was arrested on Saturday. when he
returned homo. He admitted taking the
money and told the Magistrate that he had lost
1t on the races at Sheepshead Bay,
In court yesterday Mrs Merritt refused to
press tho charge against Murphy on account
Of her mother The Magistrate reprimanded
her when he discharged the prisoner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
DYED IN SHALLOW WATER.

Frederick o. Boylan Believed to BE in q
Critical Condition.
Frederick O. Boylan went bathing Yesterday
afternoon at Midland Beach. 8. l. The tide
was low and Boylan dived from float into
water probably not more than four feet deep.
His head struck the bottom. and when he
came up his companions saw that he was help
less. They brought him ashore. 1t was feared
his neck was broken as his arms and lower
limbs were completely paral wed
He was conveyed to the Smith Infrmary
whore Dr. H W. Aerrell. the house surgeon
said he had fractured the yertebrT OF the neck
and was in a critical condition.
Boylan lived with George r. Boenau at 459
West l55th street, He Whs 40 years old and
unmarried
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
MARIK.s SOLDIER A DESERTER.
His Appeal to the Law for Protection
Against Papa Leads to His Capture.

His Appeal to the Law for Protection
Against Papa Leads to His Capture.
Fidelo King. who obtained a summons in
the Yorkville Police Court on Friday for Angelo
Donnella. his father-in-law whom he charged
with living In wait to kill him and his bride, was
arraigned In the same court yesterday charged
with being a deserter from Battery OF the
Seventh Artillery.
King married Donnella's daughter Marie
three weeks ago and started housekeeping at
181 East Fitty-second street. He declared
that his father-i law besieged his rooms with
a sabre and stiletto to Kill the newly married.
couple because he wished Marie to wed q
young Italian who worked with him in the
Street Cleaning Department The story Of
Hamilton OF Battery X. Seventh Artillery
which Ia stationed at Fort Schuyler. and he
recognized King as a member OF the battery
who obtained leave OF absence on Dec. l5 last
and did not return.
King was turned over to sergt. William
Donohue from Fort Schuyler to be taken back
there yesterday. His wife was in court much
cast down by the separation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
SET on FIRE TO HIDE MuRDER ?
A Theory to Account for the Extensive Blaze
in Laurel, Del.

day morning was more extensive than at first
reported. One hundred and fourteen build
ings were burned. Over ahundred persons are
homeless. The loss will reach nearly half a
million dollars. Only four stores remain out
OF about scventy-nve.
1t ia now generally believed that the town
was fired to cover murder Night Watch
man Ward. in passing the Horsey block about
l o'clock. heard two pistol shots Soon after
two men rushed from the building. which in
few minutes was on fire. Persons were
gambling in an upper room. and the supposi-
tion Ia that one Of the mum Der was killed in a
row and that the building was fired to hide the
crime. The spot has been roped In and the
debris will be carefully examined
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
CARPET I. M. STEWART
326 9TH Ave.
SLEANSlNu TeI. i1ss ssth St.
LOST Il RING ON CoNEY ISLAND.
A Pensacola Merchant Found He Had Only
Kernel of Popcorn in Its Place.

Kernel of Popcorn In It's Place.
William McMuen. who said that he was o
lumber merchant from Pensacola, Fla. called
at the Coney Island police station last night
and complained that he had been robbed on
Thursday night of q diamond ring worth
1925. McMullen said he was staying at the
Kenwood House. in the Bowery. On Thurs
day night he met two women in one OF the
dancing pavlions on tho island and had
number Of drinks with them. The party was
finally augmented by two men. who seemed
to be- friends OF the women. One OF the women
admired McMullen's ring. and when she called
attention to II one Of the men told McNullen
that Coney Island was a dangerous place for
person to wear Jewelry and advised him to
Wrap the ring up in piece OF paper and put
II in his pocket.
MoMuen thought the idea q good one. and
handed the ring to one OF the men. who pre-
tended TO wrap 1t in a piece Of tissue paper and
then handed the paper to McMullen. When
McMulien reached New York he found nothing
but kernel Of popcorn in the tissue paper.
On Saturday night he received a letter telling
him ho could get trace OF his ring II he would
call at Sutherlands Hotel. at Coney Island
McMullen turned this letter over to the police,
and they arrested John NcCune of Newark
After McCune was locked UT McMullen was
approached by one Of the women who offered
to give the ring back to McMullen II he would
promise not to prosecute McCune. McMullen
promised and received tho ring, but the poiioo
refused to release McCune
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
BURGLARS DRINK CHAMPAGNE
Having Taken aaoO from q Cash Drawe
They Adjourn to the Kitchen

They Adjourn to tho Kitchen.
Thieves. with an appetite for champagne and
roast beef. had pleasant time early yesterday
morning in Silsbe & Furman's restaurant at
Fulton and johnson streets. Brooklyn. The
restaurant was closed at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning and was not reopened until noon Il
was then discovered that thieves had forced an
entrance through the Johnson street door.
and. after fastening the door, had broken open
the cash drawer In the front Of the Restaurant
and taken about $500.
Then they went to the kitchen. whore they
had pleasant time. as was made apparent By
the three empty champagne bottles that were
found on the floor. while the remnants OF fne
The thieves left the restaurant by means OF a
window leading from the kitchen into Johnson
street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
TENDED BAR As A JOKE.

Mr.. Fleischmann Sells Drinks to Two De-
tectives and Is Arrested in Earnest.
Joseph Fleisehmann. % years old. OF 40 st.
Marks place. was arrested at Grasmere. Staten
Island. last night on charge OF violating tho
faines law, Fleschmann. who belongs to the
well-known family was one Of $50 persons
constituting the Millinery Association. which
had an outing at August Appel's hotel at Rich
mond and Fingerboard roads. Grasmere yes
terday afternoon.
Mr.. Fleis"hmann is friend OF Appel and for
a Joke he went behind the bar and began to
serve drinks to his friends. BY mistake he
CieRler and they promptly arrested him. He
was locked up at Stapleton. but was aiterward
bailed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
"P4NTs" MAKERS on STRIFE.

1890 of Them Go Out in This Borough,
Brooklyn and Brownsville.
The general strike Of pants" makers which
was ordered by the Pants" Makers Union on
Saturday night went into effect Yesterday
morning The strikers made their head
quarters at 81 Pitt street. where pickets and
a Strike Committee Of thirty were appointed
It WAS said that 800 %papts" makers struck
Brooklyn, and 100 in shops in Brownsville,
To-day $50 men working directly for the
manufacturers and l2O men in Brooklyn en-
ployed In making trousers for the soldiers
will be ordered on strike.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN hawaii.

Petition to Have 1t Transferred to the
JuriSdiction of tho American Church.
HONOLULU. June IL. via San Francisco June
25.-The Church Defence Association. an or
Ranization that is seeking to have the Anglican
Church in Hawaii transferred from tho English
to the Protestant Episcopal Church OF America.
has received letter from Queen Victoria in
response to an appeal to her to change the
jurisdiction. The Queen replied that she had
referred the matter, to the Archbishop OF
Canterbury. The Archbishop says he Ia com :
muniGating with the American authorities at
New York on the subject.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
KILLED A FLEEING TRAMP.
He Had Assaulted n Boy and Another Boy
Shot Him as He Tried to Encape.

bhOt HIN aN He Tiled 10 EsNApe.
ADAMsToN. W. Va. June 25,-Tweve-year-
old Jay MoCung was assaulted by tramp at
O'Clock tonight. who sprang out Of brush
pile alongside the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road track with the apparent purpose ofsteal-
ing the boys hat. A sharp fight ensued. tho
boy finally ESCAPING from the tramp. He ran
shouting down the track the tramp in close
pursuis. The tramp threw large stone,
which struck the boy on the head, fracturing
his skull.
The shouting OF the boy attracted the atteu-
ton OF several citizens. who. with a policeman n,
started after the tramp pursuing him through
tho fields to Elk Fork Creek. Numerous shots
were fred at him as he ran.
The tramp plunged into the creek and at
tempted to swim across. when a boy named
Vallie BouRhener, Is years OF ago, who was
driving his cows home from pasture, drew a
pistol and fred at the swimmer. The ball
struck the tramp between the shoulders, oaus-
ing death in about two hours
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
Letter Carriers Elect Dele1.ta.

Branch 80 OF New York OF the National Let
ter Carriers Association met yesterday after
noon In the Grand Central Palace and elected
seventy delegates to the General Convention
o. Letter CARRIERS; which will begin in scran-
question which will come up before The canA
yention will be the bill before Congress to
al cities OF the hrst class, VA'-"S ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
To Issue Bonds for slS, 900 900.

MONTREAL. Quebec, June 25.-The now Do
minion Steel Smelling Company, which was
recently organized here with Henry N. Whit
ney Of Boston as President, has decided to is
sue oonas 70 NE eNtehI OF Si2Voq;ooV. nall 70
full amount, II ia understood. has already been
taken UP. The company Intends to commences
and steel works at SYDNEY. Cape Breton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26

Mrs Jennie Devere, "a years old. a profess
sional dancer who has lately been appearing at
the vaudeville houses In this city. went to
bellevue Hospital last night and asked for
treatment for an affection OF the throat
whioh she said was the result OF q cold caught
in South America year ago. She came to
this country thirteen years ago as a child
dancer from the Crystal Palace. London.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
War on AmalKamated Painters.

The Brooklyn Board OF Walking Delegates
has decided to begin ordering strikes to-day
against the members Of the Amalgamated
Painters Union on all buildings where they
are at work The Amalgamated Painters are
not In the Board Of Walking Delegates but
are aflliated with the Brooklyn Central Labor
terday to protect the painters as far as posi-
BILE and try to influence employers not to dis
charge them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
SUNDAY SANDWICH WAVES.
Police Take No Action on Justice Truax'l
Recent Decision.

Police Take No Action on Justice Truax's
Recent Decision.
The decision of Supreme Court Justice Truax
that an unordered sandwich served with a
drink and removed without payment is not
meal within the meaning OF the Raines law
was not taken very seriously by hotel and
saloon men yesterday. The entire Indifference
OF the police to the subject OF Sunday closing
enforcement has 90 impressed the proprietors
q EYER the largest ana mos sh expensive hotels
meanest Rtnmills IN showing contempt for the
law. Only one Of the big hotels la generally
down beside the drinks served there on Sun
days.
There were twenty four excise arrests yes
Bronx. three in Brooklyn. one In Queens and
none In Richmond
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
The Summer Home of tho Sisters Of n.
MiChacra Church Rohhad.

NEwBuRG. June 25.-Ths Sisters Of 81
michaels Church In New York have hand
some summer home at Fishkill Landing. They
arc to arrive there on Tuesday. To-day the
place was found 10 have been broken open. the
4 considerable amount OF the contents had
been oarted away, just what the loss ia can
sisters from New York Vi Viz
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
Benjamin Adams Kills Himself.

BENJAMIN Adams, 30 years old. n book inder.
shot and killed himself Yesterday at the home
nj his mother, -" Eighth street Hoboken.
70 leaves widow and two children. II is be-
lived that illness led to suicide.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
III HEALTH Caused SUICIDE.
Fishing Tackle Maker Ended His SufierinRs
with Bullet at Last.

Edward A. Clark, maker of fishing tackle,
killed himself in the tenement at 2S Varick
street yesterday afternoon. He worked in his
brothers shop. in Chambers street. until i'll
health drove him from his bench and made
him poor. Yesterday he suffered more than
usual and at last he went to a bedroom and
hred bullet through his head Neighbors
who heard tho shot sent for a doctor. but he
came too late
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
KILLED By coRRosrV srB;IMAru

salesman Awoko I'll irsty and Drank Qua of
the Wrong BottIe.
Meyers Marks a salesman. OF Atlanta, Ga,
died Yesterday in tho German Hospital from
the effects OF drinking solution OF bichlortde
OF mercury by mistake week ago at the bomo
OF his sister. Mrs. Augusta Bartels. at $50 Fast
Seventy second street. where he was visitlnG.
Marks L Is said. had recently come Into \
and. awaking thirsty in the night. picked u1
the corrosive subimate bottle. think ing 1t oon-
tanned something else.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
A Kentucky Shooting.

GLASGOW. Ky. June 25.-Jasper and Dick
Temple at Fountain Run, Munroe county. yes
tcrday became involved in a difficulty with
killed and Dick wounded, Atkins escaped.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
TWO HURT IN An EXPLOSION.
RefriEerating Apparatus Blows Up and In.
jures Them Severely.

Valentine Fink. 80 years old. and John
Schmidt. 30 years old. were severely injured
about the hands and face by the explosion OF a
rcfrigerating apparatus in Fink's provision
store at 147 Seventh avenue yesterday morn
ing Fink noticed that something was wrong
ing It there was II loud explosion which scat
tered ammonia on both men The custom ers
in the store ran into the street and one turned
in fire alarm The ilremen called an am bu-
lance from the New York Hospital and Schmidt
was taken there. Fink was taken home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
Cardinal Won Schoenborn Dead.

VIENNA, June 25.-Cardnal Count Franz de
Paula Won Schocnhorn. Prmate OF Bohemia.
died to-day He was born In 1874. and was
created Cardinal in 1889.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
Troops Sail for Alaska.

SAN Francisco. June 25.-The United States
transport St. Paul sailed for Alaska this after
noon with part OF the Seventh Infantry, who
The expedition is in charge OF Col Ray.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
R.al E.tats for sale, Cltr or country.

Advertised in Tar Sun implies the shortest route to
satisfactory disposal Of 1t. No better Endorsement
OF The Bus as real estate dunn need be required
than the Real Estate Board of Brokers. who make
use OF It as news ~ well a. AL advertising medium
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
Fell Five Stories and VIII Die.

Meyer FeinberG. 3 years old. Of II Forsyth
street fell from the fire escape on the fifth floor
OF that house last night to the street below
lie was taken to Gouverneur Hospital with a
fractured skull and suffering from internal in
juries. He will die
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-26
Can't Get Enough Coal Miners.

PITTsBURG, Pa. Juno 25,-President Patrick
Dolan OF the United Mine Workers OF the
PittsburG district says that every mine here
needs from % to 100 additional diggers,
making from 1900 to 5000 men who could
have steady employment for the entire year
He says the output OF coal will be the greatest
In the history OF the trade. and that II the
miners keep their contract with the operators
this year. 10 cents more ton can be had merit
year from the operators.