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PLOT TO STEAL THE GIRLS.
THE GIRLS DOULDN'T NE STOLEN
1SD THE PLOT VAS SPOILED.
ni,comflture Of rive Young IIighwaymen
who Tried to Get the Misses Soden
Away from Their Two Escorts Added to
nv ihc Possibility of Legal Punishment.

nIsConInture OF rive lOung hlRhW"Sh'H
who Tried to Get the Misses Soden
Avny from Their Two Escorts Added to
nv the Possibility of Legal Punishment.
Nrw BrrNswrcE. y. j., July THE young
rnorl,. Of Spotswood. Old Bridge and James
iurr are in a nervous iluttcr over the outcome
-, an encounter on the road Tuesday night,
when five young men held up carriage in
rhirh were Rosa and Laura SOlcu OF Spots
uo,l and their escorts Bert shelters NJ spots
wood and Matthew Smith IL Old Bridge. All
courcruru had been to dance at Washing on
Park. and while there William Gross. Harry
LAWYER. Harry Fisher and George Hill OF
.Jamr-lurg and Charles Dcnkcl OF SpOtswuod
nlottcd To- stcnl the Misses Sudrn from their
escorts, capture the carriage aud see tn" girls
home
II was midnight before the carriage reached
the long hill which leads INTO Old Bridge, sud
denly the horse which shelters was driving
.tnuprI i'm the road. The party Of plutt"rs sur
rounded the vehicle aud called upon shelters
and Smith to turn over the young ladies and
the rig t. them The youths cNpu-tulatcd, but
tp no effect, and the knights Of the road took
possession Of the carriage and turned shelters
md smith out into the darkness. The young
lnIIrs however. refused to 20 ON.
Smith and shelters then pitch ID into the on
posing party, hrring 10 drive them away 10y the
energy 81 the assault. The young road agents
rrtalIat"d hy cutting the traces aud other
PARTS Of the harness and finally showing the
wagon into the ditch When Smith attempted
To- prevent ia" men from running his carriage
one Of them struck him in the fn"r A lively
miy-up followed. during which the girls
screamed The asSHilautS were determined
that If they could not driv" tn" Sodcn girls
home nobody else should. and. after two hours
Of argument and srrimmagr the party OF five
loft the girls stl,l Icing loyal to their escorts,
ng
dnuIagpd rig and drove home.
III" highwaymrn looked upon tn" thing as a
Joke until yesterday. when smith and shelters
went before lu-tir" Of the Peace George W. De
Voc and ~wOr, ont warrants for their arrest.
Constable Bovine arrested D"nkpl and was
nbnut to nut his hands IN Lawyer when the
latter boarded "a Pennsylvania Railroad train
md was carried ont of the cOuStahl"'s roach.
John q cu2Yen-. one 81 the leading men Of
STmtswaod. hrcam" surety for DcnkcI, who will
have hearing later on.
The Sulcu girls ar" very popular among tho
vonng men Of IA" n"ighhurhood Smith and
Shelters Srv that they could hav" held their
own against two. but 'lv" were too many for
them FURTHERMORE" they suffered such bodily
injury and such lamaE" To their carriage that
they intend to prosecute their a~saiants.
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rhc ncnl Estntr nnnrd of Hrnkrrs

Requiring the VT facilities o. trustworthy morn
IIrg ruhLcaton together with a rurrrApvndir.g ri
eutga, have designated TW SIS thcr o'hclai N"NS
and Advertising medium There is pr nt-t IA IA
uar a oupete summary ~ R"-l Esta etrau a ,tIons
tosut!' I4th list Of Real Estate Aa.;Ion sale to
accur.-AHNG
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DIED.

BONNER.-N his residence West seth ST.,
Thursday, July It. Robert Bonner. in the 18th
year of his age.
Funeral services will be held at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, 9TH av. and 55th ST.. at II
A NJ. on saturday. July g. Friends will kindly
refrain from sending flowers.
DEMPsEi.-on July !, Andrew Dempsey. in tho
'4th year of his age.
Funeral from his late residence. 81 East saith ST.
on Sunday. July 81. 1s"p. at P. NJ.
ECk.-Suldenly, at Flushing l.. l.. Friday. July
:. Joseph Luther Bowden, infant son of Nellie E.
Bowdcn and Edward NJ. Peck, aged months.
Funeral private.
WARSER .-Suddenly, on July I. at his residence
$50 Lexington av., Henry S. Warner
Notice of funeral hereafter.
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Miss C.rw, Appointed school Inspector.
Mayor Van Wye. has appointed the following
school INSPECTORS: Second district, William
H.mnn Third district. David Freed Thirteenth
district, John Little; Fourteenth district
-" Claws; SlHtr"uth district, Thongs f.,
Hu' lay: Iwoutv-iOuuh district. Marion liuus-
= n: Twenty seventh district. Moses Valentine;
Jhir'y;luurth district, Theodore T., Thomson
h!~s tlews is a daughter of Henry Clews. shc
Ii graduate " Barnard College.
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AGENT uAlLAID ~ / nALLwIr.
Was B|inG Robbed of $3.50 lie Had Dis
plnNed Whom q PnlicemMm Arrived.

Conrad Schnipper Of 3 Forsyth street was
held in $1,000 bail by Magistrate Cornell in tho
Centre Street Police Court yesterday for tria!
on thccharg" Of having attrnrt"dl TO rob Arnold
l.. lie Mitter, collecting agent OF tho Singer
Sewing Machine Company. IN" cpmpln inaut
went 10 tn" house AT Birsck"r street yrster.
day to collect - from . man named Levy and
Will" in the house displayed roll II bills con
tanning $3.50. When he started out. lc Witter
says. he WAS attacked in the hallwn, by Srhnir-
per, who seized him from bnh'ni AMI trio 10
get III" money from his pockets. lie Writer'S
cries tor help were heard iy policeman. VINO
ran in and nrr.stnl AnhMlnpnr
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Her Machinery Disabled, She Trusted for a
While to Her Sails.

Her Machinery Disabled, She Trusted for n
While to Her Sails.
Tho Old dominion lines sdewheel steam
ship Old Dominion, Capt. J. T.. Dole. which left
Norfolk for this port on Wednesday with gem
eral cargo, six cabin and two steerage passcn-
gers. was towed into port yesterday morning.
When she was off Cape May. near the North
east End Lightship. on Thursday afternoon her
engineer discovered that her beam centre was
cracked on the starboard side. As 1t would
have been dangerous to proceed under steam
the engine was stopped and the old fashioned
ship capped on all her canvas, and staggered
on her course; The wind was favorable being
from the southwest.
:, After standing on her course about seven
hours she fell In with the new Old Dominion
steamship Jefferson. bound south The JET.
terSon took the Disabled ship in tow and
took her to Long Branch. There the tug
Lewis Pulver relieved the Jefferson. which re-
sumod her voyage. Two other tugs were sent
down by the Old Dominion Line to help the
pulver.
The sidewhecler was taken 10 her dock at
the foot of Beach street. North River. She Will
be repaired at the Fletcher shipyard and will
he ready for service again in about Il week.
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improvements nj the wnidorf.Astorln.

Pans wer" filed with Building Commissioner
Brady yesterday by IT. J IFardcnblrlh, arrhl-
tect. acting for William Waldorf A-tor. for i'm
provrmcuts - tbs WaiIorf- -turia. a. Fifth
HN"nn" and ] Thirty !nprtn Street tn" 'hruEeS
viii uriul" IA" CONSTRUCT ion o. Il grN -taIr-
case at IA" So. nd story. leading " The oDOn
court. which VIII cost $5.UUV.
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The Brooklyn SaiIs-Work on the Detroit.
The cruiser Brooklyn left the navy yard at
7:2O O'Clock yesterday morning and will pro-
coed to Rockport. Mass. where 1t is expected
she will Join the North Atlantic squadron. The
up the East River.
Work is being pushed on the gunboat Detroit.
which IS in dry dock. 1t is expected that she
will sail for Manila in few weeks.
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THE kENSICO CEMETERY. Private station, Har-
lem Railroad 43 minutes ride from the Grand
Central Depot. Office, Is East Ard ST.
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EorR O'CLOCK SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Jane Street
Church, near tn av bel W 18th st.-EvangeliSt
Schevcra will ~leak: Miss Schcvera and Geo. w.
jenkins VIII sing, Mr.. Radcliffe leader; cool church;
bright
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GRACE CHURCH. Broadway. corner 10th st.
" SA. M.-Holy Communion.
lOA. M.-SiornnE Prayer and Sermon.
x Y. h.-EVen!nE Prayer AID Sermon.
All slttluu.s
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to Alaska.

These books are for Ealo by all booksellers: or
thcy will lie scut 10y II ali on receipt ~ ys,cc hy the
publishers.
Applctons' Fiction Bulletin. Just i.-gl,d Will he
sent t. any address upon Upphcnt on. Nln' ~.
gestIOns for summer reading wall lie. l...t .r.4
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Special alotires.
Religious Nptires.
"A WONDERFUL PROPHECY"

A I METROPOLITAN TEMPLE eth av and l4th
n ST., Or. :. p. Caiman. Notwithstanding morn
Ing and evening; meetings every night; concert to-
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RUSSIAN RAILROADS.
Too Light Rails Used and Ties Too
Far Apart on Tsanssiberian Line.

New York, Aug. 1-W. F. Dixon, mana
ger of the Sarmovo Engineering COM
pany's locomotive works at Mini Nov
gorod, Russia. which company employs
900 men, is visiting his home in Pater-
The industries of Russia said Mr.
Dixon, ARE all thriving. The Russians
are slow moving people. but they are
steady and sure. The trans-Siberian rail-
I'D is now completed from Moscow. to
%-utsk. a distance of about 1.S00 miles.
East of Irkutsk the road is in operation
in patches, as it were. That is to say it
has not yet been connected all the way
thing about the building of this road is
that very light rails have been used and
the ties are too wide apart. When its
construction was begun nobody realized
the immensely of the undertaking. The
expectations and l fear that the road will
not stand the wear and tear. 1t would
cost an enormous sum to rectify the mis-
take at this late date
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VENEZUELA PROSPERS.
A Distinguished Party of It's Citizens
Touch New York Enroute to Europe.

New York, Aug. IA distinguished
party of Venezuelans arrived on the
steamship Carcas and are at the
Westminster hotel They will sail for
Europe on the steamship La Touraine
Saturday. Among them are DR.. Lau-
reanO VillaneuVa, ex-preSident of Ven
ezuela; his son Carlos A. VillaneuVa,
Pablo CfiuSSeppi- NJ Ona gal.
Affairs in Venezuela said Carlos A.
Villaneuva, are in excellant shape.
Except for the low prices for coffee,
there would be no cause whatever for
complaint. Business is very good and
the people are heartily satisfied with the
administration of President Andrade.
Peace reigns throughout the republic
and no trouble is anticipated. The af-
fairs of the country have been so -four
ishing that it is probable the entire
bonded debt will be paid next month.
I'VE shall sail on Saturday to attend
commission in Paris. It would be i'm
proper for me to express what I con-
slider to be the opinion of our people
with reference to the probable action of
the commissioners. My father will re-
main abroad three or four months and
1 shall go to my post in London.
'Senor Pablo uSseppi-MOnagaI has
just received the award by the Venez-
uelan congress of monopoly of the
manufacture of matches in Venezuela
under government supervision and he
will pay the government 500 900 francs
annually for the privilege. Heretofore
matches were mostly imported and
large quantities were Smuggled in. The
contract will run for % years and a
large factory equipped with the latest
machinery is in course of construction
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FIGUEREO IN CHARGE.
Vice President of San Domingo
Forms a Cabinet.

Santo Domingo. Aug. 1.-Vice Presi-
dent Wenceslao Figuereo as a result
of the assassination of President Heu-
reaux. July 26, has taken charge of the
government of Santa Domingo as pres
ident and has formed a cabinet as fol-
lows:
Minister of the interior-F. D. Mo-
rales
Minister of war and marine-Tilo Pa
limo.
Minister of finance. De J. Alvarez.
Minister of justice-Sebastian Val
verde.
Minister of agriculture-T. cordero
Bido.
Minister of posts and telegraphs-
Jaime r. Vidal.
Sub secretary of the interior-Braulic
Alvarez.
sub-secretary of justice-Pedro T. Pc
rez.
The country is quiet and no fears of
disturbances are entertained.
This place was visited during the
afternoon of July 27, by a severe tor
nado which blew at the rate of forty
miles an hour. Three coasting vessels
loaded with produce and anchored in
the outer harbOr We're wrecked and
about fifteen men persisted.
The damage done ashore was not of
much Importance.
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ARRIVED AT MANILA.
Transport Pennsylvania With
25th Infantry on Board.

Washington, Aug. Under date of
today General Otis cables the following
from Manila to the war department:
Transport Pennsylvania arrived this
morning; no casualties.
Tire transport Pennsylvania sailed
from San Francisco July 1. Colonel
A. s. Burt, 25th infantry commanding,
with headquarters B., F., L, K, L. and
M, Twenty fifth infantry and recruits,
% officers, 917 enlisted men.
TWO HUNDRED REMAINED.
Washington, Aug. According to
advices received today by the war de-
partment from General Otis, a good
many of the northwestern volunteers
have re-enIisted in the new regiments
being organized in skeleton in the Phil
ippines. Following is General Otis ca
blegran:
Manila. July 81.-Adjutant General,
Washington Grant sailed
yesterday, 78 officers, eight citizens, /, 353
soldiers and discharged men Wyoming,
North Dakota and Idaho organizations
Left behind about 200 discharged men;
good many have re-enlisted. Only sick
soldier left Corporal Frank Gore, Wy
oming. Minnesota regiment and dis
charged men next; shipment in very few
days. OTIS.
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LOOKING TO UNCLE SAM.
To Settle the Affairs In the Island of
San Domingo.

Havana, Aug. 1.-The Diario de La
Marina today comments upon an inter
view with Senor Nolasco, the secretary
of General Maxine Gomez, published
in La Lucha, in which NOlasco is quoted
as saying, in regard to SantO Domingo,
that he would not be surprised at the
ful1llment of his hopes that things
there will be quickly arranged and that
the soldiers of some humanitarian ma
tiOn will impose not only order, but
civilization and culture there. The
Diario says Nolasco refers to the Amer
leans and that it would not be surpris-
ing if the Americans should think after
reading such statement from rep
resentative of Cuba that it is the Span
iards and not the Cubans who defend
the independence of Cuba.
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FREE TO TALK NOW.
Twentieth Kansas Bows De-
nounce Otis and Praise
E. c. Little.

San Francisco, Aug. 1.-The Twenti-
eth Kansas soldiers who fought so gal
lantly and accomplished so much. only
to see their work lost in the aggregate
through what they term the shiftless in
competence of the commanding general,
have no love for Otis. They blame him
for his failure to end the war by one
heroic coup at the start. Here are two
opinions from returned soldiers quar-
tered at the Preside:
Corporal Clarence E.Sharon. company
a; There is a great deal of dissatis-
IacUOn among the soldiers with the
management of the war. The only time
] ever saw Otis anywhere near the fir
ing line was at San Fernando and Won
can bet he didn't stay long. I have
heard any number of the men say
they're sorry Otis isn't in Aguinaldo's
army, so that they might get a good
whack at him"
John Kennedy. company c: "Otis
seemed to be always recalling the men
he never appeared willing to allow the
right sort of advance ASK any of the
hundreds of men here what they think
OF the lncOmpetency of Otis They'll tell
you ana 1t won't do Otis any particu-
lar good, either"
Robert E. Pifin, or Shorty" as his
comrades call him, is another who had
interesting things to tell. Piffin was the
piucky trumpter for the Lawrence com
pany. He was in all the battles and
sklrmlshes up to San Fernando. except
san Ihomas. He will get his discharge
on account of impaired hearing. He is
almost totally deaf in his left ear and
IS also suffering from dysentery
ne war in the Philippines is mani
testify unjust" said he, the Fflipinos
are fighting for the same thing o1r
fathers fought for They are brave. too.
ana Qeau game L am not an exDan-
sionist and scarcely any of the soldiers
are We have no right to take the is
lands away from the natives We were
all heartsick from fighting them We
would have quit if we could, but thev
wouldn't let US
The treatment of the vOl110taers 1.-ae
unfair and even disgraceful. The resu-
lars for a long time were held on dress
parade in Manila. while the volunteers
were kept on the firing line We re-
ceived little consideration. although we
had enlisted to fight Spain and not to
shoot down niggers
LITTLE A FAVORITE
Lieutenant Colonel Little is the idol
or the regiment. He looks after the
welfare of the men more than anv 9th
er- officer. He was constantly visiting
the men at their quarters and took
good care that we Jared we'll with the
commissary department. Not only IS
ne KIND to the men, but he is brave and
competent. Someone circulated the
story that he shot himself on purpose
so that he might have an excuse to
AVOID danger. but this is positively siIIv
Little accidentally wounded himself he
1ore any lighting commenced. No one
regretted it more than he did, and he
was on the firing line long before he
was able He wasn't given a fair deal
1t was politics that kept him down"
P1fln is full of enthusiastic admira-
ton for the gallant Captain Adna G.
Clarke, sorely wounded and due here on
the transport Relief. He says that had
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ON HIS TRAIL.
Authorities Looking For the
Man That Brought In
Yellow Fever.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The marine hos
pital service up to noon today had re-
ceived nothing from the center of yellow
fever infection at Hampton later than
DR.. Wasdin's report of last night plac-
ing the total of the yellow fever out
break at thirty-seven cases and seven
deaths.
DR.. Farquhar at Portsmouth reported
this morning that he was in close touch
with the authorities at Portsmouth and
BerkeIy and that all was quiet with no
suspected cases.
In reply to a telegraphic request from
the mayor of Norfolk, Surgeon General
Wyman turned over to the Norfolk au-
thorities Craney island below Norfolk
to be used in case of need as an isola-
tion and detention camp.
1t was recently turned over by the
navy to the jurisdiction of the marine
hospital service. A telegram was sent
today by General Wyman to Surgeon
Pettus at Old Point directing him at
once to institute a thorough sanitary
Investigation as far as PhOebuS. Sur
geOn Wasdin at PhOebus was ordered
to make a house to house inspection
there. Tbs is in accordance with the
plan for a thorough investigation of the
whole area surrounding the infected
home.
The situation is regarded as favOra BILE
today. There has been no outbreak of
fever outside of the original quarantine
line Each day that passes without
such development increases the conf
dence of the surgeon general that the
fever will be confined to the original
focus of infection and stamped out
there. The usual period of incubation
of the disease is from three to five days,
although it has extended to eleven days
The time since the first outbreak is now
almost up to the usual quarantine
limit It is believed however, that even
in case of an outbreak in the little set
tlement at Phoebus the community
there can be SO guarded as to prevent
any further spread.
The old soldier who is supposed to be
responsible for the importation of the
fever from Cuba to Hampton has not
yet been apprehended, although sew
eral inmates of the home have been re-
cognfzed and detained at various points.
1t is said by the Marine hospital author
tiles that there is but little danger of the
further spread of the disease by the sol
dier in question. He had not developed
the fever himself when he left the home.
Objections have already been raised
to the determination reached by Gen
eral Merritt to send the garrison at
Fort Monroe to Battery Point, Del.
Surgeon General Wyman has called the
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attention of the war department to the
fact that it is not far enough north to
take garrison which possibly may
have yellow fever infection. 1t would
be dangerous, he says to the troops and
the people II the vicinity. At the war
department it is said the whole matter
had been turned over to General Mer-
riam. Surgeon General Wyman has re-
fused to allow the troops to be sent by
rail through Washington from Fort
the bay to Cape Charles, and thence by
rail to Battery Point. None of the
transportation companies operating in
Chesapeake bay and Hampton Roads
would take the troops by water to Bat
terry Point.
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L. X. & w. OFFICIALS.
Superintendent Brinkerhof Insoh1oe-
H B. Wood Made Roadmaster.

Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. James H.
Brinkerhof, the newly appointed super
intendent of the LeavenwOrth, Kansas
& Western railroad, arrived in the city
yesterday and will assume the duties
of his office with the road at once.
A new rOadmaster for the western
division was appointed yesterday. His
name is H. B. Wood and he was also
formerly connected with the Union Pa
cific at Kansas City in the same de-
partment which he assumes control OF
on the L. K. & w.
The new roadmaster's division will
extend west from Onaga to the end OF
the line His headquarters will be es-
tablished at Garrison, where he VIII
live.
Speaking of the other improvements
which the road officials viii soon begin.
Brinkerhoff stated that the work Of
laying the new steel rails along the
western part of the line would begin as
soon as the steel which is now expected
arrives.
There will also be a supervisor of
bridges and buildings appointed very
soon This is a new office, as the work
has heretofore been done by one of the
Union Pacific officials. The headquar-
ters of this officer will either be with
the other officers here or at Holton.'