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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
u!stascu por, on OF the ear. There is only
StitullOnal remedies Deafness il caused by
an intlamcd condition of the mucous lining
OF the Eustnchian Tube When this tube is
inilamcd you have II rumhIing sound or inn
perfect hearing, and when il is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the iniam-
nation can he taken ont ana this tube re
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever nine cases ont OF ten
are caused by Catarlh, which is nothing hut
an inilamed condition OF the mucous surfaces
viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by caturrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars; free
+ J. CHENEY ~ CO., Toledo, O..
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
A Nipht of Terrnr.

Awful anxiety was felt for the widow
OF the brave General Burnham of MAchia,.
Me-, when the doctors said 81 coul no.
live I'LL morning writes Mrs. * II. Lrn-
coin, who attended her that fearful night
"All thought she must soon lie from Pneu-
mona, but she begged for DR.. Kirg's New
Discovery, saying it had more than ono.
saved her life, ami hal cuIei her Of Con.
sumption. After three small doses she
slept easily all night, and its further use
completely cured her' i'his marvellous
medicine is guaranteed to cure ali Throat,
Chest aud Lung Diseases. Only 80 2en,-
and 500. Trial bottles free at L =.
Frazer's Drug Stor", Elkton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
DenutN Is Hood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
TIC clean your blood and keep it clean, by
purities from the body Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, botches, blackheads,
aud that siclily bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents All drug
glsts, satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, 25c, SOC.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
Deaths.
HENRY MAHONEY.

Henry Mahoney, Il we'll Known farmer Of
this county, residing near Mechanics Valley.
died at his home on Thursday, last week.
Mr. Mahoney suffered stroke of paralysis
several months ago and had since been in Il
lingering illness. He was Is years of age,
and was twice married, his second wife sur
viving him. His funeral took place on Mon
day morning at eleven O'Clock. Interment
was made at Boulden's Chapel Cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
JOSEPH RICKETTS,.

Joseph Ricketts, aged 10 years, nephew of
Wesley b. Hart, OF Elkton, was drowned in
the Delaware river at Philadelphia on Mon
day He was mate on Il tug boat owned by
his father Captain Ricketts, He recently at
tended Delaware College.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
MRS. AMELIA ]. WOLCOTT.

Mrs. Amelia j. Wolrott, cousin of Mrs
George r. Howard, Of Elkton, and who was
we'll known here, died mt her home in Balti-
more on Tuesday, age eighty years. She was
Il daughter OF the late Levi Taylor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
REV. GEORGE SHAW.

Rev George Shaw, father Of Rev. W. W
Shaw, Of Port Deposit, died in Belfast, Ire
land, on Saturday last, in the eighty-third
year OF his age.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04

Clothing cut by good
patterns, costs no
more and the trihe
extra spent in good
making and proper
trimmings will return
you dollars worth in
extra wear and salts
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Style
Costs
Nothing
Extra

faction. We have hundreds Of
SUITS for men and young men.
Suits at prices to suit every pocket
book. The big range of styles in
both Suits and Overcoats is at $40,
SI2 and SIS. We have them as
low as IS, $3.50 and IS, good
reliable, heavy, well made gar
ments. We have the finest. We
carry up to $40 and SIS for
Suits and up to SIS, $50 and S35
for OVercoass. Don't forget we
mean to please you and save you
money by selling you good cloth
ing. New Suits with Double
breasted Vests in young mems
styles.
Open Tuesday and Saturday
evenings.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
Ladies' Coats.

You are invited to look at our immense
line of new Coats for Ladies and Misses
A lot of last years Coats for Ladies'
Misses end Children at of last year $
prices. Some even less than that.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
Black & Colored Dress Goods

The advancing season finds us even more
firmly established as leaders in this i'm
portant line. We have the most desirable
new weaves and it is hard to match our
prices for anything like the same quality.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04

See our bargain lot of Shoes
reduced from $2.oo and
S2,5o to o8c. per pair.
Children's at ooc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-11-04
How Are Your Kidney.

DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure IN kidney ills Sam.
pie free Add. Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago Cr n. Y.
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SHOES, DRESS GOODS,
Insulated Shoes.

By wearing this shoe one become s insu-
lated against dampness, preventing sudden
chills, colds and rheumatism, 81 25, -. Is
and 50 90.
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FurS.

Pretty frame for this Fall. Cluster ScaH
of Electric Seal eight tails So
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Blankets and Flannels,

with cost prices advancing, wise customers
will promptly avail themselves CT the
many values we now offer in this line.
A Natural Gray Blanket, cx-
cellent for warmth and dur
ability, 1874, worth $3.50
pair, now
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14
MrsoELLANEA.
Rroonprp May 81, 1899.

j. Comes to J.de Ponte. Affidavit,
dated May %, 1899; Liber 1872, folio
312. Affidavit Of f. j. Tesla, Pro.
prietor OF The Independent and
Makaainana newspapers in re public
alton OF foreclosure and sale OF
Mortgage. .lf
j. Comes to j. de Ponte. Affidavit,
dated May 20, 1899; Liber 1872, folio
314. Affidavit OF j. M. Vivas, Attor-
ney, in re sale OF Mortgage.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14
LEASES.
RECORDED May 20, 1899.

Keaka wv, of Hama, Maui, to B.
X, Kaiwiaea, of the same place.
Dated May "a, 1899; term, Is years
from June l, 1899; rental, SIS per
annum; Liber 100, folio 2l3. Portion
Of r. P. 2579, at Kawaipapa, Hama.
Ikeole ct al, OF Hama, Maui, to B.
X. Kaiwiaea, OF the same place.
Dated May 20, 1899; term, Is years
from Oct. l, 1899; rental, $11O per
annum; Liber 100, folio GA. Portion
of r.. p. 2405, at Wakui, Hama.
E. W. Kaumano for j. X. Kauna-
mano, of Hamakua, Hawaii, to
Akana, OF the same place. Dated
May "a, 1899; term, rs years from
July |, 1899; rental, $36 per annum;
Liber 1877, folio L. Portion OF r. p.
1901, l.. Q. A. 11109, at Waipio, Ha-
'makua.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14
RELEASES OF MORTGAGES.
REcoRDED May 20, 1899.

RECORDED May 20, 1899.
Trustees Estate of M. Kahai to g..
@. Akina. Dated May ~, 1899; con-
sideration, $500; Liber Ids, folio 207.
Mortgage of record in above Liber
and folio. go Y * se ft4
@. S. Desky to Ant. de Freitas.
Dated May "a, 1899; consideration,
$1,000; Liber 1872, folio 1873. Mort
gage of record in above Liber and
folio.
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coNvEYANcEs.
REooRpEErp May 20, 1899.


RECORDED May 20, 1892
Kamala and husband, of Waikiki,
Maui, to Mrs. Mary Waiwaiole, OF
the same place, Deed, dated April
%, 1899; consideration, 81; .Liber
1876, folio 1853. Apana 3, Il. z. 1869,
l.. @. A. 3529. at Waikiki.
w. II. Shipman and wife, of Hilo,
Hawaii, to Robt. Tougher, Of the
same place. Warranty Deed, dated
Sept. %, 1896; consideration, 81 1925;
Liber 19l, folio Ais. Portion of r. p.
1928, l.. O. Assoc, at Keaau, Puma,
Hawaii.
Emil LIE Clair and wife, OF Homo
lulu, to j. f. Haglund, OF the same
place. Deed, dated May n, 1899;
consideration, ST.. Liber 1856, folio
160. Portion OF Grant 1888, at Kula-
okahua, Honolulu, and sundry lands
at North Kona, Hawaii.
j. F. Haglund and wife, OF Homo
lulu, to Lucy LIE Clair, of the same
place. Warranty Deed, dated May
81, 1899; consideration, 81; Liber
1856, folio 1862. Portion of Grant
1888, at Kulaokahua, Honolulu.
r, M. Kaaoao, OF Kalaupspa, Mo-
lokai, to Noa Kahaulelio, OF Lahaina,
Maui. Deed, dated May 10, 1899;
consideration, $500; Liber 1914, folio
1888. r. P. 546S, at Olowalu, Lahaina.
III. P. Baldwin and wife ct al, of
Haiku, Maui, to Kihei Plantation
Co. Deed, dated January 81, 1899;
consideration, 10000 paid up shares;
Liber 1874, folio 1879. Portion Of the
Ahnpuaa of Kalalinui, and portion
OF the AbuPuls Of Pulehunui, at
Kula, Maui.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14

INDIA LINONS, 100 pieces, 80
inches wide, at $2.75 per piece OF "a
yards. N. S. Sachs Dry Goods Go ,
Limited.
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ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE.
RECORDED May 20, 1899.

Ell. Myhre, OF Honolulu, to j. l..
Pvormann, OF the same place. Dated
May rs, 1899; consideration, 81, $50;
Liber 100, folio 22l, Leasehold Of a
piece OF land at the corner of Pros
pect and Alapai streets, Honolulu,
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ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE.
REoosDED May %, 1899

Father Sylvester, Trustee, and p.
Gleason, OF Waikiki, Maui, to Claus
Spreckels & Co. Dated May 1889;
consideration, $1,000; Liber 196,folio
20. Mortgage of G.. F. Mcleod, of
record in Liber 1877, folio 43.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14

Fred. Harrison the proprietor OF
the Hawaiian Marble Works, is ready
to supply his patrons aud friends
with tomb stones suitable to all
tastes, requirements and purfes. His
Office is in the new buildings next to
the Occidental on the corner OF
Alakea and King street. fa -
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14
Messenger Service

Honolulu Messenger Service de-
liver messages and packages. Tele-
phone. 378.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14

Per AUSTRALIA, for Camarinos
Refrigerator An extra fresh supply,
of Grapes, Apples, Lemons, Oranges,
Lines, Nuts, Raisjns, Celery, Fresh
Salmon, Caulifower, Rhubarb, AS
paragus, Cabbage, Eastern and Cali
fornis Oysters Tin tin and SHELLY,
Grabs, Turkeys, Founders, etc. All
game in season. Also fresh Rock
fort, Swiss and California Cream
Cheese. Place your orders early.
Prompt delivery.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT MARKET
4 Talaphnna 279
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RECORDED May 20, 1899.

NJ Mccain and wife, OF Lahaina,
Maui, to w. @. Peacock & Co, Ltd.
Dated Feb, Il, 1899; consideration,
81 200, at 81, 2 years; Liber 1876, folio
FL. Apana 2, &. P. 1911. l.. G. A.8515,
at Lahaina, and Saloon business,
liquors, &c.
@. f. Peterson and wife, OF Homo
lulu, to L. L. Cooke, Trustee, OF the
same place. Dated May rs, 1899;
consideration, $500, at 81, year;
Liber 1872, folio 2l5. Lots s and
10, Block 8, at Kewalo Tract, Ho-
nolulu. NV 4
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MORTGAGES.
RECORDED May 81, 1899.

Us. Cauario and wife, OF Hilo, Ha-
waii, to Bank of Hawaii, Ltd. Dated
May 9, 1899; consideration, SIS, 600,
at 81, year; Liberf 1856, folio IS.
Grant 1850, at Kaumana, and shares
in Hilo Portuguese Sugar Mill Co.,
both in Hilo, and Grants 1851 and
2940, at Pulama and Poupou, Puma,
Hawaii.
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DIR. sLoaaETT,

Progress Block. 3D. Floor Office Hours,
"a. N. to PM
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14
ESTATE REGISTER.

Record of Real and Personal
Estate Transactions Of Record
in the Office of the Registrar Of
Conveyances.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-14
Groceries to the Fore.
In Union is Strength. and 30 it
is in Cooperation.

The Yanco-Spapco war brought about
high prices for a time, but it has again
come down to its former level, and we are
getting our groceries as cheap as we ever
had them before. III every stockholder in
the company were to purchase his or her
groceries from the Co.opera i've Grocery
Co., the success OF the corporation will be
assured. M faN
Call and trade; free delivery o all parts
OF the city.
st ~. e. TIETJENS,
Manager Palama Cooperative Grocery
Co., Ltd, out King Street, opposite Rail-
road Central Depot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
CHESS PLAYER ACCUSED OF THEFT.
william Bnrsodi Hailed to Court n
Charge That Didn't Stand.

David b. Thompson a lawyer OF 81 Scher-
merhorn street. Brooklyn. obtained q sum-
mons in the Yorkville Police Court for William
Barsodi Of 14S West 1891 street. the former
publisher of the inP1'icdn Chess Magazine a
few days ago. and when they appeared in court
yesterday made a charge Of stealing set OF
chessmcn. a chess board ard a wire cover. oil
valued at $50, against Barsodi.
Thompson is the executor for tho Albert n.
Chapman estate. He said that the articles be-
lunged to that estate. Tho chcssnen were Of
metal plated with gold and silver and Mr.
Chapman paid 500 for them Just before his
death He decided to sci the chess hoard and
men for the estate and left them with Mr..
BarSOLi to sell on comm iSsiOn. That was last
November. and since then he had been unab g
10 secure the money or to get the property back.
Mr. Barsodi SAID he was member Of the
BrOoklyn Chess Club and also of the Manhat-
tan Chess Club. Ho declared that it was n
great iniustce TO him to bring him into court on
such charge. as he had had nothingto do with
the disposition of the property. Mr.. Thompson
let the property in his office with Instructions
10 sell the articles. and his partner. Julius W.
EruoCnr had sold them. He had not received
any Of the money. nor had he had ANYTHING to
do with selling the articles.
Mr. Thompson said he only wished to mako
n court record to protect himself rs executor
OF the estate. Magistrate Icller decided That
there were no grounds for a criminal charge
against Mr. Barsodi and dismissed the COM
plant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
Auction Sales.

William Kennedy sold at ] II broadway yes
to-day. in foreclosure. No. 1SU Thompson street.
25xlOO. three-story brick store building to
Martin J. Canning Tor SlS.1OO
William N. Ryan sold. IN foreclosure. No. 24l
Fast Fiftieth street. 17x1OO.5. four-story brick
building. to Adeine NJ. Brooks. executrx. and
Edward :. Brooks. plaintiffs. for $500 \.
Peter F. Meyer Co sold. in foreclosure. No.
1l5 Orchard street, southwest corner of De-
lancey street 25xSI o. three story frame. brick
front tenement house. four-story brick
stores. to Samuel Mandc for S37lG0; one
tenth part OF Nos. H3 and 80 University
place and Nos to Is Union court. SSI,3Hl5ON
1OOxlO7 10 to University place x4i, fourteen
three-story brick buildings. with store on IN;
vorsty place: and onc-tenth part IN Nos. 80
two-story brick store and dwelling and two
story brick building. to William II. Busy,
plaintiff, for 800
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
REAL ESTATE NEWS.

Much Of the private selling reported yester-
day was in Harlem realty. n long stretch from
the Wall street section. which has been the
field Of some real and much imaginary activ-
ity during the last few days. The deals in
Harlem realty include tho purchase OF n syna-
Rogue site Ivy Hebrew society the purchase
Of a plot OF eight and one-half lots from the
old Polo Grounds. and the exchange Of u Col
umbus avenue factory property for d Seventh
avenue fiat and store. Two OF these transact
tons promise early improvement. OF the
numerous building plans filed yesterday SOW
eral relate to improvements in the Harlem
district. Without exception these Involve the
erection Of high class fats. The most clabor-
ate OF these flats will be erected at the north
west corner OF st. Nicholas avenue and 18Th
street on a plot 11S5x1255. and will cost tho
owner. Sylvester l.. Mitchell. 100000.
Plans were fled with the Building Depart
ment yesterday for two new commercial build
ing to be erected in the wholesale district west
Of Broadway and below Fourteenth street.
Ole II. Olsen flcd plans for n ten-story brick
and stone commercial building. costing $780,
600. to be erected at No % Washington place.
James T. Fitzpatrick filed plans for an eight
story brick and iron commercial building.
costing $4,000. to be erected at No "a East
ct
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15

T.. de Forest simmons has sold for Charles
Buck to Douglas Henry one Of the Forty-ninth
street lots. 2lXlOO. Of the old Columbia College
site Mr.. Henry will erect n fine dwell ing.
The Congregation Chaari Iedek Of Harlem
has purchased from Charles NJ. Roscnthal the
plot Of three lots. 75x1OO. on the north aide Of
1lSth street. 400 feet east OF Lenox avenue.
and will erect q synagogue.
samuel Goldsticker has sold for Janpole x
Werner. to Edmund Coffin. tho plot. 2l2x
looli, on the,s?Vh side OF 18TH street 35s
feet west of Fifth avenue. Apartment houses
will be erected. This sale disposes OF the last
OF the twenty-nine lots purchased Ky the sell
crs from Mrs. Mary q. Fmkney. This block.
which formed tho northcrly half OF the old Polo
Grounds. Is almost entirely built up
A. f. & r. A. karelsen have sold for Richard
H. Clark. 1r,. to Morris Nciman. at 100000.
the five story factory building at the northwest
corner OF columbus avenue and 124 h street.
In part exchange the buyer gives the t've-story
fiat, with stores. at the northeast corner OF
Seventh avenue and 18th street.
Charles Is. FarnOla d 60 and H. Lear Rosen-
baum have sold for Bella Bereoiren to Mayer
& Oppenheim. for $4,000. tho flve-story fiat.
2lXt5. No. lO4 Avenue Is.
George Jonas has sold to kemnner Bros the
fourstory brick tenement. 2Gx7O6. No. 2Nd
Avenue D.
b. A. Maclairo has sold No. 1000 Tiebout ave-
nue. to Mrs. Busch OF No 3O2 Vest ] +th street ::
also No. 2033 Tlebout avenue to Mrs. l.. H..
Bowen Of No. 1912 East 18th street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
NEW YORK DESIGNS THRoWN orr.
Unfair Treatment Charged in the Competi-
ton for the Vance Statue.

TWO months ago. when the people OF North
Carolina decided to erect a statue OF the late
Senator Vance. joseph q. Brown OF Raleigh,
who was In charge OF fund Of $4,000 con-
trbuted for tho monument. came TO this city
ndinvited six well-knuwn sculptors to COM
pete for the work These six scuptors arc
now highly indignant, because they have lust
received notice that model sent in by one
Eliicott. sculptor of Washington, has been
accepted. They say that it was expressly
stipulated b. Mr.. Brown that the competition
was to be limited to them and that no one
else was to have "A chance unless all six failed
to produce satisfactory design.
Two Of the sculptors who have already writ
ten letters OF protest to Mr.. Brown are w.
Granville Hastings Of ia West Eighteenth
Square East Nj. Murtny, whom seen yester-
We were given to understand that the com .
petition was limited to us. No mention of any
other sculptor was made. We made our
sketGhrs and models, and they were sent to
Mr. Brown AT Raleigh on 1uy6 Each one OF
Us got letter ON Wednesday last pruisinQ our
designs. but stating hat the ono made by MIR
tl!lcott OF Washington had been accepted All
our work has gone for nothing and the prize
has fallen to one who, am told, is a man OF
some influence among politicians.
| can only say for myself that was fool
70 enter such connection. when didn't even
EloW VINO was to TO he Judge OF the work sub
60 ,Io tn live OF her scuiptor-, who like myself.
believed that they were engaged in an honest
hnI limited competition. not on the pull wo are
ahIo To exert We are going to call a meeting
Mr.. Hastings and have written letters Of pro
test TO the Monument Committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
After Ten Years OF Freedom Man Alleged
to be sam Adams Is CAPTURED.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. July 14.-Sam Adams. the
moonshtne murderer. is in tho county jail.
having been brought here at IN early hour this
morning. After ton years of freedom no has
been brought to answer for the murder OF
United States Marshal Russell Wireman His
companions in the crime have long since been
apprch"udcd and punished. but he has elnded
justice. Adapls'S brother Randall and Sam
and Ike sloan we're The members OF the gang
who killed russell Wircman in Knott county in
1881. Ike Sloan and Randall Adams were soon
captured and sentenced tor life in prison in
Michigan. Deputy Marshal Iiollineld was with
Wirenun WHOM h" was Killed, and he can den-
tify -\Durns He viii he summoned from the
mountains. The. Government spent $4,000 to
cauturc Adams, the Secret Service officers hay
ing chased him for ten years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
CHLORINE Gas CHARGE DISMISSED.
Dentist Baldwin. who Made 1t, to Have His
sanity injured Into.

Magistrate Olmstci in the Jefferson Market
Police Court yesterday, did not take any stock
in Dentist Charles :. Badwins charges
against John r. Ramsay. the contractor. whom
he accused Of having tried to poison him with
chlorine gas while both we're sitting on bench
In Madison Square on Thursday evening. The
Magistrate told the two men. and George s.
Booth. who had been detained as a witness. to
60 n bout their business
Ramsay objected to such solution Of the
trouble He called the Magistrates attention
10 the fact that h" had been locked M in q 10
got a notion TO bring a ridiculous chArgo
against him. and said that the man was too
dangerous 10 hr left at liberty
Tho Magistrnt" ordered him to state tho
facts o. the cas-" in an AFFIDAVIT, and on nv ms
Baldwin subsequently was committed to Belle
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
TILDEN HOUSE RIILING VANISHING
Waterman Caught Supposed Thief When
the Police Watched In Vain.


A complaint was made at the Fast Eenty.
record street police station on Wednesday that
some one had carried off section OF the hand
some bronze railing in front OF the homo OF tho
late Samuel j. Tilden. at l 3 Gramercy place. the
night before. The police made q note OF tho
theft and let the natter rest there. The next
dav q complaint was made that the thief had
returned the night before and had Sawed or
another section OF the railing and carried that
away with some Of the handsome bronze fig.
ures a. the posts. Tho damage was estimated
at 300.
Policeman Daniel Murphy was sent to watch
the street all night. keeping the railing In
view, but no thief appeared. Az o'clock I'm
the morning he walked down to the corner of
Third avenue and was talking with another
policemen when he saw two men running in
his direction. one man was close behind the
other and was holding cooked revolver within
II few inches Of the others back and calling out
to him 70 stop and surrender or ne would
shoot Al each demand the fleeing nlau nut
on a fresh squirt. The policeman stopped tho
fugitive.
The man with the pistol was Frederick Kirk
ward. private Waterman for the house next
door to tho late Mr.. Tiden's home. He said
he had seen the other man beg rnng to saw
the bronze railing rs soon as the policeman
had walked away. A fine saw was found in
Tureck. n Huncar an artist. that he was 80
years old and boarding at tho Mills Hotel
in Bleecker street. When he was arraigned in
the York vile Police Count later he declared
that he had simply leaned against the railing
to rest and had not ATTEMPTED TO saw II. Kirk
ward said he saw the man saving the railing,
So Magistrate Xcller held the prisoner In
3 900 Lail Tor trial.