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Fast River Bridge Salaries Raised.

The Commissioners Of the new East River
Bridge announced ia yesterdays Citv Record
that they hadl madc the following increases in
the salaries ~ employers in their department.;
a year 10 $n'uu. l., g. freeman, resident engineer.
t3 90 t" S""Uu, Kingsley l.. Martin, assistant en-
urRu sht~man. S2unu year TO 500 month;
Francis L. PrnNn, assistant rhElhecr. sl"N month
sI91a month to $3.50; thAuucry Il. Williams. as.
sistaut engineer Sl2J month To $50. Western
la, one, assistant engineer Sl25 n month to
Slao. liul crt lIAwl"y, draughtsman, 500 a month
TO -. j. Alfred Illy, suhassIstant engineer $40
a month e. 500; George \. q, Lewis, assistant en-
ulnrcr so month To 500. olaf Kelly, assistant
engineer. SO month to 500.
Alicia Fitzgerald has been appointed stenoR-
raphcr in tho Bureau OF Municipal Statistics
At 800 year.
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Walters Pooling Caused Him to he Mobbed
and Fined.

Thomas GiiRan. n waiter. OF 3Ol Fast
Thirty-fourth street smeared some hot tar or
the face of Howard O'Keele, 3 years old, Of
244 East Twentieth street. at Third avenue
and Twentieth street yesterday. ami for
time was in danger of personal injury from the
bystandcrs.
Gillgau was standing near a bucket OF warm
tar left on the sidewalk by the men working
on the Third avenue cable road. and the little
boy was chewing gum near him, when the
waiter picked up some 81 the fluid tar and
smeared it on the chld's face. Tn" boy cried
out with pain and crowd collected. Police
man Wcrzanski came along presently and one
OF the bystandrrs pointed out Giligan. As tho
policeman arrested him the crowd closed in on
Them and there were cries of Beat him ~
One man succeeded in landing blow on the
prisoners face before the policeman got him
When arraiGned in the Yorkvillc Police
Court the prisoner said he was only footing
with the boy. Magistrate Meade fined him SO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
DIDN'T KNOB ENOUGH TO LOOK.
Remarkable Ignorance of Young Man
Who Was Justly Unpopular.

Who Was Justly Unpopular.
Yes. l am through with him. snapped the
pretty girl in blue. land II you ever mention
him to me again you will make me an enemy
for lfe!"
What is the matter ?" asked the sympathetic
friend.
Matter enough" snapped the pretty girl in
blue again. THAT Young man doesn't know
enough to say boo to sick COW! You know
we went to a picnic the other day' Well. the
picnic was held in delightful spot out in tho
country, and while We were strolling around.
gathering wild flowers. We came to small
stream that we had to cross And what do you
think! He never offered to carry me across."
Perhaps he was too bashful." suggested
the sympathetic friend;
It was lust downright ignorance! didn't
cnre whether he carried me across or notl
I'm too independent! | lust took OF my shoes
and stock ings and waded acrosSl'
You didn't?" exclaimed the friend In tone
of voice that was supposed to express horror,
did, too" retorted the pretty girl in blue
But l took the precaution To- have him go
ahead and promise not to look:
And he lookedt asked tho sympathetic
friend. preparing to be shocked.
Look nothing! He didn't even pretend TO
looki What are you laughing about?" blazed
the pretty girl in blue. hate you as much
as do HIM ! do. so there"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
KING LUN4LILO'S BODF SAFE.
Tomb of the Bnrefooted King of Hawai-
Not Rined as Was Rnportcd.

HONOLULU, June Is. via San Francisco.
June 2S.-The tomb OF King Lunalilo. which
was recently said to have been riied. is intact
The report was due to the loss OF the key to the
tomb for many years. Although there were
several trustees of Lunalilo's estate. tho key OF
the tomb whcrc his body rested was intrustcd
to King haakaua, his successor kalakaua
gave the key to an old retainer and made no
record OF it. 40 the trustees could not find 1t for
MANY years. Five years after Kalakaua's
death they learned who had the key. Then
the tomb was opened and the body found safe.
uuently. the last time three weeks ago in
order to set at rest the false reports that tho
body Of the harefootcd King OF Hawaii had
been stolen. Iuna'iio, though rich man and
well educated, always chose t. go about Homo
lulu without shoes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
4 DEITHWATCH ~ PARK PL4CE.
The Noise in the Early Morning That Caused
the Policeman to Say Things.

One Of the night police along Park place. be-
tween Broadway and Church street stopped
suddenly and said to n man who had been
strolling with him:
What's that z"
The citizen listened and replied
don't hear anything"
Don't 20 hear it now? There it is. Listen
now and We must hear it,.
The citizen listened again. but declared that
he heard nothing unusual. The policeman
took the citizen by the arm and led him eau
tiously to a doorway from which the noise
seemed to come. and said:
DO yc hear that? There it is going now.
'tick-a-tick. tick tick it says Man alive.
don't ye hear it,
,,'"| Yes" the citizen replied. Il hear that
Why, that's a cricket"
That's what it is It's a death watch and
way down her" in this part OF New York. II
v" heard 1t in Harlem W would not think much
of it. But to hear death watch way down
here bodies av for somebody Mind what |
say to yo. therc'll be an awful accident some
wher" near here, or murder, before many
moons I'm not SupcrstltlOus. hut the death
Waterman alive. its chirp is a warming"
And rs tn" bells OF st. Paul and Trinity tolled
the hour the policeman stood with his night
stick under his arm. listened. and repeated:
do We hear it: Tick a-tick. tick. tick it
saws. Mind what said to We about something
happening here before long"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
More Frightened Than Hurt.

Mrs. Brown believed In teaching her chill
dren to be courageous 30 even while they
we're very small she made light Of their bumps
and bruises, and they soon learned not to cry
il II could possibly be helped.
One morning Mrs. Brown boarded cable
car with :}-year-old jamie in her arms. As tho
car lurched in starting James head struck
the seat in front with rcSoundinG whack,
oh OH" shrieked lady sitting next Mrs.
Brown ION! you poor child What an awful
blow! Poor little thing and so on
jamie suddenly burst into aperfect passion OF
Why, jamie" said Mrs. Brown, Would
mothers little man cry over such tinv bump %
"'T-tisn't Eat" sobbed jamie 81 but I'm so
frightened OF Eat yadyv'
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CARPET 7. M. STEWART
326 9TH Ave.
LLtANSIlVu Tel. iisa ssth St.


william NJ. Follmar. "a years old Of 1890
BuShwick avenue. is under arrest IN Brooklyn
on n charge Of attempting grand larceny.
James L. Hunter OF 10 North Eleventh street.
tho complainant in the case. is a candidate for
appointment to tn" Fire Department. and has
already passed the civil service examination.
He alleges that FnIlmar told hun it won d be
necessary for him To put up $500 in order to
secure the rob. and promised that Just as soon
as the money was paid tn" appointment would
he announced. Hunter said he would consider
the matter. and meanwhile told Police Captain
Reynolds OF what was going on. At the suR-
GeStinn Of the latter h" met FOlImar yesterday
al the broadway ferry ana gave him Sl0 to
bind the bargain. Tn" bills were marked, and
Just as Folmar had pork"trd them Detective
SargeantS Weser and Donovan nahbed him.
Fullmar is unknown to til" POLITICIANS. and 10
believed to have had no official confederate In
his Swindnng scheme.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
BATTERED Up. But CHEERFUL.
A Sturdy Little Negro Patient at Bellevue
Causes Laugh.

causes n
Mirth and misery comminGle oddly at times
to tighten the burden Of wretchedness and
woe which is the lot of the unfortunates who
are inmates Of the city's great hospitals.
score of wan faced sufferers were distributed
among the neat white cots of a medical ward in
Bellevue on aturday when new patient was
brought in. He was diminutive coiored man.
short. squat. thick black as ebony. with
heavy protrudng lips and bullet shaped head
sparsely sprinkled with kinky gray black
hair. He said he was George Smith. 33 years
old and was horn in "Loudon county. Nir-
gny. sab" All was luiet in the ward save an
occasional groan from some weary sufferer.
when the doctors, four OF them. grave faced
and dgniled. came to examine the new
arrival.
well. George. how do you feels" asked tho
house physician. bending over the cot.
The little darky looked at the doctors
askanco for n moment. rolled his big eyes
around. and said mournfully
Use hungry
have YOU any. rain ~ asked the doctor.
No. sab. 'ceptin Use hungry"
usual al examination In tho middle Of his back
""f How t%S did YOU got ths y the doctor asked
GWow, 9unEl9c,%g replied the patient; tcrseIy
placing his finger on big depression in the
calf Of the patients loft log -,
"DOrg chawed II, said Smith alphabetically.
A smile fitted across the faces Of the doctors
and patient in the next cot forgot to moan.
Next the physician found mass of irregular
scars, which looked az II an S-inch shell had
exploded and left its marks upon the patients
face and neck.
"ExplosionY" queried the doctor, pointing to
the spot.
"Mewi kicked me-" said Smith with a you
make me- tired air
Even the grave cquanimity OF the men of
medicine was disturbed. and patients in ad-
jacrnt cots laughed outright Further eXami-
nation showed "A network of sears on his face
and neck resembling the tracks in the New
York Central freight yards.
"Razcr flte." was Smiths explanation.
And where did YOU get these 2" said the
doctor with an amused smile. laying his fin
gers on three big welts on the Negroes scalp. -
"Cakewalk. Kin hev a chaw nv terbakerf'
he went on, and the ward was in an outburst
OF laughter
smith came to New York from Chicago on
freight train one month ago. lie has no home.
no relatives and no friends. lie said that he
the South and East for his health.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
UORSTED MILL TRUST.
Options on Nineteen Mills Secured-The
Capital STOCK WIN BE $40 .0OO. 900.


PHILADELPHIA. June 2S.-It was announced
authoritatively to day that options on nine
teen worsted mill plants have been accepted
aud that the Worsted Mil Trust will begin
operations on July 3. The majority OF the
plants are in and around this city. The COM
pany starts with capital Of Sl6,000OOO per
cent preferred stock and 10000, 900 common
stock. subscriptions were received on the
basis OF par for the preferred. which carried
80 per cent. bonus Of common stock Earn
ings for the plants to be consol dated show
that during the past two years tho fun per
cent. on the preferred and per cent on the
union a great saving can be made in the rur
chase of raw material and supplies used in
manufacture as we'll as in the cost Of selling.
The organizers ii the company were promt-
nent in pr3motng the organization OF the
doubt that the two will work in harmony
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

Corporation Counsel Asked to Aid In the
Eviction of Mrs. Farrell.

At the meeting of the Central School Board
yesterday resolution was passed asking tho
Corporation Counsel to take steps to eject a
squatter Mrs. Farrell. from the site OF the
school building which is to be built on Butler
street. near Fifth avenue. BROOKLYN. The con-
tractor for the building had reported To the
work because Mrs. Farrell refused to get out OF
his way.
Board bought the property. tho whole neigh
horhood was called "Shantyville.' and was
with "A view to the probability that that part
Of the city would soon be built NJ That
expectation was fulfilled. The sguattsrs on
was not mocsted She has come to believe
that tho land belongs to her, and has the cour-
BROOKLYN board said yesterday that the title
was perfectly clear, and that Mrs Farrell would
hIINn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
Seventy-Year-OId PeddIer's Five English
Words.

A Bohemian peddler in the upper end OF the
borough Of Manhattan offers for sale paper and
envelopes. He carrie, his stock in an old
handbag He has been travelling in tho same
territory for more than seven years. and all
the English he knows is
PAPER. envelopes cheap. FIVE ccnts"
II q customer warts to buy 10 cents worth OF
the pcdder's goods. or any amount. the ped
dlcr measures out five cents worth rs many
times as the purchasers money will buy He
is 20 years old. and although efforts to teach
paper. envelopes. cheap, five cents" On this
he earns living.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

Justice Gldersleeve of the Supreme Court
has appointed Benjamin +. Mckee temporary
receiver of the Alfred T. Smith Company. deal
er in ship rhandlery at ~ Broad street. on
the application Of directors OF the company
The liabilities are small
Albert s. Moore. who resides in Brewstcrs
has tlcd n petition in bankruptcy here. with
liabilities OF SSti. 4l5 and no available assets
His life Is insured for SlO.3OO in favor oi his
wife. MIR Moore was treasurer OF the Fast
River SILK Company when II failed in June.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

Mrs Georgiana Taylor, widow. who teaches
dressmak ing in West Fourteenth street asked
the police OF the West Thlrteth street station
last night TO protect her from several persons
who were trying to harm her. She wouldn' I
tell who the people were she WAS afraid Of
Sergeant Carson advised her to swear out war
rants for the arrest o; her annoyerS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
Rae. for the seawanhaka Cup.

The Seawanhaka-C orirthian Yacht Club and
the Royal ST. Lawrence Yacht Club have
agreed to change the date Of the first race for
the Seawanhaka Challenge Cup from July 20
to July ~ The trial races to select chal-
lenger are scheduled to begin nj Oyster Bay
next Monday, but 10 particulars Of these rnces
have been made public vet The Race Com
mittee OF the club is now cruising with the
fleet to New London. and until the members
return no ono will know ANYTHING about tho
races or the boats that will enter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
The Bicycle Trust Formed.

BosToS, Mass. June 2S.-The organization
OF the Bicycle Trust as the American Bicycle
COMPANY has been completed, the formal steps
having been taken at meeting held in this
city. There are forty-hvc firms included
in the list and the company will have a capt.
taiZation OF $35. 900. 900 OF preferred and $40
OOO.OOO of common stock. The preferred rep
resrnts the actual cash value OF plants: the
common. the good will OF the companies. their
patents and other more or less intangible
items which are nevertheless he'd to be OF
Ernn1 Nnlnn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
rournrrL mccoy FOR pIcxPoCKErA
Wodinsky's Part In Their Operations Was
to- NeM :. Mmrhern and DRAW n Crowd.

Isaac Wodinsky. 10 years old OF l76 Essex
street. was n prisoner yesterday in the Essex
Market Court charged by the police with work.
ing scheme to and band Of youthful pick
pockets According to the rolice. W odin sky
Tor the last week has been in the habit OF put
ting on false beard and running along east
side streets shouting Puice,' "Murder"
Thieves" 4 crowd generally followed him,
and in the excitement several watches and
peck at books were stolen.
Wodnsky was caught on Tuesday night as he
wns running through Essex street. the beard
fastened to his chin with string, In the police
court yesterday he denied all knowledge OF the
rohhrrins. aud declared hat he was only playing
with his comrades. lie was fined 50 on a charge
of disorder ly conduct.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
A.ton,.hment Finds Expression.

Small Horace was supposed to he fast asleep
on his low bed when his mother. occupied
downstairs, was Mortified at being apprised by
n succession Of thuds that he had awakened
unusually early and was proceeding very
rapidly down the stairs. humping his head
upon each step in turn. Too frightened to
move his mother sat listening for Rerles Of
shreis and was becoming even more terrified
nj the silence when her 2-year-old hopeful
broke il by the very emphatic utterance
"Wcll, by gracious !"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

AUSTIN. Tex. June 2S.-Leopold Schwar-
mann, a cigarette manufacturer OF the city OF
Mexico. was here to-day on his way to Mont
real. Canada. He announced that the prin-
cipal cigarette factories Of Mexico have formed
n syndicate to cOntlo l tn" cigarette business Of
that country, Tn" trust has a capital Of SO
OOO.OOO and the aggregat" output OF the iac-
tories embraced III the combine is 7,OOO.OOO
cigarettes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
A Tribute for Alderman Goodman.

A large gathering was present at tho homo Of
the Central Republican Club Of Harlem at lOl
West l27th street last night, to witness tho
presentation Of All embossed autograph album
to Alderman Elias Goodman of the Thirty first
district The presentation speech was made
by former uited States Commissioner W. II.
Spooner. The book contained a short history
Of the life Of the Alderman, referring especially
10 his work in the securing Of the Election
Primary law. Among the names in the book
were those OF Gov. Roosevelt, former Mayor
ncluS Van Colt. Cornelius " Bliss. Gen, Arson
q. McCOok and Of every member of the club.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

CLEVELAND. June 2S-Tranlc on the entire
Nickel Plate road was tied up by freight
wreck at Lakewood this morning. broken
hangr on the wheel of one Of the cars derallel
an ore car. and the succeeding ten were tele-
scoped. Three of the cars which were wrecked
were loaded with hogs. The Others were
loaded wi h grain. and 10000 bushels were
spilled and water soaked The hogs escaped.
and Lakewood was busy chasing tkNm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

William Schnchtel OF +54 West Thirty Nth
street was killed yesterday by the bursting of
Il beer cask In tho cellar Of Howard a Child 5
brewery in Thirty-third street, near Tenth
avenue Schachtel and another maA were
hiling the cask when Schachtel noticed Il leak
In it and bent down to examine. Almost i'm
mediately the barrel burst. the fragments
decorating Schachtel badly about the body aud
legs. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital and
died there soon after admission.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
NnYN Yard NOIea.

A number Of employees in the various de-
partments in the navy yard will be discharged
on Saturday owing to the fact that the appro-
priation for the fiscal year is not large enough
10 pay for the extra force Of men now employed
in the ward.
The gunhoat scorpion was noatcd out Of dry
dock yesterday. She was tied up at the Cob
Dock and will go into commission in about n
month.
The cruiser BROOKLYN will como out uf dry
dock tomorrow. Ii is believed that she will
Join Rear Admira sampson squadron at New
port next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

CMATTANooUA. Tenn, June 2S.-P Pension { ON
missioner II, Clay Evans has announced to his
friends here that he will be n candidate for del
sgate-at- large TO the next Republican Conven-
ton. This Is the result Of the fight being made
on Evans in Tennessee politics by Congress-
man Brownow. who has charge OF the state
machinery.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
Moro Air-Power Cars.

by the end of this week fourteen new air.
power cars will be put on the Twenty eighth
and Twenty ninth street line Of the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway Company. As fast as tho
air power company can furnish thom other
cars viii be added. The air compressor at
Twenty-third and Twenty-fouth streets. North
RlNnr is COmnlrted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
Fnlllng Brick Fractnres roliceman,s skull.

As Policeman Joseph kothsrhild Of the Fifth
street station was passing the new building at
90 Fifth street yesterday morning brick foil
from tho sixth floor and struck him on the
head fracturing his skull. He was taken to
Bellevue Hospital and may not recover, George
Hcltgrcn Of 80 Dean street, Brooklyn, the
foreman in charge Of the building. was arrest
cd and is under $500 bail awaiting the result
OF the pOliccman's injuries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

really hrstclass summer resort, either at aeAshore
or mountain, make its locality known through TIE
suns advertising columns. SUS readers seek such
plRces,-Adr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29

An Advertisement Under Summer Resorts
placed in THT SUS before the Fourth will go long
way toward your securing desirable guests for the
summer-AdV.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-22
WORK AT NOTRE DAME.
The 9th Annual commencement Exer-
cises at ST. Johns.

st. Johns hall was filled yesterday af-
ternoon with the parents and friends
of the pupils attending the 9th annual
commencement exercises of st. Johns
school, under the direction of Notre
Dame sisters.
The exhibition of work done during
the year by the pupils was greatly ap-
preclated, and reflected great credit on
the sisters who had trained their
scholars in such a perfect manner.
The needle work was very shilfully
done and it was also very valuable,
some pieces being valued as high as $50.
The work was exhibited in the class
rooms, each grade being well repre-
scented. Ten of the young ladies re-
ceived diplomas, having just com
pleted their high school training under
the sisters of Notre Dame.
Diplomas for the four years course
were given to Ellen Gertrude Crimmins,
Josephine Teresa DOlan, Teresa Angela
Donovan. Mary Teresa Looney, Mar
garet Agnes Mongovan and Mary Mar
garet Sexton; three years course, Nora
Irene Curran. Eleanor Cecilia McCar-
thy Eva Veronica O'Connell ana Mary
Christina Wiseman,
Silver medals for piano were award
ed to Misses M. Dwyer and G. Gala
CHER: certificates, Misses M. Doherty
and H. Aubrey.
The program began at o'clock with
the rendering of Chopin's 'Impromp-
tu' by Miss e. Doherty. Miss f. Fitz-
gerald, Miss l.. ROnayne and Miss L.
St. John. Miss +. O'Connell read an
essay THE graces of thankfulness,
written by Miss e. Crimmins Brink
worths Birds of spring" was sung in
a very creditable manner by the senior
classes. Then came the presentation OF
diplomas, certificates and medals. Rev.
FIR. Sullivan read out names of the
successful ones, and Bishop Beaver
presented the diplomas
Miss Ronayne, Miss G. Gallagher,
Miss L. st. John and Miss e. Ward
then gave a vocal selection, "Maiden-
hood" by Donizetti Miss e. LOoney
read a very well written essay, The
literature of character"
Then came "Erl King" Schubert
LiszO, Miss G. Gallagher, Miss M.
Naughton. Miss NJ. Dryer.
Our festal hour" chorus.
"Heroines of the poets" Miss a. Mon
govan.
E. Mccarthy, Miss NJ. Sexton, Miss NJ.
Bradley.
Glass song, words by Miss NJ. Sexton.
Nothing for its own sake, essay,
with valedictory, Miss ]. Dolan.
Ave Maria" chorus CWittasseck),
senior classes.
The class song was composed by MISS
Mary Sexton.
The members of the graduating class
are invited to attend the alumnae re-
ception of the school Friday evening in
ST. Johns hall.