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The times., 1899-08-28
STRUCK BY A FALLING DOG.
The Canine Killed and n Man Knock
ed Down and Bruised.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Charles Hoffman
a horseshoer, Of 447 West Fifty second
Street, was talking with friend in front
of his store last night when black and
tan dog fell from the roof of the tenement
house next door, struck him on the head
and knocked him down. The dog was killed
by the fall, and Hoffman's head was bruised
where 1t banged against the pavement. His
first thought on picking himself up was that
some one had thrown the dog at him de-
liberately and he started through the house
to find out who had done IL.
He raped at the door of nearly every
fiat, extending the CARCASS of the dog. and
asking whoever came TO the door if the
dog had been thrown from there The dead
animal was soon recognized as having be-
longed to Mrs. Thomas Ryan, of the top
floor Hoffman's wrath grew stronger as
he climbed nearer to Mrs Ryan's fiat.
Did you throw this dog at me?" he
asked at the door. His voice was full OF
menace, but Mrs. Ryan did not lose her
lf-possession.
And kill the dog?" she asked. "No.
sir. Twas two weeks ago my cousin died
and was buried from this house. Two weeks
before that my cousins mother died here.
And twas only short time. previous to
| that that my cat died. | didn't kill Nellie.
Hoffman went downstairs again. He
| learned afterward that the dog had been
| playing on the roof with Dewey, dog
owned by neighbor Of Mrs. Ryan, and that
| Nellie had forgotten she was on the root
and had leaped over the coping
The times., 1899-08-28
SUICIDE OF A HoMEsIcK GIRL.
A Dependent Hungarian Hangs
Herself In HosuitaI

NEW YORK, Aug. PA. very weary
looking young girl, evidently a foreigner,
wandering uncertainty about near the foot
of East 18TH Street on Friday afternoon
attracted the attention of Policeman Must
bader, of the East 126th Street station, and
he asked her if she was lost, She made no
reply, but started, half running, toward
the river The policeman slapped her and
asked other questions about herself. She
finally replied to him in an unknown
tongue and indicated by signs that she
did not understand English.
Thinking that she was lost, the police
man took her to the Barge Office, where
she was questioned in vain in various IAN
guages. The officials, however, decided
that she was Hungarian, and sent Ler to
the Hungarian Home at ii Greenwich
Street AS before, she would answer no
questions there but seemed glad of some
milk which was given to her. In the even
ing she began to cry and act so strangely
that the matron became alarmed and sent
her to the Hudson Street Hospital, where
her case was diagnosed as form OF hys-
terra. AS patients of this kind Will bear
a good deal of watching she was put in the
insane ward of the hospital, and the nuTse
IN charge was iuSlIucleu " WAUGH AeA
closely, but not to interfere with her more
than was necessary, as that would tend
only to aggravate the malady.
That night the girl lay awake, crying
softly most of the time. Occasionally she
arose and walked about, but when aske1
by signs if she wanted anything, only
shook her head. Yesterday morning she
seemed in quieter spirits, and showed an
inclination TO sleep. About 8 o'clock the
nurse in charge was called to the other
end of the ward, where she stayed not
more than five minutes. When she re-
turned the girl was lying on the floor dead
her neck in a moose made of the sheet
which she had fastened to the ventilator
above her bed.
Evidently, as soon as the nurses back
was turned the girl had climbed on heI
cot, torn the sheet for her purpose, made
a moose around her neck, tied the other
end through the ventilator and thro wn
herself to the floor. She was beyond help
when the doctor came.
Coroner yucca made an examination
and the body was removed TO the morgue
There it was identified by Helen Schweit-
| ke servant, as that of Catherine Seniak
eighteen years old, servant in the en-
ploy of Mrs. Haas at % East 112th Street
! The girl had been in this country only q
week, and was desperately homesick. She
left the Haas house on Friday morning
| left some written orders at the grocer's
and butchers, and did not return. Nc
other motive for her suicide is known ex-
! cept homesickness. She was Hungarian
| from one of the northern provinces, and
| had no friends in this city.
The times., 1899-08-28
ANGEL DANCERS JAILED.
Shocking immortality on the Lords
Farm Directly Charged.

HACKENSACK, N. j., Aug. 27.-The
Angel Dancers" OF the Lords Farm are
in trouble again. Ever since Mnason T.
Huntsman arrived in Park Ridge in 1888
and became SO Jealous at revival services
in which he was invited to assist that he
had to be driven out, he and his handful of
followers have been subjects of periodical
proceedings, legal and Illegal Last night
Huntsman, Mary Storms, her brother, Gar
rett Storms, and John McClintock, were ar
rested and locked up in Hackensack jail for
maintaining disorderly house; Huntsman
and Garrett Storms are also charged with
the more serious crime of criminal assault
upon Emily and Lucy Lamb, aged, re-
spectively, thirteen and fourteen years.
Mrs. Annie Lamb, OF Massachusetts. made
the charges, and told a story of shocking
immortality in the Lords household espe-
cially in the process of initiating newcomers
"as children of God" She declared that
she was also a victim of the initiation,
Huntsman being assisted by Mary Storms
and another woman.
Justice Cummings heard the story of Mrs.
Lamb in the office of Prosecutor Stagg.
Mrs. Lamb said her children went to the
Lords Farm more than a year ago. She
went away and left the two girls there, and
as they refused to join her when she wanted
them the sheriff took them away. Hunts
man says he was asked by letter TO take
the children back, and that he told them the
gate was open. Two constabes went 10
the Lords Farm last night and made the
arrests. bringing the prisoners down in a
wagon. They were locked up without bail
the two children being detained as wit
nesSeS.
The times., 1899-08-28
A WIDOW SUED BY A WIFE.
Ten Thousand Dollars Wanted for
Alternating a Husbands Love.

DANBURY, Conn, Aug. 27.-Papers have
been served in suit for $4,000 damages
in which Mrs. Franklyn Hart, wife of a
prominent business man of this city, alleges
that Mrs. Anna c. Knapp wealthy widow,
has alienated the affections of Mr.. Hart. In
the bill of particulars Mrs. Hart declares
that through the wiles and seductions of the
widow she has been deprived of her hus-
bands love and affections, lost his society,
suffered great anguish, and is broken in
health and her happiness is gone.
Mrs. Knapp was at one time considered
the handsomest woman in this neighbor-
hood. She is the only daughter of Edward
H. Taylor, prominent hat manufacturer,
and leader in society and church work.
She still has charm of face and manner.
she was married TO Smith H. Knapp, a
wealthy real estate owner and dealer. After
his death, several years ago, Mrs. Knapp
apparently retired within the seclusion OF
her handsome residence, in Deer Hill Ave-
nue., the most fashionable street In the city.
A sensation was created by the arrest
of Franklin Hart in Mrs. Knapp's house
q few months ago. The widows cries at
tracted attention, but when the police tried
IA enter the house she denied that anyone
but members of her family was there. Mrs
Knapp's mother declared that man was
secreted in the house, and policemen found
Hart in the attic. In spite of the widow
protests that she did not want the man ar
rested and that he was in the house with
her permission, Hart was taken 10 the >po-
lice station. 1t transpired that he had
struck Mrs. Knapp causing her TO cry for
aid. When Hart was heavily fined Mrs
Knapp went to court and paid the fine and
costs.
Separation Of Mr. and Mrs Hart followed
and after the present suit for damages there
will probably be an action for divorce. The
/ case is returnable TO the September term oi
] the Superior Court.
The times., 1899-08-28
POTATO BUGS ON A RAID.
An Army of Pests stall n Railroad
Train.

CENTRE MoRIcHEs, L. J.. Aug. 27.-
Probably out of revenge because they had
arrived TOO late to kill of the crops that
are now being harvested by the farmers
potato bugs made raid on the Long Island
Railroad yesterday morning and stalled at
least one train. The bugs gave up their
lives to accomplish their purpose In
armies OF thousands the bugs were making
their way over the tracks in the direction
of New York The wheels OF the looomo-
tive hit the front rank OF the travellers and
the great drivers began 20 grind through
the mass. The rails became slippery and
the big wheels stopped. Engine Driver
Murray and Fireman William Price armed
themselves with brooms and swept the
tracks clear. Passengers stood and
watched them with amusement but not
with astonishment, for the potato bug In
vasion is not a novelty TO the Long Island
iDhsbitant In their yearly migratIons the
bugs generally take q northerly direction
Yesterday the bugs apparently found the
rails and ties an easier pathway than the
sandy roads, so they mapped their route
accordingly. AS the potato crop is now
nearly harvested, the bugs viii find no
growing plants 10 feed on.
The times., 1899-08-28
STARVED sEvENTY-NINE DAYS.
Ice the Only Nourishment of Man
Dying From Cancer.


wOONSOcKET, r L, Aug. 27.-Hormi-
das Gnyette, forty-three years old, Of the
factory village Of Manville, after having
been seventy-nine days without food or
nourlshnaent, except bits of ice, died yes
terday afternoon. He had been suffering
with cancer in the stomach since last Feb
rusry. and the assistance OF five different
doctors had failed to give him relief.
When the symptoms the cancer first set
in he weighed 1S9 pounds. He was reduced
20 l5s pounds shortly before taking to
the bed, and apparently al death he did
not weigh more than sixty pounds Dur
ing the time Of his fasting he was aware
that there was no hope for his recovery.
Several weeks ago he predicted that he
would remain upon this earth about sew
enty-five days longer.
His wife sat almost constantly by his
side during his fast. and when he desired
Il gave him small pieces of ice He suf-
fered from a continual feverish headache,
and Mrs. Guyette soothed this by passing
e cloth in which were wrapped small pieces
Of ice over his forehead. Shortly before
his death he named the men whom he
wished 10 be his pallbeares and requested
that there be an autopsy IN order that the
doctors could see the cause of his Illness.
Two hours before he died the doctor could
not detect any movement OF the patient
pulse, but be continued conscious almost
TO the last moment of life. Guyette was
five feet eleven inches tall and of great
vitality He showed this 10 a great extent
during his suffering. Yesterday afternoon
the physicians held an autopsy and found
q cancer In the stomach weighing three
and three-quarter pounds and an abnor-
mally large liver. These were the only
extraordinary features but the prolonged
makes the case unlike any known TO the
doctors here
The times., 1899-08-28
ANXIETY OF oYsTERMEN.
The MusseI Plague Along the Slater
Island and New Jersey shores.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27,-The opening OF
the oyster season in New York is attend
ed this year with more than ordinary in
terest. For nearly two months 1t has been
known among the oystermen around Staten
Island and along the New Jersey shore
that the mussel plague has been making
serious inroads and doing great damage on
some of the finest beds around Princes
Bay. Experienced planters understand
that the musseI is the most deadly enemy
Of the oyster, but fortunately the mussel
only develops under special conditions.
Hence, it is only periodical marauder on
the oyster beds 1t is only after or during
a long period OF drought early in the sum
mer, such as prevailed here during last
May and June, that the mussel develops
and overruns the oyster beds.
During such dry weather there is not
sufficient fresh water flowing into the lays,
| creeks, and rivers where oysters are plant
ed to keep the water in a brackish condi-
\ ton, so as TO exclude the musses, which
only thrive in salt water. AS the saline
/ qualities of the water on the oyster beds
increase, the conditions for mussel gfowth
become favorable; the mussels attach
! themselves to the oysters in great qGanti-
/
oyster is smothered.
During the month of June, while the
musseIs were small, some of the large
planters around Princes Bay spent thou
sands of dollars taking up oysters and ex-
posing them TO the as to kill the
small mussel growth and then returned
the oysters to the beds.
This was an expensive operation, and
was only partly successful. The amount
OF damage done TO the oyster crop this year
by the mussels cannot now be estimated ap-
proximately. Only in the harvesting OF
the crop during the season can the full
extent of the damage be estimated.
1t is, therefore, with an unusual degree
/ of solicitude that the planters are begin
ming operations on their beds this season
! The oyster merchants and planters say that
/ they will make no change in prices for the
present in any event. New York supplies
nearly all the oysters consumed in the
United States during September and Oc-
| tober The season for Chesapeake Bay, Viz
! ginia, and Delaware oysters does not open
fully until October Is, and up till that time
the New York planters and oyster dealers
have practically monopoly of the market
The European oyster shipments, which
are made from Long Island waters, begin
about September IS, if the weather proves
/ favorable and a steady stream of those
oysters continues 10 cross the Atlantic TIL
the middle of April. The oyster exporters
say there are very good prospects for heavy
| shipments this season. Tae Blue Points
made an excellent reputation on the other
side last season. and il is expected that the
/ orders will be increased this year, should
the oysters prove to be as good as they
/ vera last season
The times., 1899-08-28
SMOKE IN NEW YORK HARBoR
The Governments Attention Called
TO the Alleged Nuisance.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Lieutenant Fre-
mont, the Government Supervisor of New
York Harbor, has prepared and forwarded
to the War Department a report on the
danger to navigation caused by the dense
clouds Of smoke which Oyerhang the upper
bay The smoke and fumes come largely
from oil refineries and copper works at
Constable Hook, n. J., on the west shore
of the Kill Won Kull. The nuisance has
increased to such an extent that an arti-
fetal fog rests on the harbor even in fair
weather, and when nature supplies a real
fog in addition, navigation except by COM
pass becomes well nigh impossible.
Lieutenant Fremont in his report says
that the present condition of affairs is in
tolerable The white, sitting fumes Of the
copper works and the heavy, black smoke
of the refineries pollute the air in the East
River as far north as Sixtieth Street, he
says, and, in the opposite direction, well
down into the Narrows. a list of collisions
between harbor craft which are directly
or partially traceable to the smoke-fog is
included in the report.
Many of the tugs plying in the harbor
burn soft coal, it is said, and thus add TO
the discomfort and inconvenience of marin
ers These vessels come under the juris-
diction of the city Beard of Health and the
supervisor of the harbpr is poYerless in
their case. Instead of appealing to the
health authorities in New York and New
Jersey, however, Lieutenant Fremont has
forwarded his protest to Washington,
where he expects speedier action than local
officials would give the matter.
The residents Of Staten Island are per-
haps more interested in the "smoke-fog"
nuisance than the owners and navigators
of vessels. When the wind is from the
west the smoke and fumes cover almost
the entire island. The owners of the OBJ
/ jectionable factories have received numer-
GUS protests. II is said, but only one, the
Standard Oil Company, has paid the slight
est attention to them. The harbor super
visor has strong hopes Of success in his
1 Dc. air,rf n,rtic
The times., 1899-08-28
A STOCK EXCHANGE TEST CASE.
Wall Street Man Fights Against a
Tax on His Seat.

NEW YORK, Aug. PA writ of GER
tiorari ordering a review of the assessment
of taxes made in the case of William E.
Tillinghast, of Englewood, N. j., whose
seat on the stock exchange was assessed
at 500 ,000 has been issued by Justice An
drews, of the Supreme Court. Ernest t.
Fellows, OF II Pine Street, is counsel for
Mr.. TilIinghast, and the order is returnable
on October 2, in the Supreme Court.
AS nonresident, Mr.. Tillinghast is as
sessed for the $4,000, as capital invested
in business in this city, and his counsel
proposes to fight this on two lines. 1t is
alleged that Mr.. Tillinghast paid $4,000 for
the seat in 1869, and, therefore, should not
be assessed for a greater amount than
that; and also that, as the stock exchange
is not an incorporated company, and the
holding of a seat on it is only privilege,
money paid out for such a seat cannot be
held to be capital invested.
The case will be test for many others
The 1100 seats on the stock exchange
have all been assessed at $4,000, and mem
bers of other exchanges have been assess
ed more heavily than heretofore.
The times., 1899-08-28

The Illinois Central has issued q map
which shows the status of Southern routes
in competing for export business All west
of a line drawn through Indianapolis TO
Charleston, S. c., are nearer 10 New Or
leans than to New York. The comparative
distance from Duluth to New York is
1890 miles; TO New Orleans, 1.340; from
ST. Paul to New York, 1922 and to New
Orleans, iii; Omaha to New York. 1,402.
and to New Orleans, 1,070; Kansas City TO
New York, 1,335. and to New Orleans, SO;
st. Louis to New York, 1,05S, and to New
Orleans. ZOO; Chicago to New York, 912,
and to New Orleans, the same; Cincinnati
to New York, ISL, and to New Orleans, $50.
1t is urged that these are conditions which
the trunk lines must take into considera-
tion, and that they will not have the short
lines at their mercy on export traffic where
they have connections for this Southern
route. 1t is significant that Chicago is on
dividing line and can send traffic either
way.
The times., 1899-08-28
DEATH FASTENED BY FEAR.
Threats of Revenge Worry Il Former
Policeman Into His Grave.

Policeman Into His crave.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Fear or assass-
nation preyed onsthe mind of Capt. James
NJ. Case to such an extent that his health
broke down. and he succumhed to a light
attack of pneumonia, which otherwise he
would probably have thrown off with little
trouble. Case was once policeman in Sar-
atoga. For the last two years he had been
night watchman in this city. In his con-
stabulary days he was instrumental in
sending one McQuade to prison for four
teen years. McQuade threatened to kill
Case when he regained his liberty. Cases
father had been shot to death by a man
whom he had evicted in 1888.
On July 80 last, as Case was watching
a building in Tenth Street, near Fifth Ave-
nue., man approached him and asked if
he Was the same James M. Case who was
once Saratoga policeman. Case said that
he was. The man told Case that he was
McQuade and he purposed to have his
revenge. Then he went away. Case grew
extremely nervous He would not go TO
bed, but took his sleep in a chair. Case
was eighty four years old, and the nervous
strain told severely on his health. On the
night of August two shots were fired at
him from a vacant lot next the building
he was watching. The bullets missed Case
and were fattened against the side of the
building. Case was SO badly scared, how
ever, that he fell senseless TO the floor.
There policeman, attracted by the shots,
found him. When he was revived he said
he believed McQuade had tried to murder
him. No trace of the person who fired
the shots could be found
Case was all broken up by the fright.
He lost appetite and grew wild looking.
A week later he was taken to St Vincent's
Hospital, physical wreck. He had caught
a cold and in his nerve shattered eondi-
tion had no time to attend TO t. Neglected
thus, the cold preyed on his enfeebled con-
stitution and developed into pneumonia,
from which the old man died on August
Il. McQuade was avenged.
The times., 1899-08-28
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The times., 1899-08-28
Four Men killed in Briekyard.

CATSKILL, N. Y, Aug. 27.-Four men
were killed yesterday by the falling of a
kiln Of unburned brick at the brickyard of
G. w. Washburn & Co, in this village,
The names of the dead are: William Hen
zie and Antonio de Battista, both of Cats
kill; William Bigelow, coored, of Halifax,
Va, and Crawford Owens, colored, OF Rich
mond Va. Battista was alive and assisted
in digging himself out Of the debris, but
died two hours later. The three Others
were dead when found.
The times., 1899-08-28

almost invariably the net income increases
to greater proportion than the gross. The
fact of the case is that the recent years of
prosperity have enabled the railway COM
panies to expend large sums on the i'm
provements and betterments and to buy
newer and heavier equipments. The
prime object sought was TO increase the
carrying capacity of cars and the hauling
power of locomotives. At the present time
on most of the big systems one freight train
crew can care for the same number of cars
and amount of freight as two crews were
formerly required for.
The times., 1899-08-28
. rhiInsnnhicnI Oninion.

(From the New York Commercial Advertissr.)
Nations change more than individuals" said
the East Side philosopher. Nations born
and die and each one is different, but the human
heart IS always the same.
'sYou are peSsimist" said the AnglO-Sayon-
'.Not at all replied the East Side phiioso-
pher a shade Of annoyance crossing his face
''The human hearts all right. When we learn
that natioHaities are superituous and that the
human heart Is all sufficient the world will be
happy That time is coming"
''Yes. when the world becomes Aagio-Saxon, =
said the Anglo Saxon. And another shade Of
annoyance started across the round face 0f the
East Side philosopher.
The times., 1899-08-28
The Missing Link railroad.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. 27.-Col.
W. L. Albright, Of Attoway, Putnam
county. Ohio is here organizing a company
with $1,000 coo capital. TO build the Miss
ing Link Railway from here 10 Walhalla
6. C.. a distance Of $50 miles. Colonel ALI
bright left Tor Georgia this morning TO Sc
cure a charter In that State
The times., 1899-08-28
Charged with Burning ont n Rival.

WARSAW. Ind. Aug. 27.-W. J. Jack
son, wealthy politician of this city, was
arrested yesterday, charged with arson.
He is the proprietor OF a restaurant and
is accused Of burning out his largest COM
petitor, Charles Girard. The fire also
destroyed several other business houses.
The times., 1899-08-28

The railway lines connecting with the
Gulf of Mexico are doing everything in
their power to divert export business
from the middle West, through the Gulf
route. 1t has been proven in the past
year that they will be successful to a GER
tain extent. The earnings of the South
western lines have been increasing rapidly
during this period and the securities Of
all of them, nearly, are increasing in value.
The times., 1899-08-28

The prominence of the Pacific securities
in the stock market recently is direct re-
Election of the large increases in the earn
ings of these lines, which is due TO con-
siderable extent 10 the increase in the eX-
port business of the country to the Orient
1t is one of the certainties of the future
of the country that this business viii grow
tremendously The Pacific railways are
probably entering the great period OF their
history.