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The sun., 1899-03-12
CREDITORS LOOK FOR ALFIELD.


Policeman Who EIoped with Mrs. Hinch
Left Fraudulent Debts Behind.
Policeman George Il. Alfeld. who on Mon
day last deserted his wife and disappeared
from his home at Seventy-flrst street and
Fourteenth avenue, Fort Hamilton. with the
widow of Policeman Hinch to whom he is said
to have been married last October in New
Jersey. was being looked for yesterday by a
host OF anxious creditors. These included
jewellers. diamond brokers. clothiers. bakers
butchers and grocers.
Alheds Indebtedness, from what could be
learned from the creditors. is at least So. 000
and large portion OF it Is for diamonds and
jewelry which he obtained on the installment
plan jus. previous to his disappearance
From a firm OF jewellers in Nassau street.
Manhattan. he secured pair OF diamond
earrings and other jewelry to the value Of
$500. and from the firm OF Meyer & Co.
OF Broadway. Brooklyn. he obtained diamond
ring valued at $500 He also borrowed money
right and left. giving in return his worthless
notes. From a poor widow he obtained $500
on the strength OF securing a good investment
for her.
Mrs. Alfleld. according to her own story.
knew that her husband had committed bigamy
O few days after he had installed the Hinch
woman in the same house with her as a SER
want. The house he lived in. although pur-
chased by him. is now In the name Of his wife.
and II Is valued at $4,000. Her equity in it is
Mrs. Xiaeid in telling the story of her domes-
tic life says that she has been married sixteen
years. and until last summer she and her hus
band livsd happily together. In August her
husband got two weeks vacation.
He did not tell me where he was going" she
said. and did not hear from him until one
day when received letter to meet him at the
Sea Beach Palace. Coney Island When met
him he was in company with this Hinch woman.
She spoke up and said:
~ love your husband and George loves me.
We have sent for you TO ask YOU to get a d.
vorce from him and give him to me"
My husband then asked me il would give
him up and told him that would never con-
sent TO such procee ding Six weeks ago he
brought the woman to the house and said
that she would act a servant to me. !
decided to make the best of matters. and
] soon learned that my husband had
been foolish enough to marry the woman.
My husband on his departure left the follow
ing letter for me: II i ever make strike ]
will come back to you With the letter were
all the bills for groceries. milk and household
necessities for ., month or more. which had
never been paid
Since his, disappearance ,Alheld has commu,7;
nicated with his wife and begged OF her to sell
her house and pay for the Jewelry that he has
obtained. Twenty years. he says, is staring
him in the face unless 1t is paid for.
The sun., 1899-03-12
RIOrOUS STRIKERS ARRESTED.
Seventy-One Employees of Steel Car Conn
pmny Taken from Il DisorderIy MeetinE.

Seyenty-One EMPLOYEES of a Steel Car Conn
,,,,, T,,, F., =, D;..s, 11.;
p""' ""'" ''''" D'or"eriS ''e"'"E''
PfTTsBURG, Pa, March ll-Seventy- of
Wv Wv Ss St.lN'ns o'ni"ososs Vi Tue ifesseu o'eei
Car company were arrested this afternoon by
the police OF Allegheny. The strikers were
ilo'',s a"ions 'hoiiiseiNes' haVinE sePa-
rated in two camps. the Socialists and
anti-socialists The strike has been going
or to- saya-oI do,s ,nJ I,to,,, Cit, cah,Iha..
osi ~, uass' anu @ iately 1eiIs "chulperR
OF Philadelphia and William Brauer OF New
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CONFRONTED BY MASKED BURGLARS
Farmer Miller Tied in His Kitchen--His
Wife Forced to Tell Whore $50 Was Hidden.


Farmer Miller Tied in His Kitohen--Hls
Wife Forced to Tell Whore $50 Was Hidden.
ROCHESTER,. March 1.-Two robbers, each
wearing white mask, broke into the house ci
Charles Miller. Just beyond the city line. in.
theltowp OF Irondequoit a little after IL o'clock
last night. and binding Nh. Miller. scared his
wife into telling them where $50 In m oney was
concealed. The robbers had revolvers. which
they fouriShed about the heads OF the helpless
couple. threatening that II they made o sound
they would shoot them without warning. NIL
Ter Is retired farmer and is about 65 years Of
age. His wife is about the same ago. On March
2 Mr.. Miller received $50 interest on Invest
ments. On the night OF March 2 an unsuc-
oesSiui attempt Was made TO break into ths
Miller house. Tho attempt alarmed Mr. Mil
ler and his wife. but still they did not put tho
money in tho bank. They hid it under the mat
tress Of the bed In which they slept.
The fright of the attempted burglary had
about worn away. and last night the old couple
retired to their room on the lower floor at about
9:30 o'clock. Mr.. Miller was some what ner.
He was lying awake al. about II O'Clock when
he heard footsteps in the kitchen. He sprang
out OF bed. and. running from the bedroom into
that room to the kitchen. when he was CON
fr99nted BY two masked men.
/, Miller declared that he had no money. bur
the ROBBERS. after tying Miller. went into the
sleeping room whore Mrs. Miller was aud
frightened her into telling them where tho
money was.
When Mr.. Miller finally gave the alarm it
was about O'Clock this morning, The near
est neiRhbor lives about 200 feet away. Mr.,
Miller went to his house and awakened him
Then other residents of the town were
awakened. and soon a searching party. armed
with shot guns. rifles and reyolvers. was or
Ranized and a thorough search was made fcr
the robbers but IL was unsuccessful. II is
thought that the robbers are members Of a
gang which operated successfully In BinR-
hamton a fsw nights ago The authorities III
other cities have been warned.
The sun., 1899-03-12
TROOPS TO RESCUE 4 TRAIN.
Colorcd Heroes of San Juan to Dig Out
Snowbound Passengers in the West.

Colorcd Heroes of San Juan to Dig Out
Snowbound Passengers in the West.
CHEYENNE. Wyo. March 1.-THE colored
troops at Fort Russell. four companies Of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry. volunteered to-day to
60 out as shovellers In the attempt to bring
the Cheyenne and Northern train. which. with
forty-two passengers. has been snow
bound at Iron Mountain. fifty miles from here.
for two weeks. One hundred have been ac-
cepted, and will form n relief party under
Mayor Schnitger and Attorney Brerkons. and
will take tram with provisions out to- night.
The esnuw-bound passengers have been llv
ing the past week on a steer killed Sunday by
Superintendent Rashhch. who is in charge OF
the train. Two relief trains which have gone
out this week are in the drifts between here
and Iron Mountain. a fierce blizzard
Of snow and wind which prevailed for twelve
hours yesterday having showed them in. The
troops going out are the ones who first reached
the crest Of San Juan Hill last July. and it Is
believed they will break the blockade.
The sun., 1899-03-12
mR. >rIyAEr,s DIsApPnaniycE
Not Seen by His Friends Since Jan. I3-
Left His Money All In Knnk.

Not Seen by His Friends Since Jan. Is-
Left His Money All In Bank.
The Brooklyn police have not been able to
obtain any tidngs Of Thomas Stanley, the
aged and eccentric piano tuner. who has been
missing from his boarding house. at S5 Hicks
street since Jan. l3. For nearly twenty years
he had been engaged as piano tuner in
Brooklyn and was known to many persons.
lie accumulated considerable money and he
drew nothing from the savings banks in which
IL was deposited urlOr 10 his disappear aucp
seven years ago he made will, bequeathing
all his estate tn his wife and daH chters whom
he left behind in England when he came 10 this
country. and the will is in the possession OF
" II iodGins; a statlonerof "a Fulton street,
whn IL named az executor Mr. Stanley had
Il Il tte box In Mr.. Hodginss store and this is
filed with mail matter which has daily been
accommodating since Mr. Stanley's disappear
hncs Mr. Stanley was such a strict temper-
ancs man that he would never even tune a
piano over saloon.
The sun., 1899-03-12
DEAD MANS LlEG MOVED.

1t Caused Panic at Hjs Wake, but tho
Explanation Was Simple.
John Stnn,on, a ons.leggsd negro. died at tho
Flushing Hospital on Friday. He WAS a Cath
olc. and his friends held wake at his late
home. in Calden avenue. Flush Ing, that night.
After time n quartet OF negroes started TO
sing the :" H lleluj m" chorus. They were we'll
into the second verse when soun WAS he rd
in the coffn. All eyes turned III that ERECTION,
and then They saw one o. Stant pn'S legs slowly
moving The members OF the quartet dropped
their hymn books ana plunged through the
nearest win ows.
Many others followed. making their II it in the
q Quickest manner possul Wien tho excite
ment Hubsided, an inveRtiEati,Vn was maie.
II appears that when Stanton WAS placed In
his coffin his artificial leg was not removed.
The ice melie faster un sr ono CInd Of tho leg
than under the other. causing it 70 rise.
The sun., 1899-03-12
THE OPERA.
"LohenRrin" Mt the Matinee and "RiEo-
Ietto" Sung Last Evening.

"LohenRrIn" Mt the Matinee and "Rigo-
Ietto" Sung Last Evening.
"Lohengrin" will probably reach moro per-
iormances during the season than any other
opera II was given at the matinee yester-
day afternoon before another enormous house.
Jean do Reszke is extremely popular as Lohen-
grin, and he had Yesterday the assistance ofsuch
artists as Mines Nordica and Brema and NM.
Edouard de Reszke and Bispham. Under
these circum stances IL was foreRone conclu-
sion that the house would be large. Jean de
Reszke was in better voice than on his last ap-
pearance. and the whole representation was
one Of the best OF the season.
RiRolettO' was repeated In the evening.
Nine. Senbrich's Gildn was made more illus
trous possibly by the fact that she was in re-
markably fine. voice and sang with wonderful
ance last night was the fourth In which she has
appeared during the past six days-a trying or
deal for lignt soprano But hard work
must agree with Nine. sembrich, for her voice
delicately coored as sons, could be made by
the human voice. In the dnet and the quartet
the freshness and hriliancy Of her voice were
The dominating aue,lties. and aroused the au-
Oi the rest Of the cast there Is little 70 be
writer. Signor Campanari was In better
voice than at the previous performance Of
his singing or acting. NJ. Salignac has done
he sings the D,,Es that his failure to
mGES gs, any an TpreTsi9tn IN the r2s is
sang out Of tune, which was mover one OF his
faults in the part. The last PERFORMANCE of
Rigoletto" but one was vastly better in re-
spect to these two parts tnan last last 1ights , rep
back and Signdr RussLtano sang the ImEe as
he always did, with delightful voice and art.
The sun., 1899-03-12
Husband Hammered Him and Wife Scalded
Him.

Dominica Casabran Of 1925 East lOGth street.
a street cleaner. came home UNEXPECTEDLY last
night and quarrele4 with his boarder Giuseppe
Miano. He beat M,ano over the head with a
hammer, Mrs Casabran ran to the kitchen and
got a Kettle O boiling water. She tried 10 hrOW
the water on her husband. but her aim was bad
aud she sealded Miano Miano was removed
10 Hsrlem HOSPITAL in dying condition. with
and badly scalded neck. shoulders and face
Chsabran and his vile escspeS
The sun., 1899-03-12
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MARINES.
How They Served in Ono Command on
Shore in Nicaragua Recently.

Row Inoy served In ono Command
Shore in Nicaragua Recently.
NEW ORLEANS. La. March 11.-Passengers
from Bluehelds, Nicaragua. say that when the
collapse OF the Reyes Government left the
coast country and Bluehelds without govern
inent the commanders OF the United States
nan-of-war Marietta and the British man of
war Intrepid took charge Of public AFFAIRS until
"rder could be restored Tho commanders
landed equal numbers Of marines, the Ameri-
cans under Lieut., Bassett. the British under
Lieut. Douglass. Two watches OF twelve hours
each were set, During the first watch the allied
forces. the English marines as well as the
Americans. were under the command of Lieut..
Bassett. In the second watch Lieut. Douglass
was in charge II Is said 10 have been the n Tst
instance whore mixed English and American
troops were commanded by an American ON
Ger. The marines OF the two nationalities
fra ern lied and were cheered whenever the
guard was changed and n crowd assembled
II was very much amused" said one Oi the
two sets NJ sailors declared blood brotherhood
The Americans were somewhat the larger
physically. but the British were more sturdy
The English tars had buttons bearing the
insignia oi -; George. and the Americans were
eupJlied with badges emblazoued with the
Stars and Stripes. The emblems were ex-
changed and worn eonsp!cuously on the mer's
biouses, Whenever they passed the consulate
where the crossed haRs were displayed they
never - - cheer. IL was big lnterna-
NJ
The sun., 1899-03-12
LESLIE BLYTHE KILLS HIMSELF.
His Wife Was Murdered MysteriousIy Six
Months Ago aud He Feared Arreat.


Months Ago aud He Feared Arrest.
DALLAS. Tex. March 11.-Leslie Blythe was
found dead in a room at Fort Worth to-day,
shot through the head. He had committed
suicide. His wife was murdered six months
ago. her head being crushed while she slept
Her husband said he was attacked at the same
time, and he had severe wound in the fore
head. He told story how. two roughly
dressed men had murdered his wife and
wounded him.
Blythe was one CT the best known mon in
thu South. He had considerable property and
about ! 900 in bank. 1t was known that he
had become infatuated with a woman on the
North Side; The police did not believe his
murder and robbery story. and he was kept
under constant surveillance. Hecenty he dis
posed OF his property and drew his money from
the bank. This caused him TO be shadowed
closely. A friend Informed him yesterday
morning OF the shadowing. and said that he
would b. arrested II he started for the North
He was not seen alive after this. His suicide
il considered H. clearing up the mystery sur
rounding the murder OF his WIFE SO far us
Official interest in tho case goes.
The sun., 1899-03-12
FAYNE MOoRE's MOTH Err SICK.

Permission Denied to the Prisoner to Go
and Sec Her.
Mrs. Fayne Moore. who is in the Tombs wait
ing for Martin Mahon to turn up as a witness
against her. was greatly worried yesterday
over statement printed in one Of the even
ing newspapers to the effect that her mother.
Mrs. Strahan. was dying at the home OF friends
In East 10Th street. having contracted pneu-
monia while attending the first trial OF Mrs
Moore Mrs. Moore said that she had sent
messenger to the place where her mother was
H. and had learned that her mothers condi-
ton was critical Application h;.d been made
TO the District Attorney to- allow drs. Moore, to
mother. but the request was not granted.
The sun., 1899-03-12
steamer Alliance Gets the Use of n Navy
Yard Dry Dock.

The steamship Alliance Of he Panama line
was placed in dry dock No 2 oI tho navy yard
yesl erday 10 undergo an ovsrhaulinR. On her
last voyage 10 this porr tb" Alliance hat II mis-
hap to her propeller blade and sprang a leak
Tn owners, not bsinR @uis TO secure private
dock. made application TO tho Goysr ment
authorities Mt Washington Tor permission 10 u b
ono OF the United States docks, an il was
granted. Tho repairs will be completed In a
few days.
The sun., 1899-03-12
Colorado Copper Mines Sold.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Oh. March 1.-THE
sedalia Copper Mines. which cover five acres of
patented ground two miles north of Salida, In
Chafiee county. have been sold to New York
and Boston CAPITALISTS represented by H. L.
Hollster. The consideration was $50 600
The average output for four months past was
200 tons monthly J. J. Henry. who owned
was fraudulent and w,ll bring suit to stop pay
L
The sun., 1899-03-12
ARRESTED As FIREBUGS.
Men Supposed to Know Something About
Incendinry Fires in Williamsburg.

Men Supposed to Know Something About
Incendinry Fires in Williamsburg.
For more than two months the detectives OF
the Ralph avenue station. Williamsburg
have been endeavoring to arrest some fire.
bugs who have been starting fires in the
fiat houses In that section OF the
city. Last night Detectives Becker and
Mitchell saw two men acting suspicously
about big apartment house In Madison street,
near Howard avenue. They arrested the men,
who said they were Charles Gallagher. "a
McAuley. 23 years old McAuley refused TO
give his address.
In Gallagher = possession the police found
slungshot, He was charged with vagrancy and
with carrying concealed weapons A charge OF
vagrancy was also preferred against McAuey
The sun., 1899-03-12
Fire Upsets Mrs. Blatohford's House.

There was a fre last night In the dwelling at
81 Riverside Drive. owned by Mrs. Henrietta
Blatchford. widow OF Samuel Blatchiord.
Henry T. Swan. Mrs Blatchford's son-in law.
lives there with his wife and three months
old baby The Swans went to the theatre last
night.
About IL o'clock the nurse ran down stairs
wit h the baby in her arms screaming "Firew
Mrs. Blatchford and the servants ran into the
street. A lace curtain had blown into a gas
let aud So 600 damage had been done by the
time the fire was nut out.
The sun., 1899-03-12
Canadian Pacific Cuts Rates.

SEATTLE WASH. March 1.-THE Canadian
Pacific and 500 line to-day met the Great
Northern daily colonist rate announced yester-
day of S25 from Eastern terminals TO Seattle
These, apply every DAY after Monday, on and
first Tuesday in April the same road an
nounces a rOund-trir first class rate of $50
from st Paul to seattle, probably 10 continue
through April. The rate Is now $40.
The sun., 1899-03-12
RUNAWAY GIRL FOUND.
Arrested with Telephone Clerk, Who IL
Accused of Abduction.

Arrested with n Telephone Clerk, Who 10
Accused of Abduction.
Agent William H. King of the Gerry society.
accompanied by two policemen from the Mer-
Ger street station went to boarding house
at % East Eleventh street last night
and arrested Malcolm Dickersou, 81
years old. a telephone clerk. and Laura
Saville. 16-year-old girl who was found with
was sent to the Gerry society's rooms and
Dickerson was locked UP in the Mercer street
police station. charged with abduction.
According to the story told by the police the
girl disappeared from her home In Pennsyl-
vania Oh Feb. %. Two men, friends of her
father. came on here few days ago to look for
her They had a photograph OF Dickerson with
them and said he was suspected Of having
lured the girl away from her home They were
anxious to find him. believing that the girl was
In his company. The case was referred to
S%."i King "t the ii-rry society. VINO arrested
Dick erson last night
The sun., 1899-03-12
George steIgsG Hangs Himself.

George stelges. 20 years old. OF 40 Throop
avenue. Williamsburg. committed suicide last
night by hanging himself under the rear stoop
of his house during the Temporary absence OF
his wife. he had been Iii with rheumatism for
The sun., 1899-03-12
rwenty-slr Crap players Arrested.

Capt, Albertson and his detectives OF the
Mulberry street station raided n crap game in
a saloon aud restaurant at 1875 iranu street
early this morning and arrested twenty-siK
The sun., 1899-03-12
The Last of the Damrosch Symphony Con-

The sixth and last OF Frank Damrosch's 8
series of so-called symphony" concerts for
young people was given at Carnegie Hall yes
terday afternoon. The course seems TO have
been sufficiently successful to warrant the an
nouncement that it will be repeated next sea-
son. The purpose Of the series was to famil-
iarize children with good music and to edu-
cate them up to its higher forms. Whether
the method employed was the proper one is
questionable There can be no doubt OF
child's inward disappointment on hearing
an overture symphony played after
having listened TO a glowing word painting
of the selection; the words minimize
rather than heGhten the effect of the
music on the imprcssonabe mind. An
excelent illustration of this was furnished yes
terday when Mr; Damrosch preceded the play
ing Of Grclg Spring Song" by what iS best
descr:hed as prose poem on the Norwegian
spring, A much more imaginative audience
would have failed to discern ANYTHING more in
the composition than very pretty melody, ef-
fectively scored.
4 more imp9erton}t 9erton}t PGntt is IS the selection Of
phonic. poem, 'Phaaton" and the Tam
in thought and construct ion and not calculated
70 impress child with tho fundamental beau
ties OF music.
The soost was Max Heinrich. baritone.
whose art and appreciation of the content OF
his songs are more 70 be admired than
as mcodous as it was some years ago He
nlayei his own nccompaniments, lean ng to-
while singing. The atmosphere, was redoient
OF the approaching season: Mr.. Heinrich sang
Schubert's Faith in Spring" Franzs Love in
Snrng and Mackenzie's. Spring Song" His
BY Arthur Foote; 1T Is Not Always
May" ;. by Gopnod.. and, as an en-
Mr., Heinrich,s partieipatiopp IN the concert, was
however that he sang all the Songs in English
the words OF Schuberts and Franz's hedpr'
sound more natural and unaffected in their
or ginal language.
The orchestras playing cannot be commend
ed. They dragged continually and balance
among the different choirs was conspicuous by
its absence. Many parts OF the "TannhAuser"
overture were merely blurred and ium bled
noise. Instead of delcacy and refinement in
the Greg number there was uninteresting
sameness.
At the conclusion of the concert MIR. Dam
ro-ch was called out twice by the applause He
made Il little speech in which he thanked those
who had Interested themselves In the series,
and spoke OF his plans for next season, which
include some concerts for very small children.
The sun., 1899-03-12
Conrressman w. L. Greene Dies in a Hack

OMAHA. Neb.. March 1l.-While on the way
to the station tonight to take the Burlington
train for his home at Kearnev. Neb.. Congress-
braska, had a ATTACK Of heart failure aud died
almost instantly. He arrived at the Arcade
Washington He died in a hack
The sun., 1899-03-12
Four Miners Killed in a Colorado Mine.

COLORADO sPEuNos. Col. March 1l.-Robert
Watson. Frank Hess. John Sarna and II. G.
Evelin. miners. were killed by an explcsi In
the Commodore mine at Creede. Col. to-day.
The cause OF the accident Is unknown. Only
about 100 pounds OF powder is known 10 have
The sun., 1899-03-12
Iames b. Clows Has PneumoniA.

James B. Clews. junior member OF the hrm OF
Henry Olows d Co.. Is seriously Ill with pn0u-
monia in his apartments In the Boston. 90
Central lark South.
The sun., 1899-03-12

In view OF the Popes continued strength OF
mind and body. as recited in recent cables to
the papers throughout tho country. the follow
ing article will be interesting to all. regardless
OF religion. as Protestants and Hebrews as
we'll as Catholics highly esteem this grand old
man.
When during recent years he was attacked
by illness 1t was astonishing how rapidly he re-
gained his health and strength The message
contained in the following letter from His Emil
nence Cardinal Rampolla will be somewhat OF
q surprise to many. as it ls SO extremely rare
that praise and honor are bestowed in such
gracious manner from one SO highly placed:
Letter from His Eminence Cardinal RAM
poIla.
Rome. Jan. 2. 1893.
d :" 1t has pleased His Holi-
!: E: e. !: E :. :: !: :; i: !;
Ak tify again in q special
NSLDNN ~ manner his gratitude. His
WA IN p Holiness has even deigned
NSS wa to offer Monsieur Mariani
"a 4 Gold Medal bearing his
tsl "a venerable image
CARDINAL RAMPoLLA."
Emperors. Princes. physicians and prelates
have sounded the keynote OF praise in gratitude
for benefits obtained, It has been a chorus Of