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SOUTHERN R'Y

TRANS LEAVE =: RIcHMoND. VA
11:UO z. NJ. No. II. southern Express,
daily for Atlanta augusta, J;.cAr
sonyllle and points South. Sleeper
for Danviile. Greensboro, Salisbury,
and 6h2riotle, open at RIcnaon a;
local stations. Connects at DanTile
and Charlotte with New York and
ttorida Express t<o. 30. carrying I
through sie@pGrS between New York
and Tampa. with connections for
all Florida points. Also. connects
at Danyille and Charlotte with
Washington and Southwestern Lin
tied tNo: 80. carrying through
sleeDe1s between New York anu
Nashville New York and Memphis. .is
Pullman Tourist sleeper MonGGays.
Wednesdays and Fridays Washing
ton to san Francisco withoutT
change. win connections TOR a!I
points in Texas. Mexico and Cali
tornia
1870, ?. NJ. No. :. solid train daily. for
Charlotte, n. c., connects at dos
ley with t'armrilie and poWhatln
Railroad. At I&eysvilie foi. ClarEs~
Vile. Oxford, Henderson ana Dur
ham, and at Greensboro 1or Dur
at Danyine with No. 30, United n; ed
States fast mail, solid train. daily
for. New Orleans. AID polnts south.
which carries sieepers New York
10 New Orleans and New YORK &c
Jacksonville, connecting for Nassau
ant; havana bUtSt CidWliE5-tCOl
sleeper Richmond to Atlanta and
Birmingham. Through sleeper Sal
isbury to Memphis
eco p. Nj No. II, local. daily excep:
Sunday, for keysville and iasera:e-
date points
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
6:25 2. N From, Atiansa. Augusta and I'D
s s:9S ! 4 4 p 59a'h Ksysv!.ge and local
stations.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS.
Nos 81 and %. between Manchester
YORK '' islzs!5f: LINE Via WEST POINT.
THE FAV0RTrE ROUTE NORTH.
LEAVES RICHMOND.
$50 P. n, No. III. baltimore Limited.
making close connection at West
Point with steamer Tor Baltimore
2:so ?. NJ, No. 70, locai express, daily
except Sundays, tor West Point and
intermediate stations connects
with STAGE a Lester Manor for
WaN,ertoa and "appahannoek; also.
at Nest Point wItn steamer for
Baltimore Stops az al stations ,IlS;.,
daily except Sunday ior VI est Point
and Intermediate Stations. con-
n fef Wal Est a' and raSs i
TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND:
a:15 4. NJ, daily trcr West Point. with
connection froni Baltimore. eXcept
1o:45 4. ~. except Sundays and Mon
Cos =. NJ, daily, except Sunday, from
Wv West Point and intermediate sta
Steamers leave West Point daily,
except Sundays, 800 p Al, arriy-
ing Baltimore 500 a. 81. returning
leave Baltimore at T. Al, daily
except Sundays, arriving Richmond
Steamers call at Gloucester Point
and Almonds wharf Taesd iys.
Thursdays and Saturdays; cork
town and Clay Bank Monkeys.
Wednesdays and Fridays.
C. ". WESTBUfS
Travelling Passenger AGENT,
No. go East Main street.
Richmord. Va
T NJ CUP w. i. TURK.
.,71ra ffic Manager Gen. Pass. \ gent
f. S. CANNON.
Third President and General Mani
ager, Washinstoa. =.
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SITUATIONS WANTilD-Malc.

~-O-~-0O~~~--<-I'--lr 60
CRAFTSMAN, Nov
York city. desires position in Richmond
or immediate vicinity, experienced IN
either machine tool or general ehsl-
neering work; 80 years of age, mar
riet, and would prefer permanent posi-
sion. References furnlsneo ana 1 CO. = G 6,
snondance requested Address C,HAS.
K. GUEsTLER, No. 80 South Street,
Newark. y. j.
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E.ni.rants tn texas.

About 20 emisrants came over from
Scott county, Va. yesterday, on thesr. way
to Jacksboro, Texas. They left on i,'ih
No. 33Ss, taking with them all thef pes
sase.-Bristo1 News
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HELP WA NTI1D Female.


WANTED. A MIDDLE-AGED WHITE
Woman to live as one of the family +;
one without children preferred Apply
to w. H. BRITT, RoNbury, va.
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Left a SNUG I.stat.

August l., Henna uualifled In the Cham
Gerry Court yesterday as executor of the
viii of the late Alfred Henna. The es-
tate Is valued at sl4,U3a
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Atlantic (;02sfLi1a
TRAINS LEAVE RICuMOND-BI KID
STREET STATION
GHEDULE EFFECTIVE NOV. o. I90

TRAINS I.E4AIE RICuIOND-B1a KID
STREET. STATION
800 a. NJ. NoRFoLA LLM n! ,; D Say.
Arrives Peters JurS 80 = Nj, MOI
loIl. II:-I y. III. stops 9 2,;y,f a.
Petersburg, Waveriy and SeiLe'A'
Va.
9:o5 A. NJ, Daily. Arrives reseTso45F5s
EsSette.TIIe to Z. NJ. Charleston
lU:5J z IL, savannah 10 ~, - - -1t.
Jacksonville $50 y. NJ : ~, ~ y;iIsou
pa GO 2. " CGAnTG'73 " -,
Win No II, arriving GoIdSpGfor .
= NJ. Wilmington eco + ~ I.t
man Sleeper New Sofk - '"t---N''
Vile ,-.,
11.55 A. III. Daily. except saEGay- A rive,
Petersburg l9:3U = III. stops ML n
chester Drewrys BtaA' Se!'t4'Att"-
~. p 7, ch SEN n s sinIF LIMITED,
DaIIy Arrrve.s Petersburg 5.iJ Z.
~. NoztoiE 80 r 81 .! 9fo ggS,ff ok
1870 r NJ Daily. eNce25 SuheiSty m
Petersburg 30 Z. NJ " Eilott, ; II ~
=. Nj, and Rocky Mount 500 ! W.
Makes Il intermediate stops,
burr 600 2. NJ Makes al! u, Stop
6:5a ?. ~, FLORIDA AND " EST N
10" / ia i.IAlTED, Daily Arrives Pc
tershurs 80 VI So nm. SS5,,, " 80.
Norfolk ana w extern lor t.!,l,.;.,
.1d intermediate points; Emporlii
s si.iII teotliIects with y. and D. Tor
3tt,:;oEs between EinGorta ana
I1s.wreaceEiiiel w sloo1 o's2 F.,,.I -,
IG,i 5:tIi H. a.. Savannah i:ui y.
~ Gi i} 1,1 I1:50 A. Ii. Port
T9 s1a!1t :i I.iS s % e; MIDDLE GEoR-
elk POINTS Arriving Augusta
- \. VI. Macon 4t:i,' A ". 80
lama ~ lS;I2 q & Charles.
Ton, Jacksonville, Port Tampa. IA
go ls Ia la patIy. Arriving Petersburg
s.io ~ = NJ connect at Petersburg
wish Norfolk and Western Railway
arg,y z1s l-y "a No. srisf .o i6eo <
~ Pullman Sleeper Richmond te
II 80 2 IL. DaIly. Arrives Petersburg
rs ;liS s GI;luvE RICHMOND.
100 a. NJ, Daily from Jacksonville, Sa-
con, Augusta and all points South.
20, A. NJ, Daily. from Petersburg.
90 Lynchbusg and the West :.
tsrsburg legal
=. Go!dsboro and tntsrnetiiase sta
Il :0j 4. A.. Sunday OF ~. from Norfolk.
Suffolk and Petersburg.
u:s2 \ NJ; Daily from Norfolk, Suffolk
a:lo E. A.. Daily. except Sunday. from
$50 F. ~ paIIysfyo1n Norfolk. Suffolk
7:25 NJ. Daily, from Miami. Port
Tampa Jacksonville. Savannah.
Charleston, Wilmington. Goidsboro
and all POINTS South.
$3.50 p IL. Daily, from Petersburg.
Lyuchburg ard West.
Il. NJ. EMERSON.
]. r. KENLEY, Traffic Manager.
General Manager
II. NJ EMERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
G. s. CAMPBELL,
Division Passenger Agent
sac East Main Sreob.
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RAILROADS..
e SIC D chesapeake
R6u7s Ohio Nv. J
RAILROAD

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCl. L, luuu.
tkOM ttiCdMOND
SOD, - Il sfio 2, Il. STATION.
Nata,,,r paily ior PRINCIPAL stations,
and Portsmouth. Parlor car. Con-
Te At NortoIk with o. d. S. S.
90 iof SeW York, except Sunday
News, ol ID, Point and Norfolk bnn-
TAIN Tor ecfS f5on F sqHday cona esai
az Gordonsville for Orange, Cul-
PWe2e eh, Saiverton, Manassas and
washington. Connects st Char
iottesviiie for Lynchburg, ut Basic
1 t Tor HaSerstown, and at Staun-
ton Tor Lexington
2:45 2 NJ, Daily Limited. to Cincinnati.
louisville and ST. Louis. Pullman
sieepins cars. Connects for vir
Elnia Hot i9t,o Springs No. :. Local
30 day, from Gordonsville TO stanton
o:3o M, Accommodation. except Sun
1896 ?. NJ. Daily, f. F. ". to cincin-
natl and Louisville. Pullman Sleep
G t9E ear HOT fo s9RIN1;ss FOR vIk-
LEAVE EIGHrH-sTREET STATION.
1880 a. NJ. Daily. for Lync;b!Irg. Lex
inston and Clifton Forge Parlor
With Ba 0Tss5 ezS aad S aIbaaaS
branches.
S TRA + s. i sKfsPt suBBdRao}, to sG9qba
500 a. NJ, except sunday. from Dos
well.
$3.50 a. NJ and $50 P NJ. Daily, from,
Cincinnati and Louisville
II :35 A. NJ and 6:50 z. NJ, Daily. from
Norfolk and Ole Point.
S:15 2. NJ. except Sunday, from Clifton
Forge
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
$40 a. NJ except Sunday, from Co.
lumbia
GEO P NJ. Daily, from Lyncnburg and
Clifton Forge. Except Sunday.
from New Castle, Lexington and
RoSney.
For detail information, connections,
ETC., apply at Richmond Transfer office
No. 903 East Main Street; Chesapeake
and Ohio Passenger Office, No. 500 East
Main Street; Station Ticket Offices, or
address JOHN D POTTS,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
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NI ~. l9llA!IestsrIl
s-...-.zs - Schedule III Eject

LEAVE RICHMOND CG2AAI5LT7, BYRD
STREET STATlON -----
900 \. III, NORFOLK LIsuTED- Arr,yys
at Norfolk iI:2o i. NJ. stops ouiI
at Petersburg, Waveriy and SUI
folk Seconl3-clusS tickets cot ttG'
copied this train. ,.e.
9:O5 ~ NJ, THE Chicago EMPRESS
Tor L.ynchburg, Roanoke, CcluLlsnu.
aud Chicago. Sl,tfet tar;of w.
Petersburg to Roanoke Ru4lnIlf
Sleeper Roanoke 70 Columbus; al3o
tor Bristol, kno5 lille aHd Chatt4
noos4. Pullman .,Leefer tetAAohe L
Knoxville.
S.l5 p NJ, OCEAN SCORE LIN i l -. -
Arrive Norfolk $50 a. SIot'
only at Petersburg, NaVeriy, SUI.
folk SeconG-cIass tickets not SooS
Oh this train
$50 z. NJ. Tor suiLolk. Norfolk and IN.
te.Iuediate stations arrives .
NorfoIk at 1910 Il. II.
$40 p II. Ior LyucNburE ana tsoahotIt
Connects at Ly-!e..2urs WIN W. w ~, 81
irgton and Chattanooga L4inlieu
pII1ru1au SSieepeES L.yT@f!ours y
Me,rDilis and New orleans. Gaze
Pa-ior and Observation Ci.f Le.lG-
ford 70 +Att2iia, LA tH!-!i mn.
Sleeper between Eiiehuond att
I.vnehbu1S Berlha ready Tor qcea-
nancy at $50 L. NJ Also, Pullman
Sleeper Petersburg ana tsoaHoAt.
Trains arrive T,ichncui from Ly HS.-
burg and the West daily az %, n ~. ~,
East at 11:l0 y. NJ, ll:4.. A. NJ ana e;"o
;ofTIce: No. S3s Main Street.
mo. Il! WAGNER.
City Pass and ! riggs 5SGs,t A go
District Passenger, Agent
W. 3. BEsV lit.
General Passenger Agent
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S, a l-,RI2' "
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.

LEAVES CHESAPEAKE AND Quo
DEPOT-BROAD-STR
STATION.
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AUCTION sAnEs-This Day.
OF SEVEN ROOMS,
No. 81! Randolph Street.

In execution Of a deed OF trust, ;-a dated
May % 1854, Of record in Henr,co, Iou WY!
page 522, default having been MADE IN lle
payment of a certain note therein sesn aI';e,
and being required so to- do oy M
E OF said note L viii sell, at pohottA.sS .
ton, on
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FRIDAY. DEcEMBER {.

II F.5J o cIOcEA Z. "
on the premises, all that certain - iot OF
land. with the improvements s, o .hele t9d
lying aud beng in the city o. tnlrt .
Commencing e on the east line Of Randolph
Street at point distant g leea strnss
from the northern line of Wallace+ az o.i fiIe
of Randolph Street md fronting t.ie f,a,r
II feet inches, and extending PACK Iron.
said front at right angles 80 Ie eseso,sist~ of
a two-story frame dwelling OF seven
rooms, and is a good renter - t1,;s
TI1RMsCash as to eSpernlSoeeso DC o and e ms
trust, all accrued taxes. ana S5 19o'-o tho
terest thereon from June 5, lss', ni.e M nv
balance. if any, upon such terms as may
be announced at sale. -,rrJS
de2-Su&Fri trustee.
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water. and gas in that district, which has
been SO long neglected.
The attendance of every one Interested
is most earnestly requested. Don fail 10
come. JOHN "A. Cy-NtI. Chairman.
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IT, Old Dominion
] Steamship Co
Daily Line fer New York, sne Eortl
and East
FROM RICHMOND.

iCM EtJIiM 0EED
/ PASSENGERS can leave DAILY. ex-
Ry. or 500 a. 81, and SO Z. ~ via n
and w Ry., connecting at Norfolk with
direct steamers sailing same oay, 600
Storage passengers can leave by aux
Hilary Steamer Monday. Wednesday, ana
Friday, sailing from ltocketts at ) 2. NJ,
and changing To mainline ship ut Nor
FREIGHT for all northern eastern
and foreign ports received anu forwarded
daily, except Sunday, at coinpany's
wharf. Rockets.
FKual NEW YORK.
! PASSENGERS can Iea.e DAILY, ex-
cept sunday, IRON. companyis pier. No Is
North River, at $3.50 r Ill, 1or old PoiI.t
ConIort and Norfolk, connecting with
c. and O.. and n. and w trains Tor
r't;I.iollT received and forwarded daily.
except sunday:
East Main street; Richmond Transfer
Company, 3U>. East Main Street; Jefferson
Hotel c. ard q. and K ant: F. depots.
kichucnd Baggage checked through to
For further information apply to
JOHN e. MAYER, Agent.
General Offices: 81 Beaen Street. street, corner
West Street, New York, y: w.
II. IS. WALKER, Gen. Pass. Ascnl
Traffic Manager.
CLYDE STEAMSHIP CO. 5 aE4
PHILADELPHIA, -
RICHMOND AND NORFOLK STEAM
SHIP LINE
Appointed selling Gays y:N EyeEy TUES
light.
Freight received daily till 5 ?. NJ
70. further, inf ornaation apply TO
w lfcCARRICE.
Gen. Southern a gent; office. Rocketts.
W. P. CLYDE 6 co.
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Funeral Services.

The funeral of Miss Frances Hazst eesls.
will AXE place at 10 o'clock this snofs.i.isi
.frnm. ST. Peters CATHEDRAL go.
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900 a. NJ, NORFOLK LIMITED; paL ny
Arrives Petersburg 30 :. NJ, NOT u,
foII. II:zI ~ III. stops oLIy a, az
Petersburg, Waveriy and oGilo'A'
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LOST AND FOUND

STRAYED, FROM MY HOUSE, A BIG
RED MARE: trimmed name; snort
foretoD; white spot in the face; limp in
left leg when walking. Answers to the
name OF ..Bettie. The finder Will re-
turn the horse to Seyenteenth-S Street
rounu-house, c. and Q. Railway, and
receive a reward. J. H. WILLIAMS.
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TRAINS ARRIVE At RICHMOND.
6:25 z. NJ J From Atlanta, Augusta and
AsheEi!Ie and all DotElts
$40 A. NJ. From keysvlle and local
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Goo p Nj No. II, local. daily excep.
Sunday, for keysville and iatern.e-
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THOUGHT TO BE CASE OF MURDER.
MoToRMAN SAYS YOUNG REILLEYs BODY
WAS COLD WHEN RUN OVER.

According James Duffy. of No, 81 Reid-ave.,
the motorman of the Marcy-ave. car, who was ar
rested for running over Peter F. O'Reilley at Ber-
gen-st. and Franklin Sunday morning, the
body of the young cold when 1t was
picked up. From this he advances the theory that
O'Reilley had been killed. and his body placed on
the tracks. p. ]. O'Reilley, the father of the
dead man. and brother of Peter F. OReey, the
moving van proprietor, says that his quar-
relsome when he had been drinking, and inclines
to the belief that he was murdered.
The young at Coney Island on Satur-
day night. 1t is thought that he may have got
into some trouble the way home, in a Franklin
ave. car and that person in a~sprit OF re-
venge followed and assaulted him after he had left
the at Bergen-st.
The police of the Grand-ave. station do not take
much stock in this theory, however.
Duffy, the motorman, was held In $500 ball yes
terday morning by Magistrate Steers in the Grant
St court Charles Smith, the conductor, was also
held for permitting his to be run at reckless
speed.
Some months ago P, J. o'ReilIey the father r,6 Of
the dead man. had his foot injured by being
thrown from his carriage in collision with tro.
ley car Blood poisoning set in, and the leg was
amputated the hip. He now wears an artl-
fetal leg and has suit for damages pending
against the railroad company.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
ASSESSMENT OF BANK STOCK SUSTAINED
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MAJOR
LENTZ DISMISSED.

Trenton. June II (SpeciaD-Justice Dixon handed
down an opinion in the Supreme Court to-day in
the case Of the Mechanics National Bank OF Tren-
ton against the city of Trenton The bank certio-
raried the assessment upon its shares OF capital
stock The shares assessed up TO their ful
market value the assessed valuation having been
reached by taking the capital surplus and
divided profits as the total of the banks assets
and dividing ii by the number Of shares OF stock.
The bank insisted that from the assets thus ar
rived should have been deducted the aggregate
of the non-taxable securities held by the bank.
The Court held that while these securities referred
TO were non-taxable. thev assisted in making the
value of the shares and IL this value, regard
less of what entered into making IL. that was
sessable.
The service of a summons in a suit against the
New-York. New-Haven and Hartford Railway
Company on the engineer OF the steamboat Mary
land because the engineer not proper person
to receive such service was set aside; The suit
was brought by Charles F. Carroll Jerseyruan,
for damages for injuries sustained in being elected
from a New Haven train The Maryland IS used
In towing lighters between Jersey City and Har-
lem and the engineer served with the
mons in the suit while the boat lay moored TO
her wharf in Jersey City
The disbarment proceedings instituted against
Major Carl Lentz, of Newark. and Joseph Noonan
and Alexander Simpson. Of Jersey City, were dis
missed.
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SON OF Prominent MAN IN COURT.
w C. wHYLAND CHARGED WITH DIsoRDpRL'
CoNDUCT-COMPLAINANT SECURES
HIS RELEASE

William P. Whyland, twenty years old, son
of a member of the well known wholesale grocery
firm of Thurber, Whyland & Co.. OF West Broad
way and Reade-st, was yesterday prisoner IN
the Harlem Police Court Civil Justice Francis j.
Worcester, a municipal Justice OF No. ass West
One hundred-and- forty fourth-st, charged him with
disordery conduct. The Justice alleged that young
Whyland went home at a. yesterday very much
Intoxicated. His father had expostulated with him,
and in the dispute that followed young Whyland
was ordered from the house. On the sidewalk the
young man had shouted and yelled. He had been
told to cease his noise and 60 away but instead
he became vociferous. The Justice had stood
1t as long as he could. and then he went for a
policeman
trate Meade in the Harlem Police Court early yes
terday and young Whyland was arraigned and held
In 500 bail examination to-day. He appeared
contrite. He is graduate of a German university.
Later Justice Worcester had another talk with
Magistrate Meade the result of which that
Whyland was allowed to go in order, II was said,
TO visit his dying mother
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TWO DROWN IN HE'LL GATE.
THROWN FROM A SKIFF BY SWELL
FROM A FERRYBOAT.

Two men out of three thrown into the East
River Hell Gate last night by the swell from
the Ninety-second-st. ferryboat Bowery Bay were
drowned. The Bowery Bay going to Astoria.
When well toward the Long Island shore the
swell from her hit small skf and upset 1t. The
three thrown out. One of them man
aged to reach the overturned boat and get hold,
and thus managed keep his head above water
The other borne away by the strong
current and soon disappeared. The accident was
not noticed on board the Bowery Bay, but was
seen by John Donnelly, the keeper of He'll Gate
Light He put off in his boat. but failed to reach
the two who missed the boat before they
went down. He rescued the clingng to the
boat and landed him Astoria. The man was
taken the Seventy-fourth Precinct station house
He said his name James Mulvaney. He lives
at No. % Welling-st, Astoria He was not harmed
by his adventure.
He and the other two men hired the skff from a
boathouse at Astoria. One of his companions was
Michael Plunkett, of No 81 Grand-ave., Astoria.
The others name he did not know. He man
whom he had often about the docks and
spoken to- and who. he believed. known to
Plunkett. They had not intended going anywhere.
but simply went for a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-12

A COURT MARTIAL PROBABLY TO BE HELD OVER
COLLISION OF DUPONT.

A COURT MARTIAL PROBABLY TO BE HELD OVER
COLLISION OF DUPONT.
Officers at the Navy Yard yesterday afternoon
said that it would take at least six weeks
pair the damage done to the torpedo boat Dupont
when she struck the stone quay at Newport last
week. The bow of the boat bent and twisted
for a distance of eight feet Naval Constructor
Bowles yesterday said he much pleased at the
way the material of the boat had withstood the
force Of the collision. The Dupont reached the
yard on Sunday afternoon court martial will
probably be convened to determine who
sponsble for the accident.
Paymaster Jackson Is to go to Cavte to take
charge of the naval storehouse to be established
there.
Word was received yesterday at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard that work would be begun almost i'm
medately the following improvements that
recently authorized by Congress: Altering
Building No 8. to cost $12, POO; paving and grading
$4,000; extending sewers, $1,000 removing the crib
work at the Cob Dock. Bids will at be called
for for fire protection system. for which 100000 is
available
The new granite and concrete drydock, to cost
N0O0,O00, will not begin until plans completed
and approved. Other improvements for which plans
are to be prepared at once q naval storehouse,
to cost s1500O0; boathouse for the torpedo craft
$4,000. and a pumping plant for Dry Dock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-12
POLYGAMY IN NEWARK.
CENSUS ENUMERATOR FINDS MAN LIVING
HAPPILY WITH TWO WIVES.

One OF the Federal census takers IN Newark
reported 10 Supervisor Smith yesterday a curious
case OF polygamy. In the German section OF that
city. known The HILL" he stopped at a house
and met the tenant TO whom he addressed the
usual inquiries. Asked the name OF his wife the
man que-ied: Which one?'' The census taksr
said The living one. of course" To which the
responded "Oh. I've got two living and one
dead
The census taker proceeding with other quss-
lions about the wife when the man called: "Gret-
chen, Freda come OutP'
Two women appeared and each was introduced
as the mans wife. The dumfOunded census
ss ker asked a expla nation The man said he
married to one of the in Germany and
twenty years ago came alone to this country On
the way he met a German girl who was going 20
Newark and got acquainted with her: he went
West and ten years later he returned East and
met the girl In Newark and married her They
lived together eight years and TWO years ago the
first wife came from Germany and found MIN living
with wife No 2 She accepted the situation and
took her residence with her husband Sle had
brought her four children, while the second wife
had three The husband explained that ne gave
half his TO one wife and naIr 20 the other
every Saturday night
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GRAIN GOES UP IN FLAMES.
TWO FIVE STORY BRICK BUILDINGS AND
THEIR CONTENTS DESTROYED BY FIRE.


Fire consumed $4,000 bushels of grain and bran
and two five story brick buildings, all owned by
George E Ketcham & Co., of Nos SO and Il West
End-ave. between a. m. and a m, yesterday.
The total loss was estimated at $4,000. The in
surance amounted to $1,000. Nobody was hurt.
but two large walls fell and iremen suffered from
dense black smoke
Harry Butler. the Waterman, discovered the
flames burning fercely the gear wheel in the
rear of the big five story building which faces the
New-York Central Railroad yard, at a. m Four
alarms were sent in.
The firemen could not get into the building The
three upper floors without windows, which
necessitated fast work in breaking through the
roof Twenty men at point were driven away
by the flames bursting through the roof They
belonged TO Truck No. l. Water poured from
dozens Of hose lines into all parts of the building
The intense heat swelled The grain. Bins burst
and their contents poured out of the windows
carrying down burning embers that gave out small
shoots of flame. The north wall gave way in
about an hour from the pressure caused by the
swelling grain. 1t fell with crash where score
Of men of Engine Companies Nos 80, 40 and 90 were
work. The south wall fell few moments later
The roof remained by the support OF the east ana
west walls. The ireboats New-Yorker and Zophar
Mills sent for, but the pier was too Tar away
for them work
At o'clock the fire completely under con-
troll. but still burning. William Ketcham, who
watched the building burn, said he had lost $4,000
"on the blackboard" but in a fire. The
origin of the flames is unknown.