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New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
LAFON SCHOOL IN NEW-ORLEANs.
WHO GAVE HALF A MILLION TO
THE CHARITIES OF THE CITY

w-Orleans Aug 4 (SpeciaD-A very general
mistake was sent out from New-Orleans IN regard
the Thomy Lafon School. burned by the mob
last week caused by the name itself. AS matter
Of fact no part Of Thony Lafons immense gifts
10 the charities OF New-Orleans actually went 10
the construction OF the burned school. but as the
building was planned about the time Of the negro's
death School Board, composed entirely OF white
Democrats decided 10 name the new structure in
honor OF the colored philanthropist. AS II was,
the school was entirely the property OF the city
OF New-Orleans and the loss By the outrage falls
directly upon the taxpayers and upon the negroes,
who will be deprived OF OF their schools until
such time as the city may ht to reconstruct IT.
There was 10 insurance the building, and the
loss was in the neighborhood Of $1,000
The Thorr1y Lafon School was not only the most
imposing negro school IN New-Orleans. but was
the finest OF it's kind in the South It's situation
and superb sanitary construction made It the pride
OF the eoIered population. The school was raised
on tall brick columns ten feet above the ground
with open sheIlinger basement beneath for play
ground FOR the children It the bursting OF
this shelIfnEer pavement under the Intense heat
which was mistaken for exploding ammunition. q
circumstance which gave rise 20 the belief tnat
the negroes had been aruing, and came near caus-
ing a further massacre IN the neighborhood. The
school was dedicated in 1895.
T'hou1v Lafou the philanthropist was for many
years a prominent figure IN New-OrleaHs. wAere
he owned a vast quantity or real estate and Sc
cUriries, and where ne disposed charity eqLa4y 20
of mis- death mis- fortune of $4,000 divided half
and half between the charities OF the two races.
The Charity Hospital. one or the institutions "a
which the city takes great pride, received P large
share OF the colored mans wealth shortly aIter
the will OF negro philan thropist had 0een pro-
5arad the State OF Louisiana appropriated sum
NJ money for the purchase OF bust of the donor,
which was executed and ordered placed in the
q pa
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
LTyEn4N SHOCKED TO DEATH
TOUCHED WIRE WITH A WORN INsULA-
TION-BIG CROWD WATCHES
HIS SUFFERING

Several hundred people at seventh-ave- and
Ninth-st Brooklyn. yesterday afternoon az f'3o
O'Clock watched the struggles Of a Hneman on
pole of the New York and New-JeTsey Telephone
Company, who slowly being killed by the
powerful current running through a wire which ne
held lightly grasped in hts hands The crowd
watched the attempts Of some people in an adjoin-
ing window 20 extrtcate the Hnenan from his posi-
ton and pull him into their apartment They were
unsuccessful, and finally fellow Nnemeu
ascended the POLE and after cutting The deadly
wire lowered the unconscious 10 the street.
He was already beyond aid although attempts were
made in ueghboriug drug store to resuscitate
him He died.
William Gerhardt tweuty-four years old, Of No,
240 Humbodt-st., the victim Of the accident.
He was engaged IN strtRging wire the
pole Of his company. Close beside it, but reaching
only about half the distance 20 the crosstree where
ne sitting. pole which carried the feed
wire OF the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad
Unknown 20 him, the rubbing OF the feed wire
against the telephone pole had worn away the In
sulaton- As OIerhaTdt started TO pun up the tee-
phone wire upon which he was working II touched
the trolley wire and caught the full circuit Of the
trolley road. With a cry. Gerhardt tuInbied over
his head hanging down and sparks shooting from
his body.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
MINISTER w At CAPE MAY.
E1s VIE TAKES a SURF BATH AND ATTRACTS
ATTENTION.

Cape May. \. J, Aug. (SpeciaD.-Wu Ting Fang,
Chinese Minister at Washington arrived here al
Bl5 p m today over the Pennsylvania Railroad
he vas met BY his son Chou Cho. and Miss Ne
smith daughter 0f Captain Nesufth. the United
States Navy The people were not expecting him
and there therefore no crush at the station
b1c as soon as the passengers and The people wait
Ing for friends discovered his presence everybody
crowded around him and tried 10 get lock al him
The Minister, unattended. driven 70 his hotel
while IFS so1 and Miss Eesnith walked back 70
the house Tonight WI Ting Fang enjoyed 4
stroll or tHs boardwalk, and was iutently watched
~ az Nine. wa took ocean bath this morning
she was attended by several friends. VINO helped
heT mo the water. She thoroughly enjoyed her
BATH and ne crowds the beach
learned that she II The edge of the breakers
there q general moving toward HeT-~
The Minister VIII probably return 20 Washington
On Monday night on TuesCzy- but tie length of
bls stay depends entirely what news comes from
China
Il De woIaut. q the Russian Embassy, arrived
re-z from NHVy-T1-k tonight
Minister Wa after arriving took ocean
bath which he said ne thoroughly enjoyed. While
5- -he boardwalk he net Senator Scott. and had
org chat with him He has sent for his boys
bicycle. ard II his duties wi permit VIII stay all
summer. Nine wa Is entering into social Life
Lsr=. and chats wi-l those VINO talk French
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
4FF4TRs N NICARAGUA.
OBNOXIOUS EDUCATIONAL DECREE By THE Gov
ERSMENr-GLoOLE OUTLOOK

SeE-orlezns. Aug : lspeciaD-A remarkable
state 5f affairs existed II Nicaragua at the date
The sailing of the last steamer. The Nicaragua
Government which has SO frequently made itself
obnoxious By It's arbitrary rulings. recently adopted
a elaborate plan Of public education and sent
order 10 al parts of the republic 10 put the
schemes into operation on given date. The plans
contained certain provisions. which most Of the
schools found Il impossible 10 comply with, and. as
e result a large number Of children had en-
forced vacation. The next day rhe police again
received orders this tine arrest all the children
Who were found playing In The streets and take
them TIE national college 20 be maCrtculated
Several children as a result were arrested. and
-aeir parents made TO pay large fine for not
having obeye6 the law.
- Among The schools thar had 10 close their doors
owing % L1e enforcement Of this obnoxious de-
cree were the ones supported and taught 0y the
41oravis1 missionaries For fifty years this mission
has been al work asong the entire Atlantic sea
board Of NIcara qua. They send their missionaries
&c al the settlements and Indian villages, opening
churches and schools. and ia every way helping -ne
native who does not ATTEND their church and whose
children do not attend the schools Ih6 condition
CT the country is simply deplorable on account OF
-Ee scarcity OF money. the high cost OF hylng ana
The unusually low wages paid 10 the iaoor-Ig
classes and. considering everything. the Outlook
for he future ts unrro11ising ana a cLeAIze
would bs welcomed by al
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05

from Magnolia, Mass. says that Ex-Governor Jacob
D. Cox, Of Ohio, died there this afternoon He
was Governor Of Ohio in 1Ss6-57. and was secre-
tary OF the Interior under General Grant
Jacob Dolson Cox was born in 1898 in Montreal
where his parents had gone temporarily from
New-York- They soon returned to this city where
ne studied IN the public schools until lS4S, when
they removed 70 Ohio and he entered Oberlin
College, where he was graduated in 1851. He took
up the practice Of law IN Warren, Ohio in 1883, and
began his political when the Republican
party was formed In 1883 he was elected to the
State Senate. When the war broke out ne devoted
himself TO raising troops and was commissioned
a hrigadier-generaI He was IN the battles Of
South Mountain and AnCietam, and was promoted
70 q major-generalship. In the Atlanta campaign he
commanded a division OF the Twenty-third Army
Corps and later the entire corps. He at the
battles OF Franklin and Nashville and afterward
was ordered to the coast to open communication
with General sherman in his famous march 70
the sea- In this effort defeated General Bragg
with great loss TO the Confederate forces. al
Kingston, y. ..
After the war General Cox went to Ohio to take
charge of the mastering out Of troops, and was
elected Governor of the State in 1855 by the Re
pubueans But ne opposed the party policy Oh
the question Of suffrage, and favored forcble
colonization. He also supported President John
son. and not reuom.nated. The President
offered him the post Of Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue, but ne declined It. In 1853 President
Grant put him IN MS Cabinet as Secretary Of
the Interior. but ne resigned at the end Of 1910
10 resume the practice Of law in Cincinnati. IN
1873 he became president OF the Wabash Railroad
and made mis- home in Toledo. until 1916. when he
was elected to Congress. serving one term In
1885 he made president of Cincinnati Uni
versity, and he dean OF the Cincinnati Law
School from 1881 70 1897 He was the author Of
Atlanta" THE March TO the Sea" Second
Battle OF Bull Run. as Connected with the Fitz-
John Porter Case and The Battle Of Franklin. 3"
Sc "a alr rsrh h7~.4- 1f
President Charles q. Ftnney, OF Oberin College.
and they were married in 1879 when he an
undergraduate The degree Of Ii D. was con-
ferred HIN by the University Of North Caro-
lima and by Dawson University, Ohio.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
cFNrR4L RrRE4E OF -.

Paris Aug 4.-The International Congress OF
Comparative Law to-day accepted O. resolution
oTered BY Edmond Kelly. United State delegate.
providing that steps be taken by the civilized eoun-
tries 10 arrange for another gathering OF inter
national delegates Paris next year for the pur-
pose OF considering the establishment in Paris OF a
central bureau Ia which all nations shall be rep
resented In order 70 assemble there Legislative acts
judicial decisions and publish legal documents
for the rndihcariOn or the laws or al countries.
and 70 study reforms 50 as 70 secure uniformity
Of iegtslatio-1 In the different countries The Con-
ress decided appoint committee OF thirty dele
gates which expected 70 reach some decision
looking this result
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
DIED

BRoUGHToN-on Friday. August j. Catherine Z
eSI services VIII be held at the Presbyterian church
corner University Place and 1Uth-st-. Monday,
August o az 10 T. n
DT-NLAP-suideuly ar Monmouth Beach. y J. on
Friday. g. 1900. Robert. beloved husband OF
AFuelia y. Dunlap G6Ju
53f-st and 6th-avs. Nouday y O'Clock
lnt-rrneut at WoodIawn At convenience 1f family
FT-RST-At Er:savtle \ Y on Friday. August g. sid
nev Robert Hurst beloved q NJ. and Mrs.
ID Hurst of Brooklyn. aged ~ years
IASE-At Mount vernon. y. T. August 1900 Carrie
A Lane. late matron OF the Home fOr IHCuTablss.
F,n@raI services wu held al the residence or Ger
A. J Pest. No. il8 West 2f-st,
vernon y = on Monday. Tie 9Th inst, a. a'-locs
D a.
PorR-tn Liverpool SUNDAY morning July a. Edward
F,-fs Poor. q his Gath
Na-lce % funeral lfer
FIvEs-At london. Englaui July - Elizabeth Enalen
ot George Barclay Rlves and daGshtsr ~ James
MuntEUrreTv Hare
Services al Gracc Church Monday. August q at II
a. m.
sTONE-On Friday. August a residence O her
snn-ln-baw. Dr. A. Hrayten Ban No. - West E8th
sarah A widow of EdEard Stone. IA her ssh year
Funeral private
TFDMAS-AT the Wesruin FRAY august
8 1850 after short illness Helen NJ. widow % the
Richard $ Thomas. q uiinOls IN The Io'a year
uf her
Moucay. August ,. 1900. 2S9 p n CarTases wiz
meet Delaware. IzaeSawauns WesIsrn trains ieav
ing ChristopheFst Barclays. Al I.l3
Chicago payers please copy.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
al HAYHAE RETURNS FROM ABROAD.

Al Hayman, manager OF the Knickerbocker The
arre arrived yesterday board the American liner
New-Yor1 He said that he had spent most of his
tine across the ocean coaching in the Bavarian
AIMS Il would rather not speak OF matters theatri-
cal" ne added until get settled at home again.
The first thing I shall do. however. is 20 get 20
work on the establishment OF the Actors Home"
Mr. HayTnan gave several thousand dollars to this
charity before his departure for Europe
4 \ Candy was another passenger He comes
here 10 organize Am sr.can company 10 pro-
+,,-e "A Parlor Match in London IN October. He
---Tects 70 take the company over in four weeks
There also arrived on the New-fork Miss alice
pierce a singer, who Is better known as La
paTifs Nlgnone Her most recent engagement in
oI5ou was az the Palace Theatre.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05

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New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
ms RIVEs's BODY on THE YEW-YORK

George Barclay Rivss returned on the American
1,,er NeW-York yesterday He brought with him
,,,a body OF his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Enlen Eives'
who died in London on July "a. Mrs RiFes was
~ E71,za beth e Hare q daughter q James
.q1rrso,,crv Hare Of This city. The wedding OF
S4fss EIsre and M Rives vas one Of the socla.
S-7,r-s - lie sprtEg. and after the marriage the
~o-ssIe salled fer Europe. NJ and MIS- ItiNes were
81 their way home when MIS- H4Ves dis0'
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
CHARLES R wEsTBR0OK.

Charles R Westbrook who died al Ogdensburg
yesterday, was member Of the law firm of Con-
way & Westbrook, No. % Broadway. He was sew
enty-three years old. and leaves a widow. three
sons and a daughter. Al the Mansion House, in
Hicks-st.. Brooklyn, where he had been living for
the last six years Mr. Van Cleef, the proprietor.
told Tribune reporter last evening that when Mr..
WestbrOOk went 10 Ogdensburg. which his
home. on Tuesday ne was suffering from asthma,
which affected his heart Mr.. WestbTook a
brother q the late Supreme Court Justice West
brook. Of Ulster County.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
MRS. CARRIE A. LANE.

Mrs. Carrie A Lane. for fourteen years rnatrou
OF The Home for Incura5es Fordhan, died yes
terday al the home Of hel sister Mrs A J Best
No Il6 West Second-st., Mount Vernon. Mrs.
Lane was afflicted with cancer ot the breast. She
was the widow Of Albert Lane and her two chill
dren are dead Tie funeral VIII be held to-uor-
row at the home Of AIRS. Best The Rev. Dr.. c.
n Nfiuard presiding elder OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church. and the Rev DIT. George +.
MsEUs agent OF the Methodist Book Concern, viii
rroba bIy conduct the services Burial viii be In
he Rural Cemetery al White Plains
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
Religious Notirrs

FEvE FONTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY, 1SS vyarra-sr.
+. BARNARD SuueriaEendsnt. Service - aong
s30 .. Singu ey The choir q children of
INSTITUTION F1hIic oraily invited Donations 0f
clothing solicited,
HOLY Trinity CHURCH New-Y1rk. Lsnox-are. ana
I22f-st, II p NICHOLS, Rsctor--Services. "a
a m. Holy Commuziaa. and ? n. me Rector
Win preach a1oFnng and svenin< services
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
MRS. HETTY GREEN IN MOUNT VERNON
RUa1oR THAT SHE IS NEGOTIATING FOR A HOME
IN THAT CITY.

The curiosity OF the people OF Mount Vernon has
been aroused by visit paid 70 that place yesterday
by Mrs Hetty Green. Mrs Green was accompanied
by her secretary. Mrs. Clement and Mrs Scheerer
Mrs Green called on Siegfried, Wurzburg. manager
OF the Martens estate whose ONCE Is in the Post
office Building Mr.. Wurzburg SAYS that hsr pres
ence In Mount Vernon was due TO a business trans
action but declined the present 70 discuss the
nature % H. There IS rumor that Mrs Green
IS soon 10 become the owner Of 4 large slice or
Mount Vernon real estate, and that she may estaD-
ltsh her home there.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
STETEysOy WELCOMED HOME.
NoE-PARTIsAN GREETING 70 THE DEMOCRATIC
vICE-PREsIDENT1A1. CANDIDATE

VICE-PRF.SIDENTIAI. CANDIDATE
Bloomington, III, Aug "A hearty welcome was
given 10 Adai z. Stevenson on his arrival here AZ
2-S0 o'clock this afternoon. A big crowd gathered
at the union station 20 greet the Democratic
VIce-PresidentiaI candidate. who was returning
from Minnesota prepare for the campaign.
and escorted him 20 Franklin Square. where.
Just the from the Stevenson home. was
the speakers stand. Judge Lawrence Weldon vel
coined Mr.. Stevenson and eulog!zed his life and
career. Mr.. Stevenson replied in part as follows.
The safety OF the Republic during the century
upon which 70 enter will rest. not
upon its material wealth. tVs physical power. nor
its splendOr but upon the conservatism the incei-
gence the virtue, the lofty patriotism OF al the
people At the freside, In the sChoClroOm, in public
assemblage. everywhere throughout this broad
land let there be .nciCated sublime love OF cOUn-
Try. veneratioH for government. for law. for
iustiCe-fOr all that II has cost race the toll
and sacrifice OF centuries 20 achieve. IN this high
est and grandesJ sense let there pc taught vsuera-
ton for the memory of our fathers-the builders
OF the Republic.
The entire proceedings we're non-parrisan- Both
the orator and the president OF the day are Re
uublFCanS.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
Joseph P MOVES

Binghamton, y. Y, Aug. 4.-Joseph P Noyes, a
prominent inventor and manufacturer of this city.
died his home this morning from pernicious
anemia. He born NewbUry. Mass. in Is9s,
and represented the fourth generation of the Soyes
family engaged IN the manufacture OF combs.
Mr.. Noyes the inventor OF the comb cutting
machine now used extensively in this country and
IN Scotland and OF other articles Of Industrial
value He had been in failing health for a
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
LEWIS WHITNEY.

Greenwich, Conn, Aug. (SpeciaD.-Lewis Whit
ney, eighUy-siz years old died here to-day from
general debility. He was Andrew Jackson Heuo-
crat and born IN Winsted. Conn. Since 1851
had liver here. He leaves estate Of about
$1,000 and has immediate relatives
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
PROMINENT ARRrALs At THE HOTELS

FIFTH AVENUE A Mott Smith, OF Homo
lulu MANHATTAN-Jusrice Warren B, Hooker.
OF the New York State Supreme Court MURRAY
HlIIS-The Rev. George Campbell Morgan the
evangelist OF London: DR.. p A MacDermott and
7 Maxwell Green, the tennis champions. OF Ire
Iaad WALDORF-Dr. T. < AcArd4e- OF Wash
ingtons
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
PROFESSOR JOSEPH EMERSON

Beloit Wis, Aug 4.-Joseph Emerson. professor
OF Greek FOR hfty-two years al Beloit College died
to-day from general debility. Professor Emerson
was born in Norfolk. Conn, May Is 1921. He
was educated at Phillips Academy, AndOver. Mass,
and at Yale University. graduating from the lat
ter institution with the class Of Il Among his
classmates Donald q. Mitchell.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND HOEORED.

Rome. Aug 4-Archbishop Ireland to-day visited
Cardinal RannpoIa and the other Cardinals, after
ward obtaining an audience with the Pope He
vas received everywhere with evidences OF the
VA rrrAst affection Il was said that ms work ~
France is highly appreciated was shown by
Pope Leo presenting TO him a solid gold medal
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05

Oswego y. Y. Aug. about one nunefed chl-
eren from The slums OF New-York were received
here to-day and viii be placed II families here
95Outs fer week or Two. The children 85ie s-tL q.
d The EeW-York Tribune and Wefs ea+AS-- 81
sarge by = church society.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
cHRIsTEYDOM CALLED TO BATTLE
vERsEs WHICH EMPEROR WILLIAM MIGHT HAVE
WRITTEE-TF Re WERE POET-oF THE
PRESENT CRISIS n CHINA

Eark how the Trumpet,
The mistress Of EnlsLrsS7es
Calls. Fl4Ter-t1FoaLed
And stern. where the tables
Are spread and ne WOrE
OF rhe Lord IS al hand!
Driving tne darkness
Even as the banners
and srearg OF the Morning;
Sitting the nations.
The stag from the metal,
The waste and the weak
From the II and the strong;
Fighting the brute,
The EbysmaI Fecundtty;
Checking the gross.
AElt-rufll0us bluncerst
The grou4ng. the purDtnG
EEcesses IN service
II tLe Womb universal,
The absolute Drudge.
Changing the ClHractfy
Carved on the world,
The miraculous gem
z the seal-rtusy that burns
On y hand 81 the Master
Yea and authority
Flames through tne dim
LnEppeaGa bic fzFasliness
Prone down the nether-nost
Lhasms Of the VOID.
Clear singing. cleal sI-clag-
Sweet spoken. soft 1niEning
Making death beautiful,
lie bUr coin
TO be EtazeG IN the pastine
Whose playing IS more
Than The transfer 9t being
Arch-auarch. chief blilcer.
Prince and evangelist.
I the Wfil of Cod:
] the Sword
-fFrom The Song Of The Sword By " Z
Henley
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05
polinral Motifs.

Campaign Net BannerS. on portraits % The
FresientIai candidates transparencies naSz Po
utieai Banner a=i Equipment Co. ss vezsy a. Ns~-
YoT<. Tel
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05

John Mayer has taken small cottage AZ New
pert snd he and his children VIII remain there
1he rest q the summer. The house at Mahwah
-tu be closed. Mrs Theodore Havsr,a,-.- --,7, -
3ir. Mayer az Newport IN September ''S''
New-York tribune., 1900-08-05

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