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New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
SOUGHT TO KILL WHOLE E41tJ1v
BALTIMORE SHOEMAKER ENDS LIVES OF
HIS WIFE, INFANT CHILD AND HIM
sELF-ONE SURVIVOR.

Baltimore, July 15-Poverty. coupled with i'll
health and weak-minded wife for a helpnoate
were probably the causes which impelIed Louis
I-lSeh' shoemaker. early to-day to kill himself
ms VIE and thirteen-months- old babe and to
wound almost unto death his three and q half
! year-old son. The dead are:
EISEN. Louis thirty-one years old
ElSf1N' Sarah, his wife thirty years old
EINEN Morris thirteen months old
The wounded boy Harry Eisen +brea ord =
haif years old, will probably recover
Inc tragedy occurred in the soualid anart.
i'ieh's which the family called home at M
i'-oo East LeXington-st. but the exact time fs
NOT known. Mary Smull an OCCUPANT NJ the
upper 1cor of the little tenement discovered tba
Tragedy at about o'clock and immediately
summoned the police. When the officers entered
'ne niue 'front.' room of the Eisen apartments
.ley found the corpse of Eisen lying in the mid
oIe Oh the floor, with his head almost severed
from the body. Beside him lay the razor with
"hlch ne had done his murderous work The
oouS OF MRS. Eisen lay across an old mattress
III 'Ie corner of the room, her throat also cur
from ear TO ear, while the infants body was in
d papy carriage, behind the shoemaker's conn
ter. N
"A most pitiable and distressing sight was the
niue poy' Harry, standing near the body of his
uead mother with blood streaming from a cash
men as they hastily examined the corpses to see
II there were any sign of life
Inc disordered condition of the little furniture
"hlch the room contained told OF the struggle
"HIch MRS Eisen had made for the life Of her
self and little ones. Bloody footprints were
Iouhd in all parts of the two rooms which com
prlsed the Eisen apartments, showing how the
ooy' Harry had tottered about the place, en-
oeaVoring in turn to wake his mother father
ana MS infant brother. His one garment was
saturated with blood from his own wound and
lhose OF his father and mother.
After satisfying themselves that Mr. and Mrs
Elsen and the babe were beyond human aid
the ofhcers wrapped the boy in a sheet and
sent him to Johns Hopkins Hospital. where the
physicians hope to save his life.
A minute search of the apartments failed to
discover crust OF bread a scrap of meat; a
little salt and a small quantity Of milk being
the only edibles in the place while the amount
OF money discovered after a careful search was
~ cents, which Eisen's pockets contained and
81 cents which lay upon the cobbler's little
counter.
About year ago Mrs. Esen's mind became
affected after attack of typhoid fever and
she was sent to asylum, the children being
taken to orphanage. The family was re
united about three weeks ago. but during the
separation Eisen had contracted an affection of
the lungs. Little work came him of late and
he found II a hard struggle to provide his fam
lily with the meagre necessities Of life The
on several occasions. but 1t is thought that
Eisen become despondent because of his ina
biIlty to provide for the family and decided TO
end the struggle in death.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
GENERAL oTIs's FUTURE conuAND.
REPORT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF Is
TO BE RE ESTABLISHED FOR HIM
DISCR EDITED.

Washington July 15.-EIigh military officers dis
credit the published report that the Military De-
partment of the Gulf is to be reestabished for
the purpose Of giving Major-General Otis COM
mand commensurate with his rank, though General
Miles has recommended its establishment Cen
eral Otis is now on leave of absence and there is
no prospect that he will be assigned to duty imme-
d1ately. He came home from the Philippines to
take a rest, and the President is disposed 10
accommodate him fully in this respect. Unless
present plans miscarry. General Otis will not re-
sumo active duty until the command of the Mill
tary Department of the Lakes Chicago be-
comes vacant in September by the retirement
Of Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler on account Of
age. General Otis then will have his choice of
vacant commands
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
MISS CLEWS'S NANE USED.
YOUNG MAN OF NEWARK WHO ADVERTISED
FOR A WEALTHY WIFE GETS AN
ANSWER AND IS FOOLED.

John B. Behm, solicitor and collector living AZ
NO 4SS Washington-st. Newark, has recently been
the victim Of practical joker. He conceived tho
Idea not long ago Of advertising for a wealthy
woman who would have objection to marrying
a young man Of twenty-four assets undetermined
On June Z5 he inserted advertisement in the
personal column of Newly newspaper and re-
cetved several replies The one that str,,cL hin,
most favorably read follows: Write fuv r.
Miss Clews. No. East Thirty-fourth-s+ NJa1v
York" '' -0
Behm knew the prominence Of the name of Clews
in the financial world. and believing as he saws
that the note was genuine, he came TO this citv
where he found that the Clews family lived at No
West Thirty -fourth-st. He called and was told
that Miss CleWs was not at home. Then he wrote
a letter, which was not answered. Going to the
house he learned that Miss Clews was in Newport
Behm wrote several other letters IN which he de-
scribed himself and asked for an interview These
missives being unnoticeG- he finally saying
that he intended TO visit Newport He was arrang-
ing for the trip when last Wednesday Detective
Dougherty, Of Pinkerton's agency, accompanied by
a friend of the Clews family, who had gone to
Newark in quest Of Behm located him in a saloon
Market-sU.
Questioned about his letters to Miss Clews, Behm
saying he had been invited 70 write by the object
Detective Dougher1y produced a number of let
ters signed with BehIn's name, and Behm acknowl-
edged having written several of them. Then he
produced the letter he had recelyed pHrR9Ting to
possession of the paper. The three then left
the saloon, and at Broad and Market SITS Behm
met friend. to whom he related what had
Cured The friend advised him to get back the
letter he had given the detective and he there
upon demanded IT, The detective refused TO give
up the paper. Behm's friend called a police
man, who thought ii would be proper to have the
matter settled the First Precinct Police Station,
whittier the party proceeded.
Then Detective D9l1gherty disclosed his identity
and the Chief of Police called. 1t decided
that he should have the custody of the letter 1t
also decided 10 keep the matter a secret. The
detectives instructions TO the writer Of
the letters, who had said that he would be in New
port on Thursday and inform him that unless he
ceased writing his letters and pledged himself not
70 annoy the Clews family in any way. he would
be prosecuted If he agreed, no action be
taken.
Behm is a tall, slender young man of considera-
bic simplicity. He says he has written no more
letters and will not go to Newport He did not
know that the letter written to him hoax,
perpet1ated by some malicious person.
My intentions sincere" said Benin IF
found wealthy young willing to marry
me / might get into business. All my money
nearly SlOO, is tied in the Dime Savings Bank
! m not ashamed of what l have done"
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
THE GLEN ISLAND ON A ROCK.
MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED PAS
SENGERs DELAYED.
BOAT FLOATED AND THE PEOPLE SENT
HOME BY RAIL AND WATER.

The excursion steamer Glen Island ran on a rock
half mile of Glen Island at $50 o'clock last
night, while her last trip TO the city. The rock
made hole in her bottom. On the boat were be-
tween 1000 and 1,8OO passengers.
Albert Ksler, a clerk of No. 452 Palisade-ave.
Jersey City Heights who with his sister went
One-hundred- ed-and-twenty-ninth-st and Thrd-ave.
electric from the Island. said that the
boat was jammed. Many persons had stood on the
dock refusing to go aboard her The boat got
opposite Davd's Island mile from Glen Island,
and all those who could men and women, got
down life preservers Kisler says 1t foggy
and the lightning frightened many. One
tried to jump overheard but restrained He
charged the crew with not appearing on deck ut
ALL and he said the captain asked for volunteers
man the pumps. A lot of men responded and got
saturated in pumping the boat till foated, when
she was taken back to the Island William Keser.
of No $50 Fourth-st Jersey City. corroborated Ks-
Ier's story.
The steamer hung the rock for two hours and
then was able to get back to Glen Island Another
steamer from New-York telegraphed for in
order to transport those who were willing TO wait
and return to the city by water About half of
the passengers preferred to return by rail- and
were sent over TO New-RochelIe. Those in charge
OF the vessel telephoned to the barns of the
Union Street Railway asking that all the available
cars OF the line be sent to the landing place
transport the passengers desiring to return by
land.
1t was impossible to obtain any details of the
accident from the officers of the boat. and the
passengers who came on shore unable to tell.
The first they heard, some said, a hard graf
ing on the vessels bottom. Then came a shock
The force Of this was nearly sufficient throw
the passengers off their feet No one was injured.
1t was said at the Office of Starins Glen Island
Line Pier No. 13, North River at u o'clock last
night that dispatch informing the company of
the accident and asking for another boat had been
iypH nd hat he afaa EloatU I,Ft
Hoboken twenty minutes before for Glen Island
1t was said that the details of the accident
not known. 1t was thought that it might have
been due to a squau to the tide. The boat
making extra trip.
The steamboat Glen brought back many of the
passengers. She reached the COrtandt-st. pier
at 2 a m. to-day. The only official to be found
at the pier last night said that the passengers
had been needleSsly excited and that the danger
had not been great
The Glen Island is a large wooden sidewheel
steamboat She has a capacity of eighteen hun
dred passengers. Her dimensions 23S 9 feet long
35.S feet breadth and l22 feet depth Her tonnage
is 32S She was built at Philadelphia in 1880 and
built In 1893
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
SWIMMER LOST IN THE SOUND.
PERCY NAGLE AND THE MANS FATHER AND
TWO BROTHERS DIVE FOR THE
BODY IN VAIN.

William Turnbull, twenty-three years old. of
No. 1,764 Madison-ave, was drowned in Long
Island Sound, off WitzeIs Point, yesterday af-
ternoon, while swimming. His body was not
recovered though his father. his two brothers,
Street Cleaning Commissioner Percy Nagle AMI
others dived for it many times. Tunnbull was
married only three weeks ago
TurnbulI and his father and his brothers
Matthew and Frederick. went to the point,
which is College Point, in the sboop called
the Hoodoo They all went in swimming Will
lam remaining till his father told him TO come
out. He said he would take dive. He
old, but did not up.
The father and his two sons dved again and
again for the body, but could not get It. The ex-
cursiOn Of the Thomas J. Kennedy Association
the steamer Laura NJ Starin, put into the
Point at that time. and some of the passengers
Harlem River oarsmen, wanted to jump over
after the body but were restrained and Com
missioner Nagle who aboard. and a num-
ber OF men went out in small boats TO the scene
They grappled for the body for time
Commissioner Nagle and some others diyed
again and again, but could not find the body.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
YACHT C4PSIzED, ONE DROWNED.
FLEET OF COAL BARGES BEARS DOWN ON
CAMDEN PLEASURE PARTY.

Camden. N l., July 10 (SpeciaD. The cabin yacht
Venture, with a party Of prominent young and
women aboard, was struck by fleet OF coal harges
in Of the tug International, in the Delaware
early this morning. Miss Mary Schouffeu Of
No. 112 Sta1e-st. this city. lost her life.
The yacht becalmed fifteen miles down The
river. and had to drift helplessly In the tide At
80 O'Clock this morning the tug and big barges
bore down upon the yacht, which had all its lights
burning. The tug cleared her by a hairs breadth
but the barges struck her Eugene S. Peouze had
taken hold of Miss Schouffell, but they drawn
under the boat. Pelouzes hold was broken and
Miss Schouffeu seen more. Pelouze as
seized by Captain Welsh, of the yacht. as he came
the surface.
When the yacht partly capszed the men stood
in water to the waist and helped the the
deck Of the barges. In the party three
younger sisters OF Miss SchoufeI, William Lloyd
brother or County Prosecutor Lloyd; Mrs II. c.
Kramer wife of Camdens City Clerk and who Is
a staff officer with the Sd Regiment at Sea
Girl. W Reese Lutch and mis- wife. the latter
ing as chapeFon of the party.
Miss Schauffel was the daughter of Henry
Schauffeu who for thirty years was a trusted
bookkeeper with Drexel Co, bankers. The aged
man has kept vigil at the front door all DAY look
ing fori his daughter TO return:
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
THE WEATHER REPORT

YESTERDAYS RECORD AND To-DAY's FORECAST
Washington, July 15.The barometer has fallen rener-
ally east Of the Mississippi River II is s low over the
Middle Rocky Mountain relatively higher over
he south Atlantic States and thundestnrms
nave occurred in the Middle and Upper Mississippi Valley
the Lower Missouri Valley the upper region Eastern
NeW-fork and the Gulf Coast. been marked
m IN temperature the Middle Rocky Mountain slope
and thence eastward 20 Central Minnesota The
temperature has risen slightly the Middle Atlantic
ana NewEngland States rains and thunderstorns
are indicated for the majority Of the
mississippi RIVER with lower and
tue5aay: on the New England coast the winds be
uesh westerly on the Middle Atlantic
ery winds viii prevail Coast the
winds will be light southerIy.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
DIED.

HEISERT-Juy f3. his residence. I2Oth.
s. John, beloved husband OF Katie Corcoran son
OF antonio and Jenette Reisert.
uefa from ST. ThO~as the Apostles Church.
anu 81 Nichoias-sve. Monday the 18th. al 10 o'clock
NJ lSIiiARDSOE-Suddenly. ia at his residence. No ISL
Ainity-st. Brooklyn, Ephraim W Richardson IN thu
tod year Of his age
Ineral services
July l6. O'Clock
Interment private.
R0WE-At Poughkeepsie y Y o., JYlv Is su.,, A
I,,1 ~n1send Vile q Daniel @ Rowe aged - years
services viii be held at her residence No. PSI
IIdnIrch-st Idln PoUghkepsie y Y. Tuesday July H.
F,nsS On July l4. Thomas F. Segur 39th year.
rs, oss, a. at Dover y J.. Tuesday July Il. a
Tsnl so5cS p m Train leaves New-Y0rk by Delaware
Aacha"ahna and Western u
"AsHBC EtN-At Sng Sing y Y Julv Il 400 rsaa,
r-,r,,, " aSlloIrl IN the 10Th year his
uneFaI services Tuesday July II at 230 ocIoc from
T,a9a esl9enee No 10 South Malcom-st. Sing sing
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16

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New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
MORE ELECTRIC ROADS IN CORE4
CONTRACT WITH CALIFORNIA ENGINEER
FOR HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY

San Francisco, July 15.-Harry R. Bostwick
civil engineer. of this city, has just closed
tract with the Government of Corea to build an
imperial highway fifteen miles long and an exten-
sion of the Corean electric railway on one side OF
it, The contract calls for $1,000GOO and this large
sum spent by Corea is the reason the imperial
astrologers declare, why the spirit of the young
Queen who murdered several years ago, could
not rest peacefully in the present cemetery. This
cemetery is five miles from the Kings palace, in
Seoul, and to reach it speedily the frequent
pilgrimages required the King conceived the idea
of building the trolley line. Mr.. Bostwick
structed it, and it opened year ago.
Soon the King decided it would pay open the
road for general So, to accustom the people
the foreign means If travel, all were allowed
ride free for week The experiment was dlsas-
trous, little girl, hidden by her father
the track in front of approaching train,
killed. A mob tried to kill Mr. Bostwick and to
wreck the road When quiet restored motor
men were imported from San Francisco, and the
road once more usual Then the King, after
holding out whole year against the astrologers
decided TO move the Queens body. But do this
he concluded to the whole cemetery fifteen
miles inland to place the astrologers declared
was propitious. Hence the contract with Mr.. Bost-
wick and the big expenditure for the little king
dom. The tombs were very elaborate. and many
of the sepuchres are of colossal size, that the
undertaking is large and costly.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
POWDERLT AT K. OF L. 4NNITERS4RY.

T. V Powderly Commissioner General Of Immi-
grafton attended the twentieth anniversary OF
Local Assembly No 1852, of the knights of Labor
which was celebrated In Columbus Hall, State and
Court SITS. Brooklyn, Saturday night. Matthew
Mcclure the Socialist Alderman of Paterson,
n. J., also present
Mr. Powderly made a short address, and ex-
hibited a hollow glass ball in which were the
timer" secrets of the knights of Labor inscribed
on vellum yellow with age He also exhibited the
gavel that he used when General Master Work
man of the Knights of Labor, from 1878 TO 1898.
Both had been handed down by the late Uriah
Stevens founder of the knights.
There were some objections raised to Mr.. Pow
derly's methods when he at the head OF the
knights but the furry passed over.
Alderman Mcclure declared that Powdery
bum" politician. and then. as he shook hands
with him. said that ne also the first American
Boxer as he was trying 10 keep foreigners out OF
the country. Mr.. Powderly said that organized
labor still had his sympathies.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
GEORGE CHANCE.

Philadelphia, July 15.-George Chance we'll known
throughout the country a labor leader. died at
his homo In this city to-day, ffty-seven years old.
Mr.. Chance was printer by trade, and
Of the prominent members of the International
Typographical Union. Six years ago ne came
within one vote Of being elected president Of that
organization. For a long time he president
OF the Legislative League of Pennsylvania, and
shaped and suggested legislation for the protection
of the workingman. He was also prominent in the
knights of Labor during that organizations most
prosperous days Mr.. Chance credited with be-
Ing the author Of the manufacturing clause in the
existing international Copyright bill. which
passed by Congress eral years ago
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
KANSAS EDITOR KILLS HIMSELF
FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF STATE
DEsPAtRED of RECOVERY OF HEALTH.

Empora, Kan. July Sc. V Eskridge Editor
Of The Emporla Republican" and former Lieu
tenant-Governot of Kansas. died at his home in
this city to-day from self-inhcted wounds Mr.
Eskridge had been i'll several months He told his
wife that he was tired Of living in i'll health
AT $3.50 this morning. Mr.. Eskridze's son VINO
slept in an adj 'ining room. was awakened by a
pistol shot. Running to his fathers room he found
the latte groanlng from a bullet wound in the
upper part of the body and still grasping the pistol
with which he had shot himself Young Eskridge
aroused the family and went for a physician. As
Mrs Elizabeth Dickson, sister-in-law entered the
room Eskridge, weak from his illness and loss Of
blood, raised himself his elbow and again pointed
his weapon toward himself. A brief struggle en-
sued, Mrs. Dickson trying to secure the revolver.
Before he could be overpowered he sent a second
bullet into his body and fell backward in a faint.
physicians
Eskridge remained conscious TO the last and
TAXED with his family as they stood about his bed
lie mad Deen i'll with of the liver for
eral months. He knew. he said. that recovery was
Impossible, and he did not to suffer longer.
Charles v Eskrldge was born in Virginia in 1S43
ana came TO Kansas in 1850 He had been identi-
ned with Kansas politics since before the Civil
war lie was Lieutenant Governor from 1861
ISn. Since 1851 he had owned and edited The
E.mporla Republican," one of the strongest Repub-
mean newspapers In the State.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TT

For Maine, fair and in portion to-day;
showers and cooler in western showers Tuesday
southwesterly winds.
For New-Hampshire Vermont, Massachusetts. Rhode
island and Connecticut local thunderstorms this after
noon night cooler rains Tuesday west
erly winds.
For Eastern NewYork. local to-day.
southern portions; local rains Tuesday fresh
ery winds.
For Eastern Pennsylvania New-Jersey and Delaware
thundersorms this night cooler
Tuesday; fresh southwesteTy winds.
For the District Columbia MARYLAND and Virginia
increasing coudiness to-day cooler
night Tuesday: light fresh westerly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania NeW-York local
rains and thunderstorm cooler showers
the lakes Tuesday: fresh southwestery winds shifting
TO westerly; conditions favorable thunder squalls
the lakes to-day.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16

Irba Mflng at No. 244 Madison-av ave: Henry O.. If.
mort. '1So TWeek week married Miss Whiting in New
yVioss,dlDWoI IRA; Wlte of Commander Cameron MGR
Tbe w, =. ). n, and Frederick unmarried
einon Mayors have lived near Mahwah ever
some eT.i.h li. haVemeyer bought the estate there
faniiS Snot - NOT the first death in the Havemeyer
NJ N'iy from revolver wounds. A few years ago
dia5 layer brother, Charles F. Havemeyer,
Ge1 GteG IN tragic manner at his country home at
az !n, Long Island from an accidental wound
r;ai E1aVemeyer's widow some time ago mar
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
COLONEL John HAMILTON

Colonel John Hamilton United States Army re-
tired, died yesterday morning at the Hotel St.
George. Brooklyn, after an illness of four weeks.
He leaves a widow, one son-C. F. Hamilton, of
this city-and a daughter.
Colonel Hamilton born at sea about seventy
six years ago, and appointed to a cadetship at
West Point from Indiana on July l. 1S43- He was
graduated on July 1, 1S7, and promoted through
the various grades from second lieutenant to col
onel. with which rank he retired by operation
OF law on August TO- 1887. His last command was
the 9TH Artillery. He served throughout the Civil
War, and received several brevets for gallant con-
duct.
New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
OBITUARY..
HIRAM T. FRENCH

Malone, n. Y, July 15.-Hiram T French for
many years cashier of the Peoples National Bank
of Malone. died suddenly from heart disease yes
terday. He about ffty-seven years of age
Mr.. French left a wife. three daughters-Mrs Hol-
combe, Of Compton Cal; Mrs. w H. EngIebys, Of
Burlington. VT and Mrs G. Herbert Hale, of Ma
lone-and one son, the Rev. Calvin II. French. pas
tor Of the Bethel of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
Mason.