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SHEEHAN'S HOPES ARE HIGH
or Controlling the County Delegation to
the state Convention.

At the meeting Of the Executive Com
mittee of the Greater New York Democracy
this evening William Hepburn Russell, the
chairman, will announce the names Of the
seven men whom he has selected to serve
on the special committee to devise plans
for the unification Of all the anti-Tammany
Democratic organizations in the city.
Since this committee was authorized
John c. Sheehan, the leader of the organiEa-
ton, has received assurances from a number
Of organizations In Brooklyn and from
several Democratic clubs In Manhattan
and The Bronx which have hitherto been
independent Of all central organizations
that they would be glad 10 join with the
Greater New York organization.
II is the plan of this committee to call a
conference of the representatives OF all
Of these organizations and have them
devise a plan Of revision. Mr.. Sheehan
said Yesterday that he had no doubt that
II would be easy TO reach an agreement
and that as soon as this was done the fight
for the success OF the State ticket this fell
would be begun.
Mr.. Sheehan said the reports he had re-
ceived convinced him that the Greater New
York Democracy would carry twenty OF
the thirty-fve Assembly districts in New
York county for the delegates TO the State
Convention
Each Assembly district elects three dele
gates to the State Convention, and Mr..
Sheehan said that he expected that at least
sixty Of these would be snti-Croker Demo-
Gratis.
aSome Of these districts Mr. Sheehan
said Yesterday, "are the Ninth, where we
will have a walkover. the Nineteenth, where
we will win whether the Tammany men
are united or dvided-it looks now as though
they would be divided-the Twenty-frst,
where James l.. Conway is the leader the
Thirt second where Frawley will be
defeated by our man, and the Thirty-third,
where Collins is sure 10 win.
"Icould tell YOU the numbers Of tho other
dist riots that am convinced we are going
10 carry. hut DO not think that IT would be
wise TO do so"
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GONE, VIA GLEN ISLAND HOTEL
Thurston. Once Louis n. Berg's Manager
Missing g Accounts Wrong.

James o. Thurston. Jr., 30 years old. who
was manager Of the uptown Office Of Louis
Rodney Berg, real estate agent OF IS
Nassau street, has been missing since March
8. Mr.. Berg says that about 5000 in rents
which Thurston had collected is also miss
ing. Thurston is a son Of James o. Thurston
OF 400 st. Nicholas avenue. who has en-
ployed private detectives to look for him
Mr.. Berg said last night that Thurston
had been In his employ only since Decem-
ber last and had good recommendations
On Feb. 2s Mr.. Berg, who was not satisfied
with the way he kept his accounts notified
him by letter that his services would not
be required after March 2s, and requested
him TO close up his books immediately.
No answer came to this letter and three
days later the stenographer in the up
town branch at Ninety-ninth street and
Central Park West reported TO Mr.. Berg
that Thurston had telephoned from the
Glen Island Hotel. where Walter Brooks
was shot, that he was sick. Thurston has
not been heard Of since. His February ac-
counts were short about $i0O, Mr.. Berg
SAYS, and about 5000 Of the March rents
we're collected and not turned in. Among
these was the rent Of church, for which
the pastor paid Thurston s45 on March l..
The check was cashed, Mr. Berg says,
and the Endorsement on II was not his.
IL was said at the Glen Island Hotel last
night that If Thurston was there on the
date given he did not register under that
mama
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THE STATE FORESTS SAFE.
Senator Browns Bui Permitting the Cut.
ting Of Trees Did Not Pass the senate.

ALBANY, March 1s.-It developed to-day
that Senator Browns proposed amendment
to the State Constitution concerning the
Forest Preserve really did not pass the
Senate on Tuesday as announced. This
is the proposed amendment TO nullify the
provision in the Constitution of 1895 pro-
hibiting the cutting Of trees on State forest
lands. The amendment permits the cut
ting Of trees three feet from the ground
which are over ten inches in diameter
It required 20 votes to pass the bill. The
vote on final passage Of the bill last Tuesday
was announced as ayes 27, noes II. Sena-
tors Grady and Barnes were not in the
chamber when the vote was taken, yet they
were recorded as voting for the bill. Sena-
tor Hennessey says he did not vote for the
bill, although he was recorded in its favor.
Other Senators say they voted for the bill
In the confusion which was prevalent In
the chamber at the time, and they would
not have done 80 had they known what they
were voting on. So that TO say the least,
the bill had but "a votes in its favor.
Under these circumstances Senator GRADY
to-day offered a resolution calling the pro-
posed constitutional amendment from the
Assembly so that the Senate may again
pass on the question. In the absence OF
Senator Brown, who introduced the bill,
Senator Grady's resolution was tabled.
There seems no doubt that the temper
Of the Senate is against cutting down the
States forest, the acquisition Of which
has cost the State several million dollars.
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upon or In connection with any buildings
used wholly or In part for Rapid Transit
stations or approaches, OF any and all
structures extending over the whole or
any part OF any sidewalk adjacent thereto:
The object OF this bill In TO permit Rapid
Transit tunnel stations TO have the same
facilities as are utilized by the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad at Re ctor street
Senator Green introduced bill providing
for the construction of fire escapes upon
buildings more than two stories high used as
schools. hospitals, asylums, places of amuse-
ment. hotels, public institutions and apart
ments and tenement houses, excepting
apartments and tenement houses in New
York city or Buffalo.
The Senate passed these bills:
Senator Mills s. authorizing the extension
Of Irving Park, Yonkers: also authorizipg
Yonkers to prepare approaches to the Wash
nSton Park ! shii6rsTy ai6y slts; ;.na,n. -. p.u,o,a
those OF the Stock Corporation law con-
senator MslPys, requiring .Lloyds- r.:
surance organization to fle their articles
Of association with the State Insurance De-
Senator EIsworth's. providing for the
erection OF a monument In memory OF New
York troops who took part in the siege OF
Rssembi lyman cotten's. Incorporating the
General MsslSnsry s%2cisty %cLy IrlS. Of the German
Senator Elsberes, Incorporating the jew
ish Protectory and Aid Society.
The Assembly passed these bills:
As.emblyman Colby's, providing that y
a water meter in New York city shows that
the amount of water for which rent has been
charged has not been used there shall be no
rebate for that reason.
Assemblyman Coughtry's. providing that
where an insurance corporation reduces the
amount OF it's capital stock. the amount
xithdrayn shall be divided pro rata among
Assemblyman Blaokwells. giving Sheriff
the right to serve an order of arrest grow
ing out OF q civil action In an adjoining county
Assem- blyman Reeves. forcing non-re'l-
dents of Suffolk county secure permission
to take shell hsh from the waters OF that
county -,
Assemblyman McMillans, fxing the price
OF illuminating gas in Schenectady az sl.
Assemblyman Sanders's.5 providing for
four additional Municipal Court Justices In
New York city.
Senator Honnessey's. authorizing New OF
city TO expend $500 900 for a hospital In the
borough OF The Bronx.
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SAY RICE DIED OF GDEMA.
THREE PHYSICIANS REPEL THE
CHLOROFORN THEORY.
DIR. Austin Flint Called by Patricks Law.
yers 10 Back Up Theory That Jones.
the valet. Has Lied. and That the Old
Millionaire Died OF Natural Causes.

The lawyers defending Albert T. Patrick
on trial before Recorder Gof. charged
with murdering William NJ Rice. called
three more medical experts yesterday
TO back UP their theory that Rice died a
natural death and to riddle the confession
Of Jones, the valet, that he chloroformed
Rice at the instig ton Of Patriek.
The days session began with the cross-
examination OF DIR. John II. Girdner by the
Assistant District Attorney. DR.. Girdner
said that the cause of death was eiema OF
the lungs.
WAS there not some intervening cause,
asked the prosecuting attorney, between
II o'clock in the morning. when DR.. Curry
saw the patient, found nothing the matter
with the lungs and o'clock In the evening
when the man diedp'
AN intervening cause was not neces-
sary," said the witness, 'the oe1ema was
sufficient"
The answer did not satisfy the prosecu-
ting attorney, who asked that il be stricken
out. The lawyers wrangled over that
point until Recorder GofY told them that
they acted like schoolboys and ordered
them to sit down and be quiet. But the
answer was stricken out
DR.. A. A. II. Lsuf. Of Philadelphia. an
expert on the lungs, went TO the stand with
a physiological chart, by which he explained
TO the jury the circulation of the blood
through the lungs. He said that chloro-
form was not an irritant, that chloroform
did not cause Rice's death. but that death
was the result, first, of tho condition OF the
kidneys and, secondly, the result Of piema.
DR.. Kenneth W. Millican corroborated
DR.. Leuf.
DR.. Austin Flint was also called for the
defence. In his direct examination he
said that chloroform vapor was very
slightly irritating to the air passages when
inhaled In his opinion chloroform could
not be applied TO a person In the manner
described by Jones without waking that
person up.
What was tho cause Of death2" asked
Mr.. Moore
.Gdema Of the lungs" said DR., Flint.
Mr. Moore then stated q long hypotheti-
cal case, putting in all Of Mr.. Rice, 8
symptoms, and asked II in such case death
could have been the result OF chloroform.
DR.. Flint said that he could not answer,
because there was nothing about chloro-
form, one way or another, In the hypothet!-
cal question.
In his cross-examinatlon by the Assistant
District Attorney, DR.. Flint admitted that
congestion Of the lungs probably preceded
the Biema end that he could not account
for the congestion.
Wouldn't chloroform cause congestion
of the lungs?" asked the prosecuting at
torney.
-In some cases." replied DR.. Flint. 'but
not in this one, because here the congestion
is accompanied by oedema.'
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Prompt Attention to the
Symptoms of Disease and
the Little Ills of Life
Will Save You Weeks
and Months of
Suffering.
Paine's Celery
Compound
Will Quickly Danish Your Troubles
And Restore Perfect Health.

Prompt care and attention to the little
ills Of life will often save weeks and months
Of suffering II the common symptoms
Of rheumatism. neuralgia, dyspepsia. kid
ney troubles, and persistent headaches are
attended to when first experienced, by use
Of one or two bottles OF Paine's Celery Com
pound, these beginnings Of serious troubles
are forever banished. II you are out Of
sorts, have tired feelings. disturbed sleep,
defective digestion, aches in back or side,
sluggish circulation, or poisoned blood,
Paine's Celery Compound will give all the
functions Of the body fresh supply Of
nerve food, establishing strength. and
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abundant supply Of pure. fresh blood, with
out which there can be no health, happi-
ness. or real life. Paine's Celery Com
pound is a matchless remedy in cases Of
enfeebled nerves and foul blood. The
use OF one bottle is sufficient to prove it's
value. Beware of worthless limitations
sold by some dealers. See that the name
PAINE'S is on each wrapper and bottle
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Boxinx Bin VIII Not Pass.

ALBANY, March ia bin which will be
killed by the Committee on Rules of the
Assembly ia the Dooling measure to permit
the Amateur Athletic Union to conduct
sparring exhibitions. The treatment Of
this bill in the lower h ouse has been pecu-
liar. II was advanced TO a third reading
in the Assembly last week but has not APP
peared on the third-reading calendar, which
Is unusual, as all bills advanced never fail
10 appear at least two days after they have
been advanced Probably one of the
reasons for the failure to get the bill on the
calendar is due to the fact that Mr.. Dooling
only attends sessions on "Wednesday and
Thursday OF each week, and has let the
matter 60 by default The party leaders
are opposed 10 the bill.
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yet scarcely serious portrait Of the actress.
But In portraiture, propsr We reach again

yet scarcely serious portrait Of the actress.
But In portraiture proper We reaoh again
. nns example In the 'Mrs. g. Of Cecilia
Beaux. II is not . sympathetic likeness;
expressing Little, any, temperament
either Of the subject or Of the painter;
but It II STandly painted. with an authority
Of manner and q truly artistic treatment
Of the accessories; a picture that grows upon
one by reason Of its hne feeling and technical
superiority. Il hangs alongside Of one by
Sar gent, poor example. that has nothing
Of the distinction Of conception and very
littleof the craftsmanship that one expects to
find In his portraits. The portrait Of two
ladies by Ellen @. Emmet is . picture that
commands ones interest. II has . fine
audaoity Of color that justifes itssf. is
most chsrmingly lighted and, while the
figures are a little Unsatisfactory In con-
struction. there runs through them Q quiet
vibration Of movement that is very con-
vinoing. Miss Emrnet has before her tho
promise Of an exceptionally brilliant career;
for she has the feeling and the knowledge.
a marked ability TO comprehend her sub
ject sympathetically and needs only the
ripening process Of experience. The
portrait Of Mrs. G. s. d. by Mrs. Brewster
Sewell Is another picture OF distinction.
The pose carries with 1t some suggestion
Of affeotation, but the workmanship IL
excellent, and a feeling Of dignity and
refinement has been most happily realised.
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500 FOR SUPPOSED REYNOLDS.
Close OF the Furber Picture Sale ~ ne
Fifth Avenue Galleries.

The remaining seventy five paintings Of
the collection sold by order Of Arthur
Furber brought 500, $40 at the Fifth Avenue
Art Galleries last evening. Tho amount
realized by the sale Of the entire collection
s SCI, $50. Thaulow's River Arquee'
brought the highest price Of the evening.
81 800, q Roybet. entitled Cavalier Of the
Period Of Louis XIII, was sold for 81 600.
and A Morning Walk, by Alfred Stevens.
fetched 81, 200.
When "A Portrait Of q Lady, cataloRued
as a Sir Joshua Reynolds canvas, was put
up, some ons in the crowd asked II II was
guaranteed 70 be genuine. The auctioneer
replied that none of the paintings was
guaranteed In many cases, he said. II
would be impossible TO prove a work
genuine unless the artist could rise from
hs grave and say that II was his work.
The portrait brought 500.
Among the paintings catalogued, with
their buyers and prices. were:
Arab spahi.- Eugene Fromentin; L. A.
sheep, Eugene Verboeokhoven: u johnson 1000
Louis Nv. Soubrette, Gustav JAoquet @. >.
Monarch Of the Desert Rosa Bonheur:
buyers name refused d....................... 600
-Dees." Rosa Ponheur: J.. 4. Lsnthier 80. 1000
The Card Players Tito Lessl; Eugene 49,
Cavalier OF the Period Of Louis KILL" Fer -
dinsnd Roybet' Max Blelmsn 80. 1000
Young Woman Gathering Potatoes" Aime
porrt: J. a, Hethering,on. -. ,.......... LIS
Marine, Jules Dupre; *. T. Fltzs.mmons 900
a Morning Walk" Alfred Stevens; G. $.
-RlveG Argues, Fntz Thsulow: Max bslpan $50
Study Of white Horse" J. l.. Z Meissohier; ..o
a t1 foTsfst r'f9uf of LsSy Sir Joshua Reynolds
buyers name refused .,.-...,. ..-'..s''''''' Vo
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YOUNG VOEPEL HELD.
Cool and Collected Under the Murder
Charge Against Him Remanded.

Young John Albert voepel was arraigned
ir the jefferson Market police court yester-
day on suspicion Of having murdered his
mother on the morning Of Feb. IA in their
fiat at i2e Christopher street. Though his
II years and trying situation would have
been more than sufficient warrant for any
excitement he might display, the boy was
calm and collected in appearance and be-
havior as If the sinister charge had not
concerned him az all. He was accompanied
by his counsel. Lawyer Weiss
Assistant District Attorney Lord asked
for an adjournment till Tomorrow. Magis-
trate Olmsted objected TO the request as
well as TO the fact that the boy was arraigned
on a short affidavit only. He said that
there had been plenty OF time TO have every
thing in Readiness for an immediate eIami-
nation.
Finally the Magistrate consented TO post
pone the hearing till this morning Young
Soepel was held without bail
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ONE OF 20 LOST FOUND.
other Bodies Under the Wreckage OF the
steamer Providence.

MEMPHIS. Tenn, March ls.-The tug Joe
Seay. sent TO the scene Of the wreck of
the steamer Providence, caught in the storm
on Lake Palmyra yesterday, which resulted
in the loss Of twenty lives, returned TO
vicksb, rg to-day with the body of Walt
Burns. tho only one the rescu ing party
recovered
Those sent out on the Joe Seay are OF the
opinion that the bodies Of the four white
men drowned are underneath the wrecked
boat and the launch Vivian left Vickshurg
this afternoon with dynamite TO blow of
the cabin Of the submerged boat and find
the bodies II there.
Reports from various points in louisiana
and Mississippi show over a hundred houses
destroyed and fifty people killed in yester-
days storm and tornado. -Four persons
Copiah county, La. At Keys Post office,
La, a church was blown down and several
schoolhouses were destroyed
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MT'RDER IN A PRISON.
Convicted Murderer Kills One Prisoner
and Badly Wounds Another.

SAN Francisco. March i3-Frank Miller,
a convict at San Quentin, in for seven years
for murder. killed Jerry Harris, a fellow
convict, and badly wounded another pris-
oner
Miller has been sullen lately. but showed
no signs of violence till this morning. when
working al hi side in the jute mill and beat
him over the head with a heavy piece Of
steel Then he seized knife uHed In the
mill and Isn at Harris. savagely stsbbing
him six times Harris died In twenty min
utes. Then Miller was ove~powered. IL
is feared that the first man attacked will
die
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THE wIEMKRs COLLECTION OF OIL fAISIINo'
WATER coLoRs, ETC.
Portraits at the Union League Club.

Tho current exhibition az the Union
League Club. to be on view March 49, IL
and 10. consists of twenty-eight portraits.
Tho work of one or two foreigners is IN
troduced. notably Anders Zorn's portrait
NJ the lnte Mr. Thomas W. Wheeler, hu-
man document Of more than ordinary per-
sussiyeness and in its treatment artistic
IN tho last degree. Such a picture is an
incentiya TO taste and may well be In
chlded in frequent exhibitions but II is
n, o,sicult 70 understand why the committee
should have considered it necessary to
give currency TO so unchildlike rendering
of n child. or 90 so poor bit OF craftsman
shin as A. A. Ferraris's Portrait of Miss
Y" And even as a shocking example,
II seems scarcely wise 10 have introduced
Theobald Chartran's Portrait Of Mr.. s.,
the texture Of whose face is represented
as pale buff terra Gotta, still warm from
the kiln. II YOU he sure that people would
appreciate the moral of such a canvas
was going TO write picture, hut this Is
mere painting not picture-r would
be another matter. Unfortunately TINS
PAINTER has been withdrawn from the OBJ
scurity to which his lack Of artistic ability
and conscience should condemn him to
paint the Lady Of the White House, and now
his appearance here will be regarded by
some persons as an additional Endorsement.
Probably. the most thoroughly enjoy
able portrait in this exhibition Is that OF MI
J Harsen Rhoades by Frederic p. Vinton
A mastery both Of comprehension and OF
craft .,nanship is impressed upon II. The
subject has been realized by the artist
in a serious and dignifed way; with a mod
Grafton as admirable as the force and d.
rectness. In this respect one may COM
pare the portrait Of MIR. Richard Della
field bv A. q. Curtius, which is also for
chile picture But we shall be inclined 10
erree that there is too much protestation
of forcibility on the painters part too
exaggerated insistence upon certain char
acteristics and upon the general strong
manliness Of the type; on the other hand
in Mr.. Vintoa's portrait there is, in place
Of asscrtiveness. masculine reticence. /.
the head being surrounded with atmos-
pherc, the blacks 81 the coat finely tenn
pered and brought into an exceedingly
dalirhtful harmony with the drab- gray
waistcoat The picture wins upon one
gradually and finally commands ones
admiration through its convincing quietude
of strength How infexibly rigid, staring
and unsuEgcs've appears by comparison
A. A. AnderseT's portrait OF the Secretary
OF War; and how perfunctory the portrait
of Mr. Prentice by Hubert Vos. 1udeed
one mus, turn on this occasion 90 the lady
painters for any work that will properly
flnd a place beside Mr.. Vinton's, For
j. W. Aiexander's Portrait OF Miss Rus
sell as Lady Navir- ia a lovely picture with
beautiful fines in lis composition and a
charming tone Ia the croarn. dove gray
and fawn Of its color scheme; but II il a
decorative picture, possibly poetic inter
pretation Of the character OF the play
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Ch.r,e. A. Cochran to He Extradited.

ALBANY. March ls.-Gov. Odell to-day
authorized the extradition Of Charles A.
Cochran. wanted in Nashville, Tenn. on
the charge of larceny. He is accused Of
having defrauded the Union Bank and
Trust Company Of that State through paper
of the American Hardwood Company. Of
which Cochran was President, discounted
by the bank. He was represented by
Attorney Jones Of New York city. who
asked for an adjournment in order to give
his client an opportunity TO show that he
was not a fugitive from justice. The State
Of Tennessee was represented by j. Murray
Downs Of this city. The Governor decided
that the issue of the accused mans guilt
or innocence could not be tried before him,
and that as the papers were in regular form
he would grant the requisition.
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Jersey Firemen Opposed to Senate Bn 81

RUTHERFORD n. j.. March 13.-volunteer
and Exempt Firemen of New Jersey are
interested in the section Of Senate Bill
"a which discriminates against them in
the matter Of taA exemption. Heretofore
they have been treated the same az M mbers
of the National Guard and veterans of
the army and navy. and the movement now
on foot 10 reduce their exemption 10 81
per year il meeting with much opposition.
In IL hoped here that frcmen will take this
matter up and see that the Senators and
AsseiAblymen from their several counties
are written to and urged to oppose the bill
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TAKEN AWAY From DIR. BURRIS.
Ten-Year-Oid Child Turned Over TO The
Gerry society on Evidence of Abuse.

en-year-old Mabel Spinney. who was
taken from the home Of DR.. John E. Burris.
80 West Ninety-fourth street, by the Gerry
society agents, after complaints lad been
made by the ncighbors that The child was
abused, was formally coUmitted TO the
society > care by Magistrate Meade in the
West side Police Court yesterday A former
boarder in the household testified that che
had seen Mrs. Burris intoxicated, so did
former servant Agent Fogarty testified
that the childs hands and knees were cal
loused from scrubbing.
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Mrs. Jcnnison wants More Alimony.

A new phase in the matrimonial differ
ences Of Frank E. Jennison, momber Of
the firm of Dlnscomb a Jennison. stock
brokers Of 2 Wall street. and his WIFE Eliza
beth Dudley Jennison. in a suit he has
brought against her in the Supreme Courr
for an absolute divorce. In an action she
has pending for a separation she received
$50 aweek alinory and counsel fNe Of $3.50
Yesterday she moved before Justice Freed =
man to havo these allowances increased.
Justice Freedman reserved decision