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New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
SUE D. AND H. ROAD FOR 5000 0oo
Contractors Bring Largest Action in History
of Orange County.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE ]

Middletown. N. y. Sept. es-Stratson q sund-
stroni contractors Of this city. have served papers
upon A. Z. Sulver second vfce-presiaent ana xs,-
eFai manager Of the Delaware and Hudson Rail-
road company. IN an action TO recover the sum OF
s2oZ0oVo' the balance alleged to be due on a con-
tract completed by stratton & sundstrom last july
,. Inc eomrlaeI Was FOR the reconstruction OF ths
s usay ttailroad which extends from Platfs-
SnIs anronga so IN SaTanac Lake. to Lake Placid a
me eT9htaetors were 70 have x.5oopoo for the
wosh insey sy nave been paid about N5o00oo and IL
~ sa.u tne Dethware aud Hudson company ra-
pudates the balance. The case viii be heard al ths
JahppaILIy Term IN Orange County Lewis Z, Carr
o1 az lepresents the Delaware and Hudson
5I 1no tnoEnas watts or Middletown. represents
tlae.uiI q ouncstrom- This = the largest sum
~~>. s-a>A 49, Ia tAts aounfu '1
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
WOMAN LASHES RTTAL.
Latter and Formers Husband Flee
IN. 16utomobiEe.

About 2'45 p m. yesterday good looking
blonde woman emerged from Pabsts restau-
rant in ne-hundred-and-twe -ffth-st' be-
tween Seventh and Eighth aves. She was styl-
ishly gowned- woman of about forty-hve'
who had been pacing up and down in front OF
the reesaurant, stepped up to the blonde and
drawing a whip from the folds Of her dress.
began 10 lash the younger woman
Take that, and thatr' she CALCULATED, accom-
panying each word with a blow You VIII
steal my husband, you hussy'
The blonde woman screamed in terror and
pain. Then man. who was evidently her COM
panion. stepped from the restaurant He was
unable to protect her or take the whip from
her assaiant. Finally the couple jumped into
an electric runabout and sped rapidly TO Sew
enth-ave.. thence going north. The woman who
had done the whipping refused to make any
statement other than that she had had satisfac-
tion and that all she wanted.
Ten minutes after the crowd which had seen
the whipping had dispersed a policeman ar
rived lie wanted to know what had happened.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
SIXTY TWO DEFENDANTS.
Suit Against Improvement Company Brings
in Prominent Chicago Hen.

Chicago. Sept. 2.-Asking an accounting from
the Illinois and Georgia Improvement Company for
a loan OF S'Soooa made April !. 1861. and seeking
TO secure payment OF the money the American
Trust and Savings Bank. trustee OF the col
lateral security has filed bill IN the Superior
Court in which sixty-two prominent Chicagoans
are made defendants stockholders OF the cor
poration Among those mentioned in the bills are
William A. PinkertOn. William A. Fuller Granger
Farwell William HavemeyeF. and others Interested
IN the Georgia Improvement Company.
Inc Dill asserts that the $4,000 was obtained
build an extension to the Macon. Dublin and Sa-
VaInan Rallroad. rom Dublin TO Lyons Ca II is
asserted that no interest has been maid IN the
bonds hy the raiirGad and that many OF the
stockholderS want the stock and bonds sold 70
satisfy the indebtedness. Others are resisting the
action. ''-
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
TOMBs TOO MUCH FOR 4srEEPLE JACK.
Working at Dizzy Heights Doesn't Phsazs
Him-Cen Unnerves Him

J. william Fletcher. who calls himsolf the "orisi-
nal SteepIe Jack Of New-York.' and who has
worked calmly at the top OF the highest daspOles
and steepIes in NeW-YOTk without hinching lost his
nerve completely in the TOTnbs court yesterday,
when he faced a charge OF larceny before Masis-
trats Mayo. preferred by his partner. William
VESSEL. who alleged that Fletcher had collected
$50 and neglected 70 tell Of it.
Fletcher. who had spent night IN the prison.
collapsed soon after being taken 70 court and The
treatment OF q physician was necessary 70 enable
him TO be arraigned. He was held In N'eo tor ex-
animation on Monday and released on bail
My nerve is all gone" he said. as be fell into
seat In the courtroom. II have been the TOP Of
the highest steeples IN the country, but never ti
now did know the meaning Of nerves. Now IN
down and out. One night in prison has knocked
me out for the rest OF my life fear
Mrs. Fletcher. who was IN court told Asssfssts
Mayo that she was interested in the pa-tnessa.t'
as she had got most of the contracts ror HetN
Yesterday. she said. she got $50 JOB Ior fep@he
a steepie IN Long Island town.
Fletcher is one 0f the Jacks who some week
ago replaced the hagrOle on the Postofice root
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
TESTIFIES AGAINST FATHER.
Daughter of POstOfice EmplOye Says He
Voted Illegally.

Herbert l. Whitney. OF the pay department OF
the New-Tork Postofice. was arraigned IN tho
jefferson Market Court yesterday the charge OF
voting Illegally. The chief witness against him
WAS his daughter Dora The action against Whit
ney brought by Thomas F. Burns. representing
the Attorney General OF the State. on the stand
Miss Dora Whitney said that her father voted at
the election last November living az No. ~
Bleecker-st.. Manhattan. while for the last ten
years he has been living at No ~ Monroe-st..
Brooklyn.
Counsel for tho prisoner asked the witness u she
had any love for her father. and she replied that
she did not know. She gave the same answer when
asked why she testified against her father. The
adjourned until next Tuesday for another
hearing
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
TEACHERS REMARKS CAUSED FIGHT
Bloodshed in North Carolina Results from a
lecture Delivered in the North.
IBY TELz5RAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. J

Asheviile. n. C.. Sept 2S.-Alss Pearlin Abbott's
mission school at Hudson is closed. and Miss Alb
bott and her assistant are gone. Miss Abbott has
been in hiding for the last two weeks She publicly
IN which she was teaching, in lecture she deliv-
cred IN the North during her vacation this summer
Among other things. she said that these people
had never heard of George Washington. and sha
begged for money 70 bring civilization to them
The local newspaper here printed Miss Abbott's
lecture. aad much feeling and Indignation were
stirred up and when she returned TO open up her
school there vas trouble. A man raued Blnger
took Miss Aoootts part, and general hght oc-
Cured. half hundred nountaineers took part, and
blood was spilled freely, number we're shot and
aozen oF more men We're seriously wounded Bill
iinger's men made then escape with the loss of
life Of Only one man. Hack Martin, Billingez's
son-in-law. who was shot in the stomach. The
affair is 10 be investigated IN the Caldwell Court,
which is IN session this week
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
RICH MAN GETS TWO DEATH THREATS
Two Thousand Dollars Demanded Of Him
Thinks "BIack Hand Nay Be Guilty.

Thomas Holden. a wealthy contractor of Brook
feld-st White Plains. appealed yesterday TO Cap
tain Harmon, Of re White Plains police. to give
him protection and 10 to capture the writer OF
two letters that were sent to him. II is believed
by members of the Black Hand Society" The
letters threatened him with death and the destruc
ton Of his property unless S2,@oo was left at
designated spot. Mr.. Holden yesterday got the
second OF the letters. II says
You fooled rs with the copies; now We will DO
you up sure. day or night. DEATH
7. S.-You are marked.
On the back OF the plain piece Of paper on which
the letter was written were these words and
Remember death"
Some time ago Mr.. Holden had some trouble with
Italians. who trespassed garden he owns He
thinks that perhaps they intend 70 seek revenge.
The first letter said:
Mr.. Holden-Leave 5000 corner Post Road and
Lexingtoa-ave- Friday night at II O'Clock or your
life and property viii be taken. DEATH
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
PRISONER SUES BROKERS.
First Action Under Peculiar Illinois Law
Brought by Man in Penitentiary.

Chicago. Sept 2.-Suit was begun to-day assins
the stock brokerage firm Of Tracy & CO. to recover
xs 900 which n is aIIseai was Lose nv Francis
Wright IN specuiOtions on margins WITH that ctF
Germ. Wright is now In the Joliet Peuitentafs
under sentence for embezzlins nearly &ooQ ron
the First National Bank OF Dundee. H. Of Vhlcn
he cashier The hank Is behird the suit
This action is based on a law which entities any
body to for the amount lost IN speculatng upon
margins. IN case the person losing the money does
not institute q suit for its recovery Nlthn 81
months from the time Of loss.
The suit Is declared by the banks attorneys TO o7
the first of IT'S kind ever started IN Illinois.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
AUTO BOATS ROUGH R4rr
Three Disabled, chisfy By Tak;p,
az Water.

A strong southerIy breeze made rs.frx
boats on the Hudson an unpleasant and son.,.e1
dangerous sport yesterday Afternoon Eight ~.
started IN the second race OF the Americas 80
Boat Association for the COLA challs,va ~
these ave finished and three were disabled ST.
by taking In water. which flooded the boats A., -.
the machinery would not work
W. S. KiImer's auto boat. the vings et n,
which made the fastest elapsed time over tba Co.
Of about thirty miles on Thursday, but was rrss'
to win. account OF her handicap was N. ysr
Ter OF yesterdays race She covered the ccur,s :,
tHFty-twO miles in 1 hour q minutes second.
which was at the rate Of 22o0 knots or q s. ara,
ute Hiles. an hour. This beats the best tina mad.
by TN Standard over this course C2055) by 10
knots. The vingt ct Un's speed in Thursdays rac.
was $50 knots OF 27.StS miles an hour. c. NJ 9ar,
ilton steeed the Vingt ct Un- He said after ~.
race that o. account Of the extremely rough vata
above YOnkrs the boat was not run as FAST az or
Thursday. TIE Vanderbilt boat Mercedes vi WA.
steered by ROAert Jacob. and the Speedway oy AZ,
Patterson.
r-'rhe Maearoni vas disabled By the breaking a.
rubber tube connecting the pump with tho cylinder
The cylinder heeaus so hot that the boat had to H.
still for thirty minutes. 70 cool or. The vanda,
bilt boat rounded theupper mark OF Ardsley dr.r
at S:4Q:59. IS seconds ahead OF the vingt At n,
the latter being Is seconds ahead oe Marctr,n.
IT, TIE others rounded the mark Ike this. n.
Speedway. S:42s the Flip. s42z5; the Shooting star
s:42;2s: the Mercedes. Z. s. A., s:5o:42
The same handicaps were used as On raurx,v
the vingt ct Un being the largest boat rarnx
1885, allowed the others time. The start was mad.
at p. m, an hour earlier than on the crst aav
The Vanderbilt boat started 10 minutes 90 .scops,
behind her time. on account OF an accident 10 hsr
engine She started 70 minute 3 seconds ahead ~
the Vingt ct Tn instead OF the % minutes Is sec
Onds allowed. but she held the lead FOR sixteen
miles-half Of the course-to the upper mark Ha,
way back TO Youksrs she almost filed With waur
and had 70 be towed back 70 the cIubhonss By u
steam yacht Melissa
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
ROB At PISTOL POINT.
Throg's Neck Negro Thinks Neigh
bOrs Inraded HIS House.

James Stewart negro pensioner. living at Md
dletown Road and the Eastern Boulevard, Or
Throg's Neck. lonely spot. where he has an acre
OF land wealthy family OF that region gave hin
snrns years ago. was robbed at the point Of psoI
by four men at o'clock on Wednesday morning
Two men. supposed TO be neighbors who nss
Stewart hated banks. took $11O from him The West
chester police are looking for four rsn. Two q
whom they believe they know.
Mrs. Stewart. who is a white woman, was aUas-
ened BY a noise. Then two men seized her husband.
who always carried his money with him He had
two ten-dOllar bills in one waisteoat pocket snd
nine in another. The men demanded his money. and
told him not TO speak or he would be shot dead
Stewards son Ray had entered the room
II know YOU. he said % the man VINO had Spoken
and Ievelling pistol at him Threatened to XII ain
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
FOUR KILLED AT BRADDoCK. PENN
Pennsylvania Express Train Hits a Woman
a Baby and Two Men.

Pittsburg. Sept. 2S.-Two men. one woman ans
a baby were killed at Braddock tonight bv ths
Pennsylvania fast express which left hero m a
o'clock. The accident happened az the Thirteenth
st. crossing.
and started TO cross the tracks on their wav home
The crew OF freight train standing ON the staine
tried to warn them OF the approaching express
but in vain. The woman and baby were th-aun,
on the south. and the men were thrown &c ;he
uack on the nortn 1ne oody 0I the woman was
mangIed.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24
CONDEMNATION HEARING coNTINuEp.

4ae adjourned hearing OF the application by Cor
poi%tloa counsel Delany on behalf Of the city for
the appointment OF Commissioners OF Assessment
Ae Appraisal in the proceeding for the acquisition
2, ~ lsl1 on the n0rtherly and westerly ap-
bsya-hes % ne BROOKLYN Bridge. al the Nanhattan
@.ts ~ -.ltleging no facilities there. was held
Ia ~ S 100 justice Giegerich- Lewis !. Della
4r.e - -tlllti ctorrnss Alfred NJ. Storms and
tli.f owners 81 lseSSett'E Hotel who arc oDDosed
!. nc - s1tloo ana condemnation OF their prop
DENIAL of ne motion. - -
Lharies lslss.cy, representing eight property own
@It sshrc -pt ne apHolntscnf of = commission as
~ ~ = ~-s.s.snL o,pcIstion Counsel connoly and
aAs4's naciions and reserved decision
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24

The record Of points to date Is sz follows. Wing.
ct Un, Is; Flip. IL; Mareirens II. 8: Mercedes q
A. IL; Speedway. u; Mercedes VI II: Shooting
Star. g. Josephine 9; MacarOni 9 rra Aral rscs
viii be held to-day
New-York tribune., 1904-09-24

The winners were the Rainbow. the NIimosa and
the Kid. The Cricket protested the Kid for not
giving way 10 her when she had the right ~ way.
being on the staTbOard tack.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
PRUNG :ROORBACK Tries to
 Help its Friend.
WAS A BOOMERANG
Councilman Hill Instrumental In Securing Registration of a
 Federal Prisoner.

A roorback sprung by the Nome News yesterday morning told with much misrepresentation and enlarge mcnt of alleged facts how an unlimited number of prisoners in the federal jail had registered for the municipal cleo tion, of course with the knowledge of the federal authorities.
 The News articles were largely mis- statements. It Is true that two prison CTS registered, and the News knew that only two had registered, since it had a list of the inmates of the jail.
 The facts in the case are: Thos. P. Quinn. jail trusty, serving a sentence for shooting last summer at seaman of the Steamer Aztec. and C. R. Brown serving sentence for vagrancy. are the men who registered. Quinn de- clares, under oath, that he was induced to register by solicitations of Council man Hill, friend of his; he ayers that he told Hill that he was not qualified to register, because he had not resided the statutory time in Alaska; that Hill told him he could register and that he (HilU would run him through, ,' which he did. As one result Quinn has lost 50 days good time and all privileges, besides he has laid himself liable to prosecution on a charge of perjury.
 Brown, the other man who registered came down town with Jail Guard Web- Der, to get roll of blankets from his cabin. While passing the city hall he told Webber that he wanted to register his vote. Webber told him that he could not do so and Brown stated that his time would expire before the day of election. Webber then thoughtlessly permitted Brown to register, and did not report the matter. He has been relieved of duty. The above is plain statement of the actual facts, and both Quinn and Brown aver that their act in registering was solely without the knowledge of the jail or other authori- ties.
 It is cheap and an absurd sproposi tion when it is stated that such was the case. Neither the marshal nor q num- Der of his deputies registered them selves or voted at this election. Why should they then want to register a couple of prisoners?
 Copies of the atfidavits of Quinn and Brown may be seen at THE NUGGET office
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
LATESTFR0M TAnANA
Rev. M. Egbert KOonCe Writes About the New Camp.-SOme Claims in the Cinema Sec. ton are Richer Than Any Ever Found
 In the Famous klOndike

Cinema and Fairbanks. the N. A. T. X T. store at Cinema, the N. C. at Fair banks. Fairbanks is on a slough, ten miles from the river. The slough is narrow and shallow, and every boat that went up there last summer was disabled. It is four or five miles nearer the mines, but the trail is much worse both in summer and winter. Cinema is on the main river, at the head of navi- gation, and has every natural advan- tage. At present most of the people, i. C. the town people, or rather those that hang around a town, are at Fair banks. The postoifice is there, and the recordin. office, etc. Capt. Barnett is hustler, and landed everything for his town. Taking everything into con- sideration, however. cannot see how the town can be any other place than Cinema. No commercial company is go- ing to take the extra time and expense to take goods up that slough, which is navigable only at high water, and the extra risk, when they gain not a cent by it. It is also now quite certain that a railroad will be built from Cinema to the creeks next summer. heard all the arguments on both sides of the question, and it seems to me almost certain that, if the camp turns out as it promises. the big town will be at Cinema.
 "There are more people on the Tan ana now than in all the Alaskan Yukon camps combined, There are perhaps 1000 there now
 M. EGBERT kOONCE.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
NATIVES SEE
 SIGNAL FIRES
NuIatO indians, it is Claimed, Fear an Invasion of the Natives
 From the kObuk.
Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 Nuato. March 22.-The natives of this place have returned from Il hunt ing trip and are greatly exercised over an idea that has become prevalent among them to the effect tn at the kO bulk Indians have again gone on the warpath, and are on their way to the Yukon river. and that the massacre of the Yukon Indians of some j0 years ago
 is to be repeated. The hunters claim that they have seen signal fires on the mountains, that the dogs are bowling and the wind has been blowing from the same quarter for two days that it did when the kobuks made their last raid. The excitement among the na- tives here is something intense, and none of them can be prevailed upon to leave the settlement. They are pre- pairing for war, and promise to give the Kobuks warm reception. The whites here place no credence in what they term an Indian superstition, and be- lieve that their fears are entirely un- founded.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
THE ATTACK
 AGAIN FAILS

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 London. March 26.-Baron Harashi this morning received an official dis patch confirming the Japanese attack on Port Arthur March 2l The Japan ese torpedo boat destroyers crept mp the darkness and laid mechanical mines across the mouth of the harbOr and then withdrew. In the morning the Japanese battleship squadron appeared off the harbor and tried to coax the Russians outside, but the latter ap- peared to suspect something and re. mained under cover of the land batter ies. The Japanese withdrew at II am. No losses on either side.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
IN FAVOR OF

The fight between Kelly and Duffy last night at A. E. hall was one of the fercest fstic battles ever witnessed in Nome. The first two rounds were in Duffy's favor, but from that pOint on to the sixth round it was anybody's fight. Bert Brown, the referee, awarded the fight to Kelly on a foul in the sixth round. A preliminary go of four rounds between Fred Hoffman of Nome, and E. Shumacher of Fort Davis was great ly appreciated by the large audience present, and both boys gave good ex- ample of boxing.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
White Pass Loses Contract.

Seattle, March 26.-The White Pass route lost in the contest for the con. tract for transportation of troops and military supplies for the coming season to Fort Egbert, on the Yukon. The White Pass bid was the lowest, but the point was raised by rivals that as it was British company they could not receive the contract, also that troops could not be transported across British territory without the consent of the British government. Judge Advocate General Davis held the points we'll taken, and the White Pass route will only be used in case of emergencies.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
Hale Turned Down.
ial dispatch to THE NUGG EFT.

Tokio. March l9.-The British min ister here refuses to endorse the ap- plication of Hale, the correspondent of the London Times. to accompany the Japanese army, giving as his reason that the reports Hale sent from the Transvaal were slanderous to the Boer army. The Japanese government re- quires all correspondents to have the endorsement of the minister of the country they represent. Hale is there fore excluded from all connection with the Japanese army.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
Broke Worlds Record.
ispatch to THE NUGGET.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 Stanford University. March 25. Nor man Dole, Stanford's crack athlete, broke the worlds amateur record to- oay for the pole vault, crossing the bar at twelve feet and three inches, which is one and one-quarter inches above the best previous record.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
White House Coffee, 4Oc. pei pound at 0oggin'S.
NInILISTS PLOT
 RESURRECTION

Special diSpatchto THE NUGGET.
 St. Petersburg, March 2S.-Seventsen suspects were arrested here today charged with being implicated in a Nihilist plot to raise an insurrection among the disaffected classes in Russia The secret police claim to have inform ation showing that the Nihilists will make every effort to embarass Russia during the Eastern campaign.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
NEWS NUGGETS.

J. Goloschinsky, a miner working on Bangor creek, was severely injured injured Monday by cave-in in the mine. His back and lower extremities received the worst injuries. He was brought to Holy Cross hospital and placed under the care of Dr. Griqsby.
 Information received by the last mail is to the effect that work on the Coun- cil City X Solomon River railroad will be pushed to completion the coming summer. J. Warren Dickson. the gen. eral manager, will arrive on an early boat this spring.
 Sergeant Thomas P. Akcrs, of the Port Safety telegraph office, has re- gently received deserved recognition. He is in receipt of certificate of honor, which carries with it a money consideration. for meritorious services rendered during the Boxer uprising in China few years ago.
 A panoramic exhibition of Alaskan and other views will be given on the evening of April at Golden Gate hall It will be most interesting. Popular prices.
 The minstrel show Saturday evening at A. B. hall drew the largest house of
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
Port Is ODen.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 Tsn Tsin. March 2S.-The Lloyd agent at New Chwang telegraphs that that port is open now. The Russians have not yet blocked the river: there is no movement of troops, and the port is in perfect order.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
HandbaII Champion.
spatch to THE NUGGET.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 San Francisco, March 26.-By a score of six games to one NJ. J. Eagan, of Kansas City, defeated James Fitz- gerald, of San Francisco, in the first of series of games for the American handball championship.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
WOrkmen Locked Out.
ial disnatch to TIE NrGGET.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 Lynn, Mass. March 23d.-Thirty- three shoe manufactories have locked out 800 workmen. and unless settle ment is effected within two works 5000 hands will be idle.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
Roosevelt and WaIbridge.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET
 Kansas City, Mo, March 24.-Mis- souri Republicans in convention here today elected four delegates to the state convention pledged to support Roosevelt and Walbridge.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
The Democratic Issue.

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 Washington, D. C., March 25.-It was made known here today by promi. nent members of the party that the Democrats will make the tariff the principal issue in the forthcoming campaign.
The Nome nugget., 1904-04-06
ExplOdes a Mine.
Itch tn THE NuGGRT

Special dispatch to THE NUGGET.
 Nladlvostok, March 30.-One of the mines at Possiet bay was exploded to- day by whale. The mutilated car cass was washed ashore: it bore evil dence of the destroying quality of the mines laid by the Russians in the ex- pectation of the Japanese attempting a landing at Possiet bay.