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THE PHILADELPHIA IXQUrRER FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1896. ver fimi Mw 7FRT ir.Hft fWlnCrS ir CRISP WEATHER THE THREE FRIENDS WAS OFF WRECKING EIGHTH ST. 5 flERRY CHRISTHAS TO ALL 5 AMMOI INf.PMPNT 1 CU-MORROW, Saturday morning, begins a great Slaughter Sale of Holiday Goods. All goods that have not been sold, and those that have been used in interior and window decoration, are offered AT MONSTROUS SACRIFICE PRICFS It is your golden opportunity to buy Bric-a-Brae and Fancy Goods of every description at half to one-fourth former prices, and such things as. Handkerchiefs that are slightly soiled from dust, Hand-Painted Sachets, Fancy Aprons, Dolls, Gloves, all go at fairly giveaway figures.

These few items will give you an idea of the price trend: 0 naUUHCIUiilclD, nvi iu up fcw uuvi la7C Handkerchief Sachets, worth up to 19c, go 30 Gloves, worth $1.00 to $1,50, go q. 5 Dolls, worth up to S2.50, go at Dolls, worth up to 89c, go at Brass Banquet Lamps, worth up to Brass Banquet Lamps, worth up to- Brass Banquet Tables, worth up to 0 Brass Banquet Tables, worth up to Ornaments of every description, -worth up te $1.75, go at- 39c, 49o Atomizers, worth up to $3-50, go at 25c, 4-8c, 98c and so on. We'd prefer selling these goods this way than to carry away. in icauwig ui uicc uuciiii yuuu cuilblUCI them great, but upon seeing them you'll acknowledge them grander and greater than your imagination ever hplri out to vou. liS GIFT FOR EN FREEHOLDERS Freeholder Martin Turned Down, But an Increase in Salary Upheld.

WILL GET $300 A YEAR The Increase, Justice Gum mere Says, Did Xot Take Efiect Vntil Last Sprint? Collector Ivins Sustained. Special to The Inquirer. TRENTON, Dec. 24. An opinion filed by Justice Gummere in the Supreme Court to-day denies an application for a mandamus made in the case of Geo.

E. Martin against Mahlon F. Ivins, county collector of Camden. Martin was elacted in April, 1893, a member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders. At that time the yearly salary of the members was In March, 1805, the Legislature passed a law making the salary of Freeholders $300 in counties having a population of 100,000 or over.

When Freeholder Martin entered upon his duties, the population of Camden county was less than lOO.l'XX). By the State census of Camden county in 3 805, it was shown to be 100,1 (4. The returns of this census were filed in the office of Secretary of State in July, 1S93. Martin held that he was entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $800 per annum from the time that the census returns were filed. County Collector Ivins refused to make the payment, however, at the increased Justice Gummere says that the salary of Martin for the year ending May 8, 1S90, was .130, and that his right to be paid the larger amount fixed by the.

act of March 25, 1895. did not occur until the second year of his term. This being so, the action of the county collector in refusing to pay him the amounts demanded, was entirely proper, and the application for mandamus should be refused. Mr. Martin, as the claimant In this case, represented all the other members of the present Board of Freeholders and they are affected by the decision.

The decision apparenUy confirms their right to an increased salary for the current year. FAILED TO FIND OPEN ARMS Stranger's Search for a. Parent Does Not End In Success. Special to The Inquirer. VINELAND, N.

Dec. 24. The young man from Denver, who claims to be the son of Colonel Edmund Johnson, of this place, called at the Johnson residence to-day and requested an interview. He was politely received and spent a few hours trying to establish his claim. Ha said his mother was married in St.

John's Church, New York, in 1855, to a Captain Edward Johnson. He produced record of his mother's marriage. Colonel Johnson says his name is Edmund, not Edward, and that he was in California from 1849 to 1860, and was captain of Company Thirty-first New Tork Volunteers instead of captain of a company in the Seventh or Ninth Regiment, as the stranger say3 his mother told him. i Colonel Johnson views the matter lightly, but his wife and family are considerably exercised over the matter. SORRY CHRISTMAS FOR HER Bullet In Her Shoulder and Her II unI) iinl I'nder Arrest.

Special to The Inquirer. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. Dec. 24.

Cornelius Meehan, of No. 146 French street, shot his wife this morning because, it is said, she asked for money with which to buy Christmas presents for th children. Meehan said he would give her the money, and turned to a trunk as though he intended to get It. When he faced about with a revolver in his hand, his wife fled in terror, followed closely by Meehan. As she reached the front door, her husband, it is charged, fired the weapon, and a bullet lodged in his wife's shoulder.

She staggered to A. J. Martin's, and medical aid was summoned. Meehan was arrested later and held to await the Rction of the grand jury. Mrs.

Meehan will recover. JERSEY MYSTERY DEEPENS "Vhite-Horse-and -Bloody Clothing Case Xot Yet Solved. Special to Thr Innuirer. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. Dec.

24. The mystery of the discovery of bloody clothing of a man and a woman in a gully near this place has not yet been solved. The mystery deepened yesterday when a white horse spattered with blood was found on the road between Perth Amboy and Plainfield. Late in the day it was discovered that the horse belonged to Edward Monaghan, of South River. District Attorney Voorhees said last night that the men who hired the horse are known to him, but he refuses to give their names.

It is known, however, that they live in South River. The belief is that a -woman has been murdered. Fierce Fire in XevrarU. Special to The Inquirer. NEWARK, N.

Dec. 24. Alexander Wandt's big frame factory at No. 34 Main street was partly burned this afternoon. It is said that someone dropped a lighted match on the floor which was soaked with naphtha.

Several employes jumped from the windows, but no one was hurt. The loss is estimated at from $10,000 to $15,000, partly covered by in3urance. Two Legs Broken In Camden. While carrying a Christmas tree home last night, William H. Peacock, a lieutenant of Gatling Gun Company N.

G. N. fell down and broke his leg. He was taken to his home, at 819 Elm street. Gottlieb Albrecht.

of 1225 Stevens etreet, Philadelphia, fell off a beer wagon, which he was driving in Camden, yesterday, and brolce his leg. Camden Schools Closed. Christmas exercises were held yesterday in most of the public schools of Camden, when the schools were closed for the -holidays. Addresses were made by Mayor Westcott and members of the Commission of Public Instruction," each being Assigned to one or more schools. At the.

Lincoln School a generous collection was donated for the Home for Friendless Children. Keep on if you want to. If vou want to cure that cough get Ayct'a Cherry Pectoral. Il cures coughs and colds. CHHSTM wiiii wllllllMbw MACEO SOUGHT DEATH Startling Statement Mad by the Doctor of How the General Was Betrayed.

AN ENTIRELY NEW STORY He Says That the Insurgent Chief Had. Been Deserted by the Insurgent Civil Chiefs Zertucha's Own Defense. DR. ZERTUCHA, IN A SIGNED statement, says that Antonio Maceo sought death because he had been deserted by the insurgent civil chiefs. Special to The Inquirer.

THE INQUIRER BUREAU. 1410-12 Street N. NEW YORK, Dec. 24. Dr.

Maximo Zertucha has written a signed statement of the circumstances attending i the death of Antonio Maceo. The state- ment is rjublished in this mnmimr'a Herald. Dr. Zertucha, in effect, says mat despair drove Maceo to court death. This despair was caused, the Doctor affirms, by the lack of support which Maceo received from the insurgent civil chiefs.

HELENA DEL SUR, Cuba, Dec. 10, 1S96. To the Editor of the Herald: I have been informed by your Havana correspondent of the reports current in the United States regarding the death of my old chief and friend, Major-Gen-eral Antonio Maceo. I owe It to myself to state how the event happened. Major-General Antonio Maceo, at 8 o'clock P.

December 4, accompanied by part of his general staff namely. Generals Miro and Diaz, Colonels Nq-darse and Gordon, Majors Piedra, Juz-tiz, Ahumada and Penalver, Captain Sauvanel and myself, as surgeon of headquarters general, with four orderlies and Lieutenant Francisco Gomez-Toro, crossed the military line between Mariel and Majana at the former point. On the 6th we started toward Baracoa. During our march some eighty men of Lieutenant-Colonel Acosta's command were Incorporated with our ranks. Together we went to the grazing farm (potrero) of San Pedro.

There we met the forces under Brigadier Sanchez and Colonel Delgado, numbering some four hundred men, all cavalry. In the afternoon of the next lay, when word came to our camp that the enemy's forces were moving in our direction, following the trail, we prepared for the engagement. The fight was under way when General Maceo, accompanied by Brigadier Miro, his adjutants, Juztiz and myself. started toward the battlefield. Maceo issued orders as he He then took his position at a point outside the sphere of active operations, but all of the enemy's fire suddenly centring upon that point, it was lead rather than air that we breathed there.

THE FALL OF ANTONIO MACEO. General Maceo moved forward to within five hundred paces of a stone fence, behind which the enemy's infantry was intrenched. Brie-adiPi- mi aTn1 I. to the left of General Ma-j Jl -rBVsea and, saying to Brigadier Miro, "This goes well," feiV as if struck by lightning, from the horse he was riding to the ground. I was on the spot at once, examining his wound.

A Mauser bullet had entered the right side of the chin, causing a fracture of the lower jaw in three places, coming out of the left lateral side at the base of the neck. The bullet in its course tore the carotid artery bringing on a mortal hemorrhage which caused death In a minute. Th moment General Maceo was pounded I called to his assistance those Who accomnanlpfl ii vu uein? tola. however, by Brigadier Miro and Malor Juztiz that they, too, were wounded! I of Te t0 5et Ut the rae Bullets were pouring over my head as I remained Intrenched behind the AnerfiS.horSe' by the sida of body. At that moment I saw "Panchito" (as we called the son of Major-General Maximo Gomez) before me.

He had been wounded in the left shoulder during an engagement we had had on December 3 between Cayajabos and Col-anos. His arm was in a sling. He said to me: "I will help you, Doctor." We again raised the body of Maceo and placed it upon the horse. He took hold of the horse's bridle, while I held the General by the GOMEZ SANK. WOUNDED.

Then we started toward a gate, which was the Outlet to the enclosure we were in "Panchito" was then struck by a. bullet. It pierced his shirt, and coming out at his right side, completelv shattered his elbow. He sank to the ground I went to his assistance, and General Maceo's body fell from the horse. What to do then I knew not.

The enemy was advancing. I begged I beseeched Gomez to let me carry him on horseback out of that place Nothing would avail to persuade him. He would reply to every appeal: "Let the General be carried out first Then I will go." Then, almost crazed, I galloped on the General's horse toward our forces, which, owing to "the incidents of the engagement, were at a fair distance off. I met Brigadier Sanchez and informed him of what had happened. He, while Issuing orders, giving excuses, did really nothing.

Then I sought another chief. I met the brave and honest Pedro Diaz. Hearing what I had to say to him and hastening to do his duty was the work of an instant. The enemy had advanced. It was necessary to dislodge him, and then we recovered the bodies of General Maceo and Lieutenant Gomez.

Had the latter died from the wounds he had received in the chest and arm? No He was stabbed over the left side, near the breast. He had over his forehead, also, a machete wound which had divided his skull. The bodies had been stripped of their shoes, stockings, side arms and Jewelry. At 7 o'clock that night the bodies were taken to a sJjed on the grazing farm, and there I appeared before the commanding officers, who were ignorant of General Maceo's death. An affidavit of what had taken place was drawn up and sworn to, and with other official documents of the case, was sent to Major General Maximo Gomez.

After stating the facts as they occurred, I wish to speak about my humble personalty. Who killed Antonio Maceo? Who killed Jose Maceo? Was it the enemy's bullets at El Gato and San Pedro? No! I will say a thousand times, no. They were killed through the men of the Council. They were killed through those who, having received money from the Spanish Government, afterward demanded places which did not belong to them in the ranks of the revolution in whose behalf they have dcne nothing. But, they want to take places at the feast.

Ask Hernandez: Dr. F. V. Domlnguea; ask Portuondo. They will tell you.

When we were out of ammunition, with no supplies at all, and we followed the enemy's, trail in search, of a cartridge; when he had no other hope or support than God, the Government Council, composed of Pima, Roloff and others, were holding back the forces, under Jose T0- A Real, Old-Fashioned White Christmas on the Bills. SKATERS OUT IN FORCE Good Ice Has Formed on All the Suburban Ponds and Streams. Tobogganing at George's Hill. Accidents on Icy Sidewalks. REAL OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS weather is promised for to-day clear.

crisp and cold. The low temperature 1 has made excellent Skating in the 1 suburbs, and many were out on the ice yesterday. i It will be the coldest Christmas In vooT-a anH thp Tiparpst to an old-fash ioned "white Christmas" we have had i 4 VA I. lor some lime, All ittti. ii mc inci mum- ter drops a few degrees lower it will I break all records since 1872.

As it is we are- only two degrees from tying the record for that year. Yesterday morning at 4 o'clock the official thermometer registered five degrees above, but by 9 A. M. the mercury had risen two and a half degrees. It rose a little higher during the day, but at P.

M. had sunk back to 8. It may take a drop from this later on in the night. The coldest place in the country was at Bismarck, where it was 22 degrees below zero. Last Christmas the mercury stood at 44.

The greenest Christmas on record was in 1S8G, when 50 degrees was noted. SKATERS OUT FORCE. The cold was a boon to skaters and Centennial Lake in Fairmount Park was full of those enjoying the sport last night. The prospects are that hundreds will be out to-day. For two days or more the Wissahick-on Creek has been, as usual, a favorite, resort for the merry skaters who have flocked out every afternoon and evening to enjoy the exhilarating sport.

The creek froze over early last week and about Sunday the first skaters ventured on. Since then ice has been forming fast so that it is now absolutely safe and strong enough for almost any number. The light snow fall of Tuesday night spoiled it, however, somewhat, but it has since been nearly-cleared off by the wind, affording a long smooth stretch of ice nearly a half-mile in length. A number of skating parties have already been gotten up by the young people in the suburbs and if the weather continues cold, an ice carnival will probably be held during the holidays. There is also" excellent skating on Chamounix Lake, at West Falls, and Schofield's Dam, at West Manayunk.

ICY PAVEMENTS MAKE TROUBLE Tvi fAiinu-inp- accidents happened on the slippery pavements of West Philadelphia yesterday: iviary nai-rington, 22 years old, of 3733 Market street, fell on Market street and fractured her shoulder. Jacob Ashton, 04 vears old, of 3S46 Lancaster avenue, fell and injured his forearm at Thirty-ninth and Powelton avenue. Thomas Cress, 47. years old, of 803 North Thirteenth street, fell on Mar-: ket street and injured his head. Harriet Ortlipp, 5i years old, of 3738 Centre street, fell and fractured her arm.

Mitchell N. Graham, 35 years old, of 5722 Westminster avenue, fell at Fifty-sixth and Vine streets and fracture ed his shoulder. All were taken to the Presbyterian Hospital. SPORT AT GEORGE'S HILL. The Knickerbocker pond back of George's Hill was crowded last evening with, a merry party pf skaters.

The ice was in good condition and the well-sheltered nook affords an ideal place for the sport. George's Hill and the slopes around it were covered last night with tobogganing parties. THE ALABAMA BEGUN Work Started by the Cramps on the New Battleship. Preliminary work has been begun at Cramps' shipyard on the battleship Alabama. No premium will be allowed for excess of speed.

No more men have been taken on at the yards and it is not the intention of the Cramps to increase their forces at present. The Cramps have claims against the government to the aggregate amount of $1,307,241 for damages and loss due to delays in the construction of the New York, the Columbia, the Massachusetts and the Iowa alleged to have been caused by the Navy Department. Sec retary Herbert has signified his opinion that all such claims should go to the Court of Claims for settlement. GIFTS TO TROLLEYMEN A Suggestion That Passengers Double Their Fares. "One year ago we walked miles to show our sympathy for the mosormen and conductors of this city," remarked Dr.

Katherine L. Storm, of 20a7 Susquehanna avenue, yesterday. "The people of Philadelphia might manifest their appreciation of the work of these men in a practical manner just now," she added. "Let every rider double his fare sometime during the holiday week. In that time nearly every person in Philadelphia will have been a passenger.

The small contributions of five or ten cents each will not be missed and yet in the aggregate they would make a handsome sum." NOTES OF THE COURTS William J. Aitken has sued the Union Traction Companv for injuries by falling into a trench, and Morris Sternfield for injuries received while boarding a car. Samuel Sidebotham has filed a bill in equity against his late partner in the boiler business, John Powell, asking for an accounting, and alleging that Mr. Powell overdrew his share of the business. John F.

Reardon, to the use of the Chestnut Street National Bank, began an action againet the Glazier Hosiery Mills and Theodore F. Tomsen, constable, on the ground of the illegal levy and sale of goods of the Chestnut Street Bank on the premises of Albert Mitchell, who owed rent. Allen B. Rorke has asked for an injunction against Thomas McFall, Elizabeth Elliott and William Quinlan, restraining them from using stovepipes, on their premises, 1737 and 1739 Moravian street, unless the same shall be improved so as tot prevent soot from blowing into his premises. Judge Yerkes, in Quarter Sessions Court No.

1, yesterday, sentenced John McDonald, an old offender, to three years Joseph, alias "Bruiser," McCann, an old offender, to two years and nine, months; George McLaughlin, alias "Peter Slevin," an old offender, to two year and two months, and Albert Smlthers, colored, to one year. The Welsbach Light Company has filed a bill in equity praying for an injunction against Edward Sterne Co 112 North Twelfth street; Meyer Liebman, 12 North Third street; Robert Y. Young, Fifteenth and Columbia avenue; Van Horn Sons, 121 North Ninth street, and Henry H. Netter, 706 Market street, claiming that the "Sunlight" incandescent burner they are using is an infringement on their patent. The receivers of the Independence National Bank, of Illinois, have retained counsel in Philadelphia to oppose the attachments issued against them by the Philadelphia National Bank and Drexel as the United States statutes say "No attachment.

Injunction or execution shall be issued against such association (national bank) or its property before final Judgment in any suit, action or proceeding in any State, county or municipal court." Judge Hanna, in the Orphans Court, yesterday, filed an adjudication of the account of Sarah Lacey, executrix and trustee, deceased, as filed by her executors, the Girard Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust Company, and William N. Lacey, of the estate of William N. Lacey, deceased. The fund before the court, amounting to $29,482 principal and $445 interest, was awarded to an administrator D. B.

N. C. T. A. of the testator, because the executors of Mrs.

Lacey had no authority to make distribution under his will nor to collect any income upon the Investments the death of Mrs. Lacey. PROMISED DAY BOTH WERE CONVICTED Government Wins in the Counterfeiters' Trial at Trenton. The Woman Stolid, the Man Ilnrsts Into Tears The Charge AVa Against the DefendanU. TRENTON, Dec.

24. The jury in the case of George Sands, alias Dr. Clark, and Mary Knapp, tried in the United States District Court for passing counterfeit money in Hoboken, rendered a verdict this afternoon cf guilty after being out one hour. Mrs. Knapp received the verdict with smiles, but Sands broke into tears.

Judge Kirkpatrick fixed January 5 as the date for the sentence to be imposed. The prisoners were then taken back to the Mercer County Jail. In the summing up this morning counsel for the defendants questioned the confession which Secret Service Agent Baggs testified had been male by Mrs. Knapp while in jail. The prosecution made a point of the fact that the defendants did not go on the stand in their own behalf.

In this they were of course guided by their counsel. Sands wanted to go on the stand, but this counsel would not permit him. The charge of Judge Kirkpatrick leaned toward the side of the prosecution. SHORT SESSIONS OF COURT Camden Grand Jury Reports and Is Discharged Conditionally. The Camden county grand jury concluded its labors and matle a presentment yesterday of fifty-four true bills out of 105 cases considered.

Among the true bills were indictments against James Tracey and Edward Melson.charged with murder, and "Bud" Willlams.Harry Foot and Albert Tate, charged with maintaining a gambling house at 503 Federal street. The last three defendants will be placed on trial next Wednesday. James Tracey will be placed on trial January 6 for the murder of Wm. Clark. The grand jury made an inspection of the county jail and found it in excellent condition.

Justice Garrison dismissed the grand jury, subject to the call of the foreman if their services are needed further. The December term of the Supreme Circuit Court came to a close yesterday. It was one of the shortest terms of that court held in Camden in many years. Only three cases were tried and in each the plaintiff secured a verdict. CRAZED BY ILLNESS Demented Man Brandished a Razor in Camden.

For a week past Daniel Lynch, a bookkeeper, who boards at 211 North Fifth street, Camden, has been confined to his home by Illness due to overwork. He. took a sudden change yesterday when for a few hours he was apparently suffering from temporary dementia. During this period he placed a razor in his pocket and slipped out of the house. A woman was passing and he chased her down the street, all the while brandishing the razor in a threatening manner.

Other pedestrians were treated to a like manner. Lynch was finally captured and sent to the Cooper Hospital. The hospital authorities refused to allow hifci to stay, and he was taken to the City Hall, where he was locked in a cell. In a short time he became rational again. Last night he became violent again.

Gifts for All Their Employes. Special to The Inquirer. LAMBERTVILLE. N. Dec.

24. As is their yearly custom, the management of the Lambertville Rubber Company presented all their employes (numbering nearly four hundred) with a Christmas gift to-day. All the married men, about 150, were each presented with a fine turkey, while the single men each received a handsome nickel The female employes were also remembered with gifts of books Jersey News and Comment If the Hudson county grand jury' does Its -duty the gamblers who are openly defying the law in the neighborhood of Weehawken will be brought up with a round turn. In his charge to the grand jury Supreme Court Justice Lip-pincott in referring to the resumption of bookmaking and other forms of gam-b-ins at "Little Monte Carlo," "near Weehawken, said: "The police of the township should be held to strict accountability. Such a plaoe and such violations of law cannot, exist any length of time without their knowledge and at least tacit permission." Justice Lippincott urged the grand jury to make diligent inquiry, and if It was found the police had been derelict to bring in indictments.

'The members of the Legislature that will convene next month must be pretty well acquainted with each other by this time owing to their frequent consultations in Trenton since the election. A majority of them have divided up all the offices among themselves, and those who did not attend the Trenton gatherings will be left out in the cold on organization day. Camden Daily Telegram. Senator Voorhees, of Union county.who will be the recognized Republican leader In the Senate, expressed the opinion a day or two ago that the session of the Legislature would be short, probably not more than ten weeks in length, and that the volume of legislation would be small. It is to be hoped that his opinion will prove true.

Atlantic City Press. The Trenton True American recommends that the Legislature take up the question of river pollution and apply a remedy that shall extend over '-the whole State. Ever since the publication of the laws has been taken away from the newspapers there has been complaint that the people are kept in ignorance of the annual enactments of the Legislature. The West Jersey Press, of Camden, makes this very sensible suggestion: There is some talk of having a bill introduced in the Legislature providing for again advertising the laws in the newspapers, under a system whereby only those acts shall be published in each county which apply to that county. It is a sensible scheme and one which could not fail to give perfect satisfaction.

OVER IN CAMDEN The Standard Patent Appliance Company filed articles of incorporation-in the County Clerk's office yesterday. Superintendent Thomas "Waring, cf the Cooper Hospital, has been granted a patent for an ingenious pencil sharpener. The Camden Lighting and Heating Company presented each of its seventy-five employes with $3 as. a Christmas present yesterday. The opening of the North Cramer Hill trolley line Vfatrday was celebrated by the crew of the first car receiving a purse of $15 collected at George Doerfuss hotel.

Charged rith breaking and entering a club house at rMj-hteenth and Federal streets, John and William Flsn were committed to the county jail yesterday by Justice Evans. At the annual meetings of the Philadelphia and Eeach Haven Railroad Company and the Burlington and Mt Holly Traction Campany, held in Camden yesterday, the old officers and directors were re-elected. Articles of" Incorporation were' filed in the County Clerk's office yesterday by the Pennsylvania Filter Company with a capital stock of The -company, it is said, will a plant at Vanhook etreet and the est i. 3ey Railroad, NUPTIAL CHAINS GALL MRS. LUH Says She Was Deluded Into Going Through a Marriage Ceremony.

LUH HAS ANOTHER STORY According to His Tale, His Mother-in-Law Ivicked Him Out and Chased Him With a Knife. Special to The Inquirer. NEWARK, N. Dec. 24.

In all the host of divorce cases that continually engage the attention of the Chancellor of New Jersey and his assistants it is very seldom that a Chinaman figures as complainant or respondent. Such a case, however, is now before Vice-Chancellor Emory in this city. Mrs. Lizzie Luh Wah is trying to get a divorce from her husband. Luh Wah, as his name implies, is a native of the Flowery Kingdom.

Luh Wah conducted a laundry in the basement of No. 161 Walnut Mrs. Luh Wah. She Seeks a Divorce. street, Newark.

Mrs. Kate Fuerstein and- her daughter, Lizzie, lived in rooms over the laundry. On December 2G, 1S93, Luh Wah, another Chinaman named Sam Young, Sam Young's white wife, and Lizzie Fuerstein appeared before Justice Sedel, and Luh Wah and Lizzie were duly and regularly married. SAID SHE WAS DELUDED. Mrs.

Luh Wah claims that she was deluded into going through the form of a marriage with the Chinaman, not knowing at the time what it signified. "Luh and Mrs. Young told me to say that I was 18," said she, "and I said so. I was only 14 at the time. I didn't know that I was really married or what it all meant till three weeks afterward, when my mother explained it to me.

I never lived with Luh, and I never had a wedding ring. I did not kiss him and he did not kiss me." Luh took the oath by kissing the Bible and testified in a manner which proved his intelligence better than his English. LUH WAH'S STORY. "Lizzie an' mother," said he, in the original examination, "all time come my laundry. That downstairs in Walnut street.

Know Liz two, four years. Then Liz' mother kick me out; chase with knife. I run. "Liz come see my pockets," he continued; "spend my money. Liz ask me mally day 'fore we mally.

She tell Judge she 18." "You knew she was only 14, didn't you?" said Lawyer McDermit. "How I know?" queried Luh simply. "I d'na all ting. Do you?" Vice-Chancellor Emory took the papers and reserved his decision. Rescued From a.

Snow Drift. Special to The Inquirer. EGG HARBOR CITY, N. Dec. 24.

John Siegle, a well-known pioneer, and member of the G. A. R. of this city, was found (near his home, on, Norfolk avenue, this afternoon, lying in the snow nearly frozen to death. His recovery is doubtful.

LITTLE ONES FROM JERSEY HAMMONTON. The sleighing in Hammon-ton is better than has been known for five years. PITTSGROVE. The Baptist Church has extended a call to Rev. E.

L. McKeever, of Bridgeton. BORDENTOWX. Mrs. Ann Kellar, widow of Thomas Kellar, died yesterday aged 01 years.

She was one of Bordentown's oldest citizens. WOODBURY. Two passenger cars on the Delaware River Railroad jumped the track on the outskirts of the town yesterday morning, and shook up the passengers at a lively rate. of the Sunday schools in Gloucester county held their Christmas entertainments last evening, and In some instances the exercises were on an elaborate scale. BORDENTOWN- Samuel S.

Garrison, a prominent citizen of this city, and father of Lieutenant Daniel M. Garrison. IT. S. died suddenly of heart disease Wednesday night.

JERSEY CITY. Joseph Wolff, driver of a dairy wagon, was found frozen to death 'Wednesday night. He had evidently been overcome by the cold and lay down in a snowbank 'to die. HAMMONTON. The poor of this vicinity are enduring terrible privations this winter, owing to the fact that those who are usually prompt to respond to appeals for.

aid are themselves short of funds. CLATTON7. Harry Steelman, who has been hovering between Hfe and death for some days, was still alive last evening. is connected with the firm of Moore and is well known in Jphiladelphiabusiness circles. "WOODBURY.

Jonathan Roberts, known as "the- Quaker Sqout," and his wife, Rachel both of whom are over SO years of age, celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary Wednesday evening at their home in Mickleton. WOODBURY. John Somers, of Gibbstown, who mysteriously disappeared last summer, and who was two weeks later found in Philadelphia in a dazed condition, was buried from his home yesterday. He never recovered from the effects of his mental affliction. Luh Wah.

ARCH ST. CHERRY ST. 74-c 25c $6.50, go at- $2.79 J35.00, go at $10.00 S8.00, go at $3.4.9 $36.00, go at $10.00 them over and store them SKATES SLEDS AND E.K.Tryon,Jr.&Co 10 and 12 North 5th St. Cfte Tnquirer is still offering space in its col-umns to assist -r IU Unemployed There- are hundreds of persons who have secured good posi-'tions through using its columns. fielp Wanted oe advertisements are still inserted free of charge, while the small, sum of five cents Is asked for Situations Wanted This but pays the cost of com- position on a two-line advertisement, while nothing is asked for the space SCOVEL MOORHEAD Marriage of the Well-Known Erant gellst and n.

Prominent Society Lady. Colonel James Matlack Scovel and Mrs. Cornelia E. Moorhead were married at 0 o'clock yesterday morning at the parsonage of. the West Walnut Street Presbyterian Church, oh Walnut street above Thirty-ninth.

Rev. S. W. Dana. D.

the pastor, was assisted by Rev. Dr. Rutger Dox, pastor of the Tioga Baptist Church, of which the groom has been a member for the past two years. Mrs. Morhead is the "Widow of a well-known financier, a former partner of Jay Cooke.

She is a lady of fine culture, who has been in the forefront of tha Cpl. Jame 31. Scovel. Women's Christian Temperance work. She Is well and widely known for her efficient labors in behalf of social purity and in the cause of prohibition.

Colonel Scovel is a man of commanding presence, of versatile genius and of prominence as lawyer, litterateur, orator and evangelist. He was a confidential friend Of the martyred Abraham Lincoln in "the times that tried men's souls," and was sent by Lincoln and Seward on a secret mission to London and Paris. As a State Senator in New Jersey ne threw his weight, at a critical moment, for the ratification Of the Fifteenth 'Amendment of the Constitution. Of late Colonel Scovel has added to ils reputation by his successful work as an evangelist. During a trip abroad last summer he contributed several interesting articles to The Inquirer.

Among the guests at the wedding were Jay Cooke, Colonel Scovel' only son, Harry Sydney Scovel, a member of the New Jersey Legislature, and the Colonel's daughters. Colonel Scovel and his bride will spend their honeymoon la Europe. Widow of Admiral Taylor Dead. WASHINGTON. Dec.

Kate Taylor, widow of Admiral William Roger Taylor, United States Navy, died her yesterday. That Is the Claim Made by the Ship's Captain Now in Key West. CHASED IN BY SPANIARDS No Incriminating Evidence Found on the Alleged Filibuster Cus- hi Officers Seize the Ship at Once. THE THREE FRIENDS ARRIVED AT Key West yesterday and was immediately seized by the Customs officials. Her captain says that he has been wrecking along the coast.

Special to The Inquirer. KEY WEST, Dec. 24. The alleged fillibustering vessel Three Friends" entered the h.arbor here this afternoon, and was at once seized by the collector; charged with violating the neutrality and maritime laws. It is supposed here that she was forced into port by Spanish cruisers, as there have been several off Florida Keys for the past week.

The captain states the vessel to be from Jacksonville, and that she has been on a. wrecking voyage along the reefs. The custom officials are in charge, and there really seems no doubt that the vessel has just returned from landing arms and ammunition in Cuba. Nothing incriminating was found upon the boat. General Velasco Making Things Hot in Pinnr del Rio.

HAVANA, Dec. 24. General Hernandez Velasco has made an extensive reconnaissance in the vicinity of Aurora, Taco-Taco and Paredon-Delindo, Province offPinar del Rio. On the heights of Del Rio he dislodged a' force of insurgents, and he destroyed a camp of the enemy at Loma Felada. The battalion of Cuenca, at the farm of Sociedad, Matanzas, met several insurgent bands and compelled them to retreat to the woods near Bulfor.

Later the troops again came up to the enemy, and after a sharp skirmish the insurgents retired, sustaining the loss of many men and leaving fifteen killed on the field. At Calimete, Matanzas, the Insurgent captain Nazario Castillo and eleven of his followers have surrendered to the Spanish authorities. The well known insurgent leader Juan Rus, died during the night of December 22. On the 12th of this month the insurgent forces under General Garrido besieged the town of Vueltas, Santa Clara. On the 14th they summoned the town to surrender.

After a hard fight the insurgents retired. General Gomez is moving westward with his forces toward Santa Clara. The fifty-seven men arrested on political grounds, as cabled a few days ago, were yesterday placed in jail as conspirators. Among those arrested were: Manuel Gutierrez, Trujillo Lu, Julian Diaz Nunez, Francisco Estrada. Francisco Montalvo, Pascual Mendive, Jose Maria Canalejo, Bernardo Alcazar, Francisco Xlques, Fernando Scull, Manuel Aguiro and oJse Majica.

3te War; Correspondent Delgado in n. Spanish -WASHINGTON, -Dec. 24. The State. Department has been requested to Interest Itself In the case of Enrique an American citizen reported to have been captured by the Spaniards while lvinsr wounded in a Cuban hos pital and believed to be in danger of summary execution.

A representative of the New York Mail and Express called upon Secretary Olney to-day and claimed the protection of our government for Delgado, whom he described as a legitimate correspondent of that newspaper and In no sense a combatant. Telegrams also have been received by Secretary- Olney from some or jjeigaao relatives in New York, notably from W. E. D. Stokes, begging him to act at once to rescue the man from the peril in which he stands.

The department so far has received no official news of the arrest, but in compliance with -these requests instructions have been cabled to Acting Consul-General Springer at Havana to make inquiry immediately into the facts and do whatever lawfully may be done for Delgado. Spanish Reforms to Be Applied to Cuba and Porto Rico. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Another important step toward the plan of home rule for Cuba has been taken by the Spanish authorities.

The former plan, proposed but not executed some months ago, provided for a Cuban Congress of thirty members, of whom the Queen Regent was to name fifteen and the people of Cuba were to elect fifteen. It is now proposed to do away with that part providing for the naming of members by the Queen Regent so that the entire Cuban Congress will be elected by the Cuban people. This and the entire control given to Cuba in making the tariff laws of the island will constitute the essential features of the new plan of home rule. The Christmas Day reforms for Porto Rico are closely allied with those for Cuba, being the second section of the same Heavy Spanish Losses In Santiago Province. TAMPA, Dee.

24. One of the Cuban leaders here received news from Havana to-night confirming the report recently received of Spanish losses sustained near Santiago and other towns near while attempting to capture the cargo of a filibustering vessel. The Spaniards were routed and they wired to Deschelaino. for aid. A train was made ip there at once with great secrecy, but the Cubans there knew of It and sent word to a near-by insurgent camp.

The track was dynamited as the train came along, the bomb causing great destruction, four cars being almost blown into splinters. The terrified Spanish soldiers poured out of the wreck only to receive a withering fire from the Cubans. Correspondent Paine Reported Captured in Cuba. It is reported that Ralph D. Paine, the special correspondent, who was on the Three Friends, has been captured by the Spaniards.

This has not yet been verified and nothing is known of the capture of the American Consulate. The rumors are that when the expedition had landed and the Cubans were going inland with the arms and ammunition they were fiercely attacked by a large body of Spaniards. These were fiaally beaten off, but not before they had captured the correspondent and two Cubans. None of the prisoners were brought here and their present whereabouts are unknown. LINES OF LOCAL NEWS Many carpet manufacturers uptown state that businesa is very much improved.

Joseph Louchheim, the well-known clothier, distributed sixty big turkeys to help the poor make merry. Henry C. Lippincott presided at the meeting of the Single Tax Club, at Mercantile Library Hall, last night, and John 8. Crosby, lectured upon "Functions of Government." Councils' Committer on Finance was to have met yesterday in the Prothonotary's office to open bids, 'but the members were mostly out "shopping" and the work had to be postponed. The James Hall Carpet Company has purchased the stock and machinery of Hall Robertson's carpet and chenille manufactory, in the Washington Mills, Front street and Lehigh avenue.

Maceo and J. M. Rodriguez from coming to our aid. Why? Because of high political mo- tlWhat were those reasons? Not to lend support. To allow the enemy to capture the unarmed, ill and wounded mulatto, Maceo.

I have heard from his lips desperate words, uttered at the disloyalty Of his own people. a few days before his death, heard him, after he had read letters from Portuondo and Dominguez, exclaim: "Were I not Maceo I would leave this! They are very mean." To whom he alluded I do not know. Maceo, rather than struggle against certain elements, chose to die at his post, facing the enemy. P. s.

Upon the body of General Maceo and in the presence of General Diaz I swore that I would not serve under any other leader in the revolution. I am carrying out my oath. I will leave the country a poor man. I have gained nothing by the revolution. I cannot travel for pleasure nor spend any money wrung' from my: country by blood and fire, as others supposed to be patriots are doing.

I have nothing but a quiet conscience and the greatest disappointment a Cuban can have namely, the idea that we are deserving of such government as we have always had. MAXIMO ZERTUCHA. Tomas Estrada Palma, president of the Cuban Junta, issued this statement to-day: "I am very much surprised to see Dr. Zertucha rush into print for the purpose of distracting attention from himself by a scandalous charge which can only aid him with the Spaniards. For me, it is a sufficient indication of the man's character that he surrenders to the enemy under the conditions in his case, and that he is treated in such a kindly man-nor Yv the SDanlards.

What more nat ural than that he, in combination with Spanish diplomacy, should be the instrument bv which the revolution should be "I know from letters received rom General Antonio Maceo personally, as well as from a person of our mutual confidence, through whom we frequently communicated, that Maceo was not in the desperate straits depicted by Zertucha. The following extract from a letter lately received will show that Maceo was well satisfied with the condition of affairs: 'Plnar del Rio. Nov. 14. My distinguished friend: The active operations of the campaign have prevented me, much against my wishes, from answering immediately your welcome communications of the 19th and 25th ult.

General Rius Rivera happily disembarked with all the war material sent, which was well employed in a series of hard combats which we sustained against our enemies, but which were all most signal victories for us. The object of Weyler was to imprison our army between two fortified lines and make us suffer a tremendous defeat by means of simultaneous attacks by forces previously placed in those positions, but the most brilliant success crowned our efforts, six of the enemy's columns which tried to impede our progress after our saving the expedition of General Rius Rivera being destroyed." "As late as December 6, the day it Is reported Maceo was killed, a person of confidence and veracity had. a conference with the General, and I am informed that Maceo then stated that the Cuban forces in Pinar del Rio were in excellent condition in charge of Rius Rivera and that he was well satisfied with his position. "Zertucha's last published interview differs in detail from all others previously published. His assertion of Maceo's disappointment is absolutely groundless.

Zertucha's ingratitude toward his former companions in arms is such as to lose for him the credence of any honest man." MARITIMENOTES The Maritime Exchange will be closed today, and arrangements have been made at the reporting stations to have all important maritime no-ws telegraphed direct to the Philadelphia newspapers. The proud distinction of commanding- the largest schooner afloat will soon be borne by Captain Oardner. of Pembroke, who Is having: built at Bath, a four-masted schooner of 3500 tons register, which Is 500 tons greater than the celebrated five-masted schooner Governor Ames. The first cargo of corn ever shipped from this country to India left on the German steamship Remus for Bombay-. It consisted of 138,721 bushels of corn in bulk, bought by the British Government, and intended for seed corn to avert an Impending famine in India or.

account of the failure of the crop there. The Red Star Line steamship Illinois arrived yceterday fifteen days from Antwerp with ninety-nine papsenbers. Captain Boggs reports having experienced very bad weather. Divers yesterday found that the steamer Klla Is resting on an old sunken wharf at New Castle, Del. The tug Havana has taken a pile-driving machine there, and an effort will be made to raise the Ella.

The shipments of oil and grain from this port continue very heavy. Yesterday the steamer Mokta left for Boston. England, with 12W.528 bushels of. corn; steamer Kirkstall, for Copenhagen, with 83,886 bushels of wheat; schooner Vamoose, for Toro, with gallons of refined ptroleum; schooner Nellie L. Maxwell, for San Juan, with 104.0O0 gallons of crude petroleum; steamer Mexicano.

for Tampico, with gallons of crude petroleum, and the steamer L'Oriflamme, for Rouen, with 1.125.O0O gallons of crude petroleum. There are at present two steamers, three barks, two schooners and one barge at Point Breeze loading petroleum for foreixn.