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XOVE3IBKlt '29. l'AGKS. ONE CENT U1HANS ESTATE 1IDSI PAY BRITISH DUTIES Court Decides thi Ute W. Wi-; nans Was Domiciled In England. yr: HE; LEFT OVER $ibdbi(XX) Taxis Payable on the Property In Enjj- land Will Amount to About Par Cent LONDON, Nov.

The Lord Chief Jus-. tlee's Court tu occupied to-day In mining' whether th late WlllUm WU nana, formerly" of Baltimore, vU 't domiciled resident of. Great Britain when he died ta i7. This question was tested through a Ugacy of willed to' Mr. mane's EUen Delerue, on the Crown cUlmed legacy duty.

th Attorney smilingly re- narked, the of Mono, trill affect ibt whole of Mr Wlnans's mlMoas, and counsel, for. ibo Crown proceeded to detail. the esutee and shootings leased by Mr. Wmans.en "which ha -UvUhed enormous sums of -money, including the shooting leised from Lord Lovaf, contended 'the Attorney General, ample proof of his settlement ln this 'J Walter Wlnane antarad the witness bog aad testified that his father always re-garseJ BalUmore as- hi home. -v 7 The Court decided In favor of the Crown.

I WtlliaaV Ijewla tvYlnans'dled Uti London it June 23, In his Seventy-fifth year. 'He was bora in Baltimore In 1822. and twenty years of age he was sent to Russia, to arrange-the contracts for fur-; Ittehlng and equipping the railroad between I Moscow and Petersburg. The reed was successfully, and a large fortune was secured to tWwinans In common wuh.the other sons of Ross WlCans. WlllUm- was" In his case the eccentricity taking the form of a iii vous Jrtad of crossing the ocean.

Attar he crowed the Atlantic on his way to Russia he never returned to this country: He lrtquenuy remarked that hot would -not truss again for Mr. Avinaus married an Englishwoman the-riy tortlaa. and setUed near London, He was quite un-American in -his nd. "viat vf 9 baring hU sons vilt America. lli.Linn'ra Personal: tiUM was valued at U2.0(, which left eoually to hie twtnorm.

with- the exception of an annuity f. hu and one of to hlsslsUr-ln-law. In December. 'DrooL ofUbe registrutlcn of the will In filsdVia Baltimore, with a if the will. of.

kM'Finanee act tM, 'tilch almot entirely changed the whole tystem of Brttlah death duUes. a graduated rate pf estate duty is to be hatd on alt estates over the valua of 4100L This-iiuty ranges from.fi per 1100 on e-. taiM between tUO and tKXJ to i per 1100 "etutra of and ever. T- under eeale, would tnrffor hY to tmy a duty of a -lit tie vyr CJIO is a further "4 wv-tluf on the personal property and a -v uW frutyJ.Uotv the proorrty. r11 Percent, on -property left Ju- children uj parents of the ti l'r (tvnt for brothers and 'inter, up to fj rVmote rrlatlvei Tor oSeVsT "ibe dutipi tire naw tli.

i1 aJditlonal. amounts char1 ffr ISWi betnr deducted when the rej jsm went Into ZT Ismo part of Mr. Wlnar.s's" property Is. however, in this country, aad therefore not Hi vCZAR SAID. TO BE Considered on the Way to Speedy Ra-' vMverywAnother Favorabla -'i Bulletin.

fX)Kt)0C Nov: Emperor Nicholas, according to -a dispatch to The Times from Bt- Petersburg; Is now considered on the way; to pedy recovery. tba follswlng bulletin -ss Issued to-day vy luo.iari pnysicutns: Thf Emperor passed a good day yes- teriUyi He Slent an hour and at hJf. At In the evening hla temperature was OS. 3. pulse W.

Ha slept fairly well last night, This morning his "MsJestv's onditinii zv 'xiis i em- p3Ua6s motnta iJr'' While the attending physicians of the tar untU re-cently that no complications had tn.n,bryeitn his Majetyra conditionTa -physician, court circles declared a few there had been pectoral com- lh beginning, which, ha added. exylalned the influenxa diagnosis of the oajiy stages of tho JOmperor's alck- iJ JJS further asserted that the illness Of w.Mwln. the flrsi tnsunce caused by the fact that he sat between an open Window aid an open door dictating Ear- the Aide de Camp Gen-; era! and Miniate of the Imperial House. hold.waa greatly blamed because, (al-V though he was present, he did not remon atrate-with th. emperor.

rftENCH COLLIERY 5 eixtaan? Kiilsd and Manyv Injured by Exploalonat; PAniS. Nov-A'dlspatch from Anksho vuiege- of France, Department of tho fopt' aear DouoiJ says a quantity of dynamila at the bottom of one of the coal mines there exploded -to-day. from aa un-. known Sixteea were killed and between thirty and- forty wounded, five being very seriously 7r The disaster has rendered the Tillage the Intehse mourning. The condition i bodiee recovered 1a appalling, afhst c' them are- rent and torn in such a way as to be-scarcely recognisable.

7 MR. WOODRUFF FINED $250. VloUtel tha JiTHuntlng Safer Saaaon Opened. OLD FORGE. N.

Hoy. 2i-Aa a rei suit of 'prosecution by the. Browns Tract OuJdea Association. Ueut Gov. Timothy I Woodruff has paid a Tine of $230 for violating the game laws In hunting before the opsuing of the season.

INDEX TO OEPARTMENTS. Attairsv-Pagee mliadT ln" No- 1 foundry. tinX World, Pa 1L, Amusements. Pa 7. eTipaJ.

e.nd Out-of-Towa Buy- usinesa TroubleJPage insurance K'otee, Pago- Leg! Notes lre 1. I-ow by Fir, -a6 tUinc PoreJn Mails. X'ew Corporation. raga XL I-asiroftda. Par feal Lststo.

ir-sga 12. eatiisr 3. xestertlsyt ires. Page 2. BlIstlo India Pale Ale is ALL fJlGHT IN THE WATER.

Elmer Robtnaon Strapped Himself to. Overturned Catboat and Waj Found Uneonecloufc -J "BABTLON-L. 2SL Elmer Bobin-son; a member of the Beach's Inlet Wei' saving crew, hovered for hours" this mora tdg between life, and death and la still far from being out of danger as a result of a fearful experience he bad last night. During aU the cold night he floated about the-. Great South Bay half submerged and soaking wet He was "unconscious when found this' morning and waa revived with -He had leave of absence yesterday afternoon add crossed from Fire Island Beach to Amltyvllle a catboat which the life-saving crew uses for the.

purpose of traveling back and forth between tae mainland and the long bleak of sand which is their home during the Winter months. He start-, ed back in the boat shortly before dark last night. The wind was favorable, but puffy. In tacking, a flaw in the wind caught the sail as it was over, and the boat went, over on her slue and then turned turtle. Robinson was 'thrown into the water, but soon regained the overturned boat, to which he He saw he would not.be able to -hold out forlong.

so managed to reach the bow and worked out a rope from below the With this he made himself fast ta the hull of the boat. this made it certain that even if he be came unconscious he would not drop off and be drowned. He remained conscious for hours, drifting about the bay. It was. only Just 'dark" when be was thrown into the -water, and It was an hour after daylight before he was.

found. He was then hanging by the rope he had passed about his body and was totally unconscious. Two duck hunters going out saw the overturned 'boat, with its unconscious man and took htm oft- He was taken to the life-saving 'Station: His rescuers and even the life savers did not- think he could be-brought but the experience of the. man's comrades at the station' saved his life. He waa restored, and all day his mates worked over him to thaw him out and stave off if possible the attack of pneumonia which they.

fear. doctor who was sent for could do little, more than the life savers had BIG COAL SHIPMENT TO FRANCE Contract Cloaed for .450,000 Ten Valued at Go' 'Cf4- Baltimore TRALTtMORE. 2a-f Wm announced here to-day that i the Pittsburg; Coal Company of pnn has closed a contract to ship 450.000 tons of bituminous Naotes which will -be -forwarded way -of Baltimore. The "coal will from, the bituminous mines -of Western Pennsylvania over, tho and Ohio" Railroad, and will represent la. value To transport it It will require 9.0UO cars of the largest, capacity, made up tnto 200 trains.

Other large orders received from -the West Indies. Mexloo. South Africa, and various European nd Asiatic countries will tax the capacity of the coal piers of this port, and it Is thought that they wUl be operated day and nlsht to accommodate the large fleet Of vessels that will come here to 'load. r-5-'. 'vi Lf SUGAR; 1 i- Will Be Built FortrVXee, iCoat T- EmpJo 1.000 er.

I The forrlsotk B'ut'ldlhg" Company of New i.oTsr nave.Deen -awarded a grant of land under waters Shady near vFort Loe. NV. Th company.Wui build a augar" re finery. Counsel tor the Morrison Company submitted to the. Jersey Riparian Commissioners yesterday contracts showing, that the refinery -was to -be -erected during 1901.

that it would cost i. 250.000. and would give employment to 1.000 men. No details of the plant could be obtained. i JOKS VT, HEOTRIE'S WUL, i Twa Brothere Reldaary Xega.

5XM00 Estate, i 'Spicioi is tit Xn Vnk 'TV GREENWICH. Nov. 28. The. will of John W.

Hendrle waa read In the First National Bank to-day by A. R. Tiirkingtoh, President of the Bank. In whose hands the Instrument Jiad been- left by the testator, it was expected, that a man whovwas a reputed millionaire would leave large amounts to public' Institutions, but It developed that educaUofial institutions during his lifetime aad to relatives at aeatn. v.

Tbe estate Is, estimated at half a mlli-(wVT as or the instrument $10000 each Is left to the Mises Ferguson, nieces of the deceased, residing in the West! to be held in trust by the exeou- tors, xnere are a few minor bequests, and ine restaue or tne estate is divided equally utwSn CKr no JoshuaBeals latter are named as executor and trustees The wlir has not yet been lledin the niDIAHA ASSOCIAtlOiri Tm Atteraey Geaeral Ralee BaJIdl Lekm Ceseerai. Is "tthf'Ktw Vers INDIANAPOLIS. Ind4 Nov. Attorney General to-day gave Suu Auditor Hart an opinion on the Fraternal Cooperative AasocUtioa of Indianapolis. ta which be declares that that concern, organised under the Association actv should have been organised as a building and loan association, but that pro visions in its bylaws are totally out of accord with the building and loan laws.

Incidentally, JnfacUi many hundred associations "The only law of the 8Ute which Mr. tntts any association to do the general character of business conducted by this one," say the Attorney General. Is thi building and loan association law of the B1- however, does not permit either the expense fund, or the forfeiture provided for la the-by-lawys of thhV'as-aoclatioa." -v FRANKFURTERS "WERE DYED. Baltimore) Dealers FinedIndustry May (' Be Ruined There. BALTIMORE.

Nor. little red frankfurter sausage recefred blow in the criminal court to-day which may terminate It existence- In Baltimore as an article of -diet. Judge Dennis fined Herman Harry Louis Sachs, and Moaes Gibhard each 10 tor selling adulterated food. It was testified by Prof. Wyman that aniline dye was used to color the and the preparation, be was Injurious to health.

The defendant produced an expert from Chicago who WJmltted" that aniline dye waa used, but claimed, that It waa a coal tar preparation and not injurious. The ex. pert was positive that, the frankfurter was perfectly wholesome, but the Jury decided that it was not a good thing, and the court Imposed the above sentence Fined Eecause Bread Waa Tod Heavy. Social le Tee Arw Yr Ttmt. Kanl.

Nov. An OtUwa (Kan.) Judge to-day. fined a baker IS for selling a loaf Of bread welshing eighteen ounces. The ordinance provides that, all loaves of bread toust we! sixteen ounces. The court decided that Uie twker viuiatvd the ordinance.

He baa appeiUed to the higher, court. TTlde VestiHsiea the Feaasylvaata iired 1rls- All throurh tr ef the ttr.mylvanla are eulTped 1U ioiruvt.i. mUim tuUuu IIB.5 MYEBSE All STR ICKEH Ths Adicr Undcrcces an Operation ii HlB Prfyaiciana 'at irat Deaaairad at It Recovery-H ia Condition ow MoTaFavorablat' KJ Wllllarn Faveraham: l.nlnv Efnptre Theatre Stock' Poimun. ivtn criUcaily ill at his home, rao West Fifty-second Street, where on Tuesday afternoon he was operated upon for appendicitis. The a ttendlng surgeons were Drs.

Phelps and Jol A. Burke. The latter is Mr. Fa-vershai ie regular, physician. Dr.

Burke saldU: night that. Mr. Faversham was in a very serious although he expected 10 fatal outcome of the operation. averaham was taken 111 in Boston i32'S A.h',cla,1 whom he consulted i here said that his illness Was a simple affection of the stomach, but when, he got wcre during the week Mrs. Faversham" was sett for, She remained with her husband in where the company uf which tie is.

the leading man was playing wLoiSJand td'r fNfy-" until Prtdy. when Mr. gversham had so much improved that she returned to this city. Faversham on Sunday last was taken very ill again, and left Boston for New York, i irrlvlng here at o'deck in the afternoon He waa completely proetrated when le arrived at hla home, and' Dr. Burke was summoned.

He diagnosed the case ut once as appendicitis, and Dr. Phelpai -was called In -consultation. The physicians, agreed that an operation: Imperative. but they were afraid to attempt jit until on of the weakened condition of the patient. feneration was performed at 3 o'clock On thai afternoon, and Dr.

Burke said last night that the case was one of the worst that he had ever seen. There were condition that thoroughly alarmed the who then agreed that the chances for Mr. Fsverfham'a recovery were slight. Sine that time, however, his condition has unproved somewhat, and there is a good ctiance now that his excellent physical condition prior to the illness will aid in pulling him i Then? was further Improvement "yesterday, ahd when Dr. Burke saw the patient at o'clock last night he was resting easily.

Several trained nurses are. in constant attendance, and is receiving every care and attention that It Is possible for the-most ekllled scientific methods afford), Shot ild his recovery be more than ordinarily rapid, Dr. Burke aayshthat It wll be fully out weeks before Mr. Fevered im will be able to be about, and a consh erably longer time before be can ap-' pear a 4he stage again. -i The present season has been a particulars 1y un ucky one for leading Early in.

tlie a5n Henry Miller's voice failed, and he forced to go abroad. Not long ago Mr. Sothern sustained an injury to his foot that for a while threatened serious results, but from which he Is now recovering. HALCYON SKINNER KILLED. Wall known Inventor of Carpet Wav rtjj Machinery Struck by Train i' jh Yonkeraf 1- i TO JKERs; -fyi lfor 28.

-i- Halcyon er, thejhaiCiwho revolutionised the trjM t. making industry, was killed to-day by sing struck by a train en the-JIew York CexitraUnroad Jar-tMarrWyASr, Cain: er waa wealthy, and Used. In a house whlc i backed upon the, It' Was his' habit to; pas out of hi rear gate and walk, Up tie railroad 'which' skirt -the rivet to hi boathouse. "He was fond of the wate and owned a fast Jailing yacht This ef lei noon he started for the boathouse He i aw a south-bound train and started to' get of "way. Ha tep; in front of a north-bound express.

He tas mangled and. hu face, torn awa; 'vv'-'V Mt Skinner was' over seventy' year "of age. When a "young man he entered the emp oy of Alexander Bmith, the- founder of great carpet industry of this city. The UtUe mill for the. manufacture; of earj sts was then located at West Farms The young mploye began to -iTuOt, im-provements In the machinery, and soon attracted the attention of Mf.

Smith.T lnI he -made the, first of hU Imi tcrint It was a loom, the U.bblns of which wero so carried that figures tnsterfd of -stripes could be woven t1 hher grade, of carpitsTand In5 oldashione etrTpedcarp. was a- thlhg fr encouragement ol thU'lnvenUon Mr. Smith removed his works to ttia Mr. Skinner- next invention wJ drum for carrying the yarns. He waa made, master mechanic of the milL was then being enlarged yearly and Woutatrfpplng its competitors: His next invention was a loom for the weaving of AxminsUr carpets.

Mr. Smith imported and et up some Eng-Itehftapestry looms. Mr. Skinner watched them and within a few day mad whlcn doubled their output. 1877 he Invented a power loom for the weavlne of moquetu.

Thl he improved from time to time until to-day one man runa two looms, and turns out thirty times fLfn.eh -'M In In i invented a body brussels loom which Is now in -use by Blgelow Co. He severed hi connecUon with the Smith Company after torty year of continuous husiness employing less than SUOihandstha works had increased in siso until 7,000 are employed. Beside the ni ore important inventions, he mad hundred oi (improvementa i- the-looms-and machinery. frequebtly the out-iu of his own InvenUons. improved the inventions of others, and the creation of lust genius were numerous.

Even after he retired, if there was a difficulty to bo overcome he waa eent for, and never failed to po what was watted. i jr. Skinner was twice married. Hi eo-on. I wlN eurvlve him.

He also leaves two da ighter and three sons. 111 J3TS ETOI -PAKT. OF HOTJSE. VI Baltlnser) Rewtdewe ef Mis atary Garrett Gives Way." SpttM fc The tiem Fers BALTIMORE. Nov.

library floor I the beautiful rMhfonM -r in and Cathedral Streets, of Jklisa Mary who shared In. the Garrett millions, gaf-e way to-day, and disclosed, the fact that the structure been Invaded, by wMte ants, who had literally honeycombed the woodwork. The Joists were eaten through and through. -T. ealen.

extensive have been the ravage of the insects that it will be necessary to prac-tloally rebuild portion of the house, and much costly paneling is hopelessly ruined. The architect Intrusted with the restora-tlen has consulted the entomolosists in- the Agricultural Department at Washington a lunu oieui oi coca Dating Iron And Steel Fret; ta to le PITTSBURG. Not. 2S Pi iron a or and steel manufacturers hanrkua apprised that the Central Freight Association will cut Eastern 'rates at the JSTew Tbrk. meeting next week.

The. cut la pig in end material in that cla wi.i be fron AW to XiiO. and the red act. on on finished steel from 13- to. 14 cent per tu pound.

Ci material tor export greater cuts wiil he madSL-One manufacturer says export steel and iron rates wii be reduced to cost. say that the reduction wiU the railroad a margin of prout. the railroad a Faster thaw 1.... "vcina uoutwi- Ctucure SO PV it. dailr ChlcB.

Vnlcn rcific North. wtm lAn arrivva Sab inncaoii (ii p. ic tkird iy. Drawing routn sievitnc ears vttlaout tt.anre; bufjrt. l.ifrr cr, tatrber.) All f-im a la cart.

Tiokoia Ioior-nti at Ciitcajo SAd Kiirthwteaies lae. feread-war. Adv. -s UVORK THE. DEFENDER.

Lead Keel of the New Yacht Will Not Be Run for Four Social Tht tw Yr riw. BRI8TOU H. 2a-It Vaa the general belief her that the, keel of the new cup defender wW not be run tor four Week y-C The working force at the boat, hope has been doubled, bur the Work on hand that repairing the seventy-footer Rainbow. Vnd every effort la being mad to -get her out of the way. The frame for.

the mold of which' so much has been said yi thin the past few days, were shaped out. three weeks ago. and the stft-tlng up and planking front the' Inside will VJ, about three- daya- Another fk- an made, and that la that Jh1f1U wt -he of sea 'island, a South Carolina cotton. alJiready under way: are, a matter of made- from Texas upland cotton, and the duck is mercerised. The mercerising proces cause the weave to be more compact and give the sails good 'IV demonstrated with the sails of the 70-footer last Summer.

It Is too of the sail plan of the new indications it is believed that it will not bemuca greater7 than Columbia It is thought, however, that aU the pars of the new boat will be of steel except the bowsprit Much ia expresaed In the report that the -topmast will be of steel and- ot the telescoping variety. Such a par would undoubtedly save weight where weight is an important factor, and the experiment, it followed with greatest attention. Columbia was fitted with, a steel club topsail, and It buckled and the yacht off Narraganvett Pier with a moderate breeze blowing. The par was replaced, however, and did good 1 NAMING; THE Thi Public May Have a Hand In tha Majttar, aa tjld with Columbia.1; Thai wish of the pubile may be oUowed by the syndicate of New Tork Tacht Club members having U' charge the defense -of the America cup against Sir Thomas Upton's challenge -when the naming of "the prospective Is taken under eon sideratloh, Duncan, who la VchV said yesterday '55" had been as yet no discussion by th? syndicate regarding the fchS "fl! that matter will pro "ot be: taken up for several fii utcL however, that the plan tl5 of the Oolumbla. name-' uggetions from the fh.

neted by the owner of me new i 'mifiSffA9 ehat have already been suggested la the gossip of local yachtsmen, Is, the favorite. It i consid- TkTJ trora the Jset that the international races next year wUI the -cntennUl of the win-ning abroad of the famous old cup by the athooner -America. It the race are held during the third week of Augu.t. as-suggested in Sir Thomas challenge, one of the races will be sailed on Aug. 24, Just fifty.

day fro nr the old America's victory. 4 The few that decry the suggestion to name the new boat America," object on general grounds to the repetition of m.uuiui inuiYiauaiity ox a yacht. Secrecy About the. GLASGOW. Jler.

28. Though George LC the designer of Sir Thomas Up-ton'a nw" ths Cup. admits that the lines of the Shamrock i1 setUed upon and that the of the yacht is in progress, he will norteii-at-wuleirtajlyde yard she is baihg constructed, he relied en excessive s. i i.H? he had a lesson with the Val-f 7ie-, precauUon. he waa taken then, but the American reporters gained admission to the yard and published particulars about her.

He declined to give an opinion a to whether these details guided the Herreshoft. But, he said, he was taking car to prevent -any facta leaking out thie time. iTT. VRAILROADS PLAN A- COUPa Chicago Surface Llnea May Con-' aolldated to Evade tifa Franchiee Oueatlon, XI -f Sptcial tki New Y-rh Tint. 7 iCHICAOO.

Nor 28. A financial coup to evade the franchise-extension question h-: tirely, at least for a term of. years, is said to under. consideration by leading officials of the traction companies. It Involves a reorganization of all th existing traction corporations and their merger into a new parent corporation, whom! Ultimate capitalisation will be litUe less than toO.000.UOU.

Before this csn be accomplished, so th guarded: information run, there Is to be a merger of the Chicago City Hallway Company end the Chicago General Railway Company and a reorganisation of the former under the broad caarter of the latter. It is then proposed to use the Chicago general charter and specific ordinance granted by the city to the Chicago General Com- any In February, 1SW. as the basis of leasing the entire Chicago City Railway' property. This merger etfected, the larger questioq of consolidation with the Union Traction Company and the presentation of an entirely new aspect to th franchise extension, under the sweeping leasing privilege in th Chicago general ordinance, are th next proposed steps. i Daily- meetings of prominent lawyer charged with passing upon the Intricate legal phase of the proposed merger have been, held during everai week past.

They are still In progress. If these attorneys report favorably upon the plan, a new syndicate to finance the entire consolidated is said. to be already formed. Matters have been rushed with a view to forestalling any. possible action? either by the coming State Legislature or the City Council.

The model fit the' new consolidation project, it is said, is the Brooklyn Rapid "Transit Company. The traction lawyers in this city have discovered in the Chicago Gen-era! Company's original franchise a leasing clause that is held to be proof against any legal attack during the life of that company's charter. The Chicago General Company was the outgrowth of tha old West and South Town Street Railway Company, which -obtained from the Council in the Spring of lsftii an ordinance tor the tracks on-West-Twenty-econd Street and connecting streets in Lewndale. -rights were granted for only twenty years, but the ordinance also contained a clause which I aald to permit leasing- power, UTGlisTTfTATf HIS T7TJE. -i- i Walts at Albawy Staere Deor aa Thea.

-f Kskes Mistake. Spttial fkt KtVYtrk Timtt i ALBANY. Hewitt of England, accompanied by. Reginald Durant of Howe Hummel' law of-flee. New York, stood at the stage entrance of Proctor" Theatre some time to-night awaiting the close of the performance.

When Mae Stbblns, a dancer, came out. Hewitt artTSJtced to her and cried out AUce. mi wlie! and tried to force her Into a haclt In waiting. A crowd quickly collected and was arrested. Hewitt said he reached her on the Campania from Europe Tuesday.

His wli, he said, was' Alice Pierce, an actress, la England. Several -month ego he learned she was in thl country engared on the Proctor circuit. He mistook Miss Stebbfns for-AJtce Pierce, who is also in th bill at Proctor's Hewitt waa admitted to bail. for. Yale 5Nosi TUKtw Ytrk Tim.

KEW HAVEN. 2S. Yale rnlverslty has received notice from attorneys la Chicago that a legacy of tCS.1'2 ha been left the university. The donor is the late John De.Koven.. whose executor ha Just divided up the estate.

Safety aigmals the- euylvaaia Rail read. The automatic elcme kriu system ea the Pnnarlvaaia Railroad Is without a paraus is :t.i.-iecy aavi accuney. Adv. PHILLIPS CLOSES BIS DEAL Shorts Ion Com Settle with Him at RftCents. 7 PRICE THEN DROPS T041 CENTS young Operator; It la Said, Had Bought Over 2jo6ofiOO Buahels Around Thlrty-flva Cehta, 'CHICAGO.

-Maw unabl to produce enough contract 2 cotn to fill sale made to George IL.Phil-lipe for November delivery the shorts, including; several leading elevator firms. It waa announced to-day the Board of Trade; Jiad agreed- to settle their shortage at 60 The. announcement came as a great 'surprise to those traders; who had the PhitUp operation. At the moment November corn was selling around 00 cents, one -cent from he highest price on the deal A rush to sell, followed, and the market -made no halt until Just before the closing bell, when It rested at 41 cents. If Is understood that those standing short to Phillips since he began gathering up offerings of November corn, about a month ago, exhausted every effort to secure enough No.

corn to fill their sales. The i etocks amounted to a trifle over one million bushels, and the new crop of corn was too soft for delivery, rians-were even considered to bring back a lot of com from the but these were abandoned, and as Phillips waa uphnid by the Board of Trade Committee of Appeals In his protest against a lot -of kHn-dried corn, the shorts inslly, Ute yesterday, to give up the fipht and settle with Phillip, at the even half dollar, where. -was apparent the manipulator would have no trouble in holding the market, -Various estimates were hatarded a to the profit of the squeeze." A Phillip BaH a line of more than 2.000.000 bushels around 83 it was admitted that his profits must have reached -into the hundreds of thousands. On this point Phillip wee, however, entire-jy non-committal. UTAH DEMOCRATS TO DISBAND.

Mormon Church Turne'd State Over to 1 the They 8ay, In Re r. v. turei for Polygamy Tki lit York SALT LAKE, Utah. Nov. a meeting of the leader of the Democratic Party of; this Bute to Inquire Into the cause of the defeat of the party at the" recent election, it was unanimously, decided that the Democratic Party in this State should dl band.

The cause of defeat wa said to.be thb Influence 'of the Mormon Church, whose alleged action In turning the State over to the Republicans was In pursuance of an agreement ald to have been made a year ago by. Apostle Johh. Henry Smith, Bishop H. B. Ciawson, and Chief Justice Bartch, the Utter a GenrU.

with the National Republican ieaders, that if the State waa placed In the Republican column the proposed Constitutional amendment making polygamy a-- Federal often would be abandoned.1 The- State Democratle Committee, it was decided, should prepare, and issue an address to the Nation formally disbanding the party in Utah' and stating that party politics Is only a farce so long as the Mormon Church can and doe upset -all plans and party affUUtions at will. RUNAWAY ON FIFTH AVENUE: Driver Woodworth Fatally Hurt Wed-C dlng Guesta In tha Carriage. A pair of horses attached to a carriage la Which werf a man and a woman In evening dress who bad been attending a wed ding ran away on Fifth Avenue at Fifty-second Street late last night The driver, Frank' of One Hundred and Fifty-nlntlf Street and. Nicholas Ave. was thrown to th pavement In front of the Buckingham Hotel.

He may die frotn his. The occupants of the carriage were not hurt. horses were frightened at Fifty-sec ond street between the big Vanderbilt residence and. the site of, the old Roman Catholic Orphan Asvlum. Th n.iu rantlo plunce down tha avenue, narrowly I escaping veveral carriage.

In front of x-atnea vauiearai ine, nor ses swerved and started the carriage rolling from one side to the other. The woman, very much frightened, to her escort: A lurch to one side In front of the Buck-lnghsra Hotel, at Fiftieth Street, -threw the- driver to the street, where be lay unconscious. Cabmen In front of the Democratic Club, near the hotel, saw the team rushing -down the avenue, and several of tBem ran alongside the team few feet and managed to stop it half way down th By this time many persona, hearing the bouts In the street, had rushed from the hotel, the club and private houses. Tbey went down into the street to look at th driver, who had been laid on th sidewalk with a blanket under his Head. An ambulance aura-eon from Flower Hoapiui said Woodworth' skull was fractured at the base.

He aald he thought Woodworth could not liver-, The man and woman watched him till assured he wa alive, and they then ordered' another carriage and were driven away. They refused. to tell their name. JUDGE BlLDLE'S WILL FOTJirb." Vaeaeeesafal Search for a Year Lw- grama port Lose ft Library. SUtial uTktNew Ytrkjimit.

LOGANSPORT, Xnd.fc- 23. Judge Horace P. Blddle, author and Jurist a wen. as hermit, though in good circumstances, and made famous by living on aa island In th heart wf Logansport, made a will la 18S2 and put it away. He died, nearly a year ago, and a search which has continued alnce proved rnnsuooeesf ul cntil to-day, when Bva Peter Reynolds, his niec and heir, found torn instrument.

does, away with Logansport's chancee of getting the nine-thousand-volume library and disposes of many of the claims of the heirs of th Judge's wife, who sought to get her share. She was his wife until her death, as she hsd not been disvorced. although separated from her husband some years ago. The inland property amounts, to nearly seventeen acres, almost la th heart of this city. HAS MANIA FOR RIDING ON CARS.

Trustee Appointed for $100,000 Prop- arty of Ray BXNGHAMTON, iff. Nov. 2S.lpraceed-lng were to-day Instituted before Referee Walter M. to appoint William Q. Phelps trustee of 'the giOO.000 property of Ray Darrow, twenty-one year old.

Ray Darrow ha a mania tor riding on street spending nearly all or his waking hour upon them. but. bf harmless. 7 Wante Rogera Locomotive Worka. Sfcial Tkt Arsr Yer Timtx.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala Nov, 28. -The Commercial Club is negotiating for the removal to thie dty of the Rogers Locomotive Works of Peterson. X. which is open to a proposition of that nature.

This plant once before proposed to come South, but the arrangements fell throurh. There is said to be a probability that the plan will carry this time. Barsett Vanilla is pure. Doa't let your grocer work off a' cheap and oasscroos substitute, insist aa harto itar-a'a Adv. HANNA AND THE PRESIDENCY.

He Telia a Cleveland Republican Coerv mlttea Hia Candidacy 104 la Out of tha Question. CLEVELAND. -28. -A; committee representing the M. A.

Haun Republican Club of this city, which 'recently passed a resolution Indorsing Mr. Haana as a candi-dat for the Presidency In lUOi. called upon tha Senator to-day at his office to pre-eent the resolution. President Gallagher ct the club acted aa Id aa appro Prists and strong speech told why th clUb members believed the Senator had well the exalted honor of. being Chief Executive of the United State.

Th speaker referred to Mr. Hanna a the Hercules of the Republican Party." If Mr. McKlnley bad been defeated. he eald. Senator Haana would have -been held responsible.

The victory -wa a remarkable one. although, not unexpected, and the credit lay with the man whe entitled to hu reward." The reception accorded to the committee by Senator Hanna wa most cordial. In replying Uvhls visitors he Uid stress upon his apprecUtln or the honor conferred upon him. and said: I believe eB my heart that I have only done my duty to the country to my people. I seek no public office and I seek no reward.

Although I deepiy'appreclat the feeling expreaeed by my neighbors and my friend, it cannot be the crowning act yf my life to ait ia the Presidential chair. I am arrowing old, and expect to retire after my Senatorial term expires. Your kindness and consideration In what vou deem to be the proper course deeply touch me, but my candidacy for the Presidency is absolutely out of the and In not even to be thought of." F. W. YANDERfilLTS PURCHASE.

Buya.a Houae aa Wedding dft for Mlee DalayFoat, Hla Wife's Niece. Frederick W. Vanderbilt has bought the house 40 East Fiftieth Street, and it was aald yesterday that the purchase I Intend, ed as a wedding gift to Mrs. VanderbUt'a niece. Mis-Daisy Post, who will be married tQ James Lawrence Van Alen, eon of Jams J.

Van Alen, on Dec' 10. house one of a row' of of the American basement type, Juat tfompteted by Builder Jeremiah C. Lyons on part of the old Columbia College alto. It stands on a twenty-two-foot lot, having a depth of six. ty-three feet, with an extension covering an' additional et.

31m house one of th finest that has ever been erected in the city except as have been built expressly for their owners and occupant and embodies all the beet feat-ui-es in modern -dwelling-house construe-, tlon. 'Its exterior is ornamental, the mate-rials used being Roman red pressed brick. Tiffany brick, and Indiana limestone. The interior fitting of the house are tin. usually Uvish.

The. foyer, reception halL drawing room, library. and principal chambers are variously trimmed in white tmnti ind selected varieties of mahogany, Flem- 4u Yorirre ubk. The price paid by Mr. Vanderbilt for the house 1 reported as fcAN A WOMAN THROW STRAIGHT Mooted Question to be Passed Upon by 'V'-.

Learned JuaAlcea. 4 Can a woman, throw straight This mooted question is to be- passed upon by the learned JuaUce of the Court of Special Sessions in Brooklyn. It came up yesterday la tha Great Street Police Court, when Agnes. SpanelU of Fifty-seventh Street aad Nineteenth Avenue 1 wa arraigned on a charge of assault, The complainant -waa August Schmidt, of 741 Coney Island Avenue. Schmidt complained that Mrs.

Spanelll had thrown a. stone at him and' cut hla lip during a dispute. You jy that thej defendant threw a tone, at you and thai It hit eald Lawyer William A. Robinson, the woman' counsel, to the plaintiff, with the air of a man who eras about to score a great point. She threw it at me and It -struck on the lip," returned Schmidt, positively.

Your Honor. I- move for the dismissal of this case," aald Robinson, turning Irom the witness to Magistrate Steers and preparing to grab bis hat, as if it waa all over. This man says that the defendant, a woman, threw a stone at something and hit It hit. what she aimed at, understand. It seem to me that the plaintiff himself baa made out as clear, a case- as possible for th I refer you to th great who said: A woman can aew, a woman can knit, A woman' can do crochet: But aha can't throw a rook and hit a she ain't built tfca Magistrate thought the thing over very care fully, appreciating the important point Involved and realising that upon hla 'decision depended whether an honored tradition was to be preserved or destroyed, but at last he decided to pass the responsibility of determination in the matter up to the Justices of Special Sessions.

The defendant accordingly was held for that Of I do not question th wisdom of th Court's course. said counsel for th defendant. but 1 wish to say that my own faith In the tradition Involved auoh that I shall be willing, when the case come up la the- Court of Special Session, to sit in a cbaii and let this woman throw rocks at me until her arm tires. She may hit everybody else In the room, put the lamp globes and window panes out of business, but shall remain untouched." KHNTUCiLX BAHZ TO EESIT1IE. Waa Leetea Tsy.

P. M. Brews, bat Ce troUrr Dawes AUew It Heasas. Uriel TU Htm Ytrti Tmts. CINCINNATI.

Ohio. Nor. of the Currency Da we has author, ixed the resumption of the German National Bank of, Newport, Ky looted by its de-f salting assistant cashier. Prank M. Brown.

The Controller-has been fat touch with those seeking to reorganise th bank, and has set down conditions that it agreed will be accepted at once. The are: First That the Directors rale the liua-900 tbey have already pledged. Second The holder of the remaining Ml shares of stock must pay In 100 per cent, assessment. with the Director hare, will aggregate 167.000 new money for the bank. Third The depositor, or a large proportion of them, must agree to allow their deposits to remain, subject to withdrawal, aa follows; Twenty per cent, at one on resumption and 20 per cent, at the expiration of -each three month period thereafter Thua all the money on deoosit will have been subject to withdrawal within a-year after resumption.

The Director, toeki.elder, and the 1 600 depositor are practically unanimous In their determination to work out the conditions Imposed by the Controller at th earliest possible moment. LTOATIC EXCELS EAST! TfT Take Civil Service) Examination aad i. Pme at Hea mt Class. 5rvris le TU Stw York Ti-ui. MILWAUKEE, XVTa, Nor, 3.

Loui, Boeche, a clever lunatic, who escaped from the hospital tor the Insane at Wauwatesa last September and whe waa taken Into cue-tody at Kenosha thU morning, has not frittered swv bis time, It appears, but on the contrary has during bis freedom mad an excellent record. In Racine he took the municipal civil servico examination, passed at the head of his dan, had Indorsement from the Mayor, and was booked a good office aa soon as there was a vacancy. The Pf ttsbarw Llaatted, Tut HaltlBuarw fc Ohio HailroataU Onty I 00 first elans a4 la asooad eteam. New Tork to Hilt via this traiu. Lhii New York.

Bosth Ferry. P. M. and Llbartv Ftreat P. arrlr rnttsbarf a.

iL Puihnaa Bufiet toawlac Boom humAm. Cars. Adv. CROlSEH TOSEIIITE LOST Parts Hsr Off Gusm and Is Wrecked on a Reef. FIVE OF THE CREW DROWNED Remainder Reacued by a Celllsr Tha Voeemlte Drifted Sixty MIlea Before; the 6 truck.

MANILA, Nov.SaThe United 8tatg auxiliary cruiser Yeaemit parted her ca bles off the harbor of San LuTa cT Apre, Island of Guam, drifted sixty miles, truck a xeet, and was wrecked. Plre of the. crew were drowned. A col lier rescued the remainder. Special im TUKlW Ytrk Tim, "WASHINGTOX.

Nov, 2a-The Navy Dee partment knows sbsolutely nothing of th reported lose of the Yoeemlte. Secretary Long said to-night that he had heard nothing of It except what he. had been told by reporters, whose only information waa based upon press dispatches. Prior to her conversion Into a cruiser, tha Toaemlte was the Morgan Line steamship El She waa among the vtsseU of tha merchant marine bought by the Govern ment for conversion late auxlIUry cruiser at. th beginning of the 8 panish-American war.

ghe waa purchased April 1838, aad commlasloned th 13th of the aame month. She Is a IB-knot vessel of 6.179 tons, S9X feet long. 48. feet beam, aad Sat feet Ira Her armament consists of a main, battery of ten e-lnch guns, with a second, fnr battery of six -pounders, and two Colt rifle. Eighteen btflcera and 207.

men constitute per complement ef officers and men. During th war ahe was attached at times te tho patrol fleet, and also took -part la several tot the naval engagements around Santiago. The naval reserves of Michigan then formed part of her -crew. Her com mender at that time was Cape W. IL Emory.

She haa boon stationed at Guam for a king period, her present commander. Commander Beaton Schroeder. having succeeded CapL Richard Long aa Governor of the laland. Commander Franklin Han ford was designated com time ago by th Navy Department to command the vessel. Urn sailed onrthe Solace for th station, and may have reached hla destination, but no report to this effect has been received ua to date.

The anchorage of the Toeemlt at Guana is said to be-oft the harbor of Ban Luie dApra six miles off shore, her dreurh compelling ber to Uk this position. Tb harbor Is a very dangerous one, owing to the existence of a rocky shoal in tb tniddlo and a particularly crooked channel. Some of her crew were undoubtedly ashore, engaged in duties at the naval station. Thie would also probably epply to Commander Schroeder, her Captain, whose duties a uuitrnur prooaoiy necessitated tne transferrins' Af the. ft I mihm.n to Lieut.

Augustus N. Mayer. The officers accredited to the Yoeemlte by the Naval negisier are: jievt. w. rc, Bazford.

Albert Merits, and B. B. Bierer; Ensign A. W. Pressey.

Collins. A. N. MUch-eiL and F. T.

EVans: Assutant Surgeon F. M. Furlong. Assistant Paymaster W. Delano, Chaplain P.

Renaolda, 'aai eight warraat officers. REVARDEDBY THETXA1SER. s. 1. Jamas Bcaalay, a Sailor, Will Pat Gold Modal for Afdlns In tavln'a a German Craw.

T- wrm van, 4. years -m w. umh wiTwuuviK awvofQ gold raedal and a money prise to a aaUor who courag and daring bad saved from death, the crew of a German bark. The gift were placed la the head of th German Consul General at New York, but active search to find the', man for whom were Intended. To-day.

how. ever, a claimant cum forward In th per eon of Jamas Beasley, a nattv ef the West Indies, now living la Philadelphia. Beaaley will go to New York on Friday with props credential to claim the Kaiser's gifta. In the Utter part of 1S37 Beasley was aj seaman oa schooner M. Rockland.

Ue. which sailed to South American. porta tVaile tn outbern seas homeward bound tb German tark William Linw wa slanted in dire distress and on the point of foundering. The livee of ber crew were at stake. Tb Captain of the Ac horn callt-4 for -volunteers to carry a Un to th imperiled bark, so that th Acborn.

couid rescue th crew and take the bark In tow. Beaaley stepped forward and undertook the perilous task. With a rop around his body be Jumped Into the sea. and after a frightful battle with th wave reached tae bark and was hauled up on deck. The lino was made fast, and by that means the berk's crew wa taken aboard the Achorn.

The 1-1 nk wa thea taken Ul tow and brought safely to port. Whon the Achom reached her home port Beasley a hipped' on another vessel, and. sine thea has been chanaing 1mm one ship to another. When Kaiser V. Uheun heard of Beasley act be ordered that a gold medal be presented to bim.

while th German Admiralty Court decreed a larr sum of money, to the crew of the Achorn for salvage. The German Consul at St." John'e. TTect Indies, waa directed to find Beasley. and he ta turn reported the ease to Assistant Secretary ef State Adeo. The Utter wrote to Superintendent of Police Quirk end Beasley was finally located at 1S Lombard HIS Than Policeman Caught Runaway Horse and Recaptured Man by Hard i-.

Patrolman Keating of the 8eveatyfeurt3 Precinct did a lightning change act In Astoria recently. It did not go on the bc'Jetln board, aad only came out aa the other of-fleers In the precinct gouipped about it. Keating Ut a prisoner escape from him aad then caught him again. He waa leading a prisoner along Grand Avenue, Tb public school bad Just dismissed Its pupU and the street wa crowded with children, most of them 'from the lower claaaea. Keating heard a clattering behind him and turned to see a bone dashing down the street at a gallop, a wagon swlnglsg behind him, aad no driver on th aeat.

Th bora was making directly, toward the school children. an Instant's hes-lution Keating let go of his prisoner ati mad for th horse. caught th animal by the bridle and hung on. He was dxagte half a block, hut hrouirht th home to a stop. Meanwhile th man who had t-w i released was making good oao of his rp- r-tunity, and was getting av.

as fait ut 1 legs could carry him. Seating into the wagon and turned the bora I and started up th street at shout as rtt a pace the runaway had ju.t c. down it. A couple of blocks from re stopped the rig he met the owner In another wagon, and despite tho en to him he went pas: tn a rallop tr.d the whip playing upon th l.ur-' ta 'c 1 Five blocks from where he ret tv prisoner be came on evea terrr.a si. 1 a.

down, and while drtvlne; wi.a ne t. covered the scapira; 1.1a revolver. The man surrr.o-red, ar 1 -used the wtroo to iae Mm to ta atn 1 house. On t.e way he pimed cr of the rig to whom he HLu.a L. wild driving and of the rig.

EalUnUne's ladla Pal Ale lis t-t-B4a ef years el laaaerk as a. 0.