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TEUU) XEVV-YORK TIMES. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1896. DL32'- WAR AS WAGED IN CRETE EXPEJUENCXS OF AN A1CEBICAN IN THE RANKS.

i 2U Landing; on tit Island with an Expedition from Greece A Try ing If arch Through a JTountain-ooa Country Attacking Turkish Fort at Dawn Peculiarities of Politics and Warfar Amid a Pa-; triarchal People. JSIZIPHET. Province of Apocorona, Crete, Aug. The Inhabitants of Crete, numbering In all about 300.000 souls, are an Interesting race to study, since they are really at leant a century behind the rest of the civilised world in custom and institutions. The patriarchal system still nourishes among them exclusively.

The family which in Crete is made to extend to the eighth degree of relationship Is the centre around which social and political life turns. But this Is not simply a philosophic theory, as with us. for here the connection of family relation with all sides of life is Immediate and practical. For example, in the whole Christian population of the laland there is a unanimous desire to be free from Turkish domination and to become united with Greece. There It no dissent to the opinion that this ought to be obtained, peacefully, if possible, but.

In case pacific means fall, they are all eater to fight, even to extermination, rather than suffer the degradation of a continued Turkish rule, such as they have hitherto had. But, though there are no political parties or differences among the Christian Inhabitants of Crete to-day, yt there are strong animosities, based entirely, as in Europe In" the Middle Ages, on rivalries among the great families of the Island. Politico Family Matter. A candidate for any office here ooes not represent any political principle; he represents the Bolanis family, or the Manda-kakls family. A family often comprises 200 warriors, or, rather, rifles, for population here in Crete is always reckoned by the number of guns, and not by that of men.

They say: This village has 20O guns." not It has 200 inhabitants." Evey family has a military, and sometimes a political, head. The military head is called Captain: the political kead is called the Mayor of the village. If his family happens to be powerful enough to obtain that position for him. The head of the family Is. bf course, the Captain, who is the oldest.

No younger brother can dispute the Captaincy of his elJer brother, but a younger man from a distant branch of the family contend with an elder cousin for the title. After attaining the Captaincy of the family, the next step in advancement is ths Captaincy of the township, then that of the province, and, finally, that of the whole of Crete, a position never yet obtained by any man. The great object of every Cretan is to obtain a and the greatest distinction Is to prove himself brave In battle. The chief pastime in every village Is shooting at marks, and the Cretans are, as a race, remarkable marksmen. There are no schools that amount to anything, and naturally little culture.

The men are a gooddeal like the Tyrolese in build, being large, broad-shouldered mountaineers, good-natured unaer ordinary curcummnni, uut to rejort to their guns In cases of dispute. Among these folk one finds fine examples of the old Greek type, with curly hair, regular features. Bne. straight nose, and rather low, but broad, forehead. Indeed.

It is said tnat tnis race is unwmwu vj elgn intermarriages, and has directly descended from the old Pelasgie Greek. Character of the Cretans. There is little or no vice among them, unless their love of war and arms, which amounts really to a passion, might be called a vice. The most. frequent crime is murder, a result of the vendetta system, which In turn Is brought about by the Impossibility of getting Justice In" Turkish courts of law.

The most prevalent crime Is the stealing of sheep, due to the failure of the Turks to enforce the laws of property. When It Is -remembered that since 1204. when Boniface, Marquess of sold the island to the Venetians for six pounds of gold. Crete has been In a constant state' of revolution, it ls not astonishing that the inhabitants have become warlike. Under the Venetians there were twenty-seven rebellions.

It took the Turks two centuries after they had entered Constantinople to subdue the Island, which was accomplished In 1669. Since then there have been nine great rebellions and any number of minor uprisings. According to the law of natural selectionthose tended to survive who were the best warriors. And to-day I do not suppose there is a more warlike race in the world than the Inhabitants of the mountain districts of Crete. If, however, the mountaineers are well able to take care of themselves against the Turks In the lowlands near the sea.

the Turks have ravaged the land and burned the villages In reprisal for their defeat at the hands of the mountaineers. The on thing every man here covets Is a gun. The Cretans are very poor, however, and as they cannot always buy guns they steal them. So, while I feel perfectly safe as far as my money is concerned. I never go out without my rifle and revolver, not in order to protect myself, but In order to be sure that I do not loae my arms.

In doing this I follow the universal custom of the country. If a- pollcase," or "brave." has a rifle or revolver, he never seen abroad without it They also carry beautiful knives with silver handles and sheaths wrought In various designs. This Is the one luxury In which they indulge. Tho ef Kxnealtlen." I do not know how I can gfve nbetter Mea of the feudal system which exists here than by describing my experience, with the tree company of Constantino Mano. of which I am now.

a humble member. I etarted from Athens In a filibustering steamer for Crete, not knowing the language, and without an acquaintance, except two Cretans who spoke French and kindly took me in tow. We landed on ths southern coast of the island in the morning, two days later, having dodged a Turkish man-of-war meanwhile. I found myself In a country which is in a state of complete anarchy. The Turks cannot be said to govern the island, because they only occupy a narrow strip of land along the northern shore, and as yet no provisional Government has been, appointed.

In spite of the political conditions of the country. In spite of my Ignorance of the language and of my want of friends. I not only escaped all molestation, but my march has been a regular triumph. When we landed on the beach In the moonlight, there were about 200 mountaineers awaiting us. They had come across the mountains to get guns and ammunition and to help us transport those which we did not give away on the spot.

The Central Committee of Cretans in Athens had fitted out the expedition, and we had on board 2WQ.OOO cartridges and 1.650 rifles. Naturally enough, when all this was landed, there was a great commotion. Lying on the sand and watching this scene in the indistinct light of the coming morning, with the Jagged oUCU of the Whit Mountains rising abruptly above tvo for a thousand feet, and close to roe MO rushing acd shouting men. alt armed with rifles, revolver, and kr.lves of every description, with cartridge belts buckled around their waists or bung over their shoulder, men with long black beards, and dressed In iaggy island trousers. Cretan boots, embroidered waistcoats, and a bfark, handkerchief wound around each heat.

who wonders that I wrapped my shawl close about me and loosened the but of my revolver? A Across lb Mountain. We spent the night or. the beach, and next morning moved up to HagU ItoumelL a village of twenty house. Here we fctaid for a day. My host, who was ns poor as a church mouse, turned his house down for my benefit.

A younj; pig was killed and roasted, r.nd was. indeed, welcome, as It was the first meat I had tasted for two days. I was somewhat troubled, however, by the pieces of entrails which were offered me as especial delicacies, and which courtesy obliged me to swallow. I offered to pay my host, but he refused, and appeared to bo hurt by the offer. At last, mindful of a suggestion made by a friend In Athens, I requested him to allow me to give lOf.

to his daughter to swell her 'marriage portion. This was accepted. The little girl, who was very pretty, came out to thank me, kneeling and putting her forehead to the ground, and then rising and kissing my hand. Next day we moved on over the mountains. I started on the mule of the Mayor of Cambl.

one of. the largest villages of Kldonla, but after going a short distance. In which I came near being dropped Into eternity by the breaking of a bridge which spanned a deep ravine, and as the iath (the worst I had ever seen up to that time, though since then my experience In bad paths has been greatly extended.) resembled more a stairway strewn with loose stones than anything else, I Judged that discretion was the better part of valor, and walked the rest of the way. Up we went through mountains of wild beauty, bristling with rocky needles and with only occasionally a green tree or little scrubs to be seen. Here and there a patch of snow lurked in some shaded gully.

Few travelers ever traverse these mountains, although one ravine through which we passed rivaled those of Colorado in At last we were over the highest point of the pass and on the delightful mountain-plain of Omalo, lying 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. This la where the shepherds come In Summer with their flocks to make the famous Omalo cheeses, and where even-In Summer the milk often freexes at night. Completely exhausted, I finally reached Lakkl. in the Province of Kldonla, only two hours' walk from the line of the Turkish Army. Hino'i Free Company.

Here I met Constantino Mano, a Greek gentleman of refinement, who, after receiving his doctor's degree in a German university, studied in France and spent a year at Oxford. He held for some time the position of reader to the Empress of Austria, but preferring his liberty, he soon gave up that position. He has since Interested himself in athletics, desiring to see revived again in Greece the old spirit of Olympia. It is to him that Is due the organization of the recent games at Athens. After those games he was about to leave for London to pass the season, but, the revolution in Crete having broken out, he followed in the footsteps of his father and came to fight for the union of Crete and Greece.

From Mano I have learned how a company of Cretan warriors Is brought together. It seems that the chief or Captain of a family can at any time summon any number of his kin to arms, but he is obliged to support all the men he calls as long as they serve under him. Mano, in order to make up his band of six Cretan warriors and five volunteers, (among whom are three officers who have deserted from the Greek Army Prince Mourousl, P. Mono, and G. Vassos.) was obliged to draw all his Cretans from one family, for otherwise they would not have gone together.

Thus it will be seen that war In Crete, up to the present time, has had no There has been no one leading General. When necessity, in the shape of the advancing Turk, calls, the family chiefs turn out with their followers, and begin the resistance. As soon as the sound of battle arises, from all the villages in the neighborhood the inhabitants flock to the fight, and where at first, perhaps, there have been only a hundred men to oppose the advance of the Turks, In a short time the surrounding hills swarm with Christians, who shoot from every rock and olive tree at the advancing troops. Trse Guerrilla 'Warfare. The method of Cretan warfare Is peculiarly adapted to the nature of the country, which abounds In rocks, where the mountaineer can find shelter, and to the difference In the conditions of the contending parties." The Turkish Army has cannon, an unlimited supply of' ammunition and men-of-war, the discipline that comes from training, and, finally, nearly always a larger force of troops.

The object of the Cretan warriors Is to make these advantages of as little use as possible to the Turks. The Ottoman trOops advance In close order. The mountaineers never meet them in the open, where the numbers, superior arms, and discipline of the regular troops would soon annihilate the small bands of patriots. The Cretans shoot remarkably well, and like our own farmers at Lexington, they take advantage of trees, rocks, and hills; retreating gradually as the Turks advance, until they draw the rash Mohammedans, who really consider themselves victors, into some narrow defile, where the mountaineers gradually close in and often completely annihilate the regular troops. I am now at Zlxlphet.

in the Province of Apocorona. where the Revolutionary Assembly is now forming. It will in a few days organize a provisional Government, and In all probability declare the union of Crete with Greece unless the conditions asked of Turkey are previously granted. Fifteen days was the time given to Turkey in which to answer the requests of the deputies at Canes, and already twenty-two days have passed. The spirit or independence Is strong In these people.

They mean this time to shako off the rule of Turkey, which has for so many years pressed them down and prevented the development of the country and the education of the people. Even the priests, or papas." of the Church have taken ud arms. Their churches have been burned and their. flocks scattered. Every man in this town now carries a gun about with him as an insignia of his position.

We of the Free Company of Constantino Mano. as distinguished foreigners, never tlr abroad without our retinue of men at arms. Indeed. I feel as if I were living in one of Lord Lytton's novels of the Middle Ages. Help from the- Oatslde.

News come in as I writ that 2.000 Mohammedans have entered the town of HeracUon. driven the Christians from their homes, and taken possession of everything they found. The English boat Hood has left Canea for HeracUon. The United States has not sent a warship to Crete, and has not even a Consul at Canea. In 1S86 an American man-of-war took tba unprottcted women and children from the large towns and carried them to Greece.

The Turkish Government complained, and the American Government answered that where the murder of defenseless women and children was concerned the Government of the United States refused to pay any attenUon to diplomatic relations. Now we have not even don as much as England, hampered as that nation is by European complications. The people of the United States have not ret awakened, apparently, to the fact that he people are lighting for independence lu K0vrnmnt an religion. The oppressions and wTor.gs they suffer at the hn.l of the Turks are a tnouxand times greater than those' iwhich oppressed tne (American Colonics before our war, ind. though the Cretans hare l-etn kept in ignorance and rovvrt for centuries, unlike oth-r oppresst-d nations.

ttuy have retained individuality, mi rt capable of great development tvlr lair Government. Whatever position our Government may take, Crete is to-day a' legitimate field for individual philanthropy. Tho island is very poor. Near the larger towns, and especially near Canea. there arc a largo number of worsen and children whose homes have been bnrned by the Turkish troops.

These people are ijjw in great need. Trie war will go on In a fw days something radical wmei from (the I'orte. Even now, although everything is timet, there are between the Christians and the A Hklrrjlab with the Turku. Some Jays ago. when I was at Lakki, news was brought In that two Christians had been murdered by Turkish soldiers in a village Just within the Turkish lines.

One of the murdered men- was taking a bath when shot. It so happened that the warriors Of Lakkl had a few days before captured two Turks. These Mohammedans had been released on the ground that there was a -truce, and partly because the Cretans had no means of keeping the prisoners. The news of the murder therefore doubly aroused tbem. Mano decided to make a demonstration of indignation by attacking the Turkish village, within a quarter of a mile of the Turkish fortifications which line the hills below Lakkl.

The Free Company Mano counted then only fifteen men. but our leader had only to ask the chief of the village for a reinforcement of thirty, men, and they were Immediately round. This i one of the peculiar customs of Crete. If In time of war a Captain wants extra men for any expedition, he finds no difficulty in getting them, provided always he furnishes them with food. We went down from the hills In the morning and rested in one of the deserted Christian villages, many of whlrh lie half destroyed and wholly uninhabited along the fertile valley of the River riant anas.

In the evening the party advanced to within a mile of the Turkish line and then rested until midnight, when we marched on once more, this time in three divisions. Our numbers had. now risen to about seventv-flve men by new advents from the country around. The first of our divisions passed over a small hill and made directly for the village of Klrtcmado. the point of attack.

The second division took ita stand in the trees behind tne two villages of Klrto-mado and Patelare to prevent aid being sent to cut off Division No. 1. The third division. In which I was. bad been stationed on Vembla Hill, opposite the Turkish forts, to protect the retreat.

We waited for the day to break. Suddenly, as the first light of dawn was coloring the eastern horizon and a deep purple veil was spreading itself over the hillsides, we were roused by the crackle of musketry In the direction of Klrtomado. It seems that Capt. Mano and Spero Manendreto. the Chief of the village of Lakkl.

who had conceived the plan of our attack, had separated their troop, and, leaving all but ten as reinforcements at the entrance of the village, with only ten men had entered Klrtomado and took up their position on a small hill above the houses there; the barking of dogs revealed their presence, and the Mohammedans of the village opened fire from their windows. Our men answered, and gradually drew back, hoping to bring out the Moslems, but in vain. The American lader Fire. As the tip of the sun rose above the horizon, dark red as If In, the heat of anger, the Turkish trumpets on -the hills above sounded the alarm call from fort to fort, until the hills re-echoed with their call. We waited, but no sally was made to attack us.

and at last, disappointed, we rose from behind the stone fortifications where we lay hidden. The Turkish forts saw us. Before they had contented themselves with firing on our companions at Klrtomado, but now their fire was turned against us on the Vembla H11L They fired by platoons. At first we saw the line of smoke, then came the report, and the bullets cut the air above our heads or buried themselves in the earth on the hillside below us. It was a strange and not altogether pleasing sensation, and It seemed as If a great clmeter, swUng by a giant hand, swept with hissing sound just above us.

We descended the back side of Vembla Hill and were soon joined by the rest of our company, all our pollcars being safe and sound. This was the small skirmish of Klrtomado. The day before this skirmish an engagement occurred at Panzas, in the Province of Kldonla, which lasted spasmodically all day. Only two Christians were killed. How many Turks fell was not known.

Rivalry Between the Chiefs. The Assembly here has had a good deal of difficulty In getting into shape. There have been the usual number of personal ambitions and petty Jealousies to contend against. All the leading families want the principal places In the formation of the new Government. Tho Committee of Amelioration has been admitted bodily into the new Revolutionary Assembly.

The temporary officers of the Assembly have been elected, and It Is hoped that the new Government will soon be chosen. It will consist of a committee over which a President will preside. Of course, the position of President of this new Government is much coveted. Things would be greatly simplified if Hadji Mlchalls, the chief who commanded in ltttid, shouid decide to Join the expedition from Athena But as yet he has been unable to get the necessary means In order to make his appearance with due eclat. He has asked the Central Committee at Athens to give him 2.000 rifles; without these he refuses to go to Crete.

If he were to come, the small chiefs, of whom there is none especially superior to the others, would gladly submit to their old commander. I have Just received news of the doings of the Revolutionary Assembly here. After admitting to-day the members of the Committee of Amelioration, they proceeded to elect officers in the absence of the committee. The committee demanded that the election of officers be annulled, and that a committee be appointed to inspect elections. The Assembly refused to do this.

Now the committee, in a private meeting, proposed to get over all these difficulties of preliminary elections and Jealousies by going in a body to Cambi. and there, after forming themselves into a revolutionary committee, inviting the present Assembly to Join them, and Immediately raising the Greek flag. They think that by thus declaring a union with Greece all differences will disappear In the renewal of the war. In a few days, therefore, the world will probably hear that at Cambi. In the Province of Kldonla.

the Greek flag has been raised. Pleas for Delay. News arrives from the Greek Consul at Can la that the Cretans must he patient; that the action of the Porte is slow; that the whole affair Is In the hands of the powers, and that a speedy settlement is imminent. The Cretans, however, have lost faith in foreign Intervention, and propose now to carry on war to the end. The Greek Government, In the name of the King, has summoned the three officers of our Free Company to return to -their quarters In Greece or suffer the severe penalty of the law.

The officers, naturally, having already taken the decisive step, refuse to comply. Things are certainty In a critical condition here, and tho probabilities look toward a speedy renewal of hostilities. Decisive Aetlosi Immlatat. Aug. IS.

This morning I attended the meeting of the Assembly and the Committee of Amelioration. Unexpectedly they arrived at a friendly understanding. The Assembly came together, and waa addressed by Zurides. one of the most eloquent of the Cretans and a member of the Free Company Mano. Afterward cheers were given for the Fatherland, for Hellenism, and for the King of Greece.

To-morrow the temporary Government will, no doubt, be elected, and then will come the decisive move of declaring union with Greece and raising the Greek nag. There can be no doubt that this will happen in a very short time, unless Important action is taken' either by the powers or Turkey. J. F. B.

Opposes Beth Florida Factions. From The Jacksonville (Fla.) Citizen. A cloud considerably larger than a man's hand threatens the managers of the Republican campaign in Florida. Joalah Walls, commonly known as Gen." Walls, has declared war upon both of the Republican factions, and begun the organization of the strictly colored Republican forces, with the view of capturing some of the offices. In Alachua County, where Walls lives.

a county ticket has been arranged for. and the movement is expected to spread through the other counties like a prairie Are." ACTING CHEF EXECUTIVE POWERS OP THE PRESIDENT DELEGATED TO A CABINET OFFICES. In the Absence ff om Washington of 3Cr. Cleveland Either Secretary Olney, Carlisle, or Lomont Represents Him Officially Call Hamilton Hurt Mrs. Maybrick's Case by Undiplomatic Action An Im- Poster Denounced.

1 WASHINGTON, Sept. of the questions that puzxled that very inquisitive visitor LI Hung Chang waa how this Government could possibly run along in the absence from the National capital of most bf the chief executive officers. His traditional Instincts and education, no matter how burnished up by intercourse with Western civilization, still left hlra associating the rule of the great Chinese Empire with the presence of the "Son of Heaven" in Pekln. and carried out the same idea in regard to the presence of the ruler of the United States in Washington. Earl Li's embarrassment on this question was not unreasonable, and those he questioned on tho subject were Just as unable to satisfy his curiosity as piobably the majority of the general public would be.

The fact Is that, though the president of the united States In recant years has frequently been absent from ths capital in the Summer months, the Nation is never left without an acting Executive htre. The practice, begun by Mr. Cleveland during his first term, and closely- followed by Mr. Harrison, and again adopted by Mr. Cleveland in his second term, has been to designate some sptcl'tl Cabinet officer as the acting Executive.

He has full powers ts represent the President in the event of any unforeseen emergency arising in our relations with any foreign power. his power was notably exercised by Secretary Blaine in the settlement of the Italian incident growing out of the Mafia lynchings in New-Orleans. President Cleveland has three Cabinet officers to whom he delegates his power Secretary Olney of the State Department, Secretary Carlisle of the Treasury, and Secretary Lamont of the War Department. There has never been a time during this long Summer when one of these three men has not been on deck. When Olney went away, Carlisle staid here.

When Carlisle went to Maine. Lamont came back. If any emergency arises calling for Executive action, the other Cabinet officers consult the man on deck. Mr. Carlisle usually holds these conferences at his house, and so also does Secretary Lamont, who rarely visits the Wax Department in the dull season, and then only for a few minutes at a time.

Mr. Lamont is in charge now. If Lord Salisbury, through Ambassador Bayard, should cable an inquiry about the Venezuelan arbitration, the reply -would go out from the State Department in the name of the President; but would bo written by Secretary Lamont. of course, after communicating with Gray Gables, If the exigency seemed to Justify it. No one but Carlisle.

Olney, and Lamont has ever been left in this responsible position by Mr. Cleveland, but the fact that each in turn has been Acting President has been well known to their Cabinet associates, though probably not so generally understood by the public: The recent presence in this city of an English woman lawyer who professed to be much interested in the case of Mra May-brick, the American wife of a Liverpool stock broker, now undergoing life imprisonment for poisoning him, has revived stories that have been floating around for some time as to the value of the services rendered this most unfortunate woman by the late "Gail Hamilton" (Miss Abigail Dodge, cousin of Secretary Blaine's wife,) and the irreparable loss which Mra May-brick has suffered by her death. Those who know the actual facts also know that nothing could be further from the truth than these statements. It may seem an uncharitable thing to say of the dead, but every scrap of official and unofficial information pertaining to this case indicates that If "Gall Hamilton" had not taken up the matter and presented It in her own brusque and characteristic way. as If she were handling a political question.

Mrs. Maybrick would have been a free woman to-day. She was convicted on Insufficient evidence, after a charge by a Judge who afterward proved to be insane. It is known at the State Department that Gail Hamilton prepared a petition setting forth In her vigorous and caustic style the wrongs which, as she contended, British Justice had inflicted upon Mrs. May-brick.

This petition she induced the wives of all President Harrison's Cabinet to sign, Mrs. Blaine herself heading the list. None of tbem probably read the document. It was simply a woman's appeal for Justice to a woman wronged, and as such it touched their sympathies and enlisted their aid. and without much regard to diplomatic proprieties thev all signed it.

But when it got to the White House for presentation to Sirs. Harrison. Private Secretary Llge Hal ford intercepted it, exoressing himself somewhat strongly on the matter. The result Justified his action. In about three weeks Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, (not then Ambassador.) handed the petition back to Secretary Blaine with a statement that The British Government had declined to receive It at the hands of Minister Robert T.

Lincoln, and felt sure that its contents could not have been understood by the Secretary when he Inclosed it In the diplomatic mallbag. Inasmuch as no more Impertinent attempt to dictate the course of internal Justice within the limits of Jurisdiction of a friendly power had ever been brought to the notice of her Majesty's Government." Mr. Blaine glanced over the petition, saw Its Intensely undiplomatic tenor, and dropped the subject. The United States has never since been In a position to resume friendly Intercession on behalf of Mra Maybrick because of this unfortunate incident. The British Embassy during the Summer Is transferred to Newport, R.

but once In a while, some of the attaches come over to Washington to attend to routine business. One of these Under Secretaries this morning caught sight of a 'paragraph in a Chicago paper narrating how one Richard Arnold Fltzroy Berkeley," claiming to be a second son of Sir Fltzroy Berkeley of Berkeley Hall, Hants, England." had been sent down as a tramp by a Chicago police magistrate. That is Just what he deserved," remarked the diplomat. The man was an Impostor, so far as his statements In regard to his name and lineage are concerned. There Is no such title known in England as that to which this tramp lays claim.

There is no Fltzroy Berkeley baronetcy. There Is an Earl of Berkeley, but he does not live In Hampshire, Hants Is an abbreviation for the County of Hampshire.) but In Gloucestershire, and he has no son of any such name as that given by the Chicago tramp. In fact, both his sons are dead, and the title is in a fair way of becoming extinct. The Chicago police had better commit Mr. Richard Arnold Fltzroy Berkeley back to prison when he gets out.

for he is an undoubted fraud." Weodslde Dam Destroyers Arrested. Engineer P. E. Leahy. Secretary Hugh McElearney.

and Fletcher Davis of the Woodslde Water Company went to the dam of the company, near Long Island City, with a Deputy Sheriff, yesterday, and arrested a gang of men who were tearing down part of the dam. The Sam has been declared a nuisance by the Health Board of Newtown, and Jackson's Pond, which was closed by the dam. the Health Board said was Impure water, and the dam made it detrimental to public health. Part of the dam had been destroyed, and the work was being continued, under Ell Surbeck. when the water company officials arrived at it.

The Deputy Sheriff placed Surbeck. his brother Charles, William Roab. James Duncan. George Kalpf. William Sears.

Charles Hybock. and Thomas Dooley under arrest on the charge of wrecking the dam. All the prisoners were taken to Jamaica tor aa examination. WEAK SCAFFOLD KILLS TWO; Thiee Men Fell tm the Street with It front Fifth-Story Window. Stephen Brer n.

who lived in Clifton Place, Brooklyn, and R. W. Taylor of 17 West Eighty-fourth Street were killed, and John Shea of 30 Varick Street as severely Injured yesterday by the giving way of a scaffold, on which they were working at the fifth story of the building at 51 West Third Street. The accident happened a few minutes after 1 o'clock P. M.

The building, which is owned by Henry" Corn Co. of 156 Fifth Avenue, stands next to the Ireland Building, which collapsed while being built. stilling many workmen. Peter Toetevln of 28 Fourth Avenue is the contractor who Is putting up the Structure. The scaffold which gave way consisted of a number of Joists, nine by two inches, which were fastened in the window, and across which planking was laid.

The men who were killed and the injured man were the only ones on the scaffold when It broke and precipitated them to the street, a distance of fifty-five feet- The accident occurred without a moment's warning. A quantity of mortar and bricks had been placed on the scaffold, and it is said that it was of insufficient strength to bear the weight of. the three men and the material. The Joists on which the planking was laid broke and fell to the sidewalk. Breen and Taylor were almost instantly killed.

Their brains were dashed out and several bones in their bodies were broken. An ambulance was sent for in a hurry from St. Vincent's Hospital. Breen and Taylor's bodies were carried to the Mercer Street Station. Shea was found to be seriously injured, and the ambulance took him to the hospital.

Portions of the broken scaffold fell into the basement of the adjoining building, 63 West Third Street, and smashed the plate-glass window in the shop of William T. Ockendon. better known aa Billy the Oyster Man." A piece of the glass struck Ockendon. almost cutting his ear off and lacerating him face badly. He had his injuries dressed by a.

physician. Roundsman Bourke of tho Mercer Street Station made an Investigation Into the cause of the accident and concluded that the scaffold had not been constructed with sufficient strength. He arrested Samuel Toste-vin of 1,141 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, the foreman In charge of the work, on a charge of criminal carelessness. The foreman Is a brother of the contractor. He-was locked up in the Mercer Street Station.

i DELMONICO'S- CLAMS SEIZED.1 Inspectors Find Some That Are Below the Legal Slse. Under the game and fish laws of this State, a clam, to be of legal quality, must meaaaure at leaat ah inch and one-eighth across the shell. Persons who sell or dispose of clams of less than the lawful size are liable to a fine of 1100 for each of such clams. These facts were rudely, but effectively, impressed on the mind of the oyster-counter man in Delmonlco's, at William and Beaver-Streets, last Friday afternoon. Two men walked into that restaurant shortly after the lunch hour and asked for some clams on the half shell.

They stood before the oyster counter and were promptly served. Each of the men ate one clam and asked the opener If he could not give them some smaller ones. There are some little ones," exclaimed one of the men. suddenly, reaching behind the counter and grasping a handful of undersized clams that had been laid aslie. The man behind the counter sought to regain possession of the clams, but the stranger succeeded in putting a few of them in his pocket.

There was at once an indignant remonstrance from the opener, and a little scuffle ensued. The manager of the establishment hastened to the spot, and was informed by one of the strangers that they were inspectors for the State Game and Fisheries Commission, and that they had seized the clams because they were under the lawful size. The officers showed their badges and one of them took a. tape measure out of hia pocket and measured One of the clams, showing it to be less than 14 Inches across. Although the manager protested that the very small clams were not intended for sale or for use.

the officers took away those tha they had seized and will doubtless make a report regarding them to the State Commission. The whole affair was ridiculous," said Delmonlco's manager, yesterday. We are not lawbreakers here. The little clams that the men snatched from behind the oyster counter had been put aside in picking over a large quantity, for the very reason that they were not of the lawful siso. There waa no intention that they should be sold or served in any manner.

Of course, we know what the law is, and we respect it." The manager Intimated that the Inspectors were lacking in dignity as well as courtesy in their mode of procedure. BURGLARY IN HAVERSTRAW. Bobbers Eater the House of a Widow sad Secure a Good Prise. NTACk N. Sept.

12. Mrs. Hugh Toppin, an ageo widow, of Haverstraw, was boldly; robbed of a considerable sum of money, at her home last night. Mra Top-pin's husband died last Winter, and left her an insurance of $3,000. which she recently received and placed in one of the Haverstraw banks.

She ordered a tombstone for her husband's grave. In Mount Repose Cemetery, and yesterday drew from the bank the sum of $375, to pay for the tombstone and lay in coal and other stores for the Winter. She took the money home, intending to keep it there all night. Mrs. Toppin retired early last night, the only other person in the house being her daughter, who slept in a room up stairs.

She was awakened by a noise in her room, and was startled to see two men standing by her bedsida. One of them pointed a revolver at her head, and told her he wanted her money. She replied, in a trembling voice, that she had no money in the house. The man told her she lied, for he said he knew she had drawn a goodly sum from the bank during the day. The other man then came up, drew a razor from his pocket, and flourished it in front of the aged, trembling woman's face.

The men then searched the room, found the money, threw It on a table and counted it, and then left, after theatening to kill Mrs. Toppin if she' made any outcry within half an hour after they left. Mrs. Toppin's son came home a short time afterward, and at once, with others, instituted a search for the burglars, but could find no trace of them. Mrs.

Toppin said the men were strangers to her. but they knew of her taking the money from the bank. It Is Indeed a Dark Mystery. From London Truth. What is the reason for the extraordinary variations In the prices charged for the same drug by different drugglstsT I have recently been compelled, for my sins, to have a prescription made up at three different chemists.

The first was the Army and Navy Stores, where the price was 10d. The second was at the seaside, where the price was la 3d. The third waa In another country town, where the price was la 9d. There is. therefore, a difference of SO per cent, between the stores' price and the seaside price, and a difference of llu per cent, between the former and the country chemist's price.

I doubt whether a similar discrepancy could be found In any other branch of retail trade, and why should it be so in the chemists'? Rawark Worlclwsjmew Fortawate. From The Newark C. Advertiser. Sept. 4.

No important industry in city, has shut down in consequence of. the financial stringency, and the hope may be shared with our Industrious wage earners that no necessity will arise for such a thing. NATIONAL GUARD NOTES. The annual competition for the State and brigade trophies will be shot for at Creed-moor next Thursday, and some keen competition and some big scores will result. The contest for the State trophy, it Is expected, will fall to the Twelfth.

Seventh, or Twenty-third Reglmeai, which, it la thought, have the strongest teams. It is not unlikely, however, that the Seventy-first Regiment team may prove to be exceptionally strong, and hold its own with the favorites. The Adjutant General's match, open to teams of three, for a trophy presented 'by Major General 'K. A. McAlpln, will be shot for next Friday, and a large number of entries will be made.

Th competition for the Governor'a Cup, which represents the individual championship of the National Guard, will be shot for next Saturday, and the contest will be equally interesting. For the purpose of comparison, the following figures, relative to- the outcome of the matches last year, be found useful at this time. The aggregate scores of each team are arranged in the order of merit: STATES MATCH. soo ittn two eooABSre- Yds. Yds.

Twenty-third Twelfth 241 Seventh Regiment. ..24 24 Sevemy-nm 24 Twenty-oecond 22A Thirteenth Regiment.23t! 211 Fortr-aeenlh 231 Eighth 1U7 luj Mii. Yd, (ate. Z43 1HU 241 24 1 2.HS 213 1M 1.S2 2.W 1 217 ITS 178 165 Ml V5 t7 STS 914 704 FIRST BRIGADE MATCH. Twelfth 245 23 251 242 909 Seventh 237 27 2tJ 230 S77 Peventy-flrst 244 2-M 249 O.Vt Twenty -second 220 227 SWl 877 Kighth 1W4 l'J5 104 139 713 SECOND BRIGADE MATCH.

Twenty-third 235 234 229 MS Thirteenth Regiment. 214 2S1 201 203 4 Forty-seventh 220 202 142 77 The Adjutant General's Match, open -to teams of three men each, was won by Company Twenty-third Regiment. Capt. Hamlin, on a score of 140 points out. of a possible 210.

The Governor's Match was won by Private D. Hazeltlne of the Thirteenth Separate Company, en a score of H8 points out of a possible HlO. Lieut. 8. S.

Stebbins of the Twelfth Regiment being second, with S3 points. In the Seventy-first Regiment Lieut. Henry A. Paterson of Company who was elected to that command Dec 27, 1S04, from the Twenty-third Regiment, has resigned. The reason given for this action is that he has moved to a Southern State.

The members of Company in electing Lieut. L. W. Mc-Leod of Company a First Lieutenant, have secured a very competent officer. Company A enjoyed a very pleasant outing last Monday at Pleasure Bay, N.

J. The committee in charge were: Quartermaster Sergt. George W. Clark, Sergt. J.

A. Cnard. Corps. P. H.

Short, and W. F. Crockett. Privates E. W.

Route, H. D. Odell. R. Crockett, and C.

Montague. The members of this company are particularly anxious to receive a call from the Regimental Marshal, as they have a little account they would like to settle with him. The members of Company enjoyed themselves on an outing on Staten Island Labor Day. when they took possession of Pine Grove. Private M.

F. Carroll of Company has been promoted to be Corporal. The following non-commissioned officers, recently promoted, have passed the Examining Board and have been warranted: Quartermaster Sergt. W. H.

Carr. Sergta James Barker, J. M. Oakley, F. Crockett, and C.

C. Bachmann. 'a. In the sixth supplementary practice day at Creedmoor range for qualification as sharpshooters, the Ninth Regiment not only qualified the greatest number, but a member of that command. Private L.

Wusseman of Company made the highest score 49 out of a possible 50 points. It Is a noteworthy fact that of the rixteen sharpshooters of the Ninth Regiment who qualified, thirteen were members of Company A. Capt- O'Connor. The following are the names of the members in each organization who qualified: SQUADRON A. Lieut.

R. H. Sayre. 41 Corp. A.

Wendt, Troop 1 44 Sergt. A. E. Braithwaite. non-commlaaloned staft .....43 Trooper A.

A. Robbins. Troop 1 i TROOP C. Trooper L. 8.

Barrett .43 xrooper w. tr. ote Tens. ..41 SEVENTH REGIMENT. Lieut.

W. 3. Underwood, Company 47 i-rivate uoya. jompany Jv ........47 Sergt. T.

J. Conroy, Company. .48 Corp. O. Smith.

Company Private M. B. Atkinson. Company 45 Sergt. L.

j. Joscelyn, Company 45 tsergt. w. M. Brown, Company 45 Private L.

Q. Frankau. Company .44 Corp. E. Hewitt.

Company B. .43 Sergt. W. F. Smith, Company .44 EIGHTH REGIMENT.

Corp. F. Van Beerkson, Company Capt. C. P.

Staubach. Company 43 Quartermaster Sergt. H. 8. Latlirop, Company ....43 NINTH REGIMENT.

Private L. Wusseman. Company D. .....4 Lieut. M.

J. Mahoney, Company A. ...44 Capt. S. 8.

O'Connor, Company A 40 Sergt. W. McDonnell. Company 4ti Quartermaster Kergt F. H.

Hoyt, Company A. .45 Private A. J. Brown. Company .4 Sergt.

J. Hegarty, Company A 45 Sergt. E. J. Cullen.

Company .....45 Lieut. E. J. 'W'interroth, ataff 45 Lance Corp. M.

F. Welch. Company A 43 Prtvste H. T. Ruddick.

Company A 42 Private A. J. Redmond. Company A. ..42 Private J.

Immerman. Company A ......42 Corp. F. H. Klppe.

Company 42 Private W. J. Knobloch. Company Private E. Barry, Company A 43 TWELFTH REGIMENT.

Corp. H. Ahrens, Company Lieut. T. W.

Huston, Company 43 Private J. Egan, Company 43 Private J. Kesalar. Company .......42 Corp. H.

Hlacook, Company .....42 THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. Private D. O. Dewey, Company Corp. W.

Vlckera. Company A 4H Private F. P. Da Vlgne. Company 4J Q.

M. Sergt. J. S. Maralloua, Company FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.

A. C. Rantoch, Company A ............4 Lieut. J. P.

McKamara. Company C. ..42 Capt. J. F.

Carroll. Company ........42 Sergt. O. W. Granger.

Company .......42 Corp. M. J. Kerrigan, Company A. ..43 Sergt.

W. George. Company A .......4.1 Corp. J. O.

Porterhouse. Company 42 Private O. Boy. Company ...42 Corp. W.

F. Craig, Company 42 Private R. A. Stretton, Company F. ...42 Corp.

H. H. Frary, Company ..42 TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. Lieut. C.

H. Stoddard, Company A. Private T. McTlerney. Company A.

Capt. F. Iaherwood, Company .......46 Sergt. E. W.

Gon. Company H. 45 Corp. R. N.

Davla. Company C. .44 Sergt. W. S.

Con row. Company 44 I'rivata D. F. Lincoln, Company .44 Private J. P.

Kopp. Company C. ..............44 Private A. Swanske, Company 1. .43 Capt.

M. M. Miles. Company 43 Private J. W.

Crawford. Company A. ......43 Private W. Burtis, Company ..........42 Lance Corp. A.

W. Warren. Company TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. Private H. D.

Supin, Company Corp. W. B. Wlllard, Company .....49 Private A. Q.

Klndlay. Company O. .44 Corp. J. P.

D. Shiebler, Company Sernt. F. B. Beck with.

Company B. 43 Corp. R. S. Cook, Company 43 Capt.

H. Suydam. Company I .........43 Lance Corp. R- K. Shepard.

Company A. .43 Sergt. H. O. Story.

Company A. ..42 Private J. K. Frink. Company 42 Privates.

E. Islam. Company .....42 Sergt. A. 8.

Combers. N. C. 8 .42 FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. Senrt-R- H.

Reed. Company A .44 8ergt. Major F. H. Hobby.

X. C. 8 44 Corp. J. A.

Nellson, Company .42 Major H. H. HCjuick. ataff ia 8IXTT-NINTH REGIMENT. Private J.

F. MuIIina. Company B. SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT. Private W.

W. Hart. Company .......45 Private J. 8. Fleck noe.

Company I .,..,..45 Sergt. F. 8. Maswell. Company ,..44 Private J.

Baas. Company 43 Capt. F. Keck. Company K.s....

......42 J. J. McDerraott. Company F. ..42 Private A.

E. Wlljon, Company 42 Private Charles Wardens. Company NAVAL BATTALION, E. Clark. Second Division.

44 The First Battery. Capt. Louis Wendel. will hold its annual Fall reunion at Fort Wendel Park. One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Saturday afternoon and evening, Sept.

2tL The dancing will commence at 4 o'clock. Col. Watson of the Thirteenth Regiment has directed that company drills be resumed on Thursday evening. Oct. 1.

There will be a regimental recruit class, and the recruits in person will report to Battalion Adjt. W. 11. Van Kleeck. who will have charge of the instruction, assisted by Battalion Sergt- Major Caae.

Company instruction," says Col. Watson. should be so conducted a a. to be progressive, and cover, during the drill season, the entire scope of the school of the company. Absolute correctness.

aa far as possible. In every feature and detail of a movement should be secured before passing to another. Much couald araUoo wiU be given to alignments covering In file, intervals, and distances. A portion of each evening will be devote to Uie manual of enca. Kvery e.Tcrt shouia be put forth to secure uniformity and precision; and as mi ail in this reepect, rlvinr alms confidence and quickness in handltn-r of the piece, ftequent practice la te bay onet eseruia la reooni.ti-rvjed.

livery com-Duv drill vill be eracsil bv a oarf f'Jl in- spection of uniforms. Iwasses. boxes, ru general appearance as to neatnej ami cleanliness, and In addition frequent practice will be given In the position of the piece at inspection arms. "VN hen not up tM standard, the correction mut be made once." Col. Watson extends hbt thenks the officers and enlisted mn or the rr1menc for the earnest and united purport he has received at their hands since betng placed ir and says he faithfully trust there will be no falling off In.

this reffeot during the season now opened. Cart. William A. Turpln of Companv I has been appointed Chairman of the House Committee. Capt.

John T. Jennings of Company wl'l remain In the regiment until Jan. 15 neit. at which time his resignation will go into effect. The Hospital Corps of the State will short ly be supplied with a new badge an irregular square, on the centre of which Is Geneva crosa The badge wlsf be suspended from a bar.

which Is Dinned to the coat. Those who have seen the design state that it is a very poor one. Capt. T. W.

Timpson of the Seventy-first Regiment will, it Is understood, be appointed Commissary of Subsistence on the staft of Col. Seward of the Xlnth Regiment. Lieut. Bleecker. who sent In his resignation with Capt.

Timpson a short time ago. has agreed to withdraw It. and will be. it Is expected, elected Captain to succeed Timpson. Company Twenty-second Regiment, haa appointed a committee, consisting of Corp.

W. 8. Wilson and Privates II. Meyers and C. L.

Angell, to arrange for an annual dinner. Company has decided to hold a Dutch on Friday evening. Oct. 9, to which the veterans of the company are Invited. The committee In charge of the en tertainment is composed of Lieut.

Buck. First Sergt. Parks, Corp. Stevenson. Prlvata Slessinger.

and Private Horton. In Company I. Twenty-second Regiment. of which Capt. William B.Smlth la com mandant, twenty-four members of the com pany.

performed 100 per cent, of duty last season and ten members missed but on drill. The following are the names of the 100 per cent, men, to whom medals will be presented: First Lieut. Bennett. Second Lieut. Lowenbeln.

First Sergt. Turney, Quartermaster Sergt. Callaghan. ScrgU Disbrow. Sergt.

Alten, Corp. Burke. Corp. Dorrance. Corn.

Foster. Private Fischer. Private Hlgglns. Private Kubler. Private Lamb, Private Levy, irrvate aicamara.

Private Marsh. Private O'Conner, Private Perrlne. Private A. B. Tate, Private Trumm.

Private Wilson. Private J. O. Watson, Private Williams, and Private Rlddeil. The names or tnose wno missea out drill are: Sergt.

Mayer. Privates J. 3, Brown; Erwin. Kelly. Malony.

Wright. H. Watson, Fender, Phillips, and on Sieg-hardt. Sergt. Alten receives a solid gold medal for five years' continuous lot) per cent.

duty. An election will be held In Company Eighth Regiment, for a Second lieutenant next Thursday night. The only candidate Is Sergt. ClpolarL Lieut. T.

F. Jacoby. Assistant Inspector of Rifle Practice, has accepted the nomination for Fst Lieutenant in Company H. and an election will be held next month. There are five vacancies for Second Lieutenants remaining unfilled.

The) drill season will be opened on Friday evening. Oct. by a regimental review and reception. Company drills will begin om Monday evening. Oct.

5. There will he regimental recruit class, and Lieut. W. J. Smith of Company will be detailed In charge.

Col. Chauncey Intends to have everv man In the regiment present the best possible appearance, and to this end will direct that the men of each company be carefully Inspected each drill night as to care of uniforms and brasses, and any man who falls to parade in perfect condition will not be to leave, the armory until he makes good the defects. Permission has been granted for the orca-nizatlon of a regimental athletic club. Particular attention is to be given to the social entertainment of the members and their friends the coming season, and the regiment wkl hold a monthly entertainment during the drill season. The proceeds from these entertainments are to be used solely In connection therewith.

To further the lntereat of the members of the resriment, the committee In charge of the regimental social events will consist of four commissioned officers, one non-commissioned officer and tto privates from each company, and two members of the non-commissioned ataff. Gov. Coffin of Connecticut, in an official order, tenders his hearty congratulations to the members of the National Guard of his State uponvthe success of the recent camp, and says: Never did officers and men work more faithfully, never was thera more enthusiasm, better discipline, and deportment manifest than that which characterized the conduct of the troops during encampment week. "The State of Connecticut has every reason to be proud of her cltisen soldiery whose efficiency Is recognised by the best authorities of the Nation. It was demonstrated at Camp Graham that the Connecticut brigade could go Into camp and bv Its conduct reflect credit upon the State w'hicb has done so much for It.

The words of commendation from Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the United States Army, cannot do otherwise than to stimulate and encourage every officer and enlisted man to still greater effort to make the Connecticut National Guard the banner organisation in the country. The success of Camp Graham Is a matter of record, and in years to-come, all who participated In and contributed toward that success can look back upon it with feelings of pride and sxtlsfao-tlon." A trolley party, to be followed by a danea and supper, has been arranged by Company K. Forty-seventh Regiment, for Tuesday evening next, when a trip will be made to West End Park.

Jamaica. L. I. Joseph Hart. Sergt.

William J. Irving. Corp. wT C. Ufferheld.

Private G. A. McMunn and Charles Tobln constitute a Committee of Arrangements. PURINGT0N KENNEDY'S XUCK. A Blaelc Crook Aetar rat to iitcp la av Prison.

There was fringe on his trousers, and his clothes were of a dark greenish hue from exposure to the elements, but be kept a firm grip on a cane as he was led In front of the bar in the Essex Market Court yesterday on a charge of drunkenness. He was found sound asleep on the Bowery Friday night. What is your name?" asked Magistrate Brann. Purlngton he replied. Tour business? I am an actor." he replied.

but in hard luck. All done was to He down. I done no harm to any one but myself." "That was replied the Magistrate. "Yes, Judge, it was too much. I am playing In a 'Black Crook company In Hobo-ken, and we have a matinee to-day and must be there." You are fined $3." said the Magistrate.

"My God! What will I do?" exclaimed Kennedy. "The show is no good without me, and I only have cents to pay me fare across me jerry. He was led Into the prison, and he began to give recitations in his cell. When he started to recite heavy part it was necessary to give him aa opiate. Can Sail Ssuaaaaeas to Door.

Justice Beekmaa. In Special Term. Part 1L, of the Supreme Court, yesterday granted an order allowing counsel for the plaint-, iffs to serve the summons In a suit brought, by Xonald, Gordon St bankers and brokers, against F. Jerome Gardner, to recover J2.8ia.7u, by nailing it to the door of the defendant's residence, Amsterdam Ave--' nue and One Hundred and Forty-fourtn The. plaintiffs allege that the amount sued for was due on account of transactions entered Into by tJardner.

M. Schuchman made an aindavn. In whlet. he said he knew the defendant was In the house because he saw him eatar by t- I cel deor-.