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1SS3. ET THE TU'3 CI prjee WILL I1EET IN SYRACUSE WOULD TUT THE: GICL SUST. GOLD SQIPHENTTOIS WAY ITILL113X DOUGLAS BALFOUR DEAD. ORANGE INITIATE BRANDED SUE SATED XIAX US THE SURF. CflARGED WITH JIOMEST-MOXKT DEMOCRATS TO 3ATBER TBERB OX 'ADO.

II. Hefrae Ors-aaleatlem Hm gemt Out tha Call tor tha Comvmtlm Pre-r UlluafvUtMtUM I th Stat Oflttn Left ffIt Th Itat DtMMrMj Mm Prcnmr- CsBltte to He-Hrt Akit tk FriMriM. Th honest-money Democrats of this state will UMmbU la traTMUoa at Syracuse at noon Monday. and delegates to tb convention of the National Democratic Party to be held In Indianapolis Bent. 2.

Th Stat Commute or the Demoeratlo Party Reform Organization mot yesterday a tae office of Lawrenc E. Sexton. Pino Street, and Issued the call. as follows: The Eleoiora of the Dtmooratle Party Reform OraaUation ere to meet to fheaeT- Iron uk AnwiMr district, to th Mate Con-1. lave, at 13 o'clock to choooa dtlmtMU Netlonal'SScfTtTrFSt" Indlan.poli.

ept, iMM aad to KSXIm.i". PwWe for the nomination of iSS sad other State m.L oleetloa. or to tZ. ln premiee aa th ooovn. advtaabl.

end to "1. Pfopar be ttiaa considered by tne party in this State. oo-oparauoo ox ell r-r-- ana wno oaueTe tnat fe. 'k. Pii hoot doUera.

end that dabta, pubuo and prtvala. ahould not be repudl-atad. but ahould be acrapuioualr paid: of ait laocrate who would S.tat the Vttack now aacrUtfckpualy made In tha nama of aaaocracy up induatry and thrift, end would protect front that attack eavlnca-bank penaionara ef tha war, banailclai-lae of Ufa Utauranoa. end hoM waaa la evary form, and of Jif who nav anT loyal to prtnclplaa end policy to which, tha Democratle Varty hea ataadfaatly adharsd durtn taorethaa a eantury. For the Btata CbmmlttceT' t1? V.

A. A Chairman. CHARLES J. EDWARDS, dacratarj. It era at Syracuse that.1 In May, 1882.

the famous An U-tinap Convention which had so much effect ln brtnalna; about the jmlnaUon of air. Cleveland at Chioaco. The list of delejrate that will be elected at byracuae will be made up largely of men who have been prominent ln the Democratic Party of Nsw-York for years. P'n the auestlon whether a candidate for Oovernor, Lieutenant Uot-f11 f. end Justice of the Court of Appeals shall be nominated at this convention or ln.

the wlaJom of the delegates It shall be deemed best to nominate these Bit without waltins; for the action of the Democmtio Convention be held Buffalo Sept. 10. this course wUl be taken, tout many of the members of the committee are of the opinion It wUl be better to wait until after the buffalo Convention. AlOaml Af Hat r1Ua ak.aa .1 A A a sent the genuine Democratic sentiment of tha State In Indianapolis will probably start ea the same day for the National Convention. At the meetlnr -of -the State Committee yesterday tha foUowlns gentlemen were elected as additional members of" the committee: Ueorce F.

Peabody ey Kdward It. Shepard of Brooklyn; Mayor Patrick of Lonx T. (). borne of Auburn; Simeon. Holroyd of Albany, Oen.

John K. Mulford of Havana. Sohuyler County; Daniel A. Otden Penn Taa. yates County; Charles Koe of Rocn-atr.

J. J. Blppua of Port, Orange County; Irving II. Jpatmer of Cortland. viarit or Waterloo, cteneca County, other aJUiiions are to bs made.

The Executive Committee was partially constituted as follows: Robert A. Wide-mann. John De Witt Warner, Robert Grler, ilonroe, F. Peabody, Charles Tra-cey. and Franklin D.

Locke. In view of the action taken by the Stats Committee of the Democratlo Party Reform Organisation, the. Executive Committee of the State Democracy met last night at the headquarters of the' Ninth Assembly District orranisatlon, ln West Twenty-third Street, tn make the preliminary, arrangements for calling the primaries to elect delegates to the Syracuse Convention. Chairman Ct-arles 8. Fairchlld and Vice Chairman Frauds M.

Scott ware both out of the city, ai.d Roger Foster presided. There was a genera) dlscueanon of the sit-uaUon. which was parUclpated In by Mau-rle J. Power and CoL Robert Qrler Monroe. Mr.

Power pointed out the necessity of the. organisation putting its shoulder flrmly to the wheel In this cruia CoL Monroe said that there would be a. very large accession to the ranks of the organisation, and that many would eagerly seise the opportunity of going as delegates to jY-p- Grote wanted to have it distinctly H. district should send 1 dlS-ates. and that the leaders ot be obliged to send menTsug-reated by the central organisation.

Mr. Jrote was assured that there would be no trouble on this point. no opposition to the proposition to hold primaries to elect delegates to Syracuse. The sentiment was ell in favor of it. On motion of Thomas Costlgan the whole question was wMiua.vi in iuuowiuv committee, which will report to the Executive Committee Monday night: O.

Monroe, Wallace MacFarlane, James Byrne, Maurice J. Power, and Roger Foster. This committee has power to call the trl-maries if It sees It will certainly report In favor of calling the primaries, and they will be held next week. 1HEPARDITES FAVOR AOCXD KOXRT. i 'v Tkey Alsa Iealre si leaad Daaaeermtle Ttelcet ta Vote Far.

The Executive Committee of the Democratic: Party ln Kings County held a meeting in the Clarendon Hotel. Brooklyn, last eight to discus the currency question. Walter C. Burton presided. There were present Edward M.

Shepard. George Fos ter Peabody, Robert H. Roy. J. Greene, John Kelley, Daniel Moynahan.

Theodora Nye, B. Tan Wyck. Oeorge Eno, Thomas Kanns, and. many ethersw The meeting was held In execuUve oes-aloo, because, as Mr. Roy stated, It waa the desire to get aa Idea of the feeling; that ex lata In the various wards en the subject the currency.

M. Shepard made the: principal address, which contained, it was said, the same Idsaa that he has already made public. Other addresses were made containing similar sentiments, and the discussion then gave place to bearing reports from' the executive members of each ward. Every ward was represented except the Tenth and Thirty-first, but It was reported that those wards were strongly opposed -to liver. All the wards were In favor of gold and a third ticket, with the exception of the Thirteenth and the Fifteenth.

The executive members of these wards stated that the sentiment in them was strongly in favor of allrer that la, the delegatea to the General Committee were la favor of silver, but the executive members said that while the members of the associations In these two wards might aupport Bryan, they intended to remain loyal to the Democratic Party In Kings County. The Executive Committeeman of the Thirteenth Wsrd Is A J. Morse. Martin Halpln represented th Fifteenth Wsrd, XcKhine; that was done last night la' bind-tig, but Friday there wiu be a of the tieneral Committee of the or- rar.lntlon. end at that time It Is probable tat Mr.

offer a resolution fa voring th standard and a third ticket. Tne KtUav night meeting- la expected ti be aa iiiuortAnt one. as the committee not rr.et since the Democratic Natjonsj at CMctto. Tne committee without doubt, repudiate the Demo-crii nominal nl coma out stronr'y for a iu-'i. 1 ne reports of the xecu- i- -t r-ijat decided wftat Mi ersuaVesit Said te Rave De-Teres sle Cab-era.

KooAtaa, Arizona, Aug-. 19. The Indies Joed SeJeedo, who was brought la Sunday, la oa the list of the original nineteen rebels and has been Identified aa one of those en-earad In the fight on the mornlnr of the X2ta Inst. All the prisoners were given a bearing yesterday before United States Court Commissioner Taylor and pleaded not guilty. Mucn Peculation aa to whether they can turned over to the Mexican Government Once across the line, short work would be made of ail of them.

Xt la reported her that tha Mexican Government haa already made a requisition on the United State for Lauro Agulrre and Teresa at Eeso0 father, who Is. with her Pflaonera aay her father Is moreto blame than she. aa the girl does trf wants her to. Agulrre is the vTevrfitKr11 liZJT educated man In his 1 to be dissipated. It th.5,UK1,tabt th Mexican officials here sntJ Teresa, by their f'onS aed the death of more Vi1000 People ln the last six or seven years.

i I00.1 wno work on LfBl wJto wer ound town yeeterday before the attack on Koealea. have returned to work or appUed for their Ani. -A courier dispatched by The Tucson Star to the scene Hner between the xequi Indians and the Seventh Cavalry 5iht- reports that there JkI and that no Indians are to be found In the vicinity. The alleged courier who brought the news of the fight to yeterday morning proved to be th. Seventh Cavalry.

He coted? Wl" BABY PLACED 05 BaILBOaD TBaCK. a f- Appraaekeel wl Train Train No. of the New-Jersey and New-York Railroad starts from Jersey City and rune to Haverstraw, N. each morning. Whan It waa approaching tha switch where the New-Jersey and New-Tork and the West Shore Road tracks cross yesterday "wrnlng.

its engineer, O. B. Doremus. saw something white on the track in front of th engine. The turntable at Haverstraw la not In working order, so at Spring- Valley the engineer had his engine turned about, and at the time he saw the object the engine was running tender first.

Th engineer thought the object was a dog, and did not try to stop his train. As he approached-nearer, he saw-the bundle move, and saw It contained a child. He did some quick work with lever and brake, and stopped tha train when the tender waa within a few feet of the child. Joseph the fireman, climbed down and picked up the little one. It was to sft.

Ju about able to creep, not able There Is but one bouse anywhere near the place, and there nothing was known of the infant. Mall Avm. "iiuu vi ins i mill threw what Is supposed to be some light on the affair. He said that shortly before the train irnnnjul ka Or nat mail mw ml a light suit running, rapidly along the West Shore tracks toward th mountains and away from where the baby was picked up. wmv.

uuuicu wem auao given a oeacription of the man seen by ng- utai Aigni ne- naa not been foentU The child le being cared for near where it was discovered. 1 The clothing worn by the child of good quality. The place where the Infant waa fnnn la. 1 i wondl 1 i T. m- HU11V' UVVH anywhere near.

JL BOX aRBLSTED FOR THEFT. Vletor Lekaaasm, Eleven Tears Old, 1 Aesmeedl by Haeleaa lhapkeeper. Victor Lebmann, eleven years old, was arrested last night for robbing a small notion and fancy store at 2.143 Third Avenue, Th boy and several others. It Is said, brok open a small showcase which stood In front of the store, and wer in the act of pilfering articles therefrom when observed by Alexander Frits, the' proprietor. He chased them, and captured young Leh-mann.

'At the station house Frits placed a hairbrush on th Sergeant' desk, and said he took It from th boy. Lehmann said he did not steal the brush, but that Louis Jacob of 209 East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street had taken the brush and handed It to him. Young Lehmann was detained at the station, and policeman was sent to bring In the Jacobs boy, but he returned and said the family was not at home. Th Ihmsnn boy is a son of Carl Lehmann, who has his dental parlors in the front rooms of his home at IflJO Eau One Hundred and Twenty-third Street. Mr.

Frits said that his showcase had been broken open no lese than four times within the last week, and numerous small articles had been stolen. Young Lehmann says that he never has stolen anything, but admitted that he was aware of the other boys having dote so. He was sent to the Gerry society rooms, and will be arraigned In the Harlem Polio Court this morning. PISTOL 15 TJSE TWICE 15 A WEEK. HeaTJmlem Mem- lm Lyss Set eeo-a Agcals.

Sateets svst AsaaUlaat. Ltkw, Masa'Aug. 18. William J. Whit-ten of Haverhill.

a non-union laster, was entering the Thomas O. Plant Company's ho factory this afternoon, when he waa set upon by members of. a. crowd that bad gathered at th entrance and quite severely pummeled. He drew, a revolver and fired point blank at on of his assailants, Charles O.

Barlow. Inflicting a flesh wound In tha thigh, When Barlow and a companion named George Plerson went to Dr. Leland M. Baker's office for medical assistance, the doctor notified th police, and the two men were arrested for assault on Whltten, who has not yet been arrested. Barlow and Plerson are lasters employed In another factory In Lynn, but are strong sympathlxers with the Plant Company strikers.

The shooting caused excitement, and there Is much feeling against Whltten, who was arrested a few days ago for using his pistol la self-defense, but waa discharged. BRIDEGROOM HAD K0 H05ET. Jastloe Via Bmerem Oo KaJFaa sad Kept tk Certlaemt. William Stewart of 604 Commuaipaw Avenue and Mine Annie Coleman, eighteen, of 108 York Street. Jersey City, called at the City Hail yesterday afternoon to be married.

Mayor Wanser la at Sea Girt. Civil Justice Benjamin Van Buerea waa called. He performed the ceremony. The bridegroom was faultlessly dressed, and the Justice was confident of a generous fee. After the eertijocate had been niled out.

Stewart took the Magistrate aside and re- 'rm "dead broke to-day. but rn see you In a day or two and make It -l risit. Very-well." answered the disappointed Magistrate. "Tkm you com around you can have th ceruaeate. I'll keep it until a he ar-hout their cerUicat.

aZSTGAGKMEXT OF fdt.000,000 T5t tOJT- DO 31 FOR IMPORT. Xa Praat 1st Traasaeties. at the Present Exchange The Psrae'te Avert Daaajer mt aeri-aaa Btrlwajeaey 1st th at eaiey MarketOther Shlpsseata ExpeeteeV Exchange at S43, Us Uw Rate far th Tear. Gold to the amount of 2.000.000 was engaged In London' yesterday tor shipment to this city' Saturday.1 -In all likelihood other shlpmenu will follow. No estimate of the amount to be Imported yet possible.

It will probably be sufficient to avert serious stringency in th money market, that being the purpose In Gold Imports are not profitable at the present rate of exchange. Any statement will be misleading which assumes that the arrival of gold now Is wholly unforced. The purpose of the shippers who will bring it Is to guard against a danger, not imminent, yet foreseen. If that shall result, those to be benefited will be quit reconciled not only to shipments without profit, as exchange transactions, but even to shipment that may involve some sacrifice. It.

fortunately happens that the effort to bring gold from abroad Is attended with less difficulty than at other times when the "money market threatened Restraints upon general business have turned the trade balance la favor of this country in advance of the movement of crops. Foreign credits nave Increased nearly in the last three months, of which about 147,000,000 have represented the excess of merchandise and silver exports over Imports. 1 A favoring condition closely related to the foreign commerce account has been the release of bills of exchange. Speculators and participants ln the political scare loaded op with. exchange several months ago.

In expectation that It would advance. When light demand weakened rates, these holdings were unloaded. Their sale depressed the market, not only far below the exporting point for gold, but close, to Its importing point. Hardening rates for money have lately attracted foreign loans, which tended still further, to depress It. touched low rate Tor the year terday, at At M.84.

gold might be brought here in the natural course of business. It would come ln quantities If the rate were fractionally cheaper than $4-84. Thus those who wish to Import It have before them the task of reducing the exchange rate only from 1 to cents a pouna sterling. Gold imports were started In -1893, under conditions slightly similar to the present ones, with exchange at was forced down to M. 824 "before the movement which brought In gold here, had run Its course.

The undertaking in the exchange market now promised is trifling compared with that of 183. is -not doubtea among banking men. that the timely application'1 of the lesson" then learned will now -prevent troubrei' Conditions which) th Importing movement Is designed-to overcome- are the-purchase and withdrawal of gold for the depletion Of bank. oeposlta." and, the currency shortage, --which mark commercial' paper difficult of banks have recently -been adding to. heir ln the hope of more nearly satisfying currency demands, but interior drafts, particularly from the South and West, where crops are maturing, more than offset gaina from this source.

1 The gain In circulation thus provided has the arrest merit of a. substantial basis in the deposit of Government bonds as security for it, but this remedy for shortage waa not appUed soon and was far too. limited ln extent to relieve the situation. There seems to be no way to prevent hoarding of any kind of money. Since the Treasury reserve became $110,000,000 by bank contributions, a few weeks ago, it haa been subjected to drain, until the reduction exceeds $6,000,000.

In addition to this drain, which has -Increased -the store of legal tenders In the Treasury, gold has been withdrawn from banks or bought in auantitlea outside. Dealers have had a good market lately among persons deterred by sentimental or other reasons from taking gold from the Treasury, and tne premium on It has been regularly quoted at one-quarter to one-half of 1 per cent. The advance is called a commission. If currency were released to meet th demands of business apprehension would at once too eased. The Treasury policy of governing the endless chain of gold withdrawals has led to a great accumulation of currency ln the Treasury.

Threatened outside scarcity la Illustrated almost every day down town, when banks turn gold over to the Treasury-for currency. They do not wish to surrender the gold, but they must have currency, and that Is the most convenient way to get it. It to believed that Imports of gold will remedy the trouble. Tne gold will go to the Treasury- for the same reason that the banks put It there now. Talk of a commission or premium on the gold to come cannot be predicated or plans for Its exchange at the Treasury for currency.

If a premium Is to be paid to cover interest and incidentals of shipments, the Treasury will certainly not pay It. Thla cost must be borne either by the shippers or by tboee whom the Importation will ultimately benefit. In regard to the $2,000,000 ordered yesterday, there la reason to believe that loss can be avoided. The Importing house was able, through its abroad, to send gold to Europe, after other shipments had ceased last season, by an arrangement which got rid of interest charges for the period of transit. If those arrangement have been renewed for imports, as Is probable.

$4.85 may be a low enough rat to serve the present purpose without material sacrifice. If banks wish to facilitate gold Imports, they must follow a similar plan. No formal or concerted action has yet been taken, but some of the bank Presidents who have conferred on the subject suggest that th banks loan money to merchants, so that they may buy commercial bills. The gold brought ln exchange for those bills would repay the loans. Banks would almply forego Interest on -their.

money thus loaned. Currency could be released with the gold. Concerted action, promptly taken by the banks In this line would probably avert the threatened use of Clearing House certlii-cates. It Is probable that the banks will soon move in the matter. The beginning of Imports and the probability of their continuance until conditions inducing them shall cease to be artificial, are regarded as the best financial sign of the season.

The money scare of 1S33, when the 'power for mischief of the Sherman sliver law was most alarming, sent rates for call loans to 74 per cent, and for prime commercial paper to 15 per cent. In that year the banks waited until danger was upon them before taking strong measures for relief. This year they are taking care that there shall be no repetition of that experience, by measures of precaution and prevention ln advance of any acute trouble. Stiver Is at -the bottom of unrest now. as It three years ago.

The political scare has been abated ln the talk of Investors. It Is hoped that the measures now In hand for providing an abundance of currency will work a revival of confidence and convince business Interests that the strong sense of the people will be as effectually applied to Populism as it was to the silver-purchase act. Bankers promise that if the political managers will work as earnestly and to as good purpose as the financial leader ln the coming few weeks, the prediction wiU be entirely safe that business will soon be prosperous again. MaedrwA Massess Pveeeat. Nkw-Hatxx.

Con Aug. IS. The reunion of the Maaaoa family a the Unltad States was a Id here to-day. the exarciaee opening hi tao Valtad Church. The praaldlcr otr.oer waa the Rev Frederick Munaoa of brookiyn, N.

X. AftT a period of wan 1 p. there waa aa address of welcome. a reapoaae and a hiatot-te oratloa by t'larmn Manna BuattoeU of Buffalo. Thla art-raooa a nn waa ear-red Harmonic HalL -1 here ara members of the faauiy tuaMmr tae reuaiwav Had Been Only Three Week a Minister lm Oatarta Cabinet, Tomowro.

Aug. 19. William Douglas Bal four. Provincial Secretary In the Ontario Government, died at o'clock this evening from acute hemorrhage of the lungs. Mr.

Balfour, who had been In delicate health for aom time, waa suddenly pros trated last Friday with a sever attack of bleeding at the lungs caused by pulmonary troubles. He continued to grow worse. William Douglas Balfour, M- P. P. was the member, for' South Essex In th Provincial Legislature, and ranked as one of th foremost men In political lit In Ontario.

He was editor and one of the proprietors of the Echo, published at Mr. Balfour represented South Essex for -several terms In the Legislature, having taken the seat upon the bye-election following the election of Lewis Wigle of Leamington to the Dominion Parliament. Mr. Wigle at that time being a member of the Provincial body. Up to that time South Essex was Conservative, but under the shrewd political guidance of Mr.

Balfour both ridings were converted to the reform columns ln th upper and lower house. Mr. Balfour, upon his entrance to the Pro vine. al Legislature, became one of the leaders, and during the tost Parliament was Speaker. Upon the election of Premier Oliver Mowet to th Dominion Parliament to become MlnAter of Justice, a vacancy ln the Provincial Cabinet resulted, and in the shift Mr.

Balfour waa made Provincial Secretary, next In rank to the Provincial Premiership. Upon his appointment to a Cabinet position he went back to his constituency for re-election and was given It by acclamation, a tribute to his worth and the honor done the county. This was three weeks ago. BA5GEBS PE5 BANDITS 15 A CAfE. Other Kogales Robbers Suspected of Mardertaar Psrisert.

ArtsonaC Aug. McCun-nlngham. United States Live Stock Inspector, who arrived from Blsbee says Customs Inspector King Del Lemer and four other men, who arrested Bob Forrester, on of the Nogales bank robbers, at Blsbee, on the 10th InsC and turned him over to Sheriff Leatberwood of Pima County, went on after the other robbers the same morning and have not been heard from since. It Is thought they struck another trail or encountered a section of the gang that ambushed Leatherwood and poese on the 12th. and are still following it or all have been killed.

CoL Garcia, with his twenty-five cardados. (rangers.) has had two of the gang cor-raled in a cave ln the AJo Mountain in Sonora for several He cannot get to them and they cannot com out, though their friends hsve been there several times with provisions. Garcia says he will starve them Into surrender. Twenty Outlaws Captara a Village. Chihuahua.

Mexico, Aug. 19. Advices were received here yesterday from the village of San Miguel, this State, that a crowd of twenty bandits had made an attack upon the place and assaulted every woman in the town. All the men were at work en the neighboring Three of the bandits were captured, and will -toe shot. TLSITOtt BOHi illS v- i- HOSTESS.

Johl Bpi alner 'jaaia- Cm war I fit Mr. I Mrs. Annie Leichgllsh- of Camden. N. J.J places no faith in banks or savings Institutions, and for that reason kept $1,100 ln gold she 'had saved In a trunk In her room.

1 i John Spralner, a former friend, and godfather of one of-Mrs. -Leichgllsh' children, came over from Germany six weeks ago. and spent most of his time with the family. He visited the house on Tuesday, and In eome way learned of the $1,100 ln gold. He watched for an opportunity and took the money.

Then he fled to this city would have sailed yesterday on the West-ernland for Spralner boarded the ship with his baggage at 10 o'clock, and an hour later Central Office Detectives Neth-ercott and Stransky also boarded the vessel and took the godfather into custody. The prisoner was searched at Police Headquarters and the missing $1,100 waa found Intact. 1 Spralner was afterward arraigned In the Centre Street Police Court, where Mrs. Leichgllsh confronted him. Magistrate Went worth remanded 'the prisoner until requisition papers arrive from Camden.

A TROLLEY XOTORXAN KILLED. His Skwll Waa Fraetareol While He Wm Trying- to Pass Before a Car. William Walters, forty-five years old, of 487 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, was the on hundred and sixty-third victim of the Brooklyn trolley system. He waa a motor-man, had finished his day's work, and was on his way horn yesterday afternoon when he was killed. While attempting to cross Noetrand Avenue, 'near Fulton Street, he ran ln front of Lo rimer Street Trolley Car 433.

The car struck him and knocked him down. Instead of the fender catching him, it simply rolled tolm over and over and under the car. He received two compound fracture of the skull. An ambulance surgeon was summoned, but before his arrival the man was dead. Edwin Becker, the motorman of the car that caused the death.

waa arrested and' will be taken before Justice Lemon in th Gates Avenue Folic Court to-day on a charge of homicide. HER HEAD CAUGHT AND CRUSHED. Hoaselceepev Leaaeel Oat at th Ele-- "vat te Glv Directions. Aug; 19. Miss Mary Rum aged fifty years, assistant house-.

keeper at the Women's Christian Associa tion Building. Eighteenth and Arch Streets. waa ascending on a freight which she managed herself, this morning, and at the eighth floor leaned out to give a message to the matron. The matron, seeing- the dangerous position ln which Miss Rumford stood, called to her to Dull ln her head. Th cant inn came too fate, and a moment afterward Miss Rumford' head was caught between the floor and the elevator and crushed Into a shapeless mass.

xso one was regular ly employed to run the frelsrht elevator, and Miaa RumfoH frequently operated It herself. Right Pesvetanl Franchise. Dcs MorxEB. lows. Aug.

1. Aa opinion of such Importance waa yeeterday handed down by Judge Wool eon. Be decided la th case of Levis versus the City of Newt 00 that prior to lgsa cit-lea had a right to grant perpetual fraachleea. although ne expreased authority existed la the etatutee to that effect. The Ooencti of Kewtoa laat March tried to revoke a perpetual franchise arrant In IsaT.

The city ctalnaed tea fraacbtae given waa nothing more than a lioenaa. The coert iaaues the injunetloa prayed for. early every city la the elate has xraachlaas granted prior to IsSS. rnak B. Wheeler Die Saddamly.

Freak B. Wheeler of tss Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, with aa office at fix Broadway, this city, started for homo shortly before o'clock yeanrday afteraoos. After 1 1 uaalag to Brooklvw br Uie Will Street ferry, ave too. oataave street cable car. As the car reached th end of the route, at Fulton Street, he, with others, got out.

and the conductor noticed that he waa paie Juat aa ho appeared to t- failing, ho waa ru it by the conductor and oarr4 Into aa jjj 'onnrue Sueec An waa euaaowned. Ukt x. VtTaee.er e-ed beidra lis SIX WALTHAM MEMBERS FIXED g33 EACH FOR CRCELTT. Marked th Thlmly-Clad Candidate Frank A. Preble with Whips and Gav Hlae What Was Called deed Resist with Hot Irons He Knew About Initiations, for He Waa an A.

P. A. Mam and Mesa-her of Other goelette. i WAtTHAJf, Aug. 19.

The unique case ever tried ln the District Court came up this morning before Judge Enos F. Luce, when aa alleged expose was madt under oath upon the witness stand of the rites and ordeals through which a candidate must pass to become a full-fledged Orangeman, Frank A. Preble, the first witness, was one of the candidates who thought the Initiatory ceremony was cruel and seeks legal satisfaction for his experience. It was on the evening of July 23, 1880, that be received his initiatory degree In Orange Lodge of Waltham. He swore that his troubles began on th minute that he passed the mystic He was compelled to discard all raiment except his underwear.

One arm was stripped of Its sleeve, his drawers were rolled above his knees, and he was given a pair of overalls, which also were rolled above his knees. Then, aa he says, he was blindfolded and led into the larger lodge room by Brothers Daniel Tracey and Willi xm Mabie, who acted as conductors. There he was compelled to halt and get down upon his knees and repeat the Lord's Prayer. Then he had to clamber over a lot of rough blocks, was struck severely with whips, and finally placed upon what seemed to him a step ladder. An obligation was after which the ladder was suddenly pulled from under him and he was pitched into a canvas blanket.

In which be was bounced around for awhile. He was placed on his knees again, and several persons, he says, literally gave It to him in the neck." Some more marching followed, and he was made to carry what felt like a beg of stones. Finally Mabie told him to raise his handi and try to find the serpent." Brother Graham then cried: "You did not find it, but it has found you." Preble states that a branding iron was applied twice to his breast. After that he was seated and the rest was easy. He talked with Mr.

another member, next night, and both agreed that he had been cruelly treated. Nicholson said the abuse he received was contrary to the ritual of the order. Nicholson also told him that the branding was not In the ritual, and that he- ought to- have some compensation for what he had suffered. He alleged that one reason that he had received such harsh treatment-was probably because some one had blackballed him. The witness's breast wss badly burned, and the wounds were raw for ten days.

His legs were discolored from the violence of some of the blows he received from the whips. The only time he protested was while they were removing his clothing. He had been- advised to call upon Secretary Ray -of the 'Supreme Order ami enter a. formal complaint. This closed the com-.

piainant Witness declared that he belonged to th Grand Army, the Red Men, the American Protective- Association, and the Pilgrim Fat here, He had held 'office in some of them, andrJtadBeTpjd- to Edward Arch had witnessed Preble's ordeal in getting his He said Brothers Tracey and Mabie guarded the candidate, CNeil -heated the branding iron, and Brother Graham applied lu Brother Nickerson had objected that the Iron was too but OrNell heated it further and said: We'll give him a good roast." Arch had not interfered to protect Preble because he knew It would do no good. His own legs were whipped harder than Preble's had been, but his own back bad escaped lightly. Both men were able to work next day. Witness had delayed his to the Courts in order to rive tha Oruimn a.n opportunity to appoint an investigating com- mmee. ana ne aeniea mat ne nad ottered to drop the case if the lodge would pay him JT0; neither had he authorised any person to make such an offer for him.

Arch had objected twice during the initiation, but It had done no good. He only had one brand and that was about the sixe of a half dollar. No evidence was put ln for the defense, but counsel argued that no proof had been riven that any departure had been made rom the regular form of initiation sufficient to constitute an assault. Preble having applied for Initiation, and having been willing to abide by the conseauencea. no crime had been committed, and counsel asxed tnat tne -lodge oe discharged as not guilty." Judge Luce, in his decision, fined six offi cers of the lodge $35 each.

They were John G. Graham, G. O. Nickerson. Edward O'Nell.

Daniel Tracey, Leander Weatherbee, and Wilfred Mabie. All appealed, and wer held ln $200 bonds each. U.LH BL0W3 100 FEET ASD LITIS. Boiler Bursts, Shatter Houses, and Hart Twenty Workmen. Rochibter, Aug.

19. A boiler ex plosion took place In Rockland Park, where a new sewer Is being constructed, to-day. Contractor William Fuller of 04 Cady Street was blown 100 feet, and probably fatally Injured. John Holliday of Meng Park and John A. Metxger of 168 Bartlett Street were terribly hurt, and twenty others slightly In jured.

The engine had done poor service all the morning, and the engineer was asaea to get up more steam, ine glass cn the gauge was covered with dirt, and It was lmnosslble to tell how much eteam waa on, but in the light of subsequent event it had mora than it could carry. 'AH the bouses In the neighborhood were' shaken and many windows shattered. The boiler flew high the air, landing between the bousea in the nark. The Diaxxa of owned -bytA. H.

Fish, was as were alro two others In, the neighborhoods A neavjr pair was thrown- zeet tnrougn a screen door. residence of Myron Tutt, knocking; Mrs. Tutt to the floor. at th Stat Capitol. ALBAXT, Aug.

19. About 100 men, employed by Contractor. Buckley, cutting granite on the State Capitol, went oa strike this afternoon be cause two brownstone cutters who had secured' employment cutting granite had refused to become members the Uranlta Cutters' Union and pay the S10 Initiation fee. Tha atrike waa ordered by Grand Secretary Iuneaa of Baltimore. aw worn eupioyea onaer too etner oon tract-ore will auike to-morrow If acme art tie meat Is not reached.

The strikers were preparing stone for the north, west, sod south entrances to the Capitol. Yacht Owner Fined for Taking; Fare. BaiDG KFOBT, Aug. 19. Dr.

11 lard Parker of New-Tork City was fined $130 to-day for sailing his yacht Regina without the necaa- aary papers, and Balling- pajetpgera oa It for pay. The veaeei is still in the bands of the custom eOloars here. The doctor avers that ha can charter hla boat to any party or parUes without violating the law. and wUl contest the caae. Threw th Minister's Body 10O Feet, KlXOSTOX, Ontario, Aug.

lal-he Rev. John H. Stewart, aged sixty, and for thirty-two years a member of the Methodla ministry, was struck by aa engine while driving over a railway quae ing near nia wnt in vaiaraqai laat night and killed. Hla body was throw a a distance of 100 feat. leeretary Carl la I at Bwaaatrd's Bay.

BUZXAHD'S BAT, Aug. IS. The lighthouse tender Miatletoe was here this morning, and BeereXary Carllele aoaAe a ehort call on the preela.nt. Alt.r tre fe.irltoe returned, in. wea tae Wjr.

Mrs. Griffiths Swan with His Shal low Water, a Crowd CAra Mat, N. Aug. 19. S.

R. Fre-gellis of Baltimore, who Is a guest at the Stockton Hotel, wall swimming in the surf to-day was seised with cramps. Mrs. Griffiths of Philadelphia caught him aa he was going down and swam with him Into shallow water. A crowd saw the rescue and cheered Mrs.

Griffiths. As stray Pakx. N. Aug. 19.

Miss Dot-lie Clin, Mia Uxxl McKee, Miss Heneret-ta Dtmm, and Miss J. IL Thrall, all of New-York, who are Summer visitors at Ocean Grove, were in a row boat on Fletcher Lake to-day. The boat was ca palmed and the four young women were thrown into the water. They managed to cling to the overturned boat and screamed for help. Joseph Reynolds, also of New-York, heard their cries and nut out to their rescue.

He-managed to save all after a hard struggle. Miss Thrall gave -up berore Reynolds reached the capalxed boat, and was sinking when Miss Damm grabbed her and held her head above water. $115,000 IX DBI- GOODS BUSSED. Threw Steree In Colasahaa, Og, Oe strayed Insurance Small. CoLVMBrs.

Gal. Aug. 19. Fire started at o'clock last night In the four-story dry goods bouse of James Lewis, and before th flames wer checked three stories were gutted from roof to cellar. The fire originated In the James A.

Lewis Building. Mr. Lewis had Just sold the entire stock to F. Lowenheirx. The stock waa valued at $40,000, with only $0,000 insurance.

The Lewis building wss valued at S20.O00. and waa about eov.nd ht Imur. ance. M. E.

Joseph, wholesale dry goods, next door Muth. h4 7 r. mi $30,000 Insurance. The building was owned by G. W.

Woodruff and is probably cov- VI WJ UiUi Robert Carter's drug store, next door north Af 1h. AM.iufM triMiutun, -M VlfbUdX AMlmVMl 1 1 1 k- H- Geyer. merchant tailor, waa also burned vut, vut a gvuu pari oi BIS St OCX Wal B0T SMOKED Oil A BET ASD DIED, Lighted His Twentieth Cigarette nt the End at a Half Hoar. Philadelphia, Aug. 19.

As the result of an attempt to see how many cigarettes he could smoke In half an hour and to win a wager, fourteen-year-old George F. Ellwell died to-day. Several newsboys were talking of cigar ette smoking, and one of the crowd urged Ellwell to see how many be cor! I'smoke in half an hour. A small bet eras made and two packs of cigarettes bought. The boy was lighting his twentieth cijjarfcii-when the haif hour was up.

The lad was taken sick durlnc the r.llit. and he died this morning. The wno investigated tne case said that -u -hi 11 was due to excessive cla-arette imolui and more directly to the large numbai- tne ooy smoaea yesterday. MINE FOREMAN FALLS 1,250 FEET, The Case In Which He Dropped Kills r.Twe Other Meat Far Down. BCTTB, Aug.

19. Foreman Peter Manning, and John Campbell were Instantly killed in the St. Lawrence Mine last evening by the falling of a dutch on the hoisting-engine to worfcr and permitting the eage to drop to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of 1.2.V) feet. -Ryan came up on the cage alone, when It reached the top he was Just ln the act of stepping off when the cage dropped like a shot down the At the level. Manning and Campbell were at' work, and the falling care crushed them to pieces and tore the shaft timbers so badly tnat it wm require a great oeai of wore to reach the bodies.

Other men were at work in the shaft, but. as tha accident oc curred Just after a- shift It Is believed that they had all left and gone home. DR. J0IIS WALTER DROWSED. Hla Boat Cpset In, Flat Creek, Off Dr.

new Beach, Dr. John Walter, a young physician In Greenpoint, was drowned In Flat Creek, a half mile from Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. He went to Bergen. Beach with two friends. Duke Jackson and Louis Kreppa.

Jackson la living at Bergen Island and Kreppa at C64 Graham Avenue. Dr. Walter was not accustomed to boating, and at first objected to going out with his friends, but they urged him. and the three went sailing. When In the creek, the boat ln some manner was cape is ed and the men were thrown Into the water.

Dr. Walter was drowned, as he did not know how to swim. The other two were saved. TJie body of Dr. Walter waa recovered lastShight, He was born In Brooklyn.

F0CB HEX 15 A FEED BOX KILLED. Wer Stealing; a Ride on m. Cattle Train That Waa Wrecked. Topkka, Aug. 19.

A Rock Island extra freight carrying stock from the southern part of the State was wrecked at the Sugar Mills, four miles west of city, this morning, at o'clock. Four men stealing a ride in the feed box of a stock-, car were almost Instantly killed. Their name are: H. H. Mills, residence unknown; O.

T. Canneld, from Kansas City or Jacksonville. F. B. Men-denhall, Summervllle, and an unknown man with nothing to identify hint by.

Th men must have been asleep. The train was slowly pulling into a switch when the box underneath the car dropped down. Six cars ln the train wer ditched. CUT THE CIRCUS TEST GUT HOPES Twenty Hurt ln the-- Fight with Fetlowed. KxoxviujE, Aug.

19. The circus wagon some time ago billed ScvervUle for a performance yesterday. This being the first tent show to visit that mountain town a committee of Whit Cap sent the circus people word that everything on the bills should be shown or th tent would be torn down and burned. The show arrived, and as soon a the tent had been erected drunken men and boys cut the guy ropes, when a general fight followed. Twenty men were badly hurt, but only one arrest was made.

The-parade was given under arms, and pickets were about th tent at the performance. Saw Her Baby Harmed to Death. HacxIKSACK. N. Aug.

IS. Mrs. Etta Bui II-van la a docaestle la the employ of Mrs. Joseph Btruthera, and bad her two and a half year eld boy living there with her. This morning ahm beard the child's sgonizlng cries, and running to her rooms found toe Ilttio fellow enveloped in natnee.

The flapeoa wer eztlnsulahed aa quickly aa poaaibla. but moat of th clothlns hal been burned off the child" body. Two phyalctaaa wore called, but their efforts were unavailing. The child died la a few hours. Mrs.

Buiilran la heartbroken, and Iter employers are doing all In their power for her. The little fellow had been playing with matches. Tessg Bicyclist Dies of Injuries. Lao Marks, tta years old, of 24 Sixth Avenue, who waa run wrer by aa Ice wagon Tuesday after-noon, died yeatarday. Grant Knowlea of 25S West Twelfth Street, the driver of me wcm.

was srrented sad locked up In the Mercer fciret Station House. Harrie Uarka. an uncle ef the boy, aayo lo waa about to mount hte wheel when he waa knocked by tne ntr'O, wa. being oriv.n tp Avenue a Yy refr.d tale ad sead. DAXIEL WHALE.Y ACCVSIIO APPR0FR.IATIXO Said te nave Taken the Fan.

Is Cashier for the Cld ExcUe I Th Complalat Made Ly i White, Examiner for the Coi laser of Aecoaata The It la Said Was raid for Ti Lleemsea. The arrest of Daniel Whalen. ths ci of the old Board of Excise, yesterday noon, on' a warrant charging tim larceny of $5,000. came In the nature cr surprise to those who had known hlrn a number of years aa a public official, acd whom he had been regarded as above ev 1 th slightest suspicion as to his and Integrity. He was arrested, about 5 o'clock by Detective Sergeant Foye of the Centra! Th complaint was based on the affidavit Prank P.

White, an examiner In the of the Commissioners of Accounts, and was sworn to before Justice Jerome of the Court of Special Session by whom the warrant was issued. The warrant was not Issued until late yeatarday afternoon, and as soon as Mr. Wha len was apprehended he was taken before Justice Jerome, in the Chambers of t.v.s Court of Special Sessions, and was remand ed until this morning at 10 o'clock for ex amination. The Justice cautioned Mr. Wha-, len not to make a statement before his ex- aminatlon, and he left the court under the charge of Detective Foye.

The complaint and affidavit remained lrr. the hands of Justice Jerome, but it was' learned from an authoritative source that Examiner White alleges that he has Just completed an examination of the account of the old Board of Excise, that he-has discovered that the money for twentvi licenses lssusd between March 17 snd at tX has not been accounted fjr. 1 The affidavit further states, it is said, that: as Examiner for the Commissioners of Accounts, he has made a careful examina tion of the late Board of Excise, with the Lincoln National Bank, where its money 1 was deposited, and that there Is no men-j tlon or account of the money received tor the twenty licenses specified. 8. D.

Terry, commissioner of Account. was seen at the Reform Club' laat nijjbu 1 He said: I Whalen received the money of the twen- 1 ty licenses between March 17 and 'J4, tne' most of It on the 23d. Most of the keepers wecured tbelr licenses with chu ks, i which Whalen lie tuifi-t them over to the Board of Excise, a sum equivalent in amount to the cnwki from the cain money received, ine iii-eii--- red la the regular book whlcn -1 stubs, but these stubs ln tne twenty investigated could not loutm. out of the twenty saloon i i 0 1 I licenses during that iii" 1 and In each ca? fhii 'internlgned their 1 1 -t- rrtu. I ernouut ol the licensee in soauio that, at.

"hi was aifj 1 on the book. by 'Detective I to make a eta v. why he had u. ha had done with ic. 'n waa arr oi P'jrVu nj v- I explanation to Commissioner Terry d.

len had been a trusted n. preceding Hoard a of Eulf. sloner also stated that Whu mated a desire to -make good t--of the defalcation, but in any charge would be pressed against When Mr. Wnaien left Justice Jer. chambers he was asked If he had statement to make, but he refused to t.

about the case, preferring to act upon tn Justice's snggestlon. Justice Jerome ami Examiner White were equally uncommunicative. It wss Intimated that the discovery of the alleged defalcation was made in the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Excise while an examination or the books of the old board was being made to ascertain the amount of rebate due to the twenty-saloon keepers referred to, whose licenses under the old law expired on June and whose money had not been accounted for. Notice was sent to the Commissioners of Accounts, and through the subsequent examination the alleged shortage was discovered. Deputy Excise Commissioner HiUIard is.

living at Isiip, and could not be seen; last night. His chief clerk, Charles Jerolo-! man, was seen, however, and he said that I he did not believe Mr. Hilliard could throw any light on the matter. He said that sol far as he was aware, the discovery of the' alleged shortage was not made in the oCice of the Deputy Commissioner of Excise. "When the old board went out of exist-, ence," said Mr.

Jeroloman, all of Its! books were turned over to us as provided by the new law, to be ued for reference in case we needed them. These books were stored away in a room atthe new office. Borne time ago. Examiner White came to the office and asked permission to examine these books. He and his assistants were busy on the books for.

perhaps, three weeks. They finished their work about ten days ago, and I have heard nothing more Of tne matter until the arrest was made. "I have known Mr. Whelan for several years, and I cannot believe that he ha been guilty of taking a cent that did not belong to him. I think there must be some, error which will be explained away at the He had no one to care for but himself.

He is a man of simple hnt-its, and I cannot see what oblect he wouia have In misappropriating funds. If he ha-i wanted to be dishonest, he had an poor- tunity to take a much larger amount. I am sure there must be some mistake." Mr. Whelan Is about fifty-five years old. and has lived for several years at East Eighty-sixth Street.

He was not appointed by the last Board of Excise, but was a Tammany hoki-over. He was under heavy bond, and the city will not suffer In caae the charge Is substantiated. Mr. Whelan has held other positions of trut In trie city, and in the United States Navy, and his honesty and Integrity have never before been questioned. Monnsaeat Gov.

Chittenden. Bcnusro rox, Vt. Aug. IS. The Gov.

Chltten-doa monument at Wllllstoa was dedicated to-day with appropriate exerclsee. Oov. Woodbury, Prof. John E. Goodrich, John L.

"Paratow, ex-Ooy. r-t 'Stewart, and Lochia E. Omieadea of New-Vot took part ln the ceremonlea. Wmtersnomt Males Towm Shew, COTTAGB Crrr. Masa, Aug.

19. Three wtter spouts shortly after 1 o'clock to-day made a -grand spectacle for the people of Martha's Vineyard. The spouts traveled la a westerly direct rx and covered a path about an eighth of a ni. wide. Safe Breaker Get About gl.OOO.

Tour DO. Ohio, Aag. IS. The safe of the Para-goa Oil Refining Company, at IrenvUla. waa blown opea early this morning, and between t'Ot and I1.0UO taken.

The work is seemingly that ef expert TEXJEORAJPHZ3 B27XTX3. Edward Racke, nineteen, of Nau-3' died yesterday aa the reeult of a fiac-akull, recelTad lb prevtuue vvrt knocked from hla wheel, between w.i'rt, by racing borsea. wtiVn cr- 1 to a wall near the Naucatuck names of the men racing are not Eugene Euvrard, Professor cf 1 -Miaa Cutcbeon a mrhool, -a train beteea 1 nu.lnu.in mui yexteru.y, aiii 1 between tae trak t.11 a i two years old. aoJ H. H.

Ixrrr of 1:. i IarPhet-rn of n'-ion. in Klnr'tn An. i waa a I jt A mine oecrrel A. TVIf-kle-a No.

i.ir-y teraar. ItiT. a a I rvr, f.jr many luiiea. Work at tiie tu.iie aL.nanA. The fourth biennial cor.ftrnc cf Sorletr of ri.n bea at l-mmjr peoe Wei la a.