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Vj vs. CbxoUae WerteeetS. IntlrUaaUy LOWS WIFE, JUDGE EMERY'S DECISION. Demurrer Overruled and Allegtd Policy Men Will Hare to Stand Trial. Judge Emery of the County Court this laorninr haadod down a decision whereby the men indicted in the various policy cases will have to stand trial.

The decision overrules the dernurrers in each o'f the indictments. Attorney William ArmRtronc was the HOTEL SWINDLERS. Elaborate Methods Are Employed to Check Their Careers. Nyrnsa. 1 -p- m.

yesterday; Continental, Holland, Siemens, Knipp, Spry, Johneon, 4: Bannockbura, Winnipeg, Selkirk. Stafford. Francomh, MeWU-liams. Aurora, AuranLa. Outh-waite, Barr, Massasolt, 6:30.

Mackinaw, July 20. Passed up: Boa-ton, noon yesterday: St. PauL 1:30 p. Brazil, Rngee, Louisiana, Buttirooi, Pathfinder, Sagamore. Concmaugh, 10.

Passed down: City of Traverse, 1 p. AverilU 10; Isabella Boyce and consort. Sacramento and consort, Juniata, 5: Blaine, Davidson, Commodore, Ira Owen. 9:15. Later Vessel Passages.

OtOeOwOtO OKKtO0 slip comet; in from the. association giving an account of a woman swindler, we are all instantly interested. Women are not prrne to live at hotels without paying. The clerk then told about some clever swindlers, who could not easily be detected. One man stayed six months at a hotel and impressed the permanent an est to such an extent that he borrowed hundreds of dollars.

He paid his bill promptly, but with other people's money. One auest. more "credulous than the others, tent him $T00 and four hoars afterwards saw him coming from a manicure rib-lisbment, where he had had his finger nails beautifully manicured. The guest remarked: "I knew then that my $500 was gone for good. A man who.

will borrow money to indulge in the luxury of a manicure never intends to pay." The guest was right: he never paid. Considering the large number of hotels in New York the nnmber of objectionable guests is small. President Wsls.of the smociation has thus far managed to give the swindlers a htrd time, and every rear the system of warning bonlfaces is improved upon greatly. BROKE COLLAR BONE. Serious Injury Sustained fcy Albion Little Girl Important Land Transfer.

Special to The Enquirer. Albion, July 20. Altle Buell the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Buell, met with a serious accident while playing' at her home on North In-geisoll Street late yewterday afternoon.

Mrs. Georjre Clark, a neighbor, had found it necessary to string a wire between her residence and barn to prevent her horse from straying away while pasturing. Miss Buell in company with a few young friends were enjoying a good time when she ran against the nnseen wire, throwing her backward and breaking her collar-tone, the seriousness of the accident being averted by prompt medical assistance. The clavicle was fractured at the center. A real estate transfer of general interest to the public was effected in Albiou this morning, Mrs.

Henry B. Onderdonk purchasing from the Catholic Society their vacant lot on Park and Clinton f.treet for S2.00O. This lot was purchased by the trustees of the society about two years ago just after the purchasing of the Stafford property upon which the new church edifice now stands. At that time they proposed to remove the parochial school to this location, but for unknown reason the plans for the transfer failed to mature. The residents in the immediate vicinity of the lot are congratulating themselves on the fact that barns will not be erected facing their residences.

There is quite a large fleet of grain in again, including the Ford. "Whitney, Wayne, Sevona, J. W. Moore, Hoyt, Dobbins, Sam Flint, Glidden, Aberdeen, Minch, Warmington, Lake Michigan, Es-canaba, City of Buffalo, North Land, Chemung, A. Orr.

Cleared with coal: Pawnee, 600 tons, Kenosha; Turner, rCO tons. Bay City; iJebhart, 710 tons, Saginaw: O. Mitchell, 6SO tons, Toledo: total, 2.090 tons. Other clearances: Crescent City, Alaska. Mahoning.

Jane Ralston. Hoyt, Ford, Currv. Duluth: Linden, Lake Linden; Centurion. Manitowoc. New York, Wissahickon, Badger State, Chicago, Olympia.

Manitowoc; Nebraska, Gladstone: Volunteer, Black River; all light or with package freight. Normandie Tied Up. Sault Ste. Marie, July 20. The steamer Nonnandie was libeled for $3,000 for sinking the Yacht Azulia in St.

Mary's River last year. Bonds will be furnished and the steamer will proceed this afternoon. Fair Demand For Vessels. Chicago, July 20. There was again a fai rdemand for vessels to take corn at 1 1-4 cents and all boats on the market were placed without difficulty for ordinary sized cargo.

Cargo Record Broken. Duluth, July 20. The Polynesia left last night with 0,134 net tons of ore on a draft of sixteen feet forward and sixteen feet, seven inches. This again breaks the Lake Superior cargo record. Blockade Is Broken.

Duluth, July 20. The blockade at the Masaba ore dock is broken, and nil boats will be loaded as fast as they come. Engineering Matters. Major Symons has heard nothing of the report that this Government engineering district is to be consolidated with Oswego, but is of the opinion that nothing of the sort will be done. The Major says that the work on the breakwater is proceeding very slow.

The effort to bring the gravel needed in the work down the river has not proved a success so far. The current is so fast that tugs cannot tow a loaded scow against it. When the tugs Gee and Cheney were put on with the two tugs owned by the contractors they managed to get up after some difficulty, but it is reported from Ferry Street this morning that the tug Blaize has been nut on, but with the aid of another tug she has not been able to make any headway against the current, The gravel is dredged up near the foot of Ferry Street. Local Marine Notes. The only coal charters reported this morning was the Nahaut for Portage at 20 cents.

The collision between the Sevona and the F. P. M. No. 5 at the Lackawanna warehouse yesterday did not materially iniure either steamer.

There was a jam up the creek above the bridge this morning in which several boats took part, but no damage was done. Lake Freight Situation. The freight market is in practically 'the same condition at Cleveland as it was at the close of last week. Ore is coming into the ports at the head of the lakes more freely, but shippers have about all they can do to take care of their contract, boats, and there is very little demand for wild tonnage. A few boats ere being placed at Marquette and Escanaba at the old rates.

The supply of coal at Ohio ports is getting low, and the dockmen are now charging outsiders $2. SO. For the first time in the history of lake marine the Duluth wheat rate is lower than the Chicago rate. Charters were made yesterday for wheat, Duluth to Buffalo, at one cent. The rate is not likely to improve before the new crop comes in.

At Chicago grain rates were steady at 1 1-4 cents on corn to Lake Erie. Charters To Kingston. W. B. Ketcham, Owen, Street, Godfrey, corn at 2 1-4 cents.

To Buffalo Robert Mills, corn. Accident Notes. Whaleback 115, ashore in Saulte River, was released yesterday morning, and is now reloading her lightered cargo. The boat is not damaged. Cant.

Reynolds, who has been sweeping Thunder Bay in search of the tug Anna Dobbins, yesterday brought to the surface the mast and wedges of a boat. He left the sweeping-line buoyed, as it was fouled in some wreckage. A diver will go down the wreck as soon ai weather permits. Vessel Passages. Port Huron.

July 20. Passed down: Spokane, 12:15 p. m. yesterday: Wade, Waldo, 1:35: Wctmore and consort, Garden City and barges, 2: Marion, Kendall and consorts, La Salle, Japan, Joliet, Columbia and consort, Merida, Samuel Marshall and consorts, Mary Everett, Corisande, 6:35. Ftossed up: Ogemaw and consorts, 3:30 p.

m. yesterday; Curtis and consorts, 4:30: Business, 4:40: Prentice and consorts, Iehigh, 8:25. Detroit. July 20. Passed up: Oscoda and consorts, noon yesterday: Lycoming, 12:30 p.

Wyoming (large), C. D. Thompson, 2:10: Schuylkill. Trevor and whalebacks, Swallow and consort, 0:30. Passed down: Coralia.

12:10 p. m. yesterday; German. Horace Tut-tle and consort. Choc-law, North Lsnd, Griffin, Porter Chamber-Hn and consorts.

McWillianis, Peck and whaleback, 5:20: Armenia and ccrsorts. 7:30: Japan. La Salle, 8:30. Sault Ste Marie, July 20. Passed un: Oglebay Glengsrry, Minnedosa, 12:40 p.

m. yesterday: Mecosta, Ashland, Emory Owen. Michigan, Avon, Rockefeller and whaleback, 9. Passed down: Roumania, Barium, BLACK LISTS COMPILED. Warning Bulletins Sent to Bonifaces at Brief Intervals.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser. The hotel swindler has a hard time in this cily after he has defrauded one hotel. If he attempts to register at another place he is met with a stare by the clerk, who tells him he has no vacant rooms. If the man insists and pro-testa that the hotel is not tilled with guests the clerk, in icy toues, remarks: "That is true, but we have no room for you." In most cases this rebuff is sufficient, but the daring and hardened beat often pretends to be insulteu and indignantly wishes to know why his money is not as good as that of any other man. In this case the clerk smiles and gives the fellow more information than he desires to hear.

Drawing forth a slip the clerk reads something like the following: B. Holdfast lust Tuesday gave Hotel Blank a bogus check for $25 and departed. He has black hair, a liomnn nose, side whiskers, mole on his left cheek and talks with a slight lisp. Is five feet ten inches high, heavy set and has great assurance. Is believed to be a professional beat." The man generally retreats while his description is being read.

The system of sending around small slips describing guests who are objectionable by reason of their shortcomings, in money matters chiefly, has not been in vogue many years. In fact, it has-only recently been brought to anything like perfection in this city. For several years the "Hotel Debtors' Register" has annually informed proprietors of the names of guests who have left their bills unpaid and the amounts due. Now the debtors' register, in small pamphlet shape, is sent two or three times a month to every proprietor, in order that he may keep informed as to the financial standing of persons who make it a practice to leave, owing either a small or a large balance. Placed In the Register.

If a sruest runs un a bar bill and tt his hotel bill he is placed in the register, because the bar is considered a part of his hotel expenses. If an outsider, who lives in the city, gives a dinner to friends at a hotel and does not even remain over night and fails to pay, his name is promptly placed in the little register, which every hotel clerk and proprietor scans nearly every day in order to avoid being swindled. At the end of the year the Hotel Debtors' Register is compiled into a volume, the names of the delinquents being printed in large type, alphabetically arranged, and the amounts due in equally bold faced type. This volume is intended for the confidential use of proprietors and clerks, but other eyes often see it. When a delinquent pays his name is promptly erased from the volume, each proprietor receiving the in-formation.

The slip system is different from the debtors' register, and is intended to warn the hotels daily, if necessary, of the presence of a swindler or ready check giver. It is under the direct supervision of the National Hotelkeepers' Protective Association. Edgar A. Walz is president, and to him the efliciency of the system is due. These slips, or printed accounts of a swindler, are not preserved and printed In a volume at the end of the year.

Each proprietor files the slip away conveniently. At the end of the year, if the proprietor desires, he can make up a large scrap book of the slips gathered. In New York the hotels receive, on an average, about three of these slips a week, and, like the debtors' register, they are supposed to be confidential. The slips are mailed to every hotel simultaneously. There are so many petty hotel swindlers, men who endeavor to enter the dining room as a guest and eat a meal and walk out coolly, that the officials of the association are kept busy disseminating information.

A head clerk in one of the biggest hotels uptown said that the check swindler is the one to be watched and feared. Numerous and Ingenious. "They are numerous and work he added. "Why, I knew a check swindler who came three times, paid his bils promptly, and the fourth time gave us a worthless check and received $30 in change. He dressed well and looked prosperous, but he turned out to be a professionl check giver.

We Fromptly sent a description of him to the lotel Association. During the recent Grant celebration we were troubled with a large number of men who tried to steal meals. Some, or course, succeeded. The dininir room being crowded, it is difficult to identify each guest. These meal-beats have an ingenious way of personating a guest.

The head waiter will politely ask the number of his room, and he does not hesitate to give some number. He does it with such innocent sang froid that the waiter is deceiv d. Not until the guest from that room enters does the head waiter know he has been deceived." "What is the proportion of women swindlers compared to the men?" "It is so small that scarcely any computation can be made. Of eonrse. there are women swindlers, but they are so few they can be readily detected after they have swindled one hotel.

Women are easily described, especially that class who attempt to beat a hotel. Women do not steal meals like men and they rarely ever givo bad checks. Their game is to remain week or so. live high and suddenly leave without paying. They leavi nothing in their trunks.

But in deference to the weaker eex, I must soy that the hotels would lose very little if all the losses came from them. Whenever a Sault Ste. Marie. July 20. Passed up: Matoa, Marcia, 12:40 a.

Neoshoto, Two Boyces, Panther, City of Traverse. Kaliyuga, Fontana, Kifby, Hartnell, Niagara, Pratt, Ash, Becker, Nicol, 8. Passed down: Lagonda, 8:30 last night; Masaba, Maricopa, Martha, Nonnandie, midnight; Sawyer. Tux-burv, Redfern, Stevens, 1 a. Swain, Fulton, Thomas, Grover.

Mitchell and whaleback, Jenks, Andaste, Jay Gould, 7:40. Mackinaw City, July 20. Passed up: Elfinmere, 11:40 last night; Schnck, midnight; Egan, 12:40 a. Monteagle, Spry, Johnson, 3:40. Passed down: Corona, 3:40 a.

Argonaut, Crawford, wind southeast, light, cloudy. Port Huron, July 20. Passed up: Madden and consorts, 11:30 last night; Buell and consorts, Oscode and consorts, midnight; Wyoming, 12:15 a. Trevor and consorts, Schuylkill. Harlem, Saxon, Pioneer, Rees, 7:40.

Passed down: Ed Smith and consorts, 9:40 last night; Republic, Col- fate and consorts, Selwyn Eddy, 2:15 a. Sachem Torrent and consorts, John Owen, Briton, Morlev, Moravia, Colby and consorts, Gilbert, North Star, M. T. Greene, 8:15. Detroit, July 20.

Passed up: Syracuse, 9 last night; Harlem. Saxon, 11:30: Pahlow and consorts, Bessie, 12:30 a. Pioneer, 1 Rees, Conestoga, Dowd, Farwell and consort, Gratwlck (steel), Iosco, German, Fairbairn. Cadillac, Yoges, Butler, 7:10. Passed down: Joliet, 9:30 last night; Calvin and consorts, Kendall and consorts, Columbia and consorts, 12-30 a.

Republic, 8. Marshall and consorts, Ed Smith and consorts, Colgate and whalebacks, Torrent and raft. Selwyn Eddy, 6:50. International Bridge, July 20. Passed down: S.

C. Hall, Ida Keith, C. W. Chamberlain, all lumber: Santa Maria, Teutonia, Gawn, ore, all Tona-wanda, 6. Sault Ste Marie, July 20.

Passed up: Wotan, Uaige, Yuma, Desmond, Hat- m.on Passed down: Whitaker, Saveland, 10; schooner Gifford. 11. Port Huron. July 20. Passed down: Appomattox, Wilbur, Neosho, Sauber, 10:30.

Passed up: Pahlow and consort, Sea fox, 10. Arrived: Rose, Boscobel, Buckeye State, Monarch. Mackinaw, July 20. Passed up Josephine and consort, 9:20. Passed down Barnes, Buckley, 10:10.

Wind northeast, fresh; clear. Detroit, July 20. Passed up Arabia, Corsica, Fern, Samuel Mitchell, Tuscarora. Aunt Ruth, Lansing. 10:20: M.

C. Neff and consorts, 10:30: Edwards and consort. Maumee valley, 11:20. Passed down Gowen, Briton, John Owen, Gilbert, 10. DECISIONS REVERSED.

Judge Emery reversed the decisions given by Sunrise Judge Miller in the caees of Charles H. Bennet, Cora Bennett, Gertrude B. Fair, Clarence E. White and Lynn E. Way.

They were arrested early in January and the Morning Justice told them to pay a fine of $5 each. They appealed, and this morning Judge Emery sustained their view of' the matter. MISS JEAN INGELOW DEAD. London, July 20. Miss Jean IngelOw, the well-known poet and novelist, died this morning at Kensington.

Miss Inge-low was born at Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1820. She wrote several volumes of poetry, and among her prose works may be mentioned: "Stories Told to a Child' "Mopsa," "The Fairy," "Fated to be Free" and "Off the Skelllgs." STORY WAS A FAKE. Toronto, July 20. John L. Brown of Sweetwater, who was reported in dispatches from Niagara Falls, to have been lost in the Cave of the Winds, came back to the city last night safe and sound and was "greatly astonished to hear of ihs reported death.

LAYING THE ELM WOOD SWITCH. A force of 150 men is at work laying the Elmwood Avenue switch, which has been the source of so much discussion for two years. The house at the northeast corner of Elmwood and Allen streets has been moved back so that the corner of the block may be cut off. ADMIRAL MILLER'S MISSION. Washington, July 20.

Rear Admiral Miller, who is to relieve Admiral Beards-lee at Honolulu, will sail for Hawaii on the mail steamer leaving San Francisco on Aug. 5th. He will formally assume command of the Pacific squadron on arrival at Honolulu. MAX MILAN ON TRIAL. Max Milan, charged with passing counterfeit money, was on trial before United States Commissioner Jewett this morning.

After hearing some evidence the commissioner adjourned the case until 3 o'clock this afternoon. SNOW STORM IN COLORADO. Denver, July 20. A severe snow i storm is reported from all the higher por-j tions of the State. There is one inch at i Leadville and 1 1-2 at Cripple Creek.

The weather is very cool in Denver. SUMMER SURF. fanes I a ladaneat ef sal tn tbe shoes eaUUad eniaaL 1807. to tbe Clerk's eSTlce ot Jaly aadaratned terse, sad br Sale appointed tot that wul expoee toe sale and eaU at pobtie aacUoa aiefcee bidder, at tbe Buffalo Heal Eetere Eccaaaa ftooeee. No.

U0 Pearl Street, la tbe a IT e( BaOeie. oa the Utb da ot Ansae. at 10 e'ekx-k la tbe rareoeea. tbe laada aad proi1.e la aad by aatd ledtiwt dlaeeeed to be aoia, aad tberela deerrtbed oa JbUowa: All that certala pteee er artl of land, alreate tn tbe City of BmffaJo. Ceaarv af Erie and State of New lock, betas a part of farm lot camber twasty-aevsa 7) aad fcoaaaed.

as fot-Jewa, Coauneaelac st a point ta tbe wtewily line of Maple Street three hundred sad aeeeateea and ear-halt 3irto feet north from the north Uoe of VlrsUUa Mtreet as sow established; tbe ore vol loot feet: thence north aad parallel with Mania Street thirty 30 feet: Mi ease eaat at rtht aee-lea aa basMtred (luu) feeC Maple rt: aitd tbeatee aloe Maple Street eaexaerly thirty 30) fee to tbe place of becmalac. Beta the aaaae prealaee eooveyed to torena Berkatela by Joeeph Bark and wtfa. by deed dated April 1873. and recorded la Erie Coon; Clerk's at. Are in liber JM of Deeds ot pace Sil, etc pated Buffalo.

July 1W. FRANK iL Met area. ROBERT r. SCHELUNO. Plaintiff's Attorney.

447 Mala Street. Buffalo, N. T. Julr-23-27-oas3--M TBB PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WETS'-York. To Beajemia DeWUt.

Alvtree Hattle Pitta. Merah Fooda, Ooorad Baatnaan. James Button. WliUam Button, LwWltt Biawh-nxx, Maud IeWltt. aUaa Blakeatee; Harvey Ie Witt, a Use Blakealey, and Charles DeWrtt, alias Blakeaiey, persons or corporal kna interested la the estste of Cbsrrsa ihh lit.

late or ut of MarUlaln tbe Coonty of Erie. State of New klo. widow. Too. aad eaeb of yon, are hereby ctted, norl.

avl M.niMl tA h. Afwi innMr ttttmm Swrogate ot aeld (jorasty of Brie, at the sarre Sate Office, la tbe CKy of Bnffalo. la said County of Krle, on the 18th day of Auras, 167. at ten o'ekx-k in the fureaoon of that day. the and there to attend tbe Judicial settVement of tbe aeeoant of Lola A.

Xewtaad and JoaUk a. Nearland. as admlnlst raters of the roods, obst tela aad rredMa of tbe said deceased. Aad that. that they then and there show eaaae why a sperWtl tcnardlaa abuuld not be appointed to appear, represent and art for them la the pre-' ceedlnc fur each Judicial settlement.

In tMtimoDT whereof. We Mra caused tbe seal of oar borrorste'l IL H.J uourr to urn Hereunto aiana. Knees, lion. Louie W. Msrras.

Eurrncste of oar said Qhonry of Erta. at Buffalo, N. this 3Wth day of' June, 13W7. IyOn B. BART.

Clerk of tbe Surrocata'a Court. William Button, DeWrtt Blackmoa. Maad De- -Witt, alias Blakealey; Harrry DeWUt. alias Blakealey. and Charles Lie Witt, alias Blakes- ley.

The forefrolns citation Is served upon yon by publication pamant to an order of Ho. Loais W. Marcus, Kurcucate of Erie County, dated Jane 2th. 1M7. and filed In tbe office of too Clerk of the Surrogate's Court of Erie Onrroty.

DAT A ROM KB, Attorneys for Petitioners. Office sod P. O. address No. SOS Msln Rtreet, Buffalo, N.

T. ja.ly-13-J-r7aueS Id "SOU NTT COURT, ES1K OOCNTT Henry W. -Box vs. Katharina S. 8ellert et alia parsuance of a Jodrmeot aad decree of (ore-closure and sale duly ran led by this Court, sad entered in tbe Erie Couaty Clerks Office oa tbe 2d day of July, 189T, 1 the anderslcsed referee duly appointed in this actios for such purpose, -will expose for sale and ana st putHie sucttoh, te tbe hlrhest bidder therefor at the Buffalo Beat Estate Ikxcbsnse Boom.

No. 210 Pearl Street, ia the City of Buffalo. County of Erie and State of New York, on the SOth day of July, 1BT. at tea o'clock la tbe forenoon of that day, the real estate and mortrmrcd premleee directed la and by said judrmeat to he su4d sad therein described ss fullowa, or so much thereof sa will be sufficient to pay the amoant due apoa said Jodrmeot, to wtt: All that tract or psreel of land ettaate ta tbe City of Buffalo, County of Erie and State of New York, bounded and described as Berlnnlnr st a point In tbe easterly line of Or. laodo Street at tbe distance of four hundred and flfty-foor (454) feet sooth of Its Intersection with tbe southerly line of Elk Street; ruoaloff thence easterly st rljrbt angles with Orlando trtreet one hundred and tweoty-Hre (12S) feet; thence at iiht ancles southerly slsty 6o) feet: tbrnce st right ancles westerly one hundred and twenty-Bee (125) feet to tbe easterly line at Orlando Street; tbenee northerly snd a'ooe the east erly line of Orlando Street elety feet to the place of heclnolnr.

sod known on map recorded la Erie County Clerk's office in liber 42.4 of deeds, st pace ss eubdlrUioa lots Nos. Ofty-foar 04 and fffty-flee i56. Dated. Buffalo. N.

July 19S7. WILXJAM I BETA XT. E. SELKIRK. Plalmlfrs Attorney.

Address, 800 EUieoU Square. BntraVt. w. T. 6-S-S-1S-16-30-X2-2T-9 mien luna mr v.

jy Contractors Office af the Superintendent as Public Works. Albany, N. July eta, IStfT. u. n.

learn tt 1SOT m.11 w. w.nw eriea rAW.ra VArtca Mn proposals will be received by tbe rJaperlatendent' of Public Works st bis office la Albany, N. so til Wednesdsy. July 11 at, 18PT. at 12 o'clock noon of that day, for a lift brides at Railroad Street.

IHob. N. T. Plans and pec lncat loss assy be seen from tbe dste ot publication ot this notice to the date of receipt of Mils, st the effloa of tbe Superintendent of Public Works. and at tbe office of the Assistant Super.

Intendent of Public Works Thomas Wheeler, fey recuse, N. sod at the office of the AaeUtaat Superintendent of Public Works. B. O. Lay, Hoc beater, N.

T. Eeery proposal for said work Biost bs accompanied by a draft or a eertiflsd check upon soote good banking Institution Is u. City of New York or Albany, issued by a National or stats bank In good credit within the Ststa payable st algbt to the Superintendent of Pablia Works, for tbe mount expressed below as required to be deposited with bid for tbe iiKipiswd work. The amount of deposit with bid for the some will be tl.OUO. tbe amount of labor bond required oa execution of contract.

M.UuO; tbe amount of bond for faithful performance of coo. tract on execution of contract. (8,000. All proposals for tbe ebove work must he addressed to -the Superintendent of Public Works at Aibaay, snd muet be endorsed on enreiope, "Pro. posaU tor a lift bridge st Kallroad Street.

IUon. N. The right is reserved to reject any or ail bW GEORGE W. ALDRIDGR. Superintendent of Public Works.

rulrStSQ SUPREME COURT. OOCNTT OF ERIE Samuel Wsaeon against Mary McXlvsa sod Christina McNally. To tbe above named defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer tbe complaint- in this action, and to serve a copy of your anawer on the plaintiff's attorneys within twenty days after tlie a.rrlce of this summnns exclualre of the day of service; and In eaaa of your fail ore to sppesr or snewer. Judgment will be taken against yon by default for the relief demanded In the complaint. Trial to be held In tbe County of Erie.

Dated this 17th day of Jane. IW. ALLEN A Bl TTriariRLjy. Plaintiff's Attorneys. Office and Pnetoffice address S-1 sod ou EiUcott Stiuare, Buffalo.

N. Y. To Marr McNIven: Tbe foregoing aummnos is served upon you fy publication pursuant to an order of the Hosu Edwsrd K. Emery, County Judge of Erie Ceanty, dated July 12, 17. snd filed with tbe summon snd complaint herein in tbe office of the Clerk of tbe County of Erie, at the CHy and County Hall, In the City of Buffalo.

N. on Jure 1J. ALLEN A BCTTERFIELD. PlslntlfTs Attorneys. -601 ard 60S Ellicott Square.

Buffalo. X. T. KOTICS TO CREDITORS. Pursuant to an order of Hon.

Louis W. Mas. cus. Surrorats of Erie County. N.

T-, koUsl is hereby riven to all persons Having cd demande against Catherine Callahan, lata of ths City of Buffalo, in said county, deceased, that they are required to exblbtt tbe sum whs ths vouchers thereof ta the sotderatgaed William J. Conn era, the executor of tbe test will snd testament of tha satd deceased. St. the office of the attorneys of tbe sati executor. No.

St West Earls Street, la tbe City of But. of November, 1T. Dated tbe sOtb day of May. 1STT. WILLIAM J.

CON VERS, "rx wew a. mieewriseR Executor's Attorneys St West Essie Street. Buffalo. K. T.

Msy lit Nov. Toes. PORTE AGAI BANGS BACK. Constantinople. July 20.

The Ports" bss refusorl to scccpt the strateffid frontier laid down hy the military attaches of the Foreign Embassies, ant the Ambssaadors have in conaeqvjsnar suspended tfae ca-e negotiations. BAND CONCERT T0NIGBT. -V' The band concert at the Front, whkfc was postponed last on account of rain, will take place this evening, beginning at 750 o'clock. BLACK ROCK B. M.

A. There will be a rernlar meeting" of tbe B'-ack Kock Basin ess Men's Association this evening- st the rooms. Niagara aad A in be rat streets. WILLS ADMITTED. I Sanrorate Marcns this morning probated the wills of Henry Weinbetnier of TonswanHa and Uiemsn of Wales.

The estates involved are small. Too may hnnt the world over and yea will not find another medicine easal to) Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Dur-rboea Kemedy for bowel co repaints- It is pleasant, safe and reliable, -ior saje by drrj5ists. New Yorker Says He Saw Her in That; City May 7th. HAD A TALK WITH HEB.

Hs Known the Woman For Years and Could Not Be Mistaken. MYSTERY BECOMES DEEPER OMcgo BftTuage Maker is 'Accrued of Silling Hii Tife on ths First Daj of May. New York, July 20. Some facts come to light in this city today in the case of Adolph Ltuetgert, the sausage maker, ac-rOsed of killing bis wife, which go to how that Mrs. Luetgert may not hare been murdered, but is alive and well.

The murder was supposed to liave been committed in Chicago on Monday, May 1st W. A. Grottey of No. 14 West 115th Street, a traveling salesman for Kichard Jj. Shulhoi, a manufacturer at No.

163 Mercer Street, is positive he met and talked with Mrs. Luetgert in this city on May 7th. six days after it is alleged Lnetgert killed his wife. Grottey says that he met the woman in Chicago on bis trips several years ago. He was unmarried then and so was Mrs.

Luetgert, her maiden name being Louise Sickness. He became well acquainted with her and she gave him her photograph. The young woman was pretty and popular with traveling men. Grottey had not seen the woman for several years, but. nevertheless, was positive today that he saw her on Broadway on the night of May 7th.

He was standing in front of a ticket office at No. 52 Prince Street. He is sure of the day as he went to the office to get ticaets for a friend who failed on May 9th. Mrs. Luetgert, he said, was accompanied by another woman.

He in-ctantly recognized her and spoke to her for about ten minutes. He told her of his marriage pud that he was keeping house up in Harlem. He asked her to dinner, but she refused the invitation on the plea that she was in a hurry. She appeared excited and nervous and kept turning around and looking at a man who was standing nearby and who seemed to be one of the party, though he made no attempt to join in the conversation. MAIN STREET ILLUMINATION Owners of ths Whits Building Are the First to Sespond to the Appeal of the Committee.

If merchants along Main Street will follow the good example set by the owners of the White Building and illuminate their stores during encampment week, the street will present a grand sight. Many plans for illumination have been suggested to the Citizens Committee, but the most feasible was that put in operation about a week ago, when a concmittee was appointed to go up and down both sides of Main Street and ask those who owned their own lighting plants to arrange for some uniform The owners oflthe White Building) have beea the first to respond, SUSPENDED PUBLICATION. Syraco.se Evening News Forced to the Wall After Five Tears of Adversity. Syracuse, July 20. The Eevning News euspened publication today.

It was a one-cent Democratic paper. owned by ex-Mayor Thomas Ryan, and had been run at a loss for about five years. SMALLPOX IN ALABAMA. Twenty Oases Discovered by the Health Authorities of Birmingham. Birmingham.

July 20. Dr. H. Sanders of Mobile, State Health Of ficer, discovered twenty cases or small-nox here yesterday. The City Council has taken steps to establish a pest house on Red Mountain.

The disease was brought here from other towns. The local health authorities have no fear of a general epidemic, although every precaution will be taken prevent the spreading or tne scourge. NEWHOUSE-WERRICK HATCH. One of the big features at next Saturday's matinee bicycle race at Buffalo Athletic Field will be the running off of the Newhouse-Werrick match, best two in three heats for a purse. A he Kenlseis' Diamond Handicap is also creating much talk and no doubt will attract a great crowd.

Owing to the fact that Handi- capper Batchelder will be in town to referee the Parksides meet the entries for Saturday's races will not be closed until Wednesday night at the track of fice. JULIUS DONBILE'S SUICIDE. Julius Donbile, who was at one time a resident of this city, committed suicide In Chicago yesterday by inhaling ga3. Donbile's wife died here six weeks ago. and the father's inability to provide properly for his family of seven children caused him to become despondent.

He had been employed in Chicago as janitor of an apartment house at No. 207 Super ior Street. PILLSBURVS CORNER ON WHEAT. Minneapolis, July -20. C.

A. 'Pillsbury according to the best information, obtainable here controls at present -three fourths of the visible supply of wheat in the United States. His hold ings are estimated at from 10,000,000 busneis. -ine fuisoury nour mius are running overtime advancing the product. FREE TO EVERY MAN.

THS METHOD OF A GBEAT TEEAT ME9T FOB "WEAKNESS OF MEff. VBICH CURED HX3I A STUB EVEEY. THI.XO ELSE FAILED. Palnrul diseases are bad bat when roan la slowly wasting away with nervosa nkD, the mailt! forebodings are ten times wora than Uw moat severe pain. There Is so let up to -the mntl day or nlrbt.

Sleep is almost impossible and under such a train men are scarcely responsible tor what thty do. For years the writer rolled ana tossed en the troubled sea of sexual weakness until It was a question wnetnor as na not oetter take a dose of poison and thus end all his troubles, lint providential inspiration came to his aid In vne enspe a coroowauon oi nteotcines tost not only completely restored his health, bat en. large.1 bis weak, emaciated parts to natural else and vlror, and he now declares that any luan who will take the trouble to send his mm ana ouaress may nave tne naetnoq of this wooarro mumtni zrse. now warn I sr 1 mean absolutely without ceat, becauas want svstt weakened nan to act ue benefit cf WW sxparieooe. am not a phUantitroplvt.

nor 4o I mse as an enthusiast, but there are thousands of men suirertnjr the menal tortures oX weakened viua-Kood liO would be rvred at ence could thav tna each a runedr as the one that curd oe. I not try to study out how I can aiXord ew postage stamps nccenary cs mat! ti information, but send for it. ass that tbre ate a few things en earth thatal-Unth they eost Bothies; to et they are wo-th fortune to soma men nU mean a lifetime of happtne to oust of us. Write to Thomas later. Boa KB.

Kalamasoo. and tbela! fornisUcn wul taaiicd is a sealed attorney who argued for the sustaining of the demurrers and Assistant District Attorney Thomas Penney took the stand that the indictments ehould stand. In inakinr the decision udjre Kmery stated no particular reasons, simply saying, that the demurrers were overruled. Those who will have to stand trial are as follows: For selling and offering to spH policy and registering bets, Carl rlolstein, Jo on nenry urown, Nicholas Snyder. James Williams, Nich olas Lieber, and John Haller.

ior keeping gambling room, teorge Norman. George Hubbard and William T. Lewis. GAS DECISION. Justice Woodward Vacates the Injunction of J.

Edward Ad dicks. Justice Wodward has vacated the in junction secured by J. Edward Addicks restraining the Buffalo Gas Light Company from consolidating with the Mutual and Citizens. It is likely that the consolidation scheme will go ahead at the meeting at 10 o'clock tomorrow moraine at the office of the Mutual Company. Ex-Senator Laughlm will serre notice on the meeting tomorrow of what is his interpretation of the decision, and further notice that his clients do not intend to give ud their thirty-six shares of Buffalo Gas Light stock, and they win ngnt to tne end the effort to take it away from them.

In his decision Justice Woodward says: "I am not disposed in determining this motion to pass upon the validity or force of the provisions of the grants, by the city of Buffalo to these various gas companies. The precise meaning to be given to any particular word or phrase must be determined, to a very large extent, by the object sought to 'be attained when such word or phrase is made use of; and while the phrase 'consolidation of when applied directly to the relations and transactions between these companies, may have the meaning contended for by the defendant's counsel and the meaning contemplated by the statute when it makes use of those words, yet as used in the grant by the city it was obviosuly for the purpose of preventing sucn a union or the interests or the Buffalo Mutual Gas Light Company with any other gas light company as would not prevent that competition which is recited in the report of the Aldermanic committee as the excuse for making the grant at all. Neither do I feel called uoon to nass upon the constitutionality of section 33 of tne stock corporation law as applied to this case, because it is a well-settled principle of jurisprudence that wherever a right exists or is created by contract, by the ownership of property or otherwise, cognizable by law. a violation of that right will be prohibited unless there are other considerations of policy or expediency which forbid a resort to this prohibitive remedy. The defendant Hnauldlng has.

in open court, tendered to the plaintiff the full sum of $3,600 in consideration of the plaintiff transferring to him his thirty- six shares or stock, the alleged maximum amount of damages whyrh the plaintiff may suffer, provided the transfer of the property of the. Buffalo Gas Light Company to the Buffalo Mutual Gas Light Company shall be consum mated. Therefore, within the principle stated, it could not be said to be wise or prudent for the by preliminary injunction, with no other end in view than protecting the rights of the plaintiff, which is the only purpose that the Court may have in mind In this pro ceeding, to arbitrarily prohibit this trans- GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS. Bicycles, Bings, Watches and Babies Ofmed to Help the Game of Religion. Williamsport.

July 20. At the Christian Missionary Alliance Confer ence last -night a remarkable contribution was tnken up. rings, watches and babies were offered by their parents and thirty persons offered themselves for foreign fields. The cash pledged amounted to over $10,000. MAJOR'S LITTLE JOKE It Was Aimed at Mark Hanna, and is Too Good to Keep.

Washington, July 20. Mark Hanna is telling this story on himself. When he was chatting with the President the other evening the latter said that he thought he would like to spend part of his vacation at some place where he would learn to swim. "I should be very glad to teach you," said Hanna. "Mark," the President is reported to have answered, "I should be glad to have your assistance, but won't you have your hands full in trying to keep yourself afloat this fall?" BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.

Ottawa, July 20. It is said that the inestieation into the a flairs of the St. Vincent De Paul Penitentiary reveals a sate of affairs which eclipses anything at Kingston. Large quantities of material charged for cannot be accounted for. Some of the stone was found in a religious' building adjacent to the penitentiary.

A large rake off on certain hospital supplies and high grade groceries not under contract is said to have been exposed. SENTENCED TO BE SHOT. Antler, I. July 20. The Sulphur Springs, I.

district court which has been in session three miles south of here, adjourned Saturday. Alfred Goings and Ramsey Crosby, two Choctaw Indians, were convicted of the murder of old man Goings, an uncle of Alfred. They have been sentenced to be shot on August 21st. This will probably be the last legal executions by shooting as the Indians lose their jurisdiction on January 1st. BURGLARS HADE TWO HAULS.

The police of the 12th Precinct are looking for a gang of burglars who made two good hauls yesterday afternoon and secured jewelry nnd household goods valued at SSOO. The house occupied by the Iter. Jacob Stoorer at No. 022 East TJtica Street was thoroughly ransacked between 2 and 5 o'clock, and Herman Harneck's house at No. 605 East Ferry Street was entered throneli an attic window between 3 and 4 oock.

WESTQN WAS FINED $20. John C. Weston, for whom the police had been, searching since last March, vras captured this morning: at Wood lawn Beach by Patrolmen Wellington and Patterson of No. 1 Station and fined by Judge King in Police Court. Weston hired a horse and buggy from Harry Kiser, abusd the horse, left the outfit at Niagara Falls, and went to Canada.

VICTIM OF A WOMAN'S RAGE Farkcrsburg, W. Va July 20. William Beatty, who waa covered with, vitriol thrown by Edna Hiutch, may die. He is literally being eaten to death by the vitriol, which is slowly working from his neck to bis feet-- The woman has es- PLUCKY YOUTH. Recovered a Valuable Gem Stolen by a Pickpocket.

From the Cleveland Leader. Through the pluck, quick wit and pertinacity of a 16-year-old boy a valuable grm stolen from the shirt bosom of a traveler ou the Valley Railroad was recovered last evening. About 6:20 o'clock George W. Yenser, a lad whose home la in Warren, was watching passengers alight from a Valley Railroad train in the station at the foot of South Water Street. Attracted by the glamor and opportunities of a large city, George had left his native town a 'month ago and come to Cleveland in search of work and a chance to make his way in the world.

His efforts had proved unavailing, and in a spirit of curiosity and homesickness he had gone down to the railway station. Among the travelers who were stepping out of the conches was a well-dressed man In whose shirt front sparkled a beautiful diamond. The boy saw two rough-looking men Jostle the passenger, and then suddenly the hand of one covered the gem, and the next moment it disappeared. The owner of the stud seised one of the men who jostled him and held on fast. The man with the diamond, however, was dodging here and there among the crowd, but George W.

Yenser was dodging after him. Fast and furious grew the pursuit, and both had left the depot far behind. "Stop thief!" cried the boy, and the thief, becoming alarmed, threw away the stone and quickened his pace. The boy picked up the diamond and returned to the dpot in sesrch of the owner. Not findina nim he made his way to the Central Police Station.

There he told his story and produced the mns-sive stud, which is valued at $250, and for which the police of the city had been notified to be on the lookout. The man to whom the owner of the diamond held fast was arrested by Special Patrolman Jones and locked up on the charge of pocket-picking. He gave his name as George Hallon of Akron. The owner of the diamond is Harry D. Graham of Bellview, a suburb of Allegheny.

Pa. It is said that Georae W. Yenser, late of Warren, will get a job. CHINESE HUSBANDS PREFERRED. From the Argonaut There are in the United States 40,000 native born citixens of Chinese parentage.

In San Francisco there are 25.OO0 to Chinese and their children are entitled to the rights of citizenship. The school census shows 1,500 children less than 17 years of age of Chinese parentage, and this is probably a very incomplete census, owing to the difficulty of obtaining information from the Chinese. In the ifawaiian Islands there are 21.000 Chinese, and if the Islands are annexed the majority of these will be In San Francisco within a few years. Many of the Hawaiian Chinese are married most of them to Hawaiian women and in this population of 50,000 there would be not (ess than 20.000 families. The children of the Hawaiian Chinese are half Hawaiian.

The Hawaiian women are very fertile, and prefer Chinse to Kanaka husbands. SPANIARDS TIRED OF CUBA. New York, July 20. Letters to prominent Cubans in this city from friends in Madrid say the Spauih populace are tired of the Cuban burden and the feeling is publicly expressed that the Spaniards had better let Cuba go. The opinion is expressed that Spain has reached a moment like that when the English bwnrne persuaded of the futility of their, efforts to subdue the colonU-s which now form the United Spates.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. MI LEY. Batavia. July 19. Mrs.

Catherine Mi-lf-y. aed 7H years, died suddenly yesterday afternoon in her home at No. 24 Hyde Park, of heart heart Mrs. Miley had been an invalid for the past four years, and yesterday afternoon, while trying to rise from her bed. expired suddenly.

Her husband. John Mi-ley, survives. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. FISH THE TONAWANDA CREEK Sreeial to The Enquirer. Batsvia.

July 2. The lists via Game and Yih Protective Association which was recently orgaubwd iu this villa re has been promised by Supt. Annin of the Caledonia State Hatchery 5OO.0O0 walleyed pike, whi-b are to be delivered to Torawanda Creek during tbe summer months. The work of placing the fish In the creek here is to be in charge of M. S.

Lusfe. BIG WELL WAS A FREAK. Sped' Tbe Enonlrer. WellsTllle. Jslr 2 The wildcat oil well at Wbltesville.

N. which at tbe shallow depth of Xri feet, raramented to flow and snooted some aeventr-flva barrels. baa ceased to produce any more oil. ahowtog tret the freak prolvct Ion came from soma nijiaK pool or pocket. The drill has a sain Wen started to reach the third aand which It Is thought will be found st a depth of al-cot 2wO feet.

TOCNO FEOFLrTS TAT. EXCCKSIOX TO all VKR LAKE, rrtdar. JetT 23d. Epwerta Ieafe Da? at tbe Crand AeeeosMj-. Tones- People's Sorietiee ee Poi1r- -hoeie are raqaected te Jnta.

Tbe Erie will mo a eheap esmretes with fc4f rate for cblllrea. TSrkete limited te ewe days fee r-tnra. Trala ieave Buffalo at a. m. Fare reood trip euiidreu 60c 9Cn2l Eatlilag In the summer surf, wading out Into tbe sand, wands a -clutching, fret oavlng run to bst the band.

Ever had a summer bean Ever been a water lily? TSonAcr if the oceao bios Taints tha girls are swfol silly? Augusta Prcscott J..