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28 THE BBOOKLYS 13 AIL YB AGILE. TOEK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1898. ODELL MADE A DELEGATE. .4 SEPTEMBER REVIEW IH THE MOHTAUK GAVP. POLICE 00 NOT CREDIT MRS, DE WITT'S STORK.

WOMAN BALLOONIST DROWNED AT THE BEACH. been found in the rear yard, where it must have been dropped by somebody making an escape. The police who made the Investigation of the Penn street premises say thiat they found no evidence that the rear door of the house was forced open. The locks on both doors leading 'to the yard were to be in good condition and there was a key in each (before they lert Camp Black. i lach private I will receive1 $11.25 and be so mueli the richer.

Major Whittle of the First Battalion of the Seventy first defends bin men against the report made by General Kent, concerning I their action in battle. He wii: not speak against his superior officer, but avs When Ihe resumes the duty of a citizen he will try to irradic ate the t.lur cast upon the members of the First Battalion by the is to put a man in a state of absolute depression. Energy flags, all vitality is sapped, and what should be the spirit of the true soldier is wilted into a state of listless passivity, which gives a supreme indifference to t'he play of fate. Bead Line About the Detention Camp. A veritable dead line has been put about the whoie detention camp.

During the first one or two days after the rules of 'the camp were put In force the disregard of staff and field officers for the lines of quarantine caused much comment and incidentally much criticism by the medical officers in charge. To prevent this and also to prevent the escape cf any who should remain in the camp a chain of mounted sentries has been placed about the hills. Perhaps the greatest annoyance to the officers, and especially to the commanding generals, is caused by visi'tors who have come here for the purpose ol seeing relatives in the detention camps. This desire to see a member of your family who has been off to the war is natural. It is so strong that, in spile of the refusal of the officers, many visitors have 'succeeded in having an interview with their friends or relatives.

After exhausting all other means a well known member of the New York Cotton Exchange made up as a workman, informed the sentries that he was employed in erecting tent The Republican Chairman to Go to the State Convention. Newburgh, N. August 20 The Republicans of the First bls trlct of Orange County to day nominated for assemblyman, James G. Grabam of Newburgb. The following were chosen as delegates to the State Oonvention: Congressman Odell, Thomas W.

Bradley, Louis F. Goodsell, William G. Taggart, Joseph K. Alexander, Joseph M. Dickey, Albert N.

Chambers and William 'H. Hilton, alternates. Jonalthan Wilson, John Smi'th, William G. Hastings, Joseph E. Beard, Charles T.

Knight, George Slaghter, Edward B. Walker, Walter P. Weatlake. The following were chosen delegates to tne Judicial Convention: C. Iv Waring, I.

L. Lougran, Howard Thornton, P. W. Bodine, J. B.

Duryea, A. H. Seeger, John Orr and J. Bradley Scott. WILL KEEP THEIR COMMANDS.

Schley and Sampson "Will Not Be Detached From Their Fleets. (Special to the Bagle5 Washington, D. August 20 The Navy Department has no immediate intention of making any change in the flag officers of the North Atlantic fleet. Admiral Sampson and Commodores Sctoey and Howell have only recently received their flags and they are apt to remain where they are for the present. It is not thought at the department the work assigned to Admiral Sampson and Admiral Schley as members of the military commissions in Cuba and Porto Rico will necessitate theifstachment from duty witb the fleet.

It is not believed that their shore duty will be continuous or lengthy. LIEUT. HOBSON'S MOVEMENTS. Lieutenant HObsbn was a spectator during yesterday's welcome to 'the avy, but continued his experiments with rubber air bags In the Power bay and returned to town la in the afternoon somewhat fatigued. After a short stay at is room at the Army and Navy Club the 'lieu tenant went out to a private dinner party with several friends.

He is likely to remain here untli'l Monday next, by whidh time he hopes to 'have completed plans for saving the Mania Teresa and the Cristobal Colon. MRS. ZELLER'S TWO MARRIAGES Her Second Husband tAsks an Annulment, Asserting That Her First Is Still Living1. Justice Cohen in tae Supreme Court, Man iairtan, has denied the application of Ver onica Zeller for alimony and counsel fees. pending brie trial of a suit for the annull ment of her marriage to Edmund Zeller.

The suit is brought by the husband, w'ho alleges that Mrs. Zelier had a husband living at the time he married tier. In his de cision, Justice Cohen gives Mrs. Zeller leave to renew t'he application. The present appli cation is denied upon the ground that the case as presented on her behalf vague and uncertain.

In "his complaint Zeller asserts that he was married to the defendant in Aipril a year ago. They went to Staten Island to jive. He was a widower at the time of the marriage and says t'nat he was led to believe by his wife that she was a widow. Some time after the wedding Mrs. Zeller went to Germany.

During her absence Zeller learned, he says. that sie had a husband living there, from whom she had never been dhroreed. While she was in Germany, Zeller says, his wife wrote to him, begging him to keep the matter of their marriage secret, saying thai if it became known she would be disgraced. When Mr3. Ze.ler returned to this country, her husband caused her arrest on a charge of bigamy.

The ease was presented co the Grand Jury, but the ody did not find a true bill against the woman. The criminal pro ceedings were dropped. Subsequently Zeller began civil proceedings to have the marriage annulled. The trial of the case is now pending. Mrs.

Zeller makes general denials of the charges made by her husband and alleges tha't' the whole matter is a scheme to "get rid of her. In her ans wer to the complaint, however, Justice Cohen says her assertions are so vague, and so many points are left unanswered, that he can not award alimony and counsel fees. TBDEEE TBOLLE2" ACCIDENTS. Three trolley accidents were reported by the poaice last night. At 8:10 o'clock a Third aven'ue car at Twenty second street ran into a wagon dniven by J.

Paikner of 167 Twenty third street, threw him out and hurt him sCi ghtly; at 8:35 a Third avenue car at Fifty seveath street knocked DrUver John Nea'ly of 234 Fifty seventh street from his wagon and cut his head; at 9:30 a Third avenue car on Eighty sixth street, between Twenty third avenue and Bay Thirty fourth street, knocked John Brown, aged 35, of 119 Hamnton avenue, from his wagon and 'injured his Mpi RECEPTION TO NAVAL OFFICEBSP There is a quiet movement on foot among the members of 'the Army and Navy Club to tender a popular reception to Admirals Sampson and Schley. The plans have not taken shape yet, as all depends upon a date con venient for 'Chose officers. Should the recep tion be held, all the leading Army and Navy officers now In this vicinity will be Invited, includtaE Colonel Roosevelt. Invltaltions will also be sent to the President and his calbinet. THE WEATHER.

INDICATIONS TILL 8 P. IT. TO MORROW. Washington, D. Aucust 21) For Eastern New Tf ork, fair, warmer, southwesterly winds.

The following is the record of the thermometer as Kept at tne BrooKlyn Dally Eagle office: 1 A.M. vesterdav 70 I 3 P. i 4A.M 69 5 P. At 6A.M 68 I 7 P. 8A.M 69 19P.

10 A. 71 111 P. ion 75 1 1 A. 2P.M 70 I 6 75 75 74 73 HIGH WATER. Following is the official announcement of the time and duration of high water at New YorK and Sandy Hook for to inorrow, August 22: A M.

P. M. Imra'n of Rise. Fall. Time Belgnti IB.

M.I Feet. TimelHelgat K.I Feet. New 110:48 I SanayH.ook!10:38 I 4.7 4.8 10:56 i 10:51 i 4.2 4.3 I 5:54 1 6:31 I 6:03 i 6:37 INDEX To Classified Advertisements in To day's Eagle. CLASPiriCATIOW. Amusements Auction Sales Board Business Notices BuslnesES Opportunities Clairvoyants Coastwise Steam ships Death Notices Employment Agencies European Hotels Excursions Financial For Exchange Furnished Rooms Help Wanted Hotels ot America, Horses and Carriages 1 Instruction Lost and Found 18 Marriage Notices Miscellaneous Oceaji Steamships Post Office Notice 1( Proposals Railroads 16 Real Eslate 19 Real Estate at Auction 13 Real Estate Loans 19 Religious Notices Situations Wanted 17 Special Advertisements 28 Steamboats 16 Summer Rjeaorts 20 Summer Reaort GuMes 20 To Let and For Sale 18 18 Wanted 1 lock cn the inside that made 'it almost Impossible for them to be tampered with.

It was also learned last night that nothing was sto.en rrom tne iiouse. The DeWitts "Were Popular "With Patchogue's Summer Colony. (Special to the Eagle.) Patchogue, L. August 20 James De Witt. whose wife and child were chloroformed at their home in Brooklyn, was musical director at the Ocean Avenue Hotel here and was very popular with the summer colony.

Mrs. De Witt was also a favorite and charmed all by her winning manner. Mr. De Witt arrived early in the season and Mrs. De Witt and the child came six weeks ago.

Mrs. De Witt ana tne baby returned home Fridav morn ing, Mr. De Witt intending to stay longer. He was terribly shocked this morning when he received a telegram announcing the tragedy at his home. The bereaved father at once started lor Brooklyn.

A subscription is now being taken here to send flowers to the fu neral, and which a delegation of the hotel guests will attend. The annual hop, which was to nave Deen neia at the hotel to night, has been postponed out of sympathy for Mrs. De Witt. Mrs. Bryan C.

Woodruff af 22 Clinton street, who is a relative of Mrs. DeWitt's, visited her to day. She said Mr. DeWi'tt had bruises on her head which were prabaibiy made by some blunt instrument. She added that while at a euchre party at Mrs.

DeWitt's home a year ago, fifteen pocketbooks were stolen during the course of the evening. WIFE CHARGES CONSPIRACY. Serious Allegations in the Suit of Charles Ellwanger for Absolute Divorce A. Rockaway Beach. Episode.

Mary Ellwanger asserts that her husband, Charles, entered inito a conspiracy in order to secure a divorce from her. This assertion is made in her answer to uhe complaint of her husband, who is suing her In the Supreme Court, Manhattan, for an absolute divorce on the ground of hier misconduct with other men. Justice Beekman yesterday handed down a decision, in which he allows Mrs. Ellwanger $75 counsel fees. The Justice refused to allow her alimony, however, for the reason that her husband has in the past aind is still providing comfortably for her pending the trial of the action.

According to the complaint of Mr Ellwanger, he was married to his present wife in March, 1S87. They lived together happily until about a year ago. Early last month, however, Ellwanger alleges that he sent his wife down to Rockaway Beach for a vacation. Acting upon information given him Ellwanger says that he decided to watch his wife. He went down to where his wife was stopping one day and, according to his story, he found her in a room with a man.

The door was closed, but Ellwaiiger says that with the assistance of two male friends, whom he had taken with him, it was broken open. Mirs. El'l'Wianger gives another version of the affaar, however. She says that she went to Rockaway Beach at the request of her husband and wdth a woman friend of his. They oocu'pied the saime rocm.

On the evening tiat her husband came down unexpectedly she and her wciniaun compainion were about to retire, when a man who was a friend of her companion came to their room. Mrs. Elliwanger says that he sat down and tatked to them for some time. Suddenly her woman compara fan left the room on some pretext, ol'csimig the door of tfhe room behind her. She Wad scarcely left before there was a oom motfon to the hallway and a moment later her husband and two friends buret into the room.

Mts. Elliwanger claims that she is the victim of cireumstajnees and thiat the whole thing was a plot arranged by her husband to emtra'p her. Sfh asserts tihait there was no misconduct on her part. Ellwanger alleges, however, that he has other evlldence against his wife. He says tha't he has letters in his possession written to Mrs.

EH'wanger by dther men. THIRD COMPANY TO ARRIVE. Brooklyn Signal Corps "Will Be Quartered at Dean Street Armory Sail for Santiago on Tuesday. The Third Company, Unilted States Volunteer Signal Corps, commanded by Captain Frederick T. Leigh and composed largely of the members of the Second Signal Corps, N.

N. will arrive from Newport News, to day by Old Dominion steamer and will he quartered at tVie Dean street armorv until Tuesdlay, when they sail by transport seguranca, rrom Fler 1, North River, at nwn, for Santiago. The oorpis is oompesed of six officers and fifty five enlisted men and is accotopaniied by a wagon tra'in of five silgnal wagons and twenty mules. The roster of the company is as follows: Captain Frederick T. Lelffh, Captaiin Edward T.

Win field, First Jjieu tenant William Jarvie, Jr. Second L.leult niajnt Francis Creig hton, Second Ijle'Utenant Henry C. Ba'Idwdti. F'irst class sergeawtB C. T.

JVwler, D. F. "U' alte. S. T.

Alier. nti? Y. Earle, R. M. Byers, N.

P. Bonny. W. J. Ooaghtry.

R. Bramnon, J. O. Ans.utz. S.

J. Lumb. Corporate w. artand, J. H.

Clei y. J. P. Hunt tins, M. Les c.

W. Byers, A. L. A. Xorrls, L.

J. EHldns Prlvates r. B. Arnold, S. F.

Baracer, F. F. Beale. W. J.

Calnan. J. P. Oonklln, J. Connlft, TV.

W. Crawford. J. V. Currie.

F. W. Dunn. E. H.

Ensell. J. J. Erwin, G. E.

Evans. W. H. Gallaeher. F.

J. Gerber. L. H. Globensky, T.

'Hayes, H. MacHorton. C. Jay, F. B.

Johnson, F. X. Lawton, J. McFadden, G. A.

Mars hail, E. Normlncton. R. O'Connor, J. E.

Paul, I. J. Bobineon. W. L.

Shaw, M. J. Sullivan, W. E. Sullivan, F.

Thonvnson. L. C. Tourtellot, F. ti.

Wapner, E. C. Ward, 1. Jt. Winters, W.

T. Wynn. MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS. ARIltVED SATURDAY, AUGUST 20. Ms Philadelphia, from Nassau, fcis Fuerst BisniarcK.

from Hamburg, Sa Idaho, from London. Ss Cherusfeia. from Hamburg. Si Patria fronvHainimi K. Ss Caspian, from Gi eenocK.

Ss Kotherfieia. from Tampico. Relief, from Ponco. 8s Wineland, from Stettin. Ks AlKontfnin.

from JacKsonville. Ss Queen Louise, from Iioilo. SAILED. Ss Gooreo W. Clyde, for Jacksonville.

8s Herschel, for Maucliester. Ss Colorado, for Galveston. ss Pre oria. for Hamburg. Ss Campania, for Liverpool.

Ss Salerno, for Newcastle. Buffalo, for Hull. Ss Victoria, for London. Ss La rmanaie. for Havre.

fis Hansdam. for "Rotterdam. 6s I'Bfique. for Valparaiso. Ss Kniser Wilhelm II.

for Genoa. Sf New Orleans, for New Orleans. Ss Oranje Nassau, for Hayti. Ss Maredonia. for Ss Adirondack, ror Kingston.

Ss Furuessia. for Glasgow. 8h Buli'on. for Pernambuco. 8s TbitiKValla, for Conenhagen.

Ss City of Birmingham, for Savannah. ARRIVED AT FOKE1GU PORTS. Ss Amsterdam. from Wow YorJc. Rotterdam.

Ss DeiKe Riekmers.from New Yort, Copenhagen. ttu TP.MJI.In Vn. 1 nn. I'T .1 Ss I'awnev. from New York, Trieste.

Ks Christine, from New York, Aarnuns. Si Westernland, from New York. Scilly. Ss Britannic, from New YorK. Liverpool.

Ss Island, from New York. nd. Butt of Lewis. Ss Theresa Heyman, from Now York, pd. Lizard.

Ss Angusra Victoria, from N. i Hamburg. Ss ICoenlgln Luise, from New York, Southampton, Ss Brato from New Yorn. St. Vincent.

Ss Strat linens, irom New YorK. St. Vincent. Ss Excelsior, from' New York. Rotterdam.

Ss Hatouui. from Now York.nd. Prawle Point. ess Brooklyn City, from New York, pd. Brow Head ns voioraao.

irom Jiew YorK. net. Lizard. Ss Indravelli, from New York. Kobe.

Ss Spartan Prim e. Irom New Yore. Genoa. 8 i (iraneeiise. from New York.

Para. Ss Bedouin, from New York. Port Said. SAILED PROM FOREIGN PORTS. Ss Werkendam.forNew YorK.

Rotterdam. Ss Alexandra lor New York. Loudon. Bs Kuroue, lor New YorK, London. Ss Russia, lor New York, yueenstown.

SsDiamanr, for Now York. Hamburg. Ss Alsatia. fur Now York, Naples. Ss Afridi, for New York.

td. Gibraltar. SsLa Touraine. for New York. Havre.

Ms Tunsta, lor Now YorK, Para. Ss Vega, for Xevt YorK. Lisbon. Ss Venus, for New York, Stettin. Ss Trojan Prince, for New York, Naples.

SsOtiio. for New York, Hull. Ss Southwark. for New York. Southampton.

Ss Barbarossa. for Now YorK. Bremen. Bs I.ucauia.for New York, LirervooL. General Corbin Says the President Contemplates Going There.

NO MORE TUAHSPOBTS AS. RIVE. Thirty six Disabled Soldiers Removed From the Rio Grande None of the Cases Is Serious More Red Cross Nurses Arrive in Camp The Death List Is on the Increase Colonel Norwood Unable to Provide Hospital Accommodations Two More Transports Sail From Santiago. Eagle Bureau, 60S Fourteenth street. Washington, I).

C. August 20 The next notable denie nstration in honor ol tbe heroes of the late war will probably be held about Thursday, September I. Adjutant General Corbin informed tac Eagle correspondent to night ttiat in his ie soldiers now stationed at Point would be sufficiently recovered from the fatigue of. their journey from Santiago to receive the President of the United States and commander in chief of the Army. General Cor'oiu said that he thought that by the first of September the camp would be free frmu contagious disease and that i't "would be perfectly safe for the President to review the troops there.

"Of course," said General Corbin, "t'he soldiers will not be in condition at that time to be taken to New York and marched through the streets of that city on parade. It will be sev eral weeks before anything of that sort can be contemplated. Later, on if t'he State of New York desores to honor the heroes of Santiago, there will be; no objection to their doing so, and a parade i and reception can be held in New York City. "What the President wants to do is to visit the soldiers at their camp ami see them there and i if they are in condition he will go to Montauk before he attends the reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic. If the men are not sufficiently recovered by the first of September to turn out for the President he will postpone his visit until after his return from the Grand Army Encampment.

NO MORE TRANSPORTS IN. Hone of the Sick Men Removed From the Rio Grande Is in a Serious Condition. Eagle Headquarters, Camp Wikoff. Montauk, L. 1., August 20 No transports have arrived since the Rio Grande came in this morning.

She left Santiago August 13 and brought i36 men of the Ninth and Tenth (colored) Cavalry. The Tenth Cavalry is under command of Colonel T. A. Baldwin and it was this detachment 'that relieved the Rough Riders in the fight of June 24. The Ninth Cavalry, under Major Dinrmick at San Juan, was ordered by the commanding officer to stop lighting.

The men refused to obey the order and Major Dimmick demanded a writ ten order from General Saafter. The messenger was dispatched to the commanding "general, but before he returned the block house on the top of the hill had been captured aud in the possession of the Americans. The Tenth Cavalry had routed the Spaniards and the order to cease firing ax rived too late tcJ save 'the block house to the enemy. The officers of the Tenth Cavalry are Colonel T. A.

Baldwin, Captains W. A. Beck, C. J. Ayres and j.

W. Watson and Lieutenants J. B. Hughes, Anderson, Littlemore, Dit tmar and H. B.

Whitehead. The officers of the Ninth Cavalry are: Major E. B. Dimmick, Captains M. D.

Hughes, Stedman, Finley, C. D. Powell and J. P. McLane and Lieutenants C.

J. Stevens. J. A. Ryan, E.

D. Hardwick, H. McCormack and D. D. Leonarde.

The sick men from the Rio Grande, about thirty six in all, were taken off the transport. Their cases are not serious. Charges Ag ainst the Steward of the Mobile. The Mobile is still called the ''ship of horrors," and an inquiry into the mazier may now be on foot. Aside from the overcrowding there appears to have been nothing lacking in the way of and medical supplies, but the difficulty on the voyage was to distribute the food to the men.

Of course it was only hardtack and a few staples, but the steward, Hughes, is said to be in a great measure responsible for the lack of sustenance. Charges of extortion have been preferred against him by the captain of Company Second Massachusetts. The steward is accused of having supplied the sick men with moldy bread while he had fresh bread and biscuits on hand. According to his accuser he charged 10 and 15 cents for biscuits that were two days old. Captain Leyland, in command of the vessels, said stories of this character about the steward have reached his ears before and the complaint made by the captain of Company will be fully investigated.

Some ol the regulars explained the cause of the many cases of illness among the volun teers. Of the 300 sick who came on the Mobile, only fifteen of them are regulars. The "volunteers ate mangoes and other fruits and drank the impure waters of the brooks in Santiago in large quantities, putting no restraint on their hunger or thirst. Removal to the hospital followed soon after this foolhardy feat. Death Xist Increasing The death list is increasing.

Funeral services to day were held over the bodies of Lieutenant Harry I'arkhurst. Company Second Massachusetts; Sergeant Frederick Rider. Captain Charles Hathaway, Second Massachusetts; George Schuliz, First Volunteers, District of Columbia; John Brewer, Troop Sixth Cavalry; F. C. private in Company C.

Seventy first Regiment, and J. Driscoll. Company Eighth regular Infantry. Hathaway leaves a wife and three children. Brooklyn Hospitals Anxious to Take Soldiers.

Many applications arc being received from various Brooklyn hospitals, and fn.m Norwich, for some of the patients. The W. W. Backus Institute in Norwich telegraphed to Colonel Forwood that they could uceomimo date fifteen patients, the Long Island College Hospital has asked for 100 and the t. Gaitbarine's Hospital is very anxious to get anywhere between one and five hundred.

Dr. Mauree Enright, secretary of the Medical the 1st. (Aniiarinc Hospital, tia volunteered the of h'js staff pbyslcJans to take rare t'he sk sod'iers 'if they will be "brought to that institution and he offers to accept the pat: nts without any cost whatever to the government. He thinks the St. Peter's, Nop.veg.an aiv.i L.

ng Island College hospitals liav. j'jvored 'In thiis matter and he protest tiaturcd Iy that bis own in stiitucion be given a chance. Money in Camp for the Seventy first. Paymaster Arthur is here to pay the Seventy Hrst members what was due tUeai Autopsy Fails to Show That Chloroform Killed Her Child. THEORY DISCARDED.

Dr. Hodgeson, the "Woman's Father, Is Positive That the Police Are "Wrong and Gives an Interview Substantiating His Daughter's Statements Coroner Delap's Order Forbidding Mrs. De Witt's Removal From Her Home Proves Ineffective Now at Her Father's House. Captain Corwin of the Clymer street police station and 5iis officers were kept pretty busy yesterday trying to unravel the mysterious killing of Joseph H. De Witt, 22 months old, who, it is claimed, died from an overdose of chloroform, administered, it was supposed, by a burglar.

As yet nothing new has developed except that the captain is firm in the opinion that no burglar gained an entrance into the 'home of the De Witts at 71 Penn street. In tbis he says he backed up by Inspector Murphy, Detectives Hayes and Do lan of his own force and Detective Delehan ty of the Central Office. Further than this tftie captain would not go. He offered absolutely no solution to the myscery of the child's deafh. Another phase of the case was the removal last night of Mrs.

De Witt from 71 Penn street, her home, to the residence of her father, Dr. Joseph H. Hodgson, at 93 Keap street. All day the police and Coroner had been prevented from making a thorough investigation of the room in which Mrs. De Witt was, or securing a statement from her of what transpired previous to the child's death, because Mrs.

De Witt's attending physician, Dr. W. F. Koerner, advised that, as the woman was excited over her last night's ex. periences, it would be better not to subject her to any unnecessary annoyance.

It was also said that she was in no danger of dying and would be better able to make a statement some time later. Of course, as the case was one for a coroner's investigation, he was appealed to by the physician, and accordingly he issued instructions that, the woman was not so be disturbed. The police, however, made a thorough investigation of the other parts of the Penn streett premises, with the result that the burglary theory was discarded. The body of the dead child was taken from the house yesterday and removed to 'the undertaking establishment of Kendrick Tise, at 407 Bedford avenue, where an autopsy was held yesterday aiternoou. Dr.

Henderson, the Coroner's physician, conducted the autopsy. He found the organs of the body in a normal condition and gave it as 'his opinion that death' resulted from suffocation. There was notlhing, he. said, in tfhe autopsy to show tlha chloroform had been administered to the child. After the autopsy had been comiplet ed t'he body of the child was prepared for burial and taken to the home of Mr.

DeWiot's brother, 431 Wythe avenue, where the funeral will be held on Mnday: Late in the afternoon, it is said. Coroner Delap learned that it was the intention of Mrs. De Witt's relatives to remove her from her home. He immediately gave notice that if any attempt was made to take the woman away from the Penn street house she should be put under arrest. Before this order reached the police, however, preparations were under way at the, Penn street house for Mrs.

De Witt's removal to the home of her father. At 5:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon a carriage drove up to the house. A few minutes later Mrs. De Witt came out of the front door, leaning on the arm of her father. She was seen by a police officer, who followed the carriage Do 93 Keap street, which is only a few blocks away.

Sergeant Hayes received word at the station house and at once placed an additional watch on the Keap street house, with instructions to arrest the woman if an attempt were made to remove her elsewhere. Word was also received from Dr. Hodgson that the police were at liberty then to make another examination of the premises, 'including the room occupied by Mrs. De Witt. In the meantime word had been sent to Mr.

De Witt, who, as stated yesterday, was stopping at the Ocean Avenue House, Patchogue. He left on an afternoon train and was met at the East New York station by Dr. Joseph R. Hodgson, Mrs. De Witt's brother, and was taken to the Keap street house.

The police did not know that he had arrived in the city at the time. Mr. De Witt was at his iainer nouse wnen his wife was brought in, but up to a late hour last night he had not seen her. It is said that he nearly collapsed when he met his brother in law at the depot and heard the news of his child's death. Although the police are very indignant over the way they have been handicapped, they i nave reiramea irom making any criticism of the Coroner's action in abiding by the advice of the attending physician, and forbidding the police officials from making an earlier investigation of the room in which Mrs.

We Witt and the child slept. The only answer given by the police to questions on this point is that the Coroner is a higher official in such a case and they are obliged to submit to his ruling. An Eagle reporter visited Dr. Hodgeson's house l'ate last Might. Dr.

Hodgeson expressed himself as very indignant at some of the stories that were pu'blished in several afternoon papers, one of which was to the effect that the relations between his daughter and her Husband 'were not of the most pjea sant character, and that there had been an angry parfing becween the couple at Patchogue. "This is most disgraceful," said the doctor. "Why there isn't a more loving couple in existence than my daughter and her husband. They parted most affectionately. Mr.

De Witt, es I suppose you a re aware, is a music teacher and was engaged at the Ocean Avenue House at Patchogue for the season, to furnish the music for the guests, and the only reason he did not return home with the res: of the family was because the time of his engagement had not expired." "Ycu see, about seven weeks ago I took my wife, my single daughter and Mrs. De Witt and her little boy with me to Patchogue for a stay. Mr. De Witt, of course, has not a big Income, and that is the reason I took his family with me. When we got to the hotel, there was a pianist there, but he wasn't very good, and was discharged, and I sent for my son in law, and he was engaged for the rest of the season.

We returned home on Friday, leaving Mr. De Witt to complete his engagement. "As I sated before, Mrs. De Wiot parted wich her husband affectionately. Mr.

De Witt was also in the party that came to the city. When we reached the city I wanted my daughter to come here and stay for the night, but she said she preferred to go to her own house. It was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon then. Mrs. De Witt, however, went home with her trother in law, where she had dinner, and he escorted her to her own home in the evening.

Mr. De Witt remained talking with my daughter and my Bull, 1st JUSCJJU Xi. IJUUgCOUU, 11 LI 1 O.UUU 0'ci0Ck. Before leaving he saw that every son, Dr. Joseph H.

Hodgeson, until about Dr. Hodgson further said that since his i daughter was removed to his house she had made a statement to him in which she said that she was aroused early yesterday morning by hearing the child cry. She raised herself in the bed to see what was the matter and was struck by something. She can remember nothing mere until she was found on the floor by her brother, who was aroused by her moans. When told that the police had their doubts about burglars entering the house Mr.

Hodgson replied that the condition of the upstairs rooms supported Mrs. DeWitt's statement. Even Mrs. De Witt's pocketbook, he said, had Mrs. Addie Christensen's Fatal Descent With a Parachute.

"WAS FIRMLY TIED TO A TRAPEZE, The Husband of the Dead Woman, Who Is Himself an Aeronaut, Had For bidden His Wife to Go Dp With a Rival Performer, but She Disobeyed His Instructions George McCroy, Employed to Give Balloon Exhibitions at Bergen Beach, Arrested and Locked Dp in the Flatbush Station House. Mrs. Addie Christensen, 22 years old, tha wife of Charles Christensen, a professional balloonist known to the public as Charles Ricbard'son. mas drowned at Bergen Beach last night while descending from a balloon. She was inexperienced and was in the act of completing her third ascension when she met her death.

George MoCroy, a professional balloonist, who i employed regularly at the beach and under whose d'i reccion the young woman went up in the air ship, is held responsible for the accident by the pol'ice amd 'is under arrest. 'Mrs. Christensen made her home with her husband's parents at 145 Hull street. For two seasons McCroy has 'been employed by the Bergen Beitfa Company to make ascensions once day as o5ten as the atmospheric condition's will allow. About a month ago Mrs.

Christensen visited a Jamaica Bay resort and made the acquaintance of McCroy, who, with his wife, boards at the Beach. Mrs. Christensen and McCroy soon became fast friends. The young woman is said to have expressed a desire to make an ascension i'n her new found friend's balloon, and he is reported to have told her that nothing could more easily be arranged. Three weeks ago, unknown to the proprietors of Bergen Beach, Mrs.

Chriistensen made an ascent with M'eCroy's "balloon, came down safely with the aid of a parachute and landed safely a short distance away from the Casino. She expressed herself delighted with her experience and was asked to repeat it. She did so without accident. Afterward Ohrfe tensen, her husband, heard of hi wife's doings and visited Bergen Beach. About a week after, according to his own statement, made to Percy G.

Williams, Chris tiansen thrashed McCroy for allowing his wife to go up in the balloon. He stated that his wife had never had any experience ballooning and that it was extremely dangerous for her bo attempt an ascension. He appealed the proprietors of the beach to prevent a repetition ot his wire act and McCroy was warned by Mr. Williams not to permit the woman to go up again. It was then sup pased 'there would be no further trouble, Last night, however, Mrs.

OCiristensen, aided by MoCroy attempted her third ascension wiicb ended in her death. A little after 6 o'clock, the balloon measuring about twenty five feet across the top and thirty feet in length, was reported to be ready. McCroy was working around the balloon enclosure In, tigihts, apparently ready to make the ascent. Just before the last rope was out, Mrs. Christensen in a fl ttito costume of black tights ran out of the dressing room close by and caught hold of the crossbar the trapeze.

"All ready, let her go," shouted McCroy, and the balloon shot straight up in the air while the young woman, now all smiles.threw kisses to the crowd that had assembled. The big blaek bag went up fuiiy 500 feet and was carried out over the bay by tire light west wind until it reached a point about 200 feet off Shore. Then Cbe plucky little woman cut loose tSie parachute and as it filled hundreds on the board walk cheered lustily. The balloon turned upside down and big clouds of black smoke ascended skyward. The parachute with the liittle woman, now with pale features, descended quite rapidly and landed in the channel.

Close by the place where the woman struck was a bicycle boat, in which there was two young men. Instead of going to the assistance of the young woman, the men turned 'the bow of the boalt away and paddled toward the pier. They explained later that they did not attempt to rescue the woman because they were afraid of upsetting 'the boat. C. F.

Adams, Benjamin Woodger and George Wise put out from the shore in row boats as soon as they saw that Mrs. Christensen did not come to 'the surface. The three men first reached the collapsed parachute and it was floating top up, while the woman was hidden from view. They pulled up the poles the wet cloth until 't'hey discovered the trapeze and the woman fast to it. According to the statements of Adams and also of Woodger the woman was tied to the iron cross bar.

A rope was wound twice around her body below her arms and to tied on either side to the bar. She could not have swam even had she known how, which her friends say she did not. The woman was unconscious when she was lifted into a boat, and was quickly rowed to the board walk. Every effort was made to restore her to consciousness. In the meantime an ambulance call brought Surgeon W.

T. Bronson and he, with the assistance of several others, including the woman's brothers in law, Eugene and George Christensen, worked until 9 o'clock, or three hours after the accident, without success. Then the woman was pronounced dead and the body was removed to the Flatbush police station. As soon as Police Captain Knipe heard of the accident and the circumstances surrounding it he ordered McCroy's arrest, although the woman was not then dead. Policeman Whalen escorted the man to the Flatbush Station, where he was locked up.

The dead woman's husband is said to be employed by Paul Boyton at Coney Island. A telephone message was sent to him. last nieht. but ud to a late hour nothing had been heard from him. The Christensens have been married about five years and have no children.

The Bergen Beach proprietors had neve? employed Mrs. Christensen and had forbidde her to go up in tne Danoon. SPECIAL ADVEB.TISEMENTS. More Children Toe In THan we had any ideaot berore we vertised the little shoe which corrects that tendency $2.00 to $2.75. Have you noticed whether your child toes in? Or it may have ankles that torn easily, "We have shoes to remedy that also, $1.25 to And for ordinary wear there are definite reasons why our Children's Shoes are better than the general ran: Special lasts, special sizes so that all can be correctly fitted and special precaution against anything that may injure or deform the foot.

60 62 West 23d St. New: "Stalw. t. ad 1 II General's report. More Red Cross Nurses Arrive.

Twenty eight Hod Cross nurses arrived to day and within the week fifty more will be on band. The need of nurses, male and i female, is very pressing and t'ne society is rr.nkine: aii rn fii rr. m. General Wheeler sid that more sick men have been sent to Camp Wikoff than was expected, and he blames the authorities at Waiti i us ton for not having informed him beforehand bow many invalids he was to provide for. The medical department made preparations for about one thou sard.

The provisions made are adequate enough for those expected, but it "is the unexpected that has happened. More ttian double number of invalids looked for have already The transport Matteawan was released from quarantine this evening and she left for New York. Colonel Weston, commissary of Shatter's army at Santiago, has arrived and will be in charge of the commissary department here. Four Sisters of Charity came by train this afternoon aud will act as nurses in the hospital ward. NO ROOM FOR THE SICK.

Camp Wikoif's Crowded Hospitals Unable to Stand the Further Strain Entailed by Rio Grande's Arrival. Eagle Headquarters, Camp Wikoff. Montauk, L. August 20 About tie headquarters of General Wheeler to day was a s'tir of anxiety. General Wheeler himself was releasing as rapidly as possible some of his dynamic energy in giving rapid instructions to the members of his taff.

On the countenance of General Young was a look of grave concern, and the usual placidity of Colonel Forwood, the chief surgeon, gave place to an air of deep agitation. Orderlies were dashing about. Officers were conferring and abo u't the whole camp was the appearance of unusual activity. It was not difficult to see that a situation of much import was at hand. The truth was tha't another transport had beem sighted.

Rounding the point, the glasses of the signal corps men had made outasteaan er heading toward the bay, and her number told that i't was the Rio Grande. Already on hand was the Seneca, 'the Comanche and the Mobile, averaging a thousand men each. None had been unloaded. Of the sick cn the Mobile these whose oases were most impcrsant had been removed, until there was no roam left in either 'the main or the detention hospital. On the transports were hundreds of sick men to care for.

Colonel Forwood had thrown up his hands. "We have no room for them, gentlemen," he stated to the officers. "A hospital i one thing you cannot crowd. The capacity of our largest hospital is exhausted. All other room is gone.

Unless we can get a hospital erected co day the only solution is to remove those men not so sick to one of the transports which has been emptied, or to xran sport some of our patients to city hospitals." Colonel Forwood was positive in his position. "1 will not crowd ihe wards here," he said. "I am going to make the men we have as comfortable as possibie. Just what we will do I cannot say, but we wj'H have to face 'this emergency as best we know how. I anticipated uhis rush some time ago, and urged t'he erection of hospitals before anything else was attended to.

The great difficulty has been the want of facility for transportation between the depot and the camps. The first feature needed at this camp was about 500 teams. Distance is so great between all points and the roads are so bad and so circuitous that even for ordinary business it requires more than the average number of teams. There is no denying that the situation here is serious. We can not get the sick men from transports as rapidly as we ought Two new hospitals, with the same capacity of the old one, will be put up at once, but it will be at least a week before they are finished.

To care for the sick is now the problem before Camp Wikoff. Except for those who have come up from Tampa, it is a camp of invalids, and many of the Florida troops have been stricken since their arrival here from the effects of malaria contracted in lower latitudes. Overcrowding on the Mobile. The condition of the Mobile has been the question among all officers and men here during the day. Human misery disclosed when the surgeons boarded her yesterday morning beggared imagination.

Everything was done to relieve the congestion aboard and to day a quiet investigation has been in progress as to the cause of her condition. One of the highest officers in camp, who worked all night caring for the sick who had just landed, said to day; "At fi9t I thought that the troops on the Mobile had been improperly fed. The poor fellows were asking for something to eat, when I first went aboard, and, naturally, the first impression was that they had been starved out. I fiud, however, after talking with a number of officers and privates, too, who made the trip on her, that fairly good rations were served. The quality and the quantity of the food was jood, but the most luxurious fare would not have prevented the misfortune which came from loading up the transport with so many men.

The blame, I would say, should be fixed on the officer in charge of transportation at Santiago. Three regiments on one boat when all the men were as feeble as these soldiers were, was enough to have made every passenger sick, and I wonder that more did not die. I have no doubt but the soldiers in their desire to get away from Cuba and their eagerness to see home once more consented to be packed away like sardines, but those in charge should have shown some consideration of the effect. One or two of the transports not so crowded have brought men to this camp in better condition than when they left Santiago. If three hundred men, instead of 1,600, had been put on the Mobile, her condition might have been very different." This seems to be the general verdict among those who have interested themselves in the case.

A Shakeup in. the Seventy first. Some of the Seventy first men have been relieved from quarantine. For some cause there is great discontent in this regiment. Whether it is the criticism of their action in the charge up San Juan hill, whether the hardships of t'he campaign has disorganized them or whether they are dissatisfied altogether with army life cannot be said: hut there appears to be a woful lack of unity in the regiment.

Stories of many oiors can be heard about the Seventy first. The true s'tory of the part it played will come to light as soon as all are released fro ra detention camp anil as soon as the regiment recuperates suflu U.ntly to find spirit to take some stand. It was the unseasoned volunteers who suffered most, as the condition of the Seventy first and the Second Massachusetts shows. Few men in these regiments have escaped sickness. The effects of the prevailing fever noors, aua passed into the lines.

In tne afternoon he made his way out with a crowd of Italian laborers unobserved. An enthusiastic newspaper man got inside t'he lines late in the afternoon. He in'ter cviewd an officer of high rank. A detachment of Rough Riders was doing guard duty. As the newspaper man crossed the lines he was halted.

The sentry was conducting him to the sergeant. The newspaper man recognized his captor as an old friend. They grasped hands; the guard shoved him beyond the lines quickly and rode off. Since General Wheeler has taken command, although he has been charged himself with disregarding quarantine regulations, few have entered unauthorized the harred portats of this detention camp. ONE DOCTOR FOR NINETY MEN.

Five Young Brooklyn Physicians Find Plenty to Do at Camp "Wikoff. As the resul't of a request senlt by Surgeon General Sternberg to Dr. J. H. Raymond, secretary of 'the Long Island College Hospital, five young Brooklyn physicians, all recent graduates of that institution, are now numbered among the corps of doctors who are attending the sick soldiers at Camp Wikoff.

These physicians are Drs. L. W. Bishop, H. C.

Anderson, R. C. Holcomb, E. M. Buld winkel and E.

G. Schutz. The first three named were graduated from the Long Island College Hospital with the class of '96 and the other two graduated with theclassof '9S. Each was considered a promising student at the college and all had actually begun the practice of their profession. The letter which resulted in these young men being sent to Montauk Point came from Surgeon General Sternberg last Wednesday and Dr.

Raymond at once selected the men named, as the surgeon general indicated that there was immediate need for more medical assistance it rvamp "Wikoff. Two or 'three of the men started for the camp Thursday and the re mainder wen't out the following day. All are now hard at work doing what medical skiil can do for the soldiers who are suffering from typhoid fever and the other diseases which had begun to menace the existence of the army at Santiago. As an indication of how much these men were really needed it will be sufficient to repeat some of the information contained i a letter written by Dr. Bishop to his father, Dr.

Henry M. Bishop of 338 Nin'Dh street, this borough. Dr. Bishop left home in such haste that he did not take with Mm all the clothing necessary and he wrote home Friday for what he needed. He said in his letter that there were over 500 men in the hospital at the camp who demanded medical attention, and that 1c himself was attending to ninety of t'he sick soldiers, most of whom are suffering from typhoid or moilarial fever.

Dr. Bishop was a member of the class of '96 at the Long Island College Hospital and has been practicing with his father. He returned only a few months ago from a trip abroad. He is but io years old, but has already 'had much experience in practice, thanks to his association with his father. Dr.

Bullwinkel is a son of Henry G. Bull winkel, one of Jhe merchants in the Walla bout Market. He has been practicing in a modest way since his graduation this year. The young physicians are not given any rank in the army by reason of this practice in the camp, but they Will get from their efforts there valuable experience in the treatment of fever cases, and the opportunity is one, therefore, which was eagerly embraced by all of tin em. Brooklyn Firm Sends More Pipes for the Men.

A. Aschner's Sons write to the Eagle announcing that they have forwarded to the Eagle tent at Camp Wikoff, 100 Akron pipes. These are t'he Indian stone make, well known to smokers as being cool to the tongue. Two Transports Sail. Washington.

D. August 20 The following cablegram from General Shafter has been received by the War Department: Santiago de Cuba, August 20 Adjutant Generall, Washington The Yuca tau, with 500 Seventh Infantry; Santiago, with 500 Thirty fourth Michigan, and the Hudson, with 500 First District of Columbia, left this morning. SHAFTER, Major General. TWO MEETINGS COMBINE. Entomologists and Agriculturists Hold Joint Session in Boston.

Boston, August 20 The Association of Economic Entomologists and the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science now meeting in this city, temporarily combined their conventions this morning. Dr. B. B. Halstead of Rutgers College, New Brunswick, presiding.

The first paper read was an important one read by Dr. J. B. Smith of Rutgers College on "Quarantine Aga'inst Foreign Insects; How Far Oan it be Effective?" Among other papers were those of Professor A. D.

Hopkins of the University West Virginia on "Insects Detrimental and Destructive to Timber and Timber Products," and Herbert Osborn of Ames, on "Problems Connected witlh the Attacks of Jassidae on Grasses." THE REV. DR. BRADLEY DEAD. Suddenly Seized With. Apoplexy "While Viewing the Naval Parade.

The Rev. Dr. Edward Augustus Bradlev, Ct vicai of St. Agnes Chapel, Ninety second suite urn i. avenue, ai ea suuuenly thing wae secure.

from apoplexy while watching the naval pa "He made the rounds of che houise and found I rade in Riverside Park hear Ninety sixth I that the outside storm dtior in the ba.sement, street, at 1 o'clock vesterday afternoon. Dr. IejK3inS was He then i back into the hou se and, passing dwwn Bradle5 was wr.h hrs wife and son, Arnutage. 6talPs. unk.cke(i insije door Qlld afrer; The family had come down from Catamount, turning the key in the outside door, locked; near Sing Sing, where they have been spetvd the inaide door again and loft the house hying the summer, to witness the parade.

Thc way of the front door. My son also ret'ired i had been sitting Riverside 'Park since early after kissing the baby good n'gh." morning. At 1 clock Dr. Bradley suddenly fell over. Dr.

W. s. Grier of 117 West jtagnty seventn who in tne crowd near by, went to Ins assi. itance, but he was dead when the doctnr reached him. An ambulance was summoned from the J.

Hod Wright Hospital and he was taken to his home at 115 West Ninety first strot, in it. The Rev. Bradley was 57 years old. He was graduated from the City College and the General Theological Seminary. He has been vicar of St.

Agnes' Ohapel for seven years. Previous to thai he was vicar of Luke's Church in Brooklyn for five years. He was the son of the Rev. Edward Bradley..