The evening world. Newspaper, October 10, 1901, Page 1

— RACING # SPORTS — Notwhere but in New York, and nowhere in this city except in "The World, can an advertiser drap. the same fact or thought into the minds of so many hundred thous sand city people,as read The World every day in the weelr "PRICE ONE CENT. Book Lowers’ Number. The World next Saturday will print a epecial book mumber, with @ surprising dieplay of new au- turnn publicatione. A rare chance for readers and publishers. The “ Circulation Books Open to All.’? | NEW YORK, PRICE ONE CENT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1901. OVER PROTEST OF CLAIMANT’S LAWYER EXPERTS SAY CRUGER WILL WAS FORGED WHITNEY PAYS $380,000 FIRE IN CROSBY STREET FOR ENDURANCE BY RIGHT.| — THREATENS 8-STORY BUILDING, In Sensational Testimony from Handwriting Experts, David N. Carvalho and Dr. Charles A. Crump- ton, Mrs. Tams’s Counsel, Attack Legality of the Famous Document. to. be one of the greatest fillles on the American turf. To lose her would be a sai blow to her owner. The sum of $26,000 would hardly compensate for her (Special to The Evening World.) MORRIS PARK RACE TRACK, Oct. 1—John E. Madden to-day bought from ohn W. Scherr the great filly, En- John W. Schorr Sold -s suspended untll, she is safe our of urance by Right, which has beaten all he good colts hereabouts this season, nd ts belleved by many to be the cham- fon two-year-old of the year. Mr. Madden almost immediately sold the Filly toJohn Mad- den, Who Immediate- ly Transferred It to love, Anybody who knows anything of the thoroughbreds knows the quality of the Milly. They know that ehe must be in reat condition, and !t 1s no surprise fe Ally to Witllam C. Whitney. The} the Millionaire—The} tnat pr. Fartey, who examined her for npression, therefore, was that Mr. Mad-| Lloyd's, reported her a good risk. For en acted as Mr. Whitney's agent. ; Mare Is Insured for} sorte tail in a race or something of Mr. Whitney, however, denies this. $26 ooo. that sort is about the only riek incurred fe sald that Mr. Madden did not act| U z vy the company, and that is why for * capacity of agent for him, but that)” the next year Endurance by Right will © purchased the filly from Madden| Most men would conmder themseives | carry a policy for the amount named at 6 per cent. There is a clause in the policy, however, making the sum paya- ble In case of death from any cause. Insurance of a campaigning thorough- bred 1s unique. lucky If they carried a Ife -nsurance | policy for $26,000, Yet this horse, En- |durance by Right, has been so Insured, j and she ta worth every cent of It. Her racing qualities have shown her ‘hen he learned that that turfman had cured the filly from Mr. Schorr. The price was not stated. It Is be- leved to be $39,007, since the mare ts in- ured for $26,000. SURROUNDING BRIGANDS; MISS STONE'S PERIL GROWS. NOPLE, Oct.) 1 ‘The bandits were surrounded by troops arrounding movement of Turks and, in retreating, April 21, killed Mr. . the Vyner, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Herbert and tulgarian troops on mountain of Count de Boyl. The incident caused lueltepe, on the Turko-Bulgarlan fzon- great excitement, especially as many fer, near Dubnitza, has commenced. influential persons, were charged wit! The presence of Miss Store and the se. nds were killed andits on the mountain {s confirmed. CONSTANT! Fears That the Bandits May Resort to Ex- treme Measures if They Are Cornered and’ seven were captured, tried and conéemned, BA of the same yea: the Inhabitants of Dubnitza are supply- 5 On June 3, ve of the brigands _| wer ted. ng the outlaws with food, by Turkish and Bul WABHINGTON, Oct, 10.54 cablegram eerste ; - "been i parts LONDON, Oct. 10.-Witn reference to! garian Troops. ment trom Spencer. Eddy, Secretary. to he announcement that Turkish and; the United States ition at Constantl- nople, concetnin: iiss Atone’s a Bulgarian tropa are surrounding the which it in sald’ te practically a. repeus dductors of Miss Stone, the Globe says | surround the brigands, with the result) Mon Oycfie facts aby Seapaeaae: « considers that unless the movement! that four gentlemen of the party were aay. murdered, ne} artment officials are still of the amet he hands of the brlgends, there Bord and Lady Muncaster. and a party'| much publicity, touching, thee mer nie, atallibly. e were selzed. by | tlons fer ‘Miss Gtone's release, ences n Greece, during the year when | Greek brigands, April 11, 1870, at Oropos, | they decline to give any Information ap ford Muncaster and party were cap-| ear Marathon. Lora Muncaster and | ‘stem ne aking. ured. jthe Indies of the party were sent to|to semi-omclal intellixence pre Tt poed Lord Muncaster wan releaxed in order | treat for the £25,000 demanded as ran- | herds a Bulgarian official yes- fo negot som of £3,00.|s0m, with a free pardon. for the pean eS Depangek SAY legs Mins then, as now, an attempt was made t)/ brigands. of Jokoruda, in Turkish territory. SAMPSON BARRED OUT BY Two alarms were sent in shortly before 6 o’clock thi There was a surprising turn to-day evening for a fire in the five-: idi n the fight over the twenty-three- 9 e-story building at No. 163 Crosbyy tit or ucene Guide Cruger, under which “Mme. Olga” Heitz claima the millionaire’s name and fortune. When the case was opened on Monday {t was supposed that the lawyer of Mrs. J. Frederick Tams, formerly Mr. Cruger's wite, who con- tests the will on behalf of her chil- dren, would base her claim entirely on the ground that the testator was not competent to legally sign such a but ndaocument. To-day he threw a bombshell into Street. The blaze broke out with startling suddenness ani threatened the eight-story building adjoining. The building was occupied by Budd & Co., carpenter: The big building adjoining, the Elm Square, was filled wit working people. There was considerable excitement, one was injured in the rush to the street. ducing two experts—David N. Car- valho and Dr. Charles H. A. Cramp- ton—who ‘eclired toe alleged will was not signed in the handwriting of the dead millionaire. Mr, Lydecker, the claimant's law- er, was taken completely by sur- rise at this turn of events. He de- clared the will was in France, and tbat the experts: had only seen what purported to be a copy of It. Says Will Was Fo! David: N. Carvalho, the handwrit- ing expert, who was th -¢2—_____ HOPE BOOTH GETS $20 A WEEK ALIMONY. Justice O'Gorman this afternoon granted alim a week and $200 counsel fees to Actress Hope Booth in c suit for absolute divorce from Jimmie Earl. OHO DESPONDENT CLERK A SUICIDE. Frederick J. Weber, a clerk, thirty-eight years old, com- mitted suicide this afternoon at 4 o’clock by shooting himself n the left temple at his rooms at No. 217 Third’avenue. He was out of work and despondent. ——e¢e—— —____ __ LATE RESULTS AT ST. LOUIS. Third Race—The Elba 1, Little Chico 2, W. J. Baker 3. Fourth Race—Lady Strathmore 1. Peaceful 2, Lunar 3. the camp of the claimant by intro-| », of the fateful declaration In tho Molineux case, “Find the person who used robins-egg blue paper and you will find the polsoner of both Barnett and Mrs, Adams,” was called to the wit- ness atand by Mr, Ward as the firat wit- ness in what looks Ilke an attempt to] 1)! conspiracy to secure the Cruger Mr, Carvalho had twenty-four slgna- tures known to have been written by the hund of Eugene G. Cruger, and he gave {t as his opinion as an expert that the signature to the will was not writ- ten by Cruger. In other words, the will waa a forgery, In his opinion. He said it waa p.ain that the will * forgery, the evidence being un- mistakable that the writer had at- ten.pted to disguise the writing, but fSdvoscastonally lapsed Into his natural me. Olga wore a look of distreds or anger or fear or indignation during the recital—according to the opinions ous spectators who watched Mr, Lydecker for Mme. Olga protested that the charge that the will is a for- ery, was not made In the papers fled by the contestants, and came as a com- Wo dla: not ni ny "We 4 not supy there was a question of the authorship of the. will.” sald he. ‘The will Is filed tn Paris. Thi ete Cth wnat Inport cei writing w! what "u1 is to be a p ‘ of that will. We don’t know whether {t is a photograph of the will or not, [his man says that not one line or stroke in that will was made by Eugene I don’t delleve he could in with a photograph.” ed a lot of quer. {mply small faith INDIANS ROLD:TO ECLIPSE. -(MOBBED BY GL CAPTIVE, YANDERBIT VENEZUELIN in handwriting experts in general. Dr. Charles A. Crumpton, head chem» Ist and handwriting expert in the In~ ternal Revenue branch of the Ugited: States Treasury Department. corrol ated Expert ‘Carvalho’s analysis and agreed with him that the will was not written by Bugene Cruger. He sald the er “o" convinced him that the: will written by a foreigtier—one, who not learned to write ist in America, and that the evidence that the writing had been retouched after It was— completed, and that there had deen ep evident attempt to {mitate Cruger’ handwriting were proof to him that the : was a forgery. | vi had Au to Mental Capacity. Before the experts were put on the Ee. Mi was called as ndlanapolis 7 Stand Samuel witness, testify. Gener: Jauineey Crugegs a phynclan. ang ka. brought. Eugene’ Guido’ Cruger his office. He sala: 9 Informed me that Mr. Cruger rane deed_of property wanted to execute D In favor of a chiki. He seemed weak in mind and feeble in body; looked hag: ward, and was apparently helpless. Inarticu- iMeulty and i lately. Asked how he assured himself of Cruger’a mental capacity to make the deed, Mr, Morse replied that he was satisfiel by an affidavit sworn to and: signed by the lady. the aMdavit ‘O. Heitz spoke with great “She eater. : ‘ re ‘was a new ‘name for the and fate Alsatian’ tne sme: Olga of Fontainebleau, and Mr. M the lady who’ signed the she who sat In court, who. stil the same rather ‘nexpe tall sult of black, with white sile on the jacket, trimmed with gold algned embrolde: Fifth Race—Uterp 1, Nannie Nolan 2, Loone 3. ‘They Demand Ransom of Philadelphians Sure They} German Sailors, Badly Treat- ‘SCHLEY WASHINGTON, Oct. 10-—The Schley Naval Court begun business at 11 Welock to-day with the recall of yes- ction of erday’s witnesses for the cori he!r testimony and the addition of such ave suggested them: seives 9a 6 thelr retirement from the ad. foliowed by Lieut. Edward Sao had begun his testimony . Lemly resumed the questioning leut, Lelper by asking him concern- ng the b'ockade of Santingo by Commo- tors Schley. The witness sald that when the New Orleans Joined the bluckade the vesssels were lying in column from six to eight niles off shore, a little to the castward | of directly south of the mouth of the xamination Mr. Rayner called the attention of the witness to the statement of Capt. Folger, who hac been In command of the New Wrleans. thut the fleet was nearer the shore at night than in daytime, and asked whether he agreed with his command- Ing officer. The witness replied: Disagrees with Schley. “As a fleet or squadron I do not agree that they moved closer to the shore at night, I have an indistinct recollection that ihe New Orleans the first evening was Lying 3 Ittle further off shore than the Brooklyn. When the Brooklyn took up course east the New Orleans had to’ go aer in probably a quarter or possibly: half sition in the rear o! mile to get her pot Hons ne) Fearsor the Brooklyn, but it at. I was simply to stand in. It May have been that that gave the cap- tain of commanding officer the impres- ston, tna Pret caatied attention “to. the jed a pct ats on f the New Orleans lace. tance of that versel from Phe Sdorre at four and one-half miles, and the witness said this was true. Lieut. Leiper eaid in further reply to questions that his es! o! Gistanoe out was entirely due to visual observation. age-Advocate Lomly then asked him: wpede what you have heard read from these reports, made in 1805, and which 0 not appear to have been based upon ‘actual experience in action, change your Views, formulated upon your own prac: toe with the stadimeter and tn action?’ ‘The witness replied: “They do not change my fase ef the) tad i sree itadimeter an instru) ¢ a rt ‘and becomes in- at hi igher s anteCommander Willlam HH. . who, ag Lieutenant, was tho vigutor of the battle-ahip Iowa during the summer of 1898. t and who Is now Superintendent of Com es in the Navy Department, ness, was the next wit- He was a Navigators which the oficial chart of the positions of the vessels en- red on both sidea-in the battle of §a8"s, and Judge-Advocate Lemly asked him concerning the report made by that Board which companied the he had not chart. The witness ith th Twas paraded £0 dg @) bY’ member of the Board of ter, INQUI The Admiral Claims that Improper Testi- mony Has Been Al- lowed, Concerning Himself, to Go Down on the Records. ithe senior member of the board, Com- i mander Wainwright, who thought that | was the best we could do even if wo) stayed there until doomsday, and 1 nigned it under protest. “My frat objection was that the chart | was inaccurate; that the position of the Towa aa plotted on this chart gave her too much speed. In order to keép the Iowa In relative posit.on to the othe: ships for certain distances she approx. imately appeared to be making eigh- teen Knots when she was making -nine or ten, “Another objection 1 had was the Initial posttion of the Brooklyn when the Spaniards first left the harbor. tended that the Brooklyn's position wa too close to the mouth of the harbo that she was not in her regular pos! nn. She was south oft. “I based that assertion on the. fact that when I firat discovered the Span- lads coming out of the harbor I looked over toward the other ships on our left a. the, Pmoklyn was, very nearly abeam of the Towa. The Iowa was head- Ing north. directly’ into the harbor.” commander Schuetze was asked in regard to his observations of the Brook- 1p in the battle of July 2. Ie replied: a ie Brooklyn at the innit of the action about’ port stenrenen the Towa. I saw her ‘some minutes after- Ward. when she appeared to be headed ‘of north, a ittie to the eastw: “It is dimeult to because she was Boon, led to thee very nearly broad: ward Paw ber; heade ward, rose ter oer Poy dariaentaat nia eaayeoarea ice a following Teller w the Board ang read: “*" Tecelved by Letter from Sampson. NAVY-YARD, WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 10, 1901. Admiral George Dewey, U. 5. N., - ipo Naval Court of Tiquiry, wash. Sir—1'am instructed by Recr-. nated ts SanSA.Rr Meera recelpt of your letter of the Beptember, 1901, does not at this ¢ i baal wi = rmitted ‘ representa- AA circum. mit our adie: counsel in his? bel . os E. 8. Theall, of Washington, ho | associate in this t= ave been present in the ly eve day of the cedure, and one or both of us wi) Seayor’ to present every day ter. 4. We have not had facilities which would permit us to hear the proceed- ings, bat we have been furnished with copies of the Court's loaye® to. refer ret ii meds | Jud . e m Aa | Judge; Advocate, has repeatedly ch his re- the Ad-|the pro-| ! RY BOARD. 6, Rear-Admiral Schley, for instance, Was permitted to say (see page 7) that pike principal parties to the present is; sue are Rear-Admirals Sampson and ent 6. Direct allegations have been made against Admiral Sampson, and we ask the Court to refer to pages 152 to 156 of the record, where counsel repeatedly Accuse Admiral Sampson, firat, of con- ducting. a blockade with ‘his vessels 4 diatance as great us that which was; selected by Admiral Schley for his | blockade, and, second, of permitting | the Colon to remain for an indefinite me after his arrival in full sight of hia squadron without making an effort to destroy her. 1.On page 2 of the record counsel | was allowed to declare that despite Ad- miral Sampson's official repori, in Which he states that the battle of July | 3 was fought under his command, that | As a matter of fact, Adn Sampeor | did not command on that nd effort | was made by counsel in yesterday's proceedings to Introduce into evidence & signal made by Rear-Admiral samp- son, which counsel stated In his argu- Tent was ‘nt to show that Rear- Admiral Schiey was oommander-in- chief at that battle. Surely thene nlle- Rations involve t ations he honor of a naval His Honor at Stake. 8. The Court's precept states that officer who Is interested may per mitted to appear and defend himsel and while we fully reallze that Ad- miral Sampson tw not a party to ‘the case, as the Court states In its fetter! of Sept. 2%, yet notice has been given that an effort will be made to deprive him of his honors und even his honor and his gocd name. He. 1s accused of permitting an enemy's vessel to ile undisturbed in his presence. and_all| J: that as a naval officer he holds r ls Involved, “and (we ask you ‘tn ae cide merely that he ts “interested.” 9. It te true that the attacks upon Ad- miral Bampson have been made covertly and under the name of areument, but se statements have been nevertheless public; they ha been given great cur- rency and they. are embodied fn the record to r in forever on the files of the Navy Department. It is at least worthy of comment that on every occa- sion In which such an argument has been indulged in the question at issue Ail opportunity: had’ been taken ea kee een taken to ac- cune the Admiral. ate Representation. 10, Were we alone in our opinion that hese arguments are improper we should hesitate to ‘make such statements, but the judicial officer of the court, th these arguments as improper, 1L We, of couree, realize fully that the Intervention of new lasues and new pal ties might be improperly used to cumbe record and _prolo! the trial, but counsel ase: epiliey: 2 lor eae: control of 0 Court and may always be suitably re- miroted, % ; We, therefore, request thi be perraliteg t9 appear be re and given n fore the Court will enabl. facttitfon which ill fe procedure an 0 dete Admiral nT wrhen counsel shal make upon him attacks of ee der ey, t ve already jeame omake, ary reapect fully, WILLIAM H. STAYTON. ‘A.-rep! aytun’ to th effect that "A we x tty to the: he woul sare Three Hundred Ponies for Her. LATE RESULTS AT WORTH. Fifth Race—Ivory Bell 1, Evelyn Byrd 2, Andes 3, LABORERS FALL; FUNERAL OF ONE 1S KILLED. MURDERED BOY. rissa | on horses, compelled her to mount one | of them, and thea made off Into the | ALBERT ROBINSON RYAN LAID| mountains. ‘AT BEST. |} A message was sent to-day to Miss ‘ Wilson's father demanding 200 ponies as a ransom. The Indians have becone desperate of late because of the failure of the Gov- ernment to give them (helr annual #up- piles. They have bartered thelr ponies for whiskey smuggled to thet. The young captive 1s described as pretty and cultured, and !s a compara- tive newcomer in that country, having apent moat of her time in an Faatern @pectal to The Evening World.) WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 10—Mias Annie Wilson, the eighteen-year-old daughter lof a prosperous farmer living near Gray Horae, Okla., has teen kidnapped by & outlaw White Hor At the time of her capture the girl was walking alone on a road leading from Gray Horse to SCAFFOLD ON NEW HOUSE BREAKS WITHOUT WARNING. | Foreman, Who Escapes Injury, Arrested on the Charge of Negligence. Large Crowd of Curtoaity Seekers Surronnded the House W eral Services Were Il ‘The funeral of Altert Robinson Ryan, A acaffold hanging outalde of the sec- the boy who was murdered some time ond floor of the new ‘apartment house, No. 16 East Elghty-third atret, broke In| during Inst Sunday night, and whose! conege, trom which mhe was Kraaualed the middle at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon | body was found in a burlap bag in an| some months ago. and threw four of the five men on It ————_— early Monday morning, took place this |afternoon from the home of his mother |Annte Roblnaon, No, 30 West Twenty- down to the basement. The four wore Italian laborera, were known only by numbera. ODELL MEETS MERCHANTS. who Une of them was instantly killed and the| frat atreet. Gavetuurta other three were taken to the Presby-| The servicea were conducted by the c Simian terlan Hospital seriously wounded. Rev. W. C. Col who made a brief Speake (an o The fifth man was Foreman Thoman in which he sald the crime was| BUFFALO, Oct. 10.—Gov, Odell war tenfored a reception at the Merchants Exchange at noon to-day, The hall wos fled when the Governor arrived. He was Introduced by Prestdent Letchforth of the Exchange, and spoke at length on commercial matters, Upon the conclusion of his speech the Governor received the business and profeasional men of the city, hundreds of whom took advantage of the occa- alon to shake hands with him, After the reception the Governor lunched with the oMctals of the Ex- change at the Buffalo Club. the most horrible he had ever heard of, and declared that no punishment that could be meted out to the gullty person would be too severe. There were several hundred persons, mostly colored, at the service, and the street in front of the house was filed with curlonlty seekers. Interment was made in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Among the throng were noticed Detec- tives Price, Livingston, Hughes and But- Jer, who have been at work on the case the body was found. So far they been unable to develop anything . Flanigan, of No, 732 Amsterdam ave- nue. He saved himnelf by clutching at one of the broken ends of the scaffold and hanging to It until a rope was lowered to him, down whict he alld to the ground unharmed. He was arrested and taken to the Harlem Court, where Magistrate Mayo held him in $1,000 ball for examination to-mérrow morning on’the charge of mor criminal negligence. YACHT FOR FRANK GOULD. eas hi Jages in the f O- oe fon wer re, occupied ‘yt rhe moinee of VAN WYCK A BUFFOON. and her {munediate relatives. A large crulsing steam yacht, with an|{tyan, who. lived with Mra. Robingon ihe Teres'ea Justice Jerome Apple: the Mayor in a Speech. In a speech to a big audience at Zelt- ner's Hall, Third avenue and One Hun- dred and Seventieth astrez:, Justice Jerome last night referred to Mayor Van Wyck aa a “grotesque buffoon,” and sald that personal Uberty, aa de- fined by Tammany and himeelf, dit- fered vastly, “When woman's shame is made a source of revenue for uniformed rut- fans, decent men have a right to inter- fere without being accused of persecut- Perhaps mM ralding over-all Iength of from 185 to 190 feet,| was not present. a 22-foot beam and a draught of about 10 feet, ls being constructed in the Seabury & Co, shipyards at Morris Heights for Frank Jay Gould, of the New York Yacht Club, As Mr, Gould {s greatly interested in yacht building and marine engineering the construction of the new vessel ir practically under his personal super- viaion, and it !s expected will be read) for launching on April 15 next. ‘The craft is to be thoroughly modern, with deck-houses forward and aft, th PLENTY OF LOW MONEY. Hetting on the coming Mayoralty con- eat was fairly brisk in Wall strest to- day, though few yarge wagers were re ported. There is plenty of Low money At evens, but eo far little Tammany noney haa appeared. E. A, Chartrand, “ourb" broker, bet ing fallen women Can Lower His Coaching Record Between 2 Cities (Spectal to The Evening World.) PHILADELPHIA, - 10, —Beveral well-known Philadelphians, under the leadership of Edwant Browning, are now going to try to break the coaching record made yesterday by Alfred G. Vanderbilt and party. After the Vanderbilt coach left the Bellevue yesterday, Edward Browning, W. EB. Carter, R. Penn Smith and Me- margee Wright drove out on Mr, Brown- ing’s coach. On the road the perform- ance of the Vanderbiit party was talked over and it was devided to make an at- tempt to break their best time in a run the two citles. s PS Smith contended that Philadelphia i=} horses could do tt in better time, a in is claim he was supported Measte. Browning and Wrignt. It was decided to make the attempt to run to New York from Philadelphia and return In lesa than nineteen hours and twenty minutes, Mr. Smith belleves it can be done inside of seventeon hours. Tt was decided that Mr. Browning should put the matter before those In- terested In four-in-hand driving and alse to call a meeting of the Four-In-Han Club. The attempt will be made within a fortnight, and the run will be from the Hotel Beilevue to the Holland House in New York and return. least wix- teen foura will be used relays and probably the number may reach twenty urs. 8. othe trip of the New York men his brought. Philadelphia coaching men to the front, and there Js small doubt that horses In plenty will be offered the party, ROOSEVELT BUYS HORSES. Stable and em Ord 10,—Prealdent fed ‘Three More A Three New WASHINGTON, red, Oot Roosevelt has purchased three horses, lardau, a brougham and a victoria. ‘The carriages and horses are expected to ar- rive here early next week from New York, The President already has tn the White House stables a fine thoroughbred dle horse, which he purchased at Fort Plain, Ky., since he became Presi and Mra, Roosevelt's saddle mare ¥ anka js also hee. The President's sad- Jie horse 18 called Blelstein, ‘All the horses and carriages used by President MoKinley have been sent to ‘Canton. ——$——a——— shee bicbiciebietelenieteteteieleintetet WEATHER FORECAST. i vig Forecast foi a six hoars ending at 5 t Friday fof New and vicinity: Part to-night and Friday; Mght + south win the thirty- 1 Me i 1 CE ee eee get gt? | 31,000 even on Low, Kerr & Co., of the| Webster “Hall we interfered with the tain’s etateroom end steward's pantry, | Stock Exchang ther end. | personal liberty of Capt. Gannon. Serer While the latter will contain = mesic: | M.A. Cornei, another outsige oluae “What we want Is to make this city ea Cold in One Day oom gr social hal, wlth plano and oF-| chan ty a repreaeutative of Ar Ac] do husiness michout paylag anybody for ere . o; a a are, b @ speed Of the vessel will pro! He ec i tee privileges wit Sst de about eighteen miles an hour. s ed—May Lead to Strained Relations, PORT OR SPAIN, Trinfdad, Oct. 10. —The British Royal Mail steamer Eden, arrived here to-day from Laguayra, Venezuela, and brought the following rellable story: Last Sundgay night about. fifty satlors from the German cruiser Vineta became engaged In a street row ut Porto Cabello, on the gulf of Trieste, with the local populace, Police in clvillan clothes interfered, siding with the inhabitants, and the fight general, the Germans making their way towant the wharf, the German steamer became re they boarded Valesia, moored at that place. In the mean thme two petty officers of the Vineta, who were entirely sober, and who were waiting at the wharf to take the Vineta’s boat, were attacked by the pol They resisted and the police wounded them both badly, with thelr swords, All the Germans ashore were unarmed, The mob then tried to board the Wie levia, but were prevented by the captain, who signalled to the Vineta, which was in the harbor, and got help. The mob, estimated at L235 persona was driven off by a show of arms, It is said that the Venezuelan Gov- ernment 1s putting the blame for the af- falr upon the Germans, and has Te q 4 German Minister to «polo- kize for the sailors’ conduct, It ts be 1 at Caracas that the Ger- man Minister intends to ask Veneauela to apologize. DIDN’T KNOW WIFE’S UNCLE. Postmaster McKnight Saw Them Walking and Deserted, McKnight. superintendent of the -OMice, was before In the Gates Ave> yn, to-day charged ife Dorothy, MeKnights have been marries ~ eight years and have three children, McKnight did not deny having left ou 4 wife, “1 found her walk) © OV ing with a man I rin New York one sald the wife, ach. w one on me," sald © ste Magistrate F matrimonial peacem ly In this Instance He adjourned examination on rlong, who is noted ane. ker, failed dismal case for a turther: —__— Staten Inland Nominations ‘The Republican Conyention ta ( Seventy-third Aldermanic Distriet, ing sav oll towns of Ne ee Thin pt tleket Im Ru