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% Py ‘fc } ) ) a {iI ) % MAY SMASH PLATT SLATE s Woodruff Is Chosen Tammany’s New Chief! Chairman of Kings Makes His Declaration of County Delegation, Independence and Defies) OUt Against Sheldon. Any Croker Orders. EASY BOSS FIGHTS HARD. INDORSES HIM, | SULLIVAN Scores of Delegates Ready to Furnish Bricks to Be Thrown at ‘Morgan Candidate’ for Lieutenant-Governor. Both Say Croker’s Day Is Dore, and that Tammany Hall, Not, the Democratic Club, Will Be Headquarters, (Special from a Staff Correspondent.) SARATOGA, N. Y., Sept. 23.— = | George R. She:don’s boom for Lieut- A | | cnant-Governor was severely jolted MURPHY NO | to-day. Senator Platt, realizing that MAN’S. DUMMY, [| 5 Prestige as “Boss” of the machine ——s jis ot stake, is standing for the man n dummy for no W) sno is known among the delegates ng t gates as | “Morgan’s candidate.” “Loum not a dummy for Mr. Croker.” | Friends of Lieut-Gov. Timothy L. ‘Edo mot take any orders at) hain anne | Woodruft sre urging him to fight. Gt havent: heard from wef) They believe he can win fame as the Croker since he went away.” | smasher o/ the Plattslate. Thedoughty Page i iw out of It for} ieader on the Kings County machine aii) Uoem hotuthtenwitay< is thinking the idea over. If he de-} tuned cides hurl bricks at Sheldon’s candidacy he will be supplied with | the bricks by scores of delegates. to “If he docs [do not Intend to set eut. it is Gime thin from the pub eraxe all mind.” A meeting of the Brooklyn dele- mere or 5 ates was held before the convention PLATT: Calan You wite Not GE To THE, WHISKEY TRUST! y WOODRUFF MUST STEP ASIDE BECAUSE THE “EASY BOSS” ANNOUNCES GEORGE R. SHELDON AS HIS CANDIDATE.., Fon PLATT Cy § ATRuST: tl Zittse on THE WOODRUFF-SHELDON FEUD AT SARATOGA. ‘Gentlemen, don’: talk so loud! You'll give the ‘snap’ away. Dor ment PLATI’S CANDIDATE, SHELDON, DIRECTOR Charl Murphy, the ne’ eal sce phy, the newly) assembled. At this meeting Wood-| o Hall.) vate was clected as chairman of the claration of Independence delegation. The delegates from) Kings kicked violently over the plans | of the Platt men to ignore Kings. They also expressed grave fear that| He deeltred to The rid that he and he olone ‘s many and that he ld not receive orders from Mr. Croke jif Sheldon 1s nominated the ticket ‘ even further than thts will be doomed. In his speech to the y sald) the headquarte caucus Mr, Woodruff said: any Hall would be in “The proposed ticket 1s very likely any Hol and not at the Democratic Club. His talk to-day was int to n that with the back- to be changed at any minute before | | the two da:s are over.” | onatcr “Tim Sulivan he} Not Sheldon, Says Woodraf. to become as absolute in) As he emerged from the nieeting fly cmmnttoee 8 Wee Tucnare | ars Woodtue sald) to) The, Evening during the height of 4s World correspondent: “I do not think Mr. Sheldon will) 1c. The temper of the t I do not see each word care. full importance | be the How: | delegnten in auch th ning World: | jew he can be nominated.’ dummy for any) rhe friends of Senator Frank W. His- or Mr. Cro-| cing ot Oloan, renewed thelr activity In Kurs 1 paper some Weeks 489) hy pehalt. He was first suggested as As tae Advisory Commit: | Geis running mate early last spring, Hail that sald Mr.) yy. pjate himself making the suggestion, Ur for good and all, : Higgins Is on the ground, but : atdeta from aim i0d | Ines to enter a scramble for the 1 rom him: sin ‘Natlon ray ey does nut IN- | Go vator Horace White, of Syracuse, ts tio s pack. If he does Pdo not |i) iich the same position, Woodruft's Aneeal ite Leys time to) oraey till contend that the Lieuten- t n the public's m rnor should ye nominated to ae my headquarters | suecced himaclt, Out of all these com: wil Halt and ‘nt at] ation Be Platt emerges firm | for Sheldon, ort Men tan selected | ire stands on his declaration of last mega lea Ie vpules here pand) twill At; “Hf Sheldon Is to be forced out. | take no ate from any man. Fo is guing to do the forcing?” That 1 able stuod that Mr. Croker | (2 ine nub of the whole situatiun. H ated with me elnce ae! \yyury-nine of every hundred delegates Wit a ty AG to Sheldon, but they aré Hin Pals Indorse the order of the ‘toriBiuiK! (3 cldon must be named. missioner Scanneli, we Platts Men Disturbed. during the intery thoroughly | pwenty-four hours will pass before Ee et Maurice Peatherson ho.) 1) “convertion nominates. If the antt- Rt 1s dealoas of the power 2 | Sheldon men Keep up the fleht they ar rable or other- | now making @ break In the slate and of BCH the Platt machine Is possible, Platts Illvan, who ts credited with | Hevenants are greatly dist ed. They th wer behind Charles &,|are making every effort to prevent a yay, sald consolidation of the antl-Sheldon forces. his beea sald that Charles #,| Trey still assert that Platt Is master ay was not olected Yead of | of the situation and that he will cop Tammany Hall for ‘keeps; that he ts] to be, only & anmer and figure-head| The screws ere velng put on every vr, Who will return to the | delegate the machine can reach, and "Easy Boss” will not abandon Suc. ss he is forced to. All that is a foolish He. r will not return to the lead- ership of Tammany Hail. He has said Several didates for Becretary of so himself, and he js a man of his|state are hard at work trying to land word, and we nave taken him at his] tne 5,000 job which John ‘T. McDonough, word, the present Secretary, has flatly refused ‘L have the highest respect and re-| to take again. gard for Mr, Croker as a leader and] john O'Brien, of Clinton, has gone Into as a man, but his day as leader 18) nis ght. He has been in the Assembly past, In no way did he have anything | 5." several years and has a lot of to do with the recent election of Mr.| @it 4 Murphy as leader. James H. McEwen, of Albany, an” “Mr, Murphy was elected by the dis-| (°°) 11 Mongin, of Seneca, are at: trict leaders, who in turn were elected by the people. Even if Mr, Croker should return seeking the leadership of the organization, do you suppose Mr. Murphy would get out for his beneilt Jt cannot be supposed that Mr. Murphy in the running. This nomination wilt de In the balance until the outcume or the fight on Sheldon ts known, li the Lieutenant-Governor's place goes south of the Bronx an up-State Seat gut for Mr) Croker or any [an will be aelacted for Secretary of gther man after he has been elected by | State. 1f Higgina or some up-State man the organization to lead It {s put in second place. McDonough's successor probably will from south of the Bronx. Menntime the Plate machine ving forward, but the wheels eaking, and the chief lieu- “LE say again, and 1 say tt with full soene respect to Mr. Croker, that he has no more to do with the present Tammany organization than some man fn China, He has had his day as leader." ure € Agrees with Salllvan, tenants of the “Easy Hoss’ are The interview of Senator Sullivan was|*houting loudly for more barrels read to Leader Murphy, who said sim- | of ofl, comwtren agree with everything Senator Sul- CONVENTION MEETS; cca eae i QUIGG IS CHAIRMAN. | ROBBED ODELL'S SECRETARY — to The Evening World.) r, of New York, Held | ION HALL, SARATOGA, Saratoga, Sept. hree bands of music and Evening World.) two uniformed clubs of men in long black coats, silk hats and badges con- taining the portralts of Gov, Odell and George R. Sheldon, “the Morgan candi- date for Lieutenant-Governor,” Injected gome life into Mr. Platt's convention, which opened at noon in Convention —James H, Palmer, alias ot New York City, arraigned on the charge of grand larceny, was to-day held by Police Justice William Delaney for the Sara- toga County Grand Jury. Palmer.on Aug, 18 last stole hera a | Hall. @resn-ault case from Major Harrison K, | But even rag time music and the en- ss “Military Secretary to Gov, Odell. “forced enthusiasm of the’ marching | aisle. IN MANY COMPANIES. George HK. Sheldon wan a di- rector Jan. 1 in these corpora- tlonn: The North American Company (Treasurer), Cincinnath Compan Edison Electric akee Electric Ratlway Light Company. Iwaukee Light, i Traction Company, Central O11 Company, City Trust Company Vice-President). Consolidated Company. New Amaterdam Company. Panama Canal Amerton Republic Iron and Steel Com- pany. fon Bag and Paper Com= at and (Second Rubber Tire Caen ty Company of clubs could not dispel the chilly atmon- that Se hung over the convention apathetic was the general tone emblage that the usual decora- ere even omitted, There were few flags strung from the girder, dozen or so potted plants, but that wa all EB Yaudevilie show that comes to Saracora is honored by this display. t, the archmaster of the conven tor ging to the arms of Se Tim’ Ellsworth, shuffled feebly dow aisle, and the well-trained delegates arose and cheered him loudly but not enthusiastically, The thin, narrow face of-the boss wore that old cat-catehing- the-canary smile. He dropped wearily Into a seat and swung his right leg over his left leg. locking his fingers and) giancing ently at the band. { Lieut.-€ dru got a lot of ap- plause when he came briskly down the smiling contentediy, But) John Raines, “Buckwheat John,” the author of the Raines Sandwich-Iquor law, was the hero of the conv When Chairma’ alled the cony ke manner R Dunn had minute pi roll of de! The first of excitement came when Chairman Dunn nominated Lem- uel EM Quiey for tempo Platt waked up with Int the vote was put there whelmit Hof “ayes,” but when they died away two elcar, distinct eame from the New York delegation. F. wrton Goddard Was the 0: of one of the dissenting volces and Abe Gruber of the other. Goddard and Gruber do not ke Mr, Quigg. But Platt smiled with satl Quigg came to the platform and h the delegates nrose to cheer him. 8! don arose and his colleagues In the York delegation cheered him. One ran under the Erle County standard called three cheers for the ‘doughman.”’ Quigg made a verv good speech and was freciiently cheered The convention took a recess until 4 atelack, when the nermanent organiza- frequently cheeered, a MAD RIDE ON RUNAWAY. Henrique J. Contl Jolted Through Park for Two Miles and a Half. ‘The barking of a small dog in a wom- an's lap In a victoria frightened the horse on which Henrique J. Conil, a re- tired Havana capitalist living at the Savoy. was riding in Contral Park, Mr, Conti had a wild ride around the reser- solr, and his entire attention was de- voted to remaining on the hor back. Policeman Hyams tried to catch the horse, but could not reach it. For two and a half miles he puraued Mr. Cont! and his mount about the reservoir, The frightened horse nally tired and the jiveman took a short cut through a by-path and caught the runawa Mr. Conll dfsmounted in safety. hanked the policeman and made for a street car, He asked that the horse be sent to its stable. y Chairman est. When was an ot ction as f a SHOT STRIKERS~JAILED. Shertf! Weed Raltaton, BALLSTON, Sept. 2%3%.—Deputy Sheriff Weed, of Stillwater, was placed in jail here last night and committed for the Grand Jury, charged with assault in the first degree for the shooting of Charies Curtis, in a strike disturbance at Wa- terford. ‘Weed declares he is Innocent and says that he was tn the Stillwater car barn en duty at the time of the shooting, Deputy Held at CHILD'S CHARGE UF ABDUCTION FAILS, ‘Fred Butcher, Accused By Sadie Ottermeyer, Acquitted by a Jury of Elderly Men After Long Debate. Fred Butcher, twenty-eight years old, of No, 12% First Avenue, Manhattan, was acquitted by Judge Moore In the Queen's County Court to-day of a charge of abducting Sadie Ottermeye elve years old, of No. #7 East Bighty-elghth street. Butcher was arrested avout a month ago on the strength of a story told by the girl, Sadie, to the effect that he had induced her to accompany him across the East River and that when she reached the Long Island aide Butch- ev selaed her, placed her in a car and [took her to Long Beach, where {managed to escape from him. | The jury which acquitted Butcher was Jehtefly composed of elderly men and jafter being sent out they returned to ay that they stood six to six for cons) viction. They wanted further instruc-! tions upon the law. But thelr legal instruction was again insufficient and soon they returned to say that they now stuod nine to three for conviction. They rv ived further Instruction and left the court for the space of two hours, coming in mival y with a favorable finding for the pris- ner. Butcher's wift she an extremely pretty | young woman, Was in court with her| two children.” When Butcher was ac- quitted his wife sprang to her fect 4 kissed her husband, “Thank God; th y said he had known and liked for many years and that asked her one day jf she would ice to vielt Long Island TIVOLI” ACKRON KEEPS LAW BUSY. Old Concert Hall Dive-Keeper in Brooklyn Police Court on Charges of Gambling and Assault. Charles EB. Ackron, former proprietor of the notorious Tivol! in the Tender Join, 1s in ail kinds of trouble over in Brooklyn. Ackron was arraigned before Maxis trate Furlong to-day charged with con ducting a gambling house at Jamatcy avenue and Hale avenue. He was held for further examination, Capt. Har- kins, of the Liberty avenue station, ar- rested Ackron last night on a warrant {ssued by Magistrate Furlong. The charge is based on a statement made by Ackron himself. On Friday, when brought into the Myrtle Avenue Police Co: on a complaint of us- sault made by William Hamilton, Ack- ron explained that the trouble ovcurred over a game of craps in his place, and that he acted In self-defense. Keeping this In mind, Magistrate Furiong cauned an investigation, which led to the issu- ing of @ warrant. Merman tKavue, a sta Ackron’# emp. » has ootalr mons against Ackron, whom with horsewhipping him dD. lamson. of to Gates also secured a summons ron, He cuaima to have b Henry Ryan, Ackrons yesterday, arraigned in the Ga Ave. nue Policé Court, charged with vtolat tne excise laws, He was held further examination OYSTER BAY WANTS THEM. for @re acctaed of obtaining S67 from! Thomas O'Keefe, a saioon-keeper of {the numb New York Couple Charged with Swindieg Rural Sa Keeper. Frank W. Lyon and Mrs, Agnes 1] Nagle, of No, 1 East Bighty-second street, arrested yesterday on a charge of rand larceny, were arraigned in. the| fefferson Market Court t war-| rants Issued at Oyster Ba coupie| NO COAL? WELL, HERE'S A POEM Kings of Anthracite Hold a Great Secret Conference and Then Give Out—a Rhyme! COAL FAMINE A JOKE. In sceret session, the big anthra- cite coal operators met to-day in the the Reading Company to discuss the coa! strike situation, For behind closed Rumors of a office of two hours they sat doors and windcws. settlement of the strike were rife. The interse interest felt in the building in the result of this mo- mentous conference extended even to the street. Newspaper reporters to of half a hund.ed filled ing for a word from Still the operators the corridors wai the coal varons. sat and talked. The Great Men W This co: srence, which will down in the histocy of the strike as perhaps t e most important,was par- ticipated In by Presideats Laer, of the Reading; Fowler, of the Onvarlo ane Western; Truesdale, of the Dela- ware, Lackaw and We tern; Thomas, of the Erie; Stern, of Coxe o Were There, go Bros., and Markel, of Markel Bros. Suddenly a rapping on the Goor was heard, It was as mysterlous and complicated as an enirance in a lodge-room. ‘With a final bung the dcor ew open anu the secelary harded out the result of the confer ence. ; It was a typewritten staten-ent pre- pared by President Baer of the Reaaing. Tt was as follow Nothing to arbitrate Nothing to buriy Nothing to ent, Nothing to ear Nothing In fire: Nothing: stow bins, Nothing bat fdlencon, Nothing doing rthing for childre Nothing for wi Nothing bat worry, Nothing but wtrife, Nothing but anton Mad as the ite Nothing shall work, Says Johnny the Mitch, : does this famous war 1 resilent Me: ume Hunley and it was at a critical p ro Kor th Hours the fs Cabinet had hundred and respondents 'n Howed abou und. Every s tension nit ty ative Finally the cluded) and ared in’ the elity were beseech ROL WM: Anything promi know and 1 thi orn get it off iny mind, Oyster Bay, by means of a fradulent cheek. They were went back to Oyster, “We sat for three hours in the c nt room smoking, While one of the mem- bers read us| ‘Mr. ley.’ sald the man who carried the destines of a great ment department on bis shoul- OL SARATOGA Con VENTION IN SESS1O ion the Poor Trusts,"" NAGLE'S WAR FOR RULE IN COURT. Justice O'Gorman Denies His Against Issuance of Certi- Justice O'Gorman, in the urt, this afternoon handed down a de- Supreme cision denying the application of Percl- val B.D for a permanent order re- fourth Assembly District of the Tammany leadership of southern half of the Thirty-fourth As Justice O'Gorman this morning. al up before the Grand Bachem of Tammany Soclety. ‘The matter came upon the argument to make permanent an order which Nagle secured from Justice Blanchard temporarily enjoining the Board of Elections from issuing certificates of | election to detegates declared elected In the ‘Chirty-fourth Assembly District at the recent Democratic primaries. The former Commissioner of Street Cleaning, who was apparently defeated at the primaries for the leadership, he has held for the past five asserts that the election was Ir- whieh ar’ six candidates for election at the recent primaries, On the south side of the Harlem River Nagle was posed by John Haveron and John F. Cowan, In the 1 half of the diy: trict At Moebus, Anthony McOwen und Eugene McGuire were the opposing vandiates The count of votes showed that Na- gle In his own district had polled 1.2% while Haveron and Cowan received 578 and 403, Moebus polled votes on the north alde, while Mo- Nagle and Moebus votes, while the ents, who had the je names on thelr thekets, was 3,170. TE THREATENED GIRL WITNESSES. Man Who Interfered with a Policeman and His Charges Must Give Bonds for His Good Behavior, J. ©. Maroney, sald by Central Omce detectives to well Known to them, was held in $200 bail by Magistrate Mott mds Court this afternoon, for navior for’ six months, The ner had witnesses in the corridors he Criminal Courts butlding. © grew out of the arraignment MeGowan, | at No. 4M t, who had been charged by Kelly and Mary two girls living at with stealing two rings from the n girl ting to thelr story 1 Sundas thelr h M might Wah Was Sullivan, of the vat the other man MeGowan said ndeay wis only a Joke, but the Magistrate did nat view, and held h ke triat Watle Patrolman Sultivan wa vg the gitis from Ure butid Tred he was approached ty said to him vu had (is cage, or you'll fad 5 in Suv away 1 then approached 4 threatened then, aad would not desist untll he was arcestad. When arraigned he aaserted that he thought the girls were “eotting thelr rights” from the officer, and that sald was why he interfered. The Magis- trate told him he bad no right to in- | terfere. Application for an Order ficates of Election to His Foes straining the tasuance of certificates of election to his opponents in the Thirty- Nagle’s legal fight for the retention the sembly District was thrashed out before It is a colneldence that the fight for the Tammany leadership should have come the The | CROKER NOW FACES CHARGES, Se Commissioner Sturgis Announces that They Will Be Served To- Morrow. CHIEF REPORTS BYORDER Told When He Appears at Headquarters that There Are No Instructions for Him and His Lawyer Talks. Fire Commissioner Sturgis an- nounced this afternoon that charges against Fire Cuief Edward F. Croker would be served ou the Chief to-mor- row. He said an early date would be set for the ‘rial and that it would be continued from day to day until con- cluded. The text of the charges would not be announced, he said, un- til after service on Chief Croker. Previous to this announcement by the Commissioner, the Fire Chief, accompanied by his counsel, John J. Delaney, reported to Commis- sioner Sturgis at Fire Headquart- ers, according to instructions, and was informed that there were no orders for him, but to report again to-morrow. Mr. Delaney, after leaving Headquar- ters with the Chief, sald: “What a spectacle the Chief of the De- partment presents before the public and his subordinates, and the officers and men of the department, reporting for duty from day to day, unlawfully sus- pended from office and no charges pre- ferred against him! “How can discipline be maintained under such circumstances? It will take years to undo this harmful work. No matter how this case ends, the public will be the sufferer.” The Commissioner stated last week that he would not then serve charges against Chief Croker, because he did not desire to humiliate him before the convention of fire chiefs then to as- sembla, Now, the convention was over last Friday. The Chief reported according to orders yesterday; but there were no charges to confront him, <A secretary, a lay member of the Department, then directs the head of the Department of the unlformed force to report to-day. Accordingly the Chief presents himself charges preferred againat him. ordered to report to-morrow. “It the charges w they x must be ready now. Why, then, are they not served?” Commissioner Sturgt would serve charges on the Chief to- morrow. IN MOLINEUX CASE, Detectives in Newark Busy Rounding Up All Persons Who Appeared for State in Former Trial. to The Evening World.) ‘. J., Sept. 3.—The work |of getting the witnesses against Roland B. Molineux in line again was begun to-day. Detective Sharp, of the Dis- trict-Attorney’s ofMfce, and Sergt. Brom- y, of New York, were In Newark and were closeted with Joseph Farrell, Mayor Seymour's detective At the trial Detective Farrell testt- fled that on the day the asllver bottle- holder was purchased at Hardigan's jewelry «store he met Molineux in the | street in front of the store. The om- nterviewed Mamle Melando, ed to seeing blue notepaper | x's room at the factory in Market street, It was feared that the young woman would refuse to testify At the second trial, as she told a frien that it would be to her advantage no! to do so. Miss Melando denfed this to the officers, but would not promise to respond when called. WOMAN HELD UP IN HEART OF CHICAGO | Six Men Robbed Mrs. Upham | of Cash and Diamonds in | State Street Shopping Dis- | trict in Broad Daylight. cers ha who test in Molla | CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—A daring hold-up | the midst of a crowd In the retall| ais day on| pham, an aunt of Fred W. ham, President of the Board of Revie | was stopped by a gang of six men, who ie Wamond broveh | Foot a valu cash. y one could Interfere the re thetr plunder and nice say It Was the very attack which made {t The of the —— FOR DISCOVERY DAY. (Kuights of Columban Arrange to! Celebrate It, The Knights of Columbus of the Bor- {oughs of Manhattan, Richmond and the | Bronx have engaged Carnegie Hall for Sunday avening Qct. 12, to celebrate Discovery Day, and also to tender a re- ception to Archbishop Farle, Victor J. Dowling wili preside and to the Commissioner, but there are no San gn See a steam yacht He ts} '" eady last week some time later, after a conference with an assistant of the Corporation Counsel, stated that he da j subway from Forty-second street Pry: | the four deaths and « | the pieces falling on Stokes and ¢ WEDDING Fashionables at C mony in Cow House That Was Li Fairyland. BISHOP POTTER Al Fiancee of the Prelate Stands — Near Him as He Pronounces, Her Son Husband of Mill. ionaire’s Daughter, MAMARONBCK-ON- ( ¥., Sept, 2%—~The marriage of Mise Florence Lockwood @tokes, daughter of — Henry B. Stokes, the mitlionaire ingur- ance president, to Frederick, Clark, which was solemnised this noon at the country seat of the father on Orlenta Point, was @ soclety affair, the 10 guests all members of the ultra-faghionable ‘These were gathered in the hall of the Stokes Villa, which Wa lavishly decorated with violets, Adame can beauty roses and llles of tie ley. Bishop Henry C. Potter, who ie to marry Mrs. Alfred Corning © mother of the bridegroom, offic was assisted by Rev. F. F. German, tor of St. Thomas's Dpiscopal C at Mamaroncek. : ‘Tho bride, who was attired én a tiful creation of white satin with #: of rare lace, was given away by father. Mrs, Clark, by a strange oo nce stood not far from Bishop Potter, will soon make her his wife, The only attendant of Migs was Mrs. Marion Bostwick, Albert C. Bostwick, the wealthy mobilist, who is her sister. = ‘The sisters think the world of | other, and previous to thelr they made @ compact that they serve ag maid of honor at thelr tive weddings. , The best man was Walter x Stokes, a cousin of the bride, and ushers were Robert McClay, Ri Zogbarm, Waldo C. Johnson three brothers of Mr. Clark, ‘A banquet followed the c One of the most costly gifts elved by the bridegroom was a country how from his mother at Cooperstown, wi he and his bride intend to spend honeymoon. * It was sald that Mr. he yh Stokes gav ang town: janhattan. x ‘A side feature of the appearance of @ large ni hs ing automoboties, which were convey th ts from the neck ralir ation to Ce ouse, These machines, many of | were owned by Mr. Bostwick, da about the country village all day: alarming rate of speed. ———_— Testimony Pointed to Fa that Vessel Hit Explosive Substance, but Jury Co Not Determine Matter. Coroner Schaeffer heard testimony day in the inquest on the death of | vey Johnson, acting captain of the ¢ boat Jacob Kuper, which was susilt an explosion off Tompkinaville, 6.1 Aug. 18. us While it was popularly #uj ‘the the boller had buret, the divers of the boat's machinery pra cally intaact led to the conclusion | she had struck a subme! 0 during the Spanish-Ame! war, the harbor was mined. Engineer William Purdy testifi he had examined the machinery minutes before the expl guage showed the boller one-thi ‘All the testimony was to that the tug struck some submance, but the Jury Jeft undecided, stating that they cou determine the cause of the sinking: the vessel. They found that Johnson met Bis death by drowning, 2 SUBWAY LABORER KILLED BY ROCK. |While Huge Stone Is bei Hoisted from “Blood Curve” It Splits and Piec Fall on Workman. y subway excavation in Fortyrt street, was killed by a falling rook He {s the fourth victim in the of the curve which takes Broadway In a few weeks, The workmen have cogw to know tha) place as “dloody curvs* partly thrauga 9 cUy because of) the great number oF 7088 serious a dents which have happened there. Stokes, who was elghteen years and lived at No, 267 West O1 Ha and Forty-sixth str st under a huge atone which was) holsied out of the subway by ad While in midair the rock split ia pete ing him. it was shown tne roa was cracked when the tackle wag around it. —— JUMPED FROM DOCK, Robert King, colored, of No. Sixty-fifth str jump eminent speakers will address the meet- ing. The affair will be under the aus: pices of the New York Chapter. at Seventy-ficth street: Not 1s auppored to have ; ear