i . tf'" ? TWENTY PAGES. DOUBLE NUMBER. FORTY SEVENTH TEAR FIRE ISLAND 11 SECOND TIE 1IJEBEUM Islip Authorities Notify State Occupants to Leave in Three Days. ALL COUNTY CITIZENS CALLED BY THE BOABD To Enforce the Order of Ejection, bnt Military Will Hold the Place Against Them. AN ALARMING TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNOR. Good Kews Comes From Keir Tork, Where Xot a Case of Cholera Has Ap peared in Four PaTS. Mary Conerty New Bolloved to Be Not a Cholera Victim She Will Probably Eecover New York City Healthier Than It Has Ever Been at This Season of the Tear This Because It Has Been Bo Thoroughly Cleansed One New Case and One Death at Quarantine The Moravia, the First of the Pest Ships, Goes to Her Dock This Morning After a Detention of 17 Days Wy oming Passengers Eebellious, but Afterward Agree to Removal to Fire Island Mayor Grant's Letter to Har rison, Asking for a Suspension of Immigration. ' fSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPJLTCTI. 1 Albany, Sept. 17. Governor Flower reached here at 5 o'clock to-night, and bad scarcely reached the Executive Mansion, dined and stretched himself when he re ceived this disturbing message from Fire Island: Governor IS. I. Klowcr. Albany, N. T.: Have received copy of resolution of the Board of Health of Islip, L. L, directing the Sheriff of the county to take possession of Fire Island, eject all passengers and bag gage, and to prevent the landing of the same. lie is authorized to call upon the entire force of the county toTcarry rhl , Into effect. Jenkins telephones that the baggage of Infected skeamers will be there this evening. Unless other wise directed, I will prevent the landing of unauthorized persons and protect the land ing of baggage and passengers by all the force at mr command. Havo ordered the Ripple to return here immediately. Will not leave here until further oiders. Geo. G. Cochrane, Captain Commanding. He answered: George G. Cochrane, Fire Island. X. T.: The town of Islip Board of Health has no jurisdiction over Fire Island. Protect the quarantine line established by Dr. Jenkins, Health Officer, against all tres passers. If you need more men call on Ad jutant General Torter, New Tork. I'osweix P. -Flower. The Governor then sent the followingmes sage: General Josiah Porter. New Tore City: Havo just wired Captain Cochrane to pro tect the Quarantine lines against all tres passer?, and if ho needs more troops you will letnforce him. He wires that the Islip Board or Health havo ordered the Sheriff to take possession ofFiio Island. Koswell P. Flower. At Xew Tork Quarantine Dr. Jenkins wired to P. T. Wall that be is to resist to the utmost any effort of the Islip people to late possession of the island. When spoken to on the subject he acknowledged that be had been informed oi the situation. P. T. Wall, who is in charge of the Surf Hotel, sent Dr. Jenkins at 5:20 p. m. the following telegram I received tills afternoon from the Board of Health of Islip a notice to vacate the premises within three days, and that they would call on the citizens of the county to stop the landing of baggace. Captain Cochrane.coinmaudlng the militia here.says that all steamship bacgage received bore will be properly protected. We are in every wayprcpaied to civo them a warm recep tion. Dr. Jenkins said: "Our men down there are advised of the situation and will be prepared to resist any such action on the part of the citizens of Islip. There are 35 State quarantine police, all provided with revolvers, and 125 militiamen under the command of Captain Cochrane. Deputy Health Officer Voight has left for Fire Island and will get there to-night at 11:39. GOOD NEWS FROM GOTHAM. THE CITY HEALTHTEE TXTAX EVER BE. rc-KE AT THIS SEASON. It Is Xow Doubted That Mary Conerty Had Cholera The Bacteriological Examina tion Tailed to Show the Germs Tfofa Case of the Plague In Four Days The Town Cleaner Than Ever Before and Better Prepared to Resist Disease. 'ew Tons. Sept 17. SpaiaL The Board of Health declared at 4 o'clock this afternoon that there bad not been a case oi cholera discovered in the city in 48 hours. Profs. Biggs and Dunham, the bacteriolo gists of the board, reported that in the case of Edward Hoppe, the bacteriological ex amination failed to reveal the presence of the spirillum of cholera Asiatic. There is, therefore, more than a reasonable doubt that Hoppe's death, which on Friday was credited to the cholera, was not due to that disease. The examinatidn in this case has not been completed. There is alo doubt now whether Mary Couerty, the young woman who was taken to the reception hospital Thursday, really suffered from cholera. It is known that she has another trouble, and it is possible that this is all that ails her. Dropping her case from the list there has not been a case in the city reported for four days. The report of the Bureau of vital Statis tics, made to-day for the week ending at noon, shows the sity death rate to be 21.48, which is the lowest death rate ever known at this season of the year. There were not so many scares yesterday as on Friday, when the inspectors were busy all day. A .Good Itcport From Dr. Edsou. The Board of Health met this morning. Dr. Edson reported that he had again in spected all the houses where cholera had appeared, and he had found every tenant in good health. There was not a sign of a secondary case. The strict quarantine mles would continue to be enforced for a time. The doctor said that Mary Conerty would probably recover, though she had had a very bad night of it It was decided to request the police to keep a alose watch on all street cars and to report to the board if they found any very dirty. A letter was sent to the State Board of Health requesting that all possible steps be taken to prevent contamination to the croton water supply through streams that run through the watershed. "The city to-day," said President "Wil son, "is in a cleaner and healthier condi tion than it has been for a long time, and we are prepared to deal with an epidemic of any disease." Dr. Roberts said he had had about a dozpn scare cases in the 24 hours ending at 4 o'clock, and not one of them had turned out even a remote relative of cholera. One Death and One New Case. One death from cholera and one new case of the disease was to-day's record from the Lower Bay. Charles Bass, 28 years old, who was removed to Swinburne Island from the Bohemia Friday, died at 5 o'clock this morning. The other three patients from the Bohemia were doing well, according to Dr. Byron's report, and they may recover. Dr. Byron cabled at noon to Dr. Jenkins that there were several cases of measles among the 200 children aboard. He advised that the children be removed from the ship as soon as possible. All the passengers' have had a bath, and the disinfection of the ship is nearly completed. Dr. Walser made his regular tour of the peat ships in the afternoon, and discovered one new case of unmistakable cholera aboard the Scandia. Regina Weiskopf, G3 years old, was the patient, and she was removed to Swinburne Island. She is very low. Wyoming Passengers Arc Rebellious. Dr. Sanborn went down to the Lower Bay yesterday morning with the Cepheus, to transfer the Wyoming's cabin passengers to Fire Island. One of the passengers with a gray mousiacne ana imperial oeanng sioou at the rail and acted as spokesman lor his fellows. "We do not propose togotoFire Island," he said, "after what we have heard of the sufferings of the Uormannia's people. We haven't had any cholera aboard, and Dr. Jenkins has not anv right to send us there." Dr. Sanborn tried to persuade the passen gers that a change would be much better for them, but they all held to their resolve, and Dr. Sanborn returned to Quarantine at 11 o'clock without them. Dr. Jenkins was much put out when he beard of the passengers' resolve, and he said they would certainly be sent to Fire Island to-day. At a late hour this evening he was informed that the Wyoming cabin passengers had changed their minds and are now anxious to go to Fire Island. The Cepheus will transfer them and the cabin passengers of the Kugia to Fire Island to morrow. One Real Case on the Wyoming. The bacteriological examination made by Dr. Byron showed that one of the children who died on the Wyoming died of cholera. The Moravia, which has now been held 17 days, will come up to her dock to-morrow. For a few hours last eveninctfce Upper Quarantine station was clear of vessels for the first time since the cholera scare began. The steamships which got in yesterday were all released after a few hours' delay. Among them was the Mo hawk from London with ex-Senator Ingalls among her few cabin passengers. It was expected that the transfer of the 900 immigrants from Hodman Island would begin this morning, but for some reason un known here it did not occur. As soon as the boat with the immigrants aboard is wharfed the quarantine will go into effect How long it will last it is impossible to telL General Hamilton said, however, that it would probably he not more than a month. Sandy Hook a Marine Camp. The marine camp at Sandy Hook is now complete, 83 marines from Boston, Annap olis, Philadelphia and Brooklyn navy yards having arrived this morning. There are now 201 marines and ten officers on the camp roster. Two German waiters decided to strike to-day because they were obliged to do laborer's work while two Irish wait ers went bathing. The Germans joined the Irish in the water after this work was done, and had so much fun that their discontent vanished. Mary Conerty, the young Irish girl who is ill with cholera at the Reception Hos pital, is better to-day and the prospects for her recovery are considered good. The crisis is probably passed. As all ships containing steerage passen gers from Hamburg are in port, and all steamship lines have aereed to bring no more steerage until the cholera ceases to be epidemic in Europe, Dr. Jenkins declares that not only is the worst over, but that he does no look for any more cholera ships. RUNNING THE BLOCKADE. Nothing but a Patrol Can Prevent Immi grants Slipping Across the River. Detroit, Sept. 17. Immigrants have begun blockade running. To pass Detroit without a proper certificate is impossible, and they are now Bwarming into the United States by means of small boats at outlying towns, and nothing short of an absolute river patrol day and night will stop them. Eleven immigrants crossed the river at Wyandotte Wednesday night under cover of the darkness in two small rowboats and the entirelot left "Wyandotte on the 10 o'clock train. The Customs House officials learned of the stolen march after the birds had flown and reported the case to the Wyandotte Health Officer. Means were taken at once to thoroughly investigate the case, but the utmost vigilance has failed to discover a clew. Since then night patrolmen have been instructed to devote much of their watch to the river bank. At Marine City a batch of immigrants got across recently. They had no quarantine certificates and were taken before the Mayor. The Mayor, who is a physician, examined them and al lowed them to cross the river. Europe Considers New York Directed. "Washington, Sept 17. The Vice Con sul at Lisbon cables the State Department that "the port of Xew York is declared in fected with cholera, and ports on the east coast f the United States, including Florida, are suspected. " Tiie United States Minister to Norwav and Sweden cables that Sweden declares United Slates ports on the east coast infected. It is presumed that the countries referred to will detain all pas sengers from the United States until dange from infection is pasicil. Canada Quarantine!, Against Gotham. Ottawa, Oxt., Sept. 17. An extra edi tion of the Canada Gazette was issued to-day, containing a -proclamation of quarantine on the Canadian border against passengers and merchandise lrom the city of New York. No Decrease in the Immigration. Washington, Sept. 17. The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports that 45,472 immigrants arrived in the United States during the month of August, against 45,172 for the same month last year. During the eight months ending August 31, 1802, the total number of immigrants was 448,691, against 416,570 for the corresponding period in 1891. HARRISON MAY ACT. Secretary Foster Will Confer With Him on Suspension of Immigration. "Washington, Sept 17. Secretary John W. Foster will leave here to-night for Loon Lake to confer with the President in regard to the letter of Mayor Grant, requesting the President to take some steps to' restrict immigration during the cholera epidemic The letter reads as follows, y Hon. Benjamin Harrison, President, Executive Mansion. Washington, D. C. Dear Sib As Mayor of the city of New York, I aeein It my duty to call your atten tion tb tilt, present condition of sanitary affairs In this city. While there is no cause for alarm In the piesent condition and while everything is being done by the authorities to prevnei the spread of the oholera, every reasonable Drecaution should bo taken to prevent Its further Introduction into this community. I therefore loquesc that you, as Piesldent of the United states, exercise all the authority you pos3es to prevent (unlier imniigiation to this country until nil fear of tbo introduction or cholera shall havo disappeared. I am, with great lespect, very truly, Hcoh J. Oraht, Mayor. Notwithstanding the opinion of Attorney General Miller, declaring the President's power to take further steps to stop immigra tion from infected ports, and the promise of the steamship'companies to co-operate with the Government and to earry no moro steer age passengers, the Treasury Department is now considering whether Americans abroad should bo exempted from the restrictions as to steerage passage. A decision "will b made, it is expected, some time, next week, but there is little doubt that American tour ists will not be prevented from coming home either in the steerage or anyway they may choose CARNEGIE IN CLOVER. THE STEEL KING ENTERTAINS SOME rRIENDS IN THE HIGHLANDS. Grouse Shooting Just Now the Attraction Poets and Statesmen Among the Guests Bradley Martlti Making an Experiment With Pheasants Comment of an Old Gamekeeper. inV CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH. LONDON, Sept 17. Copyright Since grouse shooting commenced, the 12th ot August, two Americans, Mr. Andrew Car negie and Mr. Bradley Martin, have been entertaining guests in the Scotch Highlands in the style and upon the scale of the old chieftains of whose lands they have become possessed. Mr. Carnegie, at Kiuloeh Kan noch, in Perthshire, has had statesmen and poets as well as sportsmen among his guests. Mr. Bradley Martin has confined his in vitations to devotees of rod and gun. His place is Balmacaan, in Glen Urquhart, in Invernesshire, and he has spent the autumn there lor several years past He has lately) become possessed ol a desire to provide himself and guests in due season with pheasant shooting, and is at present work ing to that end with great energy and lavish expenditure ot money. Gamekeepers and other competent people in the district are unanimously of the opinion that the hardiest of pheasants will be unable to stand the winter in that part of Scotland, but Mr. Bradley Martin says he does not care one Governor Flower ex pletive for such common persons, 'and will show them what American determination can rkt Sisry-two -flat wieKer baskets; packed with live pheasants, have just arrived at Balmacaan, and the birds, sev eral hundred of them, have been turned into the plantations, where it is Mr. Brad ley Martin's hope and will that they shall increase and multiply to the con fusion of critics and the great gratification of his friends. The latter arc agreed that Mr. Bradley Martin is a very enterprising gentleman and worthy of every encouragement They will watch the ex periment with tender interest, the more genuine, seeing that it costs them nothing, and they will cheerfully bring their guns next year to help their host ascertain how far he has succeeded. A roving leporter writes that he heard local opinion summarized by a big game keeper, who, gazing at one of the flat wicker baskets just arrived from the south, mur mured, with a curious display of feeling, considering his rugged appearance and bulk: "Ah, the puir, soft, pretty thingl What'll become of ye in the lang,caulu win ter that's a-coming upon us?" BARON FAVA BOUNCED. His Interference in an Italian Qnarrel In New York Causes IHs Recall. Xew Yore:, Sept. 17. The Eco d' Italia has received the following cable dispatch: Rome, Sept. 17. The Tritium: Dintto Pungolo and JUatimox publish statements to the effect that Baron Fava, the Italian Minister to the United States, has been recalled from his post by reason of his, action in connec tion with tho differences in the Italian colony in New Yoik, in which he took sides against the Italian Consnl General at New York. It is assorted positively that he will not return to Washington. 1HE TEHESCAL SUSPENSION. Manager PurceU Says the Future Is Bright, but Does Not Explain the Stoppage. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept 17. Ger vaise Purcell, manager of the Temescal tin mines was asked to-day regarding the re port from Riverside that the tin mine had shut down because of lack of funds. "It is true," said Purcell, "that work has been suspended at the mines. I have not, however, been authorized to say what the future proceedings of the company will be, but it is not true that the company is not able to pay demands against it There were 35 men working in the mines when work was stopped on 15th inst, and all claims will be paid in this city by me on Tuesday. You may say that the future will shbw that the mines are very valuable proDerty." Purcell declined to say whether work would be resumed, or to give any explana tion of the stoppage of operations. A MANIAC FATHER'S CRIME. Ills Little Son Awakens to Find IHs Mother and the Baby Murdered, WAVERLY, O., Sept 17. Yesterday morning the 8-year-old son of John J. Van Meter, of the villago ot Idaho, awoke to find himself alone in the house. After waiting an hour for the return of his father and mother and the baby, he started to go to his grandfather's a mile away. He came upon the mutilated and dead bodies of his mother and the baby. Van Meter is missing. He has recently given evidence of unsoundness of mind. The theory is that he murdered his wife and has, perhaps, killed himself. Infectious Diseases In Mcneesport McKeespokt, Sept 17. Special The single case of smallpox now in this city is so carefully guarded that there is no danger of its spreading. There is, however, con siderable scarlet fever, diphtheria and typhoid lever here, but epidemics are not anticipated. The city is being thoroughly cleaned. To-day the Board ot Health contracted with a Pittsburg firm for three tons ot copperas, to be used on the streets and alleys. PITTSBURG-, SUNDAY. A CHECK FOR $1510' Dropped Into the Hands of Gotham Roulette Sharps by a Pittsburger. HE GOT IT FROM A FRIEND Who Now Rashes Into Court to Save the Dollars It Calls For. BUT THERE 18 ANOTHER STORY To the rffect That (he Check-Giver Lost the Money Himself. A rUBblC EXONERATION DEimDED FrECIAT. TKLEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1 Nnw York, Sept. 17. Henry A. Potter, of East Orange, drew a check yesterday morning for 515,000, payable to a friend's order on the People's Bank in East Orange and indorsed it himself. Mr. Potter is wealthy, and his check for a greater amount than this would be honored. Shortly after tho check was issued Mr. Potter sent his lawyers, Dill, Chandler & Seymour, with all haste to Judge McAdam of the Supreme Court, from whom they obtained an injunction re straining James Read and Henry Hornbeck from making any use of the check. Mr. Potter, it was stated to Judge Mc Adam, had been tempted by the fascina tions of the roulette table and had such faith in fickle fortune that in the excite ment of the moment he lost again and again until he had to draw the check to pay part of his losses. He had been induced to go into a gembling house in Twenty-fourth street, near Fifth avenue, and started to beat the roulette table. His states were heavy. They grew heavier as he lost. Thought the Gaino AVas Crooked. After reflection he began to wonder why he had lost with such pertinacity and came to the conclusion, he says, that he was "taken in" at the game. He acted with great promptness and sent for his lawyers, giviug them instructions to have the in junction secured without delay, with the result above stated. He further asserts that the consideration of the check was illegal The enjoining of the check is to prevent it from finding its way into the hands of bona fide holders, from whom he would have no remedy. Mr. Potter is connected with a well-known and wealthy family in Pennsylvania, and is well-known in East Orange. Mr. Seymour, his lawyer, is a neighbor of his there. There is a propri etary club in Twenty-fourth street kept by Bead & Hornbeck. A revised version of the story came out to-night It relieves Mr. Potter of the charge of doing the gambling, and makes a friend of his, a Pittsburg merchant, the hero of the evening. Mr. Potter's lawyers were very much astonished at the story as printed above. They withhold the name of the Pittsburg merchant for the preseut, buf iuu necooie irpowu.-inin interesting way if Mr. Dill does what he says he will. Pittsburg Friends Took In the Town. Mr. Potter, his lawyers say, was in town Thursday on business and stopped at the Holland House. He has a handsome home on Harrison avenue, East Orange, but at preseut his family is in the country. He belongs to the firm of Thomas Potter, Sons & Co., manufacturers of oil cloth, at 343 Broadway. At Orange he is one of the trustees of a Presbyterian Church. This summer he has spent most ot his time at the factory, and has stayed at the Holland House whenever he visited town. Several business friends, two of them from Pittsburg, were at the Holland House also. A party of four, including Mr. Pot ter, dined there together Thursday evening and alter dinner all except Mr. Potter went out to see the town. Mr. Potter remained at the hotel and went to bed early. One of the trio who went out to have a royal time and incidentally tb wrestle with the Twenty-fourth street tiger, was a particular friend of Mr, Potter's. He was a junior partner in a business house in Pittsburg and was supposed to be a rich man. It was he who subsequently became the hero of the check story. The Pittsburg Man's Check Wouldn't Go. Mr. Potter it is related went to bed. About 4 o'clock in the morning he was awakened by his friends, nho had returned from the gambling house in a dejected state of mind. The lriend from Pittsburg was considerably excited, and told Mr. Potter that he had lost all of his money and wanted 515,000 more. He said he had offered bis check, but that the gamblers would not ac cept it, not knowing anything about him. They knew Mr. Potter by reputation, how ever, and were willing to accept his check. "Would Mr. Potter help his friend out by his check for that amount? He would try to make good the sum in cash by 11 o'clock in th morning. Mr. Potter, says his lawyer, is one of the most obliging men in the world, and is always assisting his friends by going on their bonds, exchanging checks and show ing similar courtesies. After a little talk he got out of bed, drew a check for $15,000 to his friend's order on the People's Bank of East Orange. It was distinctly understood, however, that the amount would be made good by 11 o'clock. In the morning Mr. Potter's friend appeared in a distressed frame of mind, and said he had lost every cent of the money, and could not fulfill bis agreement Forbcaranco Ceased to Be a Vlrtnc. Mr. Potter would have to wait Mr. Pot ter did wait until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Then he sought his lawyers and told them of the trouble. He wanted to know if he could not get the check back from the gamblers. Lawyers Dill and Chandler thought he could, They hauled down their law books and presently told him that there was sufficient ground to get an injunction restraining the gamblers from disposing of it for the present, until argu ment could be made before a court to ex actly determine the justice of Mr. Potter's demand to have the cheek returned to him. The point in restraining the gamblers from parting with the check was that they were not bona fide holders, having obtained it as a result of a gambling operation and not for value. After it passed to another holder, who might have got it for value, Mr. Potter could have no legal' claim upon it. As it was an accommodation check, for which Mr. Potter received no value from bis Pittsburg friend, it was unenforceable against him even in the bands of the man to whose order he had drawn it, and- either be or that man could proceed to enjoin the use of it An Injunction Beadlly Obtained. Judge McAdam, with Potter appearing as plaintiff, signed an injunction restraining the gamblers as defendants from passing the check. The order was returnable Sep tember 28. Mr. Bill at once went to the "clubhouse" in Twenty-fourth street and served the injunction personally upon the proprietors. "I am bound to say," said Lawyer Dill, "that the gamblers acted in a very square and honorable way. "When I told the cir enmstances they said they were perfectly willing to give up the check, and would do SEPTEMBER 18 1892. rsyffiywy Mis c9- so provided Mr. Potter would agree on his part to do all he could to induce the Pitts burg man to pay the debt I agreed to this for Mr. Potter, and they gave me the check." The injunction alleges that "said check was delivered upon the event of a wager or bet, and is void," a state of affairs which, if true, makes their possession illegal and the gamblers themselves make no claim that they received it in any other way than upon the issue of the chances of roulette. The complaint says: The plaintiu at the request of a thiid party delivered his check for the sum of jl5,0t)0nnd upon this agreement to make the sum good with cash to defendant before 11 o'clock on the lorenoon of that day and upon Ins (the third party's) statement that he desired tho samo for a business purpose and was in immediate need of the use of the samo. The Pittsburg Man Most Confess. Then the complaint recites that the third party paid over the check to gamblers in payment of indebtedness Incurred at the gambling table, and that later in the day was unable to make it good as prom ised. It does not appear in the complaint that Mr. Potter had any knowledge of the fact that his Pittsburg friend wanted the money to gamble with. Whether Mr. Potter knew or did not know at the time he gave the check to his friend he wanted it for gambling, will not,however, affect the legal aspect of the case. As the story has gotten into print, and as one account credits Mr. Potter with camblin" personally, he has made up his mind that his friend must clear him. To-day one of his couusel tele graphed to the Pittsburg man that he must publicly declare over bis signature that Mr. Potter did not gamble, and was not present in the gambling house. If he fails to do this within a reasonable time Mr. Potter threatens to exhibit the check, which is drawn to the Pittsburg man's order, and is indorsed by him. Judge McAdam said to-night that the version ot the story to the effect that Mr. Potter himself lost the money in the gambling house was the case as he "undeertood it when it was presented to him in court The Kew York correspondent sent The Dispatch last night two names that had been given him as the names of the Pittsburg men concerned in the story. Only one was found at home last night He said he did not know Mr. Potter and never had seen him to his knowl edge. He assured the reporter that the wrong name had been wired lrom New York. WIVES IN EVERY STATE. Matrimonial Kecord of a Man Who Is Now In the Divorce Court. Chicago, Sept 17. Special A story of one of the most sensational cases ever tiled in the divorce courts here was related before Judge Tuthill to-day. The com plainant was Mrs. Ida Fairfield White, whose husband appears to have wives scattered all over Illinois, Ohio, Pennsyl vania and the Middle States. According to the testimony he made a business of marry ing young women for their money and then deserting them. On the stand to-day Mrs. White, who hails from Waverly, Iowa, told how she married White after a three months' acquaintance. He immediately asked her for S3, COO. She gave him 5500 and he skipped out, saying he would never return. A large bundle of letters was produced by the attorney, who Eaid: "I have num erous letters from other women who claim to be the wives of this man. One is from Mrs. Itosa White, .of Doylestown. She tells how she met White and soon fell in love with him. She says she married him, and on the wedding day she gave him $2,500 to'open up a business. She declares that that night Mr. White skipped out with the money and wrote her that he bad accom plished his purpose and was satisfied." Another woman from Pennsylvania, after telling of her confidence in White to the extent of $1,750, says: "If I were you, Mrs. White No. 3, or 4, or C, or whatever you are, I would not waste the money on a divorce. You are not his legal wife, but his last victim." After several of these letters had been read and the Court informed that White talked of two dead wives in England, the evidence was ordered written up. The police here claim that White has nearly a dozen wives, all of whom have made com plaint against the fellow. A RAILROADER'S FATE. President Decoursey, or the W. N. Y. & P. i Ban Over on tho Pennsy. Beverly, N. J., Sept 17. Special Samuel G. Decoursey, President of the Western New York and Pennsylvania rail road, was instantly killed by a train on the Amboy division of the Pennsylvania rail road this evening. Mr. Decoursey was at the station and in endeavoring to pass to a train was struck by another. Mr. Decoursey resided at 4050 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. A New Garfield Park ScandaL Chicago, Sept 17. Justice Woodman caused a pronounced sensation in his court room this morning in deciding the case of the Garfield Park habitues by stating that M. C McDonald, a stockholder in the Gar field Park Club, bad offered him a bribe of ? 300 to discure-the prisoner, A KEW rVZZLE FOR FATHER EEXN. SULLY STILL IN IT. Nine Thousand of the Ex-Champion's Friends Turn Out TO SEE HIM SPAR WITH C0EBETT. They Cheer Their Tefeated Hero Until leara Dim I!is Eves. TIIE BOXING WAS A TERY TAME AFFAIR New York, Sept 17. A splendid ova tion was given John Lawrence Sullivan in Madison Square Garden to.-night. Nine thousand men and about 300 women lent themselves to the occasion and showered wild applause when the ex-champion ai peared in the ring to wind up his benefit with a bout with Jim Corbett, his vic torious opponent in the receut contest at New Orleans. It was strictly a Sullivan crowd, and anybody who had the idea that Sally has lost friends by his defeat would have seen their error by witnessing his re ception. It was no half-way applause, but one that seemed to tell the champion pugilist of a decade that the hearts of his old admirers were still warm for him, and, as one enthusiast 'put it-, "All were yet willing to pit him against any man in the world." It was just 10 o'clock when John H. Dunn, master of ceremonies, leaped over the ropes and assisted Sullivan to the ring. He had been followed from his dressing room by a couple of hundred men, whogave the hint to the great crowd that Sullivan was coming. The murmurs grew louder, and as Sullivan's burly frame appeared above the ropes broke into rousing cheers. Sullivan turned from right to left, and bowed his head in acknowledgment of the greeting, but the cheers continued. A Great Reception for Both Men. Sullivan folded his arms across his breast and turned his eyes toward the roof to con ceal from those nearest him the moisture that dimmed them. Twice he essayed to address the crowd, but it would not let him. Then Corbett leaped over the ropes, and, hastening to the center of the ring, took Sullivan's bare hands in his gloved ones. The cheers then were something tremend ous. Quiet restored, the ex-champion twisted his mouth to one side and in a deep voice said: .Ladies asb Gestlemei- I thank you ono and all very greatly lor this hearty recep tion after my defeat. Loud applause I have nothing to say but praise for the pres ent chamDlon. Cheers. If he will con tinue In the right path he can hold the championship as many years as I did. I am glad he is an American, and I want to see him hold It I have no excuse to make lor my defeat Great cheering. I was de leated. Applause. When a defeated man makes excuses he makes the greatest mis take of his lite. Corbett Unable to Make a Speecb. This was the end of the speecb, and after the audience had approved of it by the aid of their Jungs, Corbett was called upon. When the din finally ceased Corbett arose to make his speech. It was very short. and delivered in so low a tone that it was heard but a few feet from the ring. He said: Ladies ahd GiHTLBxra It affords me great pleasure in appearing here to-nhtht at Mr. Sullivan's benefit. I know he deerves It, and as he said nefore, be hopes I will hold the ohaniplonship as lone an he did, I can only say I hope s". with Prolonged ap plause, during which Corbett endcavoied to continue. Ho gave It up, and in the midst of the applauso closed. Well, I will try and hold It, anyway. A second later Mr. Dunn called time, and the men went into the center of the ring for business. They were attired as in the ring at New Orleans. If the crowd expected any heavy hitting it was disappointed, as the exhibition consisted of three very tame minute-and-a-half rounds. All sorts of ad vice was shouted at Sullivan, such as "Give him the right John," and "Now, get in a good one for revenge," but the ex-champion smiled sadly and continued in the exchange of light blows. Tho Crowd All for the Ex-Champion. When the bout was over Corbett leaped lightly to the ground, while Sullivan clambered down the other side more slowly. Only a few people gathered around Corbett as he hastened to his dressing room. It was for Sullivan that the spectators made a break. He could hardly make his way through the crowd of strusgling men, and the big basket ot flowers which he carried high above his head narrowly escaped de struction. Sullivan may well be satisfied with his receptiou, as it not only showed him that he still had friends, but netted him n very handsome profit In the first hour and a halt the lesser lights of the pugilistic world entertained the crowd, among the pairs be ing Jack McAuliffe and Jimmy Nelson. Later in the night Corbett was given a re ception at the Tenderloin Club. Altervvard he went to the Coleman House, where Mike Dwyer turned over to him the 520,000 stake which he won at New Orleans. Pittsburg Insurance Men Victimized. Washington, Pa., Sept 17. Special Jobn.H. O'Neill, alias Nicholas Phelan, was arrested in this place to-day on the charge of conspiracy and fraud by making false representations to the Superintendent of the Pittsburg Metropolitan Life Insur ance Company. O'Neill is said to be an old oflender. JIRS. HARRISON DIPR0VED. Testerday Her Most Favorable DVy, Since She Was Taken 111 The Seeds of' Cn samptlon Surely Sown in Her Constitution- No Cancer of the Stomach. Loojt Lake, N. Y., Sept 17. This has been the most favorable day Mrs. Harrison has experienced since she was stricken down with pleurisy, nearly ten days ago, and her physicians express confidence this evening of her recovery from that particu lar complication. They gravely admit, however, that the terrible seeds of consump tion are still present, and are apt to con tinue their steady inroad on her constitu tion. The manner in which she . has over come the attendantcomplication encourages them in the belief that she still has a fight ing chance against the more serious malady with which she is affected. The report that Mrs. Harrison has cancer of the stomach is emphatically denied by both Dr. Doughty and Dr. Gardner. The latter, who is now the only physician in at tendance, said at 10 o'clock to-night that the favorable symptoms of the morning bad continued throughout the day; that there bad been no further efiusionsand that the danger from the pleuritic condition was pas The President was clearly in better spirits to-day over the condition of his suf fering wife and made two visits to the hotel during the forenoon, once lo get his break fast and later to transact some official busi ness. The President has not as yet notified the G. A. B. managers at Wasbinzton of his inability to atteud-the encammnent next week. It is practically settled, however, that he will not leave here while Mrs. Har rison is in her present dangerous condition. FARMER ADAMS DYING. A Commission in Lunacy Finds the Old Man to Be Insane. New Castle, Sept 17. Special This morning Judge Hazen, in open court, ap pointed a committee in lunacy in the case of Farmer George W. Adams, who was convicted of placing ties on the Ft Wayne Bailroad at Enon. The commission decided that Adams is suffering from acute insanity and a subject for an insane asylum rather than the penitentiary. He is in a dying condition and cannot live but a few hours at most THE NEW GAS EL DORADO. It Was Opened a Week Ago, and Now SO.OOO Acres Are Under Xease. Poktlasd, Ihd., Sept 17. Ever since the local gas company drilled in their big oil well near Pennville, one week ago, there has been great excitement in the In diana oil field. Fifteen companies are at work. In. Jay, Adams and Wells counties at least 60,000 acres of land are under lease. There are prospects of 50 new wells going down in the next month. The Honduras Rebel Leader Shot New Orleans, Sept 17. The steamer Soley arrived to-day fromCeiba, Honduras. She reports that General L. Nueilla, late in command of the revolutionists in Spanish Honduras, was shot at Truxillo at 9 x. at. Sunday after having been tried and found guilty of treason. THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. The Issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages made up in twopartB. The con tents of the second part aro tabulated be low: Page O. Cholera ix Europe. Cablx News. Dak Dougiieistv John Rtusell Young Pago 10. Shall adveetisemests. Classified, Page 11. Quaint Philosopht Nixon Waterman Tiie Music World C W. a. Gossip ot the .Guard. Page IS. News ov Societt. Educatioitai. Gossip. ON the Stace Hepburn Johns. Page 13. A DAT With Worth. MaryTemDle Bayard. Grand AkMT Women". .Kathkcn Unsscy Watson, Tuieves in society. Woman's Gossip. Page 14. Amateur athletics Horace J. Hill Page 15. Orators op the Campaign Barns K. Wilson Janet Lex, a story David Lowry Late News in brief. Page 1C. ExoLt'iimJArAN Ell Perkins Wages on England's Bailroads TucUey, Pennsylvania's Fauna at the Fair. Page 17. Trade in Rcssia Frank G. Carpenter Jokes IN Sermons Ker. George Hodges Scientific Gossip. Story of Columbus Page 18. A Eeview of Sports. Pringle HUMOR Fielding. Opje Reed. Bill Arpetal , Notes and queries. Tage 10. The Market Reports. Oil Field News Grand Aemt News. Page 20. Getting Bid of Fat T. jr. BIcjer, IT. D. amubement Notes. FEVE CENTS. The Greatest Engineering Feat in the "World Now Hear ing Completion. ONE TUNNEL IS FINISHED, nd Trof. Forbes, the English Elec trician, Has Been Placed IN CHARGE OF THE ENTIRE WORK. The largest Dynamos Ever Made Will Is Bun by the Current, 1IACHIKES OP 10,000 HOESE IWEK fSrlCTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Kiaoaba Falls. Sept. 17. The Cat aract Constructive Company has brought here Prof. Charles Forbes, the noted En glish electrician and expert. He was to day put in charge of all the electrical work in connection with the harnessing of Niag ara. The immense tnnnel cut through over a mile and a half of solid rock ha3 been en tirely bricked in, and is now completed. The big wheel pits haver been sunk, and the) inlet canal is almost completed. There re main yet 9o feet, and the engineers expect to have that cut through by the middle of next month, and water will then be flowing the entire length of the tunnel, which is tha longest hydraulic tunnel in the world. Tho bargain has been closed for tha largest '.and most improved turbina water wieels ever made. The Cataract Company will also construct a tunnel on tha Canadian side of the river under the nama of the Canadian Power Company. Hera will be located even larger dynamos than on the American side. Greatest TVork "Ever Undertaken. "These are the greatest electricjl under takings the world has ever seen," said ProC Forbes to-day. "I have not yet entered into the details of the work, but know in a gen eral way what the company desires. Ita tunnel and plant on this side of the river will be used almost entirely for local pur poses lor the building up of manufacturing' plants. Dynamo3 capable of generating 5,000 horse power each will be put in the power house. "The Canadian tunnel, while not nearly so long as the American one, will be capa ble of the same if not greater power. Work on this will not commence before next spring, as the company desires to complete the American plant first. The power gen erated by this Canadian water power through the dynamos is designed to bo transmitted in great portion to Buffalo for use in running factories, iron furnaces and foundries, for lighting purposes and for tha various uses to which electricity can be Eut, In conducting the power to Buffalo I ave decided to use the underground con- duit system. The wires ill be so laid linemen can readily inspect tripm-env. any needed repairs. " Too 3Iuch Xeakago in the Air. "The pole system is too risky. It Is liable to accident by storm, and too much waste of power is experienced with tha wires in the air. The lines in conduit3 will follow the Canadian shore, 03 it Is by far the shorter route to Buffalo and we will cross the river either on the bridge or by cable under the river. "This is no experiment. "We will deliver the power in Buffalo and that with little loss. I can say that the loss between tha turbines and dynamos will be between 3 and 4 per cent, while that in transmitting will be less than 5 per cent, "We have the most perfect system of insulation in the conduit contrivance. The total loss of power when delivered in Buffalo will be less than 10 per cent" "How large will the dynamos be? "I can say they will be the largest that electricians have ever been called upon to design. The company has signified its in tention of putting in dynamos capable of generating 10,000 horse-power each. Thesa monster machines will be constructed en tirely from new and original plans. Ton see the centriiugal force in a dynamo to develop this amount of power will be immense, and to overcome this is one of tha problems. I have received a larza number of designs from prominent electricians, but find none that completely satisfy me. I shall probably construct the dynamos on plans ot my own in which I have confi dence. Electricity in tho Iron 3IUU. ,rWe will use the alternatins current That gives the best results and is the easiest to handle, a loresee a great revolution in the mechanical world in the near future. "When electrical power can be produced and delivered at such a low co3t it will take tha place of coal and steam. I feel assured that iron and steel manufacturers will soon ba using electricity to produce heat and to run the machinery of their mills and furnaces. Electrical nower will be cheap, so cheap and such a permanent and never-failing power that it will be sought in preference to anything that is now in use. "Then as a factor in the metallurgio world it will be wonderful. Its separating force has already proved most valuable in determining the composition of somemet als; its use in the production ot aluminum and its alloys and many other experiments, all go to prove what a vast field there is and what a revolution in almost everything this electrical power will create." Prof. Forbes says he does not intend to exneriment with the monster dynamos. Ho will stake his reputation on them. In tha spring the results of the American tunnel will be known. LOCKED UP IX A SAFE. Pour Hours of Torture for Ono of Cam den's City Officials. Camden, K. J.. Sept, 17. SpeAaL For four hours this afternoon City Assessor "William Thompson stared death in the face in a fireproof, air-tight vault in tho City HalL About noon 3Ir. Thompson went into the map vault of the City En gineer's office, to consult one of the city plans. "While he was thus engaged Assistant Engineer "William Osier banged the vault door to and went home for the day, never dreaming of Sir. Thompson' presence within the dark recess. At o'clock the janitor's colored helper wen into the office to do the usual sweepip when he was scared nearly to death 1 sounds coming from the vault He ran oi and cave an alarm. Officers ran into the room and managed to hear through the heavy iron doors that some one was imprisoned inside. Frantic efforts were then made to open the door, but all failed. Osier was then sent for, but conld not be found. Then a carriage was dis patched for City Engineer Farnham. 3Ir. Thompson was released. He fell to the floor exhausted, and was hastened to Cooper Hospital. Thompson Is doing well to-night, and will recover in a day or two. mm IN HARNESS, 7J 1 4 fca -
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