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VANDERBILT SENSATION.
Bat Is Said in Newport and New
York of the Affair.
HaTe Mr* and Mrs. William K. Agreed
on a Legal SeparationP-He in Paris;
She in England—’No Charges Affect
ing the Honor of Either—Simply In
compatibility.
From the New York Press.
Newport, R. 1., Aug. 29.—The contem
plated separation of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
K. Vanderbilt, announced by cable to-day,
does not strike society here with great
surprise. Intimate friends of the dis
united couple talked of nothing else at
the Casino this afternoon, and it was the
general opinion that a legal separation
was inevitable after the episodes here
last season and on board the Valiant
during winter cruise. Mr. and Mrs.
Vanderbilt were then entertaing a large
party on their yacht in the Mediterranean.
That another woman is seriously involved
in the case is declared to be im
possible by the friends of the family.
Incompatibility of temperament alone is
believed to be the cause. A society man,
who begged that his name be withheld,
said: "Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt are to
tally unfitted for each other, and for sev
eral* years they have led an unhappy ex
istence. disagreeing upon the most trivial
matters. Yet Mrs. Vanderbilt is a clever,
even brilliant woman and a person that is
w ell liked by many friends. Mr. Vander
bilt is a most agreeable man with whole
touled ideas; and yet upon matters unim
portant as well as important, they failed
to agree.’'
The speaker added that iMrs. Vander
bilt was a strong-minded southern woman,
with exclusive ideas. Mr Vanderbilt
was open and free. He failed to agree
with Mrs. Vanderbilt in the exclusive
character of their house here, and es
pecially with his wife's idea of surround
ing it with high, almost oimpenetrable
walls. Yet she had her way.
SBWPOKT HOME IS HERS ALREADY.
Mr. Vanderbilt is known to have in
dulged his wife in many ways here and to
have surrounded her with every
possible luxury. Her slightest wish
was gratified, even at extraor
dinary expense. The idea of the
marble house is hers, as well as its fur
nishings. It to-day is the grandest pri
vate residence in America. Statements
that she had asked that the marble pal
ace here be a part of the settlement upou
her are, of course, without foundation,
for, according to the Newport tax asses
sor’s report,she holds the deeds of the ele
gant house and spacious grounds, all of
which are in her name. The property is
assessed at $750,000, and is worth $1,290,-
000. In this alone Mrs. Vanderbilt has a
fortune, although, of course, if she de
sired to turn it into cash, it would have
to be at a great loss.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT WOUNDED.
The family episode is very humiliating
to Cornelius Vanderbilt, who is recognised
as the guiding spirit in the family, and
the guardian of its honor. He is a pious,
modest, generous man, an affectionate
husband and father and a good man. He
hates notoriety. He has appeared greatly
troubled all summer, and has appeared
but little in society. The whole matter is
the talk of society generally, and at the
Casino ball to-night and at the several
dinners preceding it it was openly dis
cussed with warm interest. It is said
Especially that there has never been the
warmest of feeling between Mrs. Vander
bilt and the other women of the family,
but this appears to have been due to an
agreement to disagree.
WHAT IS SAID IN NEW YORK.
It was reported in the fast fashionable
set four weeks ago that Mr. and Mrs. YV.
K. Vanderbilt would separate for life,
and that Mrs. Vanderbilt would receive
a settlement of $10,000,000. The Press
Aid not publish the rumors because it
does not spread pri. ate scandals or in
vade private family secrets. The report
of a legal separation was confirmed by
cable yesterday and was not denied by
the family lawyers here. It became a
general topic of conversation in New
York and Newport.
Last season the stories of family infe
licity in the Vanderbilt house had ema
nated from Newport, but were confined
to the ultra fashionable circles. While
such stories were going the rounds, Mr.
Vanderbilt left for England to superin
tend the furnishing of his new English
built $125,000 yacht Valiant, the Alva
having been sunk in Vineyard Sound a
short time before.
Stories of the fast life he was living in
England were soon whispered about the
clubs. The efiorts of Cornelius Vander
bilt and Mr De Peu were exerted to heal
the breach for a time and Mr. Vanderbilt
returned to this country to take a
party of friends through the southern
seas on his new yacht. The trip was
very successful, when the party suddenly
broxe up before the cruise for which it
had been invited was ended. This ab
rupt termination of the trip was caused
by an open disagreement between host
and hostess. .. j
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt returned to
Paris, where she was preparing their
Paris house for the season. She planned
changes which would have cost SIOO,OOO.
This her husband objected to, and she
left Paris for England, where the medee
val estate of Scoit Murray at Deanville
had been rented for her use. Mr. Van
derbilt, it, i s asserted, remained in Paris
and lived such a princely existence that
even the Parisians wondered at his great
expenditures. The latest dispatches say
that in his house presided Nelly Neu
stretter, known in Paris as the '‘Queen,”
and on her Vanderbilt lavised the rich
ness of the French capital.
w hen his wife heard of his mannor of
living she wrote her New York friends
that she must have an understanding as
to what were the ties that bound her to
•Villiam K. as wife. Friends assured her
that the reports from Paris were grossly
exaggerated.
tearful lest she might apply for a
aivoree, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt has
tened to England and France to adjust, if
Possible, the di.lerences. He did not suc
ceed, however, except that he extracted
i* promise from each that they would not
carry their grievances into court. William
h. Vanderbilt was soon afterward re
ported to have won 40,000 franc* on the
brand Prix race, and to have given all of
it to Nelly Noustretter. Of course his
vffe heard these stories, and they may
°ave hastened steps toward a separation.
THE FAMILY LAWYER.
Mr Vanderbilt s attorney, Col. William
aay of the firm of Ja.v, Candler & Cos., of
-o. 4s Wall streftt, is in Europe now, os
a, l, 10 adjust matters lor his client,
at his office W. 11. Candler, a member of
me hrm, said that they had not received
any word from Col. Jay in relation to the
rr sc - He lould riot stale whether or not
ne settlement was further advanced than
ne cable dispatches announced. Other
nunsel of the family, Evar.s. Choate <fe
eaman, refused to deny or affirm the
news.
gentleman well-known in society,
no has advised with the prim ipals in
n<‘ ease regarding their differences, said:
*l bn. 8 been known for a long time that
*,* ' auderbilts have not lived happily.
i‘ rs ' anderbilt is a southern ladvand
as a mind of her own. Although she is
a overbearing she is. nevertheless, ex
“*!■ While on the last trip to the
11 terra Lean she showed this in her
' 1 me: more than wus ushal for her. This
mec 1 to irritate her husband and fre
-1 nt quarrels were the result.
wv -'°,<loubl he has caused her to be irri
e through seeming inattention, and
this has been one step up to the present
trou J?} e - T he stories regarding Mr. Van
derbilt and that woman in Paris are not
of the best, and his wife has demanded a
separation.
NO AGREEMENT POSSIBLE.
‘*lt hardly can be expected, after what
has transpired in the past few months,
that an amicable settlement can take
place, and 1 look upon this separation as a
nnal act, so far as their marriage rela
tion is concerned.' ’
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt were married
in 18 8. She was Miss Smith, of an aris
tocratic southern family, and was one of
three sisters who were known in the
south as “the three beauties." One of
them married Fernando Yznaea, whose
sister, then \ iscountess of Manchester,
and now Duchess of Manchester, for
whom Consuela, the eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt, is named.
They first met in 1877 at a reception
giv£n by Mrs. ILlliot F. Shepard. It was,
so it is generally said, “a case of love at
hrst sight."
v. e which, of course, was one
of the swell affairs of the season, is re
membered by those who attended as one
which united two beings who would never
disagree. Three children have been the
result of the union.
Mrs. \ anderbilt has informed some of
her New York friends that she does not
e \pect to occupy her Newport residence
for some years to come. This would in
dicate that she expects to make her home
m England with her children. Mr. Van
derbilt s intentions for the future
could not be learned, but it is presumed
by his frieuds that he will reside in
Paris for a time at least.
A few years ago Mr. Vanderbilt en
gaged in a series of speculations which
resulted disastrously. Among other deals
he undertook to corner tlie stock of the
Lake Shore road,. in doing wnich he is re
puted to have lost over $5,000,000. since
then he has given himself entirely to
pleasure. His vast income, accruing from
the $100,000,000 estate of his father, Will
iam H. Vanderbilt, which he shares with
his elder brother and sisters, enables him
to liye as he pleases.
FORT WAYNE RACES.
A Tina Animal Drops Dead—The
World’s Facing* Record Broken,
Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 31.-Robert J.
to-day paced a mile in 2:03%, breaking the
world’s record. Alix covered the same
distance in 2:05%.
In the first heat of the 2:20 pace, at the
Fort Wayne Driving park this afternoon,
Anderson, a beautiful brown horse owned
b.y H. C. Sanders of Glenville, 0., fell
dead.
In the free-for-all trotting Ryland TANARUS.,
the phenomenal trotter, was distanced.
. AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY.
Race Track, Sheepshead Bay, Ang. 31.
—This was very much of an off day here,
the card, although prolific in numbers,
showing a dearth of quality. The sur
prise of the day was the result of the
first race, in which Correction was de
feated by Ktonenell. To say that the ring
was hit hard would be putting it mildly.
The only stake race of the day was lor the
Golden Rod stakes for 2-year-olds, and
was captured without much difficulty by
Havoc.
First Race-Five furlongs Stcnenelt. 12'-,
Simms. 5 to 1, won, wit a Ldseuk second and
Correction third. iimel:l)o2S.
Second Race—One mile. 1* igaro. 115, Ber
gen, ,3 to 5 won. with Chant se.ond ar.d
Longdale third, rime 1:394-5.
Third dace-Mde aad one sixteenth. long
Shanks, Ito. Doggeti. 20 to I. won. w.th Pulit
:e second and Virago thud Tin e 1 5 ) 1-5.
Fourth Race —Seven furlongs. Joan cooper,
111, Doggett, Bto 5, won. with Discount sec
ond and Chattanooga third. Time 1:27.
B’ifth Race -Futurity course. St. Veronica,
105. Griffin. 6 to 5, won. with Lo Bengula sec
ond ana Mira ge third. Time 1:114 5
Sixth Race—the Golden Rod stakes, for
ff-yeav-olds, seven furlongs on the turt. Havoc,
110. Griffin. oto 5 won with Truepenny sec
ond and Sir Galahad third. Time 1:24 2-5.
A SAD END.
The Lady Who Fled From the Train
Dies at Sterling.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 31.—Mrs. Helen
Robinson, wife of Jerome Robinson of
Avon Park, Fla., died at Sterling station
last night. The story of Mrs. Robinsons
disappearance from a C. and P. coach
on the Southern road, bound for Bruns
wick, some nights ago has been pub
lished. She was suffering from mental
abberation caused by the intense grief
over loss of relatives. After the
searching party discovered her in the
woods, she was carried to Sterling ill
and sank into a stupor. Her
husband arrived and did all possible to
arouse her but tailed. The body was
sent to New York to-day accompanied by
her husband. While in no wise responsi
ble for Mrs. Robinson leaving the train,
the southern officials did ail they could to
relieve the distressed woman after she
was found.
A FLYER WRECKED.
It Struck a Herd of Cattle and Went
Over into the Ditch.
gJGrand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 31.
—The Chicago and West Michi
gan fast' train, known as the
Resort Flyer, which left here for
Petoskey at 7:80 this mornig, was
wrecked twelve miles south of Baldwin,
by running into a herd of cattle. The
engine was overturned and the entire
train ditched except the parlor car,
which remained on the track.
Fireman John Kobe of this citv was
instantly killed, crushed under the en
gine; and Engineer John S. Patterson
was so badly injured that he died this
evening after being brought to this city.
One passenger, a Mrs. Dockery, residence
unknown, was slightly injured.
There were a few passengers on the
train. Its western and southern connec
tions here were late, and it whs sent out
without them. Passengers from St.
Louis, Chicago. Indianaplis, etc., thus
missed the wrecked train.
COLORADO PROHIB3.
They Put Forth a Ticket and Will
Elect It in Their Minds.
Denver, Col.. Aug. 31.—The state pro
hibition convention to-day nominated the
following ticket: George Richardson,
Denver, governor; Mary Jewett
Telford, Grand Junction, lieu
tenant governor; D. K. Hunter,
Loveland, secretary of state; David
Brother, Golden, tnasurer; John H.
Lieper, Denver, attorney general; Prof.
A. 6. Copeland, Grcely. superintendent
of public instruction: Daniel McCarthill,
Pueblo, judge supreme court; for con
gressmen, If. K. Rhodes, Arvaga, in the
First district and W A. Rice, Grand
Junction, the Second district.
*SOO CASH.
Mr. Gladstone Chips in That Amount
to Aid the Irish Cause.
Dublin, Aug. 31.—Lord Tweedmouth
has forwarded to the Irish parliamentary
fund the sum of £IOO from Mr. Gladstone,
together with an expression of the ex
premier's wishes for the success of the
Irish cause.
The Dublin Evening Herald (Par
nellite,) commenting on the contribution,
says it is the price of Mr. Gladstone's
treachery to Ireland.
lowa—My wife calls me Ducky because I
take to va:er.
lel uc —Mv wife Calls me Time e ause
I can go so long without It,—Philadelphia
Record. ’ I
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1804.
JIM FOUND HIB WATCH.
Uncle Billy Ray Tells How and Thinks
It Was Pretty Close to Miracles.
From the New York Sun.
Barley Run, Pa., Aug. 20.—The very
first time I ever saw Uncle Billy Hay,
landlord of the Barley Run 'tavern, and
before I was out of the wagon at the door
of his hostelry, he took his pipe out of
his mouth and said :
"Jim Morse has found his watch.”
1 had not been aware that Mr. Morse
had lost his watch, but I was glad to hear
that be had found it. I sat down on the
tavern bench.
“Them Allegheny picker'l is terrible
savage.” said Uncle Billy “An’ big, too,
an' alius hungry. Biggiest an' hungriest
picker'l that ever grow and. But I never
s'pected 'em oi bein' robbers. They be,
though. They stole Jim Morse’s watch.
Leastways one of 'em did. Held him up
as reg'lar as could be. too: an' took it
right ofien him. chain an all! But Jim's
found it. I never s'pected he would,
though. I s'pect you're gom' to try the
Allegheny picker'l.’’’
“That's what I came over here for,’’ I
replied,
"Well,” said Uncle Billy, shaking his
head, "you want to look out. They’m
actin’ bad jist now. Ye better leave
your watch to home, if you've got one.
’Tain’t likely that you’ll be as lucky
about gittin’ it back ag’in as Jim Morse
was. When Jim come in here an’ told
me his watch had been stole I felt terrible
sorry for him, ’cause he’d been savin’ up
for a consid’able time to git it. an’ ’twan’t
likely that he’d ever git another one.
But when he told me who had stole it I
jist b'iled over, fer ’twas only the week
afore that the only pig that Jim had was
stole by a bTir, an" a hawk stole nine of
his chickens, an’ now when it come to
picker’l risin" up an’ stealin’ his watch, it
was rnore’n I could stand.
" Ding it!' says I, ‘lt hain’t safe to be
in this bailiwick no more!’ says 1.
“ ’Course it hain't,” says Jim, an' he
looked so durn down that I gave him two
good snifters an' half a pint to take home
with him.’
"Jim wa’n’t out arter picker’l nuther.
He was bass fishing. Right down yonder
by Eagle Rock is where it happened. Jim
was stannin’ jist above his knees in tho
water, playin’ a bass he had jist hooked,
when plunk came sumpin’ agin his stom
ach that knocked the wind out of him an’
doubled him up most like a jackknife.
Now, s’spose you'd a ben winded an’
doubled up by a plunl: in your stomach
like that, an’ when you looked down an’
see that it was a tremendous big picker’l
that done it, and the picker’l had
grabbed your watch chain, an’ was tug
gin' and yankin' at it like mad, wouldn’t
you a bon su'prised? Funny if you
wouldn't, an’ o' course Jim was su’prised
when he see that seteh was jist what was
happenin’ to him. an’ ’fore he got all bis
wind back and could straighten up the
picker’l had sniped the watch out o’ Jim's
pocket, yanked the chain loose, an’ was
divin’ back inter the water with his
plunder. And Jim said the picker’l was
mean enough to stoD when it was half
under water an’ wiggle its tail at him
the aggravatin'est kind! Durned if it
don’t make me bile to think of it!
"But yesterday Jim come in here jest a
yoopin’ an’ yellin’. I thought for sure
that the losin' of his watch had druv him
crazy.
“ ‘Billy,’ says he, ‘l’ve found my
watch!’
“ ’Jim,’ says I, thinkin’ yet that he was
crazy,‘don’t let it work on ye like that.’
•Why, ding it! I’ll buy you another watch
myself,’ says I.
‘“Buy me another un?’ says Jim.'What
do I want of another un when I’ve got
my own watch back?' says he, an’ he
pulled out the watch an’ chain the pick
er’l stole.
“•Jim.’ says I, ‘miracles?’
“ ‘Purty nigh to it,’ says he, an’ he told
me all about it.
"Jim’s cousin Bob Boyden lives three
miles below Eagle Rock. It was two
weeks ago to-day that Jim was robbed by
the owaacious picker'l. Bob Boyden's
the uncommonest best picker'l keteber on
the river, ’cause he hain’t afeerd of ’em.
When a feller hooks one o’ these Alle
gheny picker’l an’ hauls in an’ gits a sight
of it a-comin’, if he don’t cut his line an’
let the picker’l go, that's a feller that
hain’t afeerd to tackle his weight in wild
cats. Bob Bo.vdcn's jist one o’ them kind
o’ chaps, an’ he’ll go right out all alone
and tackle them picker’l ally time. WelJ,
sir. day afore yisterday Beb thought he’d
go out an’ hev some fun with picker’l, an’
he went. An’ I want to tell you, it’s a good
thing fer Jim Morse that he did.
"Bob hadn’t trolled long afore he got a
strike that was a strike.
“ ‘Belshazzar's ghost!' says Bob. ‘There
hain’t no precident fer set: h a strike as
that!’ says he. 'There’s a fish on the end
o’ this line this trip!’ says he.
"An’ there was, you bet! ’Tain’t worth
while fer me to tell you how Bob had to
fight, an’ tussel, an’ sweat, an’ swear,
'fore he got his picker’) ashore, but he
landed ’em. There was two of ’em. But
only one of ’em had Boo’s hook in its jaw.
T’other un had to come along, jist the
same, ’cause it was fast to the hooked
picker’l by a watch chain. Bob said this
was the most s'prisin’ thing he ever see.
One end o’ the chain was fast in one pick
erTs teeth, wedged there tlghter'n wax,
an’ t’other end was some’rs in t’other
pi< ker’l’s innards. Bob felt as if he ought
to 'vestigate, an’ he ripped t'other picker’l
open; an’ he found a watch fast in its
gullet.
“Bob began to dance for joy over this
here prize he had took, but purty soon he
stopped and turned pale. He reco'ni/ed
the watch an’ chain as Jim Morse’s. Now,
he hadn’t beerd o’Jim havin’ bis watch
stole, so there wa’n t only one tning fer
him to think had happened.
“ 'These picker’l has wa.vlaid Jim an’
gobbled him’ says Bob. ‘an’ all that’s left
i8 this here watch an’ chain?’
"Bob didn’t lose no time, I can tell ye,
gittin' up to Eagle Rock to carry the or
ful news to Jim’s folks. Well—but, o’
course you know what the upshot must a
ben, an’ the lively time there was over to
Jim’s. The one picker! had stole the
watch from .Tim. an’ t'other picker’l had
tried to steal it froip the first picker’l an’
that's the way they both got in a scrape.
But it was edgin’ purty close on to mira
cles. the way Jim found his watch,
wasn’t it?”
A CONTORTIONIST’S SCHEME.
It Was a Money-Making Game Until
Hydv and Smith Came Along*
From the New York Sun.
In a downtown cafe where theatrical
men sometimes gather, half a dozen old
timors sat one afternoon last week. They
had talked about everything, when one
of them suddenly asked:
"Say, boys, did 1 ever tell you about
that game that Jim Hyde and Ike Smith
put up on a Spanish contortionist about
ten years ago?"
The others had not heard the story, so
the speaker resumed:
"It was away back in 'B4. The theatri
cal seasoD bad been very dull. Many
managers were on their uppers, and as
for the ticket speculators they couldn’t
make a living. Hyde and smith were
speculators Both had families depend
ing upon them for suptmrt, and for
months they racked their brains for
some scheme by which to make money.
They Anally bit it, but they had to lay
low for some time afterward, as the man
they made a victim of threatened to
shoot them on sight.
"In 1844 the Arion saloon on lower
Broadway was quite a resort for snorting
men One night a wiry little Spaniard
walked into the saloon and got in conver
sation with a couple of sporting men.
" 'Would either of you gentlemen like to
make a little money?’ he asked. Both re
marked that they were not at all averse
to increasing their capital, and then the
little Spaniard unfolded his scheme. He
was a professional contortionist, he said,
and, in addition to being able to twist
himself into all sorts of shapes, he was
also able to wriggle himself out of any
rope with which he might be tied. His
seheme was to have the two men make
bets on his ability to do it. The men fell
right Into the scheme.
"The next night the Spaniard went to
tho saloon amain and announced that he
would bet s'2s that no ten men in the
place could tie him so securely that lie
could not free himself in two minutes.
Jack Johnson, a gambler, took him up,
and the two sports succeeded in placing
about SSOO in bets. The Spaniard let him
self be tied up with a rope, and was then
placed in a big potato bag The mouth of
the bag was tied securely, and, with
watches in hand, the crowd watched the
bag. There were one or two wriggles and
then the Spaniard shouted to be let out.
The bag was opened and out stepped the
Spaniard carrying the roDe in his hand
"The scheme proved a veritable mint
for the two meh and the Spaniard. Every
night they visited a different saloon aud
went through the same game.
“Jim Hyde and his friend Smith heard
of the Spaniard, and devised a little
scheme to beat tho man at his own game
and diminish the bank rolls of his back
ers. Both Hyde and Smith were broke,
and as it needed money to put their
scheme through, they went to an old
physician who was a sporting man him
self aud known as ‘Dr. Stitch.’ Hyde
laid the scheme before him. and finally
succeeded in getting something likesl,ooo
from him. Smith borrowed several hun
drea dollars from a friend, and then the
two went around to the Arion and waited
for the Spaniard aud his friends to show
up. lor three nights they waited, and
on the fourth night they were rewarded.
The Spaniard came sauntering in and
made his usual offer. He repeated it sev
eral times before he got anv answer, and
then Hyne jumped up and 6aid :
“ 'Do you mean to tell me that you can
untie yourself in two minutes if 1 tie
you up?’
“ ' I es,’ replied the little fellow.
“ 'Betcha can’t.’ said Hyde: ‘betcher
wine for tne house that you can’t.’
“ ‘l’ll go you and $25 on the outside,’ re
turned the Spaniard.
“ 'Done,' said Hyde, and then tho fun
begau. Smith began bawling out that he
didn’t believe it could be done, and then
the Spaniard’s backers offered to bet him
money that it could. Hyde bet more and
more, and finally Smith and Hyde had
about $1,500 wagered on the result. Those
who had seen the Spaniard before looked
in pity on the two men. The Spaniard
did nothing, but sat quietly in a chair,
while somebody got a rope and somebody
else procured a big potato bag. Then he
stood up, and Hyde and Smith began to
tie him. They tied his hands tightly to
gether behind his back, and then wound
the rope securely around his body. His
feet were then tied aud more rope wound
around his leg3. It looked impossible for
the mau to escape but he never once
stopped smiling, and his backers looked
equally confident. When the tying was
through the crowd edged up close to the
bag to see the man put in.
“ ‘No, you don’t,’ exclaimed Hyde.
‘Everybody must stand at least ten feet
back. I don’t propose to have any accom
plice get in here.
"Tho Spaniard and his backers insisted
that the crowd stand back, and who:
everybody was at a respectful distance
Hyde and Smith picked up the Spaniar..
and put him into the bag... It was noticed
that Hyde let ono hand rest over the
man’s face and that he kept one hand in
the bag after the Spaniard was in and
while Smith was fooling with the strings.
It seemed as though the two men too::
more time than was necessary to tie th.
Spaniard up, but the job was finally done
and then Hyde and Smith stepped back
and waited.
"A hundred men had their watches out
and a hundred pair o# eyes watched th;
bag. Only once did the man inside malt
a move, and that was when the bag was
first laid down. After that there was a
deadly stillness everywhere. One minute
passed and not a sign from the man in the
bag. The time lengthened into a minute
and a half, and still no move. Everyone
in the room felt decidedly nervous, and it
was a great relief when the two minutes
were up and Hyde stepped uo to the bar
and said:
“*I guess we won.’
“Smith foliowed him; and the money,
something over $3,000 in all, was handed
oygr. While the Spaniard’s backers weiv
at work opening the bag Hyde and Smith
quietly slid out of the front door and dis
appeared. When the two sports suc
ceeded in opening the bag the reason for
the Spaniard’s inactivity- became appar
ent. The Spaniard was sleeping peace
fully, and in the oag was a small sponv
saturated with chloroform. A physician
was sent for to take care of the Spaniard,
and it took him an hour and twenty-seven
minutes to bring the fellow to his senses.
The Spaniard said he struggled a little
when he found that Hyde was chloro
forming him, but he was bound too se
curely.”
WAITE A FREE MAN.
The Other Defendants Go to the Grand
Jury in SSOO Bonds.
Denver, Col., Aug. 31.—Commissioner
Hinsdale this afternoon discharged Gov.
Waite and held the other defendants.
Dwyer, Mullins and Armstrong, to the
grand jury in SSOO bond on the charge of
conspiracy. Gov. Waite, in his own de
fense, vigorously denied any connection
with the conspiracy, and said he would
abide by the decision of the commissioner.
Sealed in a Room for Safety.
From the New York Times.
One of 'he workmen engaged in var
nishing the newly painted big double
deck tenement, 144 Forsyth street,
dropped a lighted candle into a pot of
varnish in the hallway 011 the third
foor yesterday afternoon. In his excite
ment be kicked over the pot. and the var
nish ran in blazing streams over the floor
and down the stairway.
louring the lire which followed, the
twenty-odd families in the house were
thrown into the wildest sort of panic,
but all managid to get out by means of
the tire escapes.
The fourth boor was gutted and the
fifth story badly damaged. The loss will
reach $5,000. The house is owned by
Mrs. Anthony Wolf of 10!) East Seventy
eighth street, and had just been painted
and varnished.
An old woman, stiffened with rheuma
tism, was found on the third floor. She
could not be taken down the fire escapes,
so the firemen closed her apartments
tightly until the building had been de
luged with water. Then she was carriod
down the charred stairways.
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AFTER BRIBE TAKERS.
New Orleans Grand Jury Makes a
Scathing Presentment.
New Orleans, Aug. 31.—After indicting
eleven members of the city council, inclu
ding the president and the city engineer,
the term of the grand jury expired to-da/
and it was discharged by Judge Moise
after presenting a report which is a most
si athing denunciation of the crookedness
rampant in the city hall, and explains
why several indictments which were ex
pected could not be found owing to inabil
ity to get evidence on which a conviction
in the court would be certain to follow.
The first subject treated of is the sale
of railroad franchises by the city council
for ridiculously low prices. An investi
gation of the books of the New Orleans
Traction Company, which now owns
nearly all of the street ear lines of the
city, shows remarkable discrepancies.
For instance, there is the sale
of the extension of the franchise
of New Orleans City and Lake railroad,
for which the city received $700,000. The
Traction company's books show tnat SBOO,-
000 was paid to Henry Bier, the broker,
besides a commission of #BO,OOO. The
books of Mr. Bier do not show where the
extra SIOO,oOU went to, and he could not
produi e liis ledger, as he said it had
been lost.
The Craction Company's books show the
disappearance of $05,000, which was paid
to Maurice J. Hart, who is the manager
of the Rosetta Gravel Company and who
is generally supposed to have engineered
ttie railroad deals stli rough the
council. The gravel company's books
do not show any entries of
these checks. The contractors,
report refers to the jail contract and re
cites all the crookedness connected with
it. A deal which tailed to go through in
connection with this contract was said to
j have netted this official and themembers
of the special committee of the council
$5,000.
Favored legislation in the interest of a
! certain paving contractor is strongly
commented on, but there was no potsi
bilit.v of |getting 'at sufficient evidence to
‘ indict for bribery. The fact that not
one member of the city council responded
' to the request of the grand jury to assist
in exposing crookedness is cited, and the
new. garbage scheme is rigorously de
nounced.
Franchises granted to the Illinois Cen
tral road are shown to have been given
regardless of the public interests. Two
indictments for bribery accompanied the
report. One was acaiust Councilman
Dan A. Mayer, and the other against Al
derman John M. Clark. The former was
charged with feloniously and corruptly
proposing to receive a" bribe from Nar
cisse Lucas for a steam boiler privilege in
the saw mill at the corner of Marais and
St Ferdinand street, on Dec. (5, IM)2.
The indictment against Clarke was for
receiving a bribe from W. B. Vardell,
clerk of the National Rice Mill Engine
Company, Sept. 12, 1892, for favoring an
ordinance giving the company permission
to lay a pipe from its mills to the river.
Mayer had been indicted before, but this
is the first indictment against Clarke. He
is the representative of the Ninth ward.
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