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The Signal, 1901-10-24, Page 7N. F. BAYIN a SUIOIOL Shoots Himself in a Winnipeg Hotel. DELIBERATELY PLANNED IT, 1111 Arllua► Ishowrd 'Chet 11e att. Not 1u Illy Wight tllu l - Iluuabt al/evolver A Dieing Hume (:Ire's biory - bed hod to r Iltlaltl, Clever Man. Winnipeg, Oct. 18. - Nlcholus Flood Davin, ex.M. 1'. fur • Regina, "the De- nrtllrnee of the) west," oommlttt4 .thiclde at the Clarend'n Hotel at 1.30 this, afternoon by 'hooting him- self. The net seer'µ to have been nest premeditated. Falling in his at- tempt to purchttrw a revolver at cue etoro he went into another and st:c- oeettid In obtaining one. Theu he en- tered tele room for tba last time. Mr. Davin onto to Rlnnlpog Oct. Uth, c. - tenably In connection with some legal buriams. Waco then he has up - peered very depressett. Ott Monday afternoon he sat for a whle in the blllnnl rootn of the Clarendon Hotel, where he was talking to himself. He appeared, said unto of the hotel men who saw hint, as though he were not opdte right. Thu girls about tine betiding a's. noticed blur acting most lecullarly. one of them telling of muck, dtetracted walk', abut tato eorrilors, and an appenrnnco of an- noyance when anyone pewee h m. Its friends. Co, It town had seen that he wee mot himself, and remark- ed upon it, but no one dreamed of the tragic erre no rapidly approaching. nought the Revolver. About noon he went into J. 11. Ash - down's and purchased a revolver and hex orf cartridges for $4. Ile tapk Ginn away with Sind nkat short after' 2 orloek turned up agulu wit the weapon. Ono of. the chamber* wee clogged, and he .had beet' un- able to work the eetraetur, heuce he ,'sad Iwougl.t It back to obtain nisei. - nuts In tiring. Mr. Lindsey, the clerk, noticed at that time he war ncting very strangely, ani consequently, after fixing the rrtolver, drew back, pee as If he was about to hotel it ever, and tare him the money !st- etted. Mr. Basle. however, War not deterred by tide. He passel am hour or two driving around the fawn In a hack, then he tatted the store of the Mears. liaakerie, sU*4 here re - curet another revolver. Solely rtow- Ing the w•enpon moony In Ills ptleket he went about much ate usual. 11•wus wise an imedu ono, No. s'7, and Its - wytrluw war vu erltrekdtl by the`[uum oocuptel by ono of floe guts eaethe dining -room. "It must have been ten minnow to four," who said -Goat he cstme over to the window ane began to pbty with a revolver. l wool watching him. Leet coukt not make out what he War .iotttg. 11, wan turning It about In his hands -end tapping it on the window affil. At nue time 1 thought ten must be cleaning 11. Of course, 1 could not to sure of Hutt. At nil events 1 maid not see ben -load lt, and had no ilea of Use reset aot he evidently must loan contemplate'. After fully five minutes of tide aimless turuing over and over or the weapon, tee turned away from the window, and that was the last I saw of him. A minute later I beard a shoot, and thotght to myself that tho man taunt have shot himself." Before the startled girl had time to communicate her learnt.) anyone the news of the .uiciae had been made known from another quarter. The hotel porter. John Baird, had orders to fetch Mr. itavin's baggage from his room, and was actually on hi. way upstairs when the phot wee fired He did not hear anything, but un reaching the room found the door kicked, and not being able to obtain Mk', any answer to Ines repo knock'', , be combed- in through the nperture which obonli have been occupied by the skylight, and unlocked the door. 1006111161 the need holy. As soon as he got high enough to had in, he saw tete body of the isn-' fortunate man lying on the bed. HIe right leg waw completely on the bed, but his left hung overeats though. he had fallen eur$leonhly. He lay titer, nn pts tack peaeefnlly, and lint tha- n little after 2.30 that he dropped Into the Queens Hotel and there ran across Mr. Bernard McEvoy, nn old Toronto friend el the dorenNed. To Mr. McEvoy the introduced a Colonel MacDonald. and stomped discussing the present nenditlon of the Red- eklnN for (mite it time. From the Q Isms he peered on to another hotel noel Hien to the Clarendon, telling the hackman to wait for him 9941 tyke him to the statin oft hb Way to 'logien. Hr then wen: straight to Me room. Twenty m&ntleq I,eter n Ivy wag erns np rafter him wit h n letter from Retina, whleli Lind Jnet nrrh-wl. Tile Ind knocked it the tlnnr, and its reply to the usual ques- tion enteral the ronin and handed the letter In. lir. Dntin wag at the (line sitting at thn table apparently not Ming anything. He tall nothing. hit taking the letter turned rind wertnrel hen tereigh atont tie "faiRTReeWell etits' try wont tett. nu Seen of a woun,l on Rte face or haul, which looked tut in Ilf.', ouly infinitely more peaceful. The only den of the tragedy was the Mill lifeless body lying there on the bio and the clothes maturate,' iu blood. "'leu must have bled ' fearful;' mil au eye witness to deeerlbing the Rene. "Why, when the detective began the nt•corrary search for dirouuieute, he gut lair hand all covered with bino•l. 1t was everywhere, it had soaked in- to the light black overcoat, nod la- te 1110 bedelothos. Ile wile literally bathed In blood!' The search for documents reveal- ed buns' little, however, except let- tere which rhowtet that he tend been expected back in Regina fur some few days and an unopened letter teem his wife asking how It was he hall b•en detained to long in Winni- peg. Title letter it motet have been theft was taken np to his room so «portly b 'fore the tragedy. Ile hal little money In her px'ket, only some. $11), bet that was hardly peculiar, air lot+ had 'settled his hotel bili two days' ago with the lntentioa of leav- ing then for Regina. A elute exatuinatlon of the room fol- lowed, and the box of cartridges war fount! 0n the table with one naming. Theo ret•ulver Itself waw tight clench- ed In his hand ns' though he had allot Mantling, nkat fallen to the bed mull grasping the wenpn, with which lie did the dreadful deed. the far ae can b, ascertained Ile 1:ft no lettere of any kind, b it his frleitd' have noticed that ever Once Ills defeat at the last election he hall b •en despondent. SANTOS- OUMON' WINS. Brazilian Aeronaut Gets M. Deutsch's f riz€, SAILS AGAINST THE WIND, Parti. Oct. 21. --Ben tog-Uutrwnt won the 100,000 franc loetoa.•h prise this afternion lot foist bril'Iant style. He started from the sited lit lit. ('loud al e.44 o'clock. Tilero war ie werlerly breeze, wait flaws, which 'nt times attained a vel.elty of seven mrtree a sec vol. Toto bellow sailed rapidly toward the Eiffel Tower, which was roundel In nine minutes from the start at a height of _6:) metros, the balloon Trussing gracefully from west to east et a dirtlutcn of 75. laetrile from The tower, obeying the helm perfectly. The return trip. In the' teeth of the wind, war accomplished slowly tel ■ur01y, the htyllo,rnt pilch- Ing tienvlly. Tike a phlp In sweeping gran i swell. M. Santos -Lamont ar- rived at the shed at Bt. Cloud it lel minutes from the Eiffel Tower, nc- oomPllatting the Journey In CG min- utia and 15 ■ec.,rula, but, beton( unable to land at Sebe. he circler Ince a h\ige vulture artunl the shed cued came St__ total chronometric time 30 minute; and 40.13 seconds. The de*Cent war wltuest ed by large Crowds at Bt. ('loud) and on the Longe►tamps race course. Tliey cheered k,u.tly and shouted "Vive Santos -peanut 1" with wildest en- tlhuslnem. An the aeronaut alight- ed Marque Dion, a membe of the tommlttee, saki: "My free have Just lost by forty Seco Sentoe-Dumont took matter., )eophtcahy, att'1 remarked. " A all, It doesn't much wafter, the 100.000 frame *la go to tlte;uo nyleiw." At tilt Moment M. Henri tech, the founder of the prise. 0a tho ground;,ate to tire vinic Perin from, lllarritz, and recleaned, "As Gu ns I ant 0011- )ernrd, I consider thee yon hnvn fairly and pluckily won rho prize!" Ho later offered to glee ::5.000 francs to the poor. The enthueinem Increased, MM. Deutsch and Santos -Duman being acelaimet in triumph. The 'cane war extremely Might and t atri- tee for among the young Brazilian aeronaut's admirers present were a group of about thirty women, Who showered flowers upon tltetr hero. 11141 In the height of their enthuet- nem offered tint fine, bracelets so j- weal of every description. you tell- er •r KIDNAPPED THEIR WIVES. Tragic Customs Still Extant LTi the -Caucasus. THE LATE NICHO LAN FLOOD DAVIS. HEU GUILEFUL HUSBAND. BHIGANO BUN TO EARTH. How He Hoped to Securh Evidence for Divorce. JUDGE EXPRESSES HIS DISGUST. New fork, Oct. lie -After hearing the evidence o1 au alleged co-t•eepoud- etlt in un action for divorce brought ht by Thomas J. Saunders eigelust bis wife, Rode Saunders. to who he wee married In 1S1)S, Judge Blanch- ard, in the &Ipreme Court, -yester- day summarily Meiners' tho com- plaint without making any further tenement on the teilluway. Mr. P9onlers and hie wife lived together only two months when they separated. He based _las actk)n for a divorce on the contention that 111.9 wife hate occupied a room with a man et n elainew law hotel at 120th rtrcet and Lexington avenue int Aug. 16111, 1000. Mrs. 8sutxlers declared Hutt she was the victim of n couepiracy. After a eeparaation of three or four yeses Mrs. Saultlere neserted thnt upon the pretence that Ile wanted to become reconciled to her, her hus- band Induced her to make an appdnt- ment with him to meet tum at. this Intel, and after taking her to n room there left her, ooagdalnlng that he was til , that the- dew ,,f the worn was subsequently unlocked and n mein t in, %-h^% ru.idenly her huetxsnd appeared on the Beene with several policeman anti created u scene, threatening to kill the men with a pitcher. On t part of Mre. Saunders the teetlmot sleeved that her, husband find regi erect at the hot 1 that evening. n .1.0 another me ureter Um name u McDonal'l. The alit wltne-ws in the time was John 1l. 1e- ionghiln, who) proved to be the leg.'t is',-reep.nrtenl. When called prootestel sleuthed being a witnes Hr testifier that JJIP hal met Mrs. Bounders two aim ha before the episode referred to, t a dance and was Introduced to her It was ertnbliehed t t this man WAR formerly emj►oyel barkeeper for Mr. Saunders' lath . Judge Blanchard gave tt look of gust at the main an he dismissed the se. BRIDE STABBED BRIDEGROOM. Vitotna. Or t. 21. -The m intiers and customer of the people of the Cau- aainae have not ehn.tgea tQ a great extent since the country has leen subdues by (Imola. ()no of the relics of th, good of I times to which the Caucasians especially cling is tlto custom of kldnnpping the women whom they desire to make their wires. Itecentiy a cane of this kind re- frulted in a tragic ere!. A prominent inhabitant of the little Caucasian town of Katnhngan, named Ismail Ogle Oki, tried to kidnap tbo Nle - ter of his best friend's wife, wh'le tills friendWallabsent from home. The girl rePiotei his attemtat to carry her off, allied by her married easter. Tito baffled lover drew 111s sword and Inflicted d.tnzernus woutels on both the ladles. At title moment his friend returned, and, en- rage) et finding what had occurred, killed !email on the lipot. .Thea he eat off Ismntl'e heed and carried It rem, es whew the• ttl�aLassa-teLat a fearful revenge Ile had take•i. in the grime dl.lriot it young no- bleman deetrwl to marry the daugh- ter. of a neighboring Ia,nowner, and Invitee the girl, with her parents, to a grand hall given at his cantle. During the evening Ile ftcind nn op- portunity of decoying the girl into n swiettuhd pert of the hone.. where site Wn. seliel by hie men and plac- ed in a carriage. The prdnen Joined her, and, in eepltn of the girl's en- treaties, startrvl to drive to a place where they could len merrIel wltle- onht much delay. The girl's Gather, on finding that 111.' Weed hrul dlanpfsnr,.1 with his daughter, gave chime. and, being on horw'biek. overtook the en -risme He whoa the nobleman wit hoot ado, and took iris daughter home. The notes. - nein. however, had won her heart during the Mire, amt tear girl waro now relitbtant to merry th,' man of whom (tor father npprovad tut the /stern ;need Inelste.l on the wed- . ding taking ( at one.•. The 'Mitaapfretts•T tit tire catarrh. Mete, lett mol and rolleterst. itnrine the cerement' w1'e drew n digger and Malrlxvl the bridegroom (0 the (heart. An resoled, Pine enmmitted ,.tickle. 11' hat a Dining- Ito. in lailinf7r:---' This boy wee the (net to "peak to the intim-lunette man. though not the Law* te a,,, hint. for hie rem figured The porter wee too liner' eel hy whet he had seen to mike n clover exnml'tn- 1irtn nt that time. 1"nt hurrying down he told the clerk at the let what ho hart :rend and together They went bark again. A cnrwtry '•v.minntlen ah,Wnd that nothing '•'511,1 he .fens. \Ir. 1)tvin tv,l.4 lin- n't'tnknbly dead, nn 1 nereraingty 11' two nr'n turned awny. 1 t klnl( the loner earehtily behind term. went tlnwrtatnlrs to telephone lido news to the pollee and secure 1 ten nervier.* of a doctor. Dr. Mac - within 10 minute, on 11,1 "retie, however. He was too lac tet fib mor., however, than fornwll, Anntttnre that Ilfn was extinct. it Rao with the arrival of the (Mettr, end the alm-,+t simnitanenns .'p- prnrnnee on the wenn of Detective belt eh, represent Itig the ptlN!e, Ihtt lha flews exeminnlion of the l•$ly wee mid'. 11 wan ,ppirent frnttf the appenr- a'non of the to ly 'hit .the demented) men tenet have plarnl the mn,zle of the revolver In her mouth. and tontine of entering the Winnipeg fired directly upwards. There was Mayoralty etntest. THEW BA Must Aid in Rob rf cr n ff u �r. or Must S Child P 1)1' and 8. ceivel Injury w wile In in the ro tan :`*het his Capture Cost the Italia.) Government $5C0,000. HE WAS ARMED TO THE TEETH. Rome, Oot. 11).-lt Is elated that 1[Ossoltno, the note'i i►:tudit wham the Government line been hunting for many months, bas been wrested near Urbino. Tb report a tb • capture of Mune- lino was at first received .with gen- coral scepticism, bit subiequently news convinced the public of the accuracy of the report, and his ar- rest is now a general topla of dis- cussion,The. details of the clr: nm- stunceof his tiniest printed here differ. According to ono account the made a long and deNperate reelrt- attee. Another report represents him us running until he was overtaken. when he quietly submitted to arrest. 8111 another verri ,n states that lie eyeapc'.l from Scilly, where he wee haling. with 'the Intention of (piing to France and emtxtrking for the Celled States. He, traveller) uu Got without mMry'tntion until ho got its far an 1 rbino, where, owing to Itis strange appenra9re, a cart:tater nc- m»ete! heat and asked him his heel- t,oss, whereupon Moneyed-) boitel. The rarbineer follow.' 1 m Joined in the eh:te.' and captured him.. It Is vaguely Bald that, ite resisted fiercely until he was overcome. but there was no b:oodshed, notwith- standing that it is stated he carried two ret•olvere and three daggers. fli. captors were not awareof his identlts but merely purencd him because he ran. Ile gave his name ax Jnccune. bit bis ('alibrnn accent sugg••Ntel r to the authorities the possibility i that they hail bagged big game. and I itteMontally earned the Government'w reward of 15E000 lire ($.'0,00()). for 'srdloo'r arrest. They comment - ted with ,the Sicilian police, *ho gendarmes were,acmtaint- ed ith Mussoltnos appearance, and wire these identified him in prison the a 'nee admitted his pereonal- I ity. a arrest wrtd apparently made a w days ago. I[ tesoli:lt) was the matt notorious brigands Italy ham pro - hes cost the Italian warm of $5(10.000 to arty two yearnago of nlnnehtnghter. term of lmpri- nn 1 ewer e t hie word. He ed hint. meat rly all the ainst him. exploit', After were of the mon diced. and Government it capture hili,. he was co:ivict ,and sentenced to . v Wife minim ire MICR mance, aid he k kill 1 the Judge who t e. L jurymen. n n and witn.•tlpoa who testified ti The meteor) of his principa was In Reggio di Calabria: the police showed that they powerless to either capture 11 check his crimes the Govern" went a 'aroma military force ani command of a general to ran him t earth. They )oI_reuetl him for �ottthe, bat Mus where anted by th not gel to retain tit nbw. At one titan It west re- ported•. that he waw lythe United Slates. -, MISS STONE'S CONOITION. ICE PROMPTLY NOT(F'ED. =disc, Vt'Lr,,Oot. 19.-C.R. Car- Preatdent of the Cnmme-reed Ings Bank, of Racier, has roe mysterious letter. In which threatened to his eon or he teamed tot partlelpnte v of his own Instftu- willing to act with the Aid. Carruthera timelines tile In- robberia he should walk down the Street of Racine at it specified time with a red caknntlon in hie button- hole. Folling tt1t appear, the kidnap- ping of 111. eon -Jtnesell wne threat- eneyl, or if -fesUeil.heible, injure to his wife. The matter wasAreported to the pollee, orho hate thins far been en- able to find it eine to the miscreants. Mr. Carpenter, who le a delegate to the American Banker*' Convention now In newton hexa, hes confirmed the irtory to every detail, 0 A Third Missionary Sent to Negotiate. no was every- peatant., and freedom un - WHAT IS BEING DONE The Liner lellasted. Sydncy.1. S. (+et. L'U,-The ettvimtti Maneherter Shipper was Boatel' elf Petrie',, Ledge, Pew point, nt high t Mut night, end arrived under h own ',tram nt Ne,rth Sydney nt half - pant six title utorniug. The pns'eu- ger' left for Montreal today by epee - lel train. A port survey will be made to -morrow of the stenm ter. eu word From Mcesre, Itnird vud It rrkell - -Ct 'dive lire: OM) Light Kummer Clothing 1 he Uranium Bard to l)btulu In 1 urki.b Bull - Must Secure Ladle.' Sviet). Cotwtantlnoplo, Oot. 19. -- As no news has been received Isere from Mosere. Baird and Haskell, tett mll- s.lunaritc who have been attempting to get into 10uoli with the two brigands who atxtuotod Mies Ellen M. Stone, a third ml.elonary has leen dosputchtd in quest of them and the brigautte. Leiria arum Samerov. New York, Oct, 19. -Rev. It. Ward - low Thompson, dtrootor of the Col- legiate and Theologies' Destitute at Sofia, cables the following from leamaruv, Bulgaria, coucorning. Misr Stone, ties ktduultped mbetlouaary : "Tete heediquartore of Mese Stone's captors is a thickly wooded moun- tain top near the boundary line of Turkey and Bulgaria. Mime Stone has only light summer elotlhing ant a cotton dress. The brigands refus- ed to allow her her baggage, but, let Iter hate it Bible. The leader of the band is the notorious Honcho from the Bulgarian tows of Dubnitza. We sent word to Constantinople, pointing out that being private In- dhlGuale, we can't prevent the Gov- ernment from pressing the brigands, also that the ransom Le too pr.nceiy• No men Sum was etcr before de- mnmdoJ. No rejoinder has yet been recelted. Ueually briganis auk about a thousand pound, and then agree for half. Twenty-five thou- sand Turkish pounds means two horse loads of gull, and that is more gold than there is In Bulgaria. Be- tties, the brigatad■ demand payment in Turkish gold, for which It woukl be necessary to sear! to Conetanll- uopie. I rl:oull not give the brigand' the ransom until elites Stouo is safe- ly delivered to tar. as they might murder after the ransom, in order to seal the lips forever. We have three theological institute Nlu- dents who, were captured in the Ston? party. Oats tells pathetically how he was robbed of money intend - for his tuition. oared pasessiun of many letters written by VIM lot cuunectlou with the Erie (ramie. These she turned over to blokes. 'Stokes rued lark fur $.'UU,000, and, it waw alleged. threutuuud to publish the letters mama the matey war pall. Flak le said to (tare soured Ixts- sesslon of the lettere Miura the triol. A warrant fur !noires was ieuel. Time Mier Mansfield mael Fisk for $60,000. arid Stoker ne- ut*,uwniod her to court uu Juuu 5. 18771. It wets a day of awful rove - talkies for all coucerned, and the city war shocked with the mandril. Quarrel Cruses 11 rrgady. Front 1110 court -room Stotts attd Mesa Manefiekl went to the hour' Flak had bought for her h► 1,winty- third 'street. 'they were Just vittlug down to luucheun when it wuu desMel tn, raying Fisk had secured a bench wurraut fur the arrest of litukmt. An boor later Stoker Slot and tilled Fisk un the stairway leading from the ufflue of 'Waterton' ()entre! 1lutt•1, uow the Broadway Central, on Broadway. Public denunciation hurried :totes to a .speedy trial. Ile war quickly Arun) guilty of murder In the fire* degree, and waw sentence.! to be Lunged. As the verdict was read Ike sprang to Itis feet and cried out: "Jay Go+1W tear done thin" During his confinement in the Tonere lie had continued his opera- tions in Wall street, tieing his cell as an office. Casstt1' Reed eerved um hie agent to the street. With lee money l0 got it new tele/abet when the city of the trial came he war timel- iest. Reed let hlu have $1,500 to use for the trill. 11e was convicted and rcnteucetf again. Again a new trial was moored, and this time W. E. U. S'okee, n cumin, came forward for the family honor, and lifter 'mend - leg $50,(:03 a vert:let of manslaughter wne won and a senteuce of four year.) in Sing Sing was Imposed. His wiJr, hutnlliatel by the scandals, went °bru a and her daughter oiled there. 'lettere. From Prison. 1Vhen Stokes came out of Sing Slag he was a white -hatred man, but by luta Mat none of his gtxxl looks, health or energy. But he imus bank- rupt, nue benldee owed a large sum 10 Ills roman, W. E. L. Stoker. Iia met John W. Mackay, who. attracted by his person/tete, lent him enol l- rrnbir money. With thle he again became wealthy. 8.oki's qunrrcllsl with herd and 11'. E. D. 8:oko.. w•hr had befriended him, and for yeare has stent amnia of his time In lawyer'i offices and the courts, fighting hulls bruught egainet hint or Suing the m. Four months ago Stokes returned front C'anttln, and went to hie home in West Seventy-ninth street. ire be- came Ill and delirious, and frightened bis attendants by hie ravings. At Ids ropiest hie sinter, Mrs, Mary Mt'Stslt, was sent for. and she/took him toiler own home, 731 8'. 1eicholaas avenue, where he rices• lies dying. SCHIEY'S OF CESS TESTIFY PIM _ LEPER COLONY Molokai Has Now 909 Vic- tims in its Bounds. UNCERTAINTY AS TO CONTAGION Wtudtlagtun, Oet, 19. -There are now 001) layers tad 161 clean per- form at the MoIeltat Leper settle - mettle in Hawaii, according to a re- port Just received from Chief Quart a- tine Offloer Coffer. en charge o th Marine, lamella' service in Hawa All those are housed, fel, c'ot rd and governed for $80,000 it year The report praises the hopef and cheerful way in which these poor people resign themselves to their fate, anti pointe out that a . h cen- teertmt-nt can thrive only o arom- d..1 treat- • u i and fortnblu muf life g 1 went. Surgeon ('offer reports he made enreful inquiries as to a chatires of the Infection of the lean pec pee working among the I re, and that the general opinion w that in time they would become .pers. la the Met ten year., law vete only ten clean residents' iaav become lepers. The re -sults of k wn expo.eure to leprosy, says the report, show nn uncertainty as the chances of dfvitlual diem one of the most ti 'cult to o rate against. We - in o�ere leas liable to It m u rc eke ld h than men. a number of com- natmc to t the Settlements eack year d ink the lnet decade si,'n a grate. de:resse. ANN °DF:I.IA DIS DE BAR Notorimw Adtrntureua Now on Trial In London Under the Laura J aotuoe. of SFOEMI E 15 ENDING dward Stokes is Nearing Deatrl, Vr. Rayn Schley OUEST Waal Court toei of de r Will Contend ommanded Fleet. NS SUBMITTED COURT. ngton, Oct. 11). -The techtr, of Inquiry began proceeding,' an algal with Ube correction tttwrfy given on the pwevlotae the Witnesses ettmm,tret for Has MOLINEUX IN LUCK. The Court Orders That He Get a New Trial. mem .being Captain Cook and Lt 'meander Sears, who tectiftei yes rt•ttay. When they diad left the stand (commander Newton E. Masco, who war executive officer o:) tulle Brook lyn dulling the wear with Spain, was enlist tt, relate his obeervatF,ae of flee conduct of the Santiago cam Istlgn. It 14 the purpose of Mr. Raynor •t, fleet examine o:fieersof flee Bru,)k lyn, and to follow etreao with a num- b. taose who were on the Ore- gon during Wu, battle off Santiago. 11 w le stool hot his entire list orf witnesses es' pravctioally moraine] to p •res :to who wore on b,ari these two vessels. In connection with to -day's proceed - lege Mr. Raynor presented a num- ber of questions to, the court which Ito gall he desired to ask one of Ad miral elabl•y's witnesses concerning crrtatio 01gnale which were sent from Admiral Raml n't rfagahip. the New York. on tete morning of Judy Sri, before Watt vessel left Ger Slbony for thn pa17x)ee of allowing rho commander Ln ehlef of t,. -aaPal borers to cotowilt with General Shelf ter. These Mateal., Mr. Raynor eon. teal',, had the effect of placing the eirtiro fleet under the command of (tt,mtnoxk)re Rnhdey, anti on the, ac- count he urges their relevancy. EVIDENCE WRONCIY HEARD. T HE SLAYER OF " JIM " SK haw York. Opt. _0. -.it the age es'e tF-daleg-of- age. iii+ ilfe ims been one of the Moat remarkable eel strcnnom of any* palsied to New York. In tris 60 Sears! he haw lived more than a cen- tury. 1 hree Judger Dleseeted, but Copra /lotus Darnel t'eTestimony Should be Knteluded - This Will Ulve Mollneux a Chance for 1111 Life-. 'Ilse Halide rllleg question. Albany, N.Y., Ort. el. -Roland Boe linetx, wile was convicted of the mur- der of Catherine J. Adams', in New York City, by sending Poison through tlu+'mniL'., and sentenced to be elec- trocuted, will have a new trial. The court grants a new trial on a prevailing opinion written by Judge Werner. of Rochester, his principal ground b ring that the lower court erred in admitting evidence as to another alleged crime, the death of Barnet t, and thus mergeol two issues. Justices I'arker, Haight and !:ray del not believe that the Bar- nett evidence should be kept entire- ly out of the case. Judges Werner, Bgrtiett, Vann es O'Brien concurred in the prevailing opinion and for the expunging of the Barnett testimony. The cart gave out a condensed statement of the reason+ for grant- ing the new trial. TJtey say: Every tuetab r of the Cottrt of Appeals agrees fur the reversal of the etch/. 'testa 04 conviction of Mohnen' on the ground that the trial court erred in receiving in evidence the declara- tions of Burnett made to Doctors Phillips and Douglass that he had re- eelvo.l Kutnow powder through the mall. 'I'1•e ilrndwrltlrt(s question. All agree that since the amend- ment of Section e, of the chapter :18 of the lawn of 18N04, by chapter 56. of the laws of 1888- genuine wrttingv m ty be received in evidence ass standards of comparison with a disputed writing. although much writing to ty not be the Issue un trial. but simply a fact relevsnt and material to tiutt bone. That the genuineness of such writings mart Int established to the satlrfaction of court by common law -velem... xnl witen that W done hand writing experts may compare the dleputed ...It tag, wet -tinge nod give their opinion thereon, but they cannot select and citableh mho standard. of comparison and then compare them with the disput- ed writings. Important Rulings. Mr. Stokers t. h-irely nbte to recog- nlsei his mitred relatives and friends, 'mom to ending the career of the men who inial .elm Fisk, and wheel' .enentlonal thereto against Jny (Ionil and the other Erle Railroad managers were a work) -wile topio of dtweue.Ion toilety year. ago. allri,rl. FI.Ii',, lerleudenlp. Wok,* firat Ix'on.mr prominent In 11170, when ten settraoted attention In Wall street through tit. frtenl- sltip of Jim Flak and Jay Gould. He came into Wall street an A clerk 1n it broker'. offiat, fresh from gr- ''na1lun in it l'Iakidelphia Haaigh aedl. Fisk was attracted by Isla rem.' rice ley hnnerme personale y, mei 'eel him In him mock deals. The great speculator Leel J.t.e installed the faamnnw ,Io.1' Menefleil In a brown &tone pnMa• nt :t -a) West Twenty-thlrl strut. Flak enve enemata rtoepteens at tied Mansfield Meuse Stokes always le-ing a guest. Fleetly FMK became int.►n.ly jeal- ous'. Ile• east off the Monello+) we- mmn. He bought np nil Sinker tinny delta._ -and presald him for pnyment, ening illm nneT Thre=nTpn- ing Item with erred. lin m ani al- )nteel the 'stocks' In which wtokee was interested, coating oft millions friltm Iter• Rt eke. fe'rl ane. Althrntglt Stnkr.' mnlntsineetl nde- nmennor of mttanal twin, he plan- ned n fertrfitl r,,ventre. It nepm. that the Manafiekl woma■ had se - KiLLED BY AUTOMOBILE. Nr. F. 11. Benedict -- I'reesed the Wrong Pedal and Put en fewer. Central Valley, N. Y., 0.l. 1.11. -- Statile descending Bull 11111, un the road front Central Valley to %est Point to day, the 1,b00 -found auto- mobile, in which F. H. Benedict and it (.arty of friends were travelling. wee (it.•rturnetl, and Mr. Benedict was instantly killed Ito Is a son of E• 1'. Benedict, the Intimate friend of former 1'resilent Cleveland. {end •r a full -head-of power the au om'bile had been driven Nnceee.f111 up the hill and land begun the •what steep det.cent oil t Ott 11 te. iii maC11111ee of tms type• the• air nml the -elute!"' whit•h turns additional power and epo•ed nee ops tel hy pedal/ Siwe together beneath + r feet of the driver. It is Milne e t Impel "w o let town wnr.f grad •, tenehed he font for the brake pedal ned preened the clutch In mietate. .Tune Spend was a slight Meal In the rend.'$r. Beard:et wan nimble to clear It en time, and the porhleronn vehicle, running at lo;•n metier speed, eroded lutea p'le of rocke bridle n stone breakwater nt the mnd.dde. It turfed over compete ly anti Ivy, there a dlcmentt.d wreak. Mr. Kann' -from the other seat- wn' flung haadlong nlmo',t rioter of the wrr''k, but strnc•k the Reeks heavily, breaking en arm nn'1'nne rib Th•'y were on their any t•)n foot• hall mwteh. S�AN ATLIN SENSATION. Reatia, ratenr Trio' to Column tine- .- _ 4f' tend !nobble. YlletOleblie IL C., Oct. 19. - Harry Hef11 plltaprintor of nn Alen rev. UtR11t; ` attempted to kill lite wtfs and thew to commit nuked, While netellettel at AtIln on Ooto- htr 6th. neceiraRitlt in m'lT *deka*. He looked the door of hie place, and. after Maaa111ng hen waren throst, at- tempted to oat tele own, Gold ('nmmtwri,ner Ornl,am, who woe mottled, broke lntn the entitle. ll.htnnnt. end niter a elrtrggle nr- reined the would-be murderer. etre Heentns t. In a Grilles% oondltton. All n•ritirtgs proved to the satisfac- tion ill the court by a preponderance of evidence in civil cases, and be- yond n reasonable doubt In eriminnl oases -1, By wIt essee who saw the piper writtes or to whom it lout been nokts.wieIged.By wltnesness familiar wlt11 (ha haanolwriLing of the person charged to bottle writer. and who are able to, aridity from their mtitaatty to a betted reep'ethlg its treetlnentss. 3, Where the writing le sl►own to hive been ricognizerl end acquiesced 111 by the person supposed to have written it, or adopted or acted upness by him in his heelers, trattsnctions lir other concerns• tnny order the statute be compared with the disputed writing by witnesses. But the court Memel refuse to re- ceive In evlttence solely for tike pee- wee of comparison any writlnif otherwise prejudicial to a defendant. Judge Werner writing t e principal al . vpinion. Three ,fudges Differ. The only mibJect about wh'cli the members of the court differ In their opinion.' relates to the testimony in textural tending to six)w that Mol- lneuc cause.* the death of Barnett try the same method hs that used in_ taking the 1110 of. Mrs. Adams. Four of the members of the court, ()Brien, Bartlett, Vann atm' Werner, evidencer of .i.n e'�thal should hox ill n J. , agreeable( MY*. been respired, and the reason Tor it tit hated by opinions written by 0 Brien and Werner, J. J. The other three Magee, Parker, C. J., and Orny toed ilntght, .1. ,T„ held (het that evidence h admissible, in that the evidence in the Burnett ease panting townie! Mollnenx tenda to identify him as the person who killed Mrs. Idanit, while nttempttng to take We life of Cantley by means of that rare prison known as cyanide of mer - eery, the Shut Judge and Judge Gray writing opinion to that effect. DEATHS OF ONE DAY. Well Known Londoner Dies of Heart Failure at Chicago. VETERAN CHOKED TO DEATH. New ''lurk, feel. _1. -The Rer. ( hew. Steelman Higemart. 1). D., le dead at l'hriwt. ( haroh rectory, hit .rdale-on- tbesH vtant, aged 83; . erry a ar y ear-"- (h;cago. Oct. 21.-Jtxeminh .1. M,•. l'ertily, General Western l'noseng.'N Agent for the West Shore itwilroad. ani n rnttrr.,d man fer thirty yensue le bend herr, the, result of heart. failure. 11 was n natty of (emote'. Hew hely will be taken to hie told home he tondo' for interment. 3 hnked to D.ath. Avote N. S'., Oct. 21.-.Inmes Cullen, ages] 61 ynara, and a member of tine (1. ,le R.. 'Ord y.wterdey afternoon from etrnng,ditinn. A few years ngo n to •rr eppetirel ire thn Inrynt, and On Several oocnshutw It Wm* removal, Yesterday while rating dinner a plre,' tri beefet mid hisiged in the larynx. ane blown me.t!eal aid ermld be rin,m•,rtel Mr. (',.Ilett was dead. navin the It parkling. Nichol:1n 11094 Davin wag a eMter man without Iwtllant. 111. ability In some rrnp'nts amontnted to genin,. net Ike wren never taken tterlewtsly by them who heel to m••nseier him, be- ow►tue The flrwl thing they npprehanot- ad waw lily Mink of stnldllty of Iwlr- ptwr•. A fine mnver"ntionaJltt, 811- 94 10 the brim with humor, n more than rimier masker In the Common. nil oltt of it, bet it sgtevik,•r to no pnrpxa', Ian IMO all a golden sparkle without • selttl hody. Moet' poor Yorlek !-'lbronto World.