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Arrested in Jersey City 'for Try:
ing to Defraud a Company.
IS YOUNG, BUT VERY WISE
Not. Skilll'ul Enough, However, to Get
Money Every One-Has Been
Swindling People Dill'erent I’urst
of the Count1y.
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New York,‘ Jan 14 —A VV-eil dressed
young man, about twenty- five years of
age, who said he was H. W. Straight,
but would not tell his address, is under
arrest in Jersey City. He was taken
into custody yesterday by Detective
Pierson on information furnished by
the authoiities of Wilkesbarre, Pa...
Vvheie he is VV'_.anted
For some time past it is said Straight
has been snindiing people in different
parts of the country. It is said that he
is under-indictment in Baltimore and
that the ofiiciais of the Lehigh Valley
Company had also been looking for
him. The charge on which he was tak—
en into custody was of swindling the
Miner Hilla‘rd Milling Company, of
Wilkesbarre, Pa., out of $218.
From information received by the
.Jers. y City police Straight is wanted in
Wii..amsport, Pa., for swindling a firm
out of $5,000 there; he is wanted in New
Yc. k for deimuding George E. Van
V1 .st, of the New Yo1k Central Hay
Si eds, on Elm enth avenue, out of $500:
ti. e Lehigh Valley Railioad Company
accuses him of stealing $150 from them;
he is said to be wanted in Harrisburg,
Pa., and in Brooklyn ,VV‘here it is re~
ported he secured several hundred dol-
lars.
The police, it came out,. had been
looking for Stiaight since September
last. 011 the 15th of that month fiVe
carloads of hay arrived Over the Lehigh
Valley road, which Straight, under the
name of Bates, had purchased at Per-
kassie, Pa., of H. L. Moyer. The lat-
ter sent the bill of lading to a New
York bank, and Straight went to the.
bank. Instead of paying the amount of
the bill, after carefully looking it over,
Straight said he didn’t want it. The
bank then held the bill of lading.
Straight went away and visiteu Van
Vorst. Straight had taken-the numbers
of the cars in which the hay had ar-
rived, and having secured some black
bills of lading he filled them out.
turned over the forged bill of lading to
Van Vorst and the latter, after seeing it
was regular, thought that Straight rep-__
resenting the consigner and paid him"
the 3500. Later he discovered he had
been suindled.
Straight is said to have a wife; thbut
he did not live with her. He is said
to have been living in Pennsylvania
with a woman other than his wife.
When searched calds s94“ which the
name E. C. Brown, Corh‘m‘i’ssmn- Mer-
chant, 166 Fulton street, Brooklyn, were
printed were found 'on him. Straight
is said to have used the Biookiyn ad-
dress to receiV e mail.
Paxson “’ill NOt Be Appointed.
Washington, .T'ai'V. J4.--It is said that
the President has at last made up his
mind not to appoint Judge Paxson as
Interstate . Cummerce Commissioner
Judge Paxsonl is a personal friend of
President McKinley, and the latter has
a, high regard for him, but the opposi-
tion coming from the West has been
very strong, and renders the advisabil-
ity of appointing the Pennsylvanian
very doubtful. It is understood the ap-
'pointment will go to Illinois, and if he
will accept the commissioner will be W.
Calhoun, of that State. The Penn-
sylvania members of Congress have not
given up hope ‘of Judge Paxson’s ap-
. pointment, but they say if he does fail
to get the Interstate Commerce Com-
fnissionership, he will receive some
other appointment.
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Gun Bursts on the BIarblehead.
.. Washington, Jan. 14.—‘A brief dis-
; patch was received at the Navy De-
partment yesterday, to the effect that
four men. on the ‘rcuiser ‘Marbiehead
had been injured by 'an explosion at the
regular light arms practice. The Mar-
blehead is now at Key West. The ac-
. eident was caused by the bursting of
a. gun. The navy officers expect to_ re-
ceive full informationin regard to the
. accident soon. ' '
Predicted the, Tornado. .
St;- Douis, Mo.,' Jan. 14.—P'rof. Ira
Hicks, the local weather propwhet says
the: Fort Smith tornado was but the
natural outcome of the cOndition of the
He says the stars of Sun--
atmosphere
day and Monday showed that a. reac-
‘innary $7631... disturbance V'V'Ias due on
thus: days and claims c‘re‘dit fOr having
forecasted the disturbance centering in
Fort Smith several days ago.
Coal Prices Advanced.
New York, Jan. 14.—-An advance in
coal prices of from 1,0 _to 20 centsa. ton,
to thevbasis of. $3.95, free on board, for
Steve, and other sizes in proportion, is
announced by the anthracite coal pro-
ducing and carrying companies. The
advance is stated to be warranted by
the. lightness of stocks, resulting from
a‘continued restriction of the output to
market requirements.
, Death from Sunstroke.
Pittsburg, Jan. 14.——The strange phe-
nomenon of a death caused by a. heat
stroke in mid-VVinter was witnessed in
Allegheny yesterday, the victim being
Andrew Lyle, a retired merchant, Dr.
W. W. Wolfe. who attended Mr. Lyle
,. in the capacity of family physician,
"said that the sudden heat had pro-
duced symptoms of sunstroke, which
resulted in death.
Durrant’s Body Cremated.
San Francisco, Jan. 1'4fl—The bOdy of
TheodOre Durrant, the murderer, who
was hanged last Friday, was reduced
to ashes in the 'crematory at Pasadena
yesterday. Only the parents and a few
friends of the dead man were admitted
to the building. A force of police was
on guard outside, tokeep the crowd
away. ' ' V
To Print the Pension List.
“Iashingto'n; Jan.‘ Ills—Representative
Reach, of Ohio, has introduced a' bill
providing for the publication of the
pension roll. for every county in the
country. annually. on March 1, with
Jun data of each case.
,the
' Spani 'sh VV omen VV ho
Jov'eitmes of peace to the rebel
He.
did particulars are obtainable
DON’T HAWK.
A Disgusting Habit Alto-
gether Too Familiar.
‘ .Howto stop'lt.
It may be a habit.
It may/be catarrh.
But catarrh is dangerous.
The habit is disgusting.
Catarrh causes headaches, inflamma-
:ion of the eyes, deafness andsmnsump-
1011.
The habit causes humiliation.
Cat-arrh and habit should be cured.
That they can be cured and have
been cured, and in Norwalk, too. the
following is proof:
.Mr. H. L. VVoodVvoPth. Of 1 Burbank
street, South NorVV alk, says: “ I have
been troubled VV ith catarrh for some
time; my head and nose seemed pretty
well stuii'ed up, and the quantities of
matter that ran into my throat at night
would cause me to hawk. spit and often
gag- in the morning ,before I could clear
mV' throat. I got some C‘alifOrnia. Ca.-
tarrh Cure at Plaisted’s drug store, and
already these symptoms are very muCh
better. My throat is finely free from
all mat ter in the morning, and my
VV hole head feels much clear er. 7’
B5 the use of California Catarrh Cure
perfect cleanliness of the nasal passages
is secured, and the peculiar properties
of the herbs used' 111 its production not.
only cleanse the mucous membrane of
all puri iform matter, soothing and a1-
laying all inflammation, but also effec-
’t-ually destroy all forms of fungus which
may grow in the throat and nasal pas-
sages.
It has cured cases of almost total
deafness, restored the abil1ty to detect
odors to persons who had almost for-
gotten what an odor VV as, and has cured
cases that surelV would have resulted
in total blindness. Let- no one who
has sullered an V‘ of the evils of catarrh,
hesitate to secure a bottle of California
Catarrh Cure, VV 1th full faith
will Obtain relief and chre.
C alifornia Cat-arrh Cure 1s...
o. (1 b5‘ all
dealers. 50 cents. three Ines as much
one dollar.
WOMEN HANGeoi-st ~lNSURGENTS? -
Reporttlxat Two \Vho ‘V cnt to 11 (11111131 11 ith
, Pence 0333-1331335 Were Put to lit-nib.
’ HaVanap‘Cuba, Via KeV Vi est. l“.:;
Jan.14.——'A‘ 11011‘ible stoIV has: «..» .‘.
bzoughtyb} the captain of ti 9 stun...-
ficm Gibaia. He says that just 11;: . ;»
steamer left neVVs aII‘iV' ed. tl a: I
had grn- \le'.
('Uli.
(Her! 1..
l’ictligr-l
near Puerto Padre had been
(curt—martial and immediately
that an
:1. V‘ir'lllz.
all
News has just been received
other Spanish officer has fallen
to the ferocity of insurgents, \\‘|llltr
gaged in a peace mission.
Mayor Puga, accompanied by a guide.
visited the camp of Colonel Juan Dcl—
gado, near Rincon. Both VVere taken
prisoners and on the Majox fiankly atl-
mitting that the purpose of his Visit
was to piopose the acceptance of au-
tonomy preparations were. made to
hang them. ‘
_Vl'hiie the ropes were being adjusted
Delgado found that the soldiers of the
Viliaviciosa regiment were closing in
on him from all sides. He then gave or-
ders to shoot both prisoners, and re-
treated. escaping without loss.
The bodies of the officer and his guide
VV e1e recovered by the troops and
brought into Rincon.
Colonel Delgado reports to the Junta
that Puga’s object VV as not to propose
peace, but to hold him in conversation
and give the troops a chance to close
in on him.
TAX FOR KLONDIKERS. ‘
Canadian Officials ‘Soon to Issue New Cus-
tom Regulations.“
Vl’ashington, Jan. 14.—In a'few days
the Treasury Department Will make
knOVVn the details of the arrangement
recently concluded with Mr. Sifton, Ca-
nadian Minister of the Interior, respect-
ing the transportation of gold- -sgekers
and freight to the Klondike.
MeanVV hile, it is learned here that the
Canadian Government is about to is-
sue new customs and mining regula-
tions, applicable to that region. Last
year, VVhen there was an unexpected
rush to the gold fields,,the Canadian
Government permitted the free entry
of miners’ blankets, personal clothing
in' use. cooking utensilsin, use and 100
pounds of food for each'person, charg-
ing dutV‘ only on excess: ,
This yea that privilege VV1ll be abol-
ished, and customs duties levied on
everything the miner takes in.
His Friend’s Blow Proves Fain].
New York, Jan. 14 ucaldVvell H.
Abeel, the young society man who was
injured in a fight in a restaurant in
New ark, N. J, with Frederick G.
Agens. died at the home of his mother,
No; 15 Fulton street, that city, last
evening. Abeel had been unconscious
for sev e1 2311 days. He was twenty- -seven
years old, a bachelor, and lived with
his mother, the widow of Gustavus N.
Abeel, one time Prosecutor of the Pleas
of Essex County.
F1 ederick G. Agens, Jr., who, it is al-
leged on the evening of Dec. 22 last
struck the blow which caused Abeel’s
death, was not arrested las‘tt night.
Friends of the dead youth are bitter
against Agens. The latter’s friends,
however, claim that he merely defend—
ed himself and two women whom it is
said Abeel insulted.
The families of both Agens and Abeel
are members of Newark’s most exclu-
sive society.
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‘Vedded His Sister.
Boston, Jan. 14.-A remarkable d17
vorce has developed in the Worcester
courts. Elsie Jeens, of Fitchburg, has
applied for a divorce from Harry More-
land J eens on the ground that theyare
brother and sister. They were married
December 20, 1893, she. supposing
that Jeens was her- cousin. An
aunt with whom she lived and with‘
whom J eens alsoresided, discovered the
true state of affairs recently.
Miss Helen Gould's 820,000 Plant. ,
Irvington, N. Y., Jan. 14.—Miss Helen
Gould and William Rockefeller have
become rivals‘in the matter of raising
flowers. Roses and “orchids are the
hobby of both, and each is trying to
excel the other. Miss Gould has re-
weived a palm. from her' agents "in
7,231pt.1t is over a hundred years old
311.1 cost in the neighborhood of $20, 000.
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