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I SHEEHAN ATTACKED NOW

f tillltr AM WKYATS HA V POLICEsf lflltS COST TOO 31VC1I-

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r r the omrolloner ofAeeannl-Hi the MayorMr Mbeelinn Heplir-

Mniilr 1itilnnntlon of Mtlinruo or Allr-lu

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the U 1Ilo Hide Vlolnllon orLy-1lr

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II mo luonths the Commlttloncra of Ac

jdimts bal e been Invettliratlng tho account ofthe loln liepiirlment with opoclnl referencetil 11111011111 expended for repairs and suppliesprior to thoorttunlnllonof the present Hoardtoitiuilsflunr Terry made imbllo yesterday tho

report lo tho MajortulO Ill

th ejamlnatlon tins been made of tho acriitntsif the Treasurer of the Hoard or Police1 tniiiiilloiiers front Jim I 1SUI loob 13-

IHiiI when theprtsetit Treasurer aUllc tho<ilulletDf thuullice Vouchers am In covrriiii i1111IC118 churned hi the I runfture-

rii nun front un Inspection ofiiian Ir them voucher that prices paid furmi and piijmenti for alterations and reI

111 stI C16Io and an Investigation wa-siII i r o miln reasonableness thereof-

le niiiount cxpendtd during the perfl Inbut UtI aI4 MOlll44 for uh purposes anti2 i MIII lit election stationery othur tlll bal11 inikhiK e total of 1 2t2t veryL r lortlon nf such for labor

ml tinpurclniBuof malt rials described o InI delimit In the Miucheri 01 to lie beyond tho

Do liillu > of lilintltlcatliHi After deluetnlfrom ijttil umi the amount patti furittlior and MUipllcs which ronlil nut bitliUiililleUs balance of tlrIi nnalned be I nit theptittIflt purchaiiu of materialsV nilI mipplle curable of Identification

imples of tlitifu fiiriilkhtd bj the presentt rl Police COIOIIalolel were submitted

lilt ie the past peironn firm anden iiMiiludiallnK to rUe nf the name kindv I111 requests fur hid furnl hlnKOf thoIthtO H tbu 1ollco Uepartiuent Ihu rvauests-fiirbldiI wire ImlCl ti Inisinen houcl r theIdnlift etani i the como ty tj hasUrn Hctrtulnnl that tIliuiirheu liae not fluetunled Initirlallydurlnk the period under x-

aiiunillonIlie rttlgallon lias ebowl that purchases

rfr iiliiiiit one liunilrtd it hii supplies costingt j141 T tIM C bttii made nt reiisonatlu-i lei hut that 471t article for which S42t 11 siI WM pihl multi have beet purchased forJ OHI4 Ii tutu that tho uvarutfe ninnunt ac

1 liallypoll therefor wm miter anl poe cent ot-

l IF nniuunl for o hch they could have been

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Jolia C Sheehan who was Chairman of th-olmltu Itepairn and Sapplle during this

bt thxt iirnctlcnlly the euppltee-Crf f tile lillriUrmrunont wIre purchnied afterMDiwtHloii niul that tho requisition clerk hadhergo Ir obulnhm the blue he stated thatI io pAtteularllrul of the purchases frlfiartln H clerk however Id

oath that mol of the purchases ofI were made without anyNIles cOlllllolBoth he and tho

tusliif fonductetl under the flame of MartinI ilnnvn teitlded that practically alt time sta-tionery

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and supplies obtained1 front time latterexcept ballots were furnlshcdwlthsjutany comJct1tio

ertlnnit of tha Consolidation at providesNnexpenso shall be Incurred any of the

jttparlnients Hoard or officers thereof unlesssn appropriation shall have lel previouslytiiiiUctiveiliiK such exiwnse any expensein recess of the sum uppioprlated In accordancewith law

Mr bheehun teitllled that Inlebllnfl oItinilUe was Incurred In each of year ISOHint and 1814 In excuse of the appropriationsfur tilth year and with tile knowledge HalesWe been altered on the requisitions ordersilellvtry receipts nnd bill in order to orensuch fait Respectfully submitted

SKTII SPUAIIDK TEIUIV-ROIINKV h DENMm

CommissionersAn accomiianyln table contains n list of

boutlMt different kinds of articles purchasedfor the department showing that tim priceInld ranzecl from IH to lSOO per cent of whatshe Commissioners of Accounts say were the

I Itna market rates when the supplies wer-purhOII Most of thd Instance oiled ant of

p I I 1llloa forprlntinc and stationery suppliedl 1 y Martin II U own The printers from whom

tbttgttb ±e to oratth th B rrtouchers cording to Commissioner Terry areM > ei ft Cash Stewart Warren Co Johnlilnchara and O F Niabltt 0The prize Item In Mr Terry exhibit was a

t ikcic Iron worth abut 12 cents accorJlng to es-

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f The city patti SiN for twelve of these to

Wllal l Lixldy whu Commissioner Terrywas a inember of tha Peiiuod Club with

Coiuinttsloner Sheehan Thii SIM Item Is tbeone that civet tha Corrimhuloncr their maxi-mum

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of lBO per cent of the market price31r Sheehan declined to ceo rcrortors yesterdayCnmmluloner Terry said

Mr Sheehans only explanation mate to u-

ai that almost all of time supplies were furnlf ed by contract made after competitionanti that Urn requisition clerk of the Policelltpartincnt had obtained time bids Edmund C-tlajT tlio clerk referred to told us that very telnf Itime Articles were supplied after competitivebidding and ho was baoke up In that Mnle-inint

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bv O Itadfnnl manager for theprlntnl firm of M B Drown Mr K dw> paid

prices chareed for printing and station-er

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wer according to an old cmedu1e of rateswhir liar been greatly reduced Ho said that

did not lose an tiling on tho transa-ctlni lihad with the Police Departmentp Mr Sheehan wa In time hands ot an oculistynterday and was not until late at night

mats the reportersc Herald tlatnoi knowing the full tenor of the

riinrt hp one unable at so late an hour toL itto all thodetalli 10

Hn said that before he yes made Commli-tioni r there was only one Tammany Hall Cornmluoner among the four After a white heI tai mmulum Chairman nf the Commutes on Itopairs and suppllei

The persons who hud furnished the old Boardwith Mipplle anti who did the work of makingrepairs fnr the department were continued aiI It wii undi rstnod that their work anti materials Wfr RIrlcllryTime oanner Ir givlni out work amid fnrnlshIng implies was as Requisitions weretnaileI by the precinctstOlltent to the ryquHltlonCISTk

They were aftorvvunl piewnted to the Comrnlttieon lltpilrt all Supplies and In nearly

J sit laws time clerk u an directed to get bid frontI

tlimuwaierlali

who usually did time work or supplied time

Frequently the reullilon wero for verysmallI amounts of kindI where emmy haute was relulrl thi requi ¬

sition clerk tvas have theJiurk ilono or the supplies furnished bytlisu CImri had been doing such work ut thuInwett pomlhloexpense In most cases how-ever before such action was taken theonrnmltteo rettilred a retort from Gens i arkrr who was employed by tho PoliceIlijriment for that purpose a to the extentuf the work time articles referred to In tho-rt UI1lltuoi

imld 111 estimate of tile amount thatIt IH not true saul Mr Hheehan that bldnset lint riiinlritl fur utatlnnnry as alleged ex

ct hi RM liiiriliiaftcr referred toiMr lwhRI haiti that ho Inaugurated a new

A nMr ni 1111 that at time buiclnnlnK of each> ur II t thu clerks II charget it stationery

tlepnrtment nt prepareI r 11i R Ir time stationeryskitI Ho tthe quantity anti qualityi that wouldn re i ml fnr time year as nearly ai could be

tiinatid and then hn aikid bid for time1 nnsl110 of time autumn III Kiioh quantities itsni JIM I require ii rifle Ihu emir

mil iviro reeul veal IIn uitordanio with Ithis1I mammal time hid of Mnriln II llrovvn vro time-

S I Ihtirufler during limo year ull suit7i f MI i kliii nr tharactfr roerred to werer hed ut the PricEs namllll time htmlirnii in that report whichCI taut Mr beehaii admitted that tIme In

I dniiK fnr Utudlei was IrieurrtdJ1 iuh of thu years 11WK IhHIl i IJiil1 him riceii nf timejir ih > arwllh hit BIIroprlalolI I 11tareatsrfzuil tlioalaleiiliiit aa ab < olutrl-ylfJ ir l ald liu admitted nothing of Ithe

tmtimit him mlii emit withal time npnrnprlatlnntjpr iht ntlriiileparlmeiit vveredlvldtd into uHfi 0111111I e and tuklnir fnr lust ance IIhtilttiit Ilu fir mLlairs mill siipplte when thei lair 111

tvm0 rrr1 vras exhauttednothing fur

Hi irnd1llllhcrlrrrfiuently Mr Sherlun ailded-uiVail

I s lined fur Ihu past twenty leanIb tviu mcclure lu nil ilopartnnnt thutb

I ems nf thn amount tl at might Ibus thinTip-i j111 an In urred limit thj are tmat

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Iumlaut 1 1111 until I hip flll1 is 1lu-

IIf i the alienation lhat lulls terre al-

II r I iriuili thu tixplanatlon Ili nnl toilctIm hru hut V Ino In uIr erlllJ I Ir t Iim immamit ti mis i c musuami 1u Iit t we uhUII tutUt tt j li rllli 110

ml il 011 lrII1 tsimemm time fund outI mt of time neat Iear-

II rmlI It kind IIlam unto nf the roiid

Ithe 111 atom written over timeresri Inn-

iiitrvieivium t MrI hltcehan fI mia 1t of I li priming impliesWtami1 hamU nf it romrilttru of

a I in si 1s a lulwrIUtl Ihat ho was> tt4nUh lime tl were getting tho low ¬

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hret and tho bet prices and the best tnaUrlalpaidthat could bfurnished them for time amount

Time idtou Irons purchased by the Police De ¬

partment Mr Terry says were pieces of strapIron two Inches vvd ndlientat a right anglev hlch are used for time Protection of timetern posts of the depurtmetifs lellnJiud a Itch doren romitertunk crtwholei mthem and weighed less titan two pounds each

SAVE tUAVUKD 111 DAVLiailT-Xlamlnr My < erlanly Enter and Kienp

From Hnlduln Hlor In BrnnklynThe Brooklii police were surprised yesterday

ollennlni that burglars hal broken Into theclothing storo of Spencer S Baldwin In

Fulton and Smith streets Just three short bloc Kit

from Police Headquarters In broad daylightbroken open a safe only twenty feet back of limo

pinto glass window and taken their departurewithout attracting any observation

There steno two safes In the ofilc but luckilyfor the owner thu robbers made their attack ontho one which contained only the books andpapers of tho eitablishmeUt leaving Intact themoro olid otto which contained 4000

Tho latter haul a burglar alarm attachmentconnecting It with the American Ilstrlt Tele-graph

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office and this fact thethieves to confine their attention to the other

When Herman Haber the night watchmanleft the bnlldmi a 7 oclock yesterday morntrig time doors and windows wrt all fattenedHe returned nt II oclock last evening antientered tile store When ho Kot an far as theolllcfl which IIs on the Smith street stile of thebuilding he found that the safe whichstood on the right nlde of time office had beenforced open and the books papers and checksnhlchlt had contained were scattered on thefloor A sledge hummer a colt ruled and agas pipe wrench were round alongside the safu

Watchman Habor hurried lo time front dor-al In a few minutes half dozen< scurrying through the building In earrhof time burglars who It was thought might botill accreted somewhere whlln several hun-dred

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curious spectators thronged the ad joining-aldewnlk

The neureh throuch time premises was con-tinued

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from cellar to root without result nndDftettlvo Sergeants Reynold and Daly whojoined In It were iinnbln to discover even liowtime marauders entered or left the building

This feature of the burglary Is quite as myste-rious

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ai tbe failure policeman on thaheal to hear the titmice of the sledge hammerEach window and door wajust as secure as thewatchman lid left It In morning with timeexception of the door at the top of the stairwayleading lo time cellar which had bun forcedfrom Its hinges

1 nls at first led tn the adoption of the theorythat the burglars bad drooped Into time cellarthrough the coal chute but this was abandonedwhen It was found that the cover of Lbs chntiihad not been disturbed Not a single trace of

dhow time rbbr camo In or went out could hThe supposition Is that the burglars secretedthemtlvll In the collar before the steno wu

up on Saturday night and kept under-cover until tho watchman had taken his de-parture

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yesterday morning when they brokeopen the door leading frothe collar and beganwork on the safe

vnoirEi jv vitoM KILLS

The HoeS or Two Flbemn Vpt bjrSpur

The tide was running swiftly In the BronxKilts yesterday morning when Charles Craw¬

ford of 1U West 114th street and Joseph Mc ¬

Lean of 41U East 117th street started off for adays fishing In a 14foot rowboat which theyhad hired at time foot of Kast 121th street fromJoseph Goldlng Each man handled a pair ofoars but they had little work to do because theswift tldo carried them on their way teatenough They were awlniilng through the klltnwithout a thought of danger when they nawone of tho splice driven by time New Haven Rail-road

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directly In their course and found thatthey Could notvef at1ntheironiriIdVsufficiently to clear the spile

An Instant later the boat humped against theagt nd 1hngttIba upturaed-boat which rapidly drifted out of reach ofLynch Lynch struck out for shore butbeing

bnrenewith 1heavy overcoat found h couldit He wa sinking when he drifted

against another spile and cutche I The spitewas slippery with seaweed bt Lynch managedto cling to the treacherous support

Meantime Crawford who was 60 years oldhad managed to climb upon the overturnedboat and tried to sit astride tbe keel The boatdrifted against a sunken rock anti the Jar top¬

Crawford oil He franticallyplt cutch atsmooth sides of bltmissed hisand sank Thu body was recovered Thedead man was a blpplnl clerk

McLean lp and boats put outfrom time Now Haven Railroad yard oppositewhich the accident happened t Ithlng partieson their way through time kills also started totime rescue

lime first two boats to reach the scene of theaccident bumped against tho spllui mend upsetand three moro men found themselves strug-gling

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In time water There were six or sevenboat In the vicinity by this time mend the three

ero quickly dragged aboard as many dif-ferent

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boats rind were rowed ashore todry theirclothing

TIme overturned boats were picked tip mendtowed ashore while Switchman Peter Cassldy-wai manoeuvring to nah McLean withoutbeing upset himself succeeded IIreaching him dragged him Into the boatrowed to land-

McLean was taken to the boiler room In lherailroad yard where the railroad len etrlppeoff hit wet clothes rubbed himwhiskey In addition to administering n lib-

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dose Inwardly and brought Mm aroundIn thoroughly that he refuted medical aid whenthfambulance froI Harlem Hospital arrived

had been In water threequarters of anhour hUt wes able to go to the Morrlnanlt sta-ll

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> n and report the drowning of his friendCraw fora s t Olt until hat floated athora alongwith the boat

31cal who t 20 years old IIi employe by

wifetIOI Iunuracturlnl Com pal ITime three len who caught a ducking In try

Ing to McLean were John Knirler ahrlkelal from PortcbcttJr and WilliamHely George Armstrong of Oak Point

SATED ill MATE M0714 illTwo pled FIhrMtn Reend a t the

Urownlaa PointOct 20 Frederick lirenimn ofIvsloSOL1 Lorlmer street Brooklyn and his brother

Inlaw Luke Rowling of the same addressnarrowly escaped drowning late last nightThey had engaged a smelt boat Intending toBpend time entire night tithing

Time boot capsized and both men wero nearlydrowned Brennan managed to pull imims com-

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unto the bottom of the overturned boatThen Drennun cried for atslntani

Kdward 1 Mcdrulh unite un time freight prousher Hover lowered about niul1 went to time-

mtuttmtumceml of the Ilhermel When McUrnthcant upon time RowUna was un-

conscious and Brennan wni trying to swliu-nnhnru with tun boat line In his mouth brentnau was beuumbtd und nearly exlmiittnl-

A physlclal worked over tho 111 two hOltseil ofworn prtmimm Ilt

1iiuia morianc they timid milMclently recovered t

start fnr home

mo cunititrs until nunJmasocd manS Hlniiil on Their llrnd by Older

Hoy Their Torliirrri Locked Up

lummy liracan 15i Ylr vII utt 84t Greenwlih tdreet Peter MoVlikar 12 years old of04 lep > street and Kilwurd Lynn Ill yearsold of 100 Vest lluutloii street were Rrrtlyesterday for torturliiK P tcr llemwixyear old and WIIIIu Carroll 11 years old bothof whom hive In NorlU Mooru street

With 1 heavy rope with a sIll noose on theemmd they latsotd Iho little fellows who wereplai Ing about their hnmtu antI carried them oilto Westt street

Then they bound Putter fevreaulIandl antfret und then stood 01 < Afertauhliig isis iwkut they released hint nsecured Willie Carroll They hal hint triced-up hVI1i downward when a policemen Laplimed 11 the scone Willie bail flull this

boumUOB

midreceived I hmluukl ve bfore muse

lime Ilad wa al o imminellid quiteseterely lIme little 101 nocks were badly In-

flamed from thu lai their torturers werelocked upon i of assault

llracaii and MoVlokar were arrested a towniinthi ago fnr coinralltluit u burglary at fluVnrlck tot end muisu for a Iliurular ut ircMi-wlehand humtnme street but vwapwl cimvlttlmiR-IMLMII humus to brothtirt m thus tllln lUfuriu-

audatuiry aaoUitr lu the house

FOR TiE GERMAN SUNDAY

run ntr ii itn nn NKITIOS-Srci

lIIUJFOR rxciBts lUUOnv

Coyer the Helenl I Says If You Valot ReFormat Itlie AdTOtaU the Hunday fleer nrde us the Possible Solutionn r the Eceise Problem iud Muggedthan Arnorl me Place or AmuM

In All HdDlt Church aBlxtyslxlh street andMadison nvenue yesterday tho Rev Dr IteberNewton preaclc on Time Sunday Haloon-Hhall It le Siiprewed or Converted and Inthe course of his sermon h cam out stronglyfor time Herman Sunday He salts

Our city IIs face to face with tho Issue raisedby the Sunday saloon orethlpl Is to bo done

abut It Wnat shall It suppression orconversion 1 Wo all prize the American Bundabut perhap her an In other matttr the mostloyal Americanism may hive something to learufrom other countries Let me sketch for youthat beta nolr nf time New EnglandertheGerman Sunday 7 Take any typical Germancity Dresden for example At UUO oclock Intime morning the churches are opened and well

fled Time congregations contltt largely ofmen At 11 oclock there Is a children servicewhich takes the place of the Sunday schoolImmediately after this at about noun Ifyou walk time streets of Dresden yoUwill see whole families lellnt theirhomes together the housewife n motherwith a goodly basket on her arm Follow any ofthese parties and you will thud yourself In oneof the goodly beer gardens with which tIme cityIIs well supplied open In the summer and In thewinter roofed In ali well warme Taking Itable and spreading their upon it theywilt call for beer awl around this table theafternoon will be spent not altogether In eatingand drinking for choice music whiles away thetime through the Sunday afternoon Thetfliurchet are open at n oclock again and arewell attended An evening at home completes-the German Sunday-

S this a very dreadful picture of a Sunday-Is

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It not an excellent Sunday for the averageman T It Is a day of complete rest from ordinarybusiness and a day of worship It t a day offamily life and pure pleasure The pleasurecentres In the highest known provision for In-

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recreation and emotional educationmusic A friend of mine who spsnt the winterIn one of time leading German cities lately sawonly one drunken man and he was an English ¬

man Col Grant for four years Minister toAustria says that tho Excise laws are veryliberal hit are rigidly enforcc Ha saw twodrunken men In these years The suprememerit of the German Sunday It that timers fnocant about It There Is honest provision forreligion and It ta used lu manly fashions thereIIs alto equally honest provision for enJormeutand It Is taken In equally manlyI

Conlrat the German Sunday with the Amer¬

as realized en fur the church openIn the morning and 10000 saloons Inthltcltyopen In the afternoon and evenlngwlth scarcelya stogie provision In the winter for the familiesspending the afternoon together but with am ¬

pin provision for abomination of desolationtime bar with Its rum ana whiskey

Dr Newton said In his sketch of the GermanSunday that lie could see bow all tbe valuablefeatures time American Sunday could lw pre ¬

served and that when we were ready to aban-don

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the task of suppressing the saloon and at-tempting

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time mote difficult conversion Itaway would be open for the preservation of thuAmerican Sunday He then sketched what hosaid wee the points of a reasonable osteJfor opening mutt be totime afternoon and early evening said Dr-Nawlon Mhl sal of alnt tplrlta mustbtrblbU Only wlo beer hesie Tha standup bar must hdemolished A limited uombtr of saloonsshould be opened If we are with 10000t= Ilc =M during the rrotk ourn the toastardent champion of a liberal Sunday wouldwant melt these opened on Sunday In makingthis distinction the privilege of Sunday openingshould be accorded only to such saloons at pro-vide

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some facllltlM fur fale reporting tothem Let tbe saloon be o wi providemusic and thus complete the hermantype Berlin ha with music

Dr Newton said that the high license here100 for a concert licenseacted at a prohibitionagainst music and that those who paid thishigh price had to permit their places to becomethe resort of questionable characters In orderto make tem profitable The concert balls herebe said werewith very few exceptions huotof vice timer should b no tsvery low one on the provision of DrNewton said that such a place would pay thesame as It does In Germany and that If the taxwee removed timer would be a rapid dvelopof beer gardens of the GermanIf It wee Impracticable from a business point ofview there would be he said a splendid oppor-tunity

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for wkat he had often called charitycapltalthe Investment by wealthy men of cap ¬

ital which would bring low returns while pro-viding

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the needed amusementIlu pelIwllh that this Is what my

friend lit Ralnsford meant when he said thatthe churches must run the alonlof the cityWhen once the morality of ofattempting to suppress the saloon altogether-Is wllllnic to try t convert It the way will beopen It may needful for any such conver-sion

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of the Ion that the municipality or theState Itself this mot serious businessIn hand Why should 10t our great armorybuildings be utilized on Sunday afternoonsthrough the winter for the of free con ¬

cert given by the jurplePoring thesummer such concerts are supplied In the parksIn time winter when they are most neededthere Is no provision for them These armories-are erected by the State Why should they ntbopen on Sunday aa the peoples music

The conversion of the saloon rather than Ussuppression Is what Is mOt nfOlln this oilyIf Indeed times Is no attemptIts suppression we may well all be united forthli task But I there Iis a better way shall wenot take It conversion of the saloon wiltrally to causn of sobriety and morality vastforces In our city that can never bo countedupon for tims attemot to suppress the saloon Inloin We may be thankful to our presentPolice Commissioners fur reanforclng the moralsense of the community concerning time abomi-nation of our present Sunday saloon Rut let usturn title newly arouned enthusiasm Into chan-nels

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here success awaits us

JIIIOHATIOtr OF OAUMBNT IfOKKKKH1-

OO or < be IIoebeler Strikers to LeaveThuS lty Today

RoniMTKit Out 20Final preparations for-

th migration of tIme striking garment workersweru completed today at the headquarters ofthe local branch of the union Tomorrowmorning at UI oclock the men will meet at their

hal and proceed tn a special car attached to thetrain on the Home Watertown and fig

densburg RailroadTbudelcpttlon occupying this ca IIttogoto

New York Boston Baltimore and other placesIn the East Another lot of men wi board anErIe train In time afternoon for Chi-cago

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Special preparations Ihays been matinwith time railroad rnmpanto for transporttime men and there will be brothers time Gar-ment

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Makern IIlilon to let them ut thlr jourlucys eimml Ilime men are the lust of spiritsOMIT lIme thonidil that they menu going to shakotime dun of Itnchetur from their shoe andhope tI make the inaniifautumr com to theirterms before they corn back

There mere about IOU men In al and they comprli time best mechanic at elutllil budnctmlntho city Hy their Is expeeled to ripple time clothing busluen In thiscity tnnsrcatnxtent-

This is positively tho first d leualon ofstrikers In leave time city sod all reportsto time conlrnry are grounillens oftime strikers tuft time city nthstruggle-but they went singly mend ut their own expense

nuTIe Itfvl A O Wilton to Leav New York

Time lice J A II Wilson of tho EighteenthStreet Methodist EpIscopal Church hLucccutcd the pulorato of the Pint MethodistUiurcu In Lot Angeles Cal HI now church Issaid to be onto of Ihe largest on the Pacific coastDr Wllaon successor will be the ny J WCmpbsll D H of Lot AnerlH-

Ihei Rev Mr Wilton hat been pastor of theEighteenth street church for throeyears Ill name became known to the publictoon after time Inception of Dr Parkbnrst-antlcrlma because of hit clot Imita-tion

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of Dr cruse methods In trying to se-cure

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reform Mr Wilton mad numerous coinplaint agalntt Police Captain Donohu of theWest Twentieth street station whom he aoof permitting time xlitenco of disorderlyrUle la his precinct

ltroal homo iniluiUlc Wear KLOI bU mail11 4wrl 1 wuiklLfia a4 < ii

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TIIK DEATH OF J IF M A OKA V JttThe Body Taken to Ices Where IMr

Mnekny line ArrivedPAIIIH Oct Irl John W Maakay

mother of John Mackay Jr who died yes-terday from time etrcl of Injuries sustained bybeing thrown hone readied Paris thisevening She Is greatly prostrated with griefClarence Mackay the brother of the deceased-man and Evelyn Fitzgerald wilt recoil time

body at 10 oclock thlt ennlul at the lateMont Parnasio where It arrive fromMange Department Sarth where Mr Maokayi country chateau Is time place where thefatal accident occurred

The body wilt btaken t the Mackay man-sion

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U Rue which has been closed foryears but which will bo reopened on this sadoccasion The funeral will probably lakplaceon Tuesday the services being bl theChurch of St Ferdinand mba Ternes

The certificate of the doctor who attended MrMacka attributes his death to a fracture oftime ekmhi

It has been learned that In addition to a frac-tured

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skull Mr Mackay had one of his legs

broken by the fall He tins thrown with greatforce against time trunk of a tree striking be-

tween his eyes Both of his eyes were rushedThellrst reports that he was rendered uncon-

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lemalnlng so until tile tlcalh provo tohave been erroneous It Inow smelt that aftertime accident ha remained conscious for threehours and that hu recognlrcd hit frlindsMessrs Lynch and Dlibj by their volrei and1 reused their lianili lie had repeated collapsesbefore ho 1e1After hit tactpresented such a terribleappearaulcsu that r 1ICh welt lo Paris andilUeuaded CUrencii oy lolll tnMantis to leo tho body Mm Mnekny hadstarted on Friday on a tour of Normandlo waiInformed of time accident by telegraph anti etaat once started on her return to Pane

limp body arrived title evening and was atonce transferred frnm time rftllnnj station to timeMuckuy residence where It wail placed In thufhapellit ardent that haul lbeen prepared for It-

Ihu tally teas preteut Many wieaths werofriends of the family Time body

will be embalmed It li learned late toiilglilthat Ithe date of time obsequies lies not yet beendefinitely decided upon

TUIEV VVKSUED OtJKJt ttOOfiaught In H Hark 11 Are r u llnirmlle

Chase lie ld Ktol n M WatchOn Saturday afternoon there was an excit-

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thief chase which btgan In Broumu streetand was continued over roofs and thruuuh bai kyards ami tenements It ended In the tapturnof the thief after a halfmile rate The CUM

mine up before Maglntrnte Shunts In KesexMarket Court yesterday The prisoner wasWilliam Harris 2 years oh of N Ludlowstreet and time complainant was Bernard Koller of 73 henry street Tho charge was robbery

Mr Kotrler said that hu stopped In front of20J Droome street about 3l oclock on Satur-day

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afternoon to watch a number of childrenwho were dancing to the musio of I streetpiano Harris and two others were In time crowdthat hud fathered and ono of theOjoslltd MrKnUler apparently to create I tllittnrbancoWhen Kotzler remonstrated one of time threeiwlze1 him nnd a second began beating himwhile Harris seized hli gold watch und chainand Marled tim run away with them Mr Kotzher shouted for the police antI attracted 1 Iheattention of DetntUe McCnrmlck of Iht 1lanret street station who was not far olMt Ctirmlck saw Hurlllrnl from crowdand run down Time deletlotact out after him HarrU wciiiRpunned urne Into an open hall after goingabout I stair of lbe nventorybulldlnc he rushed with the detective a coupleof Sights behind When McCormick reachedthe rot tie ceo ffmutta making lib beet jiiccjacross an adjoining roof

For some distance the roofs were on the samelevel but half way along the block there was adent of about ten fret to a row of fourstory

Across then Harrt ran until hecame to an oten scuttle Down the scuttle hoplunged and thel 111nl to n rear windowmade hit lire escape Thisbrought him Into a back yard around whichwa a high fence Ther was a entail gate load-ing

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Into the next Iarai Harris 10throughthli but fnund rut off h fenceequally hlith letapolrll through time houseput confiiked by darlnltof time hal andbefore ha reached I minor over ¬

hauled by time Iewtll who haul been steadilylalnlnjlf0n

II lerA morning Harris deniedcharge him Ho Wa locked up In

default of tlOUO ball

STRUCK TIlE 1TOSIAX DETECTIVEA Struggle la it NtoreTba Tnur Caught

After a rlluieMiss Louise Alexander time woman detective

In Jammes4 novelty store at IOU Broadwaywas roughly handled by a thief on Saturdayafternoon The min who was welt dretscdentered tho store shortly before t oclock ac-

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bv a boy who appeared t bo about16 years old The Inn pretended to try bits ofcheap jewelry on time boys neck and droppedthem Inside his collar When there was nomore room the man dropped the trinkets In hisown pockets As be WM leaving the store timewoman dctectvasked him treturn the stuffhe had

The thief struck Miss Alexander a blow ontime breast Although It staggered tier for amoment ehe grabbed the mal as he made nbreak for the door out of w hlch Lime boy hllalready run A saleswoman who split toAlexanders assistance knocked aside whilea woman customer who tried to use her parninl-an a weapon was thrown down

Time mean after punching time store porter whohlrlnl the womens screamii tried In flnp him

of the store Into Twentieth Street fnllowed by Mist Alexander crjlnit 5toim thiufPoliceman McCullaitli of I streetsquad anil Cant Smith of time Kant Twentysecond street pullcii otallnii joined In time climeThe thief trlpptd the polheman wi en rundown nenr SixthI avenue and both f aptl ISmith f1 nit ton of them

to Thirtieth street station thomprisoner described lilmtelf as Robert Dupnt uFrenchman VT ears old but ilufuied tnulvobus address Ho via arrulitnetl In JelcrhlMarket Court yeslerdu miiriiliig

against him one of assault andOlacln shopllfllna they were lioth uiailuby Miss Aleiiuiuer Dupreo woe hold In Jsouball for trial on both charges

The huh who ttcmmulumuum led him on hIs ohnplifting tour lace riot let been murruetel

ohAIJUAS VME1 III JI3I1IV

railed to nol n llnllruiid Hlullon TliuuKblie Had u llahhlt Poet with 111

Two Omen whi had Inen loltoiluu mel uumummi

the Dunfnrth uvenuii Ktiitinnt nf IIhu New Jrl-we

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Central ItiiilrtHil in Jersey jty went lulutime klatflm ubntt IIll t M tatenla nmlpicked a uJurul nlth Vllllani Lewis thestation atcent Illie > Itrld IIn funs theh winInto time unite LtwlH rivlitml unit unu nf lime

men struck him on thu arm williI I a jliniii-IIlwl1 tines ham help hroiiKlii Irad WalkerTUuina1 Crtinj nf IIST IGiiindI I Htrret IIn hh u-

sliilance>

The mull vihn had I tutu jjliiiinyI

Wllrl Carey nu limit held InrlMltuu I severe1111 wound Ihn tivn men Ithen run cavity In

Illole ti irect louis PnlU t man 111111111ruught one of iHum lime priinnriwai William Allnuinl t I > fir old of MlWest TvvenU eighth ctrul thUill > Alterhe wan lockout up 10lk4III IHliniduuii fnund-ujlnimi vvrapHiil In I time trout > urdof-u htiiihu pant which Allinaiit had run Thcrowere hloinl steins nu IItI anil on Ithe I npt r-

Allnmn cues IdcntlfUd afteivvinil by PolliDman Mctlurk 1 mime of time stuhmImmibuat l hurglarwith whom and Pollccmiui IDmiiilnaii ex-chniutd hot about live week nun in trevntilt A r r Ia bottle of knnckout tlrtipi-aud a part of a rabbits hind tout wrrn foullu the yard In front of Dli trlct AttoiuebIds house time pt whtiro IUollo caughtand arr td other lad fllblofoot aud some cartridges which flludvolver were found In Allmana inuesslonChief Murphy Iis convinced that Ailmuu alllime mal who escaped mute the buriilaihave committing depredations In Ureenyule fur aoiutt month

pTried to Wrens MeKlnUy

VAN WHIT O a Out tt Railroad Coiumlnshiner Kirk by hu reported that the switch ontime and Mackinaw RailroadtlnclnnUJacol lIme wreck of the trainbearing Slimy McKUUej and Uun Ihllhntl onIrrlUay nlgUl wu puri tcly dlpl

AT BAY IN HIS OWN HOUSE

fOLICK LAT OIEOB TO A CZ1104JOAN FOR aixirEN uovnsC-

itttii H JkltrtTln lucerne Violently Iniaacud Shoots from Itle Ilarred Reeldene-nt PedMtrlnaornlliire urea Attempt toNMOk Him OutA Hush with Mat-tresses as ShIelds Prove Hneecvsfal

ChicAGo Oct 20 Armed with a repeatplrifle and a doubleaction revolver lllulwin defied tho police and every one else for six-

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hours from 11 oclock last night until 3this afternoon-

Mr Merwln grew wealthy In tho Iron tradeand retired tome tint ago Yesterday a meltel Infirmity which lint been threatening fortome time camo on anti he locked himself Intine or time rooms of his tine hume at UD Wood-land

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ParkIt wIts 11 30 oclock last night ohm Merwlns

Insanity took a violent form and he attackedlute wife who is Indelicate health Ho ejectedher train the rear door Her neighbors caredfor her and sent word to time nearest police ate ¬

tonlionfleld with four policemen went at

once to thu house hey found all the doorslucked anti time windows fastened They couldtto Merwln ono of time upper roms marching

laekarl anti forward with the rifle over his

Ihol1rrThey thought best to leave him until thismorning and when day cnme they were astoun-ded

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to see him npnrovh time window overlookIiiK tho street and after rnlMne time sash takeaim with his rile and lire directly at I pedes-trian

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across streetBefore tho street could be cleared Merwln haul

repented tho rforumnco several times butt hisallYRS bail ant no ole wits hit A police officermis stationed at each end of the block and theway was turn to all

Time occupants of homes on the opposite sideof the park drew the curtains and shutters oftheir windows and closed their front doors andused their rear doors time remainder of the day

The question as tn the method to be employedIn securing time man without Injurlnjhim or permitting him to anyone was han to solve Kvery few min-utes

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during day the police wouldhear a shunt from time rifle In the hands of thecrazed man hilt nolhlnl could bedone Severalyears ago a Imlar case cost the life of one ofthe best policemen on the force and Ileutl-ionfleld did not care to risk a sacrifice of thatkind-

It was finally decided that an attempt tover-come

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Merwln with fumes of sulphur might re-

sult successfully Accordingly the heat wasshut out of the rooms of the house and sulphurwas burned In the furnace

A small amount did not have the desiredelect and athey did not care tendanger themans life the plan was abandoned

Finally 1 yaarranged that an entrshould-be made the room from two simultane-ously

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Two policemen were t enter at eachdoor Each man had a small hair mattress fora shield

Tie plan was successful the erased man nothaving an opportunity ttire before being over-come and manacled He was then taken ttheintane hospital

Merwin Is US yearold About a aago hewas kicked on the head 1a horse and I Isknown the Injury affected brain x

After he wo raoneo Merwln talked Inco-herently

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about buying wheat at 48 ent perbushel From this It Is ble he beeneitherspeculation

making or 10lnl money In grain

MAllRIED Bf PROXY

The Ceremony Performed with the O en-DilwecK tb Prlelpl

Nicholas Mlllas formerly of Dalmatla butROW of dOS Eleventh avenue left In his natvtown seven years ago when be came bssweetheart Paola Kudeneak

Sue told him that when he haenough moneyto start housekeeping she come over andmarry him He recently wrote to her sayingthat heapretty well fixed for a Dalmatianand aklnl tier to take time next ship

He letter from her brothers tellingI himthey couldnt think of sending Paola here untilshu had become Ir Mlllas As Mlllaa couldntleave his work decided to get married byptnx >

lie sent to a friend who represented him be-fore

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tthe priest and time mmmmtgtstu ate In Dalmatlaa sworn declaration of his Cc Ulliitfness to marryPaola throiiKh hit friend

They wero thus married time United StateConiil being a witness at time civil ceremonyand Paula left her prosy htmband Immediatelyand went to lan wliero she took steeragepassage on steamship IIa lhalpanne uhlch got hero yesterday

Mlllun was at time 111 to see his wife butcouldnt lie will wait unlllh morn-ing

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when shun 111 hI landed NUnd-Mlllas has taken out his first per mind ex-pects

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soon to become a cltlren

rut nvKB AT CIIUKCII

lie and ChIp Vnnilrrlillt Iake oiununlun-ut ni Tliontni

MlM Connueli Vnnderblll anil her betrothedthe IHikc of Mai thorough wire occupants nftime rectors pen in MI IhomnVs Church at theuumornmlng servIce yesterday Both remained totakoi oiiiiuinlon ufur tho reculnr micra ire Phim-Un > uuni prop nirn driven to MM V KVandtrhlllK new luiiisint eventsecond strictmid tl1101 n iCIUI t ftcr I tie imnait MlMI Vnn

limo Diikii ii IIrlrllulllhoParklime IDuko lift MM aummI enimi Its home 1st

time eOnlnl 1111 ilrnMi to time Plait lltlel Innreporter I tie IDiiku Mild

othll mnru ill Unite iv lllI he ilono withi i ime

guru uedillnti untilI Utii In tthu wek-I hit I ehallI I baa ulHd In t ci1I rOI-

hI report that time alls nt IIhn itntlii bundart imorumig ii iniirhiK tlolho luhlhCllnIHI Thoiiiaitii lliurili jiBtiidii lortlllnut tech loiitulid lime liiinnii IIt pillIWifd iniHlc I hwy likely tube

it N inni Ill A TIoiisl-A

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Vnmiin HkiillI rii elnieilMliRI t oulilnl-llenr time llrll its Him Vn < Drill

I IIla Ia Iorn mars amId cif 17illlilritmat ilium at julie cu U sm rug 114thI street nnd-

VillU Mfiiuo at T uMock last nluht-wn kunckid don n and badly Injured In-

trilleyt car Ku II of ttho IImim 1Hallwaynull p0mm > ler ltad t nat janiined helVMiii Ithu-

finnlI pliilfnrin anil time t nmmks hut tlui hullerliiau Mopped iht inr noiiuli kit tl ul sue wan nuttrn lnd Ktween the wheel

MlchaeUi Suatilotm tIll hiatt murluman lilt > 5 thai ht-sau time unman us hU mr npprnaihrtl her undr IIIB huts imelllI The wniiiau u Ideiitl I did smut hearhli signal taut bhn paid no attentionI tu It

It name afterwaril luurntil that alms was deafMiiundulned I a tract I no C thenUnllI I ruth a dis-location

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nf tthu left tlunildtT Mm UK Itaken toIllorleiiiI I n pltnl-

MIIIUII anarrittoil

the llrookljn Trolley I43IU IclliuIliom l1lh Uotlin of lime Bronkl trolley illtd-

In bt Maos Honpllal last nluht lie eatsMcliuUi Ilolllnncr K > omens old married of t5 8Vhlpplo street

He was driving a truck on I hurtday in Lib-erty

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venue ulcer Ilxnry Street wimen a car oftime Nonau line struck mmli wuuon-

He was thrown out and received a fracture ofthe skull

1 he liMh victim died last Sunday night

llr llussictl Fi > r w < ll to ilrooblThe Hev lr T De Wilt Talmud preached

hit brooklyn farewell sermon yesterday morn-ing

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In time Central Presbyterian Church la-

Tompkln avenue He said be didnt kium asingle perion with whom he wits not read > toshako naiid und be ln lleil many ixrton whomhit nilulit haw possibly offended to step imp mit

lime close of time ceryicis coil receive hit apologySn one accepted theoffer but hundredscrnwuedaround Pr lulmaito as his wai leaving timetime thiurcim and cc imilmedl bimmi Uudspeeul

JL HAT ntr Tiinvsr TO IIIB UXAIITThomn McCoy Stabbed by HI 1Vlf Whit

Ilaaetnsi with Aaother Womn-Tboma McCoy who lives with hit sitter at

1100 First avenue was stabbed tn time heartwith a hit pin by his wife just before midnightlest night while dancing at a bell with a womanwhote name Is unknown atpretent to the police

Time ball was In Fernando Hall Fiftyfifthstrict and Third avenue Time manager wasJames Ullrlun a deaf man McCoy had beenacting as assistant floor manager at the dancesgiven In the hall every Sunday night

McCoy was dancing when hU wife fromwhom he has been separated entered the ball-room and struck the woman her husband weedancing with McCoy pushed huts wife awayand sue drove a hat pin Into his breast

Mrs McCoy win seized by several persons andpushed out of thu ball room and Into the streetWltnettetsa that McCoy danced for halt anhour after he was stabbed Then he fell to time

floorHe was taken to his sisters houteTime police could get little about time tabbing

OBrien time deaf man did not see It Johnbcott who was present said that a woman hadtold him about It

Dr Burke who attended McCoy at his sistershouse refuted to let the detectives tee his pa¬

tient McCoy Is very lowThe doctor says time hat pin apparently reached

hli heart Mrs McCoy huts not been found

tiMVUOJKIta AllKESTEU-

HI John Greatly Eseltf dAiuon t lIme IVU-oner I n Lending Whltewaylle-

ST JOIINM K 1 Oct 20 Last night theCrown authorities arrested four prominent menwho are Implicated In the smuggling scandalsAmong them Is Michael Tobln the senior Whiteway member of time Assembly for time Placentladistrict one of time governors of the SavingsBank and a leading Influential member of theLegislature Twentythree more arrests will bemade tomorrow Time names of over fifty otherpersons are before th magistrates pendingaction

Time wildest excitement prevails It Is re-

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that some of the warrants are for men Invery high places In business and publlo lifeTime suddenness of last nights action hat Inten-sified

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time friction among the Government mem-bers

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Time proprosecution party fearing anarrangement would be made to withdrawtime smuggling cases from before thecourt and settle them by flue before theBoard of Revenue precipitated the crisis bymaking Immediate arrests thereby renderingIt almost Impossible to recede from the presentposition and thus compelling the probing of thescandals to the very bottom A very excitingweek Is anticipated Probably there will bewithdrawals from the Cabinet

FOUR KILLED BY A riSERAn Lath Family Los Their LIves While

Camping OatELKIKS W Va Oct 20John Carr his

wife and two sons were killed last night by afalling tree They lled at Dry Forks aboutten miles from here and lied started out on aginsengdigging trip Expecting to remain outfor a week timer had provided themselves witha camping outfit Last night they pitchedtheir tent under a large dead oak tree It wasvery cold and a tire was built Immediately be¬

hind the tent While the family slept the em-bers

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were blown against the tree which tookfire near the root and burned through eventu-ally

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falling on the tent and directly across thesleeping family

Mr Carr was crushed Ills wifes head wasalso crushed and the younger son broken fromhis chest to his knees The other boy WM mor-tally

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hurt but he managed to crawl to JohnLongs cabin about a mile away There helived long enough to tell his story dying soonafter

IXDEVKXDCNCE OF OAlfADA

A Club at Windsor Who Member fleasJlb BritUb HoverelBmty

WINDSOR Out Oct 20The Independenceof Canada Club held a meeting laM night Sec ¬

retary Edgar read a paper by C W Oanthlersetting forth the great benefits Canada wouldreap If the country were free and untrammelled-by Great Britain The paper waa discussed bytime members The Secretary said that morethan 100 names were on the membership listalthough no stcmatlo canvass hail been madefor members A committee was appointed todraft a Constitution and bylaws for time club

KIVl W1 Yli IV CKKTltAL IAKK

Two inlets Hun DownIoll me Illsubled lu Chasing n Clues

A horse and carriage driven by a fashionablydreitod woman who refused to give her namecollided with a horso and wagon drlen by1bllllp lewisolm of 03 West Broadway at 4oclock yesterday afternoon

Time woman was thrown out of her carriagebut was uninjured The collision was time faultof Lenlthon horse which became unmanage ¬

ableMounted Policeman Mcintyre mend ireen were

Loth disabled and ireen4 horse ate severelyInjured tn time accident nhlcu happened anhour later While Abner tnow V7 yearsof are nf N Iluilllnld street Hroonhntaut rlmiiuigI n bl c lam nt MxtbeenthStreet mill limo Kan llrhe a horxodrivel lit Ur IP Martin nf D LeAhiKton ave-nue

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who had fur a companion James Uonohuo-nf hitS lwetltlm street took frluht anil rant Intohint Snow ate thrown to time roadway and hisbhniildem Hint llimit > In lured I Jr Martin and hisinmpinlon wero llunnii out of time nagon buttiiHIKil iIlljrili

limo hurre Ilannn anti Pnlliemnn Irorn gustohum lluiuihl tho I innauii hmy the bridlehaul I mliii mug ama WitS tthrown fiom his liorfc analtin niilnml u Idili lit rndu na oerlouMi InjunIInlli mull dnen hud to Iic taLcum Ito late home

Mounted Pail Imtiinmuu MilntyioI tthen gaveilmamiutto time riinituat iuit liml hl right arm badlyat remit lieu Iwforn ho uccecde l In bringing It tou nti nd UH

Mnuntvll rnnci mail nmuww us guam amour mirrriiiKht a riinawii hnivi which hud Iollldidwltli u vvHunn driven by II nnd nf liltIlroadivuv nnd al o with Ithe wagon of J JiMdlnlreofI 1114t Cutt IlMh strict

The fnrcH nf Ilie ciilllnliin IIhicw Mr Wmidnut nf his vviivnn until hu received suture Injiirims ilis wagon wu wrecked

J autism llnrn nf hal Seamiummi uvenne vvat ridingn hlrvdn on thue Kivt I Sri ye ilalmoite EIghtyvlhth street last nluhl when Sit aaa > run Ilulub > u house and wmmgmmum ml ri taut Ihy Mr Mi ii of 1 TIIllrnidwi llarri at tim iiiwlm I rout hU wheelnnd ullLlitly Injured lime uucn cxchangtd tiriU

S1IIICKIN Iff lilt 4IItIlTIii I uurHil ShIes ul lluuil Hirune In time

Hotel Iudlcotl Dlrvulnr-llr lUrry huh Conrad nf 10iut Sevent

fourth hi tech diet middinlI > on ut tim duty nluht-ut time Hotel Kndlcott ut Klehthflrtl street

umluiuumimtm uaacmmuue-

IIHLII niul hit nlfu limit fpont time tuning at time

ItiiUl wit ii their flicniU Mlr and Misl V A-

lleird lhe turtcd hiiniv about 111t oclock-unil were avmittiuug fur uirot towucttr at llljhl-nuth shiest unit the teiitral Park when llrConrad felt iincmitclnni to thu pavement

A mitb was cutlet unit hn aegis driven back tritime hotel when In lied us he at its lacing takentulltard In flit cleuitor Ills death outs tluu-to heart disease

lie Cliiuad who tea 41 yours old acas bornIn Plillndelplitii ito WOK grutiuateil frcim theimdlcal depiruuent of time Inhemll of thucity of hvws turk imi 1B7T-

liu was a mrinberiif time County Medical Ni-clil

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the indcmy Sat Midlrlnv Ihu lvnox-Miillciil anti huriilotl hixilut and thu 1lijil

tans Mutual Aid A oclatluu

Piow In Northern New ionWATWUIIWN Oct SO Sunn hn lerii failing

heiu since noon and at II oclock taulgbl time

ground Iis rorrrtd conreallntr time grass antclothing time trues with ttrnfr gaul It Iisrapidly rustling hitmis over uith rtx ecU w-fturiuvrueuthcr j

1200 PERSONS HOMELESS

A niaiiT fins or ALoians LA-

tsZlEJTROFi BVILDIXQS-

flUited U a Fruit Steed It tnmed cc AreaorTtTtnlr Iltotk llotrorlaa Mot ofth ProperlirAeeliJent to the ThrongThat Went Over to iiew the Bcbrl

NEW On MAX I Oct SO About 130 oclockthis morning flr started In the hull UndofPaul Buffo an Italian corner of Bermuda antiMorgan streets In Altltrs th WMUrn part ofNice Orlan and Including all that pert of thecity west of time Mississippi River The Ore wasaid to be of Incindlary origin The town Ubuilt mainly of wood which on account of tblong drought that hat prevailed WM In an Increated Inflammable condition There was anabsence water alto due lotus drought Abrisk southwesterly wind prevailed Theecauses made time flames spread In all directionsand New Orleans was telephoned to for assistance Time Chief of the Flro Department andnine engines went over but timey were unable torender much anlstance because of the lack ofwater Several tugs went to the fire which wasclose to time river bank butt there was no hoMavailable and they also were useless

The fire burned briskly until 0 A M andthen went out only because It had reached thoriver U extended live squares In one directionand four In the other comnletely consuming tensquares and the greater part of four others Inall 103 buildings were totally destroyed manyof them double tenements and representing 240homes In all and leaving 1200 persons home-less Among the buildings destroyed was theDuveye mansion or Court House the oldestbuilding In the town and a rello of plantationdays when the site of the town was fixed on theDuveye plantation Borne of the houses werehandsome residences but most of them weresmall dwellings The people living In them lostnearly alt their household good Th flamesspread so rapidly that they could not Ret themout of the way and several who moved theirfurniture three andfour times ultimatelylost It

The total lots on buildings IU estimated at1379000 on furniture and household goodsf10000 total 128000 only pertly InsuredAs most of the persons burned out are poortimer will bo much suffering and a relief as¬

sociation was at once organized The publloschool buildings In the town were thrown openfor the accommodation of those who were lefthomeless It became rumored that Paul fluffhad started the lire and a hostile demonstra-tion

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was made against him and there werethreats of lynching The police at once arrestedBuffo and took him to New Orleans before thethreats could be carried out

Some 25000 persons from New Orleans visitedtime scene of time tire this evening The crowdwas larger than the small ferryboats could ac-

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As 8000 or more persons weretrying to board the ferryboat Tom Pickles atAlgiers at 8 P M the Incline gave way precipi-tating

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ISO to 200 people In time MississippiRiver which is here fifteen to fifty feet deepTen persons were Injured two seriously Thereare reports that several were drowned but onaccount of the darkness It U Impossible to de-

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whether this Is true

man WIND ix TUB NORThWEST

AH Imrot e Quantity or Way aud Greta De-stroyed br Prairie Fires

ST PAUL Oct 20for the last two days coldhigh winds have swept over Minnesota the Da-

kotas and Manitoba Sand and dust stormshave made the air a blinding freezing scourgeaccompanied as they have been by low tempera ¬

lure that ordinarily IIs not expected before thelatter part of November

The wind has reached and maintained forhours a velocity of fifty miles an hour Somelives hmo been lost The winds have fannedsmoldering prairie fires Into fresh fury mend

started new fires particularly In the Red Rivervalley anti Manitoba and the lots to farmers Isgreat Seldom imeve such large areas of countryin the Northwest been swept by fire Some ofthese prairie fires have appeared In southwest-ern

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Minnesota and South Dakota but time mostof the disaster has fallen on both sides of time

Red River saucy In Minnesota and North Da-

kota¬

and extended for many miles up Into Mani-

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Locomotive sparks set three fires on the tripfrom Ked Lake Kills to time crossing time fuiitton line at Tllden Jummit east of this cruisingtime worst tire occurred It swept north andgreat low resulted Another butt lire started In-

KrrtsonvUle elaht miles east of CrookMonNearly alt limit country between Cronkston and

Maple lake has brett fire swept Only one lifelies liven limits far reported lost In thli state achild of II Tlminerlck who was burned tndeath near Harmanti

In Minltobii near Elm Creek two sectionmen of time Canadian PaUfio were tmrned todeath houses stables live stock grain starkand hay have been couiutned In nit dlrtctloni-In time province anal half a dozen people hatelost their lives anil a score more hate been serlcushy burned It Is estimated that moonnbushels of grahuu anal eeaerni hundretl thousandtons of hay have been destroyed

Three Tin In Ilobbrr Hrenk lnllatoms Clami MlllMis Col Oct 21 When As-

sKtanl Jailer Cree nt the county jail was givingtime prisoners their supper last evening he wasoerxinertHl by IP J herr who haul concealedhimself In un Inner corridor lie wa badlybeaten and lila keys taken from him Parr thenoncm d tIme t ell doors anal released J M Stuartand John McCartney The three morn took ailintgun amid revolver apiece front the armoryand nude their escape Ihev iauire under arrestfur time robbery of time WellsPawn express atVictor In April hut when that company lost

10000

Ten Caches oTHnow nt ErieEmits Pa Oct 20The gale Milled has swept

o > er time clmln of lakes from the southwestbrought nith It a very imeuavy fall of snow to ¬

daylleelnnlinr at an early hour this morning ten

Inches have fallen und at a late hour tonighttime snow cnntltiuei to full Time soon belt doesnot extend east nf Erie further than Kaneninety mllen A large fleet of vepsel have beendriven Into port fur timelIer

Vhnl Ineine Hlrnmer Iii Stern lost f-

itl iMiToN New ealanil Oct 20Thein-utirnment steamer Hlnemoa which arrived

today trout time Auckland Island south ofNew Zealand reports that time shores of time

Itlnnd micro itrcavn with wreckage anti balcaofAustralian wool lime mistime of time vessell thatIn euppriard to have been lost imi unknown andthere teas in trace found of any survivors of th-

n reck 5

iurdrrd by Two POstersV Va Oct 0 At llngeraI-

ugetu inniuj fstcrday aVmiitmcnt Oemeron was

attacked ty two sisters named Haute thewomen Ihrtm him donii soil then cut hisIthroat ilruth ru > ultlni < IIn toll utmi It ii tel Die

iiuu of time rlmu is lOut known

Iliukr IIUICK Ulill ltlrclimahO net Nuykts iiiuiii huit 11 j ears old who

I I css mat IllltrI lilellrlI I uiiui Illlth1 street tooka rliiou hli iiic > cia jetirdnjttcoiiipanlcd by

hits Itun dauuhti V iir Ma iinib IIlanmlirmmi gui Mr N lit kt ii lust Iniiliidnt hU ached alitfull braaklmmu hums right kg-

II aili but iii imi ft omit IKuilham IirMiUl on-

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