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t± PARENT li\ DEFKAT LOSES ItEHIXD FACE Walthour Wins Cycle Race in Madison Square Garden. Charles Parent, the i:ui.>i •■an motor race Mcycle champion, was decisively beaten by Bobby Walthour la Madison Square Gar dan «aat nlrht In a t«n-inll<« race. The Fr»tK-Jiin«n wa* behind from the stait. and v.» <SefeAt«id by a distance of two and a half laps 1 , or exactly a quarter of a mile.. WaUhour thowrtd wonderful ty* «l throuch 4MH. and sitooeaaf uUy shook off awry chal lenge the frenchman made. His time was IS minute* r-5 second. Kavcii won a race abroad, and Walthour now lias tlie rubber. • • * ■ * •*• ' «.i. Bslaa . i • r bjbj •" BM •Walthour started like a flash, and la the •rat lap stU'ii half the lmgtn of the track on the Frenchman. As the men started at rajainalir sirtrr of the Garden Walthoar 1 * half lap put them on e*ea terms, and they 1 seed along aide by side. At the end of the third mile Walthour BW to draw away, and by the time they had covejwd thirty -two tap* the Southerner »a* a lap in the lead. He steadily in 11 — - this daaplU a plucky attempt by Parent to cat It down, and passed hi* op ponent (or the second time on the final atretrl.. Frank" Kramer defeated Jackie, Clarke, the Au«trall*n. in a match race. The first heat was at one mile, add Kramer had lit tle 4ifScahy in winning by talf a wheel. Hr* -:iargirt aani Clarke in • half mile heat was the aaaie. so that no third ue&t mas requin-id. Kramer* victory in the aiiie came after a well judged piece of itd ing Th« American never let Clarke get tlie slightest udvantare. and held the race well in liu:id from the start. The first eorple of lap* botb men loafed along, each alen -nd waiting for sign* that 'the other man was raady to Khoot out. Clarke sud denly aped off at the beginning of tie fourth lap. but Kramer was waiting for him. and together, not more than a wheel length apart. they tor* around tiie track, Clarke made a splendid apurt In the last Jap. bur was not ««qual to catching Kramer. Kramer clinched his victory by winning the halt-mile beat in much the same fash lon He had the Inside of the course, and stayed there from start to finish. Clark* •ade well. but try as be would, he could rot leaser. t;»e distance between himself and Kramer, and the. American won again by lust half a wheel's length. New York, or at least that portion of Now York that finds enjoyment In bicycle contests, turned «>ut In lull lorce to wel • vim- in the UN reason. From the high est r ratinwi up among the laftets down •• >r* i.. m. :..->» open --j>"' ' Inclosed by th« aaiitar altapari path, the Garden was fucked with a yelling, shouting mob It araml that «v«»ry one was smoking, for befote the doors had been open half an r»ur there was a well «lcfla«i hasr In tlie *mphlth<*tr« . and by the time the races *rrr well under way the air was clogged tight with reeking tobac-co fumes. The heals in the preliminary races pio vidad coou<h excitement to keep the crowd «n tip-toe during the waits nw the more important contest*. The! too, theie were, aeveral >>pl!ls that momentarily aiieaced trie crowd, but as soon as it «a» hiii that ooilitas .«erlou!i was wrung tiie shouting began a gait T!ii drat ta»te of real lacinK came in tU« J*-n-mlle irafaa'iwni'' lauxr that preceded the Walthjour-Pareut ufjlf Pi on tue fnu crsnune. Jackie Clarke vac content to alt in the rear until tare*' laps from <he •nd. when 1m- flew Into the lead and wosi *>y -eight teat. .sj. Prartically al,a 1 , of the nu<-i - m the *ix-day race> went into the iei -Hi.ie contest «>> a last Umbering up before the lone grind, r*lo>d HcFarlMiid and Joe Fogler led the filer* and *>et tbe lunje for more than halt the -iti-tatT"!- each man lutviug tweuty-clx lap* to bis credit. Fugtet led at the fourth and fifth mi Jan. when MucJ-'«rlai.d tore out and got a commanding lead, which he held lor ''.<•■ next two miles. A! li«.i*U*d **t Sacramento, Ummi took * luuul kiid led at the .eighth milt, hard jiies.-cd by I'aisey avsagai. *tt Lowell, )&»». alB) BsM tirst at the ninth mile and up until Clark* cut 1.. 0n- only thiee lupe from .li.- end Kdilie Root, of fkjatun. fell in behind Clarke on the final »purt and liti!s.h<o aec..iid, witn George Wiley third MB] lia.M-ad fuurth. The ttutamary follows: <Mie-o;He mati li rac« a^PsSsavaaa ■ — sVea by 1 r.,ok L> Ki.n.f. i>i oiauce. K. J.; A. J. fi'ki'. Malwiirti. AUflraUu. »m vi.» Tliae. Hatf-mlle ihbi.-I. it.r u»ruf'-*noii»'.i — Wun M' I'i«.»k J. Kiauwr, Kaal ■.ii«e .V J . A. .1 «*laike. M« llujiLt, »_■•! .. tr-.-u.ii Tirae. (,•■— iifr--u.ile rite. uii.«ii-uii -\V U :, i,. William Van I>-i. Drit*. New York; imtAy Matin. v T. \'. " ' —'ir-~ »n'uln! . Jci:li III— ■■! N. T. V. aVhasMaw tklrd. Tlnir. .... .3 5. Half-mile «!.*.nii< aj 1 - Won l,y Arthur I^ind l«,. The li»jii> •«" yards*; .Maurice Van Im-ii lines, .\\» York (Jii laiidsi. iM'«unti; Tony •r<«:i::t Cast Ora&s*. K. J.. third. Time. ISIMk Tr-n -in;je <profec*tuoal)— Wun ty A. J. Clarke. Australia: Kaoi*- Jiout. lioatun. se.corid; George Wllcj, Fyr»L-use. tfcirt; A! IIal«te»d. Sa<lS aasau. o»i , fourth. Titae. r2:27. lea-fiille iL.ui.jr (jtc<«i v\\ : n ty It G. Wal ■ bour. Atlscts; i"t.arlc> r»nri. Carts. Franc*. • •i^n.: Tintr. l««wV The ».eventeentii aiinunl revival «rf the in >ei i^tlloiial M*-uay « v.~le rac« will begin et Madison atguaie «i*ra«ii to-nl«ht. Ttilrty four of the beat known cyclist*, in the world make up the »e.*-t,'. team- «Uich will he started on the long Journey by a l*Utol «hot fired by ••Hi*; Tim' Sullivan on.* minute a ter rnidnU;ht. .iRM) FIVE lIIXXER Opt:> Season by Defeating Manhattan Team. («/ Telegraph "... Tte Tribune.] West Point. N. V.. 1»«h 4.— The Amy started its I>4t>ketball wusoii to-day by de feating Manhattan by a isrore of 41 to 19. In the first half Manhattan was kept al iao?t «?ntir<sl>- on t!»e uefensive. but cov eied th« cadets »•« well that only IS points were .sc-or«*d ty the *«ldlers to 4 by the simitar* 111 tiie last period the cadet lOfrde <ra«iJ»m »üb£tltutk»na, and Manhat tan developed more skill in nhooting. but the team work wai< not equal to that of the tolilitT;- The luatiir) '.- Vest Point <**>. Itisitioo. Manhattan >:'., M<«lnM< . Form and O'Urira Ctu *Jd Forward ........ M un «r s>*ttft<e Ontre Nuascit .'.lauli Guard Cotmay Hotz* Guard Donahue Oi*l»— >tcKinr^y <3> •■■•■ (?). <\,*. at a «ft». fuaeris GO, >>t:'.-ld <:«• M<«-r» OaetlMrae At. Vex. Murray. Nugect. Conmy <4). I>onaiiue a> fisar- fioar. fouls — Arnold <3). Nvftertt. i-ui,»tHu t«cn»--V."««t I'olnt. H»:uv for M.Kjr.n'-;. Rob •Mß tor <"jmtid Jam* for FurW-s. it- 'ii» far • rr.nM. I*-~» f'-i iiortae. v Turin for rot. l!*.r.fJi"i". t«eort«jd lor O'Hrten. l».,!:oc for <•«• »•»}'. Kialsi — Tom T.iorpe. Columbia. bCHOOLBOYS MEET ON ICE Emmett Bird, M-jd/jft Skater, and Max Bainberger the Victors. Rejireser.tAtiv^ < f the local schools cam •»*te<l In «. »erl»'« of handicap t-katlnc race» vee.ter^a at tii<- St. Nicho!«.s Rink. Sotr,« tliaicu'ty 9h* experienced In adjustiry ibe hp.ndirups to gi\e the aaiaaller fpeeders a rl:ancc against the senior -i-holar*. but Mr. Howe, of tlie Baeiera Ati.at- ur tlk* •.-.»; As todatlon. hud v lair line ort thot>e wh<* iirlii »«ete<i ;n i*«st year'i; ra>«-r. *tn<J « lor- rln »*hen resuJt«-d in *joth evtno. Tbe first ia*-«. fo- tioyjs w«ighli:g under I(H> t-j-jmif, >:*u fourt«<u» barters. *Itl. Max liamber p«t. of Sacli* Sclkxjl. and M. «>»lm, of Co litM'.A* Kirntanwr 60100!. on ■-•*■■ i. j/.t •.!«• Hmniett I'-lnl. of Public 8rh»«jl J»7. t<xik the |e»<t on lite t-econd lap amj faeid on to ibe *ii 4. winning from P. Cersnrt. of J'ulillu .-i«-!:<»il li-C, n tiry mite of it lioy. wbo. • guilijuj with trofe.s»-li;n»l ntrlnc rkat<-5. \ <\t\ !/!•■ i-e. and took the turn* like an ex- SKrt. Trie nimmiry f ullasja Qutrtfrx-^ulle haudi<-ap «)uuior> — Won by B •"Ud. I*. a XT >*>■ ;ard»); S. <ie*chel, 1: * Ma~ • 411 yard*), second, kt ii«.i i>. r. bach s ScaaK i%.-r»tc'.i (hire Time, I*4 li»U inllc i.aiidi< ■. ,■ itri.i •--, — Woi.44i-.il 1 snnin» . J. H. I'M, <». i«i< )u. U. ISJuui. « oluni bia Orammar K?t:ool i».n t« »•>. M-sond; J. lu<Ar» h»lni#r. r'>> ...► Institute CO isi«.n. third. TUre I #2. CYCLE SPEKD MARVKIS IX (.ARDKN LAST XIGHT. i, \i:i.i- i-ahj n ; i uAAirio.N m i ! Bon FKANK KRAaIKR. \j:\v running star RECORD FOR HOHXER. Canadian Lowers Shrubb's Marl: for Fifteen Miles. Running at a spaed never before teen under slmiUi condition*, Hans Hohner, of Quebec, won the tifteen-mile professional race in the 4th Heslment Armory. In Jersey City, last night. His time for th. full dis tance was I hour 24 minutes 45 3-5 seconds, which beat the boat previous Indoor record, made last year by Alfred Shrubb at Buf falo, by two-fifths of a second. Most of the two thousand-odd persona who attetid«d had only heard of this latest long distance *tar. but after the race they were willing la wager that lie could de feat anybody living at the distance, It Is a matter of record that Hohner during the rummer defeated the great Ist Yve> at the Marathon distance in •:■.*■ remarkably fa« time of 1 boon 32 minutes. Hohner also won four other Marathon* inside or three weeks. So impre&siv* g«Bt his success last BjljM that his opponent* appeared as snails by comparison. in fact. Will Davis, the Can adian Indian, who got second plao. v.-as more than Itaif m mile behind. Mayor Wittpenn of Jr^mty City started the race, and all save three of the original twelve entrain-- toed the *crati B. Tlio*e lalllnK to «pi>«a«r wete 'Black Hawk." tile Indian; \V. H. Rile., of Nutley. and O. C. Benfer, of Newark. The track measured twelve laps 10 ihe> mile, but the turn* bjbj not Hharp Besides Hohner an.l Da vie, other 01. ti'Mtants -ci. Juirii— l.i-e. the former Yoiik- amateur; l*at l»in»-en. Hie Boston Marathon runner, who pefW&MtM In thea* lultK grind? dessU* Klai IiCIIs and Hdvanc i 1i 1 v yrur*; Tat White. who etttrti! so often * rd M-itioii, tiniiihes; Alfred Kaine.", win ner of the mw'-ri-ui!k»d-of North wesu-rn Marathon laet Mummer. Kail Nieniemeu. a l_'romikiri|; runner from Finland. ai.d the atosatrie J. P. O'Drlncoll. of Jersey City. Hx««-l.t dutinfi Vie rir>t twu tulles ll, .line! always showed the *ay. He spt<l out with a loll*, low stride, strikiiiK tlriM on the lieels and 1 1 >* 1 rocking tor ward to the lors without Mraighienitie the legs. lie is a fine looking young uthlete, and tiuilt un in!', llliev li, fact. it*: >^«llled always to tie running v..'.l within himself, and lias way lie lappt-d ni* opp..r.<llt made I tit ri*t tatoi^ carp. At tlie stall O'Driscoil >-p«-U away in ' the lead Ilk'- a gunilet-iniler Tim- oUitit. allowed him i«. Ui*iu- 111.- own pace, and it wit* not long «-i .- tbe latatg CH> man l:egan to come back." and before the mile had been covered he had not only left his lead, but lia<l actually been laumtl I by most <>l the field. Mullet, !/<•«• and K.in.e> showed the way : iii a time, and when the first mile pot-t h^d been passed Raines, thanks to a spurt. led by tifueii yard*, his lime being i:\*i'i- .- At this point the runner* were all strung I out. with I>ii»e<-ti Nieni<-men. Muller and ' the Indian rapidly losing ground. Hall. ■« still led at two miles, closely followed by l.i and Hohner, and about that time I Muller, uhus- ankle had »•■ . n bothering him. dropped out. Shortly after the onu mile lloun<r lengthened la.- stride, and soon at-sumed i the lead. Try as they would, i-> •• and Raines failed to hold him. ilohi.er> low. I claae-to-tli«--Krouiiii style was much ad mired by the critic*, who did not hesitate to pronounce him a wonder. Hohner hao Lee and Raines lapped at the third mile, Mi shortly after that Pat White did Mi usual retiring act. A little later the field ! was Ftlll further reduced by the with : drawal of Maine* Hohner continued to race out 111 front, and, reaching the fourth mile in ZV.2&. led L*"* by three lapa. Ntetiiemeu, who had been going strongly after the first mile, had drawn up practically level with L*e. At aeven miles Nienien>e:j had t::k>ti second l-ia. c from !-<•<•. who showed luges of tiring. Dlne<»n as the race went on moved along faster, and no did the Indian. In fact, th. led man raced himself Into ptcond place ere eight rnllee had been covered. Nlrnle men was then third, Dlneen fourth and Lee fifth. That same ord*r prevailed at ten miles, which Hohner covered In £3:30. remarkably fast (or indoor* Before he had gone ten Biles I)!ne»-n suddenly hung out dlstreac signals and quit, so that only five remained In the race— Hohntr. Davis. Xienlemen, Lee and O'X>riscoil. who was only Jogging alonx at a six-day pace. Continuing the came wonderful i.?cr, Hohner pushed the twelfth aod thiiteenth mile i>o«tc far in the Wad. ids a<J vantage ovej" liavi* at gaaw points telng aaaa* half * mile. There »«-emt>d to oe hohm: doubt as to tbe nlatUe positions uf Davis and Nie.uietnen. Mm luttei >■ Ut<i.:>r »a.yln>; that the llmi wax » Up ajMsai of the Indian. The *ag« howev<i, failed to utu it tl.»t way. As «mly lhrs<» mantyt had been provided, Ijtf. teeing that he •... no chunre to tlQ ih!i • tu-t than fourth. Mopped after rur- Ring a trifle more thaj: twirti nilU-tt. HoliK-r let out a great t;>ii::t two laps iron. Lorr.e, *•"• It waa due to thin rare finish that he aa«oi<g«d to aba** the record. Xictiicmeri at-> eprlnt«d toward the la»(, and iiffi covering the distance protested vigorously In broken KnglUti that he. was a lap ah* ad of !)jv!>, t.ut |ju- pititc.M <U<l «m« aw- l>avtjr« time, whs gi»ea as i^TXs and Nii:nie:neti'j( a» 1 Ja 17 NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SINDAY, DECEMBER ",. 1909. HOBBIK WALTIIOrR FOl'R RECORDS (iO. Good Sport at I ;/// Regiment Athletic Games-. Four new records were established" and one equalled at the annual names of the Hth Regiment Athletic Association, held at the armory. 15th street and Eighth avenue, Brooklyn, last night. A varied programme furnished some in teresting sport for the large number of spectators who crowded the armory. Many of th«» linishee i re so close that only inches separated the lirst three men. The records broken were the one-mile in ter-company relay (handicap), L'^'-yaid sack lace, wall M-nliuK contest and the tiuo-yanl tun, novice. Tt»>- record equalletl cam. m the 70-yard dash The summaries fo!l"W : .-r\.-nu -vurtl dash Aaaataa*) — Km* bsai «un hi T. H)orkiu«<i OaaBMU X X f«*ti; 1. .1. Ijivt-u. Cutnpuny D '••lat.hi. i*<»iid. W. A. KalKibh. Company D «1 toot», third. Time. MM, 1.000->ard tun ilaiidk-ai'i ■Taa by Walter J. lMllman. <\wnvAny 1> ilO yards>; A O. Larson. • 'oiiiijauy U i aerate hi aecoud; .1 O. Yacmmo. 1 '.iin^ui.-. •' (1W yai«l»i. thiid. Time. S;3S». 440 yard ieUy rare (Public School* Athletic l^*«u-- itljyi Won by Public Hcaoei 77 Mas tiktUtii. t«aiu composed .ji b'tnger. I'oi ■>>. Btglln *nd liolbl>»: t'ab'i ■ School 82, Manhattan, see- Ulld. tram C»IIIp)ltrd Of t>chioi«b«ni livsluli". Kg|»v and Kllt-TKU-lli . l-'util. School I'" Mai. liii.ii. third. tHin ■■•ni|~»^.i of l!"i«ti.'. <\> »*rt. French and Plulunub Tiiue, «»:.V«S. "_'^> >ard liuiule . !iMTl.ll, — Final heat artia by <■. MasTkaa* Ousmpaey v tIS irarasi W. A. Ka. ' < i>ni| :iny Ik <■> rat< bi ■ »ii.i Q. li • Mart, ■ ■i»HM'.>'i i: <)<• >h:Jm. I hi? .: 'I .Hit. O:J«~ SSsV-fsUnl sack race ...Ji a ( ., Won by A. \V K's^lir. I'uauiiau} K. .1. Ollir-.IH, Cumpaay I-: w.oii.j. K. Kuthert! < ...ilia!,- I>. Ml:.: Time, 1..*-.' SJSJ j^i.i tun •haiidii.ap: ..;•:.• Won by tl. .' a* Lutaellr New York A. .- .1! .1:-, Kobt-rt H/.rr. PWakasa University ill \urdnt. secuiiu: »• J. Zlsntnarman. A i "in A. A. 'I>, varda), '.hird. Tlii»e. o::i3*» 440 .ai.i heavy n:ar< hing . ran I handicap) — Won by W. li»-!iij.«te>. Cuinpuny k CM yardai . It. H. Mm:, )i . CompMny M (seratrß), w.-viiil; O. Petiaeck .'uiuimiiv X US ■ anIK.. Ihlio TiP.e I*«S Wall scaling Won by • Itarle* rlark>- an) « ' Hawkins. CiMU|aMi> B; H. Nelson mil C. Kck man. Corni>4iiy O, wsiiini , ■. Tlioin|>fit>n and K. iier»rfejdt. UwnaaS)) K. third. Time. <i:37H. StiO-yard run (haiiulcap> — Final heal wun by F. I sa<— alii. Coni^an> X (12 ,*!<!*.. (i li. «'ourt. «*omiiany X (IS \ardai s.-,,.i..i. a. K. I'iri ill. Curnpany 1) <10 aid**, third. Tim.--. v:34H fiO-viini run (no/Ties) — Won by J. KertiKun. • 'otnpany l>; J. T. !l«.j:«- I'wotttan K. 5.-.-oud; O. Anderson. Company O. third. Time, I:J4H. Thre^-quarter mil. tun (handicap)— Won l>v It V. Noble. New York A. ' \ IS yards); It. T. •'»•»*••. Trinity > lvi, '**> >ttrd»). aceoßd; W. N. ltrockwell. ut.alturl»> J <t'U yards), third. Time I:M«. Mio-jbi'd Hißh School relay— Won by High School of Commerce. I'-itm ruiniHined of Young, Hi.mci Usassi and idler, De Will Clinton 11 ■«>: Schuul, s. <oii'. team cusaposed of Pressman Moore. Uallas and l>etTler B*a**ra District High School, third, team »3in|»*nl of Hotlumn, Kuw man. HsSBSls and Stack. Time 1:45. One-mile Intercompany rela> (handicap* — Won by Company D t*<Tatehi team ..m.i<-- <>f O'Brlea. Dlllnun. Itaieli:h and I»vell; Compasy I" 413 yards), second, team easapaas4 of Clark, lluwkirio. Court and Undwald. Time. 1:43*4. Sian.iine broad jump (scratch) — Won by 1. J. J^ovell. Company D, with a Jump of it ft. 4' s in.; <". Clsrk. Comj>any I' second, with a tiling, of » ft. 1 In . J. J. ixmoriuc. company U. third with a jump of ■*> ft. Oh li. RACE FOR DE GRVCHY. Columbia Runner Shores Speed in Two-Mile Run. More than one hundred athletes started In the two-mile run, one of the features of the athletic rarnival and reception held by the 4 7th Regiment Athletic Association at the armory. Many avenue and Lynch street. Brooklyn. laat evening. O. W. \,. Orucli>. the. 'cros»>-country runner of Co lumbia University, wearing the colors, of the, New York Athletic Club, wt the pace from start to finish and won in the good time of 10 minutes and 44 seconds, with J. 11. Bedell, of the Xavler Athletic Asso ciation, second. I>e <;ru.hy's pace waa of the kind that •0011 had his followers well strung out. and in « few laps the field was epre.ad clean around the track, and only those who watched the race closely could tell who was leading. A one-mile handicap furnished another desperate struggle, and went to Matt <j«-K an unattached runner, with A. Knight, of ill* Irish-American Athletic Club. »econ<l. 8- C. Noil in ids* tbe veteran runner of the iriaU-Aioeri. Un Athletic Club, v-as first in tlie lC')-yard run. The tuaituriei follow: ♦■o>>-yard run U:-Jiiu.i| . U .•■ by l\ ,\ k. i p JrUl. .Mi*k«ii A . <• .3^' yard*. . Harry Ifay woud. New York A. C. iIU yard*) nrvuod' X A v ! l ;v Xavlrr A c lXi j«r*»,, it.,,0 1:11 Us iai.l run ihaaikaal Won hi i; P. Kanti rMa*. Irluli- American A. C. M yardsi 11 Ht|; M n.i. Xmlri A. 1" 1:'.- mi 111. mm \v. '' JJ i '""^" t - Aiorn A. C. 16 ir*ai third Time. ' i.. mil.- run it an.ii - ap»— Won by Matt <Jrit tir.i.ituch>>i ii \H:>\yi; A. Knluiii Irish- Aiix-ri' .-i. A. i;. <Vi rarOa), second; 1. ||. .M:i,.|h.M. 1 unattached iW» ..ii,) 11,11.1 Tin.. 4:ii» ijUHit* i mllr run (|Ml|(»| Wtm b»- y. i: Klnc uriatla. ti,l Tiiofnas J. Vllnda*. U ('••iiiiiurit' l."lth K"«lm-nl. aecund; J. Herdrnbach, National A. <:.. thiU. Time, «;S7. •"••ita 1 out- mil* walk il.tii'llni'i \\,.i, by 1, M Hmltn. > ai.linai A. C. <•■• yards;; <i«>iM. Mortoi. Trinity A. C. i.V, >ar<l»». ae..,iwi I |..,vl.« 47 . aMgto>ea( i«« >ard«) third. Time, sic.* ", »x» vmr* run <haa<j 1 <••».)- Won 1.5 li 1 nlllk ''lark H<mmm is, yards); It. Mulllnrr. !n»)i- Atitrrlrsn A. <.*. '"' >•"*•' sassaaj; <• fi-hnabler \Ve«t tiUl9 Y. it C. A. (10 *"'*" "'''' lime' «i:S2 2-5 ]».. ,1,11. run <nuvU»)-Wen i.v i) w I* «;iurhy. New York A. «'.: J. U. U«4ell. Xsvler 4. A., second. Tlrar. 1O;44. FOl/.OWINO PACE. 111) DIAMOXI) FIRM. Creditors to Help Old House Meet Liabilities. Creditors if Alfred H. Smith & Co., dealers in diamonds and precious stones, at Fifth avenue and 40th street, one of tbe oldest and best known houses In the trade, are trying to adjust tlieir affair* so that they can liuve time to pay their creditors in full. The business was established seventy years atfo and the present firm. composed "1 Alfred 11. and Harrison U. Smith, hr«« >-: >»•<! it on since isrg One of the partners i«« said 10 be seventy-three years old and the other sixty-nine. At a (neetlng of the creditors held at the ..Hi of Jame.« Schell & Klkins. No. 170 Broadway, I committee was appointed, consisting .?' . I. lines N. Rosenberg, of that firm, a* chairman; Henry 11. Kaufman and Felix H. l*-v>. to reorganize their af fairs'. Mr. Rosenberg said yesterday that lie represented a creditor holding $W),Oi«J notes and that the plan of reorganization suggested was to transfer all' the as. et* to a corporation called the Alfred 11. Smith Jewel Company, Hie directorate of which would include several creditor*. The company will carry "on the business with the help of the Smiths and under the supervision of the committee of cred itors. Most of the assets, In the shape of precious stones atal Jewels, a^t- pledged t. bunks as collateral for loans and are considered vortta considerably more than th«« amounts of the loans. These bank* have been a.-ked to deliver the collateral to the company on memorandum, and the com pany will endeavor to tell the goods, pay off the loans ami declare dividends to th« unsecured creditors from time to time out of the surplus without sacrificing the value of the jewels so pledged. Mr. Rosenberg said hat the trouble dates hack la the panic of iho: and that the Smiths made a mistake 111 pledging practically nil of their very valuable Jewels to secure hunk.- that were creditors. Since then they had l*-en greatly hampered In doing business arid were at last put In .such ■ position that their affairs had to be taken up l«y their creditors. Franklin Elton, counsel for the firm, is co-operating with creditors 10 bring about a readjustment of their affairs. Mr. Ros enberg aaM that the liabilities were about Jim...! of which about $3*V».'O were secured and t- ii.Kt.i unsecured. Th*- assets exceed those, figures, but It I* difficult to fix the amount. Included in the assets i? a val uable ruby mine. la their career they have sold some very valuable jewels, ne<-klac^s. diadems, tiaras. He One piece was sold for $130,00 and another for $100,000. RACING IX FLORIDA. Sir Ormonde Wins Handicap at Long Price. Jacksonville, VU , Dec. 4. — The Quick step Handicap, the feature of the pro gramme at Monrriof Park to-day, went to Sir Ormonde, quoted at 10 to 1. The summaries follow: Kiist raw IssMag; for two-year-olds »ii fur longs*-(Soldrn Flora. 11*5 Hi. Hum*). 11 to S. w<u; Oar Nungn, \if> .ilramli. 10 to 1. second; Ili I. .iii«. IUS <J. lIHil. •.• to 1, third. Time. 1:17. Saraband. OslaaM Jot and Coon?kia also ran Second iaas <*rUliiK; seven furlongs* — Carttace Mt iMUM-ruvri, 4 to .'. won; li*llut liox. lot* U*ower»). '.". to 1. second; W. Joseph. 100 tß^r rrn), ■to 1. n.1i.l Time. l:2» Tlvollnl. John iiarner. Natti.- Humi |... San (ill. Enlist and 101 I fora an also ran. Third rare tiwlllnf;: «ii furlongs}— rantonfle MS (J. li.intu. 12 to I, won; Tskahlru. <jf < m«. 5 to I, second; Mary V.. <M dl*-nr\) h 10 1. third. Time. 1:15. Lady Irma. Dr. HnlzbciK. WaiMiJuf-u and* KaaaMTC Quern also ran. Kourtli race (the Qulckstrp Handicap; fl\> fur loiikii Sir Crtnnnde. I".' (Howard). 10 to 1. won: Hoffman, l» (liutKell*. 7 to 5. second; Top Notch. 107 il'jk-i. 7 to 1. third. Tim*. l-i'-iH. Abra»lun. <."lndy and I.Ui-eu* also ran. in I. rare tselllns: handicap; one mile)— lilac k. Oak. 107 .Umwelli. 2 to I, won. Klrst l'r»nilutu, IU4 iMi!Ssra\t->. .' to 1, second; Dr. Rarkley 101 (Kiugt. 9 to L' third. Time. 1:41' Torn Holland und Anna I. Daley also ran. .-Ixili race <*viiln(. on» mile and a quarter)- «>l>-i>,n. 103 <Huiv\.ili. 0 to 10, won: County Clerk. l'»i (Goldstrln). & to X. second; Irrlcmnr 03 (Obcrtt, 30 to 1. third. Time, 1 10S Gel ..i..1u. John McßrWe. ':'!!» Ueckham and Dr. lounc also ran. RESULTS AT/UAREZ TRACK. Him race (selling: nve and a half furlnngn EitftWJ. !•*> oiurner.. a 1.1 .'.. won; Hannah l^.ul.v-. hi (Kit-it. 15 1,. 1. second; OUdya Ijrjitu: VH iMoleawiirtbt. In to 1. third. Time. 1 li»\ OssbsssU sahada. 11. J. Kwannar. Ho* !••« «ti.l Six-. ■••<•• I >l>i> run S*-cun<l lan- taclllag: seven fiirlnnKs) — Ooldflnn. 104 ti!'-<"ah«-y». 5 to 2, won; I>r. |i.,v»ni^. »4 il(HinK.-t >. 6 to 1. sn-und; V:<-«urt. mt iC.ri.r). » «.» I, third Tlm«-. Ir.TIH. S»lnjc «lhson. 1 - 1 . . I— . lirli-v Wulforton. Wlnet^rry and plume also ran. Thlr.l 1:1. ■ *sil!lng; rt\ *■ furlong* 1 Dri^liln. 91 (Oanstf), - 10 a, won; I.lkm Knliht. U*> (Mules uoi(ti). 7 10 i. ii«-ond; Charlie l>. h-rty • Klahrri, .'• to ", third. Time. l:ti.". ; 4 John K(>ark». Maxnal. J.-- Khrlrh. .Alleviator. Itestltu ii-i. mil l Hlaßsr l>at«r al»> ran. I .111, in.- tsevru furlon«»i — •ilnrin 113 lllniryt, '■• '" •"• won; Pedro. 103 iV.mn K i. 1)1 to 1. "••■>•■ 1,1 Might I'.uay, UH .K. nntvtj t. 1.1 to a. third. inn.. l-Mm I'lnkula an.l Marchmonl a)«o ran. . I I 'Hi r». • (> . t:in«. Hv« and a half rliiiiaa* 1t..iui.1.-i. lon «siu.i;:i. i; 1,, i, won; Jim llrady. KiJ (Crervy), 2 to 1. secoavl <• ■■• . Intent. 100 (OarMrV i to i. third. Time. I .I.l* l.ady I'aiirhlta. llrunhlld*. lilxie il.m and C A. l»-lman also ran. Math rare <arllln«. sas inil-i --Ji.ii.rtte M . fi' 1 iHanaseirl 4 to i. won; lUi.i-u .', ...urnrri. 3 to 2. •.ff.ii.i; Tr*m»r«. lu2 tlCrnnedr). 7 to 1. UJrd. Time, 1:49. QUea »I» raa. SUFFRAGETTES FAIL (URL STRIKERS COLD Shirtwaist Makers After More Wages, Not Vote*. The wom»n who are fighting and talking for vote* went downtown yesterday after noon to tell the women who are fighting for higher wages «-hat a long way the getting of the votes might go in getting more wage*. Unfortunately, perhaps, they chose Rutgers Square for the exposition of their view* Rutgers Square »• near Clinton Hall, where the striking shirtwaist makers, who are thinking more of wages Just now than vot-'i". repair- t« And out where they are at. but It to« accustomed to orators and oratory, and the section where District Attorney Jerome used to live require* more than a hand, even If It la the tsth. to arouse It to unusual enthusiasm. Mrs. O. H. P Belmont. who has taken up the cause of the, striking shirtwaist makers, sent the band Also, as she could not be present in person, she sent Miss Harriett May Mill*, vice-president of the New York Bute Woman's Suffrage Asso ciation, and Miss Elisabeth Valentine of the Equality League of Supporting Women, to help along th* cause. The shirtwaist mak?rs were busy with their own troubles, however, and few of them showed up. but Miss Mills and Mies Valentine had a chance to tell a crowd of men w-hdt they thought about suffrage ( for women. Both were sure that the shirtwaist makers would be better oft with votes than without, and Miss Mill* said that If woman wete to compete with men they must be , given a fair chance and the same weapon— that is. the right to vote. A mere man wanted to kiow If the women would vote for Tammany, but Miss Mills could not say She knew, however, that the women would be as honest about voting as the men were. To another seeker for Information Miss Mills said she could not guarantee that women would cast their votes for sociality candidates and principles. Miss Valentine also spoke. Meanwhile, the shirtwaist makers were congregating in earnest groups in various halls along the Bast Si le. At Pythagoras Hall the former employes of Max Roth were holding a meeting to protest against the unsanitary conditions existing in the Roth factory. in Walker street. At Clin ton Hall George C. Streeter, who said he was a natural born strike maker, an nounced that Mrs. Rose Pastor Stoke* and William Matey were to a.ldr< a meeting in Philadelphia last night. The shirtwaist makers in the Quaker City are unorganized, and it is said that the manufacturers here who have shops In that city have been sending their work to Philadelphia since the strike was started. One manufacturer has shipped 123 of his machine* to his factory in Stamford, Conn., where he is employing girls at from S3 to »S a week. A determined effort will be made by the strikers to organize the shirtwaist mik-rs both In Stamford and Hartford, as the workers In those cities do rot belong to th* union. It wan estimated yesterday 'hat about twenty thousand of the shirtwaist makers are still out. hut the leaders are determined to fight bitterly to obtain their demands. MORE PICKETS ARRESTED Leader Says Special Officers Are Re sponsible for Trouble The-te ware thirteen arrests of pickets of the striking walstmakVrs yesterday, of. whom the greater number were girls. Some were fined and the rest were dis charged. Herman Grossman, president of the In ternational Women's Garment Workers, took rh&ige yesterday at Clinton Hall of the legal end of the strike. Hi* dutle.« are to go to the courts on behalf of ar rested pickets, arrange bail for them. If necessary, and see that the tines Imposed are paid. Grossman asserts that the cpeclal offi or* protecting the nonunion girls Incite them to in»ult or attack the pickets and when the latter retaliate they are arrested. According to the strike committee, six more employers have given in to the de mand* of the striker* TO STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA Shirtwaist Workers Act Upon Sug gestion of Mrs. Stokes. fhllad-l^'ila, If- 4 — I'rged by M > Rose. Pastor Stokes, wife of the millionaire sjs> tiallst of Sew York, the Philadelphia local of the Shirtwaist Makers' Union decided at a meeting to-night to declare a strike la this cltyV in sympathy with the one In New York and to better their own condition. The date of the strike was not derided upon, but probably will be fixed at a mass meeting of the worker* to be held next ■week. There are about fifteen thousand shirt and waist makers in this city, but they are not all organized. Mrs. Stokes told of the situation in New York and asserted that the striker* there were winning. PROTEST AGAINST "SLAVERY" Seamen Liken Themselves to Ante- Bellum Negroes. It was reported last evening by the ofß errs of the International Seamen's Union, which is now holding Its annual conven tion at the Cllsey House, that the union l.ad called a mass meeting for to-morrow night at Cooper Union "to protest against slavery as shocking and widespread as that under which the negroes suffered be fore the Civil War." An explanatory state ment on the part of the union says: Perhaps you think that there is no slavery in the United State- outside of peniten tiaries or sweatshops. Under existing laws the government of the United States is the slave catcher for every foreign na tion on v easels. The seamen under these laws have no mere tight to their own car cass than a sheep or a chicken. If President Gompers has an opportunity of getting away from Washington In time be will attend and speak at the meeting. CAUSE OF CHERRY DISASTER. Boy Whose Act Led to Mine Fire Tells of Inexperience. Cherry. 111. Dec. 4.— Testimony Intro duced at the coroner's inquest into the Bt. Paul mine disaster to-day tended to show that the fire was started by Mat Fran cisco, an inexperienced boy. who was work- Ing In the mine in alleged violation of the child labor law. Francisco worked under Rojenjack. the eager who disappeared the day following the accident, the boy's duty being to push the empty cars from the main shaft in •'.• second vela over to the cage running to the third vein. On the witness stand he stated he had pushed the loaded car of hay that caught fire over to the elevator shaft leading to the third vein and left It standing close to the blazing torch, which United It. He said it was. the first ha!« of hay he had ever been required to handle and that hi- superiors in 1 he mine gave him no Instructions as to what he should do with it. TAFT STANDS BY WILLETT Senator Olirer Acquiesces in Pittsburf Census Appointment. [Frurn Th» Tribune Tlur.au I Washington. r>c. 1 Tie rase of the I'lttsburg census supervisor wan the sub ject of a conference b«»twetn\th* President on.i Senator Oliver. I re. tor Ourand se lected Profeisor A. H. Wlllett despite the fact that th© PUt.txirg organlx.tlon h.d recommended Assemblyman Klumpp. ii,J week, aft.r a conference, it ns mCr stood that Mr. Klumpp wouM *,* the place ami liofeasor Wlllett would rerHri -JSm i/ thing better." The. Hri«sld«i:t. h, w.veT in" JIM* oath, original appointment of Pn," lessor Wll!*tt. an,l Senator "liver -ill make no further protest « lrv ' r *»» BA\K IX SEW HANDS. Reorganization Follow* Dimp- \ pearance of Treasurer. 18. Telegraph '" Th«: Tribune. , New Haven. Deo. 4 -Following the j disappearance of Robert D. Mulr. treas- j urer of the Peoples Saving Bank an.l ! Trust Company, of this city, the com- j pany was to-day sold to Joseph K. ■ Hubinger. a manufacturer and former turfman. Mr. Hubinger Immediately pet < under way plans for th* reorganization \ of the company. He stated that a sur- • rlus of $100,000 had been created for the I bank, and that its capital stock would J be doubled immediately. It has been j $100,000. : There will be an entirely new director ate chosen. Mr. Unhinge r admitted that there had been a defalcation of $2T,.MM>. | but he Insisted that this had been en- i tirely made good by the stockholders of . the company before the purch.i»e was j made. Henry C. Newton, president and j founder or the bank, resigned, and Mr. i Hublnger will be elected president. • 1 tßjr Telegraph to Th» Tribune. I • Port Jervls. N. T. Dec. 4.— Robert D. I Mulr was forced to resign from the place of cashier of the National Bank of Port j Jen-is in January. 190f>. He came •■'•■ , in March. 1900, and attempted later to wrest control of the bank from Dr. W. L. Cuddeback. Its president, but failed. After he resigned Mutr tried to form a trust company here. but. falling in that, trent to New Haven. He began as a messenger for the First National Bank at Lincoln. Neb., an.l became assistant cashier and assistant hank examiner. STATE BANKS' SMALLER TRADE I Decrease in - Total Resources and in Amount of Deposits. . Albany. Dec 4. — A decrease of $13,224. 553 In total resources and 113.515.C85 In the total deposits of the 202 state banks of deposits and discounts from September 14 to November 1« of the present year la . shown In a statement Issued to-day by Superintendent Cheney of the State Bank- | ing Department. On September 14 201 banks reported. Total resources reported aggregate $•>:•• | 421.807 on November 1«. as compared with 1«25.:4«.«T0 on September 14; total de posit*. |4T0.5«.'.:0«. a* against {434,073.371. Loans and discount* decrease.) $9,285,- 1 138: amount due depositors increased about l«. 000.000. and the amount due trust companies decreased about $19,000,000. A recent report on the condition of the ! trust companies of the state showed de- ' creased resources and deposits. c WIFE CHARGES LARCENY Forgives Youthful Husband When Told ; Where Horse Wad Sold. Mrs. Jeanette Hitchcock, sixty-four years j old. who eloped some time ago with her j chauffeur. Frank Hitchcock, and married , him. appeared In the Harlem police court j with Frank In tow yesterday morning, ' wanting to make a charge of grand lar- j ceny against him for running- away with her horse and carriage and selling them. Mrs. Hitchcock was Miss J*anette Suf- , fern. of Suffern. N. V . a descendant of the ' family from which the town got Its name. Mm awns houses la Ramsey. N. J. . Pater son. N. J.. and Suffern. N. T. She told a I reporter yesterday that her fortune was , about KCO.OGO. Her husband 1.4 only thirty- ! five years old. Magistrate House said he didn't think ! that a char*:* of grand larceny would hold ! asaln.«t the husband. Mrs. Hitchcock then i said she would forgive her husband If he ' would tell tier here he scld the rig so 1 that »he could buy It back. Tht- he dtd. and they left court together. c PIPE STARTEO FATAL FIRE j i ..:■ v - * . -•! wit*h the farnliv of Frank Bra'.n. on tiie top floor of thy four tenement at No. SI South street, went to bed with a lighted pipe In his mouth on Friday night A lire broke out In the flat early veaterday morning, and when the fir-. BMP ■ flames under control the bodies of Ames. Mrs. Braun and her three-year old daughter were found in the debris, i Braun escaped and saved his two-year-old ■on also When Braun dlvovared the lire he called i. It-, wife to follow with the girl, while he picked :ip the boy and ran to a rear Win dow. He dropped the child intr> | net and then jumped himself. At the H ,d»ori Street Hospital, where the man snd boy were ful^n. it w at they jrotild be alt right in a I'e.w day* The others wore cut off by flames before they could follow Braun. OFFERINGS AT THE STORLS FOR FURTHER DETAILS (OXSILT THE /D . I'ERTISEMEXTS IX TO-IhIVS TRIHIXF M Yd Broadway, between 34th an.l JO t'.i streets, announce a sate of leather | goods. Christmas slippers, blankets and comfortables and sheets and pillow case*, at reasonable prices. They also offer fur coats, linens, china and glassware, cur tains, furniture and groceries at attractive prices. ABRAHAM & STRAUS. Brooklyn, offer ' special inducements In Christmas toys. Spe- ! cial values also can be obtained this week in children's coats, men's hose, shoes, un- , derwear and furniture. HKARN. West 14th street, has arranged a sale of lewelrv gift*, women's fur coat*, j gifts for babies, dolls' outfits, games, toy j dishes and sleds. There will also be about fifty mornln* specials on Monday, which will be sold at reasonable prtces. BLOOMINGDALES'. Third avenue, be tween s"»th and Anh streets, call attention to their holiday sale of gold and diamond Jewelry. On Monday. Tuesday and Wednes day they will take orders for making hand cut monogram dies. Special Inducements will be offered In sterling silverware. FORSYTHE, Broadway and l«th street, wilt have a special holiday sale at unusual prices of tailored suits, fur* and men's furnishings, and a clearance sale of milli nery. H. JAECKEL * SONS. No. If, is and 30 West 23d street, announce a tale of furs for gifts. Including Russian table and mink coat*. STERN BROTHERS. West .'3d street, will have this week an exceptional sal* of furs and fur garments, women's suits and dresses, cloaks and sweater* and misses' and girls' appar«l. They aUocatl attention to a sale to-morrow of desirable dressea. dreii* goods, parasols, umbrella* and , n *« men* bathrobes, curtains and rut glass LORD & TAYLOR. Hroudway and JOth street. Fifth avenue and 19th street In vite attention to their annual sale of hosiery, which will he continued until Christmas. Special Inducements M.. also offered 1.. Un assortment ..f rugs. All pur chase w til be held for Christmas delivery if requested. * TIIK GEORGE C. FLINT COMPANY ! No. 43 to 47 Went 23tt street, call, atten tion to its special offerings of furniture. The company rng»g«,l persons to »huw the. visitors around, and •-„.,,... will be furnished on repeat ' WILD WEST-WHOUl 1 ! Camp Fir Club Lassocn Din ner on A slot Hoof. Th- httrhaMß Aaya. the burkskin <U.«: ' \ How memory 'round tSw «.!.! tl;ne play*. V The .lav* nut in t*« great Went land t When life was taken In th* hand -The F.* acaut Surrounded by Mexican saddles. !.ir,a*v worn chaps, and breaching the alni^phera) of the frontier and the day* that have gor,* never to return, four hundred munVrt of the Camp Fire. Club of America gath ered last najnt en the roof of the lintel Astor to pay homage to "Buffalo" Jone*. Who Is "Buffalo" Jon *- Shades of "JCif* Carson. 'Texas .lark" and "Wild BUl'* Hlkok? Known to Mo enemien sj "J. C." Buf falo Jones is one of the men who used ta go around making the Indians take to rhe tall timber and Incidentally killing, nf: a few big chiefs. Instead of going lo a matinee, He gained much reputation for his light for the preservation of the buf falo. His herd out on his ranch In th« Grand Canyon of the Arizona Is on* of the few left In existence. At the invite* tion of the Camp Fire Club he cam<» oa East, and in a costume right from th« "Wild and Woolly." with "Captain Jack" Crawford, was the centre of attention. The dinner was presided over by Wiitaia T. i rnaday. curator of The Bronx Zoo logical Gardens, and gathered around tM tables were men who have follow, t^^ track of the game, large and small, all over the world. On each table was a smail camp fire pot. and around the walla were trophies of the chase from every clime. In addition to buffalo Jones, the speak ers of the evening were Mr. Hornmtay. who spoke on "Buffalo Jones on the Buf falo PlalnV; Ernest Seton Thompson, -in the Far North . Charles S. Bird. "On th» Kai ar> Plateau." and Captain "Jack" Crawford, who recited -ever,. I of his poem*, sag which was <Aie "In Buckskin Days," written for the occasion. Of noise there was a plenty. « loose and the shrill cry of the cowman off on a rampage with his four months' pay In hie belt floated out onto he "Great Whito Way. ' while Mr. Horna<lay pleaded in vain for quiet. Finally, when every one was ex hausted and some new members had been Initiated. Mr. Hornaday told of the passing of the oldtime West. "There Un't any more West." he said. "for no more does the wa^on train wen* its zigzag Journey over the desert and thi plain, nor does the prospector set out with his burros in quest for gold: and. last *f all. the Indians are good, and you can't possibly stir up a tight." Most every one having absorbed skjg at- Biosphere of the room looked sorrowful at this new*. and then the master Intro duced "Captain Jack" as the "Poet Smut" and "the Bobby Burn* of the Far West.** With his long white hair reaching to hi» waist and in a voice that one could imag ine leading a forlorn hope "Captain Jack' started in. "I am not egotistical," he »al<l. wo,ilil 'lick' the man »no said i wa.«. but T don't wonder that your t«.aar«naater could not And appropriate worda with «r. ntrodu.-e me I am not an ignoramus, either, but Just a bronco gentleman frota the West. Then he went into a eulogy of William Jennings Bryan, -whom he described as a "great • broiico." His poems brought th» 'amp Firers '•> their feel, and he had t<> recite several of them over and over again. "Buffalo" Jones himself spoke on "Down to Date. • and also told of the passing of the West and the tight he had made for the preservation of the buffalo, which r*.i over the prairie in countless numbers when he hit the Western country a* a boy. WOMAN DEAD NEAR POND Nude Body Leads Hempstead Police * Discuss Murder Theory. Iteinpstead. Long Island. Dec. I <Sp*-< clai>.— The body of Mrs. Julia A. Wa lacw wan found this mornlug beside a pond on tie pi.i. «• of Martin V. Wood, president of the Hempateu*! Bank. One hundred fe»C ■Pal •a" her clothing, part of which wa* hanging on a low fence, and the rest In * pile Just the oilier side of the f^nce. The body was discovered hy John McNally an.l Frank Burth. After a preliminary examination Justice ...•■-:■- ordered that the body be taken to the Wallace home, a short distance away. The woman husband. James Wallace, and son said that they had gone to bed early .'a»' night, and that Mr*. Wallace had gona out at 7 o'clock to ass a 'neighbor. Th«y di.i not wait up for her. Marks about the woman* throat led the police ' ► think that she had been murdered. A imrr.ber of Italians live near the Wallace home. Mis Wallace often tarried large amounts of money about with her. Th* post-mortem examination did not satisfy Justice GtUen**. and a thorough in vestigation will be made by the District Attorney's offlce. lIIGGINS & SKITKR. just east of Surtß avenue, between .".si and .'.* -I street-'. an nounce a sale of useful Christmas rifts including china dinner service, sold «!a*J punch cups and saucers and jewel boxes. BEST A CO.. West .v:«l. v :«l steer advertise special values this week in youn« men's and boys' overcoats, footwear, cloves and handkerchief* HAY'B fc No. 23 West ."tlth street. wltt have a sale of furs a- special price* THE SIMPSON-CrtAWFORD COM PANY. Sixth avenue. 19th to JOtft •** announce a record breaking sale of women* • winter apparel. Suits, coats, fur*. *•«*». costumes, cape* and skirts will be sold a* big reduction* GREtLNHUT * CO.. Sixth avenue. ■*■ to ISth street, address an open letter to the public. in which they present varlou* reasons why it is to th.- advantage of t5« Christmas shopper to purchase early Extra Inducements are offered M MM wli* desire to open charge accounts •' thi* store. ARNOLD. CONSTABLE A CO.. ■«•** way and IMh street, call attention to I®* portent tales tv-ginning to-morrow. *' which reai lace handkerchiefs, woas»»» suits and wrap*, women's stockings ssd silk peticoat* wilt be sold at attractive prices a special offering of superior •*•*• caracul lone coats * also announced. SAKS * CO.. Broadway at 3lth «•*•*• present a concise list of appropriate toll day r*metubra.nc«s. including j«wslr>. W |! * x and travellers" requisites, gloves, stationer*, slippers, automobile apparel, etc. josErn i ram « co. <•»••*? th« new Public Library. .»re shoeing » tan in- of holiday goods, among which Dutc!i posters. Belgian brasses. English toy*. French pillows, German rug*. \usti*» cane furniture, etc., form an interest* collection of novel and unusual things. E. M OATTLE A CO.. Fifth avenue. •* SHth street, exhibit earrings, bar pins, •">'■ opi»t necklace and brooch «.omblxutlo°»' ring*, pearl collarettes*, guard chain*, ■■» ■lee, burrette*. scurfpin* and other he*wßJ gifts. # r ••' ■■"-& R. J. HORNEU & CO.. NVs. «. « and * West 2*l street, direct attention to * « M cholcu of writing deck*. dre»*in« UW* tea tables., cheval gla*a»««. parlor oaM»>*«* music and curio cabinet*, lounges. uts** Chabrs, pedestals, bookcase:*, •*•»