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DEAD WOMANS HOME LOOTED
flf1U WORTH 8iaOOO AND A
lt11K PAINTING MISSING
Ir filch Clothing and Othrr Valuable Prop
i rrt Carried wayWhile llody Lay
i I naUe ded In Home Where She Had
1 U > rrt Alone Strange Bequests Found
1 PiiiLADFLPHU Dec 4Rare jewelry
valued at 75000 valuable furs a copy
l of an old masterpiece valued at 14000
Iiris gowns hats and opera cloaks worth
f thousands of dollars aro Inoluded In the
inventory of property reported miMing
from the residence of the late Mrs George
Wood who was found dead October
13 in her house at 1239NNorthBroad Btroct
1 Surrounding the death of Mrs Wood
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And the disapi > carano0 of her valuables
if Iherttls much mystery
n The faota that the dead woman was a
unique nnd conspicuous figure In society
C that she numbered among her friends
< Mime of Philadelphias exclusive set and
J that among the beneficiaries of her will I
API titled foreigners and distlngulshec
Americans add interest to the case
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I Mrs Wood the widow of George Wood
former Arqehcan manager or the Royal
Insurance Company and a great bon
iant was found dead in her home on
r the Afternoon of October 13
1 She had been absolutely alone in tho
house She had been dead possibly
twelve hours when the body was dls I
coerd by an employee of the American I
i District Telegraph Company
Several hours later Dr Thomas J
Morton Coroners physician nfUlr an ex
luninatlon of the body reported death
due to yatvular heart disease Thero Is
no record of a poetmortem examination
being held The Coroners deputy and
another attach Frank Kite tool pos
cesAion of the premises Valuable jewels
1 wero found littered about inprofusion
i The residence which waa a storehouse
of rare treasures old paintings valuable
iher and bronzes rugs of Oriental weave
And thousands of dollars worth of per
nonal property was under the surveil
lance of strangers There was no relative
to come in and lay her decently to rest
No disinterested friend was there to guard
her belongings even a faithful servant
could not be found to put things In order
nd pay parting respects to an old mis
tress
treIrs Wood lived alone and she died
nlone She was eccentric Though she
had hoets of friends and acquaintances
he spent her days and nights In the big
rloomy house un ttend d
On October 13 thiIbouse so Mrs Woods
I nemls oay was the scene of confusion
Strangers trampled through tho room
Mow valuables wero piled up and taken
away Police oergeanja City Ball de
tectives Coroner officials were all
present but in spite of this Mrs Woods
friends say robbery was committed
The mystery bf the missing valuables
rasy never be cleared away unless action
n taken by the city which fallshelr to
4 part of the estate the Cathollo Church or
the various charities which were men
tioned as beneficiaries In the w thans
will
illTJufe
There II no person nearly enough allied
Io the dead woman to fight for her belong
ings Her will was eueh that those who
l benefited by it did so to such a slight ex
lent thAt the small sums left to thorn are
probably intact
Following the womans death then
t Hero rumors of a missing will The one
which was produced was executed July 20
IMI Since that ber friends say sho
hid intimated that she had other provi
sions In mind for the distribution of her
wealth In moods of petulance she had
quarrelled with various friends and bo
come Interested in other persons
Foreign adventuresses who always bad
hold upon her imagination and appar
i ntly on her pureestrlngs had appeared
at her borne She had been swayed by
mfn of indescribable nationality many
of them speaking with broad accent
rearing strange clothes and smacking I
if the Riviera and European resorts
hero Mrs Wood spent much of her time
I Therefore It was a surprise to Philadel
phians when the old will was produced
But the real surprise came when It was
known that the trustees the Girard Trust
I ompany and two women members of
old families Miss Sophie Bone and Miss
atherine Craig Biddlo had been unable
to find many of the valuables enumerated
In tbe will and personal property which
friends declare Mrs Wood was In posses
ion of a few days before her death
Trustees have confirmed the report
regarding the disappearance of jewelry
and works of art
Sensation after sensation has been
encountered by the executors The man
who discovered Mm Wood dead said that
when he found ber he had on two brace
lots one a circle of diamond which ac
ounted for
The other valued at at least 10000 a
sold chain set alternately with rubles
tnd diamonds cannot be found
A copy of Leonardo di Vincis famous
Mona Lisa a tiny picture not more
than ten inches long U missIng This
painting don by one of the masters
pupiU was the rarest and best In the
wealthy widows collection She value
< t highly and repeatedly said that she
> mid not accept any price for II Onoe
however she placed a value of IllOOO
ipon It
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Thus far all efforts of the dead womans
friends and the executors of tho estate
to trace the missing valuables or osoer
iiin who might have obtained them after
her death have proved unavailing
Ihl police declare that while they have
11 official knowledge as to the character
f the jewelry they feel that article of
ins kind could be disposed of In such
ifiy as to make discovery almost
mpossible
It is their liefthd the only hope of
covering the jewels and tho painting
< ouId bo in the exhibition of them at
une future time and that whoever has
4 htalned them Is not in a position to be
farced to part with then immediately
The police are satisfied that the missing
rtirle were not taken by any onewho
iakw thieving business
Theroplnlon of the authorities regard
is the disappearance of the diminutive
Dinting agree with thatof close friend
r th eaJtfcy Jdow who declo that
A ould require tbe appreciation and tn
I formation of a connoisseur to realize
tbe value of this canvas
In an interview Coroner Jennon ex
press < surprise when questioned re
garding missing valuables Ho do
clarod he had no information whatever pn
tho subject When asked If it was not
customary for the Coroners deputy
to take an Inventory of what was found
in house after death under such dr
cumstancoo he said that It was not and
all thnt was necessary was to take an 1
inventory of article found on the body
Tills was done by Frank Kite who
in the presence of the Coroner said he
made a list of the articles found on the
woman and furnished a duplicate copy to
George Plerle Registration Commissioner
who with Mrs WoOds stepson B U
Wood wee loft in possession of the house
when the Coroners officials left it on the
afternoon of October 13i
At the Girard Trust Company the trus
tee it was admitted that jewelry was
missing from tho residence of Mr Wood
but that it was as yet impossible ascot
tain the amount It was declared ihat as
trustee the company is doing everything
to clear up the matter but so much un
certainty surrounded the case that
accurate accounting for valuables is
almost impossible
Among the Interesting clauses in the
will of Mrs Wood are several leaving
personal belongings to prominent so
clotr women and to two of her friends
abr adthe Countess Antoine Arco Val
ley to whom she left 10000 and the
Countess Sormannl Morettl of Venice
to whom she bequeathed a pearl ring
a diamond crescent pin and her royal
ermine coat
Mrs G Heldo Norris was to receive the
Russian sables of the dead woman Miss
Diddle besides receiving a Bum of money I
fell heir to a small ruby and diamond
ring and a pearl ring
To Mrs John Moyland Thomas were
bequeathed a large diamond and ruby
ring set with five atones and an emerald
and ruby ring to be made into a chalice
and at Mrs Thomass death to be left to
any church she designated
DISAPPEARS DURING TRIAL
Ueut Gottlieb t1 S A Charged With
Fraud Falls to Appear at Conrt > Martlal
BOSTON Dec fIlout Edward Gott
lieb Coast Artillery whose trial before
1 courtmartial is being held at army
headquarters here baa not been seen by
any member of the court since adjourn
ment Wednesday afternoon and tbe War
Department has been notified of his
nonappearance Military law requires
the presence of the accused at tho trial
and It is expected that Washington
authorities will act on the Information
sent from Boston It is reported that
Gottlieb baa gone to Montreal where he
Is known to have friends
Gottlieb was release upon the per
sonal reoognltance of his attorney
Albert Cohn of New York Mr Colin
said that ho lost had communication
with the Lieutenant by telephone ats
P Wednesday
That the evidence polatsUua jy U
matte conspiracy to defraud the QO bf i
mcnt was the statement of Judge Advo
cate Johnson in summing up today when
he case of Gottlieb was halted owing to
Us absence
Although Gottlieb is technically
charged with stealing 711 from the Gov
ernment the Judge Advocate In review
Ing the testimony said that many other
regularities had been unearthed and
that the evidence already at band as
he read it implicated hitherto reputable I
Boston firms
It was stated also that the evidence
In some cases showed hat goods bAd
been purchased by Gottlieb from one
firm and paid for by the Government
The good were then delivered to another
firm which in turn resold them to the
Government and the Government paid
for them a second time but the Govern
ment had never received the goods It
was further alleged that tbe evidence
bowed that Gottlieb received a rake
off of 2 per telephone on submarine
clephonea bought by the Government
but that the Government has not received
the telephones I
TO SUBPOINA LAWYER NORRIS
Coroner Set Date far Inquest tn Ultlan
Falconer Dotjr Suicide
Coroner Brewer of Brooklyn has made
arrangements to hold an Inquest next I
Friday night in the case of Mrs Lillian
Sooner Doty who committed suicide
on Tuesday night or early on Wednesday
at the Clarendon Hotel by shooting her
self just ten days after she had obtained
a divorce in SlouxTalls S D awl
subpoena Benjamin F Norris tbe young
lawyer whose name bee been connected
with tha deceased aa a witness in an
deooa
ffort to throw some light on the circumstances
stances of ber death
Mr Norris could not be found yester
day either at his office in the Mechanic s
Bank Building at Fulton and Montague
treats or at his home in the apartment
house at 27S Clinton avenue where he
Lived with b widowed mother I Ws
explained at both place that be was out
of town and might not return for Mvral
lays
That Mr Norris had for some tim been
acquainted with M Doty and bad ad
ised her in reference t the divorce proceeding
coMings at Sioux Falls was admitted by
ong
a friend of the law This friend how
ever denied that be had made any prom
ise to mar her after he got the decree
or that an engagement existed between
them Mr Norris office Is near the
Xorendon Hotel
It was ascertained yesterday that Mrs
Doty purchased the two dollar revolver
with which she shot herself and a box of
cartridges at a sporting good store in
crdi sprn Ir
Fulton street about g Between
Mr Nora office and the Clarendon
Hotel on Tuesday afternoon
About a year aeo M Norris figured
In the supposed disappearance of a Un
box containing t2W000 worth of jewels
belonging to Mrs Arthur P Mason of
Lorchmont from a New Haven train b1
offering a reward of 10000 for the recovery
of rwar It waa reported subsequently
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aequently that the box bad been discovered
without tbe payment of any reward
Labor Man O Education Hoard
Mayor McClellaa yesterday appointed
Joseph P Holland a member of the
Holand mebr o
Board of Education Mr Holland
is tb bead of the eccentric engineer
organization He succeed Samuel B
Donnelly who has been appointed Public
Printer b President Roosevelt
All pcrfoot P m CUnukt
err bade at the Firm Sooifibora 3Lsss Their
lurceu Is owtnt 1 clo nslrrUI tad tbe seal
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cell and eltsnlurM of tp C preparationiAd
COALITION 1ITH HUGHES OUT
AND WOODRUFf PISSING Olt
DEltRTENT PATRONAGE
Republican Form a Sort of Harmon
Ring to Preserve the Party and Look
After the mce and nlilatlonN
Iaor to Ue Asked or Ilufhcl
There was a conference of New York
State Republicans at the Republican Club
In East Fortieth street yesterday which
lasted from 1 in the morning until S In
theevening I was attended b Chair
man Woodruff of the State committee
William Barnes Jr of Albany Speaker
James W Vuulnworth Jr LJeutQov
elect Horace White Francis Hendrlcks
Representative Herbert Parsons Free
Qrelner Buffalo William L Ward
national committeeman for the State
George W Aldrldge and Attorneydon
oralelect Edward R OMalley of Buffalo
It was explained later that only State
officerselect or their proxies or personal
representatives and Republicans con
neoted with the organization inwbose tot
rltorloi the coming State officers lived
were present at the conference At the
close of the conference there was no dls
position to speak of what had occurred
but finally this statement was authorizes
The conference bold at the Republican
Club today was for the purpose ot
cementing tho harmonious relations which
r exist between Presldontcloot Taft Score
tr Root who is to b elected United
States Senator in Mr Plaits place and
Chairman Woodruff of the State com
mil tee who Is to remain State chairman
for the next two years Under no circumstances
er
cumstances will Mr Woodruff accept
any appointment Ho is to remain head
of the State committee and the State
officerselect and their representative i
have como to an agreement that Chair
man Woodruff is to be the clearing house
man through whom all appointments are
to b made to the State departments DC
Comptroller Secretary of State State
Treasurer AttorneyGeneral and State
Engineer and Surveyor Those present
at the conference today are t make no
requests of Coy Hughes for appoint
ments
A number of Republicans whq were
present at the conference explained that
nothing unfriendly was said of Gov
lughl at the conference but the sent
ment prevailed that the Governor from
all that could be learned had his
al Culd lered bl own
ideas as t the appointments he is to make
for the next two years and regarding
the distribution c the patronage at his
command and that there was no dis
position to attempt to Interfere with
the Governors wishes At the same time
It was explained that the State officers
elect and their representatives believed
thai there fibouldTba ooiifjQoheeioaaU >
appointments especially toward the maintenance
enance of the Republican State organlza
ton and only in this way can harmony
prevail In tho organization
JDooa this alliance today N that
the State organization r to oppose Goy
Jughess policies for the next two years
was the question put to one of tbe con <
ferees
I does not was the reply The Re
mbll ansMn the Legislature and the Republican
publican organization of the State will
30 very happy to acquiesce in Gov
Hughes policies when they are med
t orious to tbe Interests of the people of the
State and the Republican organization
Gov Hughes it was declared incline
to recommend in his forthcoming message
to the Legislature a direct nominations
bill an Australian ballot bill and an in
crease in the liquor license tax in first
class cities from ItSOO to 2000 Should
he Governor make these recommendations
te Ooveror mae the rmmada
lon it was added those assembled at
yesterdays conference will meet from
imo r time to discuss the advisability
of carrying out the Governors
cring Goverors recom
mendations 8 far as they are beneficial
to the people of the State and the Re
publican party
It waft candidly expUtfned that there
was no disposition at yesterdays con
oroneo to oppose the Governor in any
measures which are tobeneflt the people
and the Republican At the
Rpublcn party same
time it was aver everything that
possibly can be done t bring the party
In th State in full harmony with the
Tat Administration and Mr Root aa th
brthooroing United States Senator and
to maintain tb supremacy of the State
organization as represented by Chair
man Woodruff is to be don
Senator John Raines is to b elected
resident pro tern of the Senate Speaker
Vadaworth is to be reelected Lafayette
B Glaason is to remain Secretary of the
State Senate and Ray B Smith will be
reflected Chief Clerk of th Amrrtbly
JeutGov White Senator flame
Speaker Wadsworth are tall to confer
with th Republicans present at yester
day > ttsifcrcsuo ii io the chairman of
the Senate and Aesssibly coraciitt
All Republicans connected with the or
anluUonv was declared are to b
recognized in ail ways including pat
ronage and measures in order that the
maintenance of harmony In the State
organization for the next two years may
be mad a perfect as possible
Several Republicans from up the Stale
who learned last night of the conference
and its results l r rather inclined to
think that the conference was an offensive
and defensive alliance against Gov
Hughes but this was emphatically denied
by Influential Republicans who took port
in the conference and who insisted p
I te cferce whinlet that
ts only purpose was to bring the organi
zation up to a greater efficiency and into
t aooord with the Taft odministra
thou and also the recognition of Chairman
Wqodruff head of the State orgail Mon
through whom all recommendations for
appointments In the State departments
at Albany < must pass
CRUISE rANKEr AFLOAT
tarel Freed From Reef and en Her
tray 10 Port for Repairs
KKWPOHT D 4The U 8 cruiser
ankee which has been stranded
YaDeWblch bn trnde on
Hen an Chickens reef for ten week
was floated this afternoon according to
wireless advices The cruiser was raised
by wreckers In tbe enplor of John Ar
wrcers Joh
buckle of New York 104 i now on her
way to bO New York NYar
The cruiser was to hAve been brought
into Newport but tjteweatber prevented i
4 t
OIIA3 P TAFT FOR SENATOR
A I Vorj Announces Ills Candidacy
After Seoln tbe FroidrnbEleot
COLUUDCB Ohio Dec 4Upon his
return today from the East where he
talked with Presidentelect Taft and
Chairman Hitchcock Arthur I Very
tonight gave out A statement In which
he sid
UI think C P Taft should and wjll be
elected United States Senator His ex
perlenee In both State and national law
making his large versatile and remark
able successful accomplishment business
ness his management of one of the
greatest and mot Influential newspapers
In the country his scholarly attainments
and broad knowledge of affairs make
him exceptionally well equipped
Mr Vorys says that ho does not want
an office and that he has told the Prod
dentelect so
nttlet
CINCINNATI Dec 4 Charles P Taf
wasjackoi tonight Ilho had seen A I
Vorys today when Vorys passed through
this city on hi way back t Columbus
from I visit to Presidentelect Taft at
Hoi Springs No I did not answered
Editor Taft Mr Vorys was only here
a very short time I believe No 1 do
not know whether ho made a statement
on his return to Columbus regarding the
Senatorial campaign I he did it was
all right no doubt He is authorized to
represent me a ho has represented my
brother in the recent campaign
No I shall not make any formal state
ment myself I do not think It at all
necessary
TO EVACUATE CUBA ON J4N 28
CoY Macoon Says the New Government
Can Start With a Clean Ledger
WASHINGTON Dec 4 Charles E Ma
goon Provisional Governor of Cuba
who is preparing to return to Havana
tomorrow paid a brief call on the Presi
dent today before the Cabinet meeting
The Governor who Is here to arrange
tile details for the withdrawal of the
United Slates authority from the island
said the date for the evacuation bad been
fixed for January 2 i He said that it had
not yet been determined whether any
of the 5000 United States troops now on
the Island would b retained there after
that date but ho believed they would
be withdrawn
It Is my opinion that every vestige of
United Stiles authority will disappear
from Cuba on January 28 saId the Coy
ornor All debts on account of the
Provisional Government will have been
met on the date of the evacuation and the
new Cuban Government can start with
a clean ledger
Asked about the reported issue of
bonds the Governor said
The Provisional Government does
nbt need a bond issue Certain con
tracts were mad for sewering the city
of Havana and the txp were to b
met by a bond Issue The bonds were
peter loaned The new Cuban Government
pe e cn QOV4
met myO able to meet the expenst
of putting Havana in a good sanitary
olittlns
condition adL4t Qiilriiiymn ar > tUthq
better plan would be to leave the matter
the debt the Govern
of meeting dbt to new Gover
met Inasmuch as work under the con
tract bas only fairly begun It may
be possible to paythe bill from current
revenues of the city of Havana
Coy Magoon called attention to tho
fact that the United States authorities
ound a debt of many millions hanging
over Cuba when the Provisional Govern
meat began All of this will have been
paid by January 2t and all th expenses
of extraordinary local improvements met
niLES FOR WAR AI SEA
International Nvl Conference Siesta
at London to Develop Hague Principles
SjrtoJ CoWl Dtifalch If Tal Sew
IONDON Doc 4The international
naval conference opened at the Foreign
Office today Foreign Secretary Grey
received the delegates He said in th
course of his welcoming speech
We have but one object in view and
that Is to assure the success of the prize
court convention drawn by tbe Hague
conference This convention If firmly
established will remove many of the
difficulties which hitherto have been
potential causes of differences between
nations
He assumed that the conference would
consider what universally accepted rule
existed which tho international tribunal
appointed by the convention could ad
minister and said be hoped the confer
ence would b successful in framing
others which might be
whic necessary
The Earl of Desert the first British
delegate was elected president of the
conference
CHINA SENDS GIFTS
For tbe President Mrs Roosevelt and I
Mrs Uoacworth
Wean4Gror D 4 Tang Shao Tl
special ambassador from China to convey
the thanks of the late Emperor for the
remission b the United States of a part
of the Borer Indemnity brought several
rare and valuable presents from the E
press DoK4fr to the President and
member of Us family Mr Nicholas
LOngworUt the President daughter
h already received a pair of beautiful
ewolled bracelets The presentation was
made yesterday when the special a
basandor called by feppointmenU at tie
icngwortli residence Mrs Longworth
met the Empress Dowager when she
lit Chins with the Tat Philippine
party She ras then Miss Roosevelt
Among her bridal gift was a pair of
handsome gqld earrings from the Em
press Dowager
For the President the ambassador
carries several hundred volume of
Chinese literature The President has
ready expressed his Intention of presenting
senting these to the Congressional
Jbrary The kind of present M
Roosevelt losod 1s to receive ba not been dls
BALTIMORE POSTMASTER
Bonaparte Asks That IU Cousin SeRe
ppotatedCotitTcM Delegation ptijeets
W A8JGT Deck AttorneyGeneral
Bonaparte and arah of the Republican
a n
leprcnttTe in Congressfrom Mary
land find teM in conflict over the
jppolntmentof a postmaster at Baltimore
fhe AttorneyGeneral b asked the
resident to reappoint his cousin Post
master Nppolnt re ntativeeleot
Kronmlller tool other Republican members
bee of the delegation are of the opinion
thaLP oktavat Harris should retire
The Prudent Is retorted te > e somewhat i
embarrassed over the mal
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RUPERT BIGGINS INJURED
M1 COLLISION or TIXJCAUA AND
flOUPE IN FIFTH UJ
Sherrys Turned Into an Emergency Hos
pital for the Son of the Director of i
Coent Garden and Other Passenger
Or and Jlfn Oilsnlon In the Smash
Rupert higgins of London son of
Henry V Higgins director of tho Coven
Garden Opera Company who came bee
to be best man at the marriage of his
brother Cecil Higgins to Miss Ethel
Cryder on Tuesday Was badly cut and
bruised in a collision of two taxicabs am
a coupd in Fifth avenue b6tween Forty
third and Fortyfourth streets late lat
night
Coroners Physician Philip F OHan
Ion and Mrs OHanlon who were in the
o upd were also badly shaken up and I
although they were showered with glass
tley escaped cuts Albert Foster of OS
West FlftyfUth street who was In the
second taxtcab bad his face badly cut
AH were taken to the managers oflJoe
In Sherrys Dr Peter Gibbons was called
from the Hotel Belmont where Mr Hig
gins I staying t attend him and Dr
OHanlon dressed Mr Fosters cuts
An ambulance from Flower Hospital
was palled but when It got there the
Injured had been cared fo
Tbe collision occurring just at the hour
ffhon Fifth avenue was filled with th
after theatre crowds on their way to tbe
restaurants cued great excitement
in neighborhood and a tangle of traffic
a lasted for half an hour
Taxicab 81 In which Mr Foster was
riding was bound south with ttilllam
J Smith of 21 Amsterdam avenue driving
It Juat behind it was the coupe of Mr
OHanlon which was beIng driven by
Arthur Glynn The other taxicab in
which I Higgins was a passenger was
bound for Sherrys where Mr Higgins
Iggns
was to Join his brother and the bride
The driver of the second taxicab turndo
out before he reached Sherrys to pass
a carriage going norlh Witnesses of the
collision sold that in doing no ho went to
the left Instead of the right of the carriages
ahpod of him
As turned over toward the southbound
I traffic this taxicab driven by Joseph
Swtndel of 231 Host Sixtyseventh street
trthe ado of the other taxIcab such
I a powerful blow that the latter wont
crashing over on Its ode The windows
In Swindea cab were all shattered and
the fragments of gloss flew over Mr
Higgins <
T driver of Dr OHanlona coupe
ha pulled his horse toward the slewaf
when he saw that I collision was impend
ing between the caps and a Smiths
taxicab went over It Struck the coupd
with enough force to break all the oup
In it and to send it over oil one wheel
tt the upsetting point
rhe no of alaae
broiiifl + undreds of persons and a
traffic policemen to the spot The first
lifted up the overturned and extri
cated Mr Foster from the wreckage
His face was gashed He 8 bleeding
irofueely aa he was taken into Sherrys
When the police opened the door ol
Swindels cab they found that Mr Rig
gins ba not only been cut by the flying
glass but wa badly bruised from being
thrown to the bottom of the cab when it
struck the other machine Ho was
elpcd into Sherrys and Dr and Mrs
OHanlon and their driver who had been I
brown to the ground also went In
Mr Higgins asked at onoe that his
brother be cent for as he was In the hotel
When Cecil Higgins saw his brothers
plight ho telephoned to tbe Hotel Bel
mont for Dr Gibbons who went to the
restaurant at once He dressed the
wounds sufficiently to permit Mr
wouds sMoellty t plt Higgins
t be taken t the Belmont in a ca
D Gibbons Said later that one piece
of glass had gone directly through the
wode mans nose and in order to pr
vent this Injury from disfiguring Mr
Hag the physician spent several
hours in dressing the wound Mr Rig
gina was out above and below each eye
and his elbows were cut and bruised
Mr Higgins expected to soil this morn
lag on the Cedrlo with Mr and Mrs Cecil
Higgins for London and Dr Gibbons
said he th6ugbt the Injured man would
be able to go
The police took both chauffeurs to the
Eat Fiftyfirst street station and Dr
Hanlon wet along to make a com
plaint against Swindel Swlndel was
locked up for reckless driving on the
complaint of both Smith the other driver
and Dr OHanlon Dr OHanlon said
be would appear in court against him
his morning
SOME LVXVRY FOR BINGHAU
Captains Offices Mast Contribute For
Blshlng to New Keadanarters
When Police Hdsdquarters are moved
down to the new building in Centre street
which is nearing completion Commis
sioner Blngtum Ts not going to let any
01 lila captains have It on him wh I
core to possessing sumptuous offices
As It I now many of the precinct com
mandsra han their offices in the station
icutos fitted up luxuriously while the
Commissioners offloe is nothing to bat
olin the matter of furnishings
The Board of Estimate b refused t
grant an appropriation of O to fur
nish the new Headquarters jrlth desks
hairs rugs carpoU Ac e when the
I removal Io made from Mulberry street Gen
Blngham s M announced yesterday
Intends to raid 1 few station house where
the furnishings are simply grand and
take his pick
I b intend t sit In an uncarpeted
unorted
office he said and the costly rugs and
other furnishings that now ornament ne
captains offices will help out a whole Jot
AN EXM AYOICS DAVGUTER
i Cat Beftrp an Kx > MayWs Sen Her
Cotapaaloas Ctiauffear ti Prisoner
Miss Louise Grace daughter of the late
exMayor William R Grace and Miss
Lucille Alger of Great Neck were coming
to Manhattan yesterday when e iceman
stopped Miss Algols auto on Broadway
topo les Drway
Flushing and arrested the chauffeur
Screphln Daver for breaking tbe speed
laws sP
Daver was arraigned in the Flushing
police court before Magistrate Eugene
J GUroy a con of exMayor James Gilroy
and was held in ItO bonds for trial in
Special Sessions Mb Alger t on
the bond giving A security real state
at Great Neck valued at 3100000
Both Miss Alger and Miss Grace who
r1 court i the arraignment said
that though they were aret t t
M t they < JjSftttfe WiWchauffeur
WM going rte man Lb law offr
a
BOVOUTTBEWtUOSTS PATENT
Berlin Engineering Firm Will Work on It
Next lear Ixmden Paper Says
SftcM CaUi DupaieH it Tue Bm
LONDON Deo 61 Berlin despato
to the Morning j > < f fr eays that a prom
nent firm of engineers In Berlin I reported
to have bought the Wright brothers
aeroplane patent and will work ener
getically thereon next year
BOB EVANS WILL PAl flflVIV
Doesnt Want Preient of a Popular S
scrlptlofi lame and flays So >
LOB ANQEUW Deo 4Of course the
people in southern California who know
mo will understand that I dont want to
be placed In the position of accepting a
home and those who do not know mo
b better be told that I would not accept
a house or any other present
This Is the way Admiral Bob Evans
disposed of tho plan to present him with
t residence in this city When It was
announced that Admiral Evans would
soon become a resident of California
a subscription was started to buy him a
house
In a letter t a friend in this city the
Admiral ue the movement and do
elates ho will pay rent like any one else
until his business venture yield him a
sum sufficient to warrant the purchase
of a homo of his own
No mention of Admiral Deweys ex
perienoe accepting a house was mad
by Admiral Evans in his letter
BARNATO LEFT 933000000
82lOOOon
SOUUI African Capitalist Bequeathed
I SI2SOoeo to Various Charities
KptcM Ctblf Dei patch to Tar SON
LONDON Dec According to South
African newspapers the estate of the
lute H J Barnato who diM t few days
ago amounts to 25000000
It is stated that he bequeath etf 11240000
to various charities I
BEVKRIDGE TO HAVE CONTROL
s
Indiana Republicans to Reorganize and
Fairbanks to Take Hack Seat s
INDIAKAPOLII Deo 4The first step
was taken toward Republican part
reorganization in Indiana today when
State Chairman Goodrich announced
that he would retire from politics and
would not again > a candidate He b
served four terms as State chairman and
a such has represented VlcePresidcn
Fairbanks who has controlled the or
ganization for twelve years
The retirement of Goodrich will mean
that a friend of Senator Beveridge will
succeed to the chairmanship I
From many parts of the State demands
have come Since the lent election for
a reorganization basedon the leadership
of Senator veridge and it is understood
that Mr Fairbanks wil acquiesce In t
ad make no contest for the control of
the next State committee Harry 8
Ne member and former chairman oC
th a boomed
for the chairmanship
MOOnS KILL ti FRENCHMEN
Defeated TbeetMltei With Grtat Lou In
Battle In Nortrmest Africa
Xstetat Cattt Dtipauh to THE Sex
PAnIBDe 4In a fight between
French soldiers and Moors in Northwest
Africa fourteen of the French force were
tilled including one officer
The Moon were defeated with heavy
losses
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BRANDENBURG NEEDS BOND
Writer Will Oo te the Island Today Unless
Security Appears I
Brought Brandenburg the magazine
writer whose troubles have been accumu
hating of kite will go to BlaokwellB Island
toy unless a bondsman appears for
m before the first boat leaves at 0
oclock
Brandenburg was arrested on n charge
preferred by his first wife on July 1 for
nonsupport Magistrate Walsh let him
off on a bond o his promise to pay his
former wife 112 a week for a year On
November 27 last after the Cleveland
interview got him Into additional trouble
his bondsman surrendered him and since
that time he baa been in the West Side
oou prison trying t get some one t
10 on bis bond
Unle bondsman app morn
Ing Warden Mallon will be forced to send
him to the Island to finish out h term
which wilt end on December 31 No
jondsman had put in a appearance by
midnight last night
MALVERti HILL BURNED
Historic Mansion Owned b William n
Hall of New York Bestroyed
RicnuoND Va Dee Malvern Hill
he historic country borne of William H
Hall of New York and one of the oldest
and most famous mansions in all Vir
anlWhure to the ground yestar
day while Mr Ball and his guests Russell
sell T Joy and W B Clark also of New
York were out hunting Mrs Ball Mr
Joy and Mrs Clark were Alone In the
house at the Urn Thsyeseaped with
their persons belonging Everything
el was destroyed The fire originated d
from a defective flue
Mr Ball had been the owner of the
Malvern Bill for fifteen year He and
his guests are in Richmond tonight at
the Jefferson Hotel They will go on to
New York tomorrow
Malvern Bill was built 270 years ago
The original homestead was erected b
GovIUndolph Tbe locality i famous aa
the scene of the last battle of MoCleUan
I is also historically interesting a the
headquarters of the Marquis Lafayette
The house contained many valuable and
historical relics
CONFESSED BUT JS ACQUITTED
font Bart Detective starred Him tare
Admitting lie Set Fires
Robert Thompson a florist of Qranite
yule Staten Island who b been on
trial for two days In Richmond County
Court before Judge Stephen upon Indict
ments for arson van acquitted last nigbt
The jury was out several hours
The main evidence against Thompson
was a confession he baa signed On the
tand he declared that be made the con
fession under compulsion after being
starved and threatened bribe detooUvea
who had him In charge HataJd be con
anted to say what they wlehed Urn to to
order that be raight get eewething to eat
His mother tiU8d that to was borne
at least an hour before tbe tre whish
t oraed tbe principal la theaoouea
t10na started
TWO SUFFRAGISTS r EJECTlli
I I 4AVT
DISLIKED DIVORCE IUR 1 i
DR ABBOTT QUOTED
i J
Jo ct i
Roosevelt Bid Women Blake MetlwrW j
the Aim of UreDr Abbott 7e L1j
All lies Heels and Mew Mv
Greater It Had Been to Be aIn M hI
1 W
In accordance with the spIrit tJlj ijjr
campaign slogan Womans pIacsikts r
home the members of the laUp 4J j
League for the Civic Education ofJWoi
refrained even from sitting on tha J ir
form at the meeting which they ti t A
yesterday afternoon In the rk4Iii n
Theatre There being therefore
sheath gowns or millinery orsatLei ft
abiorb so much aa one ray of1 therUjt t v
light the attention of the audlfen0VW rirv 1 >
inevitably drawn to tho fact thM J j
league was represented by fllchardw YC
son Gilder the Rev Lyman Ab oti tI
Nicholas Murray Butler j > 1
The sensibilities of the euffragk4 i
and the suffragettes who were j rhis4ii 2
wero additionally wounded by thp9s i 0
kindness of Dr Abbott jn reading a ii4Ir 1J
from the President which flrfti > t
velt said that while he believed in woia i < T
suffrage did not consider < f >
great Importance and that the li4te4
sable field of usefulness for women J j
as mothers of families > l I
As if that were not enough Dr I1t
was unohlvolroua enough to read r
from Secretary Root iriVhlchtho op Y
was expressed that the eiOohir JY
of women would reduce rather nlfl
i
crease the electoral efficiency oHI ttiiJ
people ti 1 + <
Fearing that the yearners for the jjal ir r
Who might chance to be Vresentw
be unable to restrain threjI MiJ r
of their chagrin learning L tioMs
of those who elt I high pUtoeVwei J
on their side In the groat Btfuggt > i
executive Committee of theleqI1Oil f
pooled to the Police Department fi4t l
protection against any possible etujb i t
anco anti bluoooats frcmtheEan i
first street station wore in gLtetdot
Uniforms and brass button do not hne1 i
ever count for very much Inqfy Jli
of a i e 80n Who ha already oytil 1 1
gone to jail for the sake of her princfp <
When Dr Lyman Abbott began quoi j
divorce statistics aa an argumentajaj q
the further emancipation of
Mrs Borrrnan Well who got backfrE ll
London Thursday shrieked ouItThp i
figures dont apply to the States where I
they have woman auffrogel
Dr Abbott took no notice fthlii12i
ruption butwentrlhtontlkteg8 djrtitr i
ndifferenoo moved Mrs SopbtoliOebtMfif f j x
to try herbaQd at ruIDlns h r UW < j
That isnt a fair statement she
shouted Si s s
DrAbbott gave no indication t aiiff L
en heard her but the two women werp
quietly ejected by the ushers wflhlelhp < t
policemen looked on and kho antlsnurq
mured among themselves H wIt > t
ladylike Just wbatonerrilatiteit4p
peed Outrageous Z1
a > x
The banished suffragettes afterwaj 9ir f
held a meeting In Fortyfourth etr ftt
just east of Filth avenue which we4
tended by a crowd consisting mot t1T
men and messenger boys Mrs Ii r
Mrs Loebinger Mrs OllvClP iltoeu
Mia Mary Coleman the Portia of tS u
Appellate Court all spoke and were Jf J a
toned to with great interest The rse
striking feature of this ThetJl li
ing was the attendance of the unsfrmtem
man who frequently appears at she Bat I
lem outdoor meetings and demand 1M t
platform According to his custowi s v I
demanded a bearing which was aaiuMtU C 4
refused him t
t
In the meantime tho earnest pro
Dr Abbott against the further
1
mont of woman upon tbeepbwoii
was listened to by those in the
with rapt attention The speaker 1
cured a round of er1glltatIIii1c
outset by announcing that he was
on behalf of tho unspeaking wpion
the mothers wives and daughterewln
shrinking from publlcltywas BoTJeriU 1
that they forbore lifting their voice w bx
In so Important caueo as their pro4es r
tlon from the additional burden cfM J
ballot Irh =
The fact that tho suffrage movemWi = r
bad not gained ground faster wW
aidin his opinion largely due tot <
1
silent but potent l7dUe3r ii
who believed that It would JnavituWsPi 1
make for tho disruption of theacme e v X
The idea that woman was no lonr f
tho property of her husband bad iowj Ii
he said into the idea that a huajc
might M in pagan Rome dismIsehjswif fi
AI easily aspic would J pr4n
that a wife might part from her BubM k
much more easily than the could frojn Mf i
cook Divoroe he continued hdf4L
the last twenty years ben grej4 5f7
In the proportion or ibout ilo for eVs y i
working day and rDaDl9f tbeaa la4be
obtained on such pretexts as a tIhn
1 the per bf a wife to sew on Br c
banda shirt buttons or th irn
iiisband In not taking hIa wife oat qrWiiJiylar j
One woman bad suggested the zp 44M tlV
o fvtrial marriage tar the jeriorf d >
year leaving it to the will of the ptaon L A
involved to make the union pe p DJmUb JL
binding at the end of that time if ttay
so willed > J a
Ii
This sort of sentiment is not be uid 3
confined to fAdl In 183 JOMbtA
Cady Btanton afiIA union efagg r
alone conctttute and sanctifies true t1t
rawriace and any law or pubHoMittt f
raent that force two immortal U b fcrn < i
Wula to 11 va together U htabnd ad wfcf f
unless by lore fa also to < 3odaad to Hu ¬ i
manity Jh
There waa a burst of app1au from i
many parts of the theatre whioh wa np jr
patently evoked by the tam otFlIabIItIa i
L
Cady Stanton but Dr Abbott teld hi
oould not applaud a sentiment which in 1r
olved the breaking of > olB3in vow t
Dr Abbott said that one of tile olW X I
arguments against the eafranofeUeuMmt
01 women was the fact that IIOIn A <
proportion of women desired to Tel t Jr
Suffrage was be continued not a prM
logo buts duty government WM e >
making of laws that could ba lorss j V
political uaapoigns were citM4i t
of opdnfons but of wills He abraak fri 7
thouoZwmnbeingiuedinp S
stack mit55t
0 i
The ante ftpplaudd and the ifr
sal looked glum when he alluded to ftf t
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