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UST EDITION.
SHIP LOST,
PARTY SAFE.
Cook's Explorers Reach South
Sydney, Cape Breton, on
the Rigel,
ARGTIG TRIP 1 FAILURE.
I Steamer Miranda Was Abandoned
U in a Sinking Condition
at Sea,
I MANY HARDSHIPS AND PERILS.
I A New York Boy of Thirteen the
I Youngest One of tho
I Excursionists.
I (CoprrtgMed, Hit. br the Associated Presa )
NORTH SYDNEY, C. B., Sept. 5.-The
t ichooner nigel, of Gloucester, Mass.,
Capf. Q. W. Dixon, arrived hero to-day,
having on board the crew and passen
gers of the steamer Miranda, which left
New York July 7 with Dr. F. A. Cook's
Arctic Expedition. All the party are
well.
On Aug. 9 the Miranda struck a rock
near Sukkertoppen, West Greenland, and
was abandoned In a sinking condition
Aug. 23, In Davis Strait, latitude about
61.15. longitude G8.40.
The particulars of the expedition and
lis disastrous termination are as fol
lows: After repairing the damage sus
tained by the Iceberg collision of July
17, the Miranda left St. John's, N. F., on
July 19, and proceeded directly to Green
land. Much Ice and fog were unexpect
edly encountered off Cape Farewell.. At
one time the vessel came near being
nipped In the floes, the rising of a. fog
Isclosing Ice all around.
Considerable apprehension was felt by
tne officers, and visions of the fate of
the Jeannette and Proteus expeditions
arose among the passengers, as the Iron
built Miranda' was totally unlit to cope
with the terrors of Arctic navigation.
Hut, fortunately, a thin place In the
floes was found, and the ship driven
through.
The southwest coast of Greenland was
to blocked with Ice that no landing
'ld be made until Aug. 7. when the
edlton reached Sukkertoppen, In lat
Je 65.25. Leaving this port on
the morning of the 9th for Dlico, the
vessel had proceeded about seven miles
at full speed when she struck with tre
mendous force on a hidden reef. Every
thing loose went flying forward. The
steward, Joseph Farrell, was struck by
a trunk and slightly injured. A party
at breakfast found themselves piled up
with dlhhes and viands at the end of
the cabin.
Three times the high waves lifted the
ship and let her down with a crash
that shook her from end to end. When
she floated off, great excitement pre
vailed, as the vessel was Boon seen to
be settling. The boatB were swung off
and everything made ready to abandon
the steamer. It was found, however,
that the main Injury wan beneath the
ballast tank, which filled so rapidly that
the pumps could not control the Inflow.
But the water-light bulkhead protected
the other compartments and Eskimo pi
lots .having at length come off In their
kayaks, the steamer was gotten safely
Into harbor. . . .
As it was considered unsafe to pro
ceU further with the damaged vessel,
the situation of bo large a body of ex
cursionists on this Inhospitable coast was
not encouraging, especially when It was
found that the Danish steamer, which
regularly visits the settlement, had been
f love In by Ico and would not arrive this
year. It began to look as If the expedi
tion would have to winter In Greenland,
and short rations were served In antici
pation of such a catastrophe.
It was learned, however, through the
Danish Governor, that several American
fishing schooners were on the halibut
hanks near Holstelnborg, 120 miles north.
To secure one of these vessels Dr. Cook,
with Messrs. nocera. Porter and Dun
ping and four Eskimos, started for the
banks In an open boat. After a stormy
voyage, lasting ten days, they found the
I'lcel and brought her to the asslatance
S.tne People on the disabled steamship.
ihe passengers were transferred to the
Jtlgel. The Miranda then took the Rlgel
In tow and left Sukkertoppen on Aug. 21,
Intending to proceed directly to St.John's
I . All went well for two days, but a
hi-avy sea the second night weakened the
top of the ballast tank, on which an enor
H mous hydrostatic pressure was exerted.
";d It gave way at 12 30 A. M.. Aug. 23.
fnree blaatH of the whistle gnve warn-
Ing to the Rlgel to stand by. The night
was cold, dark and foggy, and the vessels
bounded like balls on the billons.
gj On board the Miranda all was con-
H ration The firemen leaving the bollcr-
rG without orders, cut loose the best
m lifeboat (which was immediately dashed
m to pieces against the ship's side) and
I Jre onl' kept In submission at the
sm point of the captain's revolver. The car-
Eeiniers trel In vain to stop the leak
y,uJ. blankets and mattresses, and at
H uayiight, as water was Invading the
coal bunker and a storm wtr threaten-
jng. the steamer was abandoned. The
S crew were taken up by the schooner.
it was fortunate that the passengers
H ie. tt,ready or the Rlgel, as a transfer
could hardly have been efjected under
I iir T'R conditions without loss of
H Hie. Itothlng except the sailors' bagj
H v, as saved from the Miranda. The pas
H ffhRers lost all their baggage except
H the clothing worn on board the relief
n vessel ut Bukkertoppen. Many of them
H i.0"0 ,exPenslve scientific Instruments and
M nuntlng equipments. All the botanical,
H geological and ethnological collections,
SH and all the photographs, probably the
H nnest ever taken In Greenland, went
down with the Miranda.
M i pJof- Dyke, of Kansas University,
g jost a fine lot of Labrador and Green-
?"d b'rls. Prof. Wright, of Oberlln
H ..'L'se, was able to make Interesting
H judle of the glacier near Sukker-
BS (Continued on &0fu7 EajtCi
M
A CRASH IN THE FOG.
Millionaire Flagler's Big Steam
Yaoht Badly Smashed,
She Ran Into the Railroad Trans
port Float Express.
Doth Vessels Were Trylnir to Dodge
Forry-Bonts.
The big white steam yacht Alicia,
owned by 11. M. Flagler, the million
aire Standard Oil magnate, waa In col
lision at 9.40 this morning with the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
transfer boat Express, In the East Riv
er, off Eighth street.
The yacht's bow was badly wrecked,
the bowsprit and figurehead being car
ried away, and the forward guard of the
Express was splintered.
Two of the Alicia's crew were thrown
overboard by tne shock, but were res
cues A dense mist overhung the river at the
time. The Express was going up and the
steam yacht was coming clown the river,
the freighter having a big load of cars. T
the freighter having a big load of cars.
Two ferry-boats, one bound for Twenty
third street slip and the other, the War
ren, of the Grand street line, were cross
ing the river, and the down-coming ves
sels tried to veer out of their courses to
avoid going In collision with them.
The ferry-boat Idaho was also crossing
the river, und hid the Express from view
of the Alicia's steersman until loo late
to avoid collision.
An eye-wltnees, who saw the crash
from the deck of the Warren, says:
"lioth vessels were running very
rapidly and In apparently parallel
courses. The men steering them evi
dently Haw the ferry-boats and tried to
c.tde them. The acht endeavoted to
cross the Warren's bow, and In doing so
bteered closer to the Express
"This brought both boats together be
fore headway could be checked, and the
yacht crashed into the Express with full
lorce. She struck forward of the shel
tered portion of the transfer boat and
drove Into the h'avy timbers of the
port guard like a ram.
"Her sharp prow cut Into the guards
like a knife, shattering and tearing up
the deck and rails. In the Impact, two
of the yacht's crew, who were standing
forward, were thrown Into the river.
Life buoys were thrown to them and
they were hauled aboard.
"When the vesselB backed away from
each other, It could be seen that the
yacht had stove In her bow above the
water-line, clear to the deck. Her bow
sprit was snapped off clean as a whistle,
carrying all her headstays and gear
overboard.
"The yacht anchored near the spot
wheie tne collision occurred.
"The Express had thirty feet of her
port guards torn off In the collision
and put back to the slip at One Hun
dred and Thirtieth street for repairs.
She car-led on her deck eighteen loaded
freight cars.
"Fortunately for both vessels, the
blow wai a glancing one. Had the yacht
struck head on against the Express at
a right angle, her speed would have
carried her far into the transfer-boat
and would probably have sunk both.
Had the blow been given by the Ex
press, with her heavy load and the
force of the tide, the yacht would have
been stove literally to pieces."
II. M. Flagler came down from his
country seat at Mamaroneck on the
Alicia this morning, as usuol. He
landed at the New York Yacht Club pier,
foot ol East Twenty-sixth street, with a
friend, shortly after 9 o'clock.
Mr Flagler, when an "Evening World"
reporter called at his ofllce In the Stand
ard Oil Building, 2G Broadway, shortly
after noon to-day, could not be seen
personally. Through his secretary he
made the following statement:
"My sdCht.Allcla.was In collision with
a Bteamboat this morning In the East
RUer. The cnptaln of the Alicia has
Just been up hero and reported the ac
cident. It Is so trifling, though, that
it is really not worth the trouble of
printing and publishing.
"The AUcIp was not sunk, no one was
drowned or Injured, and the damage Is
vry little. The Alicia has been taken
to Tebo Wharf, Brooklyn."
When the Alicia was tied up at Tebo's
Basin, at the foot of Twenty-third street,
South Brooklyn, It was ascertained that
she had sustained the following Injuries:
Her bowsprit und forestays had been
carried away, several plates In her bow
were badly dented and her llgurchead
had been wrenched off.
Mr. Tebo said that it would probably
take a week to repair Alicia, He was
unable to estimate the exact amount
of the damage she had sustained, nor
what the expense of repairing her would
be.
The Alicia Is a steel, schooner-rigged
sterner of the most modern type. She
Is ISO feet long over all, 160 feet on the
water line, 24 feet beam and 9 feet 6
Inches draught. She is fitted with triple
expansion engines, capable of high speed.
She was built to Mr. Flagler's order
In 1890 by Harlan & Holllngsworth, of
Wilmington, Del.
Her constructors had carte blanche In
fitting up the yacht's saloon and living
quarters, and she Is perhaps the hand
somest and most costly vessel of her
size among the many luxurious pleasure
craft of to-day.
A TEN-YEAR-OLD IN COURT.
Finn's Father Hired a Grocer'n
Clerk to Accnse Him of Theft.
Michael Finn, ten years old, of 1694
Fulton street, Brooklyn, has the honor
of being the youngest person accused of
a crime that has ever appeared In the
Gates Avenue Police Court. This morn
ing he stood at fie bar accused by
Nash, a grocer's clerk, of 1693 Fulton
street, with attempted burglary.
Nash says that at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning he saw Finn trlng to open
the shutters of the store. He caught him
atacr a long chase and took him to the
police station, ...,, . J ,
The mother of Michael asserted In
court this morning that the boy s father
had given Nash money to secure the
convlcltlon of his son In order that he
might be relieved of the necessi y of sup.
porting him. This Nah frankly admit
ted to the Court.
Michael explained his Presence , near
the store by stating that he had left his
shoes In the alleyway In order that he
might go to schoool yesterday against
his father's wishes. The father wanted
hTheCourt held the boy for trial and
paroled him In his mother's custody.
Annulled III Mo!her-Iu-l.aw.
In TorkTllle Pellet Court to-!ir Krnk Butler
wit .ent to tnt Llmd tor MMuHIni hi. rootber-B-Uw,
Mn McCue. of JH Eit Kortltth tret,
lth whom his wife nd two cMldrtn tna him.
elf hT been llrlns rl eeki. ilnct But
tJr b been out of work. The trouble wee
ciueM br Mrt. McCue refuelox to tin Butler
toner. -
From Grower Ulrect to Consumer.
Trmmler Brawl" CUIfornls wlneo ul brudlta
vroducwl from beet rarleUet of foreign ("pee.
fcquel to doubtr-prtl Import, wlnee Fecit
Cout Wins Co., lit Broiawtx, M. T. V
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VIKING SHIP SUNK.
The Famous Craft Goes to the
Bottom of the River.
Crossed tho Atlantic but Couldn't
Stand a Chicago Storm.
Was One of the Popular Exhibits
at the World's Fair.
(Br Aeucltted Prtie )
CHICAGO, Sept. 6. After sailing
thousands of miles over the Atlantic
Ocean, up the St. Lawrence and through
the lakes to Chicago without a mishap,
THE VIKINO SHIP,
the Viking ship was sunk In the river
during the storm of Monday night.
This famous vessel was one of the not
able exhibits at the World's Fair.
The Viking ship, which was built on
the model of an old Viking rover found
fourteen years ago In the ground deep
l under the village of Gogstad, near
I Sandefjord, sailed from Chrlstlanla on
April 9, 1893. Her commander was the
famous Capt. Magnus Anderson, who,
w'th a picked crew, cruised along the
coast for a time and early In May com
menced the trip acros the Atlantic,
which ended triumphantly.
Capt. Anderson's object, It was given
out, was tc show that the Norsemen
might have discovered America
while on some of their venturesome
trips In boatB such as the Viking.
When the strange craft reached New
York, It remained In North River for
some time and was of popular Interest.
The arrest of Capt. Anderson and part
of his crew. In Brooklyn, on charges of
Intoxication after they had attended a
reception, attracted particular attention
to the hardv sailors.
The Viking was 77 feet long and
pulled sixteen oars to the side. She was
built throughout of solid century de
fy.ng oak.
THE, VIKING ON A BAR.
tier Gorboardei Split and Her Keel
Broken In Ttto.
(Special to The BTenlng World.)
SANDY HOOK, N. J Sept. 6. The
sloop yacht Viking went ashore on the
bar at the mouth of the Shrewsbury
River yesterday afternoon. Her crew
reached the shore In safety.
Capt. Edwards and the crew of Life
Saving Station No. 2 examined her this
morning and found that her garboards
are split and her keel broken In two
amidships. They are getting the ballast
out of hfr and will try to get her off
w.th the aid of pontoons. The Viking
is owned by C. 13. Blrdseye, of 13i
Pearl street. New York City.
An "Evening World" reporter called
at the office of Mr. Blrdseye to-day
and found the office locked. An ofllce
boy In an adjoining ofllce said that he
had not seen Mr. Blrdseye for several
days and thought he was out of town.
Mr. Blrdseye Is a cotton broker and also
a member of the firm of Blrdseye &
McCormnck, cotton brokers, of Bt.
Louis, Mo.
The Viking was built in 1870 by J. B.
HerreshofT. She Is a centr" board sloop,
35 feet 10 Inches over all: 11 feet 10
Inches beam, and draw 4 feet of water.
She wan rebuilt In 1684 and was thor
oughly overhauled before she was put
In commission last Spring.
SIXTEEN PROBABLY DIED.
Part of n Fishing Vessel' Crew
Ticked Up lir the Ohio.'
(Br Aeeoctated Press )
QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 6. The Ameri
can line steamship Ohio, Capt. Boggi,
from Philadelphia on Aug. 26. which ar
rived here to-day, brought two French
fishermen, who had been rescued oft the
Ranks of Newfoundland. They had left
the wreck of their vessel In a dory five
days before they were taken on board
the steamer.
The fishermen said that the sixteen
men who remained on the wreck must
certainly have been drowned.
Mills Granted a Divorce.
Jodie MrAdsm, of the Superior Court, to-dsf
(rented divorce to Charles K. Mills from his
wife, Loulie. Ther nere married In 1SS2 The
husband namea William O. reck ae co-respondent.
DEATH AND FIRE
FROM THE GAS.
s
Anton Birschoru Fonnd As
phyxiated in Bed and His
Room in Flames.
ONE CIS JET WAS LIGHTED.
Another Was Wide Open, and
this Caused tho Subse
quent Blaze.
WAS IT ACCIDENT OR DESIGN ?
Reasons for Believing that the
Dead Man Chose a Novel
Way to Die.
Anton Hlrschorn, fifty years old, was
found dead In his bedroom at his boarding-house,
14 West One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street, at 4 30 o'clock this
morning, having been suffocated by In
haling Illuminating gas.
Although there Is some reason to think
that his death waa accidental, yet the
police and the friends of the dead man
believe he committed suicide.
The house In which Hlrschorn died
Is a fashionable boarding-house, kept by
Isabel Woehr, who occupies two brown-stone-front
buildings, 12 and 14 West
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street.
Yesterday he hired the rear room on
the top floor of No. 14. His wife and
two children stayed with her father,
Samuel Wise, of 2013 Fifth avenue.
Hlrschorn went to his room at S 30
last evening. Nothing out of the way
was noticed In his manner by any of
the boarders. This morning at 4 30
o'clock Mrs. J. Arckslon, who occupies
a room In No. 14, was awakened by a
strong smell of gas and smoke. She
got up and saw flames shooting over
the transom of Hlrschorn's room.
She aroused Mr. Woehr, who at ence
went out and rang an alarm of fire. The
firemen arriving quickly, burst In the
door of Hlrschorn s room, which was
locked, and found him with his under
clothes on, lying on the bed. His feet
were hanging over the side.
All the boarders In the house, num
bering about forty, were aroused, and
for a time the greatest excitement pre
vailed. Then fright, caused by the fire,
was quickly succeeded by horror when
they learned of the manner of Hlrsch
orn a death
The double gas let In Hlrschorn's
room, the one used for Illuminating,
was burning low, while from the other,
which supplies a small gas stove In the
Winter, the gas was rapidly escaping.
The cock was turned on full.
The flames were quickly extinguished,
and the only damage done was to the
wall and woodwork near the gas Jet.
Why Hlrschorn lighted the one burner
can only be conjectured. Certain It Is,
however, that when the room was filled
with the escaping gas, the other burner
being lighted, an explosion was the
natural result.
It was remarkable that neither the
bed clothing nor the clothes on the dead
man's body were even scorched.
Mr. Woehr, the proprietor, thought
perhaps his boarder might have occl-
I dentally turned on one burner while
lighting the other. On the other hand
Mr. Wise, the dead man's father-in-law,
furnished a plausible motive for suicide.
He said that his son-in-law had been
In poor health for several years. Three
years ago he had a slight stroke of
i paralysis on the right side. It soon
left his side, but afterwards his head
was affected. He has since suffered at
intervals from dementia.
Last March he was obliged to sell out
his cigar store at 62 West One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street. With his wife
and two children he then went to the
Catskllls. They all returned last week,
Mrs. Hlrschorn staying with her par
ents and Hlrschorn taking a room at
the boarding-house until he could se
cure a flat to resume housekeeping.
m
Reports of Attempted Bribery.
(Br Associated Press )
PADUCAH, Kr., Sept. t A sensation wu cre
ated In the cltr Council meeting- laat night when
the Mayor charged that there was a current
rumor tbst there wsj an attempt mads to bribe
a Councilman In behalf of the Taducah, Cairo
and Western Railroad right of war. The mem
bere were all aworn br the Cltr Attorne and
a.ked Questions relstlee to the chargea All ex
cept Mr. Iteed anawered In the negatlre, and
he claimed to hare recelrd a letter of such na
lure, but declined to dlsrlose Its author A spe
cial committee waa appointed to further Investi
gate the matter.
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SENATOR JONES TURNS POPULIST.
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Exit the Old Senator, Enter the New.
SHE'S LOADED FOR BURGLARS.
And Mrs. Babcook Intends to
Shoot Through the Heart.
V
Has a Peephole and Spot Marked
Just Breast High.
A thoughtful, methodical person Is
Mrs. Charles Babcock, of' 302 East
Eighty-seventh street. Bhc has lived
I In apartment! on the third floor there
for a year or so, and once or twice at-
I tempts have been made to enter her
rooms without the formality of pushing
the electric button or even tapping at
the door.
If
WATCiiiNo ron buroxabs.
Now Mrs. Babcock Is a Southern
woman, tall, with regular features and
twlngllng blue eyes, that have not
twinkled more than four and twenty
years, and when In Jacksonville, her old
home, she used to Indulge In pistol
practice considerably.
"So," said she this morning, "when
my husband told me to be prepared for
sneak thieves I Just put this little disc
on the door opening Into the hall (point
ing to a piece of white paper pasted on
the panel about the helghth of a man's
heart) and made a little peephole so I
could see out and not be seen If an
body troubled us again."
Somebody did trouble Mrs. Babcock
early last evening, and she was pre
pared. It seems last Saturday morning a
sneak-thlef forced the doors to two
suites of rooms on the top floor, al
most frightening Mrs. Henry Krull, the
occupant of another suit, out of her
wits. When this episode was reported
to Mrs. Babcock, who was uway at the
time, she inspected her arsenal, bur
nlshed up some extra weapons In the
way of long, wicked-looking knives, ami
said nothing, although Mrs. Krull und
Mrs. McKenna, the only other trnanls.
were In a highly nervous stute, and
demanded that the Janitor afford them
better protection. ........
About 9 o'clock last night, when Mrs
Babcock was still alone, she heard the
lock on her door click, and the crack
at the bottom of the door ealng w.is
darkened by a shadow In the wt IN lighted
hallway. .Mrs. Babcock at one recull.Nl
her husband's Injunction, and sh Wdlked
quietly to her bedroom and plrki-d up
an old Navy pattern, 41-callbre, Colt's
revolver.
As she pulled the peg from the peep
hole a stout young man turned and ran
upstalts
"I touldn t get any aim at him. said
Mrs. Babcock, blushing and spe.iklng
slowly, "because h kept Just one
flight ahead of me. I went up two
steps at a time, too, but these stairs
wind so he was Just out of range
When I got to the roof he rushed down
the stairs of the flat next door, slum
ming the scuttle on the roof behind
hint" , ... ...
A pretty accurate description of the
fellow waa given at he East Eighty
eighth street police station, but the Ser
giant raid to-day that there wr no
new developments In the case, and Mrs.
Babcock went back to the every-day
duties of her life, believing, as the
clplomatlsts say. Unit the Incident was
now closed
Still, she nald, the fellow had twice at
tempted burglary In two days, and she
Intended to lMe one of the weapons
Fho has n long ond short barrelled self,
cocker nnd a dainty little 22-calIbre
Smith & Wesson pistol, besides the old
carbineer she chased the Intruder with
right In sight on the centre table and be
always prepared.
MUST SHOW THE BOOKS.
Judge Lacombe Decides Attalnst
.Tarvls-Conkllncr HeeelTere,
CUnttea States Circuit Judge Lacombe
to-day granted the application of Ben
jamin M. Fowler and others for an ex.
amlnatlon of the books of the Jarvls
Conklln Mortgage Trust Company.
He ordered that the receivers, Sam
uel M. Jarvls and Roland It. Conklln,
should submit their books.
The examination Is to be made at the
office of the receivers, 40 Wall street,
on Tuesday, Wednrsday and Thursday
In each week, from 3 until 6 P. M., until
completed.
HANGED FROM HIS BED.
l.ottlnli Mejer Committed Snlclile In
Ills Home.
Oottlob Meyer, thirty years old, of 1056
First avenue, committed suicide at 9 45
o'clock this morning at his home, by
hanging himself from the headboard of
his bed.
Meyer was thirty years old and a
fresco painter He hnd tied a large
napkin nround his neck and fastened
the ends of the napkin to the head of
the bedstead, and evidently died of slow
slrnngulatloii
Meyer was manager for Mrs Oeorge
Miller, who has a fresco-palntlng es
tablishment at Fifty-sixth street and
Second avenue. When Mejer failed to
appenr at the store this morning Mrs.
Miller's boy went to Meyer's home,
where he found the door of his room
locked. Looking over the trnnsom, the
boy saw Meer'fl body hanging from the
bedpost.
Meyer had the full responsibility of the
business resting on him, and his friends
think that overwork upset his reason.
In his pocket was found a ticket which
was to bring his sister Louisa from Germany.
KILLED BY A WAGON.
Little Joseph Jnccardo Fallowed
Ills Hoop t'nder the Wheels.
Joseph Jaccardo, three years old, of
321 Kast One Hundred and Fifteenth
street, was run over by a barrel wo.Ton
tnls afternoon and Instantly killed
Joseph, with a number of other bojs,
wns rolling his hoop In front of his home
when It rolled under the wagon. Un
mindful of the danger the by ran In
after the hoop between the front and
the rear wheels Ilefore the, dr.ver, Jo
seph O'Donnell, could stop his hore, a
rear wheel hail pasned over the bo's
neck, crushing his life out Instintly
The body was carrlel tj his home and
the driver was arresttd.
HIS SHIRT FOR A TORCH.
A Fnrrarr H.Knnla n Trnln Jant In
Time t Sate It from Wreck.
Wr AukxI.uJ rrtu)
8T. PAUL, Minn. Sep l & -The morn
Inj? train from Chicago on the Wisconsin
Central, v. as saeJ from a bad wreck
near Stevens I'olnt by h plucky fanner.
Tho train mhh upproachlnj? HUns
Point, at 2 o' lurk, when HlKiialleJ by a
Maine which quick.) went out
On ptopnlnK the truln It was found
that wreckers h ul been ut work, but
wtre tl.KCjverH and frlK'htened away by
a rn.n living mar, who then tore off htn
shirt, and, lighting It, Mopped the train
( lark Joined In (lie PIkM.
John Clark . abortr, of t5S Writ Nlntttrntli
trcet ftairhlnK a fUhi at Kighth atrrme anj
rtfihieenil. iret )fiitrdiy afirrnoon hrn aomc
oue kn ktsl lilm down t Urk iromiluirly bejan
t i itnkti out with a htavy bUiktturn it k
(in? of hit Itinera iauxht John Kipoiitu 4 irJ
Her "f 1st Hfhth airttut who than ej to br
lo ktn,f on atil & him a. raihrr svrt rut In
the hrtvl He ha 1 lark arrcilisl anl In lh
!nrim Market t ourt thla morning n waa hJ
fur trial
II In Kemlflniit'e cfr fame,
CharU KfahfT or th hincibrldce Hotel. e the
complainant ajtalnit Jorl llaylen who la chargd
with ubtatnln tsuard and lodging to tht axitnt
of S340 under falaa pratanara. JU)den la hfU
nudtr IttO tall Mr riahar aaya that Harden
cam to the hoi a I on Mar laat and rtpreaented
that ht waa worth f 40, 000. and that ht vipected
remlttancea from hi a agtnta. Tha rcmlttaacw
iu?ar camt, ul llijrdco'i arm. folio a J.
mmn"innp, nmitwsniaaaiayi'P
HER FURHITURETHROWHOUT.
The Widow Simmons Did Not
Movo Fast Enough.
An ICIectrlo Plant to B Erected on
the Site of Her Home.
A red-faced man, with his overalls and
Jumper covered with mortar, opened the
front door of the three-story brick house
at 35 Iledford street abjut 11 o'clock
this forenoon.
Then he turned to someone behind him
and said:
"Heave 'em out, lads."
Tho order was followed by an aval
' anche of household furniture, which shot
through the open door and fell In a
confused heap on the sidewalk.
Sofas, beds, chairs, tables and ward
robes continued to fly through the open
door, propelled by some unseen force,
until the sidewalk In front of the house
was littered with a collection of very
I much damaged property.
The rain of furniture had ceased but
a few moments when an elderly woman
rounded the corner of Carmine street
I Into Iledford. At sight of the heap of
' household goods, she set up a wall of
despair, followed by a vigorous denun
ciation of the ruthless despollers of her
home.
The woman was Mrs. Mary 8lmmona,
a widow, who has lived at 35 Iledford
street, since last May. She kept a few
hoarder ami let furnished rooms, there
by managing to live in coparatlve com
i fort. The house Is In the rear and at
' tached to the old church at Iledford and
Downing streets, which Is being torn
down to permit of the erection of an
electrlc-llght plant of the Udlson Com
pany, The widow Simmons was notified four
days ago that Mho would have to vacate
I tho premises as that building was to be
I torn down also. Mrs Simmons set about
i getting other miarters, and had hlied
four rooms at m l.croy street. She had
moved a part of her furniture, but wan
not quick enough about It to suit the
contractor, who, accordingly gave orders
thN morning to pltchm the rest of the
property Into the street.
Mrs. Simmons declared to-day that she
had been treated shamefully. She said
no one showed her any authority for
throwing her things Into the street, ami
she was moving as fast as her limited
means would ollow. She threatens to
bring suit to recover the value of her
wrecked furniture.
CAPT. STEPHENSON'S FATE.
I'ollce Commliiliinrri Will Deter
mine It TaWnrrow.
There was pesce at Police Head
quarters to-day Commissioner Sheehan
was off with the I'equod Club, of which
hels President, on Its clambake at Col
lege I'olnt, President Martin was nurs
ing his cold, and Commissioner Murray
had some person il business to attend to
Oen Kerwln was the only Commis
sioner at Headquarters when nn "liven
ing World ' repo ter called, and he said
that there would be no further action In
the matter of charges and trials until
to-morrow when tie Hoard would meet
"I am opposed to going on with the
trial of captains and ward men while
the Ixow Committee Is In session, and
Commissioner .Murray agrees with me,"
said the General, "so It Is not likely that
we shall go on after this week
' There will be no other trial ofter we
haw disposed of the case of Capt Steph
enson, In my Judgment There will be no
charges preferred against any one to-day
We shall decide the Stephenson case to
morrow, and I nink the cases of Capts,
lMward Slevln and Richard O Connor,
trlel last April, should be determined
to-morrow also. I shall try to bring that
about
"I understand that the story that Mr
Wellman hus evidence to support a
charge tha u police captain received
11. &.M In pe-sjn from a lawbreaker Is
correct, bu I do not . low which cap
tain 1' Is "
The rumor Is revived that Sunt Hyrnes
will piefer charges ig ilnst t apt Max
Schmlttberger of the Tenderloin Pre
cinct, on the allegations of a gambling
house keeper but Supt llrness only
reply to querrles on the subject was
Tleie will be no charges to-daj."
Hows, In, l)mtri I'd li Fire,
nr A.Kxiitr.1 Tress)
XIASON CITY. Ia Sept. 5.-The town
of Dows, In Wright County, population
1,0J, wos wiped out by lire Monday
night. Firemen from Iowa Falls and
Clarion responded promptly to appeals
for help, but were powerless. The loss
will reach JIUO.OX).
Yon read The livening; World!
Do you read (lie Sunday Worldt
l
lusted, i
WIFE SHOT
BY MISTAKE. 1
i
O'Hara Was Firing at a Pa- )
liceman Who Wai Try- $
ing to Arrest HiE '
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SUPPOSED TO BE IISUE. i
Mrs. O'Hara Jumped Eetweem ;
Thorn and Reoeived a Bullet $
in Her Breast. f
HER CONDITION IS CRITICAL. I
Tho Maddenod Man Finally Ovar- M
come After a Terrible $
Struggle. W',
Jamoi O'Hars, twenty-eight yean old. v
accidentally shot his wife, Catherine, Cs
while blazing away at a policeman with j&
a S8-callhre revolver In their apartment
at 27 Washington street this morning. '
The woman received the bullet In her l-
right breast, and It Is believed that the '
wound la mortal. (
O'Hara Is a strapping, big man, who J
used to do work along shore before ho r
married the woman he shot this mora- '?
Ing. They had been married two years, "i
and since the day the pair were made ont .
O'Hara has not done a stroke of work, ''
His wife supported him by doing odd v"
bits of work, and he succeeded In et-
ting money enough to keep him In liquor. ' 'i
Mrs. O'Hara stood this sort of thins; ;'
until a, few days ago. when her husband "T,
began to develop symptoms of Insanity, Jj
He became violent last night and ,,
flourished a SS-callbre revolver, threat-- M
enlng to kill her If she did not sir ,Sl
him more money for drink. . ' $
This morning Mrs. O'Hara applied at ."
the Tombs Police Court for a warrant '
for her husband's arrest. She stated
that she did not believe him a safe j
person to be at large, and upon her ;
statement the Court Issued a warrant, '
giving It to Officer O'Connor to serve. ' ;?i
The latter, learning that he was Ukelr
to have a hard tussle In arresting 5
O'Hara, stopped at the Church street T
police station and asked for assistance. .
Policeman Cornelius J, Sullivan was i
detailed to assist him. The policemen ;'4
then repaired to 27 Washington street, t.
The O'Haraa lived on the top floor In -
the rear of the tenement O'Connor J;
knocked on the door, and It was opened J
a few Inches. "
O'Hara peered out, and seeing that ft
two policemen were In waiting, shut the yT,
door with a bang and bolted It.
Policeman Sullivan then went out upon i-
the fire-escape and crawled through a ')
rear window Into O'Hora's apartment. 'j
O'Hara was standing by the door lead-
Ing Into the hallway when he caught
sight of Sullivan coming In through the 41
window. T
Like a flash he whipped out a revolver'' ,f.
and opened Are on the policeman. iTt
The first shot did not take effect. The f'v
second was fired Just as Mrs. O'Hara '
Jumped up and tried to prevent her hu- ,
band from doing murder. jg
The ball entered her right breast and " .;
she sank to the floor, screaming pill-
fully.
O'Connor, hearing the shots and the
woman's screams, burst open the door -ii,
at this critical Juncture and Jumped '',
upon O'Hara before he could fire anoth- i
er shot, U
Sullivan also closed on the madman, .X
and, after a furious struggle, the police A
men succeeded In subduing him.
The nippers were placed on O'Hara, so -f
that he could do no further harm, and V
Policeman O'Connor called an ambulance :J
to take Mrs. O'Hara to the Chamber i;
Street Hospital. O'Hara was locked up
In the Church street station, and win
be arraigned In the Tombs Court thla 2j
afternoon. ?
At the Chambers Street Hospital Ul v
"Evening World" reporter who called jS
at 11.43 o clock was told that Mrs. O'Hars i
had a chance of recovery. J
Upon her arrival at the hosnltal she j
walked, supported by two attendants,. J
from the ambulance to the reception ,
room. She was able to give her name f:
age and address to the surgeon. t
This afternoon O'Hara, handcuffed be- .
tween two policeman and followed by j
Tomts Court Ofticer O'Connor, entered C
the court-room Just ns Justice Orady
was about to leave the bench. A great v;
crowd had followed the prisoner from 4
the police station ...,, ,',
The prisoner, his head swarthed In
bandages and Jumper front saturated '
with blood, stood calmly by while Officer
O'Connor charged him with shooting his '-
wife. O'Hara made no defense, and was
remanded until Friday
1 ven should Mrs. O'Hara recover and (I
withdraw the charge against her hus- i,l
hind. O'Hara can be sent to State prison
for five jears on Policeman Sullivan's i
complaint of attempted felonious as- "
sault J
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