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STRANGLED 1\ HOTEL
IT ALIAS DIES AT EMPIRE.
Coroner Thinks Man rvith Towel
Around Throat Was Murdered.
i_ A death under peculiar circumstances was report
ed SB the coroner's office, from the Hotel Empire, at
> Broadway and €Si street, last evening, which Cor
oner Harburger. who investigate,], said was mur
s der, but the police pronounced as suicide. Vt. Ar
• thur L>. Sherman, of No. J 1 * 1 West s!>th street, the
r house \!«i< ian, said that the circumstances were
"most peculiar." and that he had never seen a ?ui
cM* of the fame character.
The body was that of Jacob ProadlO, whose name
and appearance Indicated that he was an Italian.
His death mm caused by ftrangulntlon with a towel
tightly knotty around his neck. Th« only means of
identification of the dead man was h1« signature
in the r>ote! register. He went there on Sunday
re?' ■without baggage,- and took a room on the
sixth floor, for which he paid in advance. He rez
istered as from New York. He was poorly and
carelessly dressed.
Mary Shechan. the maid on the sixth floor, trie-1
several times yesterday to net into the room occu
pied by Protellt*. and when ber last effort proved
unsuccessful site summoned William J. Cosgmve,
chief clerk of the hotel, who looked into the room
through th» transom. He saw the man's feet
hanging over the side of the bed. The door was
locked *>.nd bolted. Suspecting something wrong,
the clerk had an entrance forced. Prozello lay on
his face across the bed. He was undressed.
Around his neck wn= a towel, which, though
knotted, was not twisted, but folded. When the
police of the West CSth street station got to the
hotel they removed the towel from the de-ad man's
neck. Coroner Harburger later reprimanded them
for not waiting for him to do this. Their explana
tion was that they believed there was still a pos
sibility that he was not yet dead. The coroner
said that the man must have been dead more than
twelve hours before the police arrived.
"My opinion is that this man was murdered, and
I have ordered an autopsy to I*' made to-morrow,"
paid Coroner Harburger. Dr. Sherman, while he
did not in so many words agree, with the theory of
the coroner, said that the case presented peculiar
circumstances. The doctor said thai be had never
In his practice seen a suicide similar to the one at
the Hotel Empire. He argued that it was Improba
ble that a man trying to strangle himself could
retain his presence of mind long enough to com
plete the deed and that in his semi-conscious con
dition be would surely try to remove the object
that was choking him. Prozello was lying with his
hands between his lees when the body was dis
covered. Detective Thomas Heany, who had been
assirned from Police Headquarters to the case, said
that, so far as he was concerned, he was through
•with It. and that he was sure it was a suicide. He
•used in support of this theory the bolted and locked
door of the room.
Against this argument the coroner called atten
tion to the fire escape at the window of the room,
which Is on -the Columbus «venue side of the
house. Prom this he paid a person could have easy
access to the room.
There was nothing found in Prozello's clothes to
fhow where his home was. An open letter was
found. Introducing him to James A. Hayes, Jr., a
lawyer of Philadelphia. It was signed Charles EL
Allison, of this city, and was dated June 21. It
read:
"Will you kindly help the. bearer and oblige? He
will explain the situation. He came to me nt an
Inopportune time. Hence the note.
There was also found among his effects a rebate
check. Issued by the Reading Ball! indicating
that PMsßlle had been in Philadelphia, presented
the letter to Mr. Hajes, who returned it 10 him. as
it had been torn open. The card of Jones A- Beits;
a real estate firm of No. 342 Fulton street. Brook
lyn: a slip of paper with the words "Russian con
sul" written on it and about 15, were in the man's
clothes. Prozello was about thirty-two years old.
CURE FOR LEPROSY FOUND?
Louisiana Institution Discharges One Pa
tient and Reports Another Practically Well.
New Orleans. June 22.— A remarkable medical re
or« touching the cure of leprosy Will be presented
tr> The Louisiana Assembly probably this week by
th«- leper home of the State of Louisiana. In this
report appears the words:
"Discharged cured— One. Practically well and
kept for observation— Five "
Briefly explained, the meaning of these figures is
that out of sixty-one lepers at the Louisiana m
stitution in the last two years six have been prac
tically cured. The figures are from the biennial
report .-.' the leper home, where for mor<- than
thlrteeen years this state has provided a place for
lepers '." receive the comforts and the skilled mefii
cal care which «re not, as a rule, within reach of
Fuch sufferers.
Th» lepers lmve the same sanitary surroundings
that th* aierajre person enjoys and an e<jual op
j>ortTjrltr 10 receive first-class medical treatment.
Instead of Iteire Isolated, the institution faces the
public highway along the Mississippi River levee
In IbervilJ* Parish. It occupies an estate sf al>out
four hundred erres. A row of modern cottages
constitute* the lepers' quarter*. a saisloal build
inK and a BBsafl Catholic church complete the plant.
For thirteen years four to six Sisters of Charity.
practically «lon». have -ar»d for all the wants of
the lepers. None of these sisters ever has become
tr.fefterj -with the disease, end apparently none f> a
•■ The apes of th«? patients range from seven to
e!rhty.
TO XE r^ BOYS FROM FIRECRACKERS
Eig Parade and Mass Meeting for Them in
Brooklyn on the Fourth.
It is expected that five thousand boys will take
pert la the parades and the map? meeting at Bor
oujrr Hall. Brooklyn, which Is to be held on July 4.
Some weeks atro a movement was started In the
Sueh'K'ick section of Brooklyn to get the minds of
Ik* bo> » «< much as possible oft fireworks. With
UtM object in view, consent was obtained from the
•ity authorities to hold a big meeting In front of
Borough Hall, where th« Dec*lsratloßi of Indepen
dence vouid be r«-ad and » her** prominent men
could address the boys. letters explaining the
movement were pent out to a!! boys' organizations.
A sre*t number responded, and many more, it is
expected, will fall into line before the holiday. .
NOT A CENT LEFT; BANK CLOSED.
Dover, Ky . Ism 22.— The Citizens* Bank, Of this
tcuji, clo?ed its door! 1 to-day. At the meeting of
th«» directors to-day it was discovered that neither
a *>Inr!«* piece of paper nor a cent of money was
in the safe.
The hunk was capitalized at $7..V*>. with deposits
amounting to only JT,v> It is claimed the doatne
of the bank was made necessary by the recent
closing of a Lank at Aberdeen, Ohio.
TRAIN KILLED DESPONDENT STUDENT.
Philadelphia. June 22.— A body found mangled on
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks In W.-st Phila
delphia yesterday has Been identified «fi that of
Frank Paul Esbrandt, nineteen rears old, •■! Hal
timor*-. a Btwtesrt of the New York College of
Pharmacy., Frederick Kxbrandt. a brother, s;ii<i
that Frank had been •BapSSNleat over his examina
tions.
Wisdom comes
with age
bm thousands of school
children know the foo«l
value of
Grape -Nuts
"' There's a Reason "
OBITUARY.
CHRISTIAN BURCKY.
Chicago, June 22.-Christian Burcky. one of the
pioneer restaurant proprietors of Chicago, died
yesterday at his home here. He attained some
thing more than local fame as "the man who quit
when his pile was made."
Previous to the big fire of IS7I he and "Ed"
Milan opened a "lunchroom" In an old box car
in Madison street. Burcky did the cooking and
Milan waited on the customers. Their enterprise
was regarded as something of S Joke at the start,
but both young m^n were serious and worked with
unflagging zeal.
"We won't quit until we get a million," was
their motto. Within a couple of years they ac
cumulated sufficient money to furnish a basement
In Madison street, near Clark. After the fire they
moved to Nos. 151 and 156 Clark street, and opened
what is said to have been "the original first class
restaurant in Chicago." During the latter part of
IR«* they began taking stock and counting cash.
They discovered their joint riches totalled a little
over $1,000,000. and the next day the place was of
fered for sale. Burcky never again entered any
business.
BRIG. GEN. ALBERT HARTSUFF.
Petroit. June 22. ■- Brigadier General Albert Hart-
Fnff. l\ S. A . retired, died at his home here early
to-day froni hef>rt disense.
He was a brother of the late Major General
George Hartstiff and the late General William
Hartsuff. He served in the medical department
during the Civil Wara. aided in putting down a
yellow fever epidemic at New Orleans at Its close
find Ih*n went West and took a prominent part in
a number of Indian campaigns.
GEORGE B. ACKER3ON.
Oeorge B. Acekrson. long interested in the raw
•sugar business of l/.wer Wali street, died suddenly
on Sunday night from pneumonia at his home. In
Mont< lair. N. J. He was thirty-nine years old and
leaves a wife and two children. Mr. Ackerson
slatted as an office boy twenty-two years ago with
the firm of Nevers & CallagliHn, at No. I'fl Wail
ptreft. ami by successive steps rose to be a partner
in the firm. The funeral Will be held this evening
at & o'clock at his home in Montclalr. The burial
will be at Kockland l^ake.
WILLIAM HUESTIS.
William Huesti*. seventy 'eight yenrs old. one of
the best known residents of White Plains, died
yesterday morning at the home of his son-in-law.
William Fowler. Mr. Huestis was born in White
Plains, and w.,s the oldest real estate dealer there.
He was an active Republican and held the office
of assessor for twenty-five years. He leaves a
wife, two daughters and a Ron.
REWARD FOR BALLOON MARKSMAN.
Leo Stevens Wants to Find Man Who Shot
at Him in Mid-air.
To the ordinary man a trip in a balloon is ample
excitement for one time. To be. however, the
target for bullets while floating in the air and
after indicating entire willingness to 'come down."
like Davy Crockett's 'coon, then to be chased by
the acknowledged leader of a herd of bulls to the
limits of his domain, Is. according to A. Leo
Stevens of this city, the aeronaut who took
Charles J. (Hidden, of Boston, ballooning from
Pittsfleld, Mass.. last week, "a little too various
in the matter of sensations. '
"We were two thousand feet up," said Mr. Ste
vens yesterday, "going thirty miles an hour, and
had Just passed the northwest corner of the town
of Brattleboro, Vt., when two shots were fired at
us. It made US feel queer, I can tell you, when
we heard the whiz of the bullets close to our
heads.
'•We have offered $100 reward for information
leading to the arrest of the fellow," Mr. Stevens
added. "The first shot made a slit In the gas bag.
causing us to descend rapidly. We landed, but
there was a mad bull that caused us to try to
fly by foot. The animal took souvenirs of Mr.
Glldden's trousers and my coat. We met with
incidents that day. There were no empty mo
ments."
Mr. Stevens will make another ascent in a few
days from North Adam.".. Mass., with Messrs.
Wade and Morrison, of Cleveland.
MAY EXHUME BODY OF MISS KNISELY.
Parents Secretly Buried Ohio Young Woman,
Mysteriously Shot.
New Philadelphia. Ohio. June 22.— The body of
Hiss Arline Knisely, who was shot and killed on
Friday evening while riding with Charles Spach,
her former employer, was buried by her parents
on Sunday, although the funeral was announced
not to be held until Monday. Tlie burial angered
the police, who have not completed Investigations
of the mystery, and they asked th* coroner to-day
to order the body exhumed and held. After the
post-mortem late Saturday surgeons probed and
found the bullet which killed her.
Physicians pay Spach. who was also shot, ■will
recover. He is under guard.
FIGHTING FOR FOREST RESERVES.
Important Case Will Be Settled at Glovers
ville on Saturday.
Persons who have been active in effort." to pro
tect the lands of the forest preserve from timber
pillage by private interests are stirred up by the
siiec<-d drowning of such lands on the Parana-
River by the 'Paul Smith Electric Light, Power
«- Railroad Company. Defenders of the forest
preserve, paid to be represented primarily by the
Forest. Fish and Game Commission, have locked
horns with the "trespassers." and the struggle will
be fought out before the Supreme Court at Glpvers
ville. on Saturday. The Forest Commission and
the association for the Protection of the Adiron
dack:? regard the ease as one of unusual importance,
as- relating to the efficiency of Section 7 of Article
VII of the constitution, which provides that:
The lands of the state, now owned or hereafter
acquired, constituting the forest preserves h^ now
fixed by law. shall be forever kept as wild forest
lands. They shall not be leased, sold or ex
changed or be taken by any corporation, public or
private; nor snail the timber thereon be sold, re
moved or destroyed.
h •« ifid that 'I- 1 "- Paul Smith Company has
••taken" land belonging to the state and "<'.«.-
■troyed" the iiml>er thereon.
CORKS CAUSED ARCADIA EXPLOSION?
Latest Hypothesis cf Those Investigating
Fatal Accident in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June 22 The investigation to-r*ay
Into the cause of the explosion on board the Ham
burg-American steamer Arcadia on Saturday seems
to develop that the damage was caused by the
rsplonlon of s lot of "kn.iil" corks consigned to
Chicago. There were alxteen cases of thf-s«- c.irks
:n the hold where the explosion occurnd, and only
three bad been removed when the accident took
place.
Til-- knail ' oik is an ordinary 1 ork, about tliree
fourtha <'f an Inch In diameter snd one Inch long.
A bole about three-eisjtiths of an In-r-h in diameter
la bored In the small end of the cork, and this
i^ Blted with ■■< browsj powder which, the authori
n,.v >.;, , _ js a powerful explosive. It was "lie di«
cuarge from these corks, it Is now held, that made
the Indentures i" the steel bulkhead, and k- 1 •*
the linni 1 ssion thai scrap metal and bullets from
a bomb caused tlit? marks.
An ,)nal>(-i^ will be made of the supposed c
plosl • • Vo morrow.
A COMPLAINT BY CANADIANS.
Toronto. June 22 — A number of visitors from
Toronto to Niagara Falls on Saturday Kay that
they were subjected to Indignity and Inconven
ience i., United States ofn< i«is The visitors were
having a picnic at Victoria Park, when some of
them derided to visit the American side On that
pide of the International bridge they were r •>':
allowed to land, but after they decided to ret! it.
to the Canadian side they were informed the.
would have to see an Inspector. Guarded by a
<1«' Z en policemen^ they were marched through the
town to the Inspector's office, where 'hey were
detained three hows and then allowed to go. The
matter will be brought to the attention of the
government at Ottawa.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. JOKE 83. ««■
'BILLY'BURKE'SRECORD
IN TROI'BLK AGAIN.
\ Notorious Crook Has Been in Busi
ness Quarter of a Century.
"Billy" Burke, notorious bank thief, husband of
Sophie Lyons, both known to the police of the
civilized world. Is making more trouble, this time
in Philadelphia. The first occasion when he set
the authorities by the fan was in Detroit in 1904.
His recorded activities began in 1882. and culmi
nated with his arrest last autumn In Philadelphia,
j when he and Charles Watson, with a string of
j aliases almost as long as that of Burke, grabbed
$3,000 from Patrick Coonan, a runner for the Frank
lir National Bank, while he was in the corridor
of the Sub-Treasury. The money was recovered,
and the two thieves were sent to Eastern Peni
tentiary for three years and lined $500 each.
The alleged efforts of Assistant Superintendent
G'Leary to obtain the discharge of Burke have re
sulted in charges against the official In a letter to
Mayor Rcyburn. It was also charged that two New
York City politicians pot Mr. O'l.eary to use bis
Influence In the thief's behalf. These politicians are
■aid to be Tammany men. But Burke and his
partner In crime are In the penitentiary, and, ac
cording to the police here, their record will keep
them there until their term expires.
Burke, or Charles Bates. "Billy the Kid,"
Murphy or Potrle-in England Frank Lackrose— ls
an Englishman, was a plumber, is five feet six
inches tall and weighs about 175 pounds. He is of
florid complexion, hag a blond mustache and side
whiskers. He is said to be of good address, plausi
ble, hut an Irreclaimable thief. He is suspected of
having had something to do with the Galesburg
bank robbery, and he was known as a suspicious
character in Chicago and St. Louis before he had
a record. In 18S2 he started In to make a history
of non-successes. But it must be remembered that
there Is no record of his successes.
In Coboes in 1882 he attempted to steal $10/™
from a messenger of the Manufacturers' Bank.
He was sent to the Albany County jail, from which
be escaped. The offer of a reward of $1,000 caused
his capture and he had to serve a six-year term.
This was cut down by good behavior, and In 18*..
with Sophie Lyons, alias Levy, he went to Europe.
In Geneva. Switzerland, with "Charlie" Allen and
George Harper, he waylaid a bank messenger ami
got $»?.«*». They were arrested, and the money was
recovered in a drtch where it had been concealed.
He got two years for that job. As soon as he was
out he went to London, the faithful Sophie trailing
after. On March 22. 1890. with two others, he made
a bold attempt to steal a bag containing £5.000 from
a bank. He got eighteen months for this.
It was a long Way from England to Kentucky,
but he next tubbed up In 1882 at Mount Sterling,
tried to steal $4,400 from a bank, was captured and
sent up for three years. In 1894. after leaving Ken
tucky on good behavior, he was arrested for a
robbery In "The Commercial Gazette" office, whore
he got $450. He was sent up for two and one-half
years. In 1883 he was arrested on suspicion in De
troit, let go by the superintendent, and then Burke
took another Journey to Europe, landed in Buda
pest, attempted a robbery, failed, and got two
years in an Austrian prison.
' Burfe did not show up again until 1904. when the
Detroit police arrested him on general suspicion.
Burke got a writ of habeas corpus, threatened to
have the police superintendent arrested, but thought
better of it. A Circuit Court Judge was said to
have used his Influences in Burkes behalf, but he
Bald that he knew Sophie Lyons, who had once
been his client. The Judge said that he had no in
terest in Burke whatever. Burke wanted to live
in Detroit, and be did remain there so far as Is
known from that time until his arrest in Philadel
11 Here Burke Is known as n. consummate bank
Here Burke is known as n consummate bank
sneak thief. He has served time in Sing Sing, and
on one occasion revealed a plot to murder a keeper
as a preliminary to a wholesale jail delivery. He
escaped from Sing Sing at one time, attempted a
burglary the same night, was rearrested on the
Bowery and rescnteneed.
Watson's record is of pocket picking up to the.
Philadelphia job. He had never been sentenced
before excepting in New Orleans, where he got
ten days and a fine of $30.
BACK TO CHINATOWN FOR GOOD.
Husband Shocts Wife He Found on the
Bowery When She Returns.
When Frank Pearsall. of Jersey city, came over
with a number of his friends last fall to see
Chinatown be little thought that the trip was the
first step toward landing him behind prison
bars. A face, one of those seen on the Bowery
between nightfall and daybreak, attracted him,
and one day the news flashed through the concert
halls that "Pretty Julia" Hanlon had married a
"real gf-nt that worked" and was going to turn
her back on the Bowery and her old associates.
She did, and Pears-all took her to Jersey City,
where he had bought her a little home, for he is a
good mechanic and had saved money.
Their life was a happy one. but the call of th«
Bowery was too much for Julia, and on Saturday.
when her husband was away at work, she stole
out of the house and was the gayest of all those in
Chinatown that night. When Pearsall discovered
her departure he came to New York. and. last night
found her sitting In the rear of No. 6 Mott street
with some "gentlemen friends."
•Won't you come back home again?" he asked.
"I'm satisfied now. Frank," she answered; "go
home and forget me."
In a second she had fallen to the floor with one
bullet in her lung and the other in her arm. The
denizens, panic stricken, fled to the street. When
Patrolmen Trefzger and McCutcheon entered with
drawn revolvers they found Pears* ll standing with
his smoking gun over the body of his wife. He
was too dazed to talk and was taken to the sta
tion house. His wife was taken to St. Gregory's
Hospital, where it was Bald that she would prob
ably die.
Nine of the Inmates of the place were afterward
found and locked up as witnesses.
HER HAIR SAVES WOMAN'S LIFE.
New Brunswick, N. .1., June 22 (Special).— A high
coil of h;(ii nn the head of Miss Sarah Watson,
si • : nf Reorder John Watson, of this city, savt-d
her skull from a bad fracture to-day Miss Watson
was passing under the French street elevation of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, w-hen a three pound
hammer slipped from a workman's hand, fell mx-
U-en feet and struck her on the head. She reeled.
and two nun caught her and took her home In a
cab. Her straw hat was shattered, as were the
combs in her hair.
MORE SANTA FE MEN LAID OFF.
Topeka, Kan., June 22.— The paint and coach de
partmenis of the Santa Fe. shops were closed to
day for a week. This will throw 400 out of em
ployment, in addition to the 1,3<T0 who were laid
off for a week in the locomotive and boiler shops.
The company Fays it is a matter of economy.
ST. LOUIS RAILWAYS MUST PAY $3,000,000.
ll!y Te!«gr*l* If) TTid Tril unc I
St. Louis, June 22.— A decision In a lest case to
day by Circuit Judge Reynolds makes the United
Railways Company, operating all streetcars in St.
Louis, responsible for damage judgments amounting
to probably $3,000,000 against the St. I.ouis Transit
Company before tb<» latter was merged with the
former. The decision was in the case of iwivti
Barrie for personal injuries. The United Railways
contended that under the tripartite agreement
which gave it tin- management of the street rail
ways it was not liable (or tl>«- transit company's
debts.
FOUR YEARS FOR COLUMBUS GRAFTER.
Columbus, Ohio, June 21— Frederick .1. Imrael, a
member of the Columbus Board of Public Service,
who was ousted from office because of the East
Broad street paving scandal, voluntarily appeared
before Judge Rathmell in the Criminal Court to
day, and forestalled his trial, pet for Tuesday and
Wednesday, by entering a formal plea of guilty
of accepting ■ bribe from H. C. Lang, superin
tendent of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Com
pany. H«j was sentenced to four years in the Ohio
Penitentiary and lined 11,000.
' BLOW ON HEAD WITH BALL FATAL.
Woonsocket. ft 1.. June 22. — August Sene,ae.
eighteen years old. died at his home here to-day
as a result of having been lilt on the head by a
pitched bail In an amateur baseball game at Brldg
ton yesterday. Death was due to concussion of the
brain.
SHOTS FOR STRAY DOGS
General Carnage />// Health Depart
* merit Begins To-morrow.
Dr. Walter Bensel, the sanitary superintendent
of the Health Department, will lead a force of sev
ym'nlcJrow on a war of «t.rmlnalton
sia.int do-. without leashes or muzzles. Should
i^SSS dog wear . muzz., 1., will not be mo
fesUd. The stray dog will be shot in Ms tracks If
ho marksmansnlp is good. The dead animals .will
' not he carted off by the special Health I >epar tment
Patrolmen. Wagons from the offal dock will be
held in readiness to pick up the victim- of the raid.
This force will start In the middle BMt Side
-We shall not spare any dog not muzzled or held
by a leash." -aid Or. Bensel. "The Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is doing splendid
work, but «* are going to make • clean job of the
stray dog nuisance. We snail start in on Wednes
day morninK. «nd as long as stray dogs are to be
found they will he shot. This crusade will con
tinue until October 31. In the ensuing four months
We Shall give an object lesson of the enforcement
of the law. 1 ' «'
Dr. Darlington, the Health Commissioner, said
that the ordinance hnd been passed at the last
meeting of the Board Of Healthy and that it was in
many respects like th«- ordinance of January, but
the clause permitting the redeeming of dogs was
omittc-d.
"The frequent rases of rabies made this action
necessary." ho said. "The law is clear. It has
not been obeyed. Now it shall be enforced."
The ordinance will go into effect to-morrow in
each borough. No limit to the carnage has been
set. At the office of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals the manager said that he
had not heard of the projected slaughter. He. also
said that the Board of Health had the power to do
as it pleased in the matter, although the society
was authorized by law to regulate the keeping of
dogs within the city's limits.
The towns of Union and West HobokCß. of Union
County, N. J.. have passed ordinances giving citi
zen* the power to shoot stray dogs. The slaughter
so far has not been very great.
Kennf-th Krken-Brack. jr.. eight years old, of No.
182 Union Hall street. Jamaica, was bitten yester
day by a mastiff belonging t« Mrs. John Kronke.
The boy's mother wants the dog killed. The dog,
it is declared, was not mad. The boy's wound was
cauterized.
WOMAN STUMBLES TO HER DEATH
Wife of Harlem Politician Killed While
Walking in Her Back Yard.
Mrs. Mary Pwnyze, wife of Pamuel W. Swayze,
a Harlem politician and retired real estate dealer,
while walking In the back yard of her home, at No.
212 West 123 d street, last evening, stumbled and
fell and died in a few minutes from a fracture of
the skull.
She had gone to the yard to examine some flow
ers. Her attention was suddenly called to her
neighbor. Miss Lollta Herron. who lives at No. 211
"West 122 d street. She bf-gan to walk toward the
window where Miss Herrron stood, and not seeing
where she was walking stumbled. She weighed
nearly two hundred pounds, and so forcible was
her fall that she never moved after striking the
ground.
FATAL FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA SERIES.
Philadelphia. June 2_'.-A girl was fatally burned,
her mother was critically injured, their dwelling
was destroyed and damage was done to a ware
house and a machine shop by a aeries of fires which
occurred here to-day practically at the same time.
Florence Dugan, thirteen years old. died in a hos
pital from hums received in a fire at her home, at
Front and Clymer streets, and her mother received
probably fatal burns in trying to extinguish her
daughter's blazing clothing. The girl endeavored
to hurry the kitchen fire with oil.
Th« firemen had previously been called to the
building of the Pennsylvania Warehouse and
Safe Deposit Company, at Lombard street anil
Delaware avenue, where they subdued a fire among
stored cotton after an hour's battle. Sparks from
the burning warehouse ignited the roof of the iron
works of Joseph Whltecar, near by, but this was
soon extinguished.
FORMER STAR FIRST BASEMAN DEAD.
Everett Mills, once a well known baseball player
and for many years sergeant-at-arms in the Quar
ter sessions Court at Newark. N. .T.. died yester
day at his home. No. 5?.5 Seventh avenue, in that
city.
it was with the Burekas and Red Stockings,
when they, with 'lie Mutual* of New York and
Atlantic^ of Brooklyn, were the crack teams of
the country, that Mills made his reputation as a
first baseman, and he was one of the best players
pbout 18TO. When he retired from the game he
built a home on which was a weather vane
made In the design of three baseball bats ami
a baseball beneath them. When with the Mutuals.
in 1874. Mills was regarded a? a model Initial
Backer, being very active, keen of sight, sure in
"pinching" "grounders" and holding difficult fly
balls, and well up in all the points of first base,
besides heinir an effective batsman. Thai season
Mills's work was of gr^at help in enabling the
Mutuals to finish second to Boston for the cham
pionship, the latter winning fifty-two games and
losing eighteen, while the Mutuals won forty-two
and lust twenty-three. Mr. Mills was born In
Chatham, Mass . sixty-three years ago. He leaves
a wife and three children.
OKLAHOMA COMMISSION UPHELD.
Gutbrie. Okla., June 22.— The Supreme Court to
day affirmed the exclusive power of the Corpora
tion Commission to fix railroad rates within the
state, subject to appeal from their action to the
Supreme Court. Th<» case in question was an ap
peal by the Rock Island Railroad from an injunc
tion preventing it from enforcing an increased
rate <m grain between certain points.
GIRL SHOT: SHOOTER NOT FOUND.
While playing In front of her home, at No. 407
East 147 th street. The Bronx, last evening, eight
year-old Lillie Burr was struck in the right arm
by h bullet supposed to have been fired from a
revolver in a window of one of the neighboring
tenements. The bullet hit the elbow and passed
down the, forearm and out at the wrist. The girl
was not badly hurt. The police were unable to
find out who fired the revolver.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Albert Fnrrell, of No. 221 East 43d street, who
was arrested for shooting and killing Mrs. Tessio
Vailand, of No. 633 West 41st street, on Sunday
night, was arraigned before Magistrate Cornell in
the Wept Side Court yesterday and remanded to
the custody of the coroner without bail. James
Farrell, a brother, was held in Js«io ball as a wit
ness.
Thirty prisoners, who were arrested In Fort
George on Sunday, were arraigned before Magis
trate llerrman yesterday morning and all dis
charged, in discharging them the magistrate
took occasion to criticise the police for not giving
the Fort George merchants a •"square deal."
John Kline and Richard Hoare, the employes of
the Hoffman House who were arrested, charged
with defrauding the hotel management, were found
guilty In the Court of Special Sessions yesterday
and fin< l d JIM each.
Coroner Acritelli appeared in the Supreme Court
yesterday and pleaded not guilty to the charges
brought against hun in connection with the pri
mary flection last fall. Trial of the case was .s.-t
for the first Monday In October.
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
The petitions in bankruptcy Bled In the United
States District Court yesterday were as follows:
Involuntary petition against Harry Weiss Jobber
In enamel ware and bOUM furnishing good* No 17
Willet street, by the Baltimore Stamping and En
amelling Company and others, with claims for
goods aggregating 1526 8*; preferences through un
defended legal proceedings alleged; Charles \v 1 it
tleneld receiver, with a bond of $500 assets eatl
mate. l at $I,<»M.
Edward Roemer, of No. 177 Basi Md street voliin
t«ry petition; liabilities. M.SlOfia unsecured*
assets; owes .1. .1 winner, of No. 2370 Third avenue
K..a»62. and John Rlland, of Rah way. X. j., j? •«.. '
c Tarabella was appointed receiver for Antonio
Russo in the banking business at No. S3M Arthur
avenue. The Bronx, with a 1.0n.l of SUM The as.
■eta of the alleged bankrupt, stated In the petition
to have fled for the purpose of defrauding credit
ors, are described a a merchandise, accounts re
eetvabl*. fixtures and cash In the bank, worth alto
gether about $1,000.
THE PARIS SENSATION* HERE. 7
The new Dlrectolre gown was displayed yesterday for the first time In New Tori at M Fhnrpstwra
Company's West 23d street, by Mile, de Joire. a late arrival from Par!, I, I, th . Mn ,e m*W
that caused such a sensation at the Longchamps racetrack in Paris. The material t, Na pol«,
buff chiffon broadcloth, trimmed with "old blue" cord and metal passementerie The SuhssjMgi
moWie- »- are of point de Valenqay. It introduces th* new 'sheath' skirt. sM » tl«ht
flttlngtun.ee. open on one side. The high belt effect Is most pronounced. "CM blue' t! ? h: 9 „,
worn, combined with dainty Flipper?.
Of Interest
v«e to tOotnen.
OFF FOR- BOSTON
Biennial Delegates Leave Ncxc York
in Tzi'O Special Cars.
A large contingent of clubwomen occupying two
special cars left the Grand Central Station yester
day morning for Boston, where the biennial conven
tion of the Genera] Federation of Women's Clubs
will open to-day. Among them were Mrs. Stan
dard Hammond, of Binghamton. president of th«»
New York State Federation; Mr* Philip Carpenter,
ex-president; Mrs Charlotte Wilbour. president of
Sorosis: Mrs. Esther Ilerrman. Sirs. William Tod
Helmutb. Miss Helen Varlcfc BoswelL Miss Mary
Garrett Hay, Mrs. Ralph Trautmann. Mrs. Steven
Stephens, Mrs. M. Steelman, Mrs. H. N. Pan -oast.
Mrs. Frank B. Church. Miss Florence Guernsey and
Mrs. J. Heron Crosman Mrs. William Cummins
Story, president of the City Federation, was not of
the party, but will join the delegation on Wednes
day. Mrs. Clarence Burns, who as chairman of the
committee on .legislation, industry and child labor,
arranged perhaps the most interesting evening of
the convention, is detained by the illness of her
husband.
The subjects represented by this committee are
now overshadow ins all other? In the interest of the
federation. Pino food Is row In * coaajderstbts
extent a p;ist Issue, and the- interest in ehUd labor
has been extended to the industrial conditions of
m»n end wom>n as well.
The most exciting event of the federation will, of
course, be the election. The present president. Mrs.
Sarah Platt Decker, has served two terms and can
not be re-elected, and the two women who are
candidates for her position seem to be evenly
matched. They are Mrs. Philip Moore, of St. Louis,
and Mrs. May Alden Ward, of Boston. Mrs. Ward
has the advantage of being on her native heath,
but, on the other hand, the presidency of the fed
eration is a costly place, involving travel and
other expensive things, and Mrs. Moore 13 said to
have the advantage in that respect.
"It is a shame that it should be so." said one of
the delegates yesterday morning, '•hut until we
pay our presidents a salary these things will have
to be taken Into consideration."
Th» New York delegates are taklne only a mild
and reasonable interest In the election, as th»y
hava no candidate of their own to push. Mr«.
Philip Carpenter, they say, could undoubtedly h&vo
the place if she wanted it, but as she has abso
lutely declined to run New York Is going to Boston
with a perfectly open mind. It is expected, how
ever, that Mrs. Carpenter will be elected vice
president.
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
The waist that is made with the square bertha
effect Is one of the latest and bes. liked, and this
one has the merit of being adapted to a great
many different materials. It can be utilized either
with or without a lining, and consequently becomes
available for all the pretty muslins and the like
and also for the thin silks and light weight wools
which require lining. In the illustration the mate-
NO. 6.0.M TISSIF, PAPZH TATTKUN OF FAXry
BLOUBsi POII M CKNTS
rial is cr/>i.e ,|p chine, the yoke being murte of
tucked net. while the berthn is of embroidered band
ing and the trimming on the blouse is of Insertion
and lace.
The quantity of material required for the me
dium sin is 2% yards :i or :«, 2 yards 27. r ' til
yards ■' Inches wide, with 1 yard of tucked net
for the yok ■ and under sleeves. 17; yards of banding
3V, inches wMe, >', yards of Insertion, it yards of
edging % inch id.- and % yard of silk for the glr
dla to make as illustrated. The pattern 8.024 is cut
In sksta for ■ a. M, X, M and 40 Inch bust measure,
and will be mailed to ar.y address on receipt of M
cents.
Please give number of pattern ...1, 1 bust measure
distinctly. Address Patten Dspartaaesl ' N> -
York Tribune. If i., a hurry for pattern i.en.l an
extra t-ceal stamp, and we will mail by letter
Vx'ftige In sealed envelope.
PLAYTI.ME JTY. W.C.I
Opening of Summer School, zziih Itf
Pleasant Pastimes.
The Taosjfl Women's Christian jssssclbsJbs. Xa.
7 East ota street, began last night its annual
summer demonstration of Solomon's wartfj in ref
erence to "Wisdom. "Her ways are ssjgw ef sfajsi
antn«ss." Is ofh a r words. *':■• summer schod
opened. So pleasant are Wisdom's ways nud* in
this seat of learning: that ON only limit s» ffja
number of her devotees !.<■ that s<"t by spec?, and
the pupils don't even know that they ar <, gettlss
wise. When a lecture Is given it is call*l by an
other name. Guests are bidden, * - instance. tj
a zoological party and are taken on a trip thron^i
the Zoologies)] Park by means of a st?wptiCo2.
Or they are invited to come and «••» "Our Own
Wonderland." and when the time comes t'r* »«•
and hear all ar^ut the wonders In Telloirstaa*
Park.
Dancing isn't usually = *ken of as the hMitmli
of Wisdom, but the director of the summer sciat
M:<-- S. Doh^ny. says this Is a mistake. Dandat
improves the manners of the girls T«l*rfrj!!r.
ph.- declares, and manners are c!?ar!y allied to
morels. Then there are the Bowers. Then Is ; w>
educator like beauty. Hiss Doheay rMaks. par
ticularly for these girls of the step and factory,
who are steeped in ugliness all day lots;. S» tis
summer school is always fun si flowers. Tit
chapel was transformed into a bower cf fcewrtT
for the opening- ■- rertaii last EigSt. ami all
through the summer the members of ta» associa
tion who barre country homes will se» '" v M
school baa plenty of flowers, with an extra soop'T
for the "midsummer garden party" « ni * ot * ler *•*
etal occasions. Among On bmmi jp-ierma desars
are Mrs. .1. Hull Browning; of Tenaflr JB» Bsei *
man. of The CBsCs, Oyster Bay; Miss E=il7 B.
Wilson, of Elberon. and Mrs. E. F. HatSeli
The object of the summer K&bol is to teaci t&s»
girls, who must b« under twenty-flve-becans* m
limited space— what to do with their pksj ncmrs.
and th* curriculum, therefrre. hi is* Tartar
pleasant mill useful handicraft?. Among these th»
making of shirtwaists Is the most popular. lij*
even more popular than dancing, and ''' 5 ™
turn out and aft»rward wear rdch stylish V s '
1 merits that the school is g«tlns a reputation t:r
being ' 'swell.
"Its perfectly grand awes there, theirs ■>
swell. " is lbs way one girl put lr.
Millinery, too, la popular, b'lt doesn't *M to t_»
"swellness" of the school, because the pupils * ' : •
wear hats when they com* there, nor jetwVß
th»y go to work, so they make winter hats tor
their mothers.
The girls find that it saves a M of ssssMMl
com* t.-» school without a hat. They have noa«
to dispose of when they get ther« The bare -**-
is also a protection on the Street. The girl with
out a hat is supposed Is be near her home a*ia
less likely to be molested. The SSSSOSMSI I»S
taken the further precaution, too. Of app!ytn» •*
police protect.'on for the twenty-fly» hundred yo<r?
women wh"> Imm to the summer Ctsassi in *•
evening, so every night the ftrtwta leadln?
the subway an.i elevated stations near th* traiUsJ
are patrolled by plainclothes men. There i 3 1»«
un-asiness in this SCSVS row than BsSM was us
summer, however, and M the UospttaUtj cotar-t
tee. composed of pupil.", is *oin? to —^ -• »
work that was discontinued las* summer AH <»«■•
door committee will be appointed to visit tB "
squares In the neighborhood-Union. -~' : ' '"'/
Abingdon-and invite the girls found tlters
"Come and have a good time."
CLUBWOMEN GATHER ' v - BOSIO&
Over 2.000 Reach City to Attend C«»s»
tion of General Federation.
Boston, June r.-About two thousand <" !llt " :r0: ="
from all parts of the In, ted State* are in B^
to-fliKhf. getting ready for the opening f f-"}^.
of the biennial convention •< the "•■' " ***
tion of Women's Clubs. Symphony Ha "' the co
ventlon headquarter*, «a, one of the busies. : £ 3 " f .
in the city to-day. All the delegate, » 9 *J m
rived were directed to the hall, •■"■• vpo- . „,
presentation of credentials, they were a«ign
their lodgings. _ l/wtaiaC
Hundreds of the women lost »*»**?£
over points of historic interest. ThroJ^ tTdZ .
day the s»«hts«>ing automobiles were *™ ► e3SS s
lzed by the federalists, in their «-- <*•
and slats badges. o< -curre4 at
Tho nr*.t social affair of «he we« ff ,, iflB al
the Hotel Westminster wh *" th * *rvA. R.
Women's Club and Paul Jones Ctapt£ ln
ay« a breakfast for visiting gffigSS**
the day « ration was *'"" J^ r tTw £•
setts Mat. f..1,- I: U!.M, S4 .'- ', l>^^J lß ; sr udH*
England Woman's Club, in thf ™" f e<!er«
|o „„. |lffl „.r. -ml directors £££- „^.rs>
tion. member* -,' *tan<nns
delegates .'"I alternates. cenCf
This evening the state '«*"•*£ «- the £**«'■
In Symphony Hall a. , *v''y« Orchestra **
member! of Ike Boston symphony vrc
Dishing the music ..Hnrioally tO * litt '
To-morrow will I•• «lv« UP *«" "* ' £c ccn«3
seeing and excursion,, '"^.^^HallW
tion win be fensMriU o r ,t>,d **££% of tt . *•»
Mr*. Sarah S. Tlatt Decker. I***""™
era) federation. —
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