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ZELAU UNDER
MEXICAN FLAG
SAILS FROM CORJXTO
ON (>r\BOAT.
'Pczses American Warships, in
Harbor ScKim Cruz His i
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Destination.
Minifii, Dae. 25 — Joae Santo* Zelara.
•x-PresUest of Klcaracva. has taken
tlriselT oct cf the country, and is now 1
all— the Mexican gunboat General
Guerrero, bound for fiaJlna Crux. Mexi-- !
Under cm-er of darkneas on Thursday j
«icrr..ng Ze'.aya. accompanied by a haav- j
1!y armed guard. proceeded to Cortato. j
♦r which port the Mexican warship had
beea lyicf for »e\eral days close beside '
the nMs4 Stales protected cruiser Al- j
bery. Other American warships swuna* I
*t tr.cher tn the harbor, with marraea '
c board, laxity awaiting Instructions.
Selaya'e flgflsJec was unheralded, but a '
r"-ard frcaj the Guerrero received him. j
ar.d aaon he was safe under the protec- I
•Jam of the- Mexican flag At 5 o'clock in
«he fi-fteraooa the warship weighed
•r.chor end proceeded to sea, A salute
cf thirteen run* was fired from the chore,
«r.d huadreds of soldiers and citizens j
wavad the former dictator a farewell I
fr-m the beach. Zelava stood alone and !
vsjwad back in answer. He uncovered .
wr.ea abreart of the Albany, but th*
American cruiser made no response. '
Then m turned aca:r. toward th» rhore. j
*az!rg until out — eig^.r.
AMERICANS WATCH DEPARTURE. |
Zf\ty* «as entertained at luncheon at I
Conr-to^y the commasdart of the port, '
whose guests included the Mexican Mm- ;
isier and the ofScers of th« General
O:t-rrero There were M toasts, but the.
cf Rama was informally dif
'"UF*.«-d.
Zelaya expressed fear that Pr^rident ]
Midr-.z would not be able ta cop* with
the situation, as he was not i military '
tp.an. He sa!d the arrr.y ef the povera- i
nejt had beer, reduced to akeiet** by j
rrivttjocs km to the failure of the new :
«<d ministration % to forward rations, and j
be was g-'.ad that the army had sun-en- 1
r!*red. as rreat lors of life was thus ;
avaMefl
The rt-Pretldent was taken off or a
•aunch et 2:3<> p. m. ar.d put aboard the !
*!*x'ican varshlp vitbout the sli^hte^t 1
• rrofitlon from the American ships and !
Dd protest of any kind. Until the Gen
• ral Giitriero steamed away there was
zrth\ apprehension on the part of Ze
eya that the United States would op- !
.«.se his departure. There was csly a j
Ceettl dtmonftratlon, and the !«*vetak- |
<*v unimpressive. \u speech were i
Tiad* 1 . ''at a military' hand played a few- j
.tr* in .* hall nearby. Th* American of- \
•'tr» &t&ort i»»nt wast of the time maY- ;
tztg eaapshots of what appeared to bo
■ very peaceful ectiit.
.-hortly t»*ttrc the arrival ct Zelaya at
■"rrinto ths ITnited fctates * -'-boat
Princeton rot «p steam and sailed for
•^an Juan del £ur. The rumor eprrad
♦hat th" Pr:nceton intended to watch'the
TiO'crp.fr.if of the Mexican gunboat, but
■fee proceeded directly down the coast.
and her arrival at her destination was
•'•, rud liter, greatly rtlievir.g thf anx
'": of Ze'.ayas adherents.
JULIET FELT IN MANAGUA.
tkaajruaat. in c«"?ieral wat« vastly re
••»■•! llrfaeß they learned that Zelaya
pone, and President Madriz has al
••sc begun his I rasassai wcrk of re
fom. A'! reports tiust Mairiz !r.trn«L«
•• retina th» Fre*idency are without a
hr« 3el UUtlu He- himself announces
hat be atcepfed the office only after
■ ' :r . mnsidtntticn ot the oppcrtjr.ity
• off.cc gave him to bring about har
• - 1 and peace in Nicaragua and also
•~f the dar.gtrs which attended his ac
; Usoe. He is villirt to face the
gen h* si>t, in crdT to eaue the
• try.
rCewa of th« orem heirrir.g vtctcgy wen
Irj General Estrada at Rama has now
cached all 111 Managua, as well as the
"■efcrt th&t the revolutionary forces will
t* marching in this direction. But
i> a» jet a icrg distance off,
«u.t3 II is hop»-d that before his men reach
♦^ecsr^tcl a fcttlement satisfactory to
1! side* can b< arranged
caricatures cf Zclaj-a, one cf
then r* presenting him as bc:np ftrpped.
*•&'•* b. tr. c.rctilated in the city.
FOUND TREASfRY EMPTY.
'r< Eil^n: Madriz admits that he *our.d
W tunds in tht Treasury. There is a
"'r.irs.l Illiinni — to accept as legal
'•r.o-.r tht- Ust issue of paj>er money by
2«la;-a. Ilt fear the new administration
declare it worthless. A new war tax
:» inevitable.
A force of three thousand men is b<
'r.s pr<-pt:red wsrh ■he purpose of tnak
• '.JT an advance to Acoyapa. which is on
* v ' railroad fronj Rama to Lake Ma
•egua i-.nd about equidistant from Ma
"srs:a and lUmi
General ToKdo. «ho has been *ppo:nt
•"i Actinr War Minister by M&drix. pro
«Mb that he is eager to make terms
wj^h thr revolutionists, but li not will
tr.r to surrender ..-::• He
«ay# the revolutionist* art- on record as
htxtry promised to lay down their arms
■■ m '.'.• -j'-j •a* unsea.ti*d. ar.d he ar
r-t* that .rle*t they keep this premise
»h^' uill lose the 6>-n:p*thy not only of
Vfcartpoa but of the entire world
The p«-<--ple of Leon are actively «up
r*m.'.rx Prrtrider.t Madriz. but Oranad*
and Maif are unfwttled. «»■ it is ■*>*
»hat they are »o b* ta*e4 without i>-pre
•'rtatior-.
A dirjia-trh received here to-d*y from
H'vtt cay« that i, man who ■>«■» 4
"Vu^a Madriz!" war Mat ' fo death by
three soldier?.
MEXICO'S ATTITUDE. •
Received ilano as a Private j
Citizen.
Mexico City. Dec. 23— Jo** Santo*
Belaya, a* a. private citiren, asasri and
received an asylum on board in* Mcxl-
r ±i> gunboat General Guerrero, according
♦•• **atementj of the ofScUl.. of »h* De
partment oX Foreign Relations here v*-
■ ■ — — "^"^^ 'r\»i ll«M. IWI. fcr "^fc* Ti t*e— *— "rtM>iW I
10-moTon, tnow: «r*t mind*.
11 TO HIT HY TR MX
Occupants of Car Unhurt,
Though Hurled High in Air.
fßy T *' ■«'—»> to Th» Tr!t>ua«.J
Vireland. N. J, Dec. 25.— Ernest Fisher,
a baker m this place, escaped de* in j
a miraculous manner to-night. He was
retarntng from a Christina!" celebration ;
with his wife and child in an automobile.
While crossing: the Central Railroad an
■■pries train wtin?d by and M Ms
ant© high in the air
The machine was literally torn to
pieces, but. strange to say. Fisher and
>ils fa-ally escaped with alight scratches |
The top on the machine raved their lives. !
TRAIX KILLS WOMAX.I
Man Who Tried to Save Her
May Also Die.
Vineland. N. J.. Dec. 25— William
W— wman. of Malaca. a village near
here, was fatally injured to-night while
trying to save an. aged woman from
being struck by a train. Despite hi«
effort the woman was killed, and there' is
Raid to be no prcsprt of Hag-rman » re
covery.
The "Roman was Mrs. Mary Price.
sixty -eight years old. a resident of
Malaga. She was crossing the West Jer-
Mf Railroad tracks, on her way to take
Christmas presents to a poor family. In
stepping in front of an approaching train
•he slipped and fell on the track. Hager
man saw her peril and sprang to her aid.
He reached her safely and was trying
to drag her out of danger, when both
were struck by the locomotive and hurled
high In the air. The woman wan dead
when picked up.
ADVERTISE RICH M } \
Fricl\ Barnsdall and Phipps
Said To Be Tax Delinquents.
[By Tel«rrapb Is Th« Tnbu:
burg, Dec 25.— The publication of
the delinquent tax list of 100S came a
* sensation on the eve of Christmas, be
cause of the notable names advertised.
•am Grenet. the new tax collector, ts
endert'.y not a respecter or corporations
or persons for he published the name
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
for $124.77217. That corporation paid
the list tax collector one check fcr $25»V
000 for taxes
H. C. Frick is advertised for $20.-
VI 3B on property at the 'Point. '
which he sought to ee!l to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad for warehouse purposes.
It surrounds the famous "Mock house"
of Revolutionary time*. F. T. F. Love-
Joy, one of Andrew Carnegie's young
partners, owes $5.70S 4*5 on "Lovejoy"s
Folly." which he built on Bread Acres.
In Braddock avenue, with the meney he
eecure-'J for his Carnegie eteel holdings
•old to the United States 6teel Corpora
tion.
T. K. Saraaaafl. who owns millions of
a-r~t.of ell laaaTa •» adverti6»d for i: -
4TI 10 and Henry Phipps. Jr.. is named
for ' ".: 14 <*>n"a MM piece, of property.
The American Steel and Wire Company
is delinquent JI.COI 66 ar.d the Crucible
Ste*l Company ef America 5M0««l.
( H HER LESS CHEERED.
Bright Turn in A /faint of
Stricken Familt/ of Six.
There were no bulging stockings for the
tix small children of Thomas Christ, of
No. "S3 Central avenue, Williarasburg.
yesterday morning, and the outlook for
a M*rry Christmas was far from favor
able. The mother of the children h^s
been In the Kings County Hospital for
thre* week? with an attack of scarlet
fever. The father ha/ been out cr work
einr* Thanksgiving Day, end because h»
*nd his family h*ve been quarantined
•< has been unable to get employment
at his trade, is painting
The condition of th" family was
trcught to the attention of the police
of the Hamburg avenue station yester
day, and the Society for the Prevention
cf Cruelty to Children r»» asked to tak*.
charge of the children. Agents of the
society were unwilling to do this, bow
ever, because of the fear cf carrying con
titgi'iut disease to their other litt!e
charges. To get a clear bill ef heaTth
for the children an inspector of the
Board of Health was asked to investi
gate The latter found that there was
no danger in placing the Christ children
with others, and was Just leaving the
house when Mrs. Mary titratton. of No.
9D Schaeffer street, approached in her
carriage.
She noticed the uniform of the iaspec
tcr ar.d ordered her driver to stop. From
the ir^pector -•.c learned the plight of
the family. Immediately she Jumped
out of the carriage ar.d hurried into the
building. Whtn admitted to the Christ
home the said that Santa Claus was
waiting fr»r the children to come to her
horn* They w«-re wrapped in blankets,
placed In the carriage and carried th-re.
While they were being warmed and
f»-d Mrs. Ftratton sent out for a Christ
ma* tree, hastily trimmed it and placed
en it *uch toys and randies and the like
as she had on hand. After enjoying
their b^lat'-d Christmas for an bow or
more the children were put to be-1. The
eld«"*t child. Henrietta, i* only four
j ears old. Then came the first *et cf
twins. Mhttii*- and Thomas, thr*e jears
old; George, two. and the twin babie?.
William and Franci*, three months old.
OPERA FEELS THE STORM.
Instruments Go Astray, and i'Rieo
letto" Suffers as Result.
Th* -torn caused * remark* har-l^nine i
■•. laj>t r.iffhfs performance of "Rlroletto" j
at th* Metropolitan Opera Hou»e. The tint [
orchestra of the company took part la th* j
aft'moon ir th« performance of '•Har.a«l j
utl Gret*!"' «t th« Brooklyn Andnny of '
Music, and at the c!o»e at th« tp*ri th-. !
inustcal instruments wer* ;■«■ U--1 tr.to 1 \tn !
to be earned back to th* Metropolitan. On j
th« way over the >'. became stallM In !
v blockade caused by th« storm, and th* J
instrument* did not arm* until after 5 j
o'clock.
A»« result, th- nwrtf of th; entire rr*t
s<t was pl«ve4 with hurriedly collected id
ftruments, srd •« no h^rns rouW b- foond
th«- born players wen. forre«J to t».f »ul>sij>.
AUGUSTA, CHARLESTON. ATLANTA.
tti-nrroi-UII-. ana o»ut>i. * -J A. M.. 3::» !
ami »Jj J*. U- Unexn-lied ,rrv!~ vt* |
rvv.m. and AtUntic Ceart L*'n«; n. IV a. j
i we; -AArx.
NEW-YORK, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1909.-
SHOOT AN AM) \i\]\
riCTUI THROWN I\TO
EXCAVATION
. ■•
Bold Burglars Escape After
Murderov* Assault on
Stntrti Island.
Two burglars shot William <"» Keefe.
coachman for Henry Deckfr, in the
kitchen of the Decker home, in Todt
Road. Dongan Hills. Staten Island, early
ysterday morning, carried him out of
the house and threw him into an excava
tion about one hundred feet away, and
escaped with a surrey and fast horse
which they stole from the stable.
The Deckers went out early on Friday
evening and l?ft the coachman in charge
cf the hous». Shortly after 11 o'clock
O'Keefe went down to the village, and
when he returned it was between 1 and
2 o'clock in th* morning. Approaching
the rear of the house, he noticed that the
kitchen door was pea. Suspecting that
something was wrong, he entered the
kitchen noiselessly, and .- he did so two
marked men appeared froTn th* dining
room.
Without a word they pulled revolvers,
and before he could turn and escape they
opened fire, discharging ten shots in all.
Four bullets took effect in O'Keefes
lack, and h* dropped to the floor un
conscious. The burglars then picked htm
up and carried him out of the house
About a hundred feet in the rear of th
buildings is an excavation, and into the
hoi* they threw the wounded coachman.
Then they went into the stable, drew
out 'i surrey, harnessed one of Mr.
Decker"* fastest horses into It and drove
away. Staten Island detectives have
thus far been unable to find any trace of
the men or of the outfit in which they
made their escape.
At- an hour after the robbery and
shooting the Deckers returned. They
found the house op*n and O'Keefe miss
in?, but. thinking that he had gone, to
the etable for pom-thing, they locked
up and retired. Yesterday morning there
was still no trace of the coachman, and
Mr. Decker went out to the stable to
look for him. On the vray he heard
groans, and traced them to the excava
tion. There h~ found C'Keefe. restored
to partial consciousness and •'•■ring
sreat rain. A doctor was summoned
from the S. R. Smith Infirmary, at New
Brighton, and O'Keefe was taken there.
He was ab'.e to tell ths story of the
aaeotiug, but could not give any descrip
tion of his assailants. His condition is
serious.
Afttr learning what had happened Mr.
Decker made an investigation, and found
that the burglars had taken only a few
articles of value. They hid packed up
several pieces of cut glass and silver
ware, and mould ha.v« m*ii« a. rich haul
if O'Keefe had not interrupted them.
An arrest ■•* made shortly before
midnight in connection with the shoot
in* cf O'Keefe. Argatio Teltlinslllo was
taken into custody at Richmond Rjad.
Dossgaa Hills, by Detective Graham.
The police say that Teltlinzillo, who is
an Italian, had a quarrel with O'Keefe
come weeks ago and threatened to "do
him up." There does n,ot appear to be
much ground for the arrr «t. however, '.n
view of tr.e fact that O'Keefe aaid that
he was shot by burglars. The prisoner
says he knows nothing about th* shoot
ing
TRIPLETS FOR CHRISTMAS.
Only Present That Comes to Family of
Cleveland Man.
;Br Te'.egrapfc to The Tribune. J
Cleveland. Dec. 25.— Santa Claus. in
the guJse cf the stork, brought the on!y
Ohristmas presents th» six children of
Mr and Mr?. Maurice Frank, of No. 2315
East 2Sth street, received. The stork.*
however. was a liberal giver, presenting
The Franks with girl triplets whose ag
gregate weight is eighteen pounds.
Frank, a shoemaker with a little shop.
has been in financial difficulty. "J didn't
expect co many more." he said, 'but I'm
proud of them, and the rest of the, chil
dren call the triplets the best kind of a
Christmas present."
OUT FOR MLAUPTV S PT a^f
Ex-Governor Vardainan and Two
Others Make Formal Announcements
Jaekscr. Miis.. Dec. t3— Formal an
nouncements were rr.ade to-day that C. H.
Alexander, ex-Govemcr J. K. Vardaman
and Cor.sresslr.an F. B. Candler. Jr , wffl
be candidates for the ur.expired t»rm of th«
late United lies Senator A. J Mel..
M? TWOMBLY CRITICALLY ILL
Physician Say 3 Condition Is Grave,
with Recovery Doubtful
The «tatem*r.t mad* yesterday ot an
a:snnir. c .-r.ar.j* tn the condition of
Hamilton MeK. Tworabiy, who Is HI *t
his home In Madison. N*. J., was slightly
exaggerated, according to his family phr
eician. Dr. Al!*n Thomas, of Xo. Zi \ West
54!h street.
'Mr. -Twomfcly Is a very 111 man, how
ever." taid Dr. Thomas yesterday. He
had a turn fur the «ors* on Friday r.lght.
bet when I h*ard from him Saturday night
ht was a trifle better. While his rtcovery
i> not looked lor, tni end is rot Imminent.
Mr. Twomhly may live for some tlm*."
DROWKED ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Boy. Making Holiday Visit with
Parents. Falls Through Ice to Death.
William Swolella. ten years oM. of No.
7% Thumps, n street. New YorH. was
drowned In the Morns Canal, ir. in* Foi
eit Hill tecticn of Newark, yesterday. Tne
boj: with his parents, his two sifters an<l
his brother, wer.t to Newark to fpenl
Christina* at the home of Is aunt. After
dinner WllMe, with two ether b-<>». start
ed to (o skating
rserhtd the middle U- -•« in»
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OEOR'-.E PBll'li'rlt SHELDON
Who died yesterday.
G. P. SHELDON DEAD
NETEM KXEJV OF HIS
INDICTMENT.
Deposed Head of Phevi.r s
cumhs Without Itftummg
of Accu*ation*
Greenwich. Conn . Dec. 25. — George
Preston Sheldon, the deposed president
of the Phenix Insurance Company cf
Brooklyn, under indictment for grand
larceny in connection with financial
irregularities in the company recently
exposed by the Insurance Depart
ment of New York, died at his home here
to-day, ignorant •? the fact that de
tectiv»s were waiting with extradition
papers ready to take him to New York
for trial i* he recovered.
When the affairs of the company ere
discussed in a statement by ti:e New
York Insurance Department recently Mr.
Sheldon lay critically ill from ptomaine
poisoning and in view of his condition
details of the investigation and news of
his indictment were withheld from him.
He never rallied, and his death, which
had been expected for several weeks,
occurred to-day. •
Mr. "Sheldon was president of the
Phenix Insurance Company, of Brook*
lyn for twenty -ore years before, his re
moval. The report of the *nvestigation.
made by William H. Hotchkiss. State
Superintendent •of • Insurance of New
York, to District Attorney William T.
Jerome of New York declared that
the company had for years evaded
an official investigation at Sheldon's
dictation, and that by consent of the
directors he had pledged the secur
rities of the company for loar.s. Sums
aggregating 1250.000 had been lent, It
was charged, to former officers of the
State Insurance Department Sheldon,
it was further alleged, had overdrawn
his own salary and had used the com
pany's funds In speculation.
Mr. Sheldon's illness began late in Oc
tober with an attack of ptomaine poison
ing Later myocarditis, a muscular in
flammation of the heart. appeared, and
a general oedemic condition. He had
had few lucid intervals during the last
six weeks. He was attended by Dr.
Alvin W. Klein, of Greenwich, town
health officer, and Dr. Samuel W. Lam
bert, of New York. The funeral will be
held at 3 o'clock en Monday afternoon.
At Mr. Sheldon's bedside when he died
was his entire family, save his son
Waldo, who is in Mexico. The family
consists of Mr?. Sheldon. Mrs. John Wol
cott Adams, of Hi ■ York; Mrs. George
Wadsworth Gordon, of Chicago; Mrs.
Thomas Buck' ■ Wells, of New York-
Miss Carolyn Sheldon, a student at Smith
College: George P. Sheldon. Jr a *nd
Waldo Sheldon
Th- death of Mr. Sheldon will complicate
sem-what the proper. confronting th« offi
cials af the Pkai Insurance Company in
th- endeavor to recover such ... as
they believe should be restored to* the
company. Several days ago an attachment
was issued against the property of Mr
She.don in a suit that haj teen brought
to recover J12.13?. representing the amount
to which Mr. ■MMM had overdrawn hi*
salary as president cf the cornparj .
Counsel for the company had nc: reached
a poir.t in their Investigations where they
n»re prepared to bring suit to recover the
J15.Q00 which Mr. Sheldon is aliened to.
have converted to his own use from fund/
of the company which were being used
in a speculative account in the name of
the company. It was said last night that
no offer of restitution of this money had
been made.
It was the alleged larceny of a part of
thl« money that formed the ba»ls of Mr.
Sheldon's indictment. He had a specula
tive account with th» brokerage firm of
Carter. Wilder & Co. In th* name of tr-
Pherix company, rt was aOssjai that in
the latter part of lyis h.e had four notes
drawn by this firm to his order ar.d de
postte-i them with his personal account ta
the Chatham National Bank. Three notes
*\ere for JIO.OOO each an<l the fourth was
for 113.0 W.
Only one of the notes was used as a
basis tor the Indictment, which was ob
tained somewhat hurriedly, before the ln
v-stlcatlon of the State. Insurance Depart
ment was competed, because Mr. Sheldon
»m out of the state.
" was ••id last right by a r*-preser.tatt\e
cf the District \ttorne> office that noth
ing further ha<l been done in the Pner.lx
case fir.c* the indictment cf Mr. Sheldon,
a* Superintendent Hotchkia* cf tht In
suranc- Departm-nt said ho desired to
a^alr the timsh of the Investigation beln*
maiir- by bis examiners. H* Intimated
thiit at that time he might have gome
thing further to lay before the grand Jury.
Eo far as the main cmee of the Phenix
company is concerned, the Investigation Is
almost over, but the Insurance TVpart
nient has still to examine the booka tn the
Atlanta anj Chicago offices. This will
probably take several week* more.
I' '- wllered that a number of th# annual
r»ports of the company contained raise
statements to conceal the operations of
Mr. Sheldon. Another officer of the com
pany swore to these statements, as well
as thf president, but «a he was under th«
or-Vr« of Mr. Sheldon It tj thought that
< ntiuu- l •■ fifth pace.
OEWEY'S WINES rOR HOLIDAY GIFTS
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FIFTY-SIX PAGES
FIVE PARTS.-
I,OOOFLEE FROM FIRE
GALE AM) SNOW, GIVE
31 EX HARD FIGHT.
Horses Perish in Stable Blair
— Gas Tanks and Icr Plant
Threatened.
Fifty or more horses were burned to
death and property valued at $30,000
was destroyed fn a fire in the Millrock
LJvery Stables. No. 320 to 332 East 9Sth
street, about S:3O o'clock last evening.
The gale fanned the blaze for an hour
and a half before it was got under con
trol, and, hampered by the thickly fall
ing snow, the firemen had the hardest
fight of the winter on their hands. The
neighboring buildings were threatened, »o
that it looked for a while as though the
entire block would be destroyed.
Nearly one thousand Italians who live
tn tenement houses in the rear of the
burning building in 9Tth street and on
First avenue were ordered out of their
homes by Inspector Tijus. Some of them
did not wait to get proper clothing and
had to face the blizzard for nearly two
hours.
Only th* excellent ■ work of the Fire
Department saved the plant of the Con
solidate! Gas Company, across the street.
as well as Hagerdorn Brothers' Hvgeia
ice plar.t. at No. 334 East 9Sth street
The danger to the gas plant was realized
at once, and Battalion Chief Dougherty
ordered the pressure in the tanks, where
thousands of cubic feet o? gas was
stored, lowered and the tras turned into
the reserve tanks.
Firemen Lenahan and McPhillan. of
Ermine Company S. acting on orders.
were among the first to enter the bur
ning building. They started up a nassray
which extends from the first to the sec
ond floor in order to rescue as many of
the horses quartered on the second floor
as possible. They had hardly entered
the building when they fell to the floor,
overcome by the dense smoke, which was
pouring down from above.
FIREMEN RESCUED.
Other member- of the company rushed
In and esxrffd them out. where they were
attended t- Surgeon Archer, of the de
partment Several policemen from th«
East 101 th street station rescued about
fifteen horses without Injury to them
selves. The horses were led out .with
their heads covered with grain sacks.
The rest of the horses which were quar
tered in the building perished.
Th? cause of the " fire is unknown-
George Snyder. si No. IS3O Third ave
nue, the foreman of the stable, was sit
ting in his. office, on the first floor, when
he. taw amoka coming do.wn the shaft ->f
an e'.fvator used for hoisting carriages.
Without taking time to investigate "ne
ca!ted up Fire Headquarters on the, tele
phone. The alarm brought the apparatus
under Battalion Chief Dougherty.
Before the firemen arrived the flames
had mounted to th* third floor. Battalion
Chief Dougherty at once realized the
danger should the gas and ice plants
become involved and immediately turned
In a second and a third alarm.
The second alarm brought Chief Cro
k-?r and more apparatus. Despite the
efforts of the firemen, the flames spread
o the two top stories of the building
Bad burned out most of the third floor.
The flames had got such headway be
fore Croker arrived that it was impos
sible to fight the blaze from the inside.
fo the men were ordered to work from
the roofs cf low sheds which abutted on
t.^.e building on both sidea.
Several firemen had started to climb a
ladder on the west wall of the building
when the wall co.lapsed with a cras'a
that could be heard for blocks. The flre
m»n escaped injury. Soon after M
o'clock the roof of the building col
lapsed, carrying with i* the tiro *T>
floors.
TENANTS HUSTLED OUT.
Police reserves trom the East lC4tli
street and th» East l^Cth street station*
were on the scene a short time after th*
fire started. As soon as it assumed dan
t'*rous proportions they were sent to
the five tenement houses in 97th str*et.
in the rear of the burning building, CO
warn the tenants of the possible danger.
Mo-n of the families were in the midst
cf their Christmas celebration, but they
hastily gathered th»:r possessions -into
fcund>3 and hurried into the streets. Tha
policemen shielded the woman as much
as possible from exposure to the chilling
winds and snow by allowing them to
remain in the hallways of the buildings.
Tr- on the First and Second avenue
rurface lines u-as tietl up for more than
an hour. In spite of the blizzard rag
mr crowds watched the firemen at
work. The crowd for the most part was
composed of passengers from th-? stan^i
cars. The fireboats MeClelian ■rd Brodte
were commissioned to protect the prop
erty alont; the waterfront, if necessary,
and an ambulance was in attendant*
from the Harlem Hospital.
Th* building was owned by Benjamin
Rock, who also conducted the stable*.
The only property which was accounted
fcr was the fifteen horses which wer*>
le^ to safety hj the patrolmen. The
firemen were buJ at wcrk on tiv bulM-
Ins early thL* morning.
H'OVAN Ull IT FIRE.
Patrolman Saves Five at
Trifling Fire.
In addition to causing the death of a
woman by suffocation, * small fire nt
No. 55 Eighth avenue last night was the
OCCMibtl of a number of thrilling res
: ng on the top floor with her
-md. lest her life, ar.^i IBS h*r> was
Patrolmar ' : th* Charles ttr^et
station T»>> VBBHB. a s*-v e n-> ear-old
girl, and Murphy, the husband of ttir
dead woman, and another man. rignt\ ■
•Be years old. were taken from the build
ing in safety by him
George Hath n. of No. W West llth
street, and George Allen, of No. 21X>
West I_• t : street, who reached the scene
while the policeman was making th*
rescues, helped him carry the women
troen the first and sscond floor fire as>
nataiesa ea seseaa aaga>
HKtIIER LiriSG (OST
Pittsburz Builders Voluntarily
Increase Wages.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tnbos*]
Plttsburg. Dec —Because of the.
high cost of living, the Master Builder*"
Association to-day voted unanimously to
advance the wages ot carpenters from
%ZZ*> to $4 a day. to go into effect un
April 15, when the present scale expire*
The action was taken early, so that
contractors may take the increase into
consideration in bidding on spring work.
The master builders said that the
friendly spirit of the carpenters and the
increased cost of living were atone re
sponsible for their action, as they had
received no suggestion from the work
men nor had a new wage scale been
asked by th* union. V.
Pittsburg carpenters work eight hours
a day. and the new scale '.<• tor eight
hours.
V lßnn\f-n HY K'F
Dull Christmas for V. P. Pas
sengers on Car Ferry.
Detroit. Dec. 25.— Six coaches of
Christmas travellers on the Canadian
Pacific's Chicago- Toronto train were
stalled for most of the day tn the Detroit
River .aboard the company's car ferry
Michigan, which was hemmed in by lee
at 9.3f> r'clock this morning. Tugs suc
ceeded in cutting the ferry clear late in
th»"- afternoon.
- ne «'istance below the Michigan th«
* irand TrunU ferry Huron and a Pere.
Marquettc- ferr>-. both with freight wains
aboard, were alsto held Th* Huron
was released by rugs in the afternoon,
tut the Per*. Marquette ferry waa «dB
fast in the ice this evening. The Fs*e
Marquetto has no passengers aboard.
Marine men declare ice endittona ta
be worse to-day than for p
NEGRO RUNS AMUCK
Shot Himself After Starting
Fight in Uth Street.
D. J. Hays, a negro, of North Tarrr
town. shot a white man at Eighth ave
nue and l*!th street shortly after mid
night this morning, ran to Ninth avenue
and 14th street, shooting two pursuers
tn the chase, and fired two shots at De
tective Dunstan. of Inspector McClus
ky*s staff, before the latter brought him
down with a bullet in the right breast-
He is bj ■ Vincent's Hospital, uncon
scious, and his recovery 13 doubtful.
Detectives Dunstan and Claire were
standing at Eighth avenue and \str
street when they heard the firsc shot,
.and saw Hays run past them. They
gave chase and followed the fluetng
negro as he turned west in 14th street.
James Lewis and his wife, of No. 3
l?ank street, were walking east, and as
the former tried to capture the ma* a
shot went through his coat. A little
farther on William Riley. a prizeHS&ter.
tried to it op Ray*. and rsceived a ftesi
wound as the latter fired again.
BROTH TU s REUNITED.
Telephone Play* Leading Part
in Joyful Christmas.
Denver. Dec. 23— Charles H. and John
W Harrison, brothers, who liad not
heard from each other for twenty years.
were reunited here to-nifht through a
telephone call
m than twenty years ago. when
rwsjea years old. Charles Harrison 188
away from home, at Lawrence, Kan. He
drifted to Colorado, and became a sue
.'. mining prospector In the mean
tim» John W Harrison settled in
Tiing. and became a construction
engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad.
To-d.: -rison went I
office of 3 T> Kr'im; , an attBJBBB]
legal business, an! wMBI Bi was raefe
the telephone, rang.
"Excuse me a moment," said the law
yer. "I've got a long distance call—
by the way. it's a man by your name,
Harrison. He's up m Laramie."
"What's his first name?" ißasJ the
mining man. casually.
"John — John W. Harrison."
"What!" yelled the visitor. Why,
maybe— 'here" And Mr. Harrison
grabbed th» r»lephor*« from the lawyer's
hands
"Is this John W. Harrison?" h* asked.
He was assured that it was.
"Did you live in Lawrence. Kan , when
you were a kid?"
"Yes.*
an aM - tiiJ
Char!
Then the brothers had a long ?a
which each told of hia business succeea.
W Harrison is to-r.ijfht ..n l-.is way
to Dearer, where the brothers will
M(;r SATOLU wnpsj
Cardinal Delirious at IntervaU
Yesterday.
Rom*. Dec. S. -Cardinal Francis Sa
tolli's condition grows constantly wor*»
and *' Intervals t<v<liy he became de
lirious. Pope Plus 13 greatly grieved ever
the serious illness of th* Car' , and
frequently sends his private secretary to
inquire as to his condittoa.
Monstgnor D. , O'ConneH. Auxiliary
Bishop of San Francisco and former rector
of the Catholic University at Washirgton
made Inquiry to-day for Cardinal Satolll.
The Cardinal is suffering from nephritic
and blood poisoning.
CAPE COD PICKS UP COLON
Highland Light Station Abo Catches
Key West-Cuba Dispatch.
Htfhtand Ll«ht. Miss.. Dec. s— Cu fa a rut
Central America carae Into touch with New
England last nigh? »N.i early to-<*ay by
means of th* wireless telegraph, m ' urdmg
tr> Mr. Eason. electrician ot th« navy wire
leas station here.
Easoa states that during lest availing he
picked up a m-3«a«<s which sjaa being
cashed from Key West to Cuba, and that
earty to-day be cauzht two messages which
were being sent from Colon to tha cruiser
Dcs Mc4b«s. in Nicar^auan waters.
SAVANNAH LINE ','v ',
offtrs a rtettjthrfu! trip to the Houth. Large
n«"» «rtlps calling Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays. 3:0o p. m.. from Pier ai. North
River All v>ur*Me •taterooms. Thoe* seek
mr health and rear ahould us* this Una.
T*l*plioc* m Sjrtns for ttrkets and reasr
vattoniji Advt.
phhj; five rEvrs.
GALE L\ T SANTA
OLA OS'S PACK
CITY BURIED UN DEB
SXOWDRIFTS.
White Christmas, After Alia*
Answer to Plea for Old
time Holiday.
Christinas cam* in like Mary* Ut«a
lamb yesterday morning and west «■*
last night rearing and aja»ry. Ilka ccc of
those male sitat'iagaa Kertnlt BuusaisM
bagged recently in the African Jun«l«.
In short, it was one of the worst Christ
mas Day storms In years Up to mid
night moro than two Inches of snow heel
fallen.
The velocipede and tricycle which did
good service In the morning on cleaa.
dry pavements gave wav to old du?t
covered sleds before sunset, and by f
o'clock the merrymakers wmo deplored
a green Christmas were coasting down
hill over white tracks. Throughout the)
forenoon the gossip along the street was)
devoted mainly to the absence of sno-w.
Mrs. Jones told Mrs. Green »ha th*
weather was "simply awful." and 'tb*
former said yea. it wan "a- sham* t»
have such a dry Christinas." "fHa
weather man came in for some harsh
knocks for predicting what had not. yet
come, and Mrs. Toybuyer said ate would)
never hay« bought a sled for the kids if
it had not been for th* premise of. ■»•
in ta# newspapers.
Nearly all the advene Babble abont
the weather, however, was ■ carried «*•
with eyes fixed straight ahead or down
ward. The man who looked skyward
should have been able to see snow fall
ing a million miles away, for the word
snow was written In the heavens. Tb«
air sraeiled snowy, and by the time th*
real old New Yorkers had passed up th»
nay as an unreal Christmas the mv>w
flurries came as forerunners of th
storm that closed in on the city at night.
Th© forenoon was not too cold. I? was*
pleasant This, of course, was in th«
city, but to the north and east and west
of It biting winds from the north, ladan
with fine snow. blew with fury against
trains and held them back.
Two persons wer# Injured. on« s*ob
ably fatally, as a direct result of "th*
•torm !n South Brooklyn. Benna' D*
Rosa. of No. 9? Gatling Place. Forf
Hamilton, was hit by & Fifth a i ■ lias
trolley car at 94th street and Third
avenue, when he slipped while crossing
the track* He was taken to the Nor
wegian Hospital where it was said early
this morning that he had Jitt!e chance of
recovery. John Kelly.' of No.' 22* -i»»
street, Brooklyn, fell from a eouthboun.l
Fifth ttvemis ear at UA street sjßduJTittH
avenue. It was a crowded car. an«V
Kelly «a« holding on to the rear plat :
form. His hand became numb and hi
lost his grip. He was taken to thj
Norwegian Hospital. It was said then*
that he was suffering from a possible
fracture of •he skull. '.'", ■
Shortly after 7 o'clock there *»
enough snow on the ground to permit
coasting, and by midnight the C*rt*«ra*«
covering piled up in -hick drifts, check
ing the schedule of 'he trolley and ele
vated trains. The subway, which always
defies the snowstorms, held close as
schedule, and paid the toll by carrytns:
th- brunt of the evening's traflSc • •;..- •',
EDWARDS OUT ALL NIGHT.
'Big Bill " Edwards, th» Street Clean
ing Commissioner, after mapping out hi*
campaign, took to an automobile aeon*.
10 o'clock and prepared to spend th*
night superintending th* work of snow
removal.
"I'll be on the Job all night, sai.f h
"This is going to ho a stiC Job. and r
want it to be done right Unless w*
break all records •■ snowfall the pen
ple will be able to go to church m cow
fort to-morrow, and you can tell t^vra
so from me. I've get hot coffee ani
•and^viches her* fcr myself, and m »**
that the men who aw worktng hvrt
them, too
Trains from the North ■Ml the wax
were delayed, although up to midnight
the local s»rvic- of the Pennsylvania.
Lackawanna and New York Central rat 1
roads was not much molested by th*
storm. Some of the New York Central
trains from Albany were on t!rae. b-it
the trains from Buffalo and th* Went
rrere from two to four hours late Th*»
Lackawar.na's local train* were an /*»»
time, but the trains from Buffalo weaa
over an hour late.
The storm shut down over the harwa*
about 3 o'clock. The horizon where tba>
snow met the water was hardly a hun
dred yards away, and few steamer*
made an attempt to get through the pal!.
The White Star liner Laurentic. on her
maiden passage frcm Liverpool to thH
port, made good time, ■Ml stole up as
Sandy Hook at tt 55 p. m. She crept up»
th« Ambrose Channel and got into Quar
antine at 7.st>p. m.. but the bllaaar In
creasing in furr. forced her skipper to
anchor there for the night. v The Lauren
tic under ordinary weather condition.*
would have landed her pasaengara
last night. The French liner Touratne.
which was behind the Laurentic. was
not reported M night, but It was be
lieved tnat she either anchored off t!»«»
lightship or was . ..ming along through
the storm at greatly reduced speed.
FERRYBOATS NOT DISXL\YED
The ferryboats managed to get ba«*'«
and forth across the North RlTer with
out much difficulty, «nd the municipal
ferry to Staten Island maintained an
uninterrupted schedule, notwithstanding
the fact that its route la the longest of
any ferry service In the harbor. Th-»
pilots went out by compass, and cat
through the blizzard at their usual huh
speed.
The young blizzard played havoc with
the theatregoers and tha —Tsjaiaiti .f
ethers who were returning from Christ
mas dinners eaten elsewhere.
The snow had not packed hard «nou.«h
in the streets to prevent slipping, and .*
fallen bores or a skidding *HMaa»
blocked traffic considerably as .the long
llnes of theatregoers arrived at th* vVrt
cu* house* of amusement.
The sturm was » welcome windfall lbs
th* professional panhandlers. They Vrim*