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STOCK LEAPS UP.
FALLS AS QUICKLY
WILD JIMP BY R(HK
ISLAND ( OMMON.
Sensational Flurry at Opening
. Leads to Stock Exchange
Investigation.
In the first fifteen minutes of business
in yesterday's stock market Rock Island
eemmon advanced more than 30 points
and fell as many, and so singular was
Use movi-m^nt. whiefa has had no parallel
for violence since the Northern Pacific
panic, in lf§t. that the governing com
rrtiTT*>e of th*> Stock Exchange felt con
■tralsMsl to take notice of it, and at a
*=P"cial meeting in the afternoon ap
pointed a committee^ consisting of Ernest
Groesbeck. Frederick L. Eames and J. T.
Atterbury. to make a searching inquiry
into the causes of the sensational flurry,
lr. which many persons suffered serious
losses.
• itM of the theories advanced to ac
count for ':*"• movement was that it was
largely due to bidding by representatives
of London nouses which had becotpe
worried over the r:.s::'£r tendency of the
stack last week, as they had within the
last three months sold calls on about
300.000 sharea, against which they had
purchased one- half of the stock re
<ju:rec, aa is their custom, b^ing thus
technically short of the remaining 150,000
shares. There houses, cording to the
r»port. rushed th^ir buying orders into
this market yesterday, as the London
Stock Bsichance was dosed, it being the
'Boxing Day" holiday.
This theory, however, did not fiTui wide
acreptance. m view of the fact that op
tion contracts in London matnn on a
certain day of the -rtnightly settlement.
the n^xt occasion boing ten days hence;
and in view of the further fact that on
th-> entire advance, from "> (1& g to SI. only
23.000 -hare? of Rock Island common
changed 3:ands.
THEORY OF BL.UNDER ADVANCED.
Another report had it that throusjb
se«c unexplained mishap or blunder the
Interests directing thr- manipulation of
the issu" omitted to put in selling orders
to counterbalance the buying orders tor
the day. it being rumored that porcnas
ir.g orders for 4". .■<•"■• shares had been
g-'ven and that it had been lnt'-nd- to
gi\ directions for the sale of 32.000
ssiar'-s. It was said in some -quarters
that the irovement was the result part
ly of this omission and partly of the de
ma.»d frosa the London call brokers.
Obs of the variants of the blunder
rumor Mas that a clerk had mistaken
4.0 i» for -JO.OOO shares in giving out in
■trsjettsssj f<>r buying the stock, and an
«rti»er~^-as*that a weS Icaeera operator
had erred in giving his orders for th<;
day. In.iJn!.- which came to light,
however, seemed to indicate j that there
might have been design in the forctas
up of the price. It was recalled that
late on Bunday night information had
v • -n conveyed to some of the local
ljewHpaper unices by an occasional rep
■::Tiv' • f certain men whose inter
est in Rock Island is matter of common
knowledge •h.ir announcement would be
made on Monday that the Rock Island
had secured Btroi Ol the Lehigti Valley
Railroad and that it would declare a
!<• per cent dividend.
Then,"' too. not only were there no sell
ing orders in evidence while the early
buyins movement was i;r.d< way, but
oni: broker was found who said tliat on
Friday the • .ali-ts bad large selling
orders at ."A but that before the open
ing of business yesterday he had dis
covered through personal Inquiry that ali
of those orders had b^n withdrawn.
What could have b*-*m expected to be
pained I*: an effort to force a corner,
h'>v,pver, assuming that no blunder hai
©cvurred. tho Street could not conspre
hend. It is not improbable that there is
a <-onsiderable short interest in Ruck
Island common, but yesterday's move
ment, although creating a panicky feel
ing, which was 'reflected in the decline
of '1 t > ."» points in the --■ neral list,
was in no tense a bear panic.
There is -■.Hiding about $00,000,0(K»
of the stock, v. bicfa does not. carry con
trol of the Rock Island syatan and there
was ao scarcity of it for borrowing pur
poses, as was leaoed by tiw con
fidence of the floor traders, who •■ ere
practically the only sellers while the up
waid srhfrl was in prasrress, and sold
the Rtoclt ihon The advance to M had
tak-n only s^il minutes, and in that
time f the news had reached every ofttci
and a flood of selling orders had been
rushed in, so great as to end th»- upward
tendency and start th< stock downward
at a precipitate rate.
HEAVY Bl YI\«; ORDERS GIVEN.
From various sources it as learned
that a prominent Stock Exchange house
had distributed buying orders for yes
fercay-among a dozen or rifte.-i, other
houses in tSJtOtUri of .'.'•)" to .",MX> sh.irea
•-•ach, and it was apparently the execu
tion of these 1 imiml— ■Vims, the broker;'
bidding against one another, which wail
tho primary and principal cause of tht
txdted movement sit th«- beginning of
th»- day's business.
At th> seaeea of th* Rock Island com
pany nothing was known of the reasons
for th*- sensational movement of the
convnon stock. Dani«-1 -G. Reid was at
ris country home, at Jrvington, irhers
ht has been spending the Christmas
holidays, And some of his associates said
that they did not setieve he knew of
use flurry until it was over.
Ex-Judge William H. Moore, when
**en at his ofiice, said: "I arrived here
faejsji 'hi^ago at 11:15 o'clock this morn
Ins-, and on mv arrival rvesswi my first
MfWSj r,f Rock 1.-land b"ing in the mar
k't. Pstaasjßjßy I have not bought or
m I ■ share of Rock Island stock in
twmths. i igre) this movement exceed-
Hsfl
The transactions in Rock Maod com-
BMB on the upward movement came out
a.B follows on the ticker tap*-, in one long
•trirg -.**» sh;. at BS% (against 4'J%
M »r close on Friday^: 3«"O. SQ%; 100.
61; 100, 51 .*. 20<)i ■"._'. LW. o4; 50" ), 00.
Continued ob n/tU page.
SCENES ABOUT THE SNOW (O\ EKED C ITV VESTERUAV.
ONE OF THE MANY HORSES WHICH FEI^L. IN* THE SLJ.PPERY STREETS.
BLAIB I.N TOKG WAR
TWO CHINAMEN SHOT
IX PELL STREET.
Three Af§a§rin» Escape After
Fusillade — One Dead.
One Dying.
The shooting of two Chinamen in
Chinatown shortly after 11 o'clock last
night, which ended in the death of one
and the fatal wounding of the other,
was rrsrarded by the police as another
move in the feuds of the tongs.
The shooting occurred on the thini
floor, rear, of the tenement house at Xo.
"'I Pell street, in a little apartment of
three rooms. One Chinaman was shot
dead in the front room, ten bullets be
ing poured into his body. Tlv second
was found bleeding on a c* in the back
room. The dead man. according to the
police, was La Jong, and the wounded
one, who was hurried to the Hudson
Street Hospital, was Lv Ye Pong.
Lv Te Fong. who was shot in the side
and hip. was able to talk. He said that
three Chinamen came to the door of the
apartment and knocked. Then they en
tered and b^^gHii to shoot. The identity
of th<- three assailants, who disappeared,
has not been learned.
Th" shooting created great excitement
in the quarter and the reserves from,
the Elizabeth street station were rushed
Into the section. Lines were formed in
Pell street and tlie curious were kept
from the house. ' . '■ \ f~ , . ;~
The first the police knew .of the at
tack was when a Chinaman ran up to
Patrolman John Young, of the Elizabeth
street station, and said he had heard thl
sound of- tiring in the rear tenement at
N. oil P. 11 street.- The officer called for
assistance and hurried to the building.-
On the way he was joined hy Detectives
Raphael Rininoi. of inspector Daly's
sniff; Captain Galvin of the Elizabeth
street station and Detective Brickie; of
that station. '
. FIND- THE -SLAIN* MAN.
The tenements at No. .'i«» Pell street,
front and r.-a \ are separated by a long
yard. Stairways lead up- to the rear
tenement. In the front room of the tiny
apartment on the third floor the ofHcer3
came upon the body of Lo Jong. He
was stretched on a pile of coal near the
stove and wan gasping as thVy entered.
Ho died Immediately afterward. In th>
back room Lv :Ye Fjng waa found on a
cot. There was a big bullet wound in
hi.- side and his left thigh had been
shattered by a bullet.
v. lien the :«■•.': of Lo Jong was ex
amined ten bullet holes were found. The
Chinaman had been shot through the
heart ir-.l th^ abdomen had been per
forat* >' seven times by bullets. .\ eal
had b*m sent i ftw a :i ambulance by
thi officers as they hurried toward the
nent and Dr. LaVake. or" the Hud
son Str.-et Hospital, was soon on the
H< administered to Lv Ye Pong
.j !]■] j.ia.-ed the -haitere,] thigh bone in
sjiiints. I. ii Y» F .ug was then hurried
t.. the i" Hiiit.-l
Th* lire in the stove was found burn
ing and there .'as tea In course of prep
aration, snowing tl^t the two <".iinH
men had been taken off their guard
Prom th" wounds on the body of the
dead man and those" on that of Lv \(
Fong it was cl<v<r that the Chinese gun
fighters had used ■■-;ipons of large cal
ibre.
The firing had alarmed" the occupants
of all th<? adjacent bouses and the streets
swarmed with excited Chinamen. Lv
V' Fong, rhe only person who could giv»»
any clew to the Identity of th* murder
ers, was too. badly wounded to talk at
any length. If he kiievr the identity of
th' assassins he k^pt their names to
himself. All he would say before being
taken to the hospital was that "some
one had knocked at the door, then the
door opened and the three Chinamen
commenced shooting."
HUNT FOR ASSASSINS.
The pojfcs believe that both Lo Jong
and Lv Y< t-"ong were in the front room
when the Chinese gun fighters enter.-d.
but that 'Lv Ye Fong. by. some chance
]u<-k. managed to survive the first volley
and leaped into the rear room.
No C> Pell street is a five story double
tenement basjM and is literally Jammed
■«vith Chinamen, as are all the neighbor
ing houses, and the work of tracing the
saaasstas na? a most dMßcoll on.-. Lu'
Ye Fong admitted that the three assas
sins were members of the On Leong
Tone, the police say. The two men who
were shot were Baembers of the Four
Brothers .^ociet;
No wesubssM ■->>■:• feund in the blood
stained rooms, and th" police beifeve that
i'j nring was all on OSM side and from
the intruders. Tho kilting had all the
earmarks of tii< Chinese tong murder.
Th<; poHes locked ii!> the following men,
who were hell as mat. rial witnesses to
th<: slKHJtins Leon Queg. forty-two
years old. No. i»> Doyt-rs street; Ching
Hing. forty yar- •>!.). No. 30 PHI street:
Ah Lrebn. fttty-«i«hi years tild.. No. 22
Pell street and ;flee Jim. twenty-four
>«-arb --:•- No. 16 ilott street.
THE i:\li OF A TRIP DOWN DONKSI HI!/
KILLED AT ALTAR.
Fietim of Rival Dies in His
Bride's Arms.
[By TVlrgraph to Th Tribune. 1
■ Strickland. Ga.. i>»-,-. 27.— Just as he
left the alt^r where he had married Miss
Rosa Lee Butter yesterday, Gabriel Lee
was shot to death by his rival, Joseph
Jackson, who had been a suitor for the
hand of Miss Butter for a number of
years.
Lee sank to th. floor and \\ ii:i a few
words of love to Ins bride breathed hi.s
last in her arms. Tie murderer rushed
from th*» church before tl;. dazed mem
bers of the bridal party could recover
therr senses'. \ posse was at once or
ganized, and deputies^ and sheriflfa are
on the trail with bloodhounds. A war
rant' for the arrest of Henry Johnson,
charging him Ith being an accessor}',
has b'-r-n sworn out.
h'H II ( OSTIWES HELD.
j Sever, Belonging to M me. Liza
Lehmann in Customs Xet.
Mm'- Liza Lehmann. the poser, who
j arrived from Europi on the steamship
I Lusiiania last Friday, received a isit
| yesterday from customs officers at the
j Hotel Prince George, wher>' »hi is stay
i ing. Th> ; left her rooms Ith seven
j gowns, valued at $3,000. taking them to
j the Appraiser's Stores for appraisal.
Hm< Lehmann was willing that this
1 should l» done. ■ She told the officers
that when ber baggage was being ex
amined she had told the inspector thai
she had a theatrical wardrobe and was
ready to give th< necessary bond thut
it would be taken but of th< country in
. six months. But th. baggage was
p&esed and she went to her hotel.
This visit to .Mm:. Lehmann was due
ixto s seen»? on the Cunard pi^r between
R? E. Johnston, ber manager and also
manager for a pianist, .Miss rrave-
Turn> r. and a customs inspector. The
Inspector had found eight gowns, valued
. at $2,800. among Miss Palgrave-Turner's
possessions, and demanded a bond with
the alternative of sending them to the
Appraiser's Stores. Mr Johnston, who
had. seen Mme. Lehmann leave with her
baggage without interruption, declared
: heatedly that there was discrimination.
: He was compell--.l to raakp an • xplana
tion, and it followed. So did the visit to
M'li'. Lchmann's hotel.
I vMlss Palgrave-Turner> gowns are
with the others now awaiting valuation,
but it was said that J6,otto for th. fifteen
rftstumrn was a conservative estimate.
it w.-is not a Isare, for under. tlu» law 1
the owners may give bond that thej in
tend to take their possessions abroad
with them within six months. The de
nartmenl will try to find out how it
came t" paps that Mmc, Lehsjiaan's
gowns ere rot held up.
"UNCLE OF EUROPE' ILL.
<'r>p#>nh;jt;»ii. i "■■• 27.^-Prinee Hans, nf
Schloswisr-f lolstetn-Sondf rburg - Gjuckaburff",
H brotln r of tlie lai King Christian of
Iwimark. and nerailj known as the -I'ii
eli of Kuropi Is critically ill. The prince
ivns born in I*"^..
COUNT TOLSTOY IN HIGH FEVER.
aj Pstcrsborg. Dse 27.— The health .it
I .MUlf i.f ToIM.JV, th« Russian ,'• ISt,
is again rsnslns; sfisiaty. The count iia
had a high fevor BiSMM l«jS) night. Phy
■iuuna were summoned to-day from Moa
cow ami Tuls Ut «'■'•■ i"i tha author.
Cardinal' «J!i)tiCinj urttmm s l< sitxilics i>. uss
«;<.•■ Manual of Pi«ver> John Murphw Co..
Pulis.. Balu>. For scale UouU and deyt. stores.
— <xdvl.
CAR BECOMES^ HOME.
Fever Divides Family of W. J.
I Jar a h an, Eric Official.
While William J. Harahan. ttrst vice
president of t!ie Erie Railroad, watches
his son, John, who i.-- quarantined in his
Fullerton avenue bonie, in Montelair,
suffering from scarlet fever, Mrs. Hara
han and their ten other children are in-
Btalled i:i a private car on a siding at
the Walnut street station. The boy was
tak^n ill on Christmas Day and a health
officer who v.-is called in ordered the
family tn move out at once. Mr. Hara
han telephoned to the yardmaster in
Jersey City and the car was dispatched
to Montclair as fast as a locomotive
could pet it there. Aft. r being thorough
ly fi!:ti'sitii! the family moved tnto its
temporary borne with a cook, two maids
and three porters.
To-duy four Eri< detectives will go to
Montclaif and guard the car and its oc
cupants until the health authorities lift
the ban on their permanent residence.
Four of t!i. Harahan children attend the
Montelair Hlgti School and three others
Co to the grammar and primary schools.
Becatwi of th^ir father's foresight they
will continue to bo to their class** in
stead of enjoying the .six weeks' vacation
thai a quarantine would navi made' nec
essary.
111 XTERS FROZEN.
Bodies Found Near Wilduood.
X. J:, After the Storm.
V."ildwood. \ .1.. »-,■ 27 — The bodies
of two well dressed hunters who had
be»n I'rozen to death were discovered to
day lying on tli« bank of Swayne's Chan
nel, near here. The dead m«n were
identified by licenses t:i their pocke.ts as
Julius \V. Über. thirty-three years old.
of ("amden. X. J.. and J. \v. M>Fartand,
nineteei years old. of Wildwood Crest.
Life had* evfdentlj been ►*\tin«-t for at
least two days, and th> i>..«ii-s were
froaen stiff.
An overturned boat was di*«covered
floating in th*> channel n^r \vh» re the
bodies were found. It is bHievrd that
the bout was overturned while the men
Wer» shooting that th« gunners crawled
to th'- bank exhausted, and were frown
to death.
pick ip baroxess."
Mi) sic rii in Identity of excelled
Woman Found in Street.
18. T-i'sr.ipi' «o Tha Trlhum>. 1
Philadelphia. Dec 27. — The polio are
frying to find the relatives or friends of
,i bejewelled woman, who, after register
ing at the Hotel Walton as "the Baron
ess Lillian Tru«"ksess yon YVetsmis, of
Alsace. ' was found wandering helplessly
in the storm on Saturday night. Bhi na.s
sent t.. the Philadelphia Hospital to-day
whi!« inquiry as to her identity is being
Th* 1 woman .seamed dazed or partly d«»
ir.ente-d. She wore a costly necklace of
pearls and diamonds, two handsome dia
mond rtnga and •" 1 '»';''■ sisaet nng.
which -'■ said contained th- portrait of
her motni i She ras only lighth clad.
QUICKER TIME AND IMPROVED
Service. Aiken. Augusta i Florida, via
Sotitln'rii Ral wa effective i.»m 3<l. Puli
muri ilrttwlag room ami stateroom >i»-*-|iiiis
cars \- w >rk to All'.^i and Ausuxta;
drawing-room -i.-.-iiii,- car* i,, Jackaonvlll*
l.v. N. V. 10:2."i A. M dail: ; arrive \ik.»u
v-is- -A. M..- Augusta ■•&:*>> a. M., Jack •
\ill»> j p M. Ijiiuns; car Ht-r\ke. .\ V.
Ofßce. 12w Broadway.-. AUvu
THE STARTING PLACE ON* DONKEY
HILL. TN CENTRAL PARK.
YALE M.iK A SI H IDE
Raymond Lloyd, of Seattle,
Was Son of Xcxc Yorker.
Seattle. Dec. '21. — Raymond Lloyd,
thirty-five years old, an insurance agent,
who was graduated from Yale la ISO 4,
committed suicide in a shabby room to
day by swallowing carbolic a»-id. LloS'd.
who was unmarried, was a son of Major
i^arlan P. Lloyd, a retired attorney of
Nfw York, who lives at the Union
League Club in that city.
Raymond Lloyd came here six year 3
ago. He feared that his mind was fail
ing. In Lloyd's effects/- it is said.' let
ters from his father sicia found. *>aying
that he bad sp* nt thousands of dollars
en the son and could do no more for
him. '
: Major H. P. Lloyd said last niKht that
he ha^l T\r;ttor. liis son no letters of ; the
import alleged in the Seattle dispatch.
He recently off*»rr,i to pay bis son's ex-
uses to a Washington health resort.
Major Lloyd said that Raymond Lloyd,
who was his only son. had been il! in
Seattle for a month, and that the private
advices of his d>->ati! dirt not ' intimate
that it was a case <->f suicide. He said
his s"n was successful in business and
had no financial troubles of any sort.
Major Lloyd is a veteran of the Civil
War.
DIED AFTER BEQUEST.
Janitor Feared That $SO/)00
Would Do Him Xo Good.
Seattle. Dee Patrick : M Smith,
fifty-sevn years old, janitor of an
npartnit-nt house, was found dead in his
room last night, shortly after h* received
a letter from friends in Ireland saying
that he had fallen heir to $30.0 A«. H- r»
fused to claim his legacy. ' although an
offer to send ll.ooii for his expenses was
made.
Smith had .become despondent over his
appetite for drink and felt that the
money would do hin> no goofl. He had
told friends that .ho once taught in an
Omaha college.
BARELEGGED IX SNOW
Storm Does Xot Alter the
Duncan Beliefs.
t By T«l*?;;raph to Th» Trit>urs». 1
Philadelphia, Dec. '2~.— While neigh
bors watched from their windows in
astonishment, four-year-old bftosttas
Duncan, son of Raymond Duncan, ex
ponent of the art of going barelegged
in all kinds or weather, appeared in the
hack yard of his liosss. at l.'Jth and
Spruce streets, this morninsr. and with
nothing over his ankles helped his father
make a snow man.
• The youngster did not seem u> mind
it a bit, and though his tOSS looked
rather blue he danced merrily about and
played in the yard for half an hour.
Raymond Duncan, despite the drifts of
snow and biting wind, app«-nred at tea
yesterday at the home of Mrs. Wiliard
Parker, on South l'Jth street, clad in his
accustomed Grecian garb. ' :'..<
POISON WENT ASTRAY
Killed French Tenor Who Ate
Doctored Candy.
Paris, Dec. 2". — The- arrt*3t to-day of
■ young saleswoman in a department
store has uncovered a poison oy mail
mystery. » .
A< • -ordinje t>> th«* police, chocolates
< ontHining arn«»nic were sent through the
mails to a p^r^ou who failed to partake
of them, but an inoffensive guest, a tenor
It th-- opera, ate several and did a few
hours tal r His death was attributed to
urwmla, rr-sulting from inflammation of
the kidneys. The body will be exhumed.
TbV sender of the poisoned iun,iy. it is
stated, was di.soo\ered by pur« accident,
but as yet the police refuse to | ulg*»
any names.
DEWEY'S WINES FOR NEW YEAR'S.
Speeml -Assorted I'asf $4.<K>. 1 55.00.' i sa.73. »
11. T. Dwey si ti. ... Co., ISS Fulioa St.,
New \\>rk.— Advt.
TRAFFT ' •■N'iF.STKIi IX WEST gA
I :•: ET.
MB. CARNEGIE HURT
SUPS ON X V PATH IX
( ENTMAL PARK.
Lies Alone, icith Injured Knee
— Unable to Attend Dinner
or Meeting.
Andrew Carnegie slipped on an icy
spot on the walk around the reservoir,
near th^ o!d Belvedere Tower, in Central
Park, yesterday afternoon and painfully
injured his left knee. B*-. ause of the
accident he was unable to be present at
a dinner last evening at his home, at
Fifth avenue and 91st street, for Gov
ernor Hughes and other? He was also
unable last nizht is attend the meeting
of the American Historical Association
and American Economic Association at
Carnegie Hall.
Later it *a? said at his horn- tha.t he
was not in a Btfftoos. condition, but re
mained in his room because of the in
jury. - '
Mr. Carnegie was hurt while taking
one of iiis ustial constitutionals. He is
a familiar figure in the walks of Central
Park, and the walk around me reservoir
is on«> of his favorites. He slipped on an
icy spot and fell heavily on his knee. It
was impossible for him is get to his feet
again, and he lay alone for several min
utes, as the walk was almost deserted.
One of the attendants in the old tvwasj
saw .him and helped him into the tower.
He was helped by a man who recognized
.Mr. Carnegie.
Thl4 man. who said he was a friend of
ilr. Carnegie, with whom he ta.lked in
a friendly manner, found James J.
Ward, a cabman, who lias a stand on
Fifth avenue and who is familiar with
most of th«» notable men in that neigh
borhood. Ward was asked to take an
injured man to his home. >n reaching
the tower he recognised Mr. Carnegie.
Ward and Mr. Carnegie's friend joined
hands, and. with Mr. Carnegie seated on
iheir arms, carried him from the tower
to the cab. which had been drawn up as
close as possible to the reservoir. Those
at Mr. Carnegie's house had been told of
the accident by telephone from the tower
before the cab arrived, and an automo
bile reached the scene before the cab
started. Mr. Carnegie said he was com
fortable, however, and would not leave
the cal>. His friend went with him and
helped to carry him into the house and
to his room.
Mr. Carnegie arranged several weeks
ago for a dinner f->r President Taft.
Governor Hughes. Mayor MeClellan and
others. A message was received from
President Taft resterslay that h»» would
be unable to attend, because of the storm.
inal arrangements h.id been made. for
the dinner, which was to bo at H..'H)
o'clock. aft*r which the entire party was
to go to the meeting in Carnegie Hall
Governor Hssjhsa and Mayor McClel-
L.n. Dr. {tVhohas Murray Butler, of Co
l.imbia University; Dr. Henry Smith
Pritchett. president of |be Carnegie
Foundation for 'the Advancement el
Teaching: Clarence W. Bowen. James
R. Sheffield and Professor Robert P.
WhitfiVid all arrived shortly aft^r X
•10.-k. In tii«»" nhsenc** ef Mr. Carnegie
Dr Pritch'tt act*d as host.
ATTAi KED BYWoi.JI s
Attack Traveller in Illinois —
Farjncnt Organr.e Hunt
Chicago, Dee ST. — pack of eijfht
wolves attacked Henry Lund and his
horses to-day while h»» was driving
through the woods near Montgomery. 111.,
according to * story he told ou arri\!ng
home.
The wo|.. first attacked the horses,
severely biting them, and then attempt
ed,to leap into the sleigli. Lund fought
off the wolves with a heavy whip, and
his horses, bleeding and exhausted by ■
long g-a'lop over the heavy road.s.nnally
reached s clearing, where the wolves
were frightened away. Farmers organ
ized a party to hnnt the wolves.
SAVING FOOD WAS TOO LATE.
Starving Old Man Dies in Restaurant
as Help Is Offered.
An old ninn. whit- Ii »|re,f and bxm^.
•»Mter«,) the lunch room «>f Samuel I.ieN>r
m.in. at No 3T.2 Seventh ivcnu-. yesterday
and ank^d M he could hav# SSSSS . ntfp*
aid bi^ail to keep him from starvation.
Us >.!■ i I«p ha>l n>l eaftes. t'i ->e\ oral dais,
and could not hold "ii» mncli longer.
l.i*-berman nwUoiked hi.n te lak* a .-hair
at tlie nr.-t table an 1 ord« >„in«. hot
uhirk»n «oup and seeks f»r hint. .\» th
waiter not . the soup b*for»> him and he
was about to pick up a upoon he awWmiy
utt*-r»>tl a cry, and. throwing up his arms,
fell backward on the floor. Dr. ButternHd.
who was BBSSSBSBBSHI from New York Huh
pltal, ssjpj the man waa d*/^d from starva
tion. The body was lalcen to tho morsue.
SAVANNAH LINE
jff'n a delightful trip to the South. l^rge
n<»w ships titling Tuesdays, Thurada and
Saturdays. 3:00 p. to- from Pier North
ltt*er. \!! oittiUle staterooms. Thos** »<-£k
mp health- and rest *hould ua«» this lln«s.
Tf jephon* 33?5 Spring for UoJieta and reser
vmon* .VI vt.
NOW
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STORM CHASES
. - THE BLIZZARD
MEDK I\E HAT LETS
AX OTHER OCT.
But Expert* Sometimes Et,
Saihf Edwards, and CleanM
Si ets Anfi ; -
With »n .-mVia! for»..ast from ths>
Weather Bureau of "uns«ttleil weather,
with occasional BBMMB t"- i-sr^t and
Tu^Fda; . ' staring him in the face. Com
missioner William H. Edwards of tJja
Street Cleaning IVpartinent drove M»
regular i"orce of "white wing.*." nve>
thou.sa.nd emergency laborers and the tvo
thoustand-<dd m»n of th" rrattion com
panies of the city at high sp**d all <!ay
yest«»rda:-. hoping that the vreather man
had gone wrong on hi* prophecy that a
Manitoba blizzard would b« the cit>"3
nest visitor, swirhns down from MessW
cine Hat.
Railroads entering New York said •"
ficially that their service was "practi
cally*" resumed, but investigation dis
closed that ilthough trains nere de
parting on schedule the incoming through
trains wen behind their hsshssi time.
Th* Lake Shore Limited, was three hours
late.
Testimony on this point came also
from a high soune yesterday, in fact,
from the highest possible ■assfest in thf*
form of a dispatch from Washington that
President Taft had b«»»"n obliged to giv
up his conte»np!at<»d trip to New York
to ssfisssi the American Historical and
ErosMNßae Association because the rail
roads rmil'l gtv--- him no asswranc* as
to when ha would arrive.
GOOD WORK WITH SNOW.
Locally conditions were much im
proved ovr those of Sunday, and "P's;
Bill" Edwards's claim that the main ar
t^ri^s of traffic would SJS cleared for use
by nightfall wsm made good. Br.«d
way's entire length was "pil^d." which in
the d«»parttnenf3 language meant that
the snow was ssaaawd and put into ptl«»s
which, rhougli not transported away en
tirely, left the street passaoi- for ye-
Inclep, aud Sixth avenue. Third *v^nu».
Fifth avenue. Park Row. the Bowery.
Lafayette street. West street and all
ferry, main crosstown and fire station
streets were m a similar condition by
nightfall.
Nearly three thousand men were it
work on the night shift last night. and
of the twelve hundred odd truck 3 that
were in use through the day half w*r»
available for the night shift men. "Morn
trucksT* was the sreat cry from "Bis
Bill" and his deputies yesterday, and »s>
help out the supply BrooWyn and near
by Jersey towns were called oa for all
they could give.
Gn account of the delay in awarding
the contracts for snow removal, which,
according to the last edict of the Board
of Estimate, cannot be done until Fri
day. Commissioner Edsvards has been
forced to employ his labor direct, and
that, coupled with the holiday followed
by Sunday, delayed the start of the
work to such an extent that it was nut
until yesterday morning that he was
able to get a sufficient force busy
"The present system of sauw removal
which I am compelled to proceed under."
said Commissioner Edwards yesterday,
"is far more expensive than contract
labor."
The city"3 street railways, which ar»
required to clear certain areas. were
held rigidly to their duty in that re
spect yesterday by Mr. Edwards, and
he gave personal supervision to the
work of the traction men. a* wetl as to
his own men and em^rgenry laborerx
Sixty ploughs were kept going in Man
hattan, and a dozen in The Eronx yes-
terday, and in the carting work a new
assßSßßsMss truck, gave s>>«.ni service.
WIRE SERVICE NEARLY NORMAL
Telegraph and telephone service was
reported normal by the companies con
cerned, w'-h th» exception of the 809
ton telejfraph wires of the former and
some nearby suburban telephones.
Postr>u>ter Morgan announced thu
there would be delay in the delivery •>•
mail from the South and West, as the
storm had delayed at least thirtessi
through trains.
Local stre-»t'J"ar ■w'ni.' was delayed ts>
a great e\r^nf. not bentusne the tracks
were nor Hear of sssfw, r>ut because they
were. Truckmen ma-ie it a point to use
streets occupied b; car lines, because
the tra<-ks were cleared quickly, and
that gave tii^-m the r»est going, but. fl
also hold up streetcars .xo that their scr
. vice -,v.i 3 badly demoralized*
Commissioner Edwards hiraseif offered
testii i corroborating the tel-phone
company's assertion that it 3 service vaa
I«J irnpalrtd by the storm «h«»n h» said
thst he had made upward of three hun
dred calls in a ftve-hour search for con
tractors with trucks t.> hire.
Apart from the through train .-»^r\ tee
fmm N**w' England points and from
Philadelphia. th«- l.ons; Island Railroad
was the hardest hit el any of th-» road*
around the city. Aft«»r an all day strug
gle with the snowdrifts which isolated
main line sections east of Mlneoia, tide*
that broke *ll previous hi~h-wuter
marks caught the road along the Sound
s'.de and at the. "loop" srsasa runs fn>m
Hammels Station. slsessßSßsjßJ Beach,
around to Far Rockawuy.
\\ it.-r fn»m Jamaica Bay flooded the
third rail in that section, and tt> avoid
accidents th<» pssjssjf *a.< shut off. am!
thnt part of tfcf electric service wa* aus-
P«»nd*-«i. »n th*» t»r»enpoint division, frn
the ea3te.m <»nd of the Island beyond
Southold. the tid<* from rVconic Creek
flooded tn« tracK and carried away t h«
railroad bridge Three pwaacnger trainj
which had been stuck m a snowdrrft
between Central p*r\ and sstehssrssj]
ilsire Ctsrts4saaja mght wer* Üb^rat^l
yesterday, as was a f-» irth tram which
ran tnto a drift on the main Use between
vjueens anu MJneola.
all RIGHT in NEW JERSEY.
The N>w J^rse>- p-ibii Service Cor
poration reported that it 3 intfrurtsa*
and city car* were all back to a aurssaj
schedule by noon yesterday. •
* The w— Service Commission ta New