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V~ LXX... N" 23,213.
0. HFNRY. WER
OF TALES. IS DEAD
- -orist Succumbs to
Cirrhosis of Liver in Poly
clinic Hospital.
pMY DOCTOR AT BEDSIDE
few Knew Real Name of Pop
ular Writer of Short Stories
Was William Sidney-
Porter.
>t Mark Twain's funeral, SIX weeks
s ro- O. Henr>-. another of America's
nopuiar humorists, remarked: "Well, the
old ff'lo^' ! ° are P° ln l? a*t - 1 suvJ"" 5*5 *- my
i:jm *rfn come Boon." And yesterday he
fhortly before the end he turned to
th*- dorter who was alone by his bedside
in the Polyc'lnic Hospital and said:
• r><->;tor. I don't want to go home in
:li<" dark-
- _ ■ • 'i.'fi . he died at
the mornins. in broad
But O. Henry wasn't one of "the old
ffilows"; he was only forty-three years
/>ld. Cirrhosis of the liver destroyed
jiitrt ay the cniwonn brings down a
roi;rs maple which has fast Fpread its
J:mb= *o the light above a forest of its
fellows, for th* 1 fame of his short stories
<sai«^ ba.cV a britf eieht yars. and in
lUe <-'DirsioTi of hi? admirers h" liad by no
Iwana reached the heigrht which his
p*rii!!« was capable of saline.
Wflliam Sidney Porter was his real
:-.Tnr, Unti! within a yar or bo only
Ms mom intimate friends knew that Pid
n»v Porter, as they called h>rn, was the
SvjmorJFt whom th«» entire country loved
f. f ft Henr>-. H«> paned the covers of
tjivufjsa "with ?imo?t passionate mod
♦ rty over his head, and a? Sidney Por
tir, the New York flat dweller, he could
pit on the psrk benches with tn*> hoboes.
ss he used to do often from 2 o'clock in
th c . ruing until breakfast time, or
Stroll !r>to the Broadway cafes, without
=<» much &f a "there he goes" from the
]ipc rf one of "*Tli«? Four Million" whom
tie immortalized. That was. Ms object (■
tc^.-tirs a norn Ac p'ume.
Chose "Alia*" with » Friend.
"Hot did yvij com* t« choose jour p»n
'r--" one cf his intimates once peUe.j
y-Arr,
'"tt~h«>r< I Hi a New Orleans one
cay," he replied, "I said to a friend.
I'm eoine to eend <>ijt snm« Ktnrinc I
!^ci;"t Icsovf whether tbey arc any pood
cr not. po I want an alias. Help me
[flefc on^.' H« euggf^T^d w eet a news
paper pr>d pick out a name from tiie
•irst I'st of notables we found. Tn the
description of the Mardi <;-^s ball my
r-» on the 7iam*» Henry.
■ That'll do for a last name.' said I.
■Ncr"" for a firgt name. I want .-oine
flfag Bhort.' 'Why not a plain initial?"
*sk»d my fn^nd. *Ooc>d,* I r^pl^d. "and
th? -reiieft of 8 11 to make is O.* "
That •«;»?» only ■'•- years aero, and
Walter H. Psg». of 1 today, Page &
Co., his publishers, said yesterday that
Mxh the exception of Kipling's, O.
Henry's Fhors stories sold better in book
*om than those of any other English
writer.
'And they keep on selling,"' ■aM Mr.
f'Egp. "Thf dPTriand for them doesn't
''■ c out as it dors with others. They ap
l*a! to o'4. middle aged and young.
V.'hy, an old friend of mine in Chicago,
* Win in the seventies, who you would
*uppose had e<a beyond the stage at
which *.?i«> devours short stories, a*»ked
me a whi> ££ t . if I wouldn't bring O.
Henry to Cliicapo with ••!•• some day.
'hat h* tvantei to know personally the
"'r;t€r of th'.<sc <:harmJi:g tales.
Lived Very Much Alone.
"*Di<3 you ever see him? No? Well,
not one man in ten thousand has. to
know him. And anybody would remem
ber Ics? about Mm r'ersonally than any
oth^r man. ll* lived very much alone,
**tv knew where. At one time he would
l:avr a r,,,,,,, OT an a rtmeat in the
"iirt of tho town, here -...:•■< where. I
hrra tri*-d t<. find him at such an ad
drcsa, only to discover that lie had sud
denly buried h-rnself on lying Island.
And wh*n I n^nt after him over there I
■*ou!d fin.l that he had moved back to
Manhattan. It ivas the ripest time be-
f -c »c could g»-t him to come to the
«88« at all, and ••:■:• was once
fcrok<:i he came very Infrequently.
"'A raih«r distinguished scholar, who
barn in th~ s-ame town in which <_».
pepry va S b.-rn— <Jreensboro, N. C— and
BTc* np with him, rame to New York to
<; c !iv*r an ;i<j.jr*-?s some time ago. He
'^ntnj P.,n^r to h*-a.r him— they were
•W boyhood friends. Portt-r w<=nt over
M his- hotel a:io si»-nt tta*» afternoon with
il!^. bui nothing u.j-ild induce him to
•"<->••] ih«- ;(--T!:r«". be<-iiu*e be would
«ye to ro*>.-t so many people.
•Hut wbea yo-j did run him down
|benc n<n*r va* a cheerier utfon.
■*as a v*-ry lovable fellow, if he had
I*ol wffilns to U-lung to clubs and to
to fcfoout xhf-n- w., u id have boen no more
ropaUr njan in the ouamtnifty. M.
'ai '* fe ix-g^Ln after he « ame to this
V"i come n-n years ago. And here he
lead! Jvn now we're getting out a
'■*■»'.» '. volume of short stories by him. He
Una I*^, chwijing the nth of it. but
* r'-?r '-? vhat h* hit upon at fuel rather
mi^j,, , t , link . . tM Me pert your
' U '**" **■*- v collection of Amusing
""^fcs about doctors."
Friends Fu |, o f Anecdotes.
n Tb *., n#:ar « tt thing to a eh* in O.
fflr >* life ku a little coterie of Intl
««» with whom h- u *-d to bowl at
ra> alley near the Hotel Brevuort. Gil
'^T- H£il ' managij 'S editor of "Kvery-
J;?/* rr ' l 3 ? n *" 2nd "William Griffith,
r r of "The Traveler," two of hit*
josett friend*, said that only a short
BJle ago. a ftfT he had sjel through
'-'•ling T.ith tj,^ h . b<=gan gkipp | ng
mrteri and half doliajrs along the al
'> for the benefit of the attendant?.
,^ hh * S * frien#le co 'J ld multiply gu'h an
tinif; out of mind, but they eon
•^sed their inability to give anything
fW the briefest summary of his life.
rr ' r Instance. Mr. Hall Raid that O.
Htnry always wrote his stories in pen
■ * »cci «• tb'rd p.»s«-
r■'* : ' . •
To.nv,rrow. n n T^,%w I ,aCv:w^w,nd . m:\v-york, MONDAY, JUNIi 6f6 f •" 1910.-TWELVE" PAGES.
WILLIAM SIDNEY PORTER (O. HENRY)
Who died yesterday.
EXTENSIVE MURDER AGENCY
Physician Confesses to Innocu
lating with Cholera Bacilli.
St. Petersburg, June 5. — The myste
rious death of a young and wealthy
army officer. Count Bouturlin, has led
• to the discovery of an extensive mur
i der aßpnry. Bouturlln'a brother-in
law. Count Delassy, and hip physician.
Dr. Patchenko, who attended Bouturlin
at rt»lSSSj)*s nnE.l*nllim are both under
arrest. Dr. Patchenko has confessed to
the (foe that he inoculated Bouturlin
with cholera bacilli. He further admit
ted that he poisoned other wealthy per
sons in a similar manner during the re-
I cert cholera epidemic under pretence of
inoculating them aeainst the disease.
For this work he was paid huge suras
1 by relatives of th*» victims.
By a strange coincidence the murder
of a wealthy Polish land owner named
Krjanowsky at Warsaw has led to the
orrest of hi« brother-in-law. Count
Roniker. who. it turns out, is connected
with DIIBBMJ.
DRIVING OUT THE JEWS
i Over 200 Families Expelled from
Kieff — Little Harshness.
St. Petersburg. June 5. — The Jewish
relief committee of Kieff. through its at
i torney. M Olikman, telegraphs to St.
i Petersburg r^gardin? the situation in
that city in connection with the expul
sion of Of Jews. The dispatch, which
corroborates previous reports as to the
1 numb* of families expelled and indi
cates that the process is being carried on
in a very moderate way, reads as fol
lows:
' Atmut two hundred families have al
ready been • ft»llrxl froni K:eff. but the
number is hic—aslng daily. Those wh'.»
nre amenabl' t-> th- edict ot expulsion
• iTh-r ha\c a short time Bet in which to
prepare (or their departure without re
strlctioa, or fcemporary passports are is
t^Ti^-d in th*-ir nanM ■ «ly t" tne
ed deatiaatkm. Jewlah persons
g no families ar»- th<- r.rtt to be ex-
Another dispatch from Kieff says that
larg- numbers ol Hebrews are i>reparing
H the river, where it ib expected all
will 1« permitted to reside.
JILTED. OUT FOR BLOOD
Sailor Breaks Into Sweetheart's
Home, but She Outtalks Him.
Seeking !ovf with the aid of a loaded
revolver. Thomas Hansen, twenty-one
years aid. a sailor, climbed over a high
fence, tore off a woven iron screen
from a basement window at the rear of
.;:. Becood Place. Brooklyn, and
came upon hhl former sweetheart in her
room, early yesterday morning. The
girl. Hulda Juhansen. awoKe to look
d..wn tho t,arr»-l ot the weapon and to
listen 1" some startling talk fr->m Han
s' n. ,
The sailor declared that his life was
hardly worth living, she having jilted
him, and he thought that he would kill
her and commit suicide. She persuaded
him to -think the matter over, and he
gave her a. respite until 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, after she had promised to
m.ct him at Second Place and Henry
street. Then be departed the way be
had come.
Th«- girl told tiie story to her em-
Urs ■;■• ge Harsted. and Act-
Ing Captain Savage, of the iiutler street
• 10, waa called int<. ooosulta
bended the tryst with a
. men, and the sailor was
1 found to Vie a walk
rsriaal B* !■ charsjed with burg-
Lttempted felonfovu assault.
SALOON IN FRONTIEiI STYLE
Opens Near Brooklyn Church, Expect
ing to Remain. Despite Opposition.
Anticipating that Governor Hughes will
Bbm the bill of Assemblyman, Robert Conk
li!i. which provides that a saloon cannot be
-.j*-;*-.! within three hundred fe.-t of a
Church without permission, and having, It
is said, complied with the provisions of
the Conklin bill and the present law.
Krnest Bertram and Otto V..IH have **-
etma a license and are running a roofless
„!aee at Franklin arid DeKfllb avenues.
Brooklyn. 21k lost from the DocJalq Avenue
Methodist Episcopal <'hurch.
The bar i- only a board, and the liquor
is drawn directly from the keg. according
to the siptis, will!* the front of the place
is protected with l»oards. The rough con
dition of the interior, it 1- said." has not
interfered with business- The Rev. W. W.
W. Wlls=on. pastor of the church, has
u«Re«3 a tight a^ainM th« saloon men, but
th*>y have compliofi with th* law 88 it is
to-day and cannot br ousted.
STRICKEN PLAYING BASEBALL.
I By T>!»ir~sph to Tho Tribune. 1
Fienitngton. M. J., lv r.. -John H.
Htvarcr. * Reavllle bsssness man, was
Ktricken with paralygis while playing with
the Rfaville bas^lial! team at Three Bridges
yesterday afternoon. Swarer was playing
a» flrst base, ar<l during the ganv» he sud
denly fell unconscious to the ground He
wa« removed to his home and a physician
;-umtr Hi« condition is critical.
Huisen 1699^rBobert Pulton
tfc?;— <;i«iii> 'Jurtisfi )'<}» Th'- D?/ Line
every week d*jr.— AdtC
MADRIZ DENIES DEFEAT
AROUND BLUEFIELDS
His Forces Are Falling Back
for "Purely Military
Reasons.'"
A CALL FOR MORE TROO
; Intimates Caused
Failure — Estrada Renews
Offer of Peace — Pitt
man's Case.
Managua, Nicaragua. June s.—Re
porta of alleged Insurgent victories at
! Blueflelds and Rama have been filtering
1 into Managua, and these, coupled with
i the movements of the Nicaragyan forces
I under Generals *t^ara. Godoy and Cha
varria. have occasioned some temporary
alarm among the adherents of the gov
j ernment.
President Madriz to-day deemed it ad
visable to issue an official denial of
th^se reports, and at the same time he
intimated that if the government had
only the insurgents to deal with It
would have crushed the revolution lon£
ago. In his statement the President
| says.
Th«» report of O*>nernl ("havarria's de
feat is absolutely false. For purely mili-
I tary reasons his column, which was op
| era ting against Rama, was ordered to
| fall back on Muelle d^ los Bueyos. where
; it arrived to-day in perfect order, with
j all military stores.
' »v ing to the difficulty of transporting
| provisions to the troops operating at
; H'n^flelds. becan.se of the heavy rains,
! the columns of (Jpnerals Lara and (Jodoy
; w<=-re ordered to retire on El Almendro.
<">ur military position is entirely advan
| tag<poua, a» results will very shortly
j show. If Minefields were only defended
r>> th^ revolutionists we would have
captured it lonsr ago.
Tn accordance with a determination
rprentiy expressed to pnt down the revo
lutionary movement. President Madriz
has issued orders looking to the recruit -
i ing of soldiers hi all the western prov
j Inces, and this work is being pushed for
j ward With th» utmost energy with the
■ intention of pending reinforceaientfl to
the troops at the front.
Bluefields. Nicaragua. June f>.—Gen
eral Estrada, the leader of the provis
ional government, is we'l satisfied with
the success which sttended h's engage
ment against th«> Madriz forces under
Generals I.ara and Godoy. and he has
repeated the offer which he made last
March to Madriz looking to the estab
lishment of pea. c
The conditions of i^nTai Estrada's
proposals provide for th» friendly media
tion of the United States, that countrj
to designate the Xicaraguan whom it
considers most fit to occupy the Presi
dency provisionally, neither Dr. Madrlx
nor general Estrada being eligible: the
provisional President to convoke elec
tions for a constitutional President, the
Nicaraguan government to recognize the
revolutionary debt, the validity of Its
acts and to arrange for pensioning its
disabled soldiers: certain monopolies and
concessions to te abolished.
These conditions Madriz has already
refused to accept, on the occasion when
they were first offered, while expressing
the fulK-St confidence in the government
of the United States, but view of his
latent reverses, the difficult conditions
under which his military forces have
been compelled to assume the aggressive,
the lack of supplies and the debilitated
condition of his soldiers through lack of
food, severe marches and bad sanitary
conditions, it is expected by the provi
sional leader? that he trill now give the
proposals more serious consideration.
The conditions at Bluerields are giving
the diplomatic representatives consider
able concern, as all business has been
interrupted and there are many wounded
and helpless persons to be taken care of.
PITTMAN WELL TREATED
Captured American Not To Be
Tried by Court Martial.
Washington, Jiine :,. -Dr I«uis <orea. rep
resentative in Wa&hincton ot the Madriz
government of Nicaragua, made public to
day the text of a dispatch w> ifh he had
re<eived by cable from President Madrli, to
Uie effect that the government forces at
both Bliietields and Rama retired on orders
from Madriz and reronoent rated elsewhere.
Dr. Oorea expressed doubts of the reports
that the retreat of the government, troops
from those places was in fact a flight from
the insurgents. The text of the message
follows:
Managua, June 4.
Generals l.tira and Codoy (commanding
the government troops which were before
Blueflelds) reconcentrated their forces by
my order to Almendro, in accordance with
your rattle advices early this week that
they should not Unlit in the city of Blue
tields. They withdrew with perfect organ
ization and with their arms and ammunl
ron 1 ordered General Chavarria (com
manding the government troops before
Rama) al^. to oncentrate at Muelles ac
T.os Bueyes, and he has done so without
having an engagement. MADRIZ.
r>r. Horea said he had received no word
regarding the capture of William P. Pitt
man, the young Bostonlan, who yesterday
was reported to have been taken by Gen
eral Trias's troops while he was mining th©
outposts of Minefields for the Estrada
forces. '' or this reason, the Marirlz repre
sentative «aid. he doubted the truth Of
Pittman's capture. If he had been taken,
however. Dr. Cores said, he felt sure that
no fate would fall him that would cause
the United States government any appre
hension.
Pr Corea points out that General Irias.
into whose hands Pittman apparently has
fallen, had a dispute with the deposed
President, Zelaya, because, It was said, he
,]!,! not approve of the execution by* Zela
ya's order of GrOO* and Cannon. With
General Irias is Francisco Altschul, who
was Nicaragua^ Consul at New Orleans,
and who. according to Dr. Corea, well
knows the attitude of the American •gov
ernment In mv. matters.
ranees have been Riven to the State
Department by the Madtiz faction that
pfttman will *•* treated fairly and consid
erately. These came to Secretary Knox
to-day In a dispatch from the American
Consul Mr - OMvaras, at Managua, to whom
the Secretary had pent the newspaper re
norts of the fate which had befallen Pitt
man an pointed out that this government
would carefully scrutinize the treat nun'
accorded him. The dispatch also contained
the statement that a court martial to try
the prisoner had not been ordered. Th.
"tate Department, 10-day aent a paraplliriye
<oDtiuo«"l on »econd p«»*- *
JOIN* DALZELL.
Representativefrom the 30th Pennsylvania
District, w)f>se nomination at Satur
day's primiries. may he contested by
his epponea.
OALZELtS CLOSE RACE
Tariff Leaier Rennminated. but
by a Narrow Margin.
OPPONENT CHARGES FRAUD
Says His Votes in McKeesport j
and Pittsburg Were Counted
for Dalzell.
(By T4»|rraph to Th« Trtbun*. I
Pittsburgh. rune s.— After a bitter bat
tle that almost ended in defeat, Con
gressman Jdin Dalsel] has* been renom
inated by tie Republicans of the 13th
District by about 400 votes, with two
districts not yet heard from, according
to a statement made at 10 o'clock to
night by his campaign manager, W. H.
Tollman, who had been touring the dis
trict in an automobile all day.
At Repubican county headquarters
earlier in tie day Dalz^H's majority
over R. J. Black, of McKeesport, was
given as 652 but it was admitted that
at least on" ?rror had been made in the
count. It wss stated that the vote of
the East McKeepDort district, counted
as 66 votes for Black and 187 for Dai
7,*>li. should have been counted the other
way; but with the nomination appar
ently won. Dalzell is up against the
hardest fight of bis life. Dr. Black to
night announced that frauds had been
perpetrated h jj aingt Jit*" — :md c that -Me
would figrht TV. Black said;
"I do not concede the nomination of
Dalzell. His/managers claim he is suc
cessful by a narrow margin. I have him
decisively beaten, but they are ; trying: to
count me out.
"In McKeesport and Pittsburp gross
election frauds were practised. Election
boards deliberately counted my votes for
Dataell, thus giving him the slight ma
jority which h«- claims. To- morrow I will
lay an information against at least one
judge of elections who counted many of
my votes on the Dalzell tally sheets. My
brother-in-law made a protest. He was
told to mind his own business. 1 have
decided to demand a recount. I will
prosecute ev«»r> fraudulent election of
ficer and will tight Dalzell t-> the finish."
Should Dr. Black's contest fail. Con
pressman Dalzell will be up against a
combination of independent Repub
licans, Democrats and Socialists in No
vember.
Mr. Dalzell left for Washington this
morning without making a statement.
A surprise at yesterday's primaries
was the crushing defeat of Congressman
W. H. Graham for renomination in the
°t>th District bj B. <i- Porter, a young
attorney and anti-corporation man.
Porter defeated (Jraham by more than
2.««H> votes in a district which has been
for a generation a rock-ribbed Repub
lican stronghold.
Graham was attacked for being a
•stand-patter.' His defeat resembles
that of George Delamater for Governor,
when Delamater ran as Quay's candi
date in IS9O, after Delamater's bank had
failed.
Graham's bank the Mercantile Trust
Company, failed in Pittaburg two years
ago. one cause being the fact that it was
surety for state funds for the Enterprise
National Bank of Allegheny, a 'politi
cal" bank, which blew up, and whose
cashier, Lee Clarke, committed suicide
to keep out of the penitentiary
United States Senator <J. T. Oliver
nominated his entire state ticket for the
T^-plslature and the Republican State
Convention yestenlay. with the excep
tion Of <>ne candidate for the state Sen
ate and a single delegate to the conven
tion. Olivers triumph is generally con
sidered a sure sipr that the Republican
state organization will nominate him to
succeed himself.
Congressman Janes F. Burke. Repub
lican; renoniinated yesterday fn the 31st
District, alao secured the Democratic
nomination. achieving this feat, it is
tsaid, for the first time in the hibtury of
Pennsylvania Congressional nomina
tions. He was op»osed for th» Demo
cratic nomination h> J. J. Thorpe, busi
ness agent for the Street Car Employes'
Union.
WOMAN RUNS DOWN ANOTHER
Skull of Victim fractured and She
Dies in Fey Minutes,
Tampa. Flu., June S— Mrs. J. H. Thomp
son, of this city, was run down this morn
ing- by an automobile driven by Mrs. Oscar
Windhorst. The skull of the woman was
fractured and ("he dUd In a few minutes.
She was struck just after alighting from a
car. Mrs. Windhorst «a« not arrested.
"HANGS UP" JUDGE FOR FINE.
"I regret very much that I took a drop
too much, sir." said John Reiss. a jolly
looking sailor, when arraigned before Re
corder Mara of Bajwnna yesterday for
being drunk. The Reorder told the sailor
he would give him a chance. ".I will fine
you $5, and will take tour word that you
ii. pay it. when - •■"■■ ■< "• conn into port
usain." i»i * ("jin, 1 and v, as let go. ,
FIREMEN DROP IN
FIERY BACK DRAFT
One Dies and Many Taken to
Hospitals from Early Morn
ing Fire.
EXPLOSIVES IN BUILDING
Flames Spread to Adjoining
Structure in Washington
Street — Daring Work
of Rescue.
" A fir* which started early this morning
at No. 110-116 Washington street, a five
story brick building, completely en*;el
oped the building and burned it to the
ground. One fireman is dead, another
will probably die and more than a score
were overcome by. the heat and smoke.
More than a dozen firemen who had
climbed to the top floor w«*re caught by a
back draft and severely injured. They
were rescued from th^ir perilous position
by Chief Croker. who sent a dozen men
to their assistance. Many of the men
were severely burned and cut by flying
glass and timbers.
The fire was first discovered b\ Pa
trolman McAullffe. of the Church
stree4 station, who was walking past
the building when he saw flames issu
ing from a window.
When the firemen arrived, under Bat
talion Chief O'Keefe. upon McAuliffe'?
alarm, they swarmed up the ladder? to
the roof. Just as they had broken In
a window on the top floor they were
met by a -sheet of flame and a fierce
back draft which almost blew some of
th*»m from the window sills. About a
dozen of the men managed to get in
the building at this point, but they were
all rendered unconscious by the chok
ing: smoke.
Chief Croker, who had arrived on the
second alarm from his headquarters, in
Great Jones street, quickly saw that the
men were in danger of being 1 suffocated
or burned alive, and issued a call for
volunteers to go to the assistance of the
injured men.
Nearly a hundred men lined up before
the chief, and out of this number he se
lected a dozen. These firemen scaled
the ladders to the top floor and fought
their way into the furnace that blazed
before them.
It was a desperate fight that they
made before they succeeded in getting
to where their comrades lay senseless
on the floor.
One by one the men were dragged to
the. window and sent, down the ladders
to the street, where they were attended
by half a dozen ambulance surgeons
from the Hudson Street Hospital.
O'Re^fc was among those, who were
caught In back draft, and "although
he' was' unconscious, for five minutes
from the effects of the smoke and flame
he insisted upon returning to the at
tack on the flames as soon as he was
able to get on his feet again.
More Engines Called.
The flames by this time had gained
such headway that two more alarms
were turned in. bringing more than a
dozen extra : engines to the scene. So
fierce was the heat from the blazing pile
of burning material that the* firemen
found it difficult to stand the intense
heat. Buildings across the street from
the burning structure were so badly
blistered that Chief Croker found it
necessary to play constant streams of
water on their walls for fear they would
catch fire.
While attempting to break open tho
windows, so as to play streams of water
from a dozen hose lines on the flames
at the fourth floor. Lieutenant Tighe, of
Engine Company 29. with four men was
overcome by the dense clouds of smoke.
They were all stretched unconscious on
the fourth floor of the building, and
would have perished in the furnace of
flame were it not for the bravery of
the men of Engine Company No. «, who
risked their lives repeatedly in dragging
them to the scaling ladders. Tighe was
seriously injured, but went back to his
post. The other men who were over
come by the flames at the time Tigh^
was making his effort to fight back
the bursts of fire were all taken to St.
Gergory'B Hospital, in «iold street.
Savtafl Adjoining Buildings.
As the Mames continued to gain head
way. Chief CroKrr saw that the building
was doomed, and turned the efforts of
his firefighters toward saving other
property in the vicinity.
The building in Washington street
runs back for IM feet to West street.
when 1 there is the three story building
of the rnion Distillery Company, at No.
1 1 West street.
This building, stored with many thou
sand cases of liquors, was in imminent
danger from the flames that were no?
jf-nping across the street, and the flre
m pn worked in desperation in their ef
forts to prevent the fire from roach
ing it.
Fireman Taken Out Dead.
When tlie fire in the building owned by
John Hobbie & Son had been so con
trolled that it was possible for the men
to pain an entrance to the fourth floor
they found Fireman (Jotter, of Engln<*
Company •>. wno " a(1 been caught in the
back draft -vith chief O'Keefe and
others.
Gotter was lying on the floor, face
downward, and when the men lifted him
they found that he was dead.
As the fire grew in volume, firemen be
gan to drop back, beaten and made weak
by their hopeless fight with the raging
flames. At times more than a dozen
men collapsed at a time, and as fast as
they were knocked out others took their
places and kept -up the fight. A high
wind kept the flames roaring and made
the work doubly difficult.
Soon after a crash In the building -in
Washington street announced the fall
ing of one of the walls, it was found
that one man who had been in that vi
cinity was mlsstng, and after a frantic
search among the ruiu/j his comrades
discovered him lying face downward on
the floor and half covered with bricks
and pieces of wreckage
It was at once aeen that his condition
'.vaa serious, and .Father Outran, of St.
Peters Roman . Catholic Church, was
PRICE ONE (FAT
summoned to the mans side. While the
otner men bared their heads in a little
group about th -1 man. Father
Csrrwa .<!m*n:stered the last rites of
the Chnrch. He was then taken to
Gouvrne'i- UWMjIfT. where it is said
that he cannot live.
it was tutor ;«-arcetJ that this man was
the same Lieutenant Tighe who had
been injured before, but had insisted on
returning t" fight the Bn
Tn the immediate neighorhood of th*
burning area are numerous tenements,
and Chief Croker sent some of his men
and the police Into these buildings t>
order the tenant? out. This was done.
and the street was soon filled with men.
women and children, who were forced
t<. -kscend to the street without hardly
enough clothing to cover their bodies.
They were all taken care of by other
people who live in the vicinity.
Next door to the burned building,
namely at No 108. is a two story building
occupied by R. J. Donovan, a contractor,
in which there were about fifty horses.
These animals began to stampede when
the thick smoke began to sweep through
their stalls, and it was at first feared
that all would be destroyed, but the po
lice reserves from the Fulton. John and
ihurch street stations, who were form
ing a fire line about the burning area,
vent to the rescue, and after breaking
down the doors ran through the stalls
and cut the halters which held the ani
mals. They were then led oxit of the
stable and shHter°d in nearby buildings.
SNAPS PISTOL: KILLS WIFE
■Accident." Says Winchester,
Who Is Charged with Homicide.
William Winchester, foreman of driv
ers for the Great Bear Lithia Water
Company, shot and killed his wife yes
terday afternoon at their home. No 407
West ">3d street. Winchester explains
the tragedy as an accident.
He told the police that his wife was
sitting at the kitchen table reading
aloud an article from one of the Sunday
newspapers on the high cost of living
and that he was listening to her in
tently.' He Halm* that he held the re.
volver in his hand and began to «nap
it. without thinking what he was doing
The second time the cylinder revolved,
the hammer struck on ■ forgotten bul
let, which crashed through hi« wife's
skull just back of the ear. He had
just taken the weapon from his little
son, who had taken it down from '4
shelf and was playing with it.
After the shooting- Winchester says
he ran to the house of a neighbor, John
Widower, who advised him to give him
self up immediately, and, acting on th»-3
advice, he surrendered to Patrolman
; Finnan, of the West 47th street station.
The policeman in turn called Dr. Bray
nard. of Flower Hospital, who said the
woman bad died instantly, Winchester
was locked up. charged with homicide.
CYCLIST _CHESJN STREET
Stricken with Heart Disease
Riding Up Fifth Avpnu<\
Fifth avenue, between 24th and 25th
streets, was crowded with people yester
day afternoon, when suddenly a swiftly
moving motorcycle swerved from ;ts
course and zigzagged toward the west
curb. Policemen Moynihan and Hilde
brandt. of the new West 39t8 street sta
tion, ran toward the motorcycle, but be
fore they reached it it ■track against
the curb and the rider fell off.
The rider said he was Charles W Bar
rett, of No. Quincy street. Brook
lyn, an inspector for the ntis Elevator
Company. He told the officers he had
lost control of his machine ow!n~ to
sudden illness, and Moynihan ran t
summon Dr. Morris from the New Yor*
Hospital. When the surgeon arrived
Mr. Barrett had died of heart failure.
The bod> was taken to the new West
20th street station house, and Mrs. Bar
rett was notified of her husband's death
by Coroner Feinberg.
NO DISORDER AT NANKING
Merchants Returning to City — j
Exposition Opened.
Nanking. China. June Notwith
standing recent threats that a revolu- {
tionary movement would be started to- ,
day. tho date set for the opening of the
,x;.ositk»n. thK ceremony was carried j
out without the lightest disorder. While ,
the foreigners have been warned not to
interfere in any way with the military
preparations, this warning has not
served to alarm them to any extent, and
Chinese merchants who a few days ago
were leaving the city are now returning.
The situation is not considered serotus.
MYERS HOPES FOR QUAKE
Minister Wants Jeffries-Johnson
Fight Stopped at Any Cost. :
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Br>3tori. June 5.— "1 hope 'Jack* John- j
son gives the white man the worst beat- j
ing he or any other one ever experienced !
if the proposed fight takes place. I hope
an earthquake comes on July 4 and wipes ,
out thi? stigma on American citizenship. .
That fight is nothing more than hell
transferred to earth, and any man who |
Is inside the arena to witness it is hope- j
Jess: he might just as well be swallowed
up as not."
The Rev. Dr. Portland Myers, in his (
sermon to-night at the Tremont Temple,
on "The Modem Sampson." thus ex
pressed himself on the tight proper, but
he paid his respects to Johnson to even ;
greater length:
"A year ago the Grand Central Sta- •
tion In New York was crowded as never >
before, and the mass of humanity there i
overflowed into the street, so that every 4
reserve policeman in the city was called
out to preserve order. Was it a presi- i
dent they had come to meet or a king? ;
So, it was a great, burly, muscular, un-
I couth negro. "Jack" Johnson. One look
at him made it easy to think that the
missing link has been discovered, but
thousands and thousands had come to
greet one who is lowest of the low. 1
had come into the Grand Centra! Sta
tion hundreds, of times." Ha one came
to me No one carried my satchel. God
help us. a minister of Jesus. Christ, the
minister of the largest church in New
York City, and no one to meet him.
while a negro pugilist Is greeted by a
mob of cheering humanity."
DIRECT ROUTE TO FIT6HBURG. MASS.
••At? Line Special" new train via N.V..N-
L A H.H.R. t>v Orard Central Terminal
s «•• p. m. dally except Sunday; arrive
Fttchburs 10 3." p. m — Advt _ - iyy.u '.:
In I It. of >«. York. l-r-*y City and 3ob«li««.
ELSEWHERE TWO CENT*
GALE IMPERILS
MANY ON sound
One Vessel. Disabled. Towed to
Safety with Panicstricken
Crowd Aboard.
ANOTHER STUCK IN BRONX
Merrymakers. Urging Captain to
Run for Shelter. Forced 10
Make Way to Shore.
Through Mudbank3
One steamer was disabled In the *al*
In Long Island Sound yesterday, with •
panicstricken crowd on board, and tow»»d
to 138 th street by another excursion ves
sel. A large launch, with 150 merry
makers on board, was forced Into th«
Bronx River and stuck In the mud.
whence her passengers were rescued by
the police. Earlier In the day rw*»
launches had been disabled In the Baa*
River, and the police rescued their occu
pants with some difficulty.
DISABLED IN THE SOUND
Excursion Boat Towed to City
with Panicstricken Passengers
The steamer John Sylvester, which
went down the Sound from JCorwalk.
Conn., yesterday morning, was so crip
pled In the gale that sprang up later
that she had to be towed to this city-
The Sylvester had on board the members
of a fire company bound on a day's out
ing, and when found by the excursion
steamer Rosedale was lying in a. heavy
sea off Port Chester, blowing her whistle
for aid. with a panicstricken lot of ex
cursionists on board.
By means of th*» sfr*»n the Rosedat<%
bound up the Sound from N»w York. lo
cated the siwejiter through the rain art*!
foor. The Roped was herself on an
excursion trip. A hawser was passed
ever and the Rosedale towed the Syl
vester to the foot of East ISSth street
and then took th» members of th» *r=>
company to Roton, Ccnn.
Relatives of those on board th» Rose
dale were anxious last night, as sh«
had b«»en expected to dock, at 6 p. m.. and
besieged headquarters with Inquiries.
She landed her passengers at th* ISStb
str*»*>t wharf
AGROUND IN BRONX MUD
Strange Mishap to Steamer 0*
prey, with 150 Aboard.
"X*»ver again" has become the mottn
of 150 members of th* Tenderloin Bowl
ing-Club, their wires- and their children,
after a thrilling experience last night It
the wilds and morasses of the swamp
land about Hunt's Point
Th*» merry party of Tenderloin bowler*
had started early in the day for an out
ing to Weitzell's Point View Grove, on
Long Island Sound, and when they start
ed homeward on the good ship Osprey.
seventy-five feet on the waterline and
built throughout of good old English Oak.
they were so buffeted about by waves
that ran mountain high and by cross
winds and tortuous currents that they
finally fetched up in a mud bank In West
Farms Creek.
Here they were held prisoners of fate
until an early hour this morning, when
they were carried, one by one, across a
corduroy bridge to safety. .•
The outing of the bowlers t)| the White
Light district has been an event looked
forward to for months, and everybody
who could get away for the excursion
was at the pier at the Battery, and when
the little vessel blew a farewell salute
there ere many on the pier who had not
been able to worm themselves aboard.
Ospray a Speedy Beat.
The Osprey is known to fame as ib«
craft which makes the trip to BedloW*
Island on week days. She boasts twin,
screws and has a reputation as a speedy,
rakish boat, and one which shows her
heels to most everything: that floats in
the waters about New York Bay and the
two rivers.
Up to yesterday, however, her qualifi
cations as a heavy sea boat had re
mained untested: those who made th
trip to the grove last night, and landed
deep in the Bronx mud will bear testi
mony as to her ability, or lack of it. hi
such a sea.
The Osprey is fitted with a small cabfn
with a capacity of not more than fifty
persons, and when the fifty are sheltered
therein no room remains for anything
else whatever. %
Going out to the grove everything *"**
fine and nobody had cause for grum
bling, for were they not on an outing
bent? Besides, good mariners never
make weak protest against conditions
us they are met on the high seas.
Captain Denken, the skipper of th«
Osprey. and his trusty first mate. An
drew Jackson Johnson, seasoned salts.
I were prime favorites with all the youns
! and impressionable maidens on the boat
before the Osprey. was out of sight of
the Battery. The bra*» work, the «par.< .
the nice, shiny funnel and the pretty
spray which leaped from the keen pro*
■ of the racer as she churned the water*
i of the Kast River were all given an en
! thusiastic word of praise by the youns
Experience Worth While.
Besides, how skilfully did the gallant
! skipper handle the spick and span little
1 wheel of the Osprey and how curtly and
■ sternly were his orders to the alert crew
shouted between set lips! Yes-, It was
t an experience worth while to sail th*
I bounding billows with such a master at
'■ the wheel.
Pilled with sentiments such as these,
the young folk and their elders did full
■ Justice to the excursion to Wettsell'«
Point View Grove, and there tjKr fim*
seem-d short until the cheery little whis
tle of the O?prey squeaked a friendly
j warning to the merrymakers that it-was
i time to return to New York
Laughing jostling and exchanging
playful quips, the Tenderloin Bowliasj
Club. 150 strong, tumbled into the pant-
In? O*V**9 and settled into their sea£3
p*ep« r edi for the fast run home. Som«