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IV A RICH-WOMAN ACCUSED.
i held for trial on a charge
Kk OF SHOPLIFTING.
jl ! I Bum Taken n Umbrella, Yalnsd at
i Sl.on-flhe I IIlle by NMU M. MlltlkoM,
', Who Sara thft rharars Agalnat Iter la In-
i'! croaiblr-Acpd br Her Msht In a rell.
9 , Among lro prisoners who wero arraigned In
Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday on
charges of Bnopllftlnir Tins a woman about 30
, years old, of good npnearnnce, who, according lo
tno police. Is a member of n wealthy family In
this city. Slio described liersolr ns Mrs. Annlo
Johnson, and said sho lived nt ill Carlton street,
Plalnflold, N. J. Bbo was accused of stealing an
umbrella valued at $1.1)8 from a department
tore In Sixth avenue by Detectives Mallon and
Butler of tho Contral Ofllcc, who arrested her
on Monday afternoon tn front of the store They
took hor to Pollco Headquarters. Slio refused
to say anything about herself there, or at tho
Mercer street pollco station, whero she was
locked up for tho night.
When sho was led from tho cell room of tho
Mercer street station yesterday morning to bo
conveyed to court her brother, who Is a lawyer,
t and her husband, a business man, were In tho
' citation house. On her failure to roturn to her
home on Monday evening, they became alarmed
about her and, thinking that sho might hae
been taken ill, began a search of the hospitals for
', her. They could not find hor in any of them,
!u and Anally vt ent to tho Morcor street Btntton to
it learn whether any unidentified women had been
taken thcro overnight.. On recognizing her In
II the lino of prisoners they wont to tho court.
I When tho woman was arraigned sho was held
ft for trial on tho testimony of tho detectives.
II Iter brothor (olephonod to Soth M. MUllkcn of
'I k tho wholesalo dry goods firm of Dcering, Mill!
H ' ken & Co. of 71) Leonard street, to go on her
1 bond. Mr. MUllkcn hurrlad to (ho court. The
B ball was tlxcd nt$500. Mr. MUllkcn gave as so
fj curlty his residence. U!0 Madison avenue. Tho
11, woman loft tho court with her husband and
H brother.
I Mr. MUllkcn said last night that ho had known
9 the woman for years, and thxt ha could not have
I been more surprised at anything than ho was
1 at tho charge bt ought ngalnst her.
J "She is a woman of great refinement, he
1 said, "and that sho should steal anything
J seems Incrcdlblo tu me. tier husband's check
I for $75.KM) would bo honored anywhero In this
B city. Bht) denlas nbiolutoly that she took any-
i thing, and her rclallvo do not think It Is
I possible that sho should lommlt a crime.
Kochargasuch ns this has over been brought
I against tier betoro. Sho has over) thing that
I sho can need, nml the means to buy anything
I tho wishes. I know of no onoon whoso bond I
1 would go moro readily, nor ono whom I would
'i be moro hIow to believe guilty of crime.
f "If she is accused unwarrantably her hus-
R band and brother are men in positions to pro-
J tcct her Intercuts and to puniBh any person who
1 has done hor an InJUKtlce. 'ihoy told me that
ft she looked twenty year older when they saw
it her yesterday morning than Bbe did on the vro-
J rious day, such hail been the effect on her of a
iiH night in tho station house She was innhyn-
V tcrical condition when bIio left tho courtroom
HI and could not curry on a conversation connect-
edly."
Av Annlo ItoscnbcrR. who said sho lived nt 110
K Ludlow streot, and Hannah Cohen of ilrookljn,
K Matd to bo professional thlovcs, were nrrested on
f ' Monday by Detectives Kenny nud Chrystal,
mt wbo had wattuod thorn on Jlroadwny f or somo
W time, 'ihoy were hold in V1,000 bail for exam
f (nation. ,
wm A woman describing herself as Minnie An-
F dTows, a dressmaker of Newark, was held for
I stealing $10 worth of gloves and handkerchiefs,
and Kdwnrd M. (irlcvo of :i:!2 East Twenty-
0 third street, who confesod to stealing a pair of
, opera glasses, shared the samo fate.
(TBE TALLX-UO DISASTER SUIT.
Case In tbo Hands or tbe Jury Plaintiff He
duces m Demand to 03,000.
Tho trial of the suit of John J. Lewis against
the Long Island Itailroad Company for$oO,000
for personal Injuries, ttustalnod in the tally-bo
disaster at the Merrick road crossing last Me
morial Day, was brought to a close' yesterday
In tbo Supremo Court in Brooklyn and a sealed
verdict will bo handed in this morning. In re
fusing to grant tho motion of Oen. Tracy for a
dismissal Jtistico Garrctson said that tbe case
possessed so muny intricate points that it ought
to go to n higher court for flnnl settlement. In
his address to tho jury Gen. Tracy, counsel for
tho company, said:
"As to the ringing of tho bell. We know by
tho man who rang It that it did ring. Their
own witness, who was on tho engine, testified
, to tho samo thing. Wo and they have proved
It. Then comes tho clcctrlo bell. They say it
I didn't sound that morning. Well, suppose it
didn't. They must prove something moro than
that. Wo would be negligent if it got out of
order and was allowed to remain bo, but we
must ha e a reasonable time in which to find It
out. If It was in ordor when the last train be
fore the fatal ono passed along and then got out
of order, wo can't beheld for it. The company
expressly orders that every cnginoman who
- pauses along shall observe and report if tbe bell
does not ring, tint wn provo that it did ring by
Mr. Carr, tho Methodist minister at Lynbrook.
"The plaintiff was on top of tho coach, look
ing ahead. Tho railroad company put n tign
at tho crossing 8H feet high, hut the plaintiff
did not sen It ; the drh cr didn't bco It: the brake
man didn't bco it; no person on the coach saw It.
Is the railway company to behold resiionslblo
for tboso w ho, having eyes, see not, and having
cars, hear not? Tho young people on the top of
tho coach wore young pcoplo out for a day's
fun. 'I hey wcro tuning n good time, and no
body can censure them for that. Hut the result
of their good time, the negligence resulting,
cannotlbo ihargcd against us."
in Humming up for tbo plaintiff Senator Wray
reduced the damages sought from $50,000 to
$5,000. Ho Hold:
"It Is hut fair to mv client to sny that at tho
time tho complaint was drawn he was ill on a
bed In tbo hnspitnl, Buffering from Injuries that
I Bccmcd to ho permanent. Ho has siuiu rciov-
ercd from them nnd In a year will bo a well
man. Wo thcieforu do not nsk you for tho full
1 amount of tho sum mentioned In tho compluint.
liut for tho pain and suffering nnd the loss of
time and tho troublo that will ensue in hie bus!-
ncsH for tho coming your wo think that wo tan
yl rightly ask for i. verdict of $.ri,000, nnd I hae
I no hesitation in Baying that I will be satistkd
1 with that."
) BONAI BENTENCED TO DIE.
V To Be Ilriuceit rur ibo Xlcliols Murder on April
14 .".oil-Weebs's Trial.
1 BniPCiKroKT, Conn., Dec. 21. Charles A.
Bona! was to-day scntonccd by Judge Elmer to
be hangod on April 14, 1808, for tho murder of
I Georjro Marcus Nichols on July Si! last. Tho
condemned mnn received tho sontenco without
emotion. Neither his wife nor his mother was
in court to hear the sentenco of death passed
upon him.
llcfnro sentence was passod Donal spoke brief
ly. His rolco was firm and he was composed.
Ho thunkod his counsol for their efforts In his
I behalf nnd then said ho was ready to have tho
I Bcntenco of death pissed upon ului.
J M. II. I'caso of tho Massachusetts police nt
II Loe, Miss , came More to identify Bona! and
P, Weeks ns the men who killed Henry K. Hoed
V and his sister, Blanche Heed, at North Adums,
II Aug. U, 1807. Mr. Iteed was mysteriously
jU killed at that place, and robbers dealt tho fatal
blous. His slater was shot four times, llonal
'I and WcckH both admit being In Itlcliiuoud und
J Hancock, Mass., at that time, only lltleen miles
i from tbu set no of tho murder. Another crliun
of which they wcro Huspected was tho lobbery
of liovi HuggsatShullliIil, Mass., In November,
1HIKJ. Tho masked men hroku Into tho house,
robbed tho pcoplo therein of about $70, and,
taking ItugXK'shoiso und wagon, drove to Hud
son, N, Y. The description of the two masked
loon corresponds with llonal and Weeks, nud
their pholou'raphH have been partly Identified.
Attorney Lwuh, tho prisoner's counsel, said
this morning that he had full knowledge of all
tho crimes that Dona! nnd Weeks had commu
ted. Ho suld that Boual had nothing to do with
either of tho aboc. Tho caso against David
1 Weeks, llonal a pal, has been continued until
; tho next term of tho Ciliulnal Superior Court,
which will bo next February. In addressing
tho Court Attorney L nth asked that tbednto
of Bonals execution bo set so far ahead that
llonal might bo able lo go on the Btand when
1 Weeks Is tried. Tho request was granted.
i It U understood that no promises ot leniency
f bad been held out by tho htate to Weeks fur I ca
ll tlf)Ing ugalnst llonal in tho trial just ended,
and that hcwtoo, will bo tried lor murder In tbe
M first degree.
If ! rur Long Islaud City Ilond s.ot lllck
3 s
J City Treasurer Knapp of Long Island City
M opened bids juatcrcluy for 'MDO.OOOof Lily rev
,1 enuu bonds. Fivo bids woie rocclvcd, the high-
III est being lO'.'.Sl'.'. Mr. Knapp Informed the
" bidders that he felt that tbo bids w ere too low
f and should bo rojocted. Ho said he would give
li his decision to-day.
I Tbo employees of many of tho departments of
U tbs city Government have not received their
I salaries for months, and they have been looking
i I v forward to tho fait of the bonds to replenish
ik rVatraajuTT.
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CHARGES AOAIXBT ZIXDBLOtt NOTT,
Cbfcafo Board of Trade Clleo tbo toee-amor
arokor ta Kotala Tblaio.
Charges have been preferred against Robert
LIndblom, to whom admission to the New York
Stock Kxchango was refused several weeks ago,
and he has been cited to appear beforo the di
rectors of the Chicago Hoard of Trade. When
ho failed to be admitted to the Stock Exchange
Mr. LIndblom, In an Interview published In a
Chicago newspaper, attacked the Slock Ex
change authorities on the ground that they bad
passed unfavorably upon his application for
membership because of his froo-illver views.
This was iKjsltlvoly denied by Secretary George
W. Kly of tbe Stock Exchange, who said that
nothing had been known regarding Mr, Llnd
blom'.s political views.
Tho following statement telegraphed from
Chicago by Mr. LIndblom was given out yester
day at the local olllco of Robert LIndblom & Co.,
10 Now street:
" Aside from nome transactions In stocks over
which tho Board of Trade has no jurisdiction,
but which are absolutely legitimate In every re-spet-t,
the charges against mo are: That last year
I dllcd my orders In fractional lots of wheat
through B. 0. Fisher In an Irregular way. I an
swer that I filled them as I understood it under
tho rules, and last April I voluntarily laid the
whole matter In writing beforo tho Committee
on Violation of the Rules. A majority of the com
mittee decided that I n as correct In my position,
but tho full board on May 111 advised Inn that my
practlco waa not. within tho rules and I changed
mv method, under protest and against my
Judgment, but In compliance with the wishes of
the directors. And now this Information which
1 furnished tho directors myself is mado use ot
by the agents of tbo board to hang a complaint
on. The other chargo is that I have mado some
cross-trades with customers of mine, at their
specific request. I answer that the chargo Is
absolutely false. I never mado any of the cross
trades mentlnnod in the complaint. I made
somo other cross-trades, however, and thirty
throe linns ot the New York Stock Exchange
nnd tho Chicago Board of Trado did the same:
but as soon ns I learned tho nature of them I
reported tbo facts to tho 1 'resident of the board
and declined such further business. All ot it
occurred during tho last week of March last,
and I am proud of my record In that mat
ter. Lost February and early this month
1 invited the Chairman ot the direc
tors to come into my odlce any time
nnd examine my books, my employees, and my
methods, and ho did so, and It la a source ot
gratification to me nnd chagrin to my enemies
and discharged employees, after hunting me for
a voar and having soles among my own em
ployees, that tho only things against mo are
matters which I myself laid before tho Board of
Directors last April. I do not bellovo that tho
directory will permit Itself to be used (as on
former occasions with other firms) as a laundry
for such unworthy complaints. Fortunately
my fellow members of the board understand
I ho animus of tbe case, and I am grateful to
them for their hearty assurances of confidence
and respect."
WAS O'CONNOR XCUltDEltEDT
He ITas Found Dead In tbe Street tbo Day Bo
ron) lie Waa to llave Beoa Married.
Early on Sunday morning, Dec. IS, a man
was found lying dead on the sidewalk at Fourth
avenue and President street, Brooklyn, with his
nose broken and severo bruises on his face.
Some money and a small bottle of whiskey were
in his pockets, and tbe police concluded that the
man had fallen while drunk, and that the in
juries had been received whilo he was rolling on
the sidewalk. Tho body was removed to the
Morgue, and remained unidentified until yes
terday morning, when John O'Connor recog
nized tho dead manashlsfathor, Andrew O'Con
nor, aged 52 years, who llvod with John and
another son at 73 Fifteenth street. Directly
after tho identification the sons went to Police
Headquarters and demanded an investigation,
expressing tholr suspicion that their father was
a victim ot foul play.
According to their statement their father left
homo on the Saturday night before his disap
pearance Ho called on Mrs. Ilogcrs. a widow,
lo whom bo was to be married the next dav, at
her home in Twentieth street and Third avenue.
The samo evening he callod on his daughter,
Mrs. Hayes, at Twentieth street and Sixth
avenue, and remained there about an hour. He
showed his daugntpr the oottleof whiskey, and
told hor that he did not Inteud to open it until
after his marriage. Ito Bent out, however, for
some beer and shared it with his daughter and
some of her friends in tbe bouse. Mr Hayes
nnd her friends say that he was perfectly sober
when ho started for home.
Mrs. Burke, who lives at 7.1 Fifteenth street,
sas that about t! o'clock on tho morning the
body wae found, she heard O'Connor engaged In
n dispute with another man In front of his
home. Superintendent Mackcllar has ordered a
thorough inquiry, nnd tho burial will be post
poned for a f ow da s.
The autopsy showed that death resulted from
a fracture of the skull, but tho physicians, as
well as tbo police, think that it was caused by a
fall and not by a blow.
jrOMAX ARltESTED FOB BEQQIXG.
Tbo Wire or Renatar Piatt's Private Secretary
atereated In Uer llebair.
Gerry Agent Thomas Watson found a woman
soliciting alms at Broadway and Twenty-second
street yesterday afternoon. The woman
held by tho hand her 4-year-old daughter, and
many possersby handed tbe child money. Agent
Watson haled the mother and child to the West
Thirtieth street station house, whero the wo
man described herself as Mrs. Annie Frank, 30
j ears old, of "31 East Twenty-fourth street.
While on the way to tbe station three well
dressed women inquired tho cause of Mrs.
Frank's nrrcst. When tbey learned that sho
had been arroitcd for begging they accom-
J muled her to the police station and pleaded for
icr release, saying that they would too that
inuthor und child were properly cared for.
Agent Wutsou would not consent to their re
lease, bowover, and Mrs. Frank waa locked up.
Her child wus taken to the Gerry Boilely'i
headquarter.
One of the women who interested herself In
Mrs. Frank was Mr8. Morris Eckstein, wife of
Senator Piatt's private tecretary. Sirs. Eck
stein said she would appear in Jefferson Mar
ket Court this morning, when Mrs. Frank was
arraigned, nnd ask to ho allowed to aid ber.
Mrs. rrnnk has two children. Her husband
hasn't worked in two years. She says ho can't
get work and that sho had to beg to keep the
family from BtarUng.
DOCK GANG LEADER NABBED.
lie Tries to Eirape Desperado's Palo Bays or
14 and 15 tears.
Edward Purcell, 27 years old, of 72 West
Ninety-eighth street, reputed leader of tbe Dry
Dock gang, togother with Iteubcn Olduils, 14
years old, of 731 Tenth avenuo. and Frank
O'Nell, 15 years old, of 510 West Forty-ninth
street, wero arraigned In tho West Side Police
Court yesterdny on a charge ot being suspi
cious persons. Thoy were remanded until this
morning to give tbe detectives time to get evi
dence and find the owners of a miscellaneous as
sortment of stolen goods.
Capl. Scbmlttberger said that his detectives
bad made a very Important capture, and tbat
Purcell was the most desperate thief that bad
ever operated on the west side. This assertion
by the Captain was icrllled to a degree by Pur
rell, who tried to regain his liberty bv fighting
tho pollccmon of the court squad, tho blue
coals were obliged to drag blm from the court
room to tbe corridor leading to IbuprlBon pen,
and, before they succeeded In locking him up,
the crook managed tu make a vicious assault
upon Sergeant Iane.
Tho no-called dock gang Is accused of molt of
the robberies hlch bavo recently taken place
on the west side.
John Hcllly, who was sentenced on Monday to
Sing sing for a robbory at Fifty-fourth street
and Ninth avenue, was ono of the dock gang,
and shared the glory of leadership with Purcell,
A FAMILY ASPHYXIATED.
Overcome br Uas rrom a foal Slave Wboso
I.lil Had Ueen Tahru Off.
The family of Samuel Llcbtenstetn, wbolives
on tbo third floor at 250 Itlvlngton street, had a
narrow escape from asphyxiation early jester
day morning. Mr, Llchtensteln has been an In
valid for three years, und bis wife keeps a
grocery and provision store. About 8 o'clock
Monday etenlng Llcbtensteln took the lid off
tho coal stove In tbo front room because of the
huat. loiter the family went to bed.
bhortlyoflor 1 o'clock Mrs. Mclitensteln was
aroused by her liuabuiid and found tho room so
lull of coat uas that she could scarcely breathe,
rbo sent her little girl to get some w utor, but the
child whs so overcome that she fainted on the
way. THojoungiuon who have rooms In the
flat wcro aroimod with dllllculty. unci tbey us-slMt-d
in getting Mr. Llebtonsteln and the
children into the next house. All tho family
felt IhoutTuits of tbo gas, but were not made
Boriouxly 111.
Urooblia Compromises lib the Klevatedlloadi
Tho city of Brooklyn has a claim of $300,000
against tbo elovnted railroads for unpaid taxes
for tbe last ihreo years. There has been a con
troversy over the amount of tho assessments.
Tbe city has now agreed to compromise with
the companies for $3o0,0O0.
STREET CAR LINE TREATY.
TRACTION A.NI TBinD AVENUE
AGREE TO STOP OOINO TO ZAW.
They Will Settle Their Dlireroaree Amleabtr,
drab Kaok Other's Ronlea He More, and
CroaaKarh Other's Tracks Ad Ub. Amster
dam Avenne'a roar Tracks to Slay There.
A number ot conferences which have been
held recently between William C. Whltnoy and
the officers of tho Third Avenue Itailroad Com
pany have led to tho assertion that there was a
consolidation of Interests to tako place between
tho Metropolitan and Third avenuo systems.
This la not true, but It Is true that the companies
havo burled the hatchet, and will atop suing
and enjoining eaoh othor. Edward Lnnterbach
said yesterday that the conferees had been, on
various occasions, President V reel and and
Mossrs. Whitney, Ryan, Hoot, andCrlmmlns
for the Metropolitan Stroet Railway, and Presi
dent Ellas and Messrs. Hart, Page, and Lautcr
bach for the Third Avenue llnllroad. Tho ob
ject has been to reach an agreement by which
the two companies will avoid In future any
more of the expensive litigation they have boon
enjoying. Thli object, Mr. Lauterbach said,
had been praottcally attained, though somo for
malities may yet have to bo gone through with.
Amicable adjustment of present ana future dif
ferences li contemplated. Each line will be
permitted to extend itself In natural directions
under municipal supervision without opposi
tion from the other company. This will do away
with the opposition of the Metropolitan Inter
ests to the Klngsbrldgo extension of the Third
avenue line as well as with tho objection of tho
Third Avenuo Company to tho Metropolitan
Company Introducing Its electric s stent
into Park row or putting In thoelectrlo conduits
tinder tbo tracks ot the Third aenuo road at
Grand and Broome streets. Theso latter elec
tric connections will bo mado as soon as tbo en
&lneersof tbe two companies can agreo on the
est plans, Tho now arrangement will be In no
sense a consolidation of tbe roads, and each will
con tlnuo to operate Its lines Independent of tho
other.
Fresh complications have arisen In tho met
ier of Improving traction on Amsterdam avenue,
and particularly in regard to operating both
the Metropolitan Street Car Company s cars
and those of the Third Avenuo Company on
ono set of tracks Instead ot on four tracks.
Both companies bavo expressed a willingness
to operate over one set of tracks If thcro wcro
no ljgal or mechanical difficulties in the way.
Tho mechanical featuro would not offer any
grave troubles, but when the legal situation
was looked Into this won found to present dull
cullies. The Metropolitan Stroet Hallway
Company leases the Amsterdam avenue road
from the Ninth avenue line, and they are both
debarred from giving up their tracks or letting
any one else uso them without the consent of
the George Low estate. On the other hand the
Third nvonuo road owns a majority of the stock
ot the Forty-second street, Manhattaavlllo and
St. Nicholas avenue rood, whoso tracks ero in
question, but It cannot alter the character ot
the road without changing tho security ot the
bondholders, and to do this it would bo neces
sary to get tho consent ot each Individual bond
holder. Counsel for one of the roads said yesterday
that there was no way In sight just now of
doing anything on Amsterdam avenue except.
to continue the use of tho four tracks. A
mandamus proceeding in now pending in which
it is sought to make the Commissioner of Pub
Ho Works issue a permit to tho Third avenue
road to enablo it to change the power for Am
sterdam avenue from horses to cable. Tbe
other road is to bo operated by electricity. It
looks now as if there must be four tracks In
tho avenue. Property owners object to this,
declaring that It would bo a source of groat
danger when tbe new power was used on each
road.
SACnSK'S DEFENCE DEOVN.
Testimony to Impeach That or Mrs. Hotehklss,
tbe Prisoner's Accaser.
Hartford, Conn., Dec. 21. The Sacbse mur
der trial at Mlddletown opened this morning
with Dr. Wolff of this city on the stand for
cross-examination. The doctor had made an
examination ot the boots that the State asserts
Sachse wore on the night of the murder and he
said:
"I found blood on Sachse's right boot on the
toe under the patch, betwoen the patch and the
sole, between toe and top of boot, and on the left
boot between the sole and the boot."
After Dr. Bacou of Now Haven bad testified
In relation to tbe difference between fresh blood
and clotted blood tbe State rested, and the de
fence at once began by recalling Mr. Augur, who
Identified certain maps of the Hotehklss place.
Ills examination brought out that it was forty
ono feet from tho window where the shot was
fired to where' Mrs. Hotehklss said she saw
Sachse and seventeen feet from the window
w here tho shot was Ured to where Hotehklss sat
on tho lounge: that the lamp on the table, tbe
light of which was said to have been put out
by tho shot, was three feet out of range;
that tbo shot struck tbe doorway back of
Hotehklss 3 feet 4-i Inches from tho floor. Hen
nlgan. a photographer ot Mlddletown, identi
fied several photographs mado ot the outside
and Inside of tho Hotehklss house and they
were admitted as evidence. Tbey show the
furniture as on the night of the murder, tbe
south door, and the view from that door at tbo an
gle at which Sirs. Hotehklss says she stood w hen
she saw Sachse. Tbls Is the most Important
photograph brought into tbe trial, as It abows a
dark background of large trees, where, it is
said, Sachse was seen Just after the shooting.
9S00,000 FIRE IN KANSAS CITY.
Tbe Auditorium Mate! and Tboatra named
All tbe Cueata Eaeaped.
Kansas Citt, Mo., Dec 21. The Auditorium
Hotel and Theatre were destroyed by Are tbls
morning. Tbe loss Is about $500,000. 'ihe
theatre was the largest and llnest west of Chi
cago, and would seat 3,200 people. It was built
In 1887 by Col. George W. Warder, and cost
$350,000. Since then $02,000 has been spent on
It. Mr. Alexandor Frazor bought tho property
last spring from the National Bank of Com
merce of tula city. Tho consideration was given
as $400,000. Ono-half of the structure wus a
fashionable hotel.
When the lire was discovered at 1 A. M. tliero
were 105 guests In the building. All got out
safely, but many lost their clothing and Jowelry.
Crlley and Fiery wero the managers of tho
hotel. They say the furnlturo coat $30,000.
The tiro was started by crossing of electric light
wires. The houso will not be rebuilt. It has
always, until tbls season, been run at a loss.
Tbls year tbe theatre has been run by Paxton &
Burgess ot the Boyd and New Crelghton thoa
tres, Omaha, us a continuous performance
house, and has made money. The house has
hoodooed everybody. The only State Demo
cratic ticket since the war that has met defeat
was nominated in the Auditorium in 1804.
ZBFT THE SAFE DOOR OPEN.
A Paekaaa or OIO.OOO Missing from tbo Sontb
ern Bzprrsa Co.'s Saaa In Columbia, S, c.
Columbia, S, C Dec. 21. A package of $10,
000 mysteriously disappeared from tbe safe In
tbe odlce ot the Southern Express Company
here yesterday morning. Tho first Intimation
here that anything was crooked waa given by
the arrival on a special train of O. M. Sadler,
Division Superintendent Uuldley, followed by
W. J. Croswell, another superintendent.
A package ot $10,000 was sent to a bank In
Newberry on Sunday. It could not be delivered
tbat day and was returned here because the safe
In that town was considered lnseouro. The
money was put In a safe in the office litre, which
was left unlocked all night.
Assistant General Superintendent ot the
Southern Express Company P. W. Lcary of
Chattanooga, ai rived here to-htght and.look up
the Investigation with the four division superin
tendents wlio wero already on the ground.
After concluding his Investigation, Mr. Leary
said there had been no outsider engaged In tbe
robbery; that It was done by men in the office.
He would remain here, he said, until tbe thlof
was In Jail,
TWO HEN IN ONE OFFICE.
Worthier Cantoado That lie Is SUM a Deputy
Collector, Tbouab lie Was Removed.
ABBCnr Park, N, J Dec 21, On account of
the refusal of Benjamin Worthley to vacate the
office of deputy Internal revenuo collector for
tbls district, tbere are two persons executing
Us functions. Worthley was appointed under
James Butcher, When Mr. Butcher was retired
under the present Republican Administration
and bis place was taken by Isaac MotTett, Iho
latter notified all ot Butcher'e collectors to get
out.
Worthley refused, claiming tbat under the
civil sen Ice rules be could not be remo cd ex
cept for cause. Meanwhile Adolph Ernst of
Toms River was appointed liihisplaoo. Even
then Worthley remained llrni. For some time
the two men have visited tho clgarmakors and
distillers In Monmouth county, doing practi
cally tbe same work. Worthloy has taken bis
caso to the Supremo Court, and a decision Is
eagorly awaited, as It will affect thousands of
similar employees In different parte of tbo
country.
Robert Sedgwick Rents tbe Lyman Villa.
Newport, It. I., Dec 21. Mr. Robert Bedg
wick of New York has rented the Lyman villa
on the north side of Leroy avenue foi tbo sea
son ot 1888.
HBATT MAILS FOR UANTA ODAVS.
Bead Letter OBJee tbe Bar lata Which Mhl
tltnda or Childish Heeea are Whtipered.
Star Santa CUui, plese send roe a S wheal bleylole
and a pare ot kid gloves and a pare ot rubbers aada
box ot oandy.
Thus writes n boy whose name and address in
this city It It unnocotsary to give, and his letter
addressed "For Santa Clint" was one ot a huge
pile ot similar missives upon the desk ot W. W,
Stone, in tbe Inquiry Department ot the General
Post Office yesterday.
Letters from children to Santa Clabt begin to
reach the Pott Office six weeks or two months
beforo Christmas. Ono girl writes;
"You needn't mind about mo so much, Santa,
but please tend awheel carriage to my lame
Bister."
Another asks for "something to mako mamma
well and a lot of toys for Die that won't make a
noise."
A boy wants "a tied with an iron front on It,
because there's another boy on my ttreot that
kopt running Into mo nil Inst winter." The Iron
front Is evldontly doslred for purposes of
vengeance. . ,
All Burh letters addroBsed simply to Santa
Claus. whether they nro stamped or not, aro
sent to Mr. Stone, who is known as tho "blind
reader," tho reason given for tho tltlo being
that ho can read almost every language or Imi
tation thereof and can decipher what would
prove unintelligible scrawls to most people
Tho addresses on theso letters locato Santa
Claus In various parts of tho world, and occa
sionally a letter comes addressed to "Santa
Claus In heaven." All of them, aftor tboy have
been examined and sorted by "Blind Header"
Stone, are sent to tho Road Letter Office in
Washington.
Some ot these letters are addressod to Santa
Claus, in care of some Arm ot toy dealers or the
department stores where toys aro sold. These,
It stamped, aro sent to their destination, and
are rarely returned to tbo Pott Office.
An old Post Offico employee said yesterday
that somo storekeepers rent tho letters they re
ceived to tbo parents of tbe children who wrote
them, thriftily inclosing their advertisements
and circulars.
"I have known instances," bo taid also,
" where storokcepors have sent presents to chil
dren who have written to Santa Clans In their
care after they had ascertained that tbo paronta
were actually too poor to buy them."
" Many such instances I" he was asked.
" Yet, quite a good many. You see, such
things come under my notice In my department,
and in tho cases I have known the senders didn't
make any splurgo nbout It or toll any of you
newspaper folks In order to get an advertise
ment." "Just animated by the spirit of Christmas
time. I suppose."
" Yes," replied the Post Office man, "there's a
good deal of that about yet."
GREATER NEW TORK'S POST OFFICE.
Piano Saggeated ror tbe Consolidation at tba
Present OOlcea In the Terrltary.
Georgo W. Beavers, chief of the salaries and
accountant division ot the Now York Post
Office, has submitted a number of propositions
to Postmaster Van Cott as to tho plan of con
solidation ot all tho Post Offices in Greater New
York. Ho was detailed to this work In tho
early part of December because of his long con
nection with both tho Now York and Brooklyn
offices. Tho propositions, four in number, are
as follows:
1. That the entiro new city be merged into one
general postal division, with tbo Postmaster of
the present New York city as tho Postmaster of
It, in which event the other Presidential officers
in tho Greater New York terrltorv would cither
becomo his deputies or their stations bo abso
lutely abolished.
2. That tho postal dcpartpont crcato two divi
sions of tho new city, to bo designated as "East
New York" and "Wcot New York" "EaBt New
York" to embrace tho boroughs of Brooklyn,
Queens nnd Richmond; "West New York" to
embraco tho boroughs of Manhattan and the
Bronx.
3. That each borough (except Manhattan nnd
tho Bronx, which by reason ot geographical
advantages may constitute ono postal subdivi
sion) lio designated an a Presidential office.
4. That all the Presidential offices In West
chester county bo embraced In tho consolida
tion of ono Greater New York Post Office In
tho event ot tho abolition of all Presidential
Post Offices except that of New York city
proper, which shall bo the head of tho service.
In tho opinion of Mr. Beavers the first propo
sition Is preferable, and he recommends Its
adoption. Ab stated in Tilt St'x of Dec. 0, this
plan will necessitate the repeal of tbe law for
bidding consolidation of county float Post
Offices with others, as hero contemplated, with
reference to Brooklyn. Jamaica and Richmond.
Its adoption, however, is probable, and in tho
mean time, according to Wnshlngton advices,
the consolidation will proceed along this line as
far as tho present law will allow.
RVilORS ABOUT A LAND BALE.
J. Plorpont Horrsn Is .ot Going Into tho no
tall Coat Business.
A story was published yesterday that J. Pler
pont Morgan was preparing to retail coal at
cheap rates, through tho agenoy of tho Susque
hanna and Western Railroad. It was further
stated that the recent transfer of 05 lots at
135th street, fronting on tho north bank of tbo
Harlem River, was made by August Belmont &
Co., for use in this scheme, to be tbe site of large
coal-pockets. J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.. refused
to talk about tho story yesterday, but at the
office of August Bolraont & Co. it was stated
that there Is no truth in It.
Charles Stewart Davison, the attorney for
Belmont & Co. In this transfer, stated that tbo
only truth in tho various reports of tbls sale
lay In hlB original statement, that It was sold
to a syndicate for $304,000, to be used tor grain
elevators and as a freight terminal for one of
the railroads reaching tide water on tbe New
Jersey Bide.
OFFERED TO COPPER TUE OOP.
Policeman Arrested O'.Velll to let Bven Will
Probably Bo Tried.
Policeman Basil G. Harpur ot tbe steam
boiler inspection squad will probably be tried
by tbe Police Commissioners as a result of his
urralgnment in Centra Streot Court yesterday
of James O'Neill of 300 Pearl street on a charge
of Intoxication.
O'Neill declared tbat tbe policeman, who was
In civilian's clothes, ordorod blm on Monday
night to leave It. B. Richardson's hotel nt 30!)
Pearl street, w here he lodged, because he offered
tocoer abet tbo bluecoat made In agamo ot
dice he was playing with tbe hotel keeper.
O'NolU's arrest followed, although he was per
fectly sober. Richardson corroborated tho state
ment of O'Neill, who waa discharged. Both mado
affidavits, which were forwarded to Pollco Head
quarters, after Harpur bad been blown up by
Magistrate Kudllcb.
Wes!'l4Sfi
WdrOWIf-
TIMOI SIM ".
"REM ABLE' 'S
CARPETS
CHRISTMAS CONCENTRATION.
"We liavo brought together a vast assort
ment of useful ami decorativo articles; wo
know how dllllcult It Ih to select when one
Is obliged to travel aimlessly from ono
place to another In search of suitable glfta,
and therefore make It easy for you to
choose hero,
COTTON DERBY PORTIERES
With plain orjlgurtd centres and handsomtlv
fringtd top and bottom),
$3.75 PER PAIR.
Carpets nnd rugs, rich In tholr winning
combination of utility, beauty, and " low
tariff" prices. Furnlturo In which the
touch of the artist lias been added to the
craft of the artisan. Flower ntunds, Jardl
uteres, lamps, pictures, etc.
" Long Credit" la an Invitation to choose
without ceasing and to pay without hur
rying. OPEN EVENINGS.
CASH on CREDIT
(OWPERTHWAIT )fa
MM. 106 and 108 West 14 St.
NEAR. 6tAV.
Brooklyn Stores: nalbushAv.newRoa$L
. . . . a t,
TUNNEL MEN OBSTINATE.
DISPUTE TUB COURT'S RIGHT TO EX
ACT A $ in, 000, 000 BOND.
6 Is Sold That Ibe Itapld Transit ConmlMloa-
i era Wilt lleruse lo Make the stlpnlalton
llteulred til Ihe Court and Have a ffotlon
'That Thoy 'aa Co to Ibe Court or appeals.
Tho representatives of tho Ilaptd Transit
nallroad Commission gave up formally yestor
day any faith they may havo chorlshcd that
Iho $15,01X1,000 bond which tho Appellate Di
vision of tho Supremo Court requires them to
stipulate to demand from Iho contractors who
bid for tho'proposcd tunnol road would boa
surety to last only during the construction of
tho road and not to continue during tho thirty
flvo to fifty years ot tho life of the operating
contract.
Secretary Lewis K Dclaflold was tho only
person connected with tho commission who
had anything in particular to say yesterday
about the plcklo in which tho tunnel pcoplo
find themselves.
"Thcro has never been any' doubt," ho said
yesterday, "that the bond which tho Hapld
Transit Commissioners aro required by section
Ui ot tho Hapld Transit act to exact from tho
contractors must bo a continuing boud to se
cure not only tho duo performance of Iho con
tract for construction, but also tho duo per
formance of all tho terras ot tho lease. Tho
provisions ot the statute clearly and wisely
exact Buch a bond, although tho oet declares
that Us amount shall rest wholly In the discre
tion ot tho Hapld Transit Board."
When the argument comes up on the order
to bo entered under Jus'.lco Van Brunt's opin
ion, the court Is to bo told ot courso in proper
language that It is absurd to demand any such
bond as ono for 1S,OOI),000. Then when this
featuro of tbo case has been carefully bolstered
up with a mine of statistics regarding tho bonds
given on other contracts will come the real at
tack. This wit be an Intimation to tbe court
that It did not know tho law and that tho exac
tion of a stipulation from tho Ibtpld Transit
Commissioners to require a continuing bond ot
$10,000,000 from tho contractors would bo Ille
gal and an Invasion of tho rights of tho llapld
Transit Itailroad Commissioners themselves,
as fixed bylaw. A present at ion will bo mado
regarding tbu ascertained ability of tho Bndl
cates that propose to hid to give bonds or put
up other "forms of security, andthcn.lt is be
lieved, tho Commissioners will rest their case,
refining cither directly or indirectly to ntlpu
late that thoy will mako the rerjulrod sneclflo
demand upon the contractors. They will pmb
ably promise to do their full duty, sen that tho
city's interests ore properly protected and that
tbo contractors aro amply nolo financially nnd
othorwise to build the road, and then will rest,
asking that tbocourt shall simply enter an order
confirming tho report of tho special commission
approving tho building of the rood.
In caso tho court refuses to confirm the re
port under these circumstances or enters an
adverse order. It has been intimated that tho
rapid transit people believe that they still bavo
a card up their sleeve which will win the odd
trick for them. What this is none will say.
but it was said yesterday that thev had ligured
out a way In which, if the worst came, they
might haul up tho Appcllato Division lor re
view before tho Court of Appeals.
FROSTS IN CALIFORNIA.
Tner Aro I.IUelx lo Damage tbe Still En
aotbored Orange Crop.
San Francisco, Dec. 21. The heaviest frosts
for over twenty jears aro reported from all
parts of tbe State. Tho result will bo disastrous
in the orange growing sections of southern Cali
fornia unless smudges save the fruit. Ventura
experts estimate tho amount ot fruit now on the
trees and llablo to freezing at 10,000 carloads,
aggregating 300,000 boxes ot oraiurcs, which,
valued at 9'2 a lux, uiak.es fUOO.OOO worth ot
orangeB exposed to tho freezing atmosphere.
This does not include lomons and limes. How
much of this vast crop rennins unharmed re
mains to bo seen. Tho Weather Bureau has
sent out warnings, but it has Iwen Impossible for
all tho orchards to gather fruit promptly, und
much of It which hasn't ripened sufllclently to
pick will be spoiled by frost.
FERRT FRANCHISES BOLD.
Ho Bid fbr tbe Twenty-third Street Gr.enpolnt
Forrj. I'piet Price 033.000 it Tear.
At the public salo of ferry franchisee by the
Comptroller jesterday tho ferry to South
Brooklyn was owurded to tho company now
oporatiug It for flvo years at an upset prico ot
$7,000 a year. The West Twenty-third Street
Ferry to Jersey City went lo tbe Krle Itailroad
at an annual rentalof $11,810. The Long Island
Itailroad agreed to pas U.SOO a year for tbo Pino
Street Kerry, and tbe ferry from East Nlnnty
ninth street to Collego Point was bid In by tbe
present lessee at ifU.OOO n year. The Liberty
Street Kerry was knocked down to tho Now
Jersey Central Itailroad at $10,000 a year.
There was no bid for the ferry from the foot of
Kast Twenty third street to Oreoupolnt, tho
upf-ct price for which was fixed by the Comp
troller at $2l!,000 a year, and the sale was ad
journed for one week.
BROOKLYN'S " WAKE."
Tbo Rot, Dr. Storro D.cllnea to Officiate as
tbe Orator.
It was decided yesterday that the consolida
tion " wake" in Brooklyn should tako tbe form
of a public reception in the City Hall on New
Year's eve, with Mayor Wurster and as many
surviving Mayors of the expiring city as can
attend as tbe chiof mourners. The Itov. Dr. It.
S.Storrs having declined t deliver the oration,
the Itev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, who was one
of the Btrongost opponents of the plan to create
the Greater Now York, will probably bo invited
tu tako his place.
Former Senator Stephen M. Qrlswold, William
Berrl, Henry Young, Dr. .1. I Watson, and
Herbert K. (Junnlson have been appointed a
sub-commltlee to attend to the details.
Strainsblp Oabdalo Mlirlled.
The British Bteamsnip Oakdale, lying at the
foot ot Hiclmrd street, Brooklyn, has been seuod
by tho United States Marshal under a libel illod
In the United States District Court by William
B. Phelps ot Oswego, K. Y who asks damages
to the amount of $30,000 for Injuries ho claims
to havo received whllo a posscngoron tho ves
sal. He says tbat whilo entering tbe huiborof
St. George's, Bermuda, tbs Uakdalo lolllded
with the schooner Clnvula, w blih was Ivlng at
anchor. He was struck by a Bpar and thrown
down with such violence us to fraclura his skull
and break Bevcral of his ribs. The collision, ho
asserts, was due to thencgllgcneoniid Inefficien
cy of the Captain and crew of the Oakdale.
CAREYS SIIIEX
CLOTHING
ON
CREDIT.
i "":
t No tlnio like tbo present for buying;, 1
Nothing like our no extra eliArgo
ClthDir system to help you to It. :
Ready-nisde Hutu, Overcoats and Dltten, Silo,
IS, S)VO. Muile-lo measure, Sill, Sao, sua.
Tuxedo ami Full Dreu Hulls, silk or latlu lined, lo
order, SSU, BUS, nio.
Youths', lint ' and Children's Clothing; Men's and
Boys' lint aud Shoes.
Ladle' Cloaks and Sulti. Wraps and Jackets,
Tailor-made Dreksrs. lo order, SIS to SAO, Fori,
Collareltra.ete. ) nulno Alaika Beatlklu and l'er
slau Lamb garments.
Vf ATCHLS, JKWKLHY, D1AM0KDH, Ac.
WEEKLY AND I WltlTr. XOK TEH11S
MONTHLY PAYMENTS. AMI) CATALOOUK.
775 & 777 BROADWAY,
1111 WKF.N OTll AND 10T1I bTH.
OPKV RVRMXON l'TII, t'lllllST.lIAS.
1 -
Chester Billings & Son.
suct'Khsons to
HANDEL, BAREMORE & BILLINGS,
niroiiTKUs ok
DIAMONDS
akd OTin:it rnici mi's stoves,
MANUKAUTUKISRS OK
DIAMOND JliWELRY.
B3H Rfaawu Ml., till Maiden Lane, Maw VrU.
1 at, Aadrsws St., Ilolboru Circus, London, K. 0.
TBE WAGE CUT IN COTTON MILLS.
Vl Itlver Operators Say They 'Will Resist
Those In other Towns Will .accept.
Buncook, X.H., Dec. 21.-Xotlces have been
postod nt the China, Pembroke and Webster
cotton mills horo announcing a reduction ot
wages of the operatives of about 10 per cent, on
Jan. 1. Thu cut-down will affect the superin
tendents und overseers and all oilier employees.
There nro 1,500 operatives employed in those
mills. The mills manufacture print cloth, the
class of goods being tho samo as ihoso made nt
Fall Hlver, Iho cut-down will probably bo
accepted.
MANcilEMTLrt. N'. H Dec. St. Notices of a
cut-don n in wages of about 10 percent., to take
effect on Jan. 1, were posted In tho Stark mills
and Ihe Aniury mills this morning. Tho 11,000
men In tho Amory, Stark and Jefferson mills,
together ulth the emplojecs of tbo Amoskeag
Corporation, will mako a total of about 'JO.WKi
In this city to bo nlTcctcd bv tho reduotlon. 1 bo
Htark mills oncralo 80,000 spindles nnd tbo
Amory mills 1 ll),(HM). It Is thought that tho re
duction will bo acecptod In nil the mills.
Kam. Hiveh. Mass., Dec ill. Tho conference
yostcntny between tbo manufacturers nnd op
eratives on tho proposed reduction of wages lu
the cotton mills wns fruitless. This aftornoon
tho manufacturers. In a letter to the labor
unions, Informed them that they will hold lo
their first decision and rcdiico wages 11 1-1) per
cent, on Jan. a. Tho operatives sny they will
resist,
CLOAKMAKKlt IN A FIX.
Cempelted to 6lve Dand Xow Tbat The Mon'l
strike When the Hub Season Opens.
The members of UioCloakmakors' Union, now
that tho Black season Is on and thcro is no
wages agreement, aro working for nny wages
thoy rnn get with tho consent of tho union.
They will make a demand for a now agreement
at tho end of January, when tho busy scaBon
opens. They nro now In a bad way. as they ex
pected tbo fall soason.wblch closed very abrupt
ly, lo last a month longer.
The clonkmnkcrs wero greatly excited yester
day over an alleged plan of a manufacturer to
ninko It Impossible for his employcos to strike
for higher wages in the bus) season without
forfeiting $5, besides 91 n week to bo deducted
from their wages until tho busy season opens.
Borne of them, Secretary IlratT said, accepted
thu conditions.
"This firm," he said, "requires each man it
employs nt present to deposit $5 as a guaraiitco
that be will not strike, and, besides, $1 a week
to bo kept oil bis wages until tho busy season
as a further guarantee. If he strikes for higher
wages when tba busy Benson opens, or after
ward, ho Tor felts tho 35 and the dollar a week.
If be doesn't strike ho will get all that money
back at tba end of the busy season."
POTTERS WON'T GET THE ADVANCE.
They Admit the Mnufneturer' laabllltr to
Cllvo Them tha Increase Agreed On.
TnKNTON, N. J Dec. 21. Tho committee
representing tho Eastern manufacturing pot
ters and their workmen met to-day In Philadel
phia, but tho representatives of tho Western
men wcro absent. Tho Kastcrn' committee
men adoptod resolutions declarinr tho joint
commit too dissolved, tho Western men having
neglected or refused to attend three confer
ences cnlled for tho purpose of effecting a settle
ment of thownges ot the operative potters of
tho country. Tills means tbnt tho operatives
will not get tho Christmas liicrcaso of VM per
tent. In their wogos that was promised last
summer. Tbo committeemen of tho Kastcrn
operatives acknowledge that tho Eustcrn man
ufacturers have exhausted every menns ot
carrying out thoagreomout, and negotiations
will be entered Into tomorrow by tho Trenton
potters nnd their workmen with a viow to reach
ing a compromise.
Tho manufacturers are willing to pay as high
rates as Uiobo In the Wrst. They havo learned
that tho English manufacturers have reduced
their selling prices to meet tho Increased duties
Imposed by the llliigley tariff and that New
York importers are boasting that they will sell
English goodB below wbatev cr prices the Amor
lean manufacturers agree upon.
Federation or lauor Adjourns.
NASnviLI.E, Dec. 21. Tho seventeenth annual
session of tbo American Federation ot Labor end
ed to-day, the convention adjourning to meet
next year In Kansas City.
The chief business transacted to-day was the
election of Thomus I, Kldd of Chicago an frater
nal dolcgato to the Canadian Labor Congress
and tho consideration of the report ot the Orlov
unco Committees. The report was discussed
and acted upon In executive session, and tho
greatei part ot tho morning was thus consumed.
May Have to Flaht Ihe League.
At Its meeting this afternoon tbo Board of
Walking Delegates will consider the advisabll
it) of extending tho strike on the Syndicate
building on Park row to other buildings on
which .1. II. &. J. M. Cornell, against whom tbo
strike is directed, have contracts. It was said
yesterday that tbo Iron League would support
J. B. & .1, M. Cornell, and pomo of tho walking
delegates do not llko tho ilea of going to war
with tbe Iron League at present.
IrUbmen Try to Oust a Frenchman.
Four Irish-Americans are on strike at present
against one Frenchman tn the laundry of Patrick
OThayne, at 1-lGrovo street. Tho strike has
been in progrtssa nock. but It was not made
public untllyestcrday. Tbo Frenchman, who Is
known as " f ronch Louis," is a non-union man,
nnd tho strikers wcro non-union men, too, until
last Sunday, w ben, with a number of othci s, they
wcro organized by District Assembly 4it, K. of L.,
as tbe Shirt Ironcrs' Uulon.
Slllc and Velvet Weavers strike.
Centrvl Falls, R.I., Dec. 21. Most of tho
weavers in tho ltoyal Weaving Company's silk
and velvet mill struck to-day. Yesterday about
tlfty of thoin were discharged for refusing to
teach a green hand. The strike to-dav waa
partly sympathetic, but the real reason was a
recent cut down in wages. Ibe mill employs
about ISO hands.
To Enable Clcarettn uirla to Keep Chrlstmaa.
A meeting ot the cigarette girls In Seiden
borg & Stlefcl's factory who are on strlko was
held yesterday at Columbia Hall, 1210 First
avenuo, at which it was suitod that strike
bcnollts would bo paid this week In order to
enable the strikers to keep Christmas. The
benefits are to bo paid by tho All Tobacco Ciga
rette Makers' Union, to which the girls belong.
Interstate Convention orconl Mlnrrs.
PlTTBnuna, Pa,, Dec. 21. Tho coal miners and
operators' joint convention agreed this evening
to send committees to meet similar committees
from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois nt Columbt's, ().,
on next Monday. These committees will ar
range for an interstate convention to beheld
ubout.Tnn. 10. 1811c). and will agree on the wage
rate to bo paid between Jan. 1 and the day of
the convention,
Wlne-Uonr Work liny In the Methodist Book
Coneeru.
It was announced yesterday tbat tbo Metho
dist Book Concorn would concedo the nine hour
workday to printers, beginning on Jan 1. It
will also extend tho shorter work day. It wus
announced, to tbo entire mechanical depart
ment. .
Will Chime the Anaelua" Tbrlre Dolly.
The now chimes for tho towers of St, Pntrlt k's
Cathedral are now In place, and tba problem of
ringing them automatically Is now under con
sideration. The Intention was that thoy should
ring Iho "Angelus" the usual three times a day,
at 0 o'i lock in t ho morning, at noun, and at tl In
the evening. In deference to lutu sleepers in
the neighborhood the morning chlmowlll ring
at H Instead of (I, and tho chime lu memory of
tho dead will bo rung at 7 P. M. Tbe difficulty Is
lo get a mechanism which will do this work au
tomatically. Several concerns are bidding for
tbo work.
Proircutor WUneld will Take a licit.
Prosecutor Charles II, Wlnfleld, who Is very
ill at his home ul llanforlh and tlnrtleld ave
nues, Jersey City, vv as slightly better last night.
He baa decided to follow tho advice of Ids pliyal
clun and refrain from work. .Mr. Winllvld's
condition Is stIIU'lltlial. but l)r. Dickinson, who
is attending him. says that a ruuipletu rest will
be beneficial and may possibly lestorehlmta
health.
Hen site rur the Soldiers' Memorial.
Tho Soldiers nnd Sailors' Memorial Commit
tee will sit to-duy jointly with tho Municipal
Art Commiui-lon to discuss a now site for Ihe
monument. At the last liiieliug of thu Art
Commission the proposition to erect Ibo monu
ment designed by c, W. und A. A. btougbtun tin
tho so-culled "l'laa lto" wub defeated by tba
adverse vote of the tno expert members.
Hilled by Uas After Heading In lied.
Adolph Wolf was found dead in bed at his homo
at 14t Kast Seventeenth street jesterday morn
ing of gas asphyxiation. A muv able gas jet be
came disjointed In tome wuy from the tubo that
connected It with a burner and permitted tho
gas lo escape after Wolf had tulai asleep w hlio
reading In ocd '
mmamgmgamBBagssamggaamrma
Net until Ssnta Clsus has finished going tb rounds tSft
will you find a man buying hlmielf things. "jjij
Of course we'll exchange a m$
suit or overcoat after Christmas,
i ho doesn't like it ; if it doesn't i!
"We don't make to order, but gl
we make to fit. l$m
Juet because ho doesn't go to 'Mi
the Opera is no reason for his not
having an Opera hat ; $7 here. i
Without a smoking jacket he'll Kp
never know "all the comforts of $f
home." $4.75 to $20. j
If he doesn't like our $5 " Tip. m
Top" umbrella, Borne one else $
will and borrow it. ?!
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If the baby cries at 2 o'clock t$$:
of a cold morning, your husband ,
may find a long bath gown com- v&
fortable. $8 to $13.50. m
Bath gowns for the baby if v!M
he's a boy and not under 8. :m
Everything he wears, day or M
night; for dress or play. g
Rogeks, Peet & Co. II
Prince and Broadway. , jw
Warren and nmailwar. IH,
Tblrty-tocond anil Druadway. fL.
I BEST&CO I j
splie Price of '
Bovs' Clnthinfi. M
We manufacture Boys' Cloth- m
ing in large quantities, using '
every known economy that does Ji
not lessen its value. $f
We ask but one moderate p rof- M,
it, and give a guarantee of sat- lW
isfactory wear. ''M
If, therefore, lower prices are 'f
quoted elsewhere, you can rest 'i
assured that in some way not Mi
always apparent when the goods $J
are new the difference comes M
out of the quality and is sure to m
show later on. vf
Sillor Belts, winter welrht,S4.SS to ST.SO. &!
Jacket Suits, 85.O0 to SS.IO. 'fiSy i
Youths'Sults, long troaiers, 810) to OlO. ijl'
BTOTT HOYS need not goto tbo txpente of hav. ,!$
log tbclr clothes made ta order w can.nt tassl '!''
correctly from our stock. ,1
1 60-6 2 West 2 3d St. J f
Oriental Rugs 1
A large and superb collection ;,,
of carefully selected $
Shlrvan Anatolian, Dagiiestan, ;i
Kirdistan and Bokhara Rugs
IMPORTED DIRECTLY BY US.
Suitable for Holiday Present. a
AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES.
w. & jTsloane :
ItUOAmV.tV AXI 10T1I HT. I
FOR CHRISTHAS GIFTS.
arc Oruaiiiciitnl unit Lrt.l'ul, &
Tbty give tlit brut liclit In rmtl In. are tnalmpl
and tnit ur til Ml inn iui. We iiuiku nil nyle of 4
lami'H, also Hnn llriiw Tnlili. If nul fir ! 4
by Uralt r riinm lit n. Write foi catalogue,
EDWARD MILLER & CO. SIrT.'.TC'.i
KHtHOW, Ilroailwar.lrtt.l'aiki.l llarelaynt ,N.T. t
(lu 31erlil n, Conn At u 1 1 earl nt , Uomou u
tSA BJA .Iflllor Heater ulll WHrlti your room, "J
A lloilr KiHliltl la Jlltnalfu flay,
Ozonk l'AHK, UI Dec. ill. -William Ahert, !f
whllo walking iilunir lliu khorc of Jiunalcn Hay &t
near tlio Low; IbIiiucI Hitllronil trestle to-day, J
foil nil tho iKiily of i mini, Ho wus nbout 10 ' i
years old, with dark luur, imiHtaelic, and Koatee, 1
nml of medium heitrlit und liulld. In ma c-imt j
poekil v.iHa liundUeu'lilef with (lio initial "11," 'J
and on unu iiiiuei wi ,t mm wltti .i upturn ,.4
black Btune, nn Hlilili lun ml tliu ciuliltiu of "'
tho Independent llnlrrnf Odd IMIuus. ,
Davis ColIamore&Cg;
Invite an inspection of their d
Mayntjtcenl Collection of Or- f
namenial and Useful Articles $1
suitable for Holiday, Wed- T
ding and Complimentary pre- y,
sents. j.
Broadway and 2 1st Street, m