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TRIED 10 DIE ON WIFE'S GRAVE Unconscious Man Found by Employees of Cypress Hills Cemetery—lIdentified in St Mary’s Hospital. Employees in Cypress Hills Ceme- tery, in East New York, found a man unconscious on the grave of Amelia Abrahams in the Noah Lodge section of the cemetery this morning He was taken to St, Mary's Hospital, where he was Identified by papers in his possession as Lewis Abrahams, of No. 1%6 Point street, Providence, R. I. He had takon polgon and probably wili die. Amelia Abrahams was his wife, She was buried in Cypress Hills on May 10 from the residence o Meyer Goldsmith, of No. 251 Bast One Hundred and Fifth atreet, this borough. Mr. Goldsmith said foday that, Abraname was deeply af; Genth of his wife, and doubtless aetarmined to'dle on her grave, SIX NEW ELECTION DISTRICTS FORMED. Increased Number of Voters Makes Changes Necessary in Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn—Two in 2 | st Dist, Six new election dlstricts were created to-day by the Election Board. Two of them are In the Twenty-first Assembly District and others are in the ‘Tairty- first-and Thirty-ffth of Manhattan and the Bronx, and the Bighteenth and Twenty-first of Brooklyn, The changes were made because other districts were too large, having more than 660 registered voters, This makes a total of 1,543 election districts *In Greater New York. The boundary lMnes of fourteen dis- tricts were changed to conform with the requirements of Congressional elections. THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 17, HERE ARE THE NEW STREET SIGNS TO ADORN GOTHAM. ——_ City’s Highways Will Now Be! Marked by Ornamental De- vices—Letters Can Be Read) for a Block, Day. or Night. | This Is the street sign adopted by the Board of Aldermen: In a broas frame of ornamental design ts an electric Nant and on the four siles are the gings plates on which appear the names of the streets, Ii may be read a block night And day, ‘This the sign which Comptrolier Grout said was too fancy for New York, could not afford to pay Put that the’ $40.00 required for such signs. the city te Mayor L the city n vot 8h the Aldermen listened who sald he thought have them, and the Alderm money. ‘The placing of the been the effort of President ¢ Presid Cantor has tried to im- press upon the Aldermen the necessity, for street signe many times, but each ns has or. . CITY'S NEW STREET SIGN “This a hana time Mr, Groat evied “no money time, however, the Mayor took and the signs were provided, DISMISSED FROM FIRE- DEPARTMENT. W. H. Hart, Who Was Turned Out by the Strong Admin- istration and-Reinstated by Courts, Out Again. Secretary Leary, of the Fire Depart- ment, tosday {ssued a circular announc- ing scveral dismissals from the De- partment. Reduction of the force was given as the reason. Here 1s a list of those dismissed: Claude A. Wangor, contract clerk aiid acting purchasing agent; H. C. Clark and \W. H. Hart, clerks; Michael Reidy, J. Weeley Smith, Charles W. Eidt and J. Graham McLaugniin, surveyors; Al- bert V. Orr, Assistant Fire Marshal, Wamzor had been in ithe office of the “ire Commissioner for four years, He Under the Tam- rs ‘under former ‘administrations re- celved a salary of $1,800, duced by the reform admin wo $1 twas appointed sixteen years sno His salary was $2,000, He was ousted the reform Strong administration but appealed to the courts and was rein- stwted, ‘The present administration re- duced his pay to $1,500. PAUNCEFOTE HOLDS ON. Britieh Foreign Office Denies Re- port as to Res tion. LONDON, May 17.—The Foreign Office oMcials here say there is no truth in the report circulated in the United States that Lord Pauncefote, the British Am, ba ador at Washington, has requested on account of the stace of his Health, his resignatfon be immediately accen ted. INGTON, May 17.—It was ASHI ly this fore- at t the Bri see chat there ie no change in Lord Pauncefote's condition, ROSECRANS RESTS AT ARLINGTON. General’s Body Reinterred with Imposing Military Ceremonies— Speaker Hen- derson’s Tribute. was istration WASHINGTON, May 17.—With im- posing ceremonies the body of Major- Gen, William Starke Rosecrans to-day was reinterred in Arlington Cemetery under the direction of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland The services were presided over by Gen. David B. Henderson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Roosevelt, members of his Cabinet, Sen- ators and Representatives and a host of friends, including many of his old army arsoclates, Were present to vay their last tribute to the noted soldier a the Krave on Full military honors were ac body, which was borne to the 6 calssor, The corte moved from the Arlington Hotel cort was © Col, Bw gene DB. Din ond United States Cavalry k, ae Pres Rovrsevelt, apeaking to Veterans of the civil wor present, wuld “om RL. J entisted man ean ir du be judaed 5 Mrerence tn funk, bul hy wine ver Md their dutieg Im their rempective ranks (Applause) And oh, of " Hule woking back, y pmpired w wan try pe Going The duty — the No meatier whet your WAN'T, the | #sehed ant fundey Werld will carry it to some! one who can eupply tt Mt ie the medium for the exchange of intelli Gener among the people te eT, TROLLEY KILLS CHESS PLAYER. Dr. E. Wyand, of Brooklyh, Run Down in Flatbush Ave- nue and Ground to Pieces— Motorman Arrested. Dr. B. Wyand, formerly a celebrated chess player, was run over and killed by electric car No. 1200, of the Seventh ave- nue line, Brooklyn, to-day, The’ accident took place on Flatbush avenue. It required a half-hour's time to ex- tract the fragments of the boly and clothing from the machinery of the car, and in the mean time the shopping dis- trict became congested. The victim about fifty. years old, wearing a gray mustache. He wore a sutt of dark gray clothes, of fine mate- rial. He had a gold watch’ and chain and a considerable sum of money. When the pleces of the body were gathered together they were taken to the Bergen Street Station. . Dr. Wyand lived at street, Brooklyn. Cyril Redmund, the motorman, who, {8 | hj; @ native of the British West Indies and has only been operating a oar for four weeks as an extra hand, was arrested the and locked up pending action by Coroner. Wyand at tempted to run across in front vot the rapidly moving car, says the motorman, and was caught in the fender and thrown before the car could be stopped. BISHOP BRENT SAILS. Bishop 3 Brent: of the E Epiesepe! Chureh, whi ed to religior uty ina the sEnllppines salted er Bee Italy, to-day the steamship Trave, from the foot ot oa neat Brook- lyn, From shi Brent will roceal to ae. "Philippines. He comes rom "TOM COAKLEY GOT DIVORCE FOR HER. Politician Brings Suit for His Pretty Daughter, Who Had Never Lived with Her Hus- band Anna ©. Doyle, who ts nineteen yi old and comely, received a decree of absolute divorce from James J. Doyle to-day. The suit was brought in her behalf by her father. Thomas A. Coak- ley, of No. 985 Park avenue, for many years sergeant-at-arms of the Board of Aldermen. Jvatice Laventritt, of the Court, presided at the trial The young wife teatitied tat she was married to Doyle at St. Patrick's Ca- thedral Murch 6, IW, but never lived with ber husband « radiso testified that out of pu endshiy for Mr. Coakley, whe hud joown for many years. he had shadowed hie sondin-law and secured Adainet him on which the dt Var gt sos CHASED TO Hi HIS DEATH, Hor Leaped Supreme whore and rand | wn two a Le ump wasoumans “ boye oy el ov wine sone Toe, weme to ab aos Le ae ih 7 we a ae 8 | ’ be f°: aT No. 486 State « t im ne wae nt WOMAN SAT ON THUG SHE SAUGHT Janitress Simmons Demon- strates One of the Advan- tages of Being Fat—Burglar Was Armed. MAIMS MAN HE ROBS IN STREET. Thug Breaks the Leg of His Victim, a Wealthy Shoe Dealer—Police Look for As- sailant. It is well at times to be these times Is when you get a burglar Sit on him and yeil, and if you won't wiggle fat One of Oliver D. Collins, a respected retired shoe dealer of the Highlands of Nave- sink, was held up by a desperate high- wayman in West Fortith street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, in broad day- light this morning, and after being treated with euch violence that his lex down, we fat enough he the policeman comes. Junitress Simmons, of No 294 bilt avenue, Brooklyn, unul Vand was fractured he was relieved of all his has reason io ve valimbles as he lay én the sidewalk. Tinanirui that she is of substantial The thief, a burly negro, escaped, al- Au welght. Last night she met a negro though an alarm was ‘raised before he had. completed the work of rifling his victim's pockets. “Mr, Collins was walking through West Fortieth street at 6 o'clock and was in front of No. 337 when the ‘negro ri down on the floor, hurled her 200-odd trom a doorway and landed a powerfull! pounds porderously upon him and biow with bis fist over the pedestrian's mashed him so that mere breathing wre iting. who le sixty-five years | became a fife-and-death struggle Meanwhile she used the more femi- of the blow. He fell heavi.y and nine accomplishment of screaming. Her was fractured by the fall. Hie atvemspted te ries. Dub found il nuaband, whose more of a light-weight sprinter than a heavy-weight figh self helpless. Then he cried for help. chased. after a policeman, who camu Dut the, ngsgo lelsurely unbuttoned his coat id eeorchegy his pockets. He took ye and arrested the negro. The man had 4 revolver and a slungshot tn his pocket, a hain some but he never hud a chance to use ether ney. fen fan off aa persons Iiv- ihe in the Vicinity opened thelr win- of them on Janitress Simmons. The thief sald he was John Wilson, coming ofit of the cellar of her -place She grabbed him by banged his head against the wall, threw him the neck, The houses there are oocupled by ne- roes. They became greatly excited. owe was there that flerce battles of the race riots of two years ago were fought, the occupants of houses. bellevin ot No. 199 Navy street. He had piled that they il ght be punjghed because of | up a lot of things in the cellar prepara- the Injury done to ese" rosperous: | tury. to. taking “chem. awe sien sere looking. white man they naw on the| Simmons discovered him while he wa sidewalk, feared to go to his ald. making a reconnolseance. ‘They ehou' “Police!” and Patrol- man Lane’ reapon le ir, Col- Tne removed tos hospital. He has been |OLD FIRM FAILs. unable thus far to describe his assailant or to tell the amount of money he lost. The police of the Weet Forty-seventh street station are searching for the negro. CRAZED BY STUDY HE RAN TO DROWN. “| Am St. Henry and My Time Has Comel!’’ Shouted Jersey City Man in Wild Dash—Caught by Policeman Keen, one of CH oldest leather firms in the country, has assigned with esti- mated Mabifities of $200,000. COULDN'T DIE, BUT LOST HER BEAUTY Pretty Ellen Keerigan May Re- Saved the Life She Swal- lowed Acid to Throw Away. “1 am St. Henry. My time is up azé| In St. Mary's Hospital Blien Keeri- Iam going to the river and jump over-|#@n lies to-day, slowly coming back to board.’ life after a determined attempt at a Shouting thie at those he met Harry|cide, She is a slight, pale xirl, Her beauty is spoile 4 forever by the scars of the burns in fijeted by the earbolic acid she drank and spilled upon herself Ellen lived with ber parents at No. 1 Butta Hrookiyn, She re tly left her 9 telling her m able Glenwood aye at dawn to-day ran of lower Jersey Nolan, of fashly fifteen years old nue, Jersey Cit through the streets City He was only partly dressed and in a reat state of excitement. Pollveman Colina stoppad him at Granawiek and Mercer atreeta and took tlm 16 the Jer-ltiat ehe wow golng out to work sey Clty Police Headquarters, where hel came fuck last nicht and her was quieted, and later claimed by his! learres whe had San eaina sister, Who took him nome In a coed aided he Nolan |e years vid fhe and ah twenty-five ie Glenw way “nm lives at No mind gave study To reoently ir puddenty and was 1 y he of hte he ve hte 4 daghed mianed tor | tm ww die.’ maid dhe Abnenve Mews alarm ow claimed war 'BEACHMAN FIGHTS TROLLEY. |: ¥ Pperial io The Koeving © he We Gemoue F telmlbor MEBTEM, NOY, May he Wo bowk Ges popris win Haliwa Aa ’ i upeaed. ow m ‘ an PHILADELPHIA, May 17—Adams & kret that Hospital Doctors SAYS WOMAN TOOK WATCH AT A WAKE. Arrest of Mrs. Catherine Examination. | Is Held for wong Ixland Court on Monday <arvalgned in the 1 und held for examination DESERTED WIFE TRACED HUSBAND. Breternitz, Who Married a Wealthy Man's Daughter in Jersey City, Found Working in New York Subway. Julius Breternitz, who disappeared from Jerséy City several months ago, has beon arrested In New York on a rae of deserting his wife. Rreternitz married Miss Johanna Dickson, daughter of a wealthy monu- ment manufactui of Jersey City, he disappeared several months {s alleged, several hundred dol- the funds of the Seventh Ward Ue Club, of which he was the treasurer, was discovercd to be missing Mrs, Breternitz recently informed the Jersey City police that her husband was working on the subway in New York, Detective McNally reported that he fund Breternitz living at No. 112 Wash- ington place, under the name of Bird- sail, with a woman who was known as his wife. Mrs, Breternitz has three children. Mrs. Brocternitz appeared in Tombs Court against her husband. She satd that whén he left her he wrote & note saying she had made life a hell to him, The prisoner told the Magistrate that he had paid her 8% a week as long as he could. He Is now drawing pay of $2.50 a day as a sub-foreman on the subway. The case was postponed until Monday. the — EMBEZZLER SENT BACK. David Thompson, a Lawyer, Caught im Seattle. David Thompson, alias D. Pullis, a lawyer, who was taken to Ludlow Street Jail three days ago for detention, was to-day placed on board the Cunard liner Saxonia and started for Scotland. According to Charles Fox, counse! to the British Consulate, Thompson was the solicitor or counsel for a building and loan association in Kiloardy, near Edinburgh, Scotland. He ts alleged to have embezzled about $9,000 of the as- soclation’s money. He was traced to Texas and then to Seattle, where ne was arrested by the United States marshal of th Chief Constable Kiloardy, Gatherum, took charge of the prisoner. JUMPED OUT OF WINDOW. 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