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SUTH WADE LNETOCET | HS EVIDENCE. Courted Servant Girl! 1 and She Confessed to : Him She Stole Jewels. from Her Mistress, | Ex-Chief Pauses in His Preparations for Bar- becue to “Roast” David 8, Hill, Mayor McGuire and Others Who Have Aroused} His Ire. BY T. E. POWERS. Big Dill Devery is busy attending to the preliminaries for his barbecue, Had Made Agreement to Pawn Which Is to be held in Devery Park the Diamonds and with the # Thirteenth avenue and Twenty- Proceeds Sail for Europe! Minth stree, Lal + Day. It was his with the Girl. Intontion originally ARREST! THEN CAUSED to sla steer to be served up to the ‘long- He has decided that two one shoremen. Has a policeman a right to make | steors will be none too many. Tove to a girl to win from her a con- feesion of crime? The ethics of the | Mertel, who 1s taking care of the thing had no significance for Sergt.| steer already secured, called at the b James W. Wheelwright of the Rocka-| pevery headquarters in a stable in way Beach sub-station, who had a| ne, 5 ‘ Prcualentarese inirecoyerlna SU\S00)| emcee mek ore eee mca 3 | morning to report on the animal's i peeren rob dewelry, eolen aroma Mrs" | condition, He sald its pulse was The Rockaway police took about ‘as much interest in the robbery as they usually do in such cases, but Wheelwright being the landlord in this instance, felt it was up to him to uphold the dignity and efficiency of the force. With the acumen of a ; Skerlock Holmes he told Mrs. Gold- berg that she was in need of a gar- @ener, and when he called at her cor- “tage three days ago his well-fitting uniform had given away to a seedy sult of old clothes. He tipped his tenant a wink and was forthwith en- | gaged. ) ‘Started His Love-Making. ‘There have been few worse garden- ;@rs around the sand dunes of Ar- verne, but seldom a better love-maker in che servants’ colony, The new) gardener concentrated his devotion | on Nettie Goldman, Mrs. Goldberg's maid. He bathed with her, walked her about the beach by moonligat and took her to every sideshow ~*| Rockaway Beach. After threo days of this the gardener had won the| porting them woodchoppers with ¢ We w Nobody knows his politics. ““Two Spot' MeMahon got it thr wears under his hat that he was the on the cards through a pair of boxin, dumb.” enous. For breakfast it ate n bale of | hay, a buckct of bran, a basket of | pickles and a handful of pepper. It is the intention of Big Bill to serve spiced. much does the steer welgh it prope “How ff that ain't enough | I don't care if we | other ste another st Dug tp the Jewels, Thus assured, Nettie dug up the Jewels which she had buried in the break the He st cellar and gave them to the garde i who was to take them to Manhattan Wee 8 Mle araya end convert them into cash "My pipes are a little bad," Devery When pttie next saw her hand- uneed, turning to me. “If T keep some wooer he wore a blue uni orm on makt Nitoiananchan iis Mio nakin rublic eeches my volce and bi uttons, and he was pre- o7, ne TRIE EDEOCNOR ID) | ae teas eth vin the patrol Wil round ke the wind blowing | wagon from the Rockaway sub-sta- through a screen door. I wrenched my ‘larnyx’ the other night and it tle didn’t faint. She only toid hasn't | 3 an ck {nto place ye Whee in the choicest French ws anh dato Diese yet | and ¢ what she thought Now he continued, getting | thed at hereaif down to polities; 1 haven't heard | e known bet-|) Jimmy MeGuire make a ) since fonfide Jn any man, She he sprung that holler about me up wanted ho ae | nr At Saratoga. When I begun to talk |, about Jimmy he closed his trap 0 | right sald to-das quick it made bis teeth hurt. The} Moar einitt Nettle host thing he can do is hide his| ve a he. sud | hammer and attend to his busines: In little old Syracu T can atte earned) to my own business in this district “Jimmy McGuire is a back thought. barring me from Saratoga I'll make him wish he was born deat and fady’s maid, and she readily con- to-day?" he asked sented to elope with him, But there | “About 4,460 pounds,” replied Mer- was something on her mind, and to) after many protestations of the sort! "Then we've got to get another which lovers make tie con All gracn’iiremaruediiuavers® Mal exticct| she had stolen her mistress’s Jewels payout 2,000 hungry ‘longshoremen at | and buried them in the celia that barbecue and it bum ‘long: | ! of genius,” commented | at can't eat at least five |! Jey Py b pawn them SHoreman that can’t cat at Teast five | and fly tot pounds of meat at a sitting, Get an-| THE WORLD: W ( You'ne DEAD'ONE “Let them keep thelr hands off the Ninth District and continue tm- he ping-pong SOME NEW SAYINGS BY WILLIAM S. DEVERY. “Hill has been roosting up at Wolfert’s Roost so long with his eyes shut and his ears open that he's beginning to moult, “You can’t elect a bald-headed man President of the United States. nt a man with hatr on his head and hair on his chest ae Wood would be a Mormon if there waa money In tt. rough that New England dinner he real thing at Saratoga, “Daye Hill wouldn't go Into a game unless he could feel the marks g-gloves. It he keeps on talking about tes ne has } Jng up at Wolfert's Roost 80 long with his eves shut and his ears ‘pen that 4 to moult. He's | Ht ts He unless he the cards ing gloves, Full * sign on that plug hat Tam It" uF ped and holler ‘Mire ne things | Wt go his wart "1 just got ont that Jimmy » the inside of that It MeGuire made mo about Ww oup Smith told of mine x0] this friend himsaif It seems that when ‘Two Spot’ MeMahon got our to the race track there “an to sniff the al and kick s heels Ike a two-year: | Id. He got tt thro that New Eng and dinner that hi ars under his! at ne wa real thing and] 1 Jumper ¢ it te 8 Tommy that he and ‘Sport’ | Murphy and Joke! Maffen have made tp Is that Tomm 10 friond th ome, seo? And he felis Tomm at if Tommy kx f with m will enake it» tor Tammany Hall tha will Jump it of the window has to do frames up this ts Jimmy M Ww Tom. imself Jiny darling, for thee, Wic Till alzes wp the push, “A Little Dab of Paint , Bane MeGuire to Devery Um walting, | the Devery headquarters was as the movement r Mering « ally in a t he paused 1S Wok an any of the stars or In any othor that was not In favor of Bill ¥ looked at him with an amused Then he sent a man to exoc fore Ny le in the Ni thing goes Chicken at the Barbecue. Moses to lead tt of the wildern: nichin’ on and apy f y but yout he concluded, ax T was ; “that Mary Ma e that ur paper iy as vell Juggler 1 read something in her unday that ma A hit with ® scandal was a hack Jimmy McGulre ts a back me. 8 thought thought.’ ROBSON SUES A RAILROAD. Actor Wants Damages for Delay DNESDAY EVENT ‘YOU CAN’T ELECT A BALD-HEADED MAN | PRESIDENT --DEVERY’S LATEST QUIP. Go it on tHe Ice!) Hi) Will Hardly Do the Biz.” yan YG, AUGL HATFEN COHORTS GO ON OUTING. the Tammany Leader in the Bronx Go to College Point for the Day, With five bands of music the followers of Bronx President Louis F. Haften, one of the Tammany triumyirs, to the num- ber of 2,600 to-day marched from the headquarters of the Jefferson Tammany Club, in cast One Hundred and Fifty- eighth street, to the foot of East One Hundred and Thirty-elghth street, where thoy boarded the steamer Sirius and eev- evel barges and proceeded to Witzel's Grove, College Point. ‘There thy will spend the day in merrymaking, feasting and the enjoyment of a series of outdoor sports. The occasion is the annual out- Ing of the Tammany braves of the Thir- ty-fifth Assembly District, where Presi- dent Haffen 1s the leader, Unusual interest centred in this outing. It 1s the first public demonstration of the strength of President Haffen since the Mitchell-Hennessey faction nominated William H. Zeltner to oppose him at the coming primaries, An elaborate athletic programme has been planned. Prizes valued at $1,000 will be given to the successful contestants. They include a dlamond-studded watch, diamond pins, clocks, tables and umbre!- las and a variety of other useful articles. There will be a 10-yard dash, half-mile run, a fat man’s rce, a goose chase, a three-legged race, a sack race, a tug of war and bowling and baseball games. A number of distinguished Democrats will be the guests of President Haffen. Commissioner of Public Works Henry Rruckner, Supt. Michael J. Garvin, Col. Joseph A. Goulden, Chairman of the G. A. R, Memorial Committee? Alderman Harnischfeger, Louls M. Ebling, Jacob Stahl, Jr., ex-Coroner Thomas M. Lynch, William E. Morris, Lawyer John J Brady, ex-Commissjoner of Accounts Charles G. F, Wahle, Thomas M. Dar- Ington, M. D., and School Principal John M. Condon, are some of the prominent Democrats who have charge of the out- Ing and who will assist Preaident Haffen in entertaining his guests. ———_—___ BOMBARDED BY BEGGAR. Mary Wolf Threw Stones at Door When Refused Money. Mary Wolf, fifty-four years old, who said she Ilved at No. 32% East One Hundred and Fifth street, was com- mitted to the Workhouse for three months by Magistrate Crane, in the Harlem Court, to-day, on a charge of| vagrancy. Solomon Bettlan, of No. 50 East One Hundred and Ninth strect, was the complainant. Mr. Bettlan told the Magistrate that the prisoner applied at his door last| night for money. Mrs. Bettlan went to| the door and refused to grant the | woman's request. The woman flew into | a rage, the Magistrate was told, and| bombarded the Bettlans’ dcwr | with | stones. She is also said to have used abusive language. ‘he woman's defons in court was that when she asked for money, Mrs Bettlan called her a “drunken ‘foo! which caused her to become angty. Ch H to. a he from Read Tw leote Kell, pany nor, A Los SA ing May fost wate Ke Br, WwW in Delive: Costumes, ‘The legal Mability of a raiinoad to move ity trains “as per schedule’ ts in volved in a suit brought in the City Court by Sivart Robson, actor, agatnat the Southern Rallway Company son was billed to appear at the As emmy of Musle, at Richmond, Va,, on the night that | thougat her the | Hh h wo T worked about the fawn lela a sen Th S racuae, to spring Bey ana Ale dent the [awa tela; and tet Jimmy and I Hill took |‘ Lanta Km ee ne insu A after importing woodchoppers from | us nla PAIN eee Stole those diamondn, ant hened Vg Canada to vote in the elections up-|soing to help Sheehan, Toy Pat Mo lice 4s ealtig tn State, |Mocarron kt golng to hely Sheehan, too: ty mu take then gay . \s Wood, of Albany lato. PY wil ca “Bay, sport, I'd just like to get} s) sahu ibaaln ealiilce 0 pawn the Jiminy McGuire talking about bar-|ile'd be a Mormon If there was mone) ring mo from the Stato Convention |r tt give one of them Mayor Law In, at Saratoga, I'd make him wish he} Hy f these enled that ae wan a thiet, butt was born deaf and dump. I'd start i8 iy ay Booker I hivnidwd it to} and Wn by asking bim + * he did with| pe ot aod Tati a pee, that Uitte matter Van Wyek handed | % bn he jewels und yoturn to her him in 1898, By the time he got Fe. ¥ t think this man doe PARE Of the proceutty, ‘ 4 > Knows me. Why. he was down she 3 'the mo: o¢ through explaining that he wouldn't! tere to xeon me the olher night. He , Ac. abt led , iy: ugh have breath enough to ask the way | food in front of a bakeshop across the IT then & the graveyard,” street from the pump about a half an Jewess buried. iY arres| a irs “Do you think Hill will realise his ambition and be elected President?’ 1 asked. ‘M1 Is Begtaning to afyuit,” Koos qnoried Devery. ‘Bay, Mii hour, I guess he was sising things up, I was thinking of sending Eddie Snyder over to buy him @ doughnut," Just then & man came along with a jag that welghed @ ton, Hi» knees bent wnder the welght of bis load. Hy tack of Jan, 8 last He arrived with his company, several hours previous ¢o the performance, but uh » Which should ha pit in sia Bot tr, un fata owl 4 Te from wie oe, Joseph O’Connor for Punishing an Animal that Was Too Weak to Move— Pedestrians on lower Broadway early States Printing Company, and Thomas abusing the antmal “Mind your own business.” was O'Con- nor's repls arrested. starvation that an agent of the Society ‘T IN BEHRING SEA. turned from Behring NEGLECTED HER CHILDREN. | ‘Woma' Sent to Penitentiary for Not Caring for Little Ones. Annie Tracy, No. 153 Butler street, Brooklyn, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in the penitentiary to-day by Magistrate Fitzgerald on a charge of neglecting her three small children, Agent Foulk, sof the Children's So- | clety, testified that he had found the children locked in a room, with neither food nor clothing, and that thelr mother ard drinker. UELLY BEAT | STARVING HORSE Arrested orse Was Killed, Summer Clearing Sale, Shirt Waist Suits, Linen, Lawn and Dim. saw an emaciated horse drawing vily Jaden express wagon, drop| —» sheer exhaustion at the corner of ity. ntrect. They saw the driver of ‘ is horse take a plece of board and be- Prices were $5.75 to labor the horse about the head $13.50. ‘o of the crowd ttimt quickly col- No: Rt. E. Rayner, of the United W $2.75, $4.75, $5.75» 1,000 Cotton Waists, Odd sizes. Various styles, Formerly $1.25 to $7.50. Must go! At 50c., $1.00, $1.50, La Corona of the Mutual Life Insurance Com- asked the driver, Joseph O'Con- of No. 71 Centre street, to stop policeman was called and O'Connor ‘The horse was so weak from for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals had to kiN him. In the Centre : Street Court, Magistrate Flammer held Batiste Corsets, O'Connor for trial In Special Sessions, Straight-front. ———— Whalebone filled, Were $3.50. Are $2.25. Meyer Jonasson & Co., N FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—Tho fish- schooner Stanley, which has re- reports that on 18 Second Mate Manuel Cadoza was in a storm in Bristol Bay, His dory, erlogged and empty, was picked tip ral days later. Stern Brothers Continuation %* Bedsteads % Sale ass Bedsteads $24.75, 35.00, 49.50 Previous prices $36.00, 47.50 & 65,00 hite Enamel! $5.00, 6.75, 9.50 Previous prices $6.75, 8.75 & 11.50 Above are regular stock quality ; make, fitting and lacquering the best. Pure South American Hair Mattresses; Spring Underbeds, Feather Pillows and Bolsters West Twenty-third Street. 2,600 Strong the Followers of| othenberg &: factionGuaranteed West J4th St. or Money Promptly Refunded Lace Gurtains and Upholstery. Matchless Values To-morrow. au These third floor stores were never before so busy in August. That's natural, though, for we never before had such surprising offers to make, i Every day brings new values and adds to the im- mense success of the sale, Throngs of careful buyers are In attendance, Every price is arevelation. Every bit of merchan= ( dise is new, stylish and desirable. It Is the most 3 powertully attractive event of its kind in years. ui ¥ Price Savings Are Enormous. Renaissance Lace Curtains at 1-3 to 1-2 Off. Value $8.75, per pair atesse++++++ 5-98 | Value $7.00, per pair ateseeeeee 4.98 Point d’Arabe Lace Curtains. Value $6.00, per pair at..+s+++s++ 3.98 | Value $7.00, per pair ate.sesssee5 4.50 1,000 pairs of Ruffled Swiss Curtains, 3 yards long. full w An exceptional chance tor thrifty buyers. No Mail Orders. Nottingham Lace Curtains. One lot at, per pair. 39c | One lot at, per pairs. One lot at, per pair. + 59c | One lot at, per pair... $1.95 English Bobbinet Lace Curtains—Deep fluted ruffle, lace it sertion and edge to match, 3 yards long, full width, per palr.seeseseee bo Irish Point Lace Curtains. Value $3.98; at, per paitw.eeee sees 2,25| Value £4.25; at, per paitnceee. ss. 2.98 50 Irish Point Bed Sets, 2 shams to match, 80x90 inch, beautiful 4 50 Patterns; value $6.98; complete at. oe Be Portieres and Hangings. At 1,25 Pair Borteres:|At 2.50 Pair turd ana in red and green. Repp Portieres, value $4.50. $2.00 Rope Portieres at 98c. | 7 feet long and full width; 12 leading colors to match any furnishing. 29c 98c 45c. Lace Window Shades, 29c. To-Morrbw Special Offer in the Shade Department—1,200 Lace Window Shades, 6 feet long and 3 feet wide, all colors, deep lace border, value 45c.; ready to hang, with cord, rings, screws and fixtures, complete, at., ...eseeneees $1.69 Silk Lambrequins. 500 Japanese Silk Lambrequins, in all colors, fancy figures, at.. Furniture and Drapery Goods. 78c. Reversible Armure Tap-| $2.00 Heavy Silk Tapestry, 98 estry, all colors, 50 inches 49 50 inchseee Se [oJ wider. C 500 3-Fold Screens, oak, mahogany 2,000 yds. Figured Drapery or white enamelled, 5 feet h{gh, fitted ‘Slikolines, all colors, 36 inches 5c with pretty drapery silkoline, 5 wide, value 12c., at, yardseeeee | value $1.25; to-morrow for.. ic Couch Covers. | 987% Mattress Sale. gdad Couch Covers, | 14.75~persian and Orlental od value at $2.00. || 2e Patterns, value $3.50. Sewing Machines. 40-Ib. Improved South Amerl- S can Hair Mattress, 1 or 2 parts, pss e foe ae oF . A. ticking, Sewing worth $18.00; sale price, , é 'e inallsizeSesseee cesene 10.00 SN - ines to use the name the manufacturers originally sold it under it could not be sold less than $35. We offer them now, guaranteed for five 55-lb. Imperial Edge Gray Soft Hair Mattress, 1 or 2 parts, eaeunn eo) S ears, wit A Combination Hair Mattress, 4 are Ginch border, covered in heavy Prine te Amoskeag ticking, worth 3 75 K $6.50; sale price, inall sizes De tachments, at Great Specials in Garpets and Rugs. Bromley’s All-Wool Smyrna Rugs, $14.98, John Bromley’s Well-Known All-Wool Smyrna Rugs, 42 ft. long and 9 ft. wide, rich Oriental and medallion pat- terns; value $22.50; for this sale,.........0000--+ rs 500 Smyrna Rugs, 60 inches long and 30 inches wide, extra heavy quality, pest all-woo! fringe, immense assortment of patterns; value $4 for 98) 1.75 250 Bigelow Axminster Rugs, 63 inches long and 27 inches wide, exquisite colorings; value $3.00, ateressessseres 75 All-Wool Smyrna Rugs, 10.6 ft. long and 7.6 ft. wide, perfectly 7 98 . value 67% 2c reversible; value $13.50, very special ateseesseeee sees $1.50 Bigelow Axminster Carpet, 90c, Pizelow Celebrated Axminster Carpets, with borders to matcp. Known the world over for the superior qualities and exclifsive styles, suitable for parlor, library, dining-room and bedroom; rich Persian and scroll effects; light and dark; usual price $1.50; on sale to-morrow at ..« i Velvet Carpets, from the loom of the best known manufacturer; Linoleum and Oilcloth. Specials That Are Bringing Crowds. 49c. Cork Linoleum at, per square yardee, 69c. Cork Linoleum at, per square yard. 79c. Cork Linoleum at, per square yard. 29c. Floor Ollcloth at, per square yard... 39c. English Floor Olicloth at, per square yard. 49c. XX Ollcloth at, per square yard... $40.00 Pa 25 of These 5-Plece Mahogany Finished Parlor Suits, highly polished upholstered with best steel springs, full spring edge; covered In silk damask ina choice selection of colors; never sold for less 5 00 than 40,00; sale price. tees eee ° —-Malleable Iron Bed, with a heavy brass rail head and foot, including a combination Hair Mattress and one all-steel spring (no. $18.00 Bed Outfit for $11. wood); this outfit cannot be duplicated for less than $18.00; our very | J 98 special price, all sizes, COMplete, seveeerereseesresseveee y The Road to Success Is Through SUNDAY WORLD WANTS. >