The evening world. Newspaper, September 3, 1902, Page 4

Sa kwOw his Is Bi ration ‘Day, and When Term ‘Opens Monday at Least 80,000 Youngs.| ters Will Ee Refused Admittance Because yf Inadequate Ac-| ‘commodation New Yorkers pubile ht Mfore than 600,000 lirtte clamor at the cates of in of Greater New York Monday morning for a 5,000 or 80.000 of thom will be Ptghey can have a scat only half of each and old] ital chile is of the city of young Amer- Willlama- tar ted for the purpose of mducin ‘@pparent confusion resulting from |. @ enrokment of pupils on phe firat day school, She princtpals and a ‘the business of ie Are unanimously opposed 1 (OM declaring that {ts Improsticn Slallyin the districts where the pov- 1 ton Is foreign born, as the work will | @ to be done a!} over ngain the fepening day of school when the ciitren assigned to classes 5, “Orders Posted on Scho Hise order for the registra pupils has been po siet who. in GLAD TO SEE 75,000 HALF-TIME PUPI BY DR. | WILLIAA rH. “MAXWELL. Clty Superintendent of Schools “Lam not a prophet. erring and adm And to-mor: }B o'clock, and on F dren who have n cannot gain adn on to the new uniess they bring 9 transfer from 014 school, and where there ts A school those who registered wil paccommodated first until the ychool Pull. Those in schoo! lust year are not how There at the cloxe of the '} more during the coming term; time ft would not be a bad thing. “1 will say this, that I do not expect, nor do I care, to get can now sittin were 000 children tn half-day classes fo last school year, in June. Pubit® More around {ant of street waded primary department No. 42, in Hester 20 children wore o has been provided by tho of ueation, ttle brothe noholam hay | to wchoot during the year | Superintendent Snyder, ible designer of the clty’s ports only the school-hou hattan, No. 1M, at One nth wtreet and Lenox High School and 600 feed of the Httle along in hundred | © last year d still another t1ttIe here were fathers wi if day's work in order ¢ \@bty of arranging for th bairns whom they prim su much: nded by Grand, Di- taxex streets, only blocks, yet Miss Cregin haw 1.4 pin her charge, whiiv 1,600 larger Knee! at the fect of Miss Harriet R Field, Principal Gr in the while more ind sinters o slanmes. ohiidren ap; and Misn Rosuii: three applications for trans- ‘This 1a one of the | overvrowded schools. Needs Adjoining Property. were taken three years ago to wequire the adjoining property for a enlargement of the school, but !t any, had only fers to other schools of Ine fHumdre and Fifteenth atroat venth avenue, ready, with an addition | LS! I can tell better on Wednesday of next week many children will apply for admission to the city schools than I r lack of There may be but even if there were 75,000 on half rid of {t.” Department than 9,000 | f last year's grown big enough to go the Indefatig- schools, re for Man- Hundred and} be. avenue, and) for girle at and fn Norfolk stlil a dream of the future, and proba- for 1,100 pupils to No. 2 in Sherif! the most crowded sevoois int bly more than helt of Miss Rogera's No. 184 will accommodate 2.600 tnelpal Thomas J. Boyle, of the j chiapaan’ musi) waked hale’ a day each ny And the Wadleigh High Sclioal | Gepariment for boys, assisted by | during the coming year. ®) girls, thus relic everal punite D nome of these girls have| a goodly lnshlight photographs were taken by 4 Tate where pane Kemp, reaiatered been taught till now. IERCE ATTACK UPON BIG FORT WRIGHT; ja son's Hostile Fleet—Enemy May Claim a Capture. with the ald of Forte Mio! Wright was recelved by Major- MacArthur, shortly after 9 o'clack, we: “Prospect Hin, Sep. 3 Ne ships kept pretty weil out In pass- ing Race Rock Li ht, but made no at- hud joined the worke ‘8 Bay, 1902.10 A. M. Jelther Michie or Terry, very few guns poet of Staff, Fort Trumbull, Conn sing fired from these forts during the Fort H. G. Wrignt| two hours of fighting. It was a deter , Kearearge. put out of Mined attuck on Wright, and the firing? id mortars of the fort at'6.20, The second ship, Maysa-|from the guns sput out of action at $30, Third wee kept up tno ip, Alabama, put out of action at 6.83) ship formed in Une of bagtle and satied MH. AM the ships were afterwards slowly by the fort, exchanging shot for bediy fired upon by all the guns at| shot, so far as possible. H shed) “DAVIS, | had taken position at the front and rear| ing and at once opened fire. The fortitt “Commanding District.” | of Fort Wright cations speedily replied ty the pombard- expetient signal service of the| The firing was kept up for about halt ment was agein ‘well demo: an hour, when the ohips sailed well out| The fring became deaultory after ng, as headquarte: toward the Rave again, the defenders n hour, and then ceased, ‘The Delleving that the ships wera to retrom| in the direction whence they came, Attempt to Make a Landing Fails, Guddenly whe ships turned and again nowledge of the whereabouts of itched any. Gespatoh was recelved at B25 in pretty close to the fort, and with) Fort Redman was elmply @ fapid-fre guns covered the landing | party, but in opposition to tis move- ment the Gatling guna at the fort were brought Into requisition and the nding party was evidently repelled, or rather that particular phase of this Attack was not considered success After the conclusion of this ond attuck, the ships steamed out into the Race dnd back In the direction of Block RUMBULL, New London, ept. %3,—Headquarters of Defense. is morning the naval enemy hird attack on the forts of ondon district. It is said the most effective as weil ———=—- is] Of, Kate Anderson, dold's released f apatres Point, and fl t Mansfleld will be con sidered as having been reduced by the nd perhaps the enemy wtil claim ‘Fort Wright. for the shipe tainly did put up the flercest Jind naval attack. They were handled ok tally and their army Th B began at 4.60 o'clock an: uaa al most incessantly tor just fo hourd, @ fire of the enemy be- he divested at Fort Wright, Fisher's * on toma ont sweetheart ‘The murder ton a . fleet was composed of Kearsarge, Alabama, fs and Indiana. Y Op. on Enemy. up when the four from the direc- ; nts’ Michte and Terry. hh fatter forts did not take a very active part in the manoeuvres this morning, | rhaps not over twenty shots. helng red from both these forts at the bat- Hecshing engaging with Port, Wright je retult of this. morning's contlict Pie they were) will not be known until after the um Bt G8 90D AS! Hires’ report, and perhapa t e the! found dead hi to th Aistance | Occasion of much Alscusaion on. the part oat rnaeal vad je, but| of the, Board of. Arbitration thw her room at No. 142 Jeffe ne able Brooklyn, to-day by her Stand. sea, [ara MLN ais game te th ae Mary W. nen Mary W od, Hangs rrific Bombardment of Army Stronghold by Battleships of Higgin- | U / them were the Olympia, the —The first despatch fo! , of coping with the strongest ter, the Brooklyn, a crulser not this morning's engagement off | out. isto nd tie tage Ope! k wantly as the four/ FLEET OF FOUR SHIPS MENACES NEW BEDFORD, Patige, 3,00 to 4,00 yards, and) Before attacking the fort the ships! NMW KIODFORD, Muss, Sept. d-—Poutr Rave been declared out of action| made @ detour, aid then swung well In| warships Ww oid not de identified times over. | also put/towand Fisher's Island and commenced from the whore, owing to the haze, ap: ‘at 6.37 by fire from Fort Michie, | the bombardment after two ships each | peared off More Redinun early this morn ‘arshins did not retire, however, and baxtle was expeated to follow as the feet below the city in the dir Won yf the lisabeth group ap; —-_— : ‘| made a Yigorous attack on Fort Dump- K IN FORCE Wright, this ume attempting to make pla, BURRaa's via, “and tho : oI athe: ON FORT WRIGHT. | Mxling. One of the big ships drew | they ‘were repulsed or tho attack on the @irength of the batterlos ja not en- Urely clear to those on shore. PEAK OUT OF PRISON. Prisoner’a Dincharge Recalls Sen- aational Crime in New Jersey, to The Grening World.) Island, BORDENTOWN, N. J., Sept. 3.—Baro- it spectacular move that Shipalrat’ Up Mare Fright. lay Peak, who has been serving a twen- e since the manoeuvres anithal aRhaxe lt ae ty-year sentenoe in the New Jersey Both @ to and tr i T We rich ute antpatimderatta cies State prison at Trenton, for the murder hia cousin, Corner, near Mount Holly. dt FOUND SISTER A SUICIDE. Ritters,who Had Been De- Herself, Ritter, Afty years old, NAVAL LANDING PARTY IS REPULSED. was west of > gine responded | arently nier, faint to test at New- was fied in 1687 ne following lor six years Wap al- Poak's 8 of her ted a gen was | im transom of rson avenue, sister Annie. ‘The woman had heen domented for a tly threaten- ro tore tr | SCHOOL CHILDREN READY TO REGISTER. THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1902. "HOUSANDS OF CHILDREN KNOCK AT PUBLIC SCHOOL DOOR OF KNOWLEDGE The Bronx will have one new school, One 00 No. one lost Hundred and Forty-fret atreet Bronx avenue; Brooklyn two, and if Richmond one each. 5 186, Weat One Hun- -fifth street and Amater- seat 3,100 pupils, would month, but the Hoard of Aldermen held up Its approval had for the and the funds could not be vleotrica! equipment. The Morris High School, at One Hun- dred and Sixty-sixth street and Boston road, due to be finished July 23, te still Unfinished. It ts to hold 2,810 stugonts and cost $469,883. Louis Wechsler is the contractor. The Higi h School of Commerce, 8t ixty~ fifth sirest and Broadway, might have been ready long ago, had ft not been that the Board of Superintendents de- alded ture to_chan oliging an ent the course ge change of Gane Dr. Marble, chatrman of the Commit- h Schools tn the Boant of Superintendents, sald yesterday: ‘tee on Hi “We have not still unfinished becaus delaya or red tape tn decided yet on the * wie Number of boys, showing an Increase of avening World photographer show- esaree? We have only just got back registering the new pu 15) fet your, and making a total ¢ registration in the Hester and | {rom our vacations, and ‘we have not of Si. with accommodations for only ik street schools. et selected a stuff for Dr. James 8. Mothers with Big Plockn. | AIMLOUEH $6,000,000 was aot aside by the |HRePAR the principal of the High © Where were mothers ihere with half « »E. Roxern, principal of | Board of Bxtimate for the purchase of | The Chain te seat 1,760 studente— een boys and cis ty register. a y dopartmont, reports | *ltes and the erection of new schoola,| when it Is done, i@ouple more toddling at even worke conditions She had 1200} a2commodation for only 8,000 new pupils eee eee a rook ra aod ons ie) unavoldadle etting funds, Plenty of Money, He Says. “We. have plenty, of money, for new achools,"? pa and the city. t too many children are born. tha “As a matter of fact. have more sittings than pupile, if byes were in just the right places. ulation of the citv. shifts. and probably always will be congestion y Superintondent Max- however, we and *thete te with in the schools in some section, half-Jay claenen for some of the very small ehildr aut tom can aby that ts not PIRATES IN DOUBLE CRIME. Engineer Supposed to Have Been dered and Scuttled. bad thin, thera will tell vou tha little ones drink In all the learning they | mh ina half-Aay class.” | and ts thelr ‘JEROME SEES PARTRIDGE ON RAIDS; MAKES CHARGES AGAINST CREEDON. District-Attorney Has Police Captain’s Wardman, John H. Downes, Held _ for Examination and Hurries to Police Headquarters. District-Attorney Jerome called upon Police Commissioner Partridge to-day and held a long conference with him. Mr, Jerome remained 1n Commis- sioner Partridge’s office for half an hour to-day. When asked concern- ing his visit Mr. Jerome said that it was only a “social call.” Col. Partridge made a similar reply This visit followed the arraign- ment before Justice Holbrook, in the Court of Special Sessions, of John H. Downes, Wardman for Capt. Creedon, of the East Highty- eighth street station, and William E. Reilly, President of the William B®. Reilly Association, whose club- house was raided yesterday by om der of the District-Attorney. Downes and Reilly were held in $1,000 bail each for examination on Sept. 11. Charges against Downes and Capt. Creeden had already been forwarded to Commissioner Partridge by the District-Attorney, Downes {a accused of not only failing to suppress the al- leged poolroom run in the clubhouse of the Reilly Association, but of be- ing an alder and abettor in its opera- tion. Capt. Oreeden fa accused of knowing that the place was a gamb- ling house and reporting that it was a legitimate club. Downes Locked Up AL Night. Downes spent the night in the Hliza- beth street station @ prisoner. Reilly, yesterday, peared at the Criminal Courts Butta! this morning with his lawyer, Ferdin- and Bidman, jr. They went to the Dis- triot-Attorney’s office, where Reilly de- manded to know ff there was anything against him. “There is @ warrant out for you," he was informed. The warrant was handed to a policeman and Reilly was arrested. Mr. Eidman announced that he would Appear as counsel for Downes. When the men were taken to the Court of Special Sessions, the District- Attorney took charge of the case and of the courtroom, instructing Sergt. Langan to order the newspaper report- ere from the room The star chamber proceedings resulted in fixing bail at $1,000. ‘Thomas Regan, of No. 97 Bast Dighty- third street, became surety for Pollce- man Downes. Reilly's bond was elgned by Moses Gluck, a pawnbroker of Highty-frst street and Third avenue. Nuither Reflly nor (Downes would make a statement. Reilly said that he would like to talk, but his lawyer would SOHN H. DOWNES house was a pool-room, saying that any money bet on the races the: vlar bookmakers, Was sthe outcome of @ trap set by ¢ plaints from oltizens Jacobs, of No. 8 Hast street, wrpte the letter. Dool-room's protectors, Mr, cided to tr; Creeden. He replied that rie charge that the pl ma was a lie. personal: ‘hen nace two mem- bers of the Citizens’ Union to secure evidence against the assoclation. Spite, Says Creedon. i Powtios and personal spite ere be- hind this attack upon me, ‘ald ¢ Capt. Creedon to-day. have been a police- man for thingy years and Ite not likely | that at my time of ited would put my heck Jn the noose I will stand by ny record end by by the eeanoae Gide his od wamdll: bouse T hat tne preoinct only tet n I gon for ¢he attack will ‘ome out in good ime." District-Attorney Jerome was not dis. posed to stand hy tho-attack he made ‘upon Police Commissioner Partridge and the reform adminiatration yesterd: when he got to his gece to-day. had nothing but kind words for wee Commissioner, asserting that they we! working hand in mere as and Ged th Partridge knew tn ‘on the club house of {the W ‘Willem Reilly Asrootatio lon. yubt,” sald the District Attor Mur- Vessel Roelleving that river pirates murdered the engineer of the derrick Ighter Ox then scuttled the vessel to conoeal the evidence of thelr at crime, the Woehawken, and police of Weehawken are a work and expect tomake several arrests before The night crime was suspected to-day when | the body of William Pratt, colored, the engineer, was found floating in the river near where the Hmhter had sunk, The corpse was nude and gashed in several places as if with a knife to the City Morgue. Pratt was It was taken the only member of the boat's crew who slept on boan! the ves- sel. When the other men reached pier 8 at Weehawken yesterday morning to | «0 on board they were told that the lyehter was at the bottom of the sea. The men then reported to Miner & North, of No, 11 Rroadway, Manhattan, who owned the vessel, concerned supposed by all and as tt was that the Ughter had sprung a leak and sunk In the night, they almply sent an order to the Merritt Wrecking Company to raise the vessel, It was assumed that Pratt had left the boat at night and that he would re- but when his body came to the surface to-day, bearing all the evi- things took a dif. ferent aspect and the police were called. Chief of Police Donovan, of Hoboken, made an examination of the body In the port later, dences of morgue and expressed robbers had gone aboard In the night, neineer, who was J killed him. velleves, vosee! f thelr crime, after throw- | overboard, 1 be carried out to # found a lodging place where it was discoy- had a figh iwakened ight tt among * ored. omer uttled y the tide. ome pales, a murder, with the by them Done the body wou ait a ryan the belfef that the to conceal The police anxiously await the raising of the sunke they will fi robbery and murder, A representative of Miner & yess conelt they believe ve evidence of a North, who was in Weehawken this forenoon, nald he believed there were ey: Able articies aboard there was suffictent Coroner wi tt Hcentive oF body erat lived ‘in ‘They | AFTER ILLNESS ‘circumstances in their neighboring | homes in Brooklyn, both suicides, led TWO DIE BY GAS Man and Woman Dis- charged from Hos- pital End Lives in Similar Fashion. The deaths of Charles Metager and Mrs. Imogen Lenhardt under similar the police to velleve that they were} acquainted and had planned the double tragedy. Metzger was released from St Mery’s Hospital a few days ago, the physiclans saying they were unable to cure the disease which affileted his liver. He had wasted away until he was a skeleton when he returned to his home at No, 831 Halsey street. He suffered muoh pain yesterday and late in the night he awoke his wife and asked her to go out to the drug sto: and get him a flask of whiskey. said that was the only thing which would bring him relief. Mrs, Metzger complied, and when she returned with the whiskey she found her husband lying on the dining-room table with a rubber tube extending from an open gas jot to his mouth, She oalled the police and they sum- moned an ambulance from 8t. Mary's Hospital, Dr. Sharp said that probably the first inhalation had cauped death, Mra. Imogen Lenhardt, thirty-eight years oki, was returned to her home at No, 1001 Deoatur street yesterday after- noon from St. Mary's Hospital, where she had been under treatment several weeks for nervous prostration stlil ill, but had been told that she would always suffer from sensitive nerves, She sent her two ttle daughters to visit thelr grandmother, telling them they could stay all night. Her husband, Philip Lenhart, returned to the house and found Mrs, kitchen. She had attached a rubber tube to a burner of the gas stove and had placed | the other end in her mouth, Lennardt said that she had frequently threatened to take her own life because of her ill- That | ness rob-} The police investigation showed that Lenhardt dead in the| WOMAN “RED” IDA SUICIDE. ‘Mrs. Schroeder,” An- archist and Friend of Emma Goldman, Takes Carbolic Acid. Throngs of Anarchists have visited the Morgue to look at the body of a woman who killed herself with car- bolic acid in her room at No. 978 East One Hundred and sixty-first street, where she lived like a hermit, She was known In the Bronx as “Mra, Freda Schroeder,” but it is not be- Meved that that was her name. All that ts known of her is that she was a friend and admirer of John Most and Hmme Goldman. She was about forty years old and was be- be Emma Goldman herself. This led to the report that Emma Goldman had committed suicide, but ehe is in Omaha delivering lectures. Mra, Schroeder gub-let three rooms in the house where she killed herself from Henry Humann, the lessee, on May 1d. She lived in seclusion, having no callers. Bhe was found dead by Mr. Humann last night, dressed in her best gown. Her lips were burned by oarbolic aold. An ambulance surgeon from Fordham Hospital said she had been dead more than twenty-four hours, Letters from Emma Goldman and from Herr Most were found in the room, and theatrical programmes of the play, “The Anarohist,"" produced last winter, bore references to one Henry Conrad A, Seber, of No. 2 Reade street, with notes which Indicated that the woman was related to Seber. The notes wore in a jargon which Coroner O’Gorm: of the Bronx. was not able to transla' There was a square Iron strong box in the room of the sutcide which resisted all attempts to open it, and it will be | broken into to-day by cracksmen em, | | ployed by Coroner. The neighbors may that the woman claimed to be a | professional nurse, but she never left Boe rechapiprinery lone enough to attend Sse bglien aacbeaband Coad. shot chic arohist Iterature and other Gees, Kote 29 den Pek So yee) receded appa was taken to the track and invested with the reg- The rala on the Rellly Association District-Attorney to involve Capt. Cree- | den and his wardman. After his return | trom Colorado Mr. Jerome received com- that the Reilly Association was being conducted as a pool-room and gambling-house. Joseph Eighty-firat Mr, Jerome replied, stating ‘that he had gohe out of the business of raidiag pool-rooms Then Mr, Jacobs wrote again, saying that if proper investiga- tion were made Capt. Creedon and his wardman, Downes, might be discovered FARRELL DENIES INTEREST IN NEW GAMBLING-HOUSE. ‘To the DiMtor of The World: I wish to deny most emphatically | | that I am in any way connected with | an alleged gambling-house on West | Thirty-third street, or in any gam-| bling-house or pool-room co! any | description anywhere, directly or in- directly. I accordingly eak in the name of justice and fair play that you give this denial the same publicity you gave the article connecting me with sald alleged establishment on Thirty- third street. Yours truly, FRANK FARRELL, New York, Sept. 2 ema ene he fot, ol bur he ds working, aeetteioes fe has been very nice to oot ane "and has welcomed every, I could give him, g Wace told me to mind my ai low me to cooperate with hi: ted without jealousy. and wit aieu epi mon otore ‘to assist the Commissioner. To Make Persistent Effort. fort fo gafor enforce the present laws as they belleve that lawa sho cha: because some bel! sults are not to be attained, | ever, that I'think the Excl cl eve goed 1 say, pat) le District Attorney, Ing police captains and thelr du- ‘Speaking of potice captains,” he said, “you muet kee at, derelict police tains inoessantly. at the Police Department WILLIAM E. REILLY PRISONERS TAKEN AFTER POOL-ROOM RAID. not let him. He denied thet the club- @————_. -_______® ® jrant, almply because Thaven't got an ones iz department to work with ave attended to my own busl- Tess and Tam only working !n a com- “T am going to male a persistent ef- ‘am not one of thone inen wid be frequently oe ive law atould . If you have competent men to enforce the prosent laws you will get/™e ® report of the usual kind, fe | good results." en asked ap If we were to keep | Me, Would never be able to wet, tt Tuch”a ‘condition at the ond ot that time that {t would not again be rotten in two years {if left alone. “Suppose you tried to break five tains out ‘of the large nuiber Greater New York?” Mr, Jerome was asked, “I think if that were done,” replied | the District-Attorney, “there ‘would be | quite a let-up in the necessity of trying captains for a while. They don't rent to be tried and they don't want to be broke. “1 belleve,"” ho continued, “there ja « better feeling ward the’ administra e was a short time a sort of reaction.’ e conditions better all around. Some Peale thought that ictures should have been hung in the fai and ithe Ilke of that; others thought that @ la] train should be run: dal); 3 loaded with police of jand ex-Tammany office ‘holders, Of course, that couldn't be done and it was the impossible, but the people are be- ginning to realize that conditions are better. We can say, however, that ia- ‘of complaint ted apout ¢ Commissioner is hampered in| fluences are not as ‘bad as they were, che @ehily wAssocthtton’ wore tor sal attorta an Detter conggions. it is an jand that the public money has been Mr. Jerome was then asked tf he was ng to stop raiding. he replied, “unless people some to me with good evidence, And Tw touch any” place ‘excent those where dereliot police officers are connected.” Partridge Is Silent. Commissioner Partridge refused to Kesd cuss the interview given out by Distriot- Attorney Jerome yesterday in whioh he sald that there was more gambling golng on In New York than ever before, t was suggested that this required an answer. “T don't think 60,"' said the Commts- sioner, “It the District-Attomey wants to prefer charges against me in the reg- plat way T may have something to say. ion't Intend to reply to any news- Daper interviews, have had no communication the District-Attorney regarding rald of vesterday. Cant. Wieedon. sent le mented with the Information tl be would furnish details later," “Are you golng to suspend Capt. Cree don and Houmaman Downes? tie Commissioner was ask “I gee no reason why I shoul. fact, J think that I shall not *raapent hem. MARKET LOSSES LED 10 SUICIDE. August’s Family Returned from Vacation Only to Learn that He Had Killed Him- self In a Hotel. Heavy losses tn the stock market are said to have led to the suicide of Ed- ward J, August, an agent for the New York Life Insurance Company, who shot ‘imself at the Imperial Hotel. A pathetic incident of the suicide jWas the shock to the man’s wife and daughter, who returned from their sum- mer vacation at Arverne, L. L, and were Qt the Hotel Lincoln eagerly awaiting his arrival when word of his death was brought them. Mra, August was surprised that her powers was not on hand to greet them, as they had not seen him for several days, The olerk explained that he was suddenly called away on « long trip leved by many of her neighbors to/ and bed arranged that special rates be! master” and “The Cirouit Rider, given them until his return. Ther were to quarters whish they had previously oocupted, Shortly after the olerk notified them that Mr, August had met with an ao- cident, and later @ friend broke the news of Mr. August's death to thom. One of Mr, August's friends sald in explanation that he hed lost eo much | money dy belng @ persistent bear in a bull market, thet he was unable to meet hig obligations, At the Hotel Imperial August regis- tered for his family, and gave the clerk jehecks to have thelr baggage removed from the Hotel Lincoin. Then he went to @ room, and, standing before a mir- ror, placed @ revolver behind his right ear and blew out his brains. ——— WOMAN A SUICIDE. Waitress, Out’ of Work and De- spondent, Kills Herself, Despondent because she was out of work, Emma Brede, a waitress, com- No, 409 Hast Fifteenth street by turning on the gas. She left a note addressed to her landlady, Mra, Clara Gries, telling | why she had ended her life, The woman waa discovered by « gas-! man who had been summoned to look after @ leak. He smelled the escaping {pony twenty years ¢ | mitted eulclde to-day in her rooma at DR. EGGLESTON, THE NOVELIST, 15 DEAD, Expired In His Cottage on , Lake George Shortly Before Dawn To-Day—Author of Some Famous Books. Dr. Edward Dggleston, the famous novelist, whose writings have charmed many, is dead at his cottage on Lake George During the night he was attacked with apoplexy, and when physicians were summoned from Glens Falls they declared that the noted novelist could not Ive until morning. He passed away shortly before daybreak. Dr, Eggleston had recently celebrated the elghty-fourth anniversary of hip birth, and on thet occasion it was re- marked that the future had many yeare yet in store ¢or him. He came of.a familly of famous writers, ft his brothers being a distinguished journalist and author, Dr. Riazleston took great pride in both of his known novels “The Hoosler Bobool. whieh were extensively read. He also achieved fame as an authority on subjects of Political economy, Tt {a sald that Mr. Eggleston's su- cess a8 @ novelist came in a purely accl- dental manner. At an opportune mo- ment he oame forward to fill a vacancy on a publication at a time when he had no Intention of entering the world of lettera, Prior to that time he lived the ait of @ Western circuit rider. it was from his experience in life that he picked up th cea his "Hoosier Schoolmaster. He spent his recent years a Northwestern Vermont, in the mde the primeval woodland, in a rambling old homestead which he named “Owl's Nest." He possessed amazing versatil- ity and enersy, which was typical of him in his old age. He was anxious te write a history of “Life in the Thirteen Colonies,” and went to Paris to make researches at Notre Dame. He ran- j sacked the Bibliothique Nationale, then | went taLondon and sought material for his work in the British Museum, Com ing to New York, he purchased 1,000 books which were useful to him as ref- erence and then began his work. He wet aside the better portion of a deca to eomplete his work, during which he fad recoares te the, Aaeet, Ubrartes ty ti Sut iar, a ale mared tp Miss Frences ec Peay fod re