The evening world. Newspaper, November 1, 1902, Page 4

1 NOW CINCH Ta COAL ROADS ite Commerce Commi: Receive Amended jomplaint Against Presidents f Those Corporations. sug Opera Accused of Being in League Secretly with the Roads to Keep Up Cost of Fuel and Its is By Rese Having matters of other importance Wemanding their attendance in this city Chairman Martin Knapp and loner James D. Yeoman, of the te Commerce Commission, re- \the amended complaint calling Commission to proceed against idents of the coal-carrying rail- ‘for violation of the Interstate Jaws. is Methods Iniquitous, presenting it. Lawyer Clarence representing the petitioners, that outrageous violations of tate Commerce law on the the coal-carrying roads are per- i and practically countenanced that the recent coal situation t these matters squarely be- the public and revealed the iniqui- methods adopted by the roads. eid thatthe Philadelphia & Read- ig Raliroad as well as nino other coal “Jpem roads, were gullty of three 3} tons: Seon es tive violations of the Inter- /@tate Commerce laws. He pointed out "that. for many years the coal carrying _ roads have without excuse, “flagrantly, : My and openly" charged from & half to three times as much r the transportation of anthracite coal n is charged for bituminous. “This charge exceeds vastly, he said, tiie cost of transporting any other char- of freight. orn and Roads Combine, Phe greatest argument which the ‘perators put forth in resisting the de- ) mands of the miners,” said Mr. Shearn, the statemont that they were to pay a high rate for coal tion, It is a fact, howeve _the lawyer, “that the operators the railroads are hand in glove in affair and that they have combined i ‘the purpose of keeping up the cost yt and transportation. coal mining companten,” he We not compelled pay tae price of transportation the Noe ould be applied to the wages ers. of these companies," he said, combine entered into an illegal have been Gividing the tonnage on d ig arranged between them- ves, a common and uniform rate pre- ling. This fact alone, he added, fur. isgse double motive for increasing oper ae Inge Haye Been Pooled. : ‘this division of tonnage, freight ‘e. nings have been pooled, ilegably, A vision of earnings in illegal,” he ; "go is a division of tonnage. y stated that by reason of the com- the Independent dealer is dis. ated again: Commission received Chairman Knapp stated that would on Monday notify the concerned of the complaint Inst them. They will be given 3 in which to answer, SUBMARINE the com- Simon Lake’s Invention Fitted) with Wheels to Crawl Along) “the Bottom. iy WRIPGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 1—The ‘submarine boat invented by Simon was launched here to-day and Protector by Mira Belle Miller. boat is sixty-five feet long and entirely of steel. She is provided wheels to craw! along the bottom places, She can travel on the jen or submerged at any depth down 0 feet. submerged the motive power Is Provided by electric storage batteries, © one charge of which will enable the Beat to run fifty miles. On the surface 1 1,600 knots. There ia a div- partment to permit divers leav- "boat while she is submerged. -also fitted with three torpedo two at the bow and one In the In order to enable the captala to her movements while beneath he surface the boat is fitted with hy- Foplanes, which serve the same pur- gs aeroplanes in an airship, completing her trial trips on Asland Sound the new boat will be to Washington for inspection by avy Department, which has the ‘Fetusal of tho Invention. R BOYS NEARLY DROWN. Burroughs Rescu ~ from the East River. ar boys were rescued from drown- East River by Capt. Bur- of the launch Mermaid. They Goseph Lefrano, No. 348 East One ‘and Thirteenth street; Hdmung “No, 2317 Seventh avenue; Henry (No, 223 Second avenue, and ‘Wnglelder, No. 239 East One ‘Apd Twenty-first etrect. ‘been galling when thelr boat Were taken home unin- ‘Them ‘committed suicide in the Pear of her home at No. ly to-day by swallow- Before she died she , by bere of med en ambu: a CHRL SLEEPER AWAKE AT LAST After a Slumber Lasting Thir- teen Days Dr. Arthur Brad- shaw Succeeds in Arousing Nellie Corcoran. SAYS SHE WILL RECOVER. Not Surprised When She Opens Her Eyes in Hospital—Recognized Surroundings and Had Heard of Rip Van Winkle. Nellie Corcoran, the young woman who has been asleep In 8t. Vincent's Hospital for thirteen days, awoke this morning and talked with her physicians and nurses. To Dr. Arthur Bradshaw, an expert on hypnotism and mesmerism, belongs the credit of having brought her back to consclousness. He worked with her for more than an hour this morning, after having abandoned a longer effort the night before. Old Method Succeeds. His method was an old but simple one He repeatedly compressed the girl's tongue and moved her lower jaw back- ward and forward in such a way as to move the spinal column, Altogether this was kept up three hours and a half, and there was a faint sign of returning consclousness, At first there was a slight quiver of the eyelids and then the Ips seemed to move slightly. A moment later the girl openet her eyes wide and looked directly at Dr. Baldwin, who was assisting Dr, Bradshaw. She made no effort to speak, but con- tinued to gaze at the doctor. She seemed not to be surprised in the least. There was nothing to indicate that ahe was aware of her condition, Dr, Baldwin suddenly leaned over her and sald: “Holo! There was no response. The eyes re- matned fixed upon him without a change of expression. ‘Then he sald: “Do you see me?" “Yos,"" came the answer in a whisper that was almost {naudibte, you know who you are?” es," still in the faintest of whis- pers. Told Date of Her Birth. “What is the date of your birth?’ came the next question, “Aug. 31." ‘There was no hesitation and the volce grow slightly stronger, “Do you feel any puln?”" wa query. “Yes, In my head." “Are you sick?! “Yes,” all over." added, “And I do w “De you rememb you un Oct, 182" donot,” 0 you know Mrs, Hause?" ‘J know Mrs, Hanse very well, Wasn't a Dit Hungry, At this moment Dr. Bradshaw took the patients hand, the next Then she suddenly at to go b y what nay PHYSICIANS WATCHING NELLIE CORCORAN AS 3 $ : 3 3 % SHE AWAK oe ENS IN ST. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL. OD FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST BI HE Lawyer Asserts that Cuba Company, Headed by Sir Will- iam Van Horne, Used a Fraudulent Affidavit in Suit. SIGNED WITH ASSUMED NAME (Spoclal to The Evening World.) WHITE PLATNS, N. Noy. 1.—Ap- plication mi to Justice Keogh in the Supreme Court to-day by How- ard Mansfeld, representing the Cuba company, which is backed by milifon- aires to build a railroad 200 miles long in Cuba, to set aside the verdict secured ugalnst the company by Peter Mo- Laurin, of Mount Vernon, who atieged that etock should haye been issued for his services, ‘The applicition to set aside the ve dict was made on an affidavit of Gharles 4 feel as (hough you would lke to eat, N he said. : not just now. I want to rest.”” She closed her eyes and turned her head wearlly to one side, Her breath- tug came stronger and more regular. then | It was easy ious, to an She moved her hands twiee and scemed to rest more easily to see that she was con pr. Hradshaw sald World reporter “The girl will ive and T am confident | that she will not relapse into a condition of coma. She shows some emactation, but not so much as one would Imagine under the circumstances. Just what her! trouble has been I am not prepared to « Evening ay. The doctor would not discuss hypno- | tism, but it was plain that he leaned to that’ theor | Af ir daughter was aroused Mrs, Mary Was notified. She fell upon her knees at once and prayed earn-| estly. | Then she said: "I thank God! 1 ald| not believe that > uld ever get, well. Her father w the applest man In town W Knew Abi After Miss Corcoran had rested af hour or more Dr. Bradshaw toned her again, wlisiing bo she had at any time during th Of her long sleep been canscious of a thing that had passed about her for | ques of ‘y of the varlous forms of treatment she was being subjected to. sald thi her sie The girl she had known nothing during p; had felt nothing, | Jus few moments before awakening she felt a siight movement of the mus- cles of the upper part of her face, and this Dr. Bradshaw stated was duc to having ag! © super-orbital 3, those 1 cted by passing | ‘# fingers across the we of a patient. Dr. Bradshaw ibed his} method of forcing respiration as not a! new one, but not ly resorted | to in Miss ‘The tongue wa between the prysiclan » forcens forced out and NAL A Tate of Keventeen oF elghteen tires a minute At the same time the thorax. was pressed and comp! us forcing respiration, Alter: plication of heat and the treatment TO INVESTIGATE QUR, INDUSTRIES, Alfred Mosely Arrives from En- gland—His First Experience Is with the Customs. Alfréd Mosely, C. M. G.. the Prest dent of a commission f inquiry which has been sent from England to study the relations of capital and labor and the conditions of production in this country, arrived this morning on the Campania. “My mission,” he sald, ‘ls pot only an important one, but a delicate one, and I cannot talk until I have seen Secretary alph M..Easley, of the National Civic Federation. We will have the assistance of both the Civic Federation and the American Federation of Labur. Our in- vestigations will bezin ay soon as all the delegates arrive, that is, within ten days, but I cannot programme. will be. Mr. Mosely retused to say who his nearly avery. trade, ir. Mone toms inv: before he left on ay low what the | associates were, but it is know, the delogaten Include repressmatives of |[ bad a taste of the cus- the} mine workers to watch the weigal thon Kk ay ao hi: wethaul gate ias"s' pay "A ae RL A. Johnson, who alleged that no agree- ment about stock had been made de- tween the company and MeLaturin, n George Covington, of Nof# 1 nunsel for MeLiurin, €3 1a bombshell, Ho sald to Judge Keogh that he had atfidavite to prove that the real name of the person making the aMdavit was not Johnaon, and that the paper was fraudulent. “He men- tloned the alleged real name of the per- son who signed the aflidavit, and sald he was under indictment for embexzle- ment In Missouri, and for that reason had changed his n Mr. Covingto: Mam VaVn H ot of the Cuba company Johnson signed the pay ing it under an assumed name, Among the backers of t in adidtion to Sir Willlam are J. Blerpont Morgan, Cc, Whitr John D, Rockefeller and William Rockefeller It was stipula before the trial that the ehare of stock Jn dispute was valued at about $5,000, The jury then rendered a ver- dict ‘for thit amount, and the Judg- n t and costs are n on Me tn the Westchester County Cleri’s office Justice Keogh tok the case under advisement. ANOTHER STRIKE NOW THREATENED, Coal Miners Resent Discharge of Weigh - -Watchers—Men Take Another Holiday. Br plod 1 that Str Wil- ddent y that when | rhe was sgn) ssert William | ‘WILKESBARRE, Nov. 1—1t is All |Gaints’ Day and only one kind of the miners were working. The operators made a point of this, that notwithstand- ing The great demand for coal the work- ONLY MAN WHO EVER BEAT DEWEY 1 DEAD Z. K. Pangborn, Famous Be- cause He Whipped Admiral at School, Dies at Milburn. News was recolved In this city to-day of the death at Milburn, N. Y., of Zebina K, Pangborn, who achleved a national reputation as the “only man who ever whipped Dewey Mr. Pangborn died a sister, Mrs. Lucy Hoar, from stomach troubles. Ho in his seventy-fourth He had been editor of the Jersey City Journal and had q long career as the home of his hoewspaper man, teacher and politician. It was shortly after Mr. Pangborn’a | graduation from the University of Ver- mont that he laid the foundation of his fame as the only conqueror of George Dewey, now Admiral the United States Navy. Mr. Pangborn w pointed principal of the Johnson, V Academy shortdly after graduation, and | Dewey, then a young Jad, became one | of his pupils, An argument came up | between them concerning some work young Dewey was instructed to do. | Dewey refused to do It. The cher insisted that he should elther the | i | dewey's reply comes { “And Jf you try wo { | ho | ht | work or te punish ‘IM not do it,’ down In history. Uck me, V'll liek yo Mr. Pangborn started to ch boy. Dewey fought vigorously teacher triumphed after a hie battle, and the crestfallen Dewey was forced to do what he had declared he would not do. Mr. Pangborn Js survived by a widow and two sons, age HOST STRAUB DEAD AFTER MERRY TIME Restaurateur Known to Politi- cians Collapsed at Close of Jolly Reuinon with Friends. John L, Straub, whose restaurant was for years the resort of east side politi- clang, dled suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs, Edward Sparingberg, No. 882 Lexington avenue, early t Ho collapsed after spendl: n evening with a number of old friends who had been invited to his daughter's home, and dled before a doctor could reseh hi: For years Straub owned a restaurant on Canal etreet, between Allen and Ele dridge, When John J. O'Brien was mighty in east side polittes Straub's place wos the headquarters for the poll- ticktns, and many schemes have been laid around the tables of the restaurant, Mr. Straub invented the steam table for restaurants and also the ste Ing dish, The two inventions brought ers had remained away from work two days this week. The holiday practically | put a stop to any detatled Investigation by the Commissioners. They went into the Dorrance mine, but f no miners in the Baltimore veln they. vis- ited, On Monday they will ton, where two days w to the strike condition ‘Then will Creek regi City President Mitchell has |when to present his report. With three | attorneys, he Is preparing it, ana will jsubmit it formally.some day next week. | Whether the Commission will make it pubiic has not been decided, ‘The re- {port will be a detafled presentation of jeach one of the demands, but probably I not be more than a couple of type pages. two thousand whic st to Hazle- Spent owing .000 being out follow trips to the Panther , Pottsville and Mahanoy not decided w { The, {the Kingston Coal C |morning seni a committee to che com- mine workers at mpany mines this pany officla:s, threatening a strike un- jess two check welghmen who were dis- charged last night are roinstated, men were omployed and paid by fy The the 5 OF compan: % Pes somes iy gave no reason for lay- him a fo he gave up his ousiness on the east side acd removed to No, 200 East One Hun- dred and Sixteenth street, where he had run @ restaurant on a smaller plan, Although sixty-two years old, Straub was strong and active, and deuth had not been antictpated. spent the evening in appar Yeval hoalth, and laugh with his fi a Mr. When the c Straub suddenly. was fainting spell and sank to Van Ingen was summo the phyelelan reached men was dead. $$ COL. ROEBLING IS SINKING. Col, Washington A, Roebling, the builder of the Brooklyn Bridge, is in a serious lition at the Roosevelt Hospital. He was operated on recently PRESIDENT MANASSAS. Roosevelt Seeks Wild Turkeys and Recreation on the His- toric Southern Battle Ground of Bull Run. ENJOYS TRAMPING THE TIES. §, Va., Nov, 1.—In the fitful locomotive lanterns President d am his pri te car In the ral rd here and greeted cordially the | of newspaper m ad men who had gath- | him start on his hunt for} turkeys. $ attired In a khaki! ting sult, this long, heavy overcoat, and the cos- sk slouch hat was on his he alighted from the car. A nded to him a fine dout rrelied shotgun, which he, threw familiarly Into the crook qf his | ny special ered to sve tomar: hen left arm, Secretary Root, who pre-| ceded the President from the train, | wire a eanves shooting sult, an overcoat and a golf cap. The President, | after a quick survey of the starlit, sky. remarked to Mz, Root that they were in luck as to the weather, Tho Ident and Secretary Root were Joined at ‘© oy Surgeon-Genoral Hixey, Secretary Cortetyom and herit J. T. Leachman, of Prince Wiltam Cpuaty, Sherjft Leachman Was to act as the guide of the Presiden. | tlal party on the turkey hunt, Preceded by rallroad men bearing lan- terns, the President and his party trudged for a quarter of a mile along tho maze of railr to the car- riages In w them to the shooting grounds. They were followed by servants carrying a big hamper of mi vi and luncheon, As he w the President re- marked Secretary Root: "{ have tramped tles before In my time." This morning the party 1s hunting over a fine preserve of 1900 acres known locally as the “Ben Lomgnd Place," and owned by Representative John Fy Rixey, a brother of Surgeon-General Rixey, While the President hopes, to add a wild turkey or two to bis hunting trophies, he said this monning he waa here particularly for the needed recrea- tion the outing would afford him and for the purpose of getting over the his- toric Bull fun battie-fields, which he | never had visited. After the morning's hunt the party will assemble about noon at the Henry House, which is in the very centre of the operations of the first battle of Ball Run. ‘There luncheon will ba served. During the af n the Presi. dent will drive over tt ttle-feld, b later the sp trala will cony. party to Brandy, Va., twenty-nine inile south of Man Where they will be the guests until Monday morning of relatives of Surgeon-General Rixay, FREE OF CHARGE OF KILLING FRIEND, Andrew Petri Acquitted in White Plains of the Murder of Michael Connors. Mh} (Special to The Evening World.) WHITE PLAINS, 1.—Andrew petri, of Brooklyn, who at one time frult buyer for Leggett & Co., of New York, was acquitte of the murder of Michael Connors, his friend, in the Supreme Court to-day. On Feb. 21 last Connors was found dying In Mount Vernon from four large shes in his head, made with an axe, weapon was produced before the for caisson fever contracted ye Barly. this morning the patient reported worse. Little hope tained for his recove! De Wet Of for South Africa, LONDON, Noy. 1.—Gen, De wet started from London. this morning for South Africa. He was hettly cheered by, thove who had gathered 10 see him ws ag: wa: is ente: Grand Jury, but was not shown in court. Petri admitted he went to Mount Ver- non with Connors the day before Con- of the charge | HEALERS WANT CHANGE OF VENUE Counsel for Lathrop and the Quimbys Reported Getting Ap- plication Papers Ready. (Spectal to The Evening Wort.) WHITE PLAINS, Nov. 1—It has been found by the county authoritles to have John Quimby, his wifo, Geor- gianna Quimby and John Carroll Lathrop, the christian sclentists, plead before Judge Platt, at the opening of the term of the court at White Plains on next Monday, and the healers are using every possible influence to-day to stay such action, !s known that they have urged publican politicians to ald er dt will be of any pr th P ot Known. District-Attorney Y ublican, while Judge Platt is a Democrat, A New York lawyer, who is counsel for Christian Scientist. Church, 1s rted preparing papers for the pur- © of making application to a Su- preme Court Justice to have the place of trial changed frdm Westchester to some other county, on the ground that the people of Westchester, especially the jurymen, hold enmity ‘to the foi- lowers of the cult. Tn case the application should be de- nied appeal will be taken to the Appellate. Division. of the Supreme Court. This will mean a long delay, ich the Scientists are actually loo! ing for. $$ Young George Clark Found. George C. Clark, fifteen years old, of 0 Morningside avenue, who was re- ported by his father on Oct, 29 as miss- Ing, has been found tn Chicago. Capt, Titus received a telegram at midnight from Superintendent of Police O'Nell, of Chicago, saying he had the youngster. Capt, Titus sald the boy had’ $125 when he left home and was well dressed Paya f SHOCKING ACT OF BLIND HAN Threw Corrosive Acid in the Face of His Beautiful Young Wife and Destroyed the Sight of One of Her Eyes. SHE WOULDN'T SUPPORT HIM He Decoyed Her to a Vacant House and Did the Deed on Her Refusal to Listen to Him. ‘This {s a story of the slums. It reeks with evil, but it deals with a tragedy of love and vengeance which {s real and brutally savage. A blind man, sightless through the errors of the woman he loved, discard- ed by her and left to live in poverty while her good looks made life easy for her, in a moment of wild anger threw acid in her face last night because she refused to give him money. He js now 4 prisoner and she {fs in a hospital with her beauty spoiled forever and one of her eyes as sightless as those of her husband. The blind man fs Richar@ P. Harding. He 1s only twenty-nine. Nine years ago he married Mary Zauner. She was then but elghteen years of age and a picture of girlish beauty. Her husband was tall and strong and she loved him. Raced the Downward Path. He was a sporting man, employed by bookmakers, and together the two young people travelled about the country, fol- lowing the races, This is not the kind of life that makes happiness when years begin to tell, Harding drank a good deal and was careless of his wife. She met the fast set that follows the ra and by and by she forgot the duties of a wife, and the two began to drift apart. They quarrelied often and separated from time to time. Knowing that she was not what she should be, Harding took her back as his wife again end again, ‘ His easy morals became easier along with hers, and then there came a time when he did not care what she did so long ae she let him live with her. It was an awful sort of life, but there are many such tn a city Iike this. Two years and a half ago the nerves in both Harding's eyes began to become atrophied. It matters not why, but the man learned that the waywardness of nsible. In his wife was primary, resi a short time he was blind. He could no longer work. His wife cast him off. She took to the streets. He lived as best he might. Occastonally she met him In Fourteenth street and, in spasms of pity for his affilction, gave him money, He Drove Her to the Streets. He took It without shame, although he knew its source. He became more insistent in his demands, She rebelled, for she was a saving creature and she was piling up her earnings in the bank. To escape from him she fled to Norfolk, Va. He followed her and dnove her back to Fourteenth street. Their bickerings went on, He was sinking faster in the scale than she, for he had poverty to contend with as well as loss of self-respect. He became ragged, At times he went hungry. His blind eyes weighed on him and made him bitter. He was thinking always of the woman, his wife, who had made him blind. Although he hated her, he loved her In a way, despite his wanton way of living, and despite ners, too. Penny To Aid A Sick Friend, and I Will Risk $5.50. I ask only a postal card-—just the name of some one who needs help. Tell me the book to send. ‘Tis a trifle to do for a friend—don't neglect it. 1 will gladly do the rest. I will even do this:—I will mail the sick one 0 an order—good at any drug store—for six bot- tles Dr. Shoop’s Restorative, He may take it a month at my risk. If it succeeds it costs $5.50. If it fails, J will pay the druggist myself. And the sick one’s mere word shall decide it, I do that. so that those who need help will accept it. I have what want them to have it. one cannegiect It. se sick ones must have to get well, and I I make my offer so fair that no sick T do just as I say, and trust the cured ones to be fair with me. I have furnisned my Restorative to hundreds of thou- sands on those tertus, and 89 out of each 40 have paid gladly, because they were cured. 1 want not a penny otherwise. My Restorative is my discovery, the result of my life- time's work. I have perronally tested it in thousands of cases ag difficult as physicians ever meet. In my vast ex- perience { have so perfected it that it does not fail, save wher a cause—like cancer—makes a cure impossible, My snecess comes from strengtheing the ineide nerves. Cominon treatments merely doctorsthe organs, and the best results are but temporary. power which alone makes those organs act. My treatment restores the nerve It is like giving ‘a wenk engine more steam, Any weak vital organ does its duty when given the power to act, and there is no other way to make weak organs well. No other remedy strengthens weak inside nerves, and for this reason there is no other treatment for chronic dis- eases which any nian will offer on a plan like mine, Please tell me who needs a remedy like that. wanted, and address Dr, Shoop, Box 740 Racine, Wis, nors was found murdéred, but estab- lished an alibi through his’ counsel, ex- Judge George C. Appell. ‘The jury refused to convict because the axe yas not In evidence and the chain of olroumstantial evidence was in- completo, nats | \ ' shoop's Restorative 1s sold by simply state which book fs | cases, not chronic, are often, cured by one or two bottles. Dr. Book No. Book No. Book No. Book No, Book No. Book No. 1 on Dyspepsia, 2 on the Heart. 3 on the Kidneys, 4 for Women. 5 for Mon (sealed). 6 on Rheumatism, druggists. ‘That he did love her in a way of his own Is shown by his being able to feel her presence, He often stood in Four- teenth street and called her name as she passed gayly up the street. There was something in her step, In the swish of her skirts, which to his sharpened instinct, cultivated since all the days had become dark to him, made him aware of her presence, So, though he was blind, #he could never escape him. To her his eyes were still as. they used to be, Last night Harding was hungry. Lay in Wait for Her. His month's rent of $8 for his bare, dirty room was due. He had not a cent. He went groping his way into the street, determined to meet his wife and ask her help, although the last time he had seen her she had repulsed him. He stood at Fourteenth street and Broadway until after midnight and she did not come, He thought she must be il and he was thinking of returning to his room, when he heard the familiar footstep. He walked out Into the mid- dle of the sidewalk and spoke her name. It was she, “I want to talk to you," “Come down the street. “You want money, [ suppose?” sald. “Yes,” ho answered, and together they moved down to Twelfth street, where a new building gave them a quiet corner to talk unobserved, There he asked her for the money. She refused him, He pleaded with her and told her the old story of his sight- less plight. She listened, a little soft- ened, he thought, and then he spoke of his love for her, To others it would have been a horrible mockery, but {t wasn't to her. She was as blind morally as her husoand physically, Shé merely pon- dered the material advantages and dis- advantages of the question. He asked her to let him live with her again. She was softened somewhat by his words, but sne said that ths could never be. The man became excited and pressed closer to her. “Let, me put my arm around you again,” he said, Dashed Acid in Her Face. She did not resist him. He drew her up to him and then asked if he might kiss hem There was something in hia manner which frightened her. His words were so quivering with emotion that she drew back. “No,” she said, “Don't kiss me.” “No? echoed ‘the man Ina burst of fury. ‘Well, take that then.’ He had put his hand in his coat pocket and as he drew {t forth It held a bottle. He dasned the contents into his wife's face. Instinctively she threw her hands up. She felt a fierce pain on the back of her hands and on her face. She screamed while her husband stag- gered back and began groping his way. along the dark bullding. Policeman Wrenn had heard her shriek and ran to her, oatching Harding in his blind effort to escape. A doctor In the neighborhood dressed the woman's burns and then she was sent to St. Vincent's Hospital. Harding was locked up. He was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court to-day and remanded until his wife ehall be able to appear against him, He ts charged with felonious as- gault. ‘The acid he used was not vit- riol. ‘The police have not learned what it was. Harding says that he had ft in his pocket with no Intention of usin fe until the Impulse came on him, was a corn cure of some sort, he says. Says He’s Sorry He Did It. “When she refused to help me or to let me kiss her.” he sald to-day, “I could not help what I did. You know a blind man’s emotions are not easy to restrain. I haven't got used to being blind yet. I am sorry I did it, but it's too late now to regret It.” Harding lives at No. 105 East Thir- teenth atreet.. His wife lives at No, 235 East Fifty-third street. Before last night she was very ‘handsome, but she will never be so again, even {tf she re- covers her sight. FROM COAL MINE TO PULPIT, ——— he said. she A story of American pluck, perse+ verance and ambition, is that of Rev. N. W. Matthews, formerly of Ply mouth, Pa., now pastor of the First Primitive Methodist church of Low- ell, Mass., who began life as the som of a miner, bat- fy ting against hard conditions and winning his way up in tha world until he is to-day a Doctor faof Philosophy, a member of the Faculty of tha Primitive Metho- dist Theological School, and pas- tor of one of the most prosperous churches in Massachusetts. Twen- ty years ago, Nathan W. Matthews, when amere lad,worked inthe mines with his father and brothers in the anthracite region, near Hazelton. Early and late he toiled in the bowels of the earth, and suffered with his comrades all the privation of long hours and low wages. Rev. Mr. Matthews says that Sr among other evils suffered by miners, bone is more dangerous and harder to overcome, notwithstanding the improved conditions under the in- apector system, than the Injury to health. The miners spending so much of their time underground, In dampness and dust, causes many to become broken in health long before their time, These conditions cause wasting away of the body, miners* asthma, sore throat, bronchitis, and serious throat and lung troubles. To overcome this condition nourishment for the blood and food for the tls- sues of the body are needed, and Rev, Mr. Matthews says: “I have no hesitation in recommending Father John's Medicine as the best remedy prescribed for tha ailments referred to above. Its purity and wholesome~ hess and nourishing qualities are ex- actly suited for building up and re- storing to health those exposed to th conditions existing in Pennsylvan! and for all suffering from miners’ asthma, throat and lung troubles, colds, grip, and debilitated systems, I have used it in my family with won- derful success. SETTLE ALL ARGUMENTS BY CONSULTING THE World Almanac. 000 Topics Tersely ‘Treated in tho 1902 World ia © * Well printed and oy © © 250. all newwdealera, © © ©