The evening world. Newspaper, December 23, 1902, Page 4

A) In the hospital at Dobbs Ferry, N. S., les a young man with his face beaten out of human semblance, who ays he ina resident of this city and Was held wp by thugs and robbed of | Whe New York Central tracks in the Dobbs Ferry yards, ‘West Forty-ffih street, but admits that " both ere fictitious. His excuse for con- eraling his rea! name is that he doos ~ not wish hia people to learn that he has | Beed* tn: trouble. Policeman Springstec! ‘was shot by one of the two men who ure beloved to bave assaulted Jones, “Whoever the man {s, he has certalaly | been most thoroughty assaulted. He) gays the men who beat him tried to throw him under the wheels of a pass-) Ferry heard somebody stumbling about Just outelde the door of the bolter-roorn | He went out and found | Jones attired only In an undershirt qnd | eovered with blood, The man was taken | to the honpital, where he told a story of moeting two men, one of them tall and “Wearing a light overcoat, who beat him Sinto Insensibliity after trying to throw him under a train and then robbed him his money and his clothes, “Policemen Springstecl and Cramp Btarted out to flud the thugs. Spring- “steel found them getting aboard a “freight train that was pulling out of Dobbs Ferry for the Bouth, When the mén saw the policemen they opened fire | him, One bullet struck him tr the Jeft shoulder, inflicting a painful wound, On account of his burt he was unable! +) board the train, but emptied his Fevbiver at the men. Samped from the Tra “A telephone message war sent to Spoxere and the trafn was held up by | epolice there, but the men were not ral, it Is the bellet of the Dobbs Ferry Police that the man who calls himseit | — denes Is one of three who were sven everything down to his undershirt on | Me gives the name of Waltor Jones and his place of residence as No. 312) lauty at the Classon avenue 8! jlam Jones, SUAIPPED NAKED. Hammer Youth’s Face of Human Semblance ‘and Take Even His Clothes ; “Away. rae SHOOTS A POLICEMAN. ‘Covered with Blood and Clad Only : in Undershirt, He Tells How They ‘Tried to Thrust Him Under Mov- _ ing Train. HOOLAN AND BOOLEY CAPTAINS Police Commissioner Partridge Promotes the Two To-Day and Gives Them New York City Precincts. THEY ARE LONG ISLANDERS. | One from Brooklyn, the Other from Coney Island—Tom Seabrooke Is Proud of Their Elevation to Gay; Manhattan, | ‘Hoolthan’s a mighty have you all know, [And Dooley-o0, a jewel, | let no culprit go. | Oh, Hool » aay what you o in an honor to his race, Dooley-oo, his heart is true, and you cannot beat hig face. Chor . Hoolthan, Dooley-ooley-o0! ft team to ran ne. the boys in To them you make a low kow- | tor— (Its the proper thing to do | Te Hoolihan, the mighty m Dooley-aoley-o0! Hoolihan and Dooley are the names of the two new police captains. Com- | Milssioner Partridge gaye them thelr badges to-day. | Hoollhan Assigned valu. How he cacaped being |to the Delancey street station. whore eareorens treln i pling | Capt. Albertaon hae, been In co mand. PUA over while wandering half blind) Aiverison |way shifted to, Eldrida: vy! e | xtreee nnd Capt. Hogan from Bast boat the railway yards 1s remarkable, | Airco. and) Chat | Mopar from ree: ’ en's retirement caused a vacancy. fa Was Covered with Blood. | "Dooley was ordered to take command | ‘The engineer of the brewery at Dobbs the Old Sip station, where Acting stain Saul has been in charge since : Bheehan's retirement, Hoolihan has been doing ton In He was appolated na patrol roundaman in 1891 and a fi Cal George KR. Brooklyn. man in 1883, rf in 1892. Dooley hay been at the Coney Island station. He was appointed to the for n J8k6, made A roundsman [in 184 and a sergeant In 1896. Fifty-five sergeants were appointea late: this afternoon new Sergeants are Edward P. Alcorn, Thomas Meyers, ilam Boett) ink Copboy, Albert Maron, 1, Dooley. Kelly, John John’ Bmith, Shea, William Poot, James A Kdward J. Hurke, Jumes A, Meehan, Lehr, John 8. James H ne Rohrig, A. Ferdon, Vachris, . Stewart, Hughos Thomas ‘Ryan HH. Sullivan, Cooper, Fri William Ant George H. Donohue, Jame: tans dd, John William A. Batley: Willan H Magter- son, Wililam Butler, Danlel Daly, Jonn Dugan, Thomas “MoGulre, William Bauer, Peter MoNeely, John’ McDonald Michaol Sweeney, Guatay Rehahr, While iam) MeGioin, John Kelsler, Thomas Duty, ete rial, Martin Regan, Kk Walsh. di John John Vitageral MeKeon, Pateick MeGinley, Patri nn Sualer, John Hef- ferman, MeKeon, John P. Jumes Muleahey, Robert Bedell, John Hovle, Henry Martin Snyder, Max Lasky, Francis in. James A. Pearce, Frank’ Gerh- Thomas J, O'Connor, John Cahill I ! tek wbout Dobbs Ferry during the day, At in wuppored that he got into a tight! after nightfall and that the two com-| mions of Jones deat him, took his thes away and left him for dead on | rallway tracks, Ho will be held in| hospital by the poiice until the | Matter can be Investigated. | Police on the Lookont. ‘The polive of all the towns along tho! ‘ower Hudson River made u searen for the men who shot Pollceman Spring: J ‘steel to-day, It Is believed that they “are tn cuatod runke! Pollet Magap hae guile to Yonkers to see iE he entity the men under arrest ther the descriptions furnished by ingateel and Joes ‘® result of the shooting of Spring: | H the police force of Lobos serry, | Oh consi at present of three men Probably be increased In size, Thi Wiroad yards in the vicinity of thy m have become| the rendezvous of} and thieves, and the section has| n terrorized for some time because of the insufMicient pollce pr tion : ——— SAID FRIEND ROBBED HER. | Mek. Grose Mad Minx Rauaxell Sremted. but Didw't Prem Caxe. Mrs, Vivian Cross, of No. 1287 Alex-| Ander avenue, appeared Mor- Fisanla Court fo-day a# complainant ‘against Maud Russell, a very pretty | girl, twenty-one, who gaye he dress as No. 235 St. Ann’s avenue. Mrs. Cross said that severa! years ago | she was the young woman's Sunday- | school teacher in Springfleld, Mass., and Ar- ac Russell said she had pawned th fen merely to obtain money. where. with to pay the bili for storing the ture and a gas bill. Magistrate Barlow asked Mrs. Cro ed ess the comp! pe sail no ‘and Miss Russell was tis: _ MURDER WITNESS IN JAIL. B. K. Evans Accused of Question- ¢ able Transaction. » 8. K. Evans, who is the principal against Hooper C. Young, now the Tombs awaiting trial for the i wo of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer, was ‘Mtresotd this afternoon, 1s the man Young hired the rig in which he conveyed Mr = jaar’ body from Mle city iy erssy ny. He was atrested this forenoon plaint of Ernest Staude, wns that a month ago h Meas tor vase ons, omaha ‘of John i. Annens, 1. {Witen he endenvored to. ro: che had never signed it's that ‘arraigned’ before Justice Ie of 200 ‘ball, ‘NP County Block. | wholenale switching about ee FIVE POLICE CAPTAINS ARE TRANSFERRED. Commissioner Partridge, just before going home this afternoon, announced a f police cap- tains “for the good of the service ‘The men transferred and thelr old and w stations are as follows pt. Bebey, from the Highbridge sta- tlon to Morrtsanta, Caupt, Wendell from West One Hun- dred and Twenty-ifth street to High- rildge, Capt. Martens from Alexander avenue station to West One Hundred and Twen- tyaifth street, RIOT CHARGES WILL BE THROWN OUT. It w Headquarters 18 Announced unoMotally at Pollee ay that before he ri tires Commiswioner Partridge will @la- mies the charges against Inspector Cross and Capt. Albertson, growing out of the ots attending the funeral of Rabb! Joseph last summer, At the thme of the riots Inspector Cross had charge of the east #lde tn- spection district. Capt, Albertson was in charge in Delancey ‘street and Capt, Herlihy in Eldridge street. All three, with others, were Included tn charg that when she came to ‘New York > 5 ¢ preferred by the Corporation © 7 she aay ee with her. |Pr°is doubtful if. the charme neeinas | to a hospital © Te Cross Was taken |Capt. Herlihy will be dismiased, but i fac Cross wald Miss Russell took a | Mere !8 every agsurance that Inspector gold Watch and chaln and gold-handied |CrOs#,and Capt. Albertson will get clean la and pawned them: “She nea (record for Christmas presents, Capt @ Household goods of Mrs, Chess ut | Albertson was transferred to the Il: Gridge street precinct to-day ———— BIG TRACTION VE Chicage to NTURE. ave New Un Road Combined with 1," CHICAGO, Dec few York and Chleago capttailsts are sald to have Jotned forces to Jaunch in Chicago one of the most colossal traction ventures the clty has known, according to the vane cece. init The scheme is for an undergrouni rallroad, combined with & new sievated railroad, the cost of the entire project to. be from $81,000,000 to. $55,000,000" ‘The Interborough Rapid Transit Com- pany, of New York, which built the big underground radir in that elty, is said to be really at the head of the | acheme, backed up by a few wealthy | jmen. ‘Eight New Yorkers have been | Ulrectly interested, 1t Is sald, FORMER NEW YORKER DEAD. William Hoyt Passes Stamford, Co! STAMFORD, Conn., Dee, 23,—Willlam Hoyt, formerly prominent in New York business life as a leather merchant, of the firm of Hoyt Brothers, dled to-day at his residence in Noroton, aged elghty- four years. or Away at ‘N) J, Dec. 28—There Diaxze at the plant of h car Foofing company nue to-day, Several ‘ des in- ot Brooklyn Lawyer Married, BARATOGA, Dec, 23,—Miss Ethel A. Cover, daughter of Mr. and Sirs, Ben- Jamin F. Cover, of thie place, and Ed- win D. Kenyop, a lawyer, of Brooklyn, are married at the reaidence of, the ts here, The Serennad, ed on, erground | ‘ ‘ CAPT. MOYNIRAN ON THE STAND. Police Official Accused of Brib- ery as a Witness in His Own Behalf Tells a Story of Ad- venture. IN BATTLE AT FOURTEEN. Drummer Boy for His Regiment at Bull Run a Few Months After Coming from Ireland, and a Major at Eighteen. the ptain Danlel C. Moy- Justice Davy, In the Crim: the Supreme Court, for a bribe of $25 from a disor house-keeper, waa brought out to- when Inspector Kane went on the and testified Ghat one night last July, when ke had gone to the East One Hundred and Fourth street station with plainclothes men to rail disor ly houses {n the precinct, he found that the places had been tipped off by some of Moynihan's men. Inspector Kane sald that men had been sent out by the defendant in plain elot with the result that when he and his men arrived, the precinct was shut up tight as a drum, The Inspector sald that he had called this matter to the attention of Capt. Moynthan in @ written order, in which he had also re- quested that the men who had tipped off these houses be put tack in uniterm, nihan before inal Branch « opting derly day or With Inspector Kane's testimony the Assistant District-Attorney rested the people's case and ex-Judge Qleott, for the defense, moved that the indictment he dismissed on the ground that all the evidence of a material nature had been given by self-confessed accessories to the crime charged, and was therefore v Justice Davy denied the motion, Moynihan Takes Stand. Then Capt. Moynihan, aftre slitting stolidly through the testimony of wit- ness after witness, took the stand and tueless, modently told the story of his life, which ed from early boyhood appeared to be fil with brave deeds and thrilling adven- ture, which electrifed the Court, Jury and the throng of spectators who filled the courtroom. Capt. Moynihan ts a stockily built man with a large square Jaw and mus- taches that have a military twist Though he Has a ¢ rich brogue, he enunclates clearly speaks with and precisi He “vegan the remarkable story of his Nfe by stating In reply to a question by ex-Judge Olcott that he had been bgrn in Ireland and had come to thls country in 1881, when boy of fourteen, “What did you do when you frat came | to this country?” asked Mr, Olcott ‘The pceused police captain stared at the celling for a few seconds and then piled: “On April 14, 1861, T enilsted as a drummer boy in Compaty K, of the Hixty-ninth Kogiment, and atarted to the front in, anawer to a call by Presid@t Lincoln." ‘Pho formerly Mstiess spectators, and evan the Judge and Jury, leaned forwant and watched the face of the witness With quickened Interest, i re did you go with your regi- continued Mr. t “Pirat”” sid Ca than in a matter of fact tone, t to Wash- ington and from there eded to the first battle of Bull Run.” In Battle at Fourteen, Judge Olcott then brought out with considerable diMfegity that Capt. Moynt han had beaten hin drum when bi boy of fourteen at the hi nt at the bate of Bull Run. n th regiment Was mustered out. but Moynihan joined the One Hundred and Bixty-fourth New York Regiment in the capacity of drummer boy in was with ft the battles of Suftollc 1 Black W There wer fights too,” Cay Herlihy from the Grand Cen’ . - station to Alexander avenue. ig muses tHe eae iu teaaeane Capt. Copeland from the City Hall to ounsel then brought East Thirty-ffth street. Rut Moynihan was barely aixte been promoted to. th Six months later vas made a Firat Ieutenant. On Ap 18th, he was made a major at the a of eighteen b . Seymour, and fin- ce with Grant at tank of sergeant ished his actly Appomatox ¥ Ireland. istered out Capt. Moy- 1a band of young Irish fought through the Re- . ried to 1 tially, ni 1 he who |vellion of Ireland In the hope of helping hia country to shake off the yoke of | England “We did not free Ireland,” sald Moy nihan in tie same matter of fact way he had given all his testimony. Then the defendant told of his real estate ventures, which, he sald, wero be- in by the ald of money he had saved rom hia pension. He said that he owned between $50,000 and $60,000 Worth of real estate. He denied emphatically that he had ever taken a dishonest doi- lar in his fe. on CONTESTS VAN NORT’S WILL Cou Claim Property Left to Daughter of Common Law Wife The will of George Van Nort, or ‘ommissioner of Public Works tn. thin \ty, 14 belms contested by his cousins on the ground that all of the heirs were hot notifled at the time df probate, and on the ground that he was mentaliy in- acitated at the time of his death, In Phe heiress to the $205,000 in dispute is Isabella Duffy Keegan, of Tyringham, Mags., daughter of Van Nort’s common law wife. ‘The Van Nort cousins claim that Van t wuarrled Irene Von Beemer in California, previous to twk- Ing his common law! wife. Briefs. will he audmitted to Surrogate Fallon, of Rockland County, in Nyack, on Tues- day of next week —— RICH MAN’S SON HURT. ‘Thebnud A nin Take njured Boy Hom Edward B. King, the alxteen-year-old son of Bennett King, a wealthy tnqur- ance man, with offices at No, 1 Madison avenue, was knocked down by a hansom at Fiftieth street and Madison avenue, to-day, and sertously injured. He ts at his home, 12 Bast Fiftieth street, suffering ‘from concussion of the brain Mrs, PB. G. Tyebaud, of White Plains, and her two children’ were in the cab. Thebaud assisted In removing young King to his home. Mra. PL G o Clerk Restored. Justice Leventritt, of the Supreme Court, handed down a decision to-day directing the Tax Gomenisioner to re- in lenry Bull u a chia 4 rk, from w he ‘wo ies m as 80 The vo money varde fr Tt was know hi To w “1 don to any What or sta boy Tk to # bi 1 FIRE ters, OINTMEN’ Uleers a face panied him on an errar ais " RLD: TUESDAY EVE ROBERT WESTPHAL, WHO PUT POWDER IN G. F. LEYH’S BEER. (Continued from First Page.) cents Just before Mr. Tevh ate his) the bicycle or t giving my employer Street. One of the men turned west lunch, He mis alone whtie L was out] a headache powder,’ |e ig) amd disappeared in Central Park. ‘The SLiie DABICAAAEDHE ches po Ren ino tha| tite mODIiE other kept on up the avenue, followed glass.” “L only noticed that he was thirsty.” | oy Mrs. Lasher. Detective Benjamin ‘Why did vou first say it was bromo-| Assitant District-Attorney McCaffrey | Mallon, of the West One Hundredth eltzer and now Ache DOW nn took the witness After a long pause the boy replle Do you know anything you have sald] Street station, saw the man coming to- TL didn't know it was anything to-day may be used ugaingt 4 ward shim and tried to head ‘him off at LiWhy tld you put some of It in Mr. ‘sj i have nothing to conceal Tone Hundred and Seventh street. The ie ru his head and I was sorry [sold h he powders as dark, | thie? turned back and ran through One for hum and wanted to cure his head- |with black } mooth face and of) Hundred and Sixth street again, turn: ache.” medium bu | {ng into the doorway the flat house JHlow much powder did you put tn his | Did yo t anything In Leyh's | at No. 17 West One Hundred and Sixth elase?” lass be street, About one-quarter of a powder. Tho], “Miss Isabella told me to put water in| “The detective told Mrs, Lasher to reat T threw in the stoves his Wine when he drank too much. Ilstand at the entrance to the house. In anawer to nuestiona the boy con-/"ent headache powder once before.” | | ite ran up the stairs of No. 16 to tha tinued ax follows. nO ey nd Jou say mgthing about the | roof. Just as he reached the top of Sometimes L went to the ce Py idat now Te was that which | {he, scuttle he saw the man coming oa Pky sate In the. houed had Ae made ht mill." nich | of the scuttle of the other houre. | Ac-| very ane in the house had ace Oe Ncodbre Vaukerasor Now 1 uctia} cording to the detective a desperate | Hite and told mo to taste It. f did. | Broadway and De Kalg avenue, waa the | Very nearly thrown off the roof. Mul- Wictar,’ and told mo to inate It. f did. rere tame THe anid he wre su lon at last beat the man into submis- tt we fr Tort vou put the [fter selling the wheel to. W on. When the street was reached the TA ary Ae you put the lene pay held the mone: his hand | {lef renewed hig struggles to esca How Pyaa Lh nd salt he pay $26.59 for a wheel. | Two policemen came to Mallon'a ald Hitals’ haw » {He said vorked. for {and the prisoner was taken to the sta- After drinking It he walked a few! Ho said he worked for an automobile | ind Bett ‘i . tier tos hl 7 company in New York and earned $200 a/ tion house where he gave the name yards nnd fell. 1 catied to him and ran | ont ¥ earned $200 | OP” William” Schayne, twenty-three to the cel ned tit Atthsor wixt ata Miss Isabella Leyh, daughter of the| Nears old, a waiter, of No. 27° West i toll how her father asked her) Twenty-fifth street, She the i was yt come ne could. then told how on the floor one am where In a pook K neh there grocery at at c non 14 and aid Ww Then Sy hom ong? ow n't know “You did not mention having found It did 5 did you do with 167" 5-3) 8 an a yale" rted home about named Ty now J) store and bought in’t Telit Continuing the boy wall: yg, we tt al “TP pald $26.00 for the wheel and yh's daughter. Mrs. | re, ee for the glover. I left word for the blice hat she hal ofte pst day and placed in the Queens to be sent home the Tuesday before father complain of. the ‘ounty Jail, charged with attempted In- Ghristmas—that's to-day. T dl not tell {and West reply would |cendiarism. He Is accused of trying to my mother elther about the purchase of EATENS AN ENTIRE TOW THR and It May Be Necessary to, Blow Up Houses to Stop Fire.| Advised No Excitement. Beatrice, Neb., Prey of Flames, Simply Didn’t Attend New Eng-| GIRL AND MOTHER STOLE, land Dinner Because Doctors Mra. ylor and Daughter Pleaded _ Mrs, Gertrude Taylor, aged forty-two years, and Helen ‘Taylor, twenty-one BEATRI Soh. Dec. 2.—Fire, sp-] Tt was sald at the house of Andrew! mother and daughter, were arrested 1 posed to be ondlary origin, after} Carnegie this morning that the reason Detectives Larkins and) Mam doing $125,080 worth of damage here to-[he did not go to the New England So- ina Sixth department day, started again, owing to defective! ctety dinner last night and respond to|store on the charge of shoplifting, ‘The samping arrangementa and galned;a toast was not because he nad! euf- i in thelr possesion articles to Eiwiuineaawas |fered any relapse from his filnexs © of $35 from other stores, and had At noon ft seemed Mkely to durn for/abroad, but becauso of that fMiness his| picked up several small articles from RaveeniEhoire © is talk of dyna-| physicians had advised him not to sub-|the store they Were arrested {n miting several » buildings in} mit to any unn ary excitement, Hea te ive Lacie sates Reaninedts order to save oth Mr, Carnegie, according to his seere-|}euel held them in each for trial In (All of the firms within a block of the blaze are moving. ; The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany has been obliged to reek new quar- Eesemn, No u're, No Pay. Tour druggist will refund your money If PAZO T falls to eure Ringworm, ta dine: was not down there and t to Joe White's | once, he found the] 4) Mr feyh w til he Then T wer a wheel Hix Mother, i PLUCKY WOMAN FOILS A THE Mrs. Lasher Found Two Men in Her Flat. Followed Them to the Street and Chased One Screaming. CORNERED ON A HOUSE TOP. Detective Caught a Man Who Gave the Name of William Schayne and Récovered the Jewels Stolen from Mrs. Lasker. Ada Lasher's presence of mind her to recover a considerable amount Jewelry afer it had been stolen to-day from her flat at No. West One Hundred and Fourth street. She had been ovt shopping and re- turned home at 31 o'clock. When she put the key In the lock she found the door was unfastened. Mrs. Lasher thought ‘her husband had returned early and started to go Inside. Just as she opened the door two men pushed her aside and ran out of the flat. Mrs. Lasher grabbed one of the men and held on to him, screaming all the time, until he struck her in the face and forced her to let go her hold. The plucky woman ran after the man, calling for the police. The thieves ran to Manhattan avenue, where they turned north to One Hundred and Sixth Mrs. lenabled On Schayne the police found a ring set with four opals, three rings set with pearls, one turquoise breastpin, a gold watch and chain and a pocketboox con- | taining two $10 gold pleces and ehre> $1 bills, Mrs. Lasher identified the prop- erty. A box of morphine pilla were also found on the prisoner. ®chayne Was arralgned in the Wost Side Court and remanded back to the station-houre, —— ARSON TO PAY PASSAGE? Widower Accused of Incendiar- ism, Supposedly Committed to Reach Germany, August Behrman, a driver, of No, Magnolia street, Willlamsburg, was on the morning of his de: letter to Westphal's mother had called the boy a name, the boy had resent a was sorry ‘for It. She her and @he boy had dis- | that her father frequentiy vore at Westphal when the boy would ido his. work Sold Otto O6tin| h to write a} the He said he tele- but f one-half | ow a lying «did not is found Woy No Powders, petinger. the d t whose store Westphal says he ned the headache powders, answers the descrip- Uon the lad gaye of the man who sold him the powders. He sald he had no Knowledge of Westphal's having pur- chased any headache powders at. his store. He sald there was one clerk ‘there, a blonde, and a small boy, who id not walt on eustom as asked nd met 2 accom 154 Noble nemetlc and Leyh and of 42 mp on Mr ti. He is. the husband he 1 une burn down the two-story frame house he ne wie ue ~~ Jashared with three other families, ’ A fire was discovered in the house last Saturday night, but was extin- gulshed without much damage, Bear- man and his three children were out ‘Tho firemen broke Into his apartments and found open vessels containing oll fa all the rooms. Behiman's wife died a month ago. It Ig sald that he has ber trying to raise money to enable him ISIN NO DANGER, ty to Shoplifting Charge. tary, 1s constantly improving, and yes-| Special Sessions. They were bailed, terday he took a short walk about his house. He drives out in the park with his Nttle daughter every day and ts rapidl; Two Shot in Kentucky Feud, MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Dec. 23.—Wiil- iam Mills, aged nineteen, brother of galning In strength, Henry R. Mis, formerly pastor of Mid- He will not attend any banquets or|diesboro M. E, Church South, was shot respond to any toast, however, until he| and killed late last night by Ohristopher Aingianiy ive Turner. Turner was mortally wound A Dan entits recovered his former robust| the fight was ed. yealth. FREE DOLL! This life size rag doll given free with * *_¢ etter, Old the result of an old After Ridiculing President Can- tor’s Request Aldermen Grant It, and Bonds Will Be Issued. Again the remodelling and refurnish- ing of Clty Hall. At the suggestion of President Cantor the Board was asked to authorize an Issue of apecial revenue bonds of $20,000 to complete the refur- nishing and redecorating of the Mayor's office and City Hall. “What! More monev for the City Hall?" exclaimed Alderman i Sul- liv: Why an issue of revenue bonds in- stead of corporate stock?’ asked Al- dermen McInnes. use under the charter we haven't the authority to issue corporate stock fer # pose." answered Pres- deng Canto “What do you want $20,000 for?’ asked Alderman Haller. sage! “To returnish the interior we need furniture,” said President Cantor. “Moquette carpets?" asked Alderman Gaffney. “Lounging chairs, perhaps," suggest- eq Alderman Wafer, “Naw—shaving sets and mirrors,” said Alderman McCall. “How much money haa already been expended on these so-called City Hall improvements?” demanded Alderman Haller. “Seventy thousand dollars," said Prest- dent Cantor. “Well,” exclaimed Alderman Wentz, “if It takes as long to finish this job as {: fe taldng to fix up those stairs out there, the job will never be finishod."’ The resolution was adopteds CHAM 305,499 cases MAKE A STILL MORE offer unusual opportunities for everyday footwear. 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Fluss was a plumber and up to the time of the murder had enjoyed a repur tation as a peaceful young man, He was very sensitive, On the night of the shooting, after he had been drink- ting heavily, he got into an argument with Baker in the course of which he sald the saloon-keeper had insulted him, He left the place and bought a revolver, Returning he cornered Baker in a hall- way and shot him down When sentence was passed upon him to-day he turned deathly pale, but made no exclamation. —_ Overcome by Gas. ra old, 1 WAS Overcome y to-day, her condition being due to a leaky pipe. Woman nie R. % F Fa of N PAGNE Importations for Five Years TO NOVEMBEK 1, 1902, 3,665,988 wrrss THAN Al more oruer BRAND.’ An achievement unparalleled in the History of the Champagne Trade, THE FAMOUS 1898 VINTAG E NOW ARRIVING IS DESTINED T® EMPHATIC INCREASE. wisest selections in Holiday and easy choice from a vast assortment te prices. SLIPPERS FOR WOMEN—For every purse and every purpose— house wear. 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