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co RACING # SPORTS” GENERAL SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 4. «dig —— SS “ Circulation Books Open to All.” [ “Circulation Books Open to Ati.” ) EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. NEW YORK. SATURDAY; MARCH 28, . 1903. PRICE ONE CENT: ; MAG. BURDICK 9 VERY ILL Widow of Mysteriously Mur- dered Buffalo Merchant in a Critical Condition— Under Physician’s Care, CAUSED BY MENTAL STRAIN. Dr. Marcy, Who Is in Attend- ance, Makes a Guarded State- ment of Her Case—Officials Are Disturbed. eB Ney Pens (~~ Gpeetal to The Evening World.) BUFFALO, N. Y., March 28.—From an futhoritative source comes the surpris- tng information that Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick, wife of the murdered million- aire, is critically ill at her beautiful mansion in Ashland avenue. It is post- tive that Mrs. Burdick has been con- fined to her room under the care of her family physician, Dr. Marcy, since ‘Thursday afternoon, lan Evening World reporter called at Whe Burdick mansion to tnterview Mrs, Burdick. The door-bell was answered by Dr. Marcy. The physictan positively Wefused to allow any one to see Mrs. Burdick. “Mrs, Burdick has not been feeling well for the past few days,” sald the doctor. ‘She contracted a cold recently and you will have to excuse her.” “Is it true,” asked the -oporter, “that Mrs, Burdick js critically 1?" “I will say that Mrs. Burdick ts 1il,"" replied Dr. Marcy. “She is not danger- ously ill. The terribie ordeal to which @he has been subjected during the try- ing inquest just over has caused her to need a rest more than anything else. I will admit that her condition is such as to warrant quietress.” “It is rumored that Mrs. Burdick has pneumonia. Will you say whether that 4s true?” asked the reporter. “I deny, that positively,’ answered the @octor. He then asked to be excused @nd refused to say anything further, ‘There isa growing feeling here among the authorities that Mrs. Burdick 1s on the verge of collapse. It is sald she is Aittle short of a nervous wreck, and ‘what the outcome of her present {Ilness| f will. be {s a matter of considerable anxiety about Supt. Bull's and District- \Attorney Coatsworth’s offices, HARLAN RESIGNS HIS OFFICE. Attorney-General of Porto Rico Tells President Roosevelt He Will Give Up April 30. WASHINGTON, March 2%.—James 8, Harlan, Attorney-General .of Porto Rico, to-day called on the President and tendered his resignation, to take effect April 90, ——— TO COUNTERACT GAS. * SS Novel Excuse for Drinking Wh: key Snved Rafferty from a Fin Michael Rafferty, @ workman in the subway, was to-day arraigned before Magistrate Deuel in the Harlem Court charged with intoxication. Magistrate Deuel asked him if he was drunk, 1 was,” was the unhesitating Magistrate took some whiskey to counteract the evil effects ofsewer gas in tunnel,” said the prisoner, Magistrate Deusl laughed at the plea end Sisvharged Rafferty. ALLEGED POOLROOM KEEPER Prisonprs Taken in Raids Are Held for Examination, James F. Ellison, otherwise known as “Pift" Ellison the second, appeared in he Court of Special Sessions to-day in @ swell outfit, consisting of a trock coat, white waistcoat, allk hat, tan gloves, light-colored trousers and patent leather shoes, te with three other men, was arrested last night in a reid Hoare alleged peehrconn No. 231 Eas prneen th aT greets ot which. zlltson 1 i 6. proprietor. son was Pea a hoe ball for examination on ‘Thu yy, and James Sullivan, one of ‘the other prisoners, was held jn $300 ball LY examination at the same time. Whe other prisoners were discharged. minck J. Carey, the alleged Of & pool-room in West Th rhe held in $500 ball in Special or examination next Wednesd, ons lay. DIAMONDS HIGHER AGAIN. A dec Advance of Mive Per Cent. Is Anno: | Phe sorrows of the poor are never end- ing. Joy over the fall in the price of anthracite has been cut short by the a@nnouncement of a further 5 per cent. gexerce an pri aft oie ugh diamonds, it within seven weeks. ore per they oan Van re apply ot the De bes i gust eas shart oF that the Sa tore compan sdvaiion will not ‘imtoo! —_ Boovevelt to Be « LL.D, for @ month or two, RACE KING BREAKS » BENNING S RECORD Son of Tenny Runs Four and a Half Furlongs in 65 2-6 Seconds—lillyria Wins at 10 to I. (Speotal to The Bventng World.) BENNINGS RACE TRACK, Wash- ington, D. C., March 28.—The largest crowd of the meeting came out to the course this afternoon. There was stan@ing-room in the grand stand only. ‘The betting-ring was so choked that betting was a torment. The club-houso was uncomfortably crowded with fash- fonably jgowned women representing Washington's best society. The weather was very warm and wraps were a burden. A trip through the betting ring was sufficient to bathe one in perspiration. ‘The reason for this extraordinary out- pouring of visitors to Bennings’s pretty gourse. was the attraction which the card offered in the shape of two steeple chase events. One was the Chevy Chase Handicap, an annual feature et Bea- nings. To this race only horses that have been regularly hunted at hounds during the runs of the Chevy Chase Club ate eligi ble. Horses are ridder in “Pink” by gentlemen approved by the stewards. “Pink” means hunting costume of pink | Pe; hunting coat, white breeches and high silk hat or black velvet hunting cap. As a spectacle the Chevy Chase steeple- chase {s well worth looking at and as each of the gentlemen riders has a host of friends, the most uproarious enthu- slasm prevails during the progress of the race. ‘To the regulars the flat races appealed more strongly. ‘There was a race on the card which brought about a meeting between Wynd- ham Waldron’s crack filly Petunia and 0. L. Richards's Race King, winner of the Arington purse on the openng day. Petunia was looked upon by the New recommendation to the ieee authorities: was the cause of the att: FIRST mace Six furlongs, ao 6 Won ridden out. Srime2 Demurrer was a red-hot favor in the opening ewent and many a oll went on him, for that he was unbeatable. away in front with his usual speed, but When they got to the turn Tlivria’ was within a length and a half Redfern was seen to be ung the fa- vorite, In the run home, Illyria. closed and in a drive won by ‘a length from Demurrer, who was three lengths in front of Dr. Saylor, SECOND RACB. Your and a halt furlongs, tor, 101, Hi Anumade, “sdk Witk'eon i Elnus, 117, 6 Bart eood Batting. patter, weight, Jockey. BLHIC Pin. 8, Plate. King, 113, Redtern.. 1 rs Us} =- Fegtte e ie 5 iy 6 hi % , 110, Hane! Electric, 107, Minds 4 bo a oor, rime 0.55 26. Race King, Judge and Petunia raced head and head to the turn, sc Krng and Judge drew clear. They ra eee ceams ato, the stretch, where began to up. Ina = ors i May elas won by. a_ neck paypay Petunia, three-quarters of a lengt chen front of Julge: “Race King established a new record, beating the mark of .553-58., made by Alan last year, by one-fifth of a second. THIRD Rags, ‘Two and @ half miles. Starter, weight, Jocke; Joe Latter, 3a x der Jacobel F de drmcocts Sts. Tweiltent, Tmeoeee 188, "Walters, rt poor, Won easil; There was the funny farce. The fal and the antics of the horses sonvuised Orleans contingent as unbeatable, while Race King, because of his resolute way of going, had many admirers. The fifth race was the Potomac Stakes, which sent to the post en inter- esting, though not very high class feild of three-year-olds, ‘The track was in superb condition and very fast. ‘The Washington Post-Office authori- ties to-day held up thé maf of all the professional ti) big: little, Tho post-« Ice say that the tip- sters have been Ce gel ananey anaes ‘tenses to aim also that It 19 iMegal to bet en money is sent throu; tals or chat purpose It is an that President How: saderstood a newspaper, President owlent in his day, and it is said that UNDREDS FLEE FROM FLOODS. Big Territory Inundated by aper yester- om "Howland's the crowd from pare fe aren Twi- light, the mount of Mr. ran aver Bye menes sne) frank Talla ana all sorts ir, Knu ed ft Li ae One wtidor ton ‘o the water jump, much to t] eet a of Etec crow: Joe Telter was ace. He set @ Pa not eee mane hat fale ty from bome, where Jacobel closed Ee ran eevee \eeoes fo the Bret, “mR away and ec aor FINISHES. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 2%—The winners af the races scheduled for this afternoon were as follows: First Race—One-half mile.—Matt Wad- h, 15 to 1 and 4 to 1, won; Comoro, 1 to '2 for place, was second, and Don O'High thin. Time—0.b0%4. re} ai no ONE REPORTED MISSING. NONE KANE DEAD WOMAN Visitors at Morgue Fail to Identify Mysterious Un- known Killed by Hansom at Waldorf-Astoria Corner 1K ra ‘be belleved Well Dressed and Apparently Respectable, but No Friends Have Come Forward to In- quire for Her or to Claim Body Reports in the afternoon papers about the unidentified woman at the New York Hospital who was Killed by a han- 6|so0m cab in front of the Waldorf-As- toria last night brought a large number of women to the hospital this afternoon Several of them wer handsomely dressed. They ali refused to give their names. They looked at the dead woman, but none of them could {dentify her. Each tmagined that she might have been a friend or relative from the description they had read, but they were mistaken. She seems to have gone from life to death without making a ripple of com- ment in the circle that knew her. Who can she be? Some one in this great clty knows her. Who {s it? Who are her friends? She was struck down while hurrying along the street, She never spoke a word. Her skull was crushed by the wheels of the oab and her life was Dlotted out. Not a Single Inquiry. She had not @ cent with her. She had no purse, no card, no single scrap of writing on her person that could, tell who she might be. Some one must have missed her; must hawe ex- pected her to return had she run into the street for a moment; must have been awaiting her homecoming had she been out for the evening, and yet ni went to a@ police station, no one @ policeman in the whole city if a woman answering r description had been found wandering or had been sent to any of the hospitals. None of the hotels in the neighbor- hood where she was killed missed any of thelr guests, and although the regis- ters of the Waldorf, the Holland House and others were searched after the ao- FIRE, ACCIDENT AND ELOPEMENT Lt tli Drug Store Blaze Started by Ex- Breaks in. Mississippi Levees and Much Suffering at Vari- ous Points Along the River. GREPNVILLE, Miss, March 2.— “Only six blocks In this place were above water to-day, The police forme with rescuing parties was at work bringing people from the flooded dis- trict, many houses being under water to a depth of several feet. From tthe great jlantations about the crevasse at Lagrange come reports of heart-rending scenes, Hundreds of ne- groes have been brought to Greenville for safety and the town {s filled with stock taken from the plantations sur- rounding Greenville. News has reached here of @ threat- ened break in the levee at Catfish Point, some thirty miles north of Green- ville. The ebtuation is serious. Busi- ness is at @ standstill and many Indus- tries have shut down. plosion of Nitric Acid Develops a Job Lot of Curious Happen- ings in Harlem. Ne Concentrated rays of the sun exploded ten gallons of nitric acid in a large bottle in the window of Max Rosenbaum's drug estore at One Hundred and Fifteenth jeoarse customer with aetna a the lea. | woman may, possibly be a Newark) building he shook hands with Warden | street and Park avenue to-day and set Gre to the place, On the way to the fire, while dashing down the One Hundred and Sixteenth street hill, the heemess on @ horse at- tached to Hose Cart No. 8 became dis- arranged, Fireman Fred Lear tried to fix the snapper. The horse reared and Lear was thrown under the cart, An ambulance was sent for. Lear was revived and sent home in a cab, When the blaze was put out the fire- men learned that the store had been No confirmation of rumors of loss of ee ae ae a handt tend it believed is OPE an that ne iivinig ih these Jocallties iclent warning to escape. WAIFS DEAD IN RIVER. Bodies of Two Babies Found Floating Near Ferry Silps ‘The body of a male child about three days old was found in the slip of the Union Ferry Company at South Ferry to-day by Frank Hughes, of No. 67 At- lantic avenue, Brooklyn, and Patrick MoGovern, of No, % Veranda place, Brooklyn, ‘The body was sent to the anna, body, that of a female child, nd float: the North River at the foot of Forty-second street in a pastedoans. box weighted Gown with 235. Drowned Man Vound tn River, James Potersop, a deck hand on the barge Pawtucket, found the body of a man, about thirty-five years old, in the North River to-day, at the {vot of closed by the Sheriff on Monday. Search was made for Rosenbaum. The firemen found George Tobias, Rosenbaum's best friend, who was alt looking for him, Tobias said that Rosenbaum and Tobies's wife had disappeared together. To-day, Tobias eald, he hed reosived @ letter from his wife saying that had teansferred her affections to Ros baum. Going back one fireman said to an- other: “I wonder what the next turn| out of the box will be?’ RIVES WITHHOLDS OPINION. Corporation Counsel Will Not Co. mit Himself on Sturets, Corporation Counsel Rives said to-day that, in the absence of additional facts, he was unable to state whether or not cident was reported, no name was on them that suggested the identity of the dead person. From the appearance of her clothing she was @ woman of refinement. While she was not richly or fashionably clad, her clothes were neat and good. Al- though she was alone in tae street near midnight, there was nothing to indicate that she was a woman of the streets. Rather did she have the appearance of &@ housewife suddenly called out on an errand. She was evidently in a great hurry or she would not have run be- neath the wheels of the cab as she did, Possible Clucs. As to her Identity, there are two fairly good cl On her underwear there are the embroidered initials K." In the large black hat with an ostrich feather running around the front was the mark ot Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, in- dicating that it hed been purchased there. The firm has been asked to look through its books to see if they had a The Newark pol.ce think woman who was known there as Helen or Nellie Kirk, She disappeared from a boarding-house at Na, 91 Lafayette street on Monday. She went there nearly a month ago, accompanied by a young man who wore expensive clothes and Jewelry. In a eral way she answers the description of killed last night, and her initials cor- respond with those on the linen. ‘The woman was very thin and pale. Her cheeks were pinched even, Her hands were so emaciated that they gave (Continued on Second Page.) THIRTY-SIX FRISONERS TA PCLICE RAID Tes reais sere daken in a raid a stable at One Hundred and Twenty-third street avenue this afternoon. The stable is in the and Pleasant lot and the raid was sensational. proprietor, got through the poli — BASEBALL At Atlanta—New York (A. L. At Princeton—Prinreton, 12; At Annapolis—Navy, 3; Laf a" Commissioner Sturgis hed violated the law in awarding contracts in excess of 91,000 without public letting. “lL have expressed no definite opinion,” said the Corporation Cou « not been “informed, ta ‘tothe. © par facts in each of th ot ane nn LATE RESULTS Feurth—Gold Ray, 30 to 1, Fifth Race—-Mrs, Frank Foster 1, Alan 2, 0 Sixth Race—Yellow Tail 1, Early Eve 2 htheiney 3. ii sate soll LF LITTLE ROC one} the woman who was! MYSTERIOUS WOMAN KILLED BY CAB IN FIFTH AVENUE. DR. FLOWER OUT ON BAIL AT LAST Assistant _ District - Attorney Minor Finally Accepts Cor- nelia Storrs as Security, and She Signs Bond for $20,000. Dr. Richard C. Flower, mining ma- nipulator, against whom the Grand Jury yesterday returned five indictments, the complaint of investors in his cor- porations, was admitted to ball to-day. Dr. Flower's bail was fixed yesterday, after the return of the five indictments, @t $20,000. When Mrs. Cornelia Sterrs offered herself as suroty, Assistant Dis- ‘trlet-Attorney Minor would not accept ber, He actepted her to-day after she had qualified by offering $10,000 worth of property as seourlty. The property con- elsts of Nos. 301-03 Mulberry street, and Btghth street and lots in West- chester. Mr. Garvan eald to-day that he had not yet recelyed @ report from Dr,| Sohultze, who performed the autopsy on the body of the late Theodore H. Haag- man, whose body was disinterred, nor had he received the report of Prof. Wit- thans, who {s making a microscopic in- vestigation of the orgahs of Mr. Haga- man's body. Dr, Flower returned to the Tombs and got his overcoat, a email. valise, some books and papers. Beford leaving the Van der Carr and thanked him for the good treatment that he had received, WEATHER FORECAST. | | for New York City and vicinity; Cloudy to-night cooler, Mgt to fr. winds becoming northwest. KKEN CNA IN SENSATIONAL POOL-ROOM IN HARLEM. On @ pool-room in middle of a vaoan H./N. Thorburn, the nana ce lines and escaped, p20 RESULTS, ), 6; Atlanta, 0, New York University, 0, fayette, 2. % AT BENNINGS, Gum Honey, hale s Spatewood, - awit K WINNERS, i Race—Boomeraok 1, Joe Buckley 2, Dr. Kammerer, |: 1 orem: osette 3, Tammany 3. the charging bim with grand larceny on |, Nos, 817, 319 and 821 Fast One Hundred | | United States.” OTAIKE President Hall and Him Demanding a to Their Wage Prop “L” GUARDS ANGRY Manhattan guards wish once. BOY, FOURTEEN, RAGED IN AUTO. Young John Rutherford, Son of Broker John A. Rutherford, Arrested for Speeding Ma- chine in the Park. | engineers. NEW HAVEN, March 2%.—The New Haven Railroad strike sttuation, which hag been causing much concern not only to the rallroad officials, but to the gen- tral public for three days, assumed a gravo phase this afternoon. The men presented an ultimatum to the officials of the road. They demand- ed to know what the road was going to do with reference to thelr demands and over which the two sides have peen hag- gling for three days. President Hall did not give them a deft- nite answer. He put them off for two According to the police doing duty in ;Central Park the youngest automobilist ever arrested for driving a machine at rate of speed beyond the legal limit ‘as caught this afternoon on the Hast Drive by Mounted Policeman Fitagerald. The youtbful speeder said that he was John Rutherford, fourteen years old, of No. 714 Madison avenue, Louls Fitz- Fernald, twenty-seven years old, of No. 85 West Fifty-second street, was also | hours and called up J. Plerpont Morgan, arrested. In New York, to consult with him. On his advice rests, in all probability, whother there will be a strike or not. The men who talked with President Hall were evidently not pleased with what he had to say. When they came out they looked very angry, and Chair- man Keenan, of the Trainmen’s Greiy ance Committee, when asked ff things were golng well, replied: “They are not progressing satisfactorily at all, but we hope that the matter will be settled before night one way or the other.” Leaders Losing Patience, The committee which waited upon President Hall and the sub-committee of the road’s directors who have the strike question in charge, consisted of Chairman Keenan, of the Trainmen’s organization; Chairman Brigham, of the conductors’ organization, and a member of the Joint grievance committee of the two orders, Policeman Fitzgerald was near Nine- teenth street, when two pondrous auto- mobtles whizzed by him. ‘They were go- ing at a terrifice rate of speed. The policeman called, Lut the persons in the Autos did not heed him. His surprise was great when he found that one of the automobilists was only a boy. He took both to the Arsenal and thtre they were placed under arrest, Young Rutherford took his arrest nonchalant- ly. He was turned over to the care of |'the Children's Society, and then he re- "Oh, I’ be bailed out pretty oung Rutherford had fast left the Arsenal for the Children's Society's rooms when his father, John A. Ruth- erford arrived. The boy was brought | back and‘his father bailed him out, giv- Jing security fr $300, Mr. Rutherfora ts a momber of the firm of John A. Rutherford & Co,, brokers, of No. 2 u < Broad street, Mr, Rutherford sald: At wan underatond Shas thay wand Oe “ue boy Is fourteen years old. He|mand from Mr, Hall a written answe: owns the xutomobile, and’ I consider him to the propositions submitted by the 48 competent to run it as any chauffeur ‘Trainmen's Committee during the re- it »y can do more with the machine “inan ‘most. of “them, |cent conference over the trainmen “My son was Kolng no faster than| schedule, This answer was to be pre- the other fellow and J can't geo that I) sented to the joint grievance commit- blame fyi much.” ; Mr, Hutherford and the youngster got | (@¢ for decision, whether to accept it or lin the automonile and rode away, the | strike. | boy handling the machine. The men are plainly tired of the hag- 1d was baled out later in the is a profesional chauffeur in y of An automobile company, GERMANS HAVE FAITH IN DEWEY. Government Officicis Believe We Misquoted in Talk About Empevor and Navy. BERLIN, March %.—The German For- olgn Office officials say they do not be- Move that a diplomatic incident will re- sult from the recent interview with Ad miral Dewey, published in a newspaper of Newark, N. J., and containing ref- erences to the German navy and Ger- man Emperor. ‘The oMficialn say they are reluctant to belleve that the Admiral was correctly quoted, “especially in view of the good will he showed toward Germany mm the messages exchanged with Prince Henry." The Foreign OMce officials add that should the Interview turn out to bo true it “would prove somewhat disturb- ing to the pleasent relations with the Chairman Keenan conveyed when he He If the guards on the Manhattan “L'" roads have their way about it there will be a strike, and right away. The members of the newly-organized union of “L” employees are holding @ meeting to-day to decide whether or not to indorse the action of thelr Executive Committee in permitting General Man- ager E. P. Bryan, of the Interborough Company, which will control the "L'’ after April 1, to put off answering thelr demands until April 6. ‘A jot of men, especially the guards, are angry with the committee for doing this, They are indignant at the refusal of General Manager Skitt to give thom an increase in thelr pay, although the wages of other classes of employees were raised, and they insist that Sidtt’s shifting the issue to Bryan and Bryan’ postponement of @ settlement Is just a dodge of the company to strengthen Its day and explained that he had meant position. no offense to Kimperor William or thi Gertnan Government when he poke of Faver the i shige in naval manoeuvres by Ameri: | Therefore they are hot for a strike at Indien waters. right away unless thelr demand for $3 No official information on the subject has been recelyed from Wagehington. 4s WABHINGTO. At Prost: oonevelt’s Invitation, Admiral called at the y White House to- wholly satisfied wit he Admii tement, a day with aine hours’ work ts os i a Seaae yO Ta aaa at once, They are om folie acs W-NEW HAVE ———_++ Railroad Employees T AND FAVOR IMMEDIATE STRIK) Meetings Now in Progress Here and in Haven at Which the Radical Element Unions Is Developing Alarming Stre’ Which May Get Beyond Control. THE LABOR SITUATION TO-DAY. New Haven Railroad employees threaten imme strike if demands are not granted. Lowell Cotton Mills shut ont 20,000 emplojonl Erie Railroad’s new schedule of wages satisfies the STRIKE MAY TIE UP ; BIG RAILROAD SYSTER gling. They would say no more than/|the “L” ROAD GUARDS WOULD GO ON STRIKE AT QNOE, nll) ired of Haggling th Present Ultimatum to” Reply, Without Delays osition. WITH LEADERS diat to tie up the Uy had system @ i said things were not torily. Neither would Mr, Radicals Gaining st: It is becoming more and more cult to restrain the radical among the men. They have in check by the more conservatl they are now getting the upper | and the whole situation is going clear up or get mighty black witl few hours, General Manager Chamberlain, of the New York, New Haven and H Railroad, announced to-day that had been given to the freight) car-builders, boller-makers, m shopmen and the firemen of an in pay of 10 per cent,, to take effect 2. This increase granted is in ae ance with the vote of the directors, effects between 1,500 and 2,000 men on road. It {6 stated that the total § crease in wages per year will add i quarter of a million to the operating bis penses of the road, + The freight-handlers in the local will receive the increase, and all employees on the road who are recelys tug the same pay. But the men in the yards whose wages have already advanced will not come in for a It is charged that the company endeavoring to grant concessions am an increase to employees whose ices are the more valuadle to paay, whilo In the case of ott there is a disposition to ; porns attitude ts not, looked favor by the men, who cons they have aheucy’ conceded mi giving up. ther. demand. fi sonelule for conductors and The important point of ditt tween the trainmen ittee company officials is said to the men's demand for @ ten-hour It 1s understood that the have expressed a Winingness t an eleven-hour day in place of tnt tweive-hour schedule, Dut. committeemen have rei to the compromise President Hall men's committee that he wi 26 jain Monday 5 fee &t 10 o'cloc! wo insistent In thelr attitude ioe Oana have been talking about breaking by from the main organization and start= ing one of thelr own. They charge that the Bxecutive Committee has delibers: ately ignored the interesta of guanis, The committee consists of ten man. Only one of these is a membership of the new union con of more than one-third guards, mand that they have 4 greater sentation in the governing To Insist on « Nise-Hour Davy The schedule which General was rejected by them contemplatt tain Increases in wages, but would low a nine-hour day. ‘The n y fs the thing they particularly When the committee took this back to Mr. Skitt he passed @ up to Mr. Bryan, At the they told Mr. Skitt, aa they Bryan when they went to they will insist on a To-day's pte i