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BASEBALL| SPORTING # RACES ve tion Books Open to All.” a | “ Circulatiorz Books Open to All,’’ ] 4 Minin ob % NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 190 PRICE ONE CENT) © PRICE ONE CENT. _ DECKED HER ~ DEATH ROBE “WITH OSES Pretty but Sad Ada Im- hauser, Su‘fering from Some Unknown Misery, Kills Herself by Inhaling Gas Through a Tube. LEAVES LETTER OF REGRET. Relatives Cannot Imagine What Prompted Her to Kill Herseif She Had Frequent Confer- ences Over the Telephone. Her magnificent form robed in an ex- Densive white silk nightgown, with sev- eral red roses tastefully arranged in her hair, Miss Ada Imhauser, of No. 131 West Ninety-sixth street, Manhattan, ‘was found dead to-day at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Stilt, No. 59 St. Mark's avenue, Brookly The young ‘Woman, who moved in exclusive circles, ended her life by gas inhalation. She had placed a cornucopia of paper over ber face, with the apex attached to a rubber tube connected with the gas Jet. For the last six months Miss Im- hauser had been staying with her sis- tec in Brookiyn. Her great beauty and othe quantity of diamonds she wore caused her to be noticed whenever she @ppeared upon the streets, and she was referred to as the “Queen of St. Mark's ,evenu It was her custom to make | frequent trips from the Still residence— {@ @andaome brick house, covered with My vines—to the drug store on the cor- Ber. She always dressed in black, and a4 expression upon her face gave Personality a mystery which was Meighborhood talk. j Mystery in Telephone Calls, } @ometimes as often as fifteen times a @ay she called up sorie person in Man: Hattan over the telephone trom the ffrug store. Invariably she gave the ;™fong number when asked for it by the ‘@lerk, and it 1s believed by her rela- tives that there Is some conneotion be- tween her death and the telephone @alls. The calls were not to relatives, ‘The only explanation made by the young woman was written upon a visit- ing card left on the table near her bed. ‘Bt read: “My Dear Mother—Forgive me fo: @oing this horrible act, fi they aye @ll turned me down and I am com- pelled to do tt. Your loving daughter, “ADA. . Yesterday Miss Imhauser and her ter, Mrs, Still, visited the home of an- other sister, Mrs. Emma Gubner, with ‘whom the former had lived prior to her ®0ing to Brooklyn. Mrs. Still saye that the young woman was in the best of spirits and that in the afternoon the trio went for a drive in Central Park, Visiting the Casino and having an altu- Gether énjoyable time, Mer Return Unexpected, “I left her with my sister,” sald Mra. Bull to-day. “Not a cross word had been spoken to the poor child. I cannot comprehend what led her to re- turn to my house and end her lite, I id not know that she had come back to Brooklyn, as it was arranged for her to remain with Mrs. Gubner at her former home.” ‘Unknown to the Still family Miss Im- Dauser returned to the St. Mark's ave- mie address and quietly went to her Toom, on the fourth floor, front. Locking the door upon the Inside she @isrobed and prepared for death. It is believed that she purchased the rubber tube while on the way back from Man- hattan. ‘The family was at breakfast this morning when the mald remarked that Miss Ada did not answer her knock pon her ckor, This was the first Mrs, Gti! heara of her presence in the house. “Why I left her in New York," whe eafd. Then, it was learned from the cook, that Miss Imhauser had come back Iate yesterday afternoon and en- Yered the house through the servants’ entrance. "The door was broken open and the ¥oom found filled with the fumes of ¢s- eaping gas. Miss Imhauser had moved the ‘bed so that her head was directly under the gas get. She had been dead for hours, Her hands were crosscd upon ber bosom and her face hed a Peaceful expression. ‘The dead giri's mother, Mrs, Hisie Im- aveer, of Ronkonkoma, L. 1;, was pros- ‘" with lef when told tl |= Bide’ Minn Frigauner oF ie ou Sa Tenownne oe ‘ning. she was hia fa- Vorkte child. The famnily is w and ‘ominent wodially onthe ‘upper’ wet . 1B, Gubner, the husband of the ot the dead girl, committed s shooting last ‘Weat Ni treet. After 131 We: ine funeral she went to live in Brooklyn, ubner was very wealthy. He own Jive stable at No, siseh ‘sivoot Milled by « Tratz. ¢ “Gianiste Monirosano, thirty-five t t atrest, was run down ‘and by @ New York Centra eae. \She Unsuccessfully Tried to Get -|ton, she told me to go upstairs and go lest jSiacla when Stratton Was there, AE West Ninety- red: and) Six~ WIFE IG STRATTON, Servants Tell Remarkable Stories in Court of the Relations of the Woman and Man Supposed to Be Her Daughter's Beau. HER SUIT IS THROWN OUT. a Decree of Separation, and Now the Husband’s Suit for Divorce Is Being Tried. Nancy Rich, who as Annie Summer- ville formerly charmed theatre-goers in “The Corsair." utterly failed to-day in her sult for separation from her hus- vand, Willlam L. Rich, of the Jewelry firm of Black, Starr & Frost. She had given her testimony yester- day in an effort to support her charge that Mr. Rich had treated her cruelly and was frequently Intoxicated. Her daughter Edna by her first husband, and two young men—Frank L. Stratton and Frederick B. Lott—also gave some testimony in her behalf, but it developed that Mr. Rich had intimated to both young men that he did not want them to come to his home. Stratton Is sald to be the daugh- ter's sweetheart, but Mr. Rich objected to his attentions to Mrs. Rich and names him as co-resaondent in a suit he has brought for absolute divorce. Under a rule of the court the wife's sult for @ separation was first tried and she having failed,. the trial of the sult of the husband was at once begun, Her Case Fails, The collapse of Mrs. Rich's case came after the testimony given by Mr. Rich. He had gone on the stand yesterday and again to-day and made sweeping enials of the wife's charges. His story was so convincing that Justice Scott remarked that he had never seen a case so thoroughly unsupported. The jury was directed to bring in a verdict throwing out all of Mrs. Rich's charges. When the trial was resumed this morning Mr. Rich was on the stand for further cross-examination on his wife's charges. “I came home late at night," sald Rich, “and found my wife and Mr. Stratton sittiug on the porch together. When I remonstrated with her, saying I did not like her actions with Strat- to bed and keep still, ‘I don’t intend having anything more to do with you, she said. ‘Why?’ I asked, she replied, ‘you were drunk Willie was born fourteen ‘How does it happen,’ r, ‘that you never mentioned this matter before?’ She didn't expla: and when she went upstairs she slept with her daughter.’ He Wrote About Suicide, Rich said it was this and similar ace tions that had caused him to contemplate suicide and that had led him to write the letter in which he declared she had |"! killed him. On another occasion, about this time, Rich testified that his wife said at the | #1 breakfast table: “If you were any kind of a man and had any affection for me you would go out and create evidence on which I could get a di- vorce. You needn't necessarily do {t in New, York, you can go outside the Ly. GQ. What Wid, you say, to that? A. I sdid that if she wanted any evidence of that sort she would have to go out and create it herself. QDid you wish “her to do this? . No. Q.'Phen why did you s A, Because she sur ested tha’ do it, ‘Q. You were willing she should do this? A.1I would not stop her if sho was low enough to be wil ing to do Bo. In fact, I coudn’t stop her Joing any- thing she might want to do. It was after this testimony that Jus- tice Scott remarked that he hed never seen @ case wo thoroughly u by evidence as was Mrs. Ric! thereupon moved separation. Attorney Osborne that the Curt direct the jury to answer “No” to the various charges ret forth in Mrs. Rich's complaint. The questions were read and disposed of one after an- other, and the Court then directed a verdict In Mr. Rich's favor on all the: charges. in settled upon C1 ‘A look of deep chagr! Mrs, Rich's flushed features. Mr, was highly elated, smiling on his coun- gel and shaking hance with friends in the audience, as he shortly afterward left. the court-room, ‘The trial of Mr. Rioli'a ault for di- yorce was at once begun, and William J, Horsford, jr. chlet acountant of the New York’ Life Insurance Company, was called to the stand. He was a ‘at the Rich cottage at Laxe Would Not Offend Stratton, said that onc hen he had asked Rich reat an engagement with n't offend. Mr. Stratton for a hundred such men aa Rich. & rlorsiord told at considerable bis efforts as peacemak: “he sald, "ni was disloyal to t her was the best friend she had a 11 think so." be hea ag ‘breil be > f A on He Mrs. nd t Mra. vorce sho Page, 1 stl GIANTS PLAY PITTSBURG S; FAVORITES ARE BEATEN. , GIANTS TAKE BRIGAND 3 STIKE RICE Galway’s Belvidere Colt, at} No 8 to!l in Betting, Beats PITTSBURG .... NEW YORK - runs. safe. Reliable, the Hot Favor-| No runs. ite, and Sungold in the Baychester Handicap. STOLEN MOMENTS WINNER. The Carmelite Captures First Va Event from St. Sever and Fast and Crowd Big. THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—The Carmelite (4 to 1) 1, St. Sever (3 to 1) 2, Rene 3, Time—1.21. SECOND RACE—Inflexible (4 to 1) 1, Collector Jessup (3 to 2) 2, Mar sedo 3. Time 6.52. THIRD RACE—Brigand (8 to 1) 1, Reliable (4 to 6) 2, Sun Gold 3. Time —1.40 14, FOURTH RACE—Stolen Momente (Even) 1, Mesmer (5 to 2) 2, Wye field 3. Time—1.26 3-4, FIFTH RACE—Torchilght (2 to 1) 1, Past (2 to 1) 2, Bar le Duc 3 Time—1.41 1-2, (Specia) to The Evening World.) MORRIS PARK RACE TRACK, May 19.—The Baychester Stakes for threes year-olds was the attraction this after- noon, The Interesting feature of the Taco was the starting of Reliable against good class colts of his own age ata mile. There was also engaged Mr. Keene's Rigodop, who ts sald to have improved into & very good three-year- old. Flying Jib, Red Knight, Brigand and other good ones were named to go. In addition to the Baychester the seo ond race on the curd atracted consider- able attention. It brought out one of the best flekls of two-year-olds of th year, inclining Colector Jesup, Inflox- ible, on whom monoy enough was lost a few days ago to start a national bank; Jim Kelly, Masefo and other very fast youngsters. ‘The card, on the whole, was one of the most Interesting of the meeting, and it attracted a large crowd. Not less than 10,000 cheered the horses. looked on and The weather was oppressive and the track lightning fast. FIRST RACE. Six and one-half furlongs. Betting. Starters, weights, jocks. St. HitiFin. Gtr. Pl. The Carmelite, 102, O'Nel!. 2 Puls 4 8-5 Sever, 109. Full see MeGovern, 6 3 3% 12 4 1 92.8. Walsh... 6 9 4 Blue and Orange, 104.Rurns 3 6 6) Royal Pirate, §7,Reddington 6 § | 6# Meee 7 SMTE 47 8 100 30 Mi ae a) 60 20 ‘on easily, Time—1.21. The Carmelite, the good thing of the race, was backed down from 10 to 1 to 4 to 1 at the close. He went to the fron at the start, made ail the runnine ani won_eusily by a length and a halt from Bt. Sever, who. of ly, closed strong and beat Rene eight lengths for the place. SBCOND RACE. Four and one-half furlongs. Betting. ot * StHItFin, Str. 2 i 5 a By 3-2 a] ah i 13 6-5 Pe) 6 4 Starters, wolghts, Jocks, Inflextble, 108, Burna, ‘Tim Suitlyan, 113 Jim Kelly, 13, Jocund, 108. 6 40. 20 Won drivirg. Time—0.52. Collector Jessup, Masedo and Inflex- Start poor, Wle raced head and head to the dip, where Colector Jessup and Inflexible drew clear, WU red-hot drive followed, Inflextble winning by @ head from Col- lector Jessup, who was two and a halt lengthé in front of Masedo. Inflextble Is the Whitney two-year-old who was 60 heavily a few daye in e backed Probably $0,000 was lost on him, Tan green all the way. THIRD RACE. Withers mile Starters, whia, jocks. tgand, 103, Full Relladle, 110, Barn 0 Duke of Kendal.107, Coch Rigodon, 115, Gan Fiyirg Jib. £97, Butimai ping Ground. 110. Odom 4 7 art Ww Time—1.40 1-4 Yon driving. 1 and running, Jib. On the turn Rigodon moved up very fast, but stopped as soon as they swung Into the stretch. Retiadle then closed on ‘Brigand. but Fuller kept the letter golng and he won by, three-quarters of a length (Continued on Tenth Page.) ee m followed by Reliable and Flyin el el Of today’s Evening MAD MULLAH % nf Abyssinians Operating with the Are you reading the etory on the} Coty McGann flied out. Dunn’s bunt. No runs. Seventh Inning—Taylor threw Sebring out. Wagner :".gled. He stole second. Bransfied flied out_ ‘each safe at first. Ritchey out at first. No runs. fanned. N > ——— BROOKLYN- Mertes struck out. (Contnued from Sixth Column.) Fifth Inning—Sebring flied out. Wagner sngled. He was ‘orced on Bransfield’s clip to Dunn. Leach flied out. No runs. Taylor and Browne fanned. Bresnahan bunted to Phillipi. 9 uns. CINCINNATI Sixth Inning—Ritchey fiied out. Smith singled. Phillipi hit Taylor handled Beaumont’s slow one. Clarke fanned. Phillipi handled Leach singled. Gilbert did the same. Bresnahan flied out. n fiied out, Lauder scoring. Brown out at first. One run. Eighth Inning—Matty went in the box. He struck Smith ouf. Rene—Track Is Lightning| Phillippi fouled out. Beaumy CINCINNATI .. ...------000000020—2 BROOKLYN .....-.- ----0010 Fourth Inning—Seymour doubled. ‘Beckley out to McCreedie. Steinfeldt flied Dahlen out at first. Ritter hit safely. Jordan fanned. €v« ans struck out. No runs. At Philadelphia—End of sixth: St. Louis, 2; Philadelphia,.4. 1. 001-1 out. No runs, AMERICAN LEAGUE. —3 Donlin out to Dobbs. At Cleveland—End of fourth: Washington, 2; Cleveland, 6. At Detroit—End of fifthl Boston DOHENY SUSPENDED BY | POLO GROUNDS, May 19.—Pre pay for his ote pended for three days without 6; Detroit. 0. Philadelphia, 10: St. Louis. LATE RESULTS AY MORRIS PARK. Sixth Race—Luke Ward 1. The Musketeer 2, St. Daniel 3, AT LOUISVILLE. Fourth Race—Lemce 1, Mary Favana 2, The Crisis 3. AT WORTH. Fourth Race—Gregor K. 1, Bondage 2, LOSES 300 WE British in Somaliland Defeat His Dervishes in Hand-to- Hand Fight. cath LONDON, May 19.—An official! War Office dempatch from Aden, Arabia, un- der to-day’s date, gives detatia of the | [ported mina MANILA, May 19,—Lieut the Constabulary, reported minaing after t Rolling Boer 3. who yesterday Hand of Codu. war, EARLY LEAD Mute Taylor Is Put in Box by Manager McGraw and Proves Puzzling to the Champion Pittsburg Pirate Team. GAME A WELL-PLAYED ONE. Seven Thousand Fans on Hand to Cheer Gotham’s Nine, and All Are Ready to Resent Any Play They Don’t Think Right. THE BATTING ORDER. New York. Pittsburg. Browne, rf. Beaumont, cf. Bresnahan, cf. Clacke, If. Sebring, McGann, Ib. Mertes, If. Z Wagner, ss, Dunn, ss. Branetield, 1b, Lauder, 3b. Leach, 3b. Gilbert, 2b. Ritchey, 2b, Warner, ¢. Eenith, ¢. Taylor, Phillipl, p. i ANAK? Umpire—Emal! POLO GROUNDS, May 19. Pirates from any quarter are ba’ mough. When they hail from Pittsburg ght to a finish" is the oniy slogan. A red-hot crowd of 7,000 wanted to see these particular Pirates walk their own plank this afternoon when, for the third time, they faced McGraw’s followers. Every man on the New York team felt bitter. Nods between fNe opposing players 2,)Ginnity stalked by Wagner with clench- “Jeg fist, and little wonder, for the “Iron if Pulliam announced through his seerctary, John Heydier, thet Doheny has been sus- actions of yesterday. FIVE AMERICANS FILIPINO VICTIMS Lieut. Walker and Two Privates | Surrounded by Fanatics and Killed and Two Others Taken Prisoners Murdered. Walker, he resent fignt It be. bears on his breast three long, &@ bruise on McGinnity's chin, the result Pirate short-stop, who evidently tried to put Joe out of the game with nu. ine knock-out “I don’t like to talk about umpires," said McGraw, “but any other official in the league would have sent Wagner off the field for his dirty work. ball-playing experience I never saw a more dastardly attempt to injure an op- ponent. Doheny and Clarke also should have been retired, the one for throwing his bat and the othor for Interfering. ‘This afternoon the Giants had a hard dattle in store. Fred Clarke had his star pitcher, Phil- Up!, slated for the twirling and It re- jauired the best lot of hitting to win. Luther Taylor and Cronin warmed up for New York, the chances being that Taylor would pitch out the game. ty typical ball weather with an enthusiastic crowd anxious Giants make good and hop back to first place. First Inning. Browne fled to, Sebring. | Wagnes }threw Bres ow. FoGann lifted a two- bugger in left contre. Mertes beat his hit to Wagner. Dunn lost another chance of scoring by a strike-out. N duns. Second Inning. Bransfeld placed a hit in ‘ett. Leach of!bunted safely in front of the plat Taylor hardled Richey's gunt. Brars- ficld after Drowne nabbed Phivip! died, Dann to Mc- desperate encounter which took piace /came known to-day. killed bys wuerier {Gann One at Burrill, Somatilind, May 4, be-| force of fanatios which surounded the|, Lauder smashed a double along third t fan Abyssinian force operating in |!sutenant’s part j dase. Gilbert sacrificed. Futchey could Subset hah t | ail o Privates of the Constabulary were| Rot handle Warner's warm one. Litu- conjunction with ¢he British aganst taluc killed and thres wore ceotured,|der scored, Taylor fanned. Browne the Mad Mulls, and a large force of |W of these prisoners were murderad.|Mned to Wagner. One run, the latter's Dervishee. ale '@ cf them escaped. Third Inning. After a hand-to-tand fight lasting 4 —_——> aie Beaiitaoity lent ene minutes, the Dervishen were driven of |FOUGHT FILIPINOS pounce, Clarke hit sate Over "short. rh three hundred mea fens} ‘Taylor threw out Sebring. making & toler oR AY C.IGLE HANDED, |doauty onenanded son. frowns mage kiNed and two wounded, The Abyesinians hud twenty-one men kilied and ten woundel. Sutwequently the Abysvinians raided the we.ls northy weet of Burrilll and captured several prisoners, The latter said the Mullah was at Ubertake. MANILA, formerly a pr! insurgenta at danao, May 1 cen dead and airy, is the name ot env: Blone, checked: the eno May vate In tre PM | Suclatan, band defen ded. th wounded uniil relieve nul relleve, yma wh i rush of t Isiand of Mii mert- | 1%—Willlam Ballon, beaut: 4 a running catch from Wagner. No runs. Bresnahan swung a two-bagger against left-feld fence, He was caught funning on MeGann's cllp to shont, Mc- Gann made third after Beaumont nailed Mertes's fly. He scored on Dunn's hit to centre, Dunn cavght stealing sec- ond. One run. POLICE OBLIGED TO It was at Suclatan thot Capt. Clough waar eee Overton, of the Fifteenth Cavainy ok, 1d doudied between thind and Private Harry Noyes were killed bY MRes torte Loneh aide then mame. scorn SHOOT AT STRIKERS, |eineding: Preset a nom o3 rere nird Gratthee hie bounced . farlow wa a ch making third. Smith's hit bounce: dt the same time, > Wounded | each ativerts head, scoring Leash. Gl- The fourth member of the prtv wit- | bert made a sensational stoo from Phil- Something Like a Riot in West Ho- boken, and One of the Officers Was Stabbed, West Hoboken police were compelled to use their revolvers to-day when some Italian strikere who had been working cTitictzed for and for net dol ineurgents Flores, who had been pu having kept only destroying weref follower, iam Pallon, who was not tounded re. pulzed the enamy ani defended his dead and wounded compantons until assist ance arrived, Capt. Overton has been ehree men with him to enard fifty Ihaurwents the prisoners’ sted by Capi o to second, Beaumont hit owne nabbed Clarke's high . fleldin| . Bro a one. Two ri Lauder struck out. Gilbert reeated. Warner fied to centre. No runs, Roston-Chicago (XN. L.) Game Poxt- pone. on St. Joseph's Catholic Church tried ro] Dione.» . . n'a troope in the Depactment nf | BOSTON, Mass. May 19.—The game mob men put to work In their places. Malaaents Mintanae. Der RAVeAUigay ie iherpiavad hereliecany, oer One policeman was stabbe! tn the! The situation in some of the detricts |tween the Boston and Chicago Nasiona} abdomen, bur when he was attended |o! Cebu im regarded as serious, It Ix Tague teams was called at the end of by Dr. Justin tt was found that he was|fenortel that tho to-al of tie yn ty | ROMANE tent Wit Goo tt ope in. not, seriously injured. He was abse to] % Insurgents tn tie fe'd exceris 1.7. | Boore: Boston 1. Chicago 6. £0, t2 his _ home. Area. tnt tne mon. | tie Tiere Sunnie ane essed is P Beveral shota were fired Into the mob, a which was chased by Sergt. Blitman Tents Sick Children. nd Offcere’ Keliy, ace. Bauer and For the first time in four years four a down (0 118 (reutht yacus of the roxers, al! Ita fan 0, em, sae have isrn rhe LUPWARIC, Woke asl eniod hare that the saa ita adoptiun necessary tents are being erected on the lawn facing the Bast River, at Believe Hos- I. ‘for the accommodation of where Wagner grabbed him} of a victous upper-cut handed by the! In al! my| to see the Pittsburg went to bat. The mute: pitch took Beoumont's bounce with a amile. He amost laughed es Clark> ied in the same way. y Dunn's slow work Sebring ot to first. Gilbert made ,& pretty running catch from Wagner. [No runs. 5 | ambulance, but the surgeon refused to i ‘MAYOR LOW IS BACK iM Teal situation. AUSSIAN GOVERNOR MURDERED, Two Men Attack Bogeano- vitch in the Town Park of Ufa, Capital of the Province of that Name, and Put Him to Death. CRIME A POLITICAL ONE. Ufa Had Been the Scene of Sev- eral Riotous Outbreaks Re- cently and Cossacks Had) Been Called Into Service. UFA, European Russia, May 19.—Goy. | Bogeanovitch, of the Province of U a, was Instantly kliled to-day by two men In the Town Park. As far as could be learned from the meagre Jetalls at hand the assassination was the climax to a political disturbance that has caused many riotous outbreaks in the | Province In the past few months. Only two weeks ago this city was put under martial law because of a riot that lasted for two days and it was only through the presence of a regiment | of Cossacks that much bloodshed was! averted. Gov. caped. Bogeanovitch’s assassins es- Uta, the capital of the province of that name, Is a city of 28,00 Inhabl- tants, It the last station on the Trans-Siberian Railroad in European Russia and, therefore, a city of con- sicerable importance. The province of Ufa js situated on the extreme eastern boundary of what might be called the middle south of | Russia. The city of Ufa is at the! Junction of the Ufa and Biclaya Rivers. | Tt 1 1,900 miles from St. Petersburg ana | 2,600 miles from Warsaw. Ufa province! contains some of the most fertile vai-| loys in Russia and is one of the biggest | grain-producing province in the Czar's domain, SAT IN RESTAURANT BESIDE DEAD FATHER. | Becker Had Fallen Lifeless, and Pro- prietor Begged Son to Wait and Not Alarm Patrons, Elias Becker, a retired Harlem sta- tloner, died this afiernoon in a restau- rant at No. 181 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. He was waiting to meet his son Edward, eighteen years old, to take the lad to a clothier for an outfit of summer clothing. The father Was sitting at a table in the rear of the place when the boy entered. “Hello, father,” the youngsxr called. “Hello, Edward,” sald the father. ‘The salutation had hardly been ut- tered when Mr. Beexer fell forward, his head on his arms. His son reached his side and touched him on the shoulder, nout a response. Then he lifted the father’s head, and, looking into his face, eaw that ne was dead. | ‘The restaurant proprietor sent for an remove the boiy. The keeper of the eat- Ing place begged the boy not to say any. thing about the death for fear of alarm: ing patrons, and the boy, vut of con- sideration for this request, sat beside his faiher as df the latter were alive and waited tll the place was deserted and an undertaker's wagon came. Becker was sixty-four years old a had lived a No, 268 Seventh ave: The boy Is employed by Baker & -C wholeaile grocers, to lear the business, in which the father had intended to give him a start in another year or two. FROM HIS VACATION, But He Is Not Ready to Talk About| the Fusion Campaign or the Charges Against Sturgis. a » F Surprise, City Hall, He said he had enjoyed him- self immensely. When {nformed that during his ab-|° conterences were held, the I know nothing about the polit! You must remember that have deen at soa for the past week and am all at sea on political affairs.” Then the Mayor was asked about nptroller Grout’s charges against Fire Cc c the hands of the i ex- pect to recelve his opinion to-day or to~ morrow, when I will make known my decist isthe Mayor added that he had not yet “The Mayor remiamed his work by atv a > fearing ‘ta ine Veatsiative bills ne & giving i erect |T. McCall, Tammany leader In the | Finance Committee ts a member of the | [man Parsons entered his protest_an@ id be carried to the highest courts, Hie triet Journmen| Ald a8 he wa control of Tammany. ol boldly pointed Veneauelan Conay jew York, accompan! 8 err ten ‘chiidre! decided upon the two police magistrates | TAMMANY GRABS BOARD OFALDERMEN. Clinches Its Power By Oust ing Parsons as Chaiiman of the Finance Commit. tee and Putting Leader McCall in His Place. HOT FIGHT IN THE BOARD. Mayor Low Seeks to Rally the Fusion Forces, but the Op= Position Proves Too Strong—— Vote 40 to 28. Tammany Aldermen led Chairman Tlerbert Parsons of the Finance Com / mitiee Into a neatiy set trap this atten hoon, and then declared Alderman Johm” Board, chalrman of the committee, . After a hot fight this was ratified by the Board of Aldermen. of the deter This was In persuanc mination of the Tammany organization to obta'n representation on the Sinking: Fund Board. The chairman of the Sinking Fund Board by virtue of that position, and that is the reason Tame many wished to depose Chairman Par sons and eject McCall in his place. Mr Parsons is a Republican, and was made rman when the Republican and Fusion members acted together and ate ganized the Board after the new afe minietration came into power. Caucus of Tammany Men, ~ The ‘Tammany members held a caucue beforu the Hoard met to decide uw programme. Tt wai behind closed doors and the membcrs were told [t was néce sary to be represented on the Sinking ind Board fn order that it mey have a hand in dock deals. The Sinking Fund Poard has charge of matters relating to docks, The caucus resolved ftself into @ meeting of the Finance Committesy with Alterman Parsons presiding. These members were present: Aldermen Melnness, Florence, Longfellow, Jamem, Bill, McCail, Gaffney and Sullivas Alderman Sullivan complained that tt had been Impossible of late to secure @ meeting of the committee ecause of he dilatory tactics of Chairman Pare. sons. He moved that another enaite man be named, mentioning the name of Alderman John T. McCall, the Tame many leader, for the new chairman. Parsons in a Trap. Chalrman Parsons refused to give the members a roll-cail. ‘Then Aldermay — Gaffney craftily suggested that Alder mai: Parsons be named to s Parsons, belleving that he could: ve vole, pat tee self. depend upon 'Gaftne: : y h the result that if Pare Two fusion members—Belt e—vored wita the Tiamal ney voted . question to a vote, w c ny sate of the aa ‘Then the whole matter was taken be- the board in open session and ® hot battle began. ‘Alderman Sullivan introduced a reso= lution ratifying the action of the Fix Renee Committee In deposing Alderman *arsons. Alderman Parsons jumped to bis feet and made an indignant protest. Borough President Cantor declared the action of the committee was contraty to all precedent and calculated to do in; the city’s Interests. President ury to wanstrom also came to the ald of the Fusion element. s When the vote wan taken Tammany won, hands do ‘The resolution ‘was, adopted by a v Alder. of # to refused to vote, So did Alderman How. land, The result was rece.ved In: @lp lenve dy both sides. Low Takes a Hand. The excitment attending the soheme to. depo: Parsons spread to the Mayor's Office. e Mayor delegated Secretary Reynolds to Presid Fortes to prevent ny action of the commitcee’s resolution, dent Eero dontion’ of <be. Tie inst the atontion’ of the lone He ruled that the boant Bait > legal right to adopt the resol ¥ “fie board voted against. his rule ent t , Fesolukon d Fornes continved to. emi a ti . He declared tha was acnmted ie et to secure an a ite ew é vas, ‘te weak ayes of the Fusion mem r: ‘drowned by the stentortam ays of Tammany. an Meyers. trek, In which he declared ntad the past but ¢ a yoir ‘Alderman Prank L. Dowling, who jected on the Fusion toket, for Tammany, made a Alderman Doull ich he declared thet Chairma Sons was the mouthpiece of the id the Mayor was Pedro Rafael Rincones.