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( 10. -e nny ‘ fo the entfance of the slip before she! wank. “ mith and hie men. know- f ¥ a! Ing that thélr oraft was doomed, olam- Bered abcatd the fe-ryboat without \ 7 ‘aptain wea the lant to | by the force of the collision, The | ston maie her slip and dino ‘ ; } ‘ ij ce fter which she 2 oo, of West Shore Line,| her pacsensers, ater wieiawhen lor { ; } i a the water cov- Cotumbta. Owing to the cod, nond of the passen- of the ferry-boat were on the for- hrown from their towed to Crashes Into Copper-Laden| ot Bibin pe omned Craft at Entrance to Franklin) Broadway. She was on her we Columbia wae owned by the Unit- | | ‘boken for Water when the ecvlhelon oc- if curred. treet Sli wm At Cc mbia reste at the bottom f oy. to her ownern—with the cargo-—-of avout by jeved that ali % es WHISTLE SIGNALS SOPH ius iready: boon “eneueen WERE MISUNDERSTOOD, | *" but, tt Is believ AI Passengers Thrown from Daeghter Charges Parent with . James Bowers, of Astorin, whoes son '*, Ferryboat Towed to Wee.-| Pntip is head gardener for President} { 7 ae " Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. was arraigned © hawken for Repairs, nt Long Island City Police Court to-day, Lange, of No, 6% Bartow street, with} ToPeugh a . misunderstanding of | disorderly conduct mbiati erry -| Bowers, who Is a farmer employed Prat ect rt SURO: | Aisinge the. auramer lon. ble. esaten ur ton, of the West Sheré line, from Wee- the Hudson River, came from Tarry Hawken collided with the steam lighter] to(wn a few days ago with Plenty of f Money, and his daughter says that he Columbia, loaded with 200 tons of cop- has Boon teving to knook ‘her house bef | down ever ain Peso the Franklin street silp to-| denn. aver sinc +x; The lghter “was sunk, but Capt.| Magistrate, “have thrown me down In| 47 her fe fescued by the crew of the Kings- Diagistrate Healy held Bowers in 9900 i bait for examination. There were about fifteen passengers Witch cies c j@board the Kingston on her trip down NOTED EDUCATOR DEAD. fiver, Entering the slip the ‘pilot} GLENS FALLS, N. ¥., Dec. allowance for the strong tide, and] Daniel C. Farr, Ph. D., for tw ler loomed up in front of him out dead at his home here. He was + \follrse and the signals were an- @réred, wut it was too late to avold a 3 Signalied that Colles ind one of the founders her Treg Add. the eka ee KOOP On| Oe nS Hagen. River, cheolisagters. 4 New York. He was also ; < Historical Society and was for © Giizhter amidships und broke her in-ewo. fumber of years it vice-preaident.. The yw Owltix to the impetus of the ferry-|femains will be taken to Asbby, Mass., oat the wrecked lighter was pushed! for interment. FOUR SMALL BOYS [scars a faitly @ocurate description aouEh to feed a} regiment, Afterward they vieited a de- partm@fit store and proceeded to buy all of thoes things whlch they had longed} témpted them to an- Christmas Approach and Empty for and whieh hi Pockets Turn the Youngsters) re “its” Muioney's moceerkons Into Juvenile Highwaymen and] boueat tin horns, narsnontcas, « loco: They Rob a Woman. ‘There were just four of them in the They travelled about from store window to store window rubbering at|sterdam avenue, and ff oe! Ee ee Christmas toys until their hearts were a ant FATHER WAS TOO NOISY. filled with great iongings. They looked 7” at the heaps of candy until the water ci dribbled from chelr mouths and their **» Seats by Force of Collision— Disorderly Conduct. stomachs were painfully conscious Policeman Hearn They had no money, To them the sit- charged by his davshter, Mrs. Mary] !8fy the cravings of their stomachs and the longings in their hearts an anget came around the corner. She was not] ing By the the sort of an mngel one re@ds about fs s]1n the story books, nor was she like| Manner of Sherlock Holmer, that these the good Samaritan who looks about} Were the boys he was looking for, and for poor small boys at Christmas time said Bowers to the| and makes them happy with heaps or i toys and good things Bp seelih ant tis! crew of four men} pire Swe | | isown My deuRnter ee ie ace ah angel Just the same,| whichiMfre Maloney for she carried in her hand a fat pock-|pvcketbook was five cents. F etbook which presented to the young- stere all sorts of possibilit ‘The Angel Robbed. There wan 9 quick consuitation. Plans japade were laid at once, The angel was’ eud-| house. Wee BOltig Ahead at full «peed when tho| Years principal of the Glens Falls Acad-| deniy startied out of ier placid attitude by the rush of the gang. The next mo- ie mist. fifty-six yedrs old, a graduate of Will-| ment her pocketbook was gone and she ne A, coat-talls of the four yourfksters who Sew Nore He Aoeehy |'were travelling down Amaterdam sve. eollision, The ferry-vont struck the gre, of the founders, of the New York | nue faster than they ever ran before, tat All this happened on the corner of Bixty-fourth street, Mrs. Thomas Maloney, for that was] 87,00 they Nodght candy apie, Sixty*Afth street, the firat place that ‘nd brother appeared and embraced her. While they were excited the prisoner calm and did not seem at’all at- fected. Kaegsbohn then asked to with- draw his complaint. This the Recorder refused to permit, and the woman was held without bail. On being questioned she said her name was Mre,,Catherine Pratt, ply to questions she sald that she had Veen married for a couple of years to a dentist named Thomas P. Pratt, her relatives displayed Mrs, Pratt wore a, wedding ‘and said she had a marriage cer- Tinea, put that her husband left her ut a year ngo and went West. s\potert Heltmeyer was in the duiid- ing while the trial was going on this morning, but he did not go Into the court-soom. When asked by a reporter if he knew Mrs. or Mr. Pratt, he said but he did know her as «| Miss O'Donnell. ‘The young woman made a confession to the Chief of Police yesterday, but, being a non-committing magistrate, he could not examine her. WOMAN DIES IN MARKET. ara, Yatherine McNeill Stricken with Heart Fatlare, YOUNG WOMAN SA SHES A FORGER Mrs. Catherine Pratt Confesses that She Tried to Pass Checks Purporting to Be Signed by Wealthy Man. 4 happened. Hiling uy on tce- motlvé &nd other tn! omall boy and make Go to the Theatre, Then ty elected tu go to the theatre, They f. id thelz way to the Comedy Theatre, at Sixty-Afth street and Arm- Catherine O'Donnell, 230 West Elghteent, street, held without bail this morning by Re- contentedly munching peanuts, and not charged with Issut acare in the world. They had long ago forgotten all about Mrs. Maioney. There was an avenging Nemesty on their teall, however, in the shane of cérder Stanton, false checks and forgery in signing the neme of Robert Heltmeyer, alre poeketbook-maker, of No, 812 Hud- fon street. Hoboken. quiry that John Grasser, ten years old of No. 206 West Sixty-fourth uation was desperate. William Gibbe, ten yen While deliberating as to how to aat- ‘The four complainants who appeared fa court against the young woman are .| John F. O'Harra, undertaker, of No: 300 88 Amsterdam avenue; "F kerald, even years old, of 3 druggist, of No. 450 First street; Will- er, of No. 808 Wash-|3 ington street, and Charles Kaegebehn suloonkeeper, of Washington street, All testified to having received and cashed checks except Kaegebehn, who said he knew Heltmeyer's signature and when he saw the check presented he knew it wns a forgery and called a po- man yesterday and had the woman who made her home with her son John, Uunrdred and Forty-fourth street, died suddenly to-day in the Century Market James, eleven yours old, lence of obmervation and deduction Hearn concluded, When she entered the store she said she was {Il and the employees procured For a moment she seemed An ambulance was sent . Hood Wright Hospital, but beture Dr. Fahnestock arrives eNeill fell back in her chair dead, eon pronounced the gallery of the Comedy where he found his quarry, All they had left out of the had had in her M A scene was created in court this |Thi were acared to death when the police-|morning when the defendant's sister |death due to heart fal man (00k charge of them. accused the other of taking the purse Hearn took all of them to the station- —__-- EXPLOSION FOLLOWS FIRE. (8peeial to The Evening World.) was ataring helplessly at the flying] ‘rRWNTON, W. J., Dec, 16.—Fire to-dny 4d 140,000 damage to tho Skillman Hard- wrare Manufacturing plant. While fire- men foulht the flames a henter explod- od if @f éngine-house, partially wreck- ing and firing the building and doing dama ! for yourself. Every shoe guaranteed, 25,000 Pairs Men’s $4.00 and $3.50 Welted' & Double Sole Lace Shoes, in Patent leather, box calf and ‘ik kid, i 52 2 ol pa 20.000 Pairs Men’s $3.00 Calf, Lace and Congress, tip or plain toes, double soles, 5,000 Pairs Boys’ | 2» 0 00 Pairs Box Calf Lace, | Boys Patent ; | ather Lace, Sizes 11 sizes 11 to2 $75 to 5's, sizes 214 $1.50 to 5}4, pair. $2,00 20,000 Pairs Men’s Satin Calf Lace, regularly sold at $2,00, | * patent leather tips, welt SANTACLAU him and bring the Chiicren. | Store Will Be Open Ever) Evening Until Christmas. , Sixth Avenue, C CHRISTMAS GREETING SALE IN THE BASEMENT. | 150,000 PAIRS OF FINE WINTER SHOES As Christmas Presents for Men, Women and Children, at Christmas Gift Prices. a THE GRANDEST SHOE BARGAINS. Look at the lists, select your Christmas gift, and come quickly, for even this immense number of shoes “will not last beyond this week. “If you do not want to purchase for some one else, then come and secure a pair GOODS DISPLAYED IN OUR 20TH STREET WINDOWS. 25,000 Pairs Women’s $3.50 Black Kid Lace, sole and kid tips in turn sole, : $7 90 a pair. 15,000 pairs Wom- en’s $2.50 Black Kid Button and Lace patent leather tips. $50 a pair. Boys'StormKing | $5,000 Pares Rubber Child’s Black Boots,| Kid Button and Size to 8%. | Lace, patent 5? 50 | leather tips,’ . Stes 6 to 8, Rubber Boots, Siren 11 to 13%, oe a 20,000 pairs $3.75 BH fo 10%, | 1 to | 2 FINS Mail Croers Fromptly Fitted. EVENINGS UNTIL 10.00, mond Ear Screws: no chips,solid gold settings; actual Solld Gold Coil Pin, Solid Gold Brooch or Pen- dant, set with one genuine diamond and 80 fine pearls; actual value $28.00; price, Solid Gold Brooch or Pendant, Set with 33 large and brilliant diamonds, actual value, $110.00; with large diamond; value $25.00; price, Men's solid gold Gypsy Ring, set with 1 genuine diamond, weight % of a karat; actual value, $85.00; Enamelled Solid Go'd Brooch or Pendant, set with 1 large and brilliant This Chain Bracelet {s solid gold, set with genuine pure white diae mond, actual value $35.00, diamond; actual value Men's Gypsy Ring, heav- ily carved and set with two largé: and __ brilliant diamonds, and emerald or ruby centre, actual value $25.00; price, Solid Gold Snake Ring, head set with Solid Gold Ring, 2 with five perfect dia- perfect and white dia- Fireman's storm| CAML d"s and Kine Misses’ Black Rubber ft Batton out | Lace, paten Bootsy | ipaherties, staes value, $8.50; price, Evenings is in our Store. Come and see Solld gold Link But- tons, set with a gen- uine diamond in star setting; value, $15.00, | > $5.75, Solld Gold Knot Scarf Pin, set i with genuine dia- actual value or, 20th Street. MISSING GIRLS ARE FOUND. ° They Disappeared from Brooklyn on Saturdey. Relatives of Florence Reaves and Bes- sle Mordough, who disappeared from thelr homes in Brooklyn on Saturday, Went to Marchville to-day, having re- ceived word through the police that the €irls had been found there. A reward of $250 had been offered for them. The police were notified by telegraph that the girls were in the care of a Mrs. Brownell at Marchville. No ex- planation came with the message, and how the girls happened to go so far north {s not known — “Little Tim” Made Leader, “Big Tim" 6ullivan transferred by proay his crown of leadership for the second time to “Little Tim" Sullivan at the club-rooms of the T. D, Sullivan Association, No, 207 Bowery, last night. he Only Downtown TOY STORE. All the iron'toys, Stables, Steam Engines, Doll Houses, Punch and Judy Shows, Go- Carts, Patrol Wagons, Bob Sleds,’ &c. $7.00 to $25.00. Bob Sleds, $7 00 to $25.00. Flexible Flyers, $2.50 to $6.00; other Sleighs, $1.00 upw: Skates, 60c. to $6.00. Poker Sets, Games, Cutlery, &c. Low prices. Quick service. JOHN C. HOPKINS & CO., 419 Chambers Strect. Manufacturing Jeweler and Silversmith} 409 & 411 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN, Opposite Boerum Place, Near City Hall. b ceseerrenereenereenneeers eee err | MaIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AND ACCURATELY FILLED. ee ROMETLY AND “AQCUAATELY HILVED.| | DIAMOND: ——| DIAMOND: | DIAMONDS. ¢ * weighing 134 price $12.50 30 rubies; actual Our Price, $16,75, $75.00; price, . $35.50, RS. Two-stone weighing price, $8.75. Genuine Solid gold Pansy Scart Pin, set. with genuine dia- ‘e0ap. GOLD DUST MAKES HARD WATER SOPT 2 RE/MELLL, 254 D-Y-S-P-E-P-S-I-A RIKER’S DRUG STORE, e und 156th st: 149th DRUG STORES, 125th st, and a Dra a, Open Satur. day Evenine Until 11.0. Genuine Diamond Ear’ Sexewa [ot Dropssi fF ia Gold Brooch Gr Pendant, in shape of a heart, set with 95 Oriental pearls; price, actual value $120.00; Solid gold Brooch, set with 45 Oriental pearls and 1 genuine diamond; «Solid gold Ring, set with 1 fine opal, 20 diamonds and ine Diamond Ring, Solid Gold Ring, for ladies, set with genuine actual value $50.00; $16.00; price, ay $30.00, ~ Saturday | mond Stud, fancy . seiting, 1s value,