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H a ie OUT THE. LOT,” _SAYS PARKHURST. Mag ot the | {he DubMe departments of New York, tho Rev. Dr. Charles | P with gambling and immoral resorts, mi we wrote Our letter recently to Commissioner McAdoo,” br Parkhurst, “we recognized the inability of the Commissioner o# laws thoroughly under present conditions; We’ know ‘as anyone that-as things stand now no man living could go to the ithe Police Department and enforce the laws as they should be { There are two sides to this great question, Our eighteen years of observation-have taught us to regard both ‘Therefore, we know that the’ Police Commissionet catinot’en- ws as they stand until the Police Department; has first been THE ENTIRE CROWD OUT ' do nol think that the entire force should be thrown out of of- that there.are honest men as well as rogues among Aherefore, the only way is to legislate the entire crowd out, appoint a committee similar to the Lexow Committee, and give power to take up the situation precinct by precinct, man'by man, at once all those men who are found to be honest and faith. | plubllc servants. Bnouigh of them would be found, 1 assure you, the nucleus of: what would ultimately be the. finest force in wai sinstatir io & great wave of moral enthusiasm aweeping over our. city rr that ts why we hear so much talk of reforming this and re- / But Ike all waves of thia'kind’it wil’ soon sweop by. Noth- quickly as moral indignation, ‘ahd nothing dies 80 quick | much good ie always iecompite #4, but it doegn’ “act lor g, io soon die, We had one just lke it In 1% wuen the ‘appointed to investigate the polite force, t moral Indienation 19 & Very {ncouslotent and un- to hes ‘the same thing again soon, ont. THAN RVR} of gambling and general it chal AOR New York City before, the history of our society have Never in bth snafus “alot of] inter have.a way of f the Awfulness of conditions in the w! | | Amalnat the #atal the forve ix ab bad, spiokanenrodtina that, ral movement among civic bodies for the general head’ of tho Society for the Prevention of Crime, is as the altuation as ever, At his home Dr, Parkhurst gave a| ‘tue. Hivening World to-day, his most Important utterance favor of legislating the entire police force. ont of office and ‘@ commission to bo appointed by the Legialature and to be O of unquestioned probity, reinstate ‘the large percentage of department. Any movement loss drastic than that can- igh ‘the sweeping change that 1s absolutely needed, says tte ‘Commissioner McAdoo took the radical step to-day of organiz- ‘new (detective bureau to be under his own direction and to deal ex- “ W'LAUGHLIN | ESTATE SUED FORS600,000 Ex-Senator Coffey Says HughMcLaughlin and Others Cheated Him. ON TRACTION DEAL. Says He Only Got Share in One-Quarter Profits of g, Nassau Go, Sale, oe Former State Senator Michael J, Coffey, of Brooklyn, to-day tiled « claim for $600,000 aguinat the estate of the late Hugh McLaughlin, claiming that Molaughlin, James Sheviin, Pat: rick H. Flynn and’ former Senator John McCarty, all of Brooklyn, double- crossed htm at the time’ the Naveau Gtrest, Railroad Company was ab- sorbed by lease by the Brooklya Heights Railroad Company, t Tn delef, the claim that Coffey makes fe that ate the time the Nassau Com- pany practically went into the hands of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company the negotiations were ‘carried on on be- -|balt éf himself and certain others in- terested, by Patrick H, Flyna, who was the old head of the Flynn wtreet rail- tad syndi¢ate, When the protite of the' deal were divided, Coftey claims, | Wynn, McLaughlin, Sheviln and Me Carty spilt up thrée-quartera: of the Amoutit between them and then repre fwented the remaining quarter as the en- tire proceeds of the deal. This quarter, he claims, was split up among them al! and it wasn't unttt recently that Cot: ‘cronséd, he saya. Coffey'v' case te in the hande of former Poltoe Andrew D, Park- oF, while the MoLaughiin family attoe-|* ney ts ex-Tustige At Van Wyck. Coffey and’ McLaughlin at one time intmate personal and political lends. Then came the row which re- out of the Kings County Demooratio Organisation. Coffey, hlaned MeLeugh- Un for his political undoing at this time ‘The {wo men have never been friends again, ‘The estate of the late Hugh Mo! Hin ig estimated. at between and $5,000,000, Sat taper hp ngneeg any will, In ol here for $600,000 to Parris that He only. recently: irae tee wevaumie wan’ in te game. by whleh ho way double sath tient Permits faloons te No depicprnatn ‘cept ina fow detail thi a iat District-At. and } torney J ye a ho, were of ‘ ote the * ten piiph Se Aebalse They ) the courte. i gives irs noth: mo mive Us an Hot to! Dy fo tho edurts, for a | Wh, vompel thi ve the disregard for lawd automodites, ng throws! ie bi streets day ty hy Fd of Band re rent posi ne infer Insped| members un} we have a ne ti excise iy site rt eg used. as the old one ways been thd asa rena for reventie by the @ force, i In doing thin; Hele iB 47 at ielteve 4 {tn mak. heigl at all, a i) t chk othing for the pprnoes sf {rf nh A foolish pub- i. whic) temporarily In- ate pent ma Tike 1, fy this town get a Lotle Gaur sad if we could find an hon- in men morally w that the eyes of hon- pem all the time, i such a committee lon of its members tovmen of the high- Ho'have no political in- 6 thoroughly est caar to administer things, A litile military rule for the peuple would not bea bid thing ther. If we could Ast the people sti Tred Up JUBL Once, #0 tI they'd stay stirred up Jong enough iat Wa to accomplish something, it would be @ grand good thing, recA idl | M ADOO TO ChEATR DETECTIVE BUREAU, bitlon our people i the ee conditions eh wetive, ip INatlonal, Spirit of lawlessness just the whclo, country, and Yound right here, It ter, but a’ general dis ae nd @ general de- tnt meee tial 8 | The greatest sensation that Police | Headquarters hns expertenced jn. yoar: = | Was Sprung to-av by Commias ae MvAdoo when he announce?) that nh had ordered the fermation of a new de- | tective bureau, whieh ty to nporale Ine | den endent of the Central ¢ teedlay: She Day! airiehta foe to ta Mourke's place as confidential ant in ten of those who }] to the Commissioner, will be the head of th@ new bureau, sts ore of tho policemen in » Commissioner haa full conf. ce, and he will be given the widest Kunde In operating his arm of the se. The Comailzsioner has instruct ed hin to plek men he knows to bi | honest, relable and ambittous, and’ ne. jtlce hag been sont to several station- ne ni a WORLD Want ‘col- ir vepli¢s sent to thent sad by World office, Thus only "2 Sante called for such replies dhe 75 8, but they brought " cad Think of itt The town of 50,009 in- i " Pye te Reabiearp tse es if Pa: it dayy, 50e, * ft} dervice in the Hggérs bureau. fey tearned ‘that he bad been double. |" ‘sulted. in Coftey betng Bracttoally teYeed | ‘ as tas Uh WOMlL CALLS DOWN 00¥ DOWNING Puts fsck Nie Alderman “Hors du Combat?” When Latter Makes Suggestion as to Suy- ing Horges for City. | Downing; of Brook- vate fascurats, species ly to horses intended to js should be bought HAY SENDS,NOTE £0 RUSSIAN MINISTER. Acknowledges Complaint of Neu-|_ trality, Violation by China, bat Points Out Difficulties. WASHINGTON, Jan, ¥7.~Skoretary Hay hes addressed @ note to the Rus- sian Ambassador hern acknowledging the receipt of the Rusalan complaint of violation of neutratity by China. The: Secretary availed himeelf of the opportunity to call the attention of the Russlan Government to cértain cardinas principles of international law relative to neutrality which seemed to apply te the present case, It ‘in believed that he particulary di- rected attention to the formidable dif- flouttiesoure to be encountered by a noutral power fear the theatre 6f war in ite efforts to carry out in letter and rit, the obit "or abutratity in rents a3 ard now ph ide fa hoat! rough interviews with’ ‘the Chinese rota there,” the Secretary waa ac~ this with the Chinosa ae, fe in this Teatte an eg a ae Pe ter general of in the, a P cio asi Frank Dove be purchased by the aa Alterman Downing, buys ite horses in otel Aldermai ined a Seve 84, I would: remind the Al- Pp coming with his bill until he got it throueh, ’ ‘The Imprension in this elty I9 that the | gj | this time than it got 4 year ago. In the first place, the opposition to tt will not Be Ao wiron iu “The gonttments of Now Yorke: dublect -of-& limited sas 4 yeer, Liat i ail a shel aml many people bp are | * a “f Advo- |. 5 when it bi Bid prepared, if. not tone Oppose date it. at leant not to pet eee houses summoning uniformed men tor Dotective-sergeants and plain-olothes men will not be considered, unless De- Aeotive-Berwoant Hypirs believes that he can use them to sdvantige, It i¢ the Idea of Commisgloner McAdoo to dwwomble & new body of detectives ‘Without any associations with gam- blers, and work them under his per- gonal supervision. The ew bureau will work on the bape question and the vice problem foneral, leaving the Central Office] p, entirely free to Investigate orimes and Teeter Mecha Tg This, on oC) us) 14 a reat provin Botectiveauteaus vas s00n i Gepice bureaw ts fully Hirt Seite pao ee. ih ee 0 keep out of the gam eG "entirely, Several of thom Who are known to be Inthmate with gamblers and pool-room Pp mt be clotely watched, and the first pearance of an attempt to intimidate one of the new ad will be the signal for a trial on changes, een BURKE BEGINS WITH A POOL-ROOM RAID, Two hours after Acting Captain Ed- ward J, Burke arrived at the Mercer j street sation, where he was sent to | clean up the precinct, to-day he chopped street pool- bettors on by Capt | Hugh and 0 afl aupposed to be run by vel. Burke had Soh to be a play But i | and a fictitious add: lee nam as and Burke and bis mn twe minute chop into the place, W “| thoy mot In all of the racing carts had | been burned up, y Te it fatis to n each box. Jerome bill will get & far better chanee |» dérman trom Brooklyn that the city ts hot aince last elootion tn buy- ing asued or donkeys," hyd 1, inasmuch as horses are bought raw T will wi iy bt but Yo still insist that specitt. 1 ich}ed |; ng te the re- peer e e DET! ECTIVE ARRESTED FOR. Fol, LOWING WOMAN. Masisteate Clann ‘Recognises the eut Which He Nefereed. Robert C, Bhepherd, twenty-nine years old, a private detective employed by Lawyer David Welsh, of No, % Nassaut be, eub greet, and iiving at No, 891 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, wag @ prisoner be- fore Magistrate Ommen, in the Jeffersoh Market Court, today, pharged by Mrs, Gretohen Persch, of No, 2 Weat Ninety- eighth attect, with having followed, an- Ro Lay jomtied and glare rach {6 the wife of Onn Potor ree, 4 promoter, By a coincidence Te eata Seinen some time ago the referee in the divorce case which the first Mrs. Persoh-brought against her husband, the present wife bang hamed 48 co-respondent. The Magis- trate recognized the oomplainant in the cage to-day. ae Pensoh said that Shepend had bye Age her all the morning, following a reser on Fifth avenue, throug the Waldorf and to Thirty second street and Broadway, where she had him arrested, on Ks janation of Shoperd’s action in court, He was paroled jn the custoay of his counzel and employer, ————————_— WOMAN ARRESTED; FOUND DEAD IN CELL, Had Hoen Imprisoned for Intoxien- tion—Doetor Saya Alooholiam Caused Derth, A woman wifo give the nes Rowher and said ghe lived at Weat Twenty-eighth street, was Jed at Seventh aveny " | elghth atreet early W-da f “| was so intoxicated that she couldn’ take care of herself and she was locked Uy th a oollsfe the Tenderloin siation, This aftern ion *Policeman Gillespie went to the cell to get the woman and | take ter to court, When the doorr opetied the cell door she way found ive ing on the floor, A physician was sum moned, and he said she had been dead for some time and that death was due to alcoholism, f The matron of the #tation-House sald that she pasved the cell an hour before dnd the Wouwan was then sling X | putting on her shoes, | Departinent, Jn Rv | Gro Ped d hed fe Dropebly’ ae wore fount Cassini, sel the praotice he hag: ro im urea | with tho yer yet be, vent fea ote seetnuinnt SepaG coe 9! oe note be a touching ae an at piaint, —— JEROME WANTS PARDON FOR M ‘onl : Dintelet-Attormey Makes a Per- sonal Plea to Gov, Higgins for Release of Get-Rich.Quick, (Special to The ing World.) ALBANY, Jan. istrict-Attorney Jerome made an appeal to Gov. Hig- gins to-day for the pardon of 620 per cent, Miller, who was to Sing Bing for swindling people in a gét-rich-quivk scheme, dar, Jerome said Miller Was al Bal, nse nat aha vit « ie given | HT beHeve Wks wavered! ies ny hd ees et he Was) He did not raguaver ber hen heresy | at, able to a ‘i lil eynatenta, COUN" Trt met Hannah Bilas, but rememe ae ue Jerome, had told him | vored that It was when the votuntesr h ante ‘and vo! t0 sup. | fromen_ of ARES aals were in New fe indo Ks York: He had taken them out to sow prteas week, Fare Mofme.| hem the town, visited @ resort in. the oe iy ee, would ‘fonderlotn and there met the octoroon. wife Heer haeis ie) At nce vient tad he dou case ap soon ‘ts he ‘had time to d0 80, LEGISLATURE TO ADJOURN APRIL 1, No Reason Why Cannot Finioh Boe by That Date, ALBANY, Jan. 17.—Speaker Nixon told the Assembly to-day that he saw ‘no reason why the Taglatlirg should not adjourn by April ot aa FIREMEN PROMOTED. Commiasioner Hayes Elevates Five Ansistant Foremen, Commissioner Hayes to-fay announced the promotion of five assistant foremen to the postition of foremen fn the re ‘Nahe romoted were: ingine No, 27, Man- Con wov, of Bnging No, Speaker Nixon the Mem) lig HANNAH ELIAS es ‘| O'Gorman, had told in quavering tones cad the remarkal eee TT FEEL mt ABOUT Voice Quavers, Memory |i: Fails as on Stand He _ Faces Negress. . AVOIDS. HER GAZE, Tries to Hide Behind Ledger as'He Tells How He Was Duped for $685,000 During receas in, the Platt-Eliag trial today, after thea aged’ millionaire, whose sult ta recover 645,000 he gave the negregs was on tfial before Justice Of his rélations with her over a period of years, Mrs, Elias chatted gayly ,with the white man and white woman In attendance upon her. An Evening World réporter asked her |f she would Mulk about her case, “The newspapers have maligned ma 80," Mre, Ellas foplied, smiling and showing her teeth, ‘that 1 hate to ray anything foe publication.’ “Will you say whether or not it te true that your veldtions with Mr. Platt ceased three yearg ago, as he testified to-day?" Never Said She Was White. “That is false,” Mrs, Elias retorted with wrath, “Our relations continued up to the last moment, I also want to deny the and ptatements that I deceived Mr. Platt into thinking that 1 was.a white woman. I never tried to make him think that I was anything but what he could see lank 1 also want to deny that I ever, wore a wig or did other foolish things to impose on Mr, Piatt.” been subjected to blackmai|?"' asked the reporter, She Will Go on Stand. prefer not to say anything about Mrs, Bilas replied, “ZX will tell all when I get on the stand, “I want to add that I never sent Kato, my Japanese servant, or any one my house of his own volition,” ‘When the chee was called Mrs, Blins |" was represented by ‘an elaborate array of counsel. Washington Braun was the bersonal attorney, and the firm of Black, Oleott, Grubor & Bonynge came for- ward as valuable ‘euxiliaries, Abo (tuber, rosy eheeked and with his usual spreading grin, was early on hand, and ‘announced that his client would not-be fae-behind him, The orush {n court was terrific, ' The Court wasted ho time in prelimi. naries, but called on: the counso} for the pigintif to open hié Case, - . Mr. Wi then :briefly reoapitula tea le Career of Hannah Bling {and the manner in ‘which wound the’ plaintifg in her fascinations, | Platt Feeble in Court, ‘The octogenarian Pplaintift was brought Into court after the rus® and struggle th the rourt-Foots had_subalded, there wi en fy number of beeps A Snen pe eourt-room, it is penenees ma res fo0b8: hised, necessary {or F him to be supported to nH eat, were rae iddy, mit his hi ish-bil jie yt te din and his chin hoo! ously, {ter ‘finishing his Pssst tot the defendant, Paar | tet motions were nd br W af farren ca) salted James P, atria Jendee, to the stand, a, rag first He said ae “Jt has been intimated that you have vem else for Mr. Platt. He always came tu} so, Atl eng Union Dime Aavings Bank? A. Yes. @ complaint and 5 A. YY The defendant regarded the witners stolidly,, her black @ now ahd then flashing up at Mr, Platt as the long: lashed lds worked nervously, Got Massage Treatment, isi Sin ing avenue ald yon maat iJ in aye and abe decor: on intimate terms? A, No, Tiast went there to De inbestmeu He Tenewes his scabentnnce with ie moved to Pifty-bhil Mace ol (0, pul u e; “She ‘borro rom ‘yim in 1898, “ghe told me," sald Mr, Platt, thet thia man came to the aes ing ralell a Cain nesreas atreet, ve ‘Tha was ihe A hows thi one breaking things, andew dis lupbance,, Sh She gala we Roney would Mave to. ba pald OF He Would make more trouble em: hinge. hy did you give I "Feat aim of money Me Mrs, nie! tere The old man shook all over ag he re- plied In broken sentence: “To prevent--any—any thing of our relations goting out. ‘To Prevent our ne> Iationa from belng made public,” Q. Did you visit Mra, Ellas at No, MM Lenox avenue, Mr, Platt? Me ¥ Q. What name did she go by? A. m, Qh, yes, Derum. Q. When you saw her at inap M fer's, what name did she go by? Beevslo Witherill, | Q, And in Fifty-third street, what name did she go by? A, Bessie Davis This concluded the direot examination Gnd ex-Gov, Black began to cross ¢x- amine, Cross Examined by Mr. Black. Q.. Whera were you born, Mr. Platt? A. On Cedar aiteet. I think, ‘Mr, Black brought out that Mr. Platt ve Howth every winter for twonty care, He Ald not remember just when te bezan thoee tripa South. He was in the plate-glass business, hn Qe Pal havea family? A. I belleve You have two grown-up daughters, both married? A, Yes. When were you married?. A. When T was about thirty. When did your with die? A. I don't remember, My memory {#8 not good, 1 forest things and get mad at myself 't remember, Q. You pret even tell Ay Ro nately when your wify died? fo, T know she died, and I think she ited of reer 9. Do you a Resa first meeting M. Blas an anth treat An 8i aAvonue and tnking her to a p entled the a Madame’ A. TI don't ashy romemlir that she went on, Hh sug: Ba ya ras tet ), Mi b srr} and, you fh dont a K Beith sh ww your's A. Of . Bre war a yours: oli man Of se xiyefive? A ber, mem $600 to Buy Clothes, Q, Didn't you sie her $500 to buy clothes the frst time you met her? A, Laayen't any recollection: of doing . Didn't you tell her that you would her a place end support her as cerita should? A. 1 don’t fe- member: ing met a esicd got Sat Sat reel. gan't recall, Q, Where is the next meee rou iota ihe doen o ae Toot - x, AN nd You jit) to “eve Freney thencamalt aums' Met Through “Personals.” Q. Didn't you met she put pareonae in the-waper #0 that you could’meet? A. T can't. remember, BS ie name did she used to call A, She used to call me per,” the old man chuckled hy this ctl 2, ‘What namé did you'used to all A, bene, Ona oy oe ih " Now. ant nL wo! cal hing ele. I don't remember if Did you and she used to meet at Did you not pay her sums of money Pietees HheetingrT. A.J don’t recall. a Re you suggested to and axlvised era na ee ig in) te yee know how old Mrs, kilos Is? 1A, &. Now. ‘our relations with the de- fondant ir very cordial and intimate? And under those holecoat ing gate aa she ¢hauld rovided T never thought Anyth ing about { you mean to way that you ‘ould ag. ‘@ woman for, twenty years and bare think anything about providing r her? A. 1 never thought of it, °Q, You have no ill-will against her? oorgre \tnese Platt was Called to the zoned and bit Platt Takes the Stand. mtd Deh t di wor fh he about furtively ior the riegrees® mee te Was not in cou 2 YOu are, ait ain fn this case?” Mr, Platt was then sixty-flye years old. Pipa to Remember, ‘he ba! witness recalled wi \- oily the meoting with the Rexvesn th on that occasion did this eae man and her companions dance eancan’ for you and your friends?" lewyer, sked the “TY rather think they akd,'* Yod Platt tremulously, ni pal yh Were they dressed or und, i? AT think thoy were ‘dressed, but Yam a} fore, answering this th e int ju worrled look came over the “gotowenar: fan's face, # Ledger Didn't Help Him, Continuing his questioning of the Blaine, Mr, Warren asked if he re- membered giving the defendant $2,000 occasion of one of his visits to the nee flat’ on Third avenue in May, (Mr, Platt was then seventy-seven years old.) He could not recall this fact, and even when a ledger was shown him It did not en- Hee refresh his memory, giving the shed if he remembered ooteroon money to start a boarding- house, he ressonded: “T think 1 did." It was a great effort for the doddering old man to remember that Mrs. Bilas hod started a boarding-house at No, 156 West Fifty-third street, . Hannah Elias Arrives, John W, Jen- ‘0, fi, Brook- | Mngine Ni hattan | Knocked Policcman Banfor a Down After Heing Arrexted, Policeman Banford, of the ‘Tender. {loin stetion, arrested ai (Greek at {Whirty-fitth street and Broadway to- aay for @ lUcense, On. the to the station-hous. the acked Hanford twice, i} peddling. without way he meond time vie Knocked ‘th policeman down, and was beating. hy Up In. good shitpe when we 0 pollieemen came along ana subdued the man, N ‘ At this juncture the negress entered the tribunal, She was dressed in a black "| gown of simple design and wore a mini k, Her hat was from tt hung a broad vell dots. 18, 404 Md stralght Into » but her dark features were nou expregsion, Mr. Warren browgnt wha Pratt had key wit fou given Bn d in p * notes of the suna he ga pure tage the houses at Nn Fifty-third stweet, No, 7; ebainw street and No, 298 Central Park Weat fav Blank ewha hae 1ne over and i able to tbiter there} No: record on. Kg Reve hol any i-will for her? A, You never thought about bringing this sult? A, Not until it was atid @. You didn't want to bring {t?, Q,%n_ waose solicitation was | tt prought? A. Oh, my brother's, Tru. tees oy appointed to take care of my proper , You turned over your property esate A, Not exactly; they took @, You have been active a goat den, nat Nfe; ior have seen some gay ie Tian te not the only Wo-, a avn have, beep intimate with be- side your wife Mr, Platt turned appealingly to Jus- tice O'Gorman and said: “Must I an- ewer that?” The Court nodded affirma. tively and the old man replied with an emphatto “yes,” Pitifully Agitated, Throughout his examination the ol aan ahitted about in his char neryous. twiddled his, thum pulled at his Wye ty our with trembling Angers anf showed other signs of agitation, lov, Diack took up the matter of! the ed er record of the various sums Mr. Pl td gave, the defendant, He drew from the witness that the only reason he thought the money noted In the book went to Mra, Hllag was that It had no other pene to KO . The same may, ‘bo gald_as to othor {tems in the book? A, Yes; only 1 Ray | that I took most of this money to. ‘the defendant's counsel also went over the checks Mr, Platt had drawn on the Chemical National Bank, Ago(n he showed that Mr, Platt's memory was pitifully weak, He didn't even remember what he had sworn to In direct examination this morning, He said jn many Instances this morning that the proceeds of large checks had gone to Hannah Bilas, This afternoon he id not remember anything about them, Ellas Baby Records, Dr, Andrew Robinson succeeded Mr, Platt on the #tand, He was shown a record by the Health Department show- ing the birth of a child, "Quendolin ‘Toyo Balas," The re oi} Bave the date th as Oct, the name. of the father as “John Pintt,”" 8 Hannah Bllius! iid as color Dr, Robinson sald that he made ihis Information furnished him by Mrs, Bilas, Mr, Warren then put in evidence the death certificate show- ing that the ebild died In April, 1903, Thia reoord wave t ame of the father ag William 1 Questioned by Mr te mother and the race of Dr, Robins Mrs, Filfas ane Of the f of her oiild Lon ian K to 2 /r, Irvine Gets a Summons for the Prelate and Charges Made in. Letters . Againat Clergyman Will,Be Aired, {Bpeoial to The Evening World.) i PHILADELPHIA, Jani 12.—The Tal bdut-Irvine chureh, scandal {sp to be ftir ther alrad in the plvtl ootintey Net oon. tent. with the conductiof the recent oot yention in Roading, Pa, of the Board ‘of Inquiry appointed to. investigate the ohatges he brought againet Bishop Tal+ ot, Dr: Irvine late this agternoon ap- piled in Common Pleas Court No, 2 (e A summora that will bring the! head of the Protestant Mpiscopal Church of Pennaylvanin into open oourt to @x plain the alleged libellous letters the . Tho summons was granted, but no papers wore ‘fled by Dr. Irvine. It ts! or Paling i] i Hadelph said that he it be ‘hia own attorney in, ie elvil mult, ishop Taibot happened to ay bien Adelphia, to-day, he coming to a pecting of the General Pa wei day-schoor Instruction 6} aera Nt 7 “wll be. the is ¢| . le here he wi Miller, Cronnurer ar is diovene, shop Talbot was the “actin Brought sete Ni fy by Dr, Irvine, he seemed dutmfounded and idcitnea to talk of the matte remained indoors» with Geo Thomas at Twenty-first and streets and repeated ringing at bell falled to Re A response, It |s probable t ‘the, Bishop ee: consult tia the General Corninittes regarding the action of Dr. Irvine, and iWhen the case browsht before the vublio through the court he whl be ably represented. coca LOW’S ACT ILLEGAL, SAYS HIGHEST COURT Had No Right to Appoint §peolal Hensisons Justice on Day Hig ‘Term as Mayor Bx ALBANY, Jan, 17.—The chi of Ap peals to-~lay decided that Thomas W, Fitzgerald was legally appointed a Jus- tice’ of the Court of Special Sesdians of New York ar ait ‘on Jan, 1, 190, by Mayor i! McClellan and that the appointinen rea lee to that ie on | st by bathe ig ie Ta on original 1903, May Clark to the vacalicy ean made 4 reappointment cet gan, 1, 1 ‘Db Mayor faa Kk office at noon on that pointed Justice Fitzgerald, The Court decides that 4 prank: Sua tert Sat Ae un! of office elt tat tts erieyes Biaroe Ga won neously; there bo power to make an appoineman| bi ft an MODEL N 28 BLP. ae $3,600 Packard Moto Car C i ony, TIMBS SQUARB, 1540-42 B'dway, "Phone 1050-51, 38th, “Lion BraNnp” COLLARS are more and mere the vo; They wore Aret Intros duced 26 yee sage, "GLENHAM" COLLARS 2 FOR 25 GENTS Bold Everywhere CAN DY SPECIAL FOR TUBSDAY, [UNITED CIGAR |STORES SYSTEM y Means ABSOLUTE f PROTECTION against SUBSTITUTION DIED. RILEY.—Suddenly, on Monday, Jan, 16, ANNIE. RILEY (nee Duty), wite of k J. Riley and daughter of Marga. nd the late Thomas Dutty. Funeral from her late residence, Ne 297 Bast 28th st, on Wednosday, Jan, at 2 o'clock, Interment Newport | wport papers please copy, © -1h remembrance of FLOR+ (baby), 11th and only child of and M, '. Carney, entered into life everlasting Jan. 17, 1900, Bho has solved life's wonderful problem, the strangest, the deepost, the last; and into the schoo! of she angels with the answer forever has pant’ Many a little footprints on the sands of life survives her, LAUNDRY WANTS—FEMALE, ed until 16,99 o'clock | SHMIC RI On family anire. ADDIY Wale lagh Laundry, 1210 24 av,