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an IRON BAR NHI STORE East Side Macha Strangely _ Struck Down—May Die MAN IS UNDER ARREST, > Aged Victim Is Taken to Beth Israel Hospital in a Dy- ing Condition, HAD GONE DOWN FOR MAIL, Biore Was Closed, and Prisoner Ad- _ mite that the Bar Found In the Place Belonged to Him. ‘Parris Wilas, sixty-five yonrs old, a \ wealthy clothier of No, 6 Bast Broad- ‘way, was myrderously assaulted in his to-day and is now dying in the Beth Israel Hospital from a fractured ekull, . Biles 4s @ strictly orthodox Heprow and (does not keep his store open on Boturdays, Early to-day he left his , @partments ovér tlie store and went downataire to see If there was any mail., 4A faw minutes Inter a maid sorvant up- @airs heard’a yell for help, and run- ning‘down, found the’ old ‘man’ lying un- consolous on the floor, blood streaming from @ wound in his head, By bls side ywae a Weavy iron bar auch as’is used tm furnace fires Biles was removed to the hospital and the police were not notified until this afternoon. They learned that Bilas and @tiher orthodox Sews In the neighbor- hood hired James O'Grady, of the Camp- bell Hotol, a Park Row lodging-house, to make up their fires on Saturday Dy cg eR it ia ppt their mn il Jabor on thelr Bert eo a nn ‘pended ‘othe “he heard another ah tchell auth piake the|1) 1; Red Ruler (even) 2, Herahmen Hy 9 the ‘O'Graay Ltt fol Bees, pha ft es Tide at , 7 RM ‘f et round ag and apratne. part weft. py (a ‘ man denied all knowledge of ‘the tals aid Apht dhe Engllshinan| THIRD RACE—Invinolble (8 to 8) iat ot aasthe Hine ot i Ae the iron] Om oat end Britt, T am sure, will at-| 9) Astarita (8 to 2) 2 Major John couldn't underaand how it'got in the! tractt ho t crowd Benoa r wg ton 3. of cryin, eet ai iy hin Bi tho mle an Merisoo want to Brat o& carrying, it around with him, The one Wate HUN metand oatyng FOURTH RACE—Rapld Water (8 rere, "ana the” police'decided to nold Mitchell chee fave. accepted to 1) 1, Forehand (7 to 1) 2 Oe ‘GITIZENS SEEK. TO FREE WIFE FROM ASYLUM Indignant“at Commitment of Mirs, Charlotte Allen as Insanity Victim, ‘Adolph Engelke, a lawyer, of Jersey (ity, was retained to-day by oltizens of Englewood, N, J,, to bring habeas ‘corpus proceedings to secure they re- tease trom Morris, Plains Insane Asylum of Mrs, Charlotte Allen, wife of Horace Allen of that town, Mrs, Allen was gent to the asylum yesterday on her hueband's complaint, Dr, Danie] A. Cur- ry and Dr, Ermentrout ‘having certified ft her insanity, Horace Allen is manager and chief etookholder in the Rockefeller Drug Co,, of Englewood, He and his wife have been prominent in the social life of the ‘place until a few months ago when Mrs, Allen walked {nto the drug store one day and slapped the faco of a young woman who was talking to her husband, “He keeps telling me I am insane," eaid Mra, Allen, “and that he will have me sent ‘to an asylum,” At the request of Mrs, Allen Mr, En- @elke went to Englewood and asked fher husband if he thought her insane, Ho refused to answer, Mr, Engelke warned him to bring no proceedings tp heve his wife sent to an asylum without giving him due warning, All that js required in New Jersey for tthe commitment of a person to the Morria Plains Asylum Js a certificate of ingahity signed by two physiciang, Bueh | ‘a certificate was presented to Mrs, Allen a@t her home yesterday. by two attend» ants from the asylum, and she was ¢ dered to start for Morris Plains im. moiiately, she went without resistance, after tifying several friends of her predic ment. By Ret {t was known all ov Englewood that Mrs, Allen had been gent to an institution for the insane, ‘aianett were several neighborhood {n- by (deat meotings held and steps were en to haye the cake Investignted. A gominitien Tom Englewood visited Mr. | Bugellte at his office to-day and author- ine him to briwe habeas conpus pro- ccedit33 to bring {he woman into. court and have the whole case reviewed. tt 1185 5 io PAD FLORIDA LTD, fi Ww York every aay at ‘quickest time Ip vot a of oat ei | r | “HHT ARRANGED. TO-DAY BETWEEN BRITT AND WHITE "Frisco Club's Terms. Ac- cepted and Englishman Will Soon Mlake Trip Here O'ROURKE WIRES OFFER, British Lightweight Champion Is Allowed $500 for His .. Expenses, COFFROTH IS AFTER BOUT Aléc Greggaine Also Puts In Bid for International Go, but ‘No Date Has Been Set, The international light-weight cham: |rdonship battle between Jimmy Britt, of California, the light-weight cham- pion of America, and Jabez Witte, the English Hght-weight champton, has been arranged. Tom O'Rourke, who is looking after White's interests in this country, announced to-day that all ar- rangements for the contest had been completed amd that White and his man- ager, Charley Mitchell, would wall for this country within two weeks, O'Rourke hab so far received two of- fers trom the matobmakers of clubs tn Ban Franclaco who are anxtous to bring oft the battle, O'Rourke received a tel- egram to-day from both Jimmy Coft- roth and Aleo Greggains, both matohé makers, offering him 0 per cent. of the gross receipts for White and Britt to fight for in a twenty-round bout on any date that is agreeable to O'Rourke, Mitchell’ and White. ‘They aso stated in thelr telegram that they would allow White pay’ tray: aie at ae val fo a ford = fo a My sai ie offre for th the copied them for, Wht rand an Chay have accep! Francisco, Ca a 8) and have also Hal tolegram both matchmakerg Bah Hranelsco, e tormine them of ihe fant that I ON Bee aocents ‘thelr of- Ty aiekwinne q will Sable fi fo! Be Mitonsl lan to'comn Mo he eountey wth Et country with Wh ite,” ‘BIG TIM’ HANDS OUTS, 000 SHOES 2,600 Pairs and Woollen Stock- ings, Too, for Poor Men in the District Controlled by the Congressman, When Revresentative Tim ullivan found it imposalble to attend the dinner he gave to tha Bowery Rast Rayne he ordered thet each man attending be given a card, Printed on the card was a wish for @ merry Christmas and a request for tho recipient to keep It until the return of “Big Tim’ to New York, The ounds have been kept religtously, and now the Sullivan design is appar- ont, On next Monday, at the Mata- mora Glub, on the Bowery, every man presentin~ one of the carga will be give a palr of new shoes and a'pair of woollen socke. ‘The shoes were purchaged on the or- dor of Itepresentative Sullivan, by Dom- Inlok J, Mulaney, clerk of the Finst Dis- trict Court, ‘hore are 5,000 shoes—2,500 pairs, The bill that “Big Tim" will have to pay for them to A, J, Bates & Co,, No, 202 Church street, amounts to $4,673. Word of the ‘impending shoe and stocking distribution was sent up and down the Bowery this afternoon, Some of the Sullivan constituents have used | their Christmas tickets as collateral, but such as these will not be turned away as long as the shoes hold out, a | BURNS HANDICAP IS | RUN AT OAKLAND, | Daly Pair, Claude and Elliott, Fa- vorite for Pacifle Conat'y Blgwest Race, | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.—The great- jest turf event of the year on the Pacific coast, the $10,000 Burns Handl- feap, a Onkland track this afternoon, Owing to the rain the courte was heavy, ‘The | Daly palr, Claude and Bijiott, » the | ts Vvorites, being quoted at 8 to 5 and 2 Seeteinee ceeeneeead fate sitar reac om SIC Hltouch of the Northern cold wave in noted A great crowd ‘to the |! | HANDICAP WON BY RAPID WATER po aS Hildreth’s Recent Purchase Had Easy Time of it in Merchant: Feature at New Orleans, Leading All the Way. NEW ORLEANS: ‘RESULTS. —_=— FIRST RACE—King. Rese (3.t0'1) b was Reezke 3, NEW ORLBANS, Lu, Feb, 4—& the whape of @ light rain gave race- Fair Grounda to-day, aa ithe golns, While not deep, was slippery and afforded such doubtful footing, that many horker of class named to go i the different events were withdrawn, The Merchants’ Haudloap at 4 milo, the feature of the card und worth §2,000 to the winner, brought out a numi 88, \apld W Water De Resuk: joy, Home cluding Judge Traynor, 1 much talk of Derby prone from St, Louls, alas araded ina condition Durse ut @ mile and Beventy yaras, At the meeting of tie new Wieatara turf body to be held bere to- permanent or; nian tien will be ect and officers elected. 'T, C, Mclowell, the well-known Lexington turtman, Ip spoken of a8 likely to be the permanent e and ‘aay 606 ® =] chairman, _ Out of deference to the ‘Amerioan soe, Club, tae formerly | 225° raced at Jerome Park, the name sat the new Western governing bod; disoorded and & new one ad ten ‘The programme for the first seven days of the Panama Park meet- fis ‘Out to-day shows that no purse will ¢ of less value than @ feature i the opening bi will be @ thousand dollar hand'cap. The Hawthotne stake: were announced a here to-day, in. uate the Chicago Derby, with $1,000 King Rose Ail the Way. Plerce was made the favorite by the books in the opening. betting on the first race, but lack of support was rei ‘at able for this prise bas 4 from | 8 King Rose was the one that | he gewarded thelr confidence by making & gunaway affair of it, winning easily ‘at the en Long Shot by a Nose. Red Ruler was always tho favorite in the second race and was heavily played ‘@t odds at around even money, In the early running Judge Traynor flattered this ‘backers by going to the front and sebting the pace, He led until well into the homestretch and then stopped, Gan- non then moyed up with the favorite, and made a determined effort, In a driving finish Diwle Lad: beat him out by @ nose. ———— ICE STILL STOPS | HOT SPRINGS RACES. HO? SPRINGS, Atk, Feb, 4—Contin- ued cold weather again prevented racing Park, Natives are marveling | {at the weather, which they say has not been equatied in twenty years, The track ix still as hard as iron, but has been cut ‘up a bit by harrows, so that horses were able to worl over It this morning, 7 resumed on Monday. ries must, under Western Club rules, be declared off and a he weurd substituted, Pool-rooms here ture now In full claslr and crowded to the e uithern Club-room here, operated ti » yesterday lost $8,000, the winners belng Steve L'Homme- dietund John W, Schorr. ‘The Arkansas Cub lost $2,600, The Kentucky ¢! broke about even, gy nnky ae 4, Plerée J, (3 to 1) 2, Mary Worth 3, Prion to thé/Glty Prison tolday: tn tho SECOND RACE—Dixie Lad (28 to; Blair was Beit vost sites with thavoutacl gers changed track conditions at the |; ot Last ones Ww including Milldroth's pur 606 * alever phree-yeur-olds, ine ry to 1 carried the dollars of the wisé ones, and | (j ~NEW YORK, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1 4, mf} ‘FORECAST OF TO-NIGHT'S EVENTS AT THE GARDEN. Qn //< GU, \ Srey ds i i ENN vr ‘Girediation } Books 5 One to All,”” tg | Te a Ane antie she ce IF FUANAGAN Fries To 4 BREAK RECORDS, ‘TON WEIGHT FALLS ON STAGE OF. OPERA-HOUSE. Mass of Metal Crashes Through Fly Loft at Performance of Romeo aod Juliet,”* but While Audience Starts for agi 1 There Is No Panic. At the close of. the second act of | “Romeo and Jullet,” at the Metropoll- tan Opera-Hovse this afternoon, the great Counterwelght controlling the cur> tain broke ldore and fell from the top of the proscenium arch to the stage, | crashing through the floor of a fly lott on the way. With the counterwelght rebsased, the heavy curtain, which ts arranged in portlétes, iw'ngs into place from each side of the arch, shutting off, a view of the stage from the audience, The counterweight weighs possibly o \ ton and the noise it produced as Jt tore | ‘The matinee to-day Wed i th through: the timbers of the fy lott | sounded like’ a Gombardment, Great| BLAIR TAREN TO ; TOMBS PRISON. | George Blair, Superintendent of. thu Outdoor Poor, under former Mayok Van ‘Wyok, who walved examination before Magistrate Whitman in the Yorkvilte Altee Court on Thuraday, and was held far trial ona charge of stand larceny, * thaheferred “front” Black Marla, Jes ue WORLD RAGE CHAT AT NEW ORLEANS. , 4—63D DAY, Clouds of dust whot out over the audi- | tonltum, Halt the audience was up and started), for the doors before the evho of the ovash had died avray, sbul there wis nothing approaching a panic, The coun-' terwelght, when it struck the stage, eat cleared the man who. was about to ig dawer, the curtain, No one .was In- ‘aint the melght si replaced tt wnible to raise the cl n the intermission between: the wecond end third acts was xicernely ong, eenth of the current season, et tI remarked upon by tne supers! bus opera singers, ‘ {n connection: with the fmanagement of the affairs of Mra, Dora W. Johnston, 4 ward of his, who was for, many Mnonths confined in a sanitarium, When the wagon in, whig Ir wi reached the Charity Déaneeint 4 the foot of Bast Twetty-sixth street, where he formerly reigned supreme, Where the Tomhs prisoners are separ. ated trom those golng to the Island, | 0 i) bis tormer employees, many of. whom sourrled to cover to Prevent stilt aooing: en am prds ay nr he On ny COMPLET LOCAL SKATERS WIN IN IN CANADA Amateut Champion W Wood Takes 220-Yard Dash and Half Mile—Baptie Beat Nielssen in Two Events, ' (Boneta to THe thyoulne Wort) MONTREAL, Qunbeo, Feb, 4~ioe- |-handed and atmed with two revolvers, te ‘andi.anfist track fayorod | va wumber op tie combined!\Anterica gnd Canadian: championship abeed mtating, wihidh took Place on ‘There were seventy-five individ tricg, Including, Baptle, Nissen and stot nL among tho professionaln' ‘and -the éntire contingent of United | tours who were at Saranac Lake, «| the iM, A. A. A, ‘thaok Lege Summary: bitten Finis: an Baylis, Hat ‘erone, TRACK SLOW, ee eet see era ran fy Pi iy foe ets) been one, pail bee | ie G, ary seit sane aH Hickey B alec fonelbermes. Re fred y ae 7 Bi aa “i 4 Fi, qo Clos. ri i ae Lamy, mn iit i Et G, rH, thier 109 H ot a Oh i 8 ry third; time, ioe bey } i i a Mis 8 of rag] One-mile ‘amateur, in heats i Why By dat eat 5 4 4 Fist Hoat—F. Logan, St, Joba, N, B,, Mig 1 BO tk Tee 3 of | rat; J, Add ME A A A Beards J, as {: ng a a Pia 2 HF eneater, fare Pally, ‘third. ‘Mine bil Mort’ i nau oevet Na bart td {nto submission and not bothered afterward, Mary Worth Le aeny, ee at Fin Verona ran an ro frprov w= | Reson ond: P, Kearn a New York Wn CG, oe Rag ai “ey purse $400; orie mile and seventy’ yards “mime | thi yrime--28 ) 28 1-5, pst te Wid, Ladi de5, “Stare mood, Won delwings "Winner, ch, ‘Buck nds—Oscar ‘alentine-— m er—fohn Mannion, ‘Trainor—deo, Land, i ain, Moniaahkes Rink, first; Ba ra. fan, mralbenoers second! A, A Bulmer, ‘DI Lad, 3] MA » third; i e, 1m. 81 5 ( nit 1 ify * ‘yavdn’ “(Amateur ieol 1 gyn sores ‘Wood, Verona fo tagany i ib 1 4, Forrestor, Niagara man seoond; ie Oc 8 as ih Ug Re lee J. Robinson, W, an 2) f ‘ Stak 100 ; AEE E BB BR PY M,C an “anc We BE Bulmer, ae t it out 4 Montreal’ et papacy Mertirdbst Woe titted ey SAG CPR EER ee 5 ONG, its, Kw Pin cnt year-old ‘and 44-5, Start man lost Ey? a ee he Garneo 1-6, 004, ‘vit se fain Mero. De Diebold. Winner, oh, h,, mo #400; aix. furlonas, ‘Time 4, by Upward; purse #0,.A, Alnwick feaneys_V Wee ‘Nicol 100 Phillips 107 1 Mente 109, 2 Johnson 6 sa Dale 97 4 Ry Johnson 100 roodward 98, om 1 Nicol 0% . Martin 108 oCatforty 110 Balint | 08 11 108, an 194 08 Ds 108 32 one 2 1 Fy 5 a 400, " sWore blinkers, Rap id Water ot a running start, 24 trouble. ih disposing of ‘the others. Stone were badly cht off on first turn, © could Never get up, Ram's Horn and Old big lead, tired at end. Forehand had little 5C9—FIFTH PACE—Handicap; six furlongs: Johnson also ran, §10—SIXTH RACE—Selling; fo one mile: aad Pho J objected, it Is sald, to his marrying again, and this preyed on his mind, Esperance, Gold Spink, Carnval Montpelier, Court Maith) 0°," ste in nis moutn, the ote Decoration and Worthington also ran. end having been attached to the gas | Ee eel Aare. He leaves an estate valued ai AT OAKLAND, |) aeeecratainers ste tae teraell SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK 1 FIRST: RACE—ABE MEYER |, DICK BERNARD (16 to 5) 1, FRONTENAC (14 to 5) 2, POSEUR, Elsie Harris, Inquisitive Girl, Ethel Mark, Darnivan, Mata- der, Charlie Thempson; Jake Greenberg, Huzzah and Mayor ARAB (16 to 5) 1, JOHN DOYLE (12 to 1) 2, ARACHUE 3. threes year ~olds and upward} r four-year-olds and upward; 1, AGHILITA 2,S¥PHON GIRL 3 Yoon, Bt, don "Bis vans time, ‘ards (Protessional)-—| North Dakata first; aN os Baptie, H, Davidson, Sinniraud fell, pinneapaly, first; kota, :|third; time 6m, 8 tf, ‘Three Miles (Amateur)—Morris Wood, Verona Lake, ; A. A, third; time, 9m. 22°2: NEWARK, N. J, fifty-nine years old, of No. streit, committed suicide at his home | to-day by taking gas, second wife five months ago, ried daughter by his first wife strongly riot firat; tm 28 ors Pay aah Nellasen, third; time, an aeaga Wood in Dead Heat. 880 Yards Qipsteur ae Heat.—J, A: ry ae Nin i Ld we rst; Phil a hes i €arne} ew Yor! . ©, second; ie Ra Eu Bt —e three-year. “= ho Cate di. sale apn ’ y Rapatloe Water Girl OWNERS, Skt Sawenery, rain tha imo, in. ie Pinal Daal J, J, Forrester, Niagara; \ Mowels Wood, Verona Lake; time, 1m, Half Mile (for boye twelve years and! A.| positive,” #8) under),—Russell Wheeler, M.A. A. #5! Rink, frat: D, L, Young, Montreal, ‘seo: gj ond; C, Duncan, Funes, Arthur Rink, 1| third; time, Im, 42 4-6: e-5| One Mile (Brofessiona).—N. Baptle, | North Dakota, first; J, Nielssen, Minne- jenough to take a ercle Cio Harley Devidson, third; | tlme, 2m. ‘Three Miles (Professlonal)—J, Nilsson, | tectives, N. Baptle, North Da- second; H. Davidson, Winnipeg, ' first; B. Spencer, secon); F, Loman, St, John, ¥ a KILLED HIMSELF AFTER SECOND MARRIAGE, Daughter of Newark Man Said to Have Objected to His Taking Another Wife, \ Feb, 4—Car} Kuhne, 1S Beacon He married his His mar- SER . ghee eee Mae Sought’ to Carry Out His Pecullar T y Up Robber, and Gives Hie After Numerous of His Victims Positively IdentifyHim, y DISPLAYS BRAVADO ON Tells the Police, Through Private *bery—Known ‘Aniong His . as Chris, or Sand Rock’ a a 904—Wbeneter Hurd) No. 10: W Bighty-oteth Deo,’ 4, 190¢—B, L, Shipman, No, 826 Bart avenue, be) i i Jen, 20, 1908-—Dr, Robert B, Talbot, No. 81 Wi Jan, 24, 1006-—-Alphs Deite Phi: Fraternity Hundred and Seventeenth street. in ne, Moa heme Ft street ‘Christ, or “Sand Rock,” Smith, a re with a mind twisted with tadlcal sockalistic by elght persons, has confessed to. Co of thearpper west and est sides forthe past drew | entered the: Homie of Brewer, Emest'G. W. point of the pistol to.hand oven $t00 th five | Me Dr a en st at Senet ae ee ) nq | amazing ‘career that probably hae no parallel im the annals aity,: In this tale the\airof bravado he had’ bee him, avid he ‘talked the strange philosophy | of 1 that he has fed le mind for years on queer theorien of the ‘tion of wealth, ‘This boy ‘disclosed that he has fixed. idean about bution of wealth, ‘and his peculiar theory of exiatence in nian has more than another that the poorer one should . the wealthier one's expense by, stealth, fear or force. mat raided only the homes of the rich. “This boy is a Soolalist,’? said Comisilenionee Moatgo at of his interview with Smith, “One might say that! he dovan't far from being ati Anarchist, Hoe belleves that what the rioh to the poor, and that the poor should get it, no matter what may have to employ.” It was,the bragging of this boy bandit; his doplay « ot the p ried and his desire to impress upon chance acquaintances his” that put him into the hands of the police,’ In order to, 4 (those to whom he’ bragged that ‘he was-all that he claimed ‘stated the facts of the series of hold-ups which ho’ was buey: He showed newspaper clippings to prove the facts, : All of this was going on {n a pool-room and similar resorts, goon, with the hue and ory in the newepaners, “Band Rock's!’ Mulberry atreet. Smith was positively identified at Police Headquarters by olf as the bandit who hud visited the residence of each in turn dur two months and at the point of one or two pistols ¢orced them to deliver, Mr, Woers was at Polico Headquarters and Smith was fore him, | “He may be the man," sald Mr. ‘Woers, ut 1 would not” w | Miss Woerg 4s confined to hor home by illness, but it is belleved she will be| De lable to leave there on Monday lo) Kk at Smalts, Acting Inspector O'Brien, chief of de- had Smith In a line of men |when the hold-up victims filed into hig yoom-and one after the other, beginning with William Webb, butler In the homo lot Ebenezer Hurc, at No. 19 West Bigh- H Rca street, which wi 3, ake ‘sand i Frederick /C, Delta’ Phi. ‘frat, house at West One Hundred: and otredt, bal was si du ey + ntinina on on Beata ¥ 1 If you had tramped falling'as the streets you met a ul all day friend who yourself looking for jut none directed vou | with delight a Furnished [seemed lo a “fine and eager Room— to answer room with rang the bell tolclosea deal for the © Furnished |) Room in | gas, bath and all home your requirements, comforts”— |