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“Murphy, of Ditblin, who ated re- ‘and Mr. Croker got the piace at ‘pm Grogt bargain. “It ‘comprises about elhty acres of “and has 2 fine house which Mr. ito at a cost of £15,000. is quarried right out of the Dublin intain, a few miles from his cs‘ate. Mrnis ina new departure for this neigh- as they usually get everything London. Mr. Croker bought all furnishings in Dublin, and tho stone which 1s a Deautlul: granite, ts it out of the mountains here. This made him very popular ‘here. When Re Greeted by Croke ‘ “The road to his place ia'a very fine } one, Dut most <o€ the residences, which giso splendid ones, are surrounded high tone walls and cannot be seen © trom the road. “As we reiched 2 turn in the road «Heading to Mr. Croker's house I saw the t American fag since I left home. It ked well flying on the top of Mr. GCroker’s unfinished building. * “There was Mr, Croker himsel? watch- mg the men at work. He was very giad to #ee me and he invited us all In ‘and showed us the grounds and his horses, mostly from American sires. He is already this year atthe head of the winning horse owners on the Irish “Sir. Croker insisted on us staying with him, ‘but as there were so many In our paris, LE promised him to call Cre next morning. We had lunch with him and at buck to Dulin to the Metropglis jotel, where we were stopping. Mr. iker invited me to ride into Dublia i iz and hls mcs in his private ting car, which I di mathe Hest mornine 1 wan to x0 £2 a {Croker’s house and was to be 'Gis"fattrond station “with “his. car. inade a mistake and got off at Forfock +etation Insiead of Silorgin, I had to Walk about three and a half miles and At was as hot as could be, All Day Visit. ith saw Mr. Croker snd ecayed ull day wit T watked all over nis plac ith hin’ and left hin with a promi to como back to the iKidare oe on the twenty-fifth, which I will a His sou Howard drove me inte Dub- in that night. We took a bout to Hol- head. It was a very Inst boat, which made twenty-fve aiiles an hour, We took a train at the dock and arrived in London at 7 o'clock in the morninz. pai) is a wonderful city. Rverything frerent Bh ae ALNeW (York, ene control of the jc ds something "Belles contol ‘They simply raise their hands anf every vehicle behind them comes to a ar aan ‘he drivers who are go far behind that they cannot see the iceman ‘Stop when the driver in front ‘because they know that the stop sbeen ord “We went to the Alhambra Music Hall that night saw one of the best tiave ever seen. The place ts non a very liberal basis. fact, Hinks they wake noting Seen tases + Thin nothing of here wot eer talan and police patrol wagons tre nape own city ave ons livaly nelghbor- a ood in Now York like st is around the letropo! ' le or ty-gecond street, they ake Sunred A 19 vue} full and activity unt alf-past Gretve at night ‘Then e closes Wide-Open Sunday. ‘and in the evening et 6; afver ‘church every piace is wide onen until z ‘Right, but every place has a right to Gell to @ tourtet or traveller ek all hours. “Bunday ae apa the famous a Pelt | gat Lane. sight, on pally to see. Its venders are a of the Chatham et John auctioneer and of twenty yeary ago. The i or telling stortes on one fay aos ne a8 oath int wach ustionses tried to short change . Us, but, you may know, they were. not very successful. I would have put In fow fore, cin at the place, but it Be in to seb wes hn Sabet “TWO BURNED ON THE “L.” /) Garcline Lamp Exploded, Throw- Ang Flaming Liquid Over Ee | Workmen, work on the Myrtle avenue re in Brooklyn to-day John ix years old, of No, 342 wtrest, and James McGee, one, of No. 297 Flatbush avenue, see, burned by the bursting of sh anen were taken 1ta] in a oritical “On pee ton om the puloonapnd put publie dines {GIRL BURNED | BY ACID THREW TT, SAY POLICE figured for Life After Threats in Letters, ‘Victtm of an acid thrower, who sent @ trall of disfiguring fluid across her pretty face, the heroine of a mysterious wandbagging, pestered by a threatening Jettor writer, and the cause of an acute religious rivalry betweon the congregu- tions of two churches, Fannie Hayden, aged sixteen, is easily the most con- ‘@picuous person in Elizabethpor, N. J., jo-day. ‘The police take no stock in the girl's story of persecution. Thev claim the sendbagging affair was of her own in- vention, that she admitted writing the threatening letters to herself and others and assort that she put the acid on her own face to make good threnta mude In the letters she wrote to herself. Members of the Fulton Street Meth- odist Church believe the police version of the affair, Members of the East Boptist Church do not. Members of Other religious donominations are won- dering how a right-handed girl could Utrow acid across Uhe left side of her fece with a syringe. and whv a pretty girl should disfigure herself for lite to make good a threat tn letters, which, the police say, she confessed having written, Case Full of Mystery. The case is full of mystery and con- tradictions and the police theory does not clear tt, Seven years ago Fannie's mother, a Mrs. Olsen, of Brooklyn, separated from her husband on account of religious Aifferences and the girl was adopted by Mrs, Hayden, of No. 2i¢ Marshall street, Elizabethport. “She’was a devout mem- ber of the Fulton Street Methodist Churolr until six months ago, when she changed over -to the East Baptist Church, of which Dr. Elison 4s pastor. ‘A revival was held in the Methodist Charch two months ago, and while it was in progress the girl and Dr. Ellison beoume the target for an anonymdus letter writer, who throaten)d dire things to both on account of the girl's with- 4rawal from the Methodist Church. ‘Then one night the girl was found un- consclous in a lot near her home with her head bruised and her body. covered by boards. ‘The threatening letters were brought to light when the police began investigating the assault. Dr. Ellison said to-day that sus- picion was directed against n young of excelient fi 0h the point o hey, suddehiy cha cused Mrs, Kiliso1 pastor's wite, of huving written the litters, Afterward the police announced that Fannie had broken down and confessed eho bad written ‘the letters herself and had crawled under the plie of boards. The case was dropped until last night's acid Acid Mara Pretty Face, ‘While the girl was returning from @ grocery Jast night some one threw sul- Phuric acid across her face as she Passed an alley createy on Eligabeth avenue, The acid plowed a furrow from the corner of her left eye to the corner of her ohin, and it splashed back across her throat. The girl ran ried ‘Dr, Bunt- ling’s office. He said i cid was thrown from a syringe me one Several deot away, from tho. viction, Dr. Whitehead, was with Dr. Buntiing and agreed with him, but Sey he notified the police they insisted the girl had thrown the acid herself. ‘At her home to-day the girl admitted having confersed to the police that she had written the threatening letters dnd felgned the astault. “Capt, O'Leary told mo J would be sont to’ the penitentiary for five years {f I didn’t tell who wrote the letters,” she said. ‘I told him T didn't know, He told me I would have to say Mrs. Elli son wrote them, and to save her I eald I wrmte them myself. O'Leary admitted ihe had ac- Capt. cused Mrs, illson of writing the let- ters, but denied having — threatened Fannie Hayden, ‘'Her confession was evidence write G ed conduct of this case is a1 cious, th were on the Tight ie gmploun. hey cused my wife and nally sald Fannie had confessed,” => BURNS FATAL TO CHILD, Five-year-old Maggie O'Rourke died in St. Vincent's Hospital to-day from burns she received a week ago by fall- ing into a bon fire. The child Mved at No. % Horatio street. —_—_—__—— HOW TO READ GAS METERS, “LOGIC” TELLS. Musogt Inened by Cousolidated Company Given Lots of Very Useful Information. “Gas Logic’ in a handsome, attrac- tve magazine which 1s being got out by the Consolidated Gas Company, and hich furnishes excellent reading of an eduouti@ul navure tor all users o: gus. Gas is acknowledged to be one of adjuncts in the nh and the Industrial Gevewpment of Laie coumry, Dut iow brought out in the muyasine that few petouus UbUCidlaid tue use of gas. ‘expiains ail these Usiges gore ot Way Mawing. if bosstble to check the Wass Of wea” by byueewives or their servants, “Me DUEPUBE vf Lhe iMagusine Is to brivt Oul tne Gost oO: gas Lo was burned f Shale: nh Maem aid felt upon 2 ‘when the SHIPPING NEWS IG NEWS. ‘AC FOR TO-DA’ TO-DAY. Hii Moon Pines, 1.41 | 2) sumers, It tele alao the service reu- ed py Ue Payee 4nd the work ex- busied of tne Kas CUMsoY employces, ‘Gae thing underetovd ‘by tow teers ot Kas a the euding of the Kus mover into at longi, with char ahowing bow they should hay a Inet Sntradti gover aan ar her ee Pr: ie ch cee ea ‘ OWNER OF GREEN “AUTO FAILS 10 CLEAR MYSTERY vas lea Fannie Hayden Dis-|Machine Hidden in Uptown Garage Belonged to James Brisbane. The ownership of the green automo- bile with the yellow running gear placed in Schultz's garage, Broad near One Hundred and Tenth street, last Friday afternoon, a short time after a, &teen automobile with yellow running gear ran down and killed little Fred Busching in the Bronx, was traced by The Evening World to-day to James Brisbane, of No. 59 Hast Sixty-fourth street. Mr. Brisbane has not been liv- Ing at home for several daya. He was found at the Lotos Club. “ht ridioulow he sald, “to even insinuate that I would ran down a boy or any one else with my automobile and ' identity. I did not run into anybody in the Borough of the Bronx with my au- tomobite last Friday." “Were you out in your car that day?” asked the reporter, “I don't think s0,” repliea Mr. Bris- bane. “Is it possible that your chauffeur had the machine out without your knowtedge’"’ “I don't think #0. I don't know where Schults's garage is. My machine is kept at the Standard garage, Fifty-sec- ond street and Broadway.” ‘While Mr. Brisbane does not know where the Schultz. garage is, it is a fact that his automobile was run in the tires irs. Chauffeur Had Auto Out. The chauffeur, a Frenchman named Westerlinch, has been seen by Detec- tive-Sergeant Scheffler. He says he took a party to Travers Island in the automobile last Friday and returned by way of the Southern Boulevard. The ‘Busching boy was 4illel at Southern Boulevard and Home, street. Appraching Schultz's gurage last Fri- day. the automobile was stoned at the corner of One Hundred and Ninth street ras Pedi Fn and 2 maa and woman A tall man with a red Vaa iyko baat took thy muchine to the garage: The man and the woman who had jeft the machine walted for him to return to One Hundred and Ninth street and the three went away together. Mr, Brisbane {s a short, stout man wits’ a heavy black mustache. He ts quite positive that he was not et One Hundred and Tenth street and Broud- way last Friday. broken and was left for re- More Witnesses Found. Coroner Berry, of the Bronx, has d! covered two more witnesses to the ki ing of little Busching. One is Julh Buedner, a blacksmith, the other James Hatton, a motorman on a car that was passing at the time of the accident. Hatton saye the machine was dark driven by a man . One of the persons in the car was either a woman E moblie ‘and fts occupants tx as keen aa ever. Other machines besides that of Mr. Brisbane are being watched. Coroner Berry and the Bronx wm ure dete: mined ‘to catch the inhuman pieagui seckers who shouted with laughter their car hurled the boy {nto the air and put on more speed In order to es- cape before thelr identity could be dis-| covered, ‘THE WORLD: then ride away in an effort to hide my | there last Friday afternoon with one of | FRIDAY URGES KOMURA TOASK MIKADO FOR ARMISTICE Roosevelt Entertains Jap En- voy and Discusses War Situation. Baron Komura, Japan's peace envoy, will to-day cable the Mikado the ap- peal made yesterday to him by Pres!- ‘dent Roosevelt urging that he recom- mend an armistice in Manchuria while the peace negotiations are in progress. President Roosevelt took occasion to make this appeal to Komura yhile the latter and Minister Takahira were din- ing at the Roosevelt home, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay. It is said the Presi- dent's argument succeeded in influ- encing the diplomat to get into com- munication with the Japanese Lemans aie without delay. The result of the envoy's comamunt- ention with the Mikado and the effect jit will have is awaited with interest, Xt was officially announced to-day that the Russian and Japanese peace envoys would go to Oyster Bay om two warehips on Saturday, Aug. 5. They will be transferred from the warships to the Mayflower. which will be anchored ready for them, and which, with the Dolhpin, will carry them to Portsmouth, convoyed, prcbably, by the Galveston and the Tacoma. ‘The Japanese envoys recall the peace conference to end the Chinese-Japan. ese war, held in Shimonoeeki, Japan, when that crafty old statesman, Li Hung Chang, entered the conference | without the proper credentials, He was sont back home, and the con- ference was delayed until he came with papers showing that he was the uwuthorigzed agent of his government to represent her at the conference, “So the first day will be given up to the examination of the credentials of the envoys,” said Mr, Bato, of- | ficial spokesman for Baron Komura. “Should the credentials of elther party be defective, as was the case at the Shimonoseki conferenée, then of course the peace conference here would |elose."” M. Sato said of the report that China might demand an indemnity trom both the beiligerents for damage done to Manchuria: china may Have some claim against sia but none against Japan. She Russi Go@ipy Manchuria fecnuse she was #0 defenseless, and to that we attribuie the present war. If she could have kept Fiussia out there would have been no war, and I do not ge how she could fairly claim damages from Japan fot events that have oc- curred through her own lack of power.” oe CHINA TO DEMAND WAR LOSS INDEMNITY. WASHINGTON, July 28—China will it is reported here, demand an indem- nity of $100,000,000 for damages done by the belligerents in Manchuria throuch the destruction of crops, Durning of vil- lages and other losses incurred oy Chin- nese in that vrovince during the war, |The demand will, it is sald, sented at the Portsmouth peace ca ference. It je thought China’s real Iden in sug- | gesting an indemnity is to emphasias the fact that Manchuria belongs to her and must be restore? POLICE A. A. IS NOW ORGANIZED Athletic Members of the Force to Have Their Own Associa- tion and Hold Games. Athletic members of the police force, 1; | Inciuding some of the best men in their Mnes of sport in the country, have ore ganized the Police Athletic Association at Greater New York. Its object witl be to develop the best athlotic pro- ficiency in the department, fo arrange for games and ty pring about the, for- mation of gimilar associations In all the larger cites of the East. A meet- ing will be held here next week, at which representatives of the police de- partments of to discuss the for clations in these cit ther cites will be present ation of such asso- Patrolman John Hickey, of the Fifth Precinct (Oak street ~tatlon). is the President of the association, One of Its Vice-Presidents is John J. Flan- nagan, the champion hammer-thrower, and the members, who now number more than sixty, Include the best ath- letle talent in the department, ‘Third Deputy Commissioner Lindsley is encouraging the association and has been eppolnted managing director, The Jauion Will be under the control of the Amateur Athletlc Association. BROKER MUST EXPLAIN. Ordered by Court to Tell Why He Refuses to /Answer im Cotton Inauiry. WASHINGTON, July 2.—The™ Ye of Moses Haao, one of the New’ York brokers who yesterday refused to an- ewer questions put by the Grand Jury investigating the leakage in the cotton report of the Department of Agricui- ture, was brought to the attention of Judge Wrigit, Jn Criminal Court, at Loon to-day. tate y, siguen a lax {0 apt iock toeday to show |% 3 cause should not ane and upon plea of his coungel that thet had not been sufficient ay to veaent the matter, the ba ned ntl as aienaase ae at ‘ore vend J dae well ap F. A. answer the, gue Both went perore 3b day, but after over night again n declined to ‘ves! SMALL BOARD BROKER FAILS. ‘The eyoriyh Fi annua a Lad #5 jounee on the pha braker's wei « Haas Appeared at the appointed pour ry Jury yesterda: Hara esterday. AT 100 YEARS HE IS STILL YOUNG Centenarian Dimmers Has Sis- ter of 135, He Tells Court, and Father Was Cut Off at the Early Age of 125. Charles Dimmers. the deertiest cen- tenarian who ever appeared in a Jer- sey City tribunal, was a defendant be- fore United States Commissioner Cam- mer to-day in @ suit brought by John H, Swanson ‘n an admiralty case, Mr, Dimmers, before golng on the stand and testifying as to repairs on his canal-boat H. H. Raker. told C miasioner Cammer something about himself, He sald is home ts in Buf- falo, and that he has passed bis one hundredth birthday. His father, be said, died at the age of 125, and he has @ sister living in Prussia who Is 185 years old. Broad shou‘dered, sinew and carry- ing himself with @ nervous swing, Mr. Dimmers might pasa for a man of fifty, He has enormous hands and boasts he can Uft a barrel of flour without dif- feulty. He is in compiete possession of all his faculties. At one Ume Mr, Dimmers owned th Mggest, fleet of canai-boats. pl tween Buffalo and Albany, a veteran Ag ail but the baker. He ts the Franco-Prussian wal ————— WHEAT DOWN IN Slight losses were shown by the early trading in the wheat market to-day, while the demand was slow. prices were a shade higher, trade, but the ad+ Kala in Minne vance was goon lost, time, but the market fell away under nes Porn was dull and easier, Now York's open am Briggs were: 2 ara ember, iso Broperiy RB Renombor: Rridt old. Tecomber, Mid to 46 88 nal mare A SLOW MARKET-| 3 | donee §; | bee EVENING, JULY %, 1905, | Women’ 8 Oxfords, $1.00 Instead of $3.00 a pair. Special Pereains Rivenisal for Friday Hold Good Saturday The Sensation of the Hour. 3 Hour Sale To-Morrow We Continue the Wonderful Sale of | Women’s Smart 2 9 8 Men’s $15 7.00 Suits, Blue Serge- ci Sele ee pan from Suits for imported cotton etamine; $3 Trousers absolutely FREE coats made in frock and Sale 9 to 1 0’Clock Saturday frill style, déep collarand (Closing Hour). \ full sleeve; very full Plaited skirt; both coat and skirt edged with handsome embroideries. Beautifully made. and as good in all respects as the best $7.00 suit we have ever seen or sold. . This wonderful bargain ‘is mad? possible by our # unalterable decision to quickly unload Sum- mer goods.. ‘That's why you geta HE tremendous success of this sale to-day shows what men are looking for—and it's here. Our FINEST Blue Serge Suits are indicated in this sale. They are our regular sexe $12 and $15 qualitics—single and double breasted sack styles. And with every one of these Blue Serge Suits we give you a pair of our Men's Regular $3 Trousers Absolutely Free. og Se ee Fancy Cheviot, Fancy Cassimnere, Tweed, Homespun ; Men's $10, Si2zand $15 te and Double Breasted Sack Sults for $5. These $7.00 98 Suits are the biggest value ever given in New York City for $5. They are to Suit fit young, middle-aged and elderly men; also for boy oe, 16, 17 and 18 for... e for choice of several hundred Men’s Union Made Fancy Cheviot, Tweed, Cassimere Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits; values up to $18. years of age. OFS seeeages Bathing Suits. $ 98 instead of $6.00 Each. NT $11.75 Gives Choice Saturday of Men’s $22 Suits, MEN'S BLUE JMEN SREGULAR] MEN'S $1.50 MEN’S $1.50 3- SERGE $1.50 Black Alpaca] White Duck White and Fancy 12 Coats fcr Trousers,| Wash Vests, to ® regular $4 coats, single and double breasted, for $2.98 BOYS’ $1.00 WAISTS for 25c BOYS’ WASH _ $1.09 __ Boys’ 5c, Blouse Waists for Oc ‘THESE BATH- ING SUITS are mide of unshrinkable mohair, in the shirt waist style, with @ new design sailor collar and sailor knot, very full y Plaited skirt anf extra 95c 19¢c ——_-— BOYS’ REGULAR BOYS’ $1.00 $5 All-wooi Knee|Wash- Suits, all Pants Suits; sizeSisizes great varie- SOC, 8 fo 16 years, tor ity styles, for Office BOYS’ $3 and $4 cant | MEN'S $6, $7, $8 Pure MEN’ Knee Pants, TROUSERS Worsted Trousers for f chi for onl no price for su 19c. sidedesn 2.98 sult. To-morrow, a3 Regular $1.50 MEN'S $4 aad’$5 man 35c, and 50c. Trousers for sf quality, plain and A big variety of styles. 2 as we bloomer styles. A Great Bargain. $ 45 have will goat By 7, POLICEMAN SHOT THINKS SON = (STOCKS te ee a! rey 6% + s [ HT Wh | Suits, oh asl ie i $e be: Facile « Be 124 ; « Went After Two Thugs Hidden|Mrs. Gaspard Says She Had Delaware Searls Lackawana and '¢ Re list = in Bushes and Fell Badly) Dream Which Should Have| Ilinois Central Go to New High|t be wis + wi Wounded Under Fire of Men| Warned Her of Danger Which Records, While Other Rail-| Hs Bit Who Escaped. Menaced Missing Boy. roads Are Sought. Pte wt Rg f we 1s: ibs Pollceman William Simpikins and Fred| Mrs. Gcorge Gaspard, of No. 250 West| Some. new high records were made i i s ccpak one eda viennsahag eee a napped. John has becn missing since Lackawang and. Tinos Central heatus i % g July I. After his. disappearance a chere in the advance Saal strange mark was found on the door of rom "t 89.8 pena. erent — the Gaspard home—a circle Inclosing a! D 4 derneath which was written the | special “demand, Being "pushea ti, | COTTON ape a YING. spard, 404 1-2, a wain of 8 por Pent, whilo lilingls N GOOD BU The father of the minsing boy is chet | Central was notab:y strong with an tue issues ro Union and buying and bull support ‘the cotton market 10-day, t being unchanged on s higher on other at the Hotel Grefioble, Miftv-sixth dtreet | Other Atta: w }, Bouthern fa- and Refining were positions, Cables were good, being w and engaged In conversation, promising ae ons i it ot ac bat a gray een PE) ber. atranger arrested on a charge of at-|PioMiaang wae bia ie Sent fel The Cloning Quat sa ai and Beventh avenue.» He tells the polite | Missount Paaiic, Bi. Fs acaay LVS, former showed Yom better boan ced. Room, him an gutemobile ride end candy, tempt kidnapping. Maxisirute McAvoy Governme da were quiet and un- poe Other bonds. ns. Fae rested for following him at Upper Tuck- ahoe early to-day, during which about elgh:cen ehots were exchanged, Simp- kins received probably @ mortal wound la the stomach, and was removed Ww St. John’s Hosptial at Yonkers. Wakerield was returning ona trol- car to Tuckahoe from New Ro- chelle, when ho says he noticed a mau fcliowing him. When he reached Jef- ferson Place he let the stranger ot by him and thea did a ttle shadow- ing vimeelf, ‘The man olimibed a stone wail and disappeared in the underbruap. Wakefic!d called: Policeman Simpkina nd they searched through the under bresh and discovered two men, “There 1s one of the men,” shouted Waketield, and es he did #0. another head bobhed oyt in the weeds and both men began firing at Mr, Wakefield. Ho Good strengthened prices at the star July and 2.to 5 point was waiting for him in front of the! peace and Ohio unit Reading: Grenoble,§ atrange “nan -approachen //Amesioan | fpr ‘Steel and point, common stock of the latter guined ip all 4 per cy while the pre: Me ie oot ee stranger when Gaspard saw them, He one called a policeman and had the day fined the man, who sald he wus) ET? suites fend and fi pes of oft yal inion were, 746,000 Frank Willlums, of No. 149 West Twen- ane. staent” waa ay for te vy is Incident’ had be Gaspards, wien oi uy th Tatty i feats that one day late in June, while John | Sic, Baltimore, and ¢yh expec: Stimoat a Boi tt conservatively. bulllsh on The bey was wulking off with ile in the West Side Police Court the next | chai Though yas wounded Simpkins ‘man- aged to walk to the police station, and in the mean tme the men escaped. ‘A posse was organized by residents of, Tuckahoe and the woods were but no trace could be found of my ard | a) Boe. tum ce et shail jot £01 ye for we are sota helped prices in Minneapolis for a). y singled me Bhs ryan cannot imasine, ubleas ie. 1 wales coe men} in th i mgtaee Degbepiesg thy fs Ay mt the weeds.” ——— NEW NIAGARA RAILWAY,” ”' aati