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and handsomely gowned nan of twenty-one, who gave ame as Maud K. Wrightman and Iivee at No. 650 Past Twenty- ‘street, Brooklyn, was arreated lay by detectives from the Adams Police station charged with swin- “@ry-goods stores in Brooklyn by thot all her own. Poitée say that merchants have for some time by a ‘woman who answers the general. 4 the prisoner, Her plan ; woods sent to a fictitious Brown, Jones or Smith at some : had a convenient entrance, “Phe would wait at the entrahce for the ‘@@livery wagon anltake the gocds trom | boy with the smiling instruction eect ee upstairs and ask her father the bil, As no father was ever he delivory clerks returned with- -tie money only to find that the gir! ‘@o0ds had vantshea. answering her description the store of A. I. Namm & Co. ‘€o-@ay, and ordered dress goods sent €..0. D, to Mrs, Murray, No. 439 Fulton When thé delivery man went the address’ mentioned, he found the woman’ walting with the usual story of a father upstairs, but he refused to give up the goods without the money. TE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1905, PETE SHANNON AND HIS MENAGERIE FRIENDS. Feler SAawror.. INSURANCE MAN PIES LOWER I STOCK MARKET He went upstairs and found no such ‘person. When he returned the girl was ‘one. She ‘was followed by Detective » Sergeants Murphy and Ralelgh, and Mrrested her-at a phonograph store just ‘was giving another order. le Was taken to Police Headquarters sclovély questioned, but denied all f of the transaction, or any < with which she is accused. She wes finaliy-identified bya ‘woman in the employ of a Fulton store as the eales- street same woman who had 1 © ladies’ waist trom her last “week and had {t sent fo a fictitious / Mrs, .D. Phelps. at No. 270 Livingston Ugtrect, where the goods were delivered _- @nd taken trom the driver of the di- livery wagon by practising the usual » Upon this tdentincation a charge was ©) made by William H. Harford, manager for the store, and the young women ‘waa @rrested. She sald abe had been ® modelin a Sixth avenue store, Man- Thattan, and denied all knowledge or = SPmnection with the swindles "BERNARD DONNELLY + WAS BOAT SUICIDE. a es ar, of Man » Whe Left Girl to Drown ae im Bast River. ‘ ‘The man who committed suicide by Jumping from the South ferry boat Mon- _ tauk-on-Tuesday afternoon was Ber- ard. Donnelly, of No. 50 Wythe ave- ni aiameburs. His identity was es- tabitaded a by his hat, which he left on the “boat, and which was positively to-day by his brother Joan. bape hr et eet tad ¥ enti! ses Epos by the death of ly favorite sine @ few weeks Aco. Ther 7QUBe woman, with Donnelly |. His mot . mee peceib' at (es i oat 1 a ‘i ewith tir, na —_—_——_aSE_————— ‘BREAK IN ‘WHEAT; ACTIVE SELLING, The focal wheut market was decidedly weak to-day with epeculation active. A ‘break of 1 ceft in the market at Minn ngolis chused. the acilye selling in all the other markets notwithstanding the firmer cables from Liverpool. ‘The meather wan better in the Fh tncreneed ‘Corn operied States, pointing toward | moyement. | : whade lower. New York's ovening prices were; | —-Geptemoer, 871-4; December, owas, when | Shares, with the} Exception of Reading, Decline from One to Three Points on Liquidation by the Traders. W. C. Selvage,|Who Had a Good Wife Leaves the Rocm. Following the opening, which was Ir to-day, Mquldation began in the stock market, lowering prices from| traders ‘and outside speculators who followed the buying on a ‘high devel yes- terday, but became nervous to-day on the news of the hitch dn the peace ne- fotlations at Portsmouth. Toward the final run many attempts ‘were made to brink values up to last night’s level, but all proved unguccess- ful Reading was an exception, the price being run up more thaa 1 point to 13 1-2—the highest price the stock has ever obtained. London was not @ factor in the mar Met, its trading being irregular. Western houses supposed to have bought on small margins yesterday were heavy sellers of Reading, the United States Steel iswues, Rock Island and Union Pacific. In the standard railroad lst St. Paul, Union Pacific, Atchison, Ontario & Western and New York Central were the hardest hit. ‘The Steel stocks, Copper, ‘Tennessee Conl & ‘Iron ana Colorado Fuel & Iron led the break in the In- dustrial quarter, they declining from 1 ut 1 1-2 per cent. were fairly active, Polson, date and 5 said to-day himself lust week, but a to be worrled. wife ha left the room for a minutes. fo the, floor of the room. Crs. Yall and came rusting into the room. Sne found terribly. She screamed and when he reached the house the man was dead. He was unable to tell the Polson used notified. Selvage represented some of the larg- est insurance companies In this plac and did a Jarge fire insurance business. He handled large sums of money in premiuvins, STRANGE EFFORTS Smelting, ' The Closing Quotations. "a highest, dowest aid clog rd] ard? "net “ehatiges” trom yeatensayta cons mea Or Crom just recorded sal fal i Fear Rah Mysterlous efforts are bel Gelay the opening of Harlem River at One ae 2. xz FRET ELE over to the public on Monday -next. wea: aebs PEEP: 2e3e several da. — FER FF Fe Se es ae ae Moto, Bt, Me er : ee to) r ventral “ o! ee ~ was fast nearing completion. eee, Ree AILS HIMSELF Business in Morristown, N. J., Takes Poison Just as His MORRISTOWN, N. J., Aug. 18.—Will- fam C, Selvage, fifty years of agé, one 1 to almost $ per cent. all around. This|of the best-known fife insurance men fwas ohiefly the result of eelling by room iin this county, committed suicide in his home here to-day by swallowing Belvage had been acting queerly of It was t he attempted to shoot: he was re- strained by friends from doing so. To- day he was in his bedroom alone, his few le took a bottle containing ison and drank the contents, falling| { . Selvage heard the noise of the her Ausband «ying on the floor writhing in agony and moaning weross the street for a physician, but and Coroner Cullen was Strike on Structure Over the Harlem at One Hundred and Forty-fifth. Street, Followed by Displacement of Iron Bars. iB made to the. bridge over Hundred, and Forty-fifth street, which will be handed ‘A strike of six iron workers occurred ys ngo, for what reason no one has been able to find out, ‘The men failed to influence other union workers on. the new structure, and the bridge Gome time last night men in a launch went: under the bridge and threw three story. DWARF BEATS REAL: GANT “The Hoboken Cricket,”'a Little Hunchback Plays a Tatoo on the Face of His Big Business | Rival. \ A mogern version of David and Go- lath. was told in the Essex Market Police Court to-day, when a man, elx feet three inches in his stocking feet, Drulsed and battered, was a co-prisoner with @ dwarf, less than four feet tall, who had belabored him plentifully and won the battle, Jacob Linderbaume, of No. 136 Avenue . was tie giant prisoner, and the @warf was Harry Bhiff, of No. 128 Ave- nue. The men are potato pediers, hay- ing adjoining cellars. Shiff is a hunch- back as well as dwarfed, while Linder- baume is broad in proportion to his height. Linderbaume sald that Shift is known as the "Hoboken Cricket” in the neigh- borhood and is « “‘terror.” Linderbaume accused Shit ef creep- Ing through @ small window connect- ing the two cellars end Stealing his stock of potatoes. When he accused Shift he said Shift gave a yell and shouted “Gewelt" (Help), tackled low, grabbed Linderbaume about the legs and tossed him high 1 nthe air, letting him land on this ear. Linderbaume dis- Te ME tind showed that “the cket"” ‘had sh handling him, icine A Mugistrate Mose fined each man $2 for fiehting and told them to settle thelr differences hereafter out of court. The charges of stealing potatoes made both men were not pressed. ied FAMILY SLEP I THESTREET Mrs. Toby’s Husband Lost His Job asa Teamster Three Weeks Ago and the Landlord Put Them on the Street, ig Mary Tohy. 31 years old, was’ ar- raigned !n Harlem Police Court to-day for vagrancy, While she was being ar- raigned her two Uttle girls, one § and the other 10, were sitfing in Fast One IMIWALS" OLD FIEND FOR VARS DEAD Shannon Knew Everything About Park Menagerie Inhabitants. Peter Shannon is dead and the anl- mais in Central Park ‘have lost one of their best friends. For thirty-five years this big-hearted #on of Erin, who loyed animals and un- derstood them better than a book- learned nituralist, has Hved for his pets in the menagerie. Peter Shannon died on Wednesday at the home of his brother, John Shannon, of No, 201 West Seventy-seventh street. Although he had not been in good health for three months, his death was sud- Gen. It was caused from a complication of diseases. He retired three months aro. i Supt. Smith, of the Central Park Me- nagerie, exid to-day; “Peter Shannon's knowledge of animnls surpassed that of any man I have known. His acquaint- ance with their lives and habits was all practical. He gained his great knowl- edge right here in the menagerie, and I on't believe there was anything he didn't know of animal characteristions— | Morriy MAN AND WOMAN'S STRANGE FIGHT “Tt Was for an Unknown Cause,’’ Their Only « » Explanation: The bump of combbativeness and the ridge of secreliveness loom large upon the cranium of Mary Smith, 40 years old, of No. 4% East One Hundred and Righteenth street, and Arthur Gannon, Fifty-Afth street, who were arraigned in the Harlem Court to-day charged with ‘“fghting for an unknown cause.” Policeman Hughes, of the Bast One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street sta- ton, made after he had probed into the caaw the Magistrate fined both prisoners $10 for “fighting for an unknown cause.” The couple not only refused to tell the Court why they had fought in the high bell, tower on the summit of Moun: Mortis Park Just night, Dut after jump- ing into a clinch in his triounal they were ornly silent on the nature of the casus bell, far as investigation ‘has so far re- vealed this strange pair are only drawn together by a peculiar repuynance for each other, Policeman Hugnes came Across them in the vicinity of Mount Park last nigat, when wey from the tinlest bird to the biggest ele- | phant, re! “Thirty-five years age I took Shannon out of a number of laborers and put him to work at the menagerie. 1 soon discovered that I had a prize. | Birds His Hobby. | “His great hobby was birds, and 1/ don’t believe any one knew more about | these feathered friends than did Shan- | non, His knowledge was not confined to birds, however, and he could tell | animals that other keepers wouldn't even notice. “Bhannon seemed to love the anima! aside from his interest in them as keeper. | “I regarded him ag one of the most vamable men I had and I greatly re- gretted the fact that ne was compelled | to leave. Iam sure every one connected | with the Park will miss him, and there | 4s no doubt that the animals will won- der what hus become of their good friend.” Shannon was the prize rifle shot of} the Park and whenever there was any shooting to be Gone he was called for. He was known as the slayer of Park intruders because of his skid in marks- manship when hunting vagrant dogs or hawka, CHANCE CLEARS UP A MYSTERY Powers’s Body, Found in River, Lay for Days in Morgue, but Relatives Were Not Notified —Friend Gave Brother Clue. ‘The mystery in the disappearance s| wveek ago of Pat Powers, a young Ninth Ward politician, was cleared to-day hen his body was found in the Mongue by his brother, Dan Powers, of No. 84 Barrow street. The body wns taken from the river at James slip early Sun- day morning, and, although there were many marks by which i could be recog: nized, its identification was the meregt accident. “If I had waited to hear from tho police or the morgue people, I fear J would never have found my brother's body,” said Dan Powers to-day. “When be left tis home at No. 776 Greenwich atreet on the night of his Gisappearance, he said he was going to ree-* boxing mutch at the Longacre Chub house, in West Tweniy-uinth street. How he ever got to the river, 1 cannot tell. “after we had waited to hear from him for several days we communicated the fact that he was srrangely missing to The Byening World, hoping that wome one who read the article woul gwe us information about him, also nottfied the potice, ‘In The Evening World article was a Hunde and Fourth Street Police Sta- tion waiting for her to come back ‘ to A oliceinay found the woman sleeping in @ hallway et Ninety-ninth street and First avenue with the children. To Magistrate Baker Mra, ‘Tohy told « ead) good description of Dan, and of the when the body was it was clad as Den end $33. “on Sunday, taken from the river, described. A photograph of cc at a Monday, CS things about the lions, the deer, ail the | rolling over and over on the were maphatt, “be@ioering (veoh ober With ty 2 Fated them and sent diem | An hour later as he Was passing, along the 4im of tine park he heard ‘noises from the bod tower, which, by. the way, 1s on th highest point of Jand on’ Manhattan isiaud. Sounds of bumpings, tumbles ind thuds came down to ‘the polls man. ‘The patrolman scaled the hill and climbed into the bell tower. He founa himself In the midst of a whirlwind promoted by Mary Smith and Arthur Gannon.” He got them apart the best he could and dragged them down from the tower. “I asked them, Ma, Your Honor,’ sald Hughes to strate Baker, “why they fought. For answer the lady reaches over 2. hits the man a clip in the eye. The man makes @ pass at her and they did their best to gat at It_again. But, what 1s strange, Your Honor, not a word could I get ‘out of them @s to why they were scrappin’ so ie Magistrate Baker called the prisonsrs to the railing and asked: “Have ot why you in the bell tower of Mount. Morris Park?" The woman turned on the man and before a court attendant could interfere shot her clinched fist to. the point of ‘his jaw. He countered with both hands, ‘but the policemen jumped in before he could land. This s0 angered the Court hat he fined the orisoners $10 cach. ‘They didn't have the money and were taken to cells far Temoyed. ENTIES TWO Victim of Political Feud De- clares John McGrane and-Son Were Part of Gang that At- tacked Him. . Two men were identified in the Roose- yelt Hospital to-day as essatiants of the man who was shot and fatally wounded at Ninth avenue and Fifty-| 9 fitth. street on Wednesday last. The wounded man then gave the name of Edward Duffy, but the-police declare he is E¢ward Barton, of No 241 Wet Bixty-peventh street. ‘he men identified by Barton are John McGrane end John MoGrane, 4r., father and son, of No. 415 West Sixty- third atreet. The éying man positively identified them ag two of four men, who tacked him. fe gave the es of ‘the other two men to the police. shooting was the climax ofja soultioal durie: TRY*1O IDENTIFY AUTO MURDERER, EMfort Made to Pick GL, Marsh Out as Mon Who Committed the Orime. BROCKTON, Maas., Aug. 18.—It will be known to-day whether George L. Marah, of this olty, who is under arrest charged with the murier of Wiitem Bate at Lamont, Il. Noy. 18, 1904, will ‘be required to go to Chicago te atand ‘WELL TOMER 46, of No, 555 Hast One Hundred and this singular charge, aad j ou any explanation to make| were creating a disorder MILLIONAIRE ‘ WHO WAS LOST BUT Is NOW SAFE. OG LEADS SON TOAMES MORGAN \ Guardian and Pet of the Million- aire Founder of the Aeolian Company Found in Brooklyn Lodging-House. Yelping joyously and wagging his.tatl with delight, a little Scotch terrler to- day disclosed the whereavouts of miss- ing James Morgan. the octogenarian New York millionaire and founder of the Aeollan Company, who has been sought by relatives and police since “AMT LODGING HOUSE MN nN Bice Will Be One of the § Finest of Its Kind in. the World, t | 10 BE SIX STORIES-HIGH. } The Cost Will Be $175,000-and {t Will Accommodate About 766 Men and Women. Plans for the new Monicipal Ledgtng- House are complete, and the contract for’ és consteuction ‘will be let by the beginning of Beptember. ‘This inatiou- tion, the second to be established | by the efty, will stand on the isquth side ot Bast Twenty-fitth street east of First i 3 4 Rs 1 4 avenue. It ds to cost $175,000, exclusive ~ of the land, which was purchased seve eral years ago for-$4l,000. In all the world no municipality: has a lodging-house ilke New York's, nor any system which has proved so suc- cessful in dealing with the problem wef thdse who are temporarily homeless. The first todging-house was opened in 1898, at No, 896 First avenue, It Has accommodations for 29 men and @ women, ‘The projected establishment Will accommodate detween 7% and 70 |Persona, inclusive of a force of abont ‘Thhete will be quar- = hirty employees. ters for 100 women. It is the tion of Commissioner of Charities Tully that the building will be completed and ready for occupancy by the beginning of the winter of 1906-07. Six Stories High. ‘The structure ‘will be of siz stortes with a frontage of 10 feet and a depth of ninety-elght feet, nime inchés, ‘There will be an open court on aaah side ang in the rear ten feet three inches in width, and these, with five quadruple cows of windows, extending from the second story to the root, are expected to comprise a perfect lghiing system On the main floor there will be ‘the general administrative olfices and aap @rate waiting rooms for men, wil & separate entrance for eee, Se five floors will be dormitories, whiled the rear of the first floors will. be. Jarge dining-120.a, with’ a emaller for women, exclusively on the floor. On the roof thére will ting tom for employes and. ai Tooms for provisions. \ that the daw gt f Chart Wednesday morning, when he vaninhed | rections from the summer home of his son-in- jaw, Jackson Nichol. In Bayshore, L. J. ‘The aged millionaire was found pen- niless in a cheap South Brooklyn lodg- ing-house. ‘The dog’s name ts Monk. His special duty has been to guard the octoge- natian at the Bayshore home and to follow him (n his ttle strolls about the | f country lanes, and to gulde him back to the house, Wednesday, efter breakfast, Mr. Mor- gan went uxt to sit on the porch, as hag been bis custom, Usually he is, not left alone long, for, according to one of his sons, he has not been strong of memory lately.' Without warning, the aged manufacturer pick>d up his ca- nine guardian and, tucking him in the bend of his arm, hurried off down the street and disappeared. Robert Morgan, son of the million~ aire, who lives nt the family resideneo, 2% Ninth street, Brooklyn, to-day fet the Com Awhile on his way to Ham {ton faery. By searching that neigh. borhood fg discovered his father in 35-cent lodging-house on Hamilton ay: ue. It was Jearned. that Mr. Morgan boarded a Long Island train at Bay- @hore wher ho left home and when et told the conductor Scotland and Tm is reporied to have { megane Poor. pt aah far the conductor. + ‘The conductor put the 4 i ras EA “Overseer ur t ing’ him “méntion Broo! vanced ‘A friend found. ton ati a TJ mericia! Hotel ‘and engaged a ro the night. When relatives went to the hotel yemerany she pid man had again disappeared. (, Was pot found until to-day. BIG GREEN AUTO SMASHED GATES, Rreakes Down Barriers at Ratirond pal lodging-houses Was until ten years later, however, was thing done toward On it. On fell ct Sittin {hear to the. pier + Nhe foot of Wound ns neck, nie ‘clothing. partment and submi migating. process, witch ck Pahrephelt, hod then he ia turned edi ree! mn aver to i v's, 0 Bet iivh the truth or falsity of what te has told ‘of himself 9% No Chance for Liare, man has told the tr ng. discon No ays, combing back lied hoe is thrown into the s' t 3 metiines: c second night tor @ lodging. ene ae xpecta- = ; aa q =) » ae | fron beams, which are necessary to the draw ofthe bridge, into the rivex, "The men then’ disappeared. Tha work of these pusons was dis- covered to-day, and divers found the iron beams at the bottom of the river, = 1%) They were drawn up and put into place 1¢| without much dimcuity. L "Phe bridge will be kept under close a ti afternoon at 4 eae He ah “het penne bortmdnias espe pesiees PE PERPSPES: 2 =2) PRES ae eet SSKSLSESESS ERERS! eubutige sere PS PSP ELLER FER FRE Rees EERE PRE a8 = ee eens SHIPPING NEWS. ALMANAC FOR TO-DAY, B41; COTTON ADVANCES 2 7011 POINTS & marmed firm to-day, at an efvance of {| from 2 to 11 polite, Albout the same ‘ST| kind of ‘buying prevailed as occurred yesterday, the Bouthemers as well contingent