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{MMR Eowanos to Solve the Murder Mysiery. li v ‘ DETECTIVES AT WORK. Suicicés Theorists Make Much of Alleged Life Policies for $34,000. Judge Chatles A. Hiller, who camo @own from New Haven yesterday to} talk to the Widow of his brother-in-law, Charles A, Edwards, rettfriied to his hofe to-day. His visit has haa the effect of awakening new Interest In the Edwards mystery and rendeting more uncomfortable the New Haven Coroner Wiis gave official recognition to the thikory of suicide. W. H. L. Edwards, a nephew of Chattes A. Edwards, went to New Haver. immediately &fter a long inter- View he and his aunt hed with Jude liier yesterday afternoon at the Yose- mite spartment-house, No. 0% Park ave- ue. .In the course of this interview) Jutge Hitler Went {nto every detall of jexing mystery. “t ngeernen that he said that his brothtr Maxcy had threatened to kilt fot oly Mr. Edwards, but Mrs. Bd- wards and himself a week before Christmas. Judge Hiller recused to con- fifin or deny this statement When seen by an Evening World réporter to-day. ‘All he Would say was that he had not given tt out for publication. | It appears that Judge Hiller, op- pre-sed by the auispicion directed toward him, hag determined to take ah active part in ¢learing up the case. in the early stages of the investigation He ap- Peared to Jean toward the suicide | theory, but Is now apparently convinces | that Mr. Edwards was murdered. y; Wife's Detedtive Busy. "iA despatch received from New Haven No-day say that Corner ey Mix Suu noids to om eiavorate suerae theory in the Edwards ease. He telle Bis versonal friends tint be hae practl cally closed hi investigation. but is elv- tne a detective trom New York, wio ft @t work fh the Interests of Mrs. Ed- Wards, a chance to bring in new evi- Behce before formally vlosime the cave. ~ All the dd rhedicine bottles on the table beetGe the o@d In which og Mro. Hiller died last November were trien by the New Haveh police 9 the eor- omer. They are being subjected to a ®ew scrutiny. All the evidence defre the coroner tims been that while Mrs. Hiller took many @rugs, never kept ®nv laudanum tn the house. The searoh ®t her medicine botth a t the coroner wants to make sw theory as to the Inudanum bottle from Walch he folds Bdwafis drank. Fi: preety explains vow the Jauganum, xo: into the @ay. that of his Bottie Long in House. ‘This laudanum volte fs u four-dunce BH ‘arty Pea Ppaial, labeled in hand a > “Rock fe: of the aha Rye for C,” with the fs. Hiller bad. kept it oy ger beaanae 4 er fos years. No Grugeise ie Now Saves laucaaum without placing the ‘Useal “Poison” Jade on ‘it, is Wards couldn't have had the rock and Fs@ dottle filled with the tincture of Dim without tts retire property ite to And any deicaiee fe to find any ar ver sold Sakarde auteur who ever sold mer har announcrd that he Bas postponed filing hie findings upe the Ehwnrds mystery, nacribings the are nother case } declared, however, that got one nen of tance has come to his Enbwiedze. © om 1088 think that Bdwards prot eultise wih intent to throw supplier ‘on-atiters pol hi Pianted 1 aloe late? as aupananee’ It Was learned yesterday that jed Hite iniul gas earn es suleNo sight teen 000 Pe. formily | > ‘Would do It for WOODS SEARCHED FOR TRANN ROBBERS Jersey Posse Run Against the Guns of Farnsfts in Night Hunt for Gang. | Gpectal &6 The Beéning Werte.) W BRUNSWICK, N, J., Sab. BoA Domse of Avputies, hurriedly sworn in, Searched the coulitry Within a fveemile us of Dean's station during the ‘might in a hunt for train tobbers. They Tound hoof tracks and wheels tracké, boi no robbers, fast freight, weet-bound, With a le cargo, was brought to 6 auidien at 9 o'@ook lobt night nour Dean's 5PY, thé dppiteation of he air- Ai hurried search was made for thibvaw ‘Without result, and word was sent to th thé vicinity, stopping at fatth- ‘Sha AMAE ‘questions, Ba Ufe- >| tie, but what ft is he won't | SzoUs! ey | Tey the dr- ¥ to the fact th: Fi Be: he fa at hts ste ntigtate ROYALTY HONORS — HER FOR HER GREA HOSPITAL WORK. i | Grimsby, with a majority of 3900, an MISS AGNES KLYSER Agnes Keyser (Sistet Agnes) who earned fame an & great public bene- factor by sivirig her time. her work and her monty to the foundation of Ring Haward’s Horn'tal for omcerk, has been @ guest of King Bdwa and Queen Alexandra at Sandring- ham: THUGS ATTAKED DETECTIVE IW JL Put Up a Desperate Fight in Jefferson Market ‘Prison. ‘Phe task uppermost in the minds of the police to-day dught to be, not pobl- roms, no: gambling and kindred crimes, but how to tla the city of pick- pockets, strong Atm men, yegg men and criminals in general whd come here from all parts of America ahd have @ plenic at the expense of the citizens of this city. Eehink a dill ought to be passed by the Legislature giving Magistrates the potwet to summarily dispose of this Chiss Of cases.” Maxistra Cornell made ‘this state- rent to-day in Jefferson Market Court after sentencing two inen miving the names of Georke Downes. of No, 86 Broome street, and Georgé Carroll, of No. 128 Medison street. who. according to the police. are thembers of the “Cherry HUN" gang and have lone criminal records. hat these two men would delib- Hct i he hace ae ov ites Mac erateiy uit ception roe) h beleve the wore According oner Mx Prison, They Ww reception rvuom, while the note was de- livered to their (Nend. While. thes room, Detective rloin station. was fe passed thé {ron ates the reception prison, and was ‘k from one a wre YOU ta 2 sald Brow Teplied Downes, surlily antt tn cer, and cowpling his remark with @ flow of mbusive and threatening lanh+ Heeper McDermott opened the ia fe inte te ttonsroom, An the detective it tak tbe. peo wit the two mén. ‘arresté went to the ftoor In were in the r Brogoan, Of thi vite the #rating that sepac- room from the in obecene the Ing: t re cDermott's warhi over the f= ts eo} Clierry HIl men determinedly the two men o Brought the ey Pi ie 7S, Went tq Brosnan’s ald @ wb wag tah nay. ty had thote Handa ai ol, bed ofr? Sinutee, the teh fought af sa M fon-room, the two resisting "ihne police finally managed to di ° Downes tnt the Court. To do. thie € had to is throug) Teqhaped co! Srloonee fe much so thal when he ‘was land ‘whe court room ma the oners’ betich with a th pure Bin lees See ‘end fougrt = 5 Fat tad Neppened, and, thes tad er or i what ened, an hn dered ire Birt etceaae "ae nee | disune 4 Journeent or. With " i al au Mowing. the prigoners counsel he it (enced them "to. the Islawd for sik flow it Often Hupptns from Coffee. “£ Wad NO fea,” Ww) a Duluth} that it was Te ottes 1 hea, man, H been drinking alf my life that ‘was responsible for nekdaches whieh! were growing upon for the tys- ‘pepsia no would ré-| Heve Tor the &etts netvousheds Which unfitted ime wot oly for work, but also for the most Ordinary sécfal) functions. “But at last the truth dawned upon forthwith bade the haritful Ly ‘These enrly successes of the Labor- : tes, forshadowing the presence in tie : next Parliament gf (a united Lecvor | s body of considerable strength. form | a, 9.49 Glock thie torntne xtruck ant —s— gne of the main surprises Of the clec. | eledirle car of the United Traction. Comi-| Workingmen’s Party Will Be Parliament. LONDON, Jan. 15.—The announcement tls afternoon of the re-election of Sir George Doughty, Unionis, for Great inerease of 650 over che result of the last contest In 1898, proved & welcome pick-ine-wp tb the Untonitsts who were fomewhat panicky after Saturday's landalide. . A humbét of undppdsed returns were | fade this morning, the most notable | Montgomery, street, Jersey City, were being Sir Hetiry Campbell-Bannérman, | arrésted early to-day after they had jn Stifing District; Mmotiy M. Healy, | broken tfo the saloon of Chatles Vos, No. 178 Bright strest, Jersey City. Trish Nationalist, North Louth, and Joseph Deviin, Irish Nationalist, North Kilkenny. Ingludmg to-day's returns, the result of the elections fs as follows: Liberals, 45; Unionists, 16; Irish Nationalists, 12; Laborites, 7. mots, dual fay and will Pradbendene courst urider the léac mine fous aot Hardie, : : penide a Factor-in the Next Spetanat, amd Merthyr Tyga, ton a tw Pi sevent: One of Pair Brenking Tato Saloon t6 the daloos Collins shattered a wittow sti cut- The Independent Labor Party has | accord! cE eas oui labgads aN adits Ade AS De MUNDAN EVERING LTARUANY: ety, teu peso TRAIN CRASHES Chee es INTO TROLLEY CAR. be found ray with on ali Isbor auestions. herals pany pt A crossing bétwoen Green Island und Cohoés at 990 and killed Jamee t of the trulley, depended upon to take an. entire chairman | Labor, Party and | Laborite member for | ¥ ‘So all the elder fac- | have to reckon with. the ites hererfter, hors Is polling to-day in twenty: London districts and forty-eight roviucial,.boroughs, returning in’ all Hight membe and BURGLAR CUT BY GLASS. Injured hy Shattered Pane. Bdward Horan, of No. 27 Varick treet, and Edward Hotin, of No. 544 In effecting an entrance vérely that when the | 4 too faint from lons | to run, g had planned to rob th lod, to thé police. in the | | I] ¢ lil] Sach a Stirring the largest manufacturers of The Important Special Sales of Dress Goods, Silks, Wom- ens Apparel, Laces, Curtains, Ribbons, Lace tains, Groceries and Gray Enamel Ware—advertised Newspapers of Yesterday—will all be Contin- ued Through To-morrow (Tuesday). Store in New York gives you An Absolute Clearance of Leather Goods at Two thousand Women's Shopping Bags, representing the éntite Surplus stock of one of ther week that has no precedent for high qualities ahd low prices. thade in the newest snd most up-to- date styles, and in all the bést led Cur- No Other Two Days’ Access to Array of Values. wt wow uw 506 ana 75C p bag tom ee te G00 oods in Néw York Gity, are here for a sate this change pockets, without fittings. Every bag is splc-spen atv y, anid they sho wld create a furore at the prices—s0e, and 75¢. to No great quantity of an but kind, different from your neighbor's. Enough, all told, for several days of hundreds of styles—so that the fa fe gt Wi te $3.00 How good a chooser are you? Can we help you select t! have 4 thousand’ of day, don’t miss doi casts, cord and tassel. More Than a Thousand $3 Umbrellas, $ 9.50 Some Worth $5.60 in the Lot: Others onfy Worth $1.75. OF THE SAVING! Coverings | Include black and colored All| Afe Parkgon, American Silk Serge, Silk Twill, Taffeta. Silk Levantina, Gerritan Gloria, Union Taffeta; also fine silk and woo! mixtéres; made with tape and hemmed edges; also with you pick a fivé-totlar Unibtela from a $4, $3 or $2 one? Or, shall he better ones? Judging ‘from the business of to-day, we ought to these Unibrelias left for to-morfow. If you don’t securé one to- ing sé to-morrow. The rainy season is all ahead of usand THINK ] Frames bed Are of Sterling Silver, Gun Metal, Cop- L6ck, Columbia and all! per, Ivory, Pearl, Gérman Silver, Grys- the best close-rolling| tal Onyx, Dres@én, Stag Horn, Cape kifids, with Seven and] Horn; also finé imported Box Wood, eight ribs; steel rods:| Furze, Partridge, English Ash, Pimento, steel ahd wood tips; with and without the new Bulk runner, ‘ Bamboo, Prince of Oxford an etc, in Princess, Opera, ‘ales, Loops, Hooks, Root. Straight effects, Two Great are gréat value), five hutidred Of Don't miss buying-one at the price, ayy More than Two Thousand of the makers in Switzerland. If we could put the name in print this would be sold thg stores in Value 2.00 t6 3.08, Specials /fe Basement Tosmorrow Five Pasir antes $ J 3] One Tia $1.50 8 Standard $2. arpet Cut s Bonbon Oc Sweepers at only ae Ad ee Dishes (Handles) at Here is one of the best Carpet Sweepers makes;’ one that is sold the world over at $2.50 (at which price they —no other day—we shall offer simply because we aré over- | They ought not to last the day stocked of this particular stylé. | out. Very st cutting, in hee gti Ne aay one ba afl ae most : weepel 1 i the | popular patterns; all highly polished; finished world. These are the genuine, fully guaranteed. | with handle. Positively fo hole that Two to a Women’s Imported Swiss Underwear New as “Huyler’s” candies, phe Aig Ae heal All eect mm pou Pt i Perfes ents. el from tarts to. siz nd silks vik and wach pire asl Wadi tak teeta thixed, meri Union Suits 6.00 te 7.50, 4.00 to 6.00, 3.00 t6 4.00, Val. 2.50'td 3.50, #. 35} Val. 1.50 to 2.50, 85] Val.1.00 & 1.50, .65 Se fo the makers of most of our regular stock of Cut Glass we aS an order for 2 thousand of atid 6-forrow | these Bonbon Dishes—so that we can Sell our Standard six-ineh size for 89c, i them at $1.69 | to-morrow, inStead of $1.50. Buyers Half Price. ganfénts: On each nt is a ticket bearing the name ire Stock nts are sold in all the lead- brand 4s as familiar to womanfolk their import ordérs frém the het some are a bit mussed. Six hundrei ribbed, mediuni Wavy weights; pure éotton and merino, in a single day. ‘The identical Yor t their full prices; Satpples—used by them to 2.45 | 4.00 to 6.00, 2.65 5 I. 75 |4.00 to $00 J Hs 4 1.95 | 2.00 to 3.00, #&B5/2.00 to 3.00, 18. , HS 11.50 062.00, »«85)1.50to2.00, .85 Corset Covers Pal saae fs 3.00 to 4.00, ee ee At Very Special Prices THE BIG STORE IEGEL/I SIXTH AVE. 7 S rs The ae piano sélling of the Holidays brought many used instruments into our pos- session, having been accepted as part pay- ment in exchange for one of our splendid new Brooks Pianos, ot one of our many ar- tistic pianos of other makes. Among othérs we are agents for: The Erard of Pars ond London. The Boardman & Gray, Albany, N.Y. ‘The McPhail, Boston, Madi. The J. T. Brooks, New Yorw Our own Beautital Caldwell or The Sim Plano with player within. The r staril & Gray Piano with player within. Many of these pianos we obtained in exchange for self-playing “Simpléx” Pianos, their owners being unable to play by hand. Anybody can play the “Simplex” Piano —either by hand or by use of perforated music xolls, You muat understatid that in taking these other pianos in exchange, it was not by any means the fault of the pianos. They aré of fine quality, good, ringing and regonant tone; many ot them being absolutely now. It is an tnusually brilliant list, although not so re a8 we could make it by adding some cheaper ones at this time EVERY PIANO<IN TAIS LIST {S ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED. Upright Pianes. These are the good ones: we will offer the éitité lot to séll them off quiek- ly. Every instrument has been thoroughly over- hauled, tuned and polished, and a considerable Ptice-saving will result to the early comer. You Are Absolutely Sate mi : for wa will take back any of these piano within 1H. Beats mahogany 380 138 ; oné year, allowing all you have paid to apply on | Whedtoc, waliat. 350 225 | the purchase price of a new piano—thts you will 1 240 1 get full price for the piano any time during the a | firet year. ‘ 323 4 Gasy Payment Germs #8 | Simply a sal cash deposit and the piano is de $09 j livéred at oneé. oy enjoy and benefit by its Said Planes: : use while paying for it ina Comfortable and easy sienvee eae a | Mmannér. 1 Krenich & Bach, baby f ind, ebony...+s.. 750 250 | | It Nobody Plays ; the piano at your home; if it stands closed day in ahd day owt, waiting for some casual visitor to “feel of its staccato,” why not tradé it in with ws and get a piano which you can play yourself? We will take your pitno in part payment for a new “Simplex” Piano, which plays by spéan’ of \ paper rolls or by Hand, as you prefer. ‘The “Simplex” Piano will not take up any more room than the piano you now have. We will send-»fepreséntative to look at your instru- mhént any timé. Ii the mean time come in and fall in love with the “Simplex.” “IT MARES MUSICIANS OF US ALL."’ Wen’s TS Best Aretics. Dot't niake any mistake and tell us there'll ‘be no cold feet this winter. They will be kere, good and plenty, if your work takes you out of doors you cannot do bet- ter than to come in here to-morrow and buy a pair of these First Quality Areties. This price is just half what the Shoes are worth. We made an offér for the greater part of the lot to a manufacurer, who thought half a loaf was better than no bread. Ours were no better than his— same thing, in fact—but just to make the sale big and merry we will offer 1,000 f pairs of the best ones at Seventy-five Cents. (Stegel Cooper Store, Second Wiodr, Bast.) UWnion Swik UWmbredas. (Sexe! Coopér Store, Said Poor, F tea, Meyer ie 6140 Fancy Blouss Waist, 82 too tur = §=—6§ Sd/ea, New. $375 350 425 4 | i The loss of your umbrelia thakés lttlé difference. be- cause heré {5 & Hétter one for all practical purposes than any you éver Nad fot less than a five spot. Coverings of an excellent grade; 26-ineh size for wom- en, 28-ineh size for nren— good fraihes and fittings throughout. Handle assortment is varied and good, both plain and fancy, at 425 10¢ Wait Orders