The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1906, Page 8

by the Press Publishing Company, Mo. § to @ Park Row, New York. , at the Post-Office at New York as Second-Class Mail Matter. OLUME 46 aeseee 2. NO, 16,223. cess, L. 1. tle used. Although it is the most beautiful half mile of wooded high- way with water vistas in all that region, except the Ailey Pond roads, it has been made almust impassable by studied neglect and mistreat- ment. Fencing has been permitted to encroach upon it, and “No Trespass- * Ing” signs have been so cunningly displayed as to convey to all except | + old residents with full knowledge of their rights the impression that it is ., Mready private property. The road has thus been made unusable. It will now be argued that Bs it Ms little used it may as well be abolished. “This ts an unusually flagrant case of the attempts which are so often = y made, in the rural “deserted villages” upon whose razed sites so many | wast country estates are being placed, to close the ancient highways of the ‘The-road in-question is actually-on the edge of New York City. The public authorities should energetically protect it, If ple cross-toads are to be closed because they pass through Thousand-acre estates, and if main roads are to be abandoned to hw- “breal sixty-mile-an-hour automobilists, the plain people must leave "+ Long Isiand; and its last state will be worse than its first. ‘Little Castro of Venezucia has been 60 long spoiling for a spanking that peo- up this way won't.care if he gets it. a _. The Brooklyn “‘L” Accident. {Why the fatal switch on the Brooklyn elevated road was apened or | who opened it is not so important as how it could be left open long enough to cause a train wreck. On an elevated railroad of restricted length traversing a city there can ‘be no excuse for leaving a switch even momentarily uncontrolled. A rail- toad on which an “accident” of this-kind could result from the cause A chauffeur “out for a lark” with his employer's auto ran down @ cab ‘> _ Central Park and six people were hurt along with the speed rules, Why not a few examples? There are Jails!” trying to extort $100 from a woman living in Mulberry street. It is al- leged that to enforce their blackmailing demand one of the prisoners held the muzzle of a revolver against the victim’s forehead while another pressed a dirk-knife against her bosom. How rude and elementary the method! How barbarous and inelegant the manner! In the hands of the blackmailer truly expert the ~ pen is mightier than the dirk. Are there no printing presses in Mulberry street, no sheets wit blue-pencil marks? The untutored nope citizens van ee ihe uely, work with Corsican-like savagery. They have not profited by the | refining influences, opportunities and exemplars of New York, Kidnap SYNOPSIS OF PRECHDING CHAPTERS. | smiled—not at all a joyous emile—and. sa s dis fh love { #aid like one pleased to recall = neatly ie forgotten friend: “Oh, yes; you aire Meester Muttate—| do offeeer.” “Dead right, Aleck, me boy, @ure, I knowed you oouM spake just as soot as you got the sleep out of your to| tongue. Now, Sergeant, talk away; the prisoner ft in workin’ order,” said Tony with a bow. ‘Trelita certainly 414 talk better. He i¢| DO longer mate a pretense of not un- | Seretanding; but the sergeant's ques- toning wes of no avail. He stoutly petaininee that he knew nothing about oC pe ele e mirsing man or his daughter, nor Forarhiar (29 ete erelecer "tts | Gia he know when his tend Orlot z AA eel and Dr. Semvitch, would return. pred Sen bees. captured and le tn custody) ‘The sergeant was becoming desperate z Bitte, aided by his when Tony Mullen suggested that he be we Russians’ ‘Earry | allowed to make a search of the ¢ront 4 Sovhia ‘nt once to Rusaa. rooms. This search resulted in the find- hotel,” The panies Taasehine’ the Rosmiane | Sof & market basket under the bed, former abode, find no trace of Wagner and aay in It some groceries and a woman's wallet. “Look in the wallet, Tony, and see if CHAPTER X. you can find @ name,” said the wer geant. An Eager Search. Tony looked, art epoke aa he did eo: HOUGH he had every reason to be! “Bome money; one of It a fitty wolng Supprised at his sudden awakening | bil, Yes, and cards. Let me read” by the officers, Atexis Trelitz | He bent over the lamp with the bit of autekly pulled himself together, and as | white pasteboard held dn both hands and & fist move fell back on the criminal |read: “Miss Sophia Wagner, Teacher of foreigner's first trick of forgetting hie| the Violin, No. 19 Boetaine place, New Engiivh. York.” This reading was follawed by a “Where Is Prof. Wagner?’ demanded |shout of delight ane the cry, “At aoe Bergt. Birmingham tn a voice well cal- | Sergeant, St last, we're on the right culated to make a man nervous. track. An’ on'y to think {t was that “Vaagnor? Vaagner?” repeated Tre-|*4me Tom Bilt that put us there!" His stupidly. Tony Muilen was ordered to hurry “Yes, Wagner; man you have|0Ut &nd call in two officers to guard the been keeping her the Bergeant | ‘Prelitz looked about him and shook nr be better to dip head. keep Trelitz here for the present, as MEN reas Do gay Keow, thls nee a a associates would be pretty fellow?" asked the sergeant, turning to|¥T? t0 call on tim during the day, Avail aie tw shall see, this plan worked ud- 1 Sagar mirabdly, Know him?” replied Tony Mullen, | vice the two policemen in eben Pcwartve seen him every day sincel cc tie prisoner and louse the Be Tye deen in this district, and that’sland ‘Tony hurried back to cee mora o year.” Then turning to tho SiN she . ing where they found Tom Biff and his pal Pole, ogg aed gentlenesn: | smoking with Merton and Don Freeman “inge whia ye become deat while Jennie was sipping a glass of i bs re Gumb, Aleck, mo boy? Sure, many’s| wine and telling the young men that > the talks an’ not a few autet Grinks me|her heart told her that they had found eee pie eg peek a piel apioea ot Feet: Wagner and his ese, Hannah, accompanied by Hi sherman, wits winked very fast and then who declared that he was learning Ger- eee Private Whims and Public Rights. Mr. William K. Vanderbilt, jr., will on Jan. 27 make another at- tempt before Justice Seabury to lose the public highway running through his estate past Lake Suc- His attorney will have no diffi- culty in proving that the road is lit- The Pen Is Mightier. ne ettecpts ot Ine Poloe Comnmlasion Three Italians in humble life have been arrested on the charge of |suppress the “bridge hog,” the system of ped in New York, | The Recording Angel. By Charles Raymond Macauley. Wy b ithe WH Hi Letters from the People ~ ~ Answers to Questions De the Kéltcr of The Brening World: ‘while I read with much satisfaction |4°* cream is eaten i will do him no| sparing on candy, however, for wheD | occaslonally |harm. There js strength in cream and | much sugar ts eaten {t has the effect of the sugar in {ce-cream {s not sufficient | giving @ person a healthy look and| to do him any injury. In fact, it 1s ad-| the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company] ~ to Tender as poor service on the pore Cnn ‘as possible cannot be overlooked. rile = > St ts possible to suppress the “hog,” it Thumbnail Sketches. ora, assisted by The Evening World. to To th | jard pores priaell its erehiassinee. ros Favorite Sport—Petty Lawsony. given the bridge witb all its valuable rights, @ plece of property built by the it 4 for by the people through ae sull owned by ee he. is also within peobis si Perens to GS ercse oct W. Lawson, Favorite Task—Teasing the octopus. Favorite Book—(Modesty forbids reply.) Favorite Author—Mother Shipton, Favorite Artist—Gen. Boulanger. Favorite Frult~The mock-orange. Favorite Plant—The copper plant (grafted stock), Favorite Vehicle—The trapeze. Favorite Musical Instrument—Sounding brass. Favorite Character in History—Elijah the Prophet. Athlete’s Diet, ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: them “Anxious’’ asks if ice-cream, sandy and such kinds of furious to an athlete. ents are in- fan athlete |) neh Chl = Faeowerrss.\ 91 “Keep them straight “Now, to find out where they have ‘The sergeant turned up his coat and sald to his bromer offic here till I come back, Tony, I going to ‘phone headquarters and have @ general alarm sent out, But tho dar! ness and the storm are against us “HM ain't much of a detective, ‘Tom Bllft, when the Sergeant had gone, man fost, was again brought In and at* out!” 1 been my business to study the sight of the market basket and wallet| Bluently and ltorally, Don Freeman of them blokes, an’ to try an’ she fell on her knees, clasped the Inani-| translated this, he did the answers | hoffsot ‘em.” mate objects as if they could tell her of | to questions. The oon. Butt, forgets Magazine, Saturday Evening, Jonuary {s not objectionable. ATHLETE. complexion while taking out of them, 4 Tablotd Temperance Sermon. ‘¢ Editor of The Avening World: There {8 no greater sin in all the world than intemperance. The drunk- wife, children, father, mother and all that is most dear to |him. Liquor ts, and will always be, the arse of mankind. HAROLD D. HARVEY. Horses and Sons, Here is The Machinations of a Russian Secret Pitted Against the Lowe of a Plucky New Yorker, eS | if you her young mistress and cried out: clusion of the officers was that the Pro-|experience must be varied and valu-| ‘Which,’ “Ob, my darling Fraulein! That {s|| fessor and his daughter bad been at No. her money purse! That basket, she|17 that night, and that, alarmed by the ‘with her took when abe went that day ' loss of the casket, they had taken flight. ne for readers to puzzle over: A man has 17 horses and gives to his t gets 1-3, B gets 1-2 and C gets 1-6. How many does cach receive? |? the Editor of The Evening World: ‘ee sons, as follows: A FRANK LEE. |! adopted, Hi'd make for the first hand, in no and I'll stand by you!” acters, products of our complex clviliza- tion, and after the holidays are over, and all js well ogain, I'N pay you, Mr. co) my office, I'm supposed to be ‘ohitect, and help me to bulld up a stirring story, “Hi'm afeerd,” said Tom Bilff, with sald] chuckle in which Brits Hugger and Jennie joined, " you all the tricks o' my trad printed ‘em, that soon the amatshure | tw: cracksmen would drive the professionals “Yes,"" joined in Don Freeman, “you're | out of the bi “that {f Hi w: jusinesa,’ Society HIS queer auto- mobile was in- proudly exhibited at the Paris Bxposi- tion as one of the wonders of the age. In shape it is on the style of a huge tricycle, with @® surrey seat, tho motor being under the seat, It would hold three passen- gers, During ite few road trips a man with @ red flag went ahead to warn drivers of the strange machine's approach. The ti- The fad of mascu- Une ballet dancing has struck London and the art is taken up by those who would learn grace and lightness. This picture from the London Sketch Is of Signor Vittorio de Vincenti, foremost of the Jtalian dancers now. pirou- etting and postur- ing in sem!-classic dress at the Eng- sh capital. The pose suggests frill- ed skirts rather than antique garb. Gen, Dokstouroff, running upstairs to thank the Minister of War for order- ing him to the front, (he had begged to be allowed to dle a soldier's death), was claimed by heart disease on the top step, ee The only essay entered for the annual prize offered by the Parisian A. read. just what would hag) Jbegin running faster @ Rooshin, instead of Rooshin steamer, if and Political Sciences did the award, ay it was too tlle bloomin’ land wit! 20, roo6, 4 A Group ‘of Oddities ; in Picture and Story lustration ts from the London Sketch. Recently a farmhand near St, Paul drank a small bottle of nitro-glycerin om & wager. On the way home he was overcome by the cold, and when his friends trled to thaw him out he lost his winnings and everything else save two buttons A few weeks ago Mrs. Ella Goltz, of Portsmouth, O. swore out @ ware rant for ao cirous elephant which had eaten her gold h and smashed brand new maid for bathing herself daity in the mille ihe later sold. A negress, living near Atlanta, Ga, has to have her shoes made to ore der, Finished, they are twenty-three inches long and welgh eighteen pounds, A bride entered » grocery store at Fort Fairfield, Me., to buy “an éempty barrel of flour that she might make a hencoop for her dog.’* At the exact hour of the assassination of the Russtan Grand Duke Sergius cademy of Moral jhis goddaughter, In the Alexis palace, de» door of her room, wounds, and exe “Look, young princess!" Automobile road skates are the latest London novelly. They have four wheels aplece and an air-cooled petrol-motor propels each skate. It is not easy to say pen to the akater if one of the two engines should suddenly than the other. . Arthur Rochefort, AUTHOR DOF “THE DETACHED BRAIN.’ ised it on this blessed Christmas day or two you'll k. “HY keep me word, Jen, an | Sera he (oan giver takce "Bas ) Fritz. But as I was a sayin’, tf I was ‘10W to the station.” ‘ne officer deftly a Hingtishman as | handouts on Pa wrists and fed Me entl ‘3 wrisi 48 action had a sobering 4) young Russian, for he ow h | Btam. so be Hi wante ue ing eft ered, hig eyes on Tre! @ hold gent an’ lovely daughte! Bon Fi This opinion struc: 80 entirely admérable reemin original, that he at once showed his appreciation »; passing @round the ci @ fresh one himself. just as soon as said, “Ed and I pier from which “Yes. | 'Ow would echoed Tom Birt. “Why, I'd go to th to, see the passenger li do ye suppose it's daylight," l_start for igare and lighting jot sure; Thingva) I tink,’ “That's the Danish tine, ne a pe EAE game.” | noaa Then tales eta eee work it?” asked! rant added? “Tit dh i for this ye work itr | !nformation when I find it's one whil @ purser and ask —this from Tom me—that them’ blokes is agoin’ to | F peed and’ with elr true names, br th nen Os corieier ce eae an 6 2 Merton and Don Freeman inside and the Not much,’ B: lovely daughter? | sergeant and Tony Mullen on th gen ny Mullen 2 frome hurried to joken ferry, ry this time the sergeant was back | Over the sound of the flying wi again. He told Tom bo “ihe alley with his but not to leave th might be wanted at Mei sponse, as the etra: of the room, ugh the son of “The man that did to be Gitent. ia At once the three by Merton and his next ‘door, where much agitated, but the Ce Car to in he offeer in on passed some hand and whispered: straight and 1 etan rry Christmas to all! ‘A merry Chrisimas!" was the re- A minute after thi trom Pitan in saute: 0 Omer tl Buf to back ing of myriad snow-sht wife and friend. | could be heard, and with the early as their help | boy the tooting of horns was everywi in evidence. ve As Jennie was passing Edward | The Christmas trees that had left in front of the sho} wore fantastically decora' fe tr) passed out ‘away the good the ‘Hoosiin cate | voyage and for the morrow, tranal sion ‘dor Teativity. and ret the actin sion for festivity and ri much amax ‘he purser. a blond you! ese et dato pred Borgt. Birt looking over 1 was no disa officers, followed send martes al found Paul, ‘evidently under | search of ald not eppear, “I do not see the pas Hote torelgn Tangtade tit purser, "Ut th ree il, Paul, you're sharper than I ‘ell vs uu eredit for,’ Strmingham, -"xou in yw York or began nt other office, But I'll watch out, 4 oa ore vies pe Bus- ip mist Ge jell to have an offlow hers _ or us, and ‘then, about’ n : Oey Be ig yap Tan “Over | The Bergeant agreed to this and all | here to warn your Semviten.” "How cause I’ t a re vitals Hot take dem ran © ofrringe to contin; i Orloft and | returned tp the carriages, tc x acho you know dot?’ asked Paul, il the steamers safling for fool. Come..awn| (To Be Continued.) have they en —_—_—Ss “Mortin Hewitt, Investicatery’ |. of stirring detective re-