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WILLIAM B, LEEDS OES TO FRANCE _ Tinplate Magnate Hopes \;_, Surgeons May Stave Off Apoplexy. |= SECOND WIFE WITH HIM: , Wife Whom He Married When “Poor Set Him Free for $ $1,000,000. HIS ess AME NEMESIS. Set Her to ‘Folowing the Pair Everywhere, | Yrearing a third stroke of paralysi« \that would doubtiess end his life, V ‘tam B. Leeds, the. tin plate millic is hastening to Paris on thi liner La Pre ence to pli THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1907. tho hands of spectalis: t compira- at Uvely yOUAg, with miltiona at his co , a wife and a pre wants to Hye. : ed as a Contractor, r Thre Wwite ts with hint On HIS Tr fol. ant-mlission.—His former wife in-tiving with her big son at Richmond, Ind., —_ In case the milllonaire “dies. the first + Mrs, Leeds will Institute proceedings to | Bectire part of hls furtune for her son, although Mr. Leeds patd her $1.04 to divorce him that he might marry —{—anotter; of the new, gene Mohatres Mr. Leeds ha in-the public eye. lis rise urity” was rapid and spec- | tacular—Dut fn {ts rise he left his wife Mau. She-coulll not -Adapt herself to the changed conditions, and ‘for five years provious to-her divorce she did not live with him, Some twenty-live years ago Mr. wi was: a conductor on the Van Wa Railroad, then a struggling Mae, winding bera ond there over Qhjo,In- C**} diana and Ilinols, Hoe Mved In Rich- mond, Ind., as did another conductor, Dantel_G_ Reta: ¢ OwaLol the prettiest and brightest i in the Uttle town waa Jeannette Pe | Arene Carr. Lerds married her, and she j® | bore him a pon. The ratiroad conductor was quite a nat | menera! manager, one L_ Lares . He was an observant man, and {In a short-time -he-found—that Leeda yt eid; at Richmond, Ind, were lying at @ pace that called for on income of about $00 a month. Thelr-salarios aver- ged about $125 a month, and they wero Alscharged. PA) The wn-pinte industry was in tts in- } > fancy at thar time and Lecds and-Reld 12 determined-to-cinbark-tn-it. They were 65, and— [shrewdly when they started a small tin- plate fhotory ‘at Richmond.—Prosperity ttonded thent from the. start ‘Thay branvled oul amazingly, became inter- Pesyed n= ihe- elec UVtbery, “and “were 400n millionairi How They Got Even with Loree. a iikiimoad’l grew a ceoweniant al Coe ana hem, Leeds spent most of his me In - Phicago-and= Ciovetand.— ie and Reld) *-} had not Torgctten “Mr. Loree. They. 1 | talked about him nearly every time [they met, -and finally took to laying Hpianysto- eer ever with iil for the in- dignity to Which he had treated thon nt {years before. ese {2 (2 Aly Mie course of Uielr business = [ane Hela pnd vecome neue Sih id oF bination with the Mo: 2 sand Held obtalnod. Control of ‘the Chicago, Rock Twland =} and-Pasiic Railroad LF. Lores wWasmat iat time con- nected “with te Baltimore. und’ Onto, Leeds and Reid invited him to become Seneral mavager of the Rock Island, Ho accepted the place and. then the arn Sot Direciers, dronved bin—ns Reld ani = fas done no big rallroad: work since.” ring contre! off the. Hock na Leeds “went to. live | fo one of his trlends there ens e- not-muoh addicted “teeter neivate PPT eS Itai ae aire Nannie Stewart Wor- ington, oitely: Deautifut itis women, the dauchter of a wall aire, a social leader and’ the pacarse— E. yn tol pete we toy a soparated—in! aenay<toeee ort: after tho separation Mr. ington Drought a wult for. 835.000 joa ugainat Frederick Nichola, fareiand, for eucaatlon of his Aaftertions. Sire. Worthington en-xot, a divorce on the ground of lon. -Wife—Asked-$1,000,000. out in’ Richmond, ter Bee Ind., iin the home her' husband hag “tor her when he wis a rallrow itor, knew that buniness hn claimed him. Bhe reallzed that he ha alle had—¢--fine}. = (house at Richmend, horses and car- ‘abroad, consulted the beat “{riages “and hia wife wore dlamiondsA apectalt and came back anparently “new. man. took. changa_of the Vandalia | Cum). ¢ Rake Bel pes re tfelll be up before Commissioner Bin : “peeds: bore -har_hua= band pe tine baby boy about three yenra ego. They tock the Ittle one abroad with thom Inst summer. In London Mr. Teeds hired a whole sutt In Claridge Hotel for the exclustve use of the bab: This’ performance. struck London THONt eXtrMOrdinary, und the papers de~ Yotet columna to it Facing Third Paralytic Strok The domestic diMiouliies of Leeds were. very annoying tO Ue Moore Bros. Leeds. however. held control of the Rock Isl: and for a jong time and was President of the system up t> a short timo ago, when the Moores forced him out. ‘Then the strain began tell upon him and we ued himsele to outdoor enjarments, A recond stroke came unéxpectedly and now hats {ace to fice with_something that perhapa not even his yaat wealth” can e@tave nff—a third. POLICE GET ANOTHER LECTURE FROM COURT. troke that aMicted DRUGGED STF B STILL SOLD [Stricken Millionaire, His Present Wife and Baby, _and Wife Who Got Divorce from Him for $1,000,000 B |dorsement yesterday of the Governor's WOODRUFF IN A of MIK, NOW LEAVES “HUGHES IN DOUBT on POOR PAY TRIBUTE LOND persons to-day TO ENGLISH PEERESS. Their Benefactor, Baroness Burdett-Coutts. 9ON, Jan, 3—Mariy hundreds of | ited the famous nouse | where the Baroness | tratton atrant Burdett-Coutts died Dec. 3, in order to pay a lost tribute to the popular philane: thropist who was particularly beloved by the people of the Whitechapel diss trict “of London, whose epiiltion’ she” London Throngs File Past the ‘Bler| “4 much to improve. ‘The-cotfin wan place on « catatalque fi) in the Iate residence of thi with a Ife-aize portralt of the Baronsay ai Long lines of people, many, PUTO HE Byte “cTeavta, atood for hours in the street in ¢ clnity awalting thetrdtrn to enter the | Manston. firat time since the ti gaa and mand May Force Use of Big Stick by Governor. rit.) VWoodratt y for the ta ‘The Event Pai eT Hughes te ts ALAN called_on. Gov of ratiroad, fayor the make tly in not dedtaring tl Hughes programme \ epresentod byalta Stato | chatrman would: support th {dean whiclf the now Executt Legisinturg)to-ombody tr 1aws. “Astor theflintersiew thle guisat put to theffioverncr: "Did Mr. Special,” imited.” pattern, ny; Wo hanily\Aiscuseed (he mattor,"” vernor, “but Interred from t wan sald that ho stood by the plished atatement In which he was od to that effect." Woodruff, who gave a blanket tn- packed Dealers Quicuyemd ve) His New Fire Board Ap: to Dodge Law With | Obscure Labels, | pointments' May Takén to Cour BAUS RUSES POLITICAL ROW. © ASPEN UNTER The LCOdS BOI: ‘HARVARD TEACHER AILLED RIMSELE:- ~ CASE A MYSTERY Walter Dana Swan Found Clutching Pistol in Be t. tives Who Make Arrests Without Evidance to Sapa Charge. Sweeiver: in the nire to- delivered wo few | kot_quesNon to Magtstnite Breet Cuurt remarks_on_thi Central Ome Danlel Ke mons wero Sergeant Gri ‘Any evi asked Grimn, “No, alr; on pleture mitre Uattery,= ocyned reply, j | her and Peter Fitzslm- | raigned by Detectlve- | on” "suapfeton.”” ne _Mugistrate wuspiclous character: WH” te wtere~ declared they were hon- at RAVE Wis MURIBUALS their employers and tn ost Toth the nam: Misr addrensen, « ete Aweotser Sand. am likely -to- lon fhe cops wort tet me ator “know you tell the-truth.” trate Sweeisar replied. ‘for your: plover camie to me to-day and told .m of your ease: “It looks to me like pe aecu: a a hesitation~ tn ‘ohne | the ‘tt Mt that unless he takes = tumble andteayes you alone sug man shouldn't be hounded a i ‘ute simp); his lite simply because Ne went. wrong Both men were discharged. ——— et MAGISTRATE: SCORES BROOKLYN “DRUNKS.” “Why Don't You-Stay -on- Your Own Side of the Bridge?” Magistrate Asks. Fully-a dozen of the prisonere ar- Palgned before Magistrat, Sweetser-in Centre Street Pollco Court to-day gave Brooklyn addresses, ‘What's the matter with you men?’ asked the Magiatrato. “Are thire no ealoona in Brooklyn? My experience BLgue of her. lite,:‘but sho did! not 1 t there was another woman n the case until rumors reachel her of aaattentions %, her, husband i ind esd of nd. Be p poe und Leeds sug- et a eh mane” pte replied, me. $1,000) Clear Dwi you, ‘errangemont was patlstactory, to isband. He gave her $1,000,000 In and in Auguat, # Mrs, Worthington, h new wife he gave s torn ps pet. Fusih avenue, acht Es $00.0 relty craited’ At eilue a rovial nt malng In Cl ora “and | °0 6 iS. ee recognized Recently she ef) whan hus! shent. thelr summers at Newpure AY6 a8 bevn on intimate terme with Matinee oi Of Mrs Ollie Belmont close friend 01 rs. le pel ‘ejoth 6 Buel Between Wom heard. of ot the | Leeds Chr “Spe Spec pl eee vyeaied around G ing al ith thi weart ree eae a ae yin this | in this court has been that there ls an} enormously Jarre percentage of T'rook- | Jynites in the dally run of drunks, Why | don't you_atay on your own side of the Bridge when you drink ana give your own polloemeh a chance to earn their oxlaries?’ Magistrate Gweetser doesn't know it, but there are two types of drinking Brooklynites. One type etarts for homi tantly from business tn te Bvery time he thinks of whi ts ola he takés a drink to get up and by th reac! Prise he iaallincac eee ee thick of the Bridge crush, mepy on oid rain onthe other aug pio @TEOKLERS CHOSEW AGAIN. Protective Union, ° th Naxeau atreot gets In tho hey car ort a aide, “ort bimael wp and ti hice to th rmntiogy and until 10.38 | pa re-elected counsel tq the Musfed! Mutuat leading [ing of-anything bu ‘There Is a general Impression (hat t Pure Food law, which went into effect on the fret day.of 1007 prohihita the sell re food. It does. nothing of Che: Kiel Thashongas joghe= ! tatore —-who-passtdthe—taw—tatt_plenty— ‘of openings for the honest manufactur- ers who make 4 speciatty of disgulmng and selling polfon and muck. —-Undoubted!y:—thie—bill—is along step - fn the right’ direction, and will reault ; In much good, but the expedients by | which the work of fooling the public | nidy be Condnued aro imansy~THOAW | or office of George R- Crawford, provides that whatever Is nold as food | vent of the Westchester Fire Insurance wire pany, ct president’ of the deposed fard, or-drink-must pe inbetied am just whaty {t fs. Glucose must be labelled glucose, nawa must be marked Defects In the Law. But the law fails to dictate what @lze type shall be used jn the labels. It is, also aly in the sectiona” relating wo short-weight cana and Jara and’ ahort- Measure bottles. In consequence the cana and jars and hottles are of the same old-.elze- ind the parte of the Jabela in which the various ingredients are described are printed In type barely aiutingwanahie-To- ths naked “eye: It the law wascliterally complied Witt hundreds-of small grocera and delcat- essen dealers would have to o out of bustness,— Thelr customers would go. to the department stores and buy the real cannot afford to shade: price ' ‘Customers. would refuse cue and oolo ryed up as composed of eas oF cocoanut she the Ingredients entering Into the goods were printed on the bottles or cana, The sense of business honesty that impels a Grand Jury of business men to apologize for ind oting fellow business men for forgery hay taken nas na be the fact that the |}abala need not However, ange snow of com: lng cwnth the Jew paren stating ‘hat. ie ina raed ° Tevet ioe aro ‘amazing in many instances. Manufao- | turers ae erent every effort to pre- aerve ee eade-tineks and the hans sounding titles. In connection with the descriptions of the compound are often funny. “Honey” Ie Just Glucose, There: la; a highly ‘decorated a Oe aesmonere ie; you diminutive ~ A per parted clear around er you reer lenrm that the honey is ucose, cream of tartar r of and) hei here im a. beautiful jar with @ name that roota Tea any Purchaser to euppors tt (splayed Palas Be a the fabel ier Tato ‘ he mixture. oa . ot ae la~ eo a steno ot coh: rege mgorma cole sa letters Near on the caver of, the aye Tesied three pss abelied sawdust and t Reileter—totd--Magivtrate- y fare theta 4a —a—eoinpound —used_tt] a jal to The VERNOD | Mayor ‘Brush, of thin city surprise on Wie Repubtitan men Tithe: Board-ot «Aldermen iast night whe: ahd of thi Fiske machine Democrats Inthe Board he-nominated—and withthe confirmed a new Board of F ‘misaioners to succeed the old sion, which consisted of HWeans-und one Democrat, while cessor ism 1 and one Rep ne Repavijeans claim that “Shot not expire until next: summer, assets that tha par preferred: ‘Mayer hrush Gaim that fenlered a verbal—realmacion Mayor, but Wiis 1s- dented by Crawford's ow as tf-the flirht supporters. It lool Serried: to. te courts for setter Winlam ‘The other mombers hoard conalst of Capt, & prominent G. A. It Past Commander of “Farnnwor of. which of thls city, ris an honorary me vic,-a-—prominent w York business man, UNDER BONDS NOT GET PEEVISH AGAIN. Pretty Milliners Accuse Boarder of int Starting New Yeor With play of Temper. John-Roman,-twenty-five-years old medical student, $500 bond wan to-day Ruth and Caterine Ridder and cousin, Velde Kidder, ‘all comely mat\a in the twenties glared at htm, John $69,575,369 IN 1906. waa the lonesome man in the cozy t Ro Sonsincted By athe three au at} - 0, te las, avenuc, and on | ‘ 4-Timme o. Voatin shornune foreoe his mane | Paymaster—John-—H-—Timmerman Mo girls, who conduct a shop downtown, told Magistrate. Walle in Distri 4 fn Harlem Court that when he came Was Lost in Distribution. to breakfast and-coffee wasn't ready! City Paymaster John MH, Timmer-|$ he | became; peovish | and = atrucl seTine, snatched the recetyer from her, min Hamilton, in the adjoining fat, corrobor: girls’ story, Roman sald U starttd the “rough house. —_—_—_——— CARNEGIE PAID ALL | PRINCETON. LAKE The article appearing in the World of Thursda; ing Lake, th has, attion, preated anon ‘The other type races up B. ‘thor type Faces up Broadway or men's feet ana ene women's gowns Oye atips nome cor. Alfred ‘and Charles Steokler have been ‘of the co 5! The"ninetoenth armel kppotsencat od wprung o two Democrats ——— to keep the peace, and when Velde tothe Weiophone’ to call the police he; partment to-day showig ‘that the city! &@ manufacturer Hving ‘To the Editor of The Evening World: Jan, 3, 1907, Mr, Carnogie and the Princeton no foundation In fact. Mr, Carnegie has not only patd entirely for ‘6 building Lake Carnegie, but BOLE A F ABROCIATION, Jan 3— CAMBRIDGE, Manse Jans 2Waltor Dana Swan, an instructor in architect- ure-at Harvard -Untversity, dled 10-dly fler having shot-himselt over the heart shooting took placa in Belmont last Hight, on the grounds of a private house, tnd the wounded two men, who notitied the poll StHhwan was Temoyed tothe Hospital, where ocdied sev later, Aprevolwer way found In his hand. No swuss.for tte suloide Is known, Swan wae-appoitted assistant mares tecture at Harvant—in 1397, and In- structor in 1901, Ho waa thirty years 1H Of, fre Com- commis- Repub its aue=} aitham hours the term presi- wet does iid also | to would be are “tplinone First Two Ouch ly: Put Out, but} Next One Wrecked. Melligan : = Home, There were three scparate fires early to-day in theshome-of P-G.-Meiigais+ 4 retired Montsne—panchina: 195 Franklin street, the progress of a party, at Wiiteh the seven sons and two daughters of the family wer entertaining thelr frlende. ‘The first two fires were oxtingulshe by policeman called in from the strest, Both had sturted tn the bathroom, Thoy not Interrupt the festivities, how- lever, but when the third one burst forth | tn the room adjoining tio bathroom tho | fire apparatus was aummoned, ‘The en re upper part of the three-story fram Duflding wae soon -In flames The dan jage doneds estimated at $1,230), || TO Dis- held inj} ference “tls CITY SALARIES WERE Reports -That Not a’ Dollar millinery k Ruth man made a roport to the financ went de- | Benja~ paid — out © $60,675,868 last year for sal-| aries, Thin {s an increass of $5,310,S11 bover the year before, This amount was disbursed by ated the ho girlas missions In the man was found dy| feaves—a widow and two" CNTs) the atreet, + {| compound-tracture of the arm, PE | eK J, Gunn got to the woman she was tee pedir to-day. The politiclans who would Mee If the vernora thrown out of reme abollaht ho two costliest com- 0 service put have ‘seen Woodruff within four houre afd Indig- nantly-askos: what Idnd-of-m-lrnitor he-was to.stand for sch proposition. They told him that If Huxhes were allowed to proceed unohecked, the Re- | publican State organization would soon be a total wreck, | Another thing that ‘made Woodruft+ back water Is the fact that President | Gunnison, of the Gan Conmiaaio ‘we rooklya man, has to be taken care of. When the question of Gunnison's—in- ferent wan directly pit toi the | State Chairman r pd tn effect the past twent three? Bulletin ee LIMITED TRAINS January. 7. al These are the solid Pullman trains. which are run évery winter They are the “New York and Florida — “the “Southern’s Palm Limited” and. the’ “Seaboard Florida Zach one is composed ‘exclusively of Pullman Compartment ‘during. the Florida season. | delphla about-two hours later; evening, and arrive ai St. Augustine the next afternoon, Jon a bi | who desire to go through to Palm’ Beach or to other resorts ”o Coast,a-connecting-trainwill eave St Augustine shortly after fare of the Limiteds from the North. Of course there are other good trains with through Sleeping Cars \ to Florida at convenient hours of the day which run all the year around. “Theresare~through=cars also-to— Virginia “Hot -Springs,~ Southem™~ Pines, — Camden, Augusta, Aiken, Charleston,: Jacksonville, Tampa and other mportant-points in-the-South, full information. of which is. contained. in time-table folders, obtainable at any Ticket Office or Bureau of In- ‘formation. p Personally Conducted Tours to Jacksonville will leave by specta trains on February 5, 19, and March 5, allowing from two weeks to Descriptive itineraries giving rates and full i In Florida, , information will be furnished “by Ticket Agents. TO FLORIDA — Republican Patronage De ‘PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD © The Florida Limited trains between New York and St. Augustine, via: the Pennsylvania Railroad, will) be placed in service on Monday, Cars, Drawing-Room Sleeping Cars, a Dining Car and an Observation: | Car The Cars_are_all electric lighted and_are of the newest Pullman-- They are completely appointed trains, and illustrate with what | pleasure and comfort a thousand-mile trip can be made on the high» grade American rallroad trains of to-day. “ . . These tralns will leave New York early in the afternoon; Phila- timore and Washington in the early ~ For those: i jLegislation cannot be held aby for | any “one man, “Individual “ineerysty MBL be buorieed for the ine aa hdded. Woodrult : welfare. eit, nificantiy, ‘there may modtiten tions —in—tho —< «ramm WHat the eight Commisstonern, whos fi) 8 year fobs are In danger, want Woodruff to do ts to oppors that! part of the Gubernatorial plan: which ends Urelr oMiclil existence by creating « termmiaslon to. do the work of the two: existing boards. Asn result « fine row. {x expected when the billy carrying out the Governor's recommendations are, of- fered inthe Legislature. ‘The Governor declared to-day that ho would in no way _Intérfere w{th the prerogatives of the Logie stand the responsibilities of T assume that the Leg: biicans and Demoerni sponstbilith i 2 Acute observiers weyor, declare, that the Governor, If ho wants reaults, re TUN mpellad-touse. tha’ ~the—-begistature-——He-may,t— ver, bo able to Ret what he wants through ‘compromtno, “Phe New” Governor te not unaRMed Ti tho Kamo of give and/ take, and some people believe. that he purposely hit the politicians hard In order.to force them to finally agree. to the real underlying reforms contained in his BAKO. WOMAN THROW T0 STREET FROM CAR | Fighting Throne otk of Passengers Causes Serious Injury to Young Matron. Mre. Grazia Amaro, a young-womn was flung off-a jammed street cross-town car at tontay and tett_sensetess Ti rerlounly, not fatally, In Fourteenth Leaving her home-et-No. 44 East Fourteenth street, Mrs, Aimario. had | boarded tho at Firat-avenue.~ In Lite —weak—condition she was jammed out almost on the step by the fighting throng-of-passengers In- the car--and 4s Jt approached Broadway she was thrown out into the street, landing On” her right side, and sulrering a The car did pot even stop-but pound- ed nlong over-the metaix-with {ts pack of pasaenKers.--When—Poltceman=Pat— surrounded by several panseraby. Re- allzing that she waa badly hurt,-he got an-ambulance from St: Vincent's los- pital, where she wan taken. Tho. doc- tors thera fear that internal injurtes sho received will prove fatal, —* ————.60V—~—_— $1,250,000 IN ARMY STORES WERE BURNED PORTSMOUTH, Englana,Jan, 3.—Tho oe wnt laat night among he camp nent stores on Gun At ct her) caused damage, accoming to. the oficial omtimates, to ihe amount of $1,550,00, The entire equipment of an arny corps waa destroyed, the confiagration ts under ot smouldering Dlanices Fea occasionally break out control ma 4 other w The cause of the fire has not beenide- termined, Pay- nout the loss of master Timmerman"w tot} an two mills tn th ‘These includ rolls department and j the elty government. police, } cation and charitable and Morning | tutions. regard- BILLS, + ae WOMAN DEAD FROM GAS, SYRACUSE, N. ¥., Jan, \—Mra, Avis, ‘Van Wagenen, sixty yeare old, was TRY ; Grape-Nuts and you'll Know, litte millions of others, found dead on the floor in her tome $day. ‘The house wns Med with gas froma burner lect Mrs Van Wageien bas, hed. considerable Musas Hidont, <i tion of late, duo: to stock, transactions, Tha Qarane. wal, Lnvetigate, dowment “There's a Reason.’” Gee the little” book, Wellville,'* tn “The Road to SHIRTWAISTS. in Both Btores. waist Departments,—with a complete assortment of advance models for Spring; and-many designs suitable. for Southern 5 or Tropical’ dress, JAMES McGREERY &GO. 28rd Street, 84th Street: Announce the opening of the Shirt- The latest novelties of fabrics and trimmings are shown. — z MUSLIN UNDERWEAR. Fine Lingerie Waists. Prices range from gsc to 10.50 value 1.50 to 15.00 In Both Stores: Garments are made of finest cam- bric, nainsook, pongenette and: mull, Trimmed with various laces, such as Tor chon, Mechlin, Point de Paris and Cluny, ~or-with fine-embroideries.- Gowns wees -Chemises 2.00, 2.25, 2.75 and 3.25 ever Q5Cy 1625; -¥650, 1675— +45, t56— Drawers..-++++ "506, 75° 95, 145 and 1.75 = Petticoats ss... 95%) 1.50, 2,00, oases Corset Covers: -- Lawn Sacque = and 3,00 s+ §OC, 75C, 95C, 1.25 1,50 and 1,75 1.50, 1.75 and 2.25 Orders taken for complete bridal or traveling outfit. Monograms and crests embroidered. All work desigued and executed on the premises. Awery extensive variety of Imported Underwear, 23rd Street, JAMES MeGREERY & 60. 34th Street. “180 RARGAU, oT. eat ei Baer PH0C 7 5G 95S ta 5-