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WOMAN OUSTED WITH 34 CATS CAMPS ONCURB Blocks “Jack’s” Sidewalk With Chromos, Crockery and Menagerie of Pets. 5) BIG CROWD SEES SHOW. Discharged in Night Court, She Goes Her Way, Leaving Cats to Console “Jack.” “Whie,” sali a eeasone’ gentleman of @e vicinity as he stopped in front of Sede restaurant this morning and con- Qempiated @ barricade of household @oods and chattels which borred hie ‘wep “this is indeet remarkable, Not @ret I have not seen this pavement piled | Bigh with encumbrances But usually it has been college boys ‘This 's different.” before now, | inly was, Barre! unjointed dedstends, rolls of carpet, @ chromo entitled aching Baby to ‘Waitz" a colored work in oil, "Catching Gelmon on the Columbia River,” a steel e@xgraving “Poul and Virginia (inst! ames not given) an empty bird cage, Méedoard full of hashed brown crockery and such like articles of furniture and furnishings atretched along the sidewalk | for thirty feet, the whole being Karnish- @4 with cats. There were all kinds of cats of all shades of color, but #haring fm common one sensation—they were all hungry cats. Cats to Court With Her, “Cats? Thim ain't the start, Larry Gallagher, the assistant h walter of the morning room, where me of the evening parties take place, “thin ie but the leavins. Probably al! the cats fn the known world was dtepossessed from these here premises last eventn’ but the lady took most of thim with her when she wint under escort to the Nigit Court.” To begin at the beginning It should | nine months ago a widow name of Mrs. James L. | ase of the top floor of the Sixth avenue bullding of Jack, She took in sewing, boarders—and cats, At first there were only two cats, which she brought with her. how ft is with cata. Rabbits multiply rapidly, but alongside of rabbits cats are lightning calculators Anon there were more cats on the top . Tenants on the floor below c But you know plained, They anid the place was suffer- ing from a violent eruption of cats. It wee broken out with cats, they said, Like a case of nettlerash Jack Investigates and Acts. ‘These reports came to the ars Mine Host Jack Dunstun. Mine He tramped upstairs to investigate per- gonaliy. On the way he met sever ‘mature cata roling down stairs in w Yascade effect. Inside the rooms cats Were leaping from crag to crag, \ ing their characteristic note the while Coming down again after ing with Mrs. Moore he fe 8. He then went direct and fired a ering to the na dy dish Kitty Katzenberg. Then Mr. Dunston was moved to ask Mrs. Moore to vacate—to go away and take her cats with her. With firmness ghe declined. By this time the cats had, increased from two to four, from four to eight and trom elght to sixteen; from sixteen, some sald, to thirty-four. Day Detore yesterday Jack went to the! Municipal Court and got @ dispossess warrant for Mrs. Moore on the ground that ehe was harboring a nuisance. | Late yesterday afternoon the sheriff's men came around Molding in her arms a veneratie gray Bentleman cat named Plutarch's Lives end @ valued cerise lady cat named The Nine Muses, Mrs. Moore defied him to do his worwt And he did tt. hh ing, cats, @ gree Gog and more « chattels they in @ neat b e@way, carviling songs, as is the Crowd Blocks the Avenue Tt is @ mild figure that @ crowd gathered. Ke ers are quoted as sa apectacle worth seeing ment in front of room was the barri perched Mrs, Moo! on guard y loss, weaved threads. At th ost Dunston ut ns, And ever 0 won grew t xth avenue Came then Cavanaugh He ordered Mra. Mc a told him home is w and, anyhow, she ing she to go? After t yore time Cavanaug Court w Se thithe wit afoot Lives, The & young m shell; Do era) otne eltement sleun This + there—poor the furnit sto name his baby by h THE EVEWinG a WORLD, -w How Woman Evicted With 34 Cats Camned in Front of Jack’s Restaurant WINE AND KISSES FOR HOOPS WhILE HARDEN PLAYED ON neon ee Witness in $150,000 Alienation Suit Tells of Interrupted Mu t William T. the ‘© of Harden's for Mrs. Hoops, was r Justice Pendiet Harden of the morning sess Mra, Mut Harder Love Making. party Wt the I Year's of 16, entered a gow rea mirror. vy porti lina Harden-Toops New Year's toast | Mrs, Mary Med. of the editor of Percival rd standing 5 #oolety paper, when the rought by Harden | Hoops, for winning on. in ner wife, now med to-day before in the Supreme Court. his case at the close n testified she was one of A dozen guests to at New Year's home on the New wid whe accidentally} 1 from the parlor nd saw Mrs, Harden, beautiful spangled evening front Hoopa stood at her side. Mrs. Mulia of the AS entered she swore sie saw Hoops kis#ing Harden's wife, Mr Hoops Mullan, don't you?" 1 beg parde Billy, . this Is my friend, you remember Mrs, was the exciama- tion made by Mra. Harden, the witness said room The toast ry Mrs. and Mr. As Mrs ath re placed the table, when Hoops stood, arma about , and holding gla ypagne raised in their right * waisi Mra. ineldent butler’s pantry Mullan door and described he She pi Mullan entered occurred in visit made hed open the Mire, Har hands.”" Mulan stood in the doorway M Mullan said, Cross-exam ination Mrs their wa failed Mullan’e testimony, ecececeeaiasue-coactinas HUSBAND AT SEVENTEEN, nist” arma and Kiassas of champagne on | Harten at the time was | \ the parlor “playing the plano," Mra, to HIS MARRIAGE ANNULLED. Wife of Richard Hommys Makes! No Objection to Giving Him His Freedom, Brooklyn continued Its record as the place where many pecullar things hape pen to-day when a youth had his mar- | rlage annulled. ton Jus nade Ho nys had 4 She was app Ago Weat ( R Elsewhere it 1s the cus | n for the women to take this atep, t n Brook lyn day 16 " st annulled ation through his. st No. and intil about two apreme Court the ommys, who 188 Atlantic her broth. married vas time. lami His said wer, a » she Ma e ean The Hom ow lives at d and Sey vila : TOOK OUT HER TEETH AND ROBBED EMPLOYERS. ervant m Wes the! | the Ga IN CAR CRASH did | ~ WORE MEROFUL TOPASSENRERS {Only 20 Killed During Jam | ary, as Against 33 Last Year. i | | | } | A summary of acetdents during Jame. | ary, 1911, on railroads of ali kinds with in Greater New York was given out to- day by: the Public Service Commisston | | The total numb ts of all | kinds was 4,749, as against 4.413 In Janu lary, 19 street railroad roads [eluding elevated and subways, but ex cluding steam roads the total was lagainst 4,143 the year before, an increase of about 6.8 per cent But there was also an tnerease tn the business of the roads. In January, i910, jthe total number of miles travelled by all passen rrying cara was 23,066 jand the number of revenue passengers was 125,800, In January, 1911, these figures had tnereased to 2 0% and 181,200,000 respectively. Thus the tnere: In passengers carried was t cent, and in the number of miles 9 per cent Twenty Kilied in January. The number of persons killed last Ja uary was twenty, twelve of t street or rapid transl ever kame month the year t the « sponding figures w three and nineteen, ‘The 1 sulting in eithe lwas 13 last Ja before, and rap’ FIVE MEN HURT, ° TWO MORTALLY, Wagon Pushed Fifty Feet by| Car Running at a High | Two men were Injured mortally and Rate of Speed. three others hurt severely late last night | when a trolley car rammed a wagon at Lorimer and Powers streets, Brooklyn. | The injur FEN, JOSHDIL ditter, No. 470 treet,” Mana fractured Tbe NATHAN, No, MI ey i, Tren on owned Attorney thelr way to Manhattan, d n | shite were caught in th | pushed along for ft car was stopped. were hurled to th rand Mi avement. Her ‘ ‘The front end of the car was amashed Too Otten and She's ley took Ue injured men to Willtams Going to Jail | burg Hospeeal. na DP m | eH — f San shen mento | “REVEALER OF ABSOLUTE vax a very) LIFE” DENIES HE IS CRAZY. att ee, yr of the*absolute Ife,” and : yesterday on a reduce I appeared before Judge Tuthill on a writ 3 at hi corpus. Side c ourt Judge Tu iuestioned See upon his Bo had a “absolute life cult. The defendant mide a statement in which he maid he und Pb) Was & newspaper in Harvey, I alue| When he was aspired. He co tinued © police do not re ma emporary ‘terial. Absolute Life ts a practical guid aks and a ‘ance for all the world aving Judge Tuthi!l turned to him and asked Was full of her.) "Did tt ever occur to you +.at you are reid in $1,600 ball) what ts ordinarily termed crazy?” to-d “No, it did not," Bee replied. CITY RAILROADS YOUNG RUNAWAYS. | thon, | they FOUND WOODS NEAR CANARSE Boys on Their Way to Louis- jana Had Built Fire to Keep From Freezing. A fire in a deaotate locality on the border of Canarsie at 1 the atten- tion of Policeman Wrang of the Liberty | avenue station ea morning, Be-| fore it crouched two small boys. There ts not a house within se i miles, and the policeman asked them what they were e. We run away," spoke up one, we are so cold we want rested." The policeman led t “but to be ar- m to the sta- where they suid they were Leon Padden, nine years old, of No. 1 West Sixty-ninth street, and Maurice Gott- No, 157 West both pupils in Public at Seventy-seventh street dam avenue, Maurice promptly fell asleep and Leon Heb, eleven years old, End avenue, told their story, He said it had alwaya been hig ambition to so to Loutsiana ere the sugar cane grows, Yester- day, he sald, he found $5 in his Uncle! orrowed" it. Out-! im to give them $1 each » go on With- , he said, and first hattan, and took Brook- lyn, They set out walked and wa Du mi things to eat o he way He 1 only $17 left. They finally got so cold and scared they built a fire. Leon said he had mailed a letter to his father, James Fad- den, begging his forgiveness and telling him he Would never see him again until he came home with a fortune, Fadden had sent out @ general alarm for his son and in a short time showed up in Brooklyn and took the boys home. ——_~— AUTO FIRE ENGINE SPEEDS TO A REAL BLAZE AT LAST. Ten Families Driven from 110th Street House by Flames je fire engine beat West ment t 1 fre What is and Soothing Syrups, C Colle, 20 years, has born the signature of Chas, his personal supervision since its infane: trifle with and endanger the health of Chiidren— Genuine Castoria always bears the si D EEE eS HURLED FROM RAILS on the train were in t ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops It is Pleasant. Morphine nor other Narcotic substance, destroys Worms and allays Feverishness, It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency, It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep, The children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend, ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in ase for over . H, Fletcher, and has been made under 'y. Allow no one to deceive you in this, All Counterfeits, Imitations and ‘ Just-as-good” are but Experiments that ixperience against Experiment. VN wovn $150,000 LOPPED OFF HS FORTUNE FOR FORMER WIFE Irving W. Childs Fell Into} Possession of $700,000 on Birthday. COURT TAKES A HAND.! Orders Big Sum Kept Out of} His Hands for Benefit of Woman and Child. Just at the moment when Irving W. | Childe was about to came into $700,000 | to-day, the Supreme Court in Brooklyn stepped in with an order appointing the Frankiin Truet Company as the agent to mequester the inheritance until fund of $15,000 wae placed in trust in down the bank. Ne ene in the car was hurt, There were alee other cars which left the rally bum not @0 into the ditch. Hennigan, only passenger injured, was one of three persons in the last coach. One of the oars that went down the embank- ment caught Ore, but the flames were ex- tinguished, a charred window frame being the only visible evidence ef the blaze ‘The mall car, containing sixty or feventy bags of letters and the usual shipment of New York amd Worcester papers, after rolling down the embank- ment, plunged into @ amall pond at the side of the bank, but as only one end under water the mail a. rain wae Geepatched from by 10 o’clook traffo on one ke was resumed and by Clintoa Junction trains to be moved in both direo hough subject to considerable JAMES’ McCREERY 8 0G, 23rd Street 34th Street On Thursday, March the 23rd SILK DEPARTMENTS. In Both Stores, “McCreery Silks” Famous over half a Century. Five Thousand Yards of Black All Site Dress Satin, heavy quality. 35 inches wide, 1.25 per yard value 2.00 Surah Siik Serge in Navy Blue or Black. 75¢ per yard vatue 4.95 Nashua, ar of the awitching WASH GOODS. Im Both Stores. Second Floor. Sale of Wash Materials, at greatly re- duced prices. Irish and French Linens, All Cotton 44 West 34th St. BET, BYWAY AND STH AVR omer to provide @ monthly payment of $700 to hia divorced wife and the ohild of thelr marrii The order followed the original decree of the Court which | directed the payment of the alimony | and the creation of the permanent fund. | Irving W. Childs ts the son of the late William Henry Harrison Childs, who | made a huge fortune with a cleaning compound and @ metal roofing patent. He left two ona, Irving W. and his elder brother, Evereley. It was directed that the younger son, @ minor at the | time of his father's death, should be paid the interest on his estate, whica | amounted to something Ike $35,000 year, In 197 the elder brother, as ex- ecutor of the estate, turned over to the younger man $60,000 of accumulated in- terest and profits from the metal roofing | plant. Quite a Figure on Broadway. ‘The younger Childs became a familar figure along Broadway. He had auto- mobiles, and one of his fancies led him to place a white Teddy bear tn front of one of the machines when it went whizzing through the white light dis- trict. The young man with the fortune be- came a general favorite in the fast «¢ of the city and was one of the best known figures at the theatres and| cafes, He married Miss Gertrude E. | Westfall, a member of a wealthy Brooklyn family, and they had a little | xirl, Marjorie. The young folk lived at 3 19% Ditmas avenue, Brooklyn ‘Then the wife entered sult for a separ- ation, After a hearing in the Brooklyn courts she was granted her desired separation and the alimony allowance stated. Steps in On Birthday. Childs paid the $700 a month as dtrect- ed by the Court, but failed to set aside the trust fund that was directed to be created jh order to insure the payment | of the money ‘The case was allowed | to sleep until to-day, when it became known that the twenty-fifth birthday of | the heir to the Childs estate had arrived, | and that on this day he was to get the| remainder of his Inheritance, amounting | to a sum estimated at $700, Then the attorney for the wife went before the Supreme Court and asked for an order sequestering the estate until the former court direction was met. The | t was promptly granted and the Vranklin Trust Company ordered to take | charge of the fund that was to have been paid to-day. ————— | NEW YORK FLYER | | BUT ONLY TWO HURT Passenger and Trainman In- jured When Cars Go Over Bank and One Is Set Ablaze | | CLINTON, Mass., March \2.—Aithough three cars of the night express train from New York for Portland, Me., rolled down a 20-foot embankment and one! caught Lre two and a half miles west of Clinton on the Worces ‘ashua and Portland divi © Boston and} Maine Ka dearly to-day, only two| persons hurt, “and thelr tnjurtes | will not prove serlous. J. J. Hennigan ot Worcester, a passen- | er, and Edward Mayo of Portland, bag- | kage master, sustained cuts and brutses and were treated at the Clinton Hospital. | ‘The roadbed was torn up for nearly a| third of a mile. An examination after | the wreck failed to disclose the cause, | but It seemed evident that the rear | truck of the tender left the rails and pounded over the sleepers until one of the cars ripped out @ rail when all of the train except the locomotive left the | track, the express car, the day coach and &@ combination mati and smoking car rolling down the embankment, while | the others halted on the brink, Seventeen of the twenty passengers sleeping car Castoria It contains neither Opium, Ita age is its guarantee, It | It cures Diarrhwa and Wind Infants and Calta ignatare of — and Silk and Cotton Materials in Lengths suitable for Women’s and Children’s Dresses, Skirts and Waists. 15¢ and 25¢ per yard CORSETS. Im Both Stores. La Vida Corsets. Many new models for every type of figure; designed to meet the requirements for the prevailing mode of dress. Made of the choicest materials. 4.00, 5.00, 6.00 to 12.50 W. B. Models for slight, medium and stout figures. 1.00, 1.50 to 5.00 day, every and medium Weight garment in the store is sacrificed re- gardless of cost or intrinsic value. WOMEN'S HOSIERY. n Both Stores. Pure Thread Silk Ingrain with double silk | or cotton tops, extra spliced heels, soles and Our loss will be tre- toes. Black or colors. 85c per pair mendous, but we shall}, a rancuart usual price 4.25 clearour stocksquickly, | | Fine Black Pure Silk with cotton tops and and these extraordinary | | soles. 65c per pair savings will attract a | Fine Egyptian Lisle Thread with double host of new customers. tops and extra spliced heels, soles and toes. 30c per pair susual price 50c That’s what we want. Once a man buys at GEORGES he’s a per- manent customer. SOROSIS SHOES. j Sorosis Shoes for Boys and Girls,—-well made and constructed on correct Orthopedic lines. | JAMES McCREERY & COL 23rd Street 34th Street In Both Stores, Away back in 1879 we originated the sale of Merchant Tailors’ un- called-for garments that were made to order to bring $25 to $75. Our regular prices were $15 to $45. Now, at these clean-upreductions, are they not the strongest value offerings you ever heard of? And, remember, what we advertise we have. All $15, $18, $20, $22.50 and A Suits and Overcoats 0 All $28, $30, $35, $40.00 and $45.00 Suits and Overcoats 0 And we hold‘nothing back. These prices mean Sack, Walkirig, Prince Albert, Dress and Tuxedo Suits, Spring and Winter Overcoats, Raincoats, Cravenettes, etc. An assortment of the new English soft-roll Sacks is included, and the savings on ALL remaining Auto and Fur-lined Coats are proportionately just as big. 44 West 34th St. Between Broadway and Sth Ave. NEW YORK, Also Stores at BRERA so Ban aw at 840 Westmingtor' St,