The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1911, Page 6

ANCONTROLLEY AS ANGRY NES WELD ARAZ Passengers Plunge Out i dows as Battle Rages on Car Platform. ONE MAN IS Colored Man Then Dashes Along Street and Fights Policeman. Magar Norvers, colored, of No, 20 ‘West Thirtreichth street, was a pas: | avenue car about | senger on eo Hight! 2 @olock this morning. MMe bucket and rush at aigth street, e'arted for the door, nevigeted aiong thi ing the women. ‘The anery with him, and forte Reaching the back finally, he trod on Heffernan’s toon. “That's just fer luck!" he ejaculated. Then he laughed as Heffernan winced. Heffernan swung his right and hit him | om the jaw. The negro turned a half somersauit and landed on the asphalt, The conductor, eceing ing it open, started for the car. aiving the motorman the signal ing: “Look out, he's got @ razor.” The passengers wi Two of the most POUGHT STRANGE DUEL WITH RAZOR AND BRUSH, SLASHED. ‘There were about twenty other passengers, tnolud- jag &@ number of women. John Hefter- nam of No. M9 West Ore Hundred and | Perty-ftth street stood on the rear piat- form. Alongyde of him stood a painter, hie feet. Rodgers, as the car approached Twenty- Aahe isle he trod on the fest of every person he passed, includ. Passengers reamonstrated he made offensive re- platform Rodgers fall, rang his bell for the motorman to stop. Rodgers lurched to his feet, whipped a) Tesor out of his hip pocket, and, throw- The @emtuctor lost his head, and instead ef to Start up et once, ran into the car, yell | thrown into «| pante, and rushed for the front door. | frightened crawled int brush which doned when he vaulted over ‘the guard rail. As the negre lwaged for him with the razor, ‘warded off the blow with the The two men fought @ for a few minutes, Rodgere the rasor, and Heffernan paint brush. The negro through Heffernan's guard, him twice on the left arm, ‘Bernhardt Ends | Has Visited 103 American Cities on Tour, Given 28§ Performances, Won Nearly $1,000,000 and Lost Fifteen Pounds—| Enjoyed Every Minute, She Declare. | Everywhere She Has Been | Made Glad by the Cor- diality of Her Recep- tion—Wonderful Changes Since Last Tour—To Sail Thur " day. When Mme. Sarah Bernhardt reaches New York to-morrow the great French Actress will have completed @ tour of 5,000 mileg, vistted 108 American cities, performances, won nearly « / { on the left side and acroas the Heffernan jumped back a step or two | lost—fifteen pounde. Quite a Iittle jaunt and then let go with his foot, sending | for a woman of 67! He was on his feet in an instant and ran down Mighth feeling noeedingly chi wr when seen Avenue toward Twenty-fifth street, wav- odes pst eg te the negro to the street. + tng the rezor, Pollcoman Moscowits wi & crowd of 1,000 persons, rasor + Redgers's grasp. Rodgere grappled with Moscowits,| They latened. ‘The samo beauty!’ they who used hie night stick unt!! he tired eaid. ‘The When he had ran hed he dragged Rodgers, now meek | —in every city it was the sam asa lamb, along Eighth avenue to the ali the eyes, For a moment they looked tom with @ cheers | eo hard I could feel nothing but eyes. then used his fats, ‘Twentieth sireet « ing mod at his heels. Heffernan, although he assault. When with the policeman, who w and Heffernan the desk leut fo he could be in shape to take prigoner to the Jefferson Mar’ later in the di eee STATEN ISLAND NOTES. ‘Fhe annual strawberry festival of the! Moravian Church of Stapleton will be held in the lecture room of the church om next Thuratay evening. ; Rey. J. B. J. Rhode: {) pulpit of the Kingsley ME. Of Btapleton to-morrow evento, Lite of Sta wee of the place. No date has yet been set ' the weding. © The annual strawberry festiy Ladies’ AKI Society of the thet ch of Port Richmond, ture room of : ning, was <eiliss Alice Hende ig visiting friends in M An important meeting tom Ferry League has next Tuesday evening Mai! tn Stapleton. Fhe home of Mr. and Neusoh, in Wes t scone of a @suningy ago, the wedding anniversary and Mra Neus ary r of Keon ¢ in patrolling ‘Twenty-Afth street when « badly fright- ned man ran up to him and yelled that &@ Regro had gone blood cragy on Eighth | ®# and, thanks to the fifteen pounds avenue, Moscowits reached the avenue| lost by the way, quite in the fashion just as Rodgers struck the corner, sttll| with her new figure. Mourishing the rasor and followed by! Moscowits | ctatmod. brought hie night stick down on the than ever before. The last time it was hand, The blade few out of sad. had been severely cut, had followed to the station | well house to press & charge of felonious was glad he surgeon had finished also cut, ant told | nerves at all. Mosoowits to go home and get fixed up| bette y as though it were music to her hia! Court| mention @ few mornings and an occ will occupy the |@udtences are eo good Church course, the most appreciative audiences morning and ade of the engage | was my p : ane for of the f Stapleton Million dollars from theatregoere and However, the perpetual Sarah way at Weehawken in the private car that has been her home for the greater part of the ntio trip. In fact she looked ter than when ehe started out months “It haw all been wonderful!” ehe 6: “My success has been greater ‘This time your They looked. It was goodby. people were gurprised. me voice! The same Sa- Always when I came on the stage =I felt | ‘Then ao ittle murmur—a very pleasant Mttle murmur which I understood #0 The people were glad, and I And now Iam eo happy!" A shrieking locomotive rushed past without getting on Mme, Bernhardt’s She merely paused and For nights and nights, not to sional afternoon, she had been sleeping th railroad yards and—well, life has ite | compensations when you are “playing to | capacity. HAS ENJOYED RUSH AND THE EV | Joy Hides Many of Her 67 Years ~— before, and the legend goes that at see ing her again he wept something more than alligator tears. But not a single alligator came to greet her! TRIED TO FIND REVOLUTION IN MEXICO, At Fl Paso Mme. Bernhardt crossed over to El Juares ten days before the fight, and there went in search of even bigger game, This time she was after rebels, and went fifteen miles inland tn search of the insurrectos, but failed to _—_—— The Eternal Sarah Will Also Appear in “Jean Marie,” “L’Aiglon,” “Madame X.” and = “Camille” — Valeska Suratt Follows in “The Red Rose.” turns to the Globe Theatre on M™ SARAH BERNHARDT re- Monday night for four perform- WHIRL OF TRAVEL. | "You see,” she resumed, “American to me Of have been those in the large centres. | mut everywhere I felt that the public o. And I have enjoyed irl and rush of travel- been aston- that ntensely the W ling. Everywhere I ished at ¢ | have grow so big 1 not ki And when I look for the little so a new nw tlonal drama dy Rostand. Still, there “thas been time Ay % and o °° nave had many and ting ‘ expertences. In Chicago November MeL never once went out of doors, for nts cacre Were in {there was much Bernhantt had a with was New Orleans asted a ne 3 ood fe she rushed back to the theatre @ evening and played “La To. leigh is She was led through the swamps by the same old French guide that had (taken her on @ similat expedition years an <p Murt Arcaro, Carrie ances, after which she salle for Burope. On Monday night Mme. Bernhardt will appear in “Sister Beatrice” for the fret time here and in “Jean Marie," @ one- act drama by Andre Theurtet, which has never been given in New York. “L'Aigion* will follow on Tuesday eve- ning, "Madame X" on Wednesday “Cam! on Wednes- afternoon and ister it ed, Theatre last season, @o the ar to playgoers. Beatrice,” ere are only t characters tn M Jean Marte, @ Breton or, returns after 4 wandering | etheart, the w Theres e back to Jean Ma ol to take her away fro alt its tone when The Red Harry 8. ste by and Robert B Rot Hood Bow ne scone of the ta the Lath varter of Parts, and f the features tsa ri Pour Arts Hau. ‘The etory has » love of a fon of an Amer fonalre for an artist's model, ers in the cast will be Alex- ande John B. Hazzard, W M Ernest Lambert, , Tasavant, F Reyne am. npany at the Academy of Musto, Her Children’ (wer 25,000-Mile Jaunt; QUSTED JUROR IN Mme. Bernhardt to Return And Give “Sister Beatrice.” vio de and Lilien Emo" will be played by the stock ‘a @ake" wil te te‘ otter,” NING WORLD, SATURDAY, JUNE BANKER’ CSE WONDERS Wi Budlong Declares He Knows| No Reason for Action Taken By Consent of Both Sides. | THE TRIAL WILL GO ON. 17, 1911, ESD Professor’ (Conrridht. 1911. br Bobte- Merrill Cat SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING ORAPTERS. Grosty. a. soung college. profeanor, fella in, lore argaret . known to her a lady," Sbout whom a mystery, eeeme to he Crosby’ tres to tolte the mystery “that. surrou Ho finds that Mrs, Margaret, but falls to do 60 ‘Tabor believes hersel Rup ation, with iad been A) fost of the family foar be! and Ci : pay M be. Heid, aod her_sealty. are. tn New York together Serve Crosby. Petey | State Outlines Charges Against Reichmann, Former Car- negie Trust Head. | | George H. Budiong, architect, of No. 117 Wadeworth avenue, sald to-dayghe 414 not know why he was dismissed as @ juror in ¢he case of Joseph B. Retch-| mann, former president of the Carnegie | ‘Trust Company, who fe on ¢rial before Justice Davis in the Supreme Court on an {indictment charging him with mak- ing @ false report to the State Banking Department. The trial will be resumed Monday. Justice Davis sald: “Juror No. 8, you are excused from further service in thie case by mutual consent. The District-Attorney later said: "Juror No. 8 was excused because of certain information that reached my eare touching upon his availability. I informed the court of the reports that had reached me and he called Messrs. Stanchfleld and Baldwin of the defense into consultation. They agreed that the best course would be to excuse him, whioh the Justice thereupon did. Th fs all I care to say about the matter. In August, 198, Mr. Budlong was chairman of a committee of property: | owners of Heights. He was conducting jo against the noises ment places at Fort coused of going to against whom he George. He was in of the had complained fighting them !f they p ‘The resort proprietors informed the police, but outside of exposing him and his offer no action was taken. Budlong was called as a juror in the firet Thaw trial. He was accepted by the State, but was challenged peremp- torlly by the defense. In connection with the Fort George matter statement the next day in sald the talk of the money intended as a joke. His failed to take it in that Nght. The Reichmann case was opened for fina any. ‘The Arena, instead of giving 4 bulifight In Maname’s honor, was filled with cavalry horses, But the U. 8, cus- tom house officers were there and held up madame with ruthless .vigor, Tht opals she had bought for @ song soon became alarmingly valuable end for a moment her love for America turned cold, At Tucson, Artz. she visited the In- tans and the old @panish Mission. At Catalina Island, off the coast of Call- fornia, she viewed the wonders of the deep through bottomed boat. Just for a change, at Hancock, Mich., she put on @ miner's helmet and went to the bottom of @ copper min In fact, Mme. Bernhardt has not failed to seo everything that was worth see- tng, although giving from six to ten per- formances a week and often travelling weeks at a time, She's going to take off her things and rest for a while at tho Marte Antoinette to-marrow. On Thura- day she will wail for France, after hav- ing completed the most remarkable tour of her remarkable life. the jury had been filled. ‘wo of the questions contained in the blanks sent dut by the State Bankieg Department were answered, ‘None.’ The The firet of these questions wae as to whether or not the Carnegie Trust Com- pany had any borrowed money on Aug. M1, The question ts answered, ‘None.’ We shall show to you that on Aug. 81 the Carnegie Trust Company was liable on a demand note to the Northern Bank for $130,000, This statement wae there- fore false. We shall show you that the | defendant himself signed the note. He | therefore knew that this statement was false when he made it.” Mr. Clark then declared St would show the report was false in that tt declared the Carnegie Trust Company had no contingent HaDilities. Further, that the third {tem of falsity lay In that phase of the report which had to do with the Carnegie’s resources. Tales of Hoffmann byZuro’s Company at Daly’s Theatre BY SYLVESTER RAWLING. Gg°T THE TALES OF HOFFMANN" | will be presented by the New| melodramatic offering of the Corse Pay- ton company at the Grand Opera House, The Robert T. Haines stock company at the West End Theatre will appear in_ “Ingomar. ‘The novelty of the eighth week of the Sarnella Italian Comto Opera Com pany’s season at the Irving Place Thea- Grand Opera Company at tre wil be “Fanfan la Tulipe.' Daly's Theatre on next Thureday and cont, Merry Whirl" remaine at the | @aturday evenings, Francesco Dada ‘olumb: ‘pope yf th Emma Carus will appear tn the cabs Sotetan. ‘Opera Hise, Goenaey: hae Wehhow At the Follies Bergere next | on engaged to sing the parts of wrens At Hammerstein's Roof Garden will be! 405404 to aad Wednesday matiness to | Consul the Great, the Bell Family, How. | 17tiee (AGN Stsent the triple. Dill ard and Howard, Bugenie Fougere, Be of ‘Cavallerte,” “Pagiiacct” end “The! dint and Arthur, che Five Athletic Girls, Dance of the Hours,’ from “La Gto- Winsor MoCay, Martinetti and Syives- | D&nce, The bills for the ter and others. ‘The Dill at the Fitth Avenue Theatre ee Mantes’ | will include ‘Truly Shattuok, Mr, and overt Setur- | Mra. Erwin Connelly in “Sweethearts,” |™men” Wednesday ogi the.Avon Comedy Four, Emmet Devoy | 4*Y matines in “The Saintly Mr. Bui Perry and enavenees ee oe Square Garden, beginning @ week from | PARKS AND BEACHES. to-morrow night with a Wagner pro- | jew Brighton Theatre, Brigh-| gramme. Modest Alteshul Russian | will be Nat Wile, Valerie Symphony Orchestra, assisted by many | “Judement;" La Helle Tit- | yooal and instrumental soloists, will | Bergere in of the Wage Earners’ Theatre Leagues, | Uckets be had for twenty-five) cents, and school chtldren, accompanied | by an adult, will be admitted trea | Hert in “The Lamb on Wall | Street, Six Steppers, IMero, the accordion player, and others, Brighton Beach Music Hall will open — | on Monday with Eva Tanguay, “High) Mme. Cavall who {9 tn charge | Lite in Jail,” the Great Howard, Hick- ballet ot t Sus, MeKay and Cantwel, 8am tan Opera. House, announ Curtis and others, tation farewell before vacation p ina Park {# preparmg to entertain formance by her pupils for Thursda: tes from Philadelphia, Boston and June % at 3 o'clock. There will be Pha eted wh es oe aon And Atteon American giris in the ballet of Meee een A” Daltandes (the Opera House next season and Palleades Park ‘the Atorn Gomis seven in the Russian ballet, For | Amusement Opera Company will give “Rodin Hood.” | ‘A new feature at Steeplechase Park | ‘The Michelin Twina,”’ age mechanical figures thet ere put Henry P. Schmitt !s to be the con- cert master next season of the Phil- harmonic Orchestra, of which he has been @ prominent member for years. ‘ew Yor! was concert Seid! and Paur, ts called two rough @ series of tricks. | 625,000 oF ‘The board of directa Nation He 1s to be one of next sea Association of Audubon Socletion at a | fiends, ite meeting yesterday in the Natural aes | History Museum rejected the recent! Brino Huhn's song cycle “The Di-| F of $25,00 made by various gun andj van" is to be given at Briarcliffe | ammunition interests for the protection Lodge cing Awe J e Pang 7s solo- | lo rt |tete will Include Chapman) a ae entree vesttetae mont (Goold, ‘Mildred Potter, William Wheel- | |was accepted. After yesterday's oon- | Goold. Miltted Falter, MtTtne com. | |ference @ statement was !ssued to the | °F ‘ | ettect that the ecceptance of the gitt|Poeer st the Plane “would very sertously hamper the work | wary Gerden te of the association tn the future.” and it|mext season for a certainty, was ‘deemed uawke te accemt the | pel eee 98 ts | Point a et another—is it not 40? lable mutsiclan and hes @ host of |™ appear ee Carmen |Guilmant in France. ‘Mr. Dip-|the latter part of September and make yay BC RT a he Qpee this coms, Sbiritwaliatto med to prove to. Mrw, 2 communtcat tina’ Se-eammoned f Saif’ tothe’ echemne,. butte courcad ho She pummone for Mrs. the allen of M and, by yy persuades the deluded mistal CHAPTER XXVI. (Continued.) Rediscovering Realities. R. PAULUG we knew, art * why he did not return; we resented thie permitted cori- Lety who made the first move among ‘When the case wae resumed yeaterday | U8. She dropped to her knees beside her mother, putting her arm tenderly about the ised Httle form, and pressing her cheek close against her mother's ‘Mother, dear,” ghe whiepered very eofttly. A pause came in Mrs. Tebor’s eob- bing and she etretched one hand half as if to push Lady away, half as if to hold her as something real and ¢angtble. “Where ts the doctor?” she asked. Evidently Dr. Paulus had deen Il tening, for at the murmured question he stepped in came across the room to Mrs. Tabor. She faced him shrink- ingly, but nerved herself for the ques- tion. “Why have you taken her from me?’ he asked brokenly, at last. Dr. Pautus’ very serious. “I know that now it seems 40,” he answered, “but all that will for you pase away. It is not that we have taken the dauchter that is dead away. For you see now, and you will under- stand how all that only out of yourself, like a picture that you made of your ewn sorrow. It was in a circle, how you made by grieving this grief ‘ke @ thing from outside coming to make you grieve the more. that seems as well to begin at one And face was very kind and this cruel ight @o suddenly hi you ete the true beginnin; ‘a all gone because you hat that it wae never there et al! He moved his broad hands suddenly as one waving away smoke. other world which never was, which was o burden and a trouble always to you because it was made out of trou- ble. But this good world you have again, and of that only the good part; all your dear ones here truly returned because that evil nothing is gone from between. Is it not #0?” She had been facing him like @ crea- ture at bey, silent and resisting, the horror in ther strained little by little into desperation as he epoke. I do not know what held us from imterference, for the man was blindly tottering on toward a Precipice, clumsily ignorant of the con- dition he must face; and every fatuous word grated like eand between the teeth. One had a desire to lay physical hands upon him. Reid drole out, “for God's ake" — Dr. Paulus never turned hie head. “Be still, young man,” he eald, quietly, and Reid's voice died into a stammer es he went steadily on. “If tt was cruel, thie way to show you wholly the truth, #0 we must hurt once not to have hurt more. But it ts better to have the truth now, is it not so? For you have all these that are itving, and you will be well again. Oh, there is no miracle; all dees not in a moment change. Now and then still you will hear the voices and see these things which are not. “But you will know now ¢! they are only of yourself, and eo they will go away. This we understand in the good old etory of casting out devils. And it {9 good to be sure that the daughter 1s at rest, from the beginning. I want you to understand it all very clearly. You have been sick, but you are going to be well, not well all at once, remem- der, but better day by day, and when Giscouragini remember this: that seem confused and upheppy and unreal, yet !t does not make any difference. For you have your loved ones about you and they wit help, end when | and you ere a, little afraid, you can call for . jus. have never given my word falsely or r encouraging alone. Time and these loved ones will help, but most of all your own will will make your lif happiness.” Tris impossible to describe the con: yincing strength of the man as he atood towering among us; the very compel- lent force of his individuality was re- fect dawning ef in Mrs. Like @ child she lata her eto} i who had drawn a little apart, but as they met mine thelr expression changed and a flicker of the old terror came into them, a terror that was reflected in my arply, “what la Mr, Crosby doing her “Why, my dear’—— Mr, Tador stam- ed. ST know. I remember now." Bhe struggled to her feet and the old terror was upon her face, “I meant to tell you Company in Philadelphia on Novem- ber 8 with “Carmen” as the opera and “Our Mary’ as the star. Dr. William C. Carl will afl for Europe on the Cretic on June % to visit the family of the ti Alexander He will return tour of ergae concerts in of New York Romance of a Sammer Girl’s Strange Adventeres By WELLS HASTINGS and BRIAN HOOKER . | faces, -| known afl along; and that was the ee .|Mr. Tabor was the picture of despair, tinuance of suffering. Finally it wae) > A circle! what | was produce’ at} comb, Kate Binor and Sam Willams, | furnish the music: Through the centres | jt should be, will bring you back to s Mystery Jahoue (Mr ent with us. while ago and found him with Lady, and”— She broke off euddenty, looking quickly from one to another of our startled “What {a the matter with you eli?’ she cried. Then in that level hollow tone we had rned to fea “I @ee now. You know~you have oret you were keeping from m No one spoke, &h at her ha: to another of us. old and white and worn, his whole strength shaken by the vision of our final failure. Lady stood erect, her color coming and going, tragedy in her eyes; and near her Sheila, « gaunt and sturdy comfort, gure in the inherited wisdom of homely faith. FIRE THREATENS “%... HOSPITAL, GIRLS | AVERT A PAN Shower of Sparks Fall on Roof of Kings County Institue t tion as Houses Burn, \ PA NURSES CALM PATIENTS, Row of New Buildings De- stroyed by Incendiary Blaze —Many Others in Danger, All Flatbush was aroused early to-@ay And as I looked at these two women, each in her own way upheld beyond | her etrength or her understanding, I/ made my resolve at Dr.) if t must take the responsibility of | answer upon myself I determined that at the worst I would leave no issue of the fight unknown; 1f we had fatled| sure the whole depth of | Tabor,” I sald, “there ts no secret any more, Lady ts going to marry me.” She gave me one look. “All that I had left,” she whispered; and then again she began to cry, but this time softly, turning away from us toward the window at the end of t! room. Shetla followed and put ai about her, and the two apart from us under the fading light, while above thetr heads the canary burst into @ mockery of song, No one knew what to say or do; but after a little Reid's itch for efficiency drove him into speech. “It all comes right down to this, mother,""——he began. A look from Lady dried the words upon his tongue and the silence fell once more. Then slowly and con- fidently Lady came over to me and slipped her dear hand into min: You are right, Laurenon, | “the truth te bet “Mra. Tabor, “you do not lose your daughter, but gain, I think, a very good eon. Indeed, it is Mr. Crosby who has helped to our knowledge that you wi to_be well and strong again.’ The caim strange voice broke tn Just the preciae instant to relieve the tension. Mrs. Tabor looked up. “Oh, you need not be afraid, doctor,” he said, as she wiped away her tears, ‘but you do well to remind me. I know— I know there's nothing really the mat- ter with me except that I'm a little \tired. And goodness gracious, what are | you good people standing there eo stiff and-solemn for? It’s all right! You've mage me understand. Turn the lights on, Shella—and—Lady, what have you done with my ring?’ She came across to where we stood together, and took @ hand of each in her own. ‘She glanced over her shoulder at Paulus, “And you mustn't any of you think of going away this weather. The house is big enough |to hold us—and, Mr. Crosby, I'm going | to put you in Miriam's room.’ (The Bnd). anges: AUDUBON SOCIETY TURNS DOWN POWDER MAKERS’ AID. Refuses to Accept $25,000 Fund Offered Primarily to Help Protect Game Birds. General expressions of approval from ™members of the Audubon Soctety were heard to-d: over the action of the | Board of Directors of the tional As- | sociation in rescinding its action accept- | ing @ gift of $25,000 & year from @ group of powder and gun manufacturers The | action was taken at @ special meeting last night, but It 414 not develop until to-day that the real reason for rescind- Ing the acceptance of the money was | that {t was to be weed primarily to pro- tect game birds. Frank M. Chapmant, the naturaltst, explained to-day that the Audubon So- cleties were organized to protect prim- artly insect eating and song birds, and that it would not seem in keeping wth the organizations throughout the cou! try to aid In the protection of birds, th prese: on of which would mean mor: sales of powder and guns for the! legalized slaughter in season. P. F. Palmer, vice-presid ington; Gifford Pinchot, advisory mem- ber of the board, and Dr. William T. Hormeday, director of the New York Zoological Park, were among those who expressed approval of the rejection. patti A andbnng EQUITABLE’S NEW MOVE. Insurance Company Establishes a Comecrvation Department. | | President W. A. Day of the Equitable Life announced yesterday the addition of @ conservation department in his com | |pany with E. BE. Rittenhouse, formerly | Insurance Commissioner of Colorado, in en. arm itood together waste. public health authorities in the provement of sanitary conditions movements that have already affectea favorably the mortality of th Efforts will be made also to lessen the annual loss of life from preventabe of postponable causes, and to che: the costly American habit of lap: insurance policies. Mr. Day says from the two last named causes the iite lost / ng t | "et the Griginal end Cosine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK Ages. Good Time? Dy @ fire of mysterious origin which ée Stroyed a whole row of newly conswuet- ed brick dwellings on East Thirty- fourth street, between Church avenue and Linden Boulevard, and for @ time ‘threatened houses across the street and in Brooklyn avenue. Tho watchmas, whore name could not be ascertained, is missing, but neither the police nor the firemen believe he perished. The glare of the flames lighted ep @e wards of the Kings County Hospital, @ block away, and only the prompt actien of Miss O'Reilly and Miss James, the head nurses in charge of the male ana female wards, prevented a panic among the patients, some of whom became hysterical with fright as they saw the flames through the windows, They _ sounded the alarm in the nurses’ Gormi tories and held all of the nurses ané internes in readiness to remove thi Patients to nearby homes in case the hail of sparks which fell on the root of the hospital should set the buflding aftre. The fire was discovered at 8.2 o'clock by Policeman Patrick Byrnes, of the Flatbush station, who saw a slight Blase on the roof of one of the houses, all of which had been newly tarred yesterday afternoon by contractors who ‘were building them for the Kob Construation Company. They were to be put on the market next week. The little biaze, no Bigger than « man's hat when the policeman saw it first, was fanned into a fury in a twink- ling and leaped from roof to roof along the entire row of nive houses, which burned like #0 much kindling wood, The flames spread to the rows of trees in front of the houses and on the aide atreets, and to the clothes poles in the rear, dnd the air was filled with sparks which fell for blocks around, setting fire to many awnings. Scores of families organized bucket brigades and presented & weird ae well as amusing spectacle as they raced about tn pajamas ead nighties, lugging buckets of water to Pour on the flames which threatened their new spick and span homes, The neighbors who didn’t have awning fires to contend with added to the dan- ger of the fire spreading by throwing open their windows the better to watch the blaze, and the thick smoke into the houses in choking volumes. The police went through neighboring ordering residents to close the windows, and in many cases had to burst into the houses and siam the windows shut themselves. On East Thirty-fourth street an@ on Brooklyn avenue, the occu Of re cently constructed houses gathered up as much of their belongings as they could conventently carry and bore ¢heir Possessions out of the danger zone, re turning after the fire had been brought under control. ‘While the fire was at its height an alarm spread that the watchman hed been burned to death, but the firemen and policemen believe that he decamped, when the blaze got too hot for him, “The police regard the fire as suspicious and an investigation has been started. ma CAN A MEDICINE BE A “FAKE” that has lived and grown fn popularity for thirty years, and demonstrated its worth by ac- tual cures of female ills thousands and thousands of American families? Any fair-minded, intelligent person will emphatically answer NO! Sucha medicine is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Come pound, made from roots and herbs, and its ever increasing popularity is due to actual merit alone. 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