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the trouble disappears, even stubborn case. Res- Cf H SAVER EE WOMAN HE KILLED BEGEDFORDEATH Teacher in Sight of Many “% of Her Pupils. | Scores of her sorrowing pupils took | flowers to-day to the home of Miss Susan Lewis, a teacher in Public Schoo! No. 24, the Bron, who was Mortally shot in sight of many of the children on her way home from classes rejected suitor w! with her since they were in school gether. She was twenty-one and the eldest of eeveral children of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lewis of No. 1996 Clinton Avenue. Berohman, twenty-two years old, ts a eon of Horace V. Berchman, contractor, of No, 1567 Fulton Avenue, ~|the Bronx, and a brother of Heart Berchman, a violinist, sometimes call- ed the “fiddier-politician.” Charles Goff with the remark that he “dida't intend to run,” declared that Hie z z 1. | pleted wi Sauuion, gets you fire up! Welll The the second’s a revolution, like! Then you're of — BVEHIAe ie her, whioh she denied before she died In Fordham Hospital. police ‘tried to get a menf from &im as to why him to shoot her, he was hazy and made ufsatisfactory replies. “iss Lewis was in One Hundred and Soventy-Ninth Street, a a | Stock market at opening w between with slightly easier tendency, ORLD, wi DREAM OF $2 WHEAT ALMOST A REALITY Boom in Chicago Market Lifts Durum Grade for Delivery to quiet An Thifa and Monterey Avenues, on her |improvement developed almont tm- way home t6 join a sewing class of tenchefs yeaterda> afternoon at 4.15 when Berchman stopped her, as he had often before, According to information given Coroner Flynn by the young woman before ete died, Berohman had begun courting her while she was in Normal School and he was in City College. FRIENDS HAD UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE ENGAGED. Her parents ovjected to him, but their friends understood they were engaged up to three monthe ago, when Misa Lewis told him positively she would never marry him. He is alleg- ed to have threatened then to kill her aad te have repeated i: many times ehe tarted to turn away he ry rei threw his arms arow her, revolver to her breast and ran to them. Miss Lewis had fallen unconscious. Berchman handed over the empty revolver. At Fordham Hospital it was found had passed through right lung. She died at her death, Berc! taken him as the man who shot her. “He threatened to kill me three months ago when I told him finally | would not marry him,” she declared he done so.” ily refused STOCK OF YANKEES The final details of the transfer of the New York American League Baseball Club franchise were com- this afternoon, Col. Jagob Ruppert and T. L. Huston, the new owners, assymed control with the passing of alock by Frank J. Farrell, ving di h to the consummation hich gives the club new jwnere for the first thue sings its ea- tablishment hore in 190i Tebesce for Pipa and Cigerette Uncorking a tin of Tuxedo is like concentrated sunshine. . And then, as euse as you'll eee the green and The exclusive “Tuszedo Process” brings out imaloy dover of been delicote fragrance py A . At the same time ie the tobsceo uaul every trace of haschnese dieappease. “bite” YOU CAN BUY TUXEDO EVERYWHERE bn Tim Hemmidors 40+ ond 00 mati 10 In Clase Humidors $02 ond 906 - THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY mediately in some of industrial issues. house 13-4, to 71 8- to 60748 521-4, wi jis @ new high record. j ket continued fair! jeecond hour with « business concentrated peclalties, wheat ceptions. American sold up to 94 and ¢ Western Maryland points, to 14 1-4. active and ‘@ made, althou at the top, In the afternoon stocks were the low priced American gained 11-2, to 281-2, and Weatin, *, #. Steel 1- ind Bethichem Bteel, at 11-4 points higher in the |firat hour's trading. Thin Iatter price General mar- iarge in industrial market. the general list showed small interest and narrow fluctuations with few ex. Can preferre’ common to 2. ecovered 31-4 Toward the close the market be trong. Advance: the list close: sansanesigpentiy THE CLOSING QUOTATIONS. With wet changes as compared with previous | | bowing = Am: se a Ped ce eee rt toes 3 jon of oe ‘HELD AS A MU to Pay Fare Here Weat ed by @ sailor, w def Gaye, tts eee weusbersadss ee +1 md we sere tee 3 ie a a aie a sre — FR ve Seeer Peters PeePECTEC ETP TTC ES | sttttei+ +ttt+ + gett! * SSPSENSLATS Ee SSSELSHS SASS Ceres ote ce a ewe [etete $+ FH lHttee Heit l+ +etetl t+! SEF EFT F FSFE FEF E. oer Fee ERTS op sckere Ittettt +++ +++ 4) ee x eet ee 2 =. = He wert fee 56GE sOSSeReess8eetrares. 2 oFE NEW YORK COTTON MARKET, ady, but tradin; time. 8; HE PAYS BOARD IN CELL Ship Engineer, a Prisoner, Also Has From Indies and Immigrant Tax. Benjamin Johneon of Provide; Indies, was at- hom he killed ia auye bh authorities put Johnson he paid $1 a day board they decided to pond | tried for himicide committed under the American flag fare up here. Island from the ate and he had to pay 64 head + 00 an immigrant, because he was born Bade. bran leh Weat oritie where to sead him “Wi I have to pay my board here, Ww r cell re he Indies, The im- * are debating iy 5 nom and buerd, or or whatever they 1.991,—May Reaches 1.3854. OHICAGO, Jan, 1.—Two dollars a bushel for wheat, the dream that only énthustasts ever expected to come over, was within a half cent of being a reality to-day on one grade of wheat, if the cost of detivary to Europe might be counted as part of the price. It is a fact that a carload of the kind known as durum was sold to-day to go to Haly on & basia | that figured, delivered at destination, 5|$1.991-2 a bushel, Huch a pfice breaka all records for durum wheat. he supply of that variety, in the United States is said to be virtually exhausted for this season. Rapid upturne were witnessed in the speculative im t after a period of wavering during the early hours and prices reached levels that be- fore had not been equalled eince the celebrated attempt at a worldwide squeeze by Joseph Leiter. May wheat, the chief speculative delivery, went {0 $1,386-8 as against $1.36 at the finish last night. —————— ITEMS FOR INVESTORS, Railroad equipment orders and in- quiries are showing up daily. more and Ohio has placed contracts for 2,000 freight cars, divided between Cambria Steel Company and Mount Vernon Car Manufacutring Company, and han made inquiry for 2,00@ mor batatagh ney 9 eel bx 7, 18 Balti-}4 ii 4 fordoded B, 0. and Di te & W. orders for stoct Falls to 4 tons. Northern Pacific erty. of 1% per cent. payable Ie stock of record 9. The Bt. Paul will off §.. per cent. convertible bon at per to atockholders extent of cent. of their holdings. over importa for cember eatimated Great Northern's November gross de- clined $1,687,442. Net decreaned $486,234 Five mont! declined $4. . Net after tax was deducted increased $368,327. oo Armour & Co, deelared regular sn- fual dividend of 10 per cent., payable . 16 to stock Of re¢ord Jan. 1. Foret ign Exchange erling at 4, rate tou market also registers ock Sterling dropped pened, weak with |, off 7-16. This in ed wince Oct. 30, ed 4.84. 1 to 4.89 11-16 Loulavile & Ngshville for past months shows a decrease in earning $4,890, The New York Curb Association sus pended seventeen members for non. payment of dues, and alx names of others were dropped, —————— CHICAGO WHEAT AND CORN MARK: Wednedey'e 184 Suy:: Wedneetay's “. hal Boe By Wheat prices opened } but recovered to abou! closing level midday. n rumors of war prices shot up about nts In early afternoon, but reacted one cent a bushel on absence of con- firmation of reported outbreak between But advanced to new close, as cash wheat ind it may be neces- sary to advance prices in order to cent lower, yesterday's | Firet you m Neaith, Boor Loss of Al ee ee) r3 ~ out it an puri wahels for Belgian relief—elosed at 0 }tap prices, Corn, prices eared off after the open- ing. rading was quiet and price Changes small, Reports of export bual- ness held prices firm up to noon Cloned % to i cent advance. enciepeateasemnponens BIG JEWELLERS SWINDLED. “Sewelry Switeher” Gets Worth Thousands. The D. Gorham Company, Reed & Bai ton and a fiwmber of other Maiden Lai Broadway and Fifth Avenue jewelle-s have complained to the police lately of thé depredations of a smooth spoken man, who deceived their clerks by substituting cheap imitations for valuable x: exhibited by them over the counter. The losses reported amounted to $5,000 or $6,000, Max Levine, also known ax Moxel, who has served three terms in privon penny-weighter and jewelry switche: seemed to the police to answer the di scription of the swindler, He was ai tested to-day near his home, No, 259 Henry Street, by Detectives Raj Kemp. 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