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FOTJBTEEN PAGES. nnS CENT 1 THOMAS GAR A DAY FROM SA1I FRAHCISCO SpeedsThrough Death Valley and Mojave Desert and Pushes On to Bakersfield. NOW IN LAST STAGE Dion Facts th Rough Mountain Climbing and Protos Gets-Over tha Continental Divide. 40TH DAY OF THE RACE. Tim.

TXs-Car. Reported. P. M. tance.

Mofrrt, CaJIf. 84-5 1 Kelton. 26 1 6 DaDioB.fUwliiu.Wyo.. 1:15 2226 Prate Urania. Wye.

8KX 2 1 09 OoiBf oe. Sftcitl Amt Yrrk Tim. MOJAVK, Cal, March St-Th Thomas car, leading tha race rrom Naw Tork to Paris under tha auaploe of tha Paris Matin and Th Naw Tork Tixbs, arrived her at 4:45 o'clock thla afternoon and tarted an hour later on tha northern routa to San Thla route la shorter than the road Indicated along the eeait line by 1S8 miles, and it la poealble for the ear to arrive In Ban Francisco by to-morrow night In an effort to complete the run to-morrow Harold Brlnker drove en to Bakersfield to-night, although he had run more than 800 miles to-day. He will Tttt there for tha night. An early tart to-morrow morning might land him In San Francisco before dark.

The run through Death Valley, en which the oar atarted last Blent, wts finished this morning. Brlnker 'then de-tarmlnad to save a part of the distance to Mojave by taking tha mountain raod, which doee not KO south as far aa Daggett and Crucero. This road Is more precipitous, and Is usually snow fevered, but the chance of saving time appealed to the Thomas driver. He made, the trip successfully over the rough way, and In stpte of. It got the best day's run out cf his car that has been made In the eourae of the contest thus far.

The arrival la Mojave was quite unexpected. Every one was expecting the car to come through by way of the Santa F4 and the San Pedro linen, and. since nothing had been' heard' along either, some concern was expressed as to Its where-about Br There were fears that seme farther accident might have befallen It and that It was stalled somewhere la Death 3Talley or In the Mojave Desert. When Brinkrr finally arrived and explained his route the lack of Information regarding" the car'a movements was explained. Brinkrr did not wish to delay at all, but he was Induced to stop for an hour for dinner, and to proceed this evening to Bakei-ftflflld and reat there before making the final run.

The road 1 beyond runs through "Fresno and Stockton Into San Pranclsco. Strciat te Tkr Nrw Ytrk Timtt. I-C9 ANUUL.KH. March 22. The driver of the Thomas car, which arrived at Mojave this evening, evidently did not get the dispatches from the Thomas Comimny telling Mm to come to Los Anglos by' way of the Daggett route.

K. R. Thomas is now at Daggett waiting for his car, which he has not heard from all day. Word has been sent to him that ha can catch his car at Bakersfield by wire to-night, A big body of automoblUsta from Los Angeles, with a press car. waited at San Bernardino all day for the coming of the Thomas car.

Instructions had beet sent to Brinkrr, but he went along the mountain range to Mojave. thence turning north for Bakersfield, leaving Los Angeles behind. Efforts will be made to turn the car back at Bakersfield, as this city la expecting it, and Its failure )to come here win a keen disappointment to tha Inhabitants of tha whole surrounding ooun-, try, who are thoroughly wrought up over the race. ZUST OFF AT POOP CLIP. Italians Run 80 Miles After Leaving: Ogden at Noon.

Spnlal to TU Kw York rmu. OGDEN, (Utah. March 22. The Italian Bust ear pulled out of Ogdea to-day at 13 o'clock and made a run to Kelton, t'tah, miles from Ogdea. It arrived there late In the evenlna- and remained for the night Tha road between Ogdea and Kelton wss In good condition.

The car win start early in the morning for the Nevada line, and the Italians expect te make a fast run acrosa tha "Sagebrush state. The Italians left Ogdf with tha Ameri can and Italian flags flying In the moun tain breeses of a clear day. They were accompanied by four automobiles rilled with Italians, among them being- the Italian Consul. Jesse FraaslnL A band played American and Italian airs as the car Peeded along Washington Avenue and ut Into the desert at a fifty-mil e-en-hour clip. 1 Blrtort waa at the wheeL Thou-aanda of persons witnessed tha departure and the Italians left the city feeling that w7 bad been weU treated.

Th car arrived In tha eltr yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, and waa kept to local garage unM 13 o'clock to-day for cleaning and repairing. A new front axle was put on, and other slight repairs were ade. The machine left here In good condition, and the crew were all feeling the best of spirits and were In the best of physical condition for tha Jour ney. a Wheat was taken from her aa a fide. ii a resident of this city aad made many trips acrosa tha country.

that he to familiar with the road ever "Men the car win have to pass. He was the pony express craw In tha early of the West and assisted to rnak- the survey for the Union Pacific llrad. He win accompany' tha, sa far West aa Cobra, when M. Pierce, a Western machinist and antotst Ogdea. win act as guide to rrancisco, By extraordinary exertion the Zust car "ht reach San Francisco in Hvo days.

CanUaaed oa Page OFFER FOR MME.G0ULD HOUSE Tha Groulte Willing to Pay 7fiO0J000t. for Place Held at S4X000f. RpeelaJ Cabl to THB Kw TOBJC Tncaa PARIS, March 22. Negotiations are In progress which may result In the sale of the famous Castellans residence In Avenue da Bols de Boulogne to the Groult family, the head of which, M. Camllle Oroult, the great art collector, died early this year.

Mme. Anna, Gould put the property la the market at 8,000,000 franca; tha Qroult family offers 7.000.000 franca for It, and It Is considered here quite probable that the parties may get to-ether. All Parisian art lovers hope for this outcome, for if the Oroulta should get the property they would use It to house the magnificent collection of paintings, tapestries, and other art objocta that waa brought together by M. CamlUe Groult. The Castellane house would be an Ideal home for thla collection, which, Is understood, eventually will become the property of the State.

The art collection of the lata M. CamlUe Groult Is regarded by many competent Judges of art as the finest private col lection in Paris, and as ne of the finest la the world. The collection la now In the mansion on the Avenue Malakoff. which was M. Groult's home for many years.

The visitor to ihls mansion finds beautiful objects of art In every room. The main art gallery la full of master pieces of the French painters Chardin, Hubert Robert, de Fragonard. Mallet. Saint Aubln, Bollly, and Ingres. Another gallery is devoted to works of art from China and Jspan, Including several pieces of tapes try from Peking designed by Boucher aad some very handsome Japanese vases of the eighteenth century.

In another salon are a number of fine engravings after Reynolds, Lawrenoe Hoppner, Raebnrn. and Gainsborough. Those of Lawrence number twenty In all. the beat-of which are a portrait of George TV. and another of Thomas BelL A portrait by Romney and "A Conversation In a Park" by Gainsborough adorn the walla of the same gallery.

The collection of butterflies msde by M. Groult Is as famous as his pictures. POLECAT ON CHURCH PORCH. A 8lmple Tala of 8undry Religious Complicationa In Jacksonville, N. J.

Special to Th Nrm York Tim. JACKSONVILLE. N. March 22. When Janitor Johnson got to the Dutch Rerormed Church this morning at o'clock to make a fire In the boxwood stove, so that the building would warm wnen Sunday school time came, he found sixteen dogs sitting calmly In a circle on the low front porch of the -church.

In the centre of the circle was a -very small black and white animal with a bushy taiL It. too, seemed calm. On the appearance of the janitor the dogs rose to bark at the little animal, but tney went no closer to him. He rose gracefully, swirling his bushy tall In the air. Whereupon Janitor Johnson went home to lay aside his Sunday clothes.

There are fifty pupils la the Sundav school, counting Miss Tomoklna'a Blhla class for young They were all out in zront or the church at 0 o'clock. But there was no way to get past the small black and white animal. It was proposed that he be shot, but there was danger of killing some of the guardian dogs. Moreover, the preacher, the Rev. Charles Ilengst, would allow no firearms to be used near the church on the Sabbath.

Aa the morning wore on the older folk came out to har the first sermon of the day. They added themselves to the observation party already In front of the church. Finally it was decided to leave the animal In complete possession of the church. Mr. Hengst delivered his sermon on The Bins of the Fathers "Ibi private house.

There wasn't any Sunday school. From time to time the Uttle animal rose from his calm, sitting posture pa the porch to swing bis tail In the air. appealing somewhat bored, but Impelled to take some lltte exercise for the sake of his health. The boys of this place stayed far away from the porch. But two city chana.

with their country atria. went closer to look. they hesi tate to return to town. GOV. GUILD NOT SO WELL.

Doctor Reports No Marked Change, but Says Condition Is Less Favorable. BOSTON, March 22. The bulle tins of Gov. Curtis Gould's condition. Issued to-day by Dr.

Win alow, showed so marked change la the patient during the day. At to-nignt ur. winaiow gars out the following bulletin: The Governors condition la about the ama aa It waa at noon, but not Quite SO lavpraoie as yesterday. im no naa ueiu bis own since the noon auueua." DYING OF A PRIZE FIGHT BLOW Staten Island Youth Knocked Out In a Manhattan Gymnasium. Samuel Bradbury of Richmond Turn pike.

Bull's Head. 8. I- dying In St. Vincent's Hospital. West Brighton, of injuries which he says he received la a boxing match at Brown's Gymnasium.

Sixth Avenue and Twenty-third Street, last Tuesday He told Coroner Cahlll that while boxing with Oscar Geary of Granlteville, 8. at the gymnasium he had a blow on the Jaw la the middle of the sixth rcnmil which knocked him down. struck heavily on the back of his head and waa dased. but recovered suffi ciently to return home. Bince tnen he said he had been feeling strangely, and veaterdav his father called a doctor.

Ha nronounced it a cave of concussion of tha brain. No action nas been taken by then Before the Horton law was passed such boxing" matches in NerT York were called prtsengats. HE LEFT 23 GRANDCHILDREN. 8 Great-Grandchildren Alao Survive Pa- ter J. Donahue of Williamsburg.

Peter J. Donahue, who died on Saturday night at the home of hla daughter. Mrs. William H. Muterson.

83 Pena Street, Williamsburg, of a complication of diseases, was bora la Ireland in 182a He leaves three sons, one daughter, twenty-three frandchUdran, aad eight great- gTaaaoniMrea. Latest Shipping News. Arrived S3 Admiral Sampson, Port An tonio, March 18. stAXJX'S RESTArKAlrT. lS-it Par Ft, flaeat aowatews.

pea SAioarueaaramiag sm -A4v In HOROS GIRL'S YOICE "PROFAHED A CHOIR Soprano at Calvary M. Church So Informed In Anonymous Communications. LETTERS SIGNED 'A MEMBER' Miss Norton Appeals to tha Pagtor, Only to Hear That Her Case Must Go to Trustee. Is It proper for a young woman, who earns a living, playing- a part In a production on the stage, to sing la the choir of a Methodist Church? This Is the problem that the Board of Trustees of the Calvary Methodist episcopal Church, the largest church In point of membership of that denomination la the world, will have to solve la the next few days. Chancellor Day, the arch foe of Presi dent Roosevelt, was formerly pastor of Calvary Church.

President McKlaley sometimes attended this church when he was la New Tork. It has a vested choir of eighty voices, the singers In which are volunteers. The training and direction of the choir Is In the hands of T. Cornell of 181 West 135th Street. A few weeks ago there appeared at the choirmaster's office a young woman, who said she loved to sing, and aa she knew that the choir of Calvary Church was a volunteer organisation, she would like to get a chance to show the choirmaster whether or act she waa capable of being a volunteer.

Mr. Cornell heard her sing, and was so pleased with the quality of the young woman's voice thai be promptly accepted her services, and until the service yes terday morning hers waa one of the admired voices In the Calvary choir. But yesterday she was missing. Reareel la the CamreaV. Miss Lillian Norton, a chorus srlrl In one of the Broadway musical nlars.

Is the singer la the case. She was reared la a Methodist household, aad when she lived In New Tork several years ago she attended Calvary Church. When she came back to New Tork a few months ago she remembered her old church, and her first Sunday morning la New Tork she spent listening to the choir and the sermon of the Rev. Dr. Charles L.

Good- ell, theYaetor. The soloists at Calvary are counted among the best church sing ers In the city. Miss Norton Is ambitious, and concluded that If she could get a place In the choir ft would prove of great value to her as a singer, and so she went to Mr. Cor nell, sang for him. and got the coveted place.

She did not teU Mr. Cornell she was a chorus girl in a musical comedy show. Miss Norton was a faithful attendant at services, and her voice waa com mented upon by many of the members of the church with whom she became acquainted. AU went well until a week ago. Then Miss Norton began receiving letters signed "A Member of the Church" or "Church Member" at the rate of about one a day.

AU of the letters were of the same general Import, Informing the girl that a singer of tha stage had no business la the choir of a Methodist church and advising her to re sign without delay. Tney said her voice was a profanation. One of the letters, typical of them all, waa aa follows: Women of the staa are not wanted la tha choir o( Calvary aletbootat Episcopal Church. Tou would do well to reslaa and not sins esaio. a aaiMrtr.it.

Calls osvthe Pastor. Miss Norton did not let any one know about the letters, but waited unto yes terday morning, when she went to the church aad had a talk with Dr. GoodeU, the pastor. He listened to Miss Norton's story, scd treated her with the greatest consideration and but did not confide his own opinion of the case. He said he would refer It to the Board of Trustees for.

consideration. "Dr. GoodelV Miss Norton said later, Is a fine gentleman, and I have only the highest regard for him. He treated me with the utmost kindness, and I would not have his feelings hurt, as a result of this, for the world. Neither do I want a single word said against Cal vary Church, for everybody has treated me nicely there, except, of course, these unknown persons who have been sending me nonymous communications.

Of course, I will not attempt to sing If a single person, who has a light to, ob jects to my presence In the choir. I love to sing, and am a Methodist. like Cal' vary Church, and that la why I asked for the place la the choir." do not know the purpose behind the letters," said Dr. GoodeU last nlrht "I really do not sea any reason to take them It is true that Miss Norton came to me this morning and told me about the letters she- said she had re ceived I had never eeea her before. afterward Investigated the matter aad found that she was singing la our choir.

and then I left the whole matter with. tne Music committee to settle. 'As for her beln objectionable on ac count of her profession. I wish to say that If a person leads a Christian life and works to forward the legitimate ends of tne cnurcn, -why. that person wiu oe welcomed.

Personally, however, to lead such a life I think a person would have to icave tne v. ENGINE EXPLOSION KILLS 3. Old Locomotive In tha Delaware i Hudson Service Blows Up. Sptiat TU tftw Ter Tmiu MARQARETVILLE. N.

March A Delaware A Hudson locomotive blew up at Schenevua, a village fifteen miles from Oneoata, at 3 o'clock thla morning. aad the engineer aad fireman were Instantly killed. The head brakeman, who was riding on the engine, was fatally Injured and died aa ha reached the On eoata Hospital, about an hour later. The men lived In Albany aad were on their ran home. The looomotlve was one of the oldest In the ccmianys ser vice, and It is believed that the boiler was defective.

The Coroner, has begun aa Investigation. A factory that stood about twenty feet from the track caught fire from the flying- cinders aad waa burned to the grouna, Ninth Attempt to Fir a Tenement, For the ninth time la two months aa at tempt to-lire the five-story tenement oc cupied by Jews and Chinese at 42 Division Street was made early yesterday morning. A handle of oil-oaked rags wss found ablaae oa tha second floor. Tha fires are laid to the unfriendllaeta between, the MISS MOFFITT WANTED CASH, aawsBBBHMeMMwe 80 8he Said In a Lett of Prlnoa Victor. Special Cable te th Nxw Tons: Trans.

LONDON, March aa Interview to-day with Th Nrw Tons: Tnocs's correspondent, Prlnoa Max of Thorn and Taxis, brother ot Prince' Victor, whom Miss Josephine Moffltt claims to be her husband, said? Now I coma to think of It, Miss Josephine Moffltt la the same lady who wrote tne, while I waa. In Vienna, last Autumn, making Inquiries concerning my brother. "She didn't aay she had married IMnoe VJctor, but dropped a bint that led ma to make Inquiries through the Foreign Office at Vienna. Later I re ceived a reply that tha American- authorities, after Investigation, had declared that Miss Moffltt could not show ny papers to substantiate a claim of marriage with my brother. In her letter Miss Moffltt Intimated that money she dldnt name any sum- would be acceptable.

I didn't, of course, comply with thla request. "Prince Victor spent eight months traveling" In America last year, return ing to Vienna late In the Summer. It doubtful in my mind that he even had flirtation with Miss Moffltt My Impression la that she has taken somebody else for my brother. I have been unable to communicate with him since reading- the report that Miss Moffltt Is en route to Europe, but I understand he in Farts now. Prince Max expects to meat hfa brother In Paris to-morrow.

ELEVATED TRAIN'S ESCAPE. Jumps Track and Nearly Pitchea Into the Street Third Rail Fireworks. The first car of a four-car Carnarsle elevated train Jumped the track as It was entering the terminal at the foot of Broadway. Williamsburg, last evenlna. and afte.

humping along the ties 'and ripping- out seventy-nvo feet of the third rail and the telephone and fire alarm wires came near pitching of the structure Into the street. The severing of the charred rail and live wires caused a series ot explosions and flashes of red and blue flame which threw the forty passengers of the derailed car Into a panic. Several women fainted, and the guards bad all they could do to keep the men from climbing out the windows. The train was checked Just as the car was on the point of falling over into the street. The passengers in the other three cars helped the guards and police reserves carry the women and children back through the train and along the track to the platforms.

The pyrotechnics created a great deal of excitement in tha crowded street below, where hundreds of people were passing. It was several minutes before the power could be shut off. It was several hours before the Inbound track was cleared. PARKHURST STIRS POLICE. They Make 151 Sundsy Exelee Arrests, 34 More Tnan a week Ago.

The number of arrests In New Tork City yesterday for violations of the excise law was 151. an increase ot thirty-four over last Sunday, when 117 were made. The vigilance ot the police In watching the saloons has Increased steadily for several weeks, since the charges brought by Dr. Parkhurst were mads publlo In which he asked the Governor to remove Mayor McClellan and Commissioner Blng- One hundred and six ot yesterday's ar rests were In Manhattan and the Bronx. forty In Brooklyn, three In Queens, and two in Richmond.

Sixteen prisoners were taken by Central Offioe detectives. The precinct-which led the list was the Alex ander Avenue station, the Bronx, with nine. Eighteen prisoners charged with excise violations were taken to the East Sixty seventh Street Station up to 11:30 o'clock last night. Capt. Cooley led his men la seven raids, and a squad ot Commissioner Hanson's men were busy In the district.

making; tha eleven remaining arrests. Commissioner Bingham waa In the district. It Is understood, and made a round In his automobile, looking over the situa tion In. person. GIRL'S REMARKABLE DEATH.

A Simple Operation on Her Tonsils at Hospital Proves Fatal. The death of Bertha Nickel, four-year- Old daughter of Alfred Nickel of 200 West 102d Street, who died la the Manhattan Bye, and Throat Hospital on Tuesday after an operation for the removal of her tonsils. Is said by the physicians of the Institution to be one of the most un usual Us history. Dr. Frank Van Fleet, the executive surgeon, said yesterday: It Is one case In ten thousand.

Imme diately after the tonsils had been cut there was a gush of blood and every ef fort to stop It was unsuccessful. The tittle girl died In a few minutes. do not believe that aa artery was out. but death was caused by the condition of the child's blood. Dr.

Bartlett. who performed the operation, has had twenty years expert- enee, and baa been with us ror several years. The lit tie sirt went to tne nospuai wiia her older sister Vera, who went through a similar operation successfully. Mr. Nickel at first reported the ease to the Coroners' office aad demanded aa tan tlxatlon.

but said yesterday that he had changed bis mrad. and ceciaea xnai ais daughter's death waa unavoiaaoio. HAD SILVERWARE PACKED UP. Elevator Man Caught In Apartment -a. of John R.

Hegeman, wr. rtmrrr" Cut. an elevator man em ployed ta the apartment house at 87 Madison Avenue, was found last Bight a. nolleasaaa and House Manager Etill- maa ta the rooms ot John R. Hegeman, ir An tha ala-nth floor or tne cunning.

Oa the floor In front of Career was a surteas filled with Mr. Hegemaa'a silver- Mr: Btillmaa asked Carsey what ha was dolna- in the apartment. He replied that be Iouna Mr. Hetreman ooor open. sura.

oina; in to see It a burglar was there. nrTnA tha aiitteaaa fined with silverware. Policeman Weissweiden arrested Carsey. hn ha ltved at BIS West Fifty see bnd Street. The captor Carsey was the result of a chance visit of on of Mr.

BUU man's aids te the- Htftmaa anart- HOTEL ASTOR TO BE DOUBLED III SIZE $4,000,000 Extension, to Begin Next Month, Will Make This the City Largest Hotel. COMPLETE IN JULY, 1909 Greater Building to Contain an Audito rium to Hold Thousands and the World's) Largest Roof Garden. Four million dollars worth of cronerty will be added to Times Square In the extension of the Hotel Astor. work on which win fb atarted th first ot next month. The Astor will be made double Its nresv on six, aad win become practically the largeat aotel tn th city.

Its business has been so great from the day of Its onenln and Times Square haa proved such a spienaia site for a hotel of the beet type tbat It was early decided that to meet the business offered the Astor would have to be enlarged. xli hotel covers at this time 200 feet by 162 feet. The addition will cover 200 feet by ISO. To build the addition fourteen houses wul be torn down tn the rear of the hotel on Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Streets. These houses are of the roomy, old-fashioned type.

Their occupants have been notified that oa April 1 the work ot demolition will begin. The addition will tire the hotel more than L000 bedchambers and 700 hatha The ground floor win consist of a great auditorium and concert hall for large gatherings. On special evenings this auditorium win oonneoted with the Orangerle of the present hotel aad both converted Into a great garden capable of accommodating thousands. A large entrance to this auditorium will be built oa the Forty-fifth Street side. The two present entrances on Forty- fourth and Forty-fifth Streets win be connected a wide corridor, and the Broadway entrance will be rearranged so that there will be three entrances In th centre Instead of one.

The "roof ot the extension will Join that of the hotel proper, and th present root garden, already the largest hotel roof garden la th world, win be made twice Its It wlU have a promenade of more than a thousand feet, and will be made a still greater feature ot hotel and amusement life In Times Square. The same elaborate scheme of decora tion and provision for comfort carried out In the hotel as It stands now win be followed In the larger hotel," said F. A. Muscbenhelm, brother of the lessee, yesterday. We expect to ha ve the addition completed by July, 1909.

We needed th additional spec very much, for the hotel's business was very heavy from the day of Its opening, and Increased until the limit was reached." Clinton As Russell are th architects for the new building, and John Downey the builder. Every novelty In lights and other hotel appurtenances that haa been designed since the building of the Astpr will be In stalled In the addition. Four elevators wlU be added to the many already In use In the hotel. LEOPOLD E1DL1TZ DEAD. He Waa the Archltect'VVho Remodeled the SUte Capitol at Albany.

Leopold id lit, the architect, died yes terday at his- home at 800 West Eighty-ninth Street. He "Was 84 years old, Mr. Eldllts was one of the leaders of his profession In this country, and was held la the highest esteem for his per sonal qualities. He was a member of the firm of EldUts Ross of 1123 Broadway. Mr.

Eldllts waa born In Prague, Bohemia, and after spending several years of hla early youth studying' arch ltecture la Vienna and at Prague Poly technic School came to this city, He waa Special Supervising Commis sioner on the remodeling of the State Capitol at Albany in 1873, and designed Christ Church, at St, Louis. St. George's Church In this city, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Dry Dock Bank, and th Continental Bank. In 1881 he wrote Th Nature and Function of Art," which was received with many favorable comments. Cyrus W.

Eldllts, the architect ot the Times Building-. Is his son, and Charles L. and Otto Eldllts, the builders, are nephews. 7 DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE. Tenant Escape from Columbus Ave nue Blaze Hose Pulla Loose.

What firemen call a smudge," but oae ot large proportions, brought the fire engines aad a multitude of people to Fifty-seventh Street aad Columbus Avenue yesterday afternoon. la the rear of the paint shop of L. Bergsoa at 858 Columbus Avenue fire had started, and la a few minutes It had secured a grasp on th old wooden stairway of th five- story building, eating upward rapidly. Thar were only three families in the building. On of them escaped by way of the stairs, and the other two took to the fire escacea.

As small aa the. fire was. it mad such a great cloud of smoke that from Time Square It looked as if a disastrous bias was on. During- th fire one of the sections ot hose tore loos from its hose coupling aad the firemen appeared to accept It aa aa example of shoddy work, Little damage was done te the bunding. RUSSIA NEEDS MORZ MONEY.

i Minister of Finance Says That Naw Loans Are Inevitable. 8T. PETERSBURG. March 2X M. Kokovsoff.

the Minister of Flnanoe, addressing the Budget Committee of the Duma Saturday, announced that loans were Inevitable despite Russia'a al ready heavy Indebtedness. He mentioned the double tracking- of th Siberian Railway, th bunding of th Amur -y Una, and th requirements for national defense aad famine relief es alone Involving aa extraordinary expendi ture- of tT5.O0O.00O annually for several years to come. BtOYAl. LTJaTTED" rttm 1mm all I-allmaa tnua for BaMU aad Waaklnstoew Ma.es aw tots aauy. Iabertr EC nusv man Cr fi it aa neiw, ajw SAYS ROOSEVELT WOULD RUN.

Nashville Man Rcporta Prealdant Wanted One Confederate State. Sptiol Th Nw Ytrk risvw. NASHVILLE. March 33. Beer tery E.

B. Bnaanoa of th Nashvtn Board of Trade, upon his rretura from Waahiag1-toa to-night -quotas President Roosevelt as saying- that If felt sure of cajrrytng one confederate stat solid be would re-oonslder hla announced decision and make the reee for president. should like for that stat to be Tennessee" the President la quoted, "and If I should be re-elected after having- ear-lied Tennessee, would name a Tsan-nesseen as a member of my cabinet." The statement was mad at aa Inter view between Mr. Roosevelt and a delegation of tlx ens of NashvUle, who were In Washington In the endeavor to secure the passage of an appropriation for a boulevard from the city to the National Cemetery four miles from here. Senator Robert L.

Taylor was present at the In terview. KING MAY LOSE HIS ARM. Wound Manuel Received When Father Waa Slain Proves 8srious. MADRID. March 23.

El Mundo says It has learned on good authority that the wound Prince Manuel now King of Port ugalreceived la th arm on Feb. 1, when King Carlos and the Crown Prinoe were assassinated, has not healed, and haa re cently become very much worse. The attending physicians, El Mundo says, declare that amputation la Impera tive. QUAKES IN Three Distinct 8hocks Felt Through the Imperial Valley. IMPERIAL, CaL, March 22.

Tare dls- tlnot earthquake shocks were felt through Imperial Valley yesterday morning. No damage Is reported from the various towns other than the breaking of a tew dishes at Brawley and El Centra. The first shock occurred three minutes before six o'clock and was th most severe of th three. Th second followed In five minutes and th third la fifteen minutes, each quake lessening In severity. At Brawley the.

people rushed out of their houses. TRIED TO CLIMB BRIDGE CABLE Horseshoer Said He'd Dance the Merry Widow Waltz on Tower Top. Patrolman William Burps of the Bridge Squad was startled yesterday at 4:80 A. M. by shrieks coming from the prome nade near the bridge anchorage.

Inves tigating, he found Patrick Burns, horse-shoer, or 178 Third Brook lyn, clambering on the big cable with the intention of ascending to the top aad announcing to whomsoever it might con cern that he was going to do the Merry Widow Walts on the top of th tower. The policeman grappled with the man and by free use of his night stick subdued him. Burns, was removed to the Kings County Hospital for treatment, ROBBED OF $45,000. Bandits Hold Up Msn en Nevada Des ert Deputies Surround Them, 5rmsJ Tkt Ktw York Ttmtt. RENO.

March 22. William Hoffman, carryintr gold notes amounting to 845,000, was held up by a body of bandits In the desert near Rawhide this evening. He was left Injured on the road, after wounding one of the robbers. He managed to crawl to camp aad Sheriffs posses from three counties are now th bandits, who are believed te have been surrounded. A fight is expected.

HEINZE PAYS $22,000 FINE. He and Hla Two Mine Superintend ents Guilty of Contempt of Court. HELENA, March 22. The fine of 122,000, Imposed upon F. Augustus Hetnx and bis two mine Superintendents for contempt of court, was forwarded to the National Treasury at Washington yesterday, that being the last day of ex tension allowed by Jndge Hunt.

The tinea were Imposed for violation et an injunction la connection with litiga tion over Butte mines. CALLS EX-PASTOR SWINDLER. Property Owner Charges Him with Appropriating S200. Charged with the embesxlement of 12,500, the Rev. George A.

Francis, for many years pastor of th Westfleld Of. Baptist Church, and until recently a traveling evangelist, waa arrested on Saturday and held In $2,000 bonds to await the action of th Grand Jury. Francis Is bow la th real eetat busi ness at Elisabeth, operating, with the Rev. Rufus 8. Green, under the name of the Central Real Estate Agency.

The charge of fraud against him Is made by Jack Capltelll. who say that by falseJ representations Francis managed to get a power or attorney irom nun ana ms wira, sold a house belonging to them for S2JSOU, and appropriated the money. Francis says bis arrest is part ot a Blackmailing scnexno. FIFTH AVENUE BURGLARS. Enter Six Houses, Getting Past Police But Obtain JSmall Booty.

Burglars entered the homes of F5. lit Woolworth. XX B. Turner, CoL Al bert B. Hilton, and Benjamin Thaw, ta Fifth Avenue near Eighty-sixth Street, and of George O.

Thatcher aad Mrs. 81d aey Smith, near by In Elgbty-elxta Street, early on Saturday morning, but got very ntite I or xnetr pains. Apparently they used a rop ladder. They were heard la th Woolworth bouse and an alarm was raised which et "police and watchmen after them, but they got away into Central Park and vanished. At Mr.

Thatcher's they got away with some gold aad silver spoons, a few stick pin and a watch. The ether persona via- ttea tost utus or not rung. S5000 Fire) In Brooklyn. A fire of nnkaown origin, completely destroyed the two-story frame factory ef the Bowker Fertiliser Company, at Hunt, mgton Street and the Gowaaus CaaaL Brooklyn, at midnight last night, aad damaged two brick Storage houses belonging to th Brooklyn Union Gas Company. By hard work th firemen aayed several gas tanks acroes th etreet.

Th total loss Is about $50,000. Th police are Investigating a awry that lacendiarlea start-4 lit tUuv UAHY OF THE POLICE RIGAI3BLM TRAP' Big Shake-Up Expectadto FolbwV Disclosures Mads Through a Sham Resort. ONE INSPECTOR REDUCED i Several Captains and a Squad of man Are) Implicated la ReporV ere Protection" Charge. A trap, that waa planned and axsoutad with th Idea Of aeanaa a death blow to the police protection of gambling? houses ta this city, has been sprung, rta first result came early yesterday morning, when several high officials la th depart-meat aad a dosea or more wardmea, aad '-policemen were ordered to Felloe Headquarters. Aa Investigation, which lasted from.

10 o'clock Saturday night until JO o'clock la the morning, waa conducted by Com- -mlsslonsr Bingham's two deputies. Hansen and Woods. Charge of nroteettaur a-aav- bling houses and 'of having accepted money from th proprietors are now In preparation, and to-day th Grand Jury will likely begin an Inveetigatian. upon one head th blow baa already fallen. Inspector John W.

O'Connor was reduced yesterday to the rank of Cap tain, and transferred from th Third In spection District, which Include th Ten derloin, to th Amity Street station, Brooklyn. Mors transfers are looked for to-day by 4 boa who are elos to Conunl. sloner Bingham, One of the greatest shake-ups la the) history of the department la threatened. and every policeman on whose beat there is a gambling house or ether unlawfully protected -estabtlsmment Is wondering when and where the next blow win tall. The trap which brought to light what la regarded aa tangible evidence of what haa neea long suspected by Cocatissloaer Bingham and has been known to every (ambler tn the city the police protection of gambling- houses was a gambling? house itself, operated for six days under the sanction of Commlsioner Bingham and of the District Attorney office.

The gambling house was opened by in era! members of the staff of Th World after having first placed the matter before Gen. Bingham aad Assistant District Attorney Nathan Smyth. For two "ptr-e or more the plans tor springing tha trap had been laid, and once It seemed on the verge cf failure, for the polio, arappoainx it was a bona-fid gambling house not paying for protection, raided th place and arrested three of the men, two of whom war la th plot to trap th pone. Thee 1 threnre bow" under- fLOOtr ball oh. pending aotloa by th Grand Jury.

Flee Attarsapt rallaWs. But, falling- In th first attempt, th plotters tried again to lay th anar which was expected to enmesh som. at least, cf the police who were suspected of standing tn with th gamblers and of exacting weekly rake-off from the gamhlinx houses, aom et the take-off apparently soin- to men higher up. And this second i trap seems to hv aoeompUshed Its ad. For six days th plant cambllnc nous operated at 429 Sixth Avenue.

In the heart of what Is familiarly known as th White Light District, and the aoeusa- tion Is broadly made that the nolle'' walked blindly Into thla second trap and accepted money to allow tt to run. Three wardmen who are known to be the right-hand men of three police Cap tains are accused of haying- taken money for th protection of th gambling establishment. Charges against at least one of the wardmea will probably be mad to-day, and he win be suspended, pending the final whipping- out ef ml, th latest scandal in the Polio Department. The seen at Police Headquarters daring th early morning hour of yesterday was one of th most remarkable that ha ever been witnessed la that historic old ouuaina. The telephone wires war busy Saturday night callinar tn th men who names had bean mentioned In th aMn- daL None of them was told for what purpose he waa wanted at Headquarters.

-ine only meeaac they received was Report at one. ta ham Office." Soma of the man warn duty, and did not get th message ua- a-a aas a la a "Mi inaiae Headquarters hondxna they were not allowed ta dennr wtowmSt a permit from Deputy Commissioner Haa-4 son. Double guards were placed about the doors while th inquisition was on. i And while th policeman war betas confronted with the evidence fa th Band i of th Deputy Commissioner. Gea, Un4 bam sat at home near bis telepbonkeepl tug wrect touca wiia waax waa COlcxTi forward at Headquarters.

It was he who. la ta sails 1 th morning, after remarkable atone 2 graft la th department had beea enfolded. ordered th reduction la reak ef Inspeotosl O'Connor and his removal to the oaea vne-way precincs rooKiyn. Hw th Trap was Mmt, And this la spit ef th denials ef every police official who nam Is luvulrea ef having ever accepted money for th pro-' tection of gamblers. The history ef th trap Into which th polio war led with the connivance of Commissi oner begins weeks ago when th plan for traaJ ping ais subordinate waa laid before thai Commissioner.

i know mere is rambnnf going- a la i New Tork." said von gammer are paying large tnxjol tar wotMtkn I. mgmrn -a vmw 1 and Captains and their subordlnatae, know of several Inspectors aad CapCXias wb are taxing money to permit place to run, but I can't get th ntir.sserr Ural 1 proof. I have don say best te tran that dishonest officers, but have failed. It'' ft to a point where I do not knew whom can trust, aad so I trust a oe. I am on man against aa army of 10, Ua What need Is a Secret Service (ore." Several newspaper men were Instantly placed at bis disposal aad arrangement were mad to start a gambling reaors Just as much like th others known to running in various part of th city as poealble, th Idea VeUi- that th polfe' would soon show trp and Tl money Assistant District Attorney Bmythe, la giving hi consent atand by th sob roe.

said that It waa aa nfceard-f proposi. tloa for th PoUe Coramisaioti.r and th District Attorneys eirvoe to eouatenancw? a rambling house. "But, trader th otr-i cumstanccs." eld, the end eeesns to Justify the means, so ahead aat' this effic will stand by yoa IX ran ct Into difficulty." The "Be GamMer wlIBam Rose, a cwetne spectaJ fSaAae nve, wno am worn tor rvrnimtsstonar Mo. Adoo, waa. chosen for the "boss ram birr to start tha trap nmtSu hous.

i To make things eeem orderly to th polio and to the 'real gambler who aver expected to- patronize the place Alex- ander a Southerner, who had' worked as lookout ta several gambtinx house ta this dty. was caosea as side partner Rose. i The "man with th roll eten uuasse aoagSk menta, 0.