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0 "All the Hews That's Fit to Print" THE -WEATHER. Showers: cool In Lntsrter. isiii i Mil a- as a a a a i vim. i.M.":xiiUuo. 3 IE1KE SH Women, and Children Fought for Life; -V WHEN SHE STRUCK Went Down with Ship Eat Came Up and Was Saved.

FHOEABLY 646 DROWNED Of 774 Persons on Board Only 128 Are Known to. Have 4 Been Rescued Tales of. the Survivors. GRIMSBT, England. July 4.

A lone pile of granite, rising heer out of th Atlantic 70 mll from the Scottish mainland. 1 sow a monument to. almost 050 dead. Uodiea wash against th rocks or 11a In th 9eaa bed at Us baa. Near by.

complete-' bidden in the water, is the BcandinaTlan-Antrican liner -Jorge, which was carrying nearly 800 Danes. Norwegians, 'Swedes, and Finns to Join relatives or friends In -a. merit-. Of thaaa only 128 were saved, ao taf aa known. There were on the Korea 703 passengers tnj a crew of 71 men- when aba sailed front Copenhagen T74 souls In all.

Of these 26 were brought to this port by the trawler Sylvia. Seventy more were picked up by the German steamer Energle and 82 by the Hrltlah steamer Cervona, both of which fut in at Stornaway. Scotland. Copt Ouo'1 ta ainong tba He vent oown Mrlth hla ship, but came'' up rln and was saved. No tragedy of tba sea baa had more appalling consequence and none has occurred la a shorter tint.

The passengers ware tuddenly aroused from their terri-f 14 br the contact of the kowi of the hip with the solid granite, followed by a grinding, rasping- sound, as if the hull was being snored over huge rocks. el. knee, as the clanging' bells brought tba engines to a stop. TboM of the pasaencra who. were atandV ing at the time the steamer struck the rocks rt thrown against the, bulkheads or on the seeks, and had not reeevered their teat when a stentorian voice rave the terrifying-order: All handa on deck! Hurry of rou Jnsy sjnkl' Ruah to th Lifeboats." Immediately there was a rush fof the narrow companlonwaya.

and men. women, and children pushed and struggled and made every other effort to reach the deck where tha boats swung from davits. ll any persons, retaining their presence of aUQd, seised. Bfe only to find la some Instances that the string's were rotten and that they could not be quickly put around their bodies. Those who reached the deck saw the nose the Norge pinned against rock.

It remained there only a' few minutes, for Capt. Oundetl. who Immediately gone to the bridge gave the order to the engine room to reverse the ngtnea Some men of. the engineer force hd relatives among; the passengers, "and trier seeing them safely to the boats they serolcally returned to their stations below. Slowly the ship backed off.

and aa aba tamed -way It was found that water was soaring Into her bold. Thla announcement, called out in Scandinavian and presaglng-oeath, added to the supreme fright and tony. The passengers who were plied in the boata were the fortunate ones who rs to escape, while the unfortunates, who saw death near, clustered In the vicinity, eethlng. struggling- masses, some on their knees, praying, surrounded by children, ethers supplicating- aid from any one and shrieking for permission to enter the boats, elbowing, fighting their way to the place from, which the ooata were being lowered. 8eaa Smash Flrit The sound of grinding- ceased and the bow of the Norge yawned aa the eteamer returned to deep mater.

The sea rushe-1 hungrily Into the huge rente made by the rock In the troa hulL Swiftly the vessel began to sink by the bows. Without wait.lajt for orders, without paying attention to their proper manning, the occupants began to lower the boata. The Urboerd Ufebcat began slowly te hea to the horror of those on board be tera tackle failed, while the "bow tackle ran fre. Soon the boat waa almost perpendicular. Those who were In it clung desperately to the sides and seats until a Crest wave came towering along and struck the boat, str.aahlnr it against the side of the ship.

The occupants of the boat who ere not killed by the impact were thrown Into the water. The crew and pasrengera on deck, had bo time to spare to assist the few who bad a chance to escape, but lost It, Undeterred by the experience of the first, boat, a second. kaled principally with women and children. lowered. Thta time the Uckle 4in JBootaly, but the hopee of escape of the engera on board were blasted.

The mo- "nt It touched the water, wavea picked up the small craft as if it bad been a feather' ad dashed It against the side of the ship1; a sptte of the frantic efforts of the paasen- to fend It etf. 1 i The crash was heard on deck. Then the "wallowed more victims, and pieces of wreckage slowly drifted toward the rock. The upper deck of the Norge at the time the disaster to the second boat waa only few feet from the water, and It- was ap- I a rent to every one that in only a few mln- Bits more she would plunge beneath the In the final crisis those who are 'Ue to remember clearly what happened. that the shrieks and sobs died away.

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Page and that the Quiet waa only broken br the of eom men whose fear found vent Diaapnemy. Many Uap Into Sea. Suddenly one man threw' himself overboard and another fonawd kla Timn1a. Still another jumped into the water, and aoon around the ship hundreds of persona were struggling In the sea, having preferred death in the open than being- submerged with the ship. Others determined to stand by the ship, hoping; against hope that she would remain afloat.

Three boats. It la known. suecessf ully reached the sea. The passengers frantically pulled away from the doomed ship, peaelnc by poor wretches wbo were still afloat, end who vainly begrged to be taken oh board, while from the ahlp came long-, despairing cries. women In the boat which reached ErJmsby hid their eyes, but the men who were alttlng facing- the.Norge say they sAw the Captain still on the bridge and the passengers, on deck in attitudes of resignation.

While they looked the Norge plunged tor-ward, ber stem shot up in the air and aha disappeared. The swimmers In the vicinity of the. ahlp were drawn Into the vortex. around which they swirled like chips in the I a 8ank In Twelve Minute; Only twelve minutes elapsed from the time the ship struck until she sank. A fine Bootch mist which waa falling at tSe time shut out the other survivors from the view of those who were brought to Grimsby.

The latter, so aoon as their boat waa clear theApene of the 'wreck, devoted themselves to thoughts of their own safety. 'A Jacket was tied to an oar. which waa In turn fastened, in-the bow of the boat, and a sailor, a Dane, took charge of the Men and women were put to work keeping- the boat afloat, aa a hole had been atove in her bow when it waa lowered from the ship. An examination of the water cask showed that it did not contain, a drop of water. There were eome biscuits, however, and these were eaten the shipwrecked people during- tb twenty-four hours from the time the ship 'struck, at 7 Ad M.

June until they were picked up by the Grimsby trawler Sylvia. h. So dased were the survivors of the Norge who were safely brought to Grimsby thai it waa-dlfflcult to obtain a connected story of the Twenty-six persons In all reached here, nineteen men, six wonmen, and one child, a girl alx years old. Every one. has relatives in They say the great majority of thoee who went down also.were on their way to Join relatives or friends located principally in the North western States.

I'' Tales of Survivors. The Associated Frees correspondent saw (ha men and women survivors. The former were on the docks, while the women were sitting quietly In a small room in the hotel. Their, faces all bore evidence to the terrible experiences through which they had passed. Katerina SlUander.

whose husband lives at 851 North Franklin Street, Chicago, said to the correspondent: Everything) was quiet and moet of the passengers were sleeping. had left "my and waa dressing my baby, i When the. ship struck the first time I did pot know hat meant, out when It struck gaTli'ralhted Its meaning. 1 seised ray child. by the hair, and -ran -up the 'compaa-kmway threw the baby into the bottom of a boat, and then Jumped In myself.

Some of the women on board bad seven or eight children each, from whom they became separated, and the cries of these mothers calling- for their children were heartrending-, The lifebelts were almost useless, 'for the' strings would, not hold. "When the boat left the ship there were many passengers standing- on decks begging with handa outstretched. Jtfany, too, threw themselves Into the water." Sailor's 8tory of Disaster. Karl Mathleson. the Danish sailor who assumed command of the boat' brought to Grimsby, only Joined Norge at Copenhagen Juet before ehe sailed for New Turk.

He said he knew nothing about the ship's arrangements la case of collision or tire. He had never been Instructed In fire drill, and did nee understand what It meant." He was on deck" 'when the vessel but be did not know until he heard, the Captain-shouting- the order to man the boats that the damage was great. Mathleson said: -1 worked with the third mate, and followed him to the different boata. The first we attempted to fouled her tackle, keeping- her stern fixed, while her bow fell and shot the occupants into the water. A heavy sea washed the boat against the ship's side.

i We went to another, a crowd of shriek. Ing women and children The launching operations were not conducted simultaneously, the officers and crew going from one to Had men been eet to work at each boat more would have been saved. Some of the crew were worse than the passengers, and but for the- officers would have put off in the. boats themselves. These were driven back and throat-ened with death unless they obeyed "dr.

The Captain never left the bridge, but he shouted so many orders that the cew did not know what to do. Therefore I stuck to tho third mate. Together we jumped into a small boat Just before the vessel went down, but we did not think so many were left behind as appeared rn the water the Norge, sank. Those remaining on board were chiefly women and children. aw.

only two other, boata -afloat, one a bl lifeboat, easily carrying" sixty person, and the other smaller boat, carry-ins possibly' orty. No other- boats got away, tboue-h there were eight os, board. The crew of the Norge appear to have behaved well after the first panic, when, it the of leers were compelled to drive them back from the But there anparently was no discipline, the orders which the Captain shouted from the bridge being mislnterBretea or unneara. a rar I ae the survivors here remember, there we I no ayatematlo distribution of the people to the boats. which were not adequately manned.

No attempt was made by any of the survivors to save There wss tim. ta make preparations. no Ume to make preparaUons. EnBlneer Hsrole Deed. Many deeds of heroism shine brightly through the pall of the catastrophe.

i of Jans Peters Jansen, v.o has in Brooklyn, N. T- Is told with adntira- tlon by the survivors. He was one of-the engineers the Norge. When the snip struck be learned the extent of the aster, and went below to where bis rcU- tlves were and told tbem and those new bv to go at once to the upper He accompanied them to the boats and saw them safely on board. He was urged Ciitlwd ew Page T.

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1004. SHOT (Hi OH CI LIEU AID ESCAPE Wild-Eyed Young Man Hit Pas-senger in the Eye. CAPTOR IS OVERPOWERED Lexington Avcniis Car Employes Jump on Pursuer and Help Shooter Away Knew Him, Said. r- as a southbound Lexington Avenue ear: was nearlng- One Hundredth Street late last night a shabbily dressed young- man rushed out In the street and Waved ah umbrella-' John Farrell, the mo-torman, brought the car to a stop. The young-.

man Jumped up on the step, and drawing- a pistol from his pocket; waved It about. "Everybody bold, their -hands up! "be shouted. -j Most of the passengers' took it -as a Fourth of July Joke. One of these was Henry Moaahan. thirty-two years old, of 10 East Ninetieth Street.

The man with the pistol was standing opposite him and commanded Monahan to raise bis hands. Monahan smiled and said: Stop your this Isn't the of April, AS spoke the msa with the pistol fired. The bullet struck Monahan in the left eye and (lanced off. inflicting: a painful but not dangerous Monahan fell In a faint on the Women screamed and men shouted, and a panlo It is aaid that three women The man Jumped from the car and started to run down Lexington Avenue. John Reach, a salesman of 80 West Ninetieth Street, who had sat behind Monahan.

gave cliase. He caught up with the fellow Just below Ninety-ninth Street and wrested the pistol from bis hand. The young- man struggled, but Roach held on. intending- to wait for a policeman to. arrive and take the man.

At that moment, Roach says. ten or twelve motormen and conductors from the Ninety-ninth Street barns ran over to where he was and demanded that he release the We know him, and. you've got to let him go," he aaya one conductor told him. Roach protested, be aaya. and aaid that the man had committed av felony, and that he would bold him until a.

policeman arrived. Several of the men In uniform then jumped on him and forced him to release his hold on Jiia prisoner. The man escaped. Roach aaya there was' no policeman In Sight, and none arrived for fifteen minutes. Several passengers carried Monahan from the ear, to the drug- store ef Benjamin Rudln at UK7-t Laxlng-ton i Avenue, 'Dr, Rudin treated the man.

and summoned sua ambulance from the. Harlem Dr. Burns removed Monahan 'to the hospital. He aaid the wound waa not a dangerous one. Burns also treated two' women who fainted on the car.

When the police heard of the shooting-several patrolmen were sent to the scene. The first one arrived Just before Monahan was taken to the hospital. Detectives Dixon and Dreyfus were also sent out. They arrested George F. Foster conductor, of 213 East One Hundred and First Street, whom they charged with aiding Monaban's prisoner to escape.

He was locked Black. the head starter at the Ninety-ninth Street barns, told the police, they say, that the young man wbo did the shooting wss well known to the conductors and motormen, who made their headquarters at the barn, and that he often ran errands for them." The police say they. are looking for Conductor CSV. who la alleged to have been one of those who assaulted Roach. At the station house Roach was very Indignant over bis treatment.

He said that he would bring-the matter to the personal attention of President Vreeland of the railroad company, and that be would also send a communication to Commissioner McAdoo complaining of the laxity of the potice. Even the conductor on our car, which, was 904, seemed to -know the man who shot Monahan," said Roach. "I asked him for his name, but he refused to give It. I then took his number S3. Although be reports at the Ninety-ninth Street barn, he denied knowing several men' I pointed out to him as those who had assaulted me.

The shooting was the moet braxen thing ever saw, I think the young fellow-must have been crazy. He didn't demand any money, but perhaps he thought some passengers would band it over, The police -said early this morning that they expected to capture the shooter. CATHOLICS1 COLOR LINE FIGHT. Baltimore Negroes Protest to Cardinal "Gibbons Against Persecution In Catholi Churchsa. Stttiai 10 Kr Tnv.

BALTIMORE. Ma- July 14. Several negro Catholics have protested to 'Cardinal Gibbons against the drawing of-the color line la the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and they aay the Cardinal's Secretary has promised to investigate. W. T- Carr.

a colored- physician, says that hla wife waa put out of the church by the Rev. Patrick Dcnoghue. the pastor. ty woman aavs thst on Sunday. Jum attended aa early mass together with a colored woman named Doreey.

the moth- mr af the Rev. Father Dorsey. one of the on7 tsro colored priests in this country several other colored persons were in the party. They were told by an assistant Driest to leave the church and not return. xirs.

Carr: claims that Mrs. Dorsey was tA while -on Kar knees at v.tVM TVnorhiM savs that colored Cath- cllc9 Bijould attend the church in their own and that although there la np well ieflned rule. It would be considered dls- MurUou( to encourage their presence in. mbU. Negroes sttendlng his church hb4 caused 1 Latest Shipping News, jimnehaha.

June 25. to AUanac TrmBsport Line Company, with seventy- cabln passengers and merchandise. arrived at the bar at 10:03 P. M. i The-Pennsylvania, tor Plymouth, passed 1 the Lixard July S.

Bar tf- Kstrwet VamUlav akla UU- fad CAR AMD ENGINE CRASH. Wreck of Machine BIoCVs Madison Ave nue Traffic Forty-flva Minutes. i A Madison Avenue car was in collision with a fire engine last' night at the corner of One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street. The engine was overturned and practically demolished, its crew being thrown into the street. Every window In the car was broken, several of the passengers being cut by failing glass, and traffic was tied up On the Madison Avenue line for forty-five mlnutea.

Engine No. 88 was on Its way to a fire in West Harlem. Thomas Dilman waa driving. Assistant Foreman Patrick Doyle and Engineer William Cawley were their places. Cawley says he was -blowing his whistle every jump of the Journey, from the time the engine left Its house on Park Avenue until Madison Avenue was reached.

1 Before reaching the avenue Dilman heard the south-bound car approaching; but. expected it to stop. James Barnett. the mo torman. however, did not heed the whistle and kept right on.

The engine was going at full speed, and when Dilman saw the. car had not been, stopped he whipped up his horses In a desperate effort to clear the tracks. The course was the. only one left open, but It was unsuccessful. The car struck the rear wheel of the engine, which went over with 'a crash.

The car Itself was derailed, the shock throwing It at right angles to the track. Dilman was thrown over his horse's beads, and landed on the pavement ten feet In advance of them. Doyle and Cawley were burled Into the street and stunned. It did not take them long to recover consciousness. Dilman' first words when he picked himself up were "Are my horses hurt? When he was assured that they were not he seemed greatly relieved.

was hardly, standing room on the car at time of the collision. It may-have been due to this fact that no passengers were-seriously Injured. who did suffer injury were only slightly cut by the falling glass. Among them was physician, who had his. instrument case with him.

He treated of the passengers wbo needed attention in a. neighboring drug It was not. necessary, to remove any of them to the hospital. i Aa aoon as possible Doyle returned to his engine house and reported the accident to Fire Headquarters. He then went to the East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street Police Station and made a complaint against Motorman Barnett, charging that the collision was entirely due to his carelessness.

He verified Engineer Cawleys statement that the whistle was blowing. and said that Dilman: had been In the em-' ploy of the Fire Department for ten years and was one. of the most capable and care" ful drivers. Barnett declared that he hid done everything in his power to prevent the accident. He was placed under arrest.

-The engine waa so badly damajred that It required half an hour to drag it from the track. of its wbeela had been broken off. Portions of its mechanism were found fifty feet The wreckage wagon Of the Metropolitan Street Railway had to be brought Into, requisition before tha wreckage could be removed. i LED AS TROLIEY CAR FEN EB; PoHcemin's Prompt. cUon Savea a Man's- Life.

By deciding quickly how to act In, a case of emergency Policeman Harry Eason of the Tremont Police Precinct yesterda saved the Ure of George Hastings, 'sixty-five years resides at 281 Monroe Street White Plains. The policeman was riding on the side step of a Third Avenue open ear when be heard the motorman about and ring his ear gong. The car waa approaching the corner of One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Street. Just as the policeman glanced ahead to see what the trouble was the car came bowling on top of man crossing the roadway. This man was Hastings, who Is deaf.

The elevated railroad structure threw a shadow that obscured the motorman's view until the ear was within a few feet of the man. The motorman put on bis brakes just as the car was about to strike the man. yelling 'at the same time. --i The policeman reached over to catch Hastings Just as the car struck him. Falling In that, the policeman slid his own leg-under the ear step, and In that way caught the man's body under the car and held it firm, dragging Hastings along the rail Just ahead of the wheels until the car- was broue-ht to a stop, J-, Hastings waa picked up cut and bruised.

An ambulance surgeonfrom the Ford ham Hospital examined hlmand said there were no bones broken, so he refused to go to the hospital. He thanked the policeman and went home. When the accident happened the passengers In; the ear -became panic-stricken and one of the women fainted. FALLS. OFF BOAT AND DROWNS.

Nsw Yorker Becoming III Logos Balance and Pitches Into Water. Sfrtiat to Th Km Yirh Tint. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. July a. The police of this city received word this even ing that Alexander Corcoran of 634 West Tortieth Street.

New Tork. bad fallen rom the steamer Ulster opposite this city about 2 o'clock morning. Corcoran bad been to Saugertles to spend Stnday with a party of friends. On thm down trip they all sat at the stern of the vessel Corcoran became ilL Hs leaned ever -the railing just as the boat passed under, the Poughkeepaie Bridge and lost bis lance, falling Into' the water and 11s-sppearlng. His relatives have requested the police to keep a lookout for the body.

Corcoran was twenty-nine years ML BILTMORE HAD NO" FOURTH. George W. Vanderbllt Forbade Sals or Explosion of Plroworka, Social to Tho Nw York Tkmts. 1 A8HEV1LLE, N- C-. July 4.

According to George W. Vanderbilfs orders there has been so Fourth for the villagers in Bllt-more to-day. Mr. Vanderbllt shut 'down on any kind of a demonstration. Those who wanted to celebrate bad to go out of the village.

Mr. Vanderbllt ordered that no fireworks should be shot off, and prohibited the sale of fireworks in the village stores. All the Biltmore stores have ben closed all day. A large aumber of the. Biltmore villagers and ar-derMit employes came la to Ashe.

ville to celebrate. Young Train Rioter. Fined. iTbe eleven boys who were arrested for rioting on a Ninth Avenue elevated train on Sunday were arraigned in the West Side Court yesterday. Thomas Flaherty, the I smallest of the prisoners, was let go with a reprimand.

John Coulta, who was Identified as the boy who I pulled the bell rope, bringing the traia to a sadden stop, was fined XV The other sin boys were fined fj each, SIXTEEN PAGES. Cfiyi HOILIf O'JIZZfiD Oil SUP JECT OF BOLT Delegates Demanded to Know What He Proposed to Da HE DECLINElV.TO TELL THEM Laid His Hand on His Heart and Said 7 It Alone Was Responsible I for His i Social to Tho Now York Timu. 1 ST. LOUIS, July 4u There was a dramatic row to-night In William J. Bryan's headquarters at the Jefferson.

The principal figure la It was CoL. R. Holt of North Carolina, one of the wealthiest men in the State and a large cotton manufacturer. He was sitting in the lobby of the Jefferson, talking with several delegates from Illinois, West Virginia, and Indian Territory. The conversation tumedon the calk about Bryan bolting tha ticket.

Some of them said they believed be would, and some, among them CoL. Holt, scouted the idea. Finally some one sajd "Well. Bryan 14 up let's go np and ask him. We ted for him.

and we have a right to know." The Idea, met with favor, and the party, headed by Holt, wept up to Mr. Bryan's rooms. CoL Holt stated the case. He told Mr. Bryan that the party were all regular Democrats who had loyally him in 1800 and 1900, that they did not believe lie was going to bolt, but wanted to hear the-fact from bis own ilpe.

Mr. Bryan listened to this speech without any change of expression. When It was ended and the delegates were looking at him expectantly, he placed bis band upon his heart and said gravely: 1 do not ask any person or party how shall vote. This," meaning hla heart Is responsible only." The party were, taken aback for a moment, and then another of them put the question again in a slightly different form. Mr.

Bryan replied that be would not answer the question: until the convention bad adjourned and he had read the platform. The party adjourned to the- lobby and discussed the interview hotly. Two other North Carotin an named Taylor and Peuer, came along and bearing the discussion asked what It was about. Being told, and hearing the delegates denounce Bryan In -unmeas ured terms for what he had aaid. Messrs; Taylor and Pauer declared that there was nothing In what Bryan had aaid to indicate that he would bolt.

1 They did-not believe It, and thought the criticism of the "peerless one? was unjust' "'MAybe you're right." said CoL "but we've' got to find out about this; We must have a final, answer. Let's go up Stairs and make him speak ''Accordingly Holt, Taylor, and Pauer re- tiin. a rvm HAm. inA TTolt ..1 MK" Bryan, i 'supported you for President twice. Will you or will you not sup- port the nominee of this convention i in which you are to participate as a delegate?" Mr.

Bryan. with flashing eyes, looked straight at Holt and said: Would you support -Roosevelt? consider that an insult," retorted Holt hotly, "and apologise to the Democrats of North Carolina' for having voted for you." Am Holt said thla he and his two companions turned and went, out of the room on the double quick. They djd not see Bryan again and aay they are not going to. KILLED RIVAL ON CAR Italian Shot Another Man on Staten.lal-' and Train and Escaped. A man who bad not been Identified early this morning was shot snd instantly killed on a Staten Island Rapid -Transit tram' while it was running from Rosebank to Clifton at 11:30 o'clock last nlghC Tha man who shot him leaped from the train, and bad not been caught up to 1 O'clock thla morning, He Is believed to be on the island, however.

as he could not have reached a "erry before they were placed under police guard. The police are also looking for him In Manhattan, where he has a barber ahep at SO Mott His name ta aaid to be Allgio. His first name was not known -to the woman wbo furnished his last name to the police. Mary Sweeney, nineteen years old. cf 428 Avenue appears to have been the cause of the shooting.

She was too hysterical last night to give any clear From what the police could learn she met Allgio very recently, supposedly on Sundsy. He Invited her to sccompany him to an Italian picnic yesterday at Lasxarrs Park. Rose-bank. There. It would appear, ahe accepted the attentions of the man wbo was killed.

It Is thought he was aa Italian, and also tried to escort her home in defiance ef Aligio. 'When the train stopped at Clifton the police boarded it and took charge of the woman and the body. After the slayer leaped, the woman tried to climb through an opea window, but was forcibly restrained. The man killed wag' about twenty-eight years old. He was feet 4 Inches in height, was clean and weighed about ISO pounds.

Hs wore a soft bat and gray Summer suit with soft shirt. FIREMEN BEAT POLICEMAN. Discussion of Rescues at Slocum 01s- aster Ends In a Fight. "As the result of a fight In the saloon of John Epreeman, at 488 Second Avenue, yesterday afteraoon. Policeman Hugh McKeon of the Harbor Squad.

Is in Belle vue Ho pltal In a serious condition. He is badly cut up and it la thought has received a fact ure at the base ef the He asserts that he was assaulted by two members of the Fire Department in full uniform, who 6tsagreed with him as to the work cf the 1-tre Police Departments at the Slocum dlrcster. Capt. Shire and Deteetlvee Brady tnd Far-Wy of the East Thirty-fifth Street Station are looking for the firemen, who cseaped. McKeon reported ill about ten Says ago nm the.

result of work at North Brother I land. lie Uvea at 12 East Thirty-fifth Street. According to the storr told by McKeon to Capt. Shire, be went into the sakva yesterday afternoon to get a bottle of sest-ter. He was in dtlsen'K clothes.

While he was talkins; with some friends two firemen entered. One of the firemen is ssld to bar sneered at the work of a policeman, who was credited with having made a rescue at a fire, and the started. The policeman was knocked down with a chair, he says, and kicked while be waa ne the ground- When he was almost unconscious other men in the place and the bartender interfered, and the firemen escaped. vrn GORMAN JOT A CANDIDATE. Senator's Son Makes Positive Statement on Arrival at 8L Louis.

1 SCMf to Tho Now York Tim. LOUIS, 4- Senator Gorman's son. who arrived her to-night, announces positively that bis father Is not a candidate for the Presidential nomination, and that bis nam will not be presented to the convention. ALEXIEFF BLAMED FOR DEFEAT. Said to Responsible for Disastsrat Vafangow.

LONDON. July B- The Morning' Post this morning prints a dispatch from St, Petersburg, sighed Whigham." ta which the correspondent says: I arrived at tbe-Jtusaiaa capital oa July 4 'after a seven teen-days Journey from Mukden. The railway Is working splendidly, the Trans-Baikal section now carrying an average of eight trains a "When I left Mukden. Gea. Kuropatkla bad fewer than 120,000 men of all arms, but steady reinforcements by rail make bis position at Liao-Tang quits secure.

He Is considerably hampered by the presence of Viceroy Alexletf. who was responsible for the Russian disaster at Vafangow." FATAL JUMP ON: A DARE. Young- Man Leaps Thirty Fast and Frae turtt Hl SkulL; 1 Clarence Smith of 859 Cumberland Street. Brooklyn." and several other 'young' men were drinking In the Consumers Brewery Park at Flatbuah last night, when one of Smith's companions dared him to. jump from the park property to the Kings County Railroad Station In the cut.

thirty feet below. Smith jumped, and Instead of landing on bis feet, fell on bis bead. He was picked up Dr. Prendergast found him Buffering from a fractured skuIL He wss removed to the Kings County Hospital la a dylag ryO i-te KILLED lirAUTO. Slr'WIIIIam Rattlgan Loses His Life Well-KnoWn Authority en Law.

LONDON. Juiy 4. Sir William Henry Rattlgan. member of Parliament for Northeast Lanarkshire, was killed to-day a motor accident -near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. A tire burst and tbs car was overturned.

Sir William Rattlgan.1 who was bora In India la 1842. was' well known- aa aa authority on law, and wrote a. number of books oa Jurisprudence. On four occasions v. jiiirim of tha Chief Court ef the Punjab, and in 1892 and 1893 waa a member of the Supreme Legislative Council of India.

He had been a member of Parliament since 190L' KILLED SAVING HER DAUGHTER. Mother Jumps' In Frorit of Train, ta Pra vent Chlld'a Death, i I SrtrioJ to Tho Now York Tim. AUGUSTA. Ga July 4. In an effort to Save, h'er child from a horrible death -be neath the wheels of a speeding Southern iUllway train.

J. J.13ngle, wife of a prominent merchant of herself was killed Ahls evening at uranlte-vUle. 'l With her Uttle girl Mrs. Engle was walking down the track, ahe on one side of the track and the child on the other. Hearing the approach of a train and fearing the child would attempt to reach her aide she dashed la front of the locomotive la a wild effort fo prevent her daughter crossing the The engine struck the woman and killed her Instantly.

s-. BIG STORM WHILE SUN SHINES. Steamship Driven Ashor at Bsmus Point Buildings Demollshsd. JAMESTOWN, N. July 4.

While the sun was shining brightly this afternoon Bemua Point, on Chautauqua Lake, was visited by a terrific storm. The steamer City of Buffalo, with 800 passengers on board, was driven bard ashore near us Point dock. Part of the hurricane deck waa carried away by the -wind. la the panlo which ensued a number of persons were slightly hurt. The passengers on the stranded steamer were taken on board another boat and landed.

The buildings of the State Fish Hatchery at Bemua Point were demolished. Crops and fruit trees were damaged to the extent of several thousand dollars. On the beach large elm trees were uprooted and several carriages standing la the shelter of them were demolished. MRS. WILLIAMS TRIES SUICIDE.

Despondent Because She Defied Term t- Husband's WIIL Mrs. T. Williams, fifty "years of age. 2.256 Seventh Avenue attempted suicide last night as the result of despondency Induced by ber action la disposing of property bequeathed ber by ber late husband. Dr.

T. Williams, la defiance of the terms of bis will. The will provided that she wss not to dispose of the property until her son. now fourteen years of age. reached his majority.

She was prevailed upon, bowever, to part with it, and a week or so ago leaned that she had not received anything like Its mar-ket value. Last night she took carbolic acl An ambulance was' called from the J. Hood Wright Hospital, and she was re moved to that institution, where it was aaid that she would recover. She regained con- sciousness while in the ambulance and i made a vigorous- tight to Jumo out, saying that she bad made bp ber mind to die. -1 BOAT CAPSIZES, FOUR DROWN.

Three Uttle Girls and a Woman Los Their Lives on Muskegon Lake. MUSKEGON. MiclL. July 4v-A sailboat containing seven pleasure seekers was cap. slaed in Muskegon Lake to-day, and four of the occupants were drowned in view of hundreds of spectators.

The party consisted of Albert Kennicott of the Shaw Electric Crane Works, hla wife, and three children, Linda, four years of age, nd two other little girls, aged three ye-ara and thirteenth months, respectively; ndtw sisters, the Misses Adeline 'and Georgette -High winds prevailed when the party started out. and when near Ruddlmxa's Point the yscbt capsized. Mr. snd -Mrs. Kennicott and Miss Georgette Emerson clung to the overturned boat.

The parents made frantic efforts to save the ehUdren. The thlrteen-months-old baby was cued, but died before reacag share. flrMUt fw Trt. TmiOTfl'in PnilPIIC1 i i i i i i i liui Jiuiiii biiuuuo ttriTnn nnn nnn'n ru; ffiOon HopSs for Juo' llomiDation oa First Eallot TAIlilANY FOSCES AIIGLI More Doubtful States Expected to Swing In Una VICE PRESIDENCY LEFT 0PC1 Ex-Sanator Georsre) Turnsr and Joseph Kern Favored Williams Chosen as Tem-: porary Chairman of the Conventions SfoMto Tho Now York Ttmot. ST- LOUIS, July PeansylvanlS delegation caucused to-night and by a vote' of 63 to 5 declared.

In favor ef the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker, for Preal deot. This action oa part of the Psnnsy l-vanians seems to have entirely cleared the atmosphere, so far as Judge Parker's aomi-' nation goes. As soon aa the news ef It got out among the delegates a wave oCJParker enthusiasm started, which swept (he antl-Parkerltes completely off their feet. Ta action take by the Pennsylvania delegates was received snore as though- ft -were the final action of the eonvsntioa than the action of a delegation caucus.

It resulU ed in a general prediction by the political heavyweights that the other doubtful State and States with favorite sons would hasten to get Into line; thatJadge Parker's nomination the first ballet was a probability, and bis nomination en the second ballot a While It has. been understood from the outset by those in doe touch with tb -situation that the Pennsylvania delegation would finally throw Its vote to Parker. It was not generally believed that Leader Ouffey would take a definite stand until the convention met. Evea ex-Senator Hill thought that CoL Ouffey would prefer -stay in the limelight as long as possible. Effect of Gtaffeg Action.

"The action of tho" Pennsylvania delega. tlon. following as it did aa attempt en the part of J. Bryan to -Indue CoL Ouffey to bring out ex-Gov. Pattlsoa of Pennsylvania as a sums to have spiked the last gun of the anti-Par karltes.

It Is furthermore taken as strong proof of the statement that CoL Guffe has for some time been In complete understand- ing with the Parker forces, although ostensibly in conference with the opposition. Ex-Senator Hill's headquarters bees me a centre for delegation leaders as soon as tb Pennsylvania vote was made public. Ills whole meaner- of receiving his visitors showed- that he thought Judge' Parker's fight was won, and. In be openly said so. Asked if be thought the Judge would be nominated on the first ballot, he replied: Quite probably, though It Is not a certain Cy.

However, think; you would be quite safe In predicting that If the" Judge la not nominated on tb first ballot he will be oa the seoondjr There are a number; of caucuses be held early to-morrow by the delegations from doubtful States, notably West Virginia, Maryland, and ether States which were supposed to' be with Gorman so long -as Pennsylvania -was. That these States In thslr caucuses will join the Parker procession is regarded as a foregone co ay-el us ion. x- Amid the howling and shouting for Parker that' followed the action of the Pennsylvania delegates the voice of Tammany Hall was heard only la threatening protest. Leader Murphy and his followers are still talking about bringing out a McCleliaa but nobody Is taking them seriously except themselves. Vice Presidency Open.

The candldato for tho Vic Presidency has net yet been selected. The field is opeVto any candidate vbe eaa eon vi nee the leaders who have handled the candidacy cf Judge Parker that be Is the beet man to give strength to tb ticket. The two men whose names figure moat prominently just now are ea-Snator George Tome of Washington and Joseph W. Kern of Indiana. Both have very strong support.

The Parker leaders are inclined to favor XCern on the ground that his 'nomination' would give the. Democrats a much better' chance to carry Indiana. The backers of Mr. Turner answer this by saymg that If the Vic Presidential bol i-nation were given to Mm there woull a strong chance of carrying one or zl cf the Paclfle Coast States. It le almost Certainty, however.

tat tha Parker leaders wtU leave the rrrsidentlal aomiDatUm pea until C- n-luute. Their disposition is to tow tj wish of the Convention tlU They are giving serious eotstJeratica lj the suggestion that minority lcZer i Sharp WUliams ef MissUsirpi. -o t. be temporary Chairman of tie Ccr.r wHJ so win the hearts of tl.