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I 8 THE NEW YORK TIMES; i WEDNESDAY; JANUARY 2, 1901. I i. i 1 3 HEW YEAR'S APPOINTMENTS Commissioner of Taxes Patterson Named for a Second Term. SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATIONS Two New Men on the Municipal Art Committlon Eighteen City, Mar-" shale for Brooklyn. 0 Msyor Van Wyck' called at the City Hall yesterday and a number of appointments and reappointment! to political places.

There vu no crowd at the.of flee, to hake hands with Mayor Van "Wyck and wish him a happy hew year, and the Mayor did not seem anxious for any such courtesies to be paid to him. for he kept In his private office while he was In the City Hall. He left by the side-door exit. Police Commissioner Abell -hurried the Mayor's office shortly before noon. He was greatly surprised that the Mayor was not there.

Commissioner. Abell hurried way without telling the object of his call. The appointments made yesterday show that there. Js" no rupture of relations be tween Tammany Hall and the Kings County Democracy, so far as Mayor Van Wyck Is concerned. Nearly all the appointments made yesterday were Brooklyn organize tlon men.

Commissioner of Taxes Thomas J. Patter son was reappointed for a full term of four years at a year. His reappointment was urged by Hugh McLaughlin. Eighteen Brooklyn men were appointed City Mar hats. Miles M.

O'Brien. Vernon M. Davis, George M. Muth, Charles C. Burllngham, Henry A.

Rogers, and Joseph i. J. Klttel were named as members of 1 the School Board for the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Robert W. De Forest was appointed member of the Municipal Art Commission, to succeed ex-Judge Henry, E.

Rowland, and Frederick Dlelman, an artist, was ap pointed to succeed John La Farge on the same commission. There' Is no salary at tached to these Commisslonershtp. The following City Marshals were ap pointed for the Borough of Brooklyn: Thomas F. Ounn, reappointed; Andrew T. Fitxsimmons, reappointed Michael Forbes, in place of Fred C.

Cabbie; John T. liagan, In place of William B. Hobby: Alonxo F. Glover, in place of Frederick Mexger; Philip Goodman, reappointed; Mi- cnaei a. wara, in piace or i nomas rox John "Waener.

in piaoe of William Bausher Eugene McCarthy, reappointed; John W. Irwin, in place of Charles Soott; Charles N. Pracht. reappointed; John Reardon. in place of Alexander Rain; Robert Oliver, reappointed; David Goldberg, J.

Duffy, In place' Tf Bernard ReiHy II. H. Lewis. reMDDointed: Albert H. Blen- clerman.

reappointed, and, Arthur Stuber, In nlare of Andrew Lyons. Edward Haley was appointed a member of the Examining Board of Plumbers at 5 a day. No political significance- isettached to Wavor vhi) nycx a appointment oi member's of the School Board for '-the Borough of Manhattan. John J. Barry.

well-known builder and a Tammany man. or tne nor of the Bronx, was appointed to sue reed Thomas W. Tlmpson. resigned. There was plenty of speculation yesterday over Mayor Van Wyck's failure to reappoint Police Commissioner Jacob Hess.

It was said, however, that Mayor Van Wyck had decided to allow Commissioner Hess to remain In office until legislated out by the Legislature, aa the Tammany men eel certain will happen. LIVED TO SEE NEW CENTURY, Charles Contrail' Wish la Fulfilled and He Expires While the Chimes Ring. I am content it ts the beginning it ts the Falling on Ills pillow. Charley C.f Contrell closed his eyes Just as the clamor that greeted the new century began, i His son bent over hlmJ but he he take He Is dead," he said softly. has had his wish." To see the dawn of the new year has been ttte-tine desire of Charles the aged iwwi dealer who has been for ten years a', familiar, figure to officials land about the Court House, Brooklyn.

Lately the bid man has been in falling health; and it was with difficulty that he managed- to get down to attend td tils business. Vhen his friends told him that a man la his condition ought! to stay at Home, i ne. replied that he had not missed a single day since he opened the little bibiiu aiear jourt i i going, to see the old year out, said, and the new one in. Then 1 11 a rest-t-mavbe a lone nnn Moe oia man. wnn iii ihnrtiv nrtor tnid night, i while the rhlmn.

had in his eighty years of life a varied careen in he enlisted as, a volunteer and served through the Mexican War under; Gen. Bcotu Four- years: later he Joined the rush for the California gold He located in San Francisco I and there made a small fortune as I a general The money he made in' this business he invested in a garden farm jusw outside the city of San (Francisco. The farm nroaoererf for whii hut afiar. Wards ailed, -and ha rtmt cuuilvthlnt had. Discouraged, he made his way back to Brooklyn, the i city of his lrth, I and there started life anew.

,1 Again he was successful, and lurinz khe fifties! became a Commissioner Of KxciHe in llliatnsburg, Serving for a number of yearsJ After this ihe entered office of the Taxi Collector of Brooklyn and from there he! went to the Custom use. Here he remained through fnnr jtitminutrstinnii Fprj some years, i however, the! old mania luck hast been bad.) He lost hisiskvings arid his health became poor. Determined not to be' dependent tipon the bounty of his mop. he sought Among his ld polltlcai friends 1 or aid. The best they cttuld do for him was to obtain la permit for the erection of a newspaper stand.

Here he has been every day for ten nuririo- ih rnt cold spell he wartned the little shanty by burning I a small itl lamp. List week he contracted a severe cold, butJ in spite of the advice of his friends, stuck to his work until Saturday. When, too in to ion. er workJ he went to the Brookliyn Hospital. His 0fM Charles K.

Contrell, survives! him. mv ur me lunerai nave in TWO GIRLS ARRESTED. Annie Hughes and Nellie Bowen Charged with Being Drunk. The attention of Policeman Michael Cafe. Ul was attracted to a crowd of young men surrounding two girls In Cuckoo Row, Sixtieth Street and West End Avenue, last evening.

The girls were singing and dancing. Cahill made his way through the crowd and told the girls to move on. We won't do it. See? said one of the girls. Both girls were taken to West Sixty-eighth Street Station, wlere they were charged with being drynk and disorderly.

They described themselves as Annie Hughes, sixteen years old, of 44 West End Avenue, and Nellie Bowen. fifteen years old. of Z2i West Sixty-first Street. The Hughes girl waa locked up and the other was taken to the Gerry society rooms. When the Bowen girl was being lifted into the patrol wagon a number of her friends begged of the police to release her.

The police will make an effort to find out Where the prisoners secured the liquor. WOMAN HELD HIM PRISONER. Obstreperous Visitor with a Banjo Had Kicked Out Panel of a Door. Having Imbibed too freely of Intoxicants, Louis Strail, who said he was nineteen years old, a machinist, and lived at 323 West Forty-second Street, rapped at; the door of Mrs. Catharine Mitchell, on the second floor of 328 West Forty-eighth Street.

Mrs. Mitchell la a widow and was at heme alone. When the door was opened Strail, who had a banjo, began strumming on It, and said In a husky voice: "Happy Pfw xear. Mrs. Mltcliell was frightened, but man aged to reply that she did not receive call era.

and then closed the door. 8 trail returned down, stairs, but not be fore ne Had kicked out a oanel of the door. Mr. Mltchejl followed man down the steps and held him by the coat collar until the arrival of Policeman McMahon. who took him to the West Forty-seventh Street etaupn.

wnere ne was locked up. Found Dead In Areaway. James Telford, a clerk, was found dead yesterday morning In an areaway at 2,007 Lexington Avenue. While usually sober and steady, it is said that Telford Inva riably insisted on celebrating the death of the year by drinking freely. On Monday afternoon he was seen Intoxicated in Third Avenue.

He was not seen again until found dead yesterday morning. The am bulance surgeon who was called on the case said the man had been dead several Hours. Found Dead at Foot of Stepa. Ellen Hofan, a cook employed in the fam ily of Dr. L.

Duncan Bulkier, at 4 East Thirty-seventh Street, was found dead at o'clock yesterday evening at the foot of a flight of stairs leading up to her room in the rear of the house. According to Dr. Bulkley, she returned home yesterday, after being away to apead New Year's Day with her family, somewhat under the influence of liquor and went up stairs to her room, bhe was found at the foot of the stairs an hour later with her head twisted under her so una i ner neca waa Droaen. It in supuosed that she started to en down stairs and fell to the bottom, breaking her Veen, -i Howard Gould' House Party. Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Gould have been entertaining a party of friends at their country residence, Castlegould, Bands Point. L. I. They went down before Christ mas, and will not return, to town until next week.

At the house party they gave ovbr New Year's Day were Mr.4 and Mrs. Alcnso Clark liobinson, (Miss Elise aicm.rr,; joi mni rs. ueorge KJrkpat-rick. Dr. Herman us Baer, and Mr a.

Baer (MIkj Mabel McKinley,) Miss Lillian Peck. Condition of Mr. Cummlnas. Dr. John H.

Girdner, who 4s in attend ance on Congressman Amos J. Cummlngs, reported last night that Mr. Cummlngs la resting easily, and that if no com plica- ticns set In he will recover rapidly. He has suffered a good deal of pain, as his ankle is broken In three places, and his nervous system aas sustained a severe shock. bOUVERNEUR.

HOSPITAL OPENING. Next Saturday ll the Date Selected by Commissioner Keller, Next Saturday 14 the date set for the for mal opening of the new Gourerneur Hos pital balding. oay py Commissioner Keller and storrs. the nf The obenlng was to have to-day. DUt tne Sickness df the Commissioner pre- uijr.

emus vi uepanmenis and others prominent in public institution will uiviieu to tne opening. Is was decided ytst.er- Mlss CROSSCOUNTRY RUNNING Many Eents Participated in by Lbcal Club AthleteS. CONTESTS ON LONG ISLAND WHIiamtiug Athletic. Association Held the Frat Run of the New Year- Feeney Won Eaally. shirtMakers' wages $3 a wek Two Hundred and Fifty Strike Against a Reduction in Their Pay.

Two hundred and fifty shirt makers em ployed by fourteen contractors began the twentieth- century yesterday by a Strike against a. per cent, reduction In Wages. The contractors do the work for Salajite 14 and 16 Walker sireet; Philip Son. 24 Walker Street, and Ltevine Mimuu, 13 ana oz lyigpenard street. Leader Salomon of the strikers saldfthat some the shlrtmakers were earnind onlv w'etk'l anyway, and their wives and ti.iiurc.i naa to worn, xne nignest earnings dl1 not exceed 6 a w-eek.

mix lusiuD worKers employed in the general factory of Salante Horowitz Jplned the strikers yesterday afternoon. FIRST ARRIVALS OF THE YEAR. I 1 1 i Freight Steamer Alaenborn Crossed the Bar Two Minutes After Midnight, i The I first 1 vessel to enter the harbor of New; York in the twentieth century was the freight steamer Alaenborn, which arrived at the Bar at two minutes after midnight. Two hours after the arrival the Alaen- wiu, wmcn came irom eaitinnore, the fruit steamer Mount Vernon, from Jamaica, the first Vessel fmm fnralm cargo wa consigned to the United Fruit Comoanv. Th Axtorla; rn- gow, which passed in the Hook at 11:20 P.

wmj i9 iirsi vessel to arrtre in Quar- wcu mm me tirst ves.ei to dock in North1' River thin ronhim Tk. i Grande of the Mallory Line is to be co tied a similar distinction in reference to tne i I i BOSS BAKERS ORGANIZE. I i i Issue! a Statement Denying that Their Bakeries Are Not Kept CleanJ One hundred of tlje east side master bakers yesterday organised jthe Hebrew Bosa Bakers' Association and decided to fight; the strike ordered by the Hebrew Bakers' Union. The new organization held a meeting yesterday afternoon. President Perlun issued a statement de-clartmj that the strike was being run by labor i leaders who are not bakers, but whose business.

Is leading strikes for their pwn personal It denies that there is a -strike or that' there are any idirty bakeries. The factory It declares, have pronounced the bakeries clean. fifty strikers will call on President Murphy of the Health Board today and demand an Inspection of the bakeries. 1 I HER -HUSBAND ANNOYS HER. Mrs.

F. A. Whlttemore Has Him Ar rested for Attempted Assault! Frank A- Whlttemore. a cigar manufacturer Of 191 West Street, charged with attempted assault by his Agnes, was committed to the Tombs in default of S500 ball by Magistrate Deuel lri the Centre Street Court yesterday. Mrs.

Whlttemore said that on Friday' last, after breaking a vow made two months since to leave her alone, her husband's actions were such as te render the protection plic necessary. Whlttemore that night disappeared, she says, and did I not again show up until Monday night, when he was greeted at his door by Detective Harrington of the Centre Street Court warrant by Mrs. Whlttemore. il Whlttemore denied his wife's allegations and went to the Tombs to await further iii ''( Hj HUSBAND LEFT WOULD DIE. j.

Woman Who Says She Is, Mrs. Rose Frank Tries to Kill Herself. Mrs. Rose Frank of 1.047 Lexington Avenue attempted suicide on the street last night because, as she said, her husband no longer lofed her. Policeman O'Neill found her lying oh the sidewalk In front of T2 East Ninety-third Street with an empty bottle which had contained carbolic acid by her side.

8h was taken to jthe Presbyterian Hospital a prisoner. She may die. She said that she waa the wife of Alfred Frank of Frank Brothers, dry goods merchants at Seventy-second Street and Third Avenue, but that she had been separated from him and not; care to live any longer. i Mme. Bouillon, who keeps the boarding house at 1,047 Lexington Avenue, said; that she had engaged a room wit It her last! Friday, saying that she had Just broken up housekeeping, i her husband was a traveling man and was away most of the time.

Shortly after supper. Mme. Bouillon said, a telegram came for FnrlU, which read. Be ready at Will call for yoif'anJ go to the theatre." No name was signed to the message. A few minutes later a hand.

some and welldressed woman called: and usked for Mrs. together, Twl- Frank, and they went out Frank could not be found at his real. cience, 3.j uast seventy-ninth Street. i ii i I I Twilight Club'a Anniversary. Tile eighteenth anniversary of the lighjt dub will be celebrated by a dinner.

theltwo hundred and ninety-fourth of the clul. at Hhe 8L Denis Hotej to-morrow, whHn the subject for diaousklon will The Kecord of the Century." Thai club waa founded in IKjlI I qoyi Cfeorge fine weather brought out the follofvers in force, and the various courses had their share of The first run of the new rn- that of the Williamsburg Athletic which left the clubhouse of the nlxatibn in Williamsburg just after (yesterday morning, over thirty was fast all the way. and some was made. Joseph E. Reydell.

Ctelghton. and F. J. Bermlngham as the pacemakers, and they going at a merry clip. James the event, with A.

A. Titus sec- Mackln third. Joseph E. Revdell Crelghtsn fifth, and Jrhn n. Time pate was maintained in the holiday run of the Brooklyn Ath- whlch was held yesterday from grounds of the organization, at L.

I. The course covered was miles In extent, and went from through Maspeth to Newtown, Corona, thence to and around L. and back to the club The course was very heavy, es the farming lands, and the race 1 wen conmiea. jonn vr. first hmiM with Rsraant second, Herman Classen third, John iourm.

ranif vorva nil issning Athletic Club 4ield its first country yesterday, ine even attended, and though the prom Yesterdnty trail cross-country contestanm tsry was Associatloh. orgs midnight atnletes The pact good 1 Umd George officiated kept the eeney wan ond. H. fourth. Hlnea six Fast cross-coulitry.

letlc Clull the club Maspeth. about six the club thence td Laurel Hill. ifc was tie luski grounds peclally was fas uoyle DihIIpv McCarthi j. j. The run cm was well! lses of ven nn In.

lively The fn the- orgai Avenue, the Flu to' and pipe to around. nue, and iwo-mue nut Hopewell erta fauikh, Patrick ieo ka of the or the In fasC The ini The paid oi zinlsh hawk A Mnhawlr Mnhnu-k Flushing ley. L. 1. Thirty coiintrv from the Maspeth routA mi and took -and back! Wynne.

McKeev lam J. Rnther The r-r, was front Street aj over the back 1 link ler was TIghe M. Br son fifth "by am Browii Thomas! run rt Brooklyn inn nun and Thirii by way to Ovtno-t dsck. Brown Hnrv neth sixtil. William Star the terday frbm and City.

In length Fourteen tfci Ixng Island thence toi Recreatloti water works. son Aven T. J. O'l nedy thirfi TtlllAV covrred Pind. iuuiuea tne run was interest and full rf of nln.

cobrse was from the clubhouse of LlltZAtlon nn Flushing, and extended, thence to iiiK driving tr ara tnence iklrtlnir tha rrtnvo Broadway Station, thence to and vinrcua uue, iu I til 5UI1S AVE iimsning at tne ciUDnouse in a Valentine won by a few feet, with ncvuuu, vwiie nuni, rx. xci- iiivi ill til, V'. V. IVil- tV'ler. B.

TIAW lririt inn tha ronVa Afchawk AthleUc Club of Flushing mc, winning out Dy a lew Ieet was about five miles In length. WAJI fflHt all th. tvnitThA aWa was as follows: Lm fjiwlnF Mn- Aflhletlc Club, first: H. Hutchlnirs. Athletic Club, second; W.

Allen, Aimeuc uiud-, tnira; E. Lanev, L. L. fourfh: R. Bloomer, Waver- flfth Tim, 1W1IO fun of the National Athletic Club organization headquarters at L.

yesterday morning. The rd WflJt nlWlIlt MllM In Innn.l. in portions ot East Williamsburg! nu, isiupein, newiown, uorona, tO the stArtlna- nnlnt U'llllon he Captain of the organization! 11 most ot tne way. Anthony J. won.

Wvnne van urcniul Will- KJVkwood third. Peter Wend fourth. 4 Wills fifth. Time oTkOO. lirse of the Montauk Harriers' run tne starting point at Sixtieth Vnil Avom.A than 1 1 MIU wy of the Dyker Meadow' golf ouorc iua nome.

ieison Aluel-'st home, followorf hv Mn vr John F. Gordon third. William fourth, and Bernard E. Richard-Time ra dov taraa tli. 9 the Hamilton Athletic Club of yesteraay.

-ine course was from nruuquariers at Bixtietn (street Avenue, and thesroute extended thv RhorA. nu- 1 ikiuffr, tn Avenue, to Dyker Heights, and icsi miniums was second, waiter Ird. James L. Mallorpv fourth ride fifth, and James H. Ken- H.

Hugg was the winner of Athletic Club's run. held yes-m the clubhouse In Long Isl-The course waa about five miles and ran from the clubhouse at eireei ana vernonr- Avenue, I to Hlirtn'a Webster Avenue, thence to the tiuiiinn, iinrnce TO" tne tn Tnft AAniiA nn, li Vffrnnn AvAm.A an.t Ilonnell was second, W. Ken-rfl. J. J.

Delehantev fourth, riwon filth, and John Burns sixth. Tim. aril first wit Ere tB! MBri( pEW CENTURY'S NOVEL RACE and Men In a Point to Point Contest on City Streets. race of a decidedly novel over a to point course on was decided well inside the of the new century, or. to ha 12:39:21 3-3 o'clock yesterday when a steam motor vehicle by J.

Paige won The Evening nique Dawn of the Century open by beatlna- about the most r- field of competitors, that has in a race. The contest, oro- the newspaper named, held the owners or motor vehicles and riders and foot runners for, some the time set for the actual the conditions announced, it was who chose to engage, the only put upon competitors being the classification of those competing into three with three prizes for each 4lvis Machines Spetid A midilight character! city stretts. first hour exact, at morning, operated speed markabli ever en raoted bi interest bicycle 'days test By free to restrtctloh trial giged- before all divisions, ion. The fir method variety the horsA animal Even ballooning barred, 4f 4ut aeronauts Jukt Tlhe out hifrlng no prises opening ship has point thai blllty, fesslonal the third fashioned known that suit agreement. the new could ml Mud ire com petit.

Deing a operated her carrl; The Eve Twenty-f at the at go set tires of about in front Row. The assemble ed for th of ti Hundred ouzhly the im crowde of nearly clcs, whi and at sweaters chill sidewai William! motor on among ho mean culaled, vatched The gl.i many mok terns on of the or unusu ented with the frnsiotiai teur athl of half letlc clu' to more To start 14 Ik A section of the race was for any locomotion, which let in evjry motor vehicle, the bicycle, and had any one chosen try that against up-to-date machinery. or aerial travel was not it happened that there were seeking the chance to win at that time, and even in the the twentieth century the air- not been developed yet to the it could be regarded as a possl- second was for pro- foot runners and walkers, and for amateurs, using that old means of getting over ground "Shank's mare." at anv rait the individual competitor. By vine start was made as early in (year and century as the starter nage. and that official.

R. O. inagea to send away the first In the first second of liioi thai itotor vehicle of the victoria type. jy juraa jcva Muage, wno wneeied ige before the up-town office of ing World, in One Hundred and fth Street, near Seventh Avenue. irter's order, and at the signal to wiin ugntiy intiatea pneumatic ng and buszlnir.

for the lournev t-lKht miles to the finishing tolnt. bt the Pulitzer Building, in Park Intending competitors had begun to an hour betore the time appoint-i start, and when the first stroka dlock sounded the scene in and Twenty-nrtn Street waa thor- keeping with the character of ding race. The roadwav win Irom curb to curb for the length inree diockh wiin motor veni- bicycics ruid In the interstices es in running costume, with lor overcoats covering them from oi tne nignt air, tnrongea tho hlfetes K. in 'his celebrated rrlase The White Ohoat." a and a rumor that to compete in the race waa ctr- but Mr. Vanderbllt sttnniv the' start, and then went home.

oi nma ana siae ugnts on the or vehicles and the colored lan. bicycles lent much to the odditv picturesque gathering. Every usual sual mana of locomotion was rcure- aniong the road machines, and bicycle, about sevnty-flve pro-fot runncTi, and forty-five ama- tes, among tnem representatives dozen prominent amateur ath-. swelled the number of tartr than n. all together was out of the o.ues- The KgefituEpfile OF PHS FINEST CLOTIIIIIG Begins at Our Store MO RNI IMO At -About OnclJalf Former Pri Never in the history of our businesi has our stock been so large in January as it is The reason tor this you know.

The Twentieth Cenfurv business method demands a clearance of. Winter 'Stock now, and tnis is how we propose to dp It: 12, $13 $14 Suits at $7 50. Mens. Swell Suits nude from All-Wool Cheviots and fincy CassimtreS, tnat ire excellent value at 5i2, M3 ana U. You an buy now $150 $15, $15 $20Suits at SIO.

Men's Swell Suits mads from plain and fancy pitterned Cheviots, Vicunas, Worsteds and Thlbets; superb value at ft 5. lis ana 20. you can buy AM a $22, $10 $23. $25 Suits at $12.50. Swell Suits made from Scotch Cheviots, fancy dressed.

imi urdressed Worsteds and Tweeds. custom tailored and really worth $22, fl 25- jYou can buy now $27. $28 $30 Suits at $15, Meifs Highest Grade Suits made from finest Vicuna-Thibets, Worsteds, Tweeds, Cheviots, in plain colors and fancy patterns, perfectly tailored and worth $27. f28 and $30. You-can buy now at.

$15 $f40vercoafcaf $7.50 Men's Stylish Overcoats made from Frieze and Kersey, plaid lined and plain lined, with velvet collars; good 12.50 and values. jYou can buy fy gjQ $16 Overcoats at $10. i Men's Stylbb Overcoats made from fine Oxford Cheviots and Vicunas, beautifully tailored and perfect In every particular generous 16 and Its values. You can buy now $20 $22 Men's Swell. Rarhns and other Overcoats, In Oxford, Cambridge and Black! Vicuna-Cheviots, and all the new overcoating fabrics, superbly tailored and worth 20 and $22.

Yoo can buy now fit0 er ZlL.dV $25 $28 Overcoats at $15. In this lot you will find some of the very finest Overcoats. Including Silk-lined Kerseys, Oxford Thibets, Black Vicunas, Moules and Elvsians; coats that are worth every cent of 25 and 28. You can buy now ID is known to Yorkers for its Stylishness and excellent Tailoring. No.withstanding the reducfed prices, every garment will be fitted free charge, and mensy cheerfully refunded on request.

OPEN SATURDAY EVENLNQ. THE 245 COMPANY CLOTHIERS BROADWAY Uty Hall Far, urf uu Murray- lion, Mr. Mudge sent the motor vehicles and bicycles away, one at a time, in rapid succession, the time ot. each being taken, down to the runners, who were atnt away in squads. Off at high apeed.

the motors and bicycles rolled through the lane made in the crowd and plunged Into the darkness In rapid succession. The rvnnera followed, each individual taking the course he preferred, until every street feeding down town held a long-atrung-out of racing machines and men, vometu and boys. The crowds out late celebrutinK the new year'a coming caught fUetlng glimpses of the flying chauffeurs, wheelmen and wheelwomen, and runners, but hr.d hardly time to get a fair view of one before he or he was out of sight In the uark and other racers hud sprung into the range of vision from thtT north. From Harlem to the City Hall in fifteen minutes has long befn a popular phrase, but even under the favorable circumstances of deserted streets the idea was not real-wed in yesterday's early morning race. The pace was fast, for all that, and It took the first motor vehicle but a liule more than half an hour to cover the eight-mile winner with the quickest time of the competition was 3.

M. Paige of 30. West Seventy-sixth 8treet, In his steam -wno. completed the distance in A very small Postal Telegraph mfnw "William Cohen of i2 Sevmth Avenue, fifteen v-and weighing ninety pounds, covered hlm- TU.n 5HJ3rbjr n'8h'ng second on his bicycle In 2-5. Ahother bicycler.

Robert M. Saveney of Ht Norman Street. BrpoklTj, was third in U-Tk The only woman bicycler who finished was Miss Lottie Brandon, the six-day rider, who got seventh plaoe. J. Gotllcb of NOJ First Avenue, representing the Brevoort Athletic Club, won the fitut prise for amateur run-nra.

In 61:00. H. Thornton of 837 West Thirty-seventh Street, was second in 53:24. and If. O.

Tappan of 31 West Thirty-ninth ftr-t third in 2-5. Ernie HJrtberg of BH Iast One Hundred and Twelfth Street, in the division for professional runners, won In less than two minutes slower than the Paige machine. Peter Hegelman of 254 West Thirty-second Street was second In 53:59, and 8. Walters of 274 g'ff KJen Avenue, Brooklyn, was third In CHARGES AGAINST A PCICfTOT. Thomas Gorman of Brooklyn Accused of Assaulting-vSamuel Woodburn.

On a charge of assaulting Samuel Wood-burn, a saloonkeeper of ISO Sands Street, Brooklyn. Thomas Gorman, a policeman of the. Fulton Street Police Station, was arraigned in the Adams Street Polle. Ctrort before Magistrate Bristow, yesterday. YVoodburn declares that Oorman came- to his place and knocked him down, and he become unconscious.

Bystanders, he said, declared that during that time the police! man stood over him with drawn revolver and club. Woodburn said he was lald'un four daya as a result of the attack. Oorman said he rapped on the door to J'ye, Woodburn Instructions about his blinds, when the saloonkeeper and several friends rushed out, and beat him. Marls day Irtatow. Palled Oorman until Aibn- Ex-Bank President Out of Prison.

CONCORD. N. Jan. F. Putnam, ex-President' of th NaUonal Granite State Bank of Exeter, who was sen- el7.

fIve. yrT In Stste Prtsofi Ln Ju3B Aldrich ot the United States Court, was released to-day, 2)8 daya or bis sentence having been commuted for good behavior. He left Concord at once for Boston to remain a few days, and then go to He will engage In business with friends. Deaths In Brooklyn for Three Years. Dr.

Sylvester J. Byrne. Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics for Brooklyn, has prepared a table of deaths in that borough In the past three years. There was an Increase ef tun deaths from pneumonia In WW ever proportionate Increase Ti-orn diphtheria, but there nas not been a death from smallpox. The total number of deaths while the birtlis numbered Gen.

Batchslder Critically III. WASHINGTON. Jan. L-Brtg. Gen.

R. N. Batchelder. United States Army, retired, Is critically til In jhls apartments at the Albany In this He is suffering frors a complication of diseases of kidney I ivuo, T-jriaw l.kri 1 I THE KILLING OF OEGES. Mrs, Ertel Says He Attacked Her and She Shot Him in Self-Defense.

Mrs. Mary Ertel. who shot and killed George- Deges at 161 Washington Brooklyn, on Monday morning, was arraigned In the Adams Street Police Court yesterday. There were present In the court Mrs. Helena Deges, widow of the murderc-4 man, and the prisoner's husband and nln-year-old boy.

Magistrate Bristow remanded Mfs. Ertel for examination 6n Jan. 10. When she was being led away her husband stepped up and said: HeltaMary: 'A At the s'ght of her boy thd woman be- Then, becoming calmer, she embraced him. Be a good boy." she said: you have a good father to care for I 7 She took a roll of bllfs from her pocket and gave $12 to the boy.

7 hen her husband asked her about the murdered man she said: ih.ai' Everything will come right ln time. All I wantl you to do Is send me my son's picture1 to the JalL Come yourself. If you want to!" -Tk kissed her child, as the rather started away, but when the father put out hJa hand she did not grasp It, vm.tnLpoUce M.rs- E't" told how she had killed Deges. and said that under the circumstances she was not i2ieb.rou.,cht on hlmseif' she said. I loved him in spite of the way he treated "if cked me and 1 resisted.

He reached In his waistcoat pocket and got merely a flesh wound. He came at me again and I was afraid. So I shot aa-atn iH1 5lra-, Tnen 1 revolvef on the bed and walked out." SLEEP THE GREATEST DOCTOR. Opinion of a Womarv Who Hat Lived In Three Mrs. Sarah Allen of 523 Van Vorst PUce, Union H1U.

baa the diatincUon of having seen a portion life ln three different centuries. Mrs. Allen was born in September, 178,, to the best of her knowledge, to the north of Ireland, and came to thls country Crib Well, it all Providence. i have eaten pla food, prepared In the simplest of styles. I am not a vegetarUn.tl believe in eating meat, good, wholesome beef chicken fish, and all such things.

I eat meat nSw as old as I am. three times a day. I have always believed ln three meals a day. and "Mor of A'' niyUfe 1 have insisted en getting eight -or nine hours sleep tout of the awp sreatest doctor cur" thing an1 WILLIAM H. NAGLE NOT GUILTY Jury Falls to Convict Boatonlan or Manslaughter Charge.

B08TON. Jan. 1. WUlUm H. Nale, charged with lni causing the death of James J.

Hayes June 30, 1900, has been found not guilty by a Jury In the Superior Criminal Court. The charge against Nagle was based on the allegation that Nagle In a quarrel atruck Hayes a blow on the head which caused Hayes fall. In falling his head struck the pavement, and a fracture of the 5-1uU Iulicd'Jlom which the man died. The defense did not deny that a blow was struck, but It was claimed that It was given In aelf-defense. Nagle belongs to a wealthy family of boston.

Hayes was well known as a politician, lie had been a Bute Sens tor. 4 Search for Lost Newspaper BERLIN, N. IL, Jan. 1. A searching party has left here for Mount Washington to find William II.

Bod well, correspondent of The New York Herald, whoiwaa tost on the mountain yesterday while! attempting to maka the iireni with wr. Uodwoll. with Chester Stiles of Cambrldire' and Ray Evans of Oorttam. went up the mountain on foot for tbn mmrm. Awi.

Have you been making resolutions? Don make too many, but let one of them be; "I will wear i i i i till June. safe-sfuarded By so doing you will experience greater underwear comfort than you have ever will be from colds," rheumatism and pneumonia, and will have no trouble from poor fit or shrinkage. r. See the word All Leading Stores, and K0TEDS1LK UNDEHWEA) illbury, aaii 70-72 FRNKLIN STREET. N.

Brooklyn. Advertlsementa. a jit a Brooklyn. Advertlsementa. AND BROOKLYN.

MS The Twentieth Century Opens Here with A AVembrable Scries of Notable Sales All ever this greatest store is money saving opportunity unmatched. Months of earnest effort have been spent, the ''whole power of the Abraham Straus establishment h3s been concentrated in tne endeavor to make this first month of the new century most notable in the history of retail merchandising. Quintitla are immtrut gatherings to "supply the great needs of this great city, assemblings practically unlimited. Qualities are the Highest perfect workmanship and perfect-materials, seeking the comparison that shrewd Brooklyn purchasers are sure to make. Prices are the Iowt-they have always been lowest here; but never even here have they matched this January's prices in littleness.

Of greatest importance are these we cite; but all over the store are opportunities unequalled: of January Sales. Shirts andiNight Shirts-THpusahds Underpnced. Housefurnishins Nearly Two Acres of Bargains. Screens (Uphoutery store) Makers Samples Less Than Embroideries--Laces---lJnder Half. Linens Less Than Import Cost Furs The Finest Garments Under Foulards for SpringTwo Hundred 'Styles; PATIENTS FLEE TO STREET.

i Fire In Madison Avenue Causes a Gen eral Stampede irom Doctor'a Office. Fire, originating la a store tn the basement of the seven-story apartment house known ss th Sorrento, at 13J and 13Jf Madlnon Avenue, at" 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, did fJ.OOO damage and created a great deal of excitement among the tenants. Directly ovfr the tailor's store ot J. 8. Jones, which Is located on the Th'rty-flrst Street side of the basement, are the handsome offices jof Dm.

Oeorge J. and John K. Helmer, cSteopathlsts. Shortly before 1 o'clock Jones, who had been working tn his place closed! up and left for home. A few moments later Dr.

Gorge J. raer noticed smokei lsulna from the crev ices about a steam pipe that came up from the basement. I He notified the but a good deal of time was wasteq in trying to extinguish the fire by shoving the nosxle of an extinguisher through the crevice about the plpe The smoke rapidly Increased in volume and density, and the inmates of the house became panicstrtcken. There was a general and hasty exit. There were about a doirn patients In the offices of the Drs.

Helmer undergoing treatment. They were hurried from the building Into the street with little preparation. The fourteen families in the building hastily made their exit by the elevators and stairs. All of the tenants were handsomely dressed, and some stood about watching the proceedings with the great crowd that had collected, while others were sheltered tn neighboring houses. The firemen, Were tardily summoned got the fire under control in twenty minutes, and had It extinguished within a half hour.

Jones says he had S8.0Ot worth of goods ln his tailor's store. If this in true, the dsmsge will reach SIO.OMO. but the firemen place the loss at nearer Method- and Principle PROFESSOR'S SECOND SIGHT. Charles Keese Knew Mrs. Delacroix Waa Robbed and Was Arrested.

If there ever waa woman who did not believe In signs and omens that woman was Mrs. Annie Delacroix, the wife of a barber. of 804 Ease Eighty-third street. She had an abiding' aversion to fortune telling and fortune tellers on general principles, and she stUl held It even after meeting Professor Charles Keese. at the home of a mutual friend.

Mrs. Keller, at 230 East Fifty-fourth street. Everybody else about he house thought the' professor about the most supernal-urally gifted person that ever wasu He was the seventh son of tho seventh son. In the first place, and then he was born with a vetl and Just when the crb of Jupiter was bisecting Saturn. He was likewise drk tn moon, and was wllh Per or second sight.

Mrn. Delacroix knew all this, but she siilf retained her pessimism. Professor Kees tried to convert her. even offering, in the int8l, ct to tell her fortune for 25 sents. but she remained obdurate.

It all nonsense." she told the professor, and I want none of it ln mine." Then she left Mrs. Keller'a, auil cher-tahlng her aversion. iOn Monday Mrs. Delacroix's apartments were entered during her absence and a diamond stick pin. a pluh ooat and several other articles were stolen.

On Monday tilght she paid another visit to her friend, Mrs. Keller. Professor Keeue was there, as were a number of other mutual friends. As soon as Mrs? Delacroix had entered, and bvfore she could tell of robbery, ihe professor exclaimed, triumphantly: Oh. 1 know what's the matter.

You've been robbed." The other guests remained spellbound a not' 'Pttc. and She followed up her remarks bv nd th rofCT'or As he was being locked the police staUon he said: "Its mighty touch'that 'lth seoortj War shoild be chargvd with such a thing as robbery The professor will be arraigned iT the YorkvUle court to-day. ln There are two stagta in tha perfection of '10 Year Old Hunter Whiskey) viz: Maturity and Purity There are two principles of fair dealing, viz: It I Always Uniform 1 It Never Disappoints COMPLIMENTS TO MR. LIPT0N.V Newspaper Men Send Message and Sir Thornaa Repliea. Compllmenta ef the new century were extended to Sir Thomas Lip ton by the New York Press Club yesterday.

In rep)y 8lr Thomas reciprocated the good-fellowship but once mora sent word that the famous old America's Cup is in danrer of iXJw. hold" in- Wertf. Thi cablegram sent by the Press Club read: The reply from London was as follows: rr rtrr BTetlnr. Tmr 1 rjfnrt to th AmHc's Cup) DR. D.

PEARSON S'3 GIFTS. CHICAGO. Jan. i.rr. rj.

K. Completed his great benefactlona for the nineteenth century, amounting to more than 12,500.000. by milling check to Carle-ton College. Northf leld. Mian.

The last donation makes a total which Dr. hM Klven t0 lh Minnesota instl- rw-JT Hl suvn a check for tivnr Treasurer of Lake This gift was on promise made last February, when Dr. a Vo1 TT1 -VX-WO on condition that riim rrr the university kTr f.utuJ- 15y Srda" -eight H1(0 iJa'fi, end the remaining s.uj by collections In the Preeby- of Chlcaro -n Sunday. Tha fVnd now amounts to wtach Dr. wLrsoas taj given UOaJL a 'A Si 1.