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Tr'A i ATE nftyilx Paget i hd te 1 I Associated Free and New York; Sun News Service LUE1 (Pago 41 to 48) ML 1 TART C-VoL XXXI, No. 15. PRICE FIVE CENTS. "BUFFALO, N. SUNDAY, JANCAKY 5 13 lC DATAVIA MAN KILLED, REFUSES TO -SURRENDER Wilson Farmer Threatens Con-to Serve Warrant- disappears uam DEPENDS ON REPORT -i -Batavia Men Investigating Prac-ticabairyTjf Bittery Car.

niakingTtoogress Deal to Take Om1 Street Car Line is Nearly Completed. CITY HALL IN DANGER Tpnawanda Assessor Discovers BUT LITTLE DAMAGE People TostofHce are Startled I II in Building. MAY BE SOME CHANGES Mny are Interested In Appointments to be Made Tomorrow Night. Special Th Buffalo Eipr mm. T.nswsml,, ival Aeor Peter Smith, at th as sessors'.

office this afternoon, prevented nharBlil(Jindoiibtdly re.ultea In a nMrieu flreTit'th city halt-While the assessor- were absent, fir broke out In one of the drawers of the lonr table In -he and waa burning briskly when dlscoveredrl6mlth succeeded In ex- the flames- without assis tance. The need Of vaults In the city kail le very for had the fire not been discovered when it vii many records would nave Been burned or damaged by water. oixa; woman ends life Rope Breaks When She Tries to Hang but She Can be Revived. Spectal tk Buffalo timi. o'clo-k thjs afternoon tha lifelese bodfof Fannie Stanway, an employee at the Olean house, was found on the floor of a small room oft the hotel kitchen which she; was seen to enter but a few-minutes before, She.

had attached a small rope to a hook on the wait and knotted the other end about her neck and had jumped from a chair. The rope broke and the sound of her falling; brought other employees to the room. The efforta of Dr. John Kane, who was called, to revive her by using artificial respiration were unavailing. Mlas known relatives.

-She had been employed at the Olean bouse about tea health-Is supposed to have led to the act. REy, T. W. CHANDLER DIES Well-known Methodist Clergyman Passes Away at Fredonia. Home.

Special to Ttat Buffalo Exaroaa. Fredonia, Jan. 24. The Reverend Thomas W. 7S years old.

one theJast Jive years. His active duties In the ministry were performed In the Genesee conference and he was in hla early years pastor of several churches in Pennsyl vania He was a veteran of the Civil war nd jmember-of. Hpl jPoat, G. A. R-i of Fredonia.

Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Gaylord. The funeral will be held on Tuesday afternoon at o'clock In the Methodist t-- a i Episcopal church and Interment will be I BUTFEWNEW.CASESi Of S3 on Calendar at Batavla, 42 are Brought From Former Terms. Special to The Buffalo Kxpreae. Batavla. One of the Inter esting cases to be tried at 'a term of supreme court which will convene In Batavla on Monday.

2, Jus tice -Cuthbert Poond of Lockport presldintvle that of Roland A. Rider of Batavla against Squire M. Durham, former Batavla alderman and a brewery, and, bottler. Rider is sueirig" lo" recover damages be cause of personal Injuries sustained while in Durham's employ last June. Rider war-delivering bottled beer and one ofiJ he-bottles -exploded His hand was' so badly cut that one of hla fingers had to be amputated.

Assessors Charles Fela, John D. Mil- of the best-known Methodist ministers ler and Peter Smith cloyed their offlce'of this vicinity, died at his horns In on the second floor of. the postofflcej Spring to-bulldln. at noon and started for day after a long- Illness. Mr.

Chandler -Instead of going to hhr horae( Assessor) had been living in retirement here for II ii 1 1 lir P' ii. 1 4 ii 3 ly iff FINDS LIFELESS BODY, Lewie HoWday Die Unexpectedly at Farm Near Mount Morria. PaartaJ Tea a'-Extras. Mourit-HtWTTs;" Jan m. day, who has made his home alth the family of Rimer George oa the Creek road for eorue time, as found dead at the bam on the farm this morning.

Mr, Holllday had bmi in poor health fur the last six tnnotha, suffering with heart trouble, and ha had not been able to do anything more than light work. This morning he went out to the barn about e'ekxk and appeared to be la hla usual health. -About five minutes later Mr. Georar went to the bars and found Holliday lying on the floor. Coroner T.

J. Bowem of this village was oertAejd-end. eft UftfuUt, facts of the rase. Issued a certtflcete death due heart diabase. Mr.

Holliday Was born at Tract. Aliegany county. 3 years ago. "'He was never married and had no near relative Fu-i neral eervlcea will be held from the Rlrfga church tomorrow aftarnooa and. burial will be In the lUdge cemetery.

TANGO BARRED AT DUNKIRK Principal Refuses to Allow Them tt jgj, School Dances. funeraloFd.w.fry Services Will be Held From the Home This Boat'al to The Buffalo Express, faculty of the high school having decided not to allow the tango or any other of the hew steps at dances held under the auspices, of the Principal JR.X" Fowler ln- theaa-danc At, the gymnasium last evening, following the- hasketbatt- game-between -the-- La- fayette high school team of Buffalo and the local high school quintet. Principal Fowler ata ted and the other teachers at the high school are not opposed to the new steps. hot rather to-the-tmproper- manner 1 which some persona dance them. The probability is that there will be no more high school dances, at least for the Funeral Thie Afternoon, The funeral of Daniel W.

Fry, who dropped dead of heart disease at the office of the. Niagara Motor Manufacturing company, last evening, will be held at o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family home. No. 407 Dove street. On Monday morning the body will be taken to for Mr.

Fry was secretary and treasurer of the Niagara Motors- St Manufactur ing company Joint JIha, iolnt installatloa ot. the newly elected ortlcers of William Stevens post ntf-tn A-ioraf branch the W. R. was held last evening In L. O.

T. M. Alexander Wil llama la commander of the post, an of fice he has heV, continuously for a number of years, and Mrs. Marietta. Gibba is president of the W- JC- Consideration of the project of building an Intercepting trunk sewer for the purpose of doing away with the various Individual sewers emptying Into the lake will take place at tho next meetr Ing of the board of health.

The recent report of Health Officer a. E. Ellis, to the effect that the water supply is contaminated by probably expedlta definite action on the project." $500 for Retirement Fund. The net proceeds of the first annual ball of the Dunkirk police department, held last Thursday evening, are about f-W. QuandtThis money wilt become th nucleus of a police retirement fund.

WjLL FIGHT THE PESTV Genesee Fruit Growers Dlicuss Ways of Combating; San Jose Scale. zrp lixclal Th Buffalo Birraa Batavla." Jan." 24. Members of th Genesee County Fruit Growers' association from all parts of the ooiinty gathered at the courthouse In Batavla today to discuss ways and means of combat- dread' pest" -or a 3bv eeal which has made Its appearance la two orchards "of the county; Expert from Cornell University and the atate agri cultural department were present to ad- H. ii. Knight, a "Coimetf expert, fe-purttd liiut one bf the IriTeated orchards was in the northwest portion of the town "of Batavia and that he -believed that the scale might havebeen brought over from Niagara county," where It ha prevailed to some Lime-sulphur sprays were recommended by all the speakers as the best remedy for the eea-le -and 'M-waa-4eldd -to -stTOTg-wrt-u-rtefrrs tht spring.

It -was considered, fortunate that the work against the acale may be carried on by an organization which embraces nearly all the extensive of the coufiiyr san Joe wae aaij; hs never before made Its appearance In Genesee county. Fall Assessor Want More Niagara Falls, Jan. 24. The board of assessors, will petition the common courier! for an Increase In salary. Tbe assessors claim that within the last five years their work has doubled, and they want an advance from 1000 to 11,000 a year.

Of-the 68 caaes on the calendjarvnlyaad-Syilllani-T'urnernf-KlB gara 1 Falls, MANY PLANS IN 1 HE AIR awiaaaaBeBiiMB Now Thought That Connection WDJ be Made With A. A. Koad. tpaclal te Tbe luffala Tipraaa. president of the board of trade; Oren C.

Steele, president of the Business Men's aaawiat ten, a A rthur Houith left for Nt "Tortt todano investigate the practicability ot storage battery ears on the Batavla street car Vponthe favorable' report of this committee will depend whether The Clt Isens of Batavla will aid the Storage Battery Car company of New fork In Its plan to buy and equip the Batavla line now owned by th Buffalo 4k Wilt- lamsvllle Klectrle Railway company. which Is before the public-service commission with a petition to abandon, the line here as unprofttable. W. R. Brow of the New York com pany declared today that his company would the Batavla line as It now stands at IS, 009, rebuild It to a aingle- track road, do a portion of the proposed paving of Main street and operate two storage battery car on it, tiie venture to be assisted by Batavla capitalists, who will be expected to buy first mortgage bondJt ewer -one half the -ex pense, -W ere making progress." said Mr.

Brown. "The deal Is one which la more and which WfcuV fhrdilgn' ill any'ahutt Ipace' 6i of thO-Batavla line by tha- New- York company will mean a connection with tbe Buffalo, Attica as Arcade railroad. which-will put-on-atoraga battery eare of a similar type. Mr. Brown has ready discussed plant to obtain else trtctty rln Bat av from -1 he la Kara Power company temporarily to charge cars on that railroad.

This will be done only until euih time as a charging plant can ba provided along the A. at A. road Itself. Cars of the type which It Is proposed to. operate in Batuvta are In operation on a road on Long Island and have been for bout three years.

It la understood they are giving satisfaction. COMPLAINT IS FILED. Lockport-Falle Comrnutere Object to Central Qiantinf Morning Train, Bpaclal ta Th Buffalo fcsprsa. "Niagara Talis. Jan.

54. Lockport Falts eomimrterir hav -filed- with -the ipubllcsaervtce against tbe New York Central's schedule on the Falls division of the road. the commuters object particularly to Is the fact that the Central took off train No. 15. which left Lockport for this' city at t.10 o'clock In the morning.

The Central substituted a train which now leaves at 7.32 o'clock. which la too early for the county-seat folk who work here. J. W. O'Brian, assistant-district attorney, has been retained by tbe com-niutera SOON TO START WORK.

lOO.Laborere Ready to Lay Pipe Line From Silver Lake to Mount Morris. ipaolal to the Buffalo Ejpraes. Perry. Jan. 24.

The work ot laying the main pipes for the water supply of Mount Morris village w-lll be started at 811 eXak xt, son, haa the contract fiir the work between Silver Lake and Mount Morris, has been In Ferry several days making arrangements. A force of 100 men is ready to start as soon as materials arrive. "There is much difficulty in find ing lodgings for the large number of extra laborers. The course of the line will follow the Silver Lake outlet through the village of Perry. The Intake at the lake and several hundred rods of the line will be laid on the ice and lowered In the lake by cutting away the Ice.

A large num her of the farmers -through whose lands thallna will -laid are aniloual to secure water for farm purposes for a term of years In exchange for the right of-way across Thorold Man Candidate or Ontario-- Parliament Niagara Falls, Ont Jan. 2 (Special). -Hedley W. Phaw.ot Thorold today an nounced that he was a candidate for the Ontario parliament to succeed E. K.

Eraser, who has been named by the Conservative for the Dominion parliament William Beyers of this city I already lh'Tiiei field" for ihVhominatiorrantf tm ia understood to have The support of the party organization In the county. Mr. Broadhead Resigns as Head of Jamestown Bank. Vamiown7'janr2M D. Broadhead resigned mm preauieni the Swedish-American National Bank of this city this morning.

At a special meeting of the board ot directors, called for that purpose, the resignation waa held open for a month. Mr. Broadhead wa re-elected president of the bank two week ago and tha resignation comes as a surprise. It Is understood he deslrea to take another position. i I TACKLE JOB WITH VIGOR Palla Folk Not to Blink at Small-- Any lLof5er KEEN FOR ACTION State Health Department to be Asked to Send an Expert.

TASK NOT SO DIFFICULT Vaccination and Proper Quarantine Should Win Quickly. Dr, Dark Says. Fran Stag Niagara Jails, Jan. Z4 There will be no hliT dllly dallying with The smarr- pox situ at Inn her. The health board, tiavke'j up by the cltlsens oommlttao.

decided today to ask Dr. Herman M. Uiggs. state health commlsaloner, to detail an expert from bis department to tak. tJii.rg Th iprt will work in conjunction with Dr.

E. IS. Ullllck, local health oirli er. The health board and the cltlsens committee meet in the of tha in- -dustrlal commission at- noon today Ministers, representing some of the ctiurclies. attended and it waa expected they and others would atpresa their opinion on tho alleged Improper han dling of the smallpox situation here.

For fear that something of th sort might be don newspaper-men were barred from the meet Ing. Mayer Leagh- lin presided. -What happened was that Dr, Edward Clark ot Buffalo, representing the atate health board, declared -that It wa imperative to bring hare a man with backbone to enforce preventive measures against Outsider, he laid; wa to 'prefer, red because he would not be governed by local option. Breaking from ex-perl-euce. Dr.

Clark said that vacclnatloa methods to atop the disease. Ite did not agreed with htm, he waa telling thetn" what he knew. Th co-operation of the prese and every other proper agency should sought, be said, it letmi that everybody waa relieved to hear something SaldthatWM A to ask the state health board to send en expert was Immediately adopted and tha meeting adjourned. Several members of the committee said after th meeting that it was there belief that th health board should ask the state 1a. partitient to assign Dr.

Clark to tak charge The decision given by th appellate court In a New York case upholding compulsory vaccination for school chil dren had considerable to do with the at titude taken at today' meeting. The quarantine that has been employed for the last two weeks liaa, at Hast, put a check en the epidemic and It ia felt that If the right man taken charae unit er the cundltloiia now prevailing the smallpox can soon be stamper! out. th. Gilifck- anbtr.1t ted report tod :wWti.MkwA in ife city at present to be 122, Of that number 3 are quarantined In their homes and 2 are at th quarantine hospitals, according to th report Th number of houses under quarantine la given as H. Four new cases were reported to the health hoard at noon today.

Three of the naw patients were, -quarantined, at their homes, one was removed to a quarantine hospital. The quarantine was raised on three houses today and four patient were discharged from the quarantine hospitals. M. W. SCOFIELD IS DEAD.

Hartfield Mm wg a Former County Treasurer of Chautauqua. gpeelal Ta Buffalo Eipreaa. Jamestown. Jan. 24.

Marlon W. gee-fluid. 9 years old, died st hi home at He Is survived by three daughters, Mrs, John V. Dearlng of Jamestown. Mrs.

Oeorg let of Point Chautauqua, and Mia Josephine Bcofield of Mr, Hcofleld wa a veteran ef the Civil War; was for several years treasurer of Chautauqua county and until January 1st he had been th supervisor ef the town of Chautauqua for the last ix years. DROPS DEAD AT HOME Mount Morri Man to "Usual Health, a Short Time Before Death. seelaltsTfc Buffalo ETora -Mount Morria Jan. 14. Warren Da la boot a year old, dropped dead at his home In Pprtng street tats Inst night.

Desth waa cauwed by heart disease. He had been employed in cutting Ice during the last few day and hud worked, yesterday. was also about the village last evening and seemed to be- In his usual health when he returned home. He Is eurvlved by his wife, his mother. MrSt fYalg; also eeveral IWabara.

jjiA service will be held on Monday and burial will Lb made in the local cemetery. Well-known Clergyman is Dead at His Home in Bliss. Jan. 24 (Special). The Rev.

erend William H. Farnham, a well known Genesee county minister, died yesterday II Has. He waa born In )S33. and his last pas'orata was of the Methodist Episcopal rhun st Alexan der. Previous to that be was at East Elba.

Beven years ago when his health gave out he moved to Bllea Mr. Farnham Is survived by a eon, Hoarner Farnham of Pprlng Mills, and three daughters, Mrs J. Leach of Cerea, Mrs. A. C.

Christy of Bliss and Mra. Ella Blocum of Frsnkllnvllle, The Reverend E. C. Dodge of Oakflrld will official at the funeral at, Bliss tomorrow. Uneven Leg.

In the February Woman's Home Companion appears a department called The Exchange. In which contributes niake various practical houcehold sus-geetlona. Following Is an Imllsna fin-trlbutur a advhe for lengthening the uneven leas of tsWes and chairs: "Ta" a piece of cork to the short leg, tisltig small ta'-ks and driving them well Into the wood. They will sink way In and so will not stretch fh floor sn.l th rork Itself will act use a ruhn-r v(1 eliminating thai dlsgiefcbi i aound. WiUiam E.

Kenlake Struck When Trying to C404ia Aheai ot Ttaid. apavlal te Tfca BuSai lipraaa. Batavta. Jan. 14.

Wtlliaro K. Kers- lake, t4 years oid. a at 47 o'clock tonight when struck by a New Vork Central freight train at th Jack- aoo. street crossing tr. Batavla.

II was hit by th pilot of. the engine and dragged for 4 feet. Hi was Hlaged father. Jantes Kerslak. was found dead In bed at "hla horns her last Tuesday.

The funeral wa held yesterday and Mr. Keralake was on his way to th station se oft tw uncle who bad attended." All crawled under the gates and tried to ernes ahead of the i t. v. th. ata.

iuulJh tuna tho passenger train. Thetwe urwla croaaed in aaiciy. Burvlvlng are his -vtdow and hia mothr A few-seara ago hejimrt pie father, engaged "The Clothing bust- ness which they had eonducted untu th present time. HAS NOTHING TO SAY. Dr.

Meahl Kefusci to Talk About Hit Interview With Mrs. ButTura. Dr. Cliarlea 8. Meahl when asked last night regarding hia Interview with Mra Cvnthia Buffuin In the Little Valley Jail yeslerday.efuaed to give out any Information except "that he had apent most of the dayln that village and had later talked with th woman.

In reply to a question asking him whether' the district attorney or the defense had askl him to come, he fcrid, "I have nothing to ear regarding Mra Buffum." Dr. Meahl also Visited little Mura Buff urn who critically 11U He said that ahe was eonirt'lerably weaker than when he saw her a week ago. There la practically no chance for her to recover and her death Is now expected hourly, WEEK. FOR FARMERS. Stock Show to be Part of Programme at State School of -ithaca.

Jan. 24-Ona el tha Intwreating features of the programme for farmers' week at the state college of agriculture at-Ithaca -tr February th-t Hth will be a regular atock show, including horses, cattle and aheep, Th horses to be exhibited were bought by the da- partrrtrnt of animal husbandry as eolta and are ot both heavy and light classea They have been broken and trained both sing! end double by students. Hay. of the University of Pennsylvania haa been -engaged to act as Judge of th horse classes. Not only will th horses be placed ac cording to Individual merit, but also th students will receive mention according to-the ability that they have shown In training the animals.

The cattle and th sheep also wlU be Judged.I.aat year the fitting and showing of the aheep proved especially Interesting to visitor. After the stock show a parade will be i formed, which will include the colts and the a-nrplne- 4atry- animal, tlia- laMor consisting of cows, bulls and bull calves. Following the parade these animals will be sold at auction. The dairy stock ia tuberculln-tcsted. well marked and well grown and the breeding la equal to that offered in the larger sales.

A seven-day contest In milk and but ter fat "production will -be -eondooted with a number of the cows In the herd. In order to demonstrate the way' In which cow records are kept and to m-phastae the importance of production la determining th profitable animals In th Town Vice Presidents for Wyoming Fair are Named. -Warsaw, Jan. i4 board of directors of the Wyoming County Agricultural society haa named these vice presldenta from the sixteen towns In the county to-serve the coming year: George Charles East man; Castile. Fred Benedict; Coving ton, Horace Bradley: Eagle, Glen Saf-ford; Gainesville, Fred M.

Bristol; Genesee Fall Harvey Hslstead; Java, Patrick J. Oaflney; Mlddlebury. William -H. Roeper; Orangevllle, John Ahl; Perry, V. Wellman; Flke, Albert P.

Gage; Sheldon, Charles A. Lewis; War- eawr Samuel B. Humphrey; Wethera. field, Fred C. Hubbard.

Wants to Go Back to Good Old Spanking Days Boston, Jan. 24. Police Com missloner Stephen. O'Meara's Indictment of the lawless juveniles of the city In hi annual report bas created a good deal of comment, especially that portion of it in- which be say th bom and tn -1-chutvh have -apparently lost their hold on these children- who become) row.dle on street corners. Ther I a diversity ot opinion among those who were asked to express an opinion on Commissioner G'Moar' statement.

Several believed ttutt a re turn to 'the old-fashioned method of discipline by-means of what they called goqq ea 1 th an a 1 1 1 g'. ocr a si n'a r) would accomplish the dealt ed end. Commissioner O'Meura says: "There ar thousands of suc boys -and young men In Boston, rarely committing In the presence of a policeman an act for which. Hie y. ran he Jut play In hfinrlhim henaVAe Annnrt unit un.

Jr.alne Ih.l, mua.m.ne frnm th sufferings which they are abl to Inflict upon orderly people, and turning readily to th commission of crime. Their homes apparently have taught them neither morel nor manners; the churches have lost their hold upon thetn, If hold they ever had; the schools have given them education enough to read th sporting nw and- the vulgar jokes. What gives this statement about th horn especially, a particular significance In the eyes of many people Is the fact that Cardinal O'Connell, In hla recent pastoral letter, touched on very much th earn ground, from a different point of view. "Thi absence of th religious motlv In th system of education g. eerally prevailing In' our country," he said.

"ha In the Undermining of that respect for euthorlty which 1 a necessary condition for the observance of law. Parental aulhority haa been shattered to a degree that Is alarming, until It msv he seld that In a large per-renfass of homes It Is not the parents, but the children, ho rule." I Kee vllS the Itmea le mm Ilea. Tan an 0" fne c.nla a Smrtil kr raa4 I lug Tlia Buffale Mornlns KrBraaa, When Deputy Sheriffs go to Take Him, They Find No One -There but Hit Son. HIS WIFE COMPLAINED She had Asked for Hie Arrest, CT aim- hat. He Forced He te Leave Home, "Sp.

-al toTbe Buffalo CJri "Lockport, Jan. St The town of 'Wilson nearly had a reproduction of the Beardaley case today when Frank armerr-jeryeara -en the Mars Settlement road, barrk-ndeJ himself in his- bouse and refuaed to surrender to Constable John Pensenha- gen; -8alow-was: charged with abuse and cruelty toward hla wife on Thursday night under a warrant swora nut by Peaco Justice W. E. Wetmore. The wife was forced to leave the house and made the complaint.

When Pensenhageh attempted to serve the warrant yesterday afternoon Salow met him with threats on his life. The constable claims he made no effort to arrest Salow when he saw that the two children, a boy fourteen1 years old and a girl seven years old, would be left alone In the house. He went away inuiiiiiis eiepnuned iw aninu Ialy fwaid; "Salow may have weapons as ha was ugly when he made the threats against me," said the constable, "but I'll get hint, though there Is no use giving htm aha fCw-tWiM2W' Si-bilaJha lJl lii Deputy elieriffs Kkkard and Miller wnt 1-WHbob-- ta -an auto- at-Doon. They hurried to the Balow housa, but found the boy there alone. Salow had Isaireared jaft Jt ik IligJ id augh jter to the home of his father, William Salow, a short distance away on the Mars deputies and Penaenhagen were unable to get trace of him and gave up the chase at dark.

Th father says be does not know where Salow Pensenhagen thinks 'h-wlii return In a day or two it not caught In the meantime. Fifteen are Sentenced. Justice Pound today passed sentence on fifteen prisoners who pleaded guilty to Indictments handed down by the last grand Jury. Of the number two were nentenced to Auburn prisonraix to El- mlra sLnd five to the Erie county peni tentiary. Two" were discharged; James Woods of North Tpnawanda drew the Auburn terma.

The former pleaded gullty of rohbtng'the- store tf Krenlc liaraner In Weil. lit got one year and six Turner did a houar tMliglai-y' joh Eaagara' Falls and must serve one year and nine months. Those sentenoed to Elmlra are: Ralph Simmons, Philadelphia, charged' with robbing the Lockport Outfitting com- -atore; Charlee Sterling, tlca. robbing a Niagara Falls house: Steve Majeskl, car burglary at Niagara. Fulls; Charloa B.

Miller, New York city, ateal-Ing a horse from M. P. Bailey. Wilson; Joseph Porter, Niagara Falls, robbtng a meat market; Percy Detler, Detroit, Mlch passing two forged checks on Niagara Falls merchants. Determined to make exaraplea bf men carrying Pound aent Sam Bose-and- Pomlnick Garrerrl- of4 thU city to the penitentiary for one year and six months, and Theodore Klouta of Niagara Falls for ten months.

Will Contest Hearing, End. The action by the children to have the probate of the Will of the late William Luckman of Royalton aet aside will sro to the jury on Monday after three weeks of trial. A daughter, Ella Schrader. waa willed the-built of an estate of 160.000. The sons claim the father was of unsound mind when he made It- Firemen to Hold Banquet.

The 4th anniversary of "Washington Hose No, will be observed on Tuesday night with a banquet at the truck house In Niagara street, Chief Radlgan, th fire commissioners and former chief Cunnlnghanv wUl. be Divorce ia Granteflv interlocutory divorce was granted by. Justice Pound in su preme" court tms morning- to- iouis Drahtns of Tonawahda whbse husband. Charles, Is now serving" nV term of two years In Auburn state prison for bigamy. --asrssfsssr- Mru Drahms Testified that sne was married on April 15.

1913, by the Rev erend Carl Frsnkensteln of the Saint Matthews church, North Tonawanda. She claimed Drahms at that time had a wife-- did -not -latam her. li wasarrested'-trr-frrTahy-tnst-falt-sndt pleaded guilty to the Indictment. Warning it -Health Officer, Dr; A Wattera because of the "smallpox eplderhlo at to Lockport roig to aeep away irom that city while the epidemic is on, lie found three families here had been exposed to the disease by visits to people at the Falle who were later taken ill, but none of them has contracted It. He reports several cases of dlptheria du.e to the bad weather of the last two weeks.

"i Committee Not Yet Named. Mayor Brock has not as yet announced the appointment of the citizens' committee to draft a commission government charter as authorised by the aldermen. It Is expected that he will nam Ransom Bcott, a retired buai-neaa-man, as chairman. L.ontr Term of Court Opene at mayviue 4icxt wcck. aa Westfteld, Jan.

14 era. JS civil caaes on the calendar for th February term of supreme court1 hich will convene at the courthouse In Mayvtll on Monday, February 2d, Jus-1 tice Herbert P. Blssell of Buffalo presiding. 1 Justice Blssell has rented a house In MayvIIle and will move his family there for a COUpl OI ninnme. relieve the congeslea caienuar as much a possline.

1 wonj 10 a. nearoy returned aoout jzzo clock ana round the room filled with About the time the fire was extinguished, persons In- the Is situated on the floor below, discovered smoke and started -anvinvetlgratlon. The-cause ot the fire is unknown, but the assessors believe that there-must have been some matches among the pa-Tiers and that a mouse Ignited one. The draw was one seldom used. a Esard There is considerable speculation aa to -bat--appolntments wanda board of publlo works will make an Monday night, and Its action- Is be- great interest.

The board recently announced that it was not satisfied with the workings of city Hartments and last night a special executive meeting was held for the purpose of making up a set of rules for the guidance of the department officials. Before any appointments are made on Monday night, the board will- submit Its new regulations to the applicants, Ac cording to rumor there will be a change in the street and engineer depart ments. While the rules of- the depart-! ment will affect the water department, there Will be no change In that branch. The board will receive applications at Its meetlng en Monday night for the ap pointments a superintendent ef water works, a superintendent of publlo works and a city. -engineer.

"WUretick to Supreme Organizer Jl. Halnes of Lancaster came here last night and held a conference with the Twin City Coun- -abee haTt. At the result, the local branch will not revolt, but will stick to he supreme order. In order to satisfy he members of the local order, mem bers of the supreme council will attend next meeting of the local branch on FTTaay nignt, eoruary nun. iue roubles of the Buffalo- branch were plained by the organiser, who assured local lodge that matters would, be adjusted Some Opposition, to The plan to consolidate the congre gations the North Christian church Payne avenue and the First Baptist htirch' rof Vandervoort etreet wills -e4 abmltted "to the rote of the two hurches early next month.

There Is some opposition to the movement, but Is expected that by the time the vote arranged for, the objections will he overcome. A special committee or n. rmtirffdfrf DUhfaH-WndarfOf th i'ayne avenue church and the Reverend Kills Gilbert end Wallace Palmer of 'he Baptist church will meet next week to complete their plana. Funeral of Mr, Lawton. The funeral of Mrs.

lxulse Lawton, -sM roars old, wife of George Lawton of IVe. 17 Niagara street, Buffalo, was held, thin morning from the Miller chapel, the Reverend C. w. Jarvls ot- Burial was made In the Ton- wanda dty cemetery. Mrs.

Lawton In the' Tonawandae for twenty rear before the went to Buffalo three 'tare Bha died. at. the General hospital in Buffalo on Thursday Attend Buffalo MeeHnf. A. large delegation of the-members of jlhs Knox Commandery No, S27, Knights ff Malta, this city went to Buffalo ast evening ana attenaea a joint meet- nf of the Galilee Commandery and the General George Custer Commandery of HufTato-a-t Fraternity; hall in Jefferson treety The supreme omeers or we nights In America and the grand of- flcertp the etate order were present nt A smoker followed the "(invocation.

jtfnjuMf Spanked S' Boy Gets $500 Now. Freehold. N. Jan. 24.

It was worth I'M to suffer an unjust spanking at the; and hi. euih wl-! hla father, years ago. fntlt Crum. has lust discovered. Ini lis mill I- 4n i.iiiu with his mother as Is left 12.000.

while his two sisters are fiueathed $1,500 each. The balance the estate la left to the widow. After specifying the cash bequests, rum In will nlna Vur, mwt rroter'The reason I give more to my, that one time I gave him an un-Iist hlmilnr. which I 'have always Tetted." Too Good. Toungs Mngaalna i "all know people who talk too says Jane CowL There- a certain' Irishman who to his boss, the foreman of a rall- rT construction gang, to ask for a Job h's brother, Dennis: 'He's 1lat aa avwMt a man aa h'a Mike.

'Can ye fix him here? I k. him here tomorrow "'holle I'm about continued the t. 'I'd lolke to put In a wur'rd for brother, Malai ''s he a good man, tooT said the Irishman Im- Mively, 'Malarhl's a better man than 7' an' Dentils put 'In that s1d the foreman with r'n, 'tell Mulai hl to, coma anit vou 1 r-9 Dennis ran Innlr far other 1 i i ten are new ones. Ot the 42 brought forward from -former teTms 17 are Jury actions. Th five eo.

uil -caee are old ones. Kider ti. Ptirham cas, other new cases are aa tallows: Lucius Atwater, a Rochester real-es tate man. against Mra Neva Lv Blocum of Batavla to recover 1160 on a prom issory note; Joseph C. Roth of Buffalo agalnst-Oscar E.

Bray ot Batavla to recover $1,000 damages because of personal Injuries) resulting to Mr. Roth through an automobile collision: William E. Dawson of Batavla against the Batavla Rubber company for S500 dam ages because or. conaitions aooui ine factory Interfering with Mr. Dawson's business and hia property; Gray Of Batavla against D.

B. Neill of EhTm-to- reeverv-iaea -on -aUreactt oi contractr Thomas HIU agalnBt the vil lage of Atexander to recover. lor personal Injuries alleged to have been sustained because or a rauity nignway; Thomas R. Scott of Scranton. I'a aealnst the United States Gypsum com pany of Oiikfhsrctt eevr--wiPr-0' Paul Burgo of uakoem against ine same company to recover llo.tHXJ, as me result of personal injuries austained at the gypsum plant last September 4th; Novelll Mariano against ino Niagara Gypsum company of Alabama toreeov er for personal Injuries; George H.

Walker of North Bergen against Wlll-lm Rens and one of Orleans county to recover-on- Not Patriarchs. From the Baltimore American. "So you are getting Into exclusive dr-clee?" "Tei" we'SAd aJS hrrltatlow this- week, to th'Paras1tes "r- "THE WEATHER. g. Depart mant of Agriculture, v.

Ll Slw, Wattier Hursaa, Buffalo, Jan. 24. r-T oknERAL OBSBhVATIONS. Obiarvatlans taaea at tbs same moniaol tin (I 7to-msrWlaa) at the ouulat 3-3 wiaee 1 ft Obaarratlea tj Albany, K. Alpsna.

Mich Atlantic City, N. ninniarrlt. N. D. ytr NW SW i 14 Clear loady JO Clear Bale 1 Cloudjr iO Cloudy Ilixtno.

Macs. Chicane. HI. Cleveland. NW 35 We4J.yZrS.Y'., ioa i Clear uih 2 Clouiiy Pululh, Minn.

Karanaba, tialrestoo. Tea Grand llaren Green Bay. Wis Jacksonville. Fia. Kanraa Cltr.

Mo. Ixnil.villa, Kr MaronMlo, tch. Mem.hll. Tenn. Mllwaukoe.

W(s, Moorhead, S. U. New Orleans, 1a. New York, NW 8W NB KW KW NW fJW NW PW NW NW 8W lear Clear Clear now Clear Clear Clear Bain Clear 24 14 ..34 1 44 14 4 33 44 to Cloudy Pnow Clear Clear Cloudy P. dy Oklahoma.

Ok. I'litKhurah. I'a. Portland. Ore Paint luls, M.

Halnt Paul, Minn. Halt Laka. lab. Ran TMro. al pnow 14 Bain Cloudy lear 14 Cloudy Cloudy 19 Cloudy Pan FTanclnce.

Cal, f.Z Pault Saint Marie, Mick. 1 Tampa, Kia. "4 Toledo. 2 Waihlnirton. I.

44 14 Poo 12 Cloudy 90 Cloudy 4 Haia Hrltlh Amerlra Battleford. Pk. 1 Calm Wear cmiary, Altmrta, I Calm Clear ou. SO Rnaw Toronto. Onl 4 Cloudy Winnipeg.

Man 14 CI LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. a jn Temperature, 1iumltty, pra- riMiatioa, wind, 8w; telocity, 12; weaihar, rain. elpt i.liailoa, wind, velocity, 11. eaiW, llliet temperatur. H'l, ST.

rfwet tmiiralr'', 113. W. iUtf li-t orecaecar. GERMAN STUDENT DUELS THREATENED Famous be made crimiiial ofTcnses in response to a powerful public demand. Opponents declare they have depencrated from real tests of courage and fckill into harmless efforts to acquire a eolleetion of "honorable" Boars.

A feature article in next Sunday's Express is almost like an expose..