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UN 21 104 IAN 21 1904 I 0 Corrimt Entey WLAiS ff XAo.No. FOUR O'CLOCK. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20.

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ftwond Clan ol Mail Uattrr, under (lie An Man!) Cor-yrtcht. IS THREE CEXTS 7 mue Mai THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGL TiiBie Iteclstered. CANAL TREATY GOING THROUGH. 1 mint LOW SAILS FOR EU LOCAL VKATHKH I'KOH AII1I.ITIK. Snow ami lo-nislit.

iirnlinlily HIST! DADY STIES OIL urn IIIIIUl US. STRANftHAN CHARGES HEH NEPHEW WITH FMUB, nrr By Means of Cable Connections Results Will Be Displayed in Windows on Ground Floor. Mrs. Louisa Elion Was Haunted by the Fear of Being Dispossessed. Former Mayor and His Wife on the Deutschland.

The Hamburg-American i land, which sailed to-day for NajWes and Genoa, her first trip on the Mediterranean route, carried over 800 passengers. aVons them being Seth Low. former Mayor ot NC York, and Mrs Low. Officers of the nope that with favorable weather the Deutschland will make Genoa in eight days, 1 the same time that it has ordinarily taken I reach Gibraltar. i PHILADELPHIA ICE BOUND.

Philadelphia, January 20-Because of tho continued cold weather and the forming of ice floes, navigation on the Delaware River i and bay is practically suspeuded to-day. A dozen large vessels, several of them Trans-Atlantlc steamships, are prevented from continuing their voyages because of ihe thickness of the Ice in the river. The ferry boats are unable to make their trips. ALLEGES HE DREW REVOLVER. Joseph I'arena.

of 303 Fulton Btreet. charged with felonious assault to-day in the Gales Avenue Court by Christine Fucci, of 03 Liberty avenue. Fucci owns a saloon on Liberty avenue, and on January 14 it is alleged that I'areno pointed a revolver at Mm said, "I will tlx you." Pareno has been paroled for examination Janu- FIRE REVEALS DOUBLE CRIME. Insane Man Tiied to Burn Wife to Death and Himself Falls Victim to Flames. 1 Bosseugers lurninit lo raint ivarmrri "I humility, wnow or mini frepNli noulh to nt ivlnil HAS NO FORCE HERE.

Jurtice Dickey So Decides in the Elder Dakota Case. The dispute between Mrs. Ellen Theresa Elder Tine, her husband, George W. Elder, from whom she recently obtained a South Dakota divorce, as to the custody of their 11 year old son, which has been on in the Supreme Court for some time, tame up before Justice Dickey this afternoon for a hearing. At the request of Mrs.

Elder's counsel the matter was adjourned for two weeks. Justice Dickey has decided that Mrs. Elder's divorce is of no force or effect In this state, and he will take proof as to which one of the parents is entitled to the custody the child. GAS KILLED HIM. James Nolan, 33 years old, who occupies a furnished room at 87 Nostrand avenue, at noon to-day was found unconscious from illuminating gas, which had escaped from an open burner in his room.

He was removed to the Bushwick Central Hospital, where he died shortly after. CARS ARE A LITTLE WARMER. Milder Weather Deserving of More Credit Than the Trolley Companies for the Improvement. distinct moderation in tho wealher today brought temporary relief from the cold car nuisance. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company yestcrd-iy showed a great improve ment In heating its cars.

Except in Isolated modesty, bears bis new honors with becom-cases the cars were fairly comfortable. Cor- I lng dignity, but he scorns the Imputation of tainly they were warmer than the old horio I some friends who have twitte him with the cava whloh used to plod up Fulton street with allegation that be has a Cuban congressional SHOTS SET FIRETO BED CLOTHES Firemen Broke In Doors and Discovered the Tragedy Husband Arrested on Suspicion, Hauuted by the fear that she was to be dispossessed, Mrs. Louisa Elion, 28 years old. of 419 East Sixty-fourth street, Man- shot and killed her two children. Annie, 8 years old, and Rosie, 7 years old and then shot herself, in her home, whore tho dead bodies of the children and her almost lifeless body were found this morning.

The firing of the shots, it is believed, caused the bedclothes of the bed ou which the bodies were found to catch fire, and tho smoke was seen coming from the windows by a man in the street. Ho turned in an alarm and when the firemen broke in the doors of the apartment the discovery of the tragedy took place. The woman was breathing faintly when found, but died a few minutes afterward. VVhilo Dr. Benson of the Flower Hospital was bending over her Frank Elion, the woman's husband, walked Into the room.

He was immediately arrested on suspicion. In his hand he held a dispossess notice. He said he had been separated from his wife some time and had come to take the furniture away. In a statement to Police Captain Hogan Of the East Sixty-seventh street station, the man said: "I haven't lived with my wife for some-lime. I live at 418 East Seventy-sixth street.

I got a dispossess notice for tho furniture my wife's flat, which belongs to me, but I was unable to serve It, ou her. The notice expired, and yesterday I got another one. I was about to serve It on her to-day. I don't known anything about the shooting." Mrs. Elion and her children occupied three rooms in tho apartment house.

The apati-nicnt was known as No. oil. In apartment No. 53, on the lioor below, lives Anton Faust, BO years old. Ho told Captain Hogan that last night about 7 o'clock he heard three shots fired in the apartment above.

"I didn't investigate it," Faust said, "because I thought It was a family affair and I didn't want to interfere." Mrs. Jane Reardon, who lives on the same floor as Faust, said she was awakened at 4 o'clock this morning by hearing groans, which lasted for about half an hour. It Is tho supposition of the police that Mrs. Elion killed her children last night and shot herself. Finding that her self-inflicted wound was not fatal she shot herself again this morning, it is supposed.

Three bullets had been flred Into the woman's abdomen, but only one shot had been fired Into each of the bodies of the children. They were also shot In the abdomen. It is believed that the woman lay In the bed all night long, auforl.ns agony, froffi Ihe pistol shot wound, until this morning, when she fired two more shots Into her body. The pistol was found on the floor by Pie side of ne Deo. on tne edge or the bed, with her luiiim.

The bodies of the children were behind her, close to wall, no pillow between ihe woman and tho bodies of the children was smoldering, and also two lace curtains thai Springfield, January 20 Attempted sen ted to me that I was (he only person in-murder and actual suicide were fuels re- Creeled in the capital slock of the company, vealed by a fire at 120 Margaret street, tlii Believing him. I traiislenvd all the sccilri-nioruing, where lived August Steinen and i ties to Ih? land company, in consideration his wifo Pauline, two of tho city's poor. The i nf the Issue to me of 1,000 shares ut the who I seriously if not fatally burned, pany's capital stock. has made a statement, iu which she ac- i "From time to time." says Mrs. Siranahan, cuses her husband of saturating lie kitchen i "certain sales were made of the securities and her clothes with kerosene, setting lire nnd proper! les In the name of the company, to the house and throwing her to tho floor, ur.iil at the present time the assets he held her in tho flames.

lug in the hands of the company amount to She declares he was insane. Steineri's only according to a statcme.U body protecteil that of the woman, and she furnished by Ely to me." burned but llttla externally. Continuing. Mrs. Str.mahan told the ehan- When ho rolled away In his agony she rPor t)ut afier the land company was crawled to a kitchen door and wilh her last I formed she and her nephew entered into an remaining strength s-tnggered.

screaming. ngreement fnrihe financing and building of into the open air, where she was discovered ja aM tho neighbors. Steinort himself is dead, his om omn 'las Company at Dover X. J. burned and blackened body being recovered ni-reemont Mrs.

Cardenas Threatens to Kidnap the Colonel by Making Him an Adopted Son of Cuba. REGARDED AS A MAGICIAN. Dady Declares He Out of Politics, but He Doesn't Say if He Refers to Brooklyn or to Cuba. (Corros-pondcnee of the Eagle.) Havana. January 16 Honors and riches in abundance are falling to the lot of Michael J.

Dady, the Brooklyn colonel and politician. His ability to prab rich contracts In this is well known. Not alone bus he struck a rich asphalt bed in the bay of Cardenas, where he has a contract to dredge the harbor, hut he is now being hailed as a popaihle oil king, for he has struck oil. So much for the material prosperity of tho redoubtable colonel. The uulooked for discoveries by Dady have caused the Cubans to look upon him as a sort of magician, and I they want him to stay here for the purpose of developing oilier hidden treasures of the island.

It was this purpose, perhaps, that prompted tne Municipal Council of Cardenas to vote to him the freedom of the city nnd lo declare him to be an adopted son of Cuba. Mr. Dady, who is noted even here for bis bee buzzing uhout In the top of his tall Panama (real) hat. To these soft impeachments he lies responded by saying, "No, I'm out of politics; contracts are all I'm after." The statement that he is out of politics may cause as much excitement iu Brooklyn as the news of bis discoveries of asphalt and oil has caused in Cuba. The story of his discovery of oil.

which is well vouched for. is an Interesting one nnd demonstrates that the fickle goddes.s of fortune has taken the Brooklynlte undei her wing. When the Dady were put to work at Cardenas a small island in the bay was ceded to Ihe Brooklyn! government lor use as a si by tne depot I and center of operations. As there was no fresh water to be had upon this little key. ihe colonel found that he must, either bring his water supply from the city or build a big clst'-m and wait ior the rainy season to fill it.

He decided to run a sub-marine pipe irom the town to the island, but the port authorities objected, upon the rrctext that such a. pipe line misht obstruct navigation. Then Dady, ever retsouroeful, decided to drive an arleslan well on the island ami take his chances of getting wholesome water, as, in doing this, he would lie able lo utilize at leaat a portion oi tho pipe nlrcndy bought. But Ihe driving of the well brought to him no water. The pipe had been sunk but a little more than a hundred feet when a gush of oil began to flow.

N'ow Dady is trying to secure a permit to lay a pipe fni.u islet to the citv, instead ot trom tne cuy tne Key, ana ne v.ill probably succeed. a number of other oil wells iinve since been dlscover.nl in the vicinity of Cardenas, the line of the Jucaro Kallronil. and 0f th0 locality are much exeiied ever the consequent boom in land values. The Spanish firm wich secured the con tract to dredge out Santiago channel ami deepen Ibis bay. having failed to carry on; their agreement to Ihe satisfaction of Ihe Department of Public Works at -Havana, hiuc had their contract canceled by the insul.ir government, which is now culling for new bids.

It is reported that Mr. Dady Is seeking the Santiago contract, inlen.llng to titili.e here ihe great dredges that have done such suiisfaclory service in making Cardenas a favorite port for. the great ocean vessels engaged In transporting the sugar crop of Cuba to the American markets. BECHTEL DEFENSE BEGINS. Lawyer Snyn Hp "Will Prove Innocence of Mother nnd That Mabel WaS Seen Alive on Monday.

Allentown. January 20 Tho prosfcu-Uon to-day closed Ms caso in thu trial of Mr, C'alhrrinp leihtol, aeonsrd as an aUrr ihe fact to the nninhr of her daughter The last wl Minus "as Frank W. llauck, who was in the lleehtel borne on the day Mallei's body win found. HI" lestifneny was unlmpori.ini. Counsel for ihe defendant asked thai tin-bills of Indictment lie on 'lie ground of lack i idenee.

lit nimwor in this motion Ili-iirict Atlnrney IJeliteiiwalner stated that, while ihe h's case i riflini lintjreiv ifnon ant ial ovlde-noi' was ol i tmigtii t.j warrant the. i ir 1 1... itiii iiif.iii nrir.irn ini-v 7i .1 ll. "I hTS to i i prom ine rums ot tne nousc oy tne nremen. MOTHER BEHEADED HER SON.

Worn Nenr Paterson Also Killed Pet Dog and Is Said to Be Ciazy. Paterson, N. Jnnuerv 20-Mrs. Arthur i inlr nm is own.per-Oswald was arrested to-day on a charge of! 10 lnc' murdering her 8 year old son yesterday her home, in Oakland. She is, believed to be TniB transaction, Mrs.

Klronahan charges. It Has Been Decided to Drop All Amend- ments Proposed. Washington, January 20 It has been prac- i I tlcally determined to drop all the amend ments to the Panama treaty. Assurances that the treaty will be Interpreted as the amendments provide in regard to the harbors, sanitation and the limitation ol the cities of Panama and Colon. CAR COLLIDES WITH A TRUCK.

This morning, at 8 o'clock, car No. 1.3S7. of the Surf avenue line of the B. R. collided with a coal truck that was delivering a load on Thirty-ninth street, near Sixth avenue.

The pole of the truck passed through the front dashboard of the car and Into the front door. The car was filled with passengers, all of whom managed to escape without serious Injury, excepting Jacob Faber, of G45 Hamburg avenue, who was injured on the left foot. The driver of the truck was Henry Haseg. of 4.11 Thir ty-ninth street, and the accident was du.3 to the swerving of lie team just as tho c. gut mar i cut.

CRONIN A WITNESS. Queens Superintendent of Buildings Called Before Grand Jury To-day in Jail Investigation. (Special to the Eagle.) Long Island City, L. January 20 The Queens County Grand Jury this morning began an inveslgatlon into the report made by John P. Jaeckel, president of the State Prison Commission, to the effect that the Queens County Jail was In a horrible condition.

The jail building is in charge of the Bureau of Public Buildings, of which Philip T. Cronilf ot Far Rockaway is superintendent. Mr. Cronin, Borough President Cas-sidy and other witnesses were called' before the Grand Jury to testify as to the amount of appropriations for that department and what was done with the money. The inquiry is expected to last until late this afternoon.

WANTED HIS BODY CREMATED. James Davenport Asked Also for Cheap Funeral and Then Turned On the Gas. James Davenport, who lived with his wife. Margaret, at 240 Baltic street, committed suicide early this morning in the kitcheui of his home by Inhaling illuminating gas from the gas stove. On a table in the kitchen was found a letter which Davenport had apparently written just before he turned on the gas.

reads: "1:30 A. January 20, 1904 This Is done with my own free will. Have my body cremated. Make my funeral as cheap as possible. Give It to young Spalding on Atlantic avenue.

Give my gold watch and chain to our son Eddie. JAMES DAVENPORT. S. Then throw my ashes away." Davenport, who was a carpenter, had lost his employment less than two weeks ago, and it had caused him a great deal of v.or-riment. His health had been failing and that, too, is said to have been one of the reasons wrhicii caused bim to take his 200 IMPERILLED IN FIRE.

Theatrical People Nearly in Panic From Blaze in Grand Palace Hotel in Chicago. Chicago, January 20111 fortune of Chicago theatrical people was. again In evidence at a lire in Ihe Grand Palace Hotel, Indiana and Clark streets, early to-day, 200 members of theatrical troupes being driven into the streets by the It was with difficulty that a panic was averted and the frightened men nnd women assisted from the structure In safety. The fire originated on the second floor, supposedly from crossed electrical wires, and was carried quickly up the eluvator shaft by a draught to the top iloor. Joseph Northrop, a guest, saw the smoke In the shaft and ran down stairs in the rear of the building to notify the night clerk.

The clerk started awakening the guests and Northrop stepped into the elevator, ran It upward through the smoke and flames and helped arouse the gueste on the top floor. The halls were soon filled with excited men and women. The cooler guests wero compelled to force Ihem back from tho windows and fire escapes toward which a rush was being made. A number of women were preparing to jump from the windows when policemen arrived and aided tho work of restraint and rcHcue. The women were led to a rear stairway, down which they escaped through the smoke.

Miss Louise Mitchell, who had been hemmed In by the flames, was rescued by tile firemen and taken down a Are escape. Kew of the guests had time lo dreas. but a number or the women had thought of their theatrical wardrobes and stood shiv- ering in the lower halls of tho building holding gaudy decorations of gauze and tinsel. The lire was extinguished quickly after I ne guests nau oecn taken rrom the building. Almovt all the guests are members of theatrical companies stranded lit Chicago.

IN DEFENSE OF HER Young Italian Girl SnyB Sho Shot Lovev Who Betrayed Her. Before Judge Asplnall and a Jury, in the County Court this afternoon, the trial of Lucl French, the young Italian gM charged by her lover, Sebastln Barhcrlno, with having thot him. was The young girl was Indicted for assault In (he first degree. The ehlef wltnuis lor the prosecution was Harbe-rlnn who testified that the girl shot him down without cause. The defendant took the witness sland and testified that Ilnrberino had been attentive to her for three ye-ars und had, promised lo marry her; also lhat through his promise, he hod robbed her ot her honor.

She declared she had many times asked him io marry her. but he bad refused. The trial Is continued. PRATT ATHLETE HURT. While performing on Ihe apparatus yesterday in the gymnasium of Pratt Institute, Edward Patrick, of 378 Eighth sireel, fell and fractured both bones of his left forearm.

Dr. J. Martin Voorhees, director of the physical culture department, who w.1t standing near at the time, attempted to break the force of the fall. Although Hr. Vcorhees was hurled to the floor by the Impetus of the falling gymnast, ho himself escaped Injury.

Tho Injured boy Is a sophomore of Pratt High School. Dr. Turner was culled to set the Injured arm. STUDENTS WANT FULL COURSE. A petition signed by .173 students of thu evening high tchool for men.

corner of Put-ram and Marcy avenues, was received thla meirnlng by the Hoard of Education and asks that no reduction ba made from tho full rt.urse of 120 nights. Superintendent Elga of evening schools stated that he had practically been promised money for the full course. I)r, ftlirnnrr Turkish fin tin. Unexcelled. 11 and S3 Columbia heights.

Adr. I formed a sort of eanony over the head of the for his sister and had visited almost every bed. It was the smoke from the smoldering eily in (he country in his search, but with-pillow and curtains that was seen by the man 0ut avail. in the street, ho I timed in on alarm. The I wo left lor Brooklyn last night.

When the firemen broke In the door of the i 5- Widow nf Bro OT pl- irst Citi zen" Applies to Jersey Court for an Accounting. gQ Qp MQFY INVOLVED, Ur Mrs. Stranahnn Says She Put $117,000 Into a Land Company, Supposing She Was Sole Owner. (Special to the Eagle.) Jersey City. January Mrs.

Marn IT. Stramihnn, wkh.w uf S. T. Stranaban of Brooklyn, applied through her lawyers, Messrs. Black lirayinn, to Chancellor William J.

Magic for an order compelling he, nephew. Addison Ely, a lawyer of Kutherford, in this slate, lo make an accounting to hv-r of ninucvH intrusted to him anil restraining him from transferring any stock ami bonds of the Baldwin Land Investment Company. Mrs. Siranahan charges hr nephew with fraud. In her affidavit, swor.i to before Meier SteinbrinU, a notary in Brooklyn, on 1.

last. Mrs. Slrannban "Ely adviwd me to transfer lo ihe rtald-win Land Company certain securiiics valued at SHT.ni'fi, and at the same time he repie- said, tiie Baldwin Land Company transferred to the gas conip.iny large sums of money, nggregii'ng Til! Mrs. Stranahnn goer, on to say: "Eiy. eout rolling ihe entire directorate cf the land company, caused it lo transfer to him tends and morlgages belonging to tho (oiriiar.y.

amctinting lo over itl.VHM. and then them j'nr his own personal use. rca-' lizlng thereby HJ.t DO cash. This sum he vua vim a view con- coaling his personal profits nnd he represe'H- ed lo lur thai for convenience it we.uld be PeHir to have iiie -urn bland remain in own Kly then, continued Mrs. I'lrallahan.

gave io her bis noi fur but withheld from her nil ini'nrriiat Ion as to the personal use him of ihe ics. She learned tile lirai lime, she says. Hint her nephew hail iilbi'criljed lor shares oi the gas company's Mork when she examined the ceni-llcali. if ihe i onij ally's i ecoriioral ion in the uf State's otlice in Trenton. Iiis.

cove'rini; i his. Mrs. Stranahnn she at ecu" demr.ndid Elv and the directors ot the Baldwin and and Invcslim-ul Company, which her nephew coutroll-d. that he should surrender lo her her stock. In order thai spm niit.ht surrender the- same stock lo the tom-pnny.

and drmani'ed back all the securities she had transferred to il. "Kly refused." said Mre. Stranahnn. "on ihe ground that the- deeds of trusts were nn Irrevocable conveyance." Slill furilior. Mrs.

Stranahan charges lhat prior to April, llioii. she furnished her nephew wllh varloii sums ot' money for investment in certain bonds to be secured by first mortgage on lands In New Jersey and Brooklyn, aggregating In value Jlti.i.ooo, and e.wned by ihe Flnldwln Land und Investment Company. In November, line, sho also charges, she purchased six bonds of the American Lighting Paper Company, valued nt each, nnd didivered them to Ely, to be depeislled la a ll'-oolilyn sate ami deposit company for safekeeping. "Alterwurd." said Mrs. Stranahan.

"I demanded from Kly Hie return of the boirln. but he claimed tlmt he had I lb. to the Land and Investni. n'. Company.

I charge, however, lhat Kly sold the bonds and used l.he proceeds tor his own nofli." l-'lnallv. Mrs. Slrannhan's lawver akel lhat A. 141: (in Klv should be compelled 'e iime into court and make a sir el ncconii'- ing foi1 ihe-e sums and at the same time the chancellor to restrain him or thu I'aiuwin Land and Investment Company ii, in i i ii i i-i i i iu or se mi; hiiv .1 bonds or securlilcs ii Siranahnn. The rhnni-cllnr sign-l Hi- iinii I .1 1 1 1 in iore vice Chancellor Stevenson in Ch.in- Chainlicrs here in this my Mm- unv morning The noons, nephew ot Mrs a ii.i 11 a well known and prominent member of bar of llergen County, in tins slate.

is lreitber is lawyer In York, ddison was mude I was not ordered il, lew years ago im purchased a spaper in Uutherford, which he eilits. NAVY NOMINATIONS MADE. Washinglo! lanuary -The President sent to Ihe Senate lo-ilay Ihe following N'avv 'jivv-to he assistant paymasters, I. D. (ibl'i; William L.

slmri'i-liietri. New York: Neal l-'anwcll. Itefiiiinld Speur. Pennsylvania. Mucins corps- To he second ib uti Willi, iiii P.

rpshur. Virginia: l.oviek P. I'lnksmn, Texas; Arthur P. 'ViiKt. Distiie; fi.liiMilii.i W.

Hanker. William K. Piirlicr. Hlmde Island: William M. Small, Maryland: KpamiuoiMh'S r.

Ohio: Holieri p. ha rlcs It. Sanderson, llistiit of Columbia; Walter X. Hill. Tilllico Itiineh.

Soiiih Carolina: Benjamin s. Pennsylvania lluss. n. in. Benjamin A.

Lewis, New York, BROOKLYN EXCISE VIOLATOR. Aln.niv. 20- Slate Coimulu iotc Kxei-e Cullliian reports he has re- tved $1,41.0. by nun In an action scainM Isidore of 2IH siuiilinno Brooklyn, who violated the Hipi'ir lax hy selling li'inor i Sunday. S.

S. CALIFORNIA AGROUND. 'Ihe California, oirnard Icninl, I. nlMouud lo.n the bay on the enst of the mi. i ii ship near Soul hwev.

St p. It i-. bele-ved she was foree, HKIO'lll'l a be 5 II' I 'lof drill I ISHINO SMACKS FF.OZEN IN. It Is repoliid from Sandy Hook tint the tMiliix smacks Kiln May and (it S. Mi.el.-.

jr are. frozen lu ar the uock there. OBSERVATIONS TO BE COMPLETE. Full and Continuous Records to Be Taken Value of Brooklyn Station in law Cases. Bureau, 608 Fourteenth Street.

Washington, January 20 The United States Weather Bureau has decided to establish a sub station In Brooklyn, and has selected the Eaglo Building as the place for taking the necessary records. Willis L. Moo chief of this service, has se-' instructions to Forecast- er E. H. Emery to install on the Eaglo Build- ing all the Instrun-enls required for estab- llshing there a complete observation station, Chief Moore thinks that the apparatus will I bo in position and in good working within the next thirty days.

"The Brooklyn he said to-day, "will not supplant the station In Manhattan, which will continue to be the regular fore- casting heudqua 'en. The one in Brooklyn will be supplemental, but the records there will be as complete as those taken on the Other side of the river, save Tor the barometer readings, "The Instr ent ill be installed on the roof of the Eagle Building, and by -'tis of cable connections with the business odlce en the ground floor, the results will be displayed there for the benefit of the public. "The apparatus will give a complete and continuous record of the temperature, the wind direction, wind velocity, the time and (Juration of sunshine and the beginning and the end of rainfall and tho amount of precipitation. "The instruments on the ground floor will he 30 arranged that people passing on the street will be able to see at any time what the true and honest temperature is at all seasons of the year. One of our men will visit the station once a dav test the Instrument!) and take the readings.

"The Brooklyn -'atlon will of considerable value in furnishing official records regarding weather conditions for use In cases at law, by physicians and people studying sanitation and hygiene. "The meteorological records of the Manhattan office are constantly being called on as evidence in all kinds of litigation and taken into court anywhero from once to half a dozen times a day. They are particularly valuable in damage suits, and in penal -tions where the element of weather, whether hot or cold, rainy or windy, is a deciding factor. "The establishment of a station on the Eagle Building will furnish standard thermometer readings for that section, which may be relied on to setttc-eisturtes in regard to extremes in weather. When a new cold wave record is made the government thermometer will announce the fact, and take precedence over the readings of nil ol her Instruments.

The average thermometer does not register within live degrees of the correct temperature during periods of abnormal heat and cold. The Instruments to be placed on the Eagle Building, however, will bn scientifically correct, and will indicate the true state of the weather at all CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. Arthur Wcodhill of Brooklyn and a Clerk Alleged to Have Robbed Adams Express Company. Charged with having taken between $3,000 and $3,000 by altering the payrolls of the Adams Express Company, by which they were employed, Arthur 30 years old, of 155 Remsen street, Brooklyn, and Arthur O'Grady, 21 years old. of 168 East Thirty-eighth street, Manhattan, were arraigned before Magistrate Crane In the Jef-feson Market police court, Manhattan today, and held for examination.

Woodhlll was the cashier of the company and the other prisoner a clerk. Detective Sergeants Valley and Collins arrested them Inst night. Woodhlll has a wife and two children and has been in the employ, of the company for the Inst three years. Amador Andrews, the manager of the company, was In court to press the charge, but tlie case was adjourned until Friday morning. STREETS MORE PERILOUS.

Sleet Storm Coats Pavements and Walks With Ice and Endangers Pedestrians' Boneo. This afternoon's fall of snow and sleet, that first melted and then with a fall of one or two degrees In the temperature froze to a thin Icy sheet, has still further aggravated the) already dangerous condition ot the streets and sidewalks. It Is impossible to drive horses faster than a walk, and everywhere proceed with tho greatest enre. The factories, dry goods stores and oilier large establishments that employ horses for tho delivery of goods are seriously hampered because of Ihe condition of the i reels. Many of them have taken their delivery loams off the streets, on account of the danger to the horses.

The fire department is greatly hnmpered In reaching the local Ion of a blaze for the anie reason, it Is rarely that a piece of apparatus rraches a lire without one or both of the horses getting a fn 11. The skill of the drivers and the intelligence of the nulninls themselves lire the only things thut save them from serious Injury. This afternoon people all over the cily are strewing ashes to make tho walks safe. Numerous falls, result Ing in more or Icsb serious Injury, duo to the condition of the pavements, have been reported to the police. The post ofllce department has found Itself unable lo work to advantage with the home's and carls used In gathering up the mail.

Ihey were taken off this morning and the collectors went out on foot. Tho condition of the walks delayed the delivery of the first afternoon mall and lo help out his men Pommaster Roberts decided that the other afternoon delivery would be abandoned. The weather forecast says more snow and ileet (n-nlghl, but predicts warmer weather, that will keep it from freezing, FOUR KILLED IN CAVE-IN. Unite, January 20 By a cavc-ln of earth In the Ksst Cray Uejrk Mine, one of the Amalgamated properties, four men were killed nnd two injured. The men were working in the l.lno foot level when the hanging wall fell.

Tho four bodies are under fltlecii tm ot earth. i insane. Since she came from Germany she had liven In New York City until about a year ago, when tier husband moved lo OnV iand. ,1 to Uviiu, In a big city sh did not likr tho quirt Wo or Oakland, and had often uskfd hor hurtbnnd to rciuru to New York. Ho gavo up his plurr- Pompton Lake and yoal'Tduy wont to Jersey City to seek employment, On his return, late last night, ho rtmnd Hw house In rtui'kneHH.

He opened the door with his lateh key and after striking a mat eh walked Into tho dlrihiK toum. There he was horrified to see the body of his i lying on tho lloor. The head lay near boy's foot. Near the boy lay the oody of Ins pet dog, which had abo been beheaded. H-ald lighted lamp and.

going into his bed room, found wifo lying in bed with 1 voting baby ii- her arms. She was Ringing softly to the infant, and when her husband spoke to her sho did not appear to recognize i him When asked about the: murdered boy she did not seem to understand what, was said to her. Near the bod her two other children lay sleeping in crib, Tin- authorities were notifltd nnd Mrs. Oswald was later pluetd under arrest. MACHEN GOT INDORSED DRAFT.

Witness Identifies One for $DOO nnd Brotliur-in-Law Gives Eeiions Testimony. Washington, January 20 -When Ihe postal i to-day Mr. Kumler, re- lo iii i-lwrgo made yesterday lhat Inspector M-iycr bad couched wit ni'sfcs. said ho did not wain to call tlie aitcnilnn of the court again In the: matter, but as the district ai'oriiey had prcsed him for proof of his lli.in lie was prepared to present an af- noa it. ineuisirict aiiorn'y proicsteu in.ii ui.iii.-i i i.ii.

cotirl in tills wjv. that oral should be heard. "I In v.ul I lli, I rr- marked i-rit. iiaio. minor men i lo nflidavils would Prin hanl thai if h- found i-iiflicient for issuing a pile for con- tempt against, Mayer be would do Ii.

Mi. Douglass li.lei'J.ci.'l the stiiiein.nl llmt Hie I u-iiiilil nun K- r.llll is finally and p. rna.is I i i I shivering Brooklyniles trying to bury their feet in a miss or dirty ttraw. Thu Coney Island mid Hrooklyn Railroad wan the pnrtlcuar offender yesterday. Vhf; DeKalb avenue ears were the coolest in town.

The recent enr-barn Are was offered as an easy excuse by some ot the subordinate officers of the road. Trie futility such an evasi shown by the fart that the power of Mte rord, which supplies the heat for the car or. in (his ease, does not eupply it -was untouehod by the flames. Controller Grout has a earful fold caused by riding in a chilly trolley car. He is somewhat predjutheed aninst the local railway companies to-day.

There are others In the fame boat who can sympathize with him. LONG SEARCH FOR SISTER ENDS, Brooklyn 3dan Kan Across Her Omakn, Where Both Had Missed a Train. in (Special to the Omalur, January 20 Alter searching all nvev the country fcr the best part of six years, for his sister, A. N. Brown of Brooklyn yesterday afternoon accldcntly her on the of Omaha.

Drown was cn route to Los Angeles to Investigate a clew of her whereabouts, but wiit.s "iH'i train an'I wus delayed here. Miss Drown was en route to Brooklyn and likewise missed her train. Brother nnd sister met on Farnam the busiest thorough tr.re in tho cily. Brown enlisted in int army uvc years avi am os, i mck of his sister. He was wounded I die Philippines, and reported as dead.

He rceov-red bis health unon his return to ihe I United States. He then continued the hunt GROUT IS NOT RESIGNING. Differences With the Mayor on Two Matters Won't Drive Him Out of Office. The report set in circulation this morning to the effect that Controller Grout is thinking about resigning because the Board of City Record yesterday elected a supervisor of the City Record about whoso qualifications for the place the Controller expressed his doubts, is without foundation. Mr.

firout this morning refused to dignify the report by denial, but left. It to be understood that there wan no truth whatsoever in the statement that ho proposed to give up his office simply because be had failed lo agree with Mayor MeClelian and Corporation Counsel Helany on the election of Patrick Tracey as supervisor of the City Uecor-I, und the designation by Ihe board, or rather by of the board, of Ih" otllclal cily papi r. When lie as asked if I here was anv basis for the report thai lie come: i Dialed giving up Ills omen this morning, Controller tlroiit said lhai the newspaper story in which il wus made lo appear that miKni niKii u. "lu hael.Wn plae-eel above II. i'aci one m.

ui.ii.in. (iroui. "inai I nan no iiu'iiiiauon i rciuuu occurred which would prompt me lo re- Wh(n oskoll lf won, tweeu himself and Mayor MeClelian as questions of policy, he replied 'There have been only two Insiiini 0 a difference of opinion und no more The IWO In itanccs lo wlilell Hie I nntrolli-r erred were the elecilou of iv. as siiocrvlsor of ibe- Cliy It. -cord, and the designation, without his vote, ot the oflleiai papers.

It whs pointed out to-day that Controller firout holds ihe whip hand in the Hoard of and that neiiiier Mayor MeClelian nor Ihe Tammany organization can afford lo antagonize him. There are numerous matters that con.iuintly come lie-fore Ihe board which require a unanimous vole, and if Con (Irout we're disposed he could make trouble) In the board. Mayor McClel- Inn is aware of this und It was said lhat It is not likely that he will precipitate any crisis would would force the lontrollcr on Hie oilier side. Controller (Irout has similar power In the: Sinking Kund Commission and, on the I whole, In his ofllelul position he occupies I place in which lie can lie absolutely Independent. CUBAN TREATY TIME EXTENDED, Washington.

Jiinur.ry Secretary Hay Senor Quesada, Hie Cuban minister. rlgne protocol extending for six mon'ns the period allowcl for the exchange of raCIl- eations of Ihe Cil'inn general treaty, e'tiiliiii' ing the Plait anielidmenl. "hp won have expired lo-morrow. The ireuly Is uiall. Ing at ion by the I'tiited Slates Senate.

MARYLAND VAINLY BALLOTS. Annapolis. January 20-Tbe first to-day for railed Stales Senator resulte-l an fnllows: Sml'h, 2L: P.nyiier. Carter, II; Miles. Mcl'ouias, The four are irn -rals and Ihe last Iteinibliciin.

BARON VON MANNLICHER DEAD. Berlin, January 2't- Baron von Maiiulli her, Inventor of tho iuannllchcr is dead. i I I I i I 1 I would utuain one in. in-, n. reupou mission wau oy jinaiiitc Hechlel In support of this theory Ibe "fi' 1 Heclltel In a pritfin e-ell, and ihe icsl l.i.eu.v eif Dr.

and tile many aftc witnesses ho have 1.1 opening. Captain Schaa.lt said: "We Inexperienced doctors declare. i 1,1. ul.il.ua itntlilnir nieei. limn uli.il.

u- in more so I f.r.'gory. i Hoard of 'his utole the War with I'rlti'linrd Informed counsel em both Spain, and with bis regiment put iu a lhat. lie would deiii.inil Hial ii.i oxlrane- llir servi. at Hie ir.mt. The regiment apartment they found the rooms filled wllh a dense smoke.

In the dim llghl they saur the bodies of Ihe woman and children, and at first supposed that ihey hail been overcome by the smoke. When they pulled Mrs. Ellon from the hod, however, they saw the wouudH In her body. Then the pistol was found and the firemen realized that a tragedy had taken place. Dr.

Benson of Flower Hospital was Immediately summoned and the smoldering pillow and curtains thrown Into a pail ot water. The bodies had not been touched by tire. The woman was unconscious when Dr. Bensou examined her. He had been in the apartment but a few minutes when she gave a gasp and died.

Xo letter or anything explaining why she had done the shooting was left by Mrs. Elion. Elion. it was learned. Is an Iron- worker, and up to a week ago lived with his wife and children at 1.434 Avenue A.

Sho left him, taking with her tho girls, hut leaving with him another child, a boy. She charged him. it is said, with being untrue to her. Elion went lo the Harlem police- court on Monday and secured a summons from Magistrate Baker, returnable yesterday, for his wife, lie was unable to find her and secured another summons yesterday, returnable to-diy. It was this summons that he had when arrested.

Several neighbors said Ihey had heard a shot fired In the apartment at 11 o'clock Ibis 1 nnll.ii .1, Mrs Riinn ho Elion. the prisoner, was taken to the York- ork ville police court, nnd arraigned before Istrale Cornell, who remanded him 10 the cuslody ol Ihe Coroner. No details of ihe case w.re brought out In court. NEW ROADWAY TO BE OPENFn ivuvv nwMuniirti iu dc urcincu. More Accommodations for Pedestrian p.nd Vehicular Traffic on New Williamsburg Bridge To-morrow.

It. was announced at the Department of I Bridges to-day thai the north roadway of the Williamsburg Bridge, between the an- I choruses on boih sides of the river, would. bn thrown open to tho public to-morrow, The opening of this roadway will divert p- 1 destrlan tranic trom tne isoutn roadway and leave that roadway practically free to vehicular truffle Hoih Ihe north and houiIi roadways e'vent ually will be UBcd exclusively by trucks and other vehicle's, but Ihe early opi-nlng of the bridge and 'he fact Ibut the foot paths are not yet ready, made II necessary to uillizo Ihe south roadway, which was the only one completed when Ihe bridge win. thrown open, for both vehicular and ped.d-trian irairic. At Ihe office of Ihe Ilrldge Department it was said lhat the foot puihs of the Williamsburg ilrldge would not be ready lor line probably before May I.

Work oil tho foot paths Is being rushed as fust as possible, but there has been more or less delnv In securing paving materials, which the recent cold snaps have not helped to lessen ony. As vet no arrangements have been made for providing ironsporlatlon facilities on llpl.lir.i me new in hik'-. jeesi said this morning thai he had not entered Into negotiations wllh any of the railroad companies, wilh view lo equipping tho bridge with transit facilities, nor Is It likely that he will for two or throe months to come. The Manhattan terminal of the brldgo Is In no condition lo be utilized for switching or terminal purposes, and until It. Is.

it will be Impossible either to operate cars on tho bridge Itself or to mako connections with the transportation companies 111 Manhattan. i I pillow eases, fob-1 William I'. hupp, assls ntend-nt rlcs upon which, within day or I wo. lohacco I 'r ellvry, lole.lo. l.l.-nt i fl- (he slgna- siains hnve been made and we nsk youi'ure of Dr.

Lot-cnz lo certain Idlers oils mult. Int roduef to influence the I Mil If il was hi- would take oc SHIM IO iii.ini"" i rharire to the iurv So-li'ly mr linings nans iii n. I for defense admltlod lhat Dr. and Mrs. Lorenz had separ: ts in bank.

Henry Humphreys, It rk In Ihe lev. Hunk, id. milled ibe Tagg. ri I. 'it.

is r. -lining to Lorei.z ilei'osiiini' money us a pj.rt of tl llles of his lunik. produced 1 1 npy hooks the bunk containing Hie bank's replies i peso letters, one of which slm Hial tin- reiur 1 ii i hcck ior made- favor of C.orge ft. i se i was Improi endor: ed. Km-' lonlng brought inn ihe i.iet ihnt remittances were senl by Dr.

Lorenz -1 v-In il ik. he lnvi.rlal.lv dire-cl- I thai a portion of the sum be d. p.i:;i'... to i he account en Marina .1. Lorenz.

The wltm a ilt i for -fni dinwn In In cor of (ienrge K. Iju-ciiz ai endorsed by him over lo Ma. he The next wlln. was Mneheii's N. H.

Bauingarl her, se.relnry and treasurer of Hie Deposit and Trust Com- pany eif Westminster. Md who lesiifle.j to i Ihe depositing of the re nitlane. senl by Dr. and Mrs. Lot'iiz lo Maehen's ne -em nt wlili 1 Hint company.

The. however, said could nol identify Ma-hen's siciuituie endorsed thereon. FATAL FIRE IN VIRGINIA. Norfolk. V.i..

January 2o 'Ihe plant of Aiucrli an I'erHliz. euinpau.i, lu Pons-niouili. near Hi" tiaw yard, was totally i. l.v in 'lay, iii.illing a los, of lloo.ii i. iii" lent ft'o'ii the burning building is io have ciiisi'd several i'X-I losinns in Hie navy yard, but offlciHls rii'-ihe esplo-liins heard were gnus Bred tu f-nninion depart mcnl.

Two persons nr" Iri.poiied lo have lost their lives In tho lire. I to eoinnare hem with Cue shown you on the bolster case by Hie coiniiionwealih. "We will luriber prove to ou Hint the lnlher's' halcbct Hie slate produced as Ho-weapon with which Mabel lleehtel was kill, bull hen mi iii ii mill lasi summer, mid more lli.in lhat. we will prove to jou beyond nil doulit that lle. lilel was seen alive ou Monday, ibe day before her death.

The members of this ml family will go upon ihe witness sland and tell you frankly and freely of Hie in (heir home on Sunday. and o. -nay. iroiu uioini io 27. Tills old ami gray uiiireu oeicnuain win ui; upon that stand ami leu you all sue knows about her daughter's violent ileal h.

and then you can Judge for yourselves this woman Is the fiend she bus be. painted, or uierely a kind, old motherly iinian." Cowlev. a ifhv.sl.-ln ol Hiis cltv. called In IcsiKy conci.niitg the much dir. usse-d blood kiiiIiim.

tie Hint mi- erfiseoiile and cliemieal lesls tailed tei show blood stains on ihe carpets, h.iiehei and bedding submitted to hlni In analyze. Hut. blond was found on the- wall paper and lindcrvest. He said Hie blologic-il lest whs ii new otic in application, but not In principle, and I tin Ihe 1 profession In approaching autlou. COUPLE DIED FROM STRYCHNINE.

fllens falls. N. January The. Pv. F.hlans who perl.iruic.l the nulr.psy mr Ibe bodies ol l.ov.'l.ind and Ills wife, re.

purled lo runnier iluliia lo-day that deith was due tei -try- Inline poinoning. The stoin-acliM have bco senl to a lanoiaioiv at Albany for further uualvms..