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5 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15. 1908.

MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY. BAKER TOLO McCARREN METHODIST DEMOCRAT TOM RESCUE OF JUDAS FOUR MORGUES FILLED WITH VICTIMS OF FIRE Tor Cnroine nr Ctralne NOT TO EXPECT af, iui wpiuuio ui uiiuiim Ivloans Latter Breakfast With President Ex-Mayors to Make Speeches at the Brooklyn League's Celebration. The Brooklyn League will celebrate Its tenth anniversary on Friday evening, January 24, at the headquarters of U.

S. Grant Post, G. A. 489 Washington avenue. The league bas done a notable ten years 'of work for the best interests of Brooklyn, and it is proposed to make the coming celebration a memorable one.

All the ex-mayors of Brooklyn have been invited to deliver speeches; there will be other entertainment features, and an elaborate collation will be served at the close of the anniversary exercises. liniment Capt. Bayles Wouldn't Stand for Knock at Disciple who Betrayed His Lord. Boyertown Tragedy Most Horrible Affair That Ever Occurred in Pennsylvania. Semi-Official News From Headquarters Concerning the New Police Deputy.

Penna and Attend a Garden Party at the Embassy. WHOLE FAMILIES ARE LOST. 4,000 SAILORS VISIT RIO. JOLT FOR SOME POLITICIANS. SAID HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO.

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Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass. PR0DUCES-Sh PROMOTES- Not merely a Stimulant bnt a Food. Democrats of Suffolk in Lively Row Fleet Will Give Receptions and Hundreds of People Are Searching for Relatives Burned in the It Is Also Announced That the Senator Had Nothing to Do With the Appointment.

Over a Successor to Chairman Dusenberry Korn Won. Dances on. the Four Flagships. Opera House Fire. In Law Firm of Dykman Kuhn, Which Changes Name to Dykman, Oeland Kuhn.

WEATHER FORECAST cess of the Job; maybe I have not secured Boyertown, January 15 With the opening to-day of the four improvised morgues in which lay the victims of Monday night's theater holocaust, the inhabitants of this little borough began to realize the awful extent of the tragedy. The hand of sorrow has touched probably every family In the town and In neighboring villages. Where families were not directly affected by the terrible panto and fire through the loss of relatives they were mourning for lost friends or ac any appointments at Albany, but' It Is Isaac R. Oeland has become a partner with William Dykman and John J. Kuhn, In the law firm of Dykman, Oeland Kuhn.

The new firm will occupy the offices in the Real Estate Exchange previously occupied by the former firm of Dykman Kuhn. Mr. Oeland came to Brooklyn from Texas half a dozen yaars ago. Since then he has achieved a high standing at the bar of this department, with a special reputation as a trial lawyer. not because I have not tried.

At any rate I have never been a bolter. And I can say I am honestly glad that I can now retire. Now I trust I will not see my quaintances. The grewsome scenes fol SUGAR FRAUD CASES. lowing the disaster bring a shudder (to the stoutest heart and many of the thousands who have come as curiosity seek name so often and so prominently In the Republican press." Following this Fred Shlede of Linden-hurst and W.

W. Hubbard of Good Ground were elected secretaries, and F. S. Wright was chosen treasurer, succeeding D. Henry Brown of Hlverhead.

The latter immediately turned over $4, the amount of the wealth of the Democratic County Committee at the present time. After the selection of an executive committee tho convention adjourned. ers have gone away declaring they never Special Term of the Federal Circuit Court to Try Them Secrecy Maintained. want to witness another sight like It. The four buildings used as morgues contain 163 bodies.

The three undertak Persons desiring Information concerning tho weather, temperature or other Information can aecure It by using telephone No. 571 Mala, from A.M. to 6 P.M. week days. Nights and Sundays, 0200 Main.

Indications Until 8 P.M. Tr-rnorraw Washington, January 15 For Eastern New York: Snow In north; rain or now In south 'portion to-night and Thursday; warmer to- night; colder Thursday in southwest portion; fresh to brisk south to southwest winds. Local Probabilities. Generally fair and moderating weather to-, night and snow or rain on Thursday; fresh to brisk southwest to south winds. General Weather Sinoe yesterday morning the woather In the Gulf States and from the Mississippi Valley eastward to the Atlantic coast has remained generally fair, except In sections of New York and Pennsylvania, where there have been Bnow flurries.

The disturbance in the Northwest has moved eastward to the Upper Lake section, causing snow flurries in Montana, the and Upper Michigan, and snow and rain in Wyoming and Colorado, while the one from the Middle Pacific coast has advanced eastward to Utah, attended by rain in the Paciflo States, snow and rain in Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Colder weather prevails in New England and central and north portions of Eastern New York, with temperatures below zero in sections of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. A cold wave has overspread the extreme Northwest, attended by temperatures below zero in sections of Montana and North- Dakota, and 18 to 20 degrees below freezing In South Dakota. The weather has moderated in the West Oulf States, Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and. sections of the Lake district.

TO RUN THEIR OWN BREWERY. Queens Borough Liquor Dealers Will Start One at Once No More Half Pints. ing establishments of the borough were too small to accommodate the large number of victims, so the borough officials decided to use the high school. Undertakers from surrounding towns were pressed into service to care for the b.odles as tthey arrived from the ruins. To each body was attached a tag containing a number and with the corpse was laid any article of Jewelry or clothing that might have been In the possession of the victim.

Coroner Strasser, who has been on the scene since midnight, had expected to The South Sldo Liquor Dealers Association of tho Borough of Queens, embracing tho Rldgewood Heights, Evergreen and Glendale sections, held a meeting yes terday afternoon at Andrew Goetz's Ho open the morgues for the Identification of the dead yesterday afternoon, but the tel, In Rldgewood Heights, and plans number of dead grew so large that the undertakers, even with the augmented Tern- Pre- Tein- Pre- pera-clplta pera-ciptta Place. ture. 001 New Orleans tlon .00 .00 .00 force from other towns, were unable to properly arrange the bodies. Most of the bodies were in such condition that few of them will be recognized by the features alone. In nearly every case the upper portions of the bodies were burned.

Place. ture. Boston 18 Buffalo 30 New 32 Philadelphia 30 Washington 26 36 26 St. Louis 36 Chicago 30 Duluth 24 San Fran'co 46 Rio Janeiro, January 15 The events on the official programme to-day for the entertainment of the visiting American officers are a breakfast at the residence of President Penna at Petropolis at noon, and In the afternoon a gardon party at the American Embassy in the same suburb. Rear Admirals Thomas, Sperry and Emory will represent the fleet at the presidential function.

They set out for Petropolis early this morning. In addition to these officers the only guests of Dr. Penna will be the American Ambassador, Irving B. Dudley and Mrs. Dudley; Admiral Alencar, the Brazilian Minister of Marine; Marshal Hermes Fon-seco, the Minister of War; the Chief ot the Naval Gtaff and the members of the President's personal staff.

The officers and diplomats who will attend the garden party this afternoon will leave here later In the day. The newspapers this morning all comment favorably upon the good behavior of the Bailors who had shore liberty yesterday. The men all had a very good time, and perfect order was maintained. Not less than 4,000 men visited the city during the course of the day and evening. It Is calculated that between the buying of supplies for the ships and the money spent on shore by officers and bailors, not less than $260,000 will have been left behind In Rio by the -time the vessels sail on their way south On January 21.

These prospects are naturally very pleasing to the tradesmen of Rio Janeiro, who wish the fleet was going to stay longer. The English and American residents of the city have united for an entertainment, and to-morrow they will give a smoking concert in Fluminense Park in honor of the visiting officers. It Is rumored here this morning that the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent a telegram to Secretary Root at Washington Inviting a detachment of the fleet to visit Buenos Ayres on Its way south. Local Interest in the progress of the fleet around South America evidently is Increasing, for another report current here to-day says that the new Peruvian cruisers Almirante Grau and Bolognesi will accompany the American fleet from Peruvian waters to San Francisco. Yesterday morning the officers of the fleet went to Sylvester on special tramway cars and then continued the trip by railroad as far as the Hotel Painetras, where refreshments were served.

During the trip the Americans had ample opportunity to view the beautiful scenery which everywhere met their eye, and later when they reached the summit of Mount Corcovado a magnificent panorama spread out before them. They remained on the top of the mountain for half an hour, from which the beautiful bay and the green hills surrounding it and the city lying beneath may be seen to best advantage. On the return, about half way down the mountain, a splendid breakfast was served at the hotel, covers being laid for six hundred persons. The Minister of Marine, Admiral Alencar, presided, and on either hand sat Admirals Thomas and Emory. Other guests Included the captains of the battleships, Brazilian naval officials and prominent members of society.

A number of women occupied seats apart from the table. Music was furnished by the marine band. Admiral Maurity made a speech in English, extending greetings to the ad were formulated for the establishment ot a brewery to be run In opposition to those which have raised the price of beer. Tho meeting was well attended, there being about sixty persons present, and the question of the new brewery was thoroughly discussed. It will bo managed entirely by the liquor dealers them-lelves, who will be the only ones prlv-leged to hold stock In the concern.

The lan is a co-operative one. and the ob .00 some of them to a crisp. Because of the difficulty of identification and the attendant confusion the coroner decided to keep the morgues closed until 'to-day, Highest, 46, at San Francisco; lowest, 18, at Boston. Indicates amount too small to measure. Official Temoerarur.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14. Tenipei-i Temper- and during the morning the doors of the buildings were thrown open. Hundreds There will be a special term of the United States Circuit Court for trial of the men Indicted In the frauds In weighing sugar disclosed at the docks of the American Sugar Refinery Company some time ago. It has not as yet been decided by United States Judge Chatfleld when this term will be held, but February or March is now considered as likely. As a matter of fact, the investigation of the sugar frauds by the Federal Grand Jury is not yet complete.

Several exaggerated reports have appeared In Manhattan papers concerning these cases, and these have attributed to the Department of Justice the bringing of civil suits against the American Sugar Refining Company and other rumors of a similar nature. While it Is possible that before the investigations are finished the disclosures may implicate officials of the American Sugar Refinery Company, and while it is admitted by the United States district attorney's office that the frauds have been perpetrated upon an extensive scale, the investigations are not so far advanced as to say definitely to what they may lead. There Is no secrecy maintained regarding the gravity of the frauds by which the customs receipts have been materially lessened, but there have thus far been no facts upon which to base some of the conclusions that have been arrived at and published in certain quarters. United States District Attorney William J. Youngs, who went to Washington yesterday upon seevral matters of public and private business, it can-be authoritatively stated, did not go for the sole purpose of conferring with officials of the Department of Justice upon the sugar cages, if, tndefed, these formed any part of the reasons' for his trip.

Furthermore, no additional indictments of sugar company officials or employes are at the present time contemplated by the Federal Grand Jury, although before its investigations are complete there is the possibility of additional indictments. WHY HE PACKED A GUN. Ryberg Told a Plausible Story, but Court Was Skeptical. Pined $25. ject Ib to manufacture beer so that it can of people were waiting at each place to ature 3 P.M 361 8 P.M.

ature 30 get a look at the bodies in the hope of finding the remains of loved ones. Perfect order was maintained. At each of 4 P.M 36 P.M. 5 P.M. 10 P.M the morgues a detail of the state police was on duty to keep the crowds moving.

There was a semi-authorized report around local Police Headquarters to-day that Deputy Commissioner Baker bad "turned down" Patrick H. McCarren, and that the senator, while he might call on Mr. Baker In a friendly and a neighborly way, could not get any favors from him In the way of transfers and such, and. further, that be had been given to understand that the Police Department, so far as Brooklyn end Queens are concerned, would be divorced from politics. This report did not come in a roundabout way at all, although Mr.

Baker did not sea the reporters about it, and so the people of Brooklyn may as well understand that this so not a rumrtr in any way, but a ghastly fact from the politician's way of looking at things. There was more semi-authorized Information. One point to be made clear was that Senator McCarren was not In the slightest degree responsible for the presence of Deputy Commissioner Baker in the position of boss at local Police Headquarters. The facts were not given out in full, but it 'did come out that the selection of Mr. Baker for the work came through Commissioner Bingham.

Thi8 was the way: Mr. Baker met General Bingham one day In Manhattan and Mr. Bingham wanted to know from Mr. Baker how he would like to be deputy police commissioner. Mr.

Baker thought he would like it very much, as who should not, with an advance in the envelope of $1,000 a year, and an automobile, and a wagon, and Important police persons at one's beck and call? So that Is how It came about, and a shrewd guess that General Bingham was glad to got rid of Mr. O'Keeffe may not be so much of a guess after all. General Bingham fixed Mr. O'Keeffo up with an autograph letter, lauding his work in the place, and that seemed to be sufficient for all purposes. Then Mr.

O'Keeffe was made a civil service commissioner, filling the gap that the withdrawal of Mr. Baker would make In that office, so everything was all right. It would seem that Mr. Baker Is not at all pleased with the suggestion that Senator McCarren was his sponsor and thit McCarren would have something to say about the department over here. So, not directly from himself, but In such a way that there might be no misunderstanding about It, the statement was given out (his morning that Senator McCarren'a visit to Mr.

Baker on the day that he took office was brief, and for reasons. It was to be understood that Mr. McCarren was given in the most direct way the information that Mr, Baker intended to run the department, so far as Brooklyn Is concerned, for Brooklyn and for the taxpayers at large, and not for political leaders. And if any changes were to be made, they were to be for the benefit of the public and not to prop up the pedestals on which any political or district leader, be he Democrat or Republican, might roost. There Is every reason to believe that Mr Baker has been turning down some of the leaders, Including his own district chief, for there have been few visitor of that sort since Monday.

They were around in force on Friday and on Saturday, and there was a falling off on Monday, and a still greater diminution on Tuesday. And this morning not a soul could be seen who might be said to lead anything or anybody. "Without any authority," Baid one of Mr Baker's friends this morning, "I wish It to be understood that the new deputy police commissioner is not going to run the police force In Brooklyn for any politician and he has already told a number of the leaders so. You will notice that thoy are not around much this morning" an expressive wink followed this. "They have been turned down.

Mr. Baker is not going to make any changes until he can look about him, and these changes will be mado for the benefit of the people and not for politicians. Don't say, please, 'for the benefit of tho which is stereotyped and hackneyed, but for the-people of Brooklyn and the best of Brooklyn. That Is what Mr. Baker means.

86U P.M 3412 (Midnight) WEDNESDAY. JANUARY IB. As quickly as identifications were made 8 A.M 33 9 A.M 33 the bodies were turned over to undertakers for removal to the homes of the 6 P.M. 7 P.M. 1 A.M.

2 A.M. 3 A.M. 4 A.M. 5 A.M. 6 A.M.

7 A.M. 10 A.M 36 victims. be sold at the original price, or even ower. It Is not proposed to erect a brewery but to lease a building suitable for the purpose and begin operations at once. The plans will be perfected at a meeting to be beld on Friday afternoon at William Loebelenz's Hotel, Cypress avenue and Grove street.

It was decided to do away with the selling of half pints, and notices to that effect will be printed and posted In the saloons of all the members of the association. What is known as the L. D. scale of measurement was adopted to replace the pint measure. The sralo is an.

appliance for measuring beer. It is some what smaller than a pint, and sells fof 10 cents. It Just offBcts the increase ol 11 A.M. 37 12 Nnon) 40 (Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. January 15 Contrary to expectations and statements the annual meeting of the Democratic County Committee here yesterday afternoon was not characterized by harmony.

Instead, it was about as lively a session as was ever held in the county. Chairman Dusenberry announced at the outset that it would be a harmonious meeting, but he started the disorder a few minutes later by refusing to recognize proxies beld by ex-Congressman Henry A. Reeves of Greenport, and Robert W. Penny of Flanders. Mr.

Reeves Is a member of the committee, but gave Mr. Penny authority to vote for bim, while he represented Charles W. Gordon of Fisher's Island, who could not attend. There was a lively row In progress In a moment, with everybody, almost, talking, or trying to talk, at once. Chairman Dusenberry ruled that Mr.

Reeves, being already a member of the committee, could not act as proxy for any other member. "This is beating tho dovll around the bush to get two more votes. This is double dealing. This committee will not countenance such things, and never has," he said. An appeal from tho chair was taken, and Mr.

Dusen-berry's ruling was snowed undor only sixteen out of the seventy committeemen upholding the chair's ruling. When the roll call was completed, Mr. Reeves presented the name of Lewis W. Korn of Southold, to be chairman of the committee for 1908. The nomination speech was Beconded by Thomas P.

Bren-nan of Patchogue. Eugene Lane of Manorville was nominated, also. The fun began In earnest when Evelyn' S. Gar-nett, a lawyer of Peconlc, jumped up and seconded the nomination of Mr. Lane in a speech, in which he said that In seconding Mr.

Lane's nomination he had nothing personally to say against Mr. Korn, but against the clique behind him. "He is being put forward by three or four discredited Democrats, one of them an embezzler; by five or six seml-Democratlc supervisors and by a double-dyed Judas Iscarlot." This turned the convention into an uproar. Later the reporters attempted to learn from Mr. Garnett, to whom he referred In denouncing one as an embezzler.

"Oh, I won't call any names," said he, "for I don't want to be sued for slander." "Here goes Judas, though," he added as a western Suffolk Democrat walked through the convention hall. Up jumped Captain Charles A. Bayles of Brookhaven town. "Mister Is-ca-rat," be began, with an emphasis on the first and last syllables, "was one of God's chosen people. He did what he did because he could not help himself.

Judas Is-ca-rat merely followed out Christ's Instructions. Judas Is-ca-rat was told to do Just exactly what he did do; Christ said one of His disciples would do Just that thing, and It fell to the lot of Judas Is-ca-rat to do It. I am a good member of the Methodist Church. I have read a good deal about Judas Is-ca-rat, and I know he only did as he had to because he could not help it." By this time pandemonium had broken loose. Lawyer Garnett was protesting to the chair that he bad not said a word about any man named Is-ca-rat, and he was trying to raise a point of order, and at the same time the other membets of the convention were applauding the Methodist member for his rather novel defense of the man who betrayed the Saviour.

After the noise had somewhat subsided Chairman Dusenberry disposed of the Judas Iscariot part of It thusly: "Well, he did what he did and then went out. and hanged himself; so we'll let the matter rest there." After thla a ballot was taken on the two candidates, and Mr. Korn received 45 votes and Mr. Lnno got 22. Thereupon Lawyer Garnett moved to make the election of Mr.

Korn unanimous, but the chair ruled that Mr. Lane was the party who should have first say as to that privilege. Mr. Lane was on his feet endeavoring to got recognized when Mr. Garnett announced his motion.

Mr. Lane promptly made the motion and It was heartily carried. Mr. Korn was eseortd to the chair amid applause. Then Mr.

Dusenberry made a short speech relinquishing the gavel to his successor. The words he bald at that tlmo caused a veteran Democratic warhoruo, who sat near the Eagle reporter, to say In quite an audibli' aside: "That's tho best thing you've said to-day." There was further fun In store for tho convention. Someone made a motion that a resolution bo passed thanking Mr. Dusenberry for the honorable way he had conducted the chairmanship. This resolution was adopted unanimously.

Mr. Dusenberry, in thanking the convention, replied: "Maybe I have not made a howling suc- 1 P.M 41 2 P.M 40 Jacob Johnson, who was badly hurt In the mad rush for exit from the burning building, died this morning. Coroner Strasser is making an investi Average temperature to-day, 34. gation preliminary to the official inquest. HIGH WAT2B.

It was the saddest picture I ever looked upon," he said. "No living soul can depict the scene. It was simply In Durat'n of Rise I Pail H.M. H.M. TlmelHIgh TlmelHIghl H.M.

Peet H.M. Peet I II a barrel which tho liquor dealers art describable. I shall make a thorough Investigation leading up to what I consider the most horrible affair that ever occurred In Eastern Pennsylvania." New 7:16 I 4.7 I 3.7 5:64 I 6:35 Sandy Hook. 6:45 4.3 3.8 1 6:08 :35 The coroners attention was called to the fact that oil lamps were used for now iorced to pay for beer. A committee was appointed to contract for a large quantity of the appliances.

Another meeting will bo held by the association on Thursday afternoon in Hofmann's Hotel, Cooper avenue, Glendale. The minutes of the meetings are to be printed and sent to every saloonkeeper in Rldgewood, Evergreen and Glendale. SHIP NEWS. footlights in the opera house in place of a stationary Illumination. He said he would make a thorough inquiry.

But two members of the cast ho far as can be learned were killed. This Is 1,500 PUPILS ON PART TIME. Kidgewood Heights Parents Are to Hold a Meeting to Demand Improved Conditions. Charged with carrying concealed weapons, Albert Ryberg, an elevator operator In a Manhattan skyscraper, who resides at 520 Benedict avenue, Woodhaven, was arraigned yesterday in the Court of' Special Sessions, Jamaica, and told a frank story to Justify himself. Under the auspices of the Ridgewood Heights Improvement Association a mass He said that on the night of December 20, while he was alone In his home, he meeting will be held next Monday even Arrived at New York To-day.

Delaware, from Philadelphia. Samland, from Antwerp. i i ffo Progreeo. Ocean Monarch, from Yokohama. Matanzaa, from Tampico.

Nicholas Cuneo. from Port Antonio. from Galveston. El Rio. from Galveston.

Dora, from Havana. Arrived at Foreign Ports To-day. Leghorn Perugia, from New York, rtiez Monica, from New York. Hongkong Wray Castle, from New York. Gibraltar Napolltan Prince, from New York.

Bristol New York City, from New York. Bailed From Foreign Ports To-day. Cardiff Sprlngburn, for New York. Mojl Jenserlc. for New York.

Southampton Adriatic, for New York. Sailed From New York To-day. Admiral, for Port Antonio. Plerawa, for Newport News. Frltzoe, for Hamburg.

Larimer, for Port Arthur. Vaderland, for Antwerp. Steamships Due To-morrow. From. Sailed.

Majestic Southampton 8 Koln Bremen Jan. 4 Grenada Port Spain Jan. 8 Bermudlan Bermuda Jan. 14 Momus New Orleans 11 City of Columbus Savannah Jan. 13 ing in the assembly hull of Public School heard a noise as of someone gainlne en at Cypress avenue, Ralph and llleecker streets, to protest aualnst.

the trance through a front window down stairs. He declared he went Into his number of part time classes In the Rldgewood Heights schools and to riYrnunri thn brother's room, seized a revolver and made search of the house from onllar to garret, but could find no one about. Tuck ing me revolver away in his hip pocket, Ryberg said, he then went out for a little walk. Later he Rtpnnpri IntA a idIaah a drink. As he emerged from the saloon mirals and other officers of the American fleet.

He referred to the warmth of the welcome which Brazilians had extended to the visitors and prayed for the health and prosperity of the sister navy, "one of the mightiest and most Illustrious, whose sacred emblem, God grant, may float side by side with ours forever and forever for the benefit of universal peace and the good of mankind." A little girl then recited some lines of salutation to America. Admiral Thomas touched upon the progress of Brazil and its splendid future and spoke words of nralse of the Brazilian navy. Admiral Alencar ended an eloquent speech of greeting by offering a toast to he health of President Roosevelt amid great applause. The band played the American and Brazilian national anthems, and the name of Roosevelt was loudly cheered in conjunction with that of the United States. Tbi American and Brazilian officers were photographed together in groups after the breakfast and about 4 o'clock the party returned to the city, with much establishing of full time classes.

Olllclals of the Hoard of Education will be present, and every parent who has a child on part time either in School No. 81 or School No. 73, at Hluecker street and Covert avenue. Is Invited to bo present. It Is said that there are ovur 1,500 children on part time in both schools.

Tho meeting Is lo be held In the school because it was decided that the association's quarters would not be large enough. i-iuiueioines uracer reaerlck libbers arrested him, noticing a suspicious bulge in uis uuuh. pucitet. Ryberg was found guilty and fined $25, MANHATTAN LIFE INS. CO.

Annual Statement Show3 Large In HORTICULTURISTS TO DINE. (Special to the Eagle.) Glen Cove, L. January 15 The plans NEWSBOYS TO BURY HIM. Newsdealer, Charles Atwood Was Popular "With the Newsies of South Brooklyn. for the annual dinner of the Nassau County Horticultural Society are being Tho appointment of Mr.

Hart as Baker's secretary was not a political appointment, crease in Assets and Surplus. The annual statement of the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, which appears elsewhere In the Eagle, shows that notwithstanding the Insurance and financial depression there bas been a hand perfected by I ho committee, which In- cheering for both countries. and the changes that are to come will not be made for tho benefit of politicians. ludes S. J.

Trepans, II. K. Meyer and 'You will notice that Senator McCarren Krnest. O. Hronn.

The date has been flxd for Wednesday, January lill, at 4 has not been here at police headquarters P.M., and the the Oriental Hotel. since last Friday. He was given to under dtife to the 'precaution' taken by Mrs. Delia Mayer. She had a' premonition that something would happen.

At a luncheon given to the members of the cast In the hall several daya ago she said she feared There1 ought to be a means of escape, she Said. The rear entrance was spoken of and at her suggestion the doors were taken off the hinges so that in case of accident egress could easily be accomplished. Henry W. Fischer of Carlisle, the operator of the calcium light which was the original cause of the terrible disaster, made his escape from the burning building, though not without first receiving severe burns. Mr.

Fischer said: "The accident to the calcium light was caused by a cap on one of the tankn blowing out. This caused a sharp report and flash which startled the people In the audience. "I stuck to my apparatus and finally got the leak repaired, and succeeded in quieting the alarmed people. Just as I had them calmed the foolish action of some thoroughly frightened and wild person on the stage caused the oversetting of the footlight lamps and the consequent spread of the flames, which nothing could avert. Not until then did I desert my post and seek my own safety in flight." That the victims were not confined to residents of Boyertown was shown by the number of unclaimed teams at the hotels.

Fully forty teams remained uncalled for in the stables yesterday, and the hostlers said they belonged to people residing within a radius of five or six' miles of Boyertown who drove to this place on Monday with their families to witness the production of "The Scottish Reformation." There is no clew to the identity of the owners of a number of the teams. The merry parties of four and six that drove into Boyertown in these teams are believed to be among the unidentified dead In the various morgues. Boyertown is bearing up bravely under the heavy burden of sorrow which has stricken many homes. Seventeen of the victims resided in one row of houses near the scene of the disaster. By order of the town burgess, all the saloons In the town, which were closed at 6 A.M.

yesterday because of disorder among drunken men, will remain closed until further notice. The majority of the residents are Btaylng in their homes. The few that are walking the Btreets are doing so out of despair. What Mrs. H.

E. Munroe Says. Mrs. H. E.

Munroe of Washington, D. author of the "Scottish Reformation," who was In WIIkes-Barre, when the disaster happened, has arrived here. In her room at the Union Hotel to-day she was found, plunged In grief over the loss of her sister, Mrs. Delia Mayers, the lecturer; the ruin of her property and the calamity that has befallen the town. "I am nearly 70 years old," she said.

"I have been in the entertainment business for a quarter of a century. This terrible affair has blasted my life. My poor sister was a lovely woman and ao accomplished lecturer. In Monday night's Are I lost $7,000 worth of stereopticon pictures, accumulated during years of travel abroad, and $3,000 worth of costumes. We always furnish our costumes for the local talent in the towns in which we appear.

"Mrs. Mayers. I am told, was killed I some increase in assets and also In the contingent reserve fund (surplus). The There will be a number of invited guests. There will be.

instrumental music, a Already the officers of the fleet, have begun to arrange an entertainment in return for the many reception? given In their honor. This will take the form of a reception and probably a dance on board the four flagships. Rear Admiral Evans, who has been suffering from rheumatism for the past few days, has improved considerably since toast list and other features. total assets of the company now amount to over $20,000,000. Ever since the be stand that Mr Baker did not want outside Interference In the management of the office Mr Baker will receive all his friends, political and otherwise, courteously, but he will not have any one In ginning of the financllal depression the AMUSEMENTS.

politics dictate to him In changes in ill" company has been loaning liberally on Its policies, and has largely increased the item of policy loans and Hens, as police force." The announcement is made that the Ar AMTJSEMENTS. So far Mr Baker has not marie any gentine Republic will send a division at BIJOU will be seen from the company's annual statement. warships to meet the American fleet off Patagonia, and that send a vrfc. nun cum ORPHEUM Week Jim. 18 MAT.

DAILY changes, nor has he discussed tho force and its condition In any way, simply because ho has not as yet taken his bearings. Before he does anything, he will visit all of the police stations and Ami wniku vnMLL LEAD THEM PARIS FASHIONS UP TO DATE. division, with the battleship Capitan Prat as flagship, to meet the Americans and escort them as far as Arlca. The. newsboys of South Brooklyn were greatly saddened this morning to learn of the death of Charles Atwood, who for years has conducted the news stand beneath the elevated station at Fifth avenue and Third street.

Atwood was lame. One day when he went to get htB papers a wagon knocked htm down and cut off his right exposure of the present winter proved too much for the patient newsboy, who never deserted his stand. Atwood has been suffering from tlon, his friends believe, for some time. Last night at 8 o'clock his suffering became so acute that Ambulance Surgeon Kiel Was summoned from the Seney Hospital. Just as the ambulance pulled up before the hospital Atwood died.

The body was taken to the Bergen street police station. The South Brooklyn newsboys have decided to bury him. Atwood was 33 years of age, unmarried, and made his home at Fulton street. FAMILY NEARLY DEAD, Vl Wffk Til LOST III KTHKI, LEVEY KNOWLES A I A TS. Ul La I 'IT 1 1 HI.

A- VI. From the Eagle Paris Bureau, 61 Rue Cambon, through the courtesy of Abraham 4 Straus. HORACE COLDIN BIG HOUSE ON ITS TRAVELS. out how things are. Then he may make a statement for the press Yesterday he went to the Fulton street, the Butler street, the Hamilton avenue and the Adams street stations It Is his purpose i to visit a few each day to look thingB over, get acquainted and draw his own Sunday hYght LEW WELCH in CONCERT i THE SHOEMAKER fit WVeU 1 Pilar 'ITinralfin 1II, IIINS JIIWS RYAN-MICHFIELD Being Moved Through L.

I. City to conclusions from the standpoint of per sonal observation. Facilitate Work on Connecting Railroad. Al.limO CAIMT1IM I0AI.I A C'AHSOV A IITIQI.LI VITAI.lt A I'll OLYMPIC I GIRL FROM HAPPYLAND My Smoking At 1 o'clock this morning a three story JOE WELCH CO. brick house began its Journey across the STAR DAINTY DUCHESS o'uVn'f COMPANY I t-rmlttf il.

F. x'rt A von 'om 4 trolley tracks on Stelnway avenue at Frankfort street, Long Island City, and MONTAUK wkTii.fsat. it will be kept moving until It reaches CAYETY PHIL HEHIDAm'S i city spirts 'on Kxtr Kill Nolan Tm-ip JOHN a new foundation at Potter and Eleventh in MY WIFE avenues, where it will rest until it has to be moved again or is torn down. DREW The house Is extremely large and Is the first building to be moved to make PAR LADY BIRDS Opi. City Hull Krl.l.iv Mslil AMATEURS way for the tracks of the New York Connecting Railroad Complny, which will connect the tracks through the Pennsyl I'rleeai BOc, 7Ac, 1 unci I.r Next VvPk Eleanor Kobson, "Halomy Jan-" 0 A RJ Mo, Thurs 2.

Jt (Mll Mai. RatimlHV. IW IM'IIKCKDKM'Sn arret; OK TIIH ABORN OPERA CO. In Smith Herhfrt'N I'npnlnr Oprn THE FORTUNE TELLER Kvn. IS, 36.

m. M. Next wk. Tho Mlka'lo vania tunnels with thosu of the New GOODWIN AT THE BROADWAY. Nat C.

Goodwin and his company appeared in the popular play, "A Gilded Fool." at the Broadway Theater last night. This comedy drama by Henry Guy Carleton, is one of the best In Mr. Goodwin's repertoire, as the character ot Chauncey Short, the young millionaire who apparently knows nothing of business, gives Mr. Goodwin a chance to display his powers as a comedian. The play, with Its conventional villain, who Is unmasked in the last act by the conventional detective, seems a little bit old-fashioned In these days of flying machines and subway trains, but the lines are bright and there Is a pretty love story running through it.

Mr. Goodwin gives an easy and finished piece of acting as the hero. Edna Goodrich as the heroine very pleasing to look upon and is natural and convincing in the part of Margaret Ruthven. Henry Bergman Is excellent as the villainous hanker who tries to ruin his friends. H.

O. Lonsdale Is capital as the English missionary who turns out to be a detective from Scotland Yard. A. Hylton Allen and Oza Waldrop are very good as the two knowing youthful lovers. Nell O'Brien as a valet, and R.

W. Tucker as a butler are quite amus York and New England Railroad Company In the Bronx. The Connecting Railroad will cross the East River at Astoria on a bridge to be MAJESTIC s-VrViv EDGAR SELWYIM STROIMGHEART Sun (lny Mnt. Mini ii PXYo' ikk vkk ni, A LADY OF QUALITY Mnlinrr Dully. Ill, -Jll.

rxt Werk Tlir Hi'Mrt of erected by the company, and for its use only. The bridge will have piers on both Theatre Ward's and Randall's Islands and will span not only the East River, but Little UOCTtUXS LBU HIGH IIYAY4HtTU Vl Hell Gate and the Kills. While as yet no work has been done Shearer Discovered Wife and CM1-dre nin Nick of Time. Mrs. Catherine Shearer and her two John and James, aged 8 and 8, respectively, were nearly asphyxiated this morning at their home, at 434 Forty-flMt street.

South Brooklyn. They were discovered unconscious in bed by the husband and father, Archibald Shearer, who had risen earlier the rest to take a walk before breakfast. The gas In the kitchen had been turned on by John, who had been sent out to the kitchen to heat some water and he had failed to turn it out properly. All were attended by Ambulance Surgeon Spelman of the Norwegian Hospital. HUGHES CLUB AT UNIVERSITY.

Providence. R. January lo At a smoker held by the Senior Class of Brown University in the Brown Union laBt night, the first steps toward the formation of a Hughes Club were taken. The president of the class was authorized to appoint a committee to form a club, the purpose of which will be to boom Oovernor Charles E. Hughes of New York as Republican candidate for President of the- United StaleB.

This action was taken as a result of President W. H. P. Faunce's recent suggestion that the studerts take some action along this line, on the roadbed, the company has had many agents busv for months buying up MANHATTAN AMUSEMENTS. NAT G.

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A land and getting the right or way. Once a change was marie, owing to some opposition, and speculators who had secured options at high rates woke up to find themselves left in the lurch. avid CTIIYVrCXUT w-m nth St. HKI.ASCn'S OlUIIWIini n.sr H'way Kvi-ii, Miillni-r Sutiirilny nt DA VI A' UJ OTIC I rt A (irn ml prlnts DAVID nAnrlLLU Army Mnn while trying to avoid the disaster. She had stooped on the stage and was lifting two of the oil lamps to carry them out, when some one pushed her from behind.

She pitched forward and was lost. We have found no trace of her body. She had a husband, J. J. Mayers, at her home In Quarry, Col.

I have telegraphed him. but he cannot come on. There Is no need of it. There is nothing left of his poor wife to take back home." Burgess Kohler bas issued a call to the townspeople to attend a mass meeting to-night for the purpose of ado.nlng a plan for public burial of unidentified victims. A date for public religious services in memory of the dead will also be decided upon.

The burgess has also announced to-day the appointment of an emergency committee and a permanent relief committee. The latter will take immediate steps to aid ail families, either with money, or In preparing their dead for bur'al. The relief committee will take charge of nil contributions received from other Cities. ing. "A Glided Fool" will be repeated I DCI ItPA Wmt Mil Kvp this evening.

MattfK'H Thui 2:15 CARPENTER FELL FORTY FEET. As a result of a fall of 40 feet, yester IjtL. I'l bi Ml-' 'J BOOOLE THE BOY f.ir Warrens of Virginia pr'-rit S'' would l. WAX. NOVELTY I.

DAILY Souv Mat. Wed. Amateurs Frl. Howard's I'-mls Tips, Wa.erbtiry lim T'-nriy. Itaymond fit Cav.Tly, Ths Tysons, I.i'o.

Curllio, The Kemps, uthirji. EDEN! Hungarian Orchestra. day afternoon, Frederick Kuntz. 47 years old, a carpenter, residing at 04 West avenue. Long Island City, Is to-day lying In the Brooklyn Hospital in a critical condition.

He was working on the bridge CINEMATOGRAPH BEOOKLYNITE IN PARIS. Eagle Bureau, 53 Rue Cambon. January 16 The following Brooklvnlte has registered at the Eagle Bureau: Valma C. Berg Hansen. Others registered are Albert Sutherland, Edward Sutherland, Manhattan.

r.flTHAM Pat It'joney Marlon iVnt. Il'lle Davis ft HIPPOD RO y.v.fv Dallv Mhiii 2. Bent F.v S. 2s- li fl Hattlr of I Thr h'niir I The V'tnt Arthur 1 Sensuus 1 CuruUal at atxtn and Atlantic avenues wben he fell. Ambulance Surgeon Anderson found that besides Internal injuries the man had received several others.

Coat and sk.rt ot brown cloth; plain circular skirt; brown braid and velvet on coat, nil. ii.ni. i nafflji'n M-iki-vs. Souv Mat. Frl.

JIMamnnd mh, Amateurs Wed, luarner, others. 4 Si.