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lilllH I III' Lfc THE OKLYN DAI JUJEj. LAST EDITION. NEW YORK CITY, SATURDAY. AUGUST 19. 1903.

'--VOL. GO. NO. 229. 18 PAGES, INCLUDING PICTURE SECTION.

THREE CENTS. BRO LY EAG LOCAL WKATHKIt PltOlMnil.n IKS. Partly cloudy to-nlulu, on Snnday, hnivrrai frrnh ram to unnlh wind. I BLUI IRTIN LITTLETON'S AUTO SMASHED 1 THE BRIDOE. PRESIDENT TRIES TO SAVE PEACE Sliie GUESTS OUSTED? FERE JUST BEFORE DIl STEAMER ASHOPE NEAR BATH, ME Passengers on Ransom B.

Fuller Landed in Small Boats. Bath, August 19 The steamer Ransom B. Fuller, of the Eastern Steamship Company, Kennebec division, grounded in a thick fog to-day in the Kennebec River, below ih. She went on harii an 1 fast at 'ow tide. The passengers were removed by small steamers from which had been summoned by men who haJ rowel ashore from the Fuller.

It is expected that the Fuller will float at high tide. i HELD UP ON GREENPOLNT AVE. Assaulted and Bobbed by Gang Called "Kent Street Savages." Thomas Manning, of 95 Sutton street, was assaulted and robbed early this morning as he walked out of a saloon on Greenpolnt avenue, near Kckford street. Members of a gang of toughs, who called themselves the "Kent Street Savages." who saw Manning change a tea dollar bill in paying for a drink, are believed to have followed him from the saloon and waylaid him. Patrolman Burke, of the Greenpolnt avenue station, arrested a man who said he was William Rellly and gave a fictitious address.

He was held in the Manhattan avenue court this morning for examination. Manning was unable to appear. In resisting the toughs who robbed him he was beaten over the head with a blackjack and so badly Injured that It will be a week before he can leave his bed. AMBULANCE STP.UCK BY CAR. Doctor and Driver Thrown Out Patient Not Disturbed.

The Long Island College ambulance was struck by a Crosstown car at Degraw and Columbia streets last night, when removing Olaf Olsen. who had been Injured at f0t 0f street, to his home at 605 Henry street. The driver. Tom Rick-ert, and Ambulance Surgeon J. Goldsmith, were thrown and shocked.

The ambulance was not overturned and Olsen the Injured man, was not much disturbed by the collision. UHREN TELEPHONED TOO OFTEN Broker Got Into Trouble Through Following Up Address Given by a New Acquaintance. BeBrnard Uhren, 28 years old. a broker, of 32 Broadway, and living at Eighty-sixth Btreet and Broadway, Manhattan, was a defendant In the Harlem court to-day before Magistrate Wahle. charged with annoying Mrs.

Edward H. Johnson, of 353 West One Hundred and Seventeenth street, by calling for her repeatedly over the telephone, trying to make appointments with her. Uhren was arrested yesterday afternoon at One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Morningside avenue, having made an ap-to meet her there. In court Uhren told the following story: "Last Saturday afternoon, while on a cross-town Fifty-ninth street car I met a woman whose acquaintance I made We visited several places and finally she gave me her card, which read. 'Mrs.

Edward Johnson." She had several similar cards, bhe gave mo the telephone number of 1264 R. Morning, and said I could telephone her there. I telephoned that number several times during the week and always got an answer that Mrs. Johnson was either 111 or not at home. Yesterday I was called up by phone supposedly by Mrs.

Johnson, and she made an appointment with me for One Hundred and Sixteenth street and Morningside avenue. I went there. I saw no one and o.i. waning a wnne started to walk through One Hundred and Sixteenth street when I was arrested. I believed that the woman I was with was Mrs.

Johnson or I would not have annoyed her by telephoning. 8he Mrs. Johnson wag not in court but her husband was present and made the charee Dh7 fr He said that 1'hrln inrt rew tlrei of it h2 be appointment so that he could he arrested He said It could not possibly have been Mrs. Johnson who I'hren was with as Johnson said she had been ill in bed for three weeks. He could not account for the several cards that the woman had.

however. twBfiVrate sallI; "Thpre rroof uiat th man Is the one who has been doing the telephoning. There must be positive proof I cannot entertain the complaint under the circumstances. I will dismiss the case reprimanding the defendant. Mr Uhren you must not make calls by telephone and especially must not telephone anymore to Mrs.

Uhren promised and was discharged. LEFT BABY AT DAY NURSERY. Police Looking for Person Who Abandoned Preuj, Drsssei Infant in Flushing. (Special to the Eagle.) Flushing, L. August IP The police of this place are seeking to discover the identity of the person who left a 'baby at the day nursery In Jamaica avenue last evening.

This nursery is maintained by the United Workers, a charity organization, and cares for the children of working women while they are out at. service. At 8:30 last evening, while Miss May Miller, one of the nurses, was sitting in tho veranda, she heard a cry and upon Investigation found the baby behind a bush at the end of the veranda. The baby is a healthy male child, aopar-ently about two weeks old, has light hair and blue eyes and wore a blue and gray striped white coat, white flannel petticoat and skirt and on Its head was a napkin, with tho number 1G and the Initials or The police were notified and the child was removed to the City Nursery, at 63 DeKalb avenue, Brooklyn. The place where the baby was found Is on the line of all the trolluvs coming into Flushing, and the theory of the police is that the child was brought from out of town and left at the nursery by some one who knew that children were cared for there.

WOMEN WERE HIS DOWNFALL Patrick J. Kelly, Head Porter in a De partment Store, Admits Robbing His Employers. Patrick J. Kelly pleaded guilty In the Adams street court this morning to a charge that he had stolen a quantity of articles, fob chains, neckties and Jewelry, from a department store on Fulton street, where he was employed, and he was held by Magistrate Tlghe for the Court of Special Sessions. Kelly was dejected when he was arraigned In court, and said that as be has been "caught with the goods on" It was Just as well to admit It, and "take the medicine" lhat was coming to him.

Kelly Is the young man who was arrested yesterday afternoon In Goodsteln's pawn shop while he was about to pledge some new silverware. Detective Frank Carberry chanced to be In the pawnshop and ques tioned him. He finally found out that Kelly roomed on Schermerhorn street, near Saeng-erbund Hall, and an examination of the apartment developed the fact that it was Btuffcd with stolen property. Then the police found that Kelly had been a porter, and later head porter. In one of the department stores on upper Fulton street, and had been stealing with system from his employers.

He had something like $400 worth of articles In his room, and all of these, he admitted, he had stolen, but the charge against him was simply one of petty larceny. "I might as well admit this." said Kelly to an Eagle reporter this morning. "I came from Sag Harbor two years ago and got work. But I fell In with somo fnst young women, and the money I earned was not to keep thincs going." HURT IN COLLISION WITH CAR. O'Reilly, 25 year-- old.

of Pay Klibre avenue and Shore road, while driving at Twenty-sixth street and Third avenue last night was thrown from his rig In a collision with a Third avenue car. O'Reilly was removed to the Norwegian Hospital by Ambulance Surgeon Livingston, suffering from contusions of tho back. MICE CAUSED $25,000 FIRE. Philadelphia, August 19 The Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, a brick edifice at Forty-seventh street and Cedar avenue, West Philadelphia, was destroyed by Are to-day, entailing a less of $25,000. The fire Is "believed to have been caused by mice nibbling matches.

DELAYS BRIDGE TERHHUIL For a Second Time a Resolution of the Board of Estimate Is Worthless. ALL HANDS DODGING DLAME. Nobody Seems to Know How to Draft a Resolution That Will Do the Trick. For the second time an error has been made In drafting the resolutions by which the Board of Estimate authorizes the construction of the subway terminal at the Manhattan end of the Williamsburg Bridge. The resolutions adopted will again have to be rescinded, and it Is probable that a special meeting of the board will be called to adopt a third set of resolutions.

Teh first time, the board failed to condemn the right strip of property, whereas this time, while the description of the properly required Is correct, it has been condemned ior "bridge purposes," instead of for "street purposes." To carry out the work under the resolution as it Is now framed would subject the city to heavy damages and would largely Increase the expense of the undertaking. Tho result of the mistake will be a delay In the completion of the terminal. in excuse of their first error the officials of the different departmeuts said that tho resolutions had been drafted hurriedly and had been carefully considered before adoption, because of the urgent need of haste. The plans for the subway terminal were adopted as a compromise between Controller Grout and the Bridge Department. The Bridgo Department had presented plans to the Board of Estimate for a temporary terminal building to cost $500,000.

This was opposed by the Controller who said he would object to anything that obstructed the use of the Williamsburg Bridge as a continuous highway. The engineers of Borough President Abeam thereupon suggested the subway rTnina! providing for the construction of irolley loops and an elevated railroad terminal under the bridge plaza at Delancy street. The plan met with universal approval and was ratified at the meeting of the Board on July 14, this being 'he last meeting prior to the summer adjournment. Within a week after the resolutions were adopted it was found that they had been incorrectly framed. At a speeial meeting of the Board of Estimate, held several weeks later, they were rescinded and new resolutions were adopted.

This second set of resolutions was examined by the officials of the Finance Department and the Bridge Department and was also approved by the Corporation Counsel's office before adoption. It was stated that special care had been taken with the resolutions in order to avoid the chance of error. Notwithstanding these precautions, however, a very serious mistake was made. Several days ago one of the assistants of the Corporation Counsel called the attention of Chief Engineer Nichols of the Bridge Department to the fact that a fifty foot strip of land between Norfolk and Suffolk streets, Onlv a r.nrt nf which n-ilt ha terminal, had been condemned for "bridge puMiurcn. i ne remainder of this fifty fool 'V' "eiancey street for sev-erul blocks had previously been condemned for "street purposes." The construction of the terminal will only require a ten foot strip of this property, it having been the intention to leave the remaining forty feet for a roadway.

According to the Corporation Counsel, tho resolution should have taken this strip for street purposes and a second resolution should have been adopted to close that part of the condemned strip which will be needed for the terminal This would have left the city with the continuous forty foot roadway which will be necessary to afford property owners along Su'-folk and Norfolk streets direct egress to the tTioee plazj The officials of the Bridge Department disclaim any responsibility for the error and nold the Board of Estimate responsible. Deputy Controller Stevenson said this morning that the Bridge Department framed ihe resolutions and that they were approved by the Corporation Counsel, so that the ote board could not held responsible. The member of the Corporation Counsel staff who first called attention to the mistake said this morning that the resolutions had only been submitted to him in a letter from the Finance Department a few days ago, and lhat he had thereupon immediately called attention to the mistake When asked what would be done about It, Acting Controller Stephenson said- "If necessary we will call a special meeting of the Board of Estimate to rescind the old resolutions and adopt them in a new form." The consequence of these repeated errors likely to be a delay of one or two months in the completion nf tho terminal t. a of being able to advertise the contract In September, the Bridge Department may not be able to let It until November. The plans are all ready and rue bridge commissioner Is rnly waiting on the action of the Board of Estimate.

USED TOWEL TO HANG HERSELF. Mrs. Sommer's Body Was Dangling From Tree in Front of Her Laundry. Mrs. Emma Sommer, 51 years old, who conducted a hand laundry on West Sixteenth street, near Mermaid avenue.

Conev Island. committed suicide this morning by hanging nerseir with a towel. Policeman Wolf of tne LOnev Island stnt nn sou. tv. a woman dangling from a tree In front of the laundry and it was identified as that of the lnundress Wolf cut the body down and It was removed to the house and the coroner notified.

Despondency Is believed to have caused the woman to end her life. DIED AT PORTLAND, ORE. Milton Brown, of Euffalo, Was in Charge of Treasury Exhibits at Fair. Portland, August 19 Milton Brown, of Buffalo, N. chief special agent of the United Stnte Treasury exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, died last night In this city of typhoid fever.

Mr. Brown had been employed In the same capacity at the expositions of Buffalo, Charleston and St Louis. It has not yet been decided whether he will be burled at Seattle, or Buffalo. BOY STRUCK ON HEAD BY BOTTLE. Edward Devcrs, 6 years old.

living at 239 Thro'-p avenue, was seriously Injured yesterday afternoon while playing with some companions In front of 962 Myrtle avenue. During their play one boy, John Mcllwaith, of 972 Myrtle avenue. In a spirit of fun, threw a bottle, not Intending to strike any one, but it struck young Devcrs on the head. His scalp was badly gashed and Dr. Oescr found a concussion of the brain.

The Injured boy was taken to the Cumberland Street Hospital. DIED BEFORE DOCTOR ARRIVED. Chris Olsen, a Swede, 40 years old, of 49 Tlllary street, was taken suddenly III at his home this morning and died before Ambulance Surgeon Hulst of the Brooklyn Hospital could arrive and give the stricken man relief. He made an examination and said death was due to heart failure Thomas Bagley, Borough President's Chauffeur, Ran the Machine Into Iron Girder. WOMAN WAS CUT AND BRUISED.

Bagley Threatened Policeman and Margaret Johnson Objected to Having Wounds Dressed. Thomas Bagley, Borough President Martin Littleton's official chauffeur, with three companions, two women and a man, got a bad shaking up In Mr. Littleton's official automobile, when the car, through bad stewing, crashed into an Iron girder at the entrance of the south roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge, early this morning. One of the women was badly cut and bruised, and it required two stitches to patch her cuts. Bagley, who Is 27 years old, and lives at 295 East One Hundred and Forty-fourth street, Manhattan, created quite a scene when he was arrested after the accident, charged with reckless driving and Intoxication.

He threatened to have all the policemen who had anything to do with bis arrest "broke." He was taken In only after a struggle. The woman who was Injured described herself as Margaret Johnson, of 728 Fourth avenue, Manhattan. There Is no such address. The other woman said she was May Bedell, but declined to give her address. Bagley's male companion refused to say who he was or where he lived.

The Johnson woman made an Indignant protest against having her wounds dressed. She said she was afraid the Btitches In ber forehead, where she was badly cut when she was thrown out of the automobile, would disfigure her. Her cuts were dressed, however, despite her protests, and then she and the woman with her disappeared. The Johnson woman was the only one of the party who was hurt. The others all escaped without a scratch.

Bagley's male companion went to the Oak street station after Bagley was placed under arrest and protested against the detention of the chauffeur. He became so insolent that Sergeant Breen, who was at the desk, finally ordered him to leave the station house or submit to arrest. He left and disappeared. The party In Borough President Littleton's automobile drove down Park row to the bridge and the chauffeur steered the south roadway on the way to Brooklyn. He steered crookedly, and the automobile struck an iron girder by the side of the roadway, left there by a gang of ironworkers ow altering the Manhattan end of the bridge, 'ihe automobile stopped with a jar which shattered the heavy glass front and It In fragments over the party.

The Johnson woman was thrown through this glass and fell upon the hood of the car. The other three occupants were unhurt. The Johnson woman was half senseless when Patrolmen Miller and Murp'jy lifted her off the hood, but she soon revived. Patrolman Schilp, of the bridge squad, called Dr. Vanoe with an ambulanoe from the Hudson Street Hospital.

The woman, in spite of her demands to be allowed to o. and her refusal to submit to the surgeon's treat ment, was taRen into Perry a drug store at the entrance of the bridge, and cut on her forehead was dressed. Then she and the other woman disappeared. Bagley. the chauffeur, fought Patrolman Schilp and Miller all the' wav to the Oak street station, but they Anally lodged him mere.

He would not tell the names of his companions. The automobile was badly damaged by the shock. Bagley ws taken to the Tombs nolice court, where he was arraigned before Magistrate Brecn on a charge of disorderly conduct. Magistrate Breen, In Imposing a $5 fine, said: 'It Is bad enough for a chauffeur to be careless, but when a man becomes reckless and insolent at the same time, a halt must be called." Bagley was unable to pay his fine so went to a cell. At the Borough President's office this morning it was said that Bagley yesterday afternoon asked permission to take the automobile over to Manhattan to secure a lamp which he had left at a place there to be repaired.

He did not take the automobile back to the garage in Bedford avenue, where it is kept. NICHOLAS INVESTIGATES. Loses No Time in Starting Inquiry Into Best Methods for Eepresentation of Poland and Other Districts. St. Petersburg, August 19 The Emperor lost no time In starting an Investigation Into the best manner of securing represen-latlon In the National Assembly of Poland and other districts not provided for In the manifesto, which refers to them as.

"some regions wherein special conditions obtain." An Imperial decree issued this morning appoints a commission under the residency of Count Solsky. president of the Economic Department of the Committee of Ministers, to discuss the procedure to be followed In elections for the Douma In Poland, tho liral and Turgal Districts, Siberia, Turkestan, the Caucasus and among the Nomadic triles. The commission is also Instructed to arrange for the revision of the estimates of the different ministries and the Sta'e Budget, as well as the grant of credits not provided for by the Douma regulations. AH questions arising from the establishment of the Point are to be Bettled as expeditiously as possible. STRIKE DECLARED OFF.

Telegraphers Lose Their Battle With Northern Pacific Railroad. St. Paul. Ainiit 19 The nf the telegraphers on the Northern Pacific Road was officially declared off to-day by President Perham of the Order of Railway Telegraphers. WATtTN UNDULY EXCITED.

II. Ward, of Pt. Paul's I1. 1C. i'Iiiui ii, i I sirceTs re- il.

Hit i i sir. im ii, -intlon last liii'lu. tlini sunn un" set tire to a piece rug. which li.t.l iii stuffed Inn. a hole in i he suiiiiid slass window in the tower.

The police inv 'siirated and came to the conclusion that a person had thrown a lighted ei-S' ir or cigarette over the fence and that the r.ig had been lighted In that way. No damage was or could have been dons. CRICKETERS SAIL FOR HOME. Quebec, August 19 The Marylebone Cricket Club has Balled for England on the steamship Virginian after a successful tour of Canada. Their defeat of Quebec with the loss of only two wIcketB In the second half was one of tho most decisive victories of the series.

Wakes Last Desperate Effort to Break Deadlock of Portsmouth Conference. ROSEN GOES TO OYSTER BAY In Response to Invitation for Con sultation with Person of Author ity to Discuss Negotiations. KANEKO AT SAGAMORE HILL Japan's financial Agent Ead Discussed Concessions With Mr. Roose-velt, Who See3 Chance for Compromise. (Special to the Eagle.) Hotel Wentworth, Portsmouth, N.

H. Baron Rosen, the Russian envoy, left Portsmouth on the 7:30 train this morning for Boston. It Is understood that his destlna tion is Oyster Bay, and that he Is going to confer with President Roosevelt about the deadlock in the peace negotiations. He went in response to an Invitation from the (President, received last night at midnight. The President telegraphed to Third Assistant Secretary Peirce, saying that he would like to confer personally with some one In a position to speak with authority and complete knowledge of the status of the negotiations.

Mr. Peirce was in bed at his home, half a mile from the hotel, when the dispatch vr.s received. The knowledge that the President was about to take a hand In the proceedings In an effcrt to save the conference from failure created Intense excitement about the hotel. The-e was a great rushing about and calling for automobiles and messengers. Finally, Mr.

Peirce was brought to the hotel and a few moments later was engaged In sending telegraphic messages to Oystor Bay. later hct was closeted with M. Witte and Bgron Everybody conccrned'malntained the strictest secrecy, but it was known that the President had read M. Wttte's statement that the only thing that could make peace would be outside (suggestions from the powers, and that he was prepared to do his part. This morning Baron Rosen had breakfast at 6 o'clock, alone.

At 7:30 he left on the Portsmouth train for Boston. Hs had arranged to take M. Witte to visit Baroness Rosen at Magnolia to-day. President in Consultation With Baron Kaneko. Despite the plain evidence that this trip a3 originally planned was off, none of M.

Witto's suite would confirm it. They became more secretive than at any time since the conference met, and returned evasive answers or kept absolutely quiet. None of them would admit that Baron Rosen had gone to Oyster Bay. It Is learned that President Roosevelt has recently been In conference with Baron Kaneko, one of the finance officials of the Japanese government. It is assumed that the President has talked with hira about possible concessions.

The fact that the President now desires to talk with Baron Rosen Is taken to mean that the President sees an opportunity for a compromise that will be satisfactory to both sides. Mr. Sato Incredulous at Turn of Events. The Japanese envoy? were astonished when they awoke this morning and learned of the overnight developments. Mr.

Sato was incredulous. "I would like to know more about this before I make any comment," ho said. "No, we have received no word from the President. He has not asked any of us to visit him." Mr. Sato said he did not care to criticise the action of the President one way or the other.

He was not prepared to talk about the, unexpected change In the situation. "Will the Japanese envoy entertain a suggestion that President Roosevelt might make for tho purpose of bringing nbout an agreement?" Mr. Sato was asked. "Oh. I cannot fay," was the reply.

Mr. Sato admitted that Doth the Japanese and Russian envoys were here as the guests of the President of the United States, and that they would naturally listen to anything he had to say. M. Witte's Statement Induced President's Movement. There Is no doubt thut President Roosevelt was induced to make this move as a result of M.

Witto's statement of yesterday at the close of the afternoon session. Hu then stated that the peace envoys had been unable to on the ne rtrnt articles an.J ominok I'm- pc tad. see no hope, he "enlf mii-kvs-tlon comes from th" pow, This intelligence reached l'n iu Ilouso-velt last night. He was quick to uct. Communication to M.

Witte Couflden-tinl. Despite the anscrtlon, made In the Invitation (o Tluflsia and Japan to conic to the United StulCB and adjust their differences, that tlnire would be no outside Interference, the President made tip Ills mind to send a confidential communication to M. Witte. Ho Continued ou Page 2. The Arlington at White Lake Went Quickly: Brooklyn-ites Now in Tents.

NO TIME TO SAVE EVEN JEWELRY Sergeant HcCormr.ck, of 49th Precinct, Aided in Rescues at Sullivan Co. Hotel Blaze. (Special to the Eagle.) Montlcello, N. August 19 The Arlington, one of the largest summer hotels at White Lake, Sullivan County, was burned to the ground shortly before daylight today. In the house were 2S6 Manhattan and Brooklyn people who were spending their vacations at White Lake.

The greatest excitement prevailed during the fire. The guests were routed out of their beads ahft they tumbled over one another in their mad scramble for safety as scon as the cry of fire went through the house. Within a few minutes after the fire started, the lawns about the house were covered with men, women and children, the majority of them in their nightclothes. Not only did the guests lose their clothing, but many of them, In their rush, were forced to leave behind their money and Jewels. There were many hair breadth escapes, but all got out in safety.

A number of policemen from Manhattan and Brooklyn, who were stopping at the Arlington, figured conspicuously In the work of rescuing guests who were not able to get out of the house before the flames began to spread. Sergeant J. M. McCormack, of the Forty-ninth Precinct. Brooklyn, was one of tne corps of policemen who went to the rescue of the guests.

The police performed many actg of bravery. In fact, but for their work the casual-tics might have been heavy. The guests who were turned out of the house by the fire cut a sorry spectacle, shivering on the lawns in their night clothes. The people stopping at the other houses, however, came to their relief, supplying theai with clothing until they could communicate with their friendB at home. Many of the unfortunate Arlington guests are now camping out on the lawns and many more are temporarily lodged in boat houses and barns, all the other houses being overcrowded.

It Is Impossible to estimate theIoss ef the guests In money. Jewelry and clothing, but It Is believed it will reach several thousands of dollars. This is the second fire experienced in the Arlington, which is one of the best known of the up-state summer hotels. The place was burned down in 1892, and was rebuilt on the same groundB In 1893. The cause of the fire Is unknown, but it is believed to have started from a defective flue.

MORE SARATOGA EXPLOSIONS. Belief That Some Crank or Practice Joker Is Terrorizing the Resnrt. (Special to the Eagle.) Saratoga, N. August 19 The surrounding the explosion at Canfleld's oa w-eanesday night was heightened last night when two similar explosions, one near th United States Club and the other at Can-field's, took place. The local police have n.a,?kei t0 lnveBtiate, but up to noon Chief Kini? had been unable to obtain anr Information concerning the affair The first explosion took place 'in the alleyway between the United States Club and an automobile garage, at 10:30 o'clock, ortunately no damage was done to the club, but the force of the explosion was so great that it smashed the windows of tho garage.

Great excitement was caused among the patrons of the club. This had hardly subsided when another and louder explosion shook the town. It Chfh "i6 the Saratoga Club Park and a great crowd of men and women hurried to the place. They found Richard Oanfleld and Manager McDonald out on the front steps of the club. Canfield was assuring his patrons that there wa.

nf.Cr. a1d. that the exP'slon had not taken place in his grounds. It Is the general impression that the bombs are being exploded by some crank or '0ker-, Canfiek'' 11 Sated tU.yPmB.?ter."'' t0 G0V. FRAZIER'S AUTO WRECKED.

Fine Car of Tennessee Executive, la Charge of Chauffeur, Crashed Into Ice Near Oakdale. (Special to the Eagle.) Sayville, L. August 19-A Urge and valuable touring car. said to ho Jameo B. Frazier, Governor of Tennessee, In cnarge of a chauffeur and presumable bound for Narragansett Pier, R.

where Governor Frazier Is Bnlmirnin. dale yesterday afternoon. It is said by witnesses of the accident that the smash occurred at a point near the en- 'o vv. vanderbilt's Idle Hour grounds. The FVoir.

cor "aw UUUUU CI13L. and is said tn hnva ha.n speed of about fifty miles an hour. uescenaing a slight slope near the Vander-bllt place, the chauffeur saw another car approaching. He attempted to turn out but In some way lost control of his machine and dashed Into a big tree. The chauffeur hrtA vui ul tne car.

but landed In a soft spot by the roadside ay. escaped practically un-Intured. Ho left tho 7. ctiicu car uy me side of the road and continued his Journey by train. Before leaving ne said he would umuumiBi l0 lane cnarge of the car.

It is not thought tho monhi v. paired, ao badly Is It wrecked! $50,000 FIRE IN EAST BOSTON. Three Firemen Injured in Blaze in Manufacturing District. Boston, August 19 Three firemen w.m In. Jured and a loss of $50,000 day in a fire in a two-story building at 293 Marginal street.

East Boston, owned th. Holmes Corporation and occupied by various manufacturers. The injured are: Ladderman James Mc-Carty, ribs fractured and body bruised-Lieutenant John F. nines, cut and burned oa hands and arms; Ladderman Edward J. Ryan burned about face and hands.

The firemen received their injuries as a result of a falling roof. Tho loss falls upon the Charles Holmes Machine Company, manufacturers of shoe machinery, amount about the Carley Life Fluat Company, $10,000, and on tho building $5,000. The, cause of the fire is not knows. TOKIO EXPECTS RUPTUHE. Tokio, August 19 It is confidently expected here that tho peace conference at Portsmouth.

N. will result In a rupture, but this news It calmly received DENVER EANK CLOSED. Denver, August 19 Judge John I. Mulllns, In the District Court, to-day appointed Guy Leroy Sievick receiver for the Denver Savings Bank, and ihe bank was closed. SKULL FRACTURED IN BED.

Blasting Operations Sent Stone Up Five Stories, Dropping Through Roof Upon Edward Sheehy. Asleep in bed in his room, on the fifth or top floor of the building at 409 East Thirty-fourth street, Manhattan, at 6:30 o'clock this morning, 13-year-old Edward Sheehy was hit in the head with a piece cf stone weighing about 5 pounds and had his skull fractured. The stone was thrown through the roof from a rock blast on the construction work of Shaft No. 2 of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's cross-town tunnel, In First avenue, between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth streets. The boy was hurried to Bellevite Hospital in an ambulance, but his life is despaired of.

Throughout the night last night workmen employed by the Pierson Construction Company of Loudon, England, who have the contract for doing the tunnel work for the Pennsylvania Railroad, were at work on this section of the construction. The last things the shifting gangs do is to fire off a series of blasts, the preparatory work for which occupies the earlier hours of the night. It was at the time one of these blasts was set off that a flying stone tore through the air, Boaring to a great height, and well upon the roof of 409 East Thirty-fourth street. In falling the stone plowed down through several inches of tin roofing, between two wooden cross-beams, and through lathing and plaster, dropping on the bed in which Edward Sheehy was sleeping. The stone fell on the left side of the boy's head, and, according to Dr.

Cauldwell of Bellcvue Hospital, crushed the boy skull. WOMAN DISAPPEARS AT SEA. Miss Clara Whitmarsh Was Missed From S. S. Philadelphia on Voyage Across Atlantic.

A mysterious disappearance at sea reported by the officers of the American Line steamship Philadelphia, in to-day from Southampton. On Sunday morning, one day out, Miss Clara Whltemarsh, a second cabin passenger, disappeared. The woman was traveling alone, and but little was known about her on board. Her ticket was purchased in London, and the address she gave was Romford road. Forest Gate, London.

She was 45 years of age. Miss Whitmarsh, who is described as a small woman, and who by her dress came to be called "the Woman in went on deck about 7 o'clock on the morning of the 13th. She was seen by a deck steward, pacing the deck, near the second cabin compan-ionway. The steward did not pay much attention to her and thought that she had gone below. That was the last seen ol ber.

After breakfast the woman was missed, an da search made for her was without success. All that was found in her room was a Valine ami an nmhrnlln i n.a iiuiuiug to show that Miss Whitmarsh contemplated suicide. The sea was smooth on the 13th, and the fthln'a officem nnt t.alla,.n she could have fallen overboard. EFFORT NEARLY PROVED FATAL Miss Vivian Rogers Almost Drowned in Effort to Win Swimming Match at Shelter Island. (Special to the Eagle.) Shelter Island, L.

August 19 Miss Vivian Rogers nearly lost her life as a result of over anxiety to win the swimming match held here yesterday, in which prominent Manhattan and Brooklyn society girls competed. The course was 100 yards. Miss Violet Newbury assumed the lead, Miss Rogers being only a few strokes behind her and far in advance of the other contestants. Just before the finish line was reached the latter made a vigorous attempt to pass her rival, but the effort was too great, and Just as the course was completed she flung up her arms and sank. Several spectators who were watching the race in boats hurried to her and dragged the unfortunate woman on board in an unconscious condition.

To-day she was still ill, but Is expected to recover from the effects of the mishap. BOY CHARGED WITH MURDER. Eleven-Year-Old Detroit Lad Snid Have Killed Girl of Seven in Fit of Page. to Detroit, August 19 John Goodsou, 11 years old. Is under arrest charged with the murder of Hannah McQuade, aged 7, in Greenfield township, just outside the west city limits of Detroit, last night.

The McQuade girl, the daughter of Peter McQuade. a gardener, was driving toward the McQuade home in company with her two sisters, aged 10 and 12. Young Goodson and three companions, boys about the same age, who had been shooting sparrows along the road, appeared and attempted to climb upon the rear of the wagon. The girls ordered them off and whipped up the horse. Goodson." it is charged, ue-came enraged and shot at the girls with the 22 caliber rifle he was carrying.

The bullet struck the little girl in the temple, killing her almost instantly. Goodson's companions, who are alBo In custody declare that the bullet which struck the girl was aimed at a sparrow on a nearby telegraph pole. BERLIN STILL HOPEFUL. Foreign Office Believes Peace Will Re-Bult Frcm Portsmouth Conference. Berlin, August 19 The conviction continues to exist at the Foreign Office that the negotiations at Portsmouth will result In peace.

This belief appears to rest on the strong desire for peace manifested by both belligerents. Now that the point of extreme tension Is approaching In which each side will hold to Its decisions with a tenacity close to the verge of breaking, the whole influence of Emperor William and the German government is being exerted as tactfully as possible toward peace. 835,000 LOSS BY FIRE. Wilmington, August 19 The barrel factory of William E. Tuchton, on Christian avenue.

South Wilmington, was destrnved hv fire early to-day. The flames communicated wiiu me sneei piaie mill of the Diamond State Steel Company and the residence of Mrs. Jano Rilmnrn TT, entire Ia i I. 35,000. IN THE DARK AT OYSTER BAY.

Russian Envoy's Representative Ex pected to Beach Sagamore Hill Soon. His Identity Not Disclosed There. (Special to the Eagle.) Oyster Bay, L. August 19 A represent tatlve of the Russian peace envoys at Portsmouth will arrive here late to-day or tomorrow to confer with President Roosevelt. The identity of the representative is not disclosed hero.

His mission will be to consult with the President with a view to bringing about an agreement between the Russian and Japanese envoys Chat will prevent a final rupture between the two sets of plenipotentiaries. The representative will como to Ovster Bay ou direct iuvitation of the President. That invitation was transmitted to Witte las'. iifiht, after the President had had a confer-nee with Baron Kaneko, who came here late esterday afternoon as a representative of the Japanese government. Neither the President nor Baron Kaneko would disclose anv of the detail nf their conference, but after the Baron left at 8 clock an important message was sent to Herbert H.

D. Peirce, assistant Secretary of State at Portsmouth, which Mr Pel rep enm- municated to the Russian envoys. Later an exchange of messages took place between Oyster Bay and Portsmouth. Secret Peirce acting as Intermediary between the rresiaent and the Russian plenipotentiaries. While details of these eommunirntintiA am lacking, it is known that thev rnreaented an earnest effort on the Dart of the Proai.

dent to bring the envoys Into an agree ment tnat would be satisfactory to both belligerent governments. Whether the Pres. ident urged that concessions be made by cither side or suggested any other means by which an agreement might be roache.i is nnt known. At any rate, the communications from the President contained an Invitation for a representative Russian to visit him at Sagamore Hill as soon as convenient, In order that the subject might be considered fully. The.

envoy to the President nrnhnhlv will make lbs journey to Sagamore Hill in part by rail and in part by water. The naval yacht Slyph is expected to meet hira at some point on the lower New England coast and convey him direct to Sagamore Hill. hile messages are being exchanged today between Oyster Bay and Portsmouth on the subject, the time of the arrival of the envoy is no, known. The yacht Sylph- left the- Brooklyn pavv Yard at noon to-day. FATALLY HURT BY A GIRDER.

Derrick Allowing Steel Weighing a Ton to Fall Upon Workmen. One man was fatally hurt and two others badly injured by the fall of a steel girder, weighing a ton, from the sixth to the fourth floor of a new twelve story warehouse, which is being erected at 509-513 East Seventy-second street, Manhattan, this forenoon. All were Ironworkers employed on the building. The fall of the girder was due to the col lapse of a derrick erected on the sixth floor. The pivot of the derrick was pulled out of position by the weight of the girder and the wuote apparatus collapsed, letting the girder fall.

The victims were: CharleR Telschmv SO years old, living at corner of Dakota and Michigan avenues. Jamaica. L. foreman of the gang of iron workers, fractured skull, was dying on way to Presbyterian Hospital, and can live but a short time. Harrv John son, 40 years old, of 57 Gerfleld place, Brook lyn, struck in tne right groin by the girder, badly hurt, but refused medical attendance and went.

home. George Patchett. 40 years old. of 602 East Forty-seventh street, struck on right shi'alder, which was badly lacerated Dut aiso retused attendance and went home. WANTS TO TAX 0YSTERMEN.

Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner Whipple Will Ask Passage of a Law to Do So. Albany, N. August 19 The oyster beds In New York State waters produce an annual revenue of $7,000,000, and Forest, Fish -and Game Commissioner Whipple believes that they should contribute toward the expenses of the State Government. Upon returning yesterday from one of his tours of Inspection, Commlss oner Whipple Bald that he Intended to ask the next Legis- iq pass sucn a lax law. The iiiale now derives from Ita nvster beds," said he, "only about J2.000 a year, In rents.

The titles to tho property are In a shaotlc condition. Many of the beds being operated under a perpetual lease aud many of tho least which run fitly years were originally granted for a dollar an acre. These which aro loosed annually bring on tho average only 25 cents an acre. These oyster fisheries yield about J7.000.000 a year and there Is no reason why these who hnlri caluahlo privileges should not he taxed." to explained that such a tax would he reck oned on the basis of acreage. At present ha lias noc decided what would be nn p.nilt.

able rale of taxation. FELL FROM STEAMER'S DECK. (Special to the Eagle.) AM-tt 1" -While wnlklnr nlonr IV nr. 'Iwk Hm, um, l.vfni; at Wiii-vi n'f li. I.

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.1 him .1 -i-h's kuwiy. l'n ilK. v.im is years of lives on Kivii.dc avenue, Kockawuy Beach. EMPEROR WANTS NO PRESENTS. Berlin, August 19 Emperor William announces through the North Gerninn Gazette that he and the Empress will nnt receive presents on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding, but that contributions of money from members of society or corporations tor charitable purposes will bo 9.