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UNION, 3 r. idol Hi MONDAY. THE DAILY ST FOflTHEim'S MBSJCHINOIE'S CHIEF LED HER TO SUICIDE to the U. I. A.

A. of Philadelphia The patient Instated on being railed 'Hum'' and did not answer uueaihnie coherently. lie Is shout years old. live test ulna Itieltes tall, with light beown hair ami eyes, einuoih shaven face, and be wore a black diagonal suit, black derby hoi. blar beaver overcoat, and patent leather shoes BANK CLERKS WILL USTEW T0 ADDRESSES, Ttl, rttultr acnil-menthiy meeting of th Brooklyn Chapter, American l.i.tl tut.

of Bunk Clerks, trill be belli 1u Johnston llutldlnf tut Friday evening If. K. Twttott.il, eeelelant eeshlcr of th. Chea Motion til Bank, of Manhattan, drilvor editress on "Kmiiurm.nt of Lo.n.hl pef will be by William M. Kmi on "Practical Work In ttwviim Bank." USED CHAIRS TO ASSAULT SALOONKEEPER BALLWEG.

Michael Bock, if year old, knd hla brother Aqihony, year old, of $7 Ilxm-burg avenue, and Henry Harold, I yaara old, of Flushing avanee, were Arrested yesterday an th complaint of Herman ttaUweg, of Knl'krbocker avenue, who chart'd (hat the trio -soiled Him with chsim, inflicting several scalp wounds. The a loots here per declares that ht wanted to ekwa hi story snf re fussd to serve ths youth with Grin ha. In court this morning tha bot ware held for examination. Or, J. Canon Sends His Resignation, and ths Regiment Will Accept THREE DEAD, KANT HOHT INMCOllllA BRUSSELS, Feb.

li A train coilWon occurred itr UruuMl, tht, nwirulnc. In hli-b the netMllle. were three killed and forty Injured. Th. accident resulted fiam Mpree.

eraahlna Into a whk.lt brin.lnf erhool children from the euburbe to Write. DESPONDENT FATHER STRANGLES HIMSELF Thirty-first Annual Report Made Publio To-dayChnd Ubor Laws Praised. SELDOM SEEN AT THE ARMORY. Air. Elisabeth Bchtrdk otd.

of 267 South Second stit. died I1 In Eastern lMstrht Urenlul ftn gag poisoning. Hhe had inhaled illumln allng gas at hrr home irtPiith, whllo suffering from nielamholt on i 'be death Of her husband. Mr. Bcbtndie died nine months ago, tearing worth $300,009.

Mrs. hlndli ires mu hocked St hla death, nnd bout tj months ago her grief nude hr HI that she was taken to Williamsburg Hnspltil for treatment. bhe left the hoapltsl quietly ons night and tatting her horn, turned on the gas and i'd down tn die Hhe was discovered and taken Eastern District Hospital a her last night. THREE CUB BEARS ADDED TO PARK MANAGER1E. The houwliol 1 of lte end Bally, the two biff black bears in the Prospect Park menagerie, was augmented by throe young cub yeatprd' William J.

CUN rn, director of the id that It unusual for three Mack tear to be bom Nt one time. Ilf said (hut rule bear fnmlitoe ere inerrewd on or two cube at time. Much against hi will, Fete, the father of the young placed In different cage from that rupled by bally and the cub. SBOUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN. MARCHIONESS OF QUEENS8ERRY IS DEAD.

COOMBS TO TALK AT MANUFACTURERS' MEETING, A refulsr meeting of ths Manufacturers Association will held In the hall of the Phoenix Building this evening, after which th Hon, William J. Coombs will talk upon Thft Regulation of Inter state t'ommeres and the Control of Railroad Transportation." Rev. Richard S. Dawson May Be His Successor. weeds of Publio Institutions at Flatbush Set Forth.

LONDON. Fb. of QuMrtrry DumftleMhir. toil, v. Th.

MvrrhlonM WU th widow of Iho il.rqui, nd grandmother of the preeent bolder of the title. A. J. BRONSON BURIED AT CYPRESS HILLS. HE ONE PARAOE ON ST.

PATRICK'S DAY A I held home TOOK MS TO UB LOETf MOUNTAIN PEAK i Prof. Parker Tells of Dangers Encountered In Ascent of Canadian Rockies. BEST THROWS OUT III THE IIIDJIIIOCE PUNS Architect Hornbostels Ideas for Beautifying New Structures Rejected. Lindenthal Says Commissioner Is Exceeding His Power. David Elgott, of 279 Osborns street, strangled himself to dsath with a thin cord, taken from ths waist of bis pajamas.

In Kings County Hospital yesterday. Despondency, caused by ths recent death of his wife and ths povtriy of hi three children, led him to the act. Ths family lived happily together until the mother was taken with a cancer several month ago and since then the Uttle money they had became exhausted. An investigation was made Into the condition of the domestic affairs by an agent of the Children's Roclety last week, the result of which was deplorable. There was no food nor fuel tn the bouse and the father was sick in bed and nursed by the small children.

The father wept for Joy when assured that Immediate relief would be obtained. Klgott had carefully planned hla death. He crossed the ends of the string until it waa burled in the flesh and then tied It in a hard knot nnd lay quietly on his cot to die. Members of the A. 0.

H. Join Hands and Settle All Differences. Time-Honored Sash to Be Done Away With. Funeral services or tie mte Bronson, who died last nd. yesterday afternoon st a late 212 Grand avenue.

The Dr lar encs Jones, of the CUaaon Awtiue Episcopal Church, officiated ant! was assisted by Chaplain J. 8. Nalt-h and Miles O'Reilly, commander of Urstit Cost No. 327, G. A.

of which Mr Bronson was a member. There were numerous flora! tributes. Interment took pl.Te st Cypress Hills Cemeterj TELLS DARK SIDE IF THE SlIlHR'S lift Old Seaman, at Maxwell House Club, Makes Plea for Better Conditions. Clung to Projections Only an Inch in Width. The State Cherttlre Aid Axltlon of New fork to-dr mede public lie thirty-fleet annual report to the State Hoard of Charltlea The report eeterely crlU-ctee.

the new law hii-h prohibit, the establishment of ramps or hospitals for consumptives In any part of the Btate without the consent of the local authorities On this subject it says In part: "Tbs effect of title law la to make It Impossible for any city in the State, or any fraternal order, charitable eocl.ty o. philanthropic Individual, to establish a hospital, camp, or other establishment for the treatment of consumptives, out-elds the city limits, except under condition. which are practically prohibitive. In our opinion, the country districts were already sufficiently well protected by the provisions of exlstln law requlrmr the approval of the State Board of Health befora an Institution for oonsumptives could be established In any part of the Plata also providing that no city of the first Claes should establish such hospital within the corporate limits of any ether city, or any village: and that If such an institution Is established anywhere it must be under the Jurisdiction of the local Board of Health of the place where It Is situated, and of the Board of Health of tha city establishing It as well as of the State Board. There was great opposition to the passage of the bill by the press and the public.

The mdst prominent charitable and medical societies, and auch organizations a the Masonic fraternity of the State urged the governor to withhold his signature. It Is to be hoped that the law will be repealed sUe Of the adoption ATTACH ON SOCIETY 0T ST. I Alt differences between the members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Brooklyn have been settled, and there will be only one parade on March 17. It Is estimated that 10,000 Irishmen, who have heretofore waged bitter warfare on 8L Patrick's Day, wJU celebrate the cer aatlon of hostilities In the ranks of the A. O.

H. Delegates from twenty-three divisions, having charge of the preliminaries for arranging for the parade and a big festival at Ridgewood Park, met yesterday. There were present William J. Dalton, chairman; Frank Mahoney, secretary, John J. O'Rourke, treasurer; Myles Mc-Partland, John R.

Vernon, George Whalen, John McWilliams, Samuel Somers, Patrick Condon, Patrick Linden, James Delaney, John McGlory, John C. Kelly, V. Owens, Patrick Milan. Peter Horan, Cornelius Hartwell, James Haran, Nicholas Smith, William Fltxpatrick, Anthony Duffy, Myles McKeon, John In addition to the parade there will be a festival, at which the old Irish games, football and hurling, will be played, and there will also be reels. Jigs and modern dancing.

It was decided to do away with the time-honored sash, substituting a simply designed badge and wearing a uniform hat, gray in color, simitar to that worn by soldiers in the tegular army. The rendezvous on March 17 will be at St. Patrick's Church, Kent and Willoughby avenues, where the Rev. Edward Me Goldriek, St. Cecilia's Church, rounty chaplain, and others, will review the ST.

LOUIS, Feb. 15. Mra. Grundy versus God Almighty la the title of a book that the Rov. Frank G.

Tyrrell, pastor of the Mount Cabanne Christian Church, has completed, and proofs of which have been shown to a few of hla friends. He declares fashion's decrees have displaced the Ten Commandments Mammon baa undermined Moses, and the smart set have overthrown tha Sermon on the Mount. Especially Is the prevailing style of womans dress attacked. The society woman smiles and slaps, with more than Herodlan cruelty, the unborn babes of the mothers of men, he says. The society dames' follies and foibles mar their bodies, wreck their health and shrivel their souls.

Is (gait, without a chaplain and Brevet Oep. John o. Kddy, it, commanding offl-ter. ta now looking about for a suitable candidate for the vacancy. Th Bev.

Dr-John Carton, of the Central Presbyterian Church, Mercy and Jefferton ave. nura, who baa held the office for up. warde of four years, haa resigned and hi, resignation will be accepted. The has been rather un. fortunate In the selection of lu chap, lain, since the resignation of the Bev.

James H. Darlington, of Christ P. Church, on Bedford avenue, in the laltei part of 1897, neither of whose successor, haa given much time or attention to tha regiment. Dr. Darlington served tha organisation faithfully for more than si years, Ha was succeeded by the Rev, John Ereklne Adam of All Soule Church, On Jeo.

7, ls8, within four months after received hla commission, the Spanish War broke out and the Forty- 01 ervlc AdUT declined SUtee service and tendered his resignation. On the return of the Forty-seventh from Porto Rico, on Nov. 2, 1899, the present Incumbent was appointed spiritual adviser of th reflment, with the relative rank of Captain. Capt. Carton, however, has been seldom seen at the armory durinjr th past year or two, and his retirement has jeen expected for some time past.

Sickness and absence from the city have been mainly responsible for hla lack of attention to the Forty-seventh. He la now In Massachusetts. A week or more ao, Adjt. Barnes, at the request of Gen. Eddy, wrote the chaplain, advising him of the coming inspection and muster of the regiment by State and Government officer, which takes place at the Marry Avenue Armory to-morrow night, and urged hia attendance at that time.

Capt. Caraon's reply was an announcement of hia Intended resignation and request for a copy of the blank application for discharge from the State service, which has since been sent to him. The chaplain, in his letter to the adjutant, promised to attend the Inspection, if possible, and to help the regiment in It efforts to attain a high percentage of attendance, and may appear in uniform with the regiment to-morrow night for the last time. One of the qualifications upon which Gen. Eddy will Insist In the selection of Chaplain Carson's successor la that he shall know how to ride, or at least how to sit on a horse, since there la on record ft rather unpleasant experience of a chaplain who did not.

Two prominent local clergymen have already been mentioned in connection with the vacancy. Thy are the Rev. Richard 8. DAwson, of the Alnslle Street Presbyterian Church, and the Rev, Dr. 8.

Parkea Cadman, of the Central Congregational Church. The Rev. Mr. Dawson waa mentioned In the same connection once before. He Is a young man and a bachelor, and lives on Hooper street, within a few blocks of the Forty-sevenths armory.

He Is broad-minded and active, and of a most genial and kindly disposition. Dr. Cadman haa a larger and more influential church, and la perhaps better known. So far as the location of the church is concerned, it would make little difference to the regiment who was selected for the chaplaincy, as Gen. Eddy proposes to have the annual religious services for the command conducted hereafter In the armory in the afternoon instead of taking the regiment to the church, as heretofore, in the evening.

No appointment can be made until Chaplain Carson-receives his discharge, but It is almost certain that tbe new appointee will be one of the clergymen above named, while Indications at present seem to favor the pastor of the Aina-lle Street Church. Bridge Commissioner Hst has abandoned all the old plans for embellishing the bridges and bridge terminals prepared under the direction of Gustav Lindenthal, the ex-Commlssioner. This will throw out the plans for beautifying tho Manhattan and Blackwell's Island bridges, drawn up by Henry F. Hornboa-tel, also the latters plans for a terminal for the Brooklyn Bridge. Mr.

Best's decision was rea bed after consulting with Chief Engineer O. F. Nichols. Richard 8. and Leffert L.

Buck. their advice Commissioner Best has determined to go back to the original lines laid down for the Blackwells Island and Manhattan bridges and does not coincide at all with the Bronkhn Bridge terminal plans as prepared by Mr. Horn-bostel. The objection which Commissioner Best and his engineers find to the Hombostel plans for the beautification of the Blackwell's Island and Williamsburg bridges arc that the architectural features do not conform to the engineering requirements. They say that in Europe, where the idea of embellishing bridges was originated, thp engineers and the architects work together, while here Mr.

Hornbostel waited until the engineering plana were completed. Mr. Lindenthal, when seen, said that it was not within the power of the Bridge Commissioner to throw out ths plans and substitute others, without the consent of the present Board of Estimate and Apportionment. It had been reported that the plans as suggested had tost the city $60,000, but Mr. Lindenthal denied this.

He said that altogether the plans had cost about $8,000, although $4,500 was paid to the architect who arew up the architectural part of them. He stated that the plans were not approved because they Involved a change In the City Hall station of tbs elevated road and an arrangement would have to be made with the company before the plan could be adopted by the city authorities. James A. Williams, of the organized Sailors Union, recounted his Experiences on and Land" at Max ell House Club, Concord street, last een-Ing. Hamilton Holt presided and there was a large attendance of member Mr.

Williams, who Is a most active member of the Sailors' Union and has had a rough and eventful careei. gae a graphic description of the many haid-shlps he had endured and the dangers he had successfully passed through He opened his address by producing pieces of rope, with which he made the many peculiar knots used in navigation He also gave an exhibition of splicing, Interlacing ami connecting ropes. The speaker then referred to the seinl-servlie condition in which seamen are held, and expressed himself strongly in condemnation of crimps, men who prey on the runaway seamen. He asked his audience to hearken to the vol and demands of the Beamon, and to use their influence and beat efforts to Improve their present condition, bo that the sailor may enjoy freedom and liberty. Th officers and trustees of Maxwell House are: Hamilton Holt, president; Raymond V.

Ingersoll, J. Herbert Low, secretary; William H. Cary, treasurer; John H. Chase, head worker; Robert V. Mathews, Edward Merritt, George Foster Peabody, Almira B.

Tubby, M. Josephine Brink, Mary E. Butterick, Mary W. Chapman. EXILED FINNS MEET TO DENOUNCE Hers(he) C.

Parker, a Brooklyn man who is a professor of physic at Columbia University, and who Is a noted mountain climber, told at Association HaJi, on Saturday evening, of tb four "first ascents" made by him last summer, when he climbed Mta Goodeir, Hungabee, Dei-taform and Biddle, in tbe Canadian Rockies. Speaking of Mt. Deltaform, he said that no climb ever ma.de In Switzerland could compare with it the Matterhorn, In comparison, being likened to a staircase. The lecture was under the direction of the Brooklyn Institute department of geography, and was Illustrated by over 100 fine lanterh slides, a number of which were taken during the climbs and on the summits of the peaks, so that In listening to all the tales of marvelous one ha.d to realise that in addition to the bare necessities for the trip the explorers were burdened with a camera. In making the ascent of Goodsir, Prof.

Parker was accompanied by Prof. Fay, president of the Alpine Club, who had once before attempted It, and two Swiss guides, Hans and Christian Kauffman, whom he emphatically called the two best guides on earth. Goodsir has almost perpendicular sides with arretes or narrow ridges, some of them a foot wide and some of them less, and these ar surmounted by cornices and ridges of rock and snow. It was by means of little projections ot stone that a cliff IOC feet high was ascended. Some of these were said to be possibly an inch out from the main rock, but they served an steps and hand-holds and ths cliff was overcome only to meet at its top ridge that had turned previous climbers back.

However, this was surmounted, and the explorers had ft glorious view of a sea of peaks, opal-tinted and draped with clouds. Goodsir Is supposed to be the highest peak in British Columbia. It was ascended on July 16. Prof. Fay was obliged to return East but on July 21, Prof.

Parker and his guides ascended Hungabee, commonly known as The Chieftain, whose peak as precipitous as the Matterhorn. This was not known when the ascent was begun. The first prt of the Journey was very steep, but the explorer were getting along all right when they were horrified to find what Is called a "chimney or vertical cliff in the solid rock, declared to be one of the roost dangerous obstructions a mountain climber ran meet. This one was about two feet wide and over 100 feet high. As there was nothing to cling to they climbed by bracing their feet on the inside walls and working slowly upward.

At the top they found a slope of rock, thinly covered with snow, which led to the culminating cone, but wa separated by a spilt about three feet wide. This was crossed in a remarkable manner, known to mountalners, and at II A. M. the summit was reached. Deltaform was climbed on Sept.

and its dangers were far beyond those of the other mountains. Vertical chimneys, crevasses, traverses and solid fee, all had to be overcome. The riiountaJn is 11,200 feet high and took 21 hours to climb, so the men bad to stay on its bleak sides all night. It took four hour to climb the last 100 feet in the morning. Christian Kauffmann said it wa the worst climb he ever took.

Mt. Biddle, taken on Sept. 3, is almost vertical near the top, but, after Deltaform, It seemed like a picnic, it was said, to climb even this awful peak. a 845 SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND IS COVERED WITH SNOW. There died in Kings County Hospital yesterday a baby girl weighing twenty-two ounces and eight and one-half Inches in length.

It wag probably the tiniest Infant ever born alive. For three days It had been in an incubator and was fed on drops of whiskey and milk. The physicians worked hard, and they thought that the mites life had been saved when it suddenly died. Pneumonia was the cause of death. The little ones name was Beatrice Basst, and her parents live at 2348 Pacific street.

The baby seemed strong and healthy when born, but two hours afterward it began to show signs of weakness, and preparations were made to take It to the hospital. It is thought that the little girl caught cold on the Journey, although the physician In attendance took every precaution. KIDNAPING THREAT; Ex-Mayor of Kaskoe Hopes Czars Forces Will Be Defeated by the Japanese. Ei VALUED AT 1100,000 BOSTON, Feb. 16.

At 10 oclock this morning Southern New England was covered with from four to six inches of fresh Bnow, which began falling early last evening. The snowfall has somewhat Interrupted street car traffic In this vicinity, but the railroads have not been seriously troubled. The Weather Bureau reports that the Btorm Is pretty well confined to the coast line and that it will pass out to sea this afternoon. On the other band, the child labor laws Is highly commended. For no measure does the legislature Of 1903 deserve greater praise, says the report, "than for the radlcJ amendment of the child labor laws, the provisions of which were formerly Inadequate and difficult of enforcement.

hi this association took an Interest In this beneficent legislation and made frequent appeals to Its members throughout the State to exert themselves in behalf of the -contemplated reforms, the subject not one with which the association is directly conoemed, and for Information regarding It our readers are referred to tne publications of the Child Labor Committee at 170 Fifth avenue. New York City. Concerning dependent children this city the report says: In no direction has the Department of Public Charities made greater progress curing the past year than in the extension-and Improvement of the work of Its Bureau of Dependent Children. The Investigation of applications for admission to Institutions, of the circumstances of the families of children wholly or partly supported in institutions at publio ex pense, and of applications for the charge of children from institutions, has been systematised and rendered more thorough and efficient, while the placing out of children in families and the supervision of children placed out In former vears, have been reorganised In accordance with the best modern methods. The beginning of a training school for workers In charity has been mad in nection with he department, and pupil examiners have been appointed at a nominal salary to gain experience In con- nection with -the Bureaus of Dependent Children and Dependent Adults.

In this way a considerable force of workers is put at the disposal of the department at a minimum cost, and the number and efficiency of the applicants for regular positions In the department are Increased. The department has been able to place the work for children In the Boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond on a uniform basis with that In the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. The money collected by the Bureau of Dependent Children amounted to $12,820.94 In 1903 and the report adds: It Is gratifying to note a marked Increase also in the amounts collected from parents and guardians toward the support of children committed to Institutions, through the activity of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children." During the past year the association local committees visited and maintained a supervision over the almshouses and public hospitals In 47 of the 68 counties of the Btate which hare such Institutions. An to Kings County, the report says: The Kings County Visiting Committee now numbers thirty-six members, who faithfully visit the various public charitable institutions In Brooklyn. Among the needs of the institutions at Flatbush are the following: Domestic building, power house, morgue and clinical laboratory piazza for the Nurses' Home, piazza or corridor to encircle the Female Department of the Home for the Aged: the removal of the old stables, and the erection of a suitable building in a more remote part of the grounds; better quarters for the work of the industrial Department of the Home for the Aged, the present being in the basement, damp and cheerless; Improved Children's Wards, end the removal of the male consumptives1 from their present building, which might then be rehabilitated and utilized as a Department for Children.

prlatlons for some of these needs have been allowed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. NICE, Feb. 16. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry McLaughlin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, have reported the robbery of their Jewels, valued at $100,000. They had attended a fancy dress ball at Mentone on Tuesday last, at which she wore a gorgeous display of diamonds. They returned to Cape Martin early the next morning, and placed the diamonds in a case in their bedroom. They dozed in chair for a short time, and when they awoke discovered the jewels were gone. The robbery is believed to have been the work of two swell crooks, pretending to be British officers.

The police are STABBING AFFRAYS DES MOINES, Feb. 13. Isaac Adams was threatened with the kidnaping of his two children and with the burning of hlf house unless he threw $500,000 from the Walnut street bridge. The letter named the time, places and circumstances under which the money was to be thrown. Adams Is ar wealthy Des Moines resident.

A hoax package was thrown last night, the police watching both ends of the bridge. The entire Police Department is at work on the case. A large gathering of Finns, bitterly antl-Ruseian, met at Lyric Hall, 329 Atlantic avenue, yesterday afternoon and formulated plans to hold a mass meeting next Sunday. A. telegram was sent to the Japanese Minister at Washington informing him of their intentions.

At the meeting last night the following officers were elected: Toiro H. Nektor. president; Aron Engvall, secretary; Gustav Amlnoff, treasurer. In speaking of his desire to help Japan against Russia Gustav Amlnoff said: If Japan becomes master of the situation, Finland will profit thereby. I am an exile from Finland.

I was exiled six months ago by the Russian Government. I was at that time Mayor of Kaskoe. 1 had acquired a ood English education. When Russia landed her troops in our city they wanted to take my people away from me the men of my city. I refused to permit It, and publicly denounced the Russian Government.

In return the women of my people were taken prisoners by the Russian soldiers and brutally treated. I was told last August that I was wanted as a prisoner. I was to be sent to St Petersburg for trial. My peo pie advised mo to' escape. I followed their advice and came to this country.

am now studying the laws of this glorious country, and If Providence ordains that I go back to my city I will know better how to deal with Other exiles told of their experiences and a collection was taken up. CARACIO SHOT BT MAFIA ORDER, POLICE BELIEVE John Mullen, 29 years old, of 19 Hicks street, early yesterday morning caused the arrest of Henry Markert, of 76 Fulton street, on a charge of stabbing him in the right side with a pocket knife In a lodging house at 45 Fulton street Mullen's injury was attended to by an ambulance surgeon and he left for home. Charged with stabbing Frank Bruno, Maggie MontgoIJno was arrested In her apartments at 146 Classon avenue and lodged in the Flushing avenue station. Bruno was conveyed in an ambulance to the Cumberland Street Hospital. It Is said the man and woman quarreled over money matters.

In court this morning the cases were adjourned. MEMORIAL SERVICE OF IN DIVORCE SUIT MISS MOBREY, RECLUSE, FROZEN TO DEATH ROBBED AND SEVERELY BEATEN BT HIGHWAYMEN While a secret meeting, attended by eoor or more Italians, waa In prog-'' res, at 181 First avenue, early this morning, John of East Twenty-fourth street, waa shot twice, once In the left breast near the heart and In the left arm. He Is In Bellevue Hospital, where It la said he will, probably die, Neither Caraglo or the two men arrested would tell the police any of the circumstances of the shooting. At midnight Policeman Ran- dall heard two shots in the building and ran In. Caraglo told the policeman he had not been shot but had simply fallen to the floor; but Sergeant Kelly noticed blood trickling down hie arm.

Hi wounded mans clothing was torn oft of him, and the two bullet wounds wen found. He wae then hurried to Bellevue Hospital, The two prisoners, one of whom said he waa the wounded man's brother. Nuncio Caragio, and the other, Oonsola Carlno, were locked up. When asked questions they etmply shrugged their shoulders and tried to look Innocent, The police believe that' It wa a meeting of the Made Sodetl, and that -Caragio had been shot by order. Frederick S.

Lyke had been appointed referee by Supreme Court Justice Dickey In the suit for divorce, brought by Charles E. Converse against Carrie A. Converse, both of Poughkeepsie, and will take testimony In the case at bis Office in Court street to-morrow. Converse is a retired merchant. The co-respondent is Paul MacCormac.

also of Poughkeepsie a wealthy young man. Converse is suing MacCormac to recover $60,000, alleging alienation of his wifes affections. Both cases Will be considered at the hearing. AS USHERS IN CHURCH Very beautiful memorial services were held yesterday afternoon by Madison Council, No. 4, Cathollo Benevolent Legion, in commemoration of the members who have passed away since the council was established.

President Conway was in charge of the service, which included appropriate music and an address. The stations were draped In crepe and on the platform was a roll of the deceased comrades. The requiem mass will be announced later. As usual in the affairs of this council, the musical programme was an excellent one. Mrs.

Blanche Duffleld Conway, wife of the eounctls president, sang The Day Is Ended" (Bartlett), with much feeling. A violin obligato was played by Mr. Desao-Nemea. Mrs. Conways voice, a soprano, sweet And sympathetic in quality, has gained in quality this season.

Later she sang the Ave Marla, and a duet with Miss Alice Ward. F. W. Relsberg. who played the accompaniments for the soloists, opened the service with an organ voluntary.

Walter Robinson sang Salutaris (Holden), find Hosanna (Granier). Miss Ward, who has a rich contralto voice, sang Abide With Me" (Lfddle), and Mr. Dezso-Nemes, a violinist of much ability, played the Tbome Andante Heiigioso. The oration wae delivered by Comrade Edmund D. Hennessy, whose words moved some of the audience to tears, lu conclusion came the Evening Song to the Virgin (Hemana), sung by Mrs.

Conway and Miss Ward. FONDA, X. Y.f Feb. 15. Lying face downwatd in the old tumbledown shack, for years called home, at Randall, near this village, the frozen body of Miss Margaret Morrey, 65 years old, was found yesterday.

For years she lived alone In this old deserted shanty, secluded from the outside world and with no friends or neighbors. Hhe refused aid and the association of others, and no one was ever1 allowed to enter the place, which had not a whole window glass and was not fit for ft pigsty. A disappointment In love in her early life is said to have been the cause of her living the life of recluse. QUAKER CITY MAN STORE ANO SAFE DOORS LEFT OPEN John Kerrigan, of Wycknff avenue, was held up by highwaymen early yesterday morning on Morgan avenue. Three men attacked Kerrigan and went through fata pockets, taking his gold watch and chain and t80 in money, Kerrigan resisted his assailants and cried for help, but hla erlea were etiAed and he van severely beaten and left lying near the edga of Newtown Creek.

He managed to drag himself to fit, Catharine's Hospital, nearby, when he gained admittance after knocking feebly on the front door. It was found, on e-aminatlon, that Kerrlgan'a right arm wae broken and that he waa (uttering from concussion of tbe brain due to severe scalp wounda. Or. Golding attended him. THIEVES GETAWAY WITH i $50 WORTH OF CLOTHING.

Clothing valued at ISO was stolen from Samuel Solomon', apartmenta, at. 101 Boerum place, tome time yesterday. CHINESE NEW TEAR'S i i -IS BEING CELEBRATED REFUSED DRINKS, THEY :1 Six young women, becomingly dressed In white, acted a usher at the services of the United Congregational Church, Lee avenue and Hooper street, last evening. The innovation was introduced at the suggestion ot the pastor, the Rev. Luther R.

Dyott, with the approval of the trustees. Tho sermon was to the young people's aocletles of the church, and it was thought to be a proper occasion to havs the young women begin their duties. It not intended to have them displace the men usher permanently. The young women eeated the large audience without any confusion. MANY CONTRACTORS FOR SCHOOL WORK.

There was ft greet crowd of contractors, furniture dealers, electrician and the like In the offices of the Building Bureau at the Board of Education this morning, all watting their chance to estimate on various contracts that are shortly to be made by the department. Mlds fcese opened for various sorts of ork In the school buildings of Drp0! Manhattan, The Bronx and Richmond. The contracts to be let for improvement In Brooklyn school are the two following: Electric! equipment lo the Manual Training School end irnlture in the new Public ftrfeoel. Nr. M3 fr llvmTr N-tb i-brih sod Nor in Seventh An unidentified man, of prosperous appearance, had to be restrained shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from undressing In the open roadway at Eastern Barkway and Bedford avenue, his shoes and socks having been removed when a patrolman attached to the Grand avenue station came along to take charge of him.

The man did not become violent and when the patrolman suggested that he accompany him he wanted to turn over Jo him all the money he had, amounting about 13. The officer declined, and the stTrger then began throwing his cosh tntcfehe street. He wae induced to go to the Yration house after coosider-' and from there an ambul-conveyed him to the ob-rd at the Kings County In one of the petient's addressed to T. Ioherty, hCJ South lfih street. Philadelphia, and rum reJeipt made out on the bark of vu btd for $6, dure paid over able coaxii anre surge serration Hospital.

An enrel jrvfeet vr The numerous successful burglaries that have occurred in the Bedford avenue precinct of late have made the patrolmen connected with that station unusually vigilant, and so when Patrolman Clancy found the door of the Crawford Shoe Company at 189 Broadway unlock' ed and the safe door open, early yesterday morning, he thought he bad nipped a neat Job before the thieves could rifle the safe of its contents. The patrolman sent word to some of the employes of the store and also to the station house for plain clothe men to get to work on the case. When the manager of the store arrived explained that there had been a misunderstanding among tbe clerks ae to who was to dose the store Saturday flight The aafe contained eeveraJ hundred dollars, and vould rich haul had burglnr. kion lhf was nt io ked. Chiness New Year's was ushered In last with mm than a usual display of fireworks, reff lanterns and decoration.

All along Mott, Pell and Doyers streets, in Manhattan, commotion held full sway. Hundreds of Chinamen from Brooklyn and various parts of New Jersey were tbre and the Chinatown Jose house in Mott street waa filled to the doors. The Chinese figure their New Year from the day that an emperor is crowned and yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary the present ruler has been in power, Rpfiritras rvW will be held continually during th werit and roast pig and cMrkn will be etfw'nflred to aopea th wrath of the god tbt Thry THREE OVERCOME BJfJSGAPING GAS Julius Beckmann, widower, 43 years old, of 134 Linden street; hla -year-old daughter, Ella, and hla brother. Charles Beckmann, who la 49 years old, were found overcome by gas early yesterday morning. The gas escaped from a cook stove Id th kitchen of Beckmann's apart-ronts, The three people were cared for and rtKv-d tn the German Hospital, They will get weiL Peter Stanitsch, saloonkeeper at 33 Bartlett street; in the Eastern District, is suffering from skull fracture and in a critical condition to-day at bfs home, as ft result of a beating he received at the bands.

It Is alleged, of George Fedder. 21. of 22 Atlantic avenue, arid Andrew Gal-len, 80, of 353 Ellery street, because he refused to eell them drink after hours yesterday morning. They were held yesterday in $500 bail for a l.nng. Henry Stetser, of It Montrose a venue, and John edits.

23 years old. of Bo got mixed up in the trouble and received a beating for trying to art as peacemakers. When Feadef ft the piece gtanitsch unnscious on th floor. An engwn dressed Stantterh' fnsed te permit bis It hospital. i SALOONKEEPER ARRESTED.

James Graham, a saloonkeeper, IKS Thirty-ninth street, wss this morning before Magistrate Steer in the yiatbuto court, charged by Detective Carroa. of the ParkvIU station, with violating the hotel act by selltng two of hi-k-v on Sunday. The defendant pioatIM guttle and the atlKtumed till n.xr Fnaaj. ft i enir fr 5H to out th 'h '7 rend nTQif 4 -r y-.