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I Growing Mortality Among Victims ot tbo Epidemic ms Jatnci Morrow, the Well-Known Barber, Added to the I Death Lift. Grip Is making sad ravage! In New York and vicinity. Pneumonia I) contort and death lti follower. Of Id deaths In thli city within twenty, four hours, were caused by pneumonia. 21 by consumption and 20 by bronchitis.

The number of deetbs in thia city thia week double that o( tin corresuondlnk' period last year. In an alarming number of cases the begnu with an attack of the grip, and graduated from it into ono of tho fatal forma of throat or lnng trouble In many other caaca the European mat. ady. seizing upon one who waa already Buffeting from bronchial troubles or languishing In consumption, has hurriod the Tictim to tho grave. l'ooplo who havo sneered nt the idea that New York was under siege from the Itussiau influenza, tho French "Ln Grippe," or the naturalized snlzzard," and insisted that people might bo having coldainthehead, but no "fancy dlsoase," am crowing inoro respectful and more I careful.

Among tho victims is Jamca F. Morrow, the popular and widely known barber, who for ufnrly twonty.tlvo years linn wielded the razor over iho men whose Business brought them to tho nelghor-hood of the City Hall. Jlxsniie II or row was tlilrtv-nine years eld, and when but )nd begnu life us brush boy in the old French's lintel barber shop. After ten rears tho brush boy became proprietor of tho shop, and bis ahop becatno the popular report of aewspaper men, municipal ofllciais, poll-clans and men ot nffalra. When French's Hotel was closed Morrow removed to 12 Centre street und crew more popular than ever, the genial and well-informed proprietor being always ready with an anecdote.

He was a member of tho Tnmmony General Corumltteo and the Committee on Organizat on of the Tammany Home 1 Club in tho Twentieth Assembly Dis. trlot, where he lived. Fifteen years ago ho married Miss Aunio Oorwin, a teacher In a public school. She died five years ago. and Miss Mabel Morrow is now left nn ornhau at fourteen years of agaj.iy tho of James V.

Morrow. BMr. Morrow was at the shop on Batur. day before Christmas, when he went up to tbo home of his father, John K. Mor- row, in Mount Vcroou, to spend Christ-mas.

On Christmas ere be was attacked by the' grip, which developed into pleuropneumonia, from which he died at 6 o'clock lat oveniuc Policeman Thomas Kilbride, ot Capt, East Twenty-second atreat Kpind, was ill but twelve hours, pneu. wont renin? in almost itnmeaiateiy. lie 7 van forty-three yeart old, and had been polioeniau since 1083. He lived at 890 Fust uveuiie. l'litrolinnn William Uenze, of the 'I lilrteoulli street station, died yesterday afteiuuou of pneumonia at his home, iu hnst Ninth street.

1 atrulmnn David Gerrow.of the Tombs Tot on Court Sqn.il, succumbed to pueuiiionia, developed from the grip, at i tie huuiu oi hi fathfr-in-lnw, James ltcilly. 111) Third avenue, yesterday Bf. terni on. He wna but thlrty-nvo years old, uuii wsj at one time wariiadetectiva witli young Copt. McCullagh, and after wards at tho Eighty-eighth street Doorman G.

W. Eastburn. of tbo Eld-ridze street station, died Tuesday night at his home, US West Forty-fifth street, Policeman Miobael Dowd, of tho rilx. teenth Frecinct. died In the New York Hospital at 4 o'clock this morning.

Other deaths from pneumonia, illreetlr traoeable to the influenza, are reported as follows i Charles Ellis Hutchlngs, ton of Charles F.Hutchlngs, aged thiriy-slx, at 315 West Twelfth atreet. Annie Uorsn, wife of Louis Liotard, yesterday, at her residence, 217 West Twenty-ninth street. Nina Edith Donally, four-year-old child of Melvin E. and Amelia M. Donally, at 119 East Sixteenth atreet.

John P. Manck.aon of Jacob and Maria Manck, of 209 East Eighty-third street, aged twenty-sli years. John P. Badger, aged forty-four years. Edward Campbell Fox, youngest son of Charles F.

Fox, died Tuesday. William Moran Clancy, aged thirty-three years, died on Monday. William Wakoneld Smith, at the dence of bis cousin. Dr. It.

G. Freeman, 117 West Fifty-seventh street, where he was visiting. At Edgewater, N. yesterday after, noon, liev. M.

A. Bailey died of pneumonia, in hii forty-fifth year. In Jersey City, Hugh M. McDonald died Tuesday of pneumonia. He was thirty yean old.

Newark reports the death of Mary Luclts Ganfleld, of B0 Park place, of pneumonia. I And there are still' more than 100,000 people of New York suffering with more or leas violent attacks of the grin. Among tbess is Herr Anton Beidl, of tbs Metropolitan Opera.IIouse, and Herr Fischer also suffering with influenza at the Normandio Hotel. Elijah Smith, President of the Oregon Railway Company, is confined to nil house with the ltussian malady. The doctors ot the city are just about worn out with the constant demand for their services.

The hospitals are all full to overflowing, and the medical men are yet undecided whether to class the malady among the simple epidemics or to tall it contagious, though it Is notlcabls that whole households are affected, and at ono apartment-housa Fifty-seventh street, where there sure a score or families, no lesai than eight physicians met as they orere entering or emerging from the com. don portal. The Hoard of Health confess their absolute inability to check the lavages of the disease, and the promise of winter weather, which set in on New Year's eve, was not fulfilled, though the death rat was materially lessened part, no doubt, by the cold snap of Tuesday. The health auhoritiea are heartily com. mended by medical men for their note of warning and sdvice to the publio to be extremely careful and on the appearance of the first symptom of La Grlpoe to keep to their rooms uad send for a doctor im mediately.

1 1 i Oaaxavaioar. "tte KCMOlaavnic aWstdr pjetnuj ejn.M WMtti DRYER THAN THE FISH BILL Mr. McAllister's Flans Greatly Modi-fled the Polica Edict Arrangements Complete for the Swell New Yers Dance To-Night. Hundreds of men ere busy lo-day com. plating the decorations andotherarrange-ments for the great New Year'a ball lit the Metropolitan Opera-House to-night.

The audltonnm and stage will be used for dancing, but the boxes will not figure in tho affair. In order to make the participants feel that they are in a ballroom rather than an opera.bouto.tbe boxes will be bidden behind the folds ot the richest floral ourtalnlngs, and they will uot be occupied at atl. There will be a great canopy of holly and other green stuff ovor tbo entire auditorium on tbe level of the tops of the first tier of boxes, and tbero will be raised platforms richly carpeted and furnished with sofas and divans, all iirnund tho dancing surface The excitement caused by the decision of the Police C'ommUslonera that no wine should be served after 1 o'clock A. M. has not abated.

It Is said that ez-Judgo How-land will apply to-day lor temporary injunction from the Hnpreme Court, restraining the police from interfering at tbe hall. Mr. McAllister has modified his plans, in accordance with the police edict. The ball will begin an hour earlier, and supper will bo servod at midnight, instead of nt 1 o'clock. At 11.

IS the linger de Covcrly" will be called, tbo dancing lniMug begun at 11. The managers of tho ball arc confident tliat the dec alon of t'-io Police Board will no i evoked or mndined. Their rolianco iu a favorable opinion from Corporation Counsel Clark would seem to be ill-founded, howtiver, that gentleman having nssurcd a repor er that it appeared to him that the tiommiei oner's decision was properly mkou, according to Judge Danlols's reading of the law, and on the face of tho cnae. Thero are 111 subsorlborn to tbo ball, including Wllliaui Astor, William Wnl-dorf Astor. Coruolins Vanderbllt, Chaitn-coy M.

Uonew. J. Piorpont Morgnn, William K. Vanderbllt. Piorro Lorillanl.

Ogden and Robert Hoc let, Abrnru H.How-itt, Edward Cooper, llradley Martin, Austin Corbiu, Henry Clews, Adrinn Inellu, liobett L. Unrpotis, l)e Lanrey Kane. William 0. Whitney. John E.

Parsons, James A. ltoosevclt. Edward Livingston, Lawrence Tnrnure, Ansoa Phelps Htokts, A. NewMd Morris. H.

Victor Newcomb and T. I. Oakley Rhinolander. Each of tho subscribers has paid iu 10'J, making a total of $11.10 Each of the subscribers has received on invitation Irom Mr. Word McAllister, carrying with it tho right to invito sevou gentlemen and flvo ladies.

That makes the full number or invitations 1.7S8 1.00H gentlemen and 720 ladies. So yon see there really ate many mora than said Mr. MoAUitter. Tbe patronosses' of the ball Include Mrs.Wnllnm Astor. Mrs.

Do Lancer Kane. Mrs. Elliott Itoosevolt, Mrs. Philip Schuyler and Mrs. George Peabody Wetruore.

They will arrive at the Opera-House at 10 o'clock, and will be leeelvod by Cornelius Vanderbllt, Hyram K. Stevens and Mr. McAllister, and be oh. corted to a position where they will receive the guests as they arrive. The ticket must bear tho name of the holdor on tbo face and the autograph of the issuiug subscriber on tbe back.

No person, however well Identified, will be admitted without a ticket, and no explanations of how it was lost or stolen, or destroyed, or forgotteu, will be received. Each person presenting a tlckot will be scrutinized, and if the Committee at the door cannot identify tbe person presenting a ticket the aubscriler issuiug the ticket will be hunted up and called upon to identify his guest. Onco inside, however, everything wilt move smoothly and pleasantly. The cloak-rooms for the ladies will be the corridors on the first tier, properly fitted up with boxes and supplied with ladies' maids gifted in the handling of wraps and other feminine belongings, 'ibore will be nine ot these ladiea' a snfil. 'snt number surely to do tbe amount of work in sight.

The men's coat-room will bo on tbo first or parterre floor and on thu Fortictit atreet side of the house. Supper will bo served irt the assembly and concert rooms, and l.fcOO people ruay sit down nt mice without fear of crowding, and with the oxsuranco ot Mr. Ward McAllister that tue wines are of the very best, and warranted not to make tbe imbiber too trlsky, hut just frisky enough. There will be a buffet nu each hide of tbe assembly aud concert rooms and all of the tables will be dressed beautiful flowers, while the guests will discuss this MENU. cmuu.

I'onomm It Prlnou, IlaltrtaaliPouletu. liuitrci (riles Ilomsrd It Croqatt voliulo. TerapQa a Hluard UoachMS rU de vaa a llontsta. lilnaiuitUs UToalODM. Flint de bceaf us cbamilcnona.

Lain rwile att cmion, rsniu, BaamoD mijronoalM a Ukbelf u. hitiui a la modern. (Jslantlm de dlnd an iI1vd OftUiitln tie chapon aus trufti Ainiodt pAtada foiv-irn A I rlatvport, BaIaoa TglAlll. rtuintrd. PcrdreAu plqat 1 a s1.

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Hieuil 1 otioni. Ualea MaMdilo. OliarMW faiUloona. iiateaas aMrtui. rrnlt s'acu.

riacaa moDti. raft. visa. Rudart Brut. IlMt CbaadCB llrult luiriAt Prrttr-Joat RrtarvA.

CbAttAa BAjebtvAliA. 4pldarli. The cotillon will be announced by demonstration, and will be led by either Llspansrd Stewart. Ooh Delauey Kaue, ex-Senator James Otis, ltidaway Moore or Howard Pell. Mr.

MoAllister keens his selection a deep and profound secret. It will be danced continuously for one houTt-and when it is dismissed the great New Year's ball of 18W will have come to en end. A Murder at Watcti-Ueetlng. ((racial, to tss iroaxo. FoarrTiTiic.

Jan. 1, Charles Btlf, a saloon-keeper at a smsll station near here known as Ilanna, became involved In a quarrel in his saloon with a notorious ehsr-aeter named Ed Hmitb. Tbe trouble occurred while a watch-meeting was in prog-reas. lira. Be'f took pari the flsht and abot Smith, killing him initontly.

This so enraged the crowd that thar mobbed the Keifs, drove them out of town, tore down tbe saloon building- and dealroved the stock and fixtures. No arrests have been made. I iklak ra tar H01BLE WIFE HER. Mrs, Slogan Found Dead in Bed Beaten to a Police Searching for Her Husband Who Has Disappeared. The police of the Oak street station have another terrible murder to unravel, tbe details of which nro horrible in the extreme.

Occupants of the big tenement-house, 111 Roosevelt street, had their attention attracted to most disagreeable smell, apparently Issuing from tho rooms occupied by James Slogan and wife, on the top floor. About 0 o'clock this morning Mrs. Ken. nelly, one of tho tonants, determined to investigate. She rapped soveral times at tho Slogan npartments door and, receiving no answer, opened the door and entered.

A most horrible sight met her eyes end a shriek brought hor husband to tbe scene JuBt iu time to catch her as sbo sank fainting to tho floor. On a miserable apology fora bed, which occupied tha northwest oornor of the room, lay Mrs. Slogan, stiff in death. Decomposition had already begun. Iler positiou seemed to iudicste that abe hnd been placed tbero by her murderer after lllo was extinct.

She was a bravo woman, and the por. tioiw of her body which protruded through her clothing and the filthy bed clothing which covered her were covered with brulitos aud coagulated blood. Her fsco was a sickening sight, apponr. Ing, with its covering of blood, to have been mashed to pieces. The remnants of clothing tbnt covered her iorm wcro torn into shreds.

The room, which is ouly about ton foot square, bom every evidence of the slrupclo which she must have made for her mo. A large npaco on tho floor lust beside tbo bed was stained with blood. Efforis had apparently been mado by tho murderer to cover np some of the traces of tho crime bv moping up the blood, for around tho floor nmlnndor-ncath tho bad were scattered rags and garments hesmenrcd with blood. Fragments of heavy earthen vessel lay in various parts of tho room. These, too, were blood and tu'ts of hair clung to sotiia of them.

On tbo stove lny an axe. Whether or not this was used will bo a-rertnined piobnbly by tho Coroner's nx. animation. Johu Kennedy, tho owner of tbe build, ing, loops a nnloou on tbe stnro floor. On learning of the' discovory, ho called Po-licemnn Mlcli.iel Neville, Mrs.

Kennolly gnvo the Information which makea-tbn guilt beyond doubt. All-New Year'a eo tho cotiple wore passiugtbelr tlmo drinking whiskey nni quarrelling. Slogan made frequent trips down stairs to fill the flork. '1 he murderous tight occurred, accord'ng to Mrs, shortly boforu mldnlcht. when sbo board Mrs.

Slogan push Mary McKnlgbt, a gray haired obi woman, out of her rooms. The latter lives downstairs, snd as she was descending Mrs. Slogan hurled 6 bag of clothes-pins after her. After thin the noises of a violent struggle were by noighbors, but nono dsred to interfere. The noise reused after a while and the neighbors, gave tbe matter no further heed, until tbe woman's continued nb-Konre Induced Mrs.

Kennelly to go to her room, with tbe result stated. Slogan is powerful young fellow and rarely worked, lie has not Loen seen since Tuesday night. WAITING FOR GOHBDESS. Tbe holidays having passed, National affairs begin to resume tholr natural con. dltlon, aud once more tbe World's Fair takei Its place as tbe chief topic of interest.

Conjrefsnmeu aro journeying towards Washington from their several homes, prepared to settln the question of Iho site at the proper time when called upon, while their movements art awaited anxiously by thousands of people, it is settled fact that the contest has narrowed down to Now York and Chicago, nnd enthusiasts are oiery whore discussing tho respective merits of tho (wo cities. It isgeuirally atmltted that tho odds arc in favor of New York, and that tue holidays hire dona much to vtitidv Cily'H chances, This claim is based upou thesnpposi. tion that Western Congressmen, during their brief vacation, will bare learnud how their cities regard Chicago's claims. 'the interview Mith Chauncey M. De pew throw a new light on the subject, iniKuiurh that it showed conclusively that the growth of Western towns would be checked by the flood of trade which would pour luto Chicago ahnulillho Fnlr be hela there, to the detriment of grow ing cities.

Moreover, it is said that Eastern capital, now invested In the West, would ho withdrawn to lie placed more ad. vaulazeously in Chicago, thus weakening to an Incalculable amount the financial standing of hundreds of now thriving towns, which are depending to a great extent npou money invested by Eastern capitalists. It is a known fact that Chicago's ideas of a World's Fsir aro remarkably crude, and that tbe Exposition, If held there, would be devoted mslnly to Chicago products and Western agricultural displays, to tbe exclusion of exhibits by foreign nsttons. The Committee ca Legislation will, at their next meeting, discuss the tills for the Legislature, rough drafts of which were drawn up at the last meeting. It is expected, also.tbat the petition for the Benate Committee, now being prepared by ei-Msyor Hewitt, will be submitted for approval.

Not tbe slightest doubt exists among members of the several World's Fair Committees but what New York will be awarded the site, and in constxuienca they have gone ahead with their work just aa though tha prize was already ours. Nothing has been left undone that could be attended la pending the decUlon of I Congress, aud when the 1 egislatlve Ivills have been prepared and presented, site maps distributed and tbe committee appointed to visit Wevhington. they can calmly lie upon their oars, awaiting tha decision, with a consciousness of duties well-performed. MADDENEO B7 LI GHIPPE. A taw-Crazed Mother Throws Herself from a Tblrd Story Window.

Fouud Mangled nnd Dead ot the Footgof an Alr-Sttnft. El'en Carroll, thlrty.elgbt years old, mother of four children, flung herself from a thlrd-stury window iu tho flat, house S13 East Nlnoty.cla.btk street this morning. In delirium resulting irom a violent attack ot La Grippe," and met her death at once. Mrs. Carroll's is the first suicide in New Y'ork directly attributable to tbe Russian epidemic.

It is entirely without other explanation. Cbsrlos Carroll, tho unfottunate woman's husband, recently seoured employ, mimt as a barkeeper in Stephen McDan. ua's saloon at Third avenue and Seventy, sixth street. He had been long out of work, thoy had bad much sickness, and Iho family had a hard time. Mrs.

Carroll naa a strong, hardy woman, had kept up her sulrlts, however, and with work and money coming in tbe future looked bettor for them. Tbe mother had set hor heart upon celebrntlng tbe bright opening of tbe now your to-day with a birthday party for her lioy Walter, aged four yenra, their only son and youngost child, l'ropara. Huns were going forward for thin event in their modest homo wtien Mrs. Carroll was taken sick Isst Sunday. Ihut day and Monday sho kept about, though suffering acutely from pains In tbe buck and chost and a rsging headache.

Hut Tucsduy sbo was forced to take to ber bed with a raging fever, nnd nil tho characteristic symptoms of a severe attack of IhoTcrlii. All day yes. terduy aho kept her bod, gotting steadily worso. Her husband watched alternately by her bedside nnd that of his little daughter, Sophy, who is down with su sttnolc of the ci on p. In spells tho mother was delirious.

When sensible she expressed fear that tho racklug headache would drive her mad. hho bad no doctor, a neighbor. Sirs. Lynch, of 310 East Ninety-second street, ministanng to her comfort when hor husband wns nt work. As tho night wore into the small hours of Iho morning Mrs, Carroll grew mora restless.

Shortly aftor 1 o'clock ahe got op and inaistod on making her bed on tho floor of the front room. She spread quilt on tbe boards and took her boy and tho littlo girl with tbe croup with her to tha improvised couch. Her husband let her have hor way and foil asleop exhausted in the adjoining room, btill fnrtber back, her eldest daughter slept in the rear bedroom, that opened upon a vacant lot. with a window giving iu Husband and daughter were amused by shrill screams to see the mother dasn from the front room to tho window, throw It open and fling herself from It headlong. No hand onuld have stayed her mad rush bad one been thoio to make tbo attempt.

She was insane. Tha fever had driven her mad. It wss the sick child's screams that bad aroused them. Tbo woman's head was crushed in tho fall against tbo rockB at the bottom of the shaft. i'olicoman Woodbrldge of tbe Twenty, seventh Preoinct found her there dead.

To-dny there mourning in the atrlokcn family in place of the birthday party upou which the mother had set her heurt for her pet. TO PROMOTE AMERICAN AfcT. The American Fine Arts Society Growing In Popular Favor. The American Fine Arts Society, an amal-gamattou of the Society of American Artists, the Architectural League of New York, the Art (Undents' Leegno of New York, the fiocl-etyof Painters in Psstel and the New York Art Guild, is rapidly advancing in public estimation. The especial object of the society is to promote American art and to provide ample and suitable accommodations for the combined aocletleo.

while at the samo time each shall retain its own Individuality. The capital stock. which la fixed at tso.ooo. has been largely subscribed to and (30.000 lias been realized through contributions to the Life Fellowship Fund, while tab. (100 iu gilts has been added to the aum at command.

It la eatimatad that the total amount Decenary to expend on land and building will approximate ISOO. ooo, the greater pari nf which will be raised b) the ssle of stock snd IioimIm secured by a mortgsgeon the property of the Hoclety. 'I fie Life Felloirihiii Fund has been crested to enable thosa interested In the prou. reas of art in this country to identify them-selves with this movement snd become directly assoclsted with the objects of the diflcrent societies. All contributor of (100 to thin fund will he made Life Fellows of the American Flue Arta Hoclety, and will receive certillcatea of life fellowship, alilch, while creating no interest in the property of tbe Hoclety or voles In it man.

aitemeut, will entitle the holder to flvo season tickets annually for each of tbe several exhibitions of the Hoclety of American Artuu. tha Architectural League and the Hocletv of Painters in Pastel. Life Fellows will receivo Invitations for sll "private such exhibitions. The freedom of tbo galleries during the exhibitions, which will anuuallr eiteud over a period of at least one hundred days and include painting In oil aud Mitel, sculp. Hire, architectural deaign and decorative art.

ailluiveto the certificates an intrinaio value and will Identify tue contributors with the main purpoe nf tbe organization the promotion nf American art in America. BnWrintlons to the Fellowship Fund ars Invited, payable only when the entire capl. tal of the Hoclety hsa been subscribed. Powderly on tha Ballot. (srrrULTO Tar would.

BcBiMTox, Jan. 1 Qenersl Master Powderly, in a tvc-colnmn article published to-dsy, advises the adoption of tbe Auatra. lian ballot system iu rennsylvsois. After calling attention to the existing abuses of oar system of conducting elections lie answers the objection to tbe new system that it is not American by saying that whatever system we do adopt will lcome American aa aoon as adopted, fully as much as did the common lsw of England which was adopted by all the Htstte except Louisiana. "Let us." aaldhe, have compulsory education laws and we will not complain of lbs seta, of the illiterate In conclusion ha says citizens should organize ballot-reform clubs, pledge every candidal to vote for the Australian system and at the same lime exact from him a pledge not to enter a caucus on Ibis incisure.

Ascended tbe Common Pleas Bench. Judge Henry WichofT, the new Tarn, msuy Hall Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, took his seat on the bench at 10,30 this morning iu Chambers. EXTRA 2 O'CLOCK, BURNED 01 Edison's Electric Light Station In Pearl Street a Prey to its Own Volts. Oirouit of 18.000 Downtown In-oandosoont Lights Destroyed) Equitable, Hills, Boreel and Oilier Office Buildings In Darkness. South Forry Elovatod Trains Blookadod for Throo Hours.

Terrific flnttlo for the Fire Depart ment Losses Nearly 9200,000. Tho principal downtown station of the Edison Illuminating Company, at Nos. 255 and 2S7 Pearl atreet, just below tbe comer of. Fulton, was completely de. stroyed by fire this morning.

The fire broke out a few minutes before o'clock, just when tho early morning rnsh of business on the Hailroad begins, aud aa all the trains running to South Ferry bad tr be stopped, there was tremendous crush and blockade of trafllo for threo hours at tho Chatham Bquare station. Tbe streets fn tho vhlnlty of the Arc, ffhlsh had' been shut off brrtho police to protect tbe firemen in their work, were jammed with people coming from Brooklyn nnd from uptown to their business, and nltogetber the conflagration caused ono of tbe biggest sensations that tbe downtown business district hsa witnessed for many a day. In addition to all this tho result of the fire is that most of the great office build, ings, bnnks and financial exchanges in tbo lower part of tho town are to-day in darkneas, for they have depended for years on tha Edison Company for their light, and this morning's disaster bos ex. tlncuished every one of the 18.000 incandescent lights In the district. heavy nonr fob the nnxucN.

The locality Is a dangerous one for a fire, and in consequenco the flames spread to several adjoining business bouses desplto the desperate efforts of the firemen to con. fine it to tbe Edison station, and did a great deal of damage. Tbo Fire Department labored for fully four hours boforo they finally had tbe flames under control. The total losses will aggregate nearly (203,000. There were five men In tbe building when the fire broke out a few minutes before o'clock.

STinTKn BT A DTMAUO. Two of these were at work in the dynamo-room on the second floor, Nigbt Watchman Thornhlll was In tho offlce and Engineer Carlin and the firemen were downstairs in tha boiler-room. Everything was working well, when suddenly one of tbe eight dynamos In the rear of the big room began spluttering aud whirring around ic a most startling manner. In an instant it was enveloped In a mass of flames whiob spread with rapidity to the surrounding floor and wall, and the dry wood began to blaze furiously. UIUVE DYNAMO MEN.

Tbe smoke at first drove out tha two dynamo tenders, but with tbe asslatsnce of tbe engineer tbey got ont tho line of hose with which the building is supplied and tried to start it working. It made no Impression at all upon tbe fire, which gained such headway in a few seconds that the men were driven down to tbo lower floor by tbe iutenie heat aud smoke. SUlfUONIKO TUB TI1EVIEN. Meanwhile Night Watchman Thorn, hill had rushed around to engine-bouse No. 33.

iu John street, nesr Cliff, and given tbe alsrin. while ItouniUmsc Tucker, of tbe Old slip station, who had aeen the smoke bursting from thei window iu Fearl street, rau into the United Htates Hotel, just opposite, and pulled the box. I.III A BIO BLAST rCBMACK. Ily tha time Capt, Frailer and his men from John street had arrived it was 6.03. and the whole building above tbo second floor was blazing like a gigantic blast fur.

usee. It waa so hot that tbe firemen could not gtt near tbs seat of the fire, snd tbe Ele. vated structure so filled up the narrow street that it was impossible to get up the ladders. Battalion Chief Casbman wa the first to arrive, and be immediately sent out a second alarm from the box at Fnlton and Water streets, i Chief Bonner came up a few minutes IsUr with Battalion Chiefs Fnrroyand UcQlU. ABUY OF XX0I3IA CAUJ1S.

He saw at once that the conflagration was a very serious one, and sounded tbo third alarm, whloh brought all the en. Bines from tbe district, and then followed this up Willi five or six special calls, The flames were nourlng with such fury from all the tipper windows of the building that the stronma of water thatvtere poured upon it from all shies did not at first produce the slightest results, and It seemed aa It ievrral of the adjoining structures must go too. attacked rnoM Tne Flvo lines of hose were plnylng into the windows on l'carl street, soma of thera from tho Elevated station: three were driving in a flood of water from Fulton street and threo more In the rear from Cliff atreet, and besides these, four lines of hose had been taken to tho roofs of the neighboring Imildlugs snd wero tackling tho blaio from above, BXVKnAX. rinxHEN OVXRCOVIB. Chlof Bonner was everywhere at onco, nnd his assistants worked like beavers, Boveral firemen were overcome by the amoko and had to be carried to the street, wboro they soon recovered and went to work again.

Thoy belonged to Englno No. 12. ouAnnxn nr roLicr- Capt. McLaughlin waa on hand about 0.10 with all tbo reserves of his precinct aud an extra squad numbering in all 63 men. They kept Fulton, Fearl and Cliff streets clear for several blocks, and people coming up from the ferry on their way to buslnosa had to make a wide detour to got around the fire lines.

tiaims. The Elevated trains wero stopped at 0 o'olock on tho Bouth Ferry branch and did not begin running again until after 0. srnr.AD to a riCTonr. The cabinet nnd desk factory of William Rchwnrtanaclder. at 239 Fearl.

a big five-story brick building, caught fire from the rear cornice aoon after tho conflagration atarted. Tho top floor was burned out and the whole building flooded with water. On tbs other aide of tho Edlaon build ing waa a threo-story brlok atruoture oc cnoied by Isaac Meyer A and several other tobacco merchants. This building wss also drenched from garret to cellar and large quantities of tobacco destroyed. uileh or wire nunrtKD.

Tho fourth and fifth stories of tho Edl-aon building were filled with miles of covered wire, hundreds of lamps and other repnliiug supplies, which fnrnlshod food fur tho names, and until tbey had been consumed nothing could be sccom-plisbed In tho way of extinguishing tho tiro. liYNAUOS nUKNTKa AMID TtlE BLAZE. Tho fire had blazed up so quickly that Engineer Corlln had not time to shut off tbe steam in tbe boiler room, and the other dynamoa went on running In tbo midst of tbo blazing building until tbo shafting bad been destroyed by the fire. It was 8.80 o'clook botore the work of the firemen began to have any effect, and then, there being toothing more to burn, the flames aoon subaided, while a perfect flood of water poured out into tho street, down tho broken stairways and from tbe main entrance. AKOTlTEn RTOBS SIT ON 71BX.

"When every one thought that the worst was over anotberalarui waa caused by the discovory that there wain brisk fire burn, ing in the rear of the afore of H. M. Alk. man it manufacturer of lamps and lanterns at 201 Fearl street, two doors from tbe Edison ststlon. The firemen broke in and found the rear of the build, inc all ablaze.

An air-shaft and area in tho back of the store, connecting with the cabinet factory of Wru. Hchwartzwaelder, bad enabled tbe fire in that building to communicate with tbe next. OILCLOTH TED THE ELAVIL It was very hard to get at this fire for the building was very aeep and narrow and filled with a dense smoko from burn ing paoklng boxes and oilcloth. The rear of this building also communicates with tbo rear of George Bccks'a jewelry aud clock store at 42 Fulton street, and the latter building was also filled with smoke. It is a four-atory brick structure of tbe most dangerous kind and the upper part was tinocanDled.

No other calls were sent out, but tha firemen already on tbe ground tackled the new fire with deserate energy and after an hour's hard work succeeded in ex. tlnguisblng it. although at one tlmo matters looked very serious for tho whole block. orioin or Tnz riBE. Tbo fire originated in a most peculiar way, abowing that tbe underground system of electrical conduits la no more to be depended upon for safety than the overhead wires.

sddwat winra becaue cbossed. According to one of the employees of the company, a burnout occurred in the Kdlson subway at Liberty and Nassau streets. This Is rsnsed by two wires or main, conductors becoming crossed. This has a peculiar effect on tbe dynamo supplying the current to tbe wires, eaus. ing tbo machine to burn up by tbe In.

teuaity of its own current. Thin Is what happened In the dynamo room at the Edison station. Tbe machine affected by the burnout threw out a abower of sparks in every direction, and the oil-soaked flooring about it was set on fire by tbe red.bot btta of metal which were thus scattered upon it. EDISON'S UAMAOEB BXTICEXT. Bupt.

H. A. Hmlth, of the Edison Com. panv, who was on hand shortly after tbe lire broke out, would neither confirm nor deny this explanation of the origin of tbe fire, I cannot tell what caused it," ho said, and will say nothing till an Investigation bas been made," This central station Is the oldest Edison station in the city and has been in opera, tion for seven or eight years. It supplies the entire lower part of the olty from Spruce atreet south, and furnishes tbe current which supplies 18,000 incandescent bun pa.

orrirz duildimos pibxenu). Among tbe important buildings which depend upon this ststlon for their light, lug are the Equitable, lloreel, First Dank. Manhattan, Hcheraerhoin, Mills. Tost, Htaudard Oil Company, llauk of North America. Mutual Life, tariuer' Loan and 'Irust Company snd nearly all the big trust lompanv and bank buildings In tbe neighborhood of Wall street and Broadway, The Stock, Cotton and Consolidated Exchanges are also supplied by this station.

MOT EVEN OASLlaUT, Very few of these buildings are pro. vided with facilities fir gas lighting, which could be used st so short a notice, aud as a result the offices are all dsrk. eued to-day, having no light except what ia supplied by Old Sol, who can hardly penetrate into many of the dingy recesses of some ot these enormous office build, incs. The Inconvenience and Interruption to business, which has bean caused by the accident to tha Edison station, i wry serious, and tliere wai a general wall in downtown business clrclea this morning, whou it was fouud ont what had happened, XtnOflENK LAMM CALLED IN. Kerosene lamps and psrafllne candles were called into requisition, nnd cansed an unprecedented boom In that branch of trado this morning.

There is an auxiliary station of the Edison Company at SO Liberty alrset, and Hupt, Hmlth said that by noon to-day he boiied to get it in operation, so that parts of the dlstriot st least could be supplied. LIST Or TBI LOSSES. The loss of tbe Eill'on Company on 111 msoblnery and stock la placed at 9133.000, and the building, whloh Is owned by the company, is damaged $40,000. William Hchwartatraelder estimates bis loss at 3,000 on stock, snd 02,000 to the building, H. M.

Alkraan loss is fatly 910,000 on stock and 13,000 to the build, ing. and the tobaoen stock, bslonglng principally to Isaao Meyer A at 333 Fearl street, la damaged to the extent of 10,000 by walnr. George Berka'a jewelry store on Fulton street isdauiaged 1300, All theso losses ars inoro or less fully covered by insurance. Cant. McLaughlin fays that It will probably be several days before tbe Edl.

sou Company can supply tho entire dis. Irict, for the auxiliary station is not In working order, and tbo plant is not sufficient to meet the emergency. It wss not uaed aa a lighting station ao long as tho other station waa running, but was a sort of storehouse for supplies. A BAD TIM BLOCK. "Tbe block where the Are occurred." said Capt MoLaugblln, "Is one of the most dangerous in this part of the olty, and it Is certainly greatly to tbe credit of tbo Fire Department that It was prevented from spreading more than it did.

These old buildings down bere'arcreg-ular tinder.boxos, and when a fire once headway among them there is no toll, ng when It will stop. I never saw Chief Bonner tackle a dangerous fire more scientifically than be did this one, and It is a marvel now soon he bad it under control. TOOK POISON IK THE P1HK. Pretty Annie Smith's Desperate Attempt to Take Ber Own Life. The New rear opens unhappily for pretty Annie Bmllb, of 343 East 104th atreet, who Ilea to-day at the point of death In the Presbyterian Hospital.

Annio is nineteen years old, but life had lost its obarra for ber, and at an early hour this morning she repaired to a lonely spot In Central Fark, and, sitting down on a bench, swallowed a huge and possibly fatal dose of laudanum. Tbe desperate young woman was dis. covered before the poison had time to do its work, and aho was. conveyed to the Presbyterian Hospltal.where every means was applied to restore her to conscious. nesa.

No cause bas yet been learned for her desperate deed. On the way to the hospital the girl tried to destroy place of paper, which wsa, howover.reseued by Fark Policemen O'Conor, who had her In charge. On tbe paper waa written the following i New Yiau'ii Day. 1800. My Deab am tired of my life, sol am going to take II myself, as I cannot wait till Godlakes It, Perhaps I sm not fit to bo to Him.

Well. I hop 1 will be forgiven for all I have done. I have a temper and I cannot help it if I bavo done wrong. 1 know my parenta can not afford to nay for my funeral, so please bury me In tbe l'otter Field. It is good enough for me.

Tell them all not to worry for me, whloh I know they will not. I know It waa a terrible row this after-noon. I did sometliing which I could not help. I ask Ood and all to forgive me, and I hope my parents will also. Yours.

Good-by all, sister. brothers snd psrenis. The doctors in the Presbyterian Hospi. tal ssy the girl will recover. POOF.

BDRDICK UNDER FfBE. A Long Island School Principal In Trouble with His Teachers. Cbsrges have been preferred against Principal Burdick, of the First Ward School, Long Island City, alleging con. duct unbecoming a principal. The accusations are mad by Miss Mary T.

Qarrity and Miss Mary A. Honnell, teachers in tbe Grammar Department, who are under Principal Burdick's super, vision, tfebool Commissioners Kavanagh.Fitch. er and Hlppel have been appointed a com. tulttee to Investigate tbe charges, which are now in tbe possession of Mayor Gleason. Tbe committee will give both accused and accusers a hearing Jan.

7, in the Mayor's offlooat the City Hall. To an Eyemimo World reporter this momlnc Commissioner Kavanagh said i I believe the principal charge is that Mr. Burdick is unfair in his treatment of tbe teachers under him, and that he shows decided partiality. Another com. plaint Is that be insisted that Miss Usr.

rity and Mis Honnell should board at a pUco of his selection, "I believe that the question of religion is involved in the charges, although I cannot say in what way. I don't know much about Prof. Burdick. one way or the other, but in my opinion tha trouble Ilea in the fact that he bas had pretty much his own way since be baa been here, nnd thinks tbak no one but himself knows how to run his school Tbe reporter railed at Principal Bur. dick's residence, 302 Debevoise avenue, but was told that Mr, Burdick was out.

An English Syndicate's Big Forfeit. irlCUI. TO THE STSMMO WOBLD.I Ham 1'sixcisco, Jsn, Tha Engllih syn dlcate that neaotlated for the purchase of twelve cresmerie In this vicluity. snd, paid tioo.ooo deposit, failed to pay the balance on tho lest day of December and thereby forfeits tha deposit. i Pittsburg- After IU Dead Wires.

isrreiAL to tbs aviaixa woilo.1 PlTTsacaa, Jon. 3. E. M. Blgelow, Chief of tha Publio Safety Department, bas ordered the Superintendent of the Bureau of Kleotricity to remote all dead aires in the city, lA.

MATRON M'AUUFFE DE. Her Body Found Plottlog In the Eist Rtier This Meralng. For Yean In Chart? of the Tombtf -Mi Woman Prison Wai It Suicide ''jut The dead body of Mrs. Barsb A. Mei JS Aullffe, formerly tha well-known aairoil ffim of the female prison at the Tombs, wssji dfl found in the East River thia $fa At 7.

SO some boys on the river treat asy "WM tbe foot of Slxtloth street aaw tbs body asjJflB woman floating on the dark turf ae fflfl ths wat6r. Sssl A policeman was called and the bodfWjOT was brought ashore. 'ujH It was that of a good-looking wonum ej JH about tbirty.flye yean, with dark fcefri jB neatly braided. Her eyes stared wMsJj'-nJ open In death. Bhe wore a brown akirt and waist.

4Jl two gold rings glistened on her MIH hand. 'Jfl Ths body was not at first identifled.bm' jS when taken to tho East Blxty-seyeatfc'y j9 street station-house was recognised Ml jH that ot Matron MoAullffo. JJB The Coroner was notified and tbe body'ssM was removed to tbe dead woman's hof4, fiH at 411 East Slxty.flrst street. 'M Mrs. MoAullffe's relatives aro at lONr' to account for ber death.

It Is thought ahe left her homo by stealth, went down to the river front sm MH committed suicide by 'throwing herself into the river, VM Another theory is that she wandere Jlfl too near the river in temporary fit oc insanity and fell Into tbe water. The matron was on dutr at tbe Tomk- for many years. JjM Boms months ago she was transferred to TsB Essex Market Prison. Her salary war 9333 per annum. -JH At tho Tombs much surprise Mi 3M evinced at tho news of the matron's 'rjfl death.

vasal Assistant Matrons McKeon, French ana' UH lead Mrs. McAuliffe to commit suicide. sM Martin Campbell, of Esses Market) kM Court, said to an Etehiko World re.5 porter that Mrs. McAuliffe left the prise," 'm Tuesday morning with a severe cold, 84 had been home ever since. "'M Hho bad been very reserved of late, hnk IH waa never heard to complain of ber trajssw wM fer from the Tombs.

3M A msrned son of Mrs. McAuliffe wasli.iffM at Essex Market Court this morning. I 'iiM He said his mother bad been sick wiHl i jfl the grip for three days. HsleUherlssf bed at her home at midnight last night, NELLIE ill JAPAN TI-IM Miss Bly Will Me Four Days fijjKfl Sight-Seeing in Mohana. Nellie Bly will sleep to-night in ths) $jB metropolis of the Yankee! of the East.

jS Yokohama. The little lady should land tfm on Japanese soil before noon to-day. Sfee fjfjfl will, if tbe Oeeanlo Is on time. Hero sjsa ifjfl will rest until Tuesday, which will (drs her time to see some of the strange sight! jU of that quaint old city. The Oeeanlo fer jB due to sail from the Japanese harbor Jan OS 7, and it is hoped ahe will pass throngk the Golden Gate of San Francisco Bay JH not later than the 201b.

No means have been resorted to in Mies) Bly's wonderful journey to expedite he1 travels other than those at the command of any traveller. Bhe has simply availed i herself of tho everyday facilities 29 for tbe transportation of tourists, aad Ajl the extraordinary time she has mado oxdyl fB domonstratea the perfection of the iratasari of rapid transit from point to point. MM She has had no special trains, no ifssvi -jM clal steamers. Tbe departure of no train aH or steamer has been hastened on her 9 count, and none will be. Bhe will sisply- J3 lose no time in availing herself of tie '3 means of travel already existing.

iH Phlleaa Fogg, in Jnlea Verne's story. never rested. Miss lily will have had fjB twelve days of idleness, ao far as onwarA -jl progress is concerned, counting the stop jM at Ceylon. Hong Kong and Yokohaasa. WU Bhe will undoubtedly be benefited by the iS record-breaking fever prevailing iaj steamship circles, and if the Oceania low- era ber record from Japan to 'Frisco Miss) lily will aimply get home ao much sooaer.

tjH An oibsr passenger from Yokohama cast, JB dr the same. 'M As now arranged, the last stage, pS SM Nellie's journey from Chicago--will bf nude over the Pennsylvania system. her time will be taken when she allWf at the Jersey City station. A announce when she sailed, however. Tan WeauK, 'M reserves the right to change her itinerary I at any potut with tbe view of eipediuasT.

JM her journey. Due announcement ot Hay H3 change will be made, however, for thar T1 benefit of guesers. fHI Gueasers will find the coupons prints Jhfl every day in tbe morning edition of Tim I Wobld up to and including the day ijrjta her arrival at Chicago. Tha guess maa JUU be expressed in days, hours, ulnutfts aMJtjgB seconds. Every coupon is ood for can' guess.

The prize for the guasa that comes nearest to stating tha exact fcima consumed by her journey ia a free round BU trio to Europe, with a week each ia Ixau JI don and Paris at tbe best hotels. Tun oblu paying all expenses. yj A TRAIN ROLLS DOWN A BANK, Death for the Engineer and Mlracu AM lous Escape for the Pnaaongers, 4m (srxciiL io TBI Rvtmaa wosio.l 'ill LlTTU Hoc. Jan. a-Kiminc JBJ Apxrson was killed snd severs! panensers) fl were injured in a railway wreck 03 WM ton Belt lload.

fifteen miles north of Pins' Blnfflstelaet night. Jfl Full dtt ill of the accident are sot yet in, 'Mm but it appears that the ucape lrowaur Mm riblecasuatty weaanar.evoin, Tbe whole train, luc.ulu tl'Sengbie, baggax car ami three ti 114 with paaaenzers. a as thrown down a tuw fH embankment. jfaH 1 mm 1 asaS The First Death from Orip." But bis wife and children are 'all rizht, Be wss Insured in tha Uarran iari asp Ao. MmW cidxst Issubakcx AssoctATto.

Broad. iMm way. Good agaata wanted at ail Muta SMm AddJMlJ. JatFawc, Secretary. MM.