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c.ipE rwoMEH,s aooD.nE
He Wanted to Say II . Year Ago, and Now
He's Made w His Mind.

The report printed In yesterdays Sun that
Capt. Francis J. Twomey. the veteran clerk Of
the Board Of Aldermen, had decided to retire
at the close Of the present year was confirmed
last night by Capt. Twomey himself
II don't know how in the world the report
got out" said Capt Twomey. Il don't remem-
Der having mentioned the subject to any one.
But it's true. I'm not going to resign. but when
the new election takes place in January shall
not be a candidate. I almost made up my
mind to give up the place last year-my wife
tryto stick II. out a full thirty-tve years "
first Joined the Board. But I'm getting old
and crippled. and don't feel able to 90 OH
Capt. Twomey is " years old but as lie sat
taken Tor 81. His eyes are bright. Ills COM
pleNion is q healthy brown. and his black
beard has only begun to turn gray. But there
For year now haven't been able to get
about at all without the aid OF these" he said:
live had rheumatic gout for q number Of
back. so that have great trouble to move ut
all. One day in October. little over year
ago. was taken with a chill in my office. and
suddenly found myself unable step
ton. and then to my house. Ever since have
had to use crutches. I've given the city a
pretty long service to the best OF my ability
and think I'm entitled to a little rest. I've
and me respectfully to the end OF our days:
and my daughter is married and provided
for. L have horse and carriage. and ENJOY
ons eys y ay one as
Michael Francisco Blake. my deputy. will prob
ably have the place.
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Buroau:. but in the majority OF cases the tig;
OF time about ten years being the Average: in
several instances twenty and more years are
son as 4sps 4sasS IN NAV yh be- ssSs s
' Tie history Of the Saturday Half;holIday
eo%siishme se9 Is 81, set f9h in u The report
Answers were received from nearly 5o0 labor
nr1ay halt holiday in their respective trades.
Ninety-two organizations. with u membershiB
ts Ssas st & sSdp rs?eSF
shsn Sas claim in aSs ssssiyss sss
organizations. with membership OF DOT.
say that they have received no benefit from rom
tie Same SAW 81 aasWsr hut ut" have nesesfed 70
their ms%hcrshP 10, 70 thy g n1e
returns at tho time tho report was closed, No
attempt has been made To- include the s snoH.
and other retail establishments OF the large
ci,ies o! tho state who are not ORGANIZED: ,,,,o
tools on iabor forms IN important division Of
the report It says Is Shdsnd hx shat
peM r%s IS at e az
smaller cost. involves displacement TO some
workers. But as an Offset we have the indls-
II afs But tGa tic history
race has there been such extensive distribu-
menu G } sssn,s % paradox. but It is truth.
that machincry condnces to employmSSnt. nnd
to betterment not only inersasifng prSdSetlSR
and Incidentally theconsMmpilon OF products"
Among the numerous replies received from
Swing machinery on employment Of labor the
most, interesting comes from the Machinery
which the following extract is taken:
sr, Of ,an , 9r Msls
The interesteu; society intefesteu. law,
,ssI.y demand ,G,i 3
Ha1 SsrS Win
II individual interest 10 operate as nm obstacle.
A large number. Of valuable suggestions In
labor organ" orsa"i"atons or thcir oeai represent.
atiyes. appear in the report
are worry thorough md comprehensive. The
report says: The strikes RI investigated include
dns tpaaes sne as usual tho most m
rortant, because tho trades act in concert and
for common purposes. Their movements may
snse @ ses OF a9 VII y es5s
Citation wi III labor organizations and 4J4
were abandoned. Of tho establishments af-
tSs no q anG i amer Ter
Obtained by the strikers in 2.Oa5 instances.
number who lost nos!ions. IL: amount lost
S25,O7U93: successful strikes. ga: compro-
missed. 3: unsuccessful. ~, There were o97
dst III r a 81 to
OF trade in consequence Of strikes. the loss be.
ing set down by those who gave estimates at
machinery from strikes Is set down at the
comparatively low figure OF S11.4?29t Of the
OF action against law and order. small pro-
portion Of violent methods OF agitation.
The summary OF the strikes during the last
official year shows that there were 6.25S in
15o trades. or these 5nY We're snseessf1i.
full and SO are pending. Number OF persons
engaged in strikes: 93.as4: number refused
ST $3.50 i64 30: amount expended for relief OF
strikers. $i3l 5isU5; estimated gain in wages
for one year. 1922 SSt 10; loss to employers
portant strike OF the year was that on the New
York Central Railroad. The number Of boy
colts reported this year is 1I5. some OF them
having been continued from former years.
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CORA TOEN BETTER.
She VIII live to Testify Against ex.Poiice.
man Doty or Yonkerp.

She Will Live TO Testlfy A8aSnst ex.FOHce.
man Doty or Yoakers.
YoNKERs, Nov 22.-Cora Yoel. the colored
girl. who was found unconscious on Wood
worth avenue Friday night by the police. has
reganed consciousness and WAS able to talk
to-day The house surgeon thinks that the
girl will be able to leave the hospital in day
or two. DR.. Sherman. chief Of the medical
stan. found only large confusion on the side
of her head. When she was taken to the hos
pItal it was thought she had conclusion OF the
brain, but neither her skull nor her brain was
injured. She undoubtedly. however. was badly
She still sticks to the story that she was
hit on the head with stone thrown at her by
a white man while she was walking along the
t fe eso sss she had
"" Coroner 70 Mitchell said to.nieht that 10 had
was out of danger and would not die. The
police are endeavoring to find her ussalant.
LAWYER Hummel who was retained by ~, eiti,
accused of assaulting the girl some time ago
while he was still q policeman. said Yesterday
mater was vas hearsay he was not prepared 10
might have been thrown by Doty or one Of his
1.-THE ease against Roty Was to have been
was on hand for that purpose; The opposing
transferred from the Court OF Sessions to that
Of the Oyer. and Termincr It has not since
come up. 1t Is true that the friends OF Doty.
the assault. have by various means attempted
10 induce Cora Voen to get out of the way, All
Of their efforts which haye. ~ course; been zen
that no evidence could DO procured to cast u
doubt upon her good character.
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A Case that Coroner Lindsay or Brooklyn
Regards MysterlOus.

James Patterson OF tho Block PAYERS Union
OF Philadelphia was run over and killed by .
train on the uptown track Of tho Brooklyn
Union Elevated road. shortly after ITO o'clock
yesterday morning. The last train Of the Sat-
urday service on the Broadway branch OF the
road left the ferry. ell route for East New York.
at l o'clock. Half an hour later Policeman
Stewart found in Broadway. near Hooper
street. u brown cap and a hob-naed shoe. A
few feet away lay block PAYERS hammer. in
q pool OF blood that evidently Ind dripped from
the track above. where IL d Et body WAS
climbed to the track. where he found the dead
body Of man shockinSly mssngleyd d.. md
Avenue ei and Frederick Clark son Of 2.4S5 Fqi.
train. Each, said he had no knowledge that
the engine had run , OYER anything . on the
traia that lett the ferry at II 80 oclocI yester.
awr snses tic ns pdG a Ct the
Marcy aysnse Ths pGS5tef rt ted nth the police
man Il" Hooper street is tIrse blocks from
Marcy avenue and one block from Hewes
An account book and card of the Philadelphia
Union were found in the de &c mans pockets:
wsr no noff eer sa on MONEY MOTIFS Mun
the Brooklyn PAYERS Union corroborated the
s haa ae% YorR h
He knew him by name. but had no knowledge
of his residence.
Coroner Lindsay says the case is mysterious.
Ten minutes must have elapsed between the
time the last and the last but one train passed
the Marcy avenue station. The engineer WHO
reported the presence Of Q man on the track
must have seen the man above Marcy avenue.
or he would have made the report ct the sta
tion. The porter says he examined that track
and saw no one Surprising the man to have
been drunk, and there is no evidence to that
effect. he ought to have been able to walk
more than two blocks along the broad-track
walkers path beside the tracks In ten minutes.
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A. Orphan A.,ium'. Corner stone Laid.

The corner stone Of u new orphan asylum In
Jersey City. to be known as st. Josepli's Home.
was laid yesterday afternoon. Tho stone was
to have been laid by Bishop WiGger. but
telegram was received from him TINT he was
sick. and the Rev. Mgr Seton officiated in his
stead. A number Of clcrgymen and city on
cials were present. Among the clcrgymen
were Father ,Tighe Of the Church OF 0Ir Lady
znnce. 5. j.. and Harpes. :. j.. OF st. Peters
Church, Jersey Ci,y; Father nunp Iin, Of IT.
Ian Of 1T. Michnsl's Church. Jersey CITY,
large crowd gathered in front 81 me new
Washington and Greene. streets Father Tighc
delivered the Grafton. Add resses were made
BY Mgr Seton, eN-Assemblyman Thomas II.
Kelly, and others.
Til" building is to he five stories high. OF tho
Romanes,lue style. hut ithout any special at
tempt at ornamontation 1t vii be In charge
Of the Sisters OF Pence. an order founded by
for. orpbans the managers, will trair them il
! .lh Hbia pursuits, The building IL " cost
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VIEWING THE DEAD Actors FACE
Throus. visit the Hotel where the Body or
Florence Lies-'rhe Fanersi To-day.

The body OF william ]. Florence was sur
rounded by flowers yesterday in Parlor 10 Of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. From early in the
morning until late at night great crowds look
ed on the face Of the dead actor. Every caller
was attracted by the flowers. At the head OF
the casket stood IN urn OF white carnations.
five feet high. filled with lilies and hyacinths.
Around tho body VI the urn ran band OF pink
roses. On base Of white roses was tho word
T" Husband" in violets. This piece was placed
On the .coffn were. a wreath Of yiolets. Mr..
ilorence's fayorite. flower. from William ID.
.s And three rSon ass OF
lams. Mr. Florence's sister-in. law. At tho
right OF the coffin stood n,nssiye piece sent
chrysanthcmums eight feet high; across the
upper r2rtion OF which was scythe Of violets.
Is of
At the right OF the cross and resting on the
base was u large heart Of carnations bearing
harp OF yiolets with broken string.
Tho Jefferson Florence company sent
SS s boS o Of a ss Ct rSna ey
star Of white chrysanthemums and roses;
Joseph Murphy crown OF roses rose n snrmoIn. .
cross Of white roses aud lilies; the Captains
OF lnspect9I Conlin's district. a broken col
Mmn: Anenstin DAILY. three leaves Of fern tied
with purple ribbon; Kismet Temple Of tho
Mystic Shrine. u pillow OF white roses. sur
mounted by II crescent. within which was a
star OF red roses.
At 0:45 this morning the body will be taken
from tho hotel to st. Agnes's Church The
relatives and the ushcrs will accompany II In
eight carriages Inspector Williams will have
church. Fifteen hundred tickets Of admission
to the church have, been issued. During tho
funeral services, Forty.third street between
and only those having tickets OF admission to
the church will be allowed to pass the police ut
these streets. The services will begin ut III
o'clock.
At a. meeting yesterday Of the Five AS. OF
which MIR. Florence was memeer. resolutions
pointed to MT end the funeral: W. Lloyd Boy
ron. o. M. bennington. John g. Richie. Victor
smart. aud Jesse Williams Edwin Forrest
Lodge No. z. Of the Actors Order Of Friend
ship mot yesterday and resolved to attend the
funeral in a body.
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MANY PERSONS DOG-BITTEN.
4 BIG NEWFOUNDLAND RUNS AafUCK
~ NEWARK S7REETS. nv
he Bites Ose Person After Another Untu
lie is Knocked Over with u Brick Hurled
at his Heaa-The Wounds CaWterlzeA.

He Bites Ose Person After Another Untu
ne Is Knocked Over with Brick Hurled
at his Head-Tke Wounds Csuterizea.
Another mad dog sensation occurred in New
ark on Saturday evening Shortly after D
o'clock a large Newfoundland dog was seen
running down Bowery street swapping and
biting ut men, women. and children. 1t was q
quite dark at the time. and few saw the beast
until it was upon them. The dog is known
to have bitten eight persons. and IL
is said. as usual. that double that number
were bitten. He ran down Bowery street and
disappeared IN one OF the cross streets to APP
pear In Ferry street few minutes later and
create CONSERVATION in that thoroughfare.
crowd OF men and boys gave chase and began
throwing. missiles at the dog. which ran on up
over by a. brick which hit It in the head. Be:
fore the dog could regain his feet q shower q
sdss rs s was
Everybody was convinced that the dog, was
and b Roh F eon s b Sra he cs ssn
zsS tho p Wh o
hs sG %s Gyf ss 81 yin Ct &c
Ssas o;sn f:%a 1aRS. e Sss
ana Henry Hioelzei. a baker baker, living .Sass
ss. IM rs sweiln Hs OF Vas Mott f'Ae street. ni
Mrs Lcichlin OF Bowory street had their
skirts torn off by the brute. and were
flesh was not broken In either case. John
Schaefrer a driver for. Ballantine h Sons. had
his cont torn by the dog. but escaped injury.
bitten on the Leg. A little girl named Lambert.
living on tho corner Of Ferry and Christie
man named Martin. living in Oxford street,
was bitten on the loft hand. Kate Dowd OF 10
and an unknown neighbor OF hers is said to
have been bitten, An unknown boy was also
bitten on the thigh. II Is said
II was learned last night that Katie Kehoe OF
@ Schalk street and an unknown Italian girl
wore also bitten.
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Two DAsHEs For LIBERTE
A Newark Crook who Means 10 Lose No
Chance TO Escape.

AZ 3 o'clock yesterday morning crash OF
glass was heard in Halsey. near Market street.
Newark. and two policemen who arrived at the
Same time captured a young man who had
broken the plate glass In the window OF George
Platt's store in Chester row and was helping
himself to mcerschaum pipes. cartridges. and
other things from the window. He said he was
James Mclaughlin. but he was recognized as
James Bennett. an old offender. who pa years
ago snatched q pocketbook from q woman IN
Broad street, Newark. and was sentenced u
two years in State prison. One OF the detec.
tlves said that there was charge against
Bennett for stealing horse.
When Bennett was taken into the court
room yesterday morning he sprang over the
railing and made dash for liberty. but was
stopped before he reached the street door. aud
was then handelfrel Later in the morning
he, was placed In tho prison van and sent to
jul. securely handculred 70 another prisoner
When the van was opened in front OF the gate
at the Jail Bennett sprnng out and started TO
run He had slipped of his handcuff whilo on
the way to the iui Officer Vaughn. who guard
his pocket aud struck Bennett three blows ON
the head. knocking him senseless, He was
slightly cut. but his INJURIES were not regard;
his home Is ut 254 Norfolk street. Newark
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CHARLES HAD DISAPPEARED.
when Last Seen llo was Singing On the
stage of . Bowery Concert Hall.

when Last Seen Ho was Singing on the
stage of = Bowery Concert Hall.
"Shay, where's Char's?" said tipsy young
man staggering up to Detective Joseph
Schirmer OF the Elizabeth street station Mt
Canal street and the Bowery at O'Clock yes
terday morning.
rs 1t somebody named Charles you're az
ter?"
"Zat's It. Chars his name. Eats 1t. Chars"
where did you leave him."
81 dunno" said the Young man.
Don't you remember where you last saw
him."
LES see. Chars an me started out bout
o'clock. Chars he say ter wife. 'Mdear. men
wildcats me- goin' ter Office copy
papers. see? Wife say. Chars. whaffer got
on dress suit 60 t office. Chars lie say.
.M'dear. Gemmen always wears dress suit al
teE Sss s Sery ST su Ghs shs detective
Ssa1s ssys WITT: i;Ss,sS dsw BoT zsy.
how ssys SoW Gs s!sfse% eS"n
We'll, what happened after you struck the
lis way. We strike saloon. treat crowd.
Zen 20 ter concert hall. ts,ee fun. Chars see
gin sing Chars Eot 9yey voice. Cen. 4r 9nSss
sssf wei. nice Firi come IN stage AZ , s;iins
enfko %s soH Shes S brd 81 w Ill., on'. WINS
IN j say. Sure. Chars Zen she sing
Cuckoo Song Chars he sing too. Bimeby.
ke say Cert m UP he goes. Zen two sing
Cuckoo Song together see. say to m'self;
YOU bey' But Char s he 20 right on until cur
tain 90 down. wait. but no Chars. Bimeby
girl come up n says. You WillieT Sure. |
out on street. Chars down there she says.
n heen lookin' for Chars since"
well, the best thing you eau do is to go
home and wait until Charles turns up" said
the detective.
No. must find Chars fore 60 home Can't
'flose Chars. Think hotter 20 back ter con.
cert hall. G'by." and the young man started
up the Bowery again with his high hat damned
down over the back OF his head and his soiled
oyercoat buttoned tightly over his dress suit.
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DID HE MEAN TO D1sF1GURE HERs
Patrick Lynch Arrested On Mrs. Shayss Con
PLANT With Vitrlol in His Pocket.

plant With Vitrlol In His Pocket.
Patrick Lynch. twenty years old. Is prisoner
in the second precinct police station. Jersey
City. He was arrested at an early hour yester-
day morning ON complaint Of Mrs. Shay. his
boarding mistress. who keeps boarding.
house at 1856 Fifteenth street. Mrs. Shay al
leges that Lynch threatened to throw vitriol
on her. When the prisoner was searched in
the police station small bottle Of vitriol was
found In his pocket.
Lynch says it is a case OF jealousy. He and
Mrs. Strays brother-in-law. Charles Carroll,
have been on the outs " for some time. 81
was drunk" said Lynch. when went to the
house. aud we had . little kick. but / didn't IN
tend to throw any OF the stuff on her. ! got the
stuff in drug store for my boss. John Wag-
ner. He has q lot of horses and one Of them
has proud flesh on one of his feet. and the boss
wanted me to get the vltriol for him.. I amt
bad friends with Mrs. Shay, Why she came
was sorry she had me locked up had no
trouble with her: 1t was only with her brother
in-law.'
Sergeant McGinnis says that when Lynch
was brought in he said he got the vitriol boz
cause he had q sore finger.
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stabbed In the Face with /. Fork.

John Fay. peddler OF sand. invited two men
who are In the same business to visit him OH
Saturday at his homo at 2G3 Avenue b. They
arrived early and got drunk as soon as posi-
BILE. About o'clock in tho afternoon Fay hur-
ried up to Policeman A1cAlanus.who was stand
ing in front OF the house. and said: My wife
was assn ult ed and / guess she is dying" The
tho floor with her face bruised and a stab
wound in her cheek. The wound had been
inaiieted with fork Mrs. Fay was sent to to
said that John Grant had attacked her hus-
band and had stabbed her when sllo tried to
defend him. Grant was arrested. and yester-
day morning In the Yorkville court Justice
Grady held him In $1,000 bail pending tho
womans recovery.
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FELL IN WITH THIEVES.
A younr Russian ON His Travels Robbed
of SIX Thousand Ronhles.

In Odessa, Russia, lives rich man named
Joseph A. Reuter-. who owns large tracts OF
land In the province OF Livonia. The rents
from his tenants yield him considerable in
come. He is an "edelman." but not noble-
man. He las one child. named heinrich. ~
years old. who finished his school days last
spring. Wishing his son to see something OF
the world before he settled down to business
ut home. and giving the boy 5000 roubles In
Kersonar Government bank billets. coupons.
1000 roubles coupon. which In our money Is
a little over So OOO. the father told him to 20
where lie would.
Young Heinrich started for Berlin. where he
stayed for a time with friends. and then de-
tcrmined to 60 to America. where everything
would be new. He arrived In New York about
two months and half ago. Hc knew no one
here. so he naturally driftcd over to the east
side. where he could find men OF his own ma
ton. Besides his own language. he speaks
German. French. and Italian. He found little
room at 90 Chrystie street. where he lived ior
over a month. very modestly. spending his
time in seeing the sights. Ho had seven
coupons slowed away in his trunk.
About month ago he moved to 166 Eldridge
street, where Mrs Yetta Coleman lived with
her husband. George. n tailor. They were
very friendly to him. as was also Jacob wax.
who lived in the Same house. One day ne
dropped some papers which let his hosts know
TINT he lad a largo sum in his trunk. They
told him II was n good place to Keep his money.
az tho banks here were very unsafe.
Last saturday afternoon Reuter- asked Coi ole.
man and Wax to take horseback ride with
ns they were leaving the house Coleman said
lie had forgotten something. and ran bncI up
stairs. He came down again In abomt twenty
minutes. aud the three rode oil Thcy got
back to Eldridge street about half past y. anu
Mrs. Coleman met them at the door; wrinGins
her hands In apparent anguish. On. George.
we've been robbed We've been robbed! she
repeated again and again.
ieuter's door had been forced open. and the
The trunk had be en- riiied and six Of his coupons
were gone. Luckily he had eashed one the
day before. or he would have been penniiess.
In the room was Israel Rabinowitz whom
Reuter- had met us friend OF the Colemans.
We must report this to tRe EHie fn ,%m me
robbers And so the tlvo went to the Eldriage
lane found that tie look on the door had boon .,
were locked on tho inside. Mrs Lewis, the
housekeeper. said that no one had gone IN or
out OF the Colemans' rooms while the three
were away riding but Mrs. Coleman and Rabin-
Reuter- was the only person who. had lost any
thing. The Coemans and their two friends
were marched to the, Eldridge street station.
tice Ryan held the four prisoners. FOR examine
ton to-day.
pons and he intends notifying all banking
houses to stop payment on them. They are
series p. five issued In 1888 and one in 1871.
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A Central Labor Federation scheme.

A call was issued by the Central Labor Fed
Grafton yesterday addressed to the Board Of
Walking Delegates: District Assembly 40.
Building Construction District No. 253. and
the United Hebrew Trades asking them to
join in forming a general committee to har-
monte relations among all labor organiza-
to secure concerted action In case Of strikes.
boycotts. and lockouts. All the details of the
ence to be held in Clarendon Hall On some
Sunday in December. All the organizations
are asked In the call to send three delegates
Brewer Loewer. who had discharged u mem
bel. OF the new brewers union. which had split
the men lie had discharged. claiming that he
hud lost nineteen saloons by them already.
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HER WITCH IN 4 PABysHOr.
Actress Leah GOldberg Causes Actor Ed
ward Morris's Arrest, but Reients.

Edward Morris. an impersonator OF Irish
characters. got to town few days ago after
touring in THE Wolves OF New York." and
paid a visit Saturday night to Leah Goldberg.
an actress OF the company. at the Manor House
In West Twenty-sixth street. The actress had
known Morris long time. When no went
away after late supper. Miss Goldberg
missed her gold watch and diamond pin.
She complained OF her loss to Capt. Reilly. and
asked him to get her jewelry back. Policeman
Behr was sent to look Morris up. and arrested
him at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in front
OF the Victoria Hotel. Miss Goldberg was wait,
ing at tho Thirtietl street station house. and
hc gave her a pawn ticket for the watch. which
he had pledged for 81. He sent messenger
TO his rooms for tho diamond pin and turned
II over to her.
with 5000 in cas.,. and he declared that he was
intoxicsted at the time he took the j9welry
had no Intention OF stealing. and he promised
70 get the wstSh out q pawn to-day and return
against him. and he was selvA1eaa