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storled. To the southwark was tho unfinished
structure OF the new Macomb's Dam bridge.
and that was covered with spectators. but the
wonderful overflow was up the heights to the
westward Of the grounds. The whole face OF
this great hog back OF rock and earth was
crowded with mon and women. and where
buildings crowned the incline their
roofs bore tho tailings OF the crowd. One
stand was yellow with the chrysanthsmums
that the wenrers had not expected to bring -
funeral flowers to deck the corpse OF Prince
toms ambition. Another great black mass OF
folks at tho western end under the hill was
blue with the victorious color Of Yale. But
these were not the only patches Of color.
There must have been 10000 bits Of orange
and blue. and they Uttered the scene where
ever the eye foil. Down the edge ofths square
OF shivering humanity and far up on the
higher stands and the tops Of the tally.hos
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rLoss1E wALkER.s ADVENTURE.
Taken Away by IL Stranger md Returned
10 Her Home by Another Stranger.

Flossie Walker. the siX-year old daughter OF
Dentist fayette C. Walker OF Al Scherm erhorn
street. BROOKLYN was watching some juvenile
ragamulflns at the corner near her homo yes.
terdny. when strange man who was slightly
intoxicated came up. took her by the hand.
and led her along Court street to Atlantic ave-
nue.. where he boarded n passing car. taking
her with him. Nearly three hours elapsed be-
fore the girl returned to her home Her par
cnts were almost distracted over her absence
1T was also n stranger who escorted ths girl
home. but he Was sober and not identical with
the man who had been responsible for her
uisappearAnce.
He said that the movements OF the man who
some women Mt THO station OF the MON ele-
waited RI road ut Myrtle avenue and Adams
street. and that when the women began to
question the girl the man hurried down the
stairway to the stie-t and disappeared. The
girl told whore she lived. and at the request OF
tho womcr the second stranger accompanied
tie girl to her home
Mr.. Walker was so much OvariOyed in the re-
rOvrry Of his daughter that lie allowed tho
stranger TO depart without asccrtnininG his
name or address. Tie girl told her atler that
the stranger who bed her down Court street and
Put her on II car. brought her to u hoIAe, where
they remained II short time. They then got on
an electric ear, rode some distance. and then
G"t off and walked Tor several blocks. They
then got on and OF several electric cars. and
Nnnliy rode down town on the elevated road.
getting of at tho Myrtle avenue and Adams
street station, wher" her wnnderngs ended.
The girl could give no description OF her nh
ductnr. Detective Sergeant Connors has been
detailed to make an Investigation.
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IT WAS YALB'S GAME.
Nassau's Tiger Clawed and
Crowded in Vain.
Two GOALS KICKED BY The BLUES
Princeton Played Hard and Well,
but Failed to Score.

Sixty Thousand Persons Spend tho Better
Part or Their nksgiving Day on tho
Benches of Manhattan Field and tho
Neighboring 1Iil-A Clear Sky and .
Bitins Wind Brace the Players OF the
Great Football Game-Luck was with
Yale from the Start, and Princeton Put
Up u Better Game than Was Expected
Gallant Work OF the Bliss BROKERS, Bfc.
Cornack, ana Underworld TOR Yale, and
Capt. King, Foe. Morse. aud Homans.
The doctors Of tho city and surrounding
country will never regret that the biggest
football match OF the year was played on Man
haitian Field yesterday-unless some OF them
had relatives among the spectators. Instead
OF 10000 onlookers as all the papers an
nounced there would be. the number was above
10000. the excess being spread all over the
damp ground and the wind-ravaGed rocks and
trestlcworks Of tho peculiar country around
the field. Fifty thousand men and women.
sitting or standing still for from two to four
hours. In such wind and weather as there was
yesterday afternoon will lend lively impetus
TO the death rate OF this and adjoining States.
1t was moro reckless and devil. may care
performance than that which the TWENTY-FIVE
college boys gave In tho field. which is class
ing It very high in its line. But who cares how
many are butchered to make a New York
holiday Yale won againi Princeton died
game with all the luck against her. We were
all there. with our lady loves and our colors.
'Rah. 'rah. rah-Yale!
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STRANGE SOUNDS IN THE OFFICE.
Gov. McKinIcy's Clerk Tells a Mysterious
Tale,

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Nov "a. Gov. McKinley's
executive clerk. Mr. Bawsell. says the Gov
ernor's Office Is haunted. lie says:
"OIo night soon after the execution Of Jake
Harvey. tho Dayton man who murdered his
mistress. while seated here at the desk. ] was
startled by loud knock on the doors OF the
large cupboard where the applications for
psrdons and combinations OF sentences are
kept. l thought it was tho wind ut FIRST. but
inyestigati ion proved that II was not
Just what caused the noise was unable to
learn. / thought very little of the matter until
tho night Of the execution of Craig and Mo-
Cnrhy. the CINCINNATI murdercrs. was here
alone In the Office that night. and. MS far as
was able to tell. there was no ono else in the
whole building excepting tho watchlnan at
the treasury vaults and the patrolman In tho
rotunda. There was no living being here who
could have made tho noise heard.
about 10 O'clock The Knocking in that cup
board began. and it WAS kept M at = lively
rate for two hours and half; just after the
execution OF tho murderers there was y ,per-
feet shower Of KNOCKS. What caused 1t don't
know. or course ! was only Joking when
said the place was haunted. for | am not SUI
perstitious. il | were the least bit super
stitious, however. would say that tho knock
ing Is done by the spirits OF the men who had
heen executed in tho penitentiary annex. and
whose applications for pardons or commute
tions OF sentences are stored away in that
mysterious old cupboard"
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BERTHI LiU At HER OLD THURS.
Renrre.t OF the Adventures Who Sot eon'
sui.<:ene,r,i Ruiz Into Trouble.

Mrs Bertha Lau. who was arrested some
ve.ks AGO. with Domingo Ruiz. the Consul
General OF Ecuador. on charges oil negotiating
n forged note for ST 200. and Is undor S2ooo
bail awaiting trial on charge OF forgery. was
arrested again yesterday 10y Detectives Suilt-
var and Lang Of the West Thirtieth street po-
leo for passing worthless checks.
Mrs. Jnu, since she was released from JEFF
fcrson Market prison on bail. has boon living
nj the West Indies Hotel. 1o3 Wost Thirty
eighth street. A number Of shopkeepcrs on
Broadway have complained to Capt. OConnor
that she had bought goods Of them with checks
that wcro returned marked mo account"
Detectives sullivan and Lang learned that on
Nov IA she had purchased two pairs OF gloves
fom Joseph llendl at 1907 broadway. and
had given Miss Benjamin. q salesgirl at
l'.ndrs. check on the Sixth National Bank
Tor 50 ard had received S2l in change. The
creck was returned from tho bank as WORTH
isarnci Mrs i"H LAD passed. 1 two checks Tor
dealer de-" a"H sxsh nvsnaa and du Twsnt, ssHtS
turs valued ut SIS from Mr. Clausen.
On ~ tuesday Miss BeniSMmn went before Jus
cured Il warrant for the arrest Of Mrs. lau on
e the Vest Indies Hotel. and isarpeI from
f.au had LETT his hotel and had paid her, board
bill of SlOu with a worthless check on the Ma
tinnal Park Bnnk.
Yesterday afternoon the detectives met Mrs;
Iuu on u sixth avenue surface car md placed
her under arrest. Mrs. Lau was taken to q q
Thirtieth street station house. There she
said that she lived ut the Hotel Gartholdi. In
her possession was found u bunch Of pawn
tickets. among 4 rem tickets for diam nd rings
that had been pledged for $3.50. bracelet for
$15. II pair OF diamond earrings for 500. and
other articles for 81 a. She also had num-
Der OF losing pool tickets on horses that ran
yesterday at GuttenburG. Among the tickets
was one on the horse Little Fred. $40 to 800.
and n note ito sam Emory. the bookn,aker.
stating that she enclosed him q check for sou
and would like to have him bot It for her.
She had also several bill 8, one OF II. kraeme
Of l2S West Forty-sscond street. for picture.
Winters Night in Russia" price S325O
another OF the Mount Eden stock farm for pas
turage from Oct. ~ to Nov. 10 for S1O.H2.
These bills wero paid recently and presumably
by checks.
A letter to William Schnitzer read:
Pleas. advance and return TO me as much AZ you
possibly can. W. W. LAu.
This apparently referred to . long list OF
silverwnre. including cake baskets and other
Mrs. Lau will be arraigned in Jefferson Mar
ket Court to-day. Her arrest will be a rolief tc
old Mr. Ruiz. all OF whose friends agree with
him In saying that tho forgeries OF which he
was accused were the work OF the adventures
who had got him to regard her as an adopted
daunhtNr
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GOT MS POUND or FLESH
Roberts Agreed I" Die Il lie Did Not Pn,
md the Other Man shot Him Dead.


nnd the Other Man shot Him Dead.
LOUISVILLE. Nov. 24.-Ifenry Roberts. col
ored, was shot and killed at Sparta to.day by
Jerry Constantine The murder was tho re-
suit OF an extraordinary agreement into which
the two men had entered. Several weeks ago
Roberts wanted money and went to Constan-
tina
The latter demurred because the negro could
offer no security. Roberts declared that il he
did not pay the money by Thanksgiving Day
Constantine might Kill him. The hotel keeper
agreed and gave him the money
The negro had not paid tho money to-day.
and Constantine took his revolver and went
out to look for his debtor. He searched the
town over, but could not find him. After din
|. n or he went ont again on another search. and
at last found him near the railroad depot. He
approached and demanded his money. Rob-
erts said he did not have it.
DO you remember our RCreement?" de-
mandcd the lender threateningly.
Yes. cir. I do" answered Roberts.
"Well. am going to carry it out" said Con-
stantins. Drawing his pistol no levelled it at
tho negro and fired before any ono could inter-
fsre. Roberts was shot In the head and died
almost Immediately. His murderer walked
away and up to a late hour had not been cap
tured. His friends believe he will surrender.
Constantine is known as q very determined
man. He has made a boast that he never
failed to keep his word. and has never been
known to break 1t.
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AIRSH.AFT GYMNASTICS.
How One May Fall Six Stories and Escape
with . I.acerated Garment.

HOW Ono May FAN Blk STORIES ana ESCAPE
with y Iaccrated Garment.
II Mrs. Seekers tenants on tho third floor OF
Al Oliver street had not hung out their wash
ing yesterday Michael Fischer would not be
alive day to toll how 1t feels to fall from the
roof OF a sx-story building to tho bottom OF an
airshatt. Two stories down the shaft Fischer
got tangled up In clothes line. and whom he
landed at the bottom there were several sheets
aud a pile OF clothes between him and the
flngging. Then he got up and walked out
Mrs. Seeker Was just sitting down to dinner
at 4 80 o'clock when q mass OF clothes with q
solid body in tho centre fell past her window.
which opens into the shaft and which is about
four feet wide. Mrs. Lynch. the housekeerer
at ~. thought the ceiling had fallen, and
eing a woman OF action. she called Police"
Mrs. Seeker unlocked her cellar door to admit
two policemen and u dozen others who had
run in from the street.
The bundle Of clothes and the broke line lay
them WAS Was gone. THOSE who had dc crowded into
the shaft looked up at the narrow slit Of blue
ely six stories above and declared that 1t Was
ont being killed. Just then .Michae! Fischer
walked around corner Of the shaft and was
much surprised ut the interest taken in his
fall. His head was cut and his hands were
bleeding. but the most serious wound was in
n HIS from S Wnor Of s h'is vs s9o.s
above Two ,noic.men and four ordinary eiti-
Zens grabbed Fischer and wanted to carry him
at once to a hospital whore he could die in
peace. man was sent on a run to the Oak
street station to summon an ambulance. and.
altogether. the ncghborhood was in great agi-
tHtion: that is. every one except Fischer. He
looked at his trousers and then at tho bundle
of clothes.
II fell down." he said.
When II was suggested that he should 20 to
the hospital he said:
Nav you don't. I'm all right. except me
There ware a few cuts on him which needed
the attention OF a ply scian. aud he walked to
tho Chambers street Hospital accom- panied
BY policeman. His cuts were dressed and he
Fischer is ~ years old. and he has a dove cote
on the top Of his house. One Of his pigeons ps
caned and he went up to the roof Of Il Oliver
street. whore there is q dove cote. to look FOR
his missing bird. lilo tried to step across tho
Shaft. hut IN iscaculated tho distance and Tell
And the clothes line acted in u similar way
as "A lfe-preserver on Wednesday Mt ~ Nor
folk street. Shorty" 1saacs. Il school boy
went up on the roof t? bag pigeons. He con.
a dozen, pigeons wheeled over his head Ia.
pige"n horrad away, and shorty after him.
Shorty verlo"ked the airshaft between ~
and ~. and went right over tho side Before
he had fallen ten feet he struck the clothes
line upon which Mrs. Ehrets family washing
WIS spread The roro broke and Shorty struck
II succession OF clothes lines stretched from
each os the six stories, and brought UP at the
i,otinm of the shaft. lie was badly hurt. but
is like " to recover. All oiw which goes to show
well rGuppel airshnlt should 10 without
eliot hpi lines.
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,uAHpISG OFF INTERFERENcr.

Emf the now favorites-the football teams
md the college boys-were good to look at.
They were OF the pattern that made football
conspicuous sixteen years ago; tho self-sa
fellows. one mightsay. for college boys OF one
year and another are as alike as tho products
OF pin factory. But the game has grown II tho
players have not. and yesterday tho Yale
Princeton match Was the grand. absorbing
event of the town. No spish mountebanks
were these new idols. but stalwart. bright
faced young bucks. dressed like the moulds of
fashion. and beribboned like bull fighters. As
they paraded the streets with each others sis
tiers on their arms. they freighted the holiday
crowds with youth and beauty. charged tho
air with Joy. and sprlnkled the dull scenery Of
tho old town with the gold dust OF laughing
young eyes.
PRINcEToN's COMING TO TOWN.
The Princeton contingent came over on tho
Pennsylvania ferryboat Chicago. which 1t took
possession Of and owned, as college boys have
a way Of doing with whatever part of the earth
they may be in. Tho orsngeand black OF tho
college was reinforced by q big yellow chrys-
anthemum on every left lapel and the big
darby 'Xnck." who goes about with tho boys
on condition that he may regard their frolcs
with paternGl gravity. was tied up md down and
acrofs the middle with the,iGer's colors. Every
walking stick carried craVat OF black and
orange. and certain boys wore ridiculoustoy
tigers on top OF their derby hats. These were
! the young boys. too young to care for convcn-
| tionality MS much as tho little that
| the rest OF the boys care for II.
| -Four abreast and arm In arm the
J boys marched into and through the upper cabin
OF the hoatscnhinG the men and women scam
periner before them. as II an invoice of Texas
ca,ile HAD Leen Put aboard. When the boys
came TO u halt oil, the outer deck and sang and
yelled the PEOPLE followey. and closed around
them TO enjoy their fun. 1he.ir best song was
: s>aut araRss AID blaak diving SAlA hAak AAd
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mrs. CLEvELAND IN DANGER.
The Horse. Hun Away, hut Mr.. Freeman
Controls Them, and No One II Hurt.

LAKEWOOD. Nov. 24.-Nlrs Cleveland went
driving this morning with Mr.. Francis 2.
Freeman and Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman. Jr. The
elder Mr. Freeman held the reins. Hc and his
son occupied the front seat. The party had
been out about an hour when tho horses heads
were turned homeward In turning the of
horse SHE'D. and before Mr. Freeman could
pull up tho team they dashed down the road.
Mr.. Freeman brnced himself against the dash
board OF the carriage and kept the frightened
horses In the road. turning safely out for every
carriage in the road. During the mad run OF
the horses one OF them kicked up a large
etone. It went by the window on the side OF
the carriage where Mrs. Cleveland sat Half a
milo from town Mr. Freeman succeeded in
pulling up the horses. Tho ladies' woro pretty
we'll frightened.
The Incident OF the morning did not mar tho
pleasure OF Mrs Cleveland during the after
noon and evening. In the afternoon she re.
ceived n number OF friends. and in tho even
ing others called. Mrs. Cleveland was tho
guest OF honor at the dinner given by Mrs.
Freeman this evening. The others present
we're Mr. and Mrs. i. T. Freeman. Mr.. and
Mrs f. Z. Freeman. Jr.; Miss Kimbal Wilson
Do Meza, tho artist. and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Nelson,
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STRANGE FIND IN WASHING rox.
A Landslide Brings to Light n Lot of SEQ
Gold Pieces.

SEATTLE. Wash. Nov. 24.-All danger from
floods has passed and most OF the railroads
have resumed running regular trains. though
many have to make transfers at big washouts
and landslides. 1hc ..1ais, wi'iIe Hivius en-
ployment to many idle men. have led to some
what OF a famine in beef and milk. Besides
tho delay in shipping products. much stock
has been drowned The muddy waters Of the
Sound have com pletely stopped the profitable
salmon fisheries for time. Over two tons Of
registered mail alone came in to-day from the
East and South. All mail trains began NOV
ing yesterday for the first time since the storm
began.
A remarkable landslide occurred yesterday
on the Tacoma and Stciiacoom Railway. Tho
breaking away o! IL high embankm.nt re-
vealed several hundred dollars In SO gold
pieces Several men quickly gathered up the
coins. and the news OF the find soon spread:
The money is supposed to have been buried
there some years ago by John Lock. pros;
porous brewer OF Steiacoom. who was believed
to 10 wealthy. but. as he was not known to
have any relatives. it was somewhat OF n
mystory at the time of his death where his
money went to. and tho discovery yesterday
may lead to its recovery. Further search will
probably be instituted.
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Yesterday. For once they seemed tame in
their own eyes. MY gard. Captain" said
ono who stood behind the reporter. do 70
name to say that no salary goes wild that
Sure. there's money In even prize fighting. and
this is twenty prizo fights rolled into one"
FOOTBALL TAKES THE TOWN.
In front Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel was tho
place to see tho boys OF both colleges. All
crowds OF out-of-town folk centre there for
some reason. and during the whole Of yester-
dav forenoon the blue and the tiger stripes
passed and repassed one another on that
block. Their wearers cheered them selves and
Guyed their rivals. and idlers and strange rs
lined the pavement to see the fun. The fur
nishing stores had been half stripped OF their
flags. streamers. and badges. and the people
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The elevated trains were so crowded that 1t
took them an hour and o half to 60 to 155th
street from Park place. and an hour from
Thirty-third street. Tho once great boon OF
rapid transit has in it's turn become old-fash-
toned. and something better is demanded.
The thousands who made the trip In wagons
found tho whole neighborhood around the
fold stureyard for the vehicles of those who
had Como earlier 30 that by o'clock. whom
tho gamo was called. the last carriages that
did not enter the grounds stood quarter OF Q
mile away In the side street.
FIELD OF FACES AND BRIGHT coLoBs.
The scene in and around the grounds was
such Ms no American city but New York can
produce except when President is inaugu-
rated ora Worlds Fair IL dedicated. The sides
OF the great amphitheatre were packed 80
denssly that thsy looked like long stairs OF
human faces. and there were staircsses In
dsnhls eiEhts HhaSa thu AtsRds WsSs tUeS
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TRYING TO STEAL THE ST1TE.
Nebraska Republicans WORDING to Capture
the ScnatU,-!ip.

OMAHA. Nov. PA secIe, meeting OF III.
Democratic state Genital Committee of
Nebraska was hold in Omaha last night. Tin,
object OF the conference was 10 take stops to
prevent tho Republicans uns eating sufficient
number OF Independents and Democ ats In the
Legislature to control that body on Joint
ballot and thus return Republican United
States Senator.
Sufficient evidence was submitted by the
various members to indicate IN organized ei-
Tort GU the part Of tho Republican State Gem
ttN Committee to steal u sufficient number Of
E.na,ih,he House and Senate to make their
TSis , w choir" certain Of success.
by tho MAS WAS. shown Immediately aftor election
tation on tHs I PAP protests iied after consul.
CeTnItraI committce ''' '''00''s"H S'"'o
cratss : eiE sMa,,nnre stands: ssnate-Dono-
p. Suis rtpIelmoSTmts E-lutlicahs. ~: indie.
tcuure ilye tn V sc lS'nt ballot the Republicans
and p nm. IN tns eases Of two independents
have NH DGGnoInt to srAt three erubiIcans
ofthe committee Ind GIi as, Ins members
showine that arrangements hnvs Sn. 10 1men
sr.ntar i,ye enSiy seat in which there is not n
su Hlta'eF aihefeAce than city votes in the 't re-.
.lsrsIu TsSsTns for the contest oro to no
that Senator rnaock viii .trd ,b i, rsI",ea
thus seated sI viii fyhr IhNse tho Republicans
the fact that Paddock c..rrnr ., III IN view 81
Q, ,iis present lepnbIi"a menGers he IL ' nnt
expected To iigure in the case IVA ~ 10 n"'
.,i ouhml'teeS were appointed IN inves,ia,t.
contests brought ~ III" i.nnhiiceenn.si ans
cans as 10 Dsn nis saes RspuS
Sected to Offset any chang. that mirbt n ~ en-
H.Sn RH made b. tho determined Efforts Of he
10 . hhsrs Was some evidence subn,itts ed tondInc
i've low vo '.'n state 10 infuenre Representa-
Macon IN h 'ns ior kepunlican tor tn. senate.
''TTIn Iss 1,hy the Republicans. '''' '"ue'
AMI Ia q ,,.m"rra's hold the balance of oower
o"ta, LII iiiiin.ca'ions arc that free silver Dam
are 10 W. w oe letulned. as the Independents
"'o'aoie to them IN no other way.
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HER DIAMONDS IN D.fNGER.
A Woman Sparkling with the Gem, Arrested
for IntoHIcntion Ia Ninth Avenue.

A well-dressod woman was arrested for in.
toxication at Ninth avenue and Twentv-third
street last evening by Policeman Gillespie.
She wore three diamond rings, one containing
three diamonds. another n diamond, Il SAP
phire. and turquoise. and the third single
diamond. She wore also diamond earrings
and carried gold watch and chain. She had
n pool ticket on the races but no money,
When arraignch In the Twentieth street sta
ton she heard the policeman give his name
and said hers also was Gillespie. Annie. and
There being no matron there she WAS Locked
up In the Thirteth, street station. Before b..
werO taken In charge by tho marion.