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The sun., 1897-01-18
FL M,
Broadway & 9th st.
EVIL URSED TO GOOD.
BEING Dispossessrd Not Always Pure Mis-
fortune to Thrifty Souls.

Heing Dispossessrd Not Always Purc Mis-
fortune to Thrifty Souls.
man and his wife were dispossessed from
i21 Ridge street on Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Their scanty furniture was set on the
sidewalk and remains there. or this furniture
the most serviceabls part Is broken plate. II
rests conspicuousiy on the bureau, and serves
the purpose OF Civ. .ng any one who sympathizes
with the homeless ones an opportunity. On
sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. ID cents and
q nickel were on the plate. Ten minutes later
there were only two pennies. Quarters have
been seen there.
Mrs. Hess. the janitress, who leases 12l Ridge
street. was sitting across the street watching
the plate. The dispossessed family owed Mrs.
Hess S. for two months rent OF two small gar
ret rooms. and she was not happy.
"Ach!" Mrs. Hess said. "zle haben drelsc,
viersic feefty dollars. und ichr must the
landlord pay acht dollars! Yah, der plate-I
vii tell you. This peoples yesterday put into it
z~ei bier. sachs dollar und to-day drei. und
several men were seen putting coppers into
might have been grocery boys. or truck drivers,
or merely crap PLAYERS. came svaggerihg down
the street, They 90, pS;i the furniture; 3, ,nsn
reached Into their vest pockets and drew out
copper. for the plate. An old woman added a
bit, snd others added their bits from lime to
/ time. The chink OF falling coins was not con-
! tinuou. but II was steady.
Policemen on duty AZ the corner OF RivinRton
| aud Ridge streets told Of other thrifty persons
! In that locality. Up on third street, me said
q family was di-posse%sed. A little tin CUP
such as a baby might triuk out of. was set con-
1 spicuOusly on the furniture out on the sidewalk
! while the mother with bowed head drew her
] three children about her. Her ears. however,
/ frequently heard the clinE OF coins in the little
| cup, and these she transferred u her pocket
| all but one or two which served for ground bait.
| A week later che w.s gone.
Tie policeman was passing along another
! street-Houston-h two months later. He
! saw q pile Of furniture there. woman was
| beside IL and with her were three children. The
polcemAa look ed al her twice. I'm be blnwed," "
he said yesterday. - IL II wasn't the ssme one"
| The policemen sAY that II IL regular trade
on the east sid- io he d'spos sesed and then live
! on the sympathetic contributions. Four fsm.
lies at least are 10 be heard Of along Ridge aud
| adjoining streets. which live entirely on the
! proceeds OF what is gathered by broken plates
| and baby cups.
The sun., 1897-01-18
T RAYS MAY FIND THE BUTTOS.
That Il. r Little Tommy MADDEN Really
Swallowed IL He said.

Three.and a-hAlf-year.old Thomas Joseph
Madden of Brooklyn. who swallowed motto
button two weeks sco-or, at least, told his
mother so--was taken to the Hudson Street
Hospital in this city yesterday and subjected to
tie rays. The button is % the Kind given out
with boxes Of cigarettes and has pin attached
to fasten 1t TO the lapel Of a coat. The boy has
been growing weak because no solid food is given
him. His mother thinks he has lost tweJ ty
pounds, but this Is thought to pe considerably
in excess of the real loss. II. buffers OCCASION
ally from pains in the ne!shoorhopl OF the
stomach.
superintendent Knoll Of the hospital. who
took an N-ray photograph OF the pylor!c region.
says that IL shows no Indication that the button
H. there. The boy MAS taken to his bome. -
STATE street. Brooklyn. but he will be taken
to tie hospital again today aud photograph
OF another part OF the ADD duminal region Will be
taken. His father il Thomas y. Madden, a
'Iongshoreman. IL is suggested that the button.
made OF some Kind OF composition. may have
dissolved away and that the pin Is AL thai is left
The sun., 1897-01-18

Steven O'ROurLe, a c0mpositor, % years oldi
living at 400 Washington street went into
Charles Grecly's saloon. at +j8 Greenwich
street. on saturday night aud started dght
with another customer, TO whom he had not
been introduced. Greedy put hlm out and
O'RunrKe got even by throwing a brick through
Grrays $50 plate glass window. lie Was ar
rested ana when ARA! gned Ia the Centre street
Police Court yesterday he told Magistrate
bresAiUg the window.
at isa mans right to get even when he is
abused" he SAID.
II can't see II that way" said the Magistrate
as hr held han Ia $1,000 Uali for trial on
charge OF malicious mischief.
The sun., 1897-01-18
he thermometer at the United state. Weather Blu,
M reglatsEed tLa ten nera,aIe lesteEday follow


For New England, Threatening weather and rain.
clearing In sodlnern aud western portions Nond.y
evening. hsh southcr,y winds, shifting TO westerly
dangerous gales Oh the coast, colder Monday might,
F,rtG.,,ra Nrtc iork, ,istern FrnusylvIRia, N,,r
Jsrs and IedwIrc AN, probably changing 20 sno,c
IN the tHfsrsrr JOyrsd bJ fair much colder Monday
n.gh': high Utsisriy WtHds
FOR the Dstrlet OF CoIumD'A and Maryland,
threatening aui showers Ia t"e early rnoru.n..
followed uy fair: much colder Monday ngAt. "a a
moderate cold wave; Algl Horlh~eslrrly tEds.
Fur WrsI Virginia western Pennsylvania cttern
New YORK, and Clio, ran or hnow, followed by
clearing weather and cold wave, brisk ana high
nortnWeNerly winds.
The sun., 1897-01-18
Mr.c..,r,. Matu,,anl s.,r, paaee,rr,e.. 81

4 spirit OF innocent gayety was rampant in
the soul Of Mr.. James Casey, Nongshoreman, Of
80 Gansevoort street when no arose yesterday
morning. so he girded himself about with his
wife's clothing and went forth upon the public
highway to dance. As Mr.. Casey weighs 23Q
pounds. and his wife about 100, he presented
who should essay 10 disport hmse.t in the trick
monkeys apparel. lie was doing Chaste and
elegant skirt dance on West Thirteenth street
when a policeman .uteriered and arrested him.
At Jefferson Market Court he Was fined 50 ON a
charge OF wearing wOmAn's clothing.
The sun., 1897-01-18

A Newark saloon Keeper. wIfe Catehe.
Tlil-Tapper.

Frank Kluswitz who keeps a saloon in New
Jersey Railroad avenue. Newark, went away on
Saturday. leaving his wife In charge OF the
place. She had work to 40 in the kitchen in
the rear OF the saloon. and so arranged mirror
over the sink as to reflect the bar. back bar, and
front door. when n stranger came in she
quickly went forward and drew a glass Of beer
for him and returned to the kitchea, where she
stood with her Uack toward the customer, who
watched her for moment Gnd then slipped be-
hind the lar.
Mrs KluswitZ was facing the mirror and she
saw him open the till aad grab the money. Then
she ran out and seized him. He struggled and
she screamed. Two policemen ran in and found
him standing In the middle OF the floor over
which a lot OF bills which he took from the
money drawer were scattered. lie was locked
up under the name OF Ernest kratzer and said
that he lived in this city.
The sun., 1897-01-18
Wandered orr IHE BO4T.
The Fate Supposed to Have Befaiien Al
drew j Brown at MIlIet. Point.

wILLETs PoTST. l.. l., jar. l7.-Andrew J.
Brown, an mployee on board dredge at ork on
theiLoUs Deck here, is su! posed to be drowned.
All hands retired As usual a. o'clock last
night. rhis morning It was discovered that
Brown was not In his berth. His clothes were
IN the cabin. The dI edge ~ mOured about two
hundred feet from the dock, and the yawi was
eth fastened to Its stern. II : the supposition
decE and fell overheard. The only articles OF
apparel missing from his cabin were his night
clothes, pair OF slippers. and IN old hat. Tho
bottom las been dragged, but the body was not
found. The missing man was - years old and
OF temperate habits. He WAS unmarried aud
he lived In Brookiya, where two Of his brothers
also live.
The sun., 1897-01-18

Reward OF 81 900 for IL. Recovery
stolen bs - New Butler.

A reward OF $1,000 was offered for the re-
covery OF the jewelry ofwhich Leopold Calm OF
90 East Seventy second street was robbed on
Jan. O. Mrs. Calm was out for luncheon on
that day, and while the other servants were NJ
their lunch. the newly employed butler whom
they knew only ns James. ransHcked the house
and went away with all the small articles of
value he could collect. Hts haul did not in
clude any particularly noticeable pieces, but Its
total value " a. about $4,000.
James IL de scribrd as small, sallow foreign
er about 40 years old. He speaks either French
or German better than English and although
he had good recommendations from the Audi
torium and other places in Chicago. he had not
given satisfaction to the Gains, Detectives
from the last SISty-se, eLth street station and
from Police headquarters have been at Work on
tho case. but without success as yet
The sun., 1897-01-18
D,iag from Her Leap from the Roof

Lottis Franz a Bohemian woman 81 years
old. who lived with tho family Of her uncle,
Frederick johnson, at 5iilq East Twelfth
street. fell or jumped from the roof OF the house
last night and was taken to Bellevue Hospital
in q dying condition.
The woman has been In this country a year.
and up TO four months ago was employed as a
servant by wealthy family in PAssac. sho
was com PEELED to give up her place because Of
III health. On account OF this 1t Is supposed
that she jumped from the roof.
The sun., 1897-01-18
The suadav Concert at the metropolitan.

The suadAv Concert at the Metropoiitan.
Thomas SRlignac followed up his admirable
Performance OF Romeo on Saturday by a sue
cessful appearance At the Sunday evening con-
cert last night. Next to NJ. Plancon, his taste
full aud musicianly singing was the most nota-
bic feature OF the evenings programme. His
artistic methods, as well as his particularly
agreeable voice, make the best second tenor
that Mr.. Grau has brought to this country for
several years. lie heard in song by
Fleyier, which, with the accompaniment OF n
cello, violin and piano, was very graceful ana
pleasing selection,
NJ Campanari, in the most remarka able Eng
lish that the MetrUpolitan's stage has yet pro-
duCeh. sang a moving ballad about u snail. IL
| WAS about as appropriate 10 the occasion as
Mother Goose rhyme. Nine. Ltvinne, in an air
| from La Juive," and VI. Plancon were the
Young Bronislaw Huberman played Veux-
tempss Ballaic and Pnlonaise" and Wieniaw-
skl's Faust" fautAisie with remark able results
Evidently the concert audiences have not begun
| To weary OF his wonderful talents. lie was en-
| thu-iastically Appiauded, slIhough he has al
| ready been heard frequently At the MctrOpOl-
| tan. He Is q geDius whether or not he Is quite
| As great as his father thinks
| Anton Ssidl Is said to have advised him to
| send the boy TO study under Isays and acquire
q technical equipment proPortionAts 10 his
| natural genius "lsRyeI" Herr Huberman is
| said 10 have answered. Why, there Is nothing
Tor my boy TO learn from him. lie could teach
Ysaye."
The sun., 1897-01-18
Me,hea,.t Rsv,v., .. BrooLiy..

month OF general evangelistio work under
the direction OF the NJ. E. Church Society begins
In Brooklyn today. The Rev. DIR. j.. Wesley
Johnston, pastor of ST. JOINS Church, IL chair
man OF the committee In charge
The sun., 1897-01-18
Catholic couv-n,,ou In Brooklyn.

The Young Meas Catholic Societies OF Brook
lyn viii hold n convention tonight at tho
Academy Of Music In that city. In addition to
tho twenty or more societies In Brooklyn and
Long Island. there Will 10 delegations from the
s-ter organizations u TINS oity Jersey C!ty,
A Albauy SrAarE aud other cities. bishop Nc
IonurI VIII PRESIDE. and II Is expected that
ovr. 900 priests VIII be- on the platform.
Tue speakers viii include bishop McDnnneil.
Ia, Re-, James II. Mitch.lI, the Chancellor Of
tl, eiures-; ex-senator Eugene +. b'ColnOr,
H. Env WI.au Z. McGuiri, Luxe i. staple
ION Arthur :. SUmprs. and Ju'spu +. Keeney.
The sun., 1897-01-18

Liberality and our way Of doing
business have won for us many
friends. We have made many re-
ductions on goods this Season, and
have concluded to make another
final cut, for 3 reasons. To keep
our people employed, make room
for our Spring stock, and show our
liberality to the public.
Suits formerly $1,000, now made
to order at $3.50. $4,000, now
$1,000. s22 so, now $500. s25.O0,
now $4,000. Trousers $3.50, s400,
$3.50, $500.
This is all our regular stock.
Trimmings and workmanship
will be of our usual standard quail
ity.
MONEY pAcRi You TAKE 40 RisKl
The sun., 1897-01-18

Tho English newspapers have been exploit
ing recently q Summing agency, which. It is
alleged, numbers among its patrons many
fasllonabl. West End people. This agency
has sent out circulars announcing that il will
conduct stunning parties through White
chapel and tho East End at u fixed charge per
capita, and guarantee TO exhibit, without danger
TO the sigh secr. the resorts OF the poorest OF
the poor Stunning IN this fashion In Lon
don or In New York is largely an Imaginative
amuseInant Tho hotel detectives and, IN
the days before tho police force was reor-
ganized the wardmen melted interest IA such
extedltious as a matter OF business Rural
visitors who wanted to see the dark side OF
lifc in big city were cautiously piloted
through Mott street and Chinatown. and II
thry wrre very bold they were led into Chi
nese restaurant, The guides told them stories
OF assaults aad robo~ries, TO give local color
TO the eu,ertsinment. and when they reached
their hotels In safety they felt that they Lad
been very bold. Every well organized slum-
ming expedition OF this character begins In tho
evening. with a dinner OF indifferent quality at
O sO-caliel BohemiRn restaurant. The guide
tells his guests that the men around them are
celebrated in utera .ure or art, and thai when
they have dtn,d aud drunk small BOTTLES OF
the red ink that passes for claLei their wits Will
begin TO work, and they will keep the whole
table in q roar" one such table d'h6te IN
particular IL celebrated. among its frequent-
sls. tor its wits. Each regular attendant ac-
cuseS every otter Of oeing q great wit, because
turned. The proceedings after dinner arc OF
| the kind described In rural districts as cut
| ting up" Such dinner 10 supposed 70 lead up
gracefully 70 the sights that are TO follow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10

Kinley, because the west generally was
for him, ETC. The charges, il made,
have not come to light as yet. AS for
nything else, the people would do well
TO suspend judgment until something
definite is known, remembering that a
charge made in the heat of political ex-
element is one thing, and facts and the
proof of them quite another. Territorial
corruption has always been greater and
more open than possible in states, and
Oklahoma has not been entirely free Of
scandals. There have been charges in
the past of croekedness in high and low
places, especially in connection with the
administration Of the L. 5. marshal S
office. But that the newly appointed
governor should have made ''divy"
prerequisite TO his endorsement, we are
not ready 10 believe. The Mail and EX-
press is assured that whatever the facts
or result may be that there is as much
of official honesty and political integrity
to be found in the west as in New York
City, at least, which may not be say
ing as much as ought to be said. Be
fore the country will believe that Gov
ernor Barnes has made the mistake Or
committed that political crime attributed
to him. the man, to whom, and the time
and place, must be proven.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10
GRAVE CHARGES.

The New York Mail and Express de-
Votes A half-oolumn editorial 10 the
charges said 10 have been fled by c.
III. DeFord against Governor Barnes of
Oklahoma, which charge IS 10 the effect
thar the distribution Of federal patron
age for that territory having fallen into
the hands Of the governor. he refuses
30 endorse any man for any place who
viii not agree 10 divide the fees VITA
him. The New York paper believes the
sncident Of more than local interest.
which is true. Any official found guilty
OF such political crookedness ought not
10 hold his official head a single day.
whether in Oklahoma or elsewhere. and
whether under Republican or a Dem
ocratic administration. Popular govern
1nent under such a regime would he n
travesty- But political charges are
cheap. unreliable. and generally made
with the intention Of deeeiving. Poll
rites in Oklahoma is full OF bitterness
THE fight in the Republican ranks grew
out OF a division OF choice for plesi-
dent One element was for Reed. be-
cause he stood with all his power By
Dennis Flynn for free homes for Okla
bona- The other element was for Nc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10
AMERICAN MOUNTAINS.

1t is at last coming to be conceded
that there are mountains in America
which rival the greatest Of the Alps
America boasts the longest rivers, the
largest lakes, the grandest waterfalls
leaving Europe the matter Of the big
gest brag in mountains. Various events
| of the last few months have served t.
draw the attention Of Americans to the
mountains Of the far west. The death
of Professor Edgar Mcclure from a
terrific fall over one of the precipices
of Mount Rainier otherwise Mount
Tacoma) last week, has brought into
general notice that enthusiastic noun
tain climbing brigade of the Pacific
coast known as the Mazamas. This
picturesquely named society, christened
after a species Of mountain chamois,
and organized on the summit of Mount
Hood three years ago, is one OF the few
clubs of the kind on the continent,
ranking in the west as do the Appa-
lachians in the east.
At present two different expeditions
are seeking to achieve the triumphant
ascent of Mount ST. Elias. One of these
parties is headed by an italian prince;
the other is under the leadership of Mr..
Henry G. Bryant of Philadelphia, who
has already gained distinction as the
first white man to behold the grand
Falls of Labrador. Latest advices in
dictate that he has arrived at Yukatat,
at the southern foot of the giant of
American mountains. This mountain
has an altitude of over $4,000 feet, as
against Mont Blanc's 1874; and per-
petual snow covers its TANKS for three
miles from the peak TO the valley,
Mr.. Edwin Swift Balch of Philadel-
phia, who is an expert Alpine climber,
and who was the first to scale certain
Swiss peaks, put himself on record
some years ago through the Record, as
predicting that Alaska would yet rival
Switzerland as the paradise Of noun
tain climbers. Not only are there great
err ranges il that far northwestern ter
rltory, but its glacial and other aspects
are warranted to provide all the perils
and hardships which nervy climbers
desire.
Alaskan heights. it may be added,
nearly rival the great South American
peaks; and. for the less experienced
mountain climbers. the west is full OF
inviting ranges. SO, it is probably now
in order to express the hope that our
bold explorers will give less and less at
tention 10 the Old World mountains and
more and more as time shall pass to the
rocky mammoths, gold-base and snow
capped, Of our own favored land
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10
For the Ea gle.
A TRIBUTE.

EOr the Eagle.
A TRIBUTE.
Con the death OF a friend, G. F. P.)
We mourn not those who drink LIES gen.
ial wine,
And while their pulses feel the warmes,
thrill.
Lay down the goblet at call Divine,
For richer feasts which nobIer longingz
Nor tears for those who, like the guarded
flowers
When deepest hued. are from companions
torn.
As walks the Master in His loving hours
Plucking the rose that may His home
adorn.
We weep not when. with sudden wrench,
the gem
Is from unseemly setting forced apart,
To sparkle on q monarch's diadem,
Or fash its rays on some delighted heart
But constant tears for those who here must
quaff
Life's bitter dregs, or fading who long
must stay
To meet the winter. while with scornful
laugh
A knocking world sweeps by upon the
way.
Not three. o friend, we mourn in cherries
mood
Thine is the rest, the glory and the gain;
We grieve that we more lonely walk LIES
road
And weaker turn to earthly toll and pain.
But brighter are the skies since thou art
there,
Warmer the welcome for our parting
tears;
The farewell that we breathe IL Faiths
true prayer
That soon may dawn for US Gods golden
years.
IS. Raymond Jocelyn.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10
DEBs ApANGERoUs MAN.

Debs is a pestiferous agtator, and
that he is permitted to pose as their
champion. The miners have right and
justice on their side, but also Dcbs.
This latter fact loses them public sym
patty, which gives way 10 disuust.
Debs Is no Moses, commissioned TO re-
deem labor and lead it out of its will
derness of troubles He is a profession
al agitator. making his living by stir
ring up other people. Taking advantage
of some local hardship, growing out OF
general special adverse conditions, he
opens up his campaign Of frenzy for
what he can personally reap out Of it.
Where tine lines of both employer and
employe are hard and unsatisfactory
THE best thing is the compromise Of fair
arbitration But no arbitration is posi-
6le where this man SWAPS with his de-
nunciations of courts and Of the aver
age conditions of civilization. Array
ing himself against all authority, he yet
declares that he is not an Anarchist.
He tells the distressed and underpaid
coal miners that ''Now is the time to
tight" Nothing could be farther from
fhe truth. The farmers of the west
Shave been almost crushed out by low
prices, which were entirely inadequate
for the labor performed. But who or
what could they have fought, save con-
GlitionS which no man or government
could grasp, much less regulate? Debs
told the miners of West Virginia that
One stood ready TO 60 to jail That would
not help their cause in the least Dehs
went 20 Jail two years ago for violating
the laws of the federal government
Nils going to jail didn't help the Pull
man strikers, nor accomplish anything
save TO make him a martyr in the eyes
of those whose self constituted cham
pion he sought TO be. His declaration
10 these hard-preSSed men that he
stands ready no go TO Jail is equivalent
10 saying that he is ready to break laws
and defy authorities IF he had said that
sle stood ready TO hang, that would only
have meant that he was ready TO shed
blood, 10 Kill somebody. Debs and all
Sother men of his stripe. are dangerous
They are not laboring for the interest of
fhe working man. but plotting and
.scheming for their own advancement
ale and those like him. are dishonest,
for, If homes. then dangerous. because
kof mental unSoundnesS. If honest,
they are incapable of understanding
both sides or OF seeing all the ins and
outs of the trouble they would over
Eome.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10

heavens First Law.


Dan Curtis sat on his front porch
And meddled with the sky.
It wasn't built 10 suit him
For several reasons why.
IL I'd a-been ADDING il"
he snapped out then and there,
I'd had them stars N order,
Or left the whole sky bare.
I'D put EN- all in nice straight rows.
a foot or two between.
Just Ike my big corn-feld out there
SO soft and most and green.
Then you could look diagonal
Or straight down through the rows
Or half between that-any way
Plumb-straight as fly the crows.
I'D put Mars over by the barn,
Sort of a corner stake,
With Venus south of the granary
And Mercury-Laws sake!
I'D have the whole thing surveyed out
In township, section, range
Give that there vaulted sky to me
And there would be a change.
Il don't know why He did it so
Who is so powerful
Haw.
Don't ever tell your Uncle Dan
That orders heavens law
John Wright.