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The evening times., 1898-11-09
grim WORK OF FLAMES
Three Little Girls Burned to
Death i'm Brooklyn.
CHARRED BODIES FOUND
The Mother of the Children Refuses
and Is RemON led by Force. aftcr
Being Seriously Injured-ofher In
mates HadIy burned.

New York. Nov. 9.-Three little girls,
sisters were burned to death at their
home in Brooklyn at an early hour this
morning.
The unfortunate ones. Florence, aged
six; Lille, aged four, and Addie. aged
three. We're the children of Michael and
Nellie Gallinghen.
The fiat house of which the GallingheR
family occupied the top floor, took fire
in some unknown manner at o'clock,
and before the sleeping tenants could be
aroused the entire lower floor was a blaz-
ing furnace.
When the fremen arrived all the ten
ants except the Gallinghens had escaped
by fire escapes TO adjoining buildings.
GalInghen was taken down q ladder by
firemen half sunocated-
An attempt was then made 10 rescue
Mrs Gallinghen, who refused 10 descend
the ladder without her children. She
rushed back into the flames and before
she could be regained she was seriously
burned She was carried down the ladder
10y force.
The hremen then forced themselves into
the children's blazing bedroom. After a
fight with the flames they secured the
charred bodies and carried them to the
street Mrs. Gallinghen was taken TO a
hospital. where ii is believed she viii re-
cover.
In their efforts to escape Mrs. Cece!ia
Cosgrove and her daughter Florence, who
lived on the second floor, were also badly
burned. Il is believed they viii recover.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
DISCOVER A NEW LAKE
\ Princeton F.XEedifion jn south
America Finds n Body of Water.

New York, Nov. 9.-Princeton TniVer-
sity's department of palaeontology and
geology has just received a report an
nouncing The discovery of lake by the
second Patagonian exposition. which has
been making scientific Investigations in
the southern part OF South Anne. lea
The expedition explored the country
inland and northward for a distance #
500 miles from TERRA del Fuego. In lat;-
tude & degrees - minutes south AID
longitude = degrees and II minutes west
d the base Of the Andes a beautiful lake
thirty miles in length. was discovertd u.
This body of water has en- named LAX
Princeton.
In the region of the new-found lake.
and about midway between Lake Buenos
Ayres and the headwaters OF the Rive T
: Chico. new and exceedingly rich locality
( for vertebrate fossils was discovered
In addition 10 considerable collections
/ of specimens of the arts and manufac-
lures Of the different Indian trib inhab
photographs was obtained, and a fairly
1 complete dictionary OF the Gahgan Ian.
/ guage has been compiled, as also a cOl-
/ lection of their songs and traditions. I he
/ Yahgans are considered the most degr1d
ed Of all human beings.
This expedition will remain in S5utr
America for about two years more and
the whole western coast of the Argentine
Republic VIII be explored before its re
| r1IrD
The evening times., 1898-11-09
CHAIRMAN BABCocK's CLAIMS
Republicans Figure on Small Ma
JOrify in the House,


Chairman Babcock of the Republican
Congressional Committee, remained at his
desk until the early hours of the morning
and returned to his duties while the sun
still hung low in the east. He slept so lit
tie that he probably made but a small
dent In the pillow. Tom Mckee, journal
clerk Of the House of Representatives, al
so went to bed late and arose early There
was considerable activity around the COM
mittee rooms before Washington was
awake. The telegraphic sounder was
playing merry tattoo and messengers
were moving 10 and fro when The Times
man called. Dispatches were coming in in
close order.
Chairman Babcock said that the Re-
publicans would control the next Con-
gress. His adyices showed that Repub-
licans had been elected in 1S5 Congress
sional districts. This claim, if accurate,
leaves but a very small Republican ma
jority in the House of Representatives
Mr.. Babceck did not make the claim in
confident way. He had included in the
Republican column districts which were
still in doubt.
Mr.. Babcock made his statement in a
tone or voice which indicated as clearly
as lips could that 1S5 was as many Con-
gressmen as he could possibly claim, and
that he would not be surprised II it BE-
came necessary to pare this number
down.
There was great energy at Republican
headquarters, but there was no conf
dence.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
PREFERRED DEATH TO ARREST.
Desperate Man KILLS Himself When
Trapped in n Harm

Harrisburg Pa. Nov 9.-"This is the
way / surrender" was the answer made
hy Louis Loefier. more familiarly known
as Dutch Louis, the painter" to Chief
of Police Weston and a posse as he plac-
ed revolver in his mouth and pulled the
trigger. He died instantly.
Chief Weston had been hunting the Ger
man for some days for shooting officer
Bowers in the neck in the Pennsylvania
Railroad yards, in this city. when Bow
ers attempted to arrest him for stealing
coal.
Receiving word that Loeffier was in hid
ing on a farm adjoining his sister s
home, at Beaver Station, in this county
the policeman went there last night with
a dozen officers, who surrounded the barn
Loeffier was seen in a dark corner of the
loft, and he was called upon to surrender
He was told the man he had shot would
get well, and that his sentence would be
light. Loeffier shot twice. first at the off,
GERS and then into his throat.
Loeffier is said to have served a SEN
tence in Germany for killing man. and
it is also stated that he took a life in this
country.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
OVER A CENTURY OF LIFE.
Mrs. Townsend. Aged IO2. Longs for
Eternal Rest.

Roslyn, l.. L., Nov. 9.-lt is a race now
between life and death at the little house
in Roslyn. where Mrs. Harriet Byron
Townsend lives with her granddaughter,
Mrs. Alexander Fitzpatrick, cared for
by her own daughter, Mrs. Hastings. IL
the aged lady survives until November
q she viii have rounded out the one hun
dred and second year of her life.
But Mrs. Townsend is failing very
fast Day by day she slips further
away from life. Until year ago every
thing in life interested her. Since that
time the breaking up of the physical
machine has been so rapid that each
day seems TO make a difference in her
strength.
- don't see why ! have lived so long.
i don't see why ! am left living.
| mourns the old woman, as. almost blind,
hardly able 10 catch a tone of her
daughters voice, and shut off by fail
ing faculties from intercourse with those
lbout her. she sits for hours, propped
in her old-fashioned arm chair or rests
| on her couch.
In the last few weeks nothing interests
| her. No desire even for delicacies moves
| her. birdike appetite is easily ap-
/ peased
Sundays she recognizes from the lack
| of haste about her in the household.
| Then she repeats TO herself the litany and
prayers of the Episcopal Church. into
! which she was born more than hundred
years ago Too long. too long, she
murmurs, when her approaching birthday
is spoken of.
Mrs. Townsend life has been very un-
eventful. When its important events are
asked for her TWO marriages are sug-
ses1ed as its most momentous occur
rences. Apparently they were, for all
her life has been passed in the duties of
a housewife. She has never kept domes-
iics in her family and for more than seven
| decades her first thought was housekeep-
/ ing.
Her second husband lived 10 be over
ninety years old. Ii is only since his
death eight years ago that she has been
! unequal 10 taking care of herself Five
! years ago she came 10 Roslyn. and now
| is finishing her life in almost a strange
! place.
1T is sad thing when 4 woman lives
| TO be so old and helpless and life is
sa l..
The evening times., 1898-11-09
VOTING I'M ALBANY COUNTY.
Democrats Treat Republicans to n
Surprfse.


Albany, N. V, Nov Sit is doubtful If
there is a more surprised and dissusted
lot OF Republicans in the State today
than those of Albany County. AT the
close of one of the hottest fights in their
history they left the polls yesterday sat
isfied, from all outward appearances,
that they had won. So great was their
confidence that Chairman Cantine, of
their county committee at o'clock gave
out a statement, claiming the county by
more than 1000. BY 8 o'clock they knew
that the county had been captured by the
Democrats.
Members of the county committee are
too dazed to talk lucidly on their defeat,
but are inclined to charge 1t to the brew
ers and saloonkeepers, intimating that
the Democrats had opened barrel Of
money in every election district. The
truth is that William Barnes. jr., chair
man of the Republican State executive
committee, and leader of the party in this
county. was outgeneraled by Anthony
n. Brady, who managed the Democratic
campaign. in connection with United
States Senator Murphy and former Gov.
Hill.
Voting during the day was rapid and
continuous, and there was no disturbance.
IL was thought that nearly everybody
voted Straight" and In one district
thirty-four votes were cast in ten min
utes
More than half the vote was in by noon,
with indications that the Democrats were
running behind, although the returns
prove that this estimate was worse than
nonsensical. 1t was believed, however by
careful politicians in the Republican
ranks and was not denied by the Demo-
Gratis. The whole game of the winners
appears to have been a silent one
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Trade Conditions in Egypt.

Thomas Skelton Harris. United States
agent and consul general at Cairo, has
sent in quite a lengthy report on the
trade conditions of Egypt. stating there
in. among other things, that he hopes
some 80 or 30 American manufacturers
will join in the plan TO increase American
trade in that country, either through the
National Association of Manufacturers
or through the Philadelphia Museums. tn
perfect the matter. Both of these are
greatly interested in the increase OF our
export trade. and he thinks. will will
lingly aid in giving the plan a fair trial.
The initial cost will be small, and should
the plan unfortunately prove abortive
the loss will be of a most triiing nature
while the probabilities Of success. in his
opinion, largely outweigh those of fail
The evening times., 1898-11-09
HUDSON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
Results In Jersey City and the Sur
rounding Country.


Jersey City, \. j., Nov. 9.-HCdson
County Democrats gave Elvin W. Crane
for Governor, 10, AGO majority They elect
ed Allan McDermott! State senator and
William D. DAILY to Congress. The Dem
ocrats elected twenty-five out of twenty
eight members of the New Board of Free
holders, and will send the following solid
delegation of elelrn ;assemblymen u
Trenton:
T. J. Carroll, James =: Hall Fergus I.
Keleher Maurice Marks James j. Muir
ply, John II. Voilers, Allan Benny, Emil
Watstreid, John j MARVEL, Leon Abb
bett. NJ. ]. Bruder In Bayonne, Crane
received 632 plurality. /
Harrison township gave Crane 655 piu-
rality, while kearney went 5l7 for Voor-
hees. Cranes plurality in East Newa; k
was 115. The rest OF the candidates re-
ceived much the same vote, there being
little cutting in the OUTLYING townships.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
NO REruRks TO PUBLISH.
somnoient Air.: ABOUT Democratic
Committee ROOmH.


Committee Rooms.
There was a sleepy atmosphere at the
headquarters of the Democratic Con-
gressionai Committee ithis morning The
bare board floor MAS jstrewn with cigar
stumps and tobatcoestains A few men
sat around, but their interest in the re-
turns appeared to,be of passive kind.
Secretary Kerr 6lept late and had not
arrived at. his post when reporter for
The Times called there at 11:3O.
Mr.. Miller was drawing crosses, circles
and other symbols on chart which had
been prepared last night. Now and then
he would pause TO consult the tables
printed in the morning newspapers.
He was not communicative, but in re-
Spouse to questions said that he had
nothing TO offer in the way of news other
than what had been already printed in
the morning papers. He was making no
claims The committee. was receiving no
kilograms, though he thought something
of interest would come In during the aft
ernoon He was not claiming the cleo
ton Of anybody He did not know
wnetGer the next 1tOuse-W Dc toii-
trolled by Democrats or Republicans.
There might be something to give out
later He could not say how the deiega
tions from New York and Maryland
would stand. Allthat he seemed to know
about the result. in New Jersey, Della
ware, Ohio and other points of interest
was TO be found in the morning papers
news that had been printed before day
light
Lawrence Gardner called at the rooms
OF the committee during the forenoon
and did not remain long. When he was
told by a reporter for The Times that
Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
Congressional committee, claimed the
election of lS5 Congressman, he said that
was the best news. he had heard during
the day. This was such mild claim.
that il indicated to him that the spirits
of Mr.. Babcock were not buoyant
Mr.. Gardner remained at Democratic
headquarters only Q few minutes and
when he left Mr. Miller renewed his work
in drawing symbols of the chart and
consulting the morning newspapers.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
MARRIED AT HIS BEDSIDE.
DIR. PurdY WEEDS Miss CrossmE n
While seriously III.

While Seriously III.
New York Nov. 9-There was a ro-
mantle wedding in Jersey City Monday
evening. Miss Frances Beach Crossman
was the bride. and DR. Charles Humphrey
Purdy was the bridegroom. They were 10
have been married yesterday in St Paul =
Church. and 300 invitations had been sent
out.
While visiting Miss Crossman at her
home on Saturday evening DIR. Purdy was
taken suddenly very i'll. He was put TO
bed and DR. Wilkinson sent for. He dag
nosed the case as appendicitis. The pa
tient grew much worse, and Monday
evening. after a family consultar'-u, il
was decided TO have The marriage cele-
brated al once. The Rev. William F.
Brush was sent for, and he performed
the ceremony At the bedside of the sick
man. with only the immediate relatives
OF the bride and bridegroom present.
Dr. W. T. Bull, of this city. went TO
Jersey City yesterday 10 operate upon the
doctor. He carefully examined him. and
pronounced his Illness an attack of acute
peritonitis, not appendicitis. and said that
no operation would be necessary. DR..
Bull Immediately began treating the pa
tient for peritonit.s, and holds out hopes
Gf his ultimate recovery.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued today to
William A. Wheeler, Albany, N. Y, and
Ruebie Holt Hyam; William w Thomp-
son and Mary Ellen Brooks, Moses Ce-
phas and Mary Beard, George D. War
ner and Frances F. Hancock, Frederick
Wanther and Charlotte Scherf, Albert E
Beitzell and Mary e. Cumberland. Pat
rick j. Garner and Marion White, Lewis
Keizer, Baltimore, and Lois Lee Hill,
Robert d. Brown and A Marie Bell. New
Haven, Conn; Henry Halls and Alice
Johnson, Richard E. Hill and Emma ].
Ioppan, William B. Hardy and Lucretia
A. Walker, Russ Golladay and Allie
Krumpp Rockingham, Va, and Russell
s. Davis and Annie B. Ellis.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
BUFFALO FOR VAN WICK.
His Plurality I'm Erie County Over
Two Thousand.

Buffalo N Y, Nov. 9.-Complete re-
turns from the city and county show that
Van Wyck carried the city by 319S plu-
rality; that Roosevelt carried the towns
by s2s plurality. giving Van Wyck plu-
rality in Erie County of 2,2I0.
The Republicans reelected Alexander
in the Thrty-third Congressional district
by 5,661 ajority, and Davis, in the For
ty-ninth senatorial district, by l,56s ma
jority.
The Democrats elected Ryan. in the
Thirty Congressional district, by
tO7 majority.
Locally the Democrats gain one repre-
sentative. two State senators. one assem-
blyman and one coroner.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
A Narrow Escnpe From Fire.

New York, Nov Sire was started by
an overheated furnace in the cellar OF
the Hillside House Montclair. y. j., ear
~ yesterday. T. w. Walker. who had a
room on the third floor, smelled the
smoke. and awakened the six other oc-
cupants of the house. They were COM
PEELED to flee from the building in their
night clothing Mrs. Myra Nanderveer
and Miss Ella Shine in esca ping ran
across some burning timbcrs. and their
feet were scOrched. Mrs. Catherine Z.
B-ockwsy was nearly overcome with
smoke. a purse containing several hun
dred dollars, belonging to her, was lost
in the fire
The evening times., 1898-11-09
VIII Argue Before Supreme conr,

United States District Attorney Beck.
late fusion candidate for district attor-
ney of Philadelphia, arrived in Wasting
ton yesterday and will argue, at the re-
quest of the Department of Justice, for
the Government an important case in
the United States Supreme Court AS il
is no part OF the official duty of the Dis
trict Attorney to argue cases in the Su-
preme Court, the Attorney General gave
Mr.. Beck a commission as special as
sistant Attorney General for the purpose
of arguing this and other cases for the
Government.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Retail Liquor Dealers, Meeting

The Retail Liquor Dealers Association
of the District of Columbia will hold a
meeting at o'clock this afternoon in
Costello's Hall. The principal subject
for consideration will be the appointment
of a committee to devise some means for
the repeal of the present war tax upon
the saloonkeepers. The election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year will also occu-
py the attention of the association.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Murdered in a Foreign Land.

Reading, Pa, Nov 9.-Informat ton
reached here yesterday that Horace d.
Mory at Puerto Cortes, Central America,
of June last. The news was not received
direct by the family, but came from an
other source in a letter from Missionary
Groh to a friend in this city. He was
employed as a train dispatcher, and it is
understood that ne was blown up with dy-
Mantle while asleep in his office 1t Is
supposed that the murder was committed
by employees of the railroad company who
had become offended.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Inknnun Nnn KILLED.

New York, Nov. 9.-In the Bowery an
unknown man, about thirty-five years old,
was killed at half past O'Clock yesier-
day morning by a cable car. His legs
were almost cut off and his body was
crushed. The man weighed about I59
pounds, and was feet inches tail. He
had brown hair and a sandy mustache
He wore a dark suit, a black derby and
congress CATERS. There was nothing by
which he could be identified
The evening times., 1898-11-09
To Omen an Alley

An order was issued by the District
Commissioners today directing that the
necessary legal steps be taken under the
law of July 22, 1892, to secure the open
ing of a ten-foot alley through lot four
teen in block eleven, Bloomingdale. The
alley is to run from the west end of the
twenty-foot alley in the same block to
Florida Avenue.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL GIN
The Formal Opening Took Pluc'
Yesterday Afternoon.

The new gymnasium at the Western
High School was opened yesterday af-
ternoon II is one of the finest and best
equipped gymnasiums in Washington and
was fitted up at a cost of $500. Its appa-
ratus includes among other things, row.
ing machine, jumping stands and Jump
ing standards, parallel bars and horses
Two classes have been formed and will
be under the direction of George Carter,
boxing instructor of the Columbia Ath-
letic Club. The classes will meet on
Tuesday and Fridays.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Fire in Princess Anne.

Princess Anne, Nd, Nov. 9.-The frame
stable of julius Fluer, located on Church
Street. in Princess Anne, was totally de-
stroyed by fire last night together with
five horses and a lot of hay. Several ad-
Joining buildings caught fire, but were eX-
tinguished by the fire company. Loss
about s700, with no insurance.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
GENERAL BoYNToN HERE.
Member of the board to Confer Hon
ors on Soldiers.

Brig. Gen. H. V. Boynnton was at the
War Department this morning. After reg
istering he called upon Secretary Alger
and Adjt. Cen Corbin. He came to
Washington from Camp Thomas, Ca, to
attend the meetings of the brevet board,
which assembled today at the War De-
partment This board was called for the
purpose of comforting upon officers and
enlisted men brevets, and medals for brav-
cry and distinguished services In the Gu
ban, Porto Rican and Philippine cam
paigns.
Gen. Boynton is stopping at his Wash
ington residence, No. 1921 r Street north
west.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
An Expensive Deer Hunt.

tFFom a london cable IetItT-I
Mrs Bradley Martin has arrived in town from
Scotland, and i constantly seen about with heS
daughte~ the Countess of Craven. They were
dining in the Princes restaurant the other even
ing. when, as usual. Mrs. Bradley Martins dia-
mOnds tOk away the appctites of many smart
women present. The Martins deer drives this
year were successful. and they provided numbers
of swels with excellent spot. 1t has been estL
mated that each deer killed on the Balmaess
preserves eosts the Martins at least $500.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Was Algerian Incompetence.

(FFuI. ne HttTnIt F-ee Press-)
Enough damaging; gt- imOuy has been brought
to light during tie Commissions tour OF the
Southern eamTs 10 SLOW tsat very much OF the
sickness and death amOrg troops was due 70
lack OF administrative abb i:y, Indifference to- or
ignorance OF. sanitary laws In the selection and
management OF camps. ard the failure of the
medical branch cf the service to meet the de-
mands which the war made upon it.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Bold Robbery OF Postmaster.

Marshfield. Ore. Nov. "A post office at
Arago. which is located in the home of
Postmaster ". II. Schroeder, was robbed
by two masked men, who grabbed Peter
Crow, took him 10 river bank and Sc
curely tied his feet and hands Then they
returned TO the house and forced Schroe-
der al the point % .-r Re- TO open Inc
safe. One th8Ug ee hundred dol
lars belonging .4So Creamery and
s2Cg Of postal i-.-. acre taken.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
TO SAVE THE MARIA TERESA
WreckinS Tug Potomac Starts for
Cat Island.

The Navy Department has been inform
ed that the wrecking tug Potomac left
Guantanamo at o'clock yesterday after
noon for Cat Island to look for the Maria
Teresa. She ought to reach the island
some time tonight
Up to noon today the sailing of the
Vulcan from Norfolk had not been re-
ported.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
BreMerie. to Combine.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 9.-Negotiations
are in progress for the formation of
corporation, capitalized at about 5000
600, that will take in all the local brew
cries The intention of the promoters is
to merge the interests of the sixteen
breweries in Allegheny county and OPP
crate them as one great company.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
The Mild Report of General Miles.

Gen. Miles report has been sent to the
printer and WILL it is said, be made public
late this afternoon. There is nothing SEN
sational in it, and the statements which
have been published that it will bitterly
attack Secretary Alger, Gen. Shafter and
other officials is untrue.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
PoISoNS HER CHILD.
A Drunken Mother Gives Her Bat.
Carbolic Acid.

= TT Ut ''~N u @'tVNHNE UINtB FttF BuVy
Carbolic Acid.
New Haven, Conn, Nov 9-The three
monthE-old babe of Mrs. Mary Klein die /
in the hospital yesterday afternoon as
the result of carboIic acid given it by its
mother while the latter was intoxicated
at her home, No. 141 Ssltonstan Avenue.
Mrs. Klein at the same time tried to
take her own life. Her attempt to kill
the child and herself took place at her
lome last Friday.
If Mrs. Klein RECEIVERS she will be put
under arrest.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Private Foreign Postal Cards.

Postmaster General Smith this MORN
ing issued an order carrying out the
command of Congress, admitting private
postal cards to the foreign mails. For
the United States, Canada and Mexico
the cards will be admitted to the mails
for cent each, and for all foreign coun-
tries at cents.
The evening times., 1898-11-09
Lottie Collin. Attempts suicidc.

London, Nov. 9.-Lottie Collins, the
well-known music hall singer, attempted
to commite suicide today by cutting her
throat. She was taken to the hospital
where it was found that her injuries
were not serious.