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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
Father MulIin, Who
Offers $4,000 Re-
ward, Says kidnap-
pers Should Be Pun
ished, Yet Fears that
Willie Mccormick Is
Now Dead.
$4,000 IN REWARDS
FOR MCCORMICK BOY.

n.ooo-By Oscar willserodt. and no
questions asked.
E.ooo-By Michael @. Mccormick.
now In tho hands Of Pat
sheedy: noauestions ssked.
SO. ooo-By the Rev. J. A. Mullin. OF
the Sacred Heart Roman
Catholic Church OF High
Bridge. for the return OF
the boy and tho capture OF
the kidnappers.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
Mccoy. Cottage burned.
lss--.l to III. E,.nlns worIao

tS?-.tsi to The Essnins No'Idp
SARATOGA. =. Y. April :V.-kld Nc.
coy's cottage. adJacen, To his Cedar Bun
roadhouse at Saratoga Lake. was burned
TO the ground iar, night II was &C.
cupied by his roadhouse manager. James
Barrett.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20

Another reward OF $4,000 was offered
to-day not only for the return OF Willie
Mccormick. but also for the capture OF
his kidnappers. The total amount now
offered Il $4,000.
What the city has failed to do has
been done sy. the Rev. Father James a.
Mullin. pastor Of the Church Of the
Bacred Heart. Hshbridse. He declares
that kidnapping Is the cr3mo OF the
times. and. approaching the tremendous
encouragement that will be given to
kidnaspcrs throughout the country By
the failure OF the police to run down the
criminals In tho present case. he has
offered his reward. not only for the re-
turn OF the boy. but the eaptue Of those
who have stolen him.
or the $4,000 In rewards 5000 ia
offered by Oscar wilEerodt and 5000
placed In the hands OF Pa, 6heedy by
the uncle Of the lost boy.
The Mccormick family are members OF
Father Mullins church. and It was for
the church the boy started on the night
he disappeared.
wasts kidnappers, Too.
II would not pay the money just for
the return Of the boy" Father Muiiin
said to-day. "when any one brings
back the boy1a pd causes the ares, Of,
the kidnappet21 shall be ready to pay
the reward of$i00oo.
II have never felt sure that the lad
vas kidnappsd. II may be tina, the
boy was coaxed away. from home
that night. or that he deliberate.
~ went away IN fear OF punish.
mena. but In either case I believe he
would have returned long before this
unlt ~ he IL being held.
''siy proposition is. that II Willie Nc.
Corrick was tnken away by kidnappers
I Will pay $4,000 for him and the x1dnap-
perv. Kidnapping has Erown to be the
crime OF the times. and drastic meas
urea should be taken TO stop II. That Is
tho spirit that prompts me TO H'ke this
offer Of $4,000"
shs.ay ws.'t Handle II.
win this money be handled by mr..
0h0edyr" he was asked.
mo. Pat Shccdy nor any other gam
bier will handle my money" said tho
priest. I'm handle II myself"
do you think you Will have any
claimants for the rews.d?'
II hope co." was tho reply. but fear
that something has happened to him. l.
fear that II they ever ind him he will
DO dead"
Il gathc- fyeP 3his that It Is your
money that IL being offered" was suS.
Scs,ed.
.You are no father oonfexsos to me-"
said tho priest, his eyes twinkllng. III
was to own up that I had $4,000. and
you put It In The Evening World. the
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
Greatest Flood in River History Predicted by Boa
men-Current Sweeping Through Streets-Towns
Under Water and Loss of Life May Be Heavy.

The greatest storm of the year in extent of swept
several States to-day reached Tennessee il the South
lOho in the West and Canada in the North
All the territory within this boundary severely
affected and late to day terrific gale sweeping up
the coast to this city.
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, New York and
Kentucky suffered the Pennsy being flood swept
and several farms inundated.
Pttsburg is threatened with the flood in its
history This evening water is rushing through the city
and the Monongahea River steadily rising
the city's safety r
Over the lakes gale is blowing and in this State
trains impeded by heavy
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
DIPA. IBERIA NEAR SCHOOLS.

Board Of Health Closes Installations
~ High bridge.
The parochlnl and Sunday schools OF
the Church Of the Sacred Heart. High
bridge. AMI the Union Dutch Reformed
Church. Marion avenue and Highbridxe.
were ordered closed to-day by the Boari
OF Health.
This action 10 taken on account OF the
prevalence OF diphtherla In ttait Vicinity.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
RIVER WATERS SWEEP
STREETS OF PITTSBURG,
ESPECIAL to The Evening World

FiTTSbtRG. April O.-Death and DE.
siruciion have been wrought BY the
h''c-l In this city. II In the worst April
Hood since 1852. OF which there Is any
record.
some Of the rivcrmcn say that the
present hood may pas, this stage.
The river Ia rising at the rate OF a
foo; an hour, as agairs; eight inches
AN hour In 1854. This would Indicate "a
larger volume o! water than IN the year
named. As the rivers ar. still r,sins
At all Joints. III. exact amount ~
water to b- expected II Pittsburx can
not De foreca~,.si
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
FIRE SHIP LITTLE HURT.
OIInds VIII Sail To-Morrow for
Cnhnn 1sOrts

The Munson liner Oiinda. which had
tire yesterday In her cargo. was not
much damaged.
The steamship Is being pumped out and
will be ready to sail tomorrow for
Cuban ports. The damage TO the lumber
cannot be estimated until the Board OF
Survey looxs over II.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
Waters RisIn1.

There Is u very dangerous current In
both rivers and the river men are taking
all possible prccaution TO pso;ec; float
Ing property. Everywhere comes wof'!
hat creeks and small streams ar" over.
flowing their banks and that IN. mighty
rush " water Is doing grea, damage. All
OF the creeks flowing into the Ohio River
aijac.n, 20 P,tsourS. have OVERLOOKED
their banks
This afternoon the Monongahrla River
ov-rfiowed. and the waters rushed over
tn. whnrves into the city streets II
ran In a volume six inchc. deep at 'rst.
bu, increased In depth. and was soon
two feet deep IN places.
Residents " the lower wards wsr"
driven from thc!. houses and ran he
fore the not.i TO places o: safety.
Hundreds were homeless and many
were taken care .. by the cay
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
River n Torrent.

A niHat closed IN the river was
raging torrrn; and the flood area was
growing Wires were down and IN many
places the streets were In darkness.
1Eree persons have been found
drowned 80 far. and many other fatal
ties are looked for.
The damage caused Is very heavy
4, the w-s,.rn Prni,cnt!afy, IN Ale
shany. consultations are being held ~
to the best steps 10 hr taken Tor the
safety and security OF the many pr'ron-
ers should the wont predictions be real
lied The danger line at the pen''en-
iiary bank - twenty.s-vcn feet ana the
water was near shat mark Mt dusk.
tn. people o! Carnegie. the steel town
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
shssay ws.'t Handle II.

CONTINUED on Second Pase.)
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20

Tho single fact that Tho Worlds daily cir. .
eulation In tho homes and offices Of Now
York 10 tons OF thousands creator than that !.
Of any other papor makes many things clean. !
!.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20

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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1901-04-20
lit EDIII0N-/4H tie Netvs for All Day-RACNG hSPORT,
2,56l Coils. Of Advertising in March.

Indeed, We Get nors reeusns from World
advertisement than We % from sny other Nvo
papers oombined."-J. Michssis. 102 TO 100
Smith strs0t, one o. 0rooktyn's leading
m0Pohanto.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
"BoNI EIDE AMERICAN"
DIR. William Mason Tells an Ancestor Of
the Niolinist Ren,enyi,


] have already had something to say
of IIduard Remcnyi. the Hungarian
viclinist who accompanied Brahms, to
Weimar in 1858, says writer in the
Century. He was n talented man and
WAS esteemed by List as being, in his
way, q good Niolinjst. He belonged to
the class typified w Ole Bull, but did
not acfi;sTe so great u reputation. He
remained at Weimar after Brahms
left there and l became intimately ac-
quainted with him. He was very en-
teitainins and so fun of fun that he
would have made a tiptop Irishnlan
He was at home in the Gypsy music
OF his own country and this was the
main characteristic OF his pla ying. He
had also q fad for aging Schubert
melodies on the violin with the most
attenuated pianssimo effects and oc-
casionally his hearers would listen in
tently after the tone had ceased, i'm
agining that they still heard trace
OF it,
Not long before leaving Weimar /
had some fun with him by asking il
he had ever heard amy bona fide
American spoken. He replied that
he Gid not know there was such a lam
suaSe. We'll" said l, listen to this
Tor specimen: 'Ciing-a- ling-a- dar-
oCS, SleDuHS cum susan. ~ L Gid not
meet him again until 1878, twenty-four
years after leaving Weimar. | was
going upstairs to my studio in. the
Steinway building when some one told
ne that ltemenyi had arrived and was
rehearsing for his concerts in one of
the rooms above. So, going up, fol-
lowed the sounds of the violin, gave a
quick knock, opened the door and went
in. Remenyi looked at me for a mo-
Il
hand, and as he wrung it he cried out:
"Cheng-a-ling- adardee. Chebung cum
Susan" He had remembered it all
those years.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
OYSTERS BREED DISEASE.
Typhoid Germs Discovered In the Tooth.
somc Biyalves.

some BiyalveSs
Boston Transcript: To prove conclu-
slvely that raw oysters are susceptible
TO attacks from the typhoid fever
germ, thus becoming a medium for the
transmission of the disease into the
human body, is impossible because the
germ is still unknown to science, but
circumstantial evidence has estab-
lished it in many cases beyond rea-
sonable doubt. In the past local au-
thoritieS have relied upon the results
of Investigations made In other states
and countries, as, for example, the in
Nestigation of the typhoid fever cases
which originated at dinner of the
Wesleyan college in 1894 and the extern
sive inquiries made by the British gov
eminent, but now the Massachusetts
state board of health has a case Of its
own upon which to base it's convic-
tions. 1t has made a thorough inves-
tigation of the cause of typhoid fever
which broke out among the summer
residents at Marion last summer, and
now says in it's communication to the
Marion board of health:
The board has made such an in.
vestigation and has come to the con-
cluslon that the probable cause of the
origin of the disease was the use of
oysters taken from sewage polluted
water. 1t is quite plain, therefore.
that the continued use of oysters as
food from u polluted region may at
any time be attended with danger"
In this instance, as in every other case
brought to the attention of bacteriolo-
gists, the germ was not found, but the
indications of it's presence are as con-
vincing as the Indications of it's pres
ence in milk and upon satisfactory
evidence that milk delivered on a GER
tain route causes typhoid fever, as has
happened in several places this sum-
mer, the local health authorities cut
off the whole supply found to be pol.
luted.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
"reminiscences of the prince Of

"reminiscences of the prince OF
Wales visit To Boston are scarcely
complete without some reference to the
libel suits hich grew out of the de,
seriptions of the grand ball given in
his honor at the Boston theater, re-
calls the Herald The plaintiff In these
suits was George, the count Joannes,
who Was a somewhat noted figure in
those days, and the particular report of
the ball To which he took exception WAS
written by Francis H. Underwood.
who, in his description of the distin-
guished guests of the occasion, men
pioned "a Goidisant count, wearing the
insignia conferred upon him by the
duke of l'umpernickel.r Ii was a fam
Gus piece OF newspaper work. and it
attracted wide attention. The so-
GiSant count sued his alleged detract-
pis for libel and the lax reports of the
judicial proceedings in these cases,
which We're carried UP TO the highest
court, and which ultimately included
not only The newspaper reporter. but
NIL the stockholders on the offending
new spaper in its list of defendants.
The ultimate outcome of these proceed
mss was the acquittal of all the de-
PENDANTS and the conviction of George.
the Count Joannes. {; common nut
sance. II WAS Il great Victory for the
newspapeis and wide WAS the fame
thereof.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
PROTEST OF PORTO RiCANs.
Two Thousand Prominent Islanders Re
moIistr:tte Against Reycnuc iuw


san Juan de Porto Rico. Feb 81
Correspondence of the Associated
Press. )-NeNer before i'm the history of
the island of Porto Rico, according to
old inhabitants, has such a crowd of
men been gathered to protest against
any law or government institution as
assembled here during the afternoon
md evening of February 3. With but
A few days notice. the men who for
mulated the plan succeeded in bringing
together crowd of over 1000 repre-
sentative Porto lticans. Landholders,
planters. merchants and taxpayers
generally from every section of the ISL
md We're assembled
1t is estimated that over SSO0oO.Oo0
was represented by the delegates at
tending this meeting. Serious, Well i'm
formed men they We're who had thus
assembled to protest against the Hol-
lander revenue act passed and signed
oy the governor few minutes before
midnight on tine night of January 81
1t Was not native crowd alone rep
Hesentatives from every American
house in the city We're present and the
meeting was entirely partisan.
a committee of fifteen was appoint-
ed to name, from among it's number
L commission to Washington and ca
Diagrams to President Mckinley and
To the speakers of both houses of con-
sless We're dispatched.
The alleged injustice of the law, as
tndicated by the resolutions adopted
and the speeches made. lies i'm impos-
ing an arbitrary tax when neither the
amount of expenses to be betrayed nor
the amount TO be realized by the tax is
determined. Real property in Porto
.liico has never been valued. 1t WAS
pointed out by one speaker that the
!aW would be used as a terrible politi-
al weapon" valuations would he
made To further political interests. 1t
was declared that honest and impartial
assessors cannot be found and that in
fact it is extremely doubtful if sim
gle man can be found who is capable
If cquitably assessing real property.
AS the republicans $50 called are in
power. it is natural to presume that
the assessors will be appointed from
that party. 1t is an acknowledged fact
that the bulk of the property tthe big
sugar and coffee and tobacco planta-
tions) is owned by federalists Land
owned by one party and the assessors
IF another it is not difficult to point
out what the result would he
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
BEAUTIFUL CORA LIVINGSTON.
Il Was tho Height of Fashion to he ar
Admircr of This Peerless Maiden.

1t Was tho Height of Fashion to he an
Admircr of This Peerless Maiden.
Under the John Quincy Adams adj
Cora Livingston was rec
ognized as one of trio of the fore
most beauties of the United States"
writes William Perrine in the Ladies'
Home Journal. During the period
from 1920 to $780, said Josiah Quincy,
who had a critical eye for pretty girls,
who has not heard of the three great
bellies of this country--Miss Cora Liy--
ingston of New ORLEANS, Miss Julia
Dickinson of Troy and Miss Emily
Marshall of Boston, Indeed. he OBJ
served that he would need to know
how to paint the rose to describe Miss
Cora. In the first place. he went on
TO say, she is not Handsome; l mean
not transcendentally handsome, but
She has q fine figure, a pretty face,
dances Well and dresses to admiration.
1t is the height of the ton to be her
admirer and she is certainly the belle
of this country.
The beauty of Cora Livingston Bar
ton had ripened early and it faded
early. Long after the days of her SUI
premacy as n belle were gone Josiah
Quincy was taken to her home at
Montgomery place on the Hudson. He
had not seen her for thirty years. Will
You come into the house and see Mrs.
Barton?' he was asked. He assented,
and he saw an old lady in cap and
dress of studied simplicity. You
would not have known me- She said.
and he could not make reply. Come
into the next room, she then said, and
you will see the Cora Livingston you
knew in Washington There he saw
the full-lensth portrait of the beauty
TO whom he had paid homage I, genera
ton before, and he could gaze upon 1T
only in Silence"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
FIVE $1,000 BILLS STOLEN
MysteriousIy Missing From Kansas
City Bank--C ounterfeiters
Are Suspected,

Kansas City. Feb. l4.--Fivc $1,000
bills have been stoien mysteriously
from a Kansas City bank. aud banks
in all parts of the country have been
notified To be on the lookout for them.
The robbed bank and the manner of
the theft have been kept quiet. 1t is
said however. that detectives have
traced the bills to Il former Kansas
City woman. who is said to have tried
to pass one of them at Il Chicago de-
patucnt store.
After the bill had been examined and
found To be genuine she is said to have
substituted for it a counterfeit 81 Geo
bill in payment for Il bill of goods and
to have received $500 in change The
bills are believed to have fallen into
the hands of some clever counter-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
Whom He Took : Bath.

New York Sun: A man who may OF
may not have been tramp. but who
was arraigned recently in a Minneapo-
lis police court on a charge Of vagran-
cy, tried to disprove the charge by
proving by 1.-TWO competent witnesses"
that he had taken bath cat no re-
mote date" Something. possibly the
suspiciously uncertain mo remote
date" made the judge persistent, and
after reflection he decided that the de-
PENDANT would have to prove also that
he had worked. "whereupon," 1t is re-
corded. the defense at once col-
lapsed."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
CHAPTER vi.
PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF
WILFRIDA FAIRHOI.NII.


S. S. chattahoochee. July 17.-Al-
though still harrassed and oppressed
by hideous anxiety want, in this my
first moment of leisure to set down
clearly and fully the strange events
that have occurred since that memora-
BILE evening in Princes Gate | have
been in a whirl ever since. But have
forgotten nothing. Every act, every
thought is indelibly fixed in my mem
DRY from the moment that l realized
my loss.
Forget! l shall never forget that
afternoon when the American detective
brought me the news. What an odd
creature he was. Very much over
dressed. with q sort of company man
ner voice, which didn't disguise his
Yankee accent or tone down his awful
Americanisms. l know now tlat the
poor wretch WAS homes; and straight
forward, but l could not get over my
repugnance to him at first
And so when we got to the very
house and drew quite blank | made up
my mind that the man was AN arrant
impostor. Nothing fell out as he said.
Ills boy would he on the watch"
There was no boy. He was quite GER
tain of the house into which Willie
had been carried. The police broke in.
There was no Willie Wood
The whole thing was hunlbug. fell
convinced of 1T and said so, only to re-
greet 1t directly after. 1t could not be
quite humbug, or, If 1T was, Roy. dear
Wiliie's lovely dog, was in it, too, for
Roy had certainly smelt him out in the
cellar where we found the awful appa-
ratus and things and | ought to have
known that a dogs instinct is always
true. But | was very short with Mir.
Snuyzer and left him in a huff. 1t was
a mistake, of course, for it was losins,
chanca. The man might be useful
and after all he was the only one who.
whether the right or the wrong one,
mad any sort OF clew. That was good
Old Sir Charles Collinghanl's opinion
and Colonel Bannster's, the official.
chief constable or assistant commits
sioner or something whom the general
brought with him to Hill street. /
found them there cioSeted with mother.
who had heard all about it from them.
She was rather in limp condition.
dear mother. having quite failed to
take in the situation and unable to say
or suggest anything.
The colonel-he was rather a cross
looking, middle aged man, with square
cut, short whiskers and bristline
gray mustache-took me sharply to
task for letting the American slip. and
tone, but knew l had been wrong.
From what you tell us he had no
doubt been in communication with
Captain Wood yesterday, and he would
!. have saved us some time and tSauble
If we had him under our hand~ now.
He must be hunted up" said the COL
onel.
Your people know him at Scotland
Yard. He was there today, and they
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
SENDS MESSAGES 200 MILES.


Marconi's Latest Feat With His wirclcs
Telegraphy.
London, Feb. l4.--ProfeSsor Fleming,
occurring at Liverpool yesterday, said
he had Signor Marconi's permission to
make first mention of the fact that on
the first day of the reign of King Ed
ward VII. Marconi had accomplished
the astonishing feat of sending wireless
messages between st, GATHERINGS, Isle
OF Wight and the Lizard 200 miles.
Perfect communication between the
TWO points has since hem established
London. Feb. 12,-Lloyds agent at
Browhead exchanged wireless mes
sages saturday With the White Star
freighter Georgia. Captain Thompson
which left Liverpool for New York the
previous day, when she was twelve
miles out at SEA.
Calls from the shore to the ship and
from the ship TO the shore We're made
as quickly and as easily as by tele-
phone.
Other experiments are being conduct
cd over longer distances.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14

The late Benjamin d. Stillman.
Nale's Oldest graduate ct the time of
his death. WAS the owner of a remark
ably valuable piece Of real estate. II
is located at the corner of Broadway
and Wall streets In New York. being
about 80 by 40 feet in size. and it en-
joys the reputation of being the most
valuable piece of ground in New York,
If not in the world. Its little four
story brick building has been ovel
Swallowed by the skyscrapers on all
siees of it. Mr.. Sti!lnan persistently
refuses all offers to buy the property.
Nj one time he was offered 100000 for
1t This would be at the rate of $3.50 a
square foot, or about $50 a square foot
more than the tiptop price hitherto
paid for land In that city.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14

A club of divorced women has been
formed in the Australian capital, the
object being to provide the comfort. Of
home for all women who have been
compelled to divorce their husbands.
Legal aid Will also be furnished to
women seeking freedom from irksoms
bonds and every effort Will be made to
secure reform in present marriage
laws.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-02-14
Looked the-yyrone way.

London Spare Moments: Investor-wha,
do you mean by falsely representing the
property? The notice stated that there
was q view OF fifty miles, and l couldn't
see fifty yards!
Agent-No deception at all, sir. Which
way did you look?
Why, L loked all around me, and ]
could not see out of the valley"
Well mister, returned the agent, "yel
didn't look right. If yer had gazed un
thar'd bin no trouble 1 reckon yer can
see more'n fifty miles up. l tell yer, mis-.
ter he added, as the investor walked off,
I'VE don't misrepresent the Jacks down
here.