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New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
A CLEVER THIEF ROBS R4ILROAD.
HE TELLS AN ELEVATED sIAlio->
THAT HE HAS BEEN SENT
TO RELIEVE HIM.

Central Office detectives looking Ior d O0lu
sneak thief who early last Saturday hs 81
awsv with nearly s400, the entire "a! i'
at the uptown station of the eleVa'eu -
West Broadway and Grand-st- Al ''o' p M
man entered the station and told the
.sent whose name is William Fischer that ne
had been sent by C. ". DemoTt, night lhSp PC =,
70 relieve him. He greeted Fischer Win
Fischer! I'm sorry, old man. oul theie 80,
uptown waiting for you, and I've oeeh Sent -
TO take charge" Fischer knew MIN as " -
Move of the road and as the man was oles'eo -
+ba ree,1ar uniform he thol glt it was all tight
The stranger told him to hand over the oaF E
CENTS as well as his passbook. book OF iu O.
unsold tickets and then to report at '
ters OF the road, at Eighty-hrst-st re
At the same time another stranger stepP - -
dov,ntown train and handed the ticket chopper
there dispatch purportng to come from 'ie
telegraph station above, saying that 80
been relieved and that he was to report " 80 80
quarters Immediately. Everything seened snd stranger
and questions We're asked ms as going home.
The first thief sold tickets for ap9ut i've EduSard
and then called to the ticket Sno6tp 6 .n wash his
hands and face. Duffy did so, ana az adne rnin1tes
five minutes the & new age9t afv to take charge
few minutes saying he wanted to go snns 10 ~ Inv
his tiaef e 'ere snd DnfT was kept busy for fully
half an hour. He then became susp IL cn7i,nter
naer the window He called to Powers the agent en-;
on the other side to come over ano aid d'N 60 bmt
oOuiG not find him Then Duffy discovered that
there money in the drit"eIs drit,sioad ' sIS and
fbs rnonev he had taken in himself. Powers imme-
diately telegraphed to Nlgt iisr5 sr5er to relieve
FischIer had beer issued Soon afterWard tiscnied ]
from headquarters and on ss ssuspended
He had been in the employ OF the coIipIif Iie de-
twelve years and bore good reSoab @ about ti twen
ty-four years old
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
The LEADER THAT FAILED.
9 Chicago Record-Herald.

From The Chicago Record-Herald.
The Editor Of The Joyvie Journal looking
for white spot the office towel The paper had
zone TO press hours ago, and he had finished
writing his leader for the morrow. There Joy
sr MS heart he stood there with dripping ha
hurtfpg for the clean spot He couldn't help think
ing of the pleasant things he had said about the
Hon Abbott Bodgett in the editorial that gen.
flernan's candidacy for The postms stershp.
The Hon. Abbott Blodgett.'' the Editor of THE
5os5rnsf'' had written has lived in JoyYille ever
since his boyhood. and he has never made an
enemy He Is one OF natures MOBILES
These sentences kept passing through the ed
ftor's mind as he stood there hunting for place
On which TO wipe his hands. He proud OF
them and glad 20 say a good word for Mr.. Blodgett
because the latter had once helped him TO get the
county printing Suddenly. Just he had succeed
ed in finding place the towel that didn't seem
70 be quite as much soiled the of IL he
hrerd heavy steps the stairway and a confusion
Of voices like the angry sounds produced by the
Roman mob in the play.
before the Editor OF THE Journal could arm
himself for trouble indignant crowd OF citizens
the once and demanded satisfaction. The editor
proud Of and then jumped through window.
taking the sash with him
The printer had done his deadly work once more.
In the raper the loaded leader said:
THE Hon Abbott Biodgett has lived In JoyNflle
ever since his boyhood and he has never made an
eneray. He is of natures noodles"
They found the wrecked sash three miles beyond
the outskirts OF the town.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16

+ba fight was renewed. Two men were d hnocne1
nnsefess One of the Gillens, being nara presseu'
&C. a blackjack and welded 1T with ehTet- -
Finally the Gillen faction was overpo~SerTI SaT1 tbe
80 5-otbers were in turn hurled down l1e
80 - 80 ont of doors A large croWo, at
fracted by the camor was assembled on 'he
sidewalk -. r-,,;o. of Police
11onner entered the clubhouse. followed pS Two
noiicemen There had been a rumor that a al .lluI III
Po p - baer7 committed. Chairman Nugent as,
o5 the chief that no harm had been done, any
that the affair only amounted to dlne@renee @ " ~
oninion The assembly room pore "itne'3 -
~ settle It was strewed with broken hdts
Ia torn clothing No arrests were mace
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
HUNTING SNIPE; SHOT FRIEND
MAN PASSED IN FRONT OF HIS CoMpAN.
IONS GUN AFTER ONE BARREL
HAD BEEN FIRED.

Michael FIynn. forty years old. Of No S25 Pines
ST. Jersey City was shot and killed yesterday by
James Hayes, twenty-seven years old. who lives in
the same house. The two men left home shortly
after O'Clock in the afternoon to shoot snipe
along the shore of New-York Bay When they
reached Cavan Point they several snipe
HAYES, who in advance, fired at the birds, but
missed them. The gun he carried was double bar
relied, and in some way which he cannot explain
the second barrel accidentally discharged as
he lowered the gun. At the same moment Flynn
passed in front of Hayes receiving the charge in
his left side He died almost instantly.
Several boys who witnessed the accident for
doctor but his services of avail HAYES
went to Ocean-ave, where he met Officer Van
Horn, who took him to the Ocean-ave. police sta
ton There Hayes's statement was corroborated
by the boys who witnessed the shooting. but he
held technical charge of mansIaughter
pending investigation by County Physician
Charles B. Converse. Flynn's body was sent to the
morgue.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
F4T4L SHOOTING IN A SALOON.
WITNESSES SAY THE PRISONER MADE The
ATTACK WITHOUT PROvOCATION.

ATTACK WITHOUT PRONOCATION.
MAGISTRATE Olmsted in the Harlem ponce court
Yesterday remanded William Thompson twenty
two wears old who gave his home as No rs East
Fortieth-st to the coroner on the charse Oh hoil-
eide THOMPSON who is a barber, entered saloon
at One hundred -and-tw twenty-eighth- ana 1hlrn-
ave on Thursday evening. when Matthe" farleS'
twenty wears old of No 405 West Forty-forrth-st'
was drinking at the bar with some friends. IL Is
auaeed hv three witnesses who held in the
House of Detention. that Thompson. without prel-
l1de or apparent provocaton, shot Farley, ana theh
acked out of the saloon with the revolver IN MS
hand. The man backed into the arms OF PatroI1nah a
NuIane of the East One-hundred- -and-tWentE-
sixth-st station and was disarmed and made a
prisoner. 49,, r-,..- 20
Mullane went into the saloon and asked Farley II II
he was hurt "Oh. there is nothing the matter
with me" said Farley. laughing and he accom-
panied the policeman and his prisoner to the sta
tion where he suddenly collapsed, and then II was
found that he had been shot in the apdonen-
Farley was removed to the Harlem Hospital, Where
he died yesterday. -
When the prisoner brought before coroner
yucca yesterday the detective who had MIN In
charge said that he not known at the ADDRESS
which he gave. The prisoner declined to give his
right address. He committed to the Tombs
+l,n,=1 I0iI
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
INFORMATION TOO LATE.
nth News-T Tribune.

From The Duluth News-Tribune.
During the inquisition of the police department on
the saloon question yesterday by the land jury
Of the range members made hfnsei- :otable for his
persistency in asking questions and he went into
every possible way of violating the Sunday laws
like one who knew the game.
A member of the forci- .gnO speaks a good Scotch
brogue was one CS the witnesses. After he had
testified that ne knew nothing of the saloons being
open contrary TO law and that he had tried several
side without success the nquisitve juror sug
gested
could get in the back door at No - Superlor-st.
hast Sunday by knocking in a certain way?
II did ma ken tnot. l wish could ha' found
somebody wi experience to tell OF airier. replied
the witness.
Then some Of the other jurors smiled but the IN
oufsitive Juror never the point
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
EX-ASSEMBLYHAN ARRESTED.

,,r &c CHARGED WITH INTERFERING WITH AN
orr1CER IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTY
South Amboy Dec. 10 (SpeciaD-Ex-Asse1no
nan Andrew H Slower was arrested yesterday on
a charge of interfering with an of1cer III 'ie us
e INC" bts dptv The complaint was made by
So, Marshal George NJ. Church. Church had
warrant for slover's and had taken him INTO
custody. when Mr.. Slower appeared and neipeo MS
son to escape from the offcer o-aI +ir,es
VIHbnrch had struck young Slower seVerai tIlleS-
NJ slower went before the grand jury IN an en- m
i1terfaring with an officer was then made sloset
nave bonds for his appearance ana was io@
locked up,
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
TRIED THREE METHODS OF SUICIDE

Wilmington, Del. Dec. 14-Mrs. Lindley c. Kent.
forty-six years old wife OF prominent business
man. committed suicide in a sensational manner at
her home in this city to-day She locked herself in
the bathroom and cut the arteries in both wrists
She then filled the bath tub half full Of water and
got into it to drown. Next she took a pillow and
held ii firmly with both hands across her mouth and
nostrils and death from suffocation ensued Mrs.
Kent had been Ill long time, to which fact her
srIcide is aftributed
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
TEG SUNK BY STEAMER.

Norfolk Va. Dec. 14.-As the Bay Line steamer
Alabama was putting off from the Seaboard Air
Line terminal station this evening, the Ports
mouth side of the harbor, she down the tug
Alliance. striking that vessel just abaft the
board bow and stove in large hole. The tug
began settle Captain Bohannon. of the
Alabama, lowered his lifeboats. and by quick work
rescued Captain Miller and all eight OF the Alli-
ance's crew. just that craft sank. The Alabama
was uninjured and proceeded on her way TO Balti-
more about hour behind time.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
rUorcHT TO BE ENGLISH SEAL.
,,, SAN To HAVE BEEN MISSING FROM
BRITISH MUSEUM SEVENTY EARS
IN MONTCLAIR

Montclair. Dec. Is (speciaD-lt Is sdlu - -
- c,overnment seal that has been missing
80 the British Museum for seventy years is no"
IN the possession of citizen of Montclair' VINO
bought it thirty years ago in a curiosity snop IN
England. and once refused an offer Oh S''"O Ioi IT,
The seal was used in the time OF hiiis "ii'-
" . t,,,.
- ,s n,ade of sterling silver and measures ABOUT
six and half inches in diameter by one men t1 atG
a Quarter in thickness 1t Is IN Two pa pst ed trn, U
,ao+b IN the outer side but elaborately engraved
within. The weight of the seal is ABOUT one hun-
dred and eighty-fve ounces
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
RrsrrEss plRr OF s4LEM. u. II. BrRvED

Parkersburg. w. Va. Dec. 1.-THE FIRE which
started last night Salem. seventy miles east of
here en- the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad de-
stroved practically the entire business part OF
that citv. Fifty-siN houses. stores and other
buildings were destroyed. The loss is estimated
more than s2Gn with little insurance. The city
has water supply. but the water was secured
with difficulty owing the extremely cold wealth
sr and before IL turned the fire the flames
had sp-sad until thev were beyond control The
fire originated in a newspaper office. but the
is unknown.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
GALVESTON NAN DIES on A TRAIN.

Galveston Tex. Dec. 15-George Sealey, of
committee of four appointed by the Galveston
commission 10 represent the city in a conference
with a committee of New-York holders OF Calves
ton city bonds. died a train near st. Louis yes
terday while on the way New>York. His death
was due 10 heart failure No man had been more
closely identified with the growth Of Galveston in
the last quarter of a century than Mr.. Sealey He
born in Pennsylvania in 1885.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
NOT TO BE DISTU RBED.

From The Philadelphia Press
Il want a pound O. water crackers, said Mra,
Korntop l.. - =. -,
replied the country storekeeper.
''I did think to take EN- with me
sorry rna'am but Jake Bullymans snoozn' on
top o. the barl thet they re IN, an ne am IN the
best of humor to-day
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
TRIBUTE 40 THE DEPARTED
rom The Cleveland Plain Dealer

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yes. she's a great talker."
Talked her husband bald. hasn't she?
NO. the badness the work Of his first wife
She didn't talk much. but she left some ample
proofs OF the excellence OF her methods and heF
muscle. She faded away when his hair was gone.
She said she seemed TO have lost her grip. I al
most felt sorry for her. Yes. indeed, she
woman Of action rather than of words
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
B4LLSTON BANK TO RESUME.
EMBEzzI. .EMENT OF THE TELLER HAS LEFT ONLY
I21s - OF THE sURPLrs.
LEY rELEGRArI To TIE TRIRrNE.l

Saratoga, y. Y, Dec 15.-The First National
Bank of Ballston Spa. which closed two weeks
ago. pending an examination and investigation of
the books by Bank Examiner Graham, OF Albany
expects TO resume business on Thursday next.
The the Controller of Cur
rencv places the total defacation enbezzline
teller Charles E. Fitcham. Sll5 256 81. and the
surplus Sl6 40 81. leaving balance of l,21S %.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HOSPITALS

Mrs. James speyer, of No 257 Madison-ave. the
treasurer OF the WOmans Auxiliary of the Hospital
Saturday and Sunday Association. reports the fol-
lowing additional contributions to date:
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
THE BENEFAC I K L ) }
Ry the Author of Elizabeth
and Her German Garden.

The anonymous author of these remarkable DOCKS naS
been alternately reported cultivated American "0u'
German Princess and German Countess
While the public is naturally curious to kno" tnc o0
tty of an author so gifted she evidently as POSITIVE ID
she has been so successful about remaining unknown
After ALL it is most delightful read books tna' 90
not require glded to sell them Wnhe We uo
not know the authors name, do know ner OlIlaN'
capabilities maker of delightful literature ohe IS Ie
fined and woman of high ideals, that certain Inc
tone of her books is happy and bright she mas the l
sense of humor, and the ability to express it, ohe oS'
vivid in descrption-aos merclcss in carlcaturng hua
weakness.
end 10
and Seltespectng
of snobbsh sier-n-aw Lazy SI
convenient
hospitality has become "engn
nIecc generous
sn-
gratitude by throwing open
sharing
goaded this generosity, but
IN
mpoors She Heeced motives are
AN.
OF
theological student leads the imprisonment charge OF ss0n " %
only friend and adviser.
The Berefaefyess, while differing radically rom tne
book that made the famous will be read with oent
by all lovers of fresh. wholesome literature.
Price Csc. Ninth street
New-York tribune., 1901-12-16

tons of one-quarer have been made Throughout
this collection of and artistic pieces SO that you Can
choose unique remembrances from among
Carved Ivorie at SI.S5 to slO2 from s. so to SIS
Brouzes at 81 IS to Sl3I. IS, S. so to Sl7o
Coisonne o S2S, from Sl2 to S3IoU -oe,z
N-'~~ Broaiwa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-03-20
Ell MENSAJE
del Presidente de
Santo Domingo
SITUACION FAVORABLE DE
LA REPUBLICA

Ell Sr. Consul de la Rep1blica Domi
nicana en- esta capital, don Juan Hen
rfquez, ha tenido la atenci0n de enviar
nos un ejemplar del Mensaje que ell
Presidente de aquella Repdblica, Sr.
d. Juan Isidro Gimenez, present6 al
Oongreso Nacional, al inaugurar su le-
gisla;ura oTdnaria de 1901.
En- nuestro nhmero de mafiana ira
taremos de ocupaFnos, con la atenci6n
que merece, del documento presidential,
que ha sido recibidO con extraordina.io
aplauso por la opinion pnblica en- SAM o
Dorpingo, y de la pr6spera situacion
que atraviesa aquel pals impulsado POI
ell Presidente Gimenez y los hCmbIes
que le secundan en- la ardua taTea de-
gobierno, por la senda de progreso
b.enestar q que es merecedor'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-03-20
NOtiCiaS OfiCialeS

Al Presidento del Tribunal de Distrito
de Ponce Sc le ha remitido, los efectos
del articulo 125 del Rpglameuto para la
ejecuci6n de la Ley del Registro Civil,
una denuncia de don j. L. Solar, de Ad.
juntas, contra ell Juez municipal de aquella
localidad
Sc han remitidO al Fiscal del Tribunal
de Dlstrito de Humacao, las diligencias
instruidas Ell el Juzgado municipal de Jun.
COS, contra Jose Il. Anguita y o;ros quie-
nes Sc acusa de los delitos de cOacci6n,
amenaza y usurpaci6n de funciones, fin
de que Sc sirya formular las acusaciones
que proceden y las someta q la aprobaci6n
del Departamento de Justicia.
--Ha sidO aceptado pOr la Ofcna del FiS
cal General ell dictamen emitido pOr el
Fiscal del Tribunal Supreme en- las dill
gencias instruidas en- ell Tribunal de Distri
to de Arecbo, con motive de la denuncia
que ell Fiscal del mismo ha formuladC
coutra ell alcalde presidente Gel Tribunal
de Policia de aquella lOcalldad.
Ell Director de carceles Ia solicitadC
q la ofcina del Fiscal General, aumelto
de sueldo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-03-20
QUESTION
"DOMINICO HAITIANA"
Mas de cinco mil hombres
en- pie de guerra

Ei diferendo surgido entire estas dos
Rep1blicas, ha terminado pacffca y
decorosamente para la de Santo Do
mingo.
Tan pronto como ell suceso del rio
Massacre, en- la. frontera N. o., lego
a cOnocimiento del GobiernO Domini-
canO, este adopt6 las medidas que ell
patriotismo y la prudencia aconseja-
ban, sin ning1n genero de alardes.
El Encargado de Negocios de Haiti,
en- Santo Domingo, Mr., BoIn6, Sc
brind6 expontaneamente & interponer
sus servicios en- obsequio de la paz, y
en- union del Ministro dominicano en-
Haiti, General Ignacio M. Gonzalez,
parti6 la capital de aquella Rep1bli
ca. Mientras tanto ell GobiernO de
Santo Domingo envi6 q Montecristy al
Ministro de la Guerra, por 81 fracasa-
ban las gestiones diplomaticas, 4 orga-
nizar militarmente la frontera N. 0.
Tamb;Gn acudl6 inmediatamente a ese
punto ell General HOracio Vazquez,
Vlce-Presidente de la Repdblica, y
pusleronse 90 PIE de guerra mas de
cinco mil hombres. Santo Domingo
ha dadO una vez mas espl6ndida nota-
ci6n de su patriotismo
Felizmente ell asunto, cuyo Orfgen
fue la discussion ie una propiedad pri-
vada entire particulares dominIcanos y
haitianos, termin6 sin que haya sido
necesario acudir al doloroso recurso de
la guerra, que ell derechO International
cOlOca siempre en- 1timo t6rmino y
solo cuando Sc han agotado pIGviamen-
te los medios pacificos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-03-20
CreCiente deSarrOllO
DEL
COmerciO HispanO
americana

Peri0dicos de los Estados Unidos
tan importantes y tan intluy entes en- ell
movimiento cOmercial e industrial de
aquel pals como "The New York Jour
nal of Commerce., "The Iron Age,
"Harware", The Implement Age, y
otros, Sc han ocupado recientemente
de la campaiia realizsda ali For nues
tro compatriola don Antonio Cuyas y
Armengol, en- pro del fOmento de las
relaciones comerciales entIe Espana Y
los Estados Cnidos.
Primero en- ell COngreso Intern: Go
nal de ComeTciO, celebradO en- Filadel
fla en- Noviembre de 1899, al cual ell
seflor Cuyas concurri6 como Delegado
de la Camara de Comerco de MadIid,
Y despues por medic de la prensa co
mercial y tecnica de aquel pals, ell senior
Cuy5s ha liam ado la atenci6n de los
norteamericanos hacia ell notable Iena
cimiento que en- Espafa esta dando
impulse nuestras indnstrias, q nues
tro comercio y q la exploitation de
nuestras minat; logrando pOr este me
dio dirigir hacia )s mercados espanoles
parte de la cOrrlente comercial que
con fueIza cada dia mas poderosa,
ahuye de los Estados Unidos a los de
mas pafses enropeos.
En- vista de que los industriales nor
teamericanos hoy compiten con muchOs
articulOs adn en- los mismOs paises de
donde hace pocos amos los importaban
y de los euaies Espafia todavfa Sc sur.
te, ell seihor Cuyas Sc ha propuesto es
tablecer en- Barcelona una casa de Re
presentantes de fabricas norteameri.
canas.
A ese efectO ha fiImadO contratos
con % de las mas importantes empire
sas industriales de aquel pals, en- vir
tud de los cuales puede ofrecer en- tods
Espafia en- condolences sumamentt
vantsjosas para nuestros importadores
buen n1mero de manufactures nortt
americanas, entire elias, las siguientes
Material para fsrrocarriles y tran
Vias; maquinaria para la elaboraci6r
de azacar; maquinae y aparatos para /;
exploitation de miHas; maquinas ins
trumentosIagrfcolas; motores y venti
IadoIes el6ctricos ! limpiatubos par;
calderas; correaje de cuero ; estufas .
fogones; maquinas para escribir; herra
mientas para carpinteFos; palas, pict
y azadones; molinos de viento, incuba
doras, coIores preparados, efectos pla
teados, cristalerfa,. sillones mecanico
para deptistas y para peluquerfas; me
sas de operar para medicos y cirujanol
Para ell desarrollo de este negociO, {
seflor Cuyas abrirai iofcinas en- Barcelc
ma, Madrid, Bilbao y Sevilla, con ez
p1sici6n de muestras de la mayor part
de les articulos aDtes citados. En- ella
tendra una collection compuesta d
Qatalogos de cuant0s articulos fabrica
dos puedan tener salida en- Espafia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-03-20
.CuartO de SOCOrTOS

Enrique Blanco, fu6 curado de una herida
eontasa &c siete centfmetroS en- la region
occipitaI y una fuerte confusion sobre el bra
20 izquierdo (reservado).
Eugenio Lopez, curado de una confusion
en- ell tercio inferior del brazo derecho leve
Clemente Soriano, curado de una herida
incisa punzante, de cinco centfmetros, en- la
region sub exapular izquierda (menos gra
vel Pas6 al hospital
Juan Muiloz, curado de una herida incisa
de ounce contfmetros, en- la region axllar
izquierda con seccion del mdsculo pectoral
mayor Tgravel Pas6 al hospital.
BIlLETES De PASAJER0S PARA PONCE
de venta todas las noches $3.50 para puntos
intermedios tipos proporvionales. Coches es-
peciales Ponce todas horas servicio diarlo
de paquetes bultos todos los puntos de La
Carfetera central
West Indies Express Company, Tetuan, San
Juan Gale del Amor, Ponce, $50