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HOTEL CLERK GONE, SAFE OPEN
NEW AMSTERDAM MISSES ONE or
TWO THOI SAND DOLLARS.
Night Clerk sickle walked Out Of the
Place al . O'Clock Yesterday Morning
without "a, Ing a Word to n,body.
and the Police can't Find Him.

Horatio q. Sickle, the night clerk Of the
New Amsterdam Hotel walked out Of the
hotel al 3 O'Clock yesterday morning, leav-
ing the door Of the safe open. When Man
ager Alonzo Foster got down TO the hot iel
Office shortly after he discovered. according
To his report 10 the police. that be, ween
81 .Ooo and :? 900 were missing from the safe
and tha, some Of the valuables put there for
guests might be missing
Sickle. according to the police. had been
night clerk al the hotel for several months
and Manager Foster trusted him implicitly
Recently Sickle asked for raise in salary.
and he got It on Oct. /.
When Sickle left the hotel he did il with
ont SAYING a word to anybody there En-
plovees soon not iced his absence from the
desk and woke up Manager Foster, who inn
medstely went to the Fast Twenty second
street police stat ion
Police Captain Fitzpatrick sen, Detect
ives Corr aud Smith 10 the fathouse al
i3i East Thir' y-frst street. where Sickle
lived with his wife and their one child.
The hat was locked and empty The
ncighbors told the police that Mrs Sickle
had left several days ago 10 visit relatives
in Philadelphia
Capt. Fitzpatrick said last night that
80 Gar a. the hotel people knew none Of
the valuables put IN the safe was missing
He also said he was positive that Mrs
Sickle had known nothing of her husbands
iitcnded action.
Tn" hotel people declined 10 sav much
about the case last night They did say,
however. that Sickle had bner very much
di-coHtcrted with his place lately
l. wa- said at the hotel last nigh, that no
receipts Wer" given To guests who de-
posted vamahl,s with the clerk for safe
keeping, but thai an entry Of the owners
ma ne and Tn" character Of the deposited
object was made in a book kept for that
purpose. No losses that the police heard
of were reported 10y guests yesterday.
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mLLY MASON'S OWN PARTY.
Republicans Won't Have Him and the
Democrats Don't Want Him.

CHICAGO. Oct. 10 Senator William +.
Ma 'on gave ont an interview to-day, in
which he virtually admitted that he was
political pariah. He admitted that he
was ont Of the Republican party,
Since the announcement waS made that
Mr.. Mason would espouse the cause of the
Democrats in Cook county, the local leaders
have rcpudia'ed him, and now the senator
SAYS that hc does not know whether or not
he will speak in the interest of the Demo-
cratic nomrec~ al his Auii,orium meeting
a week from tomorrow night. He dismisses
this in his interview by saving that il will
depend upon how the spirit moves him.
While the members Of the Republican
State Central Committee are rejoicing
over Mr.. Mason's attitude. the Demo
cratic managers say they will have nothing
to do with the junior Senator.
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TURNER SHOT At 4 TARGET.
He Practised with q Revolver Before
Numbering His Partners.

NouNT VERNON, y. j.. Oct. la-It de-
N"'or"d to-day that William c. Turner Of
Mount Vernon, the slayer Of his two partners
I'D himself. practised shooting at target
IN III" back yard Of his home at ~ South
f'''"r'h avenue, the day before he COM
m''d the triple tragedy.
N"vora neighbors saw him shooting and
'hry ,ay he aimed quickly and fired rapidly.
= bcliovcd that Turner was then trying
IN, aim, preparatory to ending thre- lives.
W.. Turner is still in a serious condition
q, "a" result of the shock and it il doubtful
if she will bc able To attend the funeral Of
her husband. which will be held tomorrow
afternoon At O'Clock The services will
h' lr oharg" of a Catholic priest.
Among IN" callers at the Turner house
today was senator Good-ell of Highland
Iall-, a personal friend Of Turner
The sun., 1902-10-20
REALLy SHOT STAGE VILLAIN.
Hero In the play Used p Revolver That
Had Bail Cartridges In u.

NEWARK, y. j., Oct. 10 Petra Pollitto,
q y"ir- old. who is married and has two
children, was shot in the right breast and
probably mortally wounded by Joseph
Bono. n seventeen year-old bow tonight
The shooting WAS done in hall at III
South Canal street, where the Pleasure
Circle Dramatic Society was rehearsing
"The Avenged Bro,he
Pollitto was the villain in the play and
was about TO attack he heroine when Bono
sprang forward to trust rate the attack
and kill the villain with a blank cart ridge
Ball car, ridges were in the revolver. and
what may prove real tragedy followed
Pollitto is in the German Hospia al and Bono
is locked up
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n the gentleman who undresscd and at
tempted 10 retire on my veranda early this
morning will kindly call aud Identify his
clothes the unde win be extremely
Pleased TO return them.


Mr. Davenport was aroused this morning
about 4 o'clock at his home in Residence
Park hv noise which he supposed was
made 10y burglar. He went down
stairs, but as the noise had ceased and he
was unable 20 find that anything had been
disturbed returned TO bed. Five minutes
later he heard the noise again. This time
he was certain that burglar was trying to
break in. As he had no revolver he grabbed
AZ old sword which was hanging on the wall
and dashed downstairs to meet the intruder
A. he ran into the parlor he was surprised
20 see a man in his shirt sleeves attempting
to raise the window.
When he saw Mr.. Davenport the intruder
sprang from the veranda and fled through
the park, leaving fancy waistcoat contain
Ing a gold watch and chain, a cutaway coat +,
and pair ~ cuffs containing pair of gold
cuf buttons. In the coat was memo
randum book containing some figures
relating 70 church fair. The appearance
of tho clothing indicates that the intruder,
instead Of being burglar, was probably
some resident of the park who had re-
NAMED rather late az one Of the numerous
social functions of New Rochelle and had
attempted TO retire on the veranda
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cor DISOBEYED EPSTEIN.
Ignored DeputI's Order To Bc Prompt
win Registratisn Figures.

Deputy Police Commissioner Fb,'ein
had his attention called Ia the fact that
the policemen attached To the various
precincts of Brooklyn delayed week ago
in sending in the registration figures to the
station houses until two and three hours
after the polls were closed. He sent n
general order that the figures must be
sent in Immediately upon the close of The
registration places and that any police
man who did not hav" tn" figures in by
midnight would have to make persona
explanation.
This order had the required effect until
Saturday night, when n policeman signed
To the East Fifth stIGei polling place for
the Twonty-t third election district of the
Eighteenth Assembly district didn't make
his report until twentv-siN minutes after
midnight. The rturns from all the 9th, r
527 election districts were in by II 90 - loci,
The tardy cop must explain matters to-day,
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PUNCHED YOING MMILLAN.
The Ex.Park commissioners Son Rebuk eti
Man on q street Car.

A. c. Mcmillan Of City Island son Of
former Park Commissioner Samuel McMil-
Ian, appeared before Magistrate Mott
Yesterday in the Morrisania police court
as complainant against Ezra Waterhouse
Of City Island.
Mr. Mcmillan said that he and his wife
were going home on Saturday night in n
CITY Island trolley car when Waterhouse
got on the rear Of the car and began, usin q
abusive language.
He said no demonstrated with the man,
whcreupon Waterhouse struck him in the
face and a free fight followed Water
house was fined SO
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HIs hc,ile Nigh to Da,, Jones.

ggontlc iron asphalt caldron dashed
10 m" deck of the canalboat Columbia,
on IT, way 10 the Barber Asphalt Paving
'"mpanv'- plant at Long Island city,
narrowly missed being spilled into the East
RIVER Yesterday afternoon. The cana'-
b'a' last 20 the port side of the tug Media.
W.T. passing the staten Island ferry slips
,n ~ way nj the East River when the tug
my, pushing u CarfOal bound south,
'Il"I lu bass between her and the slips
Do" fnJ uit 'h" Columbia amid,hips and
HoN" ~ 'h" port side. Tnc Mada'S cIptain
immediately cast oh from second canal
h'" 70" had on his starboard side and ran
,'" sinking columbia into the Pier slip.
Merritt Chapman wrocking barge
N'N lard by, and the heavy caldron was
'ar>i"rrrd to another boat After short
I''df he boiler wa again oh it, way TO
Long Island civ.
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MRS. ROOSEVELT Ar CHIRCH.
Hears Preacher whose Ill-Tined EulOgy
Embarrassed the President.

OYSTER BAY. Oct. l9.-All doubt as to
Mrs RooseVelt's course after the sermon
in praise of the President preached few
weeks ago by the Rev. Mr.. Washburn of
Christ Church on the occasion of the mo-
mortal service for President Mckinley was
set al rest to-day when she attended service
there as usual This is the first Sunday
that Mrs Roosevelt has been in Oyster Bay
since the rector of Christ Church attracted
80 much unfavorable attention by saying
that the events which had made Roosevelt
President were provdential.
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TNfONStIOuS FOR SEVEN DAYS.
Fate Of a Flasmau Who Was Injured While
saving a Reckless Driver.

MoUNT VERNON, y. Y, Oct. 10. 9.--Wiliam
Parkinson. a fagman on the Harlem rail
road AZ Woodlawn. was struck 10y an express
train week ago and has been in a coma
tose condition al the Fordham Hospital
ever since. During that time he has not
eaten anything aud unless he RECEIVERS con.
scioiisneSs the doctors say will starve TO
death. Parkinson'- : case is regarded bv the
physicians a. remarkable, He was prevent
ing man from driving across the tracks
on Oct ~ and while saving the driver was
run down himself. His skull was fractured.
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WONT BOTHER THE (OiL Trust.
MAYOR Harrison Nnl No, Appoint an Anti.
Trust Commission.

CHICAGO. Oct. 10 Mayor Harrison will
probably veto the resolution of Alderman
Powers creating an Antitrust Commission,
consist ing Of three lawyers, to enforce the
laws against monopolies in coal and other
nccessitics of life.
THE coal strike is over" he said, "and
see no necessity for appointing a com
mittee of lawyers to-prosecutc the Coal
Trust Besides, ! don't see where wa are
to get the money TO pay them"
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SCARED BY 4 NAN IN 1 MASK
YOUNG woman Visiting In Brooklyn Has
strange Encounter.

John Stone of 327 Stone avenue, Brooklyn
reported AT the Brooklyn police head
quarters last night that a young woman
who was visit ing AZ his honse was about
TO go % bed last night when man with a
black mask on his face jumped in he window
of her room seized her by the throat and
houri-hed a revolver, The Young woman.
he said go, away and ran on, To the hall
where she found Louis Cohen
Cohen, according to Stone, chased the
man with the mask ont of the window
Nothing was taken from the house.
Detective Conklin. Who vas sent out
Ia solve the black mystery, reported
late last night that the supposed burglar
was probably practical joker.
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NiTT ALIENS son GONE.
Also a Diamond SunblIrst Belonging TO
the Trainers VIE.

ported 10 the Wcstchester police last night
that his nineteen -year-old son, Matthew
Allen, Jr., had run away from the Allen
home in West Farms road and that n dia-
mond stnburst worth 81 900 was miss ing
from Mrs Aliens room
Allen and his family were To sail to-day
for Europe, where Allen will train string
Of horses for James II. Keene The boy
left the house just after dinner
In January last year the same boy ran
away from st. Johns College. Fordham.
and was found in the woods four days later
He said he had been kidnapped
The sun., 1902-10-20

TARRyTowS. Oct. 10 Although John d.
Rockefeller, Jr. has recovered from &
severe cold, which has been bothering hin,
for three weeks. he did not go 10 New York
to-day to address his Bible class. as IL had
been announced hat he would, Tomorrow,
If II is clear, he will take his first drive since
he became sick.
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John Colts Moore Dead.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, oct 10. john Coils
Moore dropped dead Of paralysis, here to-
day. He wa n newspaper writer, con-
frere of Charlie Dickens, and had been a
writer on the London Times aud on New
York DaDors.
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TRAINER DIED ~ 4 HAY NOV
FatrcIoth's Body Lowered In q Basket At
Empire city Track.

MovSr NERSoN. y. V. Oct William
Farcloth. n horse trainer from Boston,
was found dead this morning in hay NOW
AT III" Empire city race track. As there
were no stairs leading from the NOW il
was necessary To lower the body in basket
with a block and tackle. The body will
be shipped TO The trainers sister in Boston
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Nr. IsOstwick Gaining.

Albert E. Bost wick, automobile expert -.
who was operated on AZ DIR. William T.
Bulls private hospital recently. was said
yesterday to bc doing very well Another
opera ion may bc found necessary, how
ever, before he can leave the hospital
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40 Mass Meeting on CT, Hall PiaIa.

No mass meeting of the bodies affiliated
with the Contra! Federated Union will bc
held this afternoor on the City Hall plaza
a. AT first decided. TO protest against the
Aldermen adopting the Pennsylvania tunnel
franchise without labor clauses A mass
meeting would mean the loss Of a days
work to all who took part ~ the &. F. L.
will send IA delegation.
The sun., 1902-10-20
nunalo BINS Hard Time 10 Keep AI,,c O.

John 5. Bell of Newark, personal friend
of Col W, +. Cody, has received a letter
from him. part of which follows:
! 500 that some of the Eastern papers have
me dead again, ! have a harder fight to
keep alive, with the newspapers killing me
on than ! had with the Johnnie" Rcbs and
Indians
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wl,lla,n Elton TO Undergo an Operation.

William Elton. the actor who was com
PEELED 10 ret ire last week from the cast of
Robert Ernrnet" at the Fourte eenth 81 rect
Theatre. has been removed to he Catskills
in order hat he may gain sufficient strength
for an operat ion, which must be performed.
There Is little hope of his permanent
recovery
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pali Mall London Ctgsrette,

The manufacturer OF these famous cigarettes
having secured the nneSt selections OF Turk sh
and oriental tobaccos. smokers can depend that
the high quality OF these cigarettes viii he main
tanrd % idr
The sun., 1902-10-20

Forty three expert college teachers give their
opinions on THIS important subject In the RSsutg
Post of TO day Monday. oa, AZ On sale 81 ali
meas stands -Adr.
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New YORK to chicago ne,Mc.n Businr.. Hours.

Tho ponnSy lNAna Special icavrS New York daily
at 80 r NJ, arrives Chirago S;55 \, N.-Adr
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u the New York CcntraiS ~ hour train between
New York and Chicago. Saves day hdr,
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INDgESSED on WRONG vERANDA.
Nun Who Was in . Hurry to Retire Can Get
Clothes by Proving Property.

NEW ROCHELLE, n. Y. Oct. l9.-The at
reutiun of scores of people In New Rochelle
wis attracted to-day by the following sign
in cigar store window on Mechanic street:
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The 10th Csntur, Limited"

The sure Cough cure is
jay nc'S SESpectorant. ACs
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15
PARIS UNDERTAKES LAMENT.

Fewer Costly Funerals Now than In che
Good Old Times
Inc last Paris exposition has beer
blamed for many things, but few peo-
pie suspected that it has earned g
grudge on the part of the undertakers
such, however, proves to be the case
A few days ago l was informed nv q
member of this somber fraternity tha,
1901 had been one of the worst wears
IN his line that he could remember
and official statistics support his state
ment
During last year the number OF
deaths in Paris was $500 fewer than
the average, and one large firm of I'M
dertakers did $4,000 less business than
IN 1900, while another showed a de-
crease in receipts of G1,6OO. The
prospect grows less promising every
year.
Every Sunday there is an average of
zoo funerals in Paris, .but last Sunday
the number was only~l6O. The reduc-
ton in profits is attributed by the I'M
dertakers to the exhibition, bad trade
and the increased cost of living all
of which have tended to keep Parish
ans away from the capital and make
them practice economy even in fu-
nerals
The cheapest funeral in Paris costs
IL snll1ings, but, if one feels inclined
one may spend as much as $4,000 on
being buried. Among the costliest
obsequies that France has known was
that of the Due d'Aumale, which cost
92,4O0; the Emperor of Brazil, 1920.
and that Of the late Mr.. Mackay. son
OF the silver king the bill for which
to $4,000.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15

gan as a youngster and flew away from
his cote on many mysterious missions
| OF which no one knew the destination
Its owner kept a very sharp watch Owe
him for fear that in its anxiety to tes1
Its long distance powers it would ge,
lost When the bird was IL months
old it was liberated in Telsonburg
Ont, and flew to Lawrence, Mass, q
distance of 535 miles. III one day.
Covering the distance between the two
cities in far better time than one could
do 1t even though he travelled on the
fastest express train that he could get.
The trip was made at an age when
the homing pigeons are not supposed
to do very much long distance flying,
and the performance is all the more re-
markable on this account
Number K, $780, member of the
same distinguished family which
claims the other two, is noted as a ra-
GER, and has a record o: so miles an
hour for a distance of over 500 miles
All these birds were born and bred
In Medford and are numbered among
the most valuable pigeons in the coun-
try. They are direct descendants of
famous Belgian stock and have a pedi-
gree as long as any of the descendants
of the Mayf1ower.
Mr.. Twombly. who is well known as
an authority on homers, said that the
breeding of the birds for the market
would be very seriously affected by the
Introduction of wireless telegraphy,
for by it the very thing that the pigeon
was intended to accomplish would be
brought about much better, and with
less expense and more surety.
'The training of a pigeon is diff
cult" said Mr.. Twombly. cit has to
be taught to fly from small distances
at first and then gradually brought up
to the longer fys. They have to know
their home thoroughly and to learn
the landmarks near it in all directions
Then, with their wonderful sight and
their ability to f1yin an exactly straight
line without swerving and their knowI-
edge of direction and natural aptitude
for picking out the right quarter of
the compass, they can fly in from a
very long distance.
While the wireless may hurt our
business, guess there won't be a very
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15
THE IVORY MARKET.
Tho Supply for England Dscreas
Steadily and RanidIx

The Supply for England Decreases
Steadily and Rapidly.
Our ivory supply, according to the
annual reports just issued continues
to show signs of a steady decrease. the
total quantity imported last year BEING
only. 232 tons, against 372 tons in the
preceding year, and an average annual
importation of 1924 tons since 1889. SO
that, naturally there has been a good
demand at higher prices.
In the face of the continued small
receipts, prospects are described as be-
ing decidedly favora ble-that is, from
the sellers point of view. East In
dian cut points suitable for billiard
balls realized, as usual, the highest
price, selling up to 485 los per hum
dredweight. against e rs last year The
west coast of Africa was the only GEN.
ter that shipped us more ivory last
year than during 1900, but still the
1851 tons received thence are below
the average quantity-112 tons
shipped during the last four years
The quantity received from the Cape
was extremely small, only three-quar-
tiers of a ton. while last year no ivory
came to us through that port. One
may say that Cape ivory is a thing of
the past, for even before the present
war the country had been so thor
oughly explored that the big game for
merly to be met with in those districts
had either been exterminated or gone
further north, and their ivory, if still
obtainable, must now be shipped
through the more northern ports This
makes one wonder where we shall
draw our supply of ivory from when
Africa is denuded of elephants which
at the present rate of progress must
soon occur Would 1t be feasible to
reserve an area large enough to allow
he wild elephants to wander about and
breed. undisturbed by the hunter, until /
he time arrives to obtain their tusks? |
News
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15
FLY LONG DISTANCES
Some Remarkable Records That Have Been
Made by Carrier Pigeons.

While wireless telegraphy has many
advantages and will benefit many peo-
pie yet there is a line in which the
magic Of Signor Marconi is making
itself felt at once. and very seriously.
That is in the matter of carrier or
homfng pigeons. These very interest
ing little birds have lost their occupa-
ton as a result of the discovery and
will shortly be out of business en-
tirely-
The wireless has been. perfected
enough to do the work that formerly
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15

A Chicago man came down from that
town not long ago to consult with GER
tain officials of the big corporation to
whose interests his energies are devo-
ted. After the meeting he was invited
TO go home with one of the officials and
dine with the family and follow I'D the
dinner with a little game.
Late that evening one of the leading
officials was called to the phone
Hello" said q voice, this is the
man from Chicago I've won all of
Jim's money and now I'm playing him
FOR his wife's spoons. I'll put one aside
for you IL you'll tell me how you want
1T marked That's all. Good-ntght--
And he rang oR.-CleveIand Plain
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15

for instance. is now upwards OF II. eoe.-
900 pounds, valued at $500 600 It il
even suggested that a considerable
proportion of the so-called "bonelsss
Goldfish" sold In certain cities is really
product of the lately despised carp.
The fisheries of the Mississippi river
and its tributaries have increased with
great rapidity during the last few
years. Last year they exceeded in
quantity and almost equaled in value
the entire yield of all the other interior
waters Of the United States, the great
lakes being alone excepted. The prin-
cipal products are catfish, German carp,
and buffalo fish.
The men who gather clam shells
along the Mississippi river and its trib-
utaries last year gathered and sold
nearly 100000 pounds, for which
they received more than $205. 00o The
shells are used in the manufacture of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-03-15
The "Pett,oo.t In.urr.c.ion.-

Perhaps the first "woman's right.
movement in America was connected
with the early history of the settle
ment of Louisiana, for there early in
the century occurred the famous pet
ticoat insurrection." The French girls
who had come to settle in the country
under allurements which proved de-
ceptive were particularly indignant at
being fed upon corn. Blenvilie thus
reports the matter in one of his dis
patches: The males in the colony
begin. through habit. to be reconciled
to corn as an article of nourishment.
but the females, who are mostly Pa
risians. have for this kind of food a
logged aversion. which has not vet
been subdued. Hence. they inveigh
bitterly against his grace, the Bishop
of Quebec. who, they say, has enticed
them away from their home under the
pretext of sending them to enjoy the
milk and honey of the land of prom
Use. "-Pearson's Magazine.