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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
FIRE STIRS Y. W. G. A. BUILDING.
Began Apparently In . Desk In the Em.
ployment Bureau.

small fire. whose origin the fremen
think lie suspicious, caused some disturb
al CO at o o'clock last night in the y. NJ. C. A.
builaing at Fourth avenue and Twenty.
third street and destroyed most Of the
employment bureau records OF the as
ISOLATION.
DR.. T. Cameron OF the Bellevue Medical
College was lecturing on vivisection in the
hall on the second floor and almost every
booy in the building was At the lectu re.
The fire began in the employment bureau
room over the lecture hall Oh the east Size
Of the building and the flames were fiji st
seen by a man down In the street who sent
in an alarm and then rushed into the build-
ing The alarm soon spread to the lecture
hall but DR.. Cameron said:
Hold on. boys; it's probably a false
scare
Pretty soon, however. the fremen came
into the building. That stopped the lecture.
The fire had apparently started in q desk
in the employment bureau. 1t wrecked
the room
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
SAYS LAWYER TOLD HIM TO SKIP.
Tho Lawyer. AccOrding 10 Cohn. Was 10
Love With His Clients wife.

tho Lawyer. According 10 Cohn. Was 10
Love With His Clients wife.
When Norbert Engelke was arraigned In
Special Sessions yesterday his lawyer,
Assemblyman lsidor Cohn. declared that
Engelke. when the case was first called
had run away and forfeited his bail on
the advice of another lawyer. who at one
time had been engaged to be married
TO the woman who is now Mrs. Engelke.
She is an actress with Chinese Honey
moon company and appears as Geraldine
Bruce.
The charge against Engclke was petit
larceny, and the complainant we're q
firm Of sign painters, who said that the
prisoner had paid for some work with a
check dated ahead on a bank with which.
at the time. he had no account. He got
bail. but did not appear when the case
came up for trial He gave himself up
yesterday.
According to Mr.. Cohn. the other lawyer
told Engelke that he AS liable to be SEN
tenced to thirty years in prison. although
at the time Engelke had made good the
amount of the check. He advised En-
gelkeS Mr.. Cohn said. 70 90 to Europe.
wife was then playing
Mr. Cohn also declared that Engelkes
wife told him that the lawyer had been
TO see her and had advised her 10 get a
divorce from her husband. He repre-
sented to her. Cohn added. that Engelke
had fed to Europe and would never re-
turn. When Engelke heard his wife's
story he decided to give himself up.
Mr.. Cohn explained that his client had
sufficient money in the bar to meet the
check on the date for which it was made
payable.
The complainants did not wish to press
the complaint and the case was dismissed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
DIED JUST BEFORE TRIAL.
TOmbs Prisoner Passes Away In . Chair
In Front OF His Cell.

James X. Brown died in a chair In front
Of his cell In the Tombs yesterday morn
ing He was about to be tried for illegal
voting in Tim Sullivan's Sixth Assembly
district. Brown bad been under the care
Of the Tombs physician.
Deputy Sheriff Van Deestand went to
the Tombs for him yesterday and was TAX
ing him across the Bridge of Signs when
he collapsed Van Beest and and Deputy
Sheriff Kelly helped him back to the Tombs
and into a chair in front Of his cell He
died almost as soon az he got seated.
The indictment against him was dis
missed by Judge Newburger a. soon as
he heard Of the death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
WOMAN HELD FOR TAKING BETS.
Caught With Two Men In . Raid on "Boling
4 Co." Of Nassau street.

Caught With Two Men In . Raid on "Boling
4 Co." Of Nassau street.
John H. Benton. VINO says he Is a clerk
living in Newark, N. j.; Robert Coleman
OF Ia West Sixty-sixth street and Jane
Schmidt OF Newark were held In $500 bail
each In the Tomhs police court yesterday
afternoon charged with violating Section
SSi OF the Code, which makes it q felony
to accept money for the purpose Of betting
at a racetrack
The three were arrested yesterday after
noon in suite Of Offices on the second floor
OF IS Nassau street. The name Boiling
a Co. Ia on the door
There were City persons in the place at
the time OF the arrest, and according to the
pc Toe each had deposited at least $50 TO be
placed on the races. The Schmidt woman
accepted the deposits and gave receipts
which read. ITO be used as agreed and
were signed Boiling d Co. The police
say that Boiling d CO. have been carrying
on q MISUNDERSTANDING business for several
years and only branched out as COMMITS
sioners' two weeks ago.
statement:
Send us an account Of $40 or $40 and we
viii place $40 or go strai ght on our good thing
each day for you at the track. When thus
hahdiing your account we only charge Is per
CENT OF your net winnings. which we deduct
az the end OF each week. forwarding you the
Balance by registered letter And $50 or $40
we consider sufficient TO make 80 or $40 bets
with. Tor II has only happened to us once now
that we had two losing days one after the other.
vnich may never happen again
A few days ago Capt. Piper received a
letter from E. IAhey OF 2OOX West Thirty
fourth street In which he said that he had
deposited $50 with the firm and few days
later received the information that his
money had been lost
Detectives McCon villa, Peabody and Clarke
went to the Nassau street Offices yesterday
and stood around for a while. They say
that they saw the Schmidt woman accept
several deposits. Then they arrested the
three persons who appeared to be running
things. According to a certificate filed in
the County Clerks Office. Henry Bolland Of
III Rosevile avenue. Newark, is the sole
member Of Boiling 4 Co. The policemen
couldn't find him.
When the prisoners were arraigned in the
Tombs police court their lawyer secured an
adjournment until to-day. Alderman
Kennedy agreed to 60 on the bonds Of the
prisoners II the amount Of their bail was
placed In his hands in cash The Schmidt
woman and Benton Immediately produced
$500 each. Coleman did not have the cash.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
REPUBLICAN, CITY COMMITTEE.
Brooklyn Chairman-Newbold Morr
Represents the 20th.

The Republican City Committee me I
last night at the Murray Hill Lyceum and
organized for 1908. Justice Gerard B.
Van Wart Of Brooklyn was unanimously
elected chairman of the committee. The
other officers. who were also unanimously
elected are:
Vice-presidents, William r. Spooner Of
Manhattan. Alfred G. Hobley OF Brooklyn,
Thomas T W. Miner OF The Bronx, John
z: Van Most rand Of Queens and John T..
Timolat OF Richmond; secretary. George
4: Manchester, assistant secretary, Philip
". Reinhardt. Jr.; treasurer, George Crom-
well; sergeant at arms, Sidney II. Acre.
The Executive Committee members
chosen are, with one exception, the dis
trict leaders. The exception Ia Newbold
Morris, who was beaten by cambridge
Colby for leader Of the Twenty.ninth dis
trict. Manhattan. There was no opposition
made at the meeting to NewbolG Morris
election.
About three hundred attended the
meetin~
I'm BYcK ExECUTIvE CHAIRMAN.
At the meeting yestei Gay afternoon Of
the Executive Committee Of the Repubi-
Gan County Committee Chairman w. H. Ten
Eyck Vas r. e.aected chairmn. He was
not present being confined TO his home
with a cold. John T. Gunner acted a, Mr..
Ten Eycks proxy and moved that chair.
man Morr is OF the County Committee oc-
cupy the chair The motion was passed
No other business was done.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
no MILITARY INVITATIONS.
Regiment says Recipients
Give Them to Servants.

The usual military invitation list. con-
tanning the names Of about one hundred
and eighty persons. was entirely sus-
pended on the occasion Of the review OF the
Twenty-third Regiment In the Bedford
avenue armory in Brooklyn by Lafayette
Post, G. A. R.. on Saturday night last
This action was taken 10y the invitation
committee by order Of Gen. A. c. Barnes,
A member Of the committee explained that
many OF the persons TO whom the invita-
tions for such functions are sent never
attend, but give the tickets to their friends.
we can't, he said have servant girls
getting the best reserved seats while tho
Guard men have to stand up"
In future the invitations will be sent out
as usual but no tickets will accompany
them. The necessary number Of seats
will be reserved and the officer Of the day
will see that thew are only occupied by
those entitled to them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
CAUGHT HIS NAN on THE ROOF.
Policeman Has u Long Chase for a Wan
Accused OF Theft.

William Schayne, who says that he lives
al 227 West Twenty-ffth street. was ar
raigned yesterday in the West Side police
court charged with being suspicious
person. The police allegc that in com.
pany with another man he entered the
apartment Of Mrs, Addie Lasher 1t rs
West io4th stree, and stole jewelry worth
S7oo Magistrate Mayo held the prisoner
Cor examination
Mrs. lasher was shopping yesterday
morning and found the door 10 her apart
ment open when she returned. When she
entered she was met by two men who
pushed her aside. She hung onto one,
and when he broke away followed him to
tho street.
Detective Mallan Of the West Tooth street
station saw the man running and folio wed
him to II West i06th street, where he ran
in. Mallan went to the roof OF the adjoin-
ing hoaise and nabbed his man as he came
out on tho roof.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
AFRO HITS 4 LANDAU.
Two Women and = Man In Each and All
SIX We're Tun,bied Out.


An automobile and landau were wrecked
last night by collision on the West Drive
In Central Park at Seventy-first street .
In the automobile were two women and
man. In the andau were two won n and
man. also rhe latter party said they
were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Curtis
and daughter Of 4O4 West Fifty-third street
Both vehicles were upset and their occu-
pants thrown into the road, but no ono
was injured
The police say that the automobile ran
into the landau. The automobile belonged
TO Alexander Fisher and was In charge
Of Da mel Di.lman of 800 West Fiftieth street
The landau was driven by John Palmer
and belonged to the New York Cab Com
pany.
The horse attached to the carriage ran
for several blocks after tho collision and
finally wound up by getting tangled in some
bushes. The occupants OF the automobile
refused to give their names and the police
made no arrests. Both vehicles were
badly smashed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
HEFIGHT OYER A NEWSSTAND
KENNEDY AGAINST
PRESIDENT CANTOR.
The Alderman wants the First ward for
First warders ana says the Bor.
Ough President Il Backing Harlem
Downtown Against the Ordinance.

Downtown Against the Ordinance.
Men and women crowded about Mrs
Secol's little newsstand under the ele waited
railroad station stairway on the northeast
corner Of Franklin street and West Broad
way yesterday expecting to see the officials
OF the Bureau Of Membranes for which
John j .McCauley has bought license from
the city.
Alderman Michael j. Kennedy. Of the
First ward. who signed the application for
McCauley's license. said: Il am in this
fight to make q test case Of it. On April
the Board OF Aldermen adopted an ordi-
nance for licensing and otherwise regulat-
ing the erection Of stands within the stoop-
lines and under the stairs of the elevated
railroad stations This was approved by
the Mayor on April u.s. In accordance with
the provisions of that ordinance l signed
McCauley's application for a stand under
the Franklin street station. II was one of the
little privileges which are granted to mem
bers of the board and came my way because
the place was in my district. II had come
to my knowledge that certain persons
who had secured stand privileges from me
for the a, king Of them had bcen in the habit
Of selling these privileges and / made up
my mind that i could stop this traffic.
McCauley, who Ii poor man out of work,
was one Of my constituents and when he
asked me TO sign his application for stand
license signed il. he went TO the Mayors
marshal ana got tho license by paying $40.
The people who had the stand privilege
had obtained 1t without the payment of a
cent to the city
knowing this TO be fact and being
aware that these people lived In Harlem,
we're prosperous and owned stand there,
l spoke to Borough President Cantor about
il, for they lived In his district. | told him
] didn't want him to run things In my
dist riot and that did not want to control
the stand privileges in his district But
1t was my duty TO stick to my constituents
and take advantage Of the city ordinance
which permitted me TO help a constituent
Met auley has a big family to support
and il was my duty 20 help him II could
So after had signed his application and
he had got his license the Bureau OF In
cumbrances took away the Secol stand
This was along in September. Then with
the aid OF Mr.. Cantor they succeeded in
getting the stand back Now McC auley
wants TO Dust them. l avn anxious to
have the Supreme Court decide wheth her
the votes Of the Aldermen and the Mayors
signature counted for anything when action
was taken on that stand ordnance OF
course, Cantor is member Of the board
and should be just a. anxious as the rest
OF us. But he seems to think that because
the Secols reside In his district In Harlem
they have right to make Use Of privilege
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
I'm sYcx xxECur1yE CHAIRMAN.
BROKER CHANCES on THIEF
In Ills Parior when He Comes Home Late
-Pajamas to the Rescue.

W. r. +, Moore, q broker at 81 Wall street
With the Arm Of W. q. Fleming 4 Co, found
a thief in his house at IS West Eighty-fifth
street when he got home from the theatre
early this morning. Mr. Moore lives there
with his grandmother, Mrs. Fleming, and
X. b. Fleming of the firm. Both Of then,
were asleep when he got home.
Going up the front steps he saw that
one al The parlor windows was open and
that somebody was moving around inside
with lighted match, When Moore got
inside he said:
" hos thereP"
He got no answer, go he ran ,ptairs
and telephoned to Police HeaoqLarters.
Then. as he had no pistol, he went to the
front window and called for help. Ii
came In paianas and overcoats and bed
room slipJ ers fro m all his nighboIs, several
Of whom brought along co,e corner SWORDS
and oaGgers ana few zeal guns.
1t was fifteen minutes before a police
man arrived. The thief had got away
by that time. He had opened the parlor
window with jimmy. SO far as Mr.
Moore could learn he rot nothing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
GOO FEET or ROCK AHEAD.
silt Above and Rock Below IN the jersey
Tunnel-Biasting Dangerous.

The engineers who are digging the New
York and Jersey trolley tunnel under the
No tn River have ascertained that the ledge
oil rock which put their shield out of business
last week Ia bet tween 00O and $50 feet through,
The tunnel end Ia now about 400 feet
from the New York shore.
The rock Is a mica granite formation
OF the hardest kind and the difficulty OF
blasting y 10 Increased by the fact that
while the lower part Of the tunnel is In this
solid rock the upper part Ia In clay silt.
The rock Ia being blasted In advance Of the
shield, and satisfactory progress Is being
made.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
". F. KING SEES THE PRESIDENT.
Talks About Customs and Bankruptcy Re-
form and stamp Stealing BY EMPLOYEES.

William r. King Of the Merchants As
sociation returned yesterday from a trip
to Washington. The association announced
last night that Mr.. King had been in WASH
ington on the Presidents invitation and
had discussed with him the advisabilty
Of amending the customs act In accordance
with the associations recommendation
OF two years ago. and the President has
referred the matter to Secretary Shaw
for conference with the associations com.
mittee.
Other topics Of discussion were the pro-
posed amendment OF the Bankruptcy law.
and pcculauons Of stamps by employees.
II was suggested to the President that n
the purchaser Of stamps in large quanti-
ties could mark them With perforated mi
tails or with registered number for identi-
Acation. this evil would be very largely
overcome. because It would prevent .
ready sale for such stolen stamps. The
Post Once Department has this under con.
sideration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
subjects for 1903. Military Prize Essays.

The Mill ary Service Institution has an
nounced the subjects for prizes for next
year as follows; For the g >li medal, SiCo
and life membership, best essay on Esprit
de Corps: How it may he strengthened and
preserved In our army under the present
organization and method. OF promotions
Tor the Seaman p lie. Sif0 bsst essay on
our oountrypen In time Of p ,ace as a pep
aration for var
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
NEWSPAPER CONSOLIDATION.
The Four Republican Papers Of Clinton
County Now Under One naEement.

PLATTsBURo, Dec. 23.-An important
newspaper deal was closed last evening
here when the Clinton county Weekly
Farmer and the Plattsburg Daily Epsn-
ing Ners were consolidated with the Platts.
burg Weekly Sentinel and the Plattsburg
Daily Morning Press. Only one weekly
will be issued hereafter and the daily will
have morning ana evening editors. Thomas
10 DO published.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
which properly belongs to one Of my oon-

which properly belongs to one OF my con-
stituents.
The matter will I've settled in court on
FRIDAY and the Secols will undoubtedly
have TO move. There has been some talk
N the neighborhood that business men OF
the district are backing them in the fight
but that is all rot. MIR Cantor is the only
one backing them OF course. ! am back
ing McCauley and the fight IL bet ween me
and Cantor. That is the whole story.
Privileges that fall IN my district will go
to my constituents or III know the reason
WIN. "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
SHARKEY'S SENTENCE PUT orr.
Interceders Represent That Nicholas Prsh
Was Slain by Misadyeuture.

The sentence Of Thomas j. Sharkey for
killing Banker Nicholas Fish was post.
poned yesterday until Friday by Justice
Davy in the Criminal Branch Of tho Su.
preme Court. 1t has been represented to
Justice Davy by Sharkeys frienas that
and that II was misadventure that turned
a harroom brawl into homicide case
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-24
Carnegie Library In Harlem.

Plans have been fled with the Building
Bureau by McKim. Mead White, archi-
tects, for the i2Sth strcet branch Of thu
Carnegie library. II u to Do three storiss
high. Of limestone and brick 50 feet front
and rs feet deep. and will cost Ses 900.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
Superintendent McMahan.

The State board of education is out
in strong letter in defense of Mr..
McMahan in the text book adoption
matter. It cites that the board was
appointed by the governor without re-
gard to Mr.. McMahan's preference
that each book was adopted by ma
jority of the members present, that
Mr.. McMahan has done his whole
duty in enforcing the adoption, that
no other adoptions can be made till
July, 1906, and that it is due to Mr..
McMahan's s efforts that South Carol
ma schools now get their books at sne
lowest prices. This letter of the State
board ought to satisfy every thinking
person that Mr.. McMahan was IN no
wise responsible for the adoption be-
ing made, and that since the adoption
had to be made that he spared no
pains to secure the lowest price on all
books adopted.-Winnsboro News and
Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-27
THE CUBAN LOAN.
indications That it viii Not be
Pressed Just Now.

Habana, Aug. 20.-It is doubtful if
any attempt at present will be made
to float the proposed loan of S35, 600, )
00O President Palma and his cabinet
are strongly opposed to the revolution
ary element which has been clamoring
for the payment of the Cuban army,
and which saw in this loan the only
means to bring this payment about.
This element has been somewhat ap-
peased by the movement started today
to revise the Cuban army lists with
the object of taking immediate steps
to pay the soldiers as soon as the re-
vision is completed Gen. Maxine
Gomez, assisted by Gen. Rodriguez,
is at present engaged in revising the
lists and it will probably take from six
to eight months to complete the task.
The. work is being carried on in the
lower rooms Of the palace. By the
time it is completed it is hoped that
the republics financial affairs will be
in better shape and that the govern
ment will be able to see it's way clear
to raise the funds necessary to pay the
soldiers.
In an interview today concerning the
proposed loan President Palma said:
s' I am opposed to trying to float a
large loan until the administration can
establish the fact that it can run the
government economically and end up
its fiscal year with surplus.
6 l can appreciate the fact that we
have not established a government and
that we cannot expect to borrow any
thing much now. The budget has not
been made up and until it is done 1t
would be folly to go on tie market for
large loan. I would advise. for the
present, a loan of 81, 0oo, O001to be dis
tributed among the cane growers of
the island. This would stimulate ,,in-
dustry and put money in circulation
among g class in this country whose
sad conditions, I fear, is not realized
in the United States. -