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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
ERIE GOING TO PITTSBURG?
Purchase Of q Lake HarbOr Believed TO
BE Part OF . New Railroad Plan.

PIrrsBUR0, Pa. Oct 2O.-A new lake
harbor on Lake Erie is TO he opened in
Pennsylvania. The property was purchased
to-day by A. W. 4 X. B. Mellon of Pitts
burg. In includes lake frontage Of some
800 acres at the mouth Of Elk Creek, near
Girard. The price paid was 10000. BY
this deal the Melons gain possession of the
only available harbor between Erie and
Cleveland. besid, $ the charter Of new road
known as the La 81 Erie Terminal Railroad.
VIE the pun, hlsers say that they have
taken the properly merely as an inv, ., ment
there IL a belief here that II will eventually
become the lake port Of some railroad that
i anticipating new ore route from the
Lakes To Pittsburg Various rlmors are
ueard TO the effect that it will in time be
turned over 10 either the Erie or Wabash
railroads. both Of which want part Of Pitts
burg's L Ike traffic.
The CHARTER for the Lake Erie Terminal
Railroad extends from the Lake TO Albion,
Pa. crossing the Lake Shore. Nickel Plate
and Bessemer railroads. The latest story
saws the Erie Railroad is after il. The
Erie has surveyed a line to Carnegie. with a
view of entering Pittsburg. This harbor is
not more than twenty miles from the Erie's
main line. and with the building Of less
than one hundred miles Of track. that road
would have An ent rance 10 this oity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
MRS. 4. ". MACK ASKS DIVORCE.
Alyah 4. Clark's Daughter Answers Her
Husbands Charges.

TRENTON. Oct. 2o--Mrs. Alexander W.
Mack of Somerville made answer to-day
TO her husbands suit for divorce by insti-
tuting a counter suit in the Court Of Chan
Gerry. charging him with adultery. and deny
ing his allegation of intimacy on her part
with George B. HOFFMAN and Phil kearny.
the former a New York broker and both
prominent in society.
Mrs Mack. who is a daughter of former
Congressman Alvah A. Clark and sister
in-law of Senator Charles A. Reed, says she
has not lived with her husband since she
learned of his intideliiy. She specifically
charges him with having frequented no.
torioIis resort in Boston and another in New
York and also tells of an episode in cab in
which he figured with a woman acquaintance
in New York.
Mrs. Mack SAYS her husband is now living
at his home in Sonerville with a woman
named Katy Horsick. who was formerly
employed a., IA nurse in the Mack household.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
NO MONEY TO PLANT TREES.
C1t!'s Answer TO Associations Request
for $40. so.

Among the requests made for money
at the final public hearing held by the
Board Of Estimate yesterday. before pro.
ceeding TO make up the budget, was one
for seO,l5O by the Tree Planting Associa-
ton. The Mayor told John Murray Mitchell.
who appeared for the association and
who said tina, it was desired to plant trees
in the public thoroughfares, that the city
had at present no money that 1t could
appropriate for the association. The
action Of the society itself in having pa SEED
last spring bill putting the planting of
trees in the hands of the Park Commits
sioners has. according TO Comptroller
Grout, put il in a position where it cam
not hope TO get city money to carry out
it, objects. He said the law wac defective,
and he advised the members of the society
20 have it amended 10 provide that the
cost of planting trees in the streets should
be paid by assessments on property bene-
flied.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
CHEF CROKERs DEFENCE.
Evidence and Records Presented to DIS.
prove the Charges.

Augustus Docharty, former secretary Of
Fire Commissioner John j. Scannen, was
a witness for the defence yesterday in the
trial Of Fire Chief Edward F. Croker at Fire
Headquarters. He was called TO testify
In relation TO the charge that Croker had
ordered the discontinuance Of the inspection
of hotels TO s@e II they we're properly
equipped for fire emergencies in accord
ance with law.
Mr.. Dochartv said the order had been
roscinded by Commissioner Scannell on
the advice of Assistant Corporation Counsel
Herman at conference in the Commits
sioner's Office. Chief Croker and the wit
ness were present. Commissioner Scam
nell ordered Chief Croker to do as the
Assistant Corporation Counsel advised him
In the matter. heard him give the order
to the Chief said the witness
Mr.. Delany, counsel for the defence,
then offered in evidence copies Of 1900
special reports from company commanders
in reference 10 the fire equipment Of build
ings during the time it was charged Croker
had caused the rule to be suspended
These reports had been specially made
by order Of the Chief subsequent TO Oct. 2,
1909
James II Hassett was a guest at the
Park Avenue Hotel at the time of the fire
and he testified that in his opinion the fire
started in the elevator shaft and not from
the armory fire.
II had been charged that Chief Croker
had told Battalion Chiefs Burns and Gooder-
son that it would be useless for them 10
60 up for the examination for deputy
chief. Letters were introduced showing
that the Chief had notified all Of the bat {.
talon chiefs TO appear for the examination
If they wished 10 do so and TO notify him of
their intention
In regard 20 the charge that Croker had
prosecuted Battalion Chief Eugene Ter
penny by transferring him daily from one
place TO another for six months. the records
showed that Terpenny was an extra man
and was used TO fill the places Of men on
their days "A
The department records for many years
back were read and showed that the Park
Avenue Hotel had always been considered
a fire-proof building, and a. il was under
100 feet high it did not have 10 comply
with the law which required standpipes.
so that Croker was not responsible for
their absence. az alleged in the charges.
Mr.. Delany read a circular letter in
which former Commissioner Scannel COM
mended Chief Croker for heroism at q fire.
We concede that the Chief is brave.
heroic and fearless man. But that Is not
material 10 the char ges." responded Assis-
tant Corporation Counsel Whitman.
Cookers counsel then read the section
Of the rules OF the department which said
that any officer or member of the depart
ment who got leave If absence and re-
be regarded as present for duty. This
was 10 show that Chief Croker was not
insubordinate when he gave up part OF
his vacation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
MCKEL GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Guests Of New Amsterdam Hotel Get
Their Money Back.

Horatio G. Sickel, the New Amsterdam
Hotel night clerk who took nearly $4,000
and a diamond pendant from the hotel on
Sunday morning, gave himself up 10 the
police in Philadelphia last night. He will
probably be brought Ia New York to-day.
All the money. with the exception Of
about fourteen dollars, a. near a. Mana
ger Alonzo Foster can figure oft,
which Sickcl took, was returned yes
t"rday by the young mans father.
W. q. Sickel Of Philadelphia. With the
money. which amounted to nearly s.. con.
diamond pendant belonging to one OF the
women guests at the hotel, was also re-
turned
Mr.. Sickcl. Sr., accompanied by a Phila
delphia lawyer, came over from Philadel-
phin az II o'clock yesterday morning and
Immediately went to the hotel. They
saw Manager Foster who had been working
on the book. trying TO ascertain, IL possible,
how much Sickel took and how much each
guest lost. Mr.. Sickel handed to Manager
Foster a tin box.
This box" Mr.. Sickel said. contains
the money which my son took. II also
contains a diamond pendant. The box
was received late on Sunday night by my
sons wife, who. with her two children.
has been stopping with VA in Philadelphia
since Friday. With the box was this note
from my son.
1 don't know why took this money,
but for Gods sake return IL to Manager
Foster of the New Amsterdam Hotel al
once.
Il cant account for my sons act" con-
tinued Mr.. Sickel except that he became
suddenly insane. | don't know where he
Is, but a. soon as can get my hand on him
I'll have him put in an asylum"
Manager Foster said he was inclined 70
think that the clerk had become demented
I've inquired among his associates"
he said -and no one had ever heard Of
him gambling He never drank anything
at the hotel, although he was often in vited
to have a drink and had plenty Of oppor-
tunities"
The largest sum taken from one guest
was $3.50, from a DR.. Evans
Now that he has got the money back.
Manager Foster says that Sickel will not
he prosecuted, and that he has notified
Capt Titus to that effect Slcke
is said to be a grandson Of Gen. Ho-
ratio Gates Sickel of Philadelphia, at one
time AdJutant General of the State Of
Pennsylvania.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
ANOTHER WITNESS ARRESTED.
Brother OF Young on Trial for Murder
-RelcASed on Bail.

A second witness in the Eberhardt murder
case was arrested yesterday morning by
order Of District Attorney Jerome He
is Alexander Young. a lawyer Of Haver-
hill, Mass. and brother Of Duncan Young,
the defendant. He was arrested on a
warrant issued by Justice Tighe Of Brooklyn
on a charge Of misdemeanor In attempting
to intimidate a witness, Christina Reins-
dorf.
P. A. MclIanus OF 2e7 Broadway, who is
Duncan Youne's attorney, told Magistrate
Flammer that this case was similar TO that
OF Frederick Schweitzer. the witness ar
rested on Saturday night.
Magistrate Flammer said 1T Is plain
that the purpose OF this Brooklyn warrant is
TO keep this witness away from the case.
III soon put a stop to this. am obliged
to hold the prisoner. hW 7 make the bail
$500 and II he cannot furnish It will see that
he gets to court as witness, even II haYW
to send an officer there with him"
lawyer Young procured cash bail and
left the Tombs court To 60 into Judge
Fosters court. where his brothers case
was being tried.
Schwetzer was discharged yesterday and
attended the trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
NOTHING LIKE
Paine's Celery
Compound
FOR CLEANSING ANDPURIFY.
ING The BLOOD.
1t Removes the Germs of
Disease, Invigorates
and Rejuvenates.

Thousands of men and women who have
neglec, ed the work Of physical recuperation
in the summer months, are now carrying a
burden Of disease. In tho ma iority Of
cases. impure and poisoned blood and a
sluggish circulation are the direct causes
Of suffering and misery. Are YOU. dear
reader. one of the unhappy victims? II 60.
the life stream must be made pure, the
heath-wrecking laXity Of the blood vessels
must he corrected, the nerves and tissues
must be nourished Paine's Celery Com
pound il he medicine that physicians
recommend for the in crease If pure blood
In the arteries. and for arou IN the purify
ing DREAMS to cdSt off the imp Irities that
give ii % to disease. Mr.. .las. r Hudson.
Spring Ridge. La, was terrible sufferer
from impure blood: lee tells how hs ban
ished his troubles:
Prom some cause nv blood became in
pure and resulted in boil, and pmples. n
one time | suffered from 81 boils. No one
can imagin. what | suffered | tried sui
phur. sarsaparias and other remedies.
but no relief came Mr.. Scbas ian a mer-
chant whom | used to clerk for, handed
ne one of your circulars and insisted that
] should Use Paine- Celery Compound.
After using two or three bottles the boils
were not so numerous nor a. large. After
using the fifth bottle, ! was entirely cured,
and have be m myself ever since"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
MhO Read nIhe SUM-,

Persons with money. and brains TO spend
= wisely Therefore. If you've anyt0ine
10 .o.l that ro!th buying. advertise It IN
lHF SCS. --Adv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
SKIDMORE HOMESTEAD SOLD.
Mrs. II. b. Gilbert Buys Famous Place
for summer Home.

GREAT NECK. l.. /. Oct. 20.--By negotia-
tons which have just been completed,
another famous old Long Island estate
Is 10 pass into the hands of New Workers,
who will occupy it as a summer home.
Mrs II. B. Gilbert. a member Of the Brokaw
family, has taken title to twenty acres of
the Gen Skidmore homestead at this place
the consideration being 5000 an acre
Mrs Gilbert's purchase includes the old
Skidmore home
family since before the Revolution. The
house stands on the shores of Little
Neck Bay. II was occupied for two
seasons by Herbert l.. Satteree II dioins
that OF Mrs. James Z. Martin. another
member of the Brokaw family. The place
of W. Gould Brokaw is only half a mile
distant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
on, ELIZ tBETH ANN.
That Nellie Smith story Was Just Ruua.
way GIFTS Eth.

chef Of Police Murphy Of Jersey City
and Yesterday that the twelve year-old
srl claiming to be Nellie Smith Of Peters
burg, Va, who was found last Friday night
stranded Al the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
ton, confessed 10 him that she was Eliza
beth Ann Dutton. the daughter Of Fred
"rlck Dutton Of Nincland. y !. Tho girl
Omitted that she invented tho story that
-H" lad been turned adrift al the station
O." an aunt whom sho Lad intended to visit.
She -did shc ran away from home because
L" could not ge' along with her father
'Hl"t Murphy photographed 10 Du'ton TO
'I,l Tor his daughter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21

He had got as far ss the day Of Mrs. Adams'e
death, when court was adjourned until
to-day.
After the jury box had been filed just ice
Lambert had a talk in his chambers with
Juror Edwin II Loveless. who. according
cused 10y neighbor named Gallagher ~
having said about a wear ago that he would
like Ia get a change to hang MolineuN.
After he conference Mr. Loveless returned
to his seat in the box. While the CON
ference was going on. Molineuxs LAWYERS
said that they could no, AZ this time Of the
trial say whether or not MolineuX would
take the witness stand.
That will depend upon circTnst ances.
said Lawyer : attic
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
wireless Telcsraphy Work for Mid.hipmcu.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Oct. c0.-The United
States cruiser Prairie arrived in the An
napolis Roads to-day. The Prairie will
be fitted out with a wireless telegraph system
and will remain in the bay TO be used for
experiments with thc wireless station at
the Naval Academy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
To state Prison Until He's o2.

Antonio Zirpoli the eighty-two-ycar-o.d
Italian who pleaded guilty last week to
manslaughter in the first degree. was sent
Yesterday by Judge Cowing, in the General
Sessions, to State prison for sixteen years.
Good beha vior will free him when he is o.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21

Ripans Tabules doctors and a good prescrtp-
tlou for mankind 10 for SC. at druggists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27
People Live Longer When Married.

DR.. ZilZ, the leading German stats
tician, is satisfied, after many years OF
collecting materials. that married per
sons live longer than single persons.
The death rate among married per
sons between twenty and thirty year
of age is 6.7 per 1000, unmarried S.4
between thirty and forty, married 8.
unmarried 1913; between forty an
fifty. married 14.2. unmarried &c,
from fifty to sixty, married "a, unmar
ried ~; between sixty and sevent.
the proportions are married 45, un
married II.
These figures prove that the deaths o.
married persons between thirty ano
seventy are three-fifths less than tha
of unmarried. The average life of The
unmarried persons who passed thirty
one is 5S.6 of the married 64.4.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27
A Telephone Meter.

A patent for an invention by which
the actual length of the time that n
telephone is used on any occasion can
be measure. so that the company may
charge the subscriber only for the ac-
tual service he has had has been re-
Gently obtained by Thomas Baret of
Sydney. New South Wales. A sub
scriber who, in the course of a day,
should use the telephone for an hour
would pay for that length of time, and
not the same amount as another SUBJ
scriber would pay who would perhaps
uce his telephone several hours each
day The telephone meter" consists
of clockwork mechanism which is
quiet when the telephone is not in use.
but which begins to move the moment
the receiver is lifted from the hook
and so registers the length of time the
instrument is employed. The appara-
tus Is so arranged that the up-and-
down movement of the lever switch
winds up the clockwork. A dial plate
indicates how lohg the telephone has
been In use.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27
Defends Hot Bread.

Helen W. Atwater has written for
the agricultural department a bulle.
tin in which she takes position that
will be approved in the great hot
bread belt of the south at least She
says that hot bread in itself is not in
furious She argues that it is not
the fact of it's being hot which makes
tie bread injurious. Hot bread may
be and the cause is Identical in both
cases. She says:
The fact that the bread is hot has
little to do with the matter. New
bread, especially that from a large
loaf, may be readily compressed into
more or less solid masses, and it is
possible that such bread would be
much less finely masticated than
crumbly stale bread, and that, there.
fore, it might offer more resistance
TO the digestive juices of the stomach.
However, when such hot bread as
rolls, biscuit or other form in which
the crust is very large in proportion
to the crumb, is eaten, the objection
has little force. There is little diff.
Guilty in masticating the crust and 1t
is doubtless usually finely divided"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27

front of lace is gathered at both neck
and waist edges and is stitched into
place at the right side, hooked over
onto the left. The fronts are laid in
three tucks each and arranged in gath
ers at the belt. AT the neck is regu-
lation stock. The sleeves are novel
and effective. The under portions are
faced into the Innings, but the upper
portions are quite separate and fall
freely over the deep cuffs.
To cut this waist in the medium size
four and an eighth yards of material
twenty-one inches wide, two and three
quarter yards thirty-two inches wide,
or two yards forty-four inches wide
will be required. with two and a half
yards of all-over lace for front and un-
dersleeves.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27
Her PAGAN Child.

There, the task is DONE the baby's
asleep" said woman friend the other
evening as she entered the sitting room
and piled on the table what appeared
to be u very considerable portion of a
toyshop's stock There was little
rubber Lord Fauntleroy with his
mouth agape and the end of his nose
worn through; a little doll, red -gowned
and belted, and with tin Jewel at
her throat, called Betty; still smaller
object in human form, with one leg
gone, one arm gone, hair gone and
hole in the top of the head, called
Johnny; white sawdust-stuffed dog
with one eye missing, anu tail in
state of collapse from f.equent pull
ing, called Jip, and rubber COW
known as Moo.
Il believe that some of my ancestors
must have been Chinamen," continued
the mother, " and that their disposi-
tions, long hidden through successive
generations, are reappearing in my
child"
One would not suspect it to look at
the child. A little girl of the fairest
complexion and cherubic expression, to
make whose eyes the sky was robbed
of tiny bit Of it's finest blue, and
whose hair was as if it had been spun
from the sunshine.
But, you see,' said the mother,
when a Chinaman dies and is buried,
they put IN the grave with him cloth
Ing and food, and perfumes, red torches
and horses. to be at his convenience in
the other land. Well, my baby must
have at her side as she goes to sleep
all the toys with which she is wont
most to play during the day so that she
may have them with her in the land
of dreams. s.'-Omaha World Herald
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27

The next morning the doctor looked
graver and three days after the poor
Jury was raving in deliriuIn.
And through it all she was having
passionate love scenes with her hus-
tand-or, worse still-for now the
Judge did not leave her night or day
she was imploring him to say he
loved her, and could not understand
when he did do so.
And this he did, regardless of nurse
or doctor.
Day after day the Jury grew worse
and worse, and from delirium she
sank into unconsciousness, and from
unconsciousnes into death.
And the Judge was left alone.
Il love yor-I love you," ne sobbed
continually, .ut it was into silence
he spoke.
The court was empty.-The Free
Lance.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27
An Important Particular.

Did you see that article in the paper
the other morning about the discovery
of new way to embalm people after
continues to believe that she doesn't
look a day over thirty.
NO" the one who gave up the strug-
gle several years ago, replied, Il didn't
happen to notice it,"
We'll it seems that some undertaken
has found out how to make fluid
that injected into the body will pre-
serve it forever-not as Egyptian num-
mics are preserved, but exactly as the
person was in life. There Is no shriv-
cling up, no swathing or anything of
that kind. The body simply becomes
petritied, and in spite of being stone
looks just as it did in life. I'm so glad
this wonderful discovery has been
made. l have always had horror of
being put into the ground to decay or
perhaps to be eaten by worms. The
old Egyptian way didn't appeal to
me, though. l wouldn't care to be
come shriveled and blackened mum
my. But to remain just as beautiful
as in life, that"
Still are you sure that this ep
balming fluid YOU speak of preserve
the enamel as well as the flesh? l
it doesn't, think how horrible it will
be to be preserved forever with only
your own complexion and"
At this point the wires crossed and
communication was cut off-Chcago
Record Herald.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-02-27
The Juice of a Lemon.

The juice of a lemon in hot water
on awakening in the morning is an
excellent liver corrective. A few
drops of lemon juice in plain water
is an excellent tooth wash. 1t not
only removes tartar, but sweetens the
breath.
A teaspoonful of the juice in small
cup Of black coffee will almost GER
tainly relieve a bilious headache.
The finest of manicure acids is made
by putting teaspoonful of lemon
Juice in cupful cf warm water. This
removes most stains from the fingers
and nails and loosens the cuticle more
satisfactorily than can be done by the
use of a sharp instrument.
Lemon juice and salt will remove
rust stains from linen without injury
to the fabric. Wet the stains with the
mixture and put the article in the suii.
Two or three applic ltions may be
necessary if the stain is of long stand.
ing, but the remedy never fails.
Lemon juice (outward applications)
will allay the irritation caused by the
bits of gnats or flies.
Lemon peels land also orange)
should be all saved and dried; it is a
capital substitute for kindling wood. 4
handful will revive a dying fire and
at the same time delicately perfume
room.