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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25

Washington. February 22.-The re-
publican members OF the ways and
Imeans committee. who have been son
lsidering the question of concessions to
lCuba at several meetings curing the
week finally reached an agreement this
afternoon which Is considered a signal
Victory for those VINO have vore
tariff concessions tn that island The
faction taken was the adoption Of the
following resolution:
Resolved. That 1t is The sense OF the
majority members Of this committee
i(subject to the approval OF the repub-
Ilican members Of the house in caucus
assembled 10 be held as soon as prac-
Iticable) hat the coramittee report a
bill in subs .ance authorizing the presi-
Ident to negotiate a reciprocity treaty
with the Cuban republic when estab-
IIished, providing for the entry OF our
products into Cuba upon such terms as
lshall b. deemed by him to be advanta-
Igeous to US: provided. however. that
Isuch treaty shall secure for our pro-
ducts going into Cuba duties less than
allowed to other countries SUBJ
Istantialiy equivalent tn the concession
made by US; that the consideration
upon u part for sucn treaty shall be
tt COIlCcSSIOh VI ~ pei CChI- vi odA ldi-
Iif duties upon imports. the products
lof Cuba, upon this condition: That
lCuba shall first enact our immigration
laws"
BY the terms Of this resolution the
proposition agreed on by the republi-
can members of the committee will be
Submitted to a republican caucus to be
held next Tuesday night. This action
lis practically the proposition submitted
"a few days ago by Representative Long.
nf Kansas, except hat the amount OF
1.-THE concession is cut in half. nj the
eondition precedent-that Cuba enact
our immigration laws is added.
The action by the committee this at
%ternoon was preceded bv a conference
lat the White house between the presi-
dent. and Representatives Grosvenor. Of
Ohio; Russell. of Connecticut, n Dali
Izell. Of Pennsylvania. all of whom ave
heretofore stood out against any form
lot reciprocity provisions. The action
of the republican was unani-
|mous.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
THE FERTILIZER SEASON.
Ii is Now in Full BIast-Navassa
Guano Factory Employing 200
Men and Shipping Thirty to Forty
Car Loads of Guano Per Day.

The fertilizer season is now in full
blast. and now that the planting sea-
son Is approaching guanos are being
shipped in immense quantities.
The Navassa Guano Company is now
running night and day and is employ
ing two hundred and fifty men. The
production is about 400 tons of fertili-
zers a day and from thirty to forty
cars are loaded n shipped daily to
all parts of the south.
The same busy scene is being enacted
at the Powers g. Gibbs factory.
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TO HANG AT WILSON.
G~OvernO Declines to Interfere
in Roses Case.
Especial to the Messenger.)

Especial to the Messenger.)
Wilson. N c., February 22.-Sheriff
Sharp received a telegram from Gov
.ernor Aycock today, stating that the
law would be allowed to take it's course
in the case of John Henry Rose, con-
to be hanged here on next
Wednesday. This will be the first
hanging IN Wilson for over thirty
years. Rose had made a full confess
sion Of his crime and had begged for
mercy. but the governor did not see fl.
to exercise his authority to commute
his sentence to life imprisonment.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
Adlai's Prescription.

Adlai Stevenson thinks the democracy
should get together E nd put UP a brave
face TO the enemy. Mr.. Stevenson will
be recalled as quite a prominent demo-
GRAFT before he slippe'l up on Al banana
peel and fell into the vie presidency
Memphis Commercial Appeal. ;)em.
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NAVAL STORES

SoAbc ody l6St ycds0SkC
STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Ffrm at $1.15 and $40.
TAR-Steady a. Sis.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Quiet: hard
s1.S5: soft $3.50.
Prices same day last y~ear-Spirits
~turpentine 3sc and a1hc: rosin s1.15
and $1.20; tar $1.20; crude turpentine
hare s1.30 an4 : 1890.
Receipts today 3 casks of spirits
t~urpentine. 1851 barrels OF rosin. 479
barrels Of tar. q barrels of crude tur-
pentine.
Receipts same day last year Ia
casks Of spirits turpcutine. 41S barrels
Of rosin, 349 ba rels Of tar. 10 barrels
crude turpentiI
= pOUCE.
sALT-1O0's 1905 7sc: o o. s5c,
f. r. Sl.35: in thai car iCle.
DRY SALT SIDES-Sc.
BUTTER-2 &C.
COFFEE-y &c.
FLOUR G,taights A.z5 to $3.50:
End patents $3.50 to Bats: full s4.75 to
MOLASSES-S. House. 15c; New Or
leans Brights. % to 25c: Porto Rico 80
to 35c: Cuba, % to 4oc.
SUGAR = Granulated s4.s5; w.X.C.
No. 5. $4.45; Nc. Z. $3.50: No. .. SAILS; No.
II, $4.05.
LARD-(Tierce basis)-Pure 10kc;
compound Sic.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina rs to soc;
Virginia 60 to CSC; Spanish soc.
CORN-S5 to SIC.
CORN MEAL-77k to soc.
CHICKENS-Dull: mems 25 to 7Se;
ROSTERS 20 to Csc: spring 8 to 1Sc.
EGGS-Fi-m at Zoe.
SHINGLES-Per 1000. 8 inch saps
$500; 5 inch hearts. $3.50; 6 inch saps
800: 6 inch hearts. S4.0A-
TIMBER:-
Per NJ feet-Extra milling. s7.5o@s.5G
Mill prime $6.00@7.0,
MIll fair S5.O00s.e 90
Common mill .$4.0UQ5 100
Inferior to ordinary ...........$3.Ove
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Mrs. Davis to Visit jackson.

Jackson. Miss. February 1T Is Of
icially announced that Mrs. Jefferson
Davis will come to Jackson 10 greet the
last legislature that will assemble IN
the historic capitol. 1t is understood
"Bouvoir" her old home on the gulf
coast. will be purchased by the state
and converted into a home for INDECENT
confederates.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-02-25
Tour of Cook County Democracy.

Huntington. ". Va. February -
Two thouand people greeted the Cook
county democratic club of Chicago on
it's arrival here this forenoon
The club paraded through the princi-
pal streets. The club departed at II
O'Clock on its journey to Charleston, 8
c., via Richmond, Va
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The senate committee on foreign re-
Iations orders a favorable report on h
treaty to acquire the Danish West
Indies. No amendment was made to
the treaty in committee.
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The South Carolina house OF Ecrre-
lsentatives kills the bill to rESnibit
lyoung children from working IN the
was 81 to 50.
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SdIIl6 Qdy last yGdT-SAC.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS TURPENTlNE - Nothing
doing.
ROSIN-Firm at s1.15 and s1.20.
TAR-Steady at $1.20.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Quiet; hard
s1.35: soft $3.50.
Receipts today 25 casks Of spirits
t~urpentine. 1,545 barrels of rosin, 51l
barrels of tar. "A barrels of crude tur-
pentine.
Receipts same day last year 60
casks Of spirits turpentine. SIS barrels
of rosin. 270 barrels Of tar. "a barrels
of crude turpentins.
PRODUCE.
SALT-1OO's 45c: 1905 7Sc: zoos Sc; F
r. sl.35; in less than car iUls-
DRY SALTED SIDES-9c.
FLOUR StraiShts S4.25 to $3.50:
2nd patents $3.50 to S4.75: full s4.75 to
$500.
RUTTER-24 to 2sc.
MOLASSES-S. House. i5c. New %
teams Brights. % to Csc: Porto Rico &c
to SIC: Cuba. % to 4oc.
COFFEE-s to lie.
SUGAR = Granulated s4.95; W.X.C.
No. 5, s4.45; No. T. $3.50: No. 8. s415: No.
LARD-(Tierce Bas,s) Pure 1ohc;
compound 8hc.
PEANUTS-North Carolina Is to soc;
Virginia so to Csc: Spanish soc.
CORN-S5 to SIC.
CORN MEAL-77k 70 Sac.
CHICKENS - Dull: lens 25 to 23c.
BOOSTERS 20 to Csc: sprlaa 8 to 18c
EGGS-Firm at zoe.
SHINGLES-Per LOCO. 5-inch saps,
$500: 5-inch hearts. s: so; s-inch saps,
$500: 6-inch hearts. $500.
TIMBER
Fer M feet-Extra milling.... $7.5o@s.50
Mill prime s6.00O1M
Mill fair s5.00@6.00
Common mill .............. 81. 00@ e,
Inferior to ordinary .......... $3.0004.G
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GENERAL TooN's SUCCESSOR.

Kilograms Sent From Wilmington
Yesterday Endorsing Ex-ConEress-
man ID. r. Grady for superintendent
of Public observation-disclosures NJ.
Position.
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LOCAL

Quotations on local securities. fur
aished by Hugh MacRae e Co.:
STOCKS.
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Friday. February q.

EIIOIJ' TSD a IT
Receipts Of cotton today-434 bales.
Receipts same day last year 1875
tales.
This seasons receipts to date-257, 692
bales.
Receipts to same a last year-240,-
SIC bales.
The quotations posted at 4 O'CLOCK
today at the EXCHANGE:
[STTON-Firm.
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WILMINGTON kARKEiS.


Receipts OF cotton today--IS bales.
Receipts same day last year - s3l
bales.
This seasons receipts TO date-1S5.sl7
bales
Receipts to same day last year-.ss.-
$40 bales.
The quotations posted ct 8 o'clock
today at the exchange:
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FROM THE SOUTH.

DAILY NO. bo.-Leave Chariestoe 4:o p. Ne
ex Sunday Lanes 600 p. m. florence Sis p. =.
y 80 Pm. Marion S:5l p.n.. Chadbuura D - p
N. Lake waccamaw 1u:2i p. n
DAILY NO. S4-pa>scnger.-Leavs Tampa
lao r. n, $40 r. m, Sanford ALE .. n.
Jacksonville $50 p. N. Savannah
1870 q. IN. Charleston 6:45 - -.
Atlanta Ia 4. IN. Macon a:oo q. n.
Augusta 2:30 p. m. Denmark As p.
m. Columbia S:55 q. IN. sumter So
a. m, Florence fu:1o d. m, harien
1888 n. IN. Chadbsurn II IS q. n,
Lake waccamaw 1929 O. n.
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fHk GLIDE STEAMSHIP 20

NEW YORK. WILMINGTON. n. e
AND GEORGETowN. 6. c.. LISEA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
Not 70 EEPAN PiNsOm MONEY
Miss stone VIII 10, Reir bUrsc Tfosc Who
Contributed 30 secure Her NrIcase.

LINCOLN, Nch. Oct. 2; Mis- Elleu NJ
stone. contrary 10 reports. 4 - not intend
90 devote any part # n"r lecture pr, ce.,s
- rrpavlng conui lutCrs To her ransom
ind uultr there al" spec ial Circumstances
urrounC ing each ease She d In an in
'crv."w f. d ~.
1t j. not improbable that tn" Governs
nrnt will exact indemnity ;rom Turkey
tor ~" money paid for III" ransom or for
~" indi?uity imposed upon an American
! do not understand whether those who
contributed To ~" ransom will be rprn-
pursed out # any fund.- that NAV thus he
received. A. far a. tho heavier contrib
utors are concerned. | have mot most of
hem and they have been 81 maCuauinu,,s
a TO 6i.nvow any WIS for a return of THEN
rSrf~'i''''-,-
1T has been my Determination. with the
q ivicr Of m" i"l,d-, Tint If should lcav'.
Of any Contributors who had embarrassed
themsclvc. Il ri cillly 10y tn ir giving. or of
any aged people who had subj Ct"d them
selves 10 privatiou Ia do what can tor"pay
them cannot help but Thu i that God had
some ria 10 direct a'tcitiou to his mission
work IN that far Cou' try. IT, pursuarC &C. e
that pla, II was our part 70 suffer and that
of friends TO give
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
DRAINING LANE RiMWOND.
Action IN tn g Courts to Prevent rismal
swamp CanaI from [ slnE ID The Water.

SrFtol,S. Va, OCi - -tnl,-, the Uni, 90
States Circuit Court intervene. the g, -.
brated Lake DrummNnd Of the Di.na'
Swamp, with its twoutv -tive square mlcs
+ dark. Juniper laden water may soon i've
come 4 stagnan, pool. II i, going down
constantly by reason ~ draius caused los
the Lake Drummond and Dismal Swami
Canal Company in t g operation Of lock
on canals Experts ,ay that with tho
canals now in operation il i possible I,
lcav" Lake Drummond eun-baEcd ieC
excepting the deepest holes
To obvial- -uc'' conditions William VI
Camp Ci Alb, II, Fla, owner ~ 5000 acre
of the Dismal swamp has instituted ac-
ton in tie United States Circuit CDur
Iestrsinin" ia" canal Comuanv from drain.
ING IN" ! kc before tho Beginning at con-
dcmnntiuu pr, c,ctin Notwiti~ 'jrt.
ing that the company hold. a llICiuia
charter granting LEX" water for the opera.
ton Of it, Cks, Mr.. Camp attorneys say
the state had 10 riTht To give such priyi
tgc where prl,Ht" ur-p..r'" At inv Owed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26

Mrs. johanna Nioch knCckcd Down
Driver whipped Up and Cot Away.

Mrs johanna Bloch. "A widow. was run
over and Instantly. killed by a team of
horses drawing landau through Eighty
ninth street at Columbus avenue last night,
The driver whipped mp his horses and got
away before any one could stop him. The
police were Unable - find out who drove
the landau + ere WIS no one ia TIE cai +.
&c PIT the d liver
Mrs BloCl, who WIS Is years old. and lived
at ISL West Eighty-sevcnth street. wa,
walking down Columbus avenue with her
daugnter-iu-law. They were on the east
eide of tine avenue and Mrs r.och was on
the inside.
Crossing Eighry-uiu'h street shc was a
few steps in front OF h'r dEuCht.r-n-l.w
The Landau ~" horses 81 v Ich, according
10 persons IN the n"ichbori pod. were un-
manageable. wa, J. Ing driven Wsst The
shat, -lruck Mrs B,uC kn,ctir, J. down
and under the hOrs - feet Her daughter
in-law was 80 h-wildor"d that a she re-
members, she SAYS, - sreire NJ Bl)cl hit
The driver IL Tn landau made 10 at
tempt 10 pull up hi horrrs and went on
through EiPhty-ninth stree, toward Ans
,erdam avenue No one followed the
carriage.
Mrs. Bloci was dead when picked III
Coroner -, v-ician OHan.on. who lives
ia Niuety-tf Il street, vas called. and
h. gave a permit - remove th" body to
Mrs Blo,h'- homo.
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INSPIRED ~ "BE.tt(AIPT:"
Booth Harrington surprised That q Crook
Got ideas From Ills Book.

INDIASAPoLIs, Oct. rs. The story IL
THr SIN of the return to America Of the
ari,' CORA ic crooks and sa wing that Il London
games cr got his cue 10 a good graft by
rcliiny B)o'h Tlrkin yton ;" Mo sieur
Beauc, ire" was called to the authors az.
tcntion to-day and ne manifested surprise
that such statement should be made
lie said that his attention had never h IN
called To- such a possibility from reading
the book and il was certainly not hi, in.
ten ION "a give To any dis onos' mind such
"A cue a. that mentioned in The suns
ar icic. Hc added.
Il certainly cannot SEQ whore The CHARGE
ter of Beaucairs gave the gambler u found l.
ti.n f,r a criminal career. II mLet luvr
read the book and then Il cid Il to try
= cicty for gain. 3"aICairo was no, a
character that would cause a criminal to
idraIiZo him. | cannot understood low
II, anctirc cam, to lead anybody int O such Il
career. The gambler must have mad "a
few ideas of hi- own"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
Two M \TERS SHOI. :
The. We're Out AFTER VIA Geese aud Fired
a. Each Other In the Darknr>>

ROCHESTER,. Oct % A mystc;i,us traG-
ely occurred on tn" upper tieae-ce River
a mile and half south Of the city limo this
morning two men having their bodies filed
with tu.hshor while they were hunting
Wild geo.. Egheit r Chat field and Ed
ward Lloyd rsrc the victims. There wa-
a third ma;. nearby a the time George
Lloyd, father OF Edward and ho c-carci
unhuri
Chatieid. one OF the victims, j. the man
who va, PLACED on trial here eight wears
ago for the murder Of Dorniniok kearns,
ana was acquitted after sensational tria
He vas admittedly The frs one To shoot
to-day, When first taken - q hospital
thatti"id said that he awOke early this
morning at hearing flock uf ea">.'. and
dressing hurriedlv got into his boat
and rnwed out into til" river. Lloyd and
hi, father had also heard the saline sound
and they stared To bag some of the game.
Chatf"ld thought ne saw some geese on the
water and loaded hi, gun and fired both
larr,l- n" continued.
Just after fred heard piercing yoll
AID come one shouted I'm shot was
too scared Ia sly arvthug for = mona. 1.
! stood loohi. p; or ia tn river, We: dorii z
If ! h at shot jmc one, wu-, sJddni ~ | saw
a." bEz" 81 n gtr, from exactly the same
pot wh"r" J supposed the geese We're. The
lash was followed 10y load report al.d I
gu' shot. dot know how got ack e.
lay house, aid lay tner' groA.h.G Ny
Nifr heard me AMI she carried mo H."
LLOYD said thai Il" aud hi~ fdt her early
his morning drcid Il TO 90 ont and hunt
reese on the river. Together they go,
into boat al ! clock and started out from
the shore. III" -oa occupied a -.'It in the
tern Of the boat ~ Il wa- pad Hing along
n- quietly a. y, : -i'l' 50 ps not 10 scar. ihs
geese hat could H. heard on the oppo ste
ID. of the river Lloyd had padded
hevond the C"ltr" II the river AID was
lerhaps three OF four yards from the west
hank whe'i he dropped hi~ paddle, picked
up his shot gun, stood NJ in the boat and
looked about him It, too dark to see
anything, father" IN remarked and he
proposed that they drit quietly along
until u began TO gel light Suddenly n shot
was fired from shore, Lloyd dropped his
gun into tho bottom Of ~" boat, staggered
backward aud fell eAclaimirg. Father,
I'm shot
Young Lloyd had seen tho fash caused
hv tho explosion Of the gun in the hands
Of Chat field, who had fjr.d from the We (,
bank He also raw the form of q man
the fellow on shore would fire again, LLOYD
!oaneG forward. seil Il his gun again aud
aimed toward the spot whore he had c,, n
the form Of n man. He fired both barrels,
a. Chatfinld had previously done.
Tho police are az work on the case, but
- far they have not lcan able to learn
that there was any Ill feeling between the
men. Although both are still aliv" neither
viii bc able To- survive his injuries,
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QUICK JUMP To SAVE ARREST
FLEEING rHiN STRIkES the
ELEVATED ~ NIDiTR.
Lands IN the street MIN n Rrok en- Ie.
and Caught surprised Win Two Com.
panions In an once others Fscapr.
but Onr Returns and l. Caught,

IN trying 70 avoid arrest, Antonio Sllato
Cuban who had boon surprised in an
Office in the Beckmar. r ,lding a, Beekman
ard Pearl streets last I.ight. Jumped from
the fire escape. struck the elevated struct-
IRE in midair ard landed In the street
with a broken leg ard cut head
The building ia largely occupied bv ri gar
importers and Of late number Of them
have been missing cigars The thieves up
pareb,ly entered the Offices with skeleton
keys after they had been closed for the dav
ard carried the cigars away AT thnir leisure
The tenants comp,,irod to John Ratchford
the superb tcl.drIt Of the bulldog. and
asked him to have a close watch kept on
their Offices
Edtchford was standing In the hallway
shortly before O'Clock hast night, when
Ec saw thr"o men, Cubans they seemed
10 bc, enter ard walk upstairs. instead of
taking tho elevator. RitCliord waited 4
minute and then followed them, just in
time 70 $40 them 70 into the sccond-fi,or
Office of Manuel Men.ndez, a cigar I'M
porter.
RatChford noticed that the me-. Ind a
key, w''h which thcy unlocked ths door.
re listened AT the door until he heard
enough TO convince him that Inc men wore
rohbing the ;.ic" Then no got an a..
-,stant. and together they made rush at
the door 20 lr,.ak /, open.
AS the door n'w open two Of he mel
ran ON past Ruc,fJrd and his as
--tant, while the third rushed To- a window
leading 10 fir" escape. kttchfori went
af;-r him, and the Cuban, seeing tia, ho
was pursued and coming 10 the end Of the
fire escape Ola the first floor, lrdprd or.
In jumping Lis head gra:cd the elevated
structure. H. fell on the ,idcwalk and
is rro.us brough; a crowd. In -, meln-
Il no tie other men had dashed downstairs
and out befor" any one could stop them.
Srrerint, ndcnt Ra,chtord and another
"mployee Of a." hui.diug carried he Cuban
who had jumped, into the ves'il ula. Hi,
l'g was broken and he had a Gu, in the
back of liz head A. th. euIerintenien,
vas standing over him wal ing for the
roice, lie saw a man come up aud ioig the
rroSd thai stood a on. lool,i * on.
Rate ford reCo yui. Il him a. one OF hc
two who had got away and yelled to tine
crowd 20 grab him The man showed
Eight aud was b. ing used rather roughly
whom Det"c'iy"- Murphy and Roberts
of I've OAK street station cana up.
The injured man sald h" was Antonio
iaba'o, sign painter. II" Other gave
a. name As Robert Cr'a. The latter was
locked up while saba O was taken TO tho
hospital,
In the ot'frc the policc found four pack
1ges Of cigars which The men were evil
IDENTIFY preparing 20 carry of Tie cigars
u t,ein were worth about $500, the police
-lv
The prisoners said that the Other man.
whose name Wa Mgrto. had tod tham
he was scotsman and had invited them
IN to hep him pack up an order
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
SERUM or WHOOPING COtGH.
Brussels PHI, sician says lie Can cure the
Disease Ia Ten Days.

Special C16e Despatch 10 The SrS.
LoNpoN, oct. 25.A Young Brussels
physician FAMED leIreaux saws he has
discovered the serum ~ whooping cough
which j. ini""te under the skin in the
ahiomii al region. From the experiments
which le has CONDUCTED hitherto the in
j'"'ipN appe lie TO y" quite harmless.
The frs effects are apparent about forty
,isI' hYurs after the incubation. The
serum produces an early cessation of the
cou hug tit ard "A considerable diminu-
ton of Tho normal period OF ilness. If the
Injection q, ma le Immediately on the mani.
f"Sta,lor of the usual .ymp'oms. the malady
can he cured IN eight or ten davsA The
isual course l. from six TO eight weeks
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-26
CAR mrs FLYING FiRE ENGINE.
Driver Lands Between the Horses. but
Keeps Hts Grip on the Nclns.

Will" eros lIg the Bowcry Last evening
on is way from the sta ion az Iil'h street
and First avenue TO a small fir AT Bond
street, Engine % AS r,n into by n south
bound Ma iison ayenu, ear, and every
member of its crew Of three was NOR" or
less Injured. Both engine and car were
going a. top speed when the car struck
the rear wheels Of the engine.
The Ell Iinc's driver, Paul G. Bregcnzer.
was sent living fCrNard aid landed Oh the
backs Of hi- horses. lie fell between two
Of hem to hc street bur chung to the r,ius
and succeeded in bringing tn" horses 10 a
staiIlslil.
Lieut. Herman Oppe and Engineer Joseph
Davis, who were on the step behind tho
engine, Jared worse Both were thrown
violently to the ground. Oppe struck
on his head. receiving an ugly scalp wound.
An ambulance surgeon from Rcllevue
Hospital expressed "A fear that hs skull
may have been fractured Davis suffered
Contusions Of back, chest and right leg
but was able 20 limp back 10 the station.
THE engine was not seriously damage
but the front platform Of the car wa-
smashed No arrest was made 10y tn"
police, but the hume Of the inutorman We
taken, so ,hat the Fire Department can
proceed against him.
The collision loi to 4 blocka 10 on the
Bovery. hich was crowded with people.
All ST ra..t car traffic vas stopped for nearly
a half hour. To make matters worse
the brakes of q Mniison avenue car got
tangled up so iHat a wrccking crew had
10 BE- called before II could continue it,
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HERR Antics BiTkS OFT.
German Tenor WIN Not Come Here IL
Defiance Of Dresden Authorities.

MluIicn Griu's representatives at tho
Metropolitan Opera House learned yea
tcrday that all his efforts 10 secure promi-
nent German tenor for the coming sea son
had failed. as Georges Anth whom no
had eugd god TO sing the loading o.es IN
the Wagner operas mas Withdrawn from
his contract with Mr.. Grau and decided
that it will be- impossible for him to leave
Tie Dresden Opera House with which lac
has been associated for the past thirteen
years.
Tho direct ion Of tho Royal Opera House
declined to give him leave Of absence. and
declared that b" would ~" considered guilty
Of breach of contract il he came here with
out permission
This leaves the company 10 sing next
winter n In" Metropolitan without noted
German tenor for he part, once uLdrr.
takcn hv Jean d" Reszkc and Ernest Van
DyCk Nobody conh,cted with the Maurice
Grau opera Company was able 20 slr yes
tcrdav who would b" engaged Ia place of
Herr Antilles