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NO MORE Alto FOR KRAIS.
The One He Paid l.3OO for Bucked. and
Now Hell Ranle II.

David kraus, son Of George J. Kraus. Big
Tim Sullivan's theatrical part ner vert out
yesterday morning in the new auto mobile
that he bought not long ago for 81 200. With
him was Edward Horn. friend from Ari-
IONA. 1t was Mr.. Krauss first experience
as an auto driver, and he announced last
night that he was thoroughly cured Of the
habit
He steered the automobile down the Bow
cry in safety. then across Grand street to
Broadway. up and down Broadway for a
while and then over to West street. He
started back for the Bowery again. and In
Watt street near Hudson, a bi every wagon
blocked his passage. He tried to back the
machine, but instead IL shot ahead and
struck the wagon on the side. bouncing Of
and humping into a lamppost across the
way. kraus and Horn were both thrown
out, but not badly hurt. The automobile
knocked over the lamppost. and finally
brought IN against the side Of a building
in badly battered condition.
When Mr. kraus got back to the Dewey
Theatre he summoned an automobile ma
chinist, who said that the automobile could
be repaired. Mr.. kraus then announced
that he was through with ii and would
rafile il of at the earliest opportunity
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rRKILLEDIN VINE EXPLOSION
Twenty Others Hurt at Springfield. Pa
Thirty.thre~ Killed Since strike Ended

PoTTsvILLE. Pa. Nov. 20 An explosion
Of gas occurred az noon to-day in the Luke
Fidler colliery az Springfield. operated by
the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company,
which wrought great destruction. -Four
or more miners were burned to death and
a score of others more or less injured
The dead and injured are principally for
eigners. and there was some difficulty ex-
perienced to ascertain their names
Fifteen Of the injured were brought 10
the surface, and II Is said ten or more are
still in the mine. IL is believed ten of
the injured have sustained mortal
injuries.
A shot had been fired in No. gangway
and the foreman. who was returning to the
spot. attempted to light his pipe. A. the
match Jared up there was an explosion
and a sheet of flame swept down the breast
and along the gangway
Thirty-thrce men have lost their lives
In the anthracite coal mines since the strike
was declared off last month James r.
koderick. chief of State Bureau of Mining
ascribes the large fatality list to care
lessness and the dangerous condition of
the mines due 10 the neglect during the
strike.
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MUSIC FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
First OF Frank Damrosch's Instructse
Series OF Concerts.

The first Of Frank Damroschs symphony
concerts for young people took place yes
terday afternoon in Carnegie Hall. These
entertainments are now in their fifth season
and may he regarded a. an established
feature OF the musical winter in New York
Originally designed for the instruction OF
cAildren and for the cultivation of their
taste in music. they have become recog-
Hized as one Of the most active Of local
agencies in the general dissemination Of
musical knowledge
People who co not know anything about
music and v no feel annoyance when brought
into contact with knowledge Of il are of
the opinion that all critical writing about
tho art. all lee turing on it and all nsistence
upon appie' iation Of its elements of design
are pedantic affectation. or at any rate
superfluous. These good persons hold that
1t Ii possible to enjoy music without know
ing anything about it. Within certain
limits this Is true II il also possible to
ENJOY books and paintings without know
ing whether th0v are good or bad, but Per-
sons who do E. are not usually regarded
AZ Possessed OF complete artistic equip
ment.
The amount Of enjoyment added to tho
by an acquaintance with the elements Of
musical design is 50 large that only those
who have never acquired ii could speak
lightly of 1t, II IL such n know led ge tina
Mr.. Damrosch endeavors to impart n
these young peoples concerts In short
predatory talk he analyses in a simple
manner each work performed and causes
the orchestra 10 play the passag es utilized
in the musical development. Interesting
facts about the composers and the special
intent OF each work are also given. Thus
the hearer IL placed in post ion TO listen
with nome insight. Nothing profound Is
attempted, for the str,iction of children
Is always held to he the main PURPOSE
Nevertheless grown persons who do not
know music az an art get much benefit
from these concerts and are always present
in large numbers
.- audience yesterday was one of fine
size II heard pleasing programme.
The orchestral numbers were the overture
to .Euryanthe," the ballet music from
Gluck's -Orfec" and Schubert's aMarche
Militairc." Ossip Gabriowitsch. the young
Russian pianist played the second and
third movements Of Chopins T. minor
concerto and q group of solos. The music
was generally we'll played.
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INSANITY ~ SYRACUSE.
About is Per Cent. Of Patients In Ogdens.
burg state HOspit al Are From That MY.

SYRACUSE. Nov. 29.-The rapid increase
Of insanity in Syracuse has made necessary
that some provision be- made for he care of
insane persons while legal proceedings are
being taken for their commitment To Og-
densburg New detention ward, are to bo
erected at once, The proportion of insane
persons who are sent from this city every
year Is much greater per thousand than In
any city In the United States About rs
per cent. Of all the patients in the State
Hospital for the Insane AT Ogdensburg are
from Syracuse, The number Of insane
persons sent from this city has gone H. high
H. 100 single year, and will average about
Is. Rich and poor alike are afflicted
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FEEL THE EARTHQUAKE?
The Twelfth Floor Of the Maiden Lane
Building Wakes Up the SeismO graphers.

One Of half a dozen clerks who have "a
work nights IN an Office on the twelfth
door Of the Ma iden Lane Building at I7O
Broadway called up the Weather Bureau
man Oh the telephone on Friday night and
asked.
Got any record on that earthquake"
Nope" said the Weather Bureau MAJ,
stopping in the middle Of a snowfall prob.
lem. Didn't know there was any
-Rut there was said he clerk "We all
felt it over here AT SO p. NJ very distinctly
Papers shifted ou the desk. the M stopped
from the wells, several OF uS felt that peculiar
sinking sensation ard ole Of the fcl-
lows here who's lived in Japan and felt
EN- every day says he's sur" Of it,"
The Weather Bureau man then admitted
that he had felt a strange something about
s4a O'Clock and he took a look AT his most
delicate barometer. which registers pretty
nearly every fuctuation outside of Wall
Street Bu, the barometer traciugs were
All As straight ar usual. The Weather
Bureau man then suggested that the clerk
call up some OF the seismographic sharps
NJ Columbia University.
This tho clerk did
Yesterday while the Columbia people
were examining their records and The
Weather Bureau man was getting up some
notes on an earthquake IN New York when
he was q boy the seismographic observer
in the Maiden Lane Building got hold of
the buildings engineer.
Did you feel that earthquake shock
last night" asked the clerk
-When'" AXE the engineer.
1T was just so p. NJ" said the clerk.
Il felt the shock all right, a." said the man
with the oily clothes. 1T was that blasted
elevator No. humping the roof Of this
place. Took me- nearly two hours TO &c,
the blasted thing down"
Then the clerk asked the Weather Bureau
man over the wire when he could come
out and have a driul;
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RULES FOR SEA PASSENGERS
To he Obeyed II They Want 10 Avoid Gus.
toms Troubles.

Secretary Shaw has determined to post
in the staterooms and saloons Of every
passenger steamer coming into this port
from foreign ports rules which will instruct
passengers about the tariff laws and per-
sonal baggage One Of the clauses TO ap-
pear in the rules il said to have found place
on account of the Dulles necklace case.
II reads
Declarations OF importations must be
made on cupboard Pier declarations are
illegal and goods found after leaving ship
board will be subject to seizure or deten-
ton.
There was some excitement at the Custom
Ho,s ~ yesterday when il became known
that twenty-five Inspectors had been dis
charged. This subsidized when IL was
learned that the discharged men were
what are known as -sixty-day" men, en-
gagged for the rush season, There are
more to 90.
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VI. q. Heiskell Of Wheeling, W. Va, Not
Seen After a Reception TO q bride.

WHEELING. W. Va. Nov, 2e.-Morgan
OF Heiskell, one Of the b-st-known citizens
Of Wheeling, is missing. He disappeared
five weeks ago on the night of the wedding
Of W, s. Fulton and Miss Martha Clarke.
Heskel was an usher at that affair and
it is alleged after the wedding reception
at the home of the bride he left. From
that hour he has not been heard Of His
father has just returned from New York
where he searched for his son without sue
cess. II Is reported that he went to Japan
Mr.. Heiskell il a member of one of the
oldest and most influential families in the
State, and no cause can be assigned for his
disappearance
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Pr DELTi THETA CLOSES.
Oficcrs Installed ION, cntion 10 Meet in
Atlanta In llMA.

The final sessions Of the biennial convene
tion Of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity were
held AT the Hotel Majestic yesterday. APP
plications for charters TO establish college
chapters were received from Toronto
University, the universities of ArkansaA
Nevada. South Dakota and Idaho, Illinois
Wesleyan, Lawrence. Dalhousie and Wes-
lcyan. All We're referred by the convcn-
tion to the new General Council
Tie new officers were installed according
to ritualistic requirements and the con-
vention adjourned to meet in Atlanta in
1904
Tho delegates and visitors gave an ovation
10 DR.. John Wolfe Lindley Of Frederick
town, Ohio the only surviving founder Of
IN" fraternity, who attended all the sessions
of the convention.
A final dance was given last night in
the large ballroom of lie Majestic.
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gramme. For the later concerts of the
series the Musurgia OF New York and an
orchestra conducted by Nahan Frankie
will furnish the programmes.
The society will begin its career under
the auspices of a large number Of ladies'
Of New Rochelle, Pelham Manor and Larch-
mont. Among them are Miss Iselin, Mrs
Robert Ogden. Miss Roberts, Mrs. Allan
Robinson. Mrs Charles Roper, Miss Emily
Winant, Mrs. Oscar Zollikoher. On the
board are Mr. Henry ID. Moves, Mrs Robert
{. Black, Mrs. Edmund ". Bodne. Mrs.
Boothby. Miss Mary 7. jenkins, the Misses
Brandes, Miss Helena G. Albro. Mrs. A. A.
Arthur Mrs. Ralph X Mabie. Mrs Charles
Pryor and Mrs " l.. Searles
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JEBELs AND MONEY STOLEN.
Porch Climbers Take sA.OOO Worth From
the House OF Vim. Miller In Rochester.

ROCHESTER, Nov, 2s.-Porch climbers
this morning secured from the residence
Of William Miller, ST. University avenue,
jewels and money to the value Of nearly
1900. The robbery was committed while
Mr., Miller and the members Of his family
were away. When the family returned
they found the house in confusion. Bureau
drawers had been ransacked, their con-
tents strewn over the floors and every nook
in the house explored An open window
over the porch told where the robbers
entered. From tracks found in the snow
IL was evident that there were three or more
of the thieves
Among the articles taken were gold
watches studded with diamonds. diamond
rings, diamond stick pins, gold charms with
diamonds. a quantity Of other precious
stones and some money The police agree
that the robbers were experts. MIR. Miller
is connected with large jewelry house In
this city.
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Az INBIDDEN VISITOR.
4 strange Wan Appears In the Houses and
BEDROOMS Of Women IN GAINESVILLE, NY.

CooPERsTowN, n. u. Nov. PA strange
man has appeared in a number of houses
in Barnesville, frightening wome II and
children. TWO or three days ago, when
Mrs. Henry Wetzell went into her kitchen
she was astorished 10 find a man sitting by
the fire, apparently Obvious to his sur
roundings. He appeared to be perfectly
harmless and gave no reason for hi :
presence. He disappeared as mysteiousiy
AZ - came. Since then he has been seen
several times.
Mrs. Grosvenor Cross the next night was
shocked to find the same man sitting in
chair in her bedroom. Mrs Cross screamed
for help. and during the excitement the man
got away. The next evening the stranger
was discovered ia the sleeping room Of Mrs
Florence Cornell, Mrs Cornell was fright
ened and came near fainting Again the
fellow escaped. He is described as very
plain looking. wears a silk hat, an overcoat
and rubber boots. and on one occasion
carried lantern.
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DADY FORMALLY WITHDRAWS.
WAS TURNED DOWN VERY corn
TEOrSLY NJ MAJOR LOW.
The Republican Executive Committee
Gives Him q Vote Of Confidence He
says Politics Is . Funny Game. hut
Everything Is Harmonious, Very.

The Republican Executive Committee
n in Brooklyn had a two hours conference
last evening with Lieut. Gov. Woodruff
at his home in Eighth avenue Col Michael
j. Dady was on hand IA proxy for Mr.
Wasstar, the executive member from the
First district. He told his fellow statesmen
abou, his visit to Mayor Low on Friday. ar d
OF how his Honor had courteo,isly turned
him down in his desire TO he his own sue
cesaor as Elections Commissioner. Ac-
cording to Col. Dady the Mayor informed
him that he could not reappoint him for the
reason that he was out OF the country too
often and could no, give the time to the
ONCE that was required
He said the interview was a very pleas
ant one. but that he could not convince the
Mayor that his objection was not a sub
stan'ial one. Col Dady then announced hat
after consulting with his friends he had
decided to withdraw az a candidate, in view
of the position Mayor Low had taken in
the matter and that he would not have his
name presented 10 .he County Committee
FOR Endorsement at its meeting on Tuesday
night.
Mr.. Woodruff and some Of the Executive
Committeeman spoke in high praise Of
Col. Dady's long services to the party, and
a resolution approving Of his official record
as Elections {, mmissioner was unani-
mously adopted
The following named committee was
then chosen 10 take up the question Of
selecting a candidate to be rec mmended
TO the Mayor for appointment as Elections
Commissioner: Messrs Woodruff, Dady,
Vass. Bremen and Neil. This committee
il TO report back to the Executive Com
mittee on Tuesday afternoon. 40 that action
may be taken on the question by the County
Committee the same night
il was decided at the conference to recon-
mend these a. the officers Of the new County
Committee: Alexander Robb, chairman:
John X. Smith, vice-pre sident: John
Drescher, treasurer John T.. Smith. secre-
tary; Michael Wheeler. sergeant az arms.
When The conference was over Col. Dady
explained TO the reporters that his refusal
TO he candidate was solely for the p,ir-
pose Of avoiding a clash between the Mayor
and the Organization. He also intimatcd
that some 81 the Republican leaders, while
pretending to he his friends. had really
been stabbing him on the quiet.
"Itold the Mayor, he said. that he would
not have known that he had an election
board If Dady hadn't happened to be a
member Of 1t. Politics il funny game,
but everything is very harmonious. very
harmonious"
II is understood that the Mayor is also
opposed to the reappointment OF John
Mcguire, the Democratic representative
In the election board from Brooklyn, on
somewhat similar grounds az In the case
of Dady and that the Democratic County
Committee will recommend another candi-
date
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SCRANTON LEADS In SONG.
CHORAL SOCIETY WINS $1,000
PRIZE At ARION FESTIVAL.
Doctor Mason t:iee society Of Wilkcs.Barrc
Take $500 Award for Hest Male Chorus
--IrOoklyn's Three Days Feast OF
Music Ends-Ninners Of Minor Prizes

The singing festival arranged by the
Arion Singing Society of Brooklyn, which has,
leen going Oh for thre. days in the Forty
seventh Regiment armory on Marcy ave-
nue., closed last evening in a blaze of glory.
Fully lO.WO persons assembled to enjoy
the interesting musical programme and to
witness the competition for the 81 900 prize
offered for the best male chorus.
The battle for this prize was the principal
event of the entire festival. The contest
ing organizations werc the Oratorio So
ciety Of Brooklyn. chorus from Mount
Vernon, n Y, and the Scranton u lited
Choral Society. While the singing of all
was good, the Scranton chorus easily led
The announcement of its victory was the
signal for wild outhurst of enthusiasm.
The Scranton singers had been popular
from the very beginning and to them had
already fa.lea a large percentage OF the
prizes given III minor competitions.
Another feature last night was the COM
petition 10y male Choruses for a prize of
$500. This was carried of by the Doctor
Mason Gee Society oi Barre. Pa
The Lyric Quartet, Of Scranton got a
prize OF $50 for the best mixed quartet
singing, AID the prize OF $50 for the best
conralto solo went to Miss Lillian Brown.
number Of interesting events filed the
programme of the MATINEE given yesterday
afternoon. Tie prizes then awarded and
their recipients were ms follows:
Best woman's chorus, 500, the ladies'
Chorus of the Brooklyn Quartet Club,
lass solo. $50. Charles McCreary; tenor
solo. $50, Thomas Beymon; best male quar-
tet. $50, the Schubert Quartet of Scran-
ton; best woman's chorus, special CONF
petition, $500. the Ladies' Chorus Of the
scranton United Choral Society; best Ger
man poem. $50, Mrs. Kurt WolN, best Ger
man novel, 500, and best English poem, $50,
the Rev. A. W. Hidebrand
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SHOE MACHINERY 90. SUED.
Minority Stockholders In . Boston Concern
Make charges Of Fraud.

SALEM. Mass. Nov. :9.-Five suits, ag-
gregating $4,000. were filed in the Office
Of the Registry Of Deeds here to-day agai INST
the United Shoe Machinery Company of
Boston and Beverly. Tie plaintiffs are
minority stoc kholders in the Godderson' $
Meta Fastening Company, a 500, 600 cor
poration. acquired in 1850 by the United
Shoe aohinery Company.
They allege conspiracy on the part Of
the defendant company TO defraud the
minority Of their rights In valuable pa en,s
After the United Company had acquired
the controlling interest the minority stock
holders say they had an offer OF 20 cents
share for their 10000 shares, although
the par value was SO, and although T. p
Hurd, c. W. Brown and s. w Winslow
directors, In their sworn statement to the
Secretary of State declared the assets If
the company 10 be S5OO,OOO above la
bilities
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12-INCH SHELL ENPLODES.
WOrkmrn In the IrankfOrd Arsenal Killed
cause Of Accident Unknown.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. % While working
upon a new Pinch shell at the Frankford
arsenal to-day, Patrick Clancy, As years
old, of Stiles street near Orthodox was in
stan,ly killed by the explosion of the pro-
Jcctile. The one-s'ory annex, in which he
was standing. was blown to pieces.
Since the close Of the Spanish war a SCI
ries OF experiments upon new decorating
shell filled with new Illuminating powder
have been in operation at the arsenal.
Clancy was i'll the building where three of
the loaded projectiles We're. but had moth
ing to do with them. How the explosion
occurred will never be known. The body
of the man was found some thirty feet
away from the ruined structure
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MURDERED MEN LOOK ALIKE.
BOdies Found on Railroad Track Killed on
Different Days.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov, 20. The police of
Jefferson parish, Immediately opposite New
Orleans. have a double murder. Two men
have been killed there. on the railroad track
and near New Orleans, one on Wednesday.
the other last night. The men are both red
haired and red-mustached and look 40 much
alike that they might pass for twins. The
men were murdered and robbed There
is not the slightest evidence AZ to their iden-
tity.
The police think that the first red-haired
man was killed by mistake. tho murderer
taking him for an enemy. Finding out his
mist AXE, he lay in wait for the true enemy
and caught and killed him
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Aged Couple Nearly Asphyaiated by Coal
Gas.

CooPERsrowH. y. Y. Nov 29.-But for
the prompt action of neighbors Mr.. and Mrs.
z. X. Dunn, wealthy residents of Morris.
this county, would have died from asphvxia-
ton. MIR and Mrs Dunn are each past 80
years of age and occupy the Beekman man
sion in the centre of the village. At noon
yesterday there was no stir about their
home and neighbors invest gated The
house was entered, the aged couple found
unconscious and the house filled with the
fumes of coal gas Physicians worked for
hours To restore them To consciousness, and
il T. thought thew will recover
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CROKER COMMtNDS Al 4 FIRE.
Three. Alarm Biazc Does SIS 900 Dam
TO broadway Building.

Chief Croker commanded in person az a
threc-alarm fire yesterday afternoon which
did about $4,000 damage 10 the four-storv
brick building at Az Broadway and 30
Howard street, The Chief reached the
fire in record time. taking just twenty
three minutes to get there from Fire Head
quarters on East Sixtv-seventh street
Burchell Bros, manufacturers of UNI
brellas, occupied the floor on which the
fire started The other floors We're occ,I-
pied by J. Sinsheimcr 4 Son, hosiery and
underwear, Bloch Bros. wrappers and
skirts, and $. Leopold, trunks Street car
traffic on Broadway was cut off for more
than an hour
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-30
RLACkNAILER DISCHARGED.
Rearrested on Leaving Court for Misuse
OF United States Mails.

Botho Strubel. the young man who con-
fessed that he wrote threatening letters
TO wealthy men, calling on them to advance
big sums of money or suffer death at the
hands Of band of Russian Nihilists. was
discharged from custody yesterday bv
acting Police Justice George L. Macs in
the second Criminal Court, Jersey City.
Chief of Police Murphy interceded for
him and the Jersey civ men who received
Matchmaking letters refused 70 prosecute.
Strllbel was arrested as he lef, court on a
charge Of using the mails for illegal and
criminal purposes. The complaint was
made by Post Office Inspector Cortelyou.
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CLOSE NEV 'ORk RUNS.
Last Night Of Niariin Harvey, Gillette.
Mrs. lie Moync and Mrs. Garter.

Two actors and two actresses closed their
New York runs last night. They are Martin
Harvey. the English actor, who leaves the
Herald Square Theatre for an extended
tour in THE Only Way" William Gillette.
whose Sherlock Holmes" has filed tho
knickerbocker with crowds; Mrs. IL Moyne,
who leaves the Garden to T.. s. willard and
Mrs. Leslie Carter, who has been seen in
'Du Barry" som" 900 times, having been M
the Belasco Theatre this season.
Martin Harvey, before the curtain went
up Tor the last time made a little speech,
III which he thanked the press and public
heartily for their apprecat ion of his work.
Mr.. Beasco also made a lit e speech
AT his theatre. in which he said that Mrs
Carter would give d short revival Of -Du
Barry here next season and then appear
a. Lady Macbeth in Macbeth" In 1904,
he said, she would come to New York with
new play.