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using the knife. You're up against the
real thing now"
The doctor leans forward. There is a
note Of hope In his voice.
You're all right, my boy" and he mods
encourag ingly to the anxious woman who
is looking appealingly in his direction
It is the little touch of humor in the
tragedy of pain which has carried the day.
The young woman back Of the white mus
lin curtains seems to feel a new stimulus
in the air and begins to sing softly "Know'st
thou the land" Almost before the first
line is sung the tired eyelids fall over the
tired eyes and the mother and doctor steal
quietly from the room.
At the window OF a hotel restaurant
sit couple'-a young man and young
woman The heat of the day has left it's
traces They are listless, languid. The
woman fans herself and once in a while,
feeling it incumbent upon her to say some
thing, murmurs: ooh, / am so hot and
so tired" and the man leans forward en-
couragingly and says Never mind; you'll
feel better after dinner"
Dinner" The thought of food is repel-
lent"
She gazes out OF the window trying to
forget, but nothing except wilted-l looking
people sauntering along meets her glance
As last straw a coal cart backs TO the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
JUST AS IN A DIME NOVEL.
NEW SBOYS VINO RISE FAST WHEN
THEIR CHANCE COMES.
Two Ragged lrchins Who Are Now Run
ming HOtel-The Polite street Arab
and the Mich Lady Advance OF the Boy
VINO Could do Two Things at Once.

u
Who Could DO two Things at Once
Here are three stories of ragged newsboys
who made their way in real life just as we'll as
rthey had been in novels and that through
the very qualities that give newsboys their
start in books
The manager of a big hotel in Western
city walked one day into the office leading
two dirty, ragged and altogether dsrcput-
table looking Youngsters by the hand H9
marched his charges up 10 the, desk at which
tho proprietor was writing
Jones" began the manager. II found
these two Youngsters fighting on the street.
They're newshoys, and every morning
for the last six months, as I've walked
downtown, I've noticed them selling paper
and fighting between times
To-day, as | was walking along, and had
just caught sight of them in daily battle,
the thought flashed through my mind that
we needed two new elevator boys, and
maybe we could make Use of them 1t
would he blessing to get 'em of the street.
What do you Think"
Would you boys like to go TO work for
me1' he asked. And al IS a week." he
added
Gee was their astonished response.
AN right start EN- right in" said the
proprietor to the manager.
About two weeks after the boys had
boon literally bathed and scrubbed and
dressed in hotel uniforms. the patrons
hogan making comments about them to
the clerks and often TO the manager and
proprietor themselves.
pretty nice chaps you've hal on tho
elevator lately" said chronic kicker.
ALWAYS accommodating and not fresh "
THAT day elevator boys bright chap.
was another ghosts remark. Hes been
telling me how | can get over the town
Hes regular human siGnboard
The yaar-in-and-year-o boarders also
sang their praises. Then one Of them
was promoted to the cigar stand. He
did as well there AS in the elevator and
presently they made him clerk His
companion was put in hiS place al the cigar
stand.
This happened five years ago, To-day
the two boys are still in the hotel the one
head clerk, and the other next in charge
at the desk
One Of the buyers for department store
In New York city got his opportunity In
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sidewalk and the coal begins to fall lump
by lump into the coal hole.
Tell me-" asks the girl with accents on
the border of tears, "why do people always
have their coal put in on the hottest days
and the hottest nights Of the year2 Isn't
it awful"
IL have noticed that, too answers the
youth, soothingly.
al cant eat until they stop she says,
drearily, and she waits until the last bump
nerves. Then she takes a few mouth
fuls of soup.
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'Assignation.' but Smith was telling mo
that the year he was in Venice he be gins.
The woman turns away with an impa-
tient movement and listens to the orchestra,
which has begun again a soft, dreamy air,
to which the plash. plash Of the moving
gondoliers forms an accompaniment.
You ought to sec the place during Horse
Show week" sporty-looking man is
saying. It's something like, then. None
OF this fool painted canvas and fake canals:
just breakfast-food rings and swell crowd
and thoroughbred horses. can't see
what people find in place like this. It's
so unreal"
There are some who do not care for the
shut-in feeling of four walls even though
those walls do represent Venetian, Japanese
or German scenes. They want the open.
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making in the Park. and had. therefore, a
rather prejudiced view Of the matter,
people amt got any right walking aroun'
in the Park in the evenin' unless they're
lovers if they amt, they jest jeer and the
Park lovers don't like to be jcered at; it's
serious thing
1T amt any of my business inquiring
whose arms belong to who, he went on.
Them Park benches are pretty hard, an
if girl wants to have a arm back Of her
shoulders amt blaming her"
But il is not all love making. There are
tragedies. too, hid away from the careless
eyes.
In the drug-scented room Of a private
hospital. n wan patient is trying to get few
breaths Of air. 1t is visitors hour and by
the side of the bed sits the anxious mother.
Outside are the street noises, which come
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
EIIJah's Baseball Rules.
From The piitsburC Dispntch.

T VHF T7tV 7 WTFOWV I7THVUTTT'
Having revised the American flag, nr powe
has now started out to change tho rules oi the
national game. baseball These arc some
OF the rules which have been introduced N
the Zion City games
No bases shal be stolen ThlcV"ry Is snful
and must be put down by the faithful.
The pitcher shall not use deceit IN DE-
Hverlng the bail. for deceit is sinful. mo
curve must h. cut out.
There shall lac no umpircs for they ars,A
race of liars and their sayings breed str'fs
and discomfort
play the game in brotherly love, and not 10
way lies dcstrVotiaN.S
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is said by geographical authorities TO consist.
There is canal, a real canal, which sur
rounds the island, and there are gondoliers
with gay parties trying to look uncon-
scious OF the watching crowds, and there
singing Venetian barcarolle while the
orchestra rests There IN a prima donna
in the boat, too, and when the gondolier
has finished she rises and the island Is
hushed while she sings an aria from an
opera in which she has become famous.
AT the tables. which fill the islands space.
one hears the words which announce the
success or failure of the appeal to the i'm
agnation.
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other directions. a furtve hand clasp Ia
essayed and the world goes around with
quicker swing TO two at least
Up in Central Park there are no chaperons
and no empty benches Every shady nook
has it's occupant. and hooks that are not
secluded apparently seem so to the lovers
who. the world forgetting, are bv no means
forgotten by the world. which is apt to ieer
and Jest about summer park sweethearts.
According to the testimony of a stalwart
policeman. who had done his own love-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
ENGLAND'S FOREIGN RULERS.
AIPENS N HIGH PLACES IN THE
GO'E RN WENT.
An American Member Of Parllament-Ger-
man Officers IN Army and NaNy--LOrd
totnscbiIds Collect ion Of Titles Allen
Administrators In thc Colonies.

man Officers In Army and NaNy-LOrd
piotiIschilG's Collect ion OF Titles Allen
Administrators In tlc Colonies.
"Fhe Irish complain that they are ruled
by an alien race" an English Member Of
Parliament once said, "and there may be
cool deal of ground for their complaint.
but they are not so badly off as we English
are. IT you think about it, you will find
that VIC are ruled, more or less, by repre-
eentativer of all the alien races under the
sun.
Take the case Of the late Sir Ellis Ash
mead Bartlett. Hc was the son of Ellis
Bartlett of Plymouth, Mass. and Of
Philadelphia woman, who was Miss Ash
mead before her marriage, Yet he sat
In the British Parliament for several years
as representative of Sheffield and Suffolk
He was knighted by the Queen, and twice
held Office in the Government, as Civil
Lord of the Admiralty.
"Time and again the legality of his posi-
ton was questioned in the House, and |
am ready to contend that he was never
properly naturaliled, even il he went
through any form of naturalization at all.
which is doubtful And he was only one
OF many"
The complaint of this Member Of Par
lament is well founded. A foreigner
may even aspire to lead England's armies,
or commands her warships
The late Field Marshal, Prince Edward
of SaXe-Weinar. the son of German
prince and a German princess, born in
Germany was Colonel of the First Life
Guards.
In the Bril- sh Navy another German,
Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg,
holds rank as Rear Admir- He. however,
was naturalizeA as British subject, at the
age of IL fIe had been in the service for
sixteen years, and had only reached the
rank Of Lieutenant, when he married hin
cousin, Princess Victoria of Hcssc, Queer
Nictoria's granddaughter, in 1854,
Among the foreign members Of the
British Parliament, to the legality of whose
position exception has been TAKEN the best
known is Lord Rothschld. 1t is a question
whether his father was ever naturalized
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thetic2"
II was too weak"
The doctor has come in and is looking
with critical eye at the thin figure stretched
helplessly before him. The boy has not
noticed his entrance.
ut wasn't so bad" he says to the little
woman, noting the line on the white brow,
that is, after the first No, it wasn't 80
bad. The worst thing and slight smile
fits across his face, -the only thing
couldn't stand. was a hand organ at the
corner that played all the time they we're
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with subdued mrrmur to this quiet spot.
Through the muslin curtains Of a neigh
boring window young woman's face
looks with pity and sympathy. She has
kept watch of the patient and in some 90
cult way, knows that the past hours have
been crucial ones,
And the mother says softly with little
reproach in her tones:
-You didn't tell me that the operation
was to-day"
Il didn't want to worry you"
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Sensational Exposure or Fraud.

From the Oh GIN blizzard
\ dog was playing piano in circus in
diencc called out rata The dog immedi-
ately vacated his seat and went for the
rodents. But as the piano kept right on
musical ability.
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do you remember loverlike
couple lean toward each other, -the evening
we took the gondola at the palace, and"
A dreamy-eyed woman leans toward q
stalwart companion
Wasn't it Poe who described Venice
so beautifully in the 'Assignation?'
The man is commercial traveller, and
has never found that he needed magma
ton in his business.
Il don't know anything about Mr.. Poe's
The evening world., 1903-04-29

nfr. ana Mrs. John whaien. had
missed the children and had come into
the street to seek them. The mother
heard their screams. and running to the
lot plucked little Katie from the fire,
ard. beating out the flames with her
hands. started on a run down Amster-
dam avenue toward j. Hood Wright
Hospital with the burned child ln. her
arms.
She had run but a few yards when the
smoulderlng garments of the child set
fire 10 her own clothing. and mother and
daughter, wrapped in flames. fell 10 the
sidewalk In front OF No. 1926. the resi-
dence of Mrs. J. Murray.
Mrs. Murray. assisted by other WON
en-. ran to their assistance, n after
putting out the fire carried the mother
into the house. while Policeman Ryan
picked up little Katie and ran with her
at top speed TO the hospital. The child
Is so badly burned that there Is scarcely
II chance OF her recovery.
The mother is not seriously hurt. Lit
tie Molly. although painfully scorched,
Is in no danger.
The evening world., 1903-04-29
Justice Davis Denies Application
Of Camille WeidenfeId for a
Mandamus to Compel Mana
gers to Reinstate Him.
! WAS IN PETER POWER CASE.
! Ne Was Suspended from the Stock
Exchange for One Year and
Brought Suit for Reinstatement
as Well as for 100000 Damages.

/ Justice Davis, In the Supreme Court
4 this afternoon. denied the application Of
v Camille weidenfeld for a %peremptory
< writ Of mandamus to compel the Board
J ~ Managers OF the Stock Exchange tC
! neinstate him TO membership.
= Weidenfeld was connected with the
I famous Peter Power suit against the
B Northern Securities Company. He was
4 suspended from the exchange by the
: mag for one year for his connec-
4 ton with the suit.
b statement and also for 500, 900 damages
Z The damage suit is still pending. Wei.
denfeld declared that he was not the
n instigator of the suit brought by Peter
n Power and hat his only connection
Z with Il was in a perfectly Legitimate
& wal and above board. He said he was
, being made to suffer for what Others
had done n tried to get a look at the
minutes OF the meeting of the board oil
( managers at whicj he was suspended
4 but failed,
I weidenfeld's name was first men.
Z toned in the Power case by Lawyer
4 George Alfred Lamb. who said that the
I broker wos the real instigator OF the
suit Weidenfeld denied the charge, but
. when II was seen that the case was
! going 70 pieces he asked to be substl-
7 tuted for Power as the plaintiff. This
vas granted by Judge Amidon, who I'm
mediately afterward dismissed the com
4 plant. The Judge declared that Wei
! proper conduct in the case"
hZThe stock Exchange then took action:
h Weidenfeld was formerly a partner OF
, Thomas A. Lawson. OF Boston.
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JEROME'S BOMB
DIDN'T EXPLODE
Daniel Mason, on Whose
Office Door District Attor-
ney's Name Was Printed,
Called in Metropolitan Case.

Interest In the Amory-Vreeland case
growing from the Metropolitan Street
Railroad litIga ton was at its height to-
day, when the hearing was continued be.
fore Magistrate Barlow In the Criminal
Courts Building. on account OF the bomb
which 1t was limited Distrlct-Attorney
Jerome was to explode.
Daniel Mason. the lawyer on whose
! once door District Attorney Jeromep
name was lately seen. was the first
witness.
. Mr.. jerome fired his first gun straight
al the mark.
DO you know Mr.. Amory7" he asked.
81 do replied Mason.
Were you at his house on the 18th OF
March last2"
DE Lancey Nicoll. Mr.. Vreeland's law
yer, was on his feet In a second. vigor-
ously objecting TO the question.
1T must be shown" he said. III such
a visit was made, that 1t was at the In
~stigation OF MIR. Vreeland. and that any
conversation was authorized BY him"
Mr.. Jerome. In turn. declared that
the question was most vital.
u dsbutifc lI.hk soHic vi lutS6 ktHllt-
men may not tell the whole truth in
his case. and I must prepare either
10 force the truth or punish them ne
said. Following this line l hope TO
force them either to tell the truth ana
the whole truth, or to make 1t Impossible
for them 70 tel! %untruths."
Question Wac Allowed.
The Magistrate allowed the question
and Mason replied:
II think I was
Did YOU talk with Mr.. Amory be-
tween S and 10 in the evening?"
Yes"
Mr.. Page?"
II believe ! did"
WAS that fact true?'
1T was not"
Did Amory say Get down to bust
ness, what does Page propose to dor
and you replied that Page was waiting
for him to make 4 propositionT'
Yes"
why did you say this?"
Because ! had clients with great
financial interests In the case. / have
told you that"
do you mean that l had any finan-
cial interest In the AFFAIR." asked Mr..
Jerome.
Not at ALL"
The spectacle of Jerome forcing his
former law partner to admit he had
told a lie was interesting. The Dis
trlot-Attorney read from n typewritten
report the conversation held on the
night Mason visited Amory. The con-
versation was direct and 1t was whIs-
pered ~precautlon had been taken 10y
some Of to have II recorded steno-
graphically at the time. Mason az
mitted that he had said TO Amory that
The evening world., 1903-04-29

Justice Scott in the Criminal Branch
OF the Supreme Court to-day. on a
charge of defraudins life Insurance COM
panies, Assistant Distrlct-Attorney
Krotel was the first witness.
1t was Mr.. Krotei who started the IN
YES tigation. He testified to having seen
ana talked with Bartholomew Tlrano.
the acsompUce Of Trepani, in the Dis
trict-Attorney's office in December, 1907.
Was Tirano allowed to go at liberty
at the end of that interview" Mr..
Wahle. counsel for Trepani. asked.
He was the first fine he replied.
why was he not let 20 the second
The evening world., 1903-04-29
REAL FIRE AFTER
A FALSE ALARM.
Fumigation of a Salvation Army
Lodging House Results in
Smoke, Fright, Profanity and
Serio-C Comic Incidents.

A Are which began with a false alarm
n wound up with two real ones made
the Salvation Army lodging-house al
No. SO Bowery n scene of much smoke,
water, sweat. fright. profanity and some
serio-comic incidents.
Girls with pale faces and their hearts
In their mouths sped their twinkling
feet down fre-csca pes and narrow
stair ways to safety. Passengers on the
surface cars running through the Bow
cry got out and swore softly. Passen-
gers on the uptown ~ trains swore
more than softly. for. while they
weren't delayed. many of them were
thoroughly wet by the water towers as
the mctormen sped past the burning
building with windows In the cars open
all along the line.
The first alarm. the false one, came In
about 2 o'clock. The lodging house peo-
pie were fumigating the place. rive
engines responded and the bremen
turned back In disgust. Hardly mad
they reached their houses when an
other alarm came in This was the real
thing. The fumigation had stopped over
n set Are TO the beds IN the second
floor In the rear.
Owing TO the paper box factories on
either side of the Building u second
alarm was at once turned in. The girls
In the New oYrk Paper Box Company
and In the Buffalo Paper Box Company
hearing the engines returning made a
dash for the street and all got there
without affording opportunity for he
roic rearuaa
The evening world., 1903-04-29
P[UCKED CHILD
FROM BONFIRE.
Five Year-0ld Heroine Saves
Little Sister but Is Herself
Perhaps Fatally Burned, De.
spite Attempt to Save Her.

While Katie Whalen, five years old,
AMI her sister. Molly. A year younger.
were playing in a vacant lot near their
home. No. sol West One Hundred and
Thsrt.eth street. this afternoon, Molly
found an Old newspaper and proceeded
to build a bonfire. She heaped up
bits OF broken boxes and soon had a
merry b.aze. but in her eagerness Ia
put on fresh fuel she approached too
close and her dress isn!ted.
Her hve-year-olj sister saw her da n
ger. and. selling her. smothered the
fia mtH before they had more thai
scorched the child, but in doing So she
stumbled and fell into The midst OF the
bonfire.
Meanwhile their mother n father,
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price for Amory's holdings in a bank
rupt stock concern.
Page on the stand.
William II. Page. jr., followed Mason.
He lie n lawyer.
did you employ or ask Mr.. Mason to
tax TO- ANGRY" asked Mr.. Jerome.
ested IN the road. aud We talked tn.
Amory matter over several times. ]
know he used my name to Amory."
Mr.. Page caused amusement to Mr.. Je.
II really thought Mr.. .Amoryis pn.u.
matte bicycle saddle a good invention
and a money-maker.'
THAT isn't the reason YOU offered 10
buy Il. II is?" asked Jerome. smillnsly.
No answered Page. while Jerome,
Osborne and Amory roared.
Ibid Mr., vreeland ask you TO confer
with Mr.. ANGRY In any way?'
Page said he was counsel for the
Metropolitan Company, but was no
counsel for Mr.. Vreeland
Mr.. Nlcoll moved that the testimony
OF both Mason and Page be stricken out
on the ground that 1t failed to connect
Mr.. Vreeland with the case. Mr.. Jerome
consented quickly. and despite Osborne's
strenuous plea TO keep 1t In Magistrate
Mr.. Nicoll then asked for an adjourn
ment to allow him to call Talbot J, Tay-
Tor. who. ne said. was touring in his
automobile.
Called II Bad Faith.
Mr.. Osborne objected to allowing Mr..
Taylor to be called. saying 1t was bad
faith on the part of Mr.. Vreeland's law
yer. in letting Mr.. Taylor read all the
newspapers and familiarize himself with
all the testimony and then delaying In
bringing him to the witness chair.
Magistrate Barlow adjourned the hear
ing until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
when il was expected Mr.. Taylor will
be the first witness.
The evening world., 1903-04-29
WOMAN RUN DOWN
BY A FIRE ENGINE
She Attempts to Cross Street and
10 Knocked Down and Leg
Crushed Under Wheel,

Mrs. Sarah WoIfson. OF No. $40 Clinton
street, was run down and seriously In.
jured this afternoon by a fire engine In
front of her home.
A nre had started OF the second hoo,
of the tenement at No. 10 Rutgers place
and the engine, No. II, was headed In
that direction fun tilt Mrs. Wolfson
attempted to cross the street In front
Of the flying engine. One Of the horses
struck her and she fell.
One wheel Of h engine passed over
her right leg. crushing the bones below
the knee. She was removed 10 Gouver'
neur Hospital, where the surgeons sale
she was in a serious condition. The
driver OF the engine was Gustave Koch
The fire was put on, with little dam
age. r
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timer
Because he had been arrested In the
mean time"
Mr.. krotel said he first saw 'Trepanl
some time In January. Tirano forfeited
his bond. Mr.. Krotel said. and has
been recaptured.
Mr.. Krotel then told OF the exhuma-
ton OF bodies buried by the gang.
Did Trepani eve bring his books In
your o~flce?"
Yes was the reply.
"He allowed you 10 examine themT"
He did,"
Detective-Sergeant Petroslno told tho
Jury OF meeting Trepani at the latter'f
undertaking establishment in First "
nue..
The evening world., 1903-04-29
TRUNKS.
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b~uSOHioHt.
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80. 80. 81. 80 ana 80 inch; Gov
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:. .. above ...... sizes $3.50
a largo number OF leather
bound trunks; three trays; mus
lin lined: two straps over the
top; all bolt locks and hinges
rivetsd on. a very strong trunk
at 81, so, Value up 70 S12-O0.
All sizes lrom 20 70 20 inches.
The evening world., 1903-04-29

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The evening world., 1903-04-29
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BASEMENT,
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The evening world., 1903-04-29
KROTEL A WITNESS
IN INSURANCE TRIAL
Assistant plstrlct-Attorney Started
Investigation Which Led to the
Arrest Of the Gang.

At he trial of Joseph Trcpani. before