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The sun., 1903-12-10
ARCADE TO PENN. TERMINAL.
NEW PLAN TO REACH CROSSTOWN
CARS FROM TUNNEL DEVELOPS.


With Stores on Either Side Being
Designed TO saith street-Further
Step I'm Making Uptown Picturesque.
y Many surmses, founded upon the recent
buying up Of large part OF the block front
on the south side of Thirty fourth street.
between Seventh and Eighth avenues.
were settled yesterday by a broker who
represented one of the properties sold.
The purchasing, this broker said, has been
done on behalf of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, which intends to erect an arcade
building, through which passengers from
its great two block terminal station may
reach the Thirty-fourth street crosstown
cars without the detour of block and hall
from the station entrance otherwise neces-
sary by way of Seventh avenue.
The arcade building will have frontage
of PAS feet at 22s to $50 West Thirty-fourth
street, and the passageway through it
that is, through the middle of the block
will be lined with retail stores. Title to the
property is now held by the City Real Estate
Company, a concern which acts for GUS
toners of the Title Guarantee and, Trust
Company. but which does not operate
on its own account.
Included in the Thrty-fourth street 'front.'
age is the old United First Presbyterian
Church. Abutting property on the north
side OF Thirty-third street Is held by the
Stuyvesant Real Estate Company, the off,
cial realty agent of the Pennsylvania. The
property at 225 TO 24i West Thirty-fourth
street, which faces the proposed arcade
building, and which extends through TO
234 to 23s West Thirty-ffth street. also has
changed hands recently. The ownership
rests now with interests said to be associ-
ated with John Jacob Astor.
At the time the plot was purchased it was
reported that it was intended as a site for
large hotel.
The sun., 1903-12-10
Old WOMAN DIES IN CHURCH.
Mrs. Mary KeeEan stricken While kneelins
in Pew.

The Rev. T. Hyacinth Justa was say
ing prayers at the altar of the Church
Of st. Vincent Ferrer, at Sixty-sixth street
and Lexington avenue, when he heard
some one groaning behind him, Turning
around. he saw a white haired old woman
who had been kneeling in one Of the pews.
but who had by that time collapsed. She
st grasped rosary in one hand and a
prayerbook in the other.
A doctor was called, but before he arrived
the old woman was dead. She was identi-
fed later as Mrs. Mary Keegan, a widow,
who had been stopping with relatives at
1875 East Sixty-sixth street. Heart disease
is supposed to have caused her death.
The sun., 1903-12-10
RATTLE WITH STRIKERS.
Deputies and Miners Exchange Shots. but
No One IL Hurt.

TRINIDAD, Col Dec 9.-Strikers in am
bush to-day fired upon party Of deputies
and coal mine clerks near Berwind. The
fire was returned and for half an hour
the fusillade continued, when more deputies
arrived and the attacking party fled.
So far as known nobody was hurt. The
Sheriff gathered fifty men here to go to
the scene. but found they were not needed.
The double funeral of the victims of
Monday nights fight occurs here to-mor-
row. and the strike leaders are preparing
for a demo nstration. The Sheriff thinks
that trouble will follow. He is preparing
to take vigorous action in case it comes.
The sun., 1903-12-10
Grino Flights q Cop Al Cycle Raoe.

Some friends Of Young Critic, the boxer
got into a brawl at about clock this morn
ing at the cycle race in Madison Square Gar
den Critic went to the rescue and met
policeman on the same errand. 1t was
in the big ring within the track on the main
floor The cop and Young Griffo had a
stand up fight, the puglist landing hard
and often for part Of a round. He was
eventually subdued and taken to the
Thirtieth street station,
The sun., 1903-12-10
LOST RINGS Nv HOTEL, SHE SAYS.
woman Reports That Four OF Them, Worth
$500. Disappeared.

A woman who said she was Miss Mary L.
Cock of 2e5 Central Park West drove to the
Tenderloin station in a cab with two women
and two men friends last night. She said
that she had lost in the Normandie Hotel
four rings worth $500,
She had left them in the washroom, she
said, and walked out without them. When
gone.
Miss Cook is from the South and is stop
ping at the Central Park West address with
Frank j. Fahey.
The sun., 1903-12-10
8. I. FERRY PLAN GOES OVER.
Comptroller Not Ready to RepOrt-Mayor
Anxious for Progress.

Comptroller Grout was not ready yester-
day to report upon the plans suggested
by Dock Commissioner Hawkes. for the
purchase, OF the Staten Island ferry, and
the Sinking Fund Commission put the
matter over for a week. Mayor Low has
been particularly anxious to get the prof.
ect started as one Of the acts of his ad-
minist ration.
The sun., 1903-12-10
VETO on PIER EXTENSION.
Secretary Root Decides Against the New
York Dock Commissioner.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Secretary Root
to-day decided adversely the request OF
the Dock Commissioner of New York for
authority to extend the steamship piers
along what is known as the Chelsea i'm
proyement This action was taken i'm
mediately after hearing long argument
in favor Of the extension by jackson Wal
lace, Deputy Dock Commissioner of New
York.
The quest ion OF granting authority for
the proposed extension has been before the
War Department for long time The
board of engineers of the army opposed
the extension on the ground that the prob
able future development of commerce
along the Hudson River would necessitate
the wide channel and they suggested that
longer piers could be secured bv digging
inland The Dock Commissioner urged that
this could not be done because of the New
York Central Railroads holdings along the
line of the proposed pierhead extension.
Secretary Roots decision follows:
am constrained to denv the application
of the City of New York for the extension of
the pierhead line along what is known as the
Chelsea Improvement for the reasons stated
by the board OF engineers in their report
OF Dec ?, 1903. and by the Chief of En- ngineers
in his Endorsement OF Dec 4, 1908 i do this
with great reluctance, for ] approac ched the
subject with a strong desire to comply with
the wishes of the city government. and /
agree with the officers Of the city that New
York should have piers capable OF accom-
modating the largest steamships
1t is not necessary, however, that this
accommodation should be provided by further
encroachment upon the water area OF the
harbor at what is now the narrOwest part OF
the Hudson River opposite. the city. 1t can
be done either by constructinS piers at points
where the river is wider or BY digging out
the shore end of the slips Thousand foot
piers could be obtained in this way in many
parts of the waterfront without going back
into the land as far as the original water
line
Any further encroachment upon the water
area by an extension of the pierhead line
would practically be irrevocable, and having
in view the probable future development
OF commerce along the Hudson River. am
satisfied that IL such an extension were now
granted within very few years IL would
be looked back upon us having been serious
mistake
The plans for the Chelsea improvement
projected by Dock Commissioner Hawkes.
were adop' ed last June. They included
the construction of nine 800 foot piers for
the accommodation of transatlanti liners.
The piers were to be 1925 feet wide, with
$50 feet of open water between them, and
were to be built between Eighteenth and
Twenty-third streets, and the plans in
cluded $50 foot driveway to face them.
The sun., 1903-12-10
HINT TO TIE CRIMINAL BAR
That They're Not So Useful TO Their Clients
aA the llieniR Think.

A lawyer who practses in the General
Sessions went to Judge Cowing yesterday
and asked for the adjournment Of case
In which he Is counsel He was the last Of
number OF lawyers who had done the
same thing yesterday.
Under the common law" said the
Judge, "a defendant didn't have to have
lawyer. In most cases here lawyers are
of no use, any way, and your clients would
fare better at the Courts hands than they
do in the lawyers hands. This case will
70 10 trial when it is reached.'
The sun., 1903-12-10
COMA EATS ITS NATE.
Settles . Family Dispute Over Food by
Turning CannbaI.

One Of the hooded cobras at the Zoolog-
ical Garden in The Bronx turned cannibal
the other day and devoured the female
cobra because she refused to relinqush
her end of mouse which both had begun
to eat
Curator Dtmars came along just in
time to see the tail OF the female snake
disappear down the throat of the other
He got a pair of pincers and yanked her
out, but she was beyond medical assistance
She's in a lar of alcohol now.
The sun., 1903-12-10
Fierce snowstorm Up the State.

SARATOGA, Dec "a fierce snowstorm
is raging in the lower Adirondack region
tonight Snow began falling this forenoon
and the storm still continues. A driving
north wind u aiding the disturbance
The sun., 1903-12-10
Murphy Caush, Cold at Dunn's ball.

Leader Murphy Of Tammany was con-
fined to his house Yesterday by cold con-
tracted at Tom Dunn's ball He expects to
get TO the Hall to-day.
The sun., 1903-12-10
Butler, Pa, Asks Instant Aid.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9-The Mayor of
Butler, Pa, has issued an appeal for in
slant aid The typhoid there is on the In
crease and the conditions are critical.
The sun., 1903-12-10

Father Johns Medicine Cures Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption, Qua ranteed. ds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-30

chemicals, copper. cotton. dbers, furs.
hides and skins. India rubber. silk. tin,
tobacco, wool and the bulk Of iron and
steel imported. which comes in a par
TALLY manufactured state. but for uss
in manufacturing. OF these articles. the
lmportations in the eight months end
ing with February. 1903, show, in every
instance, an Increase over the eight
months ending with February, 1901
Considering these articles separately.
the value of the imDortations Of chem
icais, which are chiefly for use in manu-
featuring. was in the eight months end
ing with February. 1903, 40 million dol
lars, against about 81 millions in the
corresponding months of 1901. Compar-
ing the same periods. copper sac-Ns an
increase from Il to "a milhan dollars in
the value of its imports; cotton. from
- 80 31s millions. .ibers. from 1919 20
~ millions. furs. from to millions;
hides and skins. from 2Sis to s71z mil
lions: rubber. from Is 10 IS millions.
iron and steel, from u to "a millions;
silk unmanufaetured, from Is to 80 mill
lions; tin, from 1874 to 1884 millions;
tobacco. from ga to 1872 millions: and
wool, from to 1879 millions Of dollars.
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QUAKER RFFLECrToNs
IFrom the Philadeiphia Record

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The burglar is always looking for an
opening.
A woman never faints unless there is
a man around to catch her.
Life is a burden to the man who car
ries too much life insurance.
Some people have no more use for the
truth than tramp has for bath
robe.
The fellow who owes you money
usually feels insulted if you ask him
for it,
Lots of people are honest because
they have never had a chance to be
anything else.
The dental students should have the
strongest pull when it comes to making
the varsity crew.
a woman gets as much excitement
out of bargain sale as a man does
out of a poker game
Wigg-~Has that new opera created
much talk" WAGON. about the
same as usual, in the boxes"
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liable craft, but in 1871. in the twg
days fight against the defenses Of
Boisee, on the Salee river. in Korea, she
LED the procession which drove the Ko
can commanding general from his bat
teries. and with her old guns tuubleu
the walls about their defenders ears
and made the broad breaches through
which our forces fought a hand-t o-hand
fight to victory. This action gave her q
great reputation with the OrientaIs-
Misfortune came to her in 1872. Tor in
that year she stuck fast in the mud OF
the Yangtse Kiang. Her days Of terri
flying pirates and natives. Of carrying
dispatches, were over-for tventy-eighr
years. She was left deserted by the
government, and untouched by native
vandalism, until, in July, 1900, she was
pulled out of the mud to be made ready
for service against the Boxers. She was
fitted VI, with platforms fore and aft
and six rapid-fire guns were added to
her ancient armament. Again she diI
good service, laughed at. at first. by
the European officers. but on account
of her light draft doing work which
could not be done by .he foreign fleet.
1t was proposed to send her to the
Philippines, but she WIS found not sea
worthy.
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~MoNOCACY" TO BE SOLD.
The Old Gunboat an international
Figure.

washington. March S0.--The last relic
Of the old navy. the gunboat Monocacy,
which for years has protected American
interests in Chinese waters, Will soon be
sold by auction in Asiatfc waters
Mouoeacy is one Of the famous names
Of the United States navy The existing
gunboat. named after the celebrated
Monocacy Of the war of 1912, is a double
ended. side wheel craft, was built in
Baltimore in 1863 and because of her
light draft-nine feet-vas soon sent
to the Asiatic station, where she arrived
in 1se-. For months at a time the oid
ship lay off Tien Tsin, and by the aid of
each spring freshet made her way back
to the sea over the changing channels
and throu-h the soft mud of the Pei
Ho, only to -feel' her way back later
in the year when the waters had once
more determined their way.
With battery of four smooth bore
and two rifed muzzIe leaders. the old
Monocacy does not seem today a form
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-30
POLITICAL WARD CLUBS.
Their Organization Has Been Com
menced in Topeka.

The Republicans of the Fourth usard
the circulating a membership petition
for a new Republican club intended 10
include every Republican in the wards
regardless of factional allegiance The
men who are circulating the petitions
want to see the entire county organized
on the plan of the Harvey county Re
publican organization Republicans OF
the other wards are becoming interested
In the scheme and plans are being made
for the establishment of Republican
clubs in each ward and iii every town
ship in the county After the ward and
township organizations have been Ell
fected it is the plan TO send delegates
from each to a county club of several
hundred members which is to maintain
headquarters in the city to which every
Republican shall have access.
The scheme is largely embryonic as
yet but in the Fourth ward good head
way is being made for the organization
of the ward club. The intention is that
as a club the organization shall have
no hand in primary elections or cOnreu-
tons but shall be kept firmly in con
troll so that as a Republican county
shawnee can turn out big majoritIes in
state and national elections. In county
or city elections it is the intention to
do everything possible to prevents fur-l
Their splitting up over such fights ~
were INDUCED in at the last county
election.
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LOCAL MENTION.

The bids for the old court house and
site must be in by Friday
G. II. Pattison will leave for New
York tomorrow on a business trip.
Mrs. J. s. Parks submitted to an on
Grafton at Stormont hospital this morn
ing.
Roy Buckman has gone to his home
IN Usage county on account of a severe
attack Of tonsilitis.
Miss Adele Mehl of Burlingame, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Klingaman.
One of the songs used in Hoyt's "A
Trip to Chinatown is The AfterwhiIe''
which was written by Phil Eastman of
Topeka.
Judge Hazen has just approved Coun-
ty Treasurer Philips quarterly report
The report shows $20S, 331 50 in the coun-
ty treasury.
The state case against Charles Maris
and George Wilson in the district court
is still in progress. 1t will probably not
go to the jury before Tuesday after
noon.
The board of county commissioners
Will go to Monmouth township tomor-
row to listen to protests against the ap-
praisement of property taken for a new
road which is about to be opened there.
Major T. J. Anderson of the CONNER
cial club has been informed that Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler president Of
1OlumDla university VIII be q member
of the party accompanying President
Roosevelt upon his western trip
Thomas Parkinson. chief engineer and
electrician at the Santa Fe hospital,
was married on Tuesday. March 81 al
Chicago, to Miss Carrie Barrett. former
matron Of the Santa Fe hospital Mr..
and Mrs. Parkinson returned to Topeka
tOdav.
Sheriff Lucas reached Topeka Satur-
day night bringing back a man named
Lutz. arrested in St Joe. who is wanted
here on d charge of defrauding some in
stallment furniture house Lucas made
a trip to Jefferson City to serve re-
quisition4for the mans arrest
Habeas Corpus proceedings have been
/ commenced in the 2rObate court Dy
Anna DuDree, a colored woman we'll
known about town. to secure custody OF
a little colored girl now living with d
Mrs Young at Valencia. The Dupree
woman ella inns the child was given to her
by its mother at the time of her deatn
on March 1.
The habeas corpus case brought by
Edna Wilson against I. S. Wilson. who
is the pastor of the African Methodist
church in North Topeka, for the recov-
cry of the custody of her three children
whom he is alleged to have enticed
away from their home and hidden. was
continued for one week when called for
hearing this morning Rev Mr. Wilson
is preparing to file a divorce suit in the
district court. the papers in the case be
ing already drawn. The petition viii
charge neglect and failure to perform
the ordinary duties of the household.
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SNATCHED HER PURSE.
Mrs. L Scott Has Exciting Tire
With Nero.

Mrs l. Scott who is stopping al the
Topeka hotel, 122 West Sixth avepus.
had rather exciting experie7l-e vs5tn a
daylight footpad Saturday afternoon
She was walking west on Sixth sverssa
and after she 7aSsed Topeka avenue.
noticed a young negro following asf
She paid little attention to him. IS K
WAS about $50. in The afternoon and
the streets were not deserted. II il had
been dark Mrs Scott might have taken
alarm and saved her purse. which the
negro was after.
She carried the purse suspended by a
small chain. in her hand. and when she
reached the corner Of Lane street the
negro ran uD and grabbed IT, She
screamed and held on to the chain.
which was broken by a quick jerk. an
the negro ran north through an alley
with his booty. Mrs. Scott chased the
man about a block and then way
Iarer, a man whose name was not learn
ed, took up the chase and kept the thief
in sight until he entered the Keith tract
east Of Potwin. Tnen the pursuer ran
short OF breath. and the pursued rapid
~ vanished in the direction of the kaw
river. The purse contained about s.
An old colored man who saw the roo
berry gave the police a better descrfp-
ton of the thief than Mrs. Scott could
furnish, as she was greatly excited and
paid little attention 10 his appearance
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Five Years Of the Automobile.

Cleveland Plain Dealer:
A prominent manufacturer of auto
mobiles is quoted by the Chicago
Times Herald to the effect that while
four years ago there were only about
fifty horseless carriages in the country,
there will be no less than so, 600 in use
here by next Thanksgiving. An in
crease of a thousand fold in that period
is nothing less than phenomenal and
can be compared with nothing except
perhaps the development of the bicycle
industry a few years ago. 1t is esti-
mated that 1900 machines are now in
use.
We are largely indebted to Europe
for the development of the automobile
and the exhibition of motor cars of all
varieties which recently closed in Paris
showed that the old world still main
tains it's supremacy, though it is threat
ened by this country On the 18th of
this month the annual show of the Au-
tomobile Club of America and the Ma
tiOnal Automobile Manufacturers as
ISOLATION viii be opened and unless all
signs fail will be a worthy rival of the
exhibition In the French capital 1t
Will include every make and design
turned out in the United States and will
give at one glance an idea of the ire
mendous strides made within the past
year.
If the manufacturer above quoted is
correct the automobile is here 10 stay
and brings promise of better things in
the way of city streets and country
roads than the bicycle could ever have
brought about Its advantages for
commercial purposes are only begin
ming to be understood. A thousand
fold increase in five years viii mean
that the horseless carriage will soon
cease to be regarded as one of the dis
tinctive badges Of the millionaire
In the meantime the horse remains.
It has been argued and with reason,
that the development of the automobile
is resulting a less marked but notice
able Improvement in the breed of
horses in ordinary use. It was not ex-
pected that the blue blooded equines,
in which style and speed are desired,
would be affected one way or the other
but it is good to hear that the pleheian
horse of all work is more than holding
his own.
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oIoBE s1GHrs.
IFron the AtehIson eIobe.l

TFron the Atchison Globe.1
o. Gripi What sins are concealed in
thy name!
Some sick people leQuire five well
people to wait on them
If YOU are not missed when you go
away. it is d sign you don't amount to
much when Al home.
There are different ways of having
good luck. one is to marry woman
who has good teeth and no dentist bills
An Atchison woman yesterday did
her own washing and ironing, took a
walk visited the millinery openings, and
didn't complain at night that her back
ached.
In order to take a Turkish bath right
and run no risk of cold, bid your fam
lily an affectiOnate farewell, and expect
to stay in the bath house at least three
days.
You often see thin half starved look
ing people who look as if they did light
housekeeping for breakfast, used q
chatting dish for dinner, and ate a
boarding house supper.
We have a sneaking notion that out
in the woods kitten breeches are bloom
ing under the logs. and nodding def
ance to town children to come out and
get them.
Tt is not necessary to leave your home
and friends. give up your occupation, or
put on uniform, to do good Here is
a simple way. When you hear a good
thing said about a man. tell him This
line of missionary work does not take
any Of your time from your legitimate
nreivacz
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the new cookbook that it is better fed row
than ever before Then by the way of con-
trast the Express adds: THE delay in i'm
proving the food of the British blue
jacket is causing much discomfort on the
lower deck. Promises have been given by
the admiralty which have not been fulfill
ed. The food supplied to the British bide-
jacket is little better than it was 40 years
ago. The desertions from the British
North American squadron and from the
Pacific squadron when lying in iisqui-
mault are mainly due to the contrast be-
tween the food of the British navy and
that served out by Uncle Sam. The Mig
gardliness of the state prevents the blue
jacket or the stoker from sending his
wages home to his wife. a good portion
of them has TO be spent on food. Under
the existing admiralty arrangements. the
food of the hislsjackstS n tire time u
peace is a scandal and oo arrangements
have been made cor ssippIy ing fresh meat,
ice and fresh vegetables to blockadiug
squadrons in time of war