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The evening world., 1903-06-27
WAR OFFICE DENIES
BRITISH DISASTER.
"a snatch Published In Paris Had
Announced Another Mad
Muliah Victory.

LONDON. June 1.-THE city was
thrown into a state OF dismay recalling
the early days of the Boer war by a
despatch from Paris announcing the re-
ceipt there of a special from Jibutil.
AbyssLnia, telling OF a crushing British
reverse in Somaliland. But shortly
after the publication of the Paris des@
patch the War ONCE announced the re-
ceipt Of a telegram from Gen. Man
ming, in command In Somaliland. iatly
contradicting the French report.
According to the version sent out from
the French capital the Mad Mullah was
said to have destroyed the fine British
POSTS between Burao and Bohotie, kill
ing s~thirty-nine out of the forty-two
British officers capturing two thou
sand native soldiers.
Gen. Manning's dispatch was dated
June 2s and announced his arrival at
Bohotle unopposed. He captured a num-
Der OF Mullah's camels and sheep ON
the way The General said the Mullah,
with his fighting men, had crossed the
British line Of communications, half
way between Damot and Bohotle. The
Mullah's move was due to the British
hold on the Mudug district and to the
pressure of the Abyssinians. who, are
advancing from the south.
Gen, Manning adds: This flight of
the Muilah would have been turned into
a rout II Il had been possible to send q
column OF sufficient strength from
Bohotle. The prisoners captured say
the tnbesmen are disorganized."
The evening world., 1903-06-27
CITY IS TO BUILD
BIC FLOWER MARKET
Old Clinton Market, Lately Con-
demned, Will Be Replaced
with a Structure Covering an
Entire West Side Block.

Manhattan Is to have a permanent
and beautiful flower market. wholesale
and retail. Old Clinton Market. which
long since outlived Its usefulness.
Is to be demolished to make way for
tho city's new garden spot.
A handsome two-story terra Gotta
structure covering the entire block be-
tween Canal. Spring. Washington and
West streets, covering an area OF $4,000
square feet, will be erected.
Mayor Low has seen the plans and
drawings OF the new flower mart and
will present the matter at the next
meeting of the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment. President Fornes OF
the Board of Aldermen said to-day that
he heartily approved the plans and
that he would be glad to do all In his
power to effect the establishment Of Q
flower market such as proposed.
For many years CLINTON Market has
been a losing source of revenue to the
city. 1t, with our other old-time city
markets. was condemned by Engineer
Mclean OF the Finance Department.
Occupying valuable city space, the En-
gineer reported that Clinton Market
was a public eyesore. Alderman Regi-
rald 8. Douil was recently approached
by a delegation. OF women who urged
that the old market be turned into a
flower market. The idea was al once
approved. Flower dealers from sections
outside the metropolitan district and In
Manhattan as we'll were enthusiastic
over the plan and agreed at an Informal
meeting to cooperate with the city
Authorities In making a permanent city
flower mart a successful and attractive
enterprise.
There will be a cold storage plant.
and show windows in which all varie-
ties of flowers n plants may be dis
played. The market will be kept open
at all times, so hat flowers may be
purchased at any hour. At present
flower dealers ave the privilege OF sell
ing plants on a section of Union square
from midnight untn 7 A. M. After the
latter hour they must dispense or. re-
naming, are subject to arrest. The
arrangement has never been satisfactory
to either the public or the dealers.
Already eighty-seven dealers have
agreed to rent stores or stands In the
IL is proposed to build individual privl-
leges Tor $50 sellers of flowers and
plants. These will pay a rental each OF
total annual income OF SIS 900. or 10 per
cent. on an Investment OF $3.50. 600. which
IL Is calculated will be the COST OF the
baths.
spec in the flower market building to
permit of the installation OF two Indoor
public baths.
Mayor Low and Borough President
- laI tnfnrpna1 that Qtiar r.
anteed rentals for $50 privileges In the
new market were already assured, so
that the city would md the flower
market a profitable city enterprise.
the building OF the flower market at the
eek meeting OF the Board Of Estimate.
The Mayor said: Il.
"it Is. indeed, an attractive project
and one that appeals to me. I shall
certainly be pleased TO vote for the
building OF the market"
The evening world., 1903-06-27
THEY
Now They All Laugh.

ITO think of scientific food help
ing me out Of trouble seemed ridic-
ulous," said a st. Louis woman.
II used to read the published
statements about Grape-Nuts in q
cynical way. hardly believing they
were true. One day a neighbor who
was calling while I was lying down
as usual land feeling terribly said:
I believe you eat entirely too much
rich food. and especially too much
meat. l wish you would change
your diet and use Grape-Nuts.' I
laughed heartily and said: Il see You
have been reading the newspapers,
too Yes she replied, and I have
become 4 convert. for my husband,
who, you know, is busy in the Of
fee all day. and whose nervous sys-
tenn was completely run down. has
got so we'll and hearty by giving mp
the heavy meat breakfast and living
on a diet OF cooked fruit, Grape
Nuts and cream and Postum Food
Coffee for breakfast. he Is a new
man, and not been near a physician
for two months
az did not wonder that she was en-
th~usiastic, so l began that evening
to use Grape-Nuts, eating nothing
else for my 7 o'clock supper. I felt
entirely satisfied and rested better
that night than I had for MONTHS
THE family all laughed at me, but
the next morning I ate my Grape
Nuts and cream, some stswed fruit
and n cup of Postum Food Coffee.
That day l felt amiable with my
self and the whole world at large,
and my feelings were so good and
comfortable that l concluded to keep
on with my new food.
After about two weeks on this
kind OF diet my family began 10 sea
the change in me. had lost my
nervous. cross, irritable manner. and
I could sleep all night soundly. Ny
face was rouni and my complexion
was quite clear, with a tinge Of
rosy color in my cheeks. In about
a month | had gained ten pounds.
and my family all became converts
10 Grape-Nuts. which we have used
now for some time. We ne all In
health. and my grocery BIZ
is nothing like as large rs /; ascd
to be.
~ am now sn we'll and strong that
I feel able tn do anything l waut
"a. Husband ssys the to+ei should
he called 'Gold-Nuts.' notice q
marked change in my mental ca
,acity. Formerly I could not conceny
rate nv mind on any book Or any
me thing; now that is all changed.
can read steadily and think Logic
- H., frou remisS 10 conclusions. an
The evening world., 1903-06-27
Braves SMALLPOX Dangers at
BordentoWn Office, Where She
Holds Fort Alone as Volunteer
to Keep Exchange Open.
CALL HER UP; SHE'LL LIKE II
Even the Streets Are Deserted, and
the Only Communication She Has.
with the Outside World Is o''sr
the Wire,
Special to me EvsnIns wsrid.l

Especial 10 me Evening Nofld.1
TRENTON. June 27.-Quarantined IN
the Interstate telephone Central In
B~ordentown, N. j., Miss Ethel hlis.
the Newton girl not afraid Of facing
pestilence In the performances OF duty,
is calmly calling Number. please
Around her hesd Is strapped the tel
epAone receiver wo,:n by Marvin Natl
until. he a stricken at his post with
smallpox. Still Miss Ellis goes on with
company employing her.
Only for her a great corporation
would cease business In, B~ordentown.
When there is a luil in business the
looks down into the almost dssarted
street with many shops closed. she
can see the B~ordentown House closed.
a rope sSound the pillars which sup
discern the flaming crimson sign on
which is printed in bold black letters.
smallpox"
shop where, victims OF the plague are
suffering, the shop closed and people
other side Of the street.
wishes OF the Board OF Health. are
closed and the lights cast down their
electric rays on deserted streets ana
show the watchful hello girl" alone
IN neE pGsNilcuSc tibaatA. -
Alone. alone. and all alone in q lonely
place. works this girl. on a monthly
wage for the convenience OF Interstate
Telephone subscribers. braves q disease.
of feature II contracted, and maybe
death In q painful manner.
The time to close the exchange comes
and h the darkness and loneliness Of
q long night. There are no companions
for Mss Ellis. In Trenton. fve miles
away, which mtg.it be 1000. are the
friends who would not II they could
and could not r, II thsy y, wol Ibsm come oys. i ,Ss
telephone after hours Of work. she de-
clares 81 don't mind. Everything 70
all right with me- l feel good only lt
how il feels to be shunned-ha! ha! har'
Her friends detect a false ring In the
Sill, Miss Ellis was a voluntser. ana
stick to the post until the public gains
courage to again frequent the building.
True 1t is. h fumigation with for
TSs s,t hys r was gssor ssa M n af bavi na VIE
Of the superintendent OF the telephone
line, a stricken afterward, ana the
people are scared. 49,
Mutt had been stricken with smallpox
c comps n anxious mot to Close their
mort wanted in such times as the
called for a volunteer for the serve
Miss Ellis. an experienced OPERATOR. at
once volunteered. She was old of the
dangers from contagion as well as in
formed OF the precautionary measures
as 10 dis~infectlon the company mad
taken, snll she declared her willingness
to go. and 60 she did; stay she must
until smallpox ceases In ~Bordentown-
Miss Ellis is not quite out Of her teens.
Her twentieth birthday viii come next
winter. In form and features she ~
shapely and pretty. In determination
she H. adamant; Her mother keeps
city. and a brother also resides there.
Her father Il dead.
The evening world., 1903-06-27
FELL DOWN SHAFT
IN THE SAVAR|N
Samiscott Had Delivered Ice to
Equitable Building Restaur-
ant, and When Left Alone
TumbIed Into Opening.

An iceman was probably fatally in
jured to-day by falling six stories to
the basement OF the Equitable Life AS
surance Society Building, at No. 100
Broadway. He was Frank Samiscott.
twenty-three years old, OF No. 40 West
Twelfth street. employed by the Mer-
chants Union Ice Company.
samiscott had finished delivering sew
eral tons Of ice in the kitchen OF the
Savarin Cafe. on the sixth floor of
the Equitable Building, and as usual
a eaten hig breakfast there. He sat
on the landing by the elevator shaft
for a time talking with one of the chefs
and a walter. These two were called
away and when they returned Sami-
scott was missing.
A few minutes later one Of the en-
ployees of he cafe found the iceman's
body at the bottom Of the.dumb waiter
shaft. Policeman Syperrek. of the Old
Slip station. was called. n he sum-
moned an ambulance from Hudson
Street Hospital. The doctor did not ex-
pect Samiscott to live through the
Journey to the hospital. He had appar-
emily received a fracture Of the skull
and conclusion Of the brain. IN addition
TO injuries In other parts Of the body.
According to the walters at the Saw
arin. Samiscott did not seem to be in his
usual good humor this morning. al
though no particular attention was paid
to him. There were no witnesses of the
accident. Detective o'Neill OF the Old
Slip station. was assigned to hunt for
them. but could get no information.
The evening world., 1903-06-27
WOMAN IN JAIL ON
CHARGE OF MURDER
Nunziata Caruso, Accused Of
Stabbing Her Sweetheart,
Returns to This City and Is
PromptIy Arrested.

They told me I was free and didn't
have to bother about jail n more"
sohbed Nunziata Caruso. when she was
arrested to-day on a charge Of murder.
The woman. who Is forty-six years old.
stabbed and killed her sweetheart, Giu-
scope Palumbo. on Jan. 3 last. The
couple were living at No. 1zS Hester
street.
Nunziata Caruso was arrested after the
killing. and Magistrate Pool paroled her
in the custody OF her lawyer. She then
left the city. To-day Detective-Sergeant
Petrosdno learned that the woman was
living at No. S1e East Twelfth street and
arrested her.
1T was told Il get out Of tho city and
stay away" she said when taken to Po-
lice Headquarters. 'Toen my friends
said I could come back again. and l did
so"
The evening world., 1903-06-27
CLAIMANT FOR
ROGERS MILLIONS
An Alleged Son by a Marriage
of Long Ago Appears as Pos
sibIe Contestant of viii Of
Wealthy Locomotive Builder.

A claimant has appeared who, 1t is ex-
pected. will make a contest over the will
Of Jacob 8. Rogers. the locomotive build
or, who left the bulk OF his fortune,
amounting to more than g, 900. 900. to the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art. The claim
ant 10 said to be a son Of Mr.. Rogers.
the issue of a marriage contracted in
1913 with Bertha Yost.
An advertisement in O morning paper
asks for information IN regard to the
marriage and tho whereabouts of the
surviving witness, the family physician
and nurse present at the birth OF the son
by this marriage In ls4s. The name Of
the son Is given as George A. Rogers.
Robert De Forest, senior counsel for
the Rogers estate, was not In the city
to-day. bu; a member OF the arm admit
ted they had heard OF n claimant and
1; as their opinion that even wee
the man able to prove his claim the case
would not stand In law because the legal
limit for fling a contest had elapsed
The evening world., 1903-06-27
Louise Muller HeroicaIIy Strug-
giles to Disarm Her Step
father After He Has Fired One
Bullet into His Wife.
TRICK SHE HAD REAL ABOUT.
Remembers II In Time Of D%anserand
10 Thus Able to Overcome peffIer,
Who Shoots Himself In the Heart
After the Women Flee.

Louise Muller had always loved to
read OF heroic deeds. but she never
dreamed that some day she would have
q chance to distinguish herself tor BRAY
cry.
The chance came last evening and the
naneteen-year-old girl promptly took
advantage OF 1t by saving her mother
from being murdered by her stepfather,
William Deffler. After he had been
o~verpowered by Miss Muller Denler
committed suicide.
For thirty years Deffler had kept a
saloon in Passaic. N. ]. Recently he
erected a frame house in Wellington
n then ~endeavored to OBTAIN a
license to operate a saloon there. This
was refused him and then Deffler look
TO drinking and spent his money right
m left.
His wife finally told him to keep
away from the hoi:se and he went to
live in Guttenburg. Yesterday he pur-
chased a revolver In Fassalc and then
called on Mrs. Deffler, who barricaded
herself in the building with her daugh-
ter.
All day Deffier staggered about In the
neighborhood vowlng he would kill his
wife. In the evening he broke into the
place and chased Mrs. Defier and Miss
Muller into a back room. There he
fired a bullet at the older woman,
wounding her in the leg.
Then Miss Muller sprang forward and
seized the muzzle of the revolver. She
struggled all over the room with him.
breaking chairs and window panes.
The evening world., 1903-06-27
P[? DOG THROWS
GIRLS INTO PANIC
Dashes About Factory, Where 1t
Was Kept, Foaming at the
Mouth, and Drives Them to
Tops of Tables.

"a dog in a At at h factory OF the
Faber Pencil Company in Greenpoint
threw hundreds of employees into a
panic to-day.
The dog was a pet. and was kept on
the fourth floor. A large number Of
girls work on this floor, and when they
saw the dog dashing about n foam
ing at the mouth they were seized with
wild alarm. They sprang upon chairs
and tables. and some ven tried to gain
higher places Of safety.
Their screams nj mad scramble
served to excite the dog still more, but
two or three of the men finally sue
ceeded in driving the dangerous animal
to the third floor, whence it escaped to
the street, where It bit eight-year-old
George McNulty, OF No. 81 Greenpoint
venue in the leg.
The lads wound was dressed by IN
ambulance surgeon n later he will be
sent to the Pasteur Institute.
The evening world., 1903-06-27
DISGRACE
AND ENDED LIFE
Niece of Mrs. Potter Says that
the Unfortunate Woman Had
Been Suffering from Melan-
choIia for a Full Year.


Love Tor her HUSBAND ana an ex-
fancied her divorce had brought upon
uvee OF Mrs Mary Agnes Hall Pot
ter FOR her suicide at white Plains
Thursday.
MY aunt had been suffering from
acute melancholia for a year." said
Miss Mamie Klock. at her home. No.
1884 East Forty-third street. to-day.
"She brooded over her troubles all of
the time. We knew thai she was de-
pressed. but we never dreamed that she
would do such a dreadful thing as to
commit suicide. We hoped she would
outlive her depressed spells
Miss klock Is the daughter OF Mrs.
Potter's favorite sister, Mrs. w. H
klock. who Is making arrangements for
the funeral at White Plains.
M aunt never committed suicide on
account OF money matters she con-
" ..o = ppeS 49, 80"
addition to this she had her Jewels.
u,r-,~. xy,. u,fortun.te.
IL Is true ohat she nae iost consider
aoIe money on her orIsihai ihheIi,anoe'
but that 10 directly connected with her
marriage, too. What who ie
fond NJ her huspand would mot give him
ioNu "
money wnen ne asked TOT IL!
ut broke my aunt's heart when she
hoard of her husbend's alleged miscon-
-. - q,
ouc.; ono w
speaking of her AFFAIRS. and II she had
talked more freely we might have been
- =. n,.,.., ~. drs.Sr,, 49,,
aoie 10 prevent TINS oreaoiu' event.
"Dr. Potter will never dare go near
the funeral. nave peer told that he
~. -. - uyhs,. p,atr. 20 ,ooL after
n gone 70 White flaihs 10 LOOK AFTER
the body. but this cannot be 30. MY
mother and aunt have made all ar
r.n.am.r,.
ranseiheh's
THE story that my aunt met q young
man at. the White Plains station Just
-. ..-r,,,.d .,I,,a. 4, ,,,r,,.
oetoie she communism su'oiuo 10 uh'fu
They v mixed her with some ona
The evening world., 1903-06-27
FILED FOR
TlMES'S NEW HOME.
Newspapers Building, at Forty-see.
ond Street and Broadway, VIII
Connect with the Subway,

Plans for the new building OF the New
York Times. at Forty-second street and
Broadway, which have Just beer COM
pleted by Aschitect c. L. W. Eidlitz.
contemplate n s~ixteen-story structure,
with a basement four floors beneath the
street surface and a si1-story tower
along the Forty-secopa street front
which will suggest AFchitecturally tie
Campsnile OF GiottO at Florence,
TIE pdess-room end stereotyping plant
will BIO in the Basement. the counting
room will DO on the street level. the
composins-Foom on the sixteenth foor
OF the main building. and the editorial
departments will occupy the entire six
stories OF the tower. BY having access
to the rapid transit tunnel from ISs
press-room the Times will be enabled to
circulate its papers as easily as II now
does from Park Row..
The evening world., 1903-06-27
ONE OF THE CITY'S
UNWRITTEN TRAGEDIES.
Ineapaeltated by illness, His Wife
Seeking Work, Born Sends Chill.
dren to Play and Kills Sell.

Edward Born killed himself In his
home at No, ! East One Hundred and
Thirty-fourth street, because he was
III and unable to support his wife and
two children.
For six months Born, who was thir-
ty-three n a clerk. had been growing
verse with tuberculosis. His savings
were spent, and there was no hope
he would ever sufficiently TO
go to work again,
Yesterday his wife, Rose, went out
to see IL she could obtain a position.
The two children were sent out to play
and Born lay alone In his bedroom.
when Mrs, Born came home she found
her husband unconscious In his bed.
with the windows closed and gas
from two unignited burners,
Born was dead when q physician ar
The evening world., 1903-06-27
SLAYER STOLE
MARRIAGE FEAST
Man Who Killed Policeman
Ahearn In New Rochelle
Makes Second Confession of
His Guilt.
Especial to The Evening WORLDLY

NEW ROCHELLE. June 2.-"First
went to Mt. Archer's, where I stole a
burlap bag and three chickens. Then
from there / went to the home OF Henry
6etbrecht, who Ia a florist. He has
greenhouses on North street. about a
mile north OF Rochelle Park. There
got a lot OF flowers and put them IN the
bag with the chickens. Next I started
to 20 to the home OF Bernardina Ser
rafo. my sweetheart. on Oak street.
II walked through Rochelle Park,
when I met q man whom I thought was
a loafer. / shot him I'VE times. l didn't
know he was a policeman.
II was going to get married the next
day. The flowers l wanted to decorate
the house after the girl and I had mar
ried. The chickens 1 was going TO have
for a wedding supper. The bag ! hid In
a stone wall after l shot he man. II
This second confession, made to-day
by Francesca Raffo. the s~elf-confessed
slayer of Policeman Maurice Ahearn. %
New Rochelle. on last Saturday morn
which Coroner weisendanger has forged
around the prisoner. and there Is said
to be no chance OF his escaping convtc-
ton. RATIO seems happy that he has
tolu Ill aDout the IoooeTy a1u cne notni-
eide which have the residents OF
New Rochelle In a great state OF excite
ment for q week. and he declares he II
happier for having made 1t.
You can do as you please wtth me-"
he continued. II shot the man in self
defence. He fired at me first. / thought
he was a loafer. He didn't have on any
uniform or bndRa."
II has developed that when Ahearn
was found dead ne was attired IN citi-
GEMS clothing. and this corroborates
the statement OF Raffo and may save
HIM from the electric chair. but Dis
trfct-Attorney Young says the evidence
and confessions are so strong as TO In
sure a conviction of murder In the first
degree. The westohester County Grand
Jury has adjourned and the prisoner
ann be indicted until September.
The evening world., 1903-06-27
i'll. he LEAPED
FROM A WINDOW.
But Lyons Was still Living When
Picked Up and Was Taken to
Hospital q Prisoner.

Professor Jacob Lyons. forty-two
years old, q chiropodist. attempted sui
eide In his fat at No. 17e6 Madison ave.
nue. to-day.
Lyons occupied the second floor with
his wife and child. His health has been
poor and he became 30 Respondent that
he leaped from the rear window of
his apartment. He received injuries 10
head and left leg, n the shock brought
q hemorrhage OF the lungs. His con-
dition Il critical. He was removed 10
Harlem Hospital . prisoner.
The evening world., 1903-06-27
Neu cabinet for areece.

ATHENS. Greece. June 27.-M, Theo-
tokis. Q former Premier. has succeeded
In forming n new Cabinet, with himself
as Premier and Foreign Minister. The
Greek Ministry, headed by Al. Zaimis.
resigned June Is as the result OF a vote
OF want Of confidence passed by the
The evening world., 1903-06-27
Hobbey oies OF His Burns.

+, Thomas q, Hobbey died in tho Eastern
division Hospital. Williamsburg. to-day
IS the result OF burns received In The
10. s66 Keap street 1900