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IL IyyaIs Ineligible to the stay-at homes.
"a shet ter means 8of bee coming EacaualniL;GIdd
Win he @Tibetans and the country Soa,u
Nj Ia devised Il han reading THIS POOH,
MESS one As "a BILE and W Ing to umqeIgoS
tha fhardships that made edln ~ l I,a, :
o,, NV cost him his life ~ more l9laii5
snna coca sion, II he book Is pupllsnea ny
Charles scrlbner s Sons. 81,
captain 81 NJ !, Floyd 3 forthcom y y
hook. the prep of hcn We, H9s ~
in The Times some m sth f agU.s
hears the title Of Las r.
alters, or The !, tha ~ Mnr Z
While threaded on q romance. aet.neial ".
loves tender passion. finds ,its real r or
iect In depicting the , ern
lens and environments of the, s y ~
neople They are po e y. 2
ana war. as under "
fIuences Of :, ~ o,s
III. lux AZ lans, by ana lnIgensgI4s
ma nks centralized the els y
~ societ despite the sMc9uus,
arement az the domlna mt mllltar ~ anu ~
te ever thrifty and bus !. .ca pesFpaB
Ger. No like work which has (; Sfa
nneared deals So fully with the
nnha ses or the Civil and none n 9M p,,s
viyidly depicts the true g 9A'lu
heroism of the AM peo "; !, I
Gr not "a p !! Tine s can
tell But that he has e. z =, y y
liable addition to the fund OF e y
historic romance ca mot pc g ~ 81,
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sTHD LETTER. BY Charles Felton, Pid55t
GIN Published by G. w Dilling ham
Company, Of N lew Y ork. For ga les by
Miller and Rhoads. II s M 8ss ~
THE Letter is a. highly interesting
book with the scene laid on the HUI soni
at the country home Of a retired army
officer whose daughter is the herDinesot
the romance. a fSa
The character sketching in the book has
been done very well indeed. ~ General Fiar-
|5lington is quite the IL cal American fa-
ther and househol err. Dorus Harling ton's,
unfortunate hereditys inves Is her WI tn an
element OF mystery and ccounts for I'M
pulse that must otherwise have been
wholly disciplined and ungoverned.
There are several threads Of romance
running through the volume. General
Harrington RECEIVERS efficiently from
l3heartbreak before q it's conclusion to WOO
a tswomanl5who responds to his appear
Dorus Harrington is cured OF her lntatu!a
|stlon for a rnuslcian and rewards the con-
slant devotion sof her a life long lover IN
stead IL "A husband and Wife separated
throu eh the deception and wrong doing
I#of the former are, reconciled. and two
iournalist lc workers make up their minds
toIunite their hands and hearts, as we'll
\ as their intellects. for future work and INC
Happiness. si} u 8
In fact the best finishing touch that Is
nut 4 in at the general happy close Is
4 given by the auth org thus:
..The first SNOW lay 4 white on On 1ne
I broad acres about TIarling ton Hall. The
river, frozen half wa across tlashed ane
5lgittered in the sunshine, n NO curly q
ed little coons tugged q sic q fter itheT
A as they ambled up the hill at the bach
4 Of the house. Ell ySi X x
R-Rastus,'.,, sal "a one, oes 70 kno by
dat de Gen'rals c-c-comin' back h fl-h l,l
dis we're very day and dat M s Miss t t
a is igwine had IA big w-Wedd din mere el 3n 81
a mont? &, sss K V " # :,
"Will it be LAX de- lrl-las f-fes''val, JIM Jim
my ~ asked the other
\ Mop. Dat b -ball Yves had ain gWllne
Z, hol a5c-c-candl to dis Syere feast. Nvhei
Il NM Miss Dorus and young harss
u H-Higby Is tied UP in de h-h-holy bond ,e
and de- e. Gsnfa1 81 y
lis new missus. &c strings What ~ y
I. money bags sure be united an Weun
is all g-g-gwine feas' LAX do sc-c-childer :
|. Of Is'rul." Is 4gijs5
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';rHE= SEASONS / LATEST BOOKS
UNDER THE REVIEWERS EYE.

MY III /. y ANGELO. ny Anna Condict.
Published by y. Appleton g Company.
OF New York. For sale by the Bell
Book and Stationery Company.
Many bSOks, among them Dickens's Gus
rioslty Shop ana George Eliots "silas
Mariner have shown the influence and
beauty OF stories OF childhood which
never fall to interest all lovers OF what
Is best ana purest In human nature
venture. such as Timothy's Quest land
My LII ( Angelo is sent out to tho
world to make people tenderer and gem
tier for the lesson taught3in 1T M
LII Angelo as his name indicates was
a small italian walt, whom his mother
left behind her In the bosom OF a New
England home, where she and her baby
had been permitted to spend the night.
because she believed, the New England
house-n1otler to be a good, Kind woman
with d heart big enough TO take Angelo
lii, and because she knew that Il e time
was swiftly approaching when death
would claim her, and her little boy would
otherwise. be left behind in a world that
did not greatly concern itself, as q rule,
about desolate, helpless childhood l.
The rousc-mother ut first decided to
send Angelo to al founding hospital, but
by the time the day came round his
truly affectionate disposition, his baby
tempers and kisses had so completely won
|%1pon her and her children alike that all
Thought OF giving him up was abandon
cd, AngeoS3was adopted and was given
the name OF Clockett along with that
of Angelo Giovanni, and became t he mas
cot of a. house, which be fore his adj
vent was too severely well-regulated to
be entirely happy. 81 VI "a
And 4Angelo,s mother dying in a tuber-
culosis hospital was conforted for 70 i,er
great sacrifice. Mrs. Clockett came to her
at the last, and when the great eyes OF
the d wing woman looked yenrntngly INTO
her own and "a faint whisper said
.A1 you--you 1ov, my II Angelo g.
Mrs. Clockett answered tenderly:
.nTsless your soul, dearie; we Y couldn't
get along without him; he--Why, he Just
runs the whole place, ant-an' us too,
The girl |. was whispe rlng something
tIfaintly. Mrs. Clockett bent over her,
$50 would like for--kees you once, and
lonce r-l'il-Angel To-" 4 4 Mrs. Clockett
kissed her own tears on the girls face;
'Ttme is sfsup - said Miss # ORD. " the
nurse, gently. q And then, to Mrs. Clock
! ett:fs8 81 KS 81.
3s5.tYouS have children OF your owl, 8? s.
she asked. II For answer Mrs. Cloclett
Hooked not TAT the nurse but at the closea
eyes Of Number Ten ~ !" Yes she she an
tswered |. softly, II have three. The young
est, his names Ans ivanny Clock 7.,t
ett."ts 4 IL 5Si 3s5 q:
j smil d. Is
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Autumn Book Forecas

sS ntumn books by uthern@ authors to
be placed by the Neale Publishing Com
EpanY OF q New York, on the y market
early In the sea son ,sSwills include:
.federate Army, 4 fully Illustrated by
Alexand Hunt ter, OF Alexandra Ia; va. Il
=. orty Years sof ActiYe Service, N. by Coll
BChas T .s o F'errall, Of NJ Rlchmo nd, for
many years 1T me- STATE
inS efeat ting the Force bill J, recently Gov
err,or4 Of Virginia, illustrate by Portraits
THE War Between the ~ Mon and the
COME by Governor lillian s, 8;
in the Confed erate army and briga der
general In the Spanish lean War, for
fourteen years Z a membe OF ongress,F
and lately; Governor Of q labama When
Yellow Jasmine Blooms, '' s5 a brilliant
Ala; THE Senator from Alabama. ''5%S o.
political novel;, by Hon. ohn III. " alace.
Jr., Of n Huntsville Ala.;;ft5 The Grlftlns,s'
days byi Mrs. Mary Stuart Young. OF
Savannah, Ga. X. Some Neglected History
of North Carolina, Including the Battle
OF Alamance by Dr. WI liam Edwards
Fitch. Of Savannah. 6 al, and recently Of,
of the great smoky mo ntains, by Mrs
Laura Burnett Lawson, who was X born
and raised amid the people Of " HON she
writes; and many others.
Ian Company promise for he autumn,
ae new novels by Mr.. VI ack Lond on, N Mr.
4 Marion Crawford, Mr.. r ebert Herrlck,
Miss Gwendolen OYerton. Mr.. Laurence
h hsasan g. yoSn has and s
i William stearns Davis. \. IN q new series
of Pocket American and Eng lish Class
4 les, to be Issued by Mac M Ian. Will be
|.IIawthorne's Grand "a theirs Chair. md I
Il waiter Scott Quentin lourwar 20, ss ana
a ar'Tha TN Il Sma y
a certain Herr Beyerlein. German.
who desired to- emulate # Lieutenant !. ma
Biltse in causing German Literary i,aa z e,
4 Through the medium Of fiction. he 9 ot,-
4 uuated methods OF adhering to and Glyg
4 cling the progress of the modsrn n. ~
q army. His book Is called ma or ss't e-
Il dan? Nj
p, aaalrf the literary inactlon which he.
Il characterized her recen w. ~ - -
glad, 70 kneW that OUTPUT
erary world aflane In s Y y, Enc isll Wo e,
mans Love tiers" years a go;. -
written a novel OF mod err ife, Whlah III Y
i admirers viii soon SEQ Under he lie ~ 9
Z "sabrlna Warham.
!, Other books scheduled for the ,comiinl
season are by such nors 1, 9 !.
4; sDorothea Gerard n Rosa y, Carey, C {,
!; life Hyne and the ubiquitous. ~ -Ssf
the tiaof front l In "a volume OF short Atorer.
r Mr.. II, Marion Crawford has hesrowet
upon his new story of MODERN H t;o, Z =,
/ eeM n0so edition 81 Nh swinbarne
W ao. acSans BE sHass IS
y a n, arca nv II 8 rner M j uSsera nd tn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
Who He Was

Mr. Llghtweight CARLY 70 eon ! nS q \
ft,nds SO attractive in this direction, Hes
been cycling me for 10 minute /.
|E Conductor lthoug htfnlly) III gu as .he,
ering how you lla ppen TO- re ray.
cling on a pass. HE'S Il he prcsld ent q,
thu road. NsW ork Week.
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More Or Less Perso nal.l

FOR my part, 3, observed young sor-
reltop. II syInpathiae with the Japan
9',arhe rea son for that snolse Up MISS
isnappeig h. may be that you envy y Ing he
Envy the Russians? Why should n; !
envy them " Z, sfyg. 9 Z n
Iecspse they can raise sscA Is 9 req ~ :,
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ls;z1allF

RICHARD GRESHAM. BY Robert Aloras
Loyeit, Published by Macmillan g.
III Company. Of New York and london.
For sale by the Bell Book and sta
tionery Company. s3
s. Under the title given above, Mr.. Loyett
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21
ma gnlhcent beatti &C hicago q
nj 70: 3 III, I, ], ofsI

The Kind We Read Of.
Ills friend. --Y ou'ye been forging the
The Forger.--W Veil, FL I'd ra Their not tell
YOU He's one Of those well known men
who prefer#4no to d have their mes
used, --P llck. 3.S s5s st53S
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Wis ..sunshine,'i by Aubrey Newton:
!" How Don io Fought for He Name,
by X ana fHesketh Prlchafd; The Chance
OF Art by 1sa bel Moore.

g prominent feature a sketch OF He NE,
Gass,way Davis written fG Jose nR5rtr nht
Of Mr. Davis Al, article In this magazine |
OF decided Interest to women appeairs, !. IN T
der the Naugntine,ssss 10 O. q Ghii-
Ss M aas Veil d sss ' bs
Wyfnan Other writer's for the month y !. are X
Wan Nord In n,nMsh sre
,sSs a{ e;na Beae n Nshls Wiia
descent Maze" Henry M. yde, II, "IS Yet,
Potter; Judge Henry 4; shute. N \ . Y ne re
S9nsn rims f,sughed aW RALPH donnor, in
d u Adam ali '' Bsede. IN side st,sppin1g
tse ls ayas
In .'TheS New Secretary q the Navy"
Apthur Sears Hsnng II hs
R ManFsa 81
In ha ahs Next p Set; john Femihg wilson,
R,,nX M,ek's ad a ans
Payson Call Tin 1.-THE Freedom OF ], fe. n
atorS and sThe Designer, are very
sIshh isselsns
in 4 regard is midsummer and autumn
styles The ! literary and household. d 8 e
both
The September issue ofis''Ivhat To %. t.
aSmonthly agazine sent out = ,l TX q me ~
Pierce compsany of c Glh,eago
such public ions, and makes q high pig q
through its attractive form and contents
for popular favor.
rs ,rt,a santan,hars Nfrnsev Will begin a
nss sf Mssy
Guerrilla, written by John w. {, M u rara
aS f sae Se ay
Richmond to where he. Joined the Mosby,
band station IN n.v1 1872 Ems ms
sclose of t Re war. Colonel NJ sby has
written Mr.. NIunson Iii regard to his IIsl
book: AS an ctor in the scenes xy so =
hs rented DIDO the Story Of
Troy Of which I was a great part,
II prper's Ma gazlne for septemb er.
such var lety Of Interest and entertain
ines for the excellence g Its lilns-3
raa'xa pantng y
and many other illustrate In tint sors In
BACKYARD white by Dlizabet h Shippen@
Green HUT charles M FuAsISpag
sternor, Charlotte Harding, Harry Fenn,7
H.sSsiD 80 ichols, Clarence +. RUnd erWood,
E,s W. Bla sdell. Florence Scoyel8 Shinn..
FL 6trothmann. r. Nankivel and Childe.
Harold. "a A few If excel lent photog graphic
reproductions bring the total ! number q e
pictures i'm this gle Snumbe of a. ma ga
Zine UP t. nearly sevent v 81 "
81 Special attention should Il be called ITO
q portrait by. Fortuny, engraved 81 wood
by Henry Wolf from the orig inal paint
ling There as an accompanying brief
critical comm ntg by w. Stanton Howard.
The same maya zine contains a. poem by
Henry ans Dyke entitled IS 1nscript ions
for a. Friends House. & T his is illustrated
and decorated Tin 4 unusual and charming
fashion by Elizabeth Shippen3 Green.
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IfAMLErs ADDRESS To- his FATHER Ii GHOST.

aNGELs and ministers of grace defend us -
Be- thou spirit OF heal tn, gobli damned
Bring with thee airs from heaven blasts from
Be thy intents wicked or 8charita bis,
Thou comes in such questionable shane
That vii speak to thee cal tn Fl mi
father. royal Dane HIS 9. answer me
Let me not burst in Ignorance! but tel
why thy canontzed bones, hearsed In death,
Have burst their cerements ~ the sepulchre,
Wherein we saw thee quietly in5urned
Hath oped his ponderous and marble Jaws, s$
10 caststhee up again! " hat ~ ay this mean
That thou, dead corse, again, lin complete steel,
Revisitest thus the glimpses of the moon, ss III
Making night hdeous; and we fools OF nature
So Ehorriblysto shake our dsposit ion, f5aSS
with thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls
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Other books SEIZED ed for the coming % 9 3
. IeanSH a. Gerard Rosa s. carey cut
life Hyne and the u biaultous Mrs.. GER
ttrude Atherton. who Will again ,ftI ", 70
the front in a volume of short st0rlec. "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21

ME present Interest In Tibet will bring
sto1mind the recent book OF lex Extraordinary
Interest by sven 1Iedit q. Central ASIA
sa and suncessf ulS explorer who has yet been
in ny Central Asia, Q md his know1ed &c, OF
tic land and people nd 4custon ms Of rlbet
is surpassed by no ones, Il no book Is
sditionai~yaIue Of being rIttenH by a sell
sentifie n traveller, who both understands
frayaling and the art OF making those
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s IA ESTEEM FOR HORATIO.5

~ AYs dos not aflatter: IS III
- FOR what may Il hone from thee
That no revenue thy good spirits
feed should the poor flattee
NO. let the cand1ed tongue lick absurd ponp,
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee,
Where thrift may follow fawnfng Dost thou heal?
Since my dear soulsWas mistress Of her choice,
And could of men distinguish, her election
Hath sealed herself for thou hast been
5As one ia suffering ALL that suffers nothing
A man that fortune buhets and rewards
Hath Ia en- with equal and blest are those
& Whose blood and Judgment we'll comming sled,
That they are pipe for Fortunes finger
TO sound what stop she please Give me that man 8
slave and II will wear him
In my heart core, ay. my heart Of heart.
thee. EfSas&
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rs or books recently published by Mess 8 : 81
Az s. Barnes and Company. second ,c ,eai-
ZEN "a Study OF the dividual and the
sGovernment,.,b by p Professor n. s. Shaier;
Cumming the Gsiyer.n by George cary
EEgiesto1. n and sThe House in the
Woods, - BY Art ur Henry. sss s59;s
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The book covers ! the period from ts'oI'e
down to the present time. s4f
GOSSIP HERE AND THERE
ABOUT BOOKS AND WRITER'S

MISE Ellen Glasgow, WHOSE new novel
s"rhe Dellverance,' Is one Of most sue aug
cessfiii Books OF the year, has gone to 5Ge
many to spend the sumner.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21

s Lincoln steffens Is still on the trail OF
making d study of politics and govern y,
.ment in Wisconsin. having recently COM si n
.pieted a study of Illinois, which appears
in the August Mcclure, 81. tx
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-21

The Macmillan Company announce Tor;
isstle In October Mr.. Jack London new
novel, 1.-THE Sea w If, 80 " hich IS now
running as aa serial In one OF the ma ga
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EgII.1Il]I.
~ n -T77-' : - : -
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II will be welcome news to Joel Chat1d.
Eler Harriss many friends, and to , those
who have been amused by his VI gle Ne re
nus stories IN the past to kno w that ne
is spending this summer In writing z, !, l ~.
new stories about I3r'er Rabbit and BIT
Fox, end that they will short y appeaLrl IN
l,nnk form M 5t SIS aFs$ 81
The evening world., 1904-03-11

mother and back to Indianapolis. There
he was placed in charge or his grand
parents. Mrs. Miller followed to In
dianapolls. but only stayed a few hours.
Then she returned 10 New York.
A few months later Mr.. Miller be-
gan suit for divorce against his wife.
She filed q counter-suit and II was
then agreed that Mr.. Miller should al
low his wife to procure the divorce.
the ground being incompatibility. Mr..
Miller and his parents retained posses
sion of the boy. This was one OF the
conditions on which Mrs. Miller was
The evening world., 1904-03-11
A Paris Landmarks to Go.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph
Partisan Bohemia is losing one of Its
landmarks by the disappearance OF the
beer-house OF THE New Athens" one
of the most famous establishments of
Montmartre 1t was celebrated long be-
fore the Franco German War. Artists
and men OF letters. all OF whom We're
truculent enemies of the bourgeois and
fierce haters of the commonplace, and
some of whom had genius, used to
gather there. Baudelaire, who fe,gned
bloodcuring cynicisn, and was at heart
an incorrigible idealist, frequented the
cafe with Fluery and Murger, who cele-
brated La Vie de Boheme." and with
pathetic. longing sighed in secret after
humnrurl and prosperous respectabiIjty.
In 1871 the improvised statesmen, Min
listers, and field-marshals of the transit
tory Government OF the Commune, made
the New Athens their headquarters.
since then the place has slowly lost the
particular caste which IL had boasted.
and had ceased to be a meeting ground
for the genuine Bohemians of art and
letters. The site at the corner of the
Rue and the Place Pigalle Is in the very
centre of one OF the artistic neighbor-
hoods of Paris: Many famous painters
have, or have had, their studios within
a stones throw OF the New Athens,
and hard BY IL the market OF italian
models, whore Rhe latter. when in
want OF job. are TO be seen on show
by artists who require sittera.
The evening world., 1904-03-11
WEATHER GUESSES
WHILE YOU WAIT
Expert Passes Out a Bunch of
Wide-Range Predictions and
Ought to Make Good on Some
One of Them.

The weather man Is having the time
OF his life to-day trying to throw out a
forecast that will make good. There
wasn't any use telling folks II was wet
this morning, any chump could see that.
so the Weather Man buckled down to a
PREDICTION for the evening. An hour of
mighty labor and then this production: !:
at will rain Tonight
After surveying this from every pos
sible angle, fitting II upside down and
looking at II from behind. the weather
man decided It was risky to chance all
on one throw. II II shouldn't rain
folks would say he was a lobster. So
he labcred again until the hinges in his
gray rS:atter creaked with the strain.
Then this was sent out for the informa-
tion of the world;
"It may rain Tonight"
This was fine. The weather man ate
chicken sandwich and a oream puff
Then n horrible thought attacked him.
SuppOsing 10 should ST,ow. True there
was nothing In sight 10 indicate snow
but why not cover the whole field? The
weather man oiled up and sent out this
"Rain or snow Tonight"
Then he rested. and as he rested he
felt so pleased with his ingenious
scheme OF forecast that he dared an
other shy. He leaped at the throat of
tomorrow. figuratively speaking, with
ny! "SsssSsGs1 generally fair ana
There have been no amendments to
this yo1. W -.s. a ~ Ht'ftt t'f
The evening world., 1904-03-11

tieth street station. said he was on
TwcntN-fourth street Yesterday morn
ing, when tho men told him that the
woman wa- Ill., They said IA Dr. Jones,
OF No. a23 West Nincte snth street, had
said that he could do nothing for her.
Clark mad an investigation, and the
woman was taken to the hospital. Az
ter tho woman's death Brown and
Richardson were arrested. charged with
being suspicious persons. and later the
charge was changed to homicide
nr. Reed. OF the hospital stan, said In
court that tho womans eyes Indicated
that she had been poisoned
Before going to the hospital the
woman told Brown that he could have
800 of her insurance money, amounting
to $40, and that $50 Of the REMAINING
amount could be used for her funeral
expenses. She made no designation of
the remaining amount.
Magistrate Pool held both prisoners
for examination tomorrow.
The evening world., 1904-03-11
THIEF AT FUNERAL
GOT SIX WATCHES
Operated Among the Mourners
for Mrs. Ratkowsky, but Was
Caught After a Chase of Sew
eraI Blocks.

At the funeral OF Mrs. Ratkowsky.
who was the wife Of Morris Ratkow-
sky, wealthy east-side furrier, OF No.
5 East Broadway. a pickpocket who
goes about his business with hands
cleaning with diamond rings made a
haul to-day of six gold watches.
Mrs. Ratkowsky had many friends,
and the home in which she had lived
for many years was crowded with
mourners During the ceremonies the
thief circulated among the mourners
and extracted the gold tlmepieces. The
sixth man who lost his watch was the
first to make the discovery.
My watch it's gone" he shouted.
Instantly there was a general unbut-
toning OF coats
Mines gone, too!' cried another.
who IL the thief? l want my
watch" shouted the third victim.
In the excitement the thief leaving
his hat behind pushed his way through
the crowd and got out on the street.
He ran down, East Broadway to Cath
crime street. then TO Bowery and on
to Division street, where he was caught
by a policeman. He was taken back to
the scene OF the robbery and one watch
was Identified. Diamond rings were on
both hands of the thief He was taken
to the Madison street station.
The evening world., 1904-03-11
BACHELOR DEAD
WITH GAS JET OPEN
Basil La ChapeHe's Body
Found on Bed in His Apart
ment, and the Police Believe
His Death Was Accidental.

The odor OF gas that had prevaded
the nat house at No. so5 East Seventy
sixth street for twenty-four hours led
to the finding to-day OF the body Of
Basil La Chapelle in his bachelor apart
ment with gas jet above the bed
half open. Everything indicates Nci-
dental asphyxiation.
La Chapelle was forty-three years of
age and had formerly been in the Nquor
business. For three years past he lived
a life u leisure None of the other
tenants in the house knew anything OF
his family. He did his own cooking,
went in and out as he pleased and often
would not be seen by the janitress. Mrs.
Lizzie Hintch. for weeks at a time.
On Wednesday afternoon he left the
house to attend the funeral OF Police
man MCGOWAN, who committed suicide
last Sunday. He returned from the fun
eral late at night. and while he was not
seen some of the tenants heard him
fumbling about at his door.
The odor OF gas in the house all day
yesterday and last night was almost
and to-day an investiga-
tion was made which resulted in a po-
liceman breaking open the door OF La
Chapelle's flat. The body. fully dressed.
was lying across the bed. 1t is sup
posed that he attempted to turn on the
light, concluded that he would lie down
In the dark and did not fully close the
pine with the key.
There was plenty of money In his
pockets and In the room were found six
bankbooks showing deposits in various
banks OF $l3,2l6. The body was taken
to the Morgue, and in the absence OF in
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Will be turned over to the Public Ad-
?