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The evening world., 1904-02-08
GUESTS FIGHT AT
WEDDING FEAST
Insulter of a Pretty Girl Is
Knocked Down by Her Escort
Police Use Clubs, Then m
balances Are Summoned.

The Insulting Of n young girl At
wedding last night caused fight
among several score Of Poles and He
brews in the Brownsville section OF
Brooklyn. The police used night-sticks
and made two arrests.
At a wedding celebration being heia
in hall at Pitkin avenue and That
ord street a pretty Polish girl when
asked to dance declined and was there
upon insuIted. The aggressor was, ac-
cordiug to tho police, Hebrew tie
was instantly felled by the young
womans escort. Friends of both par
ties then fought all over the place.
T-,e bride and bridegroom Ned 10 the
street screaming for help. They sought
shelter on q trolley car.
sergt. John Kessler with the police
reserves restored quiet. Two ambulances
were called to attend the Injured and
the surgeons sewed up several cuts.
Michael Samother. twenty-five years
old. of New Lots avenue and Osborn
street, and Michael Yonsenvitch. thirty
wears of the same address, were re-
moved to the Bradford Street Hospital,
Samotha aud Martin BolinoskN. twen-
weight years. of Flusning avenue. are
under arrest they started the trouble,
the police say and Will be arraiEned
to- day In the Gates Avenue Court.
The evening world., 1904-02-08
ZOO CONDUCTORS
FIRED" MONTHLY.
Discharged for Alleged Dishon-
esty-0ne Convicted for
Knocking Down" Fares on
Eiqhty-sixth Street Line.

Andrew Lord. conductor on tho
Eishty-sixth street crosstown line OF the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
was convicted to-day In the Court Of
Special Sessions on the charge of
knocking down" fares. II Is the first
conviction Tor the oftsnse that has been
obtained In the criminal courts for many
years.
Lord, who has been In the Tomhs since
Feb. 2, was rcmanded back to prison
until next Monday when he will be SEN
fenced, II" can be sent to the penitenv
tiary for one year under the conviction.
Several detectives boarded Lords car
on Feb and saw him collect seventy-
two fares. of which hn recorded only
sixty-one ON the register.
In court to-day Assistant District-At-
torney Chadwick stated to Justice Deuel.
that the railway. company intended 10
make an example ul all men caught
stealing fares hereafter, :,
THE management of the company
Mr.. Chadwick said. "has been discharg-
ing conductors at the rate OF more than
600 a month for stealing from them,
not caring 10 trouble the courts with
such petty charges. Ale stealing. how
ever. has gone on to such an extent
that they have determined To make an
example OF all those caught from now
on
Lords defense was that he had taken
transfer tickets as fares FOR those he
failed TO record on the register.
The evening world., 1904-02-08
HOMES|CK BOERS
At ELLIS ISLAND
Sixteen Former lrreconCiIiables.
Who Have Taken Oath Of A.
legiance TO Great Britain, Are
on Way to South Africa.

Sixteen Beers, from boy OF eighteen
to man OF sixty-fve.' former prisoners
Of war AT Bermuda, are now at Ellis
Island, on their way back to their homes
in South Africa, whittier they are being
carried ai the expense OF the British
Government They arrived yesterday Y
from Bermuda by the Quebec Line
steamship Pretoria. -
When the Bocr war ended. In August.
ff0e, many OF tho captured burghers
who had been held prisoners on the
island took the oath Of allegiance aud
were sent back to their devastated
farms. But these sixteen besides
twenty-seven others who are still In
bermuda. and who stir refuse the
OATH stood out against the efforts Of
the British authorities and refused to
become subjects of King Edward,
About year ago the authorities at
Bermuda concluded that they no longer
| wanted 10 maintain these forty-three ir-
reconcllelhIes and ret ased them all.
telling them TO shift for theE selves,
They did 50. and by selling eurios to
| aged to eke out a scarty living.
Finally these sixteen bcoame tired of
| their uncertain existence and informed
the authorities that they were ready IN
| take the oath of allegiance, Having
thus become subjects OF the King the
British CConsul was hound 20 furnish
| TRANSFORMATION for them back to their
homes, Nearly ali OF taem are farmers,
and they intend TO 60 back 10 work as
They will continue their way home
| "Wednesday, going via Liverpool on tn.
| Oceanic. and thence to South Africa,
The evening world., 1904-02-08
TRIED SUICIDE AS
HE FACED TRIAL
Prisoner Accused of Numbering
a Woman Fearing Appearance
in Court Cut His Throat In
Cell.


NEWTON. N. j.. Feb s.--Georse Jag
gers. accused Of the murder OF Mrs.
Victor II, Bevans and the wounding of
'her huTband, Victor +. Revans. In
sandyston Township. N j., on the night
ot Oct. %. attempted to commit suicide
IN his cell in the county Jail here to-day.
The prisoners trial was set for to-day,
and rather than face the ordeal the
man determined tn end his life. He OBJ
tained possession of a knife in some way
and with IL cut u cash in his throat and
severed the arteries in both wrists,
a Keeper heard JnEgcrs groaning I'm
nus cen ana found the man lying on his
cot bleeding prorusoly at the throat and
wrists.
Dr. Morrison was .nurriedly summoned.
ana he succeeded N stopping the flow
ot blood. The doctor saws that JaEgers,
although very weak from the loss of
blood. will recover
The evening world., 1904-02-08
UMBRIA HAD ROUGH VOYAGE.
Cunard Liner Encountered Terrific
Head Seas Each Day.

The Cunard line steamship Umbria.
from Liverpool, which arrived to-day.
brought report of gales. head seas
and squalls which continued nearly all
The Wy across. The I'mhria for many
hours creh dag was forced to slow
down.
Tho worst day was on the ~ wh~r
so terrific were the head seas that the
vessel had to reduce speed so that she
barely made hendway This was con-
tinued for about three hours. on that
day she logged S2I KNOTS.
The evening world., 1904-02-08
\ PROGRESSIVE COMPANY.

Progress is seen In every annual
statement OF the Equitable Life Assug,
ance Society. and the one p'Il!ished
To-day, FOR the business OF .''GS, is no
ayeeption. The increase in outstandins
ins.. anes Is NlI,l72,li7, II large: In.
crease than ever before recorded In
the. history OF the society. and the
total amount In force now stands AT
81. a(D, ,gis.Ti2. During the year the new
business announced TO So1z.UtI,yJs, ana
n aiso was larger than ever before
sincs. th.. society's organization.
Il ,rbe. Society. In less than forty-ir.e Z
: years has accumulated Sd, ,as6. .03l.bS IN
assets, dsd after providing for lihbni-
lies OF s3o7,S7i, ,s07.5o there Is left fOr
sllhe ptirprse OF extra security as well
- dividend purposes. the 4urn Oi
Et5a.ssl.1sSc5. with this fundrlarger by
IN aiiiions than the surplus of amy
sIha cn,,pany-ihs Eauitabla sui
s.
The evening world., 1904-02-08
.M'CLUSKY KEEPS
1 CROOKS IN TOWN

Inspector McClusky said to-day that
an order to prevent descent of crooks
an f,re-stricken Baltimore he had placed
two detectives Ut each ferry-house
.,early' to-day with instructions TO turn
/, hack every criminal recognized.
Il told my detectives" said Inspector
acclusky. ITO warn every crook that
MAS seen entering It ferry-house to turn
back from any projected journey to
baltimore or else go to Jail. Under or
binary circumstances am only too
= glad to have the men leave the city,
. hut know that under the present ter
ribIe state of affairs in Baltimore the
poHce there will have little Or no time
! 10 look tor criminals"
The evening world., 1904-02-08
KAISER TO DINE WITH TOWER
American Ambassador VIII ne Host
to German Ruler.

BERLIN. Feb. S-Emperor William
has sent word to- Ambassador Tower
that he will dine with him on Thursday
evening The Emperor dined with the
Ambassador at Kiel, but this will be
the first time he ever took dinner at a
United States Embassy or Legation.
and indicates the especially cordial re-
latlops existing between the Emperor
and MIR Tower
The evening world., 1904-02-08

Cures Colds in Great Britain,
ssSas sai, IL sSs 2uil nss Is &c Cents ss' ~
The evening world., 1904-02-08

z. H. HARTMAN. ~. e..
ALFRED G. VANDERBILT,
T.JEFFERsoN COOLIDGE
AUGUST. BELMONT,
Sir WIN. G. VAN HORNE,
THOMAS T. BcKRRT,
c. LHpYARD BLAIR, -
WIN. II. BALDWIN, j.,
JAMES D. FokGAN,
JOSEPH r. LOW.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

Without meaning at all to do it,,
New York has made the most Won
derful poor mans promenade in the
world, and put it into the one place
in the world where it was most
needed.
1t begins in the heart of hearts Of
the tenement house district-in the
most crowded place of the earth, where
within the last two years more than
half dozen great tenement barracks
were cleared of their tenants by the
police. because they had been de-
clared, not by emotional philanthro-
pists, but by Unconditional law, to be
unfit for human habitation."
This wonderful promenade, used al
most exclusively now by inmates of
the tenements, because it is cut OF
entirely from all better parts of Man
haitian. cost New York fifteen millions
of dollars. From it are to be seen in
one and the same glance as fine a
view as there is anywhere, and as hid
eous a one; for the eye sweeps over
two square miles of sitting, grimy,
airless, seven and eight-story monsters
of barracks, and then over the rolling
strait known as East river and to the
royal islands and terraced shores OF
the glorious harbor.
The promenade wasn't built for a
promenade. Some day II is going to
be a bridge. New York calls 1t the
East River bridge even now; but how
a thing that begins nowhere in par
ticular can be called bridge Is known
only to the municipal authorities.
1t is a stately bridge from each one
of its giant steel skeletons of towers
to the other. But II has no APP
proaches yet. At the Manhattan end
It dips into a torn, ragged, dusty, ugly
wilderness miles away from any bust
ness section of the city Nobody goes
there unless he lives there. Nobody
goes there to reach the bridge, be-
cause, with the foresight so character
istic of New York, they built the
bridge in a mad hurry, but never
thought of way to carry folk over It.
A Dead bridge.
SO this thing that was swung high
over the river by feverish work, day
and night, with all modern engineer
ing resources exhausted to hurry,
hurry, hurry" that It might relieve
the mortal congestion Of the city, Is
trainless and dead to-day. A few mis-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

Central American and African ports
know that certain ships Of cost are
as dangerous as rattlesnake-inf
ground would be. IN the swampy
seaports of Nicaragua, Honduras,
Costa Rica and Guatemala there are
always a few particularly big and
impudent sharks who act as IL they
owned the harbors.
These fish, easily distinguished
by their size and actions from their
colleagues who swim around In
hordes, are universally respected
Now and then some extra big and
dangerous one gets the title OF
Warden of Port" or "Harbor Mas
ter" Generally these shark keep
themselves glutted on the masses OF
refuse that are swept into the bays
from the dirty land. and on the stun
that falls overheard form the ships.
But there are times of famine. And
then the long, lean shapes IN the
water scurry around for something
10 eat and II IL happens to be man,
all right. Man goes down.
1t "a true that the, black boys OF
st. Thomas. Key West and other
places where the water h clear, will
come In their duRouts around an an
chored ship and dive for coins In the
middle OF the shark haunted harbors.
But 10 IL also true that such amphib-
ious creatures as the Fortune Island
men, the Hyttan boatmen aud the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

pensities of sharks is not to be picked
up on the streets. 1t must be gathered
IN the countries where the sharks do
it, Hence, nobody has cared to UNI
dergo the expense necessary to obtain
what would be called satisfactory
proof, especially as the thousand dol
lars reward was, to say the least, more
in the nature of a verbal promise than
a financially good bond.
But if the millionaire is really de-
sirous of losing his money and obtain
ing in return therefore, good official
evidence that sharks do bite man, he
can turn the dollars right over to the
Navy Department. They would be
useful in the hospital service. for in
stance, or in some other field where
they might do good to Jackie. The
evidence is enough to convince any
body.
What the Records Tell.
The Navy Department records and
logboats, like Truthful James, are
not up to small deciet or any sinful
games, and this is what, like him,
they report in plain and simple lam
guge, as prepared officially by the
SUPERINTENDENT of the Navy De-
partment for the use of this news
paper.
L. lie MeQlCdl JOURNAL Ol lHe "
). S. Falmouth shows as follows:
off Pensacola Navy Yard, July ID,
1915. About u o'clock last night a
noise was heard as if some object
fell overheard. A boat was sent in
search, but nothing was found and
on mastering the crew this morning
al daylight, j. Griffin was found miss
ing, and 1t is supposed he must have
Iallen overheard last night and was
crowned. His body has not been
found.
off Pensacola Navy Yard. July 10,
hi7. A shark was caught this day
on board the sloop OF war Sara
toga,' and on opening its stomach
me head of a man was found which
was recognized by the officers and
men on this ship as being that of
Jones Griffin, quartermaster, who Is
supposed to have fallen overheard
ln the night of the 18th Of July.
q Michael Daley seaman, was
transferred from the u. S. S. AT
ANITA" when at the navy yard, Nor
lolk Va. to the Naval Hospital Nor
loik on Sept. H. 1894 on ac-
count of a lacerated wound received
while bathing i'm the Elizabeth River
rear the ship during the swimming
nour. He was severely bitten I'm the
ieft thigh and leg. and the medical
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

drowned on the night of March 10.
1904, under peculiar circumstances
While out rowing i'm one of the ships
boats. in which was another sailor
and the boatswain of barge No. /,
with his wife. the boat was struck,
stove in, and capsized by some fish or
other inhabitant of the sea. The
boat was in deep water and the force
with which she was struck was alto
gether too great for any possible inn
pact with a floating object. Long
well, who could not swim, having
lost his hold on the boat, after strug-
Cling for a few moments on the sur
face, sank. The body was found ashore
near Fishermans Point on The after
noon of the oath with the head and one
foot missing. 1t was identified by
means of tattoo marks. As the body
was somewhat decomposed, after be-
ing inspected by p. a. Surgeon F. NJ .
Furlong, on duty with the Marine
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
DOES SHARK BITE TAN? HE DOES
The Man Who Offered Thousand for Proof That He Did,
1t Right Here

Many years ago a New York mill
lfonaire. who has not figured in the
rapers lately az much as he used to.
GOT a lot of free mention through his
offer of a thousand dollars for proof
that a shark had ever bitten a human
being.
Ever since then, whenever people
who have no personal acquaintance
with sharks talk of them, they are
prone to declare that sharks don't bite
man, and they point to the fact that
thousand dollars reward has not been
claimed.
The real trouble is that the reward
was never deposited in a trust COM
pany or in the hands of Stockholders
Evidence of the biting and eating pro-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
BY J. w. MULLER.

officer states that from the appearance
OF the laceration it was presumably
done by a shark.
The Philippine shark.
). Samuel McKie, quartermaster.
third class, while bathing in the har-
Dor of Iloilo, P. l., on June "a. 1901.
was bitten by a shark, the left leg be-
ing torn away at the knee. The man
mad gone ashore with a firing party
at 1 p. NJ and about two hours later
Went in swimming. as the men had
been in the habit of doing for several
days past. While about thirty feet
from the shore, in a depth of water
OF ten or twelve feet, he was heard
10 give a cry and was seen to disap-
pear for a few moments. When he
arose to the surface he swan to the
dinghy ten feet away and was helped
into the boat.
1t was then seen that the left leg
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

Battalion at Fisherman's Point, IL was
buried. Death was undoubtedly due
to drowning, as the man remained on
the surface for an appreciate time
after the boat was capsized and no
shark was seen near him; the mutila-
tions probably occurred later. I'M
bedded in one of the planks of the
boat, where she was stove in, was
found what appears to be a piece of
a sharks tooth.
These official records settle the
question once and for all. There are
others. Travellers in West Indian
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

mouth. as on the left hand there
were two small triangular wounds
the shape of the points of a sharks
teeth. After the accident native
stated that three months before a
man was caught by a shark in the
same locality.
Daley and McKie both recovered.
4 The statistical report Of the U.
s. S. "Amphitrite," y. S. Naval Sta
ton. Guantanamo, Cuba, March 81,
1904, states as follows: IAN ordinary
seaman, Clarence A. Longwell. serv-
ing on the coal barge No. l. was
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
IT.

EVERYBODY CAN HAVE NICE
HAIR NOW, and you don't have 20
wait around weeks and months for
results either. You will see improve
monts from the very first application.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

was gone. A tourniquet improvised
from a silver match box and handker-
chief was Immediately applied by one
of the men and the dinghy started off
to the ship, which was distant about
two miles. Amputation was per-
formed at the lower third of the
femur. The patient stated that
he remembered nothing except that
he felt something suddenly seize his
leg and draw him down. When
seized he evidently thrusted his hand
down in an effort to free himself and
caught his fingers in the sharks
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

-Thirty-four years ago France was
ruled by the government Of the ma
tional defense. which consisted OF
twelve Of the best known members OF
the opposition under the empire.
Among them were such famous names
as Leon Gambetta. Jules Simon. Jules
Favre and Gen. Trochu. Eleven Of the
twelve are dead now and most Of them
are forgotten. The last survivor IA
Henri Rochefort. who IN his time has
been journalist, convict. member OF the
government and Boulangist,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
Copyright, 1904, by J. w. Muller. }

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Col. Bill" Sapp, chairman Of the
Kansas Democratic State Committee.
is descended from the French nobility.
though he is not particular about hav-
ing the fact generally known, for fear
OF offending the Populists. He is the
grandson of a Duke. NJ. Pyre Ferry,
who was a schoomate of Napoleon.
When the little Corsican" became
practical dictator I'm France, Ferry.
who was an ardent Republican, fell
into disgrace and came TO this coun-
try. His estates were therefore con-
fiscated
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

still are worshippers who paddle out
and throw food overheard to some
particular good shark to keep him In
beneficent humor.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16
Ccoyprisht. lsOl. by 7. c. Mcciure.l

The last OF the old time convicts
transported from Great Britain 70
Australia has Just died. His name was
Frederick Clarke. He was born IN
Yorkshire in 1929 and was sent 70 Tas-
mania under a ten-year sentence ir
fs47. Between then and his death he
received sentences amounting IN the
aggregate Of eighty-hvs years ana
seven months for bushranglng. bank
robbing and other offenseH
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-16

miss Densmors is now the longest
haired lady In the world, made so by
the use of this Great Hair Growing
Remedy.l
NOW at all druggists in three sizes, IS cents. 80
cents and 8 90 per bottle.
FMEE1 To show how quickly DAndeFine acts
&MEE we win send q large sample free by re-
nanm3@ turn mail to anyone who sends this
advertisement TO the Knowlton Danderine Co..
Chicago, with their name and address and ten cents
In silver or stamps to pay postage.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-03
JAMES K. JONES TO AID.
Taggart Outzcits Eastern Colleagues
-4ppOints Bryan Men.

An open rupture between Thomas Taggart and
the other managers of the Parker campaign at
national committee headquarters is looked for
any day.
William F. Sheehan, August Belmont, De Lam
cey NicOl and others have intimated by their
actions that the place for Chairman Taggart is
in the bounding West. He fatty refuses to go.
and yesterday effected a reprisal on the Belmont
people by assigning ex-senator James K. Jones,
of Arkansas; Charles A. Walsh the Hearst
boomer. and ]. C. Johnson of Kansas. to his
personal staff. Mr.. Walsh was for eight years
secretary of the national committee. Mr. John
son chairman OF the executive committee in
the last campaign. Both radical Demo-
Gratis and personal friends of William J. Bryan.
Their appointment is an answer TO the demands
of the Belmont men that Taggart so West.
Jones was chairman of the Democratic National
Committee in the Bryan campaign.
The national committee is in shape TO
work both ends" the saying goes. This
rangement would be satisfactory to Messrs. Bel
mont Sheehan and Nicoll if Mr.. Taggart would
take his radical associates and go West with
them-very far West would suit Mr.. Belmont.
Mr.. Taggart has shown the Belmont men
trick. Two weeks ago he began to feel the
frost" at national headquarters. His friends
let the Indiana newspapers know about the
friendly criticism of Bryan and Taggart here.
The HoOsier editors came to Mr.. Taggart's res
cue with promptness. Marked copies of news
papers breathing fire and slaughter against the
putocrats have been coming by the score all
the week. Mr.. Taggart laid them before his col
leagues. with the suggestion that something
would have to he done to keep the Bryan men in
line. This suggestion was frowned upon, but
Mr.. Tagsart repeated it. Mr.. Belmont's time
was fully occupied with strike matters. and he
could not meet the arguments which Mr.. Tag
CART presented so fully. Then Mr. Taggart de-
cided to annex Messrs. Jones. Walsh and
Johnson and pay their expenses out of the
tional committee treasury. 1t was his theory
that when much good money being
poured out by the committee his particular
friends ought 10 be i'm the dividends. The
Taggart men were jubilant yesterday over the
turn affairs have taken.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-03
MCAULEY RE4RRESTED.
Freed on One Charge, Then focused
of Third Degree Forgery.

Thomas ~. McCauley. the organizer and first
president Of the International Mercantile Agency.
was arrested yesterday by Detective Sergeant Nun
day. when about to be rearraigned before Justice
Wyatt on n charge preferred by the Crown Prose-
cutor. Of Hamilton. Canada.
McCauley previously had been freed on the Cana
dian charge. instituted by C. s. Wilcox. Ham
ilton. ontario. Canada. Magistrate Breen. In the
jefferson Market Police Court. had released him.
McCauley's rearrest n charge OF forgery
I'm the third degree Frank Wood. OF No s2 Wash
ingtOn-ave.. Boston. Mass. alleges that ron July
10. 1907 he purchased five thousand shares OF the
stock of the International Mercantile Agercy. Civ
Ing his signed check 20 cover the purchase price.
Although Wood put instructions In his letter to
receive the compauy's stock. he alleges that he
got the personal stock OF the former president and
the check. drawn the Phoenix National Bank of
Wood alleges. Wood also he signed the COM
pany's subscription book for the amount .of stock
he decided to buy.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan appeared for
the prosecution Mr. Garvan said he did not be-
lIeve the Canadian charge would be needed prior
TO the disposition OF the Wood against Nc
CauIey He said that involving between
100000 and $4,000 had been brought to tine atten
tion of the District Attorney. but that probably
prosecuted Mr.. Garvan said there was precedent
for OBTAINING prisoner In the United states who.
being arrested here was wanted IN Cansda. The
Minister of Justice of Canada had Issued the neces
sary requisition papers. he declared
Mr. Garvan said he would consent to bail being
fixed at s5o0O. Joseph -. Carroll. OF MOI l5S East
ThIrty-nrst-st OF pfe Fiss. Doerr & Carroll Horse
Company became surety for McCauler. Among
counsel who appeared TOT Mceanisy wers George
Frederick n House. representatives CO Griggs,
Baldwin Baldwin. and Max d. steucr