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TORTURED BY 1000
T00TS NIGHT
Mrs. Rice'S Graphophone Con-
vinceS McAdoo of Need for
footing Squad on River.

Commissioner McAdoo is planning to
organize another squad-the footing
squad. This Is the latest result Of the
campaign waged by the residents Of
Riverside Drive against the noise made
By tugbOat and steamer captains who
use their whistles as alarm clocks for
sleepy barge captains, as breakfas
calls and as signals to their friends
ashore.
The movement Ia led by Mrs. Isaac
l.. Rice, who lives at B%ighty-ninth
street and Riverside Drive, She has
been TO the Federal authorities, and,
failing to get relief, presented the mat
ter to Commissioner MtAdoo II be-
came known for the first time to-day
that there will be a footing squad as
Mrs. Rice called the proposed detail In
talking to Mr.. McAdoO, Whether IN
spector Brooks will be the head OF the
new squad Is not known, but he repre-
sented the Police Department In a con-
ference between Mrs. Rice and the Fed
eral officers at the Customs House to-
day.
In telling Mr.. McAdco Of her trouble,
Mrs. Rice informed him that she has
Ia graphophone with records 10 prove
that the average number Of ear-pierclng
whistles every night is 200, che said
that On ono especially noisy night she
recorded 1000 distinct toots.
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hack ond came here. II was surely a
day OF adventure, We old Rita that
she was the Jonah, First the trolley
from here was delayed and we did not
get there rn'il noon Taen we took the
trolley around the gorge route and 1t
got a hot-boX, Then we go. about ten
miles'-Here the letter ended abruptly,
The other missive that Mrs Mutt SAYS
she found In her husbands bathrobe
wa In a feminine hand and read:
my Deares,-I want you here this
very minute to nut my arms around
your neck and make you feel happier
Oh, deate, | have just cried my eyes
out since | got your letter this morn
ing. | know | told you to write to me
when you had the blues and was I'M
happy. | do 50 want you 10 know that
! love you with all the love | have and
! do not see why you should think any
thing else, You must not think am
going to get tired OF YOU, | cannot see
you half as much as ! want to. want
you and no one else, would rather
Jump into the river than deceive you, 10
There was no |signatur2 h the letter.
Mrs. Mutt stated that the Coroner's
Income vas Sl2,M q year. She asked for
$3.50 counsel fees and 5000 a month all
mony, Tho defendant said that ne
would agree TO the separation, hut
would like to contest the aisnony.
Justice Smith reserved decision.
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CUNBOAT Off
TO DOMINICAN
TROUBLE POINT
United States Vessel E1ur-
rieS to Monte Christi
Morales Still Hiding.


WASHlNGTON, Dec, 1.-THE Navy
Department TODAY received a brief
d,sro,oh tror, p,a. p,o,, Ca non-
u~''p"'o" 'io"' AaeIto ila'a' Sah Do'n-
x announcing the departure from
that port for Monte Christi, of the gun
hont Duh,,oue NJ dataiis ~ nor mis-.
- ~ 1o'"'' Nv" "'
sion nave yet been received
WASHINGTON, Dec, 2.-The State
Department to-day received by cable
from San Domingo adylces which throw
much needed light on the revolutionary
disturbance reported frcm there yester.
day. These wee to the effect that the
diplomatic corps had been notified by
ne Domtniean WlnIster Tor FSreiSn AZ.
falls, Gen. Tejera, that the President
NforalesI having abandoned the clpl-
tai, leaving the Government without
an acting head the Cabinet had called
upon the Vice President (Gen. Caceres)
to take charge pending the temporary
failure OF the President to exercise his
functions.
The City OF San Domingo was quiet
and the Cabinet officers were exercising
ineir functions without interruptIpn,
President Moral Is was replrted TO be
al Jaima, ten or twelve niles nOm the
capital, among A band Of rcvolutf IislS
who we're fighting there, II WIS add d
that he had be.n shot In the legs.
II was lcu VNlt TIE new Wv SllluT
appointed by tie CaDlnet ~ l-pla,t ca.
Perez, who was dismissed BY decree mad
been peacefully installed at Puerto
Puun, festcrtay's advice was to tho
eeffct that Perez had bar loaded the
town and was about to resist the Clb-
met with the expectation that he would
be Joined by Morales. -.
rGsn, CacereS ~ uhders'ood 10 VI az
IWeItU ~, wv" "a ITSl.tmN
sfv"n,ui III ~ "unm,s oIh 80 20 duas
~ IN t0ucb az m, = MORT fn-day is md r.
st.,nI that he ,yiil take massage i'm
modiateiy for san Domingo CITY, a most
tND DAYS distant.
As the situation IS understood here,
there has been no actual change In the
dominant party In san Domingo, as the
result OF Moraless abandonment
The fact Is, the party known as Hor-
aCIdr ot when Gen CaceIeS, tHe wee
lu'SIuent' ~ we, principal liGurc' mas
AZ %runf ,oUarulieL lne lanlnei' anu
M cuII I rI'. u ~ Su.ni pmn's 90 tne pc
SL"s,"to'n go IL dIuiin'O"n EohsstT Soh'
tiaj oTIcs '"o P'o'ue"
The evening world., 1905-12-27
MRS. EDDY'S K|BOSH
ON CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Giving of Presents and Send
ing Congratulations Not for
Christian Scientists.

49,
Mrs. Mary Bake EDDY head OF inc
Christian Science Church, has stirred
zuuor r mara followers by
up her l"i'io" VI - C,r,st
putting the ban on the slV'hB u Ol'''
mas gifts and discouraging personal
ot,,otIon IN the occasion Of the
cone'
Yuletide FESTIVAL
This is her declaration on the subject
az nuh,lshed in the official organ of
pH,-la,I.a e,tonoo church.
the Chrlstlan oclehoe O"u,'"'
do Christian Scientists love God so
much as they do mankind? Aye, that's
-. ~, wouI,o ~ aur
t"e quesLlon' ie' uA nam" ~ ~ ou'
selves. thinking OF person implies that
one is not thinking of principle, and ff-
~ telegrams mar hoIId,v signal sucb
. Nou'' D." NV"
thlnkihg, are hollaays plest by absorb
ils ohe time "rluhs OF reading con-
- cannot watch ana pray reading
telsgIams' they only cloud tne clear sky'
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MIR. JEROME WON BY
1906 PLURALITY,
On County Ticket Hayes, for
Sheriff, Leads with 26,45O
Over Neal.

Complete returns for New York Coun-
az filed with the County Clerk today
shpn that District-Attcrney jerome was
elected Nv a plurality OF 1905,
The hIFhest vote vas cast for Nicho-
las ]. HAYES for Sheriff. lie loceiyed
1850 votes, a plurality Of $50 votes.
Potter j. D.rliug was elected County
Clerk hv q plGrIl.ty a. IS, 1Ft over Mar
shall. Frank Gass was elected Register
bv a plur1li q ~ 1891.
The vote for District Attorney WIS
vtgv lclyy, JC.0ue received l.ni19
votes. OSBORNE received III 08 ami tlam-
NOR 10, ~. Tnere Were 3 239 vGd bal
lots and Zap prctcst-l b1llOts, nearly all
OF which wCre CLtarnpts 10 vote fer Je-
rlme.
william Travers jerome was sworn
In this afternoon by Justice Levlntrttt,
In the Supreme Court, as Distrct-At-
torney OF the County OF New York for
the fou. years from 1905 TO 1910,
Tie certificate of election was then
Ned with County Clerk Thomas l..
Hamilton
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W|CKES FIGHTS FOR
RIGHT TO APPEAL
Writer of Lewis Jarvis" Let
tiers Applies for a Certificate
of Reasonable Doubt.

Supreme Court Justice Fitzgerald to-
day reserved ddrisloil on the application
OF Delos McCurdy for a certificate OF
e :onable doubt In the case II Thomas
p. Wickes, convicted OF ssndinz black
mailing letters TO Edward Weston und,r
the am NJ Lewis Jarvis and sentenced
to one year In the penite1tia.y.
Mr.. McCurdy said there was no black
mail shown, no threats and no extor-
ton. The lawyer declared that Wiekes
had n perfect right to sign and use the
name Of Lewis Jnrvis, he has as much
right to use THAI name As Samuel
Clemens has the right TO use the name
II Mark Twain" said n" i'wyer,
Assistant Dstnct-Attor 'ans ar
gucd that Wickes had - -onvicted
AFTER a fair trial and taut tAe letters
were not only blackmaillng but sent to
annoy Weston and force him to settle
a case in which Wilkes had a ~pecuniary
interest.
The evening world., 1905-12-27
CROMWELL TELLS
TRUSTEES ABOUT It
Explains that the Mutual Had
No Part in Lawyers Mort
gage Company Deal.

Acting President Cromwell, OF the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, in a
statement to the trustees at their meet
Ing this afternoon, exonerated himself
and six other officers OF the company
from taking 1000 shares OF the stock
I the Lawyers Mortgage Company in
return for their goodwill.
This transaction was sworn TO the
Other day before the Armstrong Com
mittee, The testimony was that Pres!-
dent McCurdy, Cromwell and five other
officers accepted the stock In return
for their influence, but that the deal
appeared as ono made between the
Lawyers Mortgage Company and the
Mutual Life.
The Board OF Trustees called uDon
Mr.. Cromwell for a statement and ne
delivered 1t to-day. At the close Of the
meeting Julian T. Davies, general 60
Hector of the company, handed out the
following lucid and grammatical COL
lection OF WORDS;
The president referred to the dis
cussion In the puddle press In regard to
the purchase Of the stock Of the Law
yers' Mortgage Company by certain
members Of the board. He stated in
the most emphatic terms that that pur'
chase had no relation whatever with
the company and did not originate In
any way from any conversation or
transaction relating to the Mutual Life;
that as treasurer, Of the company ut
that time all offerings to the company
were invariably brought to his depart
ment, and that a thorough examination
OF the minutes OF the Finance Com
mittee discloses that the stock was
never offered to or even considered by
the company.
THE whole matter, upon investiga-
ton, proves to he II personal trIHsac-
ton of one of the trustees who pur-
chased 1000 shares OF the stock at the
price Of issue and gave some OF his
friends the opportunity TO share in his
purchase. AS an officer OF tho company
Mr.. Cromwoll stated that the Mutual
Life had ne association With the trans
oction and as a COOPERATION no knowl-
edge of the offer to sell the stock
Charles \. Peabody, who will become
Presid mt OF the Mutual Life on Jan. l.,
was elected to the Board Of Trustees to-
day. Emery Mc0linp ok, the actuary.
was also elected a trustee. lie Will be
the active Insurance head CT the corpor.
financial head.
The trustees voted that all commits
sion agencies be abolished after Jan. [
and all agents be put on a salary basis,
The evening world., 1905-12-27
YERKES DYING
At THE WALDORF
Street Railway Financier'S
Family Summoned Hast
lily to His Bedside.

Charles T. Yerkes, the street rail-
way fnancier. is in such a dangerous
condition that it was said at the Wal
dorf-Astoria early to-day tina, he would
likely die within the next day or two,
II he survived that length Of time.
Mr., Yerkes's son said to day that
his father had a bad sinking spell last
night and became unconscious. 1t is
feared that he will never recover con-
sciousness, The physicians who have
been attending the nnancier say that
the best they a hope Is for him to
live forty-eight hours. Mrs. Yerkes,
who Is living IN the family mansion
at Sixty-eighth street and Fifth ave-
nue., is IN constant attendance at the
SICK rOOin.
A consultation of Mr.. Yerkes's ply
siclans vas called AT midnight. His
1amlly had been summoned 10 his
bedside.
Mi, ierkes has been in a dangerous
condition since Dec, 6, Two days ago
his disease took a dangerous turn for
the worse and attacked the heart. He
began failing rapidly and last night
he lapsed into Inconsistencies
Thought insensible 10 all sounds and
unable to speak, his agony was ex-
IRENE and greatly affected his wife, son
and daughter, who had been hastily
summoned,
Or. n, z. Iroomis, Of No, IS East
Thirty-fourth street, was called 10 his
patients side, and other physicians
Joined him In conference. Their efforts
proved successful in staying the prog
ress Of the disease for A time, and about
midnight Mr. Yerkes rallied. The ply
sicians agreed that he probably would
survive for another day, btrt did mon
think he would live more than two d,ys'
After completing the London subways
Mr.. Yerkes took a trip to Paris last au-
tumn with hrs wife, and there he ia
said TO have contracted a cold which
brought 10 y crisis the disease from
which he had long suffered. He came
10 the United States with Mrs. Yerkes
about November 4. and as the mansion
building for them on Fifth avenue was
not dui'e completed they went 10 inc
Waldorf-Astor;n 10 i've until fhev could
take possessio" OF their new home,
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HUSBAND Of
MRS. ASTOR'S
DAUGHTER DEAD
As Wife of Coleman
Drayton She Figured
in Scandal.
Copyright, 1905, by the Press Publishing
Company. Now York WORLDLY
fcnacIal Cabin IN Tha Evening World

Especial Cable TO The Evening World,)
LONDON, Dec. E.-George Ogilvy
HaIg, the wealthy Scotch dlstIller, who
married Mrs. CJleman-Draylon after
she divorced her husband. about ten
years ago, died suddenly at his home at
Chester on ounuay lnsnt. news u MS
death came out only Today, hs was
iorty-sax years old.
AIRS, Ha4g, VINO was Miss Aug ustu
AstOr, uaus nter OF AIRS, Nilliam AsUor
and sister OF Col. JUnn JACOB AsUor,
had a ratner stormy social career UP 70
the time she married the d5stllier' iheir
married life Vas very happy, ana, as
Mrs. Haig, the most, b~eauulul daush-
ter Of the Astors, she regalhed the 81
cial position size lost duril,g her sellsa'
tional career as Mrs. COleInan'Draytoh'
1t was a quarler Of u CeInury ago that
the handsome Miss SlstJr, men hile'
teen years Old, snpcted. the our run
dred" by marrying
a graduate If Princeton, vi uulet, STU.
dious and dinldent disposition, lie had
neither great wealth nor otner attrtc-
I,pns, out he won the hand II the young
Girl in ,pite Of a score ~ rlNalS, LAT oel-
Ter equipped socially and financially
A few wears after their marriage tle
Coleman Drayt0ns moved TO Bern1rds-
vile, n. j, Hefe ~, was t,'' h'1 -
ION frs met Hallett Ais Pp BOrr0we
and usly rupiors soon got out concern
ing the friendship hat had sprung up
between the young wife ana me sWHsrr
Ger MIR Rorrowe. There we're pi'ter
family du1rrels, which Mrs william
Aston aid her best 10 patch np, hn9lly
persuadinr rer daughter AMI ''h-lh-la"
u pntt Rnrroge continued TO appear In
the oompany Of Mrs. Co'emln,Dsay,
Ton. Then came the thre s6sIety q hnd
.nr ro,, h"cn stirred by such a scandal as
ffoirle o Inc challenge Of Colom1n-
dayton to fight a duel with Borro"e'
Barf5we soulrmed out OF the duel -,
After this the husband returned 70
Nav York and began divorce proceed
inSgss against his wife on statutory
grounds. The wife r]etorJed wiz, tn a
tt0n siInvcl his suit to hang fire, ana
| before his action was well under way
! Mrs. Drayton had O
The evening world., 1905-12-27
DR.. CATE FOUND,
BUT HURRIED
AWAY At ONCE
Physician in Brouwer
Case Taken From
Springfield, Mass.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec, 2L--Dr.
Henry II. Cate, the Lakewood, N. j.,
physician, who signed the death GER
tihcate OF the wife Of DIR. Brouwer.
who was identified yesterday in Spring
field, where he had been at Police
Headquarters since Sunday, claiming
to have lest his mind, was spirited out
OF Springfield early this morning,
Chief OF Police George M. Stebbins
says that Or, Cate a turned over to
his brother-in.law, w, s, shinn, OF No.
1 West Fortieth street, New York, and
that Mr., ShInn stated that he purposed
to take DR., Cato to n san 'tarium at
Goshen, N Y, Chief Stebbins said that
he had received no instructions from
the Toms River, N. j., authorities to
hold DR.. Cato. The Chief tclegraphed
the Lakewood, N. j., police that Cate
was In Springfield and received the fol-
lowing response: Prosecutor says
Cate not wanted hero" The message
was signed Nv, 7, Maston, Warden
Why He Was Released.
THE only interest manifested by the
police In DR., Cate has been In New
YORK said Chief Stcbbins to an Even
ms World reporter Inspector stephen
O'Brlen, Of HE Now York police, sent
me the Dhotograuh which established
DR. Gates identifcati1n, Last night
Inspector O'Bricn wired me that he
would send a mar to Springfield.
A 1 O'Clock this morning | was
awakened by a telephone call announc
ing that w. ). Suinn, Gates brOther-in.
law, was at Police Headquarters Mr.,
Snihn left Now York at II last night. |
met Mr., Salnn at this morning anc
had a talk Witt him. AS his creden.
tails wore ~indisputable and no claim
had been made for DR., Cate by the
New Jersey police, | ordered the ply
slcian's release.
"Dr, Cate and Mr., Sh.nn left head
quarters Immediately, | don't know
here they vent. Shinn said he wal
going to take his brother-in-law to Z
s%anitarium IN Goshen, n, Y"
Chief Stebbins says that DR., Cat
recognized Mr., Shinn readily. His frs
ullcI dllCe was dll NlQuiA lbl Mlo' Ndt'
Aside from these circumstances DR.
Cate did not appear any rive ratlona
than he has since Sunday,
The Chief DOES not believe Cate II
shamming, though this opinion Is no
shared by some Of his ~subJrdinates
Stebbins says that at New York polio,
sought to appr 'aond Dr. Cate en- &
criminal charge,
DR., Cate disappeared from Lakewood
On Dec. .. on Dec, II, Mrs, Cate mott
lied her brother, Mr. Shinn, who inter
ested the New York police in the case
Mr., Shinn old Chief Stebbins tina
three years ago Gate disappeared TO
six months and was finally found II
POughkeepsie, n. Y. Shinn said tina
to the best OF the Doctors recollec. iol
he entered q building in process OF con
structiUn, in New York, ami was strucI
in the head by a falling brick. Or. Cat
remembers hearing some one shou
quick, quick and then all IA blacl
for six months,
According 10 Mr.. Shinn Or, Cate di'
not at frs. recognize his W daughte!
when she came to see him. Gradual!
he recovered his mind.
The evening world., 1905-12-27
CORONER MUTT IS .
SUED By HIS WIFE
She. Says She Found Two
Love Letters in His
Pockets.

nr, Samuel l.. Nrtt, Coroner of
Queens Bor1ush, was made the dafen-
d0nt In a suit for sgplrati0n brought
by his wife, Rita l.. Mutt, before JUS
tice Smith, in the Bro klyn Supreme
Court, to-day. Charges Of cruelty and
lnhuman conduct from the basis Of the
actin, although 4 feature OF the suit
is contained in two letters Mrs. Mutt
gays she found in n pocket Of her hus-
bands b1throbc last March
The discovery was made while Mr..
and Mrs, Mutt and a party Of friends
were on . trip to Niagara Falls, she al
leges The first let err was IN Coroner
Nuts handwriting the complainant al
lcges, and read
Dear Little Girl I starred to write
at s o'clock this morning, II is now $50
a. NJ, Tuesday, oni have been dodg-
ing all day trying to get at it. Well
we left New York at 6 last night, as /
told you In my telegram-no,e ibid you
think \ was a freakO and arrived at
Buffalo at 7.3o A. NJ. No one slept very
well and all were cross We took .
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mon ancestors, he might help a poor
relation"
Aston HeIped Him Once.

"Once John Jacob did help me in 1899
and ] wa more than grateful, After
that,I wal Ill and when | went to the
Charity Department they kept me starry
Ing for three days before they even
got me a job. Then they. gave me nifty
cents for chopping wood. After that
| had a Job on the Long Island Rail-
road. but | was X III and l couldn't
stand the work,
You can see why | can't work as a
laborer. | am not strong enough,
Then had a Job Of filling Ice Soxes
at eight cents a box In the winter. l
tainted at my work one day when l
was starving and was discharged"
The pathetic little family group sit
ting on the bare bed which had al
ready been b~argained for by a second
hand store mar looked Thoroughly dis
heartened. On the walls were notices
and cards painted by the father and
bearing such sentiments as;
THE poor man willing TO Work, must
have bread for his work, and clothing
and security; not work refused and
then to prison"
You see my son olnnot help, for
lie Is unable to work. said Astor,
Seven years ago his leg was broken
and was treated wru.g. Blood poison
ing set In and It had no be amputated.
had q fine case, but no money to
fight IT,"
The crippled son and seven-year-old
daughter are refined children Of quiet
manners. When their father displayed
their family tree they looked a., 1t with
interest.
The descent OF Carl Frederick Aston
md John Jacob Astor Is from tho com
mon ancestor Felix Aston, who died In
l165 In Wa,dyri, Germany.
Felix was the father OF Jacob, who
died In 1915, and George Peter, who died
IN 1902. Jacob was the father OF John
Jacob Astor, founder OF the New York
family OF mlllionaires, and George Peter
was the father OF JJhn Stephen, who
died at Waldorf In 1884,. The latter's
son was John Jacob Aston, who died In
Waldorf in 1863, leaving a son. George
Ludwig, who died In Waldorf In 1875,
George Ludwig was the father OF
Charles Frederick, the unfortunate who
has been evicted.
Charles Frederick Astor's father left
HIM a small estate In Germany, but
this was seized because Carl Frederick
evaded military service by coming to
America.
Uuless something Ia done to help the
pOgr relative OF the leaders OF New
York society they viii be turned oul
into the street tonight. The landlord
has given them until 8 o'clock M raise
so.
The evening world., 1905-12-27
BIRD C0LER'S SON
- REPORTED DYING.
Youth Underwent an Operation
on Christmas Day, but
Did Not Rally.

Eugene Bird Coler, son OF Bird s
Colcr, is rep rted In n dying condition
Ut the home NJ his parents. No. 10 New
iork avenue, Brooklyn, as the result Of
an ~operat.,n for appendicitis
Tho son VI the Borough Presldent-elcc
vas stricken Sunday and an operation
was performed Christmas afternoon,
Since then Mr.. Golfer has been at the
bedside OF his boy, who is fifteen years
old.
At the coler home to-day It was said
that the boy had spent n comfortable
night and that there was improvement
In his condition.
The evening world., 1905-12-27
GIRL THIEF FIGHTS
WOMAN ON STREET
-
Victims Wrist in Strug.
gle, After Grabbing
Her Purse.

NEWARK. n, j. Dec. 27.-Mrs. A.
Sch wartz, OF No. $50 Littleton avenue,
had a remarkable encounter with a H.
tie sirl whlle walking on William street
lotG last night. She says the young
fo0tpau grabOeU her purse and was get
lng away withlJt wnen Mrs. Schwartz
caught her and 'there was a struggle,
The girl held on to the purse ana the
woman in trying 10 wrest II from her
slipped and broke her wrist, The thief
escaped.
Mrs. Schwartz after being attended by
q doctor reported the matter to the
police. who are looking for the girl
The evening world., 1905-12-27

FaNIN
One friend alone was lett-my wife,
God bloss her oy'ry hour
She saved me from q drunkards grave,
And whiskey's wicked power
Just how she saved me you shall Sec
This Is the way she told it me.
When hope was almost dead within
Her faithful, constant breast,
She read Of DR.. Halnes' Cure,
Then without stay or rest,
She sent for one Trial Sample frea
And gave II unbeknown to mel
! drank OF Il at ev'ry meal
| ate II In NY bread,
While Mary watched me anxiously,
But ue'er q word she said.
Until one day ! stopped to think.
That / had lost my love for drink!
When, quite unconscious ! was cured,
My Mary told me all
II seemed the very act OF God,
A modern miracle;
call II this, because my wife
And Haines' Cure had saved my life
And now my little story's done,
My ev'ry word Is true.
And wh1. this Treatment ala for me,
The same twill DO for you
And wives and mothcrs-one and all,
Take heart OF Mays miracle.
Save those near and dear 10 you from q
OF degradation, poverty and disgrace.
You can do It by cutting out this coupon.
The evening world., 1905-12-27
SULLIvAN'S NIECE DEAD.
Relative Of "Fl0rrie- MOrtnUy
Burned ut n Gas stove,

Mrs Annie Lyons, thirty wears old, Of
No. il East Seventeenth street. who
was taken 10 Bellevue Hospitil Christ
mas morning suffering from burns. died
at that hospital last night,
Mrs, Lyons. who was a niece OF Flor
RE" Sullivan. was cooking dinner when
her clothing caught fire at a gas stove.
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Cure for


Mary'S Miracle.
The day OF working miracles,
I'm sure. Is far from past,
Aud now to show you what | mean,
I'll toll you Of the last
Great one, that happened right 10 me.
For | was part Of II, you see.
You know the life | used TO lead
o God, a living death,
A drunkard Of the hopeless kind
For, scarce q sober breath
| over drew. and hope and pride
We're lost TO me and nearly all beside.