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New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
BOY DIES; PARENTS HELD.
Babgs Burns arouse Police SWspi-
cions-Cont9icting Stories Told.

On account of the peculiar circumstances sur
rounding the death of the boy baby, five months
old. Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Joseph Sherman In
the kitchen Of their fat at No. 1SS Douglass-st.,
Brooklyn, yesterday. both the mother and the
father have been held on a technical charge Of
homicide They will be arraigned in the Butler
st court this morning where they will have a
chance to reteu their stories which the police
conflict In some particulars. to magistrate.
The little boy was found the kitchen floor
burned to death at $50 o'clock in the morning
According to the mother. she and Sherman put
the infant In rocking chair few feet from the
fire when they went TO bed on Sunday night There
were two pillows in the chair, and a comforter
was wrapped around the child Mrs. Sherman says
they put blocks Of wood under the rocker, and
turned it so that the left side of the child was
toward the fire. She got UP at $50 o'clock she
declares, and went to early mass at st. Agnes's
Church, in sackett-st The baby was asleep in
the chair then. When she returned On hour later
the baby was dead in front Of the chair.
The woman called her husband and told him the
child was dead asking him to go out and get some
help He went out and got intoxicated, the police
say, and was in that condition when they arrested
him three hours later, block from his nome ne
to mass, and had been around the house all the
morning, he had heard her moving about- ur
ther than that, the police say. he said he was mot not
married fourteen months ago.
Captain Zimmerman said It seemed extraordlnary
and almost beyond belief that the child could nave
fallen out Of the chair and received such severe
see GaTms on he sad That 2A the little had pressed
against the stove II the child had been burned
forter would have been scorched. as is not the
case. The baby was almost too young to creep.
The woman is thirty-three years old. She mas
been married before and has three other children
Two girls six and ten years old are with the SIS Sls
to be living with Thomas Fox. Of No. - 6th-aye
BROOKLYN who the police say is the father m d Of the
facturer Of iron ratings.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
GTVES FEAST FOR LADS.
Son Continues Charity to 'FNetcSies, i"
Founded bg Father.

Three hundred newsboys sat down to turkey
dinner last night at the Newsboys' Lodging House,
No. Il NeW-Chambers-st. and while they were in
the midst OF the meal William NJ Fleiss the gtver
Of the feast, entered accompanied by his wife.
The boys cheered, and Isaac Cohen, who is known
to the boys as the Pride of the Waldorf" because
he sleeps in 15 cent bed instead of plain five
cent bunk In the big dorrnitory. got up on bench
and made a little speech of thanks to Mr.. Fless.
Isaac explained to the rest that this was the
forty-third annual Christmas dinner given by the
Fleiss family and that the dinner which they
then enjoying the first given by the in
memory of his father. who founded this charity.
Many OF the boys received little book, which
was sent to them by their friend. Evert Jansen
Wendell, who has found good homes for many of
them. some grown men. with whom he is still
in communication. While the little fellows
tucling away the turkey and cranberry and
celery and other good things. dark complexioned
appeared at the door Of the dining room and
asked for Superintendent Heig. The visitor proved
to be J. Miguel Rodriguez Co.'S professor of fine
arts in the Normal School IN the City Of Mexico.
Mr.. Rodriguez produced a letter OF introduction
from the State Department at Washington. signed
Jimmy Mon and Tommy Deans, who IS known
also Slippery Mike" told Mr.. Heig after the
dinner that they enjoyed it "a heap but, said
Mt. Heig not fixed at all, and he had to
say He also said later that he would welcome
any donations of clothing that came along. the
boys needed clothes badly. The proudest boy the
house last night Leroy Fields. ten years old
who told the others how on Friday last he was the
guest Of Mrs. Burchards, of Troy, at the Hoffman
IAN She washed me face before dinner and filed
full OF turkey"
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
REDELL UPHOLDS ODELL.
Calls WadsUortb Movement At
tempt to Hun.iIiate old Members.

Assemblyman Louis Bedeu Of Orange County,
yesterday issued a statement on the Speakership
fight in which he said he believed an attempt
to hurniliate certain members OF the Assembly
long in service and strike q blow at Ex-Governor
oden underlies the movement to elect Mr.. Wads-
worth as Speaker. He also defends Ex-Governor
CdeIl. The statement follows:
AS a. member of the commission appointed by
the legislature to obtain the passage OF UNI UNI
form laws in relation to the protection or 1000
fish in the boundary waters between aCnaoa a1t ana
New-York State. was at Ottawa last "eehs
and have just returned.
While there I read with amazement tne ar
ticIe published by the papers, statlng thar FFes-
ident Roosevelt ans Governor Higgins had aC-
tempted to usurp the constitutional functOnS OF
the Assembly and dictate that James w; Waos-
worth jr., should be the Speaker OF the next
Assembly.
Personally I believe Mr.. Wadsworth to be
g. bright intelligent and straightforward young
gentleman, but far in his political career ne
has utterly failed to demonstrate his fitness OF
ability to fill the important ana dlfhcult olHcS
Of Speaker and believe voice the senuInene nleas
and opinions if honestly expressed Of at least
nine-tenths Of the mmbrs Of the last Assembly.
His candidacy was not conceived in his own
mind, but sprang into LIE by reason son OF Ln9 @
sociates fnf his. The Governors candloacE, oy
reason of the enormous power ne Wle6uS oESf s
the success OF defeat OF the measures OF In9 IN
dividual members of the Assembly, mas leao
MANY faint hearts to fall into line ana say
''Amen," when in their own minds tney Know
and unprecedented. ,.
What arguments have been produced against
the older and tried members, men VINO nave
demonstrated unuutstionable ability and loyalty
to the Republican party and its principles? Har-
Inony and a reorganization of the Assembly are
the open pleas. -, --.-. g., ~,
attempt by the humiliation of certain members
long in service, to strike blow at the man VINO
has done more to bring about Republican sue
cess in our recent campaigns than any other one
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To what bad legislation can the Governor
point that the Assembly has passed; or good leg
isIation it has failed to pass in recent years ua-
der the wise and able guidance of the late "a
rnented Hon. S. Fred Nixon as Speaker: ana uae
wise leadership of former Governor Odeil.
Where in have the principal candidates sucn
as Rogers. Merritt Cox, Hooker, Fish, VAIN
wright and others failed in their duties to the
state their constituents and the Republican
party? ,z - ,.,r r,,oh
encroachrnent upon the constitutional rights OF
the members of the Assembly, and for one shall
resent and resist such a reflection upon the
honesty capabilities and ioyalttes OF the elder
members They are first entitled to be con-
niSereS for this high Office and should be hu-
initiated only by reason Of unnistakeable dis
ouaIiication before we are called upon to sup
port a gentleman of unknown abilities
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
CURTAINS ON STREET CARS.
To Give the Motorman a Clearer View of
the Track.

''Why do the motormen draw together the mar
row green curtains on the front doors of their
csrs?" repeated bright little conductor on a
14th-st car this morning. "I am asked this
question every day and it is not because It shuts
off the wind from the front Of the car as IS
generally supposed. When the electric lights
are turned ON in the interior of the cars at dusk
+hev have a tendency to throw q. reflection from
the glass in the doors and the front windows
1pon the glass of the vestibule. This reflection
affects the nlotormen's eyes and interferes with
a clear sight ahead. By drawing the curtains
the reelection is shut off and the front platform
is placed in semi -obscurity after the fashion OF
the cab of a steam engine which, as is well
known is in utter darkness except for the very
small lights over the steam gauge and the CLOCK
The curtains are fine idea, for the darker the
nja+form is the better the motorman can see his
course. .:e.
.eThe uotormen of this city are much gratiled
at the success of the movement for VestlbuleS on
rotor cars 1t was a long time coming, but,
backed as they were by public sentiment, the
welcome vestibules have come TO stay. We nave
had sufficiently cold weather this fall to put the
yestibuIes to &, practical test The men can per-
FORM much better service, they used to be-
come so henurnbed by cold that they could work
their brakes only with difficulty, and could not
resnond to the calls of the conductors as readl!y
as when the blood freely circulates- While the
1rastiFnles are open the sides the front
classes are arched, and as satisfactory pro-
fectio7 is afforded as may be expected under the
circumstances In the old days the driving snow
heating into the faces Of the naotornnen htsded
their ewes and rendered accidents possible, 10
say nothing of the physical suffering Of the
men. - w aShington star
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
BRINGS CHEER TO R0SLYN POOR
Mrs. Clarence q Maokay Distributes Gifts
MANY Nassau County BenefaCtions.

Mrs. Clarence H. Msckay, who some time ago
was elected trustee Of the Rcslyn public scnools'
did not forget the poor children Of the schools
Tozens of pairs of gloves and warm clothing were
given out and turkeys were also distributed among
those who would otherwise not have enjoyed this
Christmas fare. Mrs. Mackay also made numerous
presents to residents OF Roslyn and other towns
nearby
Edwin D. Morgan. Harry Payne Whitney, Mr..
and Mrs Stanley Mortimer. Lloyd Bryce Mr.. and
Mrs William A Hazard, W. D. Guthrie and others
were also instrumental IN bringing happiness to
many homes. Turkeys. chickens and other Christ
mas delicacies distributed.
Mrs. EIoise Kernochan visited the Hampstead
Almshouse and presented the women with shawls,
dresses. candy and fancy articles. The men re-
ceived packages OF tobacco, pipes, apples, candy
and clothing. Mrs Kernochan also obtained the
names Of many needy families and, assisted by
Mrs. Oliver Il. P. Belmont, Mrs Jere X Cook
Mrs P. H Jennings, Mrs. o. ". Bird Mrs II. V.
p. Kennedy. August Belmont, Mrs. Sidney Dillon
Ripley and others brought Christmas cheer to
various homes
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
TRIES SUICIDE At TABLE.
Sight Of Christmas Dinner Causes Frenzy in
Sick Man.

Thrown into strange frenzy at the sight of a
bountifully laden Christmas table. John Barry cut
his throat with q carving knife at the home Of
Mrs. Grace Molly his sister, No. LOS Pacifc-st'
Brooklyn yesterday afternoon His jugular vein
was severed. and the man is at the point OF death
in St. Johns Hospital.
Barry is a carpenter. He lived at No 1856 Full
ton-st., Brooklyn. He was convalesclng from an
attack of pneumonia and was still weak Miss Fan
rie Barry, another sister, also at the Christ
mas celebration. Barry seemed morose and un-
happy and every tried to cheer him up. He
went to the dining room with the others. but COM
planned that he did not feel hungry and did not
believe he would enjoy the feast. He sat down
and watched the others Their nfrth seemed to
worry him Suddenly he grasped carving knife,
and before any realized what he was about
to do no had drawn the sharp blade across MS
throat. r. . -,
hospital he regained his but would give no
reason for his attempt end his life The doctors
say he has only the slightest chance OF recovery
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
ABOLITION OF THE FAIRY.

Whom we consider that some very we'll mean
ing people annually register protest against
"deluding' the children with the Santa Claus
myth it is hardly surprising to learn that
British duchess has prohibited the mistress OF
her village school from reading larry taleS 10 tle
children. Her grace has fixed convictions on the
subject. - .,,. ,,,z,,,
minds with such nonsense and such impractical
ideas They should, instead, be taught from
their earliest years the lives of the wora great
men julius Cesar, Dante, Napoleon Milton,
This is a singular collocation OF the "orld S
great men, but that fact need not De consloeteu
The question is whether fairy tales are really IN
furious TO children, and that is questlon when
nearly every one is competent TO decloe TOT Illii-
self since nearly every one has been brought
up so to speak, on that kind or nterdIuIe
Fairy tales in one form another are found III
all languages. Are they bad for children?
we are inclined to think that the answer OF
the great majority of people will be in the mega
tive Most of US can remember the keen delght
we took in fairy tales, and 1t VIII be di1lcut 10
cinderella or the adventures OF Jack the
Giant Killer rendered him 'impracticaf when
he left the age of fairy stories pehihu ana pro-
gressed toward adult life. .
is safe to say that fairy tales are positively ben
eacial to children. They supply g psycnologlcal
want which in grown-up people is satlsned py
novels romances and other works OF the lmagl-
nation The child's novel is the book of fairy
stories. and if they be good tairy stores ley
To saw with the duchess, that the reading or
fairy tales renders children impractical is equiv
alent TO saying that the reading OF anything
save severely practical books has the same eff
feet upon children of larger growth. Few or
us will be disposed to concede so much.
II is no disparagement of the duchess's earn
estness and sincerity to mention that she her
self is childless but the circumstance certainly
tends TO weaken the authority with which she
speaks. We may be sure that no mother OF
many children be found to join in the de-
nunciation of fairy tales, and in such matter
the mother of many may be conceded TO speak
with more authority than the mother Of none,
We feel assured, at any rate. that fairy tales
will not fall into disu5e among children though
all the duchesses in the world should pronounce
them Impractical and undesirable literature.
They are a part Of childhood. and TO abolish
them would be take away a vital factor in the
intellectual development of young humanity
lChicago RAcord-Herald.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
A FAITHFUL DOG.
Tried to Bring Help to Master in snOw'
storm

William v1enas has probably perished in the snow
between Hyampom and this place. That conclusion
was reached yesterday, when j. ". Lattimer ar
rived here coming by way Of Peanut, and vas
disappointed in not finding Vienas in town
Vienas and IIattimer working IN the copper
mine near Hyampom 1t November 20 that
Vtenas left the mines, expecting to go through 70
Hayfork distance Of twenty-five miles, IN one
day. He did not even take along a bite OF foods
and his faithful dog accompanied him Latumer
remained alone in camp.
Five days later the dog back to camp tn g
half starved condition, making great den1onstra-
tIons before Lattimer who could neither understands
its strange actions induce 1t partake OF food.
The dog remained in the camp about hour, ard
struck out the mountains toward Hayfork
arriving here the day. The faithful animal
again tried to make his troubles known, but no
one could understand the message the dumb Great
ure had TO convey. The dog whined and refused
TO be comforted, although II did finally partake OF
food. -.
when Lattimer arrived here yesterday ard did
not find Vienas. the meaning of the dogs strange
actions were understood. Lattimer IS sure tnat
Vienas perished in the storm that sprang up az
midday on November 29, and that the dog keps
faithful vigil over his masters body for hve days
when hunger instinct, both, impelled II 70 re-
turn. first to Hyampom and then to Hayfork. Tor
succor for Vfenas. -
Searching parties left this morning. They VII
hunt through Indian Valley and over the mountain
trail hoping to find trace Of the missing man.
dead alive. Four feet Of snow fell on the SUM
NIT that Vienas is supposed TO have crossed-(Hays
fork (Cal) correspondence Sacramento Bee
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
DROPS DEAD AFTER MEAL.
East Indian, Starring for Days,
Succumbs When Fed.

What was evidently his first square meal in days
,rovad TOO much for the weakened system OF
Bynuro Pherozshan Javari. a young East Indian
recently at school in England and he fen aeao
Sunday evening in the parlor of Mrs Carrie d.
Shewe's boarding house. No. 90 Irving Place. nlrS
Shave who had befriended Javari since MS ar
rival in this country had invited him to dinner.
He came, and, in spite Of his polished manners
it was easy to see by the way he ate that he was
starving. After dinner the party went into the
parlor and Javari. suddenly dropping on his Knees
ieea1 ercite6Iv to beg Mrs Shawe's pardon for
some fancied affront Mrs. Shave, not under
standing him. was trying to make him rise @ Wnen n
with a gasp. he threw up his hands ana le4 TO
the floor - - ,, ro1.o. mos
called and said the was dead. Later on
Dr. T. D Lehane Of No. 1858 LeXingtonzaVe..
made a thorough examination and diagnosed the
death as caused by valvuIar disease Of the heart,
brought on by overeattng and undue excItenene-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
YORK ON PRESENT FATAL.
Teamster Wished to GiOe Family
q House He Built.

James Owen teamster Of New-Rochene'
was to make his wife a Christmas presenet OF
a little two story cottage he had built entire
" with his own hands On Christmas eve, only
a few hours before the presentation was to be
made, he was dead, victim Of overwork and
pneumonia Mrs. Owen must now work TO sup
port her four small children. and she VIII be
unable to live in the cottage, 1t being TOO Tar
from the centre Of the city.
For over year Owen has been at work Oh
the house He dug the cellar. laid the stone
,,d hro,,eh+ the wood as he needed it, doing
ali the work in his spare hours. For the last
few weeks he has had to work entirely by lamp
light Wednesday he developed co4o shd DC
his death quickly followed.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
J D. CRTMMINs WAITER FOR AGED.
Dons Long White Apron and Acts as Host at
Dinner for Inmates of Home.

Iobn D. Crimmins yesterday afternoon gave his
twentieth annual Christmas dinner to the inmates
of the Home for the Aged, at No. 23 East 'oth-st:
His guests were $50 old men and women, some or
them over ninety years Old
Ae us1al Mr. Crimmins took his sons and daugh-
+arr panbev,s and nieces to the Home, where they
waited On the old people at the dinner MI Crln III
WINS himself dopned long white apron 10 act as d
Ilafer for the occasion The last thing served was
glass Of whiskey for each guest ana at1er & II 4 ha
his FAMILY an would carry on the practice OF giving
these dinners in the Hoe IN IN IL the Tssen yeTf 10
Of the Oldest Of his G ggGsfs oud np 69 pro-
1osine three cheers in which both men and women
icipe6 heartily.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
ONLY WAY TO ouTwIT HIM.

Mrs Stonewan Jackson. widow Of the famous
Confederate general, who now lives IN Charlotte,
N. c.. chatting lawyer OF her acquaintance
about the fees demanded By members OF his pre-
fesslon-
'Stl. there are occasions when a lawyer isn't the
chief beneficiary OF suit" said Mrs. Jackson: 'I
know or one instance A friend OF mine in yir-
ginta sued railroad for damages and secured q
verdict for $4,000 which paid and the whole
amount is now in bank subject TO her order. Her
How thatg'
She found the only way OF outwittng him.
WHAT did she do?a
Einas
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
4 WONDERFUL KETTLE.

Hapgood Norseman OF Mentonne reports excel
lent Sale of his patent boiling kettle, which he Is
now selling in this neighborhood.
II certai3Iv seems TO be a valuable invention. It
is made of wrought iron, like engine boiler and
is itted with a hinged cover with stSan1-tight
Joint which can be fastened down with clamps. IN
use tbe food 10 be cooked by boiling is plsced in the
kettie a gn1all amount Of water is poured in, the
cover fastened down with the clamps and the kettle
placed on the fire. The steam not being permitted
"a escane the temperature soon rises far beyond
the boiling point. which is impossible in an open
kettle and all kinds food. including the toughest
meat are cooked in less than one-quarter OF the
time required by open boiling There are two safety
valves in the cover which make explosions mpos-
sible THE valves are set to Withstand pressure
OF twenty pounds to the square inch. and this
pressure viii boil large piece OF the toughest beef
perfectly soft and tender in fifteen minutes BY
keening the pressure just below the point where
steam will escape from the valves cabbage. onions
or any other food having e strong smell can be
cooked IN tha heating stove in the parlor without
ms kins any odor in the house. very slight degree
OF heat is sfIicent TO do the cooking in this closed
vessel and fhis renders the saving fuel sufficient
TO nav for the kettle and over again In very
few months -,
bv the father of Mr.. Norseman. but the original
plan did not provide for safety valves, and at q
trial test one day the kettle exploded and large
ham bone flew across the kitchen with terrible
force and snuffed out the old gentleman's life in
instant-I1e Sueur (AIinn) correspondence Chicago
Chronicle.
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New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
INSANE FROM WANT OF MONEY.
Lack of Christmas Cheer for Family Causes
Man to Wander Away.

Freeport Long Island, Dec. 25.-Despondent over
business troubles and the fact that he was unable
to get money with which to buy Christmas presents
for his wife and three children. Samuel Noon.
cigar dealer of this place. disappeared from his
home on Saturday night last. He has been found
and is now at his home.
Noon seemed to have an hallucnat1on that some
one was trying to kill him, brought on, his friends
saw by business and family troubles. One OF MS
children is In hospital, and the expense OF pay
ing for treatment for the boy seemed to prey on
his mind He became suddenly demented on Sat
irdaV night and, Ieaping from a window, disap-
peared. posse was organized to search Tor hiI
in-Iaw It is feared that his exposure may result
IN his death.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
MISS cAHILL GIVES AND TAKES.

The Christmas spirit much IN evidence at the
Majestic Theatre yesterday when Miss Marie
Cahm received from the members of her Moon
shine" company e valuable toilet set OF hand
carved ivory. The set was made in Cairo. Egypt
and ths ivory itself from the tusk Of an ele-
phsnt killed IN Abysiunia by a nephew OF King
Asaeiik. II his first elephant and earned
for him the right Of having his ears pierced and
wearing gold earrings. Miss CahilI gave every
member OF the company years membership in a
well known travelling library.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
CHILD SHOT TAKING GIFT.
Bullet Meant for Father Hits
Daughter Reaching for Doll |
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.I ]

IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.1
Washington, Penn, Dec 25-Mary Kennedy
the seven -year-old daughter OF James Kennedy
at Hazelkirk, near here, was shot dead this
morning while taking doll from the top OF her
Christmas tree. The bullet came through tbs
window. Two white men and two negroes ars
under arrest charged with the crime.
There is grumbling among the people OF this
township and If any proof Of the murder ID
fastened on any of the men arrested rough work
is feared. The child's father is superintendent
of the HazeIkirk mines and 1t Is thought soma
angry workmen fired the shot The bullet vas
evidently intended for Mr.. Kennedy. who was
holding his little daughter up to get the doll
New-York tribune., 1905-12-26
CHRISTMAS DINNER FOR ANIMALS.
Extra Rations Served to Cats and Dogs at
Bide-a-Wee Home

All the stray dogs and cats at the Bide-a-wee
Home in West 8sth-st. received extra food yester-
day TO make their holiday For the dogs there
were bones and dog biscuits; for the cats un-
neck ribbons.
There will be Christmas tree to-day at the
Home for several children in whom the Salvation
Army takes interest These children have been
invited TO the Home to receive presents and candy.
Some or the contributors 10 the societys work will
De present TO help entertain the dogs and and