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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
GIRL IN TROUSERS INSANE.
Husband Says Her Mind was Wrecked
by Cigarette Smoking.

The young woman who was arrested on
Saturday night while dressed in male attire
was arraigned before Magistrate O'Reilly
in the Myrtle avenue court Brooklyn
yesterday morning and remanded until
( Feb. Q. The Magistrate ordered that she
be sent to the observation ward Of the
Long Island State Hospital for the Insane
at FIatbush.
In court It developed that the young
woman is Mrs. Mary Jackavito, the vito
of Valentine Jackavito well to do hotel
keeper at SO Graham street, Williamsburg.
He is about 10 years old not 20 years old.
as the police we're informed Saturday
night. The escapades Of his wife, whose
mind he says, has been wrecked by cigar
cite smoking. has greatly upset both him
and her parents. also well TO do Italians.
Il am sorry to say that she has been gong
from bad to worse for the last two months.
he said last night. She left me two months
ago. She was restless and dissatisfied.
always wishing that she was q man and
could go about as she pleased. She wore
trousers when arrested. have been told,
that she obtained from Chinaman IN
Mott street where she spent two or three
nights in an opium joint. She never had
a sister in the jail. Her sister Fannie
is 10 years old and is a respectable MARI ed
woman.
My wife and were married six years
ago. Until year ago we were very happy.
She then began to 60 out at night and stay
away at her pleasure and we had words
about It, / tried to reason with her, but it
was no use she insisted on doing as she
pleased and finally said that she would go
away and live where she could do So |
tried 10 find her-spent many days and
nights following up cl es as to her where
abouts, but It was impossible to get her TO
come home"
The police are still Of the opinion that the
young woman was in league with some
of the many Italians locked up IN the Ray
mond Street Jail awaiting trial and that she
meant TO attempt 10 rescue one of them.
In court yesterday the young woman
was dressed in d tailor made gown of dark
material and small turhan shaped hat.
Her rambling talk convinced the Mags-
trate that she was Of un5ound mind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
THE REV. c. =. BENTLEY DEAD.
Prohibition Candidate for President in 'iiiG
Dies suddenly in q Lodging House.

Los ANGELES, Call Feb. 5.-The Rev
C. g. Bentley Of Lincoln. Neb, Prohibition
candidate for the Presidency in 1890 and
three times the Prohibition candidate for
United States Senator from Nebraska,
died last night in lodging house here OF
heart disease under peculiar circumstances.
Bentley arrived last Friday with his
wife and took apartments at 900 Olive
street Last night he appeared at a lodging
house at 1875 South Los Angeles street with
a stylishly dressed woman and applied for
rooms. While the landlady was showing
them a room Bentley dropped to the floor.
The woman begged the landlady to go
for water When she returned the woman
was gone. Then the landlady went for
physician and on her return found a ledger
holding Bentley's head. The lodger left
and when the doctor came Bentley was
dead. His watch was gone and only sLl0
was found on the body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
SERVED so YEApS ~ THE NAVY
Queyedo Was One 81 ,ne Crew That Went
With Perry 10 China and Japan.

John Quevedo, for fifty years In con-
tinuous service In the United States Navy.
died at bis home, i59 Adelphi street. Brook
Ign, on Friday last. Funeral services we're
held at his residence last night. At his
request the body was wrapped in an Ameri-
can flag and the room in which the services
were held we're decorated with the national
colors.
He was born on the Island OF MInoroa,
In the Mediterranean, under Spanish rule,
II 1887. When very young be was brought
10 this country bv his parents. In 1850
he was an apprentice in the United States
Navy and was part OF the crew that made
the cruise with Commodore Perry to China
and Japan. He was gunner on the Brook
Ign during the civil war where he dis
tinguished himself.
In 1884, when Commodore Sohley and
Lieut.. Emery made up their crews for the
search for Lieut.. Greedy in the Arctic re-
gions, Quevedo was chosen and went with
them. Operti's famous picture, now in
Washington, depicting the rescue Of Lieut..
Greedy at Cape Sabine, shows Quevedo
carrying one end OF the stretcher on which
lay the sick form Of Greedy.
His love for the flag Of his adopted country
was almost a mania with him. For the
last eight years he had been storekeeper
in the navy yard in Brooklyn. His son,
John, Jr., ia also a gunner In the United
States Navy, now attached to the training
ship Hancock, The dead man was a mem
Der OF Rankin Post, G, A R, and the Brook
lyn Volunteer Firemens Association.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
WOMEN MEET IN STREET.
Denounce Police for Fart They Played In
Bronx Tenement Fire.

A woman stood in ST. AIMS avenue, near
i35th street, The Bronx, yesterday, and
harang ed a crowd Of 200. women for the
most part, denouncing the police for the
part they played or failed to play on Friday
at a Are which drove SO venteen families
from the tenements at l4e and ISL Brook
avenue.
The womhn's text was a story in a Bronx
newspaper giving the police of the Alex
snder avenue station the credit for work
done at the fire The oratrix said that no
poiicem' came 10 the Ere until forty-five
minutes after its start, and that when they
did arrive the ffemen had the blaze under
control and the families in places of safety.
The speaker said that she WAS sure that
the FIRE S ince diary, and that the police
had done nothing. Another fire started
late on Saturday evening in letter box
in the vestibule Of 6.3 East 18th street,
and drove thirteen families TO the street.
That fire, the woman thinks. was incendiary
also.
Residents Of the neighborhood are signing
a petition asking that he cause Of the fires
be investigated.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
TELEPHONE PROMOTERS FAIL.
Bills Bros. Enemies OF the Bell system In
the West 60 to the Wall.

Sioux CITY, Ia, Feb. Son petition of
the General Engineering Company the
firm Of Bills Bros. was placed in the bands
Of a receiver yesterday, the plaintiff? alleg-
ing that the firm owed it over $50 900 for
labor and material furnished for construo-
ton Of the Sioux City Automatic Telephone
Exchange.
Bills Bros. arc c. j. and Frank L. Bills
the most extensive telephone promoters in
the West They have built and floated
forty anti-Bell e. changes in the larger
cities OF Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa and
Missouri, and came to grief through mis-
fortunes in their Sioux Falls and Sioux
City enterprises, the latter being half con-
structed and tied up for several months
for want Of funds.
The Bell interests have been fighting
them for years and concentrated efforts
in attacks on the Bills interests at Lincoln.
Sioux Falls and Sioux City resulted in the
failure. Bills Bros. say they will soon
settle and complete the Sioux City plant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
GAS KILLS Two YOUNG MEN
RIVAL UNDERTAKERS WRANGLE
OVER THE BODIES.
Tube OF Gas stove became Detached In
tho Night and They We're Asphyxiated
While They slept-Had Been 10 a
Dance and IL Was TOO Late 20 60 Home,

Two young men. well clad. entered the
barroom Of the Eclipse Hotel, roadhouse
in Bergenline avenue North Bergen, n. j.,
at 1890 o'clock Yesterday morning and asked
for a room.
Make 1t warm one" said one OF the
pair. Were most frozen. We came over
from Haokensack last night 10 attend a
ball at Nungesser's Hotel. It's too late
TO go home, but l guess the folks won't
worry"
They got room upstairs that was heated
by gas stove When they went TO bed
they left the stove burning.
At noon yesterday Sommers and his help
smelled gas and broke open the door of
the young mems room. Both were dead
in bed Gas was pouring from tube one
end Of which had become detached from
the stove. II was apparent that the tube
had slipped off by accident and that the
men had been asphyxiated while they
slept.
Ex-Coroner William Necker Union Hill
undertaken, drove 10 North Bergen TO get
the bodies. Sommers had in the meanwhile
notified Coroner Brackner of Jersey City.
He refused to let Necker have the bodies.
saying no undertaken other than the Coro-
ner could take them away.
Neclter appealed without success 70
Chief Of Police Sullivan of North Bergen
Then he called up Prosecutor Speer Of
Hudson county and wanted TO know if
Sommers had any right TO say who should
take the bodies The Prosecutor replied
that all unidentified dead should be re-
moved TO Volk's morgue in Hoboken or 10
Hughes s morgue in Jersey City.
When Coroner Brackner's wagon, in
charge OF an assistant, reached the road
house Necker reminded Sommers that no
had said he wouldn't surrender the bodies
70 anybody but the Coroner in person
Sommers admitted that the point was well
taken and the bodies weren't disturbed.
The rival undertaken wagons stood in
front OF the hotel for several hours while
the wrHngle continued. The saloon was
crowded all the afternoon by curious men
and boys. Many Of them tramped upstairs
to see the bodies
Coroner Braclner reached the roadhouse
at o'clock last night, nearly seven hours
after the bodies we're found, and satisfied
himself that the deaths were the result Of
an accident. He took the bodies to Jersey
City arriving at his morgue at s45 o'clock,
The dead men were identified late last
night as Clifford A. Mcdonald. 81 years old,
and his chum, Charles Kiel, % years old.
both Of Fairview, Bergen county, n. j.
The identficatlons were made by McDon-
AIDS brother Elmer kiel's cousin, Harry
o. Burger the Rev. Mr.. Fletcher and a
score OF friends and acquaintance. who
were shocked by the news Of the young
mems deaths and came down from Fair
view in body. Mr.. Mcdonald was
member OF the Thirteenth Regiment
National Guard of New York kiel was
employed by W. II. Lent q Co, importers,
OF this city.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
DOWIE'S DIRECT REVELATIONS
Cables From Nassau That He Is In Com.
municati0n Now With God.

CHICAGO, Feb. Opposite John Alex
ander, formerly Dowie, to-day proclaimed
for the first time in his career that he was
receiving direct revelations from God
The news Of the apostles latest attitude
was made known in a telegram from Nassau
Bahama Islands. read in Zion City by Elder
Spicher 1t said.
Read TO the people Psalms TX: Is
These words are my expression on the
death Of our late beloved lister and rother
God has answered my prayers and yours
and rested me until l am strong as ever
in my life.
Il begin my journey for the site Of the
New Zion in Mexico Tuesday. Our prayers
have consoled the widow Of the late Col
Stern. ! have received more clear revela-
tons from God as to how the New Zion
shall be built | expect TO sail for Vera
Cruz Tuesday. With love,
APOSTLE JOIN ALEXANDER
This telegram came as a surprise to the
followers OF the Apostle in Zion City.
Hitherto he has never SAID that he was in
communication with God and received
directions as to what should be done in
Zion. Hints TO this effect have often been
current in Zion, but nothing definite had
ever been said about the matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
GIANT FIREuANs LEGS CUT OFF
kearns Was Trying TO Board Moving
Trolley Car-nnl Die.

Fireman Garrett Kearns Of Engine IA,
Coney Island, was MORALLY injured yes
terday afternoon in Broadway. near Berry
street. Williamsburg. He was run over
by trolley car. He had been to his home
in Long Island City for dinner and was
returning to the engine house, He tried
to get on the front platform of the car
while it was in motion He got grip
on the railing, but lost his footing and
was dragged along for several feet Before
he let go. Two wheels passed over his
legs, cutting them off above the ankles
He also got fracture Of the skull and
internal injuries.
District Hospital, where IL was said he
would probably die. He Is feet 3 inches
In height.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
"PITTSBURG PHI" BURIED.
Large Crowd Braves Zero Weather In the
Cemetery 10 Watch the Interment.

PIr1sBURo, Pa, Feb 5.-About 900 per-
sons waded through the snowdrifts and
braved zero weather In Uniondale Gene
terry this afternoon to see the interment OF
George Smith, "Pittsburg Phil, in his own
private $50, 900 mausoleum which he had
built six years ago. The crowd was COM
PEELED to wait two hours in the cold before
the funeral procession came, but there was
scarcely desertion.
Many OF the half frozen kept their blood
in circulation by taking turns in sweeping
of the snow from the carpet which had been
laid round the costly marble tomb. The
snow showed a disposition to drift in this
neighborhood and except for the work OF
the crowd it is likely that some trouble
would have been found in getting to the
tomb.
Mrs. Elizabeth Downing. mother OF
Smith, collapsed tonight after the. funeral
She asked to be taken far away from the
scene OF her sons boyhood and at the re-
quest OF her physician William Smith
her son. started with her 10 New York.
II is understood that they will sail for
Europe soon,
Something which made the death Of her
son harder to bear was made public to-day.
The plunger after twenty years persuasion
had at last Welded to the wishes Of his
mother and was to have taken up his resi-
denoe in Pittshurg this winter. living at
home with her all the time giving up the
horse game That he died on the eve Of
the fulhlment Of his promise struck her
very hard.
The Rev. Dr. J. w. Witherspoon, pastor
OF the Fifth United Presbyterian Church
Of Allegheny, did not refer TO the life
Of Smith in his funeral sermon to-day.
Many had come to the house Of mourning
only TO hear what the minister would say
about a man whose life had been spent in
gambling.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
MURDERED NEAR HER HOME,
A STRANGER 3RINGS WOMAN'S
PURSE TO HER HUSBAND.
Allegheny Woman Killed In an Allcyway
shortly After Parting From Her Hus.
band 10 60 Marketing signs Of
Terrible struggle in the SNOW.


Terrible struggle in the SNOW.
PITrsBuBo, Pa. Feb. 5.-Hundreds of
Allegheny citizens spent the afternoon
seeking clue TO a mysterious murder
which was discovered shortly after noon.
Mrs. Martha Kirkpatrick. q years old,
was found strangled and beaten to death
In Jackson Alley, not far from her home.
The murder was evidently committed
about II o'clock last night. and the body
was found covered with snow. Jackson
Alley, from one end TO the other, vas
sprinkled with blood and showed traces
Of terrible struggle. The woman was
assaulted and murdered and 1t was thought
robbed, but the mysterious part of il was
that a stranger handed her husband her
pocketbook late Last night with the re-
mark:
Give this to Mrs. Kirkpatrick. II she
wants to know more about II, tell her l
will explain
With that the man disappeared and the
police are now looking for him. John H.
Kirkpatrick and his wife left their home
last evening to visit Mr.. Kirkpatricks
mother. Mr.. Kirkpatrick started home and
his wife went to the Allegheny Market.
When she did not come home he said he
thought she had gone back to stay with his
mother, owing 10 the cold weather. lie
remained at home and this morning visited
his mothers house and learned that his
wife had not been there. He did not know
of his wife's death until this afternoon.
although her body WAS lying in the alley
back OF the house.
w. j. Kinney OF jackson alley found
the body. which was terribly beaten and
stiff from cold. The market basket was
found near by. f. B. Frum, who lives in a
house opposite the spot where the woman
was found. said that about IL O'Clock last
night he heard a scufiling in the alley. He
opened his door and thought he heard
child crying. He distinctly heard voice
which said:
aFor Gods sake. DON'T I'll do anything
you want me TO do"
The noise subsidized and he went into the
house. John r. Kirkpatrick the husband,
told the police he reached home at o o'clock
last night and stayed there. He was taken
TO the police station and was -sweated.
the police being under the impression that
he knew something of the affair. Tonight
he was released.
Mrs Scott, a neighbor OF the Kirkpat-
ricks, said that Saturday a well dressed
man, who gave his name as Mr.. Crawford,
called to see Mrs. Kirkpatrick, She was
not at home He appeared 20 be slightly
under the influence Of liquor
Kirkpatrick is a bookkeeper. He has a
brother who is employed as copy reader
on the Pittshrrg Port
Late tonight Norman Geyger OF Ale
gh ny was arrested on suspicion Of having
committed the murder He is rather a
tough character but before Mr.. Kirkpatrick
her His clothing is bloody, according
to the police, and his face bears scratches
which might have been inflicted by a woman.
Geyger denies his guilt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
THREE BuRGLARS on WHEELS
visit Mount NernOn-scarcd Away From |
Home Of James \. bailey, Circus Man.

visit Mount NernOn-scarcd Away From
Home Of James \. Bailey, Circus Man.
MOUNT VERNON. y. Y, Feb. 5.-Word
has been sent to the police Of Westchester
county and New York city to he on the
lookout for band Of burglars who have a
team of horses and covered wagon, and
who we're scared away early this morning
after attempting to rob the home Of james
A. Bailey, the circus man, in Corcoran
Manor Mount Vernon.
The wagon used by the burglars il said
to resemble the vehicles used by charitable
institutions in New York city From what
could be learned there were evidently three
burglars.
Mr., Bailey has just completed a $500 600
home in Corcoran Manor. For week
he has been moving from his home
in East Lincoln avenue, Chester Hill. into
his new house. Thousands of dollars
worth Of valuables are already in the new
place, and owing to the numerous bur
glaries in the vicinity Of late Mr.. Bailey en-
gagged Antonio Dodd TO guard the premises.
Shortly after 1 O'Clock this morning
while DOdd was walking through the rooms
of the house, he heard noise at one Of the
rear doors. Opening an upper window
DOQd saw TWO men trying 70 open tne door
with key. One man held n burglars
lantern, and as the other opened the door
Dodd shouted who's there?'
Jumping into the wagon the men whipped
the horses and drove away. They we're
last seen going in the direction Of Tuckahoe.
The men are believed To be those who
robbed the homes Of c. Fox, at III Glenn
avenue, and Of the Rev. Charles l.. Rhodes.
at l27 Glenn avenue. on Friday night. At
both Of these places hundreds of dollars
worth Of siverware and jewelry was OBJ
Ia iUAi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
MANY VIEWS or W. II. BALDWIN.
The Rev. Mr. Slicer Tells n story OF HI,
Lncorruptibility In Business.

'.
Incorruptibility In Business
The Peoples Institute held a special
memorial service in Cooper Union last
night for William II Baldwin, Jr., who was
formerly trustee of the organization
Delegates from the clubs and committees
engaged in civic work. the Settlement
organizations. the Brooklyn Institute and
the Long Island Railroad attended the
meeting. Robert W. De Forest president
Of the Charity Organization Society, pre-
sided.
Addresses were made by George Haven
Putnam. member of the Committee OF
Fifteen on Mr.. Baldwin as THE Citizen. "
Dr. David Blaustein. superintendent OF
the Educational Alliance, viewed his life
at "A Worker for the People, and the Rev.
Thomas r. Slioer as A Representative
American Robert c. Ogden, president
of the General Education Board and OF the
Southern Education Board, spoke OF Mr..
Baldwin as An Educator OF the Upedu-
Gated and Thomas NJ. Osborne, president
of the George Junior Republic and college
mate OF Mr.. Baldwin, spoke Of Baldwin.
the Man.
Mr.. Slicer said that Mr.. Baldwin was
an ideallst in his nature and his business
carer As a representative American Mr..
Baldwin was incorruptible. He read a
letter signed Alderman in which 1t
was stated that certain franchise had been
refused because the price was not paid,
Mr. Baldwin had temporarily abandoned
the project rather than yield to a demand
for blRclmail. Mr.. Slicer said he knew that
the incident was trae because Mr.. Baldwi
had told him 80. and mentioned the sum
demanded for the franchise.
Robert g Ogden spoke OF his relations
with Mr.. Baldwin in educational work. Mr..
Baldwin. he said was probably the greatest
philosopher in the country in dealing with
the race question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
DIED.

BANks--on Sunday. Feb S. at bis home In Ersi.
wood. N. j. Henry Ward Banks. IN the sil,
year OF his age.
Funeral private.
DuNNELL--At II Prospect street Fast Orange =
j., Friday. Feb. 3, EihridKe Gerry Dunneu
Funeral services At Christ Church. EAs, Orange
Monday. Feb. e.hi2P.M. Interment private
HuPFEL--At Lakewood. y. J.. on Friday. Pc, \
1905, Anna G. Hupfe, beloved wife OF T. CIR.
G, Hupfei OF New York city. In the ssh year
OF her age.
HIntral services OF her late residence. ia
East nth St. on Monday evening Feb. A. A.
O'Clock Kindly omit nowers. Inierment A.
Woodlswn at the convenience OF the family
AcDoNALD.-Mrs. Y. J. Mcdonald. wife OF p
Mcdonald of Los Angeles. Cal. sudden
Feb. 4. 1905.
Funeral services in Gospel Tabernacle. sh .v
and t4'h ST.. At O'Clock Tuesday afternoon.
Feb. 7.
oLiN.-on Friday. Feb 1905 Musrv. a v4eo.
OF Henry c. DIN.
Funeral services private from her late r.s
aenoe. I'll West ioist al. Monday. Feb. 4
REMINGTON Feo. I. at his home. iSs East f,'1
st. Charles RenwIok, son OF Agnes aud 30
late Charles Renwiok
Funeral services at his late residence, Nondav
evening FEB. at O'Clock Members o.
Charter Oak Lodge, No. 20 p and A. "
and Polsris Council. R. a, cordially iuvi;,d
10 attend services Kindly omit nowsrs
REfNoLpS.-on Sunday morning Feb. S. o.
appendicitis. Edwin Ten Eyck Reynolds soa
OF Edwin lewis and Margaret HeWson r.,
nods' In the sd year OF his age.
Funeral at So. GEORGES Church. Stuyvsss1t
square. on Tuesday morning a, II O'Clock
SoHN.-Suddenly. at West Hoboken \. J.. G.orr-
Sohn, aged years.
TOWNSEND. Suddenly. al The patterson 5.
West %Tth 81, IN tbe 7pth year OF her age Heu.1H
Ogden widow OF the late George TowDsrnd
Funeral services a, 81 Agntss Chap Wes'
s9d a.. Wednesday morning Al III O'Clock
lRierneni IN PnlAdephlA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
CAR HITS DOCTORS AUTO.
lie and HIS VIE Jump In Time. but Their
Driver is Hurt.

Dr. and Mrs. D. l.. Parker Of 81 Hicks
street, Brooklyn, who had been automo-
bling In Central Park, were taking the
machine back 10 a stable at BIT West Fifty
ninth street, late yesterday afternoon.
when a Fifty-ninth street crosstown car
ran into the auto from the rear.
The doctor and his wife jumped lust be-
fore the crash and were not hurt, but their
driver, Charles Koch, was thrown head first
from his seat and bruised and cut by broken
glass.
The auto was turning into Fifty-ninth
street from Central Park West when the
accident occurred, aud the motorman OF
the car, John Bradley, said the smash up
was unavoidable. He was not arrested.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-06
NO SLEEP FOR MOTHER
Baby Covered With Sore, and Scales.
Could Not Tell VIVA! She
Looked Like.
MARVELLOUS CURE BY CUTICURA

At four months old my baby's face
and body were so covered with sores and
large scales you could not tell what she
looked like. No child ever had worse case.
Her face was being eaten away. and even
her finger nails fell on 1t itched so she
could not sleep. and FOR many weary nights
we could get no rest At last we got Cuti-
oura Soap and Ointment. The sores began
to heal at once and she could sleep at night
and in one month she had not one sore on
her face or body.-Mrs, Mary Sanders
1oS Spring street, Camden, ~ j."