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ASSAULT BEFORE SCHOOL FIREp
Young Porters story or Encounter With
DurKlar Is Not believed by Authorities.

EAsrHAsnToN. Mass. Feb deputy
Fire Marshal Crittenden and the local fire
engineers have been investigating the cause
Of the fire In North Hall Of Williston Semi
nary William f.. Porter, Jr.. the student in
whose room the fire originated tells story
inwhich the seminary authorities arc inclined
TO place little credence.
Young Porter says that early in the even
ing there was n meeting of the Pi Beta Pi
Fraternity in the front room Of the two
which he occupied Later he went to the
post Office and when he returned two or
three OF the students were still there. He
went AZ once TO the rear room and began TO
study Shortly aiterward he lay down
and went to sleep.
The next Porter knew, according TO his
story, he was awakened by some one tug
ging at the ring on his finger hand
kerchef had been laid over his face and
he noticed a peculiar smell but could not
tell whether or not 10 was chloroform.
some one struck him a violent blow on
the stomach, which brought him TO sitting
position, he says. The handkerchief fell
from his face. and he saw man wearing
black suit, black soft felt hat and with
black muffler tied across the lower part OF
his face He reached for the muller when
the man caught him by the head and pulled
him from the bed, at the same time striking
him on the head.
He fell 10 the floor and trunk which
stood on one end fell on him. The man dis
appeared into the front room and Porter
crawled to tho door and fell unconscious
In the hall. He was carried out by q student
and taken to a nearby house, To-day he is
resting comfortably. but complains Of feel
ing sore from the blows.
DR., j. II. Sawyer. principal Of the semi
nary, said that there appeared TO be little
basis for the theory that young Porter
had been assaulted He said that Care-
ful examination had failed 10 show any
sign OF a wound.
Porter has been in poor health and in a
highly nervous condition for several weeks.
Or SAWYER believes that the young man
bumped against a washstand. This blow,
he thinks, gave Porter such nervous
shock that he became unconscious and
when he recovered his senses to-day his
confused recollection OF the events OF the
night before caused him to think no had
been assaulted.
DR.. William II. Porter, the lads father,
arrived to-day from New York, After
examining his son he was inclined to agree
with DR.. Sawyer's theory Of the affair
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-08
ICE BLOCKs FFRRYBOATs.
All Lines In the North River Dclayed-Tuss
Help Them Out.

A northwest wind drove the ice against
tho New York shore OF the North River
yesterday, and the ferryboats had trouble
Of their own until late hour last night.
Pilots said the floating cakes wero bigger
and more plentiful than any day this
winter
All the ferry companies reported that
boats lost time in breaking through the
CO fields More than one boat got stuck
and tugs nosed them out. The Penn
sylvania Railroad ferryboat New jersey.
Of the Cortlandt street line. got tangled
in the ice ahout3.sO o'clock yesterday after
noon while bound for New York and couldn't
make her slip. She drifted down the river
with the ice and tug went to her assistance.
The trip took twenty instead of the usual
ten minutes.
An unusually low tide and ice forming
under the bridges at the ferry slips made 1t
difficult for teams to climb tho gangplanks
with their loads, causing more delays.
Early last evening there was string OF
wagons two blocks long in Jersey City
waiting for chance to cross the Penn
syivaula ferries
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-08
KANSAS FIGHTS STANDARD OIL.
BIZ Establishing state Refinery Passes
Senate-Fisht Expected In House.

TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. THE State Senate
this afternoon by an overwhelming vote
passed the State oil refinery bill establishing
a branch reservoir and oil refinery at Peru,
In the oil fields, and appropriating therefor
s4OO, 900.
A dozen speeches were made denounoins
the Standard Oil Company. Senators de-
clare that the action here to-day was awaited
by dozen other States which will follow
suit, Several Senators limited that other
members Of that body had worked for
drastic measures aimed at the Standard,
knowing that the bills would not stand in
the courts The refinery and other anti
Standard Oil bills will probably pass the
House. but rot without hard fight.
Speaker Stubbs still insists that the re-
finery bill will be defeated in the House,
He issued statement tonight In which
he said:
L do not care to assume the RESPONSE
bility Of establishing a precedent which
will make it possible for this State and ma
ton to take over any and all lines of COM
mercial and industrial business which are
not managed or carried on in the exact
way that we would like 10 soc
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and Capt. Burns believes that the thieves
pawned thousands Of dollars worth. Those
who found articles came from all over
Harlem and The Bronx. and one was from
Mount Vernon.
Although Capt Bruins and his men have
nine members Of the so-called 'poolroon
gang under arrest charged with having
taken the loot now on view. they say there
is one more OF the gang at large; They
said they were close on his trail. The
heaviest loser by their alleged operations
was Thomas Lloyd Of 2224 Lexington ave
nue.. He is a sporting man and has FOL,
lowing Of Harlem sports which included
some of those under arrest. Lloyd took
several Of them TO a prize fight in Phila-
delphia on Sunday. The two Hall boys
didn't go. When Lloyd got homo from
Philadelphia he found that his fat had
been robbed. One member OF the gang,
who wasn't ungrateful. went to Lloyd
and told him Of the trick TINT had been
played on him. Lloyd went looking for
the Halls, and when he found ono OF them
in n Third avenue poolroom he got the
police 10 arrest him Lloyd found $1,000
worth of his silverware.
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FINDS IN PLUMBER MUSEUM.
MAN SPOTS STOLEN TOOTH BRU SH;
UOM4N, A BEDSPREfD.
Cigarette Memorial OF Brother Found
in the stored Trunks OF the Halls
Act OF Ingratitude Caused Arrest
or Flat LOoters-He, ella lion OF Thefts.

or Fiat LOoters-HeN ella lion OF Thefts.
About half of the burglar loot which
was recovered by Capt. Burns and the de-
tectives of the East 126th street station in
a storage warehouse in Harlem was idcn-
tilted at the station house yesteI day after
noon. The police estimated the stuff at
$4,000. 1t would hardly be likely to bring
any such figure at auction. Most of the
jewelry and silverware is of ancient pattern.
The oil paintings praised by police critics,
lack the names OF the artists.
The police estimated that up to o'clock
last evening 400 persons had taken in the
free exhibition in the captains Office. in
cidentally revealing that there have
been good many more fiat robberies in
Harlem and The Bronx than have received
notice in the newspapers. The experiences
related ran from a man living In a hall
bedroom on the East Side who had missed
a pair OF trousers 10 a resident of Rye
who lost 5000 worth Of jewelry. Neither
found what he sought.
Many things. however, were claimed
with demonstrations Of joy. Capt. Burns
explained that goods couldn't be delivered
until after the trials Of the alleged burglars,
but he took down orders for future delivery.
j. NJ. DAVIS OF l3B west llItn street SAID
that his flat had been robbed on Jan. z,
and that the thieves had taken $500 worth
Of miscellaneous articles. The description
Of the prisoners just fitted two men who
were seen running away from his fiat.
Davis went up and down the line of tables,
his face growing longer and longer until
suddenly he spotted a cheap toothbrush.
by gum, he said that mine. all right.
but they took the powder, too, and / don't
sec it,"
Davis left after telling the captain he
needn't send him the toothbrush.
1t took four long tables 10 hold all the
stuff. There was "A chorus of -AhslH from
the women when they were admitted The
trouble then was to get them to go after
they had walked eighteen times around
each table and made the hawkshaws nerv-
Gus by the way they fingered things. The
thing which caused more interest than
even the jewelry or siverware was a queer
little pasteboard box with n glass cover.
Under this cover neatly arranged, were a
half emptied box of cigarettes. bunch of
faded flowers and two nickels pasted on an
engrossed card. The inscription on the
card read:
In memory of william Hall. who died
Dec. /. 1904 May his soul rest in peace"
That" said the captain tells a very
sad story. 1t is a little memento of William
Hall. made by his brothers, whom We now
have in custody. He died from smoking
cigarettes, and that was his last pack.
Pinned along the wall OF the captains
Office was a huge lace bedapread Mrs.
William Limmer Of 100 Nest 18TH street
identified IT, She said it was worth 500
The police had II valued at 81 900.
Nobody was able TO find all his property,
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RIyEs on SUBWAY PROFITS,
says at Albany That Mcdonald and HIS
Rackers Didn'l NLaAe Millions.

ALBANY. Feb commissioner George
L. Rives OF the New York city Rapid Transit
Commission stated to-day at hearing
before the Cities Committees OF the two
branohe. Of the Legislature. that It was an
erroneous impression that John Is. Melon
MD or the men behind him had profited out
of the subway construction work 10 the er-
tent of 100000 or 100000.
Mr.. Rives said that when the work was
completed II would be found that the con-
tractors would not come out much more
than even. .
Mr.. Rives stated that the Rapid Transit
Commission Was opposed TO the Elsberg
bill, which makes II permissible Tor the
Rapid Transit Commission To provide not
only for the municipal construction. but
for municipal equipment and operation
OF all Of the future subvayS.
ALERT h. Boardman, the counsel for the
commission, declared that II the ElsberR
bin passed there would not be another
subway built in New York city during the
NEXT ten years. He insisted that private
capital would not enter the field except
under the present provisions OF the law
Ee said that the commission would rather
be legislated out Of existence than have the
Elsberg bill passed.
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BETTER SEA POSTAL SERVICE.
Good Results Promised From VI. y. shaiien.
berKer's Negotiations Abroad.

Special Gable Despatch 10 TIE SVS.
LONDON. Feb. Nv, S. Shallenberger.
Second Assistant Postmaster-General, will
sail on the Majestic for New York this
afternoon on his return from mission
to France and England aiming at the
improvement of tho sea postal service.
He was interviewed at the Hotel Cecil to-day
and said;
England has shown a willingness to
adopt sthe American plan Of sorting the
mail on It's way TO England at sea providing
that the steamship lines agree to terms and
conditions. have also completed a tenta-
tive Arrangement for parcel post between
England and the United States, with q
weight limit OF four pounds Negotiations
with Frahce on these points are progressing
favorably. have investigated postal oon-
ditions generally with view TO the Inn
provement OF the international mails
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said that his boy had been away all the
night before, had not been home all day
and that tho family did not know where
he was
Capt. Burns OF the East 126th street
station said that he took no stock In DIR.
Upton's story and In very positive terms
expressed the belief that others than the
boy were concerned in the robbery, II
robbery there was. Capt. Burns doubted
If there was robbery.
DR.. Bauer and others OF th4 neighborhood
spoke Of DR.. Upton in terms OF respect.
Detectives Mahoney and Conway have the
case 1t was Detective Mahoney who
arrested the boy after the robbery Of the
grandmother.
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because OF the eastward movement OF the high pres
sure area colder weather prevailed yesterday IN all
the country from the Mississippi River eastward TO
the middle Atlantic and New England States Inc
hIsh nre,suro was central over the upper lake
regions and carried zero weather over the MIS-
sl-sipp valley southwark TO Kansas and north
eastward over lake Superior and parts OF Lakes
Michigan and Huron. Prom Montana and Norm
Oakoia 20 Texas the temperature has risen Ireez-
inv weather, however. extended into Mexico yes
tcfcAy. Snow has fallen In the lower lake regions
western New York and northern Sew England
also In Kansas. Oklahoma Territory and Arkansas,
ADD rain In eastern Texas and Arizona Inc 'rm-
neraturc was above freezing yesterday In Florida
and for go miles inland from the south Atlantic
and Gulf coasts.
In this city the day fair and colder; wind
fresh TO brisk northwest average humidity %
per cent barometer. corrected 70 Iead 70 sea l'Nc'
ASA. ", sO.1i: J y. NJ, 3o2l.
The temperature yesterday. as recorded by the
ornciaI thermometer Is shown In tho annexed table.
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xAsHISo1os FORECAST FoR TO-DAY ASD 10 MORROW
80, sau,rn Ner York. fair today io-rnorror,
,,6,r or rain and rarmsr. dininishing rorthutH
ufndS. "
For New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania fair
TO day snow tonight and tomorrow warmer
10 r1orrnw; diminishing northwest winds.
For New England. fair and warmer To-Day To-
,,o-,oyr ,.ir in north. rain or snow In south por
tlons. diminlshlng west 10 northwest winds.
For Delaware the District OF Columbia and
Maryland. increasing eloudiness to-dAy' probably
snow b. night TO MORROW, snow or rain with using
temperature. fresh northeast TO north winds
FOR Western New York. fair ana warm 70 Jay
N. -norrnu. fair and warmth. light variable Winds
becoming souta.
For Western Pennsylvania. Increasing riondlness
20 day. TO morrow. fair and warmer fresh east TO
GOV ,hossi winds
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'.PITTSBUR G Phil" LEFT NOWILL.
Family VIII Share His Estatc-No Estimate
OF His Wealth is Announced.

P1TIsBURo Feb THE family Of George
e. Smith. -Pittsburg Phil, have started for
New York 70 settle the estate left by the
plunger. William Smith, a brother said
before leaving that his brother had left all
his affairs in excellent shape but had not
made a will. As a result the family divide
the estate.
Besides the brothers and sisters who will
share the wealth are two children left by
deceased sister. William Smith said he did
not know how much money his brother
left. Friends here believe the dead man
left more than million.
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DIED..

HARRISON. Monday, Feb. q. a. his res!denea
7O5 9th Av., Brooklyn, Henry Harrison AGED o..
Funeral services and inierment. private, ct tho
convenience OF the family.
pIsK.--A, Summit n. J., February 7. william Il.
Risk. n D.
Funtral service, at his late residence. Summit.
" j.. on Thursday. Feb. .. at p. 81. Train
on D.I. aw X. n. from New York at O'Clock.
Interment AZ convenience Of the family.
ToHNRR. suddenly. Feb. G. 1905. at Atlantic City.
Nj. Norman Scott TowneT. aged s. yeGrs.
Funeral services al Chapel, 2ii 2S West 2Sd Of.
Campbell Stephen Merritt Kmb' Inst. Bldg
this evening at O'Clock. lhiermeni Green
wood. Thursday morning, 10 o'clock. from
funeral chapel Friends invited 10 attend
services and intermeni.
TOWNBHND. &C. suddenly. at Tho Patterson, 81
West f1ih At. In the 7pth year OF her age. BeultA
ogden. widow OF the late George c. Townsend.
FUNERAL services A. s.. Agness Chapel. Hes
s2d ST.. Wednesday morning a. sl5 O'Clock.
Iutermeai In Philadelphia.
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Fine SHOW OF Pastry at French Cooks Hall.

The Societ6 CulinAire Philanthropique
had its annual ball at Madison Square Gar
den last night. The pastry exhibition in
the wine room on the ground floor was one
Of the most elaborate in the society's his
tory. There were pieces furnished 10y all
the notable chefs in town, ranging in de-
sign from bgttleship 10 a floral wreath.
The exhibition was viewsd by Thousands
who did not take in the ball At midnight
everybody appeared TO be happy.
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DR.. Joseph Collins neds In London.

spsdaJ Cable Despaeh 10 THE Sun.
LONDON. Feb, 7.--Miss Edith Davies,
daughter OF DR.. Davies Of Gordon square.
and DR.. Joseph Collins Of 80 West Thirty
eighth strest, New York city, were married
to-day in st, Andrews Church, Wells street.
The ceremony was performed by the Right
Rev. William Walsh. Bishop Of Dover, as
sisted by Canon Beeching. DR.. and Mrs.
Collins will sail at once for New York.
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MARRIED.

Tuesday, Feb. I. a.
the Central Baptist Church. Elizabeth. y. j..
Ruth. daughter OF the Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Tomlinson. 10 Joseph Warner Allen
OF Elizabeth, n. J.
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NATIVE hRONO QUtNiNE prevents Pnsu-
n, ~. 'al "Trip. call Tor the run name and look
u W Asnalllc d z. ". Grove. a5e.-AdI.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THOSE WHO ARE WORN OUT. rheumatic ana
feeble, should use PARKRRs GtSoER Toxic,
pARKHHH HAIR BAisAh Will save your htr.
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The temperature yesterday. as recorded By tho
claI thnrr,nracter Is shoMn ln lhe anncLcd table.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

volume death1ess monument of art in ITSELF
offered for the ruinously low price OF twelve
dollars.
Think of it, eighteen volumes for twelve dollars!
WHY | could sit down and renew my youth and IN
way cast off this spirit of gloom and care and teel
sprghtlincss come whrling wings aPace to enter
into and possess itself of this melancholy tabor
nacle of govt. Ny aches and pains would crumbe,
dissolve and vanish with the rings of smoke blown
from my pipe while lingering fondly and dwelling
dreamily in the sunny garden of English fiction
Thackeray was the genius who could supply any
thing demanded by the most fast1dlous mental
palate from the lobster la Newburg of golden
romance to the very canned beans of democratic
commonplace. / have the time to read him, but
alas and alack and a welladayl l have not the
winged coin with which to effect the much desired
purchase"
Then his friend would reply with diplomatic
dclicacv and caution: Then why IN the world
don't you tear yourself away from this condition OF
hopeless speculation by which you sore begrt
Arise with the lark, oh gentle Festus, and while
the ieweled east gl1mmcrs on your outspread
pinions as you glide athwart the cobbled way look
for the job that yields the coin that buys the set
of Thackeray that is deckle-edged like the home
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
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Won are now soiourningl Come down of your
perch in the clouds and keep coming down until
YOU strike that great leavenlng level known IN
the vernacu1ar as hard-panl'
To this bit of wholesome advice the man out OF
employment would pay no attention He would
not even make it manifest that he in the least
offended or rufled in spirit but would continue
to turn the pages of his paper and rattle on:
Now here IS the kind of thing that / call good
Investment trip the Tropics and back good for
thirty DAYS for one hundred and forty dollars
including board. That amount OF money IS a mere
nothing when you have it; yet it is million dollars
when YOU have it not. | have the time, and lots
to spare What is thirty days. Why it IS as a
handful of wind, and yet | am not ignorant OF the
fact that the brief period of fifteen minutes IN the
shape of a flying start is more than a cycle III
Cathav to a defaulting bank official Now II had
the money / would not have to resort to pE1.l-
sophical reflection for comfort and consolation i
could nail philosophy like a sugar-cured ham to the
dusty rafter of oblivion, if / may so put IT, and
instead of giving my song the ancient burden OF
might be great deal worse Off could split the Wei
kin with the refrain of the man who IS prosperous and
dongwe Why am l not great deal better otLs
With the requisite coin IN my sartoT1al enVelDI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

And the days which he should have spent in
prancing hopefully along the purple urban pave
he frittered away in telling his friends what he
would do if he only had the requisite shekes OF gold
and silver jingling in his jeans.
He would frequently take up paper and glance
over the advertisements in quest of bargains and
other attractive offerings. When he found some
thing that captivated his fancy, he would read
it carefully and remark to any of his friends who
happened to be near:
Nov Just listen to this: On Monday night
next Mr.. and Mrs. So and So will begin two weeks
engagement at the Acropolis Theater with their
famous London Company in Romeo and Juliet
and THE Tanning of the Shrew- This, to the
fastdious lover of high art, will be an intellectual
feast and as such treat of which l cannot give
anything like adequate idea in words One OF
those matinees for instance, with good substantial
tNentv-seven-cent dePartment-store tabled hote
luncheon sparkling in its wake would be COM
bination such as never occurred to the lively magl-
nation of Catuus Fortified with the aforesaid feast
the play would become postprand1al JOY as one S
fancy would then have fullest play and ones
thoughts could at will dream on the moonht wings
of Eolus or perform fantastic sarabands on the
petals of the cowslip. 1t would be quite to my
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and every storm vertaken traveller knows i ne
can only reach those hospitabe doors every want
will be supplied without money and without price.
In the memorable winter of 1893, when captain
Jarvis and Dr. Call volunteers of the United States
Government lost all the food supplies they were
taking to the relief of the starving whalers at Point
Barrow in their long journey from kuskokW11n, Mary
Makridoff gave them five hundred live reindeer,
without question of price, and these they drove
to Point Barrow ard saved the lives of two hundred
men In appreciation of her generosity, the
Government gave her two reindeer for each one she
had given for the starving whalers, and now every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

winter the Government furnishes to her large
stores 81 food and clothing which she uses tor the
relief Of stranded god-seekers who may rs 81 Ie1
neighborhood.
Though She IS not 50 young as she once was, on
MANY a bitterly cold night when the bllzzards
blow the fiercest she sets out herself, with only
trustv native and her reindeer team tor the rescue
Of some white man She has heard 81 overtaken oE
the storm .- 90
To many II. Alaska. the name Of Mary MakridOf
NAV come without a meaning, but Sinrock Mary,
Queen Mary just plain Mary and Mary
Ieioo" have a charm and meaning al their own
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her own; and there she has teachers for them that
they NAV know some of the things She once took
so great delight to hear, and there too they are
taught, this by her own lips the story OF Jesus as
it was taught to her
And she has not weared of her good work at the
threshold of her own door She has Travelled all the
length of the coast for hundreds of miles, and up
and down the bleak Siberian Coast-and there
among the children of the Chul1chee she has estab-
lished schools and Sunday-schools, and there too
she has igloos of her own housing the orphans
wherever she may find them. Mary's lgloo" at
Sinrock is household word in all Seward Peninsula,