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New-York tribune., 1905-01-25

Fish Sets. very richly decorated. and fish
centers: at S22.5O a set from SST. so.
Game Sets, very richly decorated and
game centers; nt SIS q set, from $50
Several Fish and Game Sets. In fine china;
richly decorated; slightly imperfect. having
a piece or two short or clipped
One Game Set. at SO set, from S14
The sun., 1905-12-13
HE KNEW THE CAT AT ONCE,
And the Cat Stopped Fighting with Dog
and Rubbed Against His Legs.

Niger, a stump tail three legged black
cat who disappeared from the home of
his master. John Bowe, gatekeeper for
the Savannah Steamship Company in
Hoboken, twelve years ago returned on
Saturday and received a warm welcome.
Bowe's watch dog resented the cats re-
appearance at the company's piers and
battle followed. The watchman was sur
prlsed when he saw Niger and recognized
him Immediately as the cat which had
got mixed up with moving machine in
Connecticut thirteen years ago. Niger
rubbed against his legs and seemed to be
glad that he had returned home after his
long absence.
Il ton YOU I was mighty glad to see Mig
awav from us in Hoboken one year after
We raovcd from Connecticut. 1t gives
one a queer feeling to have long lost pet
return 10 you after such lapse of time
The sun., 1905-12-13
business Troubles.

Joseph y Ely. stock broker of 60 Broadway,
who suspended last week, has filed a petition
in bankruptcy with liabilities So? 25l. Of which
SIS S95 are secured and nominal assets of
s572s. including 81 cash in bank Among the
creditors is Arthur Srarl"s. 81. 400. secured by
Mr. Ely's seat in th" Consolidated Exchange.
\ creditors petition in bankruptcy has
been filed against Arnold Weiss. doing bust
ness as. \. Weiss \ Co.. manufacturer of furs
at l@3 Mercer street
Henry faokenbruch Of al5 Fourth avenue,
formerly proprietor of the Irving Place Hotel
has filed petition in bankruptcy, with liabili-
ties of s38.t?2 and nominal assets of $685.
4 creditors petition in bankruptcy was
filed Yesterday against the firm of O'Rourke
& treamer, cafe and restaurant N ~ and
80 West forty-fourth street. The frm's
liabilities aro over Sli 900,
charles +, Cnsterlin, hotel keeper nj Florida,
Orange county, has filed n petition in bank
ruptcy here with liabilities of se.l ~ and assets
of ssh consisting ofCash 81. wines $40, and an
old horse $50
Iusiic" Grccnbaum Of the Supreme Court
has appointed John 7. Sproull temporary
receiver of the HutChison Acoustic Com
pany, manufacturer of appliances to improve
hearing.
The sun., 1905-12-13
hIGHTSHIP SINKS; GREW SAVED.
Vessel Goes Down While in Tow Captain
Tells OF Terrible Experience.

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Dec ~ The four
teen men composing the crew Of the Nam
ticket South Shoal relief light vessel No. 5s
were rescued by the lighthouse tender
Azaea The Azalea brought the wornout
men to port here at ?l5 o'clock this morning
The lightship herself has gone to the bot
tom
The tender Aaalea found the hghtship
floundering with no sail or power to guido
her The waves had been uuelIcd by the
dropping of the wind, but No S. sat low in
the sea from the mass of water that had
leaked in through the freroom plates.
The crow. Worn almost to exhaustion
passed a hawser to the Azalea, and were
taken aboard themselves in small boats.
Then, with the groggy lightship in tow
the A2alea started for New Bedford. The
disabled craft astern. half full of water,
made a hard load to pull
At 1 O'Clock in the afternoon, when only
eighteen miles of the return Journey had
been covered, the lightship dipped her nose
into big wav" and plunged to the bottom.
The hawser was cut just IN time to save the
AHalea from being pulled under.
With the dead weight removed. the AZalea
was able to reach here at 2l5 O'Clock this
morning.
When the Azaea reached the wharf here
the lightship crew were asleep. Tottering
out of his bunk, Capt. Jorgenscn told his
story
In all my years on the coast never went
through such a terrible experience. All day
Sunday. with the wind blowing gale, the
men worked at the pumps, and the water
steadily gained upon us. Our wireless gave
out as We were sending a last appeal for
help.
The ship spranG a leak early Sunday
morning. The water gained rapidly, and as
the sea incrcased We found that our fires
We're being eXtingusheed We then relied
upon the bukheads to hold the ship up.
small beat or raft would never have lived in
that gale, and all the crew knew what it
meant.
SLOWLY that electric cry for help was
sent into the air, The first words went
slowly.
Captain the message is only half sent.
My wireless has given out That was the
operators report
IAN Sunday night the lookout scanned
the horizon, Not a man slept from early
Sunday morning until We were taken aboard
the A2aea at 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
"1h" AHalra was first sighted at 4 O'Clock,
and then we felt that our call had not been
in vain.
Capt Doane of the regular lghtship No.
So has received orders to hurry repairs and
refttng, and to proceed to the South Shoals
Station tomorrow if possible.
The sun., 1905-12-13
SCHERER WAS MURDERED.
Bullet In His Head, Throat Cut and Big
Dent I'm His Skull

The autopsy performed yesterday by DR..
Thomas j. Flynn upon the body Of William
Scherer, which was found by three boys in
the Forest Park woods on Monday after
noon, showed that he had been murdered.
The bullet wound in the head would prob
ably have caused instant death. But in
addition to this his throat was cut from
ear to ear and the iugular vein severed
tho knife sinking even into the vertebrB
Then there were several triangular bruises
and irregular slashea on his head and a
big dent in the back Of the skull DR..
Flynn was unable to say whether death
was caused by the shot or by the slash in
the neck, but the impression was that
he had been rendered unconscious, and
then slashed and shot.
When the body was found the right
hand trousers pocket was turned inside
out and was stained with blood, Other
pockets had been meddled with and there
were blood stains on the trousers band.
There was very little blood at the spot
where Scherer was found. and this leads
the police to think that tho crime was com
mitted elsewhere and the body brought
to the thlcket and left. There was no
money found on the body. He was known
to have had money when last seen.
The police have three clues. An empty
.3s calibre rim fire shell was found near
the body. This had been struck by the
hammer twice. The inside was green
with verdigris. Whether or not this ia
the shell from which came tho bullet is
unknown. Three cigar butts all of the
same kind, were found on the spot. All
Of them had been smoked to about the
same length. Another cigar of the same
kind was found in the dead mans pocket.
A book was found in the rooms OF the
deceased which contains several addresses
but no names. These addresses are thought
to be those of women with whom SCherer
was accustomed to keep company. Al
though a hard drinker at times, Scherer
was not known in any OF the saloons near
his home.
1t is the theory of Capt. Wade, in whose
precinct the murder took place, that the
cutting was done with butchers cleaver.
There were fourteen blows on the face and
head, and with one exception they were
all inflicted with narrow blunt instrument,
like the back of butchers cleaver.
Capt. Wade had a butcher before him
yesterday and questioned him eXhaustively.
The man told straight story. the details
of which were confirmed, so he was allowed
to go.
News came from the Brooklyn head
quarters late last night that Ludwig Smith
II years old a butcher of 946 LOrimer street,
Brooklyn, and Gustav soft, a butcher, of
the same address. had been arrested and
locked up by Detective Sergeants Reidy
and Harris on n charge of Vagrancy.
resident in the house had heard Scherer
ask them where they were going on Sunday
They replied that they were going to
Hoboken. The detectives went to Hoboken
TO see whether the men went there. Detec-
tive Louis Murphy of the Fighty-third
precinct said that the case of two men
who said that they had gone to Hoboken
on Sunday had been investigated and that
they had been able to prove an alibi.
The sun., 1905-12-13
Hist STILL MISSING; WASP IN.
VESSEL ALEAk, SAVED BY WORK
OF BUCkET BRIGADE.

water Rises in the Hold TIL Lower Firea
Are Put Out and Ship Is in Darkness
Reached Port Under Sail Naval Men
at Newport Hopeful for Little Gunboat.
NEWPORT, r. J., Dec, l2,--While the crew
OF the Nantucket Shoals lghtship were
fighting against the water which was rap
idly filing their vessel the crew Of the
little Runhoat Wasp we're under the same
stress. But they managed to keep their
vessel afoat, and this afternoon late she
came into Newport harbor. This was the
boat which left Newport on Saturday to
assist the brig Harry Smith, in distress in
Vineyard Sound.
She came In with fore and aft sails set,
her machinery being crippled by The water,
The Wasp was In command OF Chief Boat
swain Hugh Sweeney. with Boatswain B.
NJ Shepley as assistant. and they had a
crew mostly OF green apprentice boys
For thirty hours these boys formed bucket
line and passed water from the engine
room to keep her from sinking, the pumps
having given out
The Wasp left Newport Saturday. with
the wind blowing 80 miles an hour. 1t was
trying night. and at ! 80 on Sunday the
vessel sprang a leak. The bilge pumps
were started, but there was soon three feet
of water in the hold. The lower fires under
the boilers were extinguished, and the
electric lights went out Rockets were sent
up all Of Sunday night, but no vessel put
in an appearance.
Hospital Steward Charles White fell and
broke a rib while passing bucket, but
stuck to his post, refusing to stop bailng.
The sea was running high and many waves
came aboard and added to the water making
through the leak Doors. windows and
fixtures on deck were smashed by the seas.
Chief Boatswain Sweeney cheered his
men on and remained on watch on the
bridge throughout the entire time of the
storm, He has nothing but praise for the
work of his crew, and says that but for
their work the vessel would have gone to
the bottom.
Nothing had been heard this evening of
the g,nboat Hist, which left Newport early
Sunday morning o go to the relefofthe Nan
tuCket light ship. he officers at the train
ing station say they are confident she will
put in an appearance The chances of her
making Newport tonight are small. as a
heavy fog set in early in the evening. She
is in command of Chief Boalswain Cooper,
a man who has been in the service for many
years. Some believe she has suffered as
did the Wasp, while other- think she is
looking for the lightshp, not knowing that
she has sunk.
The sun., 1905-12-13
ST. Paul Road Wins Small Grain Rate
Victory.

CHICAGO, Dec. l2.-The Chicago, Mil
wauker and st. Paul Railroad withdrew
it's rate of Is cents from the Missouri River
to Liverpool, which it had announced to
20 into effect January !, and diflerential
of 3 cents against the Atlantic spaboard
lines in favor of the Gulf lines was declared.
a. y result Of conference of the executive
officers Of the Gulf and Atlantic lines to-
dav. This conclusion to the controversy,
which has boon on FOR ten days, is in part a
victory for the 81. Paul, since tho ? cents
diforcntial in favor Of the Gulf lines is less
than the A., cents differentiaI in vogue
before the 81. Paul took the bit in its teeth
and proclaimed the low rate,
The sun., 1905-12-13
CIR &PE-NJTS.
Red
It's the Red Blood Corpuscles that Proper
Food Makes,

A Tifin, o.. woman says Grape-Nuts
food gave her good red blood and restored
the roses Of youth to complexion that
had been muddy and blotchy. She says:
For 10 years | had stomach trouble
which produced a breaking ont on my face.
The doctors gave it a long Latin name,
hnt their medicines failed to cure it. Along
with this had frequent headaches, nervous
ness and always pain in my stomach after
meals
| got disgusted with the drugs, stopped
them and coffee of short and quit eating
everything but fruit and Grape Nuts.
with Postum Food Coffee for my table
beverage. The headaches, stomach trouble
and nervous weakness disappeared almost
like magic, which showed that when tho
cause was removed and good food and
d7nk used nature was ready TO help. My
blood vas purified and my complexion be
came ike a young girls, while my weight
was increased from no 20 100 pounds in
few months good, solid, firm flesh, where
Il used To- lie soft and fiHbby.
y recommended Grape Nuts and Postum
'o m, friend. Maud W. who was
eIfct"d as had been. She followed my
advice, and in a short time was restored
To complete health, and in about months
h"f weight increased from 100 to lis pounds
'mr doctor. observing the effect of
'rlt@-Nu's and Postum in our cases, de
CARED, the other day, that he would here
after prescribe these food products for
gas'ritS.' Name given by Postum Co..
Ratt!c Creek. Mich.
..rIhcre's reason, Read the little book,
Inc Road to Wellville, in pkgs.
The sun., 1905-12-13
BAR HAS ITS SAY ON BENCH,
DOESN'T HACK JEROME, nut
RULES AGAINST CAMPAIGN GIFTS,
Tne Association DOdgcs Resolutions Vn'
dorsing the District Attorney Much
Debate on the Question OF justices
taking Part In Political Campaigns.

Debate on the Question OF justices
taking Part In Political Campaigns.
Tho Bar Association, at its last regular
meeting Of the year, sidestepped several
resolutions aimed to make it take stand
for or against District Attorney jerome
in his criticism of the Judiciary, II was the
feeling of n ma jority Of the members that
they didn't want TO get into controversy,
and didn't want to stir matters up.
However, the association did resolve that
members of the judiciary should not con-
tribute to campaign funds and that the as
eociation should have more voice In APP
pontments TO the bench.
Austen G Fox began It by introducing this
resolution.
Rcsohod That in the opinion Of this asso-
cation II is desirable that payment OF assess
renrs bv candidates for judicial office or
contributions hv them or on their behalf t"
cawua IN expenses should ho prohibited by
Law
Tins passed Then MIR Fox followed
with this
R,soire9. That +, is incompatible with that
derrr" uf dignity md Independence Of the
Judiciary which this association ia striving
g. promote that judicial office should he
hold ,uncurrcntly with membership in or
close a0llIation with organizations devoted
directly or indirectly TO the manag cement OF
polrcal parties.
This woke up Edward Mitchell, who
rointcd ont thai when man registered
his party at the primaries he got into close
affIlati0n with q political party. he
moved an amendment which substituted
tho words member of any committee OF
eny political party
1hore was much debate. David Mcclure
knocked motion and amendment, saying
that the association should be dragged into
no quarrel with the District Attorney or
tho Judges Both amendment and motion
were losers by an easybmajority. /
Then Mr. Moore came up with resolu-
tion reciting parts Of Mr. Jeromes address
before the City Club. He moved that the
president appoint a commission to request
the District Attorney for the names OF
Judges whom he condemns and the acts
pledged to the District Attorney assistance
IN prosecutions Of individual Judges as
nav be justified by the facts as produced.
The association, which had decided to
be conservative, railroaded this to the table
In a hurry.
Then Fl. S. Hotchkiss introduced this
resolution, which was carried:
Rosoirod That the committee on judicial
nominations be aud hereby are requested
to inquire into and report at its earliest con-
vcnienre what in their opinion Of anything
should he done by this association to increase
and make more effective its influence In the
matter of judicial nominations. also that
when the committee has completed its report
that the same be delivered to the President,
that it shall then be printed and distributed
among the members Of the association and
that notice be given such members Of the
time when the report will he presented to
the members for their consideration.
Mr.. jerome was not present. James W.
Osborne drifted in late, but took no part
The sun., 1905-12-13
25THrS FAMILY QUARREL.
Howard ConkiinE OBJECTS to Circular
From Herbert Parsons.

The family quarrel among the Republicans
of the Twenty-ffth Assembly district broke
out again yesterday when Howard Conkilng
who two years ago, was put out of the
craftsmanship of the Madison Square Re-
publican Club by Herbert Parsons, objected
to the wording Of statement issued 10y
Mr.. Parsons in calling for proxies for the
annual election Of the club In the aprea
for proxies it was stated: Last year de
termined effort was made to gain control Of
the club by those who had opposed the
present organization at the primary, and
we believe that many members Of the club
gave their proxies to these PEOPLE in lgnor-
ance of the fact that the proxies were to be
used in opposition to the present ma mage
ment of party affairs.
Ina circular issued last night Mr.. ConkIing
stated that he was undoubtedly the person
referred to, and added that, 80 far from
being guilty of such trickery as was charged.
he had always, while at the head OF the
Madison Square Club, conducted the cleo
tions honestly.
The sun., 1905-12-13
AFTER ALBANY JURY FINERS.


ALBANY, Dec. l2.-For several years
jury fixing has been lucrative profession
in Albany but it was not until two weeks
ago that an attorney dared to call attention
to it. Then a jury disagreed in a s25 ,OCO
negligence suit against a railroad com
panv and the plaintiffs counsel protested
so loudly the jury had been liked that the
ing tonight, offered reward of $3.50 for
information leading to the detection of
jury fixers,
The attorneys, as a rule, know who they
are and some have avai!ed Of their SER
vices, so il is not likely that any results
will come from this spasm of indignation.
The sun., 1905-12-13
PROPERTY KENO BOTTLE.
Out OF "Bowcr4 After Dark'-Game. Lotto
-.Elga, Actors From Murphy's District Held


When the eight vaudeville actors cap
tured in the raid at Union square and
bailed by John j. Murphy were arraigned
in the Yorkville court yesterday charged
with playing keno they pleaded not guilty,
An ancient keno bottle. much SCARED and
Matched. was placed on the desk in front of
Magistrate Crane, along with seven num-
bered cards.
We'll, what were you doing with this
machine?" asked the Magistrate.
"Oh, that" replied one act or, who said
his name was James Barry; Why, your
Honor, we were simply playing lotto.
We are all respectable actors here Barry
exhibited membership card of the Actors
Protective AssoCiation-"a "and we were lust
passing away little time waiting for en-
garements If there was any money in the
game il was for the benefit of actors out of
work. Lotto we We're playing lotto, pure
and simple. | doubt il any of us ever heard
Of the game called keno, Anyway, that
machine was a prop in play called The
Bowery After Dark. II was given to the
club a. rehC-an antique.
who is the leader of the district where
this game was going on?" asked the Judge.
MIR. Charles F, Murphy, replied one Of
the actors.
"Is that possble?" quoried the Court
Are you not mistaken? Mr. MurphY's
district is the cleauest in the city, have
heard He would he surprised to hear
there was gambling in his vicinity. win
you promise me to 60 down and tell the
Mayor that gambling is going on in MIR
Murphy's district
Maybe II isn't Mr.. Charlie Murphy. but
it is some Mr. Murphy" replied the actor
However. We were not gambling.
Well ri hold all Of YOU for trial in $500
bail" The eight went down stairs for
awhile and later Mr. John j. Murphy went
to court and again bailed them,
The sun., 1905-12-13

wAsuISaroy FORECAST ron TO PAT ANpro MORROW
For eastern Nrr YORK. r'oudv 10 day, rain SuoU
and foidcr d. me interior. r1in Sn0W crd dO'der
fon,orror. rrcrh soGthues' wtndS SRT'tnoio s"rb
For the District Of Columbia and Maryland. fair
TO day rain or snow and colder to morrow light 10
fresh south winds becoming northerlN.
For Delaware. New Jersey and eastern PcnnSyl
yania, partly cloudy to day rain or snow and
colder to morrow, lgh, to fresh south winds hr
coming nOrthcrly.
For western N,lc No'E. snow 10 day parity
cloudy and snow in -" north portion to morrow,
fresh west to nortNwc't wl1dS
For New England. auow In ,nenorth, raln or snow
In south portion rn day party cloudy probably
snow In south portion to morrow, fresh winds.
mostly n0rth.
The sun., 1905-12-13

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.-Mrs. Helen Bell,
an actress, % years old, of 251 West Twenty
fifth ST rect, New York, swallowed a quantity
of poison last night. She is now at the
Medico-C Chirurgcal Hospital.
She SAYS she ordered a ginger ale high
ball brought to her room and the bcllboy
placed it on a table beside glass containing
permanganate of potash The room was
dark and she picked up the wrong glass.
Policemen who nterrogated Mrs. Bell
last night say she told them that she was
despondent over having been discharged
by the manager of her company.
The sun., 1905-12-13
The Weather.

II was unscasonahly warm yesterday. except in
New England tho northern LAX" regions and tho
extreme Northwest Th" centre of the low area
In tho Lakes hacked ll'Ic to n position over I aEc
Superior causing light snowfall from there cast
ward to thc New England coast. There was rain
In 'TeIaS and snow In Montana
In this city the dan opened cloudy and threaten
Ing clearing before noon, warmer, wind, Hight
southwest average humidity, :, pcr cent haromr-
ter corrected to read - sea lovi Al =. NJ. n. S.
2 =. NJ, ?n7s.
Tho temperature yesterday, as recorded by the
o1Nclal Thermometer, Is shown In the annexed
The sun., 1905-12-13
THE M'M4NJS REJOICES.
Big Tim and Little Tim Go Up to thr FIJI
teenth to Help.

friends and supporters as could get into the
club house had big jolltication last even
ing. The occasion WIS the formal transfer
of the Tammany leadership of the Fifteenth
district from George Washington Plunkitt
to the Hon. The in the election of the latter
to the executive committee of Tamnany.
The Big and Little lin SullIvans paid
speeches Alderman Richter, Assembly
man Bohan and others did likewise. he
McManus promised his supporters a new
club house as New Years present. 1t
would be the biggest and grandest in the
district he said.
The sun., 1905-12-13
CLOVER CLt SCARE.
Saleswomen al Lunch Get Hurry Call to
the street Fire Loss $500.

A small fire in the Clover Club, at 10
West Twenty-fir7t street created lot of
excitement in the shopping district at
lunch hour yesterday The Glover Club
is a mnchroom for saleswomen. 1t has
about 300 members, and Miss Clara Lewis
is the president.
The fire was discovered in the basement
bv Miss Lewis, and she ran to the dining
room above to get the sixty girls there
out. Just before she reached the room
however, some one opened the dining
room door and shouted that the place was
afire. There was a wild scramble to get
out The firemen put the fire out. The
damage was $500.
The sun., 1905-12-13
no PROTEST FROM BR4ZIL.
The Panther Incident Declared Not to
Have Been Grave Enough.

Special CoNs Despatch to THE SIN.
BERLIN, Dec. l2-The Brazilian Minister
here denies that any protest is contemplated
regarding the action of the German gum
boat Panther in seizing an alleged deserter
on Brazilian soil.
He declares that the incident was in no
way grave enough to Justify protest from
his Government. He adds that it is utterly
untrue that Brazil has asked the United
States to take action in the matter.
The sun., 1905-12-13
I.chcrt Dnrl,pN.

Pr,wHr. Pa. Doc, 20. Miss Mary Barley.
daughter of john Barley of this city. was
married tonight TO William X, ECkert, at
Sunuysdc the home of the brides parents
The families are among the best known in this
Part ot tho state The bridegroom is n Cor
nell graduate and is descended from family
of l~onmaeters that date back into the seven
Icelth century. He is a director in many of
the leading financial institutions in this region
Tho brides father presented her with home
on NOrth Fifth street as n wcdd nG GIFT. The
hnnnw wmnOn " III be snent abroad.
The sun., 1905-12-13

Johu Shea of 67s Morris avenue, Borough
of I % Bronx. was instantly killed in the
sh,f' of ,''e Pennsylvania tunnel yesterday.
l., ar vas going down in the cage to begin
We, ~, urnped out before reaching the
ho,'.u and vas terribly crushed between
thu e., ,f the cage and the wall of the
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