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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
ASPHYXIATED N HIS LIBRARY.
Prominent and wealthy 6lubman and
Author Found AFTER Ten DAYS.

NORFOLK Va, Oct. 2I.--After having
been missing for ten days. Edward Wilson
James. a wealthy member Of many clubs.
an author Of note n connected with
several prominent families Of this city, was
found dead in mis- library here to-day.
1t is supposed that he had been dead
since the time he disappeared, as his
body was badly decompo-ed, Death was
die 10 asphyxiation. Near his head ws~ a
jet with the gas turned on.
The discovery was made by a negro
and his wife who took care of the dead mani
library. He made his home IN another
part o. the city from the library. which nc
would visit evenings 10 write and read.
Mr.. James was So years old. He was a
member OF the Virginia Club of Norfolk
of the Westmoreland Of Richmond, and Of
other clubs in Baltimore and New York
, tiles he often visited. He had a fortune
estimated at half a million.
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ASSAULT WITH HEAVY HAMMER.
DecrspIt Old Man struck Down in His
Own Home.


John Cillary. 20 years old, decrepit and
almost blind, lives in a shack at the real
of $50 Henry street. He once was a steve
dore. but no longer il able to work.
Cillary is engaged in a lawsuit in New
Jersey over property left by his wife. Sat =
urday noon he returned to his two rooms
to find the paddock broken from the door
and a coat, C obtaining the papers in the
lawsuit, gone. The old man got another
lock and went out in the afternoon to see
his la wyer.
He returned early Saturday evening and
found the second lock broken. Pushing
open the door he received a blow from a
ham mer on his forehead and fell to the
floor. =.
When he recovered consciousness the old
man staggered out on the street and half
fell into the arms Of a policeman, who
assisted him to Gouverneur Hospital and
returned TO search the house.
Hiding in a closet on IN second hoor
the policeman found Eddie Dorm, IS years
old, who says he lives in the house. A ham
mer was found on the floor near the scene
Of the assault.
Cillary appeared against hirnthe prisoner
in the ESSEX Market police court yesterday
morning. Magistrate Whitman held Dorm in
$500 bail for trial on a charge Of ~felonious
assault
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OBITUARY..

George Augustus Cfocker. senior member
Of the firm OF Croker Bros. of 10 John street,
iron merchants, dice on Saturday at his home,
s West Forty-ntnth street. Mr.. CroCkeT was
born In Taunton, Mass, in 1891 and had been
connected with the Arm for nifty years lie
trustee Of SC Luke's Hospital, a vestryman
In 81. Bartholomew, Church, a governor
the Century and Down Town clubs. His
wife, who was Miss Leah Reese, and three
children, > Reese Croker: Mrs. William
survive him. The funeral will be on Wednes-
day at ST. Bartholomew.
Joseph Van Cleve, 81 years old, of $50 South
during the. civil war on Government con-
tracts for harness and saddles. but he lost
organized the NOnpareil MANUFACTURER Com
a few years 9 and was connected
with the Arm of Abraham H~eddenberg and
paDy. He was a widower and is survived
by four sons, William W, Albert II, and Alex
ander A.. OF Newark and Henry II. of Albany.
Oldest Priests O Of the Dominican order died
At the priory attached to ST. Antoninusis
Church, Newark. yesterday of old age. He
to the priesthood ffty-one years ago. Last
year he CELEBRATED his golden jubilee with
special services and members Of the order
with secular priests from all over the cOun-
try attended and participated in the SER
vices. Father Power served in many do
CeseS. ana LOT many years went 70. uuIeTenJ
parishes conducting mission revivRls.
August Walter. who had for nearly twenty
years been a well known German actor In this
country, died Of Saturday at his home. 342
East Eighty-third street. He was brought
to this country by Gustav Amberg in 1887 and
came from the London Theatre mt Pra que.
He appeared for several seasons in the lhSatTe
now known as the Irving Place and later
acted with Adolf Philips in the old Ger
mania Theatre, in which plays of German
American life in New York were produced.
DIR. Charles Samuel williamson of Brooklyn
died at Rainbow Lake in the AdirOndaCks
after a short illness yesterday. He was
born in Brooklyn thirty-seven wears ago.
He was a graduate Of the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons Of New York and the UniveT-
sity OF Berlin. he had practised medicine
in Brooklyn for about twelve years. Ne was
a member OF the Kings County Medical
Society. He h survived by his mother. his
wife, two sisters and three brothers.
John Rodgers Williams, assistant secretary
Of Princeton University. died yesterdRy morn
ing. A short time ago he was taken to the
infrmary. He was thought 10 ha We only a
bad cold, but H. developed into hssty con
sumption. He was a member OF the NGw
Jersey rife team and was the author 81 the
princeton Hand Book He was 30 years
He leaves a widow.
Ralph W. Newton. aged IS. Of Flushing,
L. l., dropped dead at his summer home,
near Great Ba%rringtont Mass, YESTERDAY.
Mr.. Newton was a member OF the New York
stock Exchange. Death is supposed 10 have
been due TO heart disease. aggravated by
sudden excitement over an accident 70 q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
THE WATER WAITED
IN q shoemaker shop That Was Broken
Into and Got Arrested.

In a shoemaker shop That Was Broken
Into and Co Arrested.
The shoemaker shop of Jacob B~erkowitz.
at 1874 Avenue C., was locked up securely
when the owner left to go to dinner on Sat
urday evening. When he got back he
found a man in the basement store who said
he was waiting to have his shoes fixed.
The door had been pried open.
Berkowits cried out for a policeman and
the mar was taken to the Union Market
police stat on. The prisoner said he was
Bernard Fehling, a waiter. Of 90 Bowery.
He declared that when he entered the shop
he found a man there who told him TO SIT
down and wait for the proprietor. Later
his man went out.
Two coats, a pair Of shoes and an UNI
breIla had been taken, but Fehling had
none Of these things. A cold ohisel was
found on the floor, which Philip Berkowitz,
II years old, said he saw Fehling drop
when he and his father entered the ROOM.
Magistrate Whitman in the ESSEX Market
court got the idea that FEELING was an ac-
complete Of the criminal and held him yes
terday morning in 81, 500 bail for trial.
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WOMAN or so STARVING.
Daughter. Demented. wander without
Clothing About m Room Meanwhile,

DuuButcFs DCmcnJcu, WAuuerS WITHOUT
Clothing About the Room Meanwhile,
The neighbors who have been worrying
over the fact that Mrs. Mary 0'Brien and
her daughter had not been heard from in
the fiat house at 403 East~--Seventeenth street
for a week, yesterday got a policeman to
break into their rooms. The mother, 80
years old, was found in her bed almost
dead from starvation. Her daughter, half
her g and demented. was found walking
about without a stitch of clothing on.
The O'Briens moved into their three
room on the third floor about two months
ago. They hadn't much furniture and the
~neighbors got the idea that they were
pinched by poverty. The old woman was
cheerful and eked out a pension Of 3l2 a
month as a civil war veterans widow,
with little sums earned by sewing. De-
spite her age she was an excellent needle
woman.
She left the house only because of her
sewing or to buy things for the house. She
explained to a neighbor, Mrs. Dora Click
ner. that she did not like 20 leave her daugh-
ter alone.
1t was about a week ago hat Mrs. CLICK
ner mentioned to another neighbor. Mrs.
Sarah Webber. hat she had not seen Mrs.
O'Brien all day. The apartment was dark
for several days and on last Friday those
who knocked at the door got no answer.
They said they heard moaning from within.
The moaning grew more pronounced on
Saturday. Policeman Vonderau of the
East Twenty-second street station climbed
up the fire escape n entered by one Of
the windows.
The daughter wa walking from one
room to the other moaning and wringing
her hands. She paid no attention to the
policeman. He unfastened the door and
let in the neighbors, who got some clothing
for her.
Mrs. O'Brien was found in her bed suf-
fering from the combined effects Of pneu-
monia and lack Of nourishment, according
TO an ambulance surgeon. He said she
could not live long. The n~eighbors de-
clared they could minister to her and would
get a doctor, and the old woman, rousinE.
begged TO be permitted to remain in her
home. A priest was called in to attend the
old woman.
The daughter, who suffered less from the
lack Of food than her mother, was taken
to the Yorkville police court in q patrol
z Mrs. Glickner and Mrs, Weber
went along to soothe her after getting her
some food. Magistrate Finelite had her
taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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SULKEN WAS NO FENIAN,
81 He Went After the Man VINO Gave
Irish Money.

50 re went AFTER the Wan VINO Gave
Irish Money.
Max Sulken keeps a tailor shop at POI
West Thirty-fourth street. About two
week ago a man hustled into the place and
asked to nave a pair Of trousers creased
while he waited. Max did a rush job
and the stranger. thanking him. handed
the energetic tailor a five dollar bill.
Sulken handed the customer s4.e5 in
change, and put the folded bill into his
vest pocket. He examined the note later.
The bill was green and had numerous VS.
printed on il. IL read:
This c~ertiies that the Irish Republic is
indebted to the bearer S.. 1t is redeem
able six months after the acknowledgment
Of Irish independence
The border Of the bill was engraved with
names Of the counties Of Ireland and II was
signed by John Mahoney n dated March
IL, 1895.
Sulken kept a close watch upon passersby
and in the Saturday night throng he noticed
the man who had passed the bad bill. He
rushed out n grabbed him and cried for
help. Policeman OIeary OF the West
Forty-seventh street station arrested the
stranger, who said he was Joseph Royal
Of 256 West Forty-third street.
He sale the affair raj all a joke. When
Royal was arraigned before Magistrate
Wahle in the West Side police court yester-
day morning he told him the same thing
He promised to pay the tailor in real money
and was released.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
POLICE CAPTAIN ARRESTS.
Two Young Men Happen in the Way or
Him and Three others.

While making a tour of his precinct with
three of his plain clothes men late Saturday
night Capt. James Shevlin Of the Madison
street police station assisted in making an
arrest.
Max ChappewitZ, a furrier OF 10 Mont
gomery street, returned home late. and as
he entered his rooms he was set on by two
men, who grabbed him by the throat and
threw him to the floor. Half choked. he
managed TO shout for help.
mother tenants heard his cry and hurried
to his help. Several pulled on his assailants
and held them, while others rushed to the
street for a policeman.
The captain and his men came along and
found the iutruders being held down by a
dozen people. On the floor were several
bundles huTriedly put together containing
some $500 worth Of silverware, bTic-a-brac
and clothing.
The prisoners said they were Frank Singer,
10 years old. a newsboy, Of ~ Bowery, and
Harry Bloom, 10 years old. a baker of ~
Canal street.
Magistrate Whitman in the Essex Market
court yesterday held them in $500
bail each for trial.
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1T WAS MRS. WALKER.
Politician Identifies McCOOI suit Plaintiff
as Quay Funeral woman In Black"

PIrTsBuRG, Oct. 2i.-Much interest has
been aroused here by the identification
to-day by a prominent politician OF Mrs.
Frank Walker. the woman who is suing
Peter F. McCOol, the Butler oil man, for
dosertion and nOn-support, AZ the mys-
ferrous woman in black who attended the
funeral Of United States senator Matthew
Stanley Quay at Beaver in May 1904:
The politician who identifies Mrs. Walker
EaId
This woman came to, the church, in
which every available foot Of room had been
reserved, and the police denied her adj
mission. l was surprised TO see her later
in the cemetery beside the open grave;
II was raining very hard and as she had
a very small umbrella her handsome
Clothes were soaked. =,
After the interment | was surprised
u see senator Quay's secretary turn, take
on his hat in the rain and shake hands
with the strange woman. | intended then
10 inquire who she was, but neglected 70 90
60 and never saw her again until she was
day
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BOSTON AND ALBANT STRIKE.
Men IN Tive More shops 10 Go Out TO-day
sympathy strike Under Consideration.

Boston, Oct. 2l.-To-morrow morning
the 200 car workers at the Springfield shops
and the 300 at the West Albany shops of the
Boston and Albany division of the New
York Central Railroad will join the strike
Of the 200 at the Allston shops, who vent
out Thursday afternoon.
The men are all members Of the same
organization and at each place the grew
ance ia the present bonus or piecework
system, which has, it. is said, operated az a
material reduction in wages.
The men at the Buffalo shops and other
points on the New York Central lines may
be called out in sympathy.
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DRINK CHIEF CAUSE or DIVORCE,
Chicago Judge Says Cruelty Usually Fol-
lows IntONIcatiOn.

'"E
CHICAGO. Oct. 2l.-Drink and it's con-
sequences are the prime factors in the
present rush TO the divorce courts" said
Judge McEwen yesterday.
This statement was not give n to point a
moral in a temperance lecture. II merely
after he had closed a two weeks study Of
Chicago divorces.
In those two weeks Judge MoEwen has
been the only Chancellor in the Superior
Court, and his docket has been crowded
with divorce cases. With the closing Of
court for the day he signed the eighty
seventh decree since October 8.
Cruelty is usually one Of the consequence
OF drink, y the jurist said, ~but il is my OBJ
servation that the average American,
Englishman OF ~Scotchman will not strike
his wife. Among the lower classes Of some
other. n~ationalities the practice Of wife
beating is common"
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WARRINGTON FORECAST EoR TO DAT AND TO MORROW.
For eastern Men York. eastern PsnHSvtr1ntd' Nsr
.Jsrssg, DerdpGrs and MdryfdHd. rain 10 DAY ana
10 viO,yov: fresh northeast Ttnds.
vor New England. cloudy to day. with rain In
.outh norton: rain to morrow; fresh northeast
winds, brisk on south coast.
For the district OF Columbia and Virginia rain
N .day and "a. mOrrow: fresh northeass Winds
For western Pennsylvania And western ~
yoyT. rarity cloudy to-day and 70 -moErsw; fresh
east Wtnd2.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22

n N ROOKS ~
Sophy of
Bv Anthony Hone

In his new novel Anthony
Hope returns to romance, and
in the absorbing vein of The
Prisoner of Zenda, writes Of n
other naples little European
kingdom-Kravonia. Here an
English girl is the centre Of an
exciting story. The Crown
Prince, whose life Sophy has the
good fortune to save, falls in love
with her, and at once the story
of her career becomes a galloping
romance, in which reckless ad-
ventures, court intrigues and
conspiracies, dangers and hair
breadth escapes follow m an
other in quick succession.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-22
TWO NEWSPAPER WAGONS HIT.


EsCh N'Tl"H w! n ITOIIV! 0HT'
AMarcy avenu car ran into a Brooklyn
News Company wagon on Bergen street.
near Classon avenue, Brooklyn, early yes
terday. George Stewart, q years old, Of
eS Baltic street and his brother Robert.
who we're in the wagon, saved themselves
ky jumping to the street.
An hour later another wagon owned Wy
the same company was run down by a Full
ton street car at Smith and Fulton streets.
Henry Evans, ~ years old, Of l46s Fulton
street, was thrown out. His hack and right
ankle we're injured. Both vehiclc were
damaged.
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WAsHINGroN, Oct. 2l.-The President did
not forego his Sunday afternoon drive on
account Of bad weather, He entered his
carriag GO with Mrs. Roosevelt while a cold,
drizzling rain war coming down and spent
most Of the Afternoon driving. In the
morning he attended service at the Grace
Dutch Reformed Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
PAUL JONES CEREMONY
PART TO BE TAKEN BY THE
NAVAL REPRESENTATIVES.

Although not finally settled 1t Is more
than probable that the United States navy
will be represented at Annapolis on the
occasion of the ceremonies attending the
final interment of Commodore John Paul
Jones on the oath proximo by the following
named vessels: The battleships Alabama,
Illinois. ffagship Iowa and Massachusetts,
under command of Rear Admiral Davis;
the cruiser Minneapolis, flagship; Cleveland
Denver and Des Moines, under command Of
Rear Admiral Bradford and the monitors
Arkansas, Florida and Nevada of the coast
squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Dickins. All these vessels are attached to
the Atlantic feet commanded by Rear Ad-
miral Evans, and are within short steam
Ing distance OF Annapolis
The French Vessels
The French men-ofwar which will take
part in the ceremonies constitute the spe-
cial cruiser squadron commanded by Rear
Admiral Breyoe de la Peyrere, which was
sent to the French naval station at Fort
de France Martinique, several months ago
for the avowed purpose of forcing President
Castro of Venezuela to apologize for his
treatment of NJ. Taigny, the French charge
at Caracas. These vessels were never call
ed on to institute actual punitive measures
but have been retained on the Caribbean
station and now cruising in the West
Indies preparatory to their visit to the
United States next month to do honor to
the memory of Commodore John Paul
Jones, whose bones rested on French terri
tory for so many years.
The squadron consists of the flagship
Desaixr the Jurien de la Graviere and the
Troude. The Desaix is armored cruiser
of 1900 tons displacement and II, 100 indi-
Gated horsepower. She has a speed of
twenty-one knots and carries ten 6-inch
rapd-fire guns IN her main battery. The
Jurien de Ia Graviere Is q protected cruiser
Of the second class. She has a displace-
ment of $500 tons, an indicated horse
power of 17,100 and speed of twenty
three knots. She has eight 6-inch guns In
her main battery. The Troude is a steel
cruiser of 1S77 tons displacement and an
indicated horsepower of $500 and a maxi
mum speed of twenty-five knots. Her main
battery consists of four 5-inch guns. The
complement of these three vessels is about
/ 200 officers and men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
COAL SUPPLY DWINDLED.
Actual Conditions at Chicago on Eve
of Strike.

CHICAGO, March 31.--With the imme-
diate prospect of big miners strike and
an attending possible coal famine, the fuel
problem was changed completely in Chicago
yesterday. The reports of "sixty-day sup
pies" of coal dwindled to but half that
amount when inventories were taken pre-
paratory to meeting the serious problem
which now confronts street railways and
manufacturers in the city.
With the opening of business houses there
was a scurrying after fuel never before
seen In the history of Chicago. More than
10000 tons of coal were hauled from rail-
road yards and coal yards during the day.
Members of the coal teamsters union alone
moved 81, 400 tons of coal during the day,
more than have ever before heen hauled In
one day in the history of the organization.
The price of the various grades of soft
coal rose 10 cents ton during the day, an
increase of 80 cents being recorded the first
half hour of the days business.
Another element which entered into the
fuel problem and which made the situation
more serious was the doubtful attitude of
the coal teamsters. 1t was at first believed
that the teamsters would in no way be
affected by the miners strike, but when the
question of hauling the fuel from the mines
which will be operated with nonunion labor
came up, It was reported that the teamsters
would refuse to do their work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
PLANS FOR THE STRIKE
Mine Workers Executive Board
in Session
AT INDIANAPOLIS TODAY
Details for Management of the Walk
Out.
sos, 500 MEN TO QUIT TONIGHT
No Formal Order to Be Issued
Miners to Stay Out Until Wage
Scale is Signed.
5os,5oo MEN TO QUIT TONIGHT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 31-The
national executive board of the United
Mine Workers of America held a session
today to take up in detail the management
of the strike which will be naugurated in
the anthracite and bituminous coal mining
districts of the country at the close of work
today.
Fully 500 men will leave the mines
this evening. In the central competitive
district, composed of Illinois, Indiana Ohio
and western Pennsylvania, Monday will be
the eighth anniversary of the eight-hour
day concession, and will be observed as
usual, a holiday.
1t was anticipated by members of the ma
ional executive board today that the scale
would be signed In all proba bility by some
of the operators of western Pennsylvania
either this evening Monday
No Formal Order Issued.
Before the board went into executive saa-
sion at the national headquarters of the
mine workers, members said a formal strike
order would not be issued, but at the close
of work today the men would leave the
until the scale had been signed by the
operators and they had been so notified by
the district officials
Members of the board said that every
step possible would be taken to prevent vto-
lence, and a formal declaration to the
miners forbidding rioting or destruction of
property and urging them properly to con-
duct themselves would probably be issued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
A JEALOUS MANS DEED
KILLED RIVAL, WOUNDED Wo-
MAN AND COMMITTED SUICIDE.

NEW YORK, March 31.-In an insane
fury caused by jealousy Jemes Ahearn,
thlrty-four years old, a cahman, shot and
instantly killed James Black, fifty-four
years old an upholsterer, in his fiat at 229
East 63d street today probably fatally
wounded Mary Woods, aged thirty Blacks
housekeeper and then put bullet into his
owE brain. Ahearn died two hours later.
The woman is believed to be dying. Mary
Woods formerly was Ahearn's sweetheart
She left him only a short time ago to be-
come housekeeper for Black.
Twice last night Ahearn broke into
Blacks apartment, each time in search OF
Mary Woods. On the first occasion lie shot
Black in the nose, injuring him slightly,
and then ran away without having seen
the woman. After the police for three
hours had searched the neighborhood for
the cabman and had relaxed their efforts
he returned to the fat and did the fatal
shooting.
: When Ahearn knocked at the door on
and before he broke the lock she fed oyer
the roof to neighboring fiat, where she
took temporary refuge Ahearn meanwhile
was running through Blacks apartments
searching for her. Black was shot when
he attempted to restrain the jealous man.
The cabmans second visit was SO stealthy
that Mary Woods had no opportunity to
escape. Neither she nor her employer knew
that Ahearn had returned until, alarmed
by noise, they ran into the parlor Ahearn
there confronted them with leveled re-
volver with which he first shot the woman,
the bullet penetrating her lungs In rapid
succession he fired two more shots, one
piercing Blacks brain and the second,
which was fired into his own mouth. infiict-
ing wound from which he died two hours
later. So close were the three persons
when this meeting occurred that their
bodies fell almost on top of one another.
Ahearn first met Mary Woods in England
fay, 20 a. 20 ~ he S0ldttsr The
woman came to America, the soldier fol-
yox, tive borh hcro