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WONiN SAVED FROM RIVER.
Mrs. Estelle BilEcr Made Several Vain
Attempts Says Husband Left Her Alone

Passcnge gers on a Twenty-third street
ferryboat which was on its o'clock trip
to Williamsburg yesterday morning saw
a well dressed woman leaning against the
guard rail at the stern sobbing and looking
intently at the water. When she became
aware that she was observed she ceased
crying. ,, oAo .os. - ,,o
slip at the foot of Broadway she WAS the
first TO get of Two women ran up to Po-
licersn Homberg Of the Bedford avenue
station and told him what had happened
on the boat. The woman was hurrying along
Kent avenue in the direction of the Have
meyer sugar ref neries and Homberg
started after her.
When she reached South second street
the woman turned and ran down to the
sugar refinery dock. She jumped to the
deck Of the lighter Capt: Abers, ran TO
the bow of the boat and leaped head first
into the East River. The noise she made
when she jumped on. the deck brought
up from below. He got boat hook, but
when he made "a grab for the woman's
clothing with it she pushed the hook away.
Homberg also got boat hook, while
two men on another lighter put out IN
boat to rescue the woman. Salvessen man
aged to get grip on the woman's gar
ments. and while he and the cop were pull
ing her toward them the men in the boat
got up alongside and helped to haul her
up to the dock. She had lost consciousness
and was carried into a watchman's house.
Ambulance Surgeon Ward from the
Eastern District Hospital worked over the
woman for nearly fifteen minutes before
he resuscitated her. SI.le said she was Mrs.
Estelle Bilger, 81 years old, Of lel Fast Thir-
ty-fourth street, Manhattan. and feebly
begged to be allowed to die.
She was taken TO the hospital, where
she was questioned by House Surgeon
Cohn.
My husband she said, "is lawyer
with an Office at : Beekman street. He
wrongfully accused me and have been
so unhappy have an only boy years old.
and he is with his grandfather up in Tre-
mont. My husband went out and left me
alone. felt 50 lonesome that ] made up
my mind TO die. l went out this morning
with the full determination to die. tried
seven times to jump overheard from diff
feront ferryboats but was prevented each
time by persons on the boat. ! go long
to die
The police communicated with the ad-
dress given by the ON n and learned
that the Bilger family lived there but the
apartments were locked up. The police
couldn't learn where Bilger had gone.
Last night it was said at the hospital that
Mrs. Bilger would probably recover.
James Bilger is a LAWYER with offices in
the Temple Court Building, = Beeknan
street. The apartments in Thirty-fourth
street were still locked up last NIGHT.
Neighbors said that Mrs. Bilger ha given
evidence OF disordered mind for year.
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The Weather.

There was a general hsc Of temperature yester'
day over all the country cast OF the Mississippi,
River The cold wave was rapidly dlsslpatcd by
the advance OF an area OF low pressure over the
INNER Mississippi valley and tho upper Lake re.
rions This low area drew In the warmer south
erly winds.
In tho Northwest and Southwcs, Il was slightly
colder Taere the pressure was high. but there
was no extreme cold. Fair weather was general
over ell the country. for snow Aurries around
the Lake regions and In scattered places In the
Northwest
Ia this city the day was ia r brisk to high south :
erly winds; much warmer. average humidity, 4s
rer cent: barometer. corrected 10 read TO sea level
ats A. NJ. 80 81: 2 p. NJ. 3o2i
TIE temperature yesterday. rs recorded by the
oGlrIal therman1et Is shown in the annexed table.
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Police watch Brooklyn saloons.

The Brooklyn police kept tabs closely
on the saloons yesterday. A week ago
there were nineteen arrests for excise
violations and last week the police notified
the saloon keepers that they must keep
closed on Sunday. Police sentries were
posted at many side doors and some thirsts
recorded at Police Headquarters.
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CARNEGIE TO AID SWARTHMORE
Oners to Give $50 600 Toward . New
COLLEGE Library.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Feb. +.-Word has
been received by President Swain Of Swarth-
more College that Andrew Carnegie is
ready to give $50 900 for library for that
institution, provided the college raises a
similar sum for the maintenance of the
building,
Owing to fire in the college library
several years ago there is at present a
great need for library, and the news Of
MIR Carnege's offer has caused great re-
joicing among the faculty and students.
Every friend has been busy during the last
inent required, and it is realized that it
will he difficult to collect 5000 for the
library.
The college now has about 20 900 books,
but many valuable historical volumes
were destroyed in the fire, some Of which
can never be replaced.
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Grammar School graduates
going to college can save a year
at BERKELEY SCHOOL.
High School students needing
to gain time can. il entered
now, be thoroughly prepared for
college a year earlier.
Groups kept small. $50 grad.
yates successful in college. Classes
limited. Applications for Feb
ruary should be made now.
Terms moderate.
BERKELEY SCHOOL is at
I'D Street and West End Ave-
nue., overlooking the Hudson
the best school situation in the
city.
Call. telephone nna Coiumbu0 or write.
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A $ 8 z T 5

INSURANCE IN FORCE
o
this and
and
a mcas hey q m
GEoEM NJ HARp
P.
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Drop in when you are
at Broadway and Canal Street
and see my splendid stock of
Office furniture. Each individ-
ual piece is as perfect as can be
made, and the price perfectly
fair.
CHARLES e. MATTHEW'S
OFFICE FURNITURE
as Canal ST., Door East OF B'way
Telephone 1899 Spring
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State OF Flew pork 1nsurance Department

Reinsurance
IN IN m
FRAuH HEDRp ,supnnend
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he Constable
For Needless Waste

Handcuf needless waste at once.
It's dangerous culprit. Lock it up
out of the way of good, honest life
insurance. Send US postal and we'll
issue the warrant.
Uhe Mualtingtun Etfr Jnsuranrr On.
snhu Cutlnrk. prruthrut
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
THE RECONSTRUCTION
 OF SAN FRANCISCO
The Work in Preparation is Nov
 Veil Under Way.

San Francisco. April 30.-Today marked the actual beginning of the disentangling of San Francisco from its disordered condition and the commence ing of the work of reconstruction There was much activity. Gangs of men are excavating for foundations and the removal of debris is well under way. The streets were thronged with laborers at an early hour going to work.
 Permits to open the smaller vaults and safes are being issued and more money is getting into circulation. The police and military have checked the footing in the burned district Four militiamen were arrested last night while digging in the ruins and a num- Der of others were frightened away. The extension of street car, telephone and telegraph service is proceeding. Thre was an astonish7ngly small per centage of sickness and no epidemic Is believed possible.
 Within few days the street car ser vice will be nearly as complete as be- fore the fire. The united railroads have promised to spend ten millions in improving their systems. The first million of this sum is already expended. All fares collected on the cars are now being turned over to the relief commit tee. Yesterday $1.S67 was turned over This will be continued as long as there is any necessity.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
THE SEED QUESTION

Washington, D. C., April 3O.-This was both a field day and seed" day fin the house, the major portion of the legislative session being given over to the consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill, and incident there to, the distribu on of seeds. which the bill does not provide for. but the usual provision for which many members wish restored to the bill.
 Immediately after approvaT or the journal, MT. Olmsted of Pennsylvania presented a resolution of thanks on be- half of the people of the United States to General Horace Porter, late ambas- sador to France. for his untiring eff forts to discover and disinter the bod ' of Admiral John Paul Jones. The res olution was unanimously adopted, with a further resolution that General Por- ter's speech, recently delivered at An napolis on the occasion of the inter- ment of the body of Americas first admiral, should be printed in the Con
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
ALL NIGHT BANK
 READY TO OPEN
Cheeks Payable at Any Hour With.
 out Personal Identification.

New York, April SO.-After May l the sad story Of the millionaire wandering penniless about the streets of New York with checks and drafts for thou sands in his pocket cannot be repeated. Tomorrow the first bank open all day and all night for the receipt or pay ment of money will begin business on the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty fourth street, flanked on one side by Sherrys, on the other by Delmonico's, and within d few blocks of a dozen clubs and all of the largest hotels.
 Instead of the traditional Banking Hours from 10 to B. the Night and Day Banks sign will read Never Closed. % Three shifts of clerks. each working eight hours, will nSke financial trans actions at o'clock in the morning as easy as they are at in the afternoon.
 The man who forgot to cash check" Nho has gone broke in the course of the evening, or the visitor who has been repulsed by some heart less hotel clerk. providing he has had the forethought to have an account In The Night and Day Bank, can walk around the corner from the Grand Central station any hour of the night and find bank where there is no such thing as after hours"
 Banks all over the country will have visitors money order blanks, or checks on the Night and Day Bank for the convenience of travellers to or through New York. These checks carry their own identification with them so tha. there is no difficulty on that score. The whole country has been divided in:o six sections, the checks for each eec- tiOn being or a different color, anu each bank having it's own serial mum Der in order to facilitate quick refer ences from whatever point the draft may be presented. After May 1 about 1000 banks distributed throughout every state in the Union will be able to supply New York drafts on which cash can be obtained at any hour and without compelling the holder to go through ceremony of personal identi- fication which might be embarrassing If 1t had to he accomplished during the small hours of the morning.
 Charles T. Barney, O. H. P. Belmont k. H. Hartman, Oakleigh Tohrne. P A. B. Widener and ex-Governor Myron T. Herrick are some of the representa- tive names on the banks board of di- rectors. Naturally men of this stamp resent the idea that it has been planned to cater to the demands of a wide open town. The bank is organized on lines of the strictest conservatism and will earnestly seek to consult the con- venience of the public instead of ask ing the public to accommodate itself to the convenience of the bank
 Late arrivals of trains. a sudden call out of the city, accident illness. and the hundred and one contingencies that make it necessary to have money at short notice and without regard to the time of day, are some of the req sons for it's existence. Then there are the residents of the city who require funds in emergencies, and the mer- chants who make heavy collections after o'clock-they will find it con venient to have a bank open not only | all day, but all night as well.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
THE OUTLOOK
 EXCELLENT For a Calm French First
 of May
The Authorities Have In sured it by the DecapitatiOn of the Threaten ing Trouble Movement

Paris, April 3O.-The eve of May 1 finds the authorities concluding prep arations of unprecedented magnitude to guard the city against violence. As final measure of warning, a larg,, number of arrests were made today, principally of organizers of the con- federation of labor. imperialist sympa- thizers, charged with fomenting disor- der, and anarchists of various degrees of prominence.
 The arrests have served their main purpose in disOrganizing and discour aging the violent element, which finds itself practically without leaders for the monster demonstration planned for tomorrow.
 The movement appears to have lost heart, as it's conspicuous figures are either in jail or have taken to flight A heavy downpour of rain tonight promises to further dampen the en- thusiasm of the workmen.
 The police, supported by the troops will occupy the principal strategiv points of the city at daylight tomorrow. The troops will receive supplies for active field duty, including two pack ages of cartridges and two days re- serve rations. The light cavalry will carry lanceS.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01

known that mine workers had been shot down, but tonight the affected ter rltory is comparatively quiet.
 While it is believed that a score of persons were injured during the day, only ten are accounted for. The three who it is thought will die are:
 LOUIS WILSON, shot through the body.
 R. MIsEREvICH. shot in the stom- ach.
 STANISLAUS WATAKOSKI. sho; in the groin.
 Wilson was shot while standing in front of his home. a block from the scene of the conflict. R. H. Gibson, q trooper, was struck on the head with a rock and seriously hurt.
 Today's affair is the result of at tacks upon non- union men, made al various times last week. The attacks were so numerous that Sheriff Sharp less of Northumberland county ap- pealed to the state constabulary for help, and troop C, which was march ing from Reading to Hazelton, was di- vided and half of the men, under Lieu tenant Smith, were sent to Mount Car mel this morning.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
There is Only Two Weeks Supply of PrOviS-
 ions on Hand
The Contributions are Falling off Dstressngy so that the Condition of the Homeless Promises to be Worse than it was a Week Ago.

San Francisco. April 3O.-with no i'm mediate prospect that conditions will soon be normal. the supply of food on hand or under way is becoming dis tressingly small. No man connected with the re.ief affairs is willing to haz- ard the opinion as to when relief work may be abandoned. Yet Mayor Schmitz informed the general committee this morning that from information in his possession it appeared that 700 carloads of food and supplies of various de scriptiOns had been distributed since the morning of the earthquake on April IS. and the Southern Pacific. the Santa F'e and other transportation lines had information of only 11S cars on the way.
 'If.' said the mayor. this informa- tion is correct, and l have no reason to doubt it, we will soon be worse off than we were a week ago. If the in formation has gone abroad through the country that we are amply supplied it is most unfortunate, for it is apparent that we are not
 Chairman Phelan of the committee on finance, experimenting the remarks of the mayor, said he had as yet re- ceived no reply to his telegram to Sec retary of War Taft, asking what the relief committee might expect out of the fund of $2,5OO, 900 appropriated by congress, and in the absence of such reply he continued to assume that this money would be available He had in formation. however. that the $3OO, GOO transmitted Saturday by Secretary Tat was given by him as a present of the national Red Cross and was in no sense a contribution from the govern ment. As to private funds which had been placed in the hands of individuals here, he had received $25. 900 from Gen eral Funston, being part of the Gug- genheim contribution.
 In transmitting this. the general had said that he saw no further reason for any great Expenditure on his part. ana preferred to have the money disbursed by the relief finance committee.
 Easing his opinion of reports re- ceived in the last twenty-four hours GenerS: Greedy said this morning that the food supply. including shipments on hand and those enroute, would be
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01

surance officials, and that he had op- posed action because he desired first to secure an opinion from the appellate division ot the supreme court of th.s state on the question whether such po- litical contributions constituted lar ceny. Such an opinion MT. Jerome had tod the jury would be given early in May and the cases then could be taken up by a special grand jury which he had asked for.
 Justice Greenbaum, the district at torney informed the jury, had already decided that the contributions were larceny, but MT. Jerome expressed his doubts whether this ruling would be sustained by he appellate division. MT. Jerome said it was in order to se- cure such a ruling before indictlng any of the insurance officials and attach ing to them an indelible stain that he took the case against G. w. Perkins direct to the court instead of before the grand jury in March.
 If Justice Greenbaum s ruling be sustained" the district attorney said,
 it will be necessary to call as wit nesses Cornelius N. Bliss. treasurer of the republican national committee. and Geo. B. Cortelyou, .Cs chairman and postmaster general, aid indict a large portion of the officials of every finan- cial institution in thiG city"
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
THE FIRST COLLISION
 IN ANTHRACITE STRIKE
Troops Fire on Miners Fatally
 WOundins Three.

Mount Carmel, Pa April 3O.-The first serious collision in the anthracite coal regions since mining was suspend ed on April 1, occurred here today be- tween a mob of idle mine workers and a platoon of the new state constabulary force and resulted in the injuring of probably twenty men, three of whom will likely die. The disturbance was caused by an attack on a detail of the state police by several hundred for eigners, who became incensed at the presence of the constables. They threw stones at the policemen and oth- erwise endangered their lives to such an extent that they were forced to fire upon the crowd, which had swelled in to thousands. Great excitement was caused in the many mining villages of the southern coal fields when it became
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
SOFT COAL STRIKE.
The Main Thing in the Way-Recog
 milton of the Union.

Punxsutawney. Pa, April 3O.-By resolutions passed at mass meetings held today by members of subdistrict five of district two. United Mine Workers of America, a strike is on in the soft coal region of Clearfield. Sev- eral thousand men are involved.
 Notices were posted by the operators that the scale of 1903 would be paid, but the miners held out for a recogni- tion of the union and the collection of a check off by the operators. The operators say that work will be resum- ed with a full force at all the mines within a week. There is no disorder.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
The Voting on the Amendments will Beqin
 Next Friday
Probability that the Final Vote will Take Place Week Later The Matter of Seed Distribution Agitating the House.

Washington, D. C., April 30.-The senate will begin voting on amend ments to the railroad rate bill on Fri day, May 4. An amendment to that effect was reached today. but it proved impossible to so extend the understand ing as to have it include the fixing of a date for taking a final vote on the bill as whole. The general impress sion among senators is that the final vote will be reached within a week from the time of the beginning of the consideration of the amendments
 Most of the time of the senate toda,- was devoted to listening to a speech by MT. Clarke of Arkansas, in which he criticized the pending rate bill as intellectual to remedy existing condi- tions.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01

sufficient for the present population during period of fifteen days.
 Lack Of funds and ignorance Of the amount of the appropriation Co De rrv- en by the finance committee have ac- cording to Commissioner Thomas EEan. retarded the operations of the board of public works in clearing the streets os debris and garbage and repairing the sewers As result of the shortage or funds between 500 and SO men en- gagged in this wcrk were laid orr last night The board still retains many carpenters. who have made arranEe- ments to have the garbage carried 10 the sea on barges. instead of burning G.
 Probably One-tenth of the streets iu the burned district are now passahle-
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
LAKE COMMERCE
 TO BE TIED UP
The Biggest Strike in fears was be-
 bun at Midnight.

Buffalo. N. Y, April 3O.-At mid night 5000 men, every member of the Longshoremen's Union in this port. went on a strike in accordance with orders from President Keefe They in clude marine firemen, oilers, water tenders, grain scoopers. stationary dock firemen, coal handlers. ore handlers tug firemen and engineers.
 It is believed here that every port on the Great Lakes will be affected by the strike and that lake commerce will be tied up with one of the biggest strikes on the Great Lakes in years.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
NEW YORK GRAND JURY
 WAITING FOR LIGHT
Before Returning Indictments in the hatter of Campaign Contributions.

New York, April 3O.-The grand jury for April on the completion of it's term today returned a presenment to Re corder Golf in which 1t declared that it had failed to investigate the political contributions by insurance officials be- cause District Attorney Jerome had advised the jury not to do sO- The jury stated also that it had asked MT. Je- rome for the evidence against the i1-
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
AMERICAN ATHLETICS.
Continue to Uphold the Nations Hon
 or at Athens.

Athens. April 3O.-America' athIet ic's again have had a day of remarka ble success. Pilgrim Lightbodv Leavitt and Bonbag sharing honors
 The American team is considered here as being the best all around com bination in the world. The 50O-metcr race tomorrow is likely to fall to them. together with the hurdles. The gen. eral hope is expressed that the Mara % thOn race, the great national event. will go to the Greeks. who have shown themselves good sportsmen.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
METALS.

New York, April S0.-Copper ad- vanced 2s Sd in the London market with spot closing at fS5 2s Sd and fu- lures at fS3 Is Sd. Locally no change was reported. Lake copper is quoted lat S1S.5OQ1S.75; electrolytic $1S.25@1S50: casting s18.OO01S.25.
 Lead was unchanged at f16 Is Sd in London; the local market for spot was firm. Thirty days still quoted at $5.5O with quotations. for smaller lots of store ranging up to $5.70.
 Spelter was unchanged at S6.0566.15 in local market. English market was a shade lower at f26 los. Silver, 65l i; Mexican dollars, 5O15.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
STOCKS.

Amalgamated Copper 1O4K; Sugar, 132Is; AnacOnda. 253; Atchison, S9s i; Atchison pfd, 1O01z; N. J. Central, 2O71z i; c. & O.. 55A; St. Paul, 1641a; Big Four, 9612; C. & S., 3215; c. & S., 1st pfd, STA; c. & s. 2d pfd, 46; Erie, 40N; Manhattan, 152; Metropolitan, III; NJ. P, 90A; N. J. Central, 1852; PennsyI- vania. 1371z; St. l.. & $. F., I'd pfd, 4ZK : $. P, 641z; U. P. 9212; U. $. Steel, 40H ; U. s. pfd. 1O694 w. U., 921z.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
cHARRED BONES.
All That Remained of Victims of a
 Northern Pacific Wreck.

Missoula. Mont, April 3O.-Four bodies were taken from the Northern Pacific wreck at Evar Hill today Ow- ing to the fire, which burned the en- tire train of forty cars of lumber. none of the remains can be identified.
 The bones are supposed to be those of the engineer. L. D. Sterne, Fireman Ed. Julieret, and two tramps. Brake man G. A. Murphy. wnO was injured, is still upconscious. Three tramps were slightly injured.
Arizona republican., 1906-05-01
A MISERABLE EXHIBITION.
Made by Young corbett in His Fight
 With HyIand.

Ogden, Utah, April 3O.-The police interfered in the fifth round of what was to be a twenty round go between Fighting Dick Hyland and Young Corbett here tonight, saving the latter from a knockout The Denver boy was over weight and put up a miser- able exhibition.