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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
ROBBED on CAR PLATFORM.
SummOnses Conductor 40
cused OF Helping Thieves Get Away.

cu6ed OF HelplnB 1ineVes Tel away
James F. Quinn, an insurance broker, o
sO4 West Eighty-second street, appeared il
the West Side court yesterday morning
| against three men accused Of know ing
| something about the theft of ais poke t.
book, containing $50, on a Broadway cal
Saturday night. After his description OF
the robbery Magistrate Breen declared
that the circumstances were Infamous
and issued a ummon for the conductor OF
the car, whose number Mr.. Quinn had
taken.
II had escorted my wife and a friend to
the New York Theatre" said Mr.. Quinn.
aWhen the performance was over we all
boarded a car at Forty-fourth street. The
rear platform was filed with a crowd Of
we'll dressed young men, who crowded us
all as we entered. l noticed one OF them
tug at the chain which held my wife's lor-
gnette and I tried to warn her, but she was
inside the car and one Of the youths was
between us before / could do 80.
Il then felt certain that we were sur
rounded by piokpockets, and raised both
hands to protect my scarfpin. AS l finally
shook the last one OF the crowd of I found
that my pocketbook had been stolen from
my hip pocket. My wi fe's lorgnette had
also been taken.
Il then called to the conductor, who had
entered the car, that I had been robbed,
and said that some Of the men on the rear
platform had dom it. He deliberately
closed the door and stood holding it shut for
two OF three minutes. When he finally.
stepped aside all the men l had suspected
had left the car. l accused the conductor
of being in league with them, but he merely
laughed. Many Of the passengers told me
the whole affair was an outrage, n adj
vised me to report it to the police at once.
We had reached Fo~rty-seventh street, so l
went to the station house
Detectives Boyle and Fitzpatrick we're
sent out on the case. They our three
younr vel standing at Forty-thrd street
and S,Yenth avenue, whom they arrested
on suspicion. They ave their names as
Arthur Williams of 1927 West Forty-second
street, Jacob Jordan of 317 West Forty
second street and John Collins Of pa West
Fortieth street. The police say these men
are all accomplished piokpockets.
In court neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Quinn would
swear that the prisoners We're implicated
in the robbery, but both said that they we're
morally certain of it.
Its infamous il it is true" commented
Ma gistrate Breen when the statements
concerning the conductor were made. Il
will issue a warrant for him IL the police
do not think he will come on n summons"
The detectives thought the latter would do.
The three men were held in 81 900 bail for
a hearing.
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SUNDAY SERVICE. BY WIRELESS.
Meeting Took Up Yesterday on the Caro-
lima, Coming Up the Coast,

NItethhB tVuh W tVSteFuag Ou inc sufO-
lima, Coming Up the Coast.
The New York and Porto Rico steamship
Carolina, formerly the City Of Savannah
Of the Savannah line. which got into port
last night, got into touch earlier with the
De Forrest wireless station here and an
nounced that the Rev. Wilson Phrauer,
superannuated, but vigorous, had oficiated
at the religious services aboard yesterday
morning and that he was feeling tiptop.
The Carolina was within ffty-fve miles Of
the Hook when the message was received
II said that the clergyman, who is SO years
old, had also delivered a lecture on Thurs
day on the development Of the United
States as a colonial power.
Two s~towaways were discovered in the
stokehold on the second day out from
Porto Rico. They were native Porto Ricans
Of bronze complexion, and they were una
ware that March in this latitude requires
more clothing than ia usually worn in Porto
Rico at this season. They had on one
thickness Of fiimsy cotton. Thew we're
fitted out with warmer apparel by the
skipper. AS adopted Americans, thew NAV
be permitted to stay here II they think thew
can make q living. Other passengers aboard
the Carolina. according TO. the wireless,
are Miss f. Wells Of Boston, a relative OF
Gov. Winthrop Of Porto Rico, H. M. Cum
mings, Mr.. and Mrs. w. i. Lourie, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. G. Kellogg, and DR.. r. P. Falkner,
Commissioner of Education in Porto Rico.
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PROTEST OF THE AGENTS.
They Object TO Restriction OF Commission
From Life Companies.

William C. johnson, chairman OF the
committee of the life underwriters associ-
atoms, which led the fight of the agents
against the Armstrong committee recon-
mendations at Albany, issued a statement
yesterday, in which he said:
Interviews from Albany published ~yester-
day indicate that the strong protest against
these restrictions Chose affecting the agents.
has been needed. but that the committee
intends not to estimate the restriction. but TO
modify the bill by establishing a fiat rate OF
first year commission amounting to 45 per
cent. or so per cent. Of the ordinary life pre-
MUM,
Mr.. johnson, on behalf of the a gents, OBJ
jects to this plan. He gives il az his opinion
that the principle of arbitrary restriction
upon the details OF gemert by the
State is uns ound ard q mistake. The State
should establish standards Of solvency.
and, il IL deems bet, standards by which
to measure the relative expense of operat-
ing life insurance. companies; but with strict
accountability and detailed publicity, the
companies, he believes, could well be left
to manage their own internal affairs" In
other words, the companies ought to fix
the agents ommissions
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vGl9hahS}ssss;a!!;s';s|'.! IL IL
Call or Write for Catalogue
DIED,

BERKELEY.-on Saturday. March II. 1908. AZ
Zion Church rectory. Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
Louise Whine (Brodhead), wife Of the Rev.
r. NJ. Berkeley.
Funeral services at Zion Church. Dobha Paw,
on Tuesday. at $50 p. n. Burial at Mount
Auburn. Mass. Relatives and friends are
kindly asked not to send flowers.
Saturday. March II. 1905. Rachel Boyd.
wife OF John Thistle.
Funeral services at her late residence. SIS Yves,
l5oth ST., Tuesday evening, March 20. al q
O'Clock. lnterment private. Kindly omit
flowers.
BRoWN.-on Saturday March II. Henry T. Brown
at the residence Of his son. Edwin H. Brown.
90 Argyle road. Brooklyn.
Funeral services at ST. Johns Church, st, John,s
pl, near 9TH av.. Brooklyn, on Monday, March
10. 1905. at II o'clock.
HoYT.-on Saturday. March IL. 1905. James H.
Hoyt.
Funeral Tuesday. March 20. from Riverside
Chapel. Norwalk. Conn. al 3 O'Clock p. NJ,
Sunday morning, March ls. 1908.
at the Manhattan Hotel. Henry A. Huribut,
son OF the late Henry A. Hurlbut, In the Esd
year of his age.
Funeral services will be held at Trinity Chanel
West 18th ST., Tuesday. March 20. at II 80 O'CLOCK,
lnterment at Woodlswn, at the convenience
of the family.
JoHANSMEYER.-on Saturday. March II, 1905.
Theodore c., son OF the late William and
Theresa Johansmeyer. aged ~ years.
fuherai SERVICES Az the Adams Memorial Church,
3oth st, between ID and Sd avs, on Monday
evening. March 10, at 8 o'clock. Relatives
friends and members of Charter Oak Lodge,
No. 249. +. & A. NJ. and Americas Council
No. 854, Il. A., invited.
MUNRO.-A her residence. In New York city. on
Friday morning, March 10. 1908. Lucia Noble.
eldest daughter OF the late Hugh Munro OF this
city.
Funeral at Woodbridge. N. j.. on Monday. March
10. at $50 p. M Train leaves foot sd ST.. n. r.,
at 2:25, via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Mamaroneck, n. Y. on March II.
1905. Mary Jane Palmer, wife OF the late John W.
Palmer, In tho seventy ninth year OF her age.
Funeral services will be held at the residence OF
her daughter. Mrs. D.. l.. Palmer. so Prospect
av.. on Tuesday. at 2 p. n. Carriages will be
waiting at Mamaroneck station on arrival OF
1904 train from Grand Central station.
PlKE.-Suddeniy. Laurence Pike. son OF the late
S. NJ. Pike. at his residence, San Reno Hotel.
10 !. NJ.
PRINGLE.-on Saturday. March II. 1905, Mary
Alice, widow OF the late James W. Pringle, In
the sixty-third year OF her age.
Funeral services will be held from her late resi-
dence. las West 57th St, on Tuesday morning.
March 20. 1905. at 1880 a.. NJ.
VAN DER POEL.-On Friday. March l6. 1905.
Herman Wendell Van der Pool. son OF the late
S. Oakley Van der Poel. NJ. D., and Gertrude
Wendell Van der Peel, in the 5oth year OF his
age.
Funeral services at his late residence, 80 West
aeth ST.. on Monday, March 10. at DIS A, NJ.
lnterment, Albany.
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FOUND DEAD AND ROBBED.
Body Of Victim OF East Side Thugs Found
I'm a Tenement stairway.

Louis Deutsch, the ~janitor of a tenement
house at 90 Chrystie street, found early YES
terday morning the body of II man lying
upon the iron stairway leading from the
ground foor to the bottom of an airshaft.
The man was of large build, about so years
old and we'll dressed.
Coroner Hamburger viewed the body. At
the bottom of the well he found several
letters, numerous pay envelopes. a bank
book envelope and a one dollar bill. One
of the letters. which was of recent date,
was addressed to John j. McCabe, Ply
mouth, Mass, and was written on Foresters
OF America paper and signed by Edward B.
Brock, secretary Of the Court Greylock
Foresters. Upon the pay envelopes was the
name George Mabbett d Son Co., Ply
mouth, Mass, weaVers. On the bank boob
envelope appeared the name of the Howard
Savings Institution, Newark, n. j.
An examination Of the body showed that
there were no marks except an abrasion of
the skin over the nose, which might have
been caused by a fall or a blow from a blunt
instrument. The mans coat and overcoat
were unbuttoned and the lining Of two of
the pockets turned inside out.
= 1t is the opinion OF Coroner Hamburger
that the man was lured into the hallway,
possibly in an intoxicated condition, and
his clothing gone through; that he was
left on the stairway and the papers thrown
into the airshaft. The %ianitor declared
that he had not opened the door leading to
the air well since midnight. Coroner Har-
burger declared hat the mar might nave
been lying on the steps for six or seven
hours and died of exposure.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, March 1S.-John j.
McCabe was formerly employed at the
worsted mill of George Mabbett d Son in
this town. H. Earl Mabbett Of the firm
said tonight that he lid not recollect hav-
ing had such a man in his employ, but that
in view Of pay envelopes of the firm being
found in the dead mans pockets he assumed
that he must have been employed in the
mill at some time. Mr.. Mabbett did not
believe he could have worked here long
or he would have recognized the name.
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Jefferson Dinner on the 10th.

The jefferson dinner of the Democratic
Club, which is usually held on Jefferson's
birthday, is to b. held on April 10 this year,
as the 18th falls on Good Friday. The din
ner is to be given at the Waldof-Astoria,
and there is already a great demand for
tickets. The number Of guests has been
limited to 500. John Fox is to preside, and
the principal orator will be President Wood
row Wilson OF Princeton, who will talk on
Jefferson.
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want Batueship Built Here.

Through the agitation Of a number of
unions represented in the navy yard a call
has been issued for a mass meeting tonight
in Johnston's Hall, Flatbush avenue and
Nevins street, Brooklyn, to urge that more
ward. Among the speakers will be Presf-
dent Bird S. Coler of the Borough of Brook
lyp, Sheriff NJ. j. Flaherty, Congressman
Knowland of California and a number of
labor leaders. Letters will be read from
President Roosevelt and others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
Seek to Indlct Colorado Railroads for
Rotating.

DENVER, Col. March 1s,-The United
States District Attorney is gathering evil
dence to submit to the Federal Grand Jury
when il convcnes in Pueblo next month
which may result in indictments being re-
turned against certain Colorado railroads
for rebating.
How many companies are being investi-
Rated is not known, but il is authoritatively
stated that the jury will be asked to con-
slider at least three cases.
II has developed that the recent visit OF
Assistant Secretary Murray Of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor to Denver
was In connection With this matter.
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POPULAR SONGS IN CHURCH.
Pastor Told the Boys Club Singers They
Gould Sing What They Liked.


Could Sing What They Liked.
Illustrated popular songs we're the feature
Of a service for the members of the Newark
Boys Club held in the Universalist Church
Of the Redeemer last evening. The Newark
Boys Club is an organization Of an unseo-
tartan character and is supported by popu-
lar contributions. The club has a mem
bership Of more than 400 boys, whose ages
range from IL to 20 years. The boys run
the entire club themselves, without the help
of any salaried superintendent or other
paid official.
The Rev. Henry r.. Rose, pastor OF the
Church of the Redeemer, invited the club TO
his church to an illustrated lecture On the
city of Washington, He told the glee club
of the Newark Boys Club that they might
sing their W kind of songs They sang
half a dozen of the latest popular melodies
with the same pictures used by singers in
the variety theatres The 700 boys present
enjoyed the lecture and the Rev. DR.. Rose
said he enjoyed their singing.
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Victor Herbert conducted his orchestra
at the Hippodrome last night. The COM
poser was greeted enthusiastically by a
large audience, which called for encores
Of favorite numbers from Mr. Herbert's
operas, Mr.. Herbert gave selections from
The Wizard of the Nile, THE Serenade,'
dolly Dollars Babes in Toyland" and
Nv onderland,' Miss May Bradley and
Mr.. j. Humbird Duffy were the s~oloists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
M 600 for Japan's Famine Sufferers.

The New York State branch Of the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, which has been re-
ceiving contributions for the relief Of the
famine sufferers in Japan, announces in it's
seventh bulletin the receipt Of 90 600. 10.
Jacob II. Schiff is the treasurer OF the New
YORK. State branch,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
Gaelic Service In London Cathedral.

Special CdNe Desp1tch 70 The sun.
LONDON, March 1s.-An Irish service was
held to-day in the Roman Catholic Cathedral
at Westminster. The congregation num-
bered 1000. The whole service, includ-
ing the sermon, was in Gaelic. The
preacher was Canon McFadden, from
DONEGAL
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rammany Committee on Legislation.

Among other things at t%o-night's meeting
OF the Tammany general committee a
change in the rules il TO be made providing
for a new standing committee to keep tabs
on legislation. IT is to be modelled on the
lines OF the committee maintained by the
Citizens Union. The committee will be
made UP Of from eight 70 ten members.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
wisconsin investigating Northwestern Life.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 1s.-Examina-
ton of the books of the Northwestern Life
Insurance Company by Wisconsin's in
eurance investigation committee has be-
gun. Two expert accountants have been
working for three days on the books of the
company. The committee will not give out
any results OF the examination before April 1.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
TRAIN DITCHED; ENGINE GOES on
Cars Slide Down Twenty Foot Bank and
No One IL Hurt.

ST. CLOUD, Mimi, March 1s.-The Winni-
peg Flyer, on he Great Northern road
went of the track near this. city this eve-
ming and the entire train except the engine
went into a ditch twenty feet in depth.
The train slid down the e~mbankment, but
no one was hurt. The engine continued
on it's way to this city, When it passed
the station il was discovered that 1t was
wild" and after a short race was over
taken and brought back.
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LINCOLN. Neb., March 1s,-Gen. John NJ.
Thayer, eighth Governor Of Nebraska, is
dying at his home here. Gen. Thayer was
in command Of the First Sebra ska Regiment
during the civil war, and later served six
years as United States Senator from this
State. He Is 80 years old
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
CARPENTER FALLS TO DEATH
NJ I. Gundy of Blair Pitches Head
long from New Elevator,
Dying at Once.

While working on the wall of the new
grain elevator Of the observation-disclosures
company at Twenty-eighth and Oak streets
Friday morning NJ. /. Gundy, a carpenter,
lost his footing and pitched headforemcst
to the ground and sustained injuries which
resulted in his death Immediately after
ward. Gundy was raising a scaffold upon
which TO stand and in some unknown man
ner his foot slipped over the edge Of wall,
causing him TO lose his balance
He fell a distance of more than seventy
feet, striking a rafter on the inside Of the
elevator in his descent, and died within
twenty minutes after the accident and be-
fore medical aid could be secured.
Gundy had been working on the elevator
for about three weeks, having come from
Blair. and was boarding with his wife at
2726 South Twenty-fourth street. The coro-
ner has charge of the body and will hold
an inquest Saturday.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
HEAFEY HURT AND HORSE DEAD
Undertaken suffers Physical Injuries
and Financial Loss from
Two Runaways.

p. C. Heafey was mixed up in two run
Always within tweHty-four hours. which re-
suited in painful, though not serious, in
juries to himself and the death of a good
horse.
A valuable white horse belonging to
Heafey & Heafey, undertakes. was shot
and killed at Seventeenth and Harvey
streets at noon Friday through it's having
a leg broken by peculiar accident. c. r.
Richie, living at T22 South Twenty-eighth
street was driving down Harvey street,
when the Heafey horse, attached 20 a coffin
wagon, turned onto Harvey street at Sew
enteenth. Just at the moment the Richie
team Stacked up its pace a moment, a lead
horse being also behind It, the Heafey
horse, before il could be checked. ran into
the Richie wagon, climbing partly into 81,
Overthrowing the wagon and breaking its
leg in the general miXup. Ofhcer Boyle was
in the immediate vicinity ana Was called
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
ENGLISH AND THE COAL TRUST
Sponsor for Combines Constitution
NOncOmmittaI on His Course
as County Attorney.

James p. English county attorney-elect.
declined Friday to make any statement as
to the course he would take in the coal
trust cases if any Of them were left I'M
tried when he entered office. The answers
in the coal trust injunction case assert as
one of the defenses that Mr.. English had
approved the constitution and bylaws of
the organization while he was county at
torney before.
II cannot say what my course will be. A"
he said. Il will treat the cases like any
others, but until I take charge of the
office l cannot tell what course 1 will
take. / suppose most of them will be
cleaned up by Judge slabaugh before he
turns the office over 10 me-"
Mr.. English said he would not be able
to announce his list of deputies for a
week OF more. II is rumored that George
A. Magney and w. c. Lambert OF South
Omaha are 10 DO made deputies in the
ONCE.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
upon to shoot the Heafey horse to put it

upon to shoot the Heafey horse to put It
out of it's misery.
Mr.. Heafey and Fred Denecker, his
driver, narrowly escaped serious injury
in a runaway about 10 o'clock Thursday
evening, when the horses attached to the
buggy in which they were driving became
frightened and ran away near Twenty
ninth and Grant streets The horses ran
for about one block and their flight was
only stopped by their running into an en-
bankment. throwing Mr. Heafey and the
driver from the vehicle, They were pain
fully, but not seriously injured and were
both able to be at work Friday morning
although considerably the worse for wear
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
ACTION IN LEE GRIER CASE
Mayor VIII Proceed with Checking
by Expert II He Has the
Authority.

Mayor Dahlman Friday morning con-
suited with the city legal department re-
gardlng the matter Of alleged shortage OF
Lee Grier. former clerk OF the police court.
The mayor will, II he finds he has au-
thority, proceed 10 have Grier's accounts
checked up by an expert accountant, but
If advised by the legal department that ho
has not such authority he will then turn
the whole matter over TO the city council
and let the councilmen fight It out and
assume the whole responsibility.
City Attorney Burnam will have an
opinion in a few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
WOMEN IN CLUB AND CHARITY

A committee from the social science de-
partment Of the Woman's club accompanied
Rev. Robert b. H. Bell over the bottoms
at the north end of the city Thursday aft
ernoon for the purpose of ascertaining
whether conditions there warrant the es'
tablishment of an industrial settlement in
the vicinity. An open lot at the foot Of
Ohio street Rev. Mr.. Bell designated as
the most central and best location for tho
house proposed for laundry, nursery bath
rooms and temporary shelter for needy
families. The residents of the district are
chiefly squatters, living in shanties Of from
one to three rooms and conditions that
range from the most abject squalor to sur
prising cleanliness considering the sur
roundings. The settlement extends for
more than a mile up and down the river,
and the children attend Lake and sher-
man schools. Many of them are members
OF the Sunday school and industrial classes
at the City mission at Tenth and Capitol
avenue. The mothers club maintained at
the mission last year also drew largely
from this district and It has also been
frequently represented in the juvenile
court The committee went over the
ground inspecting the homes as, much as
possible, and the ACCESSIBILITY of establish
ing the proposed settlement will come up
for discussion at the next meeting OF the
social science department November Is
The committee included Mrs. Draper Smith
leader OF the department; Mrs. H. II. Heller
Of the detention school, Mrs. W. Anderson
and Rev. Mr.. Bell.
The Lincoln woman's club has COM
menced an active and definite campaign
for a detention school to operate in con
junction with the Juvenile court. At q
meeting Monday afternoon some Of the
prominent men and women OF Lincoln par
tlcipated in a discussion Of the needs and
advantages of such an institution. and q
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
TWO WOMEN GET DAMAGES
Third One Institutes Suit for Ten
Thousand Dollars Against
street Car Company.

Luella Ferrel, a comedy young woman,
who was injured in a collision between two
street cars at Tenth and jackson streets
about a year ago, was given verdict for
$1,000 against the street car company by a
jury I'm Judge Sears court Friday morning.
She asserts she sustained permanent in
juries.
Judgment by consent was entered by the
street car company in favor Of Romilla
Brown for 500. She asserts she was injured
while alighting from a car at Sixteenth and
Poppleton. She sued for 5000
Kate Tobler has begun suit against the
street car company for $4,000. She was one
OF the victims Of the collision on Thir-
teenth street in South Omaha March Is.
in which one passenger was killed and sew
eral injured.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-10
In Divorce Court.

Declaring she has been kept a prisoner
by her husband for a long period and not
allowed to see her mother during that
time, Mrs. Anna d. Taylor asks the dis
trict court for divorce from Fred Taylor.
In addition 70 the charge ne imprisoned
her, she says he drinks TO excess and does
not support her. She asks for the TestoTa-
ton Of her maiden name. Anna ID. Boxer.
lie Grant Travis tells of his domestic
troubles with Sophie Travis in his petition
for divorce filed Friday. He says she called
him vile names. threw a Ratchet at him,
drew a gun on him, split up the furniture,
broke in the doors Of their home and asso-