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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
SEVEN FIREMEN INJURED.
Burned by an Explosion OF Benzine and
Gasoiene In q Brooklyn Fire,

Seven fremen were injured in a fire that
started in a one story frame extension in the
rear Of 1888 Fulton street, Brooklyn, yes
terday morning, and three Of them were
removed TO the hospital. David Starr uses
the building as a cleaning and dyeing es-
Establishment. In the rear extension he had
two large tanks Of benzine and six small
ones Of gasolene. Starr and two en-
ployees, realizing the dangerous contents,
ron from tho building. The fremen, In
order to get at tho flames, tore down a fence
enclosing q vacant lot adjoining and fought
their way into the building. They we're
pouring water on the fire when there was an
The hremen were thrown TO the floor,
The burning benzine was scattered in all
directions. Some OF the men were stunned
and those who were not Immediately began
20 pull their comrades out OF the extension
into the vacant lot, Doctors Claude Crane
Of ii9 Halsey street and Edward T. Randall
OF 1850 Hancock street gave first aid TO the
injured until the arrival Of the surgeons
from st. Mary's and 81. Johns hospitals.
The damage to the building and contents IL
estimated at 81, 900. Traffic on the Fulton
street and Nostrand venue trolleys was
delayed for nearly an hour,
Lieut.. James Kane OF Engine Company 1856
was injured about the head and neck and
taken To 81, Mary's Hospital. Janitk Over
ard and John E., MAlloy Of the SAME com.
pany, both bur6ed about the face and neck,
were taken 10 81, johns Hospital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
MUSTN'T SWEAR BACK AT CHIEF.
Foreman Of Fire Company. whose Men
Made Rescues, Fined Three Days Pay.

Foreman William Corcoran Of Engine 20
was up before Deputy Fire COMMISSIONS
Hugh Bonner yesterday on charges. Ao-
cording to the records. this was the first
time orcoran hada complaint made against
him since he entered the department in 1888.
Battalion Chief Thomas Larkin COM
planned that the foreman was insubordinate
at a fire on February 20 at 10 West 10th
street. Said Larkin:
when ! went to the fire ! asked the
foreman where his men were, This was
his answer: Where the hell do you think
they are? ! couldn't stand for that kind
Of language and so ! made this complaint. +"
Corooran said that his company was the
first to reach the fire and his men rescued
several persons from the burning building.
The men were still going through the house
when he went outside for a breath of fresh
air.
Just then tho battalion chief came along
continued the foreman. He began swear
ing at me and ! may have been a little hasty
to him."
discipline must be maintained,s OBJ
served the Deputy Commissioner, az he
fined the foreman three days pay.
Fire Commits ipner O'Brien warned the
department drivers q couple Of weeks ago
against reckless driving in crowded streets.
Company commanders yesterday made
charges Of reckless driving against Drivers
Gehman OF Engine 81 and Jaine Daniels
of,Truck @,
Bonner reprimanded them and let them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
BIG SHAKEUP or TTREMEN.
seven Battalion chiefs and Forty PriVates
Transferred Yesterday.


= Fire Commissioner O'Brien gave his de-
partment q shaking up yesterday. The
men about headquarters were considerably
stirred up when the order vent out trans
ferring seven battalion chiefs and forty
aremen. The chiefs transferred were:
Crowley. from the First district to the
in Brooklyn to the Eighth. Dufy. from the
Ninth 90 tho First, Howe. from the Eigh-
teenth to the Twenty-nfth in Brooklyn;
Barrett. from the repair shops TO the Eigh-
teenth, Travers. from the Thirty-second TO
the repair shops. and Hawk. from the Eleventh
10 the Thirty-second district.
In explanation Of the shifting Of fremen
from one company to another it was said
hat discipline had become lax in some Of
the engine houses and differences had
developed among the men from long asso-
citation, interfering with the proper per-
Torrance OF duty. In regard 10 the battal-
ion chiefs IL was said that some Of them
had lost some Of their vim and IL was ex-
peoted that a change would put them on
their mettle. These explanations were
unofficial.
A special order was sent out by Chief
Croker yesterday in reference to the fire.
boats. The order requires that in future
whenever a superior officer Of the uniformed
force or OF the administration shall be on
board the boat must fly a blue flag by day
and a blue light by night.
II was said that in the past the fireboats
were occasionally used as pleasure craft.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
no BRING B.APTISTS HERE.
Movement TO Have Them Hold Annual Meet
Ing In 1909 In New York.

At a meeting Of the New York Baptist
Union in the Hotel Vendome last night.
resolutions were adopted authorizing the
president, Frank Harvey Field, to appoint
n committee to confer with the American
Baptist Missionary Union, tho American
Baptist Home Missionary Society, and the
Baptist Publication Society in an effort to
induce there societies to hold their next
joint meeting in June, 1907, in this city.
The last such meeting was held here in 1882.
The president acted as toastmaster at a
dinner which followed the meeting. He
spoke of the great necessity of getting men
into the church. Don't bother with the
Women he said. THE dear women seem
bound to get there, anyway; it's the men
who have a hard time. >
Prof. Charles p. Fagnani, ID. D., of lnlon
Theological Seminary responded to the
toast christianity and Democracy" DR..
Fagnani Ia a Presbyterian, but he i'm
pressed his hearers with the fact that the
Baptists are the only real Christians as
measured by modern ideas. The days of
biRotry, he said, were over, and that the
Christian ideas, like everything else, had
become modernized. Christianity and Dem
ocracy, he said, stand for justice and are
%antagonistic to monopoly and special privi-
leges.
Kings county, spoke on The Spirit OF the
Times."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
COLBY on PATRIOTISM.
Essex County senator speaks at q Banauc,
In Platnneld.

I"
PLAINFIELD, n. j., March l~.-Frequently
interrupted by applause, Senator Everett
Colby, the anti-maohine leader Of New
Jersey. get forth the principles Of the move
ment he has begun at the American ban
quet here 10 .night, His subject was
Patriotism" Gov. Stokes, who had been
assigned the topic "0ur State" could not
appear on account Of illness Of his mother
Senator Colby said;
Patriotism cannot live in an atmosphere
Of corruption, nor can 1t breathe the air
that barriers on exchange OF ideals and
principles that should always be the founda-
ton OF our Government. There should he
freedom Of speech, freedom of thought
and freedom TO do as one likes as long
as he does not infringe upon the rights
OF his neighbor, In Essex county, where
! live. freedom Of speeoh and freedom
Of thought have been ourtailed through
fear, The only men who seem willing to
tell the truth are the ministers Of the Gospel
and some independent editors"
After declaring that even the Essex
county bar has not the courage Of a robust
client he said that II that body wants to
oppose some nomination 1t does it in the
cellar. when a few start out to the in
forests OF good government to-day they
are called unpatriotio, unsafe and radical,
When they start out TO make railroads pay
their fair share OF taxes are they radical?
When they demand that a time limit he
placed on public franchises, then are they
radical? When they declare that there
should be a government by the people,
then are they RADICAL Is there any radi-
calism In the principle that a young man
may seek a nomination without contribu-
ton to q campaign fund or to obtaining
the permission Of a party boss?'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
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~ Fatfich was cuhthHtrd Ths truth has
nevef lFrn iold waa for,et w frightened
intg telling s'fne story stpus u
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h. wHs TALKING ~ Hire's valet, and - ha
did cuirt NofH himsalf ~ didni Want tp
st tangled up IN th@ 49, Suun after h.
aU Jones' again and said when Jonaa
mentioned Tho Patrick rae 'tHere. I have
cnnugh business ~ my " not ~ want 90
hother With other JHople's BUSINESS. and I
wont talk TO you about tho matter NJ all .
Another AFFIDAVIT ~ from Adolph Gold.
man, y Houston rial estate dealer, Who Naid
he @w Jones 'nnme time bot Ween Decsm-
Tor. lp04. and March. tpS' II vas ~ tho
Houston court ho1~n. aud q man ma med
Conway aid as Jones happened 10 pas
that he would like 10 mept him John G..
Blackburn. q former chief ~ policp, waa
present and hs introduced Jones 20 Conway.
Jones IL quoted a. having aaid 'Rice was
not murdered, I only told that lie 20 save
myself blackburn makes q corroborat-
Ing AFFIDAVIT,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
The Weather.

The high pressure area in the South began TO ex-
crit It's influence yesterday In the Atlantic States.
where II was growing gradually warmer with winds
shifting from west to southwest. II was much
warmer In the Gulf States, the Ohio and Tennessee
valleys. the Lake regions and all the central dis
extreme Northwest.
In the morning freezing temperatures reached
northern Georgia.
The weather was fair in the Atlantic States, but
west Of the Alleghanies conditions were being az
iected by the extensive storm which was central
over Colorado. There were snow and rain In the
Lake regions, cloudiness In the central valleys and
snow In the Rocky Mountains and the Northwest,
In this city the day was fair and warmer: wind
brisk westerly; average humidity, 81 per cent:
corrected to read TO sea level, ats A. NJ.
90.l2; 5 y, Nj, So.0i,
The temperature yesterday, az recorded by the
ofioial thermometer, Is shown In the annexed
,.kt.s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
ONLY A WOMAN IN FINANCE SHOP.
Sheriff Can't Seize Furniture Because II
Was Borr owed Next Door.

Deputy Sheriff Porges received yesterday
an execution against the Municipal Bond
and Securities Company Of 40 Broadway
for 81, $40 on a judgment obtained by ID. W.
Steele, Jr., attorney for Robert E. McQuay
Of Kentucky, on a claim for damages under
an agreement made with the company by
Mr.. McQuay on November 20, 1904, whereby
he paid 81 900 to the company to have coal
lands in Lawrence county, KY, examined
by an expert, II the lands were found
satisfactory the company was to finance
a corporation to work the mines and operate
a railroad to them. The company had the
lands examined but did not pay the ex-
pert. and Mr., McQuay sued the company
for 81, 500 damages,
The agreement vas made when A. Nor
vale was president OF the company. The
Sheriff recently received executions against
the company in favor OF William c. Hager
for $84, Madeline Pierce, SIZE, and Roy ID,
Shafer, $80l, but was unable to collect, and
the Shafer execution has been returned
unsatisfied.
The furniture in the Office Is claimed by
the Yaqui Copper Company, which has
Offices adjoining. A third party claim for
the furniture at n valuation Of s., 500 was
filed at the Sheriff Office by the managing
clerk Of the Yaqui Copper Company oil be-
half Of the latter company.
Inquirers at the Office OF the Municipal
Bond and Securities Company yesterday
were informed by the young woman In
charge that none Of the officers was in and
that she really could not say when they
would be there. Robert d, Campbell is
president and general manager Of the com
pany. The postal authorities are said to
desire TO sec him, There have been many
charges against the officials OF the COM
pany since the business was started three
years ago. First 1t was an Ohio corpora
ton, then 1t was r~eorganized al a Maine
corporation, and on February, 1904, 1t was
changed to a New York corporation, with
a capital stock Of $500 600. A judgment
for S2,07l was obtained against the com
pany on February 10 in favor of j., striok-
land,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
SUFFOCATED by SMOkE.
Man and Woman Found Dead In Blackened
Hotel ROOm-Work OF q Gas Stove.

The bodies OF a man and a woman asphyx-
lated by smoke from a gas stove, were
found last night in a room on the fourth
floor Of the Boulevard Hotel, Sixty-seventh
street and Broadway. The couple had
registered at midnight on "Wednesday as
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Reilly, The gas stove,
which had been left burning high, had
created a thick black smoke n the room,
when Proprietor Russo n other attendants
Of the place broke in at $50 O'Clock last
night, was ~blackened from floor to ceiling,
Coroner Shrady, who was summoned
said that most Of the oxygen In the room
had been consumed by the stove and that
this was responsible for the couples death,
The bodies were identified "a those OF
Philip Reilly, n porter at the Hotel Majestic,
and hesaie culkin, a ohambermaid employed
AZ the Hotel Marie Antoinette, which In
directly across the street. from the hotel
where the two met their death,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
HORTENSE UzAC GOES FREE.
Mrs. Rice Never Suspected Her OF Theft
Suicide Charge Dismissed.

Hortense Uzac, the French maid who
attempted to kill herself by jumping into
the North River on Wednesday night
because she thought her employer, Mrs.
Isaac l.. Rice of Eighty-ninth street and
Riverside Drive, suspected her of the theft
of a ring, was arraigned in the West Side
court yesterday on a charge Of attempted
suicide.
She was unable to speak a word Of English,
and as there was no one In court who could
speak French the proceedings we're slow.
Magistrate Whitman was afraid the girl
would think she was under arrest because
Of the jewelry theft and he feared to let her
60, lest she might again try to harm hst self.
The court officers tried rather unsuo-
cessfully to convey the idea to her that
there was no suspicion against her and she
was released.
Mrs. Rice, who was in court, said she
never had the least suspicion Of the girls
honesty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
tHIFT. s,ts M, SS1t,
Het aluttWN,st. ss,s Hatesis lHs tHeapd
OaHfessiga IN W1tttHa

Felis Osida,a tho Hnsalsn Immigrant.
Whn avs he is = t~~fasrutai rsvoIntinnis'
anil whom Con@h-U General tadygrnssy 10
-rebing ~ estmdte ~ q th,ef. cams t~fore
tinted states Conmisaionsr shielda fof
examination Yesterday Cgudnrt Bros u.
counsel fpr thu Russian u~ovafnment. put
In evidence ~ aNldavt MAIDS by Vladimir
Nsshn,akoT, SIN " Utidsi-'s former an.
pluyer, ons ~ tho Ckar'a SECRETARIES ~
state The am declared that the man,
whom he hnew only ~ FeliS left tha house
Just after S,s0o ruhles worth ~ bonds and q
large quantity of silverware disappeared.
iodag yeshniakoa found out later from
the ~ Petersburg secret police that the
mans name was Felix Oaidsis. Later q
friend ~ his, Civil Engineer Smerion, came
Ia him with two letters Gaidsis had written
to the engineers maid, Katrina Fuedorb.
One 81 these, according 20 V~eshniakof's
affidavit. was q complete confession by
Ciaidsis which he wished ssnt To his en-
ployer. saying that he was going to commit
suicide. This was shown 10 the reporters.
Il acknowledged that the writer had stolen
the money and glmbled II away
Elias Rosenthal. GaidsiA's counsel. VEN
tured the assertion that The confession was
a forgery by the Russian secret police.
why, TINS, ne sald, IA ldiomatlC RUSSIAN
such a. might be written by q gentleman Of
the Cars court. Gaidsis IN a rough, COM
mon soldier. He can hardly write his own
name, much less compose a confession OF
personal wrongdoinR that has all the
m%orbidity and grace Of a leaf from Jean
jacques Rousseau"
A swarm Of revolutionary sympathizers
from the East Side agreed with Rosenthal
in cultural eXclamations. Commissioner
Shields ordered a further adjournment
until additional documents could he re-
ceived from Russia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
BINGHAM WON'T BE RADGERED.
On the square and VIII Take Orders Only
From the Mayor or The Governor,


From the Mayor or the Governor,
One Of the reporters at Police Head
quarters asked Police Commissioner Bling
ham yesterday about his transfer of old
George Hopcroft from the Chief Inspect
or's office 10 duty under the complaint
clerk. Hopcroft has been one Of the fix
lures at Police Headquarters and has done
constant duty there for forty years,
Why did you transfer Hopcroft?" was
the question,
The Commissioner did not answer and the
reporter went on:
"The transfer seems to be undeserved
and"
stop right there, said the Commissioner
81 won't stand to be criticised by any one in
my Office. | won't allow any one to come
here and tell me what to do"
The Commissioner hesitated for a moment
and then for the fst time since his inau-
gural address let one Of his original phrases
slip out.
Il don't care a tinker's dam who il ia,
Mr.. Hearst or any other newspaper owner.
They cannot come here and tell me how to
run this department,
Again the Commissioner stopped, First
Deputy Waldo came in, The Commits
sioner resumed
Il won't stand for any one criticising me
here. will throw any one out who comes
here for that purpose. will. i mean 1t.
/ am the most independent mar that ever
came TO this office, | am doing things on
the square. They can have my"
The Commissioner didn't say what they
could have but snapped his fingers and
concluded:
Il will take orders from only two persons,
the Mayor and the Governor"
aHow about the doormen Of certain
station houses who have had charges pre-
fsrred against themi" the Commissioner
was asked,
all theae small things he replied. filling his
black briar pipe, you win have to find
out these things from some other source
I'm looking after only the big things,s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
WHOLE ESSEN BAR ARRAIGNED.
Dozen Lawyers Lined Up for . scOIdins
by Magistrate Pool.

When Ma Pool took his place on
the bench yesterday in the Essex Market
police court he glared angrily at the row
OF la wyers sitting on the front bench.
Sergeant" commanded the Mai rate
don't let one OF those lawyers in here
behind the rail until he has a case actually
on trial"
Some time later the Ma istrate caught
one of them giving a loud argument to a
policeman who had charge OF one OF the
gates. He banged the ga vel and said:
Il order every lawyer in the court to
appear before ne now and | want to see
that my orders are carried out
Several escaped. but Rosey was one Of
the victims. About twelve OF them were
marched up before the Magistrate and
listened to an extended warning. He said
that there were poor Ia wyers and good
lawyers and others who should not be let
in court
For a moment there I thought we were
all pinched,' said Rosey afterward.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
TO KEEP SNOW FROM b. & O.
Railr cad 10 Lin Tracks With Trees n
Nail on Boards.

PrTrsbURo, March l.--onicials Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad nave decided
to erect novel SNOW sheds along their line
through the mountains, For years past
the road has been greatly handicapped
by snow blockades,
A conference was held with the Depart
ment Of Forestry at Washington, and the
milroad company was advised 10 plant
trees closely together along the tracks,
When this Is done boards will be nailed
from one tree 10 another and this, IL il he
lieved, will prevent the snow from drifting
along the tracks.
Arrangements are now bainR made for
securing the trees. and the work Of plant
inR them NIL commence early in the spring,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
MeCarren Invited to Talk About Harmony.

The Democratic peace conference in
Brooklyn. which was to have been opened
tonight under the direction Of the Brooklyn
Democratic Club, has been postponed until
tomorrow night at the request Of Comp
troller Herman A. Metz, The o~riginators
OF the scheme have invited Senator P. H.
McCarren to attend the conference and
explain his views on the situation. His
friends think he will stay away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
DICKINSON MEN HIN.
Heat the FaEAnites by W Votes In Free
mont club Election,

The warning Dickinson and Pagan fac
tions in the Fremont Club, one Of the lead
ing Republican organizations N Jersey
City, had another set-to last night over
the election Of a recording secretary. The
Dickinsonites or regulars polled thirty
seven votes for their candidate. James
Logan, against ,thirty;hve for George
Assemblymen Theodore l.. Bierck and
Herman Berg, FaRanites, took oratorical
falls out Of ~Assemblyman Robert Scott, a
Dickinson man, for his stand on matters
In the House,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
HARD no BEAT ONO CENT Law.
No Way Open for Roads TO Fight nv InIun'-
ton Each Passenger q Prosecutor.

CHICAGO, March Passenger officials
of the Ohio lines will meet here tomorrow
to complete arrangements to put the new
two cent maximum rate law into effect.
The law ia peculiar and extremely diff
cult FOR the roads to resist in the courts.
1t does not impose upon any official Of the
state the duty Of enforcing the law. Con-
seouently the roads cannot proceed in the
ordinary way by injunction, for they have
nobody TO enjoin. =,
Any ticket purchaser who Ia charged
more than two cents a mile may make
complaint against the, road, and upon
conviction the road shall he fined $3.50
for each offence. The purchaser. is thus
made the public prosecutor and from the
nature Of the case he cannot he enjoined.
There is much detail work to he done
before March 10, the date fixed for the law
10 become effective. and the railroads will
have all they can do to get ready.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
LEFT HUSBAND FOR 0UARLES.
kOfOed Gets Divorce From WIFE,. Who Is
Living With E~X-Senator's Relatives,

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March Judge
D. V. Simpson has granted a divorce to
Anthem Dehl Kofoed from Anita Kofoed,
daughter of a prominent Baltimore family,
and now alleged to be living in Hamburg.
Germany, with Edward l.. Quarles, a near
rela tive Of Judge and former United States
Senator Quarles Of Milwaukee.
In findings Of fact the Judge states that
the evidence il conclusive that the defen-
dant, shortly after her marriage with Ko-
foed, sustained illegal relations with young
Quarles, and is now living with him openly.
ieh Elder Of Baltimore. She was prominent
socially and her family is one Of the oldest
and best known in Maryland, She is a
direct descendant OF Charles Carol, a
signer OF the Declaration OF Independence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-02
ROBBED ny BOGUS FIREMAN.
Widow Loses S92S Our OF 81 900 She Had
just Recciye ed.

Mrs, Frederioka HIATT. a widow of $50
Oakland street, Greenpoint, was called
upon yesterday by a man dressed in the
uniform Of a fireman, who asked to look al
furnished rooms she had to let, While in
the front room the stranger asked for a
drink OF water. Mrs. HIATT got il. The
stranger drank some and promised to call
again, After the man was gone Mrs. HIATT
discovered that a pocketbook containing
eo26, the balance of 81, 600 which she recently
RECEIVED from q lie insurance policy was
ntsBing.