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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-05

Rev. w. H. Boldly at the Free
Methodist church, Mallon avenue
and Magnolia street. Morning sub
ject, at II, Home; evening sub
ject, at 1880, Sacrifice, theNChris-
tian Spirit"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-05

Rev. Moses Hull will! lecture at
9 o'clock tomorrow evening at the
First nitarian church, in reply to
DR.. Henry I. Rasmus' attack on
Spiritualism. There vii! be after
noon services at 2:30.
The Lords supper will be OBJ
served tomorrow morning at the
Plymouth Congregational church,
Adams street and Boone avenue.
Rev. Edward Mills will preach at
1 o'clock on The Atonement." At
S, Burning the Word Of God" will
be the theme.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-05
TO REACH SEATTLE ON TIM,

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-05-05

Cincinnats city hall grated flowers from the rs
houses But then could have been They hadn't r
any from the cemeteries
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-12-27

Miindsn. @or Sturgeon 1T bier
Der Sbiers uHb 2anbf9aftsmdler
GbriItian Dali i'm qIter BON "a Sab
rem geItprben. Gr bate in paris ftus
>irt, panbts ftd friib Der Sbisrmds
I.rei gu. in Der feline Spe3iuIbesubung
lag. unb i9uf cine Rtibe bon tii4tt
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1906-12-27

2urembure. Sc ipurbsn sr.
nunnt: 9err DiIbelm Stsinmeb, biss
per pfurrer in Siippsrbinsen, gum
Pfurrsr in 9obi9eio; Serr Spbunn
Deis, bisber &uplun in 9DBinssn,
gum Pfurrsr III Siipperbinssn.
SopeItnsen. 9ier TT Der 75s
iGbrise adere, Sob. gif6en, pel9er
am II. September in i.iner S9eune
bsim Siittern bes @iebes beruntsress
fallen mar, an ben 5plssn Der .rIitts.
men iesTlebunsen s~eftorbsn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
ELKS' CONVENTION
officers Are Chosen from Every
Section of the Country.

DENVER, Colo, May 1S:@The
members of the Elks' order which
will meet in annual reunion in Dem
yer next July will come from every
city of every state in the Union. The
order is more than 200 900 strong
and is steadily growing. 1t is thor
oughly representative of every sec
ton of the United States. Its Of
fieers are selected from the widest
possible scope of territory. and are
representative of all sections.
Robert w. Brown, grand exalted
ruler, lives in Louisville, Kentucky;
Fred C. Robinson, grand secretary,
lives in Dubuque, Iowa; John X.
Tener, grand treasurer, in Charleroi,
Pennsylvania. The board of trustees
form a great geographical triangle:
w. H. Haviland resides in Butte,
Montana; Benjamin F. McNulty in
Austin, Texas, and John ID. O'Shea,
chairman of the board, in Lynn,
Massachusetts.
No effort was ever made to locate
the officers in this way throughout
the country, but the delegates as
sembled at the annual meeting come
from every section of the United
States, and each section generally
receives its proper representation.
The past year has been a splendid
one for the order. It's membership
has grown enormously and its finan-
cial affairs have %prospered beyond
measure. There are now 1,025
lodges. AS a result the meeting in
Denver will be an annual jubilation
as well as a yearly gathering of clans.
1t is expected that fully 10000
Elks will come to the reunion, and
with their families and friends will
swell the gathering to enormous pro-
portions. A fund of 100000 has
been collected in Colorado to defray
the expenses of entertaining the Elks
who come here, and the entertain
.ment will be upon a magnificent
scale, such as the history of fraternal
gatherings has never before chron-
icled.
There has been no appropriation
by the order for this entertainment.
The citizens of Colorado have made
voluntary contributions to the FUND
for generously entertaining the
strangers within their gates next
July.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
OUTDOORS.

Outdoors has discovered a remedy
for the noise, turbulence, scramble
and eye-blinding frenzy of modern
life known as "strenuousness," by
urging to the sanity, beauty
and stability of the outdoor life. The
May issue of this beautiful monthly
has a remarkably fine and appropri-
ate cover design, symbolizing May as
a fair human flower amid the apple
blossoms, 1t is unquestionably the
hit of the month on the news-stands
The magazine opens up with an ac-
count of inland travel entitled
Twenty Thousand Miles by House
boat" by Alexander Hume Ford, sup
plemented by an illustrated article
on "Houseboating," by w. r, Brad
shaw. Three Months Vacation for
Fifty Dollars" by Elizabeth Miller,
is a description of asummer %sojourn
of a family in a New Jersey farm
house. window and Porch Boxes
with illustrations by Eben e. Rex
ford, describes an attractive form OF
flower cultivation. "~Clovernook' is
the title of a practical account OF
some difficulties surmounted in es-
t%ablishing a country home, by Fran
ces e. Wheeler. Leisure Hours in
City Parks and Natures Calendar
for May" by j. Alden Loring, Hunt
ing with a Camera" by James H.
Miller, are all inspiring glimpses OF
natures secrets. THE Open Road
is a new department conducted by
Mr.. Charles Wisner Darrell, the
walking enthusiast and Nature lover.
The department of Country Home,
Farm and Garden" conducted by
Mrs. st. Maur, deals with poultry
and the vegetable garden.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
LEnIGH VALLEY R. r

Time Table in effect Nay 10, 1906.
Stations 10 New York, foot OF Cortland, Des-
brosses and Yves 2jrd Sts., Pennsylvania II. II.
Ferries.
Trains Leave State Street Station.
For South Plainfl-ld and New York-6.1 10, 7.8O
a. m, ] BE, 4.2 p. m. Sundays, $40 a. M,
3D., 6.15 p. m.
For Other Points.
7.8Oa. m. daily except Sunday, local train for
Bound Brook, Pennington, Clinton, Easton,
Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk and Inter
mediate points.
7.SO a. in. daily except Sunday, fast express
for Easton, bethlehem, Allentown, Pottsville,
Veal Haze ton, Shenandoah, MahOney
City, Mt. Carmel, Wilkes liarre, Rochester, Buff
falo, Niagara Falls, Detroit, st. Louis, Chicago
AMI the West.
4.2S p. M, daily except Sunday, express for
Remington, Clinton, Easton Bethlehem, Allen
town, Mauch Chunk, WeatheIly, Hazleton,
Wilkes Barre, Scranton and principal inter
mediate stations.
SIS a. IN. Sundays only, fast express for
L ston. Bethlehem, Allentown. Weatherly, Haz.
Teton, Wilkes Barre, Rochester, Buffa o. Niagara
Fails. Detroit, st. Louis. Chicago and The West.
6.15 p. m. Sundays only, fast exp ess for
E.tston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Wilkes Bar re.
Buffalo. Mag ira Falls, Detroit, Toronto, st.
Louis, Chicago and the West.
Trains Leave So. Plainfield for Perth
AmbOy.
8.45 a. m, 8.45, 500, 7.45 p. m. Sundays, 10. IS
a. m. 800, 7.d5 p. m. Trains arrive at Perch
Amboy. Dos n. M; 4.05, 5.25, $40 p. IN Sun
days, II. 81 a. m; b.25, 3. 10 p. m.
Ticke's sold to all western points.
Baggage checked through.
Full information, rates, maps, time tables,
etc, Mt City Ticket Office, 9S Smith street,
Perth Amboy. N. J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
IN H N

An electric railway will probably
soon connect MOSCOW with St. Peters
burg.
In the insane asylums of Germany
more than a thirG of the patients owe
their condition to strong drink.
Last year there were 1921 millions
matches sold In France, bringing into
that nations treasury $5,216, $50, this
being a state monopoly.
A man of 80, elected a Judge for
Frutigen, Switzerland, is to go. through
a university course in order to enable
him to pass the examination required
6y law.
A proposal to enact that no newspa-
per shall be edited. composed or print
ed from Saturday midnight until sun
rise on Monday morning, has been
negatived in the French senate.
Denmark holds the record among
nations for thriftlness. Her inhabit-
ants have, On an average, $40 IS
apiece in the savings banks; English
people have only So rs. a head.
In Australian gold mines it is con-
sidered that ventilation becomes bar
when the proportion of oxygen falls
below 20 per cent, or less than Il
cubic feet of air a minute is supplied
for every man working in a mine.
The city of London's chief inspecto,
of weights and measures reports that
the weight of all loads of coal test
ed last year was satisfactory, and that
''in most cases the weight exceeded
the amount specified on the ticket"
One of the labor party's members OF
the new house OF commons lately re.
ceived from a constituent who thought
he had a grievance to which the gov
eminent should give attention, a let
ter of no less than 100 closely-writ-
ten pages.
The municipality of Orlamunde has
just issued a notice to the effect that
admittance to all cafes and public
houses is hencer2ith to be denied %
all who do not pay their taxes within
the legal limit of time. 1t is not al.
together in innovation, for a some.
what similar measure has been in
force for a number of years in Switzer.
land. and has answered its purpose ex.
ceLlentlv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
PUBLIC SERVICE TIME TABLE:

II V"H vi F"V'
Cars leave Railway Junction for Railway lie
formatory every 80 minutes from 8. 10 q. m. until
l1.40 p. m.
Cars leave Railway Junc% on for Woodbridge
Creek every hour from 6. 10 a. m. until II. Top IN
connecting with New Brunswick cars If afteI
the hour. 9.10 p. m: car from Railway Junction
last car that makes connections for New
Brunswick.
Cars leaving New brunswick at 5.45 II. m. and
every hour until S.A5 p. IA. connect with car for
Sewaren, Woodbridge e, Railway and Westfield.
Cars leaving Perth Amboy ferry at 5.57 a. m
and every hour until 9.57 p. m. then i0.42 P. m.
and 11.42 p. m. Connect for Sewaren, Wood.
bridge, Railway and Westfiold.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
Trains Leave So. Plainleld for Perth
AmbOy,
STATEN ISLAND
RAPID TRANSIT r. R.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT FEBRUARY
& 1906.

TIME TABLE IN EFFECT FEBRUARY
s, 1906.
Perth Amboy to New York 3 10, 6 10.
& FL 5 a.@,. i T;afs i is g, s s!ss;. $ 8 80. Z IS.
S 1873, GAO, 1855, 5 :55, 1O:1S, II :18s pm.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
6 ;02. Z "a, S:47. 9;47, 1o;47. l1;47 am.
New York to Perth Amboy 80 100. z 100.
s :9OS' 9;O9, 1890, IL 200 am, 1880. :s0.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
1870, ZOO, 10 200, II 100 am. Y 100 M.
900, zoo. 800, 200. 500, GOO. 1900.
FERRY of, S'Oi BE 81 W En- PERTH AMBoY
AND TOTTENvILLE.
Leave Perth Amboy 80 10, 9 40, $3.50,
am, il as, i:5s, 2:55s, IS, 4:ssi, s :ss.
ii lis pm. il $50 am.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
SOC, 6 AS. z AZ, 8 go. S;47, 9:47. 10 al,
II AZ am, II AZ, l al, 2:47. 3:47, 4:47,
5 :47, 6:47, TAI, s:17. 9:47, 10 80, IL 30
Leaye .T~qttenvlIIe ;-1:s2, $50. see.
am, II :05, / :35, :35, :43, Els, 4 :46,
8 :45, 6:2S, GAS; 1920, 7:4S, SAB, 10 :Os.
IL :03 pm, IL 1903 am.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
$3.50, tbs. 900, 1896, $3.50, 10 :05,
II :05 am. II :05, l :05, 2 :05, 3 :O5. 4 :05,
5 :O5, sos, :05. 8 :05. 9:05. 10 90. 10 :36
PM, ~ :03 I'm.
Express train leaving Perth Amboy at
Z $50 am, viii stop at New Dorp only at
z :55 am.
Express train leaving New York at s 40
I'm, will stop at New Dorp at 6:15; at
H%uguenot Park, G;22; at Pleasant Plains,
6 :25 pm.
Express train leaving Perth Amboy at
8 .07 am, will stop at Pleasant Plains at
8 .21; Huguenot at :25; New Dorp at
8 ;$S; At lakewood Heights, 1888; at Great
Kills, 1871
VIII run holidays but not Sundays.
GEORGE j. BROWN,
General Traffic Agent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18
Better Not Wait.

Miss Oldun-Oh! Mr.. Rashe, this is
so student You must give me time to
consider.
Mr.. Rashe-You-er-you haven't
much to spare. have you?-Cleyeland
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18

Made of black and white Lawn,
lace or embroidery fronts, button
back or front, short OF long
sleeves, nicely made, sizes 32 to
as, we'll worth $1.49, for Satur-
day at
CSC
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-18

Made of good quality Percale,
with deep bottom ruffle, sizes up
to AZ, well worth csc, for Satur-
day at
66c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
FIGHTING IN CHURCHES.
French Catholics Resist Police and
Troops -Many WOunded.

Paris, Feb. 5.-To-day's making of inventories
in Catholic churches caused many disturbances
in the provinces. At Montpelier a small army
composed of infantry. engineers and gendarmes
stormed the Church OF N0tre Dame Fierce
fighting ensued inside the church and many
persons wounded. Seven OF those resisting
the efforts of the commissioner arrested,
included among them being Count de Kergoray.
There was also fighting outside the church be-
tween Catholics and anti-Catholics.
AT Toulouse members OF the congregation bar
ricaded themselves in the cathedral and rang a
tocsin. causing the authorities to abandon all
attempts TO make inventory. The Catholics
then proceeded to the Masonic Temple and
knocked in the doors
At Questembert, in Brittany. the congrega-
tions beat off a storming party of gendarmes
At another place in Brittany two thousand per-
sons, headed by Colonel de Soyer. repulsed sew
eral attempts of the gendarmerie to storm a
church.
NM. de Billy and Petit were each sentenced
70 six months imprisonment and fine OF $40
to-day for taking part in the recent disturbances
at the Church of St. Roch. Several other per-
sons received sentences ranging from two 10 six
months and fines OF $40 for resisting the COM
missioners at. St. Clothildes Church
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
DREU PAY FOR LOAFING
T5cO of Durham's Appointees Admit
TheU Did No WOrk.

Harrisburg Penn, Feb. 5.-The legislative m
vestigation into the methods of the State IN
surance Department and the fees Of the actu-
ary was completed to-day. Edward ]. Davis OF
Phonixvilie. and Isaac G.. Stone. TioSa
County farmer, who We're carried on the pay
rolls of the Insurance Department, testified
Davis said he appointed an examiner oy
Israel Durham when the latter was Insurance.
Commissioner He admitted that he had no
duties at Harrisburg. Durham directed him 10
see that the city of Philadelphia was kept
clean' and 10 report TO the commissioner verb
ally He never made a written report TO the
department.
Mr.. Stone who is a brother OF Ex-Governor
Stone. identified vouchers for $50. paid him for
services in 1904 and 1905. He admitted that he
performed no work He said he had receivdd
his appointment from Mr.. Durham through the
Ex-Governor.
Deputy Commissioner McCulloch testified that
he had written extra clerical services after
the names OF Reed and Stone and two others on
the vouchers for pay by explicit direction of IN
surance Commissioner Durham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
CARNEGIE co. PREPARES.
Stocking Yards 7oith Coal-RaiI-
roads Taking Precautions.

Pittsburg. Feb. 5.-Fearing that strike
among the coal miners may take place the car
negie Steel Company is preparing for an emer-
gency and is stocking it's yards with COAL
Thousands OF tons of coal are being received
at the South Sharon plant OF the company daily,
and 1t is the expectation of the company to get
a supply on hand that will keep the works going
two months If a strike should be precipitated-
Other plants as we'll as railroads are taking
similar precautions.
The Pennsylvania. Baltimore and Ohio and
other initial lines at Pittsburg are among the
roads which fear the outcome of coal strike,
and il was admitted to-day in the operating de-
partments of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
and Ohio that strike of the coal miners would
in few weeks seriously impede the handling
of the vast freight tonnage which is now being
hauled by all the railroads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
M1YOR AFTER Il LEAK.
Shake-up Coming Because MWphy
Hears. 1t Is Said.

shake-up among the employees on the staff
of Mayor Mcclellan is expected before the end
OF the week The friends of James A. RierdOn.
chief clerk, and Charles L. O'Reily, executive
clerk, yesterday appealed to their friends in
Tammany Hall to do what they could TO retain
them in their places in the Mayors office. Both
in the exempt class, and they have heard
that they to go Mr. Rierdon is a veteran
in the service OF the city. His salary is 5000
year. Mr.. O'Reilly is brother of ex-Assistant
District Attorney Daniel ]. O'Reilly.
1t rumored last night that they are 10 be
dropped because there seems TO be lack OF
discipline in the Mayors office IL is alleged
that conversations which should have been kept
secret have leaked 10 Charles +. Murphy.
While II IS not charged up against either Rier
don OReilly that they have leaked the
Mayor is said to be in favor of getting new men
around him.
Matte Dobbins, a personal friend of big
Tom" Foley. leader of the ID Assembly District.
was shifted to the office of the Commissioners Of
Accounts the first of the year. This vas done
for the sake Of discipline ii was SAID at the
time. DObbins is thorough going Tammany
man. In his place the Mayor appointed George
BrintOn Buckwalter. said to be distant rela-
tive OF the Mayor, their first two names being
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
RUSSIA'S AIMS In EAST.
CHINESE TREATY ASKED.
Efforts to Ertend Influence IN
Mongolia and Turkestan.

PekinE. Feb 5-M Pokotiloff, the Russian
Minister. and Mr. Tong. representing the Chlnese
government, are discussing a Russo-Chinese
treaty along the lines Of that between China
and Japan. In part the proposals are UNDER
stood 10 be for the opening Of Manchurla Win
the same rights and privileges to all nations
Russia wants mining concessions in Mongolia
and commercial privileges in Chinese Turkestan.
II China opens "a foreign trade. Kalgan. which
IS an important post on the siberian caravan
route 125 miles northwest OF Peking and Urga,
the chief town OF the northern districts or
China GA the Tula River and on the route from
Kiakhta Siberia. TO Picking, Il is proposed that
she shall first consult Russia regarding the
terms 4 revision of the Kiakhta convention is
also proposed. Russia. under the treaty. would
receive the same commercial rights in the three
Marchurian provinces as japan. The construc-
tion of branch railways in the Amoor province
Jointly iy Russia and China is also provided for.
China is anxious TO get a promise for the
withdrawal OF the Russian railway guards. since
the China-Japanese treaty provides that Japan
viii withdraw from the section Of the Man
ohurian railway held by her when Russia does
likewise
Russia proposes to China the joint building
of branch railways as an Offset 10 the Japanese
c'ncFSsl'ilS I0T ffle AnlGng ana MoOkQen line,
sad she opposes the arrangement OF the Yalu
timber privileges with the japanese. advancing
as an argument that some Of Russia's requests
are in The nature - compensating advantages.
Influential Chinese apprehend a result Of
the Russo-JaTanese War that the line Of Rus
sian advance VIII be shifted from Msnchuria
n Mongolia and Turlestan. and they desire to
strengthen the armies there and TO take pains
70 cultivate closer relations with the NoneolIaus
The court conferred special honors on the Mon
golian princes who brought their tributes 10
Pekng this winter Prince HUI, one of the
highest of The princes, viii head a large mis-
sion 10 Mongolia 70 investigate the conditions
there and take gifts and friendly messages
4 scheme is being considered for the exten-
sion Of the telegraph lines TO the northern
borders Of Mongolia for the purpose Of keeping
me government I'm touch with affairs there. hut
me cost 600 taels. win probably prove pro-
hibtive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
ADMIT STORING CO4L
Operators Say They Sell to Al
Corners Think Strike Would Fail.

An officer of one OF the largest of the anthra-
cite coal carrying companies said yesterday re-
gardng the expected strike
The strike will in all likelihood take place on
April i. The anthracite miners have had three
years of unexampled prosperity since their
strike was settled. They think that this was
brought about by the methods they used in the
strike of 1902. The same methods, they think.
are equally good to-day. Demands will be made
which we cannot grant, and the strike will take
place. 1t will not last long we are better
prepared TO handle it than we were when the
last strike started.
President w H. Truesdale. Of the Iacka-
wanna Railroad. said:
1t is true that we mining a good deal of
coal, more than the demand requires at present
a great deal of anthracite on hand As TO a
strike. everything will depend what Presi-
dent Mitchell OF the United Mine Workers puts
up to the operators when he sees them Feb
ruary 10 I am not prepared to say anything
until then. We about near and far
from a strike were six weeks ago, and
nothing definite can be known until the con-
ference takes place with Mr.. Mitchell
President T. P. Fowler. of the New-York On
tario and Western Railroad. also said that the
company had been mining more coal than usual.
Until the operators knew what Mitchell wanted
he would make no predictions.
The belief among both hard and soft coal
operators and their agents was that "a general
strike OF both the soft and hard coal miners
would fail by its own weight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
SLEEPLESS, TAKES LIFE
Champion Woman Golf Player of
st. Louis Shoots Herself.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. !

St Louis, Feb. 5-Standing to-day in front
of a mirror In her boudoir, Mrs Minerva Primm
McNair. wife of Lilburn G. McNair. the presi-
dent of the McNair-Harri Realty Company
shot herself In the left breast and dropped TO the
floor, where she was found unconscious mo-
ment later by her maid.
Mrs. McNair died two hours afterward with
out regaining consciousness. Mental alteration.
resultant from long illness. is said to have
prompted her act. She left no note or message
The suicide of St Loutss leading
matrons and was the champion woman golf
player of the West. Before going to her boudoir,
with the evident intention of ending her life,
she kissed her two children goodby and sent
them TO school. She also bade her husband an
affectionate farewell when he left for his office
The Iilburn Realty Company, capitalized at
$500 600 was being Incorporated by her husband
and two others at the moment she fired the
fatal shot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
IR-fIN RAMS BUILDING.
Staten Isio"d Cars Jump Track and
DcmOiish Freigkt House.

An accident in which one hundred passengers.
many "t whom were women. slightly in
.1I'o' occurred on the Amboy Division Of the
''a't' ls.ahd Rapid Transit Railroad. at Pleas
All PIalns Staten Island, last night
= passenger train, consisting Of an engine and
w" passenger coaches. left Tottenyile al 6:JJ
O'Clock bound for St George While travelling
Lhl--n miles an hour. within a half mue Of the
fieasant Plains depot. the train ran into an
'peh switch The train left The rails and ran
"lg9 freight house. completely demolishing IL.
ne passengers were thrown fposu their seats.
10 ~ slItef and hts GTc,nen were compelled to
.l'.p TO Save their lives. There was a blockade
Ii' t"ah for three hours. This is the fourth
SSclaeht mat has occurred on This road in ten
atatS. Two of which said to have been caused
through the caTelessness of the employees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-06
PAINTINGS BURNED IN HOUSE FIRE.

Ten thousand dollars damage was done by
ara in the fine home of Joseph r. Busk. OF the
shining firm of Busk * JevOns, at No. 81 West
4otb-st late yesterday. The drawing room,
where the fire started. was ruined, and valuable
oil paintings. bric-a-brac and furniture were
destroyed.
The blaze started when lace curtain was
blown against a lighted. gas jet. Half a dozen
servants formed a bucket brigade and dashed
water over the flames. but the fire seemed 10
increase in fury every moment The Fire De-
partment however. after brisk battle got the
flames under control The house and furnish
ings are owned by Joseph r. Gibson. OF No, 260
Broadway and are rented hy Mr.. Busk