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EVERY NEGHBOR
HEARD FIRING OF
SPADER'S COOK
Mistress Was Rebuffed, Butler
Lost His Nerve and So
Did a Policeman.

They nred the cook up at Willard n,
spader's house, No. 21 West .Fitty-sec-
ond street, this afternoon, ana II will
be a long time before the memory OF
the event Is erased from the minds OF
Mrs. Spader, her butler, her other SER
wants and the people OF the neighbor-
hood. The cooks name is Mary corco-
ran, she is thirty-fve years old and
buxom.
Going TO the kitchen for the purpose
of giving some orders about dinner, Mrs.
Spadcr found Mary sitting on the table
with bottle in her hand. Mary was
most amiabie.
Come in, ma am" she cried, heartily.
Come in and have a sup, Dorando
beat HAYES. hut what did Crowley do?
| ask you, Mrs Spader, what did Crow
ley do? Make yourself at home,
ma am"
Mrs. Spader is a conscientious house,
wife. Here was an infractiUn of disci-
pline that called for punishment. She
hated to do 1t. because Mary is a good
cook. but she felt 1t to he her duty.
Yes, Mary Was Discharged.
Mary" she said frmly. you are dis
charged / shall send your months
wages, sS5, down to you"
"IIurroo! yelled Mary, bounding
from the table You can't fire me,
ma am. I'm from Connaught. Get out
OF this now. or I'll throw you out"
Mrs, spader departed. At the top OF
the stairs she found the butler, a large
imposing person and directed him 10
go TO the kitchen and fire Mary. Then
she retired TO her room. and locked the
door.
The butler. Ike dutiful servant,
walked down stairs and into the kit
chen. Mary propelled Il platter at his
head and he fled. reaching the main hall
s---..t@u-A au Eaaand pAoaA
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CAUGHT ROBB|NG
FURR|ER TWICE
WITHIN MONTH

Twice within a month has Harry
Gorfine, OF No, l26 Norfolk street, tried
10 rob the fur factory OF David Birn-
baum. at No. 80 Bond street just Off the
Bowery and both times has lie been
caught. He escaped punishment for the
first offcnse because burglary could not
be proven, but this afternoon he was
apprehended with the goods" together
with two companions-Morrs Blum. Of
No 2lO East Fourth street, and Lewis
Walters, of No. ~ suffolk street
Gorfine was caught, with another man
in Birnbaums place about three weeks
ago. His companion was sent to prison
for one year, but Gortine escaped on
technically BY order OF Inspector Nc
Cafferty, Lieuts. Wilbur and Goehegan
took up Gorfne's trail as he left the
courtroom and did not lose sight Of him
thereafter
They saw him meet Blum and Wal
ters several tines. This afternoon they
followed him to Bond street and the
Bowery, where he met his companions,
who were sitting on the seat of a small
truck. The three men then went into
the building az 80 90 hoAu slItel NHlIe
Wilbur and Geohesan. after summon
ing Detectives Hughes and McKenpa
to help. guarded the entrance,
Gorfine staggered out In about half an
hour carrying big bag stuffed with
furs which he tossed into the waiting
truck. The detectives Jumped on ulm
and placed him under arrest Then
they entered the builtlng and discovered
Blum and Walters busily tying Blrn-
baums entire stock into bundles for
convenient removal.
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STARVING CHILDREN LOCKED
IN ROOM WITH DEAD WOMAN
Found Almost Too Weak to Walk After Their Cries Ha(
Attracted the Attention of Neighbors, Who Had
the Door Forced Open.

A woman known in the neighborhood
as Mrs. Elizabeth Ross was found dead
this afternoon in fat on the top floor
Of No. l72l Lexington avenue, Three
little children were found in the apart
ment,
Tho dead woman is believed to have
starved to death. and the children were
famished and SO weak they could
scarcely toddle about. Neighbors said
that the dead woman was not the
mother OF the children, but that they
had lived with her for several months,
Policeman Farley was notified by
tenant oS the fiat house that the chill
dTen were knocking on the door and
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CRYING. He ound the fiat locked and
forced the door. The dead woman. who
was Sray-haired and about fifty years
old, was found on the floor She was
fully dressed. There was not cent Of
money nor scrap of food in the place
The elder of the three children was
girl of six, then there was boy of four
and a girl of three. They were scan
tily clad. The womans body was re-
moved to the Morgu and the children
turned over TO the Childrns Society,
Nothing was known about the woman
by her neighbors She never went out
of her fiat except at night. and was not
known to have any relatives in the
vicinity In which she lived,
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navy TUMBLE AND STEARNS' L0NGRUN
WINS GR|D|RON BATTL LEFOR ARMY TEAM
CAVE BARTENDER A $500 BILL
and never saw the CHANGE
Foley Was Then Bundled Into TaXcab He Says, Somebody
Else Gotlls Remaining SIS and He Was Arrested
iol Having No Fare.

To he robbed Of change from a $500
bill rendered in payment of round of
drinks footing Sl55, and then TO be
robbed of sl5, supposedly in an electric
cab, and later be arrested on complaint
of the chauffeur for being unable to pay
!'his fare. was the experience Of Edward
= Foley. a real estate broker. in busi-
ness with James L. DurosS. LAWYER
and real estate broker. of No. 20 Ncscy
street.
This is alleged to have happened a
week ago last night. When Mr. Foley
was arraigned before Magistrate Cor
nell the ncN. day he was discharged
and sent to Police Headquarters. where
he told Detectives Dugsan, O'Farrell
and Ninsler the story he related to
MAGISTRATE Cornell.
While Mr.. Foley was with the detec-
tlves Edward Crane chauffeur for one
Of the GugEcnhcims and winner Of the
Vanderbilt, sweepstakes three years ago,
visited Police Headquarters. Crane is
said TO be a son OF Senator Murray
Crane. of Massachusetts. lie came to
tell the police that Walter Chamber
lain, bartender in John kelly's sa-
loon, nj No i31 Seventh avenue, had
kept the change OF 500 bill giver him
by customer in payment of a round
of drinks costing Fl.75 tho night before
S1o Bill, Bartender Says.
Chamberlain was arrested last night
in Kelly's saloon on Il charge of grand
larceny. He was arraigned to-day he
fore Magistrate Droege and pleaded
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WOMEN SEE LITTLE CHILD KILLED
BY FALL FROM TENEMENT ROOF

The child was instantly killed. He was
Harry l.emel ten years old. and had
been playing on the roof, No one saw
him lose his balance on the edge Of the
roof.
The child's mother. Mrs. Esther
Lemel, was hysterical. She dashed
madly about in the crowd OF hysterical
neighbors So excited were the other
tenants in the building that the reserves
from the Delaney street station had TO
be called out to restore order.
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Several women leaning from the win
dows overlooking the areawsy Of a
seyen-story tenement. No, 80 Attorney
street, this afternoon, saw the body OF a
little boy falling from the roof to the
brick paving of the yard below, Tie
women screamed, and In few seconds
the tenement was in an uproar. Thirty
families live there, and they began
pouring out and rushing around in the
halls and onto the fire-escapes,
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ana ribbons walled in the arena 1t
might have been the scene OF some
ancient tourney, with fair ladies' wear
ing the colors of their heroes.
one subject much discussed this morn
ing was the miX-up over the officials.
In which Pres Roosevelt took a
hand yesterday. It is claimed the Army
had agreed 10 give the Navy the selec.
tion of three OF the four officials, but
that the Navy wanted to name all four
OF them. Every name on the list Sc
lected ny the Army for referee was re-
FUSED by the Naval authorities and a
deadlock looked possible 1t was r..
until after protests had heen made by
both sides that Roosevelt jumped into
the breach with the order that the ath-
Ietic associations get together or he
would forbid The game.
Roosevelt Names Officials
There was conference at the White
House. Present at It were the Super
intendent OF the Naval Academy, Capt
Badger, and Secretary OF War Wright.
AT this conference It was left to the
President to select tho referee and UNI
pire and 1t took him but a minute to
do II.
Evans OF Williams. was the ref
cree while Al sharpe. OF Yale. was
the umpire. This selection, It Is said,
pleased both sides, but just the same
there is an undercurrent of feeling.
especially on the part OF the Army men,
who make the claim that the Navy
wanted to run the whole game
Army Marches to Seats.
The brown-turfed battlefield, still
vacant looked bare and grim, Then in
the distance sounded the shrill music OF
fife; other sounds blended. The music
rose to clashing concord, as under the
archway marched the Army band.
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CHILD KILLED BY FALL
Dropped Only n Few Feet, but
Fractured His Skull.

Six-yesr-old Charles Durkman, with
his brother James. eight years old. and
neighbours child We're playing this
afternoon I'm the kitchen Of his parents
home at No, 1889 Cropsey avenue. Bath
Beach. when he fell through an open
window, His mother grasped at him.
but missed and the little fellow dropped
into the cellar entrance one floor be-
low, striking his head upon the cellar
steps,
Although the fall was only "a few
tprsd skull before an .ambulsnee arr
rIssd from the coney Island hospital.
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Greble and Dean. for the Army. and
Dalton, for the Navy. punied magniii'
gently all through the game. Every
punt from start TO finish sailed straight
down the field without Interference
Bob teams played furiously all the way,
There was more time taken out for in
suries than in any other big came this
pear Yet. even toward tho end OF tho
second half there was no let up in the
epeed OF either team,
Tho Army and Navy met on a field
sit for fighting or foot-ra cling. with just
men in moleskin to their hest scrapping
form. Clear skies overhead and warm
sunlight delighted the spectators.
And what a crowd there was Tho
chivslry, the beauty, the wealth Of the
Republic began tn march under the
huge arches at the entrance before the
noon hour was over. At FIRST they came
SLOWLY. singy and in groups.
The first thousand was lost I'm the
vnstness of the bleachers that stretched
hack from the gridiron in gentle slopes.
in tho middle Of the north stand IA sec
tion was reserved for the navy rOoters,
Across the way the army's black and
gray and gold stood sharply out against
the brown bleachers
Stands Gay With Color.
In front OF the army section huge
megaphone stood on end, waiting.
Gradually, with the coming of the fair
partisans, navy blue and army gray.
the stands became lluttering beds Of
color, brilliant in the sunshine. The
sun came out hotter and hotter. sun
the crowd poured through the en-
trances. massing from wall TO wall.
II was crowd quiverng with sup
pressed excitement, for this was a game
in a score. game to decide whether
Army or Navy goes In the lead. For
thirteen years the Cadets have been
lighting II out. BY winning the last
two games the Navy boys managed 10
pull up even. Army had won six games,
80 had the Navy, and one was tie.
And now the decisive battle was 10 be-
gin. With only half an hour more to
asit the blssohaTs wsrs nearly fulL
SlAs. waved ,a tbs 'l.s. si' Esd a"vsss
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PlTTSBURCi Nov 2S-A terrific explosion, followed by fire
the mine of the PiSbgBufao Coal Company, Marana to-day
closed all avenues escape the underground workings and
less than rs last enombed Smoke is pouring
the shafts mine, and feared that the loss of life will
an appalnp total.
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TAKE THEM ALL 40 ME, FREE

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The Embroideryy Pattern, either. Dx Ana. n1s. bs.
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DR.. NJ GOSH GETS
FATAL INJURIES
IN A RUNAWAY
Thrown From Runabout, He
Suffers a Fracture of
the Skull.

DR.. Andrew j McCosh. of No. Ii East
Fifty-fourth street, one OF the greatest
surgeons in the country. was mortally
hurt in runaway at Lexington avenue
and Fifty-siNth street this afternoon
He was taken to the PRESBYTERIAN Hos
pital, Of which he is chief consulting
surgeon, suffering from fracture at
the base of the skull Although the doc
tors expressed little hope, an operation
was performed at once.
Accompanied by his coachman. WILL
lam Linner. DIR. McCosh was driving a
pair OF spirited black horses 10 a run
about down Park avenue. between Fifty
fifth and Fifty-sixth streets, when one
OF the horses SHE'D and swerved the
light vehicle into truck. The impact
smashed the whlffletree. which in fall
inG frightened the horses into boiling
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RESCUERS DRIVEN BACK
BY THE INTENSE HEAT
Get Within Short Distance of Entombed Men
When They Are Compelled to Aban-
don Effort-Little Hope for
Many Victims.
BULLETIN.

PTTSBI 2S-The
ting 81 of
mi ento Is
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Left Helpless In Buggy.

Al the first jump of the team Linner.
who had taken the reins from the hands
OF his employer, was dragged out OF the
vehicle. Linner fell on his face, but was
not badly hurt The runaways dashed
along unchecked and Dr. McCosh sat
helpless.
The horses swerved into Fifty-fifth
street, toward Lexington avenue, and
tore along that block at full tilt. They
were making headlong for a trolley car
when the right wheel cracked, the ve-
hlcle lurched and Or. McCosh was
thrown out on his head
The surgeon fell directly in front OF
the Babies Hospital, and Dr. Kimball
and several nurses rushed out to his
assistance. lie was carried into the
institution and minlstered TO there un-
I'll AN ambulance arrived from tile
Presbyterian Hospital.
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Associate OF DR.. Bull.

DR., McCosh Is well known socially
and as surgeon has made an enyi-
able reputation. His practice is largely
among the very wealthy, and he is a
famous operator for appendicitis. He
was operated on himself for appendi-
citis a year ago lie Is a son OF the
late James McCush, for a long time
president OF Princeton University. lie
Is a member of the University and
Princeton clubs, as we'll as Of many
naAdLcal societlas
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'"'--'-i-''-A 90 sssand pss~A
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each an appalling total.
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twenty -nne years lived the conviction that
ttue humor But your suggestion that You your
family found humor in it twentye years ago moved
typewriter delve among the Boston papers Of that by
gone time and send me copy of it
it am not able to discover it If it isn't nnocenty and
rdiculously funny. judge will to it that
you get a copy
Address of Samuel L. Clemens {" Marx 7wain'D
x e A Ia e R ema G IN Ho "y m Of the
Birth Of Joss s S,ssai w,s9 al G The Hotel s,urs
Published in the
Boston E0ening Transcript.
December Is. 1877
Mr.. CHAIRMAN.-Ths is an occasion peculiarly meet
for the ggng up of pleasant
he1e ore h w e s h n
contemplating certain of its largest literary pillows
years go shen h sag
Nevadian literary puddle myself whose spume fakes
inspection tramp through the southern mines of Cali
fornia callow and conceted. and resolved to try
the virtue of my nom de gnerre.
lonely log cabin in the foothills of the Serras just at
choly of fifty. barefooted opened the door
When he heard my RON de g"erre he looked more de,
thoughtand the customary bacon beans black
coffee and hot whisky took pipe This sorrowfu man
p and thee Of ~ho secretly
"Ie The the ou wh,t I'm going to novel
1.-THE fourth littery that has been here in twenty
four hours. I'm going to move"
you don't tell mel" said 'Who the others?
Mr. Longellow Mr. Emerson and Mr. Oliver Wendell
You easily believe interested supplicated-
three hot WHISTLES did the rest-and finally the melan-
choly miner began Said he
They came here just at dark yesterday evening and
/ let them in of course Said they going to the
Yosemite They rough lot: but that's nothing
everybody looks rough that travels afoot Mr. Emerson
seedy little bit of chap red headed Mr. Holmes
fat balloon; he weighed much three
hundred. and had double chns all the way his
stomach Mr.. Longfellow built like a prize fighter
His head cropped and bristly, like he had wig
made of hair brushes His nose lay straight down his
face like finger with the end joint tilted up They had
been drinking. | could that And what queer talk
they used Mr. Holmes inspected this cabin then he took
me by the buttonhole. and says he.
Through the deep caves of thought
hear a voice that sings,
Build thee stately mansions.
o my SOUL
"Says I. Il can't afford it, Mr.. Holmes. and
don't want to- Blamed if liked it pretty WELL either
coming from a stranger. that way! However, l started
and looked awhile and then he takes aside by the
buttonhoe and says:
"'Give me agates for my meat:
Give me cantharids to eat;
From air and bring me foods,
From all zones and attitudes
Essays 1, Mr. Emerson. if you'll excuse me- this amt
hotel You it sort of r'ied mel warn't used
the ways of Ettery swes But went asweating
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JANUARY II. 1900
A NSWER to a
~ letter re-
ccived this

lCltCl IC-
- Ccived this
morning:
DEAR MRS II -
| am forever your
debtor for reminding
me of that curious
passage in my life
During the first year
or two after it hap
pened, l could not
bear to think of it
My pain and shame
were SO intense and
my sense of ha wing
been an imbecile so
settled. established.
and confirmed, that
| drove the episode
entirely from my
mind. And so all
these twenty-eight
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diamond whose facets are being
turned toward the light first one way
and then another "a charming man,
and always fascinating, whether he
was talking or whether he was Sit
ting still (what he would call still.
but what would be more or less mo-
ton to other people,. l can see those
figures with entire distinctness across
this abyss of time.
One other feature is clear,-Willie
Winter for these past thousand years
dramatic editor of 1.-The New York
Tribune" and still occupying that
high post in his old age) was there
He was much younger then than he
is now, and he showed it. 1t was
always pleasure to me to see Willie
Winter at a banquet. During mat
ter of twenty years | was seldom
at a banquet where Willie Winter
was not also present, and where he
did not read a charming poem writ
ten for the occasion He did it this
time, and it was up to standard:
dainty. happy, choicely phrased, and
as good to listen to as music, and
sounding exactly as if it was pour
ing unprepared out of heart and
brain.
NOV at that point ends all that
~ was pleasurable about that not
able celebration of Mr.. Whittier's
SEVENTEEN birthday,-because got
up at that point and followed Win
ter, with what | have no doubt |
supposed would be the gem of the
evening the gay Grafton above
quoted from the Boston paper. l
had written it all out the day before.
and had perfectly memorized it, and
l stood up there at my genial and
happy and self satisfied ease, and
began to deliver it. Those majestic
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WHAT have said to Mrs H. is true did suffer
w during year two from the deep humilia-
tons OF that episode But at last, 1888 in Venice.
my wife and came across Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. c., of
Concord, Massachusetts, and friendship began
then of the sort which nothing but death terminates
The {. S were very bright people, and in every way
charming and companonable. We together
month two in Venice and several months in Rome,
afterwards, and day that lamented break of
mine was mentioned And when was on the point
of lathering those people for bringing it to my mind
when had gotten the memory of it almost squelched.
perceived with JOY that the C.'s indignant
about the way that my performance had been
celved in Boston. They poured out their opinions
most freely and frankly about the frosty attitude
of the people who present at that performance,
and about the Boston newspapers for the position
they had taken in regard to the matter That po-
stion that had been irreverent beyond belief.
beyond imagination.
Very well, l had accepted that a fact for year
or two, and had been thoroughly miserable about it
whenever thought of it,-which not frequently,
if l could help it. Whenever | thought of it l
dered how ever could have been inspired to do so
unhoy a thing. Well the C.'s comforted me: but
they did not persuade to continue to think about
the unhappy episode. | resisted that l tried to
get it out of my mind and let it die and succeeded
Until Mrs. II. letter came, it had been good
twenty five years since had thought of that matter;
and when she said that the thing funny won
dered if possibly she might be light AT any rate
my curiosity aroused and L wrote to Boston
and got the whole thing copied, as set forth.
VAGUELY remember some of the details of that
L gathering Dimly | can see hundred people,
no. perhaps fifty shadowy figures sitting at tables
feeding, ghosts now to me, and nameless forever
more | don't know who they were: but l can very
distinctly see seated at the grand table and facing
the rest of us, Mr. Emerson. systematically grave
unsrniling: Mr. Whittier, grave, lovely, his beautiful
spirit shining out of his face: Mr.. Longfeow with
his silken white hair and his benignant face: Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes flashing smiles and affection
and all good fellowship everywhere like a rose
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holes me and interrupts me Says he
Honor be to udjekeewisi
You shall hear how Pau Puk keewis-'
bf9ks in an and Beg IdG pardon Mr.
about five MINUTES and let me get this grub ready you'll
the jug MIR Holmes looks at it, and then he fires all
of a sudden and yells.
Flash out a stream of blood red wine
For would drink to other days
BY George! was getting kind of worked up I
don't deny it. was getting kind of worked up: turns
to Mr. Holmes and says l, Looky here my fat friend
I'm a-running this shanty and the herself
you'll take whisky straight or you'll go dry! Thems the
very words said to him Now don't want to such
There png ns s
mind passel of guests ateadn my tail three four
times but when it standing it it's different
straight or youn GO dryl Well between drinks they
swell around cabin and strike attitudes and spout
pretty soon they got out greasy old deck and
to playing euchre at ten cents corneron trust began
dealt looked at his hand shook his head says
81 am the doubter and the doubt -
and ca mly punched the hands and shufng for
a new layout Says he
"'They reckon i'll who leave
They know well the subtle ways keep
| pass and deal again!
Hangd if he didn't ahead and do it too Oh, ne Vas
pretty tight; but all of sudden by Mr. Emerson
eye he judged he had em He had already corraled two
tricks. and each of the others So now he kind Of
lifts little in his chair and says
Il tire of globes and acesl
Too long the game Is played!-
and down he fetched right bower, Mr. Longfellow
smiles as sweet pie and says
"'Thanks thanks to thee. my worthy friend
For the lesson thou hast taught
and blamed if he didn't down with another right bower
Emerson claps his hand his bowie. Longfeow clapS
ms on ms ana %et Hne roe WA
wabbng his double chns and says he Order, gentlemen
The that draws III lay down him and smother
him. All quiet the Potomac. you bet
They pretty howrcome- you-so, by now, and they