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The sun., 1909-02-21
FLOODS tP TIM STATE.
Barge Canal Work Damaged Near Am.
sterdam Damage In ALBANY.

AMSTERDAM, y. Y. Feb. 20.--A nine foot
rise this morning in the Mohawk River,
due TO food in the Schoharie River.
has already caused large damage to the
barge canal works at Tribes Hill A
cofIerdam surrounding nearly two acres
Of ten foot excavation is overtiowed The
engines. boilers and other implements
used in the construction work are under
twenty feet Of water.
One Of the piers OF the West Shore
Railroad bridge across the Schohare
River at Fort Hunter became underm ined
about = o'clock this morning and the
bridge and pier is in suoh a dangerous
condition that traffic on the road has been
abandoned
ALBANY. Feb. 90 Flood conditions
prevail at Albany, and with the passing
out Of the ice in the Hudson River to-day
cellars of many houses and business
places along the " hlrves were submerged.
Water covers the tracks OF the Delaware
and Hudson Company Clong Quay street
for from one TO two feet. end in the lower
end OF the city the street railway tracks
are submerged in pieces. Reports of
formation OF ice gorgcs in the Hudson
below Albany were received by Weather
ForecaSter Todd. who promptly notified
business inen in the territory likely 10
suffer from the rise Of lhe river to get
! their goods 10 a place of safety. The
tricks of the United Traction Company
on the Troy line were under water to-day
and the company ives obliged 10 transfer
its passengers around the flooded area
in c2-ryGlls.
Perhaps the most serious result of the
freshet here is the Inconvenience resulting
from the flooding OF the cellar Of the
Hudson River Electric Power Company,
which supplies the power end light for
the city. Tonight most Of the city IT reefs
above the business section are dark and
nearly ell the many electric signs about
the city are dark, In Rensselaer,, across
the river from Albany. several dwellings
on the lowlands were inundated and the
people were compelled to get out in
rowboats.
SARATOGA, Feb. 2o.-The vigilance of
an engineer saved the passengers on a
Boston and Maine train from serious
injury to-day. High water undermined
the rails at a point midway between this
village and Schuylerville. As the train
rounded curve the engineer saw the
big hole under the rails ahead in time to
shut down the engine hastily. Tho en-
gine passed over safely, but the tender
broke through and rolled down a twenty
five foot embankment leaving the pas
senger coaches safe on the rails above.
No one was injured. but there was no
more traffic over the line until late to-
night, when wreoking crew succeeded
in repairing the damage. The rails in
many places on tho line ara under such
high water that tho fires in the locomo-
tives have been partially extinguished.
Water on the rails has interrupted trolley
and steam railway service. while the
country roads for miles around are nearly
impossible
The sun., 1909-02-21
4 HERO or THE NAVY DEAD.
Boatswain Hugh sweeney Commanded
Wasp on Periious Trip.

BosToN. Feb, 2O.-Chief Boatswain
Hugh Sweeney. L. =. ~. died to-day at
the Naval Hospital, Chelsea, where he
had been for several weeks.
He commanded the gunboat Wasp on
her perilous trip during fierce gale De-
cember 10 and IL, 1905. when the Wasp
was ordered from Newport to Nantucket
Shoals in search Of the brig Harry Smith.
IL was a voyage OF self-sacrifice and it
il probable that all will never he told
Of the heroic efforts Of the men on the
Wasp. At one time oil had to be used
to calm the sea, which seemed about to
swamp her.
The matter Of keeping the Wasp up in
the wind when she was hove to without
a spark Of fire to turn her engines pre-
sented the gravest problem, but this was
solved by tying the hammocks in the
rigging
Sweeney volunteered TO take a line
ashore from the stranded Yosemite OF
Guam in 1902 and was three hours In the
water when the Yosemite went down.
The sun., 1909-02-21
DIED AFTER COR CLIB BRIISE.
Huxh Butler . Victim Of Blood Poisoning
From Apparently Small Hurt.

HEMPsTKAD. Feb. 2o.--Hugh Butler, a
member OF the New York banking firm
Of Post a Flagg. died this morning in the
Nassau Hospital at Mineola of blood
poisoning.
On Lincoln's Birthday Mr.. Butler was
playing golf on the Salisbury links and
by accident the steel Of his golf stick
struck him light blow on. the mouth as
he was placing it in his golf bag. He
thought nothing Of the accident until a
few days later. when pimple appeared
on his lip This he penetrated with q
needle and in few hours his face and neck
began to swell. Lancing failed TO benefit
the Young man. who was but rs years OF
age He was then sent TO the Nasscu
Hospital where DR.. Lewis \. Lanehs-t
performed an operation. Later other
specialists came from Manhattan and
various remedies were tried without
success.
Mr.. Butler comes OF an old New York
family. His father Hugh Butler. died a
wear ago His mother is Mrs, Annette
Butler OF i0i West Seventy seventh street,
Manhattan
The sun., 1909-02-21
N'NITT ARRESTED AGAIN.
OkoboJo Man Now Has Charge and a
Conviction OF Larceny Against Him.

Conviction Of Larceny Against Him.
William Howard McNutt of Okobojo
Mining Company fame, who latterly
turned his attention to company adver-
tising a non-exp plosive gasolene tank, WIS
arrested yesterday on a charge Of grand
larceny, growing out Of civil suit brought
by Mrs. Grace Mitchell Of 1872 State street,
Brooklyn. TO recover jewelry and money
given McNutt in 1905. He was arraigned
in jefferson Market court and held in
81, 500 bail for examination.
Mrs. Mitchell keeps a boarding house
in Brooklyn and had McNutt as boarder
in 1906 In the complaint in the civil suit
against him she states that McNutt
boarded in her house for seventy-seven
weeks and ran up bill Of 81 925 and that
when he was in the Tombs awaiting trial
for swindling John Whyatt. a saloon
keeper, out of 81. 500 she lent him money
TO get lawyer. McNutt was convicted
on this charge. and is now out on bail. the
case having been appealed
All Mrs. Mitchell ever got for her money
she says, was worthless stock. The jew
elry she gave him. she says, he p2wned
and she cannot redeem it, number of
her friends, who listened 10 McNutt' s
glowing descriptions of his mines invested
money in his schemes and have had no
The sun., 1909-02-21
HER DREAM CAME TRUE.
Girl Assaulted with q Stick OF Wood rs
SHE Had Dreamed Two Nights Before.

ARCADIA. Ind, Feb. 20.-A strange
assault upon Miss Dolly Magart follow
ing a dream of Thursday night came to
the surface this morning when officers
were put on the case. Miss Magart was
visiting her sister, the wife Of Roy Ruton.
a farmer. at the time. Thursday night
she dreamed some one was striking her
with stick OF wood. She awoke in terror
called her brother-in-law and told him
OF her vision. Mr.. Ruton. impressed by
the girls distress, searched the house
and found stick Of wood at the foot
of the stairs. He also heard an outside
door slam. and later saw n man in the
lane that leads to the roadway.
Last night Mr.. Ruton heard Mise
Magart scream. He ran up stairs and
found the girl suffering from a blow in
fiicted with a stick Of wood which was
lying on the floor Of her room. He could
not, however, find any trace Of her as
sailant. In the room was note which
read:
AS have killed your sister, now am
satisfied.
The sun., 1909-02-21
NEW LODGING HOUSE POPLAR.
Nearly 400 Apply for Admission In -Four
Hours After Opening for Men.

The new municipal lodging house on
East Twenty-fifth street. which was
opened for women several days ago,
was opened last night for the reception
Of both sexes, The opening was at $50
BIZ 1890 3I5 men, thirty women and eight
children had been given o place to sleep
Commissioner HobberG OF the Chari-
ties Department was at the lodging house
to see TO the arrangements. A case which
attracted his attention as we'll as that of
Arthur Kenney, chemist on the Commits
sioner's staff. was that OF particularly
well dressed man who said his name was
c. otto Schwab. Schwab said he had
made as much as So, 900 a year as an cleo
tro-chemist. having been employed by
firms in this city and at Newark and that
he was also a steel rail expert. At one
time. he said, he had had $50 900 in the
bank. but had lost it in Wall Street specu-
lation. To-day. he said. he was going to
work as dishwasher in a restaurant at OIL
Third avenue, but meanwhile he had but
II cents and had been compelled TO seek
the lodging house for cover.
The sun., 1909-02-21
NEW EAST SIDE LIBRARY.
Hamilton Fish Park Branch VIII he
Opened on Friday.

4 new branch OF the New York Public
Library further east than any other Of
the downtown branches il TO be opened
next Friday afternoon at 4 O'Clock. The
building, which is the thirtietn erected
from the fund contributed by Andrew
Carnegie. stands on land purchased by the
city for the purpose and will he admins
tered by the library as its Hamilton Fish
Park branch.
The building will be formally turned over
II the city by Cleveland II. Dodge and
will 10 received by President McGowan
Of the Board Of Aldermen, The circu
lation of books will begin next Saturday
morning at o O'Clock The library will
have about i0,OcO volumes, including n
collection uf so works in the Hungarian
language presented by the Hungarian
Government.
The next Carnegie building 10 be
opened probably will be that Of the Column
bus branch on Tenth avenue between FIJI
tieth and fifty-tirst streets.
The sun., 1909-02-21
GIRL SELF-HYPNOTIZED.
Has Been Under spell Five Days and
May Die.

WARE. Mass. Feb. 20.-Unconscious
since last Monday under strange spell
which the combined efforts OF the entire
medical fraternity Of this town has failed
to break. Miss Clara Lamarch, aged
10. a high school girl who is said to be a
self-hypnotist, is in grave danger as a
result Of her experiments with the occult.
Death. the doctors say. may come at any
moment.
When the young girl first lost con-
seriousness her mother thought her daugh-
ter had suffered shock. The family
doctor later diagnosed the case as form
of nervous coma. which he was inclined
to think had been brought on by over
study but as day after day passed with
no sign OF an awakening other physi-
clans were called in consultation.
Last night 1t was learned that the girl.
perhaps not realizing the danger. which
attended such a proceeding. had been
experimenting with hypnotism and she
had on two previous occasions unknown
to her mother hypnotized herself in the
presence OF a schoolmate and others
The sun., 1909-02-21
BIDDISON on 4 HUNT
For a Power OF Attorney which lie Says
Authorized Him ID Sign Bonts.

Samuel NJ. Biddison. the note broker
of ilg Nassau street who is now on trial
in Genera Sessions for forging and
uttering certain bonds OF the Central
Coal, Lumber and Construction Company.
was taken from the Tombs yesterday
and allowed 10 examine the suit case
full of papers which was seized by the
District Attorney at Biddison's Office.
Biddison says that power Of attor-
ney which made IL legal for him 10 sign
the name of A. Graham Donnelly to the
bonds was among his papers when they
were taken from the Office. He says that
the carelessness of the Assistant Dis
trict Attorney who had charge OF tho
papers is responsible for the disappear
ance OF the power Of attorney.
Biddison spent three hours going over
the papers but didn't find what he said
be was looking for. His trial will bf
continued on Tuesday.
The sun., 1909-02-21
students chosen for Phi Beta xappa

WuLIAMsTowN, Mass. Fco, 2O.-One-
twelfth of the senior class were thi =
morning elected 10 membership in Phi
Beta Kappa The seven chosen stand at
the head Of their class in scholarship.
They are Bert Clarence Cate Of Warsaw
n. Y. Clyde Coleman Of Victoria, ILL.,;
HarTy Linn Fisher Of Woehawken, y. j. d;
Harold MacIean Lewis Of Brooklyn,
Frederick Merchant Myers of Benning-
ton. Vt; Perry Foote Narten of Cleve-
land. and Francis Bowes SGyre OF South
bethlehem, Pa
Next June one-twelfth Of the remainder
of the senior class will also be chosen TO
ulembcrhbln.
The sun., 1909-02-21
BYRNES LIKELY TO GO FREE
SAYS BINGHAM or MILLING
or LIEUT.. GOLDHAMMER.
Two Hundred unpunIshed Hon'ic,des In
the I1iy Every Year. the Commits
roner Declares Bynes Arraisned
and Taken Before the coroner.

sIOner Declares -Byrnes Arra,sneu
md Taken before the coroner.
.The physical courage and bravery OF
our mon is superb said Police Commls-
siopor Bingham Yesterday in commenting
On the killing Of Lieut., John B. Gold
hammer by -Nigger" Edward Byrnes,
Il regret with all my heart this killing OF
ielt, Goldhammer. He was good man.
ambitious and capable.
What worries mo Is that there il smell
probability that the man who killed him
will be punished as 1t seems 10 me nc
should be punished. Ii this man Byrnes
could be cont to prison for the rest oil ms
ife it would be- gratifying to me not only
as Commissioner of Police but a'so as
nrivate citizen, But don't believe there
IA n chance in tho world that he VIII be
p,lniyhed in such a way as to MAKE MN
warning 10 other bad mon in this town,
DO you think Byrnes will get away
the Commissioner was asked.
-Sure" rep led Commissioner Bingham
with yehemence. -Of course he'll get
away. There are 200 homicides in New
York every year. How many oil the mur-
derers 20 10 the chair? How many get life
sentenoes? don't want to do away with
,helaw. of course. but il does seem shame
Here's my cop dead-I could say some
thinps IL would. but won't. The law
yers will split hGirs-he'il get away
Goldhammer leaves widow and hve
children. The widows pension. the Com
missioner said would bo $3.50 year In
ta N
fund from which he can give the widow
immediate help If necessary.
The Detective Bureau continued 10
work on the Byrnes case yesterday but
nothing new developed.
Byrnes was arraigned in the YorSville
police court yesterday on charge OF
homicide made by Detective Michael
Wall Of the Fast Sixty-seventh street
station. Mag strate Barlow without going
into an examination ordered the prisoner
taken before the Coroner.
Previous TO his arraignment Byrnes was
taken TO Police Headquarters and search
was made Of the records. T. was found
that he had been there before. He was
crested in 1901 on a charge OF robblng
m intoxicated man of 500, but was ac-
Quilted.
The prisoner was taken from court to
The Office OF Coroner Harburger. The
Coroner asked him il he had lawyer
Byrnes replied that he had not talked with
one so far and the Coroner informed him
Of his tights, saying that he need not
make a statement IL he preferred not 10
Il think | will wait until l have seen
awyer then" said Byrnes.
District Attorney Jerome came in at this
time and took the prisoner over in one
corner of the room where for twenty min
utes he questioned him intently. The
prisoner gave the District Attorney some
information which was jotted down on a
scrap Of paper. Mr.. jerome then an
nounced that no had nothing further TO
ask Byrnes at present and Coroner
Hamburger committed him To the Tombs
without bail TO await the inquest, which
was set for March2.
The sun., 1909-02-21
DROWNED ~ His itE POND.
Ralph y. Bennett, Head OF the Bennett
lee Company, Loses His Life.

MIDDLErowS, " Y. Feb. 2O-RaIph
3. Bennett. 80 years Of age, head Of the
Bennett Ice Company of this city, was
drowned this afternoon in his ice pond
at Mochanicstown, near this city. Mr.,
Bennett, with his brother, Benjamin
Bennett. went to the pond to see II the
Hoods caused 10y the heavy rains had
taken out the ice. When part way out
on the pond the ice broke and he fen into
iwenty feet OF water, Inc Inc swift current
body under the ice. The brother sum
moned assistance and the ice was broken
and the pond dragged for several hours
Int il is not believed the body will be
found for several days.
The sun., 1909-02-21
TO SEE THE GRAND CANON.
John Burroughs to Join John Muir on .
Western Exploration TIP.

John Burroughs. the naturalist and
author. left for the West yesterday to
fulfil at 70 his lifelong desire TO see the
Grand Canon OF the Colorado. He will
spend the day in Chicago and then go to
the petrified forest in Arizona. where John
Muir. the Western explorer md discoverer
OF the Muir glacier, is awaiting him.
These two men will travel through the
canon geologizing and observing. Thence
they will go to California, which Mr..
Burroughs has never visited, and will
tour the State from Oregon to Mexico.
1T is just pleasure trip Mr.. Bur
roughs s8id Yesterday, and am looking
forward TO il as eagerly. ] think. az ]
" oud have forty years ago. | am sure
il is forty years since first had a strong
desire to visit the Grand Ca on, and il
seems odd that in all that time have not
made the Journey
The sun., 1909-02-21
Masquerade Part Too Wen Taken.

MoNTcLAIR, y. j. Feb 2O.-At mas
auerade party given by Miss Florence
Hawes, which was attended by seventy
Ave Of her friends. one Of the guests oc-
casioned considerable excitement by
starting to enter the house through a
window disguised ~ . burglar and carry
ing a fashheht and revolver. Before
the masquerader got through the window
however, he was nabbed by a policeman
DR.. Hawes. father of the hostess, saved
the guest from trip To the police station
by givin & a satisfactory explanation
The sun., 1909-02-21
Endemic OF scarlet Fever In BunaIo

BUFFALO, Feb. 2o,-So much scarlet
fever prevails in Buffalo that the Board
of Hec.lth at special meeting held this
morning decided to turn a vacant public
school building into n temporary quaran-
tine hospital for scarlet fever cases
In the official announcement Of this action
the board declares that practically all
the large cities in this part OF the United
of sca rlpt fever
The sun., 1909-02-21
More scarlet Fever at Naval station

NEWPORT, Feb. 2o.-The surgeons at
the Naval Training Station here to-day
discovered another case Of scarlet fever
among the apprentice seamen quartered
In Barracks c. A general quarantine
Of the station. however, has not been
ordered as yet.
The sun., 1909-02-21
Texss Wants Union stations.

AUSTIN. Tex. Feb, 20.-The Houses
Committee on Common Carriers to-day re-
ported favorably bill requiring railroad
TO erect union passenger stations in all
towns and cities where two or more lines
have intersecting tracks.
The sun., 1909-02-21
silver vase for March,oness NlcLaush,ln

The Ladies' Aid Association Of st.
Mary's Hospital in Brooklyn has pre-
sented to Mrs. Hugh Mclaughlin hand
some silver vase al an expression OF
its pleasure over her recently receiving
the title Of Marchioness from the Pope.
The sun., 1909-02-21
BRONX Real ESTATE FoR SALE.

TWO new private brick dwellings, :oxiis. three
stories, II rooms, baths; hot water heat. psrquet
floors electric light; on Harrison av., near IRE
mont av, rear facing Aaucduct av,, nth 81
OWNER is4S Harrison av
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-16
INSTANT RELIEF FROM
 DREAD CATARRH

Why don't you get rid of that nasty, ting disease catarrF1?s You can do it if you really want to-
 But you can't cure catarrh in a few days, that's an utter 4mpossibility, be- cause there is no remedy known that. will kill the catarrh germs in that short time. .411 f But you can cure catarrh if you @vill have a little patience and rbreathe in Hyomei (prOnounced High-o-me) three or four times Q, day
 Hyomei cures catarrh by killing the germs and it kills the germs because it gets where the germs are.
 Hyomei is a powerful antiseptic and germ killer air; it is made from the fluid extracted from the eucalyptus trees of inland Australia where catarrh has never existed
 It gives relief instantly, stops hawk ing in a few days and is guaranteed to cure catarrh, asthma, croup and bron- chitis or money back. A complete out fit, including inhaler costs $1.00, and extra bottles of Hyomei if afterward needed, cost but 50 cents. Sold by leading druggists everywhere
 ''Hyo1nei certainly saved my life and I accord it the credit which it deserves and merits. There is nothing too strong for me to say regarding Hyo- mei."-Mrs. Ada Hopkins, Cutter Ave, Coldwater, Mich, August 22 I9os
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-16
BURIED UNDER DEBRIS
 BY BOILER EXPLOS
(SpeciaI from united

Special from United Press)
 Denver, June 16.-An unknown num- her of persons are dead and buried under tons of debris to-day as a result of the explosion of a boiler at the power station of the Denver Gas & Electric Company late last night Es- inmates of the dead vary from three to six and nearly a dozen persons were injured.
 Among the first of the dead bodies to be dug out was that of Joseph Perri years old. The boy was playing in an alley behind the plant when the explosion occurred and was completely buried by brick and iron. The explosion was caused by the bursting of a POO ton boiler which was thrown through the roof of the build ing.
 The entire boiler room section of the plant was demolished, and all electri- cal power was cut off from the city, It is not known how many men were working in the plant at the time of the accident but it is thought there were about seven The property dam age is estimated at about s250, ,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-16
Derailed Express
 Shakes np Passengers.

Elmira, N. Y, June 16.-Fast pass enger train No. g, known as the Buff falo, Chicago and Cincinnati express on the Erie railroad, was derai1ed at Westerly Narrows, r miles east of Eln1ira early today, and all of the passengers and crew were severely. shaken up. Three of them were brought to the ArnotlOgden hospital here for treatment, Z, while the others were treated on the scene. The ser iously hurt, although their injuries are severe, will probably recover.
 The train which was bound west, was running at a high rate of speed when the engine left the rails, carry ing all of the remainder of the train with it. Wreeking crews have been rushed to the scene and the tracks will soon be cleared