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The sun., 1909-11-29
BURNED TO DEATH IN LOOKUP.
Drunken Man Sets Himself on Fire In
Croten Fails and I.sses Hls IAfe.

CRoToS FALLS. n. ". Move 2S.-A man
was burned to death in the local lookup
early THE morning. Hs has not vet been
identified. He had been working in this
neighborhood during the summer but
had not been around FOR few weeks.
When the midnight train arrived this
morning the man wns put Oh. He was
drunk. He sta ggered around helplessly
and was finally placed in the lookup for
safe keeping. The lookup Ia a wooden
building OF frail construction. inside Of
which IL an iron cage with an iron floor
A blanket was given to him to sleep on
and he was left alone, This morning when
a constable carried breakfast tO him he
found the prisoner dead on the iron foor
III the cage. The blanket and the mans
clothing were burned up and the mans
body charred. Traces Of what must have
been box OF matches were found.
II is believed the prisoner tried TO
smoke and set himself on fire. II he was
conscious OF what was taking place his
shouts for help were unheard. Coroner
Squire OF Ossiping gave n burial permit.
The sun., 1909-11-29
BILL EDWARDS, ECONOMTzER.
He Hopes 90 Have saved tsae city Half .
million by New Years.

william H. Edwards. Street Cleaning
Commissioner. talked last night at the
Manhattan Congregational Church.
Broadway and Seventy sixth street, on
the work OF his department.
Every street sweeper is In his way a
doctor. according TO Mr.. Edwards. He
said that he believed the lower death
rate Of Ia at summer TO he due partly to the
increased efficiency Of the Department Of
Street Cleaning.
He said that it had been his aim since
January 1 to see how much he could
ecQnomize, and he hoped by the first OF
next year to have saved half q million
dollars. He said that he looked for COM
plants and he got them. The question
OF SHOW removal was a tender subject
but he was trying to get q system by which
a contractor may be- made to remove the
snow. He hoped to substitute for the
present iron carts three horse trucks with
covers to keep ashes from flying.
After the meeting a man with foreign
accent and a white beard arose and fred
a rapid string OF questions at the Com
missioner. Why weren't the sewers big
enough SO that the streets need not be
flooded every time they were washed
down. why would the garbage removers
remove garbage from an old barrel il
some one gave them q quarter but not
otherwise. and why did they run on with
new barrels and sell them? he asked.
The sun., 1909-11-29
both SHOT.
Young Man AMI Policeman lie Fought
with hit by Bullet.


Two men, one of them a policeman.
were sbot. but neither seriously hurt on
tho east side OF Harlem early yesterday
morning over what, as near a the police
could determine. was nothing. The po-
liceman. John Prezak of the East 1O4th
street station. was hit in the left hand
by the accidental discharge OF his own
revolver.
The other man. Charles Haber. 20 years
old. a poclsetbook maker OF 10 West I37th
street. was taken to the Harlem Hospital
with a bullet wound in ths ri yht side of
the breast.
Prezak saw Haber coming out Of hall
way on l02d street near Madison avenue
in the early morning Prezak shouted
to him to stop. but Haber ran toward Fifth
avenue The policeman continued order
in the air Heads popped out of windows
and the few persons on the streets joined
in the chase, shouting. Haber turned down
Fifth avenue and Prezak fired again.
This time the bullet hit the man. He kept
on running. At Ninety-third street Prezak
caught up with him.
Prexak's revolver was in his hand and
in the scuffie with Haber il went OF. the
bullet hitting the policenI9n's other
hand and smashing the middle finger.
A Harlem Hospital surgeon fixed up
the policeman's finger and took Haber
TO the hospital. There IL no charge
against him. Gershon Haber, father Of
the young man, said yesterday thet his
son had recently been discharged from a
hospital for the insane at Central lslip.
The sun., 1909-11-29
THEY An WENT roo FAST.
wnitridEes Chauffeur. and Others Ar
rested vp Bronx Way.

Samuel Lewis OF lO2 West Fifty-fourth
street. chauffeur for Frederick W. Whit
ridge. was arrested for speeding last
night at Jerome avenue and 233d street.
Mr.. Whitridge was in the car. Motor-s
cycle policemen Zeh said the automobile
was going at the rate OF twenty-eight
miles an gour. Mr.. Whitridge gave cash
bail.
Two other arrests for speeding made
at about the same point last night were
those Of Henry II. Steinburger. a broker,
OF - West Forty fourth street. and Fred
erick G. Baker Of las Joraleman street.
Brooklyn. Mr.. Steinburger was out with
a party Of friends and on his way back TO
town was stopped by Motorcycle Police
man Hackett while going. Hackett figured
IL. twenty seven miles an hour. He gave
a surety bond as bail.
Mr.. Baker was accompanied by his
mother. Policeman Zeh said he was
driving at twenty-six miles an hour.
Mrs. Baker gave her house property at
las Joralemon street as surety.
The sun., 1909-11-29
AGED WOMAN BURNED.
Ou Lamp Catches Mrs. Deughty's Dress
Hearing of Fatality Kills Man In Car.

or Lamp Catches MRS. Dsughty's Dress
Hearing of Fatality KILLS Man In Car.
Mrs. Mary Doughty. who lived in a
furnished room at $50 East Eighty-third
street. was burned to death last night
who keeps the house, smelled smoke and
went TO the second floor. where Mrs.
Doughty lived. Opening Mrs. Doughty's
door she was confronted by flames.
Mrs. Walsh went down stairs screaming
'Fire!" A policeman in the street heard the
cry and turned in an alarm. The fire.
men found that the fire was confined to
the room occupied by Mrs. Doughty.
On the bed lay the body Of the woman
badly burned
On the floor was a broken kerosene
lamp. The theory was that while trying
to move the lamp from a table to bureau
Mrs. Doughty had dropped 1t and her
dress got on fire.
Mrs. Doughty was the mother OF Mrs
W. T. Washbtirn OF 81 Fast Seventy
ninth street. the wife Of a lawyer. She
was widow. her husband having died
IN Boston thirty years ago. Mr.. WASH
burn said last night that Mrs. Doughty
because she was Independent. The house.
Ia owned by Mr.. Washburn.
Mrs. Doughty. he said. read q great
deal, but refused to have gas in her room.
preferring the old fashioned oil lamp.
Mrs: Doughty was IS years old.
While the fire was In progress the cars
OF the Lexington avenue line were stopped.
In one car near Eighty-third street was
Charles Nolte. He asked the conductor
why the cars were stopped and when
told that there was q fire in which q woman
had lost her life Nolte dropped dead.
apparently OF the shock. He was not
related to the woman
The sun., 1909-11-29
STARTED FOR THE roo.
hut the Small Martlneyer Get Lost and
Then were Fsond.

Peter Martinez. years old, and his
small sister Agnes live with their mother.
Mrs. Minnie Martinez, at s26 East Seven
tieth street Mrs. Martinez took tho two
children to morning service at church
yesterday and left thefn there, intending
to return when the service was over.
Mrs. Martinez had hardly left when
Peter thought Of Central Park and the
ZOO. which he has seen often. and told
his sister what q fine chance they had
to see the wonderful things he had told
her about. The two children slipped
out OF church. Peter lost his bearings
and the two children got lost.
Mrs. Martinez came back for the children
and after hunting for a time had a police
alarm sent out.
Peter and Agnes wandered downtown.
About 8 O'Clock they were found by
Policeman Murphy OF the Twentieth
strest station at Eighth avenue and Four
teenth street. He took them to the sta
ton house and later to the Tenderloin
station because there Is no metron At
Twentieth street. The policeman had
milk and sandwiches sent in for the chill
dren and a message was sent TO their
mother. When she reached the station
house about 8 o'clock the two were asleep
They startedior home later.
The sun., 1909-11-29
DEAD MAN NEAR CEMETERY.
Man shot in the Temple. hut No Revol-
yer Near the Body.


The body OF a man was found in
a lot just west Of the Bay Side Gene
terry, 100 feet south OF Liberty avenue,
Woodhavep. Queens. yesterday. There
was a bullet hole In the right temple. but
no revolver was found beside the body.
The right hand was covered with blood
and there was a possibility that the man
shot himself . short distance away and
walked to where he was found before
becoming unconscious and that a. he
walked he held his hand over the wound.
The man was about IS years old. He
was S feet inches tall. and weighed about
ITO pounds. He had gray hair and sandy
a black overccat. black cardigan jacket
light oolored soft shirt, gray. underwear.
black shoes and socks and black derby
hat. His collar was turnover ana his
tie black. All were Of good material.
There was 81 In the pockets. Gold
rimmed eyeglasses completed the list OF
belongings exoeDt that q nearly full box
Of 30 caIibre revolver cartridges was. In
finger Of the right hand was bent a. II
IL had been dislocated and never set
properly.
Each arm had been tattooed. On one
arm there is the figure OF q woman stand
ing ON q globe and holding a balancing
pole aloft. On tho other there Is the
form OF a man or a woman walking .
tightrope and holding in each hand q
dumbbell for balancing weights.
The hat found beside the body was
almost new, judging from the condition
OF the sweatband. The hat bore the name
of A. Kritzman, 1875 Second avenue,
New York. as the dealer.
The sun., 1909-11-29
ROTH WANT MISS BR0CKWAY.
warriner Prosecution and Ford Defence
search for witness.

CINCINNATI. Nov. 2s.-The disappear
ance Of Miss Ida X. Brockway. who ia
wanted by the prosecution in the Charles
l.. Warriner case, has thrown the prosecu-
ton out OF a valuable witness, says County
Prosecutor Henry Hunt. Attorney
Thorndyke. who is looking after the
affairs OF Mrs. Jeanette Tirnmons Ford
Stewart. also wants TO find Miss Brock
way.
She went to New York on Wednesday
night. il ID said, To stay with her sister.
Mrs. Betsy Fisher.
President William 8. Kinslnger OF the
Mutual Mining Company OF Kentucky.
four -hfths OF the capital stock Of which
had been subscribed by WRrrinsr. has
asked the Kentucky courts to appoint a
receiver for that company. II has valua
BILE mines and plants at Stamping Ground.
Ky. He says the company is insolvent
and that the books have been carted away
by the Big -Four Railway officials. who
want TO know how much Warriner made or
lost in the company.
The sun., 1909-11-29
Another Footb III PLAYER INJURED.

ALBANY. Nov. 2s.-Anothsr football
accident was added 20 the seasons list
to-day in a game between elevens repre-
senting a battery Of Regular army artil-
lery stationed at West Point and the
Delphians. a club team OF this city Roy
Piscle. "a years OF age. was seriously
Artillery eleven and was carried from
the field. AT the hospital IL was thought
Piscle was suffering from an intestinal
rupture. but as he seems to be improving
the operation was postponed for the
present The Delphans won. IL TO o.
The sun., 1909-11-29
AIR RIFLE MARKSM4N.
Art Publisher Makes Complaint Against
Small Roy.

Robert Rayner. an art publisher. who
lives at 257 Riverside Drivs.V watkins z
along Central Park West yesterday after
noon. was struck in the cheek by lead
pellet from an air rife. He saw two
boys standing at Ninety ninth street
and caught one of them. who. he says,
fired the shot. MIR. Rayner turned the
police station.
The boy is Frank O'Neil. Frank said
Mr.. Rayner had made a mistake. He
said that a boy by the name of Jakey
did it. Jaksy had disappeared. 80 Frank
Court to-day.
The sun., 1909-11-29

may originally have had. and by now lit
tie II any value 10 left
And vet Mr.. Wellman admits the possl-
bility OF taking latitude observations.
He says:
aAny one who knows nautical astronomy
can sit down In Annotok or Brooklyn or
anywhere with q nautical almanac by his
side and construct latitude observations
at will"
Aud finally Mr.. Wellman Offers q pos
sible explanation OF DR.. Cooks story to
the effect that he may have been the vic
tim of some halluoination or mental
illness He concludes:
There remains. though one says 1t
with kesnest regret, only the wretched
alternative that the journey which he
did make and the report which he gave
Of it were deliberately planned from the
outset"
The sun., 1909-11-29
AUTO DASHED on SIDEWALK.
Mrs. II. =. Van InEen or YOnkers Injured
Five In the Machine.

loNKERS. n. Y. Nov. 2s.-Mrs. II. 8.
Van lngen Of 20 Amackassin avenue.
while walking on Glenwood avenue with
her husband this evening. was knocked
down by an automobile containing five
pepsons which shot out Of the roadway
onto the sidewalk. Mira. Van Ingen
head and face and DIR. J. B. Kouwenhoven
who attended her fears she may he in
formally injured.
According 10 Mr.. Van Ingen the only
person who offered any assistance was
the chauffeur who appeared 70 be French
and To understand little English and
refused to give his name. Mr.. Van
Ingen told the police the license number
of the car was 81. 800. N Y.
The sun., 1909-11-29
n. CIay Pierce in Texas for Trial.

DALLAS. Tex. Nov. 2s.-H. Clay Pierce
and friends tonight passed southward
in his private car attached to the train
from st. Louis. At the station here
an attendant said that Mr. Pierce and
other members Of the party were all
well.
Judge Z. B. Perkins. chief Texas at
torney OF Mr.. Pierce. has been i'm Austin
for several days preparing for Mr.. Pierces
trial. that Ia set for tomorrow.
The sun., 1909-11-29
MRS. SEARS BADLY HURT.
Boston woman Falls Ten Feet and
Breaks rhree RIBS.

BosToN. Nov. 2s.-While visiting the
Arnold ArbOrstum at Jamaica Plain
this morning Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears
fell down q flight Of steps and had three
ribs on the left side fractured.
Mrs. Sears and Prof. Sargent OF the
Bllssey Institute were ascending the
steps TO the second floor Of the museum
building. where the wood specimens are
,,sira and the atsps were not % oomDl.tsd
Mrs. Sears lost her footing and fell to the
the floor, q distance OF about ten feet.
She was taken TO Q hospital in Jamaica
Plain
The sun., 1909-11-29
ONCE A NEwsBOY SINGER.
William Miller. Engaged fer vienna
Opera. Formerly er Pittsburg.

PIrrsBuRo. Nov 2s.--News that Will
lam Miller has been engaged at 1000
per year to sing in the Vienna Opera
House causes much interest here for
Miller twelve year ago was q nswsboy
on the streets OF Pittsburg. He 10 now
20 years OF age.
Fifteen years ago Harry Williams was
attracted by a sweet tenor voice in the
gallery any time there was a chorus and
soon traced il 20 Willie Miller. He was
30 impressed with the child's voice
that he gave him free admission TO his
Academy Of Music and would insist that
there be a song with a chorus at each
performance 90 the boys voice could be
heard.
The boy did most OF his singing. how
ever. on the streets with only his news
boy friends for hearers and in this way
attracted the attention of the late G.
l.. Magee, who once had his carriage
stopped at 2 A. M. to hear the lad sing.
An unknown benefactor some years ago
took the boy up and sent him abroad to
complete his education.
The sun., 1909-11-29
AcCUsED or ExFORTION.
Deputy sheriff kernashan Charged with
Forcing Italians TO Give Him Money.

YoNKERs. N. Y. Nov. 2s.-winiam
Kernaghan. ~ years old. OF 81 West
Second avenue. Mount Vernon. was held
under $500 bail bc City Judge Beall to-
day to answer two charges made againys
him by Frank Macarelli and Nicholas
Serreri OF Lincoln Heights. Kernaghan
is a deputy sheriff and game warden
1t is charged that he arrested the two
Italians near their homes yesterday and
charged them with illegal shooting. After
some talk no accompanied them to their
homes and received. they say. 81 from
Macarelli and SO from Serreri and set
them at liberty. The men say they fol-
lowed him to Mount Vernon and wanted
a policeman to arrest him, but this was
refused after their money was returnetA
to them. They then came to lonkers
and swore out a warrant
Bail for kernaghan was given by his
father. who is we'll to do. Besides his
badges the police found on him re-
volver. twenty rounds OF ammunition, a
pair OF handouts and knife.
The sun., 1909-11-29
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DEAD
AsphyxIated by Gas on the Eve OF ThetI
Departure for Germany.

Mary Grass and her twelve-year-old
daughter. Amelia. were found dead last
night in bed last nj light in their home at ssl
Nineteenth street, Brooklyn. According
10 the police, death. which was caused by
asphy xiation. was accidental. When they
went to bed Saturday night Mrs. Grass
hung skirt on the gas jet and turned
on the e, without Knowing It OF.
Mrs. Grass was separated from her
husband several years ago. ShC opened
candy store and lived over it. The
store was always open on Sunday. and
when children found IL locked yesterday
the eighbors became alarmed and notified
the police. Mrs. Grass was going to sell
the store to-day. IL is said With the
proceeds she intended to- return to her
former home la Germany and educate
Amelia there.
The sun., 1909-11-29
FIGHT AFTER A CHRISTENING.
-
Eleven Italians Under Arrest and One OF
Them May Die--Resery es Called Out.

Eleven Italians were arrested by the
Brooklyn police last night as q result
Of an open fight with the reserves. Nicola
Daco Of 1Ss Melrose street was shot twice
in the head and is said to be dying at the
Norwegian Hospital.
The trouble started at a christening
in the house at i4l7 Sixty-sixth street
Some Italians had come from Williams
burg and met a crowd from Bath Beach.
The two factions got to scrapping and
went out into the street to settle 1t. when
Policemen McQuillsn and Maher of the
Fifth avenue station came up. They
were unable to control the Italians and
called out the reserves. who mana ged
70 9uen the fight after beating the Italians
with nightsticks.
LOrio Bombardi Of Sixty-sixth street
and Thirteenth avenue was charged with
shooting Daco. The others were held as
Witnesses
The sun., 1909-11-29
DROWNED IN THE HARLEM.
SVEN Catches GAsoicne Beat ana Tssses
Man ADsut 10 Heaye fAne.

William RAscher, whose homo was at
$50 West iseth street. was drowned last
night in the Harlem River near Little
He'll Gate. He was out in q gasolens
launch with his father. Edward Rascher.
and Otto Kunxman OF Hoboken whom
something went wrong with the engine.
Another boat was passing so they called
for help. Just as Rasoher was about to
throw out a towline a swell rocked the
boat and he fell overheard. His body
has not becn recovered
The sun., 1909-11-29
Fatal Accident 10 hoy Hunter.

sAYvILLR, Y. Y, Nov. 2s.-John
McNulty. 10 years old. of Lake Grove, l..
on Saturday shot himself by an acci-
dental discharge OF his gun which he as
pulling through the bushes. The full
charge OF shot entered his abdomen and
he bled TO death before Drs. Squires OF
stonybrook and W. H. Ross OF Sayville
reached him
The sun., 1909-11-29
To Inspect Naval Dry Dock.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.--Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Winthrop will
leave Washington tomorrow for New
York; WHARF he will inspect the work on
the New York dry dock.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-01
AFTER 80 YEARS
VETERAN ENGINEER CRUSHED
UNDER HIS ENGINE.
Accident Occurs ON Northern Pacific
Railroad. Near Detroit-I,an
Into Work Train.

ST. Paul. MINI. Sept Engineer
Walter ID. white. with a record OF
so years service In the employ OF
the Northern Pacific railroad, Is dead
today and ten more persons injured
six Of them seriously. as a result of
the eastbound North Coast limited
train OF the Northern Pacific running
into work train half mile east OF
Detroit. MINI. last evening.
The seriously injured are:
r. p. Brown. baggageman; L. G.
Roberts. mail Clerk; II. L. Upton
electrician: +. W. Ganfney and Oscar
Larson. mail clerks - Voorhees,
fireman.
The injured were taken TO the
Northern Pacific hospital at Brainerd
MINI. The body Of the engineer was
buried under the engine.
The limited was running about so
miles an hour when Il hit the work
train. The baggage and mail cars
turned turtle and landed In swamp
In which the water was about nine
feet deep
Dinner was being served In the
diner OF the limited and the passen-
gers were thrown about by the impact
OF the two trains The passengers
were more or less bruised, but not
badly injured.
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Democratic Ticket.

COUNTY JUDGE-A. w. Barley
County Attorney
COUNTY ATTORNEY-Sanders e.
Clay (lawyer)
REPRESENTATIVE - Eugene
Graves (incumbent.)
COUNTY COURT CLERK-Gus G..
Singleton (broker.)
CIRCUIT COURT CLERK. A.
Miller (incumbent)
SHERIFF-George W. Horser
(farmer)
JAILER-Henry Houser (farmer.)
ASSESSOR-George Allen (farm-
err
CoRONER-F. F. Eaker, (incum-
bent.)
COUNTY SURVEYOR = e. B.
Wren (farmer.)
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN-
w. Feezor (teacher.)
MAGISTRATES - First, George
Broadfoot; Second, Harry George;
Third. C. W. Emery; Fourth, ]. II.
Burnett; Fifth. John Craig; sixth.
Charles Ross; Seventh, ]. C. Hart
ley; Eighth, Baxter Kuykeniall.
CONSTABLES - First. 4. c. Shell
ton; Fourth. NJ. L. Bryant; Sixth, r.
Huddlestone; Seventh, Linn Choice;
Eighth, Jeff Bannister.
POLICE JUDGED. A. Cross (in-
cumbent.)
ALDERMEN - Charles Hall Ito
bacconist); l.. E. Durrett (butcher) /;
George o. Ingram (contractor); 0tie
Overstreet (grocer).
COUNCILMEN - First, Scottie
Ferguson (bartender); Second, Chas.
Horton Clerk: Third, o. P. Leigh
commission broker); Fourth. Fred
Kreutzer (baker), and Charles Hous-
err (grocer); Fifth, ]. w. Coleman
druggist: Sixth, DR.. W. r. Wash
burn.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES - First, W.
". Warren (jeweler); Second, B. F.
Davis (contractor), and F. P. Swift
(paper hanger); Third. Gardner Gil
bert (tobacconist): Fourth. Harry L.
Judd (patternmaker). and r. L. Tate
manufacturer Fifth, W. T. Byrd;
Sixth, Henry MCGEE (saw mill man.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS

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coNins, Martin. Tenn: @. r. Brown.
Cincinnati; Il. J. Benjamin. Mctnop-
obs: l., A. Topp. Chicago; james u.
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Washington. ID. c.; J. II. Rose. 81.
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Daniel. Paris. Tenn. Prank J. Buck
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Louis; Jchn l.. Smith, EddyvRle: y.
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WEYLER.

Desperate indeed must be the stu
alton of Spain. which brings General
Weyler, the Cuban butcher again to
the front as the man of the hour
lie proposes. II chosen to lead the
campaign against the Moors in At
rica, to call for 10000 more troops,
intending TO crush the rebellion in a
hurry at whatever sacrifice Of life
on both sides. Sometimes that is
the simpler, easier and cheaper
way. The horrors of war are cumu-
latise. and being killed quickly in
battle is the least of them. But Wey-
ler's methods are not so famous for
conduct OF battle, as for the admin
istration Of civil government. It
was not the tread of his charging
hosts. but his hellish reconcentrado
camps that made Cubans tremble at
the mention OF his name. His policy
II TO crush the spirit out OF con-
quered people by the grossest bru-
tally. If the Moors act with UNDER
standing against Weyler, they will