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The evening world., 1911-08-08
H0USEBREAKERS
SHOOT MAN Who
REFUSES MONEY
Mysterious Woman's Scream
and Lack of Motive in
Staten Island Crime.

Staten Island early to-day Furnished
one of those interesting studies In crime
probable murder with the motive
Michael Pate. thirty-thres years old.
OF No. 1859 Fresh XIII Road. Green
fortune fran the junk business. At as
O'Clock to-day. according to Detective
Convoy. he was awakened by the noise
of house-brcakers. lie went TO the first
floor. where. In the dining room. he
found four Italians at his table. They
had sandwiches and beer from his Ice
box.
one OF the men. the detective says.
demanded 500 from Pate. Pate said
he had deposited his money In a bank
and had zone in the house. The men
seemed to be satisfied as to Pate. bu;
they soon became involved in q scuffie
among themselves. at the conclusion
of which a woman appeared and
screamed. The men left the house.
The detective does not know whether
The VAS Patte's wife or not.
When the men went out of the door
one OF them fired a shot at Pate. lie
fell to the floor. dangeronL.y wounded
1t Is eight miles to the nearest police
station and it was nearly s o'clock when
the first police arrived Meantime al
trace OF the four men had been lost.
Pate was taken to ~. Nincent's Hos
pital at Livingston. where the doctors
aid he would probably die.
Tho iprnpnn1nfa chaip nf the stnry In
which one OF the four men starting
away from a house In no bad humor
with the owner. although having at
tempted to extort money from him,
suddenly turns and shoots him, has In
terestod the police.
And then there Is the scream OF the
woman.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
Was the Fighting Tailor.

Murphy used to 20 of on Sundays 10
night, meeting anybody and everybody.
lie also attended many of the roaming
meets, and. like his illustrlous country
man. Bob Flt1eimmons. owned a pair OF
whippets with which he used to race.
But his greatest accomplishment was
lighting. Before very long ne became
known as the champion of the Fighting
Tailors. and successfully tried conclu-
slohs with many a man WHO weighed
$50 pounds or more. At hits time Muir
ply did not weigh more than 40
pounds. One sure way to get Billy
boiling. fghting mad was to refer
Slishtinely to him as a tailor and as.
therefore. only the ninth part of a
man. lie was certain to attempt i'm.
mediately to prove that ne was a bril-
liant exception.
Even at the & OF seventeen or
eighteen Murphy had developed his
Mary Ann" very much. He was very
proud OF the ability TO hit hard with
his right and was always trying to
deal n knockout blow with It. Murphy
took boxing lessons at various times.
but he never stuck to It long enough
20 accomplish anything. lie wasn't
meant for a boxer, he was q born
fighter.
When Billy was about nineteen years
old lie entered a local amateur boxing
tournament. There were three weights
in this affair-lS5 pounds. ia pounds and
anything above that was heavyweight.
Billy weighed possibly lie or III pounds,
but he cleaned up thoroughly in the
tournament. His first professional nght
was contested under London prize ring
rules with bare fists. Ills opponent was
one Jack Meagher, a big, heavy cooper.
Meagher was the leader of a rival gang,
Just as Murphy was the leader OF the
~tallors. and the two leaders decided 20
have II out. Thu purse was s. a side.
The men fought IN tho outskirts OF
Auckland, n d after forty-fve minutes
OF battling little Murphy got Mary
<nn' into action. and the cooper went
to sleep.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
THREE OVERCOME BY GAS.
Father Will Die, but Two Daugh-
ters Have Chance for Life.

LYMAN Steiger. a shoe dealer, thirty
eight years old. and his daughters,
Lillian, twelve. and Title. ten. were
found unconscious In their apartment.
No, 1888 Havemeyer street. Williamsburg.
to-day. Gas was escaping from the
open Jet OF a stove. The man will
probably die, according 10 doctors in
the Williamsburg Hospital. where the
three were taken. but there is a chance
for the Ottle girls.
Mrs. Jennie Iieyman. a hairdresser,
who lives next door TO the Steigers.
smelled gas and called Policeman Rasch.
lie forced a door to the Steiger apart
ment. In the rear of the shocshop. Stel-
ger was In one room and the girls IN
another, and II was evident that the
gas had been escaping for several hours.
Mrs. Steiger and two other children,
Sadie and Louis. are in Toronto.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
SKULL FRACTURED WHEN
TROLLEY CAR HITS HIM.
James Brown, the Victim, Tells
Name and Loses Consciousness
Dying In Hospital.

After being struck n thrown sew
eral foot by a south bourd trolley cof
at FIRST avenue and one Hundred and
Twenty second street. James Brown. n
candy maker. aged twenty-four. was
removed to tho Harlem Hospital with
n fractured skull.
James Sheehan Of No. ~ East One
Hundred and Twcuty-second street and
William AIT of No. bi7 East n Hun
drcd and Nineteenth street. who wit
messed the acclu-nt, d-ciarti Uiat tine
motorman Of the trolley car merely
stopped FOR a moment. and then contin'
ued on without giving his name.
Just after Brown had told his namo tC
Patrolman Mcdonald OF the Fast one
Hundred and Twcnty-skth street sta
ton he lnpsed into unconNciousness, NJ,
as yet the police have boon unable q
learn his address. ShcShan and Ait sal,
that Brown walked directly In front o
the car.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
HERE'S A PLAN TO
BAR PEDESTRIANS
FROM YOUR STREET
Get a Vicious Collie to Snap
at All Who Come
Along.

The members OF the summer colony
at ~Shcepshead Bay-and many OF the
leading ~cltizens-are planning "A war on
the many vicious dogs now running
loose in the village. The most Migrant
use is right ut the door OF Deputy Pc
lice Commissioners Doughorty on
Twenty-nrst street. In this particular
instance the owners of the dog appear
to have discovered n very effective
plan to Keep for their exclusive use a
public tho%roughfarc.
between Voorhees, avenue and Jerome
avenue, Twenty-frst street IL built vi
solidly on one side OF the street-pep-
uty D~ougherty's side. There arc only
four houses on the other side. one be
ing unoccupied. The collie makes his
headquarters in the third house from
Jerome avenue
The dog has learned to resent the In
vasion of the sidewalk on his side OF
tho street and the approach OF a ype'
desrtlan in his cue 10 get busy. NJ
man, woman or child ever takes tina
, side OF the street the secoud time. and
muny people In the neighborhood avOi,
the block altogether.
On Saturday night a man who say
he had "a similar experience with IN.
dog two years ago had occasion to pas.
through the block At . o'clock. IN
dog began to bark when he was wittli
so feet of the house. and a. tho mar
| passed the collie ran TO the Sidewalk
and snapped at his GOAT and leg. The
man stood still until a woman came
out and took the dog away.
MADAM hp saiI. 'T want 10 give
YOU fair warning that tho next time /
| come through this block | Intend to
carry a gun and blow that dogs head
on
Notwithstanding tho fact that the
dog has had "a Vicious reputation for
several years Deputy Doughcrty does
not seem to he annoyed by him. Mr..
Doughcrty's house Is on the safe side
OF TIE street.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
Had Good Right Hand.

Murphy has been spoken OF as tho
hardest hitting featherweight ever
known. This IS but half true. Billy
could probably hit a harder blow with
his right hand than any man OF his
weight in the ring, but his left was
weak. Al of his victories were won
with that right-hand wallop, his Mary
Ann" as he called II. II was n long.
powerful swing. starting low and far
pack, Murphy could whip that right
over with astonishing quickncss. as
many a man found TO MS sorrow. His
knowledge Of boNils was elementary;
he was never able ~ master the liner
points of the art.
Billy Murphy was born In Auckland,
the capital Of one OF the provincial dis
tricts OF New Zealand. In May. 1868.
After his retirement from the ring
Murphy went back 10 New Zealand and
went into business at Christ Church,
New Zealand, not far from where Bob
Fitzslmmons spent his boyhood.
Murphy's parents were OF Irish birth,
emigrating to Australia before Billy
was born. His father was not a wealthy
landowner, as has been stated, but was
engdged in some capacity in the textile
business. Billy's boyhood was spent
amid reduced circumstances. The boy
was sent v school, but proved an In
dlnerent ana rather DuSlIlStlc ScnOldT,
and his parents had great difficulty in
making him attend. He was very back
ward in his studies and never could get
along peacefully with his teachers.
Whsn Billy MAS about thirteen years
old he ran away and travelled around
che country for about six months with
a band of huckstcrs or peddlers, who
moved, gypsy-like, from town to town.
buying or selling anything from pins 10
horses. The youngster was compelled
to hold his " with these men. and
did so, compelling their respect for his
ability with his fists.
When he returned home his parents
being unable to keep the boy in school
apprenticed him TO a tailor. an o6
grabbed Scotchman who conducted q
( large establishment IN Auckland. Billy
was frequently soundly thrashed ant
cuffed about by his irascible employer
He took these beatings without re,
~ I sliating, as he was anxious to hold hi'
Job. And when the foreman. inspired
by the example OF the boss. aid hands
on Billy. the latter stood that. lie even
allowed himself to be kicked and cuffcd
about by some of the bushelmen in the
shop. But when some OF tho other ap
prentices attempted to follow the OK
ample OF their superors Billy rebelled
and thrashed them soundly.
The next day he invited out into the
yard the particular bushelman who was
most obnoxious to him and handed out
a lacing to him. The following day the
fore ~! the employees. But when the
The evening world., 1911-08-08

BY Vic

mands FOR the passage Of some such
law viii roll In from every section OF
the country and the Issue will have TO
be met.
There IL hardly \ more rltlful ,ras-
edy than the lot OF the toIler who has
struggled all hts lie to gain a compe-
tence and who At present faces tho
poorhousc. The black slave had no such
tragedy as this. II Is n tragedy reserved
for the free worker In the freest nation
on the globe
ANY toiier who has faithfully labored
Tor n mcagre wage for twenty years or
more has created more wealth h a q
meagre pension In old age can repay.
Tho word pension Is thus a misnomsr.
| The payment ought TO be called partial
restitution or old folks compensa-
ton.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
CHICAGO BOMB CRASH
BLAMED ON UNION LABOR.
Police Advance Theory in Explo-
sion That Partly Destroys
NOn-Union Factory.

CHICAGO. Aug. S-A bomb partly de-
stroycd the plant OF the Victor Jensen
Electrical Srpply Company on the south
to-day. Windows withln a block
ot the building were shattered by the
force OF the explosion. The firm en-.
ploys non-uninn workmen and tho no
lice believe nat representatives, of n
labor union are responsible for the ox-
plosion. The rear end OF the building
was wrecked. The damags Will ex-
cecd 81 100.
The police are searching for two men
ho were seen lettering In the vicinity
Of the factory before the explosion &C
cured.
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boss himself heard of the affair and
came after Billy. the youngster lost his
nerve and allowed himself to be taken
by the slack of the trousers and the
coat collar and kicked ANONYMOUSLY
and unceremoniously out into the mid
die OF the street. Billy was afraid to
go home after this occurrence. fearing
that his father would apply the rod
"unsparingly where 1t would do the most
good. He finally worked up sufficient
courage to seek the parental roof. but
whether his dad chastised him or not
IL more than I can tell. He managed to
secure employment in other tailor shops
and finally got back into the old
Scotchman's establishment again. but
was troubled no more by his felluw-em-
ninyaas
The evening world., 1911-08-08
GREYLING IS WRECKED
IN DAVIS STRAIT.
American Schooner'S Crew of
Eighteen Is Rescued and Taken
to Copenhagen.

COPENHAGEN. Denmark, Aug. s.
The Danish Government steamer God
thaab has arrived from Greenland.
bringing eighteen men who formed the
crew OF the American schooner Grey
ling. which was wrecked a month ago
IN Davis Strait. which separates Green
land from Baffin Land.
The captain. ii. Schonbye. OF the
Godthaab. fears that many OF the Amer
lean whalers who gathered of the
Greenland oas persisted during the ter
rife gales OF July.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
AUTO LAW
HAS NO STANDING
IN HARLEM COURT
Magistrate O'COnnor Fines
Chauffeur Who Pleads New
Statute as Defense.

Magistrate O'Connor. sitting in H,r-
lem Police Court. does mo-, agree with
Magistrate Murphy. who held yesterday
that the Callan automobile law. which
permits a speed OF thirty miles an hour
under certain conditions. has wiped out
the regulation forbidding a greater speed
than eight miles In the city.
Claude Mcpherson of No. 100 West
Ninety-tirst street. a chauffeur employed
by George a. Peil OF Bronxville. gli5iv
advanced the Callan law as n defense
when he was arraigneh by Policeman
O~schenhirt on a charge OF driving at .ne
rate of twcnty-seven miles an hour on
broadway, between one iIundped and
Fifty-eighth and one Hundred and
.Sixty-third streets.
I'm not guilty" he said. that's all
have to say. There's no law agalns,
s~r"edlng-the Csllan law has taken care
OF that"
on. Is that SOP said Magistrat,
o'Connor. We'll. we'll see. Here
Wilie.'-to his stenographer-"tak,
this down. Now, I'm going to TAX,
good care OF YOU. AIR. MCPHERSON, an,
see mat YOU are protected-l'm going e
act as your attorney because YOU have
no lawyer here.
Now, | differ with you about the Cal.
Ian law, Mr.. Mcpherson. and l adj.
judge you guilty. As your lawyer,
advise you to take an exception 10 my
ruling. Willie, take an exception foi
Mr.. MCPHERSON"
Willie obeyed.
~, Ny Mcpherson" went on the
MagVhatc. you have your execution
and III fine you s.. Good morning. sir.
Whereupan Mcpherson paid his fine
and left the court with different Idea
abOu. the speed laws.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
ONE HUNDRED DROWNED
WHEN BOAT FOUNDERED.
Crowded With Merry Party
on Way to Fair Goes Down
in the River Nile.

ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. Aug. s.--A
boa overloaded with natives who we're
on their way TO attend a fair AZ Dcssuk
.foundered in the Nile. Nearly one hun
dred persons were drowned. Thirty
six bodies had been recovered to-day.
The evening world., 1911-08-08
Australian Billy Murphy
Graduated from the TaiIor's
Bench to the Prize Ring and
Won the American and Worlds
Featherweight Champion Ted
by Famous Referee.
australian BiIlv" Murphy.

The New YORK World.
USrRALIAN BILLY" MUIR
"a PLY was the third man 10
hold the American feather
weight championship md the second
mar to secure the coveted worlds title
In the same class. lilo won both titles
In the same battle. This was on Jan.
30. 1890. when he defeated Ike Weir. the
Belfast SPIDER" then featherweight
champion of the world. In the thirteenth
round OF their battle.
Murphy vas a fine little fighter, bu. I
would not call him a great one. He was
by no means the man that Weir was.
The latter was a man OF education n
unquestioned brains, n gentleman TO the
core. game and honest; Murphy was
poorly educated. deficient in gray
matter, j~literate. suspicious and narrow
minded. And l have a suspicion that
he was not always game. Certain Il Is
that his conduct as a loser was at times
far below the standard which has been
set by the great fighters In the history
Of pugilism. Anyone can be a good
winner.
Murphy was a little, weakened irish
''""' scanning ""'"' - 'ect VIZ "'"o'
and Weighing from lls to 12i pounds.
usually nearer the latter. He had good
shoulders and chest and long arms.
He had an old face, the maturity OF
which was acccntuated by the mustache
that he always wore. Murphy was
about twenty-slX years old when he won
the championship OF the world. During
his career in America. almost every one
Of his opponents vas younger than him.
, 1911-07-27
Was | Ever That Biz a Fool?

When | see a youth with his pants
turned up,
And his beautiful socks in view,
And over one eye percbed a little
round hat,
With a ribbon of mauve or blue,
And the fourteen rings and seven
pins
That he got at his dear prep school
Why, it strikes a chord, and / say:
"Oh, Lord!
Was | ever that big a fool7'
When | eve see a youth with his
gloves turned down
And a cigarette stuck in his face.
And a loud check coat and a horse
cloth vest,
And "A bunch of hair that hides his
ears,
And a line of senseless drool,
Then / paw the sward, as l say, ooh,
Lordl
Was | ever that big a fool?"
The Daily Princetonian.
, 1911-07-27
Additional Chips

Divine services in St. Barna bas
church, Sunday, July Both, at 7,30 a.
m, ii IA. m, and 8 p. m,
Robert Davis, son of Capt. L. G.
Davis, arrived here last Saturday
from Los Angeles for a visit of a few
weeks.
H. l.. Kuykendall is having a stall
made for his auto just back of the
club house. Mr.. Holck is doing the
work.
Sunday morning in Presbyterian
church the subject will be "The pro-
priety of Society,"" and in the even
ing, "What is, and what isn't, in Sar-
atoga."
Mrs. Christine Jensen, who was
house-keeper and manager of the
Hotel Wolf for 80 long now has
charge of the Waterloo, the rooming
house owned by Mrs. Mary Albro.
Mrs. Jensen is a most excellent man
ager and every one who patronizes
her house will be well taken care of.
Mrs. Emma Walker returned from
her visit to California Saturday.
where she spent several months visit
ing the family of her son, William P.
Walker. On Tuesday she went up
ON the Sanger stage to Brush creek
to the home of her son, Bert Walk
or, where she will spend the summer.
John B, Cosgriff and son Stewart
arrived here Saturday morning. Mr..
Cosgrif was met here by his brother,
I. A. Cosgriff and R. P. Fuller, from
Cheyenne and after looking over the
interests of their banks here left for
their homes Sunday morning.
William Fitzgerald, son of P. Fitz-
gerald, the contractor on the Brush
creek ditch, had the misfortune to
fall from a horse Tuesday at Tenmile
and brake his right arm above the
wrist. He was brot to town in an
auto and DIR. Price set the arm. The
boy is doing nicely.
, 1911-07-27

'-h Jaw &sAN- III am
A touch of this button, a flash along
the wire n the fuse is struck. Then
four or five minutes and up goes n
mountain that has stood here since the
world began. Isn't it gloriousT" He
Strengthened himself and took off his
hat. Mr.. Rowland, will you press the
buttonT"
With a strange thrill Rowland bent
over the battery, his ayes turned to
the mass OF rock looming sullen and
black half a mile away, as If bidding
defiance in the face of impending fate.
Tremblingly his finger pressed on the
little white knob, and a silence like
that of death fell on those who watch
ed. One mlnute-twO-three-fve pass
ed. while In the bowels of the noun
tain the fuse was sizzling to its end.
Then there came "A puff. something like
a cloud Of dust rising skyward. but
without sound. and before its inward
belchlng had ceased n tongue of flame
spurted out of It's crest, and after That
perhaps two seconds later. came the
explosion. There was a rumbllng and
a Earring, as If the earth were con.
vulsed under foot. Volumes Of dense
black smoke shot upward. shutting the
mountain in an ~impenetrable pail of
gloom, and In an instant these rolling
twisting volumes OF black smoke be.
came lurid. and an explosion like that
OF q thousand great gun rent the air.
, 1911-07-27

date the speed limit for automobiles
within the corporate limits of the Town
of Saratoga, shall not exceed ten QO)
miles per hour IN a straight away
course, and eight (S) miles per hour on
curves, or Within the block while cross
ing from one street to another.
Section 2:-That no automobile shall
be moved by its WI power, within the
corporate limits of the Town OF Sara.
toga, without exhibiting a hea light,
after the hour Of eight (s) o'clock P. M.
from April LIST. to October LIST. inclusive,
and after five thirty $500 o'clock P. M.
from October LIST. to April LIST. inclusive.
Section 3:-Any person violating any
OF the provisions of this Ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in
a sum not exceeding 500, besides the
costs OF the action.
There being at this time an emergency
this ordinance shall take effect and be
in force from the date Of it's passage.
Motion made and seconded that the
above ordinance be adopted. Motion
carried.
A communication from Frans o Bost-
rom pastor Of the Presbyterian Church,
calling attention to certain sections Of
the compiled statutes of the State Of
Wyoming, read. Motion made and sec.
onded that communication of Mr. Bos
from be laid on the table,
Ayes-H E Pilon, J w Cluff, M B Nc
Killip Nays-C F Holk, w G Sammons
Communication from Wyoming State
Board Of immigration, desiring hat a
delegate be sent from Sara toga to rep
resent us, at a meeting to be held by
the board at Cheyenne on July 26th
was read. Motion made by ii e PIlor
seconded by j w Cluff hat mayor NJ I
McKillip be appointed togo to Cheyenne
as a representative to confer with the
Board OF immigration and twenty-five
1925 dollars be drawn to defray his ex-
penses. Motion carried. j w Cluff made
a motion which was seconded by w {
Summons. that the Town of Saratoga
pay c F Holck seventy five [S75l dollars
for a quit claim deed for a strip OF
| ground loot long by eft wide, running
from the west approach of foot bridge
to north line of Bridge Street. 1t is fur
ther agreed that the Town Council
agrees, that when the crossing from the
Webb corner is to be renewed that the
same shall come in line with the side
walk which Mr. Holck herewith agrees
to build along the above described pro
perty. Motion carried. NJ farther buis
ness being presented it was moved and
seconded to adjourn. Motion carried.
Approved Alma M. Heather
M. B. McKillip Clerl
Mavor
, 1911-07-27
Cedar Creek Item

Miss Ida Albee and sister visited at
the Want ranch last Wednesday.
Frank &. Griffin and Fred Peters
returned from Fl. Steele and have
been recuperating the last few days
al the Kennaday ranch.
Last Friday a few of the scholars
of the Cedar creek school gave a de-
lightful little entertainment, as fol-
lows:
Vocal solo, Loretta Want
Essay, Alice Kennaday
Recitation, Delays are Dangerous"
Maud Stewart
Recitation, "Sister's best Feller,"
Fred Kennaday.
Class song, Roses Fair and Dream
ing"
Miss Bertha M. Linden and Grace
l.. Bernhard visited the Cedar creek
school last Friday. Curtis Bray,
Miss Mary Want and W. T. Ryan
we're also visitors on that day.
Miss Lena Stewart and her brother
Frank are both employed at the Bert
Walker ranch on Brush creek.
Clyde Want has declared his in
tention to take a trip to Denver.
, 1911-07-27

Saratoga, Y

Saratoga, Wyoming, July. %. 1911.
Special meeting of the Town Council
was called to order by Mayor McKillip
and the following councilmen responded
to roll call, H E Pilon, j w Cluff, G f
Holck and w C Sammons.
Reading of minutes of last meeting was
dispensed with until the next regular
meeting.
An ordinance regulating the speed Of
automobiles.
Be it ordained, by the Town Council
of the Town of Saratoga.
Section /. That from and after this
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thrill of horror. was Howland's first
vision of returning consciousness. 1t
was dead In front of him. on a level
with his face-a ball of yellow fire
that seemed to burn into his very
soul. He tried to cry out, but no
sound fell from his lips. He strove
to move. to fight himself away. but
there was no power of movement in
his limbs. The eye grew larger. He
saw that II was so bright 1t cast a
halo. and the halo widened before
his owl staring eyes until the dense
gloom about II seemed to be melting
away. Then he knew. 1t was a Ian
tern in front of him. not more than
ten feet away. Consciousness flooded
him. and he made another effort to cry
out. to free his arms from an invisi-
Bile clutch that held him powerless.
At first he thought this was the clutch
of human hands. Then as the lantern
light revealed more clearly the things
fro ar ooNTINUEp.l