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TWO OF MACIIEXS FORMER SUI-OltniXATES IN CUSTODY

Thry Are Accused of Accepting 8OOO-

BrtbM From a Pouch Manufnc-

nrer The Government Pas SlSoofor PoaehM Could Havenoniht for Grant Juryiilrli M ehen for Accepting Drtbi-

WASIIINOTON June wasofcircle of Post Office Department scandalsAt 3 oclock this afternoon the FederalGrand Jury after ono of the shortest netnion n record Indicted former General

August W Machen oftree delivery service on nine separatcount charging him with having receivedbribes Amounting inall to 81888779 fromthe firm of Oroff BroH of this city manu-facturers of a patent fastener inuoe on street letter lx xes At 5 ocloothi afternoon Thomas W McGregorC KlUworth Upton two of Mr Mochenformer subordinates in the freedivision of the Post Office Departmentwere arrested on warrants charging themwith having received 8000 In bribes fromCharles K Smith a pouch manuUeturer of Baltimore arreststhose Implicated in Post Office scandalswill follow in a few days

The complaint sets forth that McGregoand Lfiton agreed with Smith to obtainhim orders for many thousands of leatherpouclie such as are used by rural lettercarrieni The price agreed upon was 0cpnts per pouch the actual value wasthan M rents Smith was to pay them

difference between 90 and 50 centspouch It is said at the Department thatthe total number of pouches which werejurcha d exceeded 20000 for which theGovernment paid 90 cents each or 1800In Smith received and retained of

own use 10000 The remainingS000 was paid to McGregor and Upton

The Government could have boughtpouches from the manufacturers for SOOC

McGregor was the clerk in charge ofdivision of rural free delivery suppliesand Upton was one of his assistants

McGregor was taken into custodyns he had finished his work and was aboutto leave the Department When DeputyMarshal Springman showed him theand placed him under arrest hofainted and It was some time before he waable to leave his chair He was taken ti-

the office of United States CommissionerTaylor and later releastj on 5000 bailhearing Upton was arrested in Baltimoreand brought to this city He had difficultin finding a bondsman and wilt probablybe held In custody until tomorrow

Smith the leather manufacturer oBaltimore who Is charged with havingbribed and Upton has not lenarrested and no warrant has been swornout against him In view of this and the

what course be withto him is thatthe office inspectors in possession

upon tinrrw wore made This Is strength

of tho moneyhe flovernment for tho Thn

positive statement is made at Depart-ment as In the Machen easeIs conclusive documentary evidence olguilt

has been in ssrvlcfsine fll Ho was appointed from Ne-

braska but is a District ol-

tolumhlfi Upton is from andhas ten Department since IROORoth of the men were personaland business Intimates ofwere Interested with him in many businessfrherrwH

An Inspection of tho contracts whirlas l their hands showed Mr

HrlMow that the Government hadabout double the regular

mail pouches used in rural treeand that tie two men iirreally had arbitrary power-

In awarding contracts

A furl her Investigation resulted In tho dls-covcry of evidence upon which thoarrests were imde

High Prst Office Department officials

ling developments will follow fewof men uiidur nur-

vpilUiicfl learned hut it IH knownthat Information which will be presentedto Grand Jury on MondayItle of Tile vs John

Doe is evidence upon which thatwill be asked to n former

official of the postal service who severedhis connection Department shortlyafter the ginning of tho present

The decision of tho Grand Jury to Indictformer Supt Mnclien alter n yrrsion last

c minutes hacked thi ra-

Mi oi frequently made Prstmnmerliteral Payne Fourth Assistant IVst

Bristow that the Gov-ernment wa In of conclusive

evidence which showedMnchens guilt beyond question Mnnhenloons like a nervous downwlien told of this indictment

The Indictment embraces ninecounts and covers about twentyfive type

riiif n pages ItIll to have ills decision and

nirx rintendent of deliveryto a purchase of the

influenced asked and obtainedio Oroff brothers a promise that they

would to him 4i cent sumwhich might be received them thereafterfrom States through thn PostOffice Department payment the fasteases might heprocured Machens advice

Machen i charged with receivedcent nature of a commission-

or a bribe on all sales The dates of the

by Machen are recorded as followslulr 2 1000 Machen procured the Issuance

f calllne for of 6000listeners half fasteners which7534 wns paid hy Government and of

which sum received 3moJuly 10 iftoo innoo fasten costing

h Government 6503 llacliens share

j iMJ rlono fasteners contlnz the7ino Machens share

Julr 1 1600 2050 and 1IOS2 halfi coftlnir the Government 13306Machens share

i i80i gx fasteners July 19 3000

Government lM3 Mschena share I7S30Jl 4 half fasteners

h Government 1352 Machen receiv-

Au s iftoi 5000 fasteners contlnc theQov rnment I 2SO Mftchen rncelvlnc I2SOO

ooo fasteners costIng theGovernment 2o Machen

n at 2W on July8MO fasteners at 3750 sail on July n

fanteners at 3125 Macbcn recelvint of the total 3 MO

the bringing In of the indictmentwas on a bench warrant

later released on ball a number ofof Washington qualifying ns

bondsmen In sum of o000-

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IONDON Juno The Daily Expressrelates what It describes as the first InstantIn England of hypnotic suggestiontho place of nn anassthotlo In a perlotsurgical operation A woman 38 yearswon suffering from a severely ulceratedlog and It was decided that her lifebe saved only by the amputation oflimb

She desired to bo hypnotized foroperation dreading the use of chloroformwhich It was believed would havedangerous In her cas DrClnplmm a suburb of London hypnotizedher experimentally on several successiveday the hypnotic trance lasting aboutan hour on each occasion-

All the toots applied proved satisfactoryand on Wednesday Dr Aldrichupon her in the presence of two other

and a nurse All the doctorssomewhat doubtful of success andprovided chloroform In case of emergency

The operation began at 450 oclock In

afternoon While It was In progresspatient chatted with the nurse and drankwine To an ordinary observer she wouldhave appeared to have been consciouswholo time

Nevertheless the operation wasmid she was unaware of what was

passingWhile operating Dr Aldrich said

mn cutting ofT your log below the kneeThe patient laughed and said All righthold my hand One of the surgeons toolhold of her hand and when the nerveswere severed the patient gripped the doctors hand hard

The operation was completed at 510The patient was awakened at 55

the said I have pins and needlesThere were no symptoms of shockpulse and temperature we normalspirits are high and she eats well

CONGER DEMANDS EXPLANATION

Objects to Russian Ambassador CatslnlStatement on Manclmrlan Case

tiptetat CaSte Dispatch to Tail SUN

PKKIN June 5 The mall and newspaperscontaining the explanation of tho demandsmade upon China as given by Count Casslnl

the Russian Ambassador at Washington

have reached hero and tho explanationcauses astonishment as it is held here thatCount Casslni was Ignorant concerning

nature of the demandsFurther astonishment is caused by

amazing impeachment of the veracityand judgment of Mr Conger tho Ameri-

can Minister here Mr Congers knowl-

edge of the demands Is based on both theRussian and Chinese torts which were inIlls possession and which have alreadyboon sent to Washington

Count explanation Is accoptcc

hero as unnecessary evidence of Russianduplicity though nobody concedes that thefull enlightenment of Cassinl on thereal deeds of in Chinaby St Petersburg is possible CountCa slnl is not regarded here as being quail

to Judge Chinese affairs at presentConger has telegraphed demanding-

that Count Cnssinl explain

PETITION FOR fIVI TREATY

IlesUlentt of the iMimms Lear Ruin If II-

Is llrjertcdfi-

prelQl Cable Despatch to Tall StX-

COLOV Juno petition is being circu-

lated on the Isthmus Congress-

to the Panama treaty as its re-

jection would cause complete ruin

MISHAP TO TIIK CEDHIC-

Mhltr Star llner Olillcnl to Stop SoonAfter Her Start for New York

Spfrfu Cable netpalrli la Tea SISLIVERPOOL June 5 Tho While Star Line

steamer Cedrio which hence forNew York at 5 afternoonsuddenly flopped New Brighton

Tin cause of her stepping I not kinwnSeveral artificers embarked on a tug at midnight ngd wero taken to the Ccdric It Is

supposed that a mishap has occurred toher engins

AMERICAN WANTS IONA ISLAND

NfKollntlorn nn Ilrhalf of theMonks Abandoned

fptctal Caltlr Despatch In SOS

LONDON June 5The negotiations onbehalf of the Carthusian monks who wereexpelled from Franco for the purchase ofloriA Island from the Duke of Argyll havebeen abandoned The latest rumor Is thatan American millionaire Is bidding for thoisland

MRS YOlXGS ACQUITTED

Swoons In llrr rather ArmCourt Room RInGs With Cheers

RocHKSTEn June Lulu MillerYoung was acquitted of the charge ofmurdering Florence MacFarlane her hints

hands paramour by a jury tonightThere was the wildest kind of a

when the verdict was receivedSpectators Jumped up from their chairsand the room rang with cheers andwith whistles Some of the court

joined in the applause and it wasfully minutes before order was

Mm Youngs almost swooned In herothers arms when the aged foreman of

jury of farmers announced the verdictShe gave a little hysterical scream and fellforward Her father caught her In hisarms and saved her from to the

Before tho applausehad partly regained her composureshook hands with the jurymen and

thanked them personallyTho trial was the shortest capital case

held in Monroe county It openedMonday last The murder tho was

but Insanity was pet BN a dePhysicians sworn that Mrs Youngs

was attacks and fromactions on this day they adjudged her

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WASHIXGTOXIAXS TURV OUT IFORCE TO GREET HIM

huh School Cadets Gtcort Him FromStation to the Treasury Bulletins H-

Hai Been Absent OO Days TravHIe-140OO Miles and Made 2O3 Speechei

WASHINGTON June 8 President ROOMvelt came back to Washington at 7 ocloclthis evening and found that for one ofvery few times in its history the citydisposed to forget that it was so familiar withPresidents that it could let their comingsgoings pass In silence SpanishAmericaWar veterans were lined up at the Pennsylvania station and High School cadetsescorted the Presidents carriage from thestation to the Treasury building Aof public officials met tim President at thestation Among those were PostmasterGeneral Payne SecretaryHitchcock Secretary Cortelyou Assist-ant Secretary of State Loomis and the Commlssloners of tho District of ColumbiaWashingtonIans turned out in forcefrom the station to the House thesidewalks were lined

The President stood up In his carriage-hat In hand behind Capt W S Cowlcs o

the navy his brotherinlaw nearly nlthe way from the station until the WhiteHouse was reached At Fifteenth streetthe cadets forming tho escort drewopposite the Treasury building and

while the Presidents carriageand those containing the members of thoCabinet and others In the party passed by

When tho White House was reached theMarine Band stationed in the rear playedthe StarSpangled Banner and the President stood up in his carriage and madehappy little speech He expressed hisgratification at finding himself In Washing-

ton once more and his pleasure at the demonstration which had been accorded himby the citizens of the national capital

continued In this strain for a few mo-

ments and then broke off suddenly alightedfrom his carriage with a jump tothe assembled

And now I hope you will pardon me if Irun away for am very tosee and I know aro ananxiously waiting for me Inside at thisvery

The President spent the evening withhis family Secretary who was theonly went to White House at9 o but remained only a few minutesHe the only member of tm CabinetIn town who not met the Presidentat tho train-

A special Cabinet meeting has hen calledfor tomorrow morning at 10 oclock whenthe Post Office scandals and other matterswill he discussed

Tho President has been away sixtysixdays He has travelled more

although tIm original schedule

which have been reported by theofficial stenographers and three or fourwhich He has been im-

portuned to make about three times asmany more speeches It will take a weekfor force to track ofthe gifts which hae been put aboard his

The last of the trip was atAltoona mof thanks to the several hundred peoplewho had come down to thefought their through the gates to

PresidentSenator Bveridgn came through with

the President from In SenatorFairbanks at Danville Ill and wentthrough to Harrisburg where he loft

to Princeton to sons graduationKnox

dent in Pittsburg titleList night tIne rretarv Wil-

son Secretarylxvb Siirgeonfieneral RixeyAssistant Secretary Barnes and the twoIndiana were the of theSeth Bullock horse Thieves Association intho car The President wasbrought from hue oar through the train bya reception committee a Pullmanthe aisles of which were roped oft andguarded two grinning porters ono ofwhom presented a gun other ubroom of the car werewith congratulatory mottoes and with

onlynmrknbln thou those he lies seen on his

The horso thieves noted as populace-and cheered and andcameras as he

Thorn was n special menu Includingsuch items as tracks on toast

ronst bucking bronco served in prairiedog holes puree of Yosemitehaunch of cinnabar mountain

lion AcNo speeches were made hut various

references to happy and unhappy occur-rences of the were on

of entitled Instructions toDistinguished Ouests

AT ROOSEVELT ItlXXER

Senator Ankonyn Sort llenents Tntliern-Jllltltt In Illmtrlf Bride

WALLA WALLA Wash June 5 Ncsrnlth-Ankenyeldest son of United States SenatorAnkeny resigned the management ofa 20000acre In Adams countyand has gone to Spokane to get a job firingon ft railroad engine He was highly In-

dignant because ho and his bride of a fewmonths formerly a schoolteacher of thiscity were not Invited to the dinner givento President Roosevelt at his fathershouse last week His brothers John andRobert were At the dinner which makesNesmlth especially angry

Nesmith is very independent In 1RH3 he lefttho management of a flour mill at Dayton

by his father and enlisted CompanyF Washington Volunteers nnd went to thePhilippines When tho regiment returnedho came homo from San Francisco bytrain roOming to ride on tho steamer Queenchartered by his father Eight years agoho was sent to a military school in Virginiabut became tired of school life nod workedhis way homo on railroads by the SouthernPacific to tho coast He is a very cornpotent fireman

WRR MARKET FOR RACE RETS

Man Arrested and the Police SayOther Brokers Run Hooks

Reginald Powers who says ho Is a curbbroker living at in Twentyeighth streetienconhuret was held In 1500 hail in theTombs police court yesterday on a charge

accepting bets on the races He wasarrested In front of 25 Broad street by De

Conway and Rammer of the Oldafter he had accepted two bets

they had sent him on horses running atjravesond

The detectives were standing nearPowers took tho money that

they saw him record in a small

The arrest was the result of a number ofcomplaints soot to the Old station

brokers who are runningan a side issue

Coroalne kills dandruff IUvn IrrttIon promotes a healthy growth of the Hair I

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Summons Prof Myers to IllsPreserve With lilt lUlnMiklni Apparatus

UTICA June 5Prof Carl MyersFrankfort a message fromBurns Dr W WebbNehasane Park today himreport at the earliest possible

the preserve with his rainmakingand endeavor to produce a

of ram which alone can stop thefires In that vicinity Prof wprobably go to Nehasane tomorrowSunday and attempt to make goodguarantee of producing a rainfall by

off quantities of explosives atheights from balloons

The citizens of mon have also becomeImpressed with the feasibility of ProMyerss rainmaking Idea and at a

this afternoon subscribed 400 to pnyule explosives for tho professors exper-mentH The attempt to a

will be made on the Ilion baseballgrounds on Tuesday unless the

the Mohawk Valley is soon relieved

Prof Myers has received scores ofduring the day from many corn

munities hi the East to produce rainhis time promises to be fully taken up In

region If his work at Nehasano andproves the genuineness of his claim

D riRROYS HOUSE ARLAZWife or the Politician Saves Her Hniband

and Her JewelsMrs Purroy the wife of Henry D Pu

roy the politician had an excitingperience last night In a fire in thehome jit 2597 Webster avenue The

was by an electric light wire gettinga trolley wire

Tim fire started over the door betweenthe library and dining room Mrs Purrojwho was reading In her room on thefloor ran downstairs and grabbed a num-

ber of Mr Purroys private papers whichwere on a table and in a safe in theThen she called to the servants todown her trunk which contained her Jewelry

The servants Instead of botheringthe trunk ran past her into the streetPurroy then went up and got the trunkherself and threw It down the stairsthis time the halls were filled with smoke

Mrs Purroy put a dress over her headand jumped througha window to thoof an extension She yelled to a manwas passing on a bicycle to send for tinfiremen but just then the engines came

upThen Mrs Purroy climbed back throughthe broken window again thinking thatsome of the servants might be upstairsShe was overcome by smoke and was

out by Fireman fluffy of Engine 41

Purroy was standing in FordhamSquare two from his homewhen of car blew out

frwmlnutm the engines pawedhe learned that his hoUse was iflr

The fire destroyed the library and dIningand some of the rooms on the tippet

Mrs Purroy said that a numberof oil paintings had been ruined by fire andwater Luckily she said an oil paintingwhich she recently bought in Seville had not

touched The damage to the furnitureand paintings she estimated at 11000 and-o the build ng at 2 00

ROOT FOR OOVERXORf

Secretary or War Talked or for the StatesHead Plait to See the President

Senator Platt it was said lost nigh-ts to go to Washington early next week

have a talk with President Reeseelt Now that the President line returnedo Washington many things concerning

in the State of New Yorkto be discussed Incidentally so Itsaid the presidency of the New York

Ifpublican County Committee will comeup for discussion

U has printed in Toy SUN thatImportant Republicans in the State believed

the Hon Hamilton Fish Jr AssistantYeaMirer of tine United States might benominated for Governor In 1904 A numberof other Republicans seemed to think

that the nomination might go tolion Elihu Root whom Mr McKinley

selected to IKJ Secretary of War to succeedcn Alger and whom Mr Roosevelt re

tainted In that importantThere have time to

within the last few months SeeRoot was to retire as the

War Department hut these reportswere premature and nowon the top shelf ore talking

Root as the finest candidate to belated for Governor by the Republicans

the Empire State next year

PENN TlXXEL PLAXS WAIT

Wont Auk for BIds Till the Labor MarketSteadIer

Contractors who have been waiting forspecifications of tho Pennsylvania

tunnel job have been told that one of thereasons why have not given

Is the unsettled state of the labormarket

A great mass of detail is Involved In

preparation of the papers on whichwill be invited to make

their proposals nnd while theproceeded rapidly theyhurried at all as the management

the Pennsylvania realizes It Is saidthat bidders will be dubious about entering

contracts of such unless theylavoRomo definite knowledge of the labor

market for tho three years that will beequlred to complete the work The

will allow several months for thebidders to study tho specifications andprepare their tenders-

It is understood that the contract forriving the under the North River

b lot piece and for drivingEast River In another The

tunnel Island will bedivided many pieces as possibleTunnels must bo built on the Jersey side

up to the level on the flats and on theIsland side half a mile Inward

Preltlrtt Trail In the WestRocky Mountain UnIted leaving Chicago 645-il Omaha Colorado Springs and Denver

the prettleil train tn one ntchl-i the way t electricity Tickets and

InformatIon nt Rock omens 401 BroadwaySMb St and 5 h Av Ait

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A PERMANENT LABOR COURT

DVILDIXO BOSSES PROPOSEPLAX OF ARBITRATIOX

In Each Trade a GeneralCourt of Appeal Employe

and Men Equally Bepreientrd Wm-

iIng Delegates Barred From the

After many conferences the boardgovernors of the Building Tradesplayers Association made public yesterday

plan for with unions andstable conditions In theIt provides an elaborate scheme

for arbitration of labor disputes and whllIt recognizes the unions It stipulates thatwalking delegate or business agentnot be recognized In any arbitration prooeedlngs

The board of governors of whichM Eldlitz U president consists of threemembers of the executive committeeeach organization of employers andassociation

Copies of the plan have sent tosecretaries of sixtytrades have asked to submitthe their respective unionscommunicate the result to William K

Hertlg secretary of the of governorsThe scheme provides arbitratIon

board in each trade by which all difficultiesIn that trade may be adjusted andfor a general arbitration board The general arbitration board Is to be formedfollows

Each association represented In the BuildInsr Trades Employers Association of theof New York shall elect two arbitrators whoshall serve for not less than six months

Each union the employers of which anrepresented In the Building Km-

ployers Association shall arbltratora who shall serve for not less thanmonths and who shall be In the employmentof a member of the Building Trades EmployersAssociation at the time of their election

The arbitrators from the unions shallbe business agents or of any cen-

tral board ofFrom this body of general arbitrators not

than four two from the employersassociation and two from the employeesunions shall constitute a court of appealsThey shall meet within fortyeight hourswhen notified so to do by the general secre-tary

The arbitrators from the unions are guaranteed reemployment by their firm or cor-

poration when tbe special case on which theyhave served has been disposed or

Strikes are not to be ordered againstmember of the Employers Association andno lockout Is to be declared before thematter in dispute Is brought to thegeneral arbitration board for settlementWhere trades have regular trade arbitra-tion boards these are to bo usedas a means of the generalarbitration board as a court of final resortbefore a strike or lockout may be ordered

Before arbitration proceedings are startedcomplaints will bo made to the generalsecretary of the arbitration board Anyunion or any member of an employers

may select from all thegeneral arbitrators this persons preferred-as judges but no general arbitrator canAct In a dispute occurring In the trade herepresents

Stenographic reports of the proceedings-are to be taken and after a few trials prec-edents will be established and may bequoted as In courts of law

of the Building Trades Em-

ployers Association who wero seen lastevening were particularly sore against thewalking delegate They regard him asthe main obstacle to industrial Theysaid that while somewore probably honest there were otherswhose salaries were merely a side Issue andwhose incomes were derived from methodsakin to those of crooked politicians Theywould not go on record as mentioningnames

A prominent employer said thatwere on a wellknown

walking delegate with a view to bringinghim before the

He also statement that a bigfirm of employers was being InvestigatedVcause of Its alleged crooked methods

The of Building Trades met foronly minutes yesterday Sam

of the Housesmiths and Bridgemens Union who swung the meetingaround on Wednesday against a

was not there Presidentonly routine matters were dls

cussedIt was learned that the Building Material

Drivers Union which with the BuildingMaterial Handlers Union has until Mondayo leave the board voluntarily has decided-

to stick Donovan was asked if the boardwould expel the union

How do I know he replied The twounions have been asked to leave the boardAnd are given until Monday to do so What

do o Monday I cannot saytalk yesterday of a split in the

owing to the forming of the Parksand Donovan factions

The Housesmlths Brldgemen andUnion held a massat Maennerchor

Iftyelxth street near ThirdWalking Delegate Samto the official report of

indorsed made a statementlater In which he

I am a man who Is instructed to pull onstrike every job in city If I want to

I dont want to Interfere with tho settlemont of the building tieup

You can safely say that the ironworkerswont arbitration plan of

Trades Employers AssociationParks said that the design of the em

foyers was to do away with the walkingdelegates He was not responsible heaid for th action of the Board of BuildingTrades on Wednesday as he had not even

voteA member of the board of governors of

Building Trades Associationwas asked lastwould be accepted as arbitrator if

a plain of the union He repliedn the said that If the unions

wanted to continue paying walkingwas their own affair

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sloppIer at Newark Lad Kuiabetn returningcava at or gun At i-

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Are Atoms Flying Off and Will Allflack Into a Formless Mitt T-

Sptctol Cable Diipattli lo THI SCK-

BBBUN June 5 Prof Crookes the well

scientist In the course of

before the InternationalChemical Congress drew from recent diecoveries the deduction that It 1s conceivably

Justifiable to doubt the permanent stablUtof matter He said

The ohemcal atom may be actualsuffering a catabolic transformationat so slow a that supposing a mllllo

off second It wouldfor Its weight to diminish by

milligramme This fatal quality of atomicdissociation appears to be universaloperates whenever we brush a pieceglass with silk

It the sunshine and raindropsIn and flame It prevailsthe waterfall and the sea and although the whole rango expert

once la all too short to afford t parallaby which the date of the extinction ofcan be calculated protyle themist may again supreme

the hour haveone revolution

PLENTY OF WEn DOXT WORRY

This Town Wouldnt Run Dry ir It Dlrinruin All Summer

TIters Is no danger of a water faminethis city despite of the scare reportswhich were printed yesterday InCroton and Byram watersheds there i

enough water stored to supply the citymonths oven If there should not be a singleshower all summer Despite the longcontinued drought the levels In the reser-

voirs are not appreciably lower than theywere at this time last year

Commissioner Monroe of the Water SupplyDepartment said yoeterdaythat the supplystorage reservoirs in the Croton and ByramBheds amounted to 46000000000 gallonsSince May 1 this reserve has been drawnupon for only 000000000 gallons Thecity is now using 280000000 gallons dallyOf this amount the Croton River is sup-

plying 100000000 gallons and the drainthe reserve la consequently 180000000 galIons a day

PKXSIOX FOR A CONFEDERATE

lie hanged Ills View During theFIght for It

LAPORTE Ind June S Judge Paul JColby was advised today of the grantingto him of a pension after waging a fightfor nearly thirtyseven years ilLs caseis said to be without precedent Ho en-

listed in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the civil war and won rapid pro-

motion He changed his views in 1M3

and laid aside the gray to wear theserving with equal distinction in theArmy

The Government refused to recognizehim as a pensioner because of his first en-

listment with the army of the South butby the Department will now give

handsome pension and arrearswhich aggregates a small fortune

SHOT EACH OTHER TO DEATH

The Way Enemies Become DownIn Texas

NEW ORLEANS LA June 5 A shootingaffray at Eagle Pass Tex resulted in thedeath of City Marshal W R Kinard andW L McDow a citizen of Eagle Lake

Kinard was In Main street whenMcDow armed with a rifle McDowfirst striking Kinard in the side

He continued to advance and Kinardwho had fallen rose pulled his plstal andboth men went to shooting Seven shotswere fired McDow said to the

We have killed each other wo aronow friends

Both died before they could behome Pierce Hammon of Ltssie wasIn the leg and groin by a stray bullet

GOVERNOR AIDS MOUNT KISCO

State Secret Service Mm to Help Runflown Firebugs There

WniTK PLAiNS N Y June 5 Col FredFeign of Mount Klsoo who appealed toOov Odell to have the State detectives-aid the villagers In running down the fire-

bugs who have burned fifteen housesand harris and poisoned a dogsthat buildings they desired toie from the Governor

The Governor says that State SecretService men will bo sent to Mount Klsooand he has also ordered Sheriff Miller togive the Mount Kisco citizens aU thesheriffs they want for their

A CHURCH MERRYGOnoUXDMoneyMaking te Churches In

INDIANAPOLIS Ind June S The Baptistand the United Brethren churches ofWashington Davless county In an effort

raise money have Invested In a merryThe churches will sell tickets

church will get onethird of thethe remaining third going to the

The Rev Mr Miles of the Baptist Churchand the Rev Mr Robson of the UnitedBrethren Church are taking an active

In the sale of tickets

Danced lOfl Time at Her WeddingMiss Mary a Polish girl who

married of 97 Van Hornstreet Jersey City on Thursday afternoonlanced with 101 guests her weddingreception in Blatts Hall Pine and Maplestreets during tho afternoon and evening

In addition to this she danced five timeswith her husband

Gould Sends MOOO to FloodSufferers

KANSAS dry Mo June 6 Among thesubscriptions to the flood relief fund todaywas one from George Gould for ttOOO to I

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Both Rolled over anti Over In fleetbut NeIther Ilnrt Man Not Known

NRWPOBT R I June 5 Mr GeorgeB Do Forest of New York who ooouptoiTrain Villa at Newport had an excitingexperience this afternoon In an automobile-and had It not been for a worklngmanwhose name could not be ascertainedshe would undoubtedly have wrlotulyInjured

Mrs De Forest was one of the first ofthe woman cottagers to take up automoblllng and eho Is considered one of themost expert drivers in the colony Theaccident this evening was due to noof hers but to a faulty brakeForest left her villa soon after 4 oclockand started for the shopping district taking a roundabout way

She had no sooner turned into Bull streetwhich is one of the steepest hills In thecity than she saw that the brake on thomachine was working badly She hut offthe power and tried to apply the brakebut It would not work The momentum-of the machine was Increasing and UriDe Forest saw that something must boand done quickly

Several workmen were walking along thesidewalk and De Forest one ofthem and asked him If notjump Into the vehicle and try to puton the brake He dropped his lunch boxand with some difficulty caught up with themachine which was then going at a goodclip and was about a third of the distancedown the hill

After gaining tine seat beside Mmthe man tried to apply the brake

hut he was not able to budge It Then heand Mrs De Forest put their united efforton the brake lever but it would not move

It was evident that something must bdone To jump out meant the probable

of a leg or armDe Forests suggestion the two

locked arms stood on the step of themachine and let themselves fall Into thestreet The automobile Is a low one andthe fall was not enough tothem to roll ever a few times They gotup none the worse except that Mrs DeForest had bruised an arm in the tailand both covered with dust

Mrs De Forest expressed her apprecia-tion for the timely assistance given by theworkman who refused to give his namebrushed off his clothes picked uplunch box and went on his way

H was about holt way down the hill wherethe two rolled out of the machine whichcontinued on at a rattling rate Whennear the bottom it swerved shot up on thesidewalk and ran into a fence

Mrs DeForest called a cab and continuedshopping trip

NINE HURT AT EAGfjg ROCK

Cur Starts at the Top Without the Motor-

man and OverturnORANGE N J June S Nine persons

were hurt here tonight by the overturn-ing of a trolley car that ran wild downEagle Rock on Its way to Orange Ono of

them William Curtis the conductor is no

badly hurt that ho may dieAccording to people who were in the oar

It was standing on the track at the top ofEagle Rock waiting for passengers Themotorman was not in the car about11 oclock when the car was scheduled-to leave for Orange a passenger who got

Is said to have struck the brake handleby accident and thus to have loosenedthe brakes

The car went on nod before the brakescould be set again was tearing down theilll at a frightful pace It turned onecurve all right but gathered such speedthat when tho second was reached thewheels loft the rails and the

It landed on KM top and was badlysmashed Two ambulances were summooned from the Orange Memorial Hospital

nine persons were thereare wild to have been onlylengers

Of the injured who were taken to thehospital four were so slightly hurt thatthey were able to go home after having

treatedThe Injured are William Curtis the con

doctor Mr Cryan of Lincoln Park NewarkMrs Cavanngh of Llewellyn Park Gusloss F P Jones of Jersey City Gus

of Bloomfield Fred Bagley ofJohn Flynn and C T Van Cart

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record by jumping Into the East RiverNinetyfirst street and saving ten

earold Robert Shannon of 1811 Secondavenue early last evening

The water off the wall is fortydeep and its treachery it

name of the death trap Thethat forty children have been

there In tho last three yearsThe Shannon boy was climbing Into the

rear of an ice wagon when thecame down suddenly and he

water A half dozen of hisraised a cry for help

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with his two small sons He ran towall and without stopping even to

his hat plunged In

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as ODonnell canto to tine surface afterdive ODonnell saw in a flash what

happened and made another divemissed Then he dlvedagaln

Shannon has a crop of bright red hair andsaved hli life for when ODonnellthe third time he saw the hair and

itThen he brought the boy to the surface

Shannon was unconscious The twoInto a rowboat and landed

Young Shannon was rolled over a barrelt the boat club for half an hour and

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