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* relative, d e c i ^ l tribute $200 a m J J * Mr. P a r i n g Tife s niece and ir»*i T ma.rrl»a«» ' n e s t e d t h * he * J

raining a m e n a c e * ! »aa oartn« f o r ^ H

I B . O R C U T T

president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock _

Company:

ffEW iTDBK HER ALB, TUESDAY, JAlfTTART 81, mi. •••« i |

T 5 5 K K S S ^ f i J * LIFE TO FREE IBIG SIGN FALLS Was Well Known to the New York

Stage Several Years Ago-Ill Only Few Days.

Mis*

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i n « 1 0 , 0 0 0 Bail%

Welsh , e ^ | h « W««| * station, waa j ^ 1

* e Court of Q«B«it| •all ye s t en lay o« %

>t«r. B*ll » „ j ^ argwl wi th ahoow—,

• t «c No. m ^ J ! November t l i j _

his revolver whiU *» foreigner.

Adele Rafter, well kn>wn tt> the

„ ^ _ X e w York s tage eeveral years ago a s an

j^lTto B. Orcutt, president of thei*0****** and opera singer, died yesterday News Shipbui'ding and Dry Dock1 morning of appendicitis at the. Hahne

B a l t l n ^ e a n * Ohio ^ H o 8 p i u a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

parents were at her bedside when she died, and later the body was

Pttnpany, died yestarday a t the Johns ' - ^ Hospital. Baltimore, where he

»lor ah operation. H i s death w a s

ted. he having been reported a s j t a * e n by them t o Dunkirk. X. y . , where

«,i in the day. He had been Miss Rafter had made her home of recent 3 CHM-A*

.inr some time and was recently In fork hospital.

Orcutt was born In Elizabeth, N. J., m a comparatively young man had

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CALVIN D O&CUTT

Miss Rafter enjoyed an enviable reputation a s a singer. In the cummer of u m she w a s engaged to play the principal boy's role In Klaw & Erlanger-s production of the Drury Lane spectacle "Blue Beard, Jr.," which had its initial performance at the New Amsterdam Theatre,

cur is SWEPT m I

TH j George W. Steffens, for Twenty

Years Expert at Tiffany's, Is Found Dead at Home.

MlSJ ADELD RATTEZ*

She appeared in other roles later, among ^ ^ S ^ D o u " ' 1 " * 1 " * p a r t to « * <*"*

ue

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Suits

NOTED DIPLOMAT OF ROBERT ADRIAN, FRANCE IS BEAD POLITICIAN, IS DEAD

nother Person Is' Injured Fatally In Philadelphia Accident Which

Imperils Many.

Unable to wi ths tand the mental s tra in; that fo l lowed bus iness reverses George W. Steffens, until two months ago president of the Board of Educat ion in AVee-hawken . X. J., ki l led himself yes terday by inhal ing I l luminating g a s at his home, No. 211 High wood avenue, W e e -hawken. For more than twenty years Mr. Steffens had heen employed at Tif-

[SPECIAL DESPATCH I O THB HERAJ.D.]

^HILADELFHU, Pa., Monday.—A twelve >t wood and metal sign on the edge of

le roof of the four story building occu-?d by the Rexford Jewelry Company, at ). 936 Market street, dropped to the pave-snt to-day, killed four persons, two men,

Edge of Canadian Storm Extends Over Central Atlantic Coast

and Plays Havoc Here.

Herald's Weather Forecast . In Xew York and neighboring region*

to-day fair weather and fa l l ing temperature wi l l prevail , w i t h brink to tremU wester ly win da.

DE PEYSTEfl ESTATE 1 TO AID PUBLIC

••—:

New York Historical Society Chief Beneficiary Under Will of Last

Member of Famous Family.

By the will of Miss Catherine Augusta De Peyster, the last of the De Peystera, a family famous since Colonial days, the New York Historical Society will get the bulk of the estate, including many articles of furniture and bric-a-brac of his-

woman and a girl, and Injured twelve fany's as an expert jeweller, but left his j others, one of them fatally. Until the . i n f f o v e r t h e G u l f o f t h e St. Lawrence and residence, No* 112 East Thlrtv^feth position there several weeks ago £ , „ m a VJ*™Y to Newfoundland last night, that its H e r nearest' relativ

Soon after he left hts posit ion Mr.: . . . . . Steffens jgerxt into but complained r hts

Such a gale and storm went racing torical value across eastern Canada yesterday, sweep-, MiM D e P e y 8 t f t r ^ ^ ^ % ^ ^

street es are great-grand-

^ u s ^ . T " h i ™ i « : | * « ' t a » in the crowded s , dew« . k d,d ^ j ^ J ^ - ^ ^ J T j * ^ ^ „ „ , « „ . T h e o n l y ^ m . recently to several of; realize their danger. It was then too late' Philadelphia and sang like earsplHting o f t h e family remembered in the will ar«

its friends that the venture had not • ter t h o s e a i r e e c t i y m front of the building isirens down the Atlantic coa&t as far as Theodorus Bailey. Jr and F l o r e n ^ roved very successful . In order to g i v e i , M o o \ the-Virginia line R ^ v m T * * « * • • a "« rtorence .11 of his at tent ion to his business h e to esc&^ ^ n v A n The barometer had dropped below twen- ! S ! _ ! " „ I * W r e , l c e ' W h o a r e t o r e c e l T « all

had res igned his office a s president of the Board of Education, which he had held for t w o years.

H i s body w a s found by his wi fe w h e n she returned home from a vis i t about s ix o'clock las t evening . De tec t ing a strong odor of gas. she entered the bathroom. Mr. Steffens w a s seated on a chair w i t h a g a s tube attached to an open je t in his mouth.

MOBS Lcodore Gerville-Reache, Officer in Navy- and Legation

of Honor.

a position of wealth and promi-through his own efforts. H e w a s a

In the shipbuilding world, and | itlon to the concerns mentioned he

N e w s wea received here yesterday of the death on Sunday, in Paris, of Mons. Leodore Gerrille-Reache, s ix ty years old. one time officer in the French navy, Gov-

iernor of French colonies, diplomat and officer of the Legion of Honor.

After a life of marked activity, Mons.

Gained a Wide Reputation as President of the "Rump" Senate

in New Jersey.

AGED MAN CUTS HIS THROAT.

j lived with his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth jDlehl. at Union Hill, N. J., yesterday cut :his throat and wrists with a razor. Relatives said he had been despondent over lltnes 8.

T H E DEAD El l i s , John A., forty years old. Hahn, Henry, thirty years old. Seabold, Mlaa Ruth, fifteen years old. Vlnlng, Mrs, E m m a A„ fifty years old. Of the injured, Stanley Stagg, of No. 80OS

North Marshall street, received a com

d r o p p e d n e i o w l » < : u - c-ffrc .-<* •-=• ty-nine Inches in th« storm centre as it Thorn-!"verware. passed over coastwise Canada last night, ^ S ™ * K ernan. Miss De Peyster** Jand grea: damage to shipping and prob- h o Z i n receive $5,000 and all her "ably loss of life is feared in reports which T h 7 Pi'r« ^T Se* a n d 8 t a b l e eo-u5Pm*nt-will come when the wreck in 4ts wake is rSSxZS?mSKSFtl of Rldgefield Conn-counted E 7 I o». A . ! f'^° a n d t h « Reformed Protest-

In N I W York the g a l S C e p t the streets * J o h ^ W e e S K 2 . . « • faster tnan ever White Wing , did and sell the r e a l ' n r w ^ - U t ° r 'J*>??&*&

found fracture of the spinal column and is m a d « *«* c l « a n e r t h a ° * * » h » v * b « * n proceeds, together with the resfdueTf t h . not expected to live. | „TT, e . ' *. , ». ^ personal property, to the New York His-

The first person to see the sign as it Walking was tiresome labor in exposed t o r l c a l g o c l ^ testatrix expressed a fell was a three-year-old boy. who was ?****** °< b r o a f s t r ^ t s

1a ^ d W " w

f ? * n s b w l s h t h a t t h e H ^ o r i c a l Soctety s e f l p a r t Walking with his mother, with his eyes S ^ ^ f i r n S S S t o H ^ S * ^ - * f I T°°^ f ° r t h e d l s p l a ^ ot • u c ^ a r S s S J V l turned skyward. An exclamation from thai8*1 ,*?6 8 ,0 ' Mornlngslde Heights. household furniture, silver plate and brlc-

Adam Miller, s ixty-six years old. w h o ' * l l d caused the mother to look upward. I T h « L ^ T S n T t t v h f ^ I f ^ / h t i » ! a " b f a ° . a s a r e oi tat««* b>' rea*<>° °* She uttered a scream as her eyes caught S I S l a S JWH « J ^ - J It ^ \nTA, tDti<lulty a n d association. Some of this l i gh t of the descending sign, tightened her • t a t J ° n a 7 ' „ w i t h *?***&** n o c o M e r h a s b ^ n in the possession of the De Pey-hold upon the baby she was carrying, and wS. a t h e , r , t«-day and less cold to-morrow. 8 t er family for more than two centuries. With her free hand dragged the little b o y | . , T h e h l * h w i n d f a r e e x P e c ted to decrease The bequest is to be in memory of Miss a few steps backward. . i S J M H S w * 1. " 2 2 T I } n I T D e p ^ s t e r ' s parents. William Ax tell De

When the black mass struck the side-1™"1J * ° ^ K I e B , T a y f o l l ° w them into this Peyster and Mary Beekm^n De Peyster. alk the woman and child were close t o , l i c * n " y ' a c c o r d l n K * the weather fore- All family portraits, Miss De Peyster d

G E R M A N F U G I T I V E E N D S L I F E .

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Wall | b e edge of the danger zone, and they were carter. _ di-

rected, shall never be copied in any form

tSMSCIAX PBSPATCH « J THB HEKAkD.]

Mr. Robert 4drain, one time Senator and N B W OBLICAJW, 1L*., Monday.-Phll ip son of Mr. Garnett Bowditch Adrain, died 5"elbnsoh, who was arrested here by the in v « w •*- :':- • •' • - %T • .. federal authorities at the request of the L f h T ® r U n 8 W l c l c ' N" J ' y«»terday, ot government of Germany and was being i s n g n t s disease after an Illness of several held awaiting a warrant of extradition months. k from the State Department, coaimlttea

H e wan born in 1853 and haf practiced 8 u i c l d « to the parish prison this morning law for thlrtv-flvo ven.™ R . X » . » n»* b y taking carbolic acid*

a He ̂ fas a Rut- , F e i b u s c n w a g charged with having com-aBlHated with various other com- -,... -----^ He had served as President of G « ^ " » ^ » » c h e retired from active par-|8Ws College alumnus and gained a wide mitted a number of forgeries at Llnden-

jtlcipatton In political affaij-s eight year? reputation as president of the famou jbruck, Germany. He was traced to N IffiMbeth Y. M. C. A. for m a n y years | a S 0 t because of IH-health, resulting from >sided that institution financially. He ran elder in the Second Presbyterian

and superintendent of its Sunday He was also one of the Board of

nrs of the Elizabeth General Hos-and donated a gold medai yearly t o |

a long residence in the tropics, where ha had held important positions in French

e\v 'Rump"' Senate. tYork and from there to St. Louis and

H e w i s sinrtM « . • . « „ . » « . »« u i M 1 IVlcksburg. Miss., and later to New Or-« e was elected Stats Senator of Middle- l 6 a n 8 > w h e r a he was arrested. Feibusch

colonies. Since that time he had enjoyed sex county in 1S88, and re-elected in 1S9L has a brother named H. Feibusch living at the best of heattfci * n d the news of b l s j i n January, 18S0, he was appointed by Gov- No. 1,901 South Sarah street. St. Louis.

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-ilk.

prior to the erection of the present tation P » « d with his wife and daughter

at No. 1.019 Eas t Jersey- street, kbeth. In addition to these another

ler, Mrs. Washburn, whose husband lemlier of the Washburn Flour Mlll-

i Company, su iv lves Ataa. » i—

>EST RAILROAD MAN IN WORLD DIES

s

j LEAPS TO DEATH FROM BOAT.

death from pneumonia was a great shock , . . , . . , . „ , . , , , t o his many friends in America. H i s [ * r n ° r A b b o t t «>« the latter's personal staff,

_ daughter, Mme. Jeanne Gerv i l l e -Reachej w u l 1 «»• r*»a of colonel. He served as ^ " Z I T i l ' f c - * 1^,,-V HLmmm l Rambaud, who, for several years, sang'Prosecutor of Middlesex county.

Borse making the best record. Some c o m f a U o ^le9 a t t n e Manhattan Opera w ^ t h e L _ ! S , a t u r e came to onraniae ** « a M # M t t f l w l m a n ****** o f f t n e

•go he contributed a home for the House, and her husband, Dr. E. G. R a m - ! l n x m t h g » i Z ^ L ™ - S ? « ! a ferryboat Somerset In midstream yester-baud of tbe Paateur I ^ t u t e had Just , t ^ j J ^ « o ^ | « d a n ^ ^ d R y ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ J ^ j arr ived in N e w ^ o r k j - t e r d a y ^ f r o m ^ t h e ^ g e n j l t e C h a m b e r , n d e l e e t e d M r . from t h e f o o t o f c ^ ^ m e .treer. Man

boat and the drown-

jmembership. Senator Daly presented a Ing man, wlio attempted to reach them,

knocked down. At nrst it was supposed1, J H t L j ^ S 5 S d ™ «fPJ>nslble for the of art. The same directions apply to that they were injured, but an i n s t a n t ^ ? g £ . m R M ! , D

S O " ' M S « a b l G " ^ old Chelsea figures, which, weie urted r t e r the woman, sobbing hysterically, B ^ J ^ J J J ^ J f c L ^ S T J E 2 ? t 2 2 f ^ t d u r t n « t h e Evolut ionary War under the

•om the pile of debris at her feet, hugging {J* ^ S l m T t e L S l l f ^ 1 .. *t greenhouses, the first ever built on Man-both of her children in her arms, scallp lacerating his nattan.

Three of those caught beneath the sign were killed instantly. As quickly as possible the heavy sign was lifted and the dead and injured cared for.

W o m a n Sl*n v i c t i m Left a Brother Wear Amherst , Mans.

-AMHKBST, Mass., Monday.—Mrs. Emma A. Viiiing, who was killed by a falling •tun in Philadelphia to-day, formerly conducted a boarding house in this town, but

HER "RAT" A LIFE SAVER. A P P E A L H , T S E D D Y BEQUEST. S a l i s b u r y $ 3 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 Contest , R e l i e d

o n b y Chr i s t i an Sc ience Board , T a k e s N e w Turn .

[SPBCIAL DESPATCH TO THE HEBALD.1 ,

BOSTON, Mass.. Monday.—An appeal ta

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Mons. Gervllle-Reaehe was born in Parts i i r ^ , ! ? . n _ « l , ! l , 5 £ f ! a;'»P»rtal_ .committee but the swiftly running jmrrent carried'

in , r , . - -o tne*poa£ t o r 8 t J e c r ' T h e P l a n w a * that three" of"the ithe^man^had*vanished. as a reward for active service to ti - ,-.,mihi„ •>,, ^....o........ « ^ . . u « _ J ^ .a..^...... H

. . , . . . , When h e ' t o ^ n a r o e d by Mr. Adrain to examine them beyond his reach. Boats were low* and ^ t

r f u r a t ^ At h ' " a

h ^ n ^ ! " r ^ f n d P f s Tn l l i e ^ ^ e n ' i a ' ' of the Sena- W e d , but before they struck the water1 was thirty years old he had been auva <=" ti-,iM.,ii,„,t wtmim „i..., «~._ »»._.» *.* _* m ! . . . . . .

A year republican Senators would find it difficult ,*«itiri««r for t 0 g e t t h e ! r Papers out of the hands of the later he w a s instrumental in aaquinng 1 r.^,^^.1**—».._... *..._ _,__,__

Monday.—Mr. Sylvester Kb-who up to his retirement from the

imore and Ohio Railroad in 1908 was ited the oldest railroad man In point

Hon of commander of a vessel. later he w a s Instrumental in a ^ ' l " ^ " * committee" imtll the closing day of the France the Comoro Isles, in the .aiozam B e g F l o n > a n d t h a t t h e S e n a t f t w a s t o ^ blque Channel, near the coast of Madagas- o r g & R t e e d ^ J t h o u t them and proceed to car. In recognition of this service he was b u s i r i e s a appointed Governor of Tahiti, and resigned T h f t c a s e w a a tên to the courts, which from t h e navy. Later he became Gover- r m e d t h a t t h e senate was not a contin-nor of Guadeloupe. Madagascar ana W U 1 I b ^ y . mfkt t h # c r c d e I l t i a j s ^ t h # French Guiana During his life he was m w | y ejected constituted a title to their Gouverneur des Colonies and Treenrier- t e a t s a n d t h a t M j . A d r a l n w a a not t h e

Payeur General. ^ ^ President of the Senate, ten members not He is survived by two sons, Rene u w - hfiing a b l 6 t 0 o r g a n i c »he body.

Ohio in th i s city.

itervtoe hi the world, died here to-day Ebberts went to the Baltimore and'. VMZ.TU> ache.* ch ie f 'consulting engineer for

ô^.vTelra.1"49, ~* ~ l B H"'the <*»<$ ^ s ^ T ^ . fJSSkâffôf EDMUND O. MATTHEWS, lee for s ixty yeara, «Gervllle-Reache, of the editorial siart 01. »

18 through Mr. Ebberts that the; e M t l a n a t w o aaughters. Mile R E A R A D M I R A L D I F S tor stone of the railroad company, valent ine Gerville-Reache, of Paris, and A L A J V n L n n m n L , U 1 C O eh had been given up a» l o s t w a s M m g j e a n n e GervHle-Reaohe Rambaud, •••'

red aeveral years ago. Mr. Ebberts = ^ f N e W York. » CAMBBWOU, Mawa,, Monday.—Rear Ad-I n e ^ o r i e r ^ o n r w a ^ ^ i d ^ C ^ | *~~~ mir%i E < l m u n < 1 OTvm« Matthews, V. 8. N., 1, oTICarroU0ton, in the vicinity ^f ^ p E R A S T U S C L A R K , J R . » retired, died at hie home, hare to-dUfk-

l lount Cl«re shops of the Balttmora * P F N T R A L D I E S ? ( J r 1 H C t C l > I I \ / \ L - » ^ I 4 - ^ Kdmund Onrlttt Matthews was appointed

T "Rear Admiral in' l l f l and was placed om the Mr. Brastus Clark,. Jr.. for many years r e t ired list the year following.

general freight agent of the N e w York Among the positions.In which he served Central Railroad, died of the ln |rml t i e s a t different periods were:— ..President of

O b i t u a r y N o t e s . George B . Marvin, seventy-two

old, d i ed last night at the pome ot on, Mr. Lewis B. Ma-vtn, No. 112

avenue. Glen Ridge, after a long H e w u a tetlred N e w Y^rfc mar-

TTS.

w of a g e at the residence of his son, Mr. : : the Examining and Retiring Boards, Chief Walter H. Clark, at No. «6 Central Park 0 ( the Bureau of Yards and Docks, mem-

a fc . W e s t , yesterday. Mr. Clark was born in D«,r Qf t^ltt Board of Inspection and Survey . Charles Stntser. a t one t ims school 1 B u f f a | o | B 182S> a n d began his career with a n d member of the Gun Foundry Board

imissioner. is dead at his nome, « o . j t w o M Buffalo and Rochester Railroad For three years,:i$S7 to 1*80. he was captain BsrgenHne avenue, Lnion jnn. > . J. r o m p a n v . He rose gradually to the posl- o f t h e X a v y y a r d m- BoMon, was a director In the North ttuoson U o n Qf f r e l g h t a g e I l t ln ig&z, and after the I n t h e early part of the civil war he was

tal Association. consolidation of that line with the N e w i » r e B e m a t t h e capture of forts at Hatteras Lyman R- Norton, w h o had been Y ork Central he became freight agent of xnlet and later, while serving with the

eoted with the Mechanics' Savings) t h e w e s t e r n division, and several years south Atlantic squadron, was commander of Winsted since 1881 and Its treas- later general freight agent of the entire o f t n e n a v a l light Infantry at Honey Hi I,

for the last twenty years died Sun-1 system. Mr. Clark held that position until *, c . He participated in the battle of night of a general breakdown in his i8»6, when he retired, but for many years Tullinnny Crossroads and was on the staff ty-flfth year. He w a s the last of nine thereafter he was retained by the company ot Admiral Dahlgren. ren born to Joel and Ann v Hunt Nor- in an advisory capacity. Rear Admiral Matthews was born ln Bal of Otis. Mass. , and w a s descended

1 George Norton, who came from Lon-In 1C9 and built the first church at

Wt. William Smith, e ighty-one years old, I* ma'.*aine salesman who tor the last l»«ty-jieven yea.-s had lived at the Bridge

OBITUARY. [timore ln 1836, the son of John Matthews and Mary Righter (Levering) Matthews.

I He was appointed to the Naval Academy In 1861. was graduated in 1853, became midshipman in 185S. lieutenant in 1860, Heuten-

• t e , , • o w n Dlnrer

MB. BDWABD Hf.NHV COIXIXS-

Mr. Edward Henry Collins, believed to be a n t commander in 1862, commander in 1870 the last son of the Revolution, died on c a p t a j n in 1881, commodore in 1894 and rear

,• \ Park row 1 s Sunday at his home In Monrovia, Cal. He a d m j r a l in 1897. He was retired in 1S98. He w a s eighty-six years old. His father, Mr. married Miss Hattie R. Hammond in 1S78 Henry Collins, as a mere boy, served

War,

nnets

from one end to the other of the ery and Park row. bains the oldest

B t r in either street, died of the inftrmi-pm of Jage last night.

The Right Rev. Mgr. Edward 8. fltareraid. pastor of the Church of the * i y Rosary. Holyoke, Masa , died last H i t of pneumonia. Father F iugera ld pH elevated to the Monslgnort last De-wmber. on the occasion of the twenty-J Sfth anniversary of h is ordination. * » bora 111 Chlcopee. ttl'ty years ago. I Colo-jel David Blount Hamilton, seventy

years ol«l. died in Rome, Ga„ yeeter

LAST POLICE TRIBUTE TO DEAD INSPECTOR

Department Renders Full Honors at the Funefal of Mr. James

McCafferty. Members of the Police Department paid

a last tribute of respect to James McCaf ferty, at one time inspector and head of the I etective Bureau, whose funeral tp*k place yesterday morning from the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, a t Park avenue and Eighty-fourth street. An escort of forty mounted men from traffic squads A. B and C, under command of Lieutenant Martin D . Corbett; a company of policemen, under command of Captain Francis A. Creamer, of Brooklyn; inspectors and thirty captains, with the police band of sixty-five pieces, preceded the body from the residence, at No. 968 Park avenue, to the church. Tfiree jundred men from the De-ective Bureau marched behind the hearse.

The pallbearers were six policemen from the Eleventh inspection district, Flatbush, Brooklyn, Daniel Davlns, Miles Cunningham, Edward Willis, Joseph X. Weston, William Carroll and James Riley. The honorary pallbearers were Inspectors John Daly, Thomas J: Kelly, James H. Hussey, Dennis Sweeney, Stephen O'Brien and Patrick J. Harkins. George F. Titus, of the Fifth inspection dtetrict, had charge of the police arrar#emWts, both at the house and at the church.

Alexander S. Williams, John McCullough Moses Cortright and John McLaughlin, who were at one time connected with th< Police Department, were present at th< services. The Rev. J. Havens Richards S. J., celebrated the requiem mass, assisted by tfce Rev. Francis Sullivan, chaplain of the Iplice Department for Manhattan, as deacon, and the Rev. William T. Mc-iuire, chaplain in Brooklyn, as sub-deacon. After the services the funeral escort marched from the church to the Queens-boro Bridge.

[SPECIAL DESPATCHES TO THB HEBAT.D.1

NEWBCBG, Monday.—TO the'fact that she wore puffs and a big rat in her hair Mrs. Mary Davis, of No. 6 Main street, Fish-kill Landing, owes her escape from death tl, ̂ r-„ ^ «,Q,QO . .

, „ ,, , ,4 „„ , , _ .„ .„ „, „ , , to-day. She was walking down Broadway t h e U n i t e d S t a A e s S u P r e m e Cmirt was aN inoved away a year or more ago. She was w h e n a b o a r d s i x f e e t long was blown lowed to-day by the United States Circuit I widow and her only relative in this vicln- I f r o m a r o o f - l t struck her on the head Court from the decision upholding the wlQ ttv Is a brother, William H Church a t ^ n d k n ° c k e d her down,-but the rat saved of Stephen Salisbury, of Worcester, in Pelham. He probably will go to Fhtladel-1 " e r f r o m a f r» c tured skull. wnloh toe left $8,800,000 to the Worcestat

" Art Museum. , T R E E S B U D I N S T . L O U I S . On this decision, which followed flv*

. 'years of litigation In State and federal [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THB HBBALD1 ©°urts, * h e Christian Science Board of

- , T ^, , , _ ' Z Directors relied to prove that the will ln ST. LomS , Mo., Monday. - Trees and w h l c h M r a # M a r y B aker G. Eddy left $2.-

bushes in St. Iôuis gardens are ln bud as* 000,000 to the Christ: an Science Church, the result of unseasonably warm weather, was- not within the State law providing,. Rose plants are putting forth fresh green that bequests yielding more than $2,000 a shoots and leaves. A resident of Gratiot, year are void. Mrs. Eddy's son, George in Southwest St. Louis, found that a large W. Glover, and her adopted son, Dr. E. J. witch hazel bush in his orchard was in full Foster-Eddy, are seeking to break the will flower to-day. on the ground that it Is illegal.

phla in the morning.

DR. AKED'S SALARY NOW $12,000 A YEAR

Increase of $2,000 Granted—Pastor to Leave Soon for California

on Vacation Trip. • Rumors of inharmony between the Rev.

Br. Charles F. Aked. pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, and the congregation were set at rest yesterday when it became known that at a business meeting ©f the Board of Trustees held on Friday evening last the clergyman's salary was Increased $2,000 yearly. This will make Dr. Aked's salary H2.O0O a year. [ At this meeting the question of a new church was discussed. It was report?j that every effort Is being made to obtain a suitable uptown site.

Dr. Aked will leave within a week for a vacation trip to California. He has accepted invitations to speak in several ichurches in the West.

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Texas Temperature Reaches 88 D e g r e e s ' The exactions of society have banishe* H o t for F o u r Days . ^ 0iên time Sunday a$ it «c«« observed

DALLAS, Texas , Monday.—This was the hv the fashionable hostess, and to-day hottest January day on record in Texas. „ . ,• , *, „... ;_ «„..<»• nf *>ntj>*. The maximum temperature was eighty- *«<*« raiical ^ ^ J l Lr2Z eight degrees. W a r m wea the r h a s pre- tainment for the babbath aay. aee new* vailed for four days . ' Sunday's XEW YORK HERALD.

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Mr. Twee Deedle is the name of the neto comic character for uhich the NEW YORK HERALD awarded a prize of $2,000. The first funny pictures of him trill appear next Sunday.

B a b y I s S m o t h e r e d i n Crib. Charles N. Wyzell, eight months old, son

of Manton F. Wyzell. of No. 241 East 201st street, a lawyer, with offices at No. 154 Nassau street, was placed in a crib to sleep in the open air yesterday afternoon. The child buried his face in the soft pillows and was smothered to death. He was found by his mother.

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MR. WILLIAM MCKEE.

In the death of Mr. Will iam McKee, He|seventy-f lve years old, who was buried last

Sunday from his home, a t No. 124 Macon street. Brooklyn lost one of its most frugal citizens. Aa the head of a big

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trucking business in Manhattan for many Y He served through the war witn ois- v e a r 8 M r McKee amassed a fortune. 9

sctionr was a member of the Georgia j , -^vith few cares to burden him, for be Q IhCfeastttntlonal Convention of 187" and j OCCUpie«j a room in the home of Dr. L. S.' 0 • b r e d in the Legislature *rom W ° y d i H a l s e y , a retired physician. Mr. McKee Wwity.

Mr. James Fulton Elder, for many Tmrw •jperintendent or the air brake system of I H i Pennsylvania Railroad and the inven-

' of several valuable railroad appliances, • N t st hi- home in Philadelphia yesterday. He was seventv-flve years old. H e entered

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spent much of his t ime reckoning up the fortune he had acquired. More than 1125,000 had been placed in banks and other institutions.

Mr. McKee was born ln Ireland. H e came- to this country and took part in the civil war, *n which he rose to ths rank of captain ln the Eighty-second regiment. N e w York Volunteers, Company B .

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Through an error of types in last Sunday's Herald the Item German Val. Laces, Edges and Insertions was incorrectly priced.

The f-orrect figures are as follows;—

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THE choicest of the weaves of the Far East; values of $35 to $50 to be positively dispersed in two days.

C T F O U B T H FLOOR.

This collection of Southern Persia rugs has created an absolute sensation among our salespeople.

NO T W O A L I K E .

They are from 3 to 4 feet wide and from 6 to 7*4 feet long. Before they were marked the salespeople examined each rag and estimated that $35, $45 and even $50 "] would be a reasonable retail in comparison to the prices that they have sold Oriental rugs for heretofore. Nevertheless w e h a v e placed them in two separate piles on the floor and made two prices, as f o l l o w s . . .

Large Carpet She On= emta! Rugs,

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2 3 3 7 c o a t s t h a t w e r e $ 1 8 . 0 0 t o $ 2 8 . 0 0 .

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2 7 2 c o a t s t h a t w e r e $ 2 5 . 0 0 t o $ 3 2 . 0 0 .

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2 2 7 5 c o a t s t h a t w e r e $ 3 0 . 0 0 t o $ 3 8 . O O .

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6 3 1 c o a t s t h a t w e r e $ 3 8 . 0 0 t o $ 4 5 . O O .

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8 4 6 c o a t s t h a t - w e r e $ 4 5 . O O t o $ 6 0 . 0 0 .

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A n d t h e r e c e r t a i n l y i s v a r i e t y , f o r a l l o u r W i n t e r o v e r c o a t s w e r e i n c l u d e d , e x c e p t a f e w M o n t a g n a c s , s t o r m u l s t e r s a n d f u r s — a n d m a n y o f t h e f u r s a r e s u b s t a n t i a l l y r e d u c e d .

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But f e w remain of the beaut i fu l ly des igned g a r m e n t s a n d Sets of rich Furs w i th w h i c h w e started our first F n r season . T h e y bear the impress of the world's grea tes t des igners and are truly magnif icent p ieces , both in des ign and the qual i ty of the Furs , that w o m e n of fashion might wel l be proud to possess .

In order to sel l these e laborate F u r s before stock-taking, w e have put n e w prices on t h e m that are often less than their original cost , and in some cases even less than the actual customs duty to import them.

H e r e , f o r i n s t a n c e , i s a 5 4 - i n . C o a t o f B a b y C a r a c u l , i n a s u p e r b P a q u i n m o d e l , a t $ 3 5 0 , f o r m e i ' l y $ 5 9 5 .

The Coat has a deep cape collar and is tr immed around the : bottom, in front and on collar and cuffs -mth bands of natural

skunk—a really magnificent garment . A 5 4 - i n . P o i r e t m o d e l C o a t , o f B a b y C a r a c u l , i s

$ 2 6 5 . f r o m $ 4 7 5 . j • The Coat is tr immed w i t h a deep border around th« bottom, 1 a t the s ides and front, and on the T u x e d o collar of bisam seal

(dyed muskrat) . and is l ined wi th Gobelin !>lue sat in . A f u l l - l e n g t h D r e c o l l m o d e l C o a t , o f C a r a c u l , i s

$ 3 9 5 , f r o m $ 5 5 0 . » . Made on long, s traight l ines ; c losed V H i e MB side, w i t h

I sat in and braid ornaments ; front, collar and»eufGrViwinmed w i t h natural skunk.

T h e f o l l o w i n g i m p o r t e d F u r S ^ t s a r e m a r k e d . w i t h o u t r e f e r e n c e t o e i t h e r c o s t o r f o r m e r p r i c e s : —

Drecoll model ISet of baby caracul and sat in, at $ 9 5 . from $285.

Drecoll model Set of bisara seal (dyed muskrat) , sat in and chiffon, at $ 8 5 . from $105.

Franc is model Broadtai l Set at $ 1 2 5 . fr.tm $375. P a q u i n model Set of natural skunk and chiffon, at $ 9 0 ,

from $225. Paqu in model Set of Sitka fox and chiffon, tr immed w i t h

heads, tai ls and satin, at $ l O O . from $325. Franc i s model Set of mole and gray chiffon, tr immed wi th

grav fringe, at $ 7 5 . from $150. * Smoke F o x Sets at $ 8 7 . S O and $ 9 5 . from $110 and $135.

I m p o r t a n t p r i c e - r e d u c t i o n s , a l s o , o n t h e s e f i n e F u r G a r m e n t s a n d S e t s : —

F U R C O A T S . X X X X X qual i ty Caracul Coats, full l ength , wi th fur-trimmed

collars and plain or brocaded l inings , a t $ 1 7 5 , from $21*5; $ 1 2 3 , from $275, and $ 8 5 , from $125.

52-in. Coats of Russ ian pony, in a Poiret model, made of lustrous sk ins and l ined w i t h changeable silk, a t $ 5 7 . 3 0 and $ 6 2 . 5 0 , from $95 and $125; tr immed at " $ 7 5 , from $97.50.

52-in. b i sam sea l (dyed muskrat) Coats, made on the n e w straight l ines , w i t h long roll s h a w l collar, wi th seal buttons or ornaments , and l ined w i t h brocaded sat in, ait $ 1 7 5 , from $275, and $ 1 4 2 . 5 0 , fro,m $225.

52-in. Coats of H u d s o n seal (dyed coney) , made of special ly selected sk ins , a t $ 7 2 . 5 0 , from $125; trimmed, $ 9 5 .

X X X X qual i ty Pers ian L a m b Coats (Leipzig-dyed>. made of specia l ly se lected sk ins .

36-in. at $ 1 7 5 , from $235. 40-in. at $ 2 2 0 , from $275. 50-in. a t $ 2 9 5 . from $350.

F U R S , S C A R F S A N D M U F F S . Black F o x Scarfs and Muffs at $ 1 7 . 5 0 , $ 1 9 . 5 0 and $ 2 3 . 5 0

6*8.0 h Natural Red F o x Animal Scarfs and Muffs at $ 2 0 each, from

$32.50. Po in ted Wol f Sets a t $ 3 0 . from $4o. Natural Raccoon Scarfs at $ 1 0 , from $27.50: large P i l low Muffs

to match a t $ 1 5 , from $35. A laska Sable (skunk) Scarfs . $ 9 . 7 5 and $ 2 7 . 5 0 . from $14.50

and $45. P i l low Muffs to match, $ 1 7 . 5 0 and $ 2 7 . 5 0 . from $25 and $45. • T h i r d floor-

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