EGBERT MILLS & 00. FA1L-

_;rokeka<;k firm r.p_M>s aftkk jI.FSS than tiikei. months in

WAUL BTSBBT

The suspensic.n of the brokerag.^ firm of EgbertMllls dr Qa. et - .'afI et van announced ou

the Btoafe Br_**l***_. early yeeterdaj afternoon. Thefirm. which __*= been ln existenr.e only since July]_, l« eoaapoeed Egbert Mills. who ls the Boardm.ml_. and S.imiicl K Mltchell. Mr Mills yes¬terday afternoon .ild ol hi. firm'e emb_r> _s___ent:"If eertsir moncys whi.h haa be v peaaataad in

arder io main'.ain in \rglr.s ha.l 1 o-n paj io-day the

suspen.ion w _1.1 havo heen unneceaaary."t".-i_!lni!lng. Mr Mills said that the HabiUtlea trere

leaa thar. __a.,BM and that the apparenl a.s.rs

would equal ihe .iabiiitie. He hoped to be able teresume buaJness but did not know 1. w soon an

adjusm.it -ould be eCeeted- A small art of theUe* was due to two banks aad the rest t<>

Individuale. Asked if it were true thnt h. ..wedIO mvirl- of hls family and personal

___*_. Mr. Mllls answered that he did not care

to me aas Mi_l a__tfea.Tho feUowlng s'orks ar.d hands were clo_ed out

"under tbe rule'- aa the Stacfe Exchange, for ar-

count rit tbe flrm:e wr.,1 Nashville. Sold: 17.000

.-rd S p_r .-.-nt bonds IT.OOO Mlssouria-ifl.- collaieral truat 5a of __. IMJ. VTabash de-

hentiire B bonds. $4 .>?' Bt I. uis .outhv stern ftrstla -<*<o Mlnneai St. Louls r-efundlng «s.

-. uri i'a.i!.-. .«>.' Tennes.ee Coal and Iron.n, l'- Norfolk and Western common.

pra ferred. 800 < heaa-p-ak- and n. W United Btatea Bub-ber preferred. 1.100 Readlng Brst preferred. WB IAtcbi.on preferred ;¦- Ontarlo aad Weatern. MWestern I'luon. <."> I'nlon !_.._" preferr*... 10_

- Ameri¬can Tin pia;. <_ _in.o. tede Gaa,

Pri»r la .inlv L ¦.. Mr. Mllta had been fromi .... ;t partnerehlp arlth laaac H. OdeU.

under the firm style oat Mills _.- OdeU. and beforethat h. i»f the Brm of Onbougb MJUsVr «.ii__ugh d'.d about three years ago. Mr.

Mr Mi .s preaent partner. it ls said. haabeen in Va! ly a few months. Mr. Mlllswas admltte.1 to mexnber. .ilp in the Stock Ex.-han...on Mi

ALARM OVER WATER SCARCITY.

lALfl MAKING EFFORT. TO STOP

WASTE IN M_K_____ AND THE BRONX.

The dangxr of a water famlne in Brooklyn andThe Bronx bo great that the oflBciala jof t!.« Departmenl of Water Supply are apparently

ied. . onunlasloner Ualton ar.d Chlef En_:-tteer Hir___'.l went evar to Brooklyn yesterday to jc wltb -Vr Van I .r.:.. the englneer ln eharge#f the Br«.ki> water supply service, and makeplans Bar bnnhanillag the raa_ai__as supply as faras possible ii..-. aii br__B r> li-;'. The supply of» water for Brooklyn :s nearly exhauated.Mr. __r«__l: sar n.ore than ten .lays ago that

th«- __seak_ .. oui.l be <_h_uste.l in ten

_a; s if nn ran fell in the mean tUne. About two

iin did fall, but Mr. Birdsnll said the

gr<__.1 H p as aoon as it fell, andth. s_oa .¦ greatly Increase tbe supply ofv.at-r. He s.i.-l yesterday that ln tbe present need i

«t water th. city v...u..j r .. fnatlfifld lo making alrontract with any company for an addltlonal aup-pty ot water. but ae eompanp can fumisn such a

I It would take at least a year for anyv -r ..> nipai.y to d. anythlng to relleve the situ-

^ Lhli.g that can be done la to stopel! b_bs ter ar.d walt for rain.The _oad_____e In The Bronx are neariy a. serl-

orditiens in Ir.i.ikiyr.. In aome pertaa.f The Bror.x water ls supplied to houses only at

pressrire ls BO l^w then That waterwill not run into upper storles of houses. Theliangrr from fire^ la being lncreased great ly by the

;ty ..f water.It aaas reported '.r. Brooklyn yeaterday that the

beptember Gr-.nl Jury ln Kings County would in-^ eBtlgate the managerrenT of the Department of"Water Bupplv. with a vi.»_ to ascertaining if anyof the officlals were negligc-nt ln faiiing to providef .r a sufScltnt supply of water. It was notWe to confirm the rep-.rt.

WOMAN CHARGED WITH KTDNAPPTXG.

gfrry ai.iarr_ say phe ji__s >.-f,i.jhr^k'p child

IN HIDING.

Mrs. Mary Mar.ning, thlrty-seven years old. ofTCo. 54>j Weat Tv.enty-ninth-st., was locked up lnthe WtmH Thirti.th-st. poiice statlon last night.charged with kldnap;, ing. Tba axrest was made t>_Patrolman ICeOulra, of the Jef_-_on ilarket Court8qu_d, and Agfnl Barclay. of the Gerry Soeiety.The vman ls charged with UdnapfMnc a six-year-old son of John Mangis. who lived near Mrs. M?.n-ning's home.Mangis is ln th« Toml.s, nwatting trial for aa»

saultliig hls wif.. and ihe latter was sent to Black-well'e fslar.d a few i:.dy« ago. charged wit-i dniak-

coupla t._... three chii.ir-n. The (i.rry! has charge of iwo ..f them. but has been_n_t_» tf. _rd the tl.ir»*. The aj.er.ta belleve Mrs.Mcr.r.ing has taken the boy an.l has hrm in hiding.Mrs. .lanni'tij a_lles the charge. an.l sayg she does

Itaew where the child is.

( IIFFORICS TRIEXDS ACCUSB 8CANXELL.

Hr. PATS AN ALLEGED DEFKli 1P TltK T<"> A

TVP.iGP.-iFHirAI. Ml.TAKF.

The friends al J-ra.s D. ¦'lifford. president of th«*Fbecaea'a Murual Beneflt __-B-ililelli.il, who has.....-. ihr'-r-f i.e.i hy Cftiaf Croker and i-_n.mii.-aaWmex s.ar_r_..i With punishment for aHefted in.ub-

raaterftaj that there waa a short-ase of W.OflC i. the aeeeuuU of Flre CommlssionerEm annell as taaaaeawr ot the Fire Department Life

___pa______ l*w___i Th. Artenda ot Commlasloner¦eaaMil s.iirt thai if there was any apparent short-ea ii m.ipt be ¦ ml. take in bookkee]OMavTa tliat forty-one payments

to rtremen'f; wMowa foot up only f.i,-'X. and aotThe alletped ahortage reaoalned oadlacov-

»r*-*i and waa carrtad fotwaid ln the report ofl-hleh has juat been lcet_a_L ln ad-ition to

the life i..s_r;.r_.e CUftA, "¦ r.,mip_icner _-.rani._-ll lspola cqstod^aq ot tha r.iief frai, whi.h.

..oit f..r Ito;-.. had a l.aia,... 0f »1..,:._,-n December .11

.V.ien 'ornmiaflioner g.-anneii waa a«k**. aboutthe alleged s!...rtair«- lasr nruht h<* aald:Th*r' telj no iruth la the atory pqft-altejred dls. repancy ta -1 ..- ilmply to

rot ot the priaters of the book contalning thereport. After i!i. book bad beaa prteted tr.e error

[t v ii.ei; i,_. late to reettedyit. We have th- 0f thefor .1.000 each, t.u; two of the

namea were ._'.>¦ dropped ln eetttng theamount foota uj> correctly, a* anyone ean oet if he will tak.- ih_ trouble to ex-

the rlpure.- Before the report waa piintedih. Commlftuouer of Aocounta made an examlna-tien of tbe fund acceunl an.l mirk<<l i:r> K Tbe rr ls Qothins moie 10 u-rald about tht- m.itter.

REPORTED R0BBER1 OP A BARONESS.There mnt ¦ t'-rr.or at i'oij.-,. iloadquarters y.-s-

tarday that :ht Baroness von Sbatabecft, who llv sat the Murray Hill Hotel. hut who until a day oieo aro lived at No. H Eai_t Fifty-nlnth-st.. hadbeen robh«-d on Friday last ax the Ftfty-nlnth-at.address of Jewelrjr worth &__}. Th- RTOnciM eftU-d

.r/**'1 a' ,he h<<'"]- »nd lt w.is aaid she wasat Sheltrr Island. At 1 H. dquartera it waseald that nothing whs known there of an. auafarobb>

PLENTY OF STEEL FOR THE Tl XXEL.The opening of tbe nu nerot.a stee) nillls which

ha*e been t_teaed «!nce last June. while the marsu--acturers and woikm. n WWM * nleavorin-r to aftraeupen a Si*a!e tt _.i..f. wlll not Ia any way sUfectihe supply of .k-c: f.r ihe rapid transit suhway.Tht Cafaagb Company, wMcfa has rh- contracttor tliU steel. has bad i.s rniils In operationthrougrhout fta *-u_r.raer. The delay ln atartlnir the?_-M1.iral £_E*?*____?_n of ,h" tnwwnr haa been aaeribedto the slow ...i.-.rv of st.e! by tht CarnefttaWllllam Barelay Persons. chfwf englneer to the

Rapid Transit Caaaa_.__. sal.l yesterday »ha*_becontractors had no longer cause for eomplalnt oJ«this ground. Ha explalued that the .1-llvi res * >*

fully equal le the .l.-maial. and lhal he aulieipi.«-m> turther delay throu _li w. iu of _leel.

I_IG__MIST AT MNBTEBN.1. »Y SAYS I1K ft_t.fi- T« . sl IM'OKT T\Y<»

\yiyi:.

A.COO.llug tn the eonfe.sion et A Van < ".ore P.ay-

mond nineteen years old, who was rrrraipn. .1 ln

.,.rt ..f BpeeUi Biaalans in Mount Vemon

yaeterday. ha Bte_ le auppei. two wives. The

yottng women. he says. ar. livlnif wlthin a block

of each other in _.ew__-»eHe, sa* neither knows

of _ay_-nd'a double Bfe.Raymond has been empleyed in tne delivery de¬

partmenl of James L. ReynoMs .<. Co.. in the tirm's

w.si.h. ster County Btoree. He was arreated on

Batnrday for embc_____eat The apeelte chargewaa st. alinp _"The _acl that Rayaaend was a Mgaealet was not

known te the aoMee until H wae brought out in

. ourt."What led you to rob your employer?" inquir. d

Judge Bennett."l coutdn't help it. your Honor.' replied tl.

prlacner. Tou see. I have two wives. and I've

p..t ro support them."judpe B. need Raymond, who was

w. 11 dress. d. to thlrty days in the county jail. "I

will attend to the _ga__ charge when you getout. if one of your wlve. will make ri eomplatnt,"he added.Raymond refused to give any further detalla rela-

tive to his double marriage, but a Bearch o< therecords of the cities of Mcunl V».ion and New-

_¦ him out as his name apprurs twieeas .. b-_de_Toonj. , , ,_,, _

The New-Bochelle record shows that on April a<

Raymond married Allce Burpo, twenty years old.Th.'- brlde lived at No. 18 Roae-at. with her parents.Iler fhtber ir- laaac Burpo, a Uverymaa oi Mew-Rochelle The ceremony was performed in theparlor of the Burpe home by the Rev. 8. O. cur-

tiee of Ihe Metbodlsl Church.The Mount Vernon record shows Raymond to

bave been married b> Justice BInnott on August -i.Tiie brlde In tnls case was LUIlan Moore. seven-teM1 vears eld. of N'o. 6 Rose-et. lt woul.l appearthat 'Raymond took both brtdes from the same.';.,t from the same block. almost The glrls went

to school together. Miss Moore is a blon.le an.l

oretty The B.rt wife ls a brunette and also oo.i-

fooking. Ai ti.ir homes last night all Informeuonwas refused. as n< Ither wife was :o be seen. Ray¬mond will probably be prosi blgamy.The Mgamist 1» tl-.. son of _.eodore Raymond, a

well known boat bullder of Mount Vernon.

EIGHTS TO KILL HERSELE.

ONE WOMAN EIRNED TRYINC. TO PRE¬

VENT ANOTHER FROM TAK1NO ACID.

Mrs. Ha-eUne Mlller, the yottng woma* who

al"Ut a year ago brought -'uit against Or.

Part.., of the Barnea Sanatorium. Stamf rd.

for |_A,_60, alleging that she had been inipris-oaed ni the place, and had escaped by Jump-lng from a aecond story wlndow, trled to kill

hers.lf last niphi at her home, Ko. 113 West

Fifteenth-st., by drinklng rarboli. acid.She was taken to tbe New-York Hospital.and may live. She said her husband had

refused to live with her. Mrs. Cynthla Reid.

with whom the woman aaa living. had her arm

ar.d face burned by the arid in strugsline. with

her to keep her from drtnking the poiaon.Mrs. Mlller is twenty-nlne yeara old and Is

said to be a member of a ri. h and well known

Toronto family. A year ago she ailegerl thather husband took her to :F_amford. force. her

into a cab there and look ber to Or. Rarnes's

sanatorium, where she was kept a priaoner.Mrs. Reid said tbe young woman had been

crying every night about Mr. Mlller. Mra.Miller had ralled out his nan. when she cried.and had seemed to be much in love with him.

Y ster.-y morning she bad gone out. and on

returning at 6 o'clock sh*> had begun to cry.

She had said that she had been to ?e° her hus-

band. and that he had told her be would not

live with her. She had told him, ahe said, thathe would never see her again. She had thentaken a bottle from her dress and had saiddraxnatically. "See here. Qoodby."Mrs Miller bad put the bottle to her Ups. but

Mrs Reid had run to her and Belzed her arm.

There bad been a stnig_r_, ln which the youngwoman had fought ftercely to drink the rest ofthe carbolic acld, but It had been spllled over

Mra Reid's arm, which was bare. and over her

face Mrs. Miilex bgd awallowed some of theacid and had fallen in a faint. Mrs. Reid had

\ eorean. d for help.Poiiceman Dopnelly ran ln and an ambulanc

.waa sununoned from the New-Tork Hospltal.Dr. Keny . said Mrs. Miller*s conditlon wna

had, but that she mlght re_over.In trying to carry Mra. Mlller _t to the am-

bulance the driver lllpped on the _tair.. and he__d the woman and I>r. Keiiyon fell downstairs. None of them were hurt.

WOMAN ACCUSBB HTM OF FAII.IN'- TO SIPPORT

HKR CHILD.HE BBBAKS DOWK COMPI___T___L.Y.

Ororge Crouch, who for twenty yeara has llvedat the Hoffman House, ar.d is a broker, with an

oflree tq Broad-st., was arrested last night by Pa-tro:rr:an K J. O'Coinior. attached to the Court ofSpeeial Sessions, on a warrant rharging hlm withnon-support of a chlld. The warrant was issuedaeveral days ago by Judge Jaeobs at the instanceof l.'lnr. GrlStba, who llvos with a Mrs. Benson atNo. fiS Weat Thirty-first-st.Aeoerdlnc to Croueh, he met the woman more

thrtn two yeara ago. About eighteen months ago a

chlld was born to the woman. Crouch paid thewoman $.. a week for the support of the chlld untilreeently. lie now alleges that the woman wantsto blackroail him.A few days ago the chlld became siek, and, wlth

ir.- mother, waa taken to au Inatitutlon at Blxty-first-st. and Amst where they are now.Several of Crooch'a friends secured bail for him

rompainied by Thomaa Atklnaon, a lawyer,wtth ofllcea at No. n Broadway, called tt the WestThirtieth-sr. station. of theBpecial Beasloae Court could be found, aad Crouotahad i.j remain ln the rell.Croueh la Qfty-seven years old. He rak.-s his

to heart, und when visit.-d by his lawyer tnth- <-eli laat nigrit had oompletely broken down.Th>- man had collapsed and was trembllna. Anambulaaee was lunnoned from the New-York Hos-pttaL Dr. ("oniu-ll carefully oxamln. 1 tb*! mansnd thi »*as sufferine from alcohol-

1 friftht. Crouch'a trtenda di.i not thlnk thephysiclaa'a dlagnoals [am v.as correctThe broker*a frlenda also aay ih.-a ti:e woman'a

'-hnrge la unfounded. Crouch is aald to be wellknown ir; Wall Streei drclea. It la alao aald thathe represented the Bngliah capitallata at the MmeJay .Joui.l qn.i ethara took- posaeasion "f the ErleKailroad about twenty years ago, und had severalhard legal batt les with the American liiiau.M.*-

DEATH NOTICE HELD BA< K FOR nONTBS.X rr-aaon rould be learni '1 last Dlghl for the

delay ln givlng out the death notW- 0f EdwardSmlth, whieh ls put lish. d in The Tribune to-day.Aon idteg tO the notloe Ur. Smlth died on May 21.It is probable that he died abroad. Mr. Smlth wasa earpenter. wirh oaYeea ;.t Nos. 4. and 59 Ann-stat.d No. 11. West Tliirty-ninth-st. The clty dir^etorynot, however, at. bla born*. addnneighbor of Mr. Bmlth'a in Wesl Thlrty-ninth-Stsaid that Mr. Smlth was formerly a p illtieian

REPUBUCAN LEAGUE ORGANISED.Blo. n:ti<-;d. Sept. 24 (8pe ¦¦tal>..Tiic Bloomfleld

RepubUoaa League has baea eraaataed in thla townwlth the following offl.-ers: President f- Lee Btout"vlce-preaJdenta, Theodore ll. Ward Prederlek lf'J .. vi_ ar:.l Charles H. Eialfpenny; se r-'ary Wll'-lam Bigftart; treasurer, Jiin.-s il. Moore; Flm-nceCoaamtttee, John A. Lawrence, Davld G ..rra-brant, Wllllam L. Johnaon, C. H. Malfpeany and

}'. Doda.

H8WeO*«*»MK»*»-flrOot«o _>>df«-80fiCe6««-t_S__H»tt_^ff©##»^:

Those who drink t-es.m

-. -w___»v wx\m ^wim, ^.f «S* ___. w_L ¦-.___ __A W_3kT5__:_R. *I

get an absolutely pure, natural water, justflows from the roclc; and it does curc I .hcurr<jOut, Kidney and ftladder Troubles.

BROOKLYN NEWS.PRIVAT.'- SCHOOLS OPKN.

ATTKNPA.Ni'K AT "POLT" BIGOJBB thax

KVf.lt RKfORK -CHAN.-F.K

IX FACTITIES.

Brooklyns large prlvate ¦chOOla started *f»»t«r-dav on their years work. Ai the Folytechnic it

was sald thut the attendance of students, new and

old. both in the instltute and the a.ademlc school.

was larger than in nny other year ln thcjn!?,"r*of tbe Instltutlon. and President Sn-.w declared

that the replstrntlor. yesterday was entlrely satla-

factory to the faeulty. The number ln the enter-

Ing class Will not be known tlll thr result of the

fall examlnatlons lr announc-e-iThree new members of the faeulty who were

appolnted this year are Professor J. B. Chlttenden.who wlll have charge >f the department of mathe-

marlc-s, Frofessor J. C. Ohlsen. assistant In the

departmeot of ehemistry. an.i Professor M. C. Ihl-

seng in the department ot mechanleal engineering.Francis Xavlcr rarmody. B. A.. of ihe Fnlversltyof Mk-higan, has been added to the new staff of

teachers. A new labor-tory of hydraulio engineer¬ing has been added. the department of alactrleal

engineering has been rnlft'ged. and a large amount

pf new apparatus for Instruction te telephony and

electrlc Plght and power tranamlaaton has been putin. Lahoratorlea fnr the use of olnssos ln physlcsi.nd h.niistry have also heen added.The Facker Collcglate Instltute reopened yeater¬

day morning wlth exercises in the chapol. and dur¬

ing the dav olasses were organlzing ln larger num-

bers than last vear. under the supervlslon of the

president. Dr. Trutn.-m .1. Backue. Miss EUzabethHaight has been added to the I.atin department.Miss Florence Brlsuiw wlll be ln charge of the

Preach department, nnd Mrs. Goodale wlll teach

Engllsh ln the flrst academlo grade. Miss Mar-

garet BtoeeO-ft, .tt<_i a year's leave of absence at

Barnard t'ollege. will teach ehemistry. Recitatlons

will begin regularly this morning.The doors of Adelphl were thrown open yeater¬

day morning for the beginning of the fall term.

although entranee examlnatlons were ln progressfor college and arademy last w-ek. Ur. I.evermore

gald the new enrolment altogether amounted to

about one hundred. and la the college there were

about thirtv-flve. Klmer H. Stall has be«. appolntedhead of ihe' department of Engllsh U*^*^i*. T Volkenlng takes une chair of ehemistry in

place of Professor Shore. ahsent on a year a *«*«¦At fhe Pratt l-.stitute there has been added a

course in art meral work. Includlng ****** **Tgraving. die sinking and eiiamelllng. It will be at-

taTheefto the department of fine art*. and the i».rruclion in drawing. destgning and model ne wlll

be given ov speeial instru.-tors. ."ha-.li.g. die elnk-^".-SraVl-S «"d enamclllng will be tanght hyJoseph Aranyi. nn expert ln the employ of Tlffan>

The Berkeley In.tltute was reopened yesterdaymoratng wlth tbe addition of forty new scholarsto the rall whlch will make rhe enrolment for the

year more than three hundred. Several «'¦"»¦.*£¦have been made in tlie teaehmg force. l-r.-m theeverflow of the academlc department a new gradehas heen formed. whlch Wlll be in charge of Miss

Allegra E. Seelye. A. B.. a graduate of «-OinellVnlv.-rsltv. She will alao asMst In the French de¬

partment" for Which ahe is well equlpped by reason

of anedal courses in the Romatv-e departmeM at

Cernell and a long reridence in Paris. Miss iizji-

t.eth Mascord. n graduate of the Pratt Instltute.wlll be ln charge of the intermediate grade.

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SIES TO RECOYER A RIXG.

WTDOW SATS IT INPI.-ATKT. EN'-AGEMENT. BT.'T

BROKER PENIES IT.

Frank K. Brumley. a Wall-st. broker. broughtsult in replevln against Mrs. Tda Morris, a widow.llvlng ln Hanco.k-st., to recover a diamond rlngvalued at t_S0. and the case was on trial yesterdayhefore Justl. e Lynrh in tbe First District MuniclpalCourt. Mr. Brumley testlfie.1 that while he was

calling on Mrs. Morris ln March she playfuily tookthe ring from his finger after expressing her ad-miratlon of lt. lie dld not conslder It a jest whenhe asked her to return It, and she replied that aholr.tended to keep lt.A clty tnarshal testlfled that when he called on

Mrs Morris ln a professlonal capaclty ln regard tothe ring she told him she would return it. but hers.ster, Mra. Bond, of No 722 Halsey-st., had it. Shegave him an order on Mrs. Bond. hut the marshalcould not flnd h.-r. Mr. Bond testlfled that his wlfedld not have the rlng, and he dld not know wherelt was.Mrs Morris testlfled !n her own behalf that Mr.

Brumley had given her the ring as an engngementrlng. Thls wns denled by Mr. Brumley.justlce Lynch reaerved declalon.

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MINEOLA FAIR BEGINS TO-DAY.

IT IS TO START OFF tVITH SOME PROMISINC.

HCTCX-S _-A<~E_..

Mlneoia. I.ng Island. Sept. 24..The fair of thaa

Queens-Naaaau Agrlcultural Boclety will be openedto-morrow and continued until Saturday nightGood contests will be tho bicycle races. A largenumber of entrles have been received. The pro-gramme.: Half mile ndvice race. amateur;

one mile handlcap. amateur, one-half mile

handlcap, amateur; two mile handlcap, tan-

dem, amateur; five-mlle handleap. amatwir. Theblcycle -a will be followed by two horse ra^a,the 3 mlnute county trottlng elass and the 2:25 trot-

aii.l Nelii. Bell. 2:27.

SAYS SHE WAS HELD IX SLAYERY.

A GTRIVfl PT_'RT OF ABDUCTION TO BF. INYF.STI

GATED.

I.ena, the eleven-year-old daughter of SamuelKleln. of No. 4_t> Flushing-ave.. says she was prae-tically held ln slavery on the East Side. Manhat¬tan. She told her parents so when she was re¬

turned to them veaterday. A year ago last Julyshe was told to mlnd the baby. and when hermother came home she had dlsappeared. Threemonths later Mrs. Kleln received postal cards.wlthout addresses. statlng that her daughter was

ln good handa. Yesterday Joseph Lavlne, a shoe-maker ln M> t le-ave.. near Eulton-St -W tbechild playlug >m the stoop of No. _8 Seventh-st..Manhattan. and brought her home. 8he said shehad been -ntieed away from home by a woman

llvinK in Fifth-st.. Manhattan. and waa then toldthat she could not go hom* an.l was not wantedihere Enter she was turned Into the streel withlittle'clotliing. Uer atory wtll be investigated.

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CAXE FOR ._'KINLEY OR BRYAX.Senator Patrlek II. McCarren last night opened

rhe falr of St Malthew's German Evangel-lcnl I.utheran Church. In Ca.ilia Hall. ln Grand-st..with a long speech. Interest at the falr is Centre*.ln tbe contest for a gold headed cane, the head ofwhi.h ls ahaped lik. an Amerlcan eagle. the eyesc.ntalnlng large diamonds. Tho cane will beawardtd to the candidate for Presldent getting theareater number ot votes.St Matthew's Church ls ln North Flfth-st.. and

the pastor ls the Rev. Gustav Sonrfner. The falrwill contlnue throughout the week.

1 WEDDIXG.Miss Franceg Parllni., daughter of the late Rev.

Pr. Henry Parling, presldent of Hamllton College,will he marrl to the Rev. Edward Niles. of t!i_Mtddle Colleglate Church. to-morrow at 4 p. m. Inthe Memorlal Church, .ev.ith-_.ve. and St. John'sPlace. Tbere will be a receotion at the house. N.>._; Sterling Place, immedlately after.

THE INCREASED StHOOL BIDGET.T_.rgply on account of the Increase ln tuilartes

forced by the Davis blll, the financial hudget whlchwill bei suhmltted this year by the Io. _1 Schooll-ard wtll ask for |.*f.T. -. whlch ls ItfMM Ineaeaoa of what was asked for last year I.a. t yaarthe budget waa cut about JTBn.i. .0. The budget f. _-

lows:tr.lartea of taa. hera ln publlc hoola and of

anip«.ra._e__ .,f ajwelal branch.e.f_.->7. .'.I 3Falarl<a ..f school superlnte.i _«.i.ta. 18,060 00F_l __.-¦ of Jarmorn ln pul.llir -.hoola. 1*1.074 23_alane» t .,fnrf,n. clerka and oilier __tptO_f__ 1" OBO '.<>Kor free tui... ,. OuO ....

C._M.Isory a__ba. M i>7« rt.«v>rpor_ta arheols . I_>,1_0«f»

Tatal.fB.___.-80 4i»-_ ...

RTNS DOWN CHILD AND DRJYES AWAY.Flortnce Bennett, llve years old, of No. 31< Llv-

lngston-st.. was cro^slng Bchcrmerhorn-st. U_tevening when s_> waa run over by an aah-cart ofthe Street Cloanlng Department. The driver plckodup the child latd lt ,.n tbe sldewalk and droveaway. Ketgbbora found the child dead.

CBABLEB W. BILT.1XGS 1NSANE.Oien "'ove. Long Uland, Bept -Joseph Stein-

ert, who was appolnted ¦ CoanntealO.M t<. Inquir..Into the sanlty of *x-.Instli. of the Peace CharlesW. Btltings. and a Jury have .djudged Mr. Btlllngsto ba lnsane and Incompetent to conduct his affairs.

PASTOJU'LEADS NOT GFILTY.

THK HKV. __»___*¦ KWI-WW rlAYS HI

WILL IKJHT A5SAILT CASE

HRill IflHHT A-AI-STHIM.Hempstead. Long Island. Sept. K The Rev.

Eugene Zwinger, pastor of the German LutheranChurch Of the Kplpbauy here. was arralgned be¬

fore Justice Glttens to-__y on a charge of nsssult

and b.itterv. The rotnplatnant was Trurtee P-ter

Groasmen. who alleges that Mr. /.wlnger stru.-k

him "n the jnw wheti he went to hls house to con-

vey a m. ssago from th- ___.ot Trustees of tbe

..iinaii Lutberaa Cboreb. asking for th- mlnlster'nresignation. Dlfferences over the church flnances

are said to have led tb- trustees to demand the

paetor's retlrement.Tn court to-day Mr. Zwinger pleaded not gullty.

and the ti-lal of the case was set for to-morrow.

Mr ZWtngar, when seen later. said he was not

at all worrlcd .>v-r the affalr. He promlsed to

make lt intereeting f>>r the prosecution at the trlai

to-morrow."I .11.1 not strike Grossman." said the minister.

"ns he says I did. H- came to my house andproffere.l me a paper. lt was a demand for my

reatgnatlon ..* paator of the chureh. l toaccept the document. I knew what lt was. Hethen trled to force me to tuke lt from him, butfailed ln that. He then placed lt on a table. Iplcked lt ui> and told him to take lt away withhim H" refused to do so. and 1 pushed lt downhis back between hls coal nnd vest. He thenwent away. The demand for my resignation wasn<«t regular. an.l was mu.le simply to say that lthad been demand You see, I sent my resigna-tlon as nustor to tbe trustees two days before. Ttwas Thuraday I sent lt. Then on Saturday thetrustees send Mr. Grossman around with a pap-rdemandlng wh.n I sent them. When the fact be-came knowi that I had resi_ned th-y could havesaid thev asked for It. T will flght this case madeout l.v Grossman. thnt ls. If he dares to press it.and that is somethinK I very much doubt."

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RIFLE KILLS MANUFACTURER

FRED M. RANDELI. BELIEVED TO HAVECO. IMITTED 8UICTD-.

Rrd Bank. N. J., Sept. 24 (Special)..Kred M.Randell. a plano plate manufacturer ln Brooklynand a summer -ottager at Little Silver Point, dledto-day from the effects of a rlflfle bullet whlchpenetrated hls braln. He was about forty yearsold, and leaves a wldow and son. Chester, twelveyears old. It ls the common bellef that lt was a

case of sntetde.Mr. Randell got up at -20 o'closk this morning

and went downstairs ln his night elothes. A mo-ment later the oth»r persons in the house, in¬cluding Mrs. Randell. were sumnioned downstairsby tbe report of ;i rifle. Mr. Randell lay uncon¬scious on th- ftnor of the butler's pantry, with hlshead in a pool of bloo-1. Life was almost gone.The manufacturer lived only a few mlnutes afterthe physlciana arrived. The rlfle. __-callbfe, andowi d by Mr. Randell's son, was only a few feetaway. , .

Mr Randell was operat-d upon several monthsago for appendt.-itl-. and the operatlon was notentirely succeaafiil. He expected to undergo a sec¬

ond operatlon soon, an.l lt ls known that hedreaded it.

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ALIMONY FOR MRS. MOLLENHAUER

TO CONTFST V.<K>_0___- H_- HCSBANTTS

_T .T FOR DIVORCE.

In the Fupreme Court yesterday, before JustlceHerrlck. Mr. T.ehman. of I.eventhal & I_ehman.moved for allmony nnd a counsel fee of $_»0 for

Mrs. Julia M. Mollenhauer, the defendant ln an

ac-tion f.r absolute divorce brought by her hus¬

band, John W. Mollenhauer. Mr. Lehman saldthe all^gations of Mr. Mollenhauer In fh« com¬

plaint lnoluded thoae of an assault on the defend¬ant on the night of September 1 in a stahle in

North Tenth-st., and certaln actlons ln July and

August at the Bljou Hotel. in Brooklyn. Whileno answer had yet been made to these allegat.ons.they were denled by counsel. who asserted thatthe sult would be vigorously contested.The pardes were marrled ln May, 1?90. and have

two children.John W. Mollenhauer, nine y.ars

old, _id Julla M. Mollenhauer, seven years old.Ceunee. said the plaintlff was lnterested ln the

Mollenhauer sugar reflning business and the Co-li'mbia Ink Company, and had a city home at No.

Rodnev-st. and a eountry home at Bayslde,Long Island. He had also several laVge bank ac-

counts, while Mrs. Mollenhauer was destltute, andthe plaintlff hmi adrertbted that he would _iot be

»ible for her deht... The children wt re wlththeir Rrandparen's, and it was Mrs. Mollenhauer'*intentlon to apply ff,r their reiease as soon as shewas r.lieved trom her present financlal em'oar-rassment. IJames W. Ridgwav. for the plaintlff, malntained

that tne defendant was not a ril person to huveeharg* of the children, and that she waa nol des¬tltute He denled that Mr. Mollenhauer was amember of the Mollenhauer Sugar Renflning I'om-panv or or the .'olumhla Ink Company. or had asummer home at Bayslde. Long Island. He hadno oceupatlor. and no Ineome from any business.Justlce Herrlck sald he would allow $10 a week

allmony and a rounsel fee of J250. tho counsel tongrre upon a referee.

IfOY ADMIT8 HE'S A HKIHWAYMAX.Wllllam Smlth, ¦ slxt-en-year-old boy. who has

been livtng in the Newsboys." Home. Xo. 51 Poplar-st.. confeaaed in the Adams-st. police court yester¬day morning that he was a highwayman. On Sat-irday afternoon the employes of the Brooklyn Gas

Company received their pay. John Morrison. a

messenger. of No. 170 Storkton-st.. received $3 15.

As Morrison was walking down Adams-st. he was

followed by Smlth and a companlon. Suddenly thetwo thlevea ran Morrison Into a hallway. In thedark they held hlm agalnst the wall and wentthrough his pockets. When they had his llttlewa~e thev ran aWav. Smith was arrested on Sun¬day ni*rht. At flrst he denied the charge. but lateradmltted it.

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DEATHS OX LOXG tBLAND.

ANPREW" K. WALKER.

Andrew K. Walker. a -nrpenter and huilder. died

auddenly from heart trouble on Sunday night at hiahome, Xo. 92 Milton-et. He was born in Xew-Yorkseventy-one years ago. and was a member of Iheold Firo Department there. He came to Oreenpolntmore than a generatloi. ago. and had not beenactlvely '-ngaged ln business for several years. Hewas a. trustee of the Tat.-.rnaclo M.-thodist Eplso-pal t'hureh. in Manhattan-ave.; past master of Al-ltan. .* Lodge Xo. 77*i. F. ani A. M.: AlUir CbapterNo 2:17. R. A. M., ani St. Elmo Commandery Xo. ;,T,Knights Templar: a nohle of the Myatte Shrineand a thlrty-second degree member of the Scotti..hJUte Conslstory ln New-York.

CAPTAIN JOSBPri SAYRFS.

Rlv-rhead. Long Island. Sept. 24. -Captain Jo¬seph Sayr for half a century .. re.Ment of thtsvillage. dled at his home on Saturday eventn_,from Rrlght's dlsease. He was etghty-four yearsold. He was born ln Kayal, ln th© Asores, and1.1s fath. .. lived to be one hundred years old. It Issaid that whlle a boy he was shfpwrerked, andwas plcked up by Captain John Sayre. a whalerof South_mpton, and that from fhls man tbe youthtook hia name. When he grew up he .ame awhaler He leaves a w_ low and a daughter. Mrs.Benjamln T. Davis. jr.. of Rlverhead. and a son,Dr. Joseph Sayre, of Glen Oa*-.

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WILLIAM H. PRITDEN.

William H. Pruien. a well known real estate

broker of the Eastern D.strlct for many yeara. diedon Sunday at hls home. No. «90 Green.-ave.. fromhear) dtaeaae, l*or twenty-flve years he had a realeatate offlce In Grand-st., an.l was a member of theCentral Methodlet Eplacopal Church. il- leaves a

wldow and two sons.

FOR A SHORE PARK AT HUNTINGTON.Huntlngton, Long Island. Sept. 24-A movement

has been started tn this town aequlre land alongthe shore for a publlc park. A mass meeting may¦oon be called to a. ltate the projeet. The town aton-' tlme owned the greater part of the shore front.[tl offl.all have sold it by wholetaale. untll now Itis said :."i a spnt rem.alns where on- can spend aday the oearag aaaabafe without treepeaaa_d o.iprlvate proi>erty.

LIEBIGCOMPANVS EXTRACT ofBeef makes the difference be¬tween a flat, flavorless dish anda tidbit that would tempt themost jaded appetite in the world.

NEW-JERSEY NEWS.ir.77.7f COXTROVFRSY SETTLEO.

F.A8T JF.BSEY COMFAITf ANb CITt 0_. NEW¬

ARK RKACH AS .V.REEMENT

At a prlvate meeting the Flnance Fommlttee ofthe Newark Board of Workr yesterday ratlfled the

eompromlae made by the clty k lawyer* wlth the

lawyera of the Wtatt Jersey Water Company ln the

matter of the water rontra. f, and a s|»ecial meet¬

ing of the Board waa cal.ed for laat night to takellnal actlon.________.« ».-___._.

By the agreement reuched the East Jrrsey v. ater

rompsnv aurr.nd-rs. te tbe .ity ihe entire water-ahed above Ma< opln intake. wlth all the work ofconstruction. The company aiso --cdea to the cltyone thousand additlonal aerea of land, and glv-» a

strlp Of land nine feet wlde along the entire plpeline rlght of way from Maeopin to BeUevllle in

addition to the strlp already deeded to the ctty.ln return for thls the clty pave to the r..«np»nythe $_!..NKif»m of bonds an.l the additlonal !..«>..__»held in escrow. *he bonds having a premium valueof nearly (-300,001). The ..ompany 1* also rellevedfrom all furth-*r obllgatlons In the watershed, andwlll not be obttged to deepen Oak Rldge and Cltn-t'.n re»ervolrs. or do any other work. After theagreement waa declded upon the lawyers went toTrenton to meet Vlce-Chnncellor Reed and get thedecree ---igned. Bv embodylng the terms of agree¬ment in a decree by the Cbanrery Court the law-

jrers sought t" have the controverey ended in a fewhours. and without the neeeeslty tor a me-ttngof th*. Common Coaxtem or the aanctlon of theMayor. the decree being a conclualon of the suitbefore tha courtTrenton, Sept. 24 (Speri/il). The df-cree nnder

whlch the clty of Newark ac<i_ircs the water pl_ntconstructe.l f. r it by the _____st .Ier ¦*.->' WfttftJ Com¬pany w.is signed here late this afternoon by Chan-cellor Magie. The court, for the purpose of con-

siimmating ihe d'-cree, was held in the I'ennsyl-.ranla Railroad station at Cllnton-sr.. where theCbancellor was met by Vlce-Chan-MIor Reed andseveral atton.eys from out ol town. The V ice-

Chanoellor had been prevented from reachlng tn*State House. and as soon as he arrlved ln the sta¬tion from Carmlen court was opened wlthout theasststanee of a rrter, and ten minutes later stoodadjourned for the day.

At the meeting of the Board of Works ln Newarklast night, the decree. signed by the Chancellor.was read by the clerk No formal actlon was neces-

sarv. and as there was nothlng to do but abideby the Courts order. Englneer Hershall. of theEast J.-rsey Wat.-r .'ompany. presented to i'resl-dent Ballnrd the kev to all the watershed r'ant,and this placed the clty '.n possesslon The Board a

employes will take the piaces of the companyemployes ln the watershed to-morrow.

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AFTER THIRTY TWO YEARS.

MAN FOR WHOM MoNTMENT HAD BEEN

ERKi'TED RETT'RNS TO HIS OLD HOME.

Boontrn. S*pt 24..In St. Mary's Cemetery therels a monument whlch tells of th- sorrow of hlsrelatlves heeau.e of the death cf Edward Boylan.Th- monument has stood th-r- almost a thl'd of a

century. It says that Boylan was twenry-twoyears of age and dled thirty-two years ago atPaterson, N. J. On Saturday a gray halred manstood In front ot the monument and re_<! the in-scrlption. He was Edward Boylan. the man to

whose memory th- shaft was er-cted.Thlrty-twe yeara ago Boylan worked in the Iron

works here. He was an a.hlete and contesteal lngair.es ln many citi-s. One day he 1-ft Bwith a numher of others to contesf ln the Cale-donlan games at Palerson. The park was on thebank of the Pa.sale River. Durir.g th- day therewas a rlot at th- pam-s. Boylan did not re;urn toBoonton and norhfng mor- was heard of him. Afthe tlme of th- ri »« a number of m-n atR pushedor fell int.. the rlver. Boylan was suppcsed to beamone th- number not accounted for. After weekshad elapsed all hope of his returr.lng was given up.and hls relatlves cau.ed a mass to he =_id for himand the shaft was erected In his memory ln thefamily burlal plot.On Frldav Bcylan walked Into th- house of his

br .her-tn-law, Patrick Cullen. He was nor r_.>_-nized. hut soon proved his Identity to the satls-factlon ..f Cullen, Andrew Boylan. a brother. andMr5. Kelly. a slster. Boylan said thac while atPaterson he met men from a Pennsylvania Ironworks, Without sendlng word home he .arte.i w!;htbem for Plttsburg. He werfeed there foi yearsand then went to Chicago. where he worked ashort tlme. and then went to Wisconsln. bought afarm and has prospered. He. wiil return fn i dayor two to his farm.

RIGHT TO USE UNIYERSITY BBALS.

FRESI. ENT PATTCN SAYr* INTERESTTN'. ________

INQT'IRtES ARE INVOLVED

Prlnc-ton, Sept. 21.Presldent Patton. referrlngto the reports that a Phlladelphla brewer had se¬cured the patent right to use the universtty sea'.son easks and whlskey barrels. wtth a view to fur-nlshlng nnlversity brands of ii_uors, said to-day:

I am sorry that the eollege seal is to be usedln this way. The matter will doubtless b- broughtto the attention of the Board of Trustees. _ndthey will take whatever action they think wtll bewtaa r. latHe t_> the i_ ints in aucattOQ I de norfeel conipetent to speak abour lt. but I _i e.-Si'.y«ee that it tnvolves some interesting legal Incjiiiries.The coll-ge seal will none th« less eei .< ta .-

th-ntlcate the doctrtnee to which lt is a:t .ched.unless. percbance, we should he sued by thewhlskey corporatlons. It seems as if the collegecorporation must get things thla klnd pater.rednowadaya to tnsure their safeguar 1.

NEW BRIDGE fOB SEABRIGHT.Seabrlght, _ept. 24 iSpeciaib.The FreehoUers of

Monmouth County to-day passed .i raaahlUaa tabulld a drawbrldge over the Shrewsbury River fromthts place to Rirm. m Road. The resolution pro-vides that th- county shall be bonded for the snm

¦v to ereet the brtdga ace_a___Bg to plansa»ul estimates to b- suhinltt<_ and approved at afuture meeting. The construction is to be begunas soon as the plans and estimate. can bt> >-tbtainedand appioved. The bonds will bear __. per cent in¬terest. Henry S. Terhune offered to guaranteethe sale of the whole of the bonda at paron the ,lay of issue, but the resolution provides thatthej shall be b©H at avettea tor the beat obtainablaprice.

U TIIER KOUXTXE -WILL .V»>T QUAUPT.

HIS SUri-ESSOR OX BL-tCTORAL TIOCET wrr.T. nn

VAMKD ftT WBJfATOR .BWBl.t,.

l.iither Kounrae. of Meer*«tawi_. e*n** af th. »+publl. »n eleetors for N-rw-Jereey. wlll net inallfy.and a auhstltute wlll he named by Senator WimamJ Seweli Mr. Keuntae was «rav«.l_n_r ln Europewhen the State Con-rentien waa h»M. and his samewas propoaed by State Senator Man lon FHoey. ofMorris.

It was believed that Mr. Kountae would be beftiein tlme to accept. A letter from a son of HrK'niiitt- was yesterday recelvad by ChatrrnasFranklln Murphy of the Btate Commlttee. sayiagthat his father would not return from Europe tntim*. to qualify

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XEWJERSEY POLITWAL XOTFS

.Trankltn Murphy 'he -hatrm.n of *h* n~pnt>.llcan fltate Commltt»». ls mtformly eheerful. Vitbe ls far too level headed te ha m .staarte.Hence his politlcal oplnlon ls always w

When asked at the Republlcan headquarters ;a

Newark on Baturday what he thought ot n\pects of the party ln fhe IVth Congress tMwttsaid: "We are golng to e>~t our "* .r.*cre_wn___athere. I actuariy bellev*- Ihftf we "tn wlndistrlct. Judge Herr ls an exceltent candtdve.

Bt hts a wlnnlng personallty and an unrmpe.^h-ord We had a full conventlon' at Wasb-

tnston. an._ the enthusiasm man:fe-»**»d w.s ..

Mr .«t ani en'-ouraglng as '*o>ild be. Thaorganlxarlon is ln fair.y good shape now tn Haatar-don Morris Hnssex and .V .rr»n eounties. and tt

fully stralghtened out for a gr-od ra

h_.'or» Ele-tlon Day agalnst the Penflfteen hundred rotes that we wtll .a\.

there to wln wlll be a bvta .k "' Asked about the ouflook ¦ tn- BU-erally Mr. Murphy replied: There :. r..

"oe ,-atd of the rest of the 3tat« lusithat the demand IM campalgn bu:*oae !s eaor-

mous!"_

In order to enable ex-Senator David 8 |New-York. to addresa the VI-h Congress IDemoeratic Conventlon Bi N-wark twt iibeen hanged from October I r» r)-*ob*r ... W..h_n_t

i-horlty the announc-me

.hat Ri.hard crnV.tr may -Iso a'tend aadartdr**"* the «-tn. oonvent.onCroker on the *.an.e Demo-rwould. as matter. now star-.d bei

m there *or Cn\on»\ Fdwa-i _..: .*"-

and without hlm on * -

me-tlng ln Newark would be. .-.:-_<* iautilanea and to himself Arrd yetin that eity are free to say thatSenator -Jmith would see somethmg .-..

abaen?e of ti.e Co.oneL

The retirern.1» o' -Te..ly'' r.n>.! aa =*

for the Assembly on the D-m-son Caunry promls-r*partv -r.'husiasm in Jesaa .¦ a'so to

a dep.-slng e_B_ i. on __a

music of the Hon. of Ass-mKv __¦

c-rtalnW will te a r.ft wit'iinin th- debates. for. "mln.l you. say Mri_v,l followers. -after spending seven yetvnHouse. T-.MV knewAnd so he did

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Senator _____M nf .mberland County. -

chairman of the R-pum.on Saturday that th* outlook for party |

South Jersey w__ e_. ._rag_g. The campaigncommtttee* an Bi *er_

an he.-.-.ming la There waa a

men .lardr.-red. speakrr.- .'¦ general.y na _»»»

-rn part ef the State: l have r-as.

tha' most of rhe Democrats w

i.'e I _»- made no eanva.s. ar. 1 f.noae men

are not saying much abcut what th-Still I believe that my estimate of

pr_tty nearly right." Senator Stokes willmake a number of speeches n tbe :.r _er -s

the State during the carapalgn.

.Th- Jersey C_P News.' wh- tmtfetands the wear and tear of dl-c_uraa-__.it as well

as any Democratic aewspaper»s~:e of Saturday: Erery daywhlch palnt to rhe eert.ln de__t of Mr. Bry-vcome mor- evid-nt. The fact -

.upport from the paxty organiaatiX«w-Tor_ or New-Jereey ia piain to »

not . _r-_u_ce. W__ "*>ceimes lt will be found that practlca.Iypeople are against Mr. Brraa who w»re againsthim before. and the .innt wtll not be \

ent " .rother New-Jersey PaBBBI intlr rewspap-rw__.i eannot i.rtng itself ta rnalorse Bryan ba "The_o_tc!_fr Herald.'' It haa announced that Vsupport MfKt_!ey.

Whlle he ts wita e_-Co_gr_-Bian Johns.ah durlng hls Itinerary in Xew-Jers-v __nif Williaia J. Bryan sh. __* happen ea _ee »n

that he wants in the way *>t cr-at ._» co___*i-

he will have to do wi_. be to ask tae l_aaa J_ a

host Mr. CaBa._I ^a xrte r.put_t_»>n of Ma|Hberal as he ls hearry. and lf a guest af hishungrv or thlrsry tt his own faulr. The _>aM- Brvan's tour through the Star- will be. rr ts

very rapML but tf _r o__ has ar, d^. thatMr Cornlsh will be lost tn tae r >w or m th-_hu__» he d.-sa't know the a.-osnpli. :ied ycuagDemocratlc statesman whos- home is :n W.County.

T'nlon County has a Republlcnn __ani_known as the "Fowler Battery." ''.._re.Fowler has pr.sented tha members with aotta»0rn :n p_x_«1es durlng th* campeigrrart of kha'_l cloth. trimmed wtthgln_s of the same materiab A R-cmpletee tho unhfor_. The battec wiilpate in Republlcan meettngs ln the .iilth *.'¦ _graaaDistrict.

The Atlantic County Repubiicans hav* r.oni

Charlee P. Abbatt for As_em_l. rean abeterm.

Senator Charles. A. Reed. the ohahr. >

Somerset «"ounty Republican mmittee. has calledthe county convention for M- __abee

ndtdate fee the Ass*-F. A. Pope is one of the t-_. tbe Repub¬lican nomiaation.

Oriental B**~ u g _*. __*.<A Magrvificent Collectiorv of the Harvdiwork of theArt and Genivis of Sun-rise Lands >*g ^ vc ^

From the Balkans to the China Sea is that weird old land of my.h aai mvsterv thatmoderns have never fathomed. Here is art that cannot be copied as we.i as occxtismthat cannot be understood. Here is wisdom that makes the world wjader; here -.s

raiagic that no western wizard can interpret; and here is handicratt that no other ian_ican imitate with any degree of success.

The axt at design and coior barmony that ia Italy and France would pour it-. s .ul on ______.._. ___¦. w__Pdreatn-thoughts ana ccloi witcheiy mto rugs. Weaves :hcm with colors so fast and abrei so _:r_n^ rha: thev -_«__for centuries though lying on tent or paiace floot.

Wonderful conjurement ot" color!Marveious htting of tihre!In the old days a rug \_.__i a royal present for a prince. To dav those from tha Ot-.en: are sai! luxur-

raodern merchandising has brought them to a fairer conin-erciai tusia Sh 1 thete is n-1 __-_0-u:_ basrr-No two rngs are ever made alike. A dealer dare a_J_ any price and few can quastron it. Kvea t.iay tha Pthe trade is to get the tiggest price possible, and accept less il the* have to. Vast proS.s are mmtt cr. _M__I aless tiash at anction rooms and other piaces of that naruie. Large pronts are counted ____¦ aad le^mniare :n eren

good stoies, ana it i_ bettei to par a large pror.t to a good store than to get ttash eis-wheie.But we have made it annece____rv to deal with etthei hurn ot _____ .....mT.a, _)___ O.-eniaia; hai s___at

among Onental Rugs. He knows them as an expert lap.dar-.st icr.ews a diamond. He knows bvcolor, weave and ttguring. where every rug comes from. He kno.vs. aa nearly a* aay mar. can kno*..the makers ot such rugs expect tot rhe.r work. He knows what _h_u._-.____ ot rufii aii cho.__.es-_ what coiotm,raiest, what is most disun.tivelv Criental, nnd tnost chaiac.eris'.ic of its drstnet. He kWMH weat gi»eshe knows what ifcou'd be aroided. He go?s to tke Otwm and ttnr:. -.-*¦ rug-mak-ttg -_i__tx.C-__. Hefrom hrst hands or wherever hne rugs can be ten-.pted to low pricaj hv large t-uv.ng. We have nts: recetve-J moRugs purchased riuting his last tnp to Constanttnopie and hsjifd It ,i the largest collectioo we' hase evereted. Thrre are i.-eautiiul Rug- trom all quaitcti of the Orient.

There are antiques __nd mo-ierns, iarge rugs .ind small. Some rieh and mellow as sn old painting; somethe lustre ct -.uu.i-ht; some brilliant; some aembre.

The laage of stxes a careiuiiy planned; all rooms can be S.ted. fiom the largest drawmg-room to the caftj -hft'Ihen pricft. ire Uir.With the tulest knowledge ct values, and by vast aad dureet baying. we par the .eaat tot Onental Rugs -ha'

they can be gotten tot. We btmg -heiu tete in the noosi direct and econcmrcal was-. Then we add utkyptotit, and the rnce is lixed. We knew it is ught.t.ien, hke all orher tuerchandise. it is invar.able. You _r,owit is safe tn pay tt. You knuw ibat it ls the lcwesi pure fsi which a iug ot its character can ,-e N.ught.know. joo, ihat if you get it home, and, upon ccnsulution witb >our fimuy ot trienda, you preter aot to k_-that we will bring it back without questum ct co.-irnent.

Do you !;:mk the \\ atr_. i:..iker way is sau&ty.ng? Ortam'y a fine. colfectton has new been shown thar. :beone now readv tor you lo view. Names? They te used ughtly and caiasaaly, aa a rule. But it vou aie a co__-uoisseur, here u a hint of what we invite you to see:

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JOHN WANAMAKERFormerly A. T. Stewart & Co.. Broadway. Fourth Avenue. Ninth and Teoth Streots.