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HORACE PORTER IF HE'LL RUN FOR MAYOR Republicans All Delight in Prospect of a Straight Ticket Fight, MR. ODELL NAMES NO NAMES. But He Will Not Indorse Platt's View That Fight Is Hopeless-Fusion in This Borough. The Republicans think they have recovered their self respect by pulling out of the Fusion farce comedy conference. The ebb tide of independence which is now on made a respectable Fusion ticket impossible, according to them.

By a straight ticket, they say, they do not mean necessarily that only Republicans shall be nominated from top to bottom, but a Republican will probably head it. One or two Democrats may And places on it. General Horace Porter, late Ambassador to France, is the man sought after, and he will undoubtedly nominated if he will being, accept. Louis Stern, the merchant, is another available. County Clerk Thomas Hamilton mentioned, Senator Nathaniel A.

Elsberg is a possibility, and ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren, of Brooklyn, is as likely as anybody Lieutenant be asked to run. It is said that ex- Governor Woodruff has suggested William Berri. Those who think there is a chance of winning would like to see John Ford named. Ex-Governor Odell has enforced a policy of silence on the local leaders and declared this morning that nobody would hear who the candidate would be until the convention nominated him.

He still disclaims having any but a general interest in the result. R. Fulton Cutting makes it very plain that the Citizens Union would not nominate ticket. He said that his organization would devote itself to booming District Attorney Jerome. The nominating committee, which proved so unsuccessful in effectFusion, will make its report at a meeting of the City Committee to-night and will go out of the business.

They will tell of the the Republicans nominating, to abandon hope of Fusion and go it alone. No tears will be shed, and the probability is that the Union will soon go out of business. By attaching itself to the Jerome boom it is hoped to go down to an honorable death. Mr. Cutting is said to realize that a non-partsan movement cannot be made permanent.

He will undoubtedly vote for Mayor McClellan, and many think he will be glad to do so. Hearst People Very Sad. The Hearst Municipal Ownership League, the other element in Fusion, is unwilling to "say die." The leaders of it, who are all closely attached to Mr. Hearst's fortunes, will demand that he run for mayor on these tickets. It has been planned to meet Mr.

Hearst at the steamer by which he returns on Saturday from Europe and ask him to run. His response will probably decide their Enture course. It is thought to 'be doubtsal whether their leader will care to enter Da race as an "independent." John Ford's friends are insisting that he gun independently. They say he is the only man who represents the real issue, and that he would prove to be as popular among the labor element as Henry George. It is doubtful whether very much money could be obtained for his campaign, and the Ford men are undecided.

Some of them say that long as the Republicans proposed him as their candidate in the conference, there is no reason now why he should not be nominated as a party candidate, unless the corporations and the corporation people have vetoed his nomination. There is a story in circulation that the Municipal Ownership League went to Odell and Halpin yesterday and agreed to support Ford and abandon Seabury, but it cannot be verified exactly. Both Republican leaders are said to have refused to accede to the proposition. Odell Not Giving Names. Mr.

Odell was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning, but in a rather grim humor. He is apparently determined that there shall be a bona fide fight, however. "Who is to be the Republican candidate?" was asked. "You won't know until the convention meets," was the firm and prompt response. It implied that the talking about the names of men who could not be induced to run would cease.

"Can't you guess who the candidate will be "Yee, I can, but I won't." "Can't you tell us some names?" "You will not get any names from me." "Will a straight ticket be stronger than a Fusion ticket?" "It is the opinion of the leads, as I hear it, that it will be." "Does that correspond with your own opinion?" "I haven't any opinion. The have assumed responsibility for present leaders, course, as they ought to do, and I suppose they have done the best thing under the circumstances." do you think of the way the leaders have managed things?" "As well as could be expected." "Do you think there is a chance of the Republican ticket winning?" not making any predictions." "Do you indorse Senator Platt's prediction that McClellan will be elected?" "I not indorsing anything." "Senator Platt says the next State campaign will worth living for?" was suggested. "I hope Senator Platt will not only live until next year, but for many years to come, and if there is anything he desires I hope he will get it. I am sure I wish him long life and happiness." Mr. Haplin had not reached headquarters at noon.

Mr. Woodruff went back to Syracuse last night, and no conference has been arranged yet. The convention will be held on October 6, a week from to-morrow. Brenner for Local Fusion. Chairman Brenner, of the Republican Executive Committee, said this morning that Republican organization here does not intend to follow the example set by those in control of city affairs, who have resolved in effect to nominate a straight ticket.

Mr. Brenner was quite positive to-day that fusion will be brought about in this counHe and Mr. Woodruff and Colonel Dady have been appointed by the executive committee with full power to arrange the details of a combination to be effected here by the Citizen's Union, the independent and radical Democrats, German-American organizations and the Republican party. A conference will be called early next week at which the whole situation will be discussed. Judge Brenner said this morning that the ticket nominated as a result of this conference would not be completely Republican.

He agrees with Colonel Dady that a straight local ticket would probably be unsuccessful, and also, of course, with the colonel's contention, that a real Fusion ticket will win. The German-American organizations are likely to be given the privilege of naming the candidate for County Clerk and there were indications this morning that their choice would be Henry Fuehrer, a Democrat. Alfred T. Hobley, of the Fifth Assembly District, is in the lead for Sheriff, and will no doubt be nominated. Mr.

Hobley is counting on the support of a great number of Democrats for an office so purely personal as that of Sheriff. The boom for Major Ebstein for borough president continues unabated, and it looks now as if the major were to be the nominee. Judge Aspinall will not permit the use of his name as a candidate on the borough ticket. The judiciary convention meets in the Court House at 12 o'clock to-morrow and will name Justice Joseph A. Burr as its choice.

BANK ROBBED IN ILLINOIS. Cairo, September 28-Burglars early to-day entered the private of C. B. Burnet Sons, at El Dorado, wrecked the vault and carried off between $8,000 and $10,000 in currency and gold. Many shots were exchanged between the burglars and citizens, but owing to the darkness none of the shots took effect.

Bloodhounds have been put on the trail of the burglars. NO WORK, NO MONEY; JAIL. Special Officer Schneidmuller, of South Midwood, was the complainant in the Flatbush police vourt to-day against Joseph Schmitzer, 56 years old, no address, whom he charged with vagrancy. Schmitzer told the court that his home was on Graham street, Manhattan, and admitted that he had neither work nor money. He was held in $200 bail for examination October 2.

FEVER ON A STEAMSHIP. Five Members of the Crew of the Lindisfarne Removed to Hoffman Island. The British steamship Lindisfarne arrived here to-day from Cienfuegos after a voyage in which several members of the crew were ill with fever. An examination at Quarantine showed that five of the crew still had fever symptoms, and they were removed from the steamship to Hoffman Island for further observation. The sickness during the voyage was believed the ship's officers to due to a long wait which the steamship was forced to make the harbor of Colon, Panama, before proceeding to Cienfuegos.

After a thorough disinfection at Quarantine the Lindisfarne was allowed to proceed into port. NEGRESS SHOT ITALIAN. He Boarded With Her on Barren 1 Island. Refused to Pay His Board and Struck Her. Frank Parmelee, an Italian, living at Barren Island, in a critical condition in Kings County Hospital suffering from a bullet wound and a fractured skull, inflicted by Mary Mason, a negress, also of Barren Island.

The assault took place at Barren Island about 12:30 o'clock last night. Parmelee has been boarding in the Mason woman's house, and last night on returning home found that the door was locked. He raised a great racket. She claims he refused to pay his board and continually abused her. This led her to lock hi mout last night.

Parmelee forced his way into the house and into her room and struck her. She said she warned him not to strike her again, and when he repeated the blow with great violence she grabbed a revolved from the bureau and shot at him. Officer Panteleon Candidus, of the Canarsie station, found Parmelee on the floor unconscious in a pool of blood. He sent a call for an ambulance and placed the woman under police court to-day for arraignment on the arrest. She was brought the Flatbush charge of felonious assault, but Magistrate Steers had left to sit in the Butler street court, and the woman was hurried there for arraignment.

GERMANS AGAINST HUNGARY. M. Potonyi Declares That They Influenced Francis Joseph to Oppose Coalitionists. Vienna, September 28-M. Poloyni, vice president of the Hungarian Independent party, in an interview in Frie Presse to-day attributed the opposition of the EmperorKing to the demands of the Hungarian coalition to German influence.

He declared that the German government which met Hungary requests for concessions in 8 commercial treaty with a brusque refusal has through Ambassador von Wedel at Vienna advised the Emperor-King against making the slightest concession in question of the language of command in the Hungarian army. M. Polonyi concluded with the threat that if Hungary can no longer find support among the Germans she must look in the direction of the Slavs. CHILD FELL IN FRONT OF WAGON. Wheel Passed Over Her Leg-No One Appears Against Driver.

Dorothy Davenport, 10 years old, of 48 South Oxford street, while roller skating on Lafayette avenue, near South Oxford street, yesterday afternoon, was run over by a horse and express wagon, driven by Michael Dowd, 24 years old, of 1371 Atlantic avenue, who is in the empioy of the New York Transfer of about the same age were holding on to a company. The little girl a companion wagon going down Lafayette avenue. In getting out of the way of the express wagon Dorothy stumbled and fell, the wagon passing over her right leg. She was taken to her home. Dowd was arrested by Patrolman J.

W. Sperr of the Classon avenue precinct. When Dowd was taken to-day before Magistrate Dooley, in the Myrtle avenue court, no one appeared against him and he was discharged. KILLED BY FALING PLANK. Struck down by a falling plank, which was dislodged in some unexplained manner from the root of 412 West Fifty-sixth street, Manhattan, and fell on her head as was playing on the sidewalk, Winifred Lawless, 2 years old, of 410 West Fifty-sixth street, was fatally hurt this morning.

She died ten minutes after the accident, just as she was received at Roosevelt Hospital. Detectives are trying to find how the plank came to be dislodged from the roof. GETS $75 A WEEK ALIMONY. Pending the trial of the suit for divorce brought by Chester B. Fulmer against Grace Fulmer in the Supreme Court, the defendant has been allowed $75 a week alimony and $1,500 counsel fee.

Mrs. Fulmer denies the allegations in the action, and states in an affidavit that her husband put a woman detective on her trail, who, by means of conspiracy, forced her into compromising situations. CONDUCTOR FELL FROM CAR. Patrick Frick of 584 Franklin avenue, a conductor employed on the Marcy Avenue Line, while collecting fares yesterday afternoon fell from the running board of his car at Marcy avenue and Hooper street. His scalp was badly lacerated.

Dr. Cohn of the Eastern District Hospital dressed his wounds, after which he went home. The Train of the Century is the Twentleth Century Limited. the 18-hour train between New York and Chicago by the New York Central Lines. Leave New York 3:30 P.M..

arrive Chicago 8:30 next morning-a night's ride.Adv. 23-2ath PARENTS OF STOLEN BOY RELUCTANT TO AID POLICE Little Tony Merendino, Held for Ransom, They Hope Will Be Returned Unharmed. FAMILY SEEM TO BE CALM. Police Believe That Negotiations With the Blackmailers Are Being Carried On, From the very doorstep of his house, 556 Seventeenth street, Tony Merendino, the 6 year old son of one of Colonel Michael J. Dady's Italian gang foremen, was kidnapped last Sunday by members of one of the numerous "Black Hand" blackmailing societies that have operated successfully in this city since the famous "barrel murder mystery" of three years ago.

Tony's case recalls that of little Tony Mannino, who was kidnapped a year ago, and the police believe there is some connection between the two cases. That the boy was kidnapped and is being held for ransom certain; that he will be returned unharmed, as was the Mannino boy, Acting Captain Carson, of the Fifth avenue station, and the detectives working on the case, believe equally certain. They are fact hampered that in Frank their Merendino, work, the however, father by, the and other members of the fammissing boy, ily will give them no assistance. The case was first reported to the police evening. Nothing was said of the on Sunday of the boy having been kidpossibility the boy description was napped.

Frank Merendino, merely said that station houses in the city. It sent to all was from an source that Captain outsiden morning the true learned Carson, case, so, and he immediately hurried around to Merendino's house. Relucthe father of the boy admitted these tantly facts. weeks ago he was warned (he didn't Three letter of verbally) that if he say whether by didn't give to a certain person within a certain sum of money, one a certain time a of his six children would be kidnapped. little heed to the warning, himself, Paying Merendino advised his children to be careful when out streets alone.

further was heard of the matter Nothing until Friday afternoon, when little Tony, who had been entered as a pupil in the Holy Name Kindergarten, at Ninth and Prospect told his parents that on leaving avenues, school he had been approached by a man who offered to give him candy if he would with him. Again the boy was warned to go be careful and the subject dismissed. Boy Was Left Playing in the Street. On Sunday morning little Tony accompanied his eldest sister, a girl of 12, to mass. After church he played in the street in front of his home with Angelo Marino, a neighbor's Angelo was called in at boy of his own age.

11 o'clock and Tony remained playing about the doorstep of his home. That was the last of him by any of the Merendino family; seen for when he was looked for at dinner time he could not be found. Frank Merendino, the father, has accumulated enough money In the twenty years he has been in this country to buy the house he lives in and the two houses adjoining to the west, but is far from wealthy. CapCarson questioned him closely, but tain could not get him to admit that he had received any threatening letters or offers to return the boy. From another Italian, who seemed conversant with the case, Carson learned that such offers had been made by the people who had kidnapped Tony and the the attitude of the boy's father leads the captain to believe that he is even now negotiating for the return of his son.

As soon as he had established the fact of the kidnapping, Captain Carson put his precinct men on the case-Detective Sergeants Carrao and Sullivan and plain clothes men Daily, Blinn, Conion, Muller and Carrea. He also secured the services of Italian detectives from the local detective bureau and from Manhattan, but not a clew has been found on which to work. The police are at the great disadvantage of taking up the hunt twenty-four hours after the boy had been lured away and they have no means of knowing positively what the Merendino family may or may not have done in that time. Family Show Little Concern Over the Affair. Frank Merendino shows little apparent concern.

He is doing nothing to aid the police and they feel sure that he has made some arrangement with the blackmailers and expects the safe return of little Tony at the proper time. This, it will be remembered, was the attitude of the Mannino family, when their son was kidnapped a year ago. He was returned after ten days and the father, A wealthy contractor, living at 48 Amity street, refused to prosecute the men arrested in connection with the case. One of the prisoners, a lad of 18, who had lived with the family, confessed that he did the actual kidnapping and on his confession he was tried, convicted and sent to prison. The real principals got off scot free.

Captain Carson, confident that Tony Merendino will be returned within a few days, has had his men shadow the Merendino house and follow everybody who goes in or out, and one of his Italian sleuths has examined the letters received by Merendino since Tuesday afternoon. They have learned nothing, however, except that Merendino has not gone to work since his son was lured away, the habits of the family have not changed, the other children going to school as if nothing had happened. Captain Carson thought that worry over the possible fate of the missing child would prevent the family sleeping, but he and his detectives have found that they retire at the same hour they always did. Carson thinks that Merendino is remaining at home in the expectation of receiving some information 88 to where the boy may be found. The captain believes he has been hidden away in some remote part of this borough and diligent search is being made to-day through all the Italian quarters.

Other Families in the Neighborhood Alarmed. When last seen, Tony wore brown knickerbockers and a white polka dot shirt waist, black ties and stockings. He has brown hair and eyes, a dark complexion and is chubby. Captain Carson learned this morning that when Merendino purchased the houses on Seventeenth street another Italian who had his eye on the same property was pretty mad at not getting what he was after. There is nothing to warrant the supposition that he have been concerned in the kidnapping, but as this man is the only known enemy of Merendino, the police intend to find and quiz him.

The kidnapping has thrown a scare into the other Italians in the neighborhood, and this morning each child was escorted to school by its mother or some older member of the family. The same arrangement of safeguarding the coming and going of the children of the neighborhood will be maintained until danger of another visit from the kidnappers has passed. Not a Relative of the Manninos. To the Editor of the Brooklyn Engle: The statement is being made in the newspapers that the boy Antonio Mareanino, leged to have been kidnapped a few days ago in Brooklyn, is my nephew. This is not true; the boy is no relation whatever to me or to any member of my family, I will thank you very much if you will kindly publish this letter.

VINCENT MANNINO. 62 Amity street, Brooklyn, September 28. LOCAL WEATHER PROBABILITIES. Continued fair to-night and Friday; slightly warmer to-night; light to fresh variable winds. The Eagle Weather Bureau has received this special from Washington: "The following storm warning has been sent to gulf coast stations to-day: Change to southeast storm warning 10:30 A.M.

Disturbance approachda ing the mouth of the Miseissippi: high east to southeast winds will continue to-night and probably Friday, Considered unsafe for vessels to navigate In the gulf waters." NATIVES KILL JAPS. 30 Fishermen Murdered on the Kamchatka Peninsula and 10 Escape. San Francisco, September 28-Thirty Japanese fishermen were murdered by the natives at the settlement of Upika, which is situated on the Kamchatka peninsula, and a similar fate would have been visited on ten other men if they had not managed to make their escape to the American codfishing vessel S. N. Castle, which was lying at anchor close to the settlement.

The Japanese belonged to fishing schooners, whose home port was Hakodate. The ten survivors were kept on board the Castle for several days and then, in a large sampan amply provisioned by Captain Ipsen, they set out for a Japanese settlement some dist nce away. BODY FOUND IN PELHAM BAY. Dead Man's Face Covered With Blood and Police Believe He Was Murdered. What the police believe to have been a murder was indicated this morning by the discovery, in Pelham Bay, off Terrace Point, of the battered and bloody body of a man.

The body was that of a man about 37 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall, stout in build, weighing 160 poundo, with light complexion, bald head, smooth face, only one eye, and with the face covered with blood, and the chest and neck black and blue from bruises. The man wore dark trousers and vest, brown shirt, brogan shoes and no coat or hat. The body was discovered by Joseph, Dickson, of Terrace Point, City Island, who reported the matter to the police of the City Island sub-station, who are investigating. BLOWN UP IN SUEZ CANAL. Ninety Tons of Dynamite Exploded in Wreck of Steamer Chatham Without Injuring Waterway.

Port Said, September 28-At 9:50 this morning the wreck of the British steamer Chatham with her cargo of ninety tons of and blasting gelatine was blown up by mines distributed around and inside her a hull. These were fired by an electric current from Baselech. about five miles away. No serious damage was done to the canal and the authorities anticipate that the passage will be cleared of debris in four days. The railway and Sweetwater canal adjoining are intact.

The explosion was tremendous. The enormous displacement of water was visible from Raselech. YOUNG WOMAN HANGS HERSELF. Johanna Kohlrieser, Suffering From Mental Disorder, Ends Life in Her Father's Shop. Her mind evidently unbalanced through a nervous disorder, Johanna Kohlrieser, 25 years old, the daughter of a prosperous carriage manufacturer, at 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Johnson avenue, committed suicide, last night, by hanging herself in her father's shop, which adjoins their dwelling.

The young woman had been suffering from nervousness and it was suggested that she be sent to a sanitarium. She was aware of this arrangement, but it had a bad effect upon her and it is believed temporarily unbalanced her mind. While in this condition, she left the house and made her way to the shop, where she rigged up a rope, which she fastened to an iron beam and then, standing on a chair, she adjusted the other end about her neck. She swung herself clear of the ground by kicking away the chair. She was found in this condition by her mother, who, missing the young woman, went in search of her.

When Mrs. Kohlrieser was confronted by the body of her daughter suspended from the beam she fainted. Those who responded cut down the body, which was still warm, and sent hurriedly for Dr. Alfred Bell, of 25 Linden street. Life was extinct, however, when the physician reached the house.

He notified the police of the Bedford avenue station and Coroner Williams. FELL OFF THE BATTERY WALL. Carl Iverson Was Rescued From Drowning Just as He Was Going Down for the Last Time. Carl Iverson, 23 years old, lately landed from Norway, was standing at the Battery sea wall, this morning, awaiting the arrival of his brother, who is on Ellis Isind, when he was taken sick and fell into the water. John Bass, who is known as "Battery John the bootblack," ran to the end of the sea wall and plunged into the water.

Bass grabbed Iverson Just as he was going down for the last time, and after a struggle, lasting a full five minutes, succeeded in getting the half drowned man to the shore. Iverson was taken to the Hudson Street Hospital, and Bass is $5 the better off for his brave deed, for just As he was climbing up the side of the sea wall he was handed a nice crisp $5 note by a woman who had witnessed the rescue. She refused to tell her name. BRITISH DRAMATIST DEAD. T.

Edgar Pemberton, Who Collaborated With Bret Harte, Passes Away. London, September 28-T. Edgar Pemberton. the dramatist, died at Broadway, Worcestershire, this morning. He was born July 1, 1849, at Birmingham Heath.

Mr. Pemberton was dramatic critic of the Birmingham Daily Post and was known as the blographer of Edward A. Sothern, T. W. Robertson, John Hare, the Kendals and Ellen Terry her sisters.

He wrote several novels and plays and was dramatic collaborator with' the late Bret Harte. ARRESTED FOR SHOPLIFTING. A well-dressed, middle-aged woman, who described herself as Lorina DeVeau, and said that she was from Stamford, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Miss Ida Berg, a department store detective, charged with having stolen a number of wall brackets fro ma Fulton street store. The woman was identified by some of the police, who said she had served fifteen days as a shoplifter on Blackwell's Island. Then she gave the name of Clara Bingham.

She pleaded not guilty. Dewey'. Pure Grape Juice Port Wine bring A smile of joy to your Sick. H.T. Dewey Sons 138 Fulton New York.

-Adv. PIER SHED 518 FEET LONG FELL AT SHIP'S IMPACT Five Men Seriously Injured and Heavy Money Damage by the Accident THE STRUCTURE MOSTLY OLD. Had Been Moved in Sections From a Former LocationS. S. Grenada Not Damaged.

The shed on Pier 31, foot of Sedgwick street, owned by the New York Dock Company, and leased to the Trinidad Steamship Company, was completely demolished by the steamship Granada bumping it while attempting to make the slip, at 7 o'clock this morning. Five men were severely injured falling of the immense structure, which was 518 feet in length and feet wide. The ruins had the appearance of having been struck by a cyclone. Large timbers were strewn about in disorder. The entire building had been covered with a tar roof.

The wreck of the roof was twisted into many shapes, and inclined in all directions. The great mass of wood and iron composing the shed gives a hint of the terrific force with which the Granada struck the pier. The piles and stringpieces at the point of collision were pierced to a depth of eight feet. The five men injured happened to be on the end of the pier when the crash came. It was so sudden that they had no time to get out of danger, if such a step would have been possible under the circumstances.

Two men, Frank Meyers, 85 Irving street, and Joseph Murray, of 489 Hicks street, were the edge of the pier, and were thrown into the water. They were rescued by William Quigley, of 410 Sackett street, and Jeremiah Shea, of 320 Vanbrunt street. Both men were taken to pier 32 in a tug. A call for ambulances was responded to by surgeons from the Long Island College Hospital, Seney, Cumberland and Brooklyn hospitals. The managers of the steamship company took immediate steps to aid the five men caught under the mass of wreckage.

A tug was at once sent to learn their condition. Owing to the building being of wood and falling under the jolt along lines of least resistance, spaces were left open which made the search for the missing men tolerably easy. Under a pile of debris of splintered timbers were located John Hallegan, 45 years old, of 192 Butler street. Hallegan was moaning in great pain. It was later discovered that he was suffering from fractures of the arm and left leg and severe bruises of the head.

Andrew Christie, 38 years old, of 73 Congress street, and James McMahon, 50 yeers old, of 213 Conover street, in were found near timbers and broken boards. Not far away Hallegan. They were pinned in between a were James Gaw, 45 years old, of 322 East Eightieth street, Manhattan, and John Rosenwald, 29 years old, of 503 Clinton street. Gaw. is the superintendent of stevedores, in the employ of the steamship company.

the New York Dock Company. Rosenwald I is employed as dock carpenter by On the arrival of the surgeons from the different hospitals they were conveyed in tugs to the end of the pier, where the wounded men had been tenderly carried by their more fortunate associates who did not happen to be on the dock when the collisions occurred. Christie had contusions of the body from the wood falling on him. McMahon was suffering from a fracture of the left ankle. Gaw had a fracture of the right leg, dislocation of the right shoulder and contusions.

Hallegan, Christie, McMahon and Gaw were removed to the Long Island College Hospital. The dock company took care of Rosenwald, its carpenter. His wounds were dressed by the ambulance surgeon from the Brooklyn Hospital and a carriage was called in which he was removed al to his home. At the hospital it is said that the wounds of the men are not of a dangerous character, although serious and requiring much attention. The Grenada was in charge of Sandy Hook Pilot James McCarthy.

It was coming into port from Trinidad with a miscellaneous cargo of merchandise and asphalt. The cause of the collision is in doubt. It is said that the signals aboard the vessel got out of order as she was passing between the pier and Governor's Island. It is reported that Pilot McCarthy wanted to reverse, engines at the proper time, but that he was unable to get the signal to the engineer in time. The tide was ebb and the vessel had passed her intended slip, going several hundred feet up the river.

It was in the curve intended to land the ship in her berth, impelled by the tide and the engine, that the signals were discovered to be out of order, and the crash came. The Grenada is of 1,400 tons burden. She is of steel construction and very modern in type. To all appearance she was not her injured by her impact with the dock, perhaps because she struck head on. After the collision, the Granada procededed to the Mediterranean Stores, Pier 12, East River.

The vessel is in charge of Captain Murchison. Inquiry was made at the Amity street station to learn if the police were in any way interested in the collision. Captain Baldwin said that no complaint had been made, consequently there had been no arrests. It seems to be well understood that the accident was caused through the failure of the steering gear to respond to the signals of the pilot and his inability to get his signal to the engineer. The pier shed was an old structure.

When the Anchor Line purchased the Kelsey property, the Union stores, more than fifteen years ago, the collapsed shed stood on what is now Pier 29, foot of Harrison street. It was moved in sections to Pier 31, where it collapsed to-day. About 100 feet of new work was built at the outer end and this Is the only part of which even a section rewains standing. It was just there that the Grenada struck the pier at an acute angle, but the collapse began at the shore end, fully 500 feet a away and the shed fell section after section like a house of cards. Hugh Butler, of the line, barely escaped by throwing himself flat on the floor of the dock, girders on both sides saving him from injury.

His assistant, Mr. Voorhees jumped overboard. It so happened that the Grenada came in light, eight or ten feet of her red paint showing above water. At the ebb and flood, the tide now rushes through the Buttermilk channel with the speed of a m111 race. The ship was caught in the ebb and just as she tried to make her slip in tow of Fred B.

Dalzell's tugboat, the W. F. Dalzell, the telegraph, or mode of conveyance of signals from the bridge to the engine room, gave way and the ship held on her correction with of the the pier. consequent There collision was no and out- deward cargo on the dock, so there is no loss from that source. The Grenada brought 12 passengers and a general cargo from Grenada and Trinidad.

The accident is one that will involve considerable litigation between the parties involved. NEW YORK BROKER RELEASED. San Francisco, September 28-Charles F. Corbett, a broker, of New York, who was arrested Tuesday last in company with Aubrey L. Rice and W.

0. Gilman, brokers, Boston, on telegraphic information from Providence, R. in connection with a charge of obtaining money on false protenses, was released from custody last evening by order of the local chief of police. HALLOCK LUCE DIES SUDDENLY. Prominent Farmer and Politician Succumbs to Acute Indigestion.

(Special to the Eagle.) Riverhead, L. September 28-Hollock Luce, a prominent man of the Sound avenue section, died 'suddenly this morning, aged about 72 years. Mr. Luce has been a resident of the section practically all his life, engaged in farming. For many years past he was regarded as a foremost Democratic politician, and at one time was a candidate for County Clerk of Suffolk, but defeated by Orange Fanning.

was. Luce was taken ill one day last week after returning from the county fair. His illness was diagnosed as acute indigestion and heart failure. He recovered from this so as to be around again, but was stricken suddenly this morning, and died shortly afterward." MOROCCO PROTOCOL SIGNED. Premier Rouvier and Prince von Radolin Terminate the Difficult Negotiations.

Paris, September 28-Premier Rouvier and Prince von Radolin, the German ambassador, at noon to-day signed the Franco-German accord concerning the Morocco conference, thus definitely terminating the difficult negotiations. Preceding the signature Dr. Rosen, representing Germany, and M. Revoil, in behalf of France, met at the Foreign Office and went over the final details protocol. Upon the question of the recent German loan to Morocco it is agreed that French bankers shall participate with the Germans and there is to be a similar participation of French firms in building the harbor works at Tangier if a French company offers terms equal to those of the German contractors.

Finally, the accord provides for the submission of the programme without delay to the vention Sultan, and Madrid. the Upon signatories its of submission the con- to the Sultan both the French and German missions now at Fez, will return to Tangier. RUSSIANS WILL NOT AGREE. Fail to Come to Terms With the Japanese Over the Proposed Armistice. Seoul, September 27 (delayed in transmission)-Colonel Oba and General Cossanaffsy, the Japanese and Russian representatives in north Korea, met on Monday afternoon, September 25, and again discussed the terms of the proposed armistice.

The Russians would not agree to the Japanese proposals, and the armistice has been postponed, awaiting instructions from General Linevitch. SUBMARINES FOR JAPS. Holland Torpedo Boat Representative Says They Have Seven in Working Order. San Francisco, September 28-F. T.

Cable, representing the Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat Company, arrived yesterday on the liner Korea from Japan. Japan some months ago to superintend the work of placing seven submarine boats in working order and A completed the task at the navy yard of Yokoska, near Yokohama, the latter part of June. Mr. Cable reports that none of these vessels was engaged in the batle of the Sea of Japan. A They probably would have been, he says, had the conflict been delayed a month.

ALFRED VON HOFE MISSING. Members of Young Man's Family, Mysteriously Absent From Home, Fear Foul Play. The police of the Bedford avenue station have been asked to assist in the search for Alfred von Hote, 24 years old, who has disappeared in a mysterious manner from his home at 322 Keap street, where he lived with his parents. The young man, who is described as being steady and industrious, was engaged with his father, who is wealthy, in the manufacture of fishing tackle. The wellequipped shop adjoins the dwelling on South Fifth street.

Young von Hofe was last seen on Saturday last, when the shop was closed at noon. He left the house without explaining to his parents where he was going, as was his usual custom. There was nothing about his actions during the morning to indicate that he was In any other but his usual cheerful mood, and his parents are beginning to fear he may have met with foul play, as he usually carried considerable money and jewelry about his person. The members of the family have searched in almost every imaginable direction without being able to obtain the slightest trace of his whereaboute. The young man, who was quite an athlete, was a member of the Central Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association.

He is described as being 5 feet 7 inches in height, weighing 120 pounds, with blue eyes and a florid complexion. When last seen he wore a mixed gray suit. YOUTH WHO HAS NEVER WORKED Sued by Young Wife for Support-Expected Her to Earn Money for Both, He Says. Edward L. Haerer, 18 years old, well dressed and well fed, was in the Gates avenue court to-day, charged by his 22-year old wife, Mamie, of 86 Rockaway avenue, with abandonment.

The couple were married in March last and four days later they parted, the groom going to his father's home. do you work at?" said Magistrate Furlong, addressing Haerer. "Nothing." "What did you work at?" "Nothing. Yo see, it was this way, judge. When We got married I did nothing and I told my wife to go out and work and when had saved money enough to go housekeeping I'd find her a "You must furnish a bond of $100 to pay your wife $2 each week, or stand committed to the Penitentiary," remarked the court.

Haerer gazed at his well-polished shoes and then stepped nimbly into the "pen." HIS OWN TRUCK RAN OVER HIM. Philip Speizer, a driver employed by the lumber firm of Cross, Austin Ireland, living at 255 Stockholm street, fell from the seat of the truck last night at Myrtle avenue and Broadway. The wheel of the truck passed over his right forearm, causing painful contusions. He was attended by Dr. Dunton, of the Bushwick Hospital and was able to go to his home.

ORIGIN OF BLAZE A MYSTERY. A fire which started on the third floor of the three story frame building at 11 Patchen avenue, caused a damage of $1,000. The building is owned by T. W. Hochscring.

The cause of the fire is not known. The Autumn One-Day Trips to Went Point. Newburgh and Poughkeepsie, via Hudson River Day Line, are the Anest of the year. -Adv. $359,000 IN SECURITIES STOLEN IN WALL STREET Pinkertons Announce a Big Theft From the Office of Some Person Not Named.

TRANSFER HAS BEEN STOPPED. $125,000 Worth of Metropolitan Street Railway Stock Included in the Loot. Securities, the present market value of which amounts to $359,080, were stolen from an office in Wall street yesterday, according to an announcement sent out this afternoon, over the news ticker in the Street, by the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The name of the firm or person from whom the securities were stolen was not announced by the detective agency, nor would the name of their holder at the tim the theft occurred be made known when inquiry was made at the office. Attempts were made to decry the importance of the theft when inquiries were made at the agency, it being hinted as possible that the securities had been merely mislaid and might turn up later.

The agency to-day caused the stoppage of transfer upon the securities, and asked all banking and brokerage houses in the Street to detain and cause the arrest of all persons unknown to them who might present the securities and attempt to negotiate them. This is a Ilst of the securities, with their present market values: One thousand United States Steel common, worth $37,500. One thousand Rock Island common, $37,750. Seven hundred Missouri Pacific, $73,500. 47 American Tobacco Company 6 per cent.

bonds, $54,990. 200 North American Company, $19,800. 1,000 Metropolitan Street Railway Company, $125,000. A lot of Wabash debenture bonds, series par value, $21,100, market value, $15,540. Total market value of lot, $359,080.

Since transfer of the securities has been stopped they will be valueless and unnegotiable by the thief who stole them, if they were stolen. At the Pinkerton agency it was said that no more information as to the disappearance of the securities could be disclosed further than what was sent on through the news ticker agency. GIVEN $14,000 VERDICT. Nassau County Farmer Wins Important Damage Suit Against City of New York. (Special to the Eagle.) Patchogue, L.

September 28-Justice Wilmot M. Smith this morning handed down an important decision in which the City of New York is mulcted in the sum of $14,000 in favor of Frederick Reisert, of Foster's Meadow. important Nassau County. The case has an bearing on the water supply agitation, being one of many suits brought against the city by Nassau County farmers for alleged damage to their property by reason of the extension of the city's water system into Long Island. Reisert claimed that the erection of the water pumping station near his city's land had dried up the springs, and he has had a long legal battle to maintain his position.

On the first trial before Justice Marean In Brooklyn Reisert was awarded nominal damages, which decision was affirmed by the appellate division. Later the Court of Appeals reversed the decision and granted a new trial, on the ground of the improper exclusion of evidence for the plaintiff. On the second trial, before Justice Gaynor, judgment for $90 for the plaintiff was awarded, but the appellate division reversed this ground that the damages were not sufficient. The third trial was held before Justice Smith, last June. In his decision Judge Smith gives Reisert $6,000 damages for injury to his land for the past ten years, the suit having been commenced in 1900, and also adds $8,000 for the right of the city to maintain its pumping station at that point in the future.

James C. Van Sicklen appeared for Reisert and Corporation Counsel James D. Bell for the city. SUIT CASE MYSTERY UNSOLVED. Boston, September 28 As early as 3 o'clock this morning state police began a search of the creek which separates East Boston from Winthrop, in hope of or portions of the body in conthe finding the clothes nection with the suit case mystery.

The early hour was chosen because of the favorable tide. Until long after daylight the search was continued, but the grappling irons brought nothing to the surface. Convinced that some of the dismembered parts of the woman's body are contained in the second suit case which the stranger purchased at a South End pawnshop, the police seek this article at the bottom of Winthrop harbor. A score of detectives are trying to trace the movements of the man after he left tho stores where he bought the cases, believing that he represents not only the man who performed the illegal operation for the vietim, but also the person who dissected the body and then threw its torso into the water. WOMAN RUN DOWN BY TRUCK.

Mrs. Catherine Eagle, 38 years old, of 272 Skillman street, while attempting to cross Broadway at Kent avenue last evening was struck and knocked down by a team of horses attached to a truck. Her left knee and side were lacerated and as she was suffering from shock Dr. Cohn removed her to the Eastern District Hospital. GENERAL STOESSEL PARALYZED.

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