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W. W. THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SATURDAY.

MAY 13. 1911. was not in you: but I--I who, wayyou on to this. waglaureed your place and find your up at the stars and see them gleam; "Go on your way and dream your dream; Forth speed the strong to the pulse of to "Painting and sculpture--The sinful drapes his goddess warm because painter still is naked, being dust. The Godlike painter will not SO deform beauty which bones and flesh enough "Read much and know nothing.

Love much, forget self, know all things. "Dr. Latson Is Still Alive. I Have Talked With Him." "Dr. Latson is still alive.

I have been talking with him. He has asked me to follow him," the young woman murmured in her intervals of consciousness at the hospital. "Dr. Latson and I Intended committing suicide some day. That was understood," she declared, when she was asked about the relations which existed between her and the brilliant young physician.

"We simply waiting until the burden of were life became unbearable. With him it came yesterday. me it has come I expect to join my master and to teacher 8.6 soon as an opportunity presents itself. I consider suicide a noble end. "I did not kill Dr.

Latson. But ft he had lacked the physical courage necessary when it came time to free his soul from its bondage of earthly clay I would gladly have helped him attain eternity. I glory in the courage my Goura showed when he fired that bullet into his brain. He died A5 he had matchless man." Dr. O'Hanion, the coroner's physician who performed the autopsy on the body, insisted that the bullet was fired from such an angle that suicide WAS extremely improbable, but Coroner Feinberg and the police were impressed with the idea that the girl spoke the truth.

The girl is a Jewess. She came to this country when very young and years AgO lived on the East Side. There she attended a settlement and met Dr. Latson who, she says, was responsible for her "spiritual awakening." From that time on he became her "guide, friend and master." "Together," she explained, "we trod the blessed paths of theosophy, the occult, Brahminism and Hindu lore. We grew towas gether.

through He made my me hands his that secretary, all and his it I blessed writings passed. He said he would make me a cultured woman and he didalmost. When I had become educated up to his degree of occult knowledge--the fundamentals of the eternal life--we were to mate. "They say. I killed him.

Yes, they do. I did not kill him. I would have killed it he had asked it of me. But, thank God! he had suffeient strength to save his own soul. I pray God that some day I shall have sufficient strength to free my soul.

Last night I was on the point of joining my master. I was in constant communication with him--the livelong night--and know he wanted me to come him soon." AQUEDUCT MAP NOW READY. Tentative Street System of 4,500 Acres Held Up Awaiting Decision on Jamaica Bay Lines. In pursuance of the decision of Secretary of War Dickinson, approving the Jamaica Bay pier and bulkhead line, upon which is based largely the street system of the westerly section of the of Jamaica, a map of the Aqueduct district, prepared by the topographical bureau of Queens, which has been held up for several months, pending the Axing of the Jamaica Bay lines, will be submitted to the committee of the Board of Estimate on Monday next. This district comprises over 4,500 acres, extending from the Brooklyn line to Van Wyck avenue, about three miles in an easterly direction, and from Liberty avenute to Jamaica Bay, about the same distance north and south.

There may be some minor modifications made necessary, but the borough engineers predicted with remarkable Accuracy the probably caused lines as approved by the Secretary of War. The map Includes all the meadow sections of the town west of Van Wyck avenue, and takes In many large lot developments that are held up pending an approval of the offcial map of the district. RESTAURANT MAN STABBED. William Arris Taken Dangerously Wounded to Hospital-J. G.

Alonzo of Brooklyn Arrested. Charged with stabbing William Arris, manager of the Pabst Van Cortlandt res taurant, at Two Hundred and Fortysecond street and Broadway, Manhattan, while in front of 313 West One Hundred and Twenty- -fifth street, Manhattan, last night, Joseph G. Alonzo, a Spaniard. 25 years old, giving his address at 30 Willow street, Brooklyn, was arrested by Detective Hawkins, at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and Eighth avenue, Manhattan. Arris, who was stabbed under the arm, and is in a serious condition, removed to the J.

Hood Wright Hospital, where he was unconscious during the night. He was taken there by a companion In an automobile at 1 o'clock this morning. given up to the hospital ities. and described as William Brown of Yonkers. Early this morning Arris was revived and gave his right name and revealed the name of his alleged assailant.

At 30 Willow street. Brooklyn, to-day. it was dented that Alonzo lived there. ft. is a Spanish boarding house, kept by A Mrs.

Sorreno, who says that Alonzo lives somewhere on Myrtle avenue; that he visited 30 Willow street during the evenings to get his meals. and that aside from that he never went to the house. NEW AUTO ROUTE ESTABLISHED Binghamton, N. May 13-Deputy State Highway Commissioner Frank D. Lyon and his party last evening completed the establishment of a new automobile route between this city and New York, making a record trip from the metropolis to Binghamton, over what will be known as the Lyon route.

He has demonstrated by this trip that New York can be reached from Binghamton by automoble in nine hours and fortyminutes. INDEX To Classified Advertisements in Today's Eagle. Classification. Page, Amusements Auction Sales 13 Boarding Business Buriness Oppor'ties Coastwise 10 Corp. Notices, -7-16-20 Death Notices 20 Dentistry Election Dividends 18 European Resorts.

17 18-19 Financial Furn. 13 Help Wanted Horses Carriages 15 Hotels 17 In Memoriam Legal Classification. Page. Lost Found 20 Man. Amusements.

Miscellaneous. 2-3-10-18 Musical Instruction 15 New Ocean 16 Real Railroads 10 10 R. at R. E. Religious Resort Guides Special Advte 20 Special Notices Steamboats 16 Sum Cots, to 15 To Let -For Sale, 13-14-15 Travel 16 Wanted 13 INDEX TO REGULAR FEATURES.

Classification. Page. Aeronautics. Athletics Automobiles Baseball. Books Bowling Boxing Children's Dept Churches Churches (Prot.) 11-12 Cricket Editorial News 18-1! Financial Fishing Golf Industrial Age Institute News Labor Unions Lacrosse Supplement.

DOOLEY NOW FULL INSPECTOR. Has Been "Acting" as Such in Brooklyn for Many Months. Robert E. Dooley, former "Czar" ol Coney Island and later talked the man who cleaned up the Tenderloin in Manhattan, although the Haymarket ran under his eyes, was made an inspector last night by Commissioner Cropsey. He had been acting inspector in Brooklyn for many months; but will now get an inspector's salary.

LOSES LEG; MAY DIE. (Special to The Eagle.) Huntington, L. May 13-It was said at the Skene sanitarium, in Brooklyn, lage, had his leg amputated two to-day that, Watts Sammis of this vilweeks ago, is very low and no hopes are given of his recovery. NOT LIKELY TO DIVIDE CITY Between the B. R.

T. and the Interborough Companies. City Officials Considering Subway Building Will Close Negotiations Next Week. It is said to-day that the few matters of difference between the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and the city committee were practically adjusted at yesterday's conference and the meeting on Monday will wind up the minor details of the situation. The meeting of the company's directors and the committeemen have been taken up largely in questione and answers regarding complicated features of the plan put in.

The understanding 18 that the company will concede some of the smaller points to the city and that an agreement will be reached which will be mutually agreeable. There will probably be no Dew memorandum from the company. One ol the participants in the meetings said coday such a memorandum was not thought necessary. For the city committee, it is said day that no new communication is pected from the Interborough Company; that the concessions from the B. R.

T. are not new or startling, but refer to mooted points in the proposal now before the city; that no developments of big importance are looked for, and that the report of the committee will be rushed through and sent to the board next Thursday it this is possible. It 18 beginning appear, though, that the report will be delayed A week longer. It may be said to-day with authority that there will be no recognition by the Public Service Commission of the "spheres c. nfuence" over which the various tract.on companies have control.

It is said to be extremely improbable that the commissioners or any city offcial will suggest the plan for giving Brooklyn to the B. R. T. and Manhattan and the Bronx to the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. At the Commission to-day it was pointed out that the Tri-borough subway, or independent line, wAs still before the body, and might be called into service at need.

The fact that back of the companies now in the field is the possible independent city system, is said to be having considerable effect upon the situation as a whole. TOBIN WAS WEARY OF LIFE. After Writing Letters to Brother and Friend, Shot to Sleep," He Said, After writing several letters, in which re disposed of his property, William Tobin, 58 years old, committed suicide some time late last night in his room at 21 Stuyvesant place, Manhattan. He had shot himself through the head. For several years Tobin had been living at the address in Stuyvesant place.

In the same house lived William Mason, a member of the firm of Mason Moore, printing machinists, at 30 East Fourth street, and nightly the two men were together. When Mr. Mason returned to his room late last night he found a note on his bureau and a bunch of keys. Opening the "Dear William--If you And my room note, he locked after o'clock to -night, -If please open try door. You will And something for you.

-William Tobin." Mason hurried to his friend's room, and when he opened the door he saw the man dead on the floor. On the table in the room was a note addressed to Mr. Mason and this read: "Pardon me for the trouble am causing you. Please try to cheer up my brother when he comes Good Also on the table was a check book of the Metropolitan Bank and a bankbook showing a deposit of $1.800. In the book was a check for $1,000, made payable to Cornelius Tobin, his brother.

There was letter addressed to the brother, in also a which directions were given tor disposing of his estate. He also mentioned a Mary. Hhe writer said: "I am sister to sleep. In the past two months going I don't believe I have had an hour's conrest. Things have not tinuous the same for you and I since mother been died." COLONEL SCOTT TO BE NAMED Succeed to Superintendency of To Prisons-Cohalan to Become Supreme Court Justice.

The statement was made to-day at Tammany Hall that Governor Dix, on Monday night, will send to the Senate nomination of Colonel Joseph J. the Scott Elmira as State Superintendent of Prisons to succeed Cornelius V. Collins, who recently resigned. At the same the the Governor will also send in time nomination of Daniel F. Cobalan, Charles confidential adviser, as JusF.

Murphy's of the Supreme Court. Cohalan will tice All the vacancy created by the resignaof U. S. Senator O'Gorman. tion WON'T TELL WHY HE WAS SHOT, Timothy Fallon Will Probably Die, Says Hospital Surgeon.

Timothy Fallon, a salesman, 28 years hits address at 656 East Sixold, giving teenth street, Manhattan, is in Bellevue Hospital this morning in a critical condition with a pistol shot wound through the abdomen. He was found early this morning at Second avenue, near Houston street. When questioned by the police all the information that Fallon would give was that he was shot by some man he did not know and that he could not identify him. He said he did not want any police action in the matter. Dr.

Axtel, who attended Fallon, said that be woulld probably die. MAKES ADOPTION LEGAL. Judge Dike has granted the petition of George S. Rockwood of 335 West EightyAfth street to adopt as his own daughter L. Maude Warner of Lakeville, Conn.

She is 45 years old and married Rockwood has been heer foster parent from her early childhood. He desires to adopt heer in order that she may share equally with his own children in his estate. BURNED PLAYING WITH FIRE. Louisa Weiman, 6 years old, was playing with fire in the yard at the rear cf her home at 415 Suydam street, today, when her clothing caught fire. Before it WAS extinguished she was seriugly burned about the legs and body.

RINK MUST BE CLOSED; UNSAFE, SAYS O'KEEFFE Clermont Avenue Building Not Up to Requirements of Fire Department. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ACTS. Sends Letter to Waldo Recommending Closing--Five Thousand Lives in Danger at Boxing Bout. Deputy Fire Commissioner Arthur J. O'Keeffe has sent a letter to Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo, recommending that the Board of Health be requested to close the Clermont Avenue Rink, at Clermont avenue, between Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, where boxing contests are being conducted The closing of the rink is recommended on the ground the owners of the building have not complied with violations put on it Department.

Commissioner O'Keeffe made visit to the rink, Thursday night, and he said to-day that the conditions were such that the lives of 5,000 spectators were endangered. In his letter to Commissioner Waldo, the Brooklyn deputy says: Rhinelander Waldo, Fire Commissioner. Siri I beg to call your attention to the serious condition at the Clermont Avenue Rink, Clermont avenue, between Brook- Myrtle and Willougnby avenues, Borough of lyn. This department has put violations on this building, recommending four standpipe lines, with hose connections to each, additional fre extinguishers, hooks, axes, enlarged exits, and same have not been gumplied with. A.

violation notice was bar red February 25 and we now have a request tor an extension of time. On last Thursday there were, in my judgmeat, over five thousand people in this bufiding. There wAs not sufficient aisle the aisles being blocked by chairs. space, Every chair on the floor was unfastened, praventing a very dangerous condition. I respectfully recommend that the Board of Health be requested to close this building until the requirements of this department have been compiled with.

Respectfully, ARTHUR J. O'KEEFFE, Deputy Fire Commissioner, Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The Clermont Rink is owned by the Monroe estate and at present is leased to the Whirlwind Athletic Club. February 25 last, Commissioner 0'Keeffe, after making 8. visit to the place, was not satisfed with the conditions that existed in respect to protection against fire.

At that time the Chapman-Alexander revival services were being conducted, and every precaution was being taken. Commissioner O'Keeffe instructed the owners of the building to make the building safe, and specified to comply with the Fire Department's requirements. The law permits owners of butidings sixty days in which to make necessary repairs after a violation has been placed by the Fire Department. In the meantime the Whirlwind Athletic Club took hold of the building and has been using it for the purpose of holding boxing bouts. Commissioner O'Keeffe recently made another visit to the place, but the crowd was not very large.

Finally he waited for the big event last Thursday, which brought "Knockout" Brown and "Tommy" Murphy Into the ring and a large crowd of fight enthusiasts to watch them. "I will not assume any responsibility for this building," said the commissioner to-day. "When I saw the conditions there last Thursday, I determined to end them at once, Until the building is so repaired to meet with every requirement specifled in the violation placed on it the place will be glosed, if the Board of Health acts favorably on my recommendation. The matter is up to Commissioner Waldo now. and 11 feel confident of the result of it.

"My interest in the matter is with the people. Life is endangered. It must be stopped. While I am here I will not tolerate playing with human life. There were chairs unfastened from the floors.

Why, should a panic start there in case of fire, the loss of life would be terrible. am satisfied I have taken the proper steps in this affair." NEW RULES FOR LAW PRACTICE Bar Association Will Ask lature to Act. 'Attorneys From Outside the State Will Be Subjected to Rigid Examination. The Brooklyn Bar Association last night adopted a plan by which lawyers coming into this state to practice must furnish evidence of An academic or a collegiate education equal to the regent's course necessary here, and have to pass the bar entrance examinations. The association petitions the Court of Appeals to formulate such an amendment of the existing law.

At present three years' practice in another state admits a man to practice law here. A doctor from another state has to pass the examinations of this state before he can practice. In addition, the Bar Association referred to a committee a plan to investigate the legal societies now in business in Kings County. The association will request the appearance before the committee of the officers of the corporations doing a law business under their jurisdiction, and will try to see if practices which have not appealed to them as being for the best interests of the legal profession cannot be abolished. The association indorsed the bill providing for three new Supreme Court judges in this and pointed out the need of department, improving the present Court House, and, when the money is available, of building another.

The meeting was held at the Brooklyn Club. President David F. Manning presided. The foregoing matters were treated in resolutions introduced by the law committee of the association. GAVE SIX CENTS; KISSED HER.

The Children's Society and the local Detective Bureau are looking for a man described as a hunch-backed scissorsgrinder, who lured little Josie Franzoline, 7 years old, of 72 Richardson street, the cellar underneath her home into and kissed her. The child says he paid 6 cents for a kiss and then she beher frightened and ran away, the man came making his escape. ABLE TO RECALL IT. The young man in the third row of seats looked bored. He wasn't having a He cared nothing for the good time.

Shakspearean drama. "What's the greatest play you ex ever saw?" the young woman asked, obserying his abstraction. Instantly he brightened. "Tinker touching a man out between second and third a and getting the ball over to Chance in time to nab the runner to first!" he Tribune. GRIEVED FOR WIFE; SUICIDE.

Grief over the death of his wife, who died three weeks ago after many years of married life, is given as the cause of the suicide of John Lienenberg, 68 years old, who was found dead with a gas tube his mouth in the bathroom of his in home, 53 East One Hundred and Thirtyfirst street, Manhattan, this morning. yet?" "Got your winter suit it "Why ain't you wearing 'Tain't that Tailor's suing me for last winter's suit. -Cleveland Leader. THIEVING NEGRESS CAUGHT. Made Clever Getaway From Halesite Employer's Home, but Soon Was Captured and Jailed.

(Special to The Eagle.) Huntington, L. May 13-A employed by Mr. Latson, superintendent of the big place of Mrs. Juliana Ferguson, niece of Philip D. Armour, stole a lot of jewelry last night from her employer, and the contents of the latter's pocketbook also.

The negress effected her escape from her rooms in the attic of the by means of a rope. Before reaching the ground one of her shoes dropped offand it was found this morning by Mr. Latson, who, seeing the shoe and the rope dangling from the window, went up to the maid's room, when he saw the empty pocketbook on a bureau. The family afterward, discovered that a lot of jewelry was missing. Mr.

Latson started at once with an auto up New York avenue and, overtaking the missing servant, found her hiding beind a big tree near Main street. After securing aid he held the WOman and sent for Deputy Sheriff Amzi Beggs, who arrested her; and, after a hearing before Justice Hendrickson, she was committed to the county jail to await the action of the grand Jury. She was taken to Riverhead this noon by Ofnicer Beggs. CHARTER "PREPOSTEROUS" Citizens Union Takes a Rap at Gaynor Document. N.

Abbott, Chairman of Committee, Says Its Enactment Into Law Would Be a Legislative Crime. The session to-day of the joint senate and assembly committees on the charter legislation, the City Hall, WAB cities, taken up by representatives of the legislative committee of the Citizens Union. N. Abbott, chairman of the committee, made the principal argument against the proposed charter submitted by the Gaynor administration. Mr.

Abbott denounced the Gaynor charter as "preposterous," and declared it would be A "legislative crime" to enact it into a law in its present form. said that the chief objection of the Citizens Union to the charter was to the sections which robbed the members of the Board of Estimate of their powers and centralized them in the hands of the The present charter, he said, is ambiguous, but instead of removing these features the Gaynor charter was adding new ambiguities. JOHN LOTT WYCKOFF DEAD. Well-Known Jamaica Man Passes Away at His Columbia County Farm. John Lott Wyckoff, one of the organizers of the Queens County Trust Company, of which he had been secretary since its incorporation, died yesterday of Bright's disease at his stock farm, Berkshire Pass, Columbia County.

Mr. Wyckoff was born in the upper part of New York State forty-nine years ago, and came with his father, the Rev. Jacob Wyckoff, a retired clergyman, to Woodhaven, many years ago, where his for building purposes some years ago, father bought a large farm. It was sold being known as Wyekoff's Park. John Lott.

Wyckoff WAS one of the founders of the Woodhaven bank, was A director in the Columbia Building and Loan Association i at Woodhaven, and of Maple Grove Cemetery. He belonged to Jamaica Lodge, F. and A. Jamaica Council B. and the Jamaica Club.

He was a member of the choir of the Dutch Reformed Church, Jamaica, and a skilled amateur musician, especially on the 'cello. He leaves a widow. Jennie; two daughters, Jeanette, a sophomore at Wellesley College, and Marjorie; a son John Sterling, two brothers, William F. Wyckoff and the Rev. Charles S.

Wyckoff, recently pastor of Grace Reformed Church, in Flatbush, and a sister, Annie Wyckoff. of Jamaica. Mr. Wyckoff's residence was at 79 Clinton avenue, Jamaica, where the remains will be brought. The funeral arrangements h' aut yet been made.

MADAS NOT TO DIE. Man Convicted of First Degree Murder Has Sentence Commuted by Governor Dix. Lajame Madas, who shot and killed Selig Korn in an attempt at robbing Korn's bank at 1020 Manhattan avenue, in December, 1909, has had his sentence of death commuted to of life prisonment by Governor Dix. Madas was to have died on Monday in the electric chair, but Attorney Reilly received word; of the commutation to-day from Governor Dix. Madas was not 18 years old when the crime was committeed.

He is 19 now, and the guards at Sing Sing say that he is either a man without emotion, or else with the most perfect control over it. When he was sentenced to the chair he showed 110 concern about the matter. A dispatch from Ossining to-day says that this morning when Warden Frost told him in the "death house" that he was not to die after all, Madas gave him little more than casual notice, turning unconcernedly away. "A FAMILY AFFAIR." Mr. and Mrs.

Dattmer Exchange Courtesies With Sad Results. At 12:45 this morning, report the police of the Snyder avenue station, Flatbush, a quarrel occurred in the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dattmer, at 1428 Nostrand avenue. Mrs.

Celia Dattmer, 33, white, housewife, U. and Henry Dattmer, 35, white, clerk, German. were the dramatis personae. According to the police Mrs. Dattmer received a contused wound of the right eye a result of breaking the impast of a as blow from a clenched fist wielded by her husband.

She railied gamely, it is said, and countered with a carving knife, inflicting on Henry an incised wound of the scalp. As Henry was in a groggy condition at this stage of the contest and plainly unable to continue, the police thereupon jumped into the ring and put A stop to the contest. Ambulance Surgeon McDonald attended the combatants, rendered first aid 011 the spot and removed Mrs. Dattmer to the Kings County Hospital. As It was purely a family quarrel, no arrests were made.

COW ATTACKS WOMAN. (Special to The Eagle.) Sayville, L. May 13-While Mrs. John Suda was leading her pet "calf," now 2 years old and possessing horns, from the pasture, last evening, the animal suddenly turned and attacked her, Knocking Mrs. Suda to the ground.

Before she could regain her feet the furious animal made several head-on into the woman's abdomen. Forplunges tunately the horns did not gore her body, but she was badly bruised by the blows. Mr. rushed to his wife's rescue and probably saved her from serious injury. FAR-FETCHED.

"Why do you lie so?" "It's more modest." "What do you mean?" "Lies may be barefaced. but the truth -Cleveland Leader, THE DAMAGED FARRAGUT TO DOCK IN BROOKLYN Vessel Which Ran Down the Merida Slowly Limping Into Port. NO PASSENGERS ABOARD. American Mail Company Steamship Will Be Repaired in the Erie Basin. Some of the passengers who were on the Ward liner Merida, which sank off Cape Charles yesterday morning, after a collision with the American Mail Steamship Company vessel Admiral Farragut, are on their way to this city on Princess Anne, one of the Old Dothinion liners, due at this port this afternoon.

Meanwhile the Admiral Farragut is limping into Quarantine and is expected to dock at Robin's Dock, Erie Basin, late this afternoon or early this evening. There are no passengers of either the Merida or the Admiral Farragut on board. The latter ship is bringing in only her captain and crew, together with mute evidence of the terrifc force of the collision yesterday. Two tugs of Fred B. Dalzell Co.

set out this morning to meet the Admiral Farragut. On board Delzelline were F. N. DuBois, superintending engineer for the American Mail Steamship Company, and Secretary Day of the company. The tug left Manhattan at 10:30 o'clock this morning and Captain Keene met the Admiral Farragut just outside Sandy Hook at noon.

The Admiral Farragut was off Barnegat Lighthouse at 6:30 o'clock this morning, and Fred B. Da Dalzell, head of the towing company, said that the damaged liner probably would make six knots an hour coming in. She lost all anchors in the collision and will not be able to any halt at Quarantine, where another tug, the Fred B. Dalzell, was stationed to meet her. FARRAGUT WAS LOW IN WATER Passenger Tells Interesting Story of Collision.

Wireless Refused to Work for Some Time- Quick Transfer of Shipwrecked Passengers. Philadelphia, May 18-The only passenger on the steamer Admiral Farragut when it rammed and sank the Merida olf Cape Charles early yesterday mornling arrived at his home here to-day. He is Fred D. Baugher, one of the librarians of the Philadelphia Free Library, and he came Norfolk by train. Mr.

Baugher tells an interesting story of the collision. "It was an anxious night spent on the Farragut," he said. 'The wireless apparatus was useless. The addition of the passengers and crew of the Merida, about 350 in number, brought our little vessel low in the water. We could see nothing and hear nothing.

Captain Mader and his officers assured us that the vessel was in no danger, but that didn't serve to calm our fears with the sea washing almost to our decks, the fog and darkness and the wireless refusing to work. "It was A five-bour job to repair that wireless, and it was not until 5:30 o'clock that we got the machine working. Then the 'S. 0. calls followed thick and fast.

It was not until 7 o'clock that Leech, our operator, stopped his transmitter for a disturbance of the receiver. The latter hesitated and then came out. We hung around Leech while he read the message. It was from the battleship Iowa, and said that the vessel was burrying to us. short time after another answer arrived.

This came from the Hamilton and also said that they would hasten to our aid. Two hour later we heard a blast through the fog and answered. Then a vessel hove in sight, cutting her way through the gray curtain to our side. It was Hamilton. We immediately made arrangements for this vessel to take the passengers and most of the crew on board.

"We were all taken to the Hamilton before the Iowa arrived. The fog had lifted slightly by this time and we could see the Farragut from the decks of the Hamilton. She seemed to be listing well astern, which was peculiar because the damage bad been done to her bow. The transfer of the passengers here as from the Merida had been accomplished quickly and quietly. The men stood aside land allowed the women to go first.

Then they followed and finally the crew. All behaved with the utmost courage." LOSS ON MERIDA $2,000,000 That Includes Vessel and Effects of the Passengers. Small Hope of Sunken Steamer Being Raised-16 Tons of Silver From Mexico on Ocean's Bottom. Norfolk, May 15-The sinking of the Ward line steamer Merida, early yesterday, by the steamer Admiral Farrafut, off the Virginia Capes, will cause a loss of approximately $2,000,000, according to an estimate made by H. E.

Cabaud, general agent of the owning company, who arrived here from New York Mr. to Cabaud said that the Merida, valued at about $1.250,000, was insured, and that the cargo and effects of passengers valued at probably $750,000, were "presumably sured." The passengers who were losers will seek to recover from the Merida's owners. Passengers and officers of the lost Merida to the number of 144 persons left here to-day by rail for New York. Only eleven of the passengers remained here. Ten of these constituted the party of August Peon, a wealthy land proprieter and hemp exporter of Yucatan, Mexico, whose wife was the only person on the Merida who was seriously injured.

Mrs. Peon, at first thought to be fatally hurt. was pronounced to-day not to be in as serious a condition as originally reported. The Peon family estimate their personal loss at $100,000, including clothing and jewels cash, which was in the ship's safe. With the Merida lying in more than 250 feet of water, there seems to be no likelihood of the ship ever being saved.

An effort will be made to recover valuables from the ship's safe. There were said to have been aboard the Merida seventeen tons of silver in transit from Mexico to the states for safe keeping. S. S. FARRAGUT NEARING PORT.

Tugs Sent Out From Sandy Hook to Meet Steamship That Was Damaged in Collision. On Board S. S. Admiral Farragut, via Wireless, May 13-'We are making fair progress to New York, notwithstanding the fact that our port bow was crushed in by the collision with the Ward line Merida. Captain Mader says we were off the Barnegat Ligthhouse at 6:30 o'clock this morning and expects to be off Sandy Hook about noon.

The sea is smooth and there is 8. light fog. The Admiral Farragut is in no danger, as the collision bulkhead has been reinforced." Sandy Hook, May 13-Tugs were setn this morning from New York to meet the steamship Admiral Farragut when she arrives here. POTASH DISPUTE Satisfactory Settlement of Differences Expected at Conference. Hamburg, May 13-The German-American potash conference is at work on a new agreement.

The preliminary discussions indicate that there is a good chance of a satisfactory settlement of differences being reached. The basis for the negotiations have not been made known, but a German announcement sets forth that the German syndicate reserves the right to sell diretely to the American potash importers and binds the Americans to purchase only from the syndicate. EDITOR KILLED BY A FALL. John F. O'Reilly, 45 years old, was almost instantly killed by falling from the stoop of his home, 26 Audubon avenue, to the areaway, a distance of fifteen feet, this morning.

He struck on his head and his skull was crushed. Mr. O'Reilly was editor of the periodical, "Beveridges," and was also connected with several hotel publications. WHITE AGAINST KAMMER Finalists in Fox Hills Golf Tournament To-day. Oakland Star Maintains His Speed and Wins Semi-Final After Close Match.

(Special to the Eagle.) Clifton, S. May 13-The semi-final rounds of the spring invitation golf tournament of the Fox Hills Club began this morning with a third day of excellent weather. A strong breeze from the northwest did not prevent accurate driving, carried although in the on wrong occasions direction. the balls The were re- cent nightly rains, coupled with strenuous rolling in the cold, gray dawn, have put the into the best of condition. The started well on time.

Gardiner White, the Oakland player who took the medal on opening day, started out this morning by showing that he was still in form, although his score was higher than on any other day. He was matched with P. W. Kendal of the Deal Golf Club. On the way out it was something in the nature of a runaway, White being three up at the turn and having lost only one hole of the first nine.

Running down long putts, a feat of which he has proved himself most capable, was still in evidence. At the seventh hole, after a weak position shot. he ran down a 20 foot putt, halving the hole. He had some bad luck at the fourth, over driving behind a rock. In his attempt to lift out with a niblick, the ball struck the rock and bounced back over his head, taking a jigger shot to get him to the green.

He halved this hole in six. At the fifth, a short hole, he brought his ball on to the green with a well judged drive and was dead on. the hole with his second. Kendall went from bunker to rough and finally had to tell the caddy to pick up. The feature of the morning -was the sudden spurt.

made by Kendall, who, with White 5 up at the twelfth hole, started in to make a series of threes until he had reduced the lead to 1 up. The game had appeared to be White's in a walk, but Kendall, .10 is a good golfer, looked dangerous. White apparently plays better golf when he is "up against it." His match with Kendall was too easy at first and he slackened his pace. Had not his opponent given away the seventeenth by a poor attempt at a putt, White would have been put on his mettle. The game all through, with the exception of Kendall's momentary brilliant playing, was uninteresting and the scoring poor.

With White's lead reduced to 1 up at the seventeenth, and both playing easy shots, Kendall missed a possible putt, as did White, both going within less than two feet of the hole. Kendall made his next stroke with a little too much force, and the ball rimmed the cup, jumping out. This gave the hole and match to White, 2 up and 1 to play. The cards: White, out OR 5 --39 Kendall, out 6 -43 White, in A -33 Kendall, in 5 03 5 -32 The other semi-final in the first sixteen was between A. F.

Kammer of Fox Hills and B. T. Allen, also of the home club. At the turn Kammer was 2 up, having gone out in 36. His golf was steady as a rock.

Every hole was taken in good style and he made no mistakes. Kammer won by 4 up and 3 to play, Semi-Anal round, second sixteen- Chisholm Beach, Fox Hills, won from B. H. Ridder, Fox Hills, by default. W.

W. Taylor, Ardsley, defeated Dr. A. T. Haight.

Wykagyl, 1 up and 2 to play. Third sixteen- -William Midland, defeated Dr. M. Carpenter, Oakland, 3 up and 2 to play. Fourth sixteen- -E.

G. B. Riley, Cranford. defeated P. S.

McLaughlin, Wykagyl, 1 up. Fifth sixteen- M. Tarleton, Oakland, won from F. B. Barrett, Fox Hills, by default.

Sixth sixteen-T. H. Wallace, Fox Hills. defeated P. H.

Pogson, Fox Hills. CLUB TO BEGIN SEASON. Monroe Fishing Organization to Start Trips May 23. Beginning Tuesday, May 23, the Monroe Y. M.

Fishing Club will start its season. The object of the organization, which was formed in 1900, and which has headquarters in this borough, are sociability, harmony, recreation and amusement. The club uses the power and sail yacht Duane on its trips and leaves Canarsie on Tuesdays, at 7:15 A.M. The dates after the opening one are June 6 and 20, July 3 and 18, August 1..15 and 29, and September 12 and 26. Robert Rutler is the commodore of the organization and Claus H.

Stelling is Secretary and treasurer. The members are Louis Schnibbe, George Fleer, a Theodore Kanschra, N. H. Schottler, H. Wischmann.

Louis Winkelmann, Chris Rais, Julius Meyer and George L. Powell. WORLD'S RACQUET TITLE. London, May 13-Charles Williams, the Harrow School professional, captured the world's racquet championship and a side bet of $2,000. to-day, when he won the first set in the second halt of his match with Jamsetji of Bombay.

The score was 15 to 7. The Arst half of the match was played at the Queen's Club on April 29, when Williams walked off with four straight games. MISS CAMPBELL IS Portrush, Ireland, May 13-Playing for Scotland against England for the International shield on the links of the Royal Portrush Golf Club, to-day, Miss Dorothy Campbell lost to Miss Cecil Leitch, 4 up and 2 to play. The American champion, driving poorly, snatched nt tee shots, and this was responsible for her defeat. Otherwise she played splendidly.

DAVIDSON IS SUSPENDED. Outfielder Davidson of the Brooklyn Club was to-day suspended for three days by President Lynch of the National League, for his trouble, yesterday, with Umpires Klem and Doyle. Very Oldest Procurable WIL SCOTCH "HISS Quality Never Varies OBITUARY Frances Caldwell. Frances, widow of William Caldwell, died yesterday at her home, 226 Throop avenue, aged 72 years. Funera services will be held at her late home to afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.

Henry Mills Hendrickson. Henry Mills Hendrickson died yesterday at his home, 1152 St. John's place, in his 76th year. He leaves a widow, Marie and the funeral serviecs will be held at his home to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. John J.

Slater. John J. Slater, a member of Leo Couneil, K. of and the Brooklyn Branch of the C. K.

of died yesterday at his home, 477 Tenth street. Funeral services will be held at his home to-morrow 2:30 o'clock. Marie L. McIntyre Preston. Mrs.

Mary Louise McIntyre Presto: mother of Edna, Florence M. and Dor othy L. Preston, died at her home, 36 Fifty -eighth street, yesterday, where th funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Hedwig H. I.

Schmidt. Hedwig Hulda Ida, the wife of John C. Schmidt, manager of the Greenpoint branch of Swift died to-day at her home, 45 Washington avenue, Richmond Hill. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of St. John, and leaves her husband, two sons and a daughter.

Mary Elizabeth Sykes. Mary Elizabetli Reese. wife of Walter F. Sykes, 626 Second street, died Tuesday. She was born in Philadelphia, November 1, 1860, lived on the Park Slope many years, and is survived by her husband, of the firm of Sykes of Water street.

Manhattan; four sons and a daughter. Edward Charles Packer. Edward Charles Packer, a member ol Monitor Lodge, F. and A. the New York Consistory and Mecca Temple, A.

A. O. N. M. died yesterday, in his fortythird year, at his home, 350 West Eightyeighth street, Manhattan, where neral services ices will be held to -morrow afternoon o'clock.

He leaves A widow, Margaret E. McKinney. Frank L. McCoy, Jr. Frank L.

McCoy, for five years an' actor and musician, and a member of the "Brown of Company, died: Thursday from Meningitis after an 111- ness of two days, at the home of his' sister, 165 Grant avenue, Cypress Hills. He was formerly a member of the choir, of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Mark's, on Eastern Parkway. He was born in Williamsburg, August 8, 1882, and lived at 1218 Bushwick avenue. He is survived by his father, Frank McCoy, and a sister, Mrs.

Ella Martin. Stella R. Averill Molther. Mrs. Stella R.

Averill, wife of William R. Molther, died of pneumonia, at her. home, 522 Greene avenue, on May 9, 1911. She was born at Newburg, March 17, 1865, and was the daughter of the late Damon Rivers and Adelia Thomas Averill. December 26.

1889, she was married to William R. Molther, in St. James Church, Pulaski, N. Y. She 1s survived by son, Francis and two brothers, Francis and R.

Elton. The Rev. Dr. W. S.

Baer, Fort George P. E. Church, ofe ficiated at the funeral services. The In terment was at Pulaski, N. to-day.

Henry W. Rozell. Henry Rozell, of the real estate Arm of H. W. Rozell Son, and a prominent real estate dealer at Myrtle avenue and Adelphi street, since 1866, died yesterday at his home, 544 Washington avenue, In the seventy-second year of his age, after, a protracted illness.

He had formerl lived for years at 222 Carlton avenue. Mr. Rozell was long a vestryman in the Episcopal Church of St. Mark, on Adelphi street, and was a charter member of Ezel Ldoge, F. and A.

M. He leaves A widow. Elizabeth a daughter, Mrs. Henry G. Pons, and a son, Walter who was his partner in business.

Funeral ices will be held at his home to -morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Jacob Link. Jacob Link, an employing truckman. who had been retired from business for three years because of ill health, died Thursday at his home, 806 Park avenue, in the forty -eighth year of his age, He was born in Brooklyn February 25, 1863, and went into business when he became 21. and at his death was head oft Link Brothers, one of the largest trucking firms in the borough.

He was married to Miss Dora Egelhoff in 1888. She died in 1902 at the age of 35 years. He leaves a son, Jacob. three. brothers' George, John and Edward, and two sisEmma Link and Louisa Koos.

Mr. ters, Link was a member of Star of Hope Lodge, F. and A. and the Broadway Board of Trade. Funeral services will be held at his home, Sunday afternoon, at.

2 o'clock, and the. interment will be in Lutheran Cemetery. Edward H. Flavin. Flavin, former Coroner of Edward H.

and at the time of his Kings County and for a number of years an indeath spector in the Customs Department, died Thursday at his home, 750 Hancock street. He was born in Rockport, 1839, and came to' Brooklyn when 11- in He enlisted as captain of years old. Fourteenth Regiment, in the Company Civil War, and was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, so that he WAS compelled to return home. He had served' with courage and ability' in all the batties the famous "Red Legged Devils" took part in up to that time. He was elected a Coroner over thirty years ago, and afterward served in the Internal Revenue Department; and later in the Custom House.

His wife, Mary died three years ago, and he leaves two sons, Edward and William three daughters. Mrs. Maud Van Sise, Mrs. Emma Hendrick and Mrs. Lottie V.

Wessel, and nine grandchildren. He was A member of U. S. Grant Post, G. A.

Ridgewood Lodge, F. and A. the Fourteenth Regiment War Veteran Asssociation, and the Loyal Legion. Funeral services will take place at his late home at 8 o'clock to-night. WALKED OFF ROOF IN SLEEP.

Tailor Horowinsky Will Likely Die. Sleepwalker Would Not Take His Wife's Advice. Classification. Page. 1.

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News 10 Rowing Schools Society Sports Steamships Walks and Talks. Washington Letter. Weather Women': Yachting It was hot in the stuffy little apartby Peter Horowinsky, 35 ment occupied old, a tailor, and his wife Sallie, years on the top' floor of the five-story tene66 Rose street, Manhattan, last ment at and Peter told his wife that he night, take. a blanket and go up on the would roof and sleep. The man is a somnambulist, and she warned him to be careful.

Peter laughed at her fears. Eeary this morning Peter Quinn, who lives on the third floor, heard something strike his fire escape with a crash. This followed by a thud, and the sound of was groans coming from the back yard. Thi sleepwalker had fallen off the roof. Hoch from Hudson Street Hospital, he would probably died.

Both legs broken and he sustained a comp fracture of the skull. NON-.