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t WHAT HAS "JOINED TOGETHER f IRE WRECKS TAf.iPA .V;,- .' ' - ' ' i - Severest Cdnnagratlorf iri the ,1. Cily's History rircc lies a Close Cell ' ...... i t . b A-V. TlNALlSMOOf ISlSSAIIANT EIGHTEEN BLOCKS BURNED:OUT - . eititfr- Eiciuvter WitJlTJn i' iiowaS AiafdhistS Chief J of Police ThiJped fttTBiiiliiingt Strlt'lbradng Tivei Cigar '5 Factories With a -Total iosk Esti- pi-1 ComraJe,i:Eai-His Jould- As? xnatedTat600,000. . - " I 1 - . 'I' . i IP 1 1 i 1 i 1 -': lice George M Shippy, his. sori. Jiar 3Q;jahdis driver, fames' oleyiSa - .Grounded byanc anaistho J at-i JSfejptdjt fieial on therhali of: f hetlaUerV res .-. .-r. j-. ',oi vt;: i Vt i - . I ; ter .O. iq 'clock -Monday.' morning.: The ; . desperate s truggle, - in which .Mrs."? v : Siiippy "and; her daughter, Georgiotta, chief drewthis Tm revblverndkili- rYMsaUani ' . f y the dead man tayethus far : The attack is. believed to haye beep.' the; result of a ; eonspiraey r:to harm" c officialhdhebeen; fectH-inIK ip&ingaioftaio in, thia - community,VOther "city, of fi ,:: ials are said to have, been threaten v ' cd , andi'a poliee spy .'"who recognized i '- I the-corpse" of the man' whoinvaded phippyMrhome i as that of Kpersoii who regularly attended . anarchists- v r; meeting, asserted .. that' the gnan Jas r 1 hbsen by . lot to ,dt away Aith "not only the rchief of police- i33sse as welL3S3aminca 9igtionsi oti extendi ; . to othe an4. to" b : closely; con- " - -nected with the 1 killing, of Rev. LetT , XLeinncns., a noman ciainouc . priesi, t who" was shot down at the altar : oF " Jtis church in l)enveri : l ' ' : . - : Harry ; Ship'py as 'shot through " the breast ; twice vand : was probably . fatally - wounded, - J Hisfather . was ; r stabbed "in - tho. arm: while Foley re i ;ve4 1 bullet in tte ;istMrs IS- ?FIl?ked t by vthedesperado out -lier. nurtsare , sugnt. - - ;j ; V FoUowing theattack, squads of po- lice were sent . into the Italian r 'and : Ghetto' quarters f of the city. : Places known as headquarters, or - secret so cieties . suspected of anarchistic"' ten- ; dencics were . raided arid a seore ? or raore arrests were made.' ; - : WAs J"brnedvthe:door,rsaid Chief s J f luppy lately the man raised his hat : If & Saiil f IilpwedJ binUto7 step , into,, the 3 ; I 7r hallway. He handed, jne an ' enve 1 -:.V Jope. .. I glanced at it ' and then jhe ! JStutJstru ck: me tthat the man was 1 j 1. . Lp "; t o I some vrong. He looked ; like H, an anarchist, . I errabbed his arm3 and caUed. tqrmyr wife who" was in . - another 7 room, i When she ran " into - the hallway. L.said i 'Mother, see if l thiinhiisii revolver j?;; She f el t " - in pne of hispockets and-said that Bl-Jivhad. . ":- -- 1 !S?IrfJriedto$hbld hh Sjoriei ;v';liaVd and draw, my revolver "with the tiu.or, - birt he jerked away ' and ' fell i'h - asamst the door. .1 caugnt mm agaiu ffipandw my son, W ''' P31? started j to my aid. 1 H '4H:-was4pnlyTievVsieps. f romathe oottom oz.- me . si airs, . wneniue jmiu freed "one hand, drew' him revolver A - aiiJLred two shots at. Harry. Then Foley, who . had. " been : summoned i. by. Z. S; my ; dkughter, f steeped' into - the hall - .." and the man shot . him. The anarch v"ist kicked . my.twif e ; to one side and :by Uhis time. I had:'got my own re- S- Tolve ani-twtF li5'fire-;;At struck Hminhe: head, 'he fell. ...But fired yS.' three ,more;: one J into his head " and j ,;;' two -; into" nis ,nod3v; ; Two oi oey s ' ! feVw sliofs also Mruet the'rassassin.,:: " i l4'S?i&S?k Clothiers in Session. . - WSS?Pr 1 v ; a omYthe Atlantic to the. Pacific Jare inattendance aLthe national con--'v veritionV:bf " tne National Association . ; days.' session in INew Yorkl The ses ; y 1 ; :. sion will be devoted mainly to a -tlis- l;'!om..X?6. topics. i- - -,; ( ' f -New York," Special. The steamer ; r5 Soamo of -the New YorkJ and Porto .. W . -V .j r- w p. " ' Kico.Hne,ihwar juan with a hundred and one passen- , gers. aboard, went ashore on the" Lonac . , 4.siauu,. cua&t oevween-, ijone xxiiv ana ;gpire laridjjlif e-sapnstation tSlie i ;-;was twenty mile;v6ut of ' Iher 'Vedu'rs: i-whenisbe traek"uring ... overhkngi'Vgr the" hai bor. ' Life-savers are standing by;: with .' apparatus' ; in , V; cro of need; ' She carried a "crew of Hmz-- ' ----- i lfcjraorningf .ea f I white farer, vhili drunk, knocked Ljs wife r m the : head with -van axe, killing heiv 'L.ey. is had been: drinking heavily for a week; and on '.several, occasions threatcdtor nndthildfenliilLewi?! fie his .es- capcybnt officer sJaeTetmfiderit "'of ca phirin! him. "" Bloodhounds are . be- - used. .:.-:', Jla.SpecdaLtejen extreme northeastreny section; of Iha city; proper was v destroyed ;r by"; fire,' which v raged until - interruptod "from : 07' tblsp;rSundly . burjied-covered 55 acres righteen" and one-half city -blocks and; three hundred-and. eight, buildings weref de -itroyed, with a total loss 'estimated at ;JChe burned sections included four., targe and ton-smallercig ttumef ousa testaurants, ing houses and .over 200" dwellings oc cupied ; by rmakefs. The ; fac-J tories burned. were M. Stachelberg & Co., loss $100,000 j il, ; Perez. Co., loss ; $50,000; .Gonzales, Fisher iCo;. brahf ESchllber Bernandez & Broioss $20,001). . ; ; ";. ; All - factories carried "large stocks : of tobacco and ; cigars. 1 The area . swept ; by fire embraced all that por tion - of : the city between 12th and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and "Twentieth St reets Itl brinated in the boarding; house' of Antonio Diaz, ' 174. Twelfth avenue'and fanned by a strong wind, spread out, fan-shap2d, defying, the efforts of the entire city by very weak-water .pressure, owing to thesmallness of the mains, in that section. - Occupants ;? of - over V; two hundred dwelling houses, thrown in-; to ; a ; panic, rushed out, .attempting i-n &tti ' Tn tiffin rt'P r rrc 1 0ne lfatality is reported, a Cuban wo- man: in '& - delicate condition, who dropped ead from the shock, her bpdy being iscued from the burning 7 house" with .".difficulty. In -. the - big factories it was possible only to -save the; most valuable of records, books, etc., and the . valuable stocks of leaf tobacco o and manufactured - cigars, ready for shipment, .were left to. the mercyTjof the flames. v , v : ;.:;;:' Fire CMef Overcome. ; . Fire Chief Savage was overcome by heat and smoke early in the fire, but recovered - later, j : Citizens volunteered assistance to the hard working fire ; men:, ; but - the spread ; of the flames jras so rapid that little effectual work could be done. " Among . the . buildings, . other than factories destroyed, were the hotels and cafes of Perez and Castro and Maximo Caras, six saloons, 12 restau rants and ;10 boarding q houses.; " The ear barns of the Tampa Electric Com-: pany, containing. 20 cars, were en dangered, and owing to the destrue- ' tion of trolly, wires ' cars could not be moved.. The big Seirenberg braneh factory of the Havanna-American Cigar Company, was also reached by the flames, but was saved and r St. Joseph's Catholic Convent arid Acad emy bar ely-escaped.- - The ; fire finally burned itself out at the extreme northeastern corner of the city. r: Fully half the people .rendered horiieless were out of work, owing to the dull season ; in "the factories, - and also practically out f of r funds Y and their shelter, became t an . immediate problem. ',--v:::;$ : Prominent West -Virginian Dead." , - Morganton, W. Va., Special.-r-Dr. Eli Marsh Tucker, formerly . president of West Virginia! University, dred suddenly . Sunday of appoplexy. J He bad z apparently beert; inlthev: best lot health and last evening consented to take the nomination for mayor on the' .3itizensjpartytieket.J Chinese . to v ; Snrrender c JapancS " Pekiii j By :Cable.--It-'is - announced Jbelrineseig derthe Japanese jsteameTatsu :Maru," which was seized on; February 7th" .by f th e,QhirieseS eustorris ; cruiser )utsidefMaea largefepngalnien munitionthe rifles mumberlrig seveial - th 6usaridlt was I origin allyrefiar $; that an at tempt ;iwas; being made o bririg waruppesMrito !jCluna.fif "revoiuiibniltsSS? " " Two'' bombs .; werethrowri i at '.the Shah of Persia, one killing three but-" riders, but the Shahescaped.lfeS Albomb was thrown at the earnacre cf i President AlepajTo1tntiwV at Buenos 'Ayres, but failed to . ex-. gTJWbmen'sihffh pissed itsfirst ; reading ; in .the;Il6usa vi uumuiuus auu was men. saeivea xch v .t-hej'res ROOSEVELT OPENS JUFIKEL THAT WELDS TWO STATES '!. - . . .. . . T""-: '" .- ;. .;. - -- 1 - ' ' - - - '- - " J-" " Ffrst Train Carries Goysrnors ;. -Through Hudson Tube t SYSTEM ; COST $70,000,000 Part of Vast System "to Connect Blan J Iiattan by Land With West Given . " to Public -President and Two ?:vernors.Helpiii Celebration. : New-York City. The first Hudson River, tunnel, ending the existence of Manhattan as an island was formally dedicated when . President r Roosevelt in Washington tapped a telegraph key ,and started- on its journey through the steel ." tube .an electric train - which ran from Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue to the Lacka wanna terminal, in -a little less than twelve minutes.. - - - - At-each end -were crowds and flags and. cheers.- r On the train were- Gov ernors Hughes of -New York, and Fort, of New Jersey, and a : host of officials and leading citizens of the connected, municipalities Ne wj-York, Hoboken and Jersey City. v - After the tunnel and its promoter; William G. McAdoo, had been: praised in speeches by the officials and a let ter from President Roosevelt, " its FACTS ABOUT McAD OO TUNNELS Present operating points: Hobokea to Sixth avenue and Nineteenth street, New York City.' ; ; ; Length of north bore : 2.85 miles. : -' - Rush, hour ; schedule for trains r Three-minute Tiead- r.; yway. ---;-; : ---v . .;; Total cost, when completed, $70,000,000 ;, " Number of men employed,. 6500.". :.' ', '.-:": .' ;- Time from Sixth avenue and Nineteenth; street to Ho- . boken, ten- minutes. kt;: :,;$seif- - X - Time from "Herald Sauare to Newark, whea system: Is . finished, twenty minutes. --ii :?-;-w. i X Seating capacity of .cars airhour each way during rush ' hours, lu.OOO.-vvS'--;';.- ; v Distance from surface of river to rails at deepest point :: Inthe tunnel ninety feet ; At shallowest point, 15;feet;C; ; Actual time 'of crossing .under river be dthree minutes ? Work begun in 1878 and discontinued; : resumed In 1890 and. again discontinued ; work begunr by Wlllianr Cf." ; McAdoo iu.1 9 Q1.mS-;:;:1: Entire system will ; be in full operation before close of ! 1908. - -:x--; '' - "::"'r.l: -';.- r'....:x' --"V'; Stations completed and near; completlohiv Christo and Greenwich streets, Sixth avenue and u Christopher street,.. Fourteenth street and Sixths avenue;4 Nineteenth street and. Sixth avenue, Twenty-third street and 1 Sixth -avenue, Twenty-eighth street and Sixth avenue.-' Hobo-1 ' 4 4 : '4 ' S4 4 4 --4 4 :4-. 54; '.4 ken, at D., L. and W.. R R. prosperity was toasted in the evening i at-a. sumptuous banquet at-snerry s. public travel. 7- , - - . ; V J ust at mmnignt two nye-car trains started simultaneously roni the Man hattan: and Hoboken terminals. ; .In mid-river, ten or twelve fathoms un- der the broad Hudson's surface, their motormen pulled eotds and sent shrill blasts of celebration through the long steel tubes, r. Their; pasengers cheered and shook hands iwith one another and boasted of American genius and dartng?Ma hougn neitherthe ': whistles ? nor cheers reached; from one, train to the other vthey vw ere passing separated only, by-aifew vyardsrofjearthfeThei long-dreamed-of route from " State to .Statei.was at last a tangible thing ta .the travelers. . They had -to make the trip before they could believeltS And here-they were 1 r' -J ;A - ; . Five minutes after they passed the red, white1 ; and blue circle of ; lighta arkingt the line between the States they were alighting in bright, new stations i; The woes "o C commuting , were over. ".. Sleeping time "in- the Taorning was . extended, dinner! time at. night b rought. near err& J -?hzf z 'But before, they could stop lb think It all over'they hdd to ! make way for others; Trains' were running every JklORE MONEY FOR BRITISH NAVY Increase in Sstimates Blore Tlian Off-; V. sets Cut inAriny; Expenses; ; Londont---The naval ;jestimates: for 1908-0 9 "are placed at $ 1 6 1 ,5 9750 0, an increase of $ 4;5 00,0 0 0, chiefly for stores and naval works and to meet ' the heightened cost of coaU ti - - : - Only $ 3,8 50,000 is allotted for the build ing gi pro gram." - .The " following : ships.vare to be.begunr, One battleship; pun armureu . cruiser;, six unarmoretl rae stroyersana gome submarines.' - : 4 From the Nw .Y6rir Werld. five" minutes. - Crowds were, pouring down the- stairways ; : and ; ' dropping tickets in the boxes. The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad was now a lively, bustling," full-alive line of travel.'-. - Three hundred' ' passengers ? em barked on the first train to lea ve,the Nineteenth street station for Hoboken J on ; the stroke -of midnight. - . Tney had waited for. hours to take it. r ; -Mrs. Barbara Schlatter, of Bloom field street, . Hoboken, . a .woman Qf: sixty-five, bought the first ticket. - She had stood atrthe head of the line since 9 p. m.'j , .- ;.. "r-':Z-- w A second train follp wed the leading one at 12.07. : . The - first-, train" from Hoboken, reached Nineteenth street at 1 2 .1 5 a. m. It, had -made two stop3and the running, time was thirteen. minutes.; Fifteen-year-old Richard ' Scully' of: No. 1131 Washington street, Hobo-: ken, was. the first person off the train. Ainnightthe trains continued -on: their five-minute headway, with every thing : operating as i;- smoothly as though the tunnel had been open f ojr years. XI . '." v' . . At the banquet in commemoration of the opening of the tunnel William G.' McAdoo said: . - - -- "These tunnels have bodily moved. New -Jersey; in point of time,"three" miles -nearer to Manhattan ' Island. What this means to. the 100,000,000 people t who now annually cross the Hudson River by ferry may: in a measure be comprehended whenI tell you that at the very; low estimate of an . average of - five minutes i of time saved to each person the annual sav ing is nine and a half years. In other words, these 100,000,000 people now. expend each year: nine, and a v half years of unnecessary-time in crossing the .'Hudson on ferries. . - This . is a great economic waste, if time is really of -value," to-say nothing, of the dis- T, a" ... - --. ' , :T; station : -:; 4;--i- eomfbrt and inconvenience . it I0 Quentlyproclaims ; - Button. -;;;:; vvasnington,, D. C - The -electric f iceywas pressed insi the teleeranlt room at, the White House to start in motion the first train .to pass throtigh: j the tunnel. of the Hudson and Mah- hattan Railroad bmpanytln, Secre- lary uoeo s omce .auver.-electric but L ton" was'fBKown,' on "the silver ' plate surrounding vwhich were- engraved: t ton with this push-button President ttooseveit ave v the ; signal which started the first .train of ithe Hudson and Manhattan Railrcad Company through . the. tunnels under - the Hud son River -betweehixthavehne and meteenui -street Newr Yorker and ? HdbokenN Jybruaryj25,l9 OS - .' - ' ' ' rr -r- GOVERNOB TO OLE" TO "i RESIGN; . Montana's Executive' Announces Tiratf . lilf llealth Causes His Action. C&h- Governor Jos,': K. Toole; of Montahai arrSved - h ere Sunday f r6mHelehal.ilwS4 He announced that ow in gto? ill. health he had determined: to resign, and: that his, resignation will take ef fect 'Jli&rMiWMMi ; . Bf oying Picture Shows- Oosed. "' -: Three moving picture theatres were peremptorily:- closed -at Holyoke Mass.fc by. order of State Building In spector Howes f or , alleged repeated violations: of the tatutd against per-' mitting patrons to stand in the aisles -p&IUade?iiu i Baron Takahashi, professor of 'the Imperial -University of Tokio, de .clared that, onlv th p iHn ufi ... toward Amftripa : si-o. oTn.n...i j throughout Japan i -- ::...-;-:.' -Iweek's cleverest rLcop.iy C. PARSON, GAMBLERPREACHES ON" THE EVIL 0, nisscuri Preacher First Repays to . Poker Old Passion Seized H I m ing Fever Consumes Its Victimi' i?Lee's Summit. Mo. Perhaps the most astounding-revelation ever made in a house of worship came from the lins of the" Rev. Charles S.vS. Brown, pastor of the Christian Church in. this 4 town, in a sermon :on tne evirrresuus op gambling;-f or the, preacher . spoke trom recent experience: - Brown told hisvcongregatiOni that the passion or gaming utterly con sumed 4ts victims, ; making .every man of them forget friends,family,chome and God. He did not refer to himself by name; l)ut every one in the church knew .what he said was less a sermon than a. 'confession, for he retuf n.editb townwithar&ft fbr-?aGOsandre caid to members of his congregation that amount borrowed from several of them. ; He .lost in ai poker. ganiJa-lkneW Kansas City a. few: days agoithe loans hergot:iro"nX;his'-fioclqiV$'4i It was when he failed to"' repay the lenders promptly that they started an investigation; resulting in - the discov ery .- that ."the parsons, had : frittered awayrtheir money at, the: gambling table, ; Brown didinbt Jr deny the charge : He contented hhuselffwith promising to raise the money, asking fox a f ew-Iays of grace. . Then he; left town and was absent until next-morn - .4 he clergyman,., wnen tne eiders, oi thef church; taxe? :hihr witfc his isinj said he haCsuccumbled td a fcrazefOL4 gambling to which lie had been sub-? j ect years bsfore..;He thought he had conquered the' - passion forever, he raid, but a few days kgo, finding hlm-j-self in Kansas City ami hearing men in ahotel "remark that thereAvas i poker game in a Certain placey he--wa seizedwitht aS desired to handle the .carets auu qatpSi.nqeraore;.f.;vi;":r..vvj - isrown , aressea nimseii in t ciotaes "as unlike those of rhi3calling ashe could get and went to the gambling house. He was admitted readily, and soon he was 'playing as if ;he::had nevisr-enteredapuIiiUHele to the elders that It was the ITrst time. he. hadtoucheda card since e'nt tering the ministry. It was before he b ecanie a clergy mjm that. he. didhis 4,-amblin g o t former, years. ' ; , 'j. - To hisl -amazement the ganilnV fever was s6 strong lost-all ;thb money nocket.- It amoimtet In' hirii that he he. h ad in -his q$2jOO which; he liad borrowed in yario as .amounts A a W AAA AUwiilUviO JX UiO UUViX iUl U; ICjlU Imate,.purposj?v;.tt;5 ErownhenthpXturn money.-: necessary to , ; reimb urs.e . .hi,s f riendsaskeOheliSadlEg" men bf thb ' . J3oston, Mass.Ah ahii-cocaino bill prepared? by iBr-Charles llarriu gio of , the State Board i-of Health, 'has been brought,-before . the .legislative CommitteQ; on; Public -Health by that ofEcIai.iwho made a strong "appealrih its advocacy. - v ;.r - It erdeclaredratSnundred hundredsofBostonboysresIaTes tathe cocaine habitVatihearmfttl drug ' can ;. be , purchased ; in saloons, from cheap . 4rugv stores and ; on . the J street from;illesaL agents asfreely as ae cau ouyj iruit trom street jiawK .ers, and that the juvenile; courts re filling up w ith youth s". wbo : Jiave ad mitted that their- downfall can be traced to the viciousrug habit Said Dr.Harrington in part: "rom judgesf rbui lavyers,tf rdm i pi'ohatlpn: oflieersandbthersIIiave receiyed hundreds .of pitiful letters; giving me . FARM HQRSEs filVINRIWAY Washington,, D. C, According to' investigations made by G. K.. Holmes, chief of the Division of. Foreign Mar kets of the Department; of.. Agricul ture; the automobile has been respond sible; for the displacement7 ,b.ut 6 O j 0 00) horses in this, country up to the J present .time, and farm "horses have j never been in; sueh; great demand-as at; ihe present -moment In? f act; the demand lor horses for farm and other could' have been replaced by 550 OO o ' -business sisss has become : stronsrer horseHHn-v - :V"rarisniloys;lmif Paris, f- The: revenue authorities, Tflthlewtobutwjttinghedbg ownei-sfwho ! persistently eyade the dog:tax. hyjdejayingpOssession of ani-malsy-haveengaged a number of men ;who i are; accomplishe l:in imitati ng the Lvoice. of a do? Thsa orffote promenade at night and bark' outside. a's is witnin it Invariably re pliesrthusbetraylnglitaownerCsiThe next day a collector visits the owner barkers receive $3 0 a month pay. . J R.-Macanley; jn the New Yprk-World. His Flock ta Money. He Lost at '.' - H Tells' Congregation Gam- . Speaking" Frtm Experience.; congregation to let thim : address the- men and -women pf the church' onc9 again.- He said-he had something to sa; to them wTiich might work incal-r culablegood. ' j , ' : The elders gave their consent,, and . on aunaay r- nigntypparemijr every 1 member of the congregation .was in the church. Women- gazed at their pastor :i with shocked , looks. f Men watched- him with oueeiCexpressions. He seemed affected by the -battery of glances, but he did. not flinch from the : ordeal he. had set: for himself. -Ihstsad :hVx57alked fy?ith bowedl iiead and steady: stride to; thepulpit and announced that he would preach on -the, eylls of -ganbjing.; - A ripple -ran throu gh the co ngr egatibn , for all ; ; of" hi3 -recent experience,, b'ut everybody . became "serious : again '. at sight- of the man's vhlte face. ; : ; . ';: Thereis no other, vice that : gets " r such; a bold"' on a;, man as does gam- V- , bling,? sajd the . preacher, looking -: straight, into the ' faee3 . of- his . flock. ;; " 1 1' 'con sumes hi m utterly. ; Gripped - " . iniitslutcheshe forgets- his friends hisfaWlyvhlsthome rand ;hisGod ; t: Once he-yieid3 to4t he cannot tell tot ; what lengths it may lead':him, . : ; ; Gambling -has; been responsible . for lyings-theft, suicidej and ; murder. : ' 1 .Its -subjects are more abject .slaves thah-tboseiprrJnkYT one thing to do when the passion for'-, j g gaming seizes one, and that is to fight it ;;off. from; the . first , with 3 all the? :. strength at a man's ommand4 :For; ; if -the victim does not conquer early ; V? In; the"struggl;- he iWlll tindjiir ;nextv to. impossible o do-sb afterward. " - vZ---i l Women subbed loudly as the clergy- Si man -proceeded . with his sermon. Men ; -who. had : gazed curiously at the par-' - f son on:-his. entrance looked tat him ; with fsym path y.-i The officers ;o f the 5 church appeared: tbr be affected deeply ; byfthelijastbr's f woVds-. -:-Z:-: - - Xot a 'movement7 was made; by the , ; ' big crowds Vhich filled the. building' to- the doors, while Bro wn, from the;. pulpit, strove to- save' others from the ; vic that had proved - too strong for himii- HtS'"f?r";7 X-' - Jfiil t i3iSeile?ed the preacher fearsjiiafc .weakness too much to - follow his. -calling; ; further, but it i3 'Said .Hhe - church oftlcem will Vu his aiulpit,.in; tlfe hbpe: that one whor. " ha3 suffered as ; "fie" undoubtedly has, :1 onsSwill hathJstrOngerl, forhia; ; ppen;cpnf ejgsion and the. better jible to . -restrarhnny tndsncy tto ; gambling: . -that "may cxist'.amcng these in his. . cnarge. : t-T-, , :; n m us Eisimrs-i increase lists of names' of tHostonr boyswho have become slaves to cocaine..; -",VI.' have ; heard , of saloons - where- they, keep -catarrh powder filled:;with; cocalne or Its by-products in the toilet -rooms' for the use of customers.'; Cheap ; ; west end drug - stores sell scores otZ;:' boxes of cocaine a day illegallyi The- " negro ;race;Js especially . addicted : to vT the drng, and. it can be purchased by, them' in , stores and.: oh ..the' streets. ' t , "One of the ."agent3 of the Health Board purchased some.-of this drug: " -at a drug store in. JSoston,-then stood, v byahdi saw, ?twentyj- sales of -the: same-c-5 ; within, a bait: hour,, all; the purchas-'. U ers being negro es. .; " . .;':;: " " Dr.- Harrington "said thatl children were - supplied with : the drug by v agents? who : went r about the' streeta with: their. pbcketsvtDckdwithther?; powders. -v.;-'; three yea rs the"Xarni horses "alone in :-' usecn; January -1,1 9 0 8;: numbering ; no lessf than 19,992,000 in; round numbersiTheYdepartmenti figures that60,)00:h(Jrsesn; stock oh-f arms could liavtf Teplacedthe same number thathave iigiven vivay. to ithe ?automo- ' bile, while , it Is calculated that the ouu.vuo norses wnich electricity dis- Mother's Deata May Kesnl t in glelee M Los Ahjreiesl---Whili. sprvfno- JLw tence of 1 80 days in the city jail for larceny, William Allen; aged twenty eight, received word of his mother's death in New. York City and that he had been bequeathed an: estate val ued at $15,000. .After he had failed to secure money from a broker on the strength of his inheritance a telegram was sent to the administratorof the estate asking him to forward money so that Allen could obtain his release from prison. -. - v s it : r y t - . t. .
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