v°llxi¦••v -^.(no.

OPEN AND SHUT CAME.

JIABDY CLOSES A POOLROOM

WHICH SOON RESUMES.

WAR OFFICE CRITICISED.

ff:i.tjman*s QUEENS COUNTY park.

The men entering the door soon came out savins: the place wa» closed.

BRITISH PAPERS COMMENT FRBEf/i <»N

CONDTTT OF WAR.

last session of Parliament. Certainly no gronnd

has been lost

Ex-Governor Morton, of New-York, who l.«spending the summer at Virginia Water, on theedge of Windsor Forest, will leave one of hisdaughters behind him when he rails for America-The engagement Ip announced to-aay of MissHelen Morton to Count Boson de Perigord. thesecond son of the Due de Talleyrand and Sagun.

The marriage will take, place in the autumn,

and probably in London, rather than Parts orNew-York, since Governor Morjou and hi?,family are hen*. Count Boson de PSflgord hasserved his time In the French army. He livesat Paris, and has estates in Germany and Al-geria, and is about thirty-four yecrs old. Hisbrother, who is heir to the title of Due de Tal-leyrand-Pf-rlgurd and Mi«.m is forty-two yearsold and unmarried. The family Is one of theoldest in France, dating bark nearly to thetime of Charlemagne. I. N. F.

CiERM.*NIA PARKGroup Just off trailey ct.r entering

BOOM PHILBIN FOR MAYOR

ATTACK I.ED BY AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT

ATTORNEY-GANNON DEFENDS

THE PLACE.

On warrants issued yesterday by JusticeJerome, raid? ware1 made on two alleged di?-orderly houses last night, the raidlntr partiesbeing headed by Assistant District Attorneys

Sanford and Garvan. The first and more im-

portant place visited was the Webster Hotel, aRaines Law place, at No. 140 East Fifteenth-Pt. To this Assistant District Attorney San-ford led th«» way. The other place was an al-leged disorderly hous» at No. >• Cherry-st.

The raid on the Webster Hotel, which standsdirectly hark of Tony Pastor's Theatre, was theresult of a letter written last May to Captain

Ganncn and signed by thirty-twobusiness men.It protested against the condition of affairs inthe house. Later a copy of this letter was sent

to Justice Jerome, and the complaint was madethat no attention had been paid to it by Captain

Gannon. While the warrants were being servedCaptain Gannon was found in the back room of

the house. He said he had observed the de-

tectives going to the place, and wanted to seewhat was going on. He declared the house to

be a respectable one. and said It was an outrage

to make a raid on it.About 1«> o'clock Assistant District Attorney

Sanford. with two detectives from the DistrictAttorney' office, asked for two plain clothesmen at the East Twenty-second-st. police sta-tion.

TEX PEOPLE KILLED AXD

OVER A SCORE IXJURED.

GANNON. OF EAST TWKNTY >C- .-NDST..

FOT'NP IN V'

BS 1'¦¦¦: H«">TKI..

A STEAMBOAT BLnWN UP

PRICE THREE CENTS.

OOT A CAPTAIN IX A RAID.

NEW-YORK. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1001. -FOURTEEN PAGES- *Th.cW«^-J2Jia«-.

THF UNION PARK HOTEL.Violence was used to prevent the photographing of the building.

FRIENDS say HE WOULD NOT TAEE I»is

TRICT ATTORXETBHIP AGAIN.

GREATER SEVERITY URGED.London, Aug. 28.—The War > 'tti.-< has tele-

graphed t<> Lord Kitchener as followa\\>- understand that jrou bay« no( )

satisfactory assurances i the murderof "ur wounded In Mew of theoccurrences referred I of Augual 25, we are of 'Sn- opinion that you ahouldnotify by proclamation that the memcommando i>y which such an outrage Ittnitt<-.i who may be captured anil, aftei Iproved to h;:\" been present "ii such occasionwill lie held guilty, whether they actualljmltted th.- deed or not; that the leadercommando willbe aentenced to death, and thatthe nih-r: rill be punished "i»tor less, according to the decree of complicity.

MORE PRISONERS KILLED.London. Aug. 2S.—A dispatch from Lord

Kitchener, dated Pretoria, August '!'< say*:

Sworn evidence lias been brought to my noticehy General Elliot that on June '"> LieutenantMalr, of the New South Wales Artillery,andPrivates Harvey and Blunt were phot downafter aurrendeilng at Graspan. near Rell Ihave, forwarded Steyn and Botha copies of thesestatements.

RICHMOND MAN'S DEFENCE OF TERRIERCOSTS HIM HIS LIFE.

!HT TFTI.Fi-.HM'H TO TKr TI'IBVNK.1Richmond, Va.. Aug. 28.—William 6. Berry's

love for his handsome white terrier cost him his

life here to-day. He wan shot and killed by W.

D. Hicks, a railroad watchman, in a difficulty

growing out of a dog tight. In which his terrierwas worsted.

Berry and a friend were driving through the

railroad yard, when a cur started out fromwhere Hicks was standing and pounced uponthe terrier. Berry, devoted to hie dog and be-lieving the watchman had caused the fight,

sprang out of his buggy, knocked Hicks- downwith a brick and was beating him. when theflat-ter, lyingunder Berry, draw his pistol and firedfour shots Into him. Berry lived only a few-

hours. The coroner's Jury exonerated Hicks anahe was hailed.

ur-RftFK OVER A DOG FIGHT.

SHORTAGE TS SEWORLEANS POBTOFFICB.

PAHAPHEUNAIJA SET ITAGAINHALF A

Mlir DISTANT, AND GAMBLINGGOES

RONR 0N AS BEFORE— POIjrB CAPTAIN

WOVT RELIEVE IT.

Step or «*»< "»nli'' >oor •»«'*•. nfß! Clos-

<n(r at Sarafosjn. flrt jonr money on.

•rhej'r*at the po«t itnelmnr. Step np and

B*kV voiir liet«. They both win.

Captain Hardy told a Tribune reporter yes-

ttr(ja y thai he had closed the poolrooms at

lUtpetn. Long Island, yet that is what the

reporter heard at Columbia Hall, in Metropoll-

ul-iv*.. two squarps from F!ushing-ave.. Mm-

K»h Borough of Queens, at about 3:30 p. m.

th? m affrnoon. The poolroom in Columbia

Hall was-

'Mike' ifinden'a place." It had

moved there from Fe!dm3n"s Quepn* County

park an hour or two before.

About 1 p. m. Captain Hardy, with six po-ifcempn. lf>ft thP Seventy-seventh Precinct sta-

tifllL lnNewtowr. with the expre^eo 1 intention

of closing the poolroom* In Maspeth- :f there

«re any there. The :<v-ation of the poolrooms

«iaccurately described In this mornlrg's Trlh-

one. and, though Captain Hardy Lad been able

to walk arour.d them without discovering them

ob Tuesday, he wa* eompi-lied to find them

yesterday. He went' directly to •'Mike' Mm-

den't p'.ace" In Feldman's Queer.* County Park.

It tra* nearer '-' o'clock wh?n Captain Hardy

reached •:. olaea. and about five hundred men

were there before him. waiting for the betting

to be poeted for the Brst race. Racing chartsvcfe hanging on th.* wall", and the cashiers,

tint writers and telegraph operator? were in

their cage ready lor th« day's work. Somo of

ifpatrons of the plane wsre comparing the

part performances of the horses named to start,

EO3J9 were figuring out combinations and some

were posting beta on future races. CaptainHardy walked In and saw only a large number

of men sweltering In a low ceiled room, gath-

ered as though by accident and staying therebecause they could not find any of the three

doors leading to the open air. He did not seethe racing charts. His eyes were blind to theemployes.

COMMUNES TVTTH HIMSELF.Captain Hardy retired to a dark corner and

communed with himself. "Why are these menhere?" he thought. "Can It be that they aregathered for an evil purpose? Is it possiblethat they have come to gamble on the horseraces?"

"Trillion looks about right for the first Sara-toga," said a man near Captain Hardy to afriend.

"Mr. Stoffrt forme." answered the friend.Captain Hardy called his six satellites to

him. "Why io you suppose these men arehere?" he asked.

His satellites shook their heads In ignorance.They could not imagine. "I don't think theymean anything wrong, but Isuppose we hadbetter eeni them home." said Captain Hardy,~nr *omm m-^tnem spirit might offer to gamble."

Thereupon the poolroom was cleared. No ar-rests were made.

Captain Hardy said It was not a raid. Theemployes of the place gathered up their racingcharts and other paraphernalia and started Inthe direction of Long Island City. They did notgo far, however. They goon turned and wentto Columbia Hall, about half a mile from Feld-man's Park. There a hastily rigged up pool-room was started In fullblast.

Captain Hardy says that he also cleared outthe Germanla Club. hi Germanla Park, yester-day. Ifhe did the work was not done so that adiscerning man riding by Germania Park on theFlushing-aye, cars would notice It. The Ger-manla Club was running. The only differencebetween yesterday and Tuesday was that therewas discretion used In the admission of bettors.A large man, with a determined looking mouthand a square chin, stood at the door in his shirt-sleeves and prevented the entrance of all whocould not pass his critical Inspection.

Most of those who were turned away went to"Mike Minden's place," for the news of Its doe-w« had not spread. There they found In MrFelflman's liquor store a red headed barkeepersitting at a round table and reading a news-paper. He did not read very rapidly, as he waskept busy saying, "Nothing doing, boys."

"Why not?" v.as the question that usuallyfollowed the barkeeper's terse statement.

"Don't know. They all left this afternoon.""Where did they go?""Don't know. They went toward Metropolltan-

sve. Maybe ifyou went up that way you mightfind something." The barkeeper was cautious.

DISAPPOINTED CROWD.Acrowd collected in Flushlng-ave. at the lit-

tle street that leads to Feldman'r park. Thecrowd changed constantly. Men got off the carsMd Joined it, and after a few questions andCistppointed remarks drifted away, to havetieir place* taken by others. Then a man witha sandy mustache and without a coat came•Joog Flufhlng-ave. from Me-tropolltan-ave.There were expressions of relief from the crowd.

He works there." they said. The man directed"*crowd to Columbia Hall, and they went there•jd found all the betting they wanted.

The Tribune reporter went to Bee Captainairdy. "Ihear you have made a raid." he saidw;the captain.

r

'•>0-" replied the captain. "There wasn't any•¦¦•We went to Feldman's and sent the peo-P.e home. But there wasn't any poolroom there.111 a lot of men standing around. Itold youyesterday there weren't any poolrooms In Mas-. -'

r.'

\u0084"Tbe Ormania Club Is running to-day." saidt!^» reporter

tw^'o.It isn't," said Captain Hardy. "You Justxa«s itis. Iwas there, too. Nothing doing."now about Columbia Hall, where 'Mike' Mln-

.*.

*Place moved tor*„*¦««Isn't anything there."DO you know where Columbia Hall isT',h? Never heard of it before "

if you go there you'll find 'Mike Min-°*"»Plac*' there running full time and crowdedl°Mthe doorf

."Ho. Iwon't go. There's nothing there. I've¦w» all over this precinct to-day, and there¦n'a poolroom in it."

SUIT TO RECOVER $4,000 BROUGHT AGAINSTBOHonajjaj,

(!»T TEI.FC.FAfH TO THE TRIBrNE.JNew-Orleans. Aug. 28. -Suit was filed In the

TTnlt^d States Court here to-day againpt Edgar

Hineks. superintendent of the money order depart-

ment of the N*< w-Orleans Postomce. and against

the bondsmen of the late Colonel J. I! O. Pitkin.The action la for a shortage of about $4.O"K> in th«money order department of the Postofflce, discov-ered some months ago. The shortage was neverexplained other than that a pocket containing mecash vanished from the superintendent's desk.

Pitkln committed suicide on July 4. His bond.aKcrfcatinK 1350,000, was header! by D. C. O'Mallej.Editor of "The New-Orleans Item." in the sum ofJo* 000. Hlncks's bond is sinned by the Fidelity and

Deposit Company of Maryland.

MOSS UNEARTHS A PLOT.POLICE WOTTED LIKB TO SEE HIS DETEC-

TIVES ACCUSED OF ANT CRIME

fFrerlcfFrerlc Motw uld yesterday he had positive ln-

•<i?a*UOn that the Police Department had em-"•*•*a c>t*ctlve agency in this city to shadow•*»«f th» detective* working for the Society for,*Prevention of '"rime. The Instructions given»**•dd*tecUv*

agency* uld Mr. Moos, were to2?, •

c"«\ so that the society*! detectives*wfJSi «irr«t?*i and charged with any crime thatjwa discredit them before the public. Blackmail'sa?« YonVon WKB th charge the Police Depart-

5?. Preferred should be madeP**r....

OS/

said he had been kept informed of theBk"!"?"°; h*department .'* work, and that it was¦Ma Jnt* 1..* have th* »»"re«« of the society*JJ^aiafle »hl« week, but he hoped h#> had fru«-J*»r>V«!i pl"n H* *l*cl*red that he was fullyr»r*d to protect his men In any emergency

T?IF BOILJOI 09 THE CITY »»F TRENTON

i:\lM.mi. f;> 1\ THK LEI \V\ \KE

RIB nkak philadelph: \

THE DEAD.CHEW. J. P.. assistant engineer.GREEN. Miss Elizabeth. Philadelphia.IjAXSIXG. Arthur, a moMer. of Trenton.

:MABLG. Matt, fireman, of Philadelphia.MABLR August. deckhand, of Philadelphia.OTONXET.I* James, fireman, on »he City of Trent—. of

Wllmtneton. Del.

Four bodies remain unidentified.THE MISSING.

MATTHEW?. Mrs. John. Philadelphia.CROSS. Miss Matilda. Philadelphia.

Two children who w».-» seen to Jump overboard.

INJURED. SCALDED AND BURNED.BARRETT. Mrs. Camden, X. J.BROWN. Bessie. Philadelphia.•¦AMINAPK. Mrs.. Philadelphia,'•AMINADE. Miss Carrie. Philadelphia.DEU.VCEY. T. A Philadelphia.r>E LATKV. Mrs. T. A.. Philadelphia.HASTINGS. J. TV . Philadelphia.

'

HOOVER. Mrs. Anna. 'am->n. N. J.KEPHART. ? X.. Philadelphia.¦juasosak White. T.enton. X. J.

LEE. Albert. Philadelphia.MAGROGAX. Henry. Philadelphia.MAGROGAX. Cecetta. Philadelphia.MATTHEWS*. Alic% E.. Philadelphia.MECKE. Wilson. PhiladelphiaMERSBAI'M. W. C, M rr-.-v] >. Pens.PAXSCUOICK. Louisa. Philadelphia; fatally.REID. Jeaneue. Philadelphia.RHEIX. Theresa. Philadelphia: fatally.ROBINSON Louisa. Camden. N. J.SMITH. Mrs. G. E.. Philadelphia.SMITH. J. S.. CSmden. X. J.VAX SCHACK. Edna. K'.shtat !. J.

After the explosion the boat took fire and ranaground. To-night she lies, a wrecked andblackened hulk, on the marshes of Torres-dale, sixteen miles above this city. Her hold Istilled with water, and it is feared that more ofher passengers and crew may he found in th«bottom of the boat when the water is pumped :out.

A boat belonging to the Police Department isanchored a short distance from the wreck.pumping out the water, and members of th»police force are on. shore ready to send anybodies that may be recovered to the morgue inthis city.

The City of Trenton makes daily trips betweenPhiladelphia and Trenton, stopping at Burling-

ton. X. J., Bristol, Perm.. and other points on th*way. She left the company's wharf at 1>*•"»o'clock this afternoon, fifteen minutes behind her

™

schedule time. Her passenger list was lighter

than usual, and she carried little freight. Th-vessel was in charge of Captain W. A. Worrell.The other officers were Edward Curry, pilot:

' J. W. Vanderveer. mate: Edward Murphy, chief

! engineer; J. D. Chew, assistant engineer, andClayton Reybold. purser. There were abouttwelve firemen and deckhands aboard.

TWO EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED.

Nothing of moment occurred until the boat

reached Torresdal<». At a point opposite whatIs known as the Harrison Mansion, fronting the

Delaware River at . this suburban resort, thesteamripc connecting with the port boiler burst

with a loud report. The forward portion of theupper deck was well filled with pasengera. whilemany others were in the cabin. Before ant of

the pasesngers or employes had an opportunity

el seeking places of safety, another explosion

occurred, and this time the port boiler was rent

In twain. Scalding steam and water poured

into the cabin, and sections of the woodwork of

the boat were torn away by the force of the. xplosn.n. Those of the passengers who were

rot seamed and scarred by the scalding steam

and boiling water were s'ruck by the flyingpor-

tions of the splintered cabin. Legs and arms

were broken and faces and bodies parboiled.

I The screams of the injured could be heard on

shore, and th- cries of those who leaped andwere blown into the river were heartrending.

So great was the force of the explosion that

a piano in the upper drawing room of the boat

«as hurled many feet away into th* river. Th'»' proved a fortunate circumstance for many of the

I injured passengers. Thrown into the water,

scalded and otherwise Injured as that the* wer*

htlaiaSM, they dung to the piano, which hadfallen into shallow water, until rescued.

When the explosions occurred the mate and

the pilot were in the pilot house. Both werehurled v.ith terrible force from the little in-

closure. and the wheel, for some unaccountablereason, began revolving with lightningrapidity.

As a result of this, the rudder turned the bow

of the boat toward shore, and she quickly ranaground, fastening herself in the mud.

THE WRECK TAKES fire.

By this time the vessel had caught fire, and

the passengers wtv were still aboard were com-

jelled to leap for their lives. Fortunately, th*

water was not more than four feet deep, and

many were able to wade ashore. Some, how-ever, who were too seriously Injured to help

themselves, were rescued by members of the

boat clubs whose houses line the river front at

this point.

The captain and crew of the boat conductedthemselves like heroes. They gave all the as-sistance possible to the injured, >nd CaptainWorrell was the last man to leave the boat.All the seriously Injured were hastily conveyed

to the hospital at the House of Correction at iHolmesburg. about three miles below Torres-

•dale.

As soon as possible word was sent to this city

for the police boats Samuel H. Ash bridge andEdwin S. Stuart and the emergency corps ofdoctors. The two police boats rendered effectiveservice Inextinguishing the flames, which werefast consuming the boat, and Incaring for theinjured. Th- physicians and surgeons of theemergency corps assisted in relieving th»» suf-ferings of the injured.

The scenes In the House of Correction Hos-pital were pitiable. Men and women with th*

flesh hanging from their limbs and bodies boratheir sufferings like stoics, and some even smiledwhile the doctors bathed the raw and bleeding

flesh with cooling lotions.

A few minutes after the explosion occurredtwo steamers, the Fannie and the Columbia, ontheir way up the river, stopped and offered a»-

j slstance. but the Injured had all been cared for.iand the boats proceeded to their destination.

None -•' the injured were able to give an intel-ligibleaccount of the disaster. Chief EngineerMurphy, who was on watch when the ac-cident happened, .reported to the officials «

Philadelphia. Aug. 28.— While the steamboatCuy of T/enton, of the Wilmington SteamboatCompany, was on her way from this city toTrenton. N. J.. this afternoon, her port boilerexploded, killing ten persona and injuringover a score of orh-rs. Four passengers aremissinsr. but as many sustained silght llit is thought rh»- missing may be among thosewho did not find it necessary to go to the hos-pitals.

THE I>OG PI'LLK THE TRIGGER.Long Branch. N. J.. Aug. 28.— Paul Denueei. a

bottler, owes his death this afternoon to a

Scotch collie dog. Mr. Denuccl, In company

with his ?on. Cartini. AngeloFerand and JosephCrltosi, a marble Importer, of No. 24* Tenth-five Manhattan, went out to hunt doves. They

started a flock near the Elkwood Park Road, at

Branchport. Denucci got out, but the birds hadchanged their positions. With cocked gun. heboarded the wagon. He carelessly placed thegun across his knee. ,

His Scotch collie dog got his paw on the trig-ger and the pun was discharged, the load enter-ing Denucci's breast. He died almost instantly.

John Redmond and Michael Davltt are mak-ing a Journey to America for the purpose ofreviving interest there in the Nationalist cause.They will assert that substantial progress hasbeen made by the United Irish party during the

TROUBLE WITH. CANADA—JOHN RBDMOKDI

VISIT-MISS MORTON'S ENGAGEMENT.(OopyrlgM. 1601: By The New-York Tribune.)

[BT «>BX.B TO TH« TKIBI:XK¦'.

London. Aug. 20. 1a. m.—Extremes meet In

criticism of the "War Office's methods. The pro-

Boer journals magnify the Importance of petty

reverses InCape Colony, and reproach the gov-

ernment for distorting and suppressing essen-tial facts In the military situation, and mis-leading the country through silly optimism.Military critics consider that the blunders com-

mitted in sending out reinforcements to theImperial yeomanry without adequate medicalexamination Is utterly inexcusable during theclosing period of the campaign, and a stanch

imperialist Journal like "The St. James*! Ga-

zette" Is unable to understand why the gov-

ernment refused the offer of the Canadian Gov-

ernment to raise a regiment of mounted menfor hunting down the guerillas, nor why pre-

liminaries were not arranged between the War

Office and Ottawa, and an unpleasant Impasse

avoided.The War Office has become a most unpopular

institution in England, and Is forced to bear

the brunt of the increasing sense of public Irri-tation and discontent. It has not been sus-

pected here that there was any friction between

the War Office and Canada respecting the com-mand of the fresh contingent of mounted men.Why the matter was not settled when the half-

dozen members of the Canadian Government¦were here during the summer Is not understood.

The press censorship is not a new grievance,

and It does not explain the prevailing ignorance

respecting the military operations InCape Col-

ony districts, where small bands of Boers have

been hiding and looting. These flections are bo

far removed from the railway that it Is im-

possible for press agents to collect accurate

Information.Despite the pessimistic feeling expressed by

many Journals, it is fairly certain that the Brit-ish are slowly gaining ground The war willnot end under the limitations of Lord Kitch-

ener's proclamation in the middle of September.

but the pacification of the most Important dis-tricts will he undertaken In earnest aroundJohannesburg. Pretoria and Bloemfonteinthrough a revival of mining and agricultural In-

dustries.Just as Vlakfontein was on the point of being

forgotten, the news comes that at Graspan, nearReltz. on June 8, three British soldiers were

murdered by the Boers. There cannot be any

attempt to Justify such barbarous methods ofconducting warfare, but Lord Kitchener's an-

nouncement is discredited by pome of the ex-treme Radical*, pending an examination of the

evidence on which It has been Issued.

While there Is general approval this morning

of the instruction* sent by cable by WilliamSt. John Brodrick to Lord Kitchener, the pro-

Boer "Dally News" maintains that the proposal

to hold an entire commando responnible for anact which may be due to a mistake or to the

insubordination of one or two men Is altogether

indefensible. "The Chronicle." which is a sup-

porter of Lord Rosebery. counsels caution, andrecommends to Lord Kitchener to consider care-fully the terms suggested by the War Secre-tary before embodying them in a proclamation.

Apparently the representatives of the Boercause in Europe are still persisting In their ef-forts to persuade the great powers to move Intheir behalf.

It is reported from Brussels that a Journey

of Dr. Leyds to Paris is closely connected withMr.Knlger's desire to obtain an audience of the

Czar during his stay in France, and 'The Mall"

Is convinced that at the meeting which will

take place on September 10 between the Czarand the Kaiser the circumstances of the Boerwar will be gravely discussed.

< nnllnnrt' -on second P»B c-

HIS NAME TO BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED

IN ANTI-TAMMANY CONFERENCE-

TALK OF JEROME FOR THECOUNT? TICKET,

District Attorney Phllbln baa positively as-sured his political friends that in n>> circum-stances willhe accept a nomiiuitlon for DistrictAttorney this rail. He was told by certain influ-ential Independent Democrats, Citizens Unionmen and Independent Republicans that he couldhave the Domination on the fusion ticket If hewould take it.

Failing to persuade him to accept the DistrictAttorney-ship nomination, hi* friends in the Citi-zens Union will now submit his name to theconferees as a mayoralty candidate, with thefollowing reasons for favorable consideration:

The Indictment and successful prosecution ofcriminals in tl<o Police Department-

A saving of $45,000 of the taxpayers' money inthe Mingle year of his Incumbency of his office.

Fifteen Tammany sinecures in the District At-torney's office dispensed with since January last.

One thousand more cases brought to trial anddisposed of in the first six months of his. termthan under any other District Attorney for asimilar period.

Mr. PhilbJn'a friends say that while he wouldnot turn his hand over to secure the mayoralty

nomination he doubtless would accept It If heshould turn, out to be the nearly unanimouschoice of the fusion conferrees.

It is not generally known that Mr. Phllbln'sfortune was almost wholly swept away a fewyears ago by a disastrous factory fire, in whichhe lost In round figures $125,000. His position

now. as stated yesterday by one of his intimatefriend*, is about as follows:

"Having made a credltahl* record in the Dis-

trict Attorney's office by bringing about the in-

dictment and conviction of dishonest officials in

the Police Department, at the same time effect-

ing a saving of $23,000 for the first six months

of his official term, which sum will be turnedback into the city treasury. Mr Philbin does not

feel like holding on to an office that yields himat the outside $12,000 a year The work is hard,

and his practice as the senior member of the

firm of Philbin. Beekman & Menken pays him

more than twice that figure. The county fusion

ticket stands a much poorer chance of election

this fall than the city ticket, and an expensive

and possibly fruitless campaign for the county

ticket has little attracion for him."The mayoralty Is a different proposition, on

account of its great importance and the oppor-

tunity it offers for a man of Mr.Phllbln's ambi-

tion"It can be stated as a fact that the Citizens

Union leaders are seriously considering Mr. Phll-

bln's name In connection with the mayoralty.

His aggressiveness in prosecuting the police

cases convinces his friends that he Is bitterly

opposed to rascality Inofficial places, and places

him fairly and squarely in the anti-Tammany

Mr Phllb'.n's decision not to accept the nom-ination for District Attorney, according to many

shrewd observers, leaves Justice Jerome as thelogical candidate. The justice's friends arequietly but effectively workingIn his behalf and

It was learned yesterday that Mr Philbln s

friends are for him. There is some talk about

Assistant District Attorney George W• BCBur-¦rnnn. for the place, but even Mr. Schurman »

'"Who ale th warrants for?" the sergeant in

charge asked."Never mind Give me two detectives in plain

clothes, and I'llshow you." Sanford replied.

He was told the plain clothes men were all

i out on precinct duty. He insisted that two uni-formed am he pal In citizen's clothes and sent'with him. This was done, and Policemen Con-

boy and «Jar. in -re detailed. They all ••"

tered a carriage and drove to the WebsLer, Hotel Three women, dressed in loose wrappers,! were sitting on the front porch. They accosted•

Sanford and the detectives familiarly when they

Ialighted. Two of the women were named in the• warrant?, and they were arrested. In the mean, time one of the detectives had gone into the

house and ha« k Into a rear room. Here he saw¦short, stout man. with gray mustache, sit-

• ting talking t-> .1 young woman, who answeredto the name of Minnie.

: "Are you mm of the plain cloth— men?" HIMthis man ot the detective.

No. iam not." was the response, "but who

ore you.""I'm Captain Gannon.' . ame the ready ans-

wer. '.'l'm here to see what's going on. Theymust be after me now."

Mr Sanford then introduced himself."This is a respectable house." began Captain

Gannon. "This is a quiet and orderly place, andIt's ishame that it should be thus raided. ItIs always run quietly and respectably, and theproprietress ot this house is a very sick woman.This is iquiet place."

"We've not the evidence against you. Captain

Gannon." replied Mr. Stanford.•I saw the plain clothes men coming here, so

1 came too." went on the captain.There was no response made to this. In the

rear Is Tony Pastor's Theatre. From it camestrains of music.

"Now. listen to that." commented Captain

Gannon. "There's the nuisance for you. That'sthe place that ought to be raided."

No further attention was paid to the com-mander of the East Twenty-second-st. station-

As the women were about to leave the placein custody the alleged proprietor said she didnot like to have the neighbors see her.

"I,ook out the windows. Minnie." CaptainGannon is alleged to have commented, "and seeIf th re Is anybody about."

"I'm running this matter." said Mr. Sanfordtestily.

At the station the two women gave theirnames as Lizzie Mack, the alleged proprietor,and Catherine Brown, the housekeeper. Bothw«re bailed out in a few minutes by JacobWolf of No. 11 Pelancey-st.. In the sum of $300e>. h.

About the time this was going an AssistantDistrict Attorney Garvan went to No. MCherry

-st. with Detective Harm. of the Oak-st. sta-tion, the precinct In charge of Captain Vreden-burgh. There Anton Lafurio was arrested,charged with running a disorderly house. Hewas locked up. and had not been bailed out at

a late hour. Mr. Garvan called at the stationbefore making th? raid and asked for the cap-

tain. He showed him the warrant and the de-tective was furnished without any comment.

The complaint of which Captain Gannon tookno notice wa? sent to Justice Jerome on Au-gust 14. with the following:

It is impossible with the united efforts of thepeople on the two blocks between Third and Fourthayes. in Fifteenth-st. to abate the nuisance dailyand nightlyof lewd women openly soliciting on thestreet? We appeal to you. We believe you havethe willand power to mitigate perceptibly this out-rage and nuisance We place the matter in yourhands, and fervently pray you for the relief whichwe have been unable to obtain from Captain Gan-non and the police under his control.

This communication was signed by the thirty-two persons who attached their names to thecomplaint.

Justice Jerome had the house investigated

and Itis said had no difficulty Inobtaining thenecessary evidence against the place.

After the raid had taken place Captain Gan-non was seen as he was emerging from hisroom in the station house. -.•-•.-,.*

•There's beer a raid, captain." a reporter <

ventured to any."Araid? Why. there is nothing to raid in this

precinct. The place at No. 140 East Fifteenth-st. is all right. Tou can put that in as a li-

censed hotel. 1 was there just after the raid-ers and know, myself, that It is all right."

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