text: I mk DO N< w Apartments, flats ar Wood from our ow \ Phone Mai GALLERY BAIL BROKE Crowd Dumped on Heads of | Theater Auditors. SCORE OF PERSONS HURT Stampede Follows Crash in Yiddish j Playhouse. FIRE ALARM ADDS TO PANIC t ???? Police. With Difficulty, Prevent Crush in Another Theater Close i by the "Golden Bule.'' to 'I he Star. NEW YORK, Decembeiv lli.?A stole oi | persons were eul -and bruised and :i boy liad his leg broken when the gallery on one tide ot a 'Yiddish vaudeville theater known as the rlolden Kule, at Ilia Rivington street, gav?- way lonlglil and dumped' mofrc on u mtu the crowd below. iJoth the lower floor and the galleries were) crowded at the time and the excitement* l.ial followed the accident was so great that the police reserves from half a dozen precincts were called out. A fire j alarm was also turned in, but there was nothing for the firemen to do. The building in which the collapse occurred is an old five-story residence, with its two lower floors made into a theater. Tito first floor holds about 2oO persons and on each side Is a gallery suspended by iron rods from the coiling. The gal-' i lery is surrounded by lattice work, on top of which is a heavy wooden railing. The Saturday night crowd at the Uoiden Role was so big that after the dozen st ills on each side of I ie gallery had been titled other pet sons were allowed to stand' in any vacant spot they could tiud there, yiany of those w no v.eie standing were leaning against the wooden hand rail of! t tie gallery. Rush to Get Out. The song and dance team, TuHiband and Kaplan, had just gone on the stage when it lost a significant impact. The crowd was in a panic in a second and no one in the audience waited to see what the trouble was. Every one who could get out ran into the street and someone telephoned police headquarters that the entire theater had collapsed. When the police reserves got there, Capt. O'Connor cleaned out the street—the crowd that was wedged in front of the theater, and then had a squad that went inside to aid the injured. In all parts of the house wounded men, women, and children were lying on the floor or sitting in chairs, nursing their cuts and bruises. A call had been sent to Hellevue and the surrounding hospitals for ambulances, and by the time the police had removed the injured to the corner drug stores, a half dozen ambulance surgeons arrived and went to work dressing their injuries. Abraham Neirstein, ten years old, who had his leg broken, was the only one to go to the hospital. Of the injured whose life (direct from our mines) is in business houses using timber, pine, oak, and white timber. Names were taken, all were suffering from cuts and bruises on the head and face. Theater Employees Arrested. The police arrested all the attaches of the house they could find and then went out looking for the owner of the building, whom they understood to be a Broadway photographer. The police had some difficulty quieting the crowd in another vaudeville house opposite the Golden Rule, but by preventing those inside front running into the street, they kept the situation there under control. Most of the injured were persons who fell out of the gallery. Nathan Welner fell across a chair and was badly hurt internally. Six Converts Immersed in Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 12.- With the waterway filled with floating ice and the temperature hovering around the freezing point, six persons, converted during the revival services at Otterbein United Brethren Church, were baptized this afternoon in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal by Rev. George Bowery, pastor of the church. The persons immersed included men and women and suffered intensely from the cold. BIRDSONG INDICTED. Hazlehurst (Miss.) Physician to Be Tried This Week. BIRDSON, Miss. De December 12? Dr. Thomas Birdson, slayer of Dr. A. B. Pitis, was indicted at a special session of the grand jury convened by Judge Potter. Homer Smith, who was charged with being an accessory, was given his liberty. The Birdsong case will be placed on trial next week. Admirer of Corelli Held as Crank, STRATFORD-ON-AVON, December 12. An enthusiastic admirer of Marie Corelli's writings, who came all the way from Birmingham to see the novelist, was arrested here today as a dangerous crank. The stranger invaded Miss Corelli's garden, but, being unable to obtain access to her house, he pulled out a revolver and began firing. The appearance of the police finally put an end to his activity. The man offers no explanation of his act except that he wanted to see Miss Corelli. He has been remanded. Carter Assumes Command Monday. OMAHA, Neb., December 12. Brig. Gen. William H. Carter arrived here today to assume command of the department of the Missouri. He was accompanied by his son, Lieut. W. V. Carter, one of his aides. The formal transfer of command will be made by Brig. Gen. Charles Morton, retiring commander. Monday. Under present orders Gen. Morton goes to command Fort Russell, Wyo., his former station. No Desire to Be Transferred. In his speech, Henry White, the American ambassador, called on Premier Clemence today and telegraphed the assurances given to the French government by Henry Yignaud. First secretary of the American embassy, November 25, that there was no truth in the rumor that the ambassador was to be transferred to London. Mr. White informed the press. Under that he had no desire to leave Paris and go to England. Later, the ambassador, on behalf of Andrew Carnegie, presented to the premier a copy of Mr. Carnegie's dedicatory volume. Rochester Defeats Cornell. ITHACA, N.Y., December 12.?Cornell was defeated by the University of Rochester at basketball in the armory tonight by a score of 24 to 15. MONE SENSE To you saves the middle Large quantities of steel Harpigal at less price Oak Roc Harpigal teach Hargis Claims Father Was Beating Him. NSTANCES OF CRUELTY Struck Down and Stamped on Until Unconscious. LONDON, Ky., December 12.?Hargis, who goes on trial at Irvine Stall county, Wednesday for the murder of his father, Judge James Hargis, the former feud leader of Breathitt county, today announced that he would plead self-defense. Hargis says his lawyers will prove that sometime prior to the tragedy in which he was forced to kill his father, self-defense Judge Hargis treated him with unusual severity and brutality, beating him unmercifully, and on several occasions, knocking him down and stabbing him. him until he was unconscious and a loss of bruises. Lawyer's Statement. One attorney for Hargis, speaking for him, said: "We will show that when Beach Hargis, the fatal shots which ended the life of his father, Judge Hargis had him down in the floor with his knees on the boy's best beating him in the face and slamming his head against the floor in a most brutal manner. The weapon he used, we will show, he had in his pocket at the time and only fired when he felt that his own life was in danger. "We will further show by those who first reached the scene that young Hargis was lying flat on his back and struggling to extricate himself from the perilous position under the counter, when his father had crowded him." "We will also show that the cause of the deep-seated hatred of Judge Hargis was his only son, was not due, as if generally believed, to depravity on the part of the boy. If the boy was wayward, the father had made him so and now approved of what he did. Cause of Trouble. "We will show that the real cause ol he estrangement between father and sor .as because Beach Hargis desired hit aiher to give him, being then twentyne years old, his portion of the estate, so o could embark in business for himself Ve will show that the father and son ad a conference before the trouble In irhich Heach called the attention of his ather to tho fact that he had given his ister, Mrs. Kvel.vn Hogg, her portion, mounting to and that he (Beach; could be satisfied with half that sum t? 0 in business for himself. The prool 1 ill show that Judge Ffargis was disleased with the demand: and, when teach later went to his sister's home anc rltlrised his father for his partiality tocard the slater. Judge Hargts followed ilm and chastised him severely. "From that time on the breach widened letween father and son and Judge ilargit Y AWAY : ) A TON OF ( isrsr, $ ileman's profit. m-making coals can sav< than at any other dealer Coal >111 205 Coiorad beat the boy several times unmercifully after that. We will show that he was i continuing his brutal treatment of his [ son when he lost his life at his hands." j PRISONER GETS AWAY. 'jAlleg-ed Embezzler Mysteriously Loosens Handcuffs and Escapes. i SAX FRAXCI8CO. Cal., December 12.? Charles F. Rust, arrested two months ago In Grand Rapids. Mich., and brought here to answer a charge of embezzlement, escaped from custody today at the door of jlidge Dunne's courtroom and has not been recaptured. Handcuffed to another prisoner and with eleven more in the prison van, he is known to have reached the entrance of the building in which court was being held. Suddenly the handcuff swung loose on the wrist of his fellow prisoner and Rust was among the missing. The police are mystified at his clever escape. FRENCH ARMY CHANGES. Proposal for Increases. Special Cablegram to The Star. PARIS, December 12.?The French army committee has adopted the government's proposal to increase the number of regiments of artillery from 40 to 60 and the number of batteries from 30 to 634. This will give each army corps 120 guns, instead of 92, as at present, without counting skeleton batteries. There has been much discussion as to the respective merits of six-gun and four-gun batteries, and the committee has decided to adopt a four-gun system. Gen. Picquart, the minister of war, declared that he would stand responsible for this decision before the chamber, it has been further decided to transform the two-horse batteries of corps artillery into three field batteries. Various other technical changes of organization are to be made. The increase in the number of batteries is estimated to cost $1,800,000 a year, in addition to a preliminary outlay of $1,600,000 for horses. The men required will be found by employing the extra $1,000 who were added. To the artillery a year ago for this purpose, by reducing the 1st horse batteries from 32 to 16, and by suppressing artillery bands. SENATOR STONE ON FIELD. In St. Louis to the United States. A test in Missouri Legislature. ST. LOUIS, Mo., December 12.?United States Senator William J. Stone arrived here today from Washington and announced that he had come to watch the contest for control of the Missouri legislature which is to assemble at Jefferson City next month and elect a senator. Senator Stone is the democratic nominee for the place and his party has a present majority in the legislature of seven votes on joint ballot. The republican managers of the state have announced that ten contests will be filed when the legislature meets. All relate to the lower branch of the lawmaking body which the republicans control by a majority of five. Three of the contests are from St. Louis, three from Kansas City and one each from Clark, St. Clair, Atchison, and Iron counties. Lieut. Gov. McKinley is the republican nominee for senator. Hansbrough's Condition Critical. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 12.?At a late hour tonight Dr. Watson, who is attending Senator Hansbrough, stated that the patient is rallying from the serious operation performed on his ear today, but that his condition is still critical nevertheless. IN FOOL! NO DIRT, DUST 25 percent on our in. Sawed any length Corner Building, VICTIM OF THE MORTGAGE North Dakota Cattle Dealer Prey of Sharpers. FLEECED OUT OF $7,100? Tarried Too Long in Minneapolis on Way East. CARRIED GOLD IN SATCHES Was En Route to Old Home in Germany to Spend Christmas With His Folks. Sipling Dispatch to The Star. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 11. F. Cargill, an elderly cattle dealer, came into Minneapolis from Clyde, Cavanagh county, N.D. He was on his way to his old home, Heidelberg, Germany. He would be home in time for the Christmas festivities. The folks back in the old country had heard of the old man's success in the United States. He was taking back something that would open their eyes. In an inside pocket of his coat was a wallet, and in the wallet there was a bunch of bills amounting to several hundred dollars. But that was just to spend money on the trip. In a satchel he carried there were gold and negotiable papers worth just about $7,000. The police say the old man was fleeced by an old-fashioned confidence game and lost $105. He says he was fleeced all right—but that he lost $7,105. The old man sat down in the waiting room of the Milwaukee depot after he reached the city. He was waiting for the train for Chicago. He is a man of medium height, apparently about sixty years old, and with a stubby gray beard. With his broad-brimmed hat, he looked the picture of contentment and good will. Man sat down beside him. When a man came and sat down by him and began a conversation, Cargill was trying a friendly mood, and the two were soot discussing the odds and ends of topics which come up between two chance acquaintances. The old man thought they were changing. acquaintances. He had no suspicion: when, after the stranger had pumped him dry of information, he said that he was a German and bound for Heidelberg. But the stranger said he must first go and get a package from the express office. The two walked up the street together. Cargell was careful to carry his sate with him. They had reached Nicollet and Washington avenues, when a man ran up to them. He spoke to Cargell's new acquaintance. He wore a cap on which was a band with "Express Agent" on it. "That package is up there," he said. "But there is a charge on it which must be paid before you can take it out." Stranger Pulls Out a Check. Cargell's new acquaintance pulled out his wallet and took a check from it. "That's all I've got," he said. "I have no change." Then he asked Cargell if he would accommodate him with some money until he got the check cashed. "He seemed to be a pretty decent sort of fellow," said Cargell today. "I took out my wallet and gave him $105. The charge on the express package, the fellow said, was $150, and I thought I would give him a little more to spend until he got that check cashed. When he took the wallet out of his pocket, Cargell handed the grip containing the $7,000 to his new acquaintance to hold. After he gave him the $105, he took the grip back. Then the new acquaintances suggested that Cargell go back to the Milwaukee depot and watch the grips which they had. Left there. Waited. But No One Came. Cargell went back to the depot. He waited for an hour or so and the man he had "loaned" the $105 did not come back. Then he told his experience to Joseph Kilgriff, train announcer at the station, and asked for advice. Kilgriff sent him straight to police headquarters. Detectives Martinson and Wirtensohn were detailed on the case. Cargell went back to the depot. After he sat there a while a new suspicion came into his mind. He opened the grip and in it were four beer bottles—nothing more. There wasn't even a scrap of the $7,000. He reported that to the police, too. The detectives are still searching for the two confidence men. The latter are supposed to have followed the old man from North Dakota, or else to have been informed of his movements and of the money he carried by some confederate in that state. It is supposed they had another grip, identical with that carried by the old man, prepared and substituted it for his when he let go of his own long enough to get out his wallet. Cargell still has a few hundred dollars left in his wallet. Revenue Cutter Service Notes. Second Lieut. F. A. Nichols, attached to the cutter Onondaga, at Norfolk, has developed a bad case of typhoid fever and is in a hospital at Norfolk for treatment. Capt. J. H. Brown, commanding the service station at Arundel Cove, near Baltimore, who has been ill with typhoid fever in a Baltimore hospital for several weeks, is convalescing and will be able to resume his command in a short time. Capt. G. C. Carmine, commanding the cutter Androscoggin, at Portland, Me., has been called to his home, at Preston, Md., by the serious illness of his mother. Officers of the service registering at the division of the revenue cutter service, Treasury Department, during the past week were First Lieut. H. G. Haines of the training ship Itasca, at Arundel Cove; First Lieut. Samuel P. Edmonds, on special duty with the life-saving service; First Lieut. of Engineers C. W. Zastrow, attached to the service station at Wilmington, Del. Cove; Capt. Horace B West, on duty with the life-saving service, and Capt. G. Cardon, on special duty with the Department of Commerce and Labor. Capt. J. M. Moore, detached from command of the cutter Arundel Cove, is ordered to command the cutter Apache, on the Chesapeake Bay station, relieving Capt. John F. Wild who recently passed his examination and will be promoted to senior captain. This promotion carries with it an assignment to duty ashore. The new cutter Yamacraw, launched at the works of the New York Shipbuilding Company, at Camden, N.J., about a month ago, is rapidly approaching completion and will be ready for official speed trials in a short time. The Yamacraw is designed for service on the south Atlantic coast, with headquarters at Savannah. She will be ready for duty early in the spring. She is the last of the fleet of a half dozen new sloops built for the revenue cutter service in the past year. The cutter Manning, on the Pacific coast station, with headquarters at San Francisco, is at the Union iron works at that city for general repair work. The vessel will be out of service for several weeks and is to be put in thorough order before going into commission again. The new derelict destroyer Seneca, Capt. Reynolds, has been kept busy in the past week removing obstructions to navigation from the paths of passing vessels. As stated early in the week, she destroyed the wreck of a barge off the Virginia coast. A day or two ago she sailed from Tompkins Cove, N.Y., and destroyed the wreck of a ship lying in eighteen fathoms of water eight miles east by south of the Pollock Rip lightship off Cape Cod. Capt. Reynolds, in his report, states that on application. The streets N.W. are totally destroyed. Completing this work, the Seneca sailed for Cape Lookout, coast of North Carolina, to destroy an obstruction to navigation reported in that vicinity. She will then be used as a shipyard. Start on a search for a derelict reported about miles off Cape Hattan. The new life-saving revenue cutter Snn! homish sailed from Norfolk Thursday last on her long voyage of miles to her station at Neah Bay, Washington state, which she will reach about April 1. Her first port of call will be at Barbados. On the voyage stops will be made in addition to Barbados at Pernambuco, Montevideo, Punta Arenas, Valparaiso, Callao, Acapulco, Santa Santiago, San Francisco and lastly, Paget Sound, Capt. Levis' staff of officers are: First lieutenant, B. J. Brockway; second lieutenant, A. F. Scully; first lieutenant of engineers, J. J. Turner; second lieutenant of engineers, T. Can. The petty officers are: L. A. Lonsdale, master's mate; O. Lucas, boatswain; J. K. Johnson, carpenter; J. K. Pearee, machinist, and H. L. Sterrick, electrician. Besides the officers the Snohomish carries a crew of thirty-one men. Orders and instructions to officers in the service have been issued from the office of Capt. Worth Cl. Ross, captain commandant, in the Treasury Department, during the week, as follows; Second Lieut. W. W. Joynes, (D.C.) from the In the Tuscaloosa and ordered in as assistant inspector of life-saving stations. Second Lieutenant of Engineers W. M. Pratt, granted the second day's leave. First Lieutenant Lugene Khike, Jr., granted fifteen days leave. Second Lieutenant W. W. Whittier, detached from the Mackinac and ordered to the Seminole. Second Lieutenant Elien Parker, detached from the Ciesham and ordered to the Acushnet. Okpi. I-' I', Foley, ordered to proceed in Camden, N.J., on official business, Captain of engineers, H.C. Whitworth, Capt. F.M. Imnwoody and First Lieutenant of Engineers Hermann Kotzschmar, constituted a board to witness the undisturbed trial of the Tahoma. Capt. A.P.K. Hanks, detached from the Winona and placed on waiting orders, with permission to choose his own residence. First Lieutenant J.C. Balinger, detached from duty as assistant inspector of lifesaving stations at Chicago, Ill., and ordered to command the Winona. Cadet R.L. -se, detached from the Itasca and ordered to the command. First Lieutenant K.L. Mead, granted twelve days' leave on route under orders of the commander. Second Lieutenant of Engineers C.S. Uo, ordered to proceed to Camden, N.J., on official business. First Lieutenant of Engineers C.N. Powell, granted four days' leave on route under orders of the commander. Second Lieutenant of Engineers C.N. Powell, granted four days' leave on route under orders of the commander. 1'. Xioiiois, gr.inied thirty days' work have. Second Meut. K. S. Addison, near thirty days' work with permission to apply for extension. Capt. J. H. Brown, granted this duty on the extension of the First Lieut. C. C. Co. granted that front duty as assistant inspector of saving stations at the Bank of England, and ordered to command the National Guard. Capt. G. Carmine, granted that leave. ! Particuilair I * ! Peopfie | | I 1 Dcniaiul ? !| POSTUMI ' [i _ I | W hen Coffee disagrees, f j "There's a Reason." \ t I ^ j 4. 