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Show WSK 'ANGRILY: REFUSES 1 TO DISCUSS JHIHjMTER'S roamTINOLLOWANCE: NEW YORK, July II. The report that Prank Work, the millionaire broker and horseman. Is so displeased over the marriage mar-riage of his daughter, Mrs. Burke-Roche, to Aurel Batonyi, the whip, who was superintendent of her farm near Newport, New-port, that be has out off her allowance ef $80,000 a year, was practically confirmed today. The Batonyts are now In Europe on. their honeymoon although the marriage occurred about a Tear ago and was kept secret until a day or two before the couple cou-ple sailed. Work Is very 111. His doctors have ordered him to keep perfectly quiet and avoid excitement of any kind. He was sitting In the entrance of his Madison Square home taking the air and looking out over the park when approached by a reporter. At first be refused to talk, but when the story as It came from Newport was told him he flared up. "Damn the stories!" he shouted. "I don't care what they say. Every time my daughter is mentioned there Is some lie about me connected with it. I don't want the public butting Into my private business any more. They should be satisfied sat-isfied to let us alone, now that the woman wo-man Is out of the public gase and likely to stay out." , "Is It true that she will not live In Newport again?" was asked. "I don't know a thing about what she will do. My honse there will not be occupied occu-pied again unless I occupy It myself, and that Is not likely If I am bothered much more about this thing. I am very sick and ought to be quiet." "IS It true that the allowance or $80,000 a year which you made to Mrs. Burke-Roche Burke-Roche has been enUrely cut off?" was asked. "So they told you that, too!" he shouted shout-ed between gasps. "Why can't they attend at-tend to their own business and let our business alone? What difference does It make what I have done? No, I won't say a word about them. Let them go ahead and aay what they please. So many lies have been told that a few more won't' matter." |