| Show dynamite exploded in the doorway of a store new boik oct 17 ra charge of dynamite exploded in the doorway of the grocery store ot antonio Gar balvo 13 stanton street on the east side a few minutes after three this morning wrecked the lower half of the front of the balding bul ding shattered the windows in the tenements above and threw into a panic hundreds eds ot tenants in the immediate neighborhood windows in the tenement building at 1 stanton street were also broken no one was dangerously injured although many bruises and cuts were received in the hurry of the frightened tenants to escape th out lage is believed by the police to have been directed against Gar balvo who with his two sisters occupies the rooms at the icar of his store gar balvo a week ago received a black hand letter demanding 1000 from him he turned the letter over to the police who have since been attempting to identify the author the building of which Gar balvo occupied the first floor Is of six stories the upper floors being occupied as tenements by a score of families the only clue found at once by the police was furnished by john ohara who described himself as a waiter ohara said he was passing through stanton street shortly after 3 when he met a boy about 16 years old tho lad appeared to be a foreigner and had his cott collar turned up about his neck and visor of his cap drawn down overalls eyes abter passing him he turned or a second look at the lad who was then directly opposite 13 stanton street at the same moment he heard and felt the explosion which nearly threw him to the sidewalk the monetary loss will not exceed 2000 BOILER TUBE EXPLODED and fireman did NOT escape until badly scalded new york oct 17 an explosion in the basement of the flatiron building street and broadway caused something ol 01 a panic in the building and much excitement in the neighborhood last evening two employed emp loyes received injuries at the minute of tho explosion all the lights in the structure went out adding to the contusion of those inside who rushed for elevators and and mado their way to the street the blowing out of a boiler tube in the basement subbasement sub two stories below the street filled tho boiler room with steam scalding two men seriously and others badly so blinding was the steam that tho firemen could not see their way to the door every minute was full of agony as the scalding steam enveloped the men their screams startled tho waiters and pa arons on the floor overhead the basement just below the sidewalk finally the firemen traced the explosion to the boiler room ane door of which was closed the door was opened and in tho face of dense volumes of steam men made their way inside as several firemen staggered out on tho floor near the door were lying unconscious richard haley and alfred lottus they were removed to a hospital where il was said they would probably recover several firemen were burned by steam but not dangerously BANKER BOUGHT STOLEN STAMPS chicago oct 17 clarence A powers head of the banking firm of C A powers co was arrested yesterday on a warrant secured by james F sowers of champaign charging the banker with buying worth of stamps which had been stolen from a jewelry firm aalph JM sowers 17 deais old formerly employed by the jewelry firm was arrested a few days ago for the theft of the stamps it is said he confessed and asserted that he sold iho stamps it mr powers bank the boys father then caused he arrest of the banker GOLD CONTEST garden city L I 1 oct 17 starting with a match between teams representing yale and columbia ties the annual championship tournament of tuo intercollegiate gold association began today on the links of the garden city golf club five universities versi ties are represented the other ahrea being harvard holder of the team titles princeton and pennsylvania the two matches will occupy today and tomorrow and the struggle tor the individual honor will ladt through thursday friday and saturday TICKET SCALPER CONVICTED first penitentiary sentence for that offense chicago oct 17 the first case of conviction and penitentiary sentence for a ticket scalper has just been made in chicago through the activities of the western passenger association protective bureau edward goodman was trie and convicted in judge mc dewena court on a charge 0 having fraudulently used a pass of the great western railroad and having changed the date of its termination he has appealed to the supreme court thirty days having been granted him in which to perfect his appeal goodman had been riding on a pass which was issued to d foreman of the great westeen Weste tn good for passage of the fore man and twelve employed emp loyes between chicago and minneapolis the foreman said he lost the pass it was taken up last january from a man who was lakile four other men ith lo 10 minneapolis the legal depart mont at the railroad discovered that the pass had been in the hands of goodman for several months and that during that time lie had rented it lo 10 mure than twenty luen |
