Thomas Gallagher, 27, of Sixth and Baum streets, was arraigned in Police court Friday on the charge of attempting to burglarize the store of Blendenbender & Son, at 520 Main street, and his case was continued to May 18.  He denies guilt, although witnesses declare he was one of the burglars who smashed the windlow and were prevented from taking anything by the declaring of Mrs. August Heutel that she would blow their brains out if they took any of the stuff.  Chief Crawford states that Merritt Benedict, the agent of the Municipal Reform league, who is also charged with complicity in the burglary, identifies Gallagher as one of the guilty men.  Benedict insists that he was merely watching the burglars in order to cause their arrest, and it appears now that he will be released.

Mrs. Carrie Stalkamp of 104 West Liberty street, found a small fortune while housecleaning Thursday.  It was an insurance policy for $2,000 on the life of her sone, Henry Stalkamp, who died on April 2.  Stalkamp, who was a prisoner at the county jail, was found unconscious in his cell by a guard.  He was taken to the hospital and kied an hour later as a result of cerebral hemorrhage.  Stalkamp had never hinted to his mother that he was insured, and she was greatly surprised at her lucky find.  On Friday she applied for the money, which will be tendered to her as soon as formalities are complied with.

Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad held a long conference late Thursday with City Solicitor Hunt, Councilman Urban and Superintendent of Track Elevations Breen relative to their tracks in Cincinnati.  An ordinance for elevating the tracks of the company in the Queen City was examined and some portions did not meet with favor from the railroad magnates.  These will be eliminated by Mr. Hunt and at the same time the interests of the city will be preserved.  The railroad men have divided their tracks into four sections.  One section will be elevated at a time and traffic will not be disturbed.

Ill health prompted Charles Emery, aged 46, to die by his own hand Thursday night.  Emery lived with his wife and three children at 1705 Queen City avenue.  For the past few months he had suffered with Bright's disease, which handicapped him to a great extent in earning a livelihood for the support of his family.  Thursday he was morose and decided to kill himself, planning the act with consumate care.  He had just been given supper in his bed by his faithful wife, whom he requested to go to the yard and get some kindling.  When her back was turned he feeble tottered to a bureau and secured a loaded revolver of old pattern.  He then covered himself in his bed and placing the weapon against his right temple fired one shot.  He became unconscious, and though a physician worked with him for some time, he died three hours later.

County Prosecutor Rullson Thursday dismissed the two suits in quo warranto brought on his relation against the Interterminal Railway company.  By these suits it was sought on behalf of the St. Patrick church and a number of private owners of property dondemned under appropriation proceedings in the Insolvency court to oust the company.  The theory advanced was that the Interterminal company was not a regularly incorporated railroad company, vested with the right of eminent domain under the statutes, since it purposed to operate intirely within the city limits.  Another ground of attack was that it was acting, not in its own behalf, but in behalf of a foreign corporation, namely the Louisville & Nashville Railroad company.  Argument before Prosecutor Rullson for and against the prosectution of quo warranto proceedings was heated.  Mr. Clen Dening, of counsel for the company, urged that the status of the case had been misrepresented to the prosecutor.  This Mr. Waite, of counsel for property owners, controverted.  Mr. Clen Dening declared the proceeding was an attempt to invoke the aid of the State in holding them by the throat while they were forced to come to terms with the property owners.  This Judge Dempsey heatedly resented.

While the family of Charles Taylor, aged forty-seven, and insurance agent, of 650 West Fourth street, were mourning over his supposed suicide by jumping off the Southern railroad bridge into the Ohio river early Friday, a messenger from the hospital arrived at the house and notified them that Mr. Taylor was snugly lying in a cot at the city hospital.  Taylor disappeared from his home Wednesday at noon.  Taylor had been melancholy from some cause and Thursday night he was seen by several persons at the Sourthern bridge for over three hours.  At 1:30 Friday morning John Hotland and John Glenn saw him jump or fall from the bridge into the river.  After he had struck the water they heard him cry for help twice.  The informed the bridge tender on the Ludlow side and Night Watchman Watler Martin jumped inot a skiff and rowed to the spot, but could find no trace of the supposed suicide victim.  He was given up for lost and the family was informed of his supposed death.  It appears, however, that if Taylor really contemplated suicide he changed his mind after leaving the bridge.  It may be that the cold water of the Ohio broght him to his senses and suggested that life was really worth living after all.  At any rate, he refused to sink, and struck out for the Ohio shore.  He floated and swam down the river emerging from the stream at Sixth street and Mt. Hope road.  At 6:30 Friday morning he appeared at the city hospital in a thoroughly exhausted condition.  He stated that he had fallen into the river and swam ashore and had since wandered around.  The hospital doctors say that Taylor had been drinking.

    "Cincinnati day at the World's fair presents a rare opportunity for the city to show its interest in this great event, and it is one that should be eagerly seized by the people of the city.  It is essentially a citizens' movement and is free from the stamp of official sm.  Few indeed are the cities of teh country that have had the compliment paid them to have a special day set apart for them.  Cincinnati, of all was the third to be thus honored.  It carries a recognition of her pre-eminence and is an acknowledgement of her high position.   Cincinnati should, and I believe she will, rise to the occasion.  All citizens are invited to attendand make the trip in company with others.  It means much-the giving over of an entire day and the immense exposition-to any one city.  Special exercises are to be held on the grounds and a programme of peculiar interest has been arranged for Cincinatians.  Let us show our appreciation of the distinctiion accorded us by sending a delegation that, in number and character, not be surpassed by any other city."
MAYOR JULIUS FLEISCHMANN

Penniless and without friends in Chicago, and knowing that she would receive assistance from a brother in Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Blanche McGUIRE, 38, started to walk to the Kentucky city two weeks ago.  She walked along railroad tracks, so as not to lose her way, and at night slept in the open fields.  Remembering that she had friends in Manchester, O., she went there first, but, being disappointed, came to Cincinnati, from where she inteded to walk to Louisville.  While standing at Third and Walnut streets Thursday night she was arrested by Officer KNIGHT.  Friday morning in Police court she told her story to the judge, who was touched by the narrative.  Mrs. McGUIRE was then taken before Mayor FLEISCHMANN and given free transportation to Louisville.  He husband, who was a soldier in the Spanish-American war, died a year ago.  She has one child, a boy of fifteen years, in Chicago.

  "Praise the Lord, brethren.  It ain't right to rob people; and it ain't right to take their watches and their worldly goods on dark nights by force."  This was the gist of a sermon that Rev. J. A. Smith, a colored preacher of the Methodist church preached to three highwaymen.  Probably never a sermon was preached under more peculiar circumstances than this one referred to that was preached by Rev. Smith in a lonesome spot on Glenway avenue, Price Hill, late Thursday night to three highwaymen, who had just relieved Smith of $32.25 and a silver watch.  Smith, who lives at Werk road and Lick Run pike, was returning homeward on Thursday night.  As he reached a dark spot in the road on Glenway avenue, three burly men, one colored and two white, jumped from a clump of bushes by the road.  One of the men leveled a revolver at Smith.  "Be good," he shouted into the ears, "and we won't hurt you."  The trio then searched Smith's pockets and took $32.25 and a silver watch.  After they got this haul they started off but Rev. Smith interfered.  He stated to the men that he was a preacher, and on the spot began a sermon.  He preached long and forcibly and the echoes rang with his denunciations of the robbery.  The trio of men stood spellbound at the strange occurrence, not knowing what to do.  And so forcible were the preacher's works that the men who robbed him agreed to return to him the silver watch.  No amount of persuasion, however, could induce them to give up the money.  The police are looking for the men.

Cecilia CNAISS, thirty-two, living on the third floor of the tenement house at the southwest corner of Ninth and Elm streets, was badly burned Friday morning as the result of a gasoline explosion at her home.  She was lighting a gasoline stove not knowing that the fluid had leaked onto the floor.  As soon as she applied a match to the stove and explosion followed and she was quickly enveloped in flames.  She ran down the stairs crying for help, and several women in the building seized her and smothered the flames which had ignited her clothing.  The woman was badly burned about the arms and face, and was removed to the hospital.  The fire department responed to an alarm and put out the flames in the building with slight loss.  The cries of the woman running through the halls crying caused much excitement in the tenement house, and it was with difficulty that a panic was averted.