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172 : LIFE Sample Pages from LIFE'S Esteemed Contemporaries. —Il. Divorces, Pages 9-15. All the News that’s Unfit to Print. | AND ADVERTISER Crimes and Scandals, All Pages. 477,846,373 Copies. Daily Sworn Circulation, No. 4 41,144, NEW? YORK FEBRUARY 28, 1901.—876 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT | 'piadfeer QUEEN VICTORIA L° maid at Windsor Castle—that Queen Victoria has joined the Catholic Church. BECOMES A CATHOLIC. Special Cable to The New York Infernal. NDON, Feb. 29.—Your London correspondent learns on undoubted authority—in fact, from the third assistant scullery J. B.S. Queen Victoria. WHAT GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT THINKS OF THE INFERNAL. High Praise ‘from the Hero of San Juan Hill. ECUTIVE CHAMBER, Albany, Feb, 29 —In reply to your request for my opinion of THe Inrer- NAL, Lam glad to say that I have never seen anything like it Itisa lovely com- mentary onthe intelligence of the people of $ ‘ 53 New York thar *terrtttrteetssestrsoeete: you exist in Governor Roosevelt. that city. I would rather be editor of Tue Inrernat than Vice-President. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. | } THE AWFUL DEPEW SCANDAL, | ANOTHER STRIKING. INSTANCE OF INFERNAL An Infernal Reporter Hides in the Coal Bin, All the Particulars. ASHINGTON, Fed, 28.—As usual, Tar INFERNAL, by the use of its own pecullar methods of enterprise, bas secured the truth, the whole truth,and everything but the truth in the Depew case. One of Its most sertous features 13 brought to light by the cleverness of an INFERNAL reporter, Who lay concealed for twenty-four hours in the coal-bin of Senator Depew’'s residence in Washington, Mis sufferings were intense but he got the news, TH INFERNAL Is now able to state for a certainty that yesterday (Continued on Page 946.) ENTER PRISE | The Friend of the People F Finds that Mayor Van Wyck Owns Stock in the Push-Cart Trust. By bribing one of the push- cart men THE INFERNAL has found out that Mayor Van Wyck Is a halfowner with Richard Croker and others {n push-cart No. 1736. The price of peanuts has lately been advanced by the push- cart men to 3 cents a small cup! The Mayor tasnes the push-cart licenses. He ts di- Tectly responsible for this conspiracy to starve the poor people on the East aslde. Who gave him his interest | in 1736? Where did you get it? Why did you get it? How did you get it? HORRIBLE CRUELTY ON FIFTH AVENUE. | The Heartless Wife of a Millionaire Banker. Last night about ten o'clock two workingmen, who had, perhaps, been drinking: too much, were walking up Fifth Avenue tn the vicinity of Fif- Meth Street. One of them ‘was overcome if front of the residence of Henry B, Van Voorhees, the Nassau Street tanker. Ills companion vainly trled to rouse him, and then ascended the steps of the Van Voorhees mansion and rang the bell. A haughty butler came to the door, and the workingman requested that he might bring bis friend tn and put him to bed,as he was unable to gohome. At this instant came Mra, Van Voor hees herself, clad in the same silks, gating and diamonds that had made her consptcu- ons at the Metropolitan Opera Honse all winter, Inthe stern, cold voice of the woman of fashion she ordered the butler to call ® policeman. Omcer Gallagher summoned a patrol ‘wagon, and the poor fellow and his faithful friend were taken to the station house. comicbooks.com Se