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2 ber 4 to October 7. Th« RepuWican convention Is Used for October 5, and the change by the Demo ' crats Is taken as a proof of weakness. The Repub licans had planned to make their nominating con \ cntlon the opening gun of the rampaiarn and to name "Cassldylsm* as the real Issue of the flght. Borough President Joseph Cassldy of Quecas •■■ chairman of the Democratic County Committee, and he is the only member possessing authority to change th<» date of the convention. Hto action ; is taken by the Republicans as indicating that he ia afraid of the out.>ome of the campaign and wants to take r.A vantage of every point. The Democratic Assembly convention has also ! b«en changed from October 7 to October 9. That ' change is due to troubles in the 2d Ward ercanlzatlon. Joseph Sulliran, of Newton, has held the office two succeeding terms and wants It a«ain, but there arrears to be a fear that more * than one third term candidate on the t«cketra!rht ■ prove to be a serious handicap. Pwldcrit <assi«i> nan beld his office twice. A friend of hl» saM last night that the reason for the change or datej ■sras troubles in the party organization that Hart io be straightened out before Mr. Cassldy wouid ivrmlt his name tn ro before the convention Joseph Bermel. Commtsioner of Piiblic Works, is making a hot fight for the nomination and is backed br the German voters in the borot B«rmel's friends declare that he has a sufficient aurabT of delegates to prevent the nomination of Cassidy unless a compromise is made. FIGHTS ON IN BROOKLYN. McCarren' Strength Will Be Tested in Many Districts To-morrow. Senator Patrick H. MeCarren will have an op portunity to show .lust how strong- his hold on the. Brooklyn Democratic electors is at the primaries !tQ be held to-morrow. In three districts the results Of his work to oust the old MeLaughlin leaders, the only members of the executive committee he does not control, will bo brought to th« test. These dis tricts are now under th*» domination of James ' Shevlin, the former first lieutenant of McLau^hlin. and Shevlin has been putting up a terriflo struggle ; to retain the vestigre of political Influence- remaln- I ins to him. Should he lose any of these districts It Is doubtful if he ever again will play any great part in Democratic affairs in Kings County. In all the other eighteen Assembly districts, ex cept Sve, fights are being made to defeat the Mc- Carren leaders. In pome of the districts the op i liesllluu Is divided and poorly organized, but in others the contest has been spirited. Well Informed • politicians, howerer, say It will be a surprise If I MeCarren loses any of the districts he now con trols, while there is a possibility of his success in ; the 11th and 12th districts, now controlled by Shev lin. The districts and leaders of the fights on each side are as follows: DUtriCt. McCarren. Anti-McCarrea. 2 EMward J. Meanr John J. Walsh « J*mee B- Bouck. Robert F. Gillln 6....... John J. Porman Frank I'lrirh »•* John Morrlssey Grar ..Frank W. Fo*.«y t James H. McCabe.._, Myi e MePariland *0 Henry f. Haggerty John H. Pelan-y 11 Thcmae F. Byrnes Thomas R. Farrell 12 Michael E. Butler Matthew E. Pooler 13 Owni J. Murphy ...... Bartle7 J. Wrigb: 14... Patrick H. McCaiT»n Jamts Murray 16. Jamos S. Began Patrick F. Lynch IT Henry F. Cochran* Joseph P. IVmneliy 18 Henry F. Hesterb^rg; John F. D»y»r 18— John H. McCooey Frank D. Creamer W... Conrad Hasenflug fM-n-ard Gllnn?n 20 D»nniß Winter Otto Wirke 21 James F. Pinrn-'tt Henry J. Furlnna; The 2d District is the third controlled by the oi<t McLaughlln influence. Judge Walsh. the- present leader, is strongly Intrenched, and it is not thought possible that E. J. Meary. the IfcCarven man. will ba abie to defeat him. Meany expresses great eon fldence, however, and scored a point when he ob tained the support of Martin F. <""only. who has a not Inconsiderable following. R. F. Giilin says that he will defeat Tax Commis sioner Bouck in the 4th District. -And It is ronceded that he will get a large vote_ .fn'hn If. Gray, in the Bth. and James H. McOaba, in the 9th. will have no difficulty in defeating- the SBtl-lfcCaxren men. Tn the latter district, which has always been noted for its primary fiphTs, the interest this year is slight, because Senator James H. Keogh. who fought against Mcc.abe, the McCarren man, a year ago, has since made his peace with the county leader and joined forces with IfcCabe. lfcPartland*a fight is largely a personal one, because he does not like McCairen. One of the. stin>st anti-M>C*rren fight* hns been made by John H. Delaney in the loth District. He is opposing Henry F. Haegerty, former Deputy Police Commissioner and 1-iw partner of McCarren. and has aroused great enthusiasm I>y raising the "red light" issue. If any one of the McCarren load ers is defeated it will be Haggerty. In the 11th District Thomas F. Byrnes, the Mc- Carren Deputy Water Commissioner, who was re iroved by Tammany in its fight with the Brooklyn organization, has for more than a year been work ing to overthrow Thomas R. Farr»U. the Shevlin leader of the district, who was appointed to the position from which Byrnes was ousted. Byrnes has undoubtedly made large inroad? into the strength of Farreil. and the result of the voting to-morrow is much in doubt. Michael E Futler ha^ taken up the MeCarrec battle against Register Dooley in the 12th District this year in place of Walter C. Barton, who made an unsuccessful attempt to overthrown I "ooley a year ago. Butler has made a remarkably active and successful campaign, and Dooley margin of strength at the polls to-morrow will not be large. Murphy, McCarren and Regan, in the 13th. 14th f=nd Wth districts, respectively, will have no trouble in defeating the opposition. A bitter fight, however. has been put up against MeCarren in his home district, where particular attention lias been given to his record as a representative of the Standard Otl and gas interests. _._, In the 17th District, Donnelly, who was the origi nal McCarren man. and was one of the most active In wresting it from .lohn I«. Shea, the old Mc- Xiaughlin lieutenant, h«s since rev< rsed himself and is now heading the former Shea forces in opposi tion to McCarren. Donnelly expects to win. al though there has been so much changing and di vision In the distrlct that his victory is noi beyond «loubt. The 18th District has two leaders, or representa tives, in the executive; committee. Hesterberg and JjeCooey, thp McCarren men. will liavn no diffi culty in winning, alt hougli Creamer, the foiiiiet McLaughlin -leader, is fighting MeCooey. and Dwyer is putting up a semblance of opposition to Hesterberg. OUnnen and Wicke have not a show in the 19th and 20th districts. Although Furlong h.is put up a good fight against Sinnott In the 21st District, he Is not expected to win. Although Tammany Hall is supposed to be keepjn< Its hands o!T the Brooklyn primary situation this year, It If surmised that some money fr->m across the river has lound its way to the antl-McCarren imn here. LAST GUN FOR DELANEY. iff. F. Haggerty Denounced at Brooklyn Meeting. Brooklyn had its first regularly organized Sun day night political nesting In the Majestic Theatre last night. It was tlie final gun in the attempt to get rid of Henry F. Haggerty as Democratic lead er in the borough's "red light'" district, and wa? held In the interests of John H. Delaney by the "Women's Anti-Vice Auxiliary of the district under the auspices of I>e!am-y's Montlcello Club. Haggerty is McCarren's man and is. al-=o. the man whom Commissioner McAdoo dismissed as police commissioner of Brooklyn with a scathing criticism of his conduct In oftlce. While the. fight was on between Murphy and McCarren, Delaney was understood to be Murphy's representative In the district, and when peace was patched up be tween Murphy and McCatren. Delaney refuseri to jrive up the fight. Despite the rain la*t night, h« had an enthusiastic meeting, with ■ big crowd and plenty of ebsers. The women filled the boxer, and first rows of the orchestra chairs, snd the men pretty well filled up the rest of the house. There were two or three attempts by Haggerty ■ympathlr.ers to break up the meeting, but they did r;ot get very fa. The first man was promptly hust'ed out by the pol!<«e. The second got as far JuT ••Three cheers for Hag- " wh-n there wus the Sund ofa lieavv fall, and Mr. Delaney continued S3* a dJcowHis silence. At another point In the arS rfwo m.-n pro e.-,i«,l hastily «o the gallery en tranct- by requ^t and there paused to vociferate forthe dlscrciiu-d moral censor, bul they received S&J^Smin^Glacken presided at the meeting, and thTsDe^kers were &njamtn Bowden. Robert M. C&mpbefl Binghln. T. Wilson and Mr Delaney Hagcertv is McCarren's law partner, and Mr. De- Unev brought out a list to show that all »h« pHs oners taken in Ted light" raids in the district were defended by Huggerty when they were ar raigned in th« Adams-fit, court He dwelt at l-ngth on the conditions in the .Hstrlct :i!,.l sa d that^ no decent, Bdf-respecting -man could afford to asso ciate with tli^ vtctoos elemenl at the li»a.l of the Penwratic party In the «lfstri.-t. At the beginning of his speech he s.-.id that an Invitation had been mailed to HagK'rty to be present, and had asked him or some representative to come to the piatrorm and dftbr.te the oj-«- tions at issue. The only re aponse was ih» abortive attempt to cheer for tne dethroned police official. ' Bingharci T. Wilson ma-ie ihe liveliest speech of the meeting. H<? is the liresltipnt of th<> Atiti-oas Trust Lragiif. ,-ir.d Ihe chairman said that he would epeak ab.iut j?as. v. hich was a flaming Issus tn the campaign Mr Wilson devoted a large part of his time to MeCarrer- as the representative of tbe trusts corporal*, gre^l an.l "graft" of all Kinos. He remarked that he had been accused of a per aonal dlfellke for McCarren. but he said That, on th*; contra-y. he \i-wil ">!<* 'arren> personality extremely -. n«.inir. lie lo«kfl like .' (•'•tnic opera romcdi'ii in distress; « fcJlow thai wanted to Blns but didu't kiuiw where tv Lvgiu." MURDIiRED GIRL KNOWN. ARREST EXPECTED SOON. Body Fotnd Near Pelham Road That of Lace Trimmer. Although livta* within a few hundred yards of the piaca where she wns murdered, it was i*»t until yesterday that the body of tho young woman \vh cli was found in Pelham Road near Edison-aye.. Saturday. WRB identified as that of Miss Augusia Pfelffer. twenty-two years old. of Pelhani Road, near the Knstcrn Boulwvard. About 9:30 o'clock last evening Coroner O'Gorman and Captain Burfeind, with several detectives, left the Westchester station in a patrol wajron. surrounding their movements with great secrecy. On their return, some time later, th»y brought five boys, one man nnd a woman, whose nam»>s they refuse to reveal. The captain stated that these were the most Important witnesses oi> tnlned In the cas*p, but that the man whom they suspected of the murder and whom they ex pected to apprehend last night had left town. The police expect to capture him to-day. At 1:10 o'clock this (Monday) morning Coroner O'Gorman issued the following statement: "I have issued a warrant for the arrest of Joseph Girard, a driver, of Eastern Boulevard, on a charge of homicide. We have traced the move ments of the man up to the time of the. murder and to within 200 feet of the place. We have also traced the movements of the girl up to 8:30 o'clock on Wednesday night, when she boarded a Throg's Neck car. The two undoubtedly met. The man's clothing has been found In the home of Mrs. Julia B. McMahon. of Pelham Road, near Eastern Boulevard, and consists of overalls and jumper. These are smeared with blood. The last seen of Girard was when he left home on Thursday morning at 6 o'clock." Edward Karned. a hack driver, and the Me- Mahon woman were the couple arrested last night, and have, been committed to the House of Detention. Captain Burfelnd is on the trail of Girard, and says that he will have him within twelve hours. The identification came about through Frances Breiner, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mrs. Louisa Brelner, of No. 844 East 136th-st., who read the account of the tragedy In the Sunday papers. After talking over the description given In the papers with her parents Frances went to the home <of Hugo Falkenstein. a Jeweller, at No. 837 East 13Pth-st., who was a. friend of the Pfeiffer girl, and called his attention to the de scription. Falkeneteln was so impressed that he hunted up Ooroner O'Gorman, and in his company paid a visit to the Fordham Morgua. wh«re he Iden tified the body at once. Both th 3 coroner and Captain Burfeind. of the Westehester station, were rather skeptical over the Identification, as The Bronx detective force had scoured the neighborhood, and no one answering to the de scription of the murdered girl was found to be missing. Further Invent ie-attnn, however, proved that the identification was correct. It Js peculiar that on Saturday night Detectives Dillon. Rap pold and Win.J held a consultation concerning the case in the road directly in front of the Pfeiffer house, while members of the family stood by and listened. Augusta lived wit"h her .stepfather, who was also her uncle, her mother's first husband hav ing been Pfeiffer's brother. Her mother's younger brother, Emll, and a baby stepsister were the other members of th^ family who lived at home. Two other sisters live away from home, as does an older brother, Paul, who Is employed as a driver for a bakery in Man hattan, and w'nn lives at No. 3.N03 3d-ave. Augusta was employed as a lace trimmer at 137th-st. and Willbw-ave. In the winter she had been in the habit of boarding with the Brelner family, to be nearer her work. This year she left home earlier, on account of a trivial quarrel with her mother, three weeks ago. Tv.o weeks ago. the girl returned to her home, to take away some of her clothing, but not being able to take it al! at that time, she made an ap pointment with her brother Paul to meet him, and return, last Wednesday night, for the re mainder. Her brother waited for her at the place appointed, which was near the house, unti! i> o'clock, but, as she failed to appear, he de cided that she had been detained and returned to his <>wn home. Augusta lefl the Brelners about S o'clock on Wednesday night, carrying a small dress suit case, In which she Intended to place her cloth- Ing. That was the last time she was seen alive by any one who knew her. The walk from tlie car to her home on the Pelham Road is a lonely one, and it was undoubtedly while on this road that she was attacked. The autopsy showed that when found the young' woman had noi been dead over twelve hours. She must then have di^-d about I o'clock Saturday morning. If thi.-i was the case, she must have lain unconscious In the thicket where her body was found sincH Wednesday i-vening. Even had she regained consciousness in that time she was too badly injured and too weak to summon assistance With the identification of the body by Kalken stein and the subsequent verification by others who wen- called, the. girl's Immediate fam ily were summoned befor-: Coroner O'Gorman and < "avMir. BurfiTi! for examination. Mrs. PfeUter was overcome by sorrow hik; remorse, and fainted when she was apprised of her daughter'?: death. She; accused herself o* bein»? th« car.sj of her daughter leaving; hoina, anJ thus Indlre -tly of the murder. Beyond the facts already stated nothing' furthsr was learned re garding the srfr!' I movements beforo the crime. After listening to the statements of memberj of the family, Captain Burnend and Detective Sergeant Price, of the Bronx Detective Bureau, came to the conclusion that the crime was the work of some member of a rough element which frequents that neighborhood. With this aa a basis, tho detective force was sent out to round up all suspicious characters. Before J» o'clock last night the police had over half dozen young nien in their clutches, and all of these were sub- Jected to the "sweating" process. As a result of his questioning and Investiga tion' Captain Burfiend announced confidently that he would have the perpetrator of the deed under arrest before midnight. NEGROES FORM POLITICAL SOCIETY. Organized to Obtain Some of the Patronage of Men They Elect. In a shmt address made ; ,t the evening service of the Betnel Afri-:m Methodist Episcopal Church, in West 2'tlist . last night, the pastor, the Rev. T. Wellington Henderson, urged his parishioners to become is factor In the corning contest f<>r Mayor, and also announced the formation of a new society amnnjc ihe colored voters c.ille.i the Colored Men's Municipal Association. This association, he ex plained, was being formed to demand for the ne gro a return for his vote. In part, he said: I:i th*- past we have <lone our full share of voting, but have we had any share In administering the affairs afier election? In Chicago 1 find scores ••? our race holding positions <>( trust and honor after election. There are In Chicago to-day between twi> and three hundred negro policemen. In Phiin delohla nearly two hundred, while in New-York «•■ have not one. Why Is it that only Irishmen and ether foreign ers are allowed !•> police the streets here? it is not because we are cowards, fm history has proved to the contrary, but because, utter we help elect the ni'it to office we ieave them alone t.. Kive all the oftl' es to others SOCIAL DEMOCRATS DISCHARGED. Pauken ;«:!•] Fred Paulitsch, the two spell binders Of tl.e Social I party, who were arrested on Saturday night in I4th-s< Itear Irving M<v-e. after they had succeeded In nearly breaking up the sh,, w m the Academy of Music". wer« ... I before Magistrate Baker, in the forkviUe court, yesterday, and discharged. ' PACKING BOX MAKERS' STRIKE OFF. It was announced yesterday that the general strike of the members of the Peeking Box Makers' I'nlon for the nine hour workday, which went Into effect three weeks ago, had beep declared off un conditionally, and that the strikers w»rc Instructed to seek reinstatement on the best terms th.«y could B ft. The delegate of the Packing Box Maker* 1 Union Mid yest«|rdaj evenlnf that the strike would nave been s success if the strikers had obtained ilie Kuooort ot Uw other uniuiui. SkAV-YOKK DAILY TKIBUiSE. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1905. THE LOSSES AT BAKU. Thirtif-four Oil Plants in the District Completely Destroyed. St. Petersburg. Sept. 17.— According to tele grams received from Baku to-day the plants of twenty-one oil companies and those of thirteen private owners were completely destroyed in the riotinp. The Raku company lost a third of its derricks, the Nobel company 40 per cent and th« Born company 50 ver cent. Only one of the Rothschild properties is intact. CHOLERA IN POLAND. One Fatal Case Admitted by the Authorities. Loinza. Russian Poland. Sept. 17.— 1t has now been established that a fatal case of chol era occurred among raftsmen from Byelostok, on the Narev River. All the members of the crew have been isolated, and other precautionary measures have been taken. MR. PARSON Back from Visiting Tokio, He De scribes Feeling in Japan. Congressman Herbert Parsons and Mrs. Par sons, who were in Secretary Taft's party on the recent trip to the Philippines, returned to the city yesterday, arriving on the Twentieth Cen tury-train over ihe New-York Central. In his home. No. 112 East 3nth-st.. Mr. Parsons said he and Mrs. Parsons had enjoyed their trip im mensely, and had beer. In irood health from the time of thr-!;- departure from the city. They left the Taft party at Manila and went on a sep arate excursion, which ended at Tokio. They sailed from th* Japanese port on the. steamer Empress of India, which arrived at Victoria, R. r\, on September 12. Mr. Parsons had prom ised the Republicans Of the 25th Assembly Dis trict to be back in the city in time for the pri maries to-morrow, or he might have remained in Japan a little longer. ■ In Tokio he and Mrs. Parsons were enter tained at the home of Mr. Matsukata. a son of Count Matsukata, one of the Rider Statesmen of Japan and a former Minister of Finance. Mr. Parsons had opportunities to jearn much of the internal conditions of Japan, and he said yester day that before he left Tokio he was told by well informed Japanese that the terms of the treaty of peace with Russia probably would ex cite trouble in Japan. "They asked me."" Mr. Parpons said, "whether Japan's demands were fair, and I said I thought Americans would think so, but it did not se«m to me that they could expect Russia to pay an Indemnity, for there was no precedent for an in demnity under the circumstances. "Japan lias stood the war well thus far. but thoughtful Japanese realize that by stopping her extraordinary expense now she will be able to progress materially —so much that peace at this time wiil be more to her benefit, considering the many things she does get. than peace later on might be. eveni though, nfter more fighting and. further expense, she could get still more then. There was a strong desire to get the whole of Sagrhalien Isla.nd. nut this was almost entirely for sentimental reasons." Mr Parsons did not meet K. H. Harrlman in Tokio, although he ran across Mr. Harrlman's secretary in the street, and also saw Mrs. Har riman lti one of the shops. He said he felt sur prise at the report that Mr. Harriman came near beinp mobbed, because Americans were being received with many expressions of regard In Tokio. A BRITISH SUBJECT RELEASED. Vice-Consul at Shanghai Forces Officials to Give Up Prisoner. Shanghai. Sept 17.— The British vice-consul. who left here last Friday for Qulnsan to insißt on the release of a British subject held prisoner tn(: > re by the. Chinese authorities, returned to day with the man. BARON KOMURA RECOVERING. Condition Entirely Satisfactory— Doctors Re laxing Care. Official and unofficial reports that were issued froir. the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday indicate that Bsron Komura is on the road to recovery from the illness that prevented him from returning to Japan last Thursday with the other members of the embassy. Early In the week it was thought by one of the attending physicians that the baron had typhoid fever. The developments of the last three days show that he. has escaped tho typhoid, and yes terday's bulletin shows that his illness is not seri ous. It was learned at the hotel that the baron spent an exceedingly comfortable night. «nd yesterday morning was more bright and cheerful than he lias been at any time since his return from Ports mouth. The following bulletin was given out at the Wal dorf-Astoria Hotel last night: The condition of Baron Komura at 6 p. m.. in the opinion of hoth physicians in attendance, was satis factory In every rt-spect. Dr. Pelaflelii will see him only once Monday. KARLSTAD CONFERENCES. Delegates to Meet Again Monday — Storthing's Action Doubtful. Karlstad, Sept. 17— The Norwegian and Swed ish delegates sat In conference to-day from noon until 2 o'clock and from 5 until 7 o'clock. They adjourned until Monday. The question of fortifications is still being dis cussed, and some unforeseen difficulties have ap peared. It is expected, however, that the dis cussions will be concluded on Wednesday. The result will then be submitted to the Riksdag and the Storthing. The Riksdag's approval of the result of the negotiations is sure, but that of the Storthing is doubtful, especially tf tho Nor wegian delegates yield on the questions con cerning the forts. CONFIRMATION OF AGREEMENT. Washington, Sept. 17.— Trustworthy informa tion reaches the Department of State by way of Paris that in a few days Sweden and .V'-rway are. expected to reach an amicable settlement. The consideration of details has caused delay. SOCIALIST CONGRESS OPENS. Paul Singer Makes Address of Welcome — Bitter Debates Expected. Jena. Sept. 17— The annual congress of the Social Democratic Party opened here to-night under the presidency of I'aul Singer, who weloomed the deie pntes The delegates In attendance on th« congrrgs include Herr Bebel, the Socialist leader in the. ReichMng, nnd Herren Vollmar and Bernstein, So cialist member" >if the RelchHtng. Owing to their ace and condition of health, it Is expected that neither Herr Singer nor Herr Bebel will take n promlneni part In the proceedings. No questions df great Importance ;tre likely to be discussed. An attempt will l»» made t«> depose the 'Vorwflrts" Hf. the organ >>f the party, and ncrlmonious debates over lons standing internal party dissensions ar« probable. MUCH WHISKEY, THEN A BULLET. Robert O'Lasry. a military prisor.er on Governor Island, was not on hand yesterday morning, when Sergeant Wade ordered a rollcall of the, prisoners at the ("astle. He was found ten minutes later In lieutenant Meller's home with a bullet In his right ■lde He was taken to the hospital, where it wa» found he must have consumed about a quart of whiskey ami. in « fit of temporary insanity, shot himself. How h* got the whtakey and the pistol Is not known. n'Uary wa« serving an elghteen-months sen tence for desertion from Fort Totten. May 11. 1901. but wa.« permitted outside ihe <astl« from time to time. He dl.l work shout Lieutenant M«i)er's horn«. The hospital physicians My bi may recover, thuuah ii... 4...U .-.-v. U4U lot to Urn btarv OFFICIAL '"SCALE" NEXT. IN THE INSURANCE PROBE. Committee to Look Into Commis sions Outside Regular Salaries. A forthcoming phase of the legislative Insurance inquiry, it was said yesterday, will be the investi gation of alleged percentages received by high in surance offit inls on business written. In addition «o their salaries and fees, The committee, it Is said, has received communications declaring thai it has been the custom of high officers In several big companies to receive such percentnges ami commissions. As regards the rumor that J. Pierponf Morgan may ho called en to testify before the committee, Assemblyman Kzra V. Prentice, the secretary of the committee, said to a Tribune repot tor yesterday: The committee will have no hesitation In calling on Mr. Morgan, or any other man. to testify, if it believes that his testimony Is essential to the In oulrv or that he Is the man best qualified to fur nish the committee with the information if seeks. In the light of the hearings up to date, however. I see no reason why Mr. Morgan should be called on. Asked as to the report that Cornelias N. Bliss may be requested to furnish a list of nil contribu tions received by the Republican National Commit tee from life insurance companies last year. Mr. Prentice said: HOME AGAIN. I believe that any contributions so made will he furnished by the insurance companies themselves and that there will be HO need u > ratl on tho ' re;i3 " urer of any committee. Regarding the New-York Life's checks, aggre gating UQO.OOO, payable at Albany to Andrew Ham ilton, the Assemblyman said: The committee will follow this trail to the end. wherever it may lead or whomever It may affect. Thf re will be no let-up. From other sources it was learned that the com mittee hopes that President IfcCall, in pursuance of his policy of publicity, will be able to furnish an explanation of this $KKW>o. Should the com mittee become convin >ed of i foundation for tne public impression of the object and destination of this money, it is understood that no effort will De spared to" thrust the probe into th* heart of the affair, and discover who receive*! the money ana why. It is pointed out that, in the last resort, the legislative committee will not adjourn before Janu ary 1, at the earliest, and that, all things consid ered., it is entirely Improbable that Mr. Hamilton will remain abroad fur another four months. Hereafter, where the committee In its investiga tion elicits an unexplained sum paid to a certain man or body of men. it will l>e its policy, it Is said. to subpoena the recipients The committee w-ill hold an informal conference to-morrow night on tho eve of the resumption or the sessions. , Attorney *;o,i Pr a! Mayer is exp»ctrd back In town to-day. BLAMES THE OFFICIALS. C. F. U. Passes Resolutions Concern ing Recent Disasters. The elevated railroad disaster of last Mon<lay was made the occasion of the adoptton of a long preamble, nnd resolutions by the Central Federated Union denouncing the onVialu of the Tnterborough Rapid Transit Company, the State Railroad Com mission, the Tenement House Commission nnd the Builciings Department. The preamble goes back to the General Slocum disaster, which, like those suc ceeding it. is attributed to incompetence or neg lect .-.n the part of official?. Then follow these, among other resolutions: Resolved. That this body, ieploring the terrible loss of life which lias resulted, and extending Its sympathy to those who have been bereaved by these accidents, goes further and facing the practi cal proposition disclosed by tli» situation hereby condemns the wilful negligence of owners which made possible the Genera! Slocum, Darlington Hotel and other disasters of recent memory, and the stiH later loss of life at 63d-st. on Monday last. It is further Resolved, and it is herehy expressed as the con viction and helief of every delegate of this body, that the members of the Stite Railroad Commis sion having supervision of the elevated railways, and the officials of the Buildings Department of this city and of the Tenement House Department in this city, having charge of the buildings where thes* lives were lost, are morally, if not legally. guilty of criminal negligence in allowing conditions to fiist which would bring about such accidents. Tn order that these resolutions may if possible be of practical benefit to our members. It is further Resolved, That this body hereby registers its vig orous protest against the conditions which were al lowed to prevail In the Buiklinss and Tenement House departments of this city, and we call on tbe city officials interested, and uarticuJarly on the Mayor of greater New-York, to in.-sist on rigorous and honest enforcement of the laws and. regula tions affecting buildings, new and old. In the city of New-York. SWIMS FIFTEEN MILES. Alfred Broun Wins Endurance Race to Coney Island. Alfred Brown was the only one to finish out of thirty-one swimmers who started from the Brook lyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge to swim to Coney Island yesterday in the contest under the auspices of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corp?. The race was to have taken place on the previous Sunday, but on account of rain and cold was pos! poned. The start was mad' at 11:40 a in.. The weather was favorable, and a strong southeast wind helped the swimmers. Brown covered the distance in a little more than six hours, and finished in front of Staueh's pavilion at S:IS o'clock. He said the water was cold. The distance was estimated at fifteen miles. Brown's clogged determination to complete the tifk was shown when lie readied Fort Lafayette. He was seized with cramps, and seemed about to give up the .swim when a member of the corps encouraged him by informing him that all the other competitors had dropped out >>f the contest. Two relay trams, consisting of l;oye and Fal coner and Kennedy and Moore tuok nart in the swim. Kennedy, however, said he would swim the entire distance, but gave up the task utter he passed Fort Hamilton. At this point he was seized with severe cramps. Moore had the last relay, and finished half an hour before Brown. He was exhausted when taken out of the water, and It took fifteen minutes to bring him to. Antonio Ro«sl. of Coney Island, one of the con testants, ca:ne near losing hi* life before the Bat tery was reached. 1I« was seized with cramps in the stomach, and the man following pulled him out of the water when he was about to go down for the third tlnif. He was unconscious, when taken Into the boat, and It took three hours to re vive him. Of the thirty-one that started In the contest eight gave up after going two miles, five quit at the fifth milo and s?ven at tlie sixth mile. Nine parsed Fort Hamilton. GENERAL MILES MAY NOT RUN. Discouraged by Jomh Quincy — Talk of "Dark Horse." [Ry Tfleßraph to The Tribunal Boston, Sept. it. Friends of General Milea advise him not to lie a candidate for the nomination for Governor this year. He had a conference with Joslah Quincy, the Democratic State leader, re cently, nnd gathered from the tone of that inter view that he cannot count on the support of the executive- committee for his candidacy. He will i>ot offer himself as a political sacrifice. According to the Miles ni"ii. who ar» fighting mad. the plan of the committee is to keep the nomination tn the air until the very day of the con vention, October 7. and then nominate ■ 'Mark horse." That will give them a ohance to see if there is a split in the Republicans over reciprocity. CONEY READY FOR THE CARNIVAL. i Business Men Hope That Closing Celebra tions Will Rival the Mardi Gras. Despite the email crowds at Coney Island yester day the business men wen- hopeful that the clos ing carnival, which begins to-morrow and will ia"t until Saturday night, win prolong the season, Burf-avo. Is decorated with electric lighis and many colored banners, while nineteen float* are ready for the parade, which t« expected to rival the Mardl Gran at New -Orleans. The parade to-niorrow night will be reviewed by city Officials at Surf-aye. ami West 21;;>. St. ..\ n automobile parade will be one of the features of iij« Coney Island celebration. Ss.'Mity-eight policemen were transferred from the seaside to Brooklyn precincts yesterday, leav ing the usual wlnier detail of seventy-OBe men Under Captain Dooley NEW AUSTRIAN LINER HERE. The Austrian sttami-r Franceses arrived yester day on her first voyage, The Francesra was built at Port Glasgow by BuaseU & Co., for Cusollch Bros, of Trieste. She is designed for the pas- Kenger service between Trieste and New-York There nrr. accommodations lor thlrty-Mx cabin. rfrty-e| K ht intermediate and 1.310 steerage passen gers, A np«*d of fourteen kn"M wus maintained on th- trini trip. H er tonnage Is 3,39* net register, 4.D10 gT<794, In preparing a collection of wares in Sterling Silver for the opening of the New Gorham Building it has been realized that Small Articles are not less important than bigonw, and nianv of the most (,harm ing Pieecs shown are very Inexpensive. Those who come only to *cc nrr qnite as wrleome as those who come to buy Tbe Gorham Company Silversmiths and Galdsmitkt. Fifth Avenue — Thirly-sixtli Street FIREMEN HURT IN (RASH. HURLED FROM TRICK. Hook an(i Ladder Apparatus Upset Avoiding Collision with Car. Two flren-.en were injured yesterday afternoon through the carelessness of a raotorman on a north bound Bth-ave. surface a r in not bringing hi* car to a stop when signalled to do so. To avoid a collision and to save the lives of pas sengers. Hook and Ladder Truck No. 12 was over turned at the corner of Hudson-st. and West lith-st. The injured men were Lieutenant Inland Potter, of No. 241 West 2flth-st.. and Fireman Andrew P. BleManttt. of No. 957 2d-ave. Ueutenant Potter ■ustalned a broken collarbone, a dislocated shoul- Ir-r and severe contusions to his head, right le? and body. Fireman McManus is probably fatally inlured, according to the doctors at St. Vincents Hospital. He baa a fractured left arm. some bad bruises and severe internal injuries Four other firemen sustained minor injuries. Truck No. 12 Wr Its house, at No. 2»?. West 30th st . at 2:10 p nv. In answer to an alarm from Green wich and 11th Bts. Fireman Donovan wai driving and Fireman fasson was at the tiller. Thft tttXCM of six tons, drawn by three R ray horses, turned from West 20th-st. into Sth-ave.. and at a good rate of speed went gouth. When th« truck reached Hudson-*t. both Don ovan and LJteutenant Potter, who was standing on the turntable on the left band side of the truck, noticed a rapidly approaching northbound Bth-ave, car. Just above llth-sr. both Donovan and I-i" U tenant Potter signalled the motorman to stop, real izing that, if he did not, when the truck turned into llth-st. a collision would be inevitable. In spite of the warning shouts of the firemen, the car kept on. Donovan succeeded in pullln* up hi? horses an-1 turning them into Wost U-th-St., but Casson could not keep the alignment of the truck. To swing his truck out into the street meant to collide with the or.comini? car. which did not slacken speed, and he was forcM to keep the rear truck of the appar atus close to the curb. The car cleared the end of the long extension ladder by ten inches, the passengers' live 3 in tbe car were safe, but the truck was doomed, for Cas- Bon could not straighten out the rear wheels In time to keep the topheavy truck from overturning. The truck upset, carrying down the seven m-n who were on it. Lieutenant Potter was thrown to the sidewalk, striking on his h»ad. McManus was caught by the overturning truck and pinioned be neath it. and. as the frightened horses dr.^ it for fifteen feet after the accident, he was badly crusher! and bumoed. Ponovan was strapped to his seat, and was not thrown out. Casson. the tillerman. went over with the truck, but he hugged his tiller ami waa not thrown. The other men jumped. The truck fell on its left s!de. with McManus underneath it. Many citizens surround^ the cap slztl truck, raised it and released McManus. who was unconscious. The surface car. which kept on, was out of sight before any one realized what had happened. Lieutenant Potter was attended by Dr. Bur rows, of the New-York Hospital, and removed in the ambulance. After his dislocated shoulder was reduced and his collarbone set h» returned to $he truckhouse. Dr. Corcoran, of St. Vincent's Hospital, attended McManus, and, pronouncing his condition very se lious, hurried him to the hospital McManus has been in the department less than one year. The fire to which the truck was responding was. as usual in s'Kh cases, a trifling one. It was at No. 339 West llth-st.. and was nmong some rub bish In a vacant lot. Chief Howe said last night that the fault for the accident laid entirely with the motorman of the Sth-ave. car. He said that he wa« coming down behind the truck in his huggy and saw the whole accident He (iw the lieutenant and driver signalling the motorman. an>l saw the motorrmn ignore these signals anrl kr'ey or. with his car. The chief continued: The New-York City Railway Company, through their motormen not obeying the rules, kills more. ilremen in New-York than all the ftr*3. 1 ha\*> had n lot of troublo in my district with motormen. Motormen are. supposed to stop when they hear or reo the flre apparatus approaching. Fire apparatus lias the riglv of way. The men did the ri^ht thing. This truck is 85 feet long. If Casson, the tillerman. had not hugged that curve, the extension ladder would have ripped open the car. nnd seme of th*» passengers would undoubtedly nave been hurt. CROWD SEES RESCUE. Four Men Pulled from Water Near Recreation Pier After Struggle. Before the eyes of fully five hundred men. wom en and children who were on the recreation pier at East 112th-st. yesterday a rowboat containing four men capsized and the occupants were thrown into the water. Women fainted and children ran about the pier screaming, while the four men. two cliriging to the side of the pier and two to the up turned boat, waited for help. Edward Healy. an attendant at a free bath, and John (VN^il. the watchman on the pier, who is a memher of the New-York T.ife Savins Corps, saved all the men. They were John Benetta, of No. 331 East 10Tth-st.; Frank Bovro, of No. 301 East 136th st : Salvad iro Ladore, of No. 340 East l2oth-st.. and James Ligroy, of No. 332 East 107th-st Although none of them knew how to manage the oars, the four men had spent the, day rowing about the Harlem River. Unable to guide the boat, the men finally rammed Into the pier, head on. ami their boat turned turtle. They could not take care of themselves in the water, but two tried to climb up the side of the pier, and the others clung to the boat. Hearing the screams and cries on the pier, Healy dove, into the water and hHd up two of the men. while, he gave commands to the other two. He was assisted by o'NVil, who sprang into th« water a few minutes later. While the two rescuers were busy In tho water restraining the fears of the four raw. Patrolmen Sheehao and Woodln wore endeavoring to subdue the panic on the. pier and to find life preservers for the rescued ana rescuers. Finally they threw four life preservers Into the water, and Healy and O'Neil, after beating the terrified men into submission, managed t.> >r«»t the preservers on them. Then one aft» r the other they were hauled to the pier. They were mcl by an ambulance, but noas would accept attention md all hurried away shivering. Then the ambulance went to the assistance of three women who had fainted. NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARGENTINA. Duties on Repair Parts of Machinery Likely To Be Modified. Washington, Sept. IT. -The following statement. bearing on the steps being tnketi by thia govern ment In seeking an adjustment of the proponed hlKh rat,- of duty on repair parts for agricultural machinery Imported into the Argentine Kepublic. wa.i made at the Btate Department to-day: The American Minister to th« Argentine Repub* lie Is, under tli^- President's direction, acting promptly and energetically In the matter of trying to secure a satisfactory adjustment of the pro posed lilgh rate of duty on repair parts (or agri cultural machinery brought into Argentina m sep arate ahlpmenta Advices received at the Btate De partment say that yesterday the American Min ister and the Argentine Minister of Finance dis eusseq the question in an amicable w*,-. The crobable effect of the proposed clause in Uv tariff was considered ami the injury It might work to Argentine farmers and importers was pointed out. The Minister of Finance expressed himself as fa vor* ble to such modification >>f the clause as win satisfy the Importers In the Argentine Republic. The Minister of Finance also stated, that he would be bresent at a meeting of the Senate Committee in charge ot the tariff bill en Monday or Tuesday. The importing interests will also be stronglj repre sented at tnls meeting (or the purpose of" stating their .title tif the i-nse The leading ImpOrterf e\ press the wiirf thai the m^iter will be arranged vi a satisfactory manoeA fifiRPET The c - H. BROWN GO, *j Fi 5 H *j i 22 1 & 223 E Mt h St CLEANSING TEL^i^r COMPRESSKH T kln *. I >l^_ AIR. Altrrlnc. K^laytns. REFRIGERATORS Tli# p-^rff" ' of r"l»anline«« and Economy ar* »r-» C/l/lv Our .<tanclnr«l for •> 1 ne cooy, Qn.irter of * Ontury. asp The M Premier," g» LOVIS h CONGLR 130 * I"-" Weal IM *tre«t, and 133 «>«.t 41»t St., »wr York. KILLED BY L I. R. R. TRAIN. MERCHANT HIT IS STREET Had Worked to Have Tracks Re moved from Atlantic-are. Charles. Goubeaud. a wealthy i*et*l dealer, .•hi had be*n one of the most active advoeateq of the removal of the tracks of tha I.opg Wand Railroad from the surface at Atlantic-aye , Brooklyn, wh! h will be accomplished in a few weeks, wai mortally iniured by one of the trains lat» yesterday aft-r aoofi Mr. Geubeaud, who is fifty >^,ir= old. MMM fn.m ■ family spell known in the »th Ward ef Brooklyn fo? years, an.l n.i* livetl <it No .*<■, Wgab inxton-ave for a long time. Tills i* rv>» far from \tlantio-ave The metal dealer has alw*ya felt that the railroad wa» a trespasser in Ihestnet He worked in favor of the 11l which provide* tha: •he tracks should be taken from tbe str*M an<l Dlaced iv a tunnel. He had viewed win, satisfac tion tho approaching completion ofthewark, He was oa his way horn*- yesterday rrom a vigit to <;.-,, .1 Goubeaud, hi? brother, who Is a vet erinary surg-on at No. 61 Paclrtc-st He was se- In* north in Vanderbilt-ave. and h:|fl reached th railroad erOMWa at Atlantl just m a pajs-n ee- tram on Its way to Jamaica ''•■"«' aWBg. There is "pome dlsagreemeni among the w:'n-« 5 ** t?> lust how he met his death some tayins that h. was struck by the engine and thrown onthytrarfta ahead, while others say he was StaadtH bwWe the ua-sing train and lurched forward, af 'he was trySngto board one ol the cars, fa!hruj under H,e Wheels \t any rate, the wheels passed m r-rh leps' near the thighs, nearly severing th-x from the body, . Mr Goufceaud was unconscious when he wa« Picked up ' Dr Shoemaker, of th« • -umh-rland Btr»et HosDital ' wm lust putting him Into an antatiaa when he dYed ■ The body was tak. d.rectly to h H home an.'. Mrs. G .übeaud fainted as It waa twing Ca £ttolma°n l -f the Grand-aye. .; went to Morris Park on the train and «J«»»g Joseph Wohlafs the -npir.eer. and Ma *w B. Jlrdinstln tr-« conductor, bringing them back 10 BroKnV The engineer de badi* se. n Goubeand in front ol his train. As H eooM a shown thai they were to M accident both men were reused The wit agreed that the rope? usf-d \* protect the aossras vVr» >n their proper place. , „ , Dr.Henr J Goubeaud. a physician. of No al* Carlton-ave. is a brother of the dead njan. Th-re last" hiw been a famjly party at hr.me last night, and many friends called andw « amazed to see cr*pe on the door. Father Leoriyi. oflTjoeeph'fl Catholic Church, admmistere.i the last rites to G-nibeaud in th» ambulance. CHARGE FAKE INJURIES. Pc n nsyh a nia ( '<> » i ict Rearrestcd for New-Jersey Indictment. Philadelphia. Sept. 17.— As he was I-aviny MM i Eastern Penitentiary after a three years' term to day, H. .1. Hart, of (few-York, waa pal under ar rest by a detective and tak«n '-> City Hal! to await requisition from New-Jersey, vrr^-e -.= :? wanted on charges of conspiracy to defraud sev eral railroad the concerns which Hari la ac : frauded with the airt of two «r« ih» 1 Pennsylvania Railroad, from whl h D Christy, of Newark, to-day said he rot H6.600. and the Jersey City, Hoboken and Patersosi Railr^ia Comparty. [ YONKERS SALOON MEN WARY. Barred Doors and Watchers in Place of Widj Open Condition. Saloons and h >tels were never closed so - Hly in Tonkera as they were y«aierd«y. as a result of the trip maile the Sunday before by gents of the Anti-Saloon I.ea?ue and newspaper men. At that time 101 places were found <iointr business openly. Doors were barred and sentinels Mood oUtsMa j esterday to pass in only those known to te sa.e Poors that were formerly wide open ope- on^ On a private signal giv«-n by the watcher. Th* Ministers' Association, al a meet heM th« weesi denounced the wide open conditions and called on the Mayor and police board to keep the promise made three months ago to close the sa!-x>n?. AN ARMENIAN DISCHARGED. Dtckran Callen, of No. 243 Easl 57th -si . ---.«»* arrested on Saturday night in connection *ith «*• disturbance at the Armenian .>^ra. in Lyric Hall a* told in yesterday's Tribune, was ciscnargeu : «n Jefferson Market court yesterday mornhut ri-» friends say hfs part was that of a pistil""" nither than that oi • disturber. MOTOR CYCLE ECONOMY TEST. Tn the economy test run of the Brooklyn M^r Cycle Club, yesterday, from Br^k;-. te •"*■" ampton. Long Island, a distance of nijiety-flj* miles, the machine driven by F. P I^ker won .a class A. F. H. Baker waa second md T. >• *■"• r The others in thl<» class flnished in this T.ler. H. A Gttesman. M ¥. Topel. K. W. Ooodwlit A, -T KlinK-er and O. Bardlmass Class A was tat aas chines from 1»* to I horsfpower. M <T Tn Class B, for machines from 3 to * •:••■:-^-*%. the following w;is the order of award: H •»' ■ ana F. M. Graham- In the tandem end 'ruler .™ chine cla« Oscar He<istroiii won and '.. S M °}^ was cond. Th.- men Rnlshed In a driving ra ■" _