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DROPS BENDER CIIAEGES
( #rEBXOB TAKES ACTION.
v .< Evidence Doesn'i Shoxc Thai'
§§pervisor Solicited Contributions.
tjSsay. Aug. C— Governor Higgins to-day dis
00A the charges against Harry H. Bender.
goal superriFor of state charities. These charges
y^« made by the Civil Service Reform Amo- ;
ottw to the State Civil 'Service Commission. !
f«Bt* investigated them and reported to the
bjjssroor. The charges were thai . political ' as
. «3ents ; had been collected and solicited from
I <i»."iinates in the office of the fiscal supervisor.
* ~e conclusion of the Governor is that the evl
| get* does not show that Supervisor Bender
1 «2d:ed contributions and that the checks
' iticS he did receive from one employe were
m to him by such employe for transmission
3 tt9 treasurer of the Republican State Com-
OUt. Governor Higgins wrote a long memo
.-ciaai setting forth his reasons for dismissing
if charges. He says:
jio prohibition (in Section 24 of the Civil Ser
vie law) is laid against voluntary contributions
# political purposes by Civil Service employes,
1:3 It 1* at least doubtful whether the Legis
itore has the power to limit the freedom of
tStoa of state employes in this regard. No
sMi reason seems to exist why such employes
ctcsld not. if they desire, contribute to the legit
tsai^ expenses of a political party. Common
isciriedse teaches us that such expenses are
jjceewrily large, and that they are met by the
attributions of those who are interested in the
rsctu of the party. But whether or not such
(Attributions should be permitted, it is enough
m gay that they are not prohlibted so long
0 they are freely made and without compul
jlon or restraint. Nor is there any evidence in
(t*se proceedingo tear . which it could be easily
glared thai the contributions testified to by
ti* employes in the office of the fiscal super
tsx were not voluntary and free from com
pMfft.
1 There Is no evidence which tends to show that
BE, Bender ever solicit cd a political contribu
te from any employe in his office, or author
ed Mr. Prescott to solicit such contribution.
The proceedings are destitute of proof of the
gcdpt of contributions by Mr. Bender from
offeree in his office, except in the single in-
SSK* of Mr. Hobbs. who handed Mr. Bender
i check for a campaign contribution in 1002.
JM3 and 1904. No one had requested him to
alkt a contribution. He made the contribution
If check and received a receipt from the treas
rer of the Republican State Committee. It
set not appear that Mr. Bender was acting as
Be ager.t of the state committee; it appears
that he acted solely as the agent of Hobbs in
cassmitting his contribution to the state com-
Eiaee.
In regard to a request for and the receipt of
1 political contribution fro Harbor Master
Way, of Albany County, the Governor holds
tint it was a violation of law because Way's
•Mftior. was in the unclassified service. Con
tnairp he Governor says:
: But over and above any merely technical vio
istiori of the statute this Investigation has dis
ciosed in this office practices indicating a dis-
M(ard of the spirit of the Civil Service law
that If ontinued there or allowed to exist else
«t«* would prove highly detrimental to the
lervi' c There can be no impropriety in a con
tribution by a Civil Service employe to any po-
Biical organization with which he is in. sym
pathy. But such contribution should be entirely
Kcat&ry, and to place the question as far
if possible beyond the .field of doubt such a
MBWributi"i should never be made through an
hrier public official, or at the suggestion of an
|(B>r public official, and least of all should it
k made through or at the suggestion of an
Mete' fn the same department. That several
RA-c*ttf ■•.•;«••« ft«! ide>t t the* contributions *to Mr.
Prtscott, and that one handed his to Mr. Bender.
fcraot fail to lead to a suspicion that the con
tributions were regarded, if not as compulsory.
a feast as prudent. From all such suspicions
the state service everywhere should be abso-
: £t»!y free.
h Governor Higgins says in conclusion:
If from the evidence it appeared that Mr.
Bender, directly or indirectly, coerced or sought
to coerce the political action of his subordinate*
Id regard to contributions or otherwise. I should
tot hesitate to remove him. but for the reasons
riven above I do not feel Justified in taking euch
extreme action against a faithful official, under
all th* circumstances as they appear in this
Instigation.
HIGVIXS OUSTS SHERIFF.
Replaces Chemung Obuntif Official*
Who Took Employes' Fees.
Albany, Aug. — Governor Higglns^ removed
Jrta M. McDowell from 1 * office of Sheriff of
Qwiung County to-day. ii appoint J' "ijtaril^jj,
s«y. if Eltnira, to fill the wrano/ McDowell
<• tried on charges preferred By HarryVß.
■Brr. of Eimira. testimony' 1 taken TVe
fee TV*. S. Thrasher, a commissioner appointed^
ft the Governor. "-
Tfce fvldc-r.ee. according to a memorandum
h«*d by the Governor, showed that McDowell
■i appointed as court attenUints persons^jn
*» employment as Sheriff: that th*v performed
•>»rv: f-xcept such as 11, Ay would^naturally
fsJer as employes of the Sheriff, and That the
■•tff appropriated to his own use the proceeds
* twtilk-atc-s payable for their services. *-
la ending Governor Higgins says:..
* I*. f=:atfiiient of these facts Keeiir&^ilfti
•*• The deJVnc** that all ibis was by agree
■*■ «:Jh ilie appointees might, If made but,
**&>' the c<t of signing their names tot the
■tales-- but could not mitigate the offbnee
IP 1-*-"1 -*-" tbe County Treasurer. The furthur plea
«« in this course of conducr'xKe^rTFrltr was
•V VJowirg the practice ofi his predecessors
*<•<* Si net !nad«- . it, us ther«.is no evidence
"it a r.y :■!,■•■ B ; ;rT appropriated, the fees of
PTenoiloyes wh*-n they served as court at
'~Sar,u, <r that his employes \vhfisf S.fiptArif^H t
«^oun attendants rendered service. Even
-tjj vere bo, it 5s a vicious r^jstom, and would
,k*Wv This officer's conduct.
"* existence iantf disclosure**©*, these facts
2J* but seriously impair the us^fulnfl**s of a
»^;-c oS!cer intrust^^vith ver>' responsible
Sswk** ■as tor the h^iest integrity and good
nunr pitched/battle.
Tartars%A ttachßusj
<ian Troops in Sangesur. II
•J r* *** <;.— According to a telegram fro*
District Chl«f of Sangesur to Geij|ral<3#
th*!*™' Tarlars attacked jt^'^fo^C^yi
'«aed battle with P.ussian t/iops last nig^t^
lasted until 3 o*cloc\this afternojTn.
f Tartar? v.<>r.-- two thousand strong. and
r_ favorable posttlooa. ThY extent* of
lo '*' (! '.snot known. X f
g. er a Pro!oii|r*-d hombar^w... yj-*^gJtua
gj* th " Tartars hoistod the white flag, bij?H{Tf
{j, 'rt <h - ef learned that this was a rusif an%
the Tartars were preparing for a night at- ;
.j^. H "- *her<-fore. altered the posi»ioi#of his
■/"**• under -.,, of darkness, to meot the
«
t£? 'O -LUCKY TO ESCAPE LV^CHINC."
1 LUCKY TO ESCAPE LYNCHING."
p. . - Ic >' Ttle-rep'a •■. The Tribune. j/
Jsjr**""'? 11 ' Va> Aug\ 6 """ 1 wish x * % '" l1tl (..-.ng
«»:<3 Justice CrutchfleJd in the police
j. }y£sy, as M. L. Lemrenc*. ■ Nearo, waa '
j^J* 3 - before linl If La -r«*nce** crime bad
J** 1 Saturday ingtea>l of Sunday, he
5 Wobibly ha Ye fc e en Jyr.ched. The Xcgrr>,
j-'-,* ?s «Irur.k, loafed about Broad street
I^~* r - As a woiTia^ passed him he slapped
**>£ loaf lir-.ad street
>:r.as passed him he e!api>ed
y~..i : - Judge TTUtcMIsK toll the KtgtO he
■-*** 1 * to escape lynching.
— Tl1 "^-7-"' ' rnln and tbun.J«-r storms.' X" T^ ' "V" /~\T"» ~t"n TFESDAV. • AldlST 7. " liilXi-TWELVi: PAdES CorivrlsSt. ' ir«*V.
Tomorrow, mln nn ,l thunder .torn,.; rarlable wtoaij JN -h\V- X O-Rlv. TTJESDA^ . AL GIJ ST 1 , lOOG.^TA YEL \ jjj 1 AGi^b^by TheTO^VwecUtlon.
IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FRIENDS BOARDING THE BOAT FOR NEW YORK.
PUTS LID OX SARATOGA.
RAID OX ILEMAX ClA'B.
Governor Warns Sheriff That He
Must Stop Gambling.
Albany. Aug. 6.— Oovernjjr Higglns to-day, in
a communication to the Sheriff of Saratoga
County, warns that official that the anti-gam
bling laws must not be violated in that county,
and informs the Sheriff that he will be held
strictly accountable for their enforcement.
The communication of the Governor follows:
It having come to my notice that the statutes
prohibiting the keeping of gambling establish
ments aua^garnbling apparatus and otherwise
prohibiting gambling are or are to be systemat
ically violated in Saratoga County, I hereby spe
cifically calj your attention to the matter and
warn you that you will be held strictly account
able for the due execution of the law In this re
gard in your county.
|Ry Trlefp-aph to The Tribune.]
Saratoga. N. V., Aug. (».— A raid on a poker
game at Joe Ullman's club to-night followed the
order of Governor Higgins to Sheriff Cavanaugh
that he must stop all gambling.
The rumor was received early in the evening
that Governor Higgins had ordered Sheriff Cav
anaugh to stop all gambling. The club was
serene as a summer evening. Mr. Cavanaugh
was in town to-day. He returned to his home
In Waterford this evening, where he refused to
talk over the telephone.
tniman was told that he must not open his
club. He determined that he would, a small
poker game was started, and he prepared to
serve supper at 11 o'clock.
The police got wind of this, and at 10:30
o'clock Pinkerton men ar.4 the police raided the
place, arresting eight men, Ullman and J.
Mackin among them. Ullman said that the mat
ter was in the hands of his attorney. John L.
Henning. Nothing has been done to Canfield.
and it is said on good authority that nothing
more will be done.
ARMY OFEK ER A SUICIDE
Major Sco field, Son of Late Lieu
tenant General, Feared Illness.
San Francisco. Aug. 6. — Major William B.
Scofleld, paymaster in the regular army, son of
the late Lieutenant General Scofleld, U. S. A.,
retired, shot and killed himself this afternoon.
Major Scofleld was on a leave of absence on
""amount of ill health. In explanation of the sul
cide^ij^is said that he feared an attack of loco
motor ataxia, and that he would become a
burden to Hss wife.
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*> ARBITRATION FOR ALL.
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Rio Congress in Favor of Thus Set
's i
V fling Jill Disputes.
Rio Janeiro, Auk. *>• — The International Amer
ican Conference "h.^ to-day's session unanimously
agreed upori'a-jiroject providing for the arbltra-
Tf>gi-i fli&:nif«'S between the countries repre
sented.
It ratifies the adherence of the American re
publics to the principle of arbitration and rec
ommends that the Pan-American delegates to
the Peace Conference to be convened at The
Hague be Instructed to support a general arbi
tration convention. The vote on the project will
be taken to-morrow.
The project was signed by the arbitration
committee, which is composed of representatives
of every delegation attending the congress.
RECEPTION FOR SECRETARY ROOT.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Aug. (s.— Secretary Root
"speftt-^Lhe day visiting:' the government offices
and scholSh* The Governor gave a reception in
his honor to-night. The Secretary has been com
1-e)ie<t te-dctflne the offer of the municipality of
Santos to entertain him at luncheon to-morrow.
FERRYBOAT OX LEDGE.
Hackensack, of College Point Line,
Finds a Mud Flat.
The ferryboat Hackensack. of the College
Point Line, plying between East l)Dth street.
North Beach and College Point, drifted on to a
ledge last night off East 133 d street, and
stayed there for almost an hour. There was a
crowd of a hundred passengers aboard, among
'them a patient in charge of Dr. John F. Nelson.
The greatest excitement prevailed for a time.
The boat had laid to on a call of "man over
board." _
The Hackensaok went ashore about • » :..O
o'clock She Mew her whistle, and the tugboat
Wad" hurried to the scene. Captain Wade, of
•the tug Mid he took eighty persons off the
boat The captain of the ferryboat, when every
rht«* wjs over said the passengers did not get
Joathe«ld. was-not damaged.
ONCE WEALTHY. DIES A PAUPER
[By Teleeraph to Th« Tribui -■ !
SSSSSaSS
liissSsKgiß
borrowed money of J»hn l>- "iiS in Brown was
law t!w oaodc ox Mr. Bodcafeiwr.
LAN'DIXC, IMMIGRANTS AFTKK TRYIN(. DAY AHOAKI) STEAMSHIPS.
STEAM BARGE TRANSFERRING IMMIGRANTS TO ELLIS ISLAND.
For story of landing of immigrants see page 2.
BANK DEFICIT MILLION
DEATH AM) Sl'K IDE..
Cashier Charged with Embezzlement
— Police Protect Chicago Institution.
. Chicago, Aug. 6. — The Milwaukee Avenue Stale
Bank, one of the larger outlying banks in Chi
cago, was closed t6-day by State, Bank Exam
iner C. C. Jones, with a deficit in its accounts of
close to a million dollars and with the where
abouts of two of its chief officers unknown
to the authorities. .
; The failure was . responsible for the death of
one 1 of the depositors anotyjfct ii»ir""-w
another man who a month ago had placed the
earnings of a lifetime in 'the institution. In the
excitment following tho announcement of the
failure J. G. Visser. an officer of the Royal
League, who had on deposit in the bank, funds
of that organization, fell dead. Henry Koepke.
a grocer, on hearing that the bank had suspend
ed payment, went to the rear of his store and
shot himself. He died a few minutes later.
The bank had deposits amounting to about
$4,000,000. and loans and credits of about the
same amount.
Riotous scenes attended the announcement of
the failure, and a large force of policemen strug
gled all day to keep an excited crowd of de
positors, nearly all of whom were foreigners
and Included many women, from rushing the
doors of the institution.
The fact that the bank was on the verge of
failure was first revealed by its president, Paul
O. Stensland, in a letter written from St. Paul
to his son Theodore, who is vice-president of
the bank. The letter was received last Satur
day, and it started the investigation which
brought about the suspension.
The cashier. Henry W. Herring, disappeared.
and a warrant was iysued for his arrest on a
charge of embezzlement.
The first public intimation that the bank was
In trouble was the posting of a notice at the
beginning of banking hours by Bank Examiner
C. C. Jones that business had been suspended
to allow an examination of the bank's affairs
and lhat the institution was in the hands of the
ktate Auditor.
Visser, to whom the shock proved fatal, was
several blocks from the bank. Hearing the
rumor, he stepped into a drug store, seeking
particulars. He fell dead when assured that
the bank had failed.
An examination of the bank's affairs was b-
gun quietly last Saturday, after receipt of the
letter from President Stensland. Acting on
Instructions contained therein. Vice-President
Theodore Stensland opened a deposit box and
found proofs that the bank was in bad condition.
President Potter of the American Trust and
Savings Bank, which acted as clearing agent for
the defunct institution, was called into consulta
tion. The State Auditor was informed and sent
Bank Examiner Jones to make a full investiga
tion. Tho shortage of nearly $I,fNW>OO is said to
be due to speculation in real estate and in the
security market. Members of the Clearing House
committee were told that most of this amount
was unprotected by adequate collateral.
The Stensland family owns much of the bank
stock, and mr-mbers of the family operated the
bank. A statement made by Vice-President
Stensland to-day showed $i.OT» 1.000 in cash on
hand, and said that the bank carried deposits of
$4,200,000 and had 22,000 depositors. The Insti
tution's New York correspondents are the Mer
cantile and the Chase National banks.
C. C. Jones. State Bank Examiner, to-night
said :
From what 1 have discovered I am of the
opinion that some of the officers of the insti
tution are responsible for the necessity of sus
pending business. I believe I have found enough
to justify me in making the statement that ther
has been some Juggling of the bank's funds,
and ihnt Cashier Hiring is not the only one that
Is in v; >!ved.
At the office ..f the Mercantile National Bank
one of the New York correspondents of the Mil
waukee Avenue Stair Hank of Chicago, it was
said yesterday tbnt the institution had a sub
stantial balance there.
J. R. 8. WELLS ON RECEIVING SHIP.
(Hy T«:l:-«i«pli ♦<> Th» Tribune. )'
Norfolk, Va.. Ally. €.— J. Raynor Storrs Wells, the
New York man who enlisted In the navy, was re
ceived aboard the receiving ship Franklin. to-day as
an ordinary seaman. Being a novice he Is known
as a -rookie." Wells was assigned to a Imnmogk.
and he took his place with the rest of the ordinary
seamen.
SUMMER COMPLAINTS I LOR EM ADULTS
Den-cy's Blackberry Brandy a positive cure.
11. T. Dewey & Sons Co., 138 Srulton St., New York.
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I.AM'!\.i i\ NKW VMKK.
HOI-RT HER UKIU'ILT
IXOTUER RAID LIKELY
Oyster Bay Shore Front Resident
Defies Town Authorities.
(By Telegraph" to The Tribune. 1
Oyster Bay, Aug. o.— Another shore front bat
tle may be pulled off to-morrow, for it has
reached the ears of the village authorities that
Frederic R. Coudert has rebuilt his pier in the
face of the prohibitory - orders of the Town
Board and Highway Commissioners.
This morning Mr«-£puder.t bad a force of car-
V*nter» At- .wwlc.lMfrnhi y«rljf an. tils } . fallen
pier, and long before n&>n it was as stanch
and strong as it stood on Thursday morning be
fore the destroying hand of the Highway Com
missioners threw it into the water.
Mr. Coudert evidently expected trouble, for he
remained at home all day. Possibly he was
waiting for the Highway Commissioners and
their axe and crowbar men to appear, and it is
just possible, too. that he had the shotgun he
mentioned when he last spoke of the matter to
Constable Jack McQualde. That occasion was
last Friday morning, when McQnaide served
Mr. Coudert with the restraining order, for
bidding him, in the name of the Town Board, to
rebuild his pier until the courts should have
settled the ownership of the ancient highway
along the waterfront
Mr. Coudert told the constable that had he
been present when the pier wreckers were at
their work he would have defended the struct
ure with a shotgun.
"And I had a wagon there to take you to jail
had you tried to use that gun," replied Mc-
Quaide.
Since then Mr. Coudert has entered suit
against Highway Commissioners Hawxhurst
and I'nderhill and Constable McQuaide for
damages for destroying his personal property,
and lt is likely that George B. Stortdard, town
counsel, will within a day or two make auswer
at Mineola, the county seat, on behalf of the ac
cused officials.
"When the Highway Commissioners made their
second attack t>n the piers last Saturday they
did not again molest the Coudert pier, for lt had
not been repaired since its first overthrow, but
they issued another warning to employes of
George Maxwell and Mrs. J. West Roosevelt
that their piers must not be rebuilt. Any ef
fort to repair them, the commissioners an
nounced, would he a signal for them to return
and dump the entire piers into such deep water
liiat they would not be easy tc recover.
TWO KILLED IX It' RECK.
Cincinnati and Xew York Limited
Jumps Trucks Xeiir Pittsburg.
Ptttsburg, Aug! 6. — Two persons were killed
in a wreck on the Pittsburg. Cleveland, Cin
cinnati & St. Louis, or - Panhandle road, two
mllos outside this city, shortly before 11 o'clock
to-night. The train was the Cincinnati & New
York Limited, and was eastbound.
The wreck occurred at a switch, but until an
investigation is made lt cannot bp learned
whether the switch was open or if there was
an fibstruction on the track. The- train, which
was made up of a sleeper, two chair cars, a
dining car and a baggage cur. lift Columbus,
Ohio, at ."> :4"i o'clock, central time, and was due
in thi« city at 11 o'clock. Eastern time.
Just before reaching the bridge at tho
junction of the Mononguhela and Allegheny
rivers the engine jumped the track and fell
against a high bluff at one side. The air brakes
set automatically, but the baggage car fell
on the opposite side of the track from the
engine, toward a retaining wall, toppled over
and caught fire. The remaining cars remained
on the truck. The engineer ami men in the
baggage car escaped injury, but the two fire
men, who Jumped in the direction opposite to
thai In which the engine toppled, were caught
by the baggage car arui killei!. The fire was
s",.M extinguished and a wrecking crew sent to
<. tear the track.
LIGHTNING WRECKS A LAUNCH.
[it. Tcksxajih to Ih« Trtbune.l
Wlngted, Conn.. Aug. f. — I Hiring an electric
stnnn this afternoon a launch anchored on
Highland l^ake and bought last week by Charles
Davis, of Torrtngton. va« struck by lightning
and wrecked. A party had left the craft only
a few minutes before. Mrs. Harry Allen, of
Torrington. and several other cottagers sitting
on verandas near the shore, were slightly
■shocked.
BEST T SERVICE TO CLEVELAND
There are 11 trains per day to Cleveland via
"America's Greatest Railroad.' NtW YORK CEN
TRAL LINKS, lucludluf tbe famous Lake Shore
Lu;iUed.-Advu
LYNCH THREE NEiiROES.
MOli SHOOTS Sl'i:< T.ITOh'S
Storms Jail and Hangs Lijcrhj Mur
der Prisoners.
Charlotte, N. C. Aug. U.— A mob of 3.001 > men.
shortly before 11 o'clock to-night forcibly en
tered Rowan County jail at Salisbury, removed
three of the six Negroes charged with tho murder
of the Lyerly family at Barber Junction. July
13. and lynched them. Nease and John Gillesple
and Jack Dillingham, supposed to be the prin
cipals in that crime, were the victims of mob
vengeance. The remaining Negroes. Henry Lee,
George Ervin and Bella Dillingham, were not
molested, and later to-night officers hurried
them off to Greensboro.
The mob began gathering at sundown. Mayor
Boyden promptly ordered the saloons closed,
and with other well known citixens. United
States Senator Overman, Judge Long, who was
trying the Negroes, and Solicitor Hammer,
gathered on the jail steps and addressed the
crowd, which at that time numbered two thou
sand. There were howls and catcalls from the
mob, but for a time there was no move — the
mob lacked a leader. While citizens were ap
pealing to the mob. two men slipped through the
crowd and were entering the jail with hammers.
They were discovered and arrested. The mob
continued Its yelling, but there was still no con
certed move.
About 9 o'clock Mayor Boyden called on the
local military company, the Rowan Rifles, for
aid. They assembled quickly, burSvere supplied
with only blank cartridges, having no orders to
shoot to kill. Fireman McLendon, of Charlotte,
a Southern Railway employe, was shot in the
stomach by a bullet said to have been fired by
a member of the m«b. He was fatally wounded.
Will Troutman, a Negro drayman, was also
seriously shot at about the same time.
Both of the shootings are said to have been
accidental, occasioned by some of the wild firing
by members t>S the mob. with the evident inten
tion of frightening citizens.
At 10 o'clock there was a great stir in the
mob. which had been augumented by fully five
hundred men, who came, it is said, from Whit
ney, where the Whitney Reduction Company is
developing the Yadkin water power.
It was only a few minutes after their arrival
when a crowd of fifty, forming a sort of flying
wedge, made a break for the jail doors, over
powered the officers and effected an entrance.
The great crowd outside surged In behind the
leaders, and in a few moments more emerged
from the dbor with their victims.
The Negroes were quietly marched northward
toward Spencer, but a halt was made at Hen
derson's ball grounds, on the edge of the town.
There the Negroes were given time to confess
the crime. They refused to either deny or con
fess, and were so thoroughly frightened as al
most to have lost the power of speech. John
Gillesple wept piteonsly and begged for his life.
Tiring of his efforts to get statements from
the Negroes, at midnight the ropes were quickly
brought forward and adjusted, and the three
irere strung up to the limbs of one tree, and
with howls and curses the crowd riddled the
dangling bodies with bullets.
<Jeorge Ervin was taken from the jail with
his associates and closely questioned. Then the
mob led him back to his cell. Nease Gillesple
maintained his innocence to the end. The other
two would neither confess nor deny the crime.
Ed Barber, a relative of the victims, followed
the mob with the prisoners to the scene of the
lynching and pleaded with them to return the
Negroes to the Jail and let the law take its
course, but the mob paid no attention to him.
The crime for which the three men were
lynched was committed on the night of Julyl3.
near Barber's Junction, about forty miles from
Greensboro. Isaac Lyerly. a well known farmer,
his wife and two children were killed while
asleep, a third child was fatally wounded, and
the house set on nre.
CORSAIR RESCCES MAX.
Mr. Morgan on the Boat When
% Bather Is Pulled Aboard.
J. Pierpont Morgan's yacht Corsair took part in
an 'exciting rescue in Hell Gate yesterday after
noon. Mr. Morgan was aboard. As the Corsair was
beading up the East River, abreast the ebb tide,
about 4 o'clock, three men who were bathing In a
cove near the East River Park, opposite Hell Gate,
were caught and swept out Into the current.
One of th> men wa.« carried almost under the
bow of the Corsair. The bis yacht stopped sud
denly, reversed her engines and as the nearest man
stvt-pt by n life preserver was hurled from the
yacht. Tin 1 roan jrabbed it and in a few minute*
was taken aboard. The other two were rescued by
passing craft.
TO ASK PRESIDENT TO HUNT WOLVES.
[Hy T'lcarajih to The Tribune. 1
Memphis, Auk. 6.— Wolves are overrunning parts
of Oklahoma to sack an extent that Colonel Man
turn, of Chattanooga Ofcla., has arranged for a
Mr wolf drive. An invitation will be Kent to Presi
dent R"csevcit to Join In the ilrlvt-. Colon»l John
Abrrnathy. I'nitetl States Marshal of Oklahoma,
will be In charge, and while Thank*sivSr.< has been
chosen for th* hunt «!:oukl the President accept
the invitation the date will probably be changeu
to suit him.
REDUCED RATES TO MINNEAPOLIS
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, account O. A. H.
Encampment. Tickets sold August I*. 11 nnn 12.
good returning until August a. Stop-over at Chi
cago •..-.. Further particular* of Ticket
Agents.— Ad 1 1
prut: titiikk cents.
DEATH l\ IIEATSTRAI.V
WHOLE CITY BLISTERED.
Parks, Benches, Fire Escapes, Pave
.. - . -.
merits, Bed* for Sufferers.
The heat wave which tcsaa |ggdm In
creased In Intensity yesterday until the isj 0
tor the hottest day cf the year was broken.
Ninety-three degrees was the highest mark
reached by the mercury- For to-day tan: . >r-
Eiorn3!= aad kesJl westerly winds are pesflsteA
The Intense heat and the enervating hurri
caused seventeen deaths in the metropolitan dig*
trict and ever fifty prostrations In Manhattan
alone. One case of Insanity, doe to heat, was
resorted.
The heat mm k»e>l '*ue. Tftveagjhesi m»
city every one ■■■mid to flee from the sunshine,
and every available cool spot was eagerly 5 ■? v
But little relief waa obtainable, even In pgsfjg
The strict enforcement of city ordinance m>
laxed and policemen and other city naUlal* ejgM
loath to disturb trespassers hunting shady «p ta
In public places.
The sweltering atmosphere invaded tho c :rts
and tempered with mercy the decisions of tb»
magistrates.
Drivers were more thoughtful of then- boras*,
and traffic In all parts of the city moved at
quarter speed. Fire escapes were turned Into
temporary dwellings, and the semi -prostrate
gasping East Side took a half holiday to cop*
with the plague of heat. Every public institu
tion In the city that had to do with the poorer
classes made ieeway for the sufferers. Complete
freedom of the recreation piers was allowed the
women and children of the congested districts,
and the aliens on Ellis Island had the freedom
of the roof garden en the main building.
MILK SUPPLY SOURED.
The heat caused additional suffering not only
on the East Side, where, of course. It waa worst.
but throughout the city, through the souring of
large quantities of milk. It was estimated that
from 5 to 10 per cent of the milk supply of the
city soured before noon yesterday. That hi to
say. nearly 13O.0fft> quarts could not be used.
That there should be this shortage at this par
ticular time was especially unfortunate, for there
had been no excess supply before the hot wave.
When the retailers appeared at the offices at
the wholesalers about 10 o iay te>
complain of the way in which their milk had
soured and to get n » they found there was
none. What surplus there had been had smsind
also. Many children were obliged to go with
out their usual supply and many restaurant
keepers had to make excuses to their patrons.
By order of Deputy Dock COl missioner Judge,
the recreation piers on the waterfront of Man
hattan and Brooklyn remained open all of
last night. They will be open every night until
the unusually hot weath«r has passed away.
To carry out this plan for relief of tenement
dwellers Deputy Commissioner Judge was
obliged to get the co-operation of the Depart
ment of Water Supply. Gas and Electricity and
the Police Department. The latter furnished
a special detail of patrolmen to see that order
was preserved. The former department asrr«-^<l
to light the piers through tho night. Under or
dinary conditions the recreation piers' are li*ht*l
only until 11 o'clock.
Th- recroaifon" r-t-rs it. Manhattan \— at Bar
rbw'street'-AVes: 1.-.th street.' ■West-12'jui ?f-»«»t.
East 112 th street. East 24th street. East M
street and Pike street. The Brooklyn piers are
at Metropolitan avenue (Greenpofnt) and Soutfet
sth street.
HORSES WELL CARED FOR
Superintendent C. A. Hankinoon of the So*
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
also provided for horses stricken by the heat.
There are seventy- five stations scattered
throughout the city. Thewe have hose and
piping attached to fire hydrants. Each station
is looked after by a man who knows more or
less about the care of horses and their ailments,
and who also has the name and address of
the nearest veterinary surgeon In cane prostra
tion is serious.
In the morning the society had only live cases
to deal with, and each of the live horses re*
covered under treatment.
Traffic on the surface and elevated lines was
unusually heavy. There wasn't a breath of air
stirring in the subway, and the few |>oiao—
who patronised the underground road took the)
express trains. The local subway trains were)
practically deserted.
The ferryboats about the harbor, especially
the Municipal Ferry to St. George, did a land
office business. Many persons would remain oa
one boat for five and six round trips.
Nearly all the parks In the city were thrown
open to 1 last night, except Central
Park.
Many persons who went there expecting to
find a cool place in which to sleep were fare o6
to go home or to sit on a bench If they «o»tS
find one not occupied. Although no one waa
allowed to sleep on the grass, some brave ones
ventured to do so. and In moat cases the synv*
pathetic policemen found it convenient not t»
see them. Most of the crowd remained in the*
park until 1 o'clock, when c police i gfl
them to depart.
BROADWAY PARKS CROWDED.
The parks skirting Broadway and Fifth ave
nue were as crowded with sleepers at n!?ht
as those in the thickly congested East Side-
Bryant. Madison Square and Union Sq .• re
parks were so closly packed that It would m
been almost Impossible to crowd a coTT s
guard Into any of them. Hundreds wot*
stretched on the grass and others sat on beaches
and the police made no attempt to drive them
out. the Park Commissioner having given 01 dais
that no one should be disturbed.
The East River Park, which extends alonsr ■-.*
river front from 4Hth street north to Win street.
was thronged from 6 o'clock. Families were>
massed on the benches and on the grass, the lit
tle ones lying on pillows while the parents
stretched themselves out on comforters, but
more frequently on the grass. It seemed a*
though the seventy-five thousand children which
this district contains were all there. The police
had little to do. but they kept moving among: the)
campers-oat to prevent thefts. v
Seward Park, one of the roomiest of the small
parks, was Jammed. Benches were early aye»
empted and seats were at a premium and hard)
to find till late in the night. The grass en
closures were also overrun, and early In tlj»
night the men stretched themselves out to
sleep and hundreds of them looked as If they
were prepared to spend the night in the open.
The free stereoptteon amused the crowd.
Th* centre parkway In Delancey street from
the Bowery to the " WlUlamsburg Bridge was
also crowded. TWo wide, open street provided
a fair sweep for the br««e. such as it was. Am
yet there Is no grass along the centre, nor has
the Park Department provided benches. The
East Slders were equal to the occasion, however,
and brought their own chairs or camp stool*.
Boxes were often used as setters. Those who
did not make these provisions for their com
fort sprawled on the bare earth and tried to
keep cool there.
Over at the University Settlement building;
they had a biff kindergarten class dcrtns li
