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DTEIUrKLN LEY SHAFT
the oormofOß speaks.
'Brief hut Impressive Ceremonies Be
fore Great Throng of People.
IST Te>gr*s!i to Tne Tribune.]
BuSaJo. Sept. s.— ln a heavy downpour of
rail, awJ before a multitude of people, the Mc-
Jtinir*- monument, In Niagara Square, was dedi
catedthis afternoon arid formally turned over
",v p State of New York through Governor
Charles E. Hughes. The ceremonies, which
were held on the sixth anniversary of tho assas
eination of President McKinley, were brief.
but none the less impressive. Assembled on the
itsnd southwest of the monument, with Gov
ernor Hughes, were men prominent fa the- state
tr.fi nation, and also from the friendly neighbor
cf tie United States, the Dominion of Canada.
■BCk of the speakers' platform was a grand
stand fillefi with business and professional men
of Buffalo zr.i Western See? York, with their
-ires •ni tat"*— Another large body, con-
E , st l- g c f Grand Army veterans, who always
hailed President McKinley as "comrade," formed
in a circle hi front of the speakers' stand and
cr. the steps of the monument. Enters]
■with them, and in contrast to their pale blue
uniforms and tattered battle flags, were the scar
let coated Canadian troopers, who were inter
ested witnesses of the exercises.
Bat by far the greatest Fart of the assem
fclag? was the multitude which banked Niagara
Square and the approaching thoroughfares as
far as the eye could see. Tops •■:" houses and
the roofs of r.carby skyscrapers in the business
section Tvc-re need as vantage points from which
tr view the monument and its surrounding*.
It iras before Just such a crowd that President
SlcKlnley, six years ago, delivered his last
memorable address, which breathed a spirit of
j,--< t y for the nations of the Western Hemisphere.
aad spoke for an extension of Pan-Americanism
hi Its broadest sense.
PARTY ESCORTED BY SOLDIERS.
Governor Hughe?, the members of the monu
ment commission, their honorary guests and
the speakers of the day were escorted to Niagara
Sqiisre by soldiers from the National Guard, the
regular army, the Canadian troopers, and vet
eran? cf the G. A. B. and the Spanish war The
head of the procession halted at the south Fide
at the square, when they opened ranks and
stood at present arm? Through this lane of
troops the carriages proceeded to the foot of the
monument
7he sky out over Lake Erie had become over
cast with threatecSttf; clouds, and with the first
sounds of the approaching soldiery came a pat
ter cf rain. The skies grew darker, and Just
cs Governor Hughes stepped on the platform
there mat a roll of thunder. The rain In
creased and the Immense flag which enveloped
♦be obelisk in its folds was rent in twain by the
■tad The stay rapes broke from their fasten
'r.rs £::(! the two ends of the Has fluttered out
ever the crowd. The top of the flag where the
release cord was attached did not break away
from the obelisk, however.
MAYOR ADAM INTRODUCED.
FoUo*iTi£ a prayer by the Rev. E. H. Dickin
aas; Edx>.-ard H. Butler, chairman of the monu
ment commission. Introduced Mayor J. X. Adam,
who said In part:
Buffalo was bowed down in prief at the death
of William McKinley. To-day she lifts her
head and pays tribute to his memory.
No marble column can make his memory
dearer to us. He was oar President, our neigh
tor. our frienc.
His name It enshrined in the heart of Buffalo.
To future generations who never knew his
kindly smile or heard his voice this noble shaft
•trill attest his fame. We need no other meas
ure of greatness than the measure of his kind
ness and love. To-day he looks down upon us
from h!s abiding place. He sees and knows and
understands. Peace let It be. We loved him
and wili love him forever. The dead are not
fieafi. but alive.
Mayor Adam was followed by Harlan I.
Ewift. state commander of the G. a. r.. who
delivered a tribute to President McKinley. the
ooMier; General Miller, past commander of the
■ar.ish-Amerl'-ar. War Veterans, who spoke of
President McKinley's part in the Spanish-
American War, and Mrs. Donald Mac Lean,
president of the Daughters of the Revolution,
■he spoke of the President's qualities as a
lover, a husband and father. At the close of
Mrs. Mac Lean's address, Mrs. Truman C. A very
palled the cord -which released the flag, reveal
izg the gleaming white Fides of the shaft.
The rain continued to fall heavily, and Chair
man Butler announced that the remainder of
the programme must necessarily be shortened.
Turning to the Governor he said:
The State of New York empowered this com
■l"BJlr to raise here a memorial to a great
and good man— William McKinley. The time
has now come to render an accounting of that
ten-ice, io present the completed monument to
the state. Th? commission has sought to em
body in this shaft something: of the simplicity
«»r.d dignity of the man. William McKinley will
live m history as a type of all civic and manly
virtue, a brave soldier, a wise and patriotic
statesman.
What he eld for his country will be his best
monurr,*-rt. but it has seemed that here In this
city, wane Us life ended ; should be some en
cunng recognition of what that life was and
"what it stood for.
THE GOVERNORS SPEECH.
The addresses were received in respectful si-
InsOs, the temper of the crowd appearing to be
one of deep feeling which could not find expres
sion In cheers. A ripple of applause swept the
multitude, however, when Governor Hughes
stepped forward to speak. He said:
The memorials of a free people are erected to
commemorate public service and the distinc
».on of noble character. The conqueror, lust
ful °f power, and the seeker after self-aggran-
Cizem«=T:t are not counted among the heroes of
cenocracy. The people honor those who do, in
then* service to their fellow mm, honor human-
I
Here was marked the tragic termination of a
great career. Here in an awful moment there
were revealed in sudden lurid flash the oppns
-J";* forces whose conflict is the history of man
kind. At a time of rare prosperity, when Amer
lean industry and commerce were celebrating
«neir triumphs with every circumstance of
proud display In a city of almost unprecedented
P-ogress. the- powers of darkness moved to their
attack, and in an infernal frenzy of hate an ab
3*ct creature struck down the foremost and best
loved of American citizens. Never did evil
*otnrrJt a more dastardly deed. The victim was
the chosen representative of the American peo-
I'je. no less representative in his death than in
"is life. The assassin's blow was aimed at
American institutions, represented in the head
c* the nation, and Kinley fell because he was
cur President.
In memory of his martyrdom, in memory of
«.n heroic death, jr. testimony to the. futility of
■■aensate envy and the, lasting supremacy of
law and order. in memory of a worthy life
crowned by its sad sacrifice, this monument
"•a been erected.
* Th« vitality of democracy may be measured
~y the generosity of Its tributes to fidelity and
«■ appreciation of honorabie motive and public
'Pint. The people must have faith In them-
Wvea. and the zeal which makes progress pos«
"We is not only intolerant of treachery to the
.••■ we Interest but expresses itself in fine en-
Continued on errenth page-
'•VHITE MTS. AUTUMNAL EXCURSIONS.
Tt cic «|t« on sale Sept. Hth to Ort. sth. Rate only
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- -*»-s NEW-YORK. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. .1907.-TWELVE PAGI&-^-Bg~ —■ *
AUTO DIVES OVERBOARD.
Plunges Through Ferryboat Gates
and Carries Two Persons with It.
Becoming unmanageable, a big automobile
plunged through the forward gates of the ferry
boat Maine, as she was entering her slip at
East 23d street last night, and dived over
board, carrying with it the driver and a passen
ger on the ferryboat. A half dozen persons were
knocked down by the wild car. The chauffeur.
William Nolan, of No. 436 West .loth street,
and the passenger were fished out of the water,
but the auto Is still at the bottom of the East
River. Nolan was taken to Bellevue.
Although the police made an investigation
they could not learn the name of the owner of
the refractory car. Nolan, even after the
water was pumped out of him, was reticent.
There were three men. besides the chauffeur, in
the car when It boarded the ferryboat. The
engines in the car were kept going. When The
Maine pumped into the piles at the end of the
silp the power was evidently turned to the run
ning gear, for the car shot forward and over
board. The three men in the car Jumped to
safety. .
FLEISCHMANNS GO UP.
Greatly Enjoy Balloon Trip Over
Three States.
Heriden. N. H.. s.— After being high in
the air Cor about four hours, during which time
one hundred and twenty-seven miles of north
ern Massachusetts. Vermont and New Hamp
shire were travelled over, the big balloon
Stevens 21. piloted by Leo Btevens. with Mr.
and Mrs. Max Fletoctunann, of Cincinnati, as
t ,s grin made a successful descent here at
k this evening. The balloon rose from
North. Adams this afternoon, and, driven by
a fresh northwesterly breeze-, started for th*
green hill? of Vermont. Sailing for a portion
below tho clouds, and then In dense
banks of mist, the balloon waa carried near
-.crton. Yt. There the balloon struck a
southeasterly course, and beaded for Green-
BeM, Mass.
This slant of the wind took the voyagers
within sight of the Connecticut River, where
another air current swept the : ip ban up the
river valley In a northerly direction. Mr?.
Fleischmann was enthusiastic over this portion
of the trip through one of the most picturesque
regions of the east between the "White and
Green Mountain ranees. Up the beautiful val
ley as far as "Windsor, Vt., Impelled by a
breeze that still held fresh and sent the hi*
bag at a good pace, the voyager? failed until
a northeast air current swept them across
the Connecticut River into New Hampshire,
and at pupper time the traveller? made an eapy
and uneventful descent here. They will return
to New York to-morrow.
LABOR TROUBLE RIOT.
Tiio Injured When Streetcar Men
in San Francisco Shoot.
San Francisco, Sept. s.— Another riot resulting
from union labor troubles occurred in the Mis
sion district to-day, but was quickly quelled by
the police after several arrests had been made.
A number of members of the Structural Iron
workers" Union, returning from the funeral of
one of their former associates, J. .T. Peterson.
who was fatally shot during the Labor Day at
tacks on the United Railway employee, had
reached the comer of Guerrero and 16th struts
when some of the men began to create a dis
turbance. Boon stones and other missiles were,
sailing, and In a few moments the windows of
four or five streetcars had been broken. The
crews of the cars drew their revolvers and fired
several phots Into the air to intimidate 'ho
crowd. This resulted In the arrest of Motorman
H. J. Delphi for carrying a concealed weapon-
One passenger. Mrs. C L. Gage, was struck
in the face by a stray bullet. One man was
seriously hurt. Five men believed to have par
ticipated In the attack on the cars were placed
under arrest. The streets were cleared and the
regular traffic over the car lines was resumed.
HARVESTER CO. GUILTY.
Ousted from Texas and Pays Fine
of $35,000.
f By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Austin, Texas. Sept. The International
Harvester Company of Wisconsin pleaded guilty
to-day In the anti-trust suits brought by the
State of Texas. The company paid a fine of
£35,000 assessed by the court and subscribed to
a perpetual Injunction forbidding it to operate
in the state.
ANOTHER NEW YORK.
NeK Battleship To Be Named for
Empire State.
Washington. Sept. 5.— The Navy Department
practically has decided to name the 20,000-ton
battleship 29. a sister ship to the Delaware,
the New York. This can be effected by chang
ing the name of the armored cruiser of that
name to the Saratoga.
No. 20 had been left unnamed becauso the
act of CongreßF requires battleships to bear the
liamra of states, and there were but two such
I available, T'tah and North Dakota. It
waa felt at the Navy Department that neither
of these states by reason of population or de
velopment could nroporly lay claim to the finest
Fhlp In the navy.
Recalling that the famous old frigate Sara
toga had been condemned and her name stricken
from the naval list. Acting Secretary Newberry
regarded it as a misfortune that the American
navy should thus lose a name covered with glory
in the early days of the history of the country,
and It occurred to him to transfer the name of
the Saratoga to another ship already on the
naval list.
By transferring that name to the present nr
mered cruiser New- York, the Navy Department
will be able to use the latter name for the iin
nam«l battleship 29, which represents the high
est development in American naval construction.
The original Saratoga won distinction as a
flagship in the battle of Lake Champlain.
VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT DEAD.
Elmira, N. Y. Sept. s.— John D. Her.ry is do.id
at the Arnot Ogden Hospital here from injuries
received in an automobile accident at Pine City
last Sunday night. Henry, with H. B. Smith, of
Tioga. Perm., ran oft* the highway on a sharp turn
and the machine turned turtle, killing Smith and
injuring Henry. Henry lived at Canandaigua. He
would have been twenty-on^ years old in a few
days and would then have Inherited $30,000 left by
his father. An aunt and his grandmother will now
Inherit the property.
AFTER ALL. USHEF/3 THE SCOTCH
mat made "*; highball famous.— Advt- . —
POLE EXPLOREES LOST?
DISASTER IN THE NORTH.
Ship of Anglo-American Expedition
Is Sinking — Party Missing.
[By Telegraph to The Trftmne.]
Toronto, Sept. s.— The steamer Midnight
Pun reached Athabasca Landing to-day, bring
ing In the Hudson's Bay Company's furs from
the Far North and news from the Arctic Circle
One of the passengers. Mr. Harrison, gives in
formation that the Duchess of Bedford, the
Fhlp belonging to the Anglo-American Expedi
tion, had filler] with water, and would probably
pink.
Captain Mikelson. Mr. Lefflngwell and an
other man had left the ship In February, with
sixty days' provisions for the supposed land to
the north
£ir.ce then no word whatever has b?en re
ceived of them, but one of their train of clogs
has returned, and this is tak°n as almost posi
tive evidence that the party will never be heard
from atr;i::i
Chiistiania, Sept 5. — Captain Roald Amund
s-en was seen here to-day In regard to the
a!f.rmlng news that the steamer Duchess of
Bedford, upon which the Anglo-American Arctic
exploration expedition, under Captain Elmar
Mikkelsen. was making its way Into the north,
had been lost.
• aptain Amundsen said he believed the mem
bers of the expedition were alive. He thinks
that in all likelihood they had sufficient time to
save themselves and place their stores on the
Ice before their vessel sank. If this is so they
have with them provisions to laat for seventy
days- Altogether. Captain Amundsen takes a
very hop.ful view of th« situation of the expedi
tion.
The Anglo-American Arctic exploration expedi
tion sailed from Victoria. B. C. in May of ISM on
board the Duchess of Bedford to peek ■ '.arsr*
stretch of land believed to exist in the Beaufort
Sea. end Incidentally to conduct scientific work.
It numbers fifteen p°reons. including Ernest Lef
fingwell. a Chicago geologist, and George Howe and
Ernest StefanF?«n, both of Harvard University.
It was the plan of the expedition to sail from
Victoria to Kadiak. and thence to Siberia to obtain
Fixty dogs, thence through Bering Strait, skirting
the (>hor* to Banks Inland, where a depot was to
be made, and from which various scientific expedi
tions were to be taken out over the ice. It win
planned for MlkkelßOa and LeAuawea to leavo the
ship In th« spring of 1>77 and Journey over the ice
in a northwest direction, taking provisions for 140
days.
The expedition was heard from in March this
; VBr . The letters then received were dated Wo
vember 21 and 23. 11**$. and had been carried over
the lee fields to Point Barrow, where they were
delivered to the Canadian Mounted Potto*. Mr.
LeffingweU aatd the Duchess of Bedford was then
frozen In solid Ice about two hundred miles off
point Barrow, and thai the reparation? for p#n<«
tratir.ft into tha unknown country to the north
were almost completed. The entire pnrty of fifteen
were in good health. Mr. Lefflr.Kweil sold they
might net return for two yean
EXPLOSION A MYSTERY.
Something Not Known Made Much
Noi& and Smoke in Frankfort St.
An explosion which could be heard for sev
eral blocks occurred last night in Frankfort
street, near William, at about B o'clock. Al
most immediately a large crowd was surging
to the place, and the families living in the
small tenements at Nor. 25, 27 and 31 Frank
fort street rushed into the street. A dense cloud
of emoke obscured the neighborhood, and when
a number of children were eee-n to break from
the vapor It wus feared that several had been
killed or Injured. A* soon as the moke lifted,
however, It was found that no one had been
injured, and that no damage had resulted.
Children were romping in the street when
something came down among them. The explo
sion that followed sent the youngsters scurry
ing to their homes. Policemen from the City
Hall and Oak street stations went to the place
on a run. Rumors of a Black Hand outrage
made them especially eager. They could not
find a fragment of a bomb. No one knew
that the explosion was caused by a bomb, but
it was inferred that the nihilists' weapon must
have been used.
Detective Wall, of the Oak street station,
visited the tenements. He got no Information
thr-rr-. Pome one ?aid that the explosive came
from one. of the high buildings near by. The
policeman investigated, but could find nothing.
Captain Toole of the Oak street station, with
several of the reserves, took a hand In the
search, but the cause remained a mystery. The
police at last gave it up. the crowd dispersed,
the youngsters were put to bed, and even tho
odor of burned powder soon disappeared.
ACCUSES CUNARD LINE,
G. 11. Schwab Says It Has Not
Liicd Up to Understanding.
Before sailing on the Kronprlnzessin Cecilie
from Cherbourg for New York, Oustav H.
Schwab, the American representative of the
North German LJoyd. referring to the recent re
duction In cabin rates by the Transatlantic
lines, made the following statement, which waa
given out in this city yesterday:
Ever since the beginning of steamship busi
ness passage rates have been graded, accord
ing to the speed and size of the steamers, and
it has been understood from time immemorial
that the fastest steamer takes the highest rate
and gives so-called differentials to slower
steamers. When the North German Lloyd built
its fast steamers— faster than any others on the
Atlantic— lt adopted, as a matter of course.,
the highest passage rates, conceding to the
slower steamers tho privilege of quoting lower
rates, in accordance with the well known prac
tice among the toes. The same course was
takon by the Hamburg- American Line with the
poutschland; when It entered the scene the
Hamburg-American Line adopted for the
poutschland. as one of the fastest steamers on
the Atlantic, the highest passage rates. The
same practice obtained with the other lines,
such as the "White Star, French and others.
When these built fast steamers, they, ac a mat
ter of course, adopted ratea to which they, by
the ppoed of the steamers, were considered
bound.
Now comes the Cunard Line, with steamers
universally conceded as tho fastest steamers In
the world— expected by the Cunard Line to
make a f l p ast two knots an hour more than
the North German Lloyd's fastest steamers.
Sow, In spite of this increased speed, the Cu
nard Line durinp the last four wp»ks announced
rates b^low the level of the fast North German
Lloyd nnd H;imburg-Amerlcan Line steamers,
thus deliberately destroying the tacit under
standing as to rates for fast steamers among
the steamship lines, and completely subverting
the principle that has gox-erned the relation of
rates among the tin—
The Cunard Line poses as the Innocent victim
of the other llnep, but in the Interest of truth
the actual facts should he given for the In
formation of the public.
LOW RATE ATLANTIC CITY TOURS
Via Pennsylvania Railroad every Saturday in Sep
tember Railroad transportation =ood for six
months $5 .00, and two days' hotel accommodations,
J5.00 or J7.CC additional, according to hotel selected.
— 4 jilt- -■-"—_-".■
ATTACK ON HINDUS.
WASHINGTON MOB ACTS.
Bellingham Indians Flee to British
Columbia for Protection.
Belllngham, "Wash., Sept. s.Six. Six badly beaten
Hindus are In the hospital, four hundred fright
ened and half naked Sikhs are in Jail and In the
corridors of the City Hall, guarded by police
men, and somewhere between Bellingham and
the British Columbia line are 750 natives of
India, beaten, hungry and half clothed, making
their way along the Great Northern Railway to
Canadian territory and the protection of the
British flag.
The long expected cry, "Drive out the Hin
dus!" was heard throughout the city and along
the waterfront last night. The police were
helpless. All authority was paralyzed, and for
five hours a mob of half a thousand whit© men
raided the mills where the foreigners are em
ployed, battered down doors of lodging houses,
and dragging the Asiatics from their beds took
them to the city limits with orders to keep
going.
The trouble started at C and Holly streets, in
the lodging house district. The houses were
cleared and the mob then swept down to the
waterfront, and mill after mill was visited, the
white employes Joining the mob. Every Hindu
was hustled outside.
Here, the police suggested that the mob vic
tims be taken to jail This was hailed with
delight and the Hindus were driven along.
From thl* time on few were beaten, the blood
thirstiness of the mob seemingly having been
satisfied with the attack on the lodging houses.
The mob kept up its work along the water
front until early this morning, when Larson's
mill, at Whatcom Lake, was visited, and a hun
dred Hindus were brought In from there. Four
women were found this morning: among the
crowd In th* city building. The city Is quiet
to-day, but there Is a strong undercurrent of
opinion which apparently approves the action of
the mob, and It may be found Impossible to
prosecute the leaders.
Racial feeling ha« played no small part in the
affair. Every day whites are being replaced in
the mills by the Asiatics. Many instances of
women being pushed into the gutters or insulted
on streetcars by the foreigners have been re
ported. General uneasiness of the whites is
given as a reason for the outbreak. The Hin
dus are all British subjects, and the case is
being placed before the British authorities.
Following a special meeting of th» City Coun
cil this morning. Mayor Black took charge of
the situation Fifty armed specials were sworn
In and the, Mayor declared as many more will
be sworn In If necessary to give the Asiatics
full protection. Places have been offered the
Hindoos again by mill men and protection guar
anteed, but the Hindoos have become so thor
oughly frightened that they are drawing their
pay and, under police protection, are leaving
Washington for Vancouver
Mob Fplrlt is still rampant, and It is said
further attacks may be made If any of the for
eigners remain. The city and county authori
ties, however, say they will be able to cope with
any emergency.
Larson'* mill at Lake Whatcomb. five miles
distant, one of the largest In the country, will
clo?e down.
ICE TRUST ACTION SOON.
A ttorney General Jackson A nnounccs
Early Bringing of Suit.
'!!•■• 'I>l*nr«.j»h t/> Th« Tribune.]
Albany. Sept. 5. — Attorney General Jackson
announced to-night that he would begin an ac
tion pome time during the present month against
the American Ice Company, known as the Ice
Trust, to have that corporation deprived of its
right and authority to transact business in the
State of Ne-w York- The complaint of the At
torney General will be that the company has
violated the laws of this state in that it has
entered into combinations for th« creation «>f
a monopoly in restraint of trade and for the
prevention of competition in a necessity of life.
The copies of contracts and correspondence
secured by the Attorney General's experts at
the office of the American Ice Company show,
so the Attorney general believes* a deliberate
plan on the part of the company to monopolize
the sources of supply and distribution available
to New York City and other places. President
Oler's correspondence also showed, it Is alleged,
in a number of Instances that the American
Ice Company by specific contracts compelled
both Independent and subsidiary companies
operating in New York City to sell Ice only at
prices fixed by the American Ice Company, and
also exacted agreements from them that they
would not seek to Increase their business. In
1005, when ice was plentiful, the. annual report
of the American Ice Company shows. It Is as
serted, a net profit, exclusive of dividends paid
by subsidiary companies, of $487.084 07, while
in 1000. the year of the alleged Ice famine, the
company's annual report shows a net profit,
exclusive of dividends paid by subsidiary com
panies, of $2.000.600W>.
CAUGHT RUNAWAY WITH AUTO.
Policeman Pressed Machine Into Service
When Bicycle Proved Too Slow.
By pressing a passing automobile Into service
Patrolman Mara, of the West 12Stb street station,
overtook and stopped a horee that ran madly down
Lenox avenue yesterday and Into Central Park
Mara wan at the corner of Lenox avenue and 125 th
street when be saw the here's which was attached
to a light runabout, coming at a gallop. The po
liceman mounted his wheel and gave chase. At
116 th street the buggy struck the end of a street
car, liberating the horse
Patrolman Mara found that he. was not gaining;
and at 110 th street Jumped Into a passing automo
bile. In this he followed the animal into Central
Park, and. after a chase of a quarter of a mile,
stopped the runaway. The owner was not known.
PHILADELPHIA "PLEASE" OMITTED.
Telephone Company Figured It Was Used
Nine Hundred Thousand Times a Day.
[By Telegraph to Th • Trlfcune.]
Philadelphia, Sept. s.— Hereafter the 450 gill
operators of the Keystone Telephone Company,
of this city, will not say "please" to the sub
scriber, and the subscribers have been request
ed not to say "please" to the operator. A. J.
Ulrlch, traffic manager of the company, has
issued the order, and both the girls and the
subscriber* are happy with the new arrange
ment. According to Mr. rirlch. the girls in
answering calls - and the patrons. In making
them use the word "please" 000,000 times every
twenty-four hours. Estimating that it requires
half a second to" say the word, 7,500 minutes are
consumed every twenty-four hours, which is
equal to 125 hours that are lost every day by
the us* of the wort
BURTON'S STOCK RISES.
Republicans Reject Four Council
men Favoring Tom L. Johnson.
[Bj- Teleipraph to The Tribune]
Cleveland. Sept. s.— The result of the Repub
lican Councilmen's primaries, held to-day, indi
cates the gieat popularity of Representative
Theodore E. Burton, who has been forced by
popular demand to consent to become the party
candidate for Mayor against Tom L. Johnson.
Five Councilman elected an Republicans have
voted so consistently In support of Mayor John
son that they have been styled "assistant Dem
ocrats," and all of them sought renomination
at the polls to-day. Only one of the five was
successful.
In the 3d "Ward Dr. George M. Kinsey was
nominated over Thomas E. Croke; in the 13th
Alfred H. Lewis lost to VT. F. Zipp; In the 15th
A. H. Stanton was snowed under by Alexander
Bernstein, and In the 23d E. B. Haserodt was
retired as the party candidate by Thomas J.
Higgins. The only one of the five caricatured
Councilmen to obtain renomination was John
D. McClaln. representing the 9th, or what is
known as the "Tendeiioin" ward, and his vic
tory was regarded as a foregone conclusion.
These noteworthy results are viewed by Re
publican leaders not only as the logical sequel
to the consent of Repreeentative Burton to
run for Mayor, but also as a forecast of the
result of the election next November. Mayor
Johnson and his satellites did their utmost to
renominate all five, but the only one th°y could
pull through represents a ward admittedly ut
terly subservient to City Hall Influences. In
the language of Chairman Baker of the Repub
lican City Committee, "there was to-day a civic
awakening."
Johnson stock fell away down after the result
of the primaries was known. Declarations of
prominent citizens In favor of Mr. Rurton came
thick and fast. One of the most Important
statements was the following, made by James
R. Oarflold. Secretary *>f the Interior:
"Mr. Burton Is without question the man for
the place. He has the support of every faction
In th» Republican ranks. All Republicans and
all thos«» Interested In the welfare of the city
should rally under his standard."
60 BURIED ZANDER SNOJV.
Fast A-vilanche Rolls Dorm Moun
tainside at JuncaJ, Chili.
Santiago. Chill. Pept. 6. — Fifty persons are
said to have been burled alrve by a vast ava
lanche of snow that has rolled down the moun
tainside snd obliterated the Chilian custom
house a t Juncal This station Is on the Argen
tine frontier, high up in the Andes.
ELOPED AS BROTHER DID.
Rich Youth Weds Weaver in
Father's Mill.
[By Telegraph to Th» Trlbur* 1
Worcester. Mass.. Sept. s.— Following the ex
ample of his brother, Clarence Lapworth. who a
few weeks ago eloped with Lillian Splcer. a
milliner. William Bumner Lapworth, son of
William Lapworth. who Is wealthy, went to
Providence on Tuesday and married Margaret
Phillips, a weaver In his father's mill. None of
their friends learned of the marriage until to-day,
and then they declined to discuss it otherwise
than to confirm the report. William Lapworth.
who la the last of six sons to marry, is em
ployed In his father's mill as a foreman. The
two young people have been much together dur
ing the last two years, but Lapham's family
objected not only to his friendship with Mls3
Phillips but with the employes of the mill In
general. The couple decided to take matters
into their own hand?, and bo slipped quietly
away to Providence, where they were married
by the Rev. George O. Jenner, rector of an Epis
copal church.
LABOR MEN IN POLITICS.
American Delegates Speak at Trade
Union Congress in England.
Bath. England. Sept. —Addressing the annual
Trades Union Congress now In session here,
Messrs. Dempsey and Klapetsky. the delegates
of the American Federation of Labor, said that
the American worklngmen. encouraged by the
success of the British Labor party at the last
general election in the United Kingdom. in
tended hereafter to take a more prominent part
in politics and had already made remarkably
successful attempts in that direction.
The United States, the American delegates
added, did not want old age pensions. The
American workmen desired such wages as would
enable them to retire on reaching the age of
fifty with an adequate Income for the rest of
their lives.
The congress presented the Americans silver
candelabra and cigarette cases.
TREATING WITH RAISULI.
British Negotiate for Release of Caid
Sir Harry MacLcan.
Tangier. Sept R —It is understood here that
the British Legation is actually treating with
the bandit Ralsull for the release of Caid Sir
Harry MacL*an. who has been his prisoner
since early In July.
Rai^uli's terms have not yet been made clear,
but It is declared that even if they are some
what extravagant the Moroccan government
wffl accede to them.
HURT ON BURXIXG CAR.
Two Women Passengers Sent to
Hospital After Accident.
Fifty persons on a Gates avenue car. in Brook
lyn, were badly frightened and half a dozen in
jured last night when a fuse box on the roof sad
denly took fire, sending a shower of sparks down
on th© passengers.
When she saw the fire. Mrs. Dora Rappeek. of
No 331 Gates avenue. Jumped and struck in the
street on her head. She was taken to St. John's
Hospital, where It was found that she had received
a severe scalp wound and possibly a fractured
skull. Another Injured woman also was taken to
'ho hospital.
Sitting on the front «at of the car when the
accident happened was Herbert Zlre. fifteen years
old. living at No. 957 Gates avenue. On h!s lap he
was holding a big basket of clothes. The sparks
showered down on the light garments and they
blazed up Instantly. Th? boy escaped with slight
burns about the face and hands.
The fire was extinguished by the motorman and
three policemen, who threw sand on the flames.
Unsurpassed Day Line Outings from Desb. 3t.
8:40. 9:40, or 1.15. See Stint! L and Exc coia.— JuUl
PRICE THREE CEXTS.
MOVE AGAINST 3IERGER.
CRIMINAL SUIT LIKELY.
Ivins Say* He Will Lay Transit
Case Before Jerome.
"William 11. Ivins. special counsel for the Pub
lic Service Commission, created a stir at the i
hearing of the Interborough- Metropolitan mer- !
ger Inquiry yesterday, when he said he thought
there was possibly cause for criminal action
against official of the merger, and that h»
would formally call the attention of the District i
Attorney to the case that he might take such I
steps as he deemed necessary
Mr Ivins during the hearing read numerous ;
sections of the Penal Code as bearing possibly'
upon facts that had hitherto been brought cut ;
In the evidence at the hearings. It was Tramigt
later that the rossibl* causes of criminal action^
he would submit to the District Attorney wer»
also based on evidence adduced Curing th* --
qulry. After reading the sections ho* said. ad> j
dressing Chairman Willcox:
"I call your attention to the sections of that
Penal Code as bearing upon this question, and'
at the same tine I think that It Is entirely ap-l
propriate on my part to call the attention for
mally c; the District Attorney not only to th*
testimony which was taken here yesterday but
i to those sections of the law as possibly bearing,
upon It In orrter that if any crime has be?™';
committed proper steps may be taken to cure ?vf
and If the law does not cover the crime tha*
then this commission shall have the teneflt an
the advice of the District Attorney In regard
to an amendment of the law. and at the sama:
time call his attention to the series of reports';
which have from year to year been filed with;
the commissioners of a railway In this state, and,
which reports, according to th© report made to
him by Mr Teale. as I construe It, appear nit!
to have been regular, because Mr. Teale him-i
self reported to the District Attorney to th»
' effect that the accounts themselves were no*
regular on their face. "
BELMOXT"3 CORRESPONDENCE: READ. j
August Belmonfs correspondence with th»
chairman of the Public Service Commission. !aj
which he made a long defence of both himselfii
and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company's
system of bookkeeping. »A3 read and entered
on the record. This correspondence Included »■
letter from Mr. Belmont to Mr. Gaynor, auditor,
of the company's books, demanding answers to;
certain questions and explanations of his sys-j
tern of bookkeeping, and saying that, "as upon}
him rested the responsibility of keeping ths\
books and seeing that all entries were madei
properly, upon him also mu3t rest the duty of/
making so thorough and satisfactory an ex
planation as would destroy the false and mis
taken impression that had got abroad from ;
the testimony he gave on the stand."
Mr. Gaynor In his reply to Mr. Belmont'9
letter acknowledged that he had received no
orders from Mr. Betmont about keeping hl3
books or making entries In them, and then/
I followed in detail an explanation of "the points)
I about which a false Impression existed."
Mr. Belmont said a great Injustice had been
! done him by the creation of the Impression that
B*lmont & Co. had received $450,0<r - nunlsslont
on a in 000.000 bond Issue of the Interboroug!*
company. Mr. Belmont said that the actual
commission, which, he said, was shared with;
two other firms, amounted to only 53T.500 for
his company.
Mr MM read in had entered on the recor*
three agreements: Between the Interborotigh-
Metropolitan Company and the Metropolitan Se
curities Company; the New York City Railway
Company and the Metropolitan Securities Com
pany, and the Metropolitan Street Railway Cora
pany and the New York City Railway Company.
' which, he said, materiaiy modified In some re- ,
: .pects the lease of the Metropolitan Street Rail- ,
way Company to the Interurban Railroad Com- .,
pany, and constituted. In fact, a tripartite agree- {
ment made on May 23. ■•*
After the hearing Mr Cotton, one of M...
Cravath's lawyer*, went to Mr. Mason, who had]
been assisting Mr. Ivins In the case, and pro-,
tested that the copies of the agreements entered ;
on the records were not correct, or that at*
;ea«t one of them was not a copy of the real'
agreement. Mr Cotton refused to explain to.
newspaper men how they differed from the real;
agreements. He also refused to give Mr. Sen- ;
der expert accountant for the commission. tn«
copy of the real agreement" when the latter
asked for It. laying emphasis on "real agree.
"as* a matter of fact the third agreement was.
handed to the Public Service Commission's ac- :
countant by Mr. Brown attached to the end •-«
a voucher and many of the Public Service Com- ,
mission's officials believe It was never for Mr,
Scudder's examination, but that It was give*;
him through a mistake.
ROOT ONLY ONE ON THE STAND-
Oren Root, general manager of the New Yortt
City Railway Company, was the only »■"■.
called yesterday. Mr. Ivins examined hlra
along the lines pursued with Mr. Moorehead oa
the preceding day. He was. however, unabl.
to get the witness to admit that he was an
other dummy director of the Metropolitan Street
Railway or that he was made a director by Mr.
Vreeland and Mi confreres simply to vote foS|
the 999-year lease of the road to the Interurban.
now the New York City Railway Mr Root
answered all of the questions put to him by Mr
ivlns in a prompt, decisive manner, and th»
only admission that the latter could get from
him was that 100 shares of Metropolitan stoclK
had been entered in his name that he might ;
become a director. He also said that he had not
known of the destruction of the Metropolitan
books until it was brought out during the com-,
mission's Inquiry into the merger.
There was an unusually large number cC
lawyers representing the Interborough-Metro
politan Company at the hearing yesterday.
When Mr. Ivins made his remarks about the
Penal Code and criminal action there was a
hasty consultation among them, at the end of
which broad smiles were noticeable on th«
countenances of De Lancey Nicoll. Mr. Quack
enbush. and even Mr. Cravath.
It was remarked yesterday that Mr. IviB»
was attempting by his questions to get some
evidence against a prominent official of the
merger. .Mr. Vreeland, Thomas F. Ryan and
August* Belmont are the three officials of the
merger that he has decided not to put on tho
stand, being unwilling to give them the benefit
of the immunity clause of the public servica ;
act.
When the hearing opened. Commissioner Will*
cox announced that he wanted the correspond
ence that Mr. Belmont had sent him read and
entered on the record of the Inquiry. A letter
from Mr. Belmont to Mr. Gaynor. one from
Mr. Gaynor to Mr. Belmont. and one from
Mr. Belmont to Commissioner Wlllcox. inclosing
the first two. were read and entered on ' th«
records.
Mr. Belmonfs letter to Mr. Gaynor. calllr.s
for explanations and other information, about
his method of making entries, was a lone one.
la his reply Mr. Gaynor said In part: "I regret
that I did not have the opportunity before the
Public Service Commission to explain Lie .-I*;-