Newspaper Page Text
FEOM HEAT ggUEF EXPECTED TO-DAY Life of (It Stagnated by Humidity and High Temperature. *. * There fcav* bf^n hotter day* than yesterday , 1 summer. with more depressing: humidity. '".%!** temperature which kept up fairly well ifIMSJI 71 «nd S7 degree, above zero, caused deaths in New Tork and vicinity. Six pros- Htfloaß w*re reported, but the patients rallied onder treatment. IXhe weather prophet* alons; tlie waterfront that the lii&h d-ath rate was due to "the i«ieraJ steadiness of the temperature and the humidity, and not their maximum. THE DEAD. ,«n jwpMiif. ntn» month* old. of No «M Liberty A- irVr.u-. Erooklrn. Ji-d of h»«t at her horn*. -now M»rv thirty PSSia old. died of h*at pros- C trail on at'W home at No. M Walcott street. Brookirti /-■ ibk Thorn**. tfcre«- month* old. of No. 206 Vtlca ; sv»ti:ip. Brooklyn, died of hfat prostration at hi« linme. .. n <; Loui* • ■■■ «i)tt>? years old. of No. 176 Osborne ufL ,tr*»t Brooklyn, w*r overcome In Wliklti* street and di*d !• hi* home »»fiTr medical BK»i»tanre »rr «RET Uteri C . eichtv year* nM - ovrcome at No. 14 I?r«i"i <;»reet; died In Hudson Hospital. ,r»VIV Mathin?. f»ixty-*tT year* old. of No. lrtfl Rogers avenue. Brooklyn, died 'f heat at hi* home. ■»O C ELT E FiTr-nce May. three month* old. of No. »30 *• yv, u rt!i avenue. Brooklyn. «il overcome by heat and d'lej at her home. SIABKOXVITZ. Annie, BftT • iclit year* old. of No. 122 c- $*-' >- I Isc*. Manhattan. wa» overcome b.v th« ';,»»• »• Tompkina Square Tark and died a few rniTiut*! 1 after she fell. The body «-«* removed to the Vr.ion Market police station. erTXTVAN. .lohn. fifty-five year* old. out found un- CPT .«-!f>u<e from the heat In front of hi* homo. No. 4ft4 I>ttv «=tr»et. Brooklyn. He wan removed to the \\ .: !B'-:rK Hospital, where he died several v later 1 KAinTELP. PamueL ••■.- year* old. of No. 442 East 120 Th street, dle.l from the heat In the home of his slater at No. *** East l?Oth street. PROSTRATION'S. ABBOTT. Cbarl<-*. i>eventy-eirht years old. an en graver employed at No. «■> Ann street, was over come at Mj> work yesterday and removed to Kt. Gregory's Hospital. GRAHAM. I-ouis H.. thirty-seven rears old. of No. 430 Klrh»rd street, Brooklyn, was overcome while at srork i>t Erie Basin. KELT.ER. Anna. e\x year* old. of No. l^S' Avenue A. | was overcome by the heat at her home and was re irtnved to Hellevue Hospital In a serious condition. J ULMBERT. Frederick:, thirty-seven years on, of RUcf « I i |rht* Hri'UJvn. won overcome at the r,->r street ferryhouse end removed to Oouver *eur Ho«j.)tal. PUTT Harry. twenty-e!jrht years old. of No. 645 East 17!h street; was taken in Bellevue Hospital from hi« home overcome by the heat. rKTMF.OfE. Mary. sixty years old: no home, was re •noved * n Bellevue Hospital from Tompkics Square park, overcome by the heat. •' The ■.■•'•: Of Andrew Enkcrscipeier. fifteen rears old. of No. 1782 Firpt avenue, was caused indirectly by the lirat. He was playing ■ta*. and to avoid being tagged Jumped into the East River. }'■-■■■ condition resulted in Us drowning. While the men in the shopping district pfiused often to buy cool "soft" drinks and found time to sit and fan themselves before a counter of por»ds they may or may not have planned to purchase, the procession of shoppers moved mnre slowly than usual yesterday throughout the afternoon. The pr-noral hustle in lower Broadway which Ftrikes the visitor on the sightseeing coach was le?s active yesterday between 11 a. m. and 4 p. m.. and one or the sightseers "allowed that they moved quicker in Wall Street when he ■uas here last v.inter." Battery Park was one of the cool spots sought ), y hundreds of persons yesterday. If there Is a breeze at all it can be found blowing at its best spoed alone: the Battery wall. The munic ipal ferries to St. George. Staten Island, carried many person*, back and forth yesterday who tv«»re bent on using the fast boats of the city as a cheap meant of avoiding the city's heat. The North and East rivers had their share of. loungers at midday, nnd • •re were more fishing lines thrown over tho sides of the excursion Ashing boats off Sandy Hook than In any other ■Jay this summer. The lieat retarded somewhat the movement of teams along West street, and from 1 p. m. to i p. m. there was considerable congestion, which blocked the way of the Belt Line cars. It was a blessing for the tired horses on cars and wakens when a blockade occurred. The animals took advantage of every stop and re quired some urging when the way was cleared. The soda fountains did a thriving business. According to the proprietor of a larg*> down town caft 1 , the soda fountain Is the real paying proposition in the summer time. "The people are becoming educated now -to the fact that alcoholic beverages are not pro. id in hot weath er," he raid. "Wo nre doing less business every year In the summer, while the soft drink estab lishments are increasing their patronage." The terrppraiur^ yesterday was far from a record breaker! The highest temperature, S7 degrees above aero, at l p. m.. was 6 degrees below the record f. i this year. The mercury bopan well, starting the day at 5 a m. with 71 d^groes above zero. T!i- humidity, which ssm -4 |?er rent st I a. m.. decreased to 77 at Bp. m. Showers and fresh easterly winds are expectpj to bring r^-lk-l from the heat to-day. FIVE DEATHS IN PHILADELPHIA. [By TH«>frra;>r; to The Tribune] Philadelphia. July B.— Five deaths and many pros trations w<»re caused by the h*>at hero to-day. The trcximmn f-mporature was 90 degrees. XUMBERS UNLUCKY. AFTER ALL. They Are on Coin Store "The Ferret" Is Ac- ScnMd of Robbing. A small, kron eyed man. who, tlie police say, is Ceorce Copplngvr. an oldtiiiM offender, and who Is also known as "The Ferret." was captured by £<•■■■ of the new West 20th street station last ♦veriing as lie was •■•■_■ they pay, to dispose of coins and "antiques" nll'-Rod th have seen stolen frcm the- Btore of tl'.e New York Coin and Stamp Company, nt Xo. KB Broadway, on June 26. The prisoner to Ms identity and to the thpfi. the police say. The robbed dealer identified the aniclf-s offorfd for sale, as ■ ■■". as other nl fc?*'l homy found in the prisoner's room in Mills Hoi*; N... l. the latter amounting to about J.>"o. "The Fe'r*'f admitted, the police declare, that li* had Berried three term!" in the penitentiary for tursrlary. He faid be *"M almost starving at 1h« time be is allopiHl to have broken into th» coin Roi*. i n ]>t s pockets wre found se\eral letters *J reromn-iondatinn. which showed that be had ***a workir.K f>* ■ wail and butler in private •*!e;!;*!;. Th? letters were signed, the poll j=ny. h Y Sirxi Alice Paypon. oJ No. 47 BaM 21st street; **?*■ M. J. Trir-p. of >»*o. 12 Vt-rnon Place. Broofe- Vn. an<3 Sa;ntK-l Krr!sfr. of No. 2T.2 Fifth avenue. A frnaH pi<M' <? of paper, upon which was printed * "Tc:rti:n«\" was found in the prison*!"'!" pocket. Tijji ]>rf.(«i r t,-.<j that It* p° F!:F! " would be lucky 08 Tuff 4 anil Fridays, and the numerals five. tJIr *c an<l Hsht w*re To N» lucky number* for the koJa«. r O f Ine inajrio bit of paper. The in. ctfwa £l **ri that "The Ferrtt" declared he did not he '>••« much in that "fortune," a* the number of the * t( «"e «fa*r*> the alleged barglary was committed *»« C 2 Broadway. JUMPS OVERBOARD FROM FRIGHT. G^rjre A. Cortv.right. superintendent of the Cor- r '*U Towlnjr Company. ;it Sl-t street and the North Rlv 'r. reported to the harbor police i, f Pier A, N<rth River, last night that his company's tug* Uiat Yir 1,,,-ia j,, charge of Captain George Walker. *nd towi:.^ , alla ii )Oati white opposite the North <*rm«ui Lloyd docks. In jloboken. encountered a row-boat wltij three men in It. Captain Walk, **J*tled v learning, and. according to Superin fe&ftem Cortn-rlght'a report, on.? of the occupants 01 the rov.bu.-.t Ix-camo f>o frightened that he Juhiikj overlxmrd. A life preserver was thrown to ij n from the Vkiuria, and the other two men £hen they recpWuyl a t'l- Crass their fright also ■*•• to 6s.v* their comjianlon. but he ma drowned. TRACE POISONED AL Delivered by Strange Man at Phil adelphia Express Office. 1 t«... [By TVlenraph to The Tribune.] Philadelphia, July 2,-The bottle said to have con tained poisoned ale sent to Dr. William H. Wil son, it was learned to-day, was delivered to hi? home, at No. 819 North 7th street, by an express man of the Philadelphia Local Express Company. who received it apparently from a stranger at the company office. No. 116 North 13th Street. This Information was Y en this afternoon by treorge Stern, agent of the company at that ad ores*, who declared the package had been received over the counter at the office by Fred Buckman. an employe, now in Atlantic City. Stern , mya Uurkman told him before he left Philadelphia for the seashore that a man had come in and delivered the package to him over the counter." ■-•- -, Stern says Buckman exhibited to him the receipt the express messenger took at the Wilson house. As he remembers it, the receipt bore the words, Wilson. 619 N. 7th." and was signed at the bot tom. "Mrs. Wilson." Stern, moreover, thinks he remembers Buckman having .told him that the slip brought in by the stranger bore the name of a local brewery. al though he was not positive on this point. The detectives have obtained from Buckman a rood description of the stranger, who was a man thirty-five to forty years old and well dressed. Mrs. Wilson went to the District Attorney's of fice in City Hall to-day with her counsel. F. J. Maneely, and had a conference with Assistant District Attorney Joseph 11. Taulane. Others pres ent were Detectives Paul and Long, of the Cor oner's office, who have been working on the case, and acting Coroner Arthur Sellers. Mrs. Wilson was closely questioned by Mr. Taulane, and at his request she related all the circumstances of the delivery of the box containing the bottle of sup posedly poisoned ale. She also told of placing the ale on a table and of the doctor drinking It. Mrs. Wilson said she did not know who sent the ale and had no suspicions or theories to advance. After the conference Mrs. Wilson returned to her home. She was accompanied by the detectives, who desired to make another examination of the house. In the hope of finding a better clew. Detective Paul stated after the visit of Mrs. Wilson to the City Hall that Mrs. Wilson was not under arrest and that she was not suspected, but, on the contrary, the clews point to somebody out side the house. Mr. Man*-ely snld he was called Into the case yesterday when Mrs. W'Hon desired to file letters of administration for her husband's estate, the physician having left no win. It is understood the estate consists of realty and persona! property to the amount of about $1,800. Mr. Maneely further said that Mrs. Wilson was asked yesterday to appear at the City Hall to-day, and that she went there under the impression that an Inquest wan to be held In the case of her hus band. She was greatly surprised when she was escorted to the District Attorney's office. In their further investigation of the antecedents of Wilson Detective Paul received Information to day which leads him to believe that Wilson's real name was Frlehoff. and that he went on the stage for a time and adopted the name of William H. Wilson. He was married about twenty years ago and was the father of four children. About ten or twelve years ago he separated from his first wife, who died about two years ago. Shortly after the separation he married the present widow, by whom he had one child. It is learned that Wilson was steward at one time at the Lilacs, a club in Fair mount Park. Letters of administration were filed on Dr. Wil son's estate yesterday. The murdered man left no will, and It is stated that his personal property is valued at $800 and his realty nt $1,000, but it Is Bald that he was worth considerably more than this, since he owned the house in which he lived, as well as a bungalow at Cornwells. had an an tomobile, a gasolene launch and his house was handsomely furnished. He was known as a lavish spender and a liberal contributor to many causes In his neighborhood. • • Undoubtedly the authorities have now a tangible clew to work on. It is asserted that the descrip tion of the man who left the poisoned bottle of ale at the express office to be delivered nt the Wilson home tallies with that of the man sus pected In the case from the first, and it is for him that the authorities are hunting. That he has not been apprehended Is due chiefly to the fact that at the time the detectives knew where he whs they had only suspicions upon which to act. SAII.OUS- FME.XD COKE. John S. Pieman Dies After Long , Life of Good Works. South street and West street will know John 3. Pl«-rson no more, for that old friend of the sailors, died yesterday, after more than half a century of service to the seamen. The end came at his sum mer home In Orange, where lie moved some time ago from his city home nt No. 125 West 41st street. The man who was known an the "Carnegie of the Stii" will be buried in Orange this afternoon. For rears few knew of .Mr. Plerson's philan thropic work along the water front, so quietly was It done. Sixty years ago he gave up the practice of law to work among the sailors. giving his ser vices ever Since then without pay. What salary lie ever received was turned back into the funds of some, society working for the welfare of seamen. Every flay of his life, from the time that he Rave up his law practice, be went searching for books for seamen. Most of these he gave to the Ameri can Seamen's Friends' Society to distribute, but many times he gave them to the sailors himself. in many of them be wrote hla favorite stanza of poetry: I stni? the Sailor of the Rea. breed of the oaken h»>ait. Who <3r<w the world together and spread our rare ayart, VTbo never i...*. th ■••an but that they fee! Us hand Clutch like a siren at tii» heart to drag it from the land. i Bins of th«\ O Bondman of the Wave, Who made the world dependent, yet lived nnd died a slave. Mr. Pierson was eighty-seven years old. When he was eight years old his uncle was drowned at sen. nnd this made a great Impression on the little fellow. All through the time he spent at Princeton the call of the sea Interfered with his studies, and It was equally insistent after he wns graduated and began to practise law. When he should have beta attending to his clients be was down on the waterfront talking to the «ailor«— "squareheads" and "Dutchmen," "Portigees" • and "dagos"— In their native tongues. He learned of their needs, and was impressed by the dull monotony of their lives, followed by burst* of terrible labor at times which drove the men into wild dissipation and ex cess on shore. To help them lie gave up law and began to work with the Seaman's Friends' Society. then Just formed. He was then only a little past twenty ye,ars of age. The first thing Mr Pierson did was to fill the s |,,-lvo irf the society's room with three thousand books. He started the plan of pnttints n library of fifty books nn board outgoing deep water vessels, and when the boats came in he replenished the ha!f emptied shelves. Mr. Piercon pnve away from r,...., to W,«W !<o.iks, comprising dictionaries, hls . b, hymnbooka, compilations of naviga tion laws and works of fiction He read nearly CVCrjr book that he put In the ship libraries, and no one knew better than he whether it would Mi> pea] to a sailor. At dm time he «:■..« Bible distrio utor for the New Vi.rk Bible Society. CANNOT SELL N. V.. 0. & W. STOCK. Though at the present time the New York, New Haven ,$- Hartford Railroad Is not in .1 position tii dispose of it* holding* of New York, Ontario & Western stock It is a fact nevertheless that Kng- I!sh Interests In the company have made tentative offers for the control of the property. It is learned that the Ontario & Western holdings cannot .»• **"]ii just now by the New Haven company for the r«-a«jn that an option is held on the stock which does not expire until some time In the fall. The New York Central bad an option on the stock last year, and it was believed that it ex pired on December 31, ij*»7. It is not known out- Fide of official circles whether or not this option was renewed or whether the Delaware a.- Hudson obtained an option to run until the fall of this year. it is known, however, that an option ifi now held by some company on the New Haven's holdings of the Ontario stock. ..MINI. AWAY OVKIt THE FOURTH? Wherever .yon bi«. leave order with li,,;t\ -U-.t\rr fur the SO'DAY TltlJSl'NE a* »<»ia a* jiiu arrive. NEW-YORK DANA* TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, JTIA' 3. 100 S. VERBAL BETTING LEGAL < .in( iii<!fil friini flritt pn^e. the contention is that these words define the criminality vt the relator's receipt of his win nings when read: "Any person who receives . . .' Jiny money . . . bet or wagered . . . by . . . any other person . . . ui>"n such result." ftc. For the purpose of determining the intention of the Legislature wlvn adopting ■ statute, it must net ecsarily be read ar- a whole. Only when so read can the conclusion be reached whether isolated words of the text may or may not properly be placed together In such a sense as to cover a particular case. The very words of the clause under which the relator is hold would seem. Indeed, to ex clude the meaning that the "bet", "received" described money won as the result of a bet. since from the context it is apparent that what Is contemplated if» the act of receiving, register ing, recording or forwarding the subject of a wager as yet undetermined — before, not after. It Is won or lost. " The "fair Import" of the statute under consideration is to be the measure of its application, and as I read the words employed I cannot hold that Section 3.11 fairly imports that a bet or the receipt of the thing wagered is a crime. The whole scheme of the section appears upon a reasonable reading to relate to bookmaklng and poolselling: that is. to the business of tak ing and recording bets and wagers and to acts which are Incidental to that business. APPLIES TO THE STAKEHOLDER. In taking up the language of the law Justice Bischoff said that he thought the phrase "by or for any other person" pertained to the "receipt, registering, forwarding, etc." and not to the money or thing wagered. This, he said, was in harmony , with the movement against profes sional bookmaking and gambling. In referrrlng to the District Attorney's contention t:iat all gambling was aimed at, the court said: The construction contended for by the Dis trict Attorney requires a strained application of the words employed in the statute, contrary to their apparent sense, and It is quite clear to my mind that this section of the Penal Code has actually no reference to the case of a bet made between individual", without the intermediate office of a stakeholder, nor to the winner's re ceipt of the money, or other thing of value transferred to him by the loser when the event is determined. For all the years during which this statute has been in force it has not been deemed ap plicable to the case of ordinary Individual betting. In People agt. Stedeker the Court of Appeals when discussing the condition of the law relative to gaming in this state said: "There has always been observed a distinc tion between betting or gambling and maintain ing a gambling house or place to which people resort to gamble. While at common law wagers on indifferent subjects were legal and might be enforced, a gambling house or a resort for gamblers was a public nuisance, for which Its keeper might be indicted. "The same distinction has obtained in this state where ordinary betting has never been made a crime, though In some cases subject to small pecuniary mulcts, while the keeping of a gambling house, spiling lottery tickets and the profession Of a common gambler have been subjected to severe punishment." "SHOCK TO COMMON SENSE." Justice Bischoff took up the fact that a man who cheats at cards can be punished only as having committed a misdemeanor. This, com pared to the "winning of money at simple haz ard," he said, wus a "shock to common sense." In closing he said: It may not be out of place to note that if this relator is properly charged with a crime because of a construction of Section 351, then every wager on a contingent event, if followed by the receipt of something by the winner, would place the latter within reach of the criminal law. The consequences of criminality would descend alike upon the successful participant in a raffle con ducted for religious or charitable purposes. upon the girl whose partisanship for a college lins bo»>n rewarded by the winning of gloves or candy through Its athletic fulfilment, upon the messenger who. with knowledge, carries from loser to winner the thing won, and upon all who bet upon anything; except, possibly, upon a certainty, where the bet Is paid. XO COM ME XT BY HUGHES. Gets Word of Bischoff Decision— Plans Long Trip To-day. Pnranac Inn. N. V.. July 2 —The first definite information of tho decision of Supreme Court Justice Bischoff that individual betting is not il legal, and of the Jurist's release of Melville Col lins, who was charged with an infraction of the antl-bettlng law. was conveyed to Governor Hughes as he returned to the Inn to-day after a boating excursion with Mrs. Hughes. The Governor had previously been advised In a brief way from Albany of t he action of Justice Bischoff. lie declined to make any comment on the decision, nor did he In any way betray Ills feelings in the matter. While the opinion of Jus tice Biscboff will be forwarded to Governor Hughes, It is not likely that he will make any comment on it. Thut. at least, is the belief at this time. This afternoon the Governor anu .Mrs Hughes made a tour of a portion of the lake in ati Adiron dack guide boat. The <sovernur Is an accom plished oarsmen, and during the two hours they were on the water he covered a distance of sev eral miles. The Governor has planned the most extended tour Of his visit to the Adirondack^ to-morrow. He will breakfast ai Saranac fnn at about 9 o'clock nnd then, In company with Mrs. Hughes and the Superintendent Of Public Works, will Jour ney to the foot of the bike, whence he will make a portage t.i the Baranac River. He wfll proceed down the river In the boat ECwasind, through Mid ill" Saranac and Lower Saranac lakes to ■ >^cetaii Lake, where Benjamin I. Hall. State Tax Com missioner, has Invited him to be his guest at his camp for the day. The journey will take the Gov ernor over a score of miles through beautiful Adirondack scenery. The party will return to Saranao Inn to-morrow evening COST OF ANTI-BETTING CRUSADE. Walter Laidlaw, chairman of the Anti-Racetrack Gambling Campaign Committee, issued an itemized statement yesterday Of the contributions and out lays for the campaign recently prosecuted for the enactment of the Hart-Agnew bills. The state ment covers the expenses incurred from January 13 t.. June 20, 1808, Which amounted in all to $2,604 M. (if this sum $1.0U3 70 was for publicity: circulars cost 1363 06, and meetings an I hearings In this city and in several 'doubtful" districts in the state cost 161171; office expenses, including postage and sta tionery, amounted to $*'.0G 47. and $.">0 was sent to the Niagara County Republican committee. The Rev, Mr. Laidlaw said yesterday: •The friendly thought fuln< t of Canon William Sheafe Cbase In connection with Senator Foelker*a heroic journey, was ..f highest value. This com mittee Will continue In existence to meet, by ctti- Bens' voluntary action, any situation of the future, whether the enforcement of the laws, their defence from emasculating amendment, or their supple ment by future law." The committee had received, h" said an amount within fen of that expended. Albany, July 2. — Frank .1 MarKaln, Secretary of the Empire City Racing Association, filed to day with the Secretary of State a statement of the association's expenses in opposing anti-race track gambling legislation. The statement shows the association spent jL.t;:,:!. statements filed by racing associations to date show an expenditure of over 156,000 FOELKER ADDRESSES REPUBLICANS. Senator Otto G. Foelker attended the monthly meeting of the Republican Congress Club held yes terday at Its Clubhouse, No. MS Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. After the business had been transacted the Senator spoke of his Illness. Not once during his speech^ which listed nearly twenty minutes, did be say anything regarding the Agnew-Hart law. Although he was cheered by those In the room throughout hi« speech, a few of the club members pointedly remained outside the club when they learned of the Senator's presence. The Senator said that the messages be had re ceived from bis friends during hi* Illness had done much to help him along, and laughingly declared thai on more than one occasion they acted better than medicine, Following the Senator's speech resolutions were adopted Indorsing the nomination of Tuft and Sherman. "No better mm could have been (.elected -to till the i>uelliuu," the Senator ■aid on bis way out. EDUCATORS AT FLAY Excursions at Cleveland — Several Departmental Meetings. Cle-eland. July 2— L'enver «a« recommended by the board of directors of the National Educa tion Association to-day as the place for the next annual convention of the association. Final ac tion will not be taken \futll the next session of the board, in December. Denver won over Atlantic City, Chicago and Seattle. With no general session of the a«s< . - iatlon on the programme, the delegation spent the day In several departmental meetings, ejecurwiono and sightseeing. The educational department of the national or ganization of women at Its meetings to-day de elded not to change the name of the. body. The purpose of this organization, which is holding its first session, is to Interest the schools In com munity work and endeavor to have all the chil dren of the school neighborhood in school or accounted for. Miss Jane Addamn. of Chicago, talked upon the work being done along this line by the Juvenile court in Chicago. The women desired a shorter name for their society, which also would suggest the laity feature. It was de cided to make no change for a few years, if at all. The first session of the niral and agricultural department, also a new department, was held to day. The object of this section is to extend the study of agriculture in the rural districts, plac ing farming on a scientific and business basis. While many schools?, it was said, have taken up this work. It is the purpose of the department to Increane. the number of such schools and add to the efficiency of those already established. Also, it was urged that home gardening be encouraged in the city schools and that the school yards be kept in eueh condition that they would set a profitable example in their various communities. A thorough study of shops and machines, and not so much of the science as now taught in the elementary and high schools, and a more scientific study of agriculture in rural schools, were the main points brought out in the discussion of the report of the committee on Industrial education for rural schools at the council meeting. The report was submitted by the newly elected president, Lorenzo Dow Harvey, of Menominee, Wis. Klmer Ellsworth Brown. Vnited States Com missioner of Education, Washington, and D. B. Johnson, president of Wlnthrop Normal and In dustrial College, Rock Hill, S. C. were the leading speakers during the discussion of the report. "The home ideals of the present time are de generating on account of the shiftlessness and selfishness." declared Ellen 11. Richards, Instructor In sanitary chemistry. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, in her address before the council on household science in elementary and secondary schools. It was urged by August S. I,indemann. president of the School Board, Milwaukee, in his address be fore the department of school administration, that the state should assume the burden of training the boy for each Industrial fleid in order to stop drift ing from one trade to another. This department was also addressed by W. O. Thompson, president of Ohio State University, and E. A. Jones, of the State School Commission of Columbus, Ohio. The elimination of interscholastic contests and strenuous rivalry In athletic sports in the schools «nd colleges was strongly denounced by Malcolm Kenneth (Jordon, of St. Paul's School, f'oncord. X. 11., before the department of secondary educa tion. "Teach children to churn and to use the cream separator," said B. M. Davis, of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in an address before the department of science. "In the course that Includes physics," he continued, "give them practical Instructions in dairy work." T»ml a very largs percentage of pupils are driven to light and sentimental reading as a result of the methods now in vogue In the public schoola was the charge made before the library department by Ij. E. Wolfe, superintendent of city schools, San Antonio, Tex., In an address on the means by which the library can become of more benefit to the schools. "Instead of reading fifty pages a day in school," said Mr. Wolfe, "a few pages would stimu lute the pupil to a desire for better reading." The modern system of sanitary equipment of school buildings and the establishment of hospital rooms in conjunction with them was highly com mended in an address before th« department of school administration by Wilbur T. Mills. School architect, Columbus. Ohio. lie advised that ail school buildings erected In the future be Breprool throughout Th« present style of architecture was ridiculed by the speaker, who made a plea for a more artistic effect In future construction. This meeting al9o wn» addressed by William B. Ittner. architect of schools, St. Louis, and John I.atenser, schuol architect, Otnaha. BONDHOLDERS ACT. C, IT. $ D. Fails to Pa?/ Interest on C, I $ W. and L, 1). 4 W. Securities The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company, In addition to defaulting on the July 1 coupons of its 4 per cant refunding bonds, has also failed to jay the July j Interest on the first mort gage and refUndtog bonds of the Cincinnati, Indian apolis & Western Railway Company and the first mortgage bonds of the Indiana, Decatur & West ern, controlled roads, which themselves defaulted on those bonds, and a protective committee has been formed at the request of a large number of holders of the bonds of the two subsidiaries. The committee is composed of William A. Read, of William A. Read & Co.: Frederick 11. Kcker. treasurer of the Metropolitan Life Insurance I'om pany: Thomns W. Laniont. second vice-president of the Bankers' Trust Company, and Albert 11. Wlggin, vtcs president of the chase National Hank of this city; George K. Johnson, of Philadelphia. hirl i". E. Cottlng. of Boston. The Hankers' Trust Company Is to be the depositary for tho Londs to be deposited under the agreement with the pro tective committee. The Indiana, Decatur & Western is controlled by the Cincinnati, Indianapolis A Western, the entire capital stock of which is owned by the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. The latter company guaran tees as to both principal and interest the swtstand ing $4.722.00 ii first and refunding bonds Of the Cin cinnati, Indianapolis & Western. Of which it owns $r.0,000, and guarantees also $•<:'.:',, »»ju of the outstand ing $3,182,000 Indiana. Decatur & Western os. The committees representing holders of the 4!i per cent notes and the 4 per cent refunding bonds of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton held a joint meeting yes.erdny, but took no action. Tiie note holders' committee, it will be remembered, has ar ranged to purchase the July 1 coupons on the re funding bomiP, hiid the belief in well Informed quarters is that that (omuiittee will upon the ex piration of the sixty days allowed the company under the mortgage for making pood the default in Interest take prompt «> r!o»r !o» looking to a fore closure. The iiiterest on these bonds has hereto fore been met by the Issuance of receiver's certifi cates, and the failure to ksep up the payments is taken In Wall Street to indicate ihnj. the controlling factors In the property are now not averse to fore closure. BLACK HAND BOMB HUXTS FOUR. Explosion Which Damaged Two Houses May Kill Passerby Attracted by Smoke. PlttabUrg, July 1. Four persons were seiiously Injured and two dwelling houses partially wre, ke.l early to-day when a charge of dynamite was ex ploded at the home Of Oaorfle Deavotoria, a wealthy Italian, at MoKftesport, adjoining this city. The Injured are Qoorg* Deavotorta, his wife and father and Khm-r Bailey, who lived next door to the Italian family. Bailey*! injuries may prove fatal. (in June 15 Deavotoria received the third and last letter of a aarlei from the Black Hand. It warned him thol If $2,00<) Was n"l placed under the Fort Wayne Railroad bridg*, in PittabUrg, by the even lag of July 1, his house would l>e blown up and he. and the other occupants kilted. Deavotoria de- Btroyed all the letters and paid no more attention to them. Elmer Ilailey, who lived in the house adjoining, wan returning from work in one of the steel mills, and whan opposite Dea votoria's DTSM notice! smoke coming from the side of the front porch, BeUavtng tha woodwork had hern accidentally net on fire, lie started to investigate, and arrived at the slda of i lie porch iii time to get the full force of the explosion. FAST TRAINS IX WRECK. Xine Killed and Fifttf Hint in Mis souri — Orders Miscarried. Knobnoster, Mo. Ji!>- •.— -The fast Californm special train from St. lAniin on the Mi Pacific Railroad wa« In collision tho equally fant St. Louis train from Kar -as City two miles east of here at .". SO o'clock This morn ig;n. Six persons »i>ri> kille'!. all on the tratn from Kansas City, and at least fifty were in jured. The dead: BURK. Michael 3. lineman, Western fni.m Teleifraph Company, twenty-eight years old. Poplar Bluff. Ho- CAIirDEI-L, b»«ifa»;eman. Jefferson City. FRIs'BIE. W. T.. St. Louis, salesman for Roberts Rand Shoe Company. HARDING. \V, H . >.-«ro. mail clerk. St. Louis. HOOD. John. Hurley, Mo., lineman. IN'CI.JSH. S. R . lumberman. Clean. Mo., and represen tative of Miller C'unty. STORY. Fred, lineman. Western Union Telegraph Com pany, Franklin. Ky. Two baggagemen, awlstant* to Campbell. None of the injured Is believed to be fatally* hurt, most of them receiving cuts and bruises. The list of Injured Included fourteen mail clerks, all from St. Louis. A. Strang, train dispatcher at Sedalia. issued an ord°r for the trains to meet at Knohnoster. Later this MVsM WWO chanK^d. and the meeting place fixed at Lamonta, seven miles east of here. Why the order* miscarried will be offi cially investigated. Both engineers reversed their engines and jumped. The impact of the two engines threw both off the track. The cars piled up on the wreckai?- 1 , four cars on the St. Louis train and three cars on the train from Kansas City leaving the rails. CAR CRASHES IXTO Tltt '( K. Three Injured, One Fatalh/. and Passengers Badly Frightened. Thomas Flanagan, Of No. 521 East 16th street, was fatally injured and Patrick Hussey. of No. ">3.j Kast 15th street, and William Larkin, a brother of Michael Larkin, the contractor, of No*. hl9 and f>l2l Kast UJth street, were badly hurt last night when a Fourth avenue surface car struck the truck in which they were riding, at 19th street and Fourth avenue. Many of th» seventy-five passengers in the car were hurled to the floor by the collision. The truck was thrown ten feet and demolished. Dr. Moore, of Bellevue Hospital, found that Flanagan, who had been driving, wa* suffering from a fracture of the base of the skull and numerous contusions of the face and body. He was taken to the hospital ln a dying condition. Dr. Moore treated several of the women pas sengers in the car who were suffering from hys teria and one man who was bruised by being thrown to the floor. Christopher Quinn. of No. 129 West 11>th street, the motorman. was ar rested. For the - ■. '■'■.' . Morning After The Fourth Take The Sunday Tribune It is guaranteed to drive dull care away and banish the blues* This issue will contain, among many other timely articles and pictures, the following: McGullicuddy's Sword. The Galendon The Mysterious A thriinn? taie »<^^* Kidnaoping Case. Mr. Rome. ;1,1; 1 ,1! 1 ', II » f 1 "'l 1!l a rter of a i n w hlch Astro the Seer if APDIXGTOX FRTTE, renttirv ajro in the North- matchts h!.-< marvellous w ho writes so entertaln- S ' wits against those of a insly of occult things, r* ' ' — — — — — Rang of plotters who would lates a strange career. *■ ■" ■""* "*" ~~_^^^^ have stopped at nothing. _«,^ __^ „ „ -^— —^ mmmm I One of the strongest stories .• || |l"n#.f«« ■> the series by AI>AN «— — — — — — — — The Half Dozen. I hka, ; »a^.n. Wonders of Cement A little love story In which ♦ »,<» .no!i- travelled hero "— ~ ~ — ~ "■"" ™"™" ~" ~~^^ Used to save dead trees. Z. n«. ,«, »™ .-<■ •»■>« The Growth of SU rl £sr a """•* JT » "" '" '"""'- - Public Playgrounds - 1 For children in big cities. it n y w x IJ „ The Revolutions in ■ BaßMftatim 9U79 U 7 b flqa r ay /, ? a¥B n • —j w a ,; nn . - , II Rear Anniirals Persia and Mexico. What Ocr ;m Before End of gSjjr.ytfcg-^1 will See at Honolulu. | Present Year. A MUTINY ON BOARD "THE SPITFIRE." The beautiful steam yacht, after which the finest of summer serials M named, is the scene in the next instalment of a determined rebellion. Vahla Girai\!, the heroine is in command, and the situation is one that requires all of her ability to control;' The fourth instalment of EDWARD PEPLE'S story is one of the best, and there is still time for the new reader to catch up with this charming story. A brief synopsis printed right at the head of it, will tell him in fewer than two hundred words all that he needs to know in order to take • small journey that is entertain in.' and frequently amusing for almost even,- hour of the day during the journey from Calais to New York in the beautifully appointed yacht, "The Spitfire." „ • — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Wherever you may go over the Fourth, leave an order with local dealer for THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE as soon as you get there* P. S. C. AGALVST CHANGE Call* Alteration in Fourth Avenue Subway Plans Impracticable. The Public Service Comml!>*lan announced yester day tha». after a thorough investigation by th« en gineering department It had been found Impractica ble to change the plans for the Fourth avenue sob war by substituting four additional tracks in Flatbu&h av*ntie for the Ashram! Place loop. This sii«r«;e«if!orj was made by th« United Borouzhs Tran sit Association. It was found that no room existed la Fl.iftrush for the additional tracks, and the only way to build them would b«> to piace them undenvath the present subway. The er.ulneer» r» ported that the Mtl of this would be prohibitive. Acting Chief Engineer Rice, to whoae department the suggestion was referred, reported that consid erable n-al estate would have to be purchased if th« scheme were carried through. Estimates of the cost of the Ashland Place loop have placed it ■■ $7,«A0C0 for the section from Flatfish avenue ami Fulton street to Flatbush avenue and Fourth ave nue. Including the cost of real estate necessary- Hi Mm figured that the proposed four-tracking of Flutbt:sh avenue would cost several million dol lars more, since the tracks would have to be laM below rater level by the us" cf the compressed air method. Such a connection as was proposed with the existing subway could be made, but only by permission of the Interboroush Rapid Transit Com pany. GMmh of Th« Bronx are considerably stirred up over the proposed .-hanci- in the name of the Now York City Interborougb. Railroad Company, from Its present style to that of The Bronx CM» town Railway Company. Protests have* been sent to the Public Service Commission :i«afni»t this change in name by the Taxpayers' Alliance of the Borough of The Bronx. Robert C. Wood, one of the stockholders, who has a complaint as to tba unused franchises of this company under Investiga tion by the commission, and others. These com plaints cam-; a little too late, as the commission a few days agn granted its permission. There Is some , question whether the case may not be reopened In view of the distinct opposition to the change, Ada C. Hottenrcth, president of the Taxpayers* Alliance, writes that this change would have "a decided effect upon property interests la various sections of the Borough of The Bronx" traversed by the lines of this company. Much interest hi being shown In the effort of the commission to have continued an adequate service on the s!>th street cro«stown line and others op erated by th- Central- Park, North and East River Railroad Company. The hearing called by Chair man Wlina to decide m what the duties and powers of this company will be toward the public when the New York City Railway Company's lease la cancelled, on July 10. will be held to-day at U a. m. in the commission's rooms in the Tribune Building. SHONTS NOT IN AIR LINE SYNDICATE. Theodore P. ■■* said yesterday that there was absolutely no foundation for the reports from Indiana that he and J. P. Oliver. present of th, Oliver Plough Work?, had formed a syndicate to compete the Chicago-New York Electric Air Un* from Laporte. [nd . to Chicago. s