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IDENTIFIED
, SOS CASE UXSOLFED.
v,a 1' Shielding Wife's Xame.
, IV fi._Tho«grh the police pretend
Ph 3 ** 11 "*!*". rrwJ*rJck G»e«. Jr.. arrested as a
„ I*3*** l - nn izt the case, knows something
«*#•*"* PPr^ r of Dr. William H. Wilson, of this
# wwt tw »*a B af , cr drinkin* a bottle
efty. **° ?•?:.__ efnM« of potassium, develop
a•» ** VJrt to show that the authorities have
j^ts t<H»T rM m«f<" and that 0"" finds h i m .
•"■••^.'^harTfi^ns position M the result of
«# w " . J,- t the name of his young wife.
ortS i 0 P^ B ' at th- Bureau of Health show that
** I *°"vLj on Jn« » and that her Infant died
JS* O:M J?1 To «nn«-t Gi^s clearly with the
ale to Dr. M-i;-or.. the authorl
;,. to assume that Gies knew four dayt
-* v t t:rc that his wife was poir^ to dl*.
yfon t"* l ' tJje - wfao iw-nt the poisoned ale
;sf no IW '■* fronl William O!mst-ad at
• f* EH* Foundry a letter -S- from a
SvSSSS a« - ,-,-^r.t. and which let
;s3t "- / » s stamp by the murderer who
* r *!L B tfe bottle of ale sent to the physician.
P^TL d : d no . .. :rf -! this letter "6- peems
7Mt . , °'oirns-e»d failed to Identify him at
?~?BBaaaß*rt» as the customer who ordered
•> tTP'-^ ct€9 m at M. rtace of ™-
3? ; "c^aT =-.ornins, June 27. or the day
»|(>r^!*"t on •>••--
!»•«■ T >T VfltaOß d- p d.
** 11 G n this flay tJ:at * letter was mailed to
jj irss ft- . pistol, Perm., In which the
romn -\\ JJIJ Jl^ erf ,* r told why he had *ent the poison.
If^lrtvr* was mailed during the afternoon, and
" v. *- effarts to trace the movements of the
" X e '\f the letttr the poUce ascertained that the
--(Jerpr rrarhed Ertsol at 12:47 p. m.
Sf^? a lTft Torre.^aJe at 12:35 .o'clock. Superln
>Vjo-n B -VVI-lianis. of the Curtis Publish-
." n r w >.frf Gles was employed as foreman
!?i?«wrtaT de^rtmeatj W that Gies left the
s^Sert«en :i "•« a=d J l "* 3 *- m. on that day. and
7-Zad bkn been impossible for him to have
LS l*ntrfate. »fcif!> «■ a suburban point
iTe «han an hour's ride from the centre of the
!w ja'toe to purchase a ticket and catch the
Si to New York. Mr. "Williams also say« that
thfak O«*B capable of conceiving such
,i cV f r'- aa t0 k:il &ry on£> * and That he could not
L« ca^ied it hito efTect without assistance.
Tse BrfX-«P regarding the date on which Mrs.
G =J cied ¥(^m» to explained by the un
>-^i^r::" of Mr?. Haas, in whose house she died,
■» O» < T r £ lw * rr.ethads of writing dates. Dr.
TTUiaa Bade. yr^'° atTended Mrs. Gies, dated the
j^ certificate "S-IS-dS." Mrs. Haas, remember
tie fig-rrs, accepted the figures, as meaning
er.S day. '-**>- i--=tead of sixlh month, ninete^cta
Sir, and thus bad The date Jane 6 In mind.
latfsil^ation at Wi'mincton. Del., according to
the tuTfcorities. showed • .•.• Gles married Eliza
bti Wi;s<:,n A>iandpr in that city on May >■ ■•-
j^tSe r.a=e of WTHfaan Henry Stenton. The
•Jpssre ««■ *<"~~~e& from Magistrate Brcman and
i*,rer»Tr,cr.y a;i performed by the Rev. George
Ltfrts Wolfe.
Frederick Bockmaa. the cxpre.=« clerk who re
fers fcbaa the supposed murderer the package
wfcirh coriain^d the j-xMsoned ale sent to It Wll
soa. received a ]e::er to-day in -which he is advised
to pn slow la aiTPinptir.s to Identify any one as
•Js p«iM-r. who frnt the bottle of ale.
Thf DBXeome of the Wilson case swms likely to
depend very largely »pon your testimony." Fays
tit writer, "an.l I ho^ie you will go •»•*?;- slow, in-
B»*d. is identlfyijip anybody la •■■ •■ •'<*- It
Tosiid be am-fui to s-nci any one to th«» g ■•*■ for
yjEing sach a rr.r'.n as AVil;*on out of • - ■*•■.**
Ej'-imaa •ror.fronted Gies a.t the City Hall to
yftt, but refused to identify the prisoner posi
tireiy a* the man who left the package of ale at
the eipivfi? oSce.
G:es w:'.! be arraisn*ii to-morrow for a hearing
as an accessor! in the death c>f his wife.
BOVIMOB COMMUTES SENTENCES
Comic - Exercised in Four Cases on Recom
mendation of Board of Parole.
Aibisy. July C— On the recommendation of the
Sx-e EoarJ of I'arole Governor Hughe? to-day
cgrrsiited the t-entence« of four convicts. The pe
t-Sacs for executive clemency ■en originally re
lerwl to the board by the Governor.
Alexander Stewart, who when thirTeon years
tad «ad an inmate of the House of Refuge, on
BaaJiU's Island, was convicted in December, ISKKI.
el iLaasiaughUT and sentenced to Sinp sing prison
lor a t'.-mi of twenty years. i.< to be released taota
Prison at once, lie must, however, go to Free
vi3f and become a member of the G~orge Junior
Bfputiic ar.d remain there until discharged by
*j* managers of that institution.
TiiUam 11. Parker, who was convicted of mur
ift ia the first o-eree in Niagara County in May,
252. !he death wntmce being commuted to life
izspriiosnjent by the late Governor Flower, Is
pven fanh-r comrnutatloa by Governor Hughes
Is zhe forr.i ci an ind-teni;:r:ate sentence, with a
ttiisij^: of fifteen years and four months and
Siiiinunj of his natural life. He has • '■ . »d the
-2ifaum term ana can be released at once if the
F".son authorities so decide.
Doaodco Uassiniao, convicted of assault in New
Tork b April. EKX. and sentenced to seven year«
*a<i six months, had his .... to Our
years, vko months and tw«=nty-j>li day?.
Joseph Monannn. convicted of perjury hi Cat
teugva Courty in June. :iW6. and sentenced to
S* rears and <-lgh! months:, is given an lndeter
afaOe ■eatence ot act !<*ss than three years and
t **sty-thrt>e dlsrs «;r more than thr»e years, eleven
saonths and twer.ty days.
PREDICTS SERIOUS CAR SHORTAGE.
;p> 7»i«*raph to Th* Tribune.]
ffiVs.uk»e, Ju!y t.— "November 1 will see another
BORage of freight r-ars. perhaps sot si great a3
tcai of last year, but serious enough to hamper
gfeperC raid j. o. Klapp. manager of the Wis
««*!! Car S*rv*.ro Association ■ •.-. president of
a» Xttknal Associatloa of Car Service, to-day.
B» sars t^at business is picking up in all parts of
Kmatry zrA that t&e coming real crap rcove
"■^•t rffl m-^ :aT . g^ j-madg jjj to the available
•EPFiy of -ars -It ;g fafe to say that business Is
"bout :8 j*-r f_er.t more active *han it was a month
**o," be raid
The Hotel and
Resort Columns
of
The Tribune
a y? ay be taken *s &n ft*.
' ft entic guide to the best
£ °« hotels of the East,
» accommodations and
yorsment *re such &s
"I appeal most strongly to
lr J*>une readers.
"V hotel advertised will
booklet on request.
LAXD SCAR DAL OUT
Continued from first pare.
the Police Department Just prior to the pur
chase of thl.« property by the city at such a
price a«= to « ( ve Mr. Hurley a profit of J40.000
to SSO.CXV
Georjre A. Logan is the man who, in April or
May. IJ¥t6. gr O t an option on the property
through George N. Klemyer, a brother of John
IX Klemyer, for $2,250 an acre, which was an
advance of $l,r>oo an acre over the price paid in
July, 1905. Mr. Logan testified he tried to sell
it to the city through Byrnes, first at $6,000 an
acre, and then at $5,000 an acre. But Byrnes
wild he would not consider it.
Mr. Logan's option was to expire on October
31. 190rt, and he found himself unable to take
up the property.
TOLD TO BEE HURLEY ABOUT IT.
Then he received a strong intimation, it Is
said, to see Mr. H\irley about it. Mr. Logan
testific-d that Mr. Hurley said "he might be aMe
to handle" the sale to the city. About Septem
ber 1. 1906, Mr. Hurley advanced to Logan all
he had paid for the option and promised $2.">0
an acre profit when title should be closed on
October 31.
On October 29 Dr. Porter acting for Mr.
Hurley, grave an option to Byrnes, acting for
the city, for $105,000. Byrnes wrote to the.
Controller that the property could be acquired
at a private sale for $105,000. which he did not
consider excessive. When the Controller asked
Mr. Byrnes "if it was ail right, and perfectly
straight," Mr Byrnes did not tel". him that Mr.
Hurley was interested because "Mr. Metz would
not have pnrchased it if he had known that a
personal friend was interested."
When Controller Metz iearned of the transac
tion and the part that Mr. Hurley, his friend,
had played in it he was angry. Since June 10
In* transaction has been under investigation be
fore the Commissioners of Accounts. A Tvf*-k
ago yesterday, when Mr. Hurley waa on the
stand. Controller Metz sat beside Commission- r
<rallaher and Mr. Bruere, prompting them in
their questions from his knowledge of the affairs
of Mr. Hurley obtained through their Ions;
friendship. Ruddenly Hurley turned on the OOtt
troller and accused him of presuming on infor
mation obtained in their close friendship.
"FRIENDSHIP NOT IN IT MOW."
"Friendship has got nothing to <io with this
now." replied The Controller, fiercely. "If you
were my friend, why didn't you come to me with
trii= property? You know well enough I would
have sent it to condemnation. Tou didn't think
what sort of a position you were placing me
in."
The next day Mr. Hurley was excused In order
to make a business trip West, and the hearing
was adjourned until his return. He in now In
I>«-nver.
Controller Metz and Byrnes hav<* always been
good friends. "When Byrnes deserted the Mc-
Carren standard In Brooklyn some time ago the
Controller retained him, although h* found occa
sion to drop another deserting leader. Byrnes
then made Metz a delegate to the Democratic
National Convention from the «ith Congress Dis
trict, taking th* other place himself.
Last week, -while" the training farm transac
tion was under investigation, Byrnes had the
Andrew Jackson Club, his personal organiza
tion of the 11th Assembly District, pass fulsome
resolutions Indorsing the Controller as a candi
date for Vlce-Pre.sident. But it did not put off
his suspension. On .Saturday, the day after his
suspension, Byrnes and Met* departed for Den
ver as fellow delegates to the convention.
The land bought for the training farm la im
mediately In front of the tract bought for Kis
sena Park at the exorbitant price of some $S,(XK>
an acre, which scandal wan the subject of a
grand Jury investigation in Queens County. The.
Commissioners of Accounts learned that the
grand Jury at that time was about to take up
the acquisition of the training farm site, but
did not do so. They called to the stand Samuel
Stevenson, one of the leaders of the. Indepen
dence party in Brooklyn. Commissioner Gal
laher ;. «-d him if it were true that he had in
troduced Thomas F. Byrnes, appraiser- of the
real estate in the Controller's office, to Nathan
Vidaver, who, as Special Deputy Attorney Gen
eral, was prosecuting the Kissena Park matter.
Stevenson admitted that he had, and had told
Mr. Vidaver that Mr. Byrnes was an honest
an and would not stand for anything under
handed.
"Well, if he is. he has nothing to fear," Mr.
A'iiiaver is said to have replied.
Then Commissioner Gailaher a«k^d Mr. Ste~
V Masa. it is understood the testimony reads,
whether it was true that he carried $r>.i><ii) to
Mr. Vidaver. The witness flatly denied that he
had dune anything of the sort.
It is said that as & result of the trouble over
sewer contracts in Brooklyn under Superinten
dent O'Keefe brought out at the investigation
special attention will be paid to this department
ir. the investigation of the Borough President's
off.cc in Brooklyn, now being carried on by the
Commissioners of Accounts.
COLER THREATENS AWFUL THINGS.
In the course of the explanation of his losses
on Brooklyn pewer contracts Mr. Hurley testi
fied that he had lent $10,000 to President
Cover of Brooklyn in the fall of I!K>T Mr. Hur
ley had had some trouble in getting payment on
the Knickerbocker avenue sewer, but finally
thtr.gs were straightened out. Soon after this
Mr Coler wanted a loan of $25,000 from the :
Borough Bank, of which Mr. Hurley was vice
president. According to the testimony of Mr.
Coler. Mr. Hurley said th* bank was hard up, j
but he personally would loan $10,000 to Mr. j
Coler. This was in October, 1907. not long be- |
fore th* suspension of the bank. The Bureau of [
Municipal Research «aid yesterday that "Mr. I
Coler stated emphatically that the $10,000 per- j
sonal favor from Mr. Hurley had nothing what- !
«T*r to do with the many payments made j
through his office to Mr. Hurley on account of
the sewer contracts." (
There were, stories current yesterday of gifts
exchanged between Mr. Hurley and Mr. Coler. ,
When a Tribune correspondent in Denver asked
Mr. Coler regarding these statements he said:
"I have just been advised by wire of the report
of the Bureau of Municipal Research. I have
ordered my counsel to bring an action for crim
inal lib»-l and to recover $10,000 damages.
"I was a borrower during the late panic. For
years during my career as a broker I have been
a large borrower and lender, but there was
nothing irregular in any loan 1 obtained during
the panic or any other time. Relative to the
picture William S. Hurley gave me. it is a Bruce.
Crane painting, and without a frame, worth
about $80. In return of the compliment, I gave
g_j_ three Grolier Club books worth about the
5Hk amount. I have ordered my agents to get
the picture out of my house, put ii on exhibition
at the Borough Hall, and then sell it at public
auction so that its real worth may be ascer
tained. The money I shall give to Brooklyn
charities. Those fellows are trying to injure me
while 1 am here at the convention. I'll show ,
them Just how cheap they are."
Controller Metz, who reached Denver in the
afternoon, when asked about the case, said:
'•The Bureau of Municipal Research and Com- j
missioner? of Accounts turned up the data in
Use regular course of bfMfiiesc, with which I had
nothing to do. It is documentary evidence that
la piled up agaln»t QsJu. not idle gossip."
CHICAGO BANKERS MUST GO TO JAIL. '
Chicago, July The Appellate Court declined
to-day to net aside a Judgment against Abrn-r
Smith, former judge of the Circuit Court, and
Uui>tav F. Sorrow, growing out of the failure in
February, 1995. of the Bank of America. The men
were sentenced to th* penitentiary and to pay a
fine of $i.Ou(t each The Bank of America wan
e.'i.ibliiihed 'ay rSmith »nd Sorrow, and closed its
doors >** than, three months ai"t*r opening for
business. It *«« charged that stockholders in the
institution lost $175,000. Depositors w«r* paid la i
full. >*
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE; TUESDAY, JULY 7; 1908.
DEBT LIMIT RAISED
Tax Report ■ Shows Increased' Real
Estate Valuation. ■
Lawson Purdy. president of the Tax Commission,
yesterday afternoon forwarded to the Board of Al
dermen, In special session, the annual report of
the commission in ?om* three hundred and forty
large volumes. The report was referred to the I
finance committee, and the bSard will meet on {
July 21 to fix the tax rate.
Commissioner Purdy said that the assessed valua
tion of real estate had been increased $451,D35,187, the
borrowing capacity of the city being thus In- j
creased J43.1W.518. '
The aggregate of the persona! assessment, on
the other hand, was reduced JUS.OOO.OOO, being
mainly due to the cancellation of assessments'
against persons who are dead, or have- removed, .
or have no property. In small part the reduction
wan caused by the Investment in tax exempt mort- j
gages.
Prior to ISO,, for a number of years the collec- j
tion of personal taxes was less than two-thirds ,
of the assessment. In IST* about J72.000.000 of bad ,
assessments were cancelled. Last year the cancel- ,
lation wa.i $30,000,000. '
Mr. Purdy believes that a comparatively small ,
percentage of this year's assessments will fall to .
yield the proper amount of taxes. The loss in col
lecting should bd less than 10 per cent. This result
has been reached by the co-operation of the receiver j
and the attorney for the collection of arrears of |
personal taxes.
The tentative assessment of corporations in 1007 |
was $1,400,000,000. and the final assessment was
$83,000,000. This year the tentative assessment was j
$133,000,000, and the final assessment $90,000,000.
RATIFY THE MURDERER.
Socialist .Labor Part?/ Declares Its
' Faith in Its Candidate.
The Socialist Labor party met last night In
Cooper Union to ratify the nomination of a mur
derer for President of the United States. First the
band Jumped head over heels Into the "Mar
seillaise," and then the temporary chairman an
nounced that the comrades were gathered "to
ratify a shot that was exploded yesterday."
Abraham Lovine. the real chairman, first paid,
his respects to the capitalist class, which, he said,
was conspiring "to instigate and persecute" the
•workingman. lie called Martin R. Preston, the
Presidential nominee, a '"marteer," saying he had
killed the Goldfleld restaurant keeper in self-de
fence.
Preston, he said, was stationed as a picket in
front of the "eatin' Joint" while a strike of "fel
low waitresses" was in progress, whereupon the
proprietor, Silva, rushed out In his anger and put
the muzzle of \ Bhotgua "physically against" Pres
ton's nose. Therefore, the nominee shot Siiva. not
only protecting his none, J3ut consequently uphold
ing the honor of labor.
The Socialist party which nominated Debs came
in for mo.st of the vituperation Indulged in during
the evening, and even the words of the Christian
Socialist Fellowship were called moonshine. The
American- Federation of I-abor was not spared,
either. Comrade Kin her, of Cleveland, calling
the local affiliated body of his city the "Fakerated
Traitors Council." As for Wanhope, the Socialist
party's nominee for Governor of this state, Daniel
De Leon, editor of "The Daily People," said any
man who voted for him ought to be where Pres
ton was. In state prison, serving a twenty-five-year
term. Preston, he said, might be under the con
stitutional age (he is only thirty.-three). but if
elected he would be seated. Those who would
sti.kle at a constitutional provision, he said, were
a rum sort of revolutionists.
The ■ i of ratification were, passed with
it After a telegram hud been read from
Itonald It. Munrn. a mai liinist, of Portsmouth, Va.,
■eoeptina: tbe nomination for Yioe-Presideiit, and
Comrade ll 'inter had hurled anathemas at "Pier
rolnt" Morgan the audience adjourned to the outer
darkness.
FLOOD IN LINCOLN, NEB . KILLS FIVE.
Two Others May Have Perished — Hundred 3
of Families Driven from Home.
Lincoln, Neb., July t— Lincoln to-day experienced
what was probably the worst flood In its i. I
causing the known less of rive lives, and possi
bly two others, minor injuries to several, property
loss which cannot yet be even estimated, an almost
Lota] suspension of railroad traffic and misery to
hundreds of families, who have been driven from
their homes and are sheltered to-night in public
buildings and private re-idences.
ASKS PRINCESS FOR PROOF OF RANK.
Mayor Reyburn of Philadelphia Evinces a
Desire "To Be Shown."
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Philadelphia. July 6.— Princess Vilma Lwoß Par
l.ighy. of Hungary, an artist who came to this
city on Saturday with a large retinue, and took
unexpected part in the Oklahoma celebration st
Indeperai^n'-e Hall, was not received by Mayor
Reyburn to-day on the ground that he hud no
proof that she was of royal rark.
"I don't want to do the lady an injustice," said
tbe Mayor, "but she h«s got fo prove her right to
her title before I c;m receive her officially. On
Faturd.iy at Inder>endenr ■■<■- Hall I was seized by
soci*' >f h'^r party and almost bodily carried into
her presence, but I only spoke to her as I would
to any lady. I informed he r secretary to-day that
he would have to prov» her rank by the Austrian
consul."
Permission to paint a portrait of President Roose
velt was recently refused the princess.
TETANUS SUFPERER RECOVERING.
Man Who Placed Pork on Pitchfork Wound
Out of Danger.
Mineola. Long Island. Ju;y 6.— William Mahan, of
Sea Cliff, who was taken last week to the Nassau
Hospital with a fully developed case of tetanus,
was said to-day by the attending physUians to be
out of danger. Mahan ran the tines of a pitchfork
into one of his feet, and placed pork on the wound.
Hiß jaws and muscles were set when he reached
the hospital a f<-w days later. The anti-tetanus
si-rum treatment was administered, and his re
■overy now is assured.
SNAKE INDIANS THREATEN KISING.
[By T<>|p(craph to The Tribune. 1
Oklahoma City, Okla.. July 6.— A serious out
break of the Snake Indians In camp near ivre is
threatened Tbe Indians are 2.0<i0 strong and
are reported to be well armed. They received
three srasjon loads of Winchester rfles to-. lay nnd
pay they will right to-morrow unless al! homestead
certificates ar^ delivered.
The Indian :-igent ia on his way to the camp to
avert the threatened outbreak.
NEW TREASURER OF COFFEE EXCHANGE.
James H. Taylor was elected treasurer of the
New York Coffee Exchange Sills* to fill the
vacancy rsiuod by the death of Jamc-s H. Kirby,
who had held the. office for many years.
Mr. Taylor is a member of the board of managers.
He is connected with the firm of L. W. Mlnford,
of No. Ml Wall street.
TWENTY-THIRD INDORSES TICKET.
The Liberal Republican Club, the organization
club of the iM district, of which Cofltn 11. Woo*.
ward, leader of the district, is president, held a
meeting last night to Indorse the Silt I mail
ticket and the platform adopted at Chicago. Ex-
Assemblyman Josiah T. Newcomb Introduced the
resolutions and spoke for their adoption. They
were passed enthusiastically.
ASKS EXTENSION FOR C. H. & D. ROAD.
Cincinnati, July 6.— Judson Harmon, receiver of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Com
pany, filed in application in the federal court to
a»y, asking that th« time for the payment of out
standing receivers' certificates of the road be ex
tended until January 1. 18t». He states that he be
lieves arrangements can be made to take up si! the
certificates and pay all Interest charges by tn« first
«f the. year
POI.ICEMAX ARRESTED.
Prisoner. Broad Street Fruit Vender,
Released by Captain.
Edward Manning 1 , a policeman attaches to the
Elisabeth street station, was arrested and locked up
at the John *tr«-*»t station last night on a charge of
assault on Nicholas Asstmacolus. of No. 11 Murray
street; a pedler. well known to business men in
Broad street, between Stone nnd Beaver street.
where he has sold fruit for several years.
Manning was off duty and on his way to« take the
ferry for his home, at No. 13 Grand street. Port
Richmond, Statin Island. The fruit vender was In
the middle of the street, in a spot torn up for re
pairs, when he was approached by Manning and
told to move along. The pedler refused and the
officer attacked him. according to witnesses, knock-
Ing him dov. n and then-overturning the pushcart
and dumping a load of fruit in the street.
Several business men, who were Just leaving
their offices at that time, 6 o'clock, remonstrated
with the policeman. He drew his revolver, they
said, struck the fruit vender over the head with
the butt, and then pointed the business end of the
firearm at the crowd. He then led his prisoner
away, apparently peeking the John street station.
Charles Happel. a broker a* No. 15 Whitehall
street, followed the policeman and his prisoner, and
said afterward that they roamed around for half
an hour before starting In the direction of the sta
tion.
At the John street station Manning told Captain
Hogan that he had arrested the fruit pedler for
keeping his cart within eight, en inches of the car
tracks in Broad street. When Captain Hogan
asked him when car tracks had been laid in Broad
street the officer, it is said, was unable to answer.
When Captain Hocan asked him when the arrest
was made the policeman glanced at the clock. Ho
pan says, and answered "7:30 o'clock.'" It was then
only 7 o'clock, and Captain Hogan 'ordered Man
ning's arrest.
A police surgeon says Manning was intoxicated.
The 1 fruit pedler was released.
VILLAGE HAS NAE.KOW ESCAPE.
Incendiaries Almost Succeed in Destroying
Small Place in Ontario.
Ogdensburg, N. y.. July — Incendiarism and
acts of vandalism threw th« village of Cardinal.
Ont., into a state of intense excitement to-day.
Th« village narrowly escaped destruction by the
flames which the incendiaries set.
B. McKnlght. a butcher, was the chief sufferer.
When he went to his slaughter house this morning
to begin his day's work he found his cattle shot to
death Driving back to his meat market he dis
covered the building in flames. The fire spread
rapidly, and besides burning the market building
destroyed three stores and the Dillon Hotel, to
gether with several barns and outbuildings.
"When Mr. McKnight attempted to semi In an
alarm he four.d th» alarm box broken. The key
was also mining, and the evident purpose of the
Incendiaries to prevent the prompt sounding of the
fire signal was successful. By the time the firemen
arrived the fire had attained such headway that
only with great difficulty was it checked. The- loss
on the buildings burned, for the most part wooden
structures, will be nearly $30,000.
No information is obtainable here to-night as to
what prompted the acts of the incendiaries, and no
arrests have been made in connection with the
affair.
TWO FAMILIES IN FATAL WRECK.
Five Killed and Six Injured at California
Railroad Crossing.
Los Angeles, July 6.— Four children and the
father of two of them were killed and six per
sons were Injured last night in a collision be
tween a farm wagon containing eight children,
two men and one woman and an electric car on
the Santa Ana line. near Watts, about ten mil
from this city. The dead are Joseph Oiler, forty
six years old; Joseph Oiler, Jr., fourteen years old;
11. Oiler, eight years old. all of Lynnwood; Eliza
Kuehner. nine years old. and Theodore Kiieiiner,
seven years old. both. of Los Angel.-*. Peter Kueh
ner. father of Theodore, was injured, as were his
wife, another child, and three other children- of
Joseph Oiler.
The Kuebner family had been spending the day
with the Oilers, and the latter family had accom
panied the Kuehnen to the Santa Ana line, where
they were fo take the car to this city. When
nearing the tracks Joseph Oiler, who was driving.
saw the car coming, and tried to cross in front of
It. The car hit the. wagon squarely. Mrs. Kueh
ner Jumped, escaping. with slight injuries.
MIDDIES WILL LEAVE NEW LONDON.
Base of Practice Cruise Transferred to New
port Because of Dance Hall Discrimination.
Annapolis, July fi.-It was ano tunced at the
Naval Academy to-day that Superintendent Badger
had approved the recommendation of Commander
W. 3. Benson, commanding the midshipmen's prac
tice cruise squadron, that the base of the siuadron
be transferred from New London to Newport be
cause of alleged discrimination against the uniform
of the enlisted men. The proprietor of a dancing
pavilion at New London refused to allow the blue
jackets to dance on the floor of his pavilion, and
because of this Commander Benson asked th;it he
be ordered to leave New London with his vessels.
CHARGED WITH CINCINNATI MURDER.
Man Who Says He Is a* New Yorker Ar
rested in Boston.
Boston. July 6.— On a charge of having murdered
Frederick O. Singleton In Cincinnati on August H,
1907. Edward H. Evans waa arrested here to-day l>>
police detectives. It is alleged by the detective
office that Evans is also known as E. H. Jones and
K. H. West. He gave his residence as No. 1145
West 326 th street. New York City. He Is twenty
eight years old.
Police officers had been searching for the man
for several days, havin? received notification from
the Cincinnati authorities that letters mailed to
Evans at a Chicago address had been forwarded to
this city. The circumstances of the murder are
not known here.
The only Edward H. Evans in the New Tork di
rectory Is lifted as having a collection office at
No. 181 Broadway, Room *S. Numbers ;n W"st
:2tith street do not run above 000.
TO GO TO CHAIR FOR KILLING MOTHER.
Bernard Carlin, the twenty-one-year-old Brook
lyn boy. who on April 8 shot and killed his mother.
Mrs. Susan Carlln, In her home at 557 Quiney
street, Brooklyn, was found guilty yesterday of
murder in the first degree and sentenced by Judge
Dike in the County Court. Brooklyn, to he executed
in the week beginning August 3. Carlin admitted
while on the stand, that he had planned to kill his
mother while he was still in prison. The trial
began at 11 a. m. yesterday, and the Jury went
out at 1:30 p. m. The verdict was rendered an
hour and a half later.
BIG S. P. SHOPS RESUME.
Sacramento, Oat., Jrly 6.— The big Southern Factfls
shops here will reopen to-morrow with 75 per cent
of the force employed at the time of the shutdown
on January 26. The one thousand men who return
will bo employed six days a week instead of five, as
before the shutdown.
NOTED COMPOSER'S SON ASKS PARDON.
Dcs Homes, lowa. July 6.— F. Smith, son Of the
man who wrote "America," was before the state
board of pardons to-day asking to be released
from the state, penitentiary at Anamosa. He has
been nerving a term of four years for embezzlement.
He was once Mayor of Davenport. lowa.
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AFTER THE FOURTH
A Lot of Desperate Criminals Haled
to Children's Court.
A sweltering, perspiring, anxious crowd of
fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts, the fathers
and uncles mostly collarless and. the mothers and
aunts mostly with their shirtwaists coming out at
the belt. A long line of youthful criminals.' with
seared, precocious faces— dreadfully precocious In
the knowledge of the street. Some of the youthful
criminals are potentates and have handkerchiefs
to bury their snuffle« In, some have to use thru
shirt sleeves, and Borne, being shirtless, are re
duced to their bare arms. A number of officers
keep order and check the .arguments that occa
sionally break out In some one of fifty odd dialects
from the perspiring mass before the rail. Be
hind the rail Judge Wyatt looks from the very
small toy revolver Just laid before him by the com
plaining witness, a policeman, to Antonio Supino,
the prisoner. Antonio's head reaches about two
Inches above the Judge's desk. It la the Children"*
Court. The first session after the Fourth, and If
the Court cared to confiscate all the toy revolvers
produced In evidence it would have the nucleus for
a promising pawnshop or auction room.
"Antonio, where did you get this revolver?" asks
the judge. / '>-
Antonio falters something. It Is curious, but a
boy who ran yell to his chum: "Hello, Skinneer
Comin' out fright?" in a voice that can be heard
five block*, can't make himself audible to a Judge
two feet away. But Jud^e \V;.:irt Is skilled in
interpreting childish faltering*, and he patiently
BSsemtSMjisa Antonio's mumble about "gettin' it off
'nother feller." and "a can o' beat we sot in a
barber shop."
"A barber shop!" says, the Judge. "So thafa
where you get your beer?" After more question-
Ing he turns to the mother, a wisp of a woman in
a tired looking hat, who has tearfully sworn that
Antonio is "Goo»l-:i boy. good-a boy." and gives her
a volume of excellent advice packed into two sen
ten, Antonio, having been rather rampagious
with his beer and his revolver. Is sentenced" "a
dollar or a day," and the doliar not being forthcom
ing. Antonio is haled upstairs to serve his "day" —
which means detention until about 4 p. m.
The next boy. whose small, scared face repeats
the face of his mother, a tall woman In shabby
mourning, gets •>»! with "sentence suspended." He
had played with a toy revolver, but mildly.
"But mind," says the Judge, "if you are brought
lnt» this court another time I shall have to give
you a harder sentence."
Michael Sterselba urn. the next case, doesn't «* 1
oft ho easily. He is older. First. he declares that
the pistol was never "fired. The judge smells of it.
"This pistol has been fired," he says.
•'Well- he fired It," says Michael, pointing to the
policeman who brought him in.
"Michael," said Jud^e Wyatt, with all the stern
ness Of which his benignity U capable, "if you had
told the truth you would have got off without pun
ishment. As it is— dollar or a day."
The next case brings, a touch of romance into
the dingy courtroom. The prisoners are two, a
mite of a girl with tangled yellow hair an.i a boy
a head taller. It appears that they eloped on th«s
Fourth, and were found late at night wandering
about Battery Park in a vain attempt to^get to
New Jersey.
"Did you have any money?" the Judge ask!».
gently.
"I bad eight cents an' he had four," pipes the
girl. "We found some tickets."
The judge ponders.
"The mother of this girl." he says.
The mother cornea. She is very fat, and tears
mingle with her perspiration.
"Why. you had this child in this court the other
day," the Judge says to the mother. "You told us
you couldn't make her go to school. Can't you
take care of your child?"
"Judge, I tell you the truth." the woman a<»
i ■ereratea "I go to work at 6 o'clock. I come
i home late. When I come I say to Lillie, Tow
I been good girl to-day?" and she says, 'Yes.
mnmma. I went to church to-day.' I am at work
all day. LOBe Is alone." The woman Spreads her
i hands apart hopelessly.
"Well," says the judge, "if yon cannot tak»
care of your child I must take care of her. There
she was. wandering about all day. an.'. it was
Go.l's providence that she didn't fall into the
water and drown. If you can't keep her at home
I must put be* in an institution. Sentence sus-
More cases follow —ill boys with toy revolve
and hoy- accused of playing ball in the street;
rows of boys, generally with names ending in
"stein" or "sky"-are brought up. charged with
peddling; "to earn a little money for 'de Fourt'.' "
they plead. mumblingly. and are admonished by
the court that they mustn't peddle because they
aren't old enough to have licenses.
Then comes a tmrneadM boy. charged with
bulMln a fire in a vacant lot.
"And using vile language when I told him he
mustn't." adds the officer who arrested him.
"What was the language?" asks the Judge.
The officer is a modest young man. with red
hair and a bulging brow, and he blushes redder
than his hair as he leans over and whispers hi
the Judicial ear.
The judge question? Towhead, and has the father
up. The father Is unshaven, but smiling.
"My boy is a good boy." he says.
"Best boy you ever knew. I suppose?" Inquires
the judge. *
"Always good to me." says the unshaven one.
"And you don't care what he does to other peo
ple?"
"He is a good boy. The neighbors never com
plain of him."
"My boy." says the Judge, "didn't you know it
was wrong to build a fire?" i
Seen in the Shops
In a fashionable shoe shop "Merry "Widow" j
patent leather bows with long gold or silver buckles
are shown. In butterfly effect, to be worn on the ;
toes of dainty slippers.
Soft shades In undressed kid rump?, with leather
straps stitched lengthwise, to represent the sandal,
are. among tiie latest novelties.
Some remarkable bathing . uits are shown thU
summer. They are made of shadow plaid tattetas
in solid colors. The bathing caps and »noes are
made of the same silk, and there are also parasols
to match. For women who wish to obey the advice*
in the old song: "But don ♦. so near the water."
they are certainly becoming, an.l will attract saf-
C.-lent attention.
A new hag has ju been Introduced to the shop
counters. It folds over something after the fashion
of the old shawl strap and. closes up so neatly
that when arranged it looks like ■ small bag. A*
the shopper adds to lux stock, however, the bag
can be let out to host as much as ■ small suit
ease.
A new writing paper looks like old vellum or
parchment, and each envelope Is lined with brown.
The idea la a little ultra, and yet perfectly good
stylSk
In a Jeweller's window on Fifth avenu<* one may
find tiny Teddy bears In gold or silver with diamond
or ruby eyes. TheY are Intended for chain charms.
Vat perishable furniture of Empire style oil »ilk
slip covers may be obtained. They serve a doubla
purpose — not only do they keep out dust but they
protect the delicate gok* and damask from all
mildness.
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The millinery shops ar« a maze of flowers and
feathers, 'while the shapes a a almost- too varied
to describe. One of the prettiest hat.i seen m an
attractive window was a soft gray straw trftamed
with green leaves and ripe wheat.
An olive set in silver is & dainty idea, the dish
. | I 6«iß»st
idea In.
"Built it to drive away the 'skeerers." he 3*iyv
"The /aosquitoes we/c bad. w»re they?"* says
the Jii-I*-> "Weil, you may gn; fcut t want to tell
you som»rth!ns," and he Include* father n.r.<*. *>n
in hia glance. "If you are 'brought into thU court
again. I shall have to sen<J you to an trwtirutiors.
my boy. You area little boy to be uaicg Vila lan
g- IE".
The next case Is a Fourth et Ju!7 burglary. A
very »ma!l 007, not caught in the act. but causSt
with the goods on his person— to wit. cigarette*
and some broken candy. Us committed th* crime.
It seems, in company jrlth an oMer boy. wbt> was
Just out of the Hniisc of Refuse. The Juris* let *
him ro, hut bas the mother up tor a word ot
warning.
"I let the boy go." h« «.iys. "because he wai
not caught in The act. but there Is no rimibt that
he broke fr.to that store ar.il stole Now. I want
to say to you tbat be has «far:wd i.i a ba«l way— a
bad way; and you are to blame. You let him Ft»5T
with those o!iU-r IW cnmi.ir.ii.ns, who >■'- Win into
trouble. Remember, if he is brotißh; h're asaln*
I must sen<! him *way. or tine him. and yea Blast
pay the fine."
Then court adjourns, for It Is lur;ch*T t.rre.
But if «oon reconvenes, for there are many more
small boys to he tried. It was a busy da 7 for
the Children's Court.- July •>. I9CS.
-WORKINGS OF THE LAW."
"Great Institution, the law." said the observant
man. "The tine tlisrernmenr tha: Is shown in pun
ishing Just the offences that ought to bt? pun
ished ia wonderful. reai:>- wonderful. I noted ia
the papers the other clay an instance of the law
a3 it affects youthful offentlers.
'One item stated that a lar^e hawi. t^.«ay
wounded in the breast. fr-!l on the gruss In Wash
(tan s<r:are Park. an<! was captured by two
sma!i boys. Then was beheM the beautiful si^ht
of those two boys parading the neighborhood w::"a
the dying hawk struggllos between them. eac&
boy hoMIn? to one r,z Its wings. An admbtas
crowd of children tni'leil after them. This lasted
for some time, but finally the bird dieil, and thea
the boys set up a siil*-sht<w in an old box. and
charged admission for a look at the b-xiy. Nobody
Interfered with the boy 3 while they were drag
ging: the "li'lnsi hitwk arounJ. Xo policeman *ar>
"But two schoc'.bcys were arrested that samst
day, up on the West Side, by a plain clothes man.
and were haled before Ox Juvenile Court. And
what for? For a heinous cri— e. They were arrest
ed for playing ball on the street!
"Fine thing, the law. ia some of it's workings."
THE TRIBUNI JrAITE:
Never has there. beea_ a pietticr style in vr>gm»
than that of the. over-blou.-;e, and it suit.* fan youns
Kirt so we!! that it is a special favorite amors*? tba
younger contingent. Here ij one tbat can be util
ized either sepsiraf-ty or Joined to the skirt. Th»
material Is ponsee, with baiiaa of taffeta, while tha
centra front 13 ma>ie of aU-uver ... but
a. most all materials that ar^ u=;eil fir k'.tls' fir^s-'es
are appropriate, anil it will te foiir.il ec;ua!'y satis
factory or the thin materials of the preser.t and tor
the slightly heavier on«-s of the near future.
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being narrow and shallow arid the bowl at tH«
spoon exactly the shape of. hai' an olive.
Japanese silk parasols are foun.l beside the moat
exact tailor gowns; they arc very light in weight
and only a few have b*en Imported. The tailor
says he sells them ad f;i.st as tnex can be obtained
from Jar«n-
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more b.
Glass sherbet giasse-* with un.'.er plates, all
having a design In sterling silver deposit burst
on, a:- refrrsair.^ looking and iavitlns .1 Ui«
summer dinner table
Ohe shop la maiinc c 4 uite_a feature of whit*
sbxvs with sh!n:nsj black »o*«»s and, heels. "With.
a black and white gowa th-.y carry out a very
good effect.
Cretonne U quite the fad of the season. A fceritstl
fnl coat la mails ot the goovlj anj to uallned.
because the wrong aid* of tha mctrriai Is quite aa
lovely »s the right. The coat is trimmed on tifcj
ed^es with on* inch wide b'm-it velvet r:at,oa.
Narrow cretonne b*-H* an;i handkerchief bags !a
various shapes are offered to the narosUtlng pur
chaser.
Parasol* maiie of cretor.n-s are both becoming and
durable. A hat ot the sa:p» material la decidedly
ti-j.tlnt. especially for young s^r!*. Ziui cretonne
colors are very Parisian ar.<l the shades ar« soft.
The gooda may be bought in the furniture depart
ment of almost aay :.irg» ••tor* that caters to tie
reo.ulrem«nts of woaaakta*
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