■^ ' * w ' V OL LXII N° -20.351. rRILMVIRS BREAK (T. UAFFKN WEARY OF FURNISH ING PATRONAGE. TRIPLE LEADERSHIP TXIOCGHT TO BE pOOMED, and some SEE I>EV- T'UY'S STAR RISING. ■ ;;.,, ■ . - President HafTen ha? broken with the triumvir*. and will not be at the much adver se conference at Tammany Hall to-day. "WtbfT wili Mr. "Sport" Murphy, the leading nirci ii the email stock company that has made - * successful show of itself at the Wijrivam since JjjFt spring, Mr. Murphy was last heard from in Michigan. Now ]■• is believed t<> be attending to ilie Interests of hie East Side constituents at „,. Saratoga racetrack. Borough President HaTfen'f defection probably mean? the wind tip of thf show. fTo is iir«=-'l of th*» far<-e. and h«» i? ex c**d:nply weary of providing ■11 the patronage lhat goes to T.immar.y Ball in these •parlous* itoes. TChen :i?)<>d \:. (Great applause r>on't that excursion cover a multitude —— Mr. Gibbons paused right there. That was ■There he had a right to stop if he wanted to— at multitude"— and he wanted to. The crowd roared back an affirmative answer that assured the distinguished orator that the excursion had covered a multitude, and Mr. Gibbons let It go at that. „ Ai the and saloon meeting Mr. Devery got another enthusiastic greeting, and his remarks *-«re true and important from his point of view. inn RET. E. L. ATKIXSOITS BODY FO(TXD. •tn-kiial of p.n.-roR OP ciii-nm '"" THE nnpiiANV to nr. held to-dat. Plymouth. Mass.. Aug. 4.— The body of the IPv-?v. Edward 1.. Atkinson, rector of the Church of the Epiphany.- New- York v City, who was drowned in Boot Pc.Jl on Friday las*, was re covered this afternoon by a driver. *: Funeral nervices will be held at the home of George Atkinson. In Reading, to-morrow after noon. Hr?n^trl*r «ll R R. tickets between New -York ar.d Albany ar^ go«a via Day Ltiv steamer*. Music. :>(w landing. \V. 13»th St.— A B \ n rt Saturday* at 2 P. M. No etop between New "iork the <_ia:.- Advt. £, . ; __ , THE FIGHT AT AGUA DULCE. REBELS SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED DEFEAT. MANY OF THE REVOLT'TIOXARY TROOPS E \in TO Rfr ItESERTIXG— BATTLE MAY NOT BE OVER. F'anama. AtiK. 4. — Telepraphic communication with San Carloa was re-established this after- T^onn. and at ."> p. m. General Salazar received a tplepiam from Snr. Carlos saying that some revolutionary officers belonging to the forces under < leneral Hearers had passed that town in flight. They reported the defeat of the revo lutionists at Aqua Dolce. This news has not been ronfinnedL and details and further Informa tion are awaited. The United States cruiser Ranger is reported to have pone to Aqua Dulee for the purpose of bringing the wounded back to Panama. Definite news of the engagement is expected when she urns. TeleKraphlc communication extends only to Cham*, which Is three days journey from Aqua Dnlce, and it i.« consequently impossible to ob tain details of the engagement. The government gunboat Chucuito. which was sent from here with ammunition for General Morales Bertl. could noi deliver her cargo be c.iuso the port of Aqua Dulce had been captured by the revolutionism. Water communication be twfen the government troops at Aqua Dulce and Panama Is consequently interrupted. A eovernmrnt officer who was captured by the revolutionists In January of this year in a pre vious battle at Aqua Dulce has made his escape from General Hern • amp and reached Pana ma. He reports that many revolutionists are dfsertinjr. partly because they are forced to right against members of their own political party, as well as on account of the heavy losses the revolutionists are said to have sustained every day since the beginning of this battle. It Is believed that the battle will last several days longer. General Balaxar, Military Gov ernor of Panama, to-day said that if General Herrora's forces were not defeated within five days he would march with all the forces he has in Panama to attack the revolutionary leaders r?.ir guard. General Salazar has received a t» iegraphic message from the Colombian Minis ter of War asking if reinforcements are needed. ar.i saying that if bo he will send them imme diately. .. . . The government gunboat. Boyaca. whtcn Ik missing, left here last Tuesday with reinforce ments for General Morales Berti. who is near the port of Auga Dulce. She was attacked by the revolutionary fleet and obliged to retreat. Since that time 'nothing has been heard of the Bovaca- but. being faster than the revolution ary gunboat Padilia, she if believed to have The Boyaca*? rudder was recently found to be in bad condition, and the repairs made to it were conducted rapidly and not too thoroughly Gen eral Salazar. Governor of Panama, Is of the opinion that some accident has happened to the gunboat which has left her helpless at sea or stranded on the ccast or on some island. FEARS FOR A COLOMBIAN SHIP. THE RANGER TO GO IN SEARCH OF THE BOTACA. •Washington. Auc Captain Potter, of th« Ran ger has informed th- Navy Department from Panama that the Governor of Panama requests that the Ranger g= to sea and endeavor to locate the steamship Boyaca. which, it Is feared, has broken down and is in distress, and aboard which were a. lar*e number of people. T.he department has authorized the Ranger to proceed on this mis sion. Th( . vessel referred to tn Captain Potter's dis patch is th« Colombian punboat Boyaca, which arrived at Panama on July 28. after having taken troops and provisions to General Morales Berti at Acua Fml'-e It was at this port that a peyere battle with the revolutionist* was bepun on July ST and It may be that the Royara was again f*nt with relnforcf-mftnts to Aeua Dulre. MAJOR GORGAS SAVES A LIFE. JUMPS INTO HAVANA BAT TO RESCUE DROWNING CUBAN BOY. {Copyright; 1902: By The Tribune Association.) [HT CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.] Havana, Aug. 4.-MaJor Gorgas. U. B. A.. jumped over a high wail Into the deep water of Havana Bay this afternoon and saved a young Cuban boy from drowning. The major was talk ing at a telephone when he heard the boy's cries, ,nd rushed out and jumped into the water with all his clothes on. The Cuban crowd shouted -Viva el Americano!" as the major brought the boy out. RABBI JOSEPHS SUCCESSOR. BERNARD L. LEVINTHAL BECOMES HEAD OF ORTHODOX .TEWS. Philadelphia. Aug. 4.-Bernard L. Levlnthal, for eleven year* chief rabbi of the orthodox Jews of Philadelphia, has been appointed to succeed Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph, of New-York. a- the bead of the Orthodox Jews In the United States. The position was made vacant by Rabbi Joseph's recent death. Rabbi L,' vinthal came to Philadelphia eleven mars a o from Kowno. Russia, to take the place made vacant by the death of his father-in-law SiS Kleinberg. It was he who started th*- Kosher Beef Association to inspect the meat eaten by orthodox Jews, and see that the ani mals were killed according to the Mosaic law The rabbi has been active in the Zionist Soci ety founding the branch in this city He is vice-president of the Federated Zionist Societies of the United State*. He was also last week elected vice-president of the American Jewish Orthodox Society of Rabbis of the United States. GATES WOU AX AND CHILDREN. POLICEMAN REPRIMANDED BY MAGISTRATE FOR AN ARREST STOPS A RUN AWAY TEAM. Policeman James A. Murray, of the East One hundred-and-fourth-st. station, who was se verely criticised by Magistrate Pool in the Yorkvilie court yesterday for arresting Mrs. An nie Cooper on a charge of accosting him In the street, came out in another role last nlf?ht when he stopped a team of runaway horses in Third ave. at Kiphty-fifth-st The horses were fright ened by a fire engine, and Murray turned them out of th* way of a crowd of children and a woman with a baby crossing the street. The policeman was wounded in one knee, and his clothing was torn, but he reported for duty. Borne citizens started a petition in his favor to ].<. presented to Commissioner Partridge. Murray was at Third and Blghty-fifth-st. on his way to the station when Fire Engine No. S-. in Eighty-rifth-pt., was called out. A two-; horse delivery wagon stood near the corner, the driver being in a house near by delivering goods. The horse became frightened by th«- engine ana dashed toward Third-aye. A hurdy-gurdy was at the corner, with a crowd of children around it. The team was dashing down toward them when Murray rushed out and grabbing the bridle of the .nearest horse turned the team aside. He hung on and was dragged off his feet, but suc ceeded in turning the team Into Third-a.ve.. keeping them from running down a woman and child crossing Eighty-flfth-st. He was dragged nearly a block before he stopped the horses. "THE CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS LIM ITED." Five trains a day from New York to Cincinnati ami St Louis by the New York Central, including ■The Limited." " leaving New York at 5:30 p. m.— AdvL NEW- YORK. TUESDAY. AUGUST 5, 1902. -FOURTEEN PAGES.- b> Ta.^aS^SKut,-. COSTLY WORK OF RAZING CITY WILL HAVE A BIG BILL FOR TEAR TNG DOWN* BURNED ARMORY WALLS. The prospects ar<= that the city will have an enormous bill to pay for the tearing down and removal of what remained of the "Ist Regiment Armory, at Thirty-fourth-st. rind Park-aye.. after it was destrowed by first last February. Canavan Brothers, who are doing the work, have had an average of four hundred men em ployed at the ruins ever since July 11. accord ing to a statement made by Mr. Canavan las* night. The laborers receive $2 a day. the car penters .*.". 75 and the shorers ?4 50. Mr. Tana van could not srive an approximate idea of what the work had cost up to date. A Tribune re porter who viewed the ruins yesterday afternoon could see no one at work. A watchman who was stationed at the Thirty-fourth-st. entrance said that the workmen had been withdrawn last Wednesday. Mr. Canavan declared last night, however, that his men were at work on the ruins yesterday, and that they had not been with drawn at any time. He said that at times four hundred and fifty men were ensragred in tearing down and removing- the walls and debris. All that appears to have been accomplished, how ever, is the removal of the west wall, which was cracked in places and pronounced dangerous by Inspectors of the Buildings Department. The watchman Bsttd. tfcsit i; would nobabii take three months to clear away all the debris. The wall that wa* removed was of large blocks. These blocks, according to Thomas O. McGHI, chief inspector of the Buildings Depart ment, were considered to be the property Of Canavan Brothers, and were used by thorn in the building of a church. The Board of Estimate has appropriated $13. 350 for this work, as follows On March 5, $2.ri00 for the removal of the rums and the preparation of the site for a new building; July 1. $SSO fo r boarding up entrances, watchmen and superin tendents' time; June 6, $10,000 to provide moans for the construction of a new building. It Is likely that all of this money will be eaten up before the work is fairly started. Chief In spector McGill said yesterday afternoon that the department had received a bill from Cana van Brothers for the work up to and including last Wednesday. Mr. McGill would not divulge the amount of. the bill. It was suggested thai the bill was a public record, but Mr. McGill thought otherwise. He said it was being checked up by the building inspectors who were detailed on the work, and th.it several items of expense might be thrown out. Until It had been properly verified and accepted, Mr. McGill did not consider it to be a part of the records of the department. Mr. McGill added that the work was personally Inspected daily by Perez M. Stewart. Superintendent of Buildings. "Mr Stewart knew at the .start." said Mr. Me- Gill "that no matter how conscientious an eco nomical a Job was done, there would be some criticism when the bill was rendered. It was safe to assume that there would be some "hol ler.' Therefore. Mr. Stewart personally super vised the work. On one occasion the contractor told him that he had one hundred and sixty four men at work on one of the walls. Mr. Stew art thought the number was less, rind the men were ordered to line up so as to be counted. There were 171 men. and Mr. Canavan imme diately started an Investigation to find where the additional seven men came from. It is al leged that they slipped In over the walls and through the openings so as to obtain time checks when the day's work was done. Watchmen were then stationed about the ruins to prevent a rope tlon of this abuse. , "The Canavan Brothers have a well equipped emergency corps and all the paraphernalia necessary for this class of work. They hire Whatever help they need to do Jobs of this kind, and send their bills to this department. No, there is no contract price Canavan Brothers are paid according to the number of men they Mr. McVsill said that John J. Jordan, assistant superintendent, and James Flaming. Harry Mc- Gee P H Raub and Thomas Sanderson, in spectors were assigned to the work in addition to Mr Stewart himself. Mr. McGill said that Canavan Brothers used their own money to pay their workmen, and would probably have to wait six months before being reimbursed by the city. ATTEMPT TO WRECK 1 TRAI\ BOCK AW AY 'BEACH ENGINE JUST TOUCHES HEAVY TIES PLACED ON TRACK. What is believed to have been an attempt to wreck a train on the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad was made on Sunday night. At 8 o'clock a train of four cars, well filled, left th* East New-York station on its way to Canarsie. William Davis, too engineer, was pushing his train aloiiK at a. good rati of speed for his lir.e, which never makes unusually fast time, when several dark objects on the track ahead wore revealed by the headlight. William Warner, superintendent of the road who happened to "-..-» riding in the engine cab at the time, was the first to see th..- danger. He shouted to the engineer and applied the air brakes. The train came to a standstill Just as the cowcatcher pushed gently against a heavy railroad tie that was lying directly across the track. Examination snowed that three ties had been placed across the. track at intervals of about four feet. As the roadbed and rolling stock of the rail road are not the heaviest or most modern, there is little doubt th.it the train would have been sent off Into the ditch if it had run with any force Into the obstructions- Th" place where the train wrecking; attempt was mane If a lonely spot between IJumont and Sutler eves. Although p. brief search was made in the vicinity, no clew as to who placed the ties on the (rack was discovered. Superintendent Warner said vestrrday that the company would give a liberal reward for Information which wouM lead to the punishment of the miscreants. S»80 mil.es IN SB hours.. The new "20th Century Limited • of the New York Central and Lake Shore does this every da >- an , effect? a great saving to the busy man who travels between the East and West.— Ad'vt. RrPSKT.T, PAGE. r> n his eighty-sixth birthday, yesterday. be stopped inn* enough from work at his n»sk to have his picture taken. FORMER SENATOR AND WIFE THROWN FROM CARRIAGE IN SCOTLAND. lyondon. Auk. 4.— While former T'nited States Senator Don Cameron and Mrs. Cameron were drlvinp this afternoon from Fort William. In verness-sbire, Scotland, to Inverlochy Castle, Loehaber, which he has leased for the summer. the horses shied and the carriage ran into a cart. lioth Mr. and Mrs. Cameron were thrown out. and the ex-Senator was severely injured In the groin. With the exception of shock. Mrs. Cameron was not hurt. M DEUTSCH BADLY HURT. THROWN FROM AtTTOMOBTLE SEVERAI. RIBP BROKEN. Paris. Auc. 4. —M. Deutsch, donor of the prize of itK'(M»» ;ran<-*< offered for the Inventor of a diri^ibl-' balloon, which was won by Santos- Dumont, was seriously hurt in an automobile ,)■ Ident in a suburb of Paris to-day. Several of his ribs were fircken, ani he was otherwise injured. EXPIRES JUST BEFORE TIME FOR NEIGH BOB'S FUNERAL, WHICH HE WAS TO CONDUCT. <r. Brown was eighty-six years old. After on h^ retired to his room, and his gTand who went to call him. found him dead. T>r. William B Graves, who wa <•.■!!!••■!. ascribed ■ fa I .ure. Dr. Brown was born in Thompson, Conn., on June '_:' ISIS. In l x -~>4 he went to Newark as jiartor of the First Congregational Church, then th" only church of that denomination on the Atlantic slope from Xew-York City to the Gulf. After the death of his wife, when he had [ served after nearly twenty-five years as pastor I in Newark, in which he aided in forming thirty new churches, Dr. Brown resigned, and was made pastor emeritus. He then became secre tary of the American Congregational Union, which '.van badly handicapped, but Its Influence increased. Dr. Brown received the degree of A M. from Oberlln in l*r>o and P. D. from Princeton In IS7G. He I was twice married, the first time to Miss O. ; M. Messlnger. of Wrentham, Mass., who died in i 1877. Three years later he was married to Miss i Charlotte Emerson, youngest daughter of the : Rev. Dr. Ralph Emerson, for many years pro ! fessor in the Theological Seminary at Andover. , Mass. Th- death of his second wife occurred in 1 ISO.". On June 20. his eighty-sixth birthday, he preached an anniversary sermon in his oia church in Newark. Dr. Brown leaves nue sister, the Rev. Antoinette Brown Black well; one son and four grandchildren. The funeral will take place at his home o n Wednesday afternoon, and will be conducted by th«> Rev. George L. Hans com. pastor of the First Congregational Church, of Newark. COOK P&BONED A 1 IV HORNE. SCiN <.F lANADIAN PACIFIC RAII.UAV MAN OKTAINED ON ARRIVAL PROM CUBA. Richard B. Van Home, son of Sir William C. Van Home, of the <"anadlan Pacitli- Railroad, nnd the chief force In the new railroad being built through the centre of the island of Cuba. was pent to Swinburne Island by Dr. Doty yes- terday for observation, owing to his physical condition. He arrived here from Matanzas on the .steamer Curityba on Sunday night. His : temperature was 10?> degrees, and ho was de tained as a precaution. It is not believed that he will develop any disease that will require his detention beyond a day or so. as a high tempera ture doea not necessarily mean the presence of any malignant disease It was reported yesterday that Mr. Van Home's illness was due to the efforts of a cook ! in a Cuban camp to poison him in revenge for some fancied wrong done him by Mr. Van Home. Mr. Van Home. who is only thirty years old, IS the chief engineer of the new Cuban rail road. He had discharged a native workman, who d> dared that he would get even tn some way. The discharged workman obtained ad mission to the camp again later in the guise of h cook, and Is said to have nut poison in Mr Van Home's food. Mr. Van Home had the symptoms of a person who had taken poiso n j several days before he sailed for this country, and became violently ill on the way ttp the ,st He was the only person on the ship to be detained when the vessel arrived here. Dr. Doty said yesterday that Mr. Van Home wan not seriously sick, and th&t his high tem perature was the only reason for detaining him. He added that Mr Van Home had said some thing about poisoning. Sir William C. Van Home. who is in Montreal, has hern informed of his sons illness. COLORADO AND RETURN by th« "Colorado- Special." leaving Chicago 6:30 P. M. daily. Low excursion rates every day via Chicago & North-Western and Union Pacific Rys. Offices 287 and 461 Broadway.— Advt. DOX CAMERON INJURED. PASTOR DIES SUDDENLY. DIED AMID DEAD BRUTES. FORMER SINGER; OUTCAST AND DRUNK ARD, FOUND IX FILTHY HOVEL. (XT TELEGRAPfI TO mr. TKIBUNE.I Oyster Bay. N. V.. Aug. 4.— ln a five room, white frame cottage, which stands on a hillside roadway at Bayville. Long Island, two and a half miles from Oyster Bay. Miss Ada Sweetser. sixty-eight years old, a haggard drunkard, who had been driven from town to town on the south side of Long Island for th - last fifteen years, died of starvation at 1:30 a- m. to-day. In the lest few months she frequently had been picked up in the roadway by neighbors while lying- on th" ground insensible from whiskey, and re moved to her mattress, which lay in the corner of a filthy kitchen. The only other article of furniture in the house was a rusty wood stove and an old table. A boy of Bayville, who missed the old woman's stasperlns steps for over a week, went to the pack window of he>- house on Saturday to see if «he was sick. He soon inf-'rmed Dr. Richard Seaman, of Lo Mist Valley, who has cared for the miserable woman periodically for several years, that fhe -was dying for want of food. "When the doctor arrived it was too late to prolong life. Women went to the house to offer ■salstsnm as soon as th?y heard of the old woman"* -in.lition. but they were torced to leave by Ine stench that pervaded the wails of the room in which she lay. scantily covered by the rapped cl>thingr. The doctor remained near until she died. Dead dogs and chickens had lain In the room for several days. She had inclosed the dead dogs In a satchel, which was found In a closet. The remaining four dogs, starving, wriggled about the kitchen, their bones more prominent than their flesh. The live chickens walked around the filthy place with drooping heads, al most featherlfss, and their shoulder bones raised over their backs until they almost touched. The living birds and beasts we re moved as soon as the woman's death became known and killed or fed by the people living near by. The body now lies on a worm eaten . tress, which is hidden by a new white sheet. For many years Ada Sweetser was supported by a substantial allowance from relatives in New-York and Brooklyn. They provided her with coal, wood and groceries. But these were sold, and the proceeds spent for liquor. When It was found that she persisted In this the a! lowance was reduced to 920 a month. In addi tion to house rent. Some of the names recorded as relatives who sent her contributions were Mrs. Ordiville. No. 124 Joralemon-st., supposed to be her sister, and Ellie Bishop Marvin. No. 447 Franklin-are., Brooklyn, thought to be a niece: Mrs. A. C. ports. Pocantico Hills, Westchester County. N. V.. probably a sister of Mrs. Marvin, and Ami-down Lane, of the firm of Lane A Co.. drygoods merchants. in Leonard st., New-York. In her youth Ada Bweetser sang on the ama teur concert stage in New-Tort City. It was after she had been jilted by a man to whom she was engaged, it is said, that she resorted to drinking. Thereafter she lived for the most part alone, though at times she shared her cabin with a pauper girl, who now lives in Oyster Bay. She also housed a drunken brother who died in a poorhouse in New-York. Among other places she lived at East Deer Park and Carmach. While at Long Swamp she was repeatedly rolled to the town lockup in a wheelbarrow, almost dead drunk, and punished by the town Justice for disorderly conduct. Her actions finally be came intolerable and she fled from that town to Bayville. leaving her filthy shelter in flames. She remained in Bayville three years before her death. She spent her last cent for rum. and died with a flask containing two or three pulps by her side. In her dying moments she wrote in broken sentences on the back of an envelope the fol lowing: •I am very hungry and wanted to go out Sun day and yesterday for our dinner or something to "eat. as there is not one morsel in the house. I am just dying by inches. Leading such a life I cannot exist." "Addle" Sweetser had relatives in Brook lyn. Mrs. Marvin, of Xo. 447 Franklin-aye.. a niece of the dead woman, went to Bayville yes terday to make arrangements for the funeral. A Mrs. Ordivilie. said to be a sister of Miss Sweetser was reported to live at Xo. 124 Joralemon-St At that house no one of th name could be found. FIFTH DEATH BY ELECTRIC SHOCK. -Struck six times by an electric light wire, con taining I. .="•*• volts." This was the decision of Cor oner Banning. Ct Mount Vernon. last night, after he had Investigated the cause of the death of Frank Seiner, a twenty-three-year-old lineman, of New- Rochelle. who dropped dead while handling an electric light wire. Seiner, who** father died la.-t week, was stand ing on the ground In East Third-M.. holding a rope attached to a new wire, which swung close to his head. Suddenly he was seen by Foreman Charles William* swing from side to side, then leap In the air and finally fall to the ground dead. A though Seiner ha.l on long rubber glove* the live wire struck him en the shoulder six times, and eaf h time" the current parsed through his , body, burning »lx .tors marks on his arms. His aged will kill Is prostrated. makes the fifth lineman that will kill her Seiner makes the fifth lineman that ha" beer, killed in a similar way while repairing wires In \Ve"tcho»"«r County in the last two week*. TO GRAND RAPIDS DIRECT. Through car by the New York Central l and Michi gan Central leaves New \ork dall> at 4.00 d. m. for Detroit and Grand Rapids.-AcU t. PRICE THREE CENTS. A\ ARMY CONTROVERSY. ALARM OVER WEAKNESS OF COAST DEFF.yCES. MUCH BAD FEELING CAT SKI >- CONFLICT BETWEEN FRIENDS • AND OPPO NENTS OF GENERAL MILES. (NT TT.t.i '.RWH To the T.;tit«rNE.l Washington. Aug. 4.— The annual summer alarm about the weakness of the army coast de fences has been ■ fruitful subject of discus sion at the War Department for several days, with the usual result of stirrins up much bad blood between the staff bureaus, which divide the responsibility for mounting the heavy arma ment of forts, on the one hand, and the artillery corps, which tires the his weapons, on the other, resulting in a sharp draw of the customary line of army controversy between the friends and opponents of the lieutenant general com manding. The old conflict of fighting officers against the Ordnance Bureau is at the bottom of the sensational allegations circulated last week as to the unpreparedness of the forts to resist attack, and the woful condition of weak ness prevalent in the whole establishment of na tional defence. DISAPPEARING CARRIAGE FIGHT. The disclosures are the direct result of th* fight in Congress throughout the last session aca-inst the confirmation of General Crozler as chief of ordnance and against the disappearing gun carriage which he perfected. General Cn zler won that fight, but Congress in the Fortlfl tion act provided that a board of army and navy officers should report before next session on the performance of disappearing carriages In acfial practice before any further appropria tions were made. This board, which has nothing to do with the condition of the coast defences or efficiency of the forts, but is confined to comparing the merits of old fashioned gun car riages and the more modern contrivances for handling the big weapons, has visited several forts, and. after trying some of the guns, has postponed its decisive tests until after the army and navy manoeuvres a month hence. This postponement, while due chiefly to the necessary participation of its members in the manoeuvres, was LO some extent brought about by th« in collusiveness of it- comparative tests, and this in turn was caused by the unfamiliarity with some of the gun carriages manifested by th« officers and soldiers charged with operating them, their lack of proficiency in drill, and the belief that conclusive results could not be reached until a few weeks' more practice -with, the mechanism could be had by the gun crews. in charge. Generalizations were found Impossi ble by the members of the board, and for that reason no sweeping conclusions could be made. Ten guns on disappearing carriages were fired, of which seven functioned admirably in every particular, while three developed Imperfections due partly to unskilled and clumsy manipula tion, obscure defects in minor mechanism, or a combination of both. , DEFEAT OF ROOT'S STAFF Pt*AN. These troubles were not confined to the Juris i diction of any single branch of the military es , tablishment, but served to emphasise th» «vt»s : of divided responsibility, -which Secretary Boot ; '■ labored to eradicate by his general staff propo . sition, which was defeated In the Senate by the : opposition of General Miles. Before a big gun ' can be fired absolute harmony and co-operation ■ must be secured on the part of the engineers ' who make a base for the gun. the ordnance of ' fleers who build and mount it and furnish the ! powder, the signal officer? who aim it and the I artilleryman who leads, elevates and fires it. ! Too many cooks spoil the broth most effectively ! in shooting off the 10 and 12 inch rifles, especially i when all four of them are responsible to different I heads in Washington, and none are subordinate I to any of the others at the actual breech of the weapon. The system is exactly the reverse of that which prevails in the navy so far as gun I firing goes, and naval officers declare that. with such elaborate co-operation depending on con flicting experts, no gun would ever be fired from a warship on the high seas, where the target shifts constantly with, the motion of the vessal. MANY GUNS NOT READY FOR SERVICE. The troubles are not new. General Crosier,' after an exhaustive tour of inspection last year, made an elaborate report on the imperative- de mands of the service, the necessity for money to give men experience with the weapons through drill and target practice, and simplicity and efficiency of organization. Congress, in the press of what it regarded as more impor tant business, ignored the recommendations, and another year must pass with half of th» guns in the fortifications simply protected so far as possible from rust, instead of being oc casionally tested under the conditions of war. The other half are efficiently manned, and might be relied upon to-day to fulfil all the offices for which they were designed. Mora artillerymen, with better pay and greater ex perience, are urgently needed, and convincing arguments on the subject are likely to be forth coming when Secretary Root makes his annual report to the President. it will be shown, for Instance that modern ordnance cannot be made efficient ' by such simple operating devices as met the requirements of the old low powered piece., of twenty-five years ago. and that skilled, men to manipulate the new mechanism cannot be induced to leave lucrative employment in th» machine shops for an army private wage. It can be shown that remarkably high percentages of efficiency have been obtained in special case* I V persistent concentration of such skilled effort as must be practised generally on every gun in ail the forts to produce the results the country needs and expects from the coast defence sys tem Finally, there will be convincing proof that remarkable progress has been made, in spfte of the scattered responsibility and C— flicting elements which are inseparable from "xT« Sir statutory restrictions on rational army development, that snghi modification by lecisia r ur£ in 1 that every -an he retted upon to prMu'e its calculate.! offensive effect after a few months of intelligent attention. TWO KILLED BY TRAIN. A NEW-YORK LAWYER ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF A CARRIAGE WHICH WAS STRUCK.' Andrew G. Partzlg. sixty-five years old.. and Albert Trior. a lawyer of this city, living in Newtown. were killed yesterday afternoon at the Maurice-aye. CfMasßi of the Long Island Railroad in Newtown. They were driving behind ■ fast horse in a light "road wagon, and it Is declared that no warning of the & roach of a fast eastbound train was given. The locomotive hit the wagon just at the seat. The horse was killed. Both men were thrown out and Mr. Partzig was in stantly killed. Mr Trior was still alive, although hopelessly hurt He was taken to St. John's Hospital. Long Island City, where he died last evening. m CRANBERRY LAKE AND BACK, ». Excursions every Sunday to the Lackawanna Railroads new picnic resort. Special train leaves N«>w York at 3:45 A. M.. returning leaves th* lake at 6:15 P. M. Delightful ride through Summit, Mor ristown and all the Oranges.— Advt.