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V OL LXIII-- -X° 20.641.
HITCH NEGRO TO MULE.
SAYS SENATOR SIMMONS.
Senator Depnc Defends B. T. Wash
in ton at North Carolina Dinner.
At the third annual dinner of the North Caro
lina Society, held last night at the Waldorf.
Senator F. M. Simmons, the "Senator from the
Black Belt.** declared that the present system of
industrial education for the negro was a vast
n&takf • The negro, "Instead of being filled with
aspirations he could never attain," should be
•"harnessed to the mule," he declared, as he -was
fitted by temperament and education for agri
cultural work. To this assertion. Senator Depew
paid that, while he would not argu* about it, he
dJd not believe It. He had "the profoundlst ad
miration for General Armstrong and his %.uc
cesjsor -• Hampton, and for that negro who
rarr.<- up to Tu*kesre«," and he believed that
"Washington's line of work was more liktly to
i«rttte this r.ecro question than harnessing the
' Mack man to the mule.**
Southern BCSBtIBBeasC, as was natural, ran riot,
■hat that the "greater Americanism," of which
Senator Dtfev fpoke. and proper municipal
pride ■ pre not overshadowed by the pride of
liirth .-*•- sho-svro in the decorations. American
f.aerF palore. surmounting the American arms.
which D turn were flanked by those of North
Carolina and the insignia of this city. Over
ell blazed an electric sign. "The Old North State
Forever." The souvenirs were casts of a negro
bey pealed on an old barrel, strumming a banjo.
Seated at the guests* table with President B.
N. Duke were Senator Simmons, Dr. George F.
Winston, of the Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Kaleich; Senator Depew. Dr. J. N.
gxeele. president of the Maryland Society; Rob
ert C Ogden. president of the Pennsylvania So
ciety: W. E. Gray bill. . president of the Georgia
Society, and John M. Harrington, president of
the Southern Society.
Senator Simmons, the first Fpeaker, had for
fact "The Rare Problem." This, he said,
j- -» r^?ted the- S^uth almost exclusively, then
jed:
Th« present conditions of th* nesro present three
problems— social, political and Industrial. The
r ode! problem ha? been settled by the South, bo far
tiS it is concerned. Irrevocably. One and all, now
p.r.d at ali times, they refuse to even so much as
torisiaer the suggestion of social equality or eoclal
i-'wrourse with the negro. In their view that
vould san degradation for the white man. -with
out compensating benefits for the black. This is
r. Southern condition which is inexorable, and awao
lutely nothing can chance it.
By one device or another we nave taken the
iialiots from the Illiterate negro, not for political
Edvantag-e. but, as we believe, for his good and lor
the country's good and for our own salvation. \\e
have disfranchised the negro, but we have not
abolished him or his family. They rtill exist.
"tt'hy. then. should they not have the same repre
f-«rtatlon In Congress as Is Riven to other non
votera of the country? If it was wrong to dis-
Tr&ncUs>e these negroes. would not the remedy pro
■iiKjod (reduced representation i be a greater wrong .
But if the worst comes to the worst, if the North
Is determined to consider this question from the
fsndpoirt of political advantage, and we must
rhoose between reduction of representation and
unrestricted r,»in-o eaffrare, the South will not
hesitate in making It* choice.
Upon the Southern farm the negro is con
*tßr.tly surrounded and safeguarded by Influ
ences which tend to protect him against the
temptations to which his weak and credulous
r^ture Is peculiarly subject. Whatever in the
v ay of improvement and development he has
achieved in the past— it has not been Incon
siderable—has been almost entirely achieved in
these circumstances and surroundings. '
Take the negro from the farm, carry hxm to
the srreat city, place him in the factory, organ
' 7.* him into labor unions, and his individuality,
at the best is small and weak, will be de
■ his identity will become merged In the
i oTr.mon mass, and his strong tribal propensities
«m undermine and t-upplant many of the virtues
rvlrch are now his best and most valuable as
sets, and it will be a marvel if his last state is
D .i worse than his first.
Dr. George T. "Winston, in speaking of the
•Tar Heels," made a telling series of local allu
sions. Dr. Paul B. Baxrlnger, of the University
of Michigan, was the last speaker.
Many women thronged the galleries during the
!---eekmc . ,
Borne of the guests were: Benjamin K. Smith,
! S. Bryan, George G. Allen, Willis B.
f>o-srd Dr. Russell Bellamy, George W. Bailey,
«x- Assistant District Attorney George Gordon
Pattle H. W. Beall. Washington Byron, Dr. H.
J. Ciaiborne, Lieutenant Frank McCook. H. C.
Cowles jr , H. W. Cobb and Elliott Dangerflcld.
GIVES WIDOW HOME FOE A TEAS.
City Will Hot Take Parsonage for Croton
Watershed Until Then.
The cumbersome wheels of the city g-overn
r : machine do not often gTind out any good
fortune to widows, but in the case of Mrs. V. W.
t. widow of the ex-pastor of the Croton
I Prs-t*-* Cbanok, the result hae been al
-rrlpturally kind. Mrs. Benedicfs little
hat been acquired by the city, which needed
rart of the r,ev Crotcn v.atershed. Mrs,
BcaasVel aeked to leave the parsonage.
Why BBSSBSC I ftay in the house till you
seal th^ ground?" she asked of one of the
- ojrs of the city machine. This partlcu-
I wa? Chief Engineer William R- Hill, of
th* Aqueduct Commission, who after unwinding
■ -ssary red tape found that the city
wouid not need the premises for a year or so.
Mr WeCBSHM. Mr. Hill's aVvtstso engineer,
report, sayinc that the parson
age 1p eight hundred feet north of the flow line
a reoerwosr and that the widow s
f the parsonage would not interfere
with the eutthsg and clearing of the surrounding
wUislmi In his offlcial report to the Aque
ssioners Chief Engineer Hill recom
the widow be allowed to remain.
• ighbors sa> that it Is the first piece of
.-he has had for 3*ears.
BOYS LOOT STJMMEB HOMIs.
Go Into Camp on Island in St. Lawrence,
Near Brockville, Ont., with Stolen Goods.
Jet i.;.E«JUPH to the TEIBrSE ]
Ogdeneburg-. X. V.. May 20.— Winfred and
Ed war Rath well, aped fourteen years, two of
BrockrlUe'a incorrigible youths, are in custody,
awaiting sentence for extensive river robberies.
They pleaded guilty in court to taking a fine
fkiff. crossing the river to Morristown. N. V..
«md plundering three fine summer cottages in
tn<- vicinity of bed clothing, mattresses, tents,
fishing tackle, cooking utensils, stores, provis
ions, etc.. which they removed to an island
near Brockviile.
They made themselves comfortable in the
tents "for an extended period. This was-- tut
Ehort by the father of the boys getting trace of
them "He at once handed them over to the
police, who took charge of the carload or more
©f stcJen goods.
TYPHOID TRACED TO AFRICAN WAIL
ljor,doa. Slay -i.--.An outbreak of enteric fever on
board the reformatory ship Cornwall, which Is
Jjing „ff PurfJeet. at the mouth of the Thames.
ha* been tra<^<l to fever-Infected army blankete
*rom Sonih Africa. Thousands of similar blankets
have )jo«n sold sni* «eat all over the country with
out *-yen being washed or disinfected. The array
nrfrsiaUar-s provide that such articles shall be *»
... a,-.;} j t is not known how the blankets
.sSId"
deciar.B that It Js a scandal demand-
Ins the strtei«&t investigauon.
EVERY MAX WANTS MAP OF «2SSi
Greener. Commercial A£-nt of the £nl ted States
sork^-A<3vi.
w Fair.
"■Jr. with light wind*, to-morrow.
TOPROYEITWAS"GRAFT."
LET OTHER SIDE OF PIER.
McCall Not at Sinking Fund Meet
ing — Mayor May Veto Resolution.
Charles F. Murphy's anxiety about getting a
trusty Tammany man !n the Sinking Fund Com
mission in order to protect the rotten leases of
the old Tammany Dock Board was accentuated
yesterday when it became known that Dock
Commissioner H&wkes had on foot a plan to
establish a dumping board on the north side of
the pier at Canal-st. and North River that will
be a direct rival to the Brown & Fleming dump
ing board on the south side of the same pier.
Thlß will be a proceeding almost with prec
edent and will be bitterly resented by the
lessees of the existing dumping board. The
Canal-st. dumping board lease is considered ex
ceedingly valuable. It yields a profit variously
estimated at from $150 to S2."jO a day to the
lessees. Brown & Fleming are understood to
be allied with N T aughton & Co. Daniel F. Mc-
Mahon of the latter corporation. Is chairman
of the Executive Committee of Tammany Hall
and a close personal friend of Charles F. Mur
phy. Brown & Fleming received this Canal-st.
pier lease for a term of thirty years, at about
Sl',Boo a year. A less valuable dumping priv
ilege at the West Thirtieth-st. pier brought
$18,800 a year at auction for a five year period.
Commissioner Hawkes is planning to set aside
a part of the north side of the Canal-st. pier
for a dumping beard and advertise the lease for
sale. It is confidently expected that It will bring
SIS,OTX> a year. T nndentally it will cut down
the earning capacity of the Brown & Fleming
dumping board, in which McMahon and Murphy
are supposed to be interested. This is where the
shoe pinches the Murphy men.
MURPHY MEN FRIGHTENED.
This plan of Commissioner Hawkes to de
monstrate in hard dollars and cents Just how
much the city lost by the methods of the old
Dock Board under the domination of C'haries F.
Murphy has scared the Murphy and Gaffney
men. Under a pretence that Mayor Low had
treated the aldermen discourteously the fusion
members of the Finance Committee on Tuesday
were induced to flop to the Tammany pide. and
then a resolution was passed deposing Alder
man Parsons from the chairmanship. It is the
knowledge that Corporation Counsel Rives,
Dock Commissioner Hawkes and District At
torney Jerome are hot on the trail of the graft
ers of the Van Wyck administration that
prompted Murphy to wedge John T. IfcCaU Into
the Sinking Fund Commission. The complaint
In the action brought by the Corporation Coun
sel against Joseph Egan. holder of one of the
suspicious leases given by the old Dork Board,
reserves the right to add Just such data as will
be secured by Commissioner Hawkes when he
advertises a dumping board lease for sale on the
north side of Canal-st. to the highest bidder. It
■will materially strengthen the city's case to
have data of that kind, and no one knows It
better than Thomas C. O'Sullivan, counsel fcr
the Murphys. Gaffneys. McMahons and Egans.
Mr. O'Sulllvan. as before stated in The Tribune,
is slated to be the next Corporation Counsel.
PARSONS SAT WITH THE BOARD.
John T. McCall, the Tammany claimant to a
Beat in the Sinking Fund, did not appear at the
meeting of the commission yesterday afternoon.
Before the meeting Corporation Counsel Rives
and Alderman Parsons had a conference with
the Mayor in the latter's private office, and
then the commission went into session, with
Alderman Parsons in his usual seat at the big
round table. The commission will not meet
again for two weeks. By that time McCall will
have his certificate of election by the aldermen
to the chairmanship of the Finance Committee.
C!*v Clerk P. J. Scully said yesterday that he
did not expect to forward to the Mayor a resolu
tion concerning the election of McCall. He said
that the action was not carried in a formal
resolution, and for that reason it would not be
necessary to send any resolution to the Mayor.
The Republican members of the board assert
that as the chairman of the Finance Commit
tee is a charter officer, his election by the aider
men will have to go to the Mayor in the lorm
of a resolution. If this view is correct Mayor
Low could veto the resolution and defer for a
long time the admission of McCall to the com
mission. Controller Grout, in commenting on
the situation yesterday, said:
"As far as the Sinking Fund Commission is
concerned it does not matter whether the chair
man of the Finance Committee is a Tammany
man a fusion man or a Republican, or anything
else The question is, I" as he a right to the
seat' I am not fully acquainted with the facts
of the cas* as vet. but the whole thing rests
on whether McCall has been rightfully elected
Of course the resolution of the board will have
to go to the Mayor fcr his approval."
The xrlnutes of the meeting of the aldermen
In January show that President Fornes ap-
Soirttd Mr. Parsons chairman of the Finance
Committee, and those minutes were formally
approved by the board.
TO PEOTEST AGAINST "GRAFT" PIERS.
Democrats of the IXth Will Give Charles F.
Murphy a Few Jolts.
Tammany Hall Democrats of the IXth As
sembly District-men who last fall voted the
Democratic ticket-will to-night gather in mass
meeting at the "Farm." Twenty-elghth-st. and
North River, to protest against Charles F. Mur
phy's liberality in giving away for little or noth
ing the people's pier and bulkhead leases. There
will be a parade, with banners and transparen
cies, all through the IXth District. The voters
of the IXth District keenly feel the abuse against
which they are to protest to-night, for they
tried to gel a pier for recreation purposes and
were informed that owing to th* action of the
£d Dock Board there were no piers to be had
in their neighborhood. The parade will! start
from Twenty-third-st. and Eighth-aye. at ;^
.wv William P Devery and other «e!l
know^men of t£- District will address the
meeting at the "Farm.
HUNTER WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION
Eeappointed at University Settlement— G.
P. Stokes Asked to Stay.
When the council of the University Settle
ment met on Tuesday night, Robert Hunter,
held worker of the Vnlvenliy Settlement, an
nounced his withdrawal of hi* resignation and
':" I ,t,d the reappcintment a. offered him by
the ccuncil- This new tenure of office is in the
Cm of an indefinite appointment, tormmab.e
on three months' notice from either aide. At
prominent niemter °J> l^*£: it ' j ac . c .
&, will ««SS^SSSSSS Mr. Hunter
After his "•eddino on ~-» ced> lnake a
will, as h f^ /l^^broad and incidentally go to
three months trip /-"£ r oi ln , ooanrll
e?e Count ™**fc*£& yet no arra ngemer.ts
Hid yesterday fill Mr Hunter'" place in
had been made to Wi
his absence. m __ .
_. Wr'el Sotii St.. lililTMß KB] Aye.
» c^Uiful city .umowr home.
— Adv»-
NEW- YORK, THURSDAY. MAY 21. 1903.-SIXTEEX PAGES —^ *>?E&fr£S*«~.
BOME OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE CELEBRATION OF CUBA'S BIRTHDAY.
GENERAL N. BOLET-PERAZA.
GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC.
ST. IIYACINTHES LOSS.
Two Hundred and Fifty Houses and
Factories Burned.
St. Hyacinthe. Quebec. May 20. — A fire which
broke out shortly after noon to-day in the shoe
factory of Cote Brothers destroyed that and
half a dozen other flourishing Industries and
2r»i» houses. leaving nearly a quarter of the city's
population sitting homeless to-night amid heaps
of furniture. The loss is piaced at $400.0U0.
No one seems to know how the fire started.
"When it was first noticed it hud secured a firm
grip upon the Cote factory. The wind was
blowing half a gale at the time, and the nearby
buildings fell an easy prey to the flames.. The
local Fire Department did its best, but the water
pressure vas poor, and it was not long- before
the fire was entirely beyond its control.
Word was sent to Montreal fcr help, and two
steamers and a supply of hose made the run of
thirty-six miles in forty-four minutes, the Mon
treal ir.er. being actually at work an hour and a
half after they received instructions to leave
their Etations.
By this time the fire had worked its way up
to St. Anto!ne-st. and was attacking the finest
business blocks of the town, situated on the
market square. Through the efforts of the
Montreal men the market building and the
buildings on the other side of the square were
saved. By this time — 3 o'clock — the water sup
ply was practically exhausted and the flames
were burning in a score of places. People were
CONTESTANTS FOE MEMBERSHIP IN SINKING FUND COMMISSION.
ALDERMAN JOHN T. M*CAL,U
dragging the furniture from their homes and
there was great confusion, except in a few
places where a semblance of organized effort had
been made by the priests to check the fire's ad
vance. A large body of students from the St.
Hyacinthe College did particularly good work
under the guidance of their teachers. In the
end, however, the flames burned everything
which lay In their path.
The burned district is practically the same as
that destroyed in IS7G. The River Yamaska
flows through the town in the shape of a letter
"V." St Amoine-st. runs alone the top of this
"V," and practically everything south of that
street was burned.
Besides Cote Brothers' shoe factory, th-? in
dustrial buildings burn-.! Include those of
Hudon & Allard. machinists; th* Duplessls Pa
ging and Sewing Company. C. A. Hamel & Co..
Lussier Brothers, -T. Girouard an.; .7. Mathcy.
& Co. The Prontenac, Union am! Ottawa hotels
were also burned.
DOG NEARLY KILLS HER.
Red Hot Poker Applied to Make It
Leave Laundress-.
Mrs. John Clancy, a laundress, employed !>y
General Jair.es Dumont ■ government employe,
who lives in Westchester-ave.. Port Chester,
was terribly mangled yesterday by a bulldog
belonging to her employer.
In moving atout the laundry she, stepped on
the dog's tail. The animal sprang on her and
tore her arms and body. Genera] Duniont beard
her screams and, rushing Into the laundry, found
heron the floor, the dog standing over her. He
tried to drive the animal off by breakin ; a
chair over its back, but vainly. Seeing that
the won n"s life was in danjrer. General Dumnnt
quirklv heat.-d a toker red hot and laid it on
tiie aop's back, when the animal, yelling with
pain flashed out of the house. The general fol
lowed and Phot it d»=d !n t!v- ----d with his
army revolver. The woman Is in a precarious
condition.
DISriGTJUED ON EVE OF WEDDING.
A Piercefield. Young Woman Slashed With a
Knife While Asleep.
IltY TELEGISArH TO Till: TRIBCXE.I
Osdensburs. N. V.. May 20.— Word ha-s just reached
here of a dastardly attack on Mary Gardner, six
teen years old. at Pierceneld. parly Saturday morn
lnp. "Mi-s Gar'inei w a handsome Kir. and lives
with her parents. Sh<* was to have been married
on Mo-flaY Tired with th<- preparations for her
weddlne" the irirJ slept eoundly. but wa. awakened
Z the m..n\inp houii by feeling a hand placed on
her body and Mro.J running down h-r face, she
■aw a inir -Jtandina bes dp her b«d. She called
foudlv t her m"th"r and the man fled downstairs
aid out of thoTv!:ulow. The girl was found w .have
=<Upm] <**\fri. r-a^ht^ about her bead, evidentij
made" with a sharp Instrument. She will recover
but will be diefieured for lhe. believed
An irve«tl-ation is beins made. It is twne'-ea
Si? Bwo^aeuafd by sj.lte or Jealousy ger
re"a*rf ili° outrage with the intention of marring
thr Bill's beauty and preventing her marriage.
•THE MfTB I'KNTiHY . LIMITED."
ore of the tight daily trains * > «V*' < *?" WlLl***
and Chicago, via the New York Central line*. A
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DR. GTTTLLERMO DOUS.
CUBA'S INDEPENDENCE.
FIRST ANNIVERSA RV.
The Celebration at Havana—
P 'alma's Grateful Message.
[BT CABLE TO THE TEIBO'E-1
(Copyright; 1903: By The Tribune Association.)
Havana, May 20— Thro The Tribune I
tend to the people of the United States the
cordial greetings of a thankful people on
thU anniversary of the clorious and his
torical day when the Inlted State* rose to
the highest level by setting forth the mo»t
beautiful example. unknown before. of
moral difcinterentedness an a nation.
T. ESTRADA PALM A.
Havana, May Havana celebrated to-day
the first anniversary o" the establishment of the
Cuban Republic. Throngs of visitors from the
inland towns and from the United States filled
the city's streets, which were decorated with
flags and bunting. All business was suspended.
Although great freedom of action was allowed
by the police, and although enthusiasm often
rose to a high pitch, there were no disturbances.
The celebration began at midnight, when the
fronts of the principal clubs were illuminated,
rockets sent up, and steam whistles blown. At
sunrise a salute of twenty-one guns was fired,
ushering in a bright day, tempered by a sea
breeze.
President Palma. accompanied by the Cabinet
officers and city and provincial officials, drove
to the Punta at 10 o'clock, preceded by mounted
AUSERMAN HERBERT PARSONS.
police, who opened a passage through the great
crowd gathered to see the President. Ther^
was not much cheering, the people mostly stand-
Ing open mouthed in silent admiration of the
President. From the Malecon bandstand the
President reviewed the members of the Police
and Fire departments, who marched past him,
and then, accompanied by the Secretary of
State, Senor Zaldo, he was driven up the Prado
to the palace, continually acknowledging the
salutations of the crowds which Used that thor
oughfare.
At noon the guns of Cabanas Fortress an
nounced that exactly a year had passed since
the birth of the Cuban Keijublic, and immedi
ately after the salute the rural guards and
artillery paraded on the pluza. in front of the
Palace and were reviewed by the President.
Minister Squiers was the only foreigner in the
President's party, which occupied the central
balcony of the palace. The feature of the re
view was the smart appearance of the mounted
rural g^uard^, who frere
cheered.
The entire region of the Punta Malecon, th?
broad lawns of Neptuno Park and the whole
waterfront of the city on the city side of the
harbor entrance were covered to-night with a
vast holiday throng. The old Spanish castle at
the Panta. Dew the headquarters of th.- Rural
Guard, was graceful! outlined with a myriad
of colored incandescent lights, and the illumina*
lions of the other structures in the vicinity con
tributed to the fairylike aspect. Fireworks were
sent up from the heights of Morro and Cabanas,
across the harbor, making a picturesque spec
tacle. A leases centre of attraction was the
Plaza de Annas, on which front the palace, the
Senate and thtr Chamber. The buff and white
wans of these and the other government build
ings in the vicinity were studded with brilliant
colored lipHts and other electrical effects. The
celebration passed off without any disorder or
drunkenness, and the Spaniards appeared u>
take part in the rtjoieinjrs with little less en
thusiasm than the Cubans.
Among the dispatches of congratulation re
ceived by P^.sident Palma was the following
one from President Roosevelt:
Delta, California.
I extend hearty congratulations in the lame
of the American people to you and the people of
Cuba on the anniversary of her ir.(i*>pendrn.'.i.
and for th- progress itie has made :inl the
wellbeing achieved daring the last year.
President Pain. replied as follows:
The Cuban people highly appreciate your kind
message on this day of blessings, and I Save
the honor to convey to you the expreasisn M
their warmest wishes for your personal happi-
Coatlnued on urcoDil pace.
"THE BUFFALO LIMITED."
a second edition Of the Empire State Express
leaves New-York dally 12:30 p. m.. due Buffalo U.«
ii. m-. by Vow York Central— Acvt.
BANKER CUTS HIS THBOAT
W. SELIGMAN ARRESTED.
Suicide Attempted at Hotel —
Woman mil Him.
Washington Seligman, banker and broker, a son
of James Seligman and brother of Jefferson Selis
man. was found in his room at the Hotel Ross-
Morn last night with a deep gash in the right side
of his threat. He was taken to Roosevelt Hospital,
a pilauilll c«f Patrolman Heuck, of the West Thlr
tieth-st. station, charged with attempting to com
mit suicide.
Mr. BcUfinaii, who is in business at No. 02 Broad
way, ar.d is reputed wealthy, dined last night
with a woman in the dining r«f>m of the Rossmore.
After dinner th.- couple took the elevator and were
conveyed i" the second floor, on which ■ Suite
KS. that occupied by ■■Ha— This was about
7:30 o'clock.
Half an hour later the annunciator in the hotel
office showed a call turn Suite Ms. a negro call
boy, known as "Shorty. " was sent to answer the
rail. He knocked at the door <■: ICB, and. accord
ing to his story, It was opened by a woman, who
toid him to run around and inform Dr. Augustus
a. ilolony. of No. 228 West Forty -second-st.. that
he was wanted it once. The boy did as he had
been bidden. Dr. Moles* was at home and hur
ried around to the hotel.
•When I got there." said the doctor afterward.
-I found Mr. S«-lignnan partly undressed, bleeding
from a deep gash in the right side of the throat.
I made an examination and found that the jugular
had not teen severed. I told Mr. Sellgman that he
had better go to a hospital, and went downstairs
and called up Roosevelt Hospital, in response to
which Dr. Miller came and took Selisman away.
1 did not learn how the man came by the cut
The police were not informed of what had oc
curred, but Patrolman Henry Heack. on whose
beat the Rossmore is. saw the ambulance drive up
to the door, and investigated. He went UP to
Seligman's room, and found the banker lying on
his bod in a pool of blood and towels around his
throat. Tv
'Why didn't you let me finish the job? Tana
away these towels." is what Heuck says the in
jured man greeted him with. Some clothes were
put on him. and he was taken downstairs to the
ambulance. He was not too weak to walk, al
though he had to be supported.
ACTED AS IF SHE HAD AUTHORITY.
There was great excitement in the hotel when
the news was circulated. It was told that Selig
man had tried to commit suicide, and many per
sons crowded Into the room. Theae were ordered
out by a handsome brunette, dressed In a kimona.
who acted as if she had some authority to be
there. .
Proprietor Wiikes of the Rossmore. was much
exercised when Heuck announced that he would
have to make Seligman a prisoner on the charge
of attempting to commit suicide. He said:
It's absurd to suppose that Mr. SeUsjnan would
attempt to kill himself. He is wealthy and Jha-
K?«n^ c le^an^w^ld'believl aSy
i, -i a bein« a very himself It wua on* a
sXed' and'h^s^tched* himself. It w» CM.
B-ratch and I don't any why so much fuss snou.a
h^ rn^di of it. As to any woman being in his apart
a guest here for about two years.
Although Mr. Wiikes called the wound a mere
scratch. Dr. Miller said differently, and -Shorty."
the colored boy, said: "It may have been only a
.scratch, but there was a powerful lot of blood
Proprietor Wilkes added that although Mr. Sells
man is not a total abstainer,- he is a very ab
stemious man.
When Hueck decided to place Seaman under ar
rest, he accompanied the ambulance to Roosevelt
Hospital from where he telephoned the West Tnir
tieth-st. station that he wished to come down and
make his report and asked that another officer
be sent to the hospital. In response Patrolman
Leonard was sent to the hospital to keep watch
over the injured man. Seligman was dressed only
in his undergarments when the doctor arrived In
response to the calL
MEMBER OF STOCK EXCHANGE.
Washington Seligman is a member of th. Stock
Exchange. Formerly be was a member of th€ firm
of Sells-man & Van Antwerp, which partnership,
however, was dissolved some years ago. after it had
endured only ten months. Since then he has been
In business for himself, but it Is understood that
he has not handled any very large amount of trans
actions, although he went frequently downtown and
was seen often on the floor of the Stock Exchange.
He is a son of James Seligman. who is a partner
in the arm of J. & W. Seligman. with offices in the
Mills Building. He Is forty-five years old. He has
four brothers-Jefferson. De Witt J.. Samuel J.
and Eugene. Jefferson Selisman is also a partner
in the firm of J. & W. Seligman. Eugene ie a
lawyer De Witt J. is also a member of the StocK
Exchange. James Seligman. the father, is nearly
eighty years old. and lives with Jefferson at No. 11
L When X Cap!ain"o : Connor. of the Tenderloin sta
tlolT leaned of the affair he sent Detective James
Armstrong to the hospital to see the injured man.
Armstrong afterward Rave this account of the in
terview he had with Seligman:
I went to the bedside where Mr. Selisrman was,
anrt bP was then unconscious, or seml-consctous.
whole lot of trouble in Wall Street lately, and so 1
ii e ifa^ed?hta c he^meant he had had financial
trouble, and h* nodded his head *mrm<.Uvely.
Then I a-ked him who the woman was. He r*
lu „■ -Oh that was a woman who was formerly
In "ctreii 'naSied Sutherland. She had nothing to
do with my act. and I don't wait her name dragged
fnto this affair. She'« a good little woman."
A brother-in-law of Seligman. a Mr. Nathan.
■poke for th« family when inquiries were made at
Poosevelt Hospital. Ha said that the family was
at a io^s to uiUerstand why the man should have
attempted suicide. He was asked If It were true
fhkt Washington Seligman is estranged from his
fj^wfil I would not say estranged." he repHed.
"bat he : » a man that keeps to himse lf a good deal
The doctors say that there is no doubt that
«Hi-man will be able to leave the hospital in a
few da vs. The wound proved to be along the jaw
;.,,,..,„,: was about five inches in length. It is
far from a serious one. and the man Is suffer!
more f™m the nervous shock than from the actual
cut Ten stitches were taken in It.
LEADERS STILL AT SEA.
Do Sot Know Who Will Succeed
Mr. Morris— A Salary Suggested.
The Republican County Committee meets to
ni E ht and at this raeettajt the r^smation of Robert
r* Morris as president of the organization wi.l
> P presented and accepted. Vp to the present
time the leaders are entirely at sea a.«= to who will
s -.cc^d Mr. Morris. Senator P!att had a long
talk list ever.lng with Colonel Dunn, chairman of
i\.» Republican State Committee. After this con
ference' Senator Plan «ai<l:
• \Vo t-av been unable as yet to find the ri ht
man for" present of th* County Committee It is
£> easy job to pick out a mar.. The work l» *x
actiVand takes up all of a man's tlrn^. General
Qreone Mi Morris. Mr. U»uterbach and the other
«ntlonea who .^ve served as president of the
County Committee have dose so at severe U,sa to
t»-e»ir personal and private business affairs. It
fntks as if we would bay* to arrange to pay a
ivi-'rv to whoever accepts the offlee-oot a larr«
•la'iVv because the honor is very great, but edoozb
uTrSinburiß ■■: ■• one for io>:s caused bj attenUua
J" !f c a ;¥airs cf the con-.mitttf.
■"..;.■'. ?)!ain that any man who ha« the ability
■ucccvfullv to direct the affairs of the County
Committee "has aUto the ability to make his private
bustneM affairs a success, m.: he should be wud
for the lons hr Kustains. We have no one tn slant
vet but hope to find a m:.:. soon."
* Whoever is tlecled will be Bubstituted in the
fusion conference committee for Mr Morris.
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Rock Island ticket offices at if. Broadway seW
leth St. and sth Aye.. are veritable bureaus ottn
frrmatton. where you can find out everytn£R about
a Western trip-coat, time, through c ar »-, otorado.
California. Texas and Mexico. Call or write.-Advt.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
DROtTH MAY CONTIML
ANTICS OF THE \V LATHER.
Washington Officials Cannot Prom
ise Immediate Relief.
[EY TES.EUH.iPa TO ru.. TUIBCSfcJ
Washington, May 20.— Uncle Sam's bis officiaJ
weather map to-tiay v.as like a. thre« rtr.« clrcua,
with a contliUMKia performance of climatic -va
garies, from a. winter blizzard ta MonUiu to th«
hottest May day on record in the other corner,
of the country. "What will be retcived aa a
BtiU greater harden:? is tne announcement to
night ti.at ISM col<i of the Montana mows «rtXX
not be disseminaied in tae E-ist. and that while
Montana is warming up to a raore nearly nor
mal temperature, there •* no moderation in
sight for law hot blasts this side of th« Mis
sissippi.
There is no Immediate moisture promised to
the drouth-stricken section of the country, com
prising the large area east of the Missouri
River, with the exception of a rather va«ue and
indefinite disturbance in the upper air which
seems to be gathering to-night over the Rocky
Mountains. This storm centre. If such it sbO«M
prove to be. will doubtless follow the track of
its predecessors and plough through th« centra
of the country, bringing needed moisture and
cool air about the end of the week, unless It Is
deflected in other directions. __
Officials of the Weather Bureau ax. JputtHMj
little cloudy marks on their maps to-night •»
show where there were slignt showers to-day
along the Atlantic coast as far south, as Wash
ington. These showers gave temporary respite
from the oppressive beat. and. while they may
continue to-morrow, the hot May weather IB
billed for several days' stand throughout th-
Middle West. East and South. The snow la
Montana and the hot air in the East are ex
treme phenomena of American weather which
are not altogether unfamiliar to the forecast
experts. The Montana cold, however, nevw
comes east, and the heated area has to rely on
entirely Independent disturbances for comfort. •
Two weeks of drouth in the great crop area of
the country, with no assuring signs of a rate
fall of any dimensions, is regarded as a -•*««•
situation, particularly at this tender period of
plant life. -While this dry condition has pre
vailed in the New-England and Middle AUaatt*
States, there ha. been decidedly too much rala
in the East Gulf States, and In the *"«**£
souri and Mississippi Biver valleys^
has been too cold for comfort, and ~*«^V*
To* of rain In the whole State for a **#£%£
in Washington and Oregon, where no rain wa.
needed, the downpour has been^F lent ifuL b-B
in the South the warm weather has not been
evenly distributed, with the result that the bulls
or. the Cotton Exchange have made good use of
cold weather reports as disastrous to the cotton
crop and several cents a pound has been added
tc the value of the visible supply-
When so much weather in such numerous va
rieties pours into the Weather Bureau as U ha.
m£mfm
gf&JHS.S£SSf.
■SB!!
msMmam
?f uncontroUable. 1 Insufferable weather.
HEAT HASTENS DEATHS.
Yesterday Hottest Day of Yegr—
Prediction for To-dau, Fair.
The drouth was not broken yesterday, hut the
.bower which fell at 5 p. SS. was a «>«*=•«>» "J
«o!cing to those who have been, and stU are.
watching for rain, and hoping for a cessation of
the heat which had begun to reap **•"•*£
death. The great drops which splashed on th.
sidewalks from the leaden clouds above were
literally "drops of mercy" to many. WltH
the rainfall came a rapid fall of the mercury.
Within ten minutes the hot. dry atmosphere,
with Its brazen mercllesmess. had been cooled
twelve degrees, to a temperature <*"-*••■•
walked through the parks, one's nostrils werw
greeted with the delicious exhalations of shows*
drenched lawn*. The grass seemed to respond
instantly to the Invitation of the rain to Ikjuwm.
green a*aln. In all. the rainfall yesterday waa
09 of an Inch. Previous to this shower, the
total fall since April 17 had been only .15 of »
Is were Monday and Tuesday m their tarn,
yesterday was the hottest day of the year, th*
thermometer In the Weather Bureau recording
at 3 ""O P m. a temperature of 91 degrees. It
was also the hottest May 20 sine 1877. This,
surpassed the record of Tuesday by three de
grees. It was not the hottest May day on roe
crdv but It was one of the hottest. The record
for a day in May Is 95 degrees, which was re
corded on May 81. 1895. Four deaths directly
or indirectly attributable to the heat, and nlae»
prostrations were reported yesterday in Mao
hattan and Brooklyn. The dead wer»;
BRONNEXKAM?. THerewu tmtrtcva y«*r« i old. ef K^ '
13* Kzuclrerbock«r-«ve.. Brooklyn: died whU« en
her way to .ehooi. in front of No. 281 J«r«r*o-*t. .
KSLLT F-mnk, «urty-flv» 7«irs oil. of No. 2t3 W««t
K "E"Jhtt^S3t.r«wimltMs rilct*» by jumping from
th" roof of th* By* »»rT boos* No. 4* TV«»S
T?iirty-»» • c a tb-«t.
MtntRAT, Peter, eifffct ye»r» old. of ??cl i"» Outi**
»ye., Brooklyn; died while on hi* vcy to school. I
Vn*nown man. about tMrty-fIT« y«»r» oi<l; di»d la tk»
Duttni District Hospital. yes:«rd»y n croir.*.
Those prostrated were:
AL.TEN. Ann!*. «izty-sfci years oil, • widow. .;vin« a*
M ■ 1*» Mroom*-«t- St» w»» mrrreem* at No. MS>
Mam ■ After beinc att«nd«d by m. pfcy<lrtan »a»
••■■.•. home.
GLASEI^. Miss F . » nur»e. of No. 1.453 *»"">• A:'
overcame at tftc B»rse Uffl.-e. while wattlor la a
crjwa of immigrants. BSm w«» cared for by m.
matron la tile Uarse OB<-« aa»i went to her boos*.
FINE. Rois No. Zi Chryjti*-»t.. »m prcftracsd !a her;
home 3b* was attended by a Oouvem«rur Itospttnl
ambulance *u:*r»n and remained at ho—
HENXESSY. Mr».. of No. 61 West On*— hundred-and—
twen'y-fourtl-st. She b«c*in* cverheated *t On»
hundr*d-«ni-thirty-eftV-«t. and Seventh-are., ■■•
was tUtcn to th« J. Uood tVrtsh: BBSS*
lirGHCJii. J^s^ph. of No. IS? East Hausten-st.. wu
prt-»trtt!*K3 «t No. S3 Bowery. He wa» T<-Tno*»d to
hta h^m- In an «nU)u! -
IIARTISS. CrdaJWd a f * th«> stffrjnrhip Simoclc.^
waa o*«rcom» by th» heat ta fn>r.j of Nf>. 1 FTont-'
lit., anil 'Aid t^Uer. lo t^* ate&rathlp ;i; lier 1. Norta
River. In an axnbulaace.
MEAL.XT. Michael, of N». 21" Went Twenty -ftft!>-«t.
He was overture at Xos. 2TI and Z~Z Sr-. «.-.»• »v>..
und was tak-n t» tha New-York Ilua;
TROT. John, of N<-. !.£W! Second arc. H» was <«■••*•
rome at No. l?fti West Cm^-h'jnjrec* acJ eisht*eßt!^*
gt.. ami ■•*»» tak?n to th« J. Hcnd Wrtght Hoapital.
WtnXOA.IT. Martha, of -d* W»st T.-.ir»y-Biati»-»r Bh*
was w(ro»j b» at Mftv-nlnth-w. a- t I'lliiiatm ■■>.
fktxii wa» tak»n t ■ th« U.3-:.r\ »it IWpltal. 'at«
she »-:»» taken to h»r hon»«. ' —
The cause of the death of Theresa Bronnen-j
karcp was declared to be heart disease pro
duced by the heat. Overstudy was thought ••
be the inJir-ct causa. She was a scholar •■
St. Leonard's parochial school, at Harnburi
ave. and Me!ro*e-st., where she had been study
ing hard to pass the examinations, and ■•
graduated this term. Her health had begun •»
fail recectly. and the family physician hart ad
vised her parents to dissuade her from atjdy-