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6 ASK DRIVERS TO GET OUT VOTE TO STAND BY THEM. \Rcsult of Meeting of Building Trades Board in the Air. The report of the Strike Committee of the Board ■C Building Trades that Ihe Building Material Drivers' and Building Material Handlei"*' unions be expelled, so that the shutdown in the lumber and building material yards be ended, was rejected by the board yesterday, thus supporting the strik ing drivers. The vote was £ against 13- Ar.othcr motion was carried asking the two unions to withdraw from the board, and giving them until next Monday to act on the question, jr. the mean time the two unions will meet and come to some decision. So far as the lockout is concerned, this .not only puts the situation back where it was before the conference between the committee and the employ ers, but a little bit further back, because a nght- Ing'elejnent had been injected Into the board. This Is the faction led by Parks, walking delegate of the Housesrolths and Bndgemen's Union, who Is not a representative in the board, because about a year ago It was suggested that he withdraw. John J. Donovan presided. Just prior to the tak ing of the vote Mr. Donovan, asking the vice-pres ident to take the chair, went on the floor himself and delivered an Impassioned address asking all the delegates to support the report of the com mittee- After President Donovan's address. Delegate James Geelan. of the material drivers, asked for the floor, but was not recognized immediately. In pplte of howls and hisses, he insisted that he be heard. He declared that it had been decided in a i-appofiodiy secret council that the material drivers must be thrown out by the Board of Building Trades. "We don't care." he shouted. "We would like to ) ay« you support us. hut your throwing us out will have the effect of making us many times stronger than we ever could be with your support. We are "this light to stay, and within a year me can t-how you people that it is not necessary for us to have you with us." Then the vote was taken. ♦_„— Among the thirteen delegates who voted in fa\or of accepting the report, which was in the nature of a rote to expel the teamsters, were the electrl - ans plasterers. marbl. workers, engineers and ; nil that class of building laborers who are em nlored beyond the middle work construction. Those who ted for the drivers were the Ironworkers, pipe coverers and in- class of delegates who repre sent workmen who actually control the situation l*rause they (>egin work w hen a building Is started. Instead of the lumber and material yards open- Ing to-day or to-morrow, as was expected, the posi tion of the dealers remains exactly the same as it was when they announced the lockout. The delegates were very excited when the meet- Ing was over, and .some of them di.i not have a clear idea a* to what actually had occurred. One delegate said that the committee had failed to put Its report in proper form. Another said that the second motion was simply to allow the board to *:et a way out. After the meeting the delegates carried the dispute to the street, and once or twice a fist fight was ban averted Chairman Dads ■; the labor committee of the Lumber Dealer*' Association said yesterday tnat the association stood by its decision not to open Its vardp while the board supported the Building Ma terial Drive: and Building Material Handlers unions. EMPLOYERS GIVE IN. Eight Philadelphia Textile Firms Grant Demands of Employes. Philadelphia,- June This was a good day for the textile strikers in this city. Eight firms granted the demands of the workers and the ranks of the (■trikers were Fuelled by the workmen In several mills going out. The three most Important em ployers to grant the fifty-five hour week and an Increase in pay were Lightenberger & Co., manu facturers of ingrain carpets: Samuel Blswick. yarn manufacturer, and the Frankllnvllle Dye "Works. The strikers say that the break portends an early ondlng of the strike, because the- manufacturers have all along declared that they were unable to :ar.t an Increase In pay. The Llghtcnberger com pany is the first ingrain carpet company to grant both the Shorter week and the increase in wages. The other five firms were only asked to give their employes the shorter week, without any increase In ray. Among the places where strikes began to-day were three Fpluning mills, two hosiery mills, one upholstery and one knitting mill. Another branch of the textile industry brought into the conflict -a as the hair cloth mills. There are only six Of these in the city. All th« weavers employed In them quit work to-day because the fifty-five hour •reek was Del given to them. Organizations are betas perfected In every branch of th* industry involved In the strike. Where DO unions existed they are being formed. Meetings were held in the several textile centres to-day, and k great open sir mass meeting will be held to morrow. TO FIGHT SUB-CONTRACTORS. Builders Incorporate for a New Set of Troubles. Albany. June 2-The Builders' Mutual Protective Association of the City of New-York was incorpo rated to-day to unite all builders In the boroughs of Manhattan arfl The Bronx, to protect builders ag«Jnst lnefflc'.f-nt contractors or sub-contractors, and to secure efficient workmen, et?. The directors are Harry W. Perelmen, Benjamin Nleberg. Ado'.f Mendel. Jacob M. "VVimi'ie. Harnett Hamburger. Charlos I. Weinsteln, Harris Friedman, Samuel Harkln. Roht-n Friedman, Israel Lippman, Julius Welnst'ein and Abraham Silversou. The contractors and builders of New-York have recently felt a need of some sort of association to meet the encroachments of the organisations of tub-contractors and mechanics. The directors of th« new association cay that the sub-contractors have been able to make their own terms, to break contracts with Impunity, and to give most un satisfactory service, because their association con trolled all sub-contractors, and the builders were unable to secure service of any kind If they in dulged in any quarrel with any member of the sub-contractors' association- FOREIGN MISSIONARIES CONFER Workers from All Parts of the World Meet in Clifton Springs. [ST TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBrSK.] Clirtoa Springy. N. V.. June B.— The twentieth annual meeting of the International Missionary Union opened here to-night with a recognition service In the Tabernacle In the sanatorium grove. The meeting was conducted by the president, the Rev. Dr. J. T. Gracey, assisted by Bishop C. C. Penlck, of Africa, the Rev. Dr. I. L. Gulick. of Spain; the Rev. Dr. C. W. P. Merrill, of China, end the Rev. Dr. C. C Thayer. formerly of Turkey. Missionaries have been arriving all day. About 3 To-day*" arrivals Included workers from India, To-<lay» arrivals Included workers from India, TMna. Japan. Philippine Islands. Malaysia, Micro nesia Ceylon. Burman. Syria. Persia, Turkey. Bul garia Africa. Spain and Mexico. Membership in tHs association includes men and women of »»very evangelical denomination. They will confer in regard to their work. The meetings will con tinue one week- The union ie the guest of Mrs. Henry Fo'ter. widow of Dr. Foster, founder of ♦he eanatorlum- ITALY'S ST. LOUIS COMMISSION. Rome, June 3.— The committee of the Chamber of Deputies, to which the bill concerning Italy's share In the St. Louis Exposition was referred, has decided to advocate the appointment of a com mission, consisting of four prominent Italian resi dents In the United States, under the presidency of the Italian consul at New- York, and ten member* from Italy chosen among the members of the Sen ate and Chamber of Deputies Cabinet. Chambers oT Commerce and art institutions, to which the work t>f organizing the Italian section will be Intrusted. CRUISERS BACK FROM THE ORIENT. San Francisco. June 3.— The cruiser Princeton has arrived here after a long cruise In Oriental waters. She started from Yokohama direct for this harbor nearly a month ago. * The Yorittown, also from the Orient, has ar rived. She tailed from Yokohama a few days In advance of the Princeton, and called at Honolulu, where she took on coal. CHANGE OF VENUE WITHDRAWN. Jackson. K>., June .3.— Curtis Jett and Thomas White, the alleged murderers of James Marcum, -» i re brought Into court by a file of soldiers to day. Sheriff Cailafaan shook hands cordially with both prisoners. The court's order of yesterday to hold their trial In Morgan County had not been »nterefi. nun. en the suggestion of Commonwealth Attorney Byrd, the court directed that the order >>♦• ji«t entered and that the na»e» go 10 trial here. Th<- Juflxe r.iil appoint an eUser to go to another czw.y j.-£ „ t a jury. FORBIDS STAR CHAMBER. Mayor Orders Aqueduct Commission to Hold Open Meetings. GRAND .JL'RY MAY INVESTIGATE. Mayor Low has requested the Aqueduct Com mission hereafter to conduct its meetings openly, so that representatives of the' press may report them the RUM as the meetings of the Hoard of Estimate and Apportionment end the Rapid Transit Commission. At the meeting on Tues day afternoon of next week the report of Chief Kngineer Nelson P. Lewi? of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and Eugene E. Her if. engineer of the Department of Finance, sustaining the position of Chief Engineer Wil liam EL Hill of the Aqueduct Commission In tuking for thicker flooring of concrete for the Jerome Park reservoir at an increased cost of $217,000, will be fully discussed. The Merchants' Association is in a wrathful 6tate of mind concerning this report of the engineers. William F. King and George L. Duval, who have taken a ken interest in the water supply problem of the city, assert that the Aqueduct Commission is prolonging con tracts so as to perpetuate itself in power. Yes terday they said that in order to prevent a waste of public funds a taxpayer's action to enjoin the Aqueduct Commission from letting any mere contracts would be begun, and that the alleged misconduct of th-? Aqueduct Com mission would be taken before the grand jury. Mr. Duval, after referring: to th« promise of the contractors, McDonald & Onderdonk, that the rerervoir would be finished by August 1 of this year, said to a reporter yesterday; "Whatever the cause of the delay In completing the reservoir or the neoil of an extra appropria tion for concrete, the responsibility is squarely ami exclusively upon the; Aqueduct Commissioners ami It is only" anoth"r reason why they must k°- We cannot afford to have the city's water supply in any way mixed up or dependent upon political con sideration?. The report of Messrs. Bocart and North, em ployed by the n— ol Infirm to report on the Jerome Park reservoir, sustains th»* assertions of the Mer chants Association. It may be that Mr. McDonald, in view ol the report of Messrs. Bogart and North, realises thu the walls as btdlt at present will not bold water, inasmuch as they do not hold mud. Dp to date the reservoir has cost upward of 15,060.000, and probably is the costliest one In the world. It is believed that the Aqueduct Commission and the Board of Estimate and Apportionment will stand by their engineers in authorizing the thicker flooring of concrete for the reservoir. The report of Messrs. Lewis and McLean is in part as follows: We believe that a layer of concrete three inches in thickness is exceedingly difficult to lay, and that the results obtained from its use are always un satisfactory, in spite of every precaution which may be taken to secure a homogeneous and dense W© concur, therefore, in the recommendation of your chief engineer that the thickness of the con crete foundation over the entire area of the west em station of the reservoir be fixed at eight inches and further advise that every precaution be taken to make this concrete as dense and of as perfect a mixture as the most approved mixing appliances will permit. Inasmuch as the areas of rock bottom are very irregular, having an estimated perimeter of more than thirteen thousand feet, and inasmuch as H Is very difficult to determine at the present time Just where the rock ends an<3 the earth begins, it seems unnecessary to attempt the use of a greater thickness immediately adjacent to these hiifs be tween the earth and the rock. Mayor Low said yesterday that he recently summoned John B. McDonald, the Bubway con tractor, and asked why the work on t£e Jerome Park reservoir was not advancing more rapidly, and called his attention to the fact that the original contract called for its finish by August 1. He said that Mr. McDonald assured him that the reservoir would be finished on time, but that, to use the language of Mr. McDonald, "it would not hold water." CROKEE'S BULLDOGS IN DANGER. Poison Placed Near Their Kennels by a Sup posed Firebug. Following the burning of fifteen stables and other buildings around Mount Klsco. in the town of New castle, and the offer of a rewar.l of U. 090 for the capture of the firebug, the residents became further alarmed to-day when they learned that attampts had been made to poison ihe valuable bulidoirs owned by Richard Croker. jr., and the costly bloodhound of Colonel Frederick K'-igl. who l.ris a country seat near the Croker place. Colonel Feigl says that his servants saw a man lurking around his kennels, and when told to hold up his hands the man ned. Severul shots were iired at him by the servants, who were armed with Winchester rifles, but the mysterious stranger KOt awuy. Young Mr. Croker has twenty-five costly bull dogs, and his kennel master found poisoned meat around the buildings, showing clearly that a man. supposed to be the fire fiend, had attempted to poison the animals, and would have eucceeded had not the meat been found before the dogs were re leased for exercise. Colonel Feigl says he believes that an attempt, was made to poison his blood hound, because he decided to put the animal on the trail of the Incendiary. Colonel Feigl has sent a long petition to Governor Odell. asking him to put the State detectives on the trail of the firebugs, and also has appealed to Sheriff Miller for protection, but be says he has not heard from either official. It is the firm oelief of some of the town people that the guilty person Is an escaped lunatic from some asylum, who la crazy over tires and is maKing his headquarters in the neighborhood. PENSION FOR OLD EMPLOYES. Announcement of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company. Announcement was made yesterday of the inten tion of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company to In stitute at an early date a pension system for the benefit of old employes needing aid. The provisions of the plan are thus set forth in a circular Issued by the management to th^ company^ employes: It was the earnest desire of our late president. John W. Mackay. thai som..- provision should be made by the company lor the benefit of faithful employes who had grown old in the service and whose usefulness had been impaired by age or mis fortune. In furtherance of this beneficent desire, the officers of the company have had the matter under long and careful consideration, and, while they have not been able to formulate a systematic plan of pensions, they are authorized to make the following announcenient: Any employe of the Postal Telegraph Cable foin j-any who has been continuously In its service for a period of fifteen years, and who, through no in discretion of his own. has become Incapacitated for work, may apply for rtlief to the person under whose immediate direction he is employed. Upon the recommendation of such person, and of the superintendent of the district in which the em piove is located, and with the approval of the gen eral superintendent of the division, and cf he ex ecutive committee, such employe may be allowed. In monthly payments, an amount not exceeding 20 per cent of the regular salary pertaining to his position. In the case of an employe who has been more than fifteen years in continuous service of the company an additional 3 per cent may be allowed for each additional year of service up to twenty five years, making the maximum allowance 60 per cent. THINKS CLARKE WOULD NOT OPPOSE. Jerome Intimates That He May Ask for Clemency for W. F. Miller. William F. Miller, of 520 per cent fame, la still In a cell in the hospital of the Tombs Prison, but it was said yesterday that he surely would appear at tlie trial of Colonel Ammon to-day. District Attorney Jerome said yesterday that the report that he and District Attorney Clarke, of Brooklyn, could not agree as to what should be done with MilUr was not true. •'There has been no friction between myself and the District Attorney of Brooklyn." said Mr. Jerome, "I am pure That If. In return for what he Is going to do, I should ask for executive clem ency for Miller. Mr. Clarke will not oppose my ac tion." JURY DECIDES AGAINST J. E. JONES. James K. Jones, the ex-Superintendent of Small Parks, who has been suing Park Commissioner ■vv'lllcox to appoint him as one of the assistant superintendents of parks, lost hi.i suit yesterday, the jury deciding that his office was not abolished In bad faith and that he was not fitted to fill the position of assistant superintendent of parks, to which Thorn- ie F. Murphy was appointed. NEW-YORK DaILY TEGSCrsrfi. THURSDAY. JUNE 4. 190& SVXOD ELECTS DR. WELLS. Reformed Church Continues Its Scs mon at Asbury Park. WORK IN FOREIGN- MISSION FIELDS. Asbury Park, N. J.. June S -Ministerial and lay delegates from New-York. New-Jersey, Pennsyl vania. Illinois, Michigan. lowa, Dakota and Mon tana poured mto Asbury Park to-day to tako part in the Initial meeting of the seventh regular Be» sion of the General Synod at the Reform*'. l church in America, Wblca was held in the Grand Avenue Reformed Chorea. The church was crowded when President Abbott B. Kittredge. pastor of the Madi son Avenue Reformed Church. Now-York City, culled the synod to order. A nominatinK ballot was taken for president. This preliminary skirmish brought out twenty candi dates, with the Rev. Dr. Cornelius L. Wells, of Brooklyn; the Rev. Albert Oltrnans, of Saga, Japan; the Rev. Dr. Matthew Kolyn, of Grand Rapids. Ittckr, and the Rev. Dr. David J. Burrell. of New- York, leading in the contest in the order named. The first regular ballot pave Dr. Wells seventy votes. Dr. Oltmans thirty-nine and Dr. Kolyn fif teen. It requires a majority vote to elect, so a third ballot was taken. This resulted In the elec tion of Dr. Wells. Dr. Oltmans was then made the vice-president by a unanlmutis vote. The other offi cers are: Permanent . If-rk. the Key. Dr. William H. Ten Kyck. of New-York; stated clerk, the Rev. Dr. William H. DeHart. of Raritan, N. J.; clerks pro tern., Bdgar I. McCully. of Germantowti, N. V., and Gerrtt Kooiker, of Brltton, Mich.; press clerk, the Rev. Henry Lockwood, of East Millstone. N. J. The new president. Dr. Wells. Is pastor of the Ftotbush Church. Brooklyn, the second oldest Re formed church in America. He comes from a fam ily of noted divine?, his great-grandfather having been president of the General Synod of the Re formed Church In America for four terms back in Revolutionary days. His father was also the pre siding officer of the synod for one year. Vice-Presideiit Oltmans is a missionary In Japan. At the present time he Is enjoying a needed vaca tion in America. The retiring president. Dr. Kit tredge. Inducted his successor Info office. He told Dr. Wells that the Reformed Church was now In a prosperous condition and that constant prayer and the aid of the Holy Spirit would cause it to advance still further. President ' Wells thanked the dele gates for the honor conferred on him and asked i heir constant prayers to help him properly to per form hi» new and responsible duties. An hour of devotion followed, when fervent prayers were of fered for the success of the annual gathering. This evening. In the Grand Avenue Reformed Church. Dr Kittredge preached the annual synodical ser mon to a li'rci- <-o!iKre?ation from the text. 'The foundation «.f the Lord standeth here." The business sessions of the synod will be re sumed at 9 a. m. to-morrow in the Beach Auditor ium, it being demonstrated that the church building: Is not lar^e enough comfortably to accommodate the delegntes and visitors. The first business to be considered will be the annual reports on the finan cial condition of the New -Brunswick Theological Seminary and the Western Theological Seminary. In the evening the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will bi« observed. The Boird of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Church In America is now in the seventy-first year of its existence and the forty-sixth of w pa rate and independent action. During the lirst twenty-five years ol its existence it oper.-.ted through the American Board of Commissionerg for Foreign Missions. The first missionary from the Kpformed Church, although never under the cure of its board, was the Rev. John Scudder, who went to Ceylon in connection with the American board in 1819. The whole number of missionaries appointed and sent out by th* board from the be ginning is 203, of whom 86 were men, 73 wives and 44 unmarried women. NATIONAL BANKS AT WAR. Bags of Silver Dollars Exchanged in Paying Balances. Ossinlng. VS. V., June 3.— There is a merry war between the First National Bank and the Ossining Natlona.l Bank, of this place. The former is an old established Institution and formerly had a monopoly .if the banking business hero. About five months ago some moneyed men started a new bank, named the Ossinlng National Bank, and It has been doing a remarkably successful business since. An arrangement was made with the First National that a settlement should be made between them at 2 o'clock each day. This has resulted in a peculiar state of affairs. The officials of the First National have adopted the plan of paying 1 all Its balances In silver dollars instead of bills. It is said that the authorities of the 'Sub- Treasury in New-York, on learning what use was being made of the silver dollars, informed the president of the First National that the United States Government did not approve of any such use of Its facilities for the transportation of silver coin, and requested him to stop it. The president, however, has continued it. and still pays balances in heavy bags of silver dollars, several thousand of them at a time, so that the messenger has to board a trolley car to get to the Oslning National Bank without breaking his back. The Ossining National, of course, sends these silver dollars back as fast as It can in paying tha balances, but it is said that it Is only rarely tha.t the balances give an opportunity, the business bo ing generally the other way. MADE A DEAD HEART PUMP BLOOD. Professor Lyon Performed Experiment at the University of Chicago. Chicago, June 3.— That the heart Is independent of the central nervous system and can be made to pump blood through an artificial circulation, even when removed from the body, has been demon strated to students at the University of Chicago by a Ftriki ng experiment performed by Professor Ellaa P. Lyon, of the department of physiology. Professor Lyon has been able not merely to make pieces of hearts pulsate in salt solutions and In the air, as was dons by Professor Jaques Loeb and Professor Ungle. but. by the arrangement of suit able apparatus, he has caused the heart of a dog to pump blood through itself, a pair of lungs and a loop of tubing more than four feet high. Dr. Lyon disclaims the distinction of discovering the method of causing an apparently dead heart to beat, as he cays that the experiment has been per formed before. Previous experiments having; shown that the heart was Independent of the cen tral nervous system, it was found that the only condition necessary for causing the heart to beat was that It should be abie to circulate hlood through itself. If this condition was met and the blood prevented from coagulating in the compart ments of the heart. It was found that circulation could be kept up. TO CALL CABMEN TO ACCOUNT. J. B. Reynolds and Assistant Corporation Counsel to Investigate Overcharging. James B. Reynolds, -who has charge of the bu reau of licenses in the City Hall. Is going to join forces with Assistant Corporation Counsel Cosby against the cabmen who overcharge their fares and then have them arrested, as did Harry D. Barthon on Monday night, when he caused the ar rest of Mrs. Jessie Pierson, wife of a Wall-st. broker, and had her haled to court the next morning. Mr. Reynolds ha^ called the cabman to appear before him for examination, and if he finds that he has violated the ordinance his license will be revoked. Other cases are to be taken up, and Corporation Counsel Coshy Invites those who have been 111 treated or overcharged by cabmen to complain, and he will maktt a thorough Investi gation. Magistrate Flammer. before whom the case of Mrs. Pierson was brought, denounced the arrest as an outrage, and said that no policeman should make an arrest at the request of a cabman where a question of faro was in dispute, the cabman having redress by f civil suit in court. Mr Reynolds said yesterday that he was de termined to sift this rase and- others to the bot tom, and if th*» cabmen hay* been violating the ordinance they would be severely dealt with. THE RULES FOR STREET TRAFFIC. Mayor Low. In referring- yesterday to the suspen sion of the street traffic ordinances by resolution of the Board of Aldermen In April last, said these ordinances were suspended for the purpose of pre parlnar a code of new rules and regulations. Since that time the city had been without any rules affecting street traffic. Despite the efforts of the Board of Aldermen to obtain views that would en able them to perfect an up to date codification there had been a lack of interest displayed by the business men who had been foremost in advocating new rules. At the several hearings held there was Firactlcally no attendance by these people who pro essed to be no greatly Interested In the matter. As a result, under the order suspending the old ordi nance, they would be restored with his approval within sixty days. ' MURDERED BY THIEVES. Italian Shot on Loneh/ Road and Robbed of Savings. MAFIA VENGEANCE IN THE CRIME. Carmine Falno. an Italian laborer. thlrty-ei«ht years old. was .-hot and robbed by thieves in a lonely part of Evergreens. Long Island, early yes terday morning. an<i died in the German Hospital Brooklyn, from the effects of numerous bullet wounds. lie was robbed of $111 of the J6U he had with him. Faino. who lived at Liberty and Kockaway ayes.. worked in a tar factory, near where he was shot, all day and part of the night for two months past, and was returning home about 1 o'clock, when ne was attacked on the road. Three men approached him and when they asked him why be had worked bo hard he started to walk away without answer ing. Two Of the men then fired bullet after bullet into him. He was found unconscious and bleeding by people in the neighborhood and removed to the German Hospital. There it «U found that he had been shot four times in the body an.l that six bullets had entered hia arms. After rallying for a time he told the police how he had been held up in the roadway and robbed. In his pockets were found $500 of the $611. the savings of rears, which be car ried about with him. *s be was afraid he would lose It if he kept it at home. He died about 5 o'clock. Faino said he had been Phot by Italians, and that is the only, clew the police of the Seventy-seventh sub-station", in Evergreens, nave to work on. The theory of the detectives is that he was robbed by Italians who knew he carried money with him. Last evening the detectives working on the case arrested Luicro Vescault. forty-three years old. and Angelo Rogeiere. thirty-two years old, of Atl.tntic ave., Brooklyn, on suspicion of bf-in? two of the three men who participated In the attack on Faino. It is said that they answer the description of two of his assailants given by the dyln^ man. and that it can be proved that they were In the vicinity of the Lyons works on Tuesday night. One of the de tectives after the arrest fuiJ. "We've got 'em. and got 'em right." The arrests were made not far from the scene of the shooting. The detectives said they expected to have the third man by morning. Just what evidence they have obtained outside of the description and the fact that the men were seen near the Lyons works the police will not say. Captain Pinkerton. of the precinct in which F;ilno was shot, said lasi night that Faino was a "squealer," an<l saved himself a term in Sin;,' bm« bj aiding in sending three other Italians there for terms for murder, and yesterday morning he paid th^ penalty. A year ago Falno resigned his posi tion and announce,! that h<> was going to Italy to stay for a year or two. He spent only a few days in Italy, returning on the very rirst ship he could catch out of the country. He never explained why this was. Shortly after F;ilno returned to this country an Italian was Wiled in Pacific-st.. Brooklyn. Four other Italians were arrested, and it was said tnnt the killing was a Mafia affair. Faino was one of the four arrested. He turned State's evidence, and after the others had been sent away for extended terms he was turned loose. T> to itiat time ho had liveil in Atlantic-aye., in Brooklyn, but recently he had been living quietly not far from the Lyons factory in Evergreens. Captain Pinkerton wan familiar with the case of a year ago, having then been at the Lee-aye. sta tlo'n. He recognized Falno as one of the four ar rested in the Pac!ilc-st. case. Captain Pinkerton says there is no doubt that the man killed in Paciflc-st wns killed because of a Mafia affair. His friends in turn took revenge upon Faino or else the friends of the three men sent to Sing bing largely through Faino*9 testimony hav<- made him pay the penalty for his action in testifying. WILL SHUT OUT LIGHT AND AIR. Court Orders Commissioner De Forest to Grant Permit for Iron Shutters. Justice Mac Lean, in the Supreme court yester day, granted the application of Adam Mohl. of No. 219 West One-hundred-and-fifteenth-st.. for a per emtory writ of mandamus directing Tenement House Commissioner Dc Forest to grant him a permit allowing him to put jp Iron shutters clos ing in windows broken into ;m airshaft on his property by Mrs. Emma H. Weiss, who owns the adjoining tenement house. No. 221 We.«t One-hun dred-and-nfteenth-st. The putting up of the iron shutters will deprive Mrs. Weiss of any light or air in me bathrooms and lobby windows in her house. According to Moxi. s petition, the tenement house owned by Mrs. Weiss was erected before the pres ent tenement house law waa enacted, and did not comply with its provisions. There were no win dows whatsoever on the side of the house adjoin ing the airshaft. which was wholly on his prop erty. Mrs. Weiss, to comply with the law. had win dows broken open, which fronted the windows already In Mohls house. Mohl complained that the odors from Mrs. Weiss's premi.st-s. and the fact that his windows were exactly opposite those of Mrs. Weiss, made it disagreeable to the occupants of hi.s house. As the airshaft belonged to him. h« contemplated the erection of the iron shutters right in front of Mrs. WelSS's new windows. Commissioner De Forest refused to grant a per mit to Mohl holding that his action would be to defeat the intention of the Tenement House law. THINKS IT LARGEST COLLECTION. Corporation Counsel Rives Believes He Has Made Record for One Quarter. Corporation Counsel Rives yesterday sent his re port for the quarter ending March 31 last to the Mayor. Mr. Rives points out that the number of cases pending during the quarter has been reduced by over one thousand, and that It is the first time since consolidation that his office has been able to dispose of more cases than the number begun dur ing the quarter, which he attributes to decisions in favor of the city in "suspension" cases, for, al though about 750 actions fcr salary of various kir.d3 were begun, about 1.2."0 similar actions were dis posed of by discontinuance or dismissal. Mr. Rives also points out that the collection by his liepartment of $?IS.S^S 2»j is. be believes, the largest amount collected during a single quarter for any preceding year. The largest item In this Hum, he says, Is $7."2."..?4 s°. received from the Man hattan Railway Company, in settlement of the lonar litigtfloii over its persona] taxes for the years IBN to 1900 Inclusive. ARRIVALS OF BUYERS. BarnarJ-Sumner-Putnam Company. 'Worcester: (i. 3, Wheat, cloaks, suits and waists, No. 75 Spring-st., Mur ray Hill. Carson. Pirie. Scott & Co.. Chicago: A. IT. Mclyan, laces, embroidery and lace curtains, and George B. Reid, prints, No. 115 Worth-st.. Navarre. S. Cohen & Co.. Bobton; S. Cohen, trimmings. Herald Square. William Curry Son«. Key West, Fla.; O. H. Curry. general buyer. St. Deals. Del Bros. ,£• Co., Syracuse: George W. Ijin-!on, laces, millinery anil handkerchief*. No. 6H Grand-st.. Victoria. Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Beading; books, stationery, etc. No. 2 IValker-st. E. W. Edwards * Port. Syracuse; Miss M. C. Power. b>OM and embroiders. Victoria. J. Elsenbers. Baltimore; William Adler, house furnish ing goods, china and toys, and D. Elsenberg, domestic-?, linens, linings and white goods. Albert. Eisenberg. J.. Baltimore; Miss I* Hall, ladles' wear, Fllene William & Eons. Boston; P. A. O'Connell. dry goods: C. C. Hollidge. representative, Victoria. Oarson. Meyer & Co.. Rochester; T. Meyer, -woollen piece goods, 783 Broadway; Victoria. Golden berg Bros.. Baltimore; M. fcchneeberger, notions, hosiery and underwear. Albert. *, „ ,* .* Goldscfamldt. H.. & Son. Hartford: I* B. Goldschmidt. drvgoods notion* and furnishing goods. on L.i.«penar<l -ft. brandy. J. W. . & Co.. Norfolk: W. H. Millar, notion*, cloaks, fancy goods, etc.. Union Square. High, J. M.. Co., Atlanta; J. M. High, drygroods, 61 Hodge* Bros., Baltimore; H. D. Hodges, notions, Hoff "johnßton & Larimer Dry Goods Company, Wichita; Grant Dabler, domestics, flannels, dress goods, silks, velvets, etc., 43 L#cnard-st. Kline Bros., Altoona; H. S. Kline, drygoodd, cloaks and furnishing goods. 74 Grand-«t. ; Broadway Central. Krotosky Bros.. Scranton; I. Krotosky. clothing. Vlc °Lebach. Stuart J., Tork. Perm. ; cloaks, notions, fur nishing goodß, ladles' and Infants' wear, 621 Broadway: "Sarier." A.. Washington: Miss K. Blanchy. cloaks and Infants' wear. NormanJle. Maa«s & Kamper. Baltimore; A. Maass. lace*, ribbons end embroidery. Herald Square. Mayer Bros. * Co., Washington; M. Mayer, drygoods. notion* and furnishing gu( ds. Herald Square. Moody A. U. FarT.i. N. I>.; dryeoods. notions and furnishing Roods. Bt. Denis. .«. _ ... Meal & Hyde, Syracuse; A. M. Robinson, furnishing goods. No. 72 Leonard-st.. St. Denis. ; ■.;. ' : . _. David M. Pfaelaer & Co.. Chicago: L. Mayer, tailors* trimmings. No. 59 Leonard- st. Herald square H. L. Reed ft Co.. Mansfield, Ohio; H. L. Reed, drew goods, cloaks, etc.; Manhattan. Shepard Company. Providence; W. H. Symoii. linens, white goods and lining*. No. 48 I.<v>nardHit., Criterion. Slbley. Lindsay & Curr Company. Rochester; J. Cook. linen-., flannels and blanket*. No 454 Broome-et William Taylor, Sot ft Co.. Cleveland; P. W. Harvey. domestics, flannels and blankets. No. ol L«onard-st.. Man- The Fair. Chicago; M. Sommer*. cloak*. suits and far*. Ir jo'hn'\vanßmak«r. Philadelphia; J. F. Collins, house- fur nishing poods, and H. Cowperthwalt, school stationery and pocket cutlery, Albert. JEWELKT TRADE. J. W. Grandy & Co.. Norfolk: W. H. Millar. Jtweiry, Cnlon Bquare. \ HATS, CAPS. BOOTS AND SHOES M. S. fasjr. Albany; boots »nd shoe*. Grand. Ho»*.nthal-Slt«n Millinery Company. St. Louis; 8. Block, hat*. No. (£1 JBrotdivar, Herald Squne. FOR NEGRO SUFFRAGE Call Uphold Mights of Colored Vot ers in All States. At a convention of negro voters of New-York. New-Jersey and the New-England States W J terdav in the Bridge Street African Methyls* Scopel Church. Brooklyn, about two tan** '; .^t , were pretnt Thi ■*. W« H. Holland. to be held un July 1 at Louisville, Ky. Resolutions were passed to the effect _that the condition of the negro Is now most serious and alarming and that no thinking American can look upo« this condition without great apprehension for the future of this country. The resolutions con tinued: We believe that Ame/ican citizens regartlOTS 'to color and nationality. «"» everywhere entu< ; t ; all the privileges, rights and Immunities csra by the Constitution of the United States ana ■ WeWto* that Southern 'P/ranchisement^ il legal, un-American and unchristian, the wort of the same spirit which fought to maintain slavery and to destroy the perpetuity or the '.'■"•• ■ . We believe, that Southern disfranchlsement tea matter affecting the civil and i- Uk ■.. rights not only of the negroes of the South, but also c c\ery citizen of this country. =■' ■ ■ — . -. We believe that, holding the balance of political power in the North and West, the negro can and Will use it to preserve the citizenship of the rare. We believe the time has come for the formation of a national negro organization and State organi zations yielding support to the same, to the end that negro citizenship may be protected, rfisfraii chi3ement abolished and the Constitution made the law of the entire land. Wo call upon every State having negro citizens to ■end full representations to the National Negro Suffrage Convention, which meets at Louisville on "we congratulate our fellow citizens of Virginia. Alabama and Louisiana for standing up for their rights and we call upon the ten millions of negro*-* of this country to lend financial aid until the >,attle Is fought and the victory won. 1 m — DR. HILIIS ON THE NEGRO Colored Race Has Reason to Hope Till God Is Carried to the Cemetery. Providence. K. 1.. June 3.— The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwlght Hlllls. of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, and president of the Congregational Home Mission ■» ciety, at the annual session this evening, spoke on "The Republic and Its People, and the Institutions That Are Fitted to Americanize an.l Christianize Them." Ob th negro question he said: A law, with its grandfather clause, makes it — — | .Store Opens at 8 : 30 A. H. and Closes at 5:30 P. M. , Sale of Laces. Lace Robes and Neckwear An Extraordinary Movement in Goods Fascinating to Every Woman -:- This June clean-up of our famously Jar^e stocks of Laces, Lace Robes and Imported and Domestic Neckwear for women brings one of ■ the most stirring attractions of the year to New York shoppers today. The movement affects practically our entire stock of these good:*. Re ductions range from a quarter to a half, and in some cases three-quarters, below their former prices, Some of the finest Laces and the most exquisite Neckwear in Xew York City are included. There are Black Laces, White Laces. Lace Robes, Fancy Waist Materials, Imported Neckwear, Lace Jackets, Lace Collars, Embroidered Top Collars, j Collar-and-Cuff Sets— goods that women by the thousands are thinking about j right now. We have no knowledge of any previous offering where the scope was so broad, styles so good, and prices so radically cut. i The regular counters, and four large counters in the Basement, are de voted to the unusual offerings : Black and black-and-white Laces, in Fd>- 1 Lace and Lawn Collar*, 10c to $7 each; were. ings and Bandings. Now 38c to $2.50 yd.; j _'.V to $13.75. were 75c to $0. La CC Jackets and Boleros. $3.35 to $30; ir«r« | Whito, errant and colored Xorelty Laces, in j $4.50 to £40. Edges and Bandings. Now 15c to $5 yd.; were j fhiffon Fichu s $1.35 to $10; were 35 to $20. ! 1 Waist material, in silk, chiffon and j Lawn. Pique Batiste, Silkjind Chiffon Waist j MonWline de soie. Now 40c to $1.50 yd.; were Front*, - 5 c to $5.50; were »to $1 51.50 to $4.25. ' Embroidered Lawn Stock and Top Collars, Black Dress Nets; Now 35c to $3.50 yd; j 25c each; were 50c. j were 75c to $7. | Collar-and-Cuff Sets, 12 1-2 C each; -were 90c. I Bpbn of lace, chiffon, silk, and in combina- j j mvOT t<'d and domestic Neckwear, mostly all tions. in white, cream and black; nearly all are j han(i . ,. rkt in lawn, silk and chiffon effects; imported, and the collection includes our model in stocks> Ik>ws jabots and twice-around display robe-,: from the lowest to the highest <, hape^ a; , if the Terr finest workmanship, priced-only one of 1 kind. Now $3.50 to Now SOC to 56 2J; were fe to $12 . $87.50; were 97.5 Cto $1,.>. " Basement. Broadway. There are no large lots of any of these goods : many tine things are in ; ones and twos, and early comers will be well repaid. Women's Summer Coats A General and Radical Clean-up This movement concerns upwards of six hundred hand some Summer Wraps for women. Many of them are exclusive foreign garments that composed the most distinguished collection shown in America this season. While the whole wearing season is still ahead, the selling time is now. Hence we do this radical price-cutting to accomplish distribution quickly. If you have need of a smart Summer Coat, this is your great opportunity. At $10 — Jackets worth $12 to $1& At Three-quarter length Coat». worth At $12 — Jacket* worth $15 to $20. $123 to $200. £ V*Z% n C l Ot t ?° ati ui^Sa*] 8 c"- $2 °- ; A sio to $46. 5 0-T.ir.> and Cra,h Coat*, all | At Sis-Cloth Jackets worth $20 to •» lengths; worth $15 to $100. ) At $23.50— Apphqued Coats worth $30 . At S3<> to 66 <:oat!l . Ip length; mostly \ tO A . it 1 , r- A . • 1 white cloth and etarnine; worth $43 to $100. At $35-HiD-length _Coats of etamine and At $22 . 5O _« lint for travelling and automo - f voile; worths -to *>. bilir.g; three-quarter length. Silk* in various ! At Three-quarter length coats of silk, , fo j or . Were «45 etanune and voile; worth $60 to $75 ;, tht of ,, xf - orii or tan rfv/prr cloth , At $00 and $65— Blouses, hip and three-quar- I l 6 s<) . v r , 30- - l() ter length Coats; worth $80 to $11 ' -• • 3««on<l floor TTnm ltri J More deductions on Green Cedar Furniture We have picked out another group of the effective, durable, and very comfortable green cedar summer furniture, to bear re duced prices today. These pieces—our entire stock of them— are equally substantially made, but have, instead of rush seats, loose seat-cushions of denim. The chair-seats are of old-style interlaced rope construction, with a thick, soft cushion. There are chairs, rockers' and settees— all big, roomy, full of solid comfort. And you can pick up today a welcome piece or two for your summer cot- - tage living room or piazza, at prices that are reduced like this : At $5, from $7— Five green cedar Rockers; j At $0.25, from $12.50— Eleven green cedar medium high back, broad slats in back, rope Arm Chairs; broad arms, flat slat back, rop« seat, loose seat cushion. seat with denim cushion. At $5, from $7 — Five green cedar Sewing At $11, from . — On« green cedar Ara Chain; medium high slat back, rope seat, loose Chair; medium size, broad arms, slat back, seat cushions. rope seat; loose seat and back cushions. At $7. from $10— Two green cedar Arm .At $13.50, from $13.50— green cedar Chairs; broad arms, slat back, upholstered seat j Ann Chairs, large size, broad arms, slat back. I with denim cover. . ro^ B «* * lth . 1 °° * d a cushion*. * f~f At $3, from -Eight high-back green cedar _ , * t .*™-* 0 : fro , •IS-*)-- Three- gre*-n r*lar Rockers; broad legs, heavy arms, rope seat, - Morn hair large sue; broad arms, rope ; with loose cushions. * SPat - I™sc/eat1 ™ sc / eat »n<* »*<* <™hion». At $9, from $11— Ten high-back green cedar At -°- from $27— Eleven medium high-baa*. 1 Arm Chairs; square post legs, flat slat back, Settees, 57 in. long; flat slat back and anna, rope Beat with denim cushion. ro P« »***• '<x> seat cushion. At $0.25, from $12.50— Ten green cedar Rock- | At $31.50, from $42— green cedar aft ers; slat back, broad arms, loose seat and back I dlmn n»gn-back Settees. Davenport style; with cushions. hi ? h * rras . flat sJat back, heavy poet lege; Bft Fourth floor. 3 in. long; rope seat, loose Beat cushions. JOHN WANAMAKEK, i Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co.. , Broadway, 4th aye., 9th and ICth «tft possible for illiterate whites to vote, but not an Illiterate black.-" The men who ought to be public leaders are saying: I-"I -'" the South settle tn«* prob lem In Its own way. We are sick and tir»«i of th» whole -Kltntion. If the white people on ;r>« ground have taken away the elective right. r|.- V 3nalblUty li with them. ' But how can you educate a er.iM ice iav» b-r throwing them on their own resource? If we want to fit the Italian and the Gemma and; th-> Pole for suffrage, we must permit then to vot<» and suffer the consequences of tr— lr error, If error they commit. The colored race has reason for op*. When God is carried to the cemetery. It wir be •me for the colored people to become despondent. Men ha?-» slunk back Into the old copperhead mood, and lead ers who once ha ! great convictions and loved the people have forgotten the debt of the strong to th» weak. * SUSPENDS GUST IVESON. Arm Hoard Refers Charges to Commissioner of Accounts. The Armory Board yesterday took up the charge of Controller Grout against th« secretary. John P. (Justaveson, and on motion of Mayor Low they were referred to the Commissioner of Aecotmti for investigation. Pending their report Mr. Gustareson was suspended Mr. Grout accuses Gustavcson of giving contract* to his broker and brother-in-law, whom '..- intro duced to the Controller's office as Henry Day & Co., carpenters, and of deceiving the board by con cealing his relationship to the contractors. Th«» Mayor read a letter from Mr. Gustaveson asking ior a thorough and speedy investigation. An incl«.'sure from Mr. Grout *as an affidavit from Richard Khl-T. '■? No. Z3SZ Thirt-av*., t&at Ehler lent to Gustaveson's brother more tr.an il.'r't on the assurance of Gustave?on that Henry Day & Co would receive work enough from the Armor/ toa'rd to enable them to repay the money. Questioned by the Mayor. Gustaveaon said he had "iven work to his brothers arm. cut that he had not favored the firm unduly. The work dor* by them he said, was satisfactory ;ir.d had »,*^n ap proved by the Controller'- inspectors. He admitted that he might have been Indiscreet in DCgttCttßf to inform the commissioners of his relationship to th* onn tractors. He denied absolutely several of the statements In Mr. Grout's letter of complaint. SET DOG ON POLICEMAN George Betz. of No. X*> "West One-hun<lre«l-ar.<l twenty-sixth-st.. reported at the West Thirtieth-st. station last night that be had been assaulted by a. woman at a. house in Thirty-thlrd-st. Patrolman Keneally was sent to the house with him. Later the policeman returned, and said tl'.at ha and Bets had been attacked by a *>• which had been se tt them Keneallv was hitten in the leg. and ha; his wound treated' by Police Surgeon Johnson, after which he went to his home. No arrests were mad*.