V*- LXVI- • • N° 22.059.
BUKPER WHEAT CROP.
01 T WOK AT PRESENT.
Big Honest Promised Despite Re
ports of Bugs and Drouth.
Tl.nt tills yenr's winter wheat crop will be a
bumper one. despite report* of bup» nnd drouth,
smns assured from the special dispatches re
ceived by The Tribune from the great grain pro
iaiirf state*.
Kansas has th* larpest winter wheat acrea<n»
ever planted with the growing grain reported in
perfect (100) condition. lowa is planning for
the greatest liarvpst ever gathered in the central
West. [a Nebraska the condition of winter
■shsjt li 100, while Minnesota and South Da
kota, with greatly increased acreages and the
plants in mnisualiy fine condition, seem assured
of liie yiPliis.
In Indians and Ohio only there may be a slight
falling off in production, owing to the «»verc win
ter fliwi hwy rains. The damage by preen bugs
to date •-.penis to be confined to Texas and parts
of Oklahoma!!
Bid KANSAS ACREAGE.
Condition of Growing Wheat X early
Perfect — Weather Ideal.
[Py Tfl<«rapti to Th*> Tribune.
. Toprka. Kan.. April *.— F. D. <*obum. secre
tary "■ ''• Kansas Board of Agriculture, said
to-day of the Kansas wheat crop:
Six and on^-half million acres to-day consti
tute In Kansas the most magnificent winter
wheat field the world has ever seen In a like
area. The present wheat condition of nearly I<k>
per cent, which prevails practically over the
entire state and which the alternating showers
and Funphin^ are boosting- every minute, ought
•to natisfv a!I who are not absolutely a prey ti>
morbid melancholy. Up to this time ravages
of the Kansas wheat fields by green bugs havo
been gong on only in the minds of the "fake"
finders.
The feieeu bugs lave really caused much alarm
in lisas and elsewhere. They have been
talked of from Denver to Liverpool, and much
money has been spent "king inquiries about
the pests. Thy have, according to report, al
most ruined the wheat crops In Texas and
Southern Oklahoma, and are thick In the fields
of Northern Oklahoma. Many of them have
been reported In Sumner. Cowley and Harper
counties, Kan., with accounts of their presence
in limited numbers in other parts of Kansas and
a'so in Missouri.
Probably a dozen crop experts have been
driving over the country in Oklahoma and
Southern Kansas, observing the bugs and try-
Ing to deride whether they will do any damage
to the crops.
IOWA LOOKS FOR RECORD HARVEST.
Farmers Plan for Greatest Winter Wheat
Crop Ever Gathered in Central West.
fßy Tel«>frrar!i to Th' Tribune.]
Pious City, lowa. April R— With an increase
(■'. 10 per cent in the acreage ever last year and
the prospects of an '•xcriient crop regarded as*
first class, farmer? and mill ran; are planning
for the greatest harvest of winter wheat ever
gathered in the Centra] West. This crop lias
been gaming in favor In the northwest in the
!ast decade, and n-iw from 18 to SO per cent of
the ■the wheat crop is of the winter variety. -»■
High winds during- the seeding season, the
scarcity of snov.-. and the intermittent freezing
and •hatting in the ppring have been against
winter wheat in the past, but the winters are
becoming more even. Last year the average
yi«-ld of ■winter wheai In South Dakota. lowa
and Nebraska was about 2S bushels to the acre.
Eprir.g wheat was scarcely 2<*. The grade was
higher than the epring variety.
| H. J. HutJon, of this city, owner of several
rn'.llf and a careful observer of conditions, paid
to-day That the acreage h£d increased fully 1"
♦ per cent. He looks for a continued expansion
of this crop from year to year. The outlook for
1907. he said, was most encouraging.
MISSOURI CROP BEST SINCE
Secretary of State Board of Agriculture Re
ports Condition of 94.
my T^]»-irrar>i to The- Tribune.]
Columbia, Mo.. April R— The condition of the
Missouri wheat crop is ;«4 per cent, the highest
that has 1-ef-n reported sin. « lxi. or. ling to
the first of this year's monthly crop reports. Is
■reu by George H. Ellis, secretary of the State
B^ard of Agriculture. In the northwestern sec
tion, the condition of the wheat crop Is •♦<». bo
ng somewhat below the average owing to a
dry fail, late rowing and poor germination.
lAW BADLY NEEDED IN NEBRASKA.
Present Condition of Winter Wheat Excel
lent — Some Green Bugs Appear.
fP.y T<"l*jrrspsi to Th* Trlbua*.]
Omaha. April «.— The green bugs have up
•** in t*» wheat fields of Southern Nebraska
M 3 are rapidly spreading Into the central part
°I the state. As yet there is bo apparent dam
ape from the pests, but grain men are fearful
that within a few days the damage which these
.bugs have caused in Oklahoma, Texas and Kan
•*■ '" he duplicated in Nebraska. No damage
*» apparent from the bugs until ten days after
eppear.
At present the Nebraska wheat is In first class
<»ndition. averaging I<k» per cent. However.
there is ,-i dearth of moisture in the state, the
sssVieii'-y betas greater than at any time since
aVL While this has had no apparent effect
Upon the wheat as yet, unless there are heavy
e Prir.g rains the wheat plant will bo damaged
•nd cann.t reach maturity in good condition.
"Until a few days ago the prospects for win
ter wheat in tats state sacra a 1," «aid the man
** of a line of «le\*ators to-day, "but with the
great deficiency of rainfall and the green bug
Invasion we are very fearful of the result."
KHTHESOTA AHD SOUTH DAKOTA.
Winter Wheat of Fine Appearance — Record
Yield Promised from Increased Acreage.
t:*y • li«rai>ti i«. The Tribune. J
Bt Paul, April Winter wheat in Minne
sota and Bouth Dakota has an unusually good
■Ppciranee and promises a record yield from a
largely Increased acreage.
'l' to a lew years ago Minnesota and the Da
kotaa were, considered strictly spring wheat
state*. but as adversity overtook the spring
wheat crop and Isolated sections of winter
wheat produced great results, the farmers be
•**»• interested, with the result that fully one
ttlrt of the crop of Minnesota and Kouth Da-
**-oo tinned os wcojjd Dare.
To-day, fair.
To-morrow, fair; mat wind*.
AFTER TRAIX WRECKERS.
Pennsylvania Railroad Issues Warn
ing — Tico More Attempts.
fry I>!»>Krai>h to Tho Trtt-un*.]
Plttsburg. April B,— The Pennsylvania Rail
road, after a long conference between President
IfoCrea and others in authority to-day, issued
a formal statement cr. the evils of train wreck
ing to-night. The statement says that any one
instrumental in wrecking a train, should a life
be lost thereby.. will be guilty of wilful murder.
The company has ordered that posters with ex
tracts from the laws be posted along the rail
road.
The Pennsylvania authorities at Pittsburg
were perturbed more than ever to-day by the
report that two snore attempts at wrecking
had occurred in the last thirty hours, one at
Alliance, Ohio, and the other nt East Brady.
Perm. This makes a total of seven attempted
wreckings since March 22, and does not include
the wreck of the New York-Chicago eighteen
hiur flyer, which went into the Conomar.sli
River on the Allegheny Mountains on Febru
ary 2H. The railroad authorities now think that
this also was the work of wreckers.
The attempted wrecking at East Brady, on
the Allegheny Division, occurred late yesterday
afternoon, but was not made public until to
day. A tie was so fastened as to throw from
the rails a fast train. A farmer saw the ob
struction and warned the enelne^r, so that the
obstruction, which was on a curve on a high
bluff, was struck at reduced speed, but still
with force enough to throw the engine from tho
track.
The other attempt was made early to-day on
the Cleveland & Ptttsburg branch, within flvo
hundred yards of the station at Alliance, Ohio.
The engineer of a freight saw the signal for
a clear track suddenly thrown to red. The emer
gency brakes were applied, and the train was
brought to a standstill In time to avoid crash-
Ing into on open switch. A man who evidently
had opened the switch ran from the track and
disappeared.
MORE TYPHOID DEATHS.
Fatalities Keejring Pace with Groxcth
of Fever.
The deaths from typhoid In this ettjr are keep-
Ing pace with the increase In the number of
cases. For the first week In April last year
there were six deaths from thi* disease. For the
corresponding i"r:.'d this year there were
eighteen dea'hs.
This fact accounts for tlje remarkable activ
ity of the. Health and Water departments in
the Croton watershed. If city care, with Mate
co-operation, can safeguard the water supply,
there need be no fear of a typhoid epidemic
south of the Harlem River.
Dr. DarUngtoi terday thnt the whole
watershed was under the strictest kind of sur
veillance, and that th<- only thing to fear was
contamination of the water supply before these
extraordinary precautions were tak'ii There
have been no new cases of typhoid ;H Katonah
or in the Italian camps at the Cross River l>a,:n
fur several weeks.
COLOXIAL PREFEREXCE.
Rejiort That Premiers Map Act
Without Regard to England.
London. April 0. "The Standard** to-day says
letatands that in <;:s>- the proposal for
imperial preference expressed by colonial pre
miers falls at the forthcoming conference, the
• rs will endeavor to aasetnble a confer
ence of their ov. n for the purpose of discussing
methods of securing a system of mutual pref
erence, in which the mother country be allowed
ro whenever she :i .lmils the principle of
with her colonies.
PAUL REVEEE CHURCH IN DANGER.
May Be Destroyed Unless Permanent En
dowment Is Given.
[Dy T»rrap!> to The Tribune.)
Boston, April Christ Church, the "Old
North Church," on which signals for Paul Re
vere were hung in 177."». is likely to be closed
and is in grave danger of destruction. The ao
eiety controlling it is running behind in ex
penses, and on account of lack of* Onanclal
support the property may be! sold and the
church torn down. Unless financial aid in the
form of a permanent endowment is soon given
this structure. IS4 years old. which has ac
cumulated rare historical and religious associa
tions, will pass away.
HENRY CLAYS GRANDSON DEAD.
For Many Years One of the Editors of "The
Youth's Companion."
bssJacten. Kv.. April I.— Thomas H. Clay, a
grandson at Henry Clay .-""I » **» known Ken
tuckian died at bis home h.re to-day. Mr. Clay
tty-nve years old and for many years was
one of the f-dtu.rs of "The Youth!- Companion." In
I 5r (t tf.n. He bad devoted much of his timo in Ute
years to writing and had m-nrly completed a blog
raphy of Us grandfather.
RAILROAD AGREEMENT SIGNED.
Firemen on Roads West of Chicago Get In
crease of 25 Cents a Day.
Chicago. April S.-An agreement between thirty
one railroads west of -Chicago and the Brotherhood
of locomotive* Firemen and Englnemen was signed
to-day The pay of firemen on all elapse? of en
[.i,.;r>s to be- Increased 25 cent, a day of ten hours
or l- vs.
ROCKEFELLER BUYS NEGRO'S HOME.
Balked for Years by Old Woman's Love for
the Place.
"John D. Rockefeller bought the six-acre plot of
William Evcraon. an old negro, at North Tarry
town, yesterday, after being Mocked for several
years The old negro consented to the sale only or.
condition that his Ulster, who was attached to Her
eld home, be allowed to finish her days there The
property adjoins the Rockefeller estate at Mount
Plaaaaat. Rockefeller. Jr.. started in yesterday on
lota O. aVKdMMtar. Jr.. started m yesterday on
1,1. new duties as superintendent of his father's
♦,-tate The residents of Pooantieo Hills wero
Seated to the unusual sight of seeing the young
man walking through their streets carrying a bun-
A\m of Btok«a under is arm. He was accompanied
by his 'wife His destination was the Church of
,M iaadalen. Young Rockefeller and tab. father
are very friendly to Father Lennon. and they have
agreed to lay out bis church ground, with a lawn,
flower beds and roida.
COMMUTERS BUILD THEIR OWN BTATION.
Recmuse President Mellen of the New Haven
Railroad Company has a*re*d to erect a new sta
tion costing only »S.OM> at Columbus avenue In
Mount Vernon, to accommodate the commuters
of the Verncn Heights and Chester Hill section of
the city. It was reported yesterday that several
wealthy taxpayers would raise a much larger sum
to bulk! a elation of. their own.
NEW- YORK. TUESDAY. APRIL 9. 1907. -FOURTEEN PAGES.-^Th^ffiA^at,-. PRICE THREE CENTS.
AMERICA INTERVENES.
IVARXIXG TO NICARAGUA.
Further Bombardments of Coast
Towns Forbidden.
Puerto Cortes. Honduras, April 4 (via New
Orlenns. Apr.l Si. An authoritative statement
of prreat Importance In the relations of the
I'nlted States to Centra] American republics
has been given, out h.re. It is to the effect that
bombardments >f const towns cannot be PT
mittted "during the frequent wars and revolu
tions in Central American states." The state
ment Is by Commander Fullam. of the United
States gunboat Marietta, and is part of a letter
to General Juan J. Estrada, commanding the
Nicaracoao expedition encased Is capturing
Honduran ports In part the letter reada:
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your let
ter of March •_'."> in answer to my communication
of .March H4 requesting you to avoid 'lie un
necessary destruction of coast towns by bom
bardment. It must be perfectly plain that for
eign Interests could not possibly be secure if
bombardments me permitted. On the contrary.
such Interests would be sublet ted to the danger
of complete destruction In every case, if bom
bardments of coast towns are to be resorted to
during the frequent wars and revolutions In
Central American states, the mercantile inter
ests of nil foreigners will be absolutely Insecure
in the future Prom this it Is plainly evident
that assurances regarding the safety of Ameri
can and foreign Interests would i" 1 of no value
whatever unless bombardments of these unfor
tified wooden towns are forbidden, and it Is
squally plain that a ship of war ordered here
to protect American Interests could not h»» ex
cused for subjecting these same Interests to in
e*|table ruin by permitting the destruction of
ihese towns by fire and bombardment
Pull) three-fourths of the valuable mercantile
and business bouses in these coast towns are
owned by foreigners. Neither belligerent will
be permitted to occupy or to take cover In these
houses during t!i* course of hostilities.
Trusting thru I may not he compelled to in
form the United States government that I «ni
mistaken retarding the attitude Of Nicaratruan
forces toward foreign business Interests on this
coast, and hoping that you v ill avoid all danger
of complications by giving directions that prop
erty shall not be sdbjected t.« destruction by
tire nnd bombardment, I remain, etc.
Commander Fullam Informed General Qtiiroz.
commanding the Honduran forces near Ceiba.
that it would be necessary to defend the town
from a position outside the city.
United States marines dosed all saloons In
Ceiba after the abandonment of the port by th«
Hondurans. The following proclamation was is
sued by Commander Fullam of taV Marietta and
Virgil C. Reynolds, United States vice-consul:
To the people of Ceiba: The generals of ihe
Honduran army having left Ceiba, the civil an
thorltiea will assume < barge of the dry govern
ment. All liii ; ' will be [mtnedlatt ly
closed, and will remain i from the
United States ship Marietta will patrol the
streets and assist the civil authorities t ■ pre
■erve order and protect property, foreign or
private. The sailors are landed us friends of
Honduras. All persons are warned that there
» be !;<> disorder or violation of the laws of
gfondur&s, and all are advised to remain in
their homes for the present. In case Nlcaraguan
forces concentrate at Ceiba they ail] not In
terfere with law-abiding i pto, and there nead
be no alarm whatever.
STRIKE IX BVTTK MIXES.
Sir Thousnjul Men Out "t Ration
and Montana Smelter.
[By TV'.efrrat.h to Th* Trlbuno.]
Butte, Mont . April X— Because fifty-two elec
trical workers, machinists and blacksmiths
struck at the Boston and Montana smell at
Great Falls this afternoon fix thousand men
are Idle to-night, the shutting down of the
smelter being followed by the suspension of the
Boston and Montana mines in Butts. The Htrik
era demand an Increase of fifty cents a day, re
fusing to confer with John I>. Ryan, managing
director of the Amalgamated Copper Company,
who offered the men an Increase to twenty-five
cents a day on a five year contract. A request
for a conference from Mr. Ryan was answered
by the walking out of the men.
TO REORGAXIZE PARTY.
Result of Democratic Factional
Fight in Chicago.
[ftv TVlacmpfc to Tha TrnMuw.]
Chicago, April X— The reorganisation of the
Democratic party In Chicago and Illinois will
probably result from the fight for supremacy
between Its radical and conservative forces. The
battle has been brought on by the defeat of
Mayor Dunne and his municipal ownership pro
gramme in the recent city election, the defeat
being credited by himself and his manager,
William O'Connell, chairman of the County Cen
tral Committee, to "traitors" in the. party, tho
"traitors" being the so-called conservatives who
repudiated Dunne and his policies. \
O'Conneli made the announcement to-day that
a meeting of the County Central Committee
would be held in the next few days for the
purpose of "purifying the party."
"We have finished temporizing," declared
Chairman O'Conneli.
By politicians generally this move by the
Dunne faction Is believed destined to react on
Its sponsors. The alliance of the Imnno faction
With Hearst and his element in the last city
campaign and the defeat of Dunne and his
traction doctrines at the polls have mad. 1 it al
most a negligible quantity, as far as leadership
Is under consideration at this time. It is the
general opinion of wdl posted politicians that
the defeat of Mayor Dunns makes Roger Sul
livan, th«> state and < ity leader of the ■'conser
vatives," leader of the party.
Conferences were In progress to-day regarding
the proposed reorganization of th»; party. In
which Sullivan took a prominent part and in
which plans were laid to checkmate the Dunno
element in its aspirations for leadership.
It waa announced to-day that tho consolida
tion of the Chicago City Railway and the l'nlon
Traction interests was assured. Tho first step
was taken in a declaration of trust, signed by
th« New York holders of ft. majority of the
outstanding stock, appointing five custodians
of the franchises deposited* with the Central
Trust Company. The Eastern Interests will
6end their representatives to Chicago at an
early date to Ktudy conditions and take measures
to bring about a s|>eedy settlement.
L «J Kraut hoff and George W. Wickcrsham.
both of New York, acting for tho stockholders,
have full charge of the plans for reorganiza
tion.
4 I—a1 — a ■
SAGE GIFT TO NORTHFIELD SEMINARY
Moody School Gets Chapel and Music Hall
to Cost $150,000.
Northfield. Mass.. April B.— The gift to the
Northfleld Seminary for Young Ladles of a new
chapel and a music hall, by Mrs. Russell Saa-e,
of New York, was announced here to-day. The
cost of the chapel will not exceed $100,000, and
the music hail $.rio.ooo.. r io.ooo.
The gift is the largest ever received by the
seminary, which was founded by^he late U v
Moody.
NO PROMISE TO CUBANS.
CENSUS BEFORE BALLOT.
Taft Says National Election May
Be Held in December.
Havana. April B— The members flf the com
mittee of insurgents, with whom Secretary
T.i ft and Mr. Bacon. Assistant Secretary of
State, made arrangements for peace in Cuba In
Heptemher last, had a conference with the Pec
retary to-day, lasting from 10 o'clock in the
morning until 1:80 in the. afternoon. Secretary
Taft. in spite of the demand of the committee,
refused to give his visitors the date of the with
drawal of the American forces from Cuba.
At the close of the conference. Senators £ayas
and Morua Delgado and Ceneral Jose Miguel
Qomea Paid that Mr. Taft had informed thorn
that it was impossible to hold elections in Cuba
until a complete census of the island had been
taken. This would occupy about four months.
Ho added "hat municipal and provincial elec
tions would probably be held some time in Sep
tember.
Secretary Taft again conferred with the mem
bers of the committee of insurgents until a late
hour to-night. Tho subjects discussed this
morning were Rone over a second time. Tba
committee insists upon the holding of provincial
elections at the same time as municipal elec
tions, but this is opposed by the Conservatives,
as the provincial councils elect a part of the
S'-nators.
General Loynas del Castillo called attention to
the existence in some quarters of a campaign
for the establishment of an American protector
ate over Cuba. Secretary Taft replied that he
was aware of this movement, but he assured his
hearers it WOUld not affect President Roosevelt's
views, who was determined to restore the Cuban
republic as soon as possible. He said he prob
ably would recommend to President Roosevelt
the holding of Presidential elections In Decem
ber, and that the Cubans take possession one.
hundred days later, as prescribed in the consti
tution.
The committee urged that the ptans to in
crease the rural guards be not carried out. and
Secretary Taft promised to confer at length with
General Harry on this subject.
The Liberals left the conference to-night ex
pressing great satisfaction with the outcome.
Secretary Taft paid a high compliment to Oor
ernor Magoon. He said the «?overnor had com
plete power, of which be had made moderate use,
and that the administration would, support all
his acts.
The committee asked that the Moderate gov
ernors in the different provinces and the Mod
erate mayors and city councils be replaced by
Liberals, but Mr. Taft said that he would leave
that entirely to Governor Magoon.
The Secretary had a. busy afternoon. At 2
o'clock he met the Conservatives and discussed
the insular situation. Ha said that, owing to
economical conditions, be considered a national
election at an early date to be unwise, and
mended that such election be postponed
until the outcome of the municipal and pro
vincial elections were known. The Conservative
representatives expressed their willingness to
leave all to the good judgment of the United
States. Secretary Tafc desires to see the Con
t>Ftv.i.iiv>-.> i'.H-iin btiora tm d^rxirO*. a-'»«l prob
ably will meet them on Wednesday.
After this Interview representatives of all the
leading banks of Cuba called on Secretary Tart
and asked him to give them one or two years'
notice before holding national elections, saying
that unless this were done the effect on com
mercial conditions in the Island would be dis
astrous. The bankers urged the Secretary not
to change tiio present currency to American
money, holding that such an order would in
crease the cost of living by 12 per cent. The
committee of the Chamber of Commerce spoke
to the Secretary In a similar vein.
Secretary Taft told the bankers that be under
stood that they preferred permanent American
control in Cuba, but that this could not be, as
"we havo obligations to the American people .is
'well as to the Cubans, and the natter must be
considered in Its political as well as Its eco
nomical aspects." The Secretary said after the
conferences:
Various committees waited on me this after
noon, nis Impossible to state just what took
place, but the consensus of opinion seems to be
that it would be wise, and even necessary, to
take a census before attempting to hold ;iti
election, not only under the present provisional
government, but under any BUbseqiM nt govern
ment. It would >c Wise, In oilier tO te.st the
condition of the country and the operatios of
the flection law, to hold a preliminary election,
municipal and not national, and the national
election should be delayed until th.' results of
tii" preliminary elections are seen. I have prom
ised to confer with Governor Magoon and to
consult President Roosevelt, with a view to fur
ther conferences with the Liberals and Con
servatives.
Other matters are -pending concerning which I
cannot speak, in tlut first place because noth
ing would by gained thereby, and also, as tho
Spaniards suy. "it is not convenient.*"
While Secretary Taft was on the Isthmus of
Panama representatives of the bosses' time
keepers anil laborers called on him and de
manded a material increase in wages. Tho Sec
retary consulted with the delegates for nearly
three hours, and promised to take, up the mat
ter with President Roosevelt.
"PRIM A RY IMPOSSIBLE."
Ohio Attorney General Hits Plan to
Decide on Taft or Foraker.
[T"!y Tolr^raph to Thp Triliiin«>. ]
Columbus, Ohio, April S.-In a statement this
evening Attorney General Wade 11. Kills de
clares that it is Impossible, under the laws of.
Ohio, to hold a primary thi* year to determine
whether Taft or Fbrake* shall have tho state
delegation to the national convention next year.
The laws of the state do not provide for any
such primary, and it would be. Impossible to
hold it Jointly with the municipal elections this
fall, Mr. Kllis says, because tho statutes would
prevent it being held nearer than seventy-five
feet to the election booths. A volunteer pri
mary for an expression of the will of the people
would not be feasible, because there Is no law
providing for the prosecution of fraud in such
v primary, he says, and. In addition, some
counties could refuse to participate at all.
The statement of the Attorney General, in
stead of simplifying, adds complications to the
situation. The fight now, barring a compromise,
must go to tho congressional districts. This
means a eplit delegation from the state, unless
either Mr. Taft or Senator Foraker withdruws.
This the friends of both declare to-night to be
impossible.
State Insurance Commissioner Vorys, in
charge of the Taft forces, refuses to discuss the
statement of the Attorney General, but says
that the fight against Senator Foraker and for
" Secretary Taft will be prosecuted with unabated
energy. The Foraker men declare that they will
have more than half the delegates to the national
convention.
AFTER ALL, USHERS THE SCOTCH
that mads tha highball ttmou*.- Advu
EX-COROXER'S WIFE SHOT.
Husband Held on Murder Charge—
Sen-ant Tells of Shooting.
Mrs. Lillian Mott Guy, the wife of Dr. Samuel
S. Guy and the daughter of the late Benjamin B.
Motr, who at one time owned half of Far Rock
awn y. Long Island, was shot and killed at her
homo. N*o. 47 Mott avenue. Far Rockaway. yes
terday afternoon. Her husband is confined In
the Far Rockaway police station on a charge of
murdering her and will appear before Magis
trate Healy to-day.
Tr. and Mrs. Guy had been married for
twenty-three years and had two sons, one who
has fought in the Philippines and a younger
child, who is at boarding school. Mrs. Guy had
inherited the Mott estate from her father, ami
was in the habit of paying the servants her
self, she had paid one servant girl $4S yester
day against Dr. Guy's wishes, and an argument
arose. It was interrupted while |>f>. Guy \v»nt
out to neighboring saloons and becnmft drunk.
It is said, and was resumed again when he re
turned, at E o'clock. Dr. Guy, it la said, made
charges against tho servant, whose name is
Annie Hanaen, Mrs. Guy taking her part. Dr.
nnd Mrs. Guy withdrew from the kitchen intoj
the dining room, the girl says, where she heard
I>r. Guy using further abusive lnnguage toward
his wife, and shortly afterward thrt-e shots were
fired in rapid ■urteashHL
Mrs. Guy broke into the kitchen staggering,
and then fell to the floor. Dr. Guy put on his
bat and coat, and went out of the front door
to the railroad station near by. where he was
arrested by the local constabulary. His wife
was still breathing when he was brought Be
fore her. but sh* died while he was asking the
servant girl In a maudlin way whether she had
Stabbed her. One of the bullets had penftmted
Mrs. Guy's h> art.
A loaded revolver, with three empty chambers
which the poUcay, say must have been freshly
Bred, was found in Mrs. Guy's bureau drawer on
ond floor. Four unloaded revolvers wer«
found scattered about on the first floor. Dr.
Guy denied all knowledge of the shooting, say
ing that be did not return to the house until
nearly 7 o'clock, two hours after the time sworn
to by the servant. Coroatr, Nutt. who closely
examined both Dr. Guy and the servant, is a
political rival of Dr. Guy. Dr. Guy held the
offl-e of coron-r in Far Rockaway for four
years immediately following the formation of
the greater city. He has been opposed success
fully since by Dr. Nutt.
RESCUED FROM THE SEA.
Crew of Wrecked Xoncegian Bark
Brought Into Norfolk.
Norfolk. V.-v. April S.— The British steamship
Ottvemoor, bound from Mobile, Ala., to Bristol,
England, picked up at sea oft the North Caro
lina coast yesterday fifteen of the eighteen
members of the crew of the Norwegian bark
Hereford, bound from Pensacola, Fla.. to Buenos
Ayres, which was dismasted tan the fierce coast
storm of April 1. and was helpless at sea until
sighted with distress signals flying by the Olive
moor on her way across the Atlantic.
" T>.ree members of the H*t«£ord*ii crew were
washed overboard and drowned. Captain Jen
sen, commanding the bark, was crippled by a
falling mast and rigging, ami the frsf mate was
badly injured. So badly hurt were the. captain
and mate that tho Ollvemoor discontinued her
voyage to bring the men In for hospital treat
ment.
PRESIDENT HOOSEVELT WONT SERVE.
Declines Execntorship of Will leaving
$250,000 to United States Government.
[ TVr TVlwmph t'-> The Tribune. ]
Rochester, April R.— Morrison M. McMath has re
turned from Washington, wher** he advised I*rest
dent Roosevelt of the provisions of las win of
Captain James H. Hooker, of nroadMiuott, In
which IHWISW was left to the Culled states govern
ment. The President was named as executor, hut
Mr. McMath says Mr. •-.-.. It refuses to act tn
tho capacity named and baa ordered th«» United
States District Attorney to havo this district rep
resented at the time the will is probated,
Ii is said that the will stated that Mr. Hooker
daatred tho government to establish a military
academy at OaJeabursj. 111., and as the heirs are
■aid to ba about to contest th.- win ■ delegation
of citizens' of that city are to as hen when tho
will la probated. The government may not become
a beneficiary Of the estate, as the heirs are to at
tempt to prove the will was made when the captain
was Incompetent.
RESOLUTION INDORSES PRESIDENT.
±
Pennsylvania House Unanimously Adopts
Vote of Confidence in Mr. Roosevelt.
Barrisburg. Term.. April g._K^ rrf , s ,, ntnr!v^
Hitchcock Introduced a resolution In the Pennsyl-
Housa to-night indorsing the stand which
Pr< sklent RoossveM has taken In regard to cor
porations and giving Mm a vote of confluence. It
was unanimously adopted.
"GEORGE DENVER GUGGENHEIM."
State Normal School Would Have Had a New
Dormitory Had It Been a Girl. """" ;
[I'y Telegraph la Th* Tribnne.J
Penvor, April B.— Senator Simon Guggenheim,
who Is in the East, telegraphed to a friend her*
to-day:
"Am glad to report Denver's population is In
creased by the arrival to-day of George Denver
Guggenheim."
This Is the Senator's second child. Mrs. Guggen
heim had promised ■ dormitory to the State Nor
mal School If it were a girL ,
I a; •
TO GUARD CARNEGIE GUESTS.
One Hundred and Fifty Picked Police and
Twenty-five Detectives Assigned.
'.' • -* [By Teleirraph to The Tribune. ]
Pittsburgh April Andrew Carnegie and his
guests, foreign and American, will be protected?
during the founder's day exercises at the Carnegie
Institute by one hundred and fifty picked police
and twenty-five detectives, under the command of
Assistant Superintendent of Police Kennelly. Mr.
Carnegie ami the visitors will be constantly guard
ed. Ex-Congressman Henry K. Porter and John
A Drsshsar. of ! the institute trustees, will go to
New York to-morrow evening to bring Mr. Car
negie and his party to this city. They will leave
New York on Wednesday morning on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
DID NOT SEND MESSAGE TO SHERMAN
Congressman Overstreet Says He Bid Hot
Caution His Returning Colleague.
lily Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Indianapolis. April Congressman Overstreot.
when asked this afternoon If he had sent a wireless
message to Congressman Sherman, asking htm not
to talk about 'the Rooeevelt-Harrlman episode, said
emphatically that he had not.
"I sent no such message." said Mr. Overstreet.
"In fact, I did hot know that Mr. Sherman had
returned." ..'.-<-
THAW EV LAST JUTi'll
DELMAS SUMMING IP.
i
Assails White Bitterly — Denounce*
Hummel as Perjurer.
Delphln M. Delmas, whose reputation as a
1 successful lawyer in defending criminal case
in San Francisco caused his engagement
as leader in the fight to save Harry K. Thsjr
| from the electric chair, began the last part of
j his task yesterday afternoon. The evidence was
' all in. Justice FltzGerald had confirmed the re
port of the lunacy commission which found
j Thaw sane enough to be tried for killing Stan
ford White, and nothing remained except tha
I summing up of Mr. Delmas for the defence. Dla-
I trict Attorney Jerome for the- county and tha>
'■ charge of the court to the jury.
The proceedings in the courtroom in the morn
ing had been exceedingly brief. In a perfunc
tory wav Air. Jerome had objected to the eon
i firmation of the commission's report on Thaw's
, sanity, and had been promptly overruled. Dr.
Allan McLane Hamilton, the alienist, whose tes
i timony had directly brought about the appoint*
! ment of the lunacy commission, had been put
on the stand by the defence and asked If he had
visited Thaw in the Tombs. The District At
torney's objection to the question was sustained.
■ and thereupon Mr. Delmas had announced, "The)
defence rests." "The people rest." Mr. Jerome)
I had chimed in. and an adjournment had been
taken until 2 o'clock.
The news that the California lawyer, whoso
eloquence had been much talked of. would
begin his address when court reconvened
I brought a bis: mob to the Criminal Branch oZ
i the Supreme Court. Seats were at a premium
at 1:90 o'clock, and chairs were placed in all
thf» aisles and wherever there was available
space. Th Than' family were all In court, the
1 two Mrs. Thaws sitting next to each other, The
prisoner came into court pallid and serious look
ing, but forced a smile as he bowed to his rst«
atives and took his seat.
"NO APPEAL TO UNWRITTEN LAW."
It was four minutes past 2 o'clock when Mr.
Delmas began to speak. His first sentences were
delivered in low tones and with much delibera
tion. "I shall not appeal to any such shadowy.
unsubstantial thing M the so-called unwritten
law." he said; "but shall depend upon the law of
the state, in which there is ample protection for
this defendant."
Then." protesting it was not his purpose toi
speak of the dead, except so far as was neces
sary to protect the rights of the living, he
launched into a denunciation of the slain man.
He did not mince matters, but painted the pic
ture he wished to exhibit to the Jury in the
darkest, most forbidding colors. His voice,
which is that of ihe trained elocutionist, rose and,
fell; now pleading pathetically as he appealed
for the sympathy of the twelve men in the Jury
box for the prisoner's wife; now vociferous as ho
cried shame on the man he accused of her un
doing.
But, it was not only the dead man who was
denounced. Upon Mrs. Holman. Evelyn Thaw's
mother, and upon Hummel. Mr. Delmas heaped
torrents of invective. "Oh. unnatural mother!"
he cried, with hands raised above his head, as *•
accused her of profiting iff >•» daughter's dis
honor. Hummel, he accused of perjury. He
dissected the testimony the convicted lawyer
had given about the "affidavit" Evelyn Nesbit is
said to have made to him and showed how he
ha.l contmdicteii himself out of his own mouth.
"An«l the learned prosecutor must have known
he was perjuring himself, for the evidence of
his perjury was before his official eyes." Mr.
Delmas said.
This accusation startled every one in tlie>
courtroom. Mr. Jerome was not present to hear
it. but he cannot fail to take notice of it when
his turn comes to address the jury.
With the excoriation of Hummel ended. Mr.
Delma3 asked for an adjournment until this
morning. He was hoarse and tired. He had
only scratched the surface of the evidence, and.
with th« exception of doing much to destroy
whatever value Hummel's testimony might have,
had. had apparently only begun. "While he had
announced that his appeal for Justice for his
client would rest on the law of the state. It
had been devoted mainly to an effort to get
sympathy for Thaw and his wife, the former
of whom he described as an "angel sent to aid
an unfortunate child."
QUOTES JEROME.
Mr. Delmas in beginning his summing 1 np>
said, in quoting a statement Mr. Jerome had
made during th» trial:
"May it please your honor and you. gentle
men of the jury, we have no more right. If the*,
real facts wero known, to be here trying this*
man than If it was absolutely prohibited hy
statute.**
Proceeding, he said:
Had you heard these words from any luesponst
ble person, lusts of having heard them from an
official charged with a public duty: had you heard
them from a man given to irresponsible talk, in
stead of in this court of justice and solemnity; had,
the occasion on which they were uttered been some.
trivial discussion about an insi;mi3caat topic, in
stead of where the discussion is one of life and
death— words might not have filled you wtto.
amazement. . _.
It shall be my duty In a general way to Inform
you of all the facts and to rehearse the salient
points of the evidence. And in the performance
of that task it is not Improper for me to state that
1 shall make no attempt to inflame your passion,
no appeal to make your sympathy warp your judg-
I shall rely on no such shadowy, unsubstantial
thing as the supposed unwritten law. I shall base
the fata of this defendant on tee law of this state.
the law of the books, the statute law. Under this
law the defendant finds ample protection for hia '
rights, for his life. • !
In the performance of my task it is my impera
tive, unshunnable duty to speak of the dead. X
shall not forget the respect which we owe to tne>
dead. I also will not forget that It sometimes be
comes necessary, because of the lights of the liv
ing, to sp«ak of the dead. For th« widow who
mourns and fcr the son who survives I have no
•words to speak, except those of sympathy. Gladly
would I suspend the Inexorable rule that the sins
of the father shall descend to the children.
This ended what might be called Mr. DelmasTs
introduction. He paused for a moment sad
plunged Into his main argument^ He said:
Gentlemen, the. story you have listened to Is the
story of two young persons whom Fate by in
scrutable decree had destined to link together that
they should walk through life together. It Is a
story the saddest, most mournful and tragic
which the tongue of man has ever uttered or the
ear of man has ever heard in a court of justice.
1 will tell her story first.
Counsel traced Evelyn Nesblt's history from
the date of her birth on Christmas Eve, 1884.
He told of the death of her father when ah*
was ten years old, the family's subsequent pov
erty, her career as artist's model in Philadel
phia and New York and of her coins; oa the
stage. Next he described her meeting with Stan
ford White and recited the story she said .ah*
told Thaw and which she save on the witness
stand. • ■ C
. DENOUNCES WHITE.
Mr. Delmas had apparently forgotten Ids dis
like to speak unkindly of the dead. He thun
dered:
What had he done? He had committed tss>
foulest, blackest, most cowardly crime which eaa
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