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IE"- LXVII N° 22.062.
m HALT IN PROSPERITY
//. //. ROGERS OPTIMISTIC.
The South and the Ohio Valley
Report Record Business.
That tli!< country is not threatened with any
lrn«,ines> depression nt the present time continues
to be tlio opinion of bankers, merchants nti.l
manufacturers in leading trade centres as «x
pressed to LWHSfilslaciita of The Tribune.
Henry 11. Itopers put himself on reword as a
firm believer in the continuance of the country's
present prosperity.
Special dispatch*** from Cincinnati and Balti
more shorn eminently satisfactory trade condi
tions through the Ohio Valley and in the South.
In all branches of local business, too, the key
note !s prosperity and expansion.
ÜBGES LESS ACITATIOX.
Mr. Roger* Sees Xo Depression,
but Favors Conservatism.
Henry 11. Rogers, in a special interview In
"The Manufacturers' Record" of Baltimore,
takes a very optimistic view of the business
conditions of the country-
"The country is all right," pays Mr. Rogers.
"Conditions will adjust themselves , and there
will be no stagnation or half in prosperity on
account of the Presidential campaign next
year.
"While we have had ■ serious disturbance in
the security market. 1 believe that present con
dltinr.P fir" bound to right themselves. I be
lieve the country is all right, and that the con
fidence of the people generally 'will be speedily
restored. The country has grown so tre
mendously, the population has increased .so
vastly snd the production <>f wealth has gon«
ahead so enormously over what It was a few
years ago that I cannot believe there will be
any serious Interference with th« tide of pros
perity the whole nation has experienced for a
number of years past.
•The earth is yielding wealth as never be
fore. Not only have vast quantities of gold
and other metals been taken from the ground
In recent years, copper. Iron, coal. etc.. but
diversification in agricultural products has had
an important part in bringing a new and more
permanent prosperity to th* people.
VALUE OF DIVERSIFICATION.
"Take the case of the Red River of th* North
country. When wheat was so nearly the
cole crop raised up there that it formed the
major part of the freight hauled by the St.
Paul road, a bad crop year" meant ruin for the
farmers and great loss to the railroad. To-day
the relation that wheat bears to the total
freight traffic of this road is HI per cent less
than it was twenty pears ago; ruinous crop
failure? do not' occur along the line, and the
road is uniformly prosperous. I understand the
6outh has similarly learned the lesson of di
versification, with the result that you never
were s= •• prosperous in that Important section,
»nd that the same conditions exist in the
West.
"Everybody ls living on a scale different from
that of a tew years ago. As a rule, everybody
has more money than he had in former years.
and we all require more comfoijs, conveniences
and luxuries. We live In better homes than our
fathers did • we wear better clothes than the
■■-.--■. i before us; our children go to better
echoo]= ; we travel more, we have things to eat
every day that we had only at certain seasons
of the year a short time ago, and we have more
money in our pockets than the people did of a
gen*:. past. This means that a greater pro
duction of everything is required; that people
have arc to do, and it lakes more workers to
accomplish what must be done.
~1 am a great believer In Providence. Take,
for instance, the hi.story of the petroleum devel
opment of the world. It is full of providential
tarper.ings. New fields have been discovered as
fast as r.er-o>d, and from two thousand barrels,
la 1859, the production has become so great I
can't carry (be figures In my head. Petroleum,
providing illumination that now- changes dark
■*» to daylight in homes all over the world, has
been the greatert clvlHser outside of the Chris
tiar. religion that humanity ha/? known, and Its
discovery and development in Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, in Texas, in California, in Russia
. and every v. here it has been found seetr. to have
been made at just the time when needed and
when tho r>eople were prepared for its use.
URGES GOVERNMENT CONSERVATISM.
* "I believe in providential happenings in all the
affair? of men, and I believe that Providence Is
. «n the side of this country and that everything
trill work out all right. I don't believe the peo
pie are going to overlook the things that make
for their wellbeing. The whole country has had
a taste of the blessings of prosperity, and in a
providential sort of way I believe the people are
•° tn to eliminate the factors that would stand
In the way <.f continued prosperity.
-Continued agitation, the people will see. Un-
Bettles conditions. You cannot move loads with
a team that won't haul with horses or mules
that Will not pull together. The people must see
that settled conditions are necessary for prog
ress and development, and I believe that the sen
timent of ■„ country will have so crystallized
within a few months that there will be a prac
tically united demand for the strongest conser
vatism I* the conduct of th* government. Wo
taxis: have fettled conditions, and I believe we
*l!l have them.
"While the recent panic is described as a flurry
among the Wall Street gamblers, its effect and
Siriv!: ■■:. . „ are not to be so contemptuously
dismissed. When investors from the outside
«n come up to Wall Street and buy stocks or
bond* that pay good dividends or yield a profit
by tn advance in price. Wall Street is cons -
*"* by the?,) then as a very good place, .but the
*"*** that is pad out In dividends or the
profits secured f ro m advances in the price of
securities must come from somewhere.
LESS AGITATION DEMANDED.
"When the tide turns and securities are sacri
ficed in a falling market It does not dispose of
the matter to call Wail Street a den of thieves.
«all Street is really the clearing house of the
country. Here the great railroad and industrial
tnierprise* of America are financed, and de
*>«*s:on it: Wall Street necessarily to a greater
«* '" extent affects the business interests of
the v,i,.,i, country. But the Important point Is
this; Confidence that leads to Investment in
Securities is essential to the continuation of de
velopment. And settled conditions are neees
*•">' to irainuin confidence. Every new enter
•rlse requires money to carry It through. Wall
=t«*et. it is but an elemental fact to state, af
fords the greatest market in the country for the
.. * cortt *«« of theee enterprises. When there is
' t>-4 sale tQT «c<-uri«iefl at normal values "enter
*•*»£■ «re halted.
we have already seen how various Improve
wtis wiatam|i*gi*(| by the railroads have been
temporarily suspended. 1 would like to make
•-««• point: The** is more wealth In the covn
, * *£"**>■ than ever ljefore known. Conditions,
"^"aexnents and methods of carry in; on ell
r«*rt— tt «* djMa pag*.
To-day, fair and n-armrr.
To-morrow, (.bowrrt; sootb wisda.
CARNEGIE GIFT OPENED.
EXERCISES AT PITTSBURG.
Distinguished Gathering at Rededi
eation of the Institute.
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Ptttaburc April 11. The enlarged Carnegie
Institute, for which S'J.'^MMKK* has been given
by one man, was dedicated this afternoon by
Andrew Carnegie, the founder. In the presence
of the most distinguished gathering that has
ever been assembled in I'ittsburg.
The guests gathered at the Hotel Bchenley at
1 o'clock for the march to the new institute.
The question of precedence had caused the trus
tees seme uneasiness, and at the last moment
it was decided that there should be. no regu
larly announced line of precedence, and that
tha line of march should be as democratic as
was tho gatherings The parade was led by A.
A. Hatnerschlac, dire, tor of th* • Technical
Schools, and following him trere the members
of the faculty. Then came Mr. Carnegie, on
the arm of W. N Frew, and behind them came
Lieutenant General ron Uowenfeld, adjutant to
th* Herman Emperor, and Lieutenant LMckhuth,
of the Germany army.
Twenty-nve thousand people were gathered
along; the line of march. TJie general public had
to be ex' luded from tho exercises, for when
the distinguished guests and the prominent peo
ple of Pittsburfi were in the building there was
room for no more. Mr. Carnegie departed from
his set ppe° r h long enough to declare that to
himself little credit was due. for the wonderful
institution.
MR. CARNEGIE'S PART.
"The only part that I had in it." he said,
"was to attach my name to a little piece of
paper. That transferred to these men soma
bonds. I never saw the bonds, and don't know
how much of a hole it made in what are there.
Last night I said to my wife, 'It all looks like
the work of an Aladdin's lam?.' and she replied.
'Yes. and you did not even have to rub the
lamp.' That sizes up my position exactly."
In closing his address Mr. Carnegie, declared
that the mail Emperor was the. greatest man
of the age. "He is a man of destiny," he said.
"He has It in his power to force the world int.-*
universal peace. The fact that his reign has
been without bloodshed leads to the belief that
he will take advantage of the wonderful oppor
tunity."
The day's exercises were brought to a close
with the announcement of the prize winners In
the international art exhibition. Following are
the successful painter*, amount of awards and
titles of pictures:
First prize (gold medal and $l.y»"»- Gsston La
Tourht*. Paris. Franc*-, "The Bath."
Second prize (silver medal and Jl.iWit— Thomas
Eakins. Philadelphia. "Professor Leslie W. Miller.
Third prise (bronze medal and IMO) -Olga de Boz
naui-ka, Paris. France, portrait of a woman.
The following received honorable mention:
Lawton S. Parker, Chicago, portrait of an Kng
\V. GranviUe-Bmtth, New York. ••"The Old Mill."
Maurice Greiffenhsgen, London, England, portrait
of bis wife.
CONCERT FOR THE GUESTS.
To-night the foreign and American guests at
tended a concert given In their honor by the
Pittsburg Orchestra, directed by Emil Paur. Upon
the invitation of Mr. Paur and the orchestra
committee. Sir Edward Elgar. of London, con
ducted one of his own compositions. ■
The ceremonies to-day while elaborate were
marked with extreme simplicity. Addresses
were delivered by his excellency The >dor yon
Moeller. Minister of State, Germany; Paul Dou
mer, ex-Speaker Chamber of Deputies, Paris;
Andrew Carnegie; Baron d'Estournelles de Con
stant, member of the French Senate, and Dr.
John Rhys, principal of Jesus College, Uni
versity of Oxford. The Rev. Dr. E. S. Roberts,
vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge,
England, delivered the invocation.
A letter of regret from President Roosevelt
was read by the secretary of the institute. In
his letter the president praised Mr. Carnegie
for the great gift to science and education.
During the exercises the President was re
ferred to as "the great peacemaker," and vocif
erous applause greeted every mention of his
name.
The first of the exercises to-day were two
receptions, at which President Frew and Mayor
Guthrie presided. At the municipal reception
Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie assisted. Following the
reception the guests were taken on a tour of
inspection through the library, museum and In
ternational art exhibition. '
THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER.
President Frew presided at the rededication
ceremonies, and in a brief address praised the
benevolence of Mr. Carnegie. The letter from
President Roosevelt, who was unable to attend,
was read. It wan a* follows:
White House. Washington. April 11. 1907.
My Dear sir: i am not able to be present myself
with you; therefore let me, through you. express
my appreciation of the great work done by the
founding of the Carnegie Institute. Wealth is put
to a noble use when applied to purposes such as
those (he Carnegie Institute is so well designed to
serve. Every *uch institute, every foundation de-
Fignt-d to serve the educational uplifting of our
people, represent* Just so much gain for American
life, just so much credit for -us collectively as a
nation The success of our Republic is predicated
upon the high individual' efficiency of the average
citizen, and the Carnegie Institute In one of those
institutions which tends to bring about this high
Individual efficiency. Many thing* go to make up
such efficiency. There must be a sound body;
there must t>e physical hardihood and addresa in
the use of rr:<ined nerve and muscle. There must
also be a high degree of trained Intellectual devel
opment, a high degree of that Intelligence which
can only be obtained when there Is both power to
act on individual initiative and power to ad In
disciplined co-ordination with others. And finally
there must Ik that training on the moral side
which means that production in the average cit
izen of .i high type of character— the character
which sturdily insists upon rights, and no less
whole-h«-artedly and In the fullest fashion recog
nise* the fact that the performance of duty to
others stands even ahead of the insistence upon
one's own rights.
Through you 1 extend my heartiest congratula
tions to Mr. Carnegie, and my wishes that he may
have many happy returns <lf this day. together
with the acknowledgment which ;*ll of us must
make of the public service he so signally renders
when be founds institution* of this type. Sin
cere!;. yours. THKODOJtK ROOSEVELT.
Mr. s H. Church, Secretary Carnegie Institute.
Pittftburg, I'< ;m.
MR. CARNEGIE'S SPEECH.
Mr. Carnegie was then presented by Mr.
Frew, and was received with much applause.
He said:
Eleven years ngo, standing here. I handed over
the Institute to Pittsburg, then a bold experiment—
a combination of library, art gallery, museum and
ball of music— never, as far as I know, having
been attempt 4<f l>efore.
The city wan to maintain the library, and let
dm say in passing most generously has she done
n<». Including seven branches erected to meet the
wants of her swelling population. I congratulate
her upon being among the foremost cities of the
world in public library development; certainly,
there is none superior. s
Mr. Carnegie then took up the history of the
establishment of the library system and the de
velopment of the Institute Idea, adding:
Here It was that fortune came to me, and It Is
as a IMttsburger I have labored for ritlsuurg. This
Institute Is built by a Plttsburger. with Pittsburg
money, for Pitt* burg. You all know the beneficent
results which have followed.
Our ceremony of to-day embraces the technical
school*, which are also. in a sens-?, now to be
formally opened. These arc part of the Institute,
and .no mean part.
1 am told tli"re are to-day 1,590 students— young
m«*ti and young women— and; several thousand
awaiting admission. In every department there
exists obvious proof of Intense earnestness, great
i ?pnt de corps, and a dcttrminnticn to profit by
Continued oa third page.
NEW- YORK. FRIDAY. APRIL 12. 1907.-FOURTEEN PAGE&-»i te < %»£eW PRICE THREE CENTS.
MAYOR CALLS BLUFF.
PRESSES MURPHY FIGHT.
Wants Investigation of All City
Departments.
Mayor Ifcdellan yesterday called the bluff
of Charles F. Murphy, who this week caused to
be pent to the Mayor's office the threat that
if the proposed Investigation of the Borough
President's office wan not called off the friends
of Borough President Ahenrn would find a way
to bring about an Investigation of the. depart
ments under Fire Commissioner Lantry and
Water Commissioner John 11. O'Brien.
Mayor McClellan yesterday, after a confer
ence with Corporation Counsel Ellison, had htm
.«end a letter to Assistant Corporation Counsel
Butt*, in Albany, requesting: him to see th«
Governor and leaders of the Legislature am!
ask for a legislative committee to Investigate all
the city departments.
When the news went around last night that
the Mayor was pressing the fight between hlm
*ilf and Murphy to a finish there was conster
nation among the friends of the leader of Tam
many HalL • •
Borough President Ahearn has joined forces
with Charles F. Murphy, and will stand or fall
with him. There will bo no further delay in
the Investigation of the Borough President's
office. Corporation Counsel Ellison says that
there is some doubt about the ability of the
Commissioners of Accounts to Investigate thor
oughly the affairs of the Borough President's
office, and he makes it clear In his letter to
Mr. Butts that the Jurisdiction of the Commis
sioners of Accounts Is likely to be challenged
The move by Mayor MrClellan reveals his
determination to clean things up in all the de
partments, find tt Is Bald by his friends that
he does not care what head of department is
hurt by the 1 Investigation.
The friends of Borough President Abeam are
gettlnj ready to block the investigation by
the Commissioners of Accounts, which la sched
uled to«begln on Monday. They say Mr. Ahearn
cannot be forced to produce bonks and papers
unless be is bo disposed, and that he will at
the outset refuse t<» obey the requests of the
Commissioners of Accounts If It Is to his Inter
est to oppose them. '
When Corporation Counsel Ellison was «>een
last night he admitted he had sen! a Utter to
Mr. Butts asking for an investigation, if prac
ticable, of all the city departments. He sal-i
that he had taken the step after consultation
with the Mayor.
"Threats have l>een made." said Mr. Ellison,
"that maybe there would be an Investigation of
other departments if the Commissioners of Ac
counts were allowed to press their proposed In
vestigation of the Borough President's office.
The letter pent to Mr. Butts will speak for
itself. i do not care, to make further comments
on it." The letter to Mr. Butts la us follows:
As you have probably observed, there has been
considerable comment in connection with the pend
ing Investigation of the department of the Presi
dent -if the Borough of Manhattan as to whether
the powers of the Commission?™ of Accounts are
sufficiently broad to enable a searching anri com .
1 '•'• Investigation to be made Just what the
Commissioners of Accounts are authorized .-md
empowered to <lo Is not without some doubt, mid
it may be that when the test conns their powers
to enforce obedience to their tsuttpn-nus and compel
the fullest Introduction of testimony may be found
to be Insufficient. Certain it Is that their authority
In the premises is being vigorous!) questioned.
and it iH claimed that we will be barred by legal
proceedings from making the full and fair investi
gation that I understand the Mayor desires to have
made of the office of the Borough President and
other departments of the city government
Before this difficulty could be solved by Judicial
decision If the powers of the Commission of
Accounts are. ns 1 rather expect they will t«>, ques
tioned Legislature win have adjourned. I
therefore request thai you ascertain, if possible,
from th« Governor and from the leaders of the
legislature whether. In their opinions, an investi
gating committee with full powers can be secured
at this session, through whom a thorough Investi
gation Of all city departments may be had. I would
much appreciate your obtaining this Information
before your return on Friday if you can do so.
If I understand the Mayor correctly. it Is his de-
sir* that all departments be carefully examined,
but he ha? some, doubts as to whether the powers
of the Commissioners of Accounts are sufficient for
the purpose. This has been a matter under con
sideration for some time, and it now become?
acute because of th« alleged limitations to the
powers of the Commissioners of Accounts by those
who claim to speak for the department now under
investigation.
It will be noted that the letter of the Corpora
tion Counsel mak'-s no restrictions with refer
ence to the Investigation. The Police Depart
ment would be Investigated among others if the
commit te« la appointed. Mayor McClellan
signed th« Binßham Police bill yesterday, and if
it becomes a law. a legislative, Investigation of
the Police Department mi^ht act as a sort r,f
houseck-aiiiiiK preparatory to rforpani/.lng tht>
department.
Mayor Mc( 1.11 m's friends sny that ho is going
to allow Commissioner Btnghain a fair trial
under the new law If It goes Into effect, as seems
probable, and if th,- Commissioner does not make
(rood !><■ will ask for hi* resignation before he
takes his summer vacation.
SHALL FIBE PANIC IN THEATRE.
Blaze Near Newark Playhouse Empties It in
a Hurry — One Hurt. '
Fire In the Anheuser-Busch Restaurant, which
occupies a four story brick building adjoining the
Newark Theatre at the rear, near Market and
Beaver streets, Newark. last night created a panic
in the theatre and completely wrecked the resluu
rant. The blaze was discovered when the res
taurant was crowded with men and women on the
first and second floors. listless and in great haste,
the women ran screaming into Market street.
In the theatre, where Miss Jessie Busley was en
tertaining a largo audience in "In the Bishop's
Carriage." the announcement by the manager that
there was a fire in the neighborhood and a hasty
exit was necessary, startled the audience and there
was a rush for the doors. In the top gallery, which
was Jammed, the theatre employes did good work
la suppressing the excitement. The smoke curled
in over tho top of the stage and some one shouted
"Fire!" but by this time the galleries were nearly
empty and everybody reached the street without
injury.
In the lower balcony and in the orchestra several
women fainted and had to be carried out. The
blase is believed to have been caused by a def.ee
tiv. lcrolaUoa. -- •> •
THE CAKXEGIE INSTITUTE, IN PITTSBURG.
Which was dedicated yesterday.
NEW BOXE IX BOY'S ARM.
Surgeons of St. firegorjf* Hospital
Perform Rare Operation.
The Burgeons of St. Gregory's Hospital per
formed an operation yesterday on a six-year-old
Italian boy. Peter Lepaii, of Xo. 68 Van Brunt
street. Brooklyn, by which they replaced a por
tion of a necrotlc bone of the left forearm with
a substance known as "bone wax." which will
in time, the surgeons say. turn into bone. Tho
entire staff of the hospital was present.
The surgeons said that the operation was one
of the first of Its kind In this country. Pro
fessor Joseph Forbes, of the Flower Hospital.
and I»r. C. H. Duncan, chief house nurgeon of
St. Gregory's Hospital, who performed the oper
ation, assisted by Its. David and Payne, said
that without ■ doubt it will be a success.
•When the boy was brought to the hospital. "
Dr. Duncan said, "it was found that he w;is
suffering from a tubercular bone in the fore
arm. Decomposition had set in. To prevent
the loss of the use .if the arm and th<> complete
removal of the bone, we decided to bring the
• use. An X-ray will be bsed
dally to watch the progress of healing.
"Heretofore." continued Dr. Duncan, •in cases
„f this kind, where the bone Is excised, tho
limb becomes useless, 'Bone wax' was discov
ered by a German scientist ten years aijo. an I
.• i. used In Vienna. The bone wax" which
put Into the boys arm was moulded in the
shape of the cavity f*v-n which the necrotic
had been removed. New vessels and bone
tissues will soon form, and the chemical snb
■ will gradually disappear, leaving the
ur;;i hi its normal condition.
Ai: operation of this character." Dr. Duncan
■aid, "is Interesting because ol its innovation
and utility. It baa been demonstrated beyond
be brought about In
where Uasuej In mass i..i\>- been d«-
d a cavity exists. Cavities have been
•-. provided the
pew formattoa of tiwue
;it. New vessels will push Ihelr
I; new ■• Mve tissue
• it. till finally the foreign sul>
stance has l n d, and the
place it occupied is filled with animal I
v orhof, ol '■
found thai where Ii was v
the cai • of comj lei '■ heel
bone was formed, which to emonstrated
■
"X-ray pictures «'f the I a arm
have been recorded, ;.ii-l when healing la
•'...-. ;■• • grai .. ••■ . I be taken. We have every
; in tins select* 'l caa
•:.! ,i new bone will be su
ful"
FOR. i KER A T COLUMBUS.
Confers with Governor Harris and
Political Leaders.
IBy I Kri.t'h to Th* Tribune.]
Columbus. Ohio. April 11.— Senator Foraker
arrived here from Canton to-day and went at
<•!!«.• to the State House, where he was in con
ference with Governor Harris for over an hour.
When be left the Governor's private office he
was met in the main room of the executive office
by state officials and political leaders from all
over the state. He held Informal talks with all.
and later, at his hotel, saw the district lead)
and discussed plans for the contest in the coun
ties.
Senator Foraker told the Governor and his
other friends thai no Quarter will be asked or
given, and since the. tight has been forced on
him, he will consent to no compromise)
The Senator said, when he saw Congressman
liongworth's declaration for Mr. Taft: "l don't
think it "l" tbe slightest Importance what 'Nick'
Longworth rays about anything. I have no
time to waste on him. 1 stand by what I have
Hjid and done In the last few days. I set* n.>
reason why l should change my attitude. My
friends of the past are my friends now."
Senator Dick will reach Columbus next Mon
day or Tuesday, and open headquarters for Sen
ator Foraker The Junior Senator will have
charge of Mr. Foraker'a campaign,, it was an
nounced tills evening.
Among those In conference with tho Senator
to-day was John R. Malloy, secretary of the
Republican state Executive Committee While
In the State House Mr. Fbraker talked with
Lieutenant Colonel Glenn, who defended Major
Penrose In the Brownsville court martial.
OHIO STUDENTS FORM TAFT CLUB.
Ann Arbor. Mich.. April IL— Ohio students in tho
University ol Michigar organised a ohib to-day t.>
boom Secretary Tafl for President The crab
starts with a membership of one hundred.
ROBBED NEAR CROUD.
Assaulted Within Fete Blocks of
Criminal Courts Building.
Within a few htocka of where thousands of per
sons, held in "heck by poltoemen, thronged
about the Criminal courts Bulldteg to await the
Thaw verdict, early lasi evening, two men were
assaulted and robbed of money and valuables. The
victims went to the Hudson Street Hospital to have
their cuts and bruises dress, d. The police knew
nothing of th- eases.
I.nuis Stein, thirty-four years old, a cloakmaker.
of No. 2H West 117 th Street, employed at No. IT
Greenwich street, was the first victim. He walked
Into the Hudson Street Hospital at about S o'clock
last evening. He was suffering from cuts about
his head and neck and bruises on his body. He
said four men rushed out of a dark doorway on
Broadway, near Grand street, and knocked him
down. They took $92 In cash and his go^d watch.
Stein went home in a cab after his Injuries were
dressed.
John Jackson, thirty-eight years old. who said he
was a travelling salesman living in Troy. N. V..
was the other victim. He staggered into the hos
pital bleeding from cuts on his head and neck. H<*
said he had been attHCked by four men at about 8
o'clock In West Broadway, near Franklin street,
and robbed of $28. a watch and some small jewelry.
The surgeon gave him carfare, as the robbers hud
taken all the money he hnd.
AFTER ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH
that made the hlf. X >"" famous.— Ad v»
RIOT AT POLO GROUNDS.
CROWD SURGES OX FIELD.
Baseball Game Ends in Snowball
and Cushion Fight.
With an inning still to play, the baseball game
at the Polo Grounds yesterday between New
York and Philadelphia broke up with a scene of
the wildest disorder. It was the first game of
the season, and there were no policemen on the
field, as Commissioner Blngham took the same
action as he did at the bicycle races in Madison
Square Garden last winter, when he refused to
allow uniformed policemen to attend.
For a. time it looked as if there would be a
serious accident, but the crowd, although bois
terous, was pood natured. Except for the dam
age done to cushions and benches, there was lit
tle harm done. That nothing serious happened,
however, was little short of a miracle.
The game was uninteresting-, and when the
riot started it looked as if there was no chance
for the home team to win. as the score stood 3
to 0 against them. During the seventh inning
many persons started to leave the grounds*.
There were about twenty thousand persons
present. Usually the crowd flies out through
the exits, and no one attempts to go on the field
until after the game is over. But yesterday
afternoon the crowd, apparently realizing that
there would be no police interference, rushed
out on the diamond while the game was going
on. The players were lost to sight and the
trouble began.
Bone one In the grandstand scaled out a
cushion. In a moment the air was full of them.
It was a regular battle of cushions. Men and
women had their hats knocked off, and the mob
laughed, hooted and Jeered. Several ground
employes were sent out to corral the cushions,
but they were tossed about like chips on a
rough sea and forced to run to shelter. In a
short time the field was strewn with excelsior
and that was ail that there was left of a
couple of hundred cushions.
It is a rare sight to see a snowball flght on a
baseball field, but that was the next thine on
the programme. Somebody found a snowbank
in the rear of the grandstand. In a minute there
was a battle royal. Boys and men In the grand
stand rushed down and came back with their
arms full of snowballs. Those on the field
Stacked their ammunition near the players*
bench, and the fight began. Many a non-com
batant, but interested onlooker, received an un
expected lump of snow in the face or behind the
ear. The tight didn't end until the supply of
snow gave out. There was many a spoiled hat
and collar after the fun .Tided.
Finally four policemen inarched up the centre
of the field. They appeared as unconcerned a*
If they were marching up Broadway. The crowd
hooted, yelled and scale.', scorerards and
anything else at hand at the **bluecosits. ' Two
boys finally were singled out and hurried toward
the patrol wagon. They were taken to the West
IVM street station, where they Rave their names
as Joseph Biggs, of No. 208 West 143 d street,
and William Miller, of No. 29& A North Fifth
street. Newark. N. J. They were locked up on
the charge of disorderly conduct. .
The crowd finally grew tired of trying to find
amusement, and tile.l out of the grounds. The
mob scene fAded away as quickly as it began.
It is expected that some system of police pro
tection will have been installed at the Polo
Grounds by this afternoon, when another game
Is to be played.
ROAD DEXIED WOODRUFF.
Whipple Refuses Application for
One Across State Land.
Albany, April 11. -James B, AVhlpple. Ptatn
Forest, Fish and Came Commis.-d'ner. an
nounced to-day that he had denied the applica
tion of ex-I.leutennnt (iovernor Timothy 1..
Woodruff for the opening of a highway across
state land to permit access to Mr. Woodruffs
property in Township 4. Totten and CrossfleM
Purchase, Hamilton Cunty. near Raequette
Lake, where Kamp Kill Kare is situated.
A first application made by Mr. Woodruff on
the ground of public necessity was denied on
the ground that Mr. Woodruff had access to his
property through another highway.
The second application was based on an old
statute under which tlve acres in every hundred
gold were ti> bS reserved for highway purposes.
Commissioner Whipple holds that it is not at all
dear what the intention of the legislature was
in reserving five acres in every hundred or how
the kind should be used, that if there was ever
I legal reservation for highways It has lapsed
by non-use; that the state has acquired title to
the land disposed of when the reservation was
made and the reservation Is merged in the gen
eral title of the state, and Is as though It was
never made; and that in any case it could not
be used for a private road.
The quertlon has never been settled by th«
courts, and the order of the commissioner will
undoubtedly be reviewed.
DIES SUDDENLY IX HOTEL
Dream Artmses Daughter. Who
Finds Mother Had Expired.
Mrs. Barak C Anderassfc tlfty-six years old. died
rarly this morning at the Hotel liotham. No. 4
Fast 2Sth street. Mrs. Anderson came from an
old Baltimore family. She came to this city from
Baltimore yesterday to visit her daughter, Mrs.
j. P. Case, who lives at the hotel.
Mrs. Anderses) wns apparently in good health,
and Immediately upon her arrival her daughter
suggested that they go for a walk. They were
out for some time, but retired early.
Early this morning. Mrs. Case said, she had a
peculiar dream, which awakened her. She tried
|O arouse her mother, but could not. I'vion further
investlKatUm she found the older woman dead.
Mrs. Case then became hysterical, and ran to the
window and shoutetl for help. Tiie neighborhood
was soon in an uproar, and many were under the
Impression that murder had been committed.
Dr Russell Bellamy, the house surgeon, was
summoned. He said Mia. Anderson had di«t> from
THAW JURY STILL OUT
DISAGREEMENT LIKELY.
Rumored That Majority Favor Ver
dict of Guilty.
No verdict was reached by the Thaw jury
yesterday, and they were locked up until 10:30
this morning:.
Justice FltxGerald had remained within cnll
all evening. He announced that he would givs>
the Jury until 11 :3<> — a half hour longer than
the previous night — before declaring an adjourn
ment. No word coming from the Jurors at that
hour, he ordered them locked up. They had
then been deliberating over thirty hours.
While there was no means ot* learning th*
true state of affairs, It was the general opinion
that the jury was divided upon tbe question of
Thaw's sanity at the time he killed White, and
that the majority favored a verdict of guilty.
probably of lesser severity than that of murder
In the first degree.
It was said by lawyers that there were few
cases in the history of jurisprudence where %
jury had remained out for such a length of time)
without reporting a verdict or that they could
not agree. It was accepted as evidence that
there -was a group of men who had determined
that a verdict should be reached If possible.
The general impression, however, was that ther*
would be a disagreement.
The two Mrs. Thaws, the Countess of Yar
mouth and Mrs. Carnegie waited until th» las*
moment before leaving the Criminal Courts
Building. They were greatly disheartened, and,
traces of the strain of waiting for a decision
showed plainly in their subdued manner.
JI'RY IN KOERN'ER CASE.
In discussing thft remarkable length of time)
the jury had been out a lawyer recalled only on*
instance in recent years when a jury had de
bated a rasa so long. That was on the second
trial of Wiiliam Jay Koerner for killing his
sweetheart. Rose Alice Redgate. At th* first
trial in February-. 1897, he had been found guilty
of murder in the first degree after two hours*
consideration of the evidence. At the second
trial In March. lSt*R. the jury returned a v*r
dict of murder in th<» second degree after be
ing out five and a half hours.
The extra.. rdinary interest that the trial bast
aroused was shown by the crowds that gathered
about the Criminal Courts Building as the hour
of lfteSQ approached. The largest crowd was
on the White street side, where the Thaw fam
ily usually enter, but there was nearly as larg*
a gathering on the other side of the building to
Thaw as he crossed th*
"Bridge ai sij;hs."
It was a bedraggled set of men that stalked
from the jury room about 7 o'clock yesterday
morning and wended their way to the Broad
■ -ntral H>tel for breakfast. They were
glum and out of humor; their clothes hung in
their steps were heavy. It was plain
that s. Miie of them had passed a sleepless night.
Two noara later, when they returned to resume
their deliberations, they had gTeatly spruced]
up la appearance and manner; a good breakfast
and necessary ablutions had made them feel
more chipper, and they showed it.
The courtroom was thrown open shortly after
1« »:-'.< v o'clock. District Attorney Jeromo and
the various counsel for the defence dropped hi
one by one. Outside of the reporters, there
were not so many persons in tho courtroom,
JI'RY ASKS FOR EXHIBITS.
At 11 oreiocH there was a buzz of excitement.
The Jury riled Into the room and took their
■ 'red places. Justice FitiOerald came In
and Thaw was brought from the waiting room
real <>f 0M courtroom. It developed
that the jury had sent In a request for some of
the exhibits in the case and to hear certain
read.
A communication from the jury asking for
the following exhibits has been received." said,
the court, and he read: "First, the plan of tha
roof garden; second, defendant's letters A to I;
third, the Coassfoci letter: fourth, the \r*ll and
codicil: fifth, the Pelmas hypothetical question.
-'xth. the Jerome hypothetical question."
There was n.-> ob Jet dual from either side, and
the jury aakfil that the testimony of Meyer
C>hen. the song writer, wlv> was one of tha
prosecattoafs witnesses of the shooting, be read.
Following th.ir they asked for the testimony of
Paul Brudt the fireman, who took ThaWa re
votver from hi'ii; the testimony of Warren
I'a\w>n. another witness of the shooting; of
Henry F. I ■ witness; of Thomas
F. Lynch. Dennis Wright and John Anthony.
the three doomea at the Tenderloin police «ta
•' Mrs. Kvelyn Thaw and of Thomas Mc
js regards the events attending tha
shotting.
The reading of such a mass of testimony for
a Jury's information Is declared to be> without
parallel. Ir t.w.k until 1;9B oVloek. when tha
jurors retired to their room to eat luncheon.
Bl>f Olstsnn was rife aa to what it all meant.
As there could be no question as to the way in
which Thaw had killed his vl.*!m. it seemed as
H the only possible room for argument was as
to whether- Thaw's manner exhibited sanity or
insanity, or whether the shooting? was dona
with deliberation, or. m the heat of passion.
suddenly.
The probability that the Jurors were divided
over the question of Thaw's mental condition
was strengthened when the testimony of tha
doorman. Lynch, was asked for. It was Lynch
who said that Thaw had told htm h» heard
children's voices crying for aid while he was In
a cell in the Tenderloin station. These voices.
tt appeared from the testimony of the> other
police witnesses, might have been those of
■women of the half-world who were in cells In
another part of the lock-up.
EXAMINE TESTIMONY OF ALJENIST3L
After recess the Jury was still anxious for
more information, and asked that the testimony
of Pr. WagneT and Dr. Evans as to their visits
to Thaw In the Tombs be read to them, as well
as that part of the Court's summing up which
bore on th-ir testimony. The Judge's charge
read:
Two of the experts called by the defence testi
fied to a physical examination made of th* de
fendant and to nets and conversations which
they claimed to have had with him subsequent
to the tragedy at a time when, in their opinion,
he was insane. The dates of these examination!*
were August 4 and 21 and September lt>, one of
these experts having been present upon all three
occasions, and the other only having been in
attendance upon the last two visits.
rvola rations made by the defendant to an In
sanity expert on an examination made subse
quent to t"'fte homicide to test the defendant's
mental condition at the time of such examina
tions are competent as bearing upon his condi
tion at that time and may be stated by the ex
pert where such declarations enter into the basis
of the experts' opinion of tbe defendant's mental
condition at the time of such examination.
Opinions of experts ar« presented as an aid to
the jury and are to be considered by you h>
connection with all the evidence in th* case.
The standing, learning, ability and experience
of the experts should be considered by you. and
on that, as on everything else, the quality, not
tbe quantity, of the evidence is of material
value.
A little later the Jury asked that a prutf of
Mr. Delmas's summing up be read, bat JuatJc*
FitaGeraid told them they war* Bssssjfc judges