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FAVOR HIS POLICIES.
VOTERS FOR PRESIDENT.
Poll of State Proves Roosevelt
Stronger than Ever.
John A. Stewart, president of the Republican
League of Clubs, made public yesterday a few
of the replies to his circular of April 11 to find
out the sentiment of the voters of the state in
regard to the policy of the national adminis
tration.
"Of the 2L390 replies to our circular letter."
Raid Mr. Stewart yesterday, "less than 2 per cent
were at all unfavorable to President Roosevelt.
The remainder expressed an Intention to regard
the President's wishes in political matters af
fecting New Torh Btate. Most of the writers
regard President Roosevelt's own statement as
effectually disposing of th»- third term question,
although a number express the opinion that he
should be again elected.
"These letters seem to indicate thai President
Roosevelt's strength is as great to-day as it
was three years ago. if not greater. I wish
to put all emphasis on the statement that Presi
dent Roosevelt knew nothing of this canvass;
that James B. Reynolds had nothing to do with
It, and that it was only a routine league matter.
Neither was It inspired by any ulterior political
motive. It was only one of the canvasses that
■w© have been making- fur the last three years,
which will be continued so long as the league
continues undtr its present management. We
expect to call a meeting soon, either in Syracuse
or Rochester, of the executive- and general com
mittees of the state, to take action with ref
erence to work for the coming campaign."
For obvious reasons Mr. Stewart would not
give the writers' names.
Following Is B tter from a member of one of
the largest wholesale drygpods firms in Syra
cuse:
■ Answering your favir of the 11th inst.. I briefly
Btate that so far as my observations go the aver
; ge ir.an here has not had his confidence in the
President weakened.
PRESIDENT STRONGER THAN EVER.
I feel reasonably certain that the President is
stronger to-day hereabouts than at any previous
time. It is just possible that the conservative ■ ■'.••- ,
tnent m. y hav«* been slightly Jarred by the vigor
of the President rebuttal in the so- ailed Harri
man mattt-r. but if the feelings orf some of this
class hai'e been jarred I feel o.uit< sure they nave
already quite thoroughly recovered.
Our I'arty in this county for the last few years
lias been united, as you doubtless know. It seems
clear to me that the sentiment of the press here
abouts is administration sentiment, and I expect it
lo gather strength l also feel certain that this
.'c-ntiment will make itself manifest in any delega
tion that we are likely to appoint.
It Is my opinion tliat our delegation will po un
'ommltted. It looks to nu as. if the administration
l- going to be strong enough to carry a very«large
majority of our delegation, and that they will be
• •xpected to vote for a renominntion of the Presi
dent.
Speaking for rayself, 1 feel that it is the proper
•Jhinif to do. The President Is credited with hay-
M:g raised many questions thai are fraught with
.omentouF consequences, and to leave them half
• tMe.i is worse than the condition that might have
* listed before they were raised. The questions
raised should be given a fair trial under the gui'i
ance of the President.
The average citizen is not in doubt as to the
President's position. He is also imbued with the
fact that it is ist. I feel that a new man would
i-ive an opportunity for discussion that might ex
■ •ite and invite troubles that we know not of. In a
ord. I am strongly Impressed with the idea of
working It out on the lln* s siready indicated.
HOW wOBKEBS REGARD ROOSEVELT.
The question. "Does President Roosevelt stand
as high in your estimation as he did a year ago?"
"M put by a fellow bsw rlate to men in our cm
; loy of both parties fnom twenty-five to forty-five
y^ars old. earning from $12 t i 125 a week. The fol
ring- are the answers which were committed to
per by the one who made the canvafs, their
statements verbatim:
"Roosevelt to-day stands in n class by himself,
owing to his genuine urage and honesty."
"Roosevelt I admire rsonally for his courage
■•nd etrong personality."
"'Roosevelt stands hlgner to-day than ever with
i be working people and not so hieh with the beads
of great trusts."
"Roosevelt stands .ip high to-day as one year ago
. vith the masses."
\ "Roosevelt to-day is my ideal of the true man.
■lie is not afraid to uphold whet be thinks Is best
f f.ir all the people anfl to i-in^mn what is wrong in
the Eame spirit."
"Roosevelt stands higher than ever to-day with
the masses."
"Roosevelt stands as high in the opinion of most
people as he did a year ago."
"Roosevelt stands at th» head of the American
I.eople to-day and enjoys their confidence."
"Roosevelt Is juj?t as strrmg to-day with the peo-
I ].- as be was one year ■•>-'" "
"BnoSfrrli stands higher to-day in the *-stlma
tion of the win American people than he ever
uid. owing to his honesty and fearlessness."
"Roosevelt is just as popular to-day as <-ver, only
J:e isa little too muoli of :i mixer."
"Roosevelt is just as good in my estimation as he
xvas a v.;,r ago. but his chances for re-election are
not so good with 'he large money interests."
"Roost-velt to-day is thiS*-' '•■ra -: centra of this
country, although 1 would not voje for a Repub
lican."
"Roosevelt Is the greatest > President elnce Wash
ington, and I would like to see him serve a third
t>rm."
"Roosevelt is losing ground every day and cannot
be elected again."
•R.ios. v-lt is the world's greatest diplomat, but
tries to give us too much monarch rule: as I call
it 'The Great I ajn," and we will see trouble from
it In some form."
DUTCH CCWL'NTY IN LINE.
This letter was received from a prominent law
yer of E>utchess County, Poughkeepsie, N. V. :
Dear Sir: You can rest assured that tho voters
In this district, Irresj Live of politics, are with
ti:e pcllcy of th»- PresM nt in th<- main. They ar»
also in favor of the policy adopted by Governor
Hughes. The developments of next year, so far as
Ti.e vote in this" county is concerned, will depend
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Desirable Offices^ singly or en suite^ at prices from $1.50
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Those wishing to look at offices should apply to the agent
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entirely upon the action of the leaders. If the
events show that 'the present state officials ana
national officials co-operate with President Koos«
veit and Governor Hughes, you can depend on the
people for their support. If there is a desire and an
evident intent upon their pavt to throw things rack
Into the "good old way," then you can look for the
most hitter opposition. In fact. I have heard Bey
era! /J.eoj le s.iy that if a jMjsse should start at the
Cai Itol ai I • few .if the Senator* and Aw?em
blymen lo each telegraph pole between there and
New York Central Station, there would ho a pretty
good Legislature In Albany when they got through.
1 don't offer this as my own opinion, but simply
to show you what the people here think.
.MAJORITY FOR THIRD TERM.
This Utter was received from a Republican
clut> at Auburn, N. Y.
In reply to your letter relating to the sentiment
for a-i.l against a third term for President Roose
velt. Will say that I have made a thorough canvass,
and out of Ul votes oust loi were In favor of
another term, nine were for lClihu Root and five,
for Secretary' Taft. .Many believe that th.. Presi
dent should i^:iin stand for ejection for tho reason
they believe that there Is no other man In
the country that is courageous enough to carry out
hie policies; that no one except the one responsible
f..r them ihould have the right to carry them out.
Kni:. the thirteen officeholders whom 1 ap
proached 1 w.is lintth'.e to get any satisfactory
reply. They simply aay that the President' a stand
against third term la enough to prevent him from
accepting the nomination again, and thnt If he did
he would fall to get elected, for the reason thnt
the persons who naturally follow for what there
is in i; would make 1 their alliances, and he would
l«o without tl>-ir 'aid when be would he In need
Of it. These men seem to think Of nothing el.-=e
against a further term.
Tills letter catno from a member of the Repub
lican club :it Freeport, N. Y.
So far as my knowledge extends, the mem bera
of our ( -I'ib are unanimously In favor of President
Hoosevelt and his administration. I believe that
every member would like to see him renoniinuted
next year.
BOSSES RULE IN* SCHOHARIE. -
From a lawyer at Schoharie, N. V.
I beg to say that, the sentiment in this county
amounts to \ cry little. They are under boss rule
an<J the conduct i f conventions Is according to
the wishes of the boss. I am inclined to think
the sentiment of the voters is with President
Roosevelt, and will continue t" be so.
From the secretary of a wholesale hardware
firm of "Wayne County, N. V.: '
The voters of this district are unquestionably in
favor of the President. My opinion \» that tho del
egates in this section will be Instructed to support
candidates to the next Republican convention who
ar.- loyal to President Roosevelt's national policies.
The people believe in him and desire that his poli
ci.s be continued, if not by him, by one who is in
line with his reforms.
STAND FOR PRESIDENT'S IDEALS.
Prom a Republican club of Sullivan County:
The voters In this district are standing; for the
President an'] the present administration. My
opinion is that th< delegates will Btand for a candi
date who will carry out l'r» sident Roosevelt's Ideas.
From a carpet manufacturer of Amsterdam,
N. V.:
Replying to yours of April 11 relative to the agi
tatl m between the administration of President
Roosevelt and its critics, would my we believe
that should anything come up that would neces
sitate a division, the friends of Mr. Roosevelt, and
: Governor Hughes, would be far in the ma
jority.
FOR ROOSEVELT, BUT—
From a Roopevelt-FairLanks Club, of Jefferson
County. N". V :
In our opinion the sentiment Is for Roosevelt and
that the delegates will be Instructed either for him
or as he may susrgest. There are some things, how
over, that our people desire to have managred dif
ferently. I refer to the fact that we do not want
Democrats appointed over Republican workers to
positions of any kind, and especially on the pre
text of their having a higher grade or. the Civil
Service list, when both competitors are 'llglble.
Also, in order to have peace in the family. it will
be necessary for the Hon. T. C. Platt to Stop
"knocking" at the dictation of three or four kick
ers of the Republican organisation in Jefferson
County. He may have the pull to continue this,
but we have an offset in the fact that we 6hnll be
doing bUSUM BS after he retires. We believe that
federal officeholders who devote their time to the
welfare of the people and spend their money in
aiding their party should be continued In the ser
vice so ' ng aa they give reasonable satisfaction to
the peopli served; but those who hold positions
and do as litle as possll le In every way should not
be continued to exceed two terms.
SAYS PRESIDENT MUST RUN AGAIN.
C. A. Towne Believes Neither He Nor Any
One Else Can Prevent It.
fßy Telegraph to Tho Tribune. 1
Plttsbursr, May 5.— Ex-Benator Charles A. Towne,
who pnss»n] through this city to-day, s;ild in an
Interview that President Roosevelt wns the only
man who could defeat W. .1. Bryan f->r the Presi
dency. The President could not prevent his own
he Bald, rind he added that bo far as
he could see there was no one else who could pre
vent it.
GIRLS LURED TO OPIUM JOINT.
Year-Old Child Found in a Place
Raided in Division Street.
During the examination yesterday morning la
the Essex Market court of William McGann.
who ma charged with keeping- an opium Joint
in Division etreet, it was brought out that the
practice of luring young girls to' these places
is utill going on. The place was raided late Sat
urday night and the alleged proprietor and three
young girls, the youngest only eleven yean old,
were arrested. The two cirla were under the
influence of the drug.
One of the girls, during the examination, broke
down and told a story to Magistrate Whltmun
which Fhe promised to repeat In the higher
court. She walii thnt she took tho child as a
foil, so that her errand would not be suspect*
The girl waa held in ?. r ><N> ball for trial on the
charge of corrupting the morals of a minor.
McGann was held in $2,500 bail for running an
opium Joint and $."><*> ball for corrupting the
morals of a minor.
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WORLD'S HIGHEST LOCK.
The New York Barge Canal to Have
a Record Breaking One.
[From The Tribune Rureeu.]
Washington. May s— Colonel Thomas W. Symons.
corps of onglneers, T'nlted States army, chief con-
BUltinff engineer of New York's $100,000,000 barge
canal. is In town with flattering reports of the
progress of the work. The recent change In man
agement resulted in a little delay to the work.
Colonel Symons says, but with the opening: up of
fiprlnjc the various engineering and contracting
projects are going ahead rapidly and soon tho lost
time will be made up. Colonel Symons Is partic
nlarly enthusiastic over the prospect of breaking
all records for high lift canal locks at I-ockport.
"Unless all plans aro changed." he said, "the
State of New York will have within Its borders one
Of the most monumental conul structures of the
world. This will be a lock with by far the high
est lift of any ordinary lift lock ever constructed.
At Lockport there is at present on the old Erie
Canal a lift of ilfty-slx feet, which Is overcome by
a double Might of tine locks. With the now barge
canal, which follows the same route as the present
Erie Canal through to L,ockport. but with the total
lift reduced to fifty feet, one tier of the present
locks will be dispensed with and In its place will
be built .-i single lock with the enonnoua lift of
fifty feet. This lock will be of the same Bizo In
I>!an as all other barge canal locks, 310 feet clear
available length on«l 45 feet width.
"The highest lift of any similar lock Is 36 feet,
overcome by a lock in Europe. The Lockport lock
will exceed this l>y 14 feet. This monumental
structure is rendered possible because it will be
almost chiselled out of the solid rock and because,
owing to the limited head room required for the
barge canal, the upper portion of the lower end
of the lock can be closed in by solid masonry, and
the lower gnte supporting the immense water press
ure aK«lnst it will be supported on both sides and
top find bottom. ■ .'
It will be a rather nwesome exi»-rlence to rlae
under an archway into this lock chamber from
below and have the gate closed. It will be cold
and damp, and the only light will be from 50 feet
above. The hlKh vertical wulls will look a 8 if they
were closing in above, mid it will certainly be a
relief to the boatman when he feels the water
coming in and lifting him to the upper level. And,
on the other hand, it will be anything but a relief
when he enters the chamber above and finds him
self dropping, dropping slowly down Into the dark
bowels of Ihe earth to the lower level
"One tier of the present locks will bo retained
for use by boats no larger than the ordinary canul
boats of to-day."
It was always expected that tho raise at I,ock
port would be mnde by two locks, but Colonel
Symons conceived the idea that a single lock could
be made to do the work better than a flight of
two locks. He roughly worked out the depistn of
a lock, with certain radical changes from the or
dinary types, and for the last two years this has
been Btudledji>y expert! in the varloua features of
look construction and tlnally adopted.
Tho adoption of this lock by State Engineer
Bkene will save the state about $4<».<«io. for if a
flight of two locks was raised this would by law
have to he duplicated, nrnklng four locks in all.
which Colonel Symons'a single lock would replace.
It is safe to say that when completed this great
lock will be visited by every engineer of prominence
coming to America from any part of the world.
IXSAXITY SO EXCUSE.
Bishop Burgess Calls Jcrc K. Cooke
a Traitor and Betrayer.
Hempstead, I.*>ng Island, May 5 (Special).— Bishop
liurg-ess conducted the services to-day In Btr
Oeorge's Church, the pulpit of which was formerly
occupied by Jere Knode Cooke, who disappeared last
week at the same timn ns did Miss Floretta Whaley,
a seventeen-year-old high school girl. The bishop
directed the majority of his remarks toward the
action of Mr. Cooke. He arraigned the irens In no
uncertain terms, made a strong u>f«»nco for th<»
clergy, and added that "the clergy art» not perfect,"
but "because one trHltor brings disgrace to Hemp
stead wb must not l>e uncharitable to the whole
order."
"It is of no use for me to try to forget tl a Inci
dents of the lost week." said Bishop Burgess, "or
to pass them by »n absolute silence. Thia parlHh,
this diocese, this dear church of o>irß. Is suffering,
and I came hero to share with you in your sorrow,
your indignation and your shame. V.> huvc no
right to Judge htm as a mun 'Judge not. that ye
te not Judge!.' But as bishop of the diocese I rmve
thla week uVposed him on his own request and for
causes affecting his moral character. I an not
among those who feel that Insanity must 1- plead
ed as an excuse for immorality.
AXED WANTS "CHBISTOCENTRICITY."
Says It Is Force Needed in World To-day,
and Tells What It Is.
The Rev. Dr. ' '. F. Akeil preached yesterday to
a congregation that Oiled every nook and corner of
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church and necessitated
even the carrying of additional chairs into the gal
lery.
Dr. Aked made a pies for what he called
"Chrlstocentric power." It was Christocentrlc
power, ho said, that made Paul the great man he
was and that enabled him to accomplish wonderful
things. Paul had been tilled with the spirit of
Christ. Speaking Of the word which ho lied usod—
Chrlstocentrio l>r Aked said that the question of
eccentricity depended entirely upon one's s'.milurd
of rationality.
Blx member! of tho Salvation Army, were they
to visit the New York Stock Exchange upon some
day when there wu.n a panic, would exclaim, "Sure
ly these people h»-re are Insane." Should six mem
bera of the exchange attend one of the Salvation
Army'a meeting! wln»n the members were Hred with
the zeal of Christ'! spirit, they would insist that
the Salvationists were crasy. it all depended said
Dr. Ak''<l, on the point of view.
]>r Ak-d pleaded for men tilled with the spirit <;f
Christ. Chrifit was the centre of ail Christian force,
he said, and It was Christocentric power thai the
world needed.
Neither John D Rockefeller, sr . nor bis son at
tended the service, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.,
was unable to attend the Bible claan session. There
will be a church reception to Dr. Aked on Wednes
day evening.
■ «
OBSERVE NIGHT MASS ANNIVERSAY.
Dr. Morrisey Preaches to Newspaper Em
ployes at St. Andrew's.
The morning newspaper employes and other
nightworkerp who attend the 2:30 o'clock mass
;it St. Andrew's Church, Duane street, ne.tr
Park How, celebrated the nlxth anniversary "f
its institution yesterday morning. Father Kvers.
rastor of the church, celebrated the solemn
high mass, with the Rev. Thomas Owens aa
deacon and the Rev. Antonio Palisl as sub
deacon
A Bpeclal muplcal programme waa given, con
sisting of Mozart's Twelfth Mass, with Gloria's
Credo; "O Satutarls," by J. C. Breil; "Jt-su i>.;i
Vlvi," by Verdi, and Benedlctus, Gloria, which
w.ih sung by a choir of fifty voices The ser
mon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Andrew Mor
risey, C. S. « „ provincial of the Holy <"ro><s
Fathers. Notre Dame, Ind
Afti r the services a copy of the programme,
bound In purple leather and silk, was presented
to Father Even by the committee In charge of
the muHlcal services.
PROBING CAMPAIGN FUNDS FEELING
Perry Belmont Sends Letter to Members of
Various National Committees.
Perr* Belmont, as president of the National Pub
licity Bill Organization, yeaterduy sent. the follow
ing K-tter to each member of the iJemocratlc and
Republican National committees:
Dear Sir: The executive committee of the Na
tional Publicity Law Organisation has requested me
to communicate with you, ns a member of the Re
publican [or Democratic] National Committee, rep
resenting the State of and to a:?k if you
will kindly answer the following questions: .: ■
Klrst— you in favor of the enactment by Con
greus of a law requiring nutl<aial and congressional
cumpuign committees to make public all contribu
tions to and expenditures by those committees?
Second— Should such a proposed law require pub
lication of campaign fund." before or after election?
Third— Will you use your Influence in securing the
enactment of it national publicity law at the coming
session of Congress?
Inclosed you will llnd the first annual report of
the National Publicity Law Organization.
» —
FRUIT STEAMER MAKES RECORD.
The American Fruit Company's steamer Bradford
arrived here yesterday with 28.000 bunches of
bar.anas. making a record run from Port Antonio.
She travelled the distance of 1.401 mils* in 4 days
4 hours and 26 minutes.
TO KEEP OUT SOLOISTS.
Union Plans Legal Action in Pitts
burg Orchestra Fight.
Pittsburg. May s— The Plttsburg Orchestra 19
threatened with a disruption that bids fair to affect
all other large permanent orchestras of the coun
try. Labor troubles and opposition to the methods
of Emll Paur are said to be the main cause of the
present <ilrficultles. and so acute has the dissension
become that the orchestra is without a manager.
and all attempts to fill the place which George H.
Wilson has held for ten years have failed.
I^iigl Yon Kunitz and Henry Bramsen. the 'cel
list, have resigned or refused, to sign contracts for
another year, and with the announcement that
llerr Paur will sail for Europe on Tuesday, where
ho will engage ether soloists, the members of the
local musicians' union have declared that the whole
matter will be laid before the International League
of Musicians, which convenes at Cleveland on May
7. A request that the contract labor law be in
voked will be made.
It is assorted that charges of a character to call
for the intervention of the United States authori
ties will there bo made against Herr Paur.
\V. L. Mayer, president of the musicians' organi
zation, said that Herr Paur had asked that he be
allowed to bring several players to America. This
statement Herr Paur confirmed, but he would not
discuss the situation further.
There Is an influence at work to destroy the or
chestra, those Interested In Its welfare allege, and
th. y notnt to the fact that Herr Paur has been
unable to >'iit>agf» the concertmolster ot the lately
disbanded Cincinnati Orchestra, to tak.» the place
of Yon Kunitz, and that he ha* met with similar
refusals in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago
It is stated that the principal 'ctlllst of the Theo
dore Thomas Orchestra refused an offer to sue
( etnl H»nry Branmen. basing his refusal upon pro
tfsts recently mnd<- by the International League of
Musicians All these matters will be thrashed out
at the meeting In Cleveland.
Half of the members of last season's orchestra
:ir«- said to be holding out their signatures to con
tract*. KiKht players of violins, five of 'cellos. tw>
of trombones, one of the trumpet, one of th<- cor
net arid one of the flute have refused to sign.
The trouble was brought to h focus when Herr
Paur wrote to the president of the local musicians'
union asking to call on him at M* hotel, il«rri l«rr
I'aur is said to !iuv« received a rather curt an
swer, attention being called to the f n-t thai "••
bad publicly said that be would bring musicians
from Vienna, and that 'his move would be resist' !
through the United States authorities. Herr Paur
was told by the head of the musicians' union that
hi< would nave to do business in this country, and
that If any discussion was to be had It would have
to be in the office of the union.
The outcome of the difficulties will be watched
with interest for several reason*. AnioiiK these
are the effect any ruling or action of the Interna
tional League of Musicians nm> have .«i>. other or
chestras, tlerr Paur'a prominence in the musical
world abroad and on this side of the Atlantic ai.d
the affiliations of the Plttslmrg orchestra with the
Carnegie Institute.
At the Hotel Savoy Mr. Pau» f«nid last Bight that
his relations with Mr. Mayer, of the union, were
most friendly, and that be expected no trouble, as
he was trying to get X""i musicians here. He
ndded that he <Md not know the concertmeister of
the Cincinnati Orchestra an.l hnd made no efforts
to entrwfe him. but that he hud in contemplation
the engagement of the 'cellist of the Theodore
Thomas Orchestra, in Chicago He repeated his
assertion of Saturday thnt the prospa Of tho
orchestra were better thnn ever.
HIGHLY REOAHDED BOY IS BURGLAR.
Caught in State House Custodian's Horne —
Parents Astounded.
Custodian John WliSClilSM of the State House sur
prised a burglar in his home, at No. 607 Clifton
avenue, Newark, eurlv yesterday morning, and
•"covered" him with a revolver until the poltes »r
rived. The intruder was Loujs Annear. eighteen
years old, who llv«' with bis parents, nt So 16T
Parker Btreet. Newark, and was regarded as .1
young man of good character .
Mr. at.il Mrs W— man, on returning to their
home after midnight, 1i»»hp! footstep! on an upper
" -wf ' Mr. Wascman Immediately got la loaded
revolver from h clo»et on the llrst floor, while Mrs.
Wesentan w<»n» quietly to the n«-xt houaa to sum
mon assistance. Mr. Weseman. «*• ha heard tho
man getting out of the window find stepping to th»
roof of the fronl porch, hurried out onto the Inwn
in front, firing a shot from his revo!v< r to attract
attention.
He th^n <-i->nimnntla<l the stinnK^r to climb down
from the porch, kssptng him <-ovr« with th
weapon. Annwir >H<l ai bs was told, pleading for
merry. When tns police arrived be aberned glad to
et into the patrol wagon, and wept M he was
b.lns driven to I tie iiullce tion. Ills parents
were communicated with, L>ut until th»y saw th-lr
son til-; would not believe thut he was the pris
oner.
The boy Is leurntng t!..- Jeweller's trade, and ap
peared llk« anything bul ■ burglar. He was taken
•„ I'i'.i,.- Headq uirtsri Inter In th« 'lay. and Is said
to hi»ve admitted rubbing housea in Kl<lk<* Htr«-»>t,
Mount Prospect Placi ana Clifton .•.-•.]•■ The po-
Uc« believe his Imagination I" diseased from dime
novel reading All of the stolen property, of small
value, was recovered al hia home.
MOJTKEY JOINS HOSPITAL STAFF
"Bill" Drops Into Gouverneur from Nowhere
and Proves a Useful Aid.
A larg-e. perfectly educated monkey Is the latest
addition to the ambulance staff al the Qouverneur
Hospital. About three vn-fks ago the animal ap
peared at th« stable where ths ambulances aro
kept, and announced himsell aa "on the, Job" by
taking bla seat on one of the ambulances nml giv
ing tho glsd band to all th.- drivers.
No on« seems to know wh"r« the monkey came
from, although It In believed he mast have escaped
from the steamer Wahle, from the Weal Indies,
which wos lying at an Baal River pier about the
time tho monkey decided to totn thn hospital stuff.
II- seemed to nave something of the waterfront
atmosphere about him. and so was named "Bill.*'
ii. S'ioi: proved that he is equal to hla job. He
lights the fleetrle bulbs at night, sweep every
where nn«l everything, and la always the first on
hand when the kouc ring- an ambulance call.
Incidentally, he has no minims of conscience about
taking whatever strike! his fancy, nnd makes away
with the doctors' and drivers' lunches with per
te -i composure.
"Ach! daa fY. h« e.-it.H everyt'lngs," says Meyer,
the German stableman, "unl troohle.s! Ich voa h>'
did not here cone yet. Ich K**t nutingS bul troOblCS.
Vot rou luy down, Ist ail gestolen, yah."
mil. It Is understood. Ii noi the only monkey who
hns tnke;, up hOßpltal WOrk. Another of Ills tribe
not loiik nt; i decided St. Qregory'i Hospital was
sadly In need of his ser\ices, ana became a great
favorite there.
SI X IDE < i FTER A BREST,
Young Man Suspected of Murdering
Uncle's ')l*ifc.
Boston. May s.— Through the suicios «'t Albert i.
Smith, n Somervllle motorin -in, lust afti-r BC wal
placed undsr nrp«i early t" lay, ih>- police believa
they have the solution of the mystery of the mur
der yesterday of Mrs. Oeorge Smiti^ the wife of
the youna man'i uncle, al .i lodging bouse at No.
Gi Hancock street, Jusi scrota the street from the
State House. Mrs, Bmlth'a resistance to Ins young
man's attentions, which during the last few \>-.-i h-
are said to bave been ho persistent .i^ to have
caused -i separation between in r ami her husband,
Ik thought to have led to the crimp,
Mrs. Smith's Ihmlv w:ih found about noon yester
day IvIiil: across the threah^oM of her room, with
the Jugular vein severed. A broken razor lay on
the kitchen Boor, and under i sola in the bouse
was an overcoat, with Mood on thi sleeve, Thia
garment was lut**r Identified as belonging to y< ung
Stnith. The police seaxchsd :ili ihe eventag througn
BomerviHe for the suspected pen tn, and about 1
o'clock this mortiinK found him at the house of a
friend just over the Medfbrd line. He was very
nervous when Informed of hi* arrest, but maaaged
to Obtain i' K'Utss of water, which he used. It 1»
thought, la taking a dose of corrosive sublimate.
A few minutes later, while on the way to Ihe sta
tion with th>- officers, he f>n to the Kro\md. beeans
unconscious, and died about 3 o'clock at a nearby
hospital.
The victim of the murder was about thirty-three
veers old, and hud i.e. ii married about live weeks.
Three days ago, following ihe separation from her
husband, she took a position as housekeeper al the
Hani lc street house
DR. TUPPER RESIGNS.
The Rev. Dr. Kerr Hoyce Tut SSI resigned the
pastorate Of !hi> Madison Avenue Baptist i'hurcb.
on Saturday, on account of ill heulth. Ho hus been
ill for tome months and his physician has ordered
absolute rest tor v time. He Is now in a sana
torium out of town.
Dr. Tupper accepted a call to the Madison Ave
nue church on May 22, 1905, and took up his work
there on the first Sunday in July. He Is now
about fifty years old. He was pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Denver for several year*.
THE SEED INDUSTRY.
Its Progress in America Favored hi/
Soil and Climate.
The laet quarter of a century has done more for
the seed industry In America than all the previous
years of its existence. In that time seed growers
have not only produced more than half the seed
used in this country, as compared with a much
smaller percentage In former years, but they have
demonstrated the fact that we have sufficient di
versity of climate and soil to grow in profusion
any seed which Is now imported. Most of the seeds
In the I'nlted States are • produced in California,
where, in the Santa Clara Valley, there is one
farm alone containing 10,000 acres.
The variance In the amount of seeds produced to
the acre by different plants is very great, as some
vegetables will give 200 pounds to the acre and
others 2.000 or 3.000 pounds. A conservative aver
age is 500 pounds to the acre. Flowers run to the
most remarkable extremes In this yield. « Sweet
peas, which seed more freely than any flower,
sometimes produce 3.000 pounds to the acre— ton
and a half of seeds. The double petunia, which is
known to need growers as the "shyest seeder," will
sometimes fall to yield a pound to the acre.
This Inability of the double petunia to hold its
seei makes it very valuable. Its retail price Is J7O
an ounce, or $1,120 a pound. It is worth more^han
ten ttaes its weight in gold ; This seed Is much
finer than gunpowder and almost aa fine as cooking
flour. It is almost Impossible to distinguish the
separate seeds, and la the most expensive kind
handled by any dealer. The cheapest seeds sold
by the pound aro those of the beet and mustard
which cost only live cents a pound. In plentiful
seasons sweetpeas sometimes sell for seven cents
a pound. • •
There Is a great difference In price between tne
seeds of an unnamed variety of flower, or vege
table, and some so-called "novelty" which growers
have produced from the generic plant. These "novel
ties" are produced In various ways, by selection, by
crossing the seeds, and they are sometimes devel
oped into distinct varieties; There ar« only forty
two original, distinct vegetable families, though 83
varieties of vegetable seed are now sold by retail
dealers.
Bach grower produces his own variations on the
original forty-two vegetables, and the number of
new varieties Is constantly increasing. With flow
ers the work la easier and the neope wider. There
are 107 generic flower families to start with, and
enterprising growers have rung the changes on
their seed until th« number of flower varieties now
sold is Incalculable.
Some vegetables lend themselves to variations
more readily than others. There are seventy-four
varieties of lettuce and thirty-five kinds of onions.
Beaaa cabbage, corn and tomatoes appear in Ihe
catalogues under twenty-five and thirty different
names. Mustard la about tho only vegetable that
has remained untouched by the ambitious seed grow
. rs. Ip to the present time one kind of mustard
has sufficed for all our needs.
Sweet peas have stghty-sta divisions und more
than three hundred subdivisions. In California,
where almost all the flower seeda are grown, one
farm of M acres Is given up t< the production of
swept peas alone. The total production yearly is
aboot 3,V).<*o pounds, and even when this amount Is
uugmonted by the yield from smaller farms It Is
almost Impossible to meet the demand. Sweet peas
are the most popular Bowers In America for home
gardens, except tho nasturtiums, and even these
cannqj always compete with th^e sweet ptas, Where.
country air and saMktae abound sweet peas hold
unrivalled supremacy, and nasturtiums are In use
for window boxes and scant little city gardens
where a nmhll backyard must do duty for the
flower lover,
Psnatea are also a popular favorite, thongh their
price IS sometimes high enough to be prohibitive.
The ordinary varieties, well selected, are not more
than Ii". a pound, but some of the big velvety ones,
rarely colored, pell for $j0 a pound. Most of the,
flowers which are produced from seed are SOM In
little ttve-cent packets, the amounts varying with
the value of tho seed There are about eight
million of these sold in the United States . every
\ . ar.
In California almost all the actual labor of plant
lag and harTesttng seeds Is done by Chinese and
Japanese men. The overseers are Americans, but
the little seeds are stowed away by deft Oriental
fingers, to the tune of endless Oriental chatter.
One h>!g Chinaman in California has had phenom
enul success growing sweetpeas und producing new
varieties. H" has more new colors anil shapes to
bis credit thun any Am>rl.nn grower, and h!* love
for flowxrs borders on fanaticism.
Twenty-Ove years apo by far the largest per
centaga of *•■<-. v used In American gardens was
lmjiorted from Europe, where, the industry has re
eelved more careful attention than here. Now
there are V>3 large -..-.i firms In America, each
handling indreda of thowanda of pounds annu
ally. In main- Instances they bava apec|all«ed, and
handle only one kind of seed. Twenty-five of these
firms deal only In peas and beans, eight In cab
bages, anil eight In tomatoes, lettuce, sibers,
onions, melons and beeta
The money these firms pay Into the Santa Clara
Valley. California, amounts to more than a mlli1"n
and a half dollars yearly. This valley produces a
littl.- more than ■"»'."••" poui da of seed per annum,
and from 8.000,000 t>> 10.000.000 pounds are Bold
yearly In the United Stales, though still much thai
is used for gardening Is Imported The eauUflowet
seed is the '■■"■ '■ expensive of all the vegetable*,
as it is the mosi dMßcun to obtain. • Its wholesale
price Is $13 a pound. N>xt to this In vsJue are the
high grade varieties of beans, which cost }2JO and
$3 v puund.
Central Michigan and Western New York produce
almost all the bean seed used In this country. One
locality In Michigan produces seventy-five thousand
bushels yearly, and the New York output doubles
that unber. Potatoes und corn ar. sold so exten
sively that no estimate can be made of the amount ;
product each year. Two million ptwinfla el turnip
s.-.-u goes Into American soil every season, but '
mosi of It Is imported from England, one million
pounds of radish seed ar.- planted here, one-tenth
of which Is rais., i in California and the rest in
Europe. Of ihe million pounds of seed onions
which the annual crop demands California yields
seven hundred thousand pounds, arid more than
half the million pounds of cabbage seed used in
our ci..|,s is grown In our own soil
WUen it Is remembered that a little five-cent
package of cabbage seed will mnke two hundred
plants, too many for a single ganden. an* thai each
pound will supply fifty gardens, Ihe enormity Ol
these figures will be realized. Of course, many of
the seeda which are soUl do not produce vegetables,
as they are prevented by Insects. Impurities of soil
und climatic hardships, but if every see.i sent out
by the i<fe«l Industry Of America fulfilled Its mis
sion every man. woman and child in the mired
States could have at least one aquara meal s. day,
regardleen of the Ue.-r Trust.
Corn growing for seed purposes l.is made great
strides In thia country, and more of it Is sold than
any other kind. An laetaaca of Mother Earth's
kindness to the com grower ls,shown In the experi
ence of a prominent seed grower in Ohio. Thirty
flv« yean ago ha had one acre of land and jr>. lie
Invested Urn $5 In seed corn." His profit for his first
year's work was only $IS. but now he produces
yearly 150,000 bOSW»Bl of corn, and has •SeOOM Inde
pendently rich. John Itankln. a Missouri farmer,
plants 13,008 acres of corn at a time, using as much
corn for his seed as an Eastern farmer would bar
vest in one season. He sends out k*> ploughs st a
lime to his ileltl.H, anil ships his corn la the fall by
the tralnload instead el the carload. Not lon«^igo
S single ear ol prize corn, of the Reid Yellow Deal
VSlil was huM nt auction at the lowa State Col
lege for $150. Tills was ut the rate of IMH a bushel,
which la the world's highest price, for stetV corn.
Almost all the choice kinds of tomatoes are the
result of the patience of A. \V. Livingstone, who
discovered bo a bed of ordinary teaoatoea one wl.i.-ix
was susceptible of treatment to enlarge It and en
rich It : flavor. lie saved the sssd of tills accidental
tomato, and year after year replanted the seeds
obtained from the children and grandchildren of
his original tlntl. until it" is difficult to rind In one's
sulud a tomato not descended from this discovery
of Mr. Livingstone.
Flowers furnish IQIUITj ns interesting Instances.
One of the most notable se.-d achievements of re
cent years Is the work of the Hey. W. iilchks. the
sei letSIJ Of the Royal Horticultural Socletv In
Kn^land. who produced the Shirley poppy from a
bed Ol common field popples. In a patch of the
latter In hts garden he saw one edged with white.
I He marked it. obtained Its seed and planted it ''.-■
following year. The edge of white had grown
deeper, and after many years of experimenting he
had a bed of popples whoso white edge had worked
into tho centre, making th^ petals a pale pink, and
in one plant pure white. After several years mo-a "
he turned the black centre a pafe yellow, and now
the ghostly Shirley poppy stands as a monument
to his infinite' patience and care. """* v
But seeds are not always so carefully propa« ate
Every element in nature has had a hand i n it a*
one time or another, and strange flowers ar
now growing on our coasts as a result of a I*^°
Journey on the breast of the gulf stream or a J!F
lant.rare with the north wind. The haphazard
career of the thistledown, which Is resown by^
passing breeze, has been the theme for many 11
poet. Birds have carried seeds undigested la their
stomachs for miles and miles, even Into (Jtrteren*
states. Many a little Northern blossom baa ap
peared In the South with no possible explanation tor
Its presence but that it had carried there by a>
flock of, migrating birds.
FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
JV STICK'S SOS HELD.
Medbery Blanchard, Harvard Stu
dent, Accused of Speeding.
Medbery Blanchard. a student at Harvard,
son of Justice Blanchard. of the Supreme Court,
was held in $200 bail by Magistrate Moss In the
Morriaanla Court yesterday, on a charge of ex
ceeding the speed limit. lie had been arrested
on Saturday night, while in his father's com
pany, by Patrolman Sllbersmlth at. Jerome ave
r.ue and 179 th street. Both h« and Justice
BJanchard protested that they were not vio
lating- the ordinance, but the policeman had his
evidence In siich good order that Magistrate
Moss decided he must hold young Bianchard
for Special Sessions. Justice Blanchard gava
his house at No. 11 East J»2d street, as security.
KILLS BKLMOST F.MI'LOYE
Took Lighted Lamp to Acetylene
Plant and Explosion Follozced.
f Hy Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Babylon. Long Island. May ;">.— William Buck
ley, a valued employe of August Belmont. was
instantly killed to-night in an explosion that de
stroyed the acetylene gas tank plant on the lat
ter*a nursery farm at North Babylon. Buckley,
who Is a married man with several children, waa
for a long ttaaa in charge of the gas plant on
Mr. Belmont'i country seat at Hempstead. .v
month ut?') he was detailed to take charge of tha
plant here.
H went out from the mansion house, talcing a
lighted lamp, remarking something about going;
over to the gas plant. A few moments later an
explosion followed that was heard nearly two
miles away. Every one on the place rushed to
th* scene of the accident, where they found tha
building in which the plant was placed de
stroyed. Fifty feet away lay Bucftley's body.
WOMEN SWEAR AT AUTO VICTIMS.
Net satisfied with having knechad down twe men
on the Wllliamsbursc BrMga yesterday, a party i f
WOSBSfI and men in an automobile shopped and
hurled abusive language at their victims. Thi
women were particularly offensive in their abuse
Of the two men on bicycles who had got Into
their path. The two men were Charles Pamerer.
a mechanical engineer, of No. 3*>? Ninth avenue,
and Nathan Mtnsky. of So. S8 Kldridge street.
Neither of them was seriously hurt. Policemen
on the hrHfje tried to nave the runaway gata
closed before th« machine reach3d the BroeJuyn
side, but the party escaped.
COLLIE SAT AT AUTO'S WHEEL.
Mr. Dwyer's Dog Wore Goggles and a linen
Duster — Tale of a Deposit.
Alexander Dwyer, of No. 6:3 Riverside Drive. wh»
has been r:i.-ik!-.g a trip through Kurrpe in l.is au
tomobile, arrived here yesterday <>n the Hamburjj-
American liner Blucher. He brought with him
Prince, a i olde. wl let! accompanied him in tha
automobUa Journey of twelve thousand miles. Mr.
L>wyer said the >i»< wore goggles and a linen
duster, and Insisted on altttai in the front seat
of the car next le the chauffeur.
When he entered Switzerland Mr. Dwyer wn? re
quested to deposit $3TO »* a guarantee that he
would not violate the speed laws, and on rrivin*
at dwassan, on the Italian border, he demanded
tha return 'f the deposli W' ■■■ informeii that
there was only $!<» In the town treasury Mr. Dwyer
declared that ne would stuy there until the amount
was raised. A canvass was made V.y one cf tru*
town ofHel-ils. anil t! •■ (0M was borrowed from a.
oV ifii merchants In sums varying from $I>'» to $.V>.
On the Blilcher v.-;is the body of Albert 3. Lartin,
forty-two yeara old. son of the founder of the l^at!!n
Powd< r Company, of Chicago; lie died ut Niea
n April, while travelling with his wife. Georsa
Ade. ,i friend of the I.aftin family, met Mrs. Lall'.a
at the pi*r.
MONSIGNOR KENNEDY ENDS VISIT.
Won't Discuss "Mission" — Merry del Val
Not To Be Removed.
Monsfgnor Kennedy, rector of the American Col
lege at Rome. wht> has teen in this country for
several weeks, will return V> Europe to-morrow on
tha steamer Hamburg of the Hamburg- American
Line. The monsignor was the guest of Archbishop
Farley during the lust week and left here yester
il.iy for Philadelphia: «jim he will pay a farewell
visit to his parents before sailing.
Ther has rwen considerable gossip in ecclesiasti
c.ii circles throughout the country concerning th»
monsignor'a visit at this time of the year. -the
knowing ones contending that h« % bad snms secret
mission. If lie n.i.l he 1008 very few into his con
fUlene". for here In New York, while there were
numerous guesses as t>> this •"mission" no person
rbuld be found who wonltl admit that he had a
definite ' ■!•■ of wruft MonsUrnor Kennedy came
here for. other than to visit his parents.
"There are still vngue rumors in ecclesiastical
circles that the monsignor knows more about the
American oardinalate situation than he cared tt>
divulge. For publication he woul«s not d!scusa *!"-<»
question. lie .11,1 ,1. ■•-. however, and with em
phaids, that Pius X - '■.•■.-■. Secretary of State,
Merry >lel Val. was to t>e removed, and smiled
pleasantly when his friends hinted that he was "In
line" for promotion to the diplomatic service of the
Church.
CORNERSTONE OF BRONX HOME LAID.
Monsignor Lavelle Chief Speaker at Cere
mony of Little Sisters of the Poor.
The cornerstone Of the Home for the Aged Poor
which |i being built by the Little Sisters of tha
Poor at Belmont avenue and lS3d street. The
Bieata, waa laM yesterday afternoon by Monstgr.or
Michael J. LanreUe, of St. Patrtesi'i Cathedral.
Monsignor Lavelle said:
Charity Is not mer-iv voluntary in t^e Catholic
Church; it Is essential, and in proportion as she
and her members exercise It. Is thi propagation of
the faith ai I the salvation of souls.
Christ Is tiie king of W*e universe. The Church
Is His bride in.i regent. The sole cause of Hla
coming, of Ills life and His death was charity. The
charter ol the Church la th. same: "Py this si^ri
niiali m»n know th.it you. are my disciples, if you
hive love one for another" ..
This work for the aged Is one of th.- most O«eay
i\n.l illissi I Ilia Of alt charities. It Is most ne<?»iy
bt-eause those for whom It Is exercised are in
capable of helping themselves. 3om«»i their
destitution comes from over-generosity in their
sturdU-r days; other times from Ingratitude.
ALLEGED UNLICENSED DOCTORS HELD.
Charles Conrad, Si No. I>U West 12« th street,
nnd <Paul Schmidt, .f No. 1.-.4 Bml Sdl street,
were arralß'ied yesterday before Mas!strati»,Strin
crt In the Yorkvllle seSae court. iliHSil wJI*l
practising tnedlcln« without a HeHHN T!*i* case
was adjourned until Thwradsy. "#he prisoners
were an salad 'on Saturday while in one .'f the
warda at Bellevue Hospital, where Ihej had gr<n»
to tea a man who w:is supposed to be suffering
from glanders. it la alleged by John S. Cooper,
of the r.mnty MHMcsJ Society, who Is prosecut
ing the . tse, that the two prisoners posed aa phy
sicians, and said they wets nj>lo to cur.- glanders.