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V OL -LXVII....N°- 22.088.
LINERS DEFY STRIKE.
SAIL WITH SMALL LOADS.
Ileavii Passenger Traffic May Make
Steamships Independent.
Steamship agents and striking kmgßhoremen
•n-er* both cocfldent yesterday that their respec
tive Interests would ultimately win In th<; pres
ent contest over wages. The strike has crippled
both, and both are determined to fight to the
bitter end. It developed yesterday that. while
the various transatlantic steamship lines are un
able to take on al! the frripht consigned to them,
they are not suffering aa much financially v
they «ld if the present season were dull in
passenger traffic. The passenger business is
now • eptag up to its zenith, and for six months
all the lines will do enough business in passen
ger traffic to withstand the setback in froifrht
bus:- •
The Ftrike thus far, especially In the early
part, when the men first quit work abruptly, has
caused several passenger and freight steamers
to change their schedules and sail with only
part of_ a cargo, but the passenger service has
gone along practically unmolested.
It was rumored in Hoboken yesterday that
the Holland-America Line was In a measure
indifferent to the stand taken by the strike rs,
and has determined, If the latter won. to .•}!>;■■.!
don their freight service for the summer and
carry only passengi tween N". w York and
Rotterdam. It w.is annou I that the com
pany's steamer Noordam, though only partly
loaded, would sail to-day promptly at 2 p. m.
A rumor became current last night, when the
North German Lloyd Hner Kaiser Wilhelm II
anchored off Quarantine at G:2O p. m., that the
Inability of the company to handle the baggage
of passengers caused her to remain in the Lower
Hay until tli morning. Gustav H. Schwab, the
local agent of the line, said last nitrht that the
strike had nothing to do with the steanier re
maining at ■antine. He said that the com
pany never took its big steamers up after dark.
l'h<? weather was hazy in the Lower Hay. and
that, coupled with the late arrival of the stenm
er, decided the line to keep her down until this
mornln?.
KAIBEB BAILS ON TIME.
Kaiser ITilhelm 4er Grosse, also of the
German Lloyd Line, sailed promptly yes
tf-rd y s.t 1<» a. m. with a lar?f- list. While tho
s lines are muk'Pg efforts to coal, loadl
• ♦• rvice t
i and Bremen, they have tnketi on a ,
number of Inexperienced Italians.
When -v i • who spoke English :
i the strikers tried to have them :
t • up their Jobs.
In two places terday the strikers resorted
to violence. They clashed >th a gang of strike
breakers at the Bush T< rminal piers In Bouth
Brooklyn and at the White Star line plera in
West street. Apart from these two fights, tho
:r.cn heve been orderly.
None of the big transatlantic lines that cater to
a' large tsenger traffic expect any delay in the
fche'lulo of their big Bteametm, The Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse, the Carania and the Hamburg
cleared on time. The White Star Line announced
yesterday that the Baltic would positively s-til
to-day at 3 p. m. The pier la congested with
freight. ar.<] the L'g liner will go short of the
• Bxgo assiffneti to her. The Baltic could carry
nearly all the freight on the pier If experienced
■Dea could be- had to loud her. On nearly every
aaatward trip she jjoes i!0,G00 tons short of her
capacity.
The Brasiie of Le Vi \» oe Line because of
h<?r late arrival at port and the Inability to
unload may not sail to-day, as scheduled.
All the piers In Hoboken, Jersey city and
Manhattan ; • ited with freight and un
able to receive any more until pome of the out
going steamera take it away. The Hamburg-
American liner BlOcher. the Oscar 11. c,T th«
Bcaridinavlan-American Line; the Grosser Kur
ttat of the North German Lloyd Line and the
Ik liner La Bavole are expected to sail to
morrow. The Quebec liner Pretoria, the Mara
va! of tbe Trinidad Line, and the Amsteldam
«-er« ur.ab!e to pail yesterday, but expect to
clear port to-day.
The asHtag of the Atlas liner Altai. Eched
uled for Friday, has been changed to to-day.
It is thought that the schedules of the coast
wise end West Indian steamers will be changed
jr.ort; or leas until th<> stFlke Is settled.
The first dash between the Ftrtkers and the
strikebreakers was In Manhattan early in the
■narnoon opposite the Cunard Line piers, at
West and 11th streets. At this corner the strik
ers have their headquarters over the Brunswick
•aloon, &i.d many of them were assembled In
front of the saloon when forty strikebreakers,
escorted by a for«maj), passed them on their
way to the piers.
STRIKERS' MAKE ATTACK.
As If by some telepathic impulse strikers gath
ered Irom tbs side Btreets. and, with those In
front of the saloon, made a combined rush on
the strikebreakers, attacking them with their
fists or any missile that came handy. Soroe of
the strikebreakers defended themselves, but
most of them fled toward the piers. They were
Intercepted by a flank movement of the strikers.
In a 6hort time blood began to flow and the
euik€break<-rs, who were Italians, tried to rush
to 6he:t*r. B»v<-ral policemeri came up and dis
persed the strikers, hitting out with their lo
cuets at every one in sight. The affair hap
pened so quickly that the police had been
caught napping.
About the earns time 800 negro strikebreaker*,
who were waiting to be put to work at the ware
house of the Bush Terminal Company, at 42d
street. South Brooklyn, were set upon by a
crowd of strikers and badly used up. They were
driven Into a corner, where they were In a cul
06 Bar;, and but for the arrival of the police
would have had a hard time.
xho police aril] now keep the strikers from
gathering near the piers in Weat street. Man
nattan. The street Is torn up for repairing in
apois near the piers, and the looße paving blocks
g*Bg arnand would be dangerous missiles In
case of riot.
MALLORY LINE STRIKE SETTLED.
The Mallory line strikers made a settlement
yesterday afternoon and returned to work. They
ent back at the wages offered by the line after
they struck-30 cents an hour for day work and
°lUUl UU an hour f Or night work. The strike
850 .trlkerin LllV^** 1"'1 "' were discharged and
Thelirii.^ negroes, took their old Jobs.
" the? work £aII £ b War<l " ne P lerß - thou h
to accent their.i r . the 6Eme co »dition», refused
eve 'ni Sffn f^ 9 &nd ■«• "till out las:
ben To «H P , ttrien c , ndent Glbb » *"Id there had
that .the hThL^ d lajr throu «h the strike, and
TnJT £»™J t^ breake "» were doing ? ood work.
on^Ple™^? d-a°d -a° ',5 lßht hundr "'» longshoremen
85 o2STJ\ M - ;57; 57 ? nfl :iK ' *"*!> River, for
i^ n sf hour for da V work and 50 con U for
ton the £' n W< 7 e ratlted y^terday by Mr. I»at
bem V£ f*n?nu »nanaßer. and the men who had
Mrllit^uS . » for * hort ttrne went back. Ku
f2»mm«t?2i ? n .l* 1 the Whlto Star Llne met
foSt, of the Whlto fitar ctrikci-8 la the
■••noon, but refused to grant th* 6«nands.
BAVAJTVAH LINE iJHaHIBII
Tb 8 strike wa« ertended to tho Savannah Llna
rtlr after noon. At 8 o'clock the Columbia,
ten waa to sail al that hour, had her cargo
HI on board. Beventy-flv© Italian* who -were
*'orklng at tho pier were kept In behind closed
** w «- a notice was po3ted outaido with tha
"crfis: "No freight rtestrad to-day."
Tiie EtrJkers ht-'.d mr.r.y RMt4fßoi alonsr West
C«btiaued oa accond pq«* ':'"'
Tcxnorro., JZ&rgZ£F&*M. wta( u. NEW- YORK. WEDNESDAY. MAY 8. 1007. -SIXTEEN PAGES.- byT^£f.^uuon.
ATOMIC THEORY HOLDS.
Experiments Prove Nothing Against
It, Lord Kelvin Says.
{Special by Kr«>nch Cable I . Th* Tribune . ]
[Copyright. inO7; by Ti ■.» Tribune Association!]
London, May Lord Kelvin, the most
eminent scientist in the kingdom, discussing
to-day the discredited report that Professor
Ramsay had produced copper from a combina
tion of sodium, lithium and potassium under
the Influence of radium emanations, made the
following statement:
"The admirable results discovered by the
experimental research on radium prove nothing
against the atomic theory nor In support of sup
posed transmutations or changes of metals or
other chemical elements." T. N*. F.
THAW HOME MORTGAGED.
Alleged Suppression of Records
Causes Criticism in Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, May 7.— Lyndhurst, the home of
Mr.--. William Thaw, has been mortgaged for
$100,000, according to 1 published report here
to-night. The mortgage was secured some time
i'Ko. the bock containing the records hits been
hidden, it is said, mid information regarding the
document did not become public until to-day.
The interest charged in .".'A per cent and the
mortgage Is held by the Fidelity Title and Trust
Company. It will mature in three years.
The paper was drawn In New York city on
March 7. I'.niT, and was witnessed by Clifford
W. Hartridgc, of Harry Thaw's conns-! and
John IV Meagher, a notary, who did the neces
sary work of witnessing and affixing the official
sea! of the commonwealth to the document.
It is alleged that extraordinary efforts were
made to keep the mortgage secret It is the
only one recorded In mortgage 1 k No. I..'i"'\
and the book. Instead .>f being In its proper
place in the County Recorder's <'f!V,-, is said
tii be still in the transcribing room on the third
floor of tho Allegheny County Couri House.
Tho incident, following closely on the suppres
sion of the recording of a marriage license
to Miss Ellen Terry, the actress, on March 22.
which was not known until this " • *-k has
caused much adverse comment on the conduct
of the Recorder in the Allegheny court house,
and a movement is afoot among attorneys for
an investigation.
Four trustees' accounts under the will ->f
William Thaw were filed for audit in the office
of the Register of Wills this morning. The
Fidelity Title arid Trust Company, as trus:r<\
prepared the accounts and will pr^sc-nt them to
the judges of Orphans' Court on Monday, June
'A. The accounts are the second triennial ones
which have been made since the trust company
took the affairs of th<- legatees under William
Thaw's will into hr h.-inds, six years ago.
Harry Kendall Thaw Is shown t . have been
the recipient of the second largest Income paid
any of the heirs, nearly $fK>,OOO having been
paid to him from this source alone. This sum
was exclusive of the Income which ho derived
from various other bequests under hi?- father's
wiil. The account of Harry Thaw BhoWS there
is due him, under th<- direct legacy allowed by
his father, the sum of $4.'!!t,.\'!4 4U Tho Income
from this, ns invested by the trustee during the
three years covered by the account, is ?!•-'<,
iXK! LJO. ot this sum, expenditures have been
made covering the necessary expenses <>t the
••state, bringing the amount actually paid him
down to something less than SiummiO.
ELEVEN THOUSAND DEAD.
Herrcro Tribesmen Perish from
Hunger on Flight Northward.
Cape Town. May 7.— Finding it useless to re
si.^r t!iA (if-riiian troops, afteen thousand Heir- ro
tribesmen, according to information received
here to-day from German Southwest Africa, d. -
Cided BOrne time ago to move northeastward
with the object if establishing a settlement In
th'- Lake Np.'imi region, but oaiy four thousand
of tiio natives reached their destination, the re
maining e!e\<n thousand having perished from
starvation.
FEUD BREAKS OUT ANEW.
Two Killed and Three Wounded in
Howard-Green Battle.
lUddleaboro, Ky., May 7. -in a Bghi on Sugar
Island Civek to-day John Howard and Martin
<ireen were killed and Eleanor Howard is said
to have been fatally shot. James and George
Green were also badly wounded. The tight w«?a
the result of an old i'eud. John Howard la a
relative of Jim Howard, under convli lion for
the murder of Governor Goebel.
The. fight was between the Greens and How
ards, and will probably reopen a bloody fend in
the mountains of. this county. All the men are
widely connected. John Howard waa visiting
his brother when the fight took place. Martin
Green is said to have shot the Howards. Feel
ing runs high throughout the northern part of
the county, where the light occurred, and more
bloodshed Is expected. Bell County officers are
now on the scene.
AN ANGLO-GERMAN AGREEMENT.
African Colonial Disputes Settled at Confer
ence in London.
Berlin, May 7. — Germany and Great Britain
have reached an agreement concerning their
various Booth African controversies, which gives
reason for the hope that any differences of opin
ion arising In the future will be settled In a
friendly mariner.
The negotiations which resulted In this un
derßtaiidlng took place in London between Heir
yon Ltndequlst, Governor of German Southwest
Africa, and I->r. Jameson, th<; Premier of Capo
Colony.
LENROOT OUT IN WISCONSIN.
Withdraws from Contest for Senator
Spooner's Place— Deadlock Continues.
Madison, Wis., May 7.— lrvine L. Lenroot. of
Superior, withdrew from the contest for United
States Senator to-night. He made no request
as to the future course of his followers. The
Joint ballot to-day produced no result. The fol
lowing Republicans led in the contest: Esch.
19; Lenroot, 17; Btephenson, 17; Cooper, 14;
H Mr te i>nr"ooffi supporters prior to the caucus to
nlKht agreed that for to-ni?ht at east they woulu
contln.u, to support him. Four ballot* wera tnkr-n
the last ono resulting: Bt*phcnson. 18: Ksch, la;
L*nroot, 14; Cooper. 13; HaUen, 11'; scattering. 1.
ITAXIAN VOLCANOES ACTIVE,
Eruption of Stromboli Continues —
jEtna Throws Out Lava.
M.<-:-,ir.a, May 1. — The Stromboii volcano has
been Intermittently active since April 2S. Cin
ders and stones, accompanied by loud explosions,
have been frequently thrown out of the crater.
The ve.'etarlon in the vicinity of the mountain
ha* r..-n destroyed. Tho people j continue to
leave the Island. ' „ ,
Mount yGtna also has shown considerable ac
tivity during the last ten days, cinders, lava and
smoke emanating; from the new crater.
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CARPET CLEANSING, T. M. BTEWART,
826 7th Ay Kouiulcd 1863. Tel.. 623 & 6»t— CUelßaa.—
AdvC ' — '
BLOODSHED IN 'FRISCO
STHIKIXG CARMEX RIOT.
Many Shot in Pitched Battles—May
Call Out Troops.
Han Francisco, May 7.— The strike of the 1,700
union motormen and conductors of the United
Railroads developed this afternoon into a riot In
which more thnn a score of persons were se
verely hurt, some fatally.
The company made Us Qrst attempt to resume
operation at 2:3u o'clock by sending out seven
passenger cars manned by about forty strike
breakers. The men wore uniforms of car in
spectors and each carried a .38-callbre revolver.
The start was made from the company's barns,
at Turk and FlUmore streets, where a crowd of
in 1:1 3,000 to 5,000 men and boys had gathered.
Twenty-seven policemen, five mounted officers
r-nd several Bergeants, under the command of
Captain Moon, were on patrol guard. The ap
pearance of the cars in Fill more street, from
which they wore switched into Turk street, waa
the signal for an outburst or" Jeers and howls.
Before the cars had gone one block they were
made the targets of stones and bricks. In a
few minutes every pane of glass had been
smashed and several of the operatives had been
Btruck, cut and bruised. At Turk and Buchanan
streets an especially fierce attack was made, on
the r. remost car. A guard on the rear plat
form answered the stones with a pistol shot.
The bullet Btruck a union sympathizer in the
arm. This transformed the crowd into a wild
mob, and for twelve blocks there was fierce
fighting. Tho strikers and their friends, aided
by hundreds of youthful hoodlums, kept "P a
>h iwor "f missiles. The guards responded with
fusillade after fusillade of pistol shots.
Eight men received, bullet wounds, some of
Which probably wili prove fatal. Among those
thus Injured are a detective Bergeant and a
patrolman.
Finally a dozen or more of the guards were
arrested by reserves from the Central police
station and a union crowd boarded the rear car
and started :t Lack to the barns Arriving
There, the .strikers .-harßed. and revolver tire was
opened from the barns. In this encounter sev
eral more men were .shot. A non-union man
threw the switch at Turk and Killmore stre, t«,
and the car shot Into the sidewalk, maiming two
men. In the stampede that followed Bcores of
women and children were trampled upon.
The appearance of relllef squada to reinforce
Police Captain Moony*a men resulted about 4:30
o'clock in the partial dispersing of the crowds.
Practically all of th<> police reserves :it the
precinct stations have been called out and are
patrolling the neighborhood of Pillmore and
Turk streets.
The Reneral belief is that because of this nf
ternoon'a tniKlo happenings further efforts to
resume operation of the system will be with
held until officials of the company are satisfied
that the police will afford protection to property
und life.
The bloody events of the afternoon were pre
ceded by a less aerioua clash in the forenoon,
when a freight car manned by flv<- inspector! an 1
Barn Buoerintendent Jones was run o.it of the
yards "t Turk and Pillmore streets, arid oper
ated for half a black. The 1 !<■■.■ red the
car with brickbat* .r..<\ M ,1 • - and slightly In
jured two Inspectors Finally all atu mpt t"
operate the car was given up and It ti
back by Jones himself.
That the disorders >>f to-day ! " a > be n ■
to-morrow with even more tragic result
the fear expressed to-night when It waa
known that the United Railroads' programme
for Wednesday Included another attempt <■> re-
Bume operation of < ■
QeneraJ Manager Mullaly said to-night that
when attorneys ;>>: the United Railways visited
'he Central Police Station this evening to re
quest the admittance to bail of ih" strikebreak
ers.under arrest for Bhootlng strikers .iinl their
sympathizers, Chief <>f Police Dlnan said
"To-morrow I snail arm the police with rifles,
if any strikebreakers start any shooting from
the cars they will be '-h"i in turn by the police."
Thirteen strikebreakers were arrested and
three were released on ball.
Loa Angeles, cm.. May 7.— "1 will not call r»ut
the state militia to quell the riots In San Fran
cisco until the civil authorities have asked me
to do so or 1 am satisfied that there Is no other
way to handle the situation," said Governor Gil
lette to-ntght. 'i :un watching the situation
closely, and will act the moment I believe it
necessary.
"1 am awaiting advices from Adjutant • '
Louck as to the exact situation. If the riots go
on and the police are unable to stop them, 1 will
call out the militia. There wlli be no child's
piny about it either, if l take ti»:it action. Fur
thermore, whenever i t.ec<.:r.e satisfied that the
situation Is beyond control l will send In a re
quest for federal troop-. Represent ilions from
the best element of San Francisco thai trooj i
are needed would cause me to act. '
COSTLY CHICKEN FARM.
Is in Pittsburg Residence District on
Land Worth $450,000.
; i;> ■;■ iegnipti to Th« Tribune ]
Pittsburg, May 7. R. B Mellon, banker and
capitalist, of this city, is erecting a chicken
farm in the heart of the fashionable Squirrel
Hill residence district, on ground worth $4f>0.000.
The plot contain- nine acres, valued at $50,000
an a. re, and is at Shady and Fifth avenues [•
adjoins the former residence of Charles .v.
BchA-ab, which is now occupied by D. M. Clem
son, the steel man.
The farm will be fitted up with every modern
convenience for raising chickens. The object ■ t
the farm to to furnish fresh eggs and ti nder
chickens for the Mellon household, which la
located nearby.
THE EXCAVATIONS AT PiESTUM.
A Roadway and a Doric Temple to Neptune
Uncovered.
Naples. Slay 7.— The. excavations at PtßStum
have brought to lltflit a roadway -'< (eet wide,
flanked by sidewalks. The pavement of large
3tono blocks shows deep ruts worn by the wheels
of heavy chariots. A beautiful Doric temple to
Neptune has been uncovered for v distance ot
120 fcc<..
DISCOVEVRIES ON PALATINE HILL.
Rorae. May 7. — The excavations which are be
ing conducted on the Palatine Hill have shown
a curious and interesting: circumstance. Tho
Necropolis has been found to contain remains Df
the ninth, eighth, sixth and fourth centuries be
fore Christ. All fragments of the seventh and
fifth centuries are lacking; and archaeologists ara
engaged In a closa study of the field In order to
find the reason. ;
A DELIGHTFUL TRIP.
Six-day Tour to Gettysburg and Washington, via'
tho Pennsylvania Railroad. Leaves May *o. Only
12! from New York oov«m ail nuwuif expenses.
naM
J. 11. S3IITII WILL RKAD.
LEFT ABOUT $.10,000,000.
Tito Nephews Named as Presump
tive Residuar// Legatees.
Tho will of James Henry Smith, who <! ; ed in
March. In Japan, while he was on his wedding
trlj> around the world, was read yesterday,
nfter the funeral in St. Bartholomews Church.
The blood relatives of Mi. Smith and his widow
listened to the reading of the will in the house
at No. S7l Fifth avenue, which Mr. Smith pur
chased from the estate Of William C. Whitney.
The estate is estimated at about $:*.<>,< *>0, ■*"«>.
One of the executors Bald after the reading
that there would be no contest.
The will was executed in Scotland on Sep
tember 13, liMMi. immediately after his mar
riage to tho former wife of William Rhine
lander Stewart. One of its provisions gives to
OBORGE GRANT MASON.
Nephew <if .J;:m :; Henry Smith and executor •*
his will.
her absolutely, in lieu of dower, f3.000.000. Her
daughter, Miss Anita Stewart, gets a life in
terest In $500,000. Lady Cooper, Mr. Smith's
favorite sister, has a life interest in $1,000,000.
About $2,000,000 mor.' will be divided among the
blood relatives of Mr. Smith.
The residuary estate, estimated at nearly
$20,000,<XH>, goes to the two sona of Mr. Smith's
dead Flster— Goorgo Grant Mason and William
Smith Mason— lf there sh >uld be no posthumous
child, George G. Mason getting two-thirds and
I William s. Mason one-third of it. George O.
Mason, the most favored nep) , waa until
recently division superintendent of the Chicago,
I Mllwt ikee & St. Paul Railroad, living at
! Aberdeen, P. D. William B Mason is a bank;
i official in Eyahston, lIL, here Mr. Smith's
: mother is Ft ill living at the age of eighty.
spcci.i I bequests of $100,000 i ich are made to
--•>. I uke'a Hospital and the Orthopwdlc llospl
j tal. In this city. Mr. Smith was a trustee »f both
i Institutions.
Provision Is made ■: tho will for the sale of
J the house No, S7l Fifth avenue, first refusal to
. be given to Harry Payn Wnltne; It Is said
j that Mr. Whitney will purchu th*> house and
that Mrs. Smith will buy and live at the Tuxedo
country place of Mr. Smith.
TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS.
In Executing his will Mr. Si th gave his resl
denca as Tuxedo Park, Orange County, N". V.,
and • ie will l» to be filed foi probate at Goshen,
the county seal of Ordngo County. Hi- brother
in-law. Sir Ceorjre Cooper, of Hurslej Park.
Winrhestor. England; George Simpson Eddy and
; Herman S. Le Roy, of this city, and the two
nephews are named executors and trustees.
The fi II >wlng bequests are made:
To hla i'e. Annie Armstrong Smith, In lieu
of dower, th< sum of $3,000,000, to be taken by
j her either in i tish oi iis Becurli
To her daughter, Anita Stewarti a life interest
|in 500 Chicago. Milwaukei .\ Xl Paul Railway
Company I per cent U>:rls of $I.OUO each:
To his" sister May. Lady Cooper, wife of Sir
(irurj-" Cooper, -. lifo Inu-res in I.<MM» Chicago,
Milwaukee .'. St. Paui Railway Company 4 per
j cent bonds of M.OOO each, the same to go to her
• children al h< i death
To hi:< ulster Mrs. Victor Rossbach. -S-' •».••'• '.
To his alster M; ■ John Mills. SfJT>O.OOO.
In trust for the son of his brother, Georga
1 Alexander Smith; of Evanston. l! : - ¥."tUO.l)0O.
To Mi ■ William Plckrell, a cousin, of Phcenix,
Ariz., S.Mi.niMt.
To ■•■,:. Sirnp's>oh Eddy and Thoni: ■ Eddy;
■ sons of Mr Margaret Eddy, a cousin, of Chi
i capo, $100,000 each.
To his niece. Mis. Lucy Mason Wise, >250,i>00.
To Mrs. WilHani Farr, of Keno'sha, a cousin,
. $50,000.
To his cousin, James C. Keil of Vancouver,
$100,000.
To Ins butle: and housekeeper, Mr. and Mrs.
C E, Dnwne $10,000 each;
! To his v::lot. Ji'iT. Igott, $3,000.
To hi.s coachmen; Johi hoe and William
i iDavls, $1,000 ertcl'.
To all employes r.r.il Indoor i\v.\ i utdo i ■■• r
vants in hl Rcrvlca at thf- time of his death?and
j v. ho shall have been i:*. such service for live
years immediately precedii ■-. ono year's wages
in addition to v,:i«r.>s thn due.
To St. Luke's l i pita! of which ho wns a
truHtse. $1 00 '■•' I
To th? >rthi tli< Hospital of Now Yor!:. of
•which he wns likewise a trustee; $100,000
All legacies an to be paid free of nny leyacy
duty or other tax.
All his residuary estate, real aifd psrsona;, is
to b<> converted Into cash, his executor? (■•i:i :
instructed to sell bis rcnl estate, but ti pivc the
\ firsl refusal of his New York residence. No. STi
Fifth avenue, to Uirry Payno WhUnsy, ■■;' viumi
he brush t t hi Knur.-. Tho executors are directed
to hold ill the residuary estate as trustees In
trust for ruch cMMrcn who, >.i.; suns or a son,
attain the ago of iwepty.-fone, r-r. bcinw daugh
ters or a d'luJthtor, :(.•!:• that :•:::<• or marry:
ar.<! if no c ilicl lives' i > att:iin n vested Interest
In ild residuary c-t:ii». the testator jrives <me
third tbercofsto his nephew. William Smll h Ma
acni and two thl to hla nephew, George Grant
Mason absolutely.
I-, caso anj i hikl <>f th" testator lives to at
tain ii vested Inter* in th< residuary ■ '■■!■• he
plvoi $230,000 to William Smith Ma3t>n mid
$300,000 to < k'or Grant Mancn.
George Grant Mason ivas graduated from Yale
In the early '.•(■'■. i> cidins to go into the rail
road business, ho started in at the b<jttoni with
■ the Chicugo,' Milwaukee & St. Paul system.
After taking a course In the shops and learning
the duties of all the lower pluccs, h< became
superintendent of a division <«f the road, with
headquarters at Mason City, lowa. From there
he v.-as promoted to a more Important division,
with headquarters at Aberdeen, N. I>. It was
this place that be resigned several weeks agd to
come East and take up hia duties as one of the
executors of hia uncle's state.
Mr. Mason is married and has two children,
George Grant Mason, Jr.. and Margaret Mason*
CROWD AT THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mr. Smith drew a large num
ber of persons to St. Bartholomew's Church, at
( oalluuetl on -•• "ii i ; •■;
AFTER ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH
ftoat mado the hball famous.— AdvW
MUTINY IX STEERAGE.
Russians and Chinese Battle on
British Steamship.
San Diego, CfcL, May 7.— With 921 Chinese
Steerage passengers at war with 212 Russian
pteeras 0 passengers, all from Vladivostok and
Shanghai for Mazatlan and Guaymas, the British
steamer Maori King put In here to-day in dis
tress. A virtual state of mutiny exists on the
vessel, and the ship Is now lying at Quarantine
guarded by Immigration and custom* officials.
Captain Imiuan, who sighteil the pier at
Goronado, thought he could land there and got
into shoal water. The tide was falling, and the
first report waa that ho was aground. He en
tered Oh harbor, however, and reported his con
dition.
Soon after the steamer left Shanghai trouble
began between Urn Chinese and Le Sun Lai, an
Immigration contractor. The steerage passen
gers threatened to take the ship ani run it
back to China. The dispute was quieted, hut
trouble broke out again when a Boxer stabbed
a coolie. Friday one of the Russians struck a
Chinaman and laid his head open. The nine
hundred Chinese then attacked the two hundred
Russians, and fourteen persons were wounded.
Captain Duncan, aided by British Consul
Hitchcock, hopes to got a guard on board to
help 'him through his trip.
FORAKER MEX REJOU E.
Expect Xo Test at Primaries for a
Year at Least.
[By Tfl»«rraph to The Trihune.]
Columbus, Ohio, May Senator Dick re
turned to-day from Cincinnati, where he con
ferred -with Senator Foraker. George B. Cox,
erstwhile Republican leader of Southern Ohio,
and other Foraker lieutenants.
"Nothing in the way of a compromise be
tween the Taft and Foraker forces has been
conHidered or even suggested." he said to-night,
and this Is regarded as a formal declaration of
war. Mr. Dick will return to Akron to-morrow
and of en state, headquarters f"r Foraker.
The Foraker men to-night are rejoicing: over
what they regard as "first blood" in their fight
with Mr. Taft. They say that as Governor
Harris. Senators Foraker and Dick and Walter
Brown, of Toledo, chairman of the Repuhlican
State Central Committee, are opposed to holding
primaries this year as i test of strength, no
vote will be taken on the question for more
than a year at the earliest.
MR TAFT TO VISIT SOUTH DAKOTA.
Will Spend Week of June 15 There as Guest
of Senator Kittredge.
1 1:> Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Sioux City, lowa, May 7. — Secretary Taft will
sifctul the week of June 15 to 22 in South Da
kota, where there la a healthy boom for him.
lie will be the guest of Senator Kittre^ge at
Sioux Falls on June 15 and 16. and the Senator
will accompany him to the Black Hills, where he
will Inspect the army post at Fort Meade. As
Senator Kittredge Is leader of the weaker win?
of the party in his state, there i? some feeling
over Mr. T.ift coming as his guest. Mr. Tafi
will bo In Sioux City for several hours ou June
17. and the Coaimereial Club is planning a great
reception for him. lowa favors Taft after
Roosevelt .
AN EX- "J. S. C." FOR ASSEMBLYMAN.
' (bwego County May Send Maurice L. Wright
to Legislature.
tßy Trttgiai h to Th-- T^i^une. ]
Oswego, N. V., May Oswego County may
! present to the people of the state, this fall, the
, unusual spectacl< of an ex-Suprome Court jus
] • i ■<■ rv inina for member of Assembly. The Re
! publicans of the city of Oswego, in combina
; tiori with the independent Republicans of the
' county, are planning to nominate Maurice L.
i Wright, who retired from the Supreme Court
I bench a year and a half ago, for their repre
sentative In the Lower House of the Legisla
| ture. Judge Wright's candidacy has aroused
no little enthusiasm among hla friends in this
j city, who have never forgiven the delegates
\ from other counties who prevented his nom
j Ination for the P>.iprem«> Court In the last judl
'■ rial convention In this district. Leaden here
i predict that If Judge Wright receives the nom
'< ination in the ftghi with Assemblyman F. G.
. Whitney he will be elected by a large majority.
\ Oswego city is overwhelming^ Democratic and
the county is Republican, but Judge Wrisht
can poll probahlj 7."» per . ent of the Democratic
vote in the city simply becakase he is a city
man, and '.>■■ ran hold the larger part of the
: regular Republican vote In the county. U he is
: the gular nominee
CHINA'S INTEGRITY ASSURED
Independence of Empire Included in Franco-
Japanese Convention.
Paris. May 7.— M. Kurino. th- Japanese Min
ister i'eti . said to-day that the Franco-Japanese
understanding r.ow being negotiated, besides
guaranteeing the respective possessions of th->
contracting.parties, includes a i lause guarantei -
ing th>; independence and integrity ol China.
He ,>.i,\-,i: "From tbe French! Japanese and Ohl
ncse >ints of view, therefore, it Is purely con
t<! \ utive and pacilic."
The ininisier expressed the hope that this
compact would "lay forever ihe ghosts of th*-
jYellow Peril' and 'Jai>anese ambitions.' "
J'i. Kurino >:: .1 ihe convention probably would
!•*■ signeti in Paris In Ihe course i»f a month and
would be nuiiio public, as neither country had
.iii_> Ihina to conceal."
STiIICKEiC DUMB IH COURT.
|i:> Ti-!-fcraj>h ta T»» Trlbi:n<>. |
t-;outh Xorwalk, Conn.. May T.— Without warn
ing. Ernest C. GrCgoi-y. a young lawyer, while
in ihe Norivalk town <<'<nt recently to make
:tn ■,:il (or s client; found that ii* voice, had
entirely departed. The experts now give him
Httlo encpuragement oi its ever returning As
Mr. Gregory attempted to speak he was unable
to utter a word. x . ' .:
Th« judge stirtcd to upbraid tho'.awyer. but
as Mr. Uregorj foil back in'o hla chair almost
\:: a swoon from nurprtee and grief the taught r
subsided. Mr. Gregory had to be taken home.
He had always pusaesaeU ji full, tlear voice and
hud a inosl promising eureer He had never hal
trouble; with his voice and bad no cold that
might have nffected his organs It was thought
Writ the nßUction might i>. temporary, bat the
vocal organs are paralysed. and Mr. Gregory
I>r6bublj is permanently dumb , ;
MEAE GOAL IN CANAL DIGGING.
Washington, Hay 7. Tom excavatiajai it
Panama last month, under the direction >f
Lieutenant Colonel Goethate, was the nearest
yet to the goal of 1,6WM)00 cubic yard* a
month. A t ai)!>> report from the anglnear in
charge, received at the ofSca qf the Isthmian
Canal Commission to-day, says that for April
the excavation in Cutebra Cat amounted t.»
s7'.i..v_'7 cubic yards, and Jit the nation loch sit
to HiN.tMHt cubic yards.
POPE'S ESCAPE FROM FALLING WALL.
Rome. May 1 -Tbe remainder of the wall of the
Ittlial— ma Garden, next to the Vatican Museum,
has been propped up pending decision whether the
garden shall bo preserved. It was the custom of
the Pontiff to walk dally in the Zltella alley, the
walls of which are now threatened with collapse.
He had passed iourli this alley the day before a
part of the overhanging wall fell.
! GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER,
•Mt» purity . has mado It famous."— A
PRICE THREE CEXTS.
TO PROMOTE UTILITIES.
WOODRUFF AT ALBANY.
Believes Governor Will Get What
He Wants.
f By Telegraph to Th» Tribune. 1
Albany. May 7— Stories of vigorous efforts to
bring about peace between Governor Hughe*
and his legislative opponents followed the unex
pected arrival to-day of state Chairman Wood
ruff, with his almost unqualified Indorsement of
the Oo\ernor t s public utilities bill. Likelihood
of such a result, though, seems small Indeed,
Senator McCarren. the Democratic brains Of
the alliance which saved Otto Kelsey from dis
missal, forged prominently to the front to-day
in an effort to round up the opposition t •-<
governor's reforms, not only in the Senate, but
In the Assembly, and the Hughes supporters s*«
peace only as the result of the complete defeat
of one side or the other
Chairman Woodruff, while expressing his ap
proval of most of the features of the utilities
bill, distinctly declared that he did not Intend to
take any hand in the matter His attitude, ho
said, was as emphatically one of letting -
Legislature alone as was the Governor's. H«
did not care even to express an opinion about
the advisability of making the utilities bill the
subject of a party caucus and passing a bill
such as Governor Hughes wants under the whip
of the caucus.
"I am in favor of a public utilities bill." said
he. in answer to questions. "Tea. of the bill —
the Governor's bill— substantially as he wants
It. I think the subject of the removal of com
missioners is one which safely can be left to the
Legislature to decide. It is an open question.
Governor Hughe3 has expressed decided views
on it. Many of the Senators. I am tnld. have
just as decided views the other way. Now. I
don't see why this can't be settled properly and
without too much difficulty, in the Legislature,
after mature consideration."
NO ADVICE READY FOR THE PARTT.
"What do you think or" the advisability of
making the bill a party measure by a caucus?"*
Chairman Woodruff was asked.
"Why. I don't know what to say about that."
he replied somewhat hesitatingly. "I don't
want to adwlss one way or the other. When I
assumed my office as rate chairman. I decided
that it was nor for me to take any attitude on
legislative affairs. I am the titular head of tho
Republican party, and party policies or political
affairs come within my province, but I don't
care to take up these questions of legislation.
"Now. I think the Governor will get the bill
just about as he wants it. Of course, there ma.'
be a few little amendments here and there,
but nothing of importance. Why. even Roose
velt, when he was Governor, did not get tho
bills he recommended exactly as he recom
mended them."
"How about the recount bill?"
"That's another legislative affair." was the
answor.
"What of apportionment? There Is talk of a
H on the new apportionment "
"Now. that's a political affair," answered Mr.
Woodruff. "I may have something to say about
that when It comes up."
•Chairman Woodruff did not call on the Gov
ern -T tr.-day. He made an appointment with
Tim ever the telephone from New York for to
morrow: then, apparently because iff UUMAtos*
local measure*, he came here to-day. He talkei
with many Brooklyn legislators, and had a long
( "V.:> rence with the Speaker. To-morrow he
wii! call on Governor Hjghes. and many of the
il wiseacres here are wondering whether
he will consider it advisable .to maie some
specific announcement abottt the utilities bll! as
a party measure, and the. necessity of a caucus
after that interview.
AMENDED BILL PRINTED.
The amended utilities bill, presented last night
by Senator Page, waa printed to-day and is on
the Senators' desks. In the Assembly the Rules
Committee took up Mr. Merritt's bill, which i 3
almost exactly the same as the latest Page bill,
for discussion. The probability is that it will be
reported to-morrow Of Thursday in form Identi
cal with the Page bill, unless the Rule 3 Com
mittee makes some sudden move. That would
enable the Assembly to take up the measure
for debate on Tuesday of next week, and it
could be passed in two or three days and sent
over to the Senate.
Speaker Wudsworth reiterated to-day his op
posttkHa to \estinsr the absolute power of re
iiinvitl of the commissioners tn the Governor.
■ I ana unalterably opposed." he said, "to per
mitting the Governor to have absolute removal
power, <t to giving him power to remove after
the films of charges and a hearing. I think the
removal power should ha) lodged with the S«?n-
Ifa ju^r a little early to predict whether
there is going t'"> be any trouble over the bill in
HMtmbly. Ther»> is ao organized opposition
to it as yet ."
URGE CALLING A CAUCUS.
Supporters of the. Governor on all sides to-das
were advocating the calling of a caucus not
only in the Senate but in the Assembly as soon
as the Rules Committee reported, to make cer
tain the passage of the utilities bill as Governor
Hughes wants it. Republicans who favor a
drastic bill aigue that this properly is subject
matter for a caucus, since It is one of the most
rtant measures ever proposed and is essen
tially the bill of a Republican Governor, who
wants t.. see the Republican party give genulna
service to the people of the state. The Hughes
men have little doubt that a caucus In the As
setubly would adopt the bill precisely as Gov
ernor Hughes favored It. despite all the opposi
llon hich the Speaker might make on the re
moval section or any. others.
In the Senate the situation is somewhat dlf
ferent. Arguing from the Kelsey vote, whera
the Republicans were split 22 to 10. Hughes
men believe they could control any Republican
caucus in the Senate. In addition to the 21!
who voted to remove Kelsey. they figure on
having Hooker. Tully. Fvanehot and Fancher
with them on the utilities question. Friends of
Senator Raines, though, predict that simply bt
cause of his position as floor leader he would
have a following that In any caucus would
make him formidable. They say that Senator
Rainea la not opposed to the utilities bill, and
Senator Raines himself has said that he is not
opposed to the whole till, but considers some)
amendments desirable. Yet many of the anti-
Hushes men think they could take the chances
ot a caucus In the Senate, serene In the falta
they pin to Raines in the caucus and McCarren
and his Democratic following when the meas
ure gets on the floor.
M'CARREN LEADS OPPOSITION.
Senator McCarren seems to be taking euttr*
charge of the legislative opposition to the utili
ties bill. He has behind him the block of sev
enteen Democrats who voted against tbe Gov
ernor on the Kelsey removal, and the Hughes
men declare that ho Is organizing in the Senato
the reactionary Republicans and his loyal Demo
crats Into a solid body to tear apart the utUtic»
1 While. Senator MeCarren figures as = head; ami
front of the legislative opposition .to the Gov
ernor, the Hughes men declare that publle asr-