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Jifr. Bh?arn ne\t aranted tn know whether Mr
had attended the sessiona of the Arm
*_rocg cornmission during tha insurance Inv-sti
i He re; II had not done so, nor
had h.> read the newspaper aceounta of it at the
t added thal he felt lf he took any ac
tioii while tbe Armstrong commlttee w..s In ses
l might prove a . e of the evldence
the was seeking.
esaminal ted by Mr. Bhearn
..- follows:
'. ITou got the minu-es of the Armstrong bear
A. \< ?.
l_._Did thal James
H. 11;- ' gation and
ti.ai \ action hy your offlce'.' A.?
Q.?Do you know that hia peraonal counsel was
M Bai lel Cnt a. I knew that Mr.
? him.
.... i tiieti that it was
... Mr. Cntermyer as a
. irnpaign? A lt did not, be
it Mr. 1;.- Lancey Nicoll was
Mr Hj any criminal actions, and
Mr. ! vaa my warm i friend.
Lg any Btepa about the
..lr. Hyde to th- French Arabas
sador? A I did.
., j, - r any crime had been eom
_ ler that a crii
.
Mr. en declared, in reply to ques
tir.ns, ? ??? er ihe mlnutea of the
li bnvestigation with gr.-;.t care. Mr.
? shlft ed back to ihe matter of con
..n.i wanted to know if any other
at as larir- a Bum ns .Mr.
rerome told of reeelv
ing $5 uiea %V. -forse, "the Ice
n termed blm, to make his
Tlie reaaon I returned it." said
Mr. Jerome. "was bt was coni
with -?'"
I said be had not brought
ter of the Cambou
_,;_.? i Hyde'a testimo
syndicate operations. To
whether h? asked the
ti indictment mrainst Mr Hyde,
Mr .'? ? ered ' I did not " He said he
riuring th< -rmstrong Investl
I ' _ tad ba
? but Thought be had
: wspapers. When
ask-d if L<ewis L Delafleld contxibuted to his
not know, but
w^-re very par
t. ls of long standing."
the evamination
contlnued:
Q.?You tvere aarare he was counsel for George
?\v. p. ? i to the M-.000 con
>m the
Kew roi
-.
. ? t iren
a - rea Among othera
eaa. in the senae that I
Im. nnd
he att- -
Ld certain hyp?theticai .uestions
a, coverlng the whole,
I ributions by corpora
?
j 6;_? ? the ne* apapera that conaiderable *x
ite transac
- ?? nsactiona nnd polltlcal eon
?v <~arefu!ly tato these mat
? u crime bad
with regard to these three
S me way to get a
- ... ? rea propoal
If thev did not "? "rim* ther, my work
v ouid ed, as I would not
1 _ve bad to Bubmit co 1 'he William
ji <--r ua Publlo opin
: m bad been Inflamed by newspaper lawyera By
: do not mean lawyera for the nawspapers,
cwyers ln the editorial rooms. I saw that
was a mosl - on the i^n of the
apers that somebody Bhould be put h
, tba Insurance dls
- .res
I certain.!:- I have permitted nn indlct
I ?/. I did not be leve a crime had
Lppellate Division had
l thal e returned I would
? to bave them found.
Tak r Mr. Per
oe, Mr.
"Mr. cins in that letter put
? ? >st favorable to himself?"
"I _?-?? ? that," answered Mr. Jer
rhe District Attorney con
put this matter before
Judg- j charged the grand jury.
"Tbe grai I d me," s-^id the Dis?
trict . ild not understand
rka, and I told tl >?::,
7. as I could not un
? '
PERKIN'S \\ ILLIXG TO ASSI6T.
??-?:fy. ln reply to
;:';? ld, as counsel for P^r
. told hirn that if the
i booka or
?- r,r of
J. P. assb tarn ?? would be
glven Ur. Jerome said be _|_
' ?? ; told him he
' he did not "makp
an efl
e took up the
eo_rt . ? Mr. Perkins to get h
beaa corpus, on The
Perkins had eom
I a crime I oney of the insurance
' i ' C mmlttee.
Mr ..ined the book.
nd of J. P, Morgan'a
und on the mlnutea of
:?-"? w Tork Life an
entry rkins transaeUons, but had not
Mr. Jerome said that
beCora ter to Perkins asking for
an ex; .... rlbution to tbe Re
med to
at he was .-ifi.-r.
would apply for
fe v-rr aftei Perklnas -rrest,
Tha D procured a war
? Motl Then he gave the
r the P< rkins affalr:
Tha-. ' ? l-aardon. I t-.ld
office, where Mr,
PerkP. ?,
Courl cham
1 "rF- m. A wriT was ready, an
argumi kfr Perkins araa paroled
la _?i
Ippellatfl Dlriston.
? ; me.
"fir'. ? ,- ifactlon?" sfiid Mr.
um. ?,
oy aatlafactton," waa the
"For I had al
had \><-enA_pm
?ns on this
ther the District
Btatements that
? -pended large
I be had ln
lon that Time
minatlon ran:
's tr? Cir. grand Jury?
"f the M 1 aiso
? ?.'! not corroborate
me i he had r??
but I rev-r. could
.?-nt what l ar_a tor.
" * Mr Kl. Ids had
? ? ii was nll.
H the money usr-d
k'oi ;?" A v. b. He ?
?
Mr J' l a contract with
tbe Governor of a rerl but it was par
irly atated that tbe ta not to be
__ed for lobbylng purposea.
'l-Tr.'l you try to tonow that up? A.?Tes, but
tbe man was di
Mr. a-a-arn dld i. ask for the name of the
Governor oi ..i tbe %*ih bul took up tbe Dis
triet Atterney'a action >n the bualneaa of the so
calied "ShipbuiidiT.t! Tnt-t." Mr. Jerome said he
was cetrvfrtced in that case that tarceny by false
prretenoes lia.i beern commttted. but that he could
not ?ret lerrtil e-, kleooe He said the only witness
\\* hf<d -__-_ln_d ln that caaa was Mrs n.-n
Jar_in Wood
"And you t,, establlab crime in
this eon-tectaon**' asked Mr. Bbearn, sharp'v.
'I ? ss mn ' In trytng to pm a certain
old Paalm Finp.-r ln |SiI." wti.h the reply. amld
laugl,t*-r that was folrowad by a buax of guess??s
as tn the Identlt* raf th< : ? Davtd
"Dld you at the ee-elorlo__a-_f year lnv?-stiga
tlon atate thal von were eortvineed b crl
l^^n oommitted, but thal \-on hnd ro means of
ruttlna ? ln laflT" nskei Mr
Ehearn.
"I don't remember the rxnet words," was th*
reply
waa taken. both
Mr. lara?aa ena Mr. Bhe?rn appearlng to be
alt..: - ?: \ .. t-,..-..?.
BOISE DEFENCE RESTS.
DAY SPENT IN ARGUMENT.
Admissibility of Evidence Question
Considercd by Court.
Boise, July 18.? Argument on the admissibility of
points of evidence to-day followed ai
from the defence th.st it had no furthi r wlti
to offer In behalf of Wllllam D. Haywood, charged
with murdering Frank Steunenherg. Th.- jury w;is
n-.t l.rouKht into court, Judge Wood having been
lnforme.i by counsel of their docision to rest with?
out offer of sur-rehuttal. Clarence Darrow spoke
for .in hour and a iialf nt the morning a
Si-nator Borah replied ln the afternoon an.I was
followed by E. F. Richardson. Judge Wood will
probably announce his decislon to-morrow morn?
lng.
The polnl arp-ued was ihe propoaal to exclude
from conaideratlon by the Jury the evidence of
fered by the defenee to show, by proof of deporta
tion of minera from and the employmenl ol
tives In the Cripple Creek region of Colorado, thal
a conspiracy was formed among the mine ownera
? citizena of the region to prevent th.
ployment of members of the Weetern Federatlon
of Mlners. Tiie posltion taken by the Haywood
defence waa that Harry Orchard was employed by
the Mine Own?rs' Assoclation through detectives
to comrait crimea which were then charged to the
federatlon to arouse public opinion against the
union workers and lt therefore followed that if
Colorado evidence for the Btate waa admltted the
,!-'. had the rlght to show a counter conspir?
acy. The reply of the state was thal the d I
had falled legally to connecl their case .11 tl
tlculars and "herefore tl _ merely confused
the Issue.
In the absence of the Jury the argument gave
an opportunity to take a wlde range ln
Ong on the methods employed b.
sidea Mr. Darrow waa Impassioned and vitupera
tiv- He bltterly assailed Orchard and the Pii
' ' 1 He malntalned that Orchard'a etoi j
necting Haywood and the Weatern Federatlon of
Minera wlth the varloua crimea to which Oi
confeaaed had not been .- .1. ti it the
Vin.lir.ito'- mine exploslon was an accident
the Tn.iependence Btation explosion
teen men were killed, waa plan ned by K. 1 Ster
ling and r> C Bcott, rallroad detectlvea and l
the Plnkertona sent men Int.-. tho region to Joln
the unlona and Inclte the membera to rlot and dla
order. Incldentally. ho sald, the Bradley i
ln San Franclsro was due to an exploslon of gas,
as shown by the evidence for the defence, nnd that
Haywood j;a,_ r,nt been eonneeted it ai 11 with
any of the overt arts oonfeaaed to by Orchard ex?
cept by the nlsrredlted testimony of Orchard him
self.
tor Horeh oonflned hlmself largely to the
legallty of the question of admissibility. He spoke
for an hour, foroefully revlewing tl e evidence and
assertions made hy ih* defi ch, he aaid,
failed to .how. hy any member of the alleged con
epiracy between the mine ownera* asso
the Pinkertnns. that any such conspiracy
He took the poaitlon and quoted nuthoi ?
show that a conspiracy ran bo consldered
after the Introductlon of din
splrator
Mr. Richardson argued that a consplrac .
own by tho contributory fa.-t thal
evidence Intrndwed by the defence, aml closed
wlth tho Btatement that if tho court saw fli to ? x
clude the evidence bearintc _n the Colorado
tlon Introduced hy the atate
fenee would 1 o aatisfled to aee tl - ir evidence
from coi that in all
probablllty ho would dei-Jde to-mori
J. H. Hawley will opon th? nnrun-i. nt for the
Ft_Te to-morrow mornlng. It is expected that he
will tako Th6 mtlre day. Mr Rli I r the
defence, will apeak on Baturday.
NEGRO ASSAULTS CLERGYMAN.
Had Been Reprimanded for Shirking?
Bloodhounds 011 Miscreant's Trail.
Augusta, Ga., July 18.?A dispatch from
Greenwood, S. C, says that much excll
prevails il the town of Troy over a mur
derous assault commltted upon the Rev. C EX.
Bradley by a negro farmhand named John E
Tho negro waa or.iored to do - . work
by Mr. Bradley, and rej rlman le l for 1
inc to it, whereupon bi attacked the preacher
wlth n. knife, gashing him once on ea .
of tho tbroat and down tho back.
escaped, and nearly every man In
? ia scouring tho w.ls in search of him.
Greenwood County bloodhounds are ln pti
and Bherlfl! McMillan left Greenwood for the
scene in an automobile Mr Bradley will prob?
ably reoover. He ls about alxty ;. ?
LITTLE COIN BLOCKS TRAFFIC.
Motorman Searches Bowery Track Fifteen
Minutes for 25-Cent Piece.
h < xcltement on I 1 -.- yea?
terday when a 11 Third
nearly flf
. trylng 1. Bnd a _5-cent
? ? ? ?
lylng in the groove of the rall. When
r to a Btop the wheela of the rear truck were
? .' r, .'. r it.
This the mob rnian dld m I know, and he
ed ui d< r the car to aearch for the c.
large crowd soon gathered, thlnking 1 .;
was wrong. The dlscovery waa made al Grand
Btreet. '? ' al the tlme when the streeta were
? 1 trafflc v. as at Ita hi IghL .-'? ? ?
eral policemen aoon anivod and wanted to know
dl the trouble was about. It wasn't loi _ I??
fore the crowd learned what thi motorra
after.
Several men and boye, Including a couple ol
- sweepers, ir joined
After crawllng about for ten mln ites
valn, the motorman had an Inspiration that the
ooln mlght he under tlio wheel. If'. told the con
ductor to start the car on about a foot. Then
there waa a ecramble. Boys, men and atreet clean?
ing sweepera madi for tho bll of :
at iho same time. The motorman, who waa the
nearest to lt, after a hard Btruggle, knockii
men and boya aalde, flnally got it.
By this tlme the atreet was blocked, and ti...
drlvers r*f trucka were yelling like madmen. A
Btrlng of cars extended back almoat to 14th Btreet.
A crowd of nearly a thousand peraona had _ath
ered, and the police had their banda full
_? lt.
FOREIGN PRODUCERS FAVORED.
Charge of Excessive Rate on Hay and Straw
Bound from West for This Market.
Washington, July 1*.?On account of excessive
freight ratea on bay and Btraw, the American mar?
ket In tbe East is being Bacriflced t.< forelgn pro?
dueers.
Thia In ?ubstance is the charge cntiiiried ln a
petition flled wlth the [nterstab Commerce Com
,n to-day by the National Hay Assoclation
against the Mlchigan Central Rallroad nnd several
other railroads In the Northern and Eaatern parta
of the Unlted States. Tho complaint alleges that
the ? laaslflcatlon of and rates on hay and siraw in
tbe clasalflcatlon terrltory are excessive and un
reaaonable; thal the products now ar.- sblpped aa
flftb claaa, when as a matter of fact they ought
to ho sblpped nn Bixth claaa freight. The dlfference
ln the claaslflcatlon of the freight makes an In?
crease "f j; a ton on ahipmenta between Chicago
and Now Tork. It la alleged further that ti.
ln force from points of orlgin to New york, New
Bngland and Long Island pointa favor tho forelgn
produeed hay "to auch an extenl as praetieally
to compensate the forelgn farmer nnd dealer for 1
large part of the cuatoma duty, thus enabling the
Canadian hay to compete auccessfully wltli the
domeatlc product ln New Ynrk, New England and
Long Island.'*
Ths i-uatnnis duty on hay ls $4 a ton, and lt Is
asserted by the complainant that the rallroad rates
which it la compelled to pay on Bhipments from the
\\ ? st to the ECast are praetieally wiped out as far
aa the Canadian producer ls concerned.
Tho eommtsslon la asked to readjuat tlio classlfl
catli 11 or hay and straw, nnd to iix such reasonable
ratea on Bhlproenta of those products as lt may
d-.m proper after hearlng tba facta of the case.
HEARING FOR CENTRAL COMMITTERS
Albany, July V ^ hearlng was to-day set by the
rublic Service Commisslon in the Sd DL_t_l 1 for
n.-xt Wednesday ?t .l:..0 a. m., at Albany, on tiie
.-(.mplaint m_l? against the New York Central
Rallroad Company by 'he commuters of Mount Ver?
non nnd Vonkeir- ti.o commutera complaln of
Increaaed ratea of fare The Commiasion an
nouncee that tho hearlng will be o( an Informa]
. ? ,_> acter
The Commlaaion arill tlao c-i-.o n hearlng on Tues?
day next at - p m. in Albany on the accident on
.__tau_.ua Traction C_:n.any'_ line on July &
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION.
A "Flareback" in a Gun of the Geor
gia?Captain McCreas Statcment.
Washington, July 18.?The naval court of in
qulry in regard to the cause of the explosion on
the Gcorgia will flnd that the accident resulted
from a "flareback," meanlng that when the
breech of the 8-inch gun was thrown open after
it had been dischargcd, some shreds of burning
cloth or unconsumed gas were drlven Into the
turret and upon the powder about to be inserted
for the next charge.
The following telegram from Captain McCrea
of the battleshlp Georgia, dated to-day and
aent through the commandant of the Boston
navy yard, w..s made public at the Navy De?
partment this afternoon:
"Telegram ezpresslng griof over unfortunate
eni to the Georgla received and publi.hed.
All are gratified with sympathy expreesed. whlch
llghtena ..nr sorrow. Full reports were sent
through Admiral Thomas, which wlll he sup
plemented by report of board. Meanwhlle no ln
divldual caae of great herolsm which saved this
shlp has been known. The handllng room crew
responded Immediately to the orders of the offl
. ir ln command, Boatswain Murray, cloalng the
.h.ors. removing exposed chargea, and drownlng
the burning powder which fell from the uppor
turr.-is. Dld the right thlng nt the right time
and steadied his men."
Lieutenan! Commander Naoml Tanlguch!. the
naval attach_i of tho japanese Emhassy. called
oM Actlng Srcretary "f tho Navy Newberry to
day and ? xpressed to him the regret with whh'h
th.- japanese government has heard of the accl
,1, nt on tho battleshlp Georgla. He also left
with tlio Acting Becretary the .'ard of Admiral
Yamamoto, who wlshed to express through the
embassy his personal condolences wlth the suf
fering men and the members <>f thelr famlll. ..
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NO DEFECT IN POWDER.
Experiment Demonstrates How
Slowly It Burns.
[I'romThaTrlbun. Huraau 1
Washington, July IS.?Naval powder experts are
vehement in thelr n.s.orttons that the recent acoi
-. tho battleshlp Georgla could r.ot have been
.!-;.' to defective powder. They lnsiat*that epon
combuatlon could occur only when tho
powder waa ? inflned and that fu.-Ii would have
entlrel oul of tho qu.-sti.in with a bag of
powder whlch had been removed from lts orlginal
package, exposed to tho air ln hoth magazine and
handllng room and ln tt'." ammunltion hoiat, hefnr .
-.-.i the turret Nelther do they tncllne to
that tho accident occurred a? tho resui* .>t
a sr-nrk floating hi from tho sniokosta-'k. hut aro
dlapo.ed to belleve ti at thor,, nuiRt have heen a
"flareback" when the breec_. ef tho gun was
even though lt waa Inauffldent to attraot
tlio notlce of the men handllng th.- plece.
, .... . ert ma i-- a number of experl?
menta hi ti.o presence of a repreaentaUve >>f The
a t'< demonatrate how d'.flieult lt would
have heen for n apark !?? have Ignlted the powder.
ir. j.] ., piece ol powder about tho alse of a
.lcar wlth a match. lt dld not catch Immediately,
and tho match waa almoet conaumed before tha.
Ignlted. He then extlngutahed the
flame by blowing on lt. Aftain he Itt lt. ar.d
flngera, t niahing
|t oul Wll match he again Ut lt and
. || ... ., ,rn [ta. ? ito hars of
[I waa obvlously __ d'_Vult
-.- ould l e a clgar wll n. a^d
Bame I > ?--._.'-?t mti
. :-.. ir bui ned n.with no p__f.
much lly gr. .- waate would burn.
Asked i' the powder on the Georgla could have
rt of thi ,:' " LaiUn
. . ? ? wh - ??' - ? lemned.
there waa t o !___'_ A
" ''on
. . . . ? ?
? . gnlted through apon
mbuetlon under t! a ??? at?
tending tha accident on the Georgla Deoomposed
i -. .j. of w han ver I rai d, would
have bei Instanl deted
iea Ita ahapa I
.
lt was BUggea! 1 thal If ,v~ powder --n the
a apark, '??
. ? ? ? .
ihed II had thi e of
by a ' flan back." b
t] at wi A!I "ffl
eere who dl
? " ? thal
the reault of certain
. II |a imponlb) ? more th m to i
]r,.
report of the board of twiulry
The theory of "flareback." ln the aanae li
tv ;,! tl
t thal ?
,,f MM( :. ii, nol only bed the breech
been op. ' '? " " "t"'""1 home h. -
Ignited. B _ra aug
?t i. la h_r.lv poaaibla that aome
- charge, ti a bag -
a powder, for Inatance, waa not ei
aumed and waa brought out Jf tho k;"> by the
ted the projectila. Thia.
mlghl have been dropped on tho bag
iwder and Ignlted lt.
II waa alao asserted Rt tho Navy Department
that not only waa tho compreeaed air blower am
,,. .v;..i the gaaea following the flrlng of
? ? when the men entered
rret after the accldenl thia was found still
(r, ,.,. ,.. l had to be turned '-tr lt is
-. however, to rei am lle tl ' t with
, tlle had already been
rammed home.
pl ... . he Ti i' ????
Wllmlngton, Del., July 18.? __________ ot the r>_
Powder Company announced to-nlght that
they know nothing about the allegatlon that naval
r defecta caused the fatal dlsaater on the
la last Monday When tho atten
f a Fellx Du Pont, Buperintendent of tlm
amokeleas powder plant of the Du Pont company, at
C'arney'a Polnt, N. J., waa called to an article pub
HBhed . thi above eftect, he replied that
! ,. could nol underatand upon whal it was based.
. esa powder uaed on warahipa la manufact?
ured al l 'arney'a I'oint.
"Tho report >.f the dlsaater," snid Mr. Du Pont.
"ahi wa that a apark fell Into the powder nnd
I lt. As powder la made to burn. I rann.t
tand what any alleged defect hud to do with
the aad affalr. i know nothing about tho oharg.._
of defective powder. This ls the flrst I have heard
of them."
HONOR GEORGIA VICTIM AT GRAVE.
Funeral of Lieutenant Goodrich, TT. S. N., in
Village Churchyard Impressive.
Ueutenant Caspar Goodrich, U. S. N., son of
Rear Admiral Goodrich, eumrnandant of the Brook?
lyn navy yard, waa buried yesterday mornlng wlth
full military and naval honora ln tha Bpiacopal
Cemetery at Btone Church, N. J. Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Goodrich, with thelr two daughtara, went
by the oteamer Sandy Hook to the Atlantic Hlgh
landB thence i.y train to Btone Church. Tho
funeral detail, conslstlng ot, two hundred officers
ai,.1 men, Including ?'aptaln Bamuel P. Comley of
tho Alabama; Captain Nathan EL Niles. of the
Hancock; Captain lin_o Osterhaus, of tho _____
nectlcut; Captain Henry Morreil. ordnance ofll
,.. , a! the navy yard: a company of marlnea. part
,,f B divi alon of bluejackets from the M-ba.~\ td
tha navy vird b.'nd, were __.__en to Atlantic Illgh
lands ln the navy yard tug Apaehe, thence by
train to Btone Church. There a proceasion was
formed and they marched to the church.
(Vfter n;-- Bervicea, conducted by the Rev. J. C.
Lord the ofllcera and men stood uncovered whil_
the coffln was lowered Into the grave. At a algnal
the marlnea flred three volleys; then the bugler
of the Connecticut sounded "Tapa" It wa. a moat
Impressive ceremony and one that wlll b_ long re
membered by tbose present The flowers woro
remarkably beaitlfu! Tlio Hus-ian and Jap?
an.-. ambassador' aant u great crosa of flowera.
The pail bearera, all of whom were claasmatoa
at Annapolls oi. tha d._d offleer, were Ueutenant
Edward C. Hamner, Lieutenant I_ewl-< B. I'ox. Jr.,
Ueutenant lt. B. ..ygant, Lleutanant Charlea T.
Hutchlna Pajr___ai"ter Edward B. Goodhue and
Ueutenant Franklin S. Wlnae. of the rnlted Ftatea
marine corpa. Hear Admiral Goodrich, who was
i, -i ompanled by hia ald, Ueutenant Henderson. re
- - wlth i.ls famlly by the ateamer
Asbury Park. Me reaumed his dutiea at the navy
yard Immediately on his return.
Besldea Rear Admiral Goodrich. father of the
(bad Ueutenant, hia wife and two daughtera. the
funeral party conststed of Captain Ingeraoll. chief
of ataff of the Atlantic fleet; Captain Comby of
the Alibnma. Captain Osterhaus of the Connecti?
cut. Captain Bteward of the Taeonia, Commander
Morreil, Captain Niles and Captatn Kllla, LJeuten
aat Johuoou -u_- Colonel ____*-.-___.l__;__. ..__.,_.
CRUSE FIGHTS FOR LIFE.
Father's Presence Lends Courage?
Burials at Boston and Newport.
Boston, July IS.?Midshipman James F. Cruse,
one of the sailors injured by the accldent on board
the battleahip Georgia while at target practice in
Cape Cod Bay Monday, ls making a gallant nght
for life agalnst terrible odds in the Unlted State3
Naval Hospital at Chelsea. Buoyed up by the
presence of his father, Major Thom^s Cruse, Ol
Omaba, who made a journey of 1.600 miles to reach
his son'a bedslde. the midshipman seemed to have
a elight turn for the better to-day. With a pulse
of 150 and a temperature of 106, however, it is only
the marvellous courage which Cruse has shown
whlch has kept him alive so far.
Seaman I.ouls O. Meese also showed a slight lm
provement to-day. retalning some nourishment, but
his condition was still regarded as extremely serl?
ous to-night. There was little change to-night ln
the condition of the. other men. S?amen John A.
Bush. Harold A Gilbert. James P. Thomaa and
John O. Maleck were stlll on tbe crltical Ust wlth
hopes of recovery. Actlng Gunner's Captain <'harles
II. Haneell will probably be dlsmissed from the
hospital in a week.
Tlie funeral of Qeorge Mlller at the naval hos?
pital this afternoon was conducted accordlng to
the Eplscopal ritea, followed by burlal in the hos?
pital graveyard. At tbe grave there was no flrtng
SQUSd and no hand, on account Of the serlous
condition of the men from the Georgia who were
ln the hospital nearby. Tho Rev. Charlea 1*
Charlton, chaplaln of the Georgia, who was wltta
the dylng men on Bhipboard, and who after tbe
injured were taken to the hospital was unceasing
ln his afforta In their behalf. was prevented from
offldating at the funeral on account of being
called to Provlncetown to appear beforai the board
of inciulrv. Tlie service was conducted by the
Rev. J. M. Bellows, chaplaln of the naval hos?
pital, who. since tbe accldent baa been most
sealoua ln his attentlon to the injured.
Funeral detalla Of offWrs and men from th"
Georgia, the Vermont and tho Now Jeraey attend?
ed the aervicea Admiral Yamamoto. Postmester
General Meyer and tbe battleahip Georgia sent
flowers. The hospital authorities havlng been un?
able to determine whether "Benjamln Krelger" was
tho man's true name, ho waa burled as "George
Mlller." tho name under whlch ho died.
FOB "POOR MAN'S COURT."
Governor Signs Wclls Bill Reorgan
izing Municipal Tribunal.
[Hy T?lagia|lll to Tha Triruino.]
Albany. July 18.?A thorough reorganlzation
of the "poor man's court" ln New York City ls
provlded ln the Wella Municipal Court bill.
slgned by Governor Hughes to-day. By means
of addltlonal Justlces at a high-r salary and
many important ohanges !n tho buslness meth?
oda of theso courts. tho Citizens Union, whlch
drafted this bill. and iis many aupportera when
it was before the I.egislature. hope to foo these
Important courts brought into a condition to
decide oases qulckly and with llttle trouble to
the poor litiganT
This bill proYidea for a division nf Manhattan
into municipal court districta accordlng to nat?
ural boundarieal creating nin? districta where
there are now fourteen. I* ?, Vl lea for ten ad
ditional Justlces ln Manhattan and four ln
Brooklyn. Tiieir salarles are ralsed from $6,000
to $8,000 a year, while thos? of the just!
Quoens and Rlchmond are Increased from $5,000
to $7,??*?. Tho measure provldea that tha board
Of Justi.-es shall have power to make rules g..v
ernlng th.e procedure >>f thelr courts and tho
conduct of tho buslness in them, whlch, after
approval by tha Appeflate dlvialona, ahall have
tiie force of law.
I'nder thla bill, these <-..urts may bo divlded
Into parta for the apeedlar trial of case* of dlf
ferent sorts. < >ne part muat bo open every day
?ave Sundays, Baturdaya and legal holldaya
froi i H a. m. to 4 p. ra. ea^h nor.th except Jflly
and Auguat, whlle ln those months the
muat be or.on nt loast two days a week. Pro
vlalon la made that tho Juatlcea shall rotate fr .ni
court to court.
RESTLESS IX CHICAGO.
Telegraph Operators May Call
Strike Sunday.
;bv T?la_T?i
Chicago, Julj l1. The Chicago telegraph
ii . who belong to thi I ed of tbe
futlle . na at San Franeiaeo, have taken
mattera into thelr own hands. The |
t'.v.i board called to-day for a i ''.ng. to
be held Sundaj Al . unleaa un
expected developmenta occur, lt aeema ?
thal a strike wlll be voted.
?'I don't see any p sslble loophole by which a
strii;o may be averted now," said St
Wealey Ruseell of tho local union to-day. "The
men are all anxlous to strlk-- There wlll be
no two waya of votlng wtth th< . '
Prealdent 8 J. Small is preparing to consult
! wlth a dozen of the leading lab ra ln th.?
country when he arrlvea here Tueaday. f>n the
? executlve b anl
wlll be l.el.1 wlth the natlonal offlcei - and the
i natlonal executivn board, to set the atamp of lts
! offlcial approval upon the sirike vote expected I -
i be taken by the operators, and to name the date
i for the strike
it is expected that Bamuel Gorapera wlll take
pnrf in the conference.
Oakland. Ca1., Jtily 18.- Tha strlking eommer
clal telegraphers, nt a rngular moetlng to-day.
refused, by a standing vote. to aocept conces
sions as framed by their national executlve
Commlttee. The Western I'nlon and Poatal tele?
graph companlea" conceeslona were declined.
They offered 25 per cent incroasn of pay aJ'ter
the telegraphers were at work, nnd would take
back all but three of tho atrlkera. Tho Poatal
company WOUld relnstate 80 per cent of tho
strlkers.
Prealdent Pmall this afternoon telegraphe.l
the re3tilt of the union's uction to head'iuarters
at Chicago
When ho learnod that tho strlking telegraphers
tn a meeting at Oakland, CaL, to-day, had voted
to refuso c.oncesslons offered by the Weeti rn
Union Company, lncludlng "a "r> per cent ln
creiise of pay after tho telegraphers were al
work," President Robort C Clowry of the West?
ern Union said that be wished to deny unqual
ltledly that any advano? ln salarbs had been
promlsed to the strlkers.
While President < 'low ry would not deny that
the company had offered to mako concee.*?ons
on points not Involvlng the subje.-t of wages, he
would not afflrm that auoh niedlative advances
had been made.
E. J. Nally. vlce-presldent and general man?
ager of the PoBtal Telegraph Company, late yes?
terday afternoon lndlcated that negotlatlons bad
been going on between him and Cnlted Statea
I?xbor Commlssloner Nelll by making publlc tho
following telegram whlch he had aaat to Mr.
Nelll ln San Franclseo:
Mossage recelved. I have wlred Mr. Storer aa
fc.lows: "Your telegraph dlspatch of last nlght.
and alflo Mr Nelll'a message. recelved. Beeause
Mr. Nelll urgea lt, I am wtlllng to modify prevlous
Instructlona, and I authorlze you to re-employ all
of tho men who went out, who mako Indlvidual
appUcatlon an.l who are not objectlonable to you,
with tho understan.ling that the same salarlea and
same conditiona exlsttng prlor to thelr walk-out
shall gnvern thelr re-employment, and upon thelr
j.romlso to glve good and falthful aervlce and to
diacontinue all agltation and interferenco wlth the
company's buslness."
Mr. Nally said that Mr. Storer was manager
of the company ln San FYaneiseo and that th?
modlfled instructlons were the res'tlt of pmoosl
tions made by Mr. Nelll to ' b
ORDERED BACK TO UNION LABEL SHOPS.
A statement was made last evenlng by tho Cnited
Garment Workers of Amerlca through S. I*.
Lanclera, of the general executlve board. that the
_ llors had been ordered not to quit work in tho
union label shons.
An order was issued before the strike that no
men were to he told to leave those shops. beeause
the union had an agreement wlth them. The offl?
cera of the Cnlted Garmont Workers are now ln
convention at Westmlnster, N Y. The gtrikers in
the union label shops, they declare. have violated
ar. agreement, and should return to work
Both featherweights!
Mohair suits, cravcnetted; $20.
Silk horaespun suits; $22.
Both novcltics, too.
Quarter size collars aren't novelties
now. but just as much comfort as
on their first hot days.
2 for 2.5c.
Rogers, Peet & Company.
Three Broadway Stores.
253 842 1260
at -t at
Warren at. 13th st- 32nd sL
SENATORS CALLED IN.
HOPE FOR AGREEMENT.
Apportionment Diffirulty May Be
Settled Neat Week.
(B> T^laarr*ph to Tha Tribuno. j
Albany. July IS - In tba b-tt-f that tho appor?
tionment sttuatioa ean b? eottlod next w?k S*n
ato leaders to-day a^nt out notir-?s to the Repub
Ucan Benatora to ropnrt for biislnosa on Monday |
They wtll h* neodod for the cau.-is. Wblefa
wlll be held then en tho t?-.. pians batro?uced yea?
terday, tho oriKinal Tully plan and tho aub-tltuta
preaented bj ' e Asaembly. Boaldes that. there ia
a atrong probablllty that than or on Tuesday the
dlreet nominatlona bill wlll b? ln shape to be taken
up for paei
There is ;;??'? doubl thal on Monday nlght tha
Benate caucua wlll adopt tha eomprom'.so pla
a^ribod ln tliis morning'a Trlbune. Thoaa Sonators
d lt say That it is esaer.;
f.cr plan, a Jusl and equitabla apportionment.
which, II possible, la even a llttle better than tho
Tuliy plan. since it corracti ellght fa ilta ln two
or thr.listrl ta trhlch in il.o Tu'.y plan wera
?Icism. It is regarded by ti ? Sen
mpromisa, c.fn a r
from the Senate'a orlarb?_1 ; accept tl la
plan, alnce it wii; bear a llttle "ne or
two Benatora than tbe Tu::'.- plan dld I". tbe dis?
tricta ? compromlaa plan would change.
- Asaembly as a body t tl.e Bpeaki
y would appear ln .1 bad re the
< coraproi
"it is eaally tbe best, moat equitabla and, ac
- ? - made by ?;
rlglnal apportl
mittee, the most conatitutlonal plan jrat ? '? i
declared a Benator to-day. t. of courae,
remedy Bpaaker Wada?rorth'a b??lf?.ual caaa. But
. that, by hia abaadonment of his
? i hia havlng compel
extra aeaston he baa put bimself |0 ,-.
? ra be cann I wtth good graca ir.sist en mn^h
n.oro constderation. lf he <:oea nol accept thla
p!a:i. fair und conatitutlonal, even though .
i:-;rt him flomara ? k ho must atand h
? :ar?.> !ri 1
ln thfl
Many here thlnh C o Bpeaker t3 prep.r
yield, r r.ot ho accepta tl
. eompromlee plan. Ho declined to dlseuaa that
r any other to-day.
aape - U ?? '.ojri = !a?ure to a-Journ
Without hn'- m." ba aald.
'! can't ??'.! wbat It - aoi when It will ho
ipllahed N I yel fnr an
Aaaor-.1 ? ? ^-.;; _?,.-.
nne aome tlme rext a preaent
..-.???
ttaa w'.'d meet te
-
haa It und. .- -: .,. Banati r
. .- . . ?.. -
e ?. .
, ernor'a legal adi ? -, an_
: advocatea .>f dlreet n i
COLLIXS ON INQUIBY
Thinks Sing Sing as Free of Abuses
as Posxiblc.
? :?????. aph to Tl ? TrlB-aa '
??-. July IS. Cornellua V. Cothna, Btate Bu?
perintendent ot Prtaona
that that prison ? m aa free of abusca and *r:if
B?rt aa was poaalble ln itJ :i of
that aort Twi Inveatlgatl?na covering practl
cally ? ment of th?
him nkaca Jant
i ln many changee, ar i I
covery and eorrectlon of ?.>::..? ah :sea. They have
I aapured Buperlntei : lat no wholeaala
ai aaea ex'.st r.ow.
Iu tha more Important mveatlga-Uon, completed
only recently, a great roluma of t-sth_a__y w is
t.iken fr..m wltnassaa comprlatng Inmataa of th?
\ lnatltutloa, guarda. vialtors and outsidera ?r_-_a
names came. up bttC?t?Hltally. A copy of This will
be preaented to Governor ibiKjh'-s for hia tnforma
' tlon. Since tbe Oovernor and Buperintendent C_t>
j lins both know thal the recent obargea of gr.tfr.
! cruaIty and polltlcal machlnattaa come from a
convict whose teini had exphred, an.l that at tho
, bottom was a dealre to obtaln money for allagml
Informatlon, people here do not expeet the ".lis
eloaurea" to have much effect other than to cause
tl-.? Buperintendent to wat.-h Sinq; str.s elosely.
"Beeause of various ohargea brought t<> mj no
. tlee from lnmates and othors," said Superlntondont
I Colttna to-day, "l began ?n tnves?'gation ot Stcjc
I Sing eiuly this spring. 1 found varloua tblnfta not
quite rl?ht. auch us ara bound to crop out ln a. blg
prtaon from tlme to tlmo. Guards ln one case?that
Of I.nrry Sumnurflaid. the wir>? tappet arere BBBUgT
' gling ln money. I lald a trap and caught three,
] two of whom later confeeeed. They were dta
_barg?d. The foo.i aomottmea was not so good r..-r
a>> plentlful ns lt Should have been. That ?.aa
I romO?led. t'harKca of assaults by guarda on pria
onera almoat liBvariably turaad out to be casea
where guarda ba-d to use f?rea to subdue unruly
; prisoners. For two years I had _ae_ told tliat
' prlaonere wlth money or h_Suance were brlblng
aitendanta to get them Into tho hoapltal. where
I they would esc-iipe work and have. tlelteacles in
Btaad of tlie regubur prison far?, t>nce I brought
: my famlly physlotan tture to lmik over the prison?
ers. He found fornn who did not ne?J to be th-ra,
! and there was a oleanlng out, I don't thlnk there
! is anybody ln tha hospital now who oughtn't to b?,
! and I am certain that no priaoner who necda mtdl
i cal attenibuice (toes w1tho.it lt.
"t,ast month I made a general examlnatlon of
j the prison whlch resulted ln a transfer of guarda
I from piace to piace and a shifting of 'trustlea' I
never discovered that guards were selling whiskey
to prlsonera. 1 dld flnd once that a Jewlsh rabbl
ln attendanca at the prison was amuggllng ln
oplum. and his attendance was rllspenaed wlth ao
qulckly that he hasn't recovered from the shoclc
yet."
Kx-Warden Johnaon. whoso auccessor waa ap?
pointed a few days ago, reslgned practleally "under
fire." Accordlng to Superintendent Colttna there
were no charges rf malfeas.ince or of anythtng
dishonorahle made agalnst him. Bai tho two in
vestlgatlons of Sing Sing showed that Mr. John?
son was away a good part of tho tlme attendlng to
some personal buslness.
"Ho leatgned beeause he chose to devote hla en
tlre timo to his bualnesa rather than to the affalrs
; at Sing Sing,'' said Mr. t'ollins.
< - -
J. Edward llolla. who for thirteen months has
| been an asslstant clerk ln Sfng Sing prison. waa
j informed yesterday by the State Controller that on
July 20 he aliould surrender hla position to William
' G. bowtify, of Albany. who __*_ been appointed ln
bis piace. Polla's removal v/as a aur__-lae at the
j.rlson. lt w wholly unexpected. Ha had been a
keeper ln the prison for ten years. and reslgned to
t.ike the aaalatant clerkship. He has been out of
; the keaperahlp Just too long to be restored without
o-;:umnntlon. Mr. Holla ls a promlnent KepubUcan
I li, < ssinlng. leader in the lat Ward and h_a been
1 BU-eaiu-nt ot th? , ilia_
spj&i
If you want a nest egg towarrls 3
savings account you can save it o_\
straw hats now.
All men's straws, $1.83; former
prices averaginp. $ft_____L
All boys' aml youths' straws, .$1.13?
former prices averaging $2.32.
RoGERS, Pf.ET & Co>IP_OJY_
Three Broadway Stores.
258 842 1250
opposito near opposite
City Hall. Union Square. Greeiey Squ__%
NEW TERM POLICY
THE UH1GN GENTR&L LIFE 1NS. GO
haa just placed upon the market a r.ew
term policy at a remarkably low rate,
whicb i. further Iargelj reduced b'. ._
.livi..-ml?. Pr. rrnura raf. per _J___ua___L
atr. 30, $12106; age 40, -
$20.94, Conyertible ^
at nption oi poli. y-hn!... r. I
aml tnosf libera! . orrra. t _*?*______
Band for parti. ulars al - to
I_. I.. HOFKINS,
Heneral Ajrenf.
1 MAPIr-ON %T__
T. R. rEU,
Manager.
1 ... BROlDtl'.U.
NEW LIFEJROBE DEEP.
AFTER MUTUAL RESERVE.
Investigation Expected ta Disclosb)
Startling Faets.
___p-_tnten_e__l Kelsey, lu w'-:: ? _
' Resei _e, a T-. 1 yssm
tsrday. wlll vioiate precedent a- ,
mmra.v's a____irs_ in .
far r
This raean -
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r-ort. bul wlll <
tricks legluie, ar.d ;- SCr i
lasr _??-?: rl ' ' Reeene, Mr Kelsey
harlng Su
May,
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treaaorer only, lt li s
chtefe *
?d that 1 - .
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and thi
lt ts b.-i'.ev. 1 thal '
BaVaS ntanasement. wlll v VtS . ]
Milea M. Dawaoa, it sras learm I
been retalned by t_?
uary ta Ge< rge D. El I
ACCUSES MUTUAL LIFE.
Ohio Otficial Files Ouster Suit
Against the Companu.
Word ____uh-_ thtai el:y y ?? Fr.secU-*
Ing Attorney B_____B___ oi ? L>-u??
had begun an ouster ?____ agall-S. I is '??' ?'??'-? '-''-**
allegtng i_e c___-9___l__e_il
port.. ln tlve year. of eerr
cluding contrlbaUons i
Committee ln the earr.._J-tr. of
ment of attornevs aad
At the Mutual I.i?- ________ ? -porter
waa tol.i that the _____p__.y had t ' _*?*wm
ln sueh a .--itt and .-ould make no state".'?'.' ^
It ls ________etood that ths Prortdent 9avinga ??_.
of wht.-h Tltnothv i. Waodrufl ia still _*J-a-_lwV
has deelded to follow t "
tan Uf_ and to remaln tn "_______ beeaase ef ?-?
realty holdlngs tn tte I_M_M __ar B
Joserh E. Oavtn. s_t-CoQ_roll-__r el __*______. **?
been sppotnted tho E.>.itta_>__'_ glMial _____?_?? ro"
Western New York.
SHIRTS
EXACT PROPORTION3 TRUE
SEAMS. PERFECT BUTTON
HOLES, EXCELLtNCI l_?
E _ ERY DEf?:L
Ui.EXCEL_.ED FOR -IT SND
_N AR
WHITE AND tXCLUJIVE
FANCY FABRICS.
MM -_>_? C.UITT ___-r_-_
_.___? aon CLUCTT tASSt.
CLUETT. PEABOOY 4 CO