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V" 1 LXVII . N° 22,218
COPPER 3IARKED DOAVX
CONSUMERS STILL SHY.
Some Blame Lack of Business at
Loic Prices to Money. Market.
Tre United Metals Selling Company, which
vßnniv Bn ni, S .he outrut of the Amalgamated Copper
. inr .unrM . further reduction ye -
„.a timm e of th* big consumers^
«£5 to the latest reduction is eage^y await-
Z^es of some of theW *££
iS interests have stated that oven a reduc ion
n the price of the metal to 15 cents a round
S,S £ result in any large purchases for con-
Saption: for f the market, not on ■«»"**
SpS out of the market, not *£*££&
the price of the. metal, but owing to the con* l
Mm of the money market, which kept them
* except for their H»*«f Jj£
O» th, oth*r hand it ha, been a,, or ted £ t the
■an Bras, Cnu-nv ana „horlar g r -
.. r . hand and C—*--** — V,
„: ttv prevailing high m - <-s a.
eettled condition of the market.
The surplus co^er in
ducers is estimated at from I^'^ Vhi- h
<nO.Ooft pound*, and the cut from IS ««?£*%
_.« the price established last week, was ro
landed "n "ell informed quarters yesterday a*
ft'ac* admission by the leading Producing in
terests that there •**> an ove«uppl 3 of the
23 on hand. The reduction In price follow '
5 the announcement of a curtailment in pro
duction and reports that some of the mines
tuTshut d 0,,. altogether, .as looked upon in
Wall Street as proving the contention of deal
er, that the prices at which copper had been
held were fictitious and not representative of
ll i™;Sr Prices on the Metal Change
rteadilv declined in the week and were consid
erably" under the price asked by the United
Metals Company until yesterday, when the re
duction to 16U cents was made, which was the
same as the price quoted on the exchange for
electrolytic. .
Coincident with the announcement b> the
United Metals Selling Company that it *■>
ready to sell electrolytic copper at 16* cents
, 5— came private cable dispatcher from
Europe that electrolytic was New Tort. Tb.
515 00 and Sir, TO. f. o. b.. New "io rk The
Amcricrn Metal Company and Fhelps. Dodge
6 Co. did not announce any reduction i In *c
,-rice of the metal. but It is expected the> ill
do so on Monday- Phelps-Dodge interests have
heretofore closely followed the decline in^necj.
but they said yceterday that owing to the death
£ D Will,. James, the head of the : company
i firm was not paying much attention to the
copper market at the moment.
Advices from Montana yesterday .taxed that
th. Amalgamated Copper Company would pur
sue a general policy of retrenchment and cur
tailment of output, reducing "^JSTjT
20.000.000 pound, a month to i. 000.000 or *-
r.V.Of.» in pursuance of this policy, it was said,
the' company had been cutting down its mining
f«rce since the first of September and that at
I resent only 4.000 miners were employed,
against 5.500 three weeks ago. and it was gen
erally understood that within the next twenty
days* 1 .©■••• more wold be laid off. The dispatch
added that the cessation of operations had been
confined to actual ore production and that de
velopment work was going on as usual. It
stated, also, that the mines would be closed
hereafter on Sundays.
A dispatch from Boston said that it was
understood that Fhelps. Dodge & Co. had given
orders to curtail copper production at the Cop
per Queen Mine by laying off men. This cur
tailment, the dispatch said, would reduce the
copper output of the mine by over 1.000.000
pounds this month and 2,000.000 pounds next
month. No confirmation of these reports could
be obtained at the New York offices of these
companies.
ENGLAND WAITING ON NEW YOEK.
Copper Market a Disturbing Business Factor.
Says London Editor Here.
Richard R. Mabscn. editor of the London "Stat
ist." who arrived Friday on the Lusitania, cays:
"We, In England, are waiting 1 to see what New
York will do In the present financial situation. The
copper market ie one of the disturbing factors at
the moment, and th« situation together with the
whole industrial cne will have to be readjusted.
"When the metal was quoted, at £110 In London I
knew that the price was abnormal, but I expected
It would fine a proper basis around £70.
"Though considerable has been said about the
cheapness of consols, the fact has been overlooked
that they are not as cheap as they were a number
of years ago. It Is true that they are quoted lower
now, but It must be remembered that they or*
now bearing 24 per cent Interest, whereas in
former years they were 3 per cent."
Mr. Mabscn Is on his way to Ontario to study
mining conditions there- In company with a num
ber of other English newspaper writers. This ex
pedition was Inspired by the recent disclosures in
regard to certain properties that were bidding for
public favor In England. Mr. Mabson said: "The
unfortunate feature about these companies Is that
tee worst become the more publicly advertised."
YALE GIFT EISULT OF AUTO DEATH.
Sirs. Oliver, Whose Son Was Hilled, Presents
$150,000 to Sheffield School.
New Haven. Conn., Sept. 14.— Professor Russell
H. Cbittenden. director of the Sheffield School of
Tale University, announced to-day a gift of $160.
000 from Mrs. James B. Oliver, of Pittsburg, for
the erection of a new recitation or lecture hall, -as
a memorial to her win. Daniel Leet Oliver, former
ly a student In the Sheffield Scientific School, who
vac killed In an automobile accident In June.
The. building will be devoted mainly to the work
In English, economics and history, subjects in
•which young Oliver was especially Interested, and
■••HI be called the Oliver Memorial Hall. It will
be. constructed of Indiana limestone, wholly fire
proof, and will be built on Sheffield Square, front
ing on HillhnuM avenue.
The architect is Charles Coollds* Haight. of New
Tork. who designed the two Vanderbllt set— Ml
buildings. Construction of the new building will
be begun this fall, with the expectation of having
It completed by commencement. 1908.
FARMER FINDS PREHISTORIC BONES.
[By Tel««r*i>h to The Tribune.!
Bath. N. V . Sept. 14. — John Mereh. a farmer In
the torrn of "Wayland. unearthed yesterday on
his farm the skeleton of a prehistoric monster.
He h&e communicated with the Geological De
partment at Washington. As he dislodged a
•tone Mersh -was attracted by a tu«k protruding
from the ground at the side of the stone.
Further investigation showed the skeleton of a
large animal.
Restful night's «ler>p between New York and Bos
ton on new express turbine steamship* V.tlo turn
Harvard. Metropolitan Line. Luxuriant staterooms,
**Itb bath. Service Inaugurated Wednesday, bti>
teaber litu. £cc adv.-Advt.
Kalr to-day and to-morrow;
sonth to »iii::liwf«t wiii'U
CANADA WILL PAY JAPAN.
Latter Country Will Agree to Re
duce Im mgratio n .
Ottawa, Sept. 14.— M. Ishii, the special envoy
of Japan, will be here on Monday, when the
whole subject of Japanese immigration will be
di6cussed between the Premier and himself.
The policy of the Dominion is to reduce Oriental
immigration to the minimum, and Japan is will
ing to agree to this. The damage which has
been caused by the rioters will be pad by the
Dominion. Vancouver will afterward be charged
with tho amounts by the Ottawa authorities.
KNAPP ON SHERMAN LAW.
"Intolerable legislation as Inter
preted by Supreme Court."
Chicago. Sept. 14 — "I believe the most mis
chievovs piece of legislation in the history of
the Country is th** Sherman anti-trust law as
Interpreted by the I'nitod states Supreme Court.
It is intolerable and strikes a blow fit develop
ment and progress."
This statement by <"hairman Martin A Knapp
of Urn Interstate commerce. Commission waa
warmly applauded by two hundred railway of-
Qcials to-day at the annual meeting of the
an Association of Freight Traflic Man
apers. Nearly all the large railways of th<"
United States, Canada nv.<\ Mexico were repre
sented
Chairman Knapp addressed the assemblage,
advocating combination, co-operation and cen
tral control nf transportation U
"The axiom 'Competition Is the life of trade'
must be discarded if we arc to progress*" he
said
. obvious tendencj of the age Is to mm
and I think that this tendency Is to be
. more pronounced as we sri"W older and as
Industrial and commercial civilisation is per
fected The ultimate result, I think, will be the
central control and regulation ->f all transpor
tation lines with diffused ownership Let us
!:•'! denounce but discriminate in bringing about
the desired rel mv The constant friction of
unbridled competition lias become Irksome. We
ar. drifting toward a world-wide financial I
:Ui"n."
In further reference to the Sherman law he,
said: "The one public man who has dared
fearlessly to express his ■ pinion on the injustice
of the Supreme Court's Interpretation of this act
is the President of the United States."
The folio* oflkcrs were elected: President.
R. C. Wright. Philadelphia: first vice-president.
T. W. Gallcher. Baltimore: second vice-president,
W. B. Groaedose, St. I^'uis; third v)r.-.- ,i-fsi- r
ti.-nt. E. O. licCormick, Chicago: fourth vice
president. C. R. Capps, Norfolk. Va ; secretary
and treasurer. .T. F. Auch. Philadelphia.
MEETING NEAR A RIOT.
Reserves Called When Fcatherson
Men Disturb Gathering.
Trouble arose between the Featlierson and
Nicholson followers at a street meeting at 7f>th
street and Third avenue last night. For a few
minutes It looked as if a bloody riot would *ooti
be in full swing, but It was prevented by the
timely arrival of Lieutenant <> Pay with twen
ty policemen.
The first man to be dragged out of the crowd
for interrupting the meeting was said to be ex-
AssembJyman John O'Connoll. a Fcatherson fol
lower. His removal angered Assemblyman
George Schwegler, who resigned from the Leg
islature a sort time ago to accept the secre
taryship of the Board of Elections.
It took a dozen policemen to take him out of
the crowd. Nightsticks were brought Into
play, and not a few spectators were dumped
Into the basement of an adjacent private boose
In the rush.
Neither of the m*» n was arrested, however,
but they were walked down Xh» street and turned
loose. When the third man, said to be W. 8.
Shannon, a lieutenant of Fefttberaon's. was
about to be taken away. Daniel J. Cohalan.
chief of the Tammany Hall la%v committee, who
was on the platform, Jumped up nni talking to
the policemen, paid :
"Better not tackle that man. Feather^on will
have tho Commissioner F«»nd > -r >u to Btaten
Island for a spell."
This hit the crowd right. A laugh went up.
nnd for a time it looked as though the trouble
was over.
There was trouble as soon as the sp.-aking
began. The Nicholson people dared to hold a
meeting within a few doors of the Feath. ison
Club house, and, as though the latter** followers
had had a stage manager, there was a con
venient pile of bricks lying opposite the speak
ers' stand. Nicholson, the candidate, was the
first speaker, and he was constantly Interrupted
with cries of "Liar: 11 "Traitor!" and other
epithets of that sort.
Seeing the ugly nature of the crowd, Louis
Stern went to a telephone and got Captain
L/antry to send out the reserves.
They arrived just as the crowd, led by O'Con
nell. had succeeded in turning tlia Nicholson
meeting into a Featherson "hurrah."
When the police tried to get O'Connell out, his
friend, "stuck to the ship," yelling like a mad
man and followed by hundreds of others. It
took twelve policemen to drag him out.
"When ex-Senator Marks, the next speaker,
arose, the Jeers and hoots continued, and it was
then that "Dody" Schwegler got his work in.
and once more trouble seemed to be on tap. Not
until Daniel Cohalan made his characteristic re
mark did the temper of the crowd change.
When Mr. Cohalan got up to talk It was found
that some one had sprinkled sulphuretted hy
drogen liberally under the platform. The odor
was trying, but Mr. Oohaian went on. and
Feemed to have the crowd with him. The voices
of the last two speakers, however, were drowned
in cheers for Featherson and "Paddy" O'Brien.
THE MAHIQUITA SEIZED.
Claim Against Yacht from Which Artist's
Model Was Taken.
fßy Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Newport, R. 1., Sept. 14.— United States Dep
uty Marsha! Newhall, of Providence, this after
noon seized the yacht Mariqulta, of New York,
from which Miss Lillian Francis, the artist's
model, was taken last night by the police. Last
spring the Morse Drydock Company, of New
York, made repairs to the extent of $2,000 on
her. The claim not being paid, the case was
placed In the hands of Armstrong, Brown &
Boland, of New York, who were represented by
Francis H. Boland to-day. The Mariquita was
taken out of the harbor to-night by the mar
shal, who had a keeper on board. The Japanese
crew Trere sent ashore. Mies Francis left here
for New York to-night, accompanied by Mrs.
Davis, who had been summoned from New York
to the a.d of the young woman.
DEWEY'S PURE GRAPE JUICE.
Blood Purifier. Very nourishing.
H T. Dewey & Sons Co., 13S Fulton St., New York.
XEW-YORK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1907.— FIVE PARTS.— SIXTY PAGES
MR. WELLMAFS EFFORT
KESCUE OF BALLOOX.
Explorer Tells of Hazardous Start
on Trip to Reach Pole.
Berlin. Sept. 14.— Walter Wellman, head of
the Wellman "Chicago Record-Herald" polar
expedition, has sent the following dispatch to
the "Lokal Anzelger" from Tromsoe:
After the steamer Express cast off the cable,
the balloon America did excellently, but an in
creasing wind soon pave us a hard struggle,
and the storm drove us toward some high, jag
ged mountains near the coast, where the air
ship would have been destroyed it she struck.
There then ensued a bard fight between the
storm and the motor. The latter triumphed,
and we slowly rounded the north end of Foul
Island in the teeth of the wind. Our confidence
In the America had so increased in the mean
while that 1 gave orders to start for the North
Pole.
The wind, however, increased to twelve miles
an hour, and the snow fell so thickly that we
could not see a quarter of a mile. Just then
the compass failed to act owing to defective
construction. "We were completely lost in a
snowstorm above the Polar Sea, and threatened
with destruction. After a brief deliberation we
decided to try and get back to the Express to
rectify our compass and start again. It was
impossible, however, to keep in one direction,
and we were again carried into dangerous prox
imity of the mountains. Vaniman. the engineer,
then made the motor run at top speed, and the
America moved a. second time against the wind,
which probably was blowing fifteen miles an
hour. She circled three times in the teeth of
the win.i. We saw the Express for a moment.
but immediately lost her again. We could have
returned to the Express if we could have seen
where to steer, but under the circumstances the
only thing possible was to try to land. With
this Idea we stopped the motor, and let the
America drift over the glacier. At the end of
Foul Bay we used a trailer filled with pro
visions and a brake rope. Both acted won and
dragged over an ice wall one hundred feet high
without damaging the provisions.
After crossing the glacier we opened the valve,
and landed on the upper glacier, half a mile In
shore. The landing was effected bo successfully
that material, weighing nine tons, descended
three hundred feel and touched the Ice. with no
shock or damage whatever, excepting several
bent tubes and broken wires. The numerous
delicate instruments were not Injured. The
self-registering barographs, meteorographs and
manometers continued running after the land-
Ins;. The mantle of the balloon can easily be
repaired.
The America was in the air for three hours
and fifteen minutes, and covered about fifteen
miles with her own machinery. She made three
loops against the wind, proving her power and
capability of being steered. The ascent was
successful In every respect. The America la
from every I point the strongest airship and
the most durable for a long journey that has
over been built. She held the gas splendidly.
Later in the same day the Express found us.
and fftchod the steamer Frtthjof, with men and
tledges. from the camp. The crew of the Amer
ica lived for three days comfortably In the gon
dola while the work of rescuing th«- balloon was
In progress. They could have lived there for
nine months had it been necessary. Tho entire
airship. Including even i part of th gasolene,
waa returned to camp In three days.
'!'!.■ loon hall and the entire outfit have
been made ready for tl>* winter, and throe men
have been left on guard.
After this successful attempt we are all c>n
vinced that the America in normal summer
weather can make her way to the Pole. We all
regard this pis as rational, practicable and
feasible. The thing can bo don*, nml what can
he done shall be done.
Trorr.soe. Sept. 1-I. —Major H B. Heraey, of
the Ur.iteU Staffs Weather BurfcVu at Washing
ton, who was a member of the Wellman "Chi
cago Record-Herald" Arctic expedition, arrive'!
here to-day from SpltzbTg* n on board lie fish
ing boat Got red.
in nailed to-day for Gen
whence hr \\:il co to] '■ '■ ■ >■■•:. ! :•
tiona for an thei attempt to reach the P
isoa .
SIX ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE FAIL.
Heroic Remedy of Hospital Physicians Saves
Life of Pittsburg Prisoner.
n-tHhiirc. Sept 14. — Th.' sixth atten;! t of
<;..,, rs;e Protxman to end his life ft:!- i •
because of the prompt effort* of the at .
polios ai:<! the heroic remedy applied by physi
cians at the Allegheny O< neral HospitaL Protz
man, who was locked up on a minor charge,
was found hanging to the bars of his cell by his
puspender."=. He was hurried to the hospital
wh«-re it «ras discovered his windpipe had been
injured, preventing him from breathing. The
physicians rushed him to the operating r0.,..i
and cat his throat, inserting ■ silver tub*i
through the windpipe. Protmnaii will recover.
»
BALL PLAYER ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Upstate Hotel Proprietor Killed — Self-De
fence. Says Prisoner.
Batata. X. V.. Sept. 14.— Kdward Conniff. pro
prietor of the Byron Road Hotel, six miles east
of Batavia, was shot and instantly klllfsd this af
ternoon. Francis Karl Bsntley, a professional
>--'!i,->ii player, i- under arrest charged with murder
In the first decree. Bentley assorts that hi
had an argument with Connlff. and when the latter
attacked him ho drew a revolver and shot in sf-lf
defence.
At the hotel it waa said that Bentley, who had bo
money, demanded a drink, which was given to him.
He asked for more, and, it is alleged, drew a re
volver when his demand met with a refusal. Con
nlff tried to take the revolver away from Brntley,
and In the scuffle which ensued was shot through
the head. Bnntley at on© time played on a Roches
ter team, and this year was a member of a Port
land, Ore., baseball club.
OPERATION FATAL TO SPECIALIST.
Dr. W. G. Harland, Philat elphia Special
ist, Expires at Worcester, IVoss.
[By Tolp«i»i>h to Th* Tribune. 1
Worcester. Mass*.. Sept. -Dr. W. G. Harland.
a prominent eye. ear and nose specialist, of Phila
delphia died under the knife at City Hospital hero
to-day Hr Harland had been at the fashionable
summer colony in Holden this summer. He was
taken suddenly ill four days ago and removed to
the hospital yesterday. An immediate operation
for appendicitis was found necessary. It was per
formed to-day and he died in his wife's arms soon
after. He leaves a wife and young daughter. lie
was thirty-eight years old.
STRIKE TIES UP OCEAN STEAMER
Port Collector at New Orleans Refuses to
Allow Unloading at New York.
Ne w Orleans. Sept. 14.-Owlng to a strike of
the longshoremen here, the Austro- America u
Line steamer Sofia Hohenherg: Is being held at
this port without being able to discharge her
cargo An effort was made to send the 3teamer
to New York and unloa^ the cargo, but the Col
lector of th<» Port Informed the steamship of
ficials to-day that the regulations required the
unloading of a car*o at the port to which It Is
mnsipned and that no variation from this rule
could be allowed.
The Sofia Hohenberg has a cargo principally
made up of magnesite for a Pittsburg firm It
will probably have to remain in the hold of
the vessel uatU the loc&i labor troubles are sc:-
STRIKES BTB T EfIGLAXD.
SEEM TO BE IMPENDING.
Country of High Prices, Instead of
Cobden's Paradise of Cheapness.
[Special by French Cable to The Trtbun«.l
[< opj right. 1907. by The Tribune Association. !
London. Sept. 14. — The splendid burst of
fine weather after the cold, wet summer
strangely enough has brought on a malaria
of pessimism. The halfpenny Journals are
helping to make everybody uncomfortable
by forecasting a hard winter, with a rise in
the prices of food and clothing and Industrial
disorders throughout the kingdom. The cost
of living certainly has increased, and there
is an upward tendency of rents in consequence
of the high rates. Economists talk vaguely
about the decline In the purchasing power of
the sovereign, as ?hown by the rise in prices
current on all articles in common us" except
soap. The narrower view Is that the sharp ad
vance in the cost of coal has increased the
operating expenses of all kinds of manufactur
ing and given an excuse for the general ad
vance, in prices. The progressive argument
points to municipal ownership and operation of
the coal mines as the only safeguard against
high prices in the country which < obden de
sinned to convert into a paradise of cheapness.
But Dial form of stnt« socialism has already
been carried too far. and there is a public re-,
action against it. Municipal coal mines, more
over, are not more logical than municipal
bakeries and dairies.
Strikes seem to be impending in many quar
ters of the kingdom. The most important one
may be that of railway workers, by which the
transportation business will be paralyzed. Th«
Amalgamated Society has reached a moment
ous decision. which Richard Bell will announce
at the mass meeting in Manchester to-morrow.
There is a systematic effort to frighten the cor
porations, for absolute secrecy is maintained,
and the member* of the executive committee
have arranged to address meetings of railway
operatives at Dublin. Crewe Bletchley. Brad
ford. Peterboro and other centres of traffic to
morrow. The executive committee has been
armed with full power to order a general strike.
and it is reported that notices of the discon
tinuance of work will be sen! out on Monday.
but It Is doubtful if a crisis can be reached so
quickly. There Is also a serious situation in
the northern shipyards, and restlessness pre
•. tils In many industries. Strikes which were
prevented for a long time by judg?-made law
nn> now possible, and the working classes do
not want to have their best weapon rust.
The agitation with which the working world
is pulsating ha extended to the woman suf
frage camp, which has been an annex to the
Labor party, and the leaders have fallen out
over the details n{ domestic politics. Mrs.
Pankhurst Is charged with highhanded tyranny
In vetoing a general conference and appointing
a council for the coming twelve months. Mrs.
Prspard. Mrs. Ballington Gr*ig. Mrs. Morrow
and Miss Hodgson have seceded, and are try
ing to form a rival organization this afternoon.
In which political er.uallty ■' the sexes can be
advocated without machine methods and the
btiKhtinV h»««enoes erf autocracy. The suffrage
party evidently has much to learn front its
labor allies, who contrive to stand together and
have machinery enough for everybody to man-
I. N. F.
age.
MOB ATTACKS OFFICER.
Declares lie Clubbed Man Who
Was Fighting Thief.
Patrolman John Gannon, of the West -J7th
street station, was attacked with stones and
other missiles by an angry crowd last night at
."•lst street and Eleventh avenue when he used
his club in an attempt to arrest Sebastian Hol
blegel. of N... 723 Tenth avenue. Helbiegel, it
was .said, was fighting a thief who was trying
to rob a. drunken man.
When the crowd attacked Cannon he drew his
revolver and fired several shots over their heads.
a- he said, but five complainants appeared at
the -station later and said that the bullets barely
missed them.
The shooting brought Patrolmen Finnan and
Thiermann to the scene. A call for the re
serves was sent in. and when they arrived.
under Captain Daly, the crowd stopped and
scattered. In the excitement Gannon's prison
ers escajied.
Gannon was taken to Roosevelt Hospital,
where his wounds were dressed. He then e
turned to the station with Captain D;rly, In
spector Dillon and Dr. Smith, who -was sent to
the. hospital to determine whether the policeman
was drunk, as was alleged by witnesses. Dr.
Whitman, who examined Gannon's wounds at
the hospital, said that he smelled liquor on him,
but would not say that he was intoxicated.
Dr. Smith, the police surgeon, who, in the
presence of Captain Daly and Inspector Dillon
at the West 47th street police station early this
morning examined Policeman Gannon in regard
to the charges of drunkenness, reported at about
1 o'clock that "Gannon was fit for duty."
When asked how he accounted for the odor of
liquor on Gannon. Dr. Smith said that it evi
dently came from some whiskey which some
"unknown person" had poured on the police
man's lips to revive him after he had been
struck by the bricks in the riot. This person
remained "unknown."
STENOGRAPHER KILLED HERSELF.
Employed by Capitalists, Had Eeen Bride of
Business Mtn Who Died on Honeymoon.
Columbus, Ohio. Sept. 14.— Mrs. M. F. Shedd.
a stenographer in the employ of Thomas E.
Knauss, a well known Columbus capitalist and
mine owner, committed suicide at noon to-day
by shooting herself through the left temple »
the office where she bad been at work a few
minutes before, apparently in excellent spirits.
She left no note, and friends are at a loss to ex
plain her act, beyond the intimation that she
had love troubles which threatened to cost her
her employment.
Mrs. Shedd was the widow of a former lead
ing business man, who died ten years ago while
they were on their honeymoon journey.
NEARLY KIDNAPPED ON YACHT.
By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Shelter Island, Sept. 14.— Mrs. Albert A.
Chapln. of Greenport. has narrowly escaped'
being Kidnapped m the harbor here.
She recently received a letter signed "Mrs.
Macomber," the name of a. friend, inviting her
on board a yacht. She visited the place indi
cated in the letter and was about to board the
vessel, when her suspicions were aroused and '
she fled from the spot.
A heavily veiled woman appeared on the
yacht's deck and shouted. "I'll «et you later: 1 "
The affair has created considerable excitement
AUTO KILLS CYCLIST.
Another Accident Shocks Canan
daigua, N. Y.
By Telegraph to The Tribunal
Canandalgua, N. V.. Sept. 14.— Another fatal
automobile accident shocked Canandalgua to
day. The victim waa Jesse Harvey Mason,
fifty-eight years old. a prominent resident of the
village. As he was going on his bicycle from his
work to his dinner he was run into by a big
touring car owned and operated by J. M. Clark,
of Clifton Springs. The car also carried Mrs.
Clark and some friends.
Mr. Mason was deaf and his sight poor, and
he did not see the approaching machine. The
automobile stopped, and the injured man was
taken to a nearby hospital, but died almost as
soon as he reached there. His body was nearly
cut in two. He leaves a wife, a son— Howard
Mason, of Schenectady— and a daughter, Mrs*.
W. H. Hamlin, of New York City. No blame Is
attached to Mr. Clark, who used his best en
deavor to avoid striking Mr. Mason.
FA L A TO ACCIDENT.
City Official of South Noncalk,
Conn,, Killed in Street.
South Norwalk. Conn.. Sept. 14.— Martin Kel
logg, a city commissioner, was struck and killed
by an automobile owned by Brigadier General
Russell Frost, and operated by Russell Frost,
jr.. at noon to-day. Mr. KeDon was on a
streetcar and evidently had not noticed the au
tomobile, which was following the car at one
side through West avenue, for, as the car slack
ened its speed, he jumped off directly in front
of the machine. Mr. Kellogg was dragged under
the vehicle so that two wheels on the left elds
passed over his body, causing immediate death.
Mr. Kellogg was about sixty yean old and
leaves a wife, one SOB and two daughters, one
of the latter being Mr? Edward J. Thomas. wife
of the business manager and part owner of "The
Norwals Hour."
Medical Examiner Huntingdon, after inter
viewing Genera] Frost, said that in his opinion
the accident was unavoidable. Death, he said.
was due to a fracture of the base of the skull.
Coroner Dolen. of Bridgeport, will come here on
Monday to hold an inquest.
General Frost commands the brigade of the
Connecticut National Guard.
SMASH ON WAY TO SANATORIUM.
Treasurer of Madison Square Garden. 11l with
Paresis, in Automobile Crash.
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Stamford. Conn., Sept. 14.— A touring car car
rying Francis G. Landman, treasurer of Madi
son Square Garden, from his summer home at
Rutherford. N. J. to the sanatorium of Dr.
MacFarland, at Westport. Conn., dashed ' nt '
the automobile of John A. Hutehinson. a New
York contractor, in Main street this afternoon,
and both cars were wrecked.
A New York physician and two nurses were
In the car with Landmr.n. and James Walter, a
member of the Walter Motor Company, ef
Rutherford. N. J. was driving it. Mi. and
Mr-. Hutchinson and 'their daughter Jessie were
in the other tar. Mrs. Hutehinson was cut in
the arm and her husband was cut in the leg.
The collision was due to slippery pavements.
Walter's car skidded into 'the Hutehinson tar
when he turned to pass a vehicle.
Landman is said to have paresis. After the
accident his physician procured another car here
and went on to West] •
AUTO AND TRACTION CAR CRASH.
-■•■■ I, Sept. 14.— Frank E. Williams, teller of
the Cleveland Trust Company, was perhaps fatally
Injured, his wife was aenously hurt and the auto
mobile in which they were ri-lini; waa wrecked in
a collision with a traction car on the Cleveland,
Painesville & Eastern electric line near Painesville
this evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams wera on their way to
Geneva t<> spemi Sunday. ThPir machine was Koing
at full speed when, a: a sharp curve, it struck the
traction car. Mr. William* was hurled fifty feet
■nd suffered a dislocated hip and other injuries.
Mrs.- Williams was badly bruised, but is n<jt
thought to be seriously hurt.
FALL KILLS 'AERONAUT.
Woman Drops 1,000 Feet at Glean
(N. Y.J Fair.
Clean. N Y. Sept 14 -Mrs. Carrie Myers.
thirty-three years old, of Springfield. Mass., a
professional balloonist, fell from a parachute
one thousand feet above Ins fair grounds here
to-day, and was dashed to death in plain view
of eicht thousand people.
Mrs. Myers made her first ascension here «>n
Wednesday, when she sprained her left wrist.
She made another successful ascent on Friday,
using a life belt attache dto the parachute trap
eze as a precaution. Mrs. Myers was asked to
use the life belt again to-day, but refused, say-
Ing her wrist felt well and strong.
When about two thousand feet above the fair
grounds this afternoon Mr.<=. Myers cut loose
from the balloon with a double parachute. Th
web of canvas spread out and Mrs. Myers was
seen to raise her right hand to release the sec- j
ond and swatter parachute, holding on to the
trapeze rope with her lame band Just as UM
canvas spread out and the rapid ownward flight
of the parachute was suddenly chocked, Mrs.
Myers fell over backward. It is believed the
sudden Jar hurt her lame wrist. Her body
struck Just outside the fair grounds fence.
Nearly every bone in her body was broken.
THREE SHOT IN STREET.
Two Bystanders Hit in "Slimy
Back" Fight.
In a tight between two factions of the "Slimy
Backs." a gang which frequents First avenue,
near o'-'d street, two women and a man were
shot last night. All were taken to Bellevue Hos
pital. The wounded man. Frank Ness, who is j
known to the polic<»as "Nestle," of No. 34« Bai ;
.T!d street, and Charles Grimm, of No. ."..V. East j
■3d street, were arrested.
The two women. Mrs. Rose Copp, of No. 321) i
East t2d street, and Mary Cattoni. of No. 217 ii
East 20th street, will probably recover. They j
were shot as they turned into 32d street from
First avenue by a man on the north side of the !
street, who was blazing away with a revolver.
On the south side were two men. each with a
revolver, firing as fast as they could.
When the wounded women screamed the three
men stopped firing and ran. About half an hour
afterward "Nestie" appeared at the Polycllnic
Hospital in East 34th street, near Second aye- '
nue, with a bullet wound in his left thigh. :
The police knew nothing of the trouble till the
wounded reached, the hospital.
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i
G. R. Olncy, Ecc-Highxcays Engi
neer, Examined at Length.
Albany. Sept. 14.— That many days, and per
! haps several weeks, will have to be consumed
by Governor Hughes In hearing the charges t*f
the City Club, of New York, against John F.
Ahearn. President of Manhattan Borough,
seemed to be indicated when at 6 o'clock to
night the Governor adjourned the hearing until
j Monday at 3 o'clock. Only one witness was
i heard t5-day. he being George R. Olaey, formerly
j chief engineer of the Department of Highways.
| under President Ahearn. His examination re
i lated to the condition of the streets of New
| York, the adequacy of measures taken for their
■ repair, the responsibility for conditions com
■ plained of. and the efforts of the department to
j compel the contracting corporations to fulfil j
I their contracts, chiefly for repair of the sheet'
I asphalt streets. Inefficiency of the street de
partment of his borough is the first allegation
of the City Club against Mr. Ahearn. -ZTT^^Jr;
Hughes personally took a large part In the ex
amination of Olney. with somewhat contra
dictory results. Olney swore that in his opinion
the streets were in a condition of fair repair at
the close of the season last fall; later, he said.
I he thought they were in poor repair; still later. \
. he said, the department was unable to get, the
contractors to attend promptly to orders for the
repair of streets.
"Here Si a disputed question of fact." said
I Governor Hughes, in adjourning the hearing.
! "We must learn beyond question, first, what .
i was the condition of the streets in Manhattan r
i Borough; then we can get at the question of
■ responsibility."
To this end. Governor Hughes directed counsel
for the City Club to produce several of «■■
witnesses regarding the condition of the street.
, m order that they might be c™*-***?™?^
I Martin W. Littleton, leading counsel for Pre-i
! dent Ahearn. The Governor called also.forja
—lud^b^
:M:;;;: M :;;;d y it was the custom of the depart
! me-it to nil up with broken stone such holes :
! a Twe re regarded as dangerous and which cot**!
| nO^{^JP^ a da^rou, hoteT
"■^WeironeTuTinche, deep, where a carriage
street, between the railroad station «**»£
! avenue? Do you know there was a dangerous
I Le there that was not filledr* demanded the
i Governor.
Mr. Olney --aid he d!d not know.
.., Ve -. I know." said the- Governor, grimly-
I During the examination of the witness as to
' the bonds of the paving companies, the Governor
< isfced irv whose favor these bonds were drawn
• did they run to the borough or to the city^
< To the City." volunteered Mr. Littleton, when
> the witness Sold not answer. "And if you h^e
! ever learned. that the borough bears tfce sag
> relation to the city that the vermiform appendix
j d-es to the body-generally it doesn't even trri
! said that t* r-r cent of the men under
: Mm were incompetent, bur protected by V wl
i Service rules. He thought he tad «?*•*»•*
: h ,. 511 , d. either to the Commissioner of,*™**
; works or to the Eon.ush President, but with
! SSiS None were dpcharged, and only two
i suspended. The best he could do was to trans
; fer the incompetents to other work. The**
1 transfers he said, ar.d all the details of men
I ;n; n h^erartment were made with the definite
! approval of President Ahearn.
The question of street repair was the only mat
tot of inquiry to-day. There are still a number
! of charges not yet t*iched upon. They wU
| be taken up ore at a time.
At the opening of the hearing Mr. Littleton
i renewed his motion for the production of wit
: nesses, by the petitioners. Governor Hughes said
• that if at any time he deemed it important for
| the cross-examination of witnesses he would
' Vlr Olney was then called by Mr. IJrtleton
i and testified as to the efforts of his department
' to get streets repaired, declaring that it waa
: Impo-ible in New York to get contractors to
■ repair work done by another contractor.
•How long has the city of New York been In
: this helpless condition because of contractors
j refusing to do work performed by others T as*ed
j Governor Hughes.
Mr Olney gave a few instance? and the names
! Of firms which he paid his department had been
! unable to get to repair streets. Much time was
consumed in eliciting from Mr. Olney the meth
. ods in vogue for reporting and repairine defects
in the streets. When the witness explained
that many of these defects were due to "fire
burr^." by bonfires at election time. Governor
Hughes asked:
"Were these fh-eburns more than usual last
i fall?"
Mr. Olney said they were, and everybody, in-.
; eluding the Governor. laughed heartily.
Mr. Spencer, of counsel, remarked: "I sup
pose your excellency will accept a fair share
of responsibility for this."
Mr. OJney showed that many of the openings
in the streets were made by the Department eft*
Water Supply. Gas and Electricity and th»
Rapid Transit Commission without the author
ity or the consent of the bureaus of the borough.
Mr. Spencer, for the complainants, admitted
that If President Ahearn could show that a large)
proportion of the disrepair was due to causes
beyond the control of the Borough President
they would not press the charges with reference
to that. Governor Hughes said It would suffice
to deal with those matters concerning which th»
Borough President's responsibility was undis
puted.
Mr. Littleton insisted that th- complainants
must point out the responsibility.
"I want to know the facts, and I believe you
will co-operate in getting at them. You may be
sure si a just result." said the Governor.
Mr. Littleton was insisting that the com
plainants should point out the- faults for which
his client could be made responsible, when Gov
ernor Hughes broke in:
"You are answerable as a public officer, and I
purpose to know what you have been doing.
There ought to be no difficulty about this Let
us get at the facts."
"I was getting at the facts when your excel
lency interrupted, and I submit that with some
heat."
Governor Hughes disclaimed any "heat.** and
the testimony proceeded.
GULF COMPRESS COMPANY ENJOINED.
Vlcksburg. Miss.. Sept. H.— Chancellor Hicks has
granted an Injunction restraining the Gulf Compress
Company from doing business in the State of Missis
sippi or of disposing of any of its property pendln?
an adjudication of the anti-trust suit Instituted
several days ago. which alleges violation ot th«
aatl-trust law of this stats.