V OL - LXVII ...N° 22.241. PRESIDENT HUNTING. CHASE OX IX EARNEST. favorable Conditions for Fine Sport First Killing Rcjwrted. Btamboul, La.. Oct. 7.— Assistant Secretary Latta started out early to-day to find tho Presi il liis camp in the wilderness, but «t a to-night he had not returned. It Is that when ha arrived at the c-amp the at whs out on a hunt. Secretary Latta |y found it necessary to remain over Dignt, us he took a number <>f personal letters t ■ • President. Mr. Latta was accompanied by i:ip host, Leo Shields, who is familiar with intry. pt that the temperature is too humid to physical exercise enjoyable, the. President fag favorable weather. before hiu ar had been no rain for two weeks, and as were unfavorable for hunting, the breaking at the dry twipp jjivinß warning to the i- ■ " the hard surface of the ground was trying to the feet of the dogs. Pome of the dops sident i* usinp were bo disahled recently condition that they came near being un hiintlnp. The President's proverbial good luck was. however, with him. A gentle rain was falling ■when he arrived at Btamboul on Saturday, and there have been two or three showers since. JiTone of them has been of great duration, but they have served the purpose of putting the forest in the best possible condition for both man and beast In stalking frame. While the atmosphere is steaming hot be tween showers, the President If reported to be Knowing himself capable of rising above this condition, in so far that neither heat nor rain has been permitted to interfere with the sport. i"he camp ground is well situated, and while on low land is not in a swamp, the site being com paratively dry. Persons who have seen the tent say it is well furn.>»"i. There i? a plank floor and a wooden wall running up four feet from the ground. The table '.- liberally supplied with fruit?, canned delicacies and fresh venison. Holt Collier, the champion Mississippi negro bear hunter, reported at the President's camp early to-day, ready for business in the cane brakes. He came down from Greenville on a boat and brought with him a fine kennel of dogs. The first report of a killing since the arrival of the Presidential party was received to-day. Bon ley. Collier's white rival, succeeded in bringing down a fine buck late Saturday after noon soon after he made his appearance. Tho President dined yesterday on a choice cut of venison. DR. LONG ON KILLING SHE BEARS. i President's "Nature Faking" Friend Gives Some Advice on Hunting. [By T*>rrarh to Th* Tribune.) Stamford. Conn.. Oct. 7.— Dr. William .T. Long returned toiiay from a long rest in Maine and continued r.ls attacks on President Roosevelt, who branded him the "biggest nature faker of them all." He had a whole lot to say about the Presi dent's most recent article on nature faking, and wound up his opening outburst with "the only faker in ihls whole controversy, In my Judgment, \* the big raker at Washington." "How about the President' ■ bear hunt?" was "The last time he went hunting bean was In the Fprin?. when mother b^ars had cubs and wer<» •weakened by the lons winter's fast. According: to ! is own boastful account he and his heroic band kilied •eleven bears, all mother bean and their little cub?, after ■ pack of dogs had driven th* poor creatures into tree?. Then he. preached on the heroism if hunting- and urged all sportsmen to unite !n saving our few remaining bears." PRESIDENT WILL PICK COTTON. , To Be Pitted Against Champion Negro Pick ers of the Delta. [By Telegraph »f> The Trlhun< | Vicksbnrg. Miss.. Oct. ".—On the invitation of Major Lee Richardson, who is second only to John M. Parker hr the larg-est cotton grower In the world. President Roosevelt will spend ten hours In the field picking cotton and will be pitted against Fome of the champion nr-gro ken of the delta. Major Richardson, who was in Washington on the eve of Mr Roosevelt's departure for the South, dared the President to don blue overalls, a broad brimmed hat and homespun suspenders, and be come a rotton pick'-r— the first President cotton picker. Presides! a: once agreed, and the picking on a ! lantatkm near here the day It reaches Ylcksburg. DO NOT AGREE WITH PRESIDENT. Pittsburg Men Say His Boat Was Never in Danger of Collision with the Fred Hartweg. Pittsburg, Oct. 7.— Members of the Ptttaburg delegation to the Deep Waterways Convention at Memphis who have returned homo do not agree with President Roosevelt that during the. trip to Memphis there was any danger of collision be tween the steamboat Mississippi, on which was the Presidential party, and the Fred Hartweg, on which was the J'lttsburg delegation. The members of the Pittsburg delegation profess to believe that an Injustice was done C. a l* Nichols, pilot of the Hartireg, who was suspended on orders from the President. Captain John Moren, who was on the Mississippi, **■ - be was close to the President when the Hart **f? came near, but at no time were the steamers closer than 100 feet, and be says there was not the slightest danger of collision. "1 was on the Hartweg/' said Captain W. B. Rodgers, "and I never saw a fleet handled better. There was no accident, and at no time was there BM least danger of any accident or collision. The hestdent must have a mistaken notion when he thinks that experienced river men would take any chances at such a time." HELD OS MESSAGE FROM BELGIUM. Passenger on Eed Star Steamer Zeeland Charged with Embezzlement. When the Red Star Line steamer Zeeland, from Antwerp, reached Quarantine late yesterday she *as> boarded by Detective Gleason, of the Central Office, sad Charles Rotoaet, chancellor of the Bel gian Consulate in this city. Th« two were looking for ■ Belaiaa who. according to a cabin message re nelvpi at the consulate several days ago, was >-- cuMd of embezzlement in Belgium. The man was found «n.i turned over to the Im migration officials nw rate 3 and SW?gS^2dW U P*—rln»i. BattroadS To-day, rain. To-morrow, fair; Yfent nindrt. WRECKED BY BIG GIRDER. Huge Beam Knocks Down Railroad Construction Work. A t>t*>pi girder ion f» P t lonfr and of the heavy construction which modern railroads us- In building bridges became loope yesterday after noon while being swun^ Into i>\nce over Kast Main street, in New Rochelle, and caused n wreck that will take twenty-four hours to «-loar up. One man cam" within a few inches of heine killed. The New Tork. New Haven & Hartford Rail road Is six-tracking its line, which runs from New Rochelle to Port Morris and Casanova, In The Bronx. Incidentally, the road and the city are abolishing the death trap under the tracks at East Main street. Temporary false work was erected to support the old tracks and admit or puttinß In ne 4 v pir ders on both Fldos. One girder hail been placed on the uprights, and a second, weighing many tons, was being swung Into place when some thing hnppencd, just what no one seems to know, hut the giant steel beam swung around nnd down, knocking the fulso work down and tearing away a portion of one of tho tracks of the old roadbed. When the false work went down It carried with it electric wires of all kinds. One tele phone cable alone contained 180 active wires, and its breaking cut off communication over a large section. Many other cables and single wires went down, as did electric light and the trolley road's wires. The electrical display was hrllllant. nnd It was not until electricians cut the wires In all direc tions h:ii k of the wreck that anything could be done toward clearing up. William Bruno, of th«» firm nt Jacino £ Bruno. of New Rochelle, was papsinjr underneath the bridge on a motor cycle, and a piece nf steel fell upon hla rear wheel, crushing it. BALLOOX CUP RACE. Major Herself to Represent United States in International Contest. Washington, Oct. 7. — At tho request of Pro fessor Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States Weather Bureau. Secretary Wilson of the De partment of Agriculture has authorized Major Henry B. Hersey, chief Inspector of the gov ernment meteorological service, to represent this govermnßnt In the international aeronautic cup race from St. L,nuis on October 21 Major Hersey, who has Just returned t<-> this country from Spitzbergen. having assisted Wal ter Wellman In his effort to reach the North Pole with an airship, arrived In Washington to day and requested permission of Secretary Wil son to take part in the race. Th-» scientific knowledge the government expects to derive as a result of Major Hersey's participation was deemed by the- department of sufficient Import ance to grant his request. Major Hereey will use the same ball""ii In which Lieutenant Lahm won in the Interna tional race, in Europe last year. Ho will make temperature nnd humidity observations ut vari ous attitudes during his flight across the country to the Pacific Coast. This will b« the I'.r.^t in ternational aeronautic race, ever hold In tha United States, and all of tV- leading European chibs will h<- represented. St. Louis. Oct. 7.— The balloons St. Louiß and Pommern arrived to-day from Paris nnd Brus sels, respectively, to be entered In the In tional races. In the Pommern ''scar Erbsloeh won th<^ International aerial congress race at Brussels on September ii r '. Test balloons with recording instruments are «;ent up dally to a certain atmospheric conditions In i for the con'- C II IX A REGAIXS RIGHTS. Russia Restores Manchurian Tele graph Lines — Japanese Friction. Peking. Oct. 7. — A new telegraph convention between Russia and China was Bigned here to day. Tn'l'-r it China re. overs all her previous telegraph rights In Russian Manchuria and two thousand miles of lines and connections are; formally turner! bnr-k to her. Russia surrenders the privileges whi-h she has exercised since tlm Boxer outbreak and In the future will pay tele graph royalties to China. This is different from the Japanese procedure in Manchuria. Japan Increased her claims for telegraph and telephone privileges and extended both methods of communication In defiance of the sovereignty of China, entangling this matter with tho entiie political question In Manchuria. The Corea-Manchurla boundary dispute be tween China ar.d Japan is at a deadlock. Three battalions of Chinese troops who received orders to occupy Chen-Tao wore stopped by Japan's protest to China and the prenence on the bord«r of a detachment of Japanese, troops under command of a lieutenant colonel. China relies for Justification of her claim to Chen-Tao on an acknowledgment of the Emperor of Corea about seventeen yean ago that hf-r sov ereignty extended there, while Japan Miles upon the predominant of Corean Interests and actual possession of the town. China Is poshing the construction of the tele grnph line from Ninguta to Hun-Chun. COLUMBIA ATHLETES IN TROUBLE. So Many Men Have Conditions That Teams May Be Disbanded. Unless the rule prohibiting Columbia stu dents who have entrance conditions from com peting in athletics Is revoked some of tho or ganizations will probably be compelled to dis band for the simple reason that there, will not he enough men eligible to form the various teams. Tho rule, which went into effect on September 1, states In substance that all stu dents having entrance conditions will be de barred from all athletic contests. This means that •!? pe r cent of the men In the^ college division and 73 per cent of the science men will be Ineilsihle to compete on tho various teams. By enforcing the rule the 'var sity teams will suffer considerably, but the freshman teams will practically have to be disbanded. This peculiar situation has led the board of student reprcsentati vt-s at Columbia to formulate a. petition to the faculty asking that tho rule be not enforced until September 1, I!WS. by which time li is thought thai the men will have removed their conditions and that the next freshman class will have had a warn ing that unless they enter Columbia without conditions they will be unable to join an athletic team. The managers of tho teams are drawing up a petition also, which they will present to the faculty. This petition is practically the same as the one gent In by the board of represent ative?. AFTER ALL, USHER'S THE SCPTC U Ihat maU« the „. «..'.u a.i :..i..0»«.-Aaki. NEW-YORK, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1907.— EIGHTEEN PAiIFSL qg^.y.*> _ A WIRELESS RECORD. MANILA TO NOVA SCOTIA. Message Indicates Transmission Over Eleven Thousand. Miles. Sydney, X. s., Oct. 7.— While Marconi experts were te.«tin? new receiving- cones at the top of the towers at the station at Port Morien an oper ator was in communication with the wireless station at Manila. The message received was that the American cruiser Philadelphia had nr rived there. The Marconi people account for the occurrence by th- theory that the cone at Manila mupt have been in perfect tune with that at I'ort Morien. A message from Manila was picked up while iveinß sent to some other station on the Pacific < aval NEARLY 2.200 MILE° BY WIRELESS. Steamer Pre&idente in Long Distance Com munication with San Diego. San Diego, c.,i , 0.-t. 7*— The Pacific coast Steamship Company"! vaasel Presjdente, uiiirh Is In Alaskan waters, was In communication with the wireless station at Point I-oma la.=T daughter. Agnes, to John J. MelUi v resMent of Borough l'.'iik. An ambulance fn>m tho Norwegian Hospital w.ia *?nt for. ami Dr. Norton revived her. but sl>« hud a re lapse and died yesterday morning. Mrs. Hynes had remarked, that it would kill her if her daughter married any one not of her ■ ligion. They ..:'• Romai Catholics ami Mr. Mellln Is a Protestant Mrs. Hyni at llrpt objected to i!.» marriage. Father O -">"• i.:. of St. Catherine's Cburch, on 41st street and Fort Hamilton avenue, per fonn'.'d tht» ceremony. WOMAN PICKS ADMIRALS POCKET. i Wallet of P. F. Hamilton Taken as He Stands in Church Doorway. [Pv Telegraph t" The Tribune I aond. Vs., i i • ket of Rear Ad- miral i". F. Harrington, retired, it became known to-day, was pirkori by ;> woman at Wllllamsburg on Saturday d'inn^ the crush under t > trees incl stock purchased by a syndicate of Pennsylvanlans, according to John C (irmly. Director of Uockß hihl Wh.arvtß of this city, who is .said to have had an offer of th* i>r-s: dency < p f 'he society. O. F. Thomas, K. It. Thomas and F. A. Heinz, who had control of tha Provident Savings, i»i;r chased it from ex-Lieutenant Governor Woodruff,, who bad reorganised it. FINDS FAMILY AFTER LONG CHASE. [By Telegraph to The Tribune, i Worcester, Mass., Oct. 7.— Richard P. Smith, of Brockton, Mass.. after vainly searching and ehaa- Ins: his wife and two children nil over New Eng land, found them here to-day and kidnapped one of the children, Richard F., jr. Mrs. Smith, on discovering this, reported the boy to the police as kidnapped, but Smith, in the mean time. In voked the aid of Deputy Sheriff Richardson and bad his wife Served with papers showing >•« had been legally appointed th» child's guardian. He was not held then by the police. The chase began on June 23, when Mrs. Smith took the children and ran away. ITALIAN CITIES IN DARKNESS. Rome, Oct. The employes in the municipal pas works at Milan. Genoa, Alexandria. Modena and Messina went on strike simultaneously to night, and the cities in question were In partial' darkness. • » DEWEY'S FRESH GRAPE JUICE. Drink It right from the Press in Window. H. 18. Dewey & >"ons, ISB Fultou St.. N. Y.— Advt KILLS MANDf BRO ADWA V CROUD FEARS TO ACT. Watchman Struck Down bji Hatchet in Hands of Maniac. After being: followed alonp Broadway from the Battery last ni^ht by a crowd which howled and hooted at him, Charles Knack, sixty-two years old, suddenly stopped, at Kxehai!c;e Place. grabbed «• carpenter's hatchet and killed James Daniels, a watchman, of No. 310 We»l 17th street. He sunns the hatchet wildly and no one dared approach him. The crowd looked on. too stunned by his deed to act. One woman was pulled out of his way just as he nns about to strike her. Finally Knack started to run down Exchange Place, followed by the crowd, which had in rreased to large proportion*. c;<">r£p <;il>son. of No. 16 Catherine Slip: John afebgen, of N<>. 09 Wall street, and William J. Flemming. a corpora] In the I^'th Infantry, who witnessed the attHck. ran after Knack and caught him at Broad street. Meh^en was struck in the ;mn by the old man. The other men grabbed Knack'B arms and overpowered him. The crowd dosed in around Knack and he was thrown violently to the ground. Detective O'Connor, of the Cen tral office, arrested Knack and took him to the John streot station. In thfl meanwhile an ambulance from theHui jon Street Hospital had been summoned. Dan i>!s Ftill lay in Dip street. r>r. Stuart hastily fxamiiifd the man and pronounced him dead. The body was taken to the station home in the patml wagon. An ambulance, from St. Gregory's Hospital, ■which had been summoned, arrived at the same time, as the. one from the Hudson Street Hos pital. Dr. Arnold, of St. Gregory's, was asked to attend to A. Rutzuert. twenty years old, of No. 17 Stone street, and T. J. Fox. of No. 1642 Park avenue. Their hands were badly cut in trying to take the hatchet away from Knack. They said that when they grabbed hold of him li« drew a knife from his pocket, and began to slash at them. A.l tho station Or. Stuart nttendM to the braises and cuts received by Knack. It was found that the old man's left forearm had been broken. His nose was badly cut and there, waa a gash over his rye. Coroner Acritolll arrived and examined tho body for identification. A slip of paper was found in his pocket giving his name and ad dress. Knack talked Incoherently when he was ex njnined by Coroner Aeritelli. He said ha was sitting In Battery Park when several boys started to annoy him. While he was walking up Broadway be sal i pome of these boys followed him and throw stones at him. Then he said he came to t).<> city yesterday from Jersey, where he owns property. When he was asked by Cor oner Acrttellt why h»> struck Daniels th« old man ■aid Daniels threw stones at him. Assist ant District Attorney Manley arrived and the examination was continued In a private room. Dr. Stuart said that Knack had an old fract ara of the skull. it is believed that this injury and litigation over property in New Jersey are responsible, for Knack's mental derangement. The Je*rs of his tormentors evidently excited Jam to kill Daniels. Amons the papers loans) in his possession was an old (lerman passport and a copy of a will on w'nl, b was noted in red ink that the will of ila ancle deodin*r certain property to other heirs ni a forgery. There was also a petition of Marie I>. Knack asking the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeal- to set aside, certain dsedi of jr. perty which it appears were h«-id by Anna and Jaruea Usher. The examination over. Knack was removed to .!:<-• a prisoner on th* ,h:iree of homicide. Daniels waa employed by the Rhelnfrank House Wrecking Company, of No. 620 Eant 14tli Ftr«-rt. us night watchman for the materials of the old consolidated Exchange. SAVES LIVES OF GUESTS. Launch Captain Prevents Asphyxi ation of Nine in Cabin. Providence, Oct. 7. — It became known late to-day that Captain Howard Possner, of the. Bdgewood Yacht Club, by his prompt action saved the lives of nine of his guests when tho exhaust muffler on the enßlno of his 4."-foot launch, the Grace Alice, blew off as the craft ■pad through the waters of Narragansett Hay last evening The fumes of the escaping gas in a moment filled tho cabin of the boat, but Captain Possner, going from window to win dow, threw open the sash and prevented death among his guests. Lottie Forshner. daughter of Knapp Forshner, a prominent turfman, and Kben Marsh, a well known Providence young man. fell to tho floor unconscious, but were revived when the shore was reached. The other members of the party were more or less overcome. ZEPPELIN'S AIRSHIP BOUGHT. Government Reported to Have Paid $500,000 — A Passenger Balloon. Berlin. Oct. B.— The "Tagenlatt" publishes a dispatch from Stuttgart saying that the airship und lundlnK stage belonging to Count Zeppelin, on the Lake of Constance, had been bouKht by the, imperial government for $.>><>,< »K>. landing stations for balloons are. to be established at Btrasaburg and Kiel, and the Kovernment has given Count Zeppelin a commission to build another airship of UST> horsepower to carry eighteen paasansjava. ROBBERS OF AMERICAN SENTENCED. Men Who Took Edward Rees's Money and Jewels Sent to Prison. TiiriH, *»ct. 7. — Two English crooks. Bailey and Butlow, were sentenced hero to-day to three and five years' imprisonment, respectively, for having robbed an American named Edward Rees of $2. goo and a quantity of Jewelry. Mr. Rees cane here from the United States at the request of the local police to aid tall the prosecution of the two men. WARFIELD IN FIGHT WITH MACHINE [Hy Telegraph to The Tribune.] Baltimore, Oct. 7.— Governor Warneid has decided to enter the fight for United States Senator In spite of the Democratic machine's efforts to sidetrack lilm. Ho expects the, Independent anti-organization Democrats to rally to his support. He wants the Senatorial primaries so conducted thai the nomination will go to the candidate re ceiving a plurality of the votes cast. The organ ization plan provides, however, that the nominee shall receive 40 per cent of the vote-, the leaders knowing; full well that no candidate will receive that amount, and that the real contest win then be thrown Into the Legislature should the Democrat! obtain control of thai body. Governor WarfleU said to-day: "I will be in the fight with both feet. This Is the chance for the people to say what they want. It Is their fight." "THE TIMES' AL AHMED. I \ London Paper's Views on American Relations kith Japan. London, Oct. S. " The Times'* to-day publisher an editorial article on the adverse iff, . r which the dispatch of the American battleship squad ron to the Pacific is likely to have on the amicable settlement of pending questions be tween America and Japan. The paper protests against the assumption in- the American pre that the positions of Great Britain and the United States are identical on the immigration dispute, and says that the fact that Great Britain lias an alliance with Japan makes the cases quite different. "The Times'* believes that the Amfican- Japanese differences will be amicably settled, in spite of the dispatch of the Pacific fleet, but says that if anything could impede or retard their solution it -would be the dangerous as sumption that Japan would agree to stop itnmi- ■ration as a matter of course if Great Britain and America joined in calling upon her to do so. USITAXIA SPEEDIXG. Average of 28.36 Knots from Haunt's Hock — Sea Heavy. On board the steamer Lusltania, 9 p. m.. Sunday, Oct. 6 (by wireless, by way of The Lizard. Oct. T). — The Lusitania. which left Queenstown at 10:2."i o'clock this morning for New York, was approximately in latitude 51: r C, degrees north and longitude 13:08 degrees west at 9 p. m. to-day. From Daunt Rock the steamer had averaged 23.36 knots and was 257 nautical miles from that point. The wind was westerly, rain was falling and a heavy sea was running. It is understood that the Lusttanla Is attempt- Ing to make a record. The vibration aft Is marked. THE ST. PAIL IX PORT. Heavy Storm and Fog — Vessel Txcentyfour Hours Late. Southampton. Oct. 7. — The American Line steamer St. Paul, which left New York on Sep tember 28, steamed into the harbor here to-day twenty-four hours late. Her voyage is described as thrilling. She met severe gales and seas pounded her hull and washed over her decks. After the storm the steamer ran into dense fogs and the chief officer. Mr. Osberne, who com manded the vessel owing to the indisposition of Captain Passow, had to grope his way to Ply mouth by moans of the lead. From the time the St. Paul left New York Mr. Osborne saw neither ships, stars nor other points of observation. "When th*» fog lifted the steamer was in Plymouth Sound. The White Star Company has Intimated to the Southampton harbor authorities that an In creased depth of water will be required for Teasels larger than the Adriatic. JEWS AGAIX ATTACKED. Mourners Shot in Cemetery at Odessa -Troops Inactive. tsa, Oct. 7. — The unionists of Odessa -o day continued their ,nd .>\itrai:- Jews. They b«'gan by surronndtasj the Hebrew ■ ry, where a funeral service "^a- pnin^ %n. They atoned the jews and then fired a vol>y from revelveri Many persons were woui The Jews !!■ .1 Later in the day members of the Black m dreds divided themselves into small groups, and after ransacking several Jewish shops merci lessly brat th ■ proprietors. A police sergeant who attempted to intervene was attacked. Ho drew his revolver and killed one of his assail ants. There were fewer police, than usual on the streets to-day. After further Jew baiting intents of Cossacks arrived on the scene, but instead of pursuing the Black Hundreds they laughed at ths rapidity with which they made their escape. IP to the- present Governor fieneml Novttaky has made no attempt to atop the outrages MORAX SVMMOXS LODGE. Asks Senator to Tell What lie Know* of Boston Corruption. Boston, Oct 7. — As • result of statements con cerning tno corruption alleged to exist in tho Hoj>t"n city government, made by United] States Senator Henry Cabot Ijodge at the Repubtlcaa State Convention on Saturday. th»« Senate* was summoned to-day by District Attorney John K. M"ran to appear before the frrand jury and tell what he knows of thrt situation at tho City Hall. The Senator w.us directed to appear at the Court house next Monday. In his speech Saturday, Senator Lodge said: •Tho government of the city of Boston has sunk !n the eyes of men to a point of degra dation utterly unknown In the annals of the < ity "The nlr is heavy with the stories of corrup tion at the City Hall, of offices sold, of percent ages taken, of payrolls loaded, of loans madn to support men In Idleness, of widespread frauds at the ballot-box, which should b« rigidly investi gated and brought to tho light of day." EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN SUBWAY. Traffic on Broadway Division Delayed and Passengers in Panic. Southbound traffic on the Broadway division of the subway wan blooked for twenty minutes last tilßht. a train lead Of passengers was badly frightened and Thomas K. Sax ton. a guard, was badly burned in an accident that occurred, about 7 :'M> O'clock. The train was just pulling iiuo the Manhattan street station when there was a blinding flash and an explosion, which seemed to come from under the rear car. Women sriaamsn and there wa* a mad rush for the dm r. The car had scarcely been emptied when it caught lite flsiHi ran in and tried to put out Urn Barnes. There was another flash. and he dashed for the door, renaming and hold ing his face In his hands. He was taken to the J. Hood Wrißht Hospital. All the passengers soon left the train, and it was pushed on the centre tra« k up to the yards at 137 th street. The tunnel became filled with smoke as the train passed through, causing passengers on other trains to believe that there had been a severe accident in the tunnel. The explosion Is said to have been due to a broken shoe touching a wire and causing a short circuit. BALTIMORE HOME COMING. BALTIMORE > & OHIO R. R. J6.2D round trip New York to Baltimore. Oct. I* 14th, good returning until Oct. 21st. Secure tickets and full information Baltimore and Ohio Ticket offices, 434 and 1300 Broadway, 6 Astor House an.i Stations foot West 3rd St. and Liberty Advt. PRICE THREE CENTS. SALVE FOR M'DOWLD. GOT $250000 FORFEITS. Inter. -Met. Aho Pays Him $50,000 a Year far Five Years. Testimony before the Public Service Commis sion yesterday in its investigation of the affairs • of th^ transit system in this city revealed: First — Jchn B. McDonald, after his dis agreement with August Belmont. when the sub way was. completed, entered into a contract with the Metropolitan Securities Company to bid for ' and build new subways. Second — That a syndicate, consisting of Thomas F. Ryan. E. J. Berwind. Peter A. B. Widener. Anthony N. Brady and Norman B. Ream, was formed to finance these subways. Third — That the operating company to be formed, whose stock v as to be controlled by the syndicate, should ac,ree with the New York City Railway Company on an intertransfer sys tem. Fourth— That John B. McDonald agreed with ! the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey j to build an interstate tunnel, to be used by the i Erie and Delaware. Lackawanna & Western ! railroads, and the cars of the Public Service I Corporation, which should have a transfer agree j ment with the New York City Railway Com pany. Fifth — That owing to the objections of Alex ander J. Cassatt. the tunnel scheme fell through. — That the Metropolitan Securities Com pany paid John B. McDonald $100,000 and SIO.OCO counsel fee to Edward M. Grout as a forfeit because the interstate tunnel was net built. Seventh — That the Metropolitan Securities Company paid to John B. McDonald $150,000 to : prevent trouble because he was not able to build the new subway lines under the agree ments entered into, they having been sidetracked I when the merger went into effect. Eighth— That this entire $260,000 wae carries] i on • the books of the Metropolitan Securities Company in the property and franchise account as an asset. Ninth— That John B. McDonald now has an agreement by which he draws $50,000 a year for five years from the Interborough-Metropol itan Company. Tenth— That a payment of $50,000—presuma bly a campaign contribution in the Odell-Coler ; campaign— has been carried since 1903 in the* books of the Metropolitan Securities Company' as a suspense item because H. H. Vreelano) would not tell how properly to charge it. A PLAX TO FIGHT BELMON'T. Mr. McDonald, the man who built the subway, and had a falling out with August Belmont "be— : fore the dirt was off his shovel." contributed} ; an inside view of the "high finance" transae- 1 i tions of the transit system In this city as lm-, ! portant and Interesting as anything the Publ!<*' Service Commission has brought out. He was to make possible the physical end of : ■ a vigorous competition to the man who had cast) him aside when through with his services. H» was even to bring into the reach of his new. employers the travelling public of a big neigh- j ! boring state in such fashion that Belmont. his enemy, could touch little el it. But he did not: know that he was merely a pawn In a much,, larger game. That he discovered first when ho learned that a merger had been effected between the Belmont and Ryan concerns. But Mr. McDonald had his agreements. Where-: fore he received J250.*>00 from the Metropolitan/ Securities Company to prevent his suing for breach of the contracts he held. That these pay ments were entered on the books of the com pany as ail asset did not trouble him any. "They must have thought I was an asset." ho chuckled. But he fared better than that. He has a five year stgreement by which the Interborough-Met ropolltan Company — the merger which knocked out his prospects of building new subways — is to pay him $50,000 a year. He has done no work; yet to earn his money since the agreement. "Of course, I should prefer t<> work," he .«• »>•*. Mr. McDonald began yesterday with an ac count of his going over to the Ryan, group. "I felt that there was a misunderstanding between Mr. Belmor.t and myself in relation to the carrying on of the work." he said, "as well as some financial misunderstanding, covering both cases; and I went to the Metropolitan Se curities Company because they thought of build ing or said they were going to^ build, a new sys tem of rapid transit, underground.** Ha had this assurance from Mr. Ryan. Mr. Vreeland. Mr. Berwln.l and Mr. Widener. Later, though. Mr. Ryan told him the Metropolitan Securities Com ; pany had not money enough to build subways. and that a syndicate outside of the company, though made up of men interested in th« com pany, would finance the undertaking. So. on March IS. 1905. John B. McDonald. "party of the first part." and Thomas P. Ryan. Norman B. Ream. Anthony X. Brady, P. a". B. Widener and Edward J. Btrwind. "parties of the second part." made an agreement by which the contractor should bid for future subway lines and build them, if the terms and conditions of the bid were approved by the syndicate. Th» syndicate or an operating company was to fur nish all the funds necessary. THE FIXAXCrXa ARRAXGEMEXT. The financing was to bo arranged thus, in' case a contract for construction, equipment and,' operation were awarded, en terms approved by. the syndicate: Then sucii contract shall bo acquired by a. car porauon organized for the purpose heretaaSt^ called the Operating Company. ail of whose ca^taj stock, shall be owned by a moneyed corrorutfoa: which In hereinafter callod "the New Subwwr Oo¥*.' i-any . Th ° <**«» ln S Company shall : aseume ail Jrn^ ions of . the contractor in respect to the con struction, equipment an.i optiratioa of such rapid transit Hue* and shall be eatliled t v a!i the beSs tits and profits raeuHUis therefrom «jo>m» .Jm 8 X* Dtlr ° ca F itat stock •*< "»rt corporattoa. shall b.- a. lu lred by the Xew Subway CVmpanv which shall in payment therefor undertake to fur nish to th« Operating Company ail funds whlcS may be required to carry out said contract. The New Subway Company shall Issue to tha contractor n payment for the capital stock of the Operating Company and for the moneys to be furnished by the contractor or by the syndicate such an amount' of sun but both, common, and preferred, as shall 1 be approved by the syndicate, which shaU also de termine the terms of th« preferred stock. The New Subway Company shall also create an issue of bonus to the amount of $120,0iV,000. or such' less amount as shall be approved by the syndicate which bonds shall be a first 11. upon the t-nterpriaa through th.> pU-dgre of all the stock and other se curities issued by the Operating Company and also through such direct Ken upon the rapid transit linos themselves i* shall prove- to be practicable. The amount and terms of such bonds shall be sub ject to the approval of tho syndicate. All of the stock of the New Subway Company so to be issued to the contractor (except 8 1-3 per cent of the common stock* and also the contractor** right to such stock shall be transferred to the syn dicate, which shall furnish the New Subway Com pany such an amount of money up to the limit off ♦iS.SOO.On* hereinafter mentioned as shall be require.l (in addition to the proceeds of the sale of said bonds or of such thereof as the syndicate shall deem it advisable to sel!> to enable the New Sub way Company to provide the Operating .Company with funds to perform said contract for the con struction, equipment and operation of said rapid) transit lines. The maximum agjerecate amount of money which: the syndicate may be required to furnish, as herein provided, shall be $Sswso< >.«*!<>. and each member of the syndicate shall be liable for one-fifth of that amount, no member being liable for the share of the others. No salary ever was agreed on for the con-« tractor. At a meeting of the directors of the Metro politan Securities Company April 6. 1305. a spe cial committee consisting of H. H. Vreeland. Thomas P. Fowler and John D. Crlmmins re ported, after consultation with Mr McDonald, that probably soon several new subways would be built, the plan being to construct three lines from the Battery to- The Bronx, and Mr. Me-. Donald was the most likely man to build them. It was extremely desirable that the owners at the surface lines "have a voice" in the construct tion of these subways, "both for .the purpose of. protecting the business dona by the surface line*