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CHINA WELCOMES TAFT.
\i SPEECH OF GOOD WILL.
Official* Shore Hearty Appreciation
of Americas Policy.
shanghai. < " >ct - B 11m will J Taft and the
member? of his party arrived here to-day from
the steamer Minnesota, -which Is conveying him
from Japan to Manila. The Chinese and the
foreign residents of Shanghai united in giving
tin distinguished visitor the heartiest welcome
that ever has been extended to a foreign states
man.
- afternoon Mr. Taft dedicated the local
building of the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion. He made a brief address in which he said
the work of the asoclation among the
Chinese was a great step In the Interests of
c;\ ilizstion. and he was followed by several
Chinese officiate, who spoke In approval of the
undertaking.
At 4 o'clock Tills afternoon the Secretary was
the guest of honor at a' reception given by the
Chinese residents. This entertainment was in
a native garden. The decorations were pletur
rtque, embroidered banners and a multitude of
Chinese lanterns making the garden look like
fairyland. The promoters of the reception
v. .re prominent Chinese merchants, represent
ing forty-five of the guilds formerly in the boy
cott mori m< tit against American manufactures.
The change of sentiment to-day was marked.
A number of prominent Chinese officials \wr"
present. Speeches of welcome were made in
English, by local Chinese business men, officials
and the representative of the Viceroy. The
Chinamen emphasized the cordial relations
existing to- day between China and the United
f=- ites, saying that the friendship of America
had been evidenced by sending relief to the fam
ine sufferers, the Bupport of seho. .ls and hos
pitals and the waiving; by the United States <<t
her part of the Boxer Indemnity.
in reply. Secretary Taft thanked the Chinese
for their reception, which, he said, gratified him
an evidence of their friendship towtvrd the
American people and government. At the con
clusion of his address a silver punchbowl was
presented to the Secretary-
This reception marked an epoch in the status
of women in China, for to-day Chinese women
of aristocratic families: were present and
even presided at the tables, where they
served refreshments. This is the first time
such ■ thing has happened in China, This
Chinese welcome to the American visitor was
most significant, and the merchants and high
officials present contrasted it with Mr. Taft'a
forner visit to Shanghai and tho days of the
American boycott.
CHIKE6E-AMEBICAN RELATIONS
The American residents pave a dinner tn th«
■BCntsry*S honor this evening. At this enter
tainment the foreign consuls and a number "f
prominent foreign business men were present.
It was fhe larp.Kt and most representative din
ner ever given In Shanghai. In reply to an a.l
dr<^s of welcome Secretary Taft made a spe< eh
which was listened to with deep interest.
He prefaced his remarks by sayint* that he
ppoke as an American citizen, not as a represent
ative of the government. H<> renewed his assur
ances that the T'nJted Statrs had no intention
of filing the Philippine Islands, saying that the
country was fn honor bound to retain them or
give the- Filipinos their independence. He
praised the Islands and their inhabitants, and
t!>n turned his attention to the open door in
China.
American trade, said Mr. Taft, was now sec
ond In China, and certain branches of this trade
were sufficiently important to make it incum
bent on the American government to listen to
the- protest of every legitimate business man
against diminution of or injury to this business
or political preferment fo.r any competitor.
"We do not complain," the Secretary continued,
"of loss of trade that results from the employ
ment of greater enterprise, ingenuity or atten
tion to the demands of the Chinese market, or
the greater business acumen shown by our com
petitors. 'VO would have the right to protest
it being excluded from the trad« of China by
reason of our insistence upon th« policy of tho
open door.
"The acquiescence in this policy of all the na
tions Interested has been so unhesitating and
emphatic that It la hardly worth while to spec
slate upon the probable action of the United
States In case the interests of American mer
chants were placed in jeopardy, and how far the
United States would go In the protection of Its
RMwa trade I cannot pay. It Is clear, how
ever, that our merchants are being roused to
the Importance of the Chines* export trade, and
they would view with deep concern any and all
political obstacles to Its maintenance and ex
pansion. This feeling is likely to find expres
sion in the action of the American government.
IMPORTANCE OF TRADE WITH CHINA.
"American manufacturers to-day do not take
?v? v trouble to pack their goods properly or
send then out in the sizes desired by the Chi
nese, but this stiffnecked lack of business sense
Is disappearing slowly, and our merchants are
becoming aroused to the importance of this
trade, which has grown without government en
couragement and which has a sure future.
There Is no reason to complain of this govern
mental Indifference. The United Stated and the
oth?r powers favor the open door, and if they
are wise they will encourage the empire to take
long steps in administrative and governmental
reform, the development of the resources of
China and the improvement of the welfare of
th»> people. To do this will add to China's
strength and position as a self-respecting gov
ernment and aid her in preparing to resist pos
sible foreign aggression in the seeking of undue.
«n<i exclusive proprietary privileges. Thus no
foreign aid will be required to enforce the open
door and the policy of equal opportunity for all "
The Secretary said that the gold standard for
China would redound to the benefit of the em
pire, and that the cry of "China for the Chi
nese" need not frighten any man. Ho said that
the Chinese should devote their energies to the
development of the country's resources, the ele
vation of the people, the enlargement of trade
B nd j administrative reform, and that these,
changes would Increase America's trade. Radi
os! and sudden reforms he believed to be un
wise, saying that these must come gradually.
Every Improvement aimed at had the deep sym
pathy of America. There was no Jealousy to
fear on account of China's development fro; » the
United States, but this, progress must be directed
always alorg the lines of peaceful prosperity,
the maintenance of law and order and the
proper observance of the rights of foreigners.
DESIRE FOR EMPIRE'S WELFARE.
"China has no territory we desire," Mr. Taft
went on, "and she can have no prosperity that
We -will begrudge, nor will we resent any degree
Continued on third pa«e
A NEW BUFFALO TRAIN.
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To-day, fair and cooler,
Jo-morrow, partly rloudj ; west winds.
RAIN STOPS THE HINT.
President Has Not Had a Shot Yet
-Two Deer Killed.
[By Telegraph to Th» Tribune. l
istamboul, La., < let. 8. — Two deer thus far have
rewarded the hunters of President Roosevelt's
camp, but the Executive himself has not had a
shot yet. A bear was started by the dogs
shortly before dark last night, and the President
was hurriedly summoned to tho neighborhood,
but before any of the men could reach the vicin
ity it was too dark for further operations, and
the hunt was called off for the day.
The President spent most of his time to-day
about the camp. It was too wet for trailing
game, as a heavy rain had fallen during the
night. The prospects are good for fine weather
to-morrow. •
The Ifetcalf brothers, famous hunters of
Greenville, Miss., and friends of John If. Parker,
the President's host, have Joined the party.
They brought dogs with them, so that there are
now forty-five do^s with the President's hunting
party.
Secretarj T-atta returned to-day from his visit
to tho President in the latter's camp on the
Tensaa River, brtnctng with him a batch of dic
tated letters and recollections of a very wet
nljdit in camp.
The President, he said, puts in most of his
time in camp reading and conversing with his
■■mwlwtrfffi. the guides and the buntera who ac
companied him.
GEORGER NOT GUI LTV.
Jackson Takes Offence at Lawyer's
Remark.
Buffalo, Oct. B.— For the Becood tim* since the
G> riniin Hank, of Buffnlo, closed its doors, Eugene
A. Georger, a former president, has been ac
quitted on erlmin.U charges in connection with the
wrecking of tbe bank. The !ir.-t trial, conducted
by District Attorney Frank S. Abbott of Brie
■.. waa bitterly fought, and ended In a ver
dld of not gnllty after ■ lout: trial. Special Inter
est was lent to the trial ending to-. lav with a simi
lar verdict, by the fact that William B. Jackson,
Attorney General of the state, took the prosecution
out of the bands of District Attorney Abbott and
appointed Henry W. KUleen, or Buffalo, a special
deputy attorney general to condui t the ease. At
torney Oeneral Jackson was In court throughout
the trial and to-day's proceedings were enlivened
by a tilt between him and Muses Shire, one of
Georger'a lawyers.
Of the half dozen remaining Indictments nciiinst
Georger Mr KUleen elected to try him on what la
known as the Luther Indictment, which charged
grand larceny.
During the trial to-day Mr. shir.-, for the de
fence, took exception to the prosecuting attorney
making stat< I •■' certain notea were never
paid. A sharp colloquy ensued between Mr
and Mr Killeen, of the prosecution. Mr. Bhlre
walked to a place Just behind Attorney General
Jackson ami remarked, m a low voice-. ••This is
the most disreputable piece of 1 ' ;
a prosecuting officer attempt. '
The Attorney General was on hl« feet Instantly
with an objection to the court against Mr. Shire
making such remarks in the hearing of the Jury.
"The Objection Is well taken If Mr. Bhlre said
that." said Justice Lam!>ert.
"I wish to :isk the jury if any one Of them heard
my remarks," said Mr. Shire. "If they did I should
be censured. I n remarks to Mr. Jackson
only."
"Well, he has no right to make such remark? to
me, either," responded the Attorney General, "it
la not the first time I have heard such underhand
remarks."
'•You are uned to having all kind? of remarks
made about you and to you," was Mr. Shir r- -
tort.
At the next term of court, in February. iT »»■
innounced. Deputy Al'A 1 ' en Will
move the trial of Georger "ii an tndictnv i I
ing perjury-
SANDHOG CHEATS DEATH.
Giant Brought Out of "Bends"
After Heart Stopped Beating.
Apparently dead, so that not even the stetho
could detect s heart pulsation, a giant Band
hog was ;e<- ■•-■ -itaieri hy Dr. Bears, of Bellevue,
and a physician employed in the airlock hospital
of r!.f» Pennsylvania tunnel. First avenue ;.
Street, yesterday.
Andre Mariti, thirty-five years old, left the last
airlock, after coming out of th« heavier pressure,
too soon, and as he entered his home, at No 329
East SSth street, he collapsed with the. "bend* "
A physician from the airlock hospital, an ambu
lance from Bellevue and Dr. Sears were imme
diately summoned.
Although the t;;!.ne] phyc|ri;m declared that
Mariti was dead, I>r. Senrs hypodertnically r
a strong solution of strychnine, and was rewarded
by an exhalation from the unconscious man. Then
followed another, ii" insisted that the "aandhog"
be hurried hark to the air Ux-k* as a last chance.
There the patient was placed under extra air pres
sure, when he sotmnd to revive. it was said
later at the works of S. Pearson & Son, the con
tractors for the tunnel, that Maritl would recover.
A NEW BELGIAN TURBINE LINE
Syndicate Preparing to Establish Service
Between Antwerp and New York.
Brussels, Oct. B.— it was announced to-day
that a Belgian syndicate is being formed to es
tablish a direct line of turbine steamers between
Antwerp and New York and Boston.
FUSION ENDS IN ELMIRA.
Democrats Refuse to Indorse Mayor Brock
way and Nominate Daniel Sheehan.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.)
Elniira, Oct. I.— Fusion came to an end in this
city to-night, when the Democratic City Conven
tion refused to Indorse Mayor Brock way for ■ sec
ond term. Two years ago Mr. Brockway was >-. % -
lected by the Republicans from a list of Democrats
submitted by the Democratic* organization for tlio
purpose o' fusion and was overwhelmingly elected.
lie has given Elmlra a thoroughly businesslike,
non-partisan administration.
Mayor Brockway recently was unanimously re
nominated by the Republicans, that party declar
ing for fusion. Since then the Democratic leaders
have been searching for a. man to stand against
Mayor Brockway. They were unsuccessful until
to-night, when Daniel Sheehan, State committee
man, was forced to accept the nomination.
Frank H. Flood, the nominee of the Independence
Ueague, withdrew to-night, presumably in the In
terest of Mr. She»-h:»n.
Mayor Brockwsy also has been placed In Inde
pendent nomination by petitions, 35 per cent of the
signers, It Is said, being Democrats. His election
is generally looked for.
The •"Elmira compact," limiting the use of money
to Wit to a district, will be continued by all parties.
■
SPARROW'S NEST IN POOL POCKET.
Bloomfleld, N. J., Oct. 8 (Special).— A sparrow has
built a nest In a corner pocket of the pool table
in the Active Hose Company's building at this
place. Patrick Hlgglns, foreman of the company,
found the sparrow trying to hatch three eggs in
the same nest with the ivory cue ball when he In
vited several friends to join him in ■ game of pool
yesterday. Many "■ the residents here visited the
Srebouae last night to see the strange sight. Fore
man HiggiHs says that .ill pool games must be
postponed Indefinitely.
NEW-YORK. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1907.-FOURTEEX
WOJST REPAIR STREETS,
BREAKS CITY CONTRACTS.
Asphalt Trust Would Forfeit $150,~
000 Rather than Do Work.
Acting Borough President Henry S. Thompson
hus received word from L. Uifliri Kellogg, coun
sel for the Barber Asphalt Company, that his
company abandons all the maintenance con
tracts for twenty-seven streets in Manhattan.
The company says it will lose money by main
taining the streets in repair. Mr. Thompson
has asked the Corporation Counsel for advice,
requesting him at the same, time to force the
company to live up to it* contracts.
When h street in the city is paved with
asphalt the contract contains a provision that
the company doing: the work shall maintain th.:
asphalt in Rood repair for a certain time, usually
for ten years. The Barber Asphalt Company,
known generally as the Asphalt Trust, has ab
sorbed a number of smaller companies and. be
sides, has a number of constituent companies.
The contracts these companies had with the city
to maintain asphalt pavements were taken over
by the Barber company, among: them being
twenty-seven from the Fruin-Barabrick Comp
any.
Since succeeding William Dalton as Commis
sioner of Public Works Mr. Thompson, who for
a good part of the time has been acting l?or
ougfc President, has tried to force all the com
panies In Manhattan having maintenance con
tracts with the city to get down to work and
do all the repairing they had contracted to do.
He has kept them at the job so well that many
have vigorously protested that tb< j were being
crowded. The Barber int. rests have cried out
as loudly as any of the companies. But no con
cessions were obtained from the Commissioner
of Public Works, who had in mind the charges
made against the Borough President to Gov
ernor Hughes and th-- allegations of many or
ganizations and citizens that the street-- were
in worse repair than at any time !n the history
of the city and that no attempt had been mad.;
to maintain them or t. force the companies to
repair them.
The Barber company, a few days nso. in
formed Commissioner Thompson that if it had
to maintain the asphalt pavement It had laid
a deficit for the year would result. Yesterday
it abandoned all the contracts received from
the Fruln-Batnbrick company. In doing so It
forfeits $150,000 and win undoubtedly be
obliged to thrash the question out In court.
To insure the carrying out of tho contracts
the city retains from asphalt companies certain
amounts •>( money which it pays back to them
as the repair work Is d'Ui<\ it pays this y. j»
by y.-ar. < >:> the completion of the twenty-seven
abandoned contracts the Barber Interests would
have received about Jir.o.ooo. but it appears will
ing to give up that amount to pet out of p-ni:iij
>>n with the maintenance work, it is sal
the Increasingly heavy traffic, together with lir- I
burna and other causes, has made the work
What Was expected.
Some of the thoroughfares affected by this
abandonment of work are Fifth avenue, from
60th to soth street; 3ist street, from Fourth t.»
Fifth avenue. Macdougal street, from sjri-.<
street t>> Waverley Place; Waverley Place, from
Macdougal street to Fifth avenue; 40th
from Eighth to Eleventh avenue; T^d strei-L
from Fifth to Madison w«wn; Tr.th all eel, fioin
Fifth to Madison avenue, and 15th street, from
sixth to Tenth avenue.
Acting Borough President Thompson expects
to get an opinion from the Corporation Counsel
very shortly.
BROADWAY CAR IN CRASH.
Score of Persons Cut ami Bruited in
Collision.
With sufficient momentum to turn an Kb Street
crosstown ear around so that it faced up Broad
way, a fast movlns south bound Broadwi
crashed Into !t at the crossing early this morning.
Every window In the Bth fitreet car w.i.s ■mashed,
and th* SOOre of pas.sr n(ter« In th' 1 two ra:a were
thrown from their seats, bruised by th"lr falls
and cut by flying Klass. Only one of th.-m re
ceived medical attention. He wan Miles D. Herold,
a negro, of No O Mount Vernoa avenue, Mount
Vernon He was taken to Mercer street station,
and attended there by an ambulance surgeon from
St. Vincent 1 - hospital.
AnmnK the othera Injured weio Dr. and Mrs. F.
T. Ellis, of No. «7 State street. Brooklyn; Mary
Clark, of No. BW Btate street, Brooklyn, and 11.
Morgan, of No. l East 14th street. These wcr« th«
only names ol thi Injured that the poll'-.
refused medical attention and went to their
homes by other waj b.
HAD MEDAL FROM QUEEN VICTORIA.
Soldier Who Rescued Body of Prince Im
perial of France Dead.
Hpringtield, Ma*»* . Oct. S. — Thomas Walkn'T,
of the Hrltlt-h army, and the bearer of a tnedal
presented by Queen Victoria for bravery, died
.-it his home here to-day. He was fifty-nine
years old. The medal was given because Walk
ner during a campaign against the South
African Zulus having found the body of the
Prince Imperial, son of Emperor Napoleon 111
of France and the Empress Eugenic, removed
it to a place of Bafety.
MIDNIGHT ORGAN PLAYING PUZZLES.
Superstitious in Baltimore Talk About Mys
terioLs Music in Church.
[By Tflp^raph to TbS Tribune. 1
Baltimore, Obt. ?.— Residents In tho neighborhood
of the Associate Congregational Church, in Mary
land avenue, were urouscd the other night between
IL> and 1 o'clock by the. deep rich tones of the great
organ in the building playing a wedding inarch and
other .airs. There had br»n no service in the
church, and the doors were locked. The pastor.
the organist, the sexton and members of the con
gregation ar;> trying to solve the mystery.
To the superstitious the midnight organ rental
ham an uncanny air. They point lo the fact that
Bdwin A It, a noted organist, for whom the orgaa
iraa built, committed SUictde ten years a«ii
MORAN DEFEATED IN CONVENTION.
Boston, Oct. iv-the Suffolk County Democratic
District Attorney convention, winch met in Fan
.■nil Hall to-night nominated Joseph A. Dennlson
for District Attorney. Dmnlson defeated the pres
ent Incumbent, John B. Moran, for the nomination
by I'M to 71 on the first ballot. Mr. Dennlson was
formerly an assistant in District Attorney Moran's
offlce Mr. Moran stated somo tlmo ago that he
wou ld be ■ candidate for re-election as an Inde
pendent.
BLINDED BY DRUNKEN MAN'S CIGAR.
Montclair. N. J.. Oct. 8 (Special).— William Scott
wan standing on the platform of a trolley car.
when a drunken man. who had a lighted cigar tn
his mouth, lurched against him. The cigar wan
forced OKainM Scott's ey« and the organ so badly
burned that the sight was destroyed.
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
"Its purity has made it Xawuu*."— Atlvt-
ARMY OFFICERS' RIDE.
STAND THE ORDEAL WELL
Department Men Take Fifteen-Mile
Jaunt Under Orders.
[From Th»> Tribune Bureau.]
Washington, Oct. B.— Twenty-eight army officers,
mounted on lively cavalry steeds and headed by
Genera] William I*. Duvall, rode 15.7 mles to-day
over the roads surrounding Washington in the test
Of horsemanship prescribed by President Roose
velt for the colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors
on duty at the War Department. Not an officer
fell by the wayside, few complained of fatigue,
and the ride was pronounced a complete success.
The greater number of the officers, who have not
seen active duty In the field for some time, showed
themselves thoroughly fit, despite their long con
finement to departmental desks. They left the
war Department at 1 o'clock, and all met at Fort
Myer at 1:30 o'clock. There General Duvall super-
Intended the selection of good mounts.
Accompanied by a few newspaper men. the
Officers left the fort at promptly 2 o'clock, circling
-.round over the rather muddy Virginia roads, am.
returning to Fort Myer at 1:30. One-third Of the
distance was covered in a walk, another third in
a trot and the final third of the fifteen miles in a
fast gallop. All kept well up with General Duvall.
who had become quite used to the Virginia and
Maryland roads by riding every day.
Before the start and on the return the officers
participating in the ride were examined by
Majors Arthur and Winter, of the board of army
surgeons. While the report on the examination
after the ride has not been submitted to the War
Department, General Duvall believes that it will
show that every man returned to the fort in good
physical condition.
"The ri<:© proved a decided success," declared
General Duvall after his return to his home. 'I
am entirely satisfied with the first day's experience.
To-morrow some twenty more will he taken over
the same road, and when about ten officers who are
away on leave In Europe and elsewhere report for
duty they will go through the same experience as
those who rode to-day.
"The test amply proved that the men m the de
partment are able to ride well and without serious
fatigue. None of them complained of being tired
or sore when they returned to Fort Myer at 1:30
O'clock to-day, but perhaps they may feel It a little
more to-morrow at this time.
"In ordering the rid.- It was the Intention of the
President to ne.- whether the officers could rid
and also to Inculcate a fondness for riding for
Its own sake. i am inclined to think this latter
purpose will be realized.
"But If you want tt> know something about the
ride, just ask some of the newspaper men who
went along with us," said the general. This
thrust was directed at the little band of reporters,
some of them representatives of New York papers
Who had been poking fun at the "fat colonels."
While all the officers passed rough the ordeal
with flying colors some of the writers fell by th*
wayside.
The following took the ride: General Staff corps
—Lieutenant Colonels Todd and T. W. Jones and
Major S. D. Brorgls; adjutant general's depart
ment— Colonel H. P. McCain and Lieutenant Colonel
J. B. Hickey; Judge advocate Major J. B. Porter:
Inspector general— Major J. G. Galbralth; subsist
ence department Major W. 11. Hart; engineers-
Lieutenant Colonels Smith S. Leach. T. L. Casey
and Walter B. Fisk and Major S. Car by: ordnance
department— Majors <;.-., Montgomery and Jay
E. Hotter: pay department— Colonel C. 11. Whip
pie, Lieutenant Colonel H. L. Rogers and Major G.
E. Plckett; medical department— Majors M. W. Ire
land and Paul F. Stmub; signal corps — Major Ed
gar Russel; District of Columbia Militia— Major
L. M. Brett; coast artillery— Lieutenant Colonel
i:. M. Weaver; quartermaster's department — Ma
jors T. W. LltteH. J. T. Knight. T. H. Slavens, M.
<;. galtnskl. D S. Stanley and J. T. Crabbs.
BISHOP INGRAM AT HARVARD.
Makes Appeal for !o-operation from Stu
dents of University.
[By T>l**rarli to The Tribune]
Cambridge. Mass.. Oct. Bishop Ingram, of
London, arrived in Cambridge this morning as the
guest of the Rev. E. Abbot, rector of St. James' a
Episcopalian Church. The Bishop was taken about
Cambridge this morning in an automobile and saw
the various points of interest. He had luncheon
with President Eliot, and gave, a short address In
the chapel of the Episcopal Theological School in
Brattle street this afternoon. Bishop Ingram de
livered an address In Sanders Theatre to-night, tak
ing as his subject. "Some Problems of Great
Cities.''
Th. Bishop, drawing from his personal expe
rience, made plain that the misery of the poor In
cities is coincident with rapid increase of popula
tion, overcrowding and child mortality. lie urged
the students to enter the work of alleviating these
miseries, and ended his lecture by a personal ap
peal, In which he. said:
"There ought to be an end to the differences and
bickerings among the denominations. There Is no
reason at all why to-morrow all the Christians in
the world should not work together as one man.
doing the work of Jesus Christ. You must send
us good men to help In our work. 1 think every
university should wend a quota of its men into
some denomination or other. Then you can do a
great deal by your work here. Nothing hurts us
more than reports that in the universities there Is
drunkenness and Immorality, and unless a place
like Harvard Is absolutely sound on questions like
drunkenness and Immorality you are undermining
us and doing more harm than good In the world."
The Bishop presented the university with a rare
book by Nathan Prince, a Harvard graduate, bear
ing the date of July 6. 1703.
ADVANTAGES OF NON-RESIDENTS.
Many Snub Uncle Sara and Get Wearing Ap
parel in Free.
Encouraged by the example of Miss Anna. Held,
who upon her arrival from Kurop« in August es
caped customs duties on several large trunks of
wearing npparel by declaring herself a non-resi
dent of the I'nlted States, several women promi
nent n New York society, according to customs
officials, have recently taken advantage o f the
new regulation* and declared themselves non-resi
dents.
Henry C Stuart, Acting Collector of the Port.
said yesterday tho law provided that uny one who
had been abroad with a fixed foreign abode for
one year, or for two yearu without a fixed abode,
had the choice of declaring aa a non-resident or a
resident. This, he said. In no wide, affected the
citizenship of the person. A non-resident might
bring in free, from duty all personal wearing ap
parel, but no presents for friends, while a resident
could hring back free of duty anything not exceed
ing a. total of *100 In value.
"We have had no eases of any one abusing tins
privilege yet," said Mr. Stuart, "but I have no
doubt large number of Americans who have
been abroad for a year or two are taking advan
tage of declaring themselves non-residents."
RICH WOMAN WEDDED TO EX-CONVICT
Miss Leach, of Worcester, Mass., Faithful
During Fiance's Imprisonment.
Worcester, Mass.. Oct. 8 (Special).— Miss Clara
Cecilia Leach, a wealthy woman of this city, was
wedded to-day to John W. Maher. a former con
vict, in St. John's Church, the ceremony being
performed by the Rev. Thomas Orlffln.
The romance behind to-day's wedding Involves
the unwavering devotion of a woman of rank
for a business man whom she loved despite the
disgrace following his arrest, indictment for
larceny and forgery, and consequent conviction
for larceny, and incarceration for nearly four
years in jttil
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I A.\XSU&. The TrJbune ABloclat , on .
UOMB FOR GOVERNOR.
Dijnainitc Also Sent bif Mail to
Denver Financiers.
Denver, Oct. R— Governor Henry A Buehtel.
David H. Moffat. president of the First National
Bank of Denver, and Charles B. Kountze, presi
dent of the Colorado National Bank, received
through the mails to-day infernal machines
containing sufficient dynamite to have caused
great destruction of lives and prop.rty had the]
been exploded.
Warning, fortunately, had been given to the
recipients of the machines by Chief of Poli. -•
Delaney. who had obtained a confession from
Kemp V. Bigelow. by whom they are said to
have been mailed, and no on.- waa hurt.
Bigelow confessed also that he had sent in
fernal machines to Lawrence C. Phfpps an.l Ed
ward Chase, the latter the reputed head of the
local Rambling syndicate, but these were .
livered to-day.
The one sent to Governor Buehtel was f,. U nd to
contain two sticks of dynamite, to which fuses
and caps were attached, and which were packed
in black powder. The sliding top was line 1
with sandpaper, and matches had been placed
with their heads in contact with the sandpaper
Higelow K.ivf no satisfactory explanation o f
his motive for sending the machines, and .seemed
to have no other purpose than to cause ■ sensa
tion. He Is twenty-one years old. He ar
rived in Denver several weeks ago and became
a clerk in a book store. He is said t« ba an
Ohioan.
Bigelow told the nonce Sunday nlghl thai be
had overheard two men talking about a plot to
kill M. Chase, Governor Buehtel and other
prominent citizens, and that Mr. Chase's hous.:
was to be blown up that night, A search of the
Chase premises disclosed a package containing
fifty-one sticks of dynamite.
Bigelow's story was regarded with suspicion,
and he was arrested last night. To-day lie ( oii
fesseil that he placed the dynamite near Mr.
Chase's house and that he had s.nt several in
fernal machines by mall Had that confession
noi been obtained in time to give warning those
who open.-.i the hoses undoubtedly would have
been killed.
THi: DECLINE OF STOCKS.
Lord Rothschild Attributes Cause to
Attacks on Capital.
London, Oet :».— ••Tho Dally .w
publishes an Interview with Lord Rothschild .«n
the rtepresHloH of sto, ks at home and abroad, in
the coarse of which the financier .-u-ributes the
decline r ot to trade conditions, but t<> the Ca< t
that governments all over the world are "hitting
it capttaL" Amonir other things he mentions
the prospective British legislation regardfe
■■iRf pensions, land pur. has. 's, ate. Lord I
scblld adds:
Of course, President Rocsevelt's speeches
conduct of American railroad
disturbing the market greatly. We must all ad
mit thai the manipulation of railroad stock in
the United States ims not ;ti v . quite
what it should, but this does not detract frotn
the serious character of the President's cam
paign. It is difficult, nay, it is almost lm]
Mo, as things stand to-day, tot as to furnish
from this country fresh capital f.ir railroad de
velopment across the water.
Lord Rothschild declined to forecast the future
course of the market, bit he said ha thought it
possible that Russia, before leng, would
to Urn market for another £lO,<nk>.ih»> r
£12.O«m>.<h»i».
DOWN WITH SCAFFOLD.
Tunnel Laborers Have Narrow Es
cape in the Hudson Structure.
Five Italian laborers and an engineer, em
ployed In the Hudson tunnel at Fulton and
Church streets, were precipitated Into the ex
cavatloo yesterday by the collapse of a scaffold.
None \\:ts seriously hurt.
The six men were at work handling the debris
which came up from the caisson and. while r.o
official reason is given for It. the scaffolding
gave way and they fell. In falling they grasped
at projecting supports, and were suspended until
rescued. The men were more frightened than
hurt. "Tony" Colpra. of N' - 83 Cherry street, who
suffered a fracture of the ninth vertebra, was
able to go home alone.
The laborers in other parts of the excavation
were panic stricken, and started pell men to th<>
street. Over a hundred employes gathered about
the entrance of the tunnel.
The foreman persuaded them to return to
work.
MOB AFTER MURDERER.
Police Interfere Just in Time in
Mulbcrrjf Vend<tta.
A riot occurred in Mulberry street hist night
when a man. who says that he ta wiovanni
Pisano, of No, 174 Baxter street, shot and in
stantly killed Luigi Napotttano, ->f No. -4ti
Seventh avenue, t >nly th<» prompt action of
two policemen pi evented the crowd that gath
ered from killing the murderer.
Tho murder grew out of a feud of long stand
ing. Last night Napolltano was poinsr frsan hia
brother's tish store, at No. THs Mulberry street,
when he was suddenly confront* d by his enemy.
Without a word Pi-sano drew a revolver and
fired.
The street was crowded at the time, and in
a moment a mob had collected Pisano badsed
up against the wall Jind, brandishing his revolve -.
threatened to shoot any one who came MO!
him. I'atrolman AVei.senreider. who had heard
the shot, rushed up. knocked the >rmi from bis
hand, and pushed him into an Italian bank at
Bayard street.
A small boy was dispatched For the reserves,
who .-uoti arrived. In the mean time the mur
dered man lay in the street, while his brother
and his women relatives knelt by him in anarash.
PHOTOGRAPHERS BURNED.
Wedding Guests in St. Thomas's Church Ex
cited by Accidental Discharge of Cartridge.
Two ph»l«gia|incri sustain. -d painful boras about
the hands yesterday aftemosu in St Tlmmobs's
Church, Fifth avenue and SM street, by tin- pre
mature explosion si a flashlight cartridge. They
wi re about to take a picture of the interior d*eora
ti.ms .jf the church before the arrival of the bridal
party Of Miss Louise (''.over Boldt, daughter '>f
George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-As
toria, and Alfred Graham Miles.
At the East 51st street station, where the tw >
men went for treatment, they said they were
Frederick D. Stewart, of No. 12 West 133 d street,
and Mareua Foater. of No. 213 West filst street. Pr.
Kekhardt took both men to the Flower Hospital,
where their Injuries were dressed, There was con
siderable excitement araotie the persons in the
church awaiting the arrival of th« bridal party.
AFTER ALL, USHER'S THE SCOTCH
that made the highball lamoun-AJvL
IMUCi: THRKK CKNTS.
MAX AND FRIEXDS
PlJfCfl ED BRADY HARD
MADE HIM TURN OVER
PROFITS OF miSfiOO.
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Cortlandt Street Franchises Cost
$250,000 — Metropolitan Securi
ties Paid $965000.
Astounding details of the '•high financial*
transactions in which the transit systems of tbia
< ity have been enmeshed were brought out i:»
the Investigation before the i'ublic Service Com
mission yesterday. Anthony v Brady testified
that, though be iiought the franchise and out
standing stock of the Wall Street A Cortlandt
Street Ferries Railway Company. William C.
Whitney compelled him to sell them for fear of
competition in Manhattan. >
• Brady paid $'.50.0«X> for the franchises. Th«
Metropolitan Securities Company paid him
abbot tMBtflM for his rights. Of this ho re- (
tamed exactly the cost of his purchases. Tho
rest lie paid by his Bjenssaa] checks to Moore A
Schley. $134,000, and William C. Whitney,
Thomas F. Ryan, Thomas Dolan. V. A. B. Wid
ener and William L. Elkins. each $111,652 75.
This $905,000 is carried on the books in prop
erty and franchise account as au asset. An in
junction prevents the building of the proposed
road, and no property owners* consents have
been obtained.
Since ISOS If. .11. Vreeland has received over
and above his annual salary $113,316, for which
he has rendered vouchers, sometimes Incom
plete, and $185,249 OG, for which no accounting
has ever been made.
A lonn of $•_'.-..• was made* through Charles
A. Conant to Thomas Qninn, at one time pro
prietor of 'The New York Dally News.** No
payment was over made.
Two checks for $3,000 each to J. Serjeant
Cram, the bosom friend and political adviser of
Charles F. Murphy, were? said by Mr. Vreelaml
to bo for 'lei:al services." yet they were car
ried ms an asset in the property and franchise)
account A check for 53.000 to Daniel F. Co
lialun. now chairman of the Tammany Hall Law
Committee, was shown.
la liXXJ th.' company bought from th*» Stan
dard Trust Company a draft for $U5.500. payable
to bearer, and cave it to Thomas P. Ryan. Il«
■ever accounted for this money, and the amount
is still carried in the suspense account.
JEROME AT INQUIRY.
Interested in Agreement Produced
by Mr. Ivin*.
In one short half hour yesterday Anthony >?.
Brady revealed a scheme for looting the stock
holders not on the inside so simple, yet so com
prehensive, that the startling disclosures of the
insurance investigation almost paled in com
parison. Perhaps he told about it v little moro
willingly because he was one of the victims of
the "big- fellows" in the innermost circle.
His testimony about the purchase of tha
franchise of the Wall Street & Cortlandt Street
Ferries Railway Company by the Metropolitan
Securities Company was about the most sensa
tional thing brought out yet in the Public Ser
vice Commission's Investigation of traction af
fairs. It was so clearly a case where the head
men in the company had bought a worthless
franchise for a small price, charged the com
pany—that is. the stockholders— a big one and
themselves pocketed the difference that tho
lawyers for the traction company sought to
minimize its effect as much as possible by addi
tional questions which they asked the witness.
A touch of Interest wa.-i given to the hearing
yesterday by the fact that just before Mr.
Brady was called to the stand District Attorney
Jerome came into the. hearing room and took
a seat beside Chairman "vV'ilJcox. The traction,
lawyers looked at each other for a minute; then.
as Mr. Will' ox took the. District Attorney's
hand, with one impulse DeLancey Nicoll and
Paul D. Cravat rushed forward and made It
a quartet. They were effusive in their greet
ings of Mr. Jerome, He Immediately settled]
back into his chair and gave the closest atten
tion to Mr. Brady's words.
Before calling Mr. Brady William M. Ivlns)
fea4 Into the record tho contract between John
R McDonald and the Interborough-Metropaasssas
Conipuny by which the contractor 13 to draw
IQOtOOO a. year for five years to come. This waa
dated January 21. ll*»7. It provided that Mr.
McDonald should build whatever subways the
I nterborough- Metropolitan or any companies
controlled by it should receive contracts for and]
assured to that company his exclusive service*
for flvo years. If he dies before the expiration
of that period the remainder of the $250.00 shall
be paid to his heirs or executors.
Mr. Ivin? aldo read an agreement between thej
Metropolitan Securities Company and Kuhn,
Loch & Co.. dated February 14, 1902. by which
the bankers agreed to do their utmost to obtain
for the securitiea company a control of certain;
traction companies or rights. This agreement
is destined to play an Important part in tha>
coming features of the investigation. From it
Mr. Ivins expects to bring out that $1,500,000
was »iiiii for underwriting S*JH 000,00© of tho
stock of the securities company *"at no risk to
anybody. "■
This agreement specified that the securities
company having unissued all except $30,000
of the $30,000,000 of stock, desired to acquire
all the capital stock of the Interurban Street
Railway Company, the People's Traction Com
pany of the City of New York, the New
York. Winchester & Connecticut Railway
Company and the Wall and Cortlandt Street
Ferries Railway Company. That having been
accomplished, the Interurban was to lease th»
lines ol the Metropolitan Street Hallway Com
pany and to pay to thai company, on ratifica
tion of the lease by Its directors, the sum eS
$23,000,000. The Interurban was to advance,
pending such ratification, up to $5,000,000 if
neded lot construction. The securities com
pany proposed to provide such advances, and
purchase $12.3001.000 of%ht stock and an issu*
of debentuie bonds of the Interurban on tha
ratification of such lease.
■BCUsUTin I'oMI'AXV AORKEsUEIfT.
The agreement then went on:
First— The bankers agree to use their best efforts
to bring «bout the sale to the Securities company
of all of the issued shares of stock and other secur
ities of the Interurban company, the People's Trac
tion Company of the City of New York and th«
New York, Westchester & Connecticut . Traction
Company and the Wall & Cortlandt Street Ferries
Railway Company at prices satisfactory to th«
Securities company, and they agree to advance «
the securities company such sums of money at
may be necessary to pay for such shares of stock
BALTIMORE OLD HOME WEEK
October 13 to 19. Only 16.30: New York to Haitfc
more and return, via Pennsylvania Railroad- Octo.
ber 12. 13. 14. good to return until October a. ia>
elusive.— Advd