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V^ LWIII . ..N° 22,447.
WORST BRIDGE JAM VET
COXT.K T SHOE BREAKS.
\Resenrs Baffled by Crouds in Rush
' Hour Block.
I TraSc on all elevated lines running over the
(Brooklyn Bridge was suspended for nearly an
tear last r.ight and s-urface cars were operated
.■with difficulty and much discomfort to the pas
* agen as the j«su!t of an accident to a third
/ rail contact shoe on a car of a Lexington ave
i-« train on the switch at Hudson and Myrtle
'svenues at 5:30 last night.
This hour is recognized by the police and
railroad' officials as the beginning of the heav
iest pa:t of the traffic rush la Brooklyn, and ac
cording to Captain Martha of the bridge police
Mt right's jam was the worst in the history of
lie tridge. Because of the heavy rainfall few
persons walked across the bridge and the sur
face cars could not accommodate the thousands
of home bound Brooklynites.
The Mock lasted from T»:30 until ♦>.jr., and it
■was almost an hour later before the normal
train schedule was resumed.
.The broken shoe which caused the delay aria
discovered toy the motonnan of the train as the
»a - -acre across the switch at Hudson and
Myrtle avenues. The neees-s-ary repairs occupied
the workmen Ear forty-five minutes, blocking:
the Ridgewood, Lexington avenue and all the
Fnth avenue lines. Meanwhile the platforms
aJonc the routes of these trains filled with pas
sengers and at the New York end of the bridge
the congestion of traffic was such ac to require
the reserves from the Oak street station.
Under Captain Murtha's dirction the police-
Tn«r. tried to clear the platforms, but streams of
passengers kept filing up the stairs to replace
those who were sent "'down. it v.as not until
several policemen were stationed at the stair
ways to shout that there would be no trains
lor an hour that the platforms were cleared.
The crowd filled all available space between the
trolley loops and overflowed Into Park Row.
Jhe bie patrolmen of the traffic squad wero
swept off their frequently.
Many experienced "bridge crushers' 1 feared to
gel into the crowd and slipped down into the
subway to gel « train for Brooklyn. Here they
found conditions almost as bad as on the sur
face. Those on the edge of the platforms had
difficulty In keeping themselves from being
pushed on to the tracks and the special police
men were, powerless.
One man in the crowd --waiting for surface cars
-n.as overcome and was assisted to the emer
gency hospital. ■ wh«re he remained until the
•wi!<3 rush was over and went to Ms home. The
Brooklyn Rapid Transit officials gave transfers
to th<? surface cars at all elevated stations to
thc>s» wh<-» had pa their fares, and after long
wai'insr passenirers ■..--.- --.- to £»■ a foothold
en j'ime one of the overcrowded cars.
£"> 1 1 1 at Tar the confusion that the men of
Th» briQ?p squad, who re ordinarily on duty
c- the theatres at night, were kept on duty
until a late hour. At - dock traffic on both
rarfa a and elevated lines resumed normal pro
portions.
TO STUDY UVE STOMACH.
Meant of Direct Observation Will
Permit Study of Maladies.
Muni<-2. April 3°- — Th* 1 r'" - W p m of direct oh-
EervatJoz .... interior nf th* human stomach
luring li> has e?a solved by Dr. Rk acc«rd
... a nedicgl weekly. Th* method employed
ir.rjudes h* pa^smc of a double tuN> fnroush
•*•» ; -, r;? to the stomach, the inner tube
turns fiff*i with a small • bulb.
•^■^T^r is passer! by mtm< of a subsidiary at-
T3'-hrr!«rit through the outer tube, Riling the
rtomach. Th»* .-■■: on. pprmit
ting. rh<= rs<»di^a' paper 53y. c . th<» closest obser
vation of the movements of the organ. Th«
Taper r»pards this as ai important advance.
hk* wi!l permit of a <-]o??r study of cancer
nf Th«- stoirarh and other internal ma! idles,
TO BUILD (LOCK TOWER.
East Sides Thanks for Escape from
' L" Bridge Loop.
Th* 1 lorv^r East Side is getting ready to raise
Up its polyglot voice in thank?eivin=: for having
been sj»ar«--d at least one more source of noise
sr.d darkless and p'ti^ral discomfort. This is
btciu^ th* 5 East Side has realized the benefit
that wil! fr»]l'\v a subway loop between the
Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges instead of
the r-i*»vat*>d loop thai was advocated before the
old Rapid Transit Board. Ever since the sub
way loop •was decided upr>n about a year ago.
ther^ hns been a feeling of relief, but nowhere
nmnzf-r Jhau among merchants and other
dwellers in Delancey street
Now th<» individuals are to be cathcred to
gether by the DeJanoey Street Subway Celebra
tion .-.-■■■-■ will have
£n opportunity to express itself collectively and
concretely in a monument to be erected in the
much widened Delancey Etreet that forms the
Manhattan approach to the Williamsburg Rridge.
Just what fojm the monument should take
rs * V-^n debated for several months. By Borne
a triumphal arch was thought most appropriate
-. rvpifying th; vlctor>- "0,, by publi.- mßnti
„,„,„„, its great «-ost caused the committee
I"! 7«A<* ur-^a Co.k ia^, r^
dramings have : been seen by eevwal members
rfth* MuniciralArt Oommission. and their com
nUS,.*, tak.n to Indicate that when the
]n^..v is ... Mr building th- memorial the
co>ami6Ff»n will fepr»roy« !t
■J-v. '\. rmin of the committee in irge la
The <-»"^J of No . |«ti •-.».- street.
;"^ ":,; m. ,- is Jam« M Hamilton,
and an active^ _ University Settlement.
.-• .riastic
Among the bun /s Marcus> hrad ot
over Th- n.rmonal . v . fv and Orch?rd
th, Publi, B*nk • - ;n; n be maae
Etreets. Plans for '"
at a meeting r.ext ivc**.
FOUND NO APPENDiX TO REMOVE.
■ ■■-.*■
ii in iiu operaUon for appendiclU*
A^ !l / Boehm at the Franklin BQtS«i
Njrjn upon " atr> to a i^den >top «hen the
K..«i.jti»l to-4*3 c u>e lnC ision. found there
Barton.. «P»»» " ia^ "V mO ye. Ur. Marry Gross
va,. do «ppen«« . n t , jlace wh ere the «*
lojnd a gr;im ol <o a,,,ja ,,,j exprea* I th. <..n
l*.-idix tbould h:ive . . been'iremoved by a pre
tan that tbo a.;ponJi* «aa
v:ojf> t.r«»iitSo;'. ' .
FINO BODY 21 YEARS IN GLAC.ER.
FIND BUU VhJJ , goring the Montero«a
Berne. *-''" *J- , - „a r <.' gui d CS discovered
Glacier this *^ 11 '^^ wMefe «->' tut out of
in an ie- f****!^ lo lown . l^t.r th* body was
t: + k» and brougni Nashi. »ho fell
U*t>tincd ** of 18S7. while con:
teto a creva»e in , rr " t . ie clicier: The body was
»t"bear spring water.
Tn „ To * da -' r - 'air «nd colder
To-morrowi fair; northwest wind..
BBOOSTLTN TUBE OPEXS~
First Train to Atlantic Avenue
Early This Morning.
~ Th * fir l train to run over the new section of
Brooklyn a .subway was comfortably filled when
" left Bowling Green at 1:02 o'clock this morn-
M* George M Morrison, the Interborough's
motor instructor, and the man who ran the first
train* in the Manhattan subway and in the East
River tunnel, was the motorman.
Superintendent Hedley and George H. Pegran.
the chief engineer, were on the front platform!
The two and a half miles from Bowling Green
to Atlantic and Flatbush avenues was made in
thirteen minutes, including stops at the Borough
Hall. Koyt and Kevins street stations.
The so-called Official train will be started from
the Borough Hall station at 3:30 this afternoon
with several city officials and invited guests. At
the Flattmah avenue station they will march to
the Baptist Temple, at Third avenue and Scher
merhorn street, where there will be a public
meeting. Speeches will be made by ex-Mayor
Low. Borough President Coler, Dr. St. Clair Mc-
Kelway and the Rev. Dr. Nehemiah Boynton.
Chairman \Yil!eox of the Public Service Commis
sion will preside
At 6.3" o'clock p. m. August Belmont will be
the guest of honor at a dinner at th» Union
League Club. Later a civic and military parade
and an automobile parade will pass the club.
There will be a display of fireworks at Bedford
avenue and the Eastern Parkway at 10 o'clock.
WHOLE CLASS OX STRIKE.
Because Chancellor Dai/ Suspended
Three Students.
IBy Telßßnpt] to The Tribune.]
Syracuse, April 30.— The entire senior class
of the Lyman C. Smith College of Applied Sci
ence of Syracuse University walked out of the
building and quit the institution to-day when
informed that Chancellor James R. Pay had
suspended three members of the class for
signing resolutions upholding Dean William
Kent, who is to be dropped by the executive
committee of the university because he called
for an investigation as to the safety of the
building while the chancellor was in New York.
The junior class has passed similar resolutions.
Chancellor Day said:
"The students were suspended until they
agree to stand by the rulings of the executive
committee. They have got to stop their in
subordinate actions."
PRIEST CATCHES THIEF.
Outruns Fugitive Who Had Fled
icith Parlor Rug.
Tenth av»nu«, near 4 th street, saw a most
exciting thief chase in a downpour of rain last
night. A man tried to carry off a rug fro
the rectory of St. Raphael's Church, in West
41st street. Father Barry ran after him at top
xpeed in his cassock, and a number of men joined
in the chase. The— fugitive soon dropped the
rug
The man called at the rectory shortly after 6
o'clock last night and told the servant that he
wanted to see a priest. Father Barry was at
dinner, and when h» learned that the man was
in no Immediate need he asked him to wait in
the reception ro<»ni a few minutes. He was sur
prised on his return to find a large rue missing,
and on going to the door h<* saw the thief with it
on his shoulder a short way down Tenth avenue.
He overtook him in West 41st street. The
crowd which gathered eav« the priest much
trouble when they attempted to harm the fugi
time.
At th«> West 37th street station the priest's
j.rison*r said he was Fr<?d Miller, a German
Jew, of No. 214 East 4th street. He was h»ld oi_
a charge of larceny. Th» rug was recovered.
LOST *. " AT OLD GAME.
Passaie Physician Causes Arrest of
Alleged Wire Tappers.
Saying that he had lost -52. -.¥* in the old "wire
tapping' game. Dr. Charles Larash, of Papsaic.
N. .1.. caused the arrest *y<?s?terday In front of
No. 15 Dey street of Joseph Krauze, twenty
eight years old. of No. 252 West -"th street,
and Charles Myers, thirty-four years old, of
No. I' l West H'-'th street, who say they are
salesman.
Dr. Larash says thai in February a man then
unknown to him said he could "put him next"
to -a sure thing." This man told Dr. Larash
that he had some Wends who were operators
and that he could get "advance" information
on races. The physician says he came to this
city and met some men who took him to a
house at No. 134 East 34th street. Hearing in
struments clicking. he "played the races" to
the extent of $2,230.
Dr La ash said nothing about his experience
until h< learned that a friend in Passaic had
been approached with a similar proposition.
Krause and Myers, the police say. have rec
the Polk* Department for wire tapping.
CHARGED WITH BRIBERY.
Saloonkeeper Accused of Giving $50
to "Tkrow" Excite Verdict.
James O'Neill. «.f No. 114 Cherry street, pro
prietor of a saloon at No 11 James street, was
j,rr«stf-d it. thr Court Of Special Sessions ye.-
afternoon by Michael K. Reardon, h
county detective, who charged him with bri-
Reardon showed Magistrate Finn, in the
Tombs court. ■ •*•>» bill which, he said. O'Neill
had handed Mm, thinking him to be a friend of
L«on pierce, an Investigator for Inspector Bur
feind. a witness in a vase against O'Neill's bar
tender. James De Vito, on. trial for excise viola
tions. Pierce told Magistrate Finn that when
he appeared In Special Session* yesterday to
K ive evidence against De Vito. O'Neill ap
proached him and asked him if he would
"throw" the case for *30 Pierce said be told
O'Neill that he would. O'Neill, according to
r>,.*-rr* told him that if an acquittal was secured
be would give him the $50. and in the mean time
would post it with a friend of Pierce*!
O'Neill was told to give the money to Reardon.
As soon as he had the money in his hand.
Reardon testified, be arrested O'Neill. Magis
trate Finn held O'Neill In $500 bail for exam
ination on May 5.
ICE CREAM SANDWICH MEN STRIKE.
l,« Ice .-,...„. ■andwlch maker, who have 1..-.
organized recently M ,i..- Ice Cream Sandwich
Makers' Union. went on strike yesterday ngalnst
the Consolidated Wafer Company for recognition
of J the union and against ■ reduction of wage*
The ........ are the thin cakes between which there
is a i.,- «r ..t ice - ream.
The strikers m) th* they were paid I cents a
l,ox for .lay work and 3 cents a bo* for ni l>t
work and thai •"- wages wore reduced to '• and
fc cent* a box. respectively. At ■ meeting of the
striker: Who number about (evenly, it *"« "•
sol . i to remain out until dM former wages •««•
i**uiied and the union recosnized*
E YORK, FRIDAY. MAY 1 , 1908. -TW ELY : PAGES.— j*?%SS£ a^^.
BERMEL FLEES COUNTRY
GRESSER SUCCEEDS HIM.
Fugitive Defies Grand Jury and
Dictates Election.
Joseph Beimel, who resigned as Borough Presi
dent of Queens under pressure on Wednesday,
sailed yesterday for Italy on the Slavonia. although
unUer subpeena to appear before the Queens County
Grand Jury this forenoon at 10 o'clock to answer
questions concerning alleged crooked work In the
administration of the Borough of Queens.
About the same time the aldermen from Queens,
In session at thr City Hall, by a vote of 3 to 2
elected Lawrence Gresser to succeed Bermel.
Gresser was Commissioner of Public Worka under
Bermei. and was known as his right hand man.
LAWRENCE GRESSER.
former Commissioner of Public Works in Queens
Borough, elected President of that borough to
succeed Joseph Bermel.
The elation of Gresser provoked a disturbance by
the adherents of Joseph Cassidy at the City Hall
as soon as the result of the election became known.
Bermel'a exit from New York approximated ab-
Ject fear and flight. H<=> was in tears and was
laboring under great mental excitement when his
hip red automobile whirled up to tiie Canard Line
pier five minutes before the steamer sailed.
When lie lrft the courthouse in Queens, where
yesterday moi-rins: h- .-pent Dearly two hours be
fore the erand jury, ha told Distrii t Attorney
Darrin that he would be on band this morning in
obedience to the subpoena. The District Attorney
thought when Hermel went to the pier he had
changed his plans about sailing yesterday and
merely wanted t'> !>rinp Borne of !iis personal be
longing? off the boat.
DRAMATIC SCENE AT PIER.
The scene at the pier when Bermel sailed with
his family was dramatic in the extreme. Fennel's
friends and constituents literally pushed him up the
Ounardfr's gangplank. A party of about fifty
friends and politicians formed a horseshoe six deep
around him, and any one seeking to serve a sub
p<rna could not have forced himself through.
Rermel shook hands with all who went to the
pier to bid hi va/i are well, and notwithstanding his
tl*>?ire'to remain on" Hip pier until the Bl^-eHrfl
hour li»» was entreated by his friends to retire to
the seclusion of his stateroom. When a man
walked hurriedly along the pier with a riper in
his hand one of the Bermel party shouted, "Go,
'Joe.' For God's sake en aboard the ship."
Bernini started up the gangplank, his family
preceding him, and when near th«» main deck he
paused and started to return To block him a
crowd of his friends literally rushed up the
gangplank and pushed Bermel before them.
BermeJ locked worried, but pulled himself to
gether when approarh^d by th? newspaper men
and asked for a statement. "I have nothing to
say.'" lie said softly, "except that I wish to leave
behind me wishes of enod luck to my friends and
enemies alike " He declined to say when lie
would return. He was accompanied by his wife,
his son and two daughters.
GRKSSBR'S ELECTION LIVELY.
When Mayor McClellan strode into the alder
manic chamber yesterday to preside at the special
meeting of the Queens aldermen to elect a suc
cessor to Rermel the chamber was crowded with
Queens officials and citizens and members of the
Board of Aldermen. The five members from
Queens were not all on hand when the Mayor
called the meeting to order. Alderman rlanacan
was absent, and it looked as if there might be a
deadlock.
Alderman Carter, 'lie Republican, tried to mo\e
for an adjournment, but just then Alderman
Flanagan cam*" in.
Alderman Quinn, the Independence League man.
said he w;>.s sorry not to be able to nominate an
Independence League man. nut a Democrat
was needed, and he named Joseph <"assi.iy. Cas
sidj w.is former Borough President and has been
working hard aince Bermel'a resignation to pet
himself in line for the place.
Alderman Flanagan, after a plea for Queens im
provements. said: "1 nominate a man as poor as I
and upon whose character no one has ever even
thrown suspicion. And I hope my frienda who
know I'm on the level "11 remain my frienda aft>--r
my action here to-day. 1 ivmuiate Lawrence
i ; • esser.*'
Alderman Emener seconded the nomination.
The name of Gresser was received with a pood
deal of applause. Gresser ?at near the end of thf
chamber.
The vote stood: For Grosser, Carter! Kmener and
Flanagan: for Cassidy. Quinn and Ilopan.
■]•..., Democrats and a Republican voted for
Gressen and a Democrat and an Independence
League man voted for Cassidy.
The feeling over the election was her. (me of
Cassidy's followers went to the aldermanic cham
ber i.rtmerl for action, and as soon as Alderman
Flanagan had nominated Grosser this man tried to
push' his way through the crowd at the rear of the
chamber, saying:
■■|„-nmie get at him."
The man was hauled back and silenced for a
I line
In the corridor of the hall later the same man
was said to have got at Alderman Kmener for vot
ing" for Greaser. A crowd surrounded them, and the
men were pushed hither and thither for a few sec
onds while they shouted at each other. Then th«
man was hustled out Into City Hail Park. There
i.,' made more trouble, but was finally driven
; Alderman Flanagan had a policeman escort him
to his train.
GRESSER DERMEL'S MAN.
Lawrence dresser lias made a good record as
Commissioner of Public Works in Queens. He is
a regular Democrat He was once Water Com
missioner for that borough. He used to be a
shoemaker.
Gresser has been in training for the office of
Borough President under Beimels tutelage for
several months. Many In Queens, of all political
colon, are keenly disappointed In the election. Al
derman Michael .1 Carter, of Jamaica, whose sud
den flop to the antl-Cassldyltes made possible Oras
gcrs election, la being severely criticised.
Cassidy who controlled the votes of Aldermen
Quinn and Hoaan. but who was unable to control
Aldermen Flanagan and Bmener, saw Carter the
ni>:ht before the election and asked him to continue
voting for » Republican until it became cleat
whether he, Caasldy. could win over one of tba
two Democrats opposed to him. Then, said Cas
fcidl 1 If •'a" 11 ' would vote for Frederick W. Dun
ton, or any ether Independent man. lie would swing
Cestiaued «** ••©•ad **g*>
FREAKS OF THE GALE
PLATE GLASS SUFFERS.
Wrecks and Collisions Barely Avert
ed — Wind 18 Miles an Hour.
During the rainstorm last evening the ctty
was treated to a gust of v. md that blew at the
rate of forty-two miles an hour. It smashed
two large plate glass windows in the Harkm
Opera House and others *n a candy store and a
saloon on Amsterdam a\fnue. The Weather
Bureau recorded a rainfall of two-thirds of an
inch.
The wind blew in the glass front of th> vesti
bule of a Brooklyn Rapid Transit trolley car
crossing th' Williamsburjr Bridge to Brooklyn.
James O'Neil. tUe motorman. was cut about the
face and hands, and a large section of glass
trashed through the front door." The passen
gers rushed for the rear Of the car, and the
motorman. almost blinded, let his car run wild.
It was stopped within a yard of the car ahead.
A three-masted schooner, canning down the
East River, was blown about iike a piece of
paper off the Charities and Correction Pier. East
26th street, and, the wind shifting, headed
straight for the new stone breakwater in tb*
rear of Bellevue Hospital. It dawned upon Dr.
R. O. Baker and Dr. J. P. Wail that tho boat'a
long projecting bowsnrit would in all probability
pierce the wall and strike through th a isolation
ward just inside. They ran to the edfre of the
pier and yelled through megaphones. The cap
tain cast an anchor overboard, swinging th<a
schooner around to windward.
A tug bound upstream came by soon afterward,
and got near enough to toss a line to the schoon
er. \vhi£h it then took in tow up the Kast River.
Drs. Baker and Wall say the schooner was
loaded with granite and brownstone.
Mrs. Michael Loesch. of Ocean Parkway*
Brooklyn, while in Seventh avenue, between oTth
and 58th street?, was struck by a section of
high board fence which was blown down iust
as she reached the northern end of it A police
man rp.n to her side as she fell, and helped her
to her feet. Mrs. Loesch declined medical aid
and returned to her home.
The Krie terminal in Jersey City was flooded,
the station being under two feet of water at
9 o'clock. Ferryboats had difficulty making their
slips and the passengers had to walk to their
trains nv?r planks.
Two hundred bath houses at Kensington Walk
and th» ocean. Coney Island, were blown down.
The high seas covered Seaside Park with a foot
of water and the Brighton Beach racetrack was
converted into a lake.
A sloop and a launch were torn from their
moorings in Sheepshead Bay and blown out to
sea, and several small boats at Bath Beach are
missing. The detachment of soldiers sent to
Plum Island to evict squatters had to abandon
their tents and move one hundred feet inland.
Richmond Borough was plunged in darkness.
The wind and rain knocked down electric wires
all over the borough, and others were torn down
by limbs clipped from trees. Travel through the
streets was for a time dangerous,. owing to the
live wires.
SQUARE RIGGER ASHORE.
■:^>Yms ----- ;*
Unknown Ship Grounds in Heavy
Sea Near Fire Island.
[By T'letraph to The Tribune]
Fire Island, X. T.. April SO.— A square rigged
vessel, whose name cannot be made out, was
discovered at 7:lo this evening ashore near
Zach's Inlet, fifteen miles west of here. Life
saving crews from Shore Beach and Zach's In
let have be<=-n trying to get to her all night.
There is a strong south gale and a high sea
is running. The crews are unable to launch a
lifeboat on account of the heavy surf. They are
burning a <'oston light at intervals to reassure
the men on the stranded vessel.
The revenue cutter Mohawk has been sum
moned by wireless from the naval station here.
SXOWSTORM UPSTATE.
Four Inches on Ground and Still
Falling.
Rochester. April 3". — From noon to S o'clock
this evening about four Inches of snow had fallen
here and the snow was still falling at midnight.
All official record^ of storms here as late as
this in the winter have been beaten. The near
est approach to this storm was that of April 25.
ISTi. when seven inches of snow fell, and the
storm of the next day, April 26. 1574. when four
inches fell.
The telephone companies are experiencing the
greatest trouble of the winter and spring with
broken wires, which are down all over the city.
Little other damage has been done, because of
the uniformity of the fall. The trains on the
\arious railroads entering the city have been
slightly delayed
GREAT DAMAGE IN THOUSAND ISLANDS
Ogdensbnrg, N. V, April > Damage to Thou
sand Islands property by present high water in
the St. Lawrence River is estimated" at from $200.
000 to JjOO.OOO. Two architects of this city, who
have just returned from a trip of investigation on
i>oard a private yacht from I^ake Ontario to the
rapids below Ogdensburg. a distance of sixty-five
miles, report that hardly a dock, boathouse or cot
tage built Close to water's edge escaped damage,
while many lighter structures have collapsed, been
washed away or torn to pieces. Many Islands are
under water, notably one belonging to G. F. Raf
ferty. of Pittsbiirg. and another, owned by C. M-
English, of Brooklyn. Beautiful gardens, grassy
slopes and lawns Of made ground held by retain
ing masonry -.vails are wiped out. The shore for
miles above Ogdensburg is strewn with wreckage.
COLD WAVE IN THE WEST.
Chicago \pri! ■»- Temperatures approaching
feezing prevailed to-lay over nearly the entire
country from the Al.eghanies to the Rook.c?.
FYo-ta occurred as far south as Southern Texas.
In manj places heavy, wet snow foil, notably
throughout Ohio and Kentucky- The snow ruined
thousands of ornamental and fruit trees in Ohio.
TWO inches of MM fell throuKhout Kentucky, but
fruit has not been hurt. Traffic wa» interfered
w:th to -some extent In some tewna of Kentucky
tba snow wan the heaviest of the year.
The mercury went down to II degress last night
la MM parts of lowa. Fruit growers diffor as to
the extent of damage done.
TEN DOLLAR TOKEN BRINGS ?2,175.
London. April 30.-A ten-dollar token, issued by
the Cincinnati Mining Company in Ml was sold at
auction at Sotheby's to-day and purchased for
America for $:.i:5. There is only one other similar
token extant.
$73,000 STOLEN FROM EXPRESS CAR.
I Hy Tll—ISI li to The Tribune. I
CM, of Mexico. April 30 -Advices from Torroon
MS ,hat when the northbound passenger train on
Sa main railroad reached that place it «, found
that a Wells Fargo Express package, containing
%'l.<*\ mm missing from the •■•*«■■ car. There la
Bo'dtw to the robber*
BAXDITS OX P. R. R.
Bind Express Messenger and Es
cape tilth Four Bags of Currency. ■
Pittsburgh April 30 — Two train robb?rs white
men. who evidently boarded the New York arl
St. Louis express on the Panhandle Railroad «if
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the Pennsylvania system at the Union Station'
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in this city when that train left at 10:05 o'clock
to-nisht, ;en minutes late, overpowered the ex
press messenger and got away with four bags
of currency, containing an amount of money
as vet unknown.
■ The robbery was committed near Walker-*
r-tation. an isolated spot in a rough section of
the country,. about eleven miles west of this city.
The train, one of the fastest on the road, which
is not scheduled to stop between here and Steu
benville. Ohio, was brought to a sudden halt
by an t mergency signal from the bell cord, and
when William I^afTerty. the. conductor, went fo:
ward to learn the trouble, he found X Rosscn.
the Adams Express messenger, b<<^iid ami
gassed in the express car and so frightened that,
ho could not give any connected report of what
had happened.
It is known that four bags. a!l pealed and said
to have contained $lf>.""f». were taken frbfll the
car. The tags were hilled to St. Louis.
There la a d?ns? woods n»ar Walker station,
where the robbers pulled the bell and left the
train, and it was into this nwoda th it the rob
bers disappearril
WRECKED ERIE FLYER.
Investigation Into Sanity of Man
Who Threw Snitch Before Train.
rßyr ßy Telegraph to Th» Tribune]
Cleveland. April »).— Admitting that he threw
the switch which sent the New York flyer on
the Erie Railroad crashing into a standing pas
senger train on a side track under the central
viaduct here at noon to-day, injuring five per
sons, John Comce. a farmhand, la held by the
police on a charge of interfering with railroad
property. An inquiry into his sanity may be
had.
A suspicion is entertained that the man threw
the switch while laboring under a crazed idea
that he was a brakeman. fn his ceil to-rusjht
t'omce insisted that a brakeman on the tear of
train No. 6. into which th" flyer crashed, shouted
to him, "Throw the switch." The brakeman
declares Comce had thrown the switch and that
he shouted to him, "Throw back the switch."
Both engines and several cars wer; badly
wrecked. No one was killed and the injured
■will recover.
FOR TARIFF RETISIOX.
Mr. Payne's Resolution Authorizes
Preliminary Steps.
[From The Trtbun* Bureau.]
Washington, April 30.— Representative Sereno
E. Payne. Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, signified to-day that he is prepar
ing for an examination and revision of the tariff
by introducing a resolution providing; that.- th«
Wb-vb and Means •■pmmitteft may sit " in- the re» :
cess of Congress for the purpose of taking th<«
preliminary steps. . As outlined in these dis
patches some weeks ago, this committee will be
instructed .to. make it? report, if 'possible, at
the next session, and will be authorized to ad
minister oaths. -to examine witnesses and to
employ every means necessary to obtain all es
sential information.
Discussing the resolution. Mr. Payne said that
its purpose was to enlarge th*> powers conferred
on the Ways and Means Committee by a some
what similar resolution introduced by him last
r>prpmb<*r. "To-day's resolution." he said, "will
enable the committee to carry forward with a
freer hand the work already undertaken in
preparation for a revision of the tariff n»xt year
The committee is now and for som° time past
has be<=n gathering preliminary information
from government officials. Th» intention is to
continue this preliminary work during the re
mainder of the present session and in the com
ing recess, but it should be distinctly understood
that no act of revisa! of the tariff will be un
dertaken until after the elections of next fall."
LEOPARD CLAWS BOY.
Panic Xarrotchf Averted When Two
Escape in Baltimore Zon.
Baltimore. April HV— During the performance
at the Zoo to-night two leopards jumped the
barrier, landing among the audience A boy,
Louis Long, was badly dawed about the face
and neck, and a panic that would almost cer
tainly have meant the loss of many lives \v«
averted by the prompt action of P..iice S. rgeant
Barring'-r in closing the exit door and allowing
only one or two of the terrified people to de
scend the stairs at a time.
Seven leopards were sent into the arena, which
1s surrounded by high steel bars, to go through
their performance. Two were sulky, and one !s
said to have been irritated by Long. wJM wag
close to the tap of the cage. This leopard
jumped toward the hoy and s. rainbk-d over the
top of the cage and nas immediately followed
by another of the beasts. The first clawed baaag
savagely.
The leopards were cornered. MM in th- office
of the Zoo and the other hi one of the drcaaang
rooms, by trainers ami returned to their cages.
NO SWORD FOR JOHN 1)
i
He Refuses to Accept Old One Sent
by English Woman — Price $500.
John D. Rockefeller refused a sword yester
day which Annie Parry, el No. 4 Vernon street.
Leigh Lane. England, sent to him with the infor
mation that th? weapon was carried by a sol
dier in Cromwell's army and had been buried
150 years near »t church. The write* said the
sword was dug: up 150 years ago. She Banted
only 5500 for it. "I am a man of peace and
have no use for a sword." saM Mr. Rockefeller.
When Mr. Rockefeller refused to accept th
sword it was sent to the Appraiser's ware
house and thence to the seizure room, where ail
unclaimed and seized property is sold in default
of unpaid duty. When Acting: Deputy Collector
Story opened the package he found this letter
folded around the sword and addressed to Mr.
Rockefeller:
Dear Sir: 1 lend this sword to your miueum.
It was found mi the ground 100 years ago near
Leigh Parish Church. The sword was lost on
the bombardment of the church by one of Oliver
Cromwell's men, making it nearly 3"" years .>! 1
I ask JSOO for it. which will be of very great use
to me If >«>u think lam asking too muc-h.
hone you will Bend what >ou think it worth.
I ' *h.til be ally indebted to you if you accept
It.' Yours respectfully. ANNIE PARRY.
\ Mr. Rockefeller <n<i not bob the letter, because
it is necessary to pay the duty on an imported
Package before it can be delivered.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
HUGHES OX BOSSISM
SPEAKS AT SCHESECTADY.
f Begins Campaign for Enactment of
; Direct Nominations Bill. ".
'P. Telegraph to The TrfIIUBW.T
Albany. April 30.— Despite a driving rainstorm
and a bad 'attack of neuralgia "which kept him
in pain every minute Governor Hushes went
i to Schenei tady to-night and . addressed a bis
mass meeting in advocacy or his anti-racetrack
gambling bills.
| An . audience •of three - thousand— every man
j who could . crowd into the Van - Curler Opera
j House— listened Intently to his arguments for
j these measures, applauding frequently. But its
j applause, was most intense ■ and its approval
j most marked when the Governor in ■ vigorous
terms denounced those party bosses who, so- far
misused t: ■-.- power as to k coerce lest s! a tor *
against the public will.
"The people are becoming more and mo*
solicitous that the men they elect shall tak<*
their orders from no one but their constituents."
; declared the ._• Governor. - while his auu'encs
1 cheered. "I believe in organization." : he fj«M
' on. . answering the - assertions ,o£ [,. leaders Ilka
William Barnes. Jr.. and J. Sloat s Fassett. that
! his methods were destroying the "party organ- _
| ization." "But -it: wilt be" a sorry. day if organ* •
■ ization methods go so far that the organization
I falls under the control: of one-man. r who can'
1 say 'If you don't do so and so you won't get th»
nomination.* . [want to see leglslalion - passed '
which will protect the candidates from that sort
of coercion. I want to see legislation enacted,
' which will protect the man who does the.vrUl of *
; the people against any little bosses." cried th» *
Governor. '
- APFL.VUD ATTACK- OX' BOSSES. . ;
This open challenge to the political bess aiiit
equally open beginning of a campaign for, enact- .■
ment of th<- direct nomination measure. in con- •
nection with the race gambling fight easily was
the feature of the Governor's address.; It also
i was the point which caught and ' held the at
: t':ntion of his' hearers. They; listened .thought
fully to his points on the gambling' situation;
; they applauded wildly when he smote ■ the bosses ■
, who were compelling legislators to vote against
! the wishes of ; their electorate.
"In some districts ' we find ourselves, misrep
! resented by our 'legislators," declared Deaa
! Ripton. of Union, .who acted as. chairman off .
the meeting, "but we -know we are po^erfdlly
; represented by the man wbo occupies the Gcr
ernor's chair." y'-\y r :^ ' •. ■ ...
That seemed to be the sentiment of the msst'
ing. It i was a-- protest against bossism, es- .
pressed concretely in the action ,of £ men; .ijlo
Barnes, of Albany, andTsanford.- of Montgoin
try, who influenced. their Senators '.to : 'vot3 ;
against the racing bills. Men who have trar- ■
elled "with the Governor to the [ recent meetings
where he has spoken on this issue declare that
I'tica, . Albany. Buffalo." Brooklyn "and. no\y
Schenectady all indicated a ..fast growing de
termination to make the- boss - responsible -to*\
his voters— to compel ; him .to do their will or
take the consequences.
MEETING A ; CHARACTERISTIC OS^^ :
The meeting to-ntg^t was r^racter j|tis.vcf c
thp gatherinpi * to fwhiph *• »he Governor^" •<« [«
1 plaining his fight "and the rwwns far rr^kir.^ JL^^
It was a men's meeting, and. every i=an It • •*
was a voter. A good proportion of them came
from the Hg factories in '; Schenectady: a
sprinkling- were instructors from : Union' and
representative business men.'' the city.;"- Every
man : drank in Dean Ript->n's words when- h<»
declared in introducing the ■ Governor that. wblla
I a part of Union's endowment 'a' 1"" from a lot
! tery conducted in IS^5 - the. men who voted to'
legalize racetrack gambling would wait, until
18Oi> came round again before Pchenertady i->i ->- ■
pie would vote' for them. Reference 'to the no *
•famous Fassett telegram brought out den- s
laughter.- • - "- . " .. , .
Governor Hughes said" that he. >ould try to
! make no speech, merely try to explain, th« rea
sons for. his recommendations. It wag his right
| and duty to do that. - r;: v.^:'" ; .~^ V.
"It is much tetter than trying, to buy ,vote3
in the executive chamber."; he declared," and the
audience applauded the allusion to methods iised
by machine politician governors.
"There is no question of. party or off party
organization ;. in"' this," * went on- Governor
Hughes, "save as' here" and there a parr- leader
abuses his power by exerting it in ( defence, of *
the gamblers by *coercing*an elected officer." v
-This question' of .^coercion which his enemies .
were charging to him the Governor •onsider*!
very amusing.' It is -raised , merely to conceal
the real abomination that a lot of men. profit- '.
Ing by gambling - privileges. ar-» trying 'to ma
the state of New York, he said.
THE governors SPEECH.
The Governor said:'
I am trying to explain to th* , people, of th*
State of New York the reasons for a certain v
recommendation. That Is my right: that is my.
duty. It is a great deal better than trying ■»
buy votes in the' executive chamber. ; ~. -
No one can impose upon the American people .
with the pretence that there is coercion in pre
senting facts and argument to an American
audience. And if there is any citizen of th-» .
state who has a right and is under oblisatioo*
to talk directly to his fellow citizens with re-,
gard to the policy of legislation and administra- •
tion it is the man whom they have elected M
office and charged with the duty of upholding
the constitution of the state. .;"-..
There is no question of party involved. ' There ;
is no lssu< relating tf> party orsanization. save
as here and there ■ political leader abuses hia
power by making it serve the interests* V gam
blers in defiance of the constitution and attempt*
to deliver the vote of a Senator of th« state.
Governor Hughes th«"n quoted Governor Mor
tons memorandum, made in signing th» Per.
Gray law. in which he said:
By the bill-; under consideration th*» L^gisla
ture has att«>n»pt*"l t<» pertorm th«> duty imposed
upon it by in. constitution and provide legisla
tion which should prevent offences ajrainst thy* >
provisions ■•'''■■ constitution relating to P*>-il
selling booKroaklns and gambling al horsa
U-es Whether the object aimed at has been
fully Jaecomplishtd can only be determined by
experience, and if this legislation shall prove in
»d£|uat« <>r Insufficient to prohibit or repress
the evils mentioned public a»ntißM»ni will doubt
less demand more stringent legislation ■ the
future.
Governor Hughes then continued:
\nd public sentiment is now makin ' that de*
mand, in the pr«en« of «he fact that this l«w
lation is a mwkeiy of prohibition, with a pen
a!tv thai is never enforced, and to not adapted
to tl ••' repression of the evil If •"**** £**
supposed that th^ penalty of a habt!it> to i
civil suit was going to stop gambling at th^
race-track, now it is clear, as the expeneneea of
roanyycarji have -shown it. and which Governor
Mort'on with prophetic .yo saw w heij .he 9 i - ne,l
th it bill as the event which we now ha\e clear
iv before v" that public sentiment demand*
more .',.»>;, r;t legislation.
There is a plain evil, and let us deal wttn
„ \nd th. fact that it is not dealt with when
nVmatt - la *> clear and ha., been presented
Kto da y the most serious fact in our American
ffexndvou won't get the people of thi*
Itate if I understand them aright, tv W very
n v h attention to anything ebe until. it_ta
decided. f.< that «c can continue to be in fact
an i Enipir* State. debate «« goins to Iwtj far
I s.a»d f s ' ' y
reachlnir tonsequences. Ami so it is, for the
ieorle are coins to be more 3nd more solicitor