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STARVED NTIL FAINTS
ALL EAST SIDE HUNGERS.
Report* of School Teachers Shore
Unusual Degree of Misery.
The economic condition of th© great East Side of
Manhattan, recognized ordinarily as the spot in all
»■*■ Tork where th* tide of human conditions Is
, always at Its ebb. is now revealed in an even more
h#Brtren<lliit: phase th».n th« mere casual investi
gation of the district would^ lndicate existed there..
That school children of the Ghetto are literally
starving was the story told yesterday and
vouched for as truthful by school officials of the
district. Instances were cited of pupils of the
public schools fainting in the class from lack of
nourishment. * _
A committee wr^se aim it will be to work for
the amelioration of these conditions has been or
ganized and -will meet to-day, at which the date
for a ma*s meeting •»«*!; 1<» decided upon, from
which will emanate an appeal for funds to be used
in the establishment of free diet kitchens.
The :<1 and Sd school districts are those
most affected, and In these districts special com
mittees have been appointed, of which lsidor M.
Levy ana A. A. Willirli school Inspectors, are
members ex-officio. There arc eleven schoaJs in
the two districts— four and seven, respectively.
The boundaries are: Second District, Bawary.
Grand street. Orchard street. Allen street. Rutgers
street. East River a:id Canal street: 3d District,
Orchard stre-t, Deiaaoey street. Sheriff street. East
Broadway. Montgomery street. East River, Rut
jrers street and Canal street.
The existing conditions, it is said, are the result
of the greatly increased number of unemployed on
the East Side, which has been steadily growing in
the last three or four months. Thus further in
ability at the fathers of families to obtain employ
inert has brought the poor of the district to the
point of starvation. Most of the families affected
are Russian Jews and some Italians.
Miss Julia Riehman. district school superin
tendent, was the fii^t to call public attention to the
situation at the monthly meeting of the district
school board held at Public School 65. in Eldridge
street, on Monday. She received at that meeting
reports of principals of the different schools onder
her chance The rep-.t of the principal of School
7. in Chrystie street, Bhoared that in that institution
Th^re wer» twenty-one pupils who were insufft
, ■«•• - f*-d. Other principals reported like condi
tions la their schools. There was one. instance of a
"boy who had rot eaten in two days, while there
aan many cas^s where children had gone to «choo]
in th<» morning without a mouthful of breakfast,
end still ethers where th* pnajAhi did no* co home
-• ■-.- recess hour beeanae they knew ther» was
no luncheon there for them. The principals and
t»ach*rs hav<» d"ne all in their power to relieve the
conditions, but ih«"ir »ffo»»t«< have h*en meacre com
pared with the exic^ncifs of the pressing demands.
At the meeting to-day an appeal probably nrfli
he s^nt to th<> Board of Education for support of
the Tnov»m«nt hi hand. AVo. there will be de
cided the date ■for a mass Tri-ctine at the Educa
tional Alliance, in East Broadway. The plan Is to
apr" a for contributions from charitable person?
cf ?1 . tnorith. en that the *" allthtUß that will
"be established can be maintained even after the.
e!«se «f the schools next month for the summer
•vacation. The plan include the Issuance of tick
ets for the children through the principals. The
Vtrch»n le already b*lng run hi a small way in
Public School 7. where the children can obtain
milk and crackers for one Dent
Miss Rlchman add that «he tho'jrht «f BuwcnUiis
f. class in cobbling for th* pupils, so that they
could mend their own shoes, thus enabling them
tc go to school with dry feet on a rainy day.
M. "WHinsky. of No f* Canal street, one of the
cemmitteemen. told of investigating on« of the
cases reported, where he found three children in
or-* fajnily that went to school breakfastless every
rooming.
"The conditions are worse than ever before,"
saM Mr. VClMnakr- "Only thoaa people living on
the East Side <^n thoroughly understand the pa
thes and misery of It."
MR. CURTISS TO BUILD NEW AIRSHIP.
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell Gives Associa
. tion's Consent for Test.
f^enn H. PaiUw w»? In this city yesterday on
Mi way to Hammond«port. N. V.. from Washing
ton, where he had been -.v consultation^ with Dr.
Alexander Graham Pell eoncemine further experi
mental work with a new aeroplane. Mr. Curtis
Bail yesterday that he would arrive at Hammonds
7>ert This morning, and begin at once to build an
aeroplane which will be No. 3 of the Aerial Experi
ment Association, of which Dr. Bell is president
He wiid the machine will be somewhat different
from the previous White Wine, as it will have
a long body, covered with canvas, at the extreme
rear of which will be th« tall. A 40-horsepower.
*!?ht cylinder, air cooled MS-poun4 motor, designed
>-,-. Mr. Curtis*, •« expected to furnish plenty of
power. It will take about three weeks to build
the aeroplane, and then the experiments will be
made. The engineers who will assist Mr. Curtice
are Ueutensnt T. Selfridee, of the United States
Army: F. W. Baldwin and J. A D. McCurdy.
Mr. Curtiss is trie man who made the fastest
ir4l» ever travelled by a human being, when, two
■winters ago. at Ormond Beach, Florida, be covered
a mile in X --' seconds on a motor cycle.
"I think that perhaps my ]"•:«■ experience in get
tin* ever the ground at hiph speed has helped me
In t>alancinc an aeroplane,"' BBld Mr. CucUaa. In
th* aeroplane "White Winp he made the lonßest-
Initial f.irht of any man. m the world— l.ol7 feet
la rlneteen second*— on May B. at Hammondsport.
Dr. Bell "aid:
"Mr. <•'.«]«!" had perfect control over the ma
chine throughout, and the steering was accom-
Xdlshed with cafe." Of <v»urse, even the foreign
a\-iators an now makinar loncer flig-hts, but none
of th*m-nor. in fact, have* the. Wripht brothers—
♦ver made inch distance as this at their first at
tempt at flight.
"It tends to makj a man unafraid of anything
-that fcas motion i-> ride a motor cycle at. the rate
of 135 miles an hour." continued Mr. Curt Us. "I
feel hopeful of most satisfactory results at Ham
jnt>n<iiTor' with this aeroplane that I shall test
cut the latter part of the present month."
Dr. Bell expects to be an hand to witness the
-fliphtf v! th» Curtlfs machine.
STRAY BALLOON ON JERSEY MEADOWS.
'■Aeronaut wanted* Is a sign that the police of
North Pum N. J.. will probably hang in front
of headquarter*, najaaa the owner <■•' -a stray bal
loon which drop; <m the Hackensack meadow?
on Sunday calls for it boob and carts it away It
landed near Hal Mttle wooden house of Frank
Mc*.d. a n'fro, about «> p. m. on Sunday. He did
rot report his discovery to the police, hut they
heard about It later and carted It to the police
ftsticn. There is nothing on the bag to indicate
it* starting point.
PFARMAN ISSUES NEW CHALLENGE.
Ghent, June 2— Henry Raman. the British eero
■ant has renewed hi* challenge, to the American
aeronauts, the Wrights brothers, «or a match for
JS.OM. H« expresses surprise that his original chal
lenge was not accepted.
JEWEL THIEVES PLEAD GUILTY.
Sadie Papr*. 'ho Brooklyn manicurist, pleaded
aridity to larceny yesterday. She was Indicted with
Charles H. Hausler. formerly a patrolman, on a
chare*! of stealing jewelry valued at IM* from
the X«( Mrs. Benjamin H. KnoW.es. of No. .V,*
East fltt tret. Brooklyn H*r companion.
Hsusler. pleaded guilty to grand larceny i" the
aaooad aeg***- The woman operated in the horn*-*
of wealthy resident* of Plntbwh. which *h. visited
to work, and ■ large quantity of Jewelry ride*
that Moleii from Mrs. Kaowlea Ims >•'■■■ found
In Brooklyn pawnshops. Counsel- for the pawn
brokers, in whose jmssession the Knowlps jewels
x>-t--f found, aak«d :h;«t thr-lr clients be reimbursed
for Mims advanced. r>rjt Judge DMc ordered ell the
«-tol»n property tiirn«i over to the rourt.
THREE STORY HOUSE TAKES SAIL.
One of the lanfeet ''landlubbers" '•< • on ih«
waters srourid Manhattan for many moons was
toyed up the Hudson yesterday to "^7fh street, ft
•we* three stories hich and rame from Newark,
where It hid be*n used as a fcoatnou** by the 2<i
I>:visJcr!. M nat»»!i-?n. of the •* Jersey Naval
Reserves! It ***> removed from its foundations by
th« use ef greyed firr<b*r«. and v i!i Frrr^ the
rummer on s wharf Especially built for ft at ICTth
ptreet and the North Rive*.
ARRESTS OX MATRETAXIA
Three Card Players Released in
Court— Company Wins Subsidy.
When the Mauretania. after having broken two
ocean records with only three of her four pro
pellers working, ended her trip yesterday morning,
three detectives came off with three passengers in
tow. Almost continuous card playing from th^
time the Mauretania sailed, with the three men
winning all the money, had ended In a fight on
Sunday night in the smoking room, in which a
glass of Scotch-and-socia. brass knuckles and heavy
brass cuspidors figured conspicuously.
A wireless message was sent to New York the
nest morning asking that detectives meet the ship
at Quarantine. The men gave their names as H. L.
Krelatour. William H. Day and Alexander Dwyer.
No one appeared in court to make a complaint, and
they were released.
The- passenger who sent the wirelfss message
was F. C. L. Pirkls. a Cambridge University man,
who had weathered the fray, which started when
Dwyer asked Erie Thornton, a ship broker from
Antwerp, to pay a $300 "I O V Thornton had given
him After losing about $30" in cash. A. B. Ran
dolph had lost $2«» before he could catch his breath,
and R. C MeL»eay, of Oregon, and Harry Stillson
Hart had also suffered.
A cable message was received at the office of the
Cunsrd Line yesterday afternoon stating that, by
their satisfactory fulfilment of all speed and other
conditions, the I^usitania and the Mauretania had
earned for the line, the annual subsidy of $756,000
from the British government. Captain Pritchard
of the Mauretania said yesterday that if all four
propellers of his ship had been working on the
trip it would have "steamed clear out of the
water."
MUST KEEP CROSSTOWN CARS CLEAN.
Public Service Commission Issues Orders to
Frederick W. Whitridge.
The 42<S street croystown carp must be cleaned
now and kept clean through the summer. The
Public Service Commission had them investigated,
after the complaint made by Assemblyman M.
Burr Wright, by its inspector, Frank Bennett.
On the recommendation of Commissioner Maltbie
a flnnl order was issued yesterday compelling
Frederick W. WhitrJdse or his men to keep all th«
closed cars used on th» line during the summer
free -from germs nnd microbes, as well ns from
peanut shells, orange skins, crease stains and other
.evidences of bad form in streetcar adornment.
Since Assemblyman Wright made his complaint to
the receiver the commission's Inspectors report
that the open cars in use have, been put in toler
ably clean condition.
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APOLOGIZE TO JUSTICE GARRETSON.
Queens Real Estate "Men Renew Application
to Inspect Jnry Minutes.
John W. Faris and Edward A McDougall, real
estate aeents of Flushing, who were mentioned
in a drastic presentment handed up by the grand
jury which investigated the Kissena Park scandal,
renewed yesterday their application to examine the
minutes of the grand jury. It was the language
of a previous application to which Justice Garret
«on objected, and he directed the clerk to return
Th« papers to the petitioners,, with the information
that the application could not be renewed until a
complete apoloey and retraction was forthcoming.
In their papers filed yesterday both Paris and Me-
Pougall make the necessary retraction and apology.
Argument on the* new application filed will be
heard before Justice Garretson on Saturday.
POZEN LIVES IN PERIL IN HELL GATE.
Tug and Four Barges in Collision with
.Wreckers of Stranded Freighter.
More than a dozen lives were imperilled when the.
big ocean-going tug C. W. Morse, unable to handle,
a tow of four barges going through Hell Gate to
the East River, yesterday afternoon, was in colli
sion with the barges and derricks working around
the stranded freighter H. M. Whitney, which sank
on the north ledge of Flood Rock, two weeks ago,
blocking the centre, of the channel.
Caught in a swift moving current the tug and its
tow were sent shooting toward th« Whitney. Two
divers, who were down in the hold sending up
cargo, were unceremoniously hauled to the deck
just as a big barge struck a steam derrick which
was lashed to the side of the steamer. The big
derrick careened on its side, spilling all the
salvaged cargo, but the barge continued on its
trip, apparently uninjured. The derrick, torn from
Us lashing, floated down the stream. It was caught
opposite the !<2d street ferry and towed to Ward's
shipyard, on the Astoria shore, where it filled and
sank. The Morse belongs to the New York, Ontario
& Western Railroad. . V
DROEGE CASE NOT YET DECIDED.
Decision Reserved on Application to Remove
Magistrate on Charges.
Decision was reserved in the case of applica
tion of the Bar Association for the removal from
office of Magistrate Droege. which was argued yes
terday. The Bar Association considered the
charges at the request of Mayor McCleilan Mag
istrate Droege. according to his accusers, released
a woman named L«ouise Durand on the day/ fol
lowing the one. on which he sentenced her to six
months in the workhouse for disorderly conduct.
A second charge made, in the Bar Association's
complaint was that the magistrate had attempted
to bribe « newspaper man and a photographer to
keep the case hushed up. Howard Taylor, who ap
peared for the Bar Association, said that the
woman via? released after a talk between the mag
istrate end a lawyer who had no connection with
the case, and the should have been paroled in
stead of being discharged. In this case the pro
bation officer was not informed.
Magistrate Droege, he said, explained that the
woman was well on in years, but Mr. Taylor said
he could not see why "hush money" should be of
fered. Mark Alter, a lawyer practising In the mag
istrate's court, was asked to give the photographer
$2aO. and afterward declared that the whole thing
was a trap laid to catch Magistrate Droege.
Counsel for the magistrate, who was not in court
himself, said that the money had been offered in
an effort to keep the story from the magistrate's
family. His action, he said, was the same as that
of other magistrates under the same circumstances,
and that he had violated no law. •
POLICE SEEK ALLEGED MURDERER.
The District Attorney's office sent out n genera]
alarm to the Police Department and the detective
bureau yesterday to arrest Morris Hay, an alleged
East Side gambler, ho «a* Indicted on Friday
for the murder of Louis Spielberg.
Rosle Spielberg created a scene at the coroner's
inquest, when she. declared that Ray had shot
down her brother. She accused Coroner Acritelli
of cot wanting to hear the case. In ppite of her
evidence the jury exonerated Bay. The. girl then
wrote to the foreman of th* grand Jury, «nd with
several witnesses testified before that body. Spiel
berg was shot and killed In « cigar store at 6th
street and Second avenue on .March 24.
SUBSTITUTE MERGER BILL LOST.
Boston. June 2. -When the Massachusetts S^nat*
reached the consideration of the railroad regulation
bill to-day. Senator Edward A. Cowee, of Worces
ter, offered a substitute bill which had been drawn
hv the. Massachusetts Anti-Merger League, suid
which provided that the New York. New Haven
A- Hartford Itailrorfd Company shall tell or other
wise dispose of all stock of, or Interest in the stock
of the [■, (ton •'• Maine Railroad, directly or Indi
rectly owned or controlled by it on or before July
■ itM Otherwise the Mil is almost Identical with
the provisions of the bill reported by the legislative
rommittee on Resolutions, which it Is Intended
to supersede. The rommittre> bill differs in that
it allows trie New Haven r«->sd to hold Urn Boston
& Maine york until July 1. Win, further legislation
tr. determine the fate of the stock ■■" ' that tlm-,
a »-.d „ also permits the New Hayeri company to
• rouire additional share? of Boston & Maine stock.
Senator Cov.ee'fi substitute hill was defeated by a
vote of * to '0.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDSESDAT, JPSE 3, 1908.
posed as -Bnrsr nephew
Newly Made Husband Held on
Charge of Forgery.
George Farrlan. a young man. alleged to haM
cashed checks and contracted various debts, repre
senting himself as a member- of the Blmberg
family, was held in $2,000 bail in the West Side
Court yesterday on a charge of forcry. He was
arrested on the complaint of Max Wineburgh, th*
owner of an automobile garage in West •!■
street, to whom Farrian gave a check for $30. The
paper was drawn on the "account" of Edward S.
Bimberg in the Colonial Bank and returned as
worthless. The young: man said that he was a
nephew of the late Meyer Blmberg, who was known
as "Bim, the Button Mai;."
Farrian figured in an after supper msrriage an
Saturday night, and he told the police that hi?
bride was Emily Sweeney, the daughter of a
wealthy Brooklyn contractor. They were married
by a Justice of the Peace at Fort I^e. but the
young: woman says that while they were married
the marriage, certificate hears false names and a<i
d: esses.
Magistrate Corrigan recognized Farrlan when he
was arraigned and remarked that he had sen
tenced him to six months In prison for exactly the
same crime before. The check which he gave to
Wineburch In payment for a long automobile rids
with a young woman and her mother was cashed
in Brooklyn and Farrian was discharged on that
complaint. He was then held on the complaint of
William Felton. the manager of another garage.
at No. 309 West 41st street, to whom he gave a
check for $50, signing it Edward S. Bimberg. The
prisoner reminded the magistrate that on a previ
ous occasion he had said that he could not prose
cute Farrian for signing the name of a person -who
did not exist. He admitted that he had cashed the
check and was held. He waived examination and
was locked up in default of bail.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY ON TRIAL.
Charged with Accepting Concessions from
Railroads— Forty Counts in Indictment.
Rochester.. June 2— The trial of the Standard Oil
Company, with accepting: concessions from
railroad companies on shipments of oil between
Clean and points in Vermont, was opened in
earn«st to-day before Judge John L. Haion, in the
federal court.
. S. Wallace Pempsey, in arguing the case for the
prosecution, reviewed the charges made against
the company, and alleged that the shipments, had
been sent through over the Pennsylvania. New
York Central and Rutland railroads in tank cars.
The cars, added the. prosecutor, were not changed
on the way, «nd in some Instance? the way bills
also remained unchanged. The company is on trial
on indictment No. 470. which contains forty counts,
the maximum penalty for each being $20,000.
George 7vl. Cropsman. chief of the filing division
and tariff expert for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, was the- first witness called. He whs
questioned and cross-eiamined «■" to freight tariffs
and certain documentary evidence.
This afternoon won devoted by the prosecution to
trying to show that the tariffs of rates for the
«hipm°nt of oil were placed in conspicuous place?:,
where shippers might readily see them, so that
there could b"=> no excuse for accepting lower rates
A number of employes and officials of the Penn
sylvania and New York Central railroads were,
placed on the stand, and many of these, testified
that the tariffs were posted as required by law.
Some concessions were mad* by the defence, in
agreement with the eovernment's representatives,
which will tend to hasten the trial.
FOR A NATIONAL SANITARY POLICE.
States' Rights and Nation's Health Discussed
Before American Medical Association.
Chicago. June 2- -Dr. Charles Harrington, of Bos
ton, spoke on "Stafee 1 Rights and the National
Health" at the American Medical Association
meeting here to-niglit. and suggested that the
movement for national control of the public health
should be focussed either into o department "rep
resented in the Cabinet or of a division of an ex
isting department, wilh n commissioner for a
chief." He continued:
Its head should be charged with advisory
powers in relation to other departments and to
the states, and with supervisory and executive
powers in matters pertaining to his own bureaus.
He should not attempt to meddle in local mat
ters not of national concern nor to encroach
upon the duties of other branches of the gov
ernment He should, as occasion requires, draw
on the whole scientific world to secure experts
for the investigation of large problems of sani
tary importance. ,
Inasmuch as no one man could be expected to
conduct bo great an establishment with only the.
advice of his bureau chiefs, and inasmuch as the
cordial co-operation of all the states would be
absolutely essential to satisfactory achievement,
be should' have a national council consisting of
one delegate from each state, appointed by the
governor!* or state boards of health.
As a means of carrying out this plan Dr. Har
rington suggested the formation <jf a national
sanitary police system "to suppress the rioting
of epidemics when the state is powerless or
neglects to act." He added: "It seems not un
reasonable to suggest that the right of the state
to be a national health nuisance might properly
be abridged by constitutional amendment giving
the central government authority to act for the
common good when local neglect or inability
makes it imperatively necessary, but only then."
Vivisection came in for much attention.to-day,
and was the. subeet of significant action by the
governing hoard of that organization. By unani
mous vote the house of delegates approved a
recommendation to the board of trustees to cre
ate a commission the sole duty of which shall be
to watch and oppose the enactment of laws in
tended to abolish vivisection. While this action
was under consideration Dr. W. B. Cannon, chair
man of the section on pathology, advocated a
campaign of education against opponents of the
practice, whom he accused of untruthf and
ignorance, and in another meeting — that of the
section on surgery — results of animal experimen
tation were being described by Dr. Alexis Carrel,
of New York.
HARLEM POLICE Af TER* A FAGIN.
Three Little Boys Arrested for Snatching
Woman's Pocketbook.
i
Through the arrest of three small boys for steal
ins « pocketbook from a woman in the street, yes
terday morning, the police hope to pet hold of a
Fapln. who. It is believed, has been teaching chil
dren in 'Harlem to steal. They B ay the boys have
confessed.
Two of the boys were arrested after a chase.
The third, who is alleged to have snatched the
pocketbook, was caught in front of his home.
where he had run and changed his clothes. The
boys said they were I.,ouis Fagon, eight years old,
of No. 127 Kast 110 th street; Samuel Skollnr, ten, of
No. 1774 I.< xington avenue, and Harold Markowltz,
ten, of No. 167 East 113 th street. They were taken
to the rooms of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, until their arraiginent in court
to-day.
Mrs. Henrietta Geaher, of No. *2 Kast 114 th street,
is the- complainant. The three, boys approached her
as she was leaving her house. One of them, the
smallest, she say*, grabbed her pocketbook, which
contained $1 ■"■-. and ran away. The two others fol
lowed, and as they were running the smallest
passed the pocketbook, Mr*. Geaber says, to one of
the others.
ACCUSED OF BREACH OF PROMISE.
Montreal, .Tune 2.- Charles F. Shaw, son of the
president of the Zanesvllie (Ohio) Tile Company,
nn* arrested here last nteht on a charge of breach
of promise of m.-irrinKe, preferred hv Miss Char
lotte Webster, of Montreal, whose relative* are in
Hew York, whence she tv« to have suited for
Rurope with her mother this week. Damages of
$30,000 are nsked. Shaw Is In jail without bail.
W. H. WALKER BUYS BROOKSIDE.
I ny 7>l»*taph to Th» Tribune j
Great BarrinKton, Muss.. June 2.— William Hall
Walker, of New York, has bought of William
Stanley the Berkshire estate Rrooksiie. Including
6<v> scree <* land Th» consideration is iald to be
j.i=/..^«. David I^svltt. the original owner, enter
tained at Erookside many we:: feno»a mea,
DEBT GROWS $827 S3 DAILY.
Receivers Now Want $0jg 40060
from Securities Company.
At the resumption of the trial of the suit brought
by Receivers Jollne and Robinson of the New York
City Railway nnd the Metropolitan Street Railway
companies against the Metropolitan Securities Com
pany, before Judge Ward, in the United States
Circuit Court, yesterday, it was brought out in th«;
evidence that the sum the receivers desire from the
defendant i.= not only much in excess of $MSfi,Qo<),
but is growing at the rate of $527331-3 a day.
This came out in the redirect examination of H.
W. Brown, eudftor of the railway companies.
Rnbert C. Reattv, of counsel for the plaintiffs.
ask<»d Mr. Brown for the exact figures as to the
present difference, between the JV<Vy>.°oo and the
amount repaid by the defendant. Mr. Brown said
that at 6 per cent the $4,495,000 would at the present
time be approximately J0,240,n00. Then he went Into
the technical details and specified the daily growth
of the alleged debt.
After several clerks and financial experts had
hppn examined Mr. Joltne was called to the stand.
He said that on October 2« he became one of the
receivers, and found that the agreements were In
existence and that the repair, operation and con
struction work was being done Regarding the
agreement upon which the present suit was
brought, he said he found that both sides had
partly kept it.
Asked If he continued the construction work, ha
replied that. h» had to some extent. This was at
the northern end of the First avenue line, besides
completing the •'pay-as-you-enter" cars.
Adjournment was taken until this morning, when
Oren Root, general manager of the Metropolitan
lines, will take the stand, it is expected.
MANY BUYERS FLOCKING TO TOWN.
Returning Confidence Displayed by Out-of-
Town Merchants.
P!Kn«= of returning oonfHen"e are to he seen on
the hotfll registers all over t ho city, for the buyers
from out-of-town firms have been flocking in of
late seemingly on every train. A remarkable in
stanr» of this is nt the Hotel Imperial, where from
a single St. l^otiis drygooda house twenty buyers
are staying. 1" former years fifteen buyers from
the larger houses In the AVest wrre usually the
limit tn be sent here at one time, and In a Presi
dential year the number was much. less, as a rule.
In discussing tins point yesterday Frederick -B.
De Berard, statistician of the Merchants' Associa
tion of New York, said it was only In accord with
reports from merchants' associations and business
men in many pa rt s of tllo country. ••What it
means," he continued, "is that there Is not an
oversupply of manufactured products in any one
locality. Moreover, the sending of so many buyers
to the great centres like New York shows that
merchants expect a good y>ar.
"Just at present the only point in question is the
outcome of the crops. But at this season every
year there is the same uncertainty, depending on
weather conditions. Somehow, the customary hesi
tancy exhibited in an election year has not been so
much In evidence, as far as I can see."
SAPPHIRES AND RUBIES STILL SAFE.
Dr. Kunz Says Owners Need Not Worry
Over Reported Find of Professor Miethe.
According to Dr. George F. Kun/.. an authority
on precious stones, connected with the Tiffany
company, at Fifth avenue and 37th street, per
sons owning rea! sapphires and rubies need have
no anxiety over the report from Berlin that Pro
feasor Miethe had discovered a method whereby
near-sapphires and imitation rubies could be made
for about $4 a carat to resemble so perfectly thn
genuine as to defy detection even by exerts.
"An old. old theory. There has never yet been
Invented a substitute for precious stones that
could fool an expert for a moment." 1 said Dr.
Kunt yesterday. "This i laim Is the same as that
n'.hde in 1886 and proved at that ilrne to be foolish.
There will never be anything produced by man
that can 1»k»" tho place occupied by the precious
gems. There ia a sentiment felt for them that do
substitute, however clever, can inspire
■It is sometimes true that after every one pipe
has dropped » subject the Hermans take ii up and
think there is a whole lot in it. Thi« idea died
over twenty years asjo. nnd it is still dead."
WATERWAYS COMMISSION MEETS.
Buffalo. June 2.— The American and Canadian sec
tions of the International Waterways Commission
begnn an important Joint session here to-day.
"The meeting was called." naid George Clinton,
one of the. three member* of the American sec
tion, "to consider the laying out of the. boundaries
which run through the Great l..ak<-s and the con
necting rivers and channels from th« point of the
intersection of the International boundary line with
the St. l^awrence River to Pidgeon River. This
work comes under the terms of the new treaty,
which calls for « revision of the boundary Hue be
tween the (JnKed States and Canada."
ii was agreed that a survey of the boundary
should not be begun at once. The commission will
firm make a careful review of the present charts
»nd boundaries sis set by the Treaty of Ghent If
tho commission fails to reach an agreement within
six months disputed points will be referred to a
third power. The commission adjourned to meet
June 28 lit Toronto.
I. T. U. OFFICERS ANNOUNCED.
Indianapolis, June The election of offlrets of
Hip International Typographical Union was of
ficially announced to-night, as follows:
President. James M. Lynch, Syracuse; first vice
president, j. w. Have*. Minneapolis: secret ary -
I res surer, .1 \\ Braniwood, Denver agent r n ion
Printer*' Home, Georfa v Nl.-hols, Baltimore;
dflegateii to American. Federation of l.ahnr Krs k
Morrison. Chicago: Mirk a Hayes, Cleveland Hugh
Stevenson. Toronto. Ont.; 'I \V Mci'nllouch
Omaha; truateei Union Printers 1 Horn* Anna i"
Wilton. v\a.«h'iicton; i. V Bhepurd. Grand RapM .
Mkh.; Thorns MeCaffery, Colorado Spring. Col
The total •"'» for the candidatei for pr*ii.l«nt
was m for Lynch And 13.361 for 11. 3. HuJspeth
or New Orleans.
>* y fir ,t, t *«* v ,i. m
READY TO TEST BKIDGE
Experts Will Begin as 'Soon as Board
of Estimate Assents.
The investigation Into th» safety of th» Black
well's Island Bridge has not yet reen «tarteri,
although Controller af«ta announced last we»k
that a well known firm of consulting bridz<? en
ginee,ra had been engaged to conduct the exami
nation. It now appear* that the matter will
have to com« up for ratification by the Board
of Estimate, at Its meeting on next Friday.
The firm of Boiler & Hod?-, of No. 1 Nassau
pfreet, received a communication yesterday from
th* Controller stating that h» had received their
proposal Indicating the term? upon which they
were -willing; to undertake th»* Investigation of
tbo charge*, and that h«» would refer the matter
to the Board of Estimate at its next meeting:
for ratification.
Henry W. Hodge, of the firm, was asked •*■
terday by a Tribune reporter when the work of
examination would begin.
"I do not know." replied Mr Hodge, "as the
riuestion of our doing the work has not yet re
ceived the ratification of the Board of Esti
mate. Last week we received a letter from the
Controller asking us to see him in connection
with an examination of the Blackwell's Island
Bridge. There was a «hort conference, after
which we submitted In writing th« term* upon
which we would be willing to do the work. Th«
Controller has just acknowledged the receipt of
this communication and informed us that he
would bring the matter up for ratification at the
meeting of the Board of Estimate on Friday
next, -when he expected the necessary authority
would he obtained to have the Investigation
started at once.
"We are ready to begin work Just as soon as
we receive definite instructions to do so."
NEW AMSTERDAM BANK'S DIVIDEND.
Depositors in the suspended New Amsterdam
National Bank received yesterday the long looked
for Initial dividend of 25 per cent. The bank
closed Its doors on January 2?. and Charles A.
Hanna. national bank examiner and receiver of the
'National Bank o* North America, took charge tem
porarily. The bank, although a Morse Institution,
was understood to he in fairly good shape, with
sufficient assets to pay off all the depositors in
full. John H. Edwards, ex-Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, v.as appointed receiver two months
ago. Mr. Edwards said yesterday that he expected
to pay a second dividend of 35 per cent in the near
future. It is understood that plans for the reor
ganization and eventual reopening of the bank
tinder a new name and with new interests in the
directorate are well under way.
ROYAL ARCANUM ANNIVERSARY.
Members of ail the councils of the Royal Arca
num in Manhattan and The Brons am planning t"
attend, with, their families and friends, the Royal
Arcanum Day celebration in the afternoon and
evening nf Jun» Df> in Manhattan Park and tho
I'asino at Eißhth avenue and lCoth street. This
celebration will comiemorate the founding of the
order thirty-one yean ago. The proceeds from
the s..!p of tickets wtU he devoted to the hospital
bed fund, a beneficent department of the order,
which cares for needy members when ill. supply
ing them with medical and surgical treatment !n
hospitfiis.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Patrolman Murray, while chasing a prisoner yes
terday, accidentally shot Charles LVerinc of No.
115 West 41st street. Deerlng was only ulisrhtiv in
jured. John Mahoney. of No. 110 Bedford street,
the prisoner, was finally caught. He was arraigned
later In th»» West Side court and held in JI.OOO
bail on a charge of attempted felonious assault.
Gustavo Dinner, of No. 431 -West 4."-.th street, was
convicted yesterday of manslaughter in the first
degree In General Sessions, and will be sentenced
on Tuesday. Dinser was arrested tn i>v» charged
with killing his- two-year-old daughter. In his first
trial lie was convicted of murder in the second
degree.
August S.*heeo>r, of N.-.. -^ West l<Vsth street.
tried in vain to commit suicide yesterday several
times, "out each attempt was frustrated by his
wife. He wan finally made a prisoner and locked
up in the East 104 th street station.
Because of her fancy to- destroy things. accord-
Ing to the testimony of a Children's Society acent
In the < - hiidrens rourt yesterday. Mis K. Ilolmes
of No. fSq West :sth street, tied a three-year-old'
girl with a ro « to the door knob. Mrs. Holmes also
looked after a two-year-old girl, the children of a
.Mrs. Victor, who formerly lived at No lij West
2>th street. Efforts will be made to find the
mother, and if th.- Children's Society approves of
her she will get the children.
Convicted of attempted burglary in the first de
gree. Max Gottesfe.ldt. pi No. MC Klu*hlng avenue"
Brooklyn, was sentenced yesterday to not leea
than eleven ye» nor more- than twelve year,
and eleven month* In Beam by Justice «}off. The
prisoner was arrested on May !: while IryhMJ to
enter the home of Frank Allen, at No. Ma Wast
Knd avenue.
Brooklyn I.odce. :•?. of the Benevolent and' Pro
tective Order of K ik.-.. dented yesterday that M ever
refused the Masonic fraternity the r%hl to hold
a funeral iarrlce hi the Elk- lodceroora at No m
Schermerhorn street. Brooklyn.
Not lei., than six years and three months not
more th™ seven years In state prison was th..
•entence meted oot to Bnlvatore AntaHnnaT" Wo.
m East 4Mb street, by judge Roaatok, restfrd-T
after he had ple^r, Ku)l , y ,0 attended **£.
turn and carrying concealed weapon*. Vincent
rtrng.; or no. m Ea . t , : ,, n Btwt ;
Ple»d«l pt.llty -■• attempted extortion, was Ma
r-ncM to tw» year.«.
Brintor Buckwaltt. »., r^t.r.v le "n iiajUmg. ,
Crewtli, win b, the c,., t „! honpr at d ,
o» tivan »] hM MtMH ». R.!. r nt,.h. r # 10-morr^
l\n t\ h L:^ tlitooA lhat " B) * Blir D^">'
.V/?.^. IT3/. LEEDS S PKARLS,
Government Wins Suit Agm^,
Paris Jeweller for More But]].
Judge TJiromne. hi th» T;nit»d 3tat«a ri^o:
Court. hand«"i down a decision •.-•«t«»y* 1 » ts f^
of the government in th* antt 'r-'nofht uv:r
Reman! Citroen, of Citroen Frothers. tewate^ '^
Paris, to recover the <<•**•»•--• m cnst?3 tiu^
an a necitlace costing MM »nd breast* o»ifeit
country as individual pear'?. The neckljc* » v
bought In Paris by Mrs. XViHUri Leeds, - | «j
the president of the Rock "' Railroad. -x*j)
lives at No. 937 Fifth avenu*. with -- •:M' jilaßl-
Ing that It should v » brou?*if •■> •- • - -•-■ -
Huso Citroen, on* of the r--"-'>-»r --"-'>-» of t!i.» at
that the duty on It should be paid aal of tt» psr
chase price.
Th« neeklan »m taken apart and >»r~jgHt ha>
the country as th!rty-peve n !n<!iv»*jiii peartm atf
n duty of T> per cent «« a?.«es«#(f m it. T"»
alloTred by the hMUd of Bppialßßfn, Ml am€a>
lector of the Port contended th*t tha c%«r!» *
«tlttited a necklace, and that the duty aVnlt i*
An p^r rent Suit was iiiiiH ■»! T-ida* lanaH
held that th« pearls, although Bnjnaaal C3=r:
tufed a rteckTare.
The «p r r»lse«l vain* M th« p»«r!' »*!« naMat
her. on June t!». jaw. was I2S».««. «>.«« 1«m tin
Mrs. Leeds r"''' for the naehlßW Upc™. tit crT
tnal appraisement th- 1" per -•!» duty pat* by t!»
jeweller was J£?.'™. Baal now by th* «• i* art
addition he will have tr> ray »«».«». makJng a tßta
of J!3?.
HEALTH OF THE (ITT.
Decrease of Scarlet Fever and Sri
den Spread of Chicken-Poi.
Th* record of the Heat* Department *r hi
week Jim the- besrinr.ir.sr it the deltas el m.
let fever. The cases went down ftana LSI far »
week before to «K. and measles dro??ei f l *
to i 235. Diphtheria arm recorded as fcavte? afflhn*
3?7 the week ended May 23. •*■• I-« *•**»
ntmber wa* Ml However, there w ° *,/""
spr»3d •< chicken-pox, »3 cases having Hal »
ported. . '-
There were 135 deaths from organic ■■! ■ •«
last week, as compared with 1« th* w « i^ :
169 for the week ende.l May ■ and Ml * ■»
week ended May 9. Dr. DwUngton Xeilewatiiat ta
prevalence of heart disease Is i • to "•*•*""
Manhattan life. Tfca deaths. -w-r-. •«•»*«
evenly distributed between men and *"««■
From tuberculosis there were »■ — !Mt n *V*
one-third of the number b^rie ••■■■ D*-_
from rreumonia have decreased ■»»* S p*r «
since March. Tuberculosis shows ::r *'» ( l « !iB .
all the year around. .
The Board or Health, in its circulars of tar— c
tion enjoins cheerfulness ar.d freedom frost ••■»
and advises patients suffering from ni«:e^.J
not to talk to any one about ■"■* distast ***>•
the- physician cr nurse, and no: to Estea to ttß
of other patients, or follow their s ;gest:oas con
cerning the treatment of the -ease.
TO STUDY HOME HABITS OF AIIHS-
Party of Students To Go Through SnHm
Europe en Foot.
Ten students and a professor sail to-day « to
Austro-American steamship Alice to apesi »J^
studying at first hand the horse ,-or.iiidossMß
customs of the aliens wh.^ r""" ir ' zo t ~*f~~2
regions of Pennsylvania by the thousand «*
year. Edward A. Steir»r. V lote ***\J i J~^
Christianity in lowa CcMe^e, I'r';n"*'"1 ' r ' ;n "*'" '. '.
in charge of the students. «ho are prepann? -^_
selves for work amor? the foreigners • ue -~
Ing region under the auspices of th^ Tn ~L t
vanla Young Men'a Christian A " > " :s " 9 !^
party will land at Trieste, travel througS *****?
Hungary. Russia. Poland and Italy. ***_<
of the country en foot with pacts ■ '," r ; c^L.
and returning in th- »teera*« with th * ■"^^^
The expenses of the p;irty are bor *'' By . srtJ
committees and groups of citizens m * l - iTe ~~J tss:S
of Pennsylvania. All communities ■ _ igunt
districts f»f that state have l«n* -«« •-*^
with the problem of making good AE»r«.
Zens out of these alien*. _ yjfti
Profeaaar Steiner, wh^ is a-i -Austna^
and ha» given much af M* "• »(» ' *%* £
problem, believes th* an intimate ki» ,^ji*9B«
th« immigrant's custom-*. l»ogo»»a asa \-«. •»
in his home land is necessary for an - Mifß-^ r
wants to bwhaanca him in America. * 4^ , i ,
standings due to lack ft ';„,«« •«•»
cause most of th- trruM- in '■-•• m - n | * " ,i»
and he believes a year «p«t ''\, ™*Z*»
classes in Europe from •*■ "V —^ a*"
come wilt prepare ike * ud t » n *^r. lB HBf
thing else for work MM th* forei«s«»
tvanla
MRS. FRANCES HOYT HAS MORSE HOjjJj
Mr., r.an,^ Hoyt is the wr ,_'_,* r*****
avenue, a five story dwellinc n°u*e. r^' M^. Si.
..... by John N. Goldlng for CU*» «' oW » «*••
will alter th- house extonsively for n tntni
>— ■ ■ vss
yean ago for $2>.V«X> fro.a Mrs- Ftf -«».
aj * . . '
GATES CALLS MADDEN* AD. *
John W. i;-tes. -her. asked at JjJJ*^
last night what he had •< ■« In ■— Te>— 0».
K. Maddens bear advertisement* <«» -
replied: , 9tot/9 tot/t >> *
It, just a rUin caaa rt we Kb *■ .n** 1 *
Mr Madden in bnyhMj Mm ■»»*» « r ,"«** »'
he laid down i had to make - 1 '" . h( ,i. lrt ts if
Ir.B much "now. but I »h->l »»av- •
in court." _ i ,_, t v, r a or**^
Mr. i.ate. «-. BWtBBJ tot ■ *" f rfe,-I<H<» .B«^
artist. Mr. QaM .«M he ■•■"■
it will b» e\h^ite»< — «"»**^'^
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