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\?^ LXV 111....N 0 22,531. -^^"Xi^ NEW-YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908. -TWELVE PAGES.- Th . 00 / r^Vr^
NEW OLYMPIC DISPUTES
BRITISH CHARGE FOUL.
American Winner Disqualified —
Stcedcft Withdraw Wrestlers.
X/jndon. July 23. — The unfortunate seri<\«; rf
Capotes which have arisen since the opening; of
•se Olympic games, not only between the Ameii
cass and the officials of the Amateur aVdaMle
Association but between the athletes of other
mftiimiM and the same officials, culminated this
afternoon in an occurrence which threatened to
•greek the Olympic games.
The trouble was over the^flnal heat of tho 400
metre flat race, for which J. C Carpenter, of
Cornell University: J. B. Taylor, of tho baaV-
Ajßerican Athletic Club: W. O. Robblns. of
Cambridge. Mass.. and Lieutenant Wyndham
Basis rllr I'nlted Kingdom, qualified.
With the exception of Taylor, the men got off
ovickly on the firing of the pistol, and Robblns
gp, mted in front, taking the pole from Carpen
ter, who was Just behind, with Halswelle trail
tag akmg beside him.
It looked like anybody's race as they ap
proached the last turn, the three leaders being
♦cached. Their spurt for the final hundred,
yards was Just begun, wVen suddenly a number
of officials rushed on to the track, the tape across
tie finish was torn down and the race was de
clared void. It was hard for a time to under
ftaad what had occurred, but the official pro
r.ouncenient was that Carpenter had fouled
Halswelle at the turn. - Every one close to this
spot bad noticed that the three men had swerved
toward the outside of the track as they came
around the bend at a terrific pace, but there
•s-ere no signs of a deliberate foul visible to
those in the press stands.
GREAT UPROAR IN STADIUM.
An uproar followed such as "seldom or never
.was witnessed on an athletic field. Officials of
the Amateur Athletic Association, with whom
the arena has been filled since the opening of
the games, ran along the edges of the track,
shouting "Foul!" and appeared even more ex
. cited than the runners, who, with the exception
of Taylor, continued the race to the finish, Car
penter passing the post first, Bobbins second
and Halswelle third. Taylor, who was a con
siderable distance in the rear, was dragged off
the track by one of the excited officials, who
Routed all the while that it was no race.
' The American contingent set up a yell of
delight, as their man had apparently captured
the race which had been predicted for the Brit-
Über, while the vast audience filling the other
stands sat client, not knowing the cause of the
excitement in the arena.
I: Then the announcer made the brief statement
through a megaphone that the race had been
declared void, but no.reason was given. The up
tsar continued for nearly half an hour, and, as
.the people poured out of the stands, the argu-
I nests were taken up in the aisles and gateways
Is- excited thousands, and the race is still the
subject of the bitterest -wronging everywhere.
HALPIX BIASES FORMAL. PROTEST.
Matthew P. Halpln, the manager of the Ameri
can team, who was in the arena, immediately
catered a protest, claiming the . race for Car
pester, who had done the distance, according
to unofficial watches, in the remarkable time of
M 63conds, boom watches making it even less.
This time, had it been official, would have,
equalled the Olympic record.- " ,
A committee meeting of the Amateur Athletio
f»Hiti.-ir the details of wbich have not been
made public, was called, and the Judges who
teetered the decision and Halswelle were called
to state their case. Neither any member of the
American committee nor any one of the three
American runners, however, was called on to
make any Ftatement. and the committee, after
awre than Kara hours* consideration, rendered
the following decision:
The Judges decide the race void, and order
the 6ame to be run over again on Saturday at
asoo. Carpenter is disqualified.*'
When they heard the decision, the members of
the American committee met and passed a
Tsjolution. ordering the men not to run on Sat
urday.
James E. Sullivan, the American commissioner
to the games; Barlow S. Weeks. J. B. Maccabe,
Guttavus T. Kirby. Everett C. Brown and
Alonzo A. Stagg, members of the American com
ailue*. sat in a room in their hotel this even
ine, the most disgusted lot of Americans ever
gathered together in England. Commissioner
Sullivan was the spokesman, and the others up
held what he said. This is his statement:
Let us In the first place discuss the. arrange
ment of the track. It was unfair, especially to
Taylor, and apparently the arranging was done
*y.a man who did not want all the contestants
to ret a fair start. Taylor's position caused him
to give away yards which he could never regain.
SULLIVAN' DESCRIBES THE RACE.
Sew lor the race. Carpenter at the crack of
the pistol took the lead and did the only thing
be could do and win. and that was to take all
tie running out of Halswelle in the first three
Jmn-irei jards. As a result, he gave the spec
tators th- fastest three hundred yards ever seen
«n the Stadium. The 220 yards he covered in
~l snoods, and at 300 yards he had Halswell*
<wt Carpenter had the pole but he did not
run close to it. He ran well out at the first
tend, and. coming to the second bend, leading
to the taraightaway, he ran wide, as he had a
*ert<vt light to do.
Halswelle. instead of taking advantage of this
fiance aud cutting to th* post, remained In his
old position. At that point, probably 110 yards
from home. Carpenter turned his head to si?>e
Who was there, and then, swinging up the
Wretch, gave the English public a 110 yards
tb *T had rot seen equalled this weak. Halswells
**« all out before the stretch was reached, and
America had found la Carpenter a wonder at
thfc distance.
Xwer In my life, and I have been attending
athletic meetings lor thirty-one years, have I
*Itn*«f;.-'j a scene that struck me as being so
■naportsn.anlike and unfair as that in which
•** officials participated. When Carpenter
r Jxted in leave Halswelle behind, the officials
tried "Foul:" In unison, and raised their hands
•°d hats, while the announcer ran around also
Jelling 'Foul!" Furthermore, they did the un
•fortEmanlike act of running up the track In
•• «ndeav*ir to Ktop Carpenter coming through,
**d deliberately and meanly broke the tape no
••not to give him that honor.
QUESTION OF AUTHORITY RAISED.
They practically d<-clar«-d It no race without
authority. Tlwr<» was only one man in the arena
*fco naj authority to do that, and he was th«
»**«-r^ t>be f-r< <- did not do i*r>. but a !>>t
** <x<'it.-d onkiaH ran about wixuning "Foul!"
•*<i "M • t; ;1 . ■■ - and it m th«'Jr decision that
■»'«* anacwjaiujfl
Suppose Carpenter and Robblns had met with
*3 accident, would It RtjJl have Ixwn doomed
race? if the official? conducting the Olympic
* >or ha-5 any spirit of good fellowship and had
•"•ated our boys and officials as we would have
Seated them If th<»y had gone to America, our
*<n would have gone out and run the race over
•«am; out th^y have not. The race wan as
Jair as any race ever run.
We never paid a word when the Englishmen
W?d to line up in front of Elsele In a race last
** k . rj.> r when I>"«kin and Wilson tried to run
<H«va Sheppard, things which thpy glory in over
'52* "^ which their own papers laud them for
ln g Again, in the £00 metres. Crawford went
111 •« kill fiheppard oft to allow Just, his team
*ate. to win, but th«y couldn't do it, and if
• -i. in .-.I .■„ ! •■•. p , K .
, $90 TO CHICAGO AND RETURN
♦ a -y Uto 26. IVoasrlvanla Railroad. Tickets good
77. rtlura until Jo!y 31. See ticks: *«-ei»i*.—
SCENE AT FORMAL OPEXINCJ OF THE DLY3iIPIC GAMES IX THE STADIOI OX JULY 13.
MASSED ARMY CF TWO THOUSAND ATHLETES LINED UP BEFORE THE
ROYAL BOX.
(Fhotofrraptaß by H R. Itunhnell.)
LONDON PRESS ON RACE.
All Say Carpenter Fouled Halsrvelle
in Olympic Contest.
London, July 24. — The London morning papers,
•with the exception of "The Express" and "The
Daily News," refrain from commenting edi
torially on what is described as an "unpleasant
incident" and a "sad blot on the Olympic
games." "The Express" says:
We firmly believe that American sportsmen
will regret equally with us the unfortunate In
cident which makes the relations between them
and the British competitors more strained than
ever. We hope that no attention will be paid
to wild words on such subjects on either side
of the Atlantic. Such unhappy occurrences are
best forgotten as quickly as possible.
"The Daily News" attributes the "unsavory"
Incident to the gambling element, and Bays:
It has besmirched the whole character of the
Olympic games and has brought us face to face
"with that aspect of modern sport which makes
the revival of this classic event an irony.
In the general descriptions of the race the
morning newspapers unhesitatingly adopt the
view of the Judges that Carpenter, the Ameri
can, was guilty of "boring." They quote Hals
welle as asserting that he was elbowed out by
Carpenter, who gave him two vigorous blows on
the chest. It is alleged that a doctor examined
Halswelle and found bruises from these blows.
"The Standard' quotes a prominent athlete,
who is unnamed, as saying:
I should be sorry to say that Carpenter knew
precisely -what he was doing, but he so impeded
Halswelle as to make it impossible for him to
■win. To have allowed the race to stand would
have been a scandaL Halswelle was. crossed
more than once. The best runner In the world
could not have succeeded against such tactics.
"The Dally Telegraph" goes far toward ac
casing the Americans of deliberately planning
to hamper Halswelle, - It says: : -vj-/v ... '. «r- ?;:
With /three runners the Americans had a
rtrong hand to play. They knew none of them
was equal to Halswelle. so they were set to
help one another on their Journey. It Is the
•writer's view that all had a separate mission,
although Taylor was no party to the plan laid
down. He had no need to have it divulged to
him.
Both the leading sporting papers employ the
strongest language in connection with the inci
dent. "Sporting Life" says:
It leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. Would
to heaven it had never occurred. What needs
to be emphasized is that the utmost precautions
•were taken to insure a fair race. No less than
a dozen umpires were stationed around the
course with definite instructions as to what to
do in the event of anybody being guilty of
"boring." It Is well that there was mute but
irrefragable evidence in the tracks that piti
lessly condemned the competitor guilty of foul
ing.
"The Sportsman" describes the affair as "one
of the most disgraceful exhibitions of foul play
ever witnessed. ... A slur is cast upon
American epcrtsmanshlp in the eyes of all
Europe which cannot ever ba eradicated. . . .
There can be no excuse; the thing was open,
unabashed and shameless. Ifr must either be re
pudiated or defended."
FIGHT FREIGHT ADVANCE.
Texas to Bring Injunction Suit —
Four Other States May Act.
[By Tpl^graph to The Trlbuno. 1
Galveston, July 23.— The Texas Railroad
Commission, responding to appeals from com
mercial and shipping' interest s, will take action
to prevent the general advance of freight rates,
which will mean an increase of over $15,000, OX)
a year in Texas alone. The Texas commission
will enjoin the railroads from advancing the
rates affecting shipments into and out of Texas.
Action has been delayed because the state
commission feared it waa powerless to inter
fere with interstate ratea. It was found, how
ever, that an interpretation of the law makes
it the commission's duty to protect T<=-xae fihip
pera It is understood that the Kansas. Louis
iana. Arkansas and Tennessee commissions will
u.n- e'r.-.'.ur a^t !••;■..
WAINWSIGHT MAY COMMAND FLEET.
Naval Officers at Newport Believe That He
Will Sucoeed Sperry.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. ]
Newport. R. 1., July 23-— lt is understood here
among naval officers that Rear Admiral Richard
•W'alnwrlght will succeed Rear Admiral Charles
Bpe-rry in command of the Atlantic fleet at th»
end of the present cruise. Now that the President
has said that the fleet will return to this Bide of
the continent, there is much speculation as to
who will command it after the retirement of Rear
Admiral Bperry. There are many aspirants, it ,is
s«l<1 b«r«», but there docs not seem to be much
doubt that the honor will fall to Admiral Waln
wright.
HAMMERBTEIN MAY QUIT PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia, July 23.— Oscar Hammersteln, who
Is building the Philadelphia Opera House, at Broad
and Poplar streets, this city, where he purposes
to establish a permanent home for grand opera, in
a statement to-night cays he 1« not getting sub
scriptions from the wealthy and socially prominent.
and that unless support is given by the classes
named Taj Is" apt to abandon the project of a sea
son of grand opera in the house under his direction
altogether."
DISOBEYED MOTHERS. TWO BOYS DRC'WM
Grand Rapids. Mlrh.. July 23. — Harry Vincent at.iJ
John O. Ostlng. nine-year-old boys, were dro wn
in Ft"h I^ake. this afternoon. Th»y had b**n for
bidden by their mothers to go swimming, but dls-
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
■!'-> jiurliy &**> made it famous." — Advt. . -
FREAK STOBM HITS CITY
WORKS HAVOC IN JERSEY.
Coast Srcept by Worst Gale in
Fifty Years — Wires Down.
An unusually severe thunderstorm, which was
expected to bring relief from the hot wave,
came up suddenly yesterday afternoon, the
lightning causing much damage to fla^rp^les in
and around New York and killing a boy who
was walking to his home in Jersey City. A
fairly heavy rain which began at 2 p. m. con
tinued throughout the afternoon, but did not
bring any great relief from heat and humidity.
There -was little or no breeze, and before 6 p. m.
thirteen prostrations had been reported.
Information received here early this morning
Indicates that the Jersey shore south of Asbury
Park was visited yesterday afternoon by the
worst storm in that section in fifty years. The
Ptorm was most severe in a section about fifty
miles square. Wires are down and only the
barest details are obtainable. Two lives are
known to have been lost, one at Forked River
and another at Barnegat. In both cases th*i
victims were men.
Twelve houses were struck by lirhtring at
Tuckerton. Toms River, Pleasantville, Barne
gat City, Forked River. Island Heights and Fair
town are among the places cut off through the
breaking down of all the wires, both telegraph
and telephone. Even the lifesavers' wire along
the coast is down. The railroad wires are also
down.
While the storm hovered over Manhattan "a
bolt of lightning struck the flagpole on the Ger
manla Bank Building, at No.. 190 Bowery, shat
tering "it. Fragments ft-ii to '.he street.. b*ut,;
luckily, no one was struck by them. The bolt,
according to- Sidney Walsh, the engineer of the
building," ran down through the building,
grounding near the furnace of -the boiler room.
A few minutes after the pole on the Germania
Bank Building had been hit. lightning struck
the flagpole of the National Casket Company's
building, at No. 48 Great Jones street, splitting
it into four sections. The copper ball, ten inches
in diameter, which was on the top of the pole,
•was hurled to the street. Several persons were
passing In a group and narrowly escaped being
struck. A section of the pole was hurled across
the Third avenue elevated tracks. Splinters
from the pole were found on the roofs of houses
two hundred feet away from the building.
ELEVATOR MAN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
John Herbert, an elevator operator, in the
employ of the National Casket Company, just
escaped death when the lightning ran down the
control cable and the steel girders of the ele
vator shaft. The elevator was descending when
the bolt hit the flagpole. Herbert had Just re
moved his hand from the cable when the
lightning ran down it, causing tho car to stop.
.■."'■- < . ■* - r ■• '
The list of prostrations follows:
ADLHR, Aaron, twenty-nine years old, of No. 50 Avenue
D; taken to Hudson Street Hospital.
BANOI3R, Herman, thirty-one year* old, of No. 434 Pr>r—
rlan avenue. The Bronx; taken to Fordham Hospital.
BUSCH. Gustavo, twenty-tight years old. of ' No. 1063
42d street. Brooklyn; taken to Bellevue Hospital.
BURNHARPT, Mrs. F.. twenty-eight years old. of No.
1399 Third avenue; token to Presbyterian Hospital.
DA VI Thomas, fifty-three year* old, of No. 51 West
12th street; taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.
DRISCOLU Edward, twenty -two year* old, of No. 25
Monro* street-! taken to B', Gregory's Hospital.
KENJUTZ. Otto, fifty-two year* old, of JJorwalk. Conn.;
taken to J. Hood Wright Hospital.
LEONARD. Thomas, tw«nty-thre«-years old, of No. 855
West 129 th street; taken to Washington Heights Hos
pital. r .?•;•.'.
MANNING, Alfred, fifty-eight years old. no home; taken
to Presbyterian Hospital.
KUBHN. Ida. twenty years old. of No. 288 Brooms street;
taken home.
RICE. Joshua, thirty-five years old. of No. 647 West
130 th street; taken to J. Hood Wright Hospital.
REDDEN. Daniel, twenty-eight years old. of No. 203
Eteet 15th street.
SANEON. F!r«d*rlek, thlrty-slx years olff, "of No. 203
Bleeoktr street ; taken to th« Hudson. Street Hospital.
The storm, which was freakish, did tho great*
eet damage around Jersey City, causing' one
death by lightning and considerable damage
to property. Rain and lightning apparently
picked out special places to descend upon. This
was especially noticeable in Stamford, Conn.,
where the storm raged terrifically In the north
ern and eastern sections of the city, while in the
central and southern parts no rain fell.
While ■ the storm thundered and flashed over
Manhattan. Brooklyn was not disturbed, and no
damage was reported from rain or lightning.
A capricious gale blew up suddenly off Con
etable Hook, carrying a cloud of refined oil
from the Standard Oil tanks to Bayonne. Women
who were walking In the streets fled to door
ways for protection, but the shower of oil soiled
many dreeses before their owners knew, what it
was. While the oil mist blow In the faces of
passersby a bolt of lightning struck an apart
ment house at 34th etreet and Broadway, but
caused more excitement than damage. :
BOY KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Samuel Gerson. fourteen years old. of No. 398
Ocean avenue, Jersey City, while hurrying
through the shower to his home, was struck
by lightning: and tall at Rutgers and Stevens
avenues. Mb face and hands and clothing were
burned, and when a surgeon from the City Hos
pital arrived he Bald the boy had been killed
instantly.
Lightning also struck Christ Hospital and
alarmod the patients, set fire to the finest home
in the city, shattered a flagstaff In the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company's ferry, and excited
< ..nllniiMl «.n W< ond |M»»f
$250 TO ATLANTIC CITY AND RETURN
Sunday. July 26. Pennsylvania Railroad. Special
train leaves New York 6:45 A. M.. stopping . at
Newark, Elisabeth and New Brunswick.— AUvu
KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA. IN THE ROYAL
BOX.
THREE TROOPERS DEAD
STORM HURTS A SCORE
i
Tempest Strikes Gettysburg on Eve
of Troops' Departure.
Gettysburg, Perm., July 24.— As a result of a
severe electrical storm which passed over the
camp of the National Guard of Pennsylvania
last night, three troopers were killed and
twonty-six seriously Injured.
Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning Lieuten
ant Colonel Lewis E. Beitler, of Philadelphia.
a member of the staff of Governor Stuart, came
to this place from the camp and made the offi
cial announcement. Those killed, it is an
nounced, were as follows:
Private BURT BARBER. 10th Reffiment.
Private MILTON GARVER, 10th Regiment.
Private MORRISON. 16th Kegimont.
Major ('. C Wiley, surgeon of the Second Bri
gade, was severely shocked, and it was at first
believed he had been killed. Major Wiley is a
prominent physician of Pittsburg, and was an
alienist for the defence in the Thaw trial. He,
however, was not seriously hurt.
Captain O. J. Gunning, of Warren; Lieuten
ant James A. Saunders, of Erie; Chief Musician
Morrison and Drum Major Christley, of Butler,
were badly injured.
Lieutenant Kennedy reports that the 10th
Regiment is In fearful shape. He says that
every surgeon who has seen the dead and in
jured blames the trouble on the leggings worn
by the men.
The body of Garver was severed in twain as
though ny a sword.
The greatest confusion prevailed, and the vis
itors to tho camp, as well as many of ih* troop
ers, were panic stricken.
A lieutenant of the 10th Regiment said that
at least six troopers were killed and twoscore
injured. The field hospital is crowded with In
jured, and the colonel of the 10th Regiment has
given up his- quarters to those who are in im
mediate need Of medical assistance.
The camp Is flooded and the telegraph wires
are prostrated.
When ths storm came up Governor Stuart
■was entertaining a few friends in his tent.
The etorm broke with such suddenness and fury
that the occupants of the tent found themselves
entangled in the canvas and ropes In an instant,
but all escaped serious Injury.
There were nearly fifty men in the guard tent
of the 10th Regiment when the storm broke,
and not one is believed to have escaped injury.
The men of the Second Brigade, whose tents
were pitched in the lowland, were forced to
swim to safety. Their cots are floating about
the camp, and not a tent of this brigade re
mains intact.
When the storm swept down upon the camp
there were hundreds of visitors present. Scores
of men and women sought shelter in the Young
Men's Christian Association tent. This immense
sheet of canvas was tossed like a toy balloon
in a gal© of wind, but strangely enough not one
person la eald to have been injured.
The greatest excitement prevails, and many
troopers who were injured can be found only
by their cries for assistance, all tha lights in
the camp having: been extinguished by the ter
rific wind.
KILLS TWINS, THEN SELF.
Mother of Babes Drowns Them and
Inhales Gas.
Temporarily deranged by the heat. Mrs.
Thomas Dousette, twenty-three years old, of
No. 72 Norfolk street. Newark. K. J., after
drowning her twin children, only eleven daya
old, committed suicide by inhaling? Illuminating
gas late last night in her home. Ever slnco
her confinement Mrs. Dousette had been acting
strangely.
Shortly after her husband retired eh© got up
out of bed and took the two infants and placed
them in a tub of water, over the top of which
she fastened a piece of muslin.
Owing to the heat the husband became rest
less, and arose and went to the kitchen. The
door was locked, and after falling: to get a re
ply from his wife he forced It open, and saw
her lying on the floor. Not seeing his children
he hurried to the street,' where he called a pa
trolman. After summoning an ambulance, tha
two rushed back to the house, but all efforts to
save the woman were In vain, and "he died Just
as the ambulance reached the City Hospital.
The children were found drowned In the tub,
■which had been placed across two chairs..
It was evidently the Intention of Mrs. Dou
sette to kill her other two children, as she
had carefully plugged up the crevices in all th©
doors from the kitchen excepting the one lead-
Ing to tha room whero the children lay sleep
ing, but they escaped the gas which killed their
mother.
WRECKED OFF NEW LONDON?
[By Telegraph to The Trtbune.J ,
Plttsburg, July 23.— An exhausted carrier pigeon
was caught here to-day with a .yaper tied around
its leg on which was written the following:
Driven in hero by heavy "gain. Dismantled ship
and drove, us on rock. Unable to signal lighthouse.
Off New London, Conn. Deck awash. Cannot
last no more. V'" r ■ PIERRE.
June 18, now 11 p. m. - ARNVORE.
The pigeon and paper are in the possession of
Chester Eskell. who lives in lUver avenue, on the
North Side.
HAAN'S Restaurant, Park Row Bldg. Cooled by
efffccttve method*. Luncheon, Dinner, Music— Adv.
SUSPEND EIGHT CADETS.
West Point 'Authorities Take 'Action
on Hazing.
West Point. N. T.. July 23.-rEisht cadets in
the United States Military Academy here were
sent to their homes to-day as a result of hazing
members of the fourth class. They are "William
T. Russell, appointed at large, and Harry G*.
Wever. of Illinois, members of the first class,
and Byron Q. Jones, New York; Georgo W.
Chase. New York; William W. Prude, Alabama;
Isaac Spaulding, Oklahoma: William Nolle. Vir
ginia, and James A- Gillesple, of Pennsylvania,
members of the third class. : '■'- < : '
The cadets, who have been placed under sus
pension for what has come to be regarded in
official eyes as the major offence in the academy
list, will have their cases passed on by the Sec
retary of War, and have been ordered to await
the Secretary's action at their homes. Precedent
in such cases sets the penalty as dismissal from
thf academy, following proof of the hazing
charge.
Just what the incident was which has caused
the suspensions cannot be learned here. The
academy authorities decline to talk on the mat
ter and refuse to give out any information re
garding it. The incident was disclosed by one
of the accused cadets after leaving West Point.
Washington, July 23. — General Robert Shaw
Oliver, Acting Secretary of War In the absence
of Secretary Wright, has received the report
from the commandant at West Point, giving the
particulars of the hazing which took place there
,c ,: -, ':•• ■. r-->i;'.t.-ii ;:i •-•.£*:'. ■ iv-i--:.-. i f.ng s.-::t r
their homes to-day.
"Secretary Wright will return to Washington
to-morrow,** said General Oliver, "and until he
gets here nothing will be given out regarding
the affair."
Genet al Oliver declined to be drawn out on
the subject of hazing at West Point In any of
its phases.
DRAGGED BY RUNAWAY.
Bicycle Patrolman Hurt Catching
Horse in Crowded Street.
More than one person narrowly escaped either
death or serious injury last night when a spir
ited horse belonging to John Boyle, the driver
of a hansom, took fright and dashed through
Bast 34th street to crowded Park avenue, and
then north for three blocks. There it was
stopped by Bicycle Patrolman Alfred Winter.
Boyle tried to avoid the cabs standing in front
of the Waldorf-Astoria, but was thrown to the
street.
In crossing Fifth a\*enue the horse narrowly
missed half a dozen rigs. A3 it reached Park
avenue Winter Jumped for the bridle and held
on, despite the horse dragging him to 87th street.
There the horse fell, with the patrolman under
neath. The crowd which had Joined in the
chase rushed up and lifted the horse off the
patrolman, taking him into the home of a
physician near by. Winter was found to be
suffering from internal injuries, but he went
home after refusing further aid. The hansom
■was- not damaged.
HASKELL FOR TREASURER
Reported Will Be Announced by
Democratic Committee in Chicago,
Guthrie. Okla_, July 23.— The treasurership of
the National Democratic Committ»<* has been
tendered to Governor CN. Haskell i Oklahoma
and formal announcement of his acceptance, it
is said, will be madti in Chicago when the com
mittee meets for organization there Saturday.
Prior to the Denver convention the lirya:i
forces urged Governor Haskell to take the ac
tive manLtg-einent of the campaign as committee
chairman. This was refused by Haskell, because
it would taku him away from Oklahoma for so
l>ng & time. With the treasurership it is dif
ferent, and this is said to have been largely
responsible for Governor Haskell's decision.
SENATOR RAYNER'S LOST SON FOUND.
Lands in Virginia Farmhouse After Trans
continental — Now in Sanatorium.
[By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.]
Baltimore, July 23.— Senator Isldor Rayner re
turned : from Norfolk this morning, bringing with
him his son, "William B. Rayner, who disappeared
last March while under the care of specialists. . Ha
was traced to Atlantic City, from which point he
made a transcontinental trip. Then he returned to
the East, and finally wound up at a farmhouse
near Suffolk, Va. His father was advised of hi»
whereabouts and hurried there, accompanied by a
physician and several nurse*. They brought him
to Baltimore, and upon his arrival he was Imme
diately taken to a sanatorium in Western Pennsyl
vania. ... . ." ..■". •- ■.
STUDENTS FACE DEATH IN THE WOODS.
Chicago. July 23.— dispatch from Marquette.
Mvh., says that, half insane and at th« point of
complete exhaustion. Carel Pepta and Alb. It]
quist. Princeton University students, were brought
to Marquette to-day, after having passed four days
and three nights in the swamps of the Swanzy dis
trict. The men started last week for a tramp In
the woods, and. not expecting to stay away more
than a day. failed to provide themselves with sup
plies for a long trip. They became lost, and wan
dered for miles through the forests and swamps
until rescued by a searching party. In addition to
tha terrors of starvation, the young men reported
an encounter with a black bear, which they clubbed
to death after * fierce fight.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
WILL TRESS OIL CASE
PRESIDENT GIVES ORDER.
Directs Bonaparte to Take Steps for
Rt'irifil nt Once.
*■ i^Sr Telegraph to Th« Trllrort».7
Oyster Bay. July 23. — President Roosevelt has)
Instructed Attorney General Bonaparte to take
immediate steps for a retrial of the Standard
Oil case. In order to set aside all doubts as
to the attitude of the administration In ! the
premises, the following statement was Issued
by Secretary Loeb this evening:
The President has directed the Attorney Gen
eral to Immediately take steps for the retrial
of the Standard OH case. The reversal of the
decision of the lower court does not in any shape
or way touch the merits of the case, excepting
so far as the size of the line Is concerned. There
Is absolutely no question of the guilt of the de
fendants or of the exceptionally grave char
acter of the offence. The President would re
gard it as a gross miscarriage of Justice If
through any technicalities of any kind the de
fendants escaped the punishment which would
unquestionably have been meted out to any
weaker defendant who had been guilty of sach
offence. The President will do everything In his
power to avert or prevent such miscarriage of
Justice. With this purpose In view the Presi
dent has directed the Attorney General to brtns;
into consultation M- Frank B. Kellogg In the
matter, and to do everything possible to bring
the offenders to Justice. . «
Secretary Root reached Oyster Bay at ,12: 19
o'clock p. m. on a regular train of the' Lose
Island Railroad and Mr. Taft cane at 3 o'clock
on one of tho government automobiles which
had been sent to the 23d street ferry to meet..
him.
"My speech of acceptance, U. at conr!<e»,ih©
chief subject In rr.y mind Just at present." mM
Mr. Taft when be arrived, "and It la for the-pur
pose of discussing: It with th© President ilhat 1
am her© to-day."
Mr. Taft left Sagamore Hill by automobile at
9 o'clock to-night and Secretary Boot spent th*
night as the President's guest. No statement
on the conference was siren out here.
The plsgne of mosquitoes that strode Man
hattan Island last night descended upon the
Bummer capital to-day and mads life miserable
for the residents of Oyster Bay. The Secret
Service men standing- guard at Sagamore Hill
were nearly eaten alive, and when Mr. Taft left
the cottage to make his automobile trip to the
ferry a perfect cloud of the pests surrounded
the vehicle. Whenever th© speed of the ma
chine decreased to twelve miles an bear the oc
cupants were attacked by countless thousands
of the insects.
MR. TAFT IN NEW YORK.
Spends 'Night Here 'After. Visit to
the 'PrendenU
the President.
William H. Taft. Republican candidate for
President, arrived at the Hotel Manhattan at 11
o'clock last night from his visit to President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, making the trip by
automobile in two hours. Going to his apart
ments on the third floor, he received the dozen
reporters who had been awaiting his return.
"Well," he said. "I have not much to say. 1
had a very satisfactory talk with President
Roosevelt'- and Secretary * Root* '. " ' Further ' thin
that I can say nothing. I enjoyed the automo
bile trip, but It had the effect of making "me
sleepy."
On© reporter asked the candidate if It were
true that he had devoted much attention to the
country's naval programme In hl» speech of ac
ceptance. Mr. Taft laughingly replied: **1 can
answer that question; no. I nave not."
Then another wanted Mr. Taft's opinion on
President Roosevelt's speech before the War
College at Newport.
"I hate to confess it." he said, "but really I
have not yet read it. I have been too busy to
read the newspapers, but when I get the time
I'll read the President's speech, and no doubt I
will profit by it."
As though fatigue were a thing unknown to
him, Mr. Taft said that before retiring he
would put on the final touches to his speech.
He had planned some minor changes, he said.
and had intended making them on the train
coming from Hot Springs, but owing to the
jogging of the car he could not work on It.
Otherwise the speech stood as written, and
before midnight Mr. Taft had tt ready for the
printer.
Mr. Taft arrived at Jersey City from his so
journ at Hot Springs. Va.. shortly after noon
yesterday. He was accompanied by Represen
tative Herbert Parsons, Frederick Carpenter, his
private secretary, and his Japanese servant.
The candidate's face was burned a healthy
brown, and he greeted the reporters who await
ed his arrival at the station with the smile that
makes friends, asking. "Are you all members
of the craft?" Even In his heat attracting;
suit of solid black, Mr. Taft seemed to be the
coolest man In his party.
As Judge Taft waited in the centre of a group
of men for a 23d street ferryboat that was to
take him to New York on his way to Oyster
Bay he attracted much attention. He talked
about everything except politics, particularly
about hts stay at Hot Springs and the now
famous ball game between the statesmen and
the newspaper correspondents. "And that was
the true score, too, that was printed In the
newspapers," he said.
The candidate led the way to tho forward
part on the upper deck of the ferryboat Phila
delphia, and took a seat outside. But ther©
was no rest from the photographers, and the
next minute he was standing smilingly out hi
the sunlight facing a half dozen cameras. Mr.
Taft resumed his seat Just as the boat got under
way. As it moved past the depot of tha Adams
Expresa Company, alongside th*» slip, there were
vociferous ehouta from the employes at the
windows. Wa
The whistle of the boat tooted only one*,
which displeased one of the candidate's admir
ers, who called to the pilot: "Say. why don't
you blow three times? You've got the next
President of the United States aboard." Mr.
Taft shouted laughingly to the enthusiast. "Are
you a prophet?"
In reply to a question as to when he would 1
begin the work of his campaign Judge Taft
said: "I think I have begun already. If writ Irs
a speech ran be considers! that kind of work.**
When the boot was" half way acrow. the first
drops of rain of the gathering storm N»gan to
fall on the deck, but It had become a heavy
downpour before Mr. Taft relinquished his seat
and went Inside. His Indifference to the ele
ments was again shown when the beat reached
her New York landing and Mr. Taft stepped out
without waiting for an umbrella. "Oh, % don't
need any," he said to a solicitous friend. As he
left the boat a truck driver below shouted from
his seat, "Hello, "mil!" and the Presidentla'
candidate stopped to wave a good nattw«*
greeting.
An automobile trow Oyster Bay awaited X*
Taft at the ferry house, and a large crowd «f
persons who had heard of his coming has
gathered there. The police cleared a way. and
s as Mr. Tuft passed between the two waUft «j»