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LID ON ATLANTIC CITY
FORT ROUTS CAFE MEX.
Police Post Humorous Orders —
Dealers Say Loss Is $150,000.
ißv Telegraph to The Tribune ' .
Atlantic City, Aug.; — Governor Fort com
pletely routed the defiant saloonkeepers to
day, and his demand that the excise laws be
obeyed was carried out to the letter. There was
not a saloon. cafScr hotel in. this city In which
liquor could be purchased. The anti-screen sec
tion of the law -was also obeyed, and no-cur
tains were drawn to shield the barroom from
public view. Some cafes were open, but they
served only soda water, ginger ale, parsaparilla,
tea, coffee and cocoa with meals. There was
no attempt made at subterfuge.
Many persons familiar with the . history of
this far famed resort have wondered whether
the city could be as destitute of open saloons as
it was to-day, when every one of the two hun
dred and twenty saloons and hotel bars were
closed. They were closed alike to bona fide
guests as well ias to strangers just arrived
rdthin Its gates: It is said that this was the
fourth time in the fifty-four years of its exist
<•--<- that a drinkleFP day had boon experienced
Jn Atlantic City. A bulletin posted at Police
Headquarters stated:
"Saloons all eloped. No troops In town."
Another bulletin, officially signed by the rhief
of police, consisted of a card on which was
printed:
■Tn IM-.1 ]t t,.= s 'Hold th° fort.' To-day it's
F"rt holds you.' "
Governor Fort's proclamation of last -week
containing: his threat to send troops to the sea
shore in the event of a further violation of the
Sunday closing: law had its effect.
Saloonkeepers and hotel men reluctantly ac
cepted the advice ( „ the Mayor and of the more
conservative member? at the paloon men'? or
ganization, and <;-.=••■! their places of business
as , tightly as they knew how. Serins came
tumbling: down on Saturday midnight and re
mained down all day. Boardwalk caf4s that on
Sundays past hsve. been thronged ' to their
utmost -rapacity, serving liquors arid food, to
day were all but deserted. White aproned
waiters «.«,-..; idly by th» vacant chairs sur
rounding ' the once cosey - little tables, and
thought * regretfully of the gala Sundays that
■•--• gone. . •
- A visit ' during the height of the afternoon
crush on the boardwalk to one of the most
widely known raffs facing the famous seaside
thoroughfare disclosed" the fact that not a single
patron was in the place.
CURIOSITY SEEKERS FLOCK TO SHORE.
There was a decided decrease in the size of
the visiting throng to-day, though many persons
came, from Philadelphia and New York out of
sheer curiosity to see what Atlantic City, the
playground of the ■:":.-. looked like on a. dry
Sunday. The weather was wellnigh ideal, and
ordinarily, the innkeepers declared, they would
have had their facilities taxed to handle the
crowds. • The closing down of the saloons un
doubtedly kept away many thousands of regular
Sunday visitors from nearby places. ' The ma
jority of the boardwalk multitude here, how
ever." seemed not to mind the change of condi
tions, and enjoyed the- Ivesj in . other , ways
Curing th" 1 TTr^rntTig "and— afternoon. The "gay
,ni£iit •:•. in the cafSs, the music and the
ringing., were perhaps missed j more than any
•'••.- feature ' of the ' resort's changed ' Sunday.
life,. .' There •was, indeed, an air of Sabbath
quietude all the -way from the Inlet to Chelsea.
. SALOON MEN LOSE NEARLY $150,000.-
As spokesman for the affected liquor interests',
and one of the local political leaders, declared
that the loss of to-day's, closing would amount
approximately to $ir>o,ooo. He said that the
saloons would close every Sunday hereafter un
til some warrant of law will permit of their re
ma fnlngr open. •
"We will appeal to the Legislature when It
meets in January, and have high hopes of secur
ing some sort of relief." he said. "We will work
for the passage of a local option law which will
put the question squarely up to the people of the
i ty and i"..' -y v.\ have 1 ..-. r. keeping o[vn in
the past ■» the result of a public sentiment
which we believed to be in our favor. If we are
wrong we are willing to abide by the decision of
©ur own people. The permanent closing of the
caloons and hotel bars unquestionably would
hun t-ie resort, and non< if M wants to see
that."
The authorities of the city were much pleased
with fpm thorough manner in which the law was
« omplied with to-day. Chief of Police Woodruff
said that he had expected there would be a
■ *-- l - - • ■: arr---st« fir excise violations, but up to
• -:.- ! • • ■ •-■ h;x n-.en had been locked up for
drunkenness, four of whom were negroes.
1 -.t ever may be their attitude In the future
the liquor men capitulated unanimously to-day.
Many attempts in devious ways were made by
old patrons to obtain concession i [ mom sort
to-day, but there were no special favors to be
had anywhere <=: ng 1 • inc.
■ y;,;..\ -•:. ? representative there.
Captain Nelson B. Gaskill. Assistant Attorney
General, was here aa the representative of the
<Jovemor. He said that promptly at midnirht
the lid went down with a bang, and stayed
In the saloons owned by Commodore "Louie"
Kuehnle. the **boss" of the county, and "Bob"
Dftlaney. the patrons of the place at first looked
upon the Sunday closing order as a joke, but as
the clock struck 12,' the barrooms were cleared
, and prospective customers told they must wait
-until 12 o'clock to-night if they wanted to pur
chase any liquor. . '~i'<
• At 12 o'clock to-night the saloons opened
era in. and continued business until 2 o'clock,.
tb<i hour fixed for closing by the city ordinance.
Drinks were served at nearly all of the hotels,
however, but they had to be paid for last night.
, Many ■ ' of the larger hotelkeepers expressed
themselves freely on the excise question to-day.
It was their opinion that while the law was on
the books it should be enforced, but added that
. an -effort would be made to obtain more liberal
legislation.
As far as the general public was concerned,
th«y could see no change. There have been times
when th: reform element has compelled saloon
men to close their doors on Sunday, but they
never succeeded in getting the lid down as tight
its It has been to-day. .
Several of the churches of the city Indorsed
the action f Governor Fort at the services this
morning, . and commended him for the «tcp he
ha« taken in the interest of Sabbath observance."
EXPRESS TRAIN NEAR WRECK.
FYeeport. Long Island. Aug. ».— Harry Williams,
engineer of the westbound Amagansett express on
the long Island Railroad, .stopped his train at the
entrance to th« Freeport yards last «renlng when
hf found a semaphore signal set against him. Alter
waiting a few minutes he proceeded slowly to the
.**tet of obstruction. The train went through and
found th« block clear. The tower operator Jnvesti-
Ht+3 and found a broken rail. ./ Had the express
gone over th« break>tT-full speed * serious accl
4cat mis at hay« re-suited. ■.'•. ; , :".--- .
T» «p.-fiar mad »wi \
i«imiii)», lute* mlh wfaufak
F. C. HEWITT DEAD.
Relative of Senator Platt Leaves
Estate Valued at $10,000,000.
i, [By Long Distance Telephone, to The Tribune.l
Owego. . Aug. 30. -Frederick C. Hewitt, a re
tired r banker, sixty-nine years old, died to-day,
following ; a stroke of apoplexy '■ in the Ahwaga
House. He was Owego's richest resident, and
had spent the last years of his life collecting
paintings of the Barbizon school;-; There is con
siderable* speculation. regarding the disposition
he has made of this collection of paintings. .
' Mr. Hewitt was": a bachelor, and was; gradu
ated from Tale in the class of 58. It is esti
mated that he leaves an estate worth $10,000,
000. His father was Stephen Hewitt, of Elmlra,
N. Y. ■ -/' '■'•'. . ■ • ■".-' '-' '
Mr. Hewitt lived In an old mansion of red
brick, with high white wood pillars, next to the
Ahwaga House.
Mr. Hewitt had been in robust health up to a
few weeks ago. when he suffered from heat
prostration at New Haven while attending the
half centenary reunion of his class. He failed
to recover completely, and recently his condition
had alarmed his friends and family.
Mr. Hewitt was related to the Theodore
Frelinghuysen family and was a cousin of Sena
tor Thomas C. Platt. He was an ardent art
collector and sportsman, and spent much time
on his place near Melbourne, Fla., fishing and
sailing.
At the time of the Fish-Harrlman struggle for
control of the Illinois Cpntral Mr. Hewitt cast
his lot with the Fish party, giving Stuyvesant
Fish his proxy on the fix thousand shares -which
he owned then. It is reported that at the time
E. H. Harriman offered Mr. Hewitt $1,200,000
for this stock.
Mr. Hewitt inherited a large fortune from
hi? father, who organized Tioga County's first
bank, and a considerable one from a brother,
adding to it by judicious investments in securi
ties and real estate.
Last week Mr. Hewitt signed a contract for a
large addition to the Robert Packer Hospital, at
Sayre. Perm.. to cost $22,000. which he gives to
the hoppita!.
A GUARANTEE OF PEACE.
Emperor William Foresees No
European Difficulties.
Strasbourg. Aug. 30.— Emperor William, pro
posing a toast at a dinner here this evening
said:
"I rejoice to be able to express to you my
deepest conviction that the peace of Europe is
not in danger. It rests upon too solid founda
tions to be easily upset by incitements and
calumnies provoked by envious and ill disposed
individuals. . :*•?■;..
"Firm security exists, in the first place, in the
consciences of the princes and statesmen of
Europe, who know and feel that they are re
sponsible to God for the lives and prosperity of
the peoples intrusted to- their leadership. On
the other hand, it Is the will and desire of the
peoples themselves •to make, themselves useful
by tranquilly pursuing the development of the
magnificent achievements 'of' a rro^rof-yjve civ
ilization and to measure tiuir : fctrc.n'jtli' in peace
ful rivalry.
"Finally, peace also is assured and giiarawt°< '
■by our power on 'and arid sea, by -the' German
people in arm?, Proud of the- manly discipline
and th*- love of Honor of her armed -.forces, Ger
many is. determined to keep them on their high
level, without menace to others, and to develop
them as: her own interests demand, favoring
none and injuring none."
SYLPH'S MEN SHUT OUT.
Sailors from the Yacht Not Wanted
m Oi/stcr Baif Pnrilinn.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 30.— Several sailors from the
yacht Sylph, which is stationed here under
Lieutenant Roger Williams for the President's
use during his vacation, failed to secure
admittance to a dancing pavilion in the village
on Saturday night. T!:e pavilion is attached to
the Innside Inn, Oyster Bay's only seashore
hotel, and is open to the public. Saturday
night was one of the first nights the pavilion
was open, it being a new place. The announce
ment of the opening had been advertised about
the village by posters, and every one was in
vited.
There wa* a large number of persons dancing
in the pavilion when the sailors from the Sylph,
in uniform, appeared. They made an attempt
to go on the floor, but were prevented from so
doing by an attendant stationed at the pavilion
entrance. A long argument followed. The sail
ors asserted that the uniform of the United
States navy should not bar them from any
place, and they wore, indignant at their treat
ment. The clerk of the inn had to be called by
the attendant to aKsist him in convincing the
Sylphs men that they were not wanted, and
then they reluctantly left the place.
The crew of the President's yacht Sylph are
all picked men. and no trouble has been experi
enced from them anywhere in the village this
summer. Sailors from the Mayflower, th^ other
yacht which has here for the President's use
early in the summer, gave some trouble, and fCT
this reason the Navy Department stationed her
at Whitestone, a short distance down the Sound,
where she could be called by wireless teiegraph
when wanted.
HORSE'S KICK PROVES FATAL.
Another Man in Critical Condition After
Being Kicked in Face.
[Ry Telegraph to Th« Tribune.]
Paterson. N. J.. Aug. 30— One man waa knied and
another was badly injured by the kicks of horses
yesterday.
Edward Harrington, of North Haledon, alighted
from his wagon to unharness the horse, when it
kicked him twice in the etomach, a gall bladder
rupture resulting. He died shortly after.
Albert Vanderburg, driver of an Ice wagon, was
extracting a nail from tlie. hoof of one of his horses,
when the animal kicked him in the face. He is in a
critical condition.
KILLED IN SUNDAY BASEBALL GAME.
Chicago. Aug. 80.— Morgan Cunningham, fifteen
years old, while at bat In a baseball game between
teams organized by employee of two Chicago busi
ness houses at a West Side park to-day was struck
over the heart by a pitched ball and Instantly killed,
Several hundred persons witnessed the tragedy,
which occurred after the game had been played
through nine innings to a tl«.
"GOT OUT OF THE NOTION."
[By I>l«*Tapb to The Tribune.]
Westchester. Perm., «Aug. »— A marriage license
Issued to a Westchester man st the City Hall here
last May was returned through th* mails to the
City Clerk to-day. The paper was Indorsed across
Its face: "Returned— got out of the notion."
HAAN'S Restaurant,* Parti Row Bid* Delight
fully cool, with refined surroundings. Music—
NEW-YORK. MONDAY. AUGUST 31, 1908.— TEN PAGES.-
SLAIN BY THREE MEANS
A WATCHMAN MURDERED.
Beaten, Choked, Thrown Into Brook
on New State Road-
Clubbed until his skull waa pounded into a
pulp, choked with a strap tied tightly around
his throat, and then thrown into a brook, was
the fate which was meted out to Frank Brady.
a lonely watchman on the state road, between
Tarrytown and White Plains, late on Saturday
night. The murder is regarded by the authori
ties as the most foul crime that has been com
mitted in Westchester County in years. Sheriff
Lane, who is working on the case, has one sus
pect under arrest, on whom he believes he can
fasten a charge of murder.
That Black Hand agents were responsible for
the death of Brady there is no doubt. Revenge
is believed to have been the motive. Brady waa
employed as a night watchman by Mat lory &
Murray, contractors, who are building the new
state road between Tarrytown and White
Plains, which will form a boulevard between the
Hudson and the county seat. The work is being
hurried so that the road will he completed when
the Westchester <'ounty Fair and Horse Show
opens next month at the White Plains Fair
grounds, which is some distance from the scene
of the murder.
Brarfy was in charge of the roadway where
it is to run up near the lane leading to the
Knollwood Country Club, the membership of
which numbers many New York millionaire;!.
On Friday Brady hfid a nicrrit off. and an Ital
ian was placed on guard. Op. Saturday night
Pasquale Giovani was put on us watchman, as
it was not known whether Brady would return,
but he did return. He ordered the Italian
watchman away, and that was the last seen of
him alivo.
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hope, ?nn of Peter
Hope, a White Plains grocer, was, hunting fOV
frogs in a. brook which crosses land owned by a
realty company, rapt of the Knoilwood Lanp,
when he came across the body of Brady, lyjng
in the brook.
BELT STRAP AROUND NECK.
Coroner Squires, of O^.sininjr. and Sheriff Lan<»
wpre called, and they hurried to the spot in au
tomobiles. Brady was found lying on his baoic
in two feet of water. Tightly drawn around his
nerk was a black belt strap, eimilar to the kind
worn by Italians. Ii was tied so tight that it
cut into the flesh. The top of the mans skull
was crushed, and there was also a ghastly
wound in the forehead, whfeto had the appear
ance of having been mrxl. by a blow from a
hat"het.
Following iip their investigation, the official*
found the spot where Brady had been strm'K
down. About fifty feet from t're Knollwood en
trance in the torn up highway were several
pools. of blood. Nearby Was a watchman's club.
which had been broken in two pieces by the.
blows which had" been rained on the watchman*
head. On the opposite side of the roadway were
Brady's hat, his supper and several bottles of
be?r. Tt was evident that he had been cruelly
slain I "re eating his supper, and while walk
ing. ckinsf' ( the road. From the pools of blood,
! footprints led to.'the bushes north of the state
; road, through the bushes and across a vacant
: lot for a "distance of fifteen hundred feet, along
! which the body, had been dragged. Probably the
i murderer had dragged the man by the strap by
i which 'he; had •' been ' hauled to the brook,' into
which 'the body had been thrown. If he was
not dead' then, his life was smothered by the
waters of the brook, which covered his body.
Sheriff. Coroner and . deputy sheriffs Immedi
ately started to hunt for Pasquale Giovanl, who
was the last person seen near Brad y, and he
was found in a shanty run by a padrone named
Nicolo, at Elmsford, about 'a mile away. Pas
quale said he ; had been sleeping "near "a "steam
roller at Elmsford end had riot been near Brady.
Another Italian :.nown only as "Joe" told Sheriff
Lane, h wever, that he had seen Pasquale walk
ing in the direction of the section of the road in
charge of Brady late on Saturday night.
MAY BE BLOOD STAINS.
Sheriff Lane examined Pasquale's , clothing,
and found several large stains which looked like
blood on his coat: To-day Coroner Squires will
ask the District ' Attorney to • have a micro
scopical examination made of the stains to de
termine whether they are those of human blood.
Both Italians were locked up in the White
Plains Jail pending investigation. Nothing was
found in Brady's pockets except, a bottle of
whiskey, and it is not known . whether he was
robbed or not. It is generally . believed he was
murdered out of pure revenge for driving away
the Italian watchman who had taken his place.
Suspicion, points to Pasquale because yester
day morning he took away the. lanterns which
Brady had sit out,, on . Saturday night, and
which he knew- if Brady was alive he would look
after. ' For. some time many Black Hand out
rages have been committed in the northern sec
tion of ■• Westchester County. Following the
looting of three mansions of wealthy New York
ers in North Castle, the holding up of several
women in j Scarsdale, the \ blackmailing of rich
foreigners in Chappaqua, teveral murders of
Italians in Bedford and Croton who refused to
pay tribute to the Black Hand ■ Society, resi
dents of Chappaqua and Scarsdale formed a
vigilance league, and also decided to establish a
constabulary corps to patrol the dark and lone
some highways.
I* was only a couple of weeks ago that a stage
fill.-d with women and children, bound from
Silver Lake Park to Manhattan, was held up by
masked foreigners in Central avenue, between
Hartsdale and Scarsdale, and the occupants
were ordered to give Tip what little cash they
had after a day's outing at the lake.
Brady was a poor man. It was believed he
did not have an enemy in the world. He lived
at Irvington-on-the-Hudson, with his wife and
children.
PENNED IN BY FIRE.
Woman Burned to Death and Hus
band Dying in Hospital.
Mrs. Kate McDonald, forty-five years old, was
burned to death in her apartments on the sec
ond floor of the two story frame dwelling at No.
4«v4 Mercy avenue, Williamsburg, early yester
day morning. Her husband, Hugh McDonald.
In his efforts to save her. was so badly burned
that he is in the Williamsburg Hospital in a
dying condition.
The flro ntarted in the small confectionery
and stationery store of Samuel Sidon, on the
ground floor. The flames spread rapidly and
penned McDonald and his wife in a t-mall bed
room.
The work of extinguishing the flames was not
difficult, and when the firemen entered th«
apartments of the McDonalds they stumbled
across the burned body of the woman and found
her husband unconscious. They had not known
Hiiy one was in the building. Dr. Mary Craw
ford took McDonald to the WHliaxnsbiirg Hos
pltaL
MIX IN" ROBERTS CASE
POLICE FORCES AT ODDS.
Mrs. Williams Returns to Baltimore
—Victim Had $2,000 with Him.
» [By T'l^graph to The TribunM
•Atlantic City, Aug. 30.— Th«» complications in
the mysterious shooting of Charles B. Roberts
here on Wednesday became further involved to
day when relations between the police depart
ments of Baltimore and this city became
strained over Chief Woodruffs complaint that
the police of the Maryland city were not aiding
in the work of clearing up the mystery as en
thusiastically as had been hoped. Another im
portant feature of the day's developments was
the fact that Mrs. W. S. G. Williams, who was
with Roberts in the wheeled chair when at
tacked on the Boardwalk, was permitted to
leave the city and return to her home in Balti
more upon her promise to return here when
wanted. Mr. Roberts'^ condition is still critical
and blood poisoning Is feared. An important
fact, tending to support the highwayman theory
advanced by Mrs. Williams, is that the victim
had $2,<X>o on his person when he arrived in this
city. No further attempt has been made to re
move the bullet from the. victim's liver. The
police promise a surprise within a few days.
Chief Woodruff of the Police Department
issued this statement to-day:
The local department is not up in the air. nor
is U trying to hide anything. Neither is it
lying down on thft Job. When it gets ready to
divulge the information tt has and in getting
It will do so, and there may be some startling
surprises when that time, arrives. You may
r^st assured that the whole thing will be cleared
up and everybody will know the result.
NEW CLEW NOT ON ROBBERY THEORY.
It was sail that the veiled promise of a sur
prise contained in the police chief's statement
wap based upon the n«r clew discovered yester
day. This was not based upon the highway
man theory, which the persons concerned in the
case adhere to. nor to suspicions attached to ajiy
relatives of Mrs. Williams. Speaking of the
highwayman theory. Chief "Woodruff was asked:
'Have you definitely cast aside the highway
robbery theory?"
The reply waf a question to the interrogator.
"Would a highway robber deliberately shoot
a man who was not offering the slightest re
sistance to his demands? After holding up his
v" :iin in 3 lonely spot, would a robber, aft^r
shooting, run away with no thought of the
$l£6o in .jewels and monoy that were invitingly
at his men > .'"
The An antic City police resent the statements
of th« friends 01 '.Mr. Roberts and' of Will
iams that their refusal to accept the robber
theory is due to the jealousy of Atlantic City's
good' name. They d*vlare . that with what
'meagre', material they are able to obtain they
are. g< ing ahead with the ■ investigation along
line.*, ihai i-eem rational t<> thena.
In the event of ■ Roberts'* recovery they are
hopeful that he may be led into a satisfactory
explanation of the affair, while in the case of
his death more powerful means of inquiry would
be. put into their hands to get at the bottom of
the now closely guarded secret; and the only
word that comes from \ the sickroom sis to the
effect that if Mr. Roberts lives two weeks longer
he will recover. This information is anything
but satisfying to \ the police, but it is all the
surgeons : can' say. 1 ' " r 1 „' :'.'
LITTLE .POLICE HELP FROM BALTIMORE.
When asked if he had. heard anything from
Baltimore which had a j bearing on the closely
guarded new clew, Chief : , Woodruff said:
"I have as yet received no report from Balti
more that satisfies me .with the result of in
vestigations in that city. I believe that the
Baltimore, police could clear up the question of
Mr. Williams's. whereabouts on the night of the
shooting in a convincing manner and in a very
short while if they chose to , - so. But we are
not getting the complete co-operation that I had
hoped, for. I understand that a near relative of
Mrs. Williams is connected with the Baltimore
Police Board. | I do not know that this has had
any effect upon the investigation. I have read
all that has teen printed from Baltimore, but
shall continue my inquiry along the lines.origi
nally determined upon until I have good reason
for a change. :So far. as to-day's developments
arc concerned, there Is really nothing new."
Mrs. Roberts saw her -husband to-day for the
first time since the. shooting. She was allowed
to talk to him only a few minutes, and then was
obliged to retire from his room. The surgeons
will not permit him to, become the least excited.
They never talk to him of the shooting and al
ways stop him if ■he starts to speak of that
subject. - ■ •
Tin- doctors rather look for a change either
for better or worse in Robertas condition by to
morrrow afternoon.
MRS. WILLIAMS RETURNS TO HOME.
The police learned to-night that Mrs. Williams
had returned to her homo in Long Green Valley.
near Baltimore, where she Joined her husband
and children. She is suffering from nervous
breakdown and is denied to all visitors.
Acccording to dispatches from Baltimore Mr.
Roberts had 9&OO6 on his person when ho left
that city. His friends think that this lerds
plausibility to Om attempt at robbery theory.
Mr. Roberts usually carried large sums of
mrmoy on his prrson. and yet never was known
to carry a pistol or other weapon, both of which
*acts were woll know a to persons whom he knew
in Baltimore.
The police learned to-day that Thomas D«
Ford, a brother of Mis. Williams, is staying at
the Imperial Hotel, in Narragansett Pier. R. 1.,
with his family. Mr. De Ford, according to local
authorities, .-aid that hn first learned of the
shooting from a newspaper, while he was in
Chicngo, last Thursday, and that he had heard
nothing from his sister since that time. He was
emphatic in declaring that he believed the affair
< oniained no element of mystery, and that it
was a simple case of highway robbery. That
the police at Atlantic City had another theory
was due, he believed, to a reluctance to admit
that such a hold-up could take place on a public
place within their jurisdiction.
Mrs. Williams accompanied Mr. and Mrs. De
Ford In an automobile from Baltimore to Narra
gansett Pier, arriving there on August 18. She
remained there that night, and on the following
day went to Atlantic City, where she had left
her children. All the members of the De Ford
family are well known in Narragansett Pier.
Mr. Roberts has also been a frequent visitor
there.
y;(. DE FORD MAKES STATEMENT.
Mr. De Ford gave out this statement at Nar
ragan^'-tt Pier (o-night:
After reaching the pier on August 18 I re
mained here until last Tuesday, when. l went to
Chicago to attend a meeting, of the National
Leather Manufacturers' Association.
I went to Boston and took the 10 o'clock a. m.
train for Chicago, reaching there at 12:30 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon. I registered at the
Auditorium Annex, and the following day at
tended a fair of the National Leather Manufact
. urers' Association ;at .the Coliseum, and that
afternoon wan present at a meeting of the as
sociation. "I left Chicago nt 5:30 o'clock on
Thursday afternoon, reaching Boston at S:80
o'clock on Friday night, and returned here early
' Continued •■ second p«a% - •
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"Th« Tribune AsaoclAtlo*.
FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS.
Loss May Be $2,000,000— Firemen
at Picnic and Little Water.
■" New Orleans, Aug. 30.— Fire which broke out
in the ; centre of the commercial : district : here
this afternoon ; swept over portions of three
blocks, destroying a large number of wholesale
houses, manufacturing plants and small stores.
Starting at Bienville and Chartres streets, the
flames worked their way north as far as Conti
street' and west toward Royal, bringing about
a.; property loss 'of between , $1. 000,» and
$2,000,000 before they were finally" subdued. •
At the time the alarm ; was turned In, shortly
before. 3; o'clock, the New Orleans firemen were
attending .* their ; annual ,' picnic at ' a suburban
park , and the engines and patrols responded
with a mere handful of men. . When the pic
nickers finally reached .the scene it impos
sible 'to make a successful fight : against > the
flames, owing to an inadequate supply of water.
The fire was one of the most, spectacular that
has occurred In New Orleans in ) recent year.-.
Th" section devastated was made largely of
old building?, some over a half century in use.
They were like tinder to the flames, and, fanned
by a high wind, the. fire made rapid progress. .
' Two warehouses, filled with wines and liquors,
were among the buildings destroyed. As they
burned the. barrels of whiskey and brandy, ex
ploded with roars that could be heard for
blocks, and which shook the walla of adjoining
buildings and endangered the lives of the fire
men. .
The flre was got under control after several
hours of hard work.
Among the establishments burned were the
Central; Glass Company, George D. Scott, light
ing and electrical instruments; Heidenbrock.
Levy & "Weiss, shirt -manufacturers; Ho«hn,&
Dieth. wholesale millinery; the Host Commission
Company. Paul Gelpf £ ) Sons, wholesale liquor
dealers: the New Orleans Junk Company. Isa
dor" Keiffer & Co.. boots and .-hoes, and Thomas
I* Harris, wholesale liquor dealers.
AUTO TURNS OVER.
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Four Hurt, One Fatally, Near Egg
Harbor Mile Course.
[By Telegraph to The TribunM
Egg Harbor. N. J.. \ug. 30.— H. Walker, a
contractor, of Gloucester, N. J., was fatally In
jured to-day when his big touring car turned
turtle near this city. With him was his mother,
wife and daughter, all of whom were severely
hurt.
The accident occurred at the same spot where
the racing car Jack Rabbit met with a sim
ilar fate. As they neared the measured mile
course: Mr. Walker evidently lost control over
the steering wheel, for the machine, which was
going only fifteen miles an hour, swerved across
the roadway and dashed Into the ditch, turning
over and burying Walker and hi« mother be
neath, while his . wife and daughter, who at
tempted to jump out, were dashed to the ground,
receiving severe bruises.
The injured- persons : were taken in another
automobile to the . office of , Dr. Crowell, who.
recognizing their serious condition, sent them
-to the hospital at Philadelphia. - >^ -:■>..- '- xi
Mr. Walker was discharged recently from the
Cooper" Hospital at Camden, and this was his
first trip since then. •
AERONAUT NEAR DEATH.
Misses High Tension Wires, % but
Falls in Front of Trolley Car.
"Dick" Berry, the young aeronaut who has
been making balloon ascensions at the Palisades
Amusement Park, took a cannon up with him
yesterday and touched It off as he dropped into
space with his parachute. Th»». crowd of sky
gazing spectators saw him ehoot forth as if
from the mouth of the cannon and descend
slowly toward earth, apparently in perfect
safety.
Berry, limvcvr, discovered that he was di
rectly above the high tension trolley win .-■ ov-r
the tracks of the Hudson River Tracti..n Com
pany, and he feared he either would bo s, h ..*k 1
to death or crushed under the wheels of a fast
moving car. The passengers hecamfl netted as
the motorman put on the brakes and th- a- t<>
n;iut swung over toward the centre of th<" track
in his effort to dodge the deadly wires
At this point the parachute struck the in
sulated feed wire and tipped Borry out of his
trapeze. He fell to the track directly in front
of the car, which the motorman brought to a
stop before It touched him. The passengers
pil^d out and ran to Berry's aid. He \ V ; IS car
ried to his t.^nt in the nark, and Dr. Brundage,
of Edgewater, was summoned. The physician
found the aerona.it > 'it tnd bruised, but without
any broken bones.
Berry was married last Wednesday, and his
bride was it; the tent wiiti:i~ for hi 3 return,
without any knowledge of his mLshap. When
he was carried in. bleeding, she fainted ami i\;is
treated by Dr. Brundas- 'after h>r husband's
wounds had been dressed.
HOUNDED TO HIS DEATH?
Missing Croatian Banker Thought to
Have Ended Life.
Pittsburier. Aug. '•'< 1^ — George A. .^krivani.
leader «>f the Croati.ii:s of Western Pennsyl
vania, has hern mi.-sinsr from his home, which
■was also hi- private bank, steamship agency
and nuh!k<r.ing office, sin-.e Friday afternoon,
and members of his family believe that he has
either been assassinated or driven to self-de
struction by persecuu <\\ A New York Croa
tian newspaper, it is alleged, has for several
months been attacking him in a way thai
greatly preyed upou his mind. Friends say his»
business, and domestic relations were entirely
satisfactory and that his unencumbered real
estate here is more chon enoush to ny • t a 1
obligations of himself and his bank.
Because of the Eastern publications a run
was started <>» his bank the first of last week,
but was stopped after thre. days by paying all
demands.
Skrivanl was president of the board of direct
. s of tn»» National Croatian Society. puhlK-?he<i
Its o Icial organ, and was. it. is said, the ae
knowledgen and greatly beloved leader of over
rive thousand Croatians in Western Pennsyl
vania
DEATH OF CAT MAY CHANGE BEQUEST.
„ • [By T»l«ST»ph to The Tribune ]
Boston, Aug. 30.— The death of a pet cat owned
by Miss Margaret Vendeusen, a woman of seventy
five year*, will,' : . unless »he changes her mind, be
responsible for h*r determination not tr» give to
Wesleyan : University a. valuable collection of., his
torical relit'a • and . a considerable ;. sum of money.
She ' .'believes that the students of ;. the university
were responsible fur the cat's death* ;
PRICE THREE CENTS
COLUMBIA WAfITS fIDC
BUT BOSSES SAY XAT.
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Democratic Support for Hughes lf
Rcnominated — of a Canvas**
I From m. Speelfcl Oimspandaßt at Th« Trlbatnk 1 -
Chatham, " N. V.. Aug. 30.— The epposMlea ; «t
"Marshal Lou' Payn. Republican ; leader of Co
lumbia County, and his political workers toward]
Governor Hughes has been too openly declared
throughout the Governor's term of office for, an
tagonism toward, his renomination to •xefto
much surprise now.' An anti-Hughes detention
from ; this county to r the state convention f hair
been considered a matter of course. .
Yet even a cursory examination of the sltua-»
tlon discloses a \ tremendous sentiment fin the)
Governor's favor among Republican and Demo
cratic voters alike; so much- so that Columbia*
must.be added to> the list of counties where tJhat
political chiefs . advance their own Ideas . aaol
prejudices in preference •to following the will :o€
their constituents. - .
Governor Hughes'* attitude on th« important
policies advocated by him has fixed him firmly
in the affections of the farmers of thia aectlofiu;
They read the newspapers carefully." and tbJ«
county ia near enough to Albany to permit. then*
to keep rather closely in touch with leglBl»tlT«
doings. In his first year. of office the Govern©**
had their cordial good will and support, and hi*
fight to abolish racetrack gambling at the' last <
legislative session made him th« chief; topic -of!
conversation at the country hotels. po«tofDe«» ,
and grocery stores. Almost to a unit t*»« peo
pie here were with him on that question. .- Peti- :
tions were circulated and pent to Senator San-»
ford W. Smith, calling on him to support Gov
ernor Hughes in his effort to wipe out profes
sional gambling. » . . .. ;.- : ':';
Now the fight of th" professional politician*
to stall off a renomination for the- Governor. haiai
awakened th« farmera and tradps»p*opl« tn t!rt»
county. Governor Hughes represents a d«fintt«
ideal of honest, efficient public service and ri*ir|
Independence, an.l the people like . it. i Conver
sation with farmer, storekeeper, or chance ac
quaintanco in a railroad train usually leads t<f
one em!: '••*.-• 1
"Well, we like Governor Hughes well down
h-r*. ami it'll cost the Republican ticket man/
votes If he Is not renomlnated." .. ■ "»
Anti-Hughes sentiment there is. of course.''
Columbia County has the rural county's usual
"sporty" element, and this Is arrayed- against,*
renomlnation. The political workers., too, * sajr
that railroad men. who form a considerable pro
portion of the population of this - place, are*
against him. and that he ia weak with the labor
unionists. .. . ■ . -
MANY HI'dHES DEMOCRATS.
Yet back in the hills, clear over to the Mas
sachusetts ami Connecticut lines, the people ar»
for Hughes, and strongly for him. And this la
n« r* strict t«"> RppuDliCi-mst.
'A- are Hughes Democrats in thin county, as-'
a matter of fact," declared one influential poli
tician of that persuasion. "It wouldn't do to_go_
on record with that fact, but it's practically
true, nevertheless. If Governor Hughes is re
nominated it seems to m*» he'll get .in per cent
or the Democratic vote in this ccunty. .It-i*
about all over for us this fall if the Republican
convention chooses the Governor. ;: If they doat
-why. we'll have a cinch. " We've got .three or
four good men who would make a splendid run.
and I believe would beat any^Republican. .but 'l ;J
Hughes easily." : .' ■
The attitude of Payn. Senator . Smith and : th»
underlings of the organization ' is raising soma
wonderment in the minds of. the RepubU*aa
voters, who cannot understand the antagonism
which exists toward the Governor. They do nut
see why the chiefs cannot be good enough Re- -,
publicans to support the man demanded by .the
mass of the voters, even if he does stand ; for .
things which appear revolutionary and fantas
tically scrupulous to Payn and his fellows.;
A significant light on the local situation wa* .;.
shed by a canvass recently conducted by th» -
editor of "The Chatham Courier." That. paper ■
sent to seventy representative Republicans,-!!! .
the various towns, whose opinions were -not
known, the following questions: ......
"Do you favor the nomination of Governor /.
Hughes?" •"« '-^^
"Do you think Republicans generally; in your
town favor it? .
"If not Hughes, who is your choice?" r-^jj^
There wore received sixty-seven answers, from
thirteen townships. Of these sixty-four ••wer* -;
for Hughes, and indicated that .this waa th* .:
general sentiment in the towns in which ,th">
correspondents lived. Some. twenty letters a■•
companied •.:. answers from persons who wish? I ,
to explain their sentiment more elaborately
than could be done by bare replies to. the ques- .
tions. N.«: one letter was in opposition- to ; th-» ;
Governor. Some of these letters are appendevl:
If the Republicans nominate any other man
than Hughes he will certainly be defeated if
the Democrats put up a decent candidate against
1,!,,, I have talked with a number of Repub
licans and ,■• say the same thing. There 3no
doubt* that the renomination of the „ Governor ,
would strengthen the national ticket .in : this
state. It's Hughes or a Democrat with me. \j
If Governor Hughes is turned down by th-
Republican party they will have plenty of: tune
to be sorry for their act. . ;: vJ '.
If the Republican leaders fail to make him .
their candidate they will "sin away their- day. of /
grace" an.i endanger the national ticket lam
sure both home and abroad through the state n<» .
man would poll as many votes." What he would
lose from the disgruntled politicians and oftV*
seekers he would gain twenty times over fro™
independents and Democrats. I know many, of .;
the latter that are anxious to vote for him. On*
prominent Democrat In this town « remarked to
the writer that If Hughes was nominated It would -.j
be useless for the Democrats to put up a man. -
Now that the Governor h3=« signified his willing-;
ness to run, if the party- leaders <?> turn; him :
down there will be such an exodus to any de- ;
cent Democrat that any other Republican -,wtll
scarce know he, was running. There 1* no man ..
mentioned here with any respect, or enthusiasm
other than Hughes. Republican or Democrat. -.-
ONLY ONE CHOICE.
Those who are being profited by. government
by the boss for the boss and his followers hat*
Governor Hughes and will do all thev.dar«rto
retire him from office. Those who believe. in
government by the people, who believe in right-.
eous laws honestly administered: who 1 belfeve .
in "direct primaries," which give every voter a
fair and equal chance in nominating public of- -
fleers: who favor honest.' efficient public admin- : :
istration—these (and there are a whole lot '^ of .
us) ar.» in rebellion and will do our : best' to ;
"down"" the "machine" if it. has the audacity >
turn down Hughes, I have no second choice;
Hughes first, last and always.
I have talked to-day with three Democrat*
who are good Hughes men 'and another, Demo
crat who did not yet wish to give an- opinion.
These Democrats named three other sound Dem
ocrats who favored Hughes. Three Republican*
At-re in favor of Hughes: one other Republican'
was doubtful. -Most voters think the inde
pendent vote will go for Hushes. . .. '„
A great mistake will be made if Hashes is
not renominated. He has done more to enforce
law ; and promote errlcl^ncy In «very state de
partment than any Governor within my memory
And more than that: His earnest endeavors t»
bring the voters in closer contact with party
rnana«em<-nt, Republican or Democratic: should ,
be zealously supported. I think I know of sev
eral Democrats who \\ ill vote, for him If nomi- '.
nated ■ ■•'-^ ',:,\
•In reply to your Truest, would Mat* taaV
so far .is I know, all Republicans. except thej|