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yoi LXVIII N° 22JS8&
gf^STSPESJ-AIITBOUHJI
fSSKT PIRATES CMVSHED.
frenzied Th wmnds ( % ear Don hie
w]j of New York Team.
Before the greatest crowd that ever saw a
tewball an3e ln thls or any Other city John
cGr** aad fcis Giants made the winning of
the Vatiopal League pennant practically a ore
-on^ conclusion at th- Polo Grounds yesterday
Vrnnn-tmi: i?n crushing defeats on the Pitt.s
bars*ni ne - $° me thirty thousand persons saw
slid cheered the panic, and their cheers, as play
*° lav tncJ - turned into raving lunatics, drove
tfie iron into the souls of fifteen thousand more.
l . n stormed vainly a 1 the solid wall of blue
-♦ed pc'ieeraen "ho cuardod the entrances
efter tne doors bad ctaaesl The climax of
f ||t|^ lapoVßse ia tho fifth inning of the first
r^jnp -arm ultimately by a score of I}o <». when
Captain MiJH Donlin. standing at the l>at wlillr
Hers an<i Bresnahan dan< fHl on tile bases,
firove out a hone run that really ended the pen
.ant hope? of the Pirates at a sinple blow.
" T?ia . mighty hit was followed bj ■ scene that
has rtf^ b * rrn J <ara!!c!< -' <3 in a ew York bjwe
fc»H psrk- Every man. woman and child in the
...ajxjs or packed tightly around Ti "' playing field
„,<«. __j roiled, waving the srhfle Kat«. coats.
"-vt£2z? ia • can ' c *° nan< 3- and as Donlin ros?
jfcmpe-: aa the plate with both feet after
.JuJiBF the bases it seemed us if the noise would
srrer str?p.
There Tvas almost as much excitentent in the
ypventh jnnir.g of the second game, when, after
•*c Pirates had obtained a lead of three run*
in the first inning and had stayed dangerously
cUm to the Giants all the -nay. terrtßc hitting.
combined with errors and bases on balls, gave
the Giants six runs. Then, however, there wa
derision for the topelessly outplayed Pirate?
rains:!"*! wlli the cheering", and there was rmth-
Ing "ik* *- nP itewSeTjbqlt quality »f Doniin's huge
*Tr.asn la the first game to electrify the crowd.
Wiltse was disapp^intinc in this game, and had
tlie Pirate pitrhers — Clarge- itsed — liA^r.
In form nothing could have saveil tfi> Giants
from Meat. a<= the srore of 12 to 7 shows. But
so pii-bT i*i the world, with the possible ex
*»ptinn of one. could have ■ pped the Ghnrta
yesterday, ard that one. the peerless Mathew-
KBi. had already done his day's work when he
tirat tbe Pirates out in the Srrt game.
II ■nythiac had been neod*»d to fill the cup ot
joy of the fans to overflowing, it ivas supplied
sbout th» middle Qf the second game, when th.>
hit- proreboard showed that the Philadelphia
t*BTr. had won a pitchers' battle from Chicago.
Cfclcaro End Pittsburg have «•<* fifteen games
to plav,* and if thf Pirate* win fifteen, -while the
Giar.T: are iosiric- eight of th<-ir twenty-one, th-
■smlrom Sasoketown will \va\r a chance to win
thf pennant. This morning the Giants have a
ptrtentage of . < "*4, while the Cubs, who broke
tie tie for second place ] n spite of defeat. ai«'
\]m& of ti» Prates. -with .<*!<».. This; lead of
thttj--eif±t points will be practically, impossible
lor Bar of the contending T^ams to overcome.
BOLSTER IWD AT GAME.
' Estimates of the Fire of tho crowd yesterday
VS.-J. €£• can.^=ay thirty thousand, or thirty- j
.JSt* tfcocsand. F'robahty it would be safer t<> J
: fjCfJlif-dtlfTrnoe. But to one who saw it in j
fonnatlon, in frenzied exirtenre and impres
dw HaiiiU'ti figures seem laughable. It
sm a <•*■ - fn huge, so av.-e comi^ning in its
nnnejs, that it outweighed even the game in
tatereßt. And withal, it v. as inspiring on ac
ontof its orderly behavior, its intense desire, j
ts % crowd, io hr!p the players to provide the
eport it had t-ome to see by encroaching as little
•n tb* S»3d ;is its huge bulk would i*?rmit.
Only reserved seats were left at noon. Gref t
fewsof men ar.d women Lrctched in apparently
isterajinablc length before the ticket offices tw->
■•nw before the first game was to begin, and
*v?n then tirket speculators were doing a thriv
iSf businey?. That was the one thing that
n»rr«i the game. For days it has been lIIUTT
sibl* to buy reserved seat tickets, and there
**T* some harsh -words for the management of
. tie dab, possibly not deser\ed, ■rWcfa had al
iwr«d an enormous number of tickets to find
"' ' *-aj- icti the hands of the br 'k*-rs. For
*• «i- it was such a harvest as New
xcrk has not afforded in many years. ,
•loha T. Brush, in anticipation of the mam-
B«h cro»(J had appealed to Commissioner
2aghaia for help, and the Police Commissioner
•"k» his rale and sent uniformed police to the
riiuads. taking over also for the afternoon the
*•"■« eaplored by the club. Thirty bluecoats
***«in the ground at the start, with reinforce
*att later, and two hundred more guarded the
*"traaces. The gates were closed at l' o'clock.
.**& had it r,ot be»n for i.,. presence of the po
"» tfc«- frantic late comers, nearly twenty thou
•*! «tronir before the first game vas half over.
*osld have torn down the fences and broken
t eir way into the srrounds despite all the club
*"=?loy«s could have done.
Twrif, hitting by the Giants in both games—
- • safe drives, to L-e exact— brilliant
Pitchmr by Mathewson in the fir^.t game, and
*i old fashioned slugging match, in which both
ltt"Sßtookl tt"SBtook part in the second, marked the base
*• fl ' the day. In both gasaes. and by both
I<!t!ns although nor*- particularly by the Giants.
ther * was fielding that sparkled and glittered In
** <lS2zi;rg effccTiveness. although there wa=
rt *f^i -Rork by the Pirates in U»e field once or
ia the second game. It v."as that, together
*iTi tbe inerrecti\-ine««= of the Pittsburg pitch
**• of whom five were used in the two games.
T* stamped the <;iants their masters, and all
; both games there was lacking in Pitts
*■* that spirit of daring confidence that has
"^rbt the Giants up from the rear to a po
t3oc to make a victorious dash for the pen
■Sß.
** f -l»**-por. uas master of the situation at
.•^rr aBB a of the first game. He pitched
v ' a thai beautiful precision and judgment that
v?aia<3e him The greatest pitcher in the srorld.
**3 it *as absolutely Impossible to rattle him.
Rowing the men l^-hind him. hf* relied upon
v" 1101 10 the full# an<l at lhe on<3 on' had tne
.j^Jf.tfcat lie uld have continued for nine
'"«V** nior. haJ il bf ' en neL " esJtar >*- Tensr- at
'«s? r inon:--: there was still ln hi< work a
JOUaepti. a Is k of visible effort, that was *
r" 515 * t0 tritneEs.
M9ELIK PLATS 1.F.Ar.1.V-; ROLE.
tJ **^& had a lot to do with the run getting of
tbe* 1 2^ Ja th * first parn-. He ca?ne up for
»Jst lilr in the second inning, un<l jrom
e «Elea.- Beymour doubled, and McCormick
«^ eCr °* (i vUd by drivln Donlin home witii
sj 4^* Ww y- In the next Inning Tenney wan
a **- aad hit into t!ie crowd for two bases.
-T "t^ sacrl 3ced and Bresnahan popped up a
1»J? 1 ea eh. Then, with two out. Donlin
out another single and Tenney scored.
it*. f?th teniar Bridwell filed to Thomas.
kittl * aated la make sure of the SSime. and
c^ J *rd into the crowd for a two-h««»sr. Wasr-
.T*nn»y. .and that made- two out. Mad
.if^® 11 '* fin<3 the plate for Ilerzog. and then
g^^"o landed full and fair on tht- i-ail for
'* <So«bi» ecorins: Matty. Hcrzog itsbh to
<*-tism «a rirhltx P»*e.
To-il».v. fair.
To-morrow, fair: west wind*.
ALL ON THE JJON SAFE.
Passengers on Christmas Island—
Vessel's Fate 'Unknown.
Sydney. X. S. W.. Sept. IS.— The passengers
and crew of the British steamship Aeon are
camping on Christmas Island. Among the party
are the wives of several American naval officers.
They have ample food and water, and a house
has been built for the women.
Victoria, B. C. Sept. IS.— The missing British
steamer .Eon, which sailed from San Francisco
on July (5 for Sydney. Australia, was heard
from to-day. A brief dispatch reached Bam
field. the terminus of the Pacific cable on Van
couver Island, from Fanning Island, saying that
the passengers of the JBcn were safe at Christ
mas Island, a hundred miles frcm Fanning Isl
and. The word came from Captain Downie of
tlir- JEon. who had arrived at Fanning Island,
but did not _y whether the JSon was wrecked
or merely delayed because of an accident to her
hinery. .The message read: .
-Scon's people all safe at Christmas Island.
<-";;i>tain Downie at Fanning Island.
Fanning Island is» about one thousand miles
south of the Hawaiian Islands, and is in the
ooarae of vessels bound for Australia. Christ
mas Island is a hundred miles southeast of
Fanning. '
The J¥lon left San Fran< on July g with
six thousand tons of freight, and although she
■was not supposed to carry passengers, ten per
woam were shipped as sailors and ship hands,
She started for Sydney and Auckland by way
of Apia. From that time nothing was heard of
her until to-day. It is supposed that the Fhip's
machinery vas disabled and that the vessel
drifted to the island in safety.
In addition to the officers and the crew, the
-K.-r. carried Mrs. Patrick, wife of Chaplain B.
R. Patrick. U. B. N'.. and their children and the
wtfe of Lieutenant W. K. Riddle, of Atlanta.
Rear Admiral Swinburne, of the Pacific fleet,
was ordered to keep a lookout for the .Son.
She was placed on the overdue board at 2." per
cent reinsurance, and after remaining at this
figure for a time jumped to 40 and finally to 55.
Tli-= Merchants' KTchaage of San Francisco re
ceived on August \1 ■ dispatch from Sydney. Aus
tralia, saying: that tlie^Eo» had not been heard
from. The pa«-s=age is usually made witliir. thirty
daya. Kotliicg more oenceraiag the iinissiqg steamer
mrmm heard until S•?JtteTn^e^ 2. when the Gov
eraor of Samoa asked the Navy Department at
Washington by cable to make inquiries. The de
partsKnt aenl orders to Rear Admiral Swinburne,
ootnmandinc the Pacific fleet, th'n at HonoUdu on
Its trip to Samoa, directing him to keep a sharp
lookout for iiif Man.
Tiie i^nn's gross t"nna-:f is 4,221. and the vessel Is
owned by the Howard Smith Company. IJmited.
of Melbourne. She was commanded by Captain E.
A. Downie. She bad a crew of. thirty-nine men.
and carried a general cargo.
XEGROES PREDICT MAR.
Head of Cuban Party Says Real
Revolt Is Yet to Come..
Havana. Sept. IS. — General Estenoz. head of
the new n»?ro party _ which has decided to nomi
nate a complete ticket to obtain a due Fhare of
ri<-fjr<j representation in the public offices, in an
interview to-day sui<i that the real revolution,
which must be vengeful and devastating, re
mained to ■.• fouelit in Cuba, wlioie the negroes
are "tlireatened with the same awful fate as is
suffered by them in tlie United States, where
they are hunted to death like wild animals."
CUBAN EDITORS ATTACK GOVERNOR.
I Meeting in Havana Supports . Charges of
Smuggling Against American Army.
Havana. Sept. IS.— A number of Cuban editors
met bere lasl night and passed a reselatkni in sup
port or the "Dlarlo Espaaol," which in a recent
editorial charged that the United States army was
smuggling into Cuba great quantities of meat and
other goods and selling- them. The resotntios se
verely attacked Governor Magoon. At the time
t!i.- editorial was published Governor Magoon <>r
dered an investigation, and it was said h*> would
institute proceedings against the newspaper if it
failed to sustain its charges.
KILLED THREE PATIENTS.
Nurse Carelessly Left Water Containing
Atropine to Take Medicine In.
San Diego. Cal., Bept 18. — Carelessness of a nurse
in leaving water containing arropine where It wa«
accidentally used in taking medicine, has up to
to-night caused three, deaths among patients at the
County Hospital. A fourth death is expected and
four other persons are ousl/ 111.
All the patient.i were tak-r. violently sick on
Thursday afternoon, and the evidence of poison
was so great that an invesligatlo/i was started.
Finally a nurse. Miss Mary Arthur, nineteen years
old, said that she bad neglected to throw out some
water In . which there was a quantity of atrsplne
and that the patients had got hold of it. She
realized ber mistake as soon as the inmates be
came ill. but did not confess her error until the
investigation had brcngfat the deaths almost home
to her.
$5,000 REWARD FOR OWN CONVICTION.
Arthur Robinson, of This City. Denies Viola
tion of Game Laws.
IBy Tckpraph to tl ■ Tribure. !
St. John. N. 8.. Sept. 18.— Arthur Robinson. &
New Yorker, srns has ■porting camps In N*w
Brunswick, ha* been caaeged with violating game
taws bj shooting deer out of season on the South
west Miramlchi. Robinson and his guesta strongly
protest their innocence of the charges preferred by
Harry Braithwaite, the guide. The trial has been
fixed for October 6 at Msw<ssH».
Mr. Bobiai inserted in the provincial papers
offers of threi rewards. Two of these are of *EOO
each for such information a-s will lead to th con
viction of any amt in the Robinson establishment
on the charge of carrying firearms durinK close
season and for information regarding persons who
made those charges to the guide.
The third reward Is of CMi for Information lead
ing to the conviction of Robinson, bJa guests or
ecaployes for killing any sser cr other p;<me out
of season. These amounts have bees deposited
with Crown Lands Department at Frederieton.
Mr. Robinson is accompanied by J. Mott. of New
York, and has retained R. A. I^awlor and Premier
Hazen as counsel.
Arthur Robinson, a broker here, had his lianJ*
and aim«i m« severely burned in an explosion of gaso
lene at his camp in New Brunswick on August 2).
His home in thi« city Is at No. X East Mtta street,
and bis offices ure at No. ill Broadway.
C. R. BURNETT MISSING IN PARIS.
j.,.-,« <..;.-. 18.— Inquiry lia^ arisen concerning
Chorlton R<Rer» Burnett, of New York, srho has
been mis*ins from h!s hotel bere wine* September
l, on thai daj X' BtimeO left the hr-tol. saying
that IMS Was going on an errand and would return
soon. Since ttajj. however, lie has net been beard
; from. ; .•--■.•.. . " : . . . *
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NEW-YORK, SATt RDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, I!H>S.— FOLiITEEX PAGES.
BRONX ELEPHANT LOOSE
AT BAY AHOSG REPTILES.
Director Hornaday and Keepers
Spend Night Watching Luna.
Hundreds of visitors to the New York Zoolog
ical Park, in The Bronx, were treated to all the
excitement and danger of an elephant hunt yes
terday afternoon when Luna, the recent acqui
sition from Luna Park, who is generally regard
ed as the accepted fiancee of Gunda. the giant
Indian elephant, took fright at the sight of the
pumas while being led from the antelope house,
the temporary home of the elephants, and bolted
at top speed.
As soon as he could recover from his surprise
at her actions. Walter Thuman. one of her keep
ers, tried to stop the flight of the pachyderm,
using his goad to the best of his ability, but
without success. Luna seemed determined to
seek shelter in the reptile house, and headed In
that direction, with Thuman hanging suspended
from one of her ears.
Attracted by the unusual noi=»s and by the
frantic cries of Thuman, all the other keepers
within sight and sound, assisted by H. R. Mitch
ell, assistant director of the park, rushed to the
assistance of Thuman, and Edward Bayreuther,
who was with him. but before they could pre
vent her, Luna had forced her enormous bulk
through the narrow doorway of the reptile
house, and plunged in among a hundred or more
women and children, who instantly began a wild
struggle to get to points of safety.
In the crush that resulted Mrs. 11. A. Stollen
werck, of No. 1292 Sterling Place, Brooklyn,
fainted, and Mrs. Philinda Hurden, of No. 261
West 47th street, fell almost under the feet of
Luna, suffering a bad cut over her left eye.
It did not take more than half a minute to
clear the building of the thoroughly scared
throng, and then the keepers tried to get Luna
out. This was done without much difficulty,
after her front feet had boon hobbled with
heavy iron chain?, and she was led out into the
pathway, still trembling with fear. But no
sooner hp.d Luna reached the open than she
started off on another rampage. This time she
selected the tortoise house as her place of
refuge, and. with six or spven ko.fpors hanging
on, she made a rush for the narrow door lead
ing into the house and forced her way in among
the sleeping turtles.
It was in endeavoring to stop her going into
this place that Thuman came near losing his
lire. As Luna shoved her war inside the en
trance. Thuman was at her head, and before
he could leap aside his way was blocked by the
elephant. jWith remarkable presence of mind
bp grasped her about the left front leg and was
thus carried inside. Had he not changed his
position he undoubtedly would have been
crushed to death between the entrance and
Luna's body.
Director Hornaday then took charge of the
situation. He deemed it best to allow Luna to
sta3" in the tortoise house until she recovered
her equilibrium, but this was not agreeable to
her. Departing. Luna proceeded with dignity
until she reached a point near the crocodile pool,
when fear once more took possession of her, and
she charged madly about the. edsre of the pooU
causing the giant reptiles to seek safety in the
deepest spots of their pond.
leaving the path. Luna next plunged through
some shrubbery and again made for tlie reptile
house, -.vhicli she was allowed to enter. Here
Director Hornaday. thinking to pacify the beast
with food, ordered that loaves of bread and ap
ples be brought, but Luna was not tempted by
this lißht repast and turned her back. Seeing
that the elephant was bent on remaining in
the reptile house, Mr. Hornaday ordered that
she be chained to the floor, because hundreds
of snakes, some of. the most deadly kind, were
in glass boxes along th« sides of the house, an.l
the consequences which would follow if these
reptiles were set at liberty were not pleasant to
contemplate.
So concerned was the director over The futur«
behavior of Luna that he decided to spend tiie
night at the park, so that he could watch the
fear crazed fifphant. Thuman and Bayreuther
remained with him all night to prevent Luna,
in case she should take frisrit again, wrecking
the reptile house-. Early this morning, it was
sail last night, an attempt would be made to
take the elephant back to the antelope house.
TWO WOMEN AND SHERIFF WOUNDED.
Infatuated Lover Fires Shots and Barricades
Himself in House.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Waukestaa, Wls.. Sept. 18.— Infatuated with an
eighteen-year-old girl. John Smith to-ni?ht ehot
and fatally wounded the mother of the girl, wound
ed the giri herself and then wounded the Sheriff
who came to arrest him. The Injured are Mrs.
Augusta Cfrabow, shot three titties. will probably
die; Olgra Grabow, shot twice, may , recover, and
Sheriff George L. Dwinnel. wounded in arm and
face.
Smith is barricaded in the house ; where the
shooting: took plane. He fired a i:ail of bullets at
a gang at farmers who tried to capture him after
he had shot the Sheriff. The crowd, fully armed.
Is waiting for daylight.
THINKS MARSHALL WAS MURDERED.
Brother of Dead Man Visits Pittsburgh and
Stirs Up Officials.
fßr T«:errarh to The Trlt>un». ]
Pittsburgh Sept. Warner Marshall, of the
firm of H. W. Brooks & Co.. No. 115 Broadway.
Xevr York, arrWed here to-day and gave Coroner
Armstrong evidence to the effect that his brother,
Henry Clay Marshall, of the same firm, bad been
murdered here lasi Saturday morning. The body
was found ln h field in the East End, and the
coroner's jury brought ln a verdict of suicide.
When the body was taken to Youngstown aria
examination was made It showed two bullets in
the dead man's heart, either of which v.-ould have
killed him Immediately. Mr. Marshall said his
brother carried a large sum or money and a gold
w::trh which were stolen from him. The city de
tective bnreaa Is at work on the evidence given.
i •
W. B. CUTTING IN P.TJNAWAY AUTO.
Fallrnc: Cushion Starts Car. Which Crashes
Into a Truck,
w. Bayard Cutting, the lawyer, who had been
abroad for five months, arrived here yesterday on
the White Star liner Celtic from Liverpool. After
his baggage had - been examined Mr. Gutting
stepped Into 3 hired electric automobile which had
been ordered to meet him at the pier. One of the
cushions fell t»am the seat, Htrikir.jf the ccntrol
lever, and the automobile started off at high speed,
crashing into S truck.
Mr. Cuttlns S/SS seyerejj *hak(?n up, but not hurt.
Mifhael Knk-y. tlie driver of the truck, was thrown
from Ills seat, snd broke »**rs>l rih«.. 11.- wr*
taken to S». Vlncrnt'B Hospital, and Hubert 'ra
mond, driver of th« autTioMle, na« arrested anil
takeu to the t harles street police elation. r '^^^
FIRES THREATEN MAINE
Fourteen Tou-ns in Eight Counties
in Danger.
Ajigusta, Me.. Sept. IS.— A dense pall of smoke
that in many places obscured the setting sun
or made it appear blood red enveloped the State
of Maine to-night as the result of numerous
forest fires that are devastating thousands of
acres of timber lands and causing grave anxiety
for the safety of property in at least fourteen
towns in eight counties. Night and day a large
army of men are at work in the effort to place
the flames under control or turn them away
from forest girdled villages. The smoke is
stifling and the heat is such as to try the en
durance of the strongest. Hundreds of fhe men
who for two days have been fighting "the fire
almost ceaselessly have been forced to give up.
and fresh relays are constantly being dispatched
to the front. So far aa known to-night r.o lives
have beon lost.
The western section of the town of Brooks
ville. in Hancock County, was in great danger
to-night. The summer home of Professor W.
G. Tousey. of Tufts College, and the barn of
Eugene Cousins were destroyed. The last word
received from Lisbon, near which there are five
square miles of flame, indicated that the Proctor
schoolhouse and James Miller's farmhouse and
buildings were doomed.
Probably the most serious fire is in Hancock
County, but vast sections of woodland are beins
burned in Plscataquis. Androscoergin. Somerset,
Oxford. York. Cumberland and Penobscot coun
ties. The town? and villages where the danger
is great or damage heavy include Brooksville.
West Hancock. Surry. Dicksvale. .Tackman. Lis
bon. Scarboro. Biddeford. Eliot, York. Clamon.
Milford. Oardvilie and Costigan.
The most serious situation was at Brooksville.
There hundreds of men were concentrated alonjr
the banks of Meadow Brook trying to keep the
flames from crossing that stream. The fire, fed
with the parched timber of threo thousand
acres, advanced on the village with a front four
miles wid^. Should the llamas cross the stream
not only the town of Brooksville itself but nu
merous village? and outlying houses in the
neighborhood wiil probably be destroyed. De
spite the stand of the fire fighters, struggling
with the grim determination of a forlorn hope,
it was resorted to-night that the western part
of the town, which is divided by th^ stream,
was on fire. The situation at this point to
night was serious.
Boston. Sept. 18. — The smoke from the many
forest fires in the north and w^st was so dense
here to-day that at tiroes it was impossible to
spp across the Charles River. The heavy pall
almost shut off sight of the sun. which appeared
a? a copppr-hued hall. Navigation, near the
coast is seriously handicapppd by the smok«
XEIV ADIRONDACK FIRES.
Rain Bad Needed — Men to Fight
Flames Scarce.
„. Albany. Sept. 18.— Reports of new forest fires in
the Adlrondacks w*r* received to-day liy "the State
Forest, Fish and Oam» ''ommission. Rain is badly
neded to aid. in the work of controlling the fires.
. Another handicap Is the scarcity of available m'-n
to fipht the flames. Everything is so dry. it is re
ported, that the least spark starts a fire.
Chief Fire "Warden- Emmons. frum Tupper Lake,
reported that little fire had reached the green tim
ber as yet. although a fire at Cross Clearing is
burning some of the young trees planted by. the
state authorities. He reported that the railroads in
the Adirondacks are using their fire trains con
tinually and are starting fires at the same time.
Hunters are charged with causing many fires
through negligence in failing to extinguish their
<-amp fires. He informed the commission that
sparks from the smokestack of the Brooklyn
Cooperage Company's establishment at Tupper
Lake started a fire Thursday, and this blaze is
spreading In the swamps.
Word was received from Westport. Essex County,
that many fires had been started in that region bj
sparks from passing locomotives. A fire patrol was
ordered established.
Finch, Pruyn & Co.. of Glens Falls, reported a
threatening f.re in the town of Minerva at the
mouth of the Cedar River. Essex County. The
state owns valuable lands in tluit region.
RAIN CHECKS ONTARIO FIRES.
Clouds of Smoke Hamper Navigation in
Canadian Waters.
Tort Arthur. <>nt.. Sept. IS.— All danger 'r
bush fir^ which havt threatened this district f"r
the lost few weeks has been averted by ram last
night and to-day.
A derse clour! of smoM lianchig over the north
shore of Lake Superior still ties up navigation to
Canadian ports. Boats arriving here to-day bring
stcries of devastate n and heroic batti.-s against
forest fires l.y the residents along the rnited States
boundary-
Montreal, Sept. IS. — The smoke whtefe hss bov
ered over Quebec Province for the last twenty-four
boon has increased in densit; BO aa seriously to
threaten both land ami wa/er transportation: Many
trains are away behind thMr sched ilrs. The Allan
liner CorsJcan, which was to have sailed from hers
at daybreak, is still in port.
SMOKE PALL IN PENNSYLVANIA.
"Williamsport. Perm.. Sept. 18.— heavy pall of
smoke, completely obscuring the sun. -till over
hangs' all this region. Reports from Laquin say
that tlie large force of flghtera have succeeded by
backfiring in saving the lO'.CCO.OOO feet of logs of the
Centra] Pennsylvania Lumber Company. The same
timber, however, is stiU in danger frum fires ap
pearing in another direction, and the men are now
turning their attention to that fixe.
The mountains all along the west branch of the
Susqurhanna River are hidden by EmokS, and st
night the red glare can be seen for miles. The
gloom of night settle.! over this city at least an
hour earlier, than usual this evening.
THREATENING FIRE NEAR ROME.
Rome, N. V.. Sept. IS.— There are threatening fires
in the woods near this city to the north and west.
One unoccupied farmhouse has been burned and a
large number" of men are kept busy fighting the
flames, which threaten to destroy other buildings.
Furrows are ploughed between the fire and the
buildings, and back fires are set. There has been
very little rain in this region In many weeks and
everything is as dry as tinder. The atmosphere is
dense with smoke.
CATSKILL FIRE 3 UNCHECKED.
Kingston, N. V. Sept. -All efforts to check
the Bpread of the forest fires- in the Catskill Moun
tains have proved Ineffectual, and the blaze is rap
idJy Increasing in area. New nrea have started on
several nearby hills, and the atmosphere is thick
with smoke. The chief la.-ize Is on Pussnj Hill,
ftear the West Shore Railroad bridge over Rundout
CENTRAL R. P. OF N. J.. PHILA. & READING
RY BALTIMORE S. OHIO-ROYAL BLUE LINE
Throne h Parlfr'Car. New York t" Richmond. Va.
I,.bV«>* Nen York. 2M rangjMg <kl : . I4to«rtj St
* p \\ \rrlve* UiHimond IO:4;> P M .lath . except
fltmdiiv MTi> 'at Ti kel OfHc*». .:. 434 and 1300
Broadway. « Aator llou^v and at Stations. -AUM.
GREAT (OTTOS LOCKOUT.
Manchester District May H«fl i
.""'.'•'' Men Idle Tn-dau.
Manchester. Sept. 18.— There seemed to be no
hope late to-night that a lockout of 200,000 cot
ton operatives to-morrow could be avoided, al
though it is possible that the card combers may
decide to take another ballot on the question of
accepting the terms of the employer?. This
would occupy a fortnight, and meanwhile the
spinners would have to remain idle.
The wage dispute is of long standing. The
employers proposed to reduce wages 3 per cent,
but finally consented to postpone the reduction
until January 1 of next year. The operatives
voted to-day on the question of acceptance of
this offer.
BROKER CAUGHT IX TRIP.
Weahhif Brooklynitc Accused of
Extortion by Manufacturer.
Joseph Solotovsky, a wealthy real estate
broker, living at No. 49 Crraham avenue, Brook
lyn, was arraigned yesterday In the New Jersey
avenue police court and held in Sl.<X>o by Magis
trate Higginbotham, who received his plea of
not guilty on a complaint made against him by
William Barcan. of No. 252 Hinsdale street.
Barcan. who is a manufacturer of woman's
garments, with a big factory at Junius and Bel
mont avenues, alleges that the r»al estate man
came to him as a stranger a week ago and ac
cused him of wronging a certain prominent
young woman. The broker, he says, offered to
save hia reputation for $.V>. Barcan says he laid
a trap and caught the broker as money wa3
being passed.
A BATTLE IMMINENT .
Threat to Bombard Tabriz—For
eigners in Great Danger.
Tabriz. Sept. ]& — A decisive struggl* between
the Shah and the nationalists for the control of
Tabriz is imminent. Ain-ed-Dowleh. of the
Shah's forces, has sent an ultimatum to Satar
Khan to surrender the city in forty-eight hour?,
threatening to bombard the capital and storm
the nationalist quarter. Satar Khan sent a fiat
refusal and is preparing for the defence. For
eigners h«re are in preat danger. The national
ists, thinking that their presence may prevent
the bombardment, refuse t"> permit them to
leave the city.
BRIDES SECRETLY WEDS.
Yale's Famous Halfback Conductor
6n Street Railnay.
fßy T»l»irrap;i to T>» Tribune. 1
Boston. Sept. IS.— Arthur Edward Brides, the
Tale all around athletic star and famous half
back of last year's team, who was relied on is
save ths team this year. wa« secretly married
in New Haven. Conn.. July 4. 11)07. and prob
ably wtll not play- fnothalftnts-Tear.'- Tlwan* 1
nmincement of the weddinsr was made to-night
by the bride, who was Stella Evelyn Stuart, of
South Boston, daughter of a grocer's clerk.
Brides is now In Brockton. Mass.. where he is
a conductor on the street railway, supposrtlly
making money to carry him through college next
year.
To-day he refused to tall ahoSßl the tr.arriag 0
further than to admit that it was true and to
say that if be finally went ba«-k to. Vale h«
would make no attempt to play football.
ROBBED BY ARMED MEN.
Fifteen N. J. Laborers Hand Over
-$100 in Savings to Masked Thieves.
Newton. N. J.. Sept. IS-— €Bl armed masked
men held up fifteen laborers employed by Brady
Brothers, contractors, building a reservoir at
Beaver Lake, near Two Bridges, and robbed
them of about $100. One of the robbers asked
if the contractors had not distributed the week's
pay. When told that Saturday was payday he
replied: "Well, we will come back to see you
to-morrow."
Pfetro Pazzuli'"'. an aged man. refused to give
up his money, and was badly pricked with a
stiletto. Hi? assailant threatened to cut his
throat, but desisted when his comrades found
Pazzulio's money stowed away und«»r a beam
!n the roof of the shanty. The robbers fled as
quietiy as they had come, and there is no clew
to their Identity.
TWO FOOTBAIL PLAYEE3 KILLED.
Han in Front of SwitcMng 1 Eng-ine in Pitts
burg and Were Crushed.
Pittsburg. Sept. IS.— ln course or a practice «rarr:»
of football on the old East Liberty Stockyards
grounds to-night two players were killed. They
ran In front o* a switching engine, and were crushed
to death.
ILLNESS REVEALS MAHRIAGI.
Former County Register of Westchester
Wedded in England.
Thomas R. Hodge, former Register of West
chester County and a director in several banks and
trust eompan'- there, is seriously ill at his home
in Mount Vernon of c:rrho i3 of the liver, with lit
tle hope of recovery-
Mr. Hodge, who Is sixty-five years old. has j-,;st
returned from a vi.ait to his native home. Penzance,
on the coast of Cornwall, England, where It was
generally supposed he went to see his sisters, but
when he realized his serious condition he confided
to his brother that ha had married a cousin in
Knglanu and that his wife was '.Ivir.g there. A
cable message brought her to Mr. Hodge's bedside.
Relatives «ay t£at he intended to go back for his
bride, but W-atfpis illness prevented.
TORPEDO SHORTAGE IN NAVY.
Country Said to Have Fewer Than Great
Br'^ain. Germany or Japan.
(By Telegraph to Th<! Trtbane.J ;...■..
Newport. R. 1.. Sept. IS.— ln accordance with tig
urea that have leaked out here, there appears to
be a shortage of torpedoes in the navy, especially
those of the Whitehead make, compared with those
on hand in the navies of other countries. It is said
that the United States la far behind Great Britain.
Germany or Japan. It is understood that thSs
country'has less than five hundred submarine mis
ailes on hand, while Great Britain has ten thou
sand utored away. Germany and Japan are each,
*ai<! to have four thousand. The government sup
ply has bren Increased SSM hundred during the
year, and viill go up more whSB the new torpedo
factory he'e is Started, about the first uf the year.
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$25.50 TO CINCINNATI AND RETURN
Sepffinher 13. 2r» and 21. F>nni«yhanl» Railroad.
Tirkets gt»M I" mum' until September 25. S-e
ticket as*:n»s.— Advc
PRICE THREE CENTS.
BRYAN' IN A .\£W PART
POSES AS COSSERI'ATirE.
Tells Large Carnegie Hall Audi
ence He's on Defensive.
William Jennings Bryan, in opening the Demo
cratic campaign In this city before a large au
dience In Carnegie Hall last nl«;ht. admitted in
his Brst sentence that he was on the defensive,
and hia entire speech was a carefully phrased
appeal to the conservative element, such as Is
usually present in this auditorium.
Before the big speech Mr Bryan spoke to ft
small overflow meeting- tn sTth street. After no
had taken seven or eight minutes the crowd be
gan "joshing." and Mr. Bryan became greatly
annoyed, finally rutting his speech short. As h*>
was leaving the iart. questions about whether
he had called labor men "profesional beggars*
were flun* at him. His replies were lost In th»
cheers and jeers, and he went over to the ball.
"I esteem it a. great privilege to b* permitted
to present to this magnificent audi**nc* tn this)
great city a defence ,>f our cause." were the
opening words of Mr. Bryan after he had been
Introduced to the audience, which filled every
nook of the halL
The speaker at once featured a statement that
Democracy is the friend, not fhs enemy, of
business, and that it was not opposed to tha>
stock exchange or the stock market. In his
effort to aliay, the suspicion of business Inter
ests as to himself and his policies, he «ald:
T do not fear to present our cause in a bnsf*
ness community to business men, fss> Democ
racy is the friend, not th» enemy, of ev«»ry hon
e?r * business. Democracy's success will briav
advantage, rot disaster, to business. On« of
your Republican papers has called attention tn
a fall in the stock market and blames me for it.
I need not remind you that your stock market,
has at times fallen in my absence. I was noc
ther«- last fall, when some of your stock fell
from $1 Mto a dollar. That is a greater fall
than has accompanied my arrival. It Is a fa
miliar plan amonsr those who cannot defend
themselves to try and find excuses tnat ar» not
good.
We are not even opposed to the exchange **r
to the stock market. W«> are opposed to abuses
in the exchange or the stock market. Just as w*
are opposed to abusea elsewhere. These abases
can he remedied without doing injury to any le
gitimate association.
In his desire to cater to the conservative au-»
dience Mr. Bryan even went so far as to accuse*
the Republican party of responsibility for th»
growth of socialism.
When the doors wrre opened at a little aft«V
7 o'clock, it needed all the two hundred men u£*
der Inspector "Walsh to handle the crowd. Many
thousand men and women were In Hn« await
ing the opening of the doors. In close, pressed
ranks, four and ny» abreast, they stretched
from Carnegie Hall to "18th street, and then east
until Sixth avenue was reached. East through
r»Tth street the line ran down to Sixth avemis
and then north until it met the other section,
and the two melted together and ran north for
another block.
HAI.L FILLS RAPIDL.Y-
It took only a minute and a haif to fill the first
balcony, and less than a minute later the second
balcony -was crowded. Bat the boxes and th*»
floor, where the reserved seats were, filled more
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slowly.
"As the reserved" seat eJwwci was* drfiWing in.
K. Watkins. poet, publisher, composer and sates
agent, hawked his campaign song up and down
the aisles. He fortunately did not attempt to
sing it, but this is the chorus he recited: ■
u»it. we didn't «ret Roes^v-lt.
W» won't vote for Taft.
Bryan has a rinch. that i« tru«. »
H"'!l pi«'k o« Terldy's »t!.'k.
Srna.«: the tru.«ta »lth a lick.
He'll make others look bin*.
Just as trade got brisk and the third copy f»
fifteen minutes' work had been sold. Secretary
"Tom" Smith told the Poo Bah of poesy and
song to sing his tune on the other side of the
door. He took the hint and his song was lost
to the masses.
HERMAN RIDDER. PRESIDES.
Herman Rldder. publisher of the "Staats-Zeit
ung." presided, being introduced by Thomas F.
Smith, secretary of Tammany Hail. He said he
would speak briefly of two issue?, and then
said: "In fact, there is only one tariff reform.
Any attempt to push any other Issue to th»
front is against your interest and against mine.**
Mr. Bryan was brought down from the homf»
of Mr. Car>\ whose guest at dinner he had been.
hy a committee of Tammany Hall, consisting «f
Daniel F. Cohalan. Sheriff Thomas F. Foley.
Thomas F. McAvoy and Thomas F. Smith. As
the candidate was to speak first at the outdoor
meeting. ex-Corporation Counsel John J. Delany
and Congressman William Sulzer were delegated
to keep the audience in good humor. Mr. De
lany's speech **M of the conservative type, and
he made this striking statement, which might
not appeal to an audience made up of thcsa
whose favorite ■cupation Is denouncing plutoc
racy, so called:
Not ■ single dollar which a man rightfully
owns should be taken from htm. and the poorest
man who yields obedience to the laws and Con
stitution of the United States ought to be wlll
\r.^ to drain every vein in his body to maintain
the right of property, although it was adding:
another million to the five hundred minions of
some of these men ot whom Mr. Ridder has
spoken. ,
It was 3:20 o'clock when the band, which was
well coached, announced the entrance of Mr.
Bryan. The crowd started a demonstration
hi'h. with the aid of judicious noise from th«
musicians, lasted for five minutes, but It ml
nowhere near as vociferous as was the greeting
received by Mr. Bryan wh»n he was welcomed
home from Europe in Madison Square Garden.
Only one man proposed "three cheers for our
next President." and. he was a irallery god. By
that time the audience was somewhat weary
and did not respond heartily.
The subject of Mr. Bryan's speech was "Re
publican Tendencies." which he enumerated as
extravagance, centralization, disregard of lhs>
force of the Constitution, socialism ard autoc
racy. Then Mr. Bryan took up .the planks la
the Democratic platform. When h*> referred t»>
the Republican tariff revision plank he evoked
considerable laughter by saying that the party
had condemned itself by saying that it "aneQst
vocaHy' promised to call a special session of
Congress "immediately" after the inauguration
in case the Republican party should win, for
the revision of the tartff.
"What is that word 'unequivocally* doing
there?" he saiJ. "Do they mean to differentiate
this promise from those they have not kept?
What do they mean by Immediately'? Haven't
they been in power tw«lve years" They appar
ently have Just realized that it would be a good
thing to be in a hurry."
MR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Mr. Bryan's speech follows:
Parties are to be measured not merely by th« /
things actually done, but by their tendowSisSL
Since it is easier to remedy evils In the begin
ning than after tn»y are full | vn. it la im
portant to know the tendenc>s of parties aa
well; m to kM how far they have gone. I de
sire to-nigni to call attention t-< some of th*
t«-ndei of the Republican party.
Take, for instance., the matter of extra varca nee
in expenditures. The tendency of th»* Republi
can party Is to increase th«» expenditures e£-th«
government o«t of all proportion to tb<» Incremj*
In the pojrjJatlon. At the first session of th«