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K.fi. BRIDGE SPAN FALLS
cojfi; r.i7?.s go Trzr/iT zr.
Part of Huge B. § O. Structure Col
lapses Dynamite Hinted.
Havre 'De Grace. Md . Sept. 2?.— Through the col
lapsing of a span of nearly six hundred feet of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge over the
SuFQuehanna River at this point this morning
twelve loaded coal cars of a northbound freight
train were carried down and the span was totally
demolished. William Wilson, of Havre de Grace,
a watchman for the American Bridge Company,
went down with the wreckage, and received In
juries which may prove fatal. There were no other
casualties.
The bridge, which was erected in the early so p.
was being rebuilt and double tracked. The acci
dent occurred about € o'clock. With a crash that
was heard for several miles, the immense mass
fell Into the river, ompletely chocking up the east
ern channel. ! Two hours later the section that
went down would have been swarming with work
men, engaged in putting up the great steel beams
and girders which enter into its construction.
The cause of the accident is unknown. There are
reports current that the bridge was tampered with,
and that dynamite had been found concealed in
different parts of the structure during the last few
weeks. Baltimore & Ohio officials are on the scene,
making investigations.
Immediately after the accident the railroad com
pany made arrangements with the Pennsylvania
company to run trains over the latter company's
tracks, using the Pennsylvania tracks between
Wilmington and this place, and as a result there
was practically no Interruption to through traffic
over the road. All the telegraph wires running
over the bridge were carried down.
D. D. Or. -triers, chief engineer of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, this afternoon expressed his inability
to explain the catastrophe on any other theory
than that the bridge had been dynamited.
"I would not make such an accusation." he said,
"because it is barely possible, though highly im
probable, that there was some hidden defect in the
work Of construction that caused the accident. But
the bridge could have been dynamited and the fact
concealed for the time.
"There was nothing whatever." he said, "to in
dicate that the bridge was weak. I do not charge
that the bridge has been dynamited, but I have no
other theory."
For some time past, according to assertions made
here to-day, there have been hard feelings against
the bridge contractors on account of a disagreement
with certain workmen. Both the Bridge and rail
road companies have maintained guards on the
work.
According to the lest estimate that can be ob
tained from the bridge officials, the damage to the
work will reach JW.OOO. This is exclusive of the
loss to cars and freight they were carrying.
H. P. Reynolds, superintendent of construction of
the American Bridge Company, which is engaged
in reconstructing the bridge, said that the structure
was perfectly secure last night, when it was care
fully inspected after the working gangs left it for
the day.
The span which Bell was part of a structure pro
nounced by experts to be among the strongest of
Its kind In the world. The bridge covers about
7.000 feet, stands Ml feet high and Is being built of
solid concrete and steel.
At the offices of the Baltimore <£: Ohio Railroad.
No. 17 State street, George H. Campbell, general
superintendent of the Mew York division, said that
he had received a report to the effect that the
false work over the east channel had collapsed
either because It had been tampered with fay
strikers or ■ill the work might not have been
efficiently protected and the Umber braced. Ho
Eaid that be bad telegraphed instructions to Havre
de Grace for taking care of the freight and pas
eenger traffic.
•There will be no delay in traffic," said Mr.
Campbell. "The passenger trains will run over the
tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which are
connected by a switch for just such emergencies,
and are only an eighth of a mile distant. The '
freight traffic will be taken care of by way of
Allentown on the New Jersey Central. Philadelphia
& Reading and Cumberland Valley railroads. «.e
' turning to the Baltimore & Ohio at ltartlnsbur«.
W. Va. The Pennsylvania tracks carry the traffic
between Swan Creek and Wilmington."
The bridge at Havre de Grace is one of fno
sights on the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio.
It was built twenty-three years ago by the Amer
ican Bridge Company at a cost of about a million
dollars. It is a mile long, consisting of two spans.
each of which is what Is known as a "through
bridge." the trains running through the steel work.
Between the two spins is Ganvtt Island, across a
half TOile of which extends a ''deck bridge.'* the
tracks there being without any superstructure. The
bridge is seventy-five feet above the Su=quc-hanna
and affords a view up and town the stream.
K\ "Work has been proceeding en the bridge for the
■/last year. The American Bridge Company has been
" pra rt' rebuilding as well as tracking
the old bridge, to accord with modern ideas of such
■ted structures. The part over the island and the
main channel had been completed, ar.d the span
over the east channel, which is the smaller of th 2
two. was half finished.
NAT GOODWIN CHARGES DESERTION.
Such Is Basis of Divorce Suit— Actor Re
fuses to Discuss Matter.
Philadelphia, iept C— Desertion is the charge
upon which Nat Goodwin, the actor, is basing the
he has brought against his
•He. Max:-. " tt herself te author
iT. Cor the assertion, She is playing an engage-
Bmt at a local theatre. She declines further to
dlscuEs the matter.
Reno, Xev., Sept. 23.— Nat Goodwin, the actor,
who on Monday filed sealed papers in a soft for
a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Bessie Hall Good
win, known on the stage as Maxine Elliott, refused
to discuss the fu.'. to-day.
"I have nothing to say regarding the matter,"
Mr. Goodwin said. "The papers are on file, as
you know. I did not come here this time for that
purpose, but am on my way to Rawhide, where I
will go to-morrow. I do not know where Maxine
Elliott Is at the present time, and I don't know
anything about her Intentions regarding the contest-
Ing of the suit or the filing of a cross complaint. I
have nothing at all to say up^n the subject."
The local attorneys for Goodwin o.lso decline to
discuss the case.
IMPROVEMENT IN ''FEDORA."
Greater smoothness on the part of both the
Singers and the orchestra marked the repetition
c -Ffdora"* last night at the American Theatre
by Ivan Abramson's grand opera company. Th"
improvement in the work of the orchestra pave
their collaborators on the stage ■ much better
opportunity to bring out effects which were lost
at the first presentation last Saturday r.ight-
Voeies— or the possessors of them— in a popular
priced opera company are notably more reliable
than those of stars of magnitude, but at that M.
T. r-« is worthy of com mediation for his singing
of the chief male part last night, when it Is con
eider* d that In the afternoon he had sung Don
Jose jn roMSL." Use. T!.< •!■>•.-• work as Fedora
wis a!s-» marked i,y treats case than on Satur
day night. M- M.-r-la eiao did a day's work y. s
terday in conducting both -Carmen" and "F.
dmra.** In Ibe former Mn. Duae^Merola bad the
title part. Mmc Bertttcrf was the Illcbaela and M.
Zara again "obliged 1 ' with »i repetition of Ea. -
*iii'lo - s ■as of the Toreador. To-nikM "II rrova
to»-c" wl'.l «>«• repcatedJ The company has another
we«-k to l>e hoard at the American before it moves
across the bridge to the Majestic Theatre.
WOMAN SUICIDE AT NIAGARA FALLS.
Maasata Falls. N. V.. S^pt. 23 —A middle apod
woman walked into the riv«*r at Green Island Just
before noon to-day and was quickly swept out of
Eight and over the falls. She Wt on the bank her
hat. a purse containing a handkerchief, .-i spectacle
case bearing the mark of a Buffalo firm of opti
cians and a pair cf gloves
Inquiry showed that the spectacle case had been
purchased by a woman who gave the name of
Anna Dusrnn end paid she ii« ed at No. 337 East
Ferry f-treet. Buffalo. Inquiry at that address
elicited the informaiioa that a Miss D«| for
merly 3iv«^ the-*: writ* her eister. but that both had
•»oved «v.^,-
P. WIIITXEY A WIXXER.
His Vegetable Display Takes First
Prize at Mineola Fair.
Miroola. Long Island. Sept. 23 (Special). — Six
teen thousand persons attended the Queens-N'as
t=au Counties Fair to-day, and If the weather is
fair to-morrow the added attraction of the horse
■tew is expected to bring out a crowd of thirty
thousand persons.
Almost all the judging In the different exhibits
was finished to-day, Payne Whitney winning the
most cherished one for farmers-that for the best
display of vegetables cf all kinds.
The first race on the programme was a 2:30
trot. It mm a hard race for Adwriter to win.
The gamy little chestnut took his first two heats
easily, but in the third he was placed second to
King Edward. The next two heats fell to Tony 8..
another outsider, but Adwriter had finished second
in his third and fourth heat and fourth in the
fifth heat, and he got the race amid much ap-
The second race was an easy victory for MistrH
Wilkes. which won her heats in one. two. three
ord.-r, and never made a skip, going the last mile
in 2:'
A running race was won by "Father Bill" Daly's
Umbrella in an exciting stretch finish. There will
be trotting and running events to-morrow in ad
dition to the horse show.
IXJUXCTIOX IS DEXIED.
B. $ O. Fails in Action Against
Commerce Commission.
Baltimore. S<- r t. M.— The application of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad for a preliminary injunction
to restrain the Interstate Commerce Commission
from enforcing an order relative to coal car distri
bution was denied Jby the United States Circuit
Court here to-day. The order to which the railroad
company objected was one requiring the company
tn include so-ca!!i>d "private" and "foreign railway
fuel" cars in making up its percentage of allot
ments of cars.
COLUMBIA AGAIX OPEX.
University Has Largest Entering
Class in Its History.
With the largest enrolment in its history. Colum
bia University opened for its 155 th academic year
yesterday. The informal opening of the new term
was celebrated during the entire morning and cul
minate! in a fierce underclass rush just at noon.
The sophomores made it unpleasant for the first
year men when they first tried to pain the campus
in the early morning, and it was only by banding
together in groups that the freshmen were able to
reach the grounds. There they were suhje<ted to
the petty indignities that sophomores glorying in
their new-found authority love to administer to
the "•green." They were not allowed to wear their
fancy hosiery, and flashy scarfs were torn off and
displayed by the second year men.
Just before neon the freshmen were assembled
in a mass mooting and taught the rules of con
duct. Then They were marched around the campus
until they came to South Field, where three hun
dred sophomores were waiting for them. The
freshmen, about four hundred strong, hit the
Eopbomore line, but they were unable to break it,
and after several unsuccessful attempts they de
cided to run for the gymnasium. But the sopho
mores were nlil<» to give not a few of their n^-w
rivals a ducking In the fountains before they
reached cover. As a scrap it was a mild affair,
but it served the purpose to break the Ice of the
entire undergraduate body for the two underclasses.
The formal <-xercises, which were held in the
gymnasium later in the day. were poorly attended.
In the absence of President N. M. Butler. John
W. Burgess, d^an of the School of Political Sci
ence, presided. In his introductory address he
praised the action taken by Dr. Butler at the fram
ing of the Republican platform, and said in regard
to this:
"We are now on the eve of a great domestic
struggle, not to say revolution. It has become cus
tomary in these latter days for certain classes in
our i"litical society to rail at the restraints placed
by the courts upon popular license and govern
mental absolutism. For a long time we disre
garded the noisy clamor as the fuming of the mob
or the fustian of the demagogue, but when at
length the threat of secret movements and opera
tions for the frustration of the law was spoken we
all recognized that the time had fully come foY a
ampaign of education in regard to
lental principles of our entire system of
can government and individual liberty.
Most largely owing to the efforts of Dr. N. SI. But
- ■ . pledge to uphold the independence of our
nail raal fudldary and maintain it In the exercise
of all Its o nstltutkmal powers and functions un
impaired was inserted in the platform of one of the
great parties, grudgingly, !n<leed, and with a harm
ful modification, but sufficiently to make of it one
of the chief Issues— in my humble opinion, the most
important issue of the campaign through which we
arc bow moving. Were it not so I would not venture
to refer to it on this wcasion. Both of the great
parties are represfnted in our university, and
neither of tlir-m lias taken the stand upon this great
subject which the <"onstltution of our country re
quires. Both of them have proposed to interfere
with the fudictal power of the United States, vested
by the constitution wholly and solely in the federal
Judiciary, by means of a statute of Congress. !:• th
of thr-Tn have proposed to So by an act of ordi
nary legislation that which can be rightfully done
only by a constitutional amendment. Both of them
have propose,! to do this— a legislative usurpation
upon the constitutional functions of the Judiciary—
and both of them have therefore virtually proposed
by legislative usurpation the gradual development
Of the almighty legislature, the parliamentary sys
tem, while the system of our republic is In deepest
principle a system of constitutional limitations
upon both the legislature and the executive, ad
rn!riipter<vi by the courts in behalf of individual lib
erty and state autonomy."
Dr. Tames Earl Busacll. dean of Teachers Col
lege, in the annual academic address critieiser] the
attacks that had been made on athletics, and de
..;.:>'l thai sports as they are conducted in colleges
.-■? the present time are more beneficial in their ef
fect than many people would have one believe them
to be.
Announcement was made that a fund of ?I<Vi<K)
had been received by the university from Henry F.
Shnen,.ik'T and Mrs. Eiia <!e Peypter In memory of
William Brock Shoemaker, a member of the class
of '<■-. who was killed in an elevator accident two
years ago. The fund is for the aid of self-support-
Ing students.
ASKS JEROME TO TAKE PATRICK CASE.
Attorney General Jackson Spoils Dream of
One of His Deputies.
Albert T. Patrick, who is in Sing Sing, serving a
Ufe sentence for the murder of William M. Klo.e,
had served yesterday on Attorney General Jackson
a notice that he had applied to the Supreme Couit
of the United Siati-:- for a writ of habeas corpus
for his dlsi barge from further Imprisonment. He
aiMi caused to be served on th<- Attorney General
■ notice that hi* application would l"- heard In the
Supreme Court of the United States on October 12,
and thai !.»• would at the same tim<- unk that court
made by Judge La
«..riil»- in the United States Circuit <"<nirt refusing
to discbarge him on a similar writ.
When the not: , > were served Saul j. Dtckhelser,
:i deputy Attorney General, Issued a typewritten
statement to th<- effect that he would tak>- charge
of the <ab.-. Hardly bad the reporters left the
office when Mr. Jackson took b band In the pro
<c.iliiigs. Mr. Dtckheiaer *ns to].] that be was
rge of the Patrick >-as.-. and Mr.
Jackson, fussing the typewriter Into service, had
■ letter—* real formal letter— written to District
Attorney Jerome asking him to handle the easr,
and Ini losing for him the papers that had just i,. , „
served.
"Iji< khciser's statement w;is all a mistake, jll c
. .' t \;.lainc d BOOM on<- in the Attorney Gec
laat ::ight.
The registration days this year are Monday,
October 5; Tuesday, October 6; Saturday,
October 10, and Monday, October 12. All who
intend to vote must register on one of these
days, between 7 a. Hfc and 10 d. m.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, SEPTF^IBER 24^908.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Colonel Stewart to Go on the Re
tired List.
[From The Tribune Bureau.)
Washington. September 23.
"EXILE 1 " TO BE ENDED.— Colonel William F.
Stewart, of the coast artillery corps, will be placed
on the retired list. Enough is known of the case
of that officer in the report received from the
army surgeons who examined him when he was
ordered to take the riding test to Justify the ex
pectation. Colonel Stewart will appear before the
regular retiring board, which meets at Washing
ton Barracks, before which also will appear the
other officers who have failed to take or failed
in taking the test. It was remarked to-day by one
of the War Department officials that if the au
thorities had had any idea that Colonel Stewart
was incapacitated for active service he would have
been promptly ordered before a retiring board
some months ago, but no one entertained any such
suspicion, and the officer has been kept at Fort
Grant, Arizona, in the hope that he would ask to
be retired. It Is appreciated that the retirement of
Colonel Stewart on the recommendation of the
board Of medical officers will be made to appear
in certain prejudiced quarters as a part of the
scheme to get rid of Stewart and to^force his re
tirement before there is any chance of his attain
ing the grade of brigadier general, promotion to
which position Colonel Stewart has already made
a condition of his premature retirement on his own
application. Army officers wil be glad of the ter
mination of the case of Colonel Stewart and the
filling cf his place by an artillery officer who will
be available for command duty.
ORDERS ISSUED.— The following orders have
been Issued:
ARMY.
Majors GEORGE W. M'lVORj 20th Infantry, and V.'II-I^
IAM M. WRIGHT. Sin Infantry: Captains JK.--M.
Mi. CARTER. 14th Cavalry. anJ FREDERICK '>•
STRITZINQER, Jr.. l'2d Infantry, to Atascadero
Ranch. October 15. _ .
Captain GEORGE H. SCOTT, medical corps, from Fort
Logan to Phlllrr'inps. November 5.
Following first lieutenants, medical reserve corps, from
places designated to Army Medical School. Washing
ton Octooer I: FREDERICK S. WRIGHT. New
York City; RALPH H. GOLDTHWAITE, Worcester;
ROBERT W. KBRR. Newport: NORMAN L.
MPIARMID. Dayton: JAMES A. WILSON. Ypel
lanti; CORYDON G. SNOW. Dunning: GEORGE D.
HEATH. Jr.. Chester: THOMAS J. LEARY. Phila
delphia: WILLIAM S. SHIELD?. Carbondale; AD
DI&ON D. DAVIS. New Richmond; GEORGE H.
MLELLAN. Toledo; ALEXANDER D. PARCE, St.
Louis- CHARLES E. DOERR. Cincinnati; JOHN 13.
H. WARING an! DONALD MINER.
Captain GIDEON II" D. VAN POOLE. medical corps,
four months' leave.
Assistant Surgeons R. W. MDOWELL, G. C. THOMAS
and A L. CLIFTON, detached naval hospital. Phila
delphia; G. B. CROW, detached naval hospital, Nor
folk; D. G. BUTTON, detached the Franklin: Acting
Assistant Surgeons W. M. KERR. detached naval
hospital, Norfolk, and 1 G. F. CLARK, detached the
Lancaster all to Naval Medical School. Washington.
October 1.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.— The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Sept. 20. — The WeFt Virginia, the Maryland, the Penn
sylvania, the Tennessee, the Washington, the Cali
fornia, the South Dakota, the Truxtun. the Hull, the
Whipple, '.he Hopkins, the Perry, the Preble and the
Stewart at Papo Pa,jo.
Sept. 22. — Tho Solace at Suva; the Yorktown at Sttka.
SAILED.
Sort. 22. — The Prairie, fr >m Hampton Roads for Colon;
the Idaho, frcrr. Hampton Roads for final trial.
Sept. 23. — The Rainbow, the Chattanooga, the Concord,
the Denver and the Galveston. from Nagasaki for
Cavite.
XO RUSH TO JOIX ARMY.
Decrease in Enlistments Since Au
gust Due to Political Campaign.
Major W. Ll Kenly. of the sth Field Artillery,
who has been in command of the recruiting ser
vice in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City since
October, has found that in spite of all his ef
forts to induce men to join the United States
Army they are not as eager to do so now as they
were up to the month of August.
"There is always a falling off in the number of
applicants just before a Presidential election,"
said Major Kenly yrsterday. '"But. of course, it is
more marked now because of the large number en
listed between December and May. The number
of acceptances averages from one-fcurth to one
fifth of the number of applicants. In August there
were 2.454 applicants, out of which 6is were cent
to Fort Slocum.'"
When Major Kenly tcok charge here he began
to try new methods for petting men. Henry Smith,
Park Commissioner, and Mayor McClellan permit
ted him to place recruiting officers in the various
parks. Handbills were distributed throughout the
city, and the advantages of joining the army paint
ed in glowing colors.
Major Kenly says that the figures have reached
the minimum. Captain J. T. Conrad, of the 2d
Cavalry, his assistant, says that many men who
will enlist later are waiting until after election.
GOODEICH NOT TO RETIRE.
Time of Active Service Extended One Year —
Goes to Spain.
Rear Admiral Goodrich, commandant of the New
York Navy Yard, sailed for Liverpool yesterday,
accompanied by his dauplitf-r. to attend the cen
tennial celebration of the founding of the Univer
sity at Saiiropsa. ,n Spain. Admiral Goodrich will
represent the American navy and Major General
Wood, now in Europe, will represent the army.
Captain Adams will act as commandant of the
ravy yard during the absence of Admiral Good
rich.
Advices from Washington shortly before Admiral
Goodrich started for the Mauretania announced
tliat he would not be required to retire from active
service in January, his i>»>ri<>d of active service
having been extended one > ear. It i.- not known,
however, whether he will continue as commandant.
The t>xtention of time was made to enable Admiral
Goodrich to complete the consolidation system in
sill the navy yards. He began the consolidation of
departments some time ago, having worked out
the plan himself.
ONE FLY CARRIES 6.600.000 BACTERIA.
Dr. Daniel D. Jackson Tells of His Experi
ments in Brooklyn This Summer.
With a view to verifying his theory that flies
and not hot weather ar» chiefly responsible for the
prevalence of diarrhoea] diseases. Dr. Daniel D.
Jackson, of the Merchants" Association committee
on water pollution, has continued all summer the
investigations which he begun a year ago. At a
statinn near Prospect Park, Brooklyn, he hns been
trapping flies regularly Blnce May 23 and has been
comparing the record of his captures with that of
19-V7. ns well as with the Health Department mor
tality figures.
As he expected, Dr. Jackson found the relation
between the number of flies captured and the num
ber of deaths reported substantially the same as
last year. The fly season opened earlier this year
than last, but reached its height in the month of
July, as it did in 1907; that is. the largest number
of flies caught at the station in 1907 was 6,221 for
the week ended August 3. and in 1908 2,180 for the
week ended August i. The largest weekly number
of diarrhoea] deaths reported last year coincided
exactly with the largest catch of flics, being 576
for the week ended August 3. This summer the
highest weekly death record was -us, made for
the week ended July 18; but it followed two weeks
in which the catches of flies were 2,000 each, nearly
us high as the maximum. He said he found on
eighteen swill barrel dies 118,ao«j,000 bacteria, orMQQ,
000 bacteria, to each fly.
WARNED THE BANK BURGLARS.
Mistake Made by Telephone Operator in
Nebraska Town.
[By Tetegrapn to The Tribune. 1
Goehner, Neb., Sept. 23.— While attempting to
telephone a baric president that cracksmen ' were
<SrllJ!nc t!i« fife in his bank, the telephone operator
here last night made ■ mistake and rang the tele
phone in the bank Itself Instead of ringing up the
banker's* residence.
The burglars answered the telephone and received
the Information that their movements had bean dis
covered, and that a poasa had been formed ,-uid
was watching the front door of the bank, whtlu
another poaM w;is forming to guard the rear door.
The burglars thanked the telephone operator, and
1 through the rear door before the mistake
was discovered.
PEONAGE IN BROOKLYN
GIRL FREED BY COURT.
Coffee Merchant Accused of Holding
Her "by Purchase"
Justice Stapleton. In the Supreme Court.
Brooklyn, yesterday set free a Javanese girl
who had been virtually hold, according to the
papers, in a mild form of slavery !n the home
if William It. Ftone, president of the Porto
Rican Coffee Company, No. -3 Old Klip. Manhat
tan. The Stone home Is at No. 126 Columbia
Heights, the old home section of Brooklyn.
Stone fought hard to retain possession of the
girl on the grounds that he was under a moral
responsibility, as he brought her to America,
and a legal responsibility because, he said, the
Dutch government expected him to return the
girl to her native land safe and sound.
The girl's story as brought out in the-testi
mony is that her mother worked for the Stone
family several years while Mr. Stone was in
Java looking after his coffee plantations. Short- j
ly before the family left Asia the girl's mother j
gave the child to Stone and his wife. Eveleigh '
C. Stone, to be their servant. They agreed to i
give nor $4 a month and to look after her. She ;
was called Ana Marita. In November, 11HI3. the
Btonea left Java and returned to America.
The girl, who was then fifteen years old, was
a servant. She spent her monthly pay so reck
lessly that the family persuaded her to open a
bank account Through converging with Lonare
Vtjirano, a Spanish servant. Ana became dis
satisfied with her place and tried several times
to escape. She had Mr. Stone in the Adams
street police court about a year ago and charged
him with keeping her as a slave. Later she
withdrew her charge and returned to his home.
Last June she escaped again, and Captain
Pinkerton arrested her and sent her home. F.
H. Jones, a lawyer, with offices at No. 3.~» Nas
sau street, Manhattan, learned the girl's st;;ry
and became interested in h^r case. He prom
ised to get htr free and get her better employ
ment.
He found an employer for the girl in Mrs. Effie
E. Hipkins. wife of John C. Hipkins, an insur
ance broker, of No. 76 William street, Manhat
tan. The Hipkins family lives at No. 1141 Dean
street.
The habeas corpus proceedings were brought
in the name of the Spanish servant. Miss Vegir
ano. The affidavits declare that Ana, who is i
now nineteen years old, was held in "restraint"
of her "personal liberty and freedom" by "force,
fear and duress." They declare that the Stones (
had threatened the girl with imprisonment jf she
did not submit to them, and told her that she j
was enslaved to them for life "by purchase.'' J
They claimed the right to hold her before the j
courts of this country "by color of adoption or !
guardianship," the papers said. These allega
tions were denied by Mr. Stone.
On the stand the girl said she had been de- j
prived of her freedom, but the worst she could j
say of the Stones was that Mrs. Stone had |
slapped her once or twice. She was well dressed i
and the Court said he was satisfied that she had
been well treated and well brought up. After j
listening to the testimony Justice Stapleton !
called the girl before him and told her she was j
a free agent, and had the right to go wherever
she pleased. Mr. Stone said that Ana was not
a citizen of this country and was unfamiliar
with the ways here. Justice' Stapleton told him
that did not make the girl any less a free agent.
Mr. Stone said he would apply for a guardian
for the girl this morning, and Ana went away
with her new mistress.
SHOOTS HER; KILLS SELF.
Woman Attacked in Park May Die
— A&aUant a Suicide.
After firing three ehots at Mrs. Emma Behlant,
of No. 1427 DeKalb avenue. Brooklyn, and severely
wounding her. George Helntze. of No. 416 East
65th street, Manhattan, ran four blocks with a
crowd at his heels and then committed suicide.
Mrs. Behlant is in the Bushwick Hospital, where
she may die. The shooting took pla c e_at the en
trance to Bushwick Park, at Suydam street and
Knickerbocker avenue. Brooklyn, last nipht.
There were a number of men and women near by
when Mrs. Behlant started into the park, with
Heintze close behind her. He called to her. and
when she turned he fired a shot into her throat.
She Bcreamed and started to run away, but a sec
ond shot struck her in the back and brought her to
the ground. A third bullet was fired into her right
forearm. Heintze ran with the revolver in his
hand, and the cry nf "Lynch him!" was started
Patrolman McAuley, of the Hamburg avenue sta
tion, distanced the crowd, and had almost caught
up with Heintze at Starr street and Wyckoff ave
nue when the fugitive stopped and fir.-.l a bullet
Into ins brain. He died soon after being taken to
the German Hospital.
Mr?. Behlant said she had known Heintze for
three years and that he had persistently bothered
her for some unknown reason.
STATE SOLD CITY'S REAL ESTATE.
Corporation Counsel Directed to Begin Pro
ceedings to Recover.
Controller Metz. at the meeting of the Sinking
Fund Commission yesterday, said that the state
had "Jumped" the city's lons established and valid
claim to certain real estate on Staten Island, sold
it and banked the proceeds.
Deputy Controller Phillips explained that the old
QiMiiir.tine station, a fifty-acre plot, was conveyed
to the city by the Commissioners of Immigration,
along with forty-one lots on Ward's Island, in July,
1893, for $1,100,000. It was reported that the records
in the County clerk's office in Richmond showed
that fm September 20, 19OT, the same property was
conveyed by the State of New York to the L.ud
low Realty Company of New York. Deputy Con
troller Phillips said the plot sold brought $31,000.
"Do you mean the state has been trying to do
the city?" City Chamberlain Martin asked.
"The state has don? the city." replied the Con
troller.
The commission passed a resolution directing the
Corporation Counsel to begin proceedings within
twenty days to compel the state authorities to va
cate the letters patent of the sale to the Ludlow
Realty Company. It is believed that the state will
refund the money.
ODD FELLOWS PARADE IN DENVER.
Denver, Sept. 23. — Foul thousand members of the
Independent order of odd Fellow? and its women's
auxiliary, here attending the eipnty-fourth annual
session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, paraded the
principal streets of the city to-day. In the pro
cession wen' fourteen bands. The weather was
perfect.
CHICAGO STATION TO COST $20,000,000.
Chicago, .sept. 23 Th«- magnitude of the coal ><'.
the new Chicago & Northwestern Railroad terminal
site and the two new rights of way for the Omaha
and the Wisconsin dlvisi na has been reveal. d by
the recording of deeds conveying to the Northern
Trust Company, trustee for the railroad company,
thirty-four parcels of land, for a consideration of
$2,826,98& This makes ■ total of eighty-eight pieces
of land at an aggregate consideration of $6,631,236.
The new station will cost about J^i.mJO.iX*).
MAEINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sun rises s:4o|Eun sets s:34|Mobn rites 4:4o|Moon's age 2S
HIGH WATER.
A.M.— Sandy Booh in: Oev. Island 7:l3|Hetl Gats 8:06
I'M.— Sandy Hook U:.*>4|Gov. island 7. in, Hell Gate 0:11
WIRELESS REPORTS.
The Teutonic, reported as -'<> miles east of Sandy Hook
at ii a m. la expected to dock about 7:3 ■ a m to-da y.
The Carmanta. reported as 2711 miles east of Sandy Hook
at a p m yesterday, la expected to dock about Sam ti>-
Tho Baltic, reported as b(H miles east of Sasdy Hook
Of course, we hold fast to the $3,
$4 and $6 Derbies that have made our
hat business successful— we still be
lieve they're the best Derbies made at
those prices.
In their new shapes now, mloog
with such other good Derbies as
Stetsons.
Soft hats if you'd rather.
33.50 to $8.
Fall overcoats and suits for man
and boy.
Rogers, Peet & Company,
Three Broadway Store*.
258 £42 1302
at at at
Warren st. 13tb st. 34th st.
Exquisite color effects, skillful
needle work in oar "Glasgow"
shirts for Fall wear. See that our
name and trade mark are both
stamped on the garment.
EARL y WILSON.
at 11 a m yesterday. Is expected to dock about spm
Friday.
The Amerika, reported as 1.230 miles east of Sandy
Hook at 1:20 [i m yesterday. Is expected to dock about 3
p m Saturday.
A thick fog which prevailed at Sandy Hook last night
may delay the docking of the Teutonic and the Carman!a
thii morning.
INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.
Vessel. From. Line.
•Carmania Liverpool. September 16 Cunard
•Teutonic Southampton. September 16. White Star
•Esperanza Cristobal. September 13 Panama
Maude Huelva. September 5 —^—
Adonis Barbados. September 13 — —
BU»>w Bremen. September 10 X O Lloyd
Indrasamha Gibraltar. September A
Meridian Middlesbrough. Septembers...
Pallanza Hamburg. September 8 Hamb-Am
Korea Llbau. September 7 Russian
El Valle Galveston. September 17 So Pacific
Idaho Hull. September 12 Wilson
Erny Trieste. September 4
Comus New Orleans. September 19. ...So Pao
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25.
•Baltic Liverpool. September 17. ..White Star
•La Provence Havre. September 20 French
•Acre Para, September 13 Brazilian
•Monterey Havana. September 22 Ward
•P B FriMrlch Cartagena, September 14. . .Hamh-Ani
Oraf Waldersee . . Plymouth. Sept»mb»r 14 . . Hamb-Am
Knni* Albert Gibraltar, September 14.. X. G. Lloyd
Indian Monarch Bordeaux. September 12
El Dorado Galveeton, September 19. ...So Pacific
San Marcos Galveston. September 19 Mallory
City cf Columbus. ..Savannah. September 22. . .Savannah
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 26.
•St Paul Southampton. September 19 Amer
•Amerika Hamburg;. September 17 Hamb-Am
•Campania Liverpool. September 1!» Cunard
•Guiana St Thomas. September 21 Quebec
Algeria Palermo, September 12 Anchor
•Brings mail.
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.
Mail Vassal
Vessel. For. Line. closes. satis.
Deutschland. Hamburg. Hamb-Am... 6:3oam lOtOOara
La Savole. Havre. Fr»nch 7:ooam 10 •») a m
Mexico. Havana. Ward 0:00 a m 12:«O m
Hellenes. Argentina. Houston 12:00 m 3:iX>pm
Celtic. Liverpool. White Star 9:oi>arn
Grosser Kurfilrst. Bremen. X G Lloyd 10:00 am
Slavonla. Naples. Cunard — — 12:0O n>
P. di Piemonte. Naples. Lloyd Sab....
Madonna. Naples. Fabre
Arapahoe. Jacksonville. Civde 3:O>pm
Princess Anne. Norfolk. OH rv.m — 3:00 pm
Kansas City. Savannah. Savannah.... 3:00 m
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25.
Prlns Wlllem I. Hayti. D W 1. .... 11:00 am 1 '*> p m
Orri^ntes. Barbados. Hamb-Am 11:00 am 1 :0 Op m
Seneca. Nassau. Ward 12:00 m 3 '»> p m
Oceano. Argentina. Am & Rio Plata. .. 12:00 m 3:oOpm
Hugin. Tamplco. Ward 3:OOprn
Monroe. Norfolk. OH Don-. 3:0 Op m
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 26.
Philadelphia, Southampton. American 6:30 a m 10-0O a m
Etruria. Liverpool, Canard 4:30 am •»» a m
Philadelphia. Sin Juan. Red I' s .T«> a m 12:« M) m
San Juan. Ponce. X V & P R 9:)«>am 12 '«' m
Parima, Trinidad. Quebec 3" a m 12:00 in
Havana. Havana. Ward l»:«Oam 1 i-> i. m
Crown of Navarre. Grenada. Trinidad. . lo:«v>a m 12:0© m
Prinz Joachim. Colon. Hamb-Am 1 !:(•>■ m l:V<Opni
Finance. Cristobal. Panama 11:30 am 3:i»> pm
Kroonland. Antwerp. Red Star 11 mi am
Pretoria. Hamburg. Hams>-Am lOOOam
Konl«in Luise, Naples. N ■; Llejrd ... 11 mam
Minneapolis. London, Atlantic Trans.. ll:'H>am
Columbia. Glasgow. Anchor 10 : a m
Apache. Jacksonville. Clyde .: <v> n m
Conch. i. Galveston. Mailer? 1° on
Hamilton. Norfolk, Old Dominion 3°o»nm
City of Columbus, Savannah. Savannah, 3;oo p m
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
Destination and steamer. Close in New York
Jaran. Corea. China and Philippine. lai- * **
ands (specially addressed cnly> (via
Taeoma)— B»!lerophon Sept 23. 8 30 d m
Hawaii. Guam and Philippine Islands (via P
San Francisco)— U S Transport Sept 30. 630 d m
Hawaii, and specially addressed mall for -w »••»»» m
Japan. Corea and China (via San Fran
cisco)— Korea C ( 1 6-3Onm
Japan. Corea. China and Philippine i»l
ends (via Vancouver and Victoria B C)
—Empress of Japan Oct , fl 3© p„,
Australia <ex<-e C t »st). New Zealand.
Flit Islands and New Caledonia (via
Vancouver and Victoria. B C»_Maroma.Oct 4.6:30 p m
Japan. Corea. China and Fhilippino Isl- w.jvpm
and» (via Seattle)— Iyo Maru » Oct 8 6 30 nn
Tahiti and Marquests Islands Vvla San pO
Francisco)— ilarlposa Oct 12. 6:30 p ra
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New York, Wednesday. Sept. 23.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Belle of Scotland (Hi*. Nntmao Lob.. July 4
Coronal I»'.. Montevideo 31 and .- 1.,,, i« August 21 -I i
Charleston September in and Norfolk 21. to W R '>ii-.
& Co, with asdee Arrived at rh. Mar at 1 a m
Steamer Crown of Navarre •»:... Mr Kt lion p^rth \m
boy. ta the Trinidad Shipping * Trading c,>. In ballav
Passed In Quarantine -it 2::7 p i.
i^teamf-r Princess Anne. T i;-l -y Newport N» »-, ■„ -j
Norfolk, to the Old Dominion s* Co. with paMeng. aril
rods*. l..ft Quarantine at 3:«% a m
Steamer Senator .Nor). BBtl<!*sa. Port Antonio Sep
tember 11. to the Atlantic Fruit Co. with one paa»ens<cr
and fruit. Arrived at the Bar at n-on.
St.-nr...T Boetow <«!er>. Fornvw, Mil S.-ptemb*r '2
to Oelrlrlis a Co, with passeng-ra ami mdsa. Anchore-l
off \Wst Rank tmojr
Steamer San Giorgio (Ital) Romano! Messina September
7. Naples H and Palermo !». to Hlrzrl. Feltman * c.«
with 17 cabin an.l '2X\ steerage j'as««-nKrr» and mil«
Arrived at th.- Bai at 11:30 a m
Stenmer Concha, Ynurnc. GalT«xton S«pf«>mbfr M ami
Key West 19. T.i th* Mallory S» c ... with aaMaaasera and
tndse. Left Quarantine at I <»; pm.
SAILED.
Stramen Brilliant ■C.en. nuaWm. Thespts (Mr> Slit
chester; Mauretanii tltr>. Urerpoa) via Queen»town:
Aileshany (Gen. Inacna, Port-au-Prlnc» etc; Jefferson.
Norfolk and Newport News.
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.
ARRIVKIV
Santos, Fept 20— Gunther iGer>. New YcrJc via Barbados,
Pernambuco and Hahla.
Mojt. Bepi 22— In. lrani ißr). New York via Singapore.'
lion* KonK. etc
London. E«p| .2 Mesaha (Br). N»w York.
Alcoa Bay. Sept 21— African Prln.e «Br>, New York via
St Vincent. C V, and Cape Town.
Hollo. Fept 22 St Patrick <Hr). New York via Aden.
?abans. etc. :- <• . .,
Llverpn I. gept 22 — Lusltanla <Br>. New York via Qurena
town.
Barcelona. Sept 23 — Buenos Aires tf»pan>. New York; Ist).
Erlka lOeV), New York vU rt'bao. etc: 20th. Cludarl
do Iteus (.."pani, New York, vi.i T«rTas*«-.a
Amusements.
HIPPODROME 581?"
Mats.. 2. Be«t Seats SI. Er«nlngs. Sw 25e. to SI.SO.
SPORTING BALLET BATTLE IN
DAYS j OF BIRDLAND THE SKIES
10 CIRCUS ACTS 85IOKINO IN BALCONY.
-i NMr.iiT SUU S A m- BflflD s^haV
M A IP^TIf Pr»ml»re I FATHER AXO *O^
Ted Maries' First Concert Next Sunday Sighs.
_V ac ,4 r_J Prires XV. 1 .so. dm»:ta Mats.W-d. ? at
nflSI LljiJ JOHN MASO.V— WTTCniNO HOUR.
Next — Mary Mann-ring — filaHaae Betsy.
I VOIP Last 4 Times. Eve" I •'•- Mannerfos
LI "111 Last Mat. Sat.. 2:20. I Glorloa* aVtay.
Monday. Kept. — IX IX* CUSEB. -Mile. SXIw-hief.
PiOltin Ev » ■■ :1 * Mats. Ussaaa W^rM L *» t *"
UflolflU To-day A Sat. (TllilliC 110110 Times.
Tae»lay. Sept. 20— LOUISE GCX.MXC In Mareeße.
UAL I 'SRSg/S' GIRLS %£_
_™-JERALC SO. ££,%?' 3 Twins
EVDIDC 'THEATRE. B'way. 40th St. £'■• *a*
t-lfirint Matinees Wed. and Sat-. 2 3)
JOHN DREW «* Jack Straw
HUDSON 7 %Z.
ROBERT EDESON bVrffg^
I VPCIIU BSBI St.. near Broadway. E-.b, vis.
LI OCUrn Mats. To-day and Sat. 2:13.
MISS BILLIE BURKE $33^.
PDITtTDICIM B'way. 44th St. Even!r.K» at &
UmiCfilUll Matin** Saturday at 2:15.
"Bubbling over with fun." — Herald.
HATTIE WILLIAMS JJSSa
KNICKERBOCKER "^-^Sl^^STr^
THE GIRLS OF GOTTEKBERG A
g~2 A DDIPK »»•» Street, near Broadw.y.
*-*>*■ r\ I\ 1 r\ Eve. 8:20. MaMn— Sat.. 2:11
Joseph < ..Mi.- | THE MOLLUSC.
Alexander Carlisle , preceded by ( Last Weak of)
THE LIKES <y ME. with DORIS KEANZ.
Next Tuesday — .MAT IRW|>* In lite One- Act Play.
MRS. PECKHAM'S CABOCgE.
CA\/AV 34th St. .(FRIDAY MAT. SEPT 23L
OnVUT B way | SEATS XOW.
First time a MM A T f" D By F-r-y
Modern Comedy. IVI « I Km IV MacKaye.
"The Be*t of Love la Lansrhter.**
Direction HENRY MILLER.
comtnaVAV THEATRE. B"wa7*4lstSt
BnUAllff Hi Eve. B>■ Mars W-d . & Sat.
FRANK McKEE"S Production of
THE NEW MCSICAI. PLAY
ALGEEIA
by Victor Herbert and G!«*n Mae-lnnnn«h.
Cl A I PTV THE.* 48th Street and B ' aray.
! VJ ' rtlt - • I I <=. 8:15. Mats. Wed. and Sat.. 2 13
! THE TRAVELING SILEStU
;NEW AMSTERDAM £!%&&. Eve,.a : ja]
I Last 4 Weeks. Matinees Wed. and Sat., 2 13.
HEXRT W SAVAGHTB Operatic Sensation.
I THE MERRY WIDOW "%£?>»
!|| Cm VfiOlf THEATRE. B'way * 45rh St. Eres.
mew york S:I.V Mats. Wed. & =ar. Laa- 2 VTts.
Z REVUE FOLLIESJM
I IDCDTV THEATRE- 42d St. West of ?! -ray
LID 11)1 1) I I Evh «:!.>. Mats. Wad. and Sat . 2-M
LILLIAN RUSSELL B^ S S,
Ka^^ggg WILDFIRE
ACADEMY OF MI7SIC. 14th St and Irvine Pt
Ski I THE ROUNDUP
• .•BErT SEATS WEDNESDAY MATINEE. I!*!
Prices 2r.c. to .<1.30. Mats. Wed. and Sat.. 2. Eve. »13.
; Vl/COCD'O B'way 29th St. Etm. *:30. Matinees;
If CDCn d Wed. and Sat. Wed. Ma- . .-'V- $1 30.
■2';'r PAID 12 FULL
A CTOD B'way and 4.'.th St. Eve. «:15 Matinees!
Adi Ull Wed. & gat.. 2:13. Wed. Mat., -0.--t1.30..
2D month. Win. HODGE
t^S° THE MAN FROM HO!>IE
Ufa II ■ A Iff O Broadway nnd 3Oth Eva » IS.
If ALL All X d Mars Wei a=(S Sat.. ■
ARNOLD DALY jlkgexe^tios.
BIJOU Next Tuesday Nigh! l
SEATS kf \nv TO-DAT.
Messrs. Win. A. Brady A Jos. R. Grlsmer an^ouac*
A GENTLEMAN FROM
MISSISSIPPI
By Harrison Rhodes and Thomas A Wise, witlt 1
THOMAS A. WISE
AND
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
STHE BEI^SCO -|- „l mpl^ €arnMt p | ay of
TUYVESAMI i flve characters and or*
I U I itOflll « snm Is the most »v
».-„,. 44th St Ev^s. 8:30. jdactous that David
Matinee Saturday. 2:15. ! Belasco his ever pro-.
Thursday Matinees Oct. I duced. Audacious t*-
L...i« p.f-t •««« cause !t refuses to
DAVID BEUSGQ
UHTIU ULLUU-U [climax and th»« taper
presents ; !?self away. Audaetoms
■•% ■ a A* -*> v f" ' because it persists is
BLANCH ts«i< m «#vW
.__ _ .__ ln »- in Justifying ■
MKk B W^B Ip i leisurely hunwa heart.
Bfl saaa M _«^ Audacious because It
H L W ' !t
F% SUk 3 ■ «^i demands to >* 'akes
jpl I Eg. \J .ag a whole. You ftai-
! ply yrtp rour chair
t, "n land wonder what els»
■ ■ TU C" ■ can come. Tcu ar» la
I Is Cm , the eiehth heaven of
FIGHTING SJW? ad ""
HOPE" I - A9nt E n vf.To^.i
A New American Play of To-day *>y ""V J. Hurlbut.
SEATS « WEEKS IX ADVANCE.
HACKETT : ■£
JAMES K. HACKETT
in THE PRISONER OF ZENDA
•THK nOuUI ARE AM. LEFT IN ZK\PA V»
IT IS STIII. A Bl I. IV Pl.At."— Art..n I>avlf». J*ea
Henry %V Savags ofT?r«
THE -v T THK
DEVIL GARDEN
On!v version ap- ; Theat. 27th & Mad. Av^E**
proved r-v the au- 'S:I.V Eves ft Mat. Sit .A O
thor Frnf.E Mnlnur *«1-V> Mat Vi>.l .*V T-V* »* -
»BEUSCO«k THEATRE. W 4?rt St Ev-^:»
DuLflb UU«% Mats Wed *n£B**- =Ji
i;iii" ( :j; in THE
AILISS V DEVIL.
H~fiMMERSTEJH'S °lg^
LAST CANS -NELSON FICHT JTTCTBWg
Condensed version of The Pevi;. C'* TX r ' J<ie *°" %
mann. Howard A North. Stuart Cam»a I _o»ef*
BI.ANEVS G-orKe Fuller Golden. V a'.sy Vg±
l ivrni V <:n Wood. Felix v Carre. Ma-j.l*. Hal- r»«a
Ll^COL^ by. 4 Co . ,'Hff Gordon. F.arno'.d s DM*
B'wav 6Cth St Watermelon Girl*. 10 Others.
Dally Matinee. SOO De-»t Sfat» S3c.
AMtnlGan
ITALIAN OPERA CO.liS^«\v:.v:.v.-pim>g»fl
ad -f-|v VTO M AT THE IIIPFODROMS
SOUS A «XT SUNDAY HIM?
bULUnIAL PTCK." K«rn..- la. II !■»
Mat. ESS 23«-. H>man Meyer. Cha». .* Fannl»__»^
Ml UAMDRfI " Tb ' > Nuk ' tl T "« th *" J^fifiLSSSl
ED a— r:|HOKi i> in «%V tiVFHt ***
CUC.IV I INK" %r«MiH U-ll K»er» ■*■ a
m 8 » I Th%« Airnli TrageJv. Tyrvleae. » _
Copenhaicen. ?ept 1» Exc«-:»lor tGer> New Tcrk. , ctix
Port said. Sept 23--Rhelnf»l9 iG*r>. New York > ;a *'»•
Colombo. Calcutta, etc.
SAILED. Stlt
Southampton. Sept 2a-Moltke »Ger> "*«*™* T *£ k * rU
York via Cherbourg; Adriatic .Pr>. V» JlrfoeP.
Cherbourg ar.l vju«*nstown: Kronprtnx \l itheim tU "
Bremen fcr New York via Chwrbour*. _.„.,,
Malaca Sept lH_citta dt Messina tlta!>. New Toaa.
Calcutta. 9W* I»— KybfUs (Ger). New Tork. . au#- »>
L»verpo<>l. Sept 25— : mi r<..\ |Sw> New Yor* via w
A!«iers'%epf 22 Hohenfels (Ger), Calcutta and Colo
for Boatoa and New York. .
Geroa. Sept 21— K» d' ltalia i«al>. N»w Tors.
PASSE % t «
LUard. Sept 23— Rotterdam .lmtch>. *£? N >w Tor i
Boulogne and Rotterdam : Aladdin (>or». ♦
tor Havre, etc _ __ . v _ Tori !<•
Tonta F'rrar-.a. Sept »— Hamburg »•■•* »■■-
Naples. Genoa, ate.