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ULHASTISGS REGAMS
Said Cleveland Article Was Genuine
— Noic Repudiates It.
"The New V..rk Times" prints this morning a
letter from' F. .S. Hastings executor of Grower
Cleveland's ■■■■•. repudiating the long article
jmbiish^d In thai paper on August M over ex-
President rieveland's signature, and quoting him
-Ss fav-rtng Judg.- Taft for Resident and opposing
William Jennings Bryan. immediately following
th- receipt at this letter -The Times' endeavored
to learn what evidence Mr. Hastings had obtained
to discredit Its authenticity. It gives the history
of the article as follows: %
The article was brought to "The Times- office
by Broughton Brandenburg, a newspaper and
t, ...... * in*, writer It was typewritten and bore
what purport^ to U the signature of Orovei
ClevelJnd Before considering publication of the
art i. -The Times 1 demanded proofs of Its ai.
&ticitv. arid Mi Brandenbutg' produce, the
following ajtr^ement he had made with 1. »-
Hastes*, executor of '•■- Cleveland ~tat«: „.
-No. SO Broadway. New lot*.' August *^"J*^
••l'Kiai<> of « rover Cleveland. 1- B. Hastings.
iV.i. Lmiiur. No. B0 Broadway. New YorK
■ Mv^kear Mr. Hastln s: 1 beg to make you the
roilowina- offer for the one complete article or
the series whTch I had under way with Mr. Cleve
land prior to Ilia sickness and death hubse
quent to s»Je and payment for this article^ 1 will
pa, the estate »5< out of a sales price of $660.
and of all sums of money, derived from this
supplementary sale of the publication rights i of
the article and the «ale of the original manuscript
Itself 1 will egr£»£r~t You«t™i &iJRG
"On behalf of the estate of the late Grover
Cleveland, and with the knowledge and consent of
Mrs. Frances Cleveland. 1 hereby accept the fore
aroi'is; X S ttASTINQS.
"Executor of the estate of Brover Cleveland
Mr Brandenburg explained to "The Times" In
preat detail that he bad arranged with Mr. ( ievt>-
Und about March 1 to write ■ series of three
articles on the coming Presidential campaign: that
the first article was written by Mr. Cleveland and
given to him to copy in typewriting. After '.Mr.
Cleveland had corrected this production It was
again typewritten and signed by him at bis office.
In the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Build
ing some time between the 13th and the 15th <•
March. It is Just to Mr. Brandenburg to state
that there are several witnesses who have testi
fied that he had lone: interviews with Mr Cleve
land in the tatter's office on the days he claimed
to have seen him.
In order to SM •every precaution possible "The
Times" sent a trusted a ember of Its staff to Mr.
Hastings'* residence at Greenwich, Conn., with the
article "and Mr. Cleveland's signature. Mr. Hastings
at oast wrote the following letter:
"Indian Harbor. Greenwich. Conn.,
"August 21. l»Bt
"Dear Sir: 1 nm Cognisant of an article written
by Grover Cleveland which by oral agreement he
assigned to Mr. Brandenburg, and. with Mrs.
Cleveland's assent. 1 have given Mr. Brandenburg
a formal written assignment by which he has the
exclusive right to said article, including- the right
to dispose of it as he may s«-e lit. Four* very
truly, (Signed! F. 8. HASTINGS.
"Executor Estate G. Cleveland.*'
Shortly after the article was published Mrs.
Cleveland informed "The Times" that she bad her
doubts about its penuineness. Inquiry was made
Of Mr. Hastings, and be sent Qrover Cleveland's
Flpnatiir<- to compare with the one on the article.
Several leading Democrats then questioned its au
thenticity, and on Beptetnb«r 3 "The Times"
printed an Interview with Mr. Hastings, in which
he was quoted as saying:
■■ 'During the course of my investigation I have
unearthed a «3csiKn asnong certain prominent
Democratic leaders, whs have asserted that in
order to offset the effect of this article of Mr.
Cleveland's it would be necessary for them to
question its authenticity, Of this I have abundant
proof, which Dan be produced at any time if nec
essary.' "
When the letter from Mr. Hastings repudiating
the article was received by 'The Times" yesterday
a representative was sent to see him. In the letter
he wrote he had evidence to disprove the authen
ticity of the article. According to "The Times."
he Raid, however, that he had no evidence, and re
ferred the representative to John G. Carlisle, who
refused to Mscstss the article.
BANK MESSENGER SHOT.
Boys Quarrel in Basement of the
National City.
During a quarrel In the basement of the Na
tional City Bank, at No. 52 "Wall street, last
evening, between two young messengers of the
bank. Victor Ryfa, sixteen years old, of No 558
Bedford avenue. Brooklyn, was shot In the calf
of the left leg.
According to the police, the shooting was don*
try Frank Gregory, aged eighteen, of No. 530
■Warren street. Brooklyn. He was arrested on
the charjre of felonious assault, and Ryfa, after
his -wound had been dressed by a surgeon from
St. Gregory*** Hospital, was also locked up In
the Oak street station, charged with carrying
concealed weapons.
1 Gregory, according to the story told by the
'police, had borrowed a revolver from Ryfa and
declined in return it. He was holding the re
volver in his hand, when it was discharged. It
was fully loaded.
SCHOONER LOST WITH 20 MEN?
Boston Boat Said to Have Gone Down After
Collision Off Sable Island.
[By T»l»«:rai,h to The Tribune.]
Borton, Sept. 25— The schooner Susan and Man 1 ,
belonging in Boston. Captain Joseph Spinney, with
twenty-three m«-n aboard, Is report.-d to nave been
lost off Sable Island an-1 only ti.r-- of the crew
to have — ■ saved. The fats is said to have
been the r*-«ull- of a collision with another ves
sel in the midst of ■ heavy fog. Nothing further
Is know at The Wharf.
WANTS BROADER LECTURE COURSE.
Dr. H. M. Leipziger Asks Board of Education
to Extend System.
A vigorous seal for extension In the public
lecture fsyssoir is contained In the annual report
to the Board of Education of Dr. Henry M. I>>!p
ssser, the head of the free lecture bureau.
Afte* calling public lectures "the highest cause
• man can serve." Dr. I-f-ipzig^r asks: -Why not
have a body of national educators who shall spread
their intellectual treasures all over the land?"
Last year kSI persons Tiass»-d the «'x.'tminations
given in connection with the course? on "First AM
ft the Injured." the report state*, and received
certificate*. The lecturers during 1907-05 num
bered €63. The college and university teachers
numbered over sixty, and teachers la high schools
and other secondary Institutions served in large
numbers.
"Among the colleges and universities represented
en the staff of the public lecturer; during K«j7-'O4.
Dr. Leiprig'-i says, were: Adelpbl College. Packer
Institute .and Polytechnic Institute, of Brooklyn;
Columbia University, New York University. City
College and Normal College of Manhattan; Am
h^rsl, I.Jifayett<\ Iceland Stanford. Rutgers. Trin
ity, Chicago, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Yale."
DIPHTHERIA AT CLARK UNIVERSITY.
lliy T«-!«waj>h to Th* Tribune]
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 25.— A diphtheria rears
has broken out at Clark University. Six positive
cares have been removed to the Isolation hospital
and twelve suspicious cases are under surveil
lance. Dr. Frederick 11. Baker, the college physi
cian, said to-day that strenuous measures bad
been taken to curb the «-pidemlc.
SPINSTER LEAVES PHYSICIAN $60,000.
IHy Telegraph to The Tribune.)
Providence, Sept. 23.— Cutting off her brother, a
business man. and a sister, of this city, with a be.
«juert of Hi esrh. Mary F. Waterman, an eccentric
spinster, left her estate in her will, which was
admitted to probate to-day, to a young physician.
Dr. Albert W. Rounds. He gets about $00,000.
MAY ENLARGE HIS FIFTH AYE. PLOT.
Thomas It. Ball, eC Best & Co.. was yesterday re
ported to have enlarged his real estate holdings on
the westerly Bide of sth »v«., between 3Sth and
SGth rts. He recently purchased No. 274 otli aye..
formerly occupied by the Engineers' Club, for $500.-
WO. At the office of Douglas Robinson. Charles S.
Brown &■ <>> . it was said that negotiations for. the
teasing of an adjoining parcel had not jet been per
f*c:« -
NEGROES RALLY FOR TAFT
Lincoln Republicans Cheer Speeches
Indorsing Roosevelt's Acts.
A rousing Republican rally was hold in West
M'.h street..last night, when the Lincoln Republican
Club, a negro organization, turned out two hundred
strong and cheered speakers of both races at each
mention of Tart and Hughes. Bttsha (better known
as '"Pop") Harris, a power among the negro voters
of th» Mb Assembly District, presided.
"There are three hundred negro voters In th!s
district, and we hope to get every one," he said.
Isaac B. Allen, a negro, of Boston, ex-member of
fromer Governor Roper Wolcott's staff, and a dele
gate to the convention that nominated President
McKinley in 1900. caused great enthusiasm through
out his speech, that occupied an hour. He was
the son. he said, of a "slave mammy." Outlining the
advancement made by the legro race In the forty
three years Since Its emancipation. Mr. Allen told
the audience to cease to imagine that there was
any -problem" between the two races, merely be
cause the kin of one was black. "Be men/ he
said, "and talk concerning the problem of the race
will melt away. And which party will most assist
us In the uphill tramp towards Ideal manhood,
he asked. "I have been fighting for forty years,
my friends, and I will tell you that you can wear
off the cuticle of your thumb turning back the
pages of history in a vain search for one record
of Democratic encouragement to us negroes. Nat
we are and what we hope to be we owe to the
Republican party. Is there a man here who doubts
''•'■Mr Taft will be the peer of McKinley and
Roosevelt. We can trust him. Those of you who
for a moment felt hurt at the action of President
Roosevelt when he discharged the troops at
Brownsville will remember that our ideal President
before that had met the storm of criticism in his
own party when he appointed negro office holders
in the South. Your moment of ans-r has passed.
You have said to yourselves that a man big
enough to do the one thing is too big to do any
thing at Brownsville that the facts might not fulls
warrant. you said then that you would vote for
•Sone of you said th-n that you would votefoi
„ Democrat. It has remained for the Lord, In His
wisdom to put It into the hearts of the Democrats
at Denver to draw up a platform promising the
negro nothing and making it impossible for a
thinking colored man to vote tor Bryan and re
morse." Clarence R. Freeman and ex-As-
Ex-Alderman Clarence R. Freeman and ex-As-
Bemolyman Christopher Btefflns wen; vigorously
applauded.
FEARS BUBONIC PLAGUE.
Dr. Foster's Warning Startles Dele
gates to Health Conference.
Washington, Sept. 88-— That the Gulf and
Atlantic coasts of the United States are in
danger of an Infection of bubonic plague, was
the warning sounded to-day by Dr. N. K. Pos
ter, of California, before the delegates of the
conference of state and provincial boards of
health of North America. He said that such an
infection may have already taken place. The
address of Dr. Foster, who is president of the
organization, startled the delegates.
•I firmly believe." he said, -that the United
States will become generally Infected, not from.
California, but from ports having communi
cation by water. My object la to sound a note
of warning and to put you on your guard
against an insidious and dangerous foe."
He added no effort should be spared to guard
against its introduction and warned his hearers
that every city and town on the Gulf and At
lantic coasts should begin now to destroy the
rats which carry infection and prepare for the
invasion. <
LEWIS S. STKANG WAITS IN VAIN.
Bride-to-Be Fails to Appear, and Romance
Is at an End.
[Bj Tf-'otfrarri ?.< Tr.» Tri!-;r» |
Stamford. Conn.. Sept. *.— The romance of Lewis
Putnam Ptranc, winner of many automobile races,
and Miss Jennie 1-. Bpaldlng. of "The Follies of
::■■-■<■ company, came to an abrupt termination hers
early this morning, when the young woman failed
to keep an appointment to many the motor hero.
M ss Bpaldmg and Mr Btrang had Been engaged
for about four years. The engagement became pub
lic four months ago.
Judge Martin Gray n-aited for the couple to ap
rfore him tm Z o'do< k this mon Ing and then
gey* it i. p. It neons that when Btrang mot his
fiancee after this show she told I in, she was In
clined to change her mind and wanted three or four
days ••• think It '-•.< - At that he became angry
;.;,, O uM tain ■ lifetime to think
about it
"I think :he members of her company Jollied her
and scared - ■ lof t," said Mr. Btrang.
JEWS CELEBRATE NEW YEAR.
All Synagogues Crowded at Rosch-ha-scho
nah Services.
Rosch-ha-schonah, the Jewish New Fear, began
pt sunsel yesterday, and last night the Jews of the
city were celebrating its observance. The celebra
tlon took the form of special New Year services
In ih- templet and synagogues and feasts in th«
homes. At Temple Bmanu-EI the Rev. Dr. Joseph
Bflverman spoke on "A Fear of Good Tidings,"
contrasting the bad times of thf* year just past
with the bright prospects of the coming year.
At the FVee Bynagogue, 81st street between Col
umbus and Amsterdam avenues. th»- Rev. Dr.
Stephen B Wise had for his subject "From the
Lowlands bo the Highlands." The keynote of his
discourse was "Conquer thyself and rise."
The congregations were large at all the other
uptown synagogues, while on the East Side, not
only were the synagogues crowded, but all the
available halls were pressed Into service.
with the exception of the services in the places
of worship, the Bast Side presented Its usual as
pect. Most of the stores were open in the early
evening, and th« pushcart pedlers were plying
their vocations in the ordinary wny. To-day, how
ever, all the stores and -hops owned by Jews will
bf closed. There will be serviess in all the syna
gogues.
MAXINE ELLIOTT SUMMONED.
Reno, nv-v . Sept. JR.— Besse Hal! Goodwin (Max
!n<> Elliott) has been ordered to appear before
Judge Pike on December 20 nnd answer to a com
plaint for divorce filed against her by Nat C.
Goodwin i;i the district court last Monday.
in case .Mrs. Goodwin tails to appear on the
<!at»- named In the order the case will go by
default.
FORT MADE RESIDUARY HEIR.
Trenton, Sept. BY— Governor l-'«rt to-day became
heir to the residuary estate of Mrs. Abby \\". Kca
eoner. of Bast Orange, which amounts to between
$200,100 and $350,000. The full text of the will, which
was filed to-day in the Prerogative Court, is not
made public. Th« executor* named in the will ar«
Governor Kort and Kdwurd <V Adam.*, of Newark.
LOEB DENIES HORN STORY
Washington, Sept. 2.V —The statement of a cat
tle raiser at Morgan City. La., that he had an order
to ship two hundred horns for President! Boose
velt's party for use in African hunts was charac
terized I v Secretary Loeb to-day us "ridiculous."
«
NOMINATED FOR ASSEMBLY.
Mineola, Long Island. Sept. 25.— The Republicans
of this county to-day rsnomlnated William O. Mil
ler for member of the Assembly. This Is his fifth
r ••nomination.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
After receiving the report yesterday of the sur
geon who performed an autopsy on the. body of
Mrs. Mary Fulford. who died from cerebro-splniil
meningitis, superinduced by alcoholism. Coroner
Aeritelli discharged the two men and two women
who were used of beating her in the tenement
house, at No. M East 97th street.
Frank Yannicola. president of the I.amplighterr"
Union, was held yesterday in >!."00 bail In the
Yorkvllle court on charges of assault and con
spiracy- He is said to have advised the striking
lamplighters to arm themselves and to assault
SUlke i>ieak<ru-
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 190g
COXTEST FOR A MILLION.
English Courts Want to Probate
Lad if Kort right's Will.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune. 1
Philadelphia, Sept. 25. — An appeal from the
action of the Register of Wills in probating the
nil! of Lady Kortright, of London, was filed in
the Orphans' Court to-day by counsel for the
English executors. The estate in America, ac
cording to the account filed, is valued at $1,080.
029 35. and the whole is bequeathed to Presby
terian charities, the Presbyterian Hospital, Board
of Home Missions, Board of Education and
Board of Relief.
Lady Kortripht -was a Miss Richardson, of
Philadelphia, and was the widow of Sir Charles
Edward Keith Kortright, for many years British
Consul here. 110 died in London in 188&, and
she died in 1907. She left two wills. The last,
dated 190r>. has been probated in London and
gives the bulk of her property to London hos
pitals and oth.-r charities. The earlier will is'
dated 1593 and the appeal is from its probat*.
Thf English executors say that by marrying a
British subject nnd domiciling herself in Ix>n
<ion Lady Kortright subjected herself to the law
of the country of her adoption, that the last will
limits the first, so that the two constitute but
one will, and that both should b«> probated in
London. The court ordered that an answer
should be filed on October 10.
FOREST FIRE DISEA SE.
All Connecticut Suffering from New
Ailment.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Waterbury. Conn.. Sept. 25. — Even to the most
remote confines of the state, medical records
show that a new disease now prevalent is due
to the densen-ss of the atmosphere resulting:
from forest fires raging here and all over the
country.
The patients have an itching in the throat
which awakens them from sleep. This is fol
lowed by severe coughing spells, which ordinary
throat remedies fail to stop. The entire throat
structure i." depressed and irritated similar to
the discomfort experienced In tonsilitls.
Physicians expect the ailment to disappear
when rain puts out the fires and clears the
atmosphere.
FRANKLIN UNION OPEN.
Culmination of Foresight and Benefi
cence of Statesman.
Boston. Sept. > --The Franklin Union. the cul
mination of the foresight and beneficence Of Ben
jamin Franklin, who in 17D1 left to the, city of Bos
ton a bequest of £1.000 for the founding of such a
union, was dedicated to-night In a costly new stone
•«pildlnK at Berkeley and Appleton streets.
The main hall of the building wa«= crowded with
an Interested throne, and the exercises throu(rh«ut
reflected the greatness of Franklin and the ulti
mate success expected from the establishment of
this new training school for "mechanics and
artificers "
Richard Olney. a* chairman bt the board of
marnsrerF. presided. an>i addresses were delivered
hy Professor Ira S Hollls. «f Harvard; Dr. Uouis
Rnuillion. director of the educatlona] work of the
Mechanics' Institute, New York. Professor
c.rnrK" F. Swain, of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology: Ellhu Thomson on'! the Rev.
Thomas 1 Oasson, of Boston College
The course* of Instruction .it th» Institution
X • („. opfnfil next week, «nd already the appli
cations for admission almost equal th« accommo
dations.
DR. REITMAN ANSWERED.
Lodging House Superintendent De
nies "King of Hoboes' " Charges.
!>r Ben I. Reltman. known hs "Kin* of the
Hoboes," wrote recentlj a criticism of the man
ner i n which the Municipal Lodging House. **
N" 898 Klrsi avenue, w«* conducted Hi* at
tack lias provoked n reply from William C Ycrke.
superintendent of the city's lodging house
Reltman intimated that men who apply «t th«
lodging tirniK.- f«>r a night's real snd food were
subjected to ninny kinds of unnecessary humilia
tions and annoyances far beyond what such men
receive In other !nrsi> American cities He Raid
that the attendants frightened 'lie applicants
with rougb language and threats of arrest. Then
he added:
In the first ■ i month* of 1908 1.074 men wr«»
committed to the workhouse. This remarkably
large number of men who were sent from th»
Municipal Lodging House to BlackwHl's Island
Is known to practically all the applicant*, and
hence every man who applies there fear!" that he
may possibly ••» sent to the island.
Reltman explained the "roughness and brutal
ity of the attendants" by saying that 66 per cent
of the attendants were unpaid He said It was
hard to understand why New York should send
more men to Jail from the municipal lodging
house than all other American cities combined.
ReltnVan said the food, consisting of coffee and
bread, was cheap and lacked nourishment, that
the cripples received no assistance In bathing,
that the clothes of the men were not properly
kept over night, and that the beds were 'poor and
Bleeping difficult If not impossible
Superintendent Torke says In reply that ques
tions are necessary to discover the fitness or un
fltness of the men for the city's charity, and that
the attendants are never rough and do not taunt
men with being paupers. He. says that 98 per
cent of those who go to the island go voluntarily.
The food, he declares, Is good, and he says th«
rations Include oatmeal and milk as well as coffe«
and bread, lleltman, he says, has not visited the
lodging house more than three times.
SISTEK OF POOR HTIKT, NTURSES MAN.
Though Cut in Forehead She Attends Run
away Victim Street.
Although bleeding profusely nnd suffering much
pain from a deep cut In her forehead nnd scalp,
Rlst^r Mary Hannah, Of the Uttle siMern of the.
Poor, of Brooklyn, insisted on helping to (-rp> for
James Devlne, seventy years old. an employe of
the ?ame institution, who lay unconscious on the
ground, where he bad been thrown when the car
riage In which he and the Sister were riding was
run down by a trolley car In Fulton street, near
Skelton avenue, Jamaica, Queens Borough, yester
day. Devlne .was driving the wagon, and in at
tempting to avoid a collision with nn enstbound
car he pulled his horse up sharply, and a car
bound In tin? opposite direction, which he had not
seen, crashed into the vehicle, overturning It and
throwing the occupants out.
After being attended by Dr. Schneble, of St.
Mary's Hospital, the injured persons were removed
to the home of tha Little Sisters, Jn Brooklyn.
Devlne was suffering from numerous cuts and pos
sible Internal Injuries.
FINDS NICKEL IN BUTTERFISH.
[By Tolegraiih to Th* Tribune.]
lAng Branch. Sept. IS. — Nellie Case, a servant In
the home of Mrs. Oliver Byron, discovered a nickel
imbedded in the backbone of a butterfiah while
preparing the fish for the noonday meal. The fish
was bought at a local market. It is thought that
the fish must have swallowed it.
NEW HAVEN WOMAN DISAPPEARS.
(By Telegraph to Th« Tribune.] '
New Haven, Sept. 25.— search was made to-day
by a large party in automobiles for Miss Esther
Armstrong. She was in a highly nervous condi
tion several months ago and retired to a sana
torium, returning to her home recently. She went
for a walk yesterday afternoon, disappeared,- and
no trace of her has been found. Miss Armstrong
is about fort;- years old and wealthy.
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
National Guardsmen Reported De
ficient in Training.
[From The Trlbun* Bureau ,
Washington, September 25
QUEER MIMTIAMKN. The reports received
by th« chief of artillery of the army from the
manoeuvres held last summer at coast artillery
posts, in which certain organizations of the militia
took part, disclose s state of affairs which sur
prises the War Department authorities. A similar
condition respecting the militia led a«
the large manoeuvre samp* In varlo 11 parti of the
country. Including thai of Pine Plain, N V it
I* found that "many" of the enlisted men of the
militia who attended these cxci lea displayed an
utter lack of knowledge of the elementary parts
of the Instruction of the recruit, snd that In
some Instances, enlisted men were carried on com
pany rolls who had never appeared in military
formation before reaching esmp. This hai led
to h remonstrance from the Wri Department id
dressed to the adjutant general at Albany and
th« other adjutant RfnrraN of the staro troop*.
The letter from Washington expresses the view
"that It Ik considered profitless and an urn
sary expense to the stste and to the United Bt ■
t.i have men participate In ■• >asl defence exer
cises or other field nuuMtuvrea or exercises who
have not received some pre« ova Instruction In
the home armories in the rudiments of dutj It
has been derided hereafter nol to appro'
muster and payment of snltsted men of the nttlttia
from United States funds who have not b(
Ade meaabera of the organisation! for al le
months pri«r to the dare ot the Joint Bel
aojuvres or exercises The department ;il-.- pre
scribes th» amount of training « recruit
re<-»-lve rWnr* he is considered 81 to n; sr In
the formation of any company, troop or battery-
ORDERS ISSUED.— The following orders have
been Issued:
ARMY
Chaplain WALTER MARVINE, r«s»i artillery corps.
from Fort Ml'-hi«- 10 F«rt Trumrmll.
Ktr»l Lieutenant MORRISON C. STATER medical
T*»,r\ti corps, to Army licdtcml School, for .-ours*
of Instruction
<« r i»l» MATTIIKW F. HTKK! X nth Cavalry, rer-ort
to chief .--f start for temporary duty In hi* ..m<e
Cuptnln F.ATU. C CAitNAHAN". paymaster, from San
Franc!»co to Omaha
NAVY
Captain W P. POTTER aaalsi <-ommnn<! n^rnni
rttvlnlnn. Atlantic Beat, With rank and tltl» of r»ar
admiral.
Comm»n<l«rs II A. Ft ELD and <; R SI.OCCM. Pasaad
A«sl»tant »ur«»nn •; S HATHAWAY. tm.J First
l,!»ut>>nant C A. LI'TZ t'. B. M '" . commlaslonsd.
Midshipman li. X CALHOI ' to Naval Itrtlkal School
Hospital
MARINE CORPS,
Marina *i*mlnlnif boar.l. conalaltng of Lieutcnuit <"': r ■•
n H LANE, •,!-«'■'"' Mot N. H. HAM. anrl
<ar.i«ln A J MATTHEWS, member*, aii'l Fir-t 1.1.u
tenant Q. AVIil M. recorder, nr.l.-r«-i to r.,r.v»n- at
marine barracks, navy yar.i. Mate [aland Sept'rn
t*r 2°.
House hunting used to be toil.
Many a woman has endured hardships during the period of
house hunting preceding the period of moving that have told
heavily on her strength. Do not wear yourself out looking
for a house or apartment. Save your strength. You will
need it in these first few days when you want to straighten
up your new home.
Instead of trudging up one street and down another, simply turn to
the real estate columns of The Sunday Tribune.
There you will find announcements of the best
houses and apartments that are for rent.
If the kind of dwelling that you want is not
published, place your own advertisement stating
what you want in The Tribune. Some landlord
will see your advertisement and will come to you
Soda Crackers that crackle as good Soda
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Captain W C. HARL.EE. la o!Rc« of major general com
man^nnt tor special duty. . _...i
Captain H. K. KAY. appointed fads* advocate of «•»«*■"
curt martial, ear] yard. Washington. vtc« Captain
<• •• A.vi'uni.i. . „__
Captain C It SANDERSON, from depot of *uppil»*.
Philadelphia, to Washington, report to quartermast-r.
th«n.» to snr. Fran.lsro. thence is Manila Tor duty
In chant* depot of supplies. „
F'rnn.l Meutennnt C A. LirTZ qualified for me !■ ft.
He.-on,| l.t-ut-nant C. H. WELLS, d»tarh«M headquarters.
to school of application. AnnapoUa.
K!r?t Lieutenants T. C. TITINER and W. O. FAT. to
Mare Island. examJnatlrn for promotion.
1 raves of absencr— ftolonel H. K. WHITE thrf» monfi":
"•olonel !, X ARM ANY, further leave of fifteen days;
i r ., I.feut-nant T. D KIIXJORE. thirty days from
nn c t«.her .".: First Lieutenant I: H. CREECT. to O«Sb
hflr 7.
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS.— Th* following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
Fept. 24.— Th* Abarenda. at Newport News: '■• Terum
seh. at Norfolk: the Ida. at Hamrton Rr>ad».
\n.rr>
S»pt. 21 — Th« Al irvßda. from Norfolk for Newport News;
the Lebanon, ft-'. in navy yard. New Y.'.rk. to mbt
anr. of rhe T«nk»»; tha Cclora.lo. fr.-m Bremerton
t"T .-an Kiar.c Iwn.
WANTS MORE SPEED.
Navy Department Spurs Contractors
on Brooklyn Dry dock.
[Prom Th' Tribune Rureau.J
Washington Bepl li— The Navy Department has
expressed official dissatisfaction with the lack of
progress made by the. contractors on t'ue new dry
dock .it the Brooklyn navy yard, the completion
Of whirl] went Into the hands of the William.* En-
Klneering and Construction Company, after much
delay and correspondence with the original build
ers, who gave up the job. It was realized by the
official! that there were many conditions which
would Impede the contractors. The experience of
other Brms which have nndert«k«-n .such work in
dlcated thai the latest dock would furnish Its full
measure of anxiety and. perhaps, losses.
The ■ contractors have practically lost four
months' time in preliminary construction, which Is
found to he Ineffectual. They have been reminded
by the Navy Department that valuable rime has
rieen lost, an.l thai It would be desirable If a
better showing Is made in work which shall count
for somethlneT- The contractors have Informed the
department that they have arranged for additional
Khe-t piliiiK nnd other means of atretifrrhening th«
work, and th it they will mm overcome the dlfft
cu!tl«>«. the txtent of which they had under-estl
matf'l.
No further action Is contemplated by the depart
ment unless li. shall appear that the contractors
are not making such progress as may fairly be ex
pected of them. It I? state.! that no Intimation
has been Riven by the contractors of any Intention
of surrendering the contract. In any sock event
the bureau of yards nnd docks would proceed with
the work, which involves no unusual engineering
problems.
CAPPS REACHES THE YANKEE.
Cofferdam Being Constructed About the
Stranded Cruiser on Spindle Bock.
Newport. i:. 1.. Sept. 25.— The work of -.xtrlcatinj
the United States cruiser Tar.k«-e from her strand
sd position on Spindle Rock, where she struck
durinK a fSSJ on Wednesday, was centred to-day
in ike construction of a wooden cofferdam about
the vessel. It Is planned by this means to free th*
vessel from snrroundlng water hy pumping out tStfl
basin thus created, following which the work of
assisting the 1 1 ills* from the rock will b« begun.
It is beloved that it wilt take almost a week to
erevt the dam. anti it may be a week more before
the vessel is finally freed.
Should the seat remain at their present smooth
ness during that time it hi believed that the ■ ■<
will continue without serious danger SB the cruiser.
but heavy seas «• likely to pound her on the rocks
and force her abandonment by the far • of SSM
hundred men an-! officers on board at present.
chief Naval Constructor tassj arrived h»r«s from
Washington to-day, and was taken immediately to
the scene of the trouble on board th" torpedo boat
Morris, He will have full charge of the ssliksj
operation*, and will be assisted by fonstructor
Oroesbsck, of the Blew York Navy Yard.
The \»ind was blowing lightly from the northeast
to-day, which was considered ■ forecast of unfa
vorable weather conditions.
The naval collier Lebanon arrive! from New
York to-niffht and joined the fleet of wreckißS
vessels about Ike cruiser. The fog still held lat<*
tr>-n!srhr. and there was a slight northeast «t»t
The sea remained smooth. It Is understood that
the work of removing the batteries of th« Yan
kee, including her «-tnch Run*, will t* besur. at
once, to assist in raising her clear of the Udse.
DECLARE NAVAL SURGEON MONOMANIAC
Assistant Sssssjbs C. H. » Laneev. ' the "'■'"
K ency hospital at the Brooklyn navy yard, has
been pronounced ■ monomaniac by a beard of sur
vey appointed by navy ofUclale at Washington, wrf
will be retteesl Lately Dr. De Lancsys eondttlon
has KTtrwn so serious that he refused to com? in
contact with any of his associates m patients, far
ing contastoni Many aocusattor.s of neslißence and
maltreatment have bsea made against htm.
MORGAN GUEST OF FARMERS' CLUB.
IBy Telegraph to Tbe Tribune]
Philadelphia. Sept. 25. -The Farmers 1 Cml "->m
pbsed of ftr.anclcrs and railroad ofScials. w- styte
th-mselv^s agrlcultnrtats b*--aus© they live on
country estate* In the Bummer, was- entertained
last night at a dir.ner at the Racqtwl Club glv«i
to James McCrea. president cf th* Pennsylvan:*
n-,!!ro«ri. at which J. !-•-;■ •• ■*■■••' cf N*w
York was .i Rues?. The d'.nln; room was trans
formed as— a rustic arbor. with the >> beneath.
The ,ir.-r* were rutire.l as farm hands, wtth *'.is
hrtrr.me.l straw hats. ■