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ADJOURNMENT APRIL U
KILL AND Rl X PLAN.
Foes of Hughes Jubilant, Confident
Important Bills Are Dead.
I rv> Telerraph t.. Tim Trtbune.l
Alt-any. April S.^-Kncouraged by t!i« stand taken
against Governor Hughes In the Assembly yester
day. anti-Hughes men in t'.m Senate to-day pre
dicted confidently that all "^Hughes legislation'"
w«M 1* defeated beyond possibility of resuscita
tion and the. legislature adjourned by April 24. or
April SO at the latest. They are absolutely confident
<.f their tontrcl of the situation and laugh at any
noUaa that the Governor or any legislation he
could recommend could hold them here beyond the
earliest .i.:"' at which they choose to abandon
affairs at the Capitol.
Indeed, there hi an attitude of oockaurenesa on
Uie l-art of the anti-Hughes leaden which is bora
of a genuine belief that Governor Hughes has lost
his hold «>n the general public. They think no
body cares whether there is a new charter for
New York City; whether 'the telephone and tele
praph companies are placed under Public Service
Commission supervision: whether primary reforms
are accomplished; whether the state which created
them gives proper legislative support and assistance
to the Public Service commissions, or hew all these
projects are tossed aside.
Th« Governor's adversaries look on almost pity
ingly, while Governor Hughes continues his prep
arations for a campaign lasting all summer and
Including visits to the county fairs to discuss wltu
the people direct the administration of their affairs.
They have decreed that New York City shall have
no new charter this year. They have determined
Oast there shall be no supervision of telephone and
telegraph companies this year save over their dead
bodies: they have apparently decided that the per.d
baj amendments to the Public Service- commissions
and rallrcad laws designed to Rive to the com
missions much needed authority to enable them to
cop© adequately with the transfer situation and
other pressing evils are not needed. They disre
gard or fall to comprehend Governor Hughea's sir
sruments that such action on their part proves the
failure of the convention system to nominate public
officials responsive to public sentiment But. most
of all after two years* somewhat painful experi
aa«a with him, they show dally that they fail to
understand Governor Hughes himself, his views and
his motives
OPPOSITION IN THE OPEN.
There will be no more sub-surface **>«*"£
the Governor or quiet manipulation to defea his
recommendations. His enemies threw ; offn - re
strain* yesterday, and from now on until adjou^
ment will take delight in defeating the^-cahed
Hughes legislation as roughly a> vo^^ S
porters of the Governor secretly are rather weU
ptaaced with the. turn affairs have taken. _
-Let them stew In their own grease a **£•-*£
marked one of the Governor's adherents The
Governor will furnish the fire, and the voters will
TiSr^'here are not at all of the opinion
•hat there is n. public senttment in favor
iterate a. MMmMrmM U>"'"- "» ■»«*>"'>
to ivi: the bill and pick out half a doxen oien who
v "his tln« are pr.y.ng f^tly that the wratn
2 Ite people back borne be »«P«^J . ,
-Just wait a little: you won't have to wait
v-rv'long to see Interesting developments.
DATS FOR ADJOURNMENT.
B-ator John Batoes annou to-day that anal
. ■ Z. Sea:
v £ ,e assure" '
. commlss.on to stu , ;
m
UJs would be -granted F^sag
inatlons bill at thix f*£* g££J now a!:d then
primary law will be enacted ihls >«'•
of course, is another matter.
VALUE OF SPECIAL FRANCHISES.
Court cf Appeals to Decide Case Which In
volves Saving Taxpayers" Money.
„..la.
a motion made recently by Attorney oen-
~"2
on a;n.cal before the court. ■ ...... is restored
the state was *^£j»^
- h " rr : , l"-,'ion
uur'.r.g a revie* of the determination of the action
cf the* Apucllate Division, which had '*" *->',*
rule for the first time in litigation tavoWn«
n;cthcd= of determining the value of spectal fran
cMsm The decision of the Appellate Division es
tahnsbed the doctrine that a full return of « per
ctnt ■ M to be allowed on the full value of th« real
«taf. located outside, of street* of corporations
op*ratin X special franchises it. determining the
valu* at such special franchises.
Much interest is attached to this case In view of
the fact that there are more thar , '^l^'^o'
proctedinps pending to review tvine about
Sate Board of Tax Commissioners. Involving about
£jSto?2^ r^n^ral O'Malley. «»«3* n^ I « d ° mJ^
d*dslor. said that if the theory which h« l>a \j ma in
talnwi. that special franchise *** at Z^ t *JZfE? £2l
-stlUee to be equalized with other Ml ' f s '' 3 .-• «f^
upheld in this case, it would resul In a f** 1"*1 "* •*
■.vast sum ft money to the taxpayers of the ?tate.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Albany. April S.— The State Civil Service Com
dlsßlcn will hold examinations on May 1. i:< "'- for
th- following pteeea: Appraisers of street railway
proper: v. Public Service Commission. Ist District,
tl.jno to $1 SCO: assistant bacteriologist. State De-
PMtaent of Health. ?l.S00; assistant physician,
■aw State CustodUl Apylum. ?•■•"'" and maintcn
■a»: tsUmate clerk. State Department of High
*»yt. $i.600; examiner. State Education Depart-
Beat. ;;-'O to $1 200 : head literary teacher. State
School for the BUnd, Batavla. ?900 : Inspector.
6ut« Board of Charities. ?900 to $1,200; Steward.
fit Lau-renc* State Hospital, $1,500 to $2,000 and
Jaalntenar.ee: superintendent. Fire Island State
Park, -»00 and booM: technical assistant State
Department of Agriculture, $SOO tO $1,200. The
l*«t flay tor filing applications for these j>ositions
'•* April 24. Full information and application form
«sr t* obtained from the State Civil Service Com
mission, Albany. The examinations for the various
groups of examiners. State Education Department.
•11l ' BCM May 1. " and 10.
CONSOLIDATED PAYS GAS COSTS.
Albany. April 3.— Attorney General OMaHey To
*«y turned over to th* State Treasurer a check for
Itt^Mta, representing the amount of COStS paid
*" th* state by the Consolidated Gas Company of
Veic York pk the result of the decision of the
DWssi States Supreme Court in the SO-cent gas
cas». It probably represents the largest sum ever
paid Into the State Treasury for ooata in an action
em mm m m \ REQUIRING MO CARRIACE TO THE
ad-Nauheim } %? pp h oo Bm™^*'8 m ™^*' m£l "° D:RCCTLr
VST THE KAISERHOF **W§
ÜBADISa AKD LARGEST FiRST-CLASS HOTEL. RESIDENCE OF AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY.
Pensions Room & Full Board From ?a. U. UabcriautJ, Proprietor.
POLICE ESCORTING BODY OF LIEUTENANT PETROSINO.
GUARD OF HONOR FOR IfTJRDERED DETECTIVE FROM IUTTERT PIER TO LAFAYETTE STREET HOME.
MARKS SMITH AN ISSUE
Assemblyman Bennett Say* Clerk
of the House Musi do.
Assemblyman William M. Bennett, representing
the IStta District, of which Governor Hughes is a
iFSMent. whose attack Hay B. Smith, clerk of
the Assembly, was expunged from the re ord on
Thursday, returned to the attack yesterday,
Ing Smith with controlling action on Imp
corporation lf-sris'.ati":-., and asserting that he will
keep u\> tin fight until the clerk* desk Is rid >>f
Smith.
Mr. Bennet is about forty years old. He was born
in Nashville, attended Oberlin College ami the
Columbia Law School," and has been here for ten or
twelve years. He owns a stock ranch of eight
thousand acres In Ouster County, Mont.*, and tile
ho does not carry himself like a scrapper, he ap
parently Is in for a bruising fight with Kay B.
Smith and the men who support the clerk of the
Assembly.
"I'll be back on the job on Monday nizht in
Albany." said Mr. Bennett yesterday at his office
In William street to a Tribune reporter, "and there
will not be any let-up In the flghi to set the tele
phone bill out of committee. A majority "f the
Assembly can suspend the rules and discharge tne
committee, and I shall .-•• move even day for the
remainder of th« session.
"The issue Is really between the regularly elected
members of the - l*ture and Raj ■■ Smith.
clerk of the Assembly. a hirelmg I shall n<>t per
mit Smith and his ring to hold up bills that my
constituents want. If Smith and his line tl.mK
that they can drive me out or Albany for taking
this stand they hare another guess coming. \\ "
don't hire Smith to take - hand in legislation, but
Smith takes it. He go. before committees ;of
the assembly and Senate in the interest of legisla
tion in which he is Interest* He is able to.kni
bills on roll call. His power as clerk and custodian
of bills has made him arrogant and dangerous He
Is the boss of Orioridaga County.
••Francis Hendrleks Is an old man and no l<m G er
runs the machine in Syracuse. Smith is t:i- herul
S the machine, and every one in Syracuse knows
It 'it's queer that Wadsworth. a high minded,
clean feltow. stands for Smith Wadsworth is a
candid for Governor, and so is Ueutonant «...v
c nor : White, of Syracuse. Wadsworth will be
succeeded as Speaker not by Mcrritt. ol St. Law
rence, but by Hammond, of S.-.raouse chairman uf
theViues Committee. With Hammond as Speaker
aid Ray Smith as clerk, what chance has Wad*
SrtKSwS being Gov4rnor7 Whit* o^Onon
en--, will be the 6r S an!«atlon candidate, ills will
ma£ Smith tre practical head ol the state organl
"lu"sm:th is continued as clerk the people will
soon have to get his permission to put thr-uw
bills. He to an able, daring man. college bred, and
has been In the Legislature in some capacity for
£c hVst'fifuen years: The political housecleanlng
ntVs state in the last three or four years cleaned
v,. evervthinK politically obnoxious but Smith. I
tove^n^advised to make peace with Sn.it!>. 1
St Ke, called on to knuckle to a hireling. I r.:n
not responsible to him." o n( ,n k »r
The committee on Rules consists of Spcakei
wadsworth and Republican .Vwmbl^n Merrfti.
Jesse Phillips and Biverly Robinson.
Albany, April 9.-Ray B. Smith, clerk of the
Assembly, when shown; Assemblyman Bennett's
statement to-day, <■:■)
•I don't care to dignify any statement which
Mr Bennett may mike by replying to It. I haven t
me sUght« interest in Mr. Bern* or his state
ment or in th* b-.1l in uhi.-h he Is so much Inter
ested. ; do not purpose to ' b- forced Int.. an ap
parent controversy which .Joes not in fact exist.
SCHOOL BOOK BOARD.
Plan to Prevent Collusion — Assem
bly Bill Out Mysteriously.
Übany April 9 -A state textbook commission.
composed of three members, to be appointed by
the Governor. Is proposed in a bill Introduced In
the Assembly to-day by Mr. Mclnerney. of Monroe
County The commission is to work In harmony
with the State Education Department and is to
provide a uniform system of textbooks for all pub
lic scfiools of the Btate. Parochial schools may
come In under the provisions of the mcasure.^The
commission Is to let contracts for school books In
all branches wied In public and high school:-, with
a view of furnishing books to pupils or those pur
chasing school books at, the lowest possible prices.
•Collusion between school book purchasing au
thorities and school book concerns^ said Mr. Mc
Inerney to-day. "would be ellniliiYled. and combina
tions of school book manufacturers to adhere to a
high price would be estopped/ 1
Question was raised In the Assembly by Mr.
Conklin of New York, a* to how it bill of c 1.
Brown of Cortland, amending the public health
law relative to the practice of pharmacy, had
found Its way to the calendar. Speaker Wads
wort announced that the bill had been reported
to the desk yesterday by the Public Health Com
mittee of which Mr. Wood, of Jefferson, is chair
man. Mr. Ward, of New York. - member of the
committee, said the bill was not reported nt the
meeting of the committee on Tuesday, and ■» far
as ... knew there had been no meeting called
«ln-e that lime. Majority Leader Mcrritt sug
nested that criticism of the committee be suspended
in the absence of Chairman Wood and the bill
W ent over until Tuesday.
The Assembly passed the Murray bill, against
which District Attorney Jerome, of New York,
argued before the Codes Committee. The bill pro
vides that a calendar shall bo kept in th. courts
of General Sessions In New York City the same as
in the Supreme Court.
MISSOURI RAILROADS MAY GIVE IN.
Fist 2 1-2-Cent Rate May Be Put Into Effect
at Meeting To-day.
St Louis; A-.ril 9. Executive and legal repre
sentative* of Urns eighteen railroads In Missouri will
meet to-morrow in the office of A. J. Davidson,
president 'of the Frisco "tern, and It is possible
that a flat C'i-cont passenger rate In Missouri will
be adopted.
\ ; , Injunction against puttUnn Into «-fft-et the
-..•r.,,t rate was Issued at the Instigation of Gov
trnor Had ley here yesterday. ■
XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 10. 1909.
■ETROSINO'S BODY HERE
MET BY POLICE ESCORT.
Lies in State Under Guard in James
E. March Association Rooms.
The body of Lieutenant Joseph Fetrosino. which
on the steamship Slavonla yesterday
i the i of the James X March
Asa atlon, directly under the Petroslno home, at
No 22 street ir will remain there until
Monday, when a reo, • will b< said
over the body bj Monsignor Kearney at I 1 a. m.
in <jM St Patrick's Church, hi Mott street. Around
■ i detective stands a guard of six policemen,
ami ti: : <- guard will be maintained until -:': '- bodj Is
buried In < 'alvary ' el ■
On the floor above the widow, with her little five
months-old daughter in her arms, weeps for her
husband. Outside a throng of emotional Italians
wait for an opportunity to see the body, which no
one — not evrn widow — can see. More than one
hundred stalwart policemen stand outside to keep
order. Friends pass in at Xo. 233 Lafayette street
and out at Xo. 237. but they s^e only tho closed
cofhn and tho flowers, the lighted candles, the pur
}<!<•• draV-eries and the tear stainol faces of the
iKoii! ners.
Lieutenant Pctrosino'a body arrived at yuaran
tlne at fi o'clock. At T:."!'' the < offln as lowered
;■> the police boat Patrol, w!th Second D put Po
lice Commissioner Bugher aboard. The coffin was
covered with wreaths from the municipality of Pa
lermo, the Police Department of Palermo, Ameri
cans abroad nn-i the King ami Queen of Italy.
The Patroi proceeded slowly \ip the Bay with
her flag at half mast. Passing vessels dipped their
colors it: salute. On the arrival at Pier A the
coffin wa« wrapped in the folds of the Stars and
Strip s arid a city Hag and placed In a hearse. The
procession from the plor was made ip Of two
troops of mounted police, tin- hrarse. a guard of
twelve n:f-n. Deputy Commissioner Wood and Secre
tary Slattery. ii an automobile; the Italian Vice-
Cons;:!, Marches* Glovacchlno la Passan and
friends In carriages.
AIJ along the Battery. Broadway and Lafayette
street to Spring strret thousands of persons Mood
with bowed heads ns the llttie cortege went by.
When the. procession reached the Petroslno home
tlii>se in the street coujd hear tho cries of the sor
rowing wife n.« s!i?> appeared at a window. Hun
dreds nf Italians mumbled prayers as tin body
was taki-n Into the house. loiter the body was re
mbved to an undertaking establishment In ■■•-■-
strtft. and was aft. rward taken to the rooms of the
James"" E- Marrh Association^ To-day friends wllll
b» permitte.i to pass by the cofßn.
Many floral tributes have already Veen sent to
the home, including a wreath from Mayor Me
Clellan.
BEINGS BRIDE, FEAPS BLACK HAND.
Bronx Resident Identifies Stowaway as Courin
of Fival in Italy.
I •- ives In The
-
. • la lid that
I be to
■ . ■ . ■ ion against the
f this orgs nlsat
- married his
...-,• ■ in Influential
■
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r i, l one of them "as Identic d,
, • ted rival.
s to th< heav-
i!y armed.
iior.M-o sailing f<>r home De Pepe says h.> received
inters threatening Ills life hi; Informing him that
the hostility <>f the Black Hand would follow him
to America. He went oh board the Roma guarded
by a dozen Itnllan pollceineru who remained with
him until the ship sailed.
REPORT PETROSINO PENSION BILL.
-i „. ass. ■ - Commlttw
to-day reported ih« Oliver bill authorizing t]
tnmtssiorw ' of New i' .-. to gn -■' ■' I cnsion
„, Adellna Petroslno, widow of Lieutenant Petro-
Bino, who wae assassinated In Italy.
PORTO RICAN TANGLE.
President May Recommend Action
by Congress.
Washington'; April 9 Ballinge£>ill I*
b, ,i to President Toft within the next few -lays a
report on the present tangled condition .">f affairs
... or to Rico, which has brought representatives
.if ;lif two branches of the Porto Rican Legislator*
to Washington
Information from a high source to-night made
• 1,., inference strong thai the President, after re
ceiving this report, will send to Congress a spe
cial rnewafi* recommending action An amendment
probably will be suggested to the art under which
the island is gO i tied providing that if at any
me In , ... future tie- two branches <f the Legis
lature come to a deadlock. m in the present In
stance! over the appropriation bill, the approprla-
Uo'ne shall continue as In the I 111 last passed.
This Is the automatic «vaj in which In the Philip
pines an; Hawaii such a situation as no« exists In
„,,.,, Rico is prevented. Another less favored
method, it was said, might be to place in the hands!
of the Executive Council the sole power of malting
appropriations^ It was also said that the President
would not send to Porto Uico a commission to Jnvei
tigate affi-irs In the island, as he is unwilling to ask
Congress l for "» appropriation for such a commis
sion.
DIRECT PRIMARY MASS MEETING.
Governor Hughes Will Address Gathering in
Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Governor Hushes will speak next Thursday on
direct pirlnwrv nominations at a mass meeting in
the Brooklyn Academy of Music under the auspices
of the Brooklyn Young' Republican Club.
The club has adopted this resolution:
solved That the Brooklyn Young Republican
Club reaffirms its belief In the dire I choice of
,aiu!ioHte» for public ofllce and r»"rtj positions, nnd
believes that the Klumnn-Green bill is an Intelligible
and practicable attempt to accomplish this result
ruul tiiiit. its enactment Is sreatly to be desired.
GOVERNOR MAKES NO COMMENT.
Albany. April '■ Governor Hughes returned to
Albany this afternoon from Rochester. He declined
to ...,,..,.t on the action of the Assembly yester
day in defeating the direct nominations bill and the
bill to tend the jurisdiction of the Public Service
commissions to feltohona and telegraph companies.
REPLY TO ST. JOH.YS
Rector of Trinity Says Pamphlet by
Chapel Is Misleading.
The Rev. Dr. William T Manning, rector of
Trinity Church, sent out a letter yesterday to cor
porators of the parish as a denial "f assertions
made by St. John's people in their public circular
of last Monday. At the present time a temporary
injunction restraining Trinity from dosing tit.
John's Chapel ! s In force pending a decision by
Justice (yOorman, In the Supreme Court, whether
it shall be made permanent or not
Dr. Manning's letter to the corporators follows:
a pamphlet entitled "The Case or st John's
Chapel," Issued by tl posing the
plans of the re< tor and vestr; . which they seem
misunderst I. has recently beeu
Bent to th< corporators ■■: oui parish. 1 a
vised that ; I »ry in
junction obtained by these opponents to their suit
• Trinity Church, I should refrain from
discussion of matters affected !•: the Injui
but this l!ttl< pamphlet contains sue] •■
i, and pr« sents thi
light, that I cannot allow it to pass alt
unnotii • d
It states among thing] I t the peo
• St. John's wen Inf
was to be closed "without even ai
tiiat such action was impending
action proposed bj : c vestry will
of Si John's of their - irators;
. will
"dispe ■ err.
■ 1 and disrupt the Sunday s< iool and
the guilds and organizations ol I sb. and
rmation classes
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proponed I ■ • 10l
aritj "
At the' first mi ■ I [can
ndatton
for nn\ of • ...ns. :inri Ii ■ , : time.
as rector of ( it ag
■emination
■ ' ■ illy or
•■i effort I.- ■ H upon our
I have re* • ■ rei ted
■ge part bj r»>rv.,: s nol th St
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Justly merit
l'r Manning would not discuss the statement
other* : • ■ ■ ■ Trinity i •
has nei . the down own section
M it has bi ' Lst ton t Lent
He said:
"I cat it 1 would like to have said
i ik^ ph asure n g tl ■ .. i dei ■
Trinitj confers upon the
there have bad. The t< lal
tsand far more than c
■ . ■ been thin .
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services
tual total
Servfci ■ mducttd by
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th< Re ' - the Ri v.
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i.i '. Fi ederick .1 ! -- re, and
P. M. VVaggett of 1 the S
gelist.
Dr. 3d ' - ■ '
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EARLE REPORTED IN FLIGHT
Artist Sued by "Affinity" Wife Has Left His
Home in Monroe.
MM" ■ V . April r> Ferdli
Earle, the artist i ..... W jf O recently
sued :i : r " n annu ment <■■' th ir w
la home at Monroe, md hi where
iuts Is a mat i ■ ton on
irt of his neighbors. A report gamed cur
renc ooi after I i departed that he bad sailed
for Europe under an assumed name t . avoid the
service of further legal papers, but au r.onflrma
tlon of this haa been obtali
The clerk in charge of the Brst
•■'.■■ i a npagnii (>*ii*rale Tr ■ • ■ • - :.i yes
terday that Ferdinand P. Ea
• nor s.ii!. -i on the steam i La Lorraine,
whicb cleared port il 10 a m in Thursday Ber
eral emploj ea In the oil Line who
know EarU | not booke
1 • Lorrame.
SOMNAMBULIST GETS OUT OF WINDOW
Wife Found Him Hanging from the Ledge, but
Could Not Save Him.
• •limbing out of the window of his home while
fast asleep. William Bryant, an engineer, of No
•43 Cooper street. Willlamsburff, early- yesterday
morning fell to the yard, thirty feet below. FF!s
wife, who hud been awakened, tried to prevent him
from falling, but by the time he had been used
he called to her to release her hold, lest she might
be dragged out of the window by his weight. He
then tried to slide down the water pipe, but lost
ills hold, m-- head was cut and he was Internally
injured by the fall !!•■ is in a serious condition.
Mr Bryant was i wakened about * o'clock by ;i
draft In her room. She ilit covered thai her husband
was not in bed, .....1 knowing that h< was i som
nambulist, got up to -• wtu • he had gom She
first vvmi t.i the kitchen, found thi w
and on l>«.'klii^ out illscovered her husband hang-
Ing from tin She sela
and tried to pull bhw In, but he Insisted that she
release
TWO MEN DROWNED IN JAMAICA BAY.
Michael Debold, of No. 4! Beaver street, Will
lamsburg, and David Campbell, thirty-eißht years
old, or Evergreen. Long Island, were drowned In
Jamaica Bay on Wednesday afternoon, and last
evening their bodies wore recovered at Far Rock
away. Long Island, by some fishermen who were
patrolling the beach. Debold and his companion
were In a small rowboat when the heavy gale of
wind struck and capsized their frail craft.
Tin* two nun were close friend?. and had planned
a ashing trip to Jamaica B») on Wednesday after
noon. Old Qshermeu warned them not to attempt
the trip in such stormy weather, but D bold and
Campbell were confident of their ability to handle
th* boat, and left the Boat saving they would be
back late ':> the evening! They were last seen
alive about 6 o'clock. The boat was then In the
middle of the bay, and it is believed that a gust
of wind capsized it. It Is conjectured that the
bodies must have been carried by; the wind aitd
t:de throush tho Kockaway InltU and then along
the ocean beach. Debold was married, and leaves
a wife and three children.
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
royal Blue LINE
FINEST TRAIN SERVICE
f ' BCTWEKN X
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
-EVERY OTHER HOUR ON THE EVEN HOUR"
Lv. Liberty St. 8. 10 A. M., 12 M.. 2, 4. 6. 7 V. ■.
23rd Street 10 Minutes Earlier.
THE "ROYAL LIMSTED"=''TRAIN DELUXE"
FINEST IN AMERICA,
Leaves Daily 4 P. M.
ALL PARLOR CARS. UNSURPASSED DINING SERVICE
For Tickets and Rp<wrvatloß» «11 at Ticket Office*. 434 UrosflvTS.T. Tpl 4.VW R«-t4>r;
100 Biaainaj Tel «B«7 Rector: 6 Aster Hou«>e. Tel. t5K> Rector: We»t 23rd Street Ter
minal Te! 3141 Chelsea- and Liberty Street Terminal. Tel. 4309 CortlanUt.
POWDEE MILL BLOWN IT
Dv Pont Plant at Wayne, N. J., De
stroyed—One Mar Killed.
[By Tetegrapb to The Tribune.]
Patersoa X. X. April 9.-Twenty-Sve tons of
smokeless powder, the property of the United
States government, exploded this morning at the
Wayne plant of the Dv Pont Powder Company,
eight miles west of Paterson. One mar. was killed.
one badly injured, and fifty other persons were
slightly injured. The powder plant was practically
wiped out and hundreds of buildings within a radius
of fifteen miles were damaged. That the toss Of
life wts so small Is regarded as miraculous. The
man killed was Roome Marsh, thirty-three years
old He leaves a wife and three children. William
Crum thirty years old. had part or his right foot
torn off Aside from the two great cornir.3 «at la
that bad been built of stone and Iron, there were
destroyed one frame powder mil!. two sheet Iron
mills and four stone structures.
Marsh was employe! in the building known a
■No. ! corning mill." He entered the mill about 3
o-c'ock and twenty minutes later the first ex
plosion occurred, followed by eight distinct detona
tions. As the workmen fled from the different
mills after the first explosion they *ere hurled to
the ground by the concussion from each detonation.
A -rinding wheel welshing eleven tons, used in the
co-nin? mill where Marsh was working, was hurled
through the air. and landed uninjured In a swamp
fifty feet away. Marsh's body was found near the
ruins of the mill, pierced with debris.
What caused the explosion will probably never
he known, but it is believed that some foreign sub
stance got into the powder. Marsh was paid OM
a day. Until recent he was employed on lue
Greenwood Lake Railroad.
When the residents of the village recovered from
the shock there was a rush for the powder works,
where wives. sisters and d-iughters sought anx
iously for their relatives.
Nut one building in V. ayr.e escaped rer.ous dam
age Windows were blown out. doors nppeu from
their hinges and walls and ceilings shattered. In
Slngac Little Kails. CaMwell. Upper Montclair ana
all the surrounding villages the snock was felt
h"4 S reat force. Many residents of Paterson be
lieved that an earthquake had occurred ar.d rushed
from their homes in terror. Windows were broken
all over the city, especially In the Totowa section
where chimneys were wrecked and pictures and
other household articles were thrown to the floor.
The explosion was the worst, in point of vio.ence
ever experienced in this section. It is estimated
that the property damage will exceed »».«».
MINISTER RESIGNS UNDER FIRE.
Charged That He Contracted Common La*
Marriage with Ex-Mayor's Daughter.
Washington. lad.. April ».-The Rev. K. E L^vid
bon of the First Christian Church/ of this clt>.
who is charged with having contracted a common
law marriage with Miss Laura Dur.n UarK. daugh
ter of a former Mayor of this city, at a St Louii
hotel last December, has reslsned his pastorate.
Mr Davidson denies that he entered into any sort
or marriage contract with Miss Clark.
Miss Clark has published letters received wane
felt* 'If ■ $KSSi
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ONE OF C. F. KINGS COMPANIES FAIL.
Alton Manufacturing Company Files a Peti
tion in Bankruptcy.
\ • ■•„.., in bankruptcy has been filed by the
\itbn Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of
lamps at No. f-9 warren street The creditors are
Edward A. oidham. i! F. Braekentield and H. B.
Cummins:*. OWham put In a claim for $2,375. of
which $£000 is tar salary as manager, and the
remainder for money loaned The company was
incorporated In May. ISOB. for SUOO.OOO. but has
never had any ratfty; in Bradstreets. In ISW a
r,ctitlon in bankruptcy was filed, but the company
protested and was sustained by the referee. William
Allen' whose report showed assets of 156.» and
liabilities of :..;* A motion to dismiss was
granted, but the -»rder was — filed.
The \iton Manufacturing Company had as its
president at one time Cardenio Flavins King, tho
Boston financial agent and broker, who was con
victed on twenty-seven .cunts of an indictment
charging him with larceny and embezzlement and
sentenced 'to t.m years hi the CharUstown state
prison He was one of the Incorporators of the
company and served as its president from April.
1907 until March, 1908. He had tine offices for his
enterprises in Boston and New York until he was
•(nested. H(! „; mtained at this trial that he was
n 6t guilty of malicious intent.
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Arguments To Be Finished To-dat}
— Decision Xext Fall.
St. Louis. April ».— The Standard Oil lawyers
more than made good t.ieir promise to-day to tha
court to complete their arguments in defence
of the government's suit to have the corpo
ration dissolved as a Sherman law violator. John
G. Jobnson. of Philadelphia, completed? his ad
dress following Moritz Rosenthal thirty minutes
before tht usual time for adkiurnrrent. Mr. Kel
log:r. the government's attorney, will begin his
final argument In the morning, promising- to finish
by the usual closing time. The court v.'i then,
take the case under advisement, but it Is not ex
pected that will be announced, befor*
next fall.
Mr. Rosenthal declared that the so-caKed "con- .
cessions." wf-en returned to the last analysts, did
not show that the Standard had received discrim
inatory freight rates from the railways.
Discussing competition, the attorney said, that
al! but five of the fifty-one witnesses called by the
government to testify to unfair tatties were either
discharged employes of the Standard Oil Com
pany or competitors. Ninety-five per cent of tha
government's evidence was incompetent, and 1- |
judged by the A. B. Cs of the rules of evidence
would be thrown out, he declared. Testimony oi
unfair competition affecting only thirty-seven
towns had been introduced, he said, -while the* .
company serves thirty-seven thousand towns.
"Nor has it been shown that a single firm cr
competitor has been forced out of business be
cause of our competition," he added.
TAYLOR CASE OPIXIOX.
Referee Refers to "Ingenious De
vices" and "Cunning Practices"
Leo C. Des=er. whose report as referee was con
firmed by Justice McCall in the granting of aa
interlocutory decree of divorce to Mrs. Liura. '.t
Keen* Taylor from Talhot J. Taylor, mac!? puMfo
his opinion cf the casv» yesterday. Hi 3 report '■■
given out on Thursday, when the Appellate Di
vision affirmed Justice McCalTs decision. Mr. Des
sar said that he had never seen more ingenious
devices or cunnin- practices used to conceal mis
conduct than wore used by Mrs. Cowles. the co
respondent, mi Mr. Taylor.
The referee described the agreement between th«
defend and the co-respondent, whereby she •*■
to act as his agent in tht? furnishing of the*
mansion at Cedarhurst. as a most subtle plan to
conceal illicit relations. The payments of raja
sums »>f money to Mrs. Cowles was excused ay
the alleged purchase of articles vt antique fur- M
nlture. but the referee not that she admitted ■
the money was never paid by check, but always
in cash. Mr. Dessar cited the fact that proper ;
business relations could be conducted openly, and : '
argued itnat the fact that they were carried on I
only in the absence of the. wife was sufficient proof" |,
of guilt. • if
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