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•' Ptr^^t, KUzabPth. N*. J.. «■»• found at her bom* yt»»t**rday afternoon. Sh* id^nti tifd a rlfture cf Woltcr v ithout a mo mrrt'p heattatlon "I know Woltor," phr paid. Then she fairly ■BfSJsl • "I only wish I had him lirr* so that 1 DOntJ aveng* the wrong he attempt in d»> me. lie worked lit th# .»l*nisn T^rt>tti»»r^ Hospital about two years aso. and one night, at th« very thr<*?hPld Of ray bom**, whon I hud bom ti.-quaintrd »"Jtb him only a Bsvsrl time, ho tried to ptrcrtßle m« when ] trJed to resent his Insult*." That V.»a all. nut Jlattla Schmidt, of No. "49 Elisabeth avenue, wi^>«>e name had nlf<r» been noted by Woltcr, was reatfy to add another link to tho ihain of eviflenw flrst furnished to the police through Th" Tribune by Mary Weisman. Knew Many Elizabeth Girls. "Oh ho l» th« man," cried Mis? FchmHt. "Thr.t mojth; thoae eyes! I chii never forgit them. 1 mot Dim two yc«rs aco> Ho had many acquaintances among the Rirls, %vho !lv« here. He r«me to my house. 1 cannot tell any • Th»n .«."• referred to Dora Litblcr, a. friend, who had also known \Vi>; • It *vas her nauip which was signed to a m^tal card which lay unions the pcat icrrd papers thnt the police lound in WoHer> T^oni*. The tirl said that t^ie nad never written on that card. Both >*ounc women are employed in factories. In Elizabeth ihtre Is another ho Is orakmj xetrlUution. John Wheeler, gat brother of the ir.urdercd clrl, who iives at .\c 11.'. Ely street. He brush, away yesterday dae last possible shadow of I rioabt as to the identity of the girl whose body was found outside of Walter's room. The ncrklaee which clung to her body he knew was nan and Ing h* pointed to thJ umbrella which tho dcaJ cirl carried. The- police found this, in the houee where \Volt«-r and liis companion. Ivatchcn Mueller, sought refuge on Fri day night, in b^asi l«i.".Ki street. "Shfi is dead and I am living," he said. •*I swear by tli« Almighty If the New Toriv authorities do nut "j<ut It over iho rlatr" v Ith Wolter. and that very soon, I «hall avenge the death of my little sis ter, and nothing but brick. Iron bars and a alii v.. stop me from getting at the man." Although new and apparently damn ing evidence eor.tJnued to pile uj> against Woltcr all day. he maintained the stolid » ttitud? *hieh had, since hit* Incarcera tion, testified to his remarkable nerve jind bravado. Tne police, with all their adroitness and their cunning of night «nd day inquisitions, their relentless, friTiiLbhing attack •->; his exhausted mind, <verc untble to shake him He main tained to th* last djssj ha was innocent ol th.c nigUU'ul crime vuh which he is chfcjxed. 1 driven '.V ! - ■ a ■ The dramatic identification made by Mary fTeieman as she fell back into the arm«> ef M'.rk Maude Miner for sup port after the had picked her man had no effect up<>n him. The bullying by detective* and the recitation of ucvr evl «l.~noc vhi<h had tightened the grip of thr law around him left him calm and i»r,o;'.p. I Letter Breaks Woltcr's Calm. - , All this meant nothing to him. But a letter written by Katchen Mueller I rough*, out the first stirrings of human emotion 'that the police discovered in Hi* extraordinary youth, on whom a crime of TjnrNampled ferocity is being fr.T'-nrd As the detectives stepped d rh to allow him to read in* tsttor. ihe contents of which they already knew, his hand;; trembled. Th* reasj ■ • 'Til open it for you, Ud." Thru the cellmate unfolded the sheet c* papT which b«>r« the oflicial stamp of the House of Detention. The cell mate could n»t read ihe words which •fere m«ant for Wolt< r. Tiie girl had *<T;tt(n tha Jcttrr in G"rr.iar. Woltfr glanced at the letter. Then he halted. The Rirl had pleaded with him to teH th" truth. Eh« ha-1 promised not to desert him. und her love h»d not been turned SV^- by the terrible eharg<» Hil! ' I him, tb* wrote. Hi? motbej and f«th#r ha der.oun-.-ed him. but Katchen Mueller still held her f*ith. "O, mv CJoci! My <;»q'." burft out the rrisoner. Ac his wails resounded ulr»ng the. prison tier*. He doubled up in ap r-iircnt a/ro:iy tnd sank to tho floor. O\T wrought nerve? gnie way. Th»- ten *i<»n SaaSJ and, us he writhed on th' floor befor« the etony faced little group ••f poilceinen, ha cried hlv* a little boy f<'U!. . out in some petty fiui'.t. Hi* cellmate went to his rescue, whil»> the policemen, supremely 1 Bgtfcsl by Ma QafSßßj stood by. Not a word was egjespe..' as tht group r.ioved nearer iho iccH The man men Iti^pertor Titu^, Captain Carey and Detective I^nglaxid. They had s*en t-uch breukdowr.K before »- - ". th«*y believed that the goal v.na in tight. "I want to nsk Katie t(» forgive m« . iatni from the, prisoner. "I cannot an *wer this letter. I cannot believe that c he bear? no evil thought against mr" "Tell us the truth," answered the lnpj>e«-tf»r. and the inquisitors drew nearer, but Wolter «■«.• not reaiy to give til* 1 police what they wanted. Some tlihiß ba4 Riven him bark hi* tiervA. He had caught his Recond wind, sad it war all to be oone over again. ** Come and See Ms Wednesday.** •I want to usk Kati« 1o forgive me.** he fe»id. *I wi'.l write to her i< -morrow, t>.n<i then whm l;er answer corn's, I will «e.:i all that I know. Come and see me Wrttfnec-day." There v.« re two rxaminatlono. V.*hil« \Yo!tcr **■ bring aubjectcd to the cross* fire of question* from the X'oHee. ofllcJaJH J<»t< hen Mueller was under th«? fire of Assistant Dltitrict Attorney Turnbull. She knew that every word would »-' UiUen n« against her companion's, and frier atibv. ors were moro guarded than Tho shirt with tV.f letter W, the Flgnet Hunyadi ~! J«inos i Natural Laxative I Water Quickly Relieves:— Biliousness, Sick Headache, Stomach Disorders. Best remedy for 1 CONSTIPATION I rinfr and auih other exhibits were fhown to her to prepare- for the new evidence with which the detectives were about to confront her. As the girl told the same Mor> which the hud recited day and night Bin<-«« her arrest, the police showed her what they believed to be their must valuable trophy. A detective reached into a long bo* and pulled out thr««< umbrellas. One of them had l»een carried by Ruth Wheeler. It was identified by her mother, her sis ters and bar brother. It had bean found at No. ii!"j r.*.«t MSHi street, where l-oth Wolter and Katchen Mueller had been arrested. Th«- pirl glared at them. Sht fpcmrd unable to comprehend what it meant. Then Ban admitted. according, to the poMce, thnt she carried the umbrellas from the rooms here Ruth Wheeler was killed to the new al>ode. The police wore satisfied, but th^y had another surprise ready for the girl. A piece Bf rope which was similar to that which lied been used I■• strangle the victim of the tragedy in Welter's apart mentß. va*= Shown to }•< r. Th*» police raid that she told them she had seen the rope .'i week ago and that it had been in the «n*rtnicnt three days before the murder. It was not a washline, and she had km la Welter about it. He told her that he had bourht it to tie the door. When tlie girl had finished her story about the rapes «nd the umbrellas Cor oner Holtzhausir and Dr. O'llanlon ap l»carod with Mary Weisman. They had read what she told The Tribune on Sunday and knew that another phase ot the investigation depended on her evidence. With Mary Weisman was Miss Miner. Tiv\ tn.^k Mary Weiamaa to th Sf the boys" department of the prison Wester was lined up with ten men. Including several detectives. The line pointed north «nd pouth and he was the fifth man Irani the end. He was dressed in his nutty pray suit and then" nnprar^d nothing unusual about him which safsjM suggest a reason for his presence in the Tomb? The girl seemed to realize the serl iousness of her mission. As the door was opened the faltered, but was gently pushed into th* room which leads to th« corridor. There fhe saw the men, all standing erect. Girl Affected by Wolter. She walked up and down in front of the line. Every timf> as she passed holier her head dropped and her cheeks leddened. The men were becoming Im patient. Dr. O'Hanlcm and the Coroner noticed the change that came over Wal ter as the girl passed back and forth. "Do you know the man?" a*-ked the Coroner. Vt s. • •!<<!>. Why ».■ . Ick him < "I cannot. I fear to touch him. This i? terrible,"" whispered the gnrt. "Is this a case of great sympathy and are you unwilling to add to the already great load that he is carrying?" asked tlie Coroner. •Yes." sobbed the Ctrl. * # I don want to place my hand on his rsody." At last sh? stepped forward, but hen she reached the fifth man her nerve aagln failed her. Then the Coroner walked to th" eighth man in the line. He placed his hand en his shoulder and asked if he -was the man. "No," snapped Mary, and ucain ;\nd again the said "No." . .-. : Coroner" Holtxhauser then placed his hand on Woltor*s shoulder. \ ■ ■ is that the man . ' he barked at her. "Yes." replied the girl. Then she fen backward Into the) anas of a detective. Slic v .... taken from the Tombs into the sal of Assistant District Attorney Turnbull. where she said there could be no mistake in her identification. Bfe l'-ad known Wolter Intimately. He had been in her company, she said. The girl also told of Jrnr.ie Kohn. the woman tvho was a mutual friend of Walter and Annie • . dstetn. Coroner IfnttitituoTi derided that the rev- wit ness was far mr-re important than the police believed. They appeared yatlaflei with the direct evidence in connection v.itli the crime and showed no disposition to dig deeper into the mysteries vhich surrounded the last two yean in tha life of Albert Wo'ter. Perhaps trure 1» a reason. A further investigation of the places vhire Wolter formerly lived yesterday revealed that he had a great many more v.o;r.en iicrjuaintanres than the police bett>vc When (-.»• live*] at the home of Mrs. Loui.s Pipage*, at No. 2415 Eighth avenue, he cave frequent entertainments for sirls who were invited by himself and Ijlf companion, Pa ' ■ ' rr - Kat<hcn Mueller vas n constant vis itor, and finally ehe and a girl narn^ri lr.sio took rooms at the place; vt'oltrr pamded as a bookkeeper, according to Mr?. Plenges. "He never se^nM to have any rr.or.ey." b!j» said yesterday. *"liut he had plenty of fri«nds among the boarders, nnd they kept him up, as he was Buppoac^l to be out of wr»rk." Atnong the girls that she could remember who came to sr« Wolter were one named Elhie Schrae'ler. another nam^d Ina and one other nanv 1 Z'-lma. Tho reason that Wolter had to leave th« place s ■ 1 that Mrs. Pl'Migo tlu»uglit he and Katie were too intimate. Plenty of mail r'inie to the man. but few postal cards. About five a> nks ■ £•> Wolt'-r and the Mueller woman were evidently attracted by the German sign. '"Woblirtes Zlmmer tv Vn iniethen** on the door -i Henry Schmidt's lodging house at No. Cso Kast 4'jtli Mtrect, for they got a room there, paymg a week's board in advance. They lived under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Woltcr. Wlien the seeand Break's board was due Katie Mueller told Mr. Schmidt that she did ii<jt receive in r wages until th« end of th week and asked him to wa.lt until that time, nut one- night, at 31 o'clock, they disappeared, with their baggage. Cumulative evidence thnt Wolter xrna extensively '-ng&jct d in the "white slave trade was obtained yesterday by The Tribune. ]t wa« easy to obtain confir mation of Mary Welsroau'fl extraordinary storj'. «s be Tribune gave it yesterday, and much was found hi the Bast K!d»? neighborhood fi •!.. which Wolter drew most of his victims to show what manner of youth ).• is. Moreover, traces of him were plentiful enough to snon Just about what lie did last week. I^iist Thursday Wolter wu* peen in a store in the Bowery — or in Cooper Square, rather — In a pawnshop between 'h and •Ui streets, haggling SVCr the price of a paint Irush. That »is the day i;. th IviMOfet was killed. He was also a familiar figure in the neighborhood of fieeond avenue, ,1,1 it was also paid that "Jonesey," on- ot the names by which Walter's companion wh^n h« rented rooms In Weal S4th street for Jennie Koh/i was kno n, wai a. veil Known piekporkct, vhoae hahiut vat in the aotfhbarhuijd of 12th street and Third avenuf. This choice spirit SffifV^OßK DAILY TBIBUyE. TUESDAY. MARCH -29. IMP. has been arrested for participation In several Kast Sid* gun fights among rival ganfr« He Is a particularly bitter enemy of Iko nioom, known locally as "Ike the Blood." nnd a meeting between the two Is . rally followed by a shoot ins: match. All along Second avenue from i'.ist «th street northward there are to be seen every day dozens of young men who are generally known as "cofletn** To quote I resident of the locality who has watched them for year*: "They do riot toil, neither do they spin: yet they are always dressed up and liave money to nd." Walter was .-» well known figure in that fraternity. Paint Brush Important Clew. Walter's occupation when he was seen in the pawnshop last week may prove an Important link in the chain of evidence in the murder trial. The di" of Ruth Wheeler's murder Waiter painted the hoards before the flreplaco in which the youthful victim's body was placed, and if tho d;ite of his purchase can bo un questionably fixed it may have an im portant bearing on the case. Stirred by the revelations made In Th* Tribune, the police were actively en paged yesterday In getting further do* tails of the statements made by Mary Welpman and David Goldstein. Before the osneors reached the Weisman home, however. Mrs. Weiamaa had taken her daughter over to Waveriey House, the probation home for unfortunate girls kept by Mts3 Maude Miner, nt No. 10.1 West 10th street, while David Goldstein had pone to work in Brooklyn. Later In the day the officers called again and pot statementß from members of the Goldstein family and started out on a search for Jennie Kohn, who was »♦ one time known as Wolter*s wife. But Mary Weisman says Jennie Kohn has con-; Weal Mary Weisman was taken back to her ■•> mi-< Coloman, of Miss Miner's itlon home, and wng not allowed to make • ienl to tallers after she had boon • vi:n:.ifd .;t tr.e District At torneys onVc is rogardod a* a ™ itness of th* utmost Importance, sind those Interested in the destruction of the •white s:a\<- tr.ifli. »».ii(i that The Trib une's diaroiifka madn public yesterday had openni the nr.-t brooch In Urn com pact v ali of defence the. "cadets'* and - of them ha\» reared against ofn>ial tovosUsatJon. AIUH ( T/O.V ARREST. Anonymous Letter Leads Po lice to an Engineer's Home. Richard J. Grimes, twenty-six years old. of {Co. 9 Cast <Ed street, night engi neer in the Manhattan Kye and '.'... Hos pital, at SCo, 210 Kast ••! street, was locKed up In tl:e Kast 67th street station last night charged with abduction. ■ Grimes was arrested following a visit ,tc the East 67th street police station by ; Mrs. Mary Hisley, of N'». 71 Columbia street. Brooklyn, who paid that she re cently received an anonymous let! pay ins that her daughter May, who has been missing sine« February 13, was living with .••. man In the <5Sd street house. Detectives went to Grimes*» apartment j and found. they say, two young women, ; who said that they were visiting Grimes. 1 They gave their names a« Edna Pearn, eighteen y*-ars ol<J. living v/it'u her parents lit No. S3 IJttle street. Brooklyn, and j Mary Farrell. twenty, of No. 350 Central avenue. Prooklyn, who has no ' parents. ("The young women and GrJmefl Trere taken I to the station bouse, the women to be^ held I until, the police can see their relatives. According to the police. Grimes said ithat Mary Itislcy had been with him for two or three weeks of her own accord, but j left him and Is now IKlng in Brooklyn. ll* said he first met her while he was working as a special officer In the Royal Tuentre. at Willoughby and Pearl streets, Brooklyn. I Mr*. Risley went to Brooklyn to nnd her ! daughter. l>ut informed the. police late last ! nfght 'hat the had been unsuccessful. The i two girls v(fi\t to the <Cd street house, <■■■■'■' | ler-ted their bt-lonßinjjs and wt-nt away with j relatives. Grimes v ill i.■ arraigned In the i Vorkrille police court thia morning. CAR ( RCSHES INFANT. Croud Pursues M otorman t but Police Rescue Him. Mrs. Re . .Ii tOd I . ■ fr'Mlt of a M>uthboun I . ue car in M. street, and almooi In fi 1 • !. nox'au * •mi , at No 117 Chi I for in •■: ■ men 4 gathei I .-an to • nt:.n t:.- otorman, h mj.i ! ■ ■ streel D 1 trr.ni t!t.- i- IHp. k : .■■ •v . answered a burn 1 : - n . 1 patrol - Dr. < 'hilde. of (^ouverneur Hospital, re moved tho child to thut institution. The Kurseon suid there was no chance ■{ sav in« hin life. In the ■;:.!, stieot station th* mc tormaiW who had been charged with fe lonious uKsault. said be was Mlcnae] L*hey, of No 147? Lexington avenue. n was looked up. but later was paroled In th rust Mi) >>t the counsel for the Sec ond aicnue lino. (URLS SEE Ml RDIIU. Negro Shoots Dozen Another in Harlem Steam Laundry . ClAude Massphroy, a aagro machinivt. •as nhot down In the Carolyn -:• vi. 1.8.111 dry, ■- ■. I<X iCas 129 th street, last even in*? by another m«j;io. Humphrey «li«?d an hour l.i t -i In the Harlem Hospital from a bullet wound in the left trea.-t. The man who wielded the pistol «- .*. after taking a rartitig shot ■• the foreman. «;»iarl*s vita, win- went wild. Two hundred girls work ins la th« rla'-e »«« thrown into a panic t-'liortly after the shooting the poll ar itsled .. negro in the- ir.t!i fctrect station of the New York Central Railroad and charged him with homicide. Th- prisoner haid !»•• was Viot«.»r Nelson, of nv>. Si Eaj,t Ultfa htrret. Questioned In the !-■• strei nation. Nelson lrmlMed that tlie fhootltig was a •family altair." '!■•• police ta y. The oltlceis af=sert that he also mi. this statement: "When It's hecetiettry ill plead guilty." VIETOR'S CONDITION CRITICAL Body of Companion, Drowned While Canoeing, Recovered. vVUMarattown', Mwp. March - —The Lody of Barl H. Kirn ball, of ciearwater, ll*.. the WilJlatT.B Collego student who was drowned while canoeing In the Uooslc Hi" * r at Valley tils, N. I . yesterday. wsa found n<"ar Rehash ticoke. N. Y. to <«ay. tan tnllea below the place whtre th» eccldeut l><ii>pene<l. 1 redertck a. Vi«tor, of .».>«• York, whA flfcnmpaniad Klmhiill on th« fjtal trip, waa RAIDERS HIT OUT EXCISE CUCSADi HS TELL OF VIOLATIONS. Cunningham and Kccnnn. on Trial Say Then Were 'After Police Officials. Patrolmen Charles P. Cunningham and Thomas Keenan, who were trans ferred from th* "Westchester station to lower East Side precincts and were sub sequently suspended because they per slated In making Sunday excise arrests in The Bronx, appeared for trtal before the Third Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Walsh, yesterday. John Santora, of No. 361 Broadway, represented the men. Dr. Charles 11. Parkhurst and Robert X. MeCllntock. superintendent of the So ciety for the Prevention of Crime, •"■re interested spectators at the morning session. "My real motives for making the ar rests," said Cunningham, when called to the stand in his own behalf, "were that I had reason to believe that ealoonkeep on are paying high police officials for protection. "Wherever I have been I have found that the plainclothes men were on friendly terms with saloonkeepers. I have frequently oson them go into «a loons on Sunday when liquor was being sold and fail to make an arrest." "Why did you not tell your superiors that the law was being- violated?" abked the Deputy Commissioner. "Because I knew no action would be taken by them." replied Cunningham, lie said he believed that if patrolmen were allowed to make arrests wherever they pleased the saloonkeepers would all close up. "1 did duty on my pool on Sunday evening, and every saloon on it was closed up. and if it was the x\ish at the inspectors and captains to close up saloons, every one of them would have to close up." he added. Same Story by Keensn. Keenan said that his sentiments were tho same a* Cunningham's m regard to enforcing all laws. He said he found that th« law was being openly violated in The Bronx. He did not report to his superiors, he sald, because they could see the violations as well as he could, and because they would take do action If he did report to them. "I wish to inform the Police Commis sioner now that tho excite law i» still being violated in the Ooth Precinct," he said. romnii.=sioner Walsh then toM him to r'i">rt tins through »h»> regular police channela. *u<] adjoorned the trial to this morning. Tlih appearance of Dr. Parkhurst and Mr. McCUntock In the trial room z^^" new impetus to the rumors that the ac cnaed patrolmen ware to be employed under tb*» latt<r's direction if the trial weal apahißt them. At the morning session Inspector Flood, who is in command In The Bronx, several police captains and saloonkeep ers testified. Th- Inspector said that the men had been transferred for the good of the service. Captain Day. of the Eldridge. street station, said that Cunningham was a sober, industrious, courteous an.] effi cient officer. He denied emphatically that he had ever ordered him not to make an excise arrest. Captain Tapping of the llorrisania station, said that ho didn't know of any rules to' prevent a patrolman's making an arrest outside of his own precinct, but he would want to know the circumstances surrounding th? violation that prompted the arrest. Tell of Money Borrowed. Several sail on keepers testified that Keen. m had borrowed money from them at various time?. In some cases, they said, he had repaid the amounts. Coun sel for the patrolmen brought out that the requests for money had never been accompanied by any threats of arrests for excise violations. While Inspector Flood was on the stand he was asked by Attorney San t.>ra: "Isn't It true that right after the first excise arrest.", you, Ault. president of the Liquor Dealers' Association, and Wei gand. a saloon keeper, had a three-hour talk in v7eigjand*s saloon and that the transfers followed ?" When Flood It the lawyer if li" had not entered his name In the blotter of tne • • ranuary 27. and H!thouk;:i Bantora i-aM that ' led to ?h^ v that this conference had actually tnkt-n place Commiraioi ' • . ».. allow tiu- question to h* answered Ina Flood allowed to say thai the • ■' th*' men "\\ ar for the besi Inter ■ thp departmeni and for the di-» rlpline of tl LAW CONGRE3S AT PARIS. Delegates from Many States Meet to Discuss Points of War. Park March SI — The t<venty-third Con- Sre.*s of the nsUtntfl of International Law was opened to-day in the Borbonae |.y M. Harthmj. MinUter of Ju»tico. Authoritta) from all part* of the civilized world wera represented. The delegate from th^ United States U Jii^es Hrown Scott, solicitor of th» Depart i .• of State. Tl:e questions under discussion ■•.■•! ,-i* the treatment nf the vessels of belligerenti while In neutral ports In time of war, a point which v..i> actively debated afnr tl. • Rnoan Japanese conflict; regulations for 1 tyiris ■übaiarbM mines;, and international laws ctteg Individual*. . All «■ J . All of to-days addresses expressed thj conviction | hi the cause of arbitration was crowing, and Charles V. !«yon-Cfren and Won Bourgeois urged that it yi«9 im i • rathe that an arbitration programme b; prepared t»r th-- next Hague conference! ■"•! Bouri ] «...•.• to the United Btates for her "went b*ne\c,i*nt itii'U live" in l Mag to find the ba is of an ar bitration undemanding He agreed with M. Bartheu teat it was essential that Int.-r t.atlonal law controlling a rial ji.ivifMtl?:'' be defined, at it might be the most dlOleuli question .-' the future, but added that h '■••- alee by the continuation of i:,« struggle for obUgatoi arbitration. CORNELL OARSMAN DEAD. Appendicitis, Induced by Efforts to Continue Rowing. I By Ttltsrapt) t.> Th^ TrlSun* ] Ithaca, S. v . March 3.~!lariry Gosrnan, of roughkeep^te. a frrshmun in the Col lege of sforhanical Bagtoeermg .i;.- 1 last night from gangrene follow an o;>era tion for app«iidicltiM. The attuok was (•rough? on by QosSßOn'l efforts to .-tay In the flrnt freshman boat, e>en thoin;!i he was not m pocnl condition, and bl death -• M ■'■ M to the. fact that be did not I • to the bull wary when advised to do so. '■^!Pi4n « «- one of the most procnislni men on »■ ' freshman squad, and would fcav* b**n pi-kei KaJ hs not been taken • 1 TAKE MAW WATCHES Thieves Get TWO Thousand on v Pier Here. Boston. March 118.— Th« biggest theft of matches reported in many years whs made known In this city to-night, when the Waltham Watch Company " an nounced that two thousand of its watches. valued at $20,000. were stolen from a pier In New York last Wednes day while awaiting shipment to London on the steamer Campania. The news of the loss has been kept se cret by the Insurance people in the hop* of capturing the thieves. With the watches disappeared at lIM same time • horse and wagon belonging; to an ex press company. Vice-President Fitt3 Mid as th* watches were numbered th*: robbers would have hard work to dis pose of them. BOr KICKED l l><>( ; One Man Killed, One Fatally Shot and Troops Called Out. [By Telegraph to The Tribun".] Washington, Perm.. March* 2 S. — In a family feud, returned because a boy kicked a dog at Bulger, uear her* to day, on" man was killed, another was mortally wounded and several others were shot. A detachment of state troop ers has been ordered to the scene to stop further disturbances. The dead man was George Clarke. He was shot by his next door neighbor. Thomas Ander son, who ia In a dying condition at th*. hospital. For years there had been bad feeling between the Anderson and Clarke fam ilies. It was brought to a head to-day when Robert Anderson, a son of Thomas Anderson, kicked a dog belonging to Clarke. Thi3 started a tight between the two clans, in u:|irli » 'lark* and his two sons, Anderson, his wife and eighteen year-old son were th<? participants. peace o\ \i;n- u ai i \ Agreement Reached That Puts End to Strike Talk. New Haven, March :v- Follov.lnc a con ference to-night Between General Manager Samuel Mesial of the Ken York, New- Haven & Hartford Railroad and the adjust ment board of the railway conductors, trainman and yardman, it was stated thai a satisfactory settlement of all difficulties had been reached ani that the settlement was on the ba«ia of that recently made by the Baltimore & Ohio with its employes; The agreement covers' the wage and train schfi'ilfs and the hours of labor. The final obstacle which arose la prevent a full settlement was the attitude of the New Haven road toward the employes of the New York Central in case a strike was declared on the latter road. This land of the New Haven employes, it 1* understood, was not approved by the national officers of their unions, and the latter prevailed upon the New Haven m»n to forego thai demand. FIGHTING IN LIBERIA Natives Attack English Factory and Troops — Warships Sent. Liverpool, March ZB.~ A fight between Li b« rians and liostilo n^tive3 '.ras beintt ' waged ■-'!) -March ? at trap* 1 Palmaa, ac- ! ooTdin*; to reports fcroughl by the steamer! ■alaga, which arrived from Liberia tc r day. ! Th« natives from behind a stockade at the mouth of f'a';na^ River were firing j on an P^ißlish factory any 'the Liberian | tioop;J.'"The latter repllt'fl *lth a machine tj-'n. " It Is thought that th« Britten cruiser Mutina ha-<? cor.» to the vicinity from Sierra . L • as to protect Bril interests. ' .i At the urgent request of the cov»rrment i of Liberia. lbs United States sent the scout I cruiser Birmingham to Monrovia. ■• was rtpreaentf'l by the Liberia ru that the na- I ires occupying the region of the Cabally ! T<!'-.-r ha<l revolted and wers b#si«gtni the : ton of Harper, «>n Cape Pahaaa. LOST PRINCETONIAN FOUND. Young Sewall F. Camp Turns Up in England as a Stowaway. Plymouth. Enplar.d. March CS.— Se^ail V Camp, th<; Princeton University student who lias been ;i-.-!r?,; i-.-!r?, was round on th« Krßnprinxes?ln Cecilie when shr arrivei from New York 10-da: . having embarked as a etowaway. Young Can;p di?aprcare«i from Princeton a week ai;."> to-<lay. having «-»»rr^>l. .is tsas then .• isosed for hla home in Water town; N Y. The Kronprtnzessin Cecilia saile-J from Hoboken on the day of hi? disappearance; to tha-t he roultl liavrt -Aante'l little ti:n« In petting •towed away. a tlescripfi^n ot Camp was ■• nt out by the Prvncetou au thorities -■ t< r.Ji, FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION. Madris Representative Will Appeal to Washington. New Orleans. March C3.-Con.su! General I Altschul, n<pre.=entinp the Madriz govern tnfnt in Nicaragua •■ New Or!<»anr, an- ! nounced lat*> to-nJj that h«» would, take ' legal action to-morrow in th" federal court , bore to restrain a hugs fhipment of arm? nivl a filibuatorins: expedition, reported 10 be about '■> leave this port for Fill!.-;;. in support of th*> insurgent army In Nl<-*r agua MITE WILL BUILD CHURCH IB'- T>l-Rr.»ph to The Tribune 1 Philadelphia, Marco !&— Bettevtng en h-r d^athbr<l t^Mt -i new Methodist ehtireli should be started li Qerm <: • little Ktbel Shitißl*. the daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. U illiuni Shingle, of No. zn ijuecn Lane, save her mother ::7 cents %i liil haver! to start a fund for the church. That wjh twelve years ago. 1 rom tliat tin the iuikl has aro* n . until to-day ground wuh broken for tli^ Metho illM Church of the Advocate, *t Warn* avenue ami Uuc-n !.;»ne. Tli« church w ill I co?t jt:».o.» _„ ■■ i ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALES This Afternoon at 2:30 Continuing gsstjvw \, W«d'iesd»v 1 , Thursday, Fr^Hiy and SalsjsdaTi at Mm- h-^u-. 1 ! Fifth Aye. Art (iallcries ■ 11.. • U it !., ■ 546 Fifth \vc . cor. 45th St.. N. V. Mi: JAMK3 P. SILO Auctioneer. Ull.!. SELL M 1 atsalilslsd Public %„. || The lintirc I.a Place Collection of Superb Objects of ANTIQUE ART In FURNITURE, SILVER, Porcelains, Bronzes and Tapestrie s; BY OIIL.EK OF TUB ADSUNiSTRATOR MR- I. I. LA PLACE 1 I EIGHT SAILORS DEAD The Charleston "Accident — Breech Block Torn Off. iranlla, Mai' 23. — Eight men were killed and several were slightly Injured in an explosion on the cruiser Charles ton yesterday. During practice at sea off Olangapa the brecchlock of a 3-lnch gun blew off ami in its flight across th« dock cut through a steel stanchion and mowed down -the men In its path. Seven men were Instantly killed and another died as th« Charleston i m hurrying to Cavlte. The cause of the explosion 13 not known. Rf-ar Admiral John bard, commander of the Asiatic fleet, has or dered rfn investigation. The Charleston, which 13 Rear Ad miral Hubbard's flagship, returned to tna firing range to-day. Her commanding ofllcer is Commander John 11. rjlbbom. She la a protected cruiser of !>,700 tona. and was launched at Newport News In 1304. She carries fourteen 6-lnch and eighteen 3-Inch guns. • Washington. March 25 — Rear A^lmlra! Hubbard. reporting to the Navy Depart ment the accident to the Charleston, ascribes It as probably flue to the prema ture discharge of the gun. Admiral Mason, chief of ordnance. 13 of the opinion that the accident resulted from a bent or broken tiring pin. When the breechlock was swung heavily to close the breech on the cartridge, which is of brass, the projecting pin probably struck the primer. Admiral Mason believe?, and exploded the. chart;* beforo the block *8» locked in place. The charge. he think*, now out backward, tearing oft the block and hurling ,' among the sailors, rvho probably had gathered In the rear to watch the gun practice. The names, residence and next ef kin of the men who were killed are:, ANSTEDT. \\ai'»r r»xt •! kin, <;»..- - AnstwSr. father, Tr*ntou, 11l BARNARD. Maxl*?. Cave In P.<vk. 111.; n«xr of kin. Mrs. Sana Shelton. mother, Ardmor*. Okli. BAHKMA.V. R«v n-T« of k!r, "W. Barkman. father. McKlnlsy. Ind. GRADED. Harr,- R»«ves; n»»t nf kin. V. Illlam ♦iraden. father. Cbeater, P*t.n. HEATER Heacy Almon.l; n«xr of kin. .1. N. H«atcr, fith<»r. .^mithlarrt. Kr. M KF.K, PMiip John: imM of kin. "-■•. X. KJvler. siatrr, West Nantkok*. • -nn. lIE.'.tiIF.LK. |«o; mii of kin. Mrs. v. OiaadMt Motav, Omaha. Neb. MOU.V, E)?lr'! A.' r*. kf^r-1 HI ; n«»xt of k!n, Chsrtotta Mnlia, mot!i«»r. The hail will be buried at Canacao, Cavlte. • . ■ ■ CHAS. SPRAGUE SMITH SINKING. The condition of Charles Sprague Smitn, who ts ill at the home of Charles B. Cole, his brother-in-law. In Upper Montclair ave nue, Slontclalr, N. .]., is said to be very grave. Dr. George M. Tuttle and Dr. Will iam Seward Clark, of New York, and Dr. Martin J. Sinnott, of Montclair. held a con sultation yesterday at the patient"? bedside, after which they said that Mr. Smith's con dition was critical. J.SLOAN; One Thousand ORIENTAL RUGS oi unquestionable durability have been selected from a recent impor» tat ion and marked at PRICES BUT LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE USUAL COST OF IMPORTAii r^- Sizes range ;>om 3 x 1.6 to 1-7 \ ij.4 We solicit your !nsp *nd comparison with prices asktd for similar qualities elsewhere. No intending Rug purchaser can afford :o gnore this opportunity. Broadway & Nineteenth Street " RT eXHIBITIONS A.\D SALES. Attend the Exhibition curing the morning hours and avoid being crowded. V^SV^'' Day 9to 6 * /^^k*'lssk Evening *to 9:30 f / 1 MAKSOH SC&4SE SOUTH ffl|||§ NEW 'ork cm Sunday Afternoon. > V 5! From 2 until 6. Admission, Tr*k Days, One Dollar; Suodiy Afternoon. Fifty Cents (payable at entrance). Packages o» 12 Coupon Tickets Eight Dollar*. PUBLIC SALE AT MENDELSSOHN HALL April sth, 6th, 7th and Bth ne*l The C. T. YERKES COLLECTION Great Paintings, "A rtilly r;m<irkab!e array of Pa-tatiags." "Its dhpersil 15 b«youd til question -SQ» of the c<j'.n*aQdicj eyenta '0 our artistic annals."— TF!B ' Remarkable Rugs, " It is doubtful if there will igiin SI oHsfad '• public uisi >'• least in AcaJKca. ♦ '-'*** Hag o! ancifnt Oriental carpets so rep« tentative si the highest accoirp'lj&mcaf* •» issaogajrfwri free from fabric? si ■CM utility, ■ that her* assembled." JOHN KIMBERLY MUMFORD (^ent-Costlkyaa' Beautiful Tapestries. ADMISSION TO THE gVaaU Admlsaiop ».. ' ■ \ >..-•>. ■ IIAU t!;« afternoon a:ul exenmt^ of tli.» t,uUi will bo . .■■':■ CARD, atlmittins on- person, which will be UsueU iv appllcunta UPON THEIR WRITTEN APr'U^ATION ONLY, which appllctittor. must specify tho 'day or evpnlng * h - carJ ?, to b« iweO. In order ti» provlUa for the convenlcnce*cf pto»P*«thri.bu>r er* It will be neceaaary l<-» limit tn«> number cf theae cards to the ca pacity of McndelitsohD Hal!, and. In furtherance of this purpo3». • charge of ONE DOU *R v:\C\l « ( !l be ma,l.> f«-»r th- cards of atlmJJ *lon. which amount ill be credited on bIU of purchaser. It" *4le mil br «<•-,. hi. -ir.l br MB. THOMAS • KIROV, of The American Art Association, Manage* a Ea«t :3J j»tre»t, .MadUaa 9<juar» South. *•»" Vjrli ALLD.^ VOTE TO-DAi Continued from Ant v»V>. • '" ■l| I • | _ > • of many New York Republican I*a4er3 »nd Assemblymen. While he would not epeak for Lloyd Griscom and Herbert L. Parsons, it is believed that they ar% ft fa.vor of th* proposition. Th* measure hi li th«» form cf a bill { and provides for an Investigating: com mittee •■: thre* Senators ami five Aa- I flymen. "Its purpose." sail Mr. Dana, "is •-> I investigate all complaints or evidence ; now before the Legislature pertaining ftCi the use of money or of other means to influence the acu of the members of the Legislature and to recommend legis. lation for the future prevention of such use." Mr. Dana added that after the factj ! and recommendations had been placed I before the Senate arnl Assembly it u Ou iri I be up to those bodies to take whatever action they taw fit to remote an" of their present members against ivhom damaging evidence might be obtained The bill appropriates J30.000 for tha ■ expenses of the committee. Th* ofher i corruption investigates measure! w*{tc a I have been put in at thia session were in j traduced by Assemblyman Bennett an! • Senators Wainwright and N>\vcomfc. I ASHOKAK FEES CUT, ! Justice Betts Disallows Auto Hire, irith Criticism. Kingston.. N. V.. March »- Ju»ttc« Botti, in the Supreme Ckjmt*. to-day orrj-red re liction.; in the fee 3of tha commissioners for tile Ashdkan dam, one of th« proj;er:t of New York City for 2n Increased wav supply. Caustic critlc!?rn marked th* Jua tlce's mental on Mm cas*. The opinion Is handed down in connection with a decision rixing the racompenw 1? ex-Assemblyman Charles W. Mead, cr Al bany: Bam Brady, of New York, and A. Winthrop William*, of Highland. wh<?ss compensation ia allowed at JMOO each, ani whose charge for automobile hire \z entirely disallowed. The comnf.3iiio.lcr3 a^ked com pen3aiion at 530 a <!ay. which would fcav* amounted to $.yx» each. Di!"*llotvfnsr tnii automobile bills reduces their expen?»3 from KQO to ■M each. ~ "The year 130t» was 'camira!' year ta th? Ashokan region. 1 ' Justice 3ctt3 said. • I Th» roada leading fros Kingston to Aahokan tand nearly all roada diij 7. ere kept dusty, musical and rclolent with automoht!* 98t«4, honka and fumes from automobiles used !>%• some fbut not all> of the. commissioners. "In the physical world • %. Tho go tha pace must pay tha penalty. Carnivals ar« expensive. Tlie city 02 >7*rv York, like an awakening giant, la now trying to sett'.n and a<ljU3L an>l pay ** as reasonable a rats ; a.s can be for the 'Joy rites." haste, con fusion and mistakes of tha eanrtvai period. It should be as?slst"d an«l no- hfr.dere-i by th*s court ami the commissioners." ■ i ART EXHiairiOMS AND