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CHICAGO RAILWAYS HIT
Active Stock Slumps Following
Receivership.
COULD MOT PAY JUDGMENT
Nor Provide Bond to Procure
Stay of Execution by
an .Appeal.
Chicaco, May ~*-A receivership into
-trhicb the Chicago Railway- Company was
thrown to-day caused its most active, stock.
Series 2 participating certificates, to drop
an extreme of ? points am the Stock Ex
change, with only a slight recovery. This
took participates only after the payment
of bond Interest and dividends on certifl
eates of Series 1. The farnir.ps of the com
pany recently were believed to indicate an
early dividend on Series 2. Thousands of
•hare? were sold when news of the re
ceivership reached J>a. Salle Street.
The appointment of th* receivers. John
M Roach, president of the company, and
Henry A- Blair, a stockholder, was caused
by the fact that the company had neither
sufficient assets to pay a judgment of Ji.
344.(34 rendered against it by Judge Ball
in the Superior Court of Cook County last
we*k nor to provide sufficient bond to pro
, am a stay of execution by means of an
appeal.
- A receivership, described as a "mere legral
move for friendly conservation" "was taken
suddenly and secretly. By this arrange
ment it will be possible to protect the com
pany -while .Tu«lse Ball's decision is carried
to the Supreme Court of Illinois.
Jr.dpe Ball held that the Chicapo Rail
ways Company, in takinp over the Tnion
Traction Company, promoted by Charles T.
Vi'k* assumed * responsibility for the
bonds of the financially shattered Consoli
dated Traction Company. The judgment
swarded by Judpe Ball, and entered to-day,
TV..* in favor of litfeatinp bondholders of
the latter company. Should this decision
be upheld, M may open the way for addi
tional judgments of a similar nature apgrre
patinsr about j:..00i».««00.
The city's interest under the reorganiza
tion ordinance of three years ago. whereby
the municipality receives 55 per cent of the
5.-1 amass) of the company, is fully pro
tected under the receivership. Physical im
provements, on which millions have already
*»«rn spent, will go forward under direction
of the board of supervising engineers.
Bonds Net Affected.
T1 is said that the bonds of. the Chicago
Railways Company are not affected by
*iiher the receivership or the judgment, as
-hey constitute a prior lien on the J50.000.000
assets of the company.
The petition for a receivership was filed
by Charles P. Cotton, jr.. of New York.
representing the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing: Company. His bill set up
that the Chicago Railways Company owes
5C3.000 to the electric concern, which it can
not pay, owing to the judgment entered
against it. The bill declares that the local
company's assets are at present so en
cumbered by mortgages and trust deeds
that it cannot raise money enough to per
fect an appeal from Judge Ball.
The proceedings, which took place before
Judge Grosscup. in the United States Cir
cuit Court, lasted only a few minutes. So
quietly was the momentous task accom
plished that Mayor Busse and Corporation
Counsel Brundage. although they entered
Judge Grosscup's chambers immediately
after the appointment of the receivers to
urge >at the Consolidated Traction Com
pany do certain street paiing. while the
receivership attorneys were present, left
Hie place in ignorance of the. fact that the
North and West Side Chicago traction sys
tem? had entered on another upheaval.
Mr. Blair is chairman of the board of the
Chicago Railways Company ami Mr. ESoocb
Is its president. That company is the suc
cessor to the Chicago Colon Traction Com-
if and operated lines, and owns practi
cally all of the 115.000,001) capital stock of
the Chicaeo Consolidated Traction Com
pany, which In April, ->". entered into an
'agreement with the Chicago Union Trac
tion Company under which the latter paid
?4.". in Chicago Consolidated bonus, guaran
teed by the Union Traction Company, and
tSLSOiin cash lor each $100 stock of. the
Consolidated company.
Interest on the $6.7j0,0^) V& per. cent
honds of Chicago Consolidated Trac
tion Company was defaulted on June 3.
2SOS. . nd no interest has been paid since
then. On June at BMW; receivers wore ap
jKiinted. A committee representing the mi
nority holders of the i\* per cent bonds
r ,.me time ago brought suit against the
Chicago Railways Company for the princi
pal and interest of the bonds lodged vith
the committee, and last Thursday Judge
Ball, la tho Supreme Court in Chicago,
handed doom a decision uoliiins the Chi
cago Railways Company liable for tho
«'<insolidatc-d Traction Company's bonds,
with, accrued interest since Juiie 1, 1508,
and entering judgment for the sum of
$I^«.6ST.. When the ' Chicago Railways
Company iv.-is formed BO provision was
inaJe for caring for the bonds of the Con
solidated Traction Company, which had
btt-n guaranteed by the Chicago Union
Traction Company.
Statement of Counsel.
1.. C Krauthoff, general counsel of the
Chicago Railways Company, said yester
day concerning the litigation:
The Chicago Consolidated Traction Com- |
pany, an taiiirely separate corporation, or
fiinlzed Ly the ..,-.• Mr. Verkes, made an
it-sue of "bonds secured by mortgage OB
that property which were guaranteed by
tb* Cnicago Union Traction Company. Al
though in© Consolidated Traction Cora
i«any or its property was in nowise in
volved in the ordinance to the Chicago Rail-
Mays Company and constitute no part of
the projjerty of that company, a Chicago
local court has nevertheless bald that tne '
<'hicago Railways Company is responsible
for these bonds. This holding is contrary
to the opinion expressed and conclusions
it ached by a large number of counsel who
have had occasion t«» examine the question.
These counsel are still unanimously of the
■opinion thai the action of the trial court
•will be reversed- ix. will necessarily take
eomc time to obtain a. final disposition of
the matter on appeaJ. Pending this final
disposition, the property of the company
v< uld be subject to the risk of a receiver
ship in the state court under the control
«tf th«> plaintMa in that case. Such a re
.•eivership would, in the opinion of ooun
sei iUid of security holders largely inter
ested cause much embarrassment in the
prosecution of the rehabilitation and in
other construction work of the company
and "as well in its operation an'] in its rela
tions to and dealings wiui the city of Cni-
To insure a conservation of the property
und its administration for the protection of
th*- security holders of the Chicago Rail
ways Company, the property has icai
•lorarily been ... to the, protection
«T tJie "federal court and its receivers. •he
judgment recovered in the stale court, even
If finally affirmed, cannot be enforced to
'he prejudice of the outstanding bonds •>"
the company. But it is particularly true
il;at neither that, nor any other judgment,
nor the receivership proceeding* in the If-.!
eral couru nor any other matter or event
»•> contingency, can or will in any wise
effect or Impair either ihe rights or the
security cr the value of the outstanding re
habilitation bonds of the Chicago Railways
<-ompa«v. These bonds have been issued
i;rder the partnership agreement between
Ui* rity of Chicago and rhe Chicago Ra.il
•mavs Company. evidenced by the ordinance
r,f "February 11. IMS. in which it is ex
pressly provided that these bonds shall be
secured by a primary mortgage, and that
lherr- shall not at any time exist "any lien
or incumbrance upon the property or rights
convey *s& *»' taid mortgage or deed of trust
or any part thereof, superior tf> that ae
r-jrinsr eaid bands and obligations"; and
Jj Is also . cpressty provided that "the Hen
c«-<;urinjr said bond* and obligations shall
at all times be deemed and recognized to
be a first lien upon the entire street raiUav
•r'-Etfm hereby a'Jthnnzrd. imiudin? all,
rtehts jr-ynieti to the . onr,pany by this or
finance.** -
Turn Caica^u Uidoc Traction Company
and the Chicago North Side Street Railway
Company and Chicago West Side Street
Railway Company, which were once'con
trolled by th« late Charles T. Yerkes. were
placed In the lianda of receivers in April,
1103. a long and complicated litigation fol
lowing that .action. The Chicago Railways
Company was incorporated in October, 19-33.
■with $100,000 stock, which is used as a basis
for the issue of 255.100 participation certifi
cates. The company operates 303 miles of
street railways in the ncrth and west parts
of Chicago, and the Chicago Consolidated
Traction Company, which it leases, oper
ates ISI miles.
POO QUARANTINE NULLIFIED 0
Killing by Justice Andrews Said Fra<
tically to Arrnmplish This.
T'tica. N". V.. May "S. — -Supreme Court
Justice Andrews made a ruling: on a ques
tion before him in the Supreme Court this
afternoon which practically nullifies for the
time beinp the dog: quarantine in every
town and city In ihe state. The Question
arose in the trial of a case from Forestport
its to whether the quarantine notices had
been properly pooled. It developed that tho
rommtssioner of Agriculture, Mr. Pearso •.
had been orally directing his assistant com
missioners to print and post the quarantine
not ices.
Justice Andrews rules that this is not
sufficient and that the directions should be
made in writing. He says it is a. judiical
act, and that so far as the direction goes
all the notices might be posted on the inside
of a barn. lawyers here say that the rul
ing- nullifies for the present every dog quar
antine in the stae.
Albany. May 23. — "The report from T'tica
relative to Justice Andrews's decision In
the P'orestport dog quarantine case is a
complete surprise." said Commissioner R.
A. Pearson, of the State r^yartment of
Agriculture. "Tt is the first instance to
my knowledfre where the legality of a quar
antine has been questioned on the ground of
tho manner in which notices were posted.
We shall, of course, look into the matter at
once when we leoeßo official report of the
decision of the murt. T feel sure there is a
mistake somewhere. It has been my be
lief that quarantine;: have Invariably been
laid with due regard to the provisions of
the law."
WOMAN GETS ALLEGED THIEVES
Holds Two Men on Car Until Police
Make Arrests.
Rochester, May 23.— Two alleged notorious
thieves and pickpockets— Thomas trohagen.
Of Chicago, and Kdward Fitzgerald. Of
Philadelphia— are under arrest here as tho
result of a woman's bravery and prowess.
"While returning from Charlotte last night
Mrs. Emfl F. Vetter. of No. 39 Gorham
street, noticed two men casting glances at a.
diamond pin worn by her father. When the
far stopped at the Four Corners the men
crowded closely to her father, and Mrs.
Votter saw one of them peize the pin.
Mrs. Vetter sprang from her seat, seized
Fitztrerald by the throat and backed him
and his companion against the side of the
r.ir. where she struggled with them until
policemen arrived. Fitzgerald offered to
give Mrs. Vetter the pin back if she would
release him. but sh« refused.
A crowd followed the prisoners and the
woman to Police Headquarters, where the
pictures of Fitzgerald and Gohagen were
fr.und in the Rogues" Gallery. Fitzgerald
admitted that he had spent ban? his life be
hind the bars, but said it was the first time
be had been caught by a woman.
BLACKSMITH FOR SENATOR
Missouri Man Travelled with Wild
West Show and Saved Many Lives.
St. Joseph. M->.. May 23.— John F. Breck
rnride<\ the blacksmith who announces
himself a candidate for United States Sen
ator from Missouri, and whose petition with
the required number of names has been
filed with the Secretary of State at Jeffer
son < - itv. in his early days followed "the
trail" as a cowboy. He runs a horse shoe
ing establishment al the stockyards In South
St. Joseph.
With Wild West shows as a rope and
cattle thrower Breckenridge visited Europe
and every part of the I'nited States. In
Brussels ten pears ago he saved the lives
of live persons in a hotel fire, and again at
Jacksonville. Fla., seven years ago he res
cind two uefBOUJ from being suffocated by
smoke. As a farrier in Jerseyville, 111., six
years ago he made a strong race for Con
gress as a socialist and laror candidate.
Breefeenridge says he will make a strenuous
; campaign for I'nited States Senator, visit
i mc every county In the state.
INSURANCE FRAUDS CHARGED
Politicians and Federal Official Said To
Be Involved in Illinois.
Bock Island. 111.. May L 1::L 1 ::. — Fifty wit
nesses from various sections of the state
are said to have received summonses to an
pear before a grand jury here on Thursday
in an investigation into the affairs of sev
eral traternai insurance companies, oi*
which funds to the amount <>f §200,000 aro
said to have boen misapplied.
The companies Involved are the Fraternal
Tribunes, of Rock Island, an-1 the American
Home Circle, of Springfield. 111.; The former
company recently has quit the insurance
Held. It is asserted that the testimony to
be given will show that many death claims
have been paid twice, once to the real bene
: ficiarie.s and again to a ring <>f officials who
organized the conspiracy to defraud the
companies. Among the men said to be in
volved are several well known politicians
and a federal official.
MRS. SUTTON A CANDIDATE
Would Run for Congress to Vindicate
Dead Marine Lieutenant.
fKv Tel<"'Fr?>r 1 i to Th« Tribune.]
l^ns Angeles, May 23. Miss Daysie May
Sutlon. sister of Lieutenant James X. Sut
ton, who was shot to death at Annapolis
two Tears ago, is a guest at iho. Angelus
Hotel here. She said to-day that her
mother. Mrs. J. X. Button, would run for
Congress as a means of Influencing: legisla
tion toward reopening the investigation
Into the cause of her son's death.
In it few weeks. Miss Button said, her
mother would be in I^'S Angeles, on her
way to Portland. Ore., where she Intends
to open her campaign. S. Creed Cross, ac
cording to Mis.- Sutton, will take the stump
in behalf of Mrs. Button and make, ad
dresses, not only In Oregon, but In every
state on the pacific Coast.
BERKSHIRE DOCTOR ARRESTED
Medical Society Officer Said to Have
' Drugged Girls.
[Bj- 1 •■ icm .'; to The 1 r bone ]
Ptttafteld. Mass.. May 23.-Dr. Clifford S.
Chapin. a physician to the summer cot
tagers in Great Harrington and vice-presi
dent of the Berkshire Medical Society, was
arrested to-day on a warrant which charged
him with administering or . causing to be
taken a drug with the Intent to stupefy or
overpower Miss Florence R. Logan and
Miss Elizabeth Stcphenson. of Great Bar
rington, for the purpose of committing an
assault. Chief of Police William Oschman
Is the complainant. Dr. ''hapin was ar
raigned in court and furnished bonds to
appear for 'rial The occurrence is alleged
to have taken place in Chapin's office In
February. He left Great Harrington on
Al>ril v, bat returned on Saturday.
TUESDAY. $s£|o-|jotiC SrtftttJl^ ™ V 24 ' m "
GRAIN FIRM INVOLVED
Albany Banks Hold Durant &
Elmore's Paper for $500,000.
TOTAL AMOUNT NOT KNOWN
Manipulation of Bills of Lading
Alleged — Offices in Several
Cities.
Albany. May 23— The firm of Durant &
Elmore. gTain merchants, with offices in
Albany. Chicago, Buffalo and Boston, is
practically in the hands of the officials (if
the National Commercial and First Na
tional bants of this city, who are its cred
itors to the extent of nearly $500,000. By the
alleged manipulation of bills of lading the
company is said to have been able to bor
row hundreds of thousands of dollars from
banks in Albany and other cities. The total
amount involved has not been ascertained.
It is understood, however, that the firm
has outstanding paper aggregating between
$500,000 and $800,000, but just what propor
tion of it is secured probably will not be
known for several days. Representatives
of the banks were busy to-day examining
the company's books and papers and ques
tioning ita employes in an endeavor to get
at the truth of the allegations.
E. A. Durant, of Albany, is president of
the corporation, Edwin W. Elmore vice
president, Gibson Oliver treasurer and
William S. Dyer secretary. The company
is capitalized at $75,000. Mr. Durant has
not taken an active part in the manage
ment of the company's affairs for some
time. -Mr. Elmore looked after the Chi
cago end of the business while Mr. Oliver
was the executive officer of the concern.
According to a statement by James H.
Perkins, vice-president of the National
Commercial Bank, the company is "hope
lessly involved." "We are informed," says
Mr. Perkins, "that eight or nine banks hold
the firm's paper, besides grain commission
brokers with whom the firm has dealt and
a number of individuals."
Frederick A. Mead, president of the First
National Bank, said to-day that his bank
held $77,200 of the Durant & Elmore paper
bearing the personal indorsement of
Messrs. Durant. Dlmore and Oliver, and
secured by original bill of lading drafts de
posited as collateral security for the loans.
The company, he said, had been gradually
withdrawing its business from the bank for
some time. Careful investigation led him
to believe that the bank would be amply
protected from any loss.
"I do not believe the banks will lose any
money." said Mr. Mead. "They will hold
the railroads responsible. We look to the
railroad officials to take the initiative." .
The Delaware & Hudson company is
understood to have already taken up the
matter, but as Vice-President Sims and
I>ewis E. Carr, counsel for the company,
were both out of the city to-day, no in
formation was obtainable.
Durant & Elmore are understood to have
grain in Oneonta and in Boston valued at
about $100,000. and considerable additional
grain is transit from the West. The com
pany also owns the business of the Oneonta
Milling Company. Edward A. Durant, one
of the firm, is said to have agreed, if nec
essary, to turn over to the creditors of the
company all the property he possesses.
Some time ago Henry C. Palmer, freight
agent of the Delaware & Hudson Company
la this city, was dismissed from the com
pany's employ, and a few weeks later de
parted for Chicago, where, it was said, he
had entered the employ of Durant & El
more. Mr. Palmer returned to Albany
to-day, and said he was innocent and ready
to face any charges that might be made
against him.
Boston. May ZZ.— The grain firm of Durant
& Elmore, of Albany, whose accounts are
under examination, has an agent in this
city, but other grain firms stated to-day
that the Albany merchants had curtailed
their business in this part of the country
censiderably during the last year.
Chicago, May 23-— The Chicago business of
Durant & Elmore Is done in the name of
K. W. Elmore. At the local office of Mr.
Elmore to-day a statement was given out
to the effect that the Chicago house is not
Ejected by the trouble of the. Albany con
cern.
Welding Ring, president of the New York
Produce Exchange, said yesterday that, so
far as he was aware, no member of the
exchange was affected by the trouble of
Frrant & Elmore, and that no ofliciai ac
tion would be taken by the Produce Ex
change in the matter, as the firm in ques
tion was not a member of the institution.
At the Mechanics' and Metals National
Bank it was said that whatever business
had been done with the firm had been
trr-nsacted through the bank's Albany cor
respondent, the National Commercial Bank,
and that all information would have to
come through that quarter.
BABY'S REMARKABLE ESCAPE
Locomotive and 44 Cars Pass Over Him
—Not Seriously Hurt.
Syracuse, May 23.— The sixteen-months
old son of Ernest Allen had a miraculous
escape from death on Saturday. The baby
v.andered from its home to the New York
Central switching tracks near by. and was
evidently struck by the step of the oiißine.
He lay between the tracks whil<> the loco
motive and forty-four cars passed over
him. Persons who saw the child under the
train were unable to attract the attention
of the engineer. When the last car had
passed the youngster was picked up, unin
jured except a bump as the result of his
fall.
FOUND DEAD IN THE DESERT
Physician Had Torn Off Clothes in His
Delirium.
Fakersfleld, CaL, May 23. — News came to
day that I>r. William A. Mofk, a. graduate
of the University of Michigan, wandered
out into Rand Canyon, in the desert, on
May 11, and was found dead there on Sat
urday. Mofk was in charge of a hospital
northeast of Mojave, on C.ie I^os Ansreles
aqueduct. He is tupposed to have tried to
reach the railroad at. Brown. In his de
lirium bfi had stripped himself of clothing.
PARK ZOO GETS RARE BIRDS.
Twenty-five rare birds from India were
added to the collection in Central Park
yesterday, among them being a pair of
laughing thrushes, which Keeper^ Donald
Burns said were probably the only ones
in this country. Although no larger than
robins, their "laugh" [a as loud as that of
<ho parrots In the aviary. In the. same cage
with the thrushes aro a pair of Indian jays,"
with rich coloring Two pairs of black
headed robins and a dozen ammers from
Central India were also added to the. sing
ins contingent in the bird noose.
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MRS. KNOWLES GETS SEPARATION.
Mrs. Anna Coles Knowles, wife of Andrew
A. Knowles, third vice-president of the Me
chanics and Metals National Bank. No. 23
Wall street. New York City, obtained a de
cree of separation from her husband in the
Supreme- Court in White Plains yesterday.
Justice Mills ordered Knowles to pay his
wife $240 a month for the support of her
self and two children. Senator J. May-
hew Wainwright was the referee: in the
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SEIDEL AND MINISTERS
Exchange Compliments at, Meet
ing in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee. May ».— '"While you are
fighting for some theological dogma our
boys and girls are going to htli." declared
Mayor Seidel. in an address before the
■Milwaukee Ministerial Association here to
day.
There was some sharp repartee 'hiring
the discussion. When Mayor BeWel re
marked that a boy who bad a baseball
ticket would shun saloons, a preacher rose
and declared that he wouldn't trust , his
son to attend a baseball game, for the very
reason that intoxicants were sold on the
baseball grounds. "They'll manage to drink
somehow." declared the preacher.
"Then it is up to you." r.eplie.l the Mayor,
"to cultivate and develop a better taste."
Mayor .Settle] suggested that the prtach
ers co-operate with the school hoar.; t.»
have schoolhouse doors thrown wide open
to children for social purposes. One of th*
clergymen declared that, there wasn't ";«ny
need of trying to give the boys good, whole
some amusement while th-a t iokel theatres
catered to their baser passions."
"The thing for us to do, then, is io com
pete with the nickel theatres," replied *c
Mayor. "Have a moving picture machine
right in the schoolhouse.'
As the meeting was about to adjourn the
Rev. Mr. Hedlanil said:
••Mayor Seidel. you advocate fresh air.
Well, you ought to smell the sewer up In
my. neighborhood. It is awfuV and he
shook his head in disgust.
"Some rotten politician is to blame Mr
that," replied Mayor Seidel.
SEIDELS FEDERAL OFFICIAL
Dr. W. Colby Rucker Heads Milwaukee
Health Department.
Milwaukee. May 2::.-l>r. W. Colby
Rucker, of the United States Public Health
and Marine Hospital Service, to-day was
appointed Health Commissioner of Mil
waukee by Mayor Kmil Seidel. recently
elected by the Social Democratic party.
The Mayor's selection was confirmed by
the council under suspension of rules, and.
he will assume charge of the Health De
partment at once, su-ceeding Dr. <1. A.
Bading.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TROUBLES
Hartford Officials Replaced by Mother
Church, It Is Said.
[By Telpgranh to The Tribunal
Hartford, Conn., May 23.— After twelve
years in office, some of the most powerful
and prominent members of the First Chris
tian Science Church, in this city, many of
whom contributed materially toward build
ing the present church edifice, have been
ousted, and their places filled by. members
who are not in sympathy with them se
lected, it is understood, by the Mother
Church is Boston, which is said to fear a
repetition in Hartford and elsewhere of the
Stetson, fight in New York.
It has been customary at the' local an
nual meetings to prepare a slate and put it
through unanimously, but this year the in
cumbents were warned not to stand for
re-election, among them being Mrs. Kdgar
Li. RopkiiiP, the wife of a local brewer, who
was a powerful ractor because of her nu
merous benefactions and her help in erect
ing the church. Moreover, those members
who have shown any disposition to discuss
the secrets of the annual meeting have been
threatened with mafieious animal magnet
ism, it is reported.
KLATZKO'S PLEA EEFUSED
Report That He Was Willing to Plead
to Manslaughter Follows Conference.
The trial of Herman Klatzko in the.
Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court was
delayed for more than two hours yesterday
while Congressman Goldfogle. of Klatzko's
counsel, and Assistant District Attorney
Bostwlck were closeted with Justice, Fitz
gerald. Klatzko' is charged with the mur
der of Max Goldberg and Mrs. Lizzie
Shapiro in the hallway of the hitter's home
on December iS. IPOP.
After the conference it was reported that
Klatzko had offered to plead guilty to man
slaughter in the tirst degree, but that the
District Attorney had refused to accept a
plea to any crime less than murder in the
second degree.
When the trial was resumed the defend
ant's counsel called on several witnesses
for the defence who h:'d been subixi-naed.
They bad evidently gone away without
being excused, said Mr. Goldfogle. Justice
Fitzgerald ordered the lawyers to have
them in court this morning.
The case m;iy reach the jury to-night.
MISSING MAN GETS ESTATE
Secures Sister's Property, Although He
Had Not Seen Her for 38 Years.
Worcester, Mass., May 23. — Although he
had not seen hie sister, who supposed him
dead for thirty-eight years, William Venna.
a hostler, of San Mateo, Cal., ■was able to
prove himself the only heir to her $25,000
estate, and to-day Judge William T. Forbes,
of tho Probate Court, allowed his claim.
The estate involved was that of Mrs.
Jennio S. Miller, of Athol, who died on
July L. 100S, 'caving no known heirs.
The court appointed a public administra
tor to take charge of the estate at the
time, hut recently a stranger appeared and
entered a claim to the property. In his pe
tition he described himself as William
Venna, otherwise known sis William Mc-
Kenna and William J. Mcllvaine. Venna
and his sister were born In Ireland, and
both came to this country before the Civil
War. Venna worked as a hostler in Bos
ton until the war, when lie enlisted, and his
sister removed to New York, where he last
her in 1872. Venna removed to Cali
fornia and the bister later married an Athol
man. J^_^^____
MILK CONTRACTORS SUMMONED
Five Boston Men Charged with Selling
Impure Product.
Boston; May 23.-One of the phases of
the "milk war." which began its fourth
week to-day, was the action of the Boston
Board of Health in voting this noon to
summon five local contractors Into court
on charges of selling milk which contained
an excess of bacteria. The board also sent
the result of its examinations of milk to
the legislative committee at its session to-
The committee heard to-day William H.
Coolidge. on the part of the. Boston &
Maine Railroad, and A. D. Hill, of Boston.
former District Attorney, who spoice for
th« 3 consumers.
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MKINNON TRUNKS RELEASED
Owner Agrees to Pay Additional Duty
Without Protest.
[By Tvifsrrar-n to T»i< Trlbun*. 1
Boston. May 23.-Th* trunks of John W.
McKinnon, of New York, which arrived in
Boston on the Saxonia last week and
which were held by the customs officials.
will he forwarded to him at once. When
Mr. McKlnnon arrived here from Europe,
accompanied by his wife and daughter, he
declared dutiable property to the .amount
of $430. On Investigation the trunks were
appraised at $087. Mr. McKinnon said {hat
ho WOUld pay the additional duty without
protest and stated that the undervaluation
was unintentional.
DONKEYS IMITATE SIRENS
Liner Minnetonka's Skipper Is
Annoyed, but Attunes His Ear.
Captain Cannons.' oi the Atlantic Trans
port liner Minnetonka. and Captain AVatls
worth, of the Anchor liner Columbia, have
-been 'put on the list of unfortunate com
manders who have been annoyed by stranse
sounds at sea. Bach ha* barf his own
troubles with passengers capable of and
persistent in the emission of sounds identi
cal with those of sirens and whistling
buoys. ■ * - ■
Captain Cannons brought the Minnetonka
safely to port yesterday through consid
erable fog. notwithstanding the fact that
eighteen Egyptian donkeys between decks
brayed fog signals -while the mist lasted.
The braying started, it was said, out of
pure resentment on the part of the donkeys,
One of them had been transferred to an
other stall, and every time the cattle tender
walkeu by them the stubborn eighteen gave
him the '"donkey laugh." The braying an
noyed the skipper at first, but, being a man
of experience and familiar > with the
wrinkles of wireless telegraphy, he soon
managed to attune his ear to .the blasts of
sirens only and cut out the donkey vibra
tions. . *
Captain Wadsworth. of the Columbia,
brought over a Scotch bagpiper not long
ago, and when he breathed into his pipes
one night forward under the bridge the
skipper thought herpafl running close to a
whistling buoy.
MAYOR STRIKES OUT TWO
Bills Relating to Conduct and
Grade Awards Disapproved.
Mayor (Jaynur, who has held that there
is no such thing as disorderly conduct, yes
terday refused to approve a. b!ll amending
a part of the, charter so as to give "po
lice magistrates" instead of "police jus
tices'* certain powers in cases of so-called
disorderly conduct. In his memorandum
lie says:
T refuse to accept this bill on behalf of
the city. The section, of the old consoli
dation act which it proposes to amend
should be repealed entirely, together with
all the sections relating to this same sub
ject, for they have been the cause of con
fusion and much abuse, and the subjects
they treat of are aninjy. covered in the
rode of Criminal Procedure and the penal
law. These sections of the old consolida
tion act confuse the phrase "disorderly
conduct" with the phrase "disorderly per
son." I understand that the new charter
now in preparation is going to repeal all
these criminal offences of the old consoli
dation act.
The Mayor also disapproved of a bill au
thorizing the Board of Assessors to esti
mate and allow damages sustained by own
ers of real property. fronting in the streets
approaching the Manhattan Bridge. On
this bill the Mayor wrote:
Tt is doubtful if any one has been in
jured by any change of street grade to con
form to the Manhattan Bridge, and, more
over, the grossly excessive awards, some
times for hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, when there was no damage at all,
which had in one way or another been
procured under similar legislation, induce
me to withhold acceptance fcr the city.
A bill giving the laborers employed by
the city two weeks' vacation with pay
each year was approved by the Mayor.
DEPARTMENT HEADS CONFER
Not Particularly Significant, Says
Mayor, After Meeting.
Mayor Gaynor said last night that no
extraordinary significance should be at
tached to the conference held by him in
the morning with the various heads of his
departments. It was simply the beginning
of something he had hoped to put into prac
tice long ago— the getting together of the
executive heads for the interchange of
ideas and the smoother operation of the
city's business. These cabinet meetings,
the Mayor said, would continue periodi
cally, probably on the tirst Monday of each
month.
All the members of the Mayor's execu
tive sta.ff, from City Chaml>erlain Hyde
down, were present, with the exception of
Corporation Counsel "Watson, who is in
Louisiana, and Commissioner Murphy of
the Tenement House Department, who is
attending a convention in St. Louis. '
POLICE LIEUTENANT INDICTED
Saloonkeeper Charges Him with Ac
cepting Protection Money.
Lieutenant Hannon, of the "West Brighton
police station, was indicted yesterday after
noon for extortion by the Richmond County
Grand Jury. There are six counts in the
indictment.
Hannon is accused by Joseph Bitterli, a
saloonkeeper of "West Brighton, of accept
ing $10 from him for several months for
protection. Bitterli complained to Magis
trate Handy, of New Brighton, and the
latter issued a warrant for Harmon's ar
rest. He has been out on J7.000 bail, which
was continued. He has been on the force
thirty-one years.
A. J. SNELL DIES IN POVERTY
Dissipated Millions Left by Father.
Murdered Twenty-two Years Ago.
Chicago. May 23.— Albert J. Snell, son of
Amos J. Snell. the millionaire, whose mur
der here in ISSS created a widespread sen
sation, was found dead in bed at a cheap
rooming house lure to-day. He was fifty
years old. He inherited a rortune from his
father, and is said to have set a fast paco
while the money lasted. For several yeaTs
he had made a hand to mouth living run
ning errands on the docks.
"Willie" Tascott, who was accused the
murder of the elder Snell. was never found
by the police, although the search was con
tinued for many years. Amos Pnell was
killed by a burglar whom he discovered in
his house at midnight. The Snell ease waa
oone of the sensational mysteries of Chica
go twenty-two years ago.
INVALID AND BABE DIE IN FIRE
Six-Year-Old Girl Saves Seven-Year-
Old Sister.
Palmyra, Mich. May '.'::.— Evelyn, the.
three-year-old daughter of Dr. Charles G.
Lehmann, and her sister Lizzie, twenty-nine
years old, who was an invalid, were burned
to death in a tire that destroyed Dr. Leh
mann's residence early to-day. The fire is
believed to have been caused by some dis
arrangement of the lighting plant in the
house. Dr. I^ehmann anil his wife were
both out of town. '
Ruth, a six-year-old daughter, escaped
from the burning house and managed to
drag ••with her to safety the unconscious
form of her sister Gladys, seven yean old.
4 TRY WOMAN FOR HER LITE
Sympathy Interferes with Filling of
Doxcy Jury.
St Louis. May 23.— Sympathy for women
on the part of talesmen was* responsible
to-day for boom delay la the selection of
a jury to try Mrs Dora E. Doxey for the
alleged poisoning of William J. Knler. a
postal clerk, to whom ah« was 'married a
tew weeks 'before his d>Hth.
Mrs. boxes ami her husband, Dr. Loren
B. Doxey, are. under Indictment on the
charge of causing Urn death of Erder,
whom it i» t alleged Mrs, Doxey married
while yet He wife of th« doctor. Twenty
two members of the panel of forty-seven
from which the Jury will l»e chosen nail
been accepted by ■ both the state and the
def-snee when court adjourned to-night. : \
Mrs. [i,. x «-, admits she was"? married
while she was the wife of T*>x. Khr
BSjm aha was not responsible for her art?. :
as she was under the influence of morphine j
which hat husband sent her. .'Since she
, has-been^n jail she has BOM cured of
the drug habit. *
MARINE INTELLIGENCE. ; 3
miniature: almanac
"Sunrise. 4:.-» ; sunset, 7:11); moon rts«*. rT" ; .
moon's age. IS.
' HIGH ■"WATER. am "
»,,-■■ A.M. P.M.
Sandy Hook - '-{« ';»
Governor's Island ---• *-J? &X*
Hell Gato N> ;o ° -10V>\
WIRELESS REPORTS. \
Th» Kronprinz Wllhelm. reported as' 373 miles '
east of Sandy Hook at .1 p m yesterday, is e»
pected to dock this forenoon. -
Th« Berlin, reported an 303 miles east or
Sandy Hook, at 3 P m. yesterday. Is expected to •
dock this forenoon. * ' ;
The Pannonia. reported a.i 735 miles east or
Sandy Hook at 3 p m yesterday. la expected to
dock "Wednesday afternoon or Thursday fore
noon. •< . ■■•;. ■ T ,
Th© farmania. reported as 050 miles east of
Baiiof Hook at 8 p m on Sunday. Is expected to
dock Wednesday forenoon. •- ,
The Ancona, reported as 3nn miles east of
Sandy Hook at 6 a m yesterday. Is expected to
dock this, forenoon. Vy.
INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO-DAT.
Vessel. . From. Un».
•Kronprinz W Bremen. May 17. ...X G Lloyd
•Panama Cristobal. May IS Panama
•Cearense Para. May 12 Boo th
'•Marowijne Trinidad. May 17 D » I
•Semlnolc Turks Island, May 18 Clyde
•Maracalbo La Guayra, May IS Red I>
•Coamo San Juan. May 18..NY4PR
Chicago ....Havre. May . 14 French
Iroquois .London. May 11 S O Co
Berlin Genoa. May 13 M «1 Lloyd
Prinz*ss Alice Bremen, May 14 N «> Lloyd
Ancona Naples, May 12 Italian
Clara. Palermo. May 13....:..
Mohawk Jacksonville. May 21 .Clyde
Cof Columbus Savannah. May 21 . ..Savannah
WBPN'ESDAT. MAT 23.. .'^l
•Adriatic .Southampton. May IS^.W Star
•Carmapla........ Liverpool. May 17 CBBSM
•Havana Havana, Hay 22 Ward
•Sibiria Kingston. May ..Hamb-Am'
•Oruba Kingston. May 21.. R MSP.
Indrawadl Gibraltar. May 11
El Dorado Oalveston. May 19 So Pap
Poncho Galveaton, May 18 Mallory
San Marcos Galveston, May l'J Mallory
THURSDAY, MAT 2*.
•Mauretanla .Liverpool, . May CI . . . ..Canard
President Lincoln-Southampton. May 17.Hamb-A
Pannonia. ._.... Gibraltar. May 13 Cunard
Mendoza. Naples. May 13 Italian
Proteus ...... New Orleans. May 21. -So Pac
El Norte..-- Galveston, May £0 So Pac
•Brings malL
' OUTGOING STEAMERS
TO-DAY.
Man Vessel
Vessel. For. Line. closes. sails.
Hronp «"ecllte, Bremen. H 6 I. 6:30 a m 10:00 a m
Advance, Cristobal. Panama.. 11:30 a m 3:00 pm
Galicia. Pernambuco, H-Am.. 11:00 a m 1:00 pm
B Prince, Argentina, Prince. 12:00 m
Rotterdam, Rot' dam. Hoi-Am 10:00 am
America. Naples, Fabre 12:00 m
Manzanlllo. Cienfuegos. "Ward 12:0O w
\rapahoe. Jacksonville. Clyde . l:0Opm
C of Atlanta. Savannah, Say.. 3*o pm
WEDNESDAY. MAY 25. -•* />
Campania Liverpool. Cunard. 5:30 a m 9:ooam,
Majestic, Southampton. XV S. 6:oOam 9:30 am
Blucher. Hamburg, Hamb-A. B:3oam 10:00 am
M Washington, Azores. Aust. 10:00 am — —
Bermudian. Bermuda. Quebec 8:0O am lt>:OOam
"Westfalen. St Kltts. %~ : £? am - —
1 Dunstan, Para. Booth 12:00 m 3:oopm
E Prince. Santos. Hamb-Am. 12:00 m. 3:OOpm
Germania. Naples, F"abr"> — . . .-
Huron Jacksonville. Clyde... l:«npm
Rio Grande, Galveston. M'lory 1 :<*>p m
Comal. Tampa. Mallory ■ I'lOpm
THURSDAY. MAT 28.
P F Wilh»lm. Bremen. NGU «:3O a m : no a m
La Touraine. Havre French.. 7!0O a m 10:0Oam
P di Piemonte. M'vi'deo. Ital.. 0;0Oam 12:00 m
F.trXTanza, Havana. .Ward.... J>:3Oam 12:00 m
Zacapa, Jamaica, U FC0... . 0:30 m 12:0.> m
Hellig Olav. Copenhagen. *j_a 1 :0 Op m
C of Columbus, Savannah, Say ••:"•> p m
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
Close in N. Y.
Destination and steamer. PM.
Hawaii. Japan. COrea. China. Philip
pine Islands (via San Francisco)—
Tenyo Maru May 26. 6:30
Guam, Philippine Islands (via San -
Francisco* — U S transport June 1. h:3O
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Monday, May 23. i
1910.
ARRIVED
Steamer Chicago <Fr). Havre May 14. to th« j
Cbmpagni© Generate Transatlantlque, with 230 !
cabin and 825 steerage passengers ami mdse. j
Arrived at the. Bar at midnight 22d,
Steamer Clothilde Cuneo (Xor), Port Antonio
May 18, to the- Cuneo Trading Co, with fruit. i
Arrived at the Bar at 7:15 a m.
Steamer En«stad (Nor). Jacksonville May SB)
to the Munson Ss Line, •with, lumber. Left I
Quarantine at 12:30 p m.
Steamer Bermudian <Br>. Bermuda May 21. to >
A B Outerbridge & Co. with 145 passengers, j
mails and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 9a m.
Steamer Jefferson, Newport News and Norfolk. !
to the Old Dominion Ss Co, with passengers and |
mdse. Left Quarantine at 2:08 pm.
Steamer Moltke (Ger), Genoa May 10 and \
Naples 11, to the Hamburg-American Line. -with.
239 cabin and 1.115 steerag* passengers and,
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 1 pm.
Steamer Orotava (Br>. Bermuda May 21. to
Sanderson & Son. with 65 passengers and mdse.
Arrived at the Bar at 2:15 p m.
Steamer Rio Grande. Galveston May 13 and
Mobile 17, to the Mallory Ss» Co. with mdse. f
Left Quarantine at »:<>B a m.
Steamer Momus. New Orleans May I 1?,I 1 ?, to the ■
Southern Pacific Co, with passengers and mdse. ;
Left Quarantine at 6:08 a m.
Steamer Manzaniilo (Cuban). Clenfuegos May ,
l»j. to the New York and Cuba Mall Ss Co. with, :
mdse. Arrived at the Bar at 2:4* a m.
Steamer Minnetonka (Br). London May 14. la
the Atlantic Transport Line, with 60 cabin ;
passengers and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at j
4:50 a m.
Steamer San Giovanni atal). Naples May It
to Hirzel, FeUmann & Co, with 22 cabin and I
1.553 steerage passengers and mdse. Arrived at
the. Bar at 1:SO a m. . ••
. Steamer Carib, San Juan and Afruadllla May :
13, Mayaguez and Ponce 14, Nabualjo 15. Huma
cao and Guantco 16. to the New York and Porti*
Rico Ss Ccf, with mdse. Arrived at the Bar at j
1:10 a m.
Steamer Bella fßr). Port Antonio May 17. to
the Atlantic Fruit Co. with 3 t»ssengers and |
fruit. Arrived at the Bar at 2:.T0 a m.
Steamer Coanio. Ponce. May 1-. Mayaguez 14
and San Juan IS. to the New York an.i Porto ;
Rico Ss Co, with 124 passengers,, mails and !
mil*. Arrived at the Bar at 1:0k" a m.-.
Sandy Hook. N J. May 3.°.. J»:3O p Wind ;
south, light breeze; thick fog; light sea.
V. : SAILED.
Steamers Atbara fßr). Quebec; <^ieppy Allison
(Br>, Philadelphia; Hamilton, Norfolk and New
port News. .'^
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.
ARRIVED.
Marseille". , May IS — Roma (Fr), New York via
Naples.
Glasgow. May — California (Br). New York via
Movillc. _ •_ .
Naples May 22. 6 a ir— Hamburg <Ger>, New
York.
Bremen. May 22. 1 p m— Bremen (Ger>. New .
York via Plymouth and Ch<*rtKninr.
London. May 23— Mlnsewa.xka «Br>. New York,
rernmiiburo. May 20— Grecian Prince tßr.) New
York via Barbados.
Rotterdam. May 21 — New York <Dutch>. tank.. ,
New York: Slrlus (Ger). New York.
Fishguan-i. May 23. 5:aS p m— Lusltania M?r».
New York for Liverpool (and prorwdedt. * .
Christlansand. May 22. 5 p m — fnite.l States
«Dan). New York for Copenhagen.
Naples. May 22. 2:3© a m — Oceaniiv (Ital), New-
York for Genoa.
Dover. May 23. P:l2 a m —^\"aderland <BcIg), New
York for Antwerp <and proceed«>d>.
Plymouth. May 23. 0:57 a — Kaiser TVtlhHm
<If-r <.?ros»e (Ger>. New York for CherlK>urs
and Bremen <and proceede-3>.
Bordeaux. May ltv Hudson (Fr). New York.
East Ixindon. May If*— Kent™ (Hr), New York
via Cmf>+ Town. etc.
Uverpool. May 22— Baltic (Br). New York via
Flshsuani; Caronla (Br). New York via
FlshKUard.
Singapore. May 23 — Indradeo (Br). New fork f"r ■
Manila. Montr Kong. etc.
Aden. May 23 — Wildenfel» (t>r>. New York.
Suez. May 23— Hudson <Br>. Manila via Colombo
for Boston and New- York; Spanish I'rint-e t
(Br). Bombay for New York.
Kobe. May 23 — Kasama (Br), New York via !
Sabang, etc.
Port Said. May 22— Albensa (Ger). New York
. for Hong Kong. *
Trieste. May — Laura (Aust). New York m;*
Naples, etc. „-•./.,
SAILED.
JJt ' Vincent. C V. May Indrea (Br>. (from
New York). Melbourne, etc.
nio de Janeiro. May IS— Voltaire (Br*. New
* York.
Antwerp. May 21 — ClematU "Beig). FemanMina:
Parthenla <Br>. New York.
Hull. May 22— Toronto (Br>. New York.
Flume, May 21 — Ultonta «Br). New York.
PASSED.
Gibraltar. May 22.— Massllla «Br). N>w § Y.jrk
- and Philadelphia, for Marseille*.
Si illy. May 23— Buffalo (Br>. New York for
Gibraltar. May 23— Due* de?ll Abruzzl iltali.
New York for Naples and Genoa.
• AMUSEMENTS.
THOMPSON * SPY'S
L.UNA PAR
The rark that nv«l' mow fIPFM
the .Moon r»rtio.i» HUH WTfcll
— " CONF.Y ISLAND'S CRK.VTT. K
DREAMLAND
SO NEW SHOWS— FREE CIRC! -
EVERYTHING >E« BUT THE OCEAN.
Following* the beaten path 13
all very well, but most of us Lie
to deviate a little now and then,
• Norfolk jackets suits, for -in!,
stance, are a welcome chum
from plain sack suits. i;*3j|ii
'Specially for golf and gen
eral country wear. *„»»«%*
Norfolk s — with inverted
plaits." ■ .^
Hot oiks — without boj
plaits.
$20 to $38.
i
Straw hats!
Every good sort !
Every- «lay now! ill
•■"'• " " ~
Caught in a shower of luci!
'*£'/*'■'■" 1 500 umbrellas.
85c each. '
Rogers Peet & Company,
Three Broadway Stores
at at ,t
Warren st. 13tb St. 34th s
[ BUT BY THE MARK.
AMUSEMENTS.
>KW YORK'S LEADING TKKATKEf
CM PI DC B # way and 40th St. E'.-»s. *:li
CiYlrlnC Mats. Tom' iv. and Sat.. 2:l->-
LAST 11 NIGHTS. LAST 4 MATINEES.
SS. 8 !?" CASTE
GARRICK
. ted."- H»raW.
Henry Miller 111 1 ;;>
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HUDSON Vt
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J2S.T. The Chocolate SoHiergg
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ROSE STAHL &yjS
.^t.l Mating OwWt*"" "*j i*J
Rarxaln Mutiny Wwto^AMj. ;
H. B. Warner .V.^JinwilW^
Madison Square Gard^
Real Estate and
Ideal Homes Show
Musi* *ft*rnootw an<l^*^\. ,",^
Victor Herbert's ,°^" fd*i.«. -'jj
Grandest »Rsr*gatkm of *J0I*!J 0I *!* afts . C*<
■uhurbatr exhibits, arts an^ '^w T*Y
building method* OJrt and n ' W^ENTS- t
concert hall. APMISSIOX^ 8?
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