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OUT OF WINDOW TO DEATH
Victim of Fall a Founder of Local
Cotton Exchange.
ASTHMA COMPLAINT BLAMED
Lack of Signs of Despondency
Convinces Son Di Zerega
End Was Accidental
Louis Herman Augustus Zere-ga di " ■ -■-
ira. seventy-six years old. cue of the found
ers of the New York Cotton Exchange,
was killed Instantly yesterday morn i by
a Mi from the rear window of his apart
ment on the eighth floor of the Hoffman
Arms. No. 640 Madison avenue, into the
yard hi the rear of BEaaett res Candy-
Kitchen and Restaurant. No. M East KKh
street.
The aged man was a victim of acute
asthma and for three years had been un
able to He down in bed. but at night had
slept near a window in a reclining chair.
He was still la his pajamas yesterday
morning at 10:45 o'clock when his body
hurled through the air to the pave
ment of the little- yard, splitting his skull.
Mr. Di Zerega lived with his wife and
ton and daughtor-in-law. but no member
of the family was in the room when he
ML They had left him resting more com
fortably than usual in bis reclining chair
by the window. Lizzie Reynolds, one of
the two maids in the household, was mak
ing a bed In a room two doors removed
from that of the aged broker and heard
him call for a cup of black coffee. He had
found that black coffee always relieved
him when the asthma threatened to stifle
htm. The maid ran to get the coffee for
him and return! in time to Bee his slip
pered feet disappear over the window sill.
Harry Wright, employed' by a florist
In 60th street, saw the body revolve once
as it passed the second story. Ho was at
work in an adjoining yard and immediate
ly scaled the fence and ran through the
restaurant out into £9th street, where he
found Thomas J. Quilty, a bicycle patrol
man. But before Quilty could reach the
BBOt the restaurant chef had hastened out
and cover- the body w'th an apron.
Delay in Removal of Body.
And there it lay for three hours and a
half, although Quilty had immediately got
permission from the Coroner for its removal
to the rooms of the family In the Hoffman
Arms. The delay was due to the under
taker, In the mean time the curious had a
chance to inspect the premises and the lit
tle huddled figure beneath the apron from
the Bar window of the candy kitchen.
.-•ant contemplation of the scene gave
I. Gottlieb, manager of the candy shop.
and C. TV. f innrr Its proprietor, the idea
of the fallowing fiction:
He and Lisner were out In the little back
yard playing ball, Gottlieb said, when they
}<=£-■! a shout for them to stop. and. look-
Ing up. saw Mr. di Zerega in the window.
Gottlieb was pitching some swift balls to
Ltaner. his story runs, and a few of them
pot by the latter, hitting the fence be
hind, which la three feet from the rear wall
of the HcSman Anas, with considerable
force and noise. Other nervous occupants
of the adjoining buildings had called out
to them to stop on previous occasions, he
said. They paid no attention to the old
man's plea.
Gottlieb had just, curled himself for a
master drive, he went on, when the aged
broker yelled: "Look out below!" The
pitcher let the ball go, he declared, and as
Lisner reached for It the body just missed
The catcher, striking two feet away. Lis
j.er was being congratulated all morning on
his narrow escape. But it was explained
later that V-o one was in the yard at the
lime
Dr. Louis Augustus -31 Z-e-rega, son of tike
dead man. who has offices in the Sydenham
Building, at No. 616 Madison avenue, said
he had left his father in the morning in
good spirits, since the hot weather always
helped his trouble, and had Brat heard of
his death when called on the telephone at
11 o'clock.
Son Called It Accident.
-> was positive the death was accidental,
Eince there had never been an evidence of
despondency, he said, and the aged suf
ferer had been In the habit of leaning out
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By LOUIS TRACY
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of the window, gasping for air, during
every severe attack of asthma, lie thought
he must have leaned too far out and lost
his balance.
This was the opinion of Dr. Lehane, cor
oner's physician, who made an Inspection
for the coroner's office. Thef police said the
dead man sigmed a new three-year lease of
his apartment only a day or so ago.
Mr. di Zerega was born in St. Thomas,
D. W. 1.. Mi November 28, 1533, son of
Augustus Zerega dl Zerega and Eliza
If— rrll van Uytendaele, Baroness yon
Bretton. His mother, a Danish noblewom
an, died in this city only a year ago, aged
ninety-nine years. The son was graduated
from th* University of Brussels in 1851.
and OHM shortly afterward to New York
City, where he married In 1563 Miss Eliza
beth Herring Conkling. His son. the phy
sician, was born In I*4. and a daughter in
MM The latter is the wife of Charles
Stapleton Tel ham- Clinton, of Buckingham
shire. England, eldest son of Lord Charles
Pelham-Clinton. who is the second son of
the late Duke of Xewcastle-Under-Lyme,
Mr. di Serega was a member of the firm
of Cromwell & Zerega, cotton merchants
and brokers, founders of the New York
Cotton Exchange, the firm becoming later
L, H. Zerega & Co. He retired from busi
ness In ISS& He was a member of the
Manhattan and City clubs. Arrangements
for the funeral have not yet been made.
CUTS OFF WIFE IN WILL
Husband's ; Attempt at Murder
Followed by Small Bequest.
Mrs. Arthur Brady, whose husband died
suddenly on July 18, following: his at
tempted murder of her In their home, in
GoMens Bridge, in the northern part of
Westchester County, on June 28, is cut off
with a bequest of only $2,500 In the will,
which "was filed in the Surrogate's office
at "White Plains, yesterday.
Mr. Brady Is believed to have left a very
large estate. Moreover, instead of making
his widow the custodian of their infant
son, George Todd Brady, the testator
names his brother, Edward Brady, as the I
boy's guardian.
After making the bequest to Mrs. Brady.
"In lien of all right of dower in the es
tate." the wll! leaves the entire estate to
the son. and Mr. Brady stipulates that in
case of his death it ?ha!l go to his niece,
Julia Brady, and his nephew. Stebbins
Brady, share and share alike.
Mr. Brady's father was one of the largest
land owners in the northern section of
■Westchester County. He received $500,000
when the city nf New York condemned a
large tract, which included much of his
;r.. ; *rty, for watershed purposes. Mr.
Brady was a paralytic for a number of
years and was jealous of his young wife.
W"h:le he was arrested, yet he was not
taken from his home, because of his feeble
condition.
MAY FREE SMEATON TO-DAY
Brooklyn Merchant Refuses to Further
Assist His Son.
Robert Sineaton. jr.. wayward son of
Robert Smeaton, a well known Brooklyn
merchant, may be released from Raymond
Street Jail to-day, as his employers in
Richmond, Va, have refused to prosecute
him.
The youth's father, apart from sending
him changes of clothing to the ja!l, said
hi? son must not expect any aid from him.
"The young man must take the conse
quences of his offence and not feel that he
can tall back on me when he gets Into
trouble." said the father. "If he is re
leasec it will give him a chance to show
what be is made of, and it is quite likely
thai his late experience may be the mak
ing: of him. for despite what he has don*
be baa good traits."
POLICE SERGEANT RYAN DEAD.
Patrick Ryan, a police sergeant of the 2d
Pr tact, died yesterday of acute gastritis
in Dr. Lloyd's sanatorium, St. Nicholas
E - and 150 th street. He was forty-three
I iza '"Id and had been on the force about
fifteen v( =ar? He leaves a wife and an
eight-year-old daughter
WOMAN HELD FOR BURGLARY,
Anna <~" Wilson, of No. 115 East 19th
street, was held in Si ,ooo bail on a charge of
burglary by Magistrate Krotel in Jeffer
son Market court yesterday. Guests of the
New Amsterdam Hotel, at Fourth avenue
and 24th street, were the complainants. De
• ■-- alleged they had recovered some
of the -'■ - poods In the woman's rooms.
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WEDNESDAY. fEtflfttßt. * **
FIRE AT THE NAVY YARD
Fifty Cans of Powder Aboard
Ordnance Lighter Burn.
CREW JUMPS INTO WATER
Heroism of Sailor Saves Craft
Laden with Large Cargo
of Ammunition.
Flames spouting from about fifty cans of
smokeless powder made the ordnance de
partment's lighter Shrapnel, in Wallabout
Channel, look like a small volcano yester
day morning. For a time there was much
excitement at the navy yard.
The powder, which was being transferred
from the suppJy ship Culgoa, had been sent
from Boston for shipment to lona Island.
The shipment consisted of 1,800 cans from
the battleship New Jersey, and was believed
to have become stale, in which condition it
is highly dangerous. The lighter was
promptly cast adrift from the side of the
Culgoa, and the fifteen men on board had
to jump into the river to get away from
the heat and the danger of explosion of
pome of the cans which had their tops on
tight. •
The men were all picked up by a launch
from the Culgoa, the only one seriously in
jured being Everett McDonald, who was
taken to the naval hospital. Ensipm John
R. Beardall and Midshipman Raymond G.
Thomas were slightly burned in an attempt
to get the cans of blazing powder away
from those which had not Ignited.
The hero of the occasion was a sailor on
the Culgoa's launch, who jumped on board
the liphter. and after falling on the deck
and dislocating his right elbow succeeded
in making fast the hawser by which the
Shrapnel was towed to a place where no
harm could come to the other ships. He
then jumped overboard and was picked up
by a launch.
Tugs pulled the lighter out into the river,
■where the powder burned itself out and the
flames on the boat itself were extinguished.
The lighter's deckhouse was destroyed, her
crane boom burned away and some of her
deck planks were charred. The Culgoa had
some paint taken off on the port side for
ward and the ratlines of her port fore rig
ging were burned away, with her bridge and
searchlight weather cloths. The receiving
ship Hancock escaped damage, although It
was feared she would be hit by the lighter.
It is not known how the powder became
ignited, but it is generally believed that it
was due to spontaneous combustion. Mc-
Donald and another salior. named McPad
den. were handling one of the cans, when
the top, which was only partly fastened
on, blew off and a spout of yellow flame
shot out over the other cans on the light
er's deck. In a flash the cans were giving
an imitation of a set of gigantic Roman
candles, with all hands rushing to save
the other vessels first and themselves after
ward, and the entire navy yard in an up
roar.
Commander Harry Phelps of the Culgoa
and Captain Cowles of the Hancock had
their men busy on the instant, and the yard
tugs began pumping water on the fire and
trying to get a line on the blazing lighter.
In ten minutes the danger was all over,
but it was a close shave for the Culgoa, as
there was a large quantity of powder still
on her decks and in her hold when the
plates of her port side were becoming
heated. The total loss was estimated at
about |7,Q00
Rear Admiral Leutze, commandant of the
yard, and Lieutenant Commander Clark,
inspect-on officer, began an investigation of
the accident, and information regarding It
was at once sent to the department in
Washington
ATTACKS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Magistrate House Says System Bears
Hardest on Honest Men.
Magistrate Frederick B. House, sitting
in the Tombs police court, yesterday at
tacked the present system of criminal pro
cedure, declaring that the chances were
a!! against the injured parties. His at
tack was caused by an extradition case
before him, in which Samuel Gordon, who
is wanted in San Francisco on a charge
of burglary, was being held on a telegram
from the San Francisco police
Gordons counsel declared that he would
ask for a writ of habeas corpus, where
upon Magistrate House pointed out some
of the weak points of the present system
He said:
"Each year makes it mere difficult for
the honest, sslf-respecting citizen to secure
justice. We seem to be little concerned
with the plight of the man who is held
up and sandbagged. All our sympathy i&
for the prisoner charged with the offence.
He is carefully looked after and all his
rights guarded, while the complainant is
put to every conceivable inconvenience."
Magistrate House then held Gordon
twenty-four hours longer, under the same
bond
THEIR ZEAL STILL UNABATED
Suffragettes Swelter, but Swerve Not,
Striving Steadily.
The thermometer has not yet been able
to abate the zeal of the laborers in the
caase < f woman suffrage, and the many
persons in the city who are in search of
outdoor recreation for the evenings can.
if they choose, find many opportunities to
beguile the time by 'istenlng to the various
arguments in favor of extending the fran
chise to those members of society who in
the past have been exhorted to stay at
home.
This evening the Equality League of
Sr-lf-supporting Women will have a mat
ing at 125 th street and Lenox avenue.
Miss L, L. Dock, who has charge of the
newsstand kept by this organization in
West 22d street, reports that a number
of the men working on the new sky
scraper at 22d street and Fourth avenue
have stopped at the stand to get buttons
for their wives.
At the regular Thursday evening meet
ing of the woman's suffrage party, which
will be in the vicinity of Times Square this
week, Mrs Leede Forest will speai
KITTLE BEFORE FEDERAL JURY.
Charles A. Kittle, of the brokerage firm r>t
S H. P. Pell & Co., appeared before the
federal grand jury yesterday in compliance
with the order of Judge Hand. The fed
eral body was investigating the cotton
bull pool, and It was said that Mr. Kittle
was sworn and then pleaded his constitu
tional rights and was not compelled to give
testimony. He whs in the jury room only a
few minutes.
HELD FOR THEFT FROM MAILS.
Joseph Ehasburg. of No. 132 East 323 d
street, was held by United States Commis
sioner Shields yesterday under $1,500 bail
on a charge of stealing from the mails.
Eliasburg is a laborer in the. postal service,
and was trapped after inspectors had been
trying to trace thefts in his division, th«
package section.
HURT ALIGHTING FROM AUTO.
While alighting: from an automobile at the
Manhattan entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge
yesterday Miss Augusta Carman, living at
Bay 17th and 86th streets, Bath Beach,
tripped and fell against a wagon. The ve
hicle was driven by George H. Eifert. She
was taken to the Hudson Street Hospital,
and after being treated for a sprained ankla
Biie was bklo to go horn*.
MIW INQUIRY REPORT
Governor Hughes to Get Papers
To-day from District Attorney.
EXONERATION IS EXPECTED
Magistrate's Action in Releasing
Prisoners on Bail Perfectly-
Regular, Says Corrigan.
Acting District Attorney Nott will for
ward to Governor Hughes to-day a report
of his investigation of the conduct of
Magistrate Peter T. Barlow last March, in
releasing under $5,000 ball each three men
arrested at the request of the Boston
police for burglaries committed in that
city. The trio disappeared as soon as re
leased and have not been found since.
They were Joseph and Jacob Goldberg and
Harris Rothstein. It is expected that the
report will exonerate Magistrate Barlow
from any suggestion of irregularity.
Moses A. Sachs, of No. 65 Park Row,
who was attorney for Roth^tein and the
two Goldbergs, said yesterday that on the
day the meu were arraigned before Magis
trate Barlow in the Jefferson Market Court
he had protested against their bail being
placed at $10,000 each.
"I had no idea of being able to furnish
bail." he said, "but I made the protest as
a formality. The detectives who arrested
the men asked for the bail to be fixed at
$10,000 apiece. I tried to have it reduced to
$2,500 each, and Magistrate Barlow said
that if I would furnish property sureties
he would consider a reduction of the baiL
I did not hear anything said by the detec
tives at the hearing about connecting the
men with other crimes in this city and
Philadelphia, and I told the magistrate
that I did not believe they could be re
turned to Boston on the evidence presented
in that case.
"When I went out of the court I found
the wives and families of the men and
some of their friends waiting for me.
They suggested to me the two men for
bondsmen. On was David Gluck and the
other was a man named Cherry. I did not
know them, but I had heard of them, and
when I looked them up I found them all
right. I went back the next day, I think
it was Tuesday, and in open court offered
bail for the three men in $5,000 each.
Magistrate Barlow examined the sureties
and accepted them.
"The bail never was fixed at $10,000 and ■
afterward reduced. Bail was not fixed at
all at the first hearing, but the case was
adjourned for two days with the under
standing that bail would be fixed at a
lower sum than $10,000, if I could furnish
proper sureties. Five thousand dollars was
not fixed on as the bail until I came back
on Tuesday and showed that I could fur
nish that sum.
"When the adjourned hearing was called
on Wednesday, the prisoners had- skipped.
I think they were scared by the threats to
connect them with crimes here ■ and in
Philadelphia, as well as the Boston affair.
I don't believe they could ever have been
returned to Boston. I think it was simply
a case of their getting frightened. I have
been trying to find them ever since, and I
expect to get them and return them to
custody. I am working with the police
on this " .
Magistrate Corrigan said yesterday that
Magistrate Barlow was perfectly within his
rights in fixing the bail of the three men
at any sum he chose.
"If the men were held on a telegram
from Boston." he said, " it really was not
legal to hold them at all, and if Magis
trate Barlow had fixed the bail at $10,000
apiece they could have gone to a Supreme
Court justice the next day and got a writ
of habeas corpus. Of course, if there was
a witness from .boston on hand, or if
there were papers from Massachusetts, that
would put a different face on the matter.
But from what I know about it 1 can't
see that Magistrate Barlow did anything
not perfectly correct legally.
"The case has not come before the
Board of City Magistrates and I do not
know that it will. The investigation by
the District Attorney and the action by the
Governor will have to come first. I can't
say what the board will do after the
Governor acts."
Magistrate Barlow issued the following
statement last night:
The request of his excellency the Gov
ernor to the District Attorney of New lork
county in regard to the forfeiture of ban
m the matter of Rothstein and others, who
were arraigned before me in the last days
of March has bten erroneously stated in
several of the newspapers. The facts are
perfectly simply. Three men, Rothstein
and two others, were arraigned before me
un Saturday, March 27. On their own con
-ent they were remanded to Ponce Head
quarters and were arraigned on the follow
in ~ Monday, when a short affidavit was
to me and signed by one of the
L hree arresting officers. This affidavit
stated that on information received by the
officer he had arrested the three defend
ants believing that they had committed a
burglary in Boston. They were prisoners
on the charge of burglary and nothing else.
At the request of the officers I held the
three defendants for further examination
on this short affidavit, which requested,
among other things, that they be held a
reasonable time, so that further evidence
might be procured against them.
No question having arisen as to extradi
tion or interstate comity, I held the de
fendants in $10,000 bail, despite the protest
of their counsel. Mr. Sachs, and I said to
Mr. Sachs at the time of holding that if
he would give me first class real estate
sureties I would reduce the hail to $5,000.
This statement was made in the presence
of many people in the courtroom and of the
arresting officers.
The following day Mr. Sachs brought
what he told me were proper sureties to
my house, and I there took bail in $5,000
each. Subsequently the defendants failed
to answer wnen their cases came up for
hearing and the bond was forfeited in due
course.
Neither the reduction of the bail nor the
taking of a bond in my own houee, nor any
circumstances In regard to the entire mat
ter, except the. original fixing of this $10,000
bond, was in any way out of the ordinary.
Everything that I did in the matter was
absolutely regular and strictly in conform
ity with my rights as a magistrate. I
notice in one of the papers the statement
that I am a Republican and that I waa
appointed by Mayor Strong. I have been
an independent Democrat all my life and
owe the honor of my appointment to Mayor
Low.
PLANS LARGE DRYDOCK FOR CITY
Dock Commissioner TomkJns said yes
terday that among the plans which he was
considering was one for a drydock that
wculd be of sufficient size to accommodate
large vessels, such a3 the Lusltania and
the Mauretania, which at present have no
place to haul out near this city. He
thought such a dock would be a source of
profit to the city. Engineers are engaged
in making preliminary surveys in order to
find out the best place for a dock.
BRUTAL PATROLMAN DISMOUNTED
Found guilty on complaint of Mrs. Anna
Tinkham of brutally beating his horse.
Mounted Patrolman John B. Copeland. of
Traffic Squad C, was yesterday ordered
transferred to "the penitentiary precinct."
Mercer street, to d) patrol duty. In addi
tion Copeland was fined thirty days' pay.
He was at one time known as the "model
cop" of the polce force.
GIUSEPPE CAMBARO 18 BURIED.
Peter Cambaro. a brother, and the wife
and five children of Giuseppe Cambaro were
the only persons who yesterday followed to
Calvary Cemetery the body of the man put
to death in the electric chair at Stng Sing
on Monday for the murder of his brother.
Cambaro'H body was brought to the city
yesterday afternoon by the Rev O. S<Motta.
pastor of the. Church of St. Philip de Neri,
Bedford Park, who is the Italian, chaplain
at Siof Sui*-
TO BID ON RAISING MAINE
John Arbuckle Requests Use of
Inspection Vessel. "
John Arbuckle sent telegram, yesterday
to Beekman Winthrop. AcUiUP Scc "J*? Zl
Se Navy, and to the Acting Secretary of
War." in which he said that Jo
make an examination of the Maine before
ha submitted his bid for raising her. The
telegram follows:
To gSS&SFSS' SS d Judy 26. 1910.
RSSt o^o?Sv\ 7..e1.»7 ..el.»a 5 .J n nsP S5
rSr n^e a . V Tob^e e g ra^" £«*
Secretary War will e T x P^- ARB UCSKLB.
Care Arbuckle Bros.. No/ 71 Water street.
Mr. Arbuckle's telegram to the Acting
Secretary of War was as follows:
Admiral Evans has examined mymgs
and plans for raising the Maine, and^w rues
raistoe the Main« and consider it in -en-
W ! y w P O r uTd tiC lfkT-;'o ro to Washin^on
first cool day and show you models ana
drawings for raisin* the Maine, Ask that
the highest ability *.Hiong the arra> cSm
neers examine my plans and models m com
petition with others. • Have raised the is*
varian, the Mount Temple, the T.nUea
States cruiser Yankee, the **%™£j££
hawk and the merchant steamer Massacnu
setts, 6,000 tons. ' . th i are .
These vessels were abandoned by the ia. g
est wreckers in the United States and Can
ada. Have not had a single failure.
RUSSELL'S CLOSE SHAVE
Biplane Turns Somersault, but
He Escapes Injury.
Garden City, Long Island, July 26 (Spe
cial).—As a result of taking too many
chances with a stiff wind George Russell j
narrowly escaped death here to-day. After
one round of the course . Russell started
around again. He was twenty feet from I
the ground when a gust of wind forced j
him to descend quickly. .He r;in along the
ground for two hundred yards, and was
about to go into the air again when one .
of the wheels ran Into some soft earth.
The shock threw the control from Rus
sell's hands and the machine pointed
straight into the air. The air dropped j
from beneath the planes and the machine
turned a complete somersault, landing on i
its top, with the engine pointed in the air. ■
By some piece of good luck. Russell was
thrown clear of the biplane, which was
about completely wrecked.
Russell was not in the least discouraged
by the accident, but said that he Intended
flying again as soon as the machine could
be fixed, and that he was not going to
wait a very long time for the wind to let
up either, as he thought the biplanes could
be made to fly against the wind if aviators
kept up their nerve.
Captain Baldwin made a number of fast
and successful flights after the wind had
died down shortly before sunset. Baldwin
made four flights, making two turns of
the course each time.
His fastest flight was on his second
round, which he made in 1 minute 29Vs sec
onds, at the rate of sixty-four miles an
hour. His engine worked perfectly, and
his biplane, which is now painted red. shot
through the air like a bullet. Baldwin
maintained an average height of about
sixty feet, and flew on an almost horizontal
line from start to finish.
HERO? NO; BUT HE WAS THIRSTY
Man Who Stopped Runaway Scorned
Fame and an Ambulance.
The women and children along 27th street
near Third avenue wanted to make a hero
of William Reilly last night, but he
wouldn't stand for it: neither would he ac
cept Dr. Baker's offer to take him to
Bellevaie Hospital in an ambulance. "Xo.
nothing like that." he insisted. "I'm
thirsty— if you can take the hint— that's
all."
Reilly. -who is about twenty-five years
old, was at 27th street and Third avenue
at about 7 o'clock when a horse came gal
loping down the street, followed by a boy.
He jumped at the horse, threw his arms
around its neck and then caught him by
the bridle- Then Reilly lost his footing
and was dragged for about ten feet. But
he stopped the horse.
EVIDENCE AGAINST SEYDEL
Friend of Dead Italian Testifies
Shooting Was Not Justified.
Poughkeepsie. N. V., July 26. — That
Clement Demoran, the well-to-do Italia 1
hotelkeeper and contractor at West Park,
who was shot and killed last Sunday by
Louis Victor Seydel, of New York, who hab
a summer home at West Park, did nothing
to warrant the fate he met was the most
important testimony adduced to-day before
Coroner Hasbrouck, of Highland.
Coroner Hasbrouck began his inquest this
afternoon Jnto 'he death of Demoran. Dr.
William Kimball and Dr. Irving Kimball,
of Rondout, testified that one of the bulleis
fired by Seydel pierced Demoran's heart
and the other passed through his thign,
causing instant death.
The only other witness examined was an
Italian friend of the dead man. who to!d
the Coroner that Demoran was driving past
the Seydel place, when Seydel objected.
Words followed, and Seydel ran Into h!s
house, returning with a revolver and shoot
ng Demoran, killing him instantly. Tho.
witness stated that Demoran did not threat
en Seydel in any wiy.
The inquest was adioumed until next
Monday.
MAY SELL SECURITIES NOW
Court Modifies an Old Injunction in
Fidelity Funding Case.
Justice Bischoff yesterday made an order
modifying an injunction granted on Novem
ber 10, 1908, by the late Justice Truax, so
as to enable the Carnegie Trust Company
to dispose of certain securities of the- Fi
delity Funding Company, of which Patrick
J. Kiernan was vice-president and pro
moter.
Justice- BischofTs order directs the Car
negie Trus'. Company to hold the money
realized from such sale until the further
order of the court, but without prejudice
to the rights of the company in Its claim
or contention that it is the owner, and
without prejudice to the rights of the re
ceiver in his claim to any surplus which
may be realized. The total amount of the
securities is more than $400.00 ft
CHICAGO NOW A "SEAPORT."
That Is, City Has Continuous Water
Course to the Ocean.
Chicago, July Chicago is now connect
ed with St. Louis and other Mississippi
River ports, and therefore with the ocean,
by a continuous water course deep enough
for barges and other craft of light draft.
The connecting link between the drainage
canal and the old Illinois and Michigan
Canal at Lx>ekport was formally thrown
open yesterday, and now all is ready for
the initial voyage of steel barges between
St. Louis and Chicago.
It is estimated that the link will afford a
channel with at least five feet of water.
COTTON MILLS CLOSE.
Manchester. N. H.. July 36.— The manage
ment of the Stark Cotton Duck Mills here
announces that all departments of the plant
will be idle from July 29 to August 15, The
plant employ* about fifteen hundred opera
tives. *■
WOOLLEN FACTORIES SHUT DOWN
Lowell, Mass.. July 26.— The Bay State
Mills in Colllnsville have closed tot two
weeks. They are owned by the American
Woolen Company.
NOVENA OFJT^ANN ENDED
Many Thousands Attend Devo
tions on Closing Day.
From sunrise to midnight yesterday from
forty to fifty thousand persona pressed Into
the little church of St. Jean Baptiste. in
East 76th street, to take part in the de
votions of St. Ann's Da>-, the close o
novena or nine flays' prayer
Not all were seeking favors. Many were
there to offer thanks for graces received
on previous occasions, and many ex-voto
offerings were deposed about the shrine.
Among the devotees were four hundred
persons who had come on a pilgrimage b:
lx>at from Bridgeport. Conn. Many of
these were Italians, and one woman, who
said that through the intercession of St
Ann she had been relieved from the neces
sity of an abdominal operation, deposed at
the shrine an abdominal cast in wax as a
token of thanksgiving. A waxen foot, a
couple of pairs of shoes and various oth<
objects demonstrated the faith of the pil
grims in the curative powers of St. Ann's
intercession.
While the thousands thronged the church,
however, one who had come to pray at the
shrin« failed to obtain the cure he sought.
and Joseph C. Moore, a prominent lawyer
of Westerly, Rhode Island, died at the
Hotel Webster, In 45th street. He was in
the last throes of pulmonary consumption,
and medical science held out no hope of
recovery when he besought his wtfa to
take him to the shrine in the little French
church. They attended the exercises on
Saturday and the relic of St. Anrt -wad ap
plied to the dying man's throat. He toad
his wife that he felt better, and returned
to the church twice on Sunday, and again
on Monday. He had begun to have some
hope that a miracle was to be performed
in his behalf, but on Monday evening he
had a relapse, and died early yesterday.
The Rev. Father Pa'rze delivered a
panegyric of St. Ann at 4 p. in. He coun
selled those who sought favors »to keep on
praying, as St. Ann had never faltered in
her devotion to God, he said, but had
prayed for nineteen years and in the
twentieth year of her prayers she was re
warded by the birth of the Virgin Mother
of Christ. While signal favor 3 had been
granted to many who had applied for
physical favors, he added, the spiritual
favors obtained had been much more
numerous and more important.
Next year the basement of the new
church, fronting on Lexington avenue, will
be ready for the pxercises of the novena.
NEW COAST ARTILLERY RECORD
Company Stationed at Fort Totten
Scores Eleven Hits in Eleven Seconds.
All records for service practice with
three- inch guns were broken at Sandy
Hook yesterday by the gunners of the
135 th Company, coast artillery corps, com
manded by Captain Carroll Power, sta
tioned at Fort Totten. This company held
the record for last year's practice and
bettered it yesterday, making eleven hit»
in 11 seconds, attaining a figure of merit
of 150. Th ; was nearly twice last year's
figure.
The practice was held at Battery Mor
ris, Fort Hancock, New Jersey, at a target
towed by a steamer at the rate of five
miles an hour. -The size of the target was
10 by 24 feet and the range was 2,150 yards.
COURT RELEASES JACK JOHNSON.
"Jack" Johnson, the negro pugilist, was
arraigned before Magistrate Krotel, in Jef
ferson Market court yesterday, charged
with obstructing a highway. Traffic Po
liceman Lawton said that Johnson left Mi
automobile seven feet out from the curb in
35th street Johnson and "Slg"' Hart. hi 3
secretary, denied this, and Johnson was re
leased.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise, 4:51, sunset. 7 Zl. mo->n r*.?es. 10 39;
moon's age. 2!
HIGH WATER.
AM P.M.
Sandy Hook 10:33 10:49
Governor's Island 10:45 10:59
Hell Gate 12:35 12:49
INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.
Vessel. From. line
•Cearen.se Para. July 12 Para,
•Copper.arne Port Spain. July 13 D "W I.
•Teutonic Southampton. July 20. Wh Star
•Korona; St .Thomas. July 21 Quebec
Comus New Orleans. July 20 So Pac
Ultoaia Naples. July 13 Canard
El Valle Galveston. July 21 So Pac
Camaguey Cienfuegcs. July 20 Ward
Cubana Nuev'.tas. July 22 Munscn
THURSDAY. JULY 2S. ■
•Monterey Vera Cruz, July 21 Ward
Caroline Havre, July 16 French
Bristol City Swansea, July 14 Bristol
Parthenla Antwerp. July 14 Phcenlx
Creole. . New Orleans. Ju!v 23... 50 Pac
C of Montgomery.Savannah. July 23... .Savannah
'FRIDAY. JULY 29.
•Santa Marta Kingston, July 24 Un Fruit
•C of Granada. ..Trinidad. July 21 Trinidad
•Seminole Turks Island, July 24 Clyd*
•Monterey Vera Cruz. July 21 Ward
Santiago Santiago, July 23 Ward
Stavangeren. . Baracoa. July 23
Rio Grande Galveston. July 22 Mallory
El Dorado Galveston. July 23 So Pacific
•Brings mall. . .
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.
Mall Vesrel
Vessel. For Line. closes. sails.
Campania, Liverpool. Cunard 5:30 a m 10:(X> a m
Adriatic, Southampton, W S 6:ooam 9:30 am
Luzon. Argentina 4:30 am
Bermudiar.. Bermuda. Quebec S:00 a m 10:00 am
Qu Maude. Argentina. A R P. 10:00 am
Cherokee. Turk's Isl'd. Clyde. 10:00 a m 12:00 m
Seneca, Santiago, Ward 12:0Om
Huron. Jacksonville. Clyde... 100 pin
San Marcos. Galveston. Mall'y • 1:00 pm
Comal, Tampa, Mallory 1:00 pm
THURSDAY. JULY 2S.
I.a Bretagne.- Havre. French. 7:00 a. m 10 00 a m
F der Grosse, Bremen, N G L 7:00 am 10:00 am
v de Larnga, Argent, Barber 2:00 am
Mexico, Havana, Ward ©:00 am 12:00 m
Altai. Inagua. Hamb-Am.... 9:00 am 11 00 am
Almirante. Jamaica, v F Co. 9:00 am 12:00 in
Purus. Bahla. ' Brazilian 1:00 p m
C of St Louis. Savannah. Say 3:00 p -3
FRIDAY. JULY 29.
P ■VTillem I, Haytl. R Dutch. 11:00 a m 100 d m
Colon. Cristobal. Panama ...11:30 ard 8:00 on
Seguranca. Nassau. Ward . . .12:00 m 300 n m
Inverlc. Montevideo. 12:00 m 300 nm
Apache. Jacksonville, Clyde.. 1:00 pig
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.
Destination and steamer. Close In N V P M
Japan. Corea, China (via Seattle)
Suevlc ....................... To— day «30
Japan. Cores. China (via Seattle)— ' "
Asa Maru July 28. 6-30
Hawaii (via San Francisco) — Will
helmlna ............... . July 29 6 - 3o
Hawaii. Guam. Philippine islands *
(via San Francisco) — U S Traris-
Tahttl. "MaVquesas: " (Mi islands' JUly * U "^
Australia. New Zealand (via San
Francisco)— Maiipoa* . Aur 1.6:30
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Tuesday. July 26,
1910. ::;-;
ARRIVED.
Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II (Ger) Bremen
July 10. Southampton and Cherbourg 20 IS
Oelrichs & Co. with 543 cabin. !::«;««„
BarTsWm Md "^ Arrlvw * " ""•
Steamer* Athlral (Or^k>, pir«u 8 July 7.
Glth on and Calamata 8. Patras 0 and V,l^r
mo 11. to V W Jackson, with 130 cabin H~>\
steerage passengers an.! mdso. Arrived at the
liar at S a m.
Steamer Carolina (Aust). TlllWi June 21
Flume 25. Palermo July S and Iran ,1 "to
Pholps Bros & Co. with mdse. Arrived a the
Bar at 8:15 a m.
Steamer Hellig Olav (Dan). Copenhagen
July 14. Chxlitlanla 15 and < 'hrl»tiap.s« l mto
l-unch. Kdya & Co, with 174 cabin. 4.V. it..,. .
age passengers, mails and mds*. Arrived at
the Bar at 2:40 p m.
Steamer Monroe. Newport News and Nor
folk, to the Old Dominion S« Co. with passen
gers and nvls.\ Left Quarantine at 3-15 p m
Steamer Concho. Galveston July 20 and Key
West 23. to the Mallory 8a to. with passen-
K«r« anil mdse. Left Quarantine at 11-0,% a m
Steamer Roma (Fr>. Marseilles July •.> an d
Naples 14, to .Itiin^s W Elwell & Co. with 14
cabin passenger*. 0M steerage pissengara aru l
mrlse. Arrived at th« Kar at 7:50 a ni.
Steamer Apache, Jacksonville .luly 23 an
Charleston 24. to the Clytlf Ss Co. with pas
sengers and mdse. Left Quarantine at 533
I> m. .
Steamer W'ndber. Tort Tampa for Carteret
Off Highlands at 7:11 .1 m.
Steamer Prln: August Wilhelm. K!n ion
OC Highlands at 3:20 p m.
Steamer Ma«*achn«etts. Puerto ¥«*w
I 13. and Philadelphia 25. to >n« * J *T
I Hawaiian Ca Co. with md*s. Arrtvv^* .
: Bar at 10:45 am. . _ '" « tj,
Steamer Olenwood (Br,>. C&lhtrim t r : *i
to the Munson 8« Line, with «u«a.r vi 1 *
\ at the Bar at 1:30 am. * **4a
Steamer Saratoga. Havana. jni v 231 ' . •'**"
; New York and Cuba Mall S« Co. wit Si-? **»
•engrsrs. malls and md*». Arrive » » tw '*•
I at 8:34 a m. «».B»r
Bt«M.m»r Noortlam (Dutch). Rotterdam ■
Boulogne July I*. to the Hollaad-AmJ?*
Line, with 510 cabin and 1.834 •teera!r»^
senders and m<ls«. Arrived at th« -o, ""**"
1220 am. , . . °* T * :': '
Steamer Simon Dumoli 'Nor). Puerto aw -
July 21. to the Atlantic Fruit Co with i»_?
Arrived at the Bar at 2:45 a m. - : "**?
Steamer Carib, OMWiMI July ♦» .'"' "•
Wilmington 23. to the Clyd* Ha Co. wiK ,2?
•enters and rr.dse. L<eft Quarantine «2* ■
a m. • "*•'.
Steamer Araaron. Georgetown July 23. „ t>* ;
Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, -with <,~? ■
ber. Left Quarantine at 6:35 a ra. 1!B3 -.,
BlaaaM* Prirz Aapaai "WinCim <O«r) «_
nllla July 14. Port LJmon 19. Colon 19 Kten£
21 and Fortune Island 23. to the HaaS?
American Line-, with &4 passengers an/j n£"'
Arrived at the Bar at 5 p m.
Sandy Hook. N J. July 23. &.3O p a— •^« a »
north: l!«t»t breeze; fair; hazy c 2 shore. naaoZ
sea. . --
Steamer Rosatlo dl Glorgrio <Nor). Par* ._
tcnlo July 21. to the Atlantic Fruit Co, t»i»}. ,
ras«*ng-r and fruit. Arrived at tin Ba r a , i
p m.
Steamer Korona (Br). St Thomas Js!y 21. *»
to A X Outerbridge * Co. with p<i3S«=^«rs. rjK
and mdse. Passed In Sandy Hook atU^> t> »
SAILED.
Steamers • Amazonenae (Br) Pan; j^|.
inc. Cristobal; Minnesota (Nor), Port j^.
tonio; Manzanillo (Cuban). Clenfuejot; Ch»«*.
peak*. Baltimore :■ Corslcan Prlne* <Br> p^.
nambuco; Ocmu'.gree.- Brunswick; Ch!3?r»i
Norfolk: Kronprlnz WJlhelm ,-■-. Bremen
Mohawk. Charleston and Jacksonville; x*»
Ycrlc City 'Br>. Bristol; Guiana (Br). r>Ta».
rara; Hamilton. Norfolk and Newport N*iri-
City of Savannah. Savannah; E! Dla. G%h-~tl
ten. Delaware Philadelphia. • \
STEAMERS AT FOREIGN PORTS.
ARRIVED
' Batavia. July 26 Redhlll (Br>. New Tor%
and Newport News via. Port NataL . „
; Melbourne. July 2fi — Btrathcl7de Br>. s**
York via St Vincent. C v
Glasgow. July — FVirr.essia (Br). New T*%
via Movllle-
Llverpool. July — Lusltanla. (Br). N-tt Tori
via Flshguard.
Bremen. July 2«. 11 a m — Kronprisz'Sfta
Cecllie (Ger). New York via Plymouth
and Cherbourg.
Genoa, July — Buencs Ayres (Span;. '•- »
To-k via Cadiz and Barcelona.
Durban. July 23 — Afghan Prince . Br;. X«w
York via Cape Town. etc.
Dunkirk. July 23 — Hud3oa (Fr). New 73:*
via Bordeaux.
Malta. July 25 — Gutenfels fQar), New Tori
for Port Said. Aden. »tc
Havre. July 25 — Us Cog fßr>. New York.
Marseilles. July — G«rtnania (FT). New Tori
via Naples.
Hull, July 25 — Galileo rßr>. New Tola
Naples. July 23 — Cltta d! Messina Pali *••
York via Norfolk.
SAILED.
T.lbau. July 19 — Russia 1 RuasV New Yorit
Naples, July Lulslana (Ital). New Tot*.
Venezla (Fr). New York.
Barbados. July -3—lkalls3 — Ikalls (Br) (from. Buepes
A.yre»). New York.
Huelva. July Kinsr Edsar (Br). New Tort..
Barbados. July 24 — Hubert (Br) (from New
York). Para,
Calcutta, July 24 — Parisian* (Br). Boston and
New York. ' ; : J . ' . . '■".
Singapore. July 24 Ir.drasamha (Br) 'tmw
Hioyo, eto. New York.
Bahia. July 22— Orange Prince (Br> •■--
Santos). New York.
"It never rains but it pours*
Having marked down ail our
two piece "outing" suits, the
Man with the Knife turns agans
to the regular summer mixture
suits.
Result — a fine lot of recruit*
for the ranks of the "revised."
With them drop 1100 suits
of gray serges part down to
each of the three extra-value
prices.
$15, $20 and $25.
Youths' sizes 'of summer
mixture suits are all reduced to
$12.50, $15 and $20.
Sizes 32 to 3." chest.
Also all our boys* long troo
ser suits are reduced.
Mixtures now $12 and 813.
"Outing;" now $10 and $12.
S:ze» 13 to 16 ypa. r '
Have you soft shirts enough
to last until Fall?
All our fancy "Star" and
"E. & W." negliges are now
reduced.
$1.50 to $1.15: the other
prices in proportion.
Rogers Peet & Company.
Three Broadway Stores,
at at m
Warren st. 13th st. 34th st
I AMUSEMENTS.
I JA C OW he PARIS wif^G^J
Atop N.T. Theatre. Evs.S:l,Y Tablw Chair* H
SMOKING. REFRF>HME>r>
F. ZIEOFEI.D. Jr. New >on« K-rvie.
FOLLIES of 1910
The New "Raff" Revue 1 Revelation. _
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Eves * 15. Mat. To-day. Boat Scats SI-3&
fbedebic pmi ICC en of
Tl^e P n^ N U3nL|tQ 60_rHEMi
Nont* of Them CO. mm of Th?ra Martl«d.
With Jo*. C«wth«ra and Maud* K*ra«»*
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MO IUX A- Sat. C: 15 Tcda M- . 3-V St*
gagg SEVEN DAYS
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LOW VEVEY, J^£/23
CASINO. By i 30th. Eve*. 9'" V. if §»«•■
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LYRIC. 42. W. of By. Ev.?:l3. Mat.Sat.2:lA
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KHth * Pr<H-t«>r'» I Boatrle* Ingam * Ca.
sTil5 Til AWE B" w » v . Taylor Holm Bis •> •
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Take Iron Steamboat*. -* -2.
MEETINGS. __^
QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE AMEKIC^
Institute. Thursday. Aus. 4th. lOtO. at 19 J* 1
Uih si . sp. m. I A. IJ. DAYTOX. 3*^l-9 <