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MRS SPENCER TELLS OF
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Says Father Subjected Boy to
Extremely Sc\ere Punish?
ment? 'Insanity in Family.
TWO ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE
Other Witnesses at Springfield ?
Murder Trial Tell of Defend?
ant's Queer Actions? Failed
in Most of Studies.
*?"?' If H'Tlr.'-III ?i :
hi? lif?. aroused :
? Martha 1! Black
?i"i:l?l'io(?4l. ne.?onliti-, |
i v. L L Bpaneer,
ok iiir witn. i ?jt*M)4 i..-?i.iv on
Witii.Hit ;?, riUUon
and '? display of emotion th?
? tol?l In ?-iiat ?l?'tail of :mnoroiis
?. which her hiMlMuid had i>un- ?
h ?xti. um
? lin ;i!in?uiit of I'linislnixni
pap ieoerrei by Um boy on each of th?'*" :
',:- admitted try the witn.ss mi
B, M well M Um fart thin
la DOW a i-Mincl'iy 8?'h?'C?l Miner- ;
intend- ' IB. Conn. TI?- tient? ;
.*- fai.-n r mame Her- j
.-':>< ii< it said, anil i
: <?? i':..:n ? -?arti.-uiarly Betrete beat
butt of a lii-avv
B*f liis father the boy
I , . no In I ii" bond.
? punishinenl which Bpon?
mthet teaUfied ii.ni a i?a?i ef?oet on
..." th. lad on a
h.i telUni him his bond
u ,.| binding him to a
i I an*big that th?
him.
I kid that I" rtram tried t<>
c ? DJ ??i"vv Ding and at an
ilmo by inking potwrn. Often, she
. ? a lia?] attacha <?f frenzy, fr??th
in^ ..; Um rnoutb nnd making stiuiiKe
. i ".y, while liis i ;.??;; !(iok??,1
?Animal. Muoh family
.it?*?l by Mrs, sp? now In
Of her own relatives
an.! ; insane.
Tell of Attacks by Spencer.
lofl the stand i
? I |*?***il*Md, 1'ia. ti
of outbursts Of ra*re
rni at h..nie.
Ut OI at the
.-. boya, i i
SiCtKer's l??.?k M
? ? ? told ?it
s and
wl.en
. K??C
inl 11. rn* n E bool, read
? r;t to which M I ' >' had
? n- !?,.?;? teetimony was d?
uln !?'. Cai Ci nu?
lle said that wben he and B]
? er told
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t 'ils fath? r v\ ?ni a shovel,
-*?.enoer
? in lut" th? Tli" v, Mn. :
I
? was
king.
A Kliitlve of the def? n I
of Not ?? i to a
rroni. waa In?
volve? ? I J ? i?rs
ago, i to shoot a man,
?d from pulling the trigger
:
r'a father, Wlll
l?lddletown, Conn., cor?
til Bpi tlrneny that
n an insane
? other of his rein
it teoUmony
?f tTVanklin,
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' -a.. bUt
I i ! M M S;?-ii
ii. on the i
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I ?n mental
VOUIIfi
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a. Spencer's Testimony.
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BANKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES LEAVING THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STATION
FOR THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION.
attacked by a h Ik h way m an and left lying
by the roadside On another oc?-*aKion,
when he wns held up, Bertram flred two
shots at his assailant, but the allots did
?iot take elTect.
An attempt of the defendant to commit
suld.'e by takln? laudanum when he was
nineteen yats old was described by the
witness, who said that her son told her
aftenvanl that he was tired of life and
that he bad had a love affair.
Narrow Escape from Death.
Mr-- Spencer ?dentiflcd n letter written
by ( . 1? Tllley. of Trovldenee, to her on I
Ueceml.er ."". IS'?1?.. The Olstrict Attorney !
d to the admission of the letter, but !
the eourt niled it competent inasmuch as j
the wiiier Is dend and the letter, the court ?
sal?!, should he regarded as the statement
Of a ?1'iease.i person. In the letter Mr.
Tilley said thut Bertram, who was at that
time living with the writer, had .been badly
cut in the wrist during a friendly boxing |
hoiit An artery hiul tveen severed and he I
d a narrow ?scape from death. The
letfr urged Mr Spencer to take Bertram
back home and forgive him, and It was
Mated that Bertram was in poor health. I
Boon nfteawtUd Bertram enlisted In the
nnvr, but served onlv eight months. The |
v.!;?.ss tlMn relntttd several incidents t<?
show that her son war subject to fits of {
ftenny, when he would froth at the mouth, j
make I peculiar guttural noise and wh?-n
"the eys of a wild
animal." as she described them.
Prom 18M *f. 1*01, Bertram wtis in ?Cali?
fornia, and his nv,th?-r was unable to tes?
tify rv?aga**dirig his ?-ondlttun at that time.
Ha came to Springfield In 1902. Mrs tpen?
cer declared, and se?-tired employment as
conductor ?.u ?*> troii.-y eor,
Mr?. Spcti^or said that she had tried
twice to fnd her life I y poison, once in
i?'?l and attain In 18i?r>. She then gave nj
?one; list of relatives and ancestors on both
r her son's family who had been In
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CURE FOR BLOOD TUMOR
Operation Made Possible by ;
Freezing the Growth.
????; h t.. The Trltin?-..
i k ipi la Nuv. 16 r>r. ftalph J"*?n
atetn, d??rmatnlogist of Unhnemann ?^ollege.
to-day gava I demonstration of his method
of tientlng ft With blood tumor over the
eye of an infant of six months, at the Chll
il?.iii.??ipatlil.- Hospital.
I ?? tumor was a!.out the size of a wal?
nut, bluish red In Color and seemed to com- :
mu?iente With the internal blood reate** of
the brain, Theae condlUooa nie tMMaMored
i i ii I?. ? -- ill.- to Irani from the stan?l].olnt of
a BUTgeon'a knlf?- owing to the close rula- ?
ti .is with th?' large hloo<! vessels and the?
hemorrhage which follow a the cut.
Dr. Bernateln'a method was to apply
ni??lili?-d soli.lifl? ?1 carlH.n dioxide In the
growth for aevevnl minuten, causing an in-1
? ting Of various parts of the |
tumOI ami producing what the surgeon*?
1 call thranabeafa of the varioua blood r?aa?
. - which, In Other words, means the
: freezing of the blood, thus cutting oft the
ippf- ?,, the tumor, and in this way eaus
Ing it-' gradual absorption. hiving In Its
! place l ntnooth, aearlem* ana with a nor
; m il skin l?o* ??Ting.
The l-nn..'1'.itiir" of the freezing sub
atnn?rt ' Di Iterant??? uaed otaa about
egreea below /.?io. The operation. Dr.
Rernateln exptatn<-d, is painless ami will
iiiiiii- .lia'.-!;. relMve an Infant ?>f an nns'ght.
ly turner which, would gradually extend
'over the eye i'nd lowef portion of the face.
j "JACK TH-" HUGGER" INSANE
? Attacked Score of Girls Before He
Was Caught.
on, x. I., Hor. is ?spc iai>. Albert
r, twenl; ?ema :?urs <<\?. a nvmher ot
? g promin? ni family in rassai? und gaatet?
?ant s?:?.? nt:t<i:d? nt In a large woolen mill.
'has a mal iiatur?. a- ??'?ling W medical
Offeivd in the Quarter Sessions
Court tO-dny, when he was arraigned on
king mor?- than a s?"te ?>f
young won..-?! al valions, times. Judge
*.ane. He will be
emmltted to the nsylum at Morris Plains.
fat the poll ?? ->f I'asaal? were
myatltWd by the attacks on young women.
and the aaaallanl i..-?aine known as MJneh
i th<- Hugger." His custom was to hide !>??
;r??.- or telegraph pole?, hug young
I W0TTi?*n Who appeared Whgfl the coast was
, leal I nd then make his escape. He was
? Identlii'd a few nights ago after attacking
? lllaa ftcea ttlv??-iwteta, daughter of Ja?*oi">
Silve? stein, a produce merchant.
Sli"kcr at first denied he waa the mys
"Jac* the UUfg?tr," but later con
? fiaaaJ ? d-n't Know why 1 did all thia,"
he ?aid. hut when a good looking young
! wo mar. came along a frange feeling came
i over me. and I Juat couldn't realst hug
1 ging h-!'.' ?
WILSON AT CHILDHOOD HOME.
,t. n Va , No- 16.?Oovernor 'Woo'l
?-?,w Wlteon, <>f How iOfOOp, aident to-day
Hire viewing the a? enea of hta childhood
i and renewing boyhood acquaintances. He
, pAad 'hi- aft. moon and held a
? on nt lus hotel
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TYPHOID IN ORANGE COUNTY.
I [?;, Tc!..-,i?pli M Tha Trll.iiif I
Mewburg, H, T., H?ov. IS.-Typhoid fev,-.r
; j, ,,?,:. r?vaient In ??range ?'ounly.
rlfuen esses nt (Joehen All 0(
, .i i >ng peisoua Who attended a
1 i i ? nejuel there. The tatest victim
is \v ii. Breweter, county ?IniMilinaimeiM
i ,,r<- al.oilt one |?.i-.,|,.,?
? I.?-, where In the county. I'liy*. ubOt
, i | i . orlfta of the dut
PRAISE FOR KOENIG'S WOR
County Committee Adopts Re
olution at Monthly Meeting.
ELECTION ECHOES ABOUN
Action Taken on New Primai
Rnd Levy Laws?Speakershii
Question Discussed.
Ech?os of tli?* election were hear?! at t
monthly meeting of the Republican ?'?niri
Committee btOt iiiKht. ?Senator Joslah
Neweomb made ? speech, in which be pi
the results had been somewhat mixed, b
that tu those experienced In r-olOi? a! t
fuirs they foreshadowed the diminution
the power of Tammany Hal!. He spoke
the election of fifteen Republican Aspei
blymen and tW-tnty fusion aldermen in tl
county.
"It was probably a matter of gr?-at I
gret," he said, "that it was not possli
for u? to conduct a campaign entirely wl
Republican candidates. Rut, putting asl
this desire with great patriotism, we we
Into a futdon movement which ha? be?
?if great benefit to this community. 1
??reat result that stands out Is the ele
tion of a Republican majority In the A
sembly, which ?b-stroyt? the power of Tar
many Hall In the Legislature, th<> ?great?
menace that the stnte has known In mai
yearn."
Tlir following i?'.-??lution. offer?*?! by Sc
ator N'ewcomb, Waa passed unanimously
Resolved. Thnt the people of th.- Bt>
of N?v\ York are to he- ?OOfOSrStul?ted ?
the r-ff'ilt ot the recent election, where!
the domination of Tammnny Hall !n tl
L?gislature bas been effectively desnuv,
For the honorable part performed by tl
Republban organization ??f New ?OI
County in securing this ?result thanks a
?Hie and an- hereby tendered to th? HO
Samuel S. K***onlg, presiibnt of till? DOH
initie?-, the members of the CXeCUtl?
??Committee, the election dlstrlrt <-u]?ta!i
und all the workers.
I'nd? r the new tules p;iss?-?l ;it the 1?
meeting ?>r th.- cummin?-?- all reaolutloi
? ffi-red must be read i?n?l then k'1 to ?1
committee on resolutions, to be report?
out at the next meeting. Rut Rule 8 x;
sispended liy a two-thirds vote on 1
Ne wco ml i resolution, as 11 was In the Ml
of two other resolution??.
Action on New Primary Law.
The ijrst of tin- latter ?i rlded i??r tl
apiM)intm--nt o? a flwmlttH ">* BOVeU "1
? ??tiSlder and report ?Ml Ii ain.-n linents I
in its Judgment ii deems bootuoury I
clarify and moke workable the primai
?lection law whh-h went into effect ?n W?
rembel l.V"
The .?llier ?resolution pi ??\ 1ded f-M a <-? -rr
tnltti-e Of MTea t?? ?-.?nsiil.r ami pre.-? nt t
the a committee amendment? to tin- i. ?
??lection law.
Th?- rules were nol auspended, bowevet
wb.-n former Ass? ml lyman K. .I. RaldlrlS, <
Tin- Bronx, <-?T?-r.-.i a ?resolution for the ?i
! pointmenl ?it a committee ??f tiv?- tu Inverti
I gate the i'<-??s?>ii why "an Intelligent ? i
i fort" ha?! not bean made to brinx abo?i
! fusion mi the candidate for municipal coui
| .lustlce in Th.- ?Bronx.
?ThS resolution went M '" stat?- that tl.
i R?-i?uiiiii*an ?snd itnii-p? !iii--n? e ?League ?i
Banlsatlons, which run ?-, parate candidate)
together ?polled ?more than t/Bt ratet in ei
? i-ss of the vote of tin- Tammany < ,nli
d Ida ta, v.l.?) won it was provided that an
one of the eseoutlVe member? m The Rron
h?* on tiie coounittae
?\vh?n Mi Raldlrta sskad th.?t Rule ?*? o
suspended ?<? as to bring his resolution u
i"??, consideration ?'oiiin n. Woodwar
moved that the resolution ?ba laid on th
tabla Sumuei s Koealg, presiding, d?
ciared the Woodward motion tarried an
said he <ll?? ii"t ??insiil-t it n???s.-arv l
have the risit*-* vol.- that Mr. Raidit Is de
minded.
Appoint-, Resolution? Committee.
The committee on ?resolutions, Which is t?
?have th?- flt>t consideration ?<.'' ail ?resetu
tlons in the futur?*, a.?- annouaesd last i ight
is as follows. Qhersi '??? Davis, <?f the tftl
District; Senator Neweecnb, ?if the I
dor Wssservogel, of tii<- tut; ?Douglai
Mathew.-on. I f the "?th; K/.i,, p. Prentice
o.* the 2?th; JullUl ?? Tr.bia?-. of th* .",1th
William H. Douglas. <?f the UMh; J. Frank
of the 2d, and ?Samuel S. Str.inNiurger, ??
the ?Hat
At the meeting <*?f the ?sgS-CUtlve i ommitte?
In the afternoon a resolution by Wllllmi
Chihers, of the 29;n Hlstrkt. conuntndln*
the way In which President K?,rni?* liar
planned and managed th? oampalgS an?
j renewing expresaions of ?onflden-e m hin,
was passed unanimously,
Mr. Koentg made a Ion?; *. crhai reporl
on (he ?ampainn and its rttUltg He nook*
St ?ome length on the Speakershlp of Ott
A?**mbly. ?sylng It was a me?? Importan!
place and thnt It would be mu?h ?bettet for
the New York Count?. Assemblymen tr
withhold any pledge tc any candidate until
It wa? decided who would be thr bent man
for the .speaker?hlp.
To this view there atUt no g|?SS>BllS|
opinion. AssamMysssa M?rrttt, through his
friends, 1? ?on-iucllng a most ?cthe canvass
for the Speakershlp hete, bowavei ?me
?,f the dUtrlct leadtrs, wha baafena t., t.
a Yale man. got a letler yesterday from ex
Aasemblyman Roberst s. ?'nnklln. an.'thcr
Vale man, i-aylng that .Merrltt SUgbl t,, be
tuppatiad *?*>' t'1?* Speaki-tshlp ?,.,.,..,. |?.
T/as u grad?ale "f Val
[INTERPRETER BECOMES LAWYER.
K.lwarrt J. lUganthnl. Ht many ytaxt an
' interpreter in the Court <.f OeaSTal |sa>
?rions, vvas admitid' i" th.- bai ,,f \,m
Yort, CkHWtV yeft.-nla M : 1;,, . i, 11,.. I
NtUdtOd al lllk'hl -K-ssi.itl.i of In? I.,? .,, |,,,,,|
'.? i-'ui ?ih,i n* University. He win n(ll ,.?,.
Ida present Job rtfM avva).
CONFER M REA Mi
Mayor Not at Subway Meel
in Metropolitan Club.
OTHER OFFICIALS THEI
Trying to Get Intcrborough i
City to Yield Few Points Ea(
and Get Together.
There was another conference hetv
Samuel Ren, vlce-pr<-sldent of the V, rir
vanla Rnilroad, an?l members of the B?
?.f Kstlmate and 'f the Public Service C
mission yesterday in regard to mal
sr me provision for additional transit f.i
ties by the Pennsylvania Rtatl?*n. It
held late In the afternoon at the Metro?
tan Club ?
Mayor ?"laynor was not present her?
h- was not asked In time. At noon
Mayor went to lunchci-n with Surroi
I Fowler and the two walked down Kai
atreel t.? Bron.?l, down Broad to Beaver
Over to William street, where they
' binchenn The Mayor paused a momep
i ?aratcb the curb l>r..kers In Broa?! str
and soon a wil?l runi'.r apraod that Ma
Gaynor had gona doem to wail Street
? confer with Mr ?Re? and settle the aubi
j situation.
The Mayor ?leclare.l on his return that
trip ha?l absolut.ly nothing to do with
aubwuya a*? a ?matter of fact, at the v
time he was away Mr. Bea was tryln?
get In communication with him to get ]
i ? ?go to t? ? M"tropolltan <'luj? conferet
I When the Mav..r heard of it later
thought It was too late for him to arra
matten* so as to go.
The task of Mr. Hen lias I,.en to try
gel the Intcrborough to yield a few pol
i'.ii?l th?. city to yield aomethteg, too, BO t
th.- Intei*bot*iM*sb could Pome in and t:
? th.- linea laid down for it by the McAnei
j Wille.,\ report.
i? is nut believed thai ha h.?s had mi
ancceea ?ret l-tenldenl ?Shonte said yeat
?lav: "Mont ..f what I kn.ivv is fiom
newapapera Mr. Rea has b??en In to
m?? aeverel ?vaaa, gnd the ?Penneylra
se?ms to feel that It has not good enoi
transit fa.-iliti. s."
Mr. Btonte vv.is netted: "Is It your pr
i lion that ymi will not ?make anotli.-r pr.
| ?isit!..n to the iltv. 1 mt that you are wllll
t?i i'oiisii].-r any proposition that mny
made i?? jrouf
ii?- r?-i'ii?-.i: "Von kort hit it right."
? ''?.all loan Will? ox of th" PuMlC POtP
j < 'otnmission sai?i ?raeterdnj thai bis po
I tlOO had not .-hanged. II?- I>"1I?v.m1 It w
te ? " regretted that the Intwlroroagb w?n
n?.t . ..me In utiib-r the original plan, a
that th?- solution ina?le of the prabtena nil
ii- rallara t.? com" in ama not all lb
; could be deeded.
"However," ha said, "f- Honing Um poll
of the Board of BaUmate, i regarded t
1 .situation na prnetlenlly aettled, and t
? otnmission went ahead <?u that suppo
i lion."
' 'otumisslnti? r WIII?-ox said tln-r.- bad b"
i no dlffeienera of opinion between the ooi
mivsloii and tin- Bi*OOkl* n l'.apid Tran'
Compnnj ??v?-r the drafting of ? contre
for operaUon,
?CommiaalOfMr Crem anld eertler in ti
da) thai he underatood the Brooklyn Hap
TrunnH Company had diafted auch g co
tract as would nahe 1? impossible for ai
Ion? ? X.-.-..I !t*-"if to b*d for the rtpeiaUe
Ii. WOUld oppose such a cintra.t t.< :'?
mat, he declared,
' Mr. Bat salil after the conference thi
he ? i I ?I not believe the subway pr?ble
.would h,- finally solved until UM Petuisy
. ?Station ami the W - M ?Sida had
Irapid trenail s>st?-m to an the borough
?Adding:
i "l'util then Um i Ity arlll n?.t have dl
charged the important whllgnlloii it a
? I In grantln-; a franchlM for the tin
i nei railroad end In ruMriug the station i?
I "ti Beveath nveove, instead of t
III .:??!-.,m . v. h-?; - II might just as easll
have been er...-te?l. but which would hav
i be-rraaoed thi atty by grenUy in.'r'-asin
! the trafti?- congest??.n at Broad wit v an
! "1th ?Jtreel The Pennsylvania and Bon
Island railroads are transportation svst.ui
If? i-onmiociating lsige bodlea of the Hthteoi
: anil not only re'iulr?-. but, M it
j ers of the City, have a right to expect tha
1 they will not be overlook???! in the suhwa
?system n..w proposed, and their poaltlon I
?this legard has the strong support of Ne?,
I York City geneially and of those t?ection
?of the country with wliich It has comnvr
| tlal relationa."
LEPER MOTHER OF SEVEN
Two Women Suffering from Diseasi
Discovered in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. Nov. 1? -Two cases if lep
rosy w*re discovered In this city to-day
The first caae. that of Mrs. Becky Bchiatt?
man. fifty-eight years old, was diagnose?]
by the physlHana of the Penns.v I vanla Hoa
pi.al It is said that ?he Is In the early
stages of the disease. She has been In the
co.in?y y twenty >? ars
The other caae, that of Into. Beck* ?Zoo?
dei. thlrtv six years ol?l, v\as nuottoi, I y
the phvsl.laiiH of the orth'ipi'd!.' Itoapltal
?pa ,-iim? te this countrv In I'.kks, aihI in
i aald to he In an ,,?lvan? ?d stage of the Aja.
1 -as?- Hh.- Is the mother of seven children,
the ehleot llfteen F*Ott "hi aid the yoimg
! cm! nine mouths old.
Ilot h women ON t rein ?ved u. the Isola
j ti..n waul ?if th?- l'liila?l"lphia Mourir il ,m.|
a ?ii'iiiaiitlnc ?.ai estubllahtd at ihott
| I...in. a.
MORE BANKERS LEAVE TOWN
Many Luxuries Enjoyed on Penn?
sylvania Special.
All the comforts of home, with the club
and office added, will he enjoyed by the
eighty bankers and their wives from Xew
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massa
? hus-tt?, who left the I'onsylvanlti Station
on a sp?cial train at 6:34 last night, for the
bankers' convention at New ?Irleans. Bar?
bers, stenographers, maids, manicures,
valets, porters and waiters were among the
servants provided for the convenience of
the passengers.
A tourist agent accompat.ie.l th?*m to see
to their welfare, and a baggagemnster to
look after their luggage. The train con?
sists of five sleeping cart? and a club car.
It la provided with reading and retiring
rooms and a self-playing piano, on which
almost any popular or classic air may be
played.
A similar train left the Pennsylvania'?
Philadelphia station last night six minute?
after the New York train passed through.
The two "white sections" of the bankers'
special train? by way of the New York
?entrai lines will leave the Grand Central
Terminal to-day at 9:3?) a. m. There will
he two hundred bankers and their friends
on these two sections.
RUNAWAYS MEET FRIEND
Harlem Police Lieutenant Knew
One of Them in Brooklyn.
Lieutenant Mulhauser, busy with the
blotter, did not look up when he heard the
(lnor Of the K?st l?>'th street station house
?pen about 8 o'clock last night. When he
finally flanead up he could see nobody In
the room. But there waa some one, for he
heard ahuflHag ?feet He stood up and
?looked over the desk. Two small boya
Mood below holding hands and nervously
shifting from one foot to the other.
I "Well, well. Sammy, what In the world
I?ara fut <l??lng 'way up here?" Inquired the
lieutenant as he recognized his old pa!,
Sammy Fox, of No. .Vi?*, Rogers avenue,
Platbosh, Sainiiij, who is ten years old,
knew Mulhauser before the lieutenant was
tr^nsfern-il from ?Brooklyn to Harlem.
"Why, er-er-?-r. w?ll, you ttm, Mr. Mul
bai ser, I heard you were up here, and?
and, well, r just came up to ?see you," An
Ished Sammy ?brisMjr,
The Ii? ??'?mint kn?-w Sammy ?,f ?old, and
?*-'??<?'? ?bad his ? ?mfessluii that he ha?! run
away fr-m li?me for the tenth time. He
telephoned Sammy*? father, and th?-n In?
???.ireil: "Who'a your frb-inl?"
"oh, ?iiiin't i Introduce von." apologised
Sammy. "That's Izzy ilol?!berg. He lives
just a little way from m?> "
' \V?-I1. Izzy. what's your trouble*} What'd
fou i,?ti away f.?i '.'" asked the lieutenant.
Tr/.y. who Is nine yoott old. put If down to
a new school teacher. The two hsd apent
their inly live cuts for chewing gum, and
thus fortified, aralked a??r?iss the Williams
irg ?Bridge. They stood about the Canal
street statlwn of the Third Avenue I? until
they finally struck a man who took them
uptown,
Lieutenant Mulhauser sent the doorman
out for coffee, cake and milk, and Sammy
and Izzy and the lieutenant hud a gr?-at
time swapping experiences until ?Sammjr*s
father a wived.
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OPPOSED TO CIVIC FEDERATION
Gompers and Other Leaders Will Be
Asked to Withdraw from It.
Atlanta. Nov. 16.? That President Com
pers nf the American Federation of Labor
is opposed to the federation appropriating
" for the Mc.Vamn.ra defence was indi?
cated at the convention of the organiza?
tion to-day.
it. fur?' the convention Is over Mr. Oom
peil and four other labor leaders Mho ire
head? of various crafts may be asked to
sever their connection with the National
? 1\1<- Federation, Which, according to a
resolution offered to-day by the I'nlted
Mine Work? rs, "is largely composed of ami
finance?! by employers of lalwir. many ?if
whom are the most hitter enemies of ot
saniz?-d lalmr." The rc???lution request?
that all federation officers < nnne? te,| w.th
the Civic Federation r. sign. Mr. ('ompers
and the associates mentioned are member?
- of the executive committee of the federa?
tion. It Is understood ?that the Western
Federation of Miners and several BtatS
dob-KHtions will support the resolution.
The resolution recites that the conflict be?
tween tin* employing and working cla??e?
Is constantly becoming more intense, and
that the former is "constantly becoming
more brutal In their treatment of the
worker?, a? I? evidenced by the desperate
attempt to throttle organized labor by u?e
of the i'tltinctlon. the Mack ll?t and the
more recent method of kidnapping the of
fleer? of labor organliatlon?."
OLD RESTAURANT IN TROUBLE
| -
?Tinn Conducting Fortwengler's Asks
To Be Adjudged Bankrupt.
? A petition was filed In the United Stntee
?? District ?.'ourt yesterday aaklng that the
firm, but not it? member? Individually, ??on?
dttCtlnf the downtown reataurant known
| for thirty-.?even yars as Kortw.-mgler'a he
? ?IJudged bankrupt It was signed by th?
three partner?, charbe Achille, Maile Fort
! wengler and Adele Moran,
The restaurant was established at No
' i tu 7 William ?lieet In K?"7 I y Victor Fort
wengler? ?|"1 ?* remained there until lsoa,
when the hu1l?llng was t? in down and it
move?! to No* *? end <? Bet.vet ?tre-tH Tha
founder had died tan y?*a.ta previously, ??d
'the WtdOW crrlid ?>n Ihe luisinc?* utitll
ivi7 when ?he died and was auccaedad by
?,r'.,,,,s and daughter?. At one lime It
! ?as th? favrlte restaurant ?if Wall Street
I banker? snd brok?srs snd downtown ?rom?
I mlsflon mmrcbanle. .... ,.
I The liabilities wen- alal.d In the pc
to l?- 111 O?S, '?ti'l the asaetn were plac
IS.J0 of whb h o'?ly BS ?a? in tueh.
petition
;ed
IN OLD HORSES' INTEREST
State Humane Societies Want
Law to Prevent Their Sale.
Auburn, N. Y , Nov. 16.-The New York
State Humane tsetaties' convention to-day
adopted s resolution appointing a com?
mittee to obtain the enactment of the "old
horse trsnV bill" to prevent the sale of
wornout hone?; n resolution to ask Pre*l
dent Taft and Congresa to name a eorn
mlaslon to Investigate alsughter house?
here and abroad, with a, view to enacting
federal law? to prevent cruelty, and an?
other directing the law committee to draft
an amendment to th? state transfer tax
law providing for exemption fr?m taxation
for legacies left to anti-cruelty societies.
The convention closed with an election
??f officers, as follow?: PresMent. Robert
.1 Wllkln. ('hllilrens ?'ourt Judge in Brook?
lyn; ??xrretary. It. clay Preston. Brook?
lyn; treaatirer, W, S. Peck. ?Syracuse; new
mem!?ere of the executive committee, F.
L Dutcher. Ro?.-h?*--ter, and ?'. B. Phelp?, i
Blngliamton; new vice-presidents, Mrs.
Jame?i Speyer, New York, and M. H. I'll!**.
Klmira; auditors, ?". \V. Nlchola, Br???ik
lyn. and Jolin R. Clancy. Syracuae.
The New York State Humane Kduca
tlonal Association elected as pr<*?<l?i.'nt W.
O. Btllhnan, Albany; vlce-pre?ident. Peter
O. Oerry, New York; treaaurer, Robert ?I. .
Wllkln. Brooklyn, and secretary, Mrs. H.
C, Preston, Brooklyn.
SAY WILSON HID $700,000(
Creditors of Wireless Want Pris?
oner Declared Bankrupt.
Charging that Christopher C Wilson,
former president of the i'nlt?*d Wireless
Telegraph Company, who Is now serving a
sentence Ir. the federal penitentiary at At?
lanta, had concealed lerne sum? of money
and other valuable property due to the
creditors of the company, the trustees for
the creditor? tiled a petition In bankruptcy
agalnat Wilson yesterday and asked for
the appointment of a receiver.
The total claims of th? trustee??Seiden
Racon, John H. Hill and Philip O. Clifford
?were 11,6*5,711, said to be moneys received
bv Wilson from the aale of 78,969 ?hares of
preferred and ?9,945 shares of ?minor,
nock of the United Wireless Telegraph
?'ompany, tl. * first repreaentlng a value of
*HS?,203, the second $6t?9,4,'iO.
It was alleged that \y.Ison was Ineolvent
and had committed acts of bankruptcy by
transferring on July Ik to R. H. Robins a
debt of BBB It was further charged that
he has transf? rred to various persons large
amounts of stock of the Wilson Mining
Company of Colorado, and that he has con?
cealed money and property exceeding
ITOO.OYl. His total unconcealed assets were
estimated at not more than f2r?.?XI0.
Judge Hough denied the application for
the appointment of a receiver, ?aylng that
Wilson should have notice of the proceed?
ings against him. It was said that the ap?
plication would be renewed.
! VENEZUELA UNREST SERIOUS
Colombia's Refusal to Arrest
Castro May Make Trouble.
Willemstad, Cura-ao Nov. 1*.?Authorita?
tive advices from Caracas show that a seri?
ous state of unrest prevails in Venezuela.
The Venezuelan government is enraged at
Colombia because that republic declines to
arrest ex-President Castro and deliver him
to the Venezuelan authorities. Castro I?
said to be on his estate at Cucuta, a town
of Colombia-, In the Department of San?
tander, on the Venezuelan frontier.
Venezuela believes that Colombia sym?
pathizes with Castro because of his ex?
treme antl-Amerleanism. President Gomez
has three thousand men near the frontier
to fall on Castro if he Invades Venezuela.
Ever since the first reports of Caatro'a' re?
turn from Kurope the Venezuelan govern?
ment has been takln? precautionary meas?
ures to prevent his obtaining a foothold In
that country.
General Jose Manuel Hernamlez, known
as "Kl Mocho,'' leader of the Nationalist
party, has written to President Gomez from
Han Juan, resigning from the Federal Coun?
cil on the ground that Gomez has not ful?
filled his promises of reform and because
valuable monopolies ar.- being turned over
to foreigners.
It Is believed ?that General Hernandez.
General Aristldes Telierla, President of the
Venezuelan Senate and ex-Minlsfr of In?
dustries, and Dr. Alejandro Rlvas Vasqucz.
ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives,
have Joined In a revolutionary movement,
in which, however, Custro will have no part.
PLAYS WEEK WITH BROKEN SKULL
[By Magrssb t.? The Tribe?a.]
Pa3salc, N. T., Nov. 18?Wvnand Klaasen,
nine years old, of No. 142 Burgess Place,
was admitted to the General iospital to?
day, upon request of his par*nts, win? <le
slred that the MUM of a ?mali lump on
lils head be ascertained. An examination
showed the cllld had a fractured skull.
His par?nt? recalled that he had a hard
fall while playing a week ago. The boy
had played about as usual, with no pain
whatever. He will recover.
?US HL SDwM
G. A. Kessler Tells About J. W.
Mackay and the Countess.
SHE LEFT $100,000 ESTATE
R. V. Dey Sues Brother and Ad?
ministrator for Money Lent
Her in Paris.
The testimony of George A. Kes**ler. win*
saent. In the suit ?..roijght hy Richard V.
Dey against Francis C. Tlllev, administra?
tor of the estate of Tllley'a sister, the
countess Stavra. was ret'irned to thla city
yeatrrday and filed in the County Clerk's
office, it was taken before the American
Consul ??eneral In l-ondon. The testimony
showed that the name of the late John W.
Mackay, father of Clarence H. Mackay,
was brought Into th? civae aa an alleged
benefactor of Countess Stavra, who be?
fore her marriage to a Greek count wita
the wife of Charlea Hilton, of New York,
and prior to her flrat marriage was a real
dent of Olympia, Wash.
The countess -1 i.-? ! In Paris In February,
101?.. Dey, the plaintiff In the suit agalnat
the estate of Countess Stavra. la a well
known lawyer of San Francisco, who wai
th,? guardian of Miss Virginia Fair, now
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. Jr . while she
was a minor. I),?y sued to recover ?14.668
which he sal?! he lent to the counteaa sev?
eral years before her death.
Although It is known that a few monthg
before her death Countesa Stavra apent a
large part of tier fortune, she la suld to
have left an est?t.* valued at about $100,01?.
The defence of the administrator will be,
It la said, that th.? claim has been out?
lawed by statutes of limitation, and that If
Dey advanced any money to Counteaa
Stavra he did so as the confidential repre?
sentative of John W. Mac! ry, while all the
parties were In Paris prior to the death of
Mr. Mackay.
Intended to Sua Maokay Eatate.
Another phase of thf? case Is a claim of
the countess ?gainst ?'lannce H. Mackay,
as executor of the will of his father, on
which Counteaa Stavra contemplated autt
This will be used in the defence.
The order for the examination of Kessler
waa obtained by Dey. The wine agent waa
examined at the Rltx-Carlton, Iy-ndon. He
?aid he had known Countesa Stavra twenty
years and the plaintiff, Dey, fifteen yeara.
When the wttness last met the eounteas in
Paris, she told him she owed Dey ?15.0? for
money she borrowed from him.
Counteaa Stavra fold Kessler that Itoy
had advanced the money when she need.??!
It, that she meant to repay it. and that she
had provided for the San Francisco lawyer
In her will.
In anawer to queetiona by the defence
Kessler aald that, eo far aa he knew,
(ountess Stavra was married when he
knew her, but that she was living alone.
Kessler answered negatively the queatton
whether he and Dey had been membera to?
gether in any pool or combination for ac?
quiring stock. To another question the
wine agent replied: "It waa generally un?
derstood that Mr. Dey was ? onnected with
John W, Mackay In the Postal Telegraph
Company. I do not know whether Mr. Dey
was the confidential secretary of John W.
Mackay."
Mr. Day Navar Go-Between.
Referring to Counteaa Stavra, Keaalet*
said: "1 never aaw her In the company of
John W. Mackay anywhere In the United
States. So far as I know, Mr. Dey never
acted as a go-between for Mr. Mackay ami
Mabel Florence Stavra."
After the death of hia sister, T.lley
brought her personal effecta from London
to this country. These included wine Jew?
elry, which the customs authorities held
up for the payment of duty. However.
Tllley was able to prove that the Jewels
were not dutiable, and they were released.
Countess Stavra at one time declared she
was the wife of Max de Bathe, whoee
brother married I.lly l^nRtrv. She married
him, she said, in liK>2. when he brought to
her the news of her husband's death In the
Boer war. Bathe married the divorced
wife of Sir John Miller in 1907.
MERCHANTS HONOR ODELL.
(Hy TUagragb bt Tlva Tribune.]
Newburg. H, I . Nov. 1".-F.x-Governot
Benjamin B. Odell ha? been honored by
halm alertai president of the Chamber of
Cummer M *t this city. Recently a delega?
tion of citizens of Newburg called on the
ex-Governor at his home and requested
him to a?'cept the presidency of the or?
ganization. Much pleasure was expressed
her?? when h>? announced that he would
accept, and his election last niiiht was
marked by much enthusiasm. Newburg Is
the ex-Governor's native city and he i* in?
terested In numerous enterprises here.
SUNDAY'S NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United Stataa
Sherlock Holmes Might
Have ?Solved the Mystery
but he could hardly have done any better than Chester
Kent in uncovering the diabolical scheme of Stephen Over
ton to rid himself of his enemies. The plot hinged upon a
message by telephone, and that is why the story is called:
-*?*??-W?
The Message
By SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
It is one of four entries in our $10,000 Pme Story Competition
to sppear next Sunday. In ingenuity of plot, tersenet? of style
and surprising climax it ranks among the best of detective stories?
Three Other Prize Entries:
The Mystery at
the Gabels
By L1LLIE HAMILTON FRENCH
A charming romance with an inter?
national background, a story of love
behind a throne.
Better than Rubies
By MAX MARCIN
is t tale of the Ghetto by a noted
interpreter of Jewish American life.
Self-sacrifice and devotion to ideals,
the theme. ?
The Return By ETHEL COLSON
is this writer's second entry in the conteat. A sweetly romantic
tale of a love that endured much snd forgave much.
"CHIFFON POLITICS," an article shout the influence of women in Wash?
ington, by James Hay, Jr., and the great serial by Jeffery Parnol, "The
Money Moon," will also be features of
Next Sunday's
New-York Tribune
Any important it?m of n?wn yon orarlook-td *tn your dsUy n?w?pap?r -trill
r?app?ar In tb? r?-i?w of th? w??_ which la a rerrnlar foatur? of tb? Sunday
Tribun?. Mailed anywhar? in tb? VnHed State? for IS.50 a y?ar.