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II ? - THE SUN, "WEDNESDAY,' JUNE &, lft07. . '. ' ' I
1 11 TARIFF VOTE ON THE 20TH.
I ft -
;(. f, the sr.v.i rr. expected 10 pass the
M 1m jixi:ley hilt. xttr.s.
M Hj Some. Predict Tbnt lhi Dill VTIII Itrasaln In
H : -3, fJonnrrence Onlr Tru IM)-VMlfnli)'i
S Artlou of the Rennbllran Catlrn on tlt
B If Sn-tne ftchecttile ftltniitlnea the Sltnnllsn.
K WasuiS'iton, June H. Pursuant to tho a(-reo-
A tnent of Republican Senators nt thu SleMlllan
JB i f, dinner last week, a caucus of tlio unjorlty mem-
jj i hers to-day adopted the form of tho sugar sthrd-
"ffl f, ulo In tlio Tariff Mil as It passcrl tlio Honitc.
'it J (i and. after amending It so es to ri.ifcc thcdlffer-
riti entlnl between rnwnml refined sugars one-flflh
1 I of a cent a pound, pledged themse'lvos to stand
f' p by it In the Senate, as well ns all othar nmend-
P H ments reported by tlio Finance Commit Ice.
! 3$ Tills nc tlon is liferent Importance and slgnlfl-
fig entice, as It practically Insures the pnswge of
V ft tho bill, by about the s-imc majority that hat
t K been Tocontcil In favor of amendment r-r-
" fj Tlotuly agreed to In the Senate
'Jj f : The surge! Ion whleh led to this action-some-
!:' j thing hitherto unknown In the conduct of He-
IJ-Rl P publican conferences csmo from Senator
f J1 Thurston. He directed attention to tho fact
i ; that In tho past no binding force attached to the
" , conclusions of Senatorial consultations, and
U : -ravo notice that unless Senators present pledged
'f ' w themselves to abido by the decision of the raeet-
Tvi Inn, lio would oppose on the floor of tho Senate
t)' the sugar schedule of tho Finance Committee,
j J , I andoffcr the House schedule nan substitute.
$ ', Senator Hanni pleaded for party harmony
K i and unity of nctlon on all the features of the
$ bill, siylng It was high time that an under-
l& f standing existed and that apparent divisions In
lJF tho ranks were cloed up.
Rg I Senator Hoar scconde I tho demand for party
Hi" i harmony, and urged frank and doeislvo action
K f upon the sugar schedule, that tho oecnslon for
I i criticism of It be removed. Most of the Senators
Jffi t preaent and there was a remarkably large at-
j( tendance made remarks In a similar vein, and
IE i ' Senator Thurston's suirtccstlon was agreed ta
! ,, Several propositions were made to the caucus
f before n satisfactory one was broached. Senator
r. Frye moved lomakc tho differential one-quarter
f f of a cent a pound. It Is onc-elghth of a cent a
1 i pound In the Houc bilU Mr. Perkins of Callfor-
L nit moved tomako It tbrcc-sixtccnths. Finally,
K p Jlr. Spooncr of Wisconsin, one of tho three ad-
y risory lucnitcrs appolntwl by the Chairman of
g ' the caucus to aid the members of tho Finance
E Committee In the conduct of tbo bill, motcd to
ij ' F lnalu! itonc-nfthof a cent, and that wasasrrced
& fc to. with lut few dlsenttnj Mite.
B : 'S In the course of the discussion on thec propo-
E : I' tltions Aldrlch and AUIon explained at some
I i' lcnttth the reasons which actuated thcmlnpre-
K I uar'n? the suirar schedule as reported by tho
9 L Finance Committee. The principal onowastbo
ft J; opinion that the reilnlntt induetry, o sre.u hust-
n ? - ntiwi emp!o)ini; thousaudsuf workmen. cuuld bo
B V retalnetl in the ('lilted Stale with more cer-
','" tnluty by tho iinpositiou o' an ad ainrvm duty
If 3 I thin by that u a spccltlc ituty. Tho schtlule as
vj reportcd.lt was co.itcndeil, as not luorefaior
K i abletollie retinere than was eiiiiltable, but. in
R t x -.lew of the criticism that bad tx.cn uruuxxl b
(P) :hetbstltutiouof the i-onimllttv schedule and
1 j ! ' the doclrtratlun that Uie Itepublican party was
IE 'i i-uuituitted to siHxiHc duties, the wuuldacqul-
5 a j wtc In thesutfttrstion 'o ailopt the form of the
8 jf ' House schidnle. M r. Aldricli'i. asocrtlo.i was
I ?; rei-ivcd with manifestations of warm approval.
f W'hxn the question of ttxlnc thedillerentlal
I i i rate wiis up, Mr. AliirUh advised the caucus that
I j t It should be made larze enoiiirh to prevent tho
f h rcllserstromtniiiofcrnnv their buslnt'M abroad.
I f , and lie votetl for Mr. Spoouer's motion. A
I ! leuturo of the cancut was fecnator Frye's cm-
I ii'i tliatit. jpeeth r.-nini: tho abrogation of the
6 ff'T. llnwaiinu treaty. No decisive step was taken on
f j f ' :lie subject, however, owingr to the hasty ad-
I ' ' ournmrnt of th caucus atter the vote on the
I : U I siit-ar bcdulc. It is understood, however, that
I V ' th- treat) will not tie disturbed.
8 i jr No acvenient was reached respecting another
lit' caucus, but Mr. Prltcharrt of North Carolina
j !': statcil that one would tv hi'ld to fix upon rates
Mb; nn tobacco, in which he is particularly interested.
J I fu 'liie other matters jvereed to at the McMillan
l ' f f dinner, the abandonment of the lncreasoof 44
j I Li icn.s a uirrtl in the ta on beer, and of the
! j sgj, ltKasM-a-pound duty on tea: the Increase In the
j oK rates on wool askcrt by the Western Senators,
j W "shlcli was introdiued by Mr. Warren of Wjoni-
4 j JS, in to-day: and the prup-ed doubling of the tax
T K on cigarettes, it is said, will be carried out. pos-
S, sibly without the necessity of a cnucus to enforce
f the agreement.
3.. cnsuirs tiorman and Vest unite In saying
fn fa that, as tar as lcn.ocralic action is concerned.
" thcTarlff bill can bo disposed of In thu Senate
$ ny the tfotb Inst., and that is the date now gen-
JE enCly Uxed for Its passage. The action on the
I ig sugar schedule to-day greatly simplifies the
i wSttt problem that will be presented to the conferee.
.' YW ma cnthuss:ic forecasters arc limiting the
L atay of the bill in conference to ten days.
.' Sjfri A Sinator who was at the caucus said this
i fjfc evening:
jf ' "To ocr.ator Piatt of New York Is largely due
i,?-, the iredit tor the agreement reachwl in the
i ; ?'; i benate caucus this moniiug to stand by the re
fli i jfi J vised Tariff bill through thick and thin. At an
S ( B ,t opportune moment he made a speech of such
f; gS' force and logic that several Senators who had
gj j A t abonn signs of making trouble were Induced to
a? j S ! acquiesce In the plans of the majority.
J( j gji After Senator Aldrich had announced his
Bl. J ,ft willingness to accept, in the interest of general
3 fi bartcony, thoumerded sugar schcdnlc. vltli Its
R' specitic Instead : ad valorem rates, three or
m Jh four Senators announced with coosldcrnble heat
Si. 1 ." tliat the schedule did not by any meius mtet
J i Ms their approval, and that they would not reganl
f themselves as bound to support It. This an
il 9k noumement created much tonsternation. and na
J K ' the hour wes late the meetiug was about to
j Ij' breakup without ha ing reacbed an agreement
J Jsi ' foe concerted action, wlien Mr. Piatt, who had
I Ijr', been sitting in a corner, aroe.
I ISj " He deinandol to know, ttrst. whether the
sEj meeting was a conference, a consultation, or a
' Ufc'-! cauci:. If it wim not a caucus, be said, binding
Bit upon every participant In It. he wanted to bo
Ujj-J assured of that fact before committing himself
mW', to the various propositions under .vd seinent.
Hfti He had made noopp03ltlon,hcsald.toany of tbo
flf i schedules, although many nf them were not sat-
T IS Isfactory to him or his immediato constituent.
- r ' ( Ho offered no objection to the lumber schedule,
,! fig forlnstance, because itappeared tobeacceptable
fig- ' to the majority of his colleagues. Hut he
r KF wanted it to be plainly understood that If the
'Kb ltepublican Senators were to dilde into cliques
'K&. and factions, each endeavoring to get special
EV , tariff privileges for his own section of the coun-
S J try at the expense of other sections, other Sena
: at' i tors who had remained silent In the interest of a
. till generally acceptable to the party and the
1 country, might be led possibly to play the part
t & I of doginthemanger. If tnree or four benaton
I JS could hold up the sugarocbedule.otherSenators
i uf ; could hold up other schedules, and there would
Si1 ! be no bill at all. In making this littlo speech
l. with more than his usual vigor. Mr. Piatt looked
mS; J directly at the mutinous Senators and empha-
Ifi 1 elied his reference to them by pointed gestures.
m i "The speech had its effect, and when It wn
K followed by Senator Thurston's proposition to
' make the caucus action binding upon every
K '' Senator present, not a roico was raised In oppo-
'. ffe iltlon."
! I corro.v oets pitoTF.criny.
;
i thera NCBafors Jala Itepubllrant to rnltlaf
' i Tlirouffti m Vmtr or CO Per Cear
', ' WjiBniNCTON, JuneS. The action of the Sen-
Li ate to-day on the Tariff bill was. In many re
spects, of a very Important character. First,
the sugar schedule went over after notice was
' given by Mr. Allison, who was in charge of tho
. bill in Mr. Aldricb's continued absence, of lm-
portant modifications proposed by the Finance
' Committee, and with a somewhat loose under
standing that It will be taken up tho first Uiing
to-morrow. Tho tobacco schedule, which comes
Immediately after sugar, was also allowed to
stand oror.
Then tbo agricultural schedule, as the next In
order, was taken up, but rry little progress
was made on it. The first paragraph 1215), fix
ing duties on live cattle, was passed over with
out action. Paragraphs '-'111 to ifJil wero agroed
to after a series of attacks inado upon those re
lating to barley, ram, oats, and other cereals by
tho Iemocratio Senators who nre leading the
fight against the bill. Tiie great struggle of the
day, however, and tho Incident of rhiefest Inter
est and Importame took place when one of tho
most nethe of those Senators, Mr. Ilaoon of
Georgia, cut adrift from his associates and pro
posed the injertlon nf a new paragraph, placing
it duty of 20 per cent, on raw cotton, an article
' entirely ignored both In tho Dingley bill and In
the Finance Commlltce'catiiendments.
A determined fight against this amendment
was mode by Senators Vest. Jones (Ark.), Chil
ton, and CifTery, hut Mr. Jlacon held his own
against theso antagonists, sustained by the
feeling that be had tbo entire ltepublican sldo
of the Senate at his back, with somo Southern
Democrats and all but one of tho Populists.
Tho discussion was animated and was enjoyod
by the Senators, who wore present In unusual
numbers, and by tho galleries. When tbo
olo was recorded It stood I- to 10 In
favor of putting raw cotton on tbe
dutiable list. All of tho ltepublican Sen.
utors voting wero recordodln tbe afllruiativc,
together with five Democrats and three Popu
lists. Only one Populist, Kyle, of South Dakota,
Toted In thonegatUc, This was the largest mo-
Jorlty that the protective principle had obtained,
exceeding even the overwhelming one of yester
day on the question of n duty on ptno lumber,
when tho volo was 31 to 20. Tlio voto to-day
took the character of a completo rout of tho
Democrats: and for tho rest of the day the lead
ers were quiet. The rlco paragraph (2211) wss
under rilstusskm when tho adjournment took
place.
When tho bill was taken up at noon Mr,
Vest remarked that It was on open secret
that his ltepublican friends had modified the
utigar schedule, and said that common fairness
required thov modifications to bo stated, and
that sonic agreement should be made us lo when
that most Important ochcdule would betaken np.
Sir. Allium replied that thero were no open
or other secrets tuat lie know of nbout tho sugar
schedule. He announced on behalf of the ma
jority thnt It proposed to modify the amendment
reported by the Finance Committee, and ho
would either withdraw that amendment or ask
tho Senate to disagree to It. I Ic further proposed,
on line 22, page (in. to substitute for tlio words
"eight hundred and nctenty-tlvc onc-tbous-andih."lbii
words "nInety-fH o one-hundredths."
so as to leivo the duty on migar which has
gone through a proi ess of roOr.ing one cent and
ninoty-tltooiie-hundrcdtbsof acent per pound.
He also propo.'-l to Insert a new paragraph,
2tMU, providing that tho duties on molasses,
clayed, and on other sugars testing not abovrHT
degrees by polarlscope. should be one-tenth of a
cent per pound less than those Imposed on the
preceding paragraphs on tho corresponding test
of sugar.
Mr. Allison added that tbe Finance Committee
had not yet prepared a paragraph In relation to
the sugar Imported from tho Hawaiian Inlands.
Ho asked It to be understood that the sugar sec
tion would be taken un to-tnormw morning.
"That Is satisfactory," said Mr. Vest.
At the suggestion of several Senators tho to
lncco schedule went over for the present, and
the agrl' ulttiral schedule "0"was taken up.
Sir. Jones of Arkansas moved to strike out par
agraphs 215 icattle). 21U (swine), 217 (horses
and mules), and 218 (sheepl.and to substitute
for them a paragraph putting a duty of 20 per
cent, ad valorem on alt lire animals not special
ly provided for. The amendment was defeated
y ca . 22 : n a s, 3 . '
Mr. Vest, in dlscusslngthe paragraphs putting
duties on breadstufTs and fnrlnaccons su In
stance, characterized them as a fraud.
Mr. Jones's motion to reduce tho duty on bar
ley to 30 ter cent, ad valorem was defeated
yeas. IT: najs, 34. The Democrats w ho voted
In tho negative were Senators MoF.nery of
Ijotitslana. Mitchell of Wisconsin, Itawllns of
L'tuh. and Tillman of South Carolina; tbe Popu
lists were Senators Allen of Nebraska, Heltfcld
of Idaho, and Jones and Stewart of Nevada.
Mr. Vi-u moved to make the tax on buck
wheat 20 per cent, instead of 15 cents per
bushel. The voto was eas, 18; nays, !M.
.Mr. Vest offered similar amendments a to
com or msiro and cornmeal. with like results.
Senatur ltacon of itcorci moved to Insert n
paragraph putting a duty of 20 per cent, on
cotton. This was optioned bitterly by Mr. Vest
and Mr. Jones of Arkansas
Sir. McLaurln or south Carolina supported It.
and Sir. lUron replied to .Mr. Vest. Sir. Herry of
Arkansas asked him whether tho proposed tax
would lncreasethe price of cotton in the United
States. Mr. ll.uon replied thnt It would have
little or no effect on the general class of cotton,
but he was not prepared to say whnt effect it
might have on the partlrular kind of cotton
that Is imported into tho I'nttcd States.
Sir. Catrery of lullna roetoput n question
to Sir. llscon. but Sir. ltacon decline 1 to vleld.
and told tho Senator from taiilsiana that ho
would have enough to do to answer the ques
tions put to him vesterday by the Senator from
Slasachuctts (Sir. Hoar) on thesuearquestlon.
L.tugh:cr.
Sir. llacon said that he put his amendment on
two proportions tlrst, that a duty of 20 per
cent, was notaprotcctlveduty. and, second, that
there was nothing in the nature of cotton or in
the method by w hich It is produced, or In tho lo
cality where it Is produced, that makes It an im
proper nrtlcle for a revenue duty.
Sir. Oray asked Sir. IJacon whether be was In
faorof a tariff for revenue. " I am," Sir. llacon
replied. but I am not In favor of a tariff for
re cuue only. 1 nm not one of those who object
toat.iriff because of the fact that comebody
may pet a betictlt from it."
"Then you do not think." Sir. Gray persisted.
" that a tariff for revenue only only Is a general
DomcK-ratlc doctrine 1"
" I do not." Sir. llacon replied.
Sir. Caffcry of Louisiana, on rising to oppose
the amendment, was asked by Sir. llacon to
stato his position on the sugar question, but ho
declined absolutely to bo Interrupted by tho
Senator from Georgia. He went on to say that
be favorod a duty on sugar not because ho came
from a sugar-producing State, but because of
the revenue-producing qualities of such a dut.
Hut he opposed a duty on cotton becauc It
would yield but little revenue and would do no
good whateer to the cotton growers of tho
country.
The debate lasted for nearlv three hours.
When It closed, the I ote was tai.cn on Sir. lla
con 's amendment to put a dntyof 20 percent,
on raw-cotton. It was supported by the ltepub
lican Senators without an exception: bv flvo
lemocrHtlc Senators ltacon. Clay. Mcfcnery.
SIcLaurln, and Tillman; and by three Populists
Allen, Hcttfeld, and Stewart. The amend
mant was adopted by a vote of yeas, 42; nays.
Paragraphs 220 (macaroni). 227 (oats), and
228 (oatmeali were agreed to without question.
. Paragraph 220 Irlcel gave rise to n long discus
sion, and without action on it the Senate, at
5:40, adjourned.
XOXISJ. TIOSS COXFM3TED.
Bills IT. Roberts, Treasurer or the Culled
States few Appointments.
WASHINGTON-. Jure S. These nominations
wereconiinned to-day:
Ellis II. Roberts of New- York, to be Treasurer
of the Vnited Stales.
Conrad N. Jordan of New York, to be Assistant
Treasurer of the I'nlted States at New York.
John J. De Haven, to be I'nlted States Judge
for the. Northern district of California.
I.ouls V. F'rndt of Wisconsin, to be Assistant
Attorney-General.
1 Johu II. Thomp'on. to bo L'nlted States
Slarshal for the district of West Virginia.
Cecil Bailey Hurst of the District of Columbia,
to l.c Consul-General at Vienna.
Henry II. Morgan of Louisiana, to be Consul
at Horvcn, Switzerland.
The President to-day sent to the Senate the
following nominations:
Frank A. Leach to bo Superintendent of the
Slint at San Francisco.
William SI. LyiichtobeAssaerof the Jllnt at
New Orleans.
Henry SI. Hoytof Pennsylvania to be Assist
ant Attorney-General.
John SI. Ilsrnes to bo l'nlted States Slarshal
for the Southern district of Georgia.
Sergeant Thomas SI. Anderson. Jr.. Fourth
Cavalry, to be Second MeutenanttCorporal John
E. Hunt, Klgbth Cavalry, to bo Second Lieuten
ant: second Lieut. A. Caldwell, Twenty-tilth In
fantry, to be First Lieutenant.
TO ACCOltPAXX THE PttKSIDEXT.
The List or Tbose b Wilt Ho with din Is
AashTllle To-Dai,
WAsittNOTOV. June H. The following is a cor
rect list of the party which will accompany the
Prcsldontoa the trip to the Nashville Exposition
to-morrow nt noon: Sirs. SIcKlnIey,S!rs.Saxton
(Sirs. SIcKinlcy'a aunt). Dr. N. L. Hates (tbe
President's physician). Sirs. Hates, steward of
the White House. Secretary Porter, Sirs.
Porter, Secretary Sherman, Sirs. Sherman,
Secretary Alger, Sirs. Alger. Slits Frances Al
ger, Postmaster-General Gary, Sirs. Gary, the
Misses Gary. Secretary Wilson. SIlss Wilson,
tbo Hon. II. Clay Kruni Gen. Charles II. Gros
yenor. tho Hon. Joseph P. Smith Idlroctorof the
Iluroau of American Itepubllcsl, and F. L",
Squires, Secretary Alger's private secretary.
EXSIOX HTOXF.'S CASE EX1IEH.
Tbe Court lleeooi mended Tbal Yo further lro
rredlun Or Taken,
WASltrxoTOX, June 8. The report of tho court
of inquiry In the cases of Ensigns Stone and
Osborne, whose pursuit of Miss Marie Condo of
Oswego brought tho young otticers and the
Condi family into considerable notoriety, was
received at the Navy Department to-day, Tbo
court recommended 'that no further proceed
ings be taken." This will end tho case as for as
otllclal nctliii Is concorned. The Puritan, to
which Ensign Stone Is attached, will lie ordered
soon to Georgia for uso by the naval militia of
that Stato in its summer exercises, and SIUi
Condo a admirer will go with the vessel. At tho
Navy Department It Is said that ho will not bo
exiled to a foreign stution.
IOWA IS COJIMJSSIOX JVXE 10,
To De naashlp or the tnrtb Atlnntlc squadron.
Replacing the tew VsrL.
Washington-. June . Secretary Long to-day
Isoueil orders directing that the battleship Iowa
lie put In commission at tho League Island Navy
Yard on June 1H, Capt, W, T. Sampson, former
Chief of Urdnance. will command her, with
Lieutcnant-Ciimmandcr It. P, Kodgcrs as ex
ecutive oltlrer.
Tho addition of tho Iowa to the fleet will lead,
etirlv in the summer, to tho retirement of tho
New ork temjiorarily as flagship of tbe sta
tion, sho having performed continuous servlco
for upward of four years in this capacity.
Competitive rians for Uovrramral Buildings.
WasillNOTON, Juno 8. The decision of Secre
tary Gogo to keep tbe olllce of Supervising
Architect of the Treasury tinder the civil ser
vice regulations has been followed by another,
to bare tbe competitive examination of appli
cants for tbo place conducted by a commission
of architects of established reputation. Sir.
Gage has under consideration tbe idea of secur
ing plans for Government building by general
competition.
j"rir,''r'1"-''h ;- . i
XATAT, MILITIA MOOJtAarXB.
Cknngen to Unit Ik Sew Work Weoerveo The
Vantle to lio lo tbo Lake.
WA8titX0T0N Jnno 8. A change has been
mado In the summer prorammo of tho New
York Stale Narnl Kcserves. The plan previ
ously submitted by Capt. -Miller provided for tho
cooperation of the New York, Connecticut, and
Ithodc Island organUotlon In ono general en
campment on Tlsher's Island, near Gardner's
Hay, such as hat been conducted in previous
years; but opposition to this was developed
In tho New York organization on the ground
that sonic of tho divisions were now entitled to
n more advanced course of Instruction, such as
could bo afforded on tbe modern ships of tho
navj. Capt. Sillier, therefore, has suggested a
plan, which the deportment will carry out, pro
viding for the encampment of 200 men of tho
New York organization and tho new divisions
recently muttered In at Hrooklyn. at Fort Wads
worth on about July lt, when they will begin a
course of practical Instruction in the elementary
branches of naval life, including boats under
oars, ordnance work, and target practice.
Admiral Slcard will be Instructed to arrange
the movement of his ships so ns to reach Tomp
klnsvlllent the time fixed for the exercises of
the New York men. He will detail several ships
of his fleet to take aboard those divisions of the
organization competent to receive Instructions
on modem war vessels and, with Capt. Sillier,
will direct tho course to be pursued during tho
week's exercises.
To-day tho Judgo Advocate-General of the
navy rendered a decision In which ho holds that
the treaty between Great Itrltaln and this coun
try limiting the number of war vessels that can
be maintained on the great lakes doea not pro
hibit the navy from assigning thoYantlctoduty
with the Sllchlgan Naval llllltla, and if her
draught is not too great to prevent her passage
through tbe Wclland Canal sho probably will bo
assigned to naval reserve duty on the great
lakes. At prrtent the Sllchlgan is tho only
American warship available for this service on
the lakes.
siimi to rnr asxapolis aoaix.
The Colored Tenth from Chleo.ro to Be Re
ontlnnted. Wasiiinotox, Juno 8. John W. Smith, tho
colored youth, who, after being appointed a ca
det to the Naval Academy, failed to pass tho ex
amination. Is to have another chanco. Repre
sentative White of Chicago has announced his
Intention to renominate him. Smith is a grad
uate of tho Chicago High School and has re
turned to his home to perfect himself In those
studies In w hich he was deficient.
ItAILBOAD POOr.lXG PI.AX3.
Convention In Clnelnonll rnvors tbe romker
Bill with Kome fknnrr:.
Cincinn m. O., June!?. Thcconvcntlon called
by Cincinnati. Memphis, and Philadelphia freight
interests to consider the question of railroad pool
ing met at the Grand Hotel to-day. Among
those present were: Francis B. Thurber of tbo
New York Hoard of Trade and Transportation;
S. W.Tucker. Philadelphia Hoard of Trade: R.
W. Thompson, Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce;
D. G, Purse, Savannah Hoard of Trade, and
II. F. IVmsnion, Chicago Hoard of Trade.
John A. Gano of this city was Chairman of tho
meeting and N. 11. Kelly of Philadelphia Secre
tary. Secretary Kelly said that flft commer
cial organisation. 100.000 shippers, and
S5.000.000.000 of Invested capital were repre
sented. A eommlttos of seven, with K. P. Wil
son of this city as Chairman, appointed to con
sider tbe two bills now In the United
States Senate and recommend one embodying
the sentiments of the convention, which
were that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission should have authority to regu
late rates and protect shippers, finally re
ported that tho substitute for the Foraker
bill as amended by the Committee on Inter
state Commerce was favorable to commercial
Interests. The amendments to thl bill con
sidered the most Important are the one elim
inating the Imprisonment clause and substitut
ing a money penalty amounting to three times
the vnlue of freight or fare collected by the car
riers contrary to the law, end the one calling for
national classification. The dclcvatcs unani
mously concurred In the action of the committer
and agreed to recommend lo their constituents
that their Senator and Congressmen be urged
to favor such legislation.
ASttVRT PARK'.H GOVEIiXMEXT.
tanim Who may It Has Xo Iea-al Rsltfeuer
A Law Sfol Compiled Tllti.
Abbcky Pare. N. J., June S.-TLe constitu
tionality of the new city Government of Asburj
Park has been attacked by It. T. and W. H.
Stout, representing over a score of business
men. They went before Attorney-General Grcy
and Chief Justice Slagee to-day, and had a w rit
of quo warranto Issued, returnable In tho.-u-premc
Court. Trenton, on June 2i. SlayorTcn
Hroeck and the seven members of the City
Council are mado defendants In the writ. The
Slessr". Stout believe that they will be success
ful in nullifying the entire cite Government
and making invalid all nets of It ortb er.
Thelawsays tint notice of th intention to
introduce a special or local bill shall be given In
a newspaper at least four weeks -rlur to the
convening of the Legislature. This Abury
Park neglected to do, tint Instead had a nolle u
publlshcd four weeks before the Introduction of
the bill. The Stouts, in support of their c lalm.
refer to article 4. section 7. paragraph ! of the
Constitution of the State, and of the law ap
proved Jan. 20. 1M70. prescribing the notice to
be given of applications to the Legislature for
laws when notice Is required by the Constitution.
ET.F.CTJIJC VOMPAXY WOX.
. Krd-llot Klrrllon r-r slllsse Trailers In
ri Brlshlon, H. I.
St. GErmnK. 8. 1., June 8. There was an elec
tion for trustees in three of the wards of tho
Ullage of New llrighlon, S. I., to-day. In the
Second ward, Peter McIIugh was re-elected
without opposition: but there was a bitter fight
In the Fourth and Sixth wards between the sup
porters of the Staten Island Electric and the
Midland Trolley Railroad Companies.
The Village Hoard is a tie. The chief officials
of the Midland and representatives of the Elec
tric Company worked at the polls for their can
didates. Great excitement prevailed. Thero
were many challenges, and J. J. Slurphy, un
Electric Company motnnnan, was arrested for
illegal toting. James Kerr, the President nf the
village, was reflected In the Fourth ward by 1 1
votes In a total of nearlv 00.
It was an Electric Company victory, and a
formal protest was filed against tho election by
a young law) cr employed by the Midland. The
Sflrtland Company elected Guy S. Ilrantinihain
In the Sixth, nnd there will bo no i hange jh the
personnel of the new board.
VETEKAXS HAVE AX OUTIXO.
Two Thousand Members or Ibe V, A, R. Curota
or John II. Slorln.
The pleasure of about 2,000 veterans of the
war who went up the Hudson to Uakriale Park
yesterday on the nineteenth annual excursion
tendered by John II. Starln to tho O. A. It. was
marred br the persistent and chilly rain that
fell nearly all day. Tbe flotilla put at the dis
posal of the veterans consisted of the steam
boats Illackblrd, John Lenox, and Stohawk,
four tugs, and four barges. Parties started irom
the foot of West Thirty-fourth street, Delanrey
street. Dock street, Urooklyn, and Morris street,
Jersey City.
The xessels formed In flotilla off Governor's
Island. As they passed Castle William the
were saluted. Sir. Starln ami tbe Exccutivo
Committee of tho excursionists were on tho
steamboat Mohawk. Gen. Slerrltt Joined them
off Governor's Island. Tho flotilla returned to
the dock at 7:30 o'clock.
ImsMii Heboorr Indicted.
Wabiiinoton, Juno 9. Tho Grand Jury to
day returned an Indictment against Lconldas
Scbooty, who was prirato secretary to former
Congressman Frtnklln Hartlett of New York,
charging him with having attempted to kill
Lawyer Howe Totten. The assault took placo
In Totten's oBIre on May 24.
Another Collapsed. factory Arrest,
John F. Jackson of 8311 Ninth nicnue was
arrested yesterday and brought before Coroner
Fitzpatrlck op a chargo of criminal negligence
In connection with the collapse of tho building
at Twelfth avenue and Fifty-first street. In
which two men lost their lives. Jackson was
foreman for the Coatesrillo Holler Company,
which supplied tbe tanks In the building. That
company la represented In this city by tho
Hugglcs-Coles Engineering Company of 30 Con
Iandt street. Coroner Fitzpatrlck paroled Jack
ion In the custody of his counsel.
Frank . Hasownn'a Vflnro Selird.
Trkntov, N, J June 8. Ex-Sheriff Ege re
moved from the cellar of Frank A. Slagowao to
day Slagowan's stock of wines, and stored tbem
with a wholesale liquor dealer. There is a dls
puto between tho Sheriff and the holder of a
bill of sale for the stock as to the Sheriff's right
to sell. The wines are said by experts to bo
worth not over 91,000, and tho loan they secure
Is $3,000.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON DEAD.
WORTH $50,000,000 AXD X.ITED IX A
rn-E-rooT hovse.
His Dwelling, Known ns the "Salle" Bsutr,
Was Built on m (11 rip or laind In Lrslna
ton Arcane Which the Owner or tho Adjoin
Ins Property Tried to Fere Ulna to AelU
Joseph Richardson, tho eccentric millionaire,
who jumped luto peculiar prominence some years
ago by building his flre-foot-wldo "spite" house
at Lexington avenue and Eighty-second street,
died shortly after noon yesterday of n complica
tion of diseases. Sir. Richardson, who was 83
years old, was of the samo typo ns the late Rich
ard Tighe, a man who mado millions, but was
practically unknown in tho community in which
be lived. His was a quiet, unostentatious life,
devoted entirely to the making and saving of
money. Vntll ho became 111. soven weeks ago.
Mr. Richardson continued to handle his busi
ness, and a week after his last Illness set In he
personally completed a transaction Involving
half a million dollar;.
In nppcarnnco Mr. Richardson was not unlike
Russell Sage. Ho was tall and gaunt, and his
clothes, always of the most ordinary make and
material, hung from his tiody in a baggy way.
Ho was tho last man any one would take for a
millionaire, nnd In this be had taken a curious
prldo for years. Ho liked to bo mistaken for a
poor man and despised publicity of any kind.
All he cared nbout was to be let alone, and tho
Incident which made his existence known to
more people than had ever known of It before
waa a sad blow to him.
This was the erection of tho now famous
"spite" house. So provincial in some ways was
tbe old man that It never occurred to him that
this remarkable structure would attract atten
tion to him. He often said that ho would rather
throw away glo.OOO than see his name In tho
newspapers, and. after they hnd published col
umns about his home, he declared that he would
never have built It had he known the result.
The building of tho "spite" house ramo nbout
In a peculiar way. Sirs. Richardson owned a
five-foot strip of land nt the northwest corner of
Lexington avenue and Eighty-second street,
which was a remnant of her father's farm.
About sixteen yoars ago Herman Sarner, a
Third avenue clothing merchant, bought tho
-i Bill ill f
75 32t tT :Ux 5il -
Till. FIVE-POUT HOlTni:.
property in Eighty-second street west of and ad
Joining the strip owned by Sirs. Richardson. In
tending to erect there a row of apartment
bouses. So u to assure bis tenants plenty of
light, Saroor went nround to we Rich irdon
nnd offered him 91,000 for the land his wife
owned. Acting for bis wife. Rlchardon de
clined to sell for less than IF5.00O. Sarner re
fused to giro that much, and went on with his
bulldln,,'. He finally offered to glvo the
t?5,000 asked for the corner, and wa3 consider
ably taken buck when Richardson Informed
him that ho never gave a man inor- than one
opportunity to buy nnything from him. and that
the strip was no longer for sale. Sarncr's flats
went up, but the tenants of the eat rooms
never had much use for their side windows, as
Richardson nlmost immediately began work on
his "spite" hous'. As It stand to-dav the
house is without doubt the queerest buildinc In
j New Yurk. So cleverly was It const ructed that
j It waa oatilv habitable when tlnishcd, and it has
j been occupied by Sir. and Sir. Richardson ercr
Aincc. A dcicrintion of the building, which was
printed In TlIK St X shortly after it va built,
and the accompanying picture, gl 9 un excel
lent Idea of w hat it is like.
There are really two houie. each buili upon a
lot 5 feet by 52 feet in area. '1 tic 104 feet
length of the entire lot run alone Lexington
avenue on the we-t side, from Elgbty-cecond
street north, and extend the length of njlf the
block. The houes arc of pressed brhk, with
white marhlc trimmings, nnd two rows of devo
rathe tiles run up tlio front. The longitudinal
walls are i inches thick, and the cn walls
which sustain the girders are 12 inchc thick.
While the houses aro only 5 feet wide or deep,
fully one-half of their lrngtli Is iucrc"ucd to a
width of 10 feet by ha), which projei t from the
main walls nearly at right angle. These bayi
nre three In number, the central lin beln' di
liticd and affording an cntranre lo either house.
The front doors of tbe houc nre, therefore,
do--- together. They are er narrow rtoors.
and Ictui to an interior hall Ii e! li luel.e long
b) il feet b Inches deep. One-halt of this hall is
taken up by a semi-circular stain a), which
runatothe top floor. From the hall a passage
way 14 feet long and 3 feet S inches wide leads
to tbo one room on each floor, which room
about lb feet long by ! feet Inches wide. Is
formed by the expansion of tbe xccond hav.
llcyond the room another apartment. 3 feet 8
inches wide and 7 feet long, is used on the Ilrst
floor as a bathroom, and on each of the three
upper floors ns a closet. Thus there are in each
house the falr-sled rooms, II 11 largo closets,
the passageways, and the halli.. The passages
and stniray occupy rather more than half the
un!!ah!o space.
Windows eac h house has in plenty. There arc
thirty-six in each 0:1 the Ixingloti avenue side,
nnd the corner linuse has four more on Eighty
second street. 1'roni Lexington avenue the
building lias ralher an imposing Irunt; it is
when ou get around the corner Unit oil dis
cover how deceit ing npjienruiice may be.
Within, the liouc" are handsomely finished,
and the furniture that has In on put Into them
is cunningly devised to occupy the least space
rosslhle. Thedlniug room i on the ilrt tloor.
and In it there is a table, a sofa, a sideboard, and
Several chairs, lltllll ai-ninst the wall on ono
side Is an ornate mantelpiece. Tho rooms on
the upper floors are bedroomj, and each con
tains 11 folding lied, besidea other furniture, it
Is this ndaptutlor. of the fiirniahint, 10 the con
ditions thutchangus tho iippearanco of tilings.
You do not notice anything cry odd, onm jou
get into tbe rooms. There is perhaps a s'-nso of
being cramped, but that Is principally because
)ou know what a lx-llketriieture you are In.
Sirs. Kichardson In un Interview with a.-'f.v
reporter a year after the house was built de
clared It was as comfortable as any she liadrter
lived in, and that there was more mom In it
than sho nnd her husband needed. Tlio only
drawback, she sulci, was tlio ubscnen of lutck
yards; but then, she declared, one couldn't have
everything on a live-foot lot.
Sir, Richardson was born in England, but came
to this country when a erv uung man. Ho
went Into tho contracting business, and laid tlm
foundation of his fo-tnnc when ho built the
waterworks nt HndgciKirt, Conn, Ho owned n
controlling interest in the works nt the time of
his death, and his son Ed a ml is now the super
intendent of tlirni,
Mr. Richardson made largo investments in
railroads nnd built i)crnl email onis. On bo
coming associated with Ju) Gould twcntvfho
)n.irs ago he constructed p.irt of the I'nlon Pa
rltlo Railroad and built large sections of the
Iron Mountain nnd Mexican Central roads. Ho
held largo Interests in all of iheso madsat the
time of Idsdeath. He also had large holdings In
tho Manhattan Elevated Railroad and the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad, .ind
owned a Hue of steamboats running from this
city to Jtridffcport.
A venture which Sir. Richardson went into
tome jenrs ago and in which ho made a
(Treat deal of money was a patent light for uso
on trains nnd steamboats. Just before his Ill
ness ho began negotiations with the Govern
ment to undertake tholightlngof tbo hnrbor and
oilier buos malntalnm by It. Ho maintained
that he could btore enough material on the
buoys to keep them llghti d for mouths.
During the first woek of his illness Sir. Rich
ardson sold a short railroad running out of
Santa Cruz, Mexico, for W0O.0O0. Hits of work
of which ho waa particularly proud were tho re
building of tho car stables of the Sladlson ave
nue, lino In II vo days, af ler they hod been burned,
and the building of tho annex to the Grand Cen
tral Station.
It is said that Sir. Richardson held stock In
nearly all of the railroads of this country, and
that ho jiosseosed passes 011 every road in this
country and Canada and on all steamship lines
leaving this port.
Sir. Hlchardson'i fortune was estimated sev
eral years ago at $20,000,000. It was impos
sible to find put yesterday what disposition be
made of it in bU will, but It was said that, out
side of some charitable bequests, be left it all to
his wife and children. He will be buried from
tbe Central Park Uaptin Church on Friday
morning.
TUBOtTX OUT sr A. bzixd xax.
Mr. Votckner! tory or nils Treotmont 07
nod of John T. SlcKnne.
George SIcKano, tho blind son of John Y. SIc
Kanc, tbe former Graresend chieftain, now- In
Sun- Slog prison, went to the Ewen Street rolled
Court, Williamsburg, yesterday, and surren
dered himself to answer to a charge of assault
made against him by Henry E. Volcknor, a paper
hanger, of 1101 nroadway, Williamsburg'.
Volcknor does odd Jobs for Joseph Ryan, a
painter and paperbnngcr. Three wreks ago
McKane gave, an order to Ryan to hang somo
paper In his Manhattan Hotel at Sheepshcad
Ray, Ryan turned tho Job over to Volckncr,
wllh directions to collect tho money. SIcICane,
It is said, paid Volckntr all but $28.03. Volck
ncr went to SIcKano's hotel several times to col
lect tbo rest of the hill, but was unable to get it.
A week ago last Saturday night he went to SIc
Kane's houso at 413 Adclphl street, Rrooklyn,
by appointment. As to his treatment he said to
n reporter last night:
"When I got to SIcKano's house I asked him
In tho most friendly way If he would pay me.
He said ho wouldn't, and then I told htm that I
was a person who didn't care to bother people
all tbo time about debts. I asked bun to set a
time when ho thought ho could pay me. This
got him angry, and, after telling me ho would
show me what he could do, ho caught hold of
me hy tho back and, after tearing my coat, he
pitched me Into the street. I dropped my hat
on tho way out, nnd when I asked him If he
would be kind enough to lot mo have It he
kicked It out of the hallway. I was sore when I
got home, and mado up my mind not to bother
with McKane any more, tint to have him ar
rested. He is blind, but he can use his arms
and legs well, and also by feeling ho can tell a
good paper-hanging Job.
After the warrant was Issued the policeman
who got It waa unable to find StcKane's house.
SIcKano waa led to court by a relative yester
day. He denied Volckncr's allegations. Justlco
I.cmon paroled him for a hearing. McKane de
clined to give his version of the affair.
put j: ir, BAxns ix jail.
00,000 Recovered hy tbe ArtlTlty or a
Creditor or the P. K. tSreeley Company.
James Woodvillc Sands, who was secretary of
the defunct E.S. Oreeler Company, dealers In
electrical supplies at ." Dey street, waa arrested
on Slay 7 last and lodged In Ludlow Street Jail.
He was sued for nliout -do,o0 of the concern's
money. Rail was tlxed nt fto.ouo. It was fur
nished on the day of his arrest, and after 0 set
tlement bod been made by Sands's relatives he
sailed for Europe. He Is now there.
These facts, which explain the until now un
explained failure of the E. S. Greeley Company,
leaked out yesterdav.
Edwins. Grceloy was n the head of the E.
S. Greeley Company. It failed In (Ktober, i9i,
with Ilabilitioa of ijllOO.000. Sir. Greeley and
Sir. Sand wore appointed receivers. Jones A:
Liugiilln of Pittsburg put Frederick W. Child,
an expert accountant, at work on the Greeley
Company's hooka. Ho reported that Sands had
t-istcmaticall) falsified the accounts and that
wSO.000 was missing. A complaint, bied on
Child's discoveries, was made, and Justice
Muvth Issued an order In n ch il suit for Sand s
nrrest. Sands's ton-ln-law, Architect William II,
Russell, made gool tbe firm's looses and the
civil suit was dropped. Sands lived at 7(1 West
Fifty-sixth street and waa n member of several
clubs.
llEIt EOOH Ar7ZE O.V tilt AST DAT.
So talt n Carol nt the oriental Hotel Who
ura Tor Uamnce.
In an action brought by Sliss Louise W.
Wright to recover T.0,000 damages from Agnes
II. SIcICay and her brother, John SIcKay, own
ers of the Oriental Hotel, at Rroadway and
Fifty-eighth street, for Interfering with her pos
session of apartments in tho hotel during tho
Grant Memorial Day celebration. Justice Smyth
of the Supreme Court signed yesterday an order
for tho assessment of damage owing to the de
fault of the defendant. Agues D. SIcKny, In an
swering. The plalntltT had apartment at the
hotel, for which she jwid 912 a wc-k, and she
sa) s that during the celebration a wooden stand
was erected in front of her windows which com
pletely darkened her windows. While she was
temporarily absent from her rooms, he says,
she was locked out. and thedoorwas bolted
from the inside so that she could not pet in. She
cot a policeman to help her in on the claim that
she wanted her coat and hat, and rogot installed
again in the rooms and. maintained possession
until after the celebration.
Sir. SIcKay ha served an answer denying the
material allegations of the complaint, but as
his sister did not answer the damages are to tie
assessed only ngalnst her.
inriTE stah t.ise srrn roic 910,000.
O'llnro Declare That Ills Health la Im
paired Through lark or Accomaiodntlona.
The taking of testimony has been concluded
in tho libel tiled In tho l'nlted States Dis
trict Court somo time ago by Patrick J.
O'Haru against the steamship Germanic of
the White Star line. He states that on June
111, 1 fillf). lie engaged passage in the steer
age of thu Germanic nnd that during the voy
age from this port to Queentown the otlleers of
the vessel failed to provide him with proper
sleeping accommodation. For several day he
was obliged to sleep on tbe deck, he sa) s. When
the voyage was about hulf oc er h was provided
with a hammock. It was o ?tnall and hung so
high that hu fell out and tit Ills legs, Tbe otll
eers, O'Haru says, also neglected to provide him
with table utensils, uud lie was obliged to ouy
his v lctuals at an extra charge.
All this he asserts, waa In violation of con
tract. and he asks for $111,000 damages, declar
ing that his health has been ierloiiBl impaired
by the exposure he suffered.
The ease came up tiefore Judge Urown yester
day. DccUlon was reserved. The defence w as a
general denial.
IlOJIDEn IS A RAISES I, AW HOTEL.
nrokrr MeCallnra Alleged Ktpcrlenro In a
Ilnrlem Reoort.
Nell McCallnm, a broker at 203 Broadway,
was complainant in the Harlem Court yestcrdny
against John M, Clark, bartender In a Raines
law-hotel nt 2458 Second avenue. He said he
dropped into tho saloon at 10:30 o'clock Slonday
night and called for a drink. After drinking he
felt slrk nnd dizzy. He asked for n room, nnd
the bartender led him tonn unfurnished room In
the second story, where lie left him to sleep on
the floor. When he awoke In the morning his
slher watch and isjft were missing. When ho
complained to Clark lie was thrust out of the
place without ceremony.
The police know nothing detrimental to tho
hotel, but are investigating the story. Slenn
time Clark was held In fl.ooo bail for examination.
FATAL FALL TIOWS AS AI11SIIAFT.
The Victim Was Reeking n liar to Enter Her
Locked Flat.
Augusta Larson, who lived on the top floor of
the five-story tenement nt 017 Columbus avenue,
went to the roof yesterday to hang out somo
clothes. Finding horwlf locked out when sho
had finished tho looked dow 11 the nlrshaft to sro
If there was any way to climb Into her flat.
She lost her balance and fell headlong through
the shaft, breaking two windows In her descent
and fracturing her skull, arms, and shoulder.
She was removed to the Slanhattan Hospital,
where sho died two hours afterward.
Aldermen Voce 10 favo Ihe Tombs roreb.
The Aldermen's Committee on Public Works
recommended to tho board yesterday that steps
b" taken at once to preserve the pillared porch of
the Tombs. The committee suggested that It bo
erected In front of thu iicnitentlary on Illaek
well's Island. The report nns adopted, but ns
there are no funds available for the work the
Aldermen can do nothing further in the matter.
The Slaj or will be urged to Interest himself in
the project, and It Is thought that be may find a
wa) to get the necessary funds.
SI 0O. UOO Fire In Cairo, III.
Cttno, III., June . Tho Baptist Church and
annex, the Holiday warehouse and contents,
Glynn's stables, twenty-six horses, wagons and
drays and soveral dwellings were burned here
this morning. The loss is $100,000.
Can't Sleep,
Because tbe nerves nro tAfiL, O
weak and easily cxolted VJW
and the body Is In a JF
feverish nnd unhealthy condition. Nerves
aro fed and nourished by pure, rich blood.
Hood' Sarsnparllla ijlvpo. sweet, refresh.
Ins sleep tcXAUe It purltlca and enriches
tbe blood and builds up thu system.
HOOd'S SpaHl"la
Is the Best In fact tbe One True Rlood Purifier.
Hood's Pills bS50'Jnc.sri7,c?rUon'
t
STRIKE IIS DISORDERLY.
TiiET jtcsoRT to rrnisKEn.puzzxxo
AXn 1XTIMIDATIOS.
raur or Them Arree4 for Aseaulttna- Contrac
tor Btnbeeh and One rined A Commltteo
Halts Rhone XThero .on-l'nln XI en Aro
employed una Inaneeo Them to 1-eo.Te.
The striking east sldo tailors made things
lively yesterday forenoon and early In the after
noon try pursuing the tnctlca they usually adopt
at the fag- end of n strike. Whisker pulling waa
started and a mob of several nundred set out to
torrlfy contractors and non-union men, and suc
ceeded to a (rrcat extent until tho combined In
fluence of tho drenching rain In the afternoon
and soveral arrests of supposed ringleaders sub
dued tbclr ardor.
Tho trouble was caused by a number of the
strikers becoming Impatient nnd returning to
work. Tills put the strikers, when they col
lected together. Into n fighting mood. Karly in
tho forenoon a crowd of atrikora stood around
tbe headquarters of tho striking children's Jack
et makers, at Essex and Broome streets, when
Louis Stubcck. n contractor, of 80 Wlllctt street,
appeared and was recognized as a man who em
ployed non-union in on.
" Look, at him! He has scabs In his shops 1"
shouted a striker in Jargon.
A rush was mado for Stubcck, and several
pairs of hands began clutching at him. Ho
dodged, nnd his assailants caught the wrong
whiskers. A fight. Independent of Stubcck. be
gan among tbe tailors themselves, but as
Stubcck was trying to slip away all hands mado
for him again.
Hero tho accounts became conflicting. Somo
say Stubcck drew a revolver, others that ho pre
tended to draw one. At all events, he kept tho
crowd at bay until the police arrived and scat
tered it. Four men were arrested, charged with
assaulting Stubcck. They were Louis Isaacs of
!H Cannon street: Aaron Sknlkn of 135 Slonroe
street. Israel Kupfermann of 75 Columbia street,
and Henry Greenfield of 200 Rlxlngton street.
All four were taken before Magistrate Slott In
)jwi Slarkel Court, but proof of assault waa
difficult. Three of the men were discharged and
Greenfield was lined S5 for disorderly conduct.
A commltteo of twenty-tlvo strikers organ
ized 5 esterday, and, followed by a big crowd of
tailors, started on a tour through the shops to
see If any non-union were at work. They found
twenty-live men nt work In Contractor llottcn
berg's shop nt 3!)3 East Houston streets and
ordered them to quit work. Tho workers w ero
frightened and went out.
ltottrnbcrg called a policeman and had three
of the committee arreted. The rest of the com
mittee went on Its self-imposed task and intimi
dated twentj five non-union men who were
working for Contractor Tack at 110 Attorney
ttreet Into quitting work.
At 275 Helanccy street the committee found a
number of tailor at work on the fourth floor for
two brothers named Hj man. Some of thecom-
I mittce got into the shop by clambering over the
I lire ecape. frightening some of tho people In the
, building into the belief that there was a tire.
I Slen and women began to clnmber down the
1 dark stairs, but were stopped bv member of the
(ommlttcc who told them their errand. Tbe
I tailors at work Joined the commltte and the
shop was closed. The committee then compelled
twenty non-union men at work forContractor
Samuel Lewis at 277 Delanccy street to quit
work.
Just then rain came down in torrents. The
committee quit work itself for the day on tbe
understanding that It should start In again this
morning.
There was as much talk about guns and re
volrra among the contractors yesterday as If
each one had graduate 1 in the wild West ond
carried shooting irons as a matter of course,
Henjamln Wltkowskl, Secrctiry of the Con
tractors' Association, who is the least warlike,
was asked If the contractors had sought special
. polieo protection.
I " No," he said, "we'll protect ourselves."
" How; with guns T '
"No; with crow bars and clubs If wchaeto."
I Witkowski said the cause of the trouble was
, a break In the strike. Twenty-five per cent, of
the strikers had alread broken rank., he eaid.
Sleyer Schocnfcld. the leader of the llrotber
hood of Tailors, said hi men were all right. He
laid tbe whole blnnio on the children's Jacket
makers. Among the arrests 3 cterday was that
, of a man. who. the strikers boasted, threw a
piece of lemon peel at a policeman. The pollcv
j mn was not seriously hurt. If to-day i line
whisker pulling on an extensive scale is ex
pected on the east side.
EAlns' O.V SUA 31 CLUES STOP A BIT
I'alll Corey or tbe Sewronrket I Trlesl. and
tbe Trial Will Begin To-Dai.
Chief of Police Conlin had a talk yestcrday
with District Attorney Olcott. after which it
was announced that tbe police would not Inter
fere further with Raines law clubs until a tet
case had been made with the trial of Edward H.
Corey, proprietor of the Tenderloin dance hall
known as the Newm.irket.wherc business is done
all night and on Minds with tbe aid of an old
club charter and a new liquor tax ccrtitlcAte.
District Attorney Olcott decided to put Corey
on trial to-day. Corey wns arrested on a charge
of keeping a disorderly house.
Ruilneoa Tronble.
The National Wrought Steel Slanufacturing
Company, whose oillcc Is at 15 Whitehall street.
and whoso factory is at Wintleld. L. I., made an
assignment yesterday to Charles G. Smith.
j The President is Wm. W. Palmer.
Deputy Sheriff Llpsky took charge yesterday
I of the place nf business of Stein & Stnrsbnll.
manufacturers of straw and felt hats at 30i
East Fifty-ninth street, on an execution for
S3.tt!7 in facorof Philip Stein, fnther of the
senior partner.
Judgment for 141,403 was entered yesterday
against James SI. Wutcrbury of 07 Viuth street
in favor of Work, Strong A: Co. for the amount
due 0:1 a note made bj Sir. Waterburj dated
Slay 15. 193, and payable three years from date.
Hotel Men's Annual Contention.
RosTOS. June p. At the annual convention of
tho Hotel SIcu s Mutual Benefit Association
hero to-day George II. Rowker of Hol)oke,
Stass.. former Vice-President, was elected Presi
dent. George 11. Rlmbarh of Boston was elected
Vice-President, and J. K. Blatchford of Chicago
was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer. It was
voted 10 hold the contention next year In New
Orleans. There wasadlnncr this evening at tho
Vendome. nt which Gov. Woleott was cntor
talned. Among the well-known hotel men from
New York are G. F. Atherton. II. W. Hell. J. R.
Benjamin, Simeon Ford, and Louis L. Todd.
1
Holland fJameo Have a function on Hand.
The " Holland Dames of tbo New Nether
lands" are h ivlng a handsome tablet cast for
Insertion In the walls of the new building now-in
course of erection on the site of the old Stadt
Han of New Amsterdam, now 14 and HI State
street. It will be set in placo by their "Queen "
and six of the "Knights of the Crown of tho
Now Netherlands" with appropriate ceremo
nies, after which tho imltcd guests will
toast the long-dead Burgomasters at Fraunco's
Tavern near by.
Truckmen Make Ireenta to Assemblyman
I-ronard.
Assemblyman William II. Leonard of thoThird
district was the recipient on Slonday night of a
costly gold watch nnd chain and a diamond
charm, w hich were presented to him by the New
Ycrk Truckmen's Association, In whose interest
bo Introduced and secured the passage of certain
legislation at the last session nf the Legislature.
The presentation was made at Kostcr & Illal's
old place in Twentj -fourth street.
Ulsbop t lark Aska Tor a 4 oadjutor.
PKOVtlilNcT. It, L, June ".-The 107th aunual
Eplsi opal Convention of the Diocese of Hhudo
Island opened here to-day Bishop CInrk was
not present, but hi forty-third annual address
wus read by tho Secretary. The Bishop referred
to his falling health .ind suggested that a coad
jutor bonppoinlcd to assist him In the work of
tho diocese. No name other than that of Dr.
Greer of New York ha )ct been mentioned pub
licly for 'ho office.
Mr, ltrlcht Tells Haw ludlnu Ralbe.
ASPCHV PaitK, N, J June s. In theGcr.e-al
Sjnodnf the Reformed Church hero to-dn Sir.
Frank Hall Wright, a missionary ntnnng the In
dians, disputed the report tb.it Indians wero
unclean. Sbo sild tho Govrrnmrtit allowed
each Indian four ounce of snip ever' two
weeks, and thit th' tul:o a hath erry dV, she
said they start n file 011 11 ro.-k, and when tho
surface become hot pour w.itcr oier it. Th
vapor from thii iock Kites them thclrdciircd
bath.
Hurt Celllug HIT an Tinnier! Train.
E. J. I'ox, aliwycr, o' ltr.7 Set entli avenue,
tried lo get nlT a sixth ..rcbun clovatod train
after it bad started to le.no the 101th street
station, at 10 o'clm'k list rtrnlnir. and slipped
on the platform, which was wet with rain. Re
fell, striking 0:1 his knee cap, which was broken.
His coat c.i'ight In the car gate, und lie wus
dragged a few feet. Ho went home In a cab.
House or iteruffii quarantine Removed.
Tbe quarantine put ujmn i'jc House of Refuge
was removed ) esterday by the Health Hoard.
Police Slagistratcs may now resume their prac
tice of cominittlngunruly hoystuthe Insiltuiinn.
and Deputy Sheriff Welch of East Sloriche.
who has been trying to land a prisoner there, is
I welcome to try asaiu.
By the Clothes He Wears I
many a- mnn Is JikIrciI. CnfeleMmcss
In dress Isnfnlr liiillcntlon of rare,
lenanrxs in other tilings.
Dcnctlt by this leNOii nnd let us
make you a suit Hint will pit t)s
scrutiny of the closest ItiMirulun
We're noted for it. For
! i
no more; $15.00' HO LESS
you Ret flic nick of over BOO patterns. 1
incluillnfr HiikHnIi Clny llltio Rrrcei I
(fruarnntcetl fast color), Snitch I
Cheviots, nnd KnulUli 'Worsted).. I
Your money hack if ellnntinllccl. 1
W. G. S.0FTUS & GO. 1
ORDKItS TAKEN AT Oftl "
Wbelesale Woollen House (Mall Order Pert) u4
Headquarters. Bon-378 nroadway.
Sample and Self-Measurement fllanki Vat
New Trrk Salesrooms: i Also st
184 D'war. near John. 7.1 "ahlofnit,letto.
11PI n'waj.nearitstb. Ill Adit. Troy
S Whitehall st 12 Soeth Peart .. Albany.
135th and Lexington. toa Chestnut it, rnllas
San UulM'K. near Olida-e. I&HT Broad it.. Newark.
Open Evening.
WE USE M-lXSEIt'S OrARANTEED SH.KS.
ciiosex coaejutor nisuoi'.
The Iter, rbanneer nrewater or nroolelrn lo
Aoilat Il'ahep nrilllanw: or Connecticut.
New Haves, Conn., Juno R. The Rev Dr.
Cbauncey H. Hrewstcr of nrooklyn. X. Y was
elected to-day Coadjutor Hishop to the Rt, Iter.
John Williams, tho vcnerablo Kplscopal Ri-hnp
of the diocese of Connecticut. The electlm was
made by the Connecticut Diocersan Convention at
St. Johns Church. Wnterbury. on thcelecetith
ballot. The Rev. K. S. Lines, pastor of St. Paul's
Church of this city, was a leading candidate,
and there is great disappointment in Sew Haen
at his failure of election.
Dr. Brewster, who has been rector nf Orc
Episcopal Church on the IteUhts. Brookljn. U
since ls's-'.w as born in Windham. Conn.. In 14.
He Is a lineal descendant of Klder Brewster, tin ?
pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers. He ws gradu
ated from Yale Colle-gein ISC', and was chosen
tutor in I-alin and Greek for the following yi jr.
He then entered Berkeley Divinity S bool at
Sllddletown. Conn., and In 15T'J was ordained a
deacon.
He was raised to the pricsthrod while he wis
at Sleriden in V7f.and wasc.illcd to the rector
ship of Christ Church In West, hestcr Court v
where he remained until I 'Hi. He then txs..inia
rector of Christ Church in Detroit. Inls-.-.hs
was called to Grace Church in Baltimore. Si:., '
where he remained until 1-". when he received
a call to Grace Church, Brooklyn.
IT..Vr TO ELECT T1IE1II FORE3IEX.
Plasterers Propose to ntrllee Aawlnsi Kmplojer
Who Uon-t Aeeept Tbetr Plan.
The Plain and Ornamental Operative Plaster
ers' Society has adopted a unique rule which. If
it 1 accepted by the employers, will alter the
relations between the foremen and the men sup
posed to be under them. The new rule is that
the employers must nominate the men wbora
they wish to be foremen, and that thee men
must nppear before on examining board of the
soeicty to see if they nre first-class mechanics.
This, it is stalest, is because the journeymen
have had foremen placed over them whose only
ounlitlcation was their ability to drive the men
who are under them.
The union met last night nt Its headquarters.
Fifty-fourth street, near Third avenue, to elect
foremen from a list of " nominations." Employ
ers w ho "nominated" foremen include Collaran
Brothers. Sltchael Powers, Hartley Heigh.
James Dowd. and Crawford & Stone.
The result will be made known to-day. Strikes
are to be ordered against contractors who refuse
to nominate foremen. The Boirdof Walking
Dele-rites will meet to-day. when a report of the
procetxllnes of the meeting will bo turned la
with tho names of the employers who refused to
nominate foremen.
TAXED .TEIISET CORPOItATIOSS.
9,oT3 or Them, rtealde s.aso Concerns. TnxoA
on Their Capital Nloek.
TRESTOSf. N. J.. Juno S. The preliminary
schedule filed with the State Comptroller by h
State Hoard of Assessors to-day show s that taxes
have been assessed upon 2.4Ti miscellaneous ,
corporations. Including gaslight, electric light,
Insurance, pipe line, surety, telegraph, tele
phone, express, and parlor car companies, be
sides 'J, 3-J! concerns tuat aro taxed only upon
their capital stock.
During the year the charters of o er COO com
panics were revoked by the Governor for non
payment of taxes, notwithstanding which tbert)
is an Increase of oer L'OO taxable corporations 1
over last year. The heaviest taxpayer in this
class Is the l'rudentlal Insurance Company,
which will payS-tl.-IOti this oar. The Mutual
Benetlt Insurance Company will pay Sd7.l51.
Vor Falling to Report Snmllpox.
Tho Health Board has directed its counts',
Henry Stelnert, to procure a warrant for the
arrest of Dr. J. Basset Kirby of 322 West 113ta
street on a charco of falling to report two ca- s
of smallpox at 10l West HGth street. Ye?' r
day three more cases of snmllpox were discov
ered In the adjoining house, at 3U0.
Rn(eo-s hllmnn Company,
II. R. Whitman has left the Datcs-Whlt-iaa
Company, advertising agents, at 132 Nssau
street, and has npplieel to tho Supremo Conr for
the ilb-solution of tbo company and a rccen e: to
wind up the affairs.
"i-'JinnKr Death nnd difeass 1
S tt fm f nre no respectnrs of
I r) P "ons' The younf
X r 1. m are taken as well is
-vMI S M the olu Careless.
aP ness of health, trans-
''"jBtwrn j gression of Nature'!
&r j law-s, and hereditary
mM ( J influences are con
c strong;, healthy
. Vi young people start
downhill every d.ir Thev lose health
and life just when the possibilities of life
seem creates! Some slight disorder care.
Icvsly neglected, is reinforced by other Vin.
drcd troubles Indigestion, indicated by
soutncfis of t'te stomach, flatulency, heart,
burn, and distress after eating, are follow r 1
by disordered liver, constipation. headaches,
kidney disease, loss of appetite, nervous,
ness, debility and loss of Besb. Loss if
f.esh prepares the war for the most sen us
consequences. Weakness from any caur is
an invitation to consumption The r- rms
of consumption are in the air jnd in cur
food in tbe water we drink. THev are -v
erywhere. Hut they arc harmless to tbs
perfectly healthy body It is only when
the body is weak that thev do anv harii
Prompt measures should tie tak. n at tbs
Crst indication of disease. Win n indiges
lion shows itself in anv form it ca'! t ' ':
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leal Discovery Thu wnnd r'd tnej no
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th- nerves, --tiiiiul it's the appetif i.us
digestion, and nutrition p-rfi t ami hi u
lotitid. rcfreslitnir sleep Thtrjire'
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