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: 5 ',' .. THE sujj ipBsbAY, JtJLY 6, 1897.
I Xnywhere for a nickel.
?", XHJrT JViC.lXi'TJ- OF TRAVEL OVER
ytei'' jbbookz.i' irrji of noAJta.
MtV A tern Which ni Wan the Brooklyn Heart
?ffi' Kaormaua Increase or Travel for Won.
tgu" Bualaeoa Purposes Caused br FrooTrnn.
Sf . fera mm One Line or Cars la Another.
Jjpjjf ' Tho new policy of tho trolley roads In Brook-
k lyn. Inaugurated sinco tho famous at rlko of Jan-
5Hfv uary, 1805, Is having 1U effect, and It mar bo
j told to-day that it hoa won the affections of
TOJ" ' the people across tho bridge, and that Brooklyn
"$ ha boon mado a poacoful and willing cnptlvo.
mt Only thoeo who have closely watched tho grow-
i& Injr, popularity of tho surface roads there' can
lLi fully appreciate to what an oxtent the trolloy
MR. habit has taken a hold. Day and night the
aEj trolley cars go about tho City of Churohos In pro-
agT cessions, oyor hundreds of mllos of streets,
jSt crowded to overflowing at tlmos, and almost
8w ' always well filled, whllo the olovatod trains go
fflfr '. about nogloctod and apparently forsworn.
iSjss? Tho trolloy cars are usod for both business and
i?pr ploasuro, and ploasuro riding Is by no moans a
if , small part of tholr patronago. That such re-
W Bults should havo boon accomplished by a
& , change In the policy of the roads Is tho more
&v' wondorful when ono recalls tho disfavor In
jK; which those surfaco roads were hold by a large
K& part of the peoplo for months after the groat
E? , strike. Whatever the real merits of this con-
H'V ' troversy were. It was tho fact that tho people
W&'s blamod tho managements, and thousands of
ft , persona who had before that time used the trol-
Jy - ley cars as a mattor of course went out of tholr
ip way thereafter to avoid thorn, and usod the
f J - elovated roads Instead. The rocolpU of the
W-. trolley roads foil off until tho most Important
if lines In the city wore bankrupt or nearly so,
!f . whllo tho elovated roads folt as If the long
R!fcf " looked for boom had como for them, and as ono
Jf i evidonco of their good feollng, gave a bonus In
? pay to their employoos, who had been hard
!f worked In handling the enormously lncreosod
'Jt : trofflc
J ' Things looked very bluo for the trolloy roads.
if Out now this Is all changed, and tho peoplo have
' been so won over by a different treatment that
if - almost everybody InBrooklyn Is snoarlng by the
J j eloctrlo roade,whlIo the elovated roads go.begglng
S5 , for business. Thore wero porsons, too, who
twore well vcrsod in the effect of lallrood policies
who declared that tho same methods w hlch of
i fended the travelling public and brought about
c the big strlko wero responsible In largo measure
p , for tho deplorablo loss of llfo and limb that
S-f marked tho history of tho trolley roads In Brook
si?', lyn about that time, and these peoplo say that
f, tho abatement of such disasters since then Is
fig, another of tho results of a different manage
K." ment. If tM be true, then thoro Is good reason
' to congratulato Brooklyn upon tho change, and
mif there is no wonder that tho ploasuro parties
& which go travelling about night after night In
Eh brilliantly Illuminated special cars, singing and
gt , making merry until tho small hours of the
Rj - morning, carry with thorn light hearts.
K? Whorever tho change originated, it is a welcome
Kl one, and Brooklyn appreciates It.
? Perhaps tho greatest change In the attitude
l&f , of the Brooklyn peoplo toward its surfaco rall
Irsl toads has boon produced by the adoption of a
la ', general transfer system by tho biggest of the
IS.' railroad combinations In Brooklyn, tho Brook
fej lyn Rapid Transit Company, which controls and
lb' operates the old systems of the Brooklyn Heights
?. Ilallroad Company and the Brooklyn, tjueons
1& County and Suburban Itallroad Company, and
& the policy of almost equal liberality in this
m'. respect ot tho otherBTeat factor In her Internal
K? traffic, the Nassau Electric Company.
S These two great railroad systems cover
p.. Brooklyn with linos almost as intricate as
K those of a labyrinth, and looking over a map of
-; them one wonders how even an old resident
K" of Brooklyn can koop run of where they lead
Kn to, and it seems a wonder even that tho motor
ic' men do not get lost as now policemen aro said
m to do on'the bur poets up abovo the Harlem. Klvcr.
Wtf These lines all concentrate about Fulton street
Kt and the bridge entrance, and from there they
E ray oat In varying directions until they have
&' passed within easy walking dlstonco of al-
Siost every house in Brooklyn and WlUIotns
urg. Then they shoot out to suburban towns
H., and summer resorts on every side of greater
& v Brooklyn.
mkx In this reaching out In all directions, some of
'. . the lines follow direct routes which were formed
;? br.the main thoroughfares about which grew
;. the vUIages which nave cemented themselves
Hb together Into our big sister city, but others of
U& them take rlgxag courses which carry them
Hf." across and across each other. Loosing again
H at a map of the llncs.'.one can see that if tho
;' systems are considered as a whole thcro
j. Is no port of tho big territory which one cannot
jj readily reach by them, but while each soparnte
K3 line as they wero originally built was operated
Wfo by ltelf,lt was often an expensive and annoying
Bf operation to accoinpllah this. Up to tho tlmo
K that the larger consolidations took place there
W&r was probably no city In this country which was
KJ? less Inviting than llrookyn if one regarded In-
mth) temal communication. It was notorious that
& people In Brooklyn, and even the policemen,
Wf'r could not tell one how to get from one part of
V Brooklyn to another., Each portion of the popu-
mSi. laUon.Beeincd to spend its life in its own local-
Wk lty. Now Yorkers who lived thcro knew how
Br t get to their bouses from tho ferries or
Kjf- briilgo and natives seemed to know little more,
a4 except that they oil know tho proper routes
mp- to take for Coney Island.
Wii Tho transfer system has brought about a won-
KJa dorfnl change in this. Brooklynltes can he
mpj found by tho thousands now who can llnil their
W&y way In tho cars to any part of tholr city, and it Is
;j; asserted that social intcrcouno has increased
Bg wonderfully within a year or two. It is a fact
Kg that the figures of the railroad companies show
R& that riding for pleasure or for purposes other
K? than business now makei up a very material
K part of the receipts of the trolley roods. Brook-
. lyn has a system and a mileage of trolloy roads
l-''i which is exceeded In extent only by Boston.
B'i To give an accurato Idea of its eccentricities
h. would be Impossible, except by a map and long
Wjt,. study, but somo of its most striking features
i:- are interesting.
8 The larger of tho systems which mako up the
whole, and the one which covers tho most tcrri-
tv tory also, is that of the Brooklyn ltapld Trunslt
. Company, Fulton street Is Us trunk line, and
HJ' Its main arteries reach out from there to Kurt
K'-, Ilamilton, Ulmcr Park, Bergen Beach, C'anar-
fV ale, Jamaica, Flushing, and Bon cry Hay.
tp Feeders from almost every iforry between ILong
Wfi Island City and Bay Itldge reach It from tho
fC Kast lUver to tuko the tratllo to and from New
?';- York. 'The network of lines which cover the
jj. triangular section Includod between Fulton
to, ferry, Oreenpolnt, and Evergreens Cemetery
!,; Is a marvel. Within this space, which is pcr-
tV haps UM miles at its base on tho river by U miles
fct In length, the lines of railroad cross each other
Jp; or make Junctions at something llko 1US places,
? and they so criss-cross tho territory that thcro
are more than eighty spaces which aro en-
to tlrely Inclosed with railroad tracks. Thoso in-
p closed spaces contAln anywhere from a single
Wh block to 80 or 100 blocks, and they aro of many
Wti forms, but there is no part of tho whole torrl-
WR tory- whero one cannot ride on tho cars of tills
WMit- single system to within four or five blocks of
WMf- fmT given house, and a large porcontago of the
j bouses have a track In front of tholr doors.
VT To mako it possible for a passenger to reach
ft' any part of tho territory comprised hot-ween tho
fS Kast ltlver, Jamaica, Canurslo, and Ulmor
Kj l'ark and Fort Hamilton, all for a singlo B-cent
WEi-- fare, was the purpose ot the Brooklyn ltapld
Wk Transit Company when It instituted Its gen-
j eral system of transfers about a year ago,
u These transfers aro Issued at so many points of
ft- crossing and with suchafroohand that it is not
!nly possible for a passenger to ride from Uluior
'ark to Canarsle or to Jamaica for o cents, hut
t Is also posslblo for him to ride round and
M' round In tho crowded triangular district al-
: ready mentioned, and In fact tho management
w- say be might rldo for over and over for ono faro
a', if he chose.
K' "We don't fumlsh meals, or clothes, or
at' burial," ono of tho ofilcors said yesterday In
& ipeaklng Qf this, "but such a pussenKor Mould
WMk Have light and heat and the other elements of
Cji' comfort and could travel as long as ho lived
WWv. yrilii '"T tbo troublo of transferring from car
& to car."
Sf There are a good many people who already
mm, take odvanUigo of this.
map ."i'7.,on' f"111 a Brooklynite. "often takos
cS K8 "Irl out for a trolley rido of an evening'.
WM Ther get on a car at tho door, pay C cents
Vp aploce fare, and rldo for an hour, jwrhnps, trans-
.' ferrlng from line to lino until they aro brought
right back to whorotlioy started.'
WM( It Is not the purpose of the company to make
WMsi U"' ?ort of trmcIHng possible, tho inaimKors
K,' aay, but, on tho otlior huiid, they do not object
Wm? r S partionlnrly. so long as tho pleasure rlcllng
Vy. Is done during hours when tho cars are not
fh,' otherwise crowded. As a mutter of fact, this Is
:- the cose, for thoko who go out for such sport
would not go If they could not bo pretty euro of
Cm feaU all tiio way. Leaving out of considers-
mK y??' towvor, this sort of trafflc, the mllos of
K riding which one can get in a perfectly legltl-
W.', mato manner 1b remarkable From Fulton
f. JTerry or tho bridgo ono faro will carry a pas-
mgi aenger to Fort Hamilton or Ulmcr l'ark to tho
Ki south, tho latter place nlno mllos away, or to
K Canarsle or Bergen Beach to tho east, fully as
ft- far In a straight lino, or to Jamaica, thirteen
V; mllos away, or to Corona to tho north. It cost
WLS a second fare to go to Flushing or Bowery Hay.
, Taking the route from Ulmer l'ark via Third
avenuo to Fulton street and Flatbush avouno,
BK 54 banglng w; th a transfer ticket there to tho
Jrf Gates avenue lino, riding to Itldgewood, and
Mi transferring again to the Fresh l'ond lino, ono
WMki P"1' ri.'!e ? C-orona, and travel altogether six-
Wf teen mlloj for 6 cents; or by starting from the
mml ?Lme P?lnt and taking transfers to the
WMp Nostrand avenue, Myrtlo avenue, and Ja-
Kf Waloa. lines, a rldo of twenty.two miles
WBg bo hod for the sanio. amount of money,
K
Wm
haaaajjllMtui.y.,jfr .yfajMHta. , -&? rl.tal.xfjkfi,y
Thero are forty-four distinct polnU whero tha
Brooklyn llapld Transit Company issues trans
fcrs, and tho number of aoparato tranalora
which can be mndo at thoso places is ID.
The greatest placo for transfer la at City
Hall square, where tho procession of cars which
comos up from tho ferry and bridge breaks up
and separates into many parts, like the riba of
an opened fan. At tills place changos can bo
mndo for forty-six separate lines or routes,
counting thoso provided for In sll directions,
llldgovtood Is tho noxt most Important transfer
iwlnt, Twcnty-flvo separate- transfors can bo
mado thoro. . M .. .
Uthor places, with tho number of tho trans
fers, aro:
Fulton trn't and riatliuih avenue 8
Kul ton street and Nottrand avenue 4
Fulton stref t and Tompkins arrnus a
Fulton Mreut aud KltiRxton avenue B
Fulton street and Alabama avtnun 5
FUthURhand Nostrand avenues 8
Flalbuili and Third avenues V
Nottrand aud Flushing avenue o
Notrand and Myrtle avrnues a
rteitrsml and Vernon avenues t
Koitranil avenue and Ualbone ttrest 1
rtontrand and Uates avenues..
Nottrand and rutnun avenues 4
Nottrand avenue and llnlsey ttrest
Nottrand aud Atlantlo avenues 3
Tompklnt and Flutklng avenues
Tompkins and Myrtle avenues 3
Tompkins and Oates avenues
Tompklnt and llaltey street
Fluthlne and Clauon avenues 4
FluthlnR and Thrtwp avenues 4
Fluthlng and Duthwlck avenues 4
Fluthlng and Knickerbocker avenues 9
Myrtle avenue audllroadway 4
Itroadway andPrlcgs avenue t
lirondway and Lorimer street 8
Ilroadway and Bedtonl avenue 1
Lorimer aud Urand street U
Grand ttreei and Oraham aver.ue 8
Grand street and DrlKRs avenue B
Grand street and Hertford avenue
Court street and atlsntla avenue 9
Court street and Hamilton avenue 3
Hamilton avenue and Illehanla street
Atlantic and Columbia avenue 1
Columbia avenuo and Furman street 1
Graham avenuo and Metcrole street U
Clareneovllle 3
Nansau and Manhattan avenues 0
Hlxty-nrth street and Third avenue U
Day Rldgo and Third avenue t
This Is tho list on tho biggest rood of Brook
lyn, which operates 250 miles of single track,
or nbout 123 mllos of actual roadway. Tho ef
fect of their liberal policy Is attested In somo
figures just published. Tlioso show that tho in
como of tho Bysicm for Juno wns W05.107.80,
or more than uy,000 greater than It was in
Juno, 1800, nnd tho lncomo for the year ondlng
Juno 30 viu bigger thin that ot tho year before
bv mora than K00.000.
Thoro is considerable controversy between
tho oldor railroad mon and tho younger ones as
to tho benefits dorlvcd from transfers. Tho
oldor mon are obliged to admit that they bring
an enormous lncrooso of business, but they
question whether this lncrooso pays for itself.
Tho number of transfers Issued on tho Brooklyn
Heights road nnd on the Nassau system shows
somo interesting things. In cold wonthor It
forms a smaller pcrcontago of tho wholo busi
ness than it does In w arm eatlior. This bcouis
to lndicato that a considerable portion of tho
transfer passengers are, riding for pleasure
alone, for more of thorn stay at homo In bad
weather than of tho singlo cosh faro peoulo.
Tho transfer pcrcontago ot tho total business in
January on each system was nearly tho some,
about 23 per cent. As warm weather approached
tho percentage rose on each until it was about
21.4 to 2S per cent in May. On the Brooklyn
Hclghta road the total number of passengers
curried In January was H,042,000, nnd 1,070,
00O transfors were Uauod. In Jlny tho total
number of persons carried was 10,US3,0O0, and
2,1177,000 transfers were given ont. According
to theso figures tho business of tho road In
creased during theso months about 27 per cent.,
whllo tho cash receipts of thotoid Increased 20
per cont. This would scorn to prove that tho
Increased business, due largely to transfers,
brought In twcnty-twenty-scentlu of a full
fare, or 36 cents In tho cuso of each passenger.
According to the reports of tho road, tho cost
of operating is 5U per cent, of tho gross lncomo,
or, in othor words. It costs about three cents to
carry each passenger. It would therefore np
pcar that the increase of business brought in at
Srn conts for each passenger pays a profit which
can go to meeting tho fixed charges of the road,
and that each new passenger got upon such
terms brings tho stockholders nearer to a divi
dend. Tho Nassau Electric Company has been act
ing upon this belief ever sinco that company
was brought Into its present shape by tho con
solidation of tho old Nassau and Atlantlo avo
nuo lines. This company operates 130 miles
of singlo track road through about OA miles of
streets, and its routes Interweave with those
of tho Brooklyn ltapld Transit Company from
Ilroadway In Williamsburg east aud south,
and whllo it has tho great trolley thoroughfares
to Conor Islnnd and Shecpshoad Bay, it
also reaches Canarslo and Fort Hamilton. On
this system transfers are issued at every cross
ing, but these aro so regulated that even tho
most ingenious passenger cannot creato for
himself a belt lino and take round trips for a
singlo fare. The manner in which this is dono is
by limiting the lssuo of transfers to two for a
singlo fare, and tho company chooses the route
by which a passenger shall go to his destina
tion, but thoy will take him to any point on
their entire system for one fare. It costs but a
nickel to go from anywhere in Brooklyn to
Coney Island or Canursie, and it is possible,
even under their restrictions, for a person for a
singlo faro to rldo twenty-five miles.
Tho longest single ride on this lino, without a
transfer, is from the foot of Broadway.WHIlams
hurg, to Coney Islnnd fourteen miles. Hy
starting from Coney Island one could ride to
within a block or two of the Broadway ferry,
take a transfer and rido to cither Canarsle or
East Now York, making the longer distance
mentioned. The manner in which the transfers
aro limited on tho Nassau line is this: When a
faro has been paid nnd tho passenger nsks for
his transfer, he can get a ticket for ono change
without any explanation, but if ho needs to
make two changes ho must mention his destina
tion to the conductor and tho conductor puts a
punch mark in the ticket which authorizes tho
noxt conductor to isrno n second ticket, Kvcn
the extra liberal Brooklyn ltapld Transit Com
pany has found Itself obliged to withdraw a lot
of its transfer privileges from Us patrons on
Uundays and holidays. Patrons came to them
In such numbers on thoso days that they were
simply overwhelmed. In placo of transfers,
the company runs on Uicho days two classes of
cars. One kind consists of the regular cars for
Bhort distance trntllc and the othor consists of
through cars, which havo special routes for
thoso days, running through the main lines of
travel and then out to tho summer resorts on
tho harbor, Jamaica Buy, and Long Island
bound. The Nassau lino puts on through cars
also on such days, but its transfers are Issued
also. Vruvlous to tho taking in of tho Atlantlo
avonuo road in this combination, it cost 15
cents to get to Coney Island by trolley. FIvo
cents is uio prlco now, and tho effect upon tho
number of actual paid faros taken In has been
gratifying. Tho Increase In tho cash receipts
of the company for Junu over tho same month
if Inst year was more than $18,000, nnd Sunday,
Juno 24, was the; biggest day in tho history of
tho rod.
Tho biggest amount ever taken in before In
ono day was on July 12. lHIKi, nnd tho last Hun
day In Juno eclipsed this and oxceodod It br
about 10 per cent. July Sundays nro expected
to go awuy beyond this. Holiday traffic Is,
howover, very easily affected. On ono Hun
dav of this year when tho woathcr was fair
and the thermometer stood at 73 tho receipt!
of ono of theso Brooklyn roads wero moro than
$14,000. On tho saino Sunday of lttilG, with
tho thermometer at 72' tho receipts wero about
$13,000, and the year bofore when tho day was
ruining the total was but about 0,000.
Tho Brooklyn ltapld Transit peoplo havo re
cently established a passenger ilopurtmcnt
whoso head is devoting himself almost exclu
sively to increasing tho pleasure trutllc of tho
road.
It is under his management that trolloy par
ties nro oncouragod to hire tho Illuminated cars
for evening trips, buffet and parlor cars for day
or night trips and that trolloy tea parties, trol
loy Buhcre parties, Innd all torts of Social trol
ley event:) aro provided for. This feature of
tho trolloy business Is growing rapidly and more
will bo told of It another tlmo In The Hun.
There Is ono othor trolloy road in Brooklyn
which Is Important as a pleasure road. Thli
Is the Coney Island and Brooklyn road which
runs from the bridgo nnd Fulton Ferry to
West Brighton, with connections also from
tho Hamilton Forry. It skirts I'rospect l'ark
on itt way and takes passongcrs all tho way
out to W est Brighton for 5 cents on week da j s,
but It charges 10 cents on holidays anil Hun
days. It cuts llttlo figure, however, In tho great
internal business of Brooklyn, nor does tho lie
Kalb avenuo lino, as compared with Uio tvo
big systems.
The Weather.
The warm weather still covers the Ohio Valley and
the eottern lake reitton. Cooler weather prevails over
the Western States and over the Wcttern lakes. The
temperaturo remains about normal on the middle and
north AtUntlo coastf .
In thlt city yesterday tho weather was fair and de
llghtfuli hlthett official temperature 83', lowett 07"
wind loutherlys average velocity 13 miles per houri
average huuiMlly 70 per cent.i barometer, corrected
to read to tea lovel, 8 A, M. HO. Ill, 3 I'. It. 110. Ott.
The thermometer at the United Htates Weather Bu
reau rcglitered tho temperature yesterday as followtt
1807, lHlin.i 1807, 1H00.
9A. M 70 7B- OP.M 88 73
13 M 7B 77' 0 1'. M 70 71.
OP.M 81 80'13 Mid 7& 71
rosEcssT roil tuesdit.
For ,V ut Knyland antl eattern AVw York, tAoircrf,
cooler in Iht interior, $outhtrlv u-indt, Ixooinn0
norfAwetfrrftf.
For tbs DUtrlct of Columbia, eattern Pennsylvania,
New Jertey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, show
ers; cooler; variable winds, becoming northwesterly.
The Itev, Ilr. rami llealcns.
OniNOK, N. J., July 5. Tho Hev. Dr. Alexan
der N. Carson, tho pastor of the Brirk I'rosby
tcrlnn Church, announced his resignation yes
torduy. The resignation Is to take etloct on
Aug. ill, Ho bus boon called to a California
pulpit.
Two 2.bour Limited trains each way, every day In
the year, between New York and Chicago, via Naw
York Central and It Michigan Central and Lake
Chore connections, lUd,
t
POISONER A POLISH SPY1
JK. WXXSZKR OT ATJBRt(Oir TJSZLi
JL BTORT OT rjSRBJSOVXIOK.
Hit Family Klaie Molt r Drialrtac Milk Which
Caatalna Araenle Two other Vatatllea
trlehea the Rama Bay Their Implants
the Same All Oet MIIU frm thsSwme Balr
81nco Sunday morning, when several oases of
arsenlo poisoning were reported to tho Pater
son police, the peoplo living In tho district north
of Broadway havo become alarmed. Thepollco
have taken no notion, explaining that nonoof
tho oasos resulted fatally.
In each Instance tbo poison was placed In re
coptaclcs for milk In ths early hours ot the
morning. The first caso reported was that in
which Dr. Abraham Wessler's family figured.
As told In yesterday's Son, four membors of Dr.
Wessler's household wore stricken on Sunday
morning shortly after drinking somo milk.
The Wcsslere occupy tho two first floors of a
flat house at 03 Bridge street. It was their
custom to put out an empty pitcher under a
porch in tho roar of the house for tho milkman,
who usually called at 0 o'clock in the morning.
On Sunday morning Dr. Wessler's 14-year-old
daughter Jonnle brought the pitcher of milk into
tho dining room, and the family sat down for
breakfast. All but Dr. Wetsler drank somo of
tho milk. Ho also took a small quantity, but in
a cup of coffee. Shortly after drinking the milk
the girl Jennie fell in convulsions. Her limbs
became rigid. Tbo symptoms were those of
arsenlo poisoning. Dr. Wesslor administered
emetics nt onco.
A fow minutes later the doctor's sons, llyman,
8 yoars old, and Keuben, 4 year old, fell on tho
floor rigid and vomiting. Then Mrs. Wesslor
succumbed, and Dr. Wesslor sent one ot his
neighbors after Dr. John C. McCoy.
noturnlngto theWessler house the neighbor
and Dr. McCoy found Dr. Wessler also 111, his
symptoms being similar to those of his wife and
thrco children.
After six hours' work Dr. McCoy sucoeeded In
bringing the family around all right. In the
mean tlmo tho nows spread through the neigh-
Imrhnnd.
The girl Jennie, when resuscitated, said that
after pouring all of the milk out sho notloed a
whlto sodlmcnt ot the bottom of tho pitcher. It
looked llko flour, sho said, and in washing ths
pltchorshebad to-use a towel to get rid of the
white suhstanne. llor reason for not speaking
ot tho Incident before, she said, was becauso she
believed the sodlmcnt was cream.
Dr. Wessler did not suspect the milkman ot
putting poison in the milk, for ho said the milk
man had no motlvo for doing so. Bcsldos, scores
ot other porsons in tho neighborhood wero eup-
Slled with milk by the same milkman. lie
loroupon reportod tho matter to the police.
An hour after the Wessler family had been
stricken down a similar caso was reported from
a neighboring housoat 45 Bridge street, where
Samuel Kppsteln, 4 years old. and Betsy, a girl
of 3, drank n quantity of milk shortly before
they boenmo HI. Both fell on the floor rigid,
anil were seized with vomiting. A physician
who was called In administered emotlca and tho
children recovered.
Then came tho third caso, that of Benjamin
Singer's family, living at 78 Clinton street.
Two of Singers children wero similarly at
tackeil after drinking milk. Mrs. 8inger, who
also drank somo of the milk on that morning,
wns also nttacked with a tit of vomiting.
In each of tho threo cases tho milk had been
served by Jacob Levy, wboso farm Is on tho
Iflgh Mountain Road, four miles from Paterson.
Twenty other persons who were served by Milk
man Levy on Sunday morning found the milk all
right.
To a Scn reporter who visited Paterson yes
terday tho police volunteered tho information
that thoy belloved the Kppsteln family became
ill from eating new potatoes and pickles, and
that in tho Singer family the illness was brought
about by eating stalo cheese.
When asked what tbo police thought of tho
caso ot tho Wessler family, the Sergeant said:
"Well, they say thats a genuine case ot
arsenic poisoning, ont I doubt it."
All of tho persons who were supposedly poi
soned were able to be atxmt yesterday. Dr.
Wessler, n hen seen at his home, said:
"I have many enemies In Paterson, and I am
of the opinion that they tried to get rid of not
only me nnd my family, but also my patlonls.
among whom are the Eppstelns and the Singer
family. They h,vo tried all sorts of games.
First they endeavored to prevent mo from prac
tising modlclno hero, claiming that I was not
a regular rdnsiclan. Thelnduced the County
Medical Society to tako actlon.and tried to provo
that I graduated as a trained nurse, when In
reality I graduated as a physician In Russia.
Finally they hod mo Indicted by tho Grand Jury,
but I bent them In court by proving my certifi
cate to be genuine. Tho whole case blngod on
one word, which meant "physician,' whllo my
enemies tried to make out that tho word trans
lated to English was 'nurse.'
" I learned that I hod beon followed to Amer
ica bv a Polish spy In tho employ of the Russian
Government. When I was in Russia I was
charged with plotting against tho Government
and enmo here In time to save myself from going
to Siberia. Now thoy bellovo that I am interest
ed in revolutionary plota batched here with tho
object of destroying tho Russian Gov
effmnent. Consequently theso Bples are con
tinually following me up. I lay this poisoning
plot to tho spies or enemies to whom I refer.
Thoy evidently Intended to kill off a couple of
my patients in the eamo deal, so that in caso tho
plot against my life and the lives of my children
failed to work they would succeed In Injuring
my business as a practising physician. It s
strnngo that tho only persons poisoned were my
family and thoso of my patients.
"In our case the arsenic must have been put
Into our mllkpitchorwhen tho pitcher was on
tho doorstep. This is easily accosslhle from the
streot by a largo arch or driveway. The arsenlo
wns probably put Into the pitcher after tho
milkman had poured In the milk. No ono
was seen about the house whom I could
suspect. I only took a little ot the milk in
my coffee, and I suppose I would have been
completely prostrntod if I had drank some of It
at the time my children did. Tho powilor, being
heavier than tho milk, sank to tho bottom of
the pitcher, so that very little trace of the
poison would bo In tho first portion of the
milk taken from tho pitcher. As I Took the
first portion In my coffee, it did not affect
mo like It did tho others who got
it after the pitcher had been handed around, the
powder lwcomlng stirred up in tho shaking or
handling of tho pitcher, and moro of It mixing
with tho milk. My bov Reuben, who got the
last portion of tho milk, got so much of the
arsenic that ho vomited. Had we boiled the
milk, aswaB our custom, the arsenic would have
dissolved, nnd tho probabilities are that tho
wholo family would havo dlod, for I would not
havo been In a condition to summon assistance."
Dr. McCoy, when scon at bis residence, said
that ho found all the membors of Dr. Wessler's
family suffering from arsenlo poisoning, and
that there was not the slightest doubt that somo
one had placed arsenic In tho milk.
may orsnoRown ferrtboatb.
Only Steamships, Tuts, and Bxeurslan Boat
Affected br the federal Uir,
Tho summer soason supervision ot excursion
boats, which was begun Sunday, was continued
yesterday by tho Custom Houso Inspectors, as
sisted by Capt. l'etrlo of tho local Board of In
epectors of Steam Vessels and nearly the entire
forco of his office. This supervision Is for tho
purpose of restricting tho number of passongers
carried on oach boat to tho limit provided for in
lis certificate. As far as can bo learned, pond
Ing tho preparation of tho official reports to-day,
tbo work ot tho Inspectors was effoctivo in pro
venting overcrowding. These reports, howover,
aro not required to concern themselves with
ferryboats, for tbo Federal law contains nothing
prohibiting ths overcrowding of such vessels,
regarding which, In the case of the boats on sev
eral ferry lines, complaints huve been numerous
of late.
"All wo have to do with ferryboats," said In
spector l'etrlo yesterday, "Is to sen that their
bollors, ungincB, hulls, and general appoint
ments are In proper condition. Wo havo nothing
to do with any overcrowding that there may be.
Tho law prescribes tho maximum number of
passongers to be carried on ocean steamships,
tugs, and excursion boats, but does not cover
ferryboats."
A Spread for Plre Patrolmen.
Tho Board ot Fire Underwriters gave a spread
In each of tho fire patrol stations yesterday for
thobenentot the patrolmen. Sunday and yes.
torduy were tho hardost two days in tho
year for tho patrolmen, who bad been on
duty continuously during forty-eight hours.
Tho spread was kept up all day and all
night, nnd was served by a catorer. It consisted
of chicken and lobster nalod and cold cuts of all
sorts. At night loo cream was sorvod. Tho rcg
ulnr fire laddies wero on duty twenty-two hours,
but they didn't get tho spread that tho fire
patrolmen enjoyed. An hour's recess for meals
was their only relaxation from tho long period of
duty. Chief Bonnor was on duty at his old sta
tion In Mort-er street, ready at an Instant's call
In caso ot nood.
stueeea Comes Back Partly Disabled.
Tho Mallory line steamship Nueces, which
sailed on Saturday for Galveston, returned
yesterday with the crank pin of the high
pressure englno fractured. The accident oc
curred near tho mouth ot tho Chesapeake on
Sunday morning. Engineer Henlon detached
the high-pressure engine and came up under
tho lowuressure at the rate of about eight
knots an hour. Tho cargo of the Nueces wlllbo
transferred to the Coraai, whtch will sail on
Wednesday, Tbo Nuc will bo laid off about
i week.
02T OAtOBnrtr RUIfAWAXB.
rosary aa Fraetle TCavanagn, Bleyela Op
a Bi-Hallraadsr,
Bicycle Policeman Cavanagh, who dUtin
gulshed hlmsolf on Friday and Saturday of last
week by two particularly daring feats ot run
away catching, la a sllmly built young Irishman.
A reporter wont to Cavsnagh's house on Satur
day, sir hour after the policeman had been
dragged forflvo blocks, pounded unconscious,
and rolled In tho gutter by a big delivery wagon
bono, no found Cavanagh acting gymnasium
tree for an indeterminate number of laughing
children. With playful fierceness ho was warn
ing them to get off his sore places on pain of being
thrown out of tho window. Whereupon tho
children laughed tho mora and poundod him to
And where tho sore places were. When Cav
anagh began telling how ho caught runaways,
though, they settlod down in his Lip and becamo
vory quiet. Tho reporter saw then that there
were only two of them.
"Guess I catch them ths same at any other
blko copper would," hs said. "It's our business.
Only for ths last day or two they havo been
coming my way. I have been In luck, that's all.
"This stuff about 'bravory' and all that Is fool
talk. No, I'm not throwing any bluff, either. I
moan It. Just take my caso. and I supposo it's
tho same with all the boys. I've spent most of
my llfo as a railroad man. First it was freight
braking, then bossing a freight gong, passengor
braking, and at tho last I was a baggago man.
Now, In the railroad business a man gets to
know himself pretty darned well. Ho knows
what . hecan do and what ho can't do. Ho knows
how far ho can jump, how fast he can run, how
much he can lift, and how long ho can hang on;
that la. how good his grip Is. Thon he gets some
ideas about tho valuo of a human life bow lit
tle It takos to savo one.somotlmes If ho acta
quickly onough. I am not saying, mind, that a
man has got to be a railroad man first bofore ha
gets to do good work stopping horses and that
sort of thing. I mean thataman who has taken
lots of risks Knows how to tako more, when they
como.
"For my own self, I know that my strong
point Is my grip. If I am not to get killed until!
don t hold on long enough, I'm willing to take
the chance. Yesterday, for Instance, that team
on First avenuo had mo knocked down and roll
ing in the mud. I was mad, because I hatoto
get my clothes In such nasty shape. I was
pretty blamed sore ovor It. But I waa not
afraid. You seo. I knew that it I held on long
enough, tho horses would stop. I knew thnt so
long as 1 held on nothing could happen tome.
Atid there you are.
"To-dny when I saw that tho horse I was
after dldnt havo n bridle I was mad again. I
had a right to bo mad. How was I to be expected
to stop a horso that didn't havo anything on his
head to catch hold of I So I lumped for his noso.
1 missed, and knew that Id got to get a hold
somewhere or get hurt. So I took the collar. If
the blamod shafts hadn't punched my sldo so,
I would havo stopped him easy. I don't quite
understand my giving out and fainting that
way. Perhaps It was because I was pumped
out coming up Avenue A over the mud and ruts
to catch up with the horso. Anyway, I don't
understand it,
" You see .what I mean by knowing myself,
though, don't you t There Isn't anything lever
have to do that my muscles cannot do easily. I
Just trust them."
SACKED VB HIS HOUSEKEEPER.
Beary Ofcsrvetfc m Betlred Farmer r Baataa. In
Jail nr Harder.
Eistow, Pa., July 6. Constable M. R. Bull
helmer and Baker Silas Young, both ot Wind
Gap, were awakened at 1 o'clock this morning
by hearing a woman coll for help. Tho sounds
came from a houso adjoining Bullholmor's, oc
cupied br Henry Shover, a retired farmer. Mrs.
Sarah Dodendorf, who did not live with her hus
band, was Shover'a housekeeper, and thoy lived
as man and wife.
When Bullhclmer and Young reached the
house they did not stop to knock, but burst open
the door. The cries led them to a small second
story room, and there they found tho woman in
bed and Shover, scantily dressed, sitting on hor
and hacking at her with a hatchet. The men
sprang at Shover, and after a tierce fight put ths
handcuffs on him. Others came, and Shover was
taken from the house and attention given to
Mrs. Dodendorf. Sho was found to have a frac
tured skull and frightful cuts and gashes In her
bead, face, shoulders, and arms, bhe died at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Sho was 50 years old,
and besides her husband left two adult children,
Mrs. Benjamin Klofer and George Dodendorf.
Shover, the murderer, has four grown-up
children. Ills brother, Frccmann Shover,
committed suicide years ago. Constable Bull
helmer. Policeman Fritchle. U. E. Hhep
ardson and Elmer Eloy brought Shover
to jail hero, and then going to District
Attorney Fox showed him the bloody hatchet,
Mrs. Dodendorf's night dress and othor evi
dences of the crime. Shover declared aftur be
was In jail that a black man attacked tho
woman and ho went to her assistance. Ho says
he was not in tho room when he was arrested.
This afternoon he was told that the woman was
dead. Ho was greatly affected by the announce
ment. He says his financial affairs have
troubled him for some time.
rOSTAZ VLERK JOUSHTOX'B CASE.
Authorities to Daubt as to lbs BaallT T ths
Alleaed Nail Ilobber.
United States Commissioner Howe of Jersey
City is puzzlod over tho caso of Walter John
ston ot Washington, N. J., tho postal clerk who
Is under arrest for opening and destroying let
ters on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad. Johnston has been in tho county
jail in Jersey City sinco his examination. Tho
manner in which ho took the letters and de
stroyed thorn and his actions nt tho examination
led Commissioner Howe to bollovo that the
prisonor was lnsano. His wifo and mother-in-law
said that he had been acting queerly and
they belloved that ho mas not In his right mind.
At tho request of Commissioner Hone, County
Physician Converse observed Johnston very
closely every day for a week, but could discover
no symptoms of Insanity. Tho Warden nnd
keepers at Uio Jail say that ho acts rationally at
all limes. Commissioner llimc received a let
ter yostcrdav from Dr. O. II. Smith of Washing
ton, N. J., Informing him that Johnston is un
doubtedly Insane Lawyer Isaac Uolilonhoru,
who has been engaged to defend Johnston, says
that his client Is not only enne, but Innocent.
Mrs. Johnston and her mother havo come to
that conclusion also. There has boon somo talk
that some of Johnston's relatives aro desirous
of havliur him sent to tho asylum so that they
can get control of his property, but thore ap
pears to bo no foundation for such assertions.
In view of the fact that ho is allowed to remain
in prison when tho ball is only $1,000.
EC 1TAS PATRICK WALSWB BODY.
The Bdr Fauna by a Yarbdag Party en Ban.
day Ideatlfled.
Tho body found floating in tho lower bay, oft
Great Kills, Staton Island, Sunday morning by
a yachting party was identified yesterday morn
ing as the remains of Patrick Walsh of 241 East
Ninety-fourth street, Now York. Tho Identifica
tion wns made by David Walsh, his brothor.
Tho latter says that ho and his brothor accompa
nied the County Cork Association on Its excur
sion to Sylvan Bench, on Htaten Island Sound,
on Sunday, Juno 27. It was on tho same excur
sion that Miss Mary Murphy and Bartholomew
Olancey lost their lives by falllm: overboard from
a barge. David says he was talking to Patrick
on the boat Just before the landing was made In
Nework, and ho thought ha saw him walk off
tho boat to tho pier. From Hint time ho disap
peared complolely. David does not bellovo that
his brothor wns a victim of foul play, Hn had
no enemies and had had no trouble on tho ex
cursion that day.
POLICE BAY HE WAS DRUXK.
The Man nun Over by a Remark Trolley Car
Was Probably at I'rddler.
The man who was run over on Sunday night
by a trolloy car on tho turnpike road be
tween Jersey City and Newark, about
two mllos cast of Harrison, lias not
been Identified. It is belloved that ho was
a tramp peddler. In bis pockets wero found a
half dozen papers of pins, a number ot packages
of court plaster, nnd a dime. A man answering
his description tried to trade a paporof pins for
a drink on Saturday night In a road houso half
a m lo from where the liody was found. Ho was
so drunk that tho proprietor rcfusod him tho
drink. Tho police and Doputy County Physician
Allen, who has charge of tho caso, think ho
feu on the tro ley track in n drunken stupor.
No inquest will be hold. Tho county authorities
will bury tho body,
SNORED VXTIL TUB OOP CAME.
A Neara Urakn Into m Jersey City Beats ana
Tosh Nettling But a Map.
When the servant girl in Dr. Wlnges's house,
473 Jersey avenue, Jersey City, went down
stairs about 5 A. M. yesterday she found a nogro
lying across the low window sill of one of the
dining-room windows. His head and shoulders
were on the floor, and his fcot wero sticking out
of tho window. He was snoring vigorously.
When Policeman Kellt awakened him ho said
do did not know bow be got there. Ho said ho
was Henry I'arker, US years old, of Newark,
N.J. He was looked up as a disorderly person
, and bis record will be Investigated,
Hft jmiS gJWvM,V3'Itt Mffi 'fil WH"jtt rtVf.yti
JEROLOMAN PONDERS PAN.
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aZXXPBBB INTO XYXItOZOOY BY
XUE ALDERMEN'S PRESIDENT.
Bis Lias Is law, Fsreatle and Parliamentary,
but He Caa Tackle PrnsalOeal Maturs at a
Plneh May Tel Have sight ar Prslens sr
Hear Ola Trltsa Blsw HI Wreathed Bora.
Tho Hon. John Jeroloman, President ot tho
Board ot Aldermen, and now acting Mayor, was
appointed a committee of ono lost week by tho
Municipal Art Commission, of which by virtus
ot his offico he is a member, to inspect Sculptor
Barnard's statue ot the groat god Pan, which
tho Park Board refused to erect in Central Park.
This unsought honor, for unsought It was, was
the first official recognition ot a critical ability
which few suspocted In Mr. Joroloman. His
ability as a lawyor has been publicly recognlzod,
Ths minutes ot tho Board of Estimate boar tes
timony to this. At a recent meeting Mr. Jerolo
man objected to tho bills ot Henry Marquand.
Montgomery Schuyler, and Prof, Ware for their
services as experts in passing on tho plans for the
new Hall of Records. They chargod 9100 each,
and It is recordod that Mr. Jeroloman backed
his objoctlon by tho statement that in hti opin
ion tho bills were too steep. It Is also recorded
that Comptroller Fitch, In disagreeing with ths
President of ths Board of Aldermen, used these
words:
" Now, If they (Messrs. Schuyler, Marquand,
and Ware) were lawyers ot your standing at the
bar. Judge, they would have charged 91,000 or
91,200 each for their services."
There can be no doubt about the meaning of
ths Comptroller's word. They aro plain and
unequivocal.
Ths ability ot Mr. Jeroloman as a presiding
officer has also been recognized. It is truo that
ths Tammany Aldermen havo sought to creato
and srjrcod the impression that ho knows no
mors about running a meeting than a cow does
about Sunday, but tho fact remains a fact that
visitors to the sessions of the Board of Alder
men, the past winter and spring particularly,
have been impressed by the decorum ot
tho proceedings and tho parliamentary skill
displayed by the President. At no tlms
were more than six Aldermen speaking nt once,
and Mr. Jeroloman sternly refusod to entertain
more than threo motions at tho samo time.
Threo, he declared, was the limit, because no
man, no matter how intelligent, coiud keep track
of any more. His fine resonant voice, rising high
above tho din of ths orators and commanding
order and peace until the President could find
out whero bo was at, comDcllod tbo admiration
of tbo listeners. Central Labor Union men. who
were frequent visitors to the Aldermen's cham
ber, havo been heard to declare that Mr. Jorolo
man would have mado a fortuno ns an auc
tioneer bad his lines been cast In different places.
But his ability to crltlclso and pass upon
works of art had lain dormant and unrecognised
all through tho years of his public llfo. until It
wns fittingly recognized by the Municipal Art
Commission, among whoso members are Bruce
Price und J. Q. A. Ward, Prosldonts of two of the
greatest art societies In New York. Mr. Jerolo
man feels the honor keenly. Ho appreciates it
thoroughly, hut ho disclaims moro than a mod
erate fitness for the task Imposed upon blm. Ho
has oven gone so far as to doubt his nbllitv to
glvo on opinion off-hand on tho artistic merits
of Mr. Barnard's statue, although tho National
Sculpture Society has already reported favora
bly upon It. Mr. Jeroloman said he wanted time
to study and think bofore he went nt the Job. So
be bought n book on mythology and rend all it
contained about tho god Pan. Tho result of bis
reading was not at all satisfactory to Mr. Jerol
oman. He said he wns not sure that Pan was a
fit subject for a statue on tho Boulevard.
"Why," said he, "I understand that this crea
ture, Pan, was a voluptuous and sensual being
with horns, a snub nose, and goat's foot. More
over, ho was always dancing or playing on tho
syrinx or some other barbarous instrument.
Now, true art is largely made up of realism.
Therefore this statue, having, as It probably
does, hoofs nnd horns. Is not a fit monument for
tho Boulevard. It might frighten the street car
horses.
" However." continued Mr. Jeroloman, " I
won't let my prejudices against the personality
ot Pan interfere with my duty to the art world
at large, and the Municipal Art Commission In
particular. As a member of tbo latter body It
Is my mission to deal fairly with all questions
that come bofore It. I don't believe In doing I
things hastily or without proper consideration.
That was why I objected to accepting this
statue off-hand for tho Boulevard. I was not
satisfied to pass upon It from a mere photo
graph, so I coun soiled delay, and the other mem
bers of tho commission appointed me a commit
tee to oxamlne the cast, I have arranged with
Mr. Barnard to visit his studio and Inspect ths
plaster cast personally. I shall try to be fair In
my judgment, and I hope to bo able to make an
intelligent report on the statue to my colleagues
of the commission."
AXCOUOL IN 3IEDICAL PRACTICE.
Prohibition Doctor Condemn IU Cos as Jn
neeeaaary and Harmful.
About 250 persons attended the prohibition
meetings in the Auditorium of Prohibition
Park, Staton Island, yestcrdny. From 11 to
1 o'clock a convention of tho American Medi
cal Temperance Association wns held. Mem
bers ot the association ore pledged to personal
total abstinence, but are not rostralnod from
the use of alcoholic stimulants in their practice,
although its uso Is opposed by a largo majority
of tho members. Dr. T. D. Crothers of Hart
ford, Conn., who pro-ddod, said physicians bod
outgrown tho theory that a habit wns good be
causo overy ono had IU Ho said it wns an ex
ploded theory that a teaspoonful of alcohol
would produro a gallon of energy.
Dr. I). A. Elsworth said ho had not usod alco
hol in uny form in his practice for fifteen ycaro,
nnd had been nblo to obtain better results, par
ticularly in cases of typhoid fever.
Dr. Shepherd of Brooklyn sold that alchohol
Sasscd through tho human system without un
ergolng any change. Its action was to para
lyze tho nervo centres. One grain of wheat
contained mora nutrition than n keg ot beer
and a beefsteak moro nutrition than a gill
of wine. Tho administration of stimulants to
children was particularly disastrous, he said,
becauso the tissues of a child were easily de
stroyed by It.
Dr. A. M. lesser, surgeon at the New York
Red Cross Hospital, declared that tit was the
duty of physicians nnd preachers to eradicate
alchohol from general medical practice. Since
the opening of tho Hod Cross Hospital In 181)2,
he said, over a thousand cases had Iwcn treated
without:the ubo ot alcohol, and tho mortality
rato had been only 1 per cent.
BOVTUERN PAGiriC IN MEXICO.
It Is Again Said It llaa Ilouaht tbs Manterey
and Meslean Ouir Itoaa.
MoNTXRKr, Mexico, July C The report Is
again retired here that the Monterey and
MoxlcanQulf Railroad has been sold to Mr. C.
P. Huntington for tho Southern Pacific Com
pany, and that tho transfer of the road to tho
new owners will take placo on Aug. 1. Tho
Mexican International road is n part of tbo
Southorn Pacltlo system, and the Monterey and
Mexican Gulf road connects with that line. By
this purchase the Southern Pacific system se
cures a deep-water outlot ntTamplconnd an all
rail route from San Francisco to Tamplco. as
woll as Now Orleans. The Mexican Central
Company has been trying to purchase or leaso
the Monterey and Mexican Gulf road from the
Belgian bondholders, but tho terms could nut
bo agreed up.on.
Opal nine In Central Hexloo.
QunnETAito, Mexico, July ft. A Mexican pro
spector, representing an American company,
mostly Chicago capitalists, has just discovered
an opal mlno near here. The stones aro largo
and of handsomer nppoaranco than any yet
discovered hero. It will require a largo amount
of capital to devolop und operate tho mlno, but
tho company Is said to ho willing to mako tho
necessary Investment, Heretofore llttlo atten
tion has been paid to opal mining In Mexico,
owing to tho largo amount of money necessary
to carry on the work und tho uncertain demand
for opnls. The demand for thostonos bus greatly
increased during tho past fow years in America
and Europo.
A Family Peiith In tbs Bio Grande.
San Antonio, Tox July 5. Ocargo lleeley, a
ranchman, ot Buchol county, his wlfo nnd two
children were on tho Moxlcan side of the Rio
Grande when a sudden flood came down tho
river. They attemptod to cross In a light skiff
and tho liout overturned when In midstream
and all five porsons wero drowned. Their
bodies have not been recovered.
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BTEPB PROMT BIB BOAT AND DIES.
Heart DUoaaa Carrlea on Coiawala Sadlor at
the If. E. A. B. A. Becatta.
Boston, July 5. With tho thermometer at 03
In the shade and a brisk west wind blowing
down the river tho eleventh annual regatta ot
the New England Amateur Rowing Association
waa held over the old Charles River course. The
principal Interest centred in the senior eight
oared shell race, which waa won by the River
sides of Cambridge. Tho Mlllstreams of Chelsea
were second. Sadler, the coxswain of tho latter
crew, dropped dead as he stepped from the boat
from heart disease, brought on by ths excite
ment and heat. Tho body lay on the floor of the
Union Boat Club house until near the close of
tho regatta, and his sudden death cast a gloom
over the wholo affair.
Several events were omitted for a lack of
entries, and It Is altogether unlikely that tho
city will appropriate $1,200 another year for tho
sport.
The first race, the double scull Junior, waa the
easiest kind of a victory for tho Union B. C. crew
over the Riversides and Bradforda. Time, 10
minutes 22 seconds. The city of Boston profes
sional single scull race waa next. Eraatua 1).
Rogers. J. J. Casey, Peter Conley, and P. J.
Donovan were entered. Rogers took tho lead
at the start and held It to the finish, rowing the
full two miles in 14 minutes 23 seconds. Casey
was second.
The war canoe event was a procession, with
the Van Be Wah IVa crew leading. Tho
nltham crew was outclassed. Crews from the
est End and Millstream B. C.'s were the only
starters In tho four-oared working-boat junior
event. Tho former won in 10 minutes 13 sec
onds. In the senior elght-oarod shell race the River
side B. C, Millstream B. C, B. A. A., and Hhaw
mut B. C. were represented. The course was a
mile and a half straightaway. Tho Riversides
started ahead at a winning clip, and passed
the half-mile mark with a slight lead
on the Millstream and B. A. A. crews,
whoso boats were nose and nose. The
order of finish was Riverside, Mlllstroam,
B. A. A.. Shawmut. Tlme.8 minutes 26 seconds.
Between the first three boats there was not an
Inch of clear water. The Shawmuts finished
three lengths behind the B. A. A. crew. This
was tho race of the day. The junior single scull
was the only other interesting race. It was won
by Fred Greer of the Columbia R, A., after &
gallant uphill battle. He finished strong In 10
minutes 55t seconds. In the junior elght-oarod
Bhell race, ono mile and a half, there were two
entries, Lynn A. and R. A. and the Bradford B.
C. Tho former won by two lengths.
Only two crows started in the four-oared working-boat
professional race. The West End rep
resentatives won. Blako captured the Interme
diate single-scull raco from Hobbs by eight
lengths. Time. 7 minutes 11 seconds. The B.
A. A. and Bradford crews, the only ones entered
in the senior four-oared Bhell race, wero evenly
matched. It was anybody's race until within a
quarter mile of tho finish, when the B. A. A.
men spurted and won by two lengths. Time. 0
minutes 3 seconds.
TRAP BUOOTINO.
Edrar marpbr and Pbll Daly. Jr., TTIn the
Prlan Events at Uolljwood.
Lono Branch, July 5. The opening of the
Bummor pigeon shooting at Hollywood this
afternoon was attended by a large crowd, who
witnessed some brilliant shooting under tho
most favorable auspices. The birds wero a fast
lot. Aided by a stiff southeasterly breeze they
mado difficult targets for tho marksmen. There
were eight contestants for the Overture prizo,
which was won by Edgar Glbbs Murphy. Pat
ten, who was the only allowance man, waa
tho favorite In tho pools. The raco betweon
Winston and Murphy, who were alone In the
rnco after the tenth round was reached, waa In
teresting. Winston's fourteenth bird dropped
out of bounds, while Murphy scored a kill. Both
marksmen brought down their final birds. "B.
loud and Winston divided second and third
moneys. Tho former finished with fourteen
kills. Tho Independence Handicap hail seven
entries. I)nly, Pnttcn. and Murphy tied with
thirteen each. Duly killed every bird, but waa
unfortunato in losing two out of bounds. Win
ston scored his usual luck, losing his last bird
out of bounds. In tho shoot-off Daly won. Sum
mary: Klnt Event Three bird.. $5 entrance Winston, 3;
Louenlng. ('apt. Money, Patten, and Dalr, 9 each!
Uoey, 1; Murphy, 0
Second E ent Sams condition. Daly, Patten, and
Wluitou, II each; Capt. Monej, Murphy, and Lou en
lnr, V raeh; Iloey, J.
Third Event Overture prlie, la blrda, handicap
rite, (IS entrance, tlet. mlaa and out. Pbll Dalr. Jr.
SI) yards. lll W. K. ratten. 117 yanli, 18i Fred Iloev!
118 yards, 11: J. L. Wlmton, u yarda. lt E. O. Mur
phy, 30 yarda. IBiCspt, Money. 30 yardt, 18; A. 8.
Sim. tu yarda. 8; "11. Lou ." 28 yardi. H.
Fourth Event Independence naudleap, IS blrda.
fso entrancei tlei at 8 l.lr.t.i three nioneya I'hll
laly, 20 yardt, 13i W. It l'atten, '.'A yardt, 13i T.
Hosy, 20 yardt, 0; J. I.. Wlntlon, uo yarda, lSi E. (I.
Mur hy. 80 yardt. 13; Cant. Money, 28 yard.. 0, and
withdrawn A. Louealnr, 2S)ardt, 4, and withdraws.
Bhoot off Daly, :i I'.ttrn, Si Murphy, 1,
Fifth Event Mlu and nut, S3 eutrance. Tloey and
Winston, 111 each; Capt Money, 10 Knowlton. Hi
paly and Uurpljy, 4 each; Mallard aud Uagrton, 3
each.
ATevvnrlf and Harlem Crewa In Cooa Form at
rniladolpbln Itecatta.
Philadelphia, July 5. Tho annual regatta
on the Schuylkill this afternoon was probably
the most notablo ever held In tho long history
ot tho cup and tho pooplo's regattas.
Tho races were rowed over the nntlonal course,
a mllo and a half In length, from the Falls of
Schuylkill toltockland. All were roned straight
away except the singles and doublos, which wero
roned with it singlo turn.
In tho clgbt-oared raco there were threo
Philadelphia crows and throo visitors. All were
sent away together, nnd for the first hnlf mllo
of tho course Ihey were absolutely abreast.
Tho Now York Athlollo Club was the first to
weaken, and fell behind a half length In the
next quarter tulle. The other visitors were
strong and steady at the raile.Atalanta being on
oven terms with the Pennsylvania Barge Club
with tho Institute crew second, a nosu ahead of
tho Fnirmounts.
Tho Institutes drew up on the leaders rapidly
but the remaining distance was too short and
tholoralcrow shot ovir the line a winner hy n
scant leiigtli.w It h AtalauU a length aud u quar
ter behind the Institutes,
In the four-oaroil shell raco tho Harlem Row
ing Club finished a close seiond to the Ariel
Rowing Club of Baltimore In goo 1 tlmo. In tho
Intermediate doubles thoNuvtnrk Rowing Club
was third, while in the senior doubles Passalo
finished In Hie same place,
James Patrick of New urk on the Intermedi
ate singlo by half n length, whllo B.G.Wilson
of the Newark Athletic Club was an easy winner
in tho Junior single.
BLIND BEOQAR XET CO.
PoUeesaan Who Arretted Her Hot Allawed t
bow She Waa aa Impostor.
Magistrate Flammer discharged In Jefferson
Market Court yesterday Minnie Ray, an alleged
blind girl, much to the disgust ot Policeman
Wustrow, who represented that she was an Im
postor. The Dollceman, who It attached to the
Mercer street station, accused his prisoner ot
causing a crowd to collect In front ot 28 Univer
sity place, where, he said, she had been standing
without the consent of the owner. The girl is a
Degress, 10 years old. Sho said that she had
learned to read at the Asylum for the Blind, and
that sbo read on the street for people, who then
gave her small sums. The policeman put on tha
Magistrate's desk a book printed for the blind,
and the girl read a selection from the Book ol
Proverbs.
"She knows that by heart," tho policeman
said; " she's a fakir."
Tho prisoner's brother-in-law, J. V. Snow,
with whom she lives at 263 West Twenty sev
enth street, corroborated a statement which ih
made that she was waiting for her cousin, who
leads her. when she was arrested. He said that
he had intended to apply for a license for ths
I girl, but had been told that it was unnecessary.
The Magistrate discharged the prisoner without
allowing the policeman to say anything more In
support of his contention that she imposed upon
tho public
CENTRAL PARK CANDY TENDERS.
axirbteoa Arrrotoa Beeanso or Complaints to
Haxer Strong aa to Tbelr War.
Mayor Strong wrote to the Park Commission
ers last week saying he had received several
complaints about the quality of the candy sold
br boys in Central Park. The candles, the com
plaints declared, had evidently been adulterated
with some cheap substances that might prove to
be deleterious to the children who bought and
ate them.
The Mayor's letter was turned over to Capt.
Collins of the Park police, who sent Detectives
McGee and Uarrick on Sunday to arrest all boys
found selling candy In the Park. They gathered
in eighteen youngsters during the day and yes
terday arraigned them in the Yorkvllle Police
Court. The boys had been selling lozenges and
so-called caramels which appeared to be made
out ot flour for the roost part. The candy was
sold for ono cent a package.
The boys were very tearful when arraigned in
court and, on their promise not to sell any more
candy in the Park, Magistrate Hedges dis
charged them.
BVNDAY SHAVERS ARRESTED.
German Barbers Procure tbo Paalahmeat of
Two Italian Offender.
The German barbers of tho east side declare
that tho Italian barbers are Injuring the law
abiding men of the trade by keeping their shops
open on Sunday after the legal hour for closing,
which is 1 o'clock In tho afternoon. Last week
a delegation of German barbers called on Police
Captain Grant ot tho East Sixty-seventh street
station and asked that the law be enforced strict
ly in his precinct.
Detective Crowe was sent out Sunday to see
how the law wns being observed. He found
George Greco and Gaetano Colletta at 1:30
o'clock shaving two customers at the barber
shop at 1333 Avenue A. When they had fin
ished they were arrested. They were fined $3
each in the Yorkvllle Police Court yesterday.
Two Brooklyn Women Bnrned.
Norah Cullcn, 50 years old, a servant in ths
family of Mrs. Mary McICtnleyof 333 Clinton
street. Brooklyn, while going to bod on Sunday D
night, upset a lighted candlo and it set fire to 0
the bed clothing. Tho flames communicated to
her night dress, and she wns so badly burned
that sho hail to tm taken to the Long Island Col
lege Hospital. Mary Watson. 45 years old. an
other servant, was also slightly burned whlls
trying to put out the flames.
New Telegraph Line la Mexico.
Crrr or Mexico, July 5. Two heavy ouppoi
wires to be used bv the Postal Telegraph Com
pany are being strung in this country, one from
Laredo. Tex., to this city, and the other from El
Paso also to this city. The work will be com
pleted In nbout threo months, and the Postal
offices will bo established in all parts of tha
country..
Live Block Market.
New York, Monday, July 0. HecelpU of beeves for
two days were S.iilil beau. Including tl 1 cart for ex
port, 40 ears for city tlautthterers.and 31 can tor Hit
market. Demand active and prices steady, and
rouith atufl a trifle Arm. I'oor to choice tteert io'd
at 11(115. SO v 100 t.i oxen at 3.10i3.7oi bulli
at?.&0it3.)5cowaat ('.'it.S0. City dreued na
tive tides, aaA8te. a. To dsj 't cab et from Lon
don quoted American tteert at lOffllOc, drrtaed
welKhtirefrlinratir beef at 8isu c y . Exports
today a 14 cattle ami 2.400 quarteraof beefi to-iuor-rovv,
,30 cattle and 2,310 quarter!.
lteeelpts of live ealvet were 2,381 head. Trad a
tlve and prices BUe. hlvlier for all grades. All told
early at tail.T3 V ion !. rorveala; .30u4 for
buttermilk calves, nod (4. nil for red do. City drrated
vealt higher, at Sutluijc. 9 a.
llecelpts of tnei Ami laniba for two days, Including
4 cart fur shiiiKhtrrrn, Mere 13,734 head, and alto
gether there were .17 lj can on tale, hheepwera la
fair demand andattafy; lambs In hear supply and
2.1:l.V, lower, rinsing dull with cart tu sell. Poor
to prime ihrep told at 82.S0itl.l2ig 100 Bf.l
decent to very choice laiuha at (4 7.V4ID.40. Drruad
mutton, 51470, e1 tt.idrexed lambs, TMtlOe.
ltecelptt of hoKt for twu days were ll,t)An head.
The market waa dull and easier at t3.7ostt V 1U0 aa.
Court Calendar Tbla Vmj.
Appellate Plvlilou Supreme Court lteceaa.
Supreme Court K-Ual Term Part I. Uotloa
calendar called at 10. Uo A. II. Part II. Ex part
matters.
hurrosate'a Court Trial Term Ko day calendar.
Chambers No day calendar, hor probate Willi of
TlioniM K. Schlel, Aunle 51 Cnlilll, tleorite W, Dayton,
Jr., Jacob hcholle, Henry Ilohinann, Mary K. Cornell.
Eutenr K. lloKi'rt, at 10-30 A. M
City Court SiH-clai Term Motlona.
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