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STRUCK At By 4 CLUE WAITER.
George I. Landon the Object of His Wrath,
ATLANTIC Yacht Club the Place.

The members OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
were mach disturbed yesterday over an at
tempt made by one OF the walters 10 assault
George !. Landon at the clubhouse at Nortons
Point on Sunday night. Landon. who is a men,
Der OF the Stock Exchange. lives at - West
Seventy-third street. Manhattan. According
10 Witnesses. the assault was unprovoked. The
name Of the offending waiter tho members at
present refuse to mako public
The incident occurred in the dining room OF
the club which at the time was crowded with
members and their friends. many OF whom
nesses Of the assault, said last night that Mr.,
Iandon and his wife had given their order for
dishes that were not ordered. AZ this 1.andon
been served as IL was ordered. The waiter be-
came offended and male !unge at Landon.
who saved himself bv sprlnginR out OF reach.
4 mum Der Of members then Jun ped up and
ordered the waiter to leave the room. He did
So and after packing IN his clothing, left the
clubhouse The police were sent for. but be-
fore an offlcsr arrived the waiter was gone
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MUST PAY FOR MS TIrE's DRESS.
Husband Didn't Tell Her She Could Buy II,
but Let Her Wear 1t.

A judgment Of a Municipal Court which
Mary A. Graham. a drcssmaker. obtained
against Abraham b. Schleimer for a silk dress
furnished to his wife. has been affirmed by tho
Appellate Term Of the supreme Court. Schei-
mer said that his wife made the contract for
the dress without his knowledge or ratifca-
ton. Tho decision. which is written by JUS
tice Freedman. states that while n married
woman may contract in her own behalf as II
unmarried. yet the law does not absolve n hus-
band from liability tor articles Of necessity
suitable to her station in life which the wife
may Nuy The Judge says further:
IL a husband allows his wife to wear ar
ticeS in his presenc" and with his knowledge
which he would ordinarily be liable TO pay for
viii be Liable to pay for them. for his permis-
sion To her to retain and enjoy them without
objection IS equivalent to ratification Of the
purchase"
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DECIDED AGAINST ROCKEFELLERS.
Action to Invnlidate Mount Pleasant As
kessOrs, Rilla Enllh.

TARRYTowN. July 3l.-Justce Hirshberg OF
tho Supreme Court handed down his decision
to-day in the case Of John ID. and William
Rockefeller vs.. ;hc officials OF Moant Pleasant
township Westminster county. The Rockeiel-
lers sought to restrain the town from paying
bills incurred by the asscssors in defending
certiornri proceedings in 1906 and 1897. and
had obtained II temporary injunction. Their
counsel applied to Justice Hirshberg to make
the injunction permanent, and he has refused
to do 40. His decision dismisses the COM
ulaint. with costs TO the Rockefolers The
following is an extract from the decision
Tho claims all arose in certiorari proceed
inGs instituted by the plaintiffs against such OF
the defendants as were assessors Of the town
to review the assessment on the plaintiffs
property. The only question for consideration
involves the power OF the assessors to incur the
Liability i'll the first instance independently OF
action by the Town Board and the pronrlety OF
from ratifying contracts OF which they approve.
authorized. think the assessors had perfect
legal right to defend themselves and their as
tessm"nts in tn" proceedings which tho plain
TINS instituted against them and to incur such
expense as was necessarily incident to the de-
fence. The good faith and proprety " the eN-
penditurcs address themselves to the judicial
consideration ot the Town Board. and their
audit cannot he reviewed in this action"
The ROckefellcrs will appeal.
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HE WALKS ON MONEY.
Small Fortune Found in tho Shoes of q
Long Island City Prisoner.

james Papis n fruit peddler. Of 10 Jackson
avenue. Long Island City. was arrested on
Sunday for violating n city ordinance On not
having a lcense. He was taken before MaRis-
tratc Connerton and fined IS. He appeared as
IL he wanted to pay his fine. and the court off,
GERS noticed that several times he united rat
the string Of one shoe and then the string OF
the other. They asked him II he wanted to
settle and he nodded his head in the afflrmn-
tive When the time arrived for sending per-
sons sentenced to the county Jail away he had
not produced the S.. and he went to jail Tor
five days.
1t is a rule OF the Jail that all prisoners must
remove their outer clothing and their shoes
before retiring at night Papis did not take of
his shoes. and his failure to do 30 was reported
TO Jailer James O'Bren yesterday morning. !!
He tried to get tho pr soner to remove hisl
shoes. and Papis declined to do so. Believing
that tho man had something hidden in his
shoes. O'Bren forced him to take them of. A
Nifty dollar hill and several twenty dollar bills
lay on the sole of one shoe and eevera tens and
oves on the sole Of the other. He said he for
got which shoe he had the small bills in while
in court and feared to take of both shoes.
Whom hfs money was discovered he was
anxious to get out. and he paid his fine In the
Shcriff's office and was released. Before leav-
ing the jail he put on his shoes with the money
I'm them
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Writ of Nnbeas Cnrpus for Duke DE Lasker,
Prisoner at New city.

Supreme Court Justice Slower OF Brooklyn
yesterday issued a writ OF habcas corpus for
the appearance in court this morning Of Duke
De Iasker who is prisoner in New CITY.
Rock!an county He was arrested at 112
Chrys;ie street. Manhattan. on July % by q
con table from Rookland county and taken
TO New city. De Laskcr. who processes
TO he ignorant Of tho cause Of the ar
rest, communicated with LAWYER Joseph
Koch OF 80 broadway. and the latter
wror" to the Sheriff Of RockIand county
asking fer, q, cory Of the rommitm1c.nt
unuer which hi, client was arrested. The
Sheriff s"nt back word that he had received no
papers in the ease except a commitment from
magistrate at Havcrstraw. and that that had
been miSlaid.
Mr. Koch derosnd that the examin alton Of
DE laskrr had been set down for 3 o'clock this
afternoon. but thar he had learned that the
tmo had been changed to Z o'clock in the
morning, so as to prevent HIM being in attend
ance unless he took Il train at 3 A. VI.
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DIR. aAGNOE's BLNKRUPTCY.
His Wife Says She Took His Property for
His Debts to Her.

FREEHOLD N. j.. July 3l.-Another eIamina-
ton N bankruptcy of DR.. George 8. Gagnon
took place hers before Referee Frederick
Parker to-day. DIR. Gagnon was at the head
Of the New York dental parlors. "a West
Twenty third street with numerous branches.
before they were sold at Sherin's sale about II
year ago and came to DO controlled by W. f.
Wright. GaGnon cheerfully confeSses to $780,
600 debts but his assets. he said consisted Of
q gun and a bicycle.
Mrs Gagnon told how her husband had re-
ceived money from her ever since their mar
rIaGe in 1896. When he failed. she said. he
owed her So, 600 and made over to her a his
horses and carriages at their Chicago home
and also his dental parlors there,
George NJ. Pullman testih ed that DIR. GaEnon
had sold him Tho Rat. a valuable horse. for 81,
but said II was because tho animal was lame.
This was one OF the horses alleged to have
been transferred to Mrs. Gagnon.
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MORE SALARIES HELD UP.
Minor Oficials OF tho Police Courts Are tho
Victims This Time.

Victims This Time.
Magistrate Deuel., President OF the Board Of
City Magistrates. announced at last nights
hitch about the payment Of salaries Of the as
sistant clerks. stenographers. and interpreters
OF the several police courts who had been re-
appointed for two-yrar terms at last months
meeting Of the Magistrates. The President
said that he had signed the payroll as usual.
and WAS aftsrward surprised to learn that the
city Civil Service Board would not certify 1t,
and TINT its approval had been withheld by the
order Of the Corporation Counsel. The objec-
ton to the payroll was based on the fact that
the names OF the men recently reappointed
were not taken from the court service lists.
THAT was true" Mag strate deuel. said. but
those we reappointed were men who had rem
dered good servies for four yearsin some cases
six-and their experience warranted their con-
tlnuance in Office. Furthermore the Civil Ser
vice board did not have any eligible list for
police court oerkships. We had to reappoint
the old men or leave all the courts unnamed"
The President told his associates in the board
that in few days the Corporation Counsel
and Civil Service Commissioners would see
that the Magistrates had appointed not only
the best men. but the only men available. and
would net accordingly.
Magistrate Meade wanted TO know II the
White law did not provide thar man with a
good service record was eligible without a
civil service examination. Magistrate Deuel.
replied that nobody seemed to know anything
about The provisions OF th NV White it, Law sa, o,u,
who are eIem pit from the civil service rsgula-
TONS
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mad ROPE AROUND HIS NECK.
A Negro Who Assaulted n Woman in
Brighton, n. ", Saved from n Mob.

Negro Who Assaulted Woman in
Brighton, n. ", Saved from n Mob.
BRIGHTON. n. Y. July 31.-At o'clock on
Saturday night Mrs. Henry Steinmier OF this
village started for the grocery. distance OF
half mile On her way back negro Jumped
out from behind tree and attempted to throw
her to the ground. His hand was on herthroat
and he was trying to choke her into insensi-
b!lity. when she managed to utter loud
scream. which attracted the attention Of
man riding on the side path and a
Central haRman. Both hurried to the
spot and the negro ran. The news OF the at
tempted assault spread and the neiGhborhood
was threshrd about thoroughly Several
hours later mnn was seen skuking bohind
fence. He WAS pursued and caught and on
being taEen back to Mrs SteinmlIer was rec
ognzed as the negro who had tried to assault
broke away and ran He was again caught.
this time In Il horse stable.
mob OF about 200 people gathered and they
dragged the man from his hiding place to tho
barn floor whore a rope was produced. They
had the rope around the mans neck and were
about to throw. 1t over u ra'ter when con-
stable pushed himself through and with
drawn revolver scared the mob into de-
ltverinC tho prl soner over to him. lie
Vas taken before Justice OF the
possession OF the man again. and therefore
sent him n, the Rochester Jail. The prisoner
gave his name as George 3. franklin. and his
age 32 years This morning he was brought
here again. arraighed and pleaded not guilty.
The, court did not think it wise to continue the
affair. He was accordingly taken back to Jail
to be examined on Wednesday.
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The PcepinG Uncle of tn" Good Ground Fam
lily Sued for His Wifc's BURIAL Expenses.

Coop GROUND. L. l., July 3l.-rhr SuuirrS
family, a youthful member of which last term
attended school in the daytime and mad" Jose
to Maud Decker. the attractive teacher ia the
evening. is again before the public. Tn.s time
it is " Uncle Edward" ne of the inquisitivo
turn of mind. who said that he bored holes
through the floor over Miss Deckcr's bedroom
to watch that young woman. who is in
trouble "Iuc.e Edward j. defendant in
\ civil action brought by Frank s Hen
Erickson. Brooklyn under'nkcr. 10 recover
1927. the, undertakers hin the burial % Tho
is a denial that h" contracted the Indebtedness.
The answer diScuseS the fact that nj the iirnr
OF her death. while with relatives in brooklyn.
Mrs. SIuircs had pending against her husband
an action for divorce. Tn" suit was based Ipun
certain evidence h" had given in BROOKLYN
police court against a woman whose arrest he
caused on a charge OF rohhing him.
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Manager Klnr.bur,,. VIE wants AlImonr.

Grace Louise Kingsbury moved for alimony
and counsel fee before Justice Fitzgerald of the
Supreme Court yesterday IN an action for sep
araton from George A. Kingsbury. manager
of the Anne rican Theatre and until few DAYS
ago manager OF the American Theatre Roof
Paul. when tho girl was III years old and sep
arated in 1895 Each charges the othor with
abandonment The wife AYERS that her hus-
band was familiar with maids in her employ,
and that he has good income. He accuses
her OF frequentinR the society Of other men
and oidrinkinR, He AYERS that he lost money
on the roof ga rden and is in debt
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BELLA ANDERSON MAD BICTCLE
She Left 1t for Board Bill, and Now Mrs.
Barrow Says Bella stole 1t from Her.

SUMMIT. Nj. July 81 When Bella Ander-
son. alias Carrie Jones. the nursegirl who alb
Quoted Marion Clark. was arrested n thu home"
OF her aunt, Mrs. Hen 'erSOn. in White oak
Ridge. she had IN her possession "A now bicycle.
As she owed Mrs. Henderson for board she
told her that II she were convicted and sent to
prison Mrs. Henderson might keep the who el
in settlement of the account. This was satis-
factory to Mrs. Henderson Yesterday evening
a man who said that he was Frederick Tash-
lein and that he lived in Forty-uinih street.
New, York city, called on Mrs. Henderson ana.
producing an order from Mrs. George Barrow
another Of tho Clark kiGnappcrs. VINO is ron-
fined In Auburn Prison. asked for thr wheel
aud told Mrs. Henderson that the Amber, n
girlha stolen it from Mr. Barrow. Mrs. Hon
dcrs N refused to give NJ tho wheel unless the
board bill! was paid. and Tashl"iu lett the hou~.
threatening legal proceedings to Recover the
wheel
In the letter Mrs. Barrow said that she
thought her sentence altogether too severe.
but hat she had great hopes that soWcthim.
would turn up to get her out Of risOn IN year
or SO.
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ROBBERS NEAR NEWPORT.
Railroad Employees Bound by Masked Men
and About $500 stolen.

NEWPORT. R. l.. July i3i.- daring robbery
took pince shortly after midnight this morning
at the car barn of the Newport and Fall River
street railway in Portsmouth. ten miles from
this city. Five masked men appeared aftcrthe
power was turned Off and after displaying re-
volvcrs tied the hands OF tho employees high
above their heads. After rohhing the conduc-
tors they broke into the office. emp tied the
money locker and tried twice to blow open the
safe. but we're unsuccessful.
A couple Of hours after they left ono OF tho
men worked himself clear and released his
companions. They tried to telephone for as
sistancc. but found the wires cut. and cars had
TO be sent TO- Newport and Fall River to notify
the police. The robbers got in the neighbour
hood Of $500. After leaving they went to the
shqFe. broke omen several lighthouses and.
stekling rowboats. crossed the bay and disap-
peared In the Narragansctt district.
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CxPSIZED IN ONEIDA LAKE.
Two Men Found Lashed to tho Boat, One
Dead, the Other n Ravinr Maniac.

SYRACusE. July 3l.-Jacob GehrinR and
Charles Dunn, employees OF the glass works at
Cleveland. on Oneida Lake. had an awful ex-
perience on the lake last night. as tina result OF
which Gehring is dead and Dunn a raving
maniac They left Cleveland in a small boat
at about O'Clock on Sunday morning. and the
boat landed bottom side up. with their limp
bodies dashed to 1t, at Sylvan Beach. at the on
posite end OF the lake. last night at midnight,
1t Is believed that the men were in the water
fore tho boat came ashore shouts and pistol
shots were heard in, the darkness, but the
noises were attributed TO a company of merry
unlashed from the boat and Dunn was uncon-
scious. When he revived he was violently in
sane. 1t was gathered from his rambngs that
he had dashed Behring's body to tho boat.
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ITALIAN ASSAULTS HIS PRIEST.
Row in IA Mount Vernon Church vestibule
at Vespers.

MOUNT VERNON. n. Y. July 31.-Fathcr Pas
quail. the priest of the Italian church Of this
city was in the Court Of Special Sessions this
morning to prosecute charge Ot assault
against one Of his parishioners. The priest was
badly used up at a festival given last Saturday
night in honor OF st. Paulina. In order to
make the festival a success financially Father
PasGual let tho privilege Of selling candles and
pictures OF the saints to Antonio ConzalZio and
a committee Of the members Of his parish. who
displayed their wares in the vcstibuIe While
large congregation was in the church at
vespcrs. Father Pasqual heard disturbance.
and went to tho rear Of the church. where he
found that the committeeman were having
dispute He ordered them to cease quarrel
ling. but ConzalZio said that the committed
had paid for its privilege and would do rs it
pleased. Father Pnsquai started TO erect him.
when Conzalzio turned about and struck tho
priest in tho face. Frank Nordonc. an Italian
contractor who was attempting to defend ia"
priest. was kicked in the stomach and badly
hurt
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Brooklyn Police Think They Have the
Boarding-House Thief.


Henry 8. Hubbell. ~ years old. who was ar
rested on Sunday for attempting to rob Mrs
Elizabeth Brooks's boarding house at l25 Liv-
inRston street Brooklyn. is regarded by the
police as fortunate catch. When he took
room in the house on Saturday he represented
himself as a travelling salesman. but he now
declines to give any particulars as to his bust
ness or his previous address. In one OF he
two sstchels he carried there wore a jimmy.
some bricks and old papers. and in the other
some clothing and a woman's gold watch with
the name e Bertha" on tho inside.
Hubbe has been identified as the man who
hired room in Mrs. Catherine Knobelrs
boarding house. at lGf, Clinton, street, in May.
the apartments OF the other hoardcrs had been
robbed OF nearly - 900 worth Of jewelry. He
Is also suspected of having r3bhed several
other parts OF Brooklyn. He has been held for
examin alton for a week by Magistrate Bren-
ner. and meanwhile tho detectives will try to
hunt up his record.
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CISCINNATI. Jul" 31.-Tho baltimore and
Ohio southwestern Hallway Company. which
was purchased several weeks ago by com
mittee Of security holders, was taken oat Of
the hands Of the receivers at midnight
Tho new company was organized this after
Bacon. President; William Grecne Vice Prcsi-
dent and l'cp"rNl N1nqgF."Hrji William T. ,Jonos,
Treasurer; Michael !; Wild OF New York. Sec
tary. and Jud.on Harmon. General Counsel
The new company will mako MI tho improve
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BOARD or EsTIMA TE,S VACATION.
Mayor Going to Saratoga To-day-a35, 900
for PoIicemen's strike Expenses.

Mayor tOtng ho-uhy-NoD,OUO
for PoIicemen's strike Expenses
The Board OF Estimate met yesterday for
the last time before September. Mayor Van
Wyck ia going to Saratoga to-day on his vaca-
ton. and the board will not meet until he re-
turns, unless some crisis arises necessitating
immediate action. All OF the city departments
were notified last week that the board Intended
to take vacation, and as a result great mass
OF routine Blu slness was trH sacted Yesterday.
The board authorized the Police Commits
soners TO transfer $4,000 from the general
fund to pay the restaurant and other bills in
Cured y.policemen:during the strikes on the
surface railways in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
The form OF contract for snow removal pro-
yidipR that the contractor be paid for ths num-
Der OF loads removed. was approved by the
board, which preferred not 70 authorize the set.
Element OF tho contractors bills OH a basis Of
the amount Of snow fallen as determined by
the Weather Bureau.
President Bowley Of the borough OF Queens
asked the board to authorize a 100000 bor-
ough building for that section OF the city.
Mayor Van Wyck said he believed such a
building should be erected. Comptroller
Coler said he thought that each borough
Department o' Public Buildings Lighting and
Supplies prepare plans and estimates FOR halls
for Richmond and Queens.
penses Of the Rapid Transit Commission to
July |, and $21.H1 to. pay the fees Of John r.
Thomas, architect.of the new Hall OF Records.
who has b"en ordered to revise his plans for
meet the ideas Of Horgan Slattery. the Tam
many architects. The board allowed ex-Sen-
ator Thomas G. OSullivan $4,000 flor eryices
as counsel to the Fort Washington. Road COM
mission.
A mum Der OF requests OF the Board OF Educa-
ton were received and granted
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JERSEY CITY TAKES.
The Rate Expected to Be About $3.50
Per 81 900 Next Year.

The Jersey City Board of Finance yesterday
afternoon fixed the tax budget for the coming
fiscal year, beginning on Dee l. The Board OF
Tax Commissioners has not istruck the tax
rate. but 1t Is expected to DO trifle less than
$3.50 per $1,000 OF the rata bles. The total
appropriations to the different municipal
boards amount to $2412. 1874 "a, but the esti-
mated amounts to be received from the city's
quota Of the State railroad taxes, the State
the actual amount Of the tax levy. With one
ninth OF the, whole added under the law OF
the levy will be about 81 1926. O5O. 80 As tRc
law requires that the budget be fixed before
the end OF July In each year, Mayor Hoos APP
proved Ii as soon as 1t was adopted.
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bonds. the amount involved in tho mi damus
proceedings. Revolutions to issue bonds must
tionment. which adjourned for its summer
vacation Yesterday. The Board OF Estimate
ton.
valid. " "
=, Another view Is that the authority TO incur
the whole debt having been given by the Board
OF Estimate. the power which the Council have
to assent to the whole Involves the power to
consent to any part Of the whole that the Coun-
gu need not consent to the whole In ono act
because the Board OF Estimate authorized the
whole In ono net
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DISCOkD IN 4 REGIMENT.
Col. Clayton Said to he Forcing His Oppo-
ncntE Out of the Fourteenth.

1t is said that Col. Bertram Z. Clayton Of the
Fourteenth Regiment. in Brooklyn is anxious
to get rid OF few Of the officers vino opposed
his election. and that one Of them has already
been asked to tender his re-. iGnation. Col
Clayton's election was ACCOMPLISHED by only a
slender majority. and a protest against II was
forwarded to military headquarters IN Albany
but was rejected,
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The Weather.

Far weather prevailed over all tho country ycster
day. save for showers in northern Montana and
south rn Florida. TIC pressure was low in tho
upror Mississippi and Missouri valleys and over
FLORIDA elsewhere 1t was moderately high.
II WAS generally cooler in the Atlantic States and
warmer through the Northwest.
In this city the day fair and cooler; wind
nurIhw' sterly. average velocity twelve miles an
hour. average humidity SO per cent; barometer
corrected t. read ~ sea level, AT 8 A. NJ. 20 v6 3
T. ~. 1905,
The temperature recorded by the ofhciIl Their.
mometer and also by THE SuR's thermometer at
the street level. ia shown in the annexed table:
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CARRIED OUT By 4 SWINGING BOOM.
Then John Stair Let Go and Got a Proba.
biy Fatal Fall.

John Stair. n laborer. who lives in Maspcth.
J.. l., and has been employed at the anchorage
OF the now East River Bridge at the foot OF
South Sixth street. Williamsburg. is at st.
Catharnes Hospital suffering from COM
pound fracture Of the skull and injuries of the
back which he received Yesterday afternoon
while at work. il is believed that he will die.
Stair had hold with both hands of n tack e
rope suspended from a boom. When the lat
ter swung out he did not let go and was ca rriod
twenty five feet into the air. Then he Lost his
grip and fell to tho pavement below. striking
on his head.