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New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
BEDFORD PARK COMPLAINT.
CHARGE THAT THE SECTION Is ROBBED
OF WATER AND y CORPORA
TION ENRICHED.

The following letter from .he secretary Of the
Bedford Park Taxpayers Association describes the
scarcity of water of the residential portions
of the city in the Borough Of The Bronx. The
writer declares tha;at is robbery to tax property
in Bedford Park fcH water that is not supplied
while water is diver ~ from that part of the city
under a contract : sply water to private COM
pany that is permitted to enrich itself by selling the
water people of another section of the city:
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: a matter Of great Importance 10 Bedford
Park and vicinity. e. the lack Of. and in some
me after failure to receive any satisfaction from
the proper authorities. to give the matter PuplctE
through the medium of your publlc-splrlted pd2tI
For eighteen months two years past water
has been at a premium in the territory north OF
Southern Boulevard and west OF Naenttmt f m j
owing. l informed to the tapping OF the man
chester Water Company, which supplies the newly WY
annexed portion of New-Iork City and charges us
the same quantity by people west Of the Bronx
l also informed that the city is under co9tract
supply the above named company with lVooV
eeeded Since the beginning of work at the Jerome
Park Reservoir. some four years ago, great guam
lakes forming in the incl0sure thereby, r,r,,ror
Mny I hae been 6a e@ be b 'G this
citation, and we have received in reply the follow
owing the long continued drouth, the water ate.
in the Williamsbridge Reservoir is necessarily low;
in and about kensico viii the Williamsbridge
Reservoir be again in. a condition to supply the
When you realize that. water OF, no water, one
has tC pay his tax O rent. you will with me- con
slider this rank robbery believing. as we do tnat
the Westchester Water Company IS Illegally taxing
water from a reservoir belonging to Newly ork
City, enriching itself the expense of those for
whom ii intended enter a strenuous and
hearty protest. and hope that this protest will be
the meaps Of opening the eyes of the AUTHORITIES
the hetterrnent of existing conditions. In con-
cusion, allow say that the low pressure Is
due the drain upon the capacity of the Will
iamshridge Reservoir, but TO the tact that the
Westchester company is allowed to draw water
from the aqueduCt. which supplies the Williams
bridge Reservoir. that draught sometimes reaching
100000 gallons a day.
We respectfully ask your assistance in this mat
ter. and while YOU will he doing a popular work.
you VIII the appreciation of thousands OF
people in cur section of the city.
D. A. MCCORMICK. Secretary.
New-York. August 3 1900
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
MUSIC AT NORTHFIELD.
FANNY CROSBY ON THE PLATFORM-MR
TORREY DISCUSSES THE BIBLE.

East Northield. Mass. Aug (SpeciaD.-D. L.
Moody was accustomed to say that he knew only
one tune, TO which he sang all of Mr., Sankey's
hymns, but that by and by he should sing as we'll
as his friend
But few men in the ministry have been better
Judges of good hymns and good music than he.
The singing this year, in former years occupies
an important place.
Father liked the hymn God Is Love- " Mr..
Moody says. Let us sing it now, and it is sung
with extreme tenderness, if both the father and
the son We're enjoying it together.
Mr.. Moody was very fond of Fanny Crosby's
hymn Saved by Grace says Mr.. Sankey. Let
US sing it now did when he here; as we
did at Carnegie Hail in New-York, at the recent
Ecumenical Conference. various parts of the
dienCe singing the chorus alone 1t is done as he
suggests. and the beautiful face of the writer of
the hymn, Fanny j. Crosby, sparkles with
light as Mr. Sankey sings the TO the pecuI-
ia~ly fitting music, written by George c. Stebbins
DIR. Weston prayed by name for the three masters
Of music and song just mentioned
When this Interesting fourscore and
ten, six weeks old a trouble OF the eyes de-
manded medical treatment The remedies used
failed to produce the desired result, and her sight
entirely destroyed Her father died when she
about twelve years old. At the age of fifteen
she entered the New-YOrk Institution for the
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
TURNS AND CHINESE MAHOMETANS.

In the mass of conflicting Chinese news, daily
published have appeared paragraphs stating
that. here and there. the Mussulmans in some
provinces had behaved toward Christians in the
same ferocious manner the heather Boxers.
These stories have been denied by the organs of
the Sultan at Constantnople. who being the Com
mander of the Faithful, throughout the world,
was interested in showing that Chinese Mahome-
tans did not violate the precepts of the Koran.
His policy is 10 not irritate the European Powers
at war with China who would be thus stirred up
to press still harder the innumerable claims they
have against him
He Is equally anxious not to Curtail Mussuman
fanaticism. the source Of his power. and he af-
fected TO ignore the predcatiOns made at Stamboul
itself In the mosques, by some ulemas, who
praised their brethren in China for killing the
Christians. These have brought from COM
mittee formed by the liberal ulemas, or student
priests attached to the ideas OF the reform party
Of Young Turkey a significant declaration. The
following extracts from this manifesto, copies of
which have been sent China show that if there
are really Mussulmans in the ranks of the Boxers
they acting against the precepts of their
religion After having related how Mahomet
treated with consideration and humanity the
voys who sent ask him for peace from
the same tribes who had formerly killed his
envoys. the ulemas declaration. speaking of the
sacred character of Ambassadors. according
the Mussulman canon law says:
The person of an Ambassador is invioable and
sacred, no matter to what race or religion his
of him. the Mosem precept orders TO respect and
10 defend him against any attack if neces-
1t is the duty prescribed by the Koran of every
the people of the Holy Books, Christians and Jews
If these goods were his own, and 10 respect
Therefore, basing ourselves on the religious pre-
cepts above mentioned, we Mussumans com
pelled to protect the people of the Holy Books
that is the Christians and the Jews. We must.
while keeping our faith and our nationality and
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
DEPUTIES MEET N ROME.
MEMORIAL ADDRESS ON KING HUMRERT
MADE BY THE PRESIDENT.

MADE BY THE PRESIDENT.
Rome. Aug. 6-The Chamber OF Deputies to-
day reopcned with an immense throng present.
The tribunes were draped with black. The
President of the Chamber signor Villa. de-
livered a memorial address eulogizng the late
King Humbert The President was frequently
applauded
The address was received amid signs of deep
mourning. although its more effective passages
were frequently interrupted with cries of Long
live the King"
Slgnor Saracco the Premier. associated him
self with the words Of Signor Villa, who then
proceeded to read dispatches addressed to him
by presidents of foreign chambers after which
he announced that several Deputies had made
a number Of propositions with the object of rem
dering special honor to the memory of the late
King. Among these he said, We're proposals that
the Chamber should remain draped in black for
six months. that the Bureau of the Presidency
should present an address to King Victor Eman-
uel and Queen Helena. and that the memory of
the dead monarch should be preserved by an i'm
perishable monument
Signor Turati. Socialist, in the name OF his
party. protested against the assassination de-
claring that everybody had a right to live. and
that political assassination was useless.
This statement caused some sensation, and
when Slgnor Pantdno, In the name of the RepuD-
licans made similar statement. adding that
his group associated itself with the sorrow of the
country, the declaration was greeted with cries
of "CTocodiles!''
Signor Pantano retorted: We do not specu-
late, like you crime committed
The uproar then became deafening, and II was
impossible to hear the further words of the Dep
uties.
Calm having been restored. Signor SaraccO
spoke in favor Of the various propositions, all of
which were adopted unanimously, with the
ception of the Socialist vote
Signor Villa invited the Deputies to take part
In the funeral, and then announced that the new
King would take the oath next Saturday in the
Senate before the two chambers.
The House then arose amid cries Of Long live
the KING"
The Senate approved of propositions identical
with those voted in the ChaTpber of Deputies.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.

The Sunday school institute was held this sfter-
noon as usual Many people come here primarily for
the afternoon meetings. but they well
in the regular conference meetings. while those
who came only for the conference are the reCip
tents of the benefits which come from the excellent
Instruction at the institute. Thus do the confer
ence and the institute benefit each other.
In view OF the fact that year by year an increas-
ing number of young people attend the general
conference of Christian workers at Northfeld. the
rnenagement has planned this year to devote
one session of the conference each afternoon from
August 13 to 10 especially to a young peoples
institute John Willis Baer will be in charge OF
the institute. ard will get speakers of the
ference and other prominent leaders of young
peoples work to assist him in making these meet
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
uETROPoGrAN'S CAPITAL INCREASED.
MONEY REQUIRED BY EXTRA EXPENSE IN MAX
ING IMPROVEMENTS AND BUYING
OTHER ROADS
OTHER ROADS.

Albany. Aug 6.-The State Board Of Railroad
Commissioners to-day approved the application of
the Metropolitan Street Railway. of NewYork city,
for increase in the amount of capital stock from
So 10000 TO $520C0,0pl The company will employ
the proceeds of the sale of the stock in chang
ing its cable lines to the underground electric
trolley in Coumbus-aVe. Broadway and LeXing-
tCn-ave. and in changing its horse road in Thirty
fcurth-st, the CrosstoWn line. TO electric storage
batteries These expenditures for construction and
equipment work will cost about 100000, and the
company proposes to utilize the remaining 5000
900 for the payment OF its floating debt contracted
for the purchase OF stocks in other street surface
railroad corporatons in NeW-YOrk CITY.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Ma
rine Corps. He service in Cuba during the
latter part Of the war, and was also attached to
the Brooklyn.
At his own request he was ordered TO the Philip
pines where he stationed at the Cavite
al al He ordered 70 China with the marines
under Colonel Meade.
AT last accounts the young captains wound
almost healed, and he will soon be able to resume
duty. He is only twenty-five years old.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
PLENTY OF WATER FOR MANHATTAN.
SAID TO BE NO DANGER OF a FAMINE IN
THIS BOROUGH AND THE BRONX.


IN the absence Of Chief Engineer BirdsaH Of
the Water Supply Department, in Putnam County
First Assistant Engineer John E Mckay yesterday
made an interesting statement to a Tribune re-
porter regarding the effect Of the 1routh on =.
water supply Of Manhattan and The Bronx. He
said:
All the storage reservoirs are a little low and
] aDo1J t~o-thlrds Of the water used now IS stored
MaIeI rom Putnam County. The city Is using from
cOyvySt9 go T to 100000 gallons day in Manhattan
Sha The Bronx There is enough water stored,
n1%fker: TO meet an necessities for i've or six
months 10 come. even II should have rain in
mat period. which Of course is out Of the ques-
ugLL We have been using stored water since the
IHlCd!e OF June and time in June learly all
me water We used was stored water. The rain Of
July p did not have much effect CrOton Lake
as ne ground was so dry that IL quickly soaked
Ip al the rain We have had rain then
ool any consequence. although alwag=. look
Tor rains this month
There is no necessity. in BROOKLYN, fo9 issuing
,s!y circulars Of caution and warning he pub
&c N regard to the use Of wale-. here Is no
IIatiser OF a water famine in Manhattan and The
Bronx and Brooklyn has not the stored water
Ni4lch We have. We would Ike to have eight
5eserFolrs mostly in Putnam County, fun As they
were in June last. with one exception. hut the
august rains viii probably replenish hem, and
meanwhile, there is no need for alarm the part
0i the public in Manhattan and The Bronx.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
VICTORIA SHOWS HER SYMPATHY.

London. Aug. 6.-The reply of Queen Victoria
TO the address Of Parliament to the Throne
moved on July 81 with reference to the assas-
sination Of King Humbert of Italy, thanks
Parliament for the address and says:
l unite with you in the expression of indigna-
ton and deep concern at the tidings of the
sassination of my illustrious ally the King of
Italy. have not failed to convey to his sue
Cessor your sentiments of ahhorrenCe of such
a crime, and your sympathy with the royal
family Government and people of that coun-
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

obeyng the Koran. side with the Christians OF Eu-
rope who follow the Gospel book and who Walk
in the path of civilization and progress. To take
sides with the heather and njure people OF pagan
religion is contrary religious faith, which Is
not a synonyme for barbarity and cruelty.
our dearest desire is to own religious in
huence over the thirty million MussulmanS IN
China, and send them preac chers, who would in
struct them in conformity with our religion, to
support and protect foreigners and Christians Nv
ing In China aElinst the fury of the pagans.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
KAISER PRAISES HIS ANCESTOR.
MAKES \ SPEECH EULoGIZING THE WORK OFF
THE GREAT ELECTOR.

THE GREAT ELECTOR.
BleIefed. Aug. 6-At the Urveing OF the statue
of the Great Elector to-day Emperor William de-
livered a notable speech. dwelling upon the dark
days Of the Thirty Years War and the "imperish-
able service" rendered by Frederick William in,
building UP the country in the hope of establish
ing q great northern empire which day would
draw together the German FItherIaud- He said:
This wonderful result has finally been fulfilled,
and chiefly because every HOhenzOllern Prince has
been animated by the consciousness that ne was
only an earthly governor and had TO render an ac-
count a higher King.
To me it is, perhaps, granted to fulfil part OF
the Great Electors dream. What he could only
point now able 20 take up on a larger
because united in the Fdtherland and
marching forth IN army consisting OF the sons
OF every hamlet in Germany 10 support the black
white and red haE. which shows that the arIa OF
the Kaiser reaches to the rernOteSt parts of the
world. Without the Great ElectOr this would have
been impossible
II every one takes the view Of the task OF
The EleCtor. then I convinced that great times
are stilI in store for great German Fatherland-
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

broken off like pipe stems. Telegraph wires were
also down The electric light company suffered
the greatest loss. its poles and wires being blown
down all over the village leaving the streets in
total darkness. The thermometer registered be-
tween So and 100 degrees all The storm came
on suddenly. and lasted only minutes, and was
accompanied by hail
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
THE FUNERAL TRAIN TO ROME.

WOnza, Aug 6.-The train carrying the body
Of the King, which will be accompanied by the
Duke of Aosta and the Count OF Turin will leave
Monza on Wednesday afternoon at 4:17 o'clock.
1t will stop two minutes at Milan, five at Genoa
and ten at Pisa, and will arrive in Rome on
Thursday morning at 7:20 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
CAPTAIN WILLIAM b. LEuLT.

Captain William p. Lemly. of the Maine Corps
wounded in the fighting before Tien-Tsin IS n son
of ". a. Lemly president of the National bank
Winston, y. c. and nephew Of Judge Advo-
cate-General Lemly, of the United States Navy.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
MURDERER no LONGER CALM.

Milan. Aug. 6.-Bresci. the assassin Of King
Humbert has abandoned the attitude Of calm
which he had assumed since the murder was
committed. and has given way TO fits of pas
sion. This caused him to be placed in a strait
jacket for ten hours.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
HEAT SUFFERER SHOOTS HIMSELF.
MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AFTER A THREE
WEEKS ILLNESS

Herman Deller, forty-six years old, of No. l,2O8
tirst-ave., attempted commit suicide last night
IN his home by shooting himself in the breast with
revolver. He will probably die.
Deller has been i'll for three weeks. The great
neat OF yesterday aggravated his illness, and he
complained much 10 his family along toward
.tg When Deler suggested that he had better go
70 MS room and take little sleep they agreed.
sId ne was shown 10 his bed. They had hardly
turned their backs when he fired the shot. Aside
"on the heat no reason is known for his act
STORM HITS SENECA FALLS
Seneca Falls. n Y, Aug CA small cyclone
struck this place about 6 O'Clock tonight and did
considerable damage Many large trees were
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
InPERSoy4rED DETECTIVE BISSISG.

THE GENUINE OFFICER ARRESTS a MAN WHO
ASKS WOMEN FOR MONEY.
\ number e. women called at the West Thirtieth-
st. station last night and reported that they had
been held up by a man, who represented himself
as Detective Bi1ning, of that station, and asked
for money, undef threats of being arrested Bin
ming is the detective who has gained much nOJO-
riey because Of his arrests OF women of the street.
The sergeant employed one of the women as a
stool pigeon and she made engagement 10 pay
the fellow So She mSt him at SeVenth-ave- and
Thirty-irst-sI., and the moment he accepted the
money the real Binning stepped out and arrested
him. The man described himself as Thomas Kelly
of No. 455 West Thirty-nfth-sJ-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Chairman Mcknight Calls n state
Convention at Atlanta for April 10.

Atlanta, Feb. 25.-Mr. S. r. Mcknight,
chairman of the Middle-of- the-Road Popu-
list State Committee, has issued call for
a state convention, to meet in Atlanta on
Tuesday, April 10, TO nominate delegates
10 the Middle-of- the-Road Populist Ma
tional Convention, which meets at Gin
cinnati, o., on May 8 next; also to nomi-
nate candidates for Governor and other
State House officers. Chairman Knight
says: THE representation shall be two
delegates from each county for each
representative in the low9r house of the
Georgia Legislature.
Let the county chairman of each county
and the Populists and Reformers every
where throughout the state go to work
with a will and make this the largest
and most enthusiastic meeting we have
ever held in the state. We urge those
counties that have not yet done so to CAL
meetings at once and make Preparations
to attend the convention in large numbers.
If we expect 10 win this great battle we
must prepare to make a vigorous fight in
every county and precinct throughout the
state. SO go TO work at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-26
WINTER PARK FAIR.
Closing Day-OvatiOn to Col. McLen-
don of Georgia.

Winter Park Fla, Feb. 23-This has
been a great day for the Horticultural
Fair both in point of attendance and
new and attractive exhibits. A large
number of Northern tourists were present
and appeared delighted with what they
saw.
The chief address of the day was by
Prof. Stockbridge of the United States
Experiment Station at Lake City, who
gave the fruit and vegetable growers
some much needed and highly appreciated
advice as to the proper care of groves
and gardens.
The visit of the Orlando Rifles, under
Capt. Abernethy, was much enjoyed. and
the brave boys were heartily cheered
when it was known that as the
Shine Guards under Capt. j. NJ Brad
battalion, they were in the Spanish
American war.
But the greatest event of the day was
the enthusiastic ovation given Vice Presi-
dent S. G. McLendon, of Townsville,
Ga, of the Plant System who came up
from Tampa in his private car with Mrs.
McLendon and friends, bound TO the
East Coast for a few days. en- route
home.
The train was held long enough for the
party to visit the fair and allow CoI Nc
Tendon to make one of his eloquent and
inspiring speeches, which was frequently
interrupted by hearty applause from his
delighted audience. on being escorted
back to his car, another crowd called on
him for a few remarks from the rear
platform, and he had the honor of ad-
dressing a larger and more enthusiastic
crowd than greeted Col. Bryan on Wednes-
day. When the train pulled out hats and
handkerchiefs were waived and twice
three cheers given, with "a tiger" for Col
McLendon, an ovation that would have
been an honor to the President of the
United States, for he had captured the
whole crowd.
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Thompson, A. w Butts Emlin Mcconnell
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York. This story appeared as serial in
the Atlantic Monthly. 1t is concluded in
the March number of that magazine. The
book is the result of much study on the
authors part as to pictures of life and
manners of he day, as shown in old and
not easily accessible records, while the
charming intimacy with nature, every
where shown in her description of scenes
and places. could only have been gained
by living the out-of-door life which 1t is
said the author lived as a child and young
girl not far from the Virginia Natural
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