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New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
QUICK CAPTURE OF BURGLARS.
oVBRPOWERED AFTER A DESPERATE
STRUGGLE-ALL THEIR BOOTY
IS RECOVERED.

The home OF Benjamin Del Wales, at Jerome-ave.
and Division-st.. Yonkers, entered by burglars
at O'Clock yesterday morning. and rings. watches
and other trinkets valued 81 goo stolen. The
sleepers in the house awakened by the slam
ming OF a door as the thieves went out. and Mrs.
Del Wales called the Yonkers police. In less than
and hour and half of the three men with
jewelry and burglars tools arrested at the
Van Cortlandt Park station of the New-Iork and
Putnam Railroad. The third man escaped. Rounds
man Pierce and Patroman Hunt, who saw the men
and suspected them, though they had not heard of
the robbery. caught them and on taking them TO
the station heard about the burglary. The prison
Felix Hunch. of No. 209 Sixth-st.. and
Walter Fischer. No. 222 Second-st., both Poles.
Roundsman Pierce and Patrolman Hunt were
standing together under the Van Cortlandt Park
station when they three men coming down the
track from the direction of Yonkers They stopped
them.
Hunt grabbed Fischer and strangely caught him
by the part of the sleeve where Fischer had
volver concealed. The struggled, and Hunt
tried throw him down. In doing so his hand
struck the spring of electric burglars lamp in
the burglars pocket and the light turned on.
It shone brilliantly. and for instant Hunt and
Pierce thought they about to be blown up
They jammed the thieves down on the ground by
the throat and with their revolvers subdued them
The had all of the stolen jewelry burglars
tools and a loaded revolver apiece. Mr. Del Wales
identified his property.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
FOR TEN VACATION SCHOOLS.
THE COMMITTEE OF sUPERINTENDENTs
ALSO RECOMMENDS THE OPENING
OF TWENTY FAIRGROUNDS.

The report OF the committee vacation schools
and Fairgrounds for 1900 of the Board of Superin-
tendents has been made to Superintendent Jas
per and by him submitted TO the School Board for
the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. The
committee recommends the opening of ten
tion schools and twenty school playrooms and
schoolyards for the proper care instruction and
training of school children. under the direction OF
competent teachers. 1t is also recommended that
the service shall include the of school yards
classrooms, gymnas Sums and roof Fairgrounds
that the play service shall include the OF the
recreation piers parks. swimming baths and
door Fairgrounds and gymnasiums, and that there
shall be library work, the Of reading rooms
work in child study, excursions and outdoor kinder
gartens.
In speaking of the work OF organization the COM
mittee says:
In the selection of teachers the committee at
tempted TO find persons who had been specially
trained for the work to be done Normal classes
their work. This especially necessary in the
depar trnents of swimming and gymnastics. and
only less so in kindergarten, drawing and music.
The committee is of the opinion that sewing. en-
work, clay modelling and knifework should be in
corporated into the grammar classes-manuaI
training so-called. Schools having shops should
have classes in toymaking and cabinet making
classes In plain sewing, dressmakns, millinery
fowermaking, knitting and crochetng may be
conducted in any school, provided teachers can be
found. Glasses in cooking and domestic science
including nursing. should be established in every
building provided with school kitchen.
The report shows that the total cost of the vaca-
tion schools and Fairgrounds for the year 1900 was
S6l, ,Su 81.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
WANTS TO BE RID OF COMMITTEE.
MAJOR w. c. BARTLETT AGAIN ATTEMPTS
TO GET CONTROL OF HIS PERSON
AND PROPERTY

By the application made-to Supreme Court Justice
Hooker in Brooklyn on Thursday Major William
c. Bartlett. of No 75 Locust Hill-ave.. Yonkers,
brings up suit which has lain dormant ever since
the last application made two years ago. Major
Bartlett made application to have George b. Wray,
of Yonkers and Everett Warren of Scranton, the
surviving members of a committee appointed IN
1893 to take charge of his and property. dis
charged and his property restored TO him. Major
Bartlett is a graduate of West Point and retired
army officer. He is a son of General William H. C.
Bartlett. who for forty years a professor at
West Point, and had members of his class while
cadets President Grant General Sherman and other
noted army officers. He is a brother of General
Charles G. Bartlett, who drowned on the
Northfield few weeks ago, and who was return
ing from Yonkers. where he had been in consulta-
ton regarding the present suit when he met his
death
General Bartlett lived in Yonkers for many years.
and died a few years ago at the of ninety-five
years, leaving fortune of s500,OOO and giving
his widow, who is ninety years OLD, the life
of 1t. At her death Major Bartletts share will
be nearly 900. He draws the pay of a retired
major-s157 so a month He is also employed in this
city, having charge of one OF the public dumps for
which he draws 81 200 a year. In 1898 he was de-
on account of an excessive Indulgence in liquor
the committee of three appointed to care tor his
charged on June IL George B. Wray, one OF its
members, had the case reopened and Judge @ DyR-
vacated the order and continued the com
mittee Mr.. Wrays affidavit alleges that at the
time OF the appointment OF the
c. Bartlett was unable to manage his own affairs
by reason of insanity and hahitual drunkenness;
that by reason of unlawful and fraudulent acts
and the hypothecation OF his pay account Bartlett
not only liable to dismissal from the army In
voving absolute cessation Of pay, but also to
criminal prosecution and punishment, and had an
ticipated his pay by many months; that under the
will of his father Bartlett entitled after the
termination of his mothers life estate therein TO
disributive share of his fathers estate. the esti-
mated share of which about 100000, well as
an additional share from his mothers estate. and
that he had arranged to sell and dispose Of his
expectations to persons who were willing to ad-
vance him $4,000 provided he could get rid of his
con
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
TORNADO IN MANHATTAN.
And the damage 1t wrought at the north
end of the island on July s. in THE SUNDAY
TRIBUNE TO-MORROW
VIOLATIONS OF PHARMACY LAW.
INSPECTORS DISCOVER THREE APoTHEcARIEs
PRACTISING WITHOUT LICENSES.

INSPECTORS DISCOVER THREE APoTHECARIEs
PRACTISING WITHOUT LICENSES.
The local inspectors Of the State Board Of Phar-
macy have discovered that three persons who were
appointed apothecaries by Commissioner Keller OF
the Department OF Charities violating the
pharmacy law. The law says that no one can
practise pharmacy in this State without license.
An infraction OF the law is punishable misde-
meanor and by a fine of SIS IN addition TO the
usual punishment for misdemeanor. Apothe-
carries in the city hospitals appointed from
eligible list furnished by the Civil Service Com
mission. It is said that candidates for the places
required to pass thorough examination as
any held in this country for degree OF doctor OF
pharmacy before their put the elig-
ible list
The Civil Service Commission does ask the
applicants II they have licenses to practise phar-
macy from the State board. In the Fordham. Har-
lem and Gouverneur hospitals apothecaries
apothecaries' assistants found without
licenses Sidney Faber, secretary of the State
Board OF Pharmacy, said yesterday that he
thought these violations simply the result Of
an oversight Lee Phillips. secretary OF the Civil
Service Commission. said the rules OF the com
mission could be changed to require appli-
cants for places apothecaries to show their
licenses
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
Mr.. MEYER MAY BE RIGHT.
MoOTED QUESTION WHETHER GREENWICH
DOG LICENSE FEES ARE CON-
STITJTTIONAL
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l


Greenwich, Conn, July R-The refusal or Peter
F. Meyer, OF New-York to register the five brindie
bull dogs found on his place by Constable Medley
Tuesday and his subsequent arrest may result in
large number of wealthy summer residents receiv-
ing the money back they have paid to the town
for registering and licensing their dogs. II all
depends whether the money paid is for tax
for the privilege OF keeping dogs. If II is tax
1t cannot be levied upon the dogs of non-resdents
any than on their horses cows. If ii is
a privilege ii may be collected. The distinction is
pretty fine. and 1t may require the Supreme Court
decide the case
The law specifies that every owner or keeper of
dog four months old shall annually. on or
before the first of May, said dog to be regis
tered. numbered and described and licensed for one
year and shall keep around its neck collar dis
tinctly marked with its owners name and regis
tered number, and the owner shall pay to the town
clerk for license the of 81 Is for male and
s6 Is for female dogs. In subsequent part of the
law il is specified that mo money paid into the
treasury of any town which arises from the tax
dogs shall be paid back" Prominent taxpayers
who have been looking up the law say that the
Legislature regarded this clause tax, and that
being so, non-residents are exempt from paying
the dog tax, the same tax on their other
personal property.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
o'CoNNELL on MACHrN1sTs STRIKE
HE SAYS IT HAS SETTLED DOWN TO A
QUESTION OF ENDURANCE

Washington. July 12.-President OConnei of the
Interna onal Association of Machinists said to-day
that the defeat OF the strikers at the Newport
News shipyards would have effect on the gem
eral strike OF the machinists we never had any
hope that the Newport News would win" he
said. They did not go until weeks after
they were ordered out. and they have been con-
staEtly voting the question of returning TO
work We are not ready TO expend our funds
men not ready TO carry the fight. There We're
only three hundred machinists out against six
thousand other employees remaining at work. Their
return to work may have effect on some Of the
small shipyards in this section of the country. On
the Pacific Coast, however, between six thousand
and seven thousand men out, practically all In
San Francisco, and these will not be affected The
general strike of the machinists has now smmered
down TO question Of endurance Of the two sides
We have no revocation Of the strike order in
temptation There are eight thousand machnists
still out throughout the country"
President OConnell admitted that the collapse of
the strike at Cincinnati likely have con-
siderable effect on the general strike Cincinnati
has been regarded the centre of the fighting but
reiterated that there is intention call off the
general strike and declared that the order would
hight IL out TO the end.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13

A FRUIT PEDLER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION
WITH SUPPOSED SECRET SOCIETY MURDER.
Detectives from the Brooklyn Central Office made
an arrest last night in the case Of Dominica An
tonic Salamanca the pharmacist who found
dead his home, No. LII Prospect Place
Brooklyn, early Monday morning The
taken into custody is Antonio Peppitone, twenty
nine years old. of No. 1856 Prospect Place, who
lived just across the street from Salamanca. Cap
tain Reynolds, of the Detective Bureau, said that
he could not talk about Pepptone's arrest further
than to say that il was in connection with the sup
posed murder of Salamanca
The prisoner, who is fruit dealer in the Walla-
bout Market, was locked up in the Adams-st.
tion. Antonio Rapullo brother-in-laW OF Sala-
mando, who was arrested on Monday in connection
with the case. is still in Jail. He il was who told
the police that Salamanca for many months had
feared death at the hands of some member of a
secret society in PHILADELPHIA.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
BIG STRIKE POSSIBLE.
sHAFFER SAYS THE QUESTION MUST BE
SETTLED TO-DAY.


Pittsburg, July 12-Late tonight President
Shaffer Of the Amalgamated Association con-
sented 10 be quoted in the following statement
Nothing actually was accomplished to-day No
proposition submitted by either side TO the
controversy No time limit has been set on the
conference. but it must come TO end. To-
40 agreement is reached the general strike
which set for last Monday will proceed I
am still hoping for a settlement
When asked If in the event of strike it
would involve all the plants OF the United States
Steel Corporation, Mr.. Shaffer replied: Every
lnion man in every plant in any way connected
with the Steel Corporation will be called out
and We have many members in mills where they
are not suspected by the manufacturers"
general strike If ordered would include the
dnion workers in the Federal Steel Company
ne National Steel Company, the American Tin
Plate Company, the American Sheet Steel Com
2any, the National Tube Company and the
American Steel Hoop Company and all mem
bers in non-uniOn open mills aggregating
sbout sixty Thousand men, who would be ef-
iected
But il is believed by conservative steel men
MAT compromise will be reached tomorrow
ana strike aVerted- President Shaffer himself
while not stating that he is prepared to propose
compromise, intimated that should one come
from the other side, he would gladly meet il
9alI way and concede anything not compromis-
ng the interests of his side
Judge T. H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel Executive Committee was in the
city all day, practically 'incog" He did not
AXE part in the conference directly, nor did he
appear in the meeting. but IL is learned from
aigh authority tonight that he was not far
away from the meeting, and was fully cogniza nj
IF everything that transpired. Without making
he started for Chicago tonight the Pennsyl-
gania Limited.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
COLLAR CUTTERS On STRIKE
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MAY ULTIMATELY BE
AFFECTED BY THE TROUBLE.
IBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I

tBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUEE.l
Troy. n. Y. July 12.-Twenty five collar cutters IN
the Lion factory Of the United Shirt and Collar
Company strike. The contention is the
number Of apprentices 10 be allowed In the cutting
and other departments. Unless the request of the
cutters union is complied with there will undoubt-
edly result strike which will close the big collar
factories here and the loss Of many thousands
Of dollars to both sides. The collar cutters union
submitted a proposition which was referred to the
Collar and Shirt Manufacturers Association. and
the association advised the United Shirt and Collar
Company not TO sign the agreement. Yesterday
the cutters refused 10 work unless the agreement
signed. The manufacturers association has
adopted the following resolution:
Whereas, The cutters the collar department Of
the United Shirt and Collar Company have refused
10 work: therefore
Resolved, That unless said cutters return TO their
places by not later than Monday, the 18th inst.
We agree manufacturers TO cut the work of the
United Shirt and Collar Company until their cut
ting department is IN operation.
This viii that If the agreement is not signed
the cutters in the many other shops. who nearly
all union men, viii not 90 work for the Lion fac;
be affected. Tonight the women Of the Lion fac
tory considered the matter, and IL was said that
they would adhere 10 the decision OF the men.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
DISCUSSING STEEL STRIKE
JTDGE Z. II. GARY REPRESENTS STEEL
INTERESTS-WHAT SHAFFER is
SEEKING MAY SETTLE TO-DAY.
[By TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE


Pittsburg, Penn. July 12.-Disappointed am
oition may undo the strike settlement the manu-
lecturers are seeking to reach. President Theo-
1ore Shaffer is chafing because the United States
Steel Corporation did not send some. of its lead
ing men to confer with him. He made this SO
plain in the course of the first days conference
that Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the execu-
tive committee Of the United States Steel Cor
poration, was sent here TO take part in the con-
ference to-day. President Shaffer charged the
corporation with trying to delay settlement
by sending representatives here without au-
thority, who had to refer all questions to higher
officials. He intimated that unless some one
with authority was sent here he would con-
clude the conference and order the closing down
Of all the plants the Amalgamated controlleo
II will probably require further conference
of three days TO settle the question, accorolns
10 a statement made by manufacturer. Inc
tomorrow, although the manufacturers nope
to stave it off The non-interruptive clause was
discussed to-day. This clause was accepted py
the Republic Iron and Steel Company, also oy
the American Tin Plate Company and American
Steel Hoop Company, contingent on the accept
ance of the Amalgamated terms by the Amer
lean Sheet Steel Company. The latter not
having settled, the clause remains imperative
in the OF the other companies. The nom
interruptive clause means that work VIII not
be stopped during a wage conference, but VIII
be continued under conditions existing at the
close Of the contract, and all changes in wages
10 date from the closing of the contract.
The Amalgamated Association officials make
the argument to the effect that the American
Sheet Steel Company and the United States
Steel Corporation recognized the principle for
which the men contended in operating number
Of wages of the Amalgamated Association scale
1t is not question Of forcing recognition for
an organization; ii is simply determined effort
TO maintain a principle which the employers
themselves had accepted.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE BROWN.

CHARLES A GARDINER AND f. D. BALDWIN
BOTH MENTIONED FOR THE PLACE.
Charles A Gardiner. counsel in the insuar cases,
and T. d. Baldwin. Assistant United States Dis
trct Attorney, two of the latest names men
toned in connection with the vacancy on the
United States District Court bench to be
made by the withdrawal of Judge Addison Brown.
Mr.. GARDENERS friends speak in the highest terms
of his ability with reference TO admiralty and
bankruptcy cases, and predict that he would prove
an acceptable successor TO Judge Brown.
Mr.. Baldwin is the son of Canton. Ohio judge
who is said be personal friend of the Presi-
dent He has had charge of the criminal business
in the District Attorneys office for the greater part
of the time since his appointment. in 1897. His
friends say that what he lacks In age to recon-
mend him to the bench he makes up in familiarity
with the practical duties OF the place.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
WATCH NIGHT BLOOMING cEREUs.
MISS HELEN ". GOULD AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE FAMILY SEE THE DISPLAY AT
LYNDHURST

Ono OF the attractions OF Lyndhurst. the country
seat Of Miss Helen NJ Gould. Mt Irvngton- -on-the-
Hudson Is a conservatory filled with night bloom
ing cereuses. Throughout the last week there have
been hundred OF these plants IN full bloom every
night. The cereus plants all imported stock,
and are very Some OF them are from fifteen
years TO a quarter OF century old. and were the
pride of lay Gould when he lived at Lyndhurst.
Miss Gould has special hobby for the night
blooming cereus. and nearly every night she has
visited the conservatory with a party OF friends
TO watch the plants bloom Edwin Gould and
Frank J. Gould have been among those who have
seen the blooming at night time. Last night there
l2 OF the flowers in full bloom. Superin-
tendent ManRold. of the Gould estate. says the
blooming cereus will continue for several nights
longer, number OF the plant bulbs have not
yet made their annual bloom.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MEMOIRS.
pictures some English celebrities
IN THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE TOMORROW.
BURKES ACCOUNTS SHORT $4,000.
REPORT ON THE THEFTs OF THE FORMER
CASHIER IN QUEENS WATER SUPPLY
DEPARTMENT.

The Commissioners of Accounts, John c. Hertle
and Edward Owen have made special report to
Mayor Van Wyck the defalcation of Joseph
Burke. former cashier in the Department Of Water
Supply, Borough Of Queens. They say that Burke
confessed that he had appropriated to his own use
cash which he received in payment OF water rents
equal to the amount of a check for S75l II, paid
his credit by John H. Taylor, of Bayside, on
March %. 1901 covering several bills. They add:
From our examination we find. therefore. that
said Joseph Burke appropriated TO his and
failed 70 account for in his books, so far as has
been ascertained. June 81 1901, the sum OF
&c. II received by him for water consumed. etc.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
Announcements. A

A Summer Shirt.
All Linen. Z. & W. All whira
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
NETWORK CITY.

Thomas Williams, a huge negro, who has already
served twenty-three years in prison for burglary
and who is forty years old and gave his address
No q Baxter-st., was sentenced yesterday by Re
corder Goff to seven in prison for burglary.
assistant general passenger agent of the Erie Rail-
road at Chicago has been appointed chief clerk to
the general passenger agent of the Erie at New
York
being the only document open to inspection.
Joseph Gordon and John A. Mason have been ap-
pointed superintendents of buildings at $500
year.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
YOUNG WEBB SUES HIS MOTHER

suit has been brought by William f. Webb son
of the late William II. Webb, the shipbuilder and
founder of Webb's Academy and Home for Ship
builders, against his mother. Henrietta A Webb
TO obtain possession OF the southeast corner of
Sixth-ave and Thirty -second-st. This property is
valued at 100000. The action has been brought In
the Supreme Court to set aside deed by which
the son transferred this property to his mother
The grounds that the complainant alleges for his
suit are that he sick at the time of making
the transfer, away from his advisers, and that his
mother took advantage of his enfeebed condition
He also accuses her of Misrepresentation
The complainant is the only child living and
an invalid for many years when his father wa 5
alive. He Is represented in this suit by F. p
Rellamw.
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
HUSBAND AND SISTER GONE.
PICKLE MAN TELLS HIS WIFE HE is OFF ON BUsI-
NESS TRIP.

NESS TRIP.
Lawrence Long Island. July l2-Wiliam Hensler
has been missing from home since July 3. and his
wife has been able to obtain any trace OF him.
Miss May Shaw. sister of Mrs Henser. is also
missing. She disappeared the same day Hensler
did. Henser held confidential position with W.
A. Hazard. a pickle maker In this capacity he
was frequently called to make business trips. On
July 3. Mrs. Hensler says, her husband told her he
obliged to make short trip.
On the following day Mrs Hensler says she re-
ceiyed a letter which was postmarked New fork orr
and by special delivery, which said that the
writer was tired of life and wanted 10 die that
she would never his face again unless his body
was found IN the East River.
Mrs. Hensler was frightened and thinking II was
from her husband to the home of her mother
Mrs Shaw spoke of her other daughter, May, as
being al Mrs Hensler's house. Mrs Hensler replied
that May had been with her Mrs. Shaw then
said that May left home the day before. saying she
going 10 Mrs. Hensers house: When Mays
belongings searched IL found she had
taken little nothing with her. No trace OF the
young woman has been found She is eighteen
old
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
soURRILoUs LETTERS CHARGED TO HIN.

DENTIST SAID TO HAVE WRITTEN TO COMMITTEE
OF FIFTEEN MURPHY AND OTHERS.
Frank Graham. a dentist. of No. 101 West One
hundredth-st, arrested on Thursday night on
the charge of sending scurrilous notes to Mrs. w
Holman Smith It Is said that the prisoner sent
similar letters to about thirty-hve other people in
the neighborhood. Captain Schmittberger, of the
West One-hundredth-st station; Police Commits
soner Murphy, the Committee of Fifteen. the
Women's Anti-Vice Society and William F. Cole
of the Children's Society said TO have received
letters The prisoner was held for trial In Special
Sessions In $500 bail
New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
Attractions at the Fair.

Some interesting work by Figure
Painters and Portrait Painters, ana
Photos of Important State and Speciat
Exhibit Buildings.