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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
ALDERMAN BRTDGES'S FUNERAL.
,54-lnREns OF PERSONS UNABLE TO
ENTER CHURCH-BODY FOLLOWED ~
CEMETERY BY rs CARRIAGES.

Followed hv the griefs Of the Fifth Ward and OF
many others from other parts of the city the body
of Alderman James j. Bridges, of Brooklyn was
buried Yesterday afternoon in the Holy Nross
Cemetery The procession from st. Annes Church'
Front and Gold sts was composed of more than
l9s carriages 1t passed slowly through some OF
tho 1rfnciraI streets of the Fifth Ward. in which
me Alderman had spent hts life, passed the Bor-
oueh Han. where he had had Office, and finally
reached the cemetery, where crowd had already
gathered. $1,000 .,.s o, ,-o-,on and
children crowded IN the street outside the church
no could o not get in MANS Of hem had ed
through the little room at No 2sS Front-st. some
From the house the coffin was borne 10 the
ence D. Mckenzie Post, No, 2s9 Grand Army Of
the Republic On II lay battle SCARED nag nan
hearers were Borough President Cromwell. Of Rich
mond; Aldermen McInness, Wafer. Vent stew
BROOKLYN: Alderman Gass. of The Bronx, Alderman
Nilett. of Queens and Aldermen Goodman. Owens
Among others present were President Jacob A
Cantor. of the Borough OF Manhattan; ex-Con-
sfoner william c Redfieid City Clerk P. J. Scully
and ex-Police Commissioner Bernard J. York ana
James Shevlin. There also representatives
Of the various organizati tons with which the Alder
man had been connected.
sisted by Fathers Mann and Reynolds. Father
Groany then delivered brief eulogy. saying in
In the death Of this man We have lost one dear
70 all. Re was a faithful father; devoted mem
Der Of the community. man faithful and true to
every trust Some leaders are above the people
He was of the people and for the people He vas
service brought his death He was a man not
gifted by education. but he a man Of ideas
made other men look up TO him;
William Dunphy, president of the Richard Maggie
Alderman Bridges and who died the same day
was buried yesterday from his home No 1872 Jay-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
HIGH HUMIDITY PRosTRATEs TWO.

The humidity made the heat yesterday more try
Ing than it would have been under ordinary cOudi-
tions The maximum temperature was IS degrees.
recorded 40 p. This is several degrees lower
than the modest record for this season The tale
Of the day is told in the statement that the per-
centage OF humidity a was 90 The shower
was the days most benefcent offering to swelter
ing humanity. The thermometer fell IS degrees
within ten minutes after the rain began TO fall.
and within an hour and half the fall had been
IS degrees when the Thermometer registered 50.
This was recorded ar O'Clock, when the tenn
perature still dropping
The prostrations were follows:
G. Luchner. thirty-thrse years. Of No ~ East
Seventy Jhird-st., carpet taCker. overcome by the
heat near his home and removed 10 Roosevelt Hos
pital.
Lizzie Miller nineteen years. of No. go Chry site
st. overcome by heat at No Al Broadway, Shs
was removed to ST. Nircent's Hospital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
NoN-UNIoN wEAvERs ATTACKED
THE STRIKE IN HUDSON TAKES A SERIOUS
TURN-THKEE ARRESTS MADE

The strike Of the silk weavers in Hudson which
had hitherto been conducted In a comparatively
orderly manner, took a serious turn yesterday
morning when Joseph Jugelie. OF Muoerry-st
Nev-York who was going to work as weaver 10
C;ivernaud's silk mill. in West Hoooken. was at
tackled within q block of the mill, at Cltnton-aEe
and Savoye-st by picket of italian strikers
Chief Of Police McAulay. Patrolman Schaumoers
and Special Policemen James Mccartney and John
MuIholIand who duty at the mill, ran
TO his rescue and the pckets fled officer Mulhol-
land took the non-union weaver under his pro-
lection while Chief McAulay and Policemen
schaumberg and Mccartney ran In pursuit OF the
mans assafants and captured them after lively
chase
The Chief caught his man at Palisade-ave. and
TIilI-st and says he is the whom he saw strik-
ing the non-union weaver. The one followed by
schaumburg. who happened to be near the scene
of the trouble when 1t occurred. caught by him
a short distance from there. in Chambers-st.. but
the third ran down the hillside. hotly pursued by
Mccartney, and was captured in the Hoboken
meadows. -
The prisoners registered as Joseph Luringi. OF No
Az Stevens-st: Giuseppe Spirge. OF No 30 Morris
st and Louis Galvani. of No. iS6 summit ave,
West Hoboken. i hearing was given TO them De-
fore Recorder Hensel and they were fined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
TYPHOID ATTACKS A FAMILY.
g. J. FITZGERALD THE FIFTH OF HIS
CIRCLE TO BE TAKEN ILL.

c. J. Fitzgerald, whose illness is noted in The
Tribune's Saratoga dispatches printed else
where is the fifth of his family to fall
Ill with typhoid fever within the last two
months. DIR. j. P. Murphy went UP to Saratoga
on Sunday on a message from Mr.. Fitzgerald.
and is bringing him home 1t was nine weeks
ago that Mrs. c. J. Fitzgerald, Mrs Gerald j.
Fitzgerald mother of Mr.. Fitzgerald and his six
children returned from Canada to their Brooklyn
home. One week later Dorothy, fifteen months
old, was down with typhoid. She has just re-
covered sufficiently to be out. Four weeks ago
Mrs Gerald J. Fitzgerald fell ill with typhoid.
from which she is recovering speedily Three
weeks ago the fever reached Christopher. three
years old 1t is proving q slight attack
Angela is nine years Old and four days ago she
was taken down with typhoid. The other chill
dren are being carefully watched.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
HOUSES STRUCK IN MoNTCLAIR,

Montcafr. y j. Aug. II (SpeciaD-Pecular
FRANKS were played in this town shortly before
midnight last night. lightning struck two houses
within ten minutes. setting both IRE and in
turing one person The house occupied BY B. c.
Selover of Brooklyn. in Claremont ave- waz
struck by a ball OF fire. which entered Mr. Sch
overs sleeping apartment and stunned the thres
occupants
AT tho home of Owen Feeney. in Valley Road.
the occupants got a great scare by two balls OF
fire. one of which landed the slate roof on the
south side, while the second ripped OF the boards
on the south side. setting FIRE 10 a room in the
third story. The lightning seemed 10 enter all
three rooms in the upper part of the house In
one Miss Beatrice Feeney who had retired
for the night, was struck in the face with a part
Of the ceiling. which fell when the crash cane
Her sisters. the Misses Letttia and Gertrude
Feeney, were also stunned
Both fires caused by the lightning were extin-
guished by the Fire Department
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
WHITE MEN BATTER NEGROES.
THEY WAIT FOR THEM TO RETURN FROM
wORK-DISCHARGE OF WHITE MAN
SAID TO BE THE CAUSE.

small riot occurred yesterday between
twenty-seven colored men and large number Of
white men in front of the Mariners Church. at
Catharine and Madison SITS, in which colored
man James Smith. twenty-seven years old. OF
No 400 West Forty-fifth-st., was stabbed in
the right leg and sustained decorations of the
mouth He was attended by ambulance
surgeon from the Hudson Street Hospital and
then locked up in the Oak-st. station. The news
of the riot spread quickly the East Side,
and Inspector Brooks ordered the reserves of the
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Eleventh and Twelfth pre-
cincts to the scene. When they arrived, how
ever, the rioters had dispersed and the police
were sent back to their stations.
The colored men employed by John 9
Rogers who is sinking the caisson for East
River Bridge No. 3 on the Brooklyn side of the
river 1t is said that a white man employed in
the caisson was discharged few days ago, and
his place taken by colored man. The white
man vowed that he would make trouble for the
colored men, and yesterday gathered a large
number of his friends near the Catharine-st slip.
When the colored men arrived on the Manhattan
side of the river, their way home, they were
met by the white men, and free fight ensued
Superintendent Keith of the Mariners Church
saw the fight, and informed Police Headquar-
ters In a few moments Captain OReilly of the
Oak-st station was on his way to the scene OF
the trouble Word that the police were COMING
spread quickly, and the white men STRUCK right
and eft for a few minutes. and then dlsap-
except Smith were gone. He was arrested "'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
BEREFT OF HER WHOLE FAMILY.
A HoBoKEN WOMAN LOSES HER HUSBAND
AND -FOUR CHILDREN IN FIVE MONTHS.


AND FOUR CHILDREN IN FIVE MONTHS.
Mrs. Patrick O'Brien, widow, Of NO III
Adams-st Hohoken, lost her only remaining
child on Sunday afternoon. the fifth De
reavement which she has suffered in the same
number of months. The family originally con-
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs O'Brien and their four
children, but all. with the exception OF NrS-
O'Brien, have died in the short time referred TO-
One of the children was taken SICK ana oleu
about five months ago. Hardly had the htue
one been laid away when another child was
stricken, and before it died the father, welgheo
down with sorrows and an illness which soon
had a fatal termination, had to be removed 10
St Mary's Hospital. He followed his children 10
the grave soon after the death of the thlro
child which was taken ill soon after he was
taken to the hospital. -
The remaining child. a boy, who had neeh
named after his father, was taken down WIN
marasmus a week ago and the disease maoe
such rapid progress that the widow, who had
suffered so much of late quickly realized that
the little fellow would die and that none OF her
children would be spared to her The end came
on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
TROLLEY SERVICE TIED Up.
WATER TWO FEET DEEP STANDS IN THE
STREETS OF CALDWELL

Caldwell. n. J., Aug IL (SpeciaD--This mountain
town suffered seriously from a severe thunder
storm and cIou6burst early this morning, and thu
damage will amount several thousands Of dollars
BloomfeId-ave. from ArlinstOn-ave- to Monome-
mock Inn a distance of nearly two miles.
covered depth of two feet and II was lmpossi-
He for trolley to run for several hours Tia
motors on three cars were burned out. and until
the water receded there was no communication
whatever with the outside world
The NeU-Yerk and other guests OF the Grover
House were badly frightened. the gates of the
large lake in the front closed, and the water
rushed down Franklin Hill with tremendous force.
The rOadway was rendered impossible by the huge
powders that were carried by the flood from ths
mountain to the road. At the Caldwell House ths
water poured into the basement. and IN few mo-
ments the pool and billiard tables and other aTti-
cIes we're floating around The damage was Sl.5lN.
Great seams four feet wide and eight feet deep
were made in the roads
At North Caldwell the county bridge was swept
away while the property OF forrn@r mayor y. 3.
Dawson was DANA ged to the extent OF several hun
dred dollars The farm lands between West Cad-
well and Little Falls were completely inundated
and the crops ruined
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
4 VICTIM OF HAND ORGAN TRUST
An 1TAtIAN SERIOUSLY STABBED BECAUSE
HE INVADED OTHER GRINDERS
TERRITORY.

Because he violated the rules of the organ
grinders trust Raphael Cuomo. thirty-hVe years
old of No. 216 TilIary-st. Brooklyn. is lying in
the Brooklyn Hospital with his body stabbed III
several places with stiletto, He may die His
assaiIants made their escape.
Several weeks ago the Italian organ grinders
In Brooklyn falling in with the tendency OF the
times got together and organized a trust Ter
ritory was equitably divided among the various
members of the organization, and strict rules
yyera adopted which made 1t a serious oHencc
for any Of the grinders to usurp the territory OF
a fellow member OF the trust. Certain penalties
were fixed but 1t is probable that the punish
n,ent inflicted upon Cuomo last night was
rather more severe than provided for in the
regulations.
The Santapeo Northumberland. Guitano
and Francesco-who live at No. 9S Navy -st''
are among the most prominent members OF the
trust. Yesterday afternoon business had been
exceedingly poor In their territory, and they
were in no pleasant frame OF mind when. at
Park and Franklin ayes, they came across
Cuono industriously grinding out Tagtlme De
fore large audience Of children
on account Of interference of a policeman,
cuouo escaped for the time being but last
night about ~ o'clock the SanIapeo brothers
called at his house. BY some ruse ouomo was
persuaded TO go out in the street, where he was
Immediately set upon by the three men Fists
and A stiletto were used iudScriminately, until
othy Moran, a saoonkeeper hearing the row,
armed himself and started for the scene OF the
trouble. The Santapeo brothers took 10 their
heels and disappeared. Moran telephoned to the
bulance. Detectives Finnegan and Rollo were
placed the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
NO CANADA STEEL MERGER.
MR. ROSS DENIES PLAN TO FIGHT THE
MORGAN COMBINATION.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
Halifax Aug Thames Ross, president OF
the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, in an
interview tonight, gave emphatic denial to the
Montreal report of the British Canadian STEEL
merger MI Ross is a tour of inspection OF
the coal and steel Industries of Cape Breton
and is accompanied on his steam yacht Guh-
dreda by Senator Cox, of Toronto; h D.
Angus l.. J. Forget of Montreal anu
other company directors Mr. Ross SAID "heh
asked about the reported combination OF
the Dominion Iron and Steel Company the Nova
Scotia Coal and Steel Company. and August
Keen &. Co, of England, to fight the Morgan
steel trust:
There is absolutely no truth in the report
The matter was never discussed either in Can
ada or England
Mr. Ross repeated his declaration in Montreal
that Nova Scotia was not yet ready to start
steel shipbuilding industry, plates could not
he manufactured here. and added:
When the time is ripe the Dominion Iron and
Steel Company will take up the shipoulld'ng
question.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
SAYS EIILES LIKE SIBERIA.
GRAND DUKE BORIS CALLS DE wINDTs
CRITICISMS "HUMBUG."

San Francisco Aug. n.-"Tnose charges are all
humbug' said the Grand Duke Boris of Russia
when questioned in interview here as to
statements made by Harry De Windt, the explorer
concerning cruelties practired upon exiles in some
of the Siberian outposts One station in particular
the explorer described "a hell upon earth" and
said:
'Of all the men and women there only two are
accused of actual crime. The others are politicaI
agitators
Said the Grand Duke: II don't know Mr. De
Windt. OF course Russian discipline is strict in
Siberia. 1t has to be So England and France
have treated prisoners more severely than have
Russian authorities the exiles TO Siberia Why
there should be such a thing as an exile system in
any country is another question Once in Siberia
for Whatever cause. the prisoners exiles IL you
please, are not subjected to inhuman treatment
There may be and doubtless are isolated cases OF
undue severity. as in the prisons and asylums OF
the United states and every other country The
responsive Russian authorities always see that
justice Is done in these cases. 1t is a fact that
thousands or exiles. when pardoned and free to
return 10 Russia. elect to stay in Siberia. Thou
far away land to-day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
WILLIAM !. LEE ARRESTED.
PROPRIETOR OF PHOENIX IRON WORKS.
TRENTON CHARGED WITH MALICIOUS
MTsCHIEF-To BE EXAMINED
AS TO HIS SANITY.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.


Trenton y J. Aug u.-wfiam J. Lee. proprietor
OF the Phoenix Iron Works who has attracted much
., notice by his utterances against trusts. was
arrested to-day a charge o malicious mschleI
and was tonight committed pending an inquiry as
his sanity
Lee is an expert mechanical engineer and was
for thirty years connected with the New-Jersey
Steel and Iron Company. owned by Cooper *
Hewitt Of NewYork. When that company was
absorbed bv the American Bridge Company Lee :
services were dispensed with. and it then he
began fghtng the trusts. on general topics ne
appears sane enough, but the most remote re1ef-
.nce 20 any combination of capital Is suT1lcent 10
draw forth his fire and of late he has not contented
himself with giving publicity to causuc uitefahce'
and threatening epistles.
To-day he hurled brick through large pia'e
glass window of the Trenton Trust ana Safe De
nosit COMPANY his re ason being that the bank had
refused 10 lend him money. Earlier in the day ne
broke windows in the houses of several other OF MS
fanoied enemies and chased School Superintendent
Pierson down Of the main streets shoullhs
.ston thief" His enmity to Mr.. Pierson was m
CURED because of failure to secure contract LOT
the structural iron work on some school buildings
Tee has gained some little notoriety in various
rar4s of the country by the publication OF inter-
views and communications pnrpoTting TO CUES bs
sought notoriety far and near. and after ms com
en- tho fSpg a4sT sent bureaa 81 he National
cratic Committed which he has been furnishing
Nth n IN end f hn the best lawyer
and asserting that his arrest ~&uio IesuT IN hard
knocks Lee has also threatened the lives ot seEerai
prominent men Of the State. amonS them oIate
Treasurer Frank O. Briggs, assistant treasurer u
fha Holm A Roebiing's Sons Company
The roljce have received copy of letter sent
by Lee TO Robert " Smith. treasurer OF me Penn
ssylvania Company. in which the Writer says:
y have reason TO believe that State Treasurer
Briggs is responsible for my removal from Egu!
weekly accornfnodat list This Is 10 tell you Ihat
a. RTisZs succeeds in running will deliberately
With malice aforethought and in cold blood muir
der the cowsrdly cur You may use thIs le''et %
you fit l. - ~. Letter.
The railroad company saw Mt to send the lettep
direct to the polIce and ii will he used as evidence
he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
A LAKE ovERFLows ITS BANKS.

Burlington v J., Aug. n.-Siiver Lake, mils
from the city and on an elevation OF about
hundred and sixty feet overfowed its banks last
evening as a result OF the heavy rain, and
heavy volume OF water. rushing down the valley,
snapped Off trees and carried away bridges All
the meadows surrounding Burlington are flooded.
and in many places the water submerged the pub
lie roads
AS a result of destroyed bridges. the Camden and
Trenton Traction Company is practically out Of
business so far as its through business is con-
cerned. Fortunately. there were no houses or
large barns in the path Of the water Rises Mil
Pond, southeast of the city. also overlooked and
the large stone bridge the JacksOnville Road
carried away and some fine farm lands were
badly damaged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
BLOOD CAUSES DEATH
A LOCOMOTIVE TOPPLES FROM THE TRACY
NEAR MeRRIsTowN. CRUSHING
BRAKEMAN

Morristown. N J.. Aug. 1.-THE heavy rain
fall last night caused the loss of one life on III.
Lackawanna Railroad at Sneeden's Crossing
The victim was John Armstrong. a brakeman
thirty years old. Of Port Morris. The storm
broke about o'clock. and for two hours there
was tremendous downpour. \ passenger train
drawn by engine No. 933 got as far as Convent
the next station east of here. when it was
stopped by the flooded condition of the tracks
Morris Jennings, the engineer. cut loose the
engine and started back for Morristown. but
had gone only short distance when the engine
left the rails and toppled over on it's side With
Jennings were his fireman, Conductor AbFam
Ayres and ]. Armstrong. Jennings and the
fireman jumped and escaped injury Armstrong
was crushed by the engine and instantly killed
and Ayres was badly bruised and shaken Up.
II is feared that Ayres is also internally in
iured He is now at his home in Ridgedale-ave.
The flood and wreck blocked traffic for several
hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
CANADIAN PACIFIC Dividend.

Montreal Aug n.-At meeting of the directors
of the Canadian Pacific Railway to-day dividend
OF 2 per cent on the preferred stock for the half
year ended June 80 was declared. A dividend Of
Pa per cent for the period was also declared
the common stock. The results for the fiscal
year to June 80 last We're:
Gross earnings. s37.50s,054: working expenses
SIS. il7.lH net earnings sl4.0S5912 income from
other sources. sSoS S21 total income s150ii 039
fixed charges. including interest land bonds.
1884 SO; less amount applied against steam
ships 5000; net revenue available for dividends.
81 559sl4.
After payment of all dividends declared the sur
plus for the year carried forward is H,0S3.0Ti
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
SEVERAL HURT IN FIRE PANIC.
HAT FACTORY IN BROOKLYN DAMAGED TO
THE EXTENT OF $4,000

Several persons were injured in a panic in a fire
in the A II. Parsons Company's hat factory. No.
% Nineteenth-st., Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon.
The flames started in the first floor in the rear. In
attempting TO escape by means of a fire escape
several OF the employees were thrown to the ground
from the second floor The following injured:
DROLI. Elizabeth, twenty-nine years old. No 2lo
Beecker-st, Manhattan. shock and Commissions of
love- limbs
GRAHAM Mrs J.. forty-fve years old of No. PIT
eneenth-st Commissions Of the abdomen and back and
internal injuries
TONEY Bernard twenty old. OF No 1868 Eighth
ave: Commissions Of body.
After being attended by Ambulance Surgeon
Lowney from the Norwegian Hospital. the injured
persons were taken TO their homes In carriages
furnished by the firm.
The fire caused a loss of about 5000 on the stock
and machinery. and of about 5000 the buiIding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12

STRUGGLE OF TWO MEN WITH FIERCE
ANIMAL

tBY TELEGFAFH TIE TRIBUSE.l
Ella Bassett in Bank-st. Derby, last night, IL took
two ablebodied men, armed with Clubs, nearly
hour TO kill a wildcat which had invaded the prem
ises and exhausted one of the men that
he tainted after the animal had been dspa tched
While chatting with j woman caller Miss Bassett
was surprised by the entrance of the cat which
leaped in through open window from the
anda The INTRUDER Immediately assumed ag-
gressive attitude and spit at the an
grily they hastily retreated upstairs. where they
called for help.
Sanford Eldridge a neighbor responded and
entering the room started for the beast once
With savage snarl the animal had just bounced
upon Miss Bassett's large pet and in instant
had broken its neck it would kill a This
seemed to infuriate the beast, and 1t then sprang
savagely at Eldridge. Man and cat soon fly
ing around the room. the animal tearing EIdridge's
clothes and flesh and he striking it blow after blow
with his club. For half hour the fight on.
shifting from the sitting room to the parlor and
back again. until finally Rollo Keeling q train dis
patcher went to Eldrdge's aid. The men
finally Cornered the animal and ended its life Ed
ridge and Keeling were badly scratched and torn on
the face and hands and Edridge required medical
assistance. The cat weighed twenty-four pounds
ana is the first wildcat killed in this vicinity in
several years.