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The sun., 1903-02-10
2 MINUTES AT FLATIRON ENOUGH
nut You Can't Prevent . Man From Usiug
His Eyes There.

The wind was more mischievous than
usual about the Flatiron building ycster-
day and d great stunts with the crowd OF
women shoppers who had business In ths
Twenty-third street district.
An army OF men collected to take obeerva-
tions, with the result that Policeman Ben
nett had great difficulty In keeping the
crowd moving. In the front rank OF the
crowd was julius Cesio. 20 years OF age. OF
leI West Twcn,y-eighth street.
Policeman Bennett ordered him to move
on, hut Cesio didn't care to under the cir
cumstances. He was arrested ana ar
raiened before Magistrate Mayo In Jefer-
son Market court on a charge OF dis
orderly conduct,
This man was Ill eyes. your Honor. '
said Policeman Belnett to the Court: ,,
the Magistrate.
Why-er-well, You see. your Honor,
the wind was BLOWN up the ladies' skirts
and n big crowd was lookin' on and this
boy vas there and
aLudec,- broke in Mark Alter, Cesio's
counsel, this young man is Gear-siSh glued.
his eyes are poor He only stopped for a
moment. He was on his way to tho vet
erinary surgeons.
.Waa going to have his eyes examined,
I suppose. said the Magistrate.
well, he won't 60 near the Flatiron
builling any more, Judge said Mark
the lawyer.
why shouldn't hc?' replied the Court
He has as much right there as any one
else But. SON hr said, turning, 10 the
prisoner, .don'' stay there too long on
windy davs Now, two mirutes Is rca-
s1nablc time and YOU may use your eyes.
but at tho end Of that time YOU must move
on. You are discharged
you See" said Alter. the lawyer. tho
COD wants all the fun 10 himself. Nie can't
see anything when crowd collects, and is
Ia
The sun., 1903-02-10
BANKS FIGHTING FOR LIFE.
Trust COMPANIES EATING IN
TO THEIR BUSINESS.
New Jersey Institutions Are Caring for
SAVINGS. which the Banks Say Is Not
Nitp,n Their Lcgal Right-Order
10 stop Advertising for savings.

New BerrswICK, y. j.. Feb. o.-War is
on bet ween the savings banks of New jersey
and the trust companies. The latter have
been cncroach!ng upon tho field of the
savings banks with such success that the
latter are forced to defend themselves.
The national banks are supporting the
savings banks and in several towns the
Eecues. rivalry for business has developed.
Within the past year the number Of trust
companies IN New Jersey has been trebled
They pay interest on deposits and some
have advertised conspicuously their saw
ings depart man's.
A week ago the State Depart ment Of Bank
ing and Insurance wrote To every bank in
the State. excert the regular savings banks
and national banks, that all signs adver-
ti.inp their savings departments must be
removed at once. The order sta that all
mat er on printed cards or other stationery
o. the banks which rfers 20 savings must
be cancelled
Under the law passed last September
only banks regularly Incorporated as saw
irgs institutions ara allowed to advertise
FOR business a. srcl, although trust COM
panies may do a savings lank business.
Tho. saving banks throughout. tho State
have asked for m enforcement Of tho law
and the order sent out on Saturday IL in
line with the action requested.
l. has bon customary in past years FOR
all tarks 10 sdycrtise the interest payable
on savings accounts. This will not lie per-
rni-sib!e in the future.
pai-n Arrboy has been selected by somo
cf the big banking men IA battle-ground.
No secret IS made @: the :sc' that the First
National BAN, Of Perth Amboy, the sue
cessor to tho Middlcsex County Bank.
which George Valentine wrecked by steal
,nc sa30 900. is W. n the Peri n Amhoy s'a vrrs
Institution in opposing the encroachmen,s
of the savings department OF the Perth
Imhoy Trus, Company. To-day Charles
X. seaman. MAJOR Of Perth Amhoy and
treasurer 81 the "a Wings i'srh said
.Ws regard IL az necessary protection
The sun., 1903-02-10
SCHMITTBERGER REPORTS SICK.
jerome Sees Cr-ene-Lexow and Philbin
Uphold Jerome.

Police Capt ain Max Schmittbergcr, who
PASSED the examination for promotion &c
an inspcctoiship and hasn't got the jot
yet, reported sick and Unfit for work yeste r
day morning. Chief Inspector Cortrieh,
assigned Sergt. Thomas Flnnnory to be
acting captain OF tho West For'y-seventt /
street station until the captain returns
to duty.
'lts a very interesting debate, said Gen
Greene In speaking Of the case yesterday
4 haven't decided on anything yet
Ex-Dirict Attorney Phi!bin called or
Gen. Greene at headquarters yesterday
Whom asked for an opinion on the schmitt-
berger affair he said:
Il agree with Mr.. Jerome and heartily
indorse ell that he has said and done. II
would be a very great detriment to the best
interests Of the department FOR man like
Schmittbe.ger to be promoted to he an
Late yesterday afternoon District Attorney
Jerome called on the Commissioner and
vas closetcd with him for some time
Neither would talk about ,hs visit, The
District Attorney did say. however, thai ne
didn't think there was much likelihood
Of Schim.tberger being appointed an in
soector.
Con. Greene said he had been shown Q
copy OF the letter sent 70 Schmittberger
by President Roosevelt In which II ID allesed
that the captain was highly indorsed
Commissioner Greene aaid the letter was
not shown to him by Capt. Schmittbcrger.
but by some other person.
Ex-senator Clarence Ierow. chairman
Of the famous police investigating com
uiittoe, who recently bought the Erenino
Star Of Syack, had this TO say about Scunitt-
burger In yesterdays issue Of that paper:
-Schinittberger painted = word picture
OF the whole system Of police corruption
from top to bottom. In this his personal
record was inGelibly blackened on his
o'~I. oo.r.os~,,on. IL cS..:os...o.. pGNooeieI
from no sentiment of oontrition, from NO
Jverpowcring Gesire to Gle Anfe stain from
rebellious conscience, but from the hopc
by full confession OF extricatlng lhmself
from the multiplying dangers Of peri,ous
situation"
The sun., 1903-02-10
THREW COBBLEsTONE At BRIDE.
Rejected Suitor Broke Up Feast He
cause He Was Not q Principal.

Samuel viniscn. 30 years old. Of 2t4 Greene
street. Greenpoiut, was suitor for the
hand Of Mary Pulaski pretty brunette,
20 years old. who boarded with the family
II Frank Sileski at 2s7 Freeman street.
She showed a preference for Frank Rose.
and when the ir engagement was announced.
a few weeks ago, Vlnisch became enraged
ond vowed, II is said, that II the girl
wouldn't marry him she should never
marry another. Miss Pulaski, however,
married Rose on SUNDAY night IN church
and q reception followed IN Sileski's house
Abou, forty guests were present.
While dancing was going on early yes
terday morning, a cobblastone came a fiying
through a front window and graZed the
brides forehead. The bride tainted, the
guests scrambled TO got out ard lamp
was upset The screams OF women brought
Policeman Cornelius. and Vinisch. who
was in the neighborhood, was pointed out
as the culprit and was arrested Ia the
Even street police court he was held pend
ing q hearing
The sun., 1903-02-10
THEIR PERSONAL TAX CUT.
John ID. Rocket cller, Jr., and y. Henry
Smith Object to Their Ass ssesSments.

President Wells Of the Tax Department
has decided that in future no publicity
ehall b. given to the names Of the people
who swear OF personal taxes. He said he
believed It was not 10 the hest interests
Of the city 20 have published In the news-
papers particulars concerning this reduc-
lions made IN the assessments on the per-
sonal tax lists.
Y was learned yesterday that John d.
Rockefeller, Jr., had his assessment cor
rected. He hpd been put down for $500 600,
but no said that tis personally consisted
for the most part OF non-taxable seculities
and that even that part Of his estate liable
TO personal taxation did not balance the
Indebtedness he carried against IL. Mr.
Rockefeller offered to pay on basis Of
$50. 600 The offer Was accepted. James
Henry Smith who was assessed on s, $50, 900
tho ground that his property was not as
seseabc for personal axes.
The sun., 1903-02-10
Contempt Proceedings In Whitbeck nj.
NOrcc SALT DrOpred.

just a. Supreme Court Justice Truax
was being asked yesterday TO declare
Joseph W. Whitbeck in contempt of court
for failing TO pay Mrs. Eugene Whitbeck.
whom he sued for a divorce, the alimony
OF Sls q week that had been awarded kor
pending tho trial OF tho suit. Whi,heck's .
lawyer, George Robinson. interrupted tie
proceedings by producing a telegram an
nouncmg the death of tho defendant =
wife IL California. The telegram read.
OAKLAND. Cal
Poor Genie Is dead, Particulars by mall.
The children are on their wsy to New YORK;
In care OF Wells Fargo Company.
HATTIE NcKIysLgY
When the telegram was read, the contenpt
proceedlngs were immediately stopped, and
octn lawyers hurried out Of court. Neither
OF them would speak OF the case.
Mhtbeck ia the superintendent a an
apartment house.
The sun., 1903-02-10
ON HASTY INDICTMENTS.
Judge Festor Congratulated Grand Jur!
ON D1Smisstng Many Cases.

Ju080 fO0tog OVuBSetmSteY STsuu Ses y
on Diminishing Many Cases.
When the Grand Jury turned q packet
Of indictments In to Judge Warren W. Fos-
ter In General Sessions yesterday Judge
Foster complimented the jurors for the
number OF dismissals reported. He said:
Il do not mean by that to pass on the
merits Of the cases which you have dis
misssd or those In which you have found
bills. know nothing Of the evidence
which has been before you. II Is not In
frequent, too. that Grand Juries and courts
$50 oases In different lights because the
testimony changes between indictment
and trial. Sometimes, 1t seems, witnesses
arc 'seen.' There are cases In which It
seems that more reasonable finding would
have been reached by the Grand Jury II 1t
went q little deeper In It's investigations.
Il have here some indictments which are
about to be dismissed on tho recommend
alton Of the District Attorney. Here Is one In
which tho accused sold jewelled pin on
memorandum. While the proceeds were
In his possession and before he had an op-
portunity to remit to the principal the money
was attached by the Sheri6 in bank
ruptcy proceeding. The principal had the
agent indicted for grand larceny. mat
was U6iu 6ttrulpI VI tiio
use this court for tho purpose Of coercion.
An endeavor was made to get the friends
OF the accused to raise the money to make
good what had been attached IN civil
proceeding.
Here u another case where a man was
indicted for stealing \ horse, a wagon
and a load OF coal All the evidence at
hand was that this man was found driving
the horse into the stable Of the owner. he
said he had been engaged by man whom
he did not know to take the horee and wagon
hsck IL seems reasonable that the real
thief would not have undertaken per-
sonally TO return the horse and wagon
after he had disposed OF the coal:
sThere are others here Of which these are
samples. 1t IL wrong to lay an INDICTMENT
rIad that YOU have reported so many dis
misSals simply because ! an sure That the
dismissals are the result OF your carefui
In vcrtig CATION Of the complaints.
The sun., 1903-02-10
COURTS OPINION OF GREENE,
commissioner Too Keen After BARRIERS
and Too SLOW After Thieves.

In paroLng a barber yesterday for sN-
amin alton on q charge oi doing business
on Sunday ten minutes after the pro-
hibited hour. Magistrate Tighc Of the But
Yer street court in Brooklyn said
III the customer went in.o the shop
before / o'clock, the barber had a legal
right to ehave him. You can make the
barber lock his door at a certain hour. bat
you can't compel him TO throw his Gus
TONERS out into the stree, with their faces
hal. shaved.
there is a tendency on tie part Of the
new Police Commissioner. In my opinion,
TO spend too much time looking after bal-
bers and LIQUOR dealers. instead OF directing
his energy and time 10 the running down of
thugs and thieves. Hunt the thieves first /,
nd the city Of them. and then tackle the
barber shops and the saloons, II you lise.'
The sun., 1903-02-10
KELLY MAY NOT DE PROMOTED.
That Tie Was Fined 10 Days Pay Did Not
Appear I'm Record Book.

More discrepancies have been found In
tho records of the complain, bureau az
headquarters. An examination Of tho
record Of Sergt. James Kelly Of the Eas.
E:shty-e'gh'h street station who s'ards
we'll on the list Of sergennts eligible 10 be
promoted. showed four pages OF the record
book missing.
Reference to the original slips showed
the fact that Kelly had been fined nineteen
days pay which was not included in his
record at the time OF his examination before
the Civil Service Commission.
This will make great difference in his
average and will probably result in his not
passing the examination.
The sun., 1903-02-10
Tiny Sues Won Amin for $50, 900.

Alfred TiIly. the Brooklyn su1ayschcol
worker who was dragged from his Thanks
giving dinner TO a police court. Charged
with swindling Otto F. Won Arnim out OF
o,rtain monoys intrrstcd to him for invest
ment, which charge vas thrown out OF
court, began suit against Won Amin yes
t4r,lay for t5O,ODo danages Although the
charges against Mr.. lilly were dismissed.
Won Arnim caused his arrest a second time.
TINS, It Ia contended. was -.aiicious perse-
cution. for which Ia should be punished.
The sun., 1903-02-10
Honorable Mention for Cops.

Commissioner Greene said yesterday
that honorable mention had boen granted
to Sergt. George Leiber OF the West l2sth
street station and to Roundsman David
Mccarthy Of the Alexander avenue staten.
Leioers on Dec. 20 arro sted a negro who
had shot m,n. Mccarthy stopped Q
runaway and saved the lives 81 some rchoos
children.
The sun., 1903-02-10
FINE ROW IN FIRTH AMMAN
treasurer Dworsky. Who Accuses the
Grand Master, Sued for Fund Sbor,ass

hTeasurer DWorsky, Who Accuses the
Grand Master. Sued for Fund Shortage.
Abraham J. Dworsky. endowment treas
urer OF the Order Birth Abraham. who is
suing Samuel Dorf, the Grand Master, and
tne order Tor ar e""o"r.i":. !: hirra..
being anxiously sought, according to Gold
iogie, COIN Lind, attorneys for the order,
in order that papers may be served on him
in suit brought by the order TO recover the
amount Of shortage In its funds.
The order has a membership OF 10000,
yNth headquarters In this ci,y. Thore IL
Q shortage In it's accounts Dworsky sa W
1t was caused bv Dorf, who, he alleges,
borrowed money from the la'e endowment
secretary. gave his notes for tho money
and then abstract ed these notes from The
safe after the secretary's dea;h.
Goldfogle, Cohn a Lind gave out a state
ment yesterday In which they said that
Dorf has already been exonersted in one
The sun., 1903-02-10
JOTTINGS AB0yT TOpN.

Henry ". TAN was appointed by Mayor Low
}tSeIuay trustee of tie College Of tac city OF
New York tc succeed fordnarn Morris, who 8! sned.
Shuiums political headquarters OF P,dge ard
Grand streets Between them ,h1y wiIl house
Lfty Eve families end will oost s7s.oo0
John Fitzgerald, % years old. q walter was
io1nd dead In bed OF heart disease yesterday. a.
u Bowery.
The sun., 1903-02-10
woman Surprises Two Thieves.

Mrs. Elizabeth McKenna of ,O3 Eas.
i3sth street yesterday surprised two men
in her apartments who were helping them
selves to the silverwsre She gave an
alarm anG Policemen Rothman and Kelly
ARE sted two men who were running from
the house. They gave their names rs james
Knox OF 1923 Third avenue aid Jack
The sun., 1903-02-10
Ss, 10000 REWARD
sOAE SHOE FACTS.

You mus. gay for, and uedr out, black
soled shoes before you can know wat KIND
Of loat her is under the finish.
shoe dissection proves that 90 per cent.
of all her shoes, Under 5000, have brittle,
chean ard short lived Hemlock leather or
a substitute for genuine Oak Tanned
labelled Yankee Oak or some other high
sounding fancy title-in the so.cs.
Genuine old-iashioned, slow-tanned, Oak
leather is tough as wire, light as fibre and
cexihle as the foot. Such soles double the
wear, anl shape retention, Of shoe-but
add heavily to its cost, in place where
extra cost docs rot shon to the eye when
purchasing.
\ shoe Is only IA good rs its uorst part.
The sun., 1903-02-10
Musicale for Crippled (hiidrens School

A musicale was given yesterday after
noon at the home Of Dr. ERbert Guernsey.
$50 West Ftfty-ninth street, for the benefit
Of the Free Industrial School for Crippled
Chi'jren. Of which Mrs. Arthur Elliott Fish
IL tho rresident The musicale WIS under
the auspices 81 the Junior Auxiliary Of the
echooi
The sun., 1903-02-10
Timothy l.. Woodruns New Job.

Ex-Licut. Gov. Tirnothy l.. Woodrun has
become president Of tho Smith Premier
Typewriter Company. He will remove the
, x5cutive Offices 10 New York In Nav ne II,
but the factory will remain In Syracuse
The sun., 1903-02-10
Who Can Inform the Public
How to Detect
Shoe Frauds
BEFORE THE SHOE IS WORN.
Only Restriction Is That the Shoe
Most Not Be Defaeed.

Two rewards Of Is, 900 90 each have been
offered to any one furnishing Information
which will enable tho public to dcteot the
presence of cheap and inferior substitutes
for honest leather in shoes before they have
been worn.
1t is an easy matter to ASCERTAIN the quail
ity Of shoe by wearing It. A few weeks
service will demonstrate II a shoe Is made
Of cheap mat terials or il poorly put together
" the solos are brittle, 6imsy and sponsy;
IL the uppers are Of second-grade leather;
II the vamp undcr the too cap Is whole or
patched: and IL tho workmanship IL not OF
quality to insure durability and comfort.
But 1t is another matter TO know these
important things BEFORE the shoe Is
wom-to ascertain tho true worth OF the
shoe at the time Of purchase.
The soles OF all shoes are painted or
stained 40 that even an experienced leather
man cannot tell, after the shoe IL finished,
whether genuine old -fas aioned Oak Tanned
Sole Leather or ono Of its cheap subs'i-
tutes has been used. II leather values are
thus concealed from the ey pert, what chance
has the ordinary shoe purchaser OF knowing
what he is buying'
He Ia completely at the mercy OF the
manufactur urer
Such are the conditions at the present
time, and 1t was these conditions that
prompted the offer OF the following rewards:
ss.ooo.oo REWARD
will he given TO any person who will In
form the public how to determine at sight
and without defLcing the shoe. whether
oli-fashioned Genuine Oak Bark Tanned
soie leather or a cheap substitute is con-
cealed under the Black or Stained finish
Of any and all shoes.
ss.ooooo REWARD
lin addition To the foregoing reward) II
offered for informatio that viii enable the
public 20 determine after the shoe Is made
up and without deiacing it, whether or not
the vamp Tor upper under the toe cap is
uhole or whether it has been pieced and
patched.
The sun., 1903-02-10
JOHN l.. FREE OF HIS DEBTS.
They We're Only S1.OSS, but He said II
Couldn't ray I'm.

John L. Sullivan, the ex-champion pugi-
list, got discharge in bankruptcy yester-
day from Judge Adams in the United States
District Court, thus getting rid Of debts
to tho amount Of t2,c5s. Sullivan and his
attorney appeared In the court room early
end when the case was called no creditor
erpesred To oppose tho discharge and 1t
was accordingly granted.
The sun., 1903-02-10
Prosecutor sp er Takes ORlce.

William II. Spper of Jersey City. whom
Gov. Murphy appointed Prosecutor OF
Hudsen county. was Installed yesterday.
judge Blair of the Court Of Common Pleas
administered the oath Of Office. Tho salary
Is 5000 year. Tie term Ia five years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-30
AN UNLUcKY NUMBER.
Elevator Containing Thirteen Per-
sons Falls-Four of the Occu-
pants Are Killed.

Pittsburg, May 23.-One man and
three women were killed and five or six
injured Friday night at 1926 Fifth ave-
nue., the building occupied by dancing
academy. The cause of the fatalities
was the swapping of the elevator ropes.
allowing the cage to drop so feet. The
dead are so badly mashed that identifi-
cation has been impossible up TO mid
night. The only one whose name may
be correct is Catherine Curtin. On her
body was found a railroad ticket with
the name on it.
A banquet and ball was being held
in the building by the Pennsylvania
Electro-Me institute. At about
ten o'clock the elevator, with load Of
- passengers, started for the banquet
room, on the sixth floor. When that
floor was reached 1t was found that
every place was crowded and the pas
sengers decided to go to the fifth floor,
where the dancing was in progress.
When between the sixth and fifth floors
the steel cable snapped and, with a re-
| sounding crash that was heard blocks
away, the cnge dropped with its load of
human freight. 1t smashed through
the floor above the cellar of the build
ing and was stopped by . braced post
of wood three feet below the first floor.
In this inaccessible position the pas
sengers were jammed under broken
timbers and twisted steel, yet none
might have been killed had not the
heavy iron balance weights. weighing
over a ton, come crashing down upon
them. Mraculously all but four were
able to scramble out. The others were
pinioned under the heavy weight. Four
were mashed almost beyond recogni-
ton.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-30
Chicago Daily News.
MEMORIAL DAY IN THE SOUTH.
The story of How the Custom of Dec
Grating Soldiers Graves
ORIGINATED.

An association known as the Ladies'
Aid society, was organized in 1861 for
looking after soldiers who died in CO.
lumbus hospitals. They were buried
under the direction of these ladies,
who thereafter took charge of these
graves, making it practice to 60 in a
body to care for and beautify them with
plants and flowers. January, 1865, Miss
Lizzie Rutherford, a member of the So
ciety, made the suggestion that spe-
Gifted day should be adopted upon which
a memorial service should be held for
the purpose of decorating the confed-
crate graves annually. The PROPOSE
ton met at once with the greatest ia.
vor, and letter was addressed to each
of the chapters in their cities and
towns suggesting sipilar action on
their part.
These letters were written in March,
1866, and from their publica ton result
ed the observance of April 26 as Memoir
ial day for the confederate dead in sew
eral southern states.
The floral displays are always mag
nificent in the larger cities, and espe'
cially is this true of Richmond. In his.
toric old Hollywood lies the gallant and
beloved Stuart. There, too, sleeps the
old cavalier Pickett, and many Others
scarcely less distinguished. There, al.
so, rests the president of the confed-
crate states, and by his side the
Daughter Of the Confederacy." And
on Memorial day flowers from the hills
of Vermont commingle over her grave
with those from the plains of Texas and
the Land Of the setting sun as tribute
to her worth and in attestaion of re-
united country.-Woman's Home Com
paniOn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-05-30
CRANK LETTERS.
Are Now Arriving I'm the Mail of Rus
Sian Ambassador mt Washing
tOn-Hay Gets His Share.

Washington, May 23.-Crank letters
are now appearing in the mail of the
Russian ambassador, Count Cassini.
They criticise his utterances and at
tack his arguments concerning the
character of the Russian Jews. Secre-
tary Hay is also getting his share of
such communications. These letters,
however, give no serious concern to
either the secretary or the ambassa-
dor.
AS things now stand it is said that
there is nothing for the state depart
ment to do, as the Russian government
appears to have acted and peaceful
conditions are reported to prevail in
Bessarabia There is not believed to
be any danger of a recurrence of anti
Jewish outbreaks.
AS to the threatened immigration to
the United States of swarms of jew
ish refugees from Russia, 1t is said that
the state department is not now called
upon to act and must await an appeal
from the treasury department. II that
department finds itself unable by the
application of the immigration laws to
keep out objectionable immigrants.