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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
INCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON.
IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU. ]

IRON THE TRIBUNE BUREAU
Washington, Oct Miss Roosevelt this afternoon
drove along the fashionable avenues and streets q"
the city holding the reins tandem team
she occupied the drivers seat in an extremely hl%n
English T-cart with of her foreign 'riends, anu
guided the horses with She has always SHOWN
fearlessness in handling horses. and has severSl
times held the reins four-horse coach team
In the mountains. In riding she is as daring as
her father. and offers 10 keep pace with him on
his most strenuous rides. but tIis afternoon WAS
the first time she drove taniem in Washington.
and she enjoyed II to the utmost
Assistant Secretary Loomis, who has Been spend
ing his vacation in the Maine woods, has returned
to Washington and is Acting Secretary Of State in
the absence of Mr.. Hay.
Senior PulidO. the Venezuelan Charge dAhaires'
made arrangements to-day for the formal presenta-
ton OF General Hernandez. the new Venezuelan
Minister to the President next week
Charlemagne Tower. United States Ambassador
to Germany, accompanied by Mrs Tower. called
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt to-day. The
ambassadors mission simply to pay his re-
spects the President before his departure for his
post after extended leave OF absence spent In
this country. Earlier I'm tire day Mr. Tower had
q conference with State Department ohlciats- he
expects sail Tuesday. but his departure may
be delayed a week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
2ssp21nrk Dsailn Gribnne
FRIDAY. OCTOBER :. 1903,

FORETGN.-The move Of Japan in sending
troops into Corea is regarded as an omen 1t
with Russia. =- Mr. baiIouI d. 9Iist .,,
said that England must have a tarliI' 10 pio'ect
her against the competition OF otner nations
as well as OF her own colonies - snow
storm overcame French arIny ana hlheo q
captain =- X VS. reported that TO Lord Cro-
rner had been offered the Colonial secretary
ship - cousin OF King Alfonso OF SPAN
was sentenced 10 two months imprisonment
- King Victor Emmanuels visit 10 Paris IS
believed TO be unattended by political conse,
QuenCes Of any note. == Enghsh Iallfodu
builders have sailed for America TO learn our
methods in working coal and iron fields ana IN
Michael Herbert VIII be sent from Switzerland
10 England to-day. = Eberlelns colossal
statue OF Wagner was unveiled in the Their
garten OF Berlin
sngton returned three more indictments in postal
cases. one against George ". Beavers ana
George L. Green. and two against W Scott
Towers, superintendent Of substatlon IN WASH
sngton, who was dismissed by Postmaster Gen
eral Payne == President Roosevelt took the
Delaware Republican faction hight unoef CON
sideration and il is said that he may take radi-
cal action to settle the quarrel == Mayor Low
smoke On .Civic Duty al the Celebrate OF the
chicago centennial -== President Buchanan
said that he was confident OF defeating sam
Parks in the Iron Workers convention at KAN
ses City. -= The three Van Wormer brothers,
convicted % numbering their uncle. were put TO
death in Dannemora prison. -= The Demo
Gratis in Massachusetts Tenominated " A Gas
ton for Governor and named Richard DlUeN "a
Tor Lieutenant Governor. -= a temporary re-
Ceiver was appointed for the Packard National
Bank. Of Greenfield. Mass. 80 Militia from six
States arrived n camp Young. West Point, KY.
for the nlsnguTTes.
cITV--Stocks were strong and active -
The Tammany City Convention was held at
Carnegie Hall == The Citizens Union, ii
was learned. has hired Cooper Union for Mon
day night: II viii reconvene its City Conven-
ton and drop Mr.. Grout and probably Mr.
Forhes IL was said. 80 The Republican lead
ers held a conference, and decided that If the
Citizens Union decides 10 throw of Grout and
FHornes The Republican convention VIII be re-
convened. and a ticket. headed by Mayor
Low. named. =- The Citizens Union BOT
ough and County conventions named NJ. SUI
berger for Borough President. Mr. TTautnann
Tor Sheriff. and Justice BSchom for supreme
Court Justice. list District. == Henry George
declared he would support Mayor Low, and
cused Controller Grout OF being bribed by Muir
phys nomination TO HIDE the old Tammany
Dock Board scandals. ==It was reported that
the nomination OF Kelly for Justice sUg
Feste5 by Nixon. by permission Of MCLaugh-
lin. == The Republican and Citizens Union
organizations In Kings refused 10 withdraw
their candidates for Register, making a bad
split IN fusion.
THE WEATHER.-Indications for to-day:
Showers. followed by fair. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, - degrees; lowest, %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
TIE ELECTION OF DIR. GREER.

The choice of the Rev. DR.. David II. Greer to
be Bishop Potter's aid, and eventually. in the
course of nature. his successor. commands gen.
eral appreciation among members of the Episco-
palian Church. and excites the sympatheuc IN
terest of other communions. The manner or MS
election was as happy as the result IL is an
augury that DR.. Greer will be the Bishop or no
faction or school," but, like Bishop Potter, the
shepherd OF the entire fold For, though gen
orally classed with the Low Church men, Dr.
Greer was nominated by Or. Dix, pronounced
High Church man, and on the motion to MAKE
the election unanimous not even the most ex-
IRENE ritualist entered protest.
The Bishop of New-York must be, In the
nobler meaning of the phrase. all things TO all
men. Bishop Potter has always sustained high
ideal of cathoIicity both in his views and in his
work, and DR.. Greer's record is guarantee that
he not only will be a strong head of this great
Episcopal diocese. but will share Bishop Pot
ter's distinction as leader OF thought and &C
ton in New-York and throughout the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
AFRAID OF NEGRO GUARDSMEN.

The officers of a militia company in New-Or-
leans see trouble ahead. They fear that now
since there are military organizations composed
exclusively of negroes. n general encampment
might bring these negro soldiers in direct con-
tact with the white guardsmen The white sol
ders, they say. might be compelled TO deal Off
cially with colored officers OF equal rank and
Southern white soldiers might find themselves
'in the same command with companies of col
"ored men,.
In the contemplation of this possibility South
ern white men become indignant. But the War
Department says that there is no danger Of
clash, and that there has been little or no dis
satisfaction because Of the presence in the
army of the negro infantry and cavalry regi-
ments. One official has been quoted saying
that the Southern 'men have no more right 10
"be dissatisfied or apprehensive Of trouble than
they would have If a negro body were al
flowed to parade as a part of a column other
wise composed Of white men," The number Of
negro glardsmen is small There are none in
this State and so few in the country that there
seems to be no good ground for an hySterical
outbreak on the part of Southern soldiers.
An Ohio battalion of negroes was conspicu-
Gus at Camp Alger in 1898. 1t was composed Of
men who were a credit to the service. Its Of
fcers were all negroes who compared favorably
with their white comrades in intelligence and
in faithful performance of duty. The COM
manding officer, Major Young, also negro.
was justly proud of his men. who were sta
toned where they could easily be observed by
their white campmates Men who were on duty
there remember that Southern officers and EN-
listed men omitted, whenever it was possible
to exchange salutes with the Ohio negroes, but
they never disputed the fact that the negroes
were good soldiers.
The soldiers who now look forward with fear
TO a possible general encampment with a
sprinlling of black troops might if the occa-
sion presented itself, do as did their comrades at
Camp Alger. This might make the black troops
uncomfortable but it would not detract from
their worth and would not drive the men out
OF the service. As the matter stands now, there
is no excuse for apprehension. The danger Of
white guardsmen being displaced or even dis
turbed by negro soldiers is so remote that time
spent in considering remedies or preventive
measures is lost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

What lower depths of misery and degradation
could readily be imagined in the rich and pros
porous island of Manhattan than the suferngs
of wretched Italian immigrants who have been
huddled beneath the dumping piers with the
West hith under them. around them and above
them! And yet these laborers have been earn
ing wages which were sufficient for them to hire
lodgings In the Italian quarters of the tenement
districts They were determined to lay aside
enough money in the shortest possible time
TO enable them to go back TO the lard which
they still idolize. in order to live there In ease
and comfort-from their point of view-on
what they have scrimped and saved here Such
men should be barred from this republic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
# muSenents.

ACADEMY OF sCSIC-sIo-Drink.
AMERICAN THE ATRE-S .ia-t'heckers.
BEI.ASCO THEA ~RE--S--L'arng n the Gods.
frJOU-S .1S-PerEonal
BROADWAY TIEATR3-s:l5-A Princess 81 Rensing-
cssINo fTrsEATRE-s. ls-The Runaways.
CTRClE-o-s-Nau6evtne
cRITERIoN-s 3o-The Man from Blsnkleys
T2ty's THEATRE-S-Three Lit:le Maids
EDEN MLSIF,-a-S-The World Wax
GARDEN THEAT1lE-S:l0-i-lNs scS.
sssFRTCK TIE ATRF-S .l5-fTcr own Ma.
HARLEM OPERA EOUsE-s:l5- Auctioneer.
HERALD SQUARE HEATRE-S .ssl-g-aptain Dieppe.
IRVING PLACE EATRE-s:20-F1s Isebe Das Leben.
KEITH S-Cuutinuous Performance.
kNICKERBOCKER TBEATRE-S-Rogers Brothers In
London
MAJESTIC THEATRE-S-The wizard OF o.
MANHATTAN THEATRT-s-N aIv of MaEiala
MURRAY Hill. THEATRE .IS-Under Cove.
NEWBORN TIEATRE-S-Ben Hur
PRINCESS THEATRES. 3a-The Earl Of paWtuchet
SAVOY THE .sti-Alrs. Deorinc's Divorce
VICTORIA THEATRE-sI5-The Jersey Lily.
WAIIsACErS-s. 2o-Peerv Paris.
NFPFR A
WEST END TTEEATRE-S-Kellar. Magician of Ma
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
WHAT FRANKLIN COUNTY IS LIKE

To the Editor OF The Tribune
SIT Your reporter assigned to the murder cass
or - F. Dexter. and writing from the locality
where It occurred has cOlored his descriptions OF
Franklin County to NJ into the popular con-
ception that this county is sparsely settled and
Tor the most part wilderness. This idea seems
the prevalent to New-YOrkers who have
gained their Impressions from their summer OUT
lngs az Paul smiths and the S8ranac lakes Ire
southern part Of the county IL Is true. is noun
famous and may be termed a wilderness. oll
there is a stretch OF finely developed country
about twenty miles long and twenty VIDE ~
ing 90 the north OF the Adirondack M0untaiiiSs
concerning which New Workers are almost t0ta4S
ignorant
According 10 the last census the popdid llvn -
Franklin County u a. So There are twenty co.,.
ties IN the State which have q S1llies p,pt.t...-,,
than Franklin These are AIegany. ChsnsNsO
Cortland. Essex. Fulton. Genysee Greene, F 80.
uton. Lewis. Livingston. Madison. orleans. So
nam Rockland Schoharie SCHUYLER Seneca. SLl
Ivan TiOga. TOmpkins. Warren. WN1n5-l-sSS- -
Yates JOHN B. CkElGftt'>
Frooklvu Sent q 1903
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

that purpose Part Of the demand arose in the
West and was satisfied by local supplies; but
the requirements OF Pennsylvania were enor-
NOUS and were mostly met at home. Thus the
s,ringency resulting from the strike of the an
thracite miners was intensified. The situation
created 10y these causes in combination may not
satisfactorily account to every one for the prices
which prevailed for six or eight months of
1902, but ii itself practically without a
precedent I'm this country for many years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

IN the brooklyn Navy Yard the battleship
massachusetts has been undergoing a clinical
examination OF the injuries which she suffered
IN her ambitious endeavor to butt through the
roeh Oouilo coast Of New-England 1t is seldom
adEisaole Tor navigators to try inside pas
sage via the White Mountains. in the hope OF
saving time and making short cut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
"THE FORTUNE HUNTERS"

HorneIsville. N Y. oct. tSpecaD.-''The Fortune
Hunters" new musical comedy. in which the
Misses Lola and Nellie Hawthorne are featured.
had its FIRST performance tonight at the Shattuck
Opera House in this city The scenes are laid in
Southern California. and advantage has been taken
of the opportunity offered for scenic and Costumiug
effects. The music Is by John Mason Strauss th..
lyrics by Karl Won Herman and the book bv
Campbell and Skinner. Individual hits scored
NV ne MISC Lola and NeLLle Hawthorne
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
The Commonwealth House of Representatives

The Commonwealth House OF Representatives
in New-Guinea has adopted a law prohibiting
the manufacture, importation and sale of in
toxicating liquors in the island, giving token
that even in cannibal lands the cause of alb
stinence is making the most encouraging prog
ress. If the natives can now be wtaned from
potted missionary a great future may await
them, and a place in civilized order like that
which their first or second cousins, the Maoris.
have stepped into. and do not fail to adorn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

ter TO quarter. The only doubtful equation IN
the Treasury's problem is. therefore, to hold re
ceipts from customs up to the first quarters
average September's slump in customs col
lections rather clouds the prospect Yet there is
every indication that the current year. begun
in doubts aud difficulties, will end with hand
some balance on the surplus side of the federal
ledppr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

twenty thousand tons OF freight, largely food'
stranded on the lowering Yukon make Daw-
sons outlook for winter provisions rather squat
~ and early ice in river greatly exposed 10
that visitation would make the matter worse. "
not really critical! and alarming The fleet or
hatboats sent down the river to tighten the car
goes are likely TO bring relief, but the situation
is a rather dangerous one. and another year
Dawson ought to look ahead a little further
and stock up with fall provisions earlier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

Americans having obtained from the Sultan
permission TO go on with their excavations on
the site of Babylon. the German Oriental So
ciety brings forward the theory that it Is not
old Babylon where they have leave to dig, but
another place of like appellation. That is ike
the critics notion of the authorship Of Shake
speare's plays-that they were not written by
Shakespeare. but by another man OF the same
name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
PRINCE HeNaY's GOOD WISHES.

Chicago oct Prince Henry Of Prussia who
was this city's guest last year. has his CON
gratulations and good wishes to the city on her
Tooth birthday in the following cable message to
Mayor Harrison:
Received with heartfelt thanks invitation Rest
wishes for the celebration Success ana prosperity
for the future OF the beautiful city Of hie4g6
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

copieo. Neither do we believe there will be any
seneiai approval of scheme for turning the
hneisn language topsy-turvy for the sake OF
getting few more words into n newspaper col.
umn or upon the page of a book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

Tales of hazing and OF unconscionabie
pranks In various colleges are conspcuously
displayed in the daily newspapers. The old
Adam appears to be almost irrepressible among
the young fellows Of the present time, as among
their ancestors. They will persist in sowing
their wild oats although the reaping of the
harvest may cause them wailings and gnash-
ings of teeth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
Pope SEES NETWORK BISHOP.

Rome. Oct The Pope to-day received IN p'Ie' :,
audience Bishop Henry Gabriels. OF the dloessss
Osdensburg. y Y. and spoke % him IN the s'i1
way OF America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
About People and Social Incidents.

County have bought The Saratoga Daily and
Weekly sun, Democratic journal and will take
possession the latter part Of the week N Ne
recently bought by ex-SupsrvfsOr James 10 NJ
Nulty and Thomas Burns. who will retire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02
SARATOGA SUN" CHANGES HAnns

Saratoga. n. Y, oct. l tSpeciaD.-Thomas E
Benedict. OF Ellensville. Ulster County and his
brother. L. r Benedict OF Ballston SPA SARATOGA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

torn up Broadway below Forty-second-st-.
made second Elm-st. wilderness by contrac-
tors Of the subways. would be TO New
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-02

The engagement is announced OF Miss Louise
Scribner. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Charles Serb
ner of No Il East Thirty-eighth-st., to George r
n schieffeln son of Mr. and Mrs George r
schieffeIin. of No 8 East Forty-ffth-st-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-21
FORCED OUT BY BALLS
Of FIRE.
Furious Negro Shot Down as
He Quits His Fort,
Firing Of the House Was the Last Resort of the
Cfficsrs Whom He had Long Held
4 Ray,
(By the Associated Press.)

New Orleans, La. Feb. 20.-After hold
ing half hundred policemen at bay Tor
several hours, during which scores OF
shots were exchanged, La Fayette Sims,
a desperate negro, was killed by the
police early today in a negro boarding
house, situated on South Rampant street.
The room in which ne was gbeseiged had
to be set on fire andrthe fire department
called out before Sims could be driven
from his post As he attempted to es-
cape, still carrying his gun, he was shot
down. The body was taken to the morgue
without any demonstration from a mob
of several thousand negroes, who crowd
ed the vicinity of the tragedy.
The origin of the trouble was trivial.
Sims occupied a room in the boarding
house in which there were seven beds.
On retiring last night he locked the door,
and when the landlord early this morn
ing asked him to open the door so that
another lodger might be admitted Sims
refused. Then the landlord sent for the
police. Efforts to persuade Sims to open
the door failed and a hole was smashed
in it. Through the aperture Sims began
shooting. One bullet knocked a pistol
from the fingers of Officer Winstein and
shattered the lantern which the officer
carried. Thereupon additional policemen
were sent for and the house surrounded.
When the reinfOrcements had arrived
the negro landlord and an officer again
went to the room and pleaded with Sims
to come out and surrender.
mo, / won't" he answered with an
oath, I'll shoot if you don't go away.
am not going to leave here. They'll
burn me in oil. They'll fry me-"
Sims had piled some of the furniture
in the room against the door and was
prepared to fight for his life. AS the
landlord and the officer retreated the
desperate fired at them without doing
any damage All efforts to induce the
prisoner to surrender having proved in-
effective, Superintendent Journey decided
that there was nothing to do but to make
the negro come out. An alarm was
turned in and a portion of the fire de-
partment brought to the scene.
A quantity of cotton, oil and sulphur
was sent for, the cotton rolled into balls
and saturated with oil a match applied
and the blazing substance hurled into the
room, every avenue of escape being
guarded. The furniture in the room
caught quickly filling the place with
smoke ard flames. Sims hung on to his
hiding place until he was nearly suffo-
Gated and then made a break to escape.
AS he appeared at the door, Patrolman
Fred Smith fred at him. The negro
staggered, mortally wounded. Instantly
other policemen fired on him and he fell
dead.
The firemen extinguished the flames and
the body was dragged out and taken
through a lane OF excited negroes to the
police station.
Examination of the room following the
tragedy showed that Sims had gotten
possession of Officers Winsteins revolver
after shooting it from his hands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-21
BANQUET At DURHAM
Business Men Honor Repre-
sentative Fuller.
Testify Appreciation Of His Work in The Legts-
lalure by a Banquet at the HottI
Carolina.
Especial to News and Observer J


Durham, n. c., Feb. ga banquet
was rendered to Representative Jones
Fuller at Hotel Carolina tonight. The
banquet was given by the business men
of the city as a token of high esteem
and appreciation for the work he has
done since going to the Legislature.
There were spreads for between seven
ty-fve and one hundred guests. The
spread was very elaborate, being given
in the Carrolina's best style.
a number of toasts were responded to
those present. Several invited guests
came up from Raleigh, most of the visi-
tors being members of the General AS
sembly.
The toastmaster was Mr.. James H
Southgate. He was responded to by Mr.
Jones Fuller, whose toast was Durham s
Union Depot and how we got it," Other
toast speeches We're delivered by Sena-
tor E. j. Justice, The Railroads.; Mr.
Press Especially When With Us; Judge
]. w. Winston, THE Occasion and What
it Signifies; Alderman T. B. Fuller,
United Durham, Hear Her Hum" !;
Lieut-Gov. Turner, mo East, No West
but North Carolinians"
Those present from Raleigh We're Rep
resentative Walker, Senators Justice and
Lamb, Gov. Turner and Hon. Josephus
Daniels and others.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-21
New Fire Steamer for Durham,

Durham, N. c., Feb. 20.-A special
meeting of the aldermen was held today
at noon to accept the new fire steamer.
The steamer was tested yesterday and
filled every part of the contract The
aldermen received the report of the COM
mittee and then accepted the steamer.
She is now ready for use, and is one Of
the best fire fighters in the State.
The Trinity chapter fthe Alpha Tau
Omega College fraternity, will hold its
annual stag dinner at the Hotel Caro-
lima tomorrow night. Besides the mem
bers OF the chapter, who are now in
Trinity, several out of town members
are expected to be present. The invited
guests will be DR.. w. H. Glasson, of the
department of political science of Trim
ity College, and MIR. w. A. Thomas of
Virginia, member of the Sigma Chi
fraternity.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-21
THE BISHOP JURORS
DIVIDED.
Twice Ask Judge Neal fol
Their Discharge.
Three are for Murder in tha Second Degree
Six for MausIaughter, Three for Iustfabie
Homicide.
(Special to Now and ObserYer.l


Charlotte, N. c., Feb. 20.-There is
every evidence that the Bishop trial will
result in mstrial. In fact your cor
respondent was informed tonight that
the jurors are hopelessly divided and
there is no chance of reconciling the
wide division that exists.
SO far as it can be learned the jury
stands three for murder in the second
degree, six for manslaughter and three
for excusable homicide The latter sim
ply means that the three jurors think his
actions were in self-defense.
Judge Neal was informed tonight that
the jury was ready to report that it
could not agree. He notified the deputy
sheriff in charge that it was his de-
sire that the jury be held together in
order that a verdict might be reported.
a second time Judge Neal was informed
that the jurors could not agree and that
they wished to be discharged, but the
judge has decided to hold the men to-
gether until morning.