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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
sKYsCRAPER TO BE LIKE COLUMN.
One Downtown Planned by W. F. Havemeyer
TO Have Smallest Floor Area in City.

a skyscraper seventeen stories high. according TO
william r Haveneyer is TO occupy the plot on the
northeast corner Of Nen-st. and Exchange Place,
part OF which is owned by himself and part by z.
". So win. This plot. now occupied by two small
business buildings is 26x4s feet If such building
ia constructed this plot II Will have the smallest
floor any skyscraper in the city. the one
nearest TO il in this respect being the building
the northeast corner of Broadway and Maiden
I.are the site of which is Z5x5o feet. Owing the
advantages it Will have in the way Of light,
compared with some of its neighbors Mr.. Have
meyer says it is 20 be called the Daylight Build
ing II will be assured OF light two SIDES.
The combined parcels owned by Mr.. Havemeyer
and Mr. Savfn have area Of only 1,06S feet-less
than an ordinary city lot. IT will greatly comph-
cate the light problem in the southerly half of the
block. in which the Stock Exchange is located a.
W Drummer is TO prepare the plans for the building.
N said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
CANTOR STANDS BY THOMPSON.
Says He Appointed the Superintendent After
Thorough Investigation of Qualifications.

Borough President Cantor said yesterday that rs
had received from the Civil Service Board stereo~
typed communication requesting him to vouch for
the qualifications OF Henry s. Thompson, his new
Superintendent OF Buildings.
This request said Mr.. Cantor. was in accOrd@
with Rule No. s. and simply called for
assertion my part OF the appOintee's quaH-
fcations. 1 simply replied that Mr.. Thompson had
constructed many OF the best buildings in this ctys
Philadelphia Boston and other cities. and that rs
had great experience in the building line added
that he had the confidence and Endorsement OF tina
business community. and that his character and
integrity unquestioned 1 Informed the Civil
Service Board that during the last five years ims
mediateIy previous to his appointment he had been
engaged in the building business for himself: that
for several years preceding that he a partnsF
in the Thompson-Starrett Company, building con-
he had been partner in the building and
construction firm of Thompson & Adams I went
into this matter very carefully before appointing
Mr.. Thompson and considered very carefully al OF
his qualifications for the position. / did not acs
hastily in the matter. and when I appointed him
did so knowing fully that he was entirely quail
fed for the place His enemies may harp on this
matter much they see fit but j did not act
carelessly in appointing Mr.. Thompson I know
good account Of himself, and all Of these alega-
tons his being fitted for the position
bunconbe I am satisfied that he will superintsnd
the workings Of the Building Department IN man
satisfactory TO myself and those closely tnter@
ested IN the operations of that department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13

G.. d. MeikIejohn Says Influence in
Merit Convention Will Be Small.

George D. MeikIejohn. Of Nebraska, ex-AssistahI
Secretary of War; says that William ]. Bryan VIII
not be able to exercise a commanding influence In
the next Democratic National Convention MI
Mekleiohn was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last
night.
"Mr Bryan will have bunch OF delegates in the
next National Democratic Convention who will
think as he will but his hold the Democratic
organization in the West is relaxing. said MI
Meiklejohn. Nebraska, TO begin with Is not
Democratic State, and that makes some difference
with Mr. Bryan's prestige. Mr.. Bryan was Pop
ulist rather than a Democrat. He got TO the top
by riding on a wave of Populism- That wave has
subsidized and Mr.. Bryan has been compeled 10
subside along with 1t.
81 have seen the prophecy that he would bolt the
convention in 1901 If the platform did not suit him
7 don't believe he will do anything Of the kind He
has PROSPEROUS weekly newspaper, ana MS III
come from It is d comfortable one. HIS SUBSCRIBERS
are largely Democrats. If he should bolt the con
yention he would lose large NUMBER OF ms SUD-
scribers and that would not be II pleasant thihS
for him to think about afterWard am not d
betti man. if / were / would put my money
ON C1eyeIand as a candidate for the nomination;
There seems TO be leaning toward MIN from on
around he country Five or SIX years ago II any
onC bad said that Democrats would ever turn
toward Cleveland and CLEVELAND again ne "oqI0
nave been regarded deficient in judgment. ne
had then The party WORKERS are SeIt!iHS
desnera teIv hungry again. however, ana IN IoOhIh5
orornd for some one TO nominate they are Iorced
10 remember that Cleveland won Twice. anu liz
tho democrats have not been able to elect any one
Int Cleveland President in forty years u VIII DC
interesting to what the radicals IN the DsIno-
tic no rfv will do with Cleveland as candi0ate
Roosevelt or any other good Republican "ouio 0ed'
rim hands down.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
FAIR PLANS CHOSEN. IT IS SAID.
C. B. Luce Named by Rumor as Architect
for State Building at st. Louis.

It is understood that the successful plans for
the New-York State Building at the Worlds
Fair St Louis 1904. at those Of Clarence B.
Luce, of No. 242 Fourth-ave. 1t Is expected
that such will be the announcement al the
monthly meeting of the New-York State Exc
position Commission. which will take place at
the commissions headquarters No. 40 Broad
way this afternoon.
The other candidates are G. L. Helms. State
Architect, whose plans were originally favored,
and York & Sawyer 49,
Governor Odell. in the course or MS stay III OF;
ouis in connection with the ceremonies, is said
to have remarked TO member OF the New-1 orh
commission that in his opinion the site for the
New-York State Building in the central plateau
Of states was finer than that of any other State,
that of Missouri not even excepted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
mo. 9" BOWERY CLOSED.
Nearly Al of the Criminal Resorts
of That Street Shut Up.
THROW OF DICE DECIDED MURDER.

Two more Bowery resorts OF evil repulai01
have been forced TO close their doors Nunnoe'
Nine" and No. % Bowery- Each OF these piaees
has g. criminal history that would HI iiiaH'
records In each many notorious crimes Ha'e
been planned, and Number Nine In par ei0"iAi
ss known the country over. This was the resoi'
OF the so-caIled "yegg men," as the 6o"eiy
names safe blowers II was reported that d
one time this saloon was kept by yess man.
who had committed successful stamp 'oooei'
end ont OF the proceeds Of this haul had Pur-
ohosea .ba saloon. Here the lower order OF
crooks had steady ''hangout" and groups Vi
them NAV stiIl be seen standing disconsoiateiy
outside the closed door.
In No % was planned one OF the most vi "N3'
murders ever carried out in New-Jersey- rOUf
men sat at a table in the back room OF 'lis es
Establishment and threw dice 10 decide "he'het
they should go 10 Brooklyn and ROD Je"eiS
store or 10 Washington, y. j., and RAID lsIIii-
iouse AS the cast favored Jersey, they snook
again 10 decide whether they should XIII 'he
farmer and burn his house. or simply roo the
nlace. The cast decided murder and the CRIME
o.. ,s-netra-ed. The murderers were afterward
captured. Both these resorts have been lof many
wears places Of designation. Men and women OF
the lowest criminal order frequented the PACK
rooms For many months the police nave oeen
zra-cbinp for q chance TO break" these places.
Ar the Excise Department II was SAID yestef-
cav that the license for No 2o had been revoked
twice last year and that no bonding company
would bond the place this year. so the incense
VAS not issued The closing OF the Little
r,,,,eo,' g few weeks ago and these more recent
Blessings mark the steady march of the present
administration toward cleaning up the olsoroer-
w and criminal resorts that nourlshed uIlqeL
T.nreny OF all the notorious places thaI
lined the Bowery 10 the number OF thirty, oILs
two or three are left. and their time is approach
ing What the more famous uptown resorts ls a. :!
10 the world OF society Number Nine was 70
tbe under world and the fact that IT has been
closed will make a great STIR IN the ciiiiiiii"i
circles Of the Bowery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
INDEPENDENT JUDGES.
Bar association Against Places IN
Pirate Corporations.

The Association of the Bar of the County OF
New-York at meeting last night adopted d
resolution condemning the acceptance OF ofnclai
places with corporations by Judges OF the courts
The meeting was largely attended. President
william G. Choate presiding. A number OF al
dresses were made in the executive session. poth
for and against the resolution, and speakers
were cheered from time to time so enthusl-
os.icauv that the applause could be heard a dis
lance up Forty -fourth-st.
The association did not take up, as was ex-
pected. the question of admitting women to It's
membership, bur report was received from the
executive committee which announced that 1t
had Amounted a subcommittee TO confer with
the committee on admissions concerning the al
fair According to Secretary Brownell the name
of Miss Rosalie Loew. which has already been
nominated to the committee on admissions ny
the board of governors, was not mentioned
The question of Importance before the meeting
was on the report Of the judiciary committee 10
which resolution had been referred last jan
uary relative to the acceptance of positions IN
corporations by judicial officers. This resolu-
ton followed the public announcement OF the
fact that Justice Van Brunt Of the Appellate d.
vision had been elected to dictatorship in the
Windsor Trust Company. William Temple EN-
mot offered the report of the judiciary COM
r,,ttee which was read, and on motion, &C
cepted A motion for its adoption brought
forth a vigorous protest, and a numper OF ao-
dresses were made both for and against the
resolution The motion finally voted down,
and the announcement of the vote greeted with
prolonged cheers The report voted down said
in part:
II &c mos. desirable that all concerned with the
administration Of justice shall avoid any course OF
Conduct which. in a wholesome public OPINION Is
so doubtful as to likely in any degree 10 iulpdIl
TIE Confidence which generally ana justly pre-
walls as to the integrity ana lnlpdIuaI'E VI Jul
Judges.
Albert S Bard then offered a resolution which
was adopted after considerable discussion. an
ATTEMPT having been made by the friends or the
Judiciary committee TO have it laid on the table
for further consideration, and failing In thls'
an attempt was made to have it accepted With
out formal adoption but Mr.. Bard's friends IN
sisted on the association placing itself on record
on the question. It was not fitting 1t was
argued that the association should pass the
question over with recommendations. The reso-
luton of Mr. Bard was finally adopted by prac-
tically a unanimous vote. The resolution read:
Resolved That in the opinion of this associa-
ton il is incompatible with the degree OF dig"
nity and independence of the judiciary which
this association is striving to promote, that
judicial offices should be held concurrently with
important positions. whether actual or hon
orary in private corporations, whose affairs are
likely to be the frequent subjects of judicial de-
cision by such judicial officers or their col
lea CUES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
GEORGE A. KOLB HEARD FROM.
Wife of Missing Marine Engineer Gets Dis
patch from San Francisco.

George A. Kolb. the business manager OF the
Marine Engineers Protective Association. who has
been missing from his home for several days. mas
heen located in San Francisco Mrs. kolo. at her
home No 81 East Thirty hfth-st.. said yesterday.
that she had received a dispatch from her hus-
band In San Francisco. The telegram was received
last night 1t read:
Am all right now VIII start for home at once
Notify Mr.. Murphy
Mrs Koib explained that the Mr. Murphy
spoken of was Daniel Murphy. who is the assistant
business manager of the association
Mrs Kolb said last night TO Tribune
porter that she though her husband must have
been taken 10 San Francisco by force.
There could be other reason for him TO
go f" she added. His financial resources would
not allow him to go on his own account. III ne
had not been in some sort or trouble ne would
lieve that he ever would have left me volunta-
riv for he was very fond OF me. am much
puzzled over his absence. and think IL Will
be a very interesting story he viii have 10 tell
when he is home again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
STARTS ON POLE SEARCH.
Fiala Tells of His Plans for re"
Miles PROGRESS q Day.

Ar+bo,x riaIs the leader of the polar expedition
that is being backed by William Zieger salieo LoI
Europe on the Kronprinz Wilhelm yesterday O
reaching London he will wait for further oroe'S
from Mr. ZeigIer and then proceed TO TrondJem
Norway where the America. the ship OF the eN-
petition. is being fitted out The crew is no" On
the America, and the remainder OF the parry WIN
sail from this port on May r. under the direction
Of William T. Peters the representative Oh INC
National Geographical Society
Ftaa has made his plans for his dash to the pole
with mathematical precision and has inquired OUT
that his chance of success depends on the aoitE OF
the party in the final dash to travel ten miles
day On the America there will be three depart
n,ents the deck the engine and the field depart
ments On the latter will fall the crucial work
Starting from Trondjem about the middle OF
June, the America will be pushed as far north as
fished at Prince Rudolf Land, which is 6o2 miles
from the pole After wnterng there fns bas e
ured out that with the strictest econ0my he can
carry supplies for 40 days That VIII give MN
seventy days to go up and seventy Gays 10 eolle
back. IT. s.,, g tho record
Of tr ege mi 5lfs TO he SAID yesterday
b hope to BEAT h nnf Certainty that
succeed, but. And the gesture expressed more
He hinted that he would take large number Irae9
of sedges and only few men N 'ns cc ctsi Law in
tt the 'i Excellence 5Sirrs Of his men, ao,,
Among those who will be members OF the held
force will be Francis Long. of the local Weather
Bureau. Mr.. Long who is a man we'll along In
fp to ~ the A wife With
ly when he was sergeant in the slgnan Cor rps
Long will be the meteoroogist of the expedition.
He has fine record for endurance IN the Arctic
regions. When the remnant of the Greedy party
was found by schley. Long was the only man Of
reeeped an indenit leave of absence from the
Department of Agriculture.
try early in life. He served in the United States
army for thirty years He believes that Fiaa VIII
tempted to reach the pole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
TREE RESEMBLES A LANDSCAPE.

A collection of Japanese plants garden
ynen+s bronze tardinieres. old stone lanterns and
similar articles gathered by the Horticultural
Association of Toxic. Japan. will be sold without
reserve at the Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms No
23s Fffth-ave.. tomorrow and Friday afternoons.
beginning al o'clock. The collection is on
exhibition. The objects. numbering 1.44S include
three groups Of plants classified according to their
hardihooG and the they require. Those in
Glass are said TO be perfectly hardy and may
be left TO themselves OF doors through all sea-
sons. Those In the other classes need more less
care and indoor life
training is the Bon ke reproduction in mina-
ture OF a landscape. Bonkai. No. 37. is said TO be
an exact reproduction of the view near Biwa
Lake. Dwarf pines numerous in the collection
Sarusuberi No 1892 which is said to be over one
hundred and fifty years old. is putting forth young
shoots and will bloom fringed flowers in mdsum-
ner II belongs to Glass a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
MYSTERY IN ASSAULT.
Waterbury Has Ne1o Outrage to
SOIUe-Young Wonan Robbed.

Waterbury. Conn. May 12.-Margaret crane
aged twenty-five. well known young woman
of this city. was found in School-st early To-
day in a semi-oonscious condition. with signs OF
having been waylaid. beaten and robbed hlsS
Crane left her home IN George-st last evening
to attend a meeting OF a singing society 1t -
understood that she also expected 10 WISH her
brothers home. At / o'clock this morning she
was found in house IN School-st with her lace
bruised and covered with blood pHS SleiAi-
who was summoned declared that her cose was
critical There is a large bruise at the oase u
+,o s,,,,,1 hut the musician is as yet unable to
s.r,tre whether or not the skull is tract
urad The Young woman is at times party
conscious hut is unable to tell anything WHICH
would clear up the mystery. -. -, tho
number of detectives who were pu' on Ot- tbe
"a GO to-day found no clew. The rnotlee io ,tiss
limo is believed to have been robbery, as ~
Cranes purse was missing when she was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
CLERKS BODY FOUND IN MORGUE.
He Disappeared Ten Days Ago While
Doing the BoWery.

The body Of William P. Loughln. the young
clerk OF Mills & GLIB. who disappeared week
ago Saturday night while doing" the BoWery' was
found in the Brooklyn morgue last nishe os ms
hro+bor Iobn Loughln of No. 1880 st. Marks
ave F3rookIyn with whom he had been living.
Young Loughlin had always been moaei yo bng
man. but the night he dlsapRea5Ieo f,in Win rT
been ners1aded to Join in an evenings run VIII
some of his fellow clerks he drank one OF ~ ~
classes of beer and as he was not accusloIlSu 70
r. the beverage affected him somewhat. W me
standing in front of the Bowery SAVINGS PaI IN
Ior@bIi1 suddenly excused himself, saying ne
would he back in a minute. but he never returned
John Loughlin's search for his prothSs leu mn
m +be BROOKLYN morgue last night me Keeper
showed him body that had been PcRed up mn IN me he
Paw at SuIIivan-st., Brooklyn on MONDAY, anu ne
recognized his brother There was no money nor
ieweiry nor any papers in the pockets, aithougn
The Young man had a card case. letters SOME
ieveirv and between $40 and $50 when he disap,
peared His relatives believe that ne was , IuTeo
into some East Side dive, robbed and then thrown
into the river.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13

The Vessels Bo1Us Crossed By Cat
tie Steamer IN a Fog.

The passengers on the steamer Kaiser VII
helm der Crosse. which arrived here yesterday
from Bremen, had an exciting experience last
Sunday morning about one thousand miles from
port 1t was foggy. and the steamer was pro-
ceeding at half speed sounding the whistle az
Intervals, when 1t was discovered that another
steamer was in the neighborhOOd by the con-
tnuous whistling on the starboard bow. The
Kaiser Wilhelm continued signalling. the whistle
being sounded for eight seconds at intervals OF a
minute. The whistIIns OF the approaching YES
sci came closer and closer aboard. and the en-
gines of the Kaiser Wilhelm were ordered
stopped. Suddenly there doomed up in the fog
and directly in front OF the steamer the form OF
the other vessel. She was attempting TO cross
the bows Of the Kaiser. and succeeded in clear
ing her by only about forty feet II was discOv-
cred by the name her counter that she was
the steamer Planet Venus. a cattle steamer,
her way from Philadelphia to AvOnmouth-
According to Captain Cuppers Of the Kaiser
Wilhelm. there would have been no danger IL
the Planet Venus had not ported her helm. but
had continued on her Some Of the
passengers. who only realized their peril after
commander Of the Planet Venus had mistaken
the fog signal for a signal to go to port.
The suction Of the screws Of the steamer when
she docking drew the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
which was moored on the other side OF the
pier, out into the stream a few feet. and car
ried away the freight and second cabin gang
ways. The Kronprinz Wilhelm was 20 sail at
D. m, and a few OF the passengers and their
friends had gone on board the vessel No ons
was injured. although several men employed on
the pier attempted to prevent the gangWays
from falling into the water by grasping tbs
Iasnfngs The knotted end OF one Of the lash
ings flew into the air with a crack and struck
the iron side OF the pier with a noise like a
iuroI ah0r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
11AB1E FOR DAMAGES BY BLASTING
Anpellate Term Decides Against Subway
Contractors.

The Appellate Term of the Supreme Court yes
+erdav handed down eleven decisions Affirming
judgments aggregating $500. recovered in the Mu-
nicpal Court by Jacob Marks as attorney TOT va
- +o,or+s IF tne building ar the northeast
corner Of Broadway and Ninety-sixth-st, against
Norton & Dalton. contractors for the subway at
that point.
Some years ago n water pipe was laid on the
rock In that part of tho city, and in blasting the
rock in the subway work this pipe was proken
causine the water to food the basement OF IIe
building and destroying property of the tenants
stored there. -. - ...-o o+ors
This case settles the question that the contraGloIs
ing though the effect of the blast may be unIofe-
seen and that the contractors are responsive LOT
dirt rocks or other substance thrown by the blast
on property along the line of blasting Ihey can
not shield themselves by any excuse that the DAM
age was unavoidable that the city was at ldul''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
CIVIC FEDERATIoNs TO MEET TODAY.
Local to Consider City Strikes-National to
Stick to Routine, It Is Said.

Tho .xocutive and conci1iatio committees OF the
NAu-yort, Civic Fedora ton are to have business
dinner this evening at the Ashland House cali
for which has been issued by Lewis Nixon ana
Samuel B. DonnelIy. chairman and secretary re-
spectfvely. of the federation Inc ollher - al
rangad In order that the members Of the commit
tees NAV have a chance to get together and get
down to an understanding of their duties There
will be an Informal talk the labor troubles IN
New-York and the labor situation generally AFTER
the dinner. -, D-..., (,i,-;,
Federatfon of which Senator Hanna is president,
viii have its semi-annual meeting TO-DAY at us
headnuarterS. in the Mission Building, Fourth-ave
and Twentv-second-st. Secretary Ralph NJ. Easley.
IF the National Civic Federation said yesterday
that nothing but routine business will be DONE Inc
National Federation cannot interfere in local dis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
FIND FOR JEWISH SUFFERERS.

Work for the relief fund for the Jewish sur
yyors of the recent massacres in Kishenev. Russia,
is being actively pushed by Jewish leaders here.
II is stated that they purpose to raise $4,000 by
suhscription one-half be used at to relieve
the wants OF the sufferers and the remainder TO be
kent in reserve against emergencies. The sum of
go 900 has already been raised and sent by cable
to Russia
Governor Odell is being urged TO attend benefit
nerformance at the Windsor Theatre on Friday
ppiyht and those in charge express confidence that
he will accept Other benefits are being arranged,
and other means Of raising money are being dis
sod