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New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
BISHOP POTTER REBUKES
Secretary Read Names of actresses
Without Miss or Mrs

The fourth annual convention OF the Actors
Church Alliance Of the United States and Canada
was held yesterday in St Chrysostom's Church.
Seyenth-aye ard Thirty-ninth-st. Bishop Potter.
who in calling the delegates order said that the
organization had placed the dramatic profession
In an entirely new light before the masses OF the
people. mildly rebuked the secretary who. IN the
reading OF the minutes neglected TO speak OF the
actresses as either Miss Mrs"
Risbop Potter said that when his health was
broken down recently. his physician sent him 10
London and told him while in the English capital
TO go to the theatre and have good laugh
'T went to the theatre said the bishop, once;
but could not go there any more, for what ga"
made me cry
Bishop Potter further on informed the delegates
that he knew a great deal about empty rooms DOth
in hotels and private houses, and this tnforrnation
which he described interesting reading, would
he said after his death. probably be Puohsheo III
book form
Some fault was found with the treasurers report
because the expenditures for 'carfares and postage
starnns,, were not ftemized The report was. how
ever. accepted by unanimous vote. and then IL was
discovered that the committee on credehtais HaN
not passed on the eligibility of some OF those
ent to vote After an examination OF the eIeueH
tiaIs the reports were however accepted IN 'helr
present form - zor,--,.e- chat the
increasing work secretary OF tLle "a 80 fSIire6
conflicting with his duties as teto' % IN % vas fast
onnroa ching when he would have TO give up o!Ie
or the other He intimated that II SLVy i(y-.b
work and devote his whole time to the aIlaHCe' i
committee of five was appOlIlteGI, I1lftar on
II 7Tbesa national officers elected
BishOD Henry c. Potter; first wee n Nfcc
Jefferson; second yicezpresdent, 'reol B5rtev and
intyre; secretary, the Rev. waiter l. D'''
G.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
SETS FIRE TO ESCAPE.
Prisoner Caught after Dash IN
Vest Side Court Jail

James J. Dunn. who was arrested on Tuesday
while looting the apartments Of Mrs Marga-
rette D. Kazis, ar-No. 215 West Eighty third
st, made daring attempt TO escape from the
West Side police court prison Wednesday
night by setting fire to his cot and making a
dash out of his cell when keeper opened the
door in time to save him from being burned
alive.
The facts were not brought out until late yes
terday. when Dunn arraigned before Magis-
trate Flammer a charge Of burglary.
Sheehan, the keeper, was walking along one
of the tiers below the one where Dunn was con-
fined, when he smelled smoke. He from one
cell to another one tier and then to the cells
another, until he to Dunn's. There he
found the cot in flames. and Dunn was calling
for help. No sooner had Sheehan opened the
door than Dunn brushed past him, shouting
"Firei" Almost instantly the place in an
uproar.
Dunn had gone but a few yards when Sheehan
was on him. He dragged him along the tier and
put him in another cell. Then he went and
fought the fire alone. After twenty minutes
he had It out.
Dunn released fl rom the penitentiary on
May 1 after serving a fourteen-year sentence
for thirty robberies. For good behavior he had
the sentence reduced four and one-half years.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29

much latitude given on that account The
employees OF that service until recently were
not under Civil Service rules. their appoint
ments being made subject TO the discretion OF
the Postmaster General who, he added was
after all the responsible person. although the
great multiplicity of details made IT physically
impossible for him to examine into every matter
he signed. The Croft contract was made under
miscellaneous appropriation" for the free de-
livery service, and the first inkling Of the cir
cumstances leading to Machen's arrest was
gained in examining miscellaneous expendi-
lures,
PURCHASES WITHOUT COMPETITION.
Attention was called to-day to a decision OF
the Controller of the Treasury in 1896 holding
that in purchases OF patented or copyrighted
articles, where the benefit Of competition can
not be secured Section s. zoe Of the Revised Stat
utes does not require advertising for proposals
OF formal contracts for such purchases This de-
cision modified one OF Auditor Howard, rendered
June 60 1896 in connection with the temporary
suspension Of accounts involving purchases
made for the free delivery service, Including
the Croft fastener, which figured in Machens
arrest The auditor. IN his decision, held that
under that statute the auditor was obliged Ito
require duplicates OF contracts for all sGpplleS
purchased by the Postofice Department to be
filed in the auditors Office, except that where
there is no contract and an immediate purchase
to require statement on TIE voucher by the
purchasing officer that the purchase was re
quired by an eXigency of the service. That
construction the auditor commented at that
time seems never to have been fully applied
TO purchases made for the free delivery service
Contracts for articles required for that service
invariably are filed in this office, but purchases
made outside of any contract heretofore have
been audited without the eXigency clause IN
GSsSed the voucher"
The accounts then held UP, pending the final
action OF the Controller who admitted them, IN
volved not only the Croft fastener, but the time
lock which records the exact time OF letter car
riers TO meet the eXactions of the eight hour
law: postal straps. furnished for use OF the car
riers: copies Of city directories repairing Satch-
els time cards for street letter boxes, and ex-
penditures for erecting, painting and repairing
street letter boxes. The First Assistant Post
master Generals report on this subject TO the
Controller. in which the Controller acquiesced'
said that this device, in the profits or whose
manufacture Machen Is accused OF sharing, en-
abled the department "to save time and money
Assistant Attorney General Robb, who has
been active in furnishing legal counsel IN the
recent conduct of the investigation, left the city
to-day for his home in Vermont, to remain q
Samuel A. Croft, one Of the brothers arrested
Yesterday. was suspended from the police force
TODAY pending the hearing Of his case. HIS re-
turn to duty depends on the result OF the court
proceedings against him
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
THE WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterdays Record and TO-day's Forecast.

washington May 2S.-The area OF low pressure that
was central Wednesday evening over eastern Lake Supe
yIor has advanced the mouth Of the St Lawrence
diminishing somewhat The southwestern 10"
a made little progress no-theastwaTd is central to
,-.g+. o-e- The Texas Pan Handle. There have been
ros tbnderstorras ii widely separated parts Of the
,+-y n many cases without rain Substantial rains
~ fs1Ien In the middle Mississippi Valley over Eastern
Kansas Oklahoma light rains have fallen IN the
middle Rocky Mountain region and the extreme North
s- There have light rains in Northeastern
Texas and Western North Carolina 49,, r..
II is cooler upper 8issoGT1 aIey over .5e f
en- slope middle Mississippi ai-ey anu Inc I"''
re ana tb1rrderstorIns Will continue IN the mid
alr Gississ, and Missouri valleys over me I@Stl
s0,e F-iday extend into Lhe upper ONO 1I'SSy
9br There showers Saturday N me
Ohio Valley, Tennessee and tle s"1'i' P'i''0-' " 49, ~
o4g A-1e -nneraures will prevail the regions o;
rainfall viii be cooler IN Eastern Ne" ON anu
~ Tfnss along the Middle Atlantic and NeH-I;ngland
coasts fresh northwest on t' - -
qst light to southwest; on the cur o5t Itesa
.rss T., sojth. On upper lakes mostly ilght 70
-, southeast and The lower lakes fIesh northwest
6esoIIs Is a9rtiag Friday for European ports will have
,sb vest 10 northwest winds and falT "ea4e 70 Inc
Grand Banks
rop-cAeT FOR TO-DAY AND SATURDAY.
- 80 England fair cooler today preceded by
crz in Eastern Maine: Saturday fair fresh to brisk
northwest winds ~ ,,-,,, ,.t
20, Eastern New-YorS and Eastern Pennsylvania fslF
"a fr to-day; Saturday fair; fresh west 10 northwest
"3ds Jersey fair today Saturday; cooler in the
,-t.vIiio-, Tresh west northwest winds ,- =.
Pennsy yaia far TO-DAY SATURDAY n
Using cloudiness: light to fresh southeast 20 east
"Eas. Western Ney-Yori fair today ard Saturday.
e- morrow fresh west winds becoming variable
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
OBITUARY NOTES.

Washington May 2S-AIajor James Chester, |. ;.
A retired died here yesterday, aged siXty-uine.
He was a native of Scotland. He came to this
contry in 1852 and enlisted in the artillery corps.
He perforrned gallant service in the Civil War and
was an authority on artillery matters
Peter + Lowery died at his home, No. 46 Central
ave Jersey City, on Wednesday, from paralysis
of the heart He was forty-seven years old. He
was APPOINTED q policeman when twenty-tw years
old and made reputation by the fearless manner
in which dealt with several gangs of ruffans
that infested his beat. He had frequent hand-to7
hand encounters with them, but finally scattered
them all At the end of twenty years active duty
he retired on half pay He leaves WHOM
Chattanooga, Tenn, May 2S.-P. w Miller, gen
eral manager of the 191tna Coal Company, run
over and killed instantly to-day at 491tna. He
wealthy
Philadelphia May 2S-Frederick Munich, Of this
citv who was elected Grand Junior Warden OF the
Grand Commandery. Knights Templar Of PennsyI-
vania. yesterday, died at his home to-day OF ty,
ph9id ng s n Ta406 yefs aas 25 f6T
years.
Mrs William H Kerr, sixty-five years old. the
widow of William II. Kerr. ex-Prosecuting After
ney of Ohio died suddenly yesterday in her apart
nents in the Navarro flats, No. 165 West Fifty
eishth-st. Mrs. the mother OF Henry ;
Kerr OF Redmond. Kerr & Co. bankers. at No Il
Wan-st. She had been sufferer from throat
trouble for some time. but paid Jte attention ION TO IT.
who lived with her. sent for Dr. NJ NicoLl, OF No.
iit ryed faS She Was native Of Montreal She had
lived in Cincinnati with her husband until three
| wears ago when she came here
Albert c. Berger. son Of Mrs. Helen Berger, died
on Wednesday at his home. No. 81 Decatur-st
Brooklyn He born in Brooklyn twenty-seven
wears old Mr. Berger, who had devoted his life
10 music was unmarried. The funeral services
we're conducted last night by Convent Lodge. T.
! and A NJ
The Rev George A. Phnbus. a retired Methodist
minister died yesterday morning at his home, No
134 Second Place Brooklyn. He was born in
Somerset County, Nd. seVenty-three years ago
After being graduated from Dickinson College he
Entered Tbs, ministry. For of the time. unJn
his retirement in 1880, he in the Wilmington
T1eIl Conference. lie leaves two sons and five
daughters.
Walter F. Cabble a memoer OF the William Cab
BILE Excelsior Wire Manufacturing Company, in
AinsIia-st Brooklyn, whose home was at No. 100
1TonseIyea st that borough died on Wednesday at
his summer home, Hewletts Long Island He was
born in Brooklyn in 1852 He leaves widow and
several children.
The funeral of Charles B. Dewey, for twenty years
n wholesale dealer in druggists specialttes at At
lantic and Clermont aves. brooklyn. was held last
night at his home, No S3T Iafay ette-ave.. that
borough. Mr. Dewey was born in Chelsea Mass
fifty-four years ago and died on Monday. He leaves
7 a widow and
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
DEATH ENDS FAMILY FEUD.
Colonel J. I. De Peyster Passes Away-No
Reconciliation with Father.

Poughkeepsie N Y May @,-Colonel Johnston
7. De Peyster. the only surviving son OF General
Watts De Peyster died at his country home al
r;,,1iorTIudson last night, from cirrhosls or the
liver with which he had been afflicted for two
years =, -. II,
colonel De Peyster arrived in Tivoh from ms
,.- homo IN washington two months ago, and
had been sinking rapidly since then. Three weeks
ago delegation of fellow citizens visited his nome
-. g. o,.ar tho fallen capitol at Richmond, in
1se5 His wife and three daughters were at his
bedside but there was reconciliation between
the colonel and his father, from Whon ne ho0 oe'
estranged for many years.
colonel De Peyster born in T1Voh on Ju"s
"A 1876 He served lieutenant on the stan O.
General WeitzeI IN the Civil War ana was oL
,,e,ta7 lieutenant colonel by the Governor OF New
yorl, Il, 1865 He was 2 man Of means, having m
1,erited the estate Of his mother, who was E-Stee
l Livingston daughter Of John S Livingston Ie
fral viii be held on Saturday at 1:45 P N. at 81
Toauys Church IN Tiyol. OF which village ne Was
fhe president.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
SMALL TOWNS WIN A VICTORY.
But Connecticut Redistricting Scheme May
Be Challenged.
LBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

New-Haven, Conn. May 2S,-The farmers asso-
citation of the State Legislature to-day forced a
compromise on the Republican State Central Com
nttee in the matter OF redistricting the Senate by
giving the Republican committee such changes as
it wanted in Litchfeld County in return for
additional Senator in TolIand County. The State
Central Committee. in order to save the entire
measure from defeat acquiesced in the arrange
ment although it gives Tolland County two Sen
ators., representing only 1900 inhabitants each,
where the other thirty-four Senators represent
from 26.0oo to 5000 persons each By the compro-
mise passed to-day the State IS divided into thirty
Senate districts. instead of the thirtyftve
ported by the committee The Senate IS now COM
posed of twenty-fOur members.
The action Of the small towns in forcing the
Senate and State Central Committee to make tDiS
change is their most notable achievement in the
present legislature It will be challenged un-
constitutional, because ii in wise meets the law
ordering the districts to be made ''as nearly
equal in population as possible"
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
THE( POSTAL SCANDALS.
CHNEF DEVELOPMENTS.
The administration Pushing the In
quiry RelentlesSly.

washington. May 2S.-In the latter part OF
March IL became known to the public that seri-
o,ls irregularities existed in the Postofice De-
rartment Postmaster General Payne was then
n the West Indies. but the work Of investigation
had been already begun under his orders. and
was being conducted by Mr.. wynne. First As
sistant and Mr. Bristow. the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General. George w Beavers. chief
cf the Division Of Salaries and Allowances, had
resigned. voluntarily. it was said. Since that
,ime the principal developments have been as
follows:
tpriI 23-Jzmes y. Tyner. Assistant Atfor-
ney General for the Postoftce Department.
dismissed because Mrs. Tyner had taken
rspers. alleged bc government property
from tEae safe I'm her husbands office while
he ~a confined 60 his home by illness No
criminal proceedings taken,
case has been dropped
MAY S.-August w. Machen, General Super
intendent the Free Delivery Service,
Iieved OF his duties. pending the result of the
fnH nHestiEstion.
of the Washington City Postoficc.
charges OF mRIadminfsgration in the
dEct of that office and OF the department.
May 2S-DanieI Y. Miller, Assistant Attor-
ney n the LAW Division the depa rtment.
arrested the charge receiving n brfbe
n turf investment concern, and dis
missed from Office
Nav 2T.-Superintendeut Machen arrested
charges of receiving bribes from
tractors for letter box fasteners and dis
missed from office GrOn Brothers, the
cused contractors, also arrested.
Up 20 the time Of AiiIer's arrest there had
been no disclosures Of a criminal nature. the
charges being confined to extravaganza and bad
business methods. The divisions under investi-
cation were those OF Free Delivery, Salaries
and Allowances and Law
When Postmaster General Payne returned
TO Washington the investigation was pressed
with renewed vigor, and il was announced that
al irregularities would be probed TO the bottom
and every one found guilty severely punished
regardless OF political influence.
President Roosevelt, though absent from
Washington since April !. has been in close
Touch with the situation. and has cordially ap
proved the measures taken to eradicate the evils
which may exist in the department.
TIE administration" said official to-day,
Is thoroughly in earnest in this matter The
President and Nr. Payne ara cooperating
heartily and are determined TO prosecute the
investigation relentlessly, no matter who is
hurt. Political influence VIII not shield any man
found guilty OF irregularities, or Of crime. To
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow,
also. much credit should be given for the thor
oUgh manner in which he has conducted the
investigation"
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
WAGNER FESTIVAL PROGRAMME.

Berlin, May 2S-The programme for the ll'elI1-
tionaI concert TO be given in the Wagner COM
roerooratjon week in October was arranged by the
musical committee last night Professor Stl'lnah
Kelley of Yale. will conduct the overture 10 ms
opera, Aladdin" as the American selecton- Inc
other conductors will be: France, Camille Che'lI-
lard. Scandinavia Edward Grieg; Russia, Rimsky
Korsakoff; Italy, Tostanini, of La Scala Theatre.
ana Great Britain. Sir Alexander Macken,zziie OF
Sir Hubert Parry. The concerts. which Will take
place the three days following the QIveillhs 81
the Wagner statue, Will represent the hiStoTlcal u
veIonnent OF music from GIuCk to Wagner.
ACceptanceS Of Invitations have been received
from musical organizations in most OF the Ahetii-
can cities including San Francisco. CmclnlaIl.
New-York and Chicago. An invitation was sent 20
SoIsa Yesterday. requesting him TO lead one or MS
marches in the concert devoted to contempOraneous
,fpufp
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
RrsBoP sTARKEY's WILL FILED.
Theological Library Left for Use of Success
sor and Clergy-WidOw Gets Residue.

Orange. n. J.. May 2S-The Win OF Bishop
1,non7as :. starl1ey was filed for probate at the
s,,rrogate's office to-day It was executed on
March %. 1890 It is a brief document Ihe
+estator provides that his library OF theological
works be given TO the trustees Of the eplscopai
fund OF the diocese for the use OF ms successor
-, -. o,ero- and directs that it be kept to-
gether in the bishops house.
The residue of the estate. real and personal IS
taft 70 the widow. Mrs. Julia r. Starkey. The
yi1l also stated that if the wife died before the
+aeta+or the resduary estate should go to Mrs
Kate Bernis OF Joliet. IL. The executors named
a~a Edward I5owditch, OF Albany, and George
HE L[easbav Of this city. The witnesses We're
n TIeasbev and c y. Williams. The value
of the estate is not given
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
Ill closes at 6 D. m. previous day.
TRANsPACIFTC MAILS.


Hawaii China. Japan and Philippine Islands.
Francisco, daily at s 80 Up May f29.
Inclusive. for dispatch per 3 Copuc-
Tahiti and Islands, Francisco
here daily $50 y. % May t3O inclusive. for
dispatch per s. Mariposa
Tu samoa ana Hawaii. via San Francisco. close hers
1sJIv AZ 4 so o. IN after Nay f23 and Up % MAY
,rT,tsiye dispatch : Nentc-.- the
stsau,er carving the British mail FOR New Zealand
arrivs in time connect with dispatch
r,stls-ciozlng at $50 a $50 a. and $50 D m
naIs M and forwarded until the OF the Cunard
,4syysU Ja,an China Philippine Islands via SAN
Trrsn.ts~o- clcs here daily $50 .. m Up
IA IncluSive for dispatch per :. America Maru.
IIaV Francisco. close D
rbina ana Japan. Vancouver Victoria C. elcss
bers daily $50 p 70 June 70. inclusive
Sispa;ch per Empress OF Japan MercAaniiss
for L. : Postal Agency at Shanghai cannot % for
Narief via
cta ana Japan via Tacoma close here daily at $50
D m up 70 June 10. inclusive. ror dspatch per
Australia texcept wesp Fiji Islands and New Caedonls
1suecially addressed onlyl Vancouver victoria
r. C.. close here daily at $50 up June 10
inclusive. dispatch per S. =. MoanA-
forwarded via Europe. and New Zealand Philip-
pines via Fr1IsiscO-the quickest routes. PHILIP
pines specially addressed via Canada via
fully prepaid foreign
mails forwarded port Of sailing daily
schedule of closing arranged the prssup-
OF their uninterrupted overland transit tReSfs-
tered mail closes az s D previous DAY.
CORNELIUS VAN COTr. PoStc1asaua
pA-taessa New York y. T. May - 1909
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
OBITUARY..
CAPTAIN c. WEBSTER WILSON.

Baltimore May 2S (SpeciaD.-Captain c. Webster
Wilson L S. NJ retired Of Boston, died here to-day
from pneumonia at the age of sixty-fve In the Civil
War he commanded a ship in Farraguts fleet In
this command he took part in the battle Of Mobile
Bay, and served with distinction throughout the
war in many lesser engagements For several
years he had been in charge OF the naval records
at the navy yard In Boston. His body will be
taken to Boston tomorrow by his son. where a
military funeral will be held. Surviving Captain
Wilson are his widow and two ChidTen-NIrs. NJ. S.
Tyson, of Baltimore, and Franklin l., Wilson. of
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
PUBLIC LOSS BY STRIKES.

TO the Editor CT The TTlbune.
Sir: Strikes continue and the public suffers The
coal strike is over, but last year coal at this time
was s. a ton it is s. 10 We would feel happier
In the increase II the poor miners were getting sucn
a large additional amount on each ton; but are
they? A short time ago were threatened with
a strike among the express men; it did not occur;
they had their increase of wages without II, but
again the public suffers additional cnarg9 beng
added to each express package GORDON
NOrk. NAY 3. 1893.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
THE NEW STAMPED ENVELOPES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: / think there should be a general protest
against the new stamped envelopes The stamps
are much too large and inartistic being overflled
with details. A postage stamp is not biograph-
zeal dictionary and should indicate its use as plain
" and simply as possible. The former one and
two-cent stamped envelopes were much more salts
factory. Compare also the European examples
postcard represent the efforts of Post0ice
department, it would seem desirable TO @ call IN
outside assistance DOUGLAS MERRITT.
Rhinebeck, y. y, May 26. 1903.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
WANTS $1,000 EASTERN MEN,
Kansas Will Need Them to Help Garner in
Her Harvests.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.I

Topeka Kan. May psf. B. Gerow, director Of
the State Free Employment Bureau. says tonight
that 1900 the 2G.0o who will be needed to
sist in the Kansas harvest fields must come from
New-York, Pennsylvania and other Eastern States
where there IS q surplus Of laborers.
~ find that the men in the Western States" said
Mr. Gerow tonight ARE busy caring Tor the large
crops those States raising. These men in East-s
ern States get half fare rates from Chicago or
St. Louis to the harvest fields. and in one season
they can make enough here to buy q wheat farm
that will make them wealthy in a few years"
New-York tribune., 1903-05-29
AMERICAN PROFESSORS CAGED.
M. Mabilleau Says in Many Colleges They
Are Hired Men" Who Dare Not Think

Chicago. May 2s-The American College professor
I'm many institutions is only "a hired man In
cage according TO NJ. Leopold Mabileau the
French socioiogist, who IS delivering a series or
lectures In French at the University OF Chicago. lie
said that In American colleges founded by private
individuals the professors were not free TO think
and write they pleased, bur were controlleo 10
a large extent. by the opinions Of the board OF
trustees.