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New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
MUST HAVE MONEY.
Lake Superior Company on The
Ragged Edge. Shields San,

Philadelphia. July 2I-President sb,s,s-
the Consolidated Lake Superior Co7,na,.. "
made another appeal to the stockkol5er. =. las e
company for financial assistance. In a 60
letter to the stockholders he announces +,.
less the proposed $125OOOOO bond issue h So -
the whole property must pass into .ba h-s
of the creditors. The creditors are Na,v-v.-.
and Philadelphia banks, headed By snav.- :
Co. Of NewYork, who hold all the avau..,-
collateral securities OF the company for .tb-.-
loans amounting TO $5.OJOOOO The Iaka e
perior Company is capitalized at SI02. COCOON :.
which $70OOO.OOO is held in this city. Presto.
Shields in his appeal says:
The Consolidated Lake Superior Cornpsnv 2. 4.
critical condition. from which II can be rescisJ 80 -
by the prompt and decisive action on The 1s-s -
the stockholders. BY the issue OF 81 5l "a ~
thirty-year per cent bonds there may be ~ro{se55
the full amount OF S7.5cG000 with which TO ~ c
OF the temporary loans OF $ 60 90 and -
ST. 5e0. 900 OF current debts. a0o't
Unless this entire sum can be provided In -,-..
way the whole property must pass into the bs-5s
of the creditors. and forced liquidation yr+E -
OF the works idle and productive is sure IN rs.5
in the sacrifice OF great part Of the investrns-.
on the other hand, if the $4,000 can ~ -
Vided. the company viii be free or IT'S f0ati1y ~
debtedness, with working pital sufficient t0 49,
on its business and IN position 70 ear. d01-sl.
the amount Of its fixed charges
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
SHOE SHINE POLICY.
DetectiUes Make arrests at Boot
black Stand.

The East Sixty -seventh-st police are sure
they found policy shop in a bootblack's stand
yesterday. They arrested George Zimmerman,
of No 241 East Seventy -ninth-st.. alleged to
have run the game; Isidor Roth. OF No 81 East
Seventy-ei -eighth-st., and David Foster. of No.
$3.50 Third-ave., also alleged TO have been in
the scheme, and Joseph Arono. of No. $50 East
Seventy-fourth-st, who owns the stand.
Detectives Vonderau and Donlin were at the
corner of Seventy -ninth-st and Second-ave.
when they noticed number Of persons singly
and in twos and threes approaching men stand
ing by tie bootblacks box. The detectives say
these people handed money to the men. They
watched this go on for some time.
After time man walked up to Zimmerman,
according TO the detectives and this time n
piece of paper was handed to Zimmerman.
Then, the officers say. the people began to re-
turn to the stand and short consultations were
held, Zimmerman showing all paper. The
people walked away, some smiling and others
frowning.
Policy" said Vonderau, and the detectives
walked up 10 the men around the box and ar
rested all four
The bootblac1s stand was searched and the
detectives say they found a policy slip with yes
terdays second drawings on IL a number Of
pieces Of paper with gigg written out and lot
Of money in small change
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
ASKS FOR PARTICULARS.
Motion of Or. Van De Waters
Counsel Denied.

The Rev. DR.. George r. Van De Water. pastor
Of St Andrews Protestant Episcopal Church,
who is now in Europe and who has been named
by Commodore Archibald Watt of the
correspondents in suit for divorce from his wife
Adele Z. Watt, yesterday through counsel asked
Justice Dugro, IN the Supreme Court, to compel
the plaintiff to file bill of particulars specify
ing the times and places when and where the
acts with which he and Mrs Watt are charged
ere alleged to have occurred.
Howe & EUmmel appear for Mrs. Watt, Will
lam II. Sage for Or. Van De Water and John c.
Shaw for Commodore Watt. By consent of coun-
Sci 81 was agreed some time ago that issues
should be framed for jury trial in Mrs. Watts
action for a separation and her husbands coun-
ter suit. These issues have not neeG framed
and Mr.. Sage demands the bill Of particulars on
behalf OF DR. Van De Water. that the clergy
man may see what charges he has to meet before
the issues shall be framed.
Before starting for Europe Dr. Van De Water
denied the allegations made by Commodore
Watt and declared his relations toward Mrs
Watt had never been other then those which
should exist between a pastor and a member Of
his congregation.
The application for the bill OF particulars
consented 70 by Nathaniel Cohen, of Howe &
Hummel. on Mrs. Watts behalf Watts counsel
opposed the motion
Mr.. Sage submitted an affidavit. in which he
said that he had on June "A applied to Howe &
Hummel for service him Of the proposed
order framing issues, but had not received it.
Watt charges DR. Van De Water on informa-
tion and belief. with misconduct with Mrs Watt
al various times IN the years 1900 1901 and
1902, and at various places in the city and State
Of New-York. in NeW-Jersey and elsewhere To
prepare properly for the trial of the action it
would be necessary that counsel should be In
formed more specifically as TO where and when
the acts Of adultery are alleged to have been
commmitted
ON the eve of the correspondents departure -
said Mr.. Sage, there being no time 10 prepare
an affidavit. he wrote 10 me- among other things
assert without a single reservation that
my relations with the plaintiff in this suit
have always been those Of a friend and a clergy
man. deny any such sin as adultery. and
have never committed such a sin even in
thought
AS il is impossible for me to obtain his afi-
davit until too late 10 prepare adequately for
trial, ask that his affidavit be dispensed with.
especially III view of the fact that his reply was
verified"
Mr. Shaw. in opposing the motion, declared
that Or. Van De Water was not entitled to
bill OF particulars. as he was not party to the
suit. because the action was one for divorce
hut by Mrs. Watt for a separation and because
the order for the issues TO go before a jury had
not yet been entered
Justice Dugro denied Mr.. Sage's application
for the present but directed that he be served
with the proposed order framing the issues for a
lars required. he could then renew his motion
for bill Of particulars.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
SHOT 1T WOMAN IN CAFE
Bullet Goes Through Chan-Chase
an BrOadUay.

An unidentified man and woman drinking
in the rear room Of Bellmer's cafe at the south
west corner Of Thirty-eighth-st.l and SiXth-ave.,
got into a quarrel just before midnight last
night. The man fired shot at the woman
which did not hit her. and both escaped No
one knows who they are. The woman and man
were young.
After some heated words a scream was heard
from the woman and then came a shot Both
rushed to Thirty-eighth-st through the side
door and Policeman Collyer. of the West Thir-
tieth-st station, who was in Sixth-ave. ran
around after them The people in TIE saloon
dashed out to foollOw
The woman fed over toward Fifth-ave. ana
quickly disappeared. The man dashed down
Thirty -eighth-st and the policeman and crowd
followed him. He turned up Broadway, and in
front of the Hotel Normandie was seen throwing
away the revolver he had all the time held IN
one hand. An empty shell and four bullet
cartridges were in il.
The man dashed into Thrty-nlnth-st- back to
Sixth-ave, and with the policeman and a
crowd after him, managed to gain. He darted
across the street in front Of northbOund car,
and, jumping aboard this, managed to escape.
The policeman went back to the cafe and found
that the bullet intended, probably, for the
woman had not struck her. There was a
bullet in the chair in which she had sat, show
ing that it had gone through her dress, prOba-
bly, between her knees as she sat down.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
TO WIND UP DRESSER & co. BUSINESS
Receivers to Continue It for Thirty Days,
According to Court Order.

An order was signed in the United States District
Court yesterday by Judge Adams authorizing the
receivers Of Dresser & Co, Charles S. Mackenzie
and Robert c. Morris, to continue the business for
thirty days from the date of the order. July 27
This extension is granted with the provision that
trustee shall in the time be elected The
court in its order states that the extension is
granted merely to enable the receivers to wind up
the business such filling any orders which they
may have hand, and collecting outstanding
accounts.
In their petition asking leave to continue the re-
cevers state that they have since their appoint
ment, April collected 100000 of Dresser & CO.
open accounts and $1S4 26O on new business obtained
since their appointment
They have sold and delivered the receivers state
SSZS I9S of merchandise They have also orders for
hosiery worth $1,000 which they are now having
made and on which profit Of per cent will be
realized. They also have equity in hypothecated
bank of $122, ,923.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
BREAKS NECK IN SUBWAY.
Construction Superintendent Dies at
Home-Girder Gaze Way.

Alexander Mclean, forty years old, Of No.
T91 Ninth-ave, the superintendent in charge of
the construction of the Rapid Transit tunnel in
the section for which William Bradley is con-
tractor, from Fifty-ninth-st. north to One-hun-
dredth-st, broke his neck in the tunnel yester-
day and died at his home last night. John j.
Carson. of No Il York-st., New-BrghtOn, Staten
Island one of Mr.. McLean's foreman. was also
injured.
The two men were inspecting the iron work AT
Seventy ffth-st and Broadway. They started
to walk across the excavation on an iron 5irder.
The girder on which they stepped had not been
boted fast and turned with their weight. Ee-
fore they could get their balance 0T catch any-
thing for support. both thrown into the
excavation, q distance of about thirty feet.
A hurry call for ambulance was sent to
Roosevelt Hospital, but the ambulances were
busy and patrolman was sent to Central Park.
He got DR.. Goldsmith and the park ambulance.
AS Mr.. Mclean was seni-conscous, it was no
easy task to get him out of the tunnel. William
McEIroy. of No 1O1 West Northumberland
thirty -eights-st., and James NJ Graft, of No
76 Ash-st., Yonkers. iron workers. lifted him out
DR.. Goldsmith found on examination that Nc
Leans neck was broken. and the ambulance
took him to Roosevelt Hospital. His friends in
sisted that he be taken home against the wishes
Of the hospital physicians, and he not ad-
mtted TO the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
TENANTS REFUSE TO MOVE OUT.
Those on Site of Plaza for New Bridge May
Have Houses Torn Down.

Unless the people who live in houses that are to
be RACED TO make room for the plaza of the Will
iamsburg Bridge vacate them before this after
noon they may have the roofs Of their homes torn
down over their heads. Contractors who bought
the buildings along South Fifth-st Roebling and
Havemeyer sts., Brooklyn, have informed them 20
Immediately, but they dehantly declare thew
Will not move before the first of the month
Most of the houses from the end of the approac cb
TO the bridge. along South Fifth-st. to Roebling-
ST, without tenants, but rooms are stiI occu-
pied at Nos, 49, 49, 1873. 1s7. 203 216 and 2ls Sew
eral weeks ago those who occupied the lower parts
OF these three story houses got CUT but the r+o-
pie in the upper apartments refused to vacate
While many OF the people are willing to move
they say they cannot secure quarters in such short
notice. Moreover, property owners In fbs
Thirteenth and adjoining wards 4 is said know
ing that there would be an exodus on account Of
their rents.
Men removed the iron raings in front of ,be
houses In South Fifth-St., between RoebIinf- 80
Havemeyer sts.. yesterday morning as the first
step OF the contractors in razing the propertv
Angry women told the workmen they would re-
main in their homes even If the roofs were
off.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
BRIDGE JUMP PREVENTED.
Patrolman and Car Inspector Strug-
gIe zCith WOud-Be Suicide.

Henry Walton, twenty-four years old. who said
he was a janitoI, living at East Moriches Long
Island. was taken from the Brooklyn Bridge last
night as he about to jump off. He was locked
up in the FutOn-st. station. Brooklyn, the
charge of attempted suicide. He was first seen by
Henry Ehlers. an inspector Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. who left a Smith-st- going
toward Brooklyn.
Ehlers saw the man. who IS big and powerful.
take off his coat. vest and hat and throw them
down and climb up the guarl rail, Ehlers ran up
TO him and held him back as best he could while
Patrolman Simonstead. who had seen the strug-
gle from a distance. ran up from behind and tried
TO pniOn Walton'S arms. Then the real struggle
began. Walton throwing off the policeman and
again trying to mount the rail. Both men pulled
the would-be suicide from the rail Then he said:
What's the matter with you? Why don't you let
me finish myself? I'm no good, anyway"
They finally got the man to Brooklyn. He fought
them almost to the last moment of being locked up.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
COTTON WORTH $1o,4oo BURNED.
Bales Valued at $2,500,OO0 Stored Near by
in South Brooklyn.

A fire from spontaneous combustion started yes
terday in storage compartment No. %. of a row
OF story brick freproof structures at First
and Forty -fourth-st., South Brooklyn. maintained
by the Bush Terminal Company. About two hun
dred and forty bales of cotton. held in the names
of Cotton Exchange concerns. were damaged, caus-
ing loss of about $1,000 The loss the build
ing less than s1OO. and the entire losses were
covered by insurance.
Owing to the peculiar construction OF the build
ings the flames did not spread in either direction
along the row, and in the re-sorting process fair
percentage Of the damaged cotton may be saved and
put in marketable shape In the compartment
affected there stored 24O0 bales OF cotton and
in the entire row about $1,000 bales valued at 81 5OO
600. Representatives Of the company were enabled
by a system of automatic alarms to learn of the
fire the moment It started, by Of wire con-
nections between the general office, at the foot OF
Forty-second-st.. and each of the warehouses. The
private fire corps of the company did good work
before the arrival uf the fire engines. Most Of the
cotton threatened by the fire is stored subject to
August and September delivery.
W when hen the flames were discovered strong wind
vas blowing from the north. and there was some
danger to the workmen and hremen as they shifted
the burning cotton from the compartment by
means of portable hosting apparatus operated by
electricity adJuncts to the plant. Two hreboats
troll. ~ wa
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
FIGHTS THREE RESCUERS
BoatmaH Who Jumped from Fern
boat Determined to Die.

Three men had a desperate aght sor their he,
yesterday when they attempted 10 rescue John
Walsh. boatman, o. Greenpoint. who. the pol,s
say. attempted suicide by jumping from the fsr-v
boat Kentucky which plies between Greenpont
and the Twenty-thi-d-st- ferry. The man funpss
from the after deck OF the ferryboat while II wa,
In midstream. and had it not been Tor the hero-
ism of the three employees OF the Dock Depart
ment Thomas Casey. Edward Cunningham and
John o'NeiL who jumped overheard after him. he
would have drowned
1t was on the $50 trip OF the Kentucky Tbs
boat was crowded. Following Walsh's leap thsrs
was the greatest excitement and a number 81
women tainted. Others screamed hystericallv and
the captain stopped the boat. The tide had car
ried Walsh hundred yards away. and the captain
had to swerve his craft about as there dan
ger of running Walsh down. The deCkhands urs-
pared to lower the life boats
There was passing u stream a raft IN tow o,
Dock Department tug. Casey. CUnniugham ana
o Nell, who were on the raft. saw Walsh iump
Casey plunged in and Swar.: toward Walsh When
he reached Walsh the latter fought furiouslv te
release himself from the hold Casey had on him
Casey chung to him. and II seemed s If both must
drown The other two the rafc saw
CaSey'S plight and without removing any Ci timing
plunged overheard and swan to the struggling
pair
Even then Walsh kept up the struggle and e
took the combined efforts Of the three 70 ger
him TO the raft.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
TWO ASSISTANTS RESIGN.
One of Jerome's Deputies Advised
tTake a Chance" Raid.

The report that two Deputy Assistant District
Attorneys had rendered their designations to Dis
trict Attorney Jerome. and that they had been ac-
cepted. confirmed at the District Attorneys
office yesterday. Those who resigned were Charles
Pechner and Willis Munro
II admitted at the District Attorneys Office
that Mr.. Pechner was recently reprmanded by Mr.
jerome. Some time ago MI Jerome said he was
young and inexperienced he was the assistant
who advised Inspector Elbert O. Smith to take
"a chance" in raid at THE Aliens alleged pool
room and arrest all fl the place. In consequence
Of this advice over three hundred men were ar
rested on eighteen warrants and later the inspector
was tried on charge OF assault in the third de-
gree.
Some time ago Louis Stuyvesant Chanler, who
often defends prisoners without remuneration, was
defending Italian charged with murder Mr.
Munro was prosecuting the case. It was alleged
that Mr.. Munro got confession from the prison
er by placing a policeman IN plain clothes in the
cell with the murderer If he also prisoner.
The prisoner was convicted Mr.. Chanler called the
attention Of the Bar Association TO the case, and.
after an investigation. the Bar Association repri-
nanded MF Munro. He then rendered his resigna-
ton The designations go into effect on September
J. the two men having leave of absence until that
time.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
THE CHARGE IS NOW HOMICIDE.
Captain Who Was Assaulted in Saloon Fight
Dies in Hosnital.

Captain William Shepard thirty-six years old
3 well known sailing master. OF Old Mill ia
-naica Bay. died in the Kings County Hospital on
Sunday from injuries. alleged, received in a
fight with Adolphus Cline. also Of Old Mil Cline,
who out bail a charge Of felonious
assault, rearrested yesterday by the police of
the Liberty-ave. station. a charge of homicide
The men had fight IN a saloon at Old Mil on
June 2. when. it is alleged, Cline struck Shepard
under the chin with hts fist Shepard fell down
= flight Of stairs. striking the back OF his head
and was picked up unconscious No fracture was
found by Or. Jones, Of the Bradford Street Hos
pital. Shepard removed TO the Kings County
Hospital, where after few days. he regained his
senses for q few minutes, but Immediately went
BACK into a state Of coma Signs Of apoolexy an
peareo, and II Was thought he had burst n blood
vessel lie lost the use Of his limbs and was
paralyzec on the right side. Coroner FIabertyy
could not get clear statement from him as Ia tb
circumstances of the fight ~ 80
Captain Shepard for the last two seasons had
been sailing master Of the sloop J. T pirnOn
owned by John Skinner, of the Jamaica Bay Yacht
Club. 1e was q photographer in former wears and
0as one OF the organizers Of the original Nozart
quartet, OF which he was the bass. lie leaves a
S3coW and two children. Cline who is about
LorTy years old is married and has three children
He has the reputation % being peaceable man
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
NOT AFTER AGENCIES.
Reynolds Grants Licenses IN Spite of
Complaints.

1t was learned yesterday that the report that
James b. Reynolds who is chief of the Bureau OF
Licenses well secretary the Mayor,
engaged in campaign against certain employment
agencies was inaccurate. On the contrary, licenses
have been issued to the only three employment
agencies against which suspicion has been lodged
at Mr.. Reynolds's direction The facts of the case
are that some weeks ago complaints made
to Mr.. Reynolds against certain agencies, three
in number. By his direction special investigation
was made of the circumstances. At the end of this
Mr.. Reynolds probably satisfied that the
plants urjustifed. directed that the licenses
should be granted This closed the affair The in
vestigatiOn was made by special officer detailed
for the purpose. but there never was any large
number Of places concerned. and Mr.. Reynolds's
action shows clearly that he regarded the evidence
trivial.
Greater activity is at present being shown by
the Bureau Of Licenses in the Of pushcarts.
Convinced that the vast increase in the number
of pedlers is not advantageous to the public and
that IT is necessary to find some check for them
the bureau has. under the guidance OF James D.
Merriman, deputy chief of the bureau, devised a
complete system for safeguarding this abuse.
When an application is made the applicant is di-
rected to give his address, the date OF his natu-
ralzation and his age. He is then told to return
In four days Meanwhile the license squad is put
to work. If it is found the man has given a wrong
address or name. that he is not twenty-one has
not lived in the State a year, his application is
the United States District Court and the Immigra-
ton Bureau, and If any possible reason is found
MI Merriman said yesterday:
This This method meth am am employing is one that hat takes
every application bat 1t prevents the vast increase
from Newark nowadays after pushcart licenses
It also gives us record of every applicant. and
books. This bureau has been criticised severely
in this matter. but don't think the public press
looking into the matter and recording our results"
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
HIS PICTURE IN RoGUEs GALLERY
Client, Through Whom Lawyer Is Trying to
Stop Racetrack Betting, in Court.

The client through whom B. Steinhardt is irving
in one of his various cases to stop betting at the
race tracks appeared before Justice Olmsted in
Special Sessions yesterday. at a hearing in the
case Of Abraham Herman, the Pinkerton detective
accused by Nathan Ballard. jr.. the client of op-
preston. The clients picture is i'll the Rogues'
Gallery at Police Headquarters BY occupation he
said, he billiard and pool player for hibi-
ton and a billiard table maker. He was arrested
a charge of suspicion" once and discharged
after being locked up He had been locked I'D at
all of the local tracks His Rogues Gallery picture
marked in evidence He denied being a tout
and detailed his at the Morris Park races bv
Herman May 7.
The defence was not presented and the case was
adjOurGco. Herman arrested before the "a se
went OF trial. on warrant issued by Judge Dooley
took bail in the case.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-28
DOVER INSTEAD OF SOUTHAMPTON.

American Line viii abandon SOUTHAMPTON as a
port OF call and substitute Dover. The reasons
given the superior facilities offered for docking
BY Dover. and the time saved BY the steamship
company and passengers bound to London
For two or three years Dover has been ,,rgi,g
the transatlantic companies 10 make the port a
place OF call Thousands OF pounds have been ex
pended in the construction of docks and breal-
waters. Recently Dover was visited by most of the
directors OF the Hamburg American Line After a
thorough inspection Of the facilities offered the1
made most favorable report OF its advantages
over Southampton. they reported that not onIv
were Dovers docking facilities immensely suoerfor
TO those offered by Southampton but tbsT ~
train service between Dover and London was much
oertet oert IAN on the soathampton-LOndon line
The American officials of the Hamburg Americsr.
Line have not yet been officially informed of tbn
impending cnange. Va tue