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New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
AGED WOMAN MAY DIE FROM BEATING
Her Husband Arrested-Struck Her with
r Kettle, According to Neighbor.

yesterday at the J. Hood Wright Hospital, where
he had gone to inquire about the condition of his
WIFE, seventy years old. who is in critical condi-
ton from the effects of bea1ing. He said that
he had not struck his wife but that he had found
her unconscious at their home. No. 615 West One
hundred-and-t -thirtieth-st.
According to his daughter. Mrs. Delaney. of
No. 146 West One-hundred-and-twenty- -eighth-st..
Gon her home Wednesday night and
told her that her mother had been murdered Mrs.
Delaney went at once to her mothers home. and
found her unconscious and attended by Mrs Baur.
a neighbor She informed the police, and Mrs.
Baur told detectives that she had heard sounds
OF quarrel and scufie in the Gof rooms. When
all quiet CiOff went into the hail and told Mrs
Baur his wife had been murdered.
According 70 detectives, Mrs. BaUr declared ehe
Gon hit his wife with kettle while she was
unconscious the floor. Mrs Delaney said that
Con mad spent all the money left 10 his wife by
her first husband. had beaten her frequently and
seldom worked.
Goff was held by Magistrate Zeer for examina-
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
HER ALLEGED VICTIMS SEE JEROME
Woman Charged with Conducting an Intel.
igence Office Swindle.

Gs-y Bloongold. Of No. e Cannon-st-. was ar
-a3gaed before Magistrate Cornell IN Essex Market
police court yesterday two charges relating to
an alleged intelligence Office sw1ndle which she has
operated according the complaint Tor more than
three years The first and lesser charge was that
o. maintaining intelligence Office without a
License, and the second and more serious that Of
obtaining money by false pretences
Assistant District Attorney Jo1nstone directed the
prosecution rs the numerous alleged victims O.
ne bloo-ngolo woman paid visit 10 the Districr
Attorneys Office yesterday 70 get hearing. de
caring that Captain Hoolihan and his men Of the
be-&acey-sL station CID not pay any attention 10
uae.T complaints. TIE captain, however, secured
IAe "on2a1s arrest ana IVES present At the exami-
nation.
-7C~o-C4Eg 70 his statement. the plan by which
MIS- Eloongolo IS alleged 70 have imposed on more
tnsn hlnored women was 70 charge them fees Of
= sEo 30 oy promising them positions as janitors
Pee S-e would give the women IN address and
-.S. 1el alleged victim went 10 Jhe DIacA 10 geC
- bSs-l+on II would De found that no
- = olel. and The seeker after lob would be
SMes puzzled and disappointed
--1--S--sCto admitted the -her2e IA
1Il intelligence Office without license
- oelllSc me other charge declaring rEzt she
nee tie ices paid her whereyer she failed
g7L ~9tE -oI a:y one OF her patrons NIag5strs re
oofAe5! nCec her SO or the first charge s~S m he
s"ao-c ned heT for trial in Special Sessions
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
APPEAL FROM FILIPINOS.
THEY W4NT FREE TRADE.
Greetings Unchanged NTH the Presi-
dent and Secretary Root.
LTRox1u TRIBUNE BuRHAu.I

Washington, July 30-In the greeting Of the
Ffltpfno Chamber OF Commerce to President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root cabled from Ma
Mia to-day. there is the repetition OF an appeal
tor free trade between the archipelago and the
United States, which has been heard frequently
n communications from the Philippines of late,
and which Is declared In some quarters to be
the foundation OF an agitation that vii, be begun
IN Congress next winter 70 that end. AS an
argument the prosperity OF Porto Rico under
free trade VIII be pointed to- while the neces-
sity for giving unusual encouragement to the
first commercial struggle OF the Philippines un-
der civfl government Will be added
The messages exchanged are as follows
Manila, July 90, 1903.
Secretary of War, Washington D. c.:
At It's organization the Filipino Chamber of
Commerce sends respectful greeting to President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root in representation
Of commerce, industry and agriculture. We
pray as salvation for critical condition of coun-
try that tariff upon our products Ae abolished.
FRANCISCO REYES, President.
Washington, July 30 1908.
Francisco Reyes, President Filipino Chamber of
Commerce, Manila;
The President joins me in sending TO the Fill
pino Chamber of Commerce acknowledgements
az their courteous dispatch and congratulation
upon the important step in advance which they
have taken for the interest of their count.y.
We look for the most benef1cent results from the
intelligent treatment of questions affecting the
prosperity OF the archipelago by this representa-
tive body.
ELIHU ROOT. Secretary OF War.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
Il BARON IN TROUBLE.
Hungarian accused of Larceny
Tells Romantic Story.

Baron de la Purcelne. formerly an officer in the
Hungarian Army was arraigned before Magis-
trate Barlow in the Yorville police court. yester-
day charged with grand larceny. Frank Bergman.
keeper of a German boarding house at No. Z6
East Seventy-ninth-st. accused the baron OF steal
ing a violin. revolver jewelry and clothing all
valued at SIS. The prisoners military carriage
and distinguished bearing afforded a striking con-
trast to the other prisoners in the court
On being informed that friends had promised to
come to the accused mans aid. Magistrate Barlow,
who seemed impressed by the mans narrative ad-
journed the until to-day. holding the baron in
500 bail.
The story told to the magistrate was romantic
enough for the pages of novel Eight months
ago the baron came here from Hungary. He had
been stationed with his regiment al Budapest
a lady Of the court who was the wife Of of1cer
Of high standing The husband challenged Pur-
cellne TO a duel, but the baron's family dreadtng
the disgrace of publicity. urged him to leave the
country. Assuming the OF Zotan Nemeth
he came to New-York, without he says taking
Mr. Rosenfelt proprietor of the Cafe Boulevard.
knew of his family connection and gave him en-
this position for eight months although feeling the
humiliation keenly The baron is said TO have
wealthy friends in this city; but vas TOO proud 70
admitted in court, yesterday. he became desper-
ate for OF funds and appropriated his board
ing house keepers effects, which ne paVneo for
Frank Bergman. the complainant, declares that
he never dreamed Of suSpecttng Purcelne until the
detectives who searched the pawnshops discovered
that the articles paWned by man exactly
answering the baron's description When arrested,
Wednesday, the four pawn tickets were found
him He made piteous appeal 70 Bergman
not to prosecute him. vowing that complete res
The baron is about twenty-six years old, hand
some and well educated. He is said TO speak sew
eral languages Reputable New-Yorkers. who
know Of his career and family connections. vouch
for his title and the truth OF his history
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
WIRE GUN HOLDS RECORD.
Harris Projectile 2.5O9 Feet a Second
Built of Thin Steel Plates.

The official test and firing OF the 1O-inch Brown
wire gun commenced at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds yesterday afternoon and will be continued
probably to-day and next week. The chief and the
members Of the Board of Ordnance and Fortif-
cations from Washington to report to the
Secretary Of War on this new type Of weapon which
is to be contracted for. The test is looked upon
perts both Of the army and navy. well those
Of European powers
The half-dozen unofficial shots previously fred
from the gun for determining certain kinds of ex-
plosives have far surpassed in velocity striking
energy any of the present built-up types of guns
now possessed by the government. outcassing these
by nearly five hundred feet in velocity. For a 10
inch gun it holds the worlds record. having
hurled It's projectile through the air the Of
25o3 feet second
The gun is 371a feet long and weighs 26l4 tons.
The projectile weighs 575 pounds and the powder
charge will be from 175 10 200 pounds. The breech
end has been enlarged recently at the Reading
Iron Works, where the gun was built. TO meet the
requirements OF the new kinds of high explosives
now employed which demand large chamber. An
enormous velocity OF twentyeight hundred to three
thousand feet a second is expected to be made
which will place the weapon far ahead OF any other
piece OF artillery in existence.
The main feature Of the gun is in its peculiar
construction. the tube. and, in fact. the whole
weapon, being formed entirely of sheets Of steel.
20 form the lining tube. They have the same thick
ness the steel wire with which the gun is wound.
These sheets have elastic limit nearly double
that given to the heavy forgings in the ordinary
built-up tube. and the strength of the wire gun IS
weapon
The lO-inch gun, from the few shots already
Navy. the Pinch, over five and six hundred feet
in velocity. The government, if the present
of gunmaking and will equip the navy and coast
defence Notifications with these guns
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
DRUNKEN TROUT sToRY's RESULT.
It Will Probably Reunite to Owner of Fish
a Long Lost Sister.

Oyster Bay, Long Island. July 3o.-The published
story Of how John Franklins trout became in
toxtcated through leakage in of Mr.. Frank
Inns beer kegs will probably lead to the reuniting
Of brother and sister after separation Of forty
years. Mr.. Franklin has hotel here with a trout
pond adjoining. He keeps his beer kegs in the
pond to keep the beer cool Recently q story
was published that of the kegs had sprung
leak and that the beer. flowing into the pond. had
reduced the trout to disgracefu stat& OF intoxi-
cation
This story read by Mrs Frederick Nottrott.
who lives in Brookheld, No, and she wondered
whether the John Franklin mentioned the
brother whom she had not seen heard of for
many years To-day Mr. Franklin received a let
ter from Mrs. Nottrott- She said she was daugh-
of John and Harriet Franklin, and that she had
older brother named John whom she lost sight
OF forty years ago Mr. Franklin says he has no
whom he has not seen since June, 1863. He will
write to her Immediately and IL she proves to be
his sister will pay her visit at the first oppor-
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
PARENTS GAVE DEAD BABY AN AIRING
Patrolman Took Greek Grocer and His Wife
20 Station

While Patrolrnan John P. Shea. OF the Cnil-
dreu's Court was in Westinghouse. near Cort-
Iandt Yesterday he noticed the strange appear
ance OF a child that was being pushed in baby
carriage by saIin Tawell. Greek grocer. and his
wife OF No. 1O7 Washington-st- Taking closer
look the policeman discovered that the child was
dead He took the father and mother. wheeling
the dead child to the Church-st- station house.
where both were detained and the coronsr was IN
formed
child was about year old. had been sick for
short time and had been under the care OF phySi
cian whose name she did not know. Yesterday
they started TO give the baby airing When they
put the child in the carriage II seemed TO be nc
worse and they had walked only four blocks
from their house when the policeman discovered
that the baby dead
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
PROJECT RESTS.
Mr.. HATNES DISCOURAGED.
Mr.. Warner Insists Drinking Places
Could Be Artistic at Small Cost.

Admitting that the city is badly in need Of
one hundred additional drinking troughs for
horses, President John P Haines of the Ameri-
can Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to mi
mals declares that the action of the Municipal
Art Commission in deciding against design
Tor trough submitted to the commission by
his society has so discouraged him as TO cause
MIN to allow the matter temporarily rest.
Recognizing the urgent duty of providing for
the needs Of the poor thirsty horses and dogs
during the hot weather, our society has given
considerable thought to the subject OF drinking
troughs," said President Haines to a Tribune
reporter yesterday. I'VE have obtained de-
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
swOoNs WHEN HER BABY IS KILLED
Express Wagon Crushes the Life Out of a
Child in Second-ave

"n-le nis naothe-. Paralyzed with fear lool,a6 -,
Thomas Lynch, three years old. Of No ~ T-,.tU5
ave. Tas run over and killed by q heavy wagon ~
1he Long Island Express Company in seoorS-a,,e
between I~enty-sixth and Twenty-seventb SIC
YESTERDAY The mother had gone into q store lsav'
-hg ne yoongster on the sidewalk He arnb,ad w.
ihe street and was just rushing from +t. -
wren the wagon came along Before Richard C,-r
rsn- Of No. aG East Twenty-sixth-st. who ypss
LesL sL y could crag the lad 10 saferv The bo~ses
passed over his chest -9'9 "ileels
1,--e e t!.other feu into swoon al the sight ~ b
~ss 10y oelng msngled, and while pe5esTr5ss,5s
LoI 5.eI Curran rushed 10 Bellevue F9oSr-a7
5rssf .-e o clllo N MS arms When he rescbe5 re
E-l-F room and handed the little lad oTs- - T Tt.e
fS E4 loon there was nothing TO be done foJ n
cs9na.sl Smith OF No. l23 East-ave Torg 1.7.-s
nc orlNer q the wagon. was srreSTe5 ~
i'-kea Up on z charge Of homicide 'eo ana
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
Asthma Can Be Cured

me statement Of Mr, J. F. Honan. % z
1-'111nS 81 Chicago. proves that the worst
e1Ses of Asthma in the world are not only re-
iie'ea bur are readily cured by DR. scb,4-
'-@'i asthma Cure He says: Asthma kept
-'-e IN terrible misery for ten years until used
S0oF Asthma Cure. After the first trial was 8
'@A@hged man. went to sleep that night and
'N0Ks next day much relieved. and have got
en entirely over the Asthma II is now nine
years since was cured"
Soia by all druggists at soc and 81 90. Send
- stamp TO DR.. R schirmann. Box s94. ST
~ MINI. for free trial package.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
RAID OVER CAPTAIN FLOODS HEAD
Five Men Arrested by County Detectives at
Alleged Policy Shop

Five men. including the alleged proprietor. were
captured in a raid alleged policy shop in
Broome-st.. the Bowery yesterday by County
Detectives Reardon. Brennan and Platt Later the
men were arralgned before Magistrate Cornell. in
the Essex Market court. charged with having
policy slips in their possession They held
for further exa animation to-day.
The alleged policy shop is in the precinct OF Cap
tain Flood, Of the Eldridge-st station. but the
raid made entire without his knowledge.
The detectives say that information given the
District Attorneys Office about the place several
weeks ago and that they had been watching il
for time. ca 1tain Floods first intimate Of
the affair when the detectives appeared at the
station get Datrol wagon with which the FIVE
prisoners were taken court.
The detectives say that when they entered the
place they found complete para phernaHa OF a pol
icy shop, and caught OF the men writing In the
policy manifold book
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
MAYOR AIDS FLOATING HOSPITALS

Having heard of the need Of the ST John euiid
~ iia ---e - continue the work of its floating hos
-,taIs ~ their fun capacity Mayor Low has sent
the following letter with $3.50 to the Office Of the
guild:
have read with regret that the funds al the the
,oa,,n1snd Of The St Johns Guild this summer are
oI H. re enough 10 permit the guild TO use ooth
~ t,s Noa ting hospitals 20 their fun capaclty;
think OF no work better worth oolhg our1hs
~. Rot weather and il therefore gives me pleasure
20 send YOU my check for $3.50, the sum necesssL
- m Informed. pay the expenses OF one TIP
wish that others who are abie 20 40 SO ~oltIl @
e., o-sd 10 provide for similar excursion can
- talieve that the generous people OF New 4 orK
n,id allow either OF your floating hospitals 70
ioes single trip. IL they could oe mace 20 appIec-
s4e the need and the opportunity yours. very
truly. .. ,oos
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
GETS DlvoRcE FROM WEALTHY MAN:

IT, Mrs. Flora l. Persh yesterday was granted
~ tnterlocutory decree Of divorce from John Peters
Pe-sch 10 whom she married in September.
7S7s The decree was signed by Justice Green
1a,,,o in the Supreme Court on the report OF Al
- = O-7o,en as referee, he having taken the
+esT,roonv in the suit and decided that Persch
Was guilty Of the charges Of misconduct made by
his wife against him
Persch who is said TO De WeaIthy' was s4Ieseo
- r,orsoh - have become attentive TO a
oo.r who was known both as Mrs Peters and
Mrs Thurlow, and after having travelled through
orsfderable part of the United States with her to
bsve taken he Paris. where ooth OF IheIn, IN u
Re- are ow believed TO be living ,A $50 .
TTsrice Csreenbaum awarded MIS- 81 go a
,,on9S sIimony The testimony in the case was
Sealed by order Of the court
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
PHILIPPINE PROGRESS.
Business Increased about FourfoLO
Under american Occupation.

Washington July 30.-A statement prepared
BY the Bureau of Insular Affairs Of the War
Department shows the customs revenues in the
Philippines for the first four months Of 1903 TO
have been S2,9317s2. against S2.901,011 in the
corresponding period in 1902. and $1.215.567 in
1899. A comparison of the customs revenues
under Spanfsh administration in the ten years
from 1885 to 1895. with the. period from August
20 1898, TO april 60 1903, under American
occupation. shows that the volume Of business
increased about fourfold.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
RACING AUTOMOBILES THREATENED
One Machine Destroyed by Flames in a
Shed

Automobiles TO the value OF several thousand dol
lars, stored in the building No 70 West Fourth
St, were threatened by fire yesterday. The fire
was discovered in a shed at the OF the build
ing. The building is used a storage warehouse
and machine shop by T. F. Cerome. In the shed
was an automobile owned by Emery Davis Of No.
2sS Broadway The driver of the automobile. A. R.
Crane, went into the shed to start the machine
He carried lighted gasolene torch, and the flame
set fire to some gasolene on the floor.
Between the shed and the building is large tree
Its branches caught fire The hremen kept the
flames from spreading and also got most Of the
automobiles that stored in the building into
the street. Among them were several racing ma
valued at 81, 500.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
PATRoLMAN muLvEY LEAVES HOSPITAL

Patrolrnan Cornelius Mulvey, OF the Union Market
station, who was shot Tuesday at Seventh-st-
and Second-ave. by AdoIph SchIoss. who. It is al
legged was attempting to kill Louisa Freedman be-
cause she had refused TO marry him. has partially
recovered from the effects OF the shooting and
able 70 leave Bellevue Hospital yesterday At the
time he taken 70 the hospital 1t was thought
that Mulvey had been fatally injured. but when
thorough examination was made at the hospital q
was found that the bullet had not touched vital
sDoS
New-York tribune., 1903-07-31
LARcHMoNT HOTEL; COST s5ooooo.

Plans have been drawn for new summer hotel
TO be erected next year property overlooking
Horseshoe Harbor- Larchmont- The hotel IS to cost
100000 The enterprise Is backed by a syndicats
Of wealthy men. one OF whom Is hotel owner at
Palm Beach. According 20 the plans. the hotel
will have a length of $50 feet and will have
commodations for $50 guests
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-02

and later in Flint, Mich. His father
was one of the founders of that town
After the death of her husband in 1S45
Mrs. Stevens returned to her old home
at Sconondoa, whence she sent her
three sons and only daughter to var
ious schools. Breese went to the
Oneida academy, to the academy at
Whitesboro, and then to Cazenovia
seminary, where he was prepared for
Hamilton college, graduating from that
institution in 1863. He studied law in
the Office of the distinguished Timothy
Jenkins and afterwards at Syracuse.
He came to Wisconsin in 1857, the
death of his uncle, Sidney Breese.
bringing him here to look after the
uncle's estate.
Mr.. Stevens first married Miss EN-
ma Curtis Fuller, the eldest daughter
of Morris E. Fuller of Madison, who
lived but a year and died leaving a
daughter, Amelia Emma Fuller Stew
ems. His second marriage was to Miss
Mary Elizabeth Farmer, the second
daughter of the late Marsellus Farmer
of Syracuse, October %, 1876, who
with their daughter, Helen Elizabeth
Breese, and Miss Amelia Stevens, conf
prise his household. Mrs. Helen Breese
Sanford of Sconondoa is his only sis.
ter and Mr.. Charles Stevens of syria.
cuse his only brother. Sidney, the ell.
der brother, died in 1898.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-02
OFFICIALS ISSUE STATEMENTS
SHOWING BETTER CONDITION.
OFFERS OF HELP REJECTED
Words of President Walsh of M,ssis-
sippi Valley Trust Company Echoes
Sentiment of other Trust Officials
That Excitement is over and Will
Not Obtain Further.

st. Louis, Oct 29.-The statement OF
President julius S. Walsh of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Trust company, whose
sentiments are echoed in interviews
given the Associated Press by other
trust company officials of St Louis, Is
that ''the situation is thoroughly il
hand, the excitement mas subsidized and
from this on we expect business will
be conducted in the usual orderly
manner"
He expressed the opinion that seems
general after the unwonted financial
conditions which prevailed here during
the parts of Tuesday and yesterday.
Officers of all the trust companies
state that voluntary offers of help
were received from financial institu-
tions east and west, but all were de-
clined for the reason there is sufficient
cash here with which to handle the
business. The offers of the association
helped to strengthen the situation and
restore confidence.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-02
BREESE J. STEVENS
REGENT AND LEADING CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY.
DEATH LONG EXPECTED
Patient Suffered from an Affection
Which for Months Had Been
Known to BE Most Serious-Be-
Iieved in the Classical Training
and the Cultural Education.
Madison. Oct. 90.

Madison, Oct. 20.
Breese ]. Stevens, than whom few
citizens of Madison might be more
mourned, is dead. His end, known for
weeks and months, since the latter
part of June, to be surely approaching,
was nevertheless sudden and shock
to the community. 1t came shortly
after s o'clock yesterday morning at
the residence, 4O1 North Carroll
street. Death was caused by an af.
lection of the abdominal alimentary
organs.
The funeral is announced to be held
from the late home Saturday morning
at IL o'clock. Interment is to be made
in Forest Hill cemetery.
In the death of Mr.. Stevens Madison
loses a worthy citizen, whose quiet,
transformations life produced the best
results and from whom the best in
fiuences ever radiated. He was a mem
Der of the board of regents of the state
university for IL years consecutively,
from 1891 to the time of his death. AS
one of the directors of the great edu-
cational institution he stood for those
things which make for permanence
and genuine culture. He was a mem
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-02
DOWIE QUITS
RESTORING

New York, Oct. 29.-Dowie has de
cided to end his campaign in New
York one week earlier than planned,
according to a notice posted at Madi-
son Square Garden yesterday after
noon.
This was an announcement that all
excursions from New York TO Zion
City viii leave Monday, Nov. 2. A
conference OF all the overseers was
held yesterday and it was formally
voted to go back to Zion City next
Monday.
IL is said that Dowie will remain
some days after the army" leaves,
but no announcement OF his intentions
as TO the meeting heretofore an
nOunced for next week has been made.
DOwie yesterday settled with Atty.
Farley, who recently attached his
coach and team for failure OF ex-Dow-
ieite PiersOn TO pay for treatment
given TO his child.