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New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
SEEKS MISS GOULD.
Insane Man Rants 460m Trusts
On Her DOOrsfepS.

-,-ou mon or monkeys? Are you free men
~, s,ayasp Down with the trusts" shouted a
Mid eyed Young man with thick black hair,
standing on the steps of the home of Miss Helen
NJ Gould No. 90 Fifth-ave.. about 1880 O'Clock
last night He was addressing little knot of
people who had heard him protesting loudly
when the Gould butler refused to allow him to
enter the house. while Miss Gould who had been
waiting. he said. for his arrival. from Phila-
delphia TO settle the trust question once and for
ever was in her room upstairs IN ignorance of
her callers arrival
IF you men'- and that was about the
time one of the auditors slipped away and hur-
red toward Fifth-ave There he met Detective
Daggett of the East Fifty -first-st. station.
There's a man. crazy trying TO get into Miss
Gculd's house" said he, and continued on his
way.
What's the trouble?' asked the detective
when he reached the steps.
''I want to get into this house to Miss
Gould" said the man. land I want protector.
1 want to protect Miss Gould. There is a man.
the editor of a physical culture paper. VINO
wants to get money from her. and L want to
protect her. She is going to back me in a
scheme to down the trusts. This scheme OF
mine is the greatest ever heard Of
Then he dropped his voice to whisper and
said
Just as / see Miss Gould. we are
going together to see President Roosevelt, ana
demand that he put the scheme into practical
operation.
Now, don't YOU think we'd better have a
third party in this thing? I know man who
can get in there in minute. and we can put
the thing through" said the detective.
Wait a minute" replied the man. Then.
waving aloft a socialist paper. "A cry for JUS
oooip nc nrr6f
Are you muzzled? Were not. Down with
(naming the edtor) and was about to continue
when the detective. observing that all of the
windows in the neighboring houses contained
figures of listeners. decided it time to get
the man to the station. He suggested that it
was about time TO get the with the infiu-
ence as ii was getting late.
The young assented, and accompanied
the detective to the East Fifty -rst-st. station.
He declared his name was Burtis Elson
Smetz and that he nineteen years old.
He taken to the Bellevue insane pavilion.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
THs GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS.

Albany IAN 10 (SpeciaD.-H is antclpaueu
,are ttst Governor odell. on Wednesday next
we'll make nominations for a large number OF
important State Offices.
The term of Charles S. Boyd as Superinteno-
ent Of Public Works expired on December Oh
II IS believed that he win be reappointed, ana
that other reappeintrnents which VIII he mace
viii be that of Francis Hendricks as Superin-
tendent of the Insurance Department; or Cor
nelias Y. Collins Superintendent OF PRISONS
of / Lister Stearns as member of the State
Tax Commission and OF H H Burden as fiscal
Supervisor of State Charities
There was again a report to-day that Captain
Joseph NJ Dickey, of Newburg. may be appoint
ed Rstlrosd Commissioner in place of Colonel
Ashley NJ. Cole. Captain Dickey is now Ship
ping Commissioner. There were reports few
tiavs ago that if Captain Dickey should resign
his Office as Shipping Commissioner William
W worden. of Saratoga Springs, might sue
him
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
A CLAWING, CLUCKING, COOLING CLOSE
The Exasperating Experience of MI. Cham
berlain and Some Orpington Eggs

Yesterday saw the close of the exhibition of the
New-York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Associa-
ton at the Madison Square Garden. The box office
receipts were considerably higher than those of
1902. In the morning Charles Chamberlain received
from a friend his promised gunny-sack of prize
Orpington eggs. 1t is whispered that during the
afternoon waggish friend. unbeknown to Mr..
Chamberlain. commandment the Orpington eggs,
putting in place of them some store eggs of un-
certain age and doubtful ancestry. Mr.. Chamber
lain is still puzzlfng the curious transforma-
ton in his eggs.
Throughout the day eggs seemed at heavy
premium So sought after were they that it was
a common sight to attendants and visitors
daring from cage 10 cage eagerly snatching up the
still eggs
An amusing incident in connection with the Cat
show was related in the afternoon by woman
member. This exhibitor had sold cat for $3.50 TO
a society woman Of this city. The fact was pub
lshed the following morning. AT his breakfast a
certain husband noticing the item inquired of his
wife with fine disdain Now. what fool Of woman
would pay $50 for backyard cat?' He was en-
pghtened of his wife being the actual buyer.
As the evening waned the cockerels hens and
nipeons seemed 10 crow. cluck and yet louder,
ss II even they were sensible that the sands were
running low The babel. however. as nothing
comnared with that a 1890 p m, when the show
dnaIlv At the pens, coopS and crates were
brought ND from the basement. and buyers frant-
allv sought and cooped their poultry the air was
filled with a perfect pandemonum of sound
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
pAaeow ATTACKS CLEVELAND.

The Radical Democracy of Brooklyn last evening
celebrated AT the Argyle in Brooklyn, the victory
of two of its members. Congressmen-elect Robert
Baker and Assemblyman-elect Edward A Mlller
Clarence s Darrow of Chicago. counsel for the
miners before tie strike commission. said:
The ,eoreanization Of the Democratic party Is
the favorfte occupation of the Democratic states
man out of 2 Job. This philanthropc business is
esoecfaIlv induiged in ny such eminent Democrats
as Grover Cleveland and :he political nondescripts
whom he chose for his Cabinet officers and cen
f1dential advisers. Throughout the East ana the
West upon every favorable occasion. either INC INC
chief or one of his -lamented official family
presents himself before some audience ana dis
e,,sses the everlasting principles of Democracy.
,yhJch elevated them position. and which they
used fiteir utmost efforts to destroy.
Organized capital is great army. strongly IN
srenche6 and contending for The right to possess
and own the world and all the people thereoi
0@eanzed Ia hor is another great army. with moth
ing leIf ;ts hands its muscle and its life lighting
for some snare in wealth "hch lts haIuS
Henry George. jr- spoke on The Moral Issue
end Robert Baker on Radical Democracy
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
Do 1T YOURSELF.

1t Is easy to tell whether your Kidneys are
diseased Take bottle glass tumbler and m
il with urine. If there is sediment-a powder
like substance-after standing over night. there
is something wrong with the Kidneys. Other
sure signs of disease a desire to urinafs
often, pain in the back. or if your urine stains
linen.
There is no question that Dr. David Kennedy.s
Favorite Remedy is the best and surest niedi-
cine in the world for diseases OF the Kidneys
Liver. Bladder and Blood, Rheumatism, Dys-
pepsia and Chronic Constipation. II quickly re-
lieves and cures inability to hold urine and the
necessity OF getting up number OF times dur
ing the night. 1t puts an end 10 that scaIdinS
pain when passing urine and corrects the bad
effects of whiskey and beer IL Is sold at all
drug stores in two sizes. 5oc. and 81 90 per bot
tie. Trial bottle free. Apply Schoonmaksr
druggist 40 East 42d St. y. Y. or mention
Sunday Tribune and address DR.. David Ken
nedy Corporation. Rondout. y. Y.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
Spectators Mar Games at Armory Of 8th by
Crowding on Track

The Joint games between the Sth Regiment and
the St Bartholomew a. e. last night at the Ar:nory
of the Sth marred by the spectators being al
lowed get the floor while the men were rae
ing
There was a large number of spectators present.
and when they could be kept off the track long
enough to allow a contest be off without in
reference the generally was close and eX-
citing. The two-mile bicycle race furnished a few
spills but OF the riders were hurt. II was
won by George Perdon. of Battery l., with A
Fretz second The interscholastic relay race, ham
dicap went the Pratt Institute team. with Eras-
mus High School second. and the Brooklyn High
School third. The sixty-yard race for nov1ces
brought bunch of youngsters. 1t went 70
Alfred Steckier in fine finish. The 22o-yard
handicap race was of the best of the night
Peter Waters of the Star Athletic Club. whose
fine work is rapidly bringing him among the cracks
did we'll I'm the preliminary heats, but the hest he
could do in the final struggle was 20 nn1sh third
The race went William Horner. of the St Bar
.bolomew A. c. with w. F. Daily jr., of the Xavier
A. c. second. II. Valentine, of the sd Regiment
won the half-Tnile handicap. Following arc the
summaries:
Two-mile bicycle race handicap)-won by George
yardsJ second: W. Frank. I'D Regiment (scrateh)
interseholastic relay Candeapwon by Pratt
n5sgs snsOn and " T. HaTEass: 90 yards Erasmus is
Schoo, team % W Goney r. j s r. o 5essgp s ana
Bristoe. Herr and Jessup Scratch third Time
sixty-yard novics-wen by Alfred Sd s'sekIsr Horace
ann =. n
lanes Tuy. star A. c.. third Time. O11
SIxty-yard handicap-Won by T. Engelhardt, Mohawk
A. e (l6 feet: Max Block New West Side A c. O3
feet second chester Peabody New West side \. c. I'll
feet third Time. 0:06ts-
Putting twelve pound shot thandicaP,--won by John
Rvan Bartholomew A. T. IS feeu, actual - IT.
8ss in: Il. J. Fauerbach. n V A. c. 81 e. $ in.
J.. johnson. Columbia University sB feet,
put i5 IT. In. third
Running high jump Ihandicap1-won by Otto Sauer
st Bartholomew A. G. "a inches). actual jump II In
J. w Price. a. c. "A inchesl. actual jump )
n in second; William Schaefer. ST. Bartholomew
A. c. Is inches). actual jump , IT. In. third
hundred yard tnoVtcel-Won by c. q. Doriand
A. G.: e. X. kreel St bartholomew \. G..
ond; William HornriGse. G. G. n Y. third. Time
1232s.
one and half mile thaudic apl-Won by IT.. =
Smith N e A. g $50 yarisl II. W. Cohn. \. G.
yaris). second T. Kennedy. A. e. uoo yards)
third. Time. 1883.
Wall scaling eontest-won by Company r. sth Regi-
nent Company 12th Regiment. second. Company i.
f4th Regiment. third; Company e. Sth Regiment fourth
Time o:5a.
hundred and twenty yard Oandicap)-won by
William Starner ~. Bartholomew a. q. - YARDS: w
r. DAILY, 1r. Xs,ier A g. Cis ysrdsA second: p l..
Waters. Star \. &. els yards). third Tina 2:20+s
Eight hundred and-eiShty ward 0lsndcapl-won
by II Valentine. 23d Regiment us yardsl George A.
Ronberg Pastime a :. rs yardsl. T. H. Pill
grim. New-York A. G. rs yardsl. third Time 2:o3ss.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
BOERS TO SETTLE IN MEXICO.
General Snyman and Ten Associates Start
for chihuahua.

General ". d. Snyman and ten other Boer Of
ecers started for Mexico last night. with the in
tention of establishing Boer colony at Chihuahua
This movement. according 10 General Snyman, Is
due to an interview which a reporter of The
Tribune had with General Snyman at the close of
the South African war in which the general said
that he could not to South Africa as he was
from Cape Colony and would be subject to severe
nunishment and that he with other Beers from
that section might organize a colony here. The
interview was seen by the agent of the Beers in
Mexico and as a result they were asked to go to
Mexico and settle. Z. c. Crcel. the Mexican
banker came here few days ago. and has talked
the matter over with General Snymsn and the
other Beers the lit being the determination TO
settle I'm chihuahua.
General Snyman, soon after his arrival here had
his the examinations for admission to
college which he passed. He and his son. who is
about sixteen years old. fought in the Boer army.
Tle was acquainted with President Steyn His
family which consisted OF wife and several chill
dren he was Obliged to leave behind him in South
Africa when he this country This will
enable them become united more
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11

shall have the same introduced into the legislature
and pushed for immediate pssage gDns rne Of
on tSe part If the Merchants Association com.
naittee Ii Is agreed to assist in every way shape
and manner in the passage of such bills. .o,,,-
IS, in nsrsSsn, to sasesss IN
s % ea coopershe ess as far as in its power
10 induce the city officials give their approval
fhe best interests Of the people of the city Of
New-Tork-
In answer TO this letter Mr.. Cole wrote on the
day;
am directed 70 for the Board % Of KSs19ag
Associat ton and :he commission desire and Sln EN-,
fToTS ihe largest measure of immediate relief and
also permanent imp .Uvenent These resulls . "a a.;
,eosesble l1v the services of the experts acting
e osr 'se s,,n nnder the direction Of this board
part OF the general UNDERSTANDING we peneNe . q, a
time and place TO be hereafter agreed upon S oS
yourselves ana us er % ,ent OF this consultation
being an agreement upon concrete results A0'
Ton eSprsssed distinctly 10 your purpose to
demand OF the companies nothing onsa "s he taken
Ter &anted therefore that the courts viii sustain spd
shereoS ss the board will make. The board viii
certainly ask for the enforcement D. te eesi 20
i.s Tecoinrn enca fions In the event OF relusa
comply fherewifh. The law we believe. is aGlp n
te secure eni9fSee nrorieS the court upon such
hea ring holds that our recommendations arc just
Upon these general principles the Railroaa SGl as
mission stands ready 20 give the ,;o,,
sociation and the public the fullest
At the hearing on surface lines to oe heiu
January 90 the Merchants Association WIN in-
l1lfre into the right of the Metropohtan Suee s
Railway Company to allow its rams 70 pe US useo
for the operation of freight ana eSpreso s, 60
The officers of the Manhattan hali"as ooiII-
many stiIl refuse TO make public what action
fhey are to take Monday on the oruels oi ,nte I.'
state Railroad Commission. Colonel George ",
Dunn one OF the commissioners, was az III, Ltie
Fgfth Avenue Hotel yesterday and saio that ti,e
hoard had received no reply yet from the rail-
road conpany.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
CONVENTION IN WASHINGTON.
Knox Censured by Get Coal Committee in
Chicago

Chicago Jan. i0.-A national convention at
WASHINGTON to impress on the President the
urgent need for immediate relief from the coal
situa ton was decided on to-day at a conference
in the Grand Pacific Hotel. in this city. The call
for the gathering will probably be issued on
Monday by Mayor Maybury of Detroit chair
coal convention. 1t was this committee which
to-day agreed on the meeting at the capital.
The conference opened at 10 o'clock this MORN
ing and at an adjourned session it was voted
to reconvene the Detroit convention at Wash
decision followed q series of speeches. in which
Attorney General Knox was censured, it being
charged that he had not enforced the laws by
which relief could be secured.
The permanent committee of the Detroit coal
convention consists of w. o. Maybury, Mayor
of Detroit; the Rev. r. A. White and f. M
Lahiff, of this city: United States Senator Ma
SON, Judge Edward f. Dunno, or TINS clty
Father r. B. Condor, of Reedsburg. Wis. t. f.
Tarsney. Corporation Counsel of Detroit; w. Z.
p. Breckinridge, of Kentucky; George Alex
ander, of Providence, r. l.. and Judge W. "A.
Babcock, of Cleveland.
The convention will not be confined 10 tne
delegates to the Detroit session. In addition, ~
is the purpose of the committee TO ASK tne
chambers of commerce. the boards OF traue
and other civic organizations OF the country 10
send delegates in such numbers as they see NJ
The governors of all the States and the mayors
of all the larger cities will also be asked to deS-
ignate representatives.
Speeches by Senator Mason, Mr.. Tarsney, the
Rev Mr. White and Mayor Maybury indicated
that the convention at Washington would be
devoted largely to the presentation OF charges
that Attorney General Knox had falied 10
secure the relief that the law makes poSs1pie-
More than three hours was taken up in making
arguments to that effect.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
COLLISION ON ELEVATED ROAD.
Passenger Engine Cuts Empty Car Almost
in Two.

At Rector and Greenwich sts- last night an
elevated road engine. drawing train of three
cars containing six passengers drew out oil
the northbound station three empty cars
were being shunted down the south track, 10
be switched TO the middle track
Just as two of the empty cars got safely to
the middle track the car missed the
switch and instead. struck an open switch.
which sent IL to the nortt1bound track in front
of the passenger train. Before the rear trucks
of the car had reached the northbound track,
the passenger engine struck the oncoming car
amidships and smashed it, cutting it almost in
two
The damaged was thrown across the
north and south bound tracks by the impact.
and the fragments of shattered windows -and
splintered panels showered down on the street
below. a gang of twenty-five men were at
work for an hour before trains could be run by
the wreck
In the mean while the engineer ran his train
back to Rector-st. and his passengers. who
were badly shaken up. got out. This is the
third accident of the kind that has occurred
near the same spot in the last two months
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
HYPN0TISM TO RESTORE MEMORY.
Woman, Whose Case Puzzles Police and
Bellevue, Put Under It's Influence.

Through a course of hypnotic treatment to be
continued for week more, if necessary in
which time the patient will be almost continually
under the influence of hypnotic suggestion DR..
j. b. Heady expects to ascertain from Madeline
Church the woman whose strange has puzzled
the police and Bellevue authorities for two weeks.
the story of how she came to this city. Such in
formation it is hoped. might suggest some sue
cessful treatment of her case. DR.. Heady is in
charge the Psychopathic Hospital connected with
the New-York Infirmary, at No 32l East Fifteenth
st. Madeline Church was removed to the East
Fifteenth-st. institution from Bellevue on Friday,
and yesterday the hypnotic treatment began.
The arrested two weeks ago yester-
day in Eighth-ave.. where she was wandering
about apparently under the influence of liquor or
in a fit of mental alteration The Bellevue insane
pavilion doctors did think her of unsound mind
and she to the alcoholic wards where she
was entered suffering from hysteria. Her symp-
toms were those of person who might he either
OF unsound mind, suffering from drink Yet
the physicians in charge of each department In
Bellevue insisted that the could not be sue
cessfully treated in their wards
When the time came to put the girl under the
hypnotic influence, Dr. Heady and his assistants
took her to a room in the hospital building which
Vas nartIv darkened and she was nIaceJ ir n ,,
showed little sign of the nervousness and ex-
citability which had previously marked her con-
duct Having put her in hypnotic state DR.. Heady
asked her questions about the incidents leading up
to her present condition.
her parents had died while she was a small child
that she had gone to Scranton when she was six
that her aunt, with whom she lived, died las;
spring. and after she. herself. was III with
abandoned her, for beyond this point. DIR. Heady
unable to obtain satisfactory answers. She
cord not b 'e he , & oa hep ar M
treatment TO elicit the desired Information,
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
CANTOR FOR LIBER4LIIY
EGDects Ne7o Police Commissioner TO
Be E'asy On Saloons.

AT the third annual dinner of the Contractors
Protective Association, held in Shanieys. at
Forty-second- st and Broadway last night, Bor-
ough President Jacob A. Cantor. the chief guest,
said that in his opinion Commissioner Greene
would during his administration, be in favor
of a liberal Interpretation of the excise law and
that he would not support police captains who
were overzealous in the performance of their
duty.
President Cantor said in part:
understand that the captain of this precinct has
had a stauoned here to that the Law is not
eyaded: i'm order that may rot be put jail,
am going make my address very short, that
will not this affair into Sunday morning
| believe in liberai enforcement of the laws.
TIE people want a liberal Interpretation of the
same, and do not believe that new Police
Commissioner ought enforce rigidiy all the laws.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
WASHINGTON EXPRESS. IN WRECK.
Crashes Into Pile Caused by Collision OF
Freight Trains-Conducto Hurt.
gBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l

Trenton. N j.. Jan. 10.A double wreck oc-
Cured on the Pennsylvania Railroad ABOUT
mile east of Trenton this evening. Two ireieh'
trains one of which drilling, ran into each
other and piled up several cars. subsequently
the Washington Express leaving Jersey CITY
at 4:30 D. m ran into one of the wrecked frelsht
cars that protruded slightly across the passen-
ger track. An effort was made to flag the pas
senger train but without complete success The
flagman was not able to get back far enough 70
hiring the messenger train to a full stop before
running into the wreck.
The engine of the passenger train was badly
demolished and two left the rails. None
of the passengers were injured. although those
in the cars which left the track were oadly
shaken up Paul Scha1er, engineer OF the ex-
press was cut about the face as the result or
jumping to the ground Patrick Carmody, con-
ductor of one of the freights. was badly injured
and had to be taken to st. Francis's Hospital.
His condition is believed to- be serious
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
opELl WILL WORK WITH GREENE.

Police Commissioner Greene talked with Governor
odell late on Friday evening at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel about the bills which TO be sent to Al
hanr with Mayor Lows approval providing for a
third deputy police commissioner and for an in
crease in the pay of inspectors who are designated
as the chief inspector and borough inspectors
They talked also about possible bills for an in
crease of the police and for the transfer of
the House of Detention for Witnesses TO the con-
troI OF the District Attorney.
Il mad a satisfactory interview with the Gov
ernor' General Greene said yesterday. and he
said he would give his consideration to the pro-
posed legislation affecting the Police Department
lie sayS hc intends to his best offices in the
WAY Of helping me TO make an efficient Depart
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
BALLET DANCERS DRESS AFIRE.
With Flaming Skirts, She Runs from Stage
Not Seriously Burned.

While performing in ballet on the Terrace
Garden stage, in East Fifty-eighth-st, last
night. Mary Bauman, twenty-one years DID, or
No. 1.31o Madison ave, got too near an electric
switch. In flash she had run off the stage
ana picking off the bits of burning dress
while her and face became black from
burns She tainted and men finished the work
saving her from serious burns. She pro-
nounced not dangerously injured, and taken to
Flower Hospital The stage performers were in
a panic for a few seconds, and the ballet was
broken up. The director and management
pulled the ballet together and got the perform
ance going again without allowing the audience
to bccome excited.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-11
MISSION BUILDING GETS 100000.
Mrs. o. " Crane Makes Second Gift of Like
Amount to Presbyterians.

Mrs. Rachel Il. Crane, widow Of Oscar V.
Crane of Peekskll yesterday gave 100000 to
the Board of Foreign and Home Missions of the
Presbyterian Church of America they to pay
her per cent until her death and apply the
money TO the reduction of the mortgage the
Mission building in this city.
Mrs. Crane made similar gift under the
Same conditions to the board three years ago.
She s nearly eighty years old and has near
elatives.
Congressman Cornelius II. Pugsley, Mrs.
Gran IS financial adviser, made all the arrange
ments and completed the gift by turning over
check for the full amount in the Seamen s
Bank in this city yesterday.