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New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

Washington, May The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY
KENSEY AMRToN 1snsTas oda to act
RnBERT W. DowDY. from I'D to 2eth Infantry.
oa'te5a Company psT G. x,vv
captain naRy yard New-York. captain Of yard.
T. J9HNSToS 3s8s cet M as sd detached the heaF
rrsign 7 W TIMMoNs. detached command the Stewart;
f'nSts' to the Kearsarge
surgeon T A. BERRYHILI- detached the navy yard
Pensacola: to the Baltimore
cable from Rear Admiral Evans, Asiatic Station:
Lieutenant Commanders C. a GoxG Ed5 and NJ BEVING-
rdeutenant Commander H. o. DUNN. detached command
the Frolic home.
1Aeug4aRt G To@nnS6fKE T9SK Fl from caSs
WARP a Bon d9aeheS ssb e &nsa the Yorktown
,s,dsbpman R. r. ADAMS. the Yorktown; to Don Juan
,,,osbnnan H. s. KLYcE. the vicksburg: to Don Juan
omander D sTqART dsso9sd he'd s0nmana the
Don Juan de Austria; to command 'ne horNI'"n.
lieutenant H V BUTLER. the Vicksburg to the York
,,o,,ts1snt G BRITAIN the Kentucky; to the
,,.,'e~art I. b JONES. the Frolc: the Yorktown.
Commander r PORTER. Cavhe Station: to command the
assistant surgeon T. J. KENNEDY. the Helena
assistant Paymaster r d. HARRIS, Ell Cano: to the
r-,s,a, :, s FREEMAN and Lieutenants ". NJ CRosE
h-rAHn s W 7, SCOTT Kentucky to the Princeton
v,n E FEIIIWEG. the New-Orleans: to the
r,.,,tanant F. p BALDWIN the Iris to the vicksburg
,tstar, surgeon J. w. BACKUS. the Princeton; to the
commander J. B COLLINS from command the Prince
..,stn,t surgeon H A. DUNN Station; olon-
gapo station
Iaeutenant Commander F. W. COFFIN. to command the
Frolic. . -, .
5isut.nant C. ENGLAND. the Annapolis; to the Frolic
lieutenant A L. KEY the Princeton: TO tae New-orieans
Mdshipman q. ?. NIGiiliNuA4-r- '"e A4' ~ '"7
New-Orleans-
Lieutenant s ARNOLD. the Monterey 10 'ne Ne"-or-
-. .
rns,gr II ELLIS and Midzhinman c BEAN. the Prince
ron. 10 the New-Oreans.
FIRST Lieutenant f. E. WEST. Cavite Station; to the
Guam.
Ens,en p KEATIN; the Vickshurs; to the Kentucky.
IIautenapt g, f. RoMMELIs the Hew-orieans' TO the
Kentucky.
Assistant paymast.r J. A b. SMITH the Prineeton to
FL Canu.
r. K Nj tifAS<N%N+>' i''''N F'"i'"s
the Oregon
Surgeon w T. ARNQLDs foft 4saoSiA"'t :" AUNOia"'A
Hospital
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
ANOTHER PooLRooM CONVICTION.
W. J. Ebel, of Brooklyn, the Man-Slx OHer
to Plead Guilty of Misdemeanors.

Gamblers in Brooklyn were thoroughly 1righterfd
Yesterday when they realized that the District
Attorney and county judges would give no consid-
Grafton to them, and when they saw how easii2'
convictions had been obtained Another OF those
indicted through testimony furnished by the Rev
DR. Cortland Myers convicted YESTERDAY He
IL William J. Ebel. of No. Is StOckholm-st. wh3.
was charged with taking bets on the races IN "a
saloon at Harrison-ave. and BaTtlett-st- In the
Eastern District Assistant District Attorney EldeF
announced also that six Of the men under indlct-
rient had offered to plead guilty TO two OF the
counts which aIlege misdeneanor- If the other
counts alleging felony. would be dismissed he
District Attorneys Office has this offer under ad-
visement. -, -,
Lewis J Schmidt, indicted for bOokmaki1g. were
on the calendar for trial before Judge Crane, IN the
Kings County Court, yesterday morning toeIOIee
they were called Mr.. Cochrane, a lawyer WHO mao
lust been called into the cases asked that tney O
adjourned until to-day on the ground thaL ne Iia9
an important motion in another court rms did
not please Judge Crane, and he said severely;
that these men have retained in three days? You
might as well understand at once that shali not
grant any indulgence to them L am not nnding
auy fault with YOU but these men cannot try any
lodges on me- I know very well what their reason
is for wanting a new lawyer every day Tney must
either go trial this morning or plead .-.-.
COchraue then sought aid from ASSISTANT
District Attorney Elder but the latter insisted on
having the of William j. Ebel called az once.
The trial continued. a conviction being Drought m
bv the Jury at O'Clock The cases OF DAVIS ana
Schmidt are down for trial to-day.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
SEARCHING INQUIRY.
UhIer to Investigate the Sag'naso-
Hamilton Collision.
rnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

TEY TO TIL 1hibtNS
washington May THE United Sta'es
steamboat inspection service is TO make most
searching investigation Immediately of the COZ
1ision between the steamers Saginaw and ham
ilton. which resulted in the sinking of the oasi-
nav and large loss Of life The invesuga'i""
is to be conducted by George Uhler, the he"
head of the service. and viii be begun on 0a'Ni
dav in Philadelphia There are nunlpei W
pbases of the investigation which MI. ohlei u
clines to indicate in order that the Fesui'S
shall not be forestalled. Some of the 'liis'
which will be inquired into. however, WIN ''
as to the speed of the ships whether liey "eie
running according to law, and taxing uue &C"
in view of the condition of the weather d9 ~
lights and signals, whether after the collisiol
the officers of both ships behaved properly anu
whether the life saving appliances OF the 0dsi-
nav were in proper condition for instant use
The Saginaw was inspected last, III fhild-
delphia, on May 29. 1902. The Hamilton was
inspected in New-York last month II Is ek-
pected that the conclusion of the inquiry VIZ p
DELAYED somewhat by the illness OF CaPtai
Tunnel of the Saginaw. Inc ilsI nc nc - 60
first assistant engineer OF TINS Nesse! a
drowned and this will be handlcap IN lL5 III III
o1lirv Mr. Uhler says that every possloie pnaSe
of the collision will be gone into the most thoi-
o11gn manner
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
FIVE IN A FAMILY ASK DAMAGES
Two Want $4,000, Their Daughter Sues for
500 oOO-Two Others Get $4,000.

Elizabeth N J.. May (SpeciaD.-To Mrs. Myra
Rose Searles wife of Or. Frank Searles. Of Plain
fold n ] a verdict for $1,000 was awarded to-day
y Jury against the Elizabeth. Piainfleld ana Cen
trail Jersey Street Railway Company for injuries
She received August Is 1902 when trolley car
crashed into carriage in which were Mrs Searles
ber aby also and two small children, and her
s,star Mrs Carrie (. Bristol. Both women were
thrown out By the collision, rendered unconscious
and severely hurt The children and baby escaped
injury. Mrs Searles considered handsome
woman. Since the accident she has been helpless
,vaud She was carried into the courtroom lying
an a stretcher and in this manner gave her testi-
unony. -, -,
The Jury awarded her husband 5000 Tor the loss
of her services since the accident Mrs. Bristol has
s,,ed the street railway company for $2uV" dam
aces and this case will be tried on Monday-
Roth women are daughters Of DR.. Henry n
oysrv OF Plainfield who. with his wife, MIS-. MyIa
c G. Lowry are also plaintiffs in SUIT Ior soV'Vo'
damages AGAINST the Central Railroad OF New
Io-sev for injuries Mrs Lowry received While
Boarding a ferryboat at ConmuniPaw MaTch !1, z4 e
1902 This trial began to-oa5 am tI40 >0 ~ -
given the jury Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
DIssECTs L'HoMMEDIEU BILL.
CITY Club Points Out How Amendments
Would Help Interurban.

The City Club has sent to Governor Odell a memo
randum in opposition to the LHommedieu bill,
which the document says is meant TO give to the
railroads rights in perpetuity 10 many miles OF the
streets of this city rights which I'm bill TO give
twenty-one and a half miles of the streets IN per-
petuftv could not have passed either house" The
peculiarly nice application OF various amendments
TO the original railroad law and the LHommedteu
bill TO the Peoples Traction Company is made the
text of the memorandum. This company, whose
route lies entirely in The Bronx. has never made
an effort to build a road. November q. 1896, its
franchise was put up at auction and was knocked
down for 97 per OF the receipts plus the
statutory minimum of per cent for the first five
years and thereafter per cent. obviously, the
memorandum says, such condition made the
building of the road impossible until an amendment
could be secured doing away with payment of such
percentage An amendment making the building
of the road possible was also obtained among the
amendments to the railroad law of 1901"
The memorandum continues:
November 29 1901. the Peoples Traction Conn
pany was leased to the Interurban Company. The
Peoples Traction Company has been "sold under
the provisions of this section A lease hereafter
made TO any street railroad company which is
subject the payment of any percentage pursuant
to This section and which is not organized for. the
purpose of operating a railroad in city of the
Traction Company to the Interurban Street Rail-
wsv COMPANY Evidently these amendments
made to fit the situation of these two companies
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
BANK ROBBERY SCARE.
Renort about 4stor National ET-
CITES Police but Proues GroundIess.

a rumor that the Astor National Bank III
Thrty-fourth- St next to the Waldorf. had been
robbed spread through the city just before mo-
night last night Police Headquarters. the De-
tective Bureau and the police of the Tenderloin
station were in turmoil until the report was
found TO be untrue. The rumor probably was
started by thief chase in broadway, WEIGH
ended in the arrest of three suspicious per-
sons by Central Office men. They are George
Archer. a compositor of No. 24 Thrd-st. limo
thy Reardou. a salesman, of No 49 East one
hundred-and twefth-st, and Harry Jacobs,
clerk. of No. PIP West Seventeenth-st. The
police say they are pickpockets
It was just before midnight when captain
O'Connor was called on the telephone from the
Detective Bureau in Police Headquarters and
asked If he had any report of robbery at the
Astor National Bank. He excitedly asked the
sergeants if they had heard anything of the
rumor Not policeman knew anything about
it, The captain telephoned that ne would IN
vestigate and sent every detective out on the
run while he went out himself with policemen
in plain clothes.
People in the Waldorf talking about II,
and the report spread through the city IKE
Wildfire George F. Baker. president Of the
bank is in Tuxedo. The bank has large num-
Der of depositors among Waldorf guests
William Culver, the night watchman at Inc
bank. startled by the police. He SAID he
had been in the bank all night and that a rob
The bank is we'll lighted, is the rest of the
building. There lights in the street.
any number of cabmen always around, and a
constantly passing crowd.
W. 7. Rainey, of No 12S West Fifty-seventh-
st. one Of the directors. said the rdmor vas
nonsense
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
RIyES PROTESTS TO 0DELL.
Says Trinity Corporation Is Chief Bene-
6eiarv of Assemblyman Neville's Bill.

T., s,,bnnittine to Governor Odeii reasons why he
sbouId not sign the bill introduced BY Assemnlynsn
Matthew F. Neville. relieving churches or institu-
tions exsnpt under the law from taxation from
being assessed by the municipality for any local In
movement Corporation Counsel Rives says; Ihs
bill would benefit Mr. Neville largely. since ne IS
counsel for the Trinity Church Corporation IN
many suits il now has against the city to recover
assessments These suits seek, he says, 70 recover
ss7 sa5 5s paid in assessments which the city under
the bill would have return with interest amount
ing to s16s,64o-
Not a church charitable institution SAYS
Mr. Rives appeared before the legislature asking
for this relief; no one asked for il except agents
and attorneys the principal OF whom Is Mr. Neville,
a member of the Assembly -,
Mr. Rives has also submitted brfef against tI9
bill amending the railroad law in relation 20 IN
obtaining of consents from local aufhorftieS- n
der the amendment the time limit. which expl.es
at the end Of this year. is extended 10 lsro, NJ,
Rfyes holds that the bill il unconStitutIon5 ar
that this city would principally 1eei It's euSctS 49,
4aThe attempt Is made says MI ftiNes 70
create by an act of the Legislature a consent 81
the New-York City authorities, which consent
in many cases would probably never nave pee.
given at all il the conditions which now exlst ha'
been foreseen at the date of the old consents
Mr. Rives contends that the legislature haS ~
power TO abrogate the consents once gwen nor
shorten their term. Mr. Rives says that tne @ 2lIi
seems to be solely in the interest or tne Chloh
Railway Company. which operates In The Bronx
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
GOVERNOR SIGNS CITY BILLS.
Several General Measures Approved Also
More City Magistrates.

Albany May IA large number of the thirty-day
hills received Governor Odell's attention to-day
and the following among others. were made laws
by his signature:
Assemblyman Finchs. increasing the penalties
for false statements in children's employment
tfcates This is the third OF the so-called child
labor bills to become law There remains the COM
pulsory education bill. also advocated by the Child
Labor Committee of New-York-
Mr. Days including money and securities in
the property OF charitable religious and educa-
tonaI and other similar corporations exempted
from taxation.
MIR. Wainwrights amending the Greater New
York charter by providing fer two additional city
magistrates and a police clerk.
Mr.. Dryers, increasing from six 10 fourteen
years the age below which IL is felony To abandon
a child.
Mr.. Morgans. authorizing inquiry into and allow
ance OF the claims of Brooklyn city magistrates
elected In November ieoi, taking office the follow
ing January, ard declared illegally elected
Mr.. Woods. authorizing retirement and pension
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
WIILING TO CONFER.
Bat Republicans VIII Urge Post
DOnement.

The conference OF tie anti-Tammany allies calieo
bv the Citizens Union for next Monday hght
nrornises TO develop nothing. Representatives OF
the Republican County Committee Will attend. OuI
will urge postponement until late III tne sCil1iHei'
The Greater New-York Democracy Will SEND repre-
sentatfves to the conference, but they VIII dlao
urge postponing discussion of candidates ana pldI7
form. The German-American Reform Union VIII
not take part in the conference but If discussion
of candidates and platform is delayed II may enter
the conference late in the summer.
Senator PIatt said yesterday that ne hao III hO
sense receded from his position, that 1t was TOO
early to enter into conference which would pre-
cipitate political agitation. our repIeSelltaI'e
will attend the conference called by the Clll]ehS
Union" said Senator Platt last night. but they
,iI1 o+ once ask thai adjournment be taken until
late in August tlfts deferring the campaign uhtii
the hot weather has passed The hepupncdh Oh
ganization Is not opposed to fusion. we are II
favor of it. AS evidence OF 8ood Iallh repre-
sentatives of the Republican County organization
will attend the conference but they VIII VIII rec IN
mend that an adjonrnment be taken uhth i@'' III
Robert c. Morris president of the Republican
County Committee. said last night: ~ nave iss4er f
Saturday night, 10 eaIied bY the Citizens Union
We will urge delay; Further than that L can ho'
The Greater New-York Democracy. at a meeting
held last night decided to accept the INVITATION on
the Citizens Union. The following committee was
John G. sheehan Jacob A Cantor. William Hep
Bryan BIZ l. Kennedy n. Taylor Phillips John
EeiifI- Vincent w Woytisek. Henry 5. Sherman.
Henry Schaeffer Richmond) and P. f. Leahy
Queens -, -c,:., Ir,,,,
Mr Ridder declared that at the Clt1zens Union
convention everything that was SAID was IN
commendation of Mayor Low, and Democrats
were not even mentioned.
IAN the sneakers on that occasion were office
bo1dara continued Mr. Ridder land there was
not one word said In favor of the Democrats
who are part of the administration. That looks
very SUSPICIOUS We. are not going into trap
We want TO see what the cranks Will do be-
tween now and September, and we think the
Citizens Union invitation is premature, as we
~, pH
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08

of New-York City police matrons az = rate on from
Is 50 per cent Of their salaries after ess rnen
twenty-five. years service. upon ncaPac1ty OWING
o injuries received I'm the course OF outx-,
Senator MarshaIfs authorizing the NeT~4 orS
Fire Commissioner TO take over private IRE aiarm
systems. . -.
stock of banking corporations on the OASIS OF de'sl
assets
law so as 10 the scope OF the nspet,l9 %
vessels increasing the responsibility Ct nlsIuIst
urers Of steam boilers for vessels. TsqtlIh h1 IspL
of accidents repairs and generally inciudlnz " I-e
Drovfsi0n ~ the INSPECTION law All vessels pro
peIIed bv machinery. The law now Sxphclty n
carrying passengers or freight for hire
Senator McEwen's permitting the ccntlnueo ins.i--
hershfp in a Fire Department OF a person VINO
when under eighteen years OF age mas Deen con
victed Of felony and pardoned by the Governor ns
fore the exuIratfou OF his term 81 imprisonment
provided that has been ave years N tne 81
1-itbout charges of derelcton- This bill - unoer-
.Nad - he Intended TO meet the OF I4euten-
ant THOMAS Rush OF the New-YOrk department.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
FIRST MRS. PELL SUES.
Wants Divorce from Husband Now on
Second Honeymoon

Mrs. Annie o. PeIl has brought suit for absolute
divorce against Duncan c. Pell. e member Of the
wei known Pen family. in the Supreme Court
Justice Bischo1 yesterday granted order direct
ing service by publication by mailing 10 Mr.. Pe
the summons and complaint in a registered letter
20 Orlando Fla. where he was last heard of.
The papers set forth that PeI and the plaintiff
married in September. 1872. az New-Brighton.
and have two children Mrs. Pei Miss Annie o.
Pendleton- Mrs. Pell alleges that her husband has
been irproreriy intimate with Helene L. Gardiner
sf Westfe.d. Conn.
About two years ago Mr. Pell. who was well
known here athlete and horseman, went TO
Orlando and there obtained divorce the ground
OF desertion- In October, 1909. he married Miss
Helene Louise Gardner. OF North Haven. Conn.
Mrs Peu made no appearance when the papers
sr the Florida suit served on her, and the
decree was obtained by default Prior 10 his de-
psrture for Florida. Mr. PeI had inherited money
from sn aunt who died in Paris He and his first
ufe hsd previously separated, she having the Gus
fesS. OF the two children
spending their honeymoon in Europe
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08

East Siders Ask Him Not to Sign
Jeacish Cemetery Resolution.

delegation Of East Side real estate dealers
has appealed to Mayor Low to withhold his sig
nature from a resolution passed by the BOARD OF
Aldermen last Tuesday week, granting the
Mount Carmel Cemetery Association permission
to acquire some hundred acres of land for burial
purposes at Cypress Hills, Queens. The Mayor
is now making Investigation
The petition to the Board of Aldermen stated
that the Mount Carmel Cemetery Association
lis a cemetery association organized for the
purpose of procuring a burial place for the
Jewish people
To this petition. were attached 175 signatures
of East Side residents of such streets as Ell
bridge, Forsyth, Hester. Ludlow, Broome ana
Delaney The petitioners names were headed
by Samuel Dorf, Grand Master Order Birth
Abraham" who followed by Mayer
Schoenfeld, No. % Delancey-st" In January
previous a charter obtained from Albany
for "a proposed corporation for cemetery pur-
poses to be known as the Mount Carmel Gene
terry Association" The names of those in whose
favor the charter had been drawn were Henry
Gotthelf. Herman Davidson, Siegfried Lester.
August Enrich Benjamin Schwarts, Jacob
Roth and Samuel Dorf, all of whom, with the
exception of Mr.. Dorf, figured as directors.
The attention of Mayer Schoenfeld was called
to the edition Of THE City Record Of April 80.
containing the announcement OF the action Of
the aldermen. 1t was, he said, news to hlrn'
Excepting, of course Mr. Dorf," he added,
none of the petitioners so far as have been
able TO discover and none of the. lodges and
congregations referred to in the petition, had
any idea of the existence of the charter nelther
We're they aware that their petition had taken
practicable FORM let alone been passed by the
Board of Aldermen. Why. a bill similar 10
that asked for by the petition was voted down
last year.
TO a Tribune reporter Mr.. Dorf admitted that
the Mount Carmel to be a private corpora
ton. "The petitioners. he added, L suppose
know about the charter. The corporation, which
I admit is a private concern. will parcel out the
land acquired and sell it to jews. wanting a
burial ground They will pay prices according
to bai means
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
CHAMBERLAIN GoULD's REFORMS.
Makes Trust Funds Safer in Kings-duards
Against Thefts.

The financial transactions Of the City Chamoer-
rsirs office for the fiscal year ended December o.
1000 amounted to $500 770S1S a, according to the
annual report of City Chamberlain Could sent
yesterday TO the Mayor -.
The work in the city treasury department mas
moro thar trebled in the last four years As
custodian of the court funds, the CHAMBERLAIN no"
holds "a 1o S4 60 This earned Sl2SlZo In inter-
est last year On assuming the once OF CouA'S
Treasurer of Kings January /, lSZ the Charh-
herlain had careful appraisements made or all lHe
y,,,rert;es in which the court and trust lrhos were
Invested and as a result he has had three mort
cages called in three have been forecIosed' Two
wore assigned one was cancelled by order OF court
and various sums called on thirty-three mort
caeae in order to make them safe through reouc-
tions OF principal -. -,
The total of the fees turned over to the city OS
+,e C,ba-nberlain's office S24.26i 3d. The once
Maid into the sinking fund sl39406 g. interest from
citv moneys on deposit There are l46 depositores
f city and county funds, and twenty-five Tor court
and trust funds
In order to guard against defalcations similar TO
NOT which occurred in the Department OF CharlSes
in Ie0I the Chamberlan's office mas presCrloed d
1Iniforrn Chamberlain's receipt hJoSIdPne" o4
safety paper.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-08
G. a. r.. u. NOT TO CONFER
Rejects Irritation of Citizens Umon
as Premature.
NOT GOING INTO TRAP"-RIDDER

The German-American Reform Union last
night at Terrace Garden. decided not to accept
the invitation from the Citizens Union to at
tend a conference OF anti-Tammany represen-
tatives on Monday. The organization author
lied the following note to be sent:
Francis c. Huntington. Chairman Executive Ton- ON
nlittee. Citizens Union of the City OF NeW-1 ORR
Dear Sir The members of the executive 9 com
mittee of the German American Reform oIloiL
after candidy considering the invitation with
which you honored the organizat ton in your letter
OF the 1st ult, have concluded. with pGs prae5icbs a.
unanrnity, that the conference proposed would De
premature Very truly, yours p1rs TtrTz
President of the General Committee
About fifty members of the organization at
tended the meeting last night. which was in
executive session for about hour. Fritz
Guertler presided and the minutes We're kept
by Richard Blum. Charles NJ. Laub presented
a resolution declining to accept the invitation 10
the conference Maximas Lesser opposed the
adoption of the resolution in a vigorous speech
Speeches in favor of the resolution were made
by Mr.. Guertler. Herman Ridder and others.
THE vote was unanimous, or practically So
said Mr. Ridder after the meeting ADJOURNED
'.Mr. Lesser and one other were the only ones
who objected to the resolution. The union Is
AGAINST starting a fall campaign in the spring
They believe that If the union CONSIDERS II WISE
to ioin in a fusion movement it now is too early
to make any move. The members OF the uhioi
believe that any candidates Tentatively agreeo
upon now would be handled so roughly by next
fall that they would have to be withdrawn
Does the action tonight mean that the union
will not join in fusion movement MT hlouer
was asked , -
mo" said Mr. Ridder "it simply leaves the
matter open till fall