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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
CIRCUITS BROTHER HIS COUNSEL.
Say That Mcdonald Changed Lawyers After
Controller Held Up Payment.

Considerable interest was manifested yesterday In
a story that John 3. Mcdonald. contractor with
Andrew OnderdOnk for the Jerome Park reservoir.
had engaged the law firm of Carr & Grout. OF
Brooklyn. counsel. after he discovered that the
Controller. the suggestion of the Merchants As
ISOLATION. had held back the payment of 100000 on
the reservoir contract. 1t seems that ex-Judge
Henry Z. Rowland was Mr. McDonald's counsel up
till a short time ago. Later Paul Grout, brother
of the Controller. appeared as counsel
Paul Grout admitted last night that his firm was
counsel for John 3. Mcdonald in the aqueduct
charges. Mr.. Grout at the Troop &
Armory where he was drilling a squadron of
cavalry.
Yes our firm is counsel for John b. Mcdonald in
that matter" said Mr.. GrOut in reply 70 question.
interrupting his orders but remaining horseback
Mr.. Carr has charge Of the matter. and II is en-
tirely Office affair. and know absolutely nothing
about IL beyond that fact"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CORPORATION.
Organized to Report on Any Ones Financial
Condition.

The Public Accountants Corporation. which IS
to begin business next month in this city mas been
organized for investigating and reporting on thu
accounts and financial condition OF any person.
or any collection Of persons. who may want its
services in the city. State nation 1t plans also
TO make any inquiry and collect any Information
desired in the line Of business. to provide en-
ployrnent agency and TO organize general statis-
teal bureau. Its plan. however. is to undertakes
only thorough Investigations and not o make re-
ports restricted examinations.
AT the head OF the corporation. as its president.
VIII be Joel B. Erhardt. who was president OF the
Lawyers Surety Company for ten years. and built
IL up until II sought and purchased by .
rival corporation Other directors of the cOrpO-
ration to be Judge Rufus r. GOWNS. p. r.
DeCirOve. of DeGrOve & Riker; CieOTge @. Dewitt.
Of Dewitt LOCkman & Dewitt. William q.
ChOate. OF ChOate. HanfOrd & IarO que. ADMIRAL
A :. Kenny. L. ; y; John Whalen, OF Whalen
& Dunn; Frederic G.. Wagner. John j. Sinclair. OK
James Sinclair & Co; John ". Aitken. OF Aiken.
Son & Co; William l. POmerOy. Joseph ". Howe,
George II. Robinson. of the G0rham Manufactur-
ing Company: Sherman ". knevals, Of knevals *
Perry. and Thomas Piunkett-
Albany Nov 2O.-The Public Accountants COrpOr-
alton. OF New-YOrk. incorporated to-day with
capital of $2500O0, and fifteen directors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
THE HANGING OF A BAD" MAN.
s'Tom7 Horn Dies Game-Pays the Penalty
for Numbering a Boy.

CHEYENNE Wyo Nov. 2O-''Tom'' Horn scout.
Indian fighter. cattle detective and bad" man.
to-day vert smiling TO the gallows 20 exPiate the
murder of Willie Nickel fourteen years Ole whom
Horn shot and killed on July is. 1901. at Iron
Mountain. With almost his last words. spoken to
On intimate friend. Charles Irwin a spectator at
she execution. Horn denied that he had confessed
the crime.
As they shook hands Irwin said. BE game"
You bet I will replied Horn. who then as
sisted Sheriff Proctor and 2 deputy TO adjust the
straps. the moose and the black cap.
His last words were spoken TO County Clerk Jo-
eeph CahiIl who assisted him TO mount The trapdoor
They were: Amt losing your nerve. are you,
goe?"
An the spectators we're searched for firearms on
entering the JAIL and guards armed with rifles kept
their eyes fixed Horns friends throughout the
proceedings. Thousands Of people were congre-
sated near the JAIL ana the militia remained on
guard until the execution and the crowd
dispersed There disorder.
Horn was trapped by Deputy United States Mar
ehsl la Fors. TO whom he confessed that he re-
ceived s. 100 for killing William Powell and William
Lewis ranchI1en of the Iron Mountain country.
and for shooting five times at Kels Nickel, father
of willie Nickel 1t Is believed that Horn also
killed Matt" Rash and Isham Dart, ranchmen in
Browns Park. Col. and Austin Campbell ranch
man on the Laramie Plains His first murder. ac-
.-orsire 10 his own story. that CT Mexican
Horn was reared in scotland County. Mo. He
leff home at the age Of fourteen. and became
.5yfxe~ stock tender. scout. Indian fighter
and trailer in The Southwest and IN later years
We rscl-r7aster in the army He spoke German
English. Spanish. Mexican and several INDIAN
ne was backed hv wyoming cattlernen. who spent
over $4,000 in an effort TO Gear him. His hackers
feared he would confess. and implicate them. and
fhev were especially anxious to give him his lib
delivery Of Horn were UneaTthed. and last August
Horn overpowerod the jailer and got into the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
MURDER MAY BE WORK OF GANG.
Reading Station Agent Found Bound,
Gagged and Chloroformed.

PHILADELPHIA Nov. 20.-Vice- President VOORHEES, Of
the Reading Railway Company to-day authorized
Superintendent J. L. Turk, of the ShamOkin divi-
sion of the Reading Railroad. offer a reward OF
$500 for the arrest and conviction OF the men who
early to-day bound. gagged and chlorOfOrmed
Hafer. the station agent of AllenwOod. Hafer was
found unconscious the floor OF the station by
the crew of a freight train The diSarrangement
of the signals led to the discovery When he had
reganed consciousness Hafer said that he had been
seized by men, who, after binding and chlOrO-
forming him, had stolen $50
AllenwoOd is a small station about twenty miles
south Of WflliamspOrt and near Browns Tower. the
of last nights murder Following so closely
on the murder of Clendennin. the operator at
Browns Tower the railroad detectives Of the
opinion that gang Of robbers is at work along
the railroad lines I'm that vicinity and every effort
will be made by the Reading officials to bring them
10 tustce
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
RE0RGANIZE FULLER Co
This Likely to Result from Realm
StockhoIders' Committee.

meeting OF the stockholders COMMITTEES o. ~.
United States Realty and Construction Cone
held yesterday at the Office Of SDeyer a -
The COMMITTEES has called for the deposit a. 49,.
Of those who in favor Of an investigation Of
eompany's affairs learn II any changes b, 80
management OF the corporation are necessarv -
to bring the desired changes about IL possible r.
meeting Of the committee yesterday was brfss -
principal thing II did being the selection OF Ja,.
Speyer as chairman. Soon after the meeting a..
Of the members said that the work Of the connu,e
tee likely TO result IN reorganization ~ ~.
George A Fuller Company. the construction -.
partment Of the corporation. and some change. A.
the general management OF the corporation ana :
the personnel of the board Of directors.
There were many rumOrs as to the reason FIR IT,
organization Of the stockholders committee
One was that a certain interest IN TIA F,u
company was trying to gain control OF the carac-,
tion. Another was that ex-Judge McCouneH o-s.,
dent Of the Fuller company. slated 10 BE- rs-
tired. II was learned that these rumors were sas.
less 1t said that the pleasantest relations -.
listed between Bradish Johnson. the president OF s
big corporation; Albert Flake and Robert z. Dow.
ing. vice-presidents. and the committee. and TIA.
these officials and the committee would act In ba-
mony in the steps TO be taken for the benefit OF ia
corporation as far as possible
Ex-Judge Mcconnell declined 70 express a,
opinion as the object Of the investigating com
mittee- He vehemently exclaimed. however. thas
the talk OF Parxs's connection with the Fu1sr
company pure scandal That talk AL
started he said from a nlisappreheusio,
sion because the Fuller Company had not an
gagged IN the lockout against the old House.
smiths Union. Local No 2 It is not senerarv
known that the Fuller Company did not engage IN
this lockout because OF agreement which IL
and the American Bridge Company had made vvif-
the HOUsesmiths' Union prior % the formation -
the Employers Association. and. OF course 1rfo-
10 the time that the association had detsrmined
upon a iOcOut and an inSistence upon the Signing
OF it's arbitration agreement" he added tb9f -
not ready 70 say that the manageuen+ ~
the construction company OF the Corporation vas
the best possible. but would contend that no mat
ter how excellent that mana cement was in vie-
of the present business conditions. IL cou.5 nos
have continued to secure the same annual amounf
Of business as in the last four five years re-
said that the labor troubles had afflicted the com
pany to considerable degree. though not to the
extent that it had other contractors
1t was Inadvertently reported in the Tribune yes-
teTday mat the Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY os
New-YOrk was interested IN the underwriting sv7-
dicate OF the United States Realty and C0usrruc-
ton Company. The company was not interested In
the underwriting and never held a share IN the
company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
NAY HAVE HAD VERTIGO.
Theory That MOtorman of Wrecked
Train Vas Stricken Suddenly.

Because the conductor and motorman of the Bay
Ridge motor train OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company met death in the collision with empty
train on Thursday the officials of the company say
they will never be able positively 10 fix the re-
sponsibty. All the investigation shows that Cahill
should have able to see the stalled train ahead
and stop his train
President Winter said yesterday that IT appeared
if the motorman may have permitted his train
TO go on TO disaster without attempting TO apply
the brakes until the last second The signal man
lights were burning properly at the rear of the
stalled train and could be plainly by him at
mechanism of the Bay Ridge train had been prop
ery tested before the train left the terminal. and
worked all right. Cahill old employee. His
record was clear and he had the reputation of being
The theory has been advanced that CahiIl may
nave been stricken suddenly with vertigo or heart
admit OF successful autopsy
1t is estimated that the damage sustained to the
$4,000 and S25.O0o 1t was a IN. yesterday before
the first train was sent through This delay caused
Warren Dayton. the guard. who jumped or fell
rom the structure. is still in serious c0noiu3n
in the Seney Hospital The doctors do not think ne
will live A..
motorman of the stalled train was arrested yester-
day on a charge of criminal negligence He was
Coroner Flaherty visited the scene of the acct
dent yesterday and declared that he would try at
part II will probably be held on Friday night
Coroner Flaherty says that the accident shows. to
men in the motor cabs on elevated lines; ,,-,
Inc Tact that the fire that followed the GolIisl99
about by pieces Of the iron wreckage touching the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to taking some
steps toward protecting the third rail So far, they
Which win adequately protect the rain and the
time interfere at no time with the Of p tP
fatal, resulting from the exposure Of the highly
fhe conpanv has decided to make every effort TO
discover some adequate protection
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
FOR NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
Board of Estimate Also Approves Resolutions
for New Firehouse.

The Board Of Estimate yesterday approved OF a
resolution authorizing the issue of $4,000 in cor
porate stock for the purpose of building new
Police Headquarters on the site Of Centre Mar
tet The engineer OF the Finance Department re-
ported that the original estimate OF $4,000 for
new building too low. and that architects coin
cided in that view.
The board also approved Of the issue OF cor
porste stock 10 the amount Of $4,000 for the
purchase OF property No 100 TO l04 Duate-st,
as a site for 4 Fire Department apparatus house,
and az the issue of Ss50Jo in corporate stock for
thereon for use as quarters for Engine Company
10. and Hook and Ladder Company No. !, and
also for a fuel depot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
CAR sMAsHEs CAB ON IL" PILLAR
Women Have Narrow Escape at Broadway
and Thirty-fourth-st.

woman who said she was Mrs. A. NJ. Dandy
OF No. 315 West Seventy-ninth-st-. and her
daughter had a narrow escape from serious IN
Jury last night when a hanson in which they
were riding was struck by a northbound Sixth
ave. car at Thirty-fourth-s and Broadway, and
hurled against pillar Of the elevated ROAD Tne
cab was badly smashed and the horse was
thrown to the ground and injured, but the
women escaped injury. Several windows in the
We're broken by the force Of the collision
A large crowd surrounded the cab. after the
accident expecting to see the women taken out
either dead or badly injured There was great
surprise when the women stepped out unframed
The cab driven and owned by Joseph Brown,
of Coney Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
N.Y.C. Rejects FRANCHISE
WM Not accept City's Terms
$500 900 for 4queduct Board.

Ira A Place counsel for tho New-York Central
Railroad Company. appeared before the Board OF
Estimate and Apportionment yesterday 10 urge the
board grant its application for franchise TO use
Twelfth and Thirteenth aves.. between Twenty
seventh and Thirty-seventh SITS. All that the Cen
sral road willing 10 pay for the privilege. Mr..
Place said. was s. 400 a year. while Controller Grout
favored the refusal OF the franchise unless the road
paid s. 100 year. that AlT. Mclean. engineer
az the Finance Department. thought a fair COM
pensstion for the city. on motion o. MIR. Grout
she board approved the resolution fixing the terms
al S 400 a year.
We shan't accept such terms" Mt. Place SAID
1--WE just as well do without this Improvement
not
The board approved resolution authorizing the
issue OF $4,000 for the use and purpose OF the
AQuednct Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

Rowland. MOrehouss Martens Con,ss-rs' AIDES and
Ohio: Miss 10. n. Weis llceS. enoretIs.''
infants wear No. 81 Broadway. Neos ,,.sous In
II NJ Briggs. Cleveland. drJscods anu
Dives Pomsroy & stewart Harrisbgrs. ISan' -
r. Martin notions. No. Walkers = = 81 Dodge.
Dodge Dry Goods Company. Troy y r.
drygo0ds. Herald Square. - Mss BOYLE.
cloaks and suits. No 5TT Broadway. Fas sss~. ~ r.
Fahy-Schantx DRY Goods COMPANY rpeu'
Schantz. drvEoods. Darlington. t,gleS and
FLINT & Kent. BUFFALO, Miss e u Ms'4 ss.nus
Nathan Gutrnan & Co Baltimore. LOUIS y
cloaks. suits and ribbons Herald SqlaIe. ross. ABS
Richard Haal0u Millinery company = fsrsd
Mannheimer, millinery. No. so br0SN
Square t-sss GODS
Hale Bros. San Francisco: c. W. Moore. u''s
and silks. No. $50 Broadway. Bartholdl "a r Heller.
Heller Bachman 4 Co. san Francisec. y, Is LeCn-
drysoOds. linens. white goods and WooienS' ~
ard-st.. Manhattan rrssi,, a.
James Hisl0p 4 Co. New-Lonicn James ~ rs "a eS
mestics. dress goods. eloaSs and wnits gus
A IIsner. washington: Miss X CIlnchy. eioaNS -
Mandel Brothers. Chicago: Max Newman. es-rssf
hannels and blankets No +50 Browne ,rholstsry
Miller y khOads. Richmond. Va; u. snaRfN'' -
goods No $50 Broadway Northumberland HARRISON.
Newconlb. EndicOtt Co. petrol,. ,,s uarasols;
hosiery handkerchiefs fancy goods, gloves a snt
GeOrse T. MOODY, dress goods sss. t sersn's necS-
prints. and Miss N. Hurley ldces. fans ana N'i1'
wear No. 3st Broadway. Netherlane -. titan pecs
Rauh Brothers q Co. PittsnurS ~ f'aN--
goods No. 5S5 Broadway, Netncflei0- ". y
Sisley Lindsay & Curr Company. Al
Baxter hosiery and underwear. No ef H'NN
bert. -. ~, A I. 4
Martin ieweIrv No waIker-st,. Eariinss9A ror.sy.
McKibbon Drlscoll a Dorsey. ST Faai' W. -
hats and caps. Navarro
y -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
NO SUCH ACCIDENT IN SUBWAY.
So marlborough Superintendent Says-Its
Cars Fireproof.

Frank Hedley general superintendent of the In
terborough company, said yesterday that such an
accident as happened the Ffth-ave. elevated
road in Brooklyn Thursday could not occur on
the lines of the subway system, account of the
fireproof cars which would be used, and the cleo
trical Improvements which had been made since
the Brooklyn plant installed OF course, If
man maliciously or inadvertently train of
into another, something would happen, but the
company would employ any men subject to
apoplexy or who are likely to drop dead. and
the would be hreproof they could not burn
Mr. Hedley maintained that there absolutely
ground for apprehension that accident at all
similar to the one in Brooklyn would happen the
subway lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
WORK OF UNITED HEBREW CHARITIES

The work OF the United Hebrew Charities for the
last month. October. is thus summarized from the
reports Of the committees and from the books Of
the society: The total number of families dealt
with in the month reached 2tSz. representing about
800 individuals. OF these Lii applied i'm the bu-
reaU Of relief and 1O46 in the employment bureau,
OF whom 243 received employment. After careful
examination relief refused to $50 cases. Three
thousand. four hundred and sixty-fve garments
pairs of shoes and 23 articles Of furniture and
bedding were distributed. The disbursements in the
various departments of relief were 81 375 60.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
THE COLLEGE MAN IN BUSINESS.

Robert c. Ogden addressed the students and
guests of the College of the City of New-York yes
terday on THE College Man in Retail Business
Mr.. Ogden began by expounding the relations be-
tween the academic and commercial worlds He
said that education a means not an end and
that the true end was to gain the means whereby
ones obligation to support ones family might be
discharged. He pointed out the completely OF
modern mammoth retail businesses. and illustrated
the fields of scientific commercial organization and
administration, for which. he said. the academic
ally educated man would be proved particularly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
SILVER COMPANY REJECTS ARBITRATION

Meriden. Conn. Nov. 20.-In reply to a request
mace by the striking buffers. employed in an In
ternatonal Silver Company factory. to arbitrate
the questions at issue President Samuel Dodd this
afternoon refused to submit TO arbitration The
proposition presented TO him by two merchants
IN an attempt to bring the strike to end. They
asked that the men who were discharged had
left the factory on account OF the strike. brought
about by the discharge of a union workman, be
instated and the questions be arbitrated by a COM
mittee of three. the company 20 select member
the union one and the two named to pick the third
member.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
TO PROTECT The AMERICAN FLAG.

A. meeting Of the board Of directors Of the
American Flag Protective Society. held the
Hotel Normande. Thrty-eighth-st and Broadway,
AZ was determined to cooperate with the Daughters
Of the American Revolution. Sons OF he American
Revolution. Grand Army Of the Republic Spanish
American War Veterans and other patriotic and
military organizations on biz TO prevent the desc
Grafton OF the American flag. The organizations
that have advocated and urged flag legislation have
now united on measure. which has been sub
Knitted 70 and approved by national lawmakers
IN both branches OF Congress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
DECIDES FOR OLD GUARD.
Appellate Division Reverses Order Restoring
Brewster to Membership.

The Appellate Division OF the Supreme Court yes
terdav handed down decision reversing order
OF the lower court in the of The People rel
Henry II Brewster vs. The Old Guard OF the City
of New York ct al. Justice O'GoTman at Special
Term granted peremptory writ of mandamus re
storing the relator to membership in the Old Guard
and assessing damages for his alleged illegal ex-
pulsion. Mr. Brewster life member of the
organization, having paid a gross sum which eX-
emnted him thcrsa ter from annual dues
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
FIsH's SLAYER MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
Appellate Division Affirms the Judgment of
the Lower Court

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yes
terday handed down a decision affirming the judg-
ment Of the lower court convicting Thomas f.
Sharkey OF manslaughter in the second degree. in
having caused the death Of Nicholas Fish. The
assault took place on September Is. 1902 and Mr..
Fish died that night at Roosevelt Hospital Shar-
key tried a Trial Term OF the Supreme
Court before Justice John N. Davy. and con-
viction Of mauslauEhter in the second degree he
sentenced TO ten years Imprisonment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
TWENTY KILLED IN BIG FOUR WRECK
Ali Except Three Identifed-Fourteen In
iured Are in the Hospitals.

Iloomington. Ill. Nov. 2O--The number Of deaths
in the Big Four collision Menert yester
day is now put at twenty. including two which
occurred after the injured had been removed from
the wreck The debris was cleared from the track
during the night. and eighteen bodies in all
covered. Fourteen men were injured. and are now
in hospitals in this city and Peoria. OF the dead
all except three, who were horribly mangled, have
been identified.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
WEST SIDE APARTMENT HOUSE SOLD

Parish, Fisher. Mooney & Co have sold for Cap
tain Frank Burt the southeast corner of Amster-
dam-ave and Northumberland sixth-st. a six
story elevator apartment house fronting 471O feet
in Amsterdam-aVe by 100 feet in One-hundred and
EiFfh-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
BETTER SANITATION IN NAPLES.

The improvement in drainage at Naples Italy
has resulted in making It of the healthest
cities in Europe, and the hint has been taken by
some Of the leading hotels including the Hotel
Bristol. which makes a special feature of its san-
tary appliances. The site Of the Bristol is one OF
the finest in Naples.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
SAYS HE FR0ZE TO DEATH.
Ambulance Surgeon Gives That Opinion on
Brooklyn Case.
Minter.s - victInt Is reported -

winters first victnt vas reported yesterday in
BROOKLYN. The body Of Patrick OBrien, a long
shoreman. Of No 299 South Second-st, was
found under a stoop at Netropolitan-ave and
River-st. Il was cold and stif. and an ambulance
surgeon expressed the opinion that death had been
due 10 exposure. ana that o Brien had practically
frcZen acafh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
SAY GENERAL ELECTRIC GETS IT.

1t reported yesterday that the contract for
the electrical equipment of the New-York Central
terminal had been awarded to the General Electric
Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21

Page OF Grand opera Stars TO be heard In New
York In the season opening next week. See to-mor-
rows Tribune.
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