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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
CARPENTER AND ANTHONY.
Western Young Women to Decide Na.
 tionat Golf Championship.


 Wheaton, H., Oct. 1.-Two western women golfers, Miss J. Anna Carpenter of Westward Ho, and Miss Bessie An- thony of Glenview, who holds the vest ern championship. will tomorrow de- eide who is entitled to the title of wo- mems national champion. Both won over their opponents in the semi finals to-day, Miss Carpenter defeating Miss Katherine Harley of Fall River, up and to play, and Miss Anthony beat ing Miss Fanny Osgood of Brookline by the still narrower margin of up. Miss Osgood put up one of the pluckiest up- hill games ever seen in a golf tourna- ment and for a time it looked as If she would win 8 game that apparently had been hopelessly lost by her poor putting on the outward journey. E* The finals tomorrow will be at IS holes. Miss Anthony and Miss Carpen- ter have met in several tournaments, with the honors generally in favor of Miss Anthony, and her chances of ada ing the title of national champion to that of western champion are consider ed bright. This will be the first time the national championship has ever been won by a western woman golfer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
4 FIVE GENT BATH.
Majority or Ordinance conmis sssssvsts
 for That Fee.


 The committee on ordinances held a! meeting at 5 o'clock yesterday after noon in Alderman Wheeler's office at 42 Church street. The meeting was held for the purpose of considering the charging of gve cent fee to the bath CTS, and also to promulgats series of ordinances to govern the new city bath house on St. John street. George L. Fox, former rector of the Hopkins Grammar school, appeared before the. committeee and made a long speech in, reference to public bath houses which he had visited both in this country and abroad. He said 1t was customary to charge small fee for the privilege.
 Chairman Spreyer of the committed urged that the bath house be entirely free. After lengthy session it was voted, by vote of three to one, to charge fee os five cents to each bather, Chairman Spreyer not voting. Alderman Spreyer, 1t was learned last evening, intends to submit a minority report to tAe board of aldermen.
 The committee will hold another meet ing at the same place next Monday af- ternoon at 4 o'clock. The five cents charger to the bathers will pay for the soap anr towel used.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
BACKBONE IS NOW BROKEN
TURKEY FAST SURPRISING
 MACEDONIAN UPRISING.

sultan's Troops Gaining the Upper Hand Everywhere = Occupy Every
 Important Point Along the Routes of
 Retreat to tho Frontier-victory and Defeat Reported in Heavy Engage- D,onts.
 Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 2. $40 D. m.- According to advices received here this afternoon the backbone of the reyolu- tion in Macedonia is broken, the Turk ish troops are gaining the upper hand everywhere, several insurgent chiefs have been killed or wounded, others are abandoning the struggle and fleeing to the frontier; the revolutionary bands are sustaining heavy losses and are seeking refuge in large numbers and the Turks occupy every important point along the routes tof retreat to the frontier
 Five engagements are reported to have taken place in the vicinity of Kra- tovo, where 5000 Turks were attacked by revolutionary bands and though many Turks were killed, the insurgents were completely routed One of the leaders of the latter. Lieutenant Tont- chef, committed suicide in order to avoid capture.
 Advices from the insurgent headauar- ters assert that 5000 Turks were routed by 2.0O0 insurgents in the Pirin noun tains after four days fighting. The Turkish losses in this affair are said to have been the heaviest during the whole outbreak. They included three colonels and many officers of lower rank. & .@%
 The batteries of siege artillery left Sofia early this morning for Haskovo, near the frontier of Adrianople vilayet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
WOMAN HEAVY DEFAULTER.
MARIE LAYTON JOHNSON, AGED .-@- go, ARRESTED.
Wife of Albert N. JohnsoD, 8 Dentist of Larchmont, New York-FaIsified the Books of the United States Playing Card Company for Which She Was Bookkeeper.

New York, Oct. 2.-Marfe Layton Johnson, twentynine years old, the wife of Albert M. Johnson, dentist of Larchmont, N. T., with an office in this city, was arrested tonight on a war rant specifically charging her with the grand larceny of $2,00O. The total amount of her defalcations, however, may. 1t is said, amount to $50,000.
 The compliments are officers of the United States Playing Card company, with home offices in Cincinnati and a branch here R. H. McCutcheon is sec retary, treasurer and manager of the New York branch.
 Mrs. Johnson, whose maiden name was Marie Layton, was bookkeeper in the New York office and, in addition, acted as private secretary to MT. Mo Cutcheon. She was married to MT. Johnson in 1901, but did not leave her position after the marriage. In April of this year discrepancies are said to have been discovered in her accounts, accord- ing to the story given out by Inspector McClusky, and an examination is said to have revealed a shortage of $10,000 between January and April 15 in the accounts of the New York office.
 The Woman's modus operandi is said to have been as follows:
 The accounts of the concern were kept In the Hanover National bank, there be- ing New York and Cincinnati account there. Cincinnati would send bill of goods to New York which would be sold for $3,000, and that amount would be 2 f1. 4Jo 1f 4I,o al, ,ati account. But it is alleged, Mrs. John son would charge the New York office account with $5,000, taking the differ ence herself. To make the accounts balance she would then raise small bill of goods shipped from Cincinnati from, say, $9 to $2,0O9.
 Mrs. Johnson was discharged from the employ of the company in April, when, Inspector McClusky says, she ad- mitted to defalcations of s10.5OO. It was thought at the time that her husband, who has a large practice, would make up the loss, but this was not done. Later further investigations were made into both the New York and Cincinnati accounts, with the result, it is said, thar the defalcations now amount to $33,000, with a possibility that they may reach S50,OO0.
 Detectives went to Larchmont Thurs day night to arrest her. but found the Johnson home locked up, and from neighbors it was learne1 that all the furniture had been packed, apparently ready for removal. The detectives then watched MT. Johnson's office on Fifth avenue and arrested her as she was avir1er the nlaea in her husbands com pany. At first Mrs. Johnson denied her identity, but she was Identified by the officers of the United States Playing Card company, who were with the de- tectives, and was taken down to police headquarters. X
 It Is said that Mrs. Johnson specuiat- ed in Wall street and lost considerable money there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
FUTILE EFFORTS TO INDUCE
 PR RESIDENT NOT TO CALL IT.

Determinsd That This Country shall
 Carry oa. Its Pledge to Make the
 Cuban Reciprocity Treaty Affective at
 the Earliest Possible Dats-nia,tsr q
 Good Faith.
 Washington. Oct "A good deal of pressure has been brought to bear on the president to induce him not to call congress into extraordinary session in November: but to all those who have spoken to him in that vein he has said that this government is committed to the proposition that the Cuban recip- rocity treaty be made effective at the earliest possible date and he regards it as matter of good faith that this coun- try should keep it's word. He has de- clined, therefore, to consider any propo- sitton looking to the abandonment of the idea of an extraordinary session.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
CUT DOWN TROLLEY POLES.

Troubles of Connecticut Power S Light ing Company in Derby. Derby, Conn.,, Oct. 2.-For the past two days the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company has been experience ing considerable difficulty in setting 2oles on land near the Mansion house, which is in dispute between Robert E. Griffin, owner of the house, and the city of Derby Yesterday, despite the efforts of Griffin to prevent gang of men in the employ of the railroad, the company set two poles on the property.
 Early to-day, before the company's men began work, Griffin armed with an axe and saw, went out and cut them down.
 Griffin threatens to have the men ar- rested for trespassing if they attempt to set poles tomorrow. 1
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
MILD BOOM FOR L0W.
suggested by President Iaarper That He
 May Become President.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-President Harper of the University of Chicago started a boom for the presidency of the United States on behalf of Mayor Seth Low of New York to-day. .%. e~~.
 The New York chief executive was to address the students of the university in Kent hall and when President Har- per stepped forward to introduce the distinguished visitor. he said:
 .'We once had with us in this hall a governor, Mckinley, who became presi- dent Of the United States. Later we had with us a police commissioner, Roosevelt, who became president of the United States. To-day we have with us the mayor of great city, and may he not also become president of the United States?" B.s...
 The last words of the speaker were drowned in the yells of the students and it was several minutes before Mayor Low could check the vociferous cheering.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
BOSTON TURNS TABLES.
shuts Oas plt.sburs in second Game Tor world,s chnmpsonshtp.

Boston, Oct. 2-The Boston-Ameri- cans evened up their Initial defeat by shutting out Pittsburg to 0 to-day in the second of the games for the worlds championship. The attendance was 9,415.
 Dineen pitched one of the best games of his career. and Pittsburg could not hit his terrific speed and sharp curves. He gave the outflelders only two chances. and the infielders few that were difficult. The National team got but three hits, and only five men reach ed first base out of the twenty-nine who faced Dineen. Leever started i'll to pitch for Pittsburg. He was hit freely, and Vail replaced him after the first Inning. Barring wildness, Vail pitched cleverly, although superb support ,extri-, oated him from several awkward situa- tions. Score by innings:
 R.H.E. Boston ;. .......2 0 0 001 0 *-3 0 Pittsburg .. 70 Q 70 0 0 Q 0 0--e 0 2 Batteries-D Dineen and Criger: Vail, Levere and Smith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
NETV CONVENTIONS CALLED.
RepubIioans and Fasionist. to Get Rid
 N of Grnnt ard Fornen.

 New York, Oct. 2.-Action looking to-
 wards the elimination of Edward M. Grout and Charles V. Fornes from the fusion ticket was taken to-day by the Citizens union and republican organi-
 zations. Calls were Issued for the re-
 assembling of the conventions of those
 bodies on Wednesday of next week, the
 purpose being to declare vacant the nominations of the gentlemen named above, for the offices, respectively, of
 controller and president of the board of aldermen.
 Claiming that this action cannot be legally taken Messrs. Fornes and Grout will appeal to the courts for an order
 that their names must be printed on
 the official ballot in the republican and
 Citizens union columns. Their conten-
 tion is that the functions of the dele gates to the two conventions terrninat- ed with the adjournment of the bodies
 to which they were chosen, and that they cannot be revived by the acts of
 committees such as are proposed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
BAY STATE REPUBLICANS.
Renominate State Offoers-Piatform m
 Remarkable for Brevity.

Boston, Oct. 2.-The republicans of Massachusetts to-day nominated the following state ticket:
 For governor, John L. Bates of Bos- ton; for lieutenant governor, Curtis Guild, jr., of Boston; for attorney gen. eral, Herbert Parker of Lancaster; for secretary of state, William M. Olin of Boston; for treasurer, Edward Bradford of Springfield; for auditor, Henry R. Turner of Maiden.
 The candidates are all re-nominated, each having held the office for which he was named to-day for at least one year. Treasurer Bradford was nominated for the fifth term, while Secretary of State Olin has held that position since 1891. The convention adopted platform, not able for its brevity, in which the admin istration of President Roosevelt was en- dorsed and the support of the party for the campaign of 1904 was pledged.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
New York ceasra.,s Earnlnrs.

New York, Oct. 2.-An increase of nearly $7,0Oo 900 in the gross earnings of the New York Central railroad system for the fiscal year ended June 3O 1903, is shown by the annual report just is- susd. Owing to the extraordinary in creases in the items charged to operat- ing expenses the net earnings were only. $106.0S4 in excess of the previous year. The report shows the total mileage of road operated to be 3,422.66 miles. Tke stock outstanding on June 30 was s132,- 250,000, leaving a balance authorized and unissued of s17,75O,000. The total fund.- ed debt is s194, ,7SO,546, against s19s, ITS, ,355 for the previous year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
A SLICK SWINDLER CAUGHT
MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING
 POUCH WORTH $500, GOO.

Contained Nesotiable Bank Paper to
 That Ameunt-Possd as Fruit specuiator-Aided in His Work by His wife-Lived at Asbury Park During
 summer and aDgied in Good Society.
 New York, Oct. 2.-Word was received in this city tonight that F. H. Crosby, alias A. E. Bell, alias Hammond, alias Crawford, has been arrested in Denver, accused of stealing a mail pouch con- taining $50O.o00 worth of negotiable bank paper at Philadelphia on the night os September 8. and with several other crimes, including swindling and forgery. It is alleged that Crosby arrived in this country from Crewe, England, last sum- mer and went to Asbury Park, where he posed as a fruit speculation. Ills wife mingled in good society there and intro- duced her husband to prominent busi- ness men and at the banks there, whera he made deposits declaring to the off, cials that he intended continuing his ac- count for the summer months.
 On September 10, it is said, he deposit- ed number of checks, payable to his order, drawn on different Philadelphia firms Two days later he-closed the ac-. counts withdrawing the amounts due him. He and his wife then left Asbury Park.
 About this time, it is said. W. w. Dickson, chief postoff1ce inspector of Philadelphia, discovered the theft of a mail pouch containing renlittancessfrom Philadelphia to Pittsburg, the entire amounts being estimated at $5O0.OO0.
 It is alleged that during the last ten days complaints were received at As- bury Park banks that checks accepted by them had been tempered with: that the names of the payees had been erased and Crosby's name inserted, and that small amounts had been aised to larger ones.
 It was recalled that Q mail pouch had been stolen at Springfield Junction, III. last April and that an A. D. Hammonds had opened g cash account at the Lin coin Trust company, St Louis, deposit- ing a number of altered checks from the stolen mail pouch. It wasssuspected that the mail pouch robbery was conn., mftted by A. E. Bell. alias Crawford. whose pfotograph was identified by the officials of the St. Louis bank.
 Investigation at Asbury Park devel- cped that Crosby was none other than A. D. Hammond, alias Bell, alias Craw ford, etc. Postofffce Inspector Jacobs traced him to Denver. Nisslrlsi Fl < taken into custody tonight.
 Crosby is suspected of committing nu- merous postofflce robberies in New York, Buffalo and other cities. He is said to have made a big haul in Buff falo some time ago when he disguised himself as railway porter and got off with pouch.
 In 1924 Crosby is sasd to have been arrested here while trying to cash a s1 200 check with Maiden Lane jeweler and to have been sent to Elmira reforms atory, from which he was released in 1897 Through an agreement with the postof1ce Crosby will be surrendered to the St. Louis authorities to stand trial on charge of swindling.
 The woman who passes as Mrs. Cros- by is said to be a western woman and has shown considerable skill irls obtain ing introductions at banks. Crosby halls from Kansas City.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
FOR ANoTHER PUBLI0 BATH
Committee on Bath H uses Hold Public
 Hearing.

Hearing.
 The committee on bath houses held a public hearing in the city hall last even
 ing on the petition of R. F. Copeland,
 ct al. for the building of public bath house in the Twelfth ward on the banks of Mill river. near the foot of Willow street. One of the reasons for asking
 for the bathhouse, MT Copeland stated to the committee last evening was to
 prevent the loss of from thre to four lives yearly. which he said was about the average.
 The arguments which have been ad- vanced for the St. John street bath
 house was used for the proposed one in the Twelfth ward It IS proposed to
 make this bath house different from the
 St. John street structure, inasmuch as
 the Twelfth ward one would be only of use in the summer. The petitioners
 want the city to build caged in strlc-
 ture on the bank Of the river and to
 provide bathing houses. It was stated that the city already owns the land so that the only cost will be for the build- ting.
 Owing to a misunderstanding in the time for the hearing only few appear
 ed and were heard, and all those favor
 able to the building of the new house.
 Those who spoke were R. F. Copeland,
 c. J. Fitzgerald, Edgar Camp and Al
 dernnan Bracken. It is estimated that the new house would cost between s, ,OO0 | to $5,o00, if it were built on the city's land.
 After the hearing the committee went into executive session and voted to rec ommend that the board of aldermen grant the petition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
TRIAL OF EX-GOV. PULLMAN.
Excellent Progress Mado-Nsariy Tyen
 ty watnesses Already Examined.

Lexington, s. O., Oct. 2-A vast amount of testimony was taken to-day in the trial of J. H. Tillman, nearly twenty witnesses having been on the stand, some of whom were subjected to lengthy examinations, In addition to this the reading of the editorials in the State was concluded. The prosecution has progressed rapidly toward the con- clusion of it's side of the case.
 The first witnesses called to-day were among those who were in the office of the State when MT. Gonzales was car- ried there after the shooting. L. G. Wood, jr., of this number, testified that he found no weapons in the overcoat Gonzales was wearing. pr. w. J. Mur- ray stated that MT. Gonzales said to him in the State office that he was fla tally shot. The doctor opened MT. Con- zales' clothes and saw no weapons, but on cross-examination said he did not examine the pockets. s. s,.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03

Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-The following statement prepared for the stockholders of the Consolidated Lake Superior com pany was issued to-day by John G. Car ruth, receiver:
 Philadelphia, Oct. 1. To the Stockholders of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company: s5
 The sale Of the property of the com pany pledged with Speyer & Co. of New York, for the loan of $5,O50, ,000. was to take place to-day but upon urgent request has been postponed until Oc- tober 8 at Il o'clock. It is necessary that $250,000 should be immediately paid into the Equitable Trust company of Philadelphia, which will upon proper vouchers liquidate indebtedness of the Consolidated Lake Superior company or subsidiary companies. The payment of this sum will insure the further post ponement of the sale for period suffi- clent to enable the stockholders to ac- complish reorganization is they act promptly and favorably by making this payment and providing for necessary expenses. It is imperative that the stockholders should pay on or before October to the Equitable Trust com pany an assessment of fifty cents a share. Every effort has been made to prevent the sale and the stockholders are now asked in their own interest to prevent the absolute and irretrieyable loss of their entire property. The amount paid will be upon the assump- ton of the adoption of the following plan of reorganization which it is be- lieved has been generally approved.
 To be raised by means of an under writing open to all stockholders, $s,000,- 900. This sum will repay the Speyer loan, the floating indebtedness of the company, all expenses of reorganization and leave about $1,000,O0O for working capital, the underwriters to reorgarize a new corporation with $40,000,0 900 capi- tai, which corporation will take over all the property of the company under proper legal proceedings. The new cor poration will issue $10,000000 first mort gage bonds os which the underwriters will receive s7.143.Oo0 and which bonds |it is proposed shall be issued by the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Rail- way company, to be secured also by de posit of the stocks and bonds of all the subsidiary companies. The unused s2,- S5f. GOO of such bonds to remain in the treasury for the future use of the com pany. The bonds taken by underwrit- CTS are to be offered to all the stock holders at 70 with stock bonus of 30 per cent. Stock in the new company will be offered to each stockholder upon making cash payment at reasonable times of $3 per share for old stock sur rendered to She underwriters. One share of stock in the new company will be given For two shares of preferred stock of the old company and one share of new stock for four shares of common stock of the old company.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
BRONX MEMBERS SECEDE,
GREATER NEW YORK DEMOCRA.
 CY SPLIT IN TWo.
Fusionists Accused of Attempting to Repabiicanizs the City and R. Patton Cutting of Insulting she Irish Voters Tho Latter statement Denied as a BEazen Attempt to Discrsdit Fusion Cause.

New York. Oct. 2.AThe Greater New York Democracy was split in two to- night by the secession of all the mem bers of the Bronx, headed by s. Stan wood Menken, at the meeting of the ex- ecutive committee over which Borough President Jacob A. Cantor presided. John c. Sheehan. as a member of the committee appointde to confer with the other fusion elements on the choice of city candidates on September "A reoprt- ed that he had yainly attempted to se- cure the nomination of Mr. Cantor and denounced the whole fusion programme as an attempt to republicanize the city of New York.
 John T. Crohin, of the Twenty y-second assembly district, who was also on the committee with MT. Sheehan, made a similar report, in the course of which he accused R. Futon Cutting of insulting the Irish voters of the city. This state rnent precipitated general tunlult, which only ended when MT. Menken left the hall. followed by all the Bronx ueieSaleS, dlleF ne Hdu Nalniy lrieu lo read statement, which was eventually laid on the table with the reports of Sheehan and Cronin. The statement offered by MT. Menken was signed by M. Linn Bruce. Robert c. Morris, R. Fulton Cutting and other fusion dele gates to the conference and denied that MT. Cutting had made the remarks at tributed to him and denounced the re- port as a brazen attempt to discredit the fusion cause.
 After the meeting Mir. Menken said that he and his colleagues would form another organization.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-03
"Lord Barringtonn In dletsd.

St. Louis, Oct. 2.-Frederick Seymour Harrington, alias Lord Burlington '' was to-day indicted by the St. Louis county grand jury on charge of hav- ing murdered James P. McCann at Bon- fills, suburb of St. Louis, on the night of June IS. The indictment charged that he shot McCann, robbed him and then threw the body into a pond.