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New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
TONG THE MAN ARRESTED
Charged gcith Implication IN SlclndIe
Leading to Osborne's Death.

Charged with being implicated In the swind-
ling operations which cost the Commercial Union
Assurance Company an English concern, hav-
ing a branch Office at No. IS william-st.. this
city. many thousands of dollars and the discov-
cry OF which led to the suicide Of one of its oldest
and most trusted employees, at Portsmouth, N
H., on Thursday. Alfred r. Tong. an English
man, living at No. 406 Monroe-st.. Brooklyn. was
arrested late Thursday night at his home and
locked up at Police Headquarters His friends
who quickly learned of his plight, came to his
assistance. and after his they effected
his release. Magistrate Mayo bailing him in the
sum Of $1,000
Tong w5s arrested a warrant issued by
Magistrate Breen in the Tombs Police Court
Thursday The warrant was served by Detec-
tive Sergeant Neggersmith while another was
given to Detective Sergeant AIcNaught for the
arrest of a suspect who. the police say. with
George p. osborne. who committed suicide, and
Tong. directly responsible for the defaIcs-
ton. Up to a late hour Detective Mcknight
had not succeeded in taking the third suspect
into custody.
Tong was arraigned in the Tombs Court be-
fore Magistrate Breen. and was held in $1,000
bail on a charge OF grand larceny. for examina-
ton on Tuesday next The prisoner was repre-
sented by Robert Goeller, lawyer. while Isidor
Wells. appeared for Frank Moss. who is the
counsel for the complainant. Bail was fur
nished in the required amount by William c.
Gargee, a painter and decorator, of No. 229
Seventeenth-st., Brooklyn. Tong, it was learned,
is also painter and decorator.
Detective Sergeant MeNaught presented an af-
fdavit to the court which signed. by Colonel
Wray. The affidavit alleged that on January D.
1901. Mrs. Hhereesa B. Tis Piedra took out fire
insurance policy on her house at No Jt5 west
of the policy was 50, 800. and Tong, it is al
legged. was named in the policy as beneficiary
in case of a loss. On February 10 19O2, the az
fidavit further alleges. George p Osborne, who
was in charge of the loss department at that
time, reported to his company that there had
been a fire in the One-hundred-an -and-seventy-
hfth-st house, and put in a claim for S1.43O,
which was paid TO Tong. it is alleged, on March
IA of that year. 1t was afterward proved, the
afidavit declares, that there never had been any
fire in the house. and that the reports made OF
the loss were false.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
EXPECTS ARREST SOON.
Summer Best Returns, and Says He
Has Located the WOOdses.

Sumner Best returned yesterday from his search
for the missing Woods couple. and declared that
he satisfied that he had approximately located
them, and that the local police in Eastern Penn
syIvania and the adjoining parts of New-Jersey
hard at work their trail. He further de-
clared that he expected their apprehension within
a few hours.
Alfred NJ Best his brother, expressed equal con-
fdence and further said he had no faith in the
announcement that the Woodses would be pro-
duced whenever warrants for their arrest were
issued.
District Attorney Boyd, of San Rafael has asked
for the issue of warrants foT the WOodses on
charges of perjury, grand larceny and murder"
said he. 'and. while it is just well for them to
imagine that the local authorities in the region
where they hiding cannot take them the fact
is that they can and will before long My brother
found in PhilIipsburg a of old man,
whom the couple worked the badger game they
attempted to try Henry Bereaw. of the same
place, the story of which printed in The
Tribune -
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
RUN ON THE BANK CHECKED.
Trust Company in Stamford Enjoined from
Paying Out Funds for Ninety Days.
fnr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrspSE.I

Stamford, Conn. July f7.--The Fidelity Title and
Trust Company kept it's banking house open to-day
but the main business transacted was in the ex-
PLANTATION department The run. which had been In
progress for two days. seemed likely TO be contin-
ued to-day a large number of depcsitors from
outlying districts present when the doors were
opened. The banks officers had anticipated them
by securing injunction from Judge +. b. Hail. of
the Superior Court. which prohibits the company
paying out any of its funds for ninety days except
such are needed for ordinary running expenses.
4 copy of the order was posted in the bank IL
applied for by the directors after consultation
with the State Bank Commissioners. who are quoted
by officers of the company saying they found the
institution solvent.
Robert A. Fostick president of the trust COM
pany said this evening that the company has no
intention of discontnuing business and that the IN
junction would probably be dissolved before the
ninety days expired The directors he said, deemed
expedien yesterday to take advantage OF the rule
requiring sixty days notice of withdrawal or slVO
and upward from the savings department. He said
AS it did not seem just to our savings deposltors
continue TO meet current demands against check
accounts and require sixty days notice for with
drawal of savings accounts and in order to preserve
the and protect the depOsitors the directors
obtained the Injunction. This action was voluntary
and with the approval of the Bank Commissioners.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
SUSPECTED SUICIDE.
But Recorder Browns Doctor Could OnI
Give Heart Disease as the Cause Of Death

Pittsburg July 1T--At the inquest into the dan
OF Recorder j. o. Brown. which was resumed y
day. the Recorders physician. DR.. W. D. McKslEg
was the first witness He testified that when .
was called to visit the Recorder on March II ss
he was told that the patient had been using tri'A-
and that it believed that he was taking q
much. The doctor prescribed strychnins and a isa
tablespoOhfuIs Of brandy About O'Clock az
evening Mr.. Slack came to the ONCE Of the docol
with a box containing cyanide OF potassium y
McKelvey said that the box was obtained ara
hard struggle with Mr.. Brown.
There was enough poison in that h0x 70 AA
mule" said the doctor About 80 oeiocA HsN
day got a telephone message that Mr.. BroVn va
dying. When 1 reached the house the Recorasl y"
nearly dead We suspected after his death So
thing was wrong. ! said 70 the coroner later u -
day that believed Mr.. Brown had taken So So
thing. ard il so he had taken il himself We
leved that about o'clock he got to the oaia'''"
ard took poison
Heart failure. due TO long continued oVel -.
is the cause given in the death eertineat@
We believed TO be the most conscientious. =
We could make. and come near The truss-,s-..ss Or
Asked II he knew why the cyanide W. We - "a
McI<elvey said that Mr.. Brown told hii -
To kill some rats. -, -, s,efEs
Can you tell what caused his DEATH 'As -
was asked. ~ ~ rest
Il must say don't know he replied s,Irrs
so back TO the original statement o. & sissafng
he may have taken an overdose OF s''i'O
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
RUDDER IS LOST At SEA.
With a Drag Fishing Schooner Is Steered
1,4OO Miles to Port

Gloucester Mass, July 17-Having brought his
vessel fourteen hundred miles after losing her rud-
der Vincent Nelson, captain Of the schooner Fern
wood landed safely here to-day. By the use of a
drag made Of material found board his vessel
he steered the craft through fog and darkness
eaching here in thirteen days.
Captain Nelson was fishing on the eastern part
Of the Grand Banks when the Forhwoods rudder
broke away and was lost. He decided to make
steering apparatus and start for home. The drag
was dropped astern and operated by guys carried
over the quarter of tho vessel Two men were
stationed at each guy. The rudder towed hard and
the wind was fckle 50 that progress was slow.
Day and night all hands we're on deck. but with
out mishap the schooner turned Eastern Point to-
day and soon was berthed in this harbor.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
PURROY CLAIMS GOOD RECORD.
Report Shows Fewer Fires and Less Loss
than Under Croker.

Acting Chief Purroy has caused to he prepared
in his department a statement showing the de-
crease in the fire loss of this city in the first six
months of his administration in comparison with
the six months in 1862. during which time
Edward F Croker chief of the department.
The statement also shows large decrease in loss
for each fire. Chief Crokers figures for the Arst
six months Of 1902 were for the boroughs OF Man
haitian, The Bronx and Richmond. and show total
loss OF S2.S6iOsj. The number of fires was S1c5.
For Brooklyn and Queens for the first six months
of 1902 the loss was s1.257145 and the number of
fires was 1.6s3 making total loss for the city OF
S.l21211 with total number of Ass fires at an
average loss per fire of $500 7s
Chief PurrOys figures for the first six months of
1903 under his command g 6e6 100 loss 3415
fires. for Manhattan The Bronx and Richmond
For Brooklyn and Queens the loss was ss45.OS7 and
the number of fires 1,7S0, making total loss OF
$S,54l19'. and the total number OF fires Sis with
an average loss for fire of S6SS IS. The total de-
crease under PUrrOy for the first six months of
1893 was $5&.O14 in loss with decrease for a fire
Of $1I2 i5.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
TO PAY DUTY ON VALUE OF DIAMONDS
The Price Paid Not To Be the Basis Of
Computation.

Washington July I7.--word has reached the
Treasury Department that the Board Of General
Appraisers has advanced 10 per cent the value of
lot OF diamonds valued at something over Sl'5OVo'
imported by a firm OF Cincinnati jewellers.
The contention OF the importers was that they
had bought tic diamonds at bargain and that
the invoice correctly stated the price paid The
government however, holds that duties assessed
on the actual market value of goods imported and
that duty must be paid On that basis. There is no
appeal in a OF this kind. as under the law the
decision OF the Board of General Appraisers IS
anaI as to value. Similar advances have been made
on imported diamonds entered at Kansas City,
Minneapolis and Norfolk
An important legal question involved in these
cases is whether the government had a right to
remove the diamonds from the place at which they
were imported in order to secure expert testimony
to their value. The government has appro-
priation from which To pay the expenses of outside
experts to the port of entry and therefore in a
number of cases the diamonds have been sent to
experts in other cities under proper safeguards.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
SHOT THE CAT; WAS ARREsTED
Wealthy Haekensack Man Was Disturbsi
at Night by Pet Maltese.

Hackensack, y. J.. July Il (SpeciaD.-Waltsr Acn
erman, OF Huyler-st.. this city. owned a lIaoas
cat that was the constant companion OF the owners
mOther-in-law. Mrs Fanny Blauvelt, widow o. .
former Sheriff But Ackerman's neighbor and TN
ant John & Brooke. says the cat had bad haot
of roaming at night and disturbing his sleep.
Mr. Brooke is IN the glass bottle business r
Fulton-st., New-Yorx; is a member OF the Gentle
mems Driving Association. and Is wealthy. fas
nights ago he shot this pet cat and the morn
ing Agent Bratt, OF the Society for the Prevenuon
OF Cruelty to Animals, found the cat with It's oaz
broken. Mrs. Alderman took the cat to cat hes.
pital in New-YUrk but after "A futile atternpt g
its life the surgeon suggested chlorOfor. snt
chlerOform il got The eats death 50 worried Ars
Biauvelt that sne had stroke Of paralysis Ie-ast
Mr. Brooke arrested a warrant issued pr
Justice Heath charged with cruelty He viii haTs
hearing next Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
THINK YACHT HAS BEEN STOLEN.
H. B. Hollins's Good Hope, SloOp Rugged, Is
Missing.

Sayville. Long Island. July 1.-THE sloop yacht
Good Hope. owned by H. B. Hollins. a New York
banker and member of the Metropolitan. Union and
other NewYork clubs is missing and is believed
TO have been stolen. Mr. Hollins is in Europe and
his country home at Islip is in charge of his son
Harry.
The went sailing Tuesday with a friend
on Great South Bay in his fathers thirty-foOt
Herreshofr sloop yacht. Good Hope. There was a
high wind, and young Mr.. Hons In way ran
the yacht aground on the beach near the Blue
Point Life Saving Station. The life savers put out
to the yacht. took of Hollins and his friend and
brought them to shore. Two Islip sailors sent
after the yacht to-day 10 bring it home but they
could not find the vessel. Search was made all
over the bay. but there not a trace Of her. AS
she had her anchor out when abandoned, IL is not
thought that she drffted away.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
DO NOT ABANDON THE MISSOURI.
So Says Colonel Chittenden, Who Has Stud
led It's Condition.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. J

Sioux City, Iowa, July H-After Congress abol-
ished the Missouri River Commission a little over
year ago. and reduced the appropriation to a
mere bagatee. Colonel H. NJ Chittenden, who was
placed in charge of the entire river, promised to
make exhaustive report this year on the ad-
visibility of abandoning the work on the river.
His report was issued here yesterday, and in it
Colonel Chittenden makes vigorous protest
against abandoning the work on the river, saying
1t is moral responsibility to a great territory
which cannot be shifted by Congress reducing the
appropriation. He submits mass of valuable data
for the use of Congress- and points out how the
river should be protected. He also outlines Plah @
whereby through the annual expenditure OF SlOg,-
900 the river will be wholly within control within
hundred years
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
GOVERNOR AND SOCIETY AT ODDS.
Latter Refuses to Confirm a Reappointment
to Board of Dental Examiners
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BuNE.I

iBY TELbGRAPh To TIE TRiBUNEI
Asbury Park, July 17.-5overnor Murphy and the
New-Jersey state Dental Society at odds
whether the chief executive legally appoint
a member of the State Board of Examiners in
dentistry without first consulting the society. The
point raised this afternoon. just before the
State society adjourned its annual meeting, when
it refused to confirm the Governors reappointment
Of DR.. F. c. Barlow of Jersey City. and recom-
mended Dr. Alphonse Irwin, of Camden. instead
DR.. Barlow's term does not expire until October
but he already has been reappointed by the Gov
ernor to succeed himself
These officers elected by the State society
to-day: President, Herbert s. Sutphen, of Newark
vice president. w. G. Chase, Of Princeton; secre-
tary Charles A. Meeker. OF Newark; treasurer
Henry \: Hull of New Brunswick; executive com
mittee W w. Hawke of Pennington: T. 5. Dun
ming. of Patersony c. S. Hardy OF Summit, and
Joseph +. Dufheld, OF Camden. The society decided
to meet here again next
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
GENERAL HUGHES REPORTED ILL.
Assemblyman Said To Be in sanatorium-
Bankruptcy Proceedings.

Sandy Hill, n Y. July 17.-It reported here
to-day that General William H. Hughes, Repub-
Iican Assemblyman from Washington County and
candidate for reelection who disappeared earlier
in the week is in a sauatorium and that he had
been i'll several weeks.
This may account for General Hughes's financial
troubles. It is said he received recently an offer
$250G0 for property containing valuable slate de-
posits the product of which has increased in
twenty years from 5000 to 5000 squares year.
Mrs. Sarah Hughes his stepmother, who has a
claim against General Hughes of $i2,CO0 and other
smaller creditors have begun bankruptcy proceed
ings, and seek 20 have trustee named by the
creditors
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
NOT TO CONSIDER LAILYs PROTEST
Civil Service Commission So Inform Him
Sturgis Gives Reasons.

The Civil Service Commission has declined to
consider Deputy Chief Lally's protest against a
non-compettive examination for the position of
Chief OF the Fire Department. President ogden
in his letter to LaIly says;
The commission does not consider II possi,,a q,
accsde 10 your request that you be notified 10 at
tend the examination for promotion t1 the posi-
tion OF Chief of the Fire Department 10 which
but two persOns-Ar. Purroy and vourseir--cS,1fId "A
be candidates We do not agree With votr vieS,
that candidate who is subjected To the nhysi
cat test enters the examination and that thaf fse
snould properly be considered as part Of the ax
;inlna tlon; Even though the examination should
Ee held In accordance with your rsaussf tbs
commissioner would have the privilege of making
a selection - 'N'''e
Fire Commissioner Sturgis regarding -1apu,,,
Chief Lally's protest. said yesterday:
There are errors In the statement "a s,var
ls3S commissioner cannot in any event apponf
Mithout a Cfvl Service examination. The f,iyiI
SeISlee Jaw Teferred TO provides that the head OF
wee commission which Of the two u.eu ha dasjSss
70 nave examined in case there are less than three
elsl3lS, the Appellate Division OF the Siii,renS
court having decided that In order 10 form, - 81
sible list three candidates must ulIs nv ff -
be prepared. 'S'e "S' can
Asked as 20 his reasons for sslasting P,,rro,, II
preference 70 Laliy. NJ. Stargis said:
I selected Purroy. hrst for his great so,to-,,,,
as Deputy Chief. lie wns appOpfed q far,,t| , I.
mel on January D. lSas While Ially was onlv ap-
pointed Deputy Chief in September teGS rS,r
OF the department during temporary abse,-,a- -
Chief Bonner i-aly was never naSsi n, h,,V,
LaIly IS Feputed TO be an excellent nrsmap anS 4
90 @ Prrov Tb; sL ne IS but that Is also true
son. however for advancing I.aIlV o-sr IN ,.tie,.
VINO ~ hic senior by many years
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
SMOKED 100000 CIGARS.
Man Made This Record in Twenty Years,
and It Killed Him.

Kalamazoo. Mich July 17.--Wann G. Pattison.
OF this city is dead in his eighty-ninth year as the
result of the excessive use of tobacco His tobac-
const, from whom he bought exclusively saws
that in twelve years Mr.. Pattison smoked more
than forty-eght thousand cigars, which cost him
s4,s00 In early life he an even more con-
stant smoker than in his later years, and local
cigar men estimate that in the last twenty years
he smoked hundred thousand of his favorite
brand which would cost him $4,000
Mr.. Pattson a pioneer stage coach man of
the Middle West having esta ablished the first stage
line between st. Paul and ST. Anthony, Mimi.
along the bank OF the Mississippi River He also
established the first stage line between Grand
Rapids Mich, and this city
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
g. F. MILLER CASE ARGUED
Judge Says briggs Dre1c Salary as
Pirate Indipidudl.

Argument on the motion TO quash the indict-
ments found against George i. Miller, agent for
the Brandt-Dent Automatic Cash Register Com
pany. in connection with the payment Of money
10 ex-congressman Edmund H. briggs. was
heard by Judge Thomas in the United States
District Court in Brooklyn, yesterday. Judge
Thosnas reserved decision. He also heard argu-
rnent on the denurrers to the indictments. and
asked counsel to submit briefs before Set
:eraSer J.
Arguing on the motion to quash. Abran? I.
Rose counsel for Mr. Miller. said that his client
cid not know that Mr.. briggs had been elected
10 Congress At the time he made the contract
with him. The first, second and fourth indict-
r.ients he said were faulty in that they con-
;ained no allegations that Mr.. briggs had quail
ied as a Congressman by taking the oath OF
oflce al the time the contract made. He
H:so declared that the evidence which the
indictments were based obtained by trick,
a violation of the constitutional right OF man
not TO be witness against himself.
United States District Attorney Youngs con-
tended that briggs a member of Congress
when the money was received and that the re-
,eipt OF the money constituted the crime. The
question arose TO whether a Congressman
elect became a Congressman in fact on March
following his election when he begins to draw
salary, or not until he is sworn in at the open
ing Of the next session OF Congress. Mr.. Youngs
admitted for the sake OF argument that Mr..
but he performed official acts in drawing his
salary from March T." he added.
THAT is not an official act" replied Judge
Thomas. ''Ir. briggs drew his salary as pri-
vate individual. IL he were to draw his sal
aTy offieia,ly a Congressman he would be
obliged. under law, 10 give It back TO the gov
ernment. I am perfectly clear on that point.
draw my pay 4 private individual for
ny services as United States district judge.
but cannot draw any pay ofic ally as a judge"
On the defnurrers Mr.. Rose argued that the
statute under which the indictments were found
was unconstitutional in that 1t interferes with
the property rights of man in taking away b S
right 10 make contracts He then presented the
argument, put forth last week In behalf Of ex-
Congressman briggs. that the crime, If there
was one. was outlawed. as IL had been com
pieted In May. 1900, when the notes had been
given 10 Mr. briggs
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
CHILIAN SAILORS ARRESTED.
Captain Of Transport Raneagua Charges
Them With Desertion.
TRT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIsuNzI

Norfolk Va. July 11-Eighteen members OF ths
crew of the ChIhan transport Rancagua were ar
rested tonight on warrants sworn out By Capcin
sorrensen. of the vessel. charging them with DE-
sertiOn- Their cOa~Uct was regarded muti1Ous
but the captain wanted the men held as desertsrs.
The men came ashore and refused return 70 the
vessel. alleging that they were continually fed q
salt meat, and that the water was impure. IN
captain went before a magistrate and syvore out A
warrant for each man. he alleges that the msr
refused to work. and he applied 20 the Chi1f
Vice-COnSul for advice. The arrests followed
The Rancagua is a Chilian Iroopship. She 3
loading coal at LambeTt's Point. She was fornsrF
the Idaho. of the Atlantic Transport Company.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
JOSIAH HENRY BAKER DEAD.

Jusah Henry Baker receiver fer the Hote,
Brunswick, died yesterday at his home No. 129
West Bleventh-st The funeral will be private.
The burial will be in the family ple at Greenwood
Mr. Baker YVES born on July 10, 1872, in Water
town. His father. Josiah w. Baker. moved to this
city several years later. and a commissioner
for the Creten Dam. and fer many years president
OF the Park Fire Insurance Company. Mr.. Baker
was connected at various times With A. T. Stewart
& Co and Henry Zahn Co., and he was recently
appointed receiver for the Hotel Brunswick. He
was member of the Marble Collegiate Church
He leaves a widow and three daughters.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
FRAUD CHARGE IN MINE DEAL.

san Francisco, July I'm. F. Campbell, of New
York. has brought suit in the United States Cir
cult Court against Howard G. Hough and the
Lynde-Hough Company for order restraining
the defendants from disposing Of mining properties
Campbell declares that he was the owner of valua-
lle mines iR SiSkiYou County, and gave HouRh
power OF attorney TO sell them for 100000. He al
ieges that Hough executed mortgage on the prop
erty for $1,000 TO secure a prOmissory note. Camp
bell charges that the transaction fraudulent
and asks that his interests be protected.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-18
HURT IN TROLLEY CR1S1,
-Four Seriously Injured and Nan,
Bruised ip PrOUideuce

Providence. July 1I--An express trolley -.
ran into passenger electric car this aftsrpo0r
Four persons were hurt and thirty-ave g,ver J.
bad shaking up The injured were:
CovILL. George H.. mot6rman: sewers lniuzi,, =.
FITZGERALD Charles A. injuries 70 hack
FIsATT William c.; face bruised.
VEsTA. Mrs. J. c.; injuries to hack ana side
An Auburn and Eden Park car had x.o,..
at Hempstead-st. and Elmwood-ave.. whsr -
express car. heavily loaded crashed into !. -N'
behind. - keon
The accident happened on a straight track
on up grade. and