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New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
THROWS AWAY MONEY.
Crozcd IN Broad7oay Scrambles for
COins-Man Arrested.

John Walsh, Of Chicago, who is staying at the
Hotel Imperial. locked up in the West Thr-
tieth-st. station last evening charge of dsor-
der1y conduct The complainant against him is
Policeman Tart Of the Tenderloin station, who
alleges that Walsh created disturbance at Thir-
ty-second-st. and Broadway by throwing money
away.
Tart was attracted by crowd, in the centre of
which a surging mass of newsboys and boot
blacks, who seemed to be fighting for something.
Then Tart hand go up in the air and a
shower of coins fell among the crowd of boys.
The policeman says ne Walsh in the act of
throwing another handful Of coin among the bows
About five hundred people had gathered in the
neighborhood and traffic blocked Tart told
Walsh TO move on" but he says the man refused
to do so. and told Tart he had right to give away
money if he pleased. Tart gave him a second warn
ing, which was not needed, and then Walsh was
arrested.
Walsh, who was well dressed, but appeared to
have been drinking, said station that he
got so bill changed into nickels dimes and ouar
ters ana was having some fun with the bows He
old not think he was doing any harm in giving
honey away. but was locked up.
AT the station Walsh declared he was nor
Sonal fr1end or eN-Police Commissioner -.E3arnsy-"
york and asked that York be informed of bis mr.:
meant no harm and liked to see the bows scramble
LOT the money. He told that after ne had
taken little Sleep he would be allowed 10 send
for a bondsman. - 0A
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
FEAR CROPS WILL FAIL.
Truck Gardeners Especially Tall Of
Gloomy Conditions.

The weather has heen so dry for nearly q
month that market gardeners all around TINS
city are beginning to fear the crops VIII IAN
For nearly month there has been extremely
l.ttle rain. and the soil is dried UP and parcheo'
the lawns are sere. and plants and shrubs are
backward. and wilted. Seeds have not come up
an6 many that did sprout have been killed pS
the hot sun. Farmers. seeing no chance OF an
early crop. have put in fresh seeds. hoping the
rain VIII fall in time TO raise some sweet co''''
tomatoes and la tie vegetables
Long Island truck garden men are IN oesldh-
They saw peas came UP well and thrived carry
last month, but are dying for lack OF water
Potatoes and corn are also sadly in neea OF
moisture The same complaint comes from the
snau farmers in New-5ersey tributary TO 'f's
market Strawberries are greatly in neeo OF
drink. and unless the raspberry and biackperiE
bushes get good drenching sooD there may
not be fruit enough 10 pay Tor the ploAliis-
Even the foliage the trees is showing me e'-
feet OF the drouth. The leaves are srnali an"
psnobed. and many trees are almost as bare as
IN winter All they need. though. is gooo'
brisk shower unfold the bursting puos anu
cover the branches with green
In RrookIvn housewives are keeping little
backwards looking fairly fresh by watering the
nisnts daily There is great call for spriiih-
ling pots They are seen everywhere since Inc
ordinance went into effect prohibiting the "se
Of hose without a meter. From Bay Roge'
Bath Beach and all around that district comes
the same story-no rain, no garden. the spr1iih-
ler and the pail and dipper are in great demand
blyt lust the same. the beans. beets. cucumoers
and the flowers are crying for a few drops OF
water
The parks also show the marks OF oryiless'
The lawrs are yellow and dying, and many
shrubs that should be in full flower now have
very few blossoms. II the drouth lasts fnacn
longer it is feared the insects will get the up
per hand and strip the elms and the naples OF
what foliage they have
According to the record at the Weather bu-
reau. the last rain in April fell on the Ifth.
On Nav 3. 4 and there were little drizzles'
hut they barely wet the surface OF the ground.
They did some good however, but not q drop
has fallen since.
The rainfall in March and April was belo"
normal Last month 2.SS inches fell. against
2 II q wear ago The normal is 33S inches In
March the fall was 365 inches. against 4.o<
inches the same month in lso- Inc average LoI
that month is about 399. Last February the
fall was 3.S3 inches $50 being normal May OF
last year was dry. there being only LZo lncheS'
while the normal rainfall for the month Is o,Io:
Nav of this year TO date has rainfall OF o-lo
inches The weather reports do not lnolcdle
any change in the next twenty-fOur hours Bu-
reau reports show that the dry spell extends
over q district within fifty miles of this city
Except for a few light showers, here ana tneIe'
sf really extends over a much larger area. There
nse been little rain in Ohio and Western New
York
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
CHINESE PLAY FOR JEWS.
Sum Raised for Massacre SarU1Oors
-Leung Kai Chc1c attends.

The Chinese theatre in Doyer-st gave a pehelt'
last night for the Hebrew survivors OF the mas
sacre in Russia Three performances were gwen
that is the place was filled three times, ana II
was estimated that the net proceeds would reach
$500 Chinese Hebrews and everybody eies "''
The actors gave their eerslceS-
One Chinaman said the benefit was given 10 6ho"
syr,r,a thy for the oppressed people Inc CHliiess
he said knew little about tyranny and inJGsuce'
and felt like trying to soften a bit the sorrows
of others He denied that the Russian ponc! Al
Manchuria had anything to do with the allalf
Thousands of Jews he added lived in emma ih"iiS
fn the northern part. They were tribe OF tileih
eeIves who lived there hundreds Of years NO one
knew where they came from. but they We're sup
nosad 10 be the lost tribe of Shem- lie SAID tilt9
vas the title Of the play. It went ON seelliins''
without end with the prince in the pIue tullic'
the warrior In his fantastic coat OF mail ana tne
rr,ncess and maids by women impersonators
The benefit was arranged by j. A siiis4e'1I-
rres,dent of the Chinese Empire Reform Assocla
zion. Chu Chu Dek Foon and tdWafd IieSei
I.eung Kai Chew. who saved his head py hee1iie
from the wrath of the Empress Dowager because
he advocated reform after the war VIII VIZ;
Japan, arrived from Montreal, anu oeiieIA "
cotntrvnnen with little speech - -. No 81
Mr. Singleton gave dinner after"aFu at rrhc1io ~
r1eIIst for Nine Bertha Kalish. OF the 1IL4Iia It
Theatre Among the guests were NarqSn lNn y a..
~ 49, err of the Tombs and Mrs Van De Carr
ord L f Pang secretary of the Cnlnese E1iil,Io
Reform Association. In speaking OF the eiS
tHrrDre reform Association. Mr; Singleton saiu ~
that its purpose to bring ABOUT IautniiS @ 1a g
Sttina on somewhat similar lines as reform W<ts
brought about within the last twenty-five S
in Japan.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
WEST POINT CADETS AT THE MUSEUM

The class of - at the West Point Military
gcadenv arrived in this city Yesterday morning TO
[erend the DAY The Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
There were 70 members the class present in
Ioornr.and Of Colonel Charles Larned, professor OF
|drsv1ng at the academy. and four other officers.
The cadets came down the West Shore Rail
road and reached the museum just the doors
were opened They had catalogues OF the museum
land picked out subjects on which to write theses
latter the return the academy Colonel Larned,
Iin speaking Of the trip. said that it educa-
Ifional one, with Of social than q military
Isspect. The policy Of Colonel Mills, comHsndant
Ist the academy, very liberal. and he allowed
tine cadets much latitude possible. Colonel
Harmed expressed the hope that the trips would be
Isnnusl affairs hereafter
The course in drawing at the academy Colonel
IIsarned said. rigorous. This particularly
$50 architectural building drawing In this mat
Iter the cacefs were instructed to select de-
Ieisn snS write sness it. They were also or
IcereG examine the OF ancient Greece and
Ifhe Italian school. both male and female rf the
nude, write thesis those STYLES of sculpt-
lure lie explained that some OF the young men
Icsme from districts where there was really no
actual work Of SIT TO be seen. and IL neces-
bar for them TO visit museum of prominence
tThe class had luncheon in the restaurant in the
Basement OF the museum and left the at 3
O'Clock 20 catch the O'Clock train for West Point.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
COMMERCIAL CABLE ANNEX.
New Building May Have Twentyeight Sto-
ries-Another Flatiron Building Possible

The details Of two interesting realty deals were
learned Yesterday. One that the directors Of
the Commercial Gable Building Company, owners
of the Commercial Gable Building, which adjoins
the Stock Exchange the north, had decided to
build an annex 1t will stand on the A6ee plot,
which the company bought some months ago. The
plot is Nos. % and "a Newest, and Nos. 65 and
O. Exchange place. 1t has d frontage OF 302 feet
in New-st and OF IS feet in Exchange Place. The
height of the has not been definitely settled.
It may be twenty-three stories high. the
height the main building, or tive more stories
nay be added to the main building and the annex
made twenty-eight stories.
At the apex of the triangular plot formed 10y
Centre New Elm Duane and Pearl SITS. twenty
one story building Is be built. The architecture
and shape of the building, it is said. will be
somewhat similar those of the Flatiron Build
ing at Twenty third-st. and Fifth-ave. The plot
has been sold by the estate of Judge Hilton to
c. Disdrich knahe. president of the Con-
s,Imers' Brewing Company. Plans for the building
have been drawn by Max Muller. architect. The
plot has a frontage OF 100 feet in Centfe-St, %
feet in New Film and line of 80 feet.
on July ! the work Of building n large office
aud store building the Speliman plot at New
trhaubers-st and Park Row will be begun. II is
said that the plans for the fatiron and Spell
man buildings indicate that many plots north of
the Brooklyn Bridge and east of Broadway
likely 10 be built in the future.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
MADE PRESIDENT OF CHEMICAL.
William II. Porter Succeeds the Late George
G. Williams

AT a special meeting Of the directors OF the Chem-
ical National Bank yesterday William H Porter
,ice-presdent the bank, elected president TO
fiji the vacancy caused by the death Of George G.
Williams. The directors also passd appropriate
resolutions regarding the death OF Mr. Williams
Mr. Porter was born Middlebury. Vt, on jan
nary 8 1851. and educated in the schools or
that town and Saratoga Springs. n Y On leav-
ing school he came 10 this city and, after short
I,eriod Of service in railway office became a
1unjo- clerk in the Fifth Avenue Bank, the train
ing school of bankers" He remained with the
Fifth Avenue Bank for eight years. leaving 1t IN
1856 10 become cashier of the Chase National Bank
He was vice-prcsident Of that bank when in De
cenaber. 1895. elected vice-president OF the
Chemical Mr.. Porter is director Of the Bankers
Trust Company. the American Cotton Company,
The Tro2 Directory Printing and Bookblndlng Com
many. the II. ". Johns-Manvile Company. the
John Stephenson Company. the United States Life
4 Insurance Company and D. Appleton & Co, and a
trustee Of the Franklin Savings Bank he Is also
g member Of the Metropolitan. Union League. Re
publican, Transportation and New York Athletic
clubs the Larchmont and Atlantic Yacht clubs. the
New England Society and the American Geograph-
! Seal Snrierv
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
SAYS BOILERS SPOIL WINE.
Osborne, for Warehouse Company, Asks for
Injunction Against Realty Company.

Justice O'Gorman was asked yesterday by ek-As-
sistant District Attorney James w Osborne. coun-
sci for the Bowling Green Warehouse Company, to
grant an injunction pendente lite restraining the
Battery Place Realty Company from maintaining
IN ITS new twenty story building in Whitehall-st.
number of boilers which IL is alleged. working
serious injury property stored in the premises OF
the plaintiff.
Mr.. Osborne said that $4,000 worth of
champaEnes and other wines had to be removed
from the stores Of the warehouse company because
the boilers used to run the elevators and supply
heat light and water to the realty company s
building had been placed right against the dividing
and the from the boilers had Increased the
temperature in the wine cellars Of the plaintiff
company from the normal figure OF 80 degrees to
gestion had been made to remove the boilers back
about nine inches from the partition wall,
which would remedy the annoy complained OF
and would not cost more than 5000 s7,GD0.
Julien T Davies OF Davies. Stone & Auerbach.
in opposing the motion said this would be mpos
the elevators would have 10 be put out OF commits
sion and the heat and water and lighting shut OF
This would cause the tenants not only leave. but
also commence suits against the realty
pany. Mr. Davies said his clients had offered TO
put in cork wall in the plaintiffs cellars which
would remedy the grievance complained %. but the
offer declined
Mr. Osborne said the United States Government
would not allow this be done. and the fire in
companies would not insure the premises
II such a wall constructed Justice OGorman
Reserved his decision
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
NEGRO EXHIBITS PAINTINGS.
Not Able to Continue Studying at Art Stu
dents League-Landscape and Portraits

Sam o. Collins negro, who makes living By
attending to furnaces and washing windows, gave
exhibition yesterday Of his Skill as an artist
at his home. No II Gay-st lie is about twenty
four years old. and lived in Washington. where
he painted several years. before coming here In
the capital he has several pictures exhibited at
shows OF the Society of Washington Artists. Yes
terday he exhibited about thirty landscapes. sew
eral portraits and ten drawings from the antique
Collins has found a friend in Fl. SiddOns Now
bray. the artist, at whose suggestion he sought
and obtained tuition at the Art Students League OF
New-York. after studying three years at Cooper
Union. He discontinued his studies at the league
several months ago. he could not afford TO pay
the tuition NJ. Mowbray is now in Rome. Most
of landscapes exhibition yesterday were in
spired by Southern scenes and were partly painted
from nature and partly from sketches The eX-
hibition will last four days more Collins expects
TO exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition
In the same thirty examples OF the
work in design by Eliza Hawkins. a c2lored woH-
who studied eight years at Cooper mon, were
shown. They comprised designs for book covers;
wallpaper! laces and cretonnes and architectural
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
GUILTY OF SELLING LOTTERY TICKETS.
East Slider Fined S500-Judge Says He Got
Off Light

Scholom Goldberg, dealer in lotteries, Of No. 222
Henry-st.. when placed on trial in the Court Of
Special Sessions yesterday. charged with selling
lottery tickets. pleaded guilty. and the justices OF
the court imposed a fine of $500. with the alter
native Of serving thirty days in Jail Goldberg paid
his fine.
The complainant against Goldberg Murray
ManviIle = clerk of No 500 West One-hundred-
and-forty third-st. In the hearing on the appllca-
tjon for e. warrant Manvilie testified that he had
purchased lottery tickets recently. for the
Louisiana lottery which he declared entitled him
TO win SIS oco the first prize He did not win on
Aprfl ? last Manville bought number OF tickets
from Goldberg Manviile then took the case TO the
District Attorneys Office. and Deputy Assistant
District Attorney Kresel prosecuted the case.
Justice Wyatt IN imposing sentence said IT was
Hight one but that the full extent of the law
would be dealt another offender of the law
IL e caught
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
MONTREAL STRIKE NEAR END.
Terms Which VIII Probably Be Accepted by
Longshoremen.

Montreal May 1.-THE Iongshorernen's strike
was practically settled late tonight at confer
ence of the strike leaders and the shipping men
The basis Of settlement drawn up to be sub
mitted the strikers tomorrow morning 1t IS
fulIy expected they will accept it. and in this
shippers will agree also Following is the
basis of settlement:
Union non-uniOn men not 10 be Disseminated
against by forencn.
Men secure the right to wear union buttons
Workmen rncIestiDg others 10 De discharged
whether union Eou-uEion-
Employers retain right to employ men according
to merit.
Union leaders viii not be permitted to visit men
working
Old employees to receive first consideration.
Representatives Of to have right TO submit
grievances before steamship companies
Increased scale of wages agreed upon previously
Agreement to be for the year OF 1905
Abolition Of independent labor bureaus.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
COL. {. ". U4TSON HERE.
He VII Select q Sitf for British
Building at st. I.OuIs-

Colonel e. NJ Watson, {. &. X. VI. G.. secretary
of the Royal British Commission To the 81 Louis
Exposition. arrived in New-York yesterday ON the
Ivernia. He met by Lieutenant Godfrey L.
Cardin. of the exposition machinery department
Colonel Watson g officer OF the engineer corps
of the British army, and secretary to the
British Commission to the Paris Exposition Inc
present commission OF which he is secretary con-
siss Of thirty-seyen members. It Is headed by the
Prince of Wales. and was selected. il Is said, by
King Edward himself.
Colonel Watson comes TO the United states TO
select the site for the British Government Build
ing a the exposition. lie will also consult the
chiefs of the various departments He talked with
Thomas NJ. Moore. chief Of the machinery depart
ment. yesterday. regarding the display or British
machinery. which is to be fine. There will be TO
grouping OF machinery by nations at tie eXpcsl-
ton, but an harmonious arrangement of the whole
Colonel Watson Will be able assure British man
ufacturers that they still in time TO be taken
OF.
In the power plant the British exhibits will be
striking in character. Colonel Watson VIII tSeer-
tain if exhibits of this class can be taken
He left here for St. Louis Inst evening On the
Lake Shore Limited and viii return TO Europe on
the Etrrria
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY MEETING.
About $4,000 Spent Last Year-Trustees
Elected

The Society for Ethical Culture had us aii4u ,
meeting last night. at No. l0s west flltS -Iou III
St John D. Lange presided The following trus-
tees were elected: Julius J. Frank, Robert u
Kohn. Alfred r. Wolff Joseph Hamershlag' Henry
A 10th and John ". Martin.
The report Of the treasurer Z. BerroIzhelnler'
showed that the current expenses OF the society
proper for last year were about $1,000, whhe the
school cost 10000 the Young Mems Institute
500 600 and other affiliated bodies well on to $3o""
IN all about $4,000 The school would cost some
sI5 900 more rext year and altogether 1t was eX-
pscted that the total expenses for next year would
be about $4,000. These figures applied merely TO
current expenses. On the building. in cen
trail Park West there had already been expended
for land and construction. sf71 co. and there yet
remained 10 be expended some S79,0O or winch
$751; was still TO be provided for.
The report of the chairman OF the board o! trus-
tees John D. Lange, showed that the work was was
IN he considerably extended next year particularly
in the school, which had about 800 pupils
Several new teachers would be added TO the STAN
A resolution was passed providing Tor the ap-
pointment Of a committee TO secure new members
Professor Felix Adler spoke in favor of this reso
luton.
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
NcoNTEsT AT A BROOKLYN CLUB.
Two Candidates for Vice-President of Union
League-Some Feeling.

There will contest at the annual election
Of officers Of the Union League Club OF Brooklyn,
tomorrow night, which will somewhat mar the
harmony OF the meeting. The trouble which has
resulted in the placing OF Marshal T. Davidson
IN tie field FOR president. in opposition to
Almet r. Latson, the regular nominee is entirely
personal but some Of the members fear that IL
ne opposition should win it might result two
permanent factions
when the meeting of the club held for the
nomination OF officers the names OF Almet X.
I,afson lawyer. and Robert Carlton were pro
rosed The latter asked permission withdTa "
his name and desired tho secretary 10 cast one
xote for Mr.. I-atson. The latter said that such
procedure required unanimous consert, and he OBJ
7eeted On a vote Mr.. Latson was nominated by
: big ma iority. Mr. Cartons friends were an
novel because they believed that Mr.. Latson knew
he would win anyway and wanted the satisfaction
Of a victory. Fer this reason they decided TO
nominate Nr. Davidson opposition candidate
Mr.. Lstson will discuss the situation but his
friends say that his only motive for acting as lie
die was 20 permit Nr. Carlton To win in case he
colIid command the necessary votes
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
FEAR JUSTICE WOULD Be DEFEATED.
Kentucky Officials Do Not Want Jett Tried
Where Narcun Was Murdered.

Lexington Ky Nay u.-Sirce the arrest yes
terday OF Curtis Jett, charged with the murder -
J. B. Marcurn a grave p-oolem couf-on,s che pros
ecution TO solve which may require special session
Of the legislature Under the law Jett would o@
taken TO Jackson. the OF the crime for trial
unless ne requested trial elsewhere. re has
asked to go 20 Jackson
If he goes there il is conterded that TIRE fssIirz
is such that Justice would be defsa Ted \ move
rnent is on foot TO delay the removal Of Jett -
Jackson until il is ascertaned what steps can p
ken 70 avoid II under the law. II the law Offers
no relief u is said here that tne Governor viii hs
asked 10 call special session OF the legislature to
change the law
New-York tribune., 1903-05-12
GITES DEAD DOGS LIFE.
This Is What DR.. Il. {. X emD Says
He Does.
MANIPULATES HEART AND LUNGS

AZ the monthly meeting of the surgical section
of the New-York Academy of Medicine. held last
night DR. Robert Coleman Kemp described eN-
r,erireuts in which he had by massage OF the
heart and artificial respiration, brought dog psch
70 life thirteen minutes after the heart had cedsS"
to beat The dog he said. survived t"ent! -io"'
hours The first death Of the dog hsd oeeh
caused hy chloroform poisoning, and DR. Kemp at
the meeting last night expressed the cohVicuoi
that the operation. which consists in opening up
the chest between two ribs and exposing the heart
10 the manipulation, the same tirne lhouelrs
artificial respiration by special mechanism VIII
be valuable as Il resort in cases 81 anseS'he"c
poisoning drowning and still births.
other surgeons present at the meeting. some OF
whom had witnessed DR.. kemps experiments IN
the physiological laboratory of the Coiege OF
PHYSICIANS and Surgeons which have been going
on for nearly years, almost without excep-
tion admitted the value of his investigation DIR.
Allen NJ Thomas doubted If the human heart
vrould stand the shock of such treatment, but the
only other criticisms minor points OF tech
niorle Dr. Robert T. Morris said he thought that
the heart could be reached more conveniently
from the abdominal cavity than from the ches'' ou'
DIR. Kenp's rejoinder that only two fingers were
,aaded in uassaging the heart, favoraby re-
ceved by the large audience OF surgeons anu i, PrU
fessors Of surgery present gathered IaSI eStIhns
at the meeting in the association nome No IL
Dr Kemn who lives at No. 1O7 East Fifty y-sev-
enth-st is graduate of the College OF Physlclahs
80 SURGEONS member of the American ana
%ers-Yorl< state Medical Associations, the Acade-
nv, Of Nedicine of the County Society, the Society
of the Alumni of Roosevelt HosPltal, ana ne oh o1 oe
dnctinfr his experiments in this line for some
time and has used up large number OF doss,
80 10 he due in a great degree to his improved
mechanism to induce artificial respiration.