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New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
JEROME AND BRANN TILT.
The E@-Nagistrate Puts Himself
A6oUe" District attorney.

Sam" Parks and Timothy Mccarthy. delegates
or the Housesmiths and Bridgemens S Union were
held in $500 bail each for trial by Magistrate
Omnnen. In the Tombs police court, yesterday on a
charge Of assault preferred against them by Peter
ONeil, plasterer and member OF the Plasterers
Union, of No. 77S East Observation-Disclosures
ond-st EX-Adag gistrate Brann who appeared as
counsel for the prisoners. and District Attorney
jerome had two or three lively tits, in which re-
marks Of an uncczaPaimentary nature were ex-
changed Mr.. Brann was examining a witness and
the District Attorney objected to of the ques-
tons
Il will take few lessons from you" said Brann
to Jerome. sarcastically.
You could learn great deal from a good
many subjects" retorted the District Attorney.
1t was when District Attorney Jerome asked that
the papers in the case be TO the court OF
Special Sessions yesterday, that the accused men
could plead to-day. that the most serious breach
Of etiquette took place
This is most unusual request for District At
torney to make" said Brann. "In fact the manner
IN which the District Attorney has handled the
cases against my clients, both in this and IN
the matter Of the indictments, has been most un-
usual In the first place, when the charges Of eX-
toruon were first made the District Attorney took
an active interest most unusual interest, in the
case. Then all of a sudden he said that unless he
secured as witness Mr.. Hatfield the testimony
withdrew from the case and allowed The matter to
be taken up by Assistant District Attorney Rand.
VT ga tnel6 was not secured. but on the eStlInohy
Whicn the District Attorney had said was Of no use
was OBTAINED from the grtIlu jury
-, When enter into any argument" answered
DistFiet s Att9rney jerome Il assume l am arguing
and will the the trouble of listening TO
any long harangue-"
Brann's face flushed. and he spoke out angrily:
i DO not think ! have to get any certificate or
character from District Attorney Jerome l con-
Slder myself on a level with him-yes. and above
him in every respect"
This ended the argument and the court decided
that the papers in the should go TO the Court
or Special Sessions yesterday AS is generally the
case IN assault cases the papers do not go to Spe-
'flai & sessions until the day following that on which
generally take place until two three days after
In this case the pleading will be held to-day.
No defence put in
O'Neil alleges that Parks called him a foul name
ana struck him Mccarthy. he said, also struck
him THOMAS Monahan, also a member of the Plas-
terers' Union, testified that he in the saloon,
ana said he was so impressed by the brutality of
the assault on O'Neil that he knocked Parks down,
and also struck Mccarthy
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30

several lines hi0si0SS aio"s 'leSe
The The corn crop of the country is susceptibIe of
man oT Corn is not perfect ration for
, ne kes II the most desirable Of cereals we are
~ niIolzng and selecting for the purpose of mar
time 80" AZ - al Ihe pres
~ " are also looking over the world for plants
EIo ESuIIlaole 10 our new island possessions so as to
Leu @ those peoples toward producing everything
& we require from tropical countries and are having
Speaking again Of cotton. there is a boil worm
InaI m mas INVADED the State of Texas from Mexico
~ destroyed hatf q million bales last wear and
VIII fear. destroy more this year We are busIv
tsheaeed giving the people Of that State object
lessons in methods Of management. hv which they
can grow crops independent Of the pest.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
PRESIDENT PARDoNS A FILIPINO.
Villamor Was Once Sentenced To Be Hanged
for Murder.

Washington. July @.-President Roosevelt has
pardoned Emilio villamor. prominent Filipino who
in December 1900. was sentenced TO be hanged for
murder. This sentence was afterward comnuted TO
ten years Imprisonment Villamor was q member
OF an insurgent band operating IN Luzon. They
captured Marcelo Gadung, a native corporal Of
police, who also acted spy for the American
army and this fact was generally known On one
occasion while within the enemy's lines he was
captured tried by courtmartal for being spy
convicted and shot villamor officer Of the
insurgent army, and was on the courtmartial that
tried and sentenced Gadung. 1t was for this that
Vulauor was tried and sentenced. He has served q
term OF nearly three years. His pardon was recon-
rnended by army officers and the Secretary Of War
on the ground that his offence really political
and that he was entitled to q pardon under the
amnesty proclamation Of July l. 1902 The President
has approved Lnls recommendation.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
SHEPARD CASE STILL PENDING.

A. B. Morrison counsel for Elliott F. Shepard
declined yesterday to discuss the report that Mrs
Shepard had reopeaed the suit brought over a year
ago against her husband for a divorce. Franklin
Bartlett, who appointed referee OF the case.
said the original matter still pending
before him, and that he had read only few OF the
papers and had either OF the parties for
long time. Al the Hotel Netherland il was learned
that Mr.. Shepard Had been staying there up to
July IS but was now on Long Island Mrs Shep
ard is in Paris
Elliott F Shepard is the grandson OF the late
William H Vanderbilt, and MS wife was Esther
Virgins Potter, the daughter Of a Long Island
merchant. resident Of GreenporL II was generally
believed that the Shepards had made up their dIf-
ferences and that the divorce proceedings had been
stopped.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
DEMOCRATS HONOR REPUBLICAN.
Presides at Their Mass Meeting and Is Colo
mel on Governors staff.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

TBY TELEGNAPH 10 TIE IkIbJNE.I
Augusta Ga July 29.-ColOnel D. B. Dyer, Of this
city who enjoys the distinction Of being the only
Republican colonel on the staff Of Southern Gov
ernor now bears the added honor of having pre-
sided at e Democratic mass meeting called for the
purpose Of doing away with the use of money In
Democratic primaries. The Democratic primary
is the real election. the legal election being only
in the nature of a condrmatio of the choice ex-
pressed at the primary.
Colonel Dyer is a lifelong Republican, having
irnbibed the principles Of that party in the West
where he lived before moving here. He Is foreman
Of the grand Jury Of Richmond County, which
called attention the wholesale use Of money IN
elections here, and unanimously elected chalE
man of the mass meeting, which passed resolutions
denouncing such practices, and agreeing 10 W1ln-
draw support from any man attempting them
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
HERMAN's CONTRACT SIGNED.
Arrangements for Printing Money Order
Blanks Completed.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Acting Postmaster General
Wynne to-day signed the contract of Paul Herman
OF Rutherford. n. j., to furnish the money order
forms to the government for the next four years.
The first forms are be supplied, under the new
contract. September 4 The signature OF the
final papers ends che fight the old contractors-the
Wynkoop- Hallen beck-Cra wford Company, Of New
York-have been waging ever since the award was
made 10 Herman former employe OF that com
pany. Herman has met all the requirements OF
the government and has given bond OF S5o0gO
a Z order has been issued to the Wynkoop com
ny to relinquish to the contractor the steel
plates from which, under the contract, the stone
dates required 10 be made for printing the
forms. The steel plates are the property of the
government
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30

in Cambridge and its vicinity. The disturbance
was recorded by instruments at the Harvard
University Observatory. The time at which the
explosion occurred thus recorded at nine
hours six minutes and two seconds, Eastern
time, with an uncertainty of not more than two
seconds. Similar observations elsewhere, il is
thought may furnish valuable information re-
gardiug the velocity OF the conclusion
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
A womAN's SENTENCE COMMITTED.

Washington. July 2s.-Presdent Roosevelt has
corumuted the sentence of Lucy Smith white
woman, convicted in the Western District Of Vir-
ginia last May OF selling moonshine whiskey with
out a license, and sentenced to pay g fine OF 500
and to serve six months in prison. The United
States Attorney recommended Communication OF the
sentence on the ground that the woman was the
r,otbAr Of five children and was ignorant OF the
~ tIlre of the offence she had committed that the
chil6ren were dependent on her and were desti-
tire The sentence was conmuted TO expire on
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
COLLISION DUE TO CROWDED HARBoR

Washington July 2e-The naval board which in
vestigated the recent collision in Newport Harbor
between the torpedo boat Winslow and the yacnt
Clytie has reported to the Navy Department that
the accident was caused by the crowded condition
of the harbor and that the commander Of the tor
pedo boat was obliged to choose between grounding
his vessel and striking the Clytie The government
will pay the damages No further proceedings are
recommended
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
UNION GARMENTS WILL GO UP.

Chicago. July 29.-The price OF overaIls, jumpers
and other cotton garments for workiugmen will
be advanced sharply all over the country. accord
ing to T A White Of Scranton. Penn. secretary
of the Union Made Garment Makers Association
in convention here The association includes nearly
all the makers using the union label.
The advance must be considered due TO the IN
crease in the price of fabrics said Mr.. White
THE union buy most of our goods. and will
obtain them even if the cost is greater"
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
TROUBLE ON THE 1sTHMUs ENDED.
General Castro Takes Command of ColOm-
bian Government Troops.

Washington. July 29.-Consul General Gudger. at
Panama, has made the following report by cable
under yesterdays date. of the termination of the
disturbance on the Isthmus caused by the erratic
action Of General Cobos:
General Castro arrived this afternoon and took
command of troops. fully sustaining the govern
ment. Commander-in-chief is 10 leave the depart
ment.
The last statement is supposed TO refer to Cen
eraI Cobos.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
NO MORE INDICTMENTS FOUND.
Washington Grand Jury Examining Wit
uesses in the Case of Beavers.

Washington July 29.-Ihe Federal grand jury
here resumed Its consideration of postal cases to-
day. but did not report the expected Indictments.
Assistant District Attorney Taggart was uncertain
when the jury would report 1t is known that there
is at least one witness who is to be examined re-
garding matters concerning George W. Beavers.
already under Indictment in Brooklyn on account
Of his alleged connection with the purchase Of
postal supplies
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
CHINESE EXCLUSION RULES CHANGED
Entry of Those Not Attempting to Evade
the Law Made Easy.

Washington. July 2s.-Taking note of the crit-
cisrns that have been passed at home and abroad
the applca Of the Chinese Exclusion laws the
incoming Of Chinese who to set up the Chinese
exhibit at the st Louis Exposition. the President
has directed & considerable change in the existing
rules The amended rules are IN press. and 1t
is said that they will make the entry of Chinese
who attempting 70 evade the Exclusion laws
easy. The Chinese Minister here has expressed his
satisfaction with the changes
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
CONFESSES YEAR OLD MURDER.
Man Arrested in Richmond Acknowledges
Crime in Spring Valley, N. Y

Richmond Va, July 29-Harmon Truman Coates
who was committed to jail here for ten days for
drunkenness and who has been wandering in the
South for than year. has confessed to the
police that he is a murderer. The crime. according
TO his confession committed at Spring Valley,
N Y. on May 19 1902, and the victim Louis
Hull Of that town. A dispatch from Spring Valley
received to-day confirms the story Coates says tnat
he born in Paterson, N J. He posed as an UNI
brella mender while He has also given 10 the
police the names Of gangs OF posuofice thieves with
whose operations he was familiar.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
TO MEET At FORT FISHER.
Federal and Confederate Veterans Will Have
Reunion There:
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE!

Norfolk Va. July 2s.-Fort Fisher is the place
selected for the reunion Of the survivors Of the
Blue and the Gray on August l. At this meeting
which will be presided by Colonel William
Lamb. the commander of Fort Fisher at the time
Of the battle there plans will be formulated for the
conversion Of the old fort into a government res
ervation
Rear Admiral Robey D. Evans is greatly inter
ested in the plan to perpetuate the daring OF Doth
North and South IN a permanent form.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
NEW FERRY TO posss FERRY.

The town OF Palisades is excited over the fact
that there is TO be ferry line from there TO DObos
Ferry. Everybody is talking about II. and the
thusiasm has spread TO the surrounding vii
lagos. Several prominent men. among whom are
Carl Sotschsck Frederick Wahrenberger. Samuel
Brown. ]. A Zibell and W. Il Brewer. are DIS
cussing the question OF obtaining charter 70 run
the line At Dobbs Ferry IL is intended 10 connect
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
WILL NOT RETURN DANISH WOMAN

San Francisco. July 2s.-Johanna Mueller. the
bookkeeper in a Copenhagen bank who eloped with
julius Anton Jorgensen, cashier Of the insti-
tuition. who is about to be sent back TO Denmark
on q charge of enbezZlement, has been released
from custody by United States Marshal Shine. OF
orders from Attorney General Knox. She will not
be sent back To Denmark. as she is in no way
ed viii
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
AcrREss coMMITs suIclpE.

Chicago July 29,-AIiss Anna Poston. actress,
tvxenty-four years old. shot and killed herself to-
day in her room in the Inter-Ocean Hotel Mss
Sally Price, her roommate, said that Miss PostOn
had been grieving over something for the last two
weeks. and had made frequent references to sui
eide.
From letters found among Miss Poston's effects
the police learned that she had a sister, Mrs. Hat
tie VEINS living in Binghamton. n. Y
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
WILL GET $4,000 FOR RESCUE.
Salvage Awarded to American Vessel for
Saving Spanish Steamer.

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE tribune
Philadelphia, July 29.-For their heroic work IN
rescuing the Spanish steamship Ereza in storm
Off Bermuda in February. 1902. the members Of
the Of the American steamship Yeoman Will
receive $4,000 After than a year OF htiga-
ton Judge Mcpherson. in the United States Dis
trict Court to-day decided that the services rem
dered by the YeOman crew TO the Spanish vessel
were worth that amount, and accordingly entered
Judgment
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
YELLOW FEVER AT TAMPlco.

Washington. July 29.-On account OF the prev
aience OF yellow fever at Tampico. Mexico. Sur
geon General Wyman. of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, has ordered Assistant Surgeon Thomas F.
Richardson to that port to take charge. with As
slstant Surgeon Frick OF the dsinfection of ships
bound for United States ports.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
TO REPLANT TREES ALONG BROADWAY.

William Bradley the contractor for the subway
along Broadway from Sixty-fourth-st. TO One-hun-
dred-and- -fourth-st-, is preparing to replace the
trees that were Uprooted when the work OF
struction began Some one hundred and forty trees
were planted last year. but only few Of them
vved JUST how soon the planting OF the trees is
TO begin Mr.. Bradley cannot say. but he Is hurry
ing the work quickly as possible.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
SEPARATION FOR CHARLES EARLE.

granted a decree OF separation 10 Charles Earle
from his wife. Helen H Earle. They have two
children, a boy and a girl. and the court gives the
boy to the father and the girl to the mother. Mrs.
Earle is the daughter OF William Hicks, former
president OF the Bowery Bank Mrs. Earle was ad7
Vised by her physician to live in the country ana
her father gave her d home Long Island MI;
Earle was averse to living in the country, ana
this led disagreement Mr.. Earle Is now u.
Europe and the court said IL would not decide the
question OF alimony until he returned.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
KILLED BY SARATOGA LIMITED,
Victim Was Miss Margaret Booth, Cousin Of
the Countess of Stratford
[BY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUNE

Ba1lston N Y. July 29.-Nlss Margaret Booth
attempted to the track ahead Of the Saratoga
Limited train to-day and was instantly killed.
She was dead when picked up. Miss Booth
born in this village sixty-six years ago She was
a cousin of Cora Countess of Stratford in
London, and Of Sydney Smith, Of New-Y ork, who
married Miss Fannie 3. Taller. Miss Booths s
brother Andrew s. Booth is president OF the
Ballston Spa National Bank
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
NEW ISSUE OF COUNTERFEIT NOTE.

Washington. July "a new issue Of the counter
felt of the United States CouaIo) note described in
the press dispatches Of October It. 1902, has been
discovered. The check letter has been changed
from "C'' to ''B - and the plate number from 81 10
81. otherwise the notes are the same
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
CALL FOR CITY CONVENTION.

The executive committee OF the Republican City
Committee Will meet this afternoon at $50 o'clock
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and issue call for th
next Republican City Convention. Little will be
done, so it is said. beyond deciding a date for
the City Convention
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
THE sosroNlANs INCORPORATED.

Albany July 2s--Cerrhcates OF Incorporation
filed to-day with the Secretary OF State include
that Of the Bostonians of New-York City. 70 oper-
ate a theatrical and operatic organization. with
capital OF S1e0OOO. The directors are Henry Clay
Barnabee, William H Macdonald. A. Parker
Eev1n. Emile Bugmere and L G. Charlton. OF
NeW-York
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
OVERCOME BY HEAT IN PrTTssuRe

Pittsburg. July % (SpeciaD.-Nfiss Gertrude
Dewey, Of No 13l Jeferson-st.. New-York was
and Smithheld-st She was removed 10 the Homo
opathic Hospital, where she is IN critical condi-
ton
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
POWDER WORKS BLOW UP; TWO DEAD

Baltimore. July pa dispatch from New
Freedom, Md. says that the works Of the Rock
dale Powder Company. at Hoffmansville, Balti-
more County. blew up tonight. 1t Is reported
that two persons were killed.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
MoRE THAN $50 ooo, o,ooo soNos REFUNDED.

Washington, July 29-The amount Of and per
cent bonds received at the Treasury TO date for
exchange into 2 per cent consols is O.15Zs50.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30

with the Union Railway Company. A resident ot
Palisades desiring TO take the NeW-York Central
10 Buffalo. any other city. has 10 20 from
his home 20 the northern station Tappan. take
the train from there to Nyack. cross the Hudson
by ferry and connect at TarrytoWn-
New-York tribune., 1903-07-30
IMPROVED SEEDS AND PLANTS

N0t many o. The erasses rra,,e -
nat make up our food crops for men and a6iHss
- llc-kehC.!s 10 the United States We AD5 ~
what we ca1 get IN addition 10 those we ~, LOT toI
cI- several attitudes and soil and ciros.to S LOT
lcCs Dut we and i necessary 10 create ns f
ties 70 rect existing conditions and dar,s-S
are hytrciz.Ig grains ccrtons an0 orber -J--.. '.
-leet SOL and climatic conditions and the 5e- - -
- commerce. You do not grow cotto- - Ss
England. hut you manufacture f. We nro5---oo
.srF@ 1art q The raw material OF the world aionS
teSe mes out other nations are using strsnI,o11s
%-1-ts 20 become Independent OF Us rrbs ,-n-ss -o-s
corner IN cotton Fl the United States IA SoRfnS
mite D-scGiff ana IS incentive 70 an - ~
ions q the wo-lG VINO can grow cotton A. 5a- n
cE - -1etr colonies 70 make Strenuous efror, -.
-roc-ce their own raw material We are er6as-.oro
-g tc meet new conditions along these Ii-es -
-anroFlrg the quality Of our cottons We -. -
studying the diseases 70 which this plant is S51b
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-16
Electrical Fishes.

The electrical fishes do not belong to
any one class or group-some are found
In fresh water, while others inhabit the
sea: They possess two distinct types
Of electrical organs. One closely relates
in structure to muscle, as found in the
torpedo, gymnotus and skate, while the
other presents more Of the characters
of the structure of secreting gland.
as illustrated by the electrical organ
Of the thunderflsh. Both types are
built upon vast number Of micro
scopical elements, each Of which is
supplied with a nerve fiber. These
nerve fbers come from large nerves
that originate in the nerve centers.
brain or spinal cord, and In these GEN.
ters are found special large nerve cells.
with which the nerve fbers OF the
electric organs are connected and from
which they spring. Yet the electricity
is generated in the electric organ itself.
In these animals there are specialized
organs for the production of electricity
on an economical basis far surprising
anything yet contrived by man.-Amer-
lean Inventor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-16
CATTLE FEEDING.
The Crowd Is Not Running That
Wny-FnvorabIe SiSas.

The Crowd Is Not Running That
Wny-FnvorabIe SiSas.
The cattle feeding problem is now
before great many farmers who have
produced crop of corn, and the Ma
tlonal Stockman looks at it thus: Farm
ers had q hard experience last year
with high priced feeders, dear corn
and an oversupply of fat cattle. Ihey
hesitate 10 embark again In a business
that is fraught with such risks. 1t Is
bad enough to lose one corn crop, but
q serious matter to risk losing two.
Sheep feeding paid better last year,
and the price of grain is attractive. In
the face Of all this will it pay to feed
cattle? That is question to which
no direct answer can be given, but GER
tainly the outlook is much better than
it was last year.
Feeders are cheaper by at least $l.5O
per hundredweight, an important diff
ference. Last year they were entirely
too high; this year they can be had at
q reasonable price. And this is car
dinal point in the matter: If feeders
cannot be bought right it Is seldom
wise to feed. The price Of corn is high,
but there is no reason to expect 1t to
be higher than it was last year be.
cause a good many people expect to
sell it. Still others may be forced to
sell 1t instead of feeding it. Money is
very tight now, and banks are not
lending any more than they can help,
a fact that may tend to restrict feed
ing operations and at the same time to
enlarge selling of corn.
But perhaps the most hopeful sign
of all to the prospective cattle feeder
is the fact that the crowd is not run
ming his way. a year ago everybody
wanted to feed cattle. Many were
burned and dread the fire now. Today
sheep seem To be very popular, but
there is no great rush into cattle. All
Of these things are more favorable for
the beef producer than the circum-
stances Of last year, but still it Is I'm
possible to say that cattle feeding Is
to be a paying business. Signs favor
1t, however.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-12-16
Watermelon Wilt.

North Carolina watermelon growers
want Secretary Wilson to find rem
edy for disease which has played hav-
oc with the watermelon industry IN
the state this year and is likely to be
more prevalent another season. 1t Is
known among growers as watermelon
wilt" and is cutting down seriously the
fruit raised and in many cases reduc-
ing the crop to absolutely nothing. 1t
has been more destructive this year
than ever before, and 1t has been as
serted time aud again that 1t cannot be
cured or even wholly prevented. The
wilt Is readily recognized. The leaves
first drop, as though they were suffer-
ing from want of moisture, rapidly wilt
and soon die, the runner lying with the
leaves. Soon the whole plant is dead.
Upon cutting the main taproot across
near the surface Of the ground such
plants are found to present yellow
color, making distinct contrast with
the white color of the healthy plants.
The disease Is not caused by insects,
but by a very small microscopic germ.
This germ is able to live in the soil for
considerable length of time, and If a
field suffers from the wilt this year 1t
would be folly to plant 1t with melons
again next year or the year after
Country Gentleman.