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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
CIVIL SERVICE Law RIDICULED.
Many Examinations Passed by . hoy Just
Out Of College.

The certifcation Of the names of tho
successful candidates for the places Of
inspector Of buildings at the civil service
examinations in the fall Of 1900 was made
recently to Supt. Calder OF the Building
Department In the borough Of Brooklyn
Walter B. Raymond. whose name was
high on the list as certified by Mr.. Calder.
was in the line Of appointment. He has
no intention, however, Of taking the job.
He only entered the examination, a. he
explains In the following letter to Mr.
Calder. to demonstrate tho unfairness OF
the Civil Service laws
DEAR SIR: Your letter announcing the
certifcatiop OF my name to you for the posi-
ton of inspector received.
This examination was one OF many which
took when just out OF college for the purpose
Of demonstrating the unfairness OF our civil
service laws
This was done at the insti CATION OF number
of friends. The great variety Of positions
which have been open to me In preference to
practical men 10 . demonstration Of that
fact.
The only knowledge OF plumbing. Hight
sud ventilation was derived from an After
noon's talk with John Todd. or
do not believe that would make desir-
able Inspector. therefore. even II desired
the position.
Mr.. Raymond Ia now a lawyer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
ELEVATED ROAD COLLISION.
Three Persons Injured ut the Adams Street
Curve In Breoklyn.

One man, q woman and q child were In.
jured in . rear end collision at the Adams
street curve, near the Bridge station, on
the Brooklyn elevated structure at S o'clock
yesterday afternoon. All trafic on the
elevated lines from the Bridge, on the
Brooklyn side. was blocked for more than
an hour, while hundreds Of belated passen.
gers left the stalled trains and braved the
dangers Of the third rail in order to reach
stations and descend 10 the street to crowd
into the already overloaded trollcys.
Train ais Of the Fifth avenue line rounded
tho curve at two minutes Of and stopped
Just out Of sight OF the Adams street tracks.
A second train was at the Bridge station
unloading its passengers. Motor car ga
drawing q train Of four cars swept around
the curve at o'clock and crashed into the
rear car OF train as.
Esther Shapiro, 10 yearp old, Of g Mont
gomery street, Mania ttan, and her two
childen were standing In the aisle Of the
rear oar when the collision occurred. The
woman was thrown to the floor and she
fell on her children. Esther, Z year old,
was cut about the head and badly bruised.
Philip. . years old, escaped with eight
bruises. while the woman was out and
bruised about the head and hands. Philip
this borough, said he was injured about the
Brooklyn Hospital attended the injured,
who left for their homes.
Harry Stein. the motoru,An OF the last
train, was arrested by Patrolman Collins
OF the Bridge squad, but Capt Kenny
afterward lot him 20.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01

Spfcadi Ca0t DsSposcA 10 Inn SUN.
MANILA. March Si.-Gov. Taft Is still con-
fined to his bed. His malady has yielded
somewhat TO trestment. however. and be
shows some improveIne.,, He holds daily
sessions Of the Philippine Commission at
the palace. The Governor expects to 20
to Bengued for the hot months In about
two weeks. He hopes IL will not be necessary
for him to return 10 America. His physi-
clans are still doubtful OF his ability to
remain In the tropics.
Gen. Jesse NJ. Lee reports that the la
drones stole most OF the Government funds
In their raid on Surigao. He also reports
that thirty OF the ladrones implicated in the
raid have been arrested and thirteen OF the
eighty rifles stolen from the constabulary
recovered.
Gov. Taft has instructed Gen. Henry +.
Allen, chief Of the Philippine constabulary,
not to relax his campaign against the Ia
drones in the province Of Rial on account
of the death of Gen. San Miguel, their
former leader who was killed about q week
ago, but to continue the severest operations
against them with the scouts and constabu-
larry. Lieuts. Reese and Rickerson, who
were the heroes Of the battle In which the
ladrones were severely punished and Gen.
San Miguel killed. have been recommended
for commissions In the Regular army.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
TALK or SCHWABS RETIRING.
From United States Steel Presidency be
comes Moro Positive.

Information was distributed pretty freely
In Wall Street yesterday that Charles NJ
Schwab's retirement from the presidency
OF the United States Steel Corporation was
at hand and that Mr.. Schwab had made
up his mind to drop the burden.
Tho usual weekly meeting OF the finance
COMMITTEES OF the United States Steel Cor
poration was not held yesterday. II had
been asserted In the Street that at the
meeting the retirement of Mr.. Schwab az
president would come up. A prominent
director Of the corporation made this state
ment yesterday regarding the situation:
All these stories with regard to Mr..
Schwab's retirement are without much
foundation. Mr.. Schwab went away from
the business because he was i'll. and now
that he Is back in New York II ia really q
question Of his taking hold OF the work
and putting into il the energy that u natural
to him without danger OF serious results to
himself. There Is no rupture or unpleasant
ness. II In true that the methods of manag-
ing the business have been changed In
Mr.. Schwab's absence, but that would
probably have occurred In any event be-
cause OF the fixed opinions Of many OF the
strong men Of the finance committee
A representative Of the United States
Steel Corporation denied yesterday re-
ports that the corporation was negotiating
for the purchase Of ore lands In the South.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
ROCKEFELLERs sHOWsR GOLB
Mexican nepsrt ef GIFTS TO the Poor by
John D.. JR.. and His Wife.

AUSTIN, Tex. March 3i.-A despatch
from Oaxaca, Mexico, TO a newspaper here
says:
The peons Of southern Mexico are sing
ing the praises OF John d. Rockefeller. Jr.
while they are in the enjoyment Of such
golden wealth az they never dreamed could
come to them. Al this rejoicing is due
to the liberal hand with which Mr.. Rookie
Teller and his wife scattered golden coins
on their journey through Mexico. The
wealthy visitors are still In this country
sightseeing. and wherever they go a trail
Of gold In left behind them which Is be-
wildering to the average poor Mexican
When Mr.. Rockefeller arrived at Juarez
on the Rio Grande border nearly a month
ago and started on his trip through the
country he distributed aims with prodigal
hand among the crowds OF beggars and
poems who were gathered at every station.
This lasted until the City OF Mexico was
reached II was in that city that Mr.. and Mrs.
Rockefeller became impressed with the actu-
al suffering that existed among the Thousands
Of poor people. In their little side trips to
points OF interest about the city they gave
aims amounting to hundreds Of dollars TO
the applicants. They decided to give
the mendicants real treat on their trip to
this city and the ruins Of Militia. Mr.. Rookie
Teller obtained from banks in the City OF
Mexico q number Of sacks OF gold coin of
tho denomination Of 8 and bio. with. a few
VI higher debotninstions which wese 70 be
given in exceptional cases Of needy persons
II was one Of the most marvellous tours
ever made In this part Of Mexico by an
American tourist. From the time the party
left the City Of Mexico until they reached
here throngs Of poems and beggars at the
stations were treated TO the welcome sem
sation Of receiving shower Of gold.
They went into the huts Of the poor In
dams and bestowed aims with a tenderness
that called upon their heads showers OF
blessings from the devout Mexicsns. Never
before In the history of Mexico has there
been 80 much gold in circulation in this part
Of the country
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
J.P.MORGAN WON'T INTERFERE
HE'LL LET AMERICAN BRIDGE
co. MANAGE ITS OWN STRIKE.

He Tells the international Bees Of the
striking lrenwerkers so-The Local
/ Building Unions Arc Nss Likely Il
Help by Sympathetic Strikes, Either.
All other matters In the strikes Of the
structural iron workers against the Ameri-
can Bridge Company were oveshAdowed
yesterday by the question Of reoo gnition
Of the International Association Of Struct-
ural Iron Workers by the company. Pres
ident Buchanan, it was learned, can get
little help In his strike from the local unions
in the building trades. Most OF them are
opposed to national organizations Of their
trades
Buchanan left the Ashland House at noon
yesterday with Secretary samuel b. Don
nelly Of the New York Civic Federation
and President Nerdig Of the local House,
smiths' and Bridgemen's Union, and went
down 10 Wall street There he obtained an
interview with J. Pierpont Morgan. He
denied later that he had been to see Mr..
Morgan and talked boldly Of going to See
Mr.. Morgan when Mr.. Morgan would seno
for him"
On behalf Of the American Bridge Com
pany 1t was said later that Buchanan had
called on Mr. Morgan to get him to use his
influence to settle the strike. Mr.. Morgan
told Mr. Buchanan that 1t was not for him
to interfere. He said that he thought
the American Bridge Company was per-
fectly able to take care Of it's own affairs
and needed no help from outsiders.
1t came out yesterday that Senator Hanna,
about a week ago when tire executive COM
mittee Of Buchanans organization was
meeting in Buffalo. offered the services OF
the National Civic Federation to both sides
in the dispute. but the offer was declined.
There was much criticism among labor
men yesterday Of Buchanan's attitude in
national organization One leader said
There " no reason why Buchanan should
not let the local unions manage local affairs.
He could stay In the background ! believe
when he thinks over matters he will see
the force of this. The officers Of the Ameri-
the officers OF the local unions, they say.
Buchanan should call a meeting Of his
executive committee at once and put 1t
up to the committee
As 20 sympathetic strikes by unions in
the Board OF Building Trades here William
also an executive officer OF the Civic Fedora
ton. said:
"The working people supported the
anthracite miners during the strike and
put up with season Of famine price coal
Now when the biggest building season
We have ever known is ahead II Is too much
OF good thing to expect us to pull chest
nuts out OF the fire for people in other cities
by going on strike
Another delegate remarked that II was
their elephant on New York by tying up
work on the subway.
Ths American Bridge Company, which
is one OF the subsidiary Companies OF the
United Ststcs 81 a. Cmb "a alton. dled u.
lions yesterday. The statement compares
with that as Of date OF Feb. I, 1902, as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
PITTSBURG STRIKE DEADLOCK.
lronw0rkers Won't Settle II Through
Their Local Unien.

PITTsBURo, March si.-A hitch has oc-
CURED in the negotiations bctween the
American Bridge Company and It's striking
workmen. The company made an over
ture for peace, going 90 far as agreeing
to meet the union. The only condition it
named was that, as demands vary in diff
ferent parts Of the country, the local union
should conduct the negotiation other
words. that local 3, which represents this
district. should confer with James A.
Houston, local representative OF the Ameri-
can Bridge Company.
The strikers declined to accept these
terms. They asserted that the offer was
dodge TO settle the strike here, where the
Wabash and many other big contracts arc
pressing. They say that for the present
they Will not agree to any conference not
conducted on their part by the executive
officers Of their general organization.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS WIN,
And Sunday Ice Cream, Too--Court says
Philadelphia Must Have EN-.

PHILADELPHIA. March Si.-Magistrate
James 4. German to-day rendered his de-
cision in the cases against employees Of
several city newspapers. the Union News
Company and the Crane Ice Cream Com
pany. who, it il alleged. had violated the
Sunday Blue law OF 1894. In an elaborate
opinion, supported by many legal authori-
ties, he dismissed the charges.
Among other things he finds that there Is
q defect in the complaint by the omission
to aver that the publication and sale OF
the newspapers on Sunday was not me
ceesity- and charity; that this omission
Is fatal to the prosecution and that IL for
no other reason he would be compelled to
discharge the defendants.
IF IL were necessary, however, he says,
sto determinc this question, i should Ger.
tainly be inclined 10 decide IL a. q matter
OF fact only In the affirmative. Perhaps
no enterprise. whether We view newspapers
commercially or in q literary sense, has
made such rapid and marvellous strides
rs the public press II has kept abreast
and sometimes ahead Of the wonderful
development Of the Commonwealth In
growth Of population and In the various
trades and business enterprises, and In q
great measure has sssisted in this develop
ment.s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
RAILWAY BRIDGE BLOWN UP.
Destroyed by Dynamite Shortly After thu
Orient Express Had Passed.

SpeetW CdON DSspfcH 70 The NUN.
LONDON. March 3i.-The Orient Express,
which gives fast service between Paris
and Constantinople three times q week,
narrowly escaped destruction early this
morning.
A despatch from Sofia OF to-days date
says a bridge on the Turkish Oriental Rail-
way. between A0rianople and Mustapha
Pasha. two miles fnan the latter place. was
blown up with dynamite thirty minutes
after the express had passed. 1t Is believed
the intention was to blow up the train and
that the attempt was frustrated through
the defective mechanism Of the internal
machine that was employed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
"ALL ORDINANCES REPEALED"
Ola Enaetmeat sf Clerical Errsr BY the
Aldermen.

An ordinance recently passed by the
Aldermen providing for the heating Of sur
face cars was allowed To 60 into effect by
the Mayor without his approval or dis
approval. Ono section OF this ordinance read:
An ordinances or parts Of ordinances Of
the former municipal and public corpora
lions consolidated into tho city Of New
York are hereby repealed
The words Inconsistent or conflicting
with this ordinance had been inadvertently
omitted.
Tho Aldermen adorted yesterday an
amendment correcting the ordinance. Some
OF them are Of opinion that until the amend
meut becomes effective BY the Mayors
Signature or without II after ten days they
can 20 and break all the ordinances Except
the oar-heating ordhanoe) without danger
Of arrest. II anybody tries II he will find
out how clerical errors operate. Tho
Mayors legal adviser says they don't
operate at all In such case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
TURKEY GETS READY TO ACT.
situation In the Balkans CROWNS
Worse.
Special Cans Despatch TO Tss SUN.

Special Cahs Despatch 10 TIE SUN.
LONDON, March si.-To-day's dispatches
from st. Petersburg, Vienna and Belgrade
uniformly confirm THE SUNS recent adj
vices that the situation In the Balkans is
growing worse. The Russian consular
reports from Uskub and Monastir. which
place the chief blame for the troubles upon
the Macedonian committees, who are rep
resented a. terrorixlns and coercing the
inhabitants, prepare expectation for that
military suppression by Turkey, which
Austria and Russia have declared they will
not raise finger to prevent.
The Abanians again appear as comph-
Gators In the troubled situation. II IL
stated on good authority that Albanian
bands lately surrounded the town OF Nitro
vita. demanding the removal Of the re-
Gently appointed Russian consul. Meeting
with q refusal they attacked the town, but
were repulsed with heavy loss by the Turk
ish troops after two hours fighting. Tur-
key has since sent division OF troops to
Albania, and Russia has instructed her
Ambassador at Constantinople to urge ths
Porte TO repress Albanian lswlessness but
for the reasons explained In the dispatches
to The Sun on Saturday coercion OF tho
Abanians would be q most dangerous en-
terprse. even II 1t were possible.
The dispatches printed in The SUN on
Sunday said that the safety Of the Sultan
would be at stake II he dared to raise a
finger against an Albanian, for his own
personal guards are Albanisns, who arc
always under the shadow Of his palace. They
commit crime with impupity In Constsn-
tinopls, and any repression Of the exactIons
OF the Albsnians in Macedonia would have
an immediate reaction ct the Yildiz Kiosk.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS THEFT.
PERCIVAL COVERT SHOOTS MRS.
SCHOONNACHER AND HIMSELF.
He. Having Confessed 70 Robbins HIS
Employer. u Dead-she. with the
Msuve for the Murder Obscure. Ex-
pected % Die--Husband an Engineer.

pectoo 70 Dte-Huobon0 an engineer.
East New York. q clerk employed by the
Wiliamsburgh Trust Company, went yes
terday afternoon to the home Of Newton
Schoonmscher OF 90 Pine street. which
rs near Coverts own house. and shot Mrs.
Schoonmaoher. She Is expected to die
He then fired a second shot into his right
temple. inhicting a wound from which he
died while on his way to the hospital q
short time afterward. At least that is
the story Of the shooting 80 far as the
police Of the Liberty avenue station had
been able to discover at late hour.
Schoonmacher Is chief engineer at the
Western Union Telegraph Compsny's Of
fce In Dey street. His wife. whose first
name Ia Lylia- is % years old. They have
two children, q nine-year-old son Edward
and baby who Is months old Covert
was 70 years old. and lived with married
sister at the Euclid avenue address.
The story OF the shooting was brought
to the police by Schoonmacher himself
about $50 O'Clock last night
Al that time he came out OF the house
and summoned Policeman >Bavendam and
a neighbor. Benjamin Hammell. They
went to the house and found Mrs. Schoon-
macher and Covert lying unconscious on
the floor Of one OF the bedrooms. The
woman had been shot in the left breast.
and the blood from her wound was accumu-
lsting on the floor. Near it her baby was
rolling around and screaming. In the next
room the nine-year-old boy, Edward, was
In bed, sound asleep.
An ambulance was summoned from the
Bradford Street Hospital and Covert and
Mrs. Schoonmacher were put In 1t. Covert
died on the way to the hospital. The doc
tors said at midnight that they expected
Mrs. Schoonnacher to die within q few
hours.
The woman was conscious for a while
at the hospital, and Police Captain Harklns
who was waiting at her side for her to re-
cover her senses. asked her who had done
the shooting. At first she refused to tell.
If you don't tell me- said Capt. Har-
kins. -Ill have " arrest your husband"
She then said that Covert had shot her
and had then sent a bullet into his own
brain.
Schoonmacher was not arrested. He
went back TO take care Of his children.
In Covert's pockets were found two
letters, in both of which he confessed TO
robbins his employers, or -the bank a.
he called y: One Of these letters was ad-
diessed to Mrs. Elizabeth Covert, his mother,
at 81. Adams, L. /. Capt. Harkins refused
to make public the text Of this letter, but
an abstract of Vs. obtained. In ~ siis
young man said he had taken 81 900 from
the bank:
He said he knew it would break his
mothers heart, but he decided that IL was
best TO tell her and TO inform her that he
was going 10 END IL all.
still hope, he said, that God will
forgive me and let me meet you and
my sisters In heaven. / can hardly expect
mercy, but l hope for il
He also said that George Carsons, q
friend. who lives at Euclid avenue and
Fulton street, had urged him to confess
to his employers, and that being afraid to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
MASSACRE BY TURKS.
Macedonian Committees Report q whole
village wiped Out
spseta, Csas DppaieA TO The SUN

Special Csns DsspaieA to The SUN
SOFIA, March Si.-The Macedonian COM
mittees report fight, which they represent
as a massacre near Istib They say that
Turkish troops attacked band Of thirty
revolutionists In the village Of Abalitche.
They surrounded the village. razed every
house with artillery and massacred all the
inhabitants. without distinction.
Nevertheless. according to the report,
they themselves lost more than the in
surgents
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
PRESIDENTS FENCING MASTER.
Prof. Pavese 10 Begin Giving Him Lessons
After His western Trip.

BALTIMORE. March 3l.-Prof. Generoso
Pavese has had an interview with President
Roosevelt and made final arrangements to
begin giving him fencing lessons immedi-
stely upon the Presidents return from his
Western trip. Pavese was delighted with
his interview with the President, whom
he said he found enthusiastic and anxious
TO have other members Of his family also
take fencing lessons.
Pavese says the President has the eye
and the physical development OF a good
fencer. The professor has ordered very
fine set Of fois. which he will present to the
President. and another set for practical
use.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
NEW TEXAS OIL FIELD.
Petroleum Found At Harw0od Said 10 h
the Best in the United States.

AUSTIN, Tex, March si,-There is much
interest here In the discovery Of oil near
HARDWOOD. about ninety miles southeast Of
Austin. Judge F. A Schlick. member
Of the Legislature. returned here to-day
from the new field. He says that oil was
struck in the first well at depth Of ninety
feet and It In yielding ten barrels daily.
This oil Ia said by experts to be the high
est grade ever discovered in this country
and is only equalled by the Sumatra pro-
duct. 1t sells for % barrel in its crude
state.
PrOspectors are flockiug into the fiel d
from Beaumont. and land values haveSgone
,up from go TO 800 an acre
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
$4,000 ELECTION BET.

Jshn ". Gates and John \. Drake Back
stewart for Mayor o. Chicase.
CHICAGO. March si.-John w. Gates
and John A. Drake, tho millionaire plungen,
have bet $4,000 with James O'Leary that
Grseme Stewart will be the next Mayor Of
Chicago. OLeary personally, 1t 10 said /,
took the Harrison end Of the wager at even
money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
MOB TO LYNCH A WOMAN.
she's In . Kentucky Jail Accused Of Poison
ing Her Mistress.

ing Her Mistress.
0wINosvIIIR. KY. March 9i.-Mrs. L. c.
Wilson, who was poisoned at Olive Hill.
Carter county. several days ago, Is dying.
Mary Ferguson, her cook. is accused OF
having placed trough on rats in cup Of
coffee she prepared for Mrs. Wilson. After
drinking 1t Mrs. Wilson was taken violently
Ill. She suspected the girl and had her
arrested.
Public sentiment is so strong against the
girl that a heavy guard has been placed
about the Jail to prevent her being lynched.
To-night's reports say that mob Is being
formed to lynch her.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
BEEF PACKERS DO NOT APPEAL.
Time to File Motion for Rehearing I'm tho
Missouri Case Expires.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March si.-The
last day for the fling Of motion for q
rehearing of the decision against the beef
packers has expired and no such motion
has been fled In the Supreme Court. This
Is taken to mean that the packers win pay
the fine Of 5000 imposed by the court on
each Of them within the thirty days allowed
by the court, which expires on April IL.
II the fines are not paid, the Court win
Dust them from their rights to do business
In the State OF Missouri.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-01
ODELL BLAMED FOR DEFEAT.
Democrats Elect Ticket at Pert Jervfs
Charter Election.

Charter Election.
PoRr JEsvIs. March Sat the Port
Jervis charter election to-day the Demo-
Gratis elected their entire ticket by ma
jorities ranging from Ia to 3os. Samuel
Carries was elected President, tho first
Democrat 10 hold the Office in several years
Republican leaders attribute tho sweep
Ing victory to, Gov. Odells tax bills now
before the Legislature. Leading Republic
can liquor dealers, 1t IL said. voted the
opposition ticket, Voting machines were
used for the first time at this village.