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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
TRAIN WILD FIVE MILES.
Engineer BIoSen from Cab-Fre-
man, Does Not KnOzC 1t.

Dover N j. Dec. PA heavy westoound
milk train ran for five miles this morning WIN
ont an engineer While the railroad onlcials-
made hurried preparations to head on the run
away and to try to stop it the SITUATION pe-
came known to the fireman. who stopped inc
train This increased the anxiety or the o1ncers
for time, for the train stopped some distance
from a signal station. and 1t was believed IL had
been wrecked or had ploughed into a drill tralh'
The train was drawn by one of the large cahnei
back engines At Port Morris connection III
the engineers cab on top Of the engine boiler
blew out and Patrick Forth. the engineer, was
blown clear out of the cab He dropped TO inc
ditch beside the rails, where he lay until MS
groans were heard by passing yardman. Al
though scalded and bruised and unable to move
Forth instructed the yardman to run TO the
operator In the yard and tell him the train was
running wild.
They planned to head off the runaway at
Hackettstown ten miles beyond Port MOTIFS
A heavy but speedy engine was to run pllot
and let the runaway catch up gently ana then
q man was to crawl back TO the CAB. innings
were made ready, but no milk train appeared
near Hackettstown. Then IL was realized lndt
there was a way freight In the way. IL de-
veloped later that the way train was on a SD
ing in time although only by narrow margin
When the engineer blown out OF the CAP
the fireman was in the tender making ready 10
take water at a tank near Waterloo: When the
train did not stop there the fireman climbed OUT
to the engineers car to see what the tfouDlo
and found it empty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
SINGS FOR BOYS IN PARK,
Harvest of Coin Comes to Urchins
When actress Passes HIT

Miss Edna Goodrich. her way to the Weber
Music Hall to attend rehearsal yesterday after
noon, held UP in Madison Square Parl, nv hale
a dozen of the grimiest little urchins TO be found
on the street corners OF the metropolis. They
formed ring about her and told her they had not
had good Christmas. She showed her svrana nv
and then they knew they had a victim.
Aw, give US a present. missus," they chorused
II wish eould, little boys" she staInmered 'but
the fact is. have left all my money home"
A little Italian in the crowd saw the possibilities
OF the situation, and said, loudly: law, lady, sing
little song for an we'u pass the hat
We will all chip in for the youngsters IL you
VIII" said young man in the fast gathering crowd
Of larger people, "and I'll help you. What shall we
"TIome. Sweet Homes" called some one in the
crowd.
Miss Goodrich has a fine soprano voice, and the
volunteer from the crowd basso OF mean
merit. ana as they rolled out the familiar air the
6ystandsrs Joined in and thoroughly enjoyed it..
Then Miss Goodrich took the young mans hat,
which he offered, and passed It among the crowd Of
two hundred OF three hundred. The result was g.
harvest or COIN which amounted to S38 49, and this
was divided among the happy youngsters, who fol-
lowed MISE Goodrich to her rehearsal ana hung
around the stage door until 1t necessary to call
policeman to renfprce the stage hands in dispers-
ing the grateful band.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
WIND CAUSES WRECK.
One Dead, Ten injured IN Indiana
.Switch Light BIo1Cn out.

Fort Wayne Ind. Dec. pa Wabash pas
senger train, eastbount. ran into freight train
on a switch three miles west Of this city at
o'clock tonight, killing one man and inJuring
ten others. The dead man is Albert NJ. Ballard
of Peru, Ind. engineer of the freight.
The injured are Charles Ernest, of Peru, Ind,
engineer of the passenger train; w. H. Cox.
Peru fireman Of passenger train; Mrs. Roman
Zoeller, Fort Wayne; Miss Anna Dewald Fort
Wayne; c. r. Mcbride, conductor, Toledo; H.
Bishop. Detroit: Robert White, Detroit; H j.
Hulet. Detroit and F. H. Watt, Kansas City.
Bishop. White and Hulet are colored porters.
The wreck was caused by the blowing out of
a switch light during the heavy wind and the
engineer of the freight train running over the
switch where he was to have waited for the
passenger train.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
SAYS HE is HANS s. BEATTIE.
Man Arrested for Intoxication Gives Name
of ex-Street Cleaning Commissioner.

Patrolman White. of the West Thirteth-st. police
station found a well dressed man acting peculiarly
at Twenty-second-st. and FOurth-ave. last evening
He appeared unable TO take OF himself on the
slippery sidewalk and the officer walked up to him
and offered TO call cab.
Then, White said the man became abusive at
can take good care of myself" he insisted
White finally arrested him. When the man re-
fused TO go, according TO White he had to sum-
the patrol wagon.
The man said he was Hans S. Beattie Hans s.
Beattie once the Street Cleaning Commissioner
of this city. However, White got him into the
patrol wagon and took him to the station
The man, at the station, said he was Hans S.
Beattle. He was formally put under arrest on the
charge Of being intoxicated and he was taken to a
cell. He said he did not want to send a message
any friend.
Hans S. Beattie was Surveyor of the Port of
New-York in the first administration of President
ney, and for some years treasurer of the Net
ropolitan Street Railway Company He resigned
that place four years ago. Mr. Beatte was CON
nected with the. County Democracy in It's pamy
days Mr.. Beattie lives IN Pelham " and has
al office at NO. M6 Broadway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
BIG SPINDLE CHARGED
Nezg- 7 orker, Who Is SAID to Haze
Received $50 900, Held.

Philadelphia, Dec. 27-Charges Of conspiracy.
false pretence and forgery involving $50 900,
made against John Bough alias Baker. who
committed in the City Hall police court to-day
to await a requisition from the New-York authorl-
ties. NewYork detectives arrested Bough he
was leaving the county prison. where he had served
six months.
According TO information in the possession of the
Police Department, BoUgh and other persons who
have since disappeared established an insurance
company under the name of Lloyds Insurance Com
pany of America The concern. it is alleged wrote
100000 worth of fire insurance and collected $4,000
in premiums. the insured having been led 1t Is
charged, 10 believe that Bough was the American
agent OF Lloyds, OF London. Six months ago a
collapse followed an alleged non-payment OF
policy, and the prosecution declares that the dis
coVery was then MADE that the safe filed with
cages.
The New-York authorities asked that he he not
released on less than $4,000 bail. and he was held
to await requisition. His attorney has secured a
writ Of habeas corpus. returnable on January 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
WILL CHINA STAND FIRM?
Russia Demands Return of Ammuni-
ton Seiaed at Feng-Tai.

Picking. Dec. 27.-The Russian officials here de-
manded OF the Chinese Foreign Office yesterday
the restitution Of the three million rounds Of
ammunition apparently intended for Port Ar
thur. seized by the Chinese authorities at Feng-
Tai near here. four days ago. The Russians as
sert that the ammunition was intended only for
the legation guard.
1t is learned at the Foreign Office that the Chi
nese intend taking strong stand in view of the
frequent attempts to smuggle arms and am
munition The bales OF wool containing tho
cartridge seized at Feng-Tai were consigned to
a European resident Of Pei1ing. who is now at
Tien-Tsin taking part in the investigation.
proposal is now before the Emperor OF
China to send the students of the Naval College
to the British admiral at Shanghai for course
of instructions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
BURN NELSON'S BARNS.
Deputies AccuSed--O1on of Starred
Goes to sac Citq.

The cruel treatment Of herd Of 122 cattle which
were left to freeze and perish from starvation on
the Nelson place, two miles from Katonah as told
in The Tribune recently has aroused the indIgna-
ton of the people Of that neighborhood 10 a high
pitch against the watershed authorities The herd
belongs TO William Nelson, wealthy farmer and
dalryman. whose lands have been condemned for
watershed purposes. Tho Law Department sent
gang Of deputies TO the Nelson place when Mel
son was away. Deputies drove the cattle into the
orchard and nailed up the barndoors where farm
ers say, the believing of the cows they have
stood knee deep in the snow without any food has
been ptiful. ~
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals heard Of the plight Of the cattle and sent
othcers TO care for them. They succeeded I'm get
ting the cattle back in the barns, but on Sunday
morning the barns were mysteriously burned after
the herd had been turned out The deputies sd
that the arcident was caused by a cow kicking
over a lantern, but persons in the neighborho
believe the fire caused Intentionally to get rid
OF the barns They say that the deputies have
spent their time seighriding and carousng The
cattle We're IN such pitiful condition yesterday
t sh the Bergh society men again got permission
from their headquarters TO pay the farmers 81 n
head Tor giving them stable room. Mr. Nelson has
returned from Michigan. He says that he will sue
the city for the herd The cattle We're mostly Of
each. 9' % w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
ATTACKS PAPER TRUST.
Continued from first page.

four affiliated companies in the Circuit Court Of
the District of Minnesota for alleged violation
Of the Antitrust law is the result OF special
investigation by ex-AssstanU Attorney General
James M Beck now of New-York. and Frank b.
Kellogg. of st. Paul. designated as special AS
sistant Attorneys General. Mr.. Moody has is
sued the following statement:
On the complaint of many newspaper pub
fishers last spring that combination In re-
straint of commerce existed among manufact-
urers of paper to control the distribution ana
sale Of their products among the States or the
Union, the Department of Justice began an m
vestigation of that subject, and to further ana
the department in that respect the ATTORNEY
General appointed Frank B. Kellogg OF the 81.
Paul bar, and James NJ. Beck. of the New
York bar as special attorneys to collect
the evidence and make report thereon These
gentlemen, after exhaustive examination OF
the matter simultaneously with that conducted
by the Department of Justice, have reported 10
the Attorney General that in their opinion, the
facts ascertained support the complaint anu
justify, in the public interests the ming OF a
petition to enjoin the operations of the General
Paper Company. a corporation or Wisconsin
which is the nstrumentality through which the
alleged combination to control the prices and
distribution of those products in the western
States is conducted. In this opinion the De-
partment of Justice concurs. The Attorney
General to-day directed that petition be filed
against the General Paper Company and the
twcnty-four manufacturing companies located in
the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mfchi-
gan which it represents to have such combina-
ton declared to be an unlawful restraint upon
interstate commerce and monopoly. The petit
ton viii be filed In the United States Circuit
Court for the District Of Minnesota soon as
the necessary papers can be prepared.
This summary action on the part of the gov
eminent win. it is expected, precptate legal
fight similar in character to that resulting from
the suit instituted against the Northern Securi-
ties merger and it's outcome will be awaited
with the greatest interest by all who are dis
posed to regard the Sherman Antitrust law as
a safeguard against the operation of an illegal
combination in restraint of trade 1t is believed
here that the suit viii be carried to the United
States Supreme Court, which Will again be COM
PEELED to pass on the applicability OF the law
to this particular alleged violation Of its pro-
visions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
TNDTcT FOR LAND FRAUDS.
We'll Knozcm Oregon Hen Named
NitcheH Wants to Testify.

Portland Ore. Dec. 27-The Federal Grand
Jury to-day returned seven indictments in con-
nection with the land fraud cases now under in
vestiagtion. The large number and the prom
inence of three Of those indicted, with the two
mysterious John Doe" indictments, make the
day the most sensational since the jury recon-
vened in it's present sessions.
The most important is the indictment against
DR.. William H Davis, Mayor of Albany, Ore.
and chairman of the Linn County Republican
committee Second to this, and Of hardly less
Importance are those of Solomon B. Ornspy'
formerly a government agent, and Clark f.
Loorais. at one time forest superintendent,
Henry A. Young and George Sorenson are not so
well known.
The indictment states that there are two
others John Doe and Richard Roe implicated,
whose true names the jury does not know. Two
mysterious personages figured in the indictment
returned against State Senator Franklin P. Mays
last week The charge in the indictment re
turned to-day is that the indicted men entered
into a conspiracy on December %, 1901, having
as their object the defrauding of the government
out of portion of its public lands by means or
false and forged applications false and forged
afidavits and proofs of homestead entries and
United States sena tor John II. Mitchell has not
been allowed to appear before the Federal jury be-
fore whom it is alleged charges have been or VIII
be brought that might tend to connect him with the
land fraud Investigations at present being con-
Quoted by that body. To-day he handed to the fore
man letter asking that ne be allowed 20 %, apPeb
before the jury 10 answer all questions whch HlSht
be put him in regard TO his completely IN any
d Or b woGd Do ge Before the bodv unless
he could be presented with the case against him,
together with the of the witnesses testifying
TO his detriment He also stipulated in his letter
that he would not go before the jury until all or
Assistant District Attorney Henri told the Senator
that he would perhaps be allowed to go before the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
CAN'T WORK OVERTIME.
But Postal Clerk Who Held to Eight
Hours Is Dismissed from office.

The dismissal yesterday from the Network Post
Office Of Waldo w. Valentine, a postal clerk who
decided not TO work overtime brought forth the
peculiar fact that mail carriers are not allowed TO
work overtime If a carrier is caught working
longer than eight hours a day he is guilty Of a
breach Of the postoffce rules. and IS answerable
to the postmaster. This fact may account for the
frequent delay in the delivery or mail. If a post
man is on his beat and suddenly finds that his
eight hours Of work are completed, he is bound to
return TO the office or else suffer the penalty for
working overtime.
some years ago the letter carriers obtained judg
Inents against the United States government and
recovered 100000 as pay for working overtime In
consequence the government issued the strict or
DER prompting mail carriers from working longer
than eight hours day
POSTMASTER Wilcox intends 10 look into the mat
Yer OF proVloing larger force Of carriers. and, If
necessary, W1l see That carriers work is regu-
ated 10 suit his hours If more carriers are added
70 the New-fork City delivery the mails viii prob
ably be delivered more promptly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
IRvMEs RECORD AT BRADDocK. PENN.
His disputes with vestrymen Broke Up His
Church There.
lHY TELEGRAPH 70 rHr rnrpUsr.l

70 IELAskAPH 70 TINE TRIsUNnl
Ffttsburg. Dec. Though Bishop Cortland yvhits-
head Will be called on to appear before the corn
mission which Will investigate the presentment
against Bishop Talbot, he refused to-day TO dis
cuss the subject. His intimate friends hovever
say he VIII give testimony relative to DR. Irvine :
Braddock
About fourteen years ago Dr. Irvine was made
rector. Soon he began to disagree with the yestry
men OF the church to business methods Bishop
whitehead was frequently called on to settle dis
2utes between the rector and his flock The church
oarneo down. and In the settlement OF the insur-
anee there was sQuabble between the trustees ~
the church end DR.. Irvine. This was also settled
asnicabiy. and contract let for new church
edlfice
In the building there was considerable trouble
between the congregation and the rector Soma OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
THREAT TO KILL JUDGE.
W. J. Lee, Refugee from Ne1c-
JerSey, Writes again.
my rnRApH TO THE rRrarNr. ]

Trenton. n. J.. Dec. IA letter signed William
J. Lee" was received to-day by Judson Hner, chief
OF police. It reads:
WIN you kindly inform Garret D. W Yro9 5 thai
l. 1876 viii not Kin him? Also try to impress upon
him the fact that his public offices Will not 40 MIN
much good after he is dead. anyway. don't want
to muss up the streets OF Trenton, my native CITY
with Vroom's gore II it can be avoided
Judge G. D. W. vroom OF the New-Jersey Court
OF Errors and Appeals expressed neither surprise
informed Tonight NJ the threat OF
William j. Lee. formerly proprietor OF the Pnoenlx
Iron Works. OF this city. Judge Vroom has received
similar threats for the last six months. and he
seems to think that II Mr Lee really means BUSH
ness he is a trife slow in getting down to work.
AT tho same time he indicated that the publicity
arising from the continued abuse heaped on him by
Lee was by no means pleasing. and particularly so
when coupled with his ominous threats. While the
Judge personally is inclined to ignore Lee. he has
proved a source of annoyance and worriment TO
the Judges family and friends.
Chief Of Police Hiner said tonight that the local
authorities were powerless to do anything against
Lee while he remained in New-York He has
mailed letters by the threatening the lives and
attacking the characters OF some CT New-Jerseys
best known citizens. The police will not admit that
they take Lee seriously but II is none the less
fact that every railroad station has watchers on
guard day and night and that every member OF
the local police force has orders to arrest him
sight. The railroad terminals and ferries at Jersey
City have also been watched in the hope OF retal-
Ing Lee in New-Jersey, where he has been adj
judged insane. But he has succeeded in battling the
vigilance OF the New-Jersey authorities by escap-
ing from the state Hospital for the Insane. Pinker-
ton detectives have followed Lee up and down
Broadway. but have never discovered any actions
on his part to indicate that he was other than
rational He has been examined by New-York
physicians. who have given certificates attesng to
his sanity Judge Vroom has been ana made the mark
president OF the board of trustees OF the hospital
IN which Lee inoarcerated: and, second. that
Leo attributed TO him the loss OF the Phoenix Iron
Works, OF the negotiations in which were
Opdtt tod hv la In off Ind VrpOr
himself believes that Lees attacks are prompted by
desire for notoriey with possibility OF the further
object OF having the decree adjudglng him insane
set aside that he may return to his home in
this city.
Mr.. Lee said TO a Tribune reporter last night
that if he should carry out his threat to kill
VroOm II would be justihabe homicide as 1t would
mean nothing less than his murder If he Is ever
replaced in the New-Jersey insane asylum. He
says he has men beaten to death there. He
said he thought II up to him., In a reason
able time. Ito make good"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28

the vestrvmen. now dead made public statement
which created CONSERVATION TINS was publshed
a. a Ioiftsh,rg paper DR.. Irvine demanded re-
traction which the paper refused 70 made, but IT
r,,hIfshed a signed statement by him. giving MS
g;Eo 81 the controversy Bishop Whitehead then
had him transferred to the Central PennsyLyania
diocese MANY churchmen at the time wished 20
have the charges against Dr. Irvine investigated
but Bishop Whitehead refused TO entertain them.
All Saints parish was dissolved. ana Tor eight
Years Rraddock had no Protestant Episcopal con-
Soreg3tion Charles NJ. Schwab. in honor of his
55o1ottbsrinla Mrs Dinkey. erected new church,
and the parish was named St Marys OF the
I,estryner who fought Irvine. ell are dead but one.
ana he has moved from Braddock- Mrs. Dinkey
and Mr. Schwab were communicates at All Saints
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
Mr.. RHYMES COUNSEL.
FiUe Mem Whose Names Are on Tai
bot Presentment.

Philadelphia, Dec. 27-As has already been
published, the presentment against Bishop Tai
bot was sent TO Herbert Noble of New-York
an attorney and prominent layman of the
Church. Mr. Noble appears on the document as
one Of the presenters Of whom there are four
teen in all
Associated with him presenters are John A
Beail, of New-York, an attorney and ]. Fred
eriek Jenkinson, and Agnew Mcbride, of Phila-
oslphia, both attorneys. These four men In adj
alton 10 figuring as presenters viii also appear
In the case as counsel for the prosecution the
rank Of senior counsel being held by Mr. Noble
OF the other ten presenters, four, ii is learned.
are Philadelpnians. and six from parishes
aocated IN Bishop Talbots own diocese. The
guarded S''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
HOLLAND no Be STRICTLY NEUTRAL

The Hague. Dec 27.-The report that Holland
win place Sabang, in the Straits Settlements,
twenty miles north of Malacca, at the DISPOSE
ton of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron, as
reported from Tokio-in a dispatch to The London
Times. is without foundation. It Is learned in
official quarters that Holland will observe the
same strict neutrality In her colonies as at
home. and that neither Sabang nor any other
points In the Dutch East Indies will be placed
either directly indirectly at the disposal OF
the beliigerents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
"OUT-H4RUMED" HARUM.
Traded Sight Unseen Other Man
Has W0oden Hobby.
IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Norristown, N. J. Dec. 27.--Next time Max Mintz
goes in a horse trade he will look out for David
Harums." His one experience has cost him a
horse Ca plug" to be sure). but he has only a
wooden hobby to show for the trade. Max was
Allied with the Christmas spirit when he met John
BREASTED, hackman, Monday night so he at once
proposed a horse trade Neither horse to be
traded was view. BREASTED said his in the
barn
After parley an agreement was reached
Each was to go at once and ger his horse and
take it 10 the others stable. Max was filed with
JOY. ana chucked loudly with glee as he started
out with his spawned. wind-broken plug"
BIaisted. likewise. nearly burst with JOY. When
Max his return the wooden hobby horse
he thought II was q joke, and laughed londly. and
long while waiting for the real animal TO arrive.
When II did not come Max complained to the po-
lice who are laughing yet, but have made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-28
REVOLUTIONARY PAPERS IN DESK
Documents Signed by Jonathan Trumbull
Found at South birmingham, Mass.
GBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

South birmingham. Mass. Dec 27-After a CEN
fury an ancient desk made in 1712 and owned at
present by Mrs John Lucas jr,. to whom it de-
seconded from her great-grandfather. has yielded
up its secret in papers of value.
Mr.. Lucas having It polished and put into
condition for use by a South birmingham cabinet
maker when the latter accidentally hit secret
spring which released two drawers, a foot deep
and Q quarter OF an inch wide. which contained
many army records, signed by Jonathan Trumbull
the patriot who stood so close to Washington in
the darkest days Of the Revolution. and who was
the original Of Brother Jonathan" The papers
were secreted by Gershom Barrows. soldier and
patriot with valuable family and real estate
records. but he died before revealing their hiding
t,lap