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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
BRIDGE SOON TO NEED REBUILDING.
So J. BurkiEt Webb Says of the Brooklyn
Manhattan Bridge Plans Withdrawn.

The Municipal Art Commission met yesterday
TO consider the plans recently prepared for the
architectural features OF the new Manhattan
Bridge by Carrere & Hastings. These plans were
submitted some days ago. and have been In the
hands OF n COMMITTEES Calvin Tomkins Of tho
Municipal. Art Society and Jordan L Mott, OF the
Fine Arts Federation both appeared TO crticiso
the plans and submitted written arguments.
Bridge Commissioner Best was present After
hearing the criticism. he asked and received per
mission 10 withdraw tho plans for two weeks He
Will then resubmit them with his models.
The objections raised are against the method OF
the preparation OF the plans Mr. Tomkins and
Mr.. Mott both think tho plans should be passed
on by engineering commission, as were the re-
jected Lndenthal plans
In a letter Mr.. TomIns, J. BuTkitt Webb.
professor in Stevens Institute. HobOken. says.
speaking of suspension bridges:
The Brooklyn Bridge has shown that II such
structure be wanting in rg1dlty and strength its
life viii be short. and 1t Is commonly known among
engineers that this bridge will need rebuilding
within few years
The principal weakness in the Brooklyn Bridge
Is in the socalled stlffening trusses, whose ofce
is to prevent wave motion or the moor; To cor
rect this fault these trusses in the Williamsburg
Bridge were made forty feet high, and 10 this the
In the last design OF the Manhattan Bridge az
published the stiffening appear to have
substantially the same height as in the Brooklyn
Bridge or not much over 9adt me heGhs OF thGSe
portant bearing upon thS seryiceab!eEess stability
and carrying capacity of the bridge under the vast
H. and no bridge is up TO modern requirements
whose design docs not provide sufficient STIFFNESS
to prevent injurious change if formed with
different positions and arraT gements OF the NOV
ing load.
Substantially the same opinion IS expressed by
William II. Burr, professor of civil engineering
in Columbia University. Both mem in answer to
inquiry from Mr. Tomkins heartily second him
his views.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
ESTHER C.. TITUS.

Esther c. Titus. the widow of Edmund Titus.
who was OF the founders OF the Produce Ex-
change in this city, and for many years one of its
best known members, died Monday. at her coun-
try homo in Scarsdale. Westminster County. Like
her deceased husband. Mrs. Titus was descended
from Quaker ancestors. who came to America in
the middle OF the seventeenth century Mr. Titus =
earliest American ancestor who bore the same
name, one of the-seven Quakers who first
settled Long Island in 1851 some OF the land
then bought by him from the Indians being still
in the family. The American forefathers of Mrs
Titus. the other hand, the Girfins and the Car
penters. first settled in New-England and some of
them, in the time of Roger Williams and subse-
Quently. held high office in the colony of Rhode
Island
Mrs Titus was a woman of marked intellectual
character combined with genteness and sweetness
of disposition. For many years before her death
she was helpless invalid. but that did not pre-
vent but rather Increased. the interest in aid
10 charitable works for which she and Mr. Titus
had long been well known in the Society of Friends.
Mrs. Titus left one child daughter who is the
wife Of Colonel Henry W Sackett. The funeral
VIII take place at Mrs. Tituss home at 2 O'clock
this afternoon. carriages awaiting at White Plains
the arrival of the 1885 train from the Grand Cen
trial Station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
TWO KILLED At ASBURY.
One Boy Drozoned-One Struck by
Trolley Car.

Asbury Park. n. J.. July IL (spccaD.-Fatol
bathing and trolley accidents occurred this
morning in the vicinity Of Asbury Park. Will
lam Holmes, colored. fourteen years old. was
drowned in Deal Lake. He had been bathing
with companion and was swept into deep
hole Being unable 10 swim, ho drowned
before assistance could reach him. The body
was recovered later.
Tho trolley accident occurred at the Mon
mouth-ave. crossing in Neptune City, two miles
south Of Asbury Park Max Tharter. Whites
Vile farmer, accompanied by his son. Max. jr..
fourteen years old, attempted to drive his horsa
and buggy across the tracks just as a north
bound car was approaching at lively rate.
The buggy was struck by the car and the i'm
pact hurled the occupants from the vehicle d.
rectly in front OF the car, which passed over
tho bodies The boy was killed and the father
injured so badly that he will almost certainly
die Both bodies were frightfully manGled. Tho
car was IN charge of Reynolds, who, special tors
say is rot responsible for the accident.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
HONOR CIVIL WAR HEROES
Monunsent to Mem Of led Nezv-
YORK. UnUeiLed at Washington.

Washington July with impressive ceremonies
snd IN tbs presence OF Comma ndcr in Chief Black
snd other representatives Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, and large crowd of spectators a
monument IN honor Of the men Of the l22d New
York Volunteers who fell in the battle Of Fort
Stevens. in defence Of the national capital. vas
unveiled at Brightwood. 4 suburb Of this city To-
day. The survivors OF the battle who were gath
cred on the platform included Colonel James NJ.
Gear Colonel o. V. Tracy. Colonel George i. Cas-
Ter Captain Martin Ryan, Captain Robert II.
Moses. Calus Weaver, William J. Anderson ". A.
T5ur.ingarne and Hubbard Mauzer.
Colonel o. Y Tracy made the opening speech
ard presented fhe monument erected by the sur
,irors OF the regiment in honor Of their dead COM
races, cf those who wounded on that Gay.
ana cleo IL honor Of a regiment that never failed
90 SIS duty IN its three years service in the Sixth
Army Corps"
The monument was accepted ny Colonel easier.
behalf OF the Veteran Association OF the 1920
sew York. THE monument he said. marked
the SPOT Where the regiment, in The presence Of
The immortal Lincoln in the very forefront Of the
hattie. helped 10 beat back the army OF General
E1a-!y il sursed up 10 the very gates Of the
osritsl"
Then. amid applause and the booming of the
hattery stationed near the old battle site Gains
Weaver who lost an arm n the battle drew the
cord which released tho flag covering and revealed
The granite memorial
The principal address made ~ Colonel Ben
ssmin r. Bingham past commander ~ the Depart
1nent q the folorn9c' u A u lie Salo lhat inc
hattie OF Fort Stevens had much 10 do in helping
President Lincoln 10 save The Union. and always
will be regarded as enc of the important events
az American histo<y. Continuing, he said:
In this battle. mainly participated in by the
Sixth Corps. the 1920 Regiment Of Network Vol
bore honorable part. and eighteen Of its
rnen wounded and seven went down 10 death
The survivors and friends Of the regiment, from
Snondasa County =. y. here to-oay-the for
tieth anniversary of the battle--httinGly TO com
meInorate the event by dedicating the monument
which they have erected 10 the memory OF the
fallen and the valor or the regiment. The
Sixth Corps saved Washington from being capt
ured by Early's command. II Early had succeeded
the cause Of the Union would have received Sc
we're blow and the Confederate flag been hoisted On
gonder capltol. the Independence of the Confed-
eracy might have been recognized by England and
other foreign powers. The Fort Stevens battle
was the only battle fought in the District OF Co
3umhia, and the only battle witnessed by President
5Ancoln during the Rebellion.
The monument is a handsome granite structure,
Appropriately inscribed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
CHOKES ON FALSE TEETH.
Woman iS7calIo7cs Them an Fright
and Dies IN Road.

Mrs Mary Murphy wife Of a saloonkeeper at No.
Il Fulton-st.. Brooklyn. was choked to death yes
terday by swallowing her false teeth while on her
way 10 Coney Island. Screaming with frigh. az q
runaway horse. which nearly ran over her, she
Ioosened the teeth. They caught in her throat and
she dies IL a few minutes. before the bystanders
knew what was the matter.
Mrs. Murphy ard her sixteen-year-oh son were
on their way 70 the island a Thrd-ave. car.
when a block occurred In the line at Neptune-av-.
They became impatient IN a few moments and
started to walk the rest OF the way. At that
instant the runaway came in sight and tore dowC
the street directly toward the woman and her son.
Mrs. Murphy seemed paralyzed with fear and made
no effort TO get out OF the way. Her son tried TO
drag her from the roadway. but she became appar-
entity hystercal and stood cutching at her throat
Fortunately the horse and wagon went around
them safely. Meanwhile the crowd had become At
tracted and tried TO relieve what was supposed to
be ordinary hysteria- The woman continued TO
clutch at her throat, and tried speak At length
she fell to the ground AS she was becoming IN
conscious some one at length had presence OF mind
enough to call ambulance. When ii arrived.
however, the woman dead. A hasty eXamina-
ton by the surgeon showed the cause.
The body taken 10 the Coney Island ponce
station The boy could not be made 10 realize what
had happened to his mother, but stood by her in
a dazed condition till her body was removed. and
then for the first time, seemed TO comprehend that
his neither dead. He became almost crazed
with grief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
MADOO ON POOLROOlIS.
Says He VII Kno5o If Western
Union lids Them.

Police Commissioner McAdoo. who attended the
Democratic convention at St. Louis. at Police
Headquarters yesterday afternoon In answer TO
a request from a Tribune reporter for a statement
the pooroom situation, the Commissioner de-
clared that the machinery OF poolselling in this
city was badly crippled if not broken. by the
action taken by the department. He said:
I discuss the details of the poolroom situ-
alton for the reason that il I do so and have a
weak hand L showing IL to the poolroOm men
through the newspapers, and. II l have strong
hand, what right have they to know ito The policy
of the Police Department. with regard TO pool
rooms. has not changed, and will not change as
long 1 am in this office There has been no at
tempt to influence me. for political considera tons
to change the policy of the department and. IL
there Were 1t would be absolutely useless, so far
l concerned.
The machinery of poolSelliug In New-York was
very badly crippled; If &ot broken, in the action
hitherto taken by this department. That machin-
cry can never be restored TO good working order
without the cooperation and knowledge of the
Western Union Telegraph Company and the New
York Telepho1e Company, and if they take such
action l will know IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
SUCCESS OF LECTURE COURSES.
Supervisor Says 453 Speakers Were Heard by
$4,000 New.Yorkers Last Year.

Speaking OF itsrscy adults in this city, Henry
NJ Leipziger. supervisor Of lectures OF thu Board OF
Education, says in his annual report, Just issuedi
And the greater portion illiteracy. It
mind is OF foreign parentase
large but the native born OF foreign parents
1t Is smaller than among those of native parents
OF the lecture courses last season. he says in parts
The Of the sixteenth public lectures
has the value Of this OF education for
adults. The number OF lecture increased
l2S 1908 l43. Four thousand
lectures given by 453 lecturers
attendance, as shown by n
pages OF this report reached 1.134Oo0.
The themes that have interested audiences have
been. first facts concerning the body carei then
the great phenomena OF natural science
planned No educational time is more press
ing than that OF general instruction science it
hoped that in the future establish
one or TWO science halls where instruction in the
expense OF the lecture two or three
years has been but one-eiGhth OF / per OF the
entire budget
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

Husband Runs from Uife's 4ttack
Promises Reform.

There was a scene on the Major Bergholtz es,,,.
on Lathers HILL New-ROchelle. yesterday wb
Mrs. Mae Six and her sister. Miss Edna Arius,
with the assistance of their father George MILE
caught Mrs, Skis husband, Harry Six out waikiki.
with a telephone girl. and dashed the girl v,h
viii until she begged for mercy, MIR. Six is a ban,
and vaudeville entertainer. and the girl his uiss
caught him out walking with Mrs. Grace Ds.1
a young widow who acts as relief operator In ia
NeW-ROchelle telephone exchange and in otbs
offices throughout Westminster County.
Despite the beating Mrs. Six gave the you,v
widow and though Mr.. Miller threatened To thrass
his son-in-Iaw sight. last night he Announce
that his daughter and Mr. Six had beeoma
reconciIed after the husband had asked for for
giveness. the horsewhipping Witnessed NJ
several residents of Lathers Hill Mr., Miller sal
last night:
For some time I have known that Mr. Six mad
been travelling with Mrs. Deal, and to-day whsr,
a neighbOr told Edna that Mr. Six with the widow
had walked by her house some distance from M
house. my daughter decided to investigate tola
her to take several hatpins with her To jab her
with, and 1 got the girls couple of whips loo
They hid in the grass and L was behind the stons
wall.
my daughters jumped out in front Of them.
by the arms. while Edna caught hold Of her dress
'''C;ive it, 10 her. shouted. IS 1 started after
stone wall, and he ran away like deer and de
serted his companion, While Ecna held Tn
woman, Mrs. Six struck her over the head and
face with the whip and she cried out for megoy
She said she would never go with Mr. Six again
NV daughter thrashed her until she tired and
when she got through the wonan'S clothes weFe
After the whipping was over 1 started to find mn
son-in-law as / intended 10 thrash him. He sent
a friend TO me and begged so hard for mercy thai
l reIented and then Mr.. Six mis- knees promise,
his wife and my wife TO be good hereafter He
said he had made mistake. and never would q
with the telephone girl again l Know he has been
meeting her clandestinely for some time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13

Ireland ffty-six years ago. In 1853 ne won 'he
American handban championship from BerhaIu
McQuade. and not long after became the "otiu
champion That title he held for more imam
twenty-five years About seven years ago ne Noi-
UNFAIRLY reIinquished the title. leaving II 1er oiS-
pute among younger men,
Casey and ex-Under Sheriff James Dunne' o'
Brooklyn, defeated the best teams in doubles IN
this country and then made a victorious tour IN
Europe Mr.. Caseys first public court was az
Douglass and Degraw SITS. In 1854 he built the
court No 297 Degraw-st. adjoining his nome
which is said to be the finest court in the world,
and where many prominent matches have Deel
played When the game was in the height OF Its
popularity many of the leading and poll
ticians in Brooklyn used to frequent Caseys court
There it that John i. Sullivan did his prellfn-
mary training for his fight with COrbett at New
Orleans. For a time Mr. Casey was active IN
Democratic politics; and represented the Tenth
Ward in the Board of Aldermen for four years
Mr., Casey was a bachelor, and made his horle
with Mrs James F. Wallace. his sister There
two other sisters who survive him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
AGED PERSONS DROWNED
Mountain Floods DO Great Damage
an OREGON.

Portland, Ore. July PA dispatch received
here gives particulars Of a coudburst. accom-
panied by loss OF life ard great damage to
property near Mitchell. Wheeler County, ore
Smith, ninety-one. were drowned Twenty
eight houses in Mitchell were destroyed.
terrific rainstorm occurred in the mountains
back OF Mitchell, causing Bridge and MIL
creeks to overflow the lowlands The two creeks
unite several hundred yards above Mitchell and
the converging of the waters created wall of
water twenty feet high. which swept down
toward the town, destroying every hing BEFORE
It, Mitchell has population Of about TWO
hundred.
In the last ten days Eastern Oregon has been
tho scene Of many cloudbursts. Farms nave
been flooded and great damage has resulted,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
BOUNTY BILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Bay State Veterans May Not Receive $125
Apiece.

Boston. July i2-Ths eonstitutioneiity ot tbs Old
solders Bounty hil passed BY the legislature IS
questioned by Attorney General in an oninio
rent 70 State Treasurer Bradford to-ssy The Attorney
General he has grave as to the co1stitu
rionay OF the passage of the over the Gov
srors veto and advises the that il is mt
The BOUNTY - ~ with 70 pay
me attorney ensral doubts that two-thirds vo. NJ
tne raerneers OF the House Representative
maze ysAe the passage Of the bii the CoernoTs
-to heclns that vote Of two-tirds
ee-sap was Necessary He also hnds the State
mas authority 20
.. TIC county The bill provided payment Nv IT,
9. go 70 every veteran Of the Civil War who has
leelFea no other bounty. Representative
reo OF Ipswich. the Bill! said Say ~.
eaeaIlon OF Validity 70 tha MIR. ~ wv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
TO TEST PIGEON Law.
RiUerton Gan Club Member VII
Shoot One Bird.

Trenton. N J., July 12-That there may he
a test OF the legality of the New-Jersey law
prohibiting live bird shooting, the law will be
violated by the Riverton Gun Club this week
The club at hrst proposed TO hold a regular
weekly shoot and let prosecution follow. but this
will not be the case member of the club
which includes in its membership we'll known
Philadelphia sportsmen. will go to the club
house and IN the presence OF an officer of the
law use his gun on solitary bird released from
a trap.
That VIII be enough TO make a test case
Who the "vioator" vii! be has not been ar
nounced. The Society for the Prevention CT
Cruelty to Animals will probably act as the
prosecutor in the CASE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
.SHRINERS 5000 STRONG.
arabic Order Holds annual COnUen,
ton bV the Ocean.

~ tho Ancient Arabic Order of the Mobiles OF the
MYSTIC Shrine have arrived for their annual con-
venton. The most popular headgear in tho city
to-day Is the red tez.
Among the arrivals was Imperial Potentate
George H. Green, the well known United states ties
Marshal for the Northern District Of Texas DIT
Walter NJ FIemuing the founder OF the order
in the Western Hemisphere arrived also he was
The drst Imperial Potentats IN this country, and
so presided for twelve years For many years he
was potentate OF the Mecca Temple. OF New ork
Headuuarters opened at the Old Vienna
Cafe and the first delegate to register there was
seluar Meyers. Of the Mecca Temple. New YORK
The first woman attending the convention 10 regis
ter was Mrs CypVan c. Hunt. whose husband Is
also a membNr OF the Mecca Temple
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
HALF-YEAR DIVIDEND OF PER CENT
Semi-Annual Statement Of Home Insurance
Company Shows Prosperity.

The Home Insurance Company OF this city
senA-snnual dividend Of payable demand
at Its offices at No. So Cedarst and and
second seEnannual satemsnt shows condition pleas
ing prosperity The OF the company include
$4,000 goo In bonds and stocks. at
nearly sl6OOooo cash 10 the OCT ssl IA. in
or agents and in collection S573
Csh pa banks and trust companies.
The company 70 be "A
ne aollties " ths company include capital OF
foooO ns reserve premium fund So S25O 1s It's
heI surplus OF s6Ols0T The surplus regards policy
holders OF the company amounts 50 OF, sOT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Fire Destroys Forty-tuo Buildings
IN a MARYLAND TO1cn.

Wilmington, Del, July 12.-Fire tonight de-
:stroyed forty-two buildings in the business and
residence section OF Wilmington, Md, causing a
loss Of about 100000 partly insured. Not a
store remains in the town, and tonight the
streets are filed with homeless men, women and
children.
The fire started in blacksmith shop and
spread rapidly. The officials OF the town called
on Wilmington for aid. One hundred men with
apparatus, were sent. The fire is late tonight
under control. Some OF the buildings DESTROYED
were the Pennsylvania Railroad station. the
Town Hall, two hotels, postofTice. the Milling
ton Bank business houses and dwelling houses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
INDICTMENTS FOUND IN BIDDLE CASE
Three Negroes Charged with Assault and
Four as Accessories

Mount Holly. ". J.. July f2-The grand Jury to-
day returned true bills of indictments against
Aaron TinSers Jonas Sims and William Austin
the negroes charged with feloniOus assault upon
Mrs Elsie Biddle. OF this place, Timbers and Sins
are IN custody at Lancaster. Penn. and Austin IS
under arrest in Philadelphia
Judge GaskiII instructed the Jury 70 find iadlct-
ments against Joseph and Israel Timbers brothers
Of Aaron Tinnbers and Horace Robinson, as aces
series after assault. II is expected that
rnOny will be presented show that these men as
sisted in the escape OF the principals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
OBITUARY..
MAYOR SAMUEL NJ. JONES.

Toledo Ohio, July 12-Saluuel NJ Jones. the
Golden Rule Mayor, died at his home this evening
at 5OI o'clock the result OF a complication OF
diseases. The immediate cause OF his death was
an abscess on his lungs When this abscess broke
the Mayor was strong enough to throw OF
the poison from his system. and death resulted
The Mayor had suffered for years from asthma,
and this was the primary cause of his fatal ilress
The death of Mayor Tones has caused the great
est sorrow all over the city. Although Dany did
not believe in his ideas on sociological problems,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
PHILIP CASEY.

Philip Casey who is said 10 have done more
than any other ons man to popularize the game
OF handball died at his home. No. 2s5 Degraw-st
Brooklyn, yesterday. For twenty-five years he
was the handball champion of the world. Since
the 7Gs he has had a public handbau court in
Brooklyn. where most of the best players of the
world have engaged in matches
Mr. Casey had made his home in America since
he was eighteen years old. having been born in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
THOUGHT FAMILY WAS TO BE KILLED

Chicago. July 12-Anthony Crescio to-day told tho
motive which led him fatally shoot
Andrew cuneo the wealthy wholesale fruit dealer
Crescio said; I shot Cuneo because rs plotting
murder my family
The prisoner declined to add anything further. The
~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
VICTIM OF THE FOURTH DIES.

FNAppo szdsno. thirty-thTes years old Of No . oos
t>t-2Ve was shot IN the July By an unknown
It1son- lie was taken 10 Roosevelt Hospital and wa,
conFnlS.oas died 'e- 0A seized with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-13
TO TURN WATER IN NEXT DECEMBER

Commissioner Curtis, Of the Aqueduct Commission an
nounced yesterday that engineers expect TO ba abs
10 turn water into the new jerome Park reservoir in
December II IS believed that the retain
ING walls Will then be sufficiently completed permit OF
the partial llling Of the reservoir.