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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
ARRIVALS OF BUYERS.

J q Bernd Company. Pttsturg; s n Rose m.iIips -
Millinery Herald sGu9Te y o..,-.,.,.-
arg muslin underwear. 10. 20 Franklin st. Herald
Rra-,r. Baltimore; drysooas notions and fur
nishlng goods. and e. NJ Anderson. drysoois Herald
a David & CO. Wilmington c: A David. clothing
Dives. Pq7nsEoy steyw;sss Reading: P. safraHAa
Dowell & Helm Baltimore George T Dowe.L millinery
dsSdb Epstein baltimore Kaufman drygooas and
r. Smith. domss,i-s ana prints, M. 40 Leonard a.
a@1saa Field Co. g, Ci1 ago, i Pp,:hsn buttons
leather goods etc No l94 WoTih Fl tii iso ,1
ma suits No ~ Lispenarl-s Imperial
suits m W Tra lTssT . etc O. st 'T Denis
Cali = Frank Conrauy. Niv-aul,ee; f. Philip. milf
ner-- ma ribbons No ~ Franklin -. Imperial.
= 2 Gardner Troy y y; piece goods Mayarre
hrcllas ant embroidery: No rs whtost Murray
J2sl Gg%sp 60 CO baltimore sIsa1 William Dyo'' dress
4 Hamburger & sons Los Angeles Cal: II. \ Kor
housefaTlshng goods, 30 asa RroadNay. Herald Square
hosiery, furnishing goods and upholstery goods no l1a
fisrt Brother Chicago: II. H. Hart. No. 20 Thomas
Hecb5 Brothers Co. Baltimore; Eli Hecht. carpets
Holman Manufacturing Company. Baltimore I. Ham
burger. piece goods. Netherlsnd - ", ,,.
and J Horne No Il Ilspenard-st
PS r@es G parasos sds and 6aRdxerchief No
% SbEng ST. HsTaaG SlIare osgo N 1nnuor fur
nishine GOODS Herald sa Square. 49,. ,ouo-,,u dr.
goods notions and furnishing goods. Herald Square
Eros, Chicago = T.. Shauer. upholstery goods
No 4d0 Rroome-st. Imperial.
J.. Mohr & Sons, Savannah: g. l. Nohr. notions
hosiery and fancy goods; No 2ss Church ST..
NetheTland.
NJ Parsons Baltimore: nannels and blankets. Gre
gorian.
Quinn. Marshall Co. Iynehburg Va: Me 71!
drvgoods. AZ Leonard st. Imperial.
Company. PittsAurg: l. a. Behr. clOaks.
suits, waists and furs Netherland-
Sage, Allen & Co. Hartford. Conn: r. ID. Boughton,
coals. suits. and furs. Navarro.
Simons Hatch e. Written Company. Boston: A. T.
Hatch. furnishing goods, Navarro
H. J. Stern q Milwaukee; TT. Stern, drygoods.
No IL White st
W. X Taylor & Co. Cedar Rapids: G. T. Bonney, dry
goods notions and furnishing goods. Darlington.
Thompson. Cramp & co. Philadelphia: J. Thompson.
domestics and remnants, Everett.
Union Manuact Iring Company, Columbus, Ga; p An
6rers. piece goods broadway Central
Wanamaker. Philadelphia: A. p Boveov. carpets
and upholstery goods. Aherarie; II. Cowperthwaite.
stationery pocket cutlery and !. r Collins,
housefurnishing goods Westminster w T. Sckett. jew
.iry. 50. Denis
IL s. Williamson Lancaster: Z. T. ssyres, clothing.
No. 317 Broadway, Westminster
Bros G. Co. Allentown. Penn e. r. Anewalt
Imperial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
NEW FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The Economic Fire Insurance Company has OBJ
tanned It's charter from Albany Will shortly be-
gin 10 conduct a general fire nsuran % business
Its capital IS $500 80 and surplus s3OOOpl The tenn
pOrary Offices at No. 6S Williams. A meeting
FOR the election OF officers VIII be held in n few
days by these directors: OakleSh Thorne pres.
dent North American Trust Company; Edward NJ
Shepard. counsel for company, Harry L. Hollins
q II d. Hollins 81 Co.. bankers; DE-. oscar II.
Roger medical director New York Lie Insurance
Company Thomas r. Goodrich vice president
National Surety Company; Edwin g. Root. OF In
gram. Root & Massey; John y. Van Every, vice
president Western Union Telegraph Company
Frank Z. Bradley. second Vice-president New York
Commercial Company. Harrison y. Ncdder. presi-
dent II. \. Nedder & Co. fire underwriters: Theo-
dora j. tuyler. assistant treasurer Postal able
Company; Stanislaus p. Franchot. general man
ascr and director National Electrolytio Company;
Samuel Amos. John W. Ingram. Of Ingram, Root
& Massey and Charles L. I.anelsv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
SAILED.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.

March steamers British Empire
RiddIe New Gravesent and Antwerp. Moor
6am GDutchl Bonjer. New-YoTk for Boulosne-sur Mer
Rotterdam.
LeghoTn, March GlSaeu steamer Algeria (B) GEORGE,
New-York.
Glasgow March 3I-ArrIved steamer Corinthian (Brl
Nunau New-YorS Liverpool.
Queenstown March 81. 1856 m--Sailei steamer leu
to1ic ,FBr BcKinstry from LIVERPOOL, New-York
Hamburg March 81 mf-Arrtved. steamer Graf
Waidersee Ger. Krech. New-York Via Plymouth and
Cherbo1rE
SchleeniiIch. New-AOrk.
ROTTERDAM March ao-Arrived Brilliant Ger,
Keller New York.
Havre March 81. I a m-Arrived. steamer Ia savois
tFr). Porot. New-Ycrk.
Gibraltar. March 3I-Passed Victoria CBrp.
Wards. Genoa, etc, for New York
Gibraltar. March 31-Passed. Schuylkiii
Nicholas New-York Shanghai
Gibraltar. March 29-Sailed. steamers Greathsm
Gowng from Genoa), New-york; Both. 10
Konig Albert eGer) Poiack (from Genoa). New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
FATHER ADMITS SONS SUICIDE.

At the Office OF his father in this city the news
OF the suicide e Daniel Bacon tr. AZ Yokohama
on March 9 was declared correct yesterday. Ac-
oordinn 20 W. I'd brought by steamer from Japan.
BACON was attending daa &C at Yokohama DIS
pleased because yourg woman to whom hS vas
much attached accepting tho attentions OF
another young man. he went 10 n side room ana
shot himself Great secrecy preserved thero
heCsuse OF tha promince Of the people concerned.
Daniel Bacon jr. according 10 notices puoisfcl
hcre when the funeral was Reid, died from pncu-
rnonia The body is its way hcTe and VIII 10
buried in the family plot 1T Woodlawn. Bacon
v.as tyentv-one wears old. He for time At
Harvard but after illness travelled abroad. and
finally went to Japan, intending TO start an OK
,rsi there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01

If you really haven't much use for
a frock coat, don't be bluffed into
buying one just for Easter.
We've a mighty handsome lot OF
frock coats and waistcoats, $24 to $40,
and we'd like to sell you one, but
we've a suspicion that there will be a
good many sensible sold citizens per-
fectly comfortable in sack suits next
Sunday. Spring sack suits are SIG
to $50.
Spring overcoats for wear with any
sort of suit.
Everything else man or boy wears.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
25S Broadway. opposite City Hall.
ss7 Broad v-av. cor 18th III orders
and 40 20 Attn Ave by mail.
1860 BToaGWSs. SD.
and - West S2d ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
GLASS employees OUT.
Six Hundred Men Idle as Result of Strike IN
Big Pennsylvania Factory.

r,,t.zbure. March 31-Employes in factory NO.
OF tbe American Machine Glass company nj Al
,ols Pens, struck last night, and every man en-
.,o,-a5 q, tho blowing machines which were re-
c,,l installed went out closing down the factory
which Is said to b. the largest in the world IN all
departments
The strikers are unorganized aud no forn1aI &c
ulands rad been made TO tho company, aIthouBh
81 was understood that the men contemplated ask
ing for en- advance Of 80 cents a day. None OF the
nler on the midnight shift reported for Work To-
nigh. In all al bout six hundred men are AFFECTED.
on- hundred and fifty of whom are cutters ana
attenere who did not strike, but rendered idle
bv the other quitting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
GRAND TRUNK RETRENcHlNe.

losses incurred during the winter on account
OF the unprecedented heavy SHOWS and generally
severe weather. the Grand Trunk Railway Com
pany has decided a policy OF retrenchment and
q large number OF men In the shops all the
system viii be laid of. Three hundred ffty
W.T. be laid OF in the shops here tomorrow
and two hundred 10 be laid off at the STAFFORD
shops tonight. The Grand Trunk officials saw
that BY July the shops will again be working
with their fun compliments. II IL understood that
there viii be reduction in the operating depart
m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
SUICIDE FROM FERRYB0AT.
Well Dressed Young Woman Jumps Over
board in Midstream.-

An unidentified young woman committed suicide
yesterday afternoon by jumping from the ferry boat
John Engs in midstream The boat. which plies
between Broadway. Brooklyn. and Forty-second-
ST. Manhattan left Brooklyn at 8 p. m. The
woman sat quietly the cabin for some time,
then began pace the deck, despite the heavy
rain and when opposite Thlrty-irSt-st vaut ted
over the rail. The vessel was stopped, but before
e small boat could be lowered the woman threw
I'D her hands and sank
She was apparently about twenty-five years
old, and unusually pretty. Employees OF the boat
said she was well dressed. wearing A dark blue
tailor made gown and large black picture hat
The hat recovered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
BANK TO GIVE FOUR PER CENT.
Maiden Lane Savings Institution Announces
Large Dividend.

OHcers OF the Maiden Lane Savings Bank. No 70
Broadway. have come 10 the conclusion that they
can pay their depostors dividend NJ the rate
OF Per cent per annum on July I April falling
on Sunday. the bank will allow interest from
April l all deposits made on or before April 1.
The banks officers Louis Wndmuller. presi-
dent; ". T. Carlton and Leopold Stern. vce-presi-
dents. and N. Mas, Eecretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
SATISFIED JUDGMENTS.

The following satisfied judgments were among
those fled yesterday. tho first name being tina. OF
the debtor. the second that OF the creditor and the
date when judgment flied:
Eek. Augustus. e&ecutor-H T!erb.ner executor
AID another; February is. 1900 -..;......., 2l5
METROPOLITAN street RailAsy Company-r o Brien;
1898. ..........-..-- lesl
Same Mendoza. october L. 1902 81sl
SaUc-A Toy. November l6 1908 .---.-.-...... I4O5
PAW John X and Percy = Goidnghsn-A
Boultbee octoter "a 1900 -, 1880
JUDGMENT RELEASED.
Povs. Thomas N-Tr<t National Bank Of Ham
iitoa hhio. April - ss47o
JUDGMENTS CANCELLED
i..6i - .....".. $3.50
Sarr--Sare. Mach Observation-Disclosures. 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
HOME NEWS.
NETWORK CITY.

The Cortlandt County Society holds its next an
nual reunion and dinner at the Aldine Association
on Thursday. April Z. ut $50 p. m Charles O..
Dewey of No. IA Macon-st., Brooklyn. is secretary
OF the society.
Or. Carroll d. Wright. OF the Department OF Sta
tistics OF Labor viii lecture before the League for
Political Education No. % West Forty fourth-st.
on lis There n Solution of the Labor Question 90
te-morrow at Il q. m. This will be the last Of the
season in the series of Saturday morning lectures
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
BIG ORDER FOR ELEVATORS.
John Wanamaker to Buy 10 for His Stores
Here and in Philadelphia.

What is said to be the largest elevator order ever
placed IS that issued by John Wanamaker for MS
two department in this city and Philade!pfia
1t is for 10 elevators. at total cost or $latos,
The type used is new. only one OF the klnc bcln6
now In use In this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
BALTIMORE FIRE LOSSES.

lBr TELEGRAPH TO The TRIPUNE.l
Baltimore March 31-Rcceivers OF the five BaIti-
more fire insurance companies embarrassed by
losses in the big fire Strengthening out the
claims AGAINST them. The estimates indicate that
payments Of losses to policy holders Will work out
about as follows: Baltimore Fire Insurance COM
many s. per cent: Firemens. S. per cent. Home, ~
per cent; Old Town, 80 per cent. and Peabody 90
nar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
NAVY YARD DEsERTER CAUGHT.

Sew-Haven. Conn. March 3l.-Detectve Sergeant
Dennehy arrested William NcCabe last night on
the charge Of desertion. II IS alleged that he de-
serted from the United States training ship Han
cock on November 10, leos the Brooklyn Navy
Yard lie wss taken TO Brooklyn to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
SPECIAL MENTION.

Advertisements admitted into these columns
recommended TO the readers o The Tribune
thoroughly reliable, and busi be done By
mail with tho advertisers with perfect safety.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01

The following Judgments were among those fled
yesterday the arst name being that Of the debtor:
Clarke. william DIV vhewel................. s5S3
Ss.npsn r-"i " ~ - ....-.......e.- 4219
DoDIirr William and Afarv r McCiuire-T
The City Of York; Eelmhen. ........... tVo
The American Wood column Company 5 Bar
Same-Same 6SJ
usny -. .....-... ..-..'...e.. 1907
National Bread go-s,pan,-A :
Morning Association-S Aronson $50
yellow COMPANY sicN.iliis 1.223
Jackson Elsar IN + Aut..-.-..-.-.-..-.... 1850
York No. "..,.....,@. 2Srs
Matte. Charles Ell g Alley another........ islT
Sfnars R-A Similar. ...-........-...... 32es
Schroeder louis CT ID Thompson. ............. GO
T-ieh@t Frederick Wv l. Mahot. lOa2
Neathered. Charles 30 * Kelly Company. 1876
company. Of Neu-YGrk 24ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Thursday, March 81, o.

steamer Armenian CBr). Bartlett Liverpool March 1a
t. tho White Line with mdse Arrived the Bar At
steamer Deutschland Ger, KaenpN Hambu-E March
"a Southampton and herbcurg -. 10 the Hamburg
American Line. with 353 cabin and 2gs steerage pas
steamer Pots9am Dutch senger Rotterdam March 10.
Eouosne and Falmouth II, to the Holland-Amsrica
cabin and i,US+ and
mdse. Arrived the Bar at 12:29 n M
Princess Irene Cerb. DanEerInan. Genoa March
Naples is Gibraltar FL 10 oelricnS A. Co. with
the Bar at 3:l7 a III.
steamer Sikh (Rr) Rowley. Yokohama November 90
Kobe December &C. Shanghai January 90. Foo-Chow 81
Annoy February l. Hong Kong . Singapore 10. Colombo
TO- March 6 and Aglers Is. Irwin Mcbride
Co. cabin passengers and mdse. Arrived at the
Steamer Carbbee C3r) Saunders. surnam March a.
St Lucia ID and Porto Dadre, cuba, 26,
10 Outerpridge & co, with passengers. msz and
mdse. Arrived the Bar AZ
Ocean Steamship co. with passengers and mdse
Steamer Navahoe. johnson. Georgetown. g March
"a Wilmington. c. %, to William p Clyde Co.
with mdse.
Steamer Monroe Hulphers Newport News and Norfolk.
| to Dominion Steamship Company, with
rev 10 Passed In Sandy Hook at 2:51
Steamer Tallahassee. johnson. Boston, TO the Ocean
Steamship Company with mdse. Passed in Sandy Hook
sandy Hook J. March 81. $50 p m-Wind north
east. fresh breeze; raining and thick
SAILED.
Steamers Northwestern Arthur. Tex. MoItke
Gen. Plymouth. Cherbourg and Hamburg; Bsrbarossa
tGer Bremen; Grl, Havre Monvlso UtaD.
Orleans: Tymeric (Br), Perth Amboy: Monterey,
Havana: Hero Nor). Port Limon, jamestown Norfolk
ana Newport Fequa (Br>. Duniirk; Kansas City.
! ah
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01

TO GET GOOD TREATMENT.
Readers ARE insured of good treatment IL they will
alcntio, TO advertisers they their advt In The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.

San Francisco. March Sl.-The Official closing
quotations for mining stocks to-day were as fol-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01

Genoa March 2s-Sailed Cftta Torino Utah
tiailetto New-York via Naples. Unibria QtaD Bara-
bino, New-York.
Naples March 3O-Arrved. steamer Caabrfa CBr, Cav
NeN-YOrk via Marseilles Genoa.
Genoa March 2SArrfved steamer Vincenzo FIoro OtsD
Dodero New-York via st Michaels and Naples,
Malta March 3i-Arrved, steamer Powhatan 13r)
den New-YorS Algiers for Venice, etc.
Calcutta March 3S-Saled. steamer Florida Ger) for
Fremante March 31-Arrived previously steamer Ire
bia (Br,, McDougall New-Yors via st Vincent, c v,
for Adelaide.
Bermuda. March aArrived steamer Pretoria (Br) Nc
Nev-YoFk "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
sprrse 5:,6 sunset Moons age IL
HIGH WATER
A M-Sandy Hook Island - O25
p M-Sandy s2a Gov. Island SOS Hell Gate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
INCOMING STEAMERS.

TO-DAY.
ge<sei
'Orsnje Hayti March %. ID W I
'Progreso. Trinidad. March Trinidad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

TO-DAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-01
JUDGMENTS.

he following Judgments were among those fled
terday the arst name being that OF the debtor:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-05
The President and the Constitution.

There is good deal of talk Just now on
the part Of certain men and newspapers
opposed to the election of President Roose-
welt about his assaults upon the Constitu-
ton of the United States. But there Is at
the same time suggestive dearth Of srecf-
identify the article and clause of the funda-
mental law that the President has violated
or ignored or subverted. He is pictured as
using it as a punching bag, as shootin,
holes through 1t. as tearing 1t to bits
and trampling upon it. after a fashion
that, if based on facts, would warrant his
impeachment. But there have been no I'M
parchment proceedings thus far. There is
general agitation of fear for the in
tegrity of the Constitution. The outcry
arises from a few sources and 1t Is easily
read in terms of craftsmanship or factionalism
or personal prejudice. Until these critics of
Mr. Roosevelt can put finger on the passage
that has been overruled and supply the
facts of its destruction, the general public
will regard these charges and insinuations
as mere campaign vaporing. And in the
degree that they continue without proof
Mr. Roosevelt gains in strength with the
people who are not to be misled by msrepre-
sensations. They are likely to ask why those
who are 50 fearful of the integrity of the
Constitution do not file charges against the
President in regular order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-05

during the past quarter of a century have
brought the thinking world into close touch
with many phenomena Of health and dis
ease which were formerly regarded as I'm
solvable mysteries
This series of the Insurance company 8
booklets treats of four. of the chief causes
Of death and disease in midsummer. sun
stroke. drowning. diarrhoea and malaria.
each in separate pamphlet small enough
to be tucked into the vest pocket. 1t does
not undertake to supplant the physician.
but to facilitate his work by preventing use
less exposures of life. There need be no
fear on the part of the physicians that
their business will be taken away from
them by the sanitarians by the pam
phlet writer's. There will always be Illness
and always need of the skilled treatment
which only physicians can give The field
of the sanitarian and the gratuitous adviser
of the public lies chiefly on the borders be-
pose of the hygienists to press those Dor
ders ever onward. encroaching upon the
territory of disease. That they will sue
coed In enveloping 1t completely is impos
Sible. Man Is born to die and the great
object of medical science and hygiene and
the sanitary enterprises Is to keep him
alive long possible. to render his life
easy and healthful and to give his physi-
cal energies their fullest play for the ac-
cOmplishment of the work for which he
was sent into the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-05

The month of July in the immediate
neig hborhood of Washington has borne out
the reputation of the current year re-
CARDS heat by being cooler than the average
of the records. The mean daily temperature
for the month was 74.3 degrees Fahrenheit
whereas the mean temperature for the
month of July during the past thirty-four
years has been II degrees. The hottest
July on record was that of 1872 when the
mean daily temperature was 81 degrees.
equaIed by the July of 1876 The coolest
was that of 1891. when the mean tempera-
ture only " degrees Thus this year s
July has been a little above the recorded
minimum Sonora felton, each of twenty
days during the month. making total for
The month of g. % inches. This is lib inches
in excess of the average of thirty-four
years which is 4.a2 inches. The Yettest
July on record during this period was that
of 1886. when 1903 inches fell, and the dry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-05

est was that Of 1872. when only eighty-two
hundredths Of an inch fell. Thus. July OF
1872 appe ars as the hottest and the dryest
July of which the Weather Bureau has
offlcia, knowledge. In the July Of the year
1886, when more than ten inches OF
rain fell here. the mean daily tenn
perature was "a degrees. about the
same as this year 1t Is interesting to know
that during the month of July the wind
blew past the Weather Bureau a total dis
lance Of 3.SA miles. this being a moderate
total for thirty-one days, the maximum
speed being reached on the first of the
month. when the measuring machine show
ed rate Of thirty miles an hour. Since the
first of January the year has lost sos de-
grees of temperature below the mean Of
thirty-four years. or an average daily de-
hcfency of 81 degrees and the rainfall in
this locality has been just two inches less
than the average. The hottest July day
this year was the 18th. when the maximum
temperature was 81 degrees and the mini
mum n, with a mean Of 81 The next day
mad the same maximum and mean, but q
minimum two degrees lower than the mini
mum Of the 18TH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-05
Inc Prosecutors Preliminary INQUIRY.

IL is unquestionab bly, proper for the nrose
cutting officers of the Police Court to ascer-
tain before taking their cases into court if
there be time, the general character of the
charges filed against defendants and of the
testimony available in support of them.
mat process. however. should not go so far
as to call for a hearing of both sides The
preliminary inquiry of the prosecutor is
similar to the Investigation conducted by
the grand jury. The defendant is not al
ways examined by that body. and the wit
neASes are not heard in the presence of any
representative of the person accused The
whole procedure is ex parte yet the iudg-
ment of the twentythree men constituting
the jury must be satisfied that there f. a
prima face case of guilt. The jury does
not indict only in cases of certain guilt
Just SO the prosecutor in the Police Court,
whose problems are infinitely more Simple
than those of the higher courts although
more numerous, should take into court all
cases where the complaint is definite and
supported by the testimony of a policeman
or two citizens whose versions agree in the
main. If he stops to listen to the defend
ant and to weigh his explanation or denial
against the testimony of the accusing wit
nesSeS he is trespassing upon the functions
or the court, case should be plainly I'M
worthy of prosecution to be abandoned by
the prosecutor. SO plainly as to appeal to
the average Judgment as unworthy. A good
many of the cases in which informations
have been quashed are of violations of the
speed regulations. In these cases the prose-
cutting officer has established himself as
court and has accepted collateral and dis
missed charges after the manner of the
presiding judge In way to create the i'm
preston that there is no real vitality In the
regulations and no credence At the Police
Court in the testimony of the bicycle DO
licemen who make the arrests If the prac-
tice of hearing all cases before trial in the
prosecutors office Is to continue certain
rules should be laid down SO that the public
will understand the measure which is APP
piled to informationS and to supporting
testimony TO determine whether they are
sufficient And full records of all cases dis
posed OF in this way should be kept and
published in order that there may be no
misunderstanding of the circumstances