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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
THE NEW CENTRAL BODY. !
Escape Tile Workers IN Hotels by
Use of Marble.

Preparations are being made 10 have, II possible
all the building trades unions in central body
by January l. as. If the unions locked out are
forced to surrender against their WILL 1t is ex-
pected that u ne building fight will be resumed on
a larger scale next spring In the mean time the
Tile Layers Union is assisting independent en-
pioyers TO get tile, so that number of the latter
are able TO give work the tile layers who are
locked out. According to R. B. Tompkins, an Off
Ger of the Tile Layers Union. the members of the
Tile Crate and Mantel Association has offered the
locked out men So 30 day If they will give up the
name of the union and call it by any other name
or join the new union. Tompkins says that the
new union is composed of helpers, and that seced-
ing members when they Joined found that they
get
The Tile Layers Union, it stated. had sue
ceeded in holding up the work for long time on
the new hotel at Fifty-ffth-st and Fifth-ave. The
lessees of the hotel had announced that 1t would be
opened at midnight the last day of this year,
noon January l. At tbs last minute an arrange
ment was made by which marble instead Of porce-
opening will take place on time BY emPloyi .
ninth-st. and Broadway, was finished in time to be
In the mean time the carpenters have decided to
stop work on all the contracts of the v j. Hedden
& Sons Company in this city as Wen as IN Newark
blocks at One-hundr ed -thirty-eighth-st. and
A @ where e ee gfTke has also been
ordered at the Womans Hospital IT,, Ufne one
ano-tenth-st. ana
of the new plumbers union.
A committee on plan and scope Tor the new CEN
trail body building trades unions made report at
a meeting of committees from the different trades
at Fifty-sixth-st. and Thrd-aye. Yesterday The
report declares against dual unions-that is unions
being duplicated In trade. 1t also declares
in favor of one body containing all the unions in
skilled mechanics The plan is to be submitted to
referendum vote Of all the building trades unions
In NeU-York The new body is consist Of five
Representatives from each building trade. R. D.
ITdmnkins who has been made secretary of the
committed said last night:
No matter what happens this body will be
formed and will be ready far business January
! It is not necessarily lighting body. but will
represent ali the unions, and is not designed to
overturn any agreements now existing between
bona fde unions and employers. Every union now
in the new body believes in arbitration and that
strikes should not be adopted except last re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
HORSE IS RESCUED FROM DRY DOCK.
Stalled All Night at It's Bottom-Crew of
Chattanooga Aid in Rescue.

After being stalled all night at the bottom OF
dry dock No 8, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the
horse which on Saturday night walked into the big
opening with his wagon and driver who killed.
hoisted out yesterday morning. The crew OF
the cruiser Chattanooga which took part in the
rescue. wanted to keep His Bones they named
the animal, q mascot but not allowed to
do The horse is the first which ever had the
honor OF spending the night in q United States dry
dock.
His Bones" was brought 10 the surface with an
electric crane. Broad bands placed under the
animal. and in this sling he hoisted
easily as if he had been pound of cheese. The
horse exhibited signs Of great JOY at getting of
his temporary quarters where he had been soaked
ia The water at the bottom of the dock and by the
drlylng rain from overhead. He returned 10
r. Winder of No. 20 Navy-st.. his owner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
GAS OVERCOMES FIVE.
Sisters Rescued by Husband of the
Eldest.

Five sisters-Mrs. Adella Weinberg. twenty-five
years old, Of No. 20 Skman-ave., Brooklyn; Sophie,
Jennie Minnie and Rebecca Lobel, respectively
sixteen eighteen, nineteen and twenty years old
were overcome by inhaling illuminating gas in the
Lobel home, at No. 457 Grand-st., early yesterday
morning and for time their lives were In danger.
The gas jet in the room in which all five sisters
were sleeping is so loose that it turns completely
around instead OF stopping in a half arc. 1t is
supposed that turning the out Saturday night
one of the sisters turned the jet open again, for
It was open 10 almost its full extent when dis
covered
Mrs. Weinberg, who had been visiting her sisters.
was awakened about o'clock. when Minnie. be
side her, coughed violently. She tried to rise and
wake the others. but fell across the door. Her
husband, Solomon Weinberg. who sleeping in
the room, heard her fall. and awolxe.
He opened the door, to find his wife lying across
It and the other, four unconscious in their beds.
He opened the window and dragged the five Occu-
pants Of the out TO clearer air while another
member of the family called a policeman After
q few hours all had recovered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
MURDER TRIAL GOWNS.
DresSmaker Fits NAN" Patterson IN
Tombs- Sister Here.

Mrs. Nan" Patterson is to have new gowns for
her trial this week on the charge Of numbering
Caesar" Young. the bookmaker, while they were
riding in a cab, For the last two weeks she
has been in the hands of a fashionable dress
maker, who has gone every day for the last two
weeks TO the Tombs to fit her
1t is expected that her costumes will
help her case. The visits of the dressmaker
have been kept very quiet. Mrs. Patterson OBJ
tanned permission to have the dressmaker go to
her cell and asked that the visits be kept Sc
cret. She has also purchased several hats.
1t was learned yesterday that Mrs. Patter-
sons sister, Mrs. Smith, for whom it is said
the District Attorney is looking, is in this city,
and has made two calls on her sister at the
Tombs woman yelled and wearing black
called the Tonbs yesterday and asked to see
the prisoner. She said she Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. Patterson spent what may be her last
Sunday in the Tombs in a more happy frame
of mind than she has shown previously. She
took an interest in the afternoon religious
vice. She attracted some attention by taking
part in the singing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
CIRCUITS ACTION RAPED.
appointment of McCooey Is Called
q Public Scandal"

The executive committee of the Civil Service
Reform Association has passed the following
resolution condemnng the appointment of John
H McCooey to office in the Finance Depart
ment:
Whereas. On October D, 1904 His Honor the
mayor, acting upon charges preferred by this
association, removed from Office John H. Nc
Cooeyr president of the Municipal Civil Service
commission, for derelcton of duty and viola
tlon OF the Civil Service law and rules; and
Whereas, Notwithstanding such removal, on
october -, 1904 Controlled Edward Nj. Grout
appointed said McCooey to office In the De-
partment of Finance:
Resolved, That this association condemns such
appointment as amounting to a public scandal;
and
Whereas, 1t has been alleged that Controller
Grout has violated the provisions of the consti-
tuition and the Civil Service law by making ap-
polntments to positions in the classified service
which were influenced by political considera-
tions;
resolved, That the chairman appoint COM
mlttee of three to report to these alleged
violations at the next meeting of the executive
committee
Mr.. Grout in Brooklyn last night declined to
discuss the resolutions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
BRICK FIGHT ON ROOF.
italian Uses a Chimney as Ammuni-
ton against DetectiUeS.

In arraignng Italian, who says he is John
Careva, of No q Mulberry-st.. but who the police
say is the present leader of the Five Points
Gang" in the Tombs police court yesterday on a
charge of highway robbery, Detective Sergeants
Miller and Glynn, of the Headquarters staff, told
exciting tale of fight the roofs of Mulberry
Bend tenement houses before they captured their
prisoner.
On the roof Of the tenement house at No. p Null
berry-st. three men who had been with Careva
light and escaping in the darkness below Careva
took refuge behind q chimney He tore it half 10
pieces to get loose bricks for ammunition and with
these bombarded the detectives
For five minutes he kept the detectives at bay,
and forced them to seek cover behind another
chimney They were not hit, and finally they
gathered up some of the bricks he had thrown and
retaliated. At last when hot voley of bricks
from the detectives had silenced Careva's fire for
a moment, Miller and Glynn rushed out and cap
tured him. He kicked, bit and pummelled them be-
fore they finally overcsme him.
He held in ST. 900 ball.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
AGED WOMAN TORTURED.
Negro Burns Veteran's Wido10 to
Make Her GiUe Up VaIuabIes.

Philadelphia, Nov. 13-Mrs. Mary Ross
widow of Civil War soldier, was tortured and
otherwise brutally treated early to-day by
negro, who forced an entrance into her home at
Bridgeport, eighteen miles from this city, and
demanded her pension money and valuables.
The woman. who is about seventy years of age
was alone in the house. but resolutely refused
to obey the intruder Persisting in her refusal.
the negro bound her hands and feet and tor
tured her by bstering the soles of her feet
with lighted candle Still she resisted, and
then the negro searched the house. He found
nothing, and in his rage he struck the helpless
woman with a chair, rendering her senseless.
police.
Because of her age, the injuries Mrs. Ross re-
ceived are serious if not fatal. The police have
clew to the negro
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
ACCEPTED CALL TO COLORADO SPRINGS.
The Rev. Martin K. Schermerhorn to GO to
Unitarian Church There
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUNE.I

Colorado SPRINGS, Col, Nov. 1S.-The Rev. Martin
X Schermerhorn. Of Poughkeepsie, n. Y. has ac-
cepted the pastorate OF the Unitarian Church here
recently offered to him.
The Rev Martin Kellogg Schermerhorn is a well
known Unitarian clergyman. who has held pas
torates in Boston, Buffalo, Newport and Richmond
While he was in charge of the Unitarian Church
Newport, r. l., his theological views underwent
d change and he sought and secured admission to
the ministry Of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
and was a rector in this city and also in Boston
from 1882 to 1900 In the latter he resumed his
relations with the Unitarian denomination, and
took charge of church in Richmond. Recently
his home has been in Poughkeepse, where he was
married IN 1857 two years before he first entered
the ministry. He educated at Williams Col
lege, and is a member of the University Club, of
this city the author of Ancient Sacred
Scriptures" 'Renascent Christianity, Sacred
Scriptures Of the World and Thoughts for the
Twentieth Century,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
lNcREDULoUs OVER ERIE STORY.

The story from Cleveland that the United States
Steel CORPORATION Though J. Pierpont Morgan had
made an arrangement with the Erie Railroad by
which il would cSaaections for all It's mills
and furnaces with outlet into a large Western
territory was received by steel men here With in-
terest but some Incredibly 1t would doubtless be
an advantage for the United States steel Corpora
ton, they said but they had heard Of no such
scheme.
First time 7 ever heard Of it," said William E.
Corey president of the steel Corporation, when he
was asked about H. Nothing IN it al all Others
touch with the affairs OF the United states
Steel Corporation said that they. too. had never
heard OF it"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
cAIRo's LUXURIOUS HOTELS.

Year by year Egypt increases in popularity with
travellers. Cairo offers them remarkably luxurious
and comfortable hotels. Notable among the hotels
is the reconstructed "Shepheard's" the verande
of which has been the halting ground Of many
travellers from East and West. Equally I'D TO date
and luxurious is the GheZireh Palace Hotel which
offers the traveller especially tranquil abode III
has beautiful gardens slipping the bank of the
Nile, which is overlooked by many Of the Drivate
balconies which feature of the hotel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
MoNrEFloRE HOME ELECTION.

The annual election Of the officers of the Monte
fore Home for Chronic InvaIids. at One-hundred-
and-thirty- ffth-st. and Broadway, took place yes
terday at the Home The following were elected
by the board OF directors President Jacob II
Schif reelected; FIRST president Henry Solo
mon. who takes the place of Lewis Cans deceased
second vice president Ga Office IeODold Stern
treasurer: Lyman G. Boomingdale reelected; sec
rotary. Sidney H. Herman. in place of Raphael Et-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
BAYS WALL STREET is sUPERsTIrlous.

The Thirteen Club again dehed superstition last
evening b holding a dinner the 18th day OF the
month, al RiccaGonna's restaurant. in West Tween
ty-fourth-st The members sat. thirteen in num-
Der az coffin shaped tables, usual. Garrett 2
nsf'iss made an al iress on 'Superstitions of Wall
nfeei' He declared that Wall Street men were
- sui5ersut!ous anybody else and believed IN a
- - 81 luch whenever a die thrown As a
g. 'eg'r ~ fact. the chances Of sixteen turning nm
- - 80 throws was exactly ! in 400 II sixteen
&c up more frequently. the dice must be loaded
p ne entertainers were Daniel Quinn ID
-'-sse3l IlsOCkuOrtOu and Ernest Jefrgli
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.

A comparative exhibition of native and foreign
paintings by the modern masters of two continents
will be held in the American Fine Arts Building In
West F1fty-seventh-st.. from November l6 to De-
cember II. inclusive The opening reception will
take place on Tuesday evening next The price
Of tickets Will be .. The exhibition will be open
daily from 10 a. m. till 1920 D. n and the price
Of tickets viii be % cents On Tuesday and Friday
afternoons from till D. m, the price of tickets
will be 81; The exhibition will be given in aid OF
the New York Eye Ear Inhrnarv -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
RoosEvELT's AID TO RELIGION

General o. O. Howard, president of the American
s'@ct Society in an address last evening at the
..'olc4 Presbyterian Church, in West Ninety-sixth-
= declared that the administration Of President
osspeit had done more for the cause OF religion
sttsA sny other administration He referred 10
pt eDgc work done oy Secretary Taft both In the
IL pines and as Secretary Of War, and said that
uj,. stieiary IN his Philippine policy, had recog-
~so Us affinity between sducssioa and religion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
PAYS BET BY RIDING A PIG.


Pine Brook y. J., Nov 13 (5pecaD.-John Car
man a stanch Democrat. has paid election bet
made with George Parsons by riding a pig through
the streets OF the town. Parsons 10 walk back
ward from Montville Caldwell If Parker won.
The porker the largest in Morris County, was
brought TO Montville for the occasion yesterday.
From one side of the street to the other the pig
ran with Carman its back, hanging on TO the
pig = neck Finally Carman and the pig landed in
s. ditch Carman's arm was fractured The bet
WAS declared paid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
AMERICAN WARsHlPS AT GENOA.

Genoa. Nov. 18.-The United States cruisers Clevs-
land and Des Moines, Of the European squadron.
are coaIing here from the steamer Abarenda The
Of the cruisers exchanged visits with
the local authorities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14

LACNpEESS or other work BY lie sav
oy respectable woman TRAVERS. 3li
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-14
euale

AS MANAGING COOK. strictly privats
family; competent to take full charge
best city references 727 Park-aVe
(present employ er's).
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
Ribbons Everywhere.

Ribbon bows are introduced every
where this season. They appear on
the high waist belts, on the cuffs, and
down the front of the gowns, being
scattered impartially wherever a bow
can possibly find place. AS trim
ming they are very small and dainty
often supplemented with a button or
q minute buckle, while as a contrast
the sash bows are, in many instances,
very wide and spreading, some OF them
taking the form of immense choux
composed of loops of soft ribbon,
which in white and rose have the ap-
pearance of mammoth peonies. A
charming evening tea gown" fash
Toned of pink soft satin yelled with
white chiffon, which was covered in
turn with black spotted net, was
swathed round the bust and across
the back with wide striped black and
white taffeta ribbon with a reverse
side of pale pink, tied in large but
terfly bow in front, and there were
wide ribbon bands on the wrist fin
ished with little bows on the inner
side.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
MhX hGradual2n

In one sentence denounclng proteo
ton as robbery, almost the next
phrase of the Democratic platform
guarantees the gradual revision" Of
the existing protective tariff! What's
that? Protection a robbery that is tc
be corrected gradually" 1t is as
though a thief caught red handed
stood In the prisoners dock to be thus
addressed by the Judge:
81 find you, sir. convicted Of picking
pockets. The sentence Of this court Is
that you gradually revise your thlev
ish propensity. and that you diminish
the number Of pockets picked from
day to day and from week to week
until finally you will cease altogether
to pick pockets. You may CO."
II II be true that protection is rob
berry" then there should be nothing
gradual" about suppressing the fel
onious policy. It ought to be instantly
stopped. II II be not true, as every
person Of common intelligence knows
it is not; but II protection is, on the
contrary, a system and policy under
which millions of homes have beer
made happier and our country has
gained the foremost place among ali
the nations Of the world, then the
Democratic party should be held un
worthy Of confidence and unfit te
undertake the management Of national
affairs. And that is what is going ia
happsz.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
Peacock Feather Decorations.

Though the peacock feather is con.
sidered unlucky, it is lending itself to
many forms Of fashionable decoration.
Last winter the jeweler adopted it,
and, aided by sapphire and emerald,
turned out some unique and beautiful
brooches, hat pins and belt pins in
peacock feather form. Now the max
er OF fine glass and pottery is adopt.
ing its charms. The very newest
flower holder for table decoration is
a large fiat bowl of delicate green
glass. Into its flaring, flower-like top
are brought peacock feathers, and d.
rectly over the receptacle for water
rests a brass, coarse meshed net
framework, slightly raised in the mid
die. The flowers are thrust in through
this, leaving the feather decoration In
full view. The effect is novel and ar
tistic.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
Honey GINGERBREAD.

Sift a pint Of flour and stir into this
half a pint Of sour cream or milk. II
the latter is used, tablespoonful Of
butter should be added by way of
shortening. Sift with the -four half a
teaspoonful of ground ginger and the
same Of fine cinnamon, and stir in
two tablespoonful of sugar and two
OF honey (strainedD. Mix and beat the
batter thoroughly; and, when ready
for the oven, stir in half teaspoon
Of soda that has been dissolved in a
little warm (not hot) water. Bake
about three-quarters of an hour, TAX
ing care not to burn, and then cut
into squares and serve hot with plen.
ty Of honey.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
To Wash White Lace Wells.

These should be washed as follows:
Put the wells into a strong lather of
white soap and very clear water, and
let them simmer slowly for a quarter
of an hour Take out and squeeze
well, but do not rub. Rinse twice in
cold water, the second time with a
drop or two of liquid glue. Have ready
some very clear, weak gum arabic, or
thin starch or rice water; pass the
wells through II, and clean them by
clapping. Then stretch them out
evenly and pin out to dry on a cloth,
opening out each scallop and fasten-
ing with pins. When dry, lay a piece
of thin muslin over and iron on the
wrong side.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
Gooseberry Wine,

Gather the gooseberries when they
are about half ripe in dry weather;
pick them clean and put peck at a
time in an earthenware pan or tub
and bruise them with piece of wood,
being as careful as possible not to
break the seeds. Put the pulp into a
canvas bag and squeeze out the juice
into a pan or tub. To every gallon of
pounds of sugar, and when the sugar
is quite dissolved pour the liquor into
a cask which will just hold it. II
the quantity is nine gallons, let 1t
stand to settle for fortnight; If
twenty gallons, thirty or forty days.
Keep in a cool place, then draw it
off from the lees and put 1t into an
other barrel of the same size or into
the same after emptying the lees and
making it clean. Let cask Of ten
gallons or less stand for about three
months, and one of twenty gallons for
five months, when it will he fit to bot
tie. This wine keeps well and i'm
proves with age.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25

For example, the center is Of the fin.
est sheerest white linen. Then comes
a border of palest pink, green, laven-
der or blue, woven in in Van Dyke or
scalloped effect, and next four or five
fine cords, before the very narrow hem
Is reached. Those who deal exclusive
ly In linens, neckwear and handker-
chiefs say there is no demand for the
lace-edged handkerchief from the wo-
man who really prides herself on be-
ing perfectly dressed Pure white
handkerchiefs are used entirely for
full dress, and these are simple in
design; though, being entirely hand
r,ade, they come high.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
For a Lawn Fete.

The new costumes are almost In
variably of two and contrasting mate
rails. In a smart costume, destined to
be worn at lawn fete, lace and en-
broidered shantung are employed
about equally; and the design is furth'
er enhanced by leafy embroideries ex'
ecuted solid in black. The blouse is
of the filet lace with empiecements OF
shantung, the embrolderies posed to
good effect The upper portion of the
sleeve is of lace and the puff of the
silk ending at the elbow. The skirt is
OF shantung with lace landings, these
running both vertically and horizon
tally and little puffiings of the silk
frilled edges alternate with the lace
landings from knee to hem. The
Swiss belt is in black chiffon and
long sash ends float in the back.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
Fork Fad.

Marker-The spread of the opium
habit is something terrible. am told
hat women of the highest class have
been seen going into the opium joints.
Parker-Oh, that's all nonsense.
Ladies of fashion go to such places
TO watch the Cinnamon use chop.
sticks. They want to learn how to
eat soup with a fork New York
Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-25
Fancy Blouse Waist.

Blouse waists made full below deep
Jokes are essentially smart and are
shown in all the fashionable soft and
thin materials. This one is peculiarly
attractive, as it includes a narrow
vest and soft, draped scarf. The
model is made of pale blue chiffon
louislne with trimming of black silk
banding and tie Of black messaline,
and is eminently effective, but the
trimming can be one of many things