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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
THE POOLROOMS THRIVE.
Big Rooms Haze Full Service, In
Gliding WeStern Track Results.

The majority of the poolrooms which closed
their doors some weeks ago are open again. and
apparently doing a hourishing business. In the
last few days most Of the big rooms in Brook
Iyn The Bronx Richmond and Queens have re-
sumed business A well known poolroom keeper
said yesterday that most OF the booksellers were
back again at their old places of business. The
few rooms that had not reopened would proba-
bly, never open again
How are the rooms getting the news?' asked
the reporter
You will have to see the heads Of the race
track news exchange" was the reply. Il saw
one Of them some days ago. and told him l
would be ready for business with his aid on
certain day. AN right. he said. wen attend TO
you I gave him my telephone number. and
true TO his word. the day named he sent me
over the telephone the Sheepshead track service
and have been getting il ever since. presume
the ractrack news syndicates get the news from
the Sheepshead Bay track over the telephone.
Sheepshead Bay is not many miles away. am
paving only SIS day for the service Ihat Is
what l paid before the recent police raids on
poolrooms. The biggest rooms in town nave
flIl racetrack service. I understand they leased
wires TO certain Western tracks. Ihey are using
the wires for poolroom purposes without the
knowledge Of the officials Of the telegraph COM
pany.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
WONT GO TO FRANK WORK.
Counsel in Hebron SHit Again Re
fuses to Visit Stock Broker.

The trial OF the action brought by James Hebron.
who has had for twenty-seven years the cab prlvi-
laccs at De-noni-O's. and who has amassed a large
fortune against Frank Work. retired STOCK
broker and owner @: fast trotters. begun yes
terday before Justice Ieventr:tt. II adjourned
during the direct examination OF the plaintiff:
Hebron alleges that on August 3. 1897. he In
structed NJ Work 10 purchase two hundred shares
of P.ttsburg Cincinnati. Cleveland and ST. Louis
stock This he alleges Mr. Work did at SIS share.
lie demanded his stock on July p. 1908. but Mr..
Work refused TO deliver IL. he alleges. ana ne
brought his action TO recover 500. Hebron has
another action pending against Mr.. Work TO re-
cover cab hire. Mr.. Work denies that he IS IN
debted TO Hebron for any amount.
John B. Stanchfeld yesterday. in outlining He
bron's case, said he and Mr. Work were for years
on terms OF intimacy, and that they had had many
stock transactions prior 10 the one at issue
James Hebron. testfying. told about the pur-
chase OF the stock. He said in part:
went TO Mr.. Works house. was my custom
two three times week. TO see him. and ne SAID
IL In ali the Stocks You have Jimmy" he always
called me JIMMY like that "P. and S. the
best I said l very glad to hear him say SO,
and he added that he had been talking 10 & man
ne e gay Won be sons money Of mine for cab hire
and want you 10 buy two hundred shares for me,
ana YOU can put my cab hire account against 'he
MI work was lying on a couch. and he called
his valet Murphy to get his coat, saying he would
go on, and bug some stock for 'Jimmy He got
he went in and I returned TO Demonico's and
watched tho ticker in a few moments / saw the
sale Of two hundred shares OF p. and 5. recorded,
and knew he had bought tho stock for me. / went
ON and met him. and thanked him. saving had
seen he bought IL for SIS share. He said II a
good property and that would make something
on it
He knew VOC hai another 200 shares Of that
stock?" counsel asked.
Yes. he kne-v every share OF stock had. We
often talked about stocks, and he said that the
amined IL he was sane, but I have made
money on Reading.
Hebron said that PRIOR to this time he had sent IN
his bills for cab hire Mr.. Work half yearly but
did not send him one afterwarG.
we often mentioned the bill said he and Mr..
Work often said: must owe you 2 grea: deaf OF
money. Jimmy; YOU getting rich. getting rich,
Jimmy" too rich "
Counsel asked that Mr.. Works deposition be
taken at his home. he WAS eighty-ive years old.
and not in n fl condition 10 go TO court.
John Delahunty. OF counsel for Hebron. strongly
objected. and said that IN the cab hire he had
assented 10 have Mr.. Work examined at his home.
He added:
Ny reception by him there such that can
nor agree 70 20 there again. Mr.. Work out
driving yesterday, ana At luncheon az Del
monico's He driving fast trotter on the
be should not come here for examination.
Justice Leventritt agreed to send his own ply
stefan 20 examine Mr.. Work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
SHOT HORSE, THEN NAN.
italian, 1t Is alleged, Climbed Into
WagOn to Reach Victim.

To get at a ne wanted TO shoot the police
say, italian. known "Scar-faced Charlie" of
No. 521 East NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. yester-
day shot down horse attached to a delivery wagon
and then climbed into the wagon for his victim.
He wounded the man. Diladino Cote in the left
thigh and the right foot Cote is vegetable dealer.
of No. 13s East Ninety-seventh-st. The asssilant
escaped.
According to Edward Ozab. OF No. 22S East Ninth
St. an employee of the wounded man. 'Scar-faced
Charlie" attacked Cote, and intended to attack
Ozab, because they refused any longer to pay
money demanded by the for securing places
on the subway work for them when they arrived in
this country a year ago.
Cote and Ozab according to the story told 70 the
police the latter say, were driving through East
One-hundred and eleventh-st. AS they were pass
ing 'Scar-faced Charlie's house the latter ran into
the street and demanded money. Both refused.
Then, It is alleged, he got pistol Cote and Ozab
had turned First-aVe. and were going south,
when the caught them. He made threats and
commanded them to stop the horse. They refused.
and say that the man fired the two shots at the
animal and then the shots at Cote.
the station in East One-hundred- and fourth st.
where ne reported the shooting Captain Herlihy.
FOur policemen We're sent with Ozah TO the scene
They found hundred people surrounding the
horse and wagon. Cote found bleeding pro-
flIselv from his wounds. He was removed to- the
Harlem Hospital in ambulance. His condition
was serious, the ambulance surgeon said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
ADVENTURES OF A BRASS CUsPIDoR.
Stolen from Hotel by Man Out of WorkWho
Needed It for Meal, He Said.

A brass cuspidor (vaIue so lay in the corridor
Of the Hotel Imperial, Thrty-frst-st and Broad
way. last evening A shabblly dressed man dropped
into the hotel bought a paper and, after a little
delay walked up TO the cuspdor. wrapped his
paper about 1t and shot out of the Broadway door
toward South Ferry. Porters. bellbOys. walters.
hotel guests and policemen followed In his wake
The cuspidor finally slipped out OF the paper and
fell into the gutter where 1t was hit by a wagon
wheel and then shot into the gutter again by an
electric car. The thief was caught and taken with
the cuspidor the West Thirtieth-st station. The
man said he was George A. Peck. of No. 142 State
St. Albany. He explained: Il out Of work
money and food. 1 thought that cuspidor could be
traded some restaurant man for meal
The cuspidor taken back to the hotel. and
Peck locked up in a cell. He demanded his news
paper. for which he said he had paid his last cent
and 1t returned TO him. Then he fell to read
ing again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
PLANS FOR NEW. BRIDGE.
To Make Manhattan Structure LOOk
Not Unlike Brooklyn One.

The new plans for the Manhattan Bridge
submitted yesterday TO the Municipal Art Confh4s-
sion The engineering features are the work OF
Richard s. Buck. and the architectural treatment
that ~ C'arrsre &. Hastings The eye-bar plan IA
vored by ex-Commssioner Lindenthal has been
discarded and wire cables are substituted. Tho
meeting halls in the anchorages which were IN tho
original designs. but rejected, also have been
discarded. The plan OF an arch through the
anchorage has been retained.
A chief feature OF the plan IS tho radical treat
ment in the architecture Of tho anchorages. The
tops be laid out in what the architect describes
as ''peristyle courts" There VIII be seven granite
columns supporting ornamental granite slab
4 low granite railing Will protect pedestrians with
out obstrlcting the view The tops Of these anchor
ages viii be 80 feet high. and, each court VIII
DO Is b. 275 feet. they will prove great attrnc-
ton FOX sightssers. Eaca court Will hold as many
people as a large theatre. and their use as roof
gardens Tor summer band concerts. etc, viii 20
considered The courts Will be on the outer slo'
A chang OF trea tment has also been made in tho
anchorages on the Williamsburg ana ETo"NY n
OF the masonry, where they arc cGTNtd Over " S'I-
die and anchored at the bottom In tie new Pt t,
saddles raised above the roadways to coHsd-
Plans for large number OF seats have been
made there viii be comfort stations Just below
the roadway surface. From the footpath stair
way will lead through the anchoragcs 20 the
street
The new towers will be fastened firmly on the
masonry foundations. They will he made OF TOUR
steel columns Joined by canti!eEer cQhStructloIi
on a level with the footwalk and on the extreme
edge OF the bridge there win be two balconies.
where pedestrians may rest. Overhead Will be an
ornamental canopy. and 40 feet above these again
win be two more observation balconies -Four bal
comics on each tower win make a total of sixteen
on the bridge. one plan for lighting tentatively
suggests the outlining Of the towers ana cables IN
electric lamps. The footwalks Will be 1912 feet
w!de-larger than the space used by wagons row
on the Brooklyn Bridge
The general appearance VIII be not unlike the
BROOKLYN Bridge that the necessary iron
structural work for double decker structure
will mako the bridge have some OF the "thicA'
appea rance Of the williamsburg Bridge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
DANGEROUS TO THE a."
So III. De B. Parsons Says an Chat
ham Square CaSe-JerOme Angry.

too,,oa Commissioner McAdoo and District Attor-
ney Jerome were in the Tombs court yesterday
when Magistrate Breen began hearing the formal
complaint made by Mr.. Jerome against Patrick
Gallagher who is building public comfort station
in Chatham Square. but has been opposed by the
InterborOugh Railroad Company. II CONTENDS mat
the excavatlng for the station is enoangerlng me
safety OF the elevated railroad. Technically the
charge MADE by Mr. Jerome IS against an iron
worker in Gallagher's employ
NJ Jerome was indignant when early in the
hearing John A. straley. Gallagher lawyer asked
him II he was appearing District Attorney or Tor
the Interborough company. Mr.. Jerome said;
II You are looking for insults you Will get them
Your remarks are not those OF a gentleman
The first witness was George II. Pegra.n. also
complainant. He has general supervision OF inc
elevated railroad structures. The factor or sate-
~" u the elevated structure was supposed to be
O. he said: that IS. ii was supposed 10 be able 10
sustain FIVE times the actual strain put on H. Al
Chatham Square. he declared. the strain is par
ticuary heavy. and one Of the most heavily Ioaoed
rIlars on the system is the which il is asserted
I;allaeber's encavating would seriously weaken.
Since the digging had been in progress, Mr. Pegrarn
said the factor OF safety Of the pillar had been
greatly reduced
Commissioner McAdoo summoned by Gallagher
asked II he could not he examined soon as he
was in a hurry to get away. When Mr.. Straley.
who said he was willing, asked Mr.. Jerome's con-
sent the latter replied
NO. sir. IN not consent-you have cut your fod-
II was decided a little later, on Magistrate
F3reen's suggestion. that the Commissioners test-
rnoDv be not taken until after the prosecution had
finished its case.
Mr. Peerarn took the stand again. An assistant
had reported 10 him. he said. that the work would
be Injurious TO the elevated structure, and so he
had ordered that no one be allowed 20 touch it,
Then Mr. Pegram. replying TO questions, said the
column rested sand and by excavation ms
sand spread lie was asked whether he wanted
the court TO understand that the sand was taken
away without protection and he replied that some
Snoring was done.
H. DE B. Parsons. civil engineer. then TESTIFIED
on the request the District Attorney that he had
examined the structure. He said:
consider that this point OF the structure Of the
elevated road is OF the four most dangerous
points the road IN the city. l consider the
present condition as being dangerous; the material
at the base of the structure is coarse sano ana IL
IS necessary 10 have lateral support The sand al
this point has been disturbed and TO replace TINS
disturbance the excavation has been incased 10y
sheet pilng. and how much stress has been put on
this braceWorl il is impossible 10 tell The danger
will increase a the work advances at this point
The strength OF the support has been undoubtedly
lessened.
The examination adjourned TO next Wednes-
day at Y m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
ALL AFTER M'AVOY'S HAT.
Eight Policemen Chase Deputy Commission
er's Panama-N Gets It.

Deputy Police Commissioner McAvoy. who drives
up Broadway in a runabout every afternoon en- his
way from Headquarters. lost his Panama hat yes
terday at Twenty-third-st. Flatiron building
gust of wind took It toward SiXth-ave. II had not
had its first bound In the street before Sergeant
Graham. Roundsman Shattuck and six other six
foot policemen were in pursuit All knew whose
hat it was. for the broadway Squad men watch
every afternoon to salute the Deputy Commits
sioner.
a newsboy joined in the chase He just escaped
trolley car, dived under the heads of horses, and
Sergeant Cirahams legs lust as that officer was
COINS to pick up the hat The boy got IL. He
handed II TO Mr. McAvoy and took quarter, with
q smile and bow. The policemen sauted and the
commissioner started up Broadway again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
HIGHWAYMEN GET 81, 1865.
BLOODHOUNDS IN CHASE.
Paymaster Held Up by Italians
Near Kingston, n. Y.
LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIRrNE.l

Kingston N y, June 23.-"NO hurtee,
money" This was the slogan of a quartet OF
Italian bandits as they sprang from the road
side and leveed revolvers at Orson c. Long
year. paymaster of the Hudson River Bluestone
Company, early this morning while he
his way 10 pay off the quarrymen at Stony Hol-
low near this city. Longyear was in a buggy.
having S2.76G IN cash to pay the men. Just be-
hind him in another carriage was John Marlle.
an employee of the company
They drove leisurely up the Jockey Hill Road
and were talking. At the top of the hill they
were suddenly confronted by four Italians in
burlap masks. each of whom drew revolver.
one seized Longyears horse and another COW
cred him with his pistol The other two ban
dts covered AIarkle. LOngyear reached for his
pistol in his hip pocket, but his arm was damned
aside and he felt the cold steel Of the robbers
pistol against his temple. The two men were
then dragged from their wagons. laid face down
upon the road and tied hand and foot and
robbed Gags Of burlap rolls were forced into
their mouths and burlap bags drawn tightly
over their heads and tied about their necks.
Selling the money the robbers jumped into
the buggy and drove off at a furious pace After
desperate efforts, Longyear managed to free
himself and his companion, who was nearly
choked 10 death by the gag. Both men We're
badly bruised, but they soon communicated with
the company's office and the Sherltt' VINO started
a posse in hot pursuit. The horses were found
In an abandoned quarry. All points leading out
of the forest are carefully guarded. and leading
points have been furnished with descriptions OF
the bandits. a reward of $500 is offered by the
company for the robbers capture.
Bloodhounds from the Eastern New-York Re-
formatory. at Napanoch, are being used tonight
10 trail two Of the bandits Two Italians were
seen at Old Hurley three miles from the scene
of the robbery. and resisted attempts OF armed
farmers to restrain them. Later shots were ex-
changed between the fugtIves and a Sherifrs
posse More than two hundred deputies are
guarding the highways near here tonight end
are taking part in the man hunt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
BEACH AT DREAmLANp NOW READY

Dreanlands bathing beach is open TO the public
To-Day II has a frontage Of more than six hun
uIeu ieet and equipment for 10000 men and women
Inc new building. constructed by Senator Revn
oios Is three stories high 2ss feet long with 600
foonhs each i've feet square, and 200 ciubroons
"meh accommodate from ten to thirty persons In
every room is an electric light. There are twenty
i've shower baths In each department and system
., ar shaf's' which keep the place cool and dry.
There are eighty attendants, two male ana tbraa
.einale nesseurs chiropodst and doctor. The
meg guards are Edward Fuller who has been AT
Aocks|ay' Brighton and other beaches FOR the last
we've years and last year won the gold medal in
Llle mateh swimming race from the Battery TO
Coney Island; Jack Stansheld ,rhonoas -
49, .na fred Jones. novel feature in the .l,sb,,
~ - ule Cnrley life float. II is fashioned sfter
~ otoAneIy NE preserver, hat is big enoueb "a
roan ~ ~. 'hhlIg persons at time. A Red Cross
aDoll Aas Deen equipped with every modern oDnN'
ace 70 De used in OF first aid 10 the ini1,yed
-. @Ssles5ltA browning. There are four cots and
hospital e'ie4He chest or a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
TELLS OF SECOND BURBANK WILL.
Mrs. NewcOmb, Who Says She Was Old
Mans Favorite, on Stand at Hearing.

The attempt to establish another VIII Of Ambrose
3. Burbank than the one offered by Caleb A. Bur
bank. nephew Of the testator. was taken up by
Surrogate Fitzgerald yesterday The will offered
for probate executed IN 1859. II left $4,000 10
Samuel NJ. Burbank who tried recently to commit
suicide while motion in connection with the will
contest was being argued, and similar amounts to
other neDhews. grandnephews and grandnieces. Il
made Caleb 4. Burbank resduary legatee. His
share would be large. The eighty-two contestants
assert that Nj Burbank made a will in 1897 by
which they would benefit
The principal Witness yesterday was Mrs. Mary
Newcomb, widow OF nephew OF the teStator, who
asserted that she favorite of the old mans
ana that he had promised to remember her. She
had stated IN affidavit that she had seen the
second win, and had also it's provisions In a
memorandum book in a trunk in Mr.. Burbank's
home. James w. Osborne, her counsel tried TO
get testimony from her to establish this will but
all his questions ruled out on objections by
I l.. Delaheld. representing Caleb A. Burbank
Mrs NeWcomb allowed however to say that
she had seen a WILL and mentioned that one OF the
witnesses Alpheus Du Bots
An adjournment taken TO Monday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
BRIDGE FALL CUTS MAIN.
Explosion of Gas and a Fire Folloru
-SeUeral Narroz0 Escapes.

Paterson, N j. June 2S-The part OF the Arch-s.
bridge left by the food OF last October topped into
the river last evening. and Immediately afterward
there was an explosion that shook all the buildings
in the neighborhood. The big Public Service gas
main had been cut in two and flames were bursting
from the pipes. The Fire Department was called
out. but there nothing for II to do. the only
thing that could burn the temporary wooden
bridge When the gas shut OF the trouble
ceased. The makeshift bridge was wrecked by the
explosion.
Just before the collapse OF the bridge eight younz
women were crossing ii. and OF them alarmed
her companions by crying Girls, the brdxa q.
shtverng! They were hardly on the bridge when
IL toppled over. With II went Edward Hulster a
newsboy. who had a pile OF papers under his arm
He was rescued from the river by mill hands n
was reported that little boy standing on tha
last span of the wooden bridge when the collapse
occurred and that he carried into the river but
the police say they know OF falling into "a.
water except the newsbOy. who was saved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY

The following petitions in bankruptcy filed yes
terday with the clerk United District Court
JOHN d. HALSTED. Peekskili. ~. Y. liabilities
IS 1914: assets $50 The largest creditor John Hal
sted. PeekskiH. $4,000
HARRY sCHMILOWITZ. trunks OF No 81 Forsyth
st liabilities 81 2s9: assets largest creditor
is Mass Sass. OF No. 800 Broome-st $196.
An involuntary petition fled against A. C. GEL
GER d Co. Coaks and suits. at No Washington
by Jonos Shen and other creditors. with claims
George D. Graves appointed receiver. with
81 BOO The firm admitted insolvency
An involuntary petition filed against THE
BRONX DRY GOODS COMPANY. Of No. 2.T33 Third
by Charles SmOn's and others, with claims OF
sli4S ~ s. Thomas was appointed receiver with bonds
OF soOoo the assets being estimated at $4,000 The
company admitted insolvency.
The schedules Of HENRY AGATE. teweller show
debts or SlSoSI and assets Of unknown az
property being In OF the receiver The
sipal creditors Louis Lehr. of No. 81 Nsssal-st
Slooo: Louis c. Gray OF No. 10 81 500:
3aran Lehr OF No. As Maiden Lane, 81, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
CANADIAN TERCENTENARY.
Exercises at st. John-Many Distinguished
Visitors

81. John, y. B.. June 23-The precautionary celebra-
ton by representatives, OF three nations OF the land
ing Of De Monts, Champlain and Poutrincourt was
transferred 10 the city of the Loyalsts" to-day
from Annapolis Royal. The programme here will
extend until tomorrow night. St John is also
having an 'old home week and the town full OF
visitors from points in Eastern Canada and from
New-England. All the public buildings. business
houses and numerous dwelling houses are dressed
In colors and tomorrow all the vessels in the har-
Dor will display strings OF flags and streamers
The interest Of many OF the visitors and citizens
was centred in the warships in the stream. These
are the United States cruisers Topeka and Detroit
the British cruiser Ariadne. the French cruiser
Troude and two Canadian fishery protective vessels
A regatta was held in the harbor this forenoon bv
local boatmen. Later Lieutenant Governor ].
SNOWFALL held a levee in the courthouse.
Tonight the chief affair a literary assembly
in St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. under the
auspices OF the New Brunswfck Historical Society
Among the speakers were Colonel George T. Deni-
son, OF Toronto president OF the Royal Society OF
Canada: the Most Rev. Cornelius O Brien. Roman
Catholic Archbishop OF Halifax: Charles Francis
Adams of Boston, president of the Massa chuseffs
Historical Society BENJAMIN Suite. of Ottawa and
ttene Benoit. OF Lowell. Mass. representing the
Acadisns of New-England. Tomorrow the prin-
day. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-24
FILLING PLACES OF STRIKERS.
Employers Say They Hired 200 Clothing
Cutters-Strike Extended.

Active measures were taken yesterday ny tnO
c1o+birq manufacturers to fill the places of the
striking clothing cutters and the indications were
.that a long fight in prospect An employ
ment bureau for hiring clothing cutters was opened
and the executive committee of the newborn
Clothing Trades Association met to hear reports.
II was stated later that out of host Of applicants
two hundred cutters were picked out. who would
be put to work to-day. The bureau Will be kept
open until enough cutters obtained.
The strike Of the coat tailors started yesterday,
several thousands whose working week had expired
going on strike The working week of the great
body of the tailors however. ends tonight or to-
morrow night Several thousand tailOrS were
thrown into idleness in the afternoon through the
strike of the clothing cutters.
Eighty-fve ninety shops In brooklyn were
closed Yesterday. 1t estimated that about
$500 Brooklyn. members Of the union were on
strike