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New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
BACK TO THE STREET.
Murphy Brigade to act as
ROundSmen.

To their CONSERVATION yesterday Comnis
sioner McAdoo sent twenty of the old guard of
Colonel Mike Murphy to act as roundsmen.
They were all men who have spent most Of their
time since their sudden promotion by Murphy
TO detective sergeans to detecting the most COM
Portable resting places in the Broadway hotels
and headquarters One Of them, Detective Ser
geant Henry Pfefr, who goes from East 22d-st
to the quietude OF Delancey-st was Colonel
Murphy's body guard when Murphy gave him
the snug berth as the head of the Bureau of
Repairs and Supplies Headquarters.
The detective sergeants will wear the uniform
OF their rank they patrol the outskirts Of
Lonesomehurst, but will have to do rounds
mems duty just the same. Commissioner Nc
Adoos opportunity to make these policemen
more or less useful well as ornamental came
with the recent retirement Of a score or more
serseants for physical disability. and the subse-
queht detail Of roundsmen to fill their places
caused a scarcity of roundsrnen.
II was known when the Police Commissioner
returned from his last vacation that he was
contemplating such change as was announced
yesterday morning. It was said by some of the
o4ssruntIed ones at Police Headquarters that
the hand Of Acting Captain O'Brien. head of the
Ne"1Ial once staff. could be plainly seen in the
transfers.
4!ee commissioner had decided to do away with
tiloSe detective sergeants who could not detect
sne door of ripe Limburger Those detective
IS Soal4ts VINO are competent to perform detec-
LII ouCy VII! be retained and the unfit ones
wiz nave TO do duty as roundsruen
~ ~ Lne men transferred, Michael Reidv who
soes from East 35th-st. to EIdridge-st il
hlTmn h L IN the department as the coon hunter -
+1I nc nave arrested more bad" negroes than anv
oLher two men in the service
r,II,nese CnInese Ioney' Saver. who is transferred 70
6Tooklyn' was for some time attached to +be
Ht.acoougai-st. station. where he gained the rem
ocdIon OF having helped to keen Chinatovsr
t ai' So Iar as vicious Chinese characters
Cnarles A. Strip was also given a body
1io" -" Dy ms transfer from East 1O4th-s+ IN
inspector Kane. "'l'- Ao'4i4s
7n4 C"sepn ~ Connor. the best dressed man in the
uepartment with Detective Sergeants Living
9toH % ana Brown was detailed to Inspector NC
LaughI!ns Office. It was OConnor who pIIo+ed
Lhe FoLce Commissioner about the TenderIoIn
1ehoFls when the Commissioner made his ner-
9oI4al Investigations INTO the murder OF i'ESi5'
Joyce IN Toby's cafe, three months since
y Connor goes TO Bath Beach. In the assign
neht or SIX Central Office men 70 patrol d1t+v
as many inspectors lose a member OF tbetr
sIai, s1t Inc places made vacant by the transfers
VIZ De HIIed shortly, patrolmen in plain clothes
'aAlhg the places of the Central Office men.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
LAY DEATH TO DRUGGIST.
Sag He Sold Atropine Dose That
Killed ConSum ptire.

Samuel Halper. a druggist at 14Oth-st. and
Lenox-ave., was arrested yesterday by order Of
Coroner Scholer. charged with manslaughter.
Halper, it is said. gave two powders. each con-
tanning two and one-half grains of atropine to
Edgar Levy, OF No 122 West 139th-st.. on
Thursday night After taking one of them
Levy was found dead in bed on Friday morn
ing.
Levys death reported to the family
physician Dr. Henry Sitter. Of No 102 West
l1sth-st.. and the doctor at once reported TO the
coroner that the death Of a suspicious
nature. The doctor had been treating Levy for
some time for tuberculosis, and had from time
to time prescribed atropine in small quantities
On table by the side Of the dead mans bed
were found two powder papers, one empty, the
other containing a quantity OF atropine. The
doctor feared atropine poisoning, and so told
the coroner
Dr. Weston held an autopsy, and as a result
the funeral, which be held yesterday,
was stopped and an investigation started.
Neither Of the papers on the table in the dead
mans room was labelled, and the coroner was
at loss to find the place Of purchase until Miss
Hortense Levy, a friend OF the family, men
uoned that on Thursday night she and her aunt
hao met Mr.. Levy in Halper's drug store and
had heard the young man ask for some medicine
70 make him perspire. She said she the
druggist hand him two powders.
Halper at first denied that he had sold Levy
the testimony Of Miss Levy he refused 70 say
anything further He locked up IN the
West 125th-st. station, and was later bailed in
$1,000 by his brothers.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
MINISTER'S SECRETARY STILL IN JAIL
Separated from Bride of Three Weeks Be-
cause of Inability to Get Bail.

Arthur E. Alexander. former private secretary
OF John Barrett. United States Minister to CO.
lOmba, who arrested on Friday on the charge
OF forging the lalter's name 10 two checks was
again arraigned yesterday in Jefferson Market
court. Because OF the absence OF some witnesses
against him, the case was adjourned until to-
morrow and Alexander was taken back TO prison.
being unable furnish bail.
Alexander's young wife. whom he married about
three weeks ago, was in court during the uroceei-
ings, and much affected by her husbands
plight. Alexander is charged with forging the
name Of Minister Barrett to Two checks one for
S3 50 and another for S5, and cashing them at the
Waldorf-Astorta, where Mr.. Barrett is staying
He was arrested Brighton Beach where it l.
said he lost the proceeds on the races -
The hotel people pushing the prosecution OF
Alexander.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
DYING GIRLS sHRIEKs CAUSE PANIC.
East Side Families Feared Fire-PtOmaines
in Ice Cream Fatal

Bertha Gross seventeen years Old died early
Yesterday in her home at No S4 GTand-st-, It IS
supposed from ptomaine poisoning. She ate ice
,,ea,,, a. some unknown place. and about an hour
ost.ryvara was taken violently i'll Though at
tended by a physician. and seemingly better she
v,,s seized with a second violent attack, which
proved fatal -.
The police OF the De!ancey-st- station are trying
IN nnd where the girl ate the ice cream Last
,ib+ sbe vent 10 a reception Of the Manhattan
- i1es a YIddish organization. About ~ oeioeK,
- yonuR man whose name mas not DetI
learned she LETT the IsCSt14'- ~ ~
first got the ice cream =, ,.looI- aud soor after
.yas taken IN DR. Strachstein, OF NO 5os East
T5[9sSvTav who was called, succeeded IN SooInlIB
bsr FOR q while and seeing that sle was Hppa' eittly
recovering. went away ABOUT ',so 80 = asIsS'D and
1ber re girls parents, thinking her betIer. were
49, sIaarf3g she was seized with another Vlolehl
,1aro,egsr5 ~ pain and began screaming aer
strtei-a soon awoke every one IN the mouse, Hle
fhe tenants with the ever present rear ot one SI
IT, SataI tenement house fires so frequent on ttle
E5a, side rushed out into the street II ecahly
.ietbt1g A policeman sent call t9r an - alADu. ~
S1 R,t II was delayed by an acciaSgsL ana tnS
Eiri was dead whe1 II esnss
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
F1REBUG IMPuCATEs TWO OTHERS
Says He Was to Get $125 for Burning Tene-
ment House

Chief Clerk Walkey Of the District Attorneys
Office in Kings County Yesterday made public the
statement made on Friday TO Fire Marshal Beers
by Samuel Levine. who confessed that he had
tempted TO burn d tenement house in Unon-ave.,
Williamsburg.
Levine who is in a critical condition in the
Brooklyn Hospital from injuries received by jump
ing from the fifth story window of the Brooklyn
Police Headquarters on Wednesday, declared that
a carpet cleaner. Hebrew, whose name he did
not know, promised to give him Sl25 for the jo0.
He said that Phil Davis. the saloOakeeper Of
Gouyerneur-st., Manhattan, who IS now under ar
rest said he would pay the money 10 MIN tLeVIne)
II the carpet cleaner did not do so.
He Furthermore said that Davis had told the car
pet cleaner 70 instruct him how to start the fire,
and that Davis, the carpet cleaner and an Italian
took him over to the Cnion-ave. house last Mon
day night. He said he had never seen the Italian
before bat that ne understood he was the boss OF
the house.
The Italian, who called Joe, told him, Levine
declared. that he wanted 10 get rid OF the house as
il was old and did not pay any rent II was IN
sIIred for $3CG0 he said Levine told the fire mar
sbaI that Davis's boy could tell him some more, IN
Guiding where the carpet cleaner lived
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
MCCLELLAN SURE TO RUN AGAIN.
Metz May Be Named for Contradictions
mittee viii Meet This Week.

The Democratic City Committee will meet some
time the latter part OF this week prepare for the
coming municipal campaign. The committee en-
braces representatives from all five boroughs and
will name the time and place for holding the city
convention well discussing candidates The
committee is controlled by Tammany.
Senator McCarren Will head the Brooklyn repre-
sentation in the committee. It Is understood that
Murphy is to name the candidates for Mayor and
President OF the Board of Aldermen and MCCarren
VIII name the candidate for Controller There is
now no doubt OF McClellan's denomination Il is
considered probable that Edward NJ CTrout Will not
ask for a denomination Controller, and then
Herman A Metz is regarded the logical candi-
date. Just who will be named President OF the
Hoard OF Aldermen is open question. II the
Mayor cannot serve out his four year term FOR any
reason the President OF the Board OF Aldermen will
succeed him. and for this reason every care will
be taken to name a man that can De relied on TO
carry out Tammany's wishes.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
HORSE INVADES FLAT.
R1n050ay Dashes Upstairs after
Leaping OUer Baby Carriage.

After knocking down several children at the en-
trance OF the tenement house at No. 21s Bridge-st
Brooklyn. frightened horse dashed up a flight OF
fifteen stairs and into the apartments OF Mrs
Ceregio Izzy. on the second floor yesterday after
noon. Before the animal was led into the street
again he had wrecked the fiat
The horse was one OF two owned by a condensed
milk company, which being taken through
York-st. by Robert Tornier. OF No 225 Harris-ave
Long Island City. Becoming frightened, the led
horse made a bolt. dragging Tornier, who had hold
OF his halter OF the other horse and into the gut
ter In front Of the house at No 21S Bridge-st the
animals were turned toward the sidewalk by a
crowd Of boys in the street One of the horses
ran through a passage into the backyard but the
other made directly for the door. He hurdIed over
a baby carriage knocking IL over and spIinteriug
II with his hoofs. Merritt Izzy. two years old was
sent sprawlng 10 the sidewalk and eight-year-oId
Josephine LUgers and another child who were
standing by the side Of the carriage, were also
knocked down
The horse dashed up the stairs breaking the
Lreads and haIuStrade with every step. First he
dashed into the kitchen, while Mrs. Izzv fed for
her life. After trying his hoofs everything in
slBht the horse trotted into the front room and
stuck his head out Of the window. Somebody cried
thaL he was going 10 jump, and the crowd below
made wild dash for safety
But when the horse that he was so far above
the ground il seemed to sober him. When a police
man arrived ne found the horse standing quietly in
the centre Of the room, nervous. but dOcile After
prolonged struggle and with the aid of a few
pIanks or the staircase, the animal was got out
into the street.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
STEAMER RAMS PIER.
Asbury Park Damaged in Escaping
Collision lcith Ferryboat.

There vas nearly a collision between the Jersey
Central steamer Asbury Park and the ferryboar
Mauch CHUNK. OF the same company, yesterday
morning To escape collision the Asburv Park VA.
run at half speed Into her pier As the result OF th
Impact a large hole was torn in the side OF rhe
Asoury Park on the starbOard quarter her ne
raIt was demolished. ten windows were destroyed
and the joiner work. IN both the main and hu-rl-
cane deck cabins. was shattered and spIintsrsd
TIE AsbUry Park was AT the time OF the accident
crowded with passengers. who were thrown fn4o
state or excitement by the narrow escape from
the collision and the subsequent collision with ths
pier But FOR the prompt and Efficient work of N.
ere" a panic would have resuIre1.
At $50 a n. the Asbury Parh was s7n-oarb4v,-
Eler, 10 North River, and the Mauch Chunk was
SSoInlng out or the Jersey Central dock Above
swung down BY the tide the Maurh CHUNG Wa 7so,-,
ne Asoury Park before any change h ths -o1I-.-
OF eiIaer vessel could be made In order 10 sv.i.3
ColIision the captain OF the Asburv Park pUt -
nstTu over and went ahead fuu speed -
s47y cteaIed tne Ferry boat, but before re soeeI
I SotId De reduced and the vessel pu- under eo0-
JIOl ne STRUCK the spIles the end o. rLe 49,
1Aese splles ture the hole in her side '
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
VACATION SCHOOLS CROWDED.
Thousands Of Children Drawn from the
Sultry Streets

The rusa of children 10 gain admission 70 the
ho2rd OF EducatlOn's vacation schools, play
grounds and school roof gardens has been so
great during the last that already principals
nave been obliged 10 turn away thousands Of
--ll1ren- The early reports show that D. $50 have
been admitted 70 vacation schools and Il0.329 10
L4ay ygrouuds, while several roofs report nightly
attendance a. concerts Of more than three thou
ksHd each. i is expected that the vacation school
s'teLdance VIII be more than twenty-five thousand
caiiy, while the Fairgrounds win have more than
'-e hundred thousand children each day.
10 lie fact that these children are Withdrawn
-sola the streets Is due the transformation which
az early morning visitor 10 the East Side, visit
-t member Of the National Educational Associa-
I+yl' noticed with great surprise.
-5efore 8 O'clock" she said, the tenement steps
@s'e crowded with uncomfortable, fretful chill
-'ea. After O'Clock. most OF them had dsap-
y7@leo- I wondered where they had gone; later
iouno them, happy, singing. playing in your
-aIlon schools. which. in comparison. seemed
ssS'sss1,-tllly cool after the hot glare OF the
Sklaileo streets"s
ne claim Of the babies 70 special attention and
no &C -acl ilaat the mothers heretofore have had
tp,ool. qllet place IN which rest have led TO
icon this year in the esta blishment OF
- seeIlds tOr mothers and babies These pla ces
fs- .esgaed 70 afford cool. comfortable place
b -. and 10 afford them valuable instruction
re care of children.
&c. Lts comfort OF babies and little children
lsgs1 - - Dc sand heaps Gnd the like. 1t Is be-
Aasasx Sas strain OK caring fer little ores and
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
MASON HELD FOR HOMICIDE.
Police Sympathy for Man Who Killed An
other IN Street Fight.

FRANK McCloud a mason, aged twenty-eight of
30 rs West Slst-st- was arrested early yester-
day oy Sergea1ts Peabody and Clark on A charge
of homicide 1cCIoud Is alleged to have sssa1Ite5
and caused the death Of William Mccarthy aged
nineteen who, the police say was e member OF a
gang Of r71f1ans which for some months past has
1-Sea considerable trouble in 9th and 10th aves
between 3lst and 32d sts
According TO the police. NcCloud was standing
IN front Of No. 4Is West 3lst-st. last Thursday
night when he was approached by Mccarthy who
asked for the price Of a drink AcCloud refused n
comply with AcCarthy's request. The next dav
when Mccarthy met McCloud q fight started AZ
ter Mccarthy had been knocked out by a blow in
t1e face the police say that bystanders saw Nc
cloud take Mccarthy by the shoulders and batter
-ts 4-e@- on Lile Sidewalk When an ambulance
reached the scene from Roosevelt Hospital Nc
.a-i1E was dead OnlOOkers saw NcClOud acted
col-r-sol-sly throughout McCarthy's insulting at
tack Thursday night
Police sympathy IN the lies with the arrest
- man. VINO vas arraigned before Magistrate
Barlow IN the West Side police court and remand
Cd 70 the coroner
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
SUICIDE AFTER DIVORCE.
FOLLOWS MEYER SUIT.
L. J. 4PgGr, Wealthy Man, Had
Been Named as Co-respondent

Louis J. Apgar committed suicide at his home
No % sip-ave, Jersey City. yesterday morning
Nv putting a bullet into his brain. His daa,b
was the tragic sequel TO a sensational divorce
case In which he figured as correspondent. The
adverse decision is believed to have preyed on
his mind and prompted him to XIII himself.
Il on Friday afternoon that the divorce
case into which he had been drawn vas ended
Counsel had Just finished their argument when
vlce-Chanceilor Garrison did that which is IN
usual n divorce cases by announcing at once
that he would advise decree. In his finding he
dscredited the statements Of Mrs Clara Mey-
ers. the woman who had endeavored to defend
her honor. and Apgar. who was accused Of hav-
ing Iured the woman from the path OF rectitude
ApgRr had passed q restless night and arose
early yesterday morning. He was stiu in his
room when his wife went downstairs. a few
minutes before o'clock. She had been out Of
tho room only a few minutes when the report OF
q pistol IVES heard One OF the servants hast
ened upstairs TO find the suicide lying unconsci-
Gus on the floor. at the foot Of a tall pier glass.
before which he had stood when he fred the fatal
shot.
The bullet had entered the right side OF the
head Immediately above the ear. ploughed
through the brain and passed out at the left
side OF the head A revolver he had owned
was sJiu alive when his wife reached the room
but died within minute
The Meyers divorce suit aroused intense inter
est, as the principals were well known. George
Il. Meyers the husband. is a wealthy manu-
factUrer. Mrs Meyers was active IN social
church ard club life. They lived in the residen-
tial section OF Bergen Heights. Jersey City She
was widow. thirty-eight years old, with
daughter twelve years Old and a son Of ten
when she and Meyers were married six years
sg5- They lived happily until two years ago.
When the suspicious OF the hus band began 70
develop and he started the espionage which
cusHlrated in the discovery Of Apgar and Mrs
Aevers in hotel in Manhattan where the for
mer had registered under an assumed name and
with wife
The divorce suit was at once entered Mrs
Meyers offered plausible explanation II had
been chance meeting IN the dining room with
Apgar. She had gone 10 the hotel TO luncheon
and had made an engagement TO meet her aunt
and her daughter there. A storm came up, and
concluding that her daughter and aunt were not
coming, she started 10 leave the hotel
ApEar said on the stand that he had used the
ncUtlous name because II was the name he was
Known by al the hotel. He had signed wife"
tor the reason that he thought Mrs Meyers'
daughter and aunt might want 10 use the room
Apgar was sixty-One years old. He was a
descendant Of one Of the old Dutch families that
se-tled IN New-Je Jersey, and was a man OF aff1u-
e1ce- he had 2 family. and his four children are
al vel known IN the social world Of New-Jer-
sey- Apgar's reputation had been enviabIe.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16

Fire Excursion Boats Taken b.
Surprise. but Al DO Hell

Acting under Instructions from the Stear boat
Inspection Service. issued through Collector Stran-
ahan, inspectors detailed 70 steamboat inspection
swoOQed down upon five OF the local excursion Zee
at the Battery yesterday morning and tested them
without warning as 10 their efficiency IN tie f-e
drfu
The five vessels inspected the Atlantic a
Sea Gate boat. the Augustus Phillip. an Atlantic
Yacht Club boat: the Falcon and the H $ cas-
well Liberty Island boats. and the William
storey. which to Midland Beach
All OF the boats. though cauxhr uuawares ursrs
successful in the tests. Fire hose was taken
down. the wate~ turned n. Hfaboats IOversd
and lie preservers thrown the deck The time
taken oy eac1 OF the five boats was under fv-
minutes The Atlantic the Augustus Phillip anT
the Falcon beat the time OF the other two boats
These tests viii be made unaunOunCed on al the
boats or the excursion fleet frequently during the
summer II is the intention % the local steam
boat inspectors 70 keep a sharp watch on them.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
MAYOR WEAVER GOES BACK.
Refuses to Talk of Plans for Prosecution of
Philadelphia Grafters

his counsel, ex-Judge J. Gay Gordon, left the Wal
dorf-Astoria yesterday morning early, and returned
to Philadelphia. The Mayor had a conference the
previous evening, lasting far into the night with
EHhu Root Mr.. Auerbach, Of Davies Stone &
AuerbaCh. and Mr.. Gordon. Just what was decided
upon at this conference is not known, OF
those who took part would talk. II is understood,
however, that Eihu Root withdrew as counsel for
Mayor Weaver owing to his appointment as Secre-
tary of State. II is further said that criminal
prosecution Of Israel Durham, former boss OF
Philadelphia, and State Senator James w. Nc
Nicho will be undertaken at once The charge is
that while State officials they participated in
profits from city contracts
Mayor Weaver was not in a communicative mood
yesterday. Il have nothing TO say now" he de-
clared before leaving the hotel Il may make a
statement In Philadelphia tonight. II do AN the
paOerS viii get il.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET.
JsY rELEsRAPH TO rHE raIBuxE.i

tnN A-LA-4i-eAzIA 10 AE4A TRIBUNE
Fan River. Mass. July 1s.-LOcai br5Rsrs report
that there has been only a moder0ss amount or
business in the print cloth market tnls week This
due 20 the fact that mill were slow sellerS
az the prices offered Under the effect % the gen
eral decline in cotton prices. the prices oered for
cloth have been somewhat lower than they were
last week and were not generally accepted The
trading has been IN odds aud ll snail lots. IRE
demand has varied from active fair. tofa
OF sales may have reached I60ooO bales. hut va
probably lower Quotations are only nominal a
distinct price being made for every sale. They are
as follows: = inch. esx64s 1sc, 3 tnch, skxsls
i-lScs e inch ssx56s SAc, sSa trca. skxssA g..
a Inch. Ssx72s Ea9
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
KE1CKERBOCKER INVESTMENT co.
Application for Dissolution of Appointment
of Receiver Denied.

Trenton, n. J., July 15.-ChanceIlor Magic to-day
filed opinion denying the application OF the offi-
GERS OF the Knickerbocker Investment Company for
dissolution OF the recent appointment of Jerome
Taylor as receiver OF the company. The Chancellor
held that there was no merit in the contention. The
bill OF complaint he said clearly sets up a case OF
insolvency
In connection with immersion, the officers OF the
company filed answer 10 the original bill OF com
plaint. DENYING insolvency and making counter
charges Of mismanagement against the coupIain-
ant. Howard X Stokes. and his associates The
Chancellor refused TO consider the answer on the
ground that proper notice had not been given 10
the other side. The will now 20 over for
fnaI hearing as the continuation permanently -
the temporary receivership.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-16
MRS. PoILLoNs MONEY HELD.
Judge Orders Her Lawyers to Await Result
of Former Attorneys Suit.

Justice G{Iderseeve has denied. without costs the
application Of James J. Fitzgerald Of the law
yers retained by Mrs. Katherine Poillon in the
early stages Of her suit to recover from William
Gould Brokaw S250C0O for alleged breach Of prom
lse Of marriage TO determine whether Black Olcott.
Gruber & Bonynge should pay to him 5 per cent,
or not more than 5000 Of the amount received by
Mrs Poillon in settlement Of her suit
Former Judge OIcott. who opposed the appuca-
ton said that while the lawyer might have had
agreement with the plaintiff in the breach Of
promise suit It did not act as lien on any money
his firm might hold for her. Counsel also said that
Mrs PoIon had a good defence and wanted to
fight il out before a jury.
On Mr. FItzgerald's motion. Justice Gidersleeve
granted an injunction yesterday restraining Black
Olcott. GrUber & BouynRe from paying over TO
their client s. 900. pending the trial Of his suit
against Mrs. Poon 70 recover the amount.