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El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1905-04-27
I'll CARGO GUBtRNAT0RIAI DE NUE.
N0 MEXiC0.

Despues de tantas audanzas y
de afanes tan prolijos de parte de
aQuellos que toman mas 4 pecho
Y con mayor ahinco eI nombra-
miento de un gObernador para
Nuevo Mexico, aparece por la in
formation mas lidedigna que hay
4 mano, que NADIA se hard pOr
ahora y que el asunto Quedara
aplazado hasta el ano que viene.
Esta noticia proyiene de perso-
mas que Sc cree estan en- contacto
mas 8 menos intimo con las au-
toridades en- Washington, las
cuaIes afirman de un modo posi-
two que no sera nombrado el SUI
cesor del gobernador actual has
ta Enero de 1906. Esto tiene al
gunos yisos de probabilidad de
bido al hecho que el ejerciciO de
di"hO Official como gOhernadOr
no ternina hasta pse tempo, pc
70 no hay que tener denasiada
cOniianza on una mnteria que ha-
dado p6bulo 4 tantHs controver-
sias entire los que ambiciOnan la
| pOsici0n V sus SostenedOres Sin
embargo, no Sc puede negar que
hay hastante plausihilidad en- el
! parte de que el negocio qnedar6
aplazado. pues SO supone que el
incumhente actual no sera rele
vado Y Sc Ie permitird que cum
pla su tempo. isto 10 admiten
aIgnnos de los aspirantes al en-
! pIeo de gobernador y parecen re-
signadOs q aguardar con tOda
la paciencia de que son capaces,
pues andando el tempo So llega-
ra el dla Ell que presenter sus re-
clnmos y entonces Sc desengaiia-
ran uuien es el afotunado mortal
que obtendra la insignia y auto.
ridad de gobernador de Nuevo
Mexico, cuyo puesto parece ser
uno de los mas codiciados entire
los que tiene en- su mano el Presi-
dente para darlos al ciudadano
| one pliia
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1905-04-27
PR0BABlGMfNTE lNC0NSHIuClO
Nal.

Ahnra que VA los urgumentos
eu pro Y contra la constructions
lidad de la ley de alivio Martin,
han sidn hechos ante Il Juez Me.
Fie, del primer distrito judicial,
hay ruzOn purd Greer que la deci
sion Serd adverSa Il Ia constitu-
cionalidad de- dicha ley, aunQue
NADIA - ha decidido todavia. La
rSz6n es que el peso dc los argu
mpntoS parece estar del Hdo Vue
pone en- tela dejuicio la legaliclad
de la ley citada, pues el abogudo
opuesto ha especiticado dos pun
tos que parecen cardlnales Y que
probablemente tendr6n uua in
fiuencia decisiva en- ii resultado
de la controversial. EStos pun
tos son: que la ley Martin ehoca
directamente contra Ana de las
provisioues del acta congressional
de Springer; donde :, proyee que
los territories no podran con.
traer deudas en- eXceso de uno
por cieuto de su avalio total, V
que tambien prohihe toda formn
de legislaci6n especial. Ahora
bien, como la deuda territorial
de Nuevo Mexico VA pasa de ,
por ciento del valor total amilla.
RADIO Sc puede casi asegurar que
eI argumento de la aposIci6n en-
este particular no tlene retuta-
ci0u possible. En- lo que toca 4
legislation especial. como Ia ley
Sc reticre en Sns provlslones Il So
lameutr trrce cOudadOs del Ter
ritoriO, So contempla que tam
bien es dc mucho peso y tendra
bastante eiecto en- Ia decision fl
nal Asi es que aunque muchcs
Green que la emission de los 500,
900 en- bonos autorizada por la
ley Martin seria de mucho heneh-
clio Y provecho al ser eXpendido
el dinero honesto eimparcialmen-
te, no hay gran prospecto de que
puedan ser utilizados, 81 como Sc
la decision del iuez fue-
re adverse. Agregaremos que
de las apropiaciones he
ehus por la Ultima legislature
eran menos necesarias y menos
propias que la consignada en- In
ley dc aliVio Martin.
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1905-04-27
LA CAUSA S0BRE I'll ASESINATO DEL
CORONFL CHAVfS.

En- la corte de distrito del con-
dado de Chaves, correspondence
al quinto distrito judicial, fu6lIa
mada recipntemente la causa re-
ferente al asesinato del Coronel
j. Francisco Chaves, y el aboga-
do de los acnsados Domingo Va
Hes y Rosario Tucero Y Cordoba
hizo petici6n q Ia corte pidiendo
cambio de lugar para sus ellen.
tes & fin de que su causa sea lnz.
gada en- ell condado de Bernai
llo. Las razones manifestadas
4
El independiente. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1894-19??, 1905-04-27
LAS CARRfRAS DE JUNO In LAS
VEGAS.

In ASociac;nn do 1as EpriAs del
c.,II;na. p.,,J. hooo o.r,rdos n,o
naratiyos para haeer atractivas
6interesantcslas carreras del mes
de JUNO, dnrantelos dlas ., 6yf
va Sc ha adoptndo eI pr9gra-
ma de calreras yIos premlas que
50 daran a los cahaIIoS mas llge'
ros los cnaleS son como Slgue;
NhS' . ONlo -
Ter ffeihlo' 90 lorIall'''
ffo"'
2uo Prei''lo' = q lro''' Tf0''
Der premlo. Carrera de 4 de MI
Tia. 500.
4to premio, Carrera de 4 milIa,
800.
MARTEs, JUNO 6.
1to premio, 2-19, Portante
S4OO.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
CHARGES PAVING FRAUD.
Bronr Inspector 4lIeges Craze Vio-
latiORs of Contracts.

Michael Conyham. inspector OF street paving in
The Bronx, alleges that there have heen grave
frauds in the execution of paving contracts in that
borough. In affidavit made yesterday addressed
10 Controller Grout Conyham sad
This is TO certify that l. Michael Conyham. a
citizen and taxpayer. residing in Tho Bronx Bor-
oush do make oath that the contracts FOR re-
paving 1a3d and 15sth SITS with concrete and block
asphalt pa wing were executed IN violation OF the
plans and specifications, and certificates statns
they executed according to plans and speclf-
cations false and knowingly false, also ihal
contract for regulating grading etc on tNlst-
cations AND certificates stating they were eye
cured according plans and specifications are talse
and knowingly false. To each Of the above sworn
statements 1 can give mcontrovertibie PROOF OF
serious loss in each case 10 the city and taNpa!
ers by this system of false certificates
Before the contractors be paid. the work IS
supposed to hc inspected by both the engineers or
Borough President Hanen and the engineers at
tsched 10 The CONTROLLERS Office Conyham says
that these examinations have been only superficial
H. alleges that because he personally did his
work carefully and honestly. he has been Kept
from assignments 10 inspection lately. and has
had nothing to do.
Coayham saws that the alleged defective pave
ment was not set in the proper manner. Instead
Of sK-inch rise in the curhing, as the contracts
call for he that there is only fourinch rise.
He saws that when this fact discovered, IN
stead of repaying. should have been done the
contractors simply chopped off the top OF the
pavement. aking had piece Of work
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
SUES NEW-JERSEY CORPORATION
Government, for Indian Wards, to Try to
Collect Mining Royalties.

The government. on behalf of Wan Rhodes David
Coppcrfield, Tom, Ebenezer At Wine Happy Jack
Provo Dick. Wash. Billy Woods. Towato Wont
Wash Jim At Wine, Ned, Moquint, John Ducan
John Reed. Tecumseh. Sowsancut, Tim Johnson
Qusip Tabby Schultz. Toney, Setback Wutch, Tn
Gut Shields. Chapoose, John Copperfeld, Satsani-
fckent. George Sagoose, Ed. Eochiff and Frank
Doctor, chiefs of the White River Utes and Uintah
tribes is to bring suit against the Raven Mining
Company, a New-Jersey corporation. Fifty thou
sand dollars is demanded
Papers in the already prepared show that
the Uintah and White River Ute tribes land in
Utah. occupied by them reservations, which is
partly covered with mountain chain rich in min
erals, including eaterite WOertzete and gilsonite
ores. Asphaltum and mineral wax. the papers say
abundant.
1t Is shown that the defendant entered, according
TO the terms of a contract made with the Indian
tribes upon the lands and put the in oper
alton in February, 1900 but the papers declare that
attempt has been made by the Raven Mining
Company to fulfil it's contractual obligation al
though in the year 1903 more than five thousand
tons of the valuable eaterite was mined and
disposed Of. Under the specific terms of the
tract made with the Indians the royalties paid
were onetwentieth of the value of the elaterite
Woertzetite and one-ffteenth of the gilsonite
and asphaltum at the mines. Putting i'm opera ton
the minimum rate of 81 80 a provided for in the
contract the government brings suit in behalf OF
its wards for the payment of royalties the five
thousand tons of elaterite mined in 1903
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
VICTIM OF POLICE HABIT"
Bad Young Man Says They Can't Help Ar
resting Him.

New Brunswick. Aug. (SpeciaD Henry koeher
who with his brother Lotis. now in State prison
for term of three years. has the record of being
the worst young men in Perth Amboy was dressed
in his best clothes at the MiddleseX County iaiI
this morning. prepared go to court and get a
because he had not got his medicine" as he
terms his punishment. and declared serving time in
State prison was better than staying in jail here
He has been arrested nineteen times.
Koeher to have been sentenced to-day bv
Judge Woodbridge Strong. who sent his brother
Louis TO prison several weeks ago. Prosecutor
Berdine was in court. but Lawyer g. T. Cowen-
hoVen. for Koehler, could not attend to-day Koeher
sent word over from the Jail that he wanted to he
sentenced anyway. whether CowenhoVen was there
not. He did not think his lawyer could do. him
any good and he expected State prison sentence
Judge Strong was communicated with at his home
and postponed the until Tuesday next
Koehler arrested and tried for assaultjne a
negro He convicted At the trial he derIared
he wac not TO blame. but that the police had the
he told the court. Every time anything happens
down there m arrested. The police have the habit
and cant seem to help it His brother Louis when
given three years in prison left the courtroom
smiling.
The record of Henry Koehler as supplied TO the
prosecutor by the Perth Ambov police department
shows that he has been arrested eight times for
twice for assault and battery twice for attractions
assault, and once each for petty larceny drunk
and disoTdeTly. suspicion Of burglary highway
robbery and threats. For such of these criInes aa
i,e found guilty Of he has served 222 davs i'm
jail and paid sl2 in fines.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
SHOT FOR HIS CHICKENS.
They InUaded Neighbours Fields Too
often.

New Brunswick. Aug 4 (speciaD.-Because his
poultry strayed into newly ploughed field be
longing TO Charles Van Houten, Joseph Richtenal
who lives near Bound Brook. beaten into
insensibity and probably fatally shot to-day
Van Houten was arrested after running fight
across the fields for three miles. in which several
shots were exchanged. He is twenty-eight years
old. and Richtenal was seventy-six.
Yesterday. in Richtenaps absence from his
farm. several Of his chickens strayed on the Van
Houten. place. Van Houten got a shotgun and
il is said. killed fifty Of the fowls, despite the
protest and appeal of Mrs. Riehtenal, who tried
get them home. To-day the chickens that
We're left again visited the Van Houten farm,
and Van Houten again appeared with his shot
gun but this time he struck Richtenal over the
head with the butt when the old man went TO
drive the chickens home. 1t is said that he then
fired two shots into Richtenal and walked off.
Richtenal's wife screamed for help, and the
neighbors hurried her husband to the Somer-
willie Hospital where his. condition is said to be
critical.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
NEGRO TURNING WHITE.
Stamford Man Covered uifh Patches
of Caucasian Fairness.

Stamford, Conn, Aug. (SpeciaD.-Edward
Kennedy. negro of this city. is turning white.
His hands and good part of his face white
as those of any American born Caucasian. and
the contrast is so great as to arrest attention.
The change has been going on now for six years.
1t began at the finger tips and gradually every
bit Of the hands became white until to-day Mr..
Keunedy's forearms perfectly white. The
same thing is true of his face In the vicinity Of
the mouth. the chin and the neck The space
about tho eyes is perfectly white and gives him
a somewhat grotesque appearance Behind the
ears there is a circle of white and Kennedy
says that his entire body contains patches of
white skin. Kennedy is just much at a loss
TO account for it is the ordinary observer.
Edward Kennedy born in New-York at
No. 8 King-st. in 1S41. His father Thomas
Kennedy. was jantor of the City Hall Building
in New-York Kennedy has two sisters living
In New-York, Mrs. Robert Davis and Mrs.
Jacob Pelham.
Kennedy TO Stamford when he was six
years old, and just he able to
work adopted the life of a fisherman and oys-
terman For thirty years he lived about the
shore front here About twenty years ago he
entered the restaurant business, his present
cupation. While in Stamford he has had but
one serious Illness about twenty-five years ago.
he was sick some little time then from bilious
lever. In the last ten years he has not been ill
d ddN tie DeneNeS ms edom from illness is
the result of preparation of herbs he brews
and takes twice each week. He also believes
that the continued of this preparation may
have something to do with his change of color.
Physicians who asked about the matter
here to-day said the herbs had nothing to do
with it.
Medical men agree that the change of color is
due to a loss of pigment in the blood.
Kennedy saiG to-day: Il not sick and |
have lost no sleep worrying the change
in my color 1t has been going on for six years,
and of late the white patches have been coming
out quite rapidly. | am sixty-five years old
and feel perfectly we'll and sometimes feel that
! shall live long enough to myself white
m
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

losh st. NGs 2Vo a'G 10 Metropciitan Life Insur-
Comgany m9rtsase ,aa aDS fe Assurance
Society Of New-York to Charles C. Lockwood; ,tn.,
1.96-i mGtgas9 1916 # Of ave 262 6x99 IL
Charles onna9y ykTGeq @o1tgagH s9 ss Nominal
same PrQyidsnt sayings , Life oa%a AssGanGe
.fb s4 So 80 Vest 25xas9 Charles Z lockwood
to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company mort
aie ease propeTty ProJiden savings Life Assurance
Society Of New York to Charles Lockwood >,,,n.,
e7ts5 100 It Of 9th ave iotxss o. charles
Lockwood to Metropolitan & @ Life Insurance ,,u.,
Same property Pr0yident savings , Life \ssnTanGe
mortgage SS6oooo Nominal
Rachel shwetzer and another. nlort;ase $2loeo loo
Sae ss p9py a P4isase Rqsae s @ and another "
William Michel to Emma Michel: mortgage
"Sns, %Rsm M.5s sq to " r% % 'os"s 100
Hssh eat rcs ays Sr sf " Real Of rla9 fmSg9 aGpsnS Mac
Louis II On Bois 100
2eth-s Nos a34 and a3s Fas; 5ox:,S.o Henry
Hartmann Hartmann ct al to frank Gems. mortgage
225Sss.2 Kate Edison to, Marie Iund, mortgage
rlth st. 5, 2i5 Il " Of ltol-aye 5oxioo
7th awe cerner i st st S N3, Sss S Gbar. 100
Hckey 10 CeciIia J. : slater mortgage. s4o'"o 100
:, to George II Robinson Nominal
MIc6a@i Nsz Ernest 5'S MoI3ia II 'c'' '@'' 100
Ernst al Meta s'} ancs 5Tsf ana M%r1 a%daer
mortgage, $1,000 .......... 100
95th-st. No .3l East. e5x1OoS; Morris Rosen
10Th " Nos 5e9 9 and IrIseT 5 ., %ortgege
uel Adler 10 Jonas We'll another: mort
gage. St7.50o ............... tno
77th- 81, 100 W Of 2d-ave esx1oo. lanes i'o
ocCennen to Andrew Adamko; mcrtsase
lenos.aye. Nos e ana =: ). s71loo; Martha 100
Becker to l,'Hi ShaIet mortsaEe, Sl65.ooo 100
Versailles Realty Company cornelta a
rtrserS"h 50 - , Nominal
Hnonport lo5x75; John Dinan Bridget
- n'nan nan 80 . - Nominal
Baker to Emanuel Freund. ............ no
Lot 1856 map Of Arden property; Mabel An
500 s Nominal
hard Mayer to Max Gottesman: mortgage
$s':eoo - =, - - Nominal
Jacob KlinEenstein to Isidor Hollsberg
Iaor,gae"' - 900 ........:. 49,. -,....... 100
to Frank Knsmsn jr....,,- ....,.. Nominal
FTeds-ck ohmeis Ia William + Bozeu-
hardt: mortgage. seoooo .:--..., s..,...,. 100
100; Mabel Andrews To Frank Andrews.
mortEe6e. s4@I -, -. Nominal
tho New orb East Annual Conference of
Methodist Episcopal church Bath HARNESSES
Anschei ltaitEock; mortgage" S230o0.
Wett No . 2I.!Ntun. Ilaknesssr
Anschet l1alN stock 60 HeNman peutsch,
gage S2a tOn
Amsterdam ave. g : I49 II n Of I20th st - liz
irregular: William II Sicgman Ray Ans
King Beach g. lots tlO and III
Eiiz King. CitS Island. Harriet T. Bard
70 GeerEe :, seshmin Z; :, Nominal
an liens ....,. >;oninai
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
RECORDED MORTGAGES

Rose ss.2n 2.a a. TO S1s and saa Gs No
MdSarf Ct f Daniel a. TO Dutshtss S Land company;
Pelham Road. so it of Lee-st, year. ,,o
welstsad Fad John j. to TILE Guarantee and Trust
Company: 2ith st. n s. So # Of Lexington ,zooo
Dooner Hanna L. to Emigrant Industrial
inss Domintc>-st No 81; / year; az per ooo
siiytTson. fstt l. to Pinc,s iowendeld sii-aye Nos
Ill a45 and Pt3s 345 10 YS4F; EefeTs PsF 5 s.4
fl { o Grand Boulevard and Concourse' year o=oo
Pelham p Realty Company to II RovIey. Isth-s;
n 5. 1863, map Of Cnionport; due No'en'or , ,oo
Hdaton NJ a. to Yale Uniycrsi'y s6th-s' Nos . oo
Rseaa7 aea II Nsss 1ssob Matthew Isnnass is4-t
500 Il " Of iHt9Iaye ye9s crrsJ % Psr te.' N'
corner les;h-sr: year ~ Per cent, -. 1000
iG ca@pany aG's ;"f1s Hsath-ays H. laas Of En-"
GfPdins, Anna H 10 At I76th ST. year 1000
corner Walnut st: years; per sent - l'i'o
Msysn Gompady T. aS S s s."S' 30 sos
1ves s"' John NJ to j and another 9 81 $d-aye
1905; @ iIU due March i5 iso6: per 200
Lea%an spg Trust if'~aTS G@mpan9, ny onds
FincR Pe' Meta r ana saothcr Morl,. = Ernst .ooo
l34th st. 1S5 West; > %s2is. u per ,9 gG9I ~
uershkewttz F5stg F;.s.ry to ass@''an 'o" 1000
Roth Hsrkps5i Hn weS ST. No = per baGi acoo
same to Mstr%Po,'sn ia. rcT .1S csnt 5000
Same me- to 70 samuel RoginsSy: property prior
mortgage St3oon years .-,; n ~
Vest prior mortgage. 22''o, aue February T. 80
Ms|g 'T5 Ienry nr = to United Trust company
5th- st, Ne t''; Ier bond ,;-. ,,sit,,t
FgSlnFon S5 :, : % tad per cont, @oooo
A49%ss I79b s. s'+'fo Ia It ' Of years
rrsESr reTt Henry l. to NJ Rosenfeid aS,b 81 " 2:i
tiao Ess' 6o3 'ea's' o. 5000
E'.ppei wiiham q To Harie,n saymss Bank:
C;lebe ave .s 1851 f; cf Nestchester ave, -
waEs1 aTS9t"q Laura r To NJ c Mace. pe Mnt ave.
wenberr Max to L Nieeers ana snStheT: Sis'
due February ;, 1909; per cent S.7oe
stokes. Nicholas l. g. Wect Stde Savings BANS -
Flosk David I e " T a M,eeSas s;- ''h st $ ~ oo
p,9e s% u poyii ID :, HG' Sc + Xtb5ls ieo6si =
2tp II Of Nicholas ave; yelrs...-...,. 4lUt"
Fox Julius r. To /. IIusch: % ave. - Il
OF loith =: years. Il per cent; prior mort .
SANG 10 Sam: ri ave . $ a. 10 It n ot iG,th st
prior mortgage, sia.5oo years. per cont. iGtoa
"@'FgsSf' @ Ts 3e' ye9T g. i, r i.gfse LOO
senTt. Elias and another to GEORGE rfan si;h
Iustbuacr Rose 10 Rcbert l. Harrison. Roseis'e
racoma st; per bond ..,.-.,,-. S.9h'
ii3: due February Z 1919; per cent. iev"
frarkenstein- AlcNan Ter. u @err1sn SavirSs
years years. '12 pSr cent s' " 80 "'r'' 2l,vo
i2stG ST veSy~ "a Per ..', 5c,eo
Piser. A. To Katie p Schi ports ave, = corner
Eeusr, William a. and anotbSr to r p Keprlsn.
Sth-s'e No 2A5i: Il cent -........, $500
10 It Of tltH ave; prior mortsase,
Sl2o,1 due Septsm1cr IL 1905; & per cent 500,
aee-~t $ Ia It Of columbus ave: prior
mortsage >i7.oo0; du, March Il, '9o';
sl1e,'oen, ) ., t, .,ha,ies NJ lsosea'hel; pg,ad
rs, man McS;rsv ss.ste. Years psr cent sovo
E~s 'eaFs r-r eent.''... -...-.'..-..s.. 2I0O
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
WILL LIMIT FRANCHISES.
Ts0enty-fUe Years Marimunt A.
lozced by Ne7cark Board.

The Newark Board Of Works will hereafter limit
sll special franchises granted by the board to
ssnpre of twenty-five years. Application made
% the hoard by the New-York and New-Jersey
Telephone Company for permission to use the right
OF way owned and used by the city for the water
supply pipe line from the Belleville reservoir TO
the Macopn intake, distance of twenty-one miles.
The company wants the right of way part of
trunk line 4 perpetual franchise asked, and
the company offered compensation free telephone
service between the city and the watershed.
President Eggers of the board stated that in fut-
ure franchise for public utilities in any form
would be granted in perpetuty for period
longer than twenty-five years, unless the people
should decide otherwise by vote.
The decision was reached by the board privately,
and evidently inspired by the resolu-
tons by the Republican County Committee for
limited franchises at the option Of the munich
palities.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
BOYS LIVING TORCHES.
Gasolene Can Erplodes, Fatally
Burning One Lad.
lay TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Mount Holly Aug Like two flaming
torches Arthur Wrigley and Walter Lewalen ran
through the streets of Smithville this morning
to their homes When he reached home the
clothes on Levallen fell in ashes to the ground
He will die. While not fatally injured, Wrlgley
is terribly burned
The two boys who ten years old. got some
cat-o'-nine tails and. going into the yard OF the
Lewalen home. soaked them with gasolene.
match applied to the torches and the
cat-o'-nine tails burned fiercey. To make the
excitement greater the blazing torches were
forced into a fvegallon Of gasolene In the
explosion which followed the fluid was thrown on
the boys and their clothing took 1re Lewalen
was practically naked when assistance reached
him. Portions of his body charred, and
physicians say that he cannot live.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
ANOTHER ROBBERY AT HOTEL AsToR
Engineer Loses Valuable Watch and Fob
Other Cases This Week.

William S. MCGOWAN, 1r. consulting mechsni-
cal engineer with offices at No. 40 Broadway. lv-
ing at No. Al West 27th-st., went to the West
4th-st station last evening and said that while
he was at the Hotel Astor last night he had been
robbed of gold watch and fob valued at $3.50 in
trnsically, but at lar more for sentimental rea-
sons.
He said that with friends he had gone to the
roof garden of the hotel to dine. The lift was
crowded both the up and down trips. AS he
reached the door he felt for his watch and il was
gone.
Mr.. MCGOWAN then went to the Hotel Imperial
where he is acquainted with Mr.. West. detective.
He told West Of his loss, and West advised him to
go to the police. At the same time West said that
he had lost his watch at the Astor on Wednes-
day night. on Thursday night who said he
was William II. Smith, member of the Crescent
Athletic Club, robbed of watch and fob. in
similar circumstances
New-York tribune., 1905-08-05
GRAND-ST. MEN PROTEST.
Sag Business Is Ruined by Lack of
Car Lines.

Another loud protest has been made by business
men who have retail stores in Grand-st. They
say that the only OF transportation for their
customers-the horsecars-have been taken away.
and nothing has been substituted by the Metro
politan Street Railway Company and that their
business is anldst at standst
In circular letter sent out yesterday by Julius
Blumberg. of No. 262 Grandst., to his fellow mer-
chants. he asks them to cooperate with him TO
resent what they term this last indgnity. When
seen in his office yesterday, Mr.. Bumberg declared
that the present situation is outrage on all the
storekeepers on the street who depend largely on
customers who from Jersey City and Long
Island These people, he said. have no way Of
reaching the stores In Grand-st except by walking
or using the dirty overcrowded horsecars of the
Deiancey-st. line. in which. he says. decent
person wants 10 sit at any time.
The holidays are soon coming" said Mr. Blum
berg. "and then trade will he absolutely killed
They tell us that work of installing the electric sys
tenn will he done in months. but have been
told by men who know that it cannot be done in
less than six months with tho present force Of
men. 1t is not showing proper considers ton to
those who formerly patronized them for the rail
read company TO take away their only means OF
transportation and not to give them some kind of
n substitute. They could. at least. have run cars
on q temporary single track with sidings or they
about it,
Mendel Brothers who have been in business at
No: 30 Cirand-st. for twenty-five years charac-
terized the action OF the railroad company an
would take up the night, and compel the railroad
company to have work done at night to complete
ised Mr. Biumberg who was one of a committee
to appear before the railroad commission TO ask for
a change from the horsecars to the electric sys-
tenn. said last night that they promised
then that the work would be begun in six months
H. II. Vreeland. president of the Metropolitan
system was out of town. and could not be reached
last night and those at his sffice were not author
lied to discuss the matter