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New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
NO TRors At cLEyELAND: cARlT0NS MnnrI nElD In
Mayor johnson Stops Pool Selling
at Grand Circuit

Cleveland July 31.-Followinx an order sr,r,
Mayor Tom Johnson to Chief OF Police uo.,,o-
TO stop all pool selling and ssmblinp q, III.
Glenville race track, where the C,rand c,,rcr,.
meeting was to open this afternoon Il was m
rounced that the race track will be abolished
after the present meet, graded down and divided
into city lots.
This announcement. coming at the last mo-
ment, created CONSERVATION among horsemen
and the members OF the Cleveland Driving
Park Association. At the Grand Circuit meet
ing here, las. year. pool selling was prevented
ing great loss to the driving park association.
Early to-day Chief Kohler. OF the local police
department. acting under direction Of Mayor
Johnson. called upon Secretary Dietrich, of the
driving park association and informed him
that pool selling would not be permitted.
meeting of the officers OF the association
Immediately called, and Ii was decided to
finish the Merchants and Manufacturers Con-
ISOLATION race, which unfinished at Detroit
and then to abandon the meeting. This was
done, and all gate admission fees were refunded
together with the entrance fees Of horsemen.
Until short time ago there was but little
doubt that pool selling would be permitted. but.
the village of Glenville. In which the track Is
located has in the past few days been annexed
TO the city OF Cleveland. Mayor johnson has con-
troll over the situation.
II. NJ. Hanna. president, and w. G. Pollock.
vice president of the company controlling the
track held q conference to-day. after learning
Of Mayor Johnson's orders. and decided that the
prohibition against pool selling would make It
advisable to abandon the track.
II has been in existence for the past twenty
nve years and has had its main feature
Saturday matinees which have been free to the
public No dividends have ever been declared.
as the company is said not to have been run for
profit
1t was at first intended to transfer the races to
Buffalo but telesraphic inquiry revealed the
fact that Buffalo would not permit the transfer
because Of interference with the regular race
week there. The horsemen. therefore, have scat
tired some of them going TO Buffalo and else
where and some Of them remaining at Glenviile
TO work out.
The third heat OF the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Consolation purse (2:24 trot), unf1n-
ished at Detroit was won by Miss-in-Law.
Time, 2:11A. Getaway was second and Emily
Letcher third.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
INTERCLUB YACHTING.
atlantic Yacht Club Plans Contests
for Thnty-Foot Glass.

Arrangements are nearly completed for an
interclub series of races for yachts OF the one
design thirty-foot class. to be sailed in the
Lower Bay under the direction of the Atlantic
Yacht Club
The Tobasco. one OF this class. owned by ].
B. oDonohue, has been enrolled in the Sea
Gate organization, and now the plan is for the
New-York Yacht Club the Larchmont, the Sea-
wanhaka Corinthian, the Indian Harbor the
Manhasset Bay, the American and the New
Rochelle club each TO send its fastest boat to
compete in this race.
Another race on much the same plan is being
perfected by the officers of the Indian Haroor
Yacht Club II is to be a tournament race
sailed on August 50 and 81 and September L.
The different boats are to race In pairs. the
winners OF the first round TO compete in pairs
again. ana so on until the final race, when two
boats III be left. The 10 be sailed
under the regular rules adopted for this class
when sailing design class
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
INDIAN HARBOR CARNIVAL
Illuminated Marine Parade on Night
of August 9.

The officers end membsrs of the rnsian uar-
bor Yacht Club are hoping for pleasant weather
for Wednesday, August @ for on the even,nv of
that day the most spectacular entertainrent ,n
the history Of the club is to take place
II is 10 be a water carnival and marina naraas
in Greenwich Harbor. facing the clubhouse Of
decorated and illuminated power boat, ,aunc,..
dingies ana gigs. Following the illumination
there is to be dance at the clubhouse Visit
ing yachtsmen are invited TO take part in the
carnival
The feet is TO rendezvous in the harbor that
.vening not later than 8 O'clock and at $50
Son signal from the clubhouse the harbor and
feet VIII be illumned. On board the selnada
anchored near the clubhouse, there will be a
chorus under the direction Of Dr. Carl Martin
While the parade is i'm progress singing of popu-
lar and classic music Will be heard
Prizes are offered for the best illuminated
poEer boat or launch and for the best illuni-
mated dingey or gig. Red and white fire for the
illumination OF the yachts may be obtained at
the clubhouse.
schooner yacht Endymion which took part
in the recent ocean race for the German EN-
perors Cup. is member ex-officio OF the nine
committees that are responsible for the proper
carrying out on the programme this occasion.
other yachtsmen OF prominence on the COM
mittees are c. I. Wills. William Ross Proctor
Charles +. Sinms. Clifford d. Mallory J. Fred
AckeTEan. Richard Outwater, George p. Shell
don, Frank : Hastings. Thomas ]. McCahill
Jr.. Francis II. Page William H McCord Paul
v. Allen. J. III. Downing, Joseph F. Monselis
Lorenzo D. Armstrong and Frank Bovine Jones
The judges who will present the prizes are
son, Seymour J. Hyde, Frank NJ. Freeman and
Joseph E. Russell.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
CYCLING At GARDEN.
Series of Bicycle Races ON Madison
Square Saucer Track.

The revival OF cycle racing has at last struck
New-York Madison Square Garden Will throw
open it's gates next Monday night with series OF
high class races The star professionals and anna
teurs will be seen in motor paced and sprint con-
tests on the saucer track on which the annual six
day is held .
Floyd Mcfarland will be Of the attractions
in the initial meet Monday night In a ten
mile motor paced race against Hugh Mclean. The
sprinting both amateur and professional will in
clude long list of stars
in the professional class will bring together such
riders as Kramer Fem, Root. Dorlon Mclean,
Mcfarland. the BedeIls and others. The amateur
races will include a half mile novice race, one mile
handicap and two mile lap race with special
prize the leader In the greatest number of laps
Entry blanks be obtained from James J..
Richards No 300 Broadway. The TO be
held under the management Of the promoters of
the six day cycle race, p. I. Powers and Harry
Pollok It is the intention bring this country
sprint and pace following champions from abroad
20 meet the champions of America in series Of
for the worlds championship.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
Jersey CITY BUDGET ADOPTED.

TIL. BOARD Of Finance OF Jersey City adopted the
hdgs, Yesterday afternoon for the next fiscal year
1rbich begin. on December 1. The total amount to
h. raised by the taxpayers will he s. f6 Is The
total for the current year was 2eii6S % an In
oa.sa n, ss5 7sO7s This will tax rate OF
49,, ,9- sn for each 81, ,Oo OF ratables The rate
for the current year is SIT 40
Small increases were allowed TO all the city
boards. as the expenses of each are growing an
nually but they refused to grant applications for
- ircrease of of attache. city Collec-
tor Fry was given 1900 to pay his clerical force
rsrks The appropriation for street cleaning was
raised from ts0c0 10 $4,000, but the allowance TOT
sewer cleaning S29 000 was not increased ne or-
ranjration OF a new fire engine company - pro
vided for but the various departments as ruis
vsrs kspt down TO the lowest possible nSuTe-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
INCREASE FOR RAILROAD HANDS.
New-York, Ontario and Western Will Give
Employees More Pay.
fsY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.l

Scranton, Penn. July 3l.--The New-York On
tar,o and Western Railroad has made this in
crease In wages: Engineers. except those en-
ployed on passenger trains. advance from "a a
day, on hog engines. to "a 25 a day. and those
getting So Is day. for work on small engines,
will get 81 day.
Conductors. an advance OF 10 cents a day,
raising the wage Of passenger conductors from
81 so TO SO go day. Freight conductors to
So 90
Firemen. an advance OF 10 cents a day. rails
inc the men who work on hog engines TO
50 60 a day; those employed on switch engines
% 50 20 day and the passenger fremen 81 20
for the first one hundred miles travelled.
Trainmen. an advance OF 10 cents. raising their
wages 10 50 30 a day.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
PANIC IN BLAZING STREETCAR.
Patrolmen on Williamsburg Bridge Nearly
Club Captain by Mistake.

While a car Of the Metropolitan Traction COM
pany was crossing the Williamsburg Bridge early
Yesterday morning. the motor caught fire. and in
an instant the was ablaze. In the were
mora than a dozen passengers their way to
Manhattan They were thrown into panic and
several were more or less injured in the wild
scramble 10 get off the burning car.
When the car caught fire the motorrnan. with the
assistance OF Daniel Casey of No. II South 5th-st,
williamsburg. and Patrolman Ward, undertook to
extneuish the flames Captain Gardner, Of the
bridge police squad, was on the foot3atn at the
time and started 10 crawl down the girders to the
car tracks. Two policemen, who did not recognize
the captain yelled TO him to get back When the
captain disregarded the order the policemen hout-
ed to each other. Lets wing him. which. in
police slang, means club him" The captain un-
derstood and made known his identity, too
soon as with clubs drawn, the patrolmen were
Just descending him.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
DISAPPEARS FROM CAMP.
Providence Young Womam Missing
for q Week an Nev-Ham Dshire.

Wolfboro n. H. July 31.-Search is being made
for Miss Mary A. Tucker, of Providence r. l.. a
stepdaughter of the Rev Or. d. w Faunce who
disappeared from his camp on Lake Winnepesaukee
near Ossipee last week Miss Tucker 1t is under
stood, had been suffering from nervous break
down due TO overwork and got years leave of alb
sence from school that account. She came to
camp with her father two weeks ago and disap-
peared about 10 o'clock last Tuesday
Search was begun promptly. A bundle of clothing
found Milton. twenty miles from Ossipee
The clothing has been identified belonging
Miss Tucker. Friends believe that in a ft of men
tai arrangement the woman started to walk 20
Providence The police OF Southeastern New
Hampshire have been asked TO assist in the search.
Information received from Rochester N H..
about thirty miles from Ossipee, that a
swering the description OF Miss Tucker was
there last Friday.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
FOOD NEEDED IN PANAMA.
Canal Government to Establish Sta
tions-BlosC to COuntru.

Panama, July Ex-Governor MagoOn has in
formed the government of Panama that the
Canal Commission has decided to esta blsh COM
missariat stations for the supply of food, etc.
for canal laborers along the zone. excluding
Panama and Colon. Until now the United States
had refrained from doing account of the
protests Of Colon and Panama merchants. who
held that their sales would be decreased con-
siderably by the establishment of the stations.
Reports TO Governor Magoon say that laborers
cannot buy what they need in many instances,
and for this reason are refusing to work. Re
frgerators Will be installed and the railroad and
steamers will import food from the United
States
Panama has not yet made answer to the noti-
fcation, but undoubtedly will not be pleased
with the measure which must reduce import
duties the principal income of the republic.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
PUMORED PITTsBURG COAL DEAL
President Corey of the Steel Corporation
Silent On Subject.

Reports from Pittsburg that the United States
Steel Corporation and the pennsylvania ftsilroS'l
Conpanv are negotiating for the joint purchase OF
.bs pittsburg Coal Company interested Wall Street
yesterday No confirmation OF them could De OBJ
tained. however. President Corey. OF the United
states steel Corporation. has returned from Pats
b,ru uhere he was in conference last week WIN
the heads Of subsidiary companies OF t"e otee'
- -, a.od met reDresenta tives of the Pitts
Suro Goal Company: but he declined yesteruty 70
make any statement concernlng the LATER ,Nt NJ e.
80 It vss runOred few days ago thdt the
IInifed States Steel Corporation was 70 o9y Nsiu
ahle tract of coal lands from the Pttsours SoSA
Company - ..-,,- ~, tho tocaI
stock Exchange. the common gaming IA anu '"'
preferred points
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
WALKED % MILES FOR JAIL CELL
Negro Wanted To Be Locked Up to Escape
Brother.
rsY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIsUNs-1

Freehold July 31.-Joseph Lane a West Asour'
PARK negro. walked from his home to Freehoid yes
tsrdav a distance of twenty-three miles, anu
begged To be allowed to enter cell IN the COUNTY
Jail Lane was recently In the county J'r- O. O.
..bt yell Of his surroundings while there ON
ylv a he was committed Jail for fifteen days. 10
b. examined as 10 his mental condition. oet 'ns
authorities failed to have him examined. ana ne
was discharged.
He started from his home yesterday aSo",
o,.locx reaching the county Jail at $3.50 o'clock. He
,o,,raad on the door and begged 20 be admitted
s.x,re his brother was going to shoot him. Wnen
tSs tsiler John II FftzGerald. opened the jail dooi.
Iare snrane bv him and pleaded to be placed N a
cell saving his brother Charles was going 70 81
him He has been held 20 await Oie~iS Ai'''' no
Asbury Park authorities. -. - -
During his long walk Lane was oversaken - ~ ~
storm, which destroyed several buildings IN Tue
1oJ,,rv but he never halted. He was mGcn Do
STs1sled when he came into Freehold.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
CHICAGO YACHT CLUB CRUISE.
Mistral Leads the Fleet in Run to Grant
Point Sable

Charlevoix. Mich, July a.-The schooner yacht
NistraL far IN advance OF the other boats OF the
feet which left Chicago Saturday the Chicago
Yacht Club cruise TO Mackinac Island. passed
Grand Point Sable at $50 o'clock this morning.
having made the run from Chicago without mshap
or delay OF any kind.
The Mistral is owned by Dwight Lawrence. Her
owner. assisted by William Hale Thompson Is
handling her in the race to Macknac.
The next boat 10 pass Grand Point Sable was
the Hawthorne a schooner yacht owned by John
Mcconnell and handled by Fos and Flint. She
carried a Of nine men. The Hawthorne passed
Grand Point :5si. O'Clock this afternoon. skim
ming along in a fifteen knot north wind
The schooner yacht Alice. owned by William Hale
enc O. T. McC1urg. and sailed By E. p. Warner
and McClurg, arrived Of Pentwater at i45 p.
to-day In fifteen knot breeze. All on board were
well
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
WOULD KNOW ASSESSED VALUES.
Commissioner Lummis Asks Facts and Fig
ures on School Sites.

"I think It would be WE'LL remarked Coninis-
sioner William Lummis. at the meeting OF tne
executive committee of the Board OF Education
held Yesterday afternoon. "for US In the iuture'
when we are about approve the appropriations
r lares s,,ns of money for the purchase OF school
sites 70 know what the assessed valuations
of the properties in question
The commissioner asked Commissioner William
II Hardness. chairman OF the committee on sites
,s ba bad a record of the assessed valuations OF
cartain nroDertv which about TO be purchased
for school sites ,,. IL. - IL, ,or
have these figures with him. He said that IN the
future the committee which he represented would
have such figures ready for the members of the
board
This question arose when the matter of appro
nriating over $4,000 for three school sites
FOR consideration.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
SQUADRON SHORT 100 MEN
SAILS To-day-WciHe Officer Reps
Harbor Police Petrol.

The battieshfp SQUADRON under comrnond Of
Rear Admiral Evans. which has be~n anchored
IN the North River for the last four days. VIII
sail to-day at 10 a. m. for Frenehman's Bay
Maine. The squadron will engage in maRoeuvres
at sea for three days and win reach its destina-
tion August 3.
From sunrise until O'Clock last night
launches and rowboats carried large crowds at
visitors to and fI0m the long line OF battle
ships. Many of the small craft that piled be-
tween the warships and the shore unfit
for safe transportation and the Oaiects of the
flagship Maine found il necessary to- station
men at the port and starhoard gaagways TO pre-
vent accidents while visitors were boarding
ships An officer the Maine said yesterday
The harbor police have been Negligent whts
the squadron has been in port in NOT sending
the transporting craft. II is surprising thar
many serious accidents have net occurred
have seen only one police patrol boat pass tas
fleet since we have been here
The health OF the officers and men Of tbs
battTeships has been remarkably good it Is said
In round numbers there is a total OF six thoaI-
sand officers and men aboard tae esst and ~
the four days that the ships have been in port
the sick list veraged only eight a day Lieusen-
ant Commander Lloyd OF the Massachusetts.
was taken to the shfos hospital shortly aftsr
she came into port. One OF the poaderOus case-
mate doors caught the thumb OF his right hand
and severed it at the irst joint An operation
was found necessary. ard more OF the thrulo
had to be cut off.
Although there were ninety-three men short
on the Maine yesterday, there is no anxity felt
aboard about the great number CT men who
have exceeded their shore leave II is expected
that the squadron will sail with probably ons
hundred men short. Near.y all OF this number
will tIndOubtediv reDDrt at The T}-OOklyn Navy
Yard after their money is spent.
Between August ~ and -, the enlisted men
Of the deck serving their first enlistment VIII
compete in the boat races for the cup reeeTTtiy
offered by o. H P Belmont for apprentices.
The squadron will sail from Frenchman's baN
on August 10. the first division arriving ar
Portland. Me. and the second division at Sostoh-
On August Is the squadron will san for renue1-
yous off the Isle of Shoals, arriving there taIt
night. and on the 10th II Will be at ProVthee
town The target practice begins on Septerra-
Der 10
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
WATCHING FOR ILLNESS
Detectiue arrested for ShadC1cinS
MajOr WetmOre.

The wife of Major William B WetmoTe. whoul
he married after his frst wife, now Mrs James
w MarkOe. had divorced him. caused the a.
rest yesterday at the Jersey city station
of the Central Railroad OF New-Jersey. OF q
young negro. worden A. smith, of No 1Si Adeiphi-
ST. Brooklyn Smith admitted that he had been
employed to shadow" her and Major Wetmore-
Mrs Wetmore had him taken into custody because
she believed that he was a thief who coveted hev
jeweIry
When he was arrsaigned in the First Criminal
Court he said that ne was a private detective Ms
Wetmore exclaimed Il wish had known tnaS-
would'-and then she burst into tears
Mrs wetmore said that she had first seen Smith
lurking about Major Wetmores summer -hofae s'-
AIlenhurst on Sunday. He had camera. and a.
first she thought that he merely an amateur
photographer When he continued 70 appear AT
brief Intervals she thought that re was watching
her She became alarmed. and came TO her a'S
home at No. 81 Madson-ave. yesterday smith ioi-
lowed her. At Matawau he got out and ran to Il
forward car. She consulted the conductor and
then teIegraphed the Jersey City police
When the train reached Jersey City Patrollnsn
Howse arrested smith, whom he found in the eaoh
Of the ferryboat Mrs Wetmore had telegrapned
TO her lawyer George Ludlow. who was at the sta
ton Two OF her friends were also waiting, anu
accompanied her TO the Criminal Court
Smith informed the officer that he had been en-
pIoyei by jaw & Gambler. lawyers for Major Wet
Inore's first wife TO shadow the major anu MS
wife and report on the physlcal eohdl'loh Oi '""
ma cr as his wife and her children were eager
To- be ready to move in the event OF his serious III
ness or DEATH To protect their interest IN the eS-
tat..
Smith was hred SO. and in default was sent to a
cell Mrs WetnOrc and her party promptly lei
the courtroom after sentence had been passed ana
went Manhattan in an automobile that had me-
them at the station.
In 1881 Mrs. MarkOe obtained decree OF dlvotee
and s6000 a year alimony from Major WetmOre.
This was afterward reduced TO 2Oo0 ana L4ter
Major Wetmore went into bankruptcy and Obtalhe''
a discharge -
When he came into a fortune some time ago the
CONT beId that he must paw the back alirnOny
This was supposed have been settled last Aarcn
nv a Davrnent OF $4,000 Mrs. MarkOe-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
OVERDOSE OF CHLORAL FATAL.
Death of Patient in tuberculosis Sana-
torium Thought Suspicious.

Orange July 81 (SpeciaD.-County Physician
westcott OF Union County was called upon TO In
vestigate the death OF Mrs ". e Britt of Atlanta
Ga at Reinles sanatoriunn. in Summit Saturday
The physician who was called to attend Mrs. Britt
before she died considered the circumstances sur
rounding her death suspicious. and so informed Dr.
Westcott. The county physician after investigating
decided that Mrs. Britt had accidentally taken an
overdose of chloral
The sanatorium conducted by Reinle, who Is not a
physician is for the OF consumpttyes. he puts
the inmates of the institution diet OF milk and
vegetables and couples this with their confinement
In room, with the idea that IL is more benehcial
than the fresh air treatment.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
SORRY FOR SECOND WIFE.
Bigomist's Conscience Leads Him to
Seek arrest.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSr.I

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.1
Boston, July N.-Walking calmly into the ofice
of Chief Shaw OF the State Police to-day. Charles
William PattrI, well dressed and elderly, announced
that bigaHist and desired 10 give himself
up. His first wife he says. Miss Bertha
Bing, OF No. ass sth-ave., NewYork. whom he
married because he thought she had money. She
had only $780, he found. but he says he took this
and fed.
Last April he married Mrs. Clara T. Westlake. a
Scituate widow. according to his story. He
thought Mrs Westlake had considerable property,
too but soon discovered she had not. Then he be-
came remorseful not because OF the non existant
property, but because he liked Mrs Westlake, and
was sorry he had deceived her. He bought re-
yolyer 10 KIN himself with, and she took II away
from him He confessed the story to a lawyer. and
advised 10 see the police.
Pattri has been sent TO Plymouth and a detective
assigned investigate the
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
THURsToN MATCH.
LAWN TENNIS AT SAHAkT.

Nahsnt. Mass. July 3l--Tbe annual invitation
lawn tennis tournament 81 The Sahant Club opened
today and despite crizzng rain and soft uncer-
tain courts seven matches in the first round were
finished
Three OF The contests required extra sets the best
fought being that between r 3. Winslow and J. c.
Lowering. which tie former won after thirty-two
games had been played. The summary:
Firsi round-K Horton defeated r. J. Leonard e-l
60 u. Goldman defeated II. j. Holt. 90. 60 p. b
Ntnslos defeated J C. Lowering, 4-S. o-4. 10; r.
Eshop defeated \. cabot 60. o. n. C sesyer de-
F. Pier. sc "a 81: r. W Leonard defeated 7 Mot
isy g., 81 s-s. e-2; W. C. Grant defestee O. H. Net
lstol ~ 1stsLsl
New-York tribune., 1905-08-01
TO OPEN CLOSED ROAD.
Broker Guards Thoroughfare with Armed
Men.

Howard P. rockingham. the Wall Street broker.
who owns an estate Of sixteen hundred acres in
Pornpton Township, y. J.. must oren at least tenn
porarily the old CGnnonban Road. which, II Is
alleged he closed when he acquired the property
three years ago. and not only labelled IL mo
Thoroughfare,'' but has placed armed men on
guard to convince prospective trespassers that the
sign means what Ii says.
Tice-C Chancellor Garrison. at Jersey CITY. yes
tardav granted the application of the township
officials for temporary injunction Tney aiese
road sine. 1870 The actcn of Mfr. FTothlnghanl. II
il said has closed four miles of the road The
tract which Mr.. FrothinSham o"hs was AAo"h ~
the JeCob Rogers estate.