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New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
HARLEM BRIDGE OPENED
Structure at 145th-st. Officially
GiUen to the Public.

The newest Of the Harlem River drawbridges.
which has been officially designated by the Bridge
Department the 145th-st Bridge and which runs
from l45th-st. and Lenox-ave.. the Manhattan
side. 149th-st. in The Bronx. was formally
opened yesterday by Bridge Commissioner George
E. Best
No ceremony marked the occasion. Factory
whistles near the structure blew and tugboats
saluted by whistling.
The opening OF the bridge had been promised
several times Last Monday was one date set for
II, but Of the cables to supply the bridge with
electric power tampered with. This together
with the fact that OF the structural work was
unfinished. caused a postponement until yesterday.
Bridge Commissioner Best to the bridge
yesterday in an automobile OF the Street Cleaning
Department With the Commissioner were Major
George ". McNulty, o. F. Nichols B. Naughton
and l. L. Buck, Of the Bridge Department. Martin
Gay, chief engineer Of the Harlem River bridges;
the resident engineer. Judd A Lockwood. and the
first assistant engineer. Bernard Walsh. were also
Promptly at $50 o'clock Commissioner Best gave
the signal TO close the draw and permit teams and
pedestrians TO pass over it A long cheer
present Then the Bronx and Harlem small boys,
eager 10 have their respective boroughs recorded
as first over the bridge, raced mady the draw.
Impartial judges declared the race a dead heat.
There was real rivalry among truckmen TO be the
hrst across. A lumber wagon won. In the mad
rush OF the trucks small fox terrier was trampled
10 qealh by one OF the horses.
The construction of the bridge started in
october, 1900 although the contract let in 1897.
The delay in beginning the work caused by q
change in the plans. The draw is 800 feet long
with rigid spans at either end 100 feet long The
bridge is 81 feet wide, with walks for pedestri
q feet wide. The approaches 500 feet long The
contractors were Rodgers. McMullen & Mclean
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
BUREAU DID PREDICT HURRICANE.
Professor Moore Receives an Apology for
Father Drums Criticism.
Rrom The Tribune BureauD 3


Washington. Aug 24.-The Rev. s Sarasota
Of the Belen College Observatory. Havana, who
Is visiting Georgetown College, called on Pro
1essor Willis L Moore, chief Of the Weather
Bureau, to-day to express his regret that there
had been wide publication Of the report made
by the Rev. Walter NJ. Drum. s. J.. Of George
town University, entitled The Pioneer Fore
casters Of Furrtcanes.'' in which the Weather
Bureau was criticised for failing TO forecast
the hurricane that destroyed Galveston. Il
seems that Father Drum did not know that
the Weather Bureau agent at Havana did not
have authority to forecast for large areas and
that he could only forecast for the neighbor-
hood in which he was stationed. He did not
predict that the hurricane would visit Galveston.
Such prediction however. was made from this
city, and the warning was given in good time
I'll along the Gulf Coast. with the result that
there was great saving OF life.
Father Sarasota to-day expressed regret that
this affair had come before the public. having
WIS prepared by Father Drum merely TO make
q comparison between the work Of the Weather
Bureau and OF the Belen College Observatory at
Havana and Bather Drum thought that he had
8 right 70 score victory the hurricane ac-
couspanytng the Galveston food. which was also
predicted by the service with which he was
connected. and which. from the records he con-
suited appeared not 10 have been forecasted by
rhe Weather Burezu.
The fact is that the Weather Bureau is par
ton 10 the hurricane that devastated Calves
ton
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
MATHEWS'S WEB TIGH1ENS
Mr.. Jerome Sees Wooten and Miss
TrimbLe Again.

District Attorney Jerome and his deputy. Mr.
kresel had a further talk yesterday with John
W. Wooten. the lawyer convicted of theft in
connection with the looting Of the weissel
estate, and later they had a talk with Miss May
1rirhe, stenographer who was a witness in
the Wooten trial The object of Mr. Jerones
inquiry was said to be the collection of addi-
uoha' evidence against Armitage Mathews. the
toffner alderman and secretary of the Repubn-
can County Committee who was indicted in con-
nection with wooten and others for alleged con-
spiracy to loot the Weissel estate
Wooten and Miss Trimble have made long
statements Mr.. Jerome said last evening.
Purporting TO give an entirely truthful account
OF the whole matter. Their statements are being
written out but the discussion is not complete.
because the details which they now relate as
true are intricate and will require some verihca-
ton l do not feel at liberty to disclose the
nature of their statements at present"
Miss Trimble some weeks before the wooten
trial signed an affidavit that she had written
contract relating TO the Weissel estate, IN which
Armitage Mathews was interested The con-
tract was drawn up and signed in the office
OF David Rothschild, the convicted ex-president
OF the defunot Federal Bank when Miss Trimble
was Hothschild's stenographer and Rothschild
was executor Of the Weissel estate Il by
means of the contract that RothschiId was able
10 get pond from security company, Of which
Nathews was the New-York agent. Miss Trim
oIes afndavit was signed in Mr.. KreseTs Office
IN the Criminal Courts Building and later she
swore that the affidavit was not true; that 1t
mad been dictated by Mr.. Kresel, against her
protest and that she had been scared into
signing 1t. After Wooten's conviction there was
some talk Of prosecuting Miss Trimble on ac-
count OF her contradictory statements. but Mr.
Jerome said yesterday that he had no such step
IN contemplation. Asked If pressure had been
prought to bear on Miss Trimble TO make a con-
tession. he said:
MISS Irimble came here voluntarily to make
a statement"
Is she under surveillance? ?''
~ by no means. She is free to go where she
hkes and say what she likes"
Dld she make confession to-day?"
one made statement-that is all I care to
say about it,
Mr. Jerome laughed at a report that wooten
since his conviction. has not been Obliged to
partake of the usual Tombs fare, but has had
MS meals sent to him from a fashionable res
taurant and has been supplied with champagne
along with choice viands at the expense of the
county. That must be the invention of some
reporter with a lively Imagination Mr. Jerome
said, for, Of course. no liquor can be supplied
70 prisoner in the Tombs Prisoners in the
Tombs who can afford to pay for meals from
an outside restaurant can get such fare wines
excepted, but not at the county expense
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
DEATH REVEALED SHE WAS NO WIFE
Mrs. Clarke Had Agreement Between Self
and Jonathan Curtis-That Was ALL

Jonathan Curtis, former we'll known busi-
ness man. who died Tuesday in the Cameron
apartment house. in 126th-st.. was cremated yes
terday at Fresh Pond. Long Island, Mr. Curtis
was forty-four years old. At time he was
president of one of the largest pencil manu-
featuring and stationery concerns in the coun-
try.
He known in and about the Cameron
apartment also Clarke, and the apartment
rented. as far the management knew. to
Mr.. and Mrs Clarke
The woman known Mrs. Clarke says she
was the wife of Mr.. Curtis. Her maiden name
was Caroline Clarke She the daughter of
a Mrs Clarke. with whom Curtis boarded After
her death Curtis continued living in the house
hold. and they became known Mr. and Mrs
Clarke
When the physician was about to I'LL out the
death certificate of the dead in the per-
functory manner, u business friend stopped him
al the term married" Mrs. Clarke was then
consulted and produced a written agreement
between Curtis and herself TO the effect that
they were married II signed by BOTH
but there seal of notary public on IT,
4 lawyer was hastily consulted and told her
that she had been deceived, as there had been
legal marriage.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
SPINE INJURED BY SHALLOW DIVE,
Stage Carpenter Paralyzed Below Waist by
Plunge from Asbury Promenade

Asbury Park n. J.. Aug. 24-Frank Markey, stage
carpenter for THE Seminary Girl company. which
filled an engagement here tonight, Injured his spine
this afternoon by diving in shallow water After
finishing his days work at the theatre Markey
dressed for a bath. Stepping out of window TO
the promenade. which skirts the Casino. he mount
ed the railing and dived into the sea distance OF
TWENTY-FIVE feet The water shallow AT that
point and Markey received a concusson of the
spinal cord which later paralyzed his body below
the waist
Loungers on the promenade witnessed the acci-
dent. and Markey. who was conscious. was removed
from the water by bathers A physician from the
Emergency Hospital attended him. and ordered MS
removal the Monmouth Memorial Hospital at
Iong Branch II is feared that Markeys spine is
fractured. The injured man lives in New-London,
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
HAITI GETS STEAMSHIP.
The Adirondack Will Be armed and
added to NaUg.

The steamship Adirondack Of the Atlas ser
vice Of the Hamburg American Line has been
sold to the government of Hayti. and will sail
for a Haytian port next week
Rumors Of the purchase had been repeatedly
denied. but IT announced yesterday at the
Office Of the Hamburg-American Line that the
steamer had been sold to Roberts Dutton & Co.
Of Hayti. II was learned that the purchase was
made for the Haytian government, which will
add the Adirondack to its navy. The steamer,
which is undergoing repairs at her pier in Ho-
boken. will sail under the British flag to Hayti,
as the negotiating company is an English con-
Germ.
The Adirondack under German registry
previous to the purchase. A report current along
the waterfront yesterday was that six 3-pound-
ers had already been placed aboard and that
the steamer would soon be fitted up with S-tnch
armor plate above the water line. While the
Adirondack will be a formidable addition to the
Haytian navy, she will be used chiefly for patrol
duty along the coast.
The Haytian navy now consists OF the 260 ton
steel gunboat Capois Ia Mort, equipped with
a 3.9-inch gun and four quick fire 1-pounders;
the 1,2O0-ton iron corvette Dessalines. with
loading guns. two light guns and two machine
guns: two sloops, the st. Michael and the 1904,
and one gun vessel. the Twenty Second OF De-
cember.
The Adirondack is 2904 feet long, has beam
OF 81 feet and 245 feet draught. She built
at Glasgow in 1888 by Aitken & Mansel. Eer
tonnage is 1415.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
4 SPOON SHAKER
Straight from CofIeedom.

Conee can marshal a good squadron OF enc
lady IN Florida writes.
- ave Ave always been very fond OF good coffee.
- ~0s seaIs drank II at least three times a
5urtng me ' - N" -
Dee&fne bilious, subject 10 freouent and
Nlo-sAi Hesasches, and very nervous that I
coulc not lift a spoon 10 my month without
spilllrs part of its contents; nv hesrt got
'T1ckety and beat 50 fast and 40 hard +haf 7
coIia scarcely breathe. while my skin got thick
and ctHgy. with yellow biotches on nv face
caused - TIE condition % nay liver and hlooS
! mace up my Eliad that ali these aff,icttons
pertinent alo see. - %
SO quit coffee and got package Of Postum,
which furnished my hOt morninF bsye-,sts
After Ltus lime was rewarded by Il oornn1et. !.
restoration OF my health in every resuecf 4 40
not suffer from biliOusness any more my hea1
aches have disappeared, my nerves are as s-ead
IS could he desired. my heart beats e-5IsT-r
ENC ny complexion las cleared uD keautisIJII,D
lAe bloicAes have beer wiped oat and - is scch
pleasure 20 be well sgain." Name given by
postum Co. Battle Crack Mich.
Ihere'x 8 reason
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
pECEHiN OUT on BAIL.
Released on $4,000 Cash Security
Ready for Trial, He Says.
Bv Te,es.asa % rrh4 ---itr,.,

Saratoga y. Y, Aug. 24-Frederick A Peck
ham, alleged 10 be implicated in the Department.
OF Agriculture cotton report scandal and against
whom two Indictments have been issued In The
District Of Columbia. furnished bail here this
afternoon. United States Commissioner Charles
II Dawson fixed the amount at $4,000. after
receiving Instructors from United States Dis
trict Attorney Beach at Washington not to ac-
cspt anything less.
Tie bocdsnsa. who qualified in $4,000 cash.
were Edgar D. Sts-back. president OF the Citi-
gems National Bank. and William ". Blackmer.
president OF the First National Bank
The forenoon was wasted in an effort by
Peckharn's counsel TO have the bail reduced 10
$1,000 as they considered $4,000 ridiculously
excessive Following the noon recess Commits
sloaer Dawson announced $4,000 as the amount
6errSn5ed. PsclIhSm then through counsel
waived al technicsl.ti7s. pleaded not guilty TO
ths charges made IN the indictments ana fur
nishsc the requisite bal
Mark Alter. Psol1ham's leading counsel. said
that The defendant had been pa-oled in his Gus
tody IN the District OF Columbia and would
have been produced in any event after twenty
four hours notice He could not quite understand
why the arrest should be made at this time and
the demand made for excessive hail.
Peckharn wishes II understood that he is ready
any time for an open trial. His present bail
is for his appearance at the October term Of the
Supreme Court OF the District Of Columbia,
which begins October 3. The defendant was
SIDES Mark Alter there were Henry Davis. eX-
United States District Attorney for the District
a. columbia: County Judge Nash lockwood and
eX-DistTlct Attorney George r. salisbury OF
Saratoga Springs United States District At
torney George B. Curtis. OF Binghamton, rep
resented the government
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
TELLS DUTY OF LAWYERS.
Atfred Hem,enzoay DeLUers Address
TO american Bar Association.

Aragansett Pier R l.. Aug. 24-An address by
Aiireo Hemenway. of Boston. on the American
Da"yer' was the feature Of the session to-day
u the annual meeting OF the American Bar AS
sociauon which opened here yesterday. The cleo
Hoh OF officers will take place tomorrow. The
meeting was called TO order by President Henry
0t. George Tucker. He introduced Mr.. Hemenway'
VINO said that the learning of the legal profession
is broader and deeper than before, and It's
ethics more exacting He added:
fonscenee e the people interpreted by the court
junction. and so the ad captandum phrase. orig
inated tT,t by Governor Altgec, government by in,
Rarsse cOnSslning halftruh and 70 the lsyan
stratdn al aTs Of legal PRINCIPLES and tie n
never knew that equity came to ameloriate the
that system @ Of Wfoh mas can deal Only
Gith W past infractons is unworthy of civilization.
thing But every lawyer i knows better He knows
t9sd t9s equity is mercful Daniel Webster ADMIRED q
the the searching scrutiny and high morality OF
~ junction Is IN the lawyer villifcation of his oath
II rs not fidelity to the courts. II brings discredIt
makes the law-abiding discontented. They con-
Iouhu liberty with license. Mistaken in their inter-
lance to an nuneon Is besnce tas % COD In the
wsTs name % of HSertv they become rioters LAYERS
ne to- his Snowledge and discretion 10
equity are for the common good It would in these
oays , OF agitation immeasuraby promote that gen
iished' T''iaf0 LOT ~hon the government Is eS'aO
The lawyer, as an officer of the court. should be
responsibility Of Office supeTiatives are for the
weak for those limited in observation and ex-
perlence. As an advocate, he may indulge in the
arts art, Of advocacy, which embrace. by custom the
answered by the opposing counsel. and both are
taI nnaer the control OF the presiding judge. WHO
be not transgressed. The bane has its antidote.
Win the PRIVILEGES Of the profession its re-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
BOY KILLED BY FALLING TREE.
Gust of Wind Hastens Work-Children Had
Been Warned Away, It Is Said.

Sidney Blonden twelve years old, of No 954
Stebbins-ave.. killed yesterday by tree
which fell on him 1t being chopped down
by two workmen. A man also hurt. The
accident occurred at Rogers Place and Wesr-
chester-ave-
Several boys, including the Blondel boy were
playing under a large oak tree which was be-
ing chopped down. The boys, it is said. We're
warned several times TO get from under the
tree, but did not Suddenly a gust OF wind
struck the tree. and before any warning could
be given the tree crashed TO the ground. The
Blondeu boy was caught under the largest limb
The boys called Patrolman McAvoy. OF the
Morrisania station, who cut away several limbs
before the boy could be got out He un-
conscious and was hurried 20 Lebanon Hospital
where he died.
The branches Of the tree fell across a wall
and one OF them struck and injured slightly
Fred Manschodt. a lsborsr. OF No. S15 Trinity
ave, The Bronx
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25

Doubtess Congress will consent TO amend the
Iano laws by the repeal OF those employed now
soIsIy 10 increase the holdings OF dishonest man
ara 70 give rise TO such scandals have lately
SIlroWh shame upon the American name; but IL the
1Ltufe is 10 De judged by the past this access of
HisCon ana or honesty will come only when there
Is no longer any land left that is desired by the
Jumper KING or the cattle baron. II is therefore.
OF the utmost moment that these lands capable of
reclamation, which 1t was not in the their
interest 10 acquire and which at least partially
ana in a lame fashion safeguarded by the law of
lso2, should be prepared patrtmony for the
days when the land hunger that is old and
indestructibe as man shall find food for its
reasonable satisfaction.
In the thirteen States and three Territories, to
which the reclamation act is applicable there are
$50 5000 vacant of total Of 972 TIT 500
acres What portion Of this ultimately be made
ht for the habitation of unable at the
present moment to declare. Undoubtedly, II will
be largely in excess Of current estimates And II
is confidently stated by good authorities that about
$1,000 900 acres capable of supporting settled
popu alton the basis of irrigatng enterprises
regaI ded feasible. The of irrigation IS
indeed, in special sense, the of the country
included in the Louisiana Purchase 1ustifyng after
the lapse OF century the craftsmanship which, far
sighted for its age more brilliant than those
who conceived and executed it could possibly have
imagined.
Resolutions were adopted by the congress urging
action OF all kinds increase irriga ton, ndorsns
the works Of the Department OF Agriculture in
gard to forestry and irrigation. and requesting
congress TO make concessions to tropical islands
which might injure the beet sugar trade
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25

James j. Hiu Urges Need of Action
on Irrigation Congress.

Portland. Ore. Aus. M.-After two days devoted
20 celebrating sections the National Irrigation
Congress assembled in general session to-day GOV
ernor George Pardee Of California elected presi-
dent.
letter 50 the congress from James J. Hill, presi-
dent OF the Great Northern Railway. was read
Mr. Hs letter was. in part. follows
The need Of more land spaces for the home
bu!losrs is created by the rapid settlement of the
country sno precipitated and gGrsvated by the in
sane policy OF land laws which tend toward the ex-
hauston OF the public domain by the land monopo-
list ana Spectator. Except IN few selected
spots where the influence Of the railroad companies
as colonizers has been exercised to secure actual
settlement on their heads the influx actual Guilt
ystors is so small as scarcely be reckoned with
Ihose VINO so upon government land in day for
the purpose of making homes are q handful. In
contrast with this the following table. giving the
increase IN area OF public lands passing into private
mony is passing away:
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
MARY HALL" MAY HAVE TETANUs.
Shows Several Symptoms-The Bullet Has
Not Been Extracted.

The physicians at the Bellevue Hospital
thought yesterday that Mary Hail." otherwise
Mrs. Dorothy w Larsen. of Syracuse. who is IN
the prison ward at the hospital. has tetanus
The young is she who shot by some
man, as she says by herself. at Riverside
Drive and 116th-st-. several days ago The bull
let which entered her left breast has never been
extracted. Coroner will soon take the young
wornan's ante-mortenl statement
DR.. Lipscomb. head Of the division in which
Miss Hall is a patient, said it not certain
vet that Miss Hall had tetanus She had de-
veloped several OF the symptoms. including the
rigidty of the Jaw and pains in the back OF the
neck but it would be three days at least before
the diagnosis would be positive. She is being
sustained on liquid food and injections OF anti
toxin are being made.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
WOOD HEIRS RELENT.
Make Concessions to Former ChOrR
GirI-NO Contest.

Concessions made 70 Mrs. Goldie Lillian Mohr
Wood the widow OF Alan ". Wood. have pre-
vented a contest OF Mr. Woods will. BY which only
one-ninth Of his left to her. A contract
based on the concessions had not been signed yes
terday il was learned from entirely trustworthy
source but there has been agreement by the
sons and daughters Of Mr.. Wood pay
the widow when the estate is settled an additional
percentage of their shares in the estate. By the
terms OF the agreement Mrs. Wood viii receive be-
tween one-fOurth and One-ffth OF the estate 1t ts
estimated that her share will be less than NOo0Ooa
II was learned yesterday that both the widow
and the children OF Mr.. Wood were surprised by
rhe report Of the executors that the estate would
fall short Of 100000 IL believed that Mr..
Wood no longer ago than last year had property
will became known the widow after the funeral
her counsel Henry w CaLlin, expressed suspt-
ciop thar Mr. Wood had turned TO his children
a part OF his property before making the Will. bur
a represen nta tive OF th6 children gave proof that
there had been such division Of the estate.
had lost s. 0tO.O0 100000 in about a year In
being continued, in the hope that the executors
NAV discover investments not mentioned In Mr.
Woods papers which may swell his estate.
There was emphatic denial yesterday OF report
that Mrs Wood had hired detectives to watch the
vault in KensicO Cemetery, where Mr.. Woods body
was placed after the funeral. fearing that IL would
be stolen and taken TO Pittsburg for burial beside
the bodies OF his former wives It said also
that there had been question raised BY the chill
dren OF Mr.. Wood as 70 the right Of the widow to
have his body buried here In the conference lsad-
ing TO a settlement with the widow. Il
nIaiued there had not been a word said about the
permanent burial place for Mr.. WOODS body
New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
HELD CONFERENCE IN BROOKLYN.
Beach May Be After Long Island Man for
Cotton Case.

United States Attorney Morgan H Beach, Of
Washington. who has had charge Of the prosecu-
ton Of the cotton scandal. and who was instru-
mental IL obtaining the bench warrant on which
Frederick A. Peckham. a cotton broker OF this
city. was arrested in Saratoga Wednesday,
visited the Office Of Assistant United States At
tornev Wise in The Federal Building yesterday.
After an hour spent in consultation with Mr..
Wise, Mr.. Beach was in communication with the
United States Attorneys Office in Brooklyn, and
shortly went 10 Brooklyn.
Il was reported that a man wanted IN connec-
ton with the case against Frederick A Pack
ham is spending the summer somewhere on
Long Island, and this fact may have had some
thing TO do with the departure Of Mr.. Beach
for Brooklyn. Neither Mr Beach nor Mr.. Wise
would discuss the case this morning.
A second warrant is said 10 have been issued
by United States Commissioner Hitchcock. OF
No 10 Williau-st-. the name Of the person for
whom ii was issued being withheld