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New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
TAMMANY ART AGAIN.
City Fence on East Side Covered
7gith Signs.

Despite the fact that Charles F. Murphy, the
Tammany leader. has removed TO Good Ground
Tor the summer, there ab Indant evidences that
his own Assembly district is still worthy of the
same appellation in the minds of many Tammany
men. This strikingly illustrated yesterday
when Travis II. Whitney. assistant secretary of
the Citizens UniOn called attention the that
artistic monstrosities which Park Commissioner
Pallas had permitted to be daubed on the fences
ABOUT the new library at 5th-ave. and 42d-st had
reappeared in less conspicuous position but on city
property. In Charles F. Murphy's own district
Moreover Mr.. Whitney added that the esplanade
along the East River just south of the East 2sd-
St ferry permanently occupied at night
by the trucks and wagons of the New York Truck
ing and Contracting Company, which has already
been in the public eye because of successful CON
tract activities.
or the development of art in the ''gashouse dis
trict' Mr.. Whitney said yesterday:
Just after the general agitation had made the
library necessary, l noticed the sudden shift of
St a block from the ferry here. facing the street
Ionrng M q to fb n position Is vacant lot be
DOCK Department formerly Mr., Murphys own do
to, vanish uptown. l noticed that the fence about
this lot which had hitherto been painted a dull
Tammany art In a week the whole array Of, fires:
gin and even resorts for sea bathng appeareS in
full yellow and hideousness Ever since there
left Of the bare fence, and new advertisers will
have standing room only.
While was investigating the sudden development
of this civic centre"-fOr the ferry and the
adjacent recreation pier make the Illuminated ad-
rertsing signs particularly conspicuous-I noticed
a long line OF trucks in the broad street below
facing the river, and learned that the New-York
Trucking and Contracting Company had found this
street convenient place to house it's wagons over
night. l further learned that from the art
square used for advertising was another vacant
space belonging to the city which had been leased
at nominal sum TO some concern for storing
sand.
Tribune reporter who went to the district yes
terday found the vacant lot surrounded by fence
described
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
HAD SNAKES IN HER TRUNK
Princess Leaves Hotel Rather than por.
with Her Reptiles.

The royal colony at the Pabst Hotel Coma. =,
ana which consisted cf two princesses ha. - 20
reduced to one. The Princess de Monts,,, Deeh @
the wlte OF Captain Jack Bonavlta OF Rost,I,.
remains while Wahkekeetah. the Indian nriDcas
VINO canoes among the lions at Bo5tock's 10. -
eJgc'eo Tor having snakes in her apartment
"ahAeAee'ah registered at the Pabst Hote, Ios,
thursday evening. and asked for one NJ r. -.
apartments available. She given suite No 8
The following day chambermaid renor,oS -
FRANK Clayton, the manager. that she had ~
queer noises in the room. She again made 60,
plaint on Monday morning. and refused ~ -.
the room again on Tuesday morning a nevv char,
nerI~ld who had been assigned TO the room nail
the same complaint and on investigation MIR cIaT
ton heard buzEng noise coming from one OF The
trunks. lie went over to .Bostock's and ,IemnndaSS
an explanat-o2 from the princess She admitteS
tnat she Kept her sacred Tattlesnakes in the trI,n
MI clayton then demanded the removal ~ ~
snakes or that the princess leave the hotel W.
kekcetah elected go. " an
Wahkekectah is the daughter of ShunroD,,,,
medicine man of the Moki Indian tribe in All
iona. She maintains that as the Slaughter. ~ a
priest OF this nation she must perform certain re-
hsious rites. She educated AT the reserva
uon school of her tribe. and speaks English Nm,
entity. She was extremely indignant ar be'nr
elected II is probable that an apartment will he
provided for her at the Dosiock Wild Animal arena
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
TO INCREASE III. Il. c.
Duties Too ErtensiUe for Present
Honorary Members to Perform.

Members of the Municipal Art Commission serve
without pay. Their work. however. is growing so
onerous that unless their membership is increased.
1t was reported yesterday, demand for salaries
will be made by some of the members.
The Fine Arts Federation recently made a rec
ommendation to the Mayor that the commission
should be increased by the addition of a landscape
architect and civil engineer. 1t appears how
ever, that the federation maintains that the men,
oership Of the commission should be increased to d
still larger extent. member of the federation
said yesterday that the federation. in voting for
an increase In the membership of the Art Com
mission, merely voiced the sentiment of an over
whelming majority of the professional members.
1t was felt. in view OF the of work coming
before the Art Commission that it would be i'm
possible for one member OF each profession to do
1t without interfering with his private practice
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
HR. STOKESS DEFENCE.
Says He Is Not an Economic
Socialist.

J. G. Phelps Stokes, in long interview yesterday
defended himself against the criticism OF him and
others in article in The Civic Federation Re
view" the organ of the Civic Federation The
article written by Ralph Easley. editor of THE
Review" 1t said that all associated with the In
tercolegiate Socialist Society ''taddish Social
lists"
that he is such rabid of the municipal
ownership idea as he has been said TO be by am
bilious politicians of the municipal ownership creed
He said
l am not an economic socialist What the Dubl,c
needs more than public ownership is public spirit
spirit would be of questionable value This criti-
elsm is so biased and drastic that it scarcely
because never have called myself a socialist
III, IN so Tar as believe private ownership of in
uusrIes desirable wherever il conduCes To the ueI
fare of the individual without trespass on the wei
iare or others-l am not socialist On the other
in accord with justice and right and that f, s are
naFng FAILED TO reach the working classes as 'aha
10 pe vast power among the working peonIe
90 not think there is the necessary pubc spirit
honest people whom they do not know; nor in tbosa
who in PUBLIC statements declare that men VIC
ao!ocatng that the "seditious teachings ~ class
hatred be made part of class currcuia - ''"Ss
me CIVIC Federation's influence upon the tbouab+
OF the masses OF the people is not gran+ Ta,,t ISL y.
nnuence as 1t may have will not tend to M
such bgoted TRADES as that wbicb cbort, len IN
TINS article in the current number OF its ReyIcvr
Robert Hunter. who caused a mild sepsatton To-.
winter by declaring that there were sevent, 49,,
sahd breakfastiess children in New-York was in
Guided in The Reviews" attack He also r,a5
reply which in the nature of n datar, - "
assertions about underfed youngstars NJ - ms ,-'s
ms reply by saying that Miss Bootb.s <ros -
aIji5n was a failure because she r,ve H.
rolls" " Hoiie' coffee and
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
SIDEWALK Has WINGS.
Lifted by Explosion IN BrOadzcay-
Mann Frightened.

Crowds in Broadway. in the neghborhood of tbs
twelve story building at Nos. $50 and 65S. occupied
the ground floor by the Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing
Machine Company scattered in alright yesterday
afternoon, when muffied explosion sounded from
under the sidewalk in front of the building and
three round sidewalk lights of cement and glass,
about two feet in diameter foot in the air
and dropped back. The uplifting of the lights was
followed by outrush of dense black smoke. and
a. the edge of the sidewalk. at the joining of the
two curbstones. sheet of vari-colored fire shot
up several feet. The electric lights in the building
Immediately went
Patrolman Murray. of the Mercer-st. station,
turned in alarm and the firemen found that an
explosion of gas had occurred in conduit of the
Edison Company underneath the sidewalk at this
point. The gas had leaked and accumulated until a
spark from the faulty insulation of OF the
wires in the conduit had set fire TO it and caused
the explosion
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
SHARP PRACTICE BY LAWYERS.
Send Client Bad Check-Make Good When
He Protests

William Roche. driver. of No. i5i West Z7th-st.,
complained Assistant District Attorney COrrt-
gan yesterday OF his treatment at the hands of a
firm of New-York lawyers.
On May his four-year-Od son. James was run
over by mail wagon and is still confined the
>ew-York Hospital A firm of lawyers undertook
to recover damages from the contractors Roche
received a check for 500 last Monday his share
Of the settlement
This check. when presented at the bank. was
marked NO funds Roche appealed to the Dis
trict Attorney. Assistant District Attorney Corr-
started investigate the affair. when Roche
telephoned to him that he had been paid.
Mr.. Corrigau Is satisfied. however. and will
drop the matter until he Is satisfied that Roche
received all that due nim
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
BULLETS FAIL TO KILL.
Girl LiUes zcith WOunds an Head,
Breast and Back.

Gaetano Santero. a Sicilian, was rescued by Cap
tain Hodgins. of the Oak-st. station last night.
Just in time to save him from a bowling mob of ex-
cited foreigners enraged because Santero had shot
his former sweetheart Mchelna dAngelo after
being informed that her family did not favor his
suit. He pursued her upstairs and shot her three
times
The girl was taken to the Hudson Street Hospital,
where 1t found that she had escaped death
almost mraCulously. One bullet struck her on
the left side of her forehead, and ploughed its way
around TO the right SIDE where 1t was removed.
The second struck her the left side of the back
and pierced her body, while the third struck her
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
WANTS WIDOW,S SHIRE
California Woman Says She Vas
Married to 4. p. Greene.

An effort 10 break the will of Colonel Aupust,s
r. Greene. who died in Lincoln HospitaI on NJ,
81 Is TO be made by woman calling herself Mrs
CeneVieve Greene, of Pasadena, Cal. Her attorney
j. Wilson Bryant, of this city yesterday filed oh
lection 10 the probation Of the WILL at the same
time giving notice Of contest over the document
In order TO secure her legal share of Greenes prop
erty.
The principal benehciaries under the will are
Patrolman William L. Greene. a nephew of the dead
man. who is the residuary legatee. and is named
as executor; Mrs. Elizabeth Irsch, the police
mans married daughter. TO whom left 1900; Au-
gustus Du Bois Greene. adopted of the late
Colonel Greene. 10 whom is left $4,000 in trust
until he is forty years old, and Frances Renton.
the daughter OF a dead sister OF the testator. who
ssts s3Oco They all live "a this city. Colonel
Greene's estate Is said TO be about $4,000.
Mt. Bryant recently received letter from the
woman in California saying she had read of Colo
mel Greene's death in a newspaper. and asserting
that she was married TO him when he Indian
agent for the government near Prescott, Ariz. Her
letter also says:
saw him when he was on visit here. nearly two
wears ago. We had thorough understanding
sr his ttornex me m anS Sd S9 ma. you
TO him that he would arrange 1t with his lawyer
50 ,hat TCnla % De pro'lGeo toT' nave letters @ and
my relationship 10 him.
Mr.. Bryant said last night that Colonel Greene
whose attorney he was. had never made any men,
tion OF being a married man. It was the common
belief. he added. that Greene single. and in
papers transferring property 10 buyers Greene
made afHdavits that he unmarried.
Colonel Greene lived for many years in a FIVE
story brick house No COZ East l3sth-st. which
he owned. The houses No. CO.. No eos and No 6lO
East 13sth-st were also his property.
Colonel Greene was seyenty-eight years old when
he died.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
GOVERNOR AMONG STOCKHOLDERS.
Legislators Will Also Help Build Cascade
Club in Essex County.
lsr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Albany. July 5.-Goyernor Higgins and several
other State officials are stockholders in the Cascade
Club which will be incorporated soon. The organ
ization has purchased the Cascade Hotel and 400
acres OF land in Essex County. and before another
season will erect a clubhouse the grounds The
hotel Will be managed under the direction of the
cklb's board OF directors. The clubhouse will be
for the exclusive OF the members and their
families The organization will be capitalized at
SIS coo.
OF stock Senator Spencer G. Prime, OF Essex
County Is president. and the directors include SEN
stor James B. McEwan. and ]. B. Lyon Of Albany; 4;
Colonel O. W Dunn. OF Binghamton. and j. Nor
gan Smith, OF Rochester The members include n
= V. FranchOt John +. O'Brien. Senators Malby
Davis, Brackett GOodscll. Foley Martin, Gates
TuIly and Carpenter. James S. Whlpple J. NJ
psckcy Z. ID. Kilburn. Charles n. Brown, OF Bel
mont. Allegany County. and Assemblyman Knapp
aud Reeve
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
-FOUR INSPECTORS OUT.
Dismissed By Superintendent Hop
per for Neglect of Duty.

Four inspectors in the Buildings Department
have been dismissed on charges of neglect of duty
in inspecting the buildings which collapsed on
March 10 last. They Robert Aud, James A
Kiernan, Bernard Campbell and John c. Taylor.
Campbell inspector of ironwork, and the
three others construction inspectors. Taylor
is a veteran of the Civil War anG could not be
dismissed except after Il formal trial in which he
had the privilege of counsel.
The charges against the four inspectors We're
considered together. however, although only Tay
lor was represented by counsel. The .rial lasted
for MANY weeks and held by the Superintend-
ent of Buildings. Isaac a. Hopper. personally He
has now concluded the matter Ey dismissinS all
brought
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
EUROPEAN PRODUCE MARKET

Liverpool July 5-Ciosng: WHEAT-Spot nominal:
t Stsa%S JHiy - li$d september Is 4d:
9S Ia Futures steady July, As lIied. Septenssr A. ia
FtlNS-t tanadian steady. Is 1aAd. FIOs.E~ lone
fancy winter steady, 9s I'd AOPS-In Igs'5,, tpar,s
Coast steady - l9se 40 los. REEFCuet. extra InIa
msSs IS ed roEk-DGn prime mess Western c2s
cut ~ 70 Ia 10 nrl0 46s BACON-Stea,y:
Cumberland cut s6 TO 30 n Gd. short rih ~ - "a m
AS long elea. middles light ~ to "a n a.. Tr ssr
hlad4es ae9NN % 70 4o n ass 81. clear backs
10 80 10 as clear bellies ~ 70 rs 10 4ss SIOCIOt
western in uerces SOS id american reinc,i I'M nails.
Ses- btIIs-st-Ncininal- CHEESE .Nnle
ms 81 white -: Ncercnn finest colo-ed Is TALON
tfimc city steady, Us 3d rCRPENTINFS eaSy
SIS tt- RO7lN-Comnnon strVng - sd PETROL .t-S---
Eelnel Quiet. 81. IINSEED NII--FIrn efs
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
BAIL IN ARSON CASE $4,000.
Sensational Developments Expected in Case
Against Wealthy Man.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Camden, y. J.. July 5-County Prosecutor Lloyd
tonight announced that bail the amount of $50 OOD
would be accepted for the release of John w Priest
ly, the wealthy Philadephian who is in jail on the
charge of having fire to the wool mill of G. r
Sinner & Son last Saturday Mr.. Lloyd further an
nounced that the bail bond would be closely scrutin-
lied. and nothing but the best security accepted
He has detectives at work, and some sensational
facts are likely to come TO light before the end
OF the week 1t is said that the investiga-
tion has aroused the suspicion of a conspiracy and
that the mystery surrounding other fires of un-
known origin may be cleared up.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
SHOT HIMSELF 4 TIMES
Man Put I'7c0 Bullets an His Head
and TzcO IN His Breast.

Persons in Prospect Park, near Volks Garden, at
$50 o'clock yesterday afternoon. were startled to
hear four pistol shots in rapid succession. A mo-
later emplOye rushed out of the place ask
ing for a policeman and saying that man had
attempted suicide by shooting himself four times,
twice in the head and twice in the breast. He
unconscious when ambulance arrived From
papers in his pockets it learned that he was
Benjamin Brennan twenty-five years old, of No.
81 Sutter-ave., Brooklyn. He was taken 10 the
hospital in a diving condition.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
NURSE WANTS $4,000.
New-York Woman Says Cincinnati Bachelor
Promised This Amount.
LRY TrI.rGRAPE ro LIE TLIPI-NE.

Cincinnati, July Miss Mary L. Steele. CT New
York. brought suit in the United States Court to-
day $500 alleged have been promised
her by John M Wilson. a bachelor. who died in
New-York in December, 1901
Miss Steele asserts that she nurscd Mr Wilson
for years and four months through a lingering
illness and that during the time he repeatedly
promised her :25,0J0 Her petition says ne told her
that if ne did not pay the money before his death
he would make provision for her in his Will.
His estate. valued at $1,000. has been paid to
his sister. Mrs Belle y. Mer here. Miss Steele
was not mentioned in the Will
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
MESSAGE FOUND ON ROOF.
Exhausted Carrier Pigeon Carried Greeting
from st. Louis.

Joseph Coils picked up exhausted carrier
pigeon on the roof of his house last Sunday
and found on its leg the following message:
~. Louis June -. 8 a. III.
The Mayor of ST. Louis sends his greetings
to the Mayor Of Boston. and wishes his people
prosperity. MAYOR ROLLA WELLS.
Coils took the pigeon to a bird fancier in The
Bronx. who fed it and sent It on It's way yester-
day. 1t is said that the pigeon is one of eight
dispatched on June n from St Louis in an
effort 10 break the long distance carrier pigeon
record.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
SAYS HE IS AUGUST BELMoNT's SON
Young Man Arrested in Colorado for Utter
ing Forged Checks

Colorado Springs. Cos July 5.-Registered at a
hotel IN this city as II. p Belmont, son of August
Belmont, Of Sew York a young has been
arrested for utte-ing forged certified checks The
arrest was made the request OF the Chicag go
police who referred TO Belmont G. F. Winthrop
Elliott. In Belmont's possession were found nve
Certified checks for 500 each. four OF which
drawn GA the German American Bank of New
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06

Batiste' is the best weapon we
know for beating hot weather.
a featherweight worsted fabric
that holds its shape.
Our friends in Cuba and Panama
buy it regularly for summer comfort,
while Broadway wears batiste as the
smartest of real summer suits.
Hair line patterns in grays-single
and double breasted coats with
trousers, $1S to $29.
ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY.
Three Broadway Stores
Warren ST. 18th ST. s2nd ST.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTs

Liverpool. July S-Arrived steamer Potomac (3rl No
Kay Nsw-fork; sailed. steamers Cedric (I3rl. Had
dock. New-Nork via Queenstown. tIsrS
Prowse from Msnchester( New-Yerk '"''
London. July ARRIVED. Idaho (Brl IoVert,.
New-York Hull - N''-se'
Dover july 200 mArriyed.
Magin. New York for Hamburg 'and proceeded).
Queenstown, July .. 2.l3 TeuOnic
itrl MeKinstg. New-York for liverpool eand pro
ceeded) '~ -
Dublin July ARRIVED steamer ROTTERDAM, ,T,,tcb,
IulfS New-York
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
LONDON WOOL MARKET

London. July 5.-The offerings AZ the ys,el aucrtrt
sales to-day Included laTge supply Of and
Srossotcs CoTnpestton spirited Withdrawals
rS9uenj as boilers asked high rates ane suprN c
1asaanian scti extreme
Tor hrst greasy eonoins the hogne trade bought
sd SNarse S0etss Fcowing ave the sales; Scuta
Wales, S,o bales, secured 1OdG3is 1ld: Sleasv Gtd
Is 2'sd. Queensland LOCO bales: secured Isats ina
greasy 9'sd@is Victoria = 7Go secured 0}sdR
Is 9'sd' greasy Std4is S south AVstreia 800 bales
Sc9eied i idA Is Ssd; greasy I2GGts ras leo
bales, greasy ledals cd New-Zealaad. 2.4O0 bales
SECURED Il VG@ls n'sd; greasy dAd01s Al. Care e
greasy. 5&4lid.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06

Shields. July 4-Saied. steamer Green r,oko. ~,
Palmer from EIamburg). Nev-York ' ''''f'
Sci-y, july Passed HUDSON ~,
York for Havre N - - '' Wv
New-YOrk '"' '''' i'cuieuc'
CopTInagen July l[Arrved HeHg OIav (Danl
Moist, NeW-N York via Christiansand '''
iinb f. JuIS 2rpassed steamer Emilia C4ust Hreg-
barcelona. July sailed. steamer Ulrien fN,r, p-,--
SEN New York prev!0usIv) ' ~
hama. etc. Newr-YorS 80 'N'' A'ND-
fdohg Kong July ~,
seith tBT), Fa4rWeatierr Ssexe-York '-i'
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
RUN4WAYS KILL DRYER
Green Horses Dash Dozen Hill Into
Lamp Post.

John Starr. driver for the Zeltner Brewing Com
pany. of 17Oth-st. and 3d-ave.. instantly killed
yesterday afternoon 1S1st-st. and Morris-ave..
when pair of green horses attached to heavy
wagon he was driving. got beyond control and,
running down hill into Il lamppost, threw him out
The unfortunate man was thrown twenty feet,
and his skull was crushed. He was dead when an
ambulance surgeon arrived. He was single and
lived at 170th-st and Park-ave.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Wednesday, July 5, 1905.


steamer Caronia (Fr). War;. Liverpool June p and
Queenstown IS TO the GunaTd S G S0 Llmited WITH NTH @
steamer Georgic CBr,. Clarke. Liverpool 24,
White with mdse Arrived at the Bar at $50
steamer Tuscsrora C3r) HonInshesd. London June 81
Philip Ruprecht in ballast Arrived at the Bar at
steamer Turbo (nr. Fairfield Hamburg June IS to
Steamer m BaTbarossa (eT LangTeuter
passengers mails and mdse Arrived at the
% SaP. IS ahd Gibraltar 2e to oeITchs Co With 2is
cabin 021 passengers and mdse Arrived at
'Ps Steamer si a caiaSra Br Coysrey 20
steeruge passengers and ndse Arrived at the Bar at
Steamer Stella CtaD, sartorio. Genoa June % and
Naples "a, TO Hirzel Feltmann & Coo With rs cabin
rived at the Bar at u 80 a m
San Film q Malaga and seville is J. NJ Ceballos
& Co. with merchandise Arrived at the Bar at
Steamer t ciwent CNor> Hansen sama June IS to the
Atlantic Fruit Company, with fruit Arrived at the
Steamer Brighton (NOr1 Kaldager Porto Plata July
l. the United Fruit Company. with fruit Arrived
steamer Vera tNor1 Rynning Fort Antonio June Is.
the United Fruit Company. with fruit Arrived at
steamer Advance CORNING, Colon June 2s TO the
sensers. malls and mdse. Arrived at the Bar at
steamer Cubana CCubanl Baker. Cardenas June IS
sagua 30 and ms,anzas July l. to w d Munson, with
steamer City Of Everett, Bunting with barge No aI
Ruprecht with OF. Left Quarantine at 7:O5 D m
Steamer jefferson Dole Newport News and Norfolk to
the Old Dominion Steamship Company with passeDeers
and mdse Quarantine 2:5j p m.
Dia. Mason. Galveston 10 the
southern Pacific Company. with mdse Quarantine
steamer Blqeeeias Hastings baltimore to II Foster
Sandy Hook. y ]. july .. $3.50 m-Wind east; light
breeze; cloudy
SAILED.
Steamers Oceanic, Gr) Queenstown and Liverpool;
Noordam tDutchl Boulogne and Rotterdam Bra5for,i
GeTl. Port Antonio Montego Bay. Excelsior tC;r1
Flushing tfor ordersl. Bermud'an tBr Harauton r.
muda; Athos (Fr) barbados; Byron tIrl Perna1nb1co
United States dam Chrisansand ana Cnnsn
hagen Fandrta Ger iEasua. Colon Princess Anne
Norfolk and Newport News. Comal Galveston
Colon; Mascot lNorl. Ttit Cove. y =. New-York san
Domingo CITY. Sanchez. via Turks Island Procus
Orleans Bluehelds Baltimore; NepoII CfsN
Genoa and Naples. ''
New-York tribune., 1905-07-06
STATES $4,000 GROWS TO s11s,5s5.

Albany July 5-All that New-YOrk State spent in
eqEipping for the War Of 1872 will be re.
covered with interest from the federal government
Ths United States Treasury Department informed
Attorney General Mayer to-day that the State
would receive Sis 5S5 S. which IS the $4,000 orgi-
nally EXPENDED for THIS purpose. with accumulated
tlI~rs8t Of nearly a century.