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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
Kissing TIFFANY GEMS.


Three pear shaped diamonds valued at about
$4,000 not cut from the Excelsior stone have
been missing from the Union Square store Of
tiffany & Co since May 4, II was learned
yesterday The diamonds It was said, were to
have been set in a corsage ornament Allowing
Tor a sale value increase Of some 3S per cent,
this would make the sale value Of the gems
$4,000
One rumor. which found credence in certain
quarters. had It that the gems have been hid
c@n. stolen or destroyed as an act Of revenge
The reporter was told by those in a position
70 Know. that not only were the gems worth less
tthan half the reported $4,000. but that they
had relation TO the famous Excelsior stone
which was accounted for IN its entirety.
While the Pinkertons and Police Headquarters
olsclaiIn any knowledge Of the loss. II is gener-
ally believed that both Pinkerton and Mulberry
~. men gre working the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
Gas OVERCOME8 THREE
One Dead, T'zUo in Serious Condition,
after Explosion.

One man is dead and two others are in a seri-
Gus condition as the result of fire yesterday
in the works of the Waterbury rope walk. at
Stagg and Waterbury SITS. Williamsburg. The
dead man is James Kelly, of No. l07 North 9Th
St. Of the repair gang Of the Brooklyn
Union Gas Company. The others are Robert
McGregor, foreman Of the gang, and Charles
Quinn.
The fire was caused by an explosion Of gas
in the basement. After the fremen had eX-
tinguished the blaze the repair gang was called
and McGregor. Kelly and Quinn went into the
cellar, where there was a strong odor of gas
When nothing had been heard from them for
q half hour an investigation was made, and it
was found the flow of gas had not been cut off
Patrolman McConeghy. cropping his way through
the dark cellar, stumbled one of the men
and summoned aid. The three unconscious men
were then carried out and taken to St Cath
crimes Hospital.
Kelly died a few hours later, and it was fully
hour before Quinn and McGregor were re-
stored to their senses. Last night they were
still in a serious condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
".STRAD" TIOLIN STOLEN.
Valued at 81 1,OOO-SWspected Ldborer
Arrested.

Mrs jeanette Brown residing in Broadway
Port Richmond Staten Island reported to the
police Saturday that Stradavarius violin,
valued at 81 900. had been stolen from her home.
and requested them to search for it She told
the police that she had several men working in
her house making repairs. and that one in par
ticular. Robert Goodin. a laborer had left the
house the day she missed the violin, and
though he had a weeks wages due him he had
not returned for the money.
Detective Lawson assigned to the case
and found Goodin at No. 81 Bowery and took
HIM into custody. Good1n made such con-
Trajectory statements his movements
the day he left Mrs. Browns home that Lawson
took him to West Brighton. where he is locked
up pending examination before magistrate to-
day. The violin made in 1868 Mrs. Brown
says. A search will be made of the pawnshops
in Manhattan by Lawson, and in the event Of
his being unable TO find the violin before Good
in is arraigned he will ask the magistrate TO
remand him for forty-eight hours a suspicious
person. to give him more time 70 search for
the stolen instrument.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22

Shoots in Self-Defence after De
fPHdiRg Mother.

Belport, Long Island, May 21.-After defend
ing his mother and shielding her from a beating
which his father started TO give her, Joseph
O'Connell to save his life shot and killed
his enraged father early to-day The youth has
been arrested and is being held for the coroner,
who will hold an inquest early in the week, but
it is not believed that he will be detained longer
than is needful for his mother and younger
brothers to corrohorate his story of what took
place.
The man killed was John T. O'ConnelL and the
fact that he was drunk and quarrelsome I'm the
village before going 10 his home this morning
adds strength to the story told by his widow
and their sons. Their story is that OConnell
reached home about midnight. He was drunk
and abusive and started to beat his wife
Joseph, who is eighteen years Old went to her
assistance and the drunken man was forced to
desist Enraged. he ran 10 the woodshed and
returned with an axe. with which he attacked
his eldest son. who shot in self-defence appar-
emily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
JAPANESE RIOT In MAUI.
Striking Laborers Imprison Troops
-Aid Sent from Honolulu.

Honolulu. May 21.-Most of the white inhab-
itants at Lahaina. the island of Maui. in
Guiding the military, are prisoners in the court
house. which is surrounded by striking Jap
anese laborers. One japanese was killed and
two were wounded by the police in an attack
on plantation mill.
All the 23OO japanese Iaborers on the island
now on strike and are In a violent mood
The steamer Kinau left Honolulu this after
noon, taking Militia Company F. consisting Of
thirty men. commanded by Captain Johnson
and forty armed Honolulu policemen under
High Sheriff Henry, to the scene of the trouble.
The strike started week ago the Wailu1u
plantation. on the other side Of Maui from
Lahaina. The japanese made a long list of
demands among them being the discharge of
the head overseer. All the demands were re-
iected. on Friday the strike spread to the
Pioneer plantation The owners started to pay
off the striking japanese. who then began to
stone the mill and resisted all efforts of the
mounted police to drive them away. The Maui
military, which was called out, restored order
temporarily.
Everything was peaceful late on Saturday
when the island steamer Claudine left, but soon
after the steamers departure a clash between
japanese and plantation policemen occurred, in
which shooting took place. general outbreak
followed, ending In the imprisonment of the
whites and the militia in the courthouse
Wireless messages were sent to Honolulu
asking for aid tug also was sent through
fear that the wireless telegraph was not work
ing
The secretary of the Japanese Consul accom-
panied the force on the steamer Kinau. He will
try to pacify the strikers.
The entire remaining police force of Honolulu
is ON duty at the police stations tonight under
Deputy Sheriff Rawlins although there are no
signs OF trouble this island.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
INSANE AFTER MENINGITIS
Strange Case at BeHe0ue Ercites
Wonder of Physicians.

One of the most novel cases Bellevue physi-
clans have had in some time is that Of Miss
Emma siler of No. 419 West 49th-st., who.
after suffering a month from cerebro-spinal
meningitis, has been placed III the psychopatic
ward The doctors say this is the first case
that has come to their notice of insanity follow
ing spinal meningitis.
Miss Siler was taken TO the New-York Hospi-
tai a month ago suffering from spinal mentn-
gifts. She was private patient, and improved
SO at the end of a month that it was believed
she would be cured.
She, however, began to utter strange words
and make nonsensical requests These symp-
toms of insanity became marked that yester-
day she was sent to Bellevue.
1t is believed that the spinal meningitis com
mission appointed by DR.. Darlington will in
quire into Miss Siler's case
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
ONE MAY DIE IN JERSEY ACCIDENT

HackensacI1. n. J. May 21 (SpeciaD.-One man
was perhaps fatally hurt, another bruised and
cut and five others dumped into a ditch this
evening in an automobile accident in Lower
Hackensack. The man likely to die is Frank
Dunn, a brickmaker. The other is P F. Gun
ningham, also a brickmaker.
In the automobile were Mr.. and Mrs Meyer
Bogert, Edward Bogert and Mr.. and Mrs H
J. Greenbank. Mr.. Greenbank Is president of
the Hackensack Golf Club and member of
the New York Produce Exchange. He and his
wife had spent Sunday with the Bogerts and
were being taken to Weehawken to take a boat
for home
1t is said that Dunn and Cunningham were
approaching the automobile and in seeking to
avoid it, turned to the same side as the ma
chine did. When il started to swing to the
other side they also swerved that way The
automobile hit them and went into the ditch
where it turned partly over The occupants
We're thrown out but no one except Mr. Bogert
hurt.
Both Dunns legs are broken and his skull is
fractured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
FIND GIRL WITH PERSIANS
Three, Including One Lazcyer, Held
on abduction Charge.

Alice D. Wheelock, of No 50 Hawthorne-ave,
Yonkers who abducted on Friday night
soon after leaving choir rehearsal, was found
yesterday by Roundsman CROUCH and Patrol
man Michael Madden at 182 Riverdale-ave
Yonkers in a house Inhabited by a number Of
Persians. The girl with two brothers,
John and Malcolm Cola. who abducted her, it is
alleged A lawyer John Beatty, Of No. p Liv-
ingston-ave.. Yonkers, was in the same room.
The three men are being held on the charge of
abduction. The girl is at her home and cannot
explain how she was led away by the two
Persfans She seems TO be in "A stupor and so
far the parents have not been able 10 obtain any
information from her. The police are awaiting
her recovery from the present semi-conscious
condition before taking her statement. The
arrested men refuse 70 talk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
KILLED BY BLOW FROM BASEBALL
Youth Was Watching Game in Prospect
Park-Skull Fractured.

From injuries received by being strueR by
baseball at the Prospect Park Parade SrounuS
on Saturday afternoon. James Miles nineteen
years old. died at his home NO. S"- "o'u ST.
Brooklyn. last night
,,i1os. .,,itt some companions went out to play
~ ~, the field was full so they stood on the
s,7a lines in a crowd and watched a game. Sud
denly ball batted by some one whose name
h,s NOT been learned struck Miles on the head
He foil unconscious, but was soon revived In
stead of sending for an ambulance surgeon the
,,o,,.s friends took him home in car. There a
@ pa, -, efarinq from a fractured skull. He be-
cana unconscious again and was not revived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
NEW-YORKER BLOUN Up.
Explosion Injuries Him and De
stroys HIS Yacht Maud.
IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. ]

Jacksonville, Fla. May 21.-While on the St
Johns River this morning the auxiliary yacht
Maud. owned by Robert Lake. of New-Yorll.
was totally demolished by the explosion of n
gasolene tank. Mr.. Lake and his brother Harry
and two friends were badly burned the former
inhalIng flames. His face. neck and arms were
burned. The others injuries are not serious. a
passing launch picked up the men from the
wrecked yacht and brought them 10 Jackson
vile.
The yacht Maud was registered at Falmouth.
Mass She IS forty-two feet long, schooner
rugged and is fitted with gasolene engine Of
I2- horsepower. Mr.. Lake and his brother have
been cruising around Florida for several months.
They were to start North to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
KILLED BY WIND STORM
Much Damage Done at Fort Worth
-Dispatcher Loses Life.

Fort Worth Tex. May PA heavy wind
storm, blowing at the rate of seventy miles an
hour. struck this city from the southwest at $50
o'clock tonight. Part OF the west wall of the
Texas and Pacific passenger station was blown
in, and John Young, a train dispatcher, was
killed
The storm was most severe west of the city
and all telephone and telegraph wires in that
direction down. a passenger on a Texas
and Pacific train from the West reports that the
town of Mineral Wells was parity blown away
One church belonging TO the African Methodist
Episcopal Church here. was demolished. Many
business buildings lost their roofs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
ARREST FOR CHALLENGING TO DUEL
Young Tennessee Mans Desire to Fight Ends
IN the Police Court.

Chattanooga, Tenn. May 21-Charged with
sending a challenge to fight duel, l.. D. Blan-
ton. a well known young man, indicted by
the grand jury and arrested yesterday. He gave
a bond of 81. 900.
1T is alleged that young Blanton recently sent
a letter TO DR.. c. A. Cobleigh, in which he chal-
lenged him 10 fight a duel The was put
into the hands Of the police and the indictment
and arrest followed. The alleged challenge grew
ont Of differences over money matters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
FIGHTING IN SAMAR.
Many Pulajanes KiLed-Colonel of
COnStabuIary WOunded.

Manila May 21-Colonel Wallace Taylor Of the
constabulary, was severely wounded in an engage
ment with the Pulajanes on May IT, at Magtaon. on
the coast of Samar. One private killed. and
ten were wounded. Many Pulajanes were killed.
Aid has been requested, Two companies OF the
21st Infantry will leave Catbalogan to reinforce
the constabulary.
DesuItory fighting continues in the islands south
of Jolo
Major General Wood has arrived at Manila
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
RElNA MERCEDES IN SERVICE AGAIN.

Portsmouth, n H. May u.-The cruiser Reina
Mercedes which was captured at Santiago in the
With Spain, sailed from this port to-day.
modelled as a receiving ship for Newport r. l.
The cruiser has bsen undergoing repairs in the
local navy yard fer nearly five years. and is said
now 70 be one q, nthe hest equipped receiving ships
81 The United .aEtes navy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
DIR. TUPPER ACCEPTS.
VIII Become Pastor of Madison
4uenue Baptist Church.

philadelphia. May 21.-The Rev DR.. Kerr
Boyce Tupper. of the First Baptist Church, this
citv. announced 10 his congregation to-day that
he had decided to accept the call OF the Madison
Avenue Baptist Church. of New York. DR.. Tup-
per's RESIGNATION VII take effect at the end of
June.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
RUMANIA THREATENS.
May Break Relations 7cith Turkey If
Demands Are Not Net.

Constantinople. May 2l.-Rumania insists
upon reparation for the act of the Vail of Va
nina in arresting several Rumanian school in
spectors. The Rumaniau government declares
that unless the demand for reparation is met
relations with Turkey will be broken
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
ACCIDENT TO EMPRESS.
augusta Victoria Falls DorCnstairs
at Wiesbaden.

Wiesbaden. May 21.-Empress Augusta Vic
toria fell downstairs to-day and was slightly in
jured on the forehead. Though the hurt is not
serious, the incident has caused the postpone
ment of the departure of the Emperor and En-
press for Berlin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
RIOT IN BUENOS AYRES.
T'zc0 Killed, Forty WOunded Police
and Socialists Fight.

Buenos Ayres, May 21.-In demonstration
Of worlkmen here to-day Socialists and the po-
lice came into conflict and in the encounter two
persons were killed and forty wounded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
A BREAD RIOT IN SPAIN.

Madrid May IA hunger riot broke out at Al
cazar de San Juan. in the Province Of Ciudad
Real to-day workmen attacking several -four mills.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
A KILLING FROST AT sINeHAMroN.

Biughamton, n Y May IA killing frost aid
considerable damage to fruit and other crops in
this vicinity last night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22

One ot the most inspiring pictures IN our country
Is the Hudson Valley IN It's bursting spring beauties
as seen from ths Day Lkas--,AdyG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-22
SOUVENIR SPOONS

from s. to SO Illustrated catalog free. Mermod.
ssccarG S King, at No 100 Fifth AHA-AdVt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
4nlaLsements.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-s-Bsbes in Toyland-
BEEASCO-S-The Girl Of the Golosn west
BIJOC-S15-The Music Master.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
CARNEGIE EAIzL-3-Recital.
CASINO-S.l5-Ihe Earl and the SrA
INSTRUMENTATION the Quics
IoAIzY-S-S:15-The Toast Of the Town.
EDEN MUSEE-worsd in Wax
EMPIRES: lS-Peter Pan
FTFiIoS'S TFIEATRE-s:l5-The Press Agent
GARDEN-s:I5-As Ye Sew.
GARRICK-s: Io-MaTy. Mary, Quite Contrar!i ,,,
IAMdERsTEIN's A-3s:15-VaudeTiie
HARLEM OPERA HOCS6-S:15-The Caich o. TINS ee"-
HERALD SQUARE-S.l5-sapho.
.HIPPODROME|2-@kS Society Circus.
ETDSoN-s:2o-Mana and Supermsn. - L..
IRVING PIAACEA2:3o-Der KleiDe Daurniin& ui'u "N
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -Memzeiie Nitouche
JOE WEBER Prince Chap
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Aociste-
Gingerbread Man.
.yCEIrM-2.1S-s:1S-The Little Princess
LYRIC S:lb-The Babes snd the Baron
MADISON SQUARE-ss80-The Man on the BOX; 49,,
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-County Fair ana C'r"'s-
MAJESTIC aoonshine.
-S-2o-Before and After
lfTNDEI.SSOIN HAI.I@S:15-Song Recital
II EVA MISTER DAM-s:l5-The Mfddleinan.
NEW YOFSK-s:15-T Mayor OF Toxic
s-1E-Zira-
SAE0Y-S:I5-Tne Walls Of Jericho
ST NICHOLAS RINK-Tcs Skating
IACEIS-S20-The Souaw Man.
WEST S:T!-Monte Cristo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26

efficiency among officers having command ana
eap rank. resulting in part from an added
stimulus in the lower grades and sun more
from increased experience in the upper grades
That provision by which officers in the grades
Of cantain and commander would be screened
out is believed to be necessary, since an attempt
m do this screening out in the lower grades.
after the manner Of the English service. womd
foo long DELAY the accomplishment of the object
aimed at
One of the important parts of the proposed
amendment TO the Personnel bill provides that
for some time to come midshipmen shall be
graduated from the Naval Academy in three
wears serve one year afoat as midshpmen on
either battleships or armored cruisers and an
other year as ensigns. after which they shall he
commissioned as Junior leutenants. This pro
vision is designed to mitigate the evils resulting
from nresent conditions at Annapolis, due to the
deficiency in the number of officers in the ser
vice 1t is urged that this deficiency prevents
the assignment to the Naval Academy OF an ade-
ouate corps of commissioned officers to main
tain the necessary spirit, discipline and train
ing of the mdshipmen. Under such clrcum-
stances II is believed that a full term OF four
wears produces a less valuable naval officer than
the department would obtain by restricting the
course to three years and experimenting II by
8 wear af1oat in the atmosphere of first-class
ship incidentally. this temporary arrangement
while it lasted would increase the number OF
midshipmen by one-thrd. which is regarded as
a present necessity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
NAVAL PERSONNEL,

II is expected that soon after the HOLIDAYS
active discussion of various important questions
relating TO naval personnel will begin in Con
greSs- Some Of these questions concern pro-
mouon- 1t has been inaccurately said that the
main object is TO hasten the advancement of
younger officers, which is likely to create a mis-
apprehension. The real design of those who
have for years been studying the subject is so
to direct promotions in the navy that officers
will reach command and flag rank at an earlier
age IN order that they may have longer periods
In those grades and consequently acquire more
experience AS matters now stand an officer
may pass through the grades of captain and
flag officer without having sufficient time to
complete single cruise in each of those grades
Within two or three years. under existing
laws, many flag officers will be retired after six
months service; whereas, for the proper per-
Torrance of their duties, they should have at
least two cruises at in command of diyis-
ions. squadrons or fleets. The system should
be such that the department would not as now
be forced to assign officers TO command battle
ships, or even fleets because they are the only
men 10 whom that duty for a complete tour at
sea can be given. There ought to be a group Of
officers who have commanded as flag officers,
from whom, for example. TO select command
er in chief for the Atlantic feet In less de-
gree the same condition exists among COM
manding officers and the department is pre-
cluded from selecting out of a group be
cause OF his exceptional fitness as proved by
experience and his record cruises similar In
character. IL is compelled to take what is
available in the way Of ability, because the off,
Ger has the rank and enough time in it TO per-
form the duty. While an officers incentive TO
do good work and 20 devote himself to his pro-
fesson is greatly Increased, no doubt. by the
prospect OF reasonably rapid promotion. the
ultimate end TO be gained is not the advantage
of officers as individuals. but the improvement
OF the service, especially by reason Of increased
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-26
THE ORIGIN OF GOLD AND SILVER.

About two years ago Mr.. Frederick Soddy.
an English physicist. observed that gas which
proved to be helium was given OFF from radlum
under circumstances suggesting that II was
generated by the disintegraton of the latter ele-
ment. Subsequently, Sir William Ramsay made
tests which led him to the same conclusion
Since that time number of lines of experiment
bearing on the possibility of transmutation
have been opened. One of these was designed
to find out whether radium was derived from
uranium. A second is described by Mr.. SOddy
in the latest issue of Mature" to reach this
country and grew out of his suspicion that gold
also might be both product of different ele-
ment and the parent of others.
The first step in such an inquiry of course
would be TO accumulate suitable amount of
gold and confne ii that If gas were evolved
the quantity and character could be deter
mined So rapid is the transformation which
radium undergoes that results he had in
few days Inasmuch as gold is apparently not
a radioactive metal. it would be safe to assume
that if it disintegrates at all the process must
be extremely slow Obviously, then, the more
raw material Mr. Soddy is able TO procure to
begin with the sooner he may hope for appre
ciabe results: and he alludes enviously TO the
stores of it in the vaults of the Bank of Eng
! land.
Mr.. Soddy does not indicate just how he
/ would go to work to ascertain the origin or
/ gold. Perhaps he has not yet formed plan of
campaign. Here. again. he would require
supply of what he believes to be the proper raw
material and then would need 20 provide the
right conditions for the change. He gives to the
readers of Nature no hint of the element
from which he fancies that gold has been de
] rived. His silence may be due TO an unwilling
ness to furnish clew TO other investigators !;
but it is more probable that he has not found
a clew himself. The possible parentage of ra-
dunn is suggested by the fact that that element
has hitherto been discovered only in associa-
tons with uranium. Gold. on the other hand.
has a variety of Affiliations. The study of its
genealogy, therefore. is beset with peculiar diff
fculties.
One cannot refrain from specializing. how
ever the probable consequences of a revela-
| ton that 1t was derived from some cheaper and
more abundant metal. There is yet no reason
| to imagine that the transformation could he
promoted in any way. What Mr. Soddy did in
his other experiments TO watch the process
| of evolution and try TO estimate the rate at
which ii took place He was more successful in
his observations of the generation of helium
from rsdium than in those which sought evil
dence OF the production of radlum from ura-
MUM but In neither case did he appear to
imagine that he could hasten the change He
does not any faith, either, in the posi-
biitty Of hurryins nature. even If the ancestry