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New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
IS DEATH BEWAREi
Dangers Society Members Belchers
Friends Then Shoot to Kill.

Paterson. n. J.. Aug. (SpeciaD.-Wiam II
Belcher the missing Mayor of Paterson, is travel
ling about under the protecting wing of the Dan
gers Society," the members Of which ready to
defend him against all pursuerss according to a
letter received to-day by Acting Chief McGirr Here
is the letter which is dated at New-York. August q:
To the police: We want to tell you that you might
well give up the hunt for Mr.. w. III. Belcher
Call off your men and rewards, for he Is In safe
you would not know him. He Is passing policemen
by the hundred every day. II he is ever, stopped
on the spot. for being paid to watch over
him. Mr.. Becher says he will try and pay back
some of the money to few friends whom he
knows needs ii badly He Is sorry the thing oc-
CURED. but he needed the money just the same; so
do we. this Dangers Society, that he got in with
We have men watching over him day and night
We shoot to Kill. so beware.
The letter is signed b c. H. At the bottom
of the letter. in red ink. drawn skull and
crossbones. and a sword and dagger encircled with
the words "A. A. NJ. Society,"
Another bogus mortgage for which Belcher is
home of James Jenkinson, and was for 81. 800, the
money being advanced by the Manchester Building
and Loan Association Jenkinson came here in
response TO a notice from the association calling
he a member of the association. II appears
that Belcher had proposed his name. paid in the
dues monthly and then made a loan in the name
Of Jenkinson giving the association a fake mort
gage security.
What Mrs BeIcher thinks of her husband is in
dicated by a message she sent 10 James Gray. a
the Mayor received a portrait of himself In a
handsome and costly frame. Mrs. Belcher asked
the picture she did not what became OF
il. Mrs. Belcher is said TO be almost penniless.
and 1t is said that her husband disposed of little
fortune she had when she married him. and which
she intrusted to him
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
RAWHIDES FOR ELDER.
Women Of Brooklyn II. W. e.
Church Threaten DR.. Tice.

In spite of the fact that Bishop B. w. Arnett
has informed DR. S Timothy Tice that the Bridge
Street African Methodist Episcopal Church. of
Brooklyn, has been taken out of his jurisdiction
presiding elder, DIR. Tice has advised the off,
cials of that church that he will visit them on
August 29 TO hold his first quarterly conference
of the year
DR. Tce has Informed the officials that Bishop
Arnett had no authority to take the church from
him. and that he is still presiding elder, and
knowing his rights will maintain them
Since DR.. Tice's announcement according to
one of the officers of the church. the women of
the church have cornered all of the rawhdes down
in Brooklyp's Black Belt, and will them on
DR.. Tice If he attempts to enter the church The
trustees of the church say that they will never
open its doors to him, while the stewards OPP
posed TO him account of his Democracy.
Bishop Arnett telegra phed yesterday that he will
be in the city August p to investigate the
charges against DR.. Tice.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
BIDS FOR NEW BRIDGE.
Those for $4,000 Tons of Steel To
Be Opened TO-daU.

Bridge Commissioner Best will open bids to-
day for the steel superstructure of the Man
haitian Bridge. 1t is the largest single steel bid
ever advertised by the city calling for the manu-
facture and erection of 1900 tons of Steel 5000 tons
of which will the wire cables and fittings. 1t
is expected that the contract price will approx
mate 5000 900.
So far as known there are four concerns which
likely to bid for the work-the Pennsylvania
Steel Company, Milliken Brothers, of New York;
the King Bridge Company of Cleveland and the
McClintock-Marshal Company. of Pittsburg. The
tower foundations for the bridge have been ready
for than a year. and the bridge would have
been half built by this time if Commissioner Lin
denthas plans for eye bar bridge have been car
ried out. In the Low administration the Board of
Aldermen controlled by the Sullivans. refused to
sanction appropriation for eye bar bridge,
and the Mcclellan administration had
opportunity all of the Iindenthal ideas were dis
carded and wire cables were substituted.
Water and Monroe The in Brooklyn is
between Adams and Pearl and Water and Front
81 225. coo each. were awarded last February The
steel for the anchorages must be delivered petore
February next It is planned to complete the en-
When completed the bridge and its approaches
will from Canal St and the Bowery TO Flat
highway from Manhattan to Coney Island. and
Bridge. The new bridge will have eight tracks
four trolley two elevated and two tracks for sub
way trains. 1t will have two footwalks and
single wide roadway.
factory progress Is being made the Black
wells Island Bridge. There was long delay in
the Pennsylvania Steel Company These are now
being delivered in large quantities and the work is
fever structure in the country It's capacity Will be
equal to that of the Manhattan Bridge.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
ANDREW FLETCHER

Andrew Fletcher. president and treasurer Of the
w A Fletcher Company, North River Iron
Works Hoboken, \. J., died at his summer horo.
at Bernardsville n. J., Monday afternoon in the
seventy-eighth year of his age Mr. Fletcher was
well known in engineering and shipbuilding circles
The successive firms of which he was a n,emhor
built the machinery OF probably more steamboats,
than any concern in the United States The Fall
River Line steamers Priscilla. Puritan and PLY
mouth were contracted for. and the machinery
designed and built by Mr. Fletcher
He was born in Scotland. coming to this country
when very young and became established in busi-
ness In 1853 " ~
The funeral will take place al his New -yor,
nome tomorrow morning. Burial will be at Green
wood cemetery. - ''O''
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

Marshall p Wilder. who has made lifelong
study of the art OF storytelling declares I'm his
newly issued volume. The Sunny Side of the
Street" published by the Funk Wagnalls
Company that as rule humorous stories are
of American origin. comic stories may generally
be traced TO an English source. while witty
stories apt TO come from the French. In
his book he gives many examples Of all kinds
There is claim ror originality in these anec-
dotes and witticisms. They have been gathered
where they grew in the bright places of the
authors experience. but many OF them have
been so changed and improved i'm the present
telling that they have all the charm Of novelty.
and many Of them. indeed first saw the light
when the material in the book recently
published serialy i'm the Tribune Sunday Mag
azine Mr.. Wilder thus distinguishes the three
varieties OF stories:
The humorous story depends upon the incidents
aud the manner OF telling; comic and witty stories
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
BIG soER CAN THROW A HORSE

CAPTAIN Pieter J. Wiser. the Boer officer from the
Transvaal who has been the official announcer for
the Boer War spectacle at Brighton Beach since tho
beginning OF the season announced yesterday that
he was was willing to challenge any man To a CON
test in horsemanship in the country as we'll a..
feats OF strength with the horse. Captain Visor
has repeatedly shown his ability to lift n horse h,.
the forelegs, and in wrestling with a horse he has
never failed TO throw the animal from his hindlegs
by graspng the forelegs of the horse close N tha
chest and while holding the animal off the gronnd
throw him over on his side. Captain Wiser Is feet
. Inches In height and is the taest man in the
Boer War spectacle. ' ." mo
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-York, Tuesday, August 8, 1905
ARRIN ED

Steamer Georgia (Er). Clarke Liverpool the
rived at the BAR n a M I-..
steamer Minnehaha tBrl, Robinson London
the Atlantic Transport Line.
and mdse Arrived at the Bar a
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm III tGerl. Hokemann Bremen
august and southampton and Cherbours . Oelrchs
20 with s3 cabin and Ios steerage passengers. mails
ana n1se Arrived at the Bar at 32o
steamer San Marcos. Risk Mobile August 4 to 4 II
tine 1888 a m
steamer Spero .(Nor). Lunn. Baracoa August g.
,rult 10 : Arrue. Vessel Bennett. Walsh 4
Arrived at the Bar a m
steamer Allianca Morrel Coion August to he
, ,' X IS Co. with ss passengers malls and mdse
T,eaner monterey, Smith. Havana August s. 20 James
rived al tho Bar at 2:Io % m
steamer penver barsto~. Galveston August and Key
In Quarantine o IN
~steamer FL Mar. Jacobs Galveston Auxuss 4 to tn~
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
Lay FIRE TO STRIKERS
Troy Factory Men Lose 25. 900
Do2en Collars and Cuffs.
IBY TELEGRAru TO THE rRInuNE.l !

Troy. N Y, Aug. Sire this morning de-
strOyed the laundry at Petersburg twenty miles
from here. in which much of the product of the
collar factory of George p. Ide & Co OF this
city, has been laundered since the beginning of
the strike among the starchers last May. The
Troy hrm loses 2o.po dozen collars and cuffs.
The loss approxmates S1oNO and is covered by
Insurance Various acts OF violence have been
committed since the strike began and Troy
collar men are inclined TO attribute the fire TO
an incendiary. Nearly all the collar manufact-
urers are having their laundering done out of
the CITY,
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

depend upon the matter. The, humorous story
about as it pleases and arrive at nowhere in par
ticular; but the comic or witty story must pc
story bubbles along continually; the other kinds
burst The, humorous tale is entirely work of
art, and only artist tell it, while the witty
tell it it. sun '''' '''
The book is not merely haphazard omnium
gatherum of anecdotes but is enlivened
throughout with the authors keenly observant
comments on the different manners of people he
has met and on the different styles of humor pc
culiar to their vocations and modes of life.
Apfepos of the difficulty OF getting certain
type of Englishman to the point Of an
American story, Mr. Wilder tells the following:
One day told English audience about New
York's fire department and its methods. Great in
terest manifested. / ventured to tell the
old story of fire in India rubber factory
b This factory y Was Ta srgf tall building Id and when
found himself on the top floor with burning stairs
pavement was SO far below his window that death
seemed inevitable Suddenly he bethought him
the room was full. Could he envelop himself with
IT, he might jump and strike the sidewalk softly
everything else he could find. until he made the
he Jumped he rebounded from the pavement again
and again. and continued to do so for five days,
the poor fellow to save him from starving to
death. About half an hour after told the vera:
asked: "Mr Wilder. do you tnlnk that police Of
Icer was 1uStlned!
w. Irving Hancock, the American exponent Of
Japanese jiu-jitsu. has rounded out his treatise
that gentIemanly art of self-defence with
final volume. entitled THE Complete Kano Jiu-
Jitsu." just published by G. P. Putnams Sons.
In its preparation he has had the collaboration
of Katsukuma Higashi. a former instructor In
this latest development of the system at Das-
hisha College, Japan. The Kano system, or
Judo, as 1t is known to distinguish 1t from the
earlier and inferior systems. is the one devised
by Professor Jiguro Kano and officially adopt
ed by the japanese government for the army,
navy and police services. 1t consisted originally
of forty-seven combat tricks which have been
extended to hundred and sixty by Messrs.
Hashino and Tsutsumo. These tricks are ar
ranged here in logical sequence. leading up to
the serious work by which opponent may
ly, there is added a chapter kuatsu the sys-
TEN by which the defunct opponent may be, IL
desired, restored to life. Recourse to this ner-
cifu method of restoration must be had
promptly however, the authors at pains
to explain that the vital processes are actually
stopped by the Knockout blows of judo, and
the victim can be brought to life again by
any other of the known resources of medical
science. The volume is illustrated with over
five hundred photographs. showing with the ut
most particularly the different phases of the
various tricks both of Judo and kuatsu. 1t
is essentially a practical work for the thorough
instruction in the rules and principles of COM
bat, differentiated from mere physical train
ing.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
Proposals.
DEPARTMENT on THE INTERIoR. on:

- fee OF supertnt.ndent U 3. Capitol Building and
Grounds. Washington. d C.. July %. IsG5.-S-aled
proposals Gin dupcate) Will be received opened
at the above Office Saturday, September 50.
az o'clock p NJ for furnishing all material. labor
and other appliances. and erecting and putting
operation. in building and on foundations 70 be
provided by the United States and In locations within
the Capitol Building Congressional Library
and Senate and House once Buildings. under
construction a compHeta Heating. Lighting Power
Plant including nachfsrys boilers piping electrical
transmission. cables and eondats appliances and
other equipment in said power house building and IN
the other buildings named and a forth plans
The necessary plans showing the general layout
complete Information and specifications containing
will be furnished responsible intending
ders and certified check the $50. payabs
TO the order OF the undersigned must accompany
quests for plans and, specifications Information
to the amount Of check. surety bond cash de-
posted with the bid and the subsequent bond
Quired for the performance Of the contract VIII
stated specifications bid
which does not contemplate the erection OF
plete plant called under
specifcations. The right reject any OF all bids
reserved waive tnfOrmaltty in ot
ELLIOTT WOODS. Superintendent L. s Captx
Building and Grounds Approved ThoS Rysa
Acting Secretary
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
OBITUARY..
JOSEPH MERRILL, JR.

Joseph Merrill jr.. vice-president of the Murphy
Varnish Company. died at his home, No. 70 Lin
coin Park Newark late Monday night of apoplexy.
He stricken in his private office Monday after
in the factory Chestnut and Vesey SITS.
Newark. He leaves a wife, two brothers and two
sisters Mr.. Merrill was born in Amesbury Mass
sixty-two years ago. In his native city he built
Cniversalist Church, and at that place the funeral
will be held on Thursday. He will be buried in
Amesbury Cemetery. In addition services will be
held in his home this afternoon 3 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
CHOKED TO DEATH ON STEAK.
Hungry Mans Haste to Satisfy Appetite
Was Fatal.

A man who evidently extremely hungry
walked into a White Plains restaurant last night
and called for piece of beefsteak. He said he
wanted II quickly, ne was almost starved The
steak was served to him. and he cut off a large
piece OF ii and started eat ID. He attempted to
swallow the meat without chewing II and II stuck
in his throat.
Persons in the place ran to his side and tried to
aid him. A physician summoned, but before he
reached the place the man had choked to death.
The man is believed to be Frank Ryan a farm
hand, of Scarsdale. He had been about town a good
deal recently. and was said to be heavy drinker
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
PROPOSALS FOR PURCHASE OF con

DEMNED @ NJ. SUPPLIES aieneTaI Depot . "
Dept, North American BUili.nS Philadelphia Juy T.
1o0-Sealed Proposals IN tripcate. subj conitlns
Circular Bidders copies II which be had
application this Office. will be received until
ii O'Clock A. NJ. 1875 for the purchase o
rs Condemned Clothing. Eauipage and MiScei
laneous Tools etc, Blanks for proposals and full nfor
nation be furnished upon application EuveiepeS
containing proposals indOrsej Proposals for
Of C0ndemned supplies. be -cpeued Asgust ~
1905 addressed 1t Col j. " POPE, pepGtS
Q. NJ. General. L ;. \. Depot Ouartermsster
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
SEALED PROPOSALS. ENDORSED PRO

posaIs propeIling derrick will Be received *
Bureau Of Yards and Docks. Navy Department WASH
ington until II cloCk September O. 1919 anu ae
publicly opened Tor self propens deIrcS
capacity for the naval station. tuS-a
cuba Specifications be obtained al ne Sns,
be furnished by the COmHCandant Of the nsNs
station named. NfORDECAI- T ENnICOTT- Chiet q
Bureau August g. 1S0S.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. D, C.

y WashingtOn N. Q August 8. 1N39I-Seae1 TO
posafs will this Office until - ochoS nooE
August 1895 furnishing castrun pipe and specas
for Outfa sewage disposal system. D. Spechcatons
and blank proposal Tnas he obtained az this Or
fee The right ami All BIDS %
parts of bids HENRY r F NACFARLANp. JAY !
MORROW aCtinS) Commissioners. D. 9
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
EX-GOVERNOR opELLs IN TOWN

Ex-Governor Benjamin B. odell. jr.. called at the
headquarters Of the Republican State Committee
yesterday but did not stay see any of the local
leaders. He told his friends that his visit TO the
city wholly account of business affairs IL
in the financial district for two or three
hours. and returned TO Newburg in the afternoon
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
500 Sunset 07 Moon 1901 age
HIGH WATER
A.M-Sandy Hook 2:10 Gov. Island Gate AIS
P.M.-Sandy Hook 2:4T Gov Island 3:1I He'll Gate 5O4
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
ORDERS ISSUED-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:


ORDERS ISSUED.-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
Contract Surgeon GEORGE r. CLAYTON from Colum-
bus Barracks to Philippines.
First Lieutenant WILLIAM II. RAYMOND artillery
corps. aid-de-camp, to proper station.
Major CHARLES H GRIERSON to 18th Cavalry
Captain FREDERICK G. KNABENSHUE. to 18th In
fantry
First Lieutenant ROBERT s. WELSH artillery corns 70.
encampment organized militia. Michigan.
Captain ANDREW MOSES artillery CORPS school of suh
marine defence Fort Totten
Second Lieutenant EUGENE r. WEST, artillery corn.
having been found physically incapacitaed for pro
motion. by OF disability resulting from gun
shot wound received in action TO home to await re
trement. -rtf-t
CHARLES RICHARD, surgeon; Captains EDGAR s
WALKER and FREDERICK PERKINS. sth In
assistant surgeon and WALTER II. JOHNSON, SIN
Infantry. recorder detailed examining board at Fort
Jay.
Second Lieutenant SHELDON W ANnINGi sth Infantry
before board Fort Jay for examination promo
tion.
First Lieutenant WILLIAM NJ. SMART assistant sur
NAVY.
Lieutenant W. TIMMONS and Naval Constructor w C.
GROESBECK. commissioned.
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VESSEIS-The fol-
lowing movements of naval vessels have baen ra
ported:
August THE Nevada the Lawrence n, t,an..o 49,.
Sylph and the West Virginia navy yard Ne9-York
the MARYLAND at H3ston the Iris Mare Island; the
prooH'Sa a' MSroiehtad; the Ajax at Caimanera.
August THE Mayhower. the Dolphin and the co,-..,
from Newport for Portsmouth: the Boxer Sror, a.
napois To cruise the Nevada the IaWrencn ,ror,
Rockland for Bangor the Maryland from Provr Ss @
for Boston ~ 'O'''ce-
s-rhe Minneapolis from Gibraltar for Lisbon
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Maxine Elliott Arrives on the Kaiser Will
helm II-Rehearsal Tomorrow.

Miss Maxine Elliott arrived the Kaiser Will
helm II last evening She met by represen-
tative of Charles Dillingham;. her manager and
several friends, and went Immediately TO her home
in West End-ave. This morning she will meet
her company the Criterion Theatre and will
start rehearsals of her play, Her Great
Match. under the personal direction of its author
Clyde Fitch.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

Southern Pacific Company with mise. Left 0uaran'iAs
at a -
steamer Apache. staples Jacksonville august sn.
Charleston 6. William ? CLYDE & 60 With pas>ehse
an md LET Quarantine 1852
Navahoe. Bnnnen. Georgetown. : e. Ausls.'
Wilmington 3 William 2 Clyde s 90 WIN -
ssngers ulse. Eett Quarantine at 80 N -,
Steamer jamestown Catherine Newport News ah s
Norfolk 10 the Old Dominion Steamship Company VIII
passengers and nldse Left Quarantine at 2.2 ~,
Sandy Hook. Aug :. $50 m-Wind southwest Hs'
breeze: cloudy
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09
SAILED

steamers Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse .Sierl TlynS,aa
f-herh0urS Bremen. tfSrl CueenSt0Vn -
IiverpooI: event tNSCrl Wilmington DeF. Cevic ~
Liverpool: LfEonieT. Fort Arthur Ten. Yvmvrt ~.
Port Antorio Fl Sglo Galveston. Excelsior ttisr y.
terian, Monroe NorfOlS an1 Newport News; OsSes,
Grange tBr) Fremantle. ADELAIDE Melbourne escS -
OF Macon savannah; Havana. Colon, Northman. ~
Arthur. Texas
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

tative of Charles Dillingham;. her manager. and
several friends. and Immediately her home
her company at the Criterion Theatre and will
Match under the personal direction of its author
Clyde Fitch
Fay Templeton's new play by George NJ Cohar
has been accepted by Klaw & Eranger. 1t is
to be called "Forty-fve Minutes from Broadway"
Mr. Cohan is the sole author of the book. the lyrics
equipment Mr.. Cohan and his manager. Sam K.
Harris, also will be partners in this enterprise
Rehearsals will be begun next week.
Miss Blanche Walsh and the members of her com
pany will assemble at the Madison Square Theatre
to-day when rehearsals will begin for Clyde Ftch's
srnfe6 for braf anoapnaS an me "eR men NH be pre-
ginning Monday August q.
York State Folks" which is to open the Majestic
Theatre August 49, is a year and a half late
arriving in New-York. 1t to have followed
Babes in Toyland" the original time reserved for
that extravaganza being only eight weeks. but
popular demand made 1t necessary to buy off Mr.
Wright,s contract and continue the Babes" York
played forty weeks in the two cities of Bostn6
ana Chicago. and lesser periods in other large
cities of the country. "
lbsens "A Dolls House" is announced to be
given by the Proctor Fifth Avenue Stock Comnanv
in a fortnight. Miss Florence Rockwell has baon
specially engaged play Norah This viii he Sfen Mi
hocK"ehs hrst appearance at this house
Oscar Hammerstein announces that he will ,a,
reward of 800 for the best original ADVERTISING
scheme to be used in connection with the forth
coming engagement of Ephram Thompsons eIe-
phants. which will be seen at the Victoria Theatre
on September 4. 1t has been suggested that ha an
ply to the manager of AbuIl Keder and his three
wives. N'
Way Down East is the opening attraction AT
the Academy of Music. beginning tomorrow even
ing Eight consecutive years is the record of the
Trhe rpin st haa cd hN
Davies. remains practically the when first
produced eight years ago. TWO members OF the
original cast have been removed by death; other
wise IT is the same.
Several Wistaria Grove novelties have been on
gagged for European vaudeville The Navassar
Troupe composed of the Navajo Girls and Vassar
Girls, is the latest TO sign foreign contract This
attraction signed yesterday for an engage
ment at the Palace Theatre, London with a tour
of the Continent in prospect, Mosher Houghton g.
Mosher. the comedy bicyclists; the Juggling Ran
mons and the -Four Lukens the other Wistari.,
attractions announced for London. Offers from
London and Paris have been made to The Girl IN
the Red Domino and Miss Elsie Janis
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

Miss Blanche Walsh and the members of her COM
pany will assemble at the Madison Square Theatre
to-day. when rehearsals will begin for Clyde Fitch's
play The Woman in the Case" which will be pre-
sCnteC for n brief engagement at that theatre be-
ginning Monday, August 21
New-York tribune., 1905-08-09

DEFENCE OF THE Observation-Disclosures
mens being made by the army quartermasters
for the removal Of large number of buildings at
Fort Mott. N ]. This is rendered necessary by
the establishment there of the permanent post and
the abandonment of the temporary garrison, with
it's structures which originally erected for
convenience of the officers and men until the new
post could be put in readiness for occupancy. The
first step in the change is about to be taken by
the award of the contract for the removal of the
old buildings.