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New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
IN FEAR OF INSANITY.
Nan Suicide from Terror of Loss
of Mind.

The Liberty Island ferryboat Falcon about
o'clock last night brought TO Pier A police sta
ton the BODY of a man, found shortly before IN
the bay not far from Liberty Island The Falcol'
according 70 Captain George Deming. was on l's
way TO the island with seventy-seven passengers
when the cry of Man overheard was Taiseh
Captain Derning ordered lifeboat launched the
crew OF the Falcon worked quickly. but before
they could reach the he had been picked Up
By the crew Of the Pennsylvania Railroad tug
Amboy
The man was taken aboard the ANNOY "nieH
steamed to the pier on Bellows Island, Where
every effort was made by DR. Branch OF the army
detail Al Fort Wood to revive him, but "l'hout
success DR. Branch worked over the man Tor an
hour in vain.
In the clothes was found piece or paper on
which the following message was written;
Dear Lena. If ! don't come home 10 supper 70
night please absence nave tIie ta9 Eilo91
s-rsye ditA against you pay. shall go on Dos
must try my best to escape safe rear SO ~
flv the appearance of insanity. II won hiase iio
dirference I now find way 10 ger out 81 ~
trouble Give Henry Maiguel my regards can
stand ii.
There is some mystery as 10 how the man So
into the water He was far from the Falcon NNeh
first seen nor could he well have come from her, aS
the boat was approaching MIN at the time me
pIace was out OF the way of the ferry oeats, b ai
the ONLY boat by was a laoheil! wiz wiz
according 10 Captain Deming. crossed lis poS9 S
shortly before the finding OF the man Inc O'0'
has been sent the morgne
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
GETS JERICHO CONTRACT.
The BelmoRt-LOHg Island Railroad
Combination Successful.

TIE trolley combination formed by August Bel
mont president Of the Interborough RAND Transit
Company, and Ralph Peters. president OF the Long
Island Railroad Company has secured its frst
franchise for trolley line in Nassau County The
combination purchased the New-York and Long
Island Traction Company and Immediately. &c.
the transfer Of the property made an effort N
secure right of way along the Jericho Turnnjke
one of me most important highways in the county
They wanted - build line from AIineola TO the
NeU-fork city boundary line near Queens. dis
tance ~ SIX miles.
The ole company owned such a franchise. but II
due 70 expire July l. and the new owners
Hesan TO arrange for renewal The matter was in
the hands OF the Nassau County Board OF Super
siso1s, and Frank L. Fuller Of the Ne7-York and
Queens County Railway Company of Long Island
CITY, was directed, as manager Of the new line,
request the Supervisors TO renew the franchise for
tae Jerlcno Turnpike. Mr.. Fuller laid the matter
before The county authorities. and has been in
formed that the conpany's request has been com
Piie6 with and that the corporation VIII have until
August J. isos 20 build the trolley road
Under the terms OF the renewal the trolley cars
must he IN operation by that date and the company
must az once furnish two bonds for the proper full
hlnaeri ot its obligations. They must give a bond
a. S5@ fer the faithful performance OF the con-
tract and another for 81 10 indemnify the county
AGAINST Qafnatge suits resulting from the consrruc-
Lon OF the road on public highway. Both bonds
VII ne executed by the officers Of the company
august Belmont was the first Official OF the com
i.A4 % appreciate the value OF the Jericho Turn
trolley connection with lines in the borough OF
Queens and enable n a. create perfect trolley
let work over the borough. The old company made
nc attempt 10 build the line. and the privilege,
which IS considered very valuable. would have been
lost had II not been for the vigilance OF Cir. Bel
mcnt He learned Of the existence OF the franchise
sne the fact that II would expire in short time
trolley company.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
FORT GEORGE LID TIGHT.
Crusade Started By The Tribune Al
ready Shoes Good Results.

The muzzie was at Fort George yester-
DAY quite effectively a week before
when the order silencing the harkers of the
resorts along Amsterdam-ave. went into effect
The police, uniformed and in plain clothes from
the l52d-st. station much in evidence. Ser
seant Cochrane. who is acting captain of the
precinct, spent part of the day at the Fort and
declared that conditions were much improved.
AS result OF the crusade which The Tribune
has waged against the presence of young girls in
the dance halls where liquor is sold several OF the
places had men the door yesterday to stop those
who seemed under age. Many of the youngsters
were very indignant when told that they could not
in They protested that they had passed eight
cen and Were out OF the kindergarten class.
The doorkeepers knowing that dozen PLAIN
clothes men, TO say nothing OF a "shoo-hy' rounds
man two drifting about the resort, showed
commendabe frmness. and the children had 10 be
content with soda water
Now that the police have awakened, the sneak
thieves and hod-up who made Fort George
their headquarters have drifted TO other helds
The Washington Heights Improvement Associa ton
is sti working its plan 10 make the historic nil
city park, and the proposal VIII take dennlte
shape within week or two
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
IN THE PETROLEUM FIELDS.

There was little of interesting nature last
week in the lower Southwest petroleum field. New
work is falling Off. fewer competitions recorded
and the new wells continue to average smaller
and smaller, as time passes. The story Of the
first half OF the year is, with few exceptions
discOuraging one and even these exceptions, nota-
bly, the Warrington development and the Mcbride
surprise, failed up 70 early promises
Operators are discouraged and DO not know where
TO look for territories worth the necessary
expenditure for test. Still work is going IN
many localities in a half-hearted and desultory
way. All that is wanted is fair possibility OF sue
cess. There is energy enough ard money enough TO
invest If the opportunity presents itself.
The pool Of Warrington, Marion County
which started off with much promise and in
which q great deal of money invested, is a
disappointment. for the district has not held up
70 anything like its early promise. The recent
wells drilled caused the earlier wells to decline
rapidly, and present there is only producing
100 barrels day. and the average production of all
the wells is probably less than twenty barrels
day The district is now thoroughly defined as it
is surrounded by q necklace Of busters that per-
nit no hope of anything beyond.
The Mcbride gusher continues hold It's own
in a most surprising and satisfactory manner as
il is still producing about eighteen barrels hour
It is however. the only well Of all those com
plated in this neishborhood that amounts to any
thing at present The Phillips we'll. which was the
first finished after the Mcbride and which
started out AT a 200 barrel is now producing
less than ten barrels a day. The fourth well on
the Schegel farm, completed Wednesday
good for only ten barrels day Like reports come
from ali the other wells IN the section 4 number
Of others approaching completion but
little is expected of any Of them. as IL is believed
that the Mcbride wonder and the other wells that
started out SO strongly have pretty well drained
the field.
The Yellow Creek district, in Calhoun County il
still the scene Of activity. and reports
pieted wells of a larger average size than any
other district. one we'll finished through the
Berea Grit. was good for l5o barrels day. and
several other smaller gave encourage
me a. TIFE rna p-
farm northeast of Folsom, WetZie County.
Refined petroleum was unchanged from last week
AZ 6 80 in barrels and 4-00 in bulk AT New-Yor
Philadelphia prices were basis of points
lower. The foreign refined market showed some
changes. as London was quoted at 7-l6d per i'm
periai gallon an advance OF 3-l6d. Antwerp was
unchanged at l9 francs per 100 kilOs and Bremen
unchanged al 6.S5 per 30 kilOs.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
HUGE CHORUS OF 800 VOICES.
Remarkable Concert Given by Combined
Working Mems Singing Societies.

II the 18th Regiment armory in Marey-aVe,
,1rtli,. -,,sF,l1-p the Workngmens Singing Societies
~ The Northeastern States last evening carried out
a sr,1pendous concert. in which there was a men $
cbor7Is Of 2 900 voices. well as womens chorus
of 500 and a children's Of 400 There were present
IN all more than 1909 persons and the great AZ
uorv presented a lively appearance.
This federation of societies comprises sixty-two
,,5ivtd,,aI societies coming from all the Norsl-
eastern States. They began a four days festival
in the Labor Lyceum, Willoughoy-aVe.' brooklyn
ra-,,r5av night with a welcoming concert, at
which there were addresses.
Tast nights concert was under the direction OF
.1obn r SchadeI. and was the first OF It's KIND
,,ven IN the arInory IN a long time. The sololsts
we're Mrs Maria Rafold and Mrs Marie Maurer
rrbare were nineteen numbers on tIle programme
nd every one was heartily applauded
o-5s,v he societies Will hold a convention IN
-, ,--e--,ir- anI In the afternoon they Will go 20
1ionee- Island Tomorrow there Will be a big pa
rsde aad later a picnic IN Ridgewood Pafk.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
TO END ELECTRICAL LOCKOUT.
Officers of International Brotherhood Com
ing 70 This City.

The officers Of the International Brotherhood Of
Electrical Workers coming TO NewHOrk 10
end the lockout Of Electrical Workers Union No
g. First Nice-Presdeut Sweek Of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood Is in this city, and Presi-
dent McNulty and other international officers Will
reach New-York to-day tomorrow. II is be
IeVed that the lockout viii be ended, as the lock-
outs OF the lie layers and carpenters we're, by an
arnalgamation Of the old and new unions, under
international charter Electrical Workers No ; is
one Of the largest of the locked out unions. and
soFre Of its members hold cards with the new
union. while remaining with No g.
The present plan Of ending the lockout Of the
remaining trades which not at peace with en-
uIovers was agreed on. for the reason thai the
employers pledged themselves not 10 recognize
the locked out unions under any circumstances
bUr they have no hght with the information
unions and the arbitration agreement proVldes toF
Z he employment Of union men only: b setnlns
fb4 lcckouts through the medium or the lnteFha-
rional unions the employers get out OF gong oaeh
on their pledge not 10 confer Win 1he ioeAeu "u'
rrriD
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
THE OPEN DOOR IN sEANTUNG.

Washington. July Taking notice Of frequent
reports that the German policy in Shantung Prov
inc- in China consistent with her reiterated
Endorsement Of the open door, Baron Speck Won
Sternt,urg The German Ambassa dor, said to-day
hat the criticisms he had noticed referred parteu-
larly 70 the ten-Tue zone along the lines Of Ger
luarys railways Ia this province. in which Germany
exercised exclusive mining privileges
Germany enjoys, with regard 20 her railways IN
SHantung." the Ambassador said eNacuy the
s,rr,e rrikeges and no more. which all other cOun-
tries having railways in this province enjoy. In
Guiding Belgium, Great Britain America and China
As 10 the open door ia Shantuug, il is only neees
zlry compare the rapid increase qf foreign trade
IN Tie port OF Tsing-Tau ana the facilities for
tr7afsportatIon Of non-Ciernan goods within the
province Nothing could speak more c!eiiiy Tor
me fair play enjoyed by all countries which nave
trade interests h that part OF China Ohcial re
ports corrobCrate this sJateneIst
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
FIGHT At BRIDGE.
Cherry Hill Gang Finally OUercome
bg Night Sticks.

A dozen members Of the Cherry Hill Gang upset
things al the Park Row end of the Brooklyn
Bridge last night, and in front Of Andy Horns
saloon they began fighting in earnest. There was
almost a riot as the police ran up and mingled
freely using their night sticks and hsts
When the scene of battle was cleared away ali
tbe fighters had escaped but four who were
marched TO the Oak-st. police station, each between
two policemen. and locked up on the charge OF
disorderly conduct Their heads were sore 100
from the punching the policemen gave them
The ruffians had first started quarrel among
ther,selves on a Coney Island train, and when
raev GOT 10 the street renewed it. The enormous
crowd which surrounded them made IL al
most impossible for the police 10 do anything at
first Women screamed and men pushed eaeh other
se.-eral being knocked down IN me scraInoe.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
KANSAS IMPORTING CRIMINALS.
COMPLAINT Made Against Free Employment
Agency for Harvesting.
IBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

Toneba Kan July 2.-Complaints have been re-
ceived by the State Board Of Control OF ChfltiOie
institutions from county attorneys in the wheat
hait who saw that the annual importation OF har-
vest Ia aborers is flooding the State with criminals
J W Brown. County Attorney of Reno. says;
The free employment agency is costing Kansas
more than any other State department have sent
twenty-nine men to the peStentiary from INeIio
County in thirty months and twenty-four OF these
were men who came here work in the harvest
fields The men are undesirable citizens who com
nit crimes. and then Kansas must support them IN
her penitentiary.'
The members Of the board viii make an lhVesli-
cation and probably recommend TO the next iegls-
atrre that the employment agency law be repealed
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
DR.. WILEY ON GRAFT.
Says Lust for Wealth Is SapmHg
american Nation.

The Rev. DR. David G. wylie pastor of the
Scotch Presbyterian Church, at Central Park West
generacy In the course OF his sermon he dwelt
upon the dangers to American civilization
from disregard of law pride. luxury Ostentation,
irreligion and forgetfulness OF God.
In speaking upon the inordinate love for wealth
so characteristic of American life, he said:
TO use an offensive term. graft seems every
~nere lad honesty IS at 2 premium. There is great
craze for wealth leads cheating stealing. lying,
and many immoral features in business life. The
material put into manT bnilinrs be croHng Of
families into mean tenement houses are ali the re-
suit of the Unsuitable desire for more money.
Impulse ar Here s aGs @en Rase
tarnlshed their names bv the manner in which
sttntion, Men, wei known, respected. nigh up IN
fbeT bHds ana ana social 1 station have taken fire into
aden siiis rs Is symptom ei degeneration and dec
have lost faith In their mobiles and many Of our
tnanre sd Are I Iast osng faith in our mobiles Of
nnance ma pushed to the limit We need to initiate
scandal where directors of high standing were sent
behind prison bars The trial and conviction of
fully other peoples money would do much TO re-
saoud dea IN th IN me me MAJESTY Of the Law for law
sc s-ren at The risk Of being called sensational
Of the United states in his dealing with graspng
MeTtan and Cleveland Pau
eral Mayer and District Attorney Jerome have the
opportunity or their lives to serve hundreds of
great wrong.
am convinced that these men are sincere in
their purpose, and it is devoutIy hoped that no
@aiign influence social. commercial or political,
his full duty
lf We are 10 continue a nation. we must have
Iote honesty IN business; put stop the almost
universal corruption by money. and infuse a re-
generating principle into our national life
IT things so they now going our doom
is sealed, and the sun of our prosperity will soon
n 0f men xxTb fpvr
moral Ideals cannot long endure Dishonesty
IhlsFeFy ana seoundrelism result in degeneracy
IIeecauehce degradation and destruction We need
E nlgner Ideals honester methods and more genuine
rellgion IN our national life Too many have for
gotten God and become proud and ostentatious II
Is a nnle to work and live and act Alright and 10
public conduct
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
TO PREVENT WARS.
Justice Brewers Hopes of Friendly Agree
ment Between Nations.

David J. Brewer Justice OF the United States
Supreme Court. has interesting article in the
current number of The Christian EndeavOr World
on second Hague conference and what may be
expected of II. Discussing ways and means of
preventing war, Justice Brewer says:
There is, where all nations equal in legal
right. no sheriff or marshal who can enforce &c
cree of an international tribunal II is not to be
expected that the nations will consent that any
obediehce But is il NOT possible that the nations
may contract for some action which shall give
equality OF legal right and Yet be as potent as
writ in the hands of sheriff or marshal TO compel
obedi ance to the decree OF court within the limits
The duty Of avoiding war and seeking peaceful
settlement OF interna tonal disputes has already
been affirmed May not all the nations be willing
all intercourse with any nation that oends by ini-
tiating instead of appealing TO arbitration? =?
offending nation International outlaw. dealings
whose people ana Iae eiti1ehs or oIheT nations,
shall wholly cease? Such separation and outlaw-y
and compuision in the strictest sense OF the term
1t would almost certainly plunge the offending ma
Ii may be said that Notwithstanding such agree
10 il If an emergency arose in which the favor of
the offending nation was specially desired. The
ISat any nation not living UP TO It's terms should
llSetI De stn!eCteu 70 li,e aS d!Iu olt
laWTy Sell Interest would then, IN almost every
case compel any nation. matter what its desires
nations rather than with the offending outlaw.
Finally. let me say that the universal blessing
ton for war n Of settling international
disputes Is and must ever make. a strong appeal
to thoughtful men and women. We may talk
please of the righteousness of some wars; We may
believe that in some directions they have accom-
piished good. but after all the waste of property
the destruction of life. the soTrOwing homes. the
great gloom cannot be put out of thought The
dark cloud eRveloOs. even though rays of HghS
may pierce the darkness. Humanity grows weary.
It has heard too long the biare OF the bugle and
the roll of the drum. II longs for the sweet music
Of the angels song az Bethlehem, and waits for
the dav when It's pronletic declaration of peace
on earth shall be the jubilee song OF all nations Of
earth. II WAITS Tor the glad response
Traveller 10. the Prince Of Peacs
Lo OF God
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
BOMBARDED WITH SODA WATER.
Bath Beach Startled by Explosions When
Car Crashes Into Bottle Wagon.

Residents of Bath Beach. in the vicinity OF Bay
e0tb and S6th sts were awakened yesterday morn
ing by a series of explosions which made them
think for moment that war had broken out A
steady pop, pop! pop.' frightened women and
children and il was several minutes before the
noise subsided II was then found that a double
decker bottle wagon loaded with soda water and
ginger ale had been struck amidships by a trolley
car Several hundred bottles were hurled in all
directions Many were broken and the contents OF
the Others was violently agtated that the eorks
were blown out after the other. The damage
10 the wagon azd its contents is estimated dt
81 66e
James Flanagan. of Bay 19th-St- and Benson-ave
the driver of the wagon, and Tony DenaFo, twelve
years old OF the address. his helper, were
hurled through the air and or less cut and
bruised DR. Clay. from the Emergency Hospital
attended to both and took the boy 70 the hospital
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
PENNSYLVANIA sAENGERFEsT OPENS
Eleven Kew-York Organizations VIII Com
pete for Prizes at Allentown.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Allentown Penn, July Z-Ihe Fehlsy wanna
s,perfesr under the auspices OF the Federated
60, Singing Societies Of this State. began to-
nie,r with an opening concert in Singer Hall OF
eleven singing organizations from NeW-York that
win narticiate in the three day festival seven sang
-1,,f-h- as follows: The Franz Schubert Manner
chor the WlHamsbridge Mannerehor' the New
work TSedetafeI the New-Yorker Quartet Society,
The Alpenrosli Of College Point; the Einigheit or
Staten Island and the Jersey City society
Al the prize concert tomorrow afternoon most or
the New-York societies viii compete with the crack
r.,,er ,Farns-cl,o- Of PhiIadelphia and ten other
ror,-,s,-l,-ara organizations on the Fourth there
,,iu h. a., o7un ais concert all day with band
r.s4itfons and singing by rnassed chOFuses John
(.raeNei, ~ staDletou is the fest president and
p Joseph Bayerl. Of New-YoTk. fest director
Twenty thousand visitors expected.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
ILLICIT IMMIGRATION.
Foreign Syndicate Smuggling Grim
inal Aliens Into This Country.

Writing in the current Issue of Charities" on
Underground indignation Broughton Branden-
burg says
The short-sighredness displayed by prominent
torelsn porn Amerf ans III the matter OF mmigra-
tion Is on2 OF the most discouraging things | have
encountered in purely impersOnSl attempt To
Detter aIies conditions. The influential Italian be-
immoral French. physically deficient HungarianE,
but cannot why the cousin Of mis- brother-in-
law should not come into the United States just
because he got into little trouble in the old
influential Jew think all the usderous Italians,
1issolule Slavs, contract ahortrs from Hungary.
etc. should be barred. but the ToOr. broken,
worthless, spiriJess Jew of mis- tribe should be
support Ehe societies that bring him. The French
HguoT dealer, who heads the little sub rosa syudi
cate for Ihe dtstri lutiCn OF immoral women raves
the terrible damage being done 10 this coun
and all forget the proverb of the gnose and the
gander
The most vicious form OF underground imTnIgra-
tion Is the careful preparation for eoncea lment
Naples ! found su,h unmistakahle evidences Of
underground immigration that l lid not see how
il possible for the operatives Il go alonS un-
discovered I succeed I'd in breaking up one g2nS
of twenty, combining its efforts 10 the purely LEGAL
operation Of getting immigrants from all OF the
disease laden centres OF Southern Europe aboard
ship without having their baggage inspected and
fimigated FOrty-twO immigrant lodging mouse
keepers were found TO hHve formed pool, and
sent cut clever agents TO all parts or ltaIy 20 re-
cruit the epeptic periodically insane, crippled,
trachomatous criEliEal persons who deslred 10
come 10 the United States and have feared 10
attempt IT, or had been debarred AT Naples or
Ellis island For from SO TO $3.50, the amount De
pending how difficult the case was or now hluch
the agents guaranteed TO set them into this eouh-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
PROMINENT ARRIVALS At THE HOTELS

-lA-H. L. Daegett Paris. cecilia Loftus. Sew
4orks M g. SerOpyan. Persian Consul ~ ~ LSuls'
Iey, Abntaaa. GILsEY-Fred ], MAYER bait BAIT
more. HOFFMAN HOTsE-h g. Remick, am
hrldgc. HOLLAND HOUsE-J ". Baker. chicago.
IMPERIAL, ,harles n TaibeFt MSsh1hglo,., l
Forrest q. Whitnes Philadelphia. T 81 Power
rots. Laited States Marine HOSPITAL SefFlesF' z
= seck. Newport. + a. Taylor a. > a Nd
HATTAN AN-Nfilam Waldo Hyde. Hartford. d X
RAY HILL X Gordon. Philadelphia \ AahEh-
1-A-sD-leEris 2. Cary, PhiladeiDha. y ~ tS iSop
insaa Hartford NAFARRE-Captain r. Il. Mar
tln q. s. A sAVOY-E. Heyi philadelphia Coy Coy
etoT r. 3 Glenn North Carolina. WALLohf
AsrORIA-Judge ] r. Maynard. Ttieat ~ ces
5-ortes Counsel ~ The French femba~sf, WASHING
C. NOLcCTT-Lc R0y &. Ali!ler. fganAlia. Penn
New-York tribune., 1905-07-03
SERVICE FOR EAST SIDE CHILDREN
Meeting on Cathedral Grounds Postponed on
Account of Weather.

An open air service for the East Side children
was planned for yesterday the cathedral
grounds, u3th-st. and Amsterdam-ave on ac-
count Of the weather the meeting was postponed
until next Sunday The matter is in the hands OF
ArchdeacOn Nelson. who said last night:
The service planned for to-day will be held next
Sunday afternoon o'clock If it is pleasant
snail have the service out under the trees: if
rainy, in the hall of the cathedral building We
expect about a thousand persons. True, have
chairs for them, but the service will be short
less than hour-and those who wish may sit
the grass.
The full cathedral choir will sing. ard the ia
miliar hymns will be led by q cornet. If success
ful, shall continue the services until September.