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New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS METHODS.
Questions by Keep Commission for Heads of
Departments.

Washington. Aug. 1.-The Keep commission, a.
pointed by the President TO investigate business
methods in the executive departments of the gov
ernment and suggest any desirable changes
has prepared 107 questions which II has forwarded
10 the heads Of departments, with requests for
prompt replies These questions relate principally
10 the general subjects OF department organization,
personnel correspondence ard files. the purchase
Of supplies. and accounts and miscellaneous mat
tiers. Among the questions asked are the follow
ing:
Is there any regular committee on departmental
methods in your department?
What is the method OF responsibility for public
property for the DEPARTMENT?
What procedure and policy followed in making
up departmental estimates for appropriations?
Are any persons I'm your department engaged in
without expert and practical knowledge Of
actual conditions affecting affected by such de-
cisons distinguished from a knowledge OF the
Is there any system by which field men become
Il anliliar with Office methods and office men with
field methods
doing the same kind of work?
Describe carefully the system OF promotion and
SIS operation. and 10 what extent does promotion
mean change of work. and to what extent is It
1nerely increase OF Day2
What il any. cooperation is there with other
departments in standardizing stationery and mis-
sellaneCus a supplies purchased
Method Of reaching bidders for supplies. and II
circular letters are used. Who determines 10 whom
they sent?
what safeguards are used in connection with the
receipt OF cash, checks, ETC. and their deposit in
the Treasury?
Describe in detail any system now in operation
IN YOUR department for keeping the cost OF work,
or the comparative between offices and
departments between the government and
private enterprises
AS the result of any such system have standards
OF maximum cost been adopted?
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
TWO DIE ON THE BREMEN.
Passengers Maize Up Purse for
Mother of Infant Buried at Sea.

The steamship Bremen, of the North German
Lloyd line. which reached port yesterday. re-
ported two deaths at sea.
Among the passengers who boarded the Bre-
men on the 22d was Mrs. Dorothy E. Vedder
widow Of Captain c. Vedder. an ex-Confederate
officer. Last Wednesday Mrs. Vedder became
i'll from gastritis and died the next day. The
body embalmed and brought to port 1t
viii be sent to-day to her home Alexandria
Va Mrs. Vedder sixty-one years old.
William Grosser, two years old who was in
the steerage with his mother died from con-
gestion OF the lungs on July %. The body was
buried at The first and second cabin pas
sengers raised purse of SIS for the boys
mother.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
GOLF MATCH PLAY AT EKWAN0K.
Stockholders Compete in Handicap for Ar
thur Taylor Memorial Cup.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.

Manchester Vt, Aug. 1.-Sixteen players started
in the annual handicap competition for the Arthur
Taylor Memorial Cup here to-day on the EkNanoA
links The event is open only to stockholders OF
the club The hrst and second rounds at match
play we're completed. The result follows;
First round 1natch play. Arthur Taylor Memorial Cup
lanes I. Taylor, o ". Brown o. up and
:. 10 piay: A I. white, plus beat Paul Waterman, o.
up and 4 to play; clark Burnhan. O. beat H. M sill
3 UP and / to play; A. NJ. Reed. plus /, beat r. F.
Mcqueen, 10. 2 up and to play; A W Black s, beat
Jasper Lynch, up and l to play; H l. Edwards o.
beat F. c Robertson. O. up F. c. Brown. 10 beat
J. Gunther. IS. up and to play E ". TAYLOR. 2 beat
r. T Lincoln. is. l
Second round match playl-Janes l. Taylor. O. beat a
l.. White, plus 4 up play A. NJ Reed. plus L
Clark Burnham o. 1 II. L Edwards. o. beat 4
Black and 2 TO play; p G. Prown beat F. W.
default.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
LOOPS THE LOOP TO LIBERTY
Darkys Dazzling Death Defying Dive to
Dinner Dishes
IBT rrLrrRApH TO THE rRIrrNr.l

New-Bedford, Mass. Aug. l.-One 'Rastus John
son. negro Of course, gave the local police the
most remarkable Slide for life" performance in
their experience this evening in his escape from a
raided poker party I'm Wa-er-st. When Lieutenant
McBay and the other officers made their appear
ance Johnson dodged behind of his companions
and dved through the window OF the room on the
second floor Of the building.
Landing. he kept right going. He struck a
sharply pitched roof inclining toward the next
building. three feet away. Reaching the gutter he
shot out into space. dropping six feet through the
air. but having sufficient velocity O carry him
across the three-foot area and through the ground
floor window OF the next house. Here he landed
among the dinner dishes OF dusky Mary Allen
frightening the woman into Mysteries.
Johnson lost time in doing disaDpearanca
act good the main show leaving a trail ~
wrecked windows behind nim
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
JOHN SHONTAG MISSING.
Wife Fears Man from RivertOn, Conn., hN
Committed Suicide

After searching I'VE months for her TsS'"S
band and obtaining no news of him, MS -,
Shontag once an expert horSewonaU, caii'N -
the New Rochelle police yesterday ana SF'
10 them To- helm md him -
Shontax was formerly a member ~ the -
Rochelle RowinS and New-NorK Athletic '
and was a past master OF lodge ~ Free . " 81,
IN Vermont FJe LETT Riverton. conn on N',,r N''e
last 10 Join his Wife who. With her six e'i' -
was in New Rochelle vtsjtiDg her S'S'v', -,
George w IIppincott. wife of the we'll -.
yachtsman. Nothing has been heard ei Sis ~
since although his wife has written mouse he
letters To hospitals. and lodges thfVueis ~ hus-
country. Mrs. Shontag now believes tn'' ~"
band has committed suicide
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
IM4N BLOUN TO PIECES.
Dynamite Intended for Killing Fish
EGpIOdes an Boat.

Buffalo. Aug. Richard Johnson, sixty-two
years old was blown to pieces by dynamite
while rowing Niagara River at Tona-
wanda to-day. Charles Duffy and Charles
Sturgis were with Johnson in the boat. Duffy's
legs were torn by the explosion, but Sturges
capped uninjured one side of the boat shat
tered. but Sturges managed to keep # afioat
until the party rescued.
Johnson. il is said, was about to explode
stick of dynamite to kill fish. The dynamite fell
out Of his hands. and. striking the side of the
boat. exploded. Johnson's head and arms
blown off. Duffy will recover.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
MORE GLORY FOR list REGIMENT.
CAPTAIN Corwin Wins Association Rifle
Match at Creedmoor Range.

Creedmore. Long Island. Aug THE meeting of
the State Rifle Association closed this afternoon
with the conclusion Of the match for members
only.
This called for shooting the three long ranges
500 500 and $50 yards followed by n skirmsh run
Th" winning of this match carries the Individual
championship OF the association
The list Regiment again scored a victory. Cap
tain Corwin winning by a Of To- of "A pos
sihte 2OS. Sergeant short of the 7th took second
money, while members of the list made the
SIN highest scores. The results.
NEW YORK STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION MATCH
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
FOR GOLF BLUE RIBBON.
FULL LIST or ENTRIES.
This Year 1e7, against
142 an 1901 and 40 an 1908.

William Felowes Morgan, secretary or the
United States Golf Association. gave out the
entries last night for the national amateur
championship which is to be played next week
over the links of the Chicago Golf Club at
Wheaton, Ill
There are 127 entries, against 142 last year at
Baltusrol. and 40 in 1903 at the Nassau Coun-
try Club. The entry from the East is compare
lively small for national championship, al
though the metropolitan district has been a
little more liberal than Philadelphia and Massa-
chusetts.
From near New-York there about dozen
golfers entered, while there only about seven
Philadelphians and four from the Boston dis
trict. This does not include the present or
former champions.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
NEwTowN CREEK BRIDGE TESTED.
Leaves Dovetail Perfectly, Engineers Say
Four Houses for Operator.

The litt bridge N-wtovn Creek. Long Island
ity, which is the largest Of bridges OF that
type being built for the city tested yesterday.
and the mechanism found 10 work we'll. The
esVs of the bridge were lowered into position
FOR the first time, and the engineers present said
that they dovefailed perfectly
Before the bridge be opened for public use
electrical plant 20 operate the leaves must be
Installed. The plant used for the m
l'oraTy The operator will occupy small
house side. To make the bridge appear uni
form four the houses built. They are
about eight by feet and OF wood. and they cost
1hc city s.. 900 each. The contractors said yester
day that the bridge would be turned over 20 the
city by the end Of September
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
LAWN TENNIS AT NAHANT.

Nahant Mass, Aug. l.-Only three matches were
played in the invitation lawn tennis tournament at
the Nahant Club to-day, owing to the continuation
of the drizzling ranstorm. The Horton-I leonard
proved the most exciting last neces-
stating twenty-siX games before Horton won. The
doubles will be started tomorrow. The summary:
First round-B r. V. Lyons defeated s J. Grant G
Is J. G. Davidson defeated n. p. Helowel 6-4 q
g Atkinson defeated r. stockton by default; F. col
son defeated r. Hooker by default; j. S1IIav-ay Dc
feated l.. W. Glasebrook ~ defau
round-K. Horton defeated F.. W. Leonard. S-6
a
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
SIXTEEN YEARS FOR "TExAs JACK"

In spite pleas not sustained by the War De
partrnent records. that he fought San Juan Hill
and instrumental in saving President Roose
Welt then colonel OF the Rough Riders. from injury
John Holmes. known Texas Jack,
Ienced sixteen years in State Prison by Judge
Foster General Sessions yesterday At Fort
George recently Holmes held up Miss Ida ko-
Iu5usiv. Of No. 81 East l2th-st.. and Samuel Aro
nov. of No Iis Seigel-st.. Brooklyn. and robbed
Them Of So. In appearance Holmes resembles
gorilla. He Is dark hairy and extremely homely,
with excessively long arms
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
RUSH FOR UINTAH LANDS.

Denver, Aug L-Adviccs from Grand Junction,
Col. and Vernsi, Price and Provo, Utah. indicate
that the work Of registering applicants for home
steads in the Ilintsh reservation is proceeding I'm
orderly manner. The registration opened at 9
O'Clock to-day, and will continue for twelve DAYS
A dispatch from Grand Junction says that fully
five thousand strangers have already arrived I'm
that city, most of whom intend TO register
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
SOUTHERN LEAGUE CHANGES.

birmingham Ala. Aug president N"' -. 3,r
81 the Southern Baseball League announces -,
that arrangements had been made t'' Wv .sr
Orleans team 70 play at Meridian. Miss ,u
Of the games scheduled for the home grounIS
This order superSedeS temporary Ar tttS5l1srs.llsr
announced 2 few days sgC. As a result t1-.S
Scheduls II The Southern League VIII heid s,,~ uss
"a is likely thai Shreveport will make
Of the ChattsnOoga grounds while the a's''
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
KhIcKsRsockER INVESTMENT ORDER
iBF TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIHUNE.l

fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
Trenton Aug I.-Eice-C,hancellor Bergen signed
order to-day directing the officers and directors
90 the Rniclzerbocker Investment Company, OF
Ney-Yorf. to over all the assets OF the cor
forstion to Jerome Taylor, or Newark, VINO was
prratber of Governor Stokes The order slso III
,btr claims ana accept payment from the receiver
The purpose Of the order IS 10 place the hnlcEer-
r,-ty. .1sfrs within control Of the court penang
. final 6eterrninstion Of rhe pending procefdinss
AZ nave the receiver dismissed
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
L. l. r. r. POLICE BEGIN WORK.

The new police force OF the Long Island Railroad
went duty yesterday Robert F.. Kerkam the
superintendent NJ the force opened an office tenn
porarily in the building in Long Island city where
the railroad electric plant is located Branch Offices
also opened in Jamaica and East New York
The force IS organized the the city depart
u1ent The force numbers two hundred. and VIII
guard all the company property.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
DOG SHOW AT BRIGHTON BEACH.

The executive committee Of the Long Island Ken
mel club met at the Hotel Brighton. Brighton
Reach, Yesterday afternoon and completed arrauze-
meutS for Its second annual whippet races and
open air bench show the Brighton Reach race
track on Monday, September :. A fu programme
of classes will be announced and fast dogs
VII coWPete Joseph Dale. ~ No lSS NJ rtle-
ave. truUklS n Ia the secretary Of the club.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
WILL NOT EXTEND PROVIDENCE MEET.

Providence, r. l.. Aug Although permission
was received from the stewards OF the Jockey Club
extend the race meeting Mt Narragansett Park
for another week Maurice G. Minton. president of
the Narragansctt Breeders Association. stated
night that the meeting would close Saturday
August < a . originally planned.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
M. DADY GETS 1927, $50 CONTRACT
To Rebuild the Massapequa Pumping Station
in the Brooklyn Waterworks System

Michael J. Dady has obtained the contract for
rebuilding the MassapeQua pumping station.
through which Brooklyn gets the greater portion
ot its water supply His bid 1927 $50, that of
he Borough Construction Company, the only other
bidder $500 This Is of the largest
contracts awarded by the Department OF Water
supply Gas and Electricity this wear. The
Fra6tor has three hunsred working days COM
plefe the job.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
STAKE FOR MR.. VANDERBILT.

Paris. Aug. Nv. X. Vanderbilt's Fscalace won
the Herbay Stakes and Prestige the Omniur7
Stakes at Maisons- Iafltte to-day.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02

The strongest players New-York has entered
are Walter J. Travis. Jerome D. Travers. Fred
Herreshon runner-up last year 10 H. Chandler
Egan; Percy r, Pyne. I'd. former intercol-
legiate champion; James NJ. Rhett and w. c.
Carnegie.
There is a heavy entry from the West. how
ever. which includes II. Chandler Egan, Walter
Z. Egan. Phelps r. Hoyt and all the golfers
of any marked ability in the vicinity of Chi
cago.
Among the Pittsburg entries E. NJ. Byers.
who runner up in 1902 and again in 1903;
G. A Ormiston. who put Walter J. Travis out
last year at Baltusrol. and w. c. Fownes. jr
champion of the Western Pennsylvania Golf As
ISOLATION
Among the noted golfers of the country, how
ever, who have not entered Findlay S.
Douglas. amateur champion of 1898; John NJ.
Ward. the NewJersey champion; Charles S.
Seely the metropolitan champion; George T.
BrOkaw. now in Europe; Archie Graham, r. c.
Watson. jr.. Frank O. Rinehart. Murray Oily
phant A. G. Lockwood of Boston, and many
others. The list of entries follows:
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
WORK wANTLD.

Sifunrfoss Wented-Male snd Female
-Four lines (not exceeding "A Words. tnr.s
insertions, Is cents. seven Insertions. %
eents Exceeding "a words and less than 10
words three Insertions. ~ cents. sevsn In
serti0ns 90 cents.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
For Equestriennes Riding
MISUNDERSTANDING,
Ready-to=Wear.

FL,
-ALF years planning eliminated a few
III r. III months ago introduction of series
III n i Of Ready-to-Wear Garments for horse
H. u III women. 1t Macy idea, carried out
fpaci5.I most carefully. The original models were
Eas4G4 IL by custom tailor. Reproduced
for regular stock lines, they become noteworthy
adj o a that considered wellnlgh
complete-that of ReadY-tO-Weer Apparel for
Since the Introduction, have sold hundreds of
the Habits to patrons and about the metropolis
while Mali Order organization has filled orders
from every State the Union.
Similar Habits, ready-tO-VWear. are not to be had
elsewhere. They shown here exclusively Apart
fact that they are in every way as desira-
made-tO-OPder Habits, they cost from one
third one-haf less than nade-to-oruer garb
commands.
series includes:
CLOTH HABITS closeftting covert coats
safety adapted for sidesaddle riding poI4 40
black broadcoh and tan covert ft
ted costs and divided skirts adapted for riding asrde S34z4
.fot7 sE7f. for sdeeaddle riding s1s4o
KHAKI HABITS. box model coats for side
saddle Or astTide riding s15.74
SEPARATE LINEN BREECHES, to be with
safety skirts s.. "a
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
FATALLY SHOT BY BOY.
Passerby Vas Picking Up AppIes-
Houd Not Stop.

Arthur Jane, twenty-three years old. a
painter. who lived with his parents In Sheri-
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.

Situations Wnnted-Mais and Fsmaie-
Four lines mot exceeding "a words. three
insertions. 15 cents; seven insertions. 80
cents. Exceeding pa words and less than ~
words three insertions. 10 cents: seven in
ssTtions. 60 cects.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
Male

YOUNG MAN. colored. respectable. recent
ly proprietor Of hotel. 70 take cnsrse in
private family. or as valet G.. r. NJ.
= 1872 5th-ave
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02

YOUNG MAN. 23: college education 4.
speaks. reads and writes the Spanish Ian
guage fueutly: as translator or interpreter
with Al house IN NeW-Y York cuba or Mex
leo. moderate salary. excellent references
r. F. MENENDEZ. s15 DUmont-st.. Brook
lyn.
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02

GONERNESS. -Re-engsEsment required as
nursery governess or mother assistant by
refined English gentIewOman. experienced. !.
can take entire charge good references
A. 5. Box Is. Hartsdale. y Y
EsR and TYPEWRITER -
Permanent position salary no object NJ
r, Box Q. Tribune once
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02

GOING UP.
The Thern1Ometer
these DAYS is
steadily creeping UP.
So is the gain in Advertis-
ing Space in the New
York Daily and Sunday
Tribune.
During the
first half year OF 1905
THE NEW-YORK DAILY
and
SUNDAY TRIBUNE
Printed
526, ,t79 lines Of Advertising
excluding
TRIBUNE advertisements,
more than during
the same period Of 1906.
This public demand for
TRIBUNE
ADVERTISING SPACE
proves
that advertisers IN
THE TRIBUNE
GET RESULTS.
CIRCULATION BOOKS
OPEN
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02
fsrnAaa

COVER NESS French swiss experienced
good city references. one or two children
preferred Address g : L.. 34l West 3Ofh
New-York tribune., 1905-08-02

YOUNG MAN. married. present trade un
healthy. desires place In factory. would
take care OF belts and shafting, or as
watchman. strictly sober. S12. HEFItlCk.
A. Grattan-st.. Brooklyn
YOI' Nc MAN. 10 in Office. four years eI
perience In general Office work and can
furnish reference. @. 2. HICKMAN. Elm
hurst. y Y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-15
JUSTICE AGAIN DELAYED.

The announcement that Gaynor and
Greene, the accomplices of Captain
OberIin VI. Carter in the conspiracy by
which the government was defraudef
of hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
will hardly be brought back to this
country before at least six months have
elapsed, is disagreeable news to all
honest citizens. Justice. in the case of
GaynOT and Greene, has been more than
usually leaden-footed. For eight years
the government has been trying to bring
these men back from Canada and try
them.
only recently the court of last resort
in Great Britain handed down a decis-
ion in favor of-the extradition of Cay
nor and Greene. This was followed by
an order from Judge La Foutaine. the
extradition commissioner at Montreal.
committing the criminals to jail. there
To be held until officers could come
from the United States for them. Now
the defendants have found means to
delay further proceedings and it may
be a year before they are returned.
Eventually. however. they will be
brought back and sent TO prison. This
government may seem to move slowly.
but it moves surely and hangs on
grimly. It viii never desist from its
efforts TO punish Gaynor and Greene
until they have been punished. Mean
while Captain Carter has served his
term in the Denitentiary at Leaven-
worth and has been freed. He Will. OF
course, be used as a witness against his
accomplices since nothing he could say
now would be calculated to incriminate
him.
Greene and GaynOr have been living
well on the $4,000 Carter gave them.
but they are nearing the end of their
row
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-15
SUGAR PRODUCTION.

Some interesting figures on the pro-
ductiOn Of sugar during the last fifty
years are contained in a pamphlet re-
Gently issued by the agricultural de-
partment \ growth from 200 000 tons
of beet sugar in 1854 to 5.g7S 900 tons in
1904 Is shown. IN 1854 1.220. 600 tons Of
cane sugar were produced. Just 4.SIS.-
600 tons were produced in 1904 In the
space Of half a century the cane sugar
production increased three and one-haIf
times, while the beet sugar production
in 1904 was nearly thirty times that of
1854
The report continues:
an 1854 the total production Of both
kinds Of sugar was 100000 tons. while
in 1904 it was 1921. 900 tons. Fifty
years ago there was six times as much
cane sugar produced as beet sugar
Now the beet sugar produced is nearly
30 Der cent more than the cane sugar.
This enormous growth of the beet
sugar production was due in a large
manner to boUnties. and since these
have been Withdrawn the increase may
be checked
The figures of production per acre
are distinctly favorable to cane sugar.
On the continent of Europe the average
production per acre for beet sugar has
not reached 4.5OO pounds. while in Ha-
wall the average for cane sugar has
gone as high as 9.4OO pounds Der acre.
In France the production does not ex-
coed 5000 pounds for beet sugar. In the
United States it Is 1.71O pounds per acre
for beet sugar and 5000 pounds for
cane sugar"
The increase in production has been
followed by a decrease in cost. This
Notwithstanding the abolition of sugar
bounties by the Brussels conference
held some year ago Before the aboIi-
ton Of the boUnties on sugar cost 81
cents in Berlin and cents in France.
Today it can be bought I'm Berlin for AZ
cents and in France for ; cents Der
pound. Both France and Germany
have reduced the taxation on sugar con-
sumed at home. a fact which has led to
a large increase in the CONSUMPTION.
In the United states the beet sugar
industry, which is of comparatively few
years life, continues TO grow rapidly.
The new sugar factory which is to be
built in Payette, Ida. is an example
And more factories are to be built in
this section of the west
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-15

speeds have come 20 believe that very
fast travelling is q development of quite
recent years In a sense this is true
But in 1913 a train on the English
Great Western road covered a single
mile in less than a minute. Then arose
the critics and pronounced the mile-a-
minute rate unsafe II was. too, de-
cidedly unsafe both for trainmen and
for passengers. The rails were light
and the equipment faulty. No attempt.
therefore, was made to maintain a
schedule that would be called even fair
~ fast in these times.
1t was in 1850 that the first great
speed developments for long distances
began. At the outset the attempts to
cut down the schedules were confined
to mail trains After a time it was
found that, with superior equipment
and heavy rails it was possible to op-
crate mail trains with perfect safety
at high speed The development of the
passenger service was naturally not
slow in following.
Has the limit Of speed and safety
been attained in the new Chicago-New
York limited? The man who would
make a definite affirmative answer
would be daring. It is not at all i'm
probable that within the next twenty
years a speed OF eighty miles an hour
VIII not be considered extraordinary
for our fastest trains We may find it
possible to travel from Salt Lake to
Los Angeles in eight or nine hours.
Who knows2