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The Washington times., 1905-11-19
ROCK CREEK PARK
LIKE CENTRAL PARK
Prominent Real Estate Broker Tells Wherein Washington
Property Is Good Thing-Many Improvements
in Progress.

A prominent real estate broker. dis
cussing the future OF the property lying
along the west side Of Rock Creek park,
and generally known as the Connecticut
avenue extended section. compared IT
with Central Park West in New York
city.
a few years ago that section Of New
York city lying west of Central park
was a dense wilderness as compared
with Tire other sections OF Manhattan
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
NEARLY TOOK OCEAN VOYAGE.
Messenger Put Ashore After La Lorraine
Left Her Wharf.

District Messenger No. 7so. who went to deliver a
telegram to departing passenger on the French
line steamship La Lorraine yesterday morning,
furnished a sensation for those on the wharf Mes
sanger No $50 is John Elrnore. employed at the
,eleprepb station No sss west-st. He is three feet
one inch in height sturdy. and sometimes known as
pee Wee"
Just about the time for the gangways to be low
cred Gilmore waving yellow envelope darted on
board the steamship A few seconds later the sig
nal was given to lower the gangplanks. This was
don. and second afterward Elmore appeared at
the ships rail.
The vessel had swung out from the pier. and was
inst starting when E1nore made known his plight
IN two of the ships Instantly one picked the
little fellow up while another wrapped a line about
h,s waist Then as La Lorraine moved out into
the river Frlrnorc lowered to raft beside the
n;er with shout. the threw the line to the
hands assisted Leeson in pulling the lad to the
wharf He was grasped by William OKeefe, an
enpoye of the telegraph company, and j. F. Car
for and pulled up the wharf.
All this time the crowd. both on the ship and
wharf was cheering and peting the boy with
rowers When 1t was all over the crowd gathered
around the boy and congratulated him.
IN Ia Lorraine sailed Miss Julia Marlowe, who
goes TO Carlsbad to be gone six weeks; Judge and
Mrs Dugro Baron r. M. de Brou. Mr.. and Mrs.
q r Dilworth Mr.. and Mrs. Robert NJ. Galloway,
Bishop Leroy. Miss NJ Mott, the Countess de Ma
rotte and william Franklyn Paris
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
FAST TRAINS WRECKED.
Seuen Persons Killed IN accidents
IN West.

Cleveland June ga fast eastbound passeh-
ger train on the Cleveland and Pittsburg oranch
of the Pennsylvania Railroad left the rails ana
was wrecked near Atwater, Ohio, to-day, caus-
ing the death of one passenger, while dozen or
more We're injured.
The train is one of the fastest between Cleve-
land and Pitfsburg. making the run of l4o miles
between the two cities in hours and ID min
utes. A section gang was making repairs on
the track. and, it is said had removed rail- n
fagman sent out, but for some reason ne
failed 10 stop the flyer and the wreck Followed
Relief trains were promptly sent to the scene
and the injured taken 20 Alliance.
Kansas City. Mo, June 29---The California
Limited the Atchson, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway was in collision to-day with heavy
Kansas City Southern stock train at the Giliis-
ST crossing two miles from the centre OF the
city. Two persons were killed and three in
jured.
Ellis, Kan, June 29-Westbound passenger
train No. 1O1 on the Union Pacific Railway,
which left Kansas City last night crashed into
a freight train In the yards here to-day j. n
Kinney. of Ellis, engineer of the passenger train.
and two unknown men, believed to have been
tramps, were killed None OF the passengers
were injured.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30

war: yet they sold It in bulk with one hand, al
ter paying the heavy charges OF sea and land
transport. and with the other repufchased ft
BY local tenders for feeding their men and
horses, paying within halfpenny OF eighteen
shillings for the oats which they got rid OF at
ten. and losing as heavily on hay. beans and
mealies. One hand was cheap and the other
was dear, but the head above the shoulders
pretended not to know what was going on. and
the contractor. who was buying and selling on
his own terms. was not so officious as to remind
it that he was making money himself hand over
hand. Possibly Sir William Butler. being an
Irishman. ought to have been impressed with
the hunlor of this travesty on business manage
ment. Instead of laughing over 1T as pleas
antry at the expense of nation of shopkeepers
and taxpayers, he has given a vivid and pct
uresoue account OF this dual system OF buying
and selling for the contractors benefit ana mas
found relief for his feelings in strong language.
The rhetorical blue book is particularly rri-
tating to the newspapers which are compelled
by the law OF libel to refrain from discussing
the responsibility of the officials implicated In
these scandals Silence is enjoined upon them
since two suits for damages have gone against
them in the courts, and they have not been al
lowed to obtain evidence from the war once OF
to cross-exanine witnesses on the system OF ad-
rninistration Yet the author of this report has
been at liberty to do what they were mulcted IN
damages for attempting in their own defence;
and when he has completed his caustic COM
mentary upon military administration in South
Africa his superior the Secretary for war, nnds
Il necessary to discredt it, in covering note as
in no sense judicial finding since the evidence
was incomplete and not taken under oath. The
committee was instructed to make thorough
investigation and to report on the responsibility
of those concerned in certain contracts; yet It's
conclusions are officially mnmized as sub judfce
and condemned by one of the successful htl-
eauts as distinctly libellous Without douot
there should have been a court of inquiry In
place of department investigation; and no re-
port should have been published until every
body implicated had been heard under oath and
the question had been settled with precision
whether the accounts of the officers in South
Africa had been properly audited and passed
With all the irregularities in procedure, by
which military officers and civilians have been
brought under fire without having full facilities
for protecting their regulations Sir William
Buffers report serves the useful purpose OF
directing public attention in a commanding way
to the inefficency of the army administrative
system - S.ss-- .s-4 L N. F.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
LOVERS DROWN IN LAKE.
Bodies Found 4fter Night Search
IN OscaUdnnas Waters.

Lake Oscawanna, eight miles from Peeksklli'
has begun early this year to claim it's victims
beneath its cold and clear waters James .
McIlravy and Miss Elizabeth Healy were
drowned there Wednesday night, probably about
dusk Miss Healy and her mother and sisters
lived formerly in Cold Spring, but recently moved
to Peekskill. where she employed in laun-
dry. She had vacation and spending a
few days at Oscawanna.
McIlravy undertaken of Cold Spring
a member of the Odd Feliows and Foresters'
lodges, of the volunteer fire department and of
the Oscawanna Lake Club. of Cold Spring. which
has clubhouse on the shore of the lake. He
drove Wednesday morning, met Miss Healy.
to whom he said to be engaged, and about
o'clock in the evening they left the Jay Cox cot
tage in new rowboat, which he had just pur-
chased
They the lake by several persons,
and later the boat was noticed overturned.
Search revealed the hats of McIlravy and Miss
Healy floating. All night long the shores of the
lake were patrolled, and the waters were
dragged without result. At 10 o'clock yester-
day morning McIlravys body was recovered. and
shortly afterward that of Miss Healy found.
The bodies were taken to Cold Spring by per-
mission of Coroner Willard Jay Cox.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
ATTACH CANFIELD HOUSE
p. II. Britt Sued Gambler for
Laz0yers Fee.

An attachment against the ill-famed house at No.
East 44th-st., the property Of Richard A Can
field, the gambler, granted by Justice Truax in
the Supreme Court yesterday the application of
James A Deering, attorney for Philip H. Britt The
application was made in connection with suit for
SIS 600.
q, Mr. Britt was one Of Canfield's attorneys in the
proceedings which followed the exposure of the
gambler and the raid No East Ath-st. by Dis
strict Attorney Jerome. Garfield and his manager
Dave BuckIin were arrested on the charge of
running common gambling house. 1t to this
charge that Garfield pleaded guilty paid fine
Of $1,000. Britts services were valued by him at
10000. He received s. 600
1t was reported few days ago that Garfield had
sold his house to Delnonico's next door and that
the gambling house to be converted into an
annex. The attachment was granted on the ground
that the gambler is not resident of this city, but
lives in Providence, R. /.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
A NOTE OF APPRECIATION.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of June 2S is an article heads
ed '.Old Fire Horses Befriended-"
1t appears that Nicholas F. Brady and friends.
ahave decided to buy in all the old fire horses IN
future so that they may be saved from life oS
drudgery'
All true lovers OF the noble faithful animal. vii
be thankful for this good and kind action. 1t has
been a cruel thing TO sell the poor beasts afters
they could no longer ungrateful city,
Mr. Brady is doing what should have been donei
long ago and in the name OF humanity we thanS
him and trust his action will be example In
other and needed ways 50 that the sunerings OF
these helpless. patient animals may De lessened I'D
some degree.
and deed have made one person. at least IL seems
almost too good to be true. and makes one take
courage even in the midst of the 1nwarranted and
unnccessary cruelty practised every day.
We cannot all do much as Mr. Brady. oilt We
all help to make the Durueh oi tue u"i4O ~
natient animals u little less - --o-,
RrookIyn June 29. 1905
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY.

The following petitions In bankruptcy filed
yesterday with the clerk of the United States Dis
trict Court
Mortimer " Hale. contractor No 6es LexinEton- ave
md No. 132 East 23d-s.i liabilities; s4.e72 assets.
$1099 principal creditor Charles Reade. No 400 West
500.
Jacob schnitzer. No. 22s West i32d-st; liabilities.
SI253 $50 principal creditor American Mills Co..
81 252 petitioner member Schnitzer. dis
solved 1885 without
William II. Clarence and Anseline A. Lutes as Lutes
Bros No 15s West s4ts liabilities. $24ls no assets
$500 principal creditor. William Williams. PrnSetviie
n. Y.a
Schedules OF Julia Mays debts, Ss.36I. assets *loo
principal cneditors. Star Company, No 140 Nassau ST.
81 1885, H II. Post Company. No 2l3 East 2str ST. $500
Involuntary petition filed against Consumers Frckins
Company. corporation by J. Henry Holstcn. Martina j.
d Konn-sits: bond. $500
Burgwyn Maitland appointed receiver Ernest a. Lanse
$500
Fritz Reiss. No. 10 lst-ave liabilities. 81 SOS; assets
81 907 principal creditor Lippman 19S Bowery
sdiI assets stock Of shoes 81 34s: fixtures. $500 ac
!, Frederick fsssh @ No sis East. 5ohst.: liabilities
tiSSo: aasata- household Goods. $500
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
MAN OF MANY ALIASES MAY BE HERE.
"Lord Courtney" Has Often Impersonated
Titled Englishmen

II. L. Courtenay, alias Lord Courtney Lord
Beresford' and "Sir Harry Vane, of Her Majesty's
Light Artillery is said to have arrived here from
England about two months ago. and to be living
quiet life in this city
A member Of the Pinkerton detective force said
yesterday to Tribune reporter that he had heard
that the former bogus British nobleman was again
in this city, but more than that he knew nothing
about the alleged return of Lord Courtney to
this country.
Lord Courtney has been well known in this
city since 1874 and in fact in nearly every part Of
the United States and Canada. While posing as an
English nobleman years ago, Courtney enter
tanned by people of prominence in Newport Rich
mond Va; Baltimore and Canada.
Courtenay is tall and of gentlemanly appearance
He Is about ffty-fve years old. Former Chief of
Police Byrnes said years ago that Courtenay's
right name was supposed to be Clinton. and that
he q of former lodgekeeper Of the Earl
of Devon. In 1890 Courtenay was said to have gone
back to England
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
MAIL WAGON STRIKE.
Contractors, Fearing One, CaH ON
Marshal Henkel for Protection.

United States Marshal Henkel was visited yester-
day by Special Agents ]. M. Masten and r W.
Fae, OF the United states Postal Service contract
office. who asked the marshal for special protec-
ton for the mail transfer service in this city de-
claring they had information that about two nun
dred of the mail transfer drivers intended TO
go strike for higher wages and shorter hours
The strike, the officials said. was scheduled 10
take place midnight tonight. the beginning OF
the Postofice Departments fiscal year. AT tnat
hour the New-Yorl1 Mail Company. which has FOR
about ten years held the contract for transferring
the mails. will be succeeded by two new contractors
G. II. Wolcott being of them Mr Wocotts
drivers said to be engineering the strike Mr.
Woicott's contract calls for the transfer of mail
matter from the General Postoffice TO the Grand
Central Station.
Marshal Henkel promised ne would give the mails
in transfer all the protection in his power, and at
where Inspectors Cortrght and Brooks were taken
in consultation They promised tbs cooperation of
the Police Department Marshal Henkel also COM
municsted with the police Of IIoboken and Jersey
City. and obtained promises of assistance from
those departments.
Munroe Profit. of Floyd, Va. So far as known,
there is disaffecton among Mr. Profits drivers.
although of them said to have declared
that if the wolcott drivers successful in their
strike they will follow with strike. The authori-
ties & do not propose to take any chances howevesi a
men to ali the stations and ferries TO obstruct
or interfere with the United States mails In any
way is punishable by fine of $500 and imprison-
ment for year. and the abandonment OF mail
wagon by driver is also a violation of the United
States statutes.
Just at the beginning OF the holidays in 1909 the the
drivers, who then receiving 81 day for
driving a horse wagon and 81 25 day for a
two horse wagon, with twelve hours work a day.
struck Several of them arrested and pun
ished for interfering with the mails and the strike
was finally settled by giving the men slight ad-
vance in wages
Of willing to be 6, TJs
mail wagon requires more skill than to drive an
ordinary wagon, and that they thought themselves
entitled to as much pay as If not more than. men
driving dump carts and trucks .
Postmaster Wilcox said this afternoon that ne
had heard ru,nors of the threatened strike. He
said he understood the drivers had demanded from
the new contractor more money.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
FIGHT STURGEON IN HE'LL GATE.
Mfesavers Conquer Monster After Half
Hour Struggle.

Battling with big sturgeon in the shallow wa
ters of Bounty's Core. yesterday, John Hetherng-
ton and James Hunter, National Volunteer life
savers had an exceedingly lively half hour. The
cove is on the Astoria shore of He'll Gate. and
station of the lifesavers is there.
While they busy a float, outside their
headquarters. a boy sighted the fish and called to
them to try capture it. The fesavers launched
a boat and with the aid of and boathooks
drove the fish into shallow water.
They soon discovered that they had caught a
Tartar, however for the big fellow lashing the
water to a foam with his tail. and diving and
plungnE at great rate. After some time they
struggle for supremacy. Hetherngton fell prone
and jumping out of the boat they continued the
htrugEle for supremacy Hetherngton fell prone
on the sturgeon while Hunter belabored his head
with an When they had mastered the stur-
geon they made examination. and discovered
that fish had evidently been struck by wheel
of a passing steamboat, and partially incapaci-
tated.
weighed 132 pounds.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
HOLDS TO NEW. RATES.
Royal Arcanum Supreme Council
Denies Brooklyn Demands.

The committee of nine appointed by the seventy
nine councils OF the Royal Arcanum in Brooklyn
to confer with the committee from the supreme
Council of the order concerning the new order OF
rates that has been established reported last
night that 1t was able to accomplish nothing WIN
the Supreme Council The report said that the
executive committee was firmly fixed In its inten-
tiou to continue the present rates. According to
them outside of New-York, there Is almost per
feet satisfaction with the new order
The report made last night to a meeting a.
the Aurora Grata Cathedral. made up of fve dele
gates from each Of the seyenty-nine BROOKLYN
councils Hugo Hirsh, chairman or the committee
spoke at some length Of the work which they IN
tended to do. He strongly condemned the supreme
Council and said that the committee OF nine "oulo
keep working until the Supreme Council was put
ont Of business The meeting passed resoiut'ohs
APPROVING the action of the committee
~ the members OF the Royal Arcanum VINO met
at Terrace Garden last night have their way 'Ao
Grand Council of the State Of New-forK VIII re-
conyane and the representatives to the supreme
Council will be asked to request the supreme oou
oil to reconvene and reconsider their acuoh AZ le
matter Of rates passed at the last convention.
o. Invitation of Celtic Council forty-two coun-
oi,s ont Of sxty-one in Manhattan and The Bronx
were represented at the meeting. Regent 1ohh T.
Walsh OF Celtic Council presided, ana tnete
xyere in attendance between two and three hundreo
r,snhers After four hour session The secretary
of the meeting said that two resolutions had neen
passed, one Of which was as follows:
That while do not fully approve Of the action
cerning the rates, do. however, heartily ap-
prove and declare our perfect confidence IN the
stability of the Order OF the Royal Arcanum'
The second resolution, requesting Grand Regent
Samuel N Hoag, of Mount Vernon, to call a fneet-
ing of the Grand Lodge of the State, was passed
unanimously
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
STOCK MARKET IN JURY BOX.
Juror Continues to Get Cotton Reports
While Listening to Testimony.

Barton S. Castles, cotton broker. who is jury
in murder case in General Sessions. con-
tinued to receive MESA ges from his firm yester-
day to the rise and fall OF the cotton mar
ket He was allowed TO do SO by Judge Foster,
counsel objecting. e held that it would ease
his mind to know how the market was, and he
could then pay better attention to the case being
heard. The messages brought TO court by
messenger boys, and given to the court who
scans them and then hands them to the Juror
The cotton ma, ket- which on Tuesday and
Wednesday had advanced about 75 points opened
yesterday 10 to Is points under Wednesdays close
the weakness being due to unexpected break in
the Liverpool market said to have been the result
of selling for American account Extensive buying
orders from Southern points, reports injury to
the growing crop ia various parts of the cotton
belt from the continued heavy rains. held the de-
cline within moderate bounds. The leading futures
closed points above the lowest of the day and
from II to Is points lower than Wednesday
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
pu1LER-IN GETS HIs'N, "B'GosH.'
Top Notch, N. J. Resident Doesn't Like Bay
ard-st Methods.

Thomas Colbert, who confessed that MS nome
was at Top Notch N j., was arraigned yesterday
before Magistrate Pool in the Tombs court charged
with assault. The complainant against him was
Myra Kaufman. who keeps a clothing store IN
Bayard-st and who alleged that Colbert had struck
him in an argument over sale OF clothing
What have you to say to this?" asked the court
Of Colbert who bore the earnlarks OF his ruri Ire
in a carpet bag and brown umbrella tied amioshlps
with a bit of twine.
Well, replied the prisoner. in combined diaIect
see jedge do live in Jersey, but by gor' I'm no jay
fer all that. jest KEN over to see tn OLD Ssn g4wn
turned into this yer street. When L comes nlsn 10
this mans store I'm grabbed by half dozen men
front and rear an hustled into the store. Fist ne
wanted to sell me suit for So, and then he wanted
with wot I has and he gets at again Then
Just lands him one. and am arrested by the con-
: ssYou were perfectly right. declared the court
there ought to be more like you in the world
YOU'RE discouraged. sir.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
ROYAL ARCANUM RATES.
EnecutiUe Committee Says 4dUance
Was absolutely Necessary.

Boston, June 29.-The executive committee Of the
Supreme Council OF the Royal Arcanum, at the
conclusion OF three days meeting, to-day issued
statement describing the functions and authority
of the committee, which, 1t was said, had not met
to consider reconsider the schedule of rates
of assessment adopted by the Supreme Council as
1t had mo power authority to repeal revoke,
amend alter it in any way The statement
then continued:
Thoughtful members, conversant with our vital
statistics and the constantly increasing amount
needed to pay death claims and the insuff1ciency
absolute and immediate necessity for an increase
of rates. The perpetuity of the order demanded
that the whole order should at once bs put on a
permanent and enduring basis thereby provioisng ing
sufficient funds to carry the Royal Arcanum lor
all time and all its obligations. This has peen
done. No increase OF rates could be made Nlsnoue
creating hardships somewhere Had our cond1tlon
not made this radical change vital necessity hot
a vote in the Supreme Council would nave peeh
cast in favor OF the new law
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
FIANCE WAS A MARRIED MAN.
Not Discovered Until Just Before Hour Set
for the Wedding.

p,sinseld. n. j.. June % (speciaD-Miss Ethel May
Fenner Of Pluckamn. discovered just IN 'line
en-, 49, I.nes Francis Miller, her fance, was
80, married. Miss Fennsr was TO have been
,,,arr;ed Yesterday Just before the time set sne
- q letter from Mr.. Miller asking for
postponement of the wedding John Fenner, IT IT,
,ts 80 the Young woman, went at once to New
brotneI VI ~ .gate He could not find the pres
a.a aork 10 hrideSroom but Mr.. Milers mother told
him that her son was married mar" Win ''e
children ,vsed constarnafion at the
,. LIZ ag the Fenners. and the inVltauons We
i,e5;atefv recalled No legal action against MI
Miller is likely to be taken. ,o,,a5 br- Ham,
MI MI. W r. 20 met Miss Fenner three years as.
Sinee that time he is said TO have cohoucteu NM
saIF as a model tiance.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-30
DEEP MYSTERY IN ORE THEFTs.
American Museum Well Protected, but Elk.
hibits Disappear.

Mystery still surrounds the theft of gold ores
from the American Museum of Natural History.
..rte stories published of two thefts which took
pace last year are greatly exaggerated, John h
winser the secretary and assistant treasurer, too
a Tribune reporter yesterday THE value of the
ores did not amount, I should say. even to A,U0
Mr. Winser said that the thefts from the Siberian
collection of implements and garments, as well as
the specimens missing from the butterfly cases,
u-ere relatively insignificant. The few butterfly
specimens missing, he said, of the gaud1er but
less valuable variety. seeming to indicate that here
at least the theft the work of an outsider
The Museum authorities. however, scarcely appear
disposed to take the same view of the ore THEFT.
The ores are exhibited beneath quarter inch glass,
the lid double locked any attempt to raise 1t ring
ing an electric alarm simultaneously in two distinct
parts of the building 1t is understood that no
theft of any description has been discovered this
year.
The Museum has details of watchmen on duty
night and day. the jewel chamber in the transept
being guarded with especial vigilance. Steel doors
separate it at night from the floor proper, and
watchmen are actually locked inside the room.
Here likewise two cases are similarly equipped.