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New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
DEGREES AT JEWISH SEMINARY.
The Rev. D. B. Felsenthal, of Chicago, Made
Doctor of Divinity.

One honorary degree and two degrees to gradu-
ating students were awarded at che commencement
exercises of the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America in West 122d-st. yesterday afternoon Tha
honorary degree was conferred by the seminary ON
the Rev D. Bernard Felsenthal. of Chicago, the
oidest rabbi In the United States who was made
DOCTOR or DIVINITY. The two graduates who re-
ceived degrees to preach and teach in Israel
were Marvin Nathan, of Buffalo. who was cradu-
ated from Cornell University before entering the
semlnsry and Bernard CalonTnuS Ehrenreich of
Philadelphia. graduate Of the University oS' the
City of New-York. - ~
The Laemrnlein ESuttenWieser prize, valued at $40
was awarded TO Abram Dobrzynski of New-York
whose prize essay was on "TextUal Repetitions and
Quotations IN the Book OF jeremiah ~
Inc commencement exercises were hold tho
assembly hall OF the seminary and every seat had
peel ta+en Wlen the faculty and board OF directors
headed oy President Solomon Schechter entered
Ihe programme consisted of music. and addresses
py tne president, DR. Cyrus Adler president of the
board OF directors; Louis Marshall. Chairman of
e .he e9oS.rd, and the Rev Marvin Nathan. b A the
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
AGAINST UNDUE HASTE.
President Faunce of Brorn breaches
on Work.

Providence R L. June 1S-The 18th commence
rnept of Brown University was ior1laiiy oesuii ~
6av with the delivery Of the baccalaureate sermon
,+ rho First Baptist Meeting House, this CITY, Dy
III. Rev Dr. William L P Faunce president o.
the university Taking for mis- text St Jonn " I'
.snv Father worked hitherto. and work. fTesi-
dent Faunce said that the conception OF "o' Aii's
CO. lies al the base of Western civilization and
.at the national conception of the Deity Is the pro-
.oundest influence in national character ana deS-
tiny.
..If work is the law OF the divine life, sa1o ne
.i. must be the law OF noblest human NE aIso
There Is no success for the lazy Among tie Ger
sain tepta tions which our eager occloentd ne
liza Bile the constant tenoeICy oi liie
work TO master the workman The real lalIures IN
o,Ir Industrial life are whose revenues ere
e5vsncing y;ltle their souls shrivelliDg; The
most efficient workers of the modern @orIo are
those who viii not be hurried Precisely mere is
the great need of American life the sreso re-
ligious lesson taught US by the last ntty years Il
the patience OF the Divine method
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
GOSPEL TENTS OPEN.
Hot Weather Kept Dozen attend
once Mt Launching of the W0rk.

,r,,o of rho GOSPEL tents with which the Evan
gelistc Committee of Greater New-Iork Is TO Stuu
the city opened yesterday Each one attrao,ea ~ q
considerable crowd, most OF "holh eh'eA
tent despite the heat.
Tent No. of the committee was opened III lle
afternoon The tent is the south side OF oolh-s'
a little east of 11th-ave. Few adults were present
but several hundred children nocked around, about
half of whom persuaded to enter the tent
Just before services began dweller in one or the
tenement houses across the way objected 10 the
presence of some negroes in front OF the mousse
whom he dispersed by throwing them bucket
of dirty The next house is filed with ne
groes and for a time there interchange OF
extremely vigorous language. Later the wife OF
Aquarus emerged from the house carrying a
"grower." As she returned the tent service at
tracted her attention. and she took a seat Inc
heat caused her to throw her cloak aside, and she
listened with the ''growler'' resting peacefully in
her lap.
F. H Jacobs. of the Fulton-st. MONDAY prayer
meeting, presided. and the sermon was by H. n
Faulconer, a Kentucky evangelist. The superin-
tendent of the tent is Arthur L. Berger. theoosi-
cal student .
There are to h meetings every evening except except
nights there VIII h~ q meeting for children at
The tent in the italian quarter m 112th-st opened
last night Seven hundred gttians, men, women
and children-mostly cAuGrsa were present. The
lighting apparatus failed 10 ork and the services
lection from The street l-Ps: N Nardi Of Phila- s;
delphia was the Speaker He addressed the es5 audl d.
istrating the early life Of Christ and of John the
Baptist shown. Illustrations from the llfe
Christ will be given in progressive order through
the season. -
Thomas Houston, the blind evangelist con;
Quoted the Services at the opening OF the Gospel
tent at Pelham Road and Lorillard Place, The The
Bronx yesterday afternoon The tent mas oeen
rdtched in a vacant lot, to catch the crowds That
70 to the Bronx Park The attendance was slen-
der and was mostly composed of children. SER SER
vices will be held afternoons and evenings as lois
new tent will be opened this week near Catha-
rine Slip In connection with the eTanGehStlc HorS
aC1aSC will he hpld
Training School. in Lexington-ave, every morn
ing from 10 to II o'clock
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
MANY KNEW GEORGE MITCHELL.
But Each Had Different Man in Mind, and
Mystery Is Still Unsolved

When it was learned yesterday that the strange
man who for more than month had been in Belle
vue suffering from aphasia, had written his
George Mitchell, four men came 10 the hospital
10 Identity him. Samuel Forster. Of No. 300 Hicks
St. Brooklyn nrSt He said the
George Mitchell who used to work for his father
Mr. Forster said that he would communicate with
MitchelPs brother. who lives in West Township,
Albany County. y. 7.
Following Mr.. Forster sailorman, who said
that a George Mitchell used to sail with him in the
good ship Earl of Kingdom but look at the pa
tient convinced him that that not his old ship
Another man came. looked and away. anG
finally came a whose resemblance to the sick
man was startling and whose presence in the ward
greatly excited the patient. The stranger did
give his own name. but said that the Mitchell of
the hospital had family living 12Sth-st. I'd
ave, whom he would inform OF mis- condition. He
said that Mitchell had had a similar attack twenty
years ago and then confined for many days in
the old Chambers Street Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
coGHLAN ENTERTAINs MESSMATEs.
Rear Admiral Receives Visit from Compan-
ions on Sacramento's Famous Cruise.

Rear Admiral Coghlan. commandant of the
Rrooklvn Navy Yard, yesterday entertained three
Of his old messmates on the U. S 5. Sacramento
when he was ensign. in the Civil War.
The former sailors. whom the admiral had not
seen since they left the navy. soon after the Civil
War are lanes Robins. of No. rs Murray-st. New
ark. A w Ward. who is connected with the
American Express Company. in Rochester, and
James McGraw of Sackett's Harbor. Robins was
cbief boa tswains mate and the two others
apprentice boys. For three years they cruised to-
eefher on the Sacramento. most of the time in pur
Snit of tho Confederate ship Alabama. which was
SO much dreaded by the merchant ships of the
Nth Admiral Coghlan says that Professor Henry
A Todd who retired from the navy in 1900. is the
only other survivor of the cruise.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
WATCHMAN LOST IN FIRE
Stable Fire IN WiILiamsburg-Fare
men Ouerco7ne-HOrses S0Ued.

George Elmworth, a watchman, twenty-eight
years old was burned crisp last night in a
fire that almost destroyed a stable owned by John
Dinkelmeyer, at Metropolitan-ave and Wander
voort-st. Williamsburg. His body found Oh
the second floor after the fire put out
1t is supposed that Elnworth had fallen asleep
before the fire broke out, and sufocated before
he could escape. 1t is not known how the fire
started There were ffty-ave horses in the stable
and the iremen had difficulty in getting them out.
The stable four story brick structure
The flames destroyed the upper floors Iieuten,
mi Cornelius Fagan and Firemen Thomas Shortell
and Maurice Brady were overcome by the smoke.
An ambulance physician from ST. GATHERINGS Hos
pital revived them.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
FALL FROM RECREATION PIER.
One Man Dies from Long Immersion-A
Girl Rescued

AT the recreation pier at Market-st. yesterday
the volunteer lifesavers saved one life, and in
another case pulled man from the water
who died after being sent to the hospital.
Joseph McSweeny, of No 81 Bowery. fell OIL
the bulkhead of the pier about o'clock. David
Moses and John Murphy dived after him
Murphy caught McSweeny by the hair after he
had sank the second time. Moses hung by his
feet from the dock and held Murphy and his
burden when they reached him. McSweeny
was taken to Gouverneur Hospital where he
died last night.
About noon Esther kerryan, of No. II Pike
st, leaned too far the railing of the pier
Frank Doley came TO her rescue. and after con-
ing.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
TAGGART's GAMBLING HOUSE CLOSED
Report that Indiana Governor is Investigat-
ing the French Lick Springs Outfit.
IBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TR1BUNEl

Indianapolis June Ex-Governor Hanly has taken
notice of charges of gambling at French Lick
Springs the hosiery conducted by Tom Tasgart.
and has informed the local authorities that they
afford TO let the charges of open violation OF
the law go unnoticed He has suggested in a letter
to the local prosecutor that gambling is offence
under the laws OF Indiana, and that the attention
of the grand jury ought be called to the matter
and witnesses summoned
1t is also believed that the Governor has entsred
upon investigation of his own. and has sent
representative the Springs report conditions.
Yesterday all the gambling rooms were suddenly
closed and there gambling yesterday or to-
day and it Is thought that the management had
been advised in way of the Governors Pur-
pose and had closed the rooms on that account
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
TWO SHOT IN FIGHT OVER GIRL.
One May Die-Five in Quarrel at North
Beach.

AS the result Of a quarrel among five young men
at North Beach last night, over girl owen Muir
ray eighteen years Old of No. 1913 Java-st, Green
point is near death in st. johns Hospital
Long Island City, lie was shot by Thomas Lamont
nineteen years old of No. 246 East 146th-st Man
ha ttan who was arrested taken to the hospital
where he was identified by Murray. A revolver was
found on Lamont. Alexander Gregg youth Oh SIX
teen of Nc 1S5 Greenpoint-ave, was also shot- re
Is NOT in such a critical condition Murray Two
others who took part in the fight. got away & from
North Reach but were arrested in Long ISElno
civ as Ihev we're about board the ferryboat Tor
New-York They Zeince Geironaga nInetes,n nineteen
Years old OF No. 229 East 106th-st., and Tommy
Leonard twenty years DID, of No 231 East HUI
st They are locked up witnesses
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
ROYAL ARCANUM'S ANNIVERSARY.
Church Services Mark Twenty-eight Years
of Body's Existence.

Services in commemoration of the twenty-eighth
anniversary of the founding OF the Royal Arcanum
were held last night in the West Thirty-third
Street Baptist Church under the auspices of the
Past Regents and Regents Association in the City
of New-York. The Rev. Edwin 5. Holloway, pas
tor of the church, and a member of Standard
Council ohiciated In the course of his remarks
he said:
OF late there has been great controversy going
on in the order because of the advance made in the
rate of assessments Men who have always been
Ioyal TO the organization divided IN opinion
regarding the matter. They do not know eHacuy
what t, do This is place to discuss the S1tua-
ton but let US hope that the decision when finally
rea ched will be for the highest and the best
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
HISTORIC STONE FROM ENGLAND.
Part of Old Church at Austerheld for Pil.
grim Monument at Cape Cod.
"a rELEGRAPH 40 THE TRIBrNE.

Boston, June 1S.-In the cargo OF the Cunarder
Sylvania for this port is q fragment OF historic
stone about two feet long by inches wide and
thick for the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Associa-
ton at Provincetown. The stone is from the old
church Austerfied. Nottinghamshire, England.
where William Bradford baptized and where
many OF the early Pilgrims once worshipped-
1t brought freight free to America, and viii
be Incorporated in the Pilgrim monument TO over
look Provincetown Harbor from the hill. To the
monument will also be added later number OF
ancient pavement bricks from the old wharf at
Delfthaven, Holland whence the MayfOwer sailed
for America. Stones will also be procured from
the villages of Scrooby and Plymouth and South
ampton. England the last two ports visited by the
Mayffower before sailing for an unknown land.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
COMPLAINED OF oIsoRDgRLY WOMEN

On complaint OF Henry Koenig, a business man.
of NO 252 West s7th-st. the police of the West
s7th-st station Saturday night arrested ten
women on charge of disorderly conduct They
were discharged with warning. On Saturday
koelis complained that disorderIy women were
becoming SO numerous in the neighborhood that
"a women were considered 10 be such. He hardly
Garra TO permit his wife out of doors unescorted
for fear she would be insulled.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
AMERICANS AS BULL FIGHTERS.
Baseball Players Kill Four Animals for
Charity in Ciudad Juarez.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TKIBUNE.I

(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
FL Paso Tex June 1S.-For the first time in history
American bull fighters appeared as full troupe in
n Mexican ring when the baseball players of this
city tonight killed four bulls in Cudad Juariez in
an affair arranged for charity. The fight attracted
hundreds of Americans and Juarez society out
in full force
The young American stars of the ball field
handled the banderillos and swords with dexterity
md won the plaudts OF the profession
Brownie Chamberlain. well known ball star.
was one of the matadors- American surgeons were
in attendance, but were not needed
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
BOUGHT FORTUNE FOR 81.

At administrative sale in OwingsviIle. KY. Mrs
SaIlie Ewing offered at public auction pocket
book filed with old notes due her deceased hus-
ba nd. The sale was made 'unsight and unseen"
and the pocketbook was sold to J. ]. Mark. Circuit
Court clerk, for 81. When the hook was examined
IL found contain over $7.oOo in notes. most
of which have been bearing interest for years and
some of which can be collected. MIR. Mark will
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
a NEW ANESTHETlC.

German papers report that new anfesthetic juice
has recently been discovered in Japan the product
OF plant growing in that empire ThS anssthetic
has been called scopolamne. and is said TO be SUI
peror in it's effects all other articles OF this KING
It is administered hypodermically and produces a
claimed that it does not produce the slightest iii
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
DR.. sEELYE BREACHES AT SMITH

northampton. Mass. June lS.-Ihe baccalaureare
services OF Smith College held this afternoon
IN tns First Congregational Church and with
graduating class Of 202 and their friends ba
church WAS hIled 10 its utmost capacity The SER
mon was by President L. Clark SeeIye whose te,t
Was: Unto you it is given TO know the mysteries
OF the fAlngoom or Heaven, but TO them If is MOI
gwen Tor whosoever hath to him shall be given
and ne shall have abundance, but whosoever hath
not, from him shall be taken even that which he
1s-th, ls, The main thought OF President Seelye's
ton Of this law manifest
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
GOLD cHALIcg FOR BOSTON CHURCH.

-lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Boston June 1S-Trnity Church, Boston, has
lust received as a bequest from Mrs Henry Whit-
man. better known her friends as Sarah Wyinan
Whitman the artist a golden chalice set with rare
gems The Jewels came from the collection of Mrs
Syhitman and include pigeon blood rubles
sapphires and canary colored diamonds. There are
also gems unknown even to experts
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
VELOCITY OF ELECTRIC WAVES.

The electric OF Herr were found by him
to measure hundred and fifty feet from crest
TO crest. but those used by Marconi in telegraph
ing across the Atlantic six hundred feet long.
more These travel at about the
rate as light waves-which measure only few
rnillionthS of an inch-Or with the almost incon-
cevable velocity OF 1S4 900 miles second.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
A PLAGUE OF MICE.

In the town of Merriwa, in New South Wales. a
plague of mice is disturbing, the people. Recently
ten thousand mice killed in four nights in
store Upward of five hundred were captured while
cricket net was being unroled -Four or hve bush
els of oats in a bag We're appropriated by the mice
in night. A local well ceased to yield water,
and examination it was found TO contain a solid
ma SIS several feet deep of dead mice.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
coLeATE's COMMENCEMENT BEGINS

Hamilton, N Y, June IS-The commencement
exercises OF Colgate University began to-day with
'ne oaccsiaureate sermon by President Merrill
whose subject was Living Unto Christ This
evening sermon was preached before the theologi-
cn seminary by Professor z. NJ. Keirstead of
Acadia University on The subiect .r owe -ro,,.~s
Soo me secret OF Ali Conquerins Strength The
evening o P-aNe oo-IIO|IOW
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
PATRICK MELODY IMPROVING.

se,,e,aI men said to he prominent in the irish
movement called at the prison ward at Bellevue
Yesterday to inquire about the condition of Patrick
Melody who is said to have been implicated in the
Manchester Rescue of 1861, and who jumped INTO
the fountain basin in Madison Square Park Satur-
dav Melody had improved considerably yestefudy y
and it is expected that he will soon De aole 20
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
HOW REPTILES DIE.

a Viennese naturalist declares that nearly ali
reptiles that die from natural causes close their
lives between nightfan and midnight. only few
between midnight and morning and fewer still in
daylight Most reptiles seem aware of their ap
preaching death. seeking particular places and
there awaiting the end, while those whose lives
spent underground come to the surface before
death.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
CRAB CAUGHT SPARROW.

on the sands near Marske-by -the-Sea. Yorkshire
England the other day large crab
ming along the beach with a sparrow in its claws.
The crab had caught the bird by the leg, and so
much was it struggling get free that ii
hfted the crao several inches off the ground. The
crab eventually let the bird go and away.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
INVESTIGATE YALE MANS DEATH.
Mother Satisfied 1t Was from Natural Causes
but Partner Will Inquire Further.

Mrs ]. r. Quimoy, mother of the former captain
OF the Yale baseball team T. L. Qulrnpy' who died
in Cuba on June H. said last night at her home,
No 3l7 West 76th-st- that the family had been in
formed OF his death few hours after it happened.
She denies that he met with FOUL play
According to her statement last night, Mr..
Quimby contracted serious illness, of which she
was informed al once. In spite of this. nveSti-
:zation into the young mans death is TO be made
by his business partner, NJ Moritavo who sailed
for Cuba yesterday
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
NORWEGIAN COLLIER FLoATeo.

Montreal. June Is.-The Norwegian collier Asnar
which ran aground in the ST. Lawrence. off Tongue
Point, Saturday. pulled off to-day and taken
70 her coca- She was not seriously damaged
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
NO SNAKES IN HAWAII.

A box of snakes recently shipped to the Honolulu
Zoo was refused admittance, there are no snakes
in the Hawaiian Islands. and it has been a policy
of long standing keep them out. The reptiles
killed
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
PRESIDENT DIAz PARDoNs AMERICAN.
Confederate Veteran, Who Killed Police
man, Released After Ten Years.
[RY rELEaRAPH no rHH rRIRrNE.l

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBTNE-l
Ell Paso Tex. June 1s-After serving ten years
and seventeen days In a Mexican prison for killing
a policeman of that country. Parral MacStewart
to-day reached the United States a free man,
pardon from President Diaz- Every effort possible
to free him resorted to by his friends. but
the Texas Legislature had to ask the clemency OF
President Diaz before the old soldier who formerly
served in the Confederate army, freed. He is
the first American who received a Presi-
Dental pardon in Mexico
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
BROOKLYN RECTOR GIVES SERMON

Geneva. y T. June 18.-Trinity Episcopal
Church was hlled tonight listen 10 the bacca-
laureate sermon 10 the graduating class OF Hobart
1oileSe 2y Inc Rev. John Melish rector of Holy
Trinity Cnorcn, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
FIND NUGGET IN STREET.

chunk Of copper and gold weighing
entY-fve pounds has been found by workmen
cavating for water mains in one of Helenas prn-
cipal streets. The ore will be assayed and search
for the ledge will be made IL the assay proves the
to be as rich as it seems to be.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
Things Ode and Interesting.
JuI,eTs HOME FOR SALE.

The house of the Capulets in Verona where
Juliet is supposed to have lived is 10 De sofa oy
auction to satisfy creditors. Owing to its ruinous
condition the house is valued at only 900. The
municipality intends to bid in the hope of acquir-
ing IL for q museum
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
BONDS WORTH sse4.ooo RECOVERED.

Through Jake Terry, who once cellmate
of Bill Miner in the penitentiary at San Quentin
CAL securities having face value of 1854 CO., taken
from safe of the Dominion Express Company in
the robbery of a Canadian Pacific train at Mission
Junction last September have been recovered
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
CHURCH IN A TREE.

An odd church is that in the redwood forest OF
California near San Jose 1t is maintained by the
miners, and has a miner minister. Il is built In
one of the hollow trees and accommodates
gregation OF twenty-five. with space for recess
chapel which contains 9 small organ.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
DOMESTIC SITUATIONS WANTED.

Situations Wanted-Male and Female
Four lines mot exceeding "a words). three
insertions. Is cents seven insertions. Sd
cents. Exceeding q words and less than 40
words. t.ITee insertions. 30 cents: seven in
sertions so cents
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
MOTHER GIVES LIFE TO SAVE BOY.

Watertown, n. Y. June 18.-Airs. Chester Doney
sacrificed her life to-day her three-year-old
boy who had upset an oil can and ignited il by
stepping on a match. The horribly
burned. but lived several hours. The house
destroyed
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
SQUIRRELS ARE FAST SWIMMERS.

Though they do not readily enter water. but only
when put TO it from necessity the squirrel and the
rabbit are among the fastest swimmers of all land
animals.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19
AN AGED LAWSUIT.

Spain has a lawsuit that has been before the
courts since 1911. 1t is the conspicuous legal
example of 'manaIla' in the history of the world.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19

NU-RSE.-A LADY wishes to secure post
tion FOR her North German comueJent in
fant's nurse, whom she can highly recon-
mend Apartment l5, IS West 1OIth-st.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-19

NJTRSE. German Protestant nurse tIsa
charge OF infant or growing children; neat
ana refined excellent references: city Or
ccgIlntry F. w Mrs Golfers 122 Wesc
23d-st.
The sea coast echo., 1905-08-05

ciating with him on terms of equality
in every other respect. The stegomyia,
a species of the mosquito family, has
come to be looked upon as the only
transmitter of the fever, and once they
are conquered and wiped out of exist
ence, there need be no more of the dread
disease. DR.. Young urged that the city
of Jackson pay especial attention to the
numerous old and unused cisterns that
are scattered all over the town, declar-
ing that they should be we'll oiled every
few days and barred, if possible, so that
the wiggle tail, when hatched, cannot
escape. He suggested that the thick,
crude oil is better for this purpose than
the thin, refined coal oil of commerce,
and recommended that the city invest in
a lot of it for immediate use.
DR.. Young's talk had great weight
with the city fathers, and chances are
that more oil is going to be bought and
used unsparingly. In the meantime.
however, the city will continue to sprin-
kle all wet, damp, dirty places with
lime, carbolic acid, ETC., and will keep
out as much wooden goods, cotton bag
glng, banana trains, as possible. Mayor
Wharton IS not exactly prepared to sur
render entirely to the mosquito theory,
and in that the citizens of Jackson ara
very largely with him.