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New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
CLOTHES LINES SAVE BOYS LIFE.
Youngster Who Falls Six Stories Broke
Many, but Is Only Bruised.

Clothes lines probably saved the life Of Joseph
Colemeri. eight years old. yesterday. when he fell
through the opening OF the fire escape on the sixth
floor OF No. a3 FOrsyth-st.. where he lives. He
broke half dozen lines in his fall and escaped
with few bruises.
Joe was sleeping the fire escape. About 3
O'Clock. when it began TO rain. he was awakened
TO find his clothes soaked Cropping sleepiy for the
window. ne stumbled into the stair opening. He
fell through, striking every balcony before he
reached the ground. Across the openings. in de-
dance OF the tenement house rules. the families
every floor had stretched lines for drying light
clothing. Joe broke every line. He made great
noise and alarmed every in the house. From
the balcony he struck the top OF q fence which
proved weak that IL fell slantwise with the
shock and made easy incline. down which Joe
slid 10 the areaway.
When Joe's father rushed downstairs. expecting
to md his son dead ne found the boy sitting on
the payement a little dazed and rubbing his
skinned elbows and knees. He had apparently suf-
fered In no other way. The accident caused such a
cornuotOn In the house that the tenants rushed 10
the street ina giniKg that a fire had broken out
Patroiman Boerner. OF the Elcrfdge-sL station. ap
peared and calTned the tumult
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
PRESIDENT GETS REPORT.
Assistant Secretary Darling Wires
BenRin gtOn Particulars.

Oyster Bay. July 23.-In response to the Presi-
dents telegram. sent last night. Charles H.
Darling acting Secretary Of the Navy. to-day
telegraphed an official report Of the disaster TO
the United States gunboat Bennington 10 Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The telegram follows:
Washington. D. c. July 3. 1905.
The President: Your telegram received Accident
OF the Bennington caused by small leak IN boiler.
hurst and was forced astern through its bUlkhead.
coming In contact with second boiler. which was
also forced through its bulkheao. both boilers ex
DIodfrg with close explosions There was no
Sr5se- shin Allied from stem stern with scaldng
steam. SCOT and ashes many men blown overheard,
others Jumped overheard for air, many OF whom
army barracks. wounded scattered about in three
hospitals those but slightly wounded IN private
Tafest report from commanding officer gives
fortv-fve dead identified: eleven dead unidentified;
fortv-eight wounded. number OF whom Will die;
seventeen missing: total number on board, 100
Captain Drake. with surgeons and nurses sent
erarl Mare Island. arrived to-day lie mas Deen
-fser Fll authority employ doctors and purchase
s1lrb medical supplies may be necessary Every
.ts-g il being done 10 care for the wounded. Ar
sead with full military hOnors IN the military
ce-0eferv az Fort ROsecrans tomorrow. COM
rnandng officer reports that ne has requesIeu
T1-ofestaut and Roman Catholic clergy 20 read ser
VICE over the dead. Later and fnIer particulars
are expected IN the morning. Whicn VIII De trans
r7fffed 10 YOU by wire Al once.
CHARLES Il DAZZLING, Acthg Secre'aIS'
The President has directed that everything
,,esthle se done 10 alleviate the sufferings Of
- .osured A general inquiry into the causes
- the disaster win be made. but the board
,-b,cb is 10 make the investigation so far can
he learned here has not Yet been designated.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
LOST JOB CAUSES SUICIDE.
Evesight Fails, Gatsman Diseharged-Dreads
Operation, Kills Himself.

The body OF Charles Leopold Gehring was found
Yesterday afternoon in the Harlem River at
1Tzth-st He had been missing Two days
C5ehrtnc had been Respondent hong time. be-
cause Of falling evesight and loss Of MS position
gate1nan al the New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad crossing al Highbrdge. He had
often spoken 10 his friends OF suicide, and II IS
believed he carried out his intention.
Ciehrng had been gateTan al the fighoridge
crossing for many years he hyed Nrn shotHeE
old man Henry Bolander. in HtIle house near
the Bronx end OF the Washington Bridge. II IS
said rhat he mad . son who is well TO do and who
tried 10 Induce his father give up work and live
with him. but the old was SO attached TO his
friend BOlander and 10 his posltlon az the crossing
that he always refused.
A few months ago, however MS eyeslshL TAXED
and he was laid OF.
He was told that he would have 20 Undergo an
OUcratiOn II he hoped 70 retain his eyeslzhL He
told his friend BOlaader that he would throw him
self in the river before he would submit such
an operation Bolander believes his friend made
good his
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
EIGHTY LIVES N DANGER.
Small Fire in Williamsburg Tenement House
Causes Great Excitement

Many lives were endangered at fire yesterday
morning in the grocery store OF Joseph Dangslftz
No. SD OakIand-st. Williamsburg. The building
is a four story double tenement house. and "a
occupied by twelve families. aggregating eighty
persons. The entrance for tenants IS In Eagle-sr-
A man walking along Oakland-st. noticed smoke
coming out Of the grocery store and yelled "E1rel
Policeman Mccormack. OF the GreeuDOint-ave. sta
tion heard the call and turned in an alarm Then
the policeman went Up the smoke hlled halls aaA
aroused the tenants
Men. women and children hurried ont IN scans
attire and the widest excitement prevailed IN
leaving the burning building the tenants scattered
in all directions. and when the time came 20 acc0unc
for them and some were found missing there wers
rumors that they perished in the flames. Relatives
OF the missing ones became frantic Captain
o. 'Brieu OF the Cree1p pOlnI-ave station caused MS
men TO make complete Investigation. and ne miss
ing inmates were all found IN the homes OF frfencs.
TI5s aar1as were quickly etfnguished. The daEaags
was placed at S2lo0. What caused tia ire n nas
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
DETECTIVE CHARGES BRIBERY.
Says Bartender Offered Him S5 a Week Not
to Molest Woman

On the charge that he had bribed policeman
with s. and the promise Of $ a week il ne would
allow street woman ply her trade near 3d-ave-
and 24th-st Frederick ParpaTd. twenty-five. q bar
tender who lives at No rs East 22d-st.. was held
III the YorkviIle court yesterday in S,eo0 bail for
trial
Detective Joseph Herznlg, Of the East 2d-st
station told Magistrate Steinert that on Saturday
night he met the prisoner in front Of No l5l East
9th-st and that the prisoner handed him s. telling
him that il he did not molest q woman AAo"n a.
Emma Miller, with whom Parpard sald ne had
been living for four weeks. he would give MN Ihe
SINE amount each Saturday The detective ar
rested him and when he arTeiSned oeiore
Magistrate Steinerr lawyer told tne I-laslstItee
that the grocer before whose store tIie HiS1
ing was held VINO was 10 blame
''Oh, no. il not. replied lhe Te.islstI-.le, @
irving TO do and I told him TO 90 ahead ana SeL
the evidence II YOU think you can ciear your
client yOu will have 10 try Il downtown
The money was held evidence
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
READY TO HASTEN WORK.
Westchester Road VII Let Con-
struction Contracts SooH-

Tn 70 the date OF the recent approval OF rs
amended route by the Board OF Estimate and Ap-
portionment the New-TOrk. Westchester and Bos-
ton Railway Company had been obliged 70 conduct
the purchase OF its right OF way II me Ilol~ -
- ,-,o,,-bar ro1lnda bout manner. Now that the
amended route is approved there IS no rur1aer
reason for withholding the list OF property Il mas
purchased. The following list includes only tnoss
parcels OF land for which the Westcnes0er com com
Danv now has deeds There are many others which
are being rapidly transferred 70 tina company ny
those in whose names the property was purchases
for il
Edward NJ Neil. executor OF J. Joseoha Neill-
sold the company twelve and one-na-I acres
Fnhrafun B. Levy CVan Nest estate1. twenty
four lots: Ernest G. SIedma1s two acres
Edward Hunter Landon. four acres Giles .. 52@n-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24

nell. four acres; the Westchester and Bronx Realty
Company four acres, the Arden estate. dry lotsi
Max Lax, one lot Elizabeth ], King one lot;
George SChwarZe. Two lots; Anthony kurdelsAis
two lots. Elsaba A. Buhmaun, one lot william r.
Sweeny four lots; Michael Rauchs thirteen sotss
Maria Yates, lot: Frederick MehrLens. two
lots: Augusta CLAM. one house and lot and three
vacant lots; Ann F. Won. Two lots: Ellen L Hanra-
han. three lots: Eugene Gangc1, one house and
lot and one Tor; RarraelO Dimajo. two lct5s
Laura A GOrJOn one; Bertha A Hunt. one house
and lot and four vacant lots Ferdluando DirnaJos
four lots; Margaret A and Leonard Dunkley. one
lot; Waite A CTOrtOn. houses md lOrSs Charles
II. BaeChler three lots. Frederick F15chL one lors
Edward Fischl. lot; Annie F1schl H5chrs two
lots. Laura Irene DeNItlt. one lot James Powers.
one lot: C. Riegers Sons. one lot: James Fitz-
patrick ore lot: P J. Carpenter. four lots Thomas
H Fitzpatrick, one lot; Martin Weiss Two lorss
David DeidenkOps. one lot; katurah A. Odeus Ons
house and lot and Sarah J. Osborne. one lot
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
BODY ARRIVES FROM PANAMA.
Assistant Auditor Of Canal Commission Died
Of Yellow Fever On Isthnus.

The steamship Finance, OF the Panama Line. ar
rived here yesterday from Colon. bearing the body
OF George II. Harper. the assistant auditor OF the
Isthmian Canal Commission. who died CT yeilo"
fever at Colon on July IL. in the Ancon Hospital
The steamship carried two cabin passens ers--C. A.
Shaw and J. ]. Whalen. The hsalth authorftles az
Quarantine found the suzlcftaA tAl-a 4
teuoeratllr2 higher than normal and. despite vig-
orous protests they were sent 10 Hoffman Island
for observation
on the Finance also a group OF six returning
employees OF the canal construction company.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
Corona WATER FAMINE.
No Rain There for SIR Weeks-tCis-
terms DrH.

water famine now prevails in Corona, Ions
Island. and. while thunder showers have occurred
IN Manhattan OF late rain has fallen there Tor
six weeks Cisterns throughout the village are
dry. and when a fire occurred in building in
CIinton-ave., last week, water had to be brought
from a considerable distance TO qUench the flames.
there was u single bucket Of water on the
property
At the lake in the public park the water IS low.
and there are indications that II may become per
fecty dry. As about Oue-third Of the sestdentS OF
Corona depend cistecrs for their wa1er supply,
the case is becoming serious.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
KILLS WIFE AND SELF.
Refusal to Go to Nezrark fingered
Husband.

Philadelphia. july 2s.-wnIiam Holroyf. tv-ney-
three years old shot and killed his wife. Lillian.
seventeen years Old. to-day, and then cornr1rcsd
suicide b. shooting himself through the nsAr-
The couple were married year ago. and to-days
tragedy was the result OF frequent g1a-rals IN Ia
last three weeks.
Helroyd a patterunaker az rhe Crz1np1
shipyards. About ten days ago ths parter-ra aksrs
at the shiDyards went on strike Hoiroyd round
employment in Newark. y. J.. and asked hss vfrs
To accoupanv him there. She refused and her re-
f1saI led 70 more qarreIIing vita the result tnas
he shot her three times killing her almost IL
stantIy He then sent bullet through AZ o"a
heart .,---. - ,--,,@,,
Hclroyd left note addressed 70 ooIn our rno.1 81
ers and fathers" in watch he SAID we o+a -
goOdbv. We are ooth unhappy. Cur iasl "isn - -
be buried side By side.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
STABBED FIVE TIMES IN QUARREL

Bleeding from five stab wounds. inflicted ~
Charles williams twenry-seven years old. OF No
Zs3 Sands-st Brooklyn. S. Madden. twsnty-cwo
years Old or the same address. was taken 70 ths
Cunberand-st Hospital IN a critical condirton- as
Lex a m YESTERDAY. The men QuarrelleG IN tho
hallway OF the house. and Miller, who was getting
the worst OF the dght. drew g knife and cut Mad
den about the head and breast. Miller was arrszrad
and held for felOniOus assault
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
HAYES WILL NOT RESIGN.
Denies Report That He Is to Succeed Sheriff
Erlanger

Vehement denial was made last night by Nicholas
J. Hayes, Fire Commissioner. Of the rumor that he
intended resigning his Office.
The report which the commissioner denied said
that he would resign from the Fire Department in
anticipation OF the Tammany nomination fer Sheriff
in the coming campaign.
no intention OF resigning."
Regarding The persistent ruInor that he was TO be
the Tammany candidate for Sheriff TO succeed
Mitchell L. Erlanger, Commissioner HAYES said: Il
really know nothing about that report
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
nEFEcr1vE BOILER ON THE DETROIT.
risutenant Commander Admits 1t in Inter
view at Boston.
fay TELEGRAPH TO TIE rnrHusr-I

r,o.,op July 23.-Lieutenant Commander Will
,,.-.,ersreutIer. OF the cruiser Detroit
-, A. Boston Harbor, in an interview to-day
90 that IL was known that there was defec-
60, Roller on the Detroit He said
-rt. report that there was Doiier on .i, ooaIa ..
-. netroit that was in the same condi'loh as as
the one on the Bennington Is 40. a. oo- &C.
go - ~ Inc boiler on the Bsnninston- fhers
o. uol aS.ctive boiler on the Detroit. however,
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
BOY KILLED BY FIVE STORY FALL

Jacob Lebowsky. three years old, OF No. n
Henry-st leaned too far out OF the window Tiers
Yesterday morning and fell Eve stories e the yard
An ambulance from Gouverneur HOSPITAL vas
called but the surgeon who came with y SAID tnAs
the little fellow had been Instantly killed. Hts
skull wes crushed in and he had eV1oa1-J s-~1SA
squarey on the top OF his head
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
Mr.. BIsPHAm DENIES AL CHARGES.

Loudon G. Charlton has received from David
Bispham. now in London, a cable message in which
he directs Mr. Charlton deny the charges made in
recently published articles in which his name has
inquired EVERY word OF the dreadful articles which
are now appearing regarding ny private nfs "
fnise.b writes Mr. BiSpham-
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24

The army has it's inspectors and in .h. nav-x
tls pay corps has an inspector ho concerns him
sef with the accounts and conduct OF the ofacers'
SoFps- IL is beginning 20 be felt that perhaps a
system or Independent inspecting would be use
.uI IN other directions a means OF adding To
The precautions in the service
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
PALLAs FoRBlDs SLEEPING IN PARKS.

Park Commissioner Palias yesterday rescinded
his order OF last Wednesday permitting the use Of
the city parks In the bordughs OF Manhattan and
Richmond as sleeping places by persons driven
from their homes by the extremely hot weather
C,omuissioner Pallas asked the police authorities
TO see that sleeping was permitted in the parks
hiirtng the night
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
TO HOLD IRISH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT.

The Irish Industrial Exposition and Amusement
Company under the auspices OF the Ancient Order
OF Hberuians viii hold an exhibition or ths arts
and manufactures OF Ireland. commencing on sep
tenber rs. AMI continuing until October = II M@ds
Square Garden
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
NEW MUNICIPAL FERRYBoAT.
Handsome and Speedy Vessel to Ply Between
Battery and Staten Island.

The ferryboat Manhattan is OF five which the
Maryland Steel Company, of Sparrows Point, Nd.
contracted build for the city OF New-York about
New-York tribune., 1905-07-24

ments for the benefit Of their patrons yesterday,
and ii is estimated fewer than fifty girls
and boys were returned 70 their guardians in Luna
Park and preamland.
The Washington times., 1905-12-12

these painful and soetimes serious
seizures, the general s-ic.. wonId M.
cleanliness; warm. butlOt TOO heavy
/ clothing; moderation irbabfrs avoid
ahce OF overwork. and exposure to
( C0ld ana dampnesS-in a ord sueh care
OF the BODY as viii maintn TO the high
est point possible its pOers Of resist
La grippe is classified y rhvsicianx
generally as a germ disea! and Its orr
gin is credited BY many, fha rnfcrr-
organism discovered BY ofeIrfer and
known as Pfeiffer's bacillu
Tne maiady Is spread olA a country
through such modern conve.nces a. ths
passenger. baggage. freighttroilev ard
man cars. and steamboats,
Modes of Preventis.
The propaganda for eleanlirss OF pub-
lie conyeyances will. when shan b.
successful. solve the problemoresented
by the question: How shall thepidemio
be checked?
II IS admitted that infuens or Ia
grsppe-the words being use inter-
changeably-causes many case OF an
pendicftis, pneumonia and other fsea sex
which a few years ago were beayed by
the generality OF the medical plfession
TO have their sole origin in locs afrecS
tons unrelated 10 germs OF any ind.
The Washington times., 1905-12-12
Significant Low Finance.

Americans should take time TO
masticate this insurance testimony
thoroughly. Ii is too important and
IL discloses a situation too dangerous
TO every citizen to be either CLOSED
over or dismissed with careless GEN
eralizations. For example. this is
one of the operations disclosed at yes
terday's hearing:
Edward W. Scott, president OF the
Providence Savings Life Assurance
Society OF New York, testified that
Frank F. Hadley, OF New Bedford.
Mass, obtained control of that So
ciety in 1896. To do so Hadley bor-
roWed 1852, 900 from the company on
MS personal notes. These notes. said
Mr.. Scott, were never paid and the
collateral deposited to secure them
netted on sale $4,000. Wherefore.
the insurance company lost $132. 900.
Further, Mr.. Hadley borrowed 5000 =
ooV 70 pay for the company's stock
and then deposited the stock itself
as security. Finally, Mr.. Scott bought
Mr.. Hadley's holdings at auction and
borrowed the money for his part in
the transaction from John A. Mccall
president OF the New York Life In
surance Company In the wake of
all this, Mr.. McCall's son-in-law is
given place in Mr. Scott's companv
at $4,000 year, and five near rela-
tives of, Mr.. Scott are given otbar
sinecures.
The showing OF all this is:
That a rich and influential insurance
company was twice sold at a loss
and twice bought with its own funds
That loans of hundreds OF thou-
sands of dollars were made from its
funds on only the slightest security
or none at all.
That another insurance eonnanv
used It's funds 70 back up" one of
these purchases.
That the head Of the company
which did the backing up" and the
head of the company which was
backed up" doled out the money OF
the depositors in the latter company
as allowances 10 their two families.
That, as revealed by these trans
actions IN high finance"-it would
better be called low fnance-men in
what is called ''the highest social
and financial standing" found the
millions OF the larger. insurance
companies insufficient for their needs
and proceeded, therefore, TO absorb
The Washington times., 1905-12-12
MORE PAY" SLOGAN
OF LOCAL hACHINISTS
Mechanics in Naval Gun Factory Will
Demand a Substantial
Raise.

Whether the machinists at the local
naval gun factory Will succeed III get
ting an increase IN their wage scale will
be definitely settled, probably, inside or
a week.
The machinists are demanding a rate
OF 81 per day at the factory. the same
wage that is being paid 10 the mechanics
al the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and the Government Printing once.
They are now prepared 10 lay their case
before the wage board at the yard and
are said 10 have collected data 10 show
that Hs Il body they are Disseminated
against.
The machinistS claim that they have
hopes OF obtaining their demands with
out resorting to "A strike or general walk
out. The wage board. however, is non
eommittal as TO what they intend TO
do in the matter OF increase. 1t is un-
derstood that IL is opposed TO increasing
the emoluments TO any such extent as
demanded by the machinists. The gen
eral economical feeling ia the matter
of eXpendinS money prevails in general
throughout the Navy Department. and
IL is claimed that the big Increase de-
manded has not been provided for In
the estimates for salaries at the yard
for the year ending June 80. 1897.
If the machinists do not get their de-
mands from the wage board, IL Is under
stool~6Dat they will appeal 10 the Sec
= the Navy.
The Washington times., 1905-12-12
AS to Francis E. Leupp.

There is something delightful about
the annual report of Francis E.
Leupp, Commissioner OF Indian At
fairs. Not dry, nor conventional.
nor stupid, nor anything with which
departmental reports are usually as
sociated. 1t is alive, pulsating, warm
with an actual, human interest. Com
missioner Leupp knows and likes his
subject.
And he who grasps that concep-
tion of the situation will be within
the pale of fact. 1t is this that makes
not only this report, but the whole
present administration OF the Bureau
OF Indian Affairs of the largest con-
sequence. President Roosevelt has
not been invariably successful in his
selection of executive assistants, but
when he chose Mr.. Leupp he was at
his best. 1t was d happy occasion
Tor the nation and the nations wards
when the need met the man and the
man the need.
Indeed, ii has been almost in the
nature of an experiment Two domi-
nant types, with their varieties, have
furnished former occupants of the
chair now so capably filled On the
one hand We have had the doctrin-
aire, filled with poetic illusion as To
Indian characteristics and poetic
aspirations as TO the Indians destiny;
on the other, the common, or garden.
politician, undisturbed and unrelieved
by any illusions or aspirations what
ever
Mr. Leupp is conspicuously free
from the warning attributes of these
types. He is neither a visionary nor
a spokesman His interest in the In
dian is real, and it has been strength
ened and deepened by many years
of studious observation. He knows
what is good in the Indian and what
is bad, and his conception of his
bureaus duty is the retention of
the one and the gradual elimination
OF the other.
The report is a consistent review
of aspiration and effort directed along
these general lines Those who are
interested in the subject and actually
Jealous that the conduct of this ma
ton toward the Indian shall be
characterized by wisdom, justice and
moderation will find reason to con-
gratulate themselves that MIR. Leupp
is at the helm of affairs. The Times
is of that goodly number.
The Washington times., 1905-12-12
GARFIELD'S BROTHER
YET SIMPLE FARMER
Thomas, Who Supported Family While Future Presidat-
Was Being Raised, Is Still Poor and Tills
Soil Near jacksonville Mich

Hidden away IN the farming communi-
ty some five miles from Hudsonville,
Mich, lives Thomas Garfield, only
brother of the marryred President,
writes a correspondent OF the New York
Herald
Neither fame nor wealth has been his
portion. While his bruSher was climb
ing the ladder. he was telling the for
est and harvesting crops.
He is now eighty-three years Of age
and sturdy. in spite of his disabilities.
When but eighteen years old. he met
with a permanent injury from overtax-
ing himself in lifting. and he now walks
with difficulty
This does not keep him from work
Ing. 1t only hampers him, for he still
hnds his way TO the fields to musk corn
and see that matters are looked after.
Sticks to Home.
Mr.. Garfield came to Michigan nearly
forty years ago, buying the farm he
now owns. and he has not been OF the
place half d dozen times since
1 suppose you Will think IL funny.
but have never been IN Washington,
said he. After James had been elected
President I went TO Mentor to visit him
Tor week before he was inaugurated.
While there he told me that il was
the worst thing that could have hap
pened TO him He wanted to go 10 the
Senate. where he thought he could ac-
complish more good, but the Presi-
dency was forced upon him
In mis- simple way Mr.. Garfield is i'm
mensely proud of his brother, and one
OF his cherished possessions is a mag
nificent pastel photograph or the dead
President
Il have always been poor man." he
said, and never knew what 1t was not
TO have 10 work hard. That has been my
blessing and have no regrets. for pO-
litical ambition would not tempt me II
! had to live my life over again.
James was a politician from the time
he was a little fellow. He was a nat
ural orator and had the best memory
of any man l ever saw. He could lis
ten TO a discourse and repeat it. and
once we heard him working out a sum
in algebra in his sleep When he got
up in the morning he wrote il out
Il only regret that did not have the