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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-08

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
so BROADWAY. New York August leod
A DIVIDEND OF TWO AND ONE-HALE
PER CENT. C2hS1 out OF accumulated income has
been declared on the PREFERRED STOCK OF The
Company, payable October a. 1906, to stockholders OF
record at the close OF business September % 1908
The preferred stock transfer books will close at -
o'cooh Saturday. September 81 1905. sod vi
reopen 10 O'Clock A.. Thursday October Is 1905
r. %. LANDLORD Secretary
% Wall Street N.w York August {. 1905.
The transfer books OF the Voting Trustees for Pro-
Stock Certificates Southern Railway
Co., WHICH HAVE AsSENTED 10 THE EXTENSION
AGREEMENT OF AUGUST e. 1902 Will close IL
o'clock Saturday. September 20 1903. and Will
reopen at 10 o'clock A. NJ on Thursday October IS
1903.
on oosoner ~. 1908 Voting VIII pro
pared Distribute the above dividend OF TWO AND
oNE-HALF PER CENT C2lass). when received By them,
among the parties entitled thereto OF
record their books when closed s5ove.
r. MORGAN s co.
Agents Voting Trust
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ADVICE FROM A FRENCH MAID.
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JUSTICE VAN BRUNT'S WAY.
While Kind Hearted. His Abrupt Manner
Was Terrifying to Young Lawyers.

While Kind Hearted, His Abrupt ann
Was Terrifying to Young Lawyers.
The late Supreme Court Justice Charles
H. Van Brunt was one Of the kindest hearted
men in the world, but he had an abrupt
manner in court which was embarrassing,
not to say terrifying. to law students and
young lawyers who had to appear before
him on minor business.
A new student in a downtown law Office
was instructed to prepare q bond in a certain
proceeding and to take it up for approval
to Justice Van Brunt who was sitting in
chambers. 1t was the first thing he had had
to do and he was anxious to do it well.
He drew it up with great care, had 1t
executed by principal and ~sureties and
submitted it to the Judge with considerable
confidence. He saw the Judge take it,
write something on it and hand it to the
attendant who gave it back to him.
On inspection the Judges memorandum
was found TO be "shou ld be jointly and
severally.' This meant that, in the clause
defining the liability of the sureties the
words and severally,' which were essential,
had been omitted.
That seemed easy enough to remedy, 80
the student then and there sat down and
wrote in the missing words, not realizing
that the thing to do was to prepare and
| execute an entirely new bond. After cor
reoting this ere be haIded it up again.
The Judge took 1t. looked at it with q
frown and said in his very effective voice,
which could always be heard to the re.
hottest corner Of a court room:
Young man. I don't know what to do
with you. You have committed forgery
in the second degree, which is a crime, and
you have done it in the presence Of the
Court, which is contempt"
The shouts Of laughter which followed
drowned the students stammering at
tempts to excuse himself. After order
was restored the Judge said; ,
well, I will let you Of this time, but
don't make a habit Of it'-and he ap-
proved the bond.
Also he had a great memory. Some
years afterward the same young lawyer,
grown older in practice, was trying a case
before him. A controversy arose between
counsel, in which his opponent accused
him of an improperly.
He Indignantly r~epudiated the charge
and asserted that the Court knew him we'll
enough to be sure he was incapable OF do
ing such a thing, Justice Van Brunt said
with a smile
Il don't know as to that. Perhaps q
man who would commit a crime wouldn't
stick at a little thing like this. / have
seen you commit forgery myself
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them tseethee ~aa deaeetched They
wesp mostly asiH,e married wtfnsh, ItyirR
the mset ~eohventlaf ri ~ Hives On AaHa
haitian, btt e~paveraa,lon revealed strange
WaHdafthaa,
Tho naldsut and moet asdaie ~ ell had
been for several years chaplain 81 . Sate
prison for men. had pfvached sunday
after Sunday n q congregation ~ con.
Wits, and had maintained correspondence
with ~ea.couvlcta and entertained thefn
In her hone.
Another had taught school IN Hawaii.
going out solely for the fun % the thing.
and teaching q aohool made Up ~ Chinese.
J~epaneae and rative Hawaiian children.
third had taught school In q little busted
mining ramp IN one Of the Rocky Nc untain
States, 10000 fee, above sea level, where
after tho trains ehut down In the fall there
were no more ttil the MOVE disappeared
In the spring, the mail coming In by snow
shoe meanwhile. II being a state who're
women voted, she had risen 70 the Office
II county superintendent Of schools, over
q county pretty nearly a. big az the State
of Vermont and containing schools a
hundred miles from III railrc nd.
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SCALPED By INDIANS AND LIVED.
Unique Distinction Claimed by an Okla.
h0ma Man.

Woukomis correspondence Konsos City
journal.
Allen W. Edwards Of Waukomis claims
the distinction Of being the only man liv-
ing who was scalped by Indians. There
were q number Of Instances during tho days
OF Indian warfare where the victims of the
scalplng knife recovered and lived some
times for years after the operation. but Ed
wards is the last survivor Of that number,
He has always been able to work as well
as ever. but has had trouble from time to
time as a result OF the wounds in his head
and has lately had to submit to several oper-
atoms. AS he is now 90 years old this has
seriously lessened his earning ability. and
he has lately made application for n pension
which is being pushed at Washington by
Delegate MCGUIRE.
The battle in which Edwards lost his scalp
occurred on Walnut Creek, near Fort Zarah.
about nine miles from the present site Of
Great Bend, Kan. The wagon train was en-
route from Fort Leavenworth. Kan, to Fort
Union, N. NJ. and was almost In sight OF
Fort Zarah when attacked. The lead team
sters whipped UP and reached the fort in
safety but those in the rear we're cut of by
the Indian charge and had to max O stand
In their own defence.
Their fight with the redskins began at
0 o'clock in the morning and continued until
4 o'clock In the afternoon. Although very
poorly armed the teamsters succeeded in
holding of the Indians all day and killed
a considerable number Of them, according
to Edwards's story. the exact number being,
OF course, impossible to ascertain. The
horses and mules were finally captured by
the Cheyennes and tho wagons plundered
before a body Of cavalry arrived from the
fort to drive the Indians away. Ten Of the
tcamsters were killed outright and five were
wounded.
All OF the killed and wounded were stripped
Of their clothing by the Indians, and when
Edwards was picked UP by the soldiers he
was stark naked, was shot several times,
and a scalp. four by five inches, had been
taken from the crown of his head. One
bullet had struck him In the head. one went
through his left arm near the shoulder. and
Ave entered his body In different places.
The next day Edwards was taken to Fort
Lerned. thirty miles away. and placed under
the care Of the post surgeon. He had no
other clothing during this trip than an army
blanket. He remained in the hospital until
November following, when he was discharged
az well and allowed TO return to his home In
Hebraska
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PIGEON RACES WITH TRAIN.
Bird Makes a/Fffteen Mile Flight Every
Morning.
From the Nenbern journal


The passengers on the mail train from
Morehead City due here in the morning
are greatly interested in the peculiar con-
duct Of a pigeon. which is owned by a man
In Wildwood, and engages the train In a
race from Wildwood to Havelock every
morning, a distance Of fifteen miles.
The bird apparently watches for the ap-
proach OF the train and flies along with IL,
sometimes ahead OF II. but 1t never fails TO
the train, 1t flies so near the
cars that passenger can almost touch 1t.
When the train stops at Newport the bird
perches near by and waits for it to start, WHOM
II continues its journey to Havelock, then
returns 10 its home. evidently with the fm-
preston on its little brain that 1t has dis
charged some duty.
The pigeon is handsome. being w~hitelwith
a black head, No other bird seems. 10 take
this freak. nor does this one attach itself
TO any other train, and the wo1der grows
how the bird appears to prefer this train
TO any other. 1t will be sadly missed when
for any reason 1t discontinues its regular
lights. ..
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Maine,s Longest bridge.
From the Boston Globe.

The new bridge over the Sheepscott River.
between Wiscasset and Edgecomb. is said TO
be the longest In Maine. There were used in
Its construction between / 200 and 1900 spiles.
varying from rs to IS feet 10 length. All those
put in deep water were of oak.
The bridge Is. IS feet wide. with a total
length of 3 $50 feet.
Ali of the timber and ratings are Of hard
pine, Of which 200, 900 feet were used. lt
took, about $4,000 feet of pine and hemloCk
tons Of nails were used In fastening this plank
ing In place, More than 5000 bolts. varying
'-om 0 70 80 inches In length, were used.
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There are Erenon smaker a.plenty In
New York living in a few rooms and making
dresses for a few dollars who could COM
mand a good salary in a house like this
say; but they prefer a tiny shop or a few
rooms and a helper or two over whom they
can be absolute boss.
THAT Is the principal reason, ] think
why French filters, saleswomen and buyers
are not often encountered in the larger
dressmaking concerns and the department
stores. Again, French women Of sufficient
talent to build up a large business choose
as a rule to stay in Europe, where talent
for the creation Of. women's garments lie
Just as much appreciated and as well re-
m%unerated as 1t Is over here. 1t Is a we'll
known fact that there are not enough French
women to equip the Paris dressmaking
workrooms, which are obliged to employ
workers Of OF .er ~ationaliiies
I'm this establishment? Yes, our best
filters on women's mace to order costumes
are Irish the head saleswoman, by
which l mean the most expert at taking
orders, is Of Irish ~parentage, and the buyer
who goes twice a year to Paris to select
women's costumes was born In Ireland"
Said the buyer for the women's custom
order department Of another large con-
corn who has a good Irish name:
Il was born in this country, but my par
ents are Irish. The head Of this department
ia an Irish woman and q wonder she is at
taking orders.
: And, by the way, few women not In
business have any idea how much skill,
tact, good judgment and creative talent Is
necessary to sell imported gowns and take
1~lora xrNr ~ fhaan nnVnQ iNaotabtHa alxu n ~
imagine that about all that is needed Is to
trot out the costumes and show them Of
or to show samples Of goods and pictured
designs. 81.
After that they think customers who
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taken of without having trees put into
them Immediately.
Even when one is sleepy the shoes or
slippers must not be allowed to stand empty
during the night. 1t takes only a moment
to slip the trees IN, and then the shoes are not
getting into bad habits while one sleeps.
A good oil or paste rubbed into the leather
when the shoes are put awey is a better
thing than a dressing applisd when the
shoes are about to be worn.
ooh, there are so many things, little things
that help to make a dress allowance go far,
very far, but I am firing you, Madame
The ordinary woman demurred.
ITS very good Of you. Marie. l prob
going to try. I've left undone 1.-THE things
I ought to have done and have done all
those things that ! ought not to have done,
and ! see plainly that there is no wonder
I look like a trump most Of the time. or
course all those things you've been telling
but then I can cut a little time of from
some things that aren't half as i'm portant
as looking my best"
Marie beanied approval.
Il find that Madame has possibilities.
Oh, but yes; very great possibilities. II
at ~ a pity to make 80 little OF hair that
really is excellent. Madame will wear the
blue gown BY arranging the fichu with a
difference it will be becoming to a degree.
IL makes SuCn a Q~lT1erenCe, tnat line OF
the dc oolletage. Witha good maid, Madame
would have a style that would attract at
tention.
"Then are perhaps scruples against a
touch of rougef So! You see at once the
improvement, but it must be done carefully.
Not every one understands the rouge. It
is dangerous when it is not In the hands Of
an artist.
And Ma DANES eyebrow, the left one.
So! You see. 1t is quito simple, but one
must understand"
is the real thing" murmured the ordinary
woman as she looked in the mirror, before
going down for dinner,
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
CALL TO CONGRATULATE.
Wany FeEGtate President on Pas
sage of Rate Bill.
rFrom The Tribune Rureau.l

Washington. Nav ia flock of Senator's,
REPRESENTATIVES and high officials Of the govern
ment called at the White House to-day TO con-
graduate the President on the passage OF the
Rate bill Speaker Cannon. Senator Spooner and
Representative Hepburn were among the first
to come and when they left they were unani-
nous in declaring that the President had won
signal victory the mere fact that he had op-
tained right Of way for any comprehensive legis-
ation in the face Of the powerful interests which
a year ago declared that none should be placed
on the statute books. in itself constituting tri-
umph- The Speaker and Senator spooner came
out OF the Presidents Office together and were
both in a happy frame Of mind.
of course I don't know anything about this
Railroad Rate bill except what have seen about
II in the press dispatches" said the Speaker
but from all I can gather I think it is fine
bin. and with all reverence and respect take off
my hat 10 the boss Of the Senate"
This with flourish and a bow to Senator
spooner.
Yes, and if any other Senator were here you'd
say the same thing TO him." exclaimed Senator
SDooner
NO. I'm - if I would" retorted the Speaker
In reply for a request for information as to the
personnel Of the House conferrees, the Speaker
said that he had no idea who they would be.
and added that all other subjects he was "as
dry a bone
Well you are the juiciest bone 1 ever saw
observed Senator Spoener as he went away with
the Speaker
Representative Hepburn said that the fact
mat me OH had been passed by the Senate
and that the long suspense was over "ougbt +o
sailsiy everybody Tor little while" Then he
added
There's no hurry about the appointment of
the conferrees. anyway"
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
SAYS NAVY rs WEAK.
admiral Mason Tells of Lack of
AMMUNITION and EOuiDment.

Washington May 19.-"should war break out
within the next few years the condition of the
navy VIII be such as to lead to disaster" ac-
cordng to a statement made by Rear Admiral
Mason. chief of the Bureau OF Ordnance Navy
Department. in a report to the Secretary of the
Navy calling attention TO the reduction in the
estimates Of the Bureau of Ordnance made by
the department and the House Committee on
Naval Affairs.
Admiral Mason shows that more than S12,O00,-
600 has been cut out Of the estimates, and he
describes the condition of the bureau 'litte
short Of desperate" for the coming year. He
says there is not now and will not be any re-
serve ammunition available for any of the I'M
portant guns It win be necessary probably to
discontinue target practice, and new ships must
be sent into commission without ammunition or
reserve lines on hand. and range finders and the
money 10 buy them are lacking.
After pointing out that Congress provides for
increases in the navy without making provision
for additional ordnance and ordnance stores,
Admiral Mason says
The evil effects OF this practice are accumula-
tive. and the resulting lack of efficiency has been
increasing steadily for the last few years, until
to-day the situation Is serious that the bureau
believes that II would be guilty Of the gravest
the people TO Congress and to the department
did fl not with the utmost respect, but In plain
and unmistakabIe language, place itself on rec
ord as having laid the actual facts as they exist
before those who are in position to amelorate
the very dangerous conditions which now exist.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
NEW HEBREW RELIEF COMMITTEE.
To Handle Funds Contributed to Aid Suf'
ferers in MassaCFes.

meeting of the delegates appointed last Feb
ruary at a mass meeting Of Hebrews called to-
gether by protests over the handling OF FUNDS
raised for the benefit Of sufferers by the Odessa
massacre was held last night the Hebrew Char-
ties Building. The delegates were named to de-
wise some plan by which "a central committee could
be formed which would be ready mt all times In
cases Of emergency to handle relief funds. About
twenty-five well known Hebrews from various rs<rts
Of the country were present AZ last nights meet
ing
DR.. Cyrus Adler. Of Washington. offered reso-
luton providing for the appointment OF a committee
Of fifteen 10 have charge Of the work in the future
TO be appointed by the chairman of last nights
meeting Judge Mayor sulzberger. Of Philadelphia.
and a committee Of hye selected by him. DR.. Ad-
ler's resolution was adopted. Judge SUlzbergeF
named Judge Samuel aireenbaum. OF New York:
Samuel Grabfelder. OF Philadelphia: r. w. Levin
Epstein. Of New York. Or. Jacob VOrsauger. OF
San Francisco, and Judge Julian W. Mack, 0f Chi
cagO as the other members Of the committee 10
name the general committee Of fifteen.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
FUTURE OF RATE BILL.
THE. PRESIDENT PLEASED.
Senate Amendments Likely To BE
.4ccepted By House Committee.
- - Trlbune Rurean.l

washington. May 19.-Members OF Congress
who have talked xith the President regarding
che rate BILL which was passed by the Senate
yesterday. believe that the measure VIII have
clear sailing in the House and that it will be-
come a law in the near future. The amendments
made by the Senate are so numerous and in
some instances so new that it is entirely likely
that the House Committee Interstate and
Foreign Commerce VIII request that the bill be
referred 70 it for consideration before cOnferTees
are asked for.
Il is suggested however. that most OF the
amendments made by the Senate have been. at
one time or another. advocated by members Of
the House and that their tendency is materially
10 strengthen the BILL that there is every
reason TO believe that when the committee Of
hcialy examines them it will approve the work
OF the upper house
The only question which might cause difficulty
is. probably. the court review provision. and II
is believed that the Allison compromise. which
80 successfully united the Republicans in the
Senate. viii be accepted by the House as any
other course would lead to endless debate ana
possibly defeat the entire measure
The President regards the rate bill as amendeu
as an excellent measure He feels that ne mlght
improve and strengthen il in spots bur tflat dS
a whole il is satisfactory. He regards II en-
tirely probable that numerous minor defects
will be discovered wher the measure is put INTO
operation. and that some corrective legislation
may have TO be passed at some future date
II this be true he argues. it viii then be easy
20 amend the court review provision in any
manner which has beer indicated by experience
in the courts.
When the rate bill reaches the House from the
Senate which probably will be Monday, Char
man Hepburn will make the request that 1t lie
on the Speakers table pending an informal con-
ference of the Republican and Democratic mem
bers Of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce which is to be called soon as a
printed copy of the bill with the Senate amend
5nenfs included is available This conference has
Heen decided upon by Mr. Hepburn the proper
Ta,v 4o get the sense Of the members of the COM
srIffee Of both parties, in view of the unanimous
action of that committee in reporting the DILL
After a discussion of the Senate amendments
sr this manner the bill doubtless viii be con-
efdered BY the committee in regular session.
Should differences arise between the Democrats
the members separately might be held before
request is made for a conference with the Senate
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
GoRKY DISCUSSES THE DOUmA.
Says It Will Lose Power When Governed bv
Bureaucrats.

Maxim Gorky addressed small audience at Car
nege Hall last night John Martin. OF Staten ISL
and. in whose home the novelist now is presided
Professor Giddngs Of Columbia University was
one of the speakers
Speaking OF the Douma. Gorky said that IT would
be power long it did not allow itself to be
governed by the bureaucrats
can the Car fully satisfy the demands OF the
peopleT he asked. Herein lies his danger He
and the bureaucracy are too accustomed to mower.
they are too corrupted by il. Can the Douma yield
to himI IL II Yields the people will abandon ~
and viii throw themselves into the revolution
THE Car has many resources In reserve which
he can employ in defence of his autOcracy and II Is
possible that he viii use them. The conclusion is
clear: y the Douma does not yield 10 the Czar
he Will dispeFse II at the point OF the bayonet II
the pouma does yield. repeat the people viii
abandon II. Russia stands the threshold of "A
revolution. Beyond this threshold freedom waits
Let us hope blood will not be she'd but
N blood Is shed the guilt must rest an the beN6
Of the Russian Car ~
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
RICHARD CANFIELD RETURNS.
Broken in Health, He Says He Has Quit
Gambling Forever.

Richard Canheld. who sailed from here last Feb
ruary to recover his health. returned yesterday
the Campania without being benefited by hts trip
abroad.
II had the inhuenza,' he said, and have never
got over IT, All my time on the other side was
spent in Italy / am a sick man. and / am going
AZ once to my home in Providence"
Mr. Garfield denied emphatically the report that
ne planned TO open gambling house II am
done with gambling forever" he sald. and this
statement cannot be announced too stronsly' He
will 20 once to Providence.
AS Mr. CanGela was departing with his friends a
photographs attempted 70 take his picture. man
alleged 20 be his manager interfeTe6. He called
the photographer an unpleasant name, and, Il ts
alleged, made pass az him. The youth with the
Camera replied by striking the man IN the face
but others coming uq stopped the nsht.