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New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
BIG GIFT FOR BARNARD,
College Receives $3.50, 900 for Dor
mitOry from Unnamed Benefactor.

It was announced yesterday that Barnard Col
lege had received gift Of $OOOO be used for the
erection of a new dormitory. The name Of the
giver was withheld Although the dormitory. as
planned. will cost S2SO.OOO work upon the new
building will be begun at once
In 1902 Barnard received an endowment fund OF
$4,000 after raising like from other sources.
At the same time Mrs. A. A. Anderson gave the
college $4,000. with the stipulation that she was to
be permitted to specify it's use. Six weeks ago she
authorized the trustees to expend the money in
providing plans and laying foundations for new
dOrmitory, In case some else would give the
money to complete the construction OF the build
ing. Accordingly, Charles A. Rich. the architect
or the present college buildings was instructed to
draw up plans. At tho meeting Of the trustees on
May 10 2. W. Sheldon announced that a friend
OF the college had offered to give S5OOO0 Mr.
sheldon denied that he himself was the giver.
AS the building will cost. with equipment $3.50
OSO. the trustees have still $4,000 to raise II Is
expected that the building win be ready for
occupancy az the opening of college in September
The new dormitory will contain accommodations
10Y .Sls1Iy-nye students 1t will be placed On The
noEIn S1de OK ll6th street. OF Broadway. fac
.nE .n1E, IN ACCORDANCE with the general scheme on
stories high and in general architectural structre
VIII CONFORM to the buildings already erected The
new ouildlng Is to form the nucleus for a SET Of
nVe dornitories to be built the south end of the
quadrangle. On the north and south sides Of the
building VIII be a handsome facade The erection
Of the new building will do away with the neces-
Slty ror the temporary dorInitOry in a large anarf.
ment house that planned
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
BLUCHER COMES Lite.
Strike of Stokers Delays HAMBURG
american Line VesseL

The Hamburg-Amer liner Bltcher which was
delayed two days because of the strike among stol
ers In Hamburg. arrived in Hoboken last night
docking about II O'Clock
rms is one Of the latest bookings within a year
The Deutschland holds the record, having docked
at midnight year ago
The Bltcher perhaps bore the greatest brunt Of
the present strike in Hamburg. She was sched-
ued to sail on May 4, but difficulty in getting
stokers forced her to sail day late She had
hardly passed Dover when it was apparent that the
new stokers were inexperienced. The big liner
which usually comes in on time when the weather
is Ialrly good. did not come up to Quarantine last
night until o'clock. The delay of a dav and the
dlhiculty in keeping up steam with inexperienced
stokers kept her well behind in her effort to reach
port Sunday.
Trouble began in the ireroom when the Blucher
nearly half way across the Atlantic None OF
the officers would talk of the difficulty. but it
was learned that delegation of stOkers went to
returned to work
Captain Reessing said that the best davis run
was $50 miles. He would not discuss the weather,
put II was learned from OF the ships officers
that the steamer had only moderate seas and head
winds. and was not greatly delayed by the eIe-
ments.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
MILLION PROMISED FOR UNITED ART BUILDING
VIEW HOME TO HOUSE A DOZEN SOCIETIES COST
100000 COAPLETE

II was learned last evening that s., 100000 had
been eonditionaIly promised by a wealthy New
Yorker toward the erection and endowment of
a united fine arts building to house the dozen
societies composing the Fine Arts Federation.
This scheme. formulated several years ago. has
received fresh impetus since the union of the
National Academy OF Design and the Society OF
American Artists. was expected
AS told in The Tribune recently, John w. Alex
a1ader, a member Of the council OF the National
Academy OF Design. has estimated the cost OF
financing the scheme at S3Oo0000. at least
appropriating S1.OOO.o00 each for site. building
and endowment Other artists, however, main
tain that a site in the central part of the city
win cost more than S1.oo0.000.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
FOUR DEAD In WARSAW
Nineteen Wounded-Police Captain
Blo5Un TO Pieces.

warsaw. May 14.-while Police Captain Con-
stantinOfr was standing in Marszalkowska street
at o'clock this evening. with two policemen
and four soldiers, young man threw bomb
into the group. The explosion tore Captain
Constantinof TO pieces and severely wounded
a policeman and six other persons. The assassin
tried TO escape. and. Aring his revolver. wounded
a soldier. The other soldiers replied with a
volley. killing the assassin and two other per-
sons. The soldiers then attacked the people who
had gathered with their bayonets and the butts
OF their guns wounding eleven persons. making
a total Of four killed and nineteen wounded.
The terrorists have sought Captain Constan-
tinoffs life since May Day Of last year. when
he ordered the soldiers to fire a procession OF
socialists, causing the death OF thirty persons.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
MORE MUTUAL SUITS.
M'KEEN TO BRING THEM
NesU General Solicitor on Trail of
Expenditure Committee.

James 1EcKeen. one of the counsel Of the Arm
strong investigating committee, Who was ap-
ponted yesterday general solicitor Of the Mutual
TEse Insurance Company 70 succeed Julien r.
Davies, viii have as one OF his first duties the
rvessing of suits against the members OF the
--ssent expenditures committee and its immedi-
s,s predecessor fOr the recovery OF moneys al
,Ased 20 have been improperly expended through
fhsir neglect.
-sosived yesterday, have been brought against
James olyphant, chairman OF the committee. and
James c. Holden and Charles 2 Miller. his as
sooiates. The former expenditure committee
eonsistsd Of the first two named and j. hobart
TsrricI1- now dead In this case the suit has
rsen directed against the Hobart estate, OF
which Amelia HeTrlctl Is the exeeutrix. The
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15

member OF the committee on ways and
means appointed 70 raise at least S3.ooo.ooo for
tne project. said last night that with the pledge
OF the Sl.oO0o0o mentioned there had been a
revival Of talk about getting the site of the
LenoS Library. When this site was dis
cussed last year It was found TO be held at
TOO high a figure, and was. moreover. consid-
cred by some members Of the confederation too
far uptown.
other members are Of the opinion that the
city should create a park in which the united
fine arts building could be erected. ana should
co5tribute 70 the support OF a central art homo
as 1t contributes 70 the support Of the Metropoi-
tan Museum of Art and the American Nruseurn
OF Natural History.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
AGAIN RESPITES PATRICK.
GOUernor Delays Execution Thirty
D0us BeuOnd Last Date Set.

Albany, May 14-Governor Higgins to-day
granted an additional respite Of thirty days un-
I'll June II to Albert T. Patrick, under sentence
of death for the murder Of William NJ. Rice FIX
Judge w NJ K Olcott, Patrick's attorney rep
resented that it would be impossible to complese
the presentation of evidence in support OF Pat
ricl's application for a new trial by May 49,
when the last respite will have expired and
asked for sixty days additional time.
Governor Higgins wrote Mr.. Olcott District
Attorney Jerome and Recorder GOff. expressing
surprise and disappointment at the slOwness Of
the proceedings. He received explanations from
them of the delay. and District Attorney Je-
rome suggested that thirty days would be suffl-
cient.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
WHOLE STATE SHAKEN
BIG POWDER EXPLOSION.
-Four Magazines Go Up at Bridge
port, Conn.

Half the area OF Long Island and almost the
whole Of the State of Connecticut trembled vio-
lently early yesterday morning. following the
terrific explosion of four big powder magazines
at the works of the Union Metallic Cartridge
Company, in the northern suburbs of Bridge
port, Conn.
The explosion occurred about 4sO o'clock. the
magazines being blown up almost at the same
time. though there was a sufficient interval be-
tween TO make four distinct shocks felt in
Bridgeport and the nearly towns. In other towns
three shocks were felt and in stiu more two. in
some only one. followed by a violent trembling
Of houses.
In parts Of Long Island three distinct shocks
We're felt. Houses rocked like ships in a heavy
sea, cupboards were thrown over. dishes broken,
and In some instances residents were thrown out
Of bed
While no serious results attended the explo-
sion, 1t has excited interest from geological
standpoint because of the fact that towns and
villages more than forty miles distant from the
scene were shaken as if the earth had qUalzed.
The vibration was felt in COnnecticut as far
north as Stony Creek. At New Haven two dis
tinct shocks were felt which were followed by
a roar like thunder.
Meriden and MiddletOwn, in the southern part
Of the state. were badly shaken. For nearly an
hour the residents of these towns were at a
loss TO know what caused the violent trembling
and many believed that it was a genuine earth
quake ON the outskirts OF MiddletOwn farmer
was passing from the barn to the pasture with
a sack Of seed when he felt the earth rolling un-
der him. It was so sudden and violent that the
sack Of seed fell from his hand. Across the
Sound many Long Island towns felt equally as
vigorous a shock as those in Connecticut.
HOUSES swAYED LIKE TREES.
At Northport some families declare they heard
three distinct shocks, though the trembling did
not occur until a few minutes after the first
shock was heard The houses in this section,
especially the frame structures. swayed like
trees before violent wind At Port Jefferson.
across the Sound from Bridgeport a big plate
glass window in E. A RaynOr's furniture store
was shattered. Two shocks were felt at Stony
Brook, East Moriches Riverhead, Eastport,
Patchogue and WesthamptOn.
It was known early in the day that the trem-
bling was due to an explosion at or near Bridge
mort but in the northern section Of Connecticut
and in villages in the interior Of Long Island
residents thought there had been an earthquake
The fact that the shock passed under Long
Island Sound and did not disturb lower New
York state is probably due to the close geolosi-
cal connection or sympathy between the Sound
shores Of Connecticut and Long Island. Being
of the same geological formation. that OF ter
minal noraine, they are said TO be more closely
united than Connecticut and New York, despite
the Sound
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
KILLED IN sCUFFLE WITH DAUGHTER.
Climax Of Quarrel by Jacksonville Man with
His Wife.

Jacksonville. Fla. May &c. E. Hooks a
well known merchant was shot and killed to-
day by his seventeen-year-old daughter Bessie.
Hooks and his wife quarrelled recently and he
had been away from home for a week He re-
turned to-day and had a violent quarrel with
his wife. His daughter says she took his re-
vOlver to prevent his using it. and in scufIle,
ne trying to take it from her. the weapon was
fired, the bullet entering his breast and killing
him Instantly The wife and two daughters were
the only witnesses.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
WILL NOT PAY DAMAGES.
Merico Denies OUersteppiHg Rights
in Seiaing Fishing Smacks.
rRr Telegraph to The Tribune.

Galveston. May IA message to the Mexican
government from the American fishing COM
nanies of Mobile, Pensacola and Galveston to the
effect that formal demands for indemnity and
damages suffered by the fishing smack owners
would be made. brought a response that no such
claims would be considered
The attorneys representing the American fish
ing companies were informed by the Mexican
authorities that they did not concede that they
overstepped their rights in the seizure OF the
boats and that the Americans would be Iortu-
nate To get hack their vessels and crews.
The smack owners estimate their actual DAM
ages at several hundred thousand dollars
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
A BATTLE WITH ZULUS
Hard Fighting scitb Natioe Rebels
Near Natal Frontier.

Esnote Natal. May 14.-It is reported that
Bambaata. the insurgent Zulu chief. has crossed
'htO Natal Heavy gun firing was heard yester-
oay from Nkandhla, which was resumed this
afternoon
GreytOwn. Natal. May 14-serious lighting is
going on in zuiuland. Heavy gun fire was heard
to-day at KrantzkOp.
Durham May 14.-several native tribes on the
Natal side Of the Tugela River are reported to
be ready to rise
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
SCARED TO DEATH BY COFFIN.
Girl Locked in Room Ali Night With It Dies
When Released.
TBy Telegraph to The Trlbune-l

New Orleans, May 14.-Miss Susan Washing
ton a young woman of Crowley, La, is dead
from fright, as the result Of being locked up in
dark room all night with an empty coffin The
girl was at party with several young men, and
thew decided that it would be good joke to lock
her nm with the coffin. She entered into the
spirt of the affair." but the boys failed to let her
out The strain of staying with the grewsome
object was too much for the girl, and she died
a few hours after being released.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
UMPIRE HIT WITH Bat
Kicked to Insemsibility after Quar-
rel at Ball Game.

PunXsutawney. Penn, May IA. NJ. Sbustar
OF Chicago. while umpiring a ball game betvaen
PunXsutawney and Oil City, of the Interstate
League, here to-day, was struck to the ground
with ball bat and kicked into insensibilitv bv
Clark. the left fielder of the home team. Shus-
ter is IN the hospital in a critical condition and
Clark has been locked up by the police
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
AFRICAN COTTON GAINS.
Nay SuppIont American Product IN
Lancashire Mills.

1ivarpool. May 14.-sir Alfred Jones, president
~ the Chamber of Commerce. addressing the
chamber this evening. said that the British Cot
ton Growing Association would import this year
from West Africa cotton valued at between
s5oO 600 and 100000. He argued that West
Aer,ca would soon produce more cotton than
Toncasbire required The speaker added that
African labor conditions were more economical
than those in America. while land could be had
for practically nothing.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
HEN LAYS EGG ON CAR FENDER.

East Lyme. Conn, May 14.-As an East Lyme
streetcar, in charge OF John Hackett motorman,
and Lafayette C. Rudd, conductor, sped along on
the turnpike road a Plymouth Rock hen at
tempted TO cross the road in front of it. The
fender caught her up and she sat in it until the
car reached Mantle, a space of FIVE minutes.
Then Motorman Hackett lifted her out and
found between two wires of the fender an egg,
unbroken. The hen strutted of. caclEling
Trnl
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
SIGHTSEEING AUTO ON FIRE.

While Broadway was crowded with teams and
pedestrians, soon after o'clock last night, a
large sightseeing automobile caught fire in
front of the Hotel Saranac, at 42d street. Con-
siderable excitement resulted and traffic was
blocked for nearly half an hour. The fire was
extinguished with a loss of about $500: The
passengers scrambled from the machine in
soft
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
MISSING YoNKERs MAN FOUND.

Martin AIulrooney. missing from Yonkers since
July 12, 1905. was arrested in Hudson street
Yesterday afternoon and taken to Yonkers.
Afulrooney was president of the Yonkers Board
of Health for two years and treasurer OF the
Mutual Ala Association OF the Otis Elevator
Works. When he disappeared the association
was found to be short S229s. Mulrooney's wife
offered to pay $500. all she had. but the asso-
ciation refused this as IL would have left her
Denuilees
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE IN NEW JERSEY

TEv Telegraph 90 The Tribune
Morristown N. j., May 14-News reached TINS
citv to-day that a slight earthquake was felt on
Saturday at Rockaway. a few miles from here
Buildings in every part OF the village were shaen
aoth,, and articles were knocked from tables
80 Lol1,as The shock was accompanied by a
Teculfar rImbIing noise. Nervous persons were
badly frightened. and many spent sleePless HIsI1
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
A FUND FOR AMERICAN GIRLS.
Plan Similar to Rhodes Scholarship Scheme
Undertaken in London.

London, May 15-"The London Tribune" this
morning says that the Society of American
Women in London is trying to raise a fund to
give American girls advantages similar to those
enjoyed by young men under the Rhodes schol-
aTship scheme.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
eEEs sTINe FARMER 10 DEArH.
[I3y Telegraph 20 The Tribune

Carlisle Penn. May i4.-Abram Whistler, a
farmer. living near Newburg. was hauling a
hive Of bees 10 his home to-day. when a sudden
Joit of the wagon knocked the top off the hive.
5he hund-eds oc Dees thus released attacked
Whistler and suns ciED SO severely that he died
shortly after.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
rRv 1elegraph 10 The rrlbune.l ]

Bridgeport Conn, May 14.-The explosion this
morning threw the inhabitants of this city
into a frenzy Of fright for a brief period It
is said that thirty thousand pounds Of pow
der black and smokeless. exploded IN the space
of a minute. The first shock was the greatest
Four powder magazines out of tho dozen that
are scattered about in the woods. about half a
mile north Of the almshouse Of this city. blew
up The first one was filled with coarse. black
Dowder and a great column Of smoke arose high
in the air from this explosion and drifted in
tact out over Long Island Sound. The other
three magazines were filed with smokeless
powder. When these exploded a great sheet OF
flame lit up the foggy heavens.
WHOLE CITY IN PANIC.
With the first report people were awakened
MANY were thrown bodily from their beds. The
second and third reports came and many fed
terror stricken into the streets, clad only IN
their night clothes. On the pavements women
were praying and holding their children IN their
arms. The men were speechless
In MANY Of the houses in East Bridgeport
which is closer to the scene of the explosion
than the centre of the city, brtc-a-brac. dishes
and pictures were flung into the centre of the
rooms on the floor. window glass was shat
tered At the almshOuse nearly all OF the Win
dows were blown out. There are score of
moderately ulSdHG potACAANS SSNAoN
they became wild.
On all the streets of the city running north
and south, notably East Main and Main streets
plate glass windows felt outward upon the side
walks with a deafening crash. Coming so soon
after the San Francisco disaster. many thought
the shock was caused by an earthquake.
Great holes were blown into the ground where
the smokeless powder magazines were located
and not vestige of them remained. Where the
black powder magazine had been there was no
ripping up of the earth. and the spot where the
magazine had stood Uttered with black
powder canisters. Near the smolEeless powder
magazines trees a yard in diameter were
snapped in twain uprooted and split UP into
kindlng wood. Not leaf remained the
trees for five hundred yards around the explo-
sion zone
Superintendent George B. Thorpe of the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company is unable TO throw
much light upon the cause Of the explosion. He
said tonight:
an, certain that there has been loss OF
life and also that no persons were injured by the
explosions We do not keep any night man on
cannot explain what caused the explosion. 10
,,,,sf have been fire OF some kind. hardly be-
iiave that lightning or the weather had anything
10 do with it. or that spontaneous combustion
was the cause OF II.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15

Gsy i. VIA Pennsyivansa Eai:.sad. Ti,ree-5ay
Ss;S 5aaae. coveriag necessary expenses. 50 o. G.
- y :-om NSS7 York. according s0tel selected
ASascst ltcE6: aSen.s- -Asyl.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
ONE NIGHT 10 CHICAGO

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York Central Lines. Leave New York $50 ?. m.
arrive Chicago $50 next morning The fastest long
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New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
bEwEps PURE GRAPE JUICE.

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New-York tribune., 1906-05-15

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New-York tribune., 1906-05-15

GETTYSBURG AND WASHINGTON TOUR
May 2s. via Pennsylvania Railroad Six-day tri0.
All necessary expenses. So nom New York soc
s-cket agcuts-AdVt.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
NEvER CHANGED HIs ATTITUDE.

To all whom 1 saw I stated that the Hepburn
bill was In it's essence entirely satisfactory %
me. The Hepburn bill as It passed the House
simply recognized the right Of review by the
cOurts-that is, the jurisdiction Of the courts
but did not attempt 20 define t. thus leaving the
courts 20 prescribe the limits Of their jurs-
diction. This was in accordance with the ideas
of the Attorney General, his belief being that
thereby we avoided all danger Of the bill being
declared unconstitutional because of the attempt
70 confer either too much OF TOO little jurisdic-
tion on the courts.
also repeatedly stated that while il was en-
tirely satisfactory to simply to leave the
Hepburn bill in substance as 10 Was-that is
with the recognition Of the Jurisdiction Of the
courts. but without any attempt to define that
jurisdictiOn-yet I was entirely willing that
there should be a definition, provided that this
definition did not seek to grant broad review,
but explicitly narrowed II TO the two subjects
which. as matter Of fact, believed that the
courts would alone consider in case there was no
attempt to define the limits OF their review that
is, would limit 1t TO the question as TO whether
the commission had acted ultra vires and as 70
whether any mans constitutional rights had
been impaired. stated that If the question Of
defining or limiting the review was brought UP
at all personally felt this was the way In
which IL should be limited defined.
At different times at least q score OF tentative
amendments were either prepared by the At
torney General at the request Of Senators or
submitted 20 me by Senators.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
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