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New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
BANK HEAD Il SUICIDE.
Confessed DefauIter Shoots Himself
When Police Chief AriUes.

NorfoIk. Va, May 19-Irwin Tucker. president
OF the Savings Bank of Newport News, Va
committed suicide in his room over the bank
to-day just as Chief OF Police Reynolds of that
city opened his door to arrest him on warrant
charging him with defaulting in the sum OF
$4,000 Tucker heard Reynolds ask a negro
porter where his room was and. standing in
front OF a mirror. put bullet through his right
temple as the door was thrown open.
The doors Of the savings bank have been closed
pending an investigation which is now being
made by the board of directors One report is
that the shortage may amount to $4,000. but
the directors assert that the exact amount of
the defalcation has not yet been determined.
The first suspicion that Tucker was a de-
faulter was received this morning in a note writ
ten by the suicide himself. This note was found
soon after the doors OF the bank were opened
to-day it having been placed the desk of the
cashier. Tucker admitted that he was short in
his accounts and said If any attempt was made
to arrest him he would commit suicide. fuckers
life was insured for $50 900. which will cover all
of his alleged defalcation.
The suicide about forty years old. He was
the son of ex-Nayor John S Tucker Of Norfolk,
now retired lawyer Of Washington.
Mr.. Tucker was formerly city editor OF THE
Old Norfolk Virginan," and was postmaster Of
Newport News in the Cleveland administration.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
FUNERAL DRYERS OUT.
Dozcntozcn CoGckmem Strike NozC-
Fire Hundred affected.

Backed up by the success Of the strike won by
Local No. 643. of the international Brotherhood
OF Funeral COachmen. several days ago, Local
No 1874 OF the union. covering district from
the Battery to 14th street. will go strike
to-day. The strike will affect five hundred driv-
ers Fifty to seventy-hve funerals scheduled for
the lower East Side, mainly among the Italians
and Hebrews, and about twenty weddings will
be interfered with. The drivers declare that the
strike viii be peaceful one. but the employers
fear trouble.
The ultimatum Of the union was served on the
New York Coach Owners Association yesterday.
and according to the business agent: the de-
mands 70: S14 week and 12-hOUr. day were
refused At present the men are getting S13
week and working fourteen hours a day. Mr
Smith said the employers were willing 20 treat
with the men as individuals. but refused 20 rec
Ognze the union.
The first strike OF the funeral drivers was in
the district north Of 14th street and was won
with ease by the union This strike is also ex-
yected TO be of short duration as the employers
have a large number Of funerals at this time
Of the year. and with five hundred men on
strike It will be almost impossible to fill their
places.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
THE POPE SUFFERING.
Pontif Still Confined to Bed By
Sharp Attack of GOut.

Rome. May 19-Although the condition Of
Pope Plus is not grave. some apprehension is felt
at the frequency Of the gouty attacks. due to ex-
posure 10 cold disordered digestion and fatigue.
The present attack seems to have had its origin
through the Pope walking TO ST. Peters last
Sunday for the beatihcation OF Julie BiIliart-
Returning to his apartment from st. Peters His
Holiness was warm. and in passing through the
thick walls Of the Vatican courtyards. where the
atmosphere is damp. he refused TO put on his
cloak When the first symptoms Of the trouble
appeared he refused to rest and insisted on Civ
ing long and fatiguing audiences to all the dig
nitaries of the Dominican Order.
The gout, which previously had only attacked
his foot has now reached the Popes left knee,
which is considerably swollen and gives him
acute pain. Considerable Inflammation is pres
ent The temperature OF His Holiness to-day
was 90 DR.. LappOni visited his patient this
morning and again this evening.
The Pope is still confined to his bed.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
TWENTY HURT At GAME.
Bleachers Collapse at Rochester
Spectators Piled IN Heap.

Rochester. n. Y May 19.-Twenty persons
were injured this afternoon at Culver Field at
the Rochester-Jersey City baseball game. when
a section of the bleachers collapsed. As many
more were badly bruised The accident oc-
CURED at the end Of the fourth inning.
The bleachers held 1900 persons. who were
warned of the coming collapse by the cracking
Of timbers Everybody stood up in alarm and
then the structure went down, falling in toward
the centre piIing the people and timbers in
confused heap. 1t took long time to extricate
the injured from the debris Many of the ball
PLAYERS assisted in the task. All the hospital
anobulances were summoned. ard automobiles
were also pressed into service to convey the
patients to the hospitals
The Widest excitement prevailed for time.
and rumors spread about the city that number
- raonIe had been killed. Fortunately there
was no panic the grounds While a dozen
eonIe were taken to the hospitals for treatment,
many OF whom had fractured limbs or bad cuts,
No one was fatally hurt. The police ordered
nTroher of people of the beachers shortly before
the accident occurred
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
LAWSON WILL NOT TELL.
Threatened gUith Contempt for Not
GiUlng Names.

Boston. May 10.-Thomas w. lawson was ex-
arnined to-day before the legislative committee
appointed TO investigate the alleged bribery IN
connection with the Bucket Shop BILL He was
IN the committee room about an hour and haf.
When he left he said that he told the commit
tee that he had no personal knowledge OF any
bribe giver or any bribe taker' and he added
that he had given no names He said ne tolo
the committee that he had no personal knowi-
edge Of the seventy members of the House whom
he had publicly stated were secured to vote
against the Bucket Shop bill, but he said he had
informed the committee that ne knew there
were seventy. Upon being notified by the COM
mittee that it could summon him for contempt
IL he refused TO give the names Of his inform
ants Mr. Lawson said he replied that he would
prefer to spend thirty days in jail than go back
upon his friends.
After Mr.. Lawson had left the committee room
Mr. Raymond went in, but declined TO answer
questions, saying that he would stand by his
original statements, which were general in their
accusations. He was then excused and left the
State House,
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
NEW TESUYIAN TORRENT
Hec7u Rain Causes TzCO Deaths
and Damage to Property.

D-anles. MAY 19-Rain fell 50 heavily in the
vesuvius region to-day that mighty river IS
now coursing down the side Of the volcano.
sweeping trees lava, houses and animals out OF
its path. The population is In great STATE Oh
- 1-,o torrent which is composed Of mud.
lso.. ond ,sbes is about twelve feet wide and
in some places eighteen feet deep
Two deaths have already been recorded.
man and a boy having been drowned The boy
was eleven years old. the son Of peasant he
bod been warned to fee from the danger. but in
sisted upon rushing in the direction OF the
stream in an effort TO reach his father, who was
,r the torrents path unconscious OF his danger.
~. ho, succeeded in reaching his father, and
,,o,h ran toward safety. They were, however.
oyertaEen by the stream and swept away An
otta~ Deasant Jumped into the water 20 the res
os's0 '- MT N-as also carried away. second man
,-nsbed 10 give help. and succeeded IN pulling
tbe lads father and the other man from the
Y-ater but the latter was so injured that No
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
TEN HURT IN COLLISION.
CuIUer and Union Street Cars Crash
at COney Island.

Ten persons were injured last night in coi-
lision az Mack Road and Gravesend avenue
Coney Island between Culver line car and a
Union street trolley car The police say the
Union street car stopped suddenly. and the mo-
tor1nan OF the other car unable to stop soon
enough to prevent a collision
Those most seriously injured and taken TO tho
Coney Island Reception Hospital were James
watson. Of No. 500 Sterling Place Brooklyn
contusions of the hip; Randolph Ward, Of No.
"a washington avenue. Brooklyn. contusions oe
arms; James Mayne. OF No $40 Union street,
Brooklyn. scalp wounds and possible fracture OF
right arm, and Miss Jessie COME. of No. 90
Fourth avenue. Brooklyn. who was cut abOue
the head treated at the hospital and taken
home although the surgeons said that she had
a possible fracture Of the skull. The others
went home after receiving treatment.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
SAVED FROM ANGRY MOB.
Cro7cd Sought Life of Man Who
Shot Three.

Newcastle, Penn. May 19.-The prompt ac~
ton of the police saved Thomas Burke. a former
Pittsburg teamster from lynching at the hands
OF infuriated men this afternoon. following the
shooting Of three people. Burke, 1t is said, ap-
piled for work at the farm Of Sylvester B. Nc
Ouiston near Ellwood. and was directed by
Mrs Jane Wiley mOtheT-in-law OF McQuiston,
TO see the latter. who was working IN field
The man departed. but soon returned, and.
finding Mrs. Wiley, her young daughter, Aoa,
and a crippled son, Avery Wiley. in the house.
demanded money. When this was refused he
drew a revolver and began firing. Ada Wiley
was shot through the back and VIII prooaoly
die Another bullet took effect in Mrs. Wileys
left arm and third wounded the son.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
THE DAMAGE At COBALT.
Houses Burned d-Dyna-
mite ErpIosior-O7ps Death.

Cobalt, Ontario. May -Fifty-seven houses
are burned and a dozen others are wrecked as
the result of the forest fire which swept through
the northern part of the town yesterday. AS it
passed the Ontario Powder COmpany's dynamite
rnaga zine, seven tons and half of dynamite ex-
ploded within fifty feet of the main portion Of
the town, tearing buildings from their foun-
dations and spreading ruin in all directions. Only
one fatality is far reported. that of child.
Many persons were hurt, though not seriously,
and others had marvellous esca pes Some fire.
men were in the top story of a building which
was completely demolished. They were taken
out unhurt. The explosion dug seven feet into
the ground What was a solid sheet Of rock is
now a jumbled mass of broken powders. The
trees for fifty yards distant are laid fat and
of the powder house even a shnge can be
found The loss is placed at $4,000. with
$4,000 insurance
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
PASSENGER TRAIN HITS FREIGHT.
Several Hurt in Crash on West Jersey 8
Seashore Railroad.

Atlantic City May 19-An accommodates
train. hound for Philadelphia on the West Jer-
sey & SeashOre Railroad ran into freight train
to-day az Mays Landing Several persons wers
injured. Among the more seriously hurt were
Willis Vanenan. OF Nays Landing. engineer Oe
the passenger train; Leon Hand. aged thirteen
years. Of PIeasantviIle; W. COnover. Atlantic
City. mail agent: Miss Abbie vaneman. Mays
Landing: Deputy sherin Johnson, Nays Land-
ing.
Traffic was delayed several hours by tho
wreck. the damaged cars blocking both the
tracks
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
THREAT FOR ID. Il. FRANCIS
= WorId,a Fair President Told to GiUe
In So 900 or Die.
- rsfeEraph % The Trlbuns. J

ST. louis May 1a-The police are working,
with Ie.,er "a ,5,eir cgeW. 10 capture the anon
ymous writer who threatened TO Kill ex-GoV-
ernor = D u-s,,c,s nresident Of the Worlds
fair IL he 5is rot dron 81 600 at No. 600 Etzel
avenue Thursday night between and ~
O'clock According to Chief Of Detectives Des-
mond. Colin Thompson. Francis's secretary
called on Chief GIIkspy Thursday with letter
received that morning.
Bring it yourself" the letter commanded.
] vii be there and l viii give three signals
which you cannot fail 10 recognize. Detectives
Cabanne and Schreck were at the appointed
place al the appointed time but recognized no
signals.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
JAPANESE COLONY FoR TEXAS.
nv Teleeraph 70 ne Tribupe1

IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Galveston. Tex. May 19-YOakum interests
have perfected plans for the colonization og
several thousand Japanese in Southwest Texas
Five tracts OF land aggregating $4,000 acres
have been acquired IN HidalgO. Cameron. Nueces
and Zapata cOunties- Two prominent japanese
are now in their native country preparing 10
bring out one hundred families. The plans calIs
for irrigating plants. and portion OF the land
Is now being watered BY canals from the RIO
Crande
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
10 START NoN-UNIoN MINES.

Wheeling. y. Va. May 19.-The Provident
Coal Company. Of ST. Clairsville. Belmont Coun-
y. Ohio eleven miles west of here, brought fifty
non-uniou miners to town to-day and got them
into a boarding house before the union pickets
aere aware Of the move. An effort will be made
70 starr the mines with non-untcn men on Mon
daz - tbera are -four thousand men in the
county on strike. trouble is feared National
Vice-Presidens Lewis has sent word he viii
come 10 Bridgeport next week TO take chafge
q the situation
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
GETS SO CENTS AFTER 100 YEARS.

[Hy Telegraph 10 The TribuneI
chicago. May 19-S. w. Curtis, of the Garden
,-,tz, sand Company, this city has just received
. check for IS cents In payment of a share in
. French .spoliation claim" than one
hundred years old. Curts is heir of of
The owners OF the American brig William and
George and received the check from Edward G.
Ward Of New York. administrators de bonis non
of the estate Of Chauncey Gleason a merchant,
~ Farmington. Conn. Gleason was part owner
of the brig. which was captured by French
Trivateer The claim had been pending for
twenty years.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
RUMOR EKCITES TOXIC.
Russia, 1t Says, VIII Ignore Japan's
Position IN COrea.

Toxic. May 19.-Keen interest has been
aroused here over a rumor that Japan is con-
fronted by delicate diplomatic problem re-
specting Corea Russia, it is said, is determined
10 ignore the Japanese-Core treaty and the
japanese protectorate. contendng that the
Treaty of Portsmouth recognized the independ-
anoa of Corea. According TO the rumor the
British and German governments are support
ing Japan. while the United States and France
ar silent.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
COLOR LINE ON BALTIMORE CITY WORK
~ Telegraph 10 The FFibons'I

fss Telegraph 10 The Fribunel
Baltimore May l9.-An effort Is 10 be maze
Sy Democrats to draw the color line on city
york In view OF the fact that many millions
sfe 10 be spent in new sewers and paving ana
othe- n,l,,c ,r,rrovernentg n sweeping resolution
gfl be oesere5 In the citv Council, Monday pro-
yid,p for .1erIa,,r1ent ~ oniy white labor. The
fesoifsfsr,, I[cIsre~ fl,af tbe city seems TO be
laenace9 Is, : Wholesale iYnlnigrafion Of negroes
hssking city work
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
WEI-HAI-WEI TO BE HELD.
Great Britain VIII Retain Port at
Renneet of .Tnnnn.

London. May 19-Rumors that Great Britain
would soon evacuate Wei-Hai-Wei are now def
nitely denied. Such a step is impossible.
Japan having expressed a desire that Great Brit
ain hold that port in the interest Of her ally It
was said to-day at the Foreign Office that any
idea which Great Britain may have had Of re-
turning -Hai-Wei to China has been dissi-
pated.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK nv ALABAMA.

Selma. Ala. May ia shock supposed by
some 10 have been an earthquake occurred in
Myrtlewood. Marengo County. early to-day The
tremor lasted about half minute and awak-
ened the residents OF the town. No damage
rI-ac don
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
EXPLOSION. NOT TREMOR.
Wisconsin, Tovons Severely Shaken
When POscder Mills Bloc Up.

Racine. Wis, May 19.-TWO terrific explosions.
which shook buildings throughout this city. oc-
CURED early to-day and hundreds Of persons
leaped from their beds believing there had been
an earthquake. Later it was ascertained that
the shocks were caused by an explosion at the
Latin & Rand Powder Mills. in Pleasant Prairie.
Kenosha County.
Messages from Pleasant Prairie say that the
glaze and press rooms and the corni9g mill were
blown to pieces. Windows in houses throughout
the village were broken and some damage done.
but there no loss Of life. only one man
being knocked down by the shock The mills
are intact and can be operated. The cause OF
the explosion is not known 1t was felt through
out Racine and Kenosha counties.
The first explosion occurred at 3:15 a. m. The
second came two minutes later It is estimated
that the property loss is $4,000 No one was
killed or injured. as no one was working in the
buildings. Glass was destroyed in buildings for
a mile around. and some in the western part OF
the city of Kenosha.
Kenosha. Wis. May 19--The explosion which
wrecked the Latin Rand Powder Mill blew the
sheet iron sides Of the building nearly a mile
All the windows in Crow, three and a half miles
away. were broken. Eight hundred kegs Of blast
ing powder were in the glazing mills. The shock
from the explosion was felt within a radius OF
Waukegan We're thrown from their beds. The
plant will be rebuilt at once
Grand Rapids. Mich, Nav 1.-TWO supposed
earthquake shocks felt in Western Michigan
at 800 O'Clock this morning Distinct shocks are
reported from Holland. Grand Haven Fennville
and Bangor The first shock lasted about six sec
onds and the second about three seconds Residents
Of Holland rushed of their houses in night at
tire. the quake having thrown open many doors.
Rumblings like thunder heard around the
shores Of Black Lake. No serious damage is re-
ported.
The shocks were coincident with the powder ex-
plosions directly across Lake Michigan. in Wiscon-
sin.
Michigan City. Ind. May ia number of resi-
dents felt what believed to have beer earth
quake shock early to-day. Buildings quivered and
windows ratified for two or three seconds.
An explosion similar in it's far reaching effect to
the one at Pleasant Prairie occurred at the Union
Metallic Cartridge Company's works. near Bridge
port, Conn. early May a. The shock was felt
for forty miles, and was especially severe Staten
Island.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
POLAND SPRING HOUSE OPEN MAY aOTH.

Special representatives viii remain in New York r
for another week 70 make engagements botn Tor
the above and the Mansion House always openl
at Poland Spring: also the samOset topen JuEe
gSth) Roclland Hreakwater, Names greatest sshofe
resort Communicate with Poland Water Iepot,
l9 Park Place crel $3.50 Cortlandn. or Hiram tlcAer
q SONS 1IIR Broadway, ". ID. Cor BdWay. g. Ssth
St.. srd Floor (Tel. s74s Madison sauaEa9s-%saSt'
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
eleL LOST scALP-cETs $4,000.

Hartford Conn, May l9.-An insurance company
of thls city is mailing New York city tonight
obect for $1,000 in settlement of accident This
IS believed to be The record payment In the casualty
business. Tie scalp Of Miss Annie LOchs was
taken off IN a handkerchief factory, and contrbu-
tory negligence proved against the employers,
Mo were insured IN the Travellers.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
ITALIAN WOMAN RouTs LINEMEN.
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wilmington. Dell May 19-CarTying two
Avnarican fiags and armed with big butcher
1rnife Mrs. Letizia Leone, young Italian
woman. to-day routed fifteen linemen from in
front OF her home. No. All West Front street.
and prevented them from planting an electric
light pole. The workInen formed a Gordon about
the excavation. but when the woman made a
rush they scampered. The pole was not erected
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
NEW YoeK 10 SAN FRANCISCO

In four days three hours and eighteen minutes |
via New York Central Lines. Agent viii gladly
give QaFticulagzs-Advt
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
cARNEelE aARs THEoLoeIcAl mgN.

Mount Vernon. Ohio. May 19.-Presidens Peircs
~ Kenyon College announced to-day gift from
Andrew Carnegie OF $4,000 for the aid Of stu
dents. who like StaFtOn, are deserving. but aEs
hammered BY poverty He bars theological stu
dents from sharing in the benefits Of The fund-
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
FEVER IN HAVANA.
Louisiana Health Officer asks Quar-
aptine by Gulf Ports.
a. relegraph 70 The Tribune. ]

New Orleans, May 19-Dr c. H. Irion, presi-
dent of the Louisiana State Board of Health. re-
ceived a cable message from his representative
in Havana this afternoon announcing that yell
low fever had again broken out in that city The
first case discovered died to-day.
On receiving this message. DR.. Irion at once
telegraphed Surgeon General Wyman at Wash
inston asking that Florida, Alabama and MIS-
sissippi be compelled to enforce quarantine regu-
lations against Havana The regulations IN
louisiana have been tightened. General Wy
man tonight answered that the regulations
would be enforced strictly in the states named
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Havana May 19.-The Marine Hospital officer
at Havana to-day received an order from Wash
ington not to permit non-immune passengers TO
depart for any Southern state port This action
a village near Matanzas. Fever existed there IN
February. but the place Is now being cleaned
and fumigated, and no other case has been re-
ported in Cuba.
The Cuban authorities have decided to estab-
lish a quarantine against Alabama. Mississippi
Of suspicion against local conditions in New
Orleans and because last years outbreak OF
fever there is declared not to have been reported
promptly.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
SANT0 DOMINGO RISING.
WARSHIPS DISPATCHED.
Izco american Gunboats and ReUe-
nne Gutter Ordered Ont.

San Juan. Porto Rico. May 19.-The United
states revenue cutter Algonquin has been or
oered TO watch the Mona Passage the channel
between SantO Domingo and Porto Rico. and 20
search Mona Island for Dominican revolution
lists who are reported 20 have left ST. Thomas
recently for santo Domingo. The Algonquiy1 viii
return here and report the result of her search.
The gunboats Newport and Nashville have re-
ceived orders to sail for Santo Domingo.
General Morales former President of Santo
Domingo. will sail the next French Line
steamer leaving here for St Thomas. D. w. l.
he denies knowledge of the reported Organiza-
tion of an expedition at St Thomas. but says he
VIII go back to SantO Domingo as soon as he
receives advices that general uprising against
the government Of President Caceres is immi-
nent He predicts a serious disturbance Cen
eral Morales admits his inability to accomplish
what he desires to do in Porto Rico because Of
surveillance by enemies He says he will oppose
military occupation Of SantO Domingo by the
United States TO the extent Of taking up arms.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

ConEress water aids digestion cures insomnia.
dvgDeTsIa and all stomach troubles. All druggists
have IL. Congress SpEing Company. Saratoga
a1E.a22 n. X.-AGvt
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

POLAND SPRING HousE-sPEcIAL. !
de- announcement foot of next colulnns--.2z1
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

DEwEV's WINES STAND FOR QUALITY.
We make Pure Wines and Mature them naturally.
H. T. Dewey Sons Cof lss Fulton ST. New York
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20
20 sAMosET, RocKLAMD RREAkWATER

Maine Announcement under POLAND spFil
LEesixn.'' neGt coluHsas-Aovt.
New-York tribune., 1906-05-20

Fauinox Water-Perfect-Pure p ia
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