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New-York tribune., 1907-09-12

tiers. in honor of Governor Hughes at 1:3o
o'clock Luncheon was served by the Depart
ment of New York to the Governor, Comnan-
der in Chief Robert B. Brown and his staff. past
national officers. department commanders and
the other distinguished guests at 12:30 o'clock
Meanwhile there had been reunions Of the vari-
Gus organizations.
The business sessions of the encampment will
begin tomorrow. when Commander Brown will
present his annual address and official reports.
will be read The annual election Of officers will
proba bly, take place in the afternoon. Charles
6. Burton, former county judge Of Nevada, No,
will undoubtedly be elected commander in chief.
Toledo seems likely To be the next meeting
place.
ommending the increase of pensions OF veterans
widows to S12 a month urging Congress TO re-
peal the anti-canteen law and authorizing the
formation of branches of the Patriotic Ancient
and Honora bles.' a society created for non-vet-
erans who desire to perpetuate the principles
and work of the Grand Army when its members
shall have died. Memorial Post. of Cleveland.
gave an illustrated 'rnuster-in" service in Con-
vention Hall tonight
The encampment viii end late tomorrow
afternoon or Friday The last open meeting OF
the week Will be a national camp fire and mus
ter tomorrow night in Convention Hall.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
GIRLS IN PANIC. FLEE BEFORE FIRE
Garnet Mill and Laundry Damaged-Slte OF
Fatal Wicke Cigar Box Factory Blaze

A lively blaze which destroyed property val
ned AZ 5000. occurred yesterday in the oui.d-
ing AT No 5f2 First avenue. the site OF the as
astrous wicke cigar box factory fire in vhlan
turo policer1en lost their lives seven years aso-
Two alarms were sent in yesterday before the
Aar,As on the sixth story Of the building were
CONQUERED. The building is occupied BY Paui
I, Bryant's carpet and drapery cleaning plant
with the exception OF the fifth floor, which -
occupied by SetteTs steam Laundry
vVorkuen discovered the fire just before noon
II seemed to ignite the whole Of a room on the
ton floor. where quantity Of naphtha and benz
nine was stored A panic followed among tas
stxrv girls employed in the laundry. who ned II
terror 10 the street. some down the stalrWays
and some down the fire escapes Eighty girls
er,p1oved in the building of the Fest Blscuir
COMPANY which is opposite also became rrlsh'-
ened and rushed 10 the street
PatroIn1an CIeary turned In an alarm When
the 6rernen arrived they remembered the for
r,er disastrous fire at the same place. and 4
second alarm was Immediately turned IN, bring
ing Chief Croker to the scene
The fire was extinguished after an nour
Agb+ire Fifteen horses were taken out from
the basement stable that is under the structure
Tho reserves from the East 22d street STATEN
were called out to keep order in the crowd
which blocked the street
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
manding officer: c. W. Leisegahg' II Ho"e' -
C. Bartunick. J. l.. Grafton H. "A L'iiuo' '''-'
T 7 Cross. C Shepherd and L. Oster-
rgy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

I u
TI,y Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Philadelphia. Sept. 1-Of1cers az 'he navy
ward seem to be profoundly ignorant ua' theie
was ANYTHING like fire on the battleship lhol-
ana or that eight brave tars risked thelr hVeS u
save the ship from destruction by an explosion
. -. ,,,aoaz,nes at League Island last Thurs
day. large number of people visited 'he snip
that dev. but nobody seems to have heard any
+h,n,, obout the reported disaster Even when
oonfronted to-day with the official reports from
y1yo.birg+on TO the effect that there was a hre'
thai eight men did show the stuff of the Amer
,oa, naval hero and that they had been recon-
r,ended for bravery, 1t seemed 10 De aii news "
the wards officers The story hao peeh Kept
down very tight, and there was eVlueh' i
,,,otorca ,,non their part to admit that there
,.as even such ship as the Indiana
As,,ed to tell something about the EPISODE
Rear Admiral e. G. Pendleton' comfndhuah' "I
+,,o ,,o,,, ward said with some show of sur
,,rise. 81 remember there was a hre Oh oo''i
tbe Indiana last Thursday. but really have no
recollection of it being of any unusual nature
NJ, +o1,a coai bunker fires in the navy as mat
-. -, course I have had thousand OF them
=; NV time in the navy. l received three-pase
ranort about last Thursdays fire. glanced at H.
signed IT and forwarded IT TO Washlils'oi
didn't know until you mentioned II that any oiio
,.ooar4ed the fire as at all worthy OF unusual at
+an+ion You had better see Captain Mahan OF
the Indiana,
When Captain Dennis Mahan was seen In MS
cabin on board the Indiana he refused 10 dlscuss
tho fire In any detail. When asked ABOUT the
e;ebt men named in the Washington dlspatch
as having been recommended for bravery. ne
said he had nothing to say The whoie ere"
aIvavs turn out in case of a fire., said captain
nraben 'I have seen other coal bunker hres
that were much hotter than this one. ana hoth-
,ne was said about them They were taken as
. matter of course. If the Navy Department
chooses to give out part Of the incident let IL
Give all of IT. / can't give you any informa-
ton
The officer of the deck board the Indiana
oe called on the telephone, and he SAID ne
oo,,d saw nothing He said Captain Mahan was
,ant IN leave the day of the fire, attending
anoauvres of the Atlantic feet, and did not
return. until yesterday
n, the battIeship a member OF the crew VINO
,uas asked about the blaze declared he had not
,o-d of If He said he was on the vessel last
1,,rrsdav and there no fire in the bunkers
or anywhere else
The carrying Of 1s-inah shell even under
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
THIRD SHORTAGE FOUND.
another Defalcation Reported IN
I,ou;siana Tar Office.

New Orleans Sept 1.--A S1Oo,Vo shortage
IN the accounts of the State Tax Commissioner
in this city was discovered to-day. The ponce
are searching for Charles E. Letten. chief clerk
70 John Fitzpa trick. state collector or the ISL
D,s+rict who is charged with the defalcation-
This is the third defalcation In SIX moh'hs III
the Louisiana state Tax Department tne tWo
previous shortages total1ng nearly slo"VV"
"a today, for the second time. there is no clew
- The wherea bouts of the missing official. All
+ba machinery of the police departments of this
and surrounding states is being used to ascer-
tain I,etten's whereabouts
He had held his position for nineteen years.
and no record can be found of any bond having
been required of him
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12

reouest that Mr. Jerome once begin criminal
prosecution OF officials of the company.
Should the District Attorney not agree with him.
Mr. Jackson will appeal to Governor Hughes 10
designate some counsel TO prosecute the ofhcials.
and the Attorney General It Is understood ootn
homes and presumes that If the Governor accedes
N his re1uest he will designate none other tnan
William Schuyler Jackson
II was also learned yesterday that MI jackson
would allow the District Attorney maximum OF
fourteen days after parts OF the testimony had
been formally sent to him in which TO institute
proceedings against the Ice ofhcals- II lS HoI Oe
feved that he will extend this time limit. but at
ITO expiration will make his appeal TO the Gov
ernor
Mr. jackson, il is understood. would prefer 10
have Mr. Jerome take no action. thereby letting
him have the opportunity of handling the "hoie
case.
The case will be tried in New York CITY, ana az
the Attorney Generals offices it was said that Mr.
Jackson felt confident that he would be successful
and also felt confident that he would be successfui
in criminally prosecuting officials OF the company
as we'll IL only he were allowed TO try.
wesley NJ Oler president of the American Ice
C,or,ran,, could not be at the offices or the
.o,,nanv Yesterday. At his home In Larchront
u was said that Mr.. Oer was at his Offices IN New
York IL
p Bennett secretary of the company. said
,ba+ none of the officials of the company had d
statement make
D,strict Attorney jerome refused TO discuss the
80 II ts understood that he has not received any
communication from the Attorney Generai as yet
on the subject
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
JACKSON'S FUR RISES.
Nozc Ready to Wage War on OFF,
Cinls of Ice Trust.

Attorney General jackson has planned war
against the American Ice Company, and intends
fighting what he calls the ice Trust 10 the
bitter end He believes that the end will be a
bitter one for the officials
The evidence he has collected Mr. Jackson De-
lieves sufficient to dissolve the American Ice Com
panv. and he further thinks that he can have the
officials of the company criminally prosecuted Tor
forming "a conspiracy in constraint Of trade or
fr committing an act injurious trade COM
merce"
Some time ago the Attorney General began action
against the American Ice Company He has nad a
large part Of his Office force al work on the case
His next step will be to lay parts OF the evidence
r. hoe col1Ac cd before District Attorney Jerome
tJa will do this formally within the next few days
and accompany the documentary evidence Win
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
MINISTERS At PLAY.
One of the "Tu Heels" Doesn't Go
Because of Conscience.

At least one minister in the group seeing New
York under the auspices OF the enterprlsng South
editor believes that the play is not ''the thing
enrich the soul He has steadfastly refused 10
attend the theatres. and has told Henry 3. Warner
that he will not go TO any theatres while in the
city. He is the Rev. J. w Klegg. who has
charge in the outskirts OF Lexington MI hIess'
while severe with himself. does not wish that MS
fellow travellers should accept his views unless
they feel inclined TO do He has told Mr.. Warner
that he could not face his congregation with any
degree of sincerity if he had visited theatres.
Mr.. Klegg went to Coney Island with the minis
ters. confessed IL not to his liking An
other minister of the group, the Rev. Parker
Holmes Joined Mr.. Klegg's class. but not unul
he had visited the New York Theatre. Although
this house conducts unusually high class
of entertainments Mr.. Holiness conscience annoyed
him. and he decided TO remain at home when the-
atres were offered part of the entertainment
But the rest of the ministers took different
view and last night applauding MISS
Harmed and Mr.. Mason at the close of the last
scene in the second of Anna Karenina a.
the Herald Square Theatre. The ministers occupied
a box and seemed intensely interested in the story
unfoIded. When the curtain went down on the last
act they were presented to Miss Harmed and MI
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
Shall We Perpeiuate
Standing Freight Conditions?
Protest Against the Threatened
Abandonment of the First
INDEPENDENT SUBWAY
MASS MEETING
Cooper Union, Thursday Evening. 8 o'clock.
September 18th. 1907.
Every Citizen Who Pays Carfare
Should Attend.
BOROUGH PRESIDENT e0LEa WILL PRESIDE.
MASS MEETING
BOROUGH PRESIDENT e0LEa WILL PRESIDE.

The Following Gentlemen VIII SPeakI
ACTING MAYOR MCGOWAN,
COMPTROLLER METZ.
BOROUGH PRESIDENT HAFFEN,
BOROUGH PRESIDENT CROMWELL,
HON. Z. VI. SHEPARD,
CONGRESSMAN WALDO.
CONGRESSMAN CALDER,
SENATOR PATRICK ~. MeCARREN,
And Numerous Others.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
GRANTS NEW EXTENSION.
Public .SerUice Board GiUes Inter
uet Until September 20 to Reply.

The Public Service Commission yesterday adopt
ed a resolution extending once more the time for
tho Trterhorough- METROPOLITAN Company and the
Netropolitan Securities Company to inform the
commission whether not they will turn over
their books to the inspection of the commissions 5
accountants in obedience TO its orders. Ihe corh-
panies now have until September 20 to act
7, Introducing the resolution Commissioner Bas-
sett said the commission had received letter from
paul d Cravath counsel for the merger. requesting
the extension Mr. Bassett said he oelleved the
request was made in good faith and sDould oe
s,.d The resolution was unanimously adopted
The request for an extension Of time. coming
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
ELECTED BY SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Walker Scott Hale, of California, Chosen
as Commander in Chief

Sandusky. Ohio. Sept 1.-THE fourth annual en-
campment Of the United Spanish War Veterans Of
Americ.- a adjourned Cedar Point this afternoon
Boston won next years encampmeDt. ofncers were
elected as follows:
Commander in chief. Walter Scott Hale. Cali
fornia; senior vice-co commander in chief, Henry "
Busch. Michigan; junior vice-conlrl4nder John j.
Cairns Illinois. surgeon general DR.. John II Grant.
Buffalo: chaplain the Rev X. H / Reaney; judge
advocate general. John McCTath. MassaC husetts; &;
payTna ster general Frank &. Jones. Pennsylvania;
commissary general Calvin Weiv1n. Washington
chief OF engineers, Elmer Laymon, Indiana. chiet
signal officer. Henry Baass. Kentucky; chief OF
ordnance. William a Ashmun. Wisconsin; chief Of
artillery. solomon Cannon. New York chief muster
ing officer. William II. Lyons, Kentucky. national
historian. J. Walter Mitchell. Washington.
The vornen's auxiliary elected the following on
GERS:
President general Mrs. Elizabeth Mcnamara,
Boston senior president general Ida Galloway,
Washngton; junior Tice-president general. MISS Mss
Mary Duffy. Sandusky-. Ohio. chaplain MIS-. I-Iiith
Olson, Racine. Wis; Judge advocate general MISS
Helen Howe. Chicago. inspector general. Mrs. Ina
Hartenstine. Detroit: historian. Harriet HaWlEF.
Washington: conductor Miss Anna Trebane. De
troit; assistant conductor. Dora SNYDER, Mount er-
non. " Y, and guard. Mary Hobhlabb. Buffalo.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

A special meeting Of the Bar Association VII " %
hold ON Tuesday evening September Il, at No u
West 18th street. 10 consider what measures slslL
ba taken to further the nomination or the best
,tIs candidates for the bench in this city ard
state al the approaching fall elections
4 patriotic demonstration will be held al the new
custom House in Bowling Green. on MonoaS.
september %. at .. m, when the Grand ArHiE
of the Republic will raise the stars and StrlpFs
over the building for the first time This day -s
-, n,,arsarv of the first naval victory won
,I,aer the American flag. September g 177s
.ITncle Joe" Cannon says We did not have any
Fifth avenue palaces on the WABASH put ne tens
- ,,, Interesting things that they did have there
=; his bovhood DAYS. In next Sundays Tribune
Magazine
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12
HARTFORD LIFE's NEW SECRETARY.

Hartford Sept. u-Assistant Secretary Thomas
r Lawrence was to-day elected Secretary OF the
Hartford Life Insurance Company. succeeding the
late Charles H. Bacan Mr.. Lawrence comes OF
an insurance family. his father being formerly
secretary of the Phoenix Mutual Life and his
grandfather q fire. insurance official Hs - q fais
graduate, 20.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12

ordinary conditions Is no small task Some OF
these shells weigh from 100 to 1900 pounds
When they are heated by an adjacent IRE the
peril and difficulty of the job become apparent
New-York tribune., 1907-09-12

Boston Sept. u.-Mrs. Eliza E. Thornton killed
her five-year-old daughter, Marion. by cutting her
throat with a carving knife at her home. in Wood
burn to-day, then committed suicide with the
Same weapon. The bodies of mother and chlo
were found in the house by the woman's hus-
han6 Jonn J. Thornton when he returned home
for his noon meal Mrs. Thornton had been SUI
fer,ng from nervous exhaustion. and 1t is believed
that she became suddenly insane She Was forty
dix years old, and had beer married nine XeaTs-
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with which we can with safety enter into
official relations, or form treaties of amity
and commerce? he asks; and answers that
the united provinces of La Plata are such.
having for seven years had fun possession
of the country and no attempt has been
or is likely to be made to SuDdue them. He
concludes by giving the patriot cause his
warmeSt wishes, but would hazard the real
happiness of the country by rash, incon-
sderate measures. Scarcely any period
of our history ever called for more wise
and deliberate judgment and enlightened
foresight than the one now fast approach
ing.
Happily for US there prevails, at this
juncture, a degree of harmony among our
citizens on political subjects, much greater
than at any period since the establishment
of our Constitution, and We have wise
and upright statesman at the helm. 1t was
to our immortal Washington to achieve the
independence of one-half of America. and
most sincerely hope it may be yours to
acknowledge the independence of the
other.
That the advice was not hastily followed
is seen in the fact that in November of
that year a commissioner. A. Rodney of
Delaware. Theodore Bland of Maryland
and John Graham of WashngtOn-Sailed on
the frigate Congress for South America to
secure definite information. Mr.. Monroe,
in his message to Congress of December 2,
said:
ITO obtain correct information on which
the United States are interested; to inspire
just sentiments in all persons in authority
on either side of our friendly disposition.
so far as it may cOmport with impartial
neutrality; and to secure proper respect to
our coHmerce in every port and from
every flag, it has been thought proper to
send a ship of war. with three distin-
guished citizens, along the southern coast
with instructions to touch at such ports as
they may find most eXpedient for these
purposes. With the existing authorities.
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Pleasures of a Gunless Hunt.
rom The Outing Magazine


For much as one may love the exercise
of skill and strong that love remains
even in the oldest shot, 1t is certain that
one can enjoy the field even more by reach
ing that point where one can look at game
flying or running with all the old love, yet
care not cent whether he shoots any of
it or not.
The number OF those who have reached
that stage is greater than many suppose,
and many have reached it quite early Not
that they would purposely leave the gun
at home + it We're the proper season for
hunting. After almost fifty years play with
the gun l can make no calm to any such
lofty virtue. But the mere act OF killing,
though it may call for the highest skill, is
really an inferior factor in the pleasure of
those who really love the woods and hills
OF all my hunting companions l know few
who would walk half mile to shoot birds
as they are shot in the buttues of Europe,
and for myself | would almost soon go
down to the slaughter house and knock
down an OK with the sledge go hunting
with rife in the Royal Forest or hunt
game that would stand still long enough
to be pointed out by clumsy ''gillie." l
always tired very quickly of shooting that
was easy, such as pinnated grouse shooting,
and for several years before leaving Min
nesota i used to leave the gun at home or
in the wagon when we went for them,
amusing myself with working the dogs and
leaving the shooting to my younger brothers
O. visiting friends.
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THE GROWTH OF BRAZIL
Reforms Suggested by the New
President.
BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEM
Proposed Reorganization of Army and
Navy.
FRIENDLY TO ARBITRATION
Preferential Treatment of Certain I'm
ports From the United States
Coffee and Rubber Output.
BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.

ID WILLIAM IURl1S.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald
AS a taken of goodwill and recognition
of the fact that the government of the
United States admits its coffee and rubber
free of taxes, the government OF Brazil last
year passed law making preferential re-
duction of 20 per cent from the regular du-
ties collected on flour, condensed milk. man.
ufactureS of rubber. watches and clocks,
inks Except for writing), varnishes. type
writers, refrigeratOrs,> scales, wind mills
and pianos imported fro.l this country
The same reduction has been extended for
another year and cash registers and limo
types have been included in the list.
There is no treaty of reciprocity between
the United States and Brazil. very favor
able arrangement. negot ted in 1890, during
the Harrison administration, was abrogated
by the Cleveland administration without
the slightest reason or excuse except that
the democrats did not want reciprocity with
our American neighbors, even if it were to
our advantage.
The condition of our trade with braZil has
never been satisfactory. We AVE always
bought from Brazil several times as much
as we have sold, and we have bought the
larger part of her raw products, her coffee
rubber sugar and hides, and she has spent
In England the money we have paid for her
produce But this is partially our own
fault. We have no steamship connection
with Brazil. and everything we sell her has
to be carried there on British steamers.
The following table will show a compari-
son of the exports from the United States
to Brazil and the import; from Brazil into
the United States for the last twenty years,
and you will notice the extraordinary one
sidedness of the trade:
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The rapid increase in our exports to Bra
Zil from 1890 to 1894 show I..e result of the
reciprocity treaty. The rapid decrease
from 1894 on shows the result of revoking
that treaty.
The trade between Brazil and England is
almost the exact reverse of the above fig
ures. England sells Brazil four or five
times as much as she buys from that coun-
try. If we had similar steamship facilities
we might have similar trade
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CHINESE CRUSOES,
Shipwrecked Sailors Cast Away on an
Uninhabited Island

From the Singapore Free Press
The Nam Sang, arrived here from Hong
kong, picked up three emaciated Chinese
coolies on bamboo raft The men, who
are very thin, state that about a month
ago they sailed from Singapore in a junk
| the persons on the craft numbering eight
all told.
Everything went well till their voyage had
been a week in progress and then one
| morning a terrible storm arose and their
vessel was whirled before it like a cork
After driving before the gale for some
hours the junk suddenly went to pieces on
Il small Island and with good luck they all
managed to get ashore, though they were
severely bruised and battered in the s1rf
When they recovered somewhat they ex-
plored the island which they found was
inhabited
For two weeks the eight men remained on
the island, eating shell fish and drinking
water caught in the crevices of rocks AS
no sail hove in sight three of the most dar-
ing decided to build a raft and put to sea
In the hope of drifting into the track Of
steamers. With the aid of their comra aes
the three adventures built a raft out of
giant bamboos, which grew in profusion O,
the island. and with a stock of dried fish
and little water put to sea one day amid
the farewell shouts of the less daring com
radeS.
For six days the buoyant bamboo raft
drifted steadily away from the island with
out Il single sail appearing on the horizon
and as their stock of food and water was
gone the men prepared to die. On the
evening of the sixth day, however. smoke
was seen on the horizon and then the hull
OF a large steamer rapidly came into View
making right for the castaWays. This YES
sci, as already said, proved to be the Nam
Sang, and the castaways were picked up
and very kindly treated by their reScuers
The coolies state that they believe their
five comrades on the lonely island to be
still alive, but they cannot give it's posi-
ton
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with those in the possession OF and exer-
cising the sovereignty must the commune
cation be held; from them alone can re-
dress for past injuries; committed by per-
sons acting under them be obtained, by
them alone can the commission of the like
In future be nreVented :,
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Delivered at Home.

One paper in the home u
worth five sold on the Streets
from an advertising standpoint.
The Star is delivered by carrier
into practically all OF the WASH
ington homes.
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1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star. Hundreds of situations are filed
through them.