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r.. Fl. HITCHCOCK WILL NOT RESIGN
Decides to Remain In the Once Of First
Assistant Postmaste r.G General.

WASHINGTON. July Is. - Frank II.
Hitchcock Of Massachusetts will remain
in the Office OF First Assistant Postmaster
General for the present. An announce
ment 70 this effect was made to-day by
Postmaster General Meyer. IL was called
forth by a report that Mr.. Hitchcock in
tended 70 leave the Post Office Depart
ment.
Soon after ! assumed the post office
portfolio said the Postmaster-G General.
Mr.. Hitchcock received a very advantage
GUS offer 70 be the manage Of a large manu-
featuring concern in New England. which
was declined. He also had an opportunity
to enter the Treasury Department as an
assistant secretary. but preferred TO re-
main in his present Office. where he has
shown marked ability
When George p. Cortelyou became Score
tary Of the Treasury he planned TO take
Mr.. Hitchcock with him TO that depart
ment. President Roosevelt and Post
master-General Meyer. however, wanted
Mr.. Hitchcock 10 stay in the Post Office
Department. At one time it was planned
that Mr.. Hitchcock should become First
Assistant Secretary Of the Urea. Try on
July I.
During the last few weeks tlr name Of
,sIr. Hitchcock has been mentioned in SON
nection with many places in the Blue Book,
including that of secretary TO the President.
II il known that if Mr.. Loeb should resign
that place it would he rendered to Mr..
Hitchcock. who lands very high in the
esteem OF President Roosevelt.
During the last t~wenty-four hours Mr..
Hitchcock has been trotted out by the
political gossips for another important Job.
According 10 the gossips he is slated for the
craftsmanship Of the Republican national
committee. This honor was 10 be con-
ferred on him. according 10 the reports,
when the committee assemblies here in
December 10 select a time and place for the
national convention of 1908. When his at
tention was called TO this rumor to-day
Mr., Hitchcock said il was news 10 him.
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THE SHINNECOCK RUNS AGROUND.
stuck In the Mud for HOurs-some OF Her
Passengers Landed In Launches.

The steel sidewheeler Shinnecock of the
Montauk Steamboat Line. bound to this
city from Block Island and Shelter Island.
grounded yesterday morning in a heavy
fog OF Harris Island. She carried about
300 passengers, most of whom were asleep
when the boat touched bottom. The tide
was falling and the Shinnecock didn't
get of until nearly noon, as the water rose.
with the help of the lines tugs. Mean
while some Of the passengers were landed
however. were brought TO the city by the
stea mboat Sycamore. The ShinnecoCk
went into drydock for examination. She
lie only slightly damau ed and will go into
commission again in a few days. -
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NO MORE PLEAS OF GUILTY.
workhOuse Sentences Of Toledo Trust"
Men Appealed by Counsel.

TOLEDO. July is.-Motions in arrest Of
judgment were filed in lumber, brick and
bridge cases here to-day. Attorneys for
the companies hold that sentencing their
clients to the workhouss IL in c~ontraven-
ton Of all the articles Of the Constitution
Of the United States. They allege that the
judgment Of the Court Is a violation Of the
article providing against cruel and I'M
usual punishment" and Of the provision
that all laws h be OF general operation
Attorneys for the plumbers. who were
indicted at the same time as the humber.
bridge and brick men. appeared in court
to-day n intimated that there would be
no more pleas Of guilty of violations of
the Valentine law. 1t is the intention Of
the plumbers TO fight their case. and sixty
Of the indicted men entered pleas Of not
guilty.
In the Common Pleas Court this morn
ing Albert L. Irish, defendant in a suit
brought by the Builders Supply Company,
filed an answer alleging that the note can
not be collected on the ground that the
plaintiff company ia a member Of the trust.
There In a section Of the Valentine law
which provides that any contract or agree
ment in violation OF the act Ia absolutely
void and is not enforceable either in law or
in equity. Not only that, but the Valentine
law provides that a customer can collect
damages from a member Of a trust il he ia
able to show that he has suffered In his deal
ings with such member because Of the opera
ton Of the trust. IL ia Of this provision
that Irish takes advantage. He said that
the note was in connection with business
transactions carried on by the plaintiff
company while a member OF the trust and
was for The purchase of a commodity con-
trolled by the trust. and that for that reason
cannot be enforced.
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Abruzzi sends His Thanks.

WASHINGTON, July l5.-Acting Secretary Of
the Navy Newberry this morning received
a despatch from the Duke of the Abruzzi
expressing his thanks for the kindly manner
in which he and the officers and crews of the
ships under his command have been re-
ceived at the various ports which they have
visited in this country and for the uniform
courtesy extended TO them. The Duke is
now in Quebec and is about to return 10
Italy with his command.
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GUSTAVE SCHIRMER DEAD.
Music Publisher Was Operated On for APP
pendicitis Last Week.

penuicluS Last week.
Gustave Schirmer, secretary Of the
music publishing house Of G. Schirmer.
and son of the founder, died yesterday in
Boston. where he was =. ,ncscr of the firms
local branch, the Boston Music Company.
He was % years old and lived in New York,
with a town house al III East Thirty-ffth
street and a country place at Princeton. Nj
The elder Schirmer came here from
Thuringia, Germany, when he was a boy
and entered tho employ Of the music house
Of kerkeig \ Breusing. In 1864 he bought
out the firm and established the business
under his own name. He had two sons.
Rudolph Z. and Gustave. whose early
education was planned 70 fit them to sue
coed their father. Gustave was educated
by private tutors and went to Germany
for instruction in music publishing. The
elder Sohirmer died in 1898 in Dresden.
just prior to his death the house was in
corporated. Rudolph becoming president
and Gustave secretary. When the Boston
branch was established Gustave too the
management of il.
Gustave Schirner married Grace Tilford
of Boston, who, with a daughter, Gertrude,
and two young sons, survives him. Mrs.
Schirmer and her daughter are now travel
ling in Germany. sir. Schirmer's mother.
who was Mary Fairchild of New York, is
now living in Germany. There are four
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Voigt. widow Of a
New York clothing merchant. now in
Germany: Mrs. John White, widow Of the
organist Of St. Francis Xavier's Church.
living in London, and Mrs. Elsa Ziegler Inc
Mrs. Marie Won Jacobs, both Of whom are
travelling in Europe.
MIR. Schirmer himself was expecting 10
90 TO Europe when he was attacked by
appendicitis. He was operated on in a
private hospital in Boston on July 10.
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Ebert STANDARDS WILL.
Did Sea Captain Left . Model % the First
Japanese warshp.

MNEoLA. l.. l, July l5.-The will Of the
late Ebert Stannard. an old sea captain Of
Port Washington. L. l., was fled for probate
to-day. 1t leaves his estate. valued at
500. 900. to his widow and directs that at her
children.
Capt. Stannard made many trips TO Japan
and had a large collection OF curios from that
country. Among other things he left a
model OF the bark Daniel Webster, a CODY
and sold to the Japanese Government.
whichNconstructed it's first warship from il.
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JUDGE HUMPHREYS CLEARED.
Attorney general Exonerates Him or All
Charges Rejecting on His Integrity.

WASHINGTON. July i5.-The Attorney
General has completed his examination Of
the charges against United States Judge
Thomas c. Humphreys OF the Central Dis
trict Of Indian Territory and has given
careful consideration to the evidence sui
mitted on both sides. Az a result Of the in
vestigation Judge Humphreys has been
exonerated Of all charges rejecting upon
his integrity but has been admonished
that the form Of certain proceedings were
such az to subject him to criticism.
The charges made were largely by the
officers Of a trust company doing bust
ness in Indian Territory, who said that
Judge Humphreys had taken improper
action with relation to the sale of timber
on Indian minors lands and also in other
transactions involving the estates of Indian
minors.
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CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION.
senator Allison OF Iowa Announces That
He VIII Make an Active Campaign.

DIES MONIES, Ia, July is.-Despite his
three score years and eight, Senator William
r. Allison intends to make an active cam
paign for reelection az Senator. with a
speaking part in at least half a dozen cities
OF the State.
and his friends Of the aged Senator's alleged
weakness and i'll health, senator Allison
has announced that he will not only be- q
candidate for reelection under the primary
law, but will not be a passive candidate
either. The Senator has written TO the
Hon. Charles Mackenzie OF Des Moines
saying that he will visit the capital city
during the summer and indicating his inten
ton OF making an address here. The Sen
ator writes that he never felt better in his
life and that he is not only in good health
hut thai he feels able to undertake a strenu-
GUS campaign IL that 10 necessary.
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NOTICE TO FEDERAL COURTS.
Gov. Glenn VIII iResist Their interference
with Enforcement Of Criminal Laws

RALEIGH. n. c.. July I5.-Gov. Glenn
to-day served notice that the State will
resist TO the furthest limit any attempt
on the part of the Federal courts to inter-
fere with the enforcement Of the criminal
laws of this State. In a letter to the fifteen
Superior Court Judges he ~applauded the
action offJudge Long in the court here
directing the Grand jury 70 find bills OF
indictment against railroad agents who
charge more than ~ cents a mile for pas
senger fares,
In his letter to the Judges the Governor
says that the Federal courts cannot inter-
fere with their jurisdiction in criminal
matters. .
Former Governor Charles B. Aycock m
Speaker of the House f. j. Justice have
been employed by the Governor to assist
the Solicitor in prosecuting the cases against
the Southern agents indicted here. In
dictments were returned to-day against
the Southern Railway agents at Norris
vile and the agent at Garner. both in this
county. D.
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WILL IGNORE ORDER TO STRIKE.
None Of the F1remen at n STANDARD OH
Works In whiting. Ind. VIII Go Out

HAMMOND, Ind. July l5.-The firemen
employed by the Standard Oil Company at
Whiting in connection with the big reiner-
les at that place have been ordered by the
Philadelphia union to go on strike to-
morrow. but the indications tonight are
that the order will be ignored snd that
none of the employees will go out. The
fremen nave been receiving 221l cents
an hour. but to-day the company volun-
tarily increased the wage to rs cents an
hour.
Michael Quinn. secretary of the Fire
mems Union at Whiting, said tonight that
his men are all satisfied and that. though
the strike begins In the East tomorrow.
the call for a strike at Whiting will be
ignored. Local officials. fearing trouble
in case Of a strike. had prepared to protect
the plant. but these precautions will now
he unnecessary,
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The application of Henry Rogers Win
throp for a mandamus directing the Cor
poration Counsel to begin proceedings to
ascertain and award TO him and other
property owners damages for the closing
OF Depew place and East Forty-fourth
street wa granted yesterday by the APP
pellate Division Of the Supreme Court.
Justice Leventritt denied Mr.. Winthrop's
application some months ago. Mr.. VIM
throp owns a rs foot lot that runs through
from Forty-second TO Forty-third street
east Of Depew plAo~
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SHOT IN DISPUTE OVER FENCE.
Tenement House Department Had Ordered
Door cut Into II.

DSvs ~ htv ~
Samuel Duniel. q carpenter Of OF East
Fourth street, was shot In the head and
body in the yard in the rear Of His home
last night. Charles Bellois. caretaker of
the tenement house at IO2 East Fourth street,
was locked up charged with the shooting.
The story that Detectives Tucker and
Bishop OF the Fifth street station got was
that the Tenement House Department had
ordered a small sliding door built in the
high fence between W and 100 East Fourth
street. Duniel was cutting the door and
was told to get it finished last night. He
was working on a stepladder at the top OF
the fence when Bellois entered the yard of
l02 and asked Duniel II he intended to cut
a door in the fence Of that house. Duniel
said he didn't have any orders to do 80.
The police say that an alterctaion fol-
lowed and that finally Bellois got a re-
volver and fred three shots at Duniel.
Two tool effect. Al Bellevue Hospital il
was said that Dmniei was badly hurt.
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Lawyer Fitzgerald Made 70 Give Bail.

Maurice Fitzgerald. h lawyer who
was indicted for the larceny OF $50 from
a client. was put under $1,000 bail yester-
day by Judge 0'sullivan in General Sessions.
Fitzgerald, who had been paroled since
his arrest, was held In bail at tho request
of Assistant District Attorney Keogh.
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Sick Room Air
Exchanged for Sea Breeze

for one week can quick re-
covery for a fading baby, a con-
valescing hospital patient, a deli
cate school child or an overbur-
dened mother OF the tenements.
Your $3.50 will make the above
exchange if sent TO
n. =. MINTURN. Treasurer
Room 2ll, No. los r. 22d street
I843 CONDITION OF the POOR 1907
4. FULTON CUTTING, Prssidess
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just us she Is to make Il choice the Other
asks her opinion as to whether a, bcTksd
up affair with a tulle bow and a rhinestone
buckle is more becoming than a perfect
sumner with Just that sweet simplicity OF
four white feathers dropping over ~
shoulder when the hat is tipped right, either
n OF which can be bought for &2s. The
two preempt a mirror AMI argue until the
waiting throng makes remarks that would
seem TO tend 10 hasten the uroceeGiGg.
One is heard 10 say, "If had that nose, 1
think / could make a choice Of two hats in
less than an hour
And another, equally cruel, says in a or
which is of course intentSd to be perfectly
inaudible except TO her friend,
Don't you think those kittenish hats look
perfectly killing On cHtGP'
Amt it strange how selfish women are?'
the explanatory shop girl says. They'll
sit in front OF a mirror and try On hats Ell
your arms and hands feel like jackstraws
trying to hand EN- out, with people standing
thick as flies waiting to get a place, and then
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ever he says that living In theenburbs and
coming in whenever you want TO to the
theatres and shops is just like living in
New York l say 1t isn't at all, You're not
really in things, you're suburban. not
urban. Now l could live all my life in
East Orange. come In every first night
and bargain day and ] would never know
those little intimate details that show the
born and bred New Yorker
On the hrst floor Of the establishment
the bargain sale OF hats is going on, and
pandemonium itself is let loose. Women
whose smart appearance marks them as top
liners in social oliques are selling the same
hat on different sides Of the brim and glazing
at each other like schoolgirls on the East
Side.
MADAM" says one, gripping the black
brim OF a hat the size Of an automobile
tire, Il was just going TO try this on
The other looks at her with the glare Of
the one who gets the short side OF a wish
bone in a pulling contest. As nothing Is to
be gained by hanging to the edge she is de-
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termined to exhibit to the other the differ
once between the scion Of blue blood and the
representative Of the proletariat.
Il don't care for the hat, she says ma
jestically, with a gesture that suggests the
Queen Of Spain showing the newborn. ITS
very common, / think
OF course the winner in the pull doesn't care
about what the loser thinks; no, not q bit,
but after she has tried it on and looked this
way and that she says to the shopgirl:
Don't you think those ospreys look kind
OF draggly?"
"Draggly? or course they look draggly,'
said the shopgirl. why, those ospreys and
those straight ostrich feathers without a
bit Of curl in EN-, that are just the SWEETEST
things that have ever been sold on the aver
ner, came direct from London, where the
Queen set the style after she got caught in a
rainstorm coming back from the Ascot tie,
l mean the Derby. .Draggly? Why, we
wouldn't sell EN- If they weren't ~draggly!'
And it's--?"
aOnly $40; amt 1t cheap? thought some
Of taking it myself, but we have to give the
customers the first chance. You can see
it was $50, and it amt duplicated"
A couple OF women try on everything in
sight-round, oblong, tiptilted, crushed and
soufie. Finally one makes a choice Of two,
one a black affair, about the height Of the
Flatiron Building topped with si= heavy os-
trich feathers, which look as II they were
trying to get admission into West Point and
were stretching themselves to the required
inches. The other is a cross between an
Italian sunset and a burnt omelet. The
black is tagged $55, and the omelet $35.
which," says One to the Other.
There is no doubt, " says the Other, that
the black gives you height, a remark which
seems obvious enough, abut the one you
AVE in your other hand you can wear with
anything
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For what7' they would, of course.
inquire.
Then the manager would tell. them that
the additional charge would be for some
from the table at which they had eaten,
and name the cost of these articles!
"ln nearly every case there was a kick
and a fuss. But that was to be expected.
and my men were instructed never TO
crawfish when they knew they were right.
The folks who had eaten at the table from
which something was missing when they
got up were told that they would pay for
whatever had been swiped, or the police
would be called in. They generally paid,
in a while the missing piece Of silverware
would be forked over to the aocompani-
ment of phony laughter and the statement
that the article had been taken Just for
fun
dining with a man would hook some
article quite u~nbeknownst TO the man
with her and when he was held up
at the desk for the value OF the stolen article
he would not unnaturally get into a fume
over 1t. Sometimes in such instances the
woman would own up to having the stolen
article, but when she didn't but stood pat
the man had a right TO suppose that he had
a grievance and this sort OF thing made
some pretty serious scenes. The accounts OF
some OF these scenes got into the papers,
and printed matter OF that kind didn't tend
10 help my house. But ] stayed with the
scheme as long ms ] could. though ] knew
all the time that | was operating under a
disadvantage, with none OF the other Chi
caRo houses working with me.
Guests OF the house who stole things
from the tables found the date of the theft
plainly set down on their bills. together
with an item for the value Of the stolen
article. when they came TO settle up, They.
too, invariably put up a roar, but we didn't
renig when we were dead sure that we were
right.
upon one occasion, when a rather we'll
known Omaha man showed up TO pay his
bill before departing-he and his wife had
been occupying n four room suite. but that
made no diiIercnce-hc found that a silver
cream jug, sugar bowl and finger bowl
isene charged w to him. One Of the dining
room detectives had seen this mans wife
taking these articles al three different meals.
The man from Omaha Jared up OF course,
and called il an outrage. happened 10
lie behind the desk at the time He asked
me II | meant deliberately to gay that he or
his wife was a thief. | told him that my
detective had seen the articles being re-
moved from the table az which IN Omaha
man and his wife bad taken the Z meals.
This man was reasonable, and b quoted
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possibility Of one hotel man alone getting
away whit.
Il had been losing thousands Of dollars
worth Of my property every year through
thefts committed by my guests and l felt
that 1 had to do something about it. My
house ia both American and European, and
/ tackled the dining room and European
cafe problem first. l was being robbed
by guests Of 30 much silverware-spoons.
knives and forks, cream jugs, sugar bowls.
salt and pepper shakers, finger bowls, even
individual soup tureens-that IL made me
hot to read my stewards daily report.
$50 / put a couple Of detectives, one in
the American and ont in the European
dining room, 10 keep an eye on my table
ware. They were decked out like assistant
head walters. They'd both served as
detectives in big department stores and
they possessed a sort Of intuition, developed
by practice, which enabled them to size up
folks who were likely to feel impelled to
hook something from the tables. They
knew exactly what s~ilyerware was on the
tables when people sat down at them, and
whenever a. party Of folks left one of the
tables they made a lightning eye inventory
20 see if the stuff was all there. If any
thing was missing they'd beat the depart
ing guests to the Office or desk 20 make
their reports, They would often miss
articles from the tables in making their
quick eve surveys while walking about the
dining rooms, and not ~infrequentiy they
caught guests in the rery act Of stealing
things from the tables.
@The thieves who stole things from the
tables in the European dining room we're
held up at the cashiers desk II they
were not guests of the house-my European
cafe il a public dining room. II idn't
make any difference who they were or
how respectable they looked and acted.
they were held up-and want TO add that
IL is my experience that the mere looks
OF people don't figure at all; the most
solid looking people. men and women,
and sven those who are known 10 be well
TO do or even rich. will steal II they get a
chance and II they are built that way,
when outsiders who had pilfeTed eone-
thing from a table in the European dining
room reached the cashiers desk after
having paid their bin 10 their waiter they
found the manager of that dining room
waiting for them.
There will he an additional charge for
your party the manager would gay TO
them,