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New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

and Smothcred and shrouded Shuddered and
moved closer to the big red stove
Ding dong" Church chimes were ringing.
Peace earth, good will to men. the theme
of the bells; but peace was kept and good Will
simulated round that stove by the fact that one
there worth robbing numbering for loot.
Well. bows. its Chris mus, and for day we'll
live like princess" called a husky voice behind me-
which recognized as that of my friend of the night
before. I'm goin' to make start Out he went
Out Into the Storm
T FOLLOWED him. feeling instinctivev that his
better knowledge of BoWerv conditions might be
of to me At the foot of the stairs he paused
the storm embraced him, and gained his side
Bad shoes" he remarked. looking at the
tilation holes and corn-easing slashes in foot
wear. Cant get any till nine O'Clock,
boy, but come on an have cocktail and some
breaktast, anyway"
You know II haven't any money. friend"
Me neither but don't cry tears over 1t To-
days Chris mus. Come up an WeI see Johnny.
followed my we'll tr.incd guide into one of the
many hostelries abounding on the street.
Merry Christmas, Johnny" he shouted, Then
he pushed back the protfered bottle with. Nothing
less than a dry Manhattan for us to-day and the
man in the soied jacket proceeded to mix them
We wished Johnny many happy resurns of the
day and the cocktails disappeared
Come on an have breakfast, said ny friend.
But | have no money" | ventured again.
Forget it,! he replied.
was his heels as he entered little restau1 mt
Behind small cigar young man display
ing large aquilinc nose curly black hair, and the
deep, soulful eyes that told the story of centuries
of Jewish patience under Christian and other per
secuton. Day of all days to invoke a Jews charity
and benevolenCe for the benefit of a hungry Chris
tianl think YOU?
But to that man 1t not only Christmas, but
also Chanuka, the festival concentrating forever
the heroism of the patriotic Maccabees, a time when
the Jew takes his place for the nonCe beside the
hghtIng Celt and Saxon and SlaV. Accordingly
he did not walk after the rolls and coffee which he
was going to serve free to the two of us He
seemed to march, with head erect and shoulders
square, dreaming perhaps of the restoration of
Zion and the theocracy of his good sword.
In this way | learned that even in the slums
nobody is denied breakfast on Christmas morn
ing Ny seasoned guide told me that no matter
where in what part of the city might go. the
result would have been the same except in the
haunts of the overrich.
Must have shoes an an overcoat." said the
veteran, gancng at my sorry figure as we came
out. Come up to the Volunteers
Up to Cooper Square we went beaten and cutfed
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

TAST yca1 was down and out Rv
II pcnniless sick and out of work. ~
| stood in a public square on Christ
mas Eve with Others o. my kind,
huddling together t. Ncep warm. and waiting for
something to turn up
Presently ne something in the shape of
large and we'll fed man. who with ChuCkle tossed
handful of coins ut feet As dropped
on our hands and knees in mad scramble for the
bright silver. and when | rose, dirty and wet, my
hands bleeding from contact with the sharp ice. |
was the only who had not gained by the struggle
| was the down and outcst of the down and out.
For things like this men have thrown their lives
away, and | turning away heavy hearted and
with trembling lips, when hand dropped on my
shou Ter and husky voice said:
Say. Bo; you didn't get nickel, did yOu?'
turned, to see grizzled veteran who had come
off with the lion 5 share There was look in his
eyes that caused my voice to soften.
Not a nick | answered.
Dead broke>' he quered.
nodded assent.
Where do YOU bunk to-night?" he persisted.
Il don't know my detected response,
His bcar eyes looked up at sharply
passed through the lighted circle of light.
Then he spoke again You come with me- sonny
an III stake you to dime shake-down.'
"lhankS," | muttcred, unable to say more to
my henefactor, whom followed across to the East
Side and down the BOWerV to of the many
cheap lodging houses which line that thoroughfare
Up the shaky stairs went into boXlikc office
1.-Two suites of rooms, demanded my friend of
the clerk as he tossed dimes the board and
led the way into a large dormitory where half a
hundred sleeping cots
He pointed with his finger empty III
the and whispered, Good night, Bo. Put
your shoes under your pillow
Good night. | hardly know how to tha-a-"
Cut it Quit Cut it out' he replied bruSkly max
ing for nearby cot, action proceeded to copy.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
When Christmas Day Dawned

A ND thus it that opened my eyes on Christ
L day in the place of the down and out The
very dawn seemed to mock me, picturing for me
the feasting and reVelng of the many that day V
Contrasted with the hunger and despair of the
Ny thoughts were not cheerful as | made my
way out of the great sleeping room to wash at a
faucet kept running all night prevent the water
freezing, and hurried to a big stove in the assembly
room of the lodging house wishing for overcoat
as | pinned my summer coat tight at the neck
both for warmth and to hide the dirty shirt and
absence of collar and tie. Close the stove were
standing dozen of my unshaven cOmpeers hands
clnsped in front, and most of them. like myself
sporting safety pin at the junction OF their up
turned coat collars
The snow swept gracefully past the windows
and beat call upon them that sounded to like
d summons to into the open and be nurlbed
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
l 4

ger,ius of these trained experts always finds means
of making strictly scientific discoveries and m
genious inventions never contemplated by the State,
and thus OF indefinitely expanding the domain OF
science art and industry.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
American Geniuses the Same

XIIII>N few systematic researches of this kind have
w been made for the leading American geniuSes of
any class there Is no reason to suppose that they
are exceptions to this universal law, and upon
those who maintain that they such rests the
burden OF proof That this law holds good for
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

and foot benumhcd bv The ~--l. and
entered a building where -aa and
women. uniformed sr-uo- ike ire
Salvation ARMY folk v,- with
New-York tribune., 1907-12-22

FAST vca1 : was down and out
l. pcnniless. sick, and out of work
| stood in a public square on Christ
mas Eve With others ". my kind
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07

n endanger peace AZ u-npreparedness
for war. Had the Czar in 1908 put Russia
In readiness for attack the subsequent
disasters Of Manchuria and of the Sea OF
japan might have been averted. Our
whole Pacific ooast and our Pacific insular
possessions are to-day practically defence
less. Thu despatch Of battleships to the
Pacific threatens none. There is in il no
menace or p~rovocation to Japan or any
other Power. IL 10 merely a prudent act
q putting a lock on Dur own front door.
We have no preference or desire wen
TO attack Japan. II war ever comes be-
tween us the affront will come from her.
not from ourselves. Up to the present
an unfortunate traditional hobby has
centred our navy in time OF peace in the
Atlantic or it's tributary waters. Facing as
we do upon two oceans. the navy, the right
arm Of national defence. should be equally
at home on both. The strong man armed
and ready has little to fear. Each battle
ship smiling through the Straits Of Ma
gellan is a guarantee of peace
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FIAL.A EXPEDITION BASES.
New England skipper 10 Sail Oh Tuesday
To Establish Them In Polar Regions.

M~IDDLETowN. Conn, July Capt.
George Conner Of Fast Haddam. who is to
command the Fisla expedition in search Of
the North Pole, will sail from New Londan
on Tuesday morning in the So ton vessel
A. I. clifford to establish bases Of supplies
for the main expedition. which will set out
later. The clifford will shape its course
toward Cape Fullerton. Hudson Bay. and
will then proceed north. Under Capt.
Conner are three mates. six seamen, n cook
and a toward.
1t is expected to obtain additional help
among the Esquimaux when the vessel
gets north. Capt. Conner has many friends
among the people Of these regions, The
Clifford is expected to secure a good supply
Of whale oil and whalebone and Capt.
Conner 10 confident the expedition will find
the Pole. He says he expects to steer the
vessel into some OF the northward bound
currents and let it drift. He thinks most
Of the currents lead to the Pole and that
the vessel IL allowed to drift will get there.
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RESCUED IN SEA COLLISION.
Schooner Tut Down ny Another or 10 ton
An Hands saved In Five Minutes.

Boston. July 8.-The five masted schooner
Baker Palmer. Capt. Edward H. Smeed in
command. which left this port last night
bound for Baltimore. returned to Boston
this morning in tow Of a tug and anchored
in the harbOr. She had on board Capt.
Studley of the schooner Maud Sherwood,
his wife and tw~elve-year-old son and seven
of the Sherwood's crew. All were rescued
from that vessel, which was sunk last night
at about $50 O'Clock of Race Point. Prov
incetown, through collision with the Palmer.
The Sherwood was bound from Newport
News, Va. to Plymouth with a cargo of
$50 tons OF coal. According to her captain
she was headed south on the starboard
tack, with the wind southwest, when the
Palmer crashed into her. striking her for
ward OF her mizxenmast and cutting her
nearly to the main hatch, opening her up
80 that she sank within five minutes
Mrs. Studley, who was i'll in her cabin.
had a narrow escape from being crushed
TO death. She was taken out. put in q small
boat and placed aboard the Palmer. as
we're all others on the Sherwood.
The Pa1mer's jibboom was carried away,
as was her head gear and she was badly
scraped along her port side. The Sher-
wood was valued at 1900 and was un-
inanred
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PRESIDENT ROWS WyTH SONS.
Spends . Day In the Woods and OH the Sound
with Family and Friends.

OYSTER BAY. N. Y. July 0.-This was the
Presidents day OF. All the business of
the executive Offices was left to Secretary
Loeb and the clerks while Mr.. Roosevelt
pulled stroke for a crew composed Of his
sons.
Allthe boys, with the exception Of Kermit.
the second son. who is away from home.
went On the picnic. The start from the
j. West Roosevelt wharf was made in the
cool Of early morning. President Roose-
vslt's crew pulled an able stroke and were
well ON their way to the rendezvous at a
wooded point on Lloyds Neck, the northern
boundary Of Oyster Bay, before the Presi-
Dental yacht. Sylph. with Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Ethel and a party Of friends on board.
got under way.
After luncheon. served in the open air
at Camp Roosevelt. the entire party boarded
the Sylph and went for a sail on the Sound.
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BILLOw UPsETs A LAUNCH.
Four Men Rescued from the Sen an Man
haitian Beach.

A thirty-hve foot naphtha launch be-
longing to William FEEDERS OF Canarsie
YVES overturned OF the Manhattan Beach
Hotel about z o'clock last night and the
owner Inc his three friends thrown into
the sea. They managed to hang onto
the boat until Manager Robert F. Atwood
and Detective Edward Clark OF the hotel
put out TO them in another launch and
brought them ashore.
The quartet had been cruising on the
beach, but turned to 60 back into Jamaica
Bay. when thu sky darkened and a heavy
sea came up. An extra large billow caught
the small boat b~roadside and vent IL over.
The hotel anage and his detective saw
the predicament from the hotel veranda
and manned a launch that was moored
near by.
FEEDERS and his friends. William Koehler
of Brooklyn. John Gras of 27i Underhill
venue Brooklyn. and John Crimmei OF
10 Elm avenue, Brooklyn, dried their
clothes in the hotel and departed for
home. The launch was left anchored of
the hotel.
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C. W. FORBES DIES SUDDENLY.
New York Lawyer Attacked by Heart
Disease nj Hudson.

Charles W. Forbes, q patent lawyer,
who lived at the Waldorf-Astoria, fell dead
Yesterday in Hudson. He had been in
the drug store of George A. McKinstry
in that city and told the prescription clerk
that he had a bad heartburn. He drank
some bica rbonate OF soda In water and
started for the door, having a rig outside
which was waiting for him. As he APP
started for his side. Mr.. Forbes sank
in a heap on the sidewalk. He was taken
back into the store, where he died In a
chair. DR.. Rossman, who had been sum-
moned, said 1t was a case OF acute heart
disease. Mr.. Forbes a on his way to
Hollowville, where he intended to pass q
few weeks. lie was there last summer
and became a familiar figure as he wan
dered about the country M and fields
with half n dozen or more dogs. He has a
sister living in Sheffield. Mass.
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NIAGARA CABLE BROkE.
Five Injured In cars That Plunged Down
the snc,ined Railway One Dies.

the snclined Railway Dies.
NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y. July 0.-This
morning at Ii:SO the manila cable on the
cars Of the inclined railway in Prospect
Park. on the State reservation, broke. The
steel safety cable and the other safety
devices proved ineffective and both rars
plunged to the foot OF the incline. where
they crashed through the ticket ofice.
wrecking IL. In the car going down were
Peter india and Miss Veronica Olfzewska
OF Buffalo. midas read was crushed. scalp
cut, teeth knocked out. legs fractured.
face cut and he was injured internally. He
died tonight. Miss OIfzewska suffered a
scalp wound, her face is cut and she may
be injured internally. They dashed 200
feet at lightning speed n the car in which
they were was demolished.
In the car that was ascending the incline
were A.. +. Burke. his wife and son. OF Cow
ington, KY. Mr.. Burkc's right ankle is
fractured and his face cut. Mrs. Burke is
cut over the right eye and her left wrist is
sprained. The boy is bruised and all were
badly shaken up.
The injured crossed the river OF the
Maid Of the Mist and were taken mp the
bank on that side. ambulances meeting them
there and bringing them to the hospital in
this city.
The cable that broke was So inches in
diameter and had been installed over a year.
The steel cable broke from its fastening.
The incline had been condemned and the
commissioner of the State reservation have
fairly begged the Legislature for money to
erect n new elevator. Attorney General
jackson has appointed Attorney Clary to
guard the States interest. as the damage
claims will be enormous,
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TORNADO's PATH or DEATH.
Twcnty-One Killed sDd ~ Many Injured I'm
wisconsin, storm Last Week.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. July o.-Twenty-one
persons are now known to have lost their
lives in the tornado which swept a Path
100 miles long and from a mile to a few
rods wide through the counties Of central
Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Details
OF the damage done by the tornado are
still coming in slowly and IL is believed
that the death list will be somewhat in
creased when all points visited by the
tornado are heard from.
In addition to those killed a score or
more persons we're injured. some Of them
so seriously that their recovery is doubtful.
The property damage has not been ac-
curately estimated. but undoubtedly will
be more than SIO0, 900.
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GOLDWIN SMITH ON Russia.
Gyar Numbered In Creating the Duma
trash Might Involve the World.
.Special Cahe pespaieh % THE SON.

Special Cable Despatch 20 THE SUN.
LONDON. July 6.-Goldwin Smith, dis
GUESSING the situation in Russia in h Spectd-
tor. writes:
zone Of the most signal warnings OF
history seems to have been ~disregarded
by the Russian Government. In France,
on the eve Of the Revolution. Inc case.
including the financial part Of il. was far
from desperate, and might ave been sue
cessfully met IL the King had called around
him his best advisers and with their guild
nnce used his power. which was sovereign,
in the inauguration Of practical reforms
Instead OF that he MINOR an cleo
tive assembly. which was sure TO contain
all the revolutionary elements and. in
stead of cooperating with him in n policy
OF reform. to wrestle with him for the
supreme power. Wrestle with him for
supreme power it did. and his army having
failed him. with fatal success. As Europe
feels at this hour. the Gar in granting the
Duma made the same mistake. and as a
matter Of course the Duma. like the National
Assembly. instead Of cooperating in prac-
teal reform commenced a struggle for
the supreme power. Luckily for the Gar
his Cossacks have proved more loyal than
the Gardes FRANCHISES, and Russia has
beer so far saved from a republic Of dyna-
mite.
Few can think that she is at present
fit in any respect for democratic institu-
tions. A crash would not be limited to
Russia. The world Is far more electrical
than it was a century ago. A dynamiter
butchering not only his political enemies
but numbers OF ~unofrending people with
his powerful missile is surely an enemy
not Of the Cars Government but OF the
human race"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
W. 4. 10 PAY FRANCHISE TAX.
Compromise Between city and state and
the Company.

Npe
Corporation Counsel Ellison announced
Yesterday that an agreeme mt had been
reached with the Western Union Telegraph
Company which would put an end to the
litigation begun when the company refused
20 pay the taxes or the assessments made
upon it under the special franchise tax law.
The company was willing to pay a tax
upon Is tangible property in the streets OF
The State but refused TO be taxed on the
franchise value of that property. 1t ron
tended that il could not be- subjected to
the special franchise law because IL was
organized under the postal telegraph law
Of 1857 and had to permit the use OF its wires
by the Government for military, naval n
postal services.
AT a conference held a few days q by
representatives OF the Acknowledgement
Of the State and OF the Corporation Counsel
with the counsel for the company a COM
promise was reached. A large reduction
was made in the assessments n the CON-
pany on its part consented to pay q tax
about double the amount IL contended
il ought to be called upon to pay. The
company will pay for the years 1900 to 1909
about $50, 900.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
EXPRESS COS. ENJOTNED.
Nebraska Gets Out writs Compelling Them
TO Lower Their Rates.

LINCOLN. Neb., July Estate Attorney
General Thompson served injunctions to-
day upon the Southern Pacific. Adams.
American. United States and Wells-Fargo
express companies restraining them from
charging higher rates han rs per cent.
Of those in force on January 1, 1907. as pro-
vided by the new law which went into effect
yesterday.
The petitions charge that the companies
in violation Of the law ars demanding OK
cessive charges and are depriving the
people OF the State Of their rights to lawful
and reasonable rates and that unless COM
PEELED by mandatory injunction to reduce
rates irreparable damage will be done.
The suit was fled in anticipation OF the
express companies getting an injunction
in the Federal court against the State
authorities from putting the new law into
effect.
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BREWIN WANTS no KNOW.
Seeks Identity OF Two women Here Whom
He supposed TO he Relatives.

He supposed 10 bo Relatives.
PHILADELPHIA. July o.-CbarlesP P. Brewin
Of Burlington. N. j., the tailor who lost his
identity for four years. three Of which he
lived under the name Of Frank q. johnson.
In Plainfield, N. j., has issu ed this appeal:
Il wish the two women In New York
whom l am told / believed were my step
mother and sister during the time I lost my
identity would make themselves known
A week ago Brewin returned to his real
personality. Since then his employer in
Painield has told him that frequently
while he suffered from this lapse Of memory
he sent letters and money TO the women
in New York. According to Brewin. his
employer declared hat he also made
many visits to New York. frequently speak
ing Of Mary and Jack.
Brewin. who is 81 years old, has made
his appeal for the purpose OF having his
story substantiated. During the civil war
he was sunstruck, and he believes that his
loss Of identity was due to a recurrence
of It's effects.
I'm glad to be back with my wife again.
he declared to-day at his brother's residence
in Camden. Formerly l mac headaches
and pains, but they left me when l recovered
my memory"
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CAvEIN SMOTHERS LITTLE GIRL.
Her P1aymates Are Dug Out. but They Fail
70 Notice rms h was Not Rescued.

10 Notice That She was Not Rescued.
One child was siffocated and two play
mates narrowly escaped in a cavein Of
sand on a vacant lot ut the southwest corner
Of Ia5th street and Broadway at 8 O'Clock
last night. Helen kopten. 6 years old.
lost her life.
She was playing with her eipht-year-old
brother Henry and Freddie Liedenheimer.
q years old, of CIT v est i3ith street. The
children were at the top OF a sand cliI.
caused by an excavation. The lot, it vas
said by the police. is owned by Reeve A.
Silk Il Co., real estate dealers of Broadway
and isoth street. They have been remov-
ing the sand from he lot for several months,
which caused a steep embankment. tower
ing toward the Broadway side. IL .ap-
pears that the children had gone to the edge
OF the sand Gill and while playing there
the whole ton or edge OF the banl gave way.
Tho children we're hurled to the bottom Of
the excavation, md the sand falling on them
completely buried them.
Two passersby hurried to the rescue
and the boys were easily dug out, but they
were 40 shocked and frightened that either
they did not think Of Helen Kopten or
Judged that she had been rescued with
them.
with Cnelr Ualc. One hbhtu tHttu where
Helen was. They couldn't tell her. Then
the mother became frantic and started
for the excavation. A policeman hurried
10 the scene Of the accident and joined
Mrs. Kopten In the search. He secured
a spade from some laborcrs working in
the neighborhood and started in TO remove
the sand where It had fallen. II was some
time after digging about in various places
that the policeman unearthed the body Of
the little girl.
Physicians in the neighborhood worked
over the child, but their efforts were futile.
There were no marks upon the girl except
a laoeration over the left temple, where
Il is supposed that the spade struck her.
The accident is more remarkable from
the fact that the lot is surrounded by apart
ment houses well filed, whose windows
look down onto the lot, and also IL was the
time OF the day when many were return
ing TO their homes.
There is q great deal OF indignation in
the neighborhood on account Of the negli-
genoe OF the owners OF the property be-
cause the place has no fence. on the walk
is a twenty foot excavation down to the
beginning Of the sand hill. No Waterman
has been provided.
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PUBLIG-SERVICE NEARING
RtNed for Z o'Ciock Monday Rules OF
Procedure Adopted.


The Public Service Commission held an
executive session yesterday morning and
adjourned at I o'clock until Monday, when
the first public hearing will he given. The
Commissioner busted themselves yesterday
as they had for three or four days previous.
in drawing up rules OF procedure. That
work has been completed now and on Mon
day the commission will be ready to settle
down to a consideration OF the serious
problems that confront il.
Commissioner Wilcox said after yester.
days session that all OF the commissioner
were pretty we'll tired out after the first
weeks work. On the average they have
spent sixteen hours a day on the job ever
sinoe thew were appointed. Mr.. Wilcox
since his appointment hasn't got more thar
five hours OF sleep any day. II things keep
up at that pace the commissioners will have
90 add a medical staf to the force.
The Offices OF the commission, at $40
Broadway. will be open to-day as usual.