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New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
OBITUARY NOTES.

ANDREW MILLER, a retired builder. died yes
terday at the homo of his daughter. Mrs +. !.
Newcomb. TT No. I24 Dudley avenue. Westleld
N j. in his eighty-third year. The funeral will
be held tomorrow morning at II O'Clock. Tho
burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
THE REV JOSHUA COIT treasurer OF the
Massachuso.t Is Home Missionary Society died sud
denly hi- home. Winchester, Mass yester-
day. He was born in New London. Conn., in 1892
He gra iuated from Yale In 1853.
MRS. MARGARET ANNE DUANE. widow Of
the Rev. Dr. Richard r. Duane. died Yesterday
her home No. 10 East 5sth street. in her eighty
second year Miss Anne d. Duane and William j.
Duane survive her. The funeral will be held in
the Church of Zion and st. Timothy at No 33i
West 9th street. on Wednesday 9:l5 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
INDIANS DEFRAUDED!
Senators Sag Kickapoos' Treatment
Vas Criminal and Brutal.

Washington Dec 15-Senators Teller, Gurus anu
La Toilette, composing a committee winch wa"
authorized TO investigate the affairs or tle hch
noo Indians will soon submit to the senate re-
port giving the names of several persons VINO are
aI1eoed n have dealt fraudulently with the KICK
apoos who eu1igrated to Mexico and VINO oisposeu
of their lands near Shawnee, Okla The report
,nentions q clique known as the 'Chapman-Gr1ne5-
Conine people" and says that their conduct IN Sc
curing the valuable lands owned by the Mexican
xickapoo Indians was criminal and brutal IN 'le
extreme" 1t is recommended that a special at
torney be appointed. who shall act under the ol-
recton of the Department of Justice IN entering
suits to set aside all the deeds to kekapoo lands-
The alleged criminal acts OF the men mentioned IN
the report appear to be very hard 10 deal WIN III
the opinion the committee. for the reason that
most of them were committed ir Mexico
Concerning the doines of the Chapman-Grlnes-
Conine people the report says:
Outrages were shamelessIy perpetrated by them.
and their conduct has never been equaiIed IN w w
American Indians Ine names OF tne 5 Inoi ni,ir,ed
wfully and deliberately forged to lhe deeuS cldou
10 nave Deei t, iahJn ia t SHOW to what extremes
they They had all the Leading lenotrs i "a %
thrown into Jail. They then took large number
of Indians by force and under guard OF pollcslnSt
Indians to sell their lands, which the Indians de3
clined do, telling them nvaTa bly, that uey t uu
stances would they sign any papers yer tneys ' i2
pie claim to have deeds executed at ,IuaJaiIIo !IS
thew did not sign and the Indian interpreters used
upon the different occasions each says that te ma
ians did not sign their names touch the pen or az az
thorzc any one to sign their names or touch Ile
pen for them
The COMMITTEES viii request that it he continued
in existence until such time as its members shall
consider that the grievances Of the Kickapoos in
question receiving proper attention
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
scow TRIMMERs THREATEN STRIKE.
Police Ordered To Be Prepared for Trouble
To-day-Want Increase in Wages.

The police were ordered last night 10 be on the
lookout for a strike of scow trimmers at the city
dumps this morning and to see that order Is
maintained. The strike. If 1t takes place. VIII De
of miniature proportions, as only about Iour nun
dred trmmers are engaged in the business OF sort
ing from the garbage of the city such articles as
NAV be of value c. de Marco. of No la West
10th street, has the contract for Manhattan and
The Bronx He said the trimmers had demanded
an increase IN wages, which he had granted on
December .. lie said they now want another
raise. Instead of granting this last demand. he
said he is ready 10 I'LL their places II they quit
work He attributes their discomfort TO outside
influence.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
Ask CONTIGUOUS HELP.
RarLeu Tobacco Groscers Want
S5, 900 900 IN Kentucky Banks.
rnv reIerrarh to The Tribune. ]

IBy Telegraph to The Trfbune1
Lexington, ky, Dec 15--Clarence LepuS'
president of the BurIey Tobacco Society. which
has pooled the 1906 and 1907 crops and will not
sell to the so-caIed trust, and which is planning
TO plant no crop this year, has appealed to sec
retary CoTtelyou for help. He asks that SouV'-
900 be placed in the national banks of the STATE
TO assist the tobacco men In lighting 'he So
called trust.
President Lebus says the tobacco planters put
into the treasury of the government SI2,oooooo
annually, and are the only farmers IN the "orio
who pay tax He adds:
The federal government will not permit a To-
bacco grower even twist his tobacco III the
growers had any freedom whatever IN TINS re-
spect the conditions to-day would be dlHereht'
Uncle Sam tells US can't twist our topacco.
He might as well tell distiller he can make
whiskey but can't put 1t in a bottle, jug or
barrel III order to sell il. He tells us We can
grow the tobacco. but must sell 1t IN the
leaf or pay a big tax on it.
Really the farmer pays a tax lndlrecti!,
whether he twists the leaf or not. The removal
of these taxes is always blocked in the United
States Senate. although 1t has been recommend
ed by the Commissioner of Internal revenue
and many others.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
CIVIC FEDERATION MEETS TODAY.
Sessions Expected To Be the Most Important
Ever Held.

Financiers, publicists. manufacturers, en-
ployers and labor leaders will gather at the
Park Avenue Hotel this morning for the eighth
annual meeting OF the National Civic Fedora
ton. There will be morning and afternoon ses-
slons. a dinner tonight at the Hotel Astor for
which there have been seven hundred accept
ances. and final sessions tomorrow morning
and afternoon officials Of the federation say
the meeting is likely 10 exceed in interest any
of the seven previously held.
Many speakers To be heard on the two
general subjects for discussion. which are, for
to-day. Protecting the Peoples Savings" and
for tomorrow. Prevention OF Strikes and Lock-
outs" The day sessions will be held at the
Park Avenue Hotel assembly rooms. Samuel
Gompers. president of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor and vice-president OF the fedora
tion. takes the chair at the opening session, in
place OF August Belmont. the president who IS
in Chicago. Mr.. Gompers will introduce James
Speyer. the banker. who will preside at the
morning session 4 letter will be read from
Mr.. Belmont
Currency Regulation is the opening topic.
and there Will be heard i'm discussion Of Ii An
drew Carnegie. Congressman Charles NJ Fowler
chairman OF the House Committee on Banking
and Currency; Victor Morawetz. chairman OF
the executive board OF the Atchison Topeka &
Santa Fe Railway system: Theodore Marburg.
OF the American Economic Association. and
others. Shall Government Deposits Be Guar
anteed?" will also be considered IN the morning.
with W. c. Evans taking the affirmative and
Horace White the negative. In the afternoon
Postmaster General Meyer will read paper on
Postal Savings Banks; Andrew Mills. OF the
Dry Dock Savings Bank. this city. one on Saw
ings Banks" and Ex-Governor Myron T. Her
rick. of Ohio now president OF the Cleveland So
Ciety for Savings. Savings Banks
Some OF those who had arrived for the meet
ing last night were Franklin NIacVeagh. Chi
cago: Samuel Mather. Cleveland; G. Gurnby
Jordan. Columbia. Ga: Thomas +. Parker.
Greensburg. y. C: NJ ]. BatcheldeT. master OF
the National Grange. Concord. " H; Charles
W. Eliot. president OF Harvard: Grange Sard,
Albany: c. V. Carpenter. Hamilton. Ohio; Pro-
fessor J. H Gray. University of Minnesota; the
Rev. DR.. Joel s Ives. Hartford. Conn: Henry
lie Favour. president of Simmons College. Bos-
ton; n. B. Kelley. Philadelphia; John Toon,
president of the Shoemakers' Union. OF Boston.
and Dennis Hayes. GIassblowers' Union. Phila-
delphia.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
FOUR RUNAWAYS BROUGHT BACK.
Diphtheria Patients None the Worse for Ex-
posure-Taker to R-ndalls Island.

Suffering somewhat from exposure and tired by a
long tramp. the four boys who escaped early last
Thursday morning from the willard Parker Hos
pitaI while under treatment for diphtheria, were
brought back this city last evening from Walden
n Y where they caught Saturday
They are Otto Schmall. fourteen years old;
William Sutton. sixteen: William Keen. seven
teen, and Hamilton White eighteen. They were
brought back by officers from the House Of Refuge
on RandalTs Island where they have been inmates.
When the quartet escaped Thursday they had
almost entirely recovered from diphtheria, and
therefore instead of the officials taking them back
to the Willard Parker Hospital. they were taken
to the House OF Refuge. An examination by a
physician showed recurrence OF the disease. The
boys suffering only from exposure. The doctor
said also that there fear that the patients
could have spread contagion.
The boys reticent and would say nothing
about their escape. but the superintendent said
last evening that he felt certain they received out
side assistance in making their escape. Boys who
are sent TO the House of Refuge must remain
there until they twenty-one years of age. un-
less their good conduct earns for them release
parole The punishment that will be nleted out 20
these boys for running away will be 10 take from
them all good marks during their stay Randalrs
Island and give them a number OF demerits that
will put them back where they started from
Their capture effected by accident VIII
lam Sutton. whose home is in Newburg. piloted
his companions TO Orange County. They stole
tobacco and pipes from pedlers wagon
which they met Goshen. Then the boys tried
sell the proceeds OF their theft to a dealer. who
suspected that they had stolen them. and held
them up at the point OF revolver. The dealer
then summoned the police The boys at first de-
MED their Identity. but finally they broke down.
about fifty miles from New Jersey. where they
went as soon as they escaped.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
THREAT FOR HEMPsTEAo FRUIT DEALER

Hampstead, Long Island, Dec. IS (SpeciaD-A
Bacigalupo. a fruit dealer. of this village who
supplies the Meadow Brook Hunt Club and the
summer homes of New Workers with fruit has
just received Black Hand letter from New York
ordering him to leave $1,000 61st street and
First avenue to-day or have his home and store
here blown up. Bacigalupo took the letter to Jus
tice Charles T. Citizens. who told the frightened
fruit dealer not to say word about 1t to anv one
and he would catch the criminals Bacigalupo
would not talk. but his wife admitted he had re-
ceived the letter and later his daughter gave all
the particulars regarding it. He owns his store
and home in Clinton street, and is probably worth
$50 GO. lie has family of eight children
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

An investigation is being made into the disaster
in Sutton Place Saturday. when the gale carried
away part of unfinished chimney of the New
York Steam Heating Company, the fall OF which
crushed In the dwellings, both sides. Those
hurt are recovering from their injuries. 1t is
thought that any arrests will be made.
John Curtin, who refused his address. was held
in 1900 bail In the Tombs court yesterday on the
charge of attempted highway robbery. Herman
Menthein. a broker, of No. sos Bay 34th street
Bensonhurst Long Island, says Curtin tried to rob
him at the William street entrance of the Brooklyn
Bridge.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
HUSBAND SLAIN, WIFE FATALLY HURT
Robbers Kill Kansas Grocer and Split Open
Head Of Woman

Kansas City, Dec 15.-Louis p. Sternberg. a
grocer in Kansas City, Kan, killed and his
wife fatally injured by robbers who attacked
them in their store last night. The victims Of the
outrage not found until to-day.
The robbers asked for a of sardines AS the
grocer placed open before them they
struck him down with iron bolt and then beat
his head into a pulp.
They then entered the living apartments back
OF the store and attacked Mrs. Sternberg with a
meat cleaver- They split open her head and
knocked out one of her eyes. She cannot live.
The thieves took $40 and escaped.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
NO TIME FOR WEDDING.
COUPLE EC4UGHT STEINER
Would-be Bridegroom No7o IN the
TOmbS.

Passengers on the Cunard liner Lucania were
estoundea yesterday when United states DepUS
Marshal Roberts boarded the steamer at QudTdii-
tine and put under arrest James Henry Parrott'
one Of the popular passengers on the stedii'
WIN was coming 10 this country il was thought
with his bride. 1t learned later from farIo''
that the young woman who accompanied hInl a9
his wife was his bride to be- They lett Liver
pool hurriedly and had not had an opportunity 10
have the marriage ceremony performed peAoie 'iO
Lucania steamed for New York
Mr. PARROT is Englshman. about thlrtF-li'e
years old and the young woman whc acCoiii'diiieu
him as Mrs PARROT is Miss Grace Lawrence, OIL
No 90 Brornpton Road. IN the suburbs OF LONDON
She is eighteen wears old and a ward in chancery
The couple were exceedingly popular on the pas
sage from Liverpool, and were thought 10 pe 'H
their honeymoon trip to America
When Deputy Marshal Roberts found MI Far-
rott and told MIN ne would have TO arrest hiin De-
cause of cable advices from the Foreign once 10
the British Consul General at this port Ny Paf-
rott was not at all alarmed and consehleu 10 az
company him Miss Lawrence burst into tears ana
greatly overcome. but on kfnoiy "oIos 10
Mr. Roberts and assurances that she would not oe
taken with her fiance 10 the Tonbs she became
resigned and agreed 10 being locked up IN her
stateroom until taken TO Ellis Island to-day.
It is not known on what charge Mr. PARROT was
arrested He is a civil engineer, having taken
special course in that subject at Cambridge He
lives at No. 10 Savoy Mansions, London, and was
engaged ir the automobile brokerage and exchange
business. More than TWO years ago he met al
Nareate Miss Lawrence. VINO lived with heT
mother Mrs Sarah Maria Lawrence, a wiGow, at
No 90 Brompton Road The friendship grew grad
uaIly and Mr.. Parrot was received many tunes al
she home of nis fiancee-
Several months ago he agreed to act as selling
agent for Andrew Fletcher, Of Saltcn Castle, Scot
land and dispose of MIR. F1etcher's So-horsepower
Napier car Through a coincidence the solicitors
for the Lawrence family and for Mr. Fletcher were
the same firm. and is thought that they are in
terested in Mr. Parrotts arrest.
The prisoner has account OF over 5000 at the
Midland County Bank, and had plenty Of money
when he boarded the Lucania at Liverpool He said
yesterday that he had lost most Of il to several
professional gamblers bridge whist the pas
sage across the Atlantic.
Mr.. Parrot sold the Napier for Mr. Fletcher
s.. 80 and had until January y. 1908, make
payment. 1t is said he VIII prove that Miss Law
is eighteen years of age and will try
marry her before she returns TO England. She will
re detained at Ellis Island until next Saturday
Ehen she will be sent back to Liverpool on the
Lucanis Parrott was locked up yesterday in the
Tomhs prison
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
TWO SISTERS BURNED TO DEATH.

Fail River. Mass. Dec. 15--Sadie Kalem. the six
year-od daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham kslem.
died to-day from burns caused by the overturnlnS
of a keroSens lamp at her home, No. 20 Hope
street. last grit. This is the second death
sutng from ~ accident. Sade's sister Alice. nine
years old having died last night from burns re-
ceived while trying TO Sadies life Mrs. Mary
Kalem. mother of the girls. is in a critical condi
ton from the shock of the tragedy. She has been
UNCONSCIOUS since she learned OF the death or the
older child. Mr. and Mrs. Kalem were absent from
home when the accident occurred. and the children
alone in the house.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
PRIEST HAS PAPER SELLER ARRESTED

Acting on complaint received at the East 10Th
street station from the Rev. +. A. Hotovitzky a
priest of the Russian Orthodox Church of St
Nicholas. in East 97th street. near Madison avenue
Detective Allen yesterday arrested Alexander
Ivanoff of No. 81 East SSth street on a charge of
dsorderIy conduct. The priest said that Ivanoff
had been selling paper called ''The Russian Voice
in America. which was revolutionary in its doc
trines, in front OF the church during services
there. The prisoner was discharged by Magistrate
Steinert In the night court.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
TREAsu RER GLAZIER NEAR DEATH
Michigan Official, Whose Banks are Closed.
in Comatose Con lition
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Chelsea, Mich. Dec. 15.-Frank 7. Glazier
State Treasurer, whose resignation has been de-
manded by Governor Warner because of the
bankruptcy of his banks and the manner in
which he has managed the state funds is criti-
cally i'll at his home here Heart failure is his
trouble.
consultation Of physicians was held this
afternoon. Glazer has been in a cornatose state
all day. The doctors say that unless he is
awakened his death is almost certain
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among the passengers who arrived yesterday
from abroad were:
ST PAUL. FROM SOUTHAMPTON
Collier. Penrhyn Stansws
G. W. Hobart Mrs William II. Wilkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston King. Mr.. and r. X. Sloan.
LUCANIA, FROM LIVERPOOL.
William n Dupee. I'll. V Palmer
A. j. Forbes. Miss Alice r. Neal
Harvey Clements. Mr. and Mrs James y. Law
Mrs. Elizabeth u. Faiconer. renee.
William c. Henne Sir Thomas Troubridge.
LA LORRAINE FROM HAVRE.
Lewis Mack. Nine Maude Amy.
9. p Williamson. Albert T. Andre.
e Is iugss. Cnru Romoio.
ARABIC. FROM LIVERPOOL.
Mrs. Rowland Leigh. Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Budd.
William Steel Arthur H. Bradford
Mr. and Mrs.. Ethan Allen. Albert J, Chandlsy
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
MORE INSURANCE COMPANIES QUIT.
Twenty, Carrying s96,o00,O0O in Policies
in Wisconsin, Abandon the State
TBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune. J

tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.1
Milwaukee, Dec. 1o.-Two more insurance
companies announced to-day their retirement
from Wisconsin because of the hard laws IN
force in this state. The Union Central. of Ohio,
and the Massachusetts Mutual the newest
TO be added to the list OF such companies. which
now aggregate twenty These twenty
panies are carrying nearly S96, ,OO0,O00 insurance
in this state.
One company, the lFtna, OF Hartford, decided
to-day TO stay. on account of It's accident bust
ness.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
RUSSIA WON'T SILENCE MILYouKov.

Assurances were received yesterday that the Rus
sian government does not contemplate taking any
action 10 prevent Paul Milyoukov. the leader the
Democrats, from leaving the country to address
the Civic Forum in this city January IL In
order that he may take up the leadership of the
Constitutional Democrats on the floor OF the Douma
at its reconvenng. Milyoukov will remain In this
city only Three days before he sails for Russia
again. Bishop Potter will preside when the Rus
sian democratic leader appears at Carnegie Hall
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
FARMER GoRED TO DEATH BY COW.

fRy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Eastport, Long Islann. Dec 15.-while milking 2
COW on his farm in this village Nathaniel Howell
eighty-two years old, attacked by the animal
and sustained internal injuries from which he died
Few hours later He was knocked down. and
before he could regain his feet ne was eored MS
wife went 10 his rescue, and, using pltchfor,
drove the animal off Neighbors carried .t
Howell into the house. where a physician d-assas
his wounds, but was unable TO his life.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
FATAL BATTLE ON OHIO RIVER.
Shanty Boat Owner Killed, Wife and Baby
and Two Constables Wounded.
TRv Telegraph TO The Tribune

Jefersonyille. Ind- Dec. 15.-While defending his
sharty boat from the pryng eyes Of three Indiana
constables and four Kentuckans Arthur Keeling
twenty-one years old, shot and killed this
morning off the Indiana shore of the Ohio River
near Bethlehem, twenty miles east Of this city.
His wife, Lottie Keeling. shot in the right
arm and his year-old child Agnes was shot in the
right hand during the fusillade. Clarence Scott,
one Of the kentuclans. shot through the right
lung and probably fatally injured Ira Scott his
brother shot in the right side.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
SHOOTS TWO WOMEN; KILLS SELF.

Columbus. Ohio. Dec. 15-Otto Schmigler Hun
garfan tailor, to-day shot and probably fatally
wounded Mrs Caroline Webster. seriously wounded
Miss Myrtle Spence and then killed himself The
tragedy occurred the home of Mrs Webster a
erocers wife. from whom Schmigler rented a room
He had been employment for some time
and was despnndent. 1t is said he was infatuated
with Miss Spence and that his advances had been
arTISa Sad
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16

Herman Susk coal dealer of No SO McKibbin
street. Brooklyn. is dying in st. GATHERINGS Hos
pital from burns the result of an explosion of
gas in the cellar of his home yesterday His son
Abraham, ten years old. is in a serious condition
from burns received when ne tried to smother the
flames which enveloped his father Susk went to
the cellar with lighted match to hunt for a Ieaky
gas pipe. An explosion followed Immediately, and
the fire spread to the storage bins. SuskI was
knocked down and almost burned to death
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
CHASE MAN WITH THREE REvoLvEss

with taste sor revoIvers gave the nolice
and crowd of citizens merry chase starting at
Broadway and ending in hallway In Park street
yesterday afternoon. At the Elizabeth street sta
ton he said he Daniel McAIahon a painter. of
Camden. NJ j. He charged with burglary The
police say Mcmahon picked up a brick that was
lying loose in Broadway. smashed the show window
Of Schoverling. Daily & Gales Of No. 302 Broadway
and grabbed three reyolvers.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
WILLIAM UlMER.

William Timer founder OF the Timer Brewing
Company. dIed at his home, No. 6S) Bushwick
nue., Brooklyn. yesterday Mr.. Timer had been
I'll several weeks He born In Germany sew
enty-fve years ago In 1870 he came 10 America,
and in the early 70s founded the brewery under
the firm name OF Virgius & Ulmer. Mr.. Timer
a member Of the Brooklyn Turn Verein and
the Ario1 Society.
He leaves a wife and two daughters both of
whom married.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
MISSOURI MORE THAN HALF DRY"
Cass and Clinton Counties Join Those Voting
for Local Option.

Kansas City, Dec. 15.-Cass and Clinton coun-
ties voted for local option yesterday making
sixty-one dry counties in Missouri, four more
than half Elections are at hand in several
other counties.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH BY MOB
[By Telegraph 70 The TrIb

IBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
McHenTy Miss, Dec. l5.-Patrick Jones' a negro
charged with assaulung two young daughters of
Bellamy Rouse. white planter was shot to death
near here yesterday by a mob of two hundred
men ana boys. The negro RECENTLY completed a
two years sentence for attempted assault on Miss
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
HUNTER SHOT, ANOTHER DROWNED

New Orleans Dec. &c Hawkins Norton, GUS
toms agent for the Illinois Central Railroad and
Walter Grirna, young cotton broker were killed
to-day while hunting at the Rigoiets TWENTY-FIVE
miles from New Orleans. Norton lost his life as a
result OF a gunshot wound in the side. Grima was
drowned by the overtarning OF p boat
New-York tribune., 1907-12-16
MRS. ARAmNTA soUToN RockwooD.

Mrs. Araminta Bouton lockwood. wife Of George
Gardner lockwood. the photographer. and daughter
Of the late Josiah and EmelIne Bouton died yes
terdsy a her homo. No 32s West S5th street She
married Mr.. lockwood at Troy in 1858 The funeral