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New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
WOMAN SCOLDS SMALL
Not Permitted to Tell HIS Scheme
at TeIegraphers' Meeting.

II former President Small of the Commercial
Teegraphers' Union had a plan by which the
strike of the telegraphers would be ended with
victory for the strikers, as he told his friends
on Monday night. he did not have an oppor-
tunity to explain it, as he was barred from the
floor, on the ground that he not only no
longer president but no longer member OF the
union.
The meeting began late. and while Small was
waiting In a room opening on the platform he
was attacked by Mrs. Maize Cook OF the
women leaders Of Local No. 16. You have
right to attend the meeting" she said. II shall
certainly oppose your being given the floor"
Mrs. Cook then made a number Of charges
against Small in great rapidity without wait
ing to hear his reply. Small said or some one
said for him. that he had informed Percy
Thomas he would ask for the floor.
"You informed Percy Thouas?' she said
scornfully. You know well that he is at his
mothers funeral Why did you send the notices
out to the locals to meet and vote ending the
strike without consulting any one?'
Mrs. Cook then accused Small of informing
news agency that the strike to be called Off
Small denied the charge
II say you're liar and coward said Mrs.
Cook with flashing eyes land if you try to get
the floor I'll oppose it with all my might"
Vice-President McLennan then took hand.
He said that Small as citizen and member
OF the union. In his opinion. had at least a
right TO be heard, whereupon Mrs. Cook said
that II Small presumed to take the floor she
would openly denounce him.
Small retired. and the meeting decided to
table the question until Russell gets back. When
Small returned to the hall he informed of
the decision and went away.
Small late last night issued proclamation to
the strikers, in which he said he still legal
president and gave the details OF the alleged
settlement scheme which he did not get
chance TO talk about at the meeting.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
MANY CROWNS ARE HIS.
WonderfuL Insignia of Emperor
Francis JoSeph'S Sovereignty.

Francis Ferdinand, when he succeeds to the
,brones Of his uncle Emperor Francis Joseph will
te crowned III due course with the hallowed crown
If St Stephen King of Hungary at Budapest
since this coronation is regarded by the Magyars
as Indispensable to the establishment of his SOW
eregnty and 10 his claim upon their allegiance
It Is likewise possible that, prompted by the infu
ence Of his Bohemian morganatic wife he may
consent TO be crowned at Prague with the crown
If Wenceslaus King Of Bohemia But there is
no likelihood OF his ever being crowned as EN-
Deror Of Austria Francis Joseph and the lat
ter's predecessor, Emperor Ferdinand, dispensed
with any coronation ruler OF Austria, and Fran
els Ferdinand may be relied upon to follow their
example.
The magnificent insignia OF sovereignty belonging
10 the Austrian Crown viii. therefore. remain un-
disturbed IN the treasure chamber Of the Hofburg,
at Vienna, whence they never emerge nova
days, and only seen by relatively very few
people. Yet there Is no more superb and interest
ing treasure In all Europe, and not even that of
the imperial House of Russia, nor that of the
Crown Of England, preserved in the Tower of
LONDON, can bear any comparison with the treas
OF the Hapsburgs
ASIDE from their intrinsic value which is we'll
nigh iDestlmable, they comprise the entire regaIa
Of Emperor Charlenagne, including the diadern with
wnich ne was crowned on Christmas Day in the
.eT 500 by Pope Leo III, the orb the two sceptres
and The great sword. the Book Of Gospels and the
spear OF Saint Maurice all preserved in the treas
after his death and used for centuries at the coro-
nation Of German ernpe-ors The religious relics
include tooth OF ST John the Baptist three links
of the chain Of ST. Peter piece ot te coat Of ST
John the Evangelist, the arm bone oc Saint Anne
ard a portion Of the tableclOth used at the Last
Supper. Then there the sabre of Haroun-al-
l}sschlG. the sword OF Tamerlane, She celebrated
salt cellar CT Benvenuto CenI. executed for Fran
c.s Of France; the siver-g gilt cradle OF the first
Hapoieons sen. who died at Schoenbrunn as Duke
a Rsichstadt; the coronation mantle embroidered
by Saracen a-tists fo- King Roger II Of Sicily in
1913 and bordered with Cufc Inscriptions the hero
scope OF Wallenstein. what is called the family
crown Of the HapsbUrgs. made in 1902 for Empe-
Tor Rudolph II, which Is generally acknowI-
edged 10 be the finest masterpiece in existence Of
old German goldsniths' art; the jewelled insignia
Of the Golden Fleece worn 10y Emperor MaximiIian
OF Mexico at his execution, the small diamond
studded Order OF the Golden Fleece which ever
since the -eiEn Of Emperor Ferdinand III has been
piaced IN the cradle of each newborn archduke
at MS baptism, and small cross of the Hungarian
order Of st. Stephen. much and used and
which Empress Maria Theresa Invariably wore
throughout her long reign in grateful remembrance
Of the response Of the Magyar magnates to her
;mpsssioned appeal for their assistance at Press
burg after the death Of her father Emperor Charles
"
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
CATSKILL LAND BOOM.
Building of Ashokan Dam Brings
SDecuIQtOrS to Mountains.

The building of the Ashokan dam. It was said
yesterday has caused rise in the price of land
along Esopus Creek and I'm that vicinity. In carry
ing out it's work the Board OF Water Supply has
found it necessary to condemn numerous parcels.
Commissioner Shaw. of the board. in discussing the
situation. said that number Of New York law
yers had organized corporations to get the farmers
and land whose property wanted by
the commission 10 allow them to handle the cases,
fix the valuation of the property. and in general
that the owners lost nothing the proceedings.
and incidentally that they themselves lost moth
ing The lawyers employ staff OF experts to
testify to the valuation property. and 1t is said
that these experts generally overvalue the prop
erty many times.
THE local lawyers do not give us any trouble.
said Commissioner Shaw. 1.-THE 10 per centers'
from this city the ones that are troublesome.
We have not received the testimony taken before
the commissions sent up to Esopus 90 arrive
at fair valuations, and so do not know exactly what
has been done. but there have been many instances
of overvaluatOn."
Commissioner Chadwick said that the Board OF
Water Supply had idea of paying exorbitant
prices for condemned land. We will investigate
each carefully. find out Just what the fair
value of each piece of property is and pay It, but
we will not pay more" he said.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
ADDRESSES METHODISTS.
Bishop Potter Discusses "ChWches
and Social Unrest" :"

Bishop Henry c. Potter. speaking last night at
he fall meeting of the Methodist Social Union Of
BROOKLYN on The Churches and Social Unrest"
aid that the present condition of society called
Unrest was by no means an undesirable one. Any
ther condition OF society. ne said, would mean
orpor and death.
The meeting was held in the New York Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church. at New York avenue
md Bergen street. Brooklyn. Bishop Potter spoke
8long the lines he did last summer at
,'hautauqua, n. Y. He called attention to the
rapid progress of this country from state of
poverty to one of great wealth and the "grotesque
ostentation'' which had been the result in many
instances.
Every condition of life to-day Is different
from what It century ago. and it is only
natural that discomfort should prevail in many
quarters, said the bishop. There is nothing
wrong with wealth by itself I hope you have read
that recent admirable statement of Chancellor
Day that the overcriticism of wealth is as venom
GUS il is unwise. Foolish. silly and eXtravagant
ostentation comes only from those who forget that
the stewardship of wealth is sacred as the stew
ardshp Of talents, or anything of that kind"
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
TODD HEIRS BRING SUIT.

The heirs of Mrs. MarFaretta Todd. the mother
OF Mrs Rosae Tousv Hastings, have begun suit
against George Gordon Hastings, as executor OF
the estate of his w.l, to recover the Won Hoffman
apartment house. in West 26th street Carl A. Ed
wards and Gerald AstonehiH the plaintiffs say the
deed of the apartment house, of which InSersoll
Lockwood now has the use, was obtained by fraud.
and ask TO have it set aside. Hastings the sole
Iecatee of his wife. claims the property Associated
with him as co-defendants are Lockwood, Milton
Rerolzhelm a grandson OF Mrs. Todd; Abraham
Andrews. Julia Hove and the Lincoln Trust Com
panv executors of the Todd estate. When Mrs.
Todd's will was admitted to probate after she was
found dead beside the Philadelphia & Reading Rail
road Just outside OF Philadelphia IT found
that all of her property had been left to Mrs.
Tousy, with the exception Of the Won Hoffman. the
use of which was given TO Mr. Lockwood for FIFE.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
PRESIDENT WATCHING.
Dir. ROOSeUeH Interested an ProMbi-
tiOn's Spread in South.
TFrom The Tribune R,,reau

Washington. Oct. 29.-The President had a talk
to-day with Congressman Taylor of Alabama, on
the subject of Southern prohibition. While in
Louisiana recently the President observed at first
hand the benefits derived by both planters and the
negroes from local option high license and he is
watching with great deal Of interest the war
being waged In other states between the ''wets'
and ''drys."
LAS soon as all the counties are heard FROM"
said Representative Taylor, Il am confident that
Mobile will be the only place in the state where
person may quench his thirst with liquor Of any
sort I believe Mobile will so wet If the county
votes outnumbered those IN the city. as they do
in Birmingham, the result In Mobile would be, as
It there yesterday. victory for the white rib
boners. But the city OF Mobile has more than
three times as many votes as the county. 1t may
be that In time the pressure from all around the
city will literally squeeze the town dry, but do
not look for that to happen for time to
Neither do 1 believe that the Legislature will
put through drastic prohibition measure
as did the Legislature of Georgia Fairminded peo-
pie throughout the South now believe that Georgia
went a little too far.
For instance. it turned out OF the state not only
all the whiskey dealers but all the brewers
well. These brewers had invested all the way from
100000 100000 IN their business in Georgia
and It would seem that they had right to some
consideration Instead of that, they were kicked
out and all the money they have invested will be
a loss. The Legislature might have given them
say. three years in which to wind up their affairs
in the state. without hurting the cause Of temper
and without practically coufiscatIng the prop
erty."
Representative Taylor will leave New York foI
Panama Thursday. with the other members OF
the house subcommittee on appropriations.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
THE DRAMA
THE GERMAN THEATRE.
Three One-Act Pieces by Arthur Schnitzler

The performance at the German Theatre last
night was something in the nature of a novelty.
three separate short plays being produced, after
the manner of the Spanish stage, All three were
by the same author. Arthur Schnitzler, leading
Vienna dramatist. They showed him to be capa-
BILE and versatile workman, with the art of con
densing dramatic material and working out ef-
fectiYe climaxes.
In motive and development the three one-ac'
pieces were very wide apart The first DIE
Letzen Masken' C''The Last MasksO, was simple
and sombre, stripped down to the bones of singll
situation. out journalist, dying in a hos
rital, remembers with bitter envy the popular sue
cess of boyhood friend, famous poet and
longs before dying to him and embitter him
with a revelation of the faithlessness of his wife
The dying man vehemently rehearses the scene
with another hospital patient former comedian
but when the poet comes and shows friendliness
the vindictive passion passes and the revelation
is made.
The second piece Der Crime Kakadu' C"The
Green Parrot'D, is a sketch of life In Paris on the
eve of the fall OF the BastiIe. Certain sensation
hunting aristocrats go to q tavern which is under
stood to be frequented by criminals whose talk and
actions are highly unconventional But the Grim
inas only hired actors posing and declalmlng
for the benefit Of the sensation hunters. One OF
them plays in which he tells how he
murdered a nobleman. frequenter of the place.
out of imaginary jealousy. He does not know that
he has real cause for jealousy, and when he dis
the truth he actually kills the libertne duke
The piece IS strikingly knit together and is elab-
oratey staged and costumed 1t is an interesting
variant on the fruitful and moving theme Of "A
Tale of Two Cities
The last play, "Ilteratur' ('Literature'O. was an
amusing skit artists who turn their emotional
experiences into copy 1t genuinely humorous
and made a pleasing closing piece. 1t involved
only three characters. Eugen Burg, Heinrich
NARROW and Ernst Sauerman appeared 20 great
advantage in the various pieces and all three
smoothly and acceptably performed.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
COLONIAL THEATRE.
Miss Spong, Miss Franklin end Bransby
Williams Leaders in Rare Entertainment.

The music hall is gradually becoming the amuse-
n1ent place of the masses in the larger centres or
civilization. This much may be Learned from a
casual visit to any OF the more spacious and
higher class Of variety theatres. such the Colo
NAL, the New York and Mr.. Hammerste!n's VIC
toria The audiences here are Invariably numer-
Gus and intelligent, the performances nearly al
ways clean and entertaining. sometimes instructive
and now and again reaching standard more Ike
" to cultivate the public taste for higher things
than the mawlish performances on more preten-
tIous stages II IS entertainment or the latter
variety that Percy williams offers at his CO.
lonial Theatre this week and which was enthu-
s!astcally applauded by two large audiences yes
terday. The leading performers arc Miss Hiida
Spong Bransby Williams and Miss Irene Franklin
assisted by Bert Green Such group OF clever
PLAYERS deserve the favor Of the public
Miss Sponl is by no means new to the stage. but
il is doubtful whether she has been seen 10 such
advantage she yesterday In little heart play
in which she gave sympathetic study OF a brave
ignorant, honest, vrtuous young woman OF the
rugged West lands. The play is called Kit" the
name OF the young woman whom Miss Spong I'm
personates. II written by the Mcssrs De Mile
and Bynner Il unfolds the story OF young
woman in love and loved by the sheriff OF a West
ern county. The industrious sheriff discovers that
her father a justice Of the peace, is the head Of
a daring band of train robbers. He vows TO do
his duty however hard. lie traces the father 70
the humble cabin where Kit has hidden him The
scene when the father confesses his guilt and the
daughter pleads in vain with her lover IS a strong
one. but stronger than the last Of all, when,
after the father had agreed TO marry them, the
sheriff discovered he had lost the ring. but he had
the handouts The ingenious Kit slipped one ring
over her husbands wrist, the other over her own
then told her father to depart out OF their lives.
Next in Importance to this act Mr.. WIams's
excellent approximations Of characters In the
novels of Charles Dickens. He is at his best in
his portrayal of Uriah Heep. Micawber and Daniel
Peggotty. He followed closely the Illustrations
of Crukshank and other important sketchers Of
Dickenss characters. Miss Irene Franklin will be
remembered as one Of the clever performers with
Mr.. Foy in 1.-THE Orchid" She has developed and
gives entertaining studies OF rural assies sings
some new songs. She is assisted by Bert Green
Besides these there may be seen here the Rooney
Sisters. Shekla, the Indian magician; Coins dogs.
James Thornton aud Alex Hurley and his coster
comedians.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
THE Lion and the Mouse.

The popular play OF The Lion and the Mouse"
which had run of six hundred nights at the Ly-
ceum Theatre, was revived Monday night at this
old playhouse before large audience. 1t is likely
to be the attraction here for several weeks To
come and those who have not witnessed 1t should
embrace the present opportunity. In the cast are
many OF the players who were IN the original
company and they act with the same skill and
effectiveness 1t is enough for the present to re-
cali the names of such performers Edmund
Breese, Miss Gertrude Coghlan, Miss Marion Pol
lock Johnson William Levers, Miss Grace Thorne,
Miss Carolyn Elbers and f. A. Eberle.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
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Thomas Bell had a varied and adventurous career
before settling down coal merchant In Catskill.
n. Y Born in Strathngllo. Fifeshre. Scotland.
March 4, 1s2S he attended Tay Square Seminary,
Dundee. for five years, and went sea when no
was eleven years old. He visited many countries,
and engaged in many occupations besides that of a
sailor He travelled in New Zealand, the East
India Islands. Australia, New Hebrides. China,
Russia. Africa, England, Van Dieman's Land Chilli,
Peru. Bolivia, Ecuador and Mexico. and was by
turn opportunity afforded necessity compelled
a miner. bookkeeper, laborer. peder and salesman.
In 1850 he enlisted in the United States Navy and
served on board the United States ship Massachu-
setts. which employed in surveying the coast
and harborS of California from, the Golden Gate
to San Diego He was the leadsman in sounding
the depth of water In the harbors and was the per-
sonal attendant and assistant OF Commodore Colds
borough in measuring Tho heights of mountains.
Mr.. Bell married Christmas Day. 1862, to
Miss Annie Overbaugh. of Catskiu. and from that
time made that place his home.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30

Jenco William Joseph Preston, fourteenth Wis
count Ciormanston. of Gormanston, In the couhues
of Dublin and Meath; Baron birmingham, or heIs
IN Ossary. and Baron Laundres, of the Mas
County Kildare. In Ireland, and Baron German
ston of Whtewood. Meath, IN the United King
dom the premier viscount OF L eiand, was born at
Corranston Castle. Balbrggan. on June l. 1881
He was the son Of Edward Anthony John Preston
the thirteenth viscount, and his wife. Lucretia ed
est daughter OF the late William Charles Jerning-
ham, brother Of Baron Stafford,
He was commissioned a lieutenant In the 6Oth
Rifles in 1851 and served through the Indian mutiny
in 1858 and 1853. He chamberlain to the Duke
OF Abercorn, while the latter Lord Lieutenant
OF Ireland from 1865 1865. and commissioner
Of national education in Ireland from 1874 to 1885
lie succeeded the title the death of his father
in 1896 and appointed Governor OF the Lee
ward Islands in 1885, serving there for two years
He was Governor Of British Guiana from 1857 10
1898. and in that year became Governor of Tas-
mania
He twice married; first to Ismay Louisa
Ursula, third daughter of the first Baron Belew.
She died In 1875 and three years later he was
married TO Georgna, daughter of Peter Comedian
of Coolmare. County Kilkenny. His heir, the
fifteenth vIscouRt, is Jenico Edward Joseph Pres
ton. born in 1879 who comes into estate of
about eleven thousand acres.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
MISSING CADET AT KINGSTON.

West Point y. Y. oct. 29-Cadet Raymond L.
Thompson. OF the third class of the Military
Academy, who has been missing from the academy
for several, days. is, according to a message re-
celved here tonight. i'll at a hotel at Kingston.
The message gives no explanation OF his absence
DR.. DANDY, assistant post surgeon. accompanied
by a hospital corps man, has gone 10 Kingston
and viii bring the young man back to the academy
if he is able to be moved. Thompson was APP
pointed to the academy from the 2ith Congress
District Of New York State.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
MISS sPooNER DECLINES OFFER.

Miss Edna May Spooner has Just declined
offer to appear jointly in London with Mr.. Arthur
Rourchiere in production of Mrs. Wards. The
Marriage of William Ashe" According to a notice
sent from the Offices of Keith * Proctor, this
prefers to remain at the head of the Fifth
Avenue stock company, where she enjoys the favor
of large audiences attending the performances there
from week to week. The offer. IL was said. came to
her through theatrical broker
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
NEW REALTY PERIODICAL.

THE Real Estate Recorder" is a periodical de-
voted 10 the interests the homeseeker. buyer
seller and in of safe and substantial in
vestments According to the announcement of It's
editor it aims occupy a field heretofore uncult-
waited It Is be the agent promoter which will
bring together the and the and in all
essentials a strictly practical business publication
making a statement of facts without establishment" &"
Judging first issue. II should prove to be
valuable aid buyers and sellers OF property and
10 homeseeker.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
Special Notices.
To the Employer.

To the Employer
Do you want desirable help QUICK?
SAVE TINE AND EXPENSE by consulting
the file of applications OF selected aspirants for
positions OF various kinds which has Just been
installed at the Uptown Office OF
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Between 36th and S7th Streets
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New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
CONAN G. HARRIS IN NEW CONCERN.

It made known yesterday that Cohan & Har-
ris had Joined their interests with the Ohio Cir
cult Company. an organization which is in control
of numerous payhouses throughout the Western
and Southern States.
The Ohio company organized by Nixon &
zimmerman and Edward L. Moore. II is limited
that under the new arrangement the capital stock
will be increased. Cohan & Harris is a compare
lively new firm It has leased several houses
throughout the country In the last year
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30
ROBERT T. SMART.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune
Troy n. Y, Oct 29.-Robert T. Smart. a pio-
neer paper manufacturer Of this city. died this
morning at the age of eighty years. A native
of New York. he bought paper mill here in 1853
He also ran a mill at Hampstead. Long Island In
the Civil War he chairman of the enlistins
committee of the City Common Council and had
charge OF the bounty money,
New-York tribune., 1907-10-30

p B. worra senior partner of the commission
house Of Frederick ButterfeId & Co, has written
Judge Whtman's campaign managers follows:
shall be very much obliged to you If you will
add my name to the list of Democrats who will
vote for Mr.. Whitman for General Sessions; Yours
very truly, p. b. WORRALL.
No 50 West 10th street. New York City.