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New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
FOUR TRY SUICIDE IN HARLEM.
Poison, Gas and Razor Used in Scattered
Cases-Three Dead.

Four persons in Harlem who nothing joyful
In the Christmas season for them tried 10 commit
suicide yesterday and three Of them succeeded
One man took rat poison another cut his throat
with & razor and two inhaled illuminating gas
Charles Seabrook, who was the manager of a
stable in West 39th street. went home to his apart
r1ent at No 81 Morningside avenue, where ne
lived with his wife and three children, shut himself
In the bathroom and cut his throat with
He was found by his wife, who summoned DR..
Franklin BOYD. Mr. Seabrook died about SIX hours
later.
Lieutenant Meehan, of the West 18th street sta
ton criticised DIR. Boyd because he failed TO report
the attempt to the police until an hour before the
man died seabrook it is said. had S5.oco-all his
noney-tied up in the Knickerbocker Trust Com
pany. and found it difficult TO raise money TO pay
his rent
Gilbert Matfield formerly a brakeman the
Erie Railroad who had been out OF work for some
time and who was short of money, took a dose OF
trough on rats in the boarding house where he
lived at No 221 West 115th street He was taken
TO the Harlem Hospital. where his condition was
said to be- serious
r McNab Wilford. compostor on New YORK
newspaper who lived in boarding house at No
197 West 18th street was found dead in bed with
gas tube in his mouth Wilford, it Is said. had
with his wife, who left hin, because he
drank too much She is said TO be living IN New
ark with her child
George Molfenter, g watchman, out OF work, VINO
1i,a5 a, No 5SS West 159th street. was also found
5.sd 4, his bed with a gas tube in his mouth
His brotber said he had been Respondent for q
long time
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
STRIKE DELAYS A FUNERAL.
Mourner Refused to Ride in Carriage with
Non-Union Driver.

Scranton Penn, Dec. %. THE teansters
strike which began one week ago to-day, was
the occasion of an unusual incident at funeral
in West Scranton to-day. One of the mourne:s
ON learning that the carriage which ne had hlred
was driven by non union man refused to ride
in it, Thereupon the president OF the Livery
mems and Undertakers' Association ordered ali
the other carriages back to their stables WINE
the carriages were being emptied tr1enos OF tHe
family of the dead person persuaded the man
who would not be driven by non-union driver
70 cbanpe his discrimination and after about an
bour,s deIav the funeral procession proceeded to
the church
After to-days incident the employers asso-
ciation gave out a statement saying that If any
nerson at a funeral objects to driver on any
carriage all the carriages ordered for the funeral
will be sent back to the stables, and those who
want to attend the funeral will have to walk
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
SEES PRESIDENT.
Discusses Land Fraud Cases and
Pacific Coast Political Sentiment.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.I

WASHINGTON Dec 23.-After three months of in
erectual effort to East and confer with
President Roosevelt Frank j. Heney. whose work in
the land fraud cases and more recently as the
prosecutor of the San Francisco municipal graft
cases has placed him in the public eye arrived
here to-day and took luncl con with the President
No mention of the Oregon land cases was made
at the luncheon. hut tonight Mr.. Heney had a
conference with the President at which the Whoie
subject discussed. well as number OF otner
questions affecting the Pacific Coast
Before coming TO Washington Mr. Heney had
conference with Attorney General Bonaparte in
Chicago and he announced tonight that the
prosection of the Oregon land cases would be be-
gun on January 13 Just how long these will take
lie was not able to estimate. but as he is pract-
cally in the middle of the San Francisco trials II
is probable that the oregon matter will be hurried
much possible
when I leave San Francisco to take up the
Oregon cases I find that those under Indictment IN
the former place Immediately begin clamoring for
trial" said Mr. Heney: but when / so 10 San
Francisco to try them they dig up physicians GER
tifcates and endeavor in every way to stop the
progress of the law. I cannot say now what the
president said to me or what said 10 the Presi-
dent have been making plans to see him for the
last three months and intended taking the trip
down the Mississippi with him. but my plans mis-
carried and this is the first opportunity have mad
10 come East.
.san Francisco can be depended upon to give
the ships royal welcome when they arrive on
our coast Every one is anxious TO get a glimpse
of the feet.
California and the Coast states still cling TO
the hope that the President will be forced 10 run
again. although they have taken MS thrd term
announcement seriously and regretfully- II they
can't get him they at least will insist on having
a man as nearly like him as possible and a man
who will carry out his policies in the face OF any
opposition. Such man they consider Mr. Iaft
and he undoubtedly the strongest candidate just
.'In some quarters there is an impression that
the neop!e of the West do not know Governor
Hughes nut this is erroneous. His public life
has been followed there with great interest. and
he Ia appIalded for the things that he has
complished ! should say he was next TO Mr.
Taft In strength
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
PLAN TO EXPLORE UNKNOWN LANDS
Experts from Field Museum in Chicago
Going to Tibet, Among Others.
lRy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

IRy TeleEraph 10 The Tribune
rbfcaro Dec. ga series Of expeditions con-
stitut,ng one of the most comprehensive explora-
+,ons NJ unknown lands attempted by any
,,s,;tu,ion was announced to-day by the Field
Museum of Natural History.
To blaze the trail for expeditions that will make
detailed Investigations George A Dorsey. cura-
tor of the museums department of anthropology.
will circle the globe. visiting many practically
unknown regions and mapping out the lines OF
inquiry TO undertaken He VIII sail on the
Iustania January H.
n, eouaI importance Is the announcement that
Tho r,useum has set out to give to the world of
s.,snca the first comprehensive exposition Of the
characteristics and customs of the people Of Tibet
the forbidden land. For this work Dr. Berthold
raufsr n distinguished Chinese scholar. recently
y, the faculty Of Columbia University. has been
engaged. He will sail on January Tor stay OF
tbr.e wears in the country of the llamas
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
GERMAN AERO CLUB ORGANIZED.
Many High Officials on Membership List
Organizations Scope.

Berlin. Dec. 23.-The German Aero Club.
formed under the patronage of Emperor WILL
lam, has completed its preliminary organization
with long list Of influential noblemen and
capitalists among its officers and members.
Crown Prince Frederick William, representing
Ernest Saxe-Altenburg is president; the vice.
presidents Lieutenant General Won Moltke.
chief Of the General Staff, and the Under Sec
retary of the Interior, Herr Hollmann. while
among the directors the Colonial Minister,
Herr Dernburg; Walter Rathenau, Isidor Lowe.
James Simon and Paul Schwabach. The organ
ization of this club is striking evidence of the
growing interest in aerial navigation. 1t is in
tended to take over the dirigible airship Parse
val and conduct experiments with 1t and other
kinds of flying machines and heavier than air.
apparatus.
The club was founded over year ago. after
a dinner at the palace. to which the Emperor
invited a number of bankers and manufacture
ers who there agreed to start a "study COM
pany'' for aerial navigation and also ciuo.
It is now regarded advisable for the club TO
take over the work Of the ''study company" A
considerable sum Of money has been raised by
tn. life membership fees-S25O each-and sew
eraI thousand honorary members have been
invited to to,n at a yearly fee of $25 for men
and So so for women. The royal interest," IN
the club probably will result in a large men,
bership.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
RECEIVERS NAMED FOR COMPANY.

Judge Hough. in the United States District Court,
Yesterday appointed r. c. Veit and James For
rester receivers of the business of the Brown &
Fleming Construction Company, of No 12s Broad
way. with joint bond of S25,0OO, the application
Of the petitioning creditors In involuntary bank
ruptcy proceeding, fled in the federal courts.
The petitionng creditors with their claims are:
The Cornell Steamboat Company. Of Rondout. N.
Y. balance due judgment. Ss.65s; the White
Star Towing Line. for towing scows, $500, the
Moouin ferrnan- Wells Coal Company, coal s. 294
Preferential payment of 500 to Fox Brothers is
alleged The receivers are authorized to continue
the business for ten days
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
READY TO WED IN HOSPITAL.
Mrs. Hegenspan Awaiting Result of Opera
ton on C.. W. Stencil.

BY Telegraph to The Tribune i
,,h;yade,nhia Dec. 23.-Standing beside the bed
NJ G. W. Stencil, president of the Fiegenspan
prewiny Company. of Newark. N. J., Mrs Chris
tian Fiegenspan awaits the final decision OF the
s,,reeons as TO his fate tonight Thus far they
nave been unable to tell her if ne will live and
che ia ready to marry him as soon as they say
the word or give her some hope that he VIII De
strong enough to pass through the ceremony INTEL
HyentIy Mr.. Stencil has been In the nospitai
some weeks. and Mrs. F1egenspan has been one OF
his faithful attendants. She has spent much time
in the city in order that she might go 10 the nos
nital often and there she has spent every minute
tbe surgeon would allow her. Mr. StenzeFs mall
adv assumed such .orm yesterday that an opera
ton for appendicitis was found imperative. de
passed through it we'll and hasty preparations were
made for the wedding at his bedside. but SO far
he has not rallied sufficiently to permit IT,
Mrs Fiegenspan was the second wife OF Christian
Fegenspan She is about fifty years old and
wealthy. She lives at No IA High street, Newark.
Mr. Stencil is about forty-three years Old he
entered the office OF tho brewery as boy. and
rose to be general manager and finally president
when Christian F1egenspao dtsd.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
Mur1NEERs MARCH ON TsITsIKHAR.
Chinese Troops Murder Officers and Evade
q Russian Force.

y1adivostok Dec E3.-News has reached mere
Of the rrutiny fortnight ago of detachineh'
Of Chinese soldiers near Aigun. on the Aiiloor
River in Manchuria Tne men hlufueieu 'N''i
officers and started on a maren IN the oiiee
of Tsitsikhar pillaging villages end robbing
Chinese and Russian caravans on their way A
force or five hundred cavalrymen, with artil-
,ery Was sent in pursuit. and yesterday met
The r,,,.,neers who then numbered nine hun
dred men. and engaged them near Mergehen-
The encounter was not fnal for the insurgents
moved toward Tsitsikhar by another route.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
WATER POWERS IN THIS STATE
publie Service Commissioner Osborne on
Protecting Public Interests.

,,b.,v Tsc 2s-Although he concurs with tho
o+ber members of the Public Service COMMISSION m
the 2d District in decision written Dy Noi.",,
s,onsr Decker approving the application OF tne
1Isson Biver Electric Power Company 70 issue
e as2 900 additional bonds TO develop water po~e'
FIGHTS on the Sacandaga River. Con1snissioneI -
home has written a supplementary OPINION. 1" "
he dsaIs more particularly with the question or
~ -, ,,-o,onr,an- Of the water power resources
=. tbA state and precautions to be observed oy tne
p,,blic Service Commission in granting water power
nrivileges to private corporations.
Cor,mfssioner Osborne sets forth the duty OF tne
.,,-,,ss,or 10 protect the state should IL oecluo
10 develop it's water power resources ne hotas
th. The commission should not BY its acts enable
a nrtvate owner to gain vested rights IN "a'ef
norar which will force the state Iader on 70 pay
80 for the control Of that water power than the
amount actually expended by tne prI'a9o o~A'eA D
c.,,,t,i,sr and improving the property
After calling attention TO the clause In tne nis'
,assags Of Governor Hughes relative TO tho
Ioci,e- Of undeveIoped water powers unoeE eSAso
p.-,I and the establishment OF the State Water
e,1 Cornn,is,,on as result OF these suSEes-
go Commissioner Osborne says From tno
obovs facts-the recommendation OK Governor
tzughes the action of the Legislature IN the uo1
hill and the efforts OF the State water Supply Co'
..,o,jr ts evident that the possibility or 1uSe
-,Io4,o, for the public benefit by the state or
oh urater powers as those proposed TO Dc useo oy
- uudson River Electric Power Company has
baar more than seriously considereo-tno oSst iee1s-
Iatiye step has been actually taken
C,on,n,issiouer Osborne says further that II d.
xolves ON the Public Service Comrniss'on 70 So
that nothing be done which VIII not leave foe s14ts
rhe utmost freedom OF action Ii oeaIsoS VIA to~
zaslo,r,en. of these water powers He quotes
section % OF the Public Service Commissions ia~.
forbiddfng the capitalization OF nancnisess sn0
says:
These provisions, we'll as the Whole rsno -
the Jaw show clearly that the Legislature oao noe
intend 10 allow certain powers grained py Sea.e
or municipality 10 inure TO the penens ot I9"asS ia
while the Legislature has not by any means SO
cernic, the water of the state. II nas m
dicated possible policy TO pc pursnSeso ny,.s ny Ia
its present attitude toward its public utines NAY
nossihJxr be assumed Ia the future TOWARD lts
HHater 11ouers which. as the Governor has pointed
nut NAV be developed and utilized by tho STATE
to great public advantage
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
PRESIDENTS WORK PRAISED.
German Article on the Efforts to Main
tain South American Peace.

1ser,;n. Dec. 24-The leading article whlcn ap-
n.a-s in the "Deutsche Tages-Zeitung TINS
morning. bearing as the caption Roosevelt as
peacemaker." rejoices in the Presidents eTor's
n maintain peace in the South American re-
,ublics. While assuming that the action OF the
United States principally is instigated by the
sos;rs IN assure the development of the Pana-
ma Canal. the article recognizes that the ceS-
cation of revolutions and wars in those regions
g of great advantage to European especially
cerp,an commercial enterprise.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
FRANCO TO REORGANIZE PEERS.
Judicial Powers of Portugal's Upper House
To Be Transferred to Courts.

Lisbon. Dec. 23-Premier Franco purposes.
before January 1. to issue a decree reorganizing
the Portuguese House OF Peers. The Premier
believes that the House as at present constituted
is stumbling block to the political regeneration
of the country. The judicial powers now ex-
ercised by the House Of Peers will be transferred
to the courts. and provision will be made for the
appointment Of new members, thus permitting
the infusion of new blood into the upper cham
ber. According to rumor, the new Patriarch OF
Lisbon may be appointed President OF the
House Of Peers.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
TRAIN CREW FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Acquitted of Responsibility for Disaster at
Terra Gotta.

Washington Dec. "a verdict Of not guilty
was returned by the jury tonight in the case
of Hildebrand, the engineer; Hoffneyer, the
conductor: Mcclellan the fireman, and Rudder
the brakeman, who indicted for
slaughter in connection with the wreck at
Terra Gotta, the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road on December so, 1906 in which forty
three persons were killed and upward of sixty
injured The trial has lasted three weeks and
the verdict reached after four hours delib-
Grafton
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
uAeoen,s CASE BELIEVED LOST.

Berlin Dec x-The hearing OF the Hardeh Won
Mol,ke libel suit was resumed in TINS city to-das
behind Closed doors. Prince Philip xu Suiehouis
and Frau Won Elbe divorced wife OF count NUM-
Won Moitke. re-examineo- 'ei' o' -
Coos. -, x,,,r.,s i.ayeys denies the report that
negotiations for a settlement of the case out OF
court proceeding
While IL is impossible TO obtain au.henIc news
the proceedings the impression is strong 'o-o~y
<sat Hardens has practically oioAen ao"n
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
MISSION BOAT RACE TO LABRADOR.
Yale Students Will Try to Guido Harvard
Columbia Likely to Compete.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune-1

rBy Telegraph to Tho Tribure-l
Gloucester, Mass, Dec "a race against
time from this port to Labrador, with the finish
probably at Battle Harbor. will be undertaken
next June by Yale students, who say they viii
break the record made by Harvard last summer.
They are having new fast mission boat built
in Lynn, In which Yale crew will sail TO assist
DR.. Grenfell.
A Columbia boat may also enter the contest,
for the students there have pledged themselves
to deliver a boat in Labrador next June
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
nvuam,1,Ne NEGRO SOCIETY HALLS

Albany Ga Dec 2s-Dispatches from Kestier.
on the Georgia Florida & Alabama HaifwaS.
whore a negro secret society hall waa dynarnited
several weeks ago, state that the outrages aro
being repeated. two more halls near there having
been dynarnited- There appears to b q campaign
of destruction waged against negro secret socteues
Eve ~ whose halls have been demolished within
the last month There is a reign Of terror among
the negroes
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
HOGS DISCOVERY CAUSES ARRESTS,
Animal Explodes Bomb in Schoolyard-
Many Pupils in Prison.

Odessa, Dec 23.-The curiosity OF a sraylng
hog at Alderman has brought to nght stose
of bombs at that place and caused the arrest
of a number Of schoolboys. charged with being
aware of the presence Of the explosives. The
hog turned over half buried bomb and ex-
ploded it. The police then made an investiga-
ton. No persons were injured by the explosion.
hu- hundreds Of windows were shattered.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
NITRATE STRIKE BREAKING.
Thousands Return to Work-Laborers De'
feated in Fighting at 1quique.

Santiago de Chill. Dec. 23.-The strike move
nent in the nitrate fields which for time 'ieo
I'D the business Of the country Is breaking. sew
eral thousand men returned to work to-day
At Iquique the situation Is not SO SATISFACTORY
The strikers came into conflict with the authori-
ties several times and finally were obliged to
retire into the interior after suffering heavy
losses. A committee of conciiiation has under
consideration a basis Of agreement
The strike at Antofagasta continues
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
HORN SENTENCED.

Berlin, Dec. Z3-Ex-Governor hoII Vi iosoi'i1
rax sentenced to-day to q fine Of SO and costs
ca 20 he transferred to another post for the vi
treatment of a native in Togoiand In 1903 Ihe
charge against Horn was that he caused the oeath
os ,h.s native q man named Zedu by having MN
bound TO a flagstaff and leaving him mere ~ilhou'
food or drink. for twenty-fou hours
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
newuAveN MAY TAKE OFF MORE TRAINS

New Haven. Conn., Dec 2a-On high railroad
,bort,v IT was said to-day that the withdrawal Of
tha Sunday Bay State Limited expresses the
New York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad. fol-
lowing the withdrawal Of the F1tchburg express.
was preliminary to other reductions Of train service
on the system of somewhat extensive charac-
ter The reductions, however, win apply probably
10 local service and trains with short returns and
not to the express service
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
FILLS NEWLY CREATED OFFICES.

W. s. Menden who has been acting as general
srner,ntendent as well chief engineer. Of the
Rrooklyn Rapid Transit lines. has been appointed
To a newly created office that OF assistant general
manager and chief engineer. 1t was announced az
the offices of the company yesterday A ". Dut-
,on now serving as assistant to the general man
aper has been appointed superintendent of trans
nortat,on an Office created replace that Of gem
sraI superintendent- All of these changes go into
effect on January L
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
cr7e s,oo moo BY VOTING "DRY."

TI3v telegraph to The Trbune1
Hudson Ohio, Dec. 2S.-Hudson voted out saloons
to-day by 2ss 11s An anonymous offer OF sU1'VO''
ha,ieved IN have been made by j. W. Ellsworth,
the Goa, onerator whose home has been in New
York for wears for improvements in the town is
credited by the "drys' with winning for them
The offer stipulated that no liquor should be SOLD
in ne village
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
LINCOLN TRUST DIVIDEND UP.

Louis Stern chairman of the executive committee
n, the Lincoln Trust Company. said Yesterday that
the directors would meet this week to act on the
dividend question but that he did not know what
course wouiG be decided upon. The Lincoln Trust
f.o,pnanx recently sustained for several
Organized in 1902. the company in January of the
current year began the payment of dividends at the
rate of 8 per cent quarterly.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
PRINCE OF sAxE-WElMAR DEAD.

Berlin Dec 3-Prince Bernhard OF Saxe-Weimar'
who renounced his rank his marriage to the
widowed Countess Lucchesini. the daughter or a
I.dbeck hotelkeeper 1900 died to-day After his
marriage Prince Bernhard assumed the title OF
Count Crayenberg.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
sre,creR PRESS LAW IN CHINA.

pekinr Dec 23-The throne has issned oFoeI
10 the Ministry Of the Interior and the Mihls''S %
Justice frame a new press law -oi . =
,.,,.o1 ,.. ex,s,inv regulations. This action rs
6ua 40 IN. great growth OF public meetings In the
Empire tn. use of proclamations and the aeltatloh
for rights. recovery" due TO newspaper pupiiciis-
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
KING eusTAF's ECONOMY.

,-onanhaeen Dec. ga telegram rectlNeu HtIu
t,, stockholm says that Gustaf. who became
I.,,, M sweden on the death of his father hihs
oscar December s. has decided TO dispense WI VII
the customary costly coronation eefeInoHs A'
s.sn. ,r,I, be highly popular In Sweden
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
.,re,cAN OIL LOST IN BADEN.

,fannbeirn Baden Dec. z3.-Fire to-day almost
totally destroyed the Pure on Company aepo' i''
.,arican oil at Ludwigshafen. 1t Is believed that
-, e. ,,as started by sparks from passing loco
,o4,,e The damage is estimated at 100000
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
HARVARD MEN IN WASHINGTON.
BOSTON Herald.

From The Boston Herald
s-The Harvard Bulletin prints an incomplete.
tartstive lisr of Harvard graduates holding posi-
tioas in the national service at Washington They
are more than one hundred in number. and they
range from coppe-smiIh in the navy TO the Presi-
dent from forester to chaplain of the Senate from
clerk to Justice Of the Supreme Court
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
AUTOMOBILE CORPS IN RUSSIA.

St Petersburg. Dec. 2S-The Russian war De
partnent has ordered the formation OF military
su,o-,ob,,e corps on the German model
New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
SCHOONER GOES ASHORE.

Halifax Dec. "a dispatch from Yarmouth this
afternoon said that the schooner Oceanic, from
New York had gone ashore on Half Moon Ledge
near Yarmouth
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