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New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
'BIG TOM" FOLEY. FOR SHERIFF.
Public Decency Outraged by His Candidacy,
Says the Rev. DR.. Iglehart.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir; At this time. when there is strong popular
revolt against vice among all classes. when cities
in all the states arising IN indignation against
the dishonesties that have been so enormous and
shocking; at this time. when political parties are
pretending TO select the OF pure hands and
clean hearts for the surages OF their countrynen.
we behold the amazing spectacle OF big Tom
Foley running for Of the most dignihed and
responsible positions IN the gift OF the people
AT time when there is almost universal revolt
against lawlessness. we have one OF the most con-
spicuous exponents of TaInrnany's free and easy
political and social morals and methods running
for an office the duty OF whose incumbent It is to
enforce the law.
What parody could be mora sublime than such
farce as this7
public sentiment shown could there be any
greater confidence expressed in the ability OF vice
to keep its grip the throat OF helpless people?
Foley's candidacy, II successful. means the more
despotic rule OF the conditions which have so long
prevailed in various parts OF the city and which
all good citizens everywhere striving to remedy.
We can hardly believe the moral sense of the
community has sunken so low as TO tolerate the
candidacy of this man.
We must certainly think that the churches OF all
denominations. the best people OF the community,
will bestr themselves and prevent such a calamity
as his election to the office OF Sheriff
It behooves good citizens OF every religious opin
ion and political faith TO bestir themselves and fell
the plans OF this man 10 elevate hIIhseH 10 I4As
important Office
Are we dreaming, or Is # true that big Tom
Foley Is running for the Office OF Sheriff OF New
York County,
1t seems like Joke. but It is a serious truth
The public conscie1 go has been mocked and pub
lie decency outraged by his candidacy for so I'M
por+ant an office To expect good people to give
their sufrases to this seems the limit Of Gre
dulity and effrontery.
He Is stronger in his district than the police
mower and now II is proposed to make this man
the Sheriff of New York County.
His opponent Mr.. Ihmsen is an editor Of ability,
an upright man. honored citizen. and should re-
cefve the support the good people Of the county,
FERDINAND c. IGLEHART, D. d.
New York, Oct z. 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
REPUBLICANS AND FUSION.
w. Conant Church Takes Issue with Mr.
Woodruff and Cites Oldtime Election.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In a recent speech Timothy L Woodruff,
chairman OF the Republican State Committee said :
.rvVe are all conscious of the fact that only three
or four Republican judges have ever been elected In
tba county OF New York and that no Republican
candidates for city or county offices have been
elected except upon kind OF a fusion ticket"
This is not correct L. matter OF history. In
1850 George Opdylo was elected Mayor OF New
York and according 20 my recollection. the contest
was a straight one between Republican and Demo-
crat without fusion on either side. II was one
TO beat the wicked Fernando Wood.
was publisher of THE New York SUM- at tho
tIrne and as 1 was able to throw the influence OF
that paper in Opdykes favor his political manager
Alrnar J. Williamson. regarded my influence as the
determining factor in the result
As .The Sun" was independent paper with
decided Democratic leanings. the situation
da,,cate one Charles O'Conor suggested a
rival Democratic candidate TO beat Wood. and
urged his nomination and election. feeling sure that
he would not accept When he declined we argued
that there was only one for good Democrats.
which was TO vote for Opdyke, a good BLACK Re-
n,,bican' being preferable to such a Democratic
dan,agogue as Wood. This reasoning convinced a
s,f1cent number to more than account for Opdyke's
nlurality. which was, as remember less than two
hundred.
AS speak from recollection OF what happened
forty-seven years ago. I may be mistaken as TO
details. W. CONANf CHURCH
New York Oct % 1907.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
DR.. HOSEA j. BABIN.

DR.. Hosea J Babin, L. S. n. Getired) died on
Friday in Brooklyn. He was sixty-tlve years old,
and leaves a wife and one son, who is lieutenant
In the navy. DR. Babin appointed acting as
sistant surgeon in the navy in 1855, and a little
later in the same year received his commission as
assistant surgeon. that year he served on three
ships-the Ohio, the Marblehead and the Paul
Jones Later while he still assistant surgeon
he served on the apprentice ship Sabine and the
Potomac In 1863 he was promoted to passed assist
ant surgeon.
After this DIR. Babin served on the severn the
flagship of the North Atlantic fleet. and was then
assigned to the Boston Navy Yord, where ne re-
rnained two years. He received his commission as
surgeon in 1876 and almost Immediately ap-
rointed to the marine barracks in Brooklyn "here
he served for three years He was later asslsieu
m the Marion attached to the South At!anuc sIa-
+ion He next saw service at the marine rendez-
,ous IN New York on the Pacific squadron ana DIT
,be Naval Academy. Three years ago ne WAS Io-
viewed and placed on the retired list
The funeral will be in charge of Medlcal DlrectOF
TIarr,on who occupies the place OF super'n-
tendent OF the Brooklyn Naval Hospital. forInefIy
held by Dr. Babin. The services viii be helo at at
the naval hospital at 1880 m and the oooy "44A
he carried to Jersey City for private burial
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
OBITUARY NOTES.
Church.

LEWIS NJ. SMITH, senior member OF the hr1n
NJ lewis NJ Smith & Sons leather manufacturers
NJ Newark died suddenly from heart disease yes
ter6av while driving from his home. at No 2 How
ard street in that city. 10 his factory Mr. Smith
was seventy-four years old.
MISS SUSAN HEWLETT Soaring. daughter
of the late Dr. Gideon Soaring. well known phS-
t,o, ~ Hempstead, Long Island, died yesterday
- tho home OF her nephew, the Rev Arthur scar
,n, peck rector Of St. Stephens Church Nethef-
,,,ood " j. where she had been living for year
Che was horn at Hampstead and Tor nuthoeF OK
a-s had been an invalid. Two brothers. oanuel
q Soaring. of Jacksonville. Fla, and Charles A.
Gearing of Glen Ridge, N j., and one sister, MIS-
Jonathan Peck, of this city, survive her'
1oI4N MGLADE. of Paterson. N j. prominent
throughout New Jersey in exempt hrernehs al
tairs died at Paterson yesterday. He had been IN
.ba furniture moving and trucking business ior
aorlv thirtv-hve years. He was born IN Helaho
stxtv-six years ago. Three sons ana a daughter
survive him
MARY WHITNEY PETERS, the "lfe OF Jonh
,r peters third v1ce-president and director OF te
e-erv York Board Of Trade and Transportauoi'
Ala a+ her home No. 1875 Pacific street. BROOK
In Yesterday Mr.. Peters is a New YORK heF-
chant and member of the Drug Trade CIuO'
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
PADEREwsKI RETURNS TO AMERICA.
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Brings in Twenty
Of Hammerstein's Singers.

The Harnburg-Arnerican liner Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria arrived here last night after one Of the
roughest passages in her history. She reported
having run through practically the same sort OF
weather encountered by the Kaiser Wilhelm II, the
Graf waldersee, the Majestic and other steamers
arriving within a week. There were twenty Of
Oscar Hammerstein's singers on board, and when
the Kaserin left Southampton elaborate concert
was planned. All of the singers and Ignace Pade-
rewski, the pianist. were willing to appear. but the
storm wiIled otherwise. Paderewsh was the only
artist who was not seasick- He returns TO this
country after absence OF two and one-half
years. He said he glad TO get back 10 Amer
sca and was more inclined TO talk Of the financial
situation IN New York than he was 10 discuss
music. He said he had two new programmes made
up mainly OF his compositions which he VIII
play at Carnegie Hall Saturday.
Miss Mary Garden, the soprano. who comes to the
Manhattan Opera House after successful season
IN Paris. London and Brussels. a passenger on
tie Kaiserin. She victim OF the ocean roll
and remained in her statercom throughout the
passage from Cherbourg. Miss Garden has been
abroad for ten years.
Among the singers the Kaiserin who are en-
gagged for the Manhattan Opera House are Mines.
Mary Garden soprano; GerviIle-Reache. contralto;
Camille Borello soprano; Mauricia Morichini, So
prano; Bressler-Gianon, mezzo soprano, and Lud-
fniIla Sigrist soprano; Giovanni Zenatelo, tenor;
Charles Dalmores tenor; Mario Ancona. barytone;
Adamo Dldur basso; Vittorio Arimondi, basso:
Charles Gilbert barytone; Leone Cazauran tenor;
Fernando Gianol-Gailetti, basso buffo; Atto Pa
relli italian conductor; Francisco Daddi. Leandro
PA prompter Armand Crabbe, barytone. and
Andre Charler French conductor.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
THANKSGIVING NOV. 2S.
PRESIDENT SETS THE DAY
Enmerates Blessings for Which
Americans Should Be Grateful.

washington Oct 26-President Roosevelt to-
day issued his Thanksgiving proclamation.
,brough the Secretary of State naming Thurs
day. November % The proclamation follows:
Once again the season of the year has come
when in accordance with the custom of
forefathers for generations past, the President
aDpoints a day as the especial occasion for all
our people to give praise and thanksgiving to
God.
During the last year we have been free from
famine. from peStilence, from war. We are at
reace with all the rest of mankind. Our natu-
raj resources are at least as great as those of
any other nation. We believe that in ability to
develop and take advantage of the resources the
average man of this nation stands at least as
high the average man of any other. No
where else in the world is there such an oppor-
tunity for free people to develop to the fullest
extent ali its powers Of body, of mind and of
that which stands above both body and mind
character
Much has been given us from on high and
much viii rightly be expected of us I'm return
Into our care the ten talents have been in
trusted and we are to be pardoned neither II
we squander and waste them nor yet if we hide
them In a napkin, for they must be fruitful in
our hands. Ever throughout the ages at all
times and among all peoples, prosperity has been
fraught with danger, and ii behooves us to be-
seecn me OlNer or all things that may not
fall into love of ease and of luxury that we may
not lose our sense of moral responsibility that
neighbor.
a great democracy like ours. a. democracy
based upon the principles of orderly liberty, can
bu ~ 1A'''Su OlIN II III Inc HedTI or 1ne or
dnary citizen there dweUs a keen sense of right
eousness and justice We should earnestly pray
that TINS spirit OF righteousness and Justice may
grow ever greater IN the hearts of all of us, and
that our souls may he inclined evermore both
toward the virtues that tell for gentleness and
tenderness, for loving kindness and forbearanCe
one with another. ands toward those no less
necessary virtues that make for manness and
rugged hardihood-for without these qualities
neither nation individual can rise to the
level of greatness.
Now, therefore. I. Theodore Roosevelt Pres-
-,
day, the 2Sth day Of November, as a day of
general thanksgiving and prayer and on that
day I recommend that the people shall cease
from their daily work, and in their homes or in
their churches meet devoutly to thank the AL
mighty for the many and great blessings they
have received in the past and to pray that they
lives as to deserve a continuation OF these
blessings in the future.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
CHARLES a. HESS.

Charles A. Hess. for many years Republican
leader OF the old 25th Assembly District and well
known lawyer, died last night at his home.
No. 40 West 69th street. after a short Illness He
was forty-nine years old and graduate of the
New York University Law School in 1888 and
1884 he was an assistant United States attorney
for the Southern District of New York under Enhu
Root He resigned this post to resume his private
practice of law. In 1890 he candidate for the
Municipal Court bench against John B. McF<eon'
and in 1896 he candidate for Congress
against George B. Mcclellan, the Democratic can
didate. Hess and the late F. Norton Goddard went
10 court over the sending of delegates to the
Republican National Convention in 1900. and the
feeling between the two men was particularly bit
ter. AS a result of this contest Mr. Hess sued
morning newspaper for $4,000 for libel. and re-
ceived a Judgment of S75O
Mr. Hess was a captain on the staff OF Cen
eral T. A McAIpin then colonel of the list Regi-
ment n. G. n. y. and also was a member OF
many Republican state and county committees. He
leaves a wife and son. Jerome c. Hess, also
an attorney and associated in practice with his
father. The funeral services will be held on Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. and Will be private.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
JuMps FROM BALTIC IN MIDoCEAN
Passenger Commits Suicide and Ships Officer
Is Swept Into Sea.

r,..ergers on the White Star liner Baltic were
,rr,ad In u1idocean on Sunday night by the cry or
Man overboard!'' and five minutes later the Dig
chin was brought TO a standstl. Herbert FarKlil
a eteerage passenger from Hull, England VINO iau
Ian &, n melancholy mood since leaving Liver
oo1 caused the excitement by leaping over the
port rail amidships 49,.
Ufeboat commanded by Grosvenor Price, the
,bird officer was lowered and for an hour and
half a search was made around the spot wheio
11,,,r sank The Baltic steamed around the
srcbers throwing much light as possible on
tbe Ufeboat heavy was running. and while
,,..ir, the search comber struck the lifepoaL
.rroJyinp the third officer into the sea. Mr. Price
svarn for five minutes before he was hauled ABOARD
-r'si,,, M trace OF ParlSin, the Baltic proceeded
toera9e Messenger with whom Parkin was
.I,,,n, shortly before he jumped into the sea
~ ,be purser note which Parkin had handed
20 him bearing the address of Mrs. Palmer NO ~
1,eoton street. Holderness Road HUI
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
THE "ASSASSINS OF CREDIT"
a Correspondent Denounces an Attack on
the President.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: An evening newspaper yesterday stated that
Considerable attention paid to-day in Wall
Street 70 the market letter of well known Stock
Exchange firm"
This letter is alleged to sayi "Credt has been
assassinated and business must largely cease" II
goes on say IN effect that Theodore Roosevelt,
President Of the United States is the assassin:
that at time when the financial centre of the ma
ton was rocking on its foundations he absents
himself with swashbucklers and clowns pursuing
bobcats and Staying semidomestic fat bears; that
he comes forth and scolds that Wall Street is pay
ing for its dsbauch, and the of the country is
all right, and that he is answered by the failure
OF a S45.OOO0O0 manufacturing corporation because
it's credit has been stopped; that six months hence
the only hope the President will have will be
demagogio appeal TO the class OF citizens Of this
country who never learn The letter then goes
on and talks about this man of violence dragging
in the dirt of adversely the mantle of prosperity
bequeathed by the martyred Mckinley; that from
now on liquidation in Wall Street that has been
epidemic will be sporadic but that the titanic
struggle IS about over that in ignorance and self
conceit the President OF the United States has sown
the wind and that the whirlwind win blow far
Wall Street-North, South and West" moth
ing about the East) land that the harvest will be
bitter fruit" Finally the letter says. with men
like Morgan at the helm Wall Street will quickly
get fits bearings"
Beautiful language all this. Mr.. Editor. but what
does IL meanT The assassins OF credit are those
VINO nave mlSuSed and abused ~ nence. Ine nnan-
cial centre Of the nation rocking its founda-
tions." Hence "the failure OF s45,0oo.Coo manu-
featuring corporation whose credit had been
stopped"
The attempt to forecast the only hope the Presi-
dent Of the United States will ha . six months
hence is significant of the value OF the advice
which 10 doubt this well known Stock Exchange
firm has been dealing out to its customers for
some time past The use of the words. "the mar
tyred Mckinley" IS characteristic OF those who
prac ton
as bitter and antagonistic TO him they
to President Roosevelt and who, after President
McKinley's murder. ran to cover and lauded him
to the skies the greatest of men
The whirlwind which It is predicted will blow
far over Wall Street, North South and West mot
East the markD will surely harvest bitter
fruit for all well known Stock Exchange firms"
of the character Of the which is guilty Of the
statements contained in the letter referred TO.
And to sum it all up. the end. like the postscript
of woman's letter, contains all it's meaning-the
plea of a sycophant plea to Mr.. Morgan to take
notice of the writer. II IS like the snarl mingled
with the whine OF mad dog brought to bay.
Bahi What roti z o. RICHARDS.
No 267 Fifth avenue. New York. Oct 26 1901.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
FUTURE HOME OF THE LoTos CLUB.
Will Be a Seven Story Building-To Cost
About $350,000.

The future home of the Lotos Club. at No. 10
West 9th street. according to the details OF the
plans which have just been made public by the
architect Dean Barber. OF No. "a East 2Sd street
Will be seven stories in height, with two mezza-
nine floors, and will cost approximately $SSO'Oo
The arrangement of the building viii resemble
that Of English club homes. On the lower floor
will be the we'll known den Of the Lotos Club. the
billiard rooms. etc The lunchroom, foyer. office
and strangers room will occupy the main floor
while on the second floor will be the women's din
ing room. the library, sitting room and private
dining The third and fourth floors will
consist entirely OF bedrooms, and the fth OF bed
rooms in front and kitchen. pantry and workrooms
in the
picture gallery and main dining room take up
almost the entire floor area OF the sixth floor.
The two. opened into one hall, viii be capable OF
seating four hundred guests This floor has been
planned 20 contain the clubs collection OF paint
ings and other household gods" The seventh
floor will contain the servants quarters.
The facade OF the building will have details of
the early period OF the Italian Renaissance. 1t IS
expected that the clubhouse will be ready for oc-
cupancy before next autumn
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
ALEXANDER MAITLAND.

Alexander Maitland. who for many years h%ad %
been interested in charitable ana Ph!4ati4Io oplo
80 - +bts cItv died suddenly at Princeton on
Irr,5a,, nebt from heart disease Mr.. Maitland was
sixty-two years old. He leaves wife.
He was connected with the management OF the
New York Public Library and the Presbyterian
Hospital, and was member OF Ie 6odtu ,S. u 80
xrIs;ons and Of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
NTiss,ons. He was also the president Of Edward
smith &. Co., of No 45 Broadway; president OF the
New York City Marble Cemetery and trustee OF
the Union Trust Company.
He was a member of the Century and Reform
o,,,bs the Downtown Association, the New York
Yacht Club the American Museum OF Naturai
History, the Metropolitan Museum of Art the Sci
entifc Alliance, the City Club. the American Fine
Arts Society, the National Academy Of Design ana
the American Geographical Society.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday at the Brick
Church,
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Forecast.-Washingtono OCT 20
disturbance Is central tonight IN Northern Mnnesota
trough Of low pressure extends southwaro 10
Arkansas Pressure is high the New England and
middle Atlantic coasts fresh Of high pressure
"a moving southeastwar6 over the Dakotas
The first winter as apparent tonight over
North Dakota where IS falling. General rain has
fallen ID the Ohio Valley southern portion OF the
lake region. the middle Mississippi valley ana thehce
tonfhpest into Texas.
The temperature Of late have been quite
Ia alternating warmer to COLDER and vice versa IN
quick succession.
Indicated for Sunday entirely in Atlantic Coast
districts. except the Georgia and SOUTH Caioia L2,
coasts also n the lake region and the Ohio valey
The rain wiii doubtless exhaust seit N
soast districts Sunday night or donday
1e followed BIZ colder weather IL wlil De Car
sataay IA The Missouri anG upper Mss!Sspin i 3 iaks
arc c34er Monaav in the ohio Valley. the lower iao
seeor he Middle Atlantic states
Ft0FFI displayed the upper lahes
Ihe Winds along the New England coast VIII ne
fov:heas; Increasing; along the middle Atlantic coast
Atlantic c9as frssb soutbeast along Gulf coast
toe lower lakes southeTy the upper laHes DfisK
bs4th, shifting to northwest.
Forecast far Special LocalItses,-For Kew England
fsa IN the afternoon by tonight slightly "aIIe.
aonday rain northwest portion; resh souhe"S'
winds. Increasing this afternoon.
FG Eastern New York. Eastern Pennsylvania NC"
st-ssy Delaware fair to-day with slightly higher
t perature; Monday fair and colder Increasing sou
For the District OF Columbia Maryland and virginia
ssn to-day 2londsy fair and colder; fresh south si'
1hg - wee.. wlude 49,,
For Weston pennsylvania and Western t,ew f9rh'
.nn to-day Monday sair and colder; fresh possibly e
- 10 southeast Sinds. s5ftihg 70 northwest tS i"o
Ao'n O. tonight
LooaI osIcIaI nscord.-The following Official record
nom tire wegthec shows the changes IN te 'ei
tfafpre iss: twen. hours. in comparison
ding eat OF 81
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
WHISTLER TABLET AT WEST POINT
Gift of Cop1ey Society," of Boston, Unveiled
at Military Academy.

West Point, N Y. Oct 26.-In the presence OF
a large assemblage of invited guests and officers
and women of the post tablet in memory OF James
Abbott Mcneil Whistler, the artist. was unveiled In
the library building of the United States Military
Academy to-day. The tablet the gift OF the
Copley Society, OF Boston. and few friends ana
was designed by Augustus st. Gaudens-
In a letter TO Colonel Scott, superintendent of the
academy. Holker Abbott. president OF the Copey
Society, said:
Whistler's training at West Point was to him
the most precious possession and remained an m
spiring influence throughout his career. While he
eventually devoted his life to the pursuit OF the
arts of peace. he constantly cherished his early
experience at the Academy. With deep respect TOT
his affectionate regard for the principles OF West
Point the society believes that fitting place
could be found in which 10 erect its modest test-
mOnial
New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
RopoLFo FERRARL CONDUCTOR, HERE

Rodofo Ferrari the conductor whom Heinrich
Conried has engaged to direct the italian operas
at the Metropolitan Opera House. arrived here
from Europe yesterday La Savole. Mr.. Ferrari
has Just finished three months engagement at
Buenos Ayres where he the musical director
OF the Grand Opera House. He was born at Mi
randoIa in 1883 and studied the plano and compo-
eition with his father who q musician Of some
prominence. He completed his studies at the Ros-
sini IIyceum at Bologna and first appeared as q
conductor at Ravenna in 1883.
This is my third visit 20 New York" Mr.. Fer
ran said, "but I have never conducted in opera
here I shall make my first appearance in the
conductors chair the opening night OF the sea-
son. when shall direct 'Adriana Lecouvreur.'