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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
HARNON TO SUE FOR CARS
Receiver Of Pere Marquette to Dtsc'-
pIinc Other Railroads.

Cincinnati Feb. 15-One Of the most important
actions ever begun by a railroad official Tor the re-
turn Of freight cars from other roads Will soon De
taken in the United States Court by Judge Harmon
receiver for the Pere Marquette and the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton railroads. There are several
thousand freight cars Of these roads held by many
other roads throughout the country and it Is the
intention Of Judge Harmon to compel the cuprit
roads to give accounting for the use Of his cars
He said to-day:
shall soon institute suit in the United States
Court against the roads that have been using our
cars Illegally. 7 VIII bring the suit either for an
accounting OF the profit accruing TO these roads
from the use OF cars, or for damages for the
loss IN business to because our cars We're not re
delivered In 4 reasonable time. whichever action
will net the most money the Pere Marquette and
the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will be the one
J shall bring. Farmers and shippers along the two
lines that I represent suffering for the need OF
cars Our roads also are losing money. AS an
officer Of the United States Court IN charge OF these
properties, determined that the roads using
our shall return them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
FOR WEST 42O ST. PLOT, $4,000
PARCEL COMPRISES TWO DWELLING HOUSES ON
PLOT WITH FRONTAGE OF ABOUT 81 FEET.
Ne the Pioneer apartment H0nSeHeny Phpps Buys the
Dunn Tract, Wantagh. Long Island.

z H. McLaury and J. H. Chapman have sold
Nos PA and 246 West 42d ST, two four-story dwell
ing houses S5.1Oxss9 feet. The price paid for the
property was S115,o0o
Harris & SiegeI have sold The Pioneer. a new
six-story apartment house, No. $50 to $50 West
l55th st. on a plot 1O0xl0O feet. They have also
bought from Joseph spektorsky plot of eighteen
lots at the northwest corner of Boston Road and
Prosect ave They will erect nine six-story
fathouses on the site from plans by John Hauser,
architect.
McNulty & Fitzgerald Company have sold 10
Henry Phipps SIS acres between Wantagh and
Hempstead, Long Island, formerly the r. G. Dun
property. There ten trout ponds the prop
erty on which R. G. Dun spent more than 100000
for the improvements
Harry W. Gordon has sold to a Mr.. Chapperton
No. ISL West seth ST.. four-story dwelling house,
21x100 feet.
1876 West 136th St. three-story dwelling house,
16SX99n feet.
Plans have been filed with Buildings superin-
tendept Murphy for a SiX-story apartment house
for twenty-four families to be built in 18th ST..
l75 feet west OF Broadway, for the Cerabone Con-
structon Company. 1t is to have a frontage OF
IS feet and depth OF So feet. the facade being OF
brick, with trimmings of limestone and terra Gotta
It will cost 100000. according to the estimate or
Schwarz & Gross, the architects.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
POLICE FIND BATTERED VIOLIN.
Label Says It's Discovered
in Alleged Burglars Flat

"Au;onius stradivarius. Cremonensis Faciebat
Ammo 1895 is tho label in blurred type and
Grabbed script, on brown. fragile ana age-worn
paper. which Acting Captain Price OF the Bronx
detective bureau. found last night inside a de-
crepit violin. which found in the fla; Of Ernest
Brinkert, of No. 1861 Third avenue who is nov,
under arrest and awaiting examination on several
charges Of robbery The captain Is going TO ask
an expert TO determine its character
BriHkert was arrested Tuesday in Third ave
nue by Detectives BucsSer and Rappod. lie was
carrying a bundle, which was found IN contain,
clothing and siiverware, Owners have been found
according 10 the police. for part OF the goods in
tho bundle. ana also for many similar articles OF
value found In the prisoners home 1'bav will
make complaints against Briukert
In the nat where Brinkert lived the detectives
found woman and four children VINO. the neIrb-
borS said. had been there with him for several
years. The prisoner refuses to talk
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
HOW TO GOVERN A CITY.
Civic Reformers Discuss Duties of Mayor and
Board of Aldermen.

Suggestions Tor governing a city properIv and
other details. such the kind of men to elect ana
the power to be supplied them 10 make their work
successful. the topics Of discussion by speak
crs last night at joint meeting in Cooper Union
OF the National Municipal League and the Peopls's
Institute.
Thomas NJ. Osborne. Of Auburn. y y differed
from the other speakers in his handling of the
subject of the evening. Civic Reform the Mayor
and tho Aldermen the topic assigned 10 each
speaker-by declaring that the back door of civil
Service reform should be opened that tho In
efficient might be kicked out. and that while we
want good government for cities, the people want
self-sovernment more" The Rev. Thomas r. Slicer
presided, and the other speakers were John Martin
and Edward A. Moffett.
MI Martin said some persons believed in giving
the Mayor more power and of stripping the Board
Of Aldermen Of what power and dignity it has left
lie said he thought the city Gould not be admin
lstered like a corporation. as 1t had special ne
ceSsltles that required special administration
The politics of New York city he said touches
more closely the lives of more people than soma
states contain IN population. The city government
board OF directors OF a Corporation on" of u tb
~ VINO ora ed inc charter OF greater New York
men We're intended errand boys Tor their CON
~ ne 9;Id the real Board of Aldermen was
me Board or Estimate ana ApportonmenI
we've aldermen from Manhattan ana eteht
h I , rom BTooklyn, said Mr. Martin should
nG De enough 10 manage properly the Affairs OF he
ely Wltp the Mayor as a sort OF CHEZ of Sta n
II there was any superiority in the form ofIBrifisS
government in cities 1t was due to the Tact tb1
many or Great Briain's best citizens served tb"ir
fellow men in public office without regard 70 t n
put for the public good No case OF graft has tecy,
aiscoT I IN Great Eyitains cities that went nm
M MI &C. Osborne said lie differed from tho other
po4tcs IN good city government and the nirrIjDg
D sr IN oiii ea IN politics He said he had taken
terests AZ the same time. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
4GREE ON GUARANTEE.
Grocers, Packers and Gamers Take
fiction at Buffalo.

Buffalo, Feb. 15.-After a conference between
DR.. Wiley, representing the United States Gov
eminent, q committee from the Wholesale Gro
GERS Association and joint committee repre-
senting the Atlantic State Packers Association,
the Western Packers Canned Goods Associa-
ton and the National Canned Goods and Dried
Fruit Brokers Association. mutually protec-
tive guarantee has been agreed on. The nature
of the guarantee was explained by member Of
the committee as follows:
When the guarantee comes into general use
the buyers should look on all cans for these
words: Guaranteed under the Food and Drugs
act Of June go 1906" and also for the serial
number that will indicate to him that the man.
utacturer VIII give a sworn guarantee as fol-
! lows :" the Undersigned, do hereby guarantee
that the article Of foods or drugs manufactured,
packed, distributed or sold by me (specifying
the same) are not adulterated or msbranded
within the meaning of the Food and Drugs act
of June so, 1906"
With the fling Of the above declaration with
the government the Gamer gets without charge
a serial number, which he is permitted to put
on MS cans. This insures the buyer that he is
getting an absolutely pure article of food.
A resolution was adopted petitionlng the
United States Senate TO provide for the continu-
ance OF the authorization empowering the Sec
rotary of Agriculture to Ak the standards of
purity for foods.
The National Association of Gamers and
Packers, formed here yesterday, adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions unanimously;
Resolved. That the President of the United
States in the negotiating of treaties, is hereby
asked 10 give some attention TO the advisability
or placing American canned goods on the re-
duCed tariff list into foreign countries.
Resolved That the National Gamers Associ-
ton, in annual meeting assembled respectfully
requests that all possible be done to bring about
the open door policy in the Orient for the speedy
development of American commerce and trade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
HEARING ON FERRY PURCHASE.
Aldermanic Committee Listens to Arguments
on Both Sides.

Al q public hearing yesterday before the special
committee Of the Board Of Aldermen appointed to
Investigate the city's ferry system many Of those
present argued for the acquisition by the city OF
all the ferries and their free operation in the rush
hours. Several members OF d large delegation from
Bela Tokajis Municipal Ownership League spoke
81 favor Of the rnuncipazs ton OF the ferries as
did President Edward Thirnrne Of the League for
the Promotion Of Free Ferries L, G Phillips,
however said that he thought that the ferries
were out Of date. already overloaded, and that II
would be unfair 10 saddle the citizens with the
expense Of buying up worthless Junk when the ma
3orlty were interested in the construction Of
bridges and tunnels. The committee then ad-
sourned, subject 10 the call Of Henry c. Peters
the chairman.
Edward ThinI1e began yesterday to send out in
Vitahons to the various Brooklyn organizations
asking them TO send delegates 70 the Civic Confer
ence whose first session VIII be held on February
p in Columbus Hall, al State and Court streets,
Brooklyn. The Civic Conference is expected 70 be
g permanent institution. meeting every week, at
which, beginning with the question OF tree ferries
the rapid transit question generally and the de-
z1ands for local Improvements will he taken up.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
SHOT DOWN IN DOORWAY.
old Nan arrested, focused Of At
TEMPT at Murder.

Union Hi. Feb. 15.-William II. Schmidt, eI-
Town Treasurer Of West New York. stricken
down and shot in his own doorway, at Jefferson
street and Hudson Boulevard. West New York.
last night, by a man who escaped but was
captured later Schmidt is not dangerously
wounded. but the physicians say he had mar
row escape from instant death.
His assaiant is old man. whom no one IN
West New York seems to know. and the cause
of the attack is mystery. The prisoner says
he did #.
in the sitting room Of their home last evening
Edward, who is about thirty years old, went to
the door. and found there "a neatly dressed old
man with gray mustache and whiskers.
Il want TO see Mr.. Schmidt said the visitor.
The elder Schmidt went to the door He had
no sooner reached it than ne was struck by the
strange on tho head with the handle Of a
bucksaw. He dropped unconscious. and as he
fell the stranger fired a shot 81 him. The bullet
hit Schmidt in tho right side. grazing the ribs.
The sound Of the shot brought the other mem
bers az tho family to the door and Edward
Schmidt reached il in time 10 see the assailaut
fleeing down the street He gave chase and
after a couple Of blocks had been covered the
stranger turned and fred two shots at his pur-
suer. Both went wild. Schmidt was unarmed
and gave up the pursuit He FASTENED to the
police station and an alarm was sent out IN all
directions II resulted i'm the capture of man
who was identified SChmidts assailaut. He
said he was John Dempsey. fifty-six years old
OF North Bergen. lie was accused of an at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
ISSUES 100000 IN NOTES.
Interborough To Use 1t for Work and to
Pay for Traction Lines.

The marlborough Rapid Transit Company has sold
to William A Read &c Co.. OF this city and Lee.
TIge4nson & Co. of Boston. ii was announced yes
terday 100000 three-year per cent notes, re-
deemable after two years at a premium OK per
cent Tho notes are to oe offered TO the public at
S74 1t is understood that part Of the proceeds OF
the issue will be used for extension work and part
in paying FOR stock Of traction lines in Queens
County which the Interborough has purchased On
the Flatbush tunnel construction. It was said yes
terday the company had already expended more
than S6,oO0OCo while the city had allowed It only
Sc 100000.
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company Issued
nearly two years ago sl5.C0OOOO three-year per
cent notes which mature on May 1, 1904
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The following petitions in bankruptcy Uere fled
yesterday with the clerk of the United states Dis
trict Court:
Milton BrodL Noulers. \. Y, voluntary petitIon
showing debts OF &l20l ana assets. The Drincit
pal creditor is J. IL. Wetdor. SILL $3.50
Schedules Of Hs G.. Swain 4 son invoIuntar,-
6ankrupts show debts OF SO 3g ana assets of si3 ,
vi, ne latter consist of cash hard 500: stock
N trade, $500 personal property 81 OcO.
500, aud accounts due. u oil The principal creS
ttors are the Market and Fulton National RAM
S&66l; Quigley Furniture Company $1,000: StoV-a1i
q MERCK. S3SS; Henry c. Swain 200. Csorea
taxes due 81 zoo. $50 N-'ON'' @llu
schedules OF Jacob Steinberg. involuntary bank
rupt show debts OF SS.7SS and assets Of Is Oas W.
latter consist Of notes Sa; stock in trade e ESs
accounts. Mss; property in reversion S5Oa snS
personal property. $500 The only creditor vritS =
eiaIm exceeding Aeo IS the American Wooiisn
schedules OF Narteu Weisman. involuntary bank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
CUP AGAINST THE JUTE TRUST
Philadelphia Carpet Company Embarrassed
Assets May Exceed Liabilities.

Philadelphia. Feb 15-Counsei for the James
Dunlap Carpet Company. which operates large
mills in this city. announced to-day that the
company IS temporarily embarrassed. 1t was
asserted that in round figures the liabilities are
100000 and that it is expected tho assets
VIII be largely in excess OF that sum. The rea-
sons for the embarrassment. counsel said are
the failure Of tentative subscribers to the COM
pany's stock 10 pay for It, and the fact that
James Dunlap, the president Of the company.
had run up against the Jute Trust" This was
payday at the mills, and the company met its
obligations to its employees.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
TRADING SHOWS GOOD l. /. MARKET

Stokes & Knowles have sold for the Myrtle Realty
Company TO John c. Kalter two lots each 3oxloo
feet on the south side Of Edsai ave- 100 feet west
Of Anthem ave. Also sold for the Jamaica Park
South Realty Corporation the following: Two lots
in Fisher ave. 10 J. Belansky; two lots IN Elder
ave, 10 II 6 ]. Bloom: two lots IN Jacobs ave. to
Morris Bernstein: lot in Boyland ave. TO Mrs.
Mary Bradley; two lots in Campbell and two
lots in Morris ave, TO Sigmund Batter; two lots IN
Fisher ave. 10 =. & VI. Cohen; two lots in Vaughan
ave 10 Thomas a coyIe; four lots in Benedict
ave. 70 Mrs 5. Cohen: two lots IN Norris ave. 70
p q X. NJ CicCarellO; lot in Elnstein ave. to
T. Del Coruo; lot in Rockaway Road to Ray
mond CostanLo: two lots in Fisher ave, to P.
Christensen: two lots IN Elder ave. to John Doug
lass and two lots in Jacobs ave. 20 the Rev. Z.
g Beatty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
REWARD FOR WALKERS ARREST.
New Britain Bank Directors Still Seeking
Missing Treasurer

New Britain, Conn Feb 1.-THE directors OF
the Savings Bank Of New Britain at a special
meeting to-day empowered the committee OF
directors TO offer a reward for the arrest OF Will
lam T. Walker, 'he defaultng treasurer. The
committee did not announce the amount Of tho
reward here. but went 20 New York on a morn
ing train.
II became known to-day that iu the letter
written by Walker 10 President Philip Corbia
Walker said he had been sandbagged in New
York and would he unable 10 return 70 New
Britain for some time
Waterbury. Conn. Feb. 15-Watker INDUCED
in a bit Of pleasantly at his homo last August
at a surprise party. \ plain faced. modest look
ing elderly STROBE into the big drawing
room and took seat, bowling right and left.
There was n whisper Of surprise. nobody know
ing him Finally Mrs. Walker became alarmed
The stranger about To DO elected, when he
removed his Wig and whiskers. II was Walke-.
Despite the fact that the local detective force
and Il private detective agency are looking for
William T. Walker ali efforts to locate him have
been in vain thus far.
There has been great deal OF criticism Of the
manner IN which the officers connected With
the bank, who came here several days ago 10
look Tor Walker. conducted their case. BY the
time an alarm had been sent out for the missing
man the scent" had become so cold in this citz,
that tho task was much harder than II word had
been given at tho time Of his disappearance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
STANDARD CASES GO TO TRIAL.
Attorney for Oil Company Enters Plea Of
Not Guilty in Chicago Court.
- relegraph . q Trlbune.l

Chicago. Feb. 15.-The last technical oojec-
tions to the trial OF the Standard Oil Company
on the charge of accepting rebates were swept
away before Judge Lands to-day when John :
Miller, attorney for the company, entered pleas
Of not guilty to the remaining seven indict-
,7ents returned by the federal grand jury last
summer.
This step was taken by Mr.. Miller, after he
had been assured by District Attorney Sims that
the government would not contest the right OF
the defence to demand bill Of particulars pro-
viding this demand is made within five days
after anv one of the cases IS set for trial
The Alton case has been set for rlaI lot
March 4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
FOR DIRECT PRIMARY NOMINATIONS
Brooklyn Republicans Meet and Indorse Bill
Recently Presented.

Delegations from all of the prominent Republican
organizations of Brooklyn attended the meeting
held under the auspices Of the Brooklyn Young
Republican Club last night. Resolutions were
adopted supporting the bill for direct nominations
at the primaries recently introduced at Albany by
Senator Travis and Assemblyman Green; a deleg5a-
in March to urge the passage OF the bill. 7-,
Abel Z. Blackmar presided and senator travis
and Assemblynan Green spoke on the measure
The organzat tons represented were the Union
League Club. the Logan Republican Club; mo
Stuyvesant Heights Republican Club. the % As
senibly District Republican Club, the nth ASseT4G5y
District Republican Club, the 18th Assembly DIS
trict Republican Club and the Committee of Sixty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
NEW CUSTOMS BUREAUS.

Colonel Edward s Fowler. Appraiser Of the Port
OF New York, under authority Of the act Of Con-
gress, approved February !. increasing the
number OF assistant appraisers. issued bulletin
yesterday saying that the Eleventh Division of the
appraisers Office had been organized as the Law
and Scientific Division. comprising the Bureau OF
Protests and Appeals. the United States laboratory
and the bureau Of analysis Of textile fabrics, and
that the Twelfth Division organized as the
executive division, comprising the appraisers i'm
mediate Office the appointment clerk, the invoice
bureau. the chief clerks Office. the steuographio
bureau, the Official records and the corps Of open
and pa Clxers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
IRoNwoRkERs WILL KEEP UP STRIKE

The Housesmths' ana sridgemen's Union OF this
city has received word that the executive COM
mittee Of the International Association Of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers. which met to decide
whether to keep up the national strike decided
that the strike shah continue. This was confirmed
by special notification 10 the same effect that
was sent To the headquarters in this city Of the
National Association Erectors OF Structural Iro,
and steel. against which the strike was ordered
Inc stFke has been IN progress since October 1905
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
PAYS TAX ON s1o0,oooooo MORTGAGE.

A check FOR S232,104 Is was received by Register
Frank Gass yesterday morning. to cover the tax
on a $40 5000 mortgage Of the Hudson & Man
f0r building the NcAdoo and subsidiary tunnels
under the Hudson River, William g. McAdoo is
6ri-breaking day in the Registers office, and a
record brea king month well, more than 300
on has been paid in mortgage taxes this month
The check IS TO cover blanket mortgage issued
Nv tbe company which covers all the franchises
and properties owned by the McAdoo company,
both In this state and in New Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
VzRAL FAMlLY kILLEn az ARsEMlc

Chicago Feb 1.-walter Haines. the chemist
VINO analysed the organs OF the members of the
Vzrai family to-day informed the coroner that the
death OF Mrs Rose Vzral, the mother Of the fam
Ay, was caused by arsenic. OF six deaths in the
family, five are now known to have been causes
- sfsenlc. The analysis In the case of the re-
SSeies; fortune teller IS now confined in the
the deaths OF the members OF the family "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
MAINE ICE HARVEST COMPLETED
Cut Is Double the Average of the Last Six
Years-Quality Fine.

Gardiuer Ne. Feb. 15.-The ice harvest 10
Maine was practically completed to-day. About
$4,000 tons have been cut, including about 400
600 tons taken from the Kcnnebec River and
90 900 tons from the Penobscot River. The re-
mainder was from ponds near shipping points
The quality Is q g fine Z was ever harvested.
The total is about double tho average cut OF
the last elk or seven wears
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
LOSES CHARTER OF BRANCH LINE.
Rock Island System Hard Hit by Texas
Legislators.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

Austin, Tex, Feb. Ex-Governor Ca1nnbeI1 To-
day signed the bill granting an extension Of two
years time in which TO complete railroad
branches for which charters have been granted.
The bill was amended to meet the wishes Of tbe
Governor and was approved by him. II excludes
from this relief any railroad which has been a
party to any consolidation act under legislative
authority. This act forfeits the charter Of the
ROCK Islands Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf line
from Amarillo west to New Mexico. ninety miles
OF which has been graded al a cost Of nearly
100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
COFFEE EXCHANGE TO CELEBRATE.

The management of the New York Coffee tx
change is planning to celebrate the twenty-hfth
anniversary Of the beginning Of business on that
exchange by arranging a dinner for March Z, the
expenses to he met by the exchange Circulars
have been sent to the members asking for their
IN existence for more than twenty-five years, but
Il was not until March :. 1882 that business began
to be transacted II, the institution in its earlier
yaara having been merely statsticaI bureau.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
RAILROADS ASSESSED s2oz snnn

Lansing Mich, Feb 1.-THE State Board OF As
SCISSORS has finally assessed railroad property IN
Michigan at S2o7.5ls,oo0 for taxes OF 1907 This is
reduction Of $2,7sS000 from the valuations tenta-
lively fixed n month ago before the roads received
3aayl2S, hnl a. Increase as compared with last
"i! these citations wiz amount 90 e - 30 ~
N'A.@ : Sll5f| less aan the cailroad tsNs Of a
var ago II reduction Is due 10 lop - rats If
taxa ti3n on general property '''7 VI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
SUSPENDED FROM POLICE FORCE.

Patrolman Joseph J II Flynn, OF the Eldridge
street police station, who was suspended from tho
Police Department on January IS for an alleged
attempt to shoot Roundsman Charles Mas Of the
same station. was arraigned before Magistrate
Cornell in the Essex Market court yesterday and
held In $500 bail await the action Of the grand
jury Mas said that early on the morning Of jan
nary IS ne demonstrated with Flynn for being alb
sent from his post, and that Flynn became angry
srd threatened him with revolver, which he sue
ceeded II Wrestling from him