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PATENTS WIDOW DIDN'T KNOW.
Mrs. Silyers Tcstines at investigation N
Husband's Fatal Heating IN Asylum.

TRENTON, n j., July 2S.-The Assembly
investigating committee devoted most Of
its time to-day 10 a further inquiry con-
corning the death of Rnoch Silvers, which,
ACCORDING TO an admission made by DR..
John " Ward yesterday. was due TO a
brutal beating by two attendants at the
State Hospital for the Insane in this city.
DR.. Ward was recalled and an effort made
TO show that the beating and kicking OF
PATIENTS by attendants was a common
practice at the institution and that other
deaths had been caused by such violent
trea tment. This DIR. Ward would not ad-
init. saying tina the rough usage Of patients
was only a rare occurrence, which was
promptly dealt with by the asylum authori-
ties.
Mrs. Helen Silvers. widow of the man
who was killed in February OF last year.
testified that she had never been informed
as to the cause Of her husbands death until
she read 10 in to-day's newspapers. When
her husband was taken to the hospital two
months before he died, Mrs. Silvers said,
he was physically strong and healthy She
visited the hospital on the Wednesday
before he died and found a number Of
bruises on his face, for which she could not
account. The following Sunday Mrs. Sill
yers received a telephone messag from the
ASYLUM that her husband was dead. When
the BODY was sent home Mrs. Silvers said
there were more marks on the face, al
though an undertaken had removed some
of the discolorations. DR.. Norton and the
undertaken who examined the body both
told Mrs. Silvers that there were other
marks on the body for which they could not
account.
Mrs. Silvers visited the hospital several
times and also called upon Judge Vroom,
president Of the board OF managers. TO
learn whether her husband had been Ill
treated. She said Judge Vroom deplored
the fact that violence was used in controlling
prisoners, but neither he nor DR.. Ward
ever told her that her husband had been
beaten. Although h suspected improper
treatment Of her husband she had never
been able to obtain facts sufficient TO Justify
a demand for an investigation.
Mrs. Silvere said she had never had any
trouble in controlling her husband at home,
except the night before be was taken to the
hospital, and she had always been informed
by the authorities of the institution that
he was quite tractable.
IL was denied by Mrs. Silvers that she
had ever agreed 30 keep secret the circum-
stances attending the death Of her husband.
She said II would have been impossible
for her to become a party TO such a COM
pact since she never knew the truth about
the case.
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DIAMOND DEAL IN Court.
stopped Check Leads to q Charge Of Lar
ceny In the Sale Of some Gems.

Matthew y. Whalen, 81 years old, Of
i25 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn, was in
the Tombs police court yesterday charged
with the larceny of 1915 worth Of diamonds.
August Won Hasslin, proprietor Of the Saen-
gerbund Hall in smith street, Brooklyn, was
the complainant. The examination was set
for this morning, when Whalen was released
in 81 900 bonds, his wife giving their home,
which she said is worth SIS 5000, as Sc
curity. She said she could qualify for
500, 900 il necessary.
Won Hasslin said Whalen came TO him
several days ago with a story of some
diamonds pledged by a friend for ssO0
and which he could not redeem. He had
the tickets. He suggested hat Won Hass-
lin redeem the jewels and give them TO
him. and added that he could sell them for
not less than 81 200. They were 3 divide
the profits. Won Haselin says he did so,
paying slsinterest. and several days ago got
a check from Wbalen for 81 IT'S, the amount,
Whalen said. which the jewels had brought.
He nays the check was worthless.
Whalen said that he had sold the Jewels
as described, but that when he demanded
half OF his profits, something like 5000
after pense had been deducted. Won
Haaslin refused TO give him anything.
Then. he says. he stopped payment or the
check. which was good up to that time.
In any event. he said. he will Offer for his
defence that the transaction comes under
the partnership laws and that he is not
liable.
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GHOST UNMASKED IN COURT
1T mad SCARED MANY SPOONERS
~ A CEMETERY. y

Timid People Often Had Told the Police
About the ENaneseent Phantom In .
Jersey City DurytnE Ground 1T Proves
10 BE an Eccentric Young Man.
Not long q at the witching time OF
night. when o~hurchyards yawn and the
Hackensack meadows breathe out conta-
gion, a young mar and his best girl walked
down Chapel avenue through the New York
Bay Cemetery, in the Greenville section
Of Jersey City. As they neared Arlington
avenue q tombstone under a large tree fell
over with a dull thud. The young mans
hair went ~pompadour and his teeth chat
tered.
"W-w-what was t-t-tltat?" he STAN
nered.
"Where?" asked the girl.
"J-just over there" he replied. pointing
his forefnger at the prostrate tombstone.
As he dropped his hand q second stone
wiggled in the rays OF an electric light
for a moment and topped over on a grave.
The young man didn't wait TO investi-
gate. He caught the girl by the arm and
fed. They hiked it to the Fifth precinct
police station and told their story. The
desk sergeant grinned and promised to see
what he could do about it.
The following night ~ elderly citizen
while passing through the cemetery saw a
ghostly white figure rear up out of u newly
made grave and stiffiy bow to all points
OF the compass. IT, waved a gaunt arm
toward heaven and then beckoned the
citizen 70 advance. The citizen shrugged
his shoulders TO show his contempt for
spooks and passed on. He too dropped
into the Greenvilie police station and gave
notice that there was something uncanny
going on in the burying ground.
Later an excited woman reported TO
the police that she heard walls and groans
in q gloomy part Of the cemetery and didn't
know what to make OF il. Then a hysterical
girl told about a white thing that danced
a jig around q monument. h police
decided to get busy.
Capt. Nugent called up Chief Of Police
Monahan on the telephone and the chief
ordered him TO send his bravest maj to the
cemetery TO catch the banshee. For sew
eral nights a detail of cops did patrol duty
among the graves, but, according to Mona
han "divil a spook did they see
The spook who had caused cold shivers
TO chase up and down the spines OF the
people who live n spark in the neighbor-
day in the Second Criminal Cour before
Police Judge James W. Mccarthy. "the
Rhyming Magistrate" The prisoner was
Walter Hartrick. He had been arrested
with eight other young men on SUSPICION
Of being implicated in an 80 cent holdup
and nobody suspected him Of being a ghost
until a boy peached on him. Then he
owned up and promised that he wouldn't
play spook any more. He admitted that
II was bully fun while il lasted. and assured
the Court that he did it just to see how
scared folks would get. He was dis
charged.
Chief Monahan said last night that Hart
rick wac considered by the police as a
harmless but eccentric character. He lives
at lE2 Linden avenue.
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COLER APOLOGIES TO UNIO,
For Employing U~nerthOdox Labor m city
Work, as the Law COnDeIs.


Work, as the Law COnDes.
Business Agent James Wallace Of the
Asphalt Workers Union got a letter yes
terday from President Bird s. Coler Of the
Borough Of Brooklyn in reply to the charges
made at the meeting of the Central FEEDER
ated Union o n Sunday that non-union men
got pay for doing nothing At the municipal
asphalt plant in Brooklyn, while the union
men were doing all the work.
Wallace said it was q nice letter, but that
he would defer any praise until he saw how
MIR. Coler kept the promises contained in IL.
Mr.. Coler wrote that he was surprised at
the complaints.
The reports Of my engineers" he wrote,
show me that the work 10 being done eco
nomically. and whether this can be accom-
plished with idlers On the job 10 more than I
can imagine. | am sorry they are not all
union men. | should prefer to have them
all union men, because under these oircum-
stances there could be no trouble How
ever I a to take them from the civil
service list and was restricted, as you know.
to citizens Of the United States in making
my selection. 30 l had really no control over
whether or not the gangs were union men.
| assure you. however. that this Office will
not tolerate any idling upon this work"
He invited Wallace TO get the union men
employed 10 make affdavits against any
men who were not doing their full duty and
said the charges would be heard by the COM
missioner Of Public Works.
Wallace aid he heard in the meantime
that fourteen Of the non -union men had
been dropped.
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EDDY CASE POINTS DECIDED.
Judge C~hamberIin's Findings Favor Next
FRIENDS Master Proceedings Begin To-day.

CoNcoRp, ". H.. July 25.-Most of the
points contended for by counsel for Mary
Baker @. Eddy in to-day's hearing pre-
liminary to the beginning Of mastership
proceedings tomorrow in he equity suit
Eddy VS.. Frye were lost, adverse rulings
being made by Judge C~hamberlin OF the
Superior Court, before whom the points
were argued.
Concer ming the allowance from Mrs.
Eddy's estate asked for by Senator Chandler
for use in prosecuting the case the Court
ruled that IL Mrs. Eddy was found incon-
petent counsel for plaintiffs would get leave
to renew the motion for an allowance.
The motion of Mrs. Eddy's counsel to
change the terms of the commission issued
TO the masters was denied and they get
exceptions. The motion to limit the taking
Of dispositions asked for by Mrs. Eddy's
couneel was denied.
The motion Of the defendants in the
original action to become parties TO pre-
liminary inquiry before masters as TO
Mrs. Eddy's competency was denied.
The motion Of Senator Chandler to sus-
pend the rule as to furnishing q bond for
costs owing to the PLAINTIFF lack Of funds
was held for further consideration.
Tomorrow the counsel on each side
will meet the Hon. Edgar AIdrich. Justice
shire, who has been appointed master to
hear and determine he question Of Mrs.
Eddy's competency. DR.. George +. Jelley
Of Boston and the Hon. Hosea W. Parker
Of Claremont will sit as comasters
Judge Chamberlin said in our today
that the entire suit Of Eddy vs.. Frye rested
upon he question Of her competency to
manage her own business affairs at or about
the time the suit was brought.
He said hat II the masters md her 10 Re
competent the whole case will end there,
but IL the finding of the masters il that
Mrs. Eddy is incompetent the case Of the
next friends" will proceed.
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WON'T STAND UNION or cApYrAL.
shirt Makers Refuse to Deal with an Asso-
citation or Contractors.

An efort to settle the strike Of I 200 shirt
makers who quit work because Of notices
in the shops which they construed a. q
declaration for the open shop was made
yesterday at a conference between repre-
sentatives. OF the Shirt Makers Union and
the Shirt Contractors Association in the
Offices OF the State Board OF Arbitration,
il6 East Twenty-eighth street. but il failed
through what practically amounted to a
declaration by the union committee for the
open shop among the contractors.
The contractors agreed 10 take away the
notices and employ only union men and
women II the union gave them the kind of
workers they required. but the representa-
tives of the union declared that while they
would insist on full recognition Of the union
the union would never recognize the con-
tractor' association and would deal only
with contractors az individuals.
While this conference was going on a
meeting Of the strikers, about one-third
of whom are women. was held at 70 Ludlow
street. Many OF the women pulled brace
let's from their wrists and rings from their
fingers and gave them as a contribution
to the strike fund. All the women said
they were willing to give up whatever
jewelry they. possessed IL it helped the
strikers to win.
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TESTIFY AGAINST A JUSTICE.
III, says Lawyer; Drunk. says witness. Of
r.. w. Fitzgerald OF Breoklyn.

:"
Justice Thomas W. Fitzgerald OF the
Court OF Special Sessions still declines to
perform his duties and also declines to visit
Brooklyn 80 that he will be within the juris-
diction Of the referee. Henry Bacon. who
is hearing testimony In the dIsbarment
proceedings begun by the Brooklyn Bar
Association. Witnesses testified that they
had seen the Justice in several saloons, In
Oceanport. N. j.. drinking and that he
was apparently in good health. This did
not agree with the statement Of his counsel.
lawyer Conran. who said that Justice
Fitzgerald was ILL.,
Thomas Little, who was Justice Fitzger-
AIDS driver In 1905. testified that at the time
whsn Justice Fitzgerald was supposed to he
i'll he too him out driving in all kinds Of
weather and drove him from one saloon
TO another, his favorite place being Kerri-
gan's hotel. The witness said that on one
occasion the Justice fell In Red Bank.
Was he suffering from nose bleed them"
asked Lawyer McDernott.
was drunk"
Tit witness said In had seen Justice
Fitzgerald in 0ceanport on Tuesday.
Are o sure Of that?" asked Lawyer
Conran.
Il think So" was the reply.
A a matter OF fact. said Lawyer Con-
ran, you did not see him, for he was with
me In Brooklyn on that date and At that
time"
Il want that statement Of counsel to 20 on
the record" said Lawyer McDermott.
Mr.. Conran said IL was privately ad-
dressed to the referee, and should not 90 on
the record. Mr.. McDermott said he then
would call MIR. Conran as q witness and ask
him where Justice Fitzgerald was on Tues
day last. The matter was placed on the
record.
William Conovitz testified to a transfer
OF property from Justice Fitzgerald 80 the
Witness wife for 81 200. but the deed had
never been recorded by the Justice, he said.
Henry Crowley Of New Brighton, Staten
Island, said he took out a mortgage for 500.
with the Rev. Father Campbell, Fitzgerald
acting as the counsel for the priest. He
said he had paid $500 to the Justice. but that
he had failed to turn il over to the mort
gagor. John Hofgrenl paid Justice Fitz-
gerald u $50 on a mortgage. and later, he
said, received a satisfaction piece, which
he now has reason to believ was forged.
Other testimony in a similar line was
given and the prosecution said il had fin
ished it's case. Lawyer Conrsn then wanted
an adjournment taken until September,
but this was opposed. as the referee said he
desired 10 make his report to the Supreme
Court in October. The case was then adj
iourned until next "Wednesday.
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cor UP FOR BOGUS MARRIAGE.
n. j. Binnings Accused OF DeceivinS Miss
Bcrner More 1han Eleven years Ago. ,

n. j. B4nningu Accused OF Deceivtn6 WISs
Berner More 1han Eleven Yeap Ago. ,
Policeman Robert J. Binnings Of the
Mercer street station was placed on trial
at Headquarters before Deputy Commits
sioner Hanson yesterday on a charge Of
entering into a mock marriage on January
%, 1893. with Miss Irene Berner. who lives
with her parents In jersey City. She said
abe met the policeman when she was living
at % Clinton place. which was on his post.
Several months after she made his %aoquaint-
ance. she swore. Binnings introduced her
TO Q man named Stephen Ryan, who he
said was an Alderman.
The bogus Alderman performed an al
legged Ceremony &C her home In the presence
Of her parents and her sisters. and there
after she lived with Binnings as his wife.
believing that the was married legally TO
him.
Not long ago Policeman Joseph Murray
Of the Charles street station informed her
that Binnings already lac q wife and that
HE marriage TO Miss Berner was q fraud.
An Investigation was made and the woman's
father discovered what Murray said was
true. A doseu t~radespeople testified that
Hlnnings and Miss Berner nved together
many years - man and wife.
ccanmis1lon.r Hanson put the trial
over for Q week.
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YOTR FACE rs YOUR OWN
$50
AMI Ns One Else May Use n, So o jersey
Court Rules.

vice-chancellor Stevens in the Court n
6hancery in Newark yesterday handed
down a decision that a mans fare is his
own property as we'll as his name. The
Vice Chancellor made this decision in in
junction proceedings brought by Thomas
\ Edison against the Edison Polyform
ard Manufacturing Company enjoining
the latter company from publishing on its
products a picture OF the complainant
a .onpanied by a certificate purportins
TO he signed by him and nding
the nae ~ the compound. The material
IN question is a neuralgia cure.
IF a mans name" said the Vice-Chan-
oslor. BE his own property, as no less
an authority than the United states SUI
IRENE Court. says II IL difficult to understand
Why the peculiar cast Of ones features
Is nor also ones property, and why Its
recuniary value. II il has one. does not
belong to it's owner rather than the person
seeking 10 make an unauthorized use OF 10.
If the mere exhibition OF ones face TO
oTe's friends and 20 others OF h public
s'reeta he a publication for all purposes,
then that line Of cases Of which Pollard
Versus Photographic Company is an ex-
ample was wrongly decided, for there could
he no implied contract or confidence to keep
thar private which was already public
property.
Mr.. Edison early in his career com
founded a medicinal preparation intended
TO relieve neuralgia pains by external ap-
Cication In 1879 a MIR. Lewis and q Mr..
Jacobs visited Mr.. Edison's laboratory in
Menlo Park and he told them he had made
a Preparation which he had called Poly
iorn and had found it 10 be q good pain
killer. Lewis and Jacobs were 50 Impressed
With its merits that they bought Mr.. Edison's
rights for IS 1000. Mr.. Edison made q written
assignment If hSs ri0hts a~ntamhsr 2 ia7p.
and the same year a company called the
Menlo Park Manufacturing Company was
organioed 70 cell the preparation. The
company failed after several years n was
caS ssnya toy Sy met e ns witb H=stRof sacoe.s i ann
was succeeded by q New York company,
xnlch did nothing. Finally the present
ostendant corporation was organized by
s now manufacturing the compound. This
contains all but one OF the drugs, morphine,
mentioned in Mr.. Edison's formula
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Maybe You Hear Some Peoples Are Not
Married. Yes4

A well dressed mar called on Loui.
Horwath Of CIT Sixth street about three
weeks ago and showing q badge said
that he was from Police Headquarters
and that he had heard that Horwath wal
not married TO Elizabeth Acbarath. who
was living with him. He offered to let the
matter drop for $40. which Horwath paid
A few days later the same man called again
and sal that something must be done
He offered 10 marry the couple. which
cTer was accepted. and he collected SlI
for performing the marriage"
His mex visit came a week ago. He told
Horwath that the marriage which bad
been performed was not legal and de
manded $40. He got it. Horwath for the
first time became suspicious and told his
friends. who advised notifying the police.
Night before last Detectives Enright, Gil
bert and Callahan Of the Union Market
station arrested a man who said he vas
Emil Markowitz Of 2o6 East Seventy-second
street. He had a badge bearing the words
Special Deputy Sheriff, N. Y. County, 3x3."
Magistrate Crane in the Essex Market
police court yesterday morning held Marko-
witz in 81 200 bail for examination.
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MN. REID ENTERTAINs ROYALTY.
Daughter OF Ambassador Hostess 60 q Q
n Duchess Of Argyll.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE sus.
LONDON, July 25.-AmbassAdor Reid'e
nnal entertainments fully maintained the
"regnl" standard Of Dorchester House
affairs. IL was graced by the presence of
royalty, h Duke and Duchess Of Argyll,
the latter being a sister u the King, attend
ing, accompanied by gentlemen and ladies
in waiting.
The AFFAIR was interesting inasmuch az
IL Afforded Miss Reid. the Ambassadors
daughter, to shine a. hostess. IL was In n
manner her seasons farewell. She will sail
early In August to join her mother in the
Adirondacks.
Mr.. Reid and Miss Reid received the
Duke and Duchess Of Argyll in the entrance
hall, and escorted them TO the reception
rooms on the first floor. where they received
the other dinner guests, including Capt.
Robert and Mrs. Arkwright. the Earl and
Countess Of Be~ssborough, the Earl and
Countess Of Essex, Princess Hatzfeldt,
Count Benckendorf. the Russian Ambas-
sadOr, n Countess B~encksndorn, Lord
and Lady Leigh, Lord and Lady willoughby
De Eresby, Mr.. and Mrs. and Miss Anthony
Drexel, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. +. A. Williams.
Major Holford, the owner OF Dorchester
rfou5c' Nupt. Wynutidm, Lacy SOfeDrOOk,
Countess Hoyes and daughter, Capt.
Graham. Lord and Lady Desborough,
Mrs. John J. Astor, Mrs. Ogden Mills and
daughter, John Sargent. John Ward, Mr..
and Mrs. Carter, Commander and Mrs.
Gibbons, Capt. n Mrs. Clemens, Miss
MurieI Wilson. Neill Primrose and Prince
Francis OF Teck.
The dinner was served at two large round
tables, decorated with pink malmaisons,
the ~costliest and rsrest orchids. Following
the dinner there was a large dance. Sup
per was served in the library, while two
of the most expensive bands in London
played. Among those at the dance were
the Italian. German and Russian Ambassa-
doris, Princess Esterhazy, the Dowaser
Duchess of Roxburghe, the Duke OF West
minister. Mr.. and Mrs. Moreton Frewen,
Mr. and Mrs. Vermont arcourt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mr.. and Mrs. Almeric
Paget, the Earl and Countess OF Crewe,
the Earl and Countess Of Mar and Kellie.
the Earl and Countess OF Fowls, Lord
Revelstoke, Sir Ernest Cassel and Sir
Frank Swettenham.
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ROW OVER WIFE'S AFFECTION,
Woman Concerned Stabbed MortsIIy and
Husbands Rival shot In Thigh.

Jennie Salermo. a Sicilian, living at 800
East l0sth street. vas stabbed MORALLY
yesterday afternoon in q brawl between
her husband. Tony Salermo. and Provi-
dencia Matoli. "a years old. Of $50 East
iO7th street. Providencia had been paying
attention to Mrs. Salermo and Tony was
taxing him with IL in front Of his fruit stand.
on East 101st street. In the Eight that fol-
lowed the woman was stabbed In the abdo-
men and Providencia received a bullet in
the thigh from Tony's revolver.
The woman was removed to Harlem
Hospital in a dying condition. Providencia
was taken to the prison ward Of the hospital
and Tony was locked up In the East iO4th
street police station.
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Edyth Meyer weds Dr. Thomas .. McCabe.

Miss Edyth A. Meyer, who has been a
member Of Joe Weber's company and has
been playing recently in The Follies Of
1907" at the Jardin de Paris, was married
Of Newark n j. at the cS,roh If The Paul.
ist Fathers, Fifty-ninth street and Column =
bus The witnesses were the brides
Swo sisters, Miss Eunis Meyer and Miss
Caroline Lock. After the ceremony there
was a wedding breakfast at the Hotel Aston.
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Al O ~
Stumbling
Block
BY Iustus Miles Eorn,an

Vibrant with the nervous note
of twenty century life, this new
book has to do with the story of a
neurotie, high-strung American
girl Of to-day girl refined by
NATURALIZATION into a creature
of quick excitability, delicate
sensibility and cataelysmic emo
ton. Z
Pulsing with thin life she needs
the flooded strength of others to
feed upon and make full her own
existence. So she marries the
man of her choice in the full
consciousness that she will drag
him down, sapping his strength,
eating out of him that vitality
which she must have to feed her
nervous fame, hampering him
in all the vital things that count,
hanging upon him like a vampire.
Pure she is and good, pretty and
attractive, companionable and
lovable despite her temperament.
How her history develops is not
to be told here, nor how happi-
ness comes out Of all her weak
ness--if not to her to the man
she loves. A splendid, strange
story.