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New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
FIGHT BLAZE HIGH IN THE AIR.
Tiremen Line Roofs of skyscrapers as Top
Of Grocery House Burns.

A four alarm fire which ryas discovered early
yesterday morning IN the top three stories the
seven story wholesale grocery house of Lewis De
GroS & Co.. at Nos. 73 and 80 Beach street did
about $4,000 damage. The wetting the adjacent
buildings received from the rain during the night
The only thing that prevented them from
catching FIRE.
The TWO hundred employees OF the firm had only
been at work few minutes when the fire was
discovered Some one telephoned from the outside
that flames were shooting from the windows the
fop floor, and an alarm sounded
The employees did their best TO overcome the fire
but IN vain. -Four alarms sent in closely fol-
lowing each other. and the roofs ct the surrounding
buildings lined with freu1en fighting the
flames from these points.
Two frenen from Hook and Ladder Company
No had their noses broken.
Some eannase was done by water to the store
house OF James Butler. which is at No. $50 Wash
1nston street
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
BoGUs MONEY PRISONERS HELD.
Man Arrested for Trying to Pass Bad $lo
Q Bill on a SaIoonkeeper.

Charged with passing counterfeit silver certili-
Gates William z. Wynn. of No. 5i9 Second ave
nue.; Edward Conklin. Of No. olI East <ith
street and Austin Cicolo were arraigned De-
fore United States Commissioner Ridgeway yes
terdav morning, and failing to give bail were
committed to the Tombs TO await a hearing
on Thursday afternoon
Since a package containing 1000 counterfel'
s. bills was taken out Of the East River at
18th street Saturday afternoon, the Secret Ser
vice bureau has been trying to round up the
erang of counterfeiters which they believed to
be operating in that neighborhood. Cicolo gave
a bogus s. bill TO a grocer in First avenue
Wynn and Conklin offered bogus bills TO car
conductors.
James Cleveland, who says he is reporter,
was arrested yesterday after he had given bad
SO bill TO a seloonkeeper in Third avenue.
The police think II Is one of the many counter
feits that deluged that neiehb6rhood on Satur-
day. Cleveland protested his Innocence and
was remanded to the custody Of the federal au-
thorities
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
COLUMBIA'S NEW YEAR.
STUDENTS To Be in Closer Relation
ship srith Professors.

With the opening of the 154th academic year of
Columbia University on Wednesday. the univer-
sity authorities will see In full operation for the
first time a method they have devised to bring the
faculty. in closer contact with the students. For
more than two years President Butler has had the
plan under consideration which, as it has finally
been developed approaches the preceptorial system
in force at Princeton and other universities
To bring this about two changes have been nee
essary The first OF these has been to assign each
student to some professor. who becomes a sort OF
father confessor'' to him from the time that ne
enters To him the student must go for advice
before he can plan his course AS each professor
has only about a dozen students under him, this
gives chance for close relations and for the per-
sonal element to enter largely into instruction.
second change has been the retirement of sew
era of the older professors from the faculty Of the
college and the substitution Of younger men who,
while they have not attained as much prominence
as teachers come into much closer touch with the
students In the past several! men have been on
the faculty who giving courses only 10 gradt-
ates All of these are to lose the voice they have
had in undergraduate affairs. In many cases those
who have not yet attained the rank or professor
will be numbered with the faculty
From all indications the registration or the 1o4th
wear will be the largest in the history Of the
university. President Butler. taking this with the
increase that came the university last year, par
ticularly to the college has taken 1t as vinolca-
ton of his measures regarding football
The faculty has not been able to put into force
the idea Of compulsory chapel which it had in mind
at one time When the matter was put up TO the
students it met with such opposition on account
Of the variety of religious beliefs that no plan could
be formed TO compel even the students IN tne COT
ege to attend.
The opening exercises will be held on wednesday
In the gymnasium. James r. Wheeler. professor
of Greek archaeology and art, will deliver the open
ing address on the subject of THE Idea of Col
1ege and a University
ba
Brooks Hall the new Barnard College dormitory
The building is nine stories high, and has accom-
rnodations for about eighty students Most OF the
rooms have already been taken.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
THE PLAZA TO OPEN ON TUESDAY.
New Hotel Has Eight Hundred Rooms and
Cost S12,5O0,000.

The new s1251o 600 Plaza Hotel. at 59th street and
Fifth avenue will be formally opened to the public
on Tuesday. October l. On the afternoon OF the
preceding day there will be private view. by In
vitation 10 hotel throughout the country, and
The evening dinner will be given for the press.
The hotel will have about nine hundred employees.
Frederick c. King, chief Of staff, said last night
that Of the eight hundred rooms in the hotel 30
per cent had already been taken by permanent
guests II was confidently expected that there
would be about hundred transient guests daily.
Among the permanent guests are George J.
Gould Alfred G. Vanderbilt. John w. Gates. Mrs.
James Henry Smith. Alexander Revell, of Chicago.
who will arrive from Europe next week with
party of ten; C K G. Billings, Z. c. knight. OF
Newport; George Clausson, John A. Drake Mrs.
Oliver Hartman, II. D. Lyman. Julius Fleisch-
mann, ]. II. Schultz and W. S. Paine.
The building includes basement and sub-hase-
stories A distinguishing feature OF the hotel IS
the tea room similar TO the Carlton palm roor in
London. Two great dining the eastern
side connect directly with the tea room and can
be consolidated into vast dining hall.
North Of the main dining room is restaurant
ard cafe for Its entrance is from Fifth
avenue.
The ballroom accommodates about five hundred.
The state apartments the first sleeping floor
comprise large drawing ROOM a dining room and
five large bedrooms with baths and private ser
vice elevators A banquet room this floor holds
two hundred guests
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
SEEK CAPTAINS MONEY.
WhoEer and "Blackbird Skipper
Left Numerous Progeny.

T7,. descendants Of Captain Jacob Alexander
Appley whaler and +blackbird' skipper nav
begun to gather the fruits ot his tronhlous me
CAPTAIN Appey had the all embracing matrimonial
.anc,es generally credited TO blue water shippers
and now nearly dozen OF his descendants IN TINS
city are suing another branch of his pig iaIiiis NJ
70 gain control Of the fortune left 10 MN % -. IL
father, Jacob Appley. which he increased py l.
whaling ventures and by swapping Meoioiu 1
for able bodied West Coast negroes
Iacoh Anriev has been dead ffty-fve years. Gap
tain Jacob, his son, died last December At 'iie
rlinety-one- The suit is brought by the oeSoe
OF Mrs Barbara Shrady, who include DF- U0ois0
2 shradv Coroner Shrady, Mrs. Anna B. van
psrp Archibald NJ sh-ady and several others 10
Obtain an accounting Of the estate from JACOB blru
president Of the Manhattan Savings Insutution
trustee for the thirty odd parcels of valuable reai
estate all descendants of Appley's son and daueh-
ter. Charles H. Appiey. Ethel D. Appley. Leonard
@. Appley. Mrs. Julia E. Bosart. Frederck L.
App!ey. Mrs. Eugene Oliver, Herbert l. AppIey ana
Mrs Edward Heckler are made defendants All I'VE
either in Jamaica or Elizabeth and are well
do.
Captain Jacob knocked about the world. behav-
frg in the unconventional manner of the old salt
CT tradition. He married in the early thirtes, but
his wife ied after. and then in 1888 he mar
ried Mary Brown, who lived until 1899. He did not
take kindly the restrictions Of married hte ana
c-uised about the South Seas for while as D
trader. Them Just before the war. he tried TO run
running was q capital offence ct that time ana
VIII Il he was caught he stood in the shadow OF the
gallows He escaped somehow. came north from
Fort Lafayette and got into trouble when the heirs
of Barbara Shrady accused him Of making lnroaos
on the principal Of the estate. The courts cut MS
Income down s. 90 year until the full amount
taken without warrant had been restored TO the
estate.
Right after that his wife discovered that ne was
maintaining three other establishments anu
left him The second party TO one OF these was
Mary Jane Rockefeller. Mrs. Appley refused 10 get
q divorce and not until she died. in 1899 was cap
tain Jacob able marry Mary Jane RockeIelier'
who was then the mother Of eight children In 1881
Captain Jacob foreseeing she possibility OF trouoe
TO come went before Commissioner Shields ana
rerpetuated testimony protect his second family
IN the schedules Of property held by the Appley
estate are Nos g. 81 and 81 Bayard street; Nos
G q es and 90 Chrystie street; Nos. 1os TO- H. ia
Ils 1lS ISL 5s 49, l6 162 1s4 166. 17s and $50 For
eyth street six properties in Eldridge street -FOUR
in Delarcey street in 1st street two in Second
avenue and two In Allen street There was a farm
in what is now Pelham Manor and there were odo
rarces of suburban property The properties IN foT-
syth street At Rivington were recently taken py
condemnation proceedings for a public school
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
]SIy ROBINSON CRUSOES.
4 Month ON Desert Island-Esccpe
IN I'm prorised Sk1f.

CIV survivors of the American park frussid'
,,,ch was wrecked of the southern coast OF Soueh
,,o-ica IN July Robinson Crusoes In fact ana
-, n fancy. were brought to this port yesterday
~, the steamer Tennyson. from Montevideo.
,f,er losing their captain and three or tnelr
o,, and spending a month and -FOUR Gays on
e.+a, Jsland-differing from Richmond Boroush
-, rot If is a long, impossible row OF mountains
IL ise ont Of the Atlantic about hundred
"L.o ns. ,,,ee cast of Cape Horn-they finally sue
aaoaed in building skif out OF the wreckase vi
- ond reached an inhabited point some
H.. lilies avav where whaling boat was OBJ
- m carry them across to the mainland
Tha prussia was three-masted park she
,,oa from Norfolk. Va, on March ID Win
o, of ten and passenger bound TOT for'
1-ou,nsend Wash. by way of Cape Horn
~. cot, down the coast Of South America was
,,.ntfu, but off the coast of Staten lslano
sdsan terrific gale struck the vessel, renoeiihs
her helpless. ,o,
After three days Of effort by the ere" 10 ~ hp
ber nose to the gale the ships rudder was orohen
aa Che was driven headlong on sharp ledge OF
the island
Edward Hammond a sailor. and the japanese
cook were hurled overheard by the shock ana lost
and Captain Johnson was so severely ilJufeu ''
he died within twenty-four hours
loss than ten hours after being dashed on the
rocks the Prussia pounded to pieces seven
of the crew and the passenger. who nad sue
ceeded in reaching land in safety, found 'leih-
selves hammed in by the mountains WIN ho hu
man habtations near them
After working night and day skih was con-
str,cted out OF the wreck of the Prussia and five
oe the party sailed away In search Of aid BEFORE
+bev returned after an absence of three weeks
one of those who had remained behind had oeen
lost In the mountains and had starved TO death
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
SAYS WOMAN TRIED TO POISON HIN
Doctor Adds Conspiracy to Kill to Theft
Charge Against Mrs. Brock.

Mrs. Mary Brock OF No. 1S4 Lexington
avenue appeared before Magistrate Droege in
the Tonlbs police court yesterday to answer
the charge OF stealing silverware valued at
81 900 and surgical instruments from Dr. Ernest
H. Felix Pirkner, of No. 33 West 9th street
The physician also accused her Of conspirfns
with young man to poison him.
DR.. Pirkner alleged that poisonous drugs mad
been placed in a glass OF beer several times for
him He thought there was a plot to Kill him
on account of his practice and asked the court
for protection.
After hearing tho testimony in the case
Magistrate Droege said that he did not believe
a crime had been committed and paroled Mrs.
Brock for further examination to-day.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
COUPLE TIRED OF LIFE.
Suicide Due to Death of Son and
Mans Failing Eyesight.

With their hands tightly clasped, lying sloe
by side on two small cots. Mr.. and Mrs. MAUI
rice Remi, Of No. 1869 Boston Road, Inc
yesterday morning by patrolmen from the MOT
risania police station. Dependency over 'ii0
death Of their son, as we'll as the fact tnat MI
Remi fast losing his eyesight are the rea
sons ascribed for the double suicide The ponce
were asked to go to the house by Marcus La'i
dau. a friend Of the couple, who receiFeu d
letter from them in yesterdays mall, sayiiis
they would be dead when he received IL
Mr.. Remi, who was ffty-two years oiu' an
his wife. who was two years younger eIie'eU
deeply over the loss of their son, VINO oleu -
Shortly after the boys death Mr.. REM began ~
lose his eyesight andewas Obliged 10 give P
position as secretary Of a large French paAei''
When the police burst into the room they "ei0
almost overcome by the gas. Mr. ana MI9'
Remi Law side by side. and pinned to the oreas'
of each was a picture Of their dead son anu u
each picture was attached small JOCK Oh d
babv's hair. evidently also that of their soli'
The letter which was sent to Mr.. Landau reao'
in part. as follows
Nobody is to be blamed for our act we dieu
Voluntarily. II is our desire to cross the par
together. Since the death of our much peloNeo
and highly talented son, with whom al ou'
homes were buried, life has. indeed. not oeeh
worth living for us.
Mr. Remi and his wife requested Lanodu "
have the body Of the son eXhumed and repurleu
with them.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
STUDENTS FORCED FROM DoRMIToRY.
,sw,po Normal School Girls Leave Rooms in
Haste When Fire Is Discovered.

oswego, N Y. Sept. 23-Fire in the Welland. q
four story wooden and stone building used as a
dormitorv by young women students Of the Oswego
State Normal School, forced one hundred girls to
fee from their rooms in haste early to-day. The
fire was discovered in the laundry, in the base
ment Soon the first and second floors were filed
with smoke
The preceptress. Miss Elizabeth Hatmer. was
overcome by the smoke, her room being located
directly above the laundry. Attaches of the build
ing sounded the alarm and awoke the young women
students. Many of them escaped In night attire.
while others hurriedIy dressed The starways and
fire escapes were soon crowded. but the coolness
displayed by the girls prevented panic.
Miss Major. one of the students. leaped from a
second story window into court. She was stunned
by the fall. but her injuries slight Policemen
and nremen assisted many OF the students to
cape.
The IRE was soon under control. It confined
TO the first door. and the damage was slight. The
Welland is located five blocks from the State Nor
nal School buildings
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
BARTENDER KILLED AFTER DISPUTE
Twelve Men Call Him Out and Shoot Him
Down-Police Make Arrests.

A dispute over a game OF cards was respoh-
efb,a for the murder early yesterday morning
of Jsroes Concro. of No. 333 East 18th street.
ubo was killed In the rear OF the saloon at
chat address where he was employed by MS
brother Charles as bartender. The shooting
which was done by a gang OF twelve men,
aroused the residents of the neighborhood' bu'
did not attract the police. who made no arrests
until late yesterday afternoon
Concro had a dispute in a room back or the
saloon early on Sunday night with man
known 20 the police as "Mckie Jimmie. the
latter left tie saloon vowing vengeance. Eariy
on Sunday morning a dozen men came to the
rear entrance of the saloon and. calling Concro
10 the door fred a volley. One of the buIle's
took effect. He taken to the Harlem HOS
pital where he died few hours later
The police Of the East 104th street station
later arrested Charles Concro his sister, Flor
ence Concro, who live over the saloon. ana
Dominick Elario, OF No. $50 East 18th street
Magistrate Crane in the Harlem court, re-
rnanded them to the coroner as witnesses. Late
Yesterday Louis saggese, Philip Potroche An
gelo Altemp, Nathaniel Comforte. Joseph Buc-
COLO John Marone and Nicholas Murphy were
arrested as witnesses. The latter. according to
the police, had the quarrel with Concro. Cor
oner Dooley after examining Charles and Flor
ence Concro decided that they knew nothing
material about the case. and discharged them.
Detectives Cavane and Cassidy Of the Central
Office last night arrested Carmine Damico at No
126 Second avenue. He taken to the East 1oith
street station In lineup of fourteen men Charles
Concro the brother of the murdered man. picked
ont Da1nIco as being of the who had shot
at his brother Damico was taken TO Headquarters
and locked up without bail.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
PRICE OF MILK GOES UP.
Sheffield Farms Conn pany to Charge
Nine Cents a Quart.

Following the prediction Of The Tribune about
two weeks ago that the price OF milk would os
raised on October l. the Sheffeld Farms Company
Informed its patrons yesterday that on that date
the minimum price os bottled MIX wouid oe nne
cents a quart increase of one cent Pasteur17ed
milk will remain at ten cents While many milk
dealers were 1oath discuss the matter yesterday
IL was the privately expressed opinion that this
meant a general increase in the price
President William J. Rodgers Of the Borden Milk
t-nnpany SAID his firm had nothing to do with the
Sheffield Farms people; that his company had not
raised the price Of milk nor had 1t taken up the
matter at ALL Whether not It would do in
the near future he refused to say. He said the
price depended entirely upon the weather cond-
tions
Companv said that concern was not contemplating
an increase in price for the Immediate future and
would not raise the price if IL could possibly avoid
IT, II became known yesterday that the Milk Ex-
change it's next meeting would consider ths
question increasing the price to farmers TO four
cents which is the highest price in years The
present price is three and one-haf cents. IL was
said on the of authority that such acton prob
ably would be taken
This will not affect the price OF bottled milk IN
any way. 1t will affect the price of milk to manu-
facturers and large consumers who obtain their
supply in cans 1t will also mean that the price
on the East Side, where the milk Is sold from the
cans almost exclusively. will probably go up
President Lotion Horton OF the Sheffield Farms
said his company had raised the price because
under present conditions it nDossible mako
living There is no compensation for the deal
ers at the present price" he said Our contracts
for October are from one-half to hVe-eighths OF
cent higher than we have been paying. In many
cases to supply customers the last two months
II was necessary pay from one-half &c cent
above our contract price TO obtain extra milk. II
f. costing us eight cents quart TO deliver milk
70 the houses now
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
GIRL RESCUED FROM ITALIANS.

Mneoa. Long Island Sept 23.-The butt end Of
q whip in the hands of Nathaniel Merion stopped
an assault by four Italians young girl yes
terday morning. Mr.. Merrion who is superin,end-
ing the construction of a trolley road near here
was in his buggy when he saw the girl struggling
with the men, and answered her cries for help At
the sight OF him two OF the Italians ran and the
others showed fight, but several good raps from
the whip put them to fight. The girl said she was
Marion Franklin. eighteen years old. the daughter
OF farmer Sheriff Gildersleeve is looking for the
girls sesailante.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
VANDERBILT VERDICT CONTEST.
Counsel for Mediums Husband Says Jurymen
Were Overpaid

Attorneys for Edward Ward Vanderbilt, husband
OF Mrs Pepper-Vanderbilt. and for Minerva VAN
derbt daughter of Mr.. Vanderbilt by former
marriage had lively contest yesterday before Su-
preme Court Justice Abbott, in Special Term. over
the verdict of the Sherffs jury which recently de-
clared Mr. Vanderbilt insane.
On order from Justice Abbott ex-Judge Grit
hng for Mr.. Vanderbilt, asked that the verdict be
declared void the ground that the juryrnen re-
ceived more pay than the law allows. He also OBJ
tected to certain testimony OF Miss Darrow az hav-
ing bearing the case
Counsel for Miss Vanderbilt urged a speedy az
pointment of q committee for Mr Vanderbilt
Justice Abbott reserved decision.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
WILL HAVE DETAILED BUDGET.
Metz Says, He Is Trying to Have Expendi
lures 1temized

Controller Metz asked yesterday II he In
tended 70 have the expenditures Of the various de-
partnents down and itemzed in the estimates
for the budget and in the fnel awards each de-
partment. requested by Allen Robinson presi-
dent OF the Allied Real Estate Interests. The Con-
troller said he was trying 70 have expenditures
and proposed expenses Of every kind iternized in
the coming budget
But you can't do such big Job all at once"
sai6 he. There's terrific lot OF work in that
kind OF problem end we're working IL as hard
es can" Mr Metz said he would reply as soon
as be could 70 NJ. Robinson
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
su,pwREckED HUNDREDS RESCUED.

Washington. Sept pa message dated at una
1aska received at the Treasury Department to-day
from Captain Munger. commanding the Befins
Sea feet Of revenue cutters. stated that the cutter
McC.ulIoch had rescued 243 persons from the snip
John Currier. which was wrecked August III
so.'a rasoon Irntnek Island Berfng Sea The
raecua was timely as the food supply saved from
the curr,er was getting short and the place wnere
the wreck occurred was a desolate and barren
chr
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
UNDERWRITING SPEED CONTESTS.

Typewritins speed contests for the national and
International championships will be held IN Madi-
son Sat,are Garden in connection with the Seventh
National Business Show during the week beginning
October T. The fastest operators from this coun-
,rv England France. Belgium and Germany viii
compete Solid silver trophy cups and S,O1 in cash
nrtzas will be awarded
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT IN CANADA

Montreal. Sept. IA young woman named
Racioot killed and another young woman
named Conway was seriously injured at Lonsueutl
last evening when buggy in which they were
driving was struck by automobile driven by
Councillor LAnier Of Longueuii
New-York tribune., 1907-09-24
MRS. GUGGENHEIMER NAMED.

The will OF Randolph Guggenheimer. fled Tor |
probate yesterday makes his wife sole legatee and
.,eou,r,x The will was made in June. 1903.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-15

ago n he started to devise means OF shoot
ing at human targets without unduly de-
creasing the population. First he tried
bullets OF loose felt, but he found that they
had no carrying power.
Then he tried dipping them in tallow.
This made them fly truer. and then it was
only a step TO h use Of balls Of tallOw
itself and from that to a soft wax, readily
handled and melting into i-nnocuousness
as IL struck the object aimed at.
The first man brave enough to stand up
and be hot at was M. Barillier. a municipal
counsellor Of Paris. He wore a wire mask
and no other protection. He came I'M
scathed out OF the ordeal. but his clothes
were a sight.
M Devilliers's aim was unerring and coat
and waistcoat when the practice was over
were converted into a polka dot pattern Of
half inch grease spots. A bullet that hit
the mask also showed that wire gauze was
an insufficient protection for the eyes.
To save the trouble Of putting on old
clothes the armor was devised; IL In simply
a loose rubber coat made something like
an army overcoat. The mask was improved
by the insertion OF q plate Of thick, tough
glass in front Of the eyes. To protect the
bare hand when duels are fought the pistol
has a guard like that OF a fencing foil at
lAched below the barrel.
speaial cartEidae ~ used IN the practice