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New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
WOULD LYNCH NEGRO.
hob of 1000 Makes 4ttempt IN the
Heart of Chicago.
EBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


Chicago. Sept lin attempt to lynch q
negro who had attacked a white girl while on
her way TO work to-day, mob of nearly one
thousand men made charge policeman
and would have taken and hanged his prisoner
but for the timely arrival of policemen from
the Harrison street and Central stations.
The scene of the attempted lynching was at
Van Buren, street and Wabash avenue, In the
heart of the business district and within two
blocks of the Auditorium Annex The crowd
large and so determined that q riot call
turned in for extra details of police.
The negro Martin Vincent, who is believed
to be a Springfield refugee, attacked Miss JOSE
phine Ludwig. sixteen years DID, of No. a
West 10Th street. she entered the hallway OF
q building at No. 262 Wabash avenue He beat
and choked her in an effort to overcome her.
The girls screams attracted E. w. Putnam. the
elevator operator, and he attempted to capture
the negro. Putnam knocked down by the
assailant of the girl, but quickly regained his
feet and pursued the negro, calling for help'
The negro sprang upon moving streetcar'
but Policeman Carney jumped upon the one fol-
lowing and compelled its motorman to drive
full speed until it came up with the car on
which the negro riding. Then the negro
surrendered. The mob demonstration followed.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
NEW CURE FOR LOCKJAW.
Sodium Chloride Used Successfully
an AdUanced Case of Tetanus.

case Of tetanus in advanced stages has Just
been cured at st. Johns Hospital. Brooklyn 1t
is believed that the was effected through
the use of sodium chloride. advised by the
specialists of the Rockefeller Institute.
The patient was Allan Koilock, fifteen years
Old of Woodhaven. Long Island. Three weeks
ago. while at Patchogue, his foot was run over
and his toe badly crushed Dirt got into the
wound It was cleaned, but the foot swelled
to almost twice it's normal Size The swelling
then was reduced and no alarm was felt Eight
DAYS after the accident the boy found that he
could not open his jaws.
A doctor pronounced the case to be rheuma-
tisn The next day the boys jaws were more
tightly clinched than ever, and the doctor then
decided he was suffering from tetanus. He
was rushed to the hospital. His body became
so rigid 1t was impossible to bend 1t. Then
the injured toe amDutated.
Following the operation % per cent solution
Of sodium chloride was injected directly into
the spinaI cord. Immediately the boys vitality
began to ebb, and he was in a state of collapse
for sixteen hours. The Injection left him ex-
tremely weak For five days he received in
tections of 5000 units of anti-teeanus serum
Salt solutions were also used. and gradually his
mouth began to open. He was fed through q
bottle On the sixth day after the sodium chic
ride injection he began to show marked signs
OF improvement. His recovery was rapid from
that day.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
HELD As LOTTERY AGENT.
old Han Sold $500 Worth of Tick
cts DAILY, Inspector Says.

Through the arrest Of an old man In henry
street yesterday the police and postofice off,
cials believe they have a line on one OF the big
gest distributing agencies of a foreign lottery
in the United States. Postoffce Inspector Fl. G.
Hill has been working on the case for two
years.
The prisoner is David S. Friedman, seventy
wears old who lives with his daughter, Sadie
at No 278 Henry street. Inspector Hill says
Friedman has received mail In eleven different
places III the last two years. Foreign mali
came TO him regularly. his neighbors knew put
thew supposed he owned property in Europe ana
was receiving an income from it through the
mails.
Inspector Hill says Friedman was acting as
agent for the Royal Ducal Lottery, OF the
Duchy of Brunswick, Germany. and had been
selling from $40 to $500 worth Of lottery tickets
daily among persons the East Side Hill
saws the old man has made a fortune out OF the
agency The lottery is perfectly legal In Bruns-
wick but contrary TO the law of this country.
When he reached Friedman's home. Hill
saws he found a large bundle of lottery tickets
They were in a cushion and an accordion, Hill
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
BALLOONISTS IN PERIL.
VaIe de Dieppe Barely Dodges Nj
agara Rapids.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Sept. 1.--Fearing storm
on Lake Ontario, the crew on the racing balloon
Vile de Dieppe tried to descend at Niagara
Falls to-day. The rip cord failed to work prop
erIy, resulting in a poor landing The three
men in the basket got bad shaking up. and
narrowly escaped death In the Whirlpool Rapids.
Captain A. F. Mueller, in charge of the balloon.
suffered the most. He taken to a hospital
and may be internally injured. With Captain
Mueller were Perry Gregory, sixteen years DID,
and Gerald Gregory eighteen years old. sons of
c. F. Gregory, of Chicago. secretary OF the
American Federation of Aerial Clubs
The Vile de Dieppe left Columbus. Ohio. at
$50 o'clock last night. The journey through
the air was uneventfu until o'clock this
morning. when the airship into troublesome
air currents on Lake Erie and dropped to within
25O feet of the lakes surface. Ballast was
thrown out and the big bag shot up to SoOo
feet. It was young Gregory's first trip. and he
became very i'll in the high attitude
When the balloon above Niagara Falls 1t
was practically without ballast, and dip
ping dangerously close to the ground. storm
was blowing up and Captain Mueller decided 10
make a landing. He tried to release the gas
with the rip cord, but it failed to work prop
erly with the result that the bag. with capac-
ity of $1,000 feet, dragged along for 1.ooo feet'
An anchor was thrown out. IL caught III
clump of trees and snapped from the balloon
which rose and fell alternately severely Jol'ii5
the occupants Of the car.
Tho basket dragged over railroad tracks.
struck a barn and finally landed at the Devils
Hole. 200 feet from the Gorge. Two of Gerald
Gregory's teeth were knocked out, and his head
was cut Perry Gregory was unconscious Wheh
taken from the basket. His lett ankle was
sprained and his body bruised
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
-FOUR SAILORS DEAD.
OUercome at Start of Voyage by
Fumes an Forepeak.

Boston, Sept. 1.-Succumbing 60 the deadly
fumes of burning pitch and oakun down IN the
forepeak of the British bark Puritan she
lay at anchor in President Roads to-day. four
seamen sufrocated and fifth partly
overcome before he was rescued by shipmates.
The dead sailors are Harry E. Olsen. Carl Nor
sen. Peterson Becks and George Sunblade. Will
lam Roberts was partly overcome
The fire, which caused only slight damage, is
supposed to have been due to spontaneous CON-
bustion. Roberts, it is believed viii recover.
The Puritan arrived here from New York on
July I. in command OF Captain F. W. Chapman
She had taken on a cargo of fourteen thousand
barrels OF tar, oil. pitch and oakun and went
to the roads yesterday, where she anchored.
awaiting favorable winds to start her on a
voyage to Vancouver, B. C. The twelve men
composing the crew were signed in this city
early this morning
This afternoon Captain Chapman sent olsen
into the forepeak to stow away a sail When
he failed to return three other men were sent
down to investigate. When they did not appear
Captain Chapman ordered Mate Herbert HI.
Hatfield and Roberts and John McLane TO IN
vestigate. The three went cautiously down a
ladder to the bottom Of the forepeak- Lying
near the ladder were the bodies Of the four sea
men. The fumes from something burning were
so strong that Roberts was partly overcome.
His shipmates got him back to deck
The fire was quickly extinguished.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
RODRIGUEZ CAPTURED.
Il Shortage in HaUana PostoHce Of
More than ,S53, 900.

Havana, Sept. 1.-Ricardo Rodriguez. chief OF
the bureau of supplies and vouchers in the
Havana postoffice. who disappeared after the
discovery of a shortage in that department
amounting to $685. was arrested by the police
tonight He was in hiding and disguised
when the police. who have been searching for
him since Friday, found him.
Rodriguez is seventy years old. He was en-
ployed for ten years in the Philadelphia post
Office entering the Cuban service from that
city.
According to the police the thieving in the
bureau OF supplies has been going on for sew
eraI years. Sheets of stamps were abstracted
from the original packages which We're then
resealed. so that the taking of stock did not re-
veal the deficiency. Suspicion was at last
aroused and Postmaster General Hernandez
who was not long in learning that the dishonest
practices centred in the bureau of which Ro-
driguez was chief. ordered count of all the
stamps. whereby the exact amount of the def
cheney was aScertained.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
GIRL A SUICIDE BY FIRE.
Grief Crazed Young Woman Burns Herself
TO Death.

Driven insane by grief over the death OF her
brother five years ago, Miss Rose Lo"enstein'
twenty-eight years old, set fire to her cotnlns N
the cellar of her mothers home. No leo 44th
street Borough Park. Brooklyn, and was SO oaoiS
,ooa before she was discovered that she died on
Monday without regaining consciousness.
The young woman had been treated In various
hospitais about city since her arrangement nVe
wears ago. but when her mother, MRS hetta
I,owenstein, moved recently to her ne" nome, III
17orougb Park Miss Iowenstein pleaded so hard TO
he taken along that her mother yielded. On Sun
6av she entered the kitchen and asked her mother
for some matches, saying that she wisned 10 go
to ber room Instead of going TO her room ehe
went down into the cellar and set hre TO hef
o,o,b,np The girl made no outcry, and only the
roa,l of burning cloth warned her mother and SIS
ter Sadie. that some accident had occurred. Inc
sister rushed into the cellar, and in attempting 10
nut out the flames that enyeloped the unconscious
girl was badly burned about the face ana arms
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
ALL NIGHT IN WATER.
Lone Fisherman Narrozoly Escapes
Sinking IN Mud.
LRy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


winsted Conn, Sept. 1.-Submerged to his
arnpits for ten hours standing on a sunken
boatS Edward J. Tefenbach. former Winsted
resident had a terrible experience last night In
C,attlin's Pond, on the outskirts OF Torrinston-
At o'clock as he was pulling up drop line.
the old fiat bottomed boat tipped. filed with
water and sank. He managed 20 get out Of the
treacherous mud on the bottom of the pond into
the srnken boat He shouted for held in vain.
and gradually the water soaked old scow sank
in the mud.
The water crept UP on Tefenbach. but he did
not dare to try to walk to shore. eight rods
avyav. for fear that he would sink In the mire
,Rv devbreak the water was almost up TO his
shoulders. and he was nearly exhausted and
chilled through.
He made one last desperate attempt 10 sum-
mon aid. and shouted as loud as he could. His
voice was thin and weak, but IT reached a
farmer and his hired man. who were looking
for stray cows They found Teffenbach up to
his neck. They had no rope long enough to
reach the man, so they drove mile and half
and got a boat. with which they finally rescued
rrerfenbach at O'Clock. 1t is feared that he
has contracted pneumonia
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
AIN-ED-DOWLEH KILLED.
Government Troops Lose 500 Men in
Action at T'abriz.

St Petersburg, Sept. Ia dispatch from Te-
heran says 1t is reported from Tabriz that Satar
Khan has inflicted decisive defeat on the
troops of the Shah. In which the government
soldiers lost 800 in killed and wounded Civil
war Is raging anew IN Tabriz Province.
Aimed -Dowleh, recently appointed Governor of
Tabriz was killed in the engagement His son.
Naire-es-SuItan, was Immediately appointed to
succeed him. Before Naire could collect his
forces he was attacked a second time by Satar
Khan, and in this encounter the casualties We're
heavy. The fighting is still going on
The negotiations for Persian state loan to be
placed in Great Britain France and Russia have
come to naught, as the Shah refuses European
control of the finances Of the empire.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
IN ANTT-HUGHES FIASCO.
Steuben GiUes the Governor Strong
Indorsement.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]


Buffalo, Sept. IA petition circulated among
business and professional men by those opposed
to the denomination Of Governor Hughes which
had as its object a demand 20 be presented to
the delegates to the Steuben County convention
to indorse some other candidate has failed OF
its purpose and instead Of the supposed slap"
at the Governor the county has given him one
of the strongest Endorsements prospective can
didate ever received.
One Of the claims made by the antf-Hughss
people was that the county fair. without bet
ting on horseracing. had proved a failure TO
such an extent that the association was serious
Iv considering the withdrawal OF many Of the
features next year. Among these. it Is said.
would be a big reduction in the prize lists for
farm produce and cattle exhibition These
claims were made to the farmers in the hops
that thev would sign the anti-HUghes petition.
but in few instances did those carrying the
paper have an opportunity to knock the Gov
ernor
From the failure OF this petition. said a
local leader tonight. at is very easy TO
which way the wind is blowing, and. from all
indications, Mr.. Hughes will not only receive
the nomination. but will be elected by record
breaking majority"
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
THE BAN ON BETTING.
Some Memory Brokers to Go on
Fishing Trip"

Several well known clubhouse commissioners.
two or three one-tine bookmakers and num-
ber OF men supposed to be connected In sorns
way with the so-called memory brokers' viii
not be seen at the Sheepshead Bay racetrack to-
day. following the suggestion OF the P1nkertons
that they take short fishing trip Sam
Doggett R. c. Doggett, Hugh Collins. Mortimer
Lynch. Frank Moore. Joe Vendig and Harry
Hoffman are among those said to be going
a vacation SOP Lichtenstein's "crew'' may
also be absent.
The Pfnkertons under the direction OF this
officials Of the Coney Island Jockey Club. ars
carrying out the new orders against even oral
betting to the letter. and will deny admission
to anybody who orends in the slightest par
ticular Failing in this. the gates will be closed
and the stakes run of in private.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
HUGHES A NECESSITY
PRESIDENT TELLS WARD.
Denies Intention of Debating to
State Contention.

Oyster Bay. Sept 1.-Sagarnore Eil1 was the
scene to-day OF another political conference at
which the Republican nomination for Governor
OF New York discussed, and President
Roosevelt again made known. in words that
could not be mistaken. his desire for the renom-
ination Of Governor Hughes He told those who
came TO confer with him on the political situa-
ton that 1t was absolutely necessary that the
Republican party should renominats Mr..
Hughes. but at the same time said he had no
intention Of attempting to dictate the action OF
the state convention.
He made this statement 10 william L. Ward
Of Westchester. Republican National Commit
teenan for New York. and others. and author
lied one Of his hearers to make known his views
to the newspaper men Mr.. Ward came here
to-day, it is understood. for the purpose OF pre-
senting to the President the views OF the anti
Hughes workers. The national committeeman
arrived at Oyster Bay yacht and departed
in the same way. thereby eluding reporters
His mission evidently was unsuccessful. for
when the Presidents other visitors returned to
the railroad station late IN the afternoon they
referred all inquirers to silas McBee. editor OF
'"The Churchman." who. they said. had been
authorized to speak for the President. Mr.. Nc
Bee said:
'T heard the President say to certain Repub-
Ecan leaders who were present at the conferences
at Sycamore Hill to-day: 7 have no intention
OF trying to dictate the action OF the Republican
convention. I a citizen OF the State OF New
York. and therefore entitled to express my
judgment on such an issue the nomination
for Governor. My Judgment Is that IL Is abso-
lutely necessary to renominate Mr. Hughes.
Mr.. McBee was asked what other Republican
leaders besides Mr.. Ward were present. bur
he said he did not to say anything more
He was asked IL Secretary Corteiyou was pres
ent and said he did not think he was, the Sec
retary having finished his business with the
President and departed before the conference
Just who else took part in the conference could
not be ascertained- It is thought probabIe that
some other New York leaders who had not been
announced by the Presidents secretary came
here on the yacht which brought Mr.. Ward
One Of the announced visitors Interested IN the
New York situation George H Putnam.
head Of the publishing house of G. P. Putnams
Sons but he had nothing to say
Secretary Cortelyou drove over from his sum
mer home at Huntington early in the forenoon
and had q long conferences with the President
At luncheon the President entertained George
H Putnam. Francis E LeUpp, Cormt mtssioner Of
Indian Affairs; Silas McBee, Colonel Alexander
O. Brodie. Of Washington; T. s. jerome. an
archaologist. and William L. Ward.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
DALTON WEBS BoYHooD SWEETHEART
rBv Telegraph TO The Tribune.


BartIesviIe Okla, Sept. l-Emmet Dalton and
Mrs Julia Lewis were quietly married here To-
night bv a Justice of the peace. A few months ago
D.Iton was hardened from the Kansas Penitentf-
arv where he was serving life sentence for MS
part in the raid Cofeyville. Kan, sixteen years
ago.
Julia Lewis is the widow of Ernest Lewis VINO
died in a fight with United States Marshals keeler
and Williams In this city last November The ro-
nance between Dalton and Mrs Lewis began
twenty years ago. when she was the unmarried
daughter of Texas Johnson and lived with her
parents the Kansas line eighteen miles hor'h
OF Bartlesville. .
While Dalton was hidden from officers 1t is said
that she cooked his meals and kept him Informed
of the movements Of the pursuers They Will live
here, where the bride has large amount OF prop
erty.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
VERMONT PLURALITY
EXCEEDS 10000
REPUBLICAN VICTORY LIT
TIE SHORT OF 1904.
Democrats Make Gains-Repubh-
cans Sure of Majority IN Joint Bal
lot-Independents Nozohere.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune.


Burlington VT Sept. 1.-The Green Mountain
State has responded nobly to the appeal of the
Republican National Committee and has de-
clared by a plurality exceeding twenty-nfne
thousand that 1t believes in the policies Of the
Republican party and wishes those policies con-
timed under the administration of President
Taft.
W. r. Hearst's new Independence party, In
spite of a number of rallies the last week, made
no headway, the vote for Backus. the 1nde-
pendence candidate, so far as reported, being
less than that of either the Prohibition or So
cialist candidate.
With twenty towns to hear from and giving
those towns the same vote they had four years
ago, the Republican plurality will be 2s,s1S
The city of Burlington. the home of ]. E.
Burke, the Democratic candidate for Governor,
gave the Republican candidate. George H.
Prouty, a plurality of 81 ;at the same time
electing a Democratic representative to the
Legislature by plurality of $685. This tendency
to elect Democratic representatives prevailed in
other of the larger places In the state. In Nor
riSVille, IhOn1aS u CHeHey, "iloSS i0-eiCC~AoA oS
Speaker was assured should his town return
him, had only 1 majority. The Democratic
representation In the next House is likely TO
exceed fifty, as compared with thirty-fve in the
last House. single Democratic Senator was
elected J. e. Kennedy defeating F. e. Burgess.
of this city.
In Montpelier, the capital city, ]. A. Deboer,
Republican, president of the National Life In
surance Company, defeated John H. Senter. the
Democratic war horse who represented the town
in the last Legislature. Several towns are still
baIloting for Representatives. majority being
required to elect, it Is not unusual for some
towns to continue the balloting for several days
There Is no question about the Legislature
being overwhelmingly Republican on joint bal
lot assuring the reelection of United States
Senator w P. Dillingham; and the election of
Ex-Governor Carroll s. Page, of Hyde Park,
for the unexpired term of the late Senator Red
field Proctor a majority of the Representa-
tives-elect being either pledged to him or having
expressed their intention of voting for him.
In an interview this evening Governor elect
Prouty made the following statement:
1t seems that the plurality Of the Republican
ticket will be nothing less than 1000. IN view
OF the fact that no great questions are at issue
to create discussion or arouse interest IN tne
can,paign the result is especially gratifying,
showing as it does, that the voters are alive to
the Importance of the issues involved In the
national campaign. Vermont has again pointed
the way to a great Republican victory III No
xyember
New-York tribune., 1908-09-02
Try TELEGRAPH to The Tribune. ]

Baltimore, Sept 1.-The Misses Lutte ana
Evelyn Kellogg were daughters of Henry kei-
logg. Of Lrtherville. Baltimore County They
were well known in society and Protestant Epls-
copal Church circles. They were highly edu-
Gated, and took deep interest in religious ana
charitable work They made their nome WIN
their father, retired business man. on MS
country estate and generally spent their sum-
.ners in New England Mr.. Kellogg was ter
rii,ly shocked tonight when he received the
first information OF their death through news
paper reporter lie received q letter from ms
daughters this morning, telling him OF tileir
pleasant vacation and informing him that theS
were going to New York and would be home
the last of this week.