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New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
WANDELL WILL FILED.
Wife and Daughter of Brother, Chef
Beneficiary, Entirely Cut off.

~, the will of Townsend WandelI who was
killed In a railway accident at Bologna, Italy, Oh
June q. the greater part of the estate is left 10
Francis L. wanden and Josephine Wandei, brother
and sister of the testator and several beqUests are
made 10 charitable and benevolent associations
and also to organizations with which Mr.. Wanoeh
was connected. The wife and daughter OF FRANCIS
L. Wanden. from whom he had been estranged'
the document states. are TO receive no beqres's
from the estate to obtain benefits indirectly
from the bequest made to Francis l.. Wandell The
petition simply states that the value OF the per
sonal property is upward of 10000 and the same
value is given for the real estate.
All his personal property Mr.. wanden beaueathed
Jointly his brother and sister. Onehalf interest,"
in his country residence at Saddle Rock n j., Is
given to his sister Josephine. and one-fourth each
to his brother and Martha w. Stillwell- anolhel
sister Five thousand dollars each is ssleft TO 81
Christopher's Home. pobbs Ferry, n y the
Methodist Episcopal Church Home. the Five Points
Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church. and
the Methodist Episcopal Church Hospital >z"'"a
each the New York Free Kindergarten society
and the Charity Organization OF New YORK. ana
$1,000 each to the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children and the Home for the ffleh"-
less OF the American Female Society.
The will directs that ali debts be discharged and
makes bequests other organizations of which
Mr. wandeu a member. Ten thousand dollars
is bequeathed to Josephine Wanden and SSo"o 10
Martha Stlllwell. Three-fifths Of all the rest OF
the real estate is left 10 JosephiHe N"iiNe N
the other two-ffths TO be held in trust Tor MS
brother Francis l.. If his present wife shail
survive him until her earlier death Shouiu
Francis L. WandelI die without having become
possessed of the capital of the trust funds. such
share of the estate go to the testators sister,
Josephine.
There is also a prov,so that If Francis l.. Wan
dell gets an absolute divorce from his wife he shall
get possession of the capital OF the trust funds
The wills of Mr. wandelrs father and sister con-
tained the same provisions regarding Francis L.
Wandell and his wife.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
FIRE SCARE IN Il HOTEL.
Guests of the aberdeen Frightened
bu Blaze Nert Door.

Only the desperate efforts Of the hremen idse
night kept the flames from the burning ouiidlhs
at Nos Il and IS West 33d street from spreadihs
10 the crowded Hotel Aberdeen, from which IL was
separated by an airshaft barely a dozen feet Woe
Starting on the fourth and fifth floors OF the Duo-
ing the flames shot up through the ROOF IKE the
sheet of fame that hovers over a gas retorI Inns
great flare was the first warning OF the nre 'lld'
was received by the guests of the Aberdeen
In a moment there great confusion hys'er-
ical women ran shriek:ng down the corridors "hiie
the hallboys rushed upstairs to be ready 10 ge' out
the guests and to spread the fire hose Across the
street at the Waldorf there was mucD excltenleht'
hut nothing approaching that which spread through
Aberdeen.
AS soon as Battalion Chief Ahearn arrived at
the fire he sent In second alarm, and MS men
managed to keep the fire confined to the one oulld
ing The men were hampered in the work py
crowd which collected, and 1t took the reserves
from several precincts TO straghten out the hfe
lines Much trouble caused to the ponce os
the attempts of taxcabs and private automooiie9
to break through the lines but threats OF arrest
made the drivers less insistent
The fourth and fifth floors were entirely cleaned
out On the fifth floor and part of the fourth MOOT
was the establishment of Falk. the photographer
The rest of the fourth floor was occupied by the
Criterion manicure parIors. The building is owned
by the Astor estate
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
KILLED At NEW CHURCH.
T7cO Boys Crushed at Play on I'M
completed Structure.

Perth AmbOy. y. J., Aug. 1.-Two boys wers
killed and third injured when tempo
rary flooring OF the Italian Catholic Church
here gave way this evening The foundation OF
the building had been erected and on Sunday
the cornerstone was laid. To act platform
during the ceremonies q temporary flooring Was
laid at the level OF the permanent one
Since Sunday wOrkmen had piled lumber and
cement blocks on the flooring. This evening
after the wOrkmen quit work a lot OF children
invaded the cellar OF the building and proceeded
10 rig up seesaws They were enjoying them
selves. when one section Of the flooring gave
way and. with the lumber and cement blocks.
tumbled into the cellar
The children who were not caught under tns
debris fled. screaming. and a crowd Of excited
parents quickly gathered. In few minutes
men and women were climbing into the ruins IN
the basement, pulling and hauling IN wild ef-
fort to get out any children who might be below
The first brought out was Walter E. UtowSki.
who was badly injured and was removed 10 the
hospital 1t is believed he Will recover
few minutes later the searchers brought out
the bodies OF Francis Urbanski. seven years old.
and James Fox. eleven. whose lives had been
crushed out when the slide occurred.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
DENIES HER CONFESSION.
Nurse Says Police Forced a False
Statement.

Twenty-four hours work by the police has not
sible for the temporary loss Of engagement ring
belonging Miss Mary kilfoil of No 365 East 16Sd
street somewhere between the time she was hurt
chasing a streetcar Monday night and the time
when her sister visited her at the Lebanon Hospital
Miss Chatta Cameron, nurse, only nineteen years
old has been arrested. charged with the theft of
the ring which found on top Of the medicine
chest in the emergency ward and has been held for
examination tomorrow. Although she was ar
rested Monday night, at first merely sus-
picious person, she was ''mugged' at Head
third degree by the detectives. which left her
Dr. Roth. of the hospital.
Before she taken TO the Morrisania court
Miss Cameron said TO the detectives: You don't
know what trouble the nurses have. You have 20
do just what the doctors say. for if you don't you
will get into trouble
After Miss Cameron had become sufficiently calm
to talk yesterday she said that the police had
forced her TO make confession that she had taken
the ring. although she really had not done So If
she would only say she had taken the ring she
says, the police told her that she could CO. and
after three hours of the third degree she was
willing to say anything get away from her in
quisitors
According 10 the police the nurses confession"
implicated an ambulance surgeon. who told her to
hide the ring. which IS valued 800 After their
talk with the nurse the police went to the hospital
and recovered the ring.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
MYRIAD PARADE IN HUB.
Uniform Rank, knights of Pythias,
attracts attention.

Boston. Aug. 4-Ten thousand members Of tho
Uniform Rank, knights of Pythias resplendent
in their uniforms of varied hues and led BY bands
playing martial airs. marched this afternoon
through the streets OF Boston Banners were fy-
ing from almost every Office building. while many
of the larger places decked in Pythan colors.
All along the line Of march the knights were
greeted with cheers and handclapping-
Captain George Begole. commander Of Troop IS.
of the Hussars OF St Joseph. Mo. did not take
part IN the parade this afternoon II became known
that he fell from his horse at Camp Lyon before
the brigades started for the parade and was
severely injured.
Before the parade the knights were formally
welcomed TO the city by Governor Guild. Mayor
Hibbard and Grand Chancellor George " Penni-
man, of Massachusetts. Supreme Chancellor
Charles A Barnes, of Jacksonville III. replied in
behalf of the Supreme Lodge Later the Supreme
Temple Pythian Sisters opened their tenth
biennial session the Hotel Brunswick, Governor
Guild being among the speakers At noon the Su<
preme Lodge opened its convention, with an adj
dress by Supreme Chancellor Barnes. The reports
OF the Supreme Chancellor. ThOmes D. Msares.
Supreme Exchequer; r. L. c. White. Suprems
Keeper OF Records, and the finance COMMITTEES we-s
presented
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
DRYDoCK NO. 2 NOT SAFE.

Officers of the Brooklyn navy yard who have
been on duty there for many years upheld the ac-
ton of Naval Constructor Baxter yesterday in re-
fusing 10 place the cruiser Baltimore IN Drydock
No 2 The safety of the vessel and the men on
board of her. they declared was at stake, as it
has been long known that the floor timbers have
been sagging and there is a bed Of qucksand
under the drydock upon which II has been
possible to build solid foundation.
Civil engineers assert that the government made
blunder when it let the contract to build wooden
drvdock where it known qucksand ex-
listed They say that stone drydock is the only
proper one to construct where vessels as yalua BILE
as warships are to be hauled out
This particular dock was constructed just before
the Spanish American War, and it has never been
regarded as safe since 1t built 1t will cost
s. 10000 it is said. TO build a substantial dock of
stone.
A report the condition OF Dock No. is being
prepared 1t is understood, TO be forwarded Rear
Admiral Holiday, in charge Of the yards and docks
bureau at Washington.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
4 GIFT FROM PE4RY.
WhaIeboat of HaI-Polaris Erpedi-
tiOn Noe in Museum.

Dr. Herman c. Bumpus. director of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History. announced
Yesterday that the museum had received high
ly priced gift from Commander Robert E
Peary through the Peary Arctic Club. 1t is
the whaleboat and fittings Of the Inflated Hall
Polaris expedition, which Commander Peary
brought home in the fall OF 1906 after the
boat had been in the Arctic regions for about
thirty-fve years. 1t has since been kept at
Shooters Island and yesterday taken to the
top floor of the museum.
The boat is fashioned OF cedar with an oak
frame and is about 2S feet long and feet
wide It Is a rowboat with mast
DIR. Bumpus said IL was purposed to mount
the old boat with plaster figures OF men in
whaling costume and with whaling implements
and hang it on the third floor OF the east wing
back of the fuIl-siZed model of the sulphur
bottom whale" In this and adjacent halls of
the museum are skeletons of various whales
lecturer in whaling costume will describe
TO visitors the last expedition. in 1871 of
Charles f. Hall, the American Arctic explorer
sentSout at the expense of the United States
government in the small naval vessel. the Po-
laris. which proved to be unified for Arctic
work.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
WALLACK'S THEATRE.
"The Girl Question"

There are a number of clever performers IN Ihe
Girl Question" which was presented for the nrst
time on Monday night at Wallacks Theatre out
unfortunately the authors of the musical mixture
have given them no opportunity. or course. there
are instances In the progress of the question
when laughter is caused. and there are several
good songs. but they only serve to accentuate the
gloominess of the entire performance. After all, a
reDorter q waiter and a cashier poor material
upon which to build any question, and espe-
cialy one of such monentous import as girls y
What wonder that Junie McCree appears to be an
rndeveoped likeness of the star of The Talk
nj the Town Mr. McCree made the best of a
moor mart that of a waiter. Isabel D DArmOnd was
the cashier Dan Bruce the reporter. There are
a number of "broilers. a few sherins, col
legiates' and 'stenographers' intermission
of ten minutes between each act One of the
striking novelties is ''two-faced" chorus. and of
the songs these appeared to please the audience:
..Td Like to Have You Call Me, Honey and
..Vhen Eyes Like Yours Look Into Eyes Like
Mime
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
CASHIER SANDBAGGED
KNOCKED DOWN IN OFFICE
Catches Tzoo Burglars after Beng
FeIed by Them.

r,-sssrset 8 Hanna cashier of the German
American Coffee Company of No 4oe Greenwich
street at Hubert street. was sandbagged in his
Office about O'Clock night by an euploye ana
q former ernploye OF the concern. He retained con-
rciousness however. and his quick wit and pluck
brought about tire capture OF the two men
Mr. Hanna was alone in the building at the time.
working over the accounts near open safe The
room used for his Office has two doors one opening
info the hallway on the second floor and che other
into factory. The two men entered by the door
leading from the factory and came up behind
Hanna. He was hit the head with q sanobag
before he knew they were in the office The blow
sent Hanna TIE floor. but he jumped TO his feet
again.
This so frightened the n1en that they dropped the
sandbag and rushed into the factory Hanna was
about 10 follow them when he one Of the men
stop 10 pick up iron bar from the floor Fearing
another attack. he slammed the door of the office
shut the spring lock the door making IL tight
and virtually making the two men prisoners In the
factory
Then Hanna ran TO the street. where he met Pa
trolTnan Schneider, of the Leonard street station
telling him that he had caught couple Of burglars
Patronan Schreiber sent 10 the Leonard street sta
ton for tie reserves and then went to the building
with Hanna In the mean time Detectives Hogan
and Sullivan and Patrolman Msrthan arrived and
entered the building With the aid Of lantern they
began search for the men. and after looking
around the factory floor and IN the office they
started down into the cellar. AS they reached the
top of the cellar stairs Detective Hogan said:
IF you hear any sounds. boys, shoot in the
direction from which they come
No were the words OF his mouth than
Of the men called: Don't shoot: give up!''
The detectives then arrested the two who
identified by Hanna she two who
had struck him down The men said they
Wi1ett Marquette nlachiuist. OF No 252S Seventh
avenue. and Clinton Buschong, of No. 2l4 West
1zsth street They were charged with burglary
and felonious assault.
Buschong has been employed by the German
American Coffee Company fon-the last five years.
and was recently made foreman OF one Of the
departments, SIS a week Marquette. who IS
his brother-in-Iaw. formerly worked for the com
pany, but he has been without any kind OF work
for q year Buschong has wife and two chill
dren. According Captain Cottren OF the Leon
ard street station the men admitted their assault
upon Mr.. Hanna. saying they needed money ana
thought they could get 4 good sum II they could
overpower Hanna, the safe being open at the time
The sandbag found the floor of Hanna s
office IL was made Of a sack tightly filled with
sand
Hanna lives at No. $40 West 18th street He
has a large bump his head from the sandoag'
but he did not need medical attention
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
KILLS WIFE And GIRL.
Farmer Then attacks Son 1Clth Ars
and Sledge Hammer.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribure- ]


Hartford, Conn. Aug 4-Because. he says. hls
family and relatives wanted to give his valuaol4
farm to his sons, expecting him TO obtain a job ID
the Rockville mills. John Zett. prosperous Bo-
hemidn farmer, living in lonely spot on the BOZ
ton highway in the town Of Vernon, knocked OUT
his wife's brains with heavy sledge hammer and
hacked with long rough edged knife the throat
of his four-year-old granddaughter Viola klotzers
who visiting him. they lay side BY side Id
bed this forenoon
His younger son. Andrew. twenty years old. who
says his fathers statement is false and that ne
had become an irritable nuisance because he could
not go back TO Pennsylvania, where he formerly
lived was attacked when he returned from Work
this afternoon After a long struggle for life and
the possession OF and the sledge hammer.
the father, with two ribs broken. was fOOred with
a blow of the hammer the head, AMI arrested
When her had gone 10 work this morning
Mrs. Zett went back bed with Viola Some tins
after this Zett entered the room and killed them.
When the Andrew. after returning from work.
was changing his clothes his father whom he had
calmly smoking and saving wood in the yard
crept stealthily up and dealt him a glancing blow
on the head. The old says he intended 20
wipe out his entire family
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
AUTO KILLS I, HURTS
accident Near Pythian Camp an
Boston,

Boston Aug 4-Mss May Kort Of Dorchester
was instantly killed and three other persons
were seriously injured in an unusual automoohe
accident in Blue Hill avenue, near the encamp-
ment of the knights Of Pythias, tonight.
An automobile owned and driven by w. T.
seavsv. ir.. of Dorchester, was in collision with
an electric car and bounding back struck sew
eral people In the crowded street. A young
woman was killed, and her body was taken to
the emergency hospital department of the Pyth-
ian camp where 1t awaits Identification Mrs
Alice Kort and Miss Wnnifred Waters received
internal INJURIES and r. Montgomery was seri-
ously hurt about the body. All the injured are
residents Of Dorchester.
The police placed Seavey under arrest pend
ing an investigation.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
FOUR DIE FROM HEAT
Maximum Tenn perature, 81 degrees
scith Humidity at 92.

After nearly a week of fairly endurabe weather
the temperature and humidity few sky~aro yes
terday causing four deaths and thirteen Prosua
tions. The intense heat was responsible Tor aeci-
dents TO three persons. of whom may Ole.
There have been higher temperatures and greater
percentages of humidity In August but the s"ooeh
change from normal weather te maximum tenn
perature of 81 degrees and a 90 per cent humidity
was responsible for the large numoer Oh prosin-
tions reported yesterday
A rise In temperature Monday night, wnich
was a forerunner of the intense heat OF yesterday
drove many persons in the tenement districts TO
the fire escapes. Louis Lazewatski nine years
old OF No 141 ST. AIMS avenue. curled up on a
small mattress on the fire escape of his parents
fiat On the second floor and fell asleep. HIS fatnef
who was asleep heard thud In the areaway ana
the scream of a child. He rushed to the WINDOW
and saw his son writhing in pain on the cement
pavement The child removed TO the Lincoln
Hospital suffering from dislocated thigh The
boy could give no explanation OF how he got over
the railing.
Joseph Prot. forty-three years old. Of No ID
Cleveland Place. while asleep on the fire escape
on the third floor fell TO the pavement. fractur-
ing the base Of his skull He was removed In
serious condition to st. Vincents Hospital
George Martin thirty-nve years old. OF No.
Prince street, Brooklyn. while at Work paving
the street at Bay 18th street. Bath Beach, was
O, ercome suddenly by the heat and fell In front
of the ponderous machine. Before the engineer
could stop the roller it crushed Martins right arm
David Coffee, a patrolman, VINO sa" tie aeeioehe
used his belt as a tourniquet and mad MIN re-
moved to the Coney Island Emergency Hospital
Martin suffered greatly from shock. ana may not
recover.
While driving bakers wagon in The Bronx
last evening Antony Kricek was overcome oy inc
heat at Bathgate and fremont avenues An am
bulance was called from Lebanon Hospital Dr
IkeIs of that institution found MIN oead- ne iau
been a telegraph operator until the recent strike
when he went out with the rest He did not get
his old lob back again, and of late ne had peeh
driving a bakers wagon. He lived with his mother
and family at Crescent Place, Sherwood fark'
Yonkers
rba highest temperat,Ire recorded yesterday was
e1 degrees above zero at 3:45 p. M, the lowest "
degrees at 6 a. m. The humidity which was 20
per cent at s a. m, dropped only per cent by 8
p. m.
Showers predicted to relieve the SITUATION To-
night.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
cLyDE FITCH RETURNS FROM EUROPE

Clyde Fitch, the playwright, who had been
abroad in connection with the production of sew
eral of his plays in Europe arrived here yester-
day on the North German Lloyd liner Kronprinz
Wilhelm.
Il had unusually pleasant trip abroad said
Mr.. Fitch. and had the pleasure of seeing my
play. The Truth. produced in the native tongue
in Russia, Italy, France and Germany This is
the first time an American playwright has had a
play translated into Russian and produced I'm
Russia | made arrangements for the transla-
tions. and left three of my successful American
PLAYS to be produced in France Two will be
produced in Italy and four in Germany"
Mr.. Fitch brought over the manuscript OF two
plavs he has just completed One is The Happy
Marriage" and the other is The Social Guide in
which Maxine Elliott will open her theatre
in this city.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
SITUATION TENSE AT RUssELLvILLE.
Negroes Ready to Avenge Qusdruple Lynch
ing-Whites Arm and Await Attempt
IRy Telegraph TO The Tribune

Russelville, KY, Aug 4.-Believing that Rufus
Browder, the negro member of q secret order
known the True Brotherhood, who killed
James Cunningham, white man, TO be
brought from the Louisville jail this city to-day
stand trial. a mob OF two hundred persons was
reported TO be marching Russelville last night.
The sheriff had a force of deputies one hundred
strong with shotguns ready TO receive the mob
II was not known whether the mob consisted of
negroes or whites whether their object was 10
rescue hang Browder. The did come
however, as they were Informed Of the reception
they would receive. All the stores in which guns
sold have been ordered not to sell anv veap-
ons TO negroes The citizens fully armed The
negroes organized and threaten 10 ayenge the
hanging Of four negroes last week
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
LIEgLER G. co.'s NEW PLAYS.

George c. Tyler, executive head of Liebler & Co..
who returned yesterday from trip abroad. an
uounced a list novelties to he presented by that
firm. The first will be The Man fOm Home" at
the Astor Theatre, next Monday night: Arnold
Dalv will appear in a play called The Regenera-
ton" and Viola Allen will be next month in
a drama that has been written for her by Eugene
Walter Eleanor Robson will have a play by
Marion Crawford. called The Nun" and y. c.
Goodwin will be presented in Cameo Kirby
Cleveland 8Ioffatt is among the numerous writer's
engaged in making plays for Liebler & Co.. Mr..
TYLER said
New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
FOWLER OUT OF PARADE
almost Riot Reported among Span
ish Var Veterans at Troy.
[Rv relegraph 70 The Tribune.I

Troy. n Y Aug 4-Colonel Edward s. Fow-
Ier Collector of the Port of New York, was
ordered out of the parade of the State United
Spanish War Veterans here to-day Coionel
Fowler In company with Captain A Ely and
Brigadier General AdoIph Klein. both OF Brook
lvn occupied a carriage near the head OF the
column Immediately after that occupied by
Rear Admiral Joseph COghlan. commander OF
the Department OF New York When this was
seen bv John T Oakes, of New York. an ardent
supporter of Captain Henry Young who is also
candidate for department commander, he yelled
to the police Put Fowler out! He doesn't be-
long there"
The police were slow to take action. and the
Young supporters Immediately left the parade
even disobeying an order from Admiral Cogh-
lam Confusion reigned for over ten minutes
and the delegates almost came TO blows Only
the Intervention of the police prevented an
open fight Colonel Fowler refused to leave
his place until ordered to do so by Marshall
Reardon. after that official had appealed to
Admiral CoghIan to settle the matter. The
admiral refused to discuss the matter, and the
only way open for the marshall to avoid rlot
was to get Colonel Fowler out Of the way
The coIoners carriage, after Withdrawing
from the column proceeded TO the picnic
grounds. After the withdrawal Of Colonel Fow-
Ier's carriage the supporters of the other can
didates resumed their places in the line and the
parade was again started.
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