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Get thee behind me, SATIN" said
Jessie, as she kicked the train dk(hef
dress out Of the way.--Cornell Widow
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
WILD VEST IS HERE.
Colonel Cody and His Buckskin
Heroes at Madison Square Garden.

Barnum & Bailey have gone. and there are new
faces now in the management OF what is still the
greatest show earth; one by one the plucky
leaders OF the varied tented arnusements being
retired by nature (Ur by circUmstancesl and their
places filed by with ideas and in
satiable thirst foE-the sensational" novelty. The
few remaining pioneers in that enterprise dear
10 the American can be counted the fingers of
one hand The really great showmen have all de-
perted-al save one-the chivalrous Buffalo Bill
Colonel W F. COdy) celebrated in American his
tory and famous the world over for his wild West
and Congress OF Rough Riders OF the World"
Buffalo Bill" is not a young man In some
countries he would be adjudged old man-in
years But the chivalry the colonel and the
unyielcing nature OF the buffalo predominant
in him He is yet TO all outward appearances. Z
man In splendid health and OF commanding
physique and 1t was such that appeared
last night at Madison Square Garden at the head
Of his band OF buckskin heroes. He was greeted
with applause by audience that filled every
seat in that spacious place OF amusement, and for
two hours and half he and his Indians, rough
riders, cowboys, Mexicaus and artillery cornuaues
gave splendid exhibition Of the manly sports of
the great Western land
Nearly everybody has seen Buffalo Bill's' show
at time another. and everybody wishes to
see It again and again. It is instructive and
amusing to-day IS II was years ago and the per
foTTnance last night lost nothing by comparison
with former exhibitions There is still the grand
review introducing courageous rough riders,
Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, cowboys, Cossacks
and group Of Western girls-all headed by the
dominant figure, Buffalo Bill" The battle of
Summit Springs is reproduced with effective real
ism, the American women are rescued. and the
scout shoots and kills the Indian chief, Tall Bull
There are two distinct novelties this season, a
clever Illusion illustrating the perils prairie
fire and the mighty avalanche revealing the hor
OF q blizzard in mountainous countries.
Abdul Harmad's troupe of Arabs. Orapesso and
his lariat throwers Ray Thompsons performing
horses, Joe Bailey and IrTna G., and the bucking
broncos among the special features
Johnny Baker, the marksman; DevIin's Zouaves.
the old Deadwood stagecoach and the cavalry
troop. that gives q splendid exhibition of regular
army evolutions. in the programme, and still
frnpart instruction and give genuine amusement
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22

Frlncess of Saxony. from the reigning family and
from any benefits under the terms of his fathers
Will IT is now realized that If the archduke had
acted loyalty toward his elder brother and his sis
Ter both prior immediately subsequent to their
respective elopements, the with Professor
"lFoh and the other with Mile. Adamovitch he
might have averted much. If most of the scan
oai ana distressing troubles that have overtakeu
The ilustrious House of Hapsburg in connection
herewith Instead of endeavoring to reason with
sio 10 persuade his elder brother and his sister
10 reconsider the course upon which they were en-
carking. he seems TO have by every means in his
power sought to envenom the situation. with the
ooJect OF usurping Leopolds brthricht the stake
" we" oelnS not only the succession the very
considerable estates OF his father the late Grand
Duke or Tuscany. but likewise the prospects of
the succession TO the thrones of Austria and Hun
gary Moreover, it is known that he placed
every obstacle in the way of any reconciliation of
tLe eA-Archduke Leopold and of the ex-Crown
trlhcess OF Saxony with their parents and with
the emperor. Both the Emperor and their heir
pTeSunlpt1Ve, Archduke Francis Ferdinand are ex-
7e7oihsly upright men, with a lofty sense of
~ anu oI chiFaIry- There is trace Of mean
ness IN their composition and conduct such as that
OF which Archduke Joseph Ferdinand has rendered
hlihsei guilty is calculated Ia excite their anger
= even 3 sun greater degree than the shortconl-
inss OF ex-Archduke Leopold
Inc tuscan branch of the House of HapsbJrg
seehs 70 be singulary unfortunate in its relations
with the remainder of the reigninr family of Ans
ma or Archduke Joseph Ferdinand is now the
'iiiiu OF tne children of the grand duke to incur
the olspieasure OF the Emperor while still another
"io'heI, Archduke Henry. is anxious to abandon
iIo' Only the army but also his rank, in order to
oeNote himself wholly to art and TO the career of
painter and etcher Munich. or the brothers
Oh The late Grand Duke of Tuscany one Archduke
Iohn' disappeared during voyage on board
saIiihg snip around Cape Horn, after having been
deprived OF his rank as a Prince of the Blood md
OF MS Austrian citizenship and banshed from Aus
lrlan territory; lille another. Archduke Louis
lives to all intents and purposes in exile with his
rloe OF fliegitfnate children, on the island Of
Malorca' devot1ng himself science and literature
and holding kind OF intercourse with the I'M
perial court
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
RE4DY FOR N.1VY Y. M. c. Il
Builders to Begin Shortly on Addi-
ton Gi1'en by Mrs. Sage.

Ground will be broken in a few days for the
foundation of the s350000 addition to the Brook
lyn Branch of the Naval Young Mems Christian
Association. at Sands street Mrs. Russell Sage
made the amount named available last year. The
architects. Messrs. Parish and Schroeder. who de-
signed the present structure were Instructed to
furnish the plans for the addition. and the build
ers. Edward Corning & Co, who have just fin
ished the International Young Mems Christian
Association Building in East 2Sth street. Man
haitian. ready to proceed with the work
The building will have six stories and a
basement. This will nearly double the capacity
of the present structure. There will then be four
hundred rooms, and in an emergency, by the use
of cots put up in various parts of the building.
close to one thousand men can be taken care Of
The furnishing Of the rooms viii be done as be
fore by private gifts. persons fitting room up
in memory of having the privilege Of
putting a brass plate on the door Many have
already contributed toward furnishing the new
The building will have a frontage on
Sands street and Prospect street of 10 feet
it will run through the block, its side eleva-
uon showing 200 feet on Charles street There
will be inside court 20 by &c feet. The locker
capacity will be increased to between 1000 and
1900.
The restaurant. now at the Sands street front
is to be enlarged to 45 by so feet with a seating
capacity of about two hundred, and will be at
the The kitchen will be larger, and the
swimming tank VIII be increased in size to 20 by
"A feet The social or assembly hall is to be on
the first floor, where the present restaurant is.
Extra elevators also to be installed
Marble stairways will lead to a gymnasium, As
by 75 feet. the second floor. The running
track Will be the floor above. There will be
offices for the physical directors, also wrestling
and boxing rooms
From the third floor up will be the bedrooms in
the building, $50 small ones, for which 35
cents a night will be charged. and 80 larger ones.
costing 65 cents. There will be three additional
bowling alleys. making six in all, and several
more billiard tables
John D. Rockefeller has founded a similar build
ing at Norfolk, Va for the men-of-waRmen who
are up, and when completed il will accommodate
four hundred men. One in Philadelphia at No.
2OO9 South Broad street. takes care of from -
TO 100 men. and another in Vallejo, Cal, near
the Mare Island Navy Yard, houses about one
hundred and fifty men
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
OBITUARY..
EVE7ITTE ST. JOHN.

Wellesley. Mass, April 21-Everitte St. John.
for many years one of the most prominent railway
officials Of the country. died to-day at his home in
Wellesley after a comparatively brief Illness. al
though he had been in failing health for several
months.
Mr.. st. John born in Kent, Conn, in 1874
He was first employed with the old Housatonic
Railroad. In 1853 he began his long connection
exceeding thirty-one years, with the Rock Island
system, OF which he eventually became general
manager. He chairman of the General Man
ayers Association of all the railways entering Chi
cago and occupied this responsible office during the
great Pullman strike in 1894 In 1895 he resigned to
become president and general manager OF the
tive business life
Mr st. John married his twenty-ffth birthday
Miss Enmelina Lamson, of Andover. Mass who
survives him. No children born TO them.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
u THE EuPERoR-s BAD GRACEs.

Archduke Joseph Ferdinand Of Austria has IN
Cured the 81 VIII both OF the Emperor and or
Ge heir presumptive piece Of news which
1-g-t be regarded with indifference we're II not
-o- toe fact that he stands al the present mo-
Ae1t fourth IA the line Of succession to the
Ofone TIE dlsfavor Of the sovereign has taken
ne torn q refusing 10 accord 10 him the Gus
NY--sry promotion from the rank Of colonel q
t-st q major general So signal has been this
Nhea n dlsrleaSure on the par Of the sovereign
I-sf the arcEd-ke. who like every one else re-
t@fos II Indication that he is not wanted
~ lie army, las announced his intention Of sew
sFllg his connection Herewith. and has COM
---Acec by asking six months leave Of absence.
"A-cn was promptly accorded him. with the
ega-hcsnt announcement that Il was granted
without pay
Emperor Francis Joseph and his next heir, a.
e- as Tie remaining members OF the imperial
fanny of Hapsburg. seem gradually TO have pc
'--e alive 20 the fact that the role played by
: 0i.alke joseph Ferdinand la connection with
= 1islnneritance u MS elder brother now Leo
- " o4niEg, was not altogether savory, that he
=. eeIlehled undUly by the exclusion Of his
mt and sIso CT his sister, the ex-CroWn
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
MCRACKEN TO STUDENTS
Speaks Highly of Undergraduates
an Scandinavia.

Chancellor MacC,racken OF New York University
addressed the students in chapel yesterday morn
ing for the first since his return from Europe.
He told about the students in foreign universities,
say aying-
4 month ago 7 received a letter from the student
BODY of the University Of Copenhagen, inviting me
to spend evening with them 10 speak for an hour
through an interpreter and to enjoy late supper
/ brought away special message, sent by the stu
dent body. This message Is to assure university
students in America Of their fraternal regard and
cordial desire that American and ScandlnaFl wan stu
dents may become better acquainted the one with
the other, and be mutually helpful.
The shortness Of my stay in the other universities
which I visited in Sweden and one IN Norway.
prevented my seeing much Of the students a.
saw in Denmark University students IN Scand-
naya are not in bondage, Ike students in Germany,
10 the code Of dUen~ the code OF the beer stein
Thev are not in bondage, like students III English
oxford and Cambridge. TO caste or the eXtraFa-
reuce which encourages They are not IN
danger. like American students Of undue devotion
IN sfhetics Not that they are not vigorous.
HFroh of the tai OF three weeks ago in Norway
was ? bout the skiing and the champions VINO had
made their marvellous leaps through the air sixty
feet down the mountain side
Tie students OF Denmark who send their mes
sage greatly impressed me a uiugent. vigorous,
,,,auIy practicai. strong young men. Among them
were also a number OF bright young women.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
ECCLESIASTICAL HATS

III view Of the celebration about take
place OF the centenary of the Roman Catholic
Diocese OF New York, which be attended by
preIates not only from all parts of the United
states, but likewise by Cardinal Logue and other
dignltar1es OF the Church from abroad. it may be
timely TO explain that the of what is generally
believed TO be the Cardinals hat for armorial
bearings Is by no means confined members OF
the Sacred College. In fact, the use of what Is
known by the general public as the Cardinals hat
but which is in reality ecclesiastical hat
Is common to all grades of the priesthood of the
Catholic Church, the rank being denoted by the
color OF the hat and by the number of tassels. A
Cardinals hat is red, with fifteen tassels on each
side An Archbishop has a green hat Of the same
shape, with ten tassels on each side A Bishop s
hat Is also green, with only six tassels each
side The monsignore prelates of the Catholic
Church, who are not full fedged bishops or arch
bishops and who tituIar members OF the
PontiTs household have. unless much mis-
taken. four rows Of tassels their green hats.
while the ordinary priests hat is black. with d
single tassel either side. The hat surmounts
the shield escutcheon. and it may be added that
the mitTe is never used for the purpose.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
MRS. cARTER-PAYNE AUCTION SALE

The sale OF the personal effects of Mrs. Leslie
Carter-Payne filed the Fifth Avenue Auction
Rooms at 40 34l Fourth avenue. yesterday after
noon with bidders and buyers Although the prices
obtained were regarded low, 1875 realized
from the first session. Henry a Hartmann
the auctoneer An old English oak sideboard
brought the top price, sl30- gold reception suite
went Tor $50 4 Charles II armchair sold for $50
and a mahogany cellaTet brought SIS. The sale
vii continue afternoons at 2 O'Clock. and the
,rnnortant articles Will be offered on Saturday,
GLIDING furniture of the Renaissance period. six
teenth century doorways. Adams bedroom suite
a baby grand piano. tapestries. a sterling silver
travelling set and gowns and furs.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
GERMAN EDITOR FINED FOR LIBEL

Munich April "A libel suit, which
quel to the notorious Harden-Von Eulenburg-Von
Moltke case. resulted to-day in the conviction OF
Herr StadeIe, editor OF the ''Neue Freie Volks-
zeitung" A hne Of IS and costs was imposed
upon him for saying that Maximilien Harden. edi
tor of Die Zukunft,' OF Berlin, had received
$250O00 from Count Eulenburg 10 suppress evil
dance. Owing the nature OF the testimony in
this trial in previous trials. the court ordered
the public to be excluded from the courtroom until
the delivery Of the verdict In passing Judgment.
the said that the insinuation that Herr Har-
den had accented bribe unfounded.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
MAJOR DAVID KENDALL CASE.

Major David Kendall Case, formerly of the 23d
Regiment, died Tuesday night from cerebral hem
or7hage at his home No All East 18th street, Flat
bush He was born in New York City on October
g. 1858. Since 1875 he had made his home in Brook
lyu. He enlisted in the regiment in 1881 He be-
came a member of Brgadier General McLeer's
staff inspector in 1902, and resigned four years
later because of il-health.
Major Case was in command Of The 23d Regiment
in the time that elapsed between the resignation
of Colonel Smith and the election Of Colonel
Barnes. BY profession he lawyer. with Of
fees in Manhattan. He was a member of the
Crescent Athletic Club and of the Acanthus Lodge.
F and A NJ He leaves a mother, wife, former
~ Miss Ella Nexsen; two daughters and a son.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
OBITUARY NOTES.

IRWIN J. PINE. for htirty-two years builder
of Mardi CIras pageants in New Orleans and other
cities and a scenic artist of note, died in New Or
leans yesterday. He was seyenty-one years old and
a native Of MiddIebury VT.
JACOB SCHRATWIESER, forty-seven years
old manufacturer of concrete freproofng at
Third avenue and 18th street. Brooklyn. died sud
denly early yesterday IL the office Of DR.. L c.
Dildine in Port Jefferson Long Island. He was
taken i'll a dance
JAMES DUNLAP. SR., a wealthy retired carpet
dealer and importer of New York. died Oswego,
N y. yesterday at the age of seventy-eight years.
He had been a resident of Oswego fourteen years.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
WALTER r. BAKERS WILL ALLOWED.

Boston April 1.-THE Will Of Walter Farms
worth Baker who died suddenly at Bogota. N J.
last fall was allowed by Judge Flint the Suf-
folk County Probate Court to-day The action
taken under rules Of procedure petition OF
Edward Baker a brother OF the testator, that GER
tain rcints of law be decided The testament hav-
ing heen allowed, all law questions viii be
ferred TO the Supreme Court. The will bequeathed
large sum 10 Harvard College and 100000 70
Nathalie the small daughter OF Frank H. Hurd.
Of Bogota, N J.. at whose home Walter F Baker
l4-l
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22


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AToKEx-a. Maret France on AgE :.- Is r iss .Ss
EsEATHon sunas Aprn e sos Herr ss.' 5v. IA
his s4th year Flnsral services az the ssHtn
nue. Presbyterian tgrch Lafayette ave - IN
oxford 81. Brooklyn. on wednesday April - al +''
ave- f:s5Se- Juz5n vi5oS af Oliver JeanEs n ~
ss near & q h aS @ 51Pe[a % a. 10 ' 1n,.rens At
Fairfield convenience Of family Kindly omit ao"ers-
APRIL IS al her resdsnes Nc 4 East ssts & ST s1T
ices Vii be he'd At SIS TI;fh ave wstas.tsy
no flowers
PAYNEo9 ssnda Agc e cha.,s re- !e'.si- - .Iss p,yq. T.
ard tEe grs Wfiitsr1 n pane os Sev YORK City IA
fse ssth yea or n, zs@ 1n-7ai oB w.sa.saay
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PEsHLsEon % 1913 as. % E.sta-H:: :: r9,s G,sa
els sraroTd teszis.. in her 6Tsz year Funeral DF-
PRocroR-on April % 1905 Louisa Proctor. wife sr
Thomas Proctor Funeral private
oUAcKNBCsH-Or Morday. April 70 1ss. az sas r-s-
denes ot GaPSa;a ..7erse 80 - ratts oSsass
inbush. Services at the above a41-ess "Wednesday
RADCLIFF-Enter.d into res: Jane Ann Rsde,.T. p.
xido~ q s6e are A3Ea shql;s %ss s.if1 at mos ssr
afternoon. Funeral services At Central Ae11o-
dist Church, Hudson Thursday. $50 ? II
sCHRATVIESER-Pass-d away suddenly April q 1s's.
sinai. Long Island. JACOB scaTat"ieser' OF
Brooklyn.
scorT-on Mon4ay. Ap.H 2 1885 Abeer Scott :. n
his Relatives and friends are r.
suectruIIy invited funeral services az ns
late resiience 80 Macon Brooklyn on Tnurs-
woo4 ssrl cernsS.r9 7'tl al 6oarsnisnes family
SCOTIA Geneva. Switzerland. January :. 1sos
Alfred 3 Funeral service AZ the residences %
Edmund P. Platt. No - Iaraeld Place Poush-
keepsie. y. Y THURSDAY. April q At 3 O'Clock p n
sHEAFER-At PottsvIle Penn. April ~ 1903. Wal
scott Snsafer. aged Il years Funeral services
wednesday. 80 3. N IEtsrment private
SIMPSON-SUidsuly Sunday. april - isOs- James
SchoIes simpson 59th year Funeral se-vices at
his late residence No I'D Jefferson ave. Brookly7.
Wednesday evening o'clock Internert a. con-
verieuce Of family.
sTAGG-On sunday April 1s 1905 Ellen stage. widow
OF Thomas Stagz. residence. No. IT'S Psrnsyf-
vania ave. Brooklyn. Services Wednesday evening
April q. o'clock
THoMPSoN-On April %. 1905 Alice, wife OF W. A.
Thompson Funeral service "Wednesday. april - az
2. n, he- late residence. No 1857 Bedford ave.
Brooklyn Burial Thursday. 3 ?. n
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
WORCESTER ART MUSEUM ENRICHED.

Worcester. Mass. April 2I--The Worcester Art
Museum became one Of the most richly endowed
institutions OF its kind IN this country by the
transfer to that corporation tonight. under the
terms Of the Will OF Stephen Salisbury, OF prop
srrv valued az Sass coo This added the
amount already possessed by The museum brings
It's total up to S33s2Oo0 Mr.. Salisbury died three
wears agC.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
REEFS SHEPARD PARTY AT BlLTmoRE
Ia Telegcaph to - Trioune. ]


Asheviue y c. April 21--A large dinner party
was given at RHtrlorc House to- night BY Mr.. and
Mrs George ". Vanderbilt for the Rees-Shepard
bri Ial party There were forty guests. among
whom we're MI and Mrs. Augustus .. Shepard
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Rees, the Misses Rees Mt
ard Mrs Osborn W. Bright Mayor Alfred R Whit
nev. Mr. an6 Mrs D. II. Morris Colonel John NJ.
c+aarps nd
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
AN EkGAGEM EMIT.
L.. relerrar.n 10 T,he TrIlrna.

Wilmington. Del, April 1.-THE engagement was
a,,ou,ced to-day OF Miss Elizabeth .. du Pont
a,,,,,tar of Mrs Alexis J. du Pont, n member Of
b. family of powder manufacturers, and Thomas
p Bavard son Of the late Ambassador Thomas F
tavard The bridegroom prospective. who is d
wilmington lawyer is the Democratic state chair
- rrba wedding date not announced.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
THE KURDS REPULSED.
Persian Troops DriUen Back by
Russians zcith Heauy Loss.

St Petersburg April 21-News was received here
this afternoon to the effect that the PERSIAN Dig
ands who advanced yesterday TO attack the Rus
sian forces in Persian territory were driven back
with heavy losses and retired TO the mountains
The Russian detachment from BeIesuvar has again
advanced a short distance into Persian territory
where II awaits reinforcements.
There is sign yet of the reported Persian
expedition 10 aid the Russians II seems that the
Persian troops quartered at Tabrz are barely ade-
quae even to preserve order in that city. and they
are said TO be poorly disciplined that the Gov
the mounJaineers.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
MISS pELANo wEppEp TO ENSIGN.

San Francisco. April 21-A dispatch from Los
Angeles says hat Sarah Delano. the Mamaroneck
N " heress, was married there last Saturday
night 10 Ensign Julius II. Collins OF the cruiser
Charleston. The ceremony performed in ST
Thomas's Church by the Rev. Father Clifford Miss
Delauo figured some time ago in a marriage with
CAPTAIN Albert Deane- Reid. an Englishman at one
time an officer in the Guards. who was subsequent
X prosecuted for bigamy.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
@THE NEW PLAY" PRODUCED.

Rochester. April 2--"rhe New Play" comedy
drama tn four acts Of life in New England BY
Hugh Pendexter and Frank e. Patchin. pro-
duced at the Baker Theatre last night by the Bel
lows-Spencer Company The play is the first dra-
matte work OF the authors. The principal parts
were interpreted by George Soule Spencer Arthur
Buchanan and Marian Abbott
New-York tribune., 1908-04-22

Tifis. April 21.-On account Of the threatening
situation on the Persian frontier and the urgent
demand for reinforcements received from the COM
nlanders OF the Russian in that district two
thousand men have been dispatched from here
Several days will elapse before these troops reach
the scene Of hostility. which is sixty miles from
the nearest railroad point. through a difficult
country.
No further news from the commanders Of the
detachnnents at Belesuvar and Shirin. which
-menaced by the Kurdish brigands, has been re-
ceived here. but information has been received
that communication along an important trade route
running south from the Caspian Sea into Persia
has been interrupted by an uprising Of the bandit
population Caravans are afraid venture out
of LenkOran.