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New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
4 MC1RREN Lid LOW.
assault on Long Pats Cousin
Sends Him to Hospital.

James McCarren. a cousin of Senator NCCa--e7,
lying in St. Johns Hospital. Long Island CITY,
as the result of assault which ne SAID special
policeman and three men made on him early yes
terdav morning at Steinway and Jamaica avenues.
McCarren said he waiting for A car Uhsn re
officer asked him what he doing there Ic-
Carren replied that il was none OF his business.
whereupon the officer blew whistle and t1-e9
men suddenly appeared He asserts that they in
n1ediateIy pounced on him and beat him. also rob
bing him OF &. all the money he had with 11n7-
His for help brought some OF the residents in
the neighborhoOd 70 the scene
Mr.. McCarren is thirty years cd He = r-s11-
Der of Senator McCarren's household, a. No 81
Berry street, Brooklyn
The police credit the assault 20 discharged EN-
ployes Of the New York & Queens County Railway
Company McCarren. they say. IS employed n ore
Of the departments in the executive Offices q t-s
company and IS a frequent passenger or The cars
Recently there have been wholesale discharges Ct
conductors for knocking down" fares
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
W. E. COREY GOING TO EUROPE
Head of Steel Trust and Wife Will Sail To-
day-Judge Gary to Remain Here.

William Ellis Corey. who reelected president
OF the United States Steel Corporation on Tuesday
VIII sail for Europe to-day the Hamburg
American steamer DeutsC hland. Mr.. Corey said
that the length of his STAY abroad undecided
He will be accompanied hy Mrs. Corey. who was
MtDele Gilman. the actress.
EN-Judge r. II Gary. chairman of the corpora
tion. said that there vas truth in q published
report that lie would sail next week for
months stay abroad ana added that he had no
intention OF going away in the future. Judge
Gary generally goes 10 Europe in the summer.
Persons closely in touch with the United States
Steel Corporation said yesterday that the earnings
for the current month would be much better than
expected. The daily average Of new business for
April is reported to be 5000 tons against 49,
March. estimated ea rnings for
the month viii close to 31Hno,"I. Last month
they s., 1854 The corporation is operating
nop about 45 per cent Of its capacity. compared
with ~ per cent in March The untitled tonnage
for the quarter ~ill. stated, be much
larger than IN the March aUaxtsT.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
TO ISSUE MILLION MORE STOCK.
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Will Use Proceeds fer Betterments.

The directors OF the Cincinnati, New Orleans &
Texas Pacific Railway Company have sent a cir
cular to the preferred and common stockholders
offering them the opportunity to subscribe at par
for all such part of ten thousand shares OF ad-
ditional per cent cumulative preferred stock as
the board shall determine issue at a meeting 10
be held June J
The additional 100000 of stock will make the
total outstanding 100000 the entire amount orig
inalIy authorized. The funds obtained by the ad-
iitional stock to used for certain i'm
provernents and betterments upon the property.
w ". Finley. president of the Southern Railway
Company. is also president of the Cincinnati, New
Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway. The road is
affiliated with the Southern Railway, but is op-
Grated separately It operates the Cincinnati South
ern Railway which is owned by the city of Gin
cinnau and runs from Cincinnati to Chattanooga,
Tenn 236 mil
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
TRAINS TO ATLANTIC AYE.
Nee Sub7cay Schedule for Extension
IInnOunced.

Although the so-caIIed official train" to mark
the beginning of operation of the Brooklyn extern
sion Of the subway. will not leave the City Hall
until $50 tomorrow afternoon, the first train for
regular passengers will leave Bowling Green for
the Atlantic avenue station 1o2 o'clock to-mor-
row morning The first train to leave the Atlantic
avenue station for Manhattan scheduled
LA a.
Frank Hedley. general manager OF the INTERIOR
Ough announced yesterday the schedule under
which trains will be operated the station of the
Long Island Railroad Atlantic and FIatbush
avenues Between midnight and 110 and be
tween 6.35 a m. midnight ali LenoX avenue
express trains will through the tunnel, making
stops at Borough Hall, Hoyt street, Neyins street
and Atlantic avenue. Likewise, between 1:58 a m
and 9:14 a all Dyckman street express trains
And between $50 p m. and 6:37 D trains Will
Between 1:l0 a. m and $50 a m all LenoX avenue
locals Will run through Atlantic avenue Dur
ing the same interval ali Broadway local trains
viii be around the South Ferry loop
During the rush hours week days a two-Inin-
ute schedule Will be maintained from Atlantic
westward. The longest wait between trains
from this station will be of fifteen minues. be
tween "a and 5:04 a.
The Public Service Commission for the
triCt and other invited guests will board the official
train at City Hall station tomorrow afternoon
Chairman Wilcox VIII preside at the exercises 10
be held at the Baptist Temple. which Mayor
Mcclellan, Borough President Coer. St. Clair Nc
KelWay and David a. Body, eX-Mayor of Brook
lyn, are also expected to speak
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
MORE NEW YORK TO BOSTON BOATS.
New England Navigation Co. to Compete
with Metropolitan Line, Report Says.

The New England Navigation Company has
planned 10 enter into competition with the Metro
potan Line to Boston when the latter resumes its
New York and Boston service May II. according
report Yesterday
II said that the New England company had
made arrangements to convert its fast freight
steamers Old Colony and Massachusetts into semi
passenger boats to compete with the turbine
steamboats, Yale and Harvard. of the MetropoIitan n
Line. Rumor also had il that the Yale and Har-
ward. which undergoing repairs at Boston
were be sold. but this was denied Yesterday at
the Office Of the Metropolitan
According to the plans of the Metropolitan the
Harvard Will leave New York and the Yale will
leave Boston on MAY H.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
MAYOR Low SCENTED FIRE GRAFT. TOO.

Ex-Mayor Low testified yesterday before the
Commissioners Of Accounts In the investigation Of
the Fire Department that he had sustained the
contention Of Thomas Sturgs, Fire Commissioner
under him. that if the relations between the city
and the Manhattan Fire Alarm Company did not
lead directly to corruption they did lead TO a sus-
picious condition Of affairs. The Mayor had a
hearing on the subject which lasted two days he
said and then let the case stand pending legisla-
ton. The old connections between the boxes Of the
company and those OF the city were allowed to re-
main but no new connections We're made Com
missioner Mitchell said that he could not find any
record Of the hearing mentioned by Mr.. Low, but
MI Low said he thought il might be found among
some OF his old papers. The hearing VIII be con-
tinued this morning.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
M. S. R. SUIT NEAR END

Eugene Kremer counsel for Well and Weller in
their suit against the directors of METROPOLITAN
Street Railway Company, finished his direct ex-
animation OF witnesses yesterday, and both sioes
agreed TO have their cases in by Saturday.
IL H. Vreeland testified that his salary probably
aggregated from $4,000 10000 Il year, and that
when he came New York in 1893 he had been
employed by a syndicate composed of Messrs
RYAN Ekns, Dolan, Widener and Whitney. He
said that no member of this syndicate had ever
censured hiur for his expenditures to labor dele
gates. to political campaign funds or for any OF
his actions which alleged to have been against
the interests Of stockholders OF the company
John h. Stanchfied said when Mr Nreeland was
turned over . him for cross-eXAminaton. ihat he
was not prepared go with the ease. and
asked Tor an Indefinite Adjournment The case was
then adjourned until to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
WESTINGHOUSE PLEA
President ErhOrts Stockholders to
Subscribe to Nczc Stock.

George Westinghouse. president of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Company, mas
issued a circular the stockholders urging them
to subscribe for their pro rata amount of the new
asserting stock under the terms of the plan OF
the merchandise creditors committee recently an
nounced, and pointing out that if they fail TO do
so they in effect vote for a sale of the property
by the creditors and the consequent elimination
Of all stock interest. The circular is supplemented
with statement by the stockholders commlttee'
which ioins Mr. westinghouse in urging the stock
holders subscribe to the new stock lhe CIT
cular, after praisng the administration of the re-
ceivers who it says have reduced the direct and
contingent liabilities of the company 10 its can
adian and European interests by s,75oo0. and nave
also converted into cash large amount OF surplus
nlateria' continues:
Your .lerest in the company as 2 stockh2La'T % RS IS
nevertheless in serious Jeopardy owing TO the un-
fortunate financial events OF last october. Wnlcn
neceSSltdteu the appointment OF IfteiN' N'li
creditors. through committee appointed to repre-
sent them have been very indulgen and Will not
each e+uckhoder assist the efforts being made by
the .iustment committee, the merchandise cred
itors committee, numerous stockholders and any
OF hers interested n situation. peTpetuate
business Of such great Importance the industrial
world and thereby protect his own interests?
Concerning the future management of the com
pany. / may add that ! consider essential the elec-
ton Of board of directors, representative of the
several interests. whose character and experience
viii devote enough time your business to be
come acquainted with its requirements that they
can intelligently direct its affairs.
The stockholders committee states that 500
stockholders have already subscribed for the
stock. at average rate of about one share for
every four shares of existing stock held by them,
and adds that these subscriptions exclusive Of
ment in the interest of the Security Investment
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
CASHIER HELD KISSELBURGH CHECKS

The hearing Of the case of the Hotel Marie An
trirs-te against William kisselbUrgh jr-, Deputy
k--o-nev General. charged with having given
worthless checks amounting 10 N.25, was con-
tinuel in the West Side Court yesterday Alfred
n Hoolsy. manager II the hotel, admitted that
Kisselburgh had claim against the hotel for ser
vices rendered
Il Is charged that in September, 1855 KisseIburgh
gave check drawn the First National Bank
Of Bsllston Spa X. Y. for S15, in payment Of his
bill The check not presented for payment
until April :. 1905. when il VAS learned, it is al
legged that KisseIhUrSh had uo funds Nj Wooley
said this check and another one. drawn by the de-
fendant the Carnegie Trust Company. had been
placed in g drawer which was opened after the
disappearance . ne cashier. Captain Walter @.
Smith, from e city Smiths body found in
the SusCuehauna River a month ago
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
MOTHER Walls FOR MURDERED CHILD
Bachman Insists 1t Is His Mission to Atone
for Offence of Adam and Eve.

Easton. Penn April 29-Coroner FetheroIE began Al
inquest at Nazareth to-day into the death o. Irene
May Smith. the fvc-yesr-oId daughter Of M and
Mrs. Henry Smith. of Alliance. VINO was offered "a
q sacrifice by her parents and uncle. members oc
the fanatic religious sect whose actions have
startled the community. The Smiths and Bs---lar.
who is an uncle of the child and who killed her
during his frenzy. in the county jail. B4c-1-i1
insists that the child vas possessed OF The devil
and that he killed her by command from heaven
He maintains that he did no wrong and that God
will protect him. he cries oGt from his cell 11a-
he is be crucifed, and pleads with the -ai-er %
hurry the execution that he may appear before tA7
throne Of God. Who sent him To earth 10 perform
a great mission for the salvation Of mankind
Smith s a pitiabIe condition. both mentally
and physically. To-day lie seized Win SeN7--'4
fits and rolled from his cot 10 the Hoor. |1-re n
tossed about. shouting and praying He appears
TO know little or nothing ~ tue killing q Eis
daughter. and when the subject is b-o4tAed u
him he insists that nothing wrong mas h52qe1sL
and that his brother-in-law was d-Fe-'7i -s TIC
Holy Spirit
Mrs smith on the other hand, IS rational S's
is heartbroken and walls over the fate Of her
child She declares the religion she and her nus
hand adouted is myth and that they were Hl-
acting bv direction of God. She never had nl-s'
faith in the teachings of the sect. but joined t-7l
in order To keen peace in the family Her nus
band she saws. good AMI KIND 90 Af-. --'-
when she objected to the new re-iSion -S "l--.'
become furious When she went 10 Nazareth -4s-
Saturday 10 attend the lIVte4''~ '-.-'
murder her daughter. she says Sas N4i no - -
of the teltons Of the party 10 ktI AsF '"-1'
T,1rinr The progress the maniacal sessions SI='
too lost her power Of reasoning, and l'd n'' ,7i-
what was going on when Bachuldn CHoN5H di
heat the life out of the child
In iau to-day BaChmau gave vent 70 anols'I
for1, Of the new belief He declared that ne
committed by Adam and Eve in the H1-'s"
Eden has never been properly atoned ioI' anu A-''
,f his mission is 10 wipe that offence
The Coroners jury late to-day rendered q >7-
charging Robert RaChmau with the mAfo7-- =
s,,rgsons who made the posJ-nortsn sNar9i1a '''''
fo,nd that the child's death was due 70 S-ra'-sU'
ti,n Rachran Will be formally charged WA -
murder in the mornings Mrs smith was Te-e1S'-
bail
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
w. [. ORMSBY. JR.

" l.. Orrlsby. jr., seventy-three years old, died
mis- home, No 246 West 18Th street, yes
,er,yav He vas born in New York City on
December S 1894. and the son of the well
known engraver ". l. Ormsby. For many years
he was a reporter for The New York Sun, the
Herald the Times and The World ana for
fourteen years was employed by the Continental
F9ank Note Company. Of New York. In 1885 he
was appointed official stenographer in the City
MAGISTRATES Court. which post he held at his death
He was the first passenger on the Overland Mall
coach 10 California from St Louis San Francisco
&C tho rerresentat:ve of Tie New York Herald.
and also took pride the fact that he was the de
facto president Of the New York Liberal club when
Horace Greeley nominated as its presiding
officer. He the father Of three sons all ste
nographers of the New York Supreme Court and
uJfe daughter and two sons survive him.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
MORE GOLD FOR EXPORT.
During the Last Two Weeks S14,000.000
Has Been Engaged.

Notwithstanding the Treasury call on the banks
for s45 900 of government deposits and the for
eign subscriptions to the Pennsylvania loan, gold
exports Paris resumed yesterday. The
National City Bank and Lazard Freres engaged
81 ZOO each and the National Bank Of Commerce
100000 all to be shipped La Savoe to-day.
This makes 81 500 600 gold taken from this market
for Paris since the present movement started, on
April 15 and in addition s2.500oN has been shipped
to Montreal making total of H4,0ono exported
in the last two weeks.
Foreign exchange weaker yesterday. declin-
ing l. cent 4S7. Bankers said. however. that
gold exports were likely continue for some little
time until equilibrium established between
the money rates here and in Europe. 1t is not be
lieved that the amount to be shipped will be as
much as was expected when the movement began
on account of the Pennsylvania loan and the
ry
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
MORSE TO FACE TRIAL
Court Decides Against HIM ana
Alfred II. Curtis on Demurrer.

Cr,orres " Morse and Alfred II Curtis, recently
idtcted hx, the federal grand jury for conspiracy
to defraud and misapplication Of funds OF the Ma
tfonaI Bank Of North America, must stahd H'ai
as a result of a decision handed down yesterday
by Judge HOugh in the United States circuit Cou'
Judge HOughs finding was based on the JoII'
demurrer fnterposed in behalf of the two men, lie
sustained only the objections to four of the twenty
nine counts Of the indictment. alleging lhdI 'leS
were insufficient to prove duplicity.
Judge Hough first took up the mlsappLcatio'i
counts involving the Heinze check for szo''"''
which it is alleged. Morse discounted with CURTIS
Cognizance. He said:
The discount of a note, like the granting or an
overdraft is not of itself unlawful act much
less a crime. The motive determines the difference
between legality and ilegality. To cause or con-
ceal rotten spot in the national banking system Is
assault the government quite as dlreCI
and obvious as is foisting into employment a
probably incompetent letter carrier Ihe question
whether there could be conspiracy to defraud by
merely deceiving a governmental offcer "hen
neither government officer was TO be neither
deprived thereby of money Of its equivalent was
presented the Supreme Court so fully and forc1-
bly, that the refusal of the wrts is certainly an
authority demonstrating the willingness Of the
highest tribunal to let the law alone. l overruie
this branch of the demurrer"
The specific conspiracy charges were next con-
sidered by Judge Hough and Counts ; to 10 were
asserted to be defective in that the contemplated
entry not false entry. but true entry OF a
fraudulent transaction. and therefore not within
the act After reviewing the demurrer Judge
Hough said:
Upon further consideration of defendants mo-
tiOn to compel the prosecution to elect between the
conspiracy counts and the msapplication counts.
have concluded not to compel such election. Study
of the case shows intimate relation between the
facts on which all the counts must stand or fan
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
NEW SCHOOLSHIP SAILS.
The Neacport Begins Career Cnd6r
Board Of Education Command

The first cruise OF the city's new training ship
the Newport, began yesterday morning, when the
gunboat cast OF the pier Al East 2sth street and
steamed 1lp through Hell Gate and the Sound TO
Glen Cove where she VIII stay until May p The
lNeRport was turned over last winter by the Navy
Department TO the Board = Education. through the
State cf New York, and takes the place Of the old
schooIship St Narys, which made the summer
cruise every year. except one since 1910.
The new ship is said TO be the only boat pro-
relied ty steam which is used by municipality as
z schoolship- On the St Mary's only the use Of
sails could be taught. Tie Newport is fun rigged
craft. and Lieutenant Commander l. H Everhart
f,etiredD her captain expects 10 use steam only
occasionally on the present cruise. But the one
hundred embryo mariners may learn all about
steam and electrical engineering on seagoers-
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
NEW IR. T. NOTES OvERsUBsCRIBED.
Curb Trades Heavily in $25,000,000 Three
Year Issue.

The subscription lists for the s25.o0on OF Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company three-year con-
vertbIe s per cent gold notes, dated May /, l%S
and payable May l. 1911. were opened at 10 a. M
yesterday by ]. P. Morgan & Co. and closed at
the expiration Of hour. 1t was announced that
the notes had been largely oversubscribed
The notes were offered at par and are secured
by $50 100000 forty-fve-year gold mortgage per
cent bonds of the company IN the allotment pref
erence will be given holders of the H5,@0,o1o
marlborough Rapid Transit Company notes, ma
turing on May / 1908, who deposited these notes
for exchange at par for the notes II is under
stood that a majority of the holders of the matur-
ing notes deposited them for exchange.
In the curb market yesterday the notes were
heavily traded thar 100000 of them chang
ing hands. Sales made as low and as
high as lGoss with the last price at 1908.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
JUDGE MOORE IN LEAD.
CnDturcs More Ribbons and Cup
at BrOOkIUn Horse Shoe.

Judge william A. Moore continues to be the CEN
trail ngure at the Brooklyn Horse SHOW Not
single entry of his has failed 10 take ribbon n
any class entered. Last night. in addition 20
cantnrirg three blues he lifted the Frederick
Ioeser cup for four-n-hands. so far he has Won
nine ribbons.
Miss Emily Bedford still follows on his heels.
having won six last night Mrs Davis was moTs
successful than the previous evening managing %
get three reds and one white
In the first class Of the evening for saddle horses
Reliance from the ElsinOre farm. ridden oy the
owner Harvey L.adew. took the blue; Mrs John
C;erken's Redwood. with George Watson. jr. up.
took the red, Poppy. owned by Otto H. Kahn rid
den by c. l. Ra1ey. got the yellow while Mrs
Joseph Edward Davis, on her old favorite. jacob
fte had 10 content herself with the "-ile- tns
first prize the harness class for the best coec-
tion OF three horses. one to be suitable for and
showed TO a gig. was given by Brooklyn LIE
and the second by Arthur l. ]. smith In taiz
Judge Moore captured another blue with his kiFg
of Kings Pride Of Prides and Menella; TO Miss
Emily Bedford with her TIildred Donner and
RItzen went the red. Herbert Lee Pratts Opera
tor Dosoris Queen and Lady Eocene captured the
yellow and to Miss Mabel g. Hooley OF Plain
field. with Dorothea, The Car ana QUAKER Nlald.
was left the last.
Miss Emily Bedford won another red for he- John
Randolph and white for her Miss Ann in the next
class for saddle horses To Rufus l. Pattersons
Durham. with Emile Anthony up. went the blue.
Mrs John Gerken. on Mayo. received the yellow
I1dge Moore captured another blue with his King
OF Kings and Pride Of Prides- Miss Mabel Hooley.
with her Quaker Maid and DOrOthea. followed
close second: Herbert Lee Pratts Lady Eocens
and Lady Barbara got the third, and Jewel and
Prince owned by DR.. Charles F. AtchinsOn got tho
fourth Each pair was driven by the owner
There were nine entries in the next class for
saddle horses ladies to ride Among thsm Wers
Herbert L. Pratts Duchess. Miss Hooleys Mans
field Mrs Charles F. TIubbs's Perhap, Harvey L
Iadew's Artists Model and Harry T. Peters's pop
ular favorite King Of Spades which. however only
got the white being beaten by Mrs. Gerken's Sur
nrfse Miss Pedford's John Randolph. and A Nor
rtson.s Vesta Tilley in the order named Mss
TIussrnau was on Vesta Tilley and Mrs W H
Thompson the Peters horse THe otners taxing
ribbons ere ridden by the owners
Last night decided the ownership of the s250
Frederick Ioeser cup in favor Of Judge Moore.
II was won by him in 1896. and the previous year
bv Alfred q. Vanderbilt His horses were Dehate-,
Minerva and the other unnamed The other
exhibitor was George Watson. VINO showed
Fashion. Major. Masher and Ascot
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
JOHN BAKER MANNING.

Jonn Paker Manning. former Mayor Of Buffalo,
succeeding Grover Cleveland in that office in 1888,
died on Tuesday after weeks illness at ms
home No % St. Marks avenue, Brooklyn lie
VAS brother Of the late Daniel Manning, Mr.
Clevelands first Secretary Of the Treasury.
Mr. Manning was born in Albany, on July l3,
1884 where he became engaged in business in early
life Later he moved TO Buffalo. where he con-
f,r1Jed his occupation OF maIster. For many years
he was president Of the Buffalo Board of Trade.
He was a thirty-second degree Mason. a member
Of Washington Lodge, F. and 4 NJ. in Buffalo, and
a knight Templar. His first wife, VINO was MISS
E,lizabe-b House died in 1894 leaving six children.
In 1885 he married Miss Mary Schwauf, who sur
wives him.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
B. r. T. NOT WORRIED.
Officials Do Not Believe They Will Be
Ordered to Make Nickel Fare to Island.

According TO statements made by officials Of
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. the
pany is not worried the scent fare bill now
the officials say. they prepared to submit
proof 10 the Public Service Commission that the
5-cent fare would be in effect Confscatory. and
they believe the commissioners would not order it
The officials declare that they can show that
there was a large deficit from the Coney Island
traffic last despite the fact that the lO-cent
fare in force