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New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
FOUR POLICE SHIFTS.
Transfer of Inspectors Starts Talk
of General Shake-Up.

Fear of a general shake-up was aroused III tno
Police Department by the transfer OF four ihspec-
tors that took effect at o'clock yesterday morn
ing Following two transfers OF men OF that raih
q week ago. the move yesterday gave the gossip'
nentv Of opportunity to speculate as 70 "he'HS'
the I'D had ratified loose during Comnisslofef
Fingham's absence and this was the hrst step To-
ward putting It tight again Later IN the oaS'
however Acting Commissioner Baker said that the
changes had been made simply because nutioei
Of insuectors are away, on vacations anu theii
nIaces must be filled somehow.
Rv Yesterdays order Inspector Title went from
the soft berth In the bureau OF repairs and sup
niles at HEADQUARTERS, to the 4th Inspection Dis
trtct which includes the New Tenderioin' ms
Mace WAS taken at headquarters by Lieutenant
Thomas O'Brien who has been Titus's AID thefe
Inspector James e. Dillon. who has hao charso oi
,be 5th INSPECTION District was made overoro Oh e
Ri District also Inspector Burtend was taken from
the Sd to the LIST Inspection District one reason
for the changes and the assigning OF addiuonai
territory is that Smiling Dick" Walsh Is on MS
vacation and Inspector Steinbruck. VINO was e1-
nected to return earlier will not get BACK from
germany until September 10 or 20 Inspector Har-
kins Of Brooklyn. called across the oridge
about q week ago take The Bronx bahiwick Oh
"Chesty George" McCluskey. who 10 on vacation
Bv Yesterdays changes Inspector RusseIi. WHO
has had charge of both the lst and "a Inspection
districts now has only the I'd district.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
REFUSED BY GOVERNOR.
Sheriff Besch Of albany asks for
Dismissal of CHARGES.

Albany Aug. 2s.-In his answer filed to-day with
Governor Hughes Sheriff Joseph Besch of Albany
County contends. among other things. that the
burden of enforcing the law against gambling Is
mot placed exclusively the Sheriff, but only in
with other officers, and his powers are re-
stricted to informing against and prosecuting"
Sheriff Besch made general denial of the
League of Albany. which alleged that he was
guilty wilful neglect of duty in failing to sup
press several forms of gambling in Albany County
The Sheriff contends that he not only did act to
the of his authority, but that he called in
and received the assistance of the District Attor-
ney and police force of Albany, with the result
that cases against all of the places complained of
by the Civic League presented to the grand
jury While indictments We're found. in most
cases the grand jury refused to indict.
Sheriff Besch contends that it is not his duty to
ferret out places of the character complained Of
He is only bound act in good faith in putting
the law in motion through the courts the answer
says. He is not called and has no greater right
10 interfere actively in preventing the illegal act
as a peace officer than In of any other crime
is also contended that Sheriff Besch is restrict
ed in the performance his duties by the failure
of the Board of Supervisors to provide him with
sufficient funds. A motion for the dismissal of the
charges was denied by Governor Hughes. who ar
nounced he would appoint within a few days
commissioner TO take the testimony and report
his findings.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
4 BOX OF GAS BLOWS UP.
Man zcith Candle, Entering Cooling
Chamber May Die from Injuries.

Escaping gas ignited by a candle in the hands
of John Strumpfer. inspector employed by
the Brooklyn Union Gas Company. partly
wrecked the four story tenement house at Park
and Nostrand avenues, Brooklyn. yesterday. and
injured Strumpfer badly that he may die
Several men who were in a saloon on the ground
floor were slightly injured by flying wood and
glass and there was panic among the tenants.
who were thrown from their feet by the shock
Joseph E. Connor. the owner of the property,
informed the gas company that there was a leak
In the pipes running through mis- cellar Strump-
fer searched until he came to large icebox
through which the pipes ran With the lighted
candle I'm his hand he threw open the door and
the gas which filed the box ignited-
The inspector hurled against the front
wall of the building and his hair and clothing
were burned away. The icebox was demolished
and portions of ii forced through the ceiling or
the cellar into the saloon on the ground floor.
The foundations of the building were damaged
by the explosion and every window and piece OF
glass or crockery in the house was smashed
There was rush for the street by the tenants
and there was much excitement in the neigh
borhood Captain Hughes and the reserves from
the Vernon avenue station got Strumpfer out
of the cellar, and he taken to the Cumber-
land Street Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
STRIPES LEAD IN FALL DRESS GOODS.
Display at Lord & Taylor's Includes At
traetive Designs.

The fall show OF dress goods at Lord & Taylors.
r,,oadway and East 10Th street, contains go differ
On, shades of broadcloth. II their Broadway show
us,doxs samples Of all the various kinds OF goods
,,,,c,, r;u be worn this fail exhibited, but the
roadcloths predominate That will be the strongest
-,,,,dsse in the market tbs fall. according 10
the firm
Almost all the fall goods this year have stripes
in them In some pieces OF cloth the stripe is large
s,s nro,ninent in others is detected only after
close examination, but the stripe will be the dis
.,nct,ye feature the style this fall Another spe-
oial feature of the fashion viii be that most tai
lored suits for afternoon shopping will be made OF
rough goods
Among the cloths OF this variety will be seen a
number of chevror enecIs and heavy diagonals.
Goods woven with wide borders also promise to
be popular it is said Satin-faced silks of all
kinds will be the leading variety this fail. with a
large number of velvets and velveteens- Many new
shades OF broadcloth are to be seen among the 20
shades the store has hand. Among those espe-
cisly prominent peacock. taupe. mikado, prai-
rie rnarmot,e, mosquetaire marco patachou, wis
taria and nazimova-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
FEDERAL AID FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.

washington. Aug. 2s.-The executive committee
Of the American Red Cross has authorized Charles
L. Magee secretary OF the society. TO issue an
annea, IN the public for funds for the food suf-
covers of the South The need for aid large
area Of the South Is declared to be very pressing.
A. C. Kaufman, president Of the South Carolina
branch OF the Red Cross. to-day telegraphed:
millions lost. End not yet
An appeal also has been made to the War )e
nartment for aid on behalf OF the sufferers fr u
the floods in Georgia Secretary Wright has re.
ceived an appeal to-day from Representative
Thomas w Hardwick, of that state.
teIegraphic order sent Immediately to
General Potts, Department OF the Gulf at Atlanta
directing him to detail an officer to proceed at
once to Augusta TO make the necessary investiga-
ton and to render such aid may be possible
within the appropriation available for such work.
The waters continued to recede over thA affected
territory to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
TRADE CLOUD LIFTING.
Montreal Financiers and Manufac-
tuerS Report Better Outlook.

Montreal Can. Aug. pa canvas Of the whole
sale and retail trade. the banks. manufacturers.
railroads and shipping interests Of Montreal. made
by The Montreal Herald" shows that the out
look for trade is better this fall than at any time
since the trade depression began Most of the man.
ufacturers report their establishments running full
time. with orders ahead The wholesalers say the
demands upon them for stocks, especially
from the West, are almost up to normal The re-
taiers say they laying in big stocks. in ex-
pectation of much increased trade. indications Of
which have already manifested themselves
Speaking for the Canadian Pacific Railway, G.. NJ.
Bosworth. fourth vice-president and head Of the
traffic department extending from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, says:
From reports submitted by agents in every city,
town and village the proof is unmistakable OF an
increase in the volume of traffic II is but slight
compared with what will appear later. 1t is there
now, however, and it is not a transitory or evan
escent condition
At the headquarters Of the Grand Trunk, Of
fetal who had recently returned from an inspection
Of the system, made similar report.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
GOLD-BE4RING CARPET.
Floor Coverings That Gro7U Valuable
zcath Age.
IFror' The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington. Aug ga requsition has come 70
the Treasury Department from the San Francisco
mint asking that new carpet be placed in the
adjusting room, as the there now has been
worn out after ten years service. In ordinary
instances such requisition would excite
usual interest the part OF the Treasury officials
but in this case great care has to be taken in
moving the old carpet. for It has become moro
valuable with each days service. because 1t u
literally lined with gold dust
The old carpet will be burned. and 1t Is expected
that between AG00 and $500 will be realized from
the ashes. In the adjusting room at San Francisco
files are used TO trim the surplus gold from rough
pieces The gold is first of into blanks and
then stamped so il frequently happens that piece
is trffe over weight uneven The files
then brought into play, and although particle
of gold dust large enough to be readily detected
by the eye is allowed TO escape. the greatest
cannot always avoid the falling of some small =.
ings to the carpet
In purchasing these carpets great Judgment In
exercised. Those sought IN which the weave
is as close as possible, that the material will
hold the scattered bits OF gold 1t is not unusual
the authorities get $1,000 worth Of gold from
an old carpet. Other thrifty devices are used in
order TO capture escaped particles Of gold tn
floor sweepings treasured with the greatest care
and they furnish enough money to pay the salaries
of several employees about the building Much gold
goes up the chirnneys and they often scraped
and the resultant SCOT and dirt scanned for gold.
Employees who handle bars Of gold not per-
mitted dispose OF the aprons. overails gloves
with which they provided. for when these arti-
css are burned after they have outlived their
fuIness they yield rich harvest
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
Fat Folks Hot Weather Com
fort Secret

The only way to be comfortable. II fat. IN hot
weather. 10 to get thin-that Is, reduce Thls
is paradoxical, but ii il true-and they say tne
truth is bitter. Truly, to face the necessity OK
reducing by means Of exercise or starving Is
bitter prospect for any overfat person. man or
woman But cheer up. those old methods are
passe-out OF date.
Nowadays the well-inforuaed tat people VINO
want to take on enough flesh to make them ieeI
unstuf1ed within and unburdened witnout go 70 70
the nearest druggist, from whom, for Snaii @ 4
sum, they get y ounce Marmola, " ounce Fiuld
Extract Cascara Aromatic, and 81 ounces .n az ny ~
Simplex This they take quietly for awhile, a
tsaspoonful at q dime. after meals ana AZ oeo-
time. and pretty soon md themseIVes .oslns
their excess desh at the rate OF IL 10 10 ounces
z day.
They eax the same food and don't neeo 10
DO not aocumulate wrinkles or acquire an
ehoatve stomach in the process THIS ha1miess ths
None mixture Just bothers tne la.@ys darsrsns
Akae. In this Il - different, very o"AsA e@s'
o84 oGTsa, from the usual remedy
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
SPECIAL TERN ORDERED.
Hams Trial Set for September
McIntyre Says November 1.

pnecial term of court ordered yesterday
by Governor Hughes to try the indictments found
against the Hains brothers for the murder OF Will
lam f Anns The Governor designated Justice j.
farretson of the I'd District to hold the extraord-
nary term. which Will begin on September q. The
reguIar term of Justice Garretson will not begin
until October 1.
Mr. Mcintyre, senior counsel for the Hams broth
ers has announced that he will not be Ready to so
TO trial until the latter part Of November. He says
that he will not be hurried in the preparation of
his case and for this reason the order for an ex-
traordinary term and special grand jury does not
seem likely to expedite the case to any extent
Major John Powell Hams. brother Of the two
prisoners has found some new evidence since he re-
turned TO Chicago At present he is at work in the
pavmaster's office in the Department Of the Lakes.
but he will to this city and give the new
evidence counsel soon as he can get another
leave OF absence.
"A large amount of defensive evidence has been
gathered" he wrote to the counsel for the defence
yesterday, land L expect that my brothers will be
cleared. My brother Peter undoubtedly
shocked into a state of mental responsibility by
the stories told him of the faithlessness of his
Wife
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
BUCKET SHOPS GOING.
after Tuesday 1t Viii Be Felony
to Conduct Such Business.

After next Tuesday 1t will be felony TO conduct
bucket shop in this state. and If the law is not
circumvented the bucket shop industry will be
thing of the past here, and material benefit is
likely to to legitimate brokerage concerns
through the increase in their business because of
the wIping of the bucket shops Some brokers
estimate IL all the orders in stocks given in
New York State were executed the New York
and Consolidated exchanges the volume of business
would be increased from 100000 to 10000 shares a
day but just what extent the business will be in
creased is. of course only matter of conjecture
The bucket shop business has been the de-
cline for the last year. due partly to the greater
care exercised by the public in looking up the
standing of the brokerage houses with which they
dealt and partly the activity of the authorities
in driving the iegitimate concerns out of business
To this decrease In 'bucketins'' is attributed much
of the increase in business the Consolidated
Stock Exchange In the last year.
The law makes the keeping of a bucket shop
a felony and provides that upon conviction of the
crime a guilty corporation shall be punished by q
fine of not than $4,000 for each offence and If
the guilty party be individual. he shall be pun
ished by fine of not than $1,000 by
Imprisonment for not more than five years. or by
both such fine and Imprisonment The conviction
of a corporation shall not be deemed, however. to
be conviction punishment Of any of its officers.
directors stockholders A corporation convicted
on a second offence shall be prohibited from doing
business in the state
Legitimate brokerage houses much interested
the execution of this measure, aside from the in
crease in business which Is expected to TO
them as the bucket shop business has perhaps done
more than anything else to bring Stock Exchange
transactions into disrepute In the public mind
Along with the abolition of bucket shops. if the
desires of OF the prominent members OF the
Stock Exchange carried out. will also come a
more stringent supervision the business done
on the floor OF the exchange As pointed out in
The Tribune a few days ago. a movement is al
ready on foot for the establishment of an audit
time investigate the books of any house connected
with the exchange Brokers say that IL such a
committee appointed the danger of operations
similar to those which resulted In the failure of
A. o. Brown & Co last Monday would be very
much lessened as would the possibility OF firm
carving on its business after the method of TWO
other recent failures. T. A. Mcintyre Co. and
Coster Knapp & Co.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
JAMES E. MARTINS WILL FILED.

Mineola. Long Island. Aug 2o.-The will of James
E. Martin. who died at Paris. France. May 20
last was to-day offered for probate in the Nassau
County Surrogate's Office The value of the estate
Is given as less than $4,000. but since the will
drawn, the father OF the testator killed by
automobile and the son fell heir nearly half a
million dollars
The will was drawn February IT, 1895 and
witnessed by Frederick Fl. Gould. of No. SIS Fifth
avenue: Eugene L. Burke, of No. $50 Broadway.
and Henry w. Kira1fy. OF No 90 SIoruingside
nue. all OF New York
Half OF the estate goes Mr. Martins widow.
and a contingent interest in the remainder is also
given her. The four years old. gets the
other half when he becomes thirty years of age
and In the mean time the interest from it to bs
applied his education and support.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
U. P. SHAREHOLDERS MUST NOW ACT.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders Of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, to be held at
Salt Lake City october L. they will be asked
to approve an extension of the mortgage against
which the $4,000 600 bonds authorized by the stock
holders on May last were issued After the bonds
had been authorized. the bankers who had arranged
to take them asked Mr. Hartman to make the
mortgage securing them a refunding mortgage and
nave the lien extended TO the lines of the road
covered by the first mortgage. dated July /. 1887.
a better price and wider market could be secured
for the bonds II this were done. Mr.. Hartman
complied with the request OF the bankers. and the
stockholders approval Is now asked That it will
he given is regarded as foregone conclusion in
financial circles
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
TAKEN FATALLY ILL IN SUBWAY

Louis H. Rascovar, employed in the managerial
department Of the Hamilton Press. at No. 40 Stone
street living No. 561 West 1s0th street,
taken ill while his way to the office In sub
way train yesterday and died shortly afterward
Mr. Rascovar apparently in good health when
he left his home. He local train, and as
# neared the 145th street station he fell uncon-
scious He was caught by OF the passengers
as he about to fall. and carried to the platform.
He was dead when DR.. Kosak. of Washington
Heights Hospital. arrived. The physician said that
death due to apoplexy
Mr. Rascovar fifty years old He for
merly manager OF the cigar box plant Of the Amer
lean Tobacco Company at Charleston. S. c. Besides
his wife and son, Mr.. Rascovar leaves four
brothers one Of whom. James Rascovar. is presi-
dent of the New York News Bureau and director
of Albert Frank & Co.. advertising agents.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
PROSPERITY Is HERE.
Chicago Bank CanUass Finds ONLY
DiscOrddnt Note IN Railroads.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l
Chicago, Aug 2e.-The Commercial National
Bank of Chicago, for the eighth consecutive
year, has canvassed the nation for signs of pros
perity and has found them 1t has gathered re-
ports from four thousand bankers and business
men in ali parts of the country As a result II
announces that the doubt and discouragement
caused by last falls panic have been dispelled
1t says:
A large majority of our correspondents believe
that the year 1909 will be prosperous and active.
though not on boom" scale The signs de-
efdedly favor the opinion that next years trade
will be Of satisfactory volume in all mercantile
lines.
Serious discrepancies exist this year between
the governments crop expectancy and the fig
ures arrived at by the banks correspondents in
the grain states and those reached by the most
authoritative private Investigators The report
says
The government figures for August indicated
total wheat yield of nearly 672.00o,O00 bushels.
against about 694 000.0 coo bushels last year Our
own percentages using the governments figure
for acreage, indicate total crop of Gas 600 900
bushels Good opinion in the trade that the
bureau figures ignore loss by floods in Indiana,
Texas. Kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma.
Allowing for acreage abandoned and sum-
ming up, feel justified in concluding that
the 1908 crop of merchantable wheat will scarce
ly equal that gathered last year. Considering
the low worlds stocks and the depleted reserves
strong export demand 1t seems reasonable to
expect a high level of prices for breadstuffs
throughout the crop year.
This on the corn crop.
On the basis of the crop reporting bureaus
August the yield of maize indicated is estf-
mated at 2.6662S4.000 bushels, against 1885,, 800,
600 in the final estimate for 1907. Our own
correspondents in the belt basing their esti-
mates on extensive inquiries, indicate a yield
larger than 1907 by 1.2 per cent. This suggests
a crop of 2,623, 100000 bushels.
The one discordant note is in the railway
situation. The report says:
If the prosperity of the last ten years could
be closely analyzed, and the purchases Of iron
and steel, cement and timber products and other
supplies for railways could be calculated and
their disbursements TO labor upon improvements
and extensions could be known, and their eX-
penditure for cars and locomotives similarly dis
tributed. IT will be seen that these In the aggre
gate were large factor in the country's actfv-
titles. These improvements have been almost
entirely stopped.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
REPORT FEWER IDLE FREIGHT CAKS.
American Railway Association Announce;
Decrease of 28,618.

Another substantial decrease IN the number OF
,ele freight cars IN this country and Canada is
,enorted IN the fortnightv bulletin OF the Ameri-
can Railway Association, published yesterday The
n,u.t,n n1sces the total number Of idle Au
rust IA IT 20o3 decrease Of 2s.6ls as compared
With the number on August >. The improvement
"a really greater than app-ars from these figures
because Of a decrease OF $3.50 In the number or
had order cars; wit. these included the actual
ysi, made during the two weeks ended August ls
is &, ,s1&
At a5a ooo the stock of idle cars represents de-
crease OF 10000 from the maximum reported on
April g. which was 1S.ooo. The Improvement III
the raflroad business the country since the Pc
yiod OF extreme depression four months age has
drawn back into the handling Of traffic nearly 40
per cent OF the then idle
New-York tribune., 1908-08-30
SUICIDE MEMBER OF FIELD FAMILY

Pittsburg, Aug 2s.-Believing the unknown man
who rnutilated his features with carbolc acid ana
tbsn ,rpped into the Monongahela River at Nc
Keesport drowning himself, early Monday morn
ing to be her son, wealthy Chicago woman is
said to be sending representative OF the Marshah
FIELD Company of Chicago to this city In an ef-
fort to identify the body 1t is said the woman is
related to the Fields. The suicide is SAID 10 nave
,een graduate of Eastern university ano
lover Of poetry. In of the pockets OF the dead
man WAS found a book of Robert Burns's poems
When last heard from the missing chicago man
uas in Massachusetts. and the label on the bottle
~ carholic acid which the used to destroy his
features showed # TO have been bought in that
state
Chicago Aug. 2s.-At the office OF John G Shedd
nresident Of Marshall Field & Co.. 1t was said to-
day with reference the drowning OF an unknown
wan at McKeesport Penn, that no member OF the
arno nor representative OF the firm, had been sent
TO try to identify the body. 1t was said however
.h.+ ,be firm has twelve thousand employees, al
most any one of whom might have gone on his per,
sonal responsibility NO meHDef ol 'he rieio
family Is missing