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New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
AFER RECORD CLINE.
Hiss Peck Hopes to Reach Top Of
Mount Huascaran This Time

Miss Annie s. Peck we'll known mountain
climber. will leaves this city in two weeks for
Peru to make another attempt to reach the sum-
NIT OF Mount Huascaren which she believes is
the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere.
When II 500 feet up, earlier trial. she was
compelled TO give up the attempt owing to the
copardice OF her guides. This time she will have
the assistance OF two trained Alpine climbers, sent
oyer by DR. Alexander Seller, Of ZerTnatt.
Miss Peck Judges the height OF the mountain from
the point che attained in her last attempt. Should
she gain the top, and the height is great as she
believes IL TO be- she will have ascended higher
than any man or woman in the world. The present
record is held by ". W. Graham who reached an
altitude of % 500 feet IN the Himaayas-
Miss Peck said last evening that she was sure
that AconcaR1la was not the highest peak in this
half Of the world and that she believed Mount
Huscaran would top it at least two thousand feet
Her expedition will not be solely for mountain
climbing as Miss Peck is interested In furtherins
.b commercial relations this country in South
America.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
HUGHES ON Law SUCCESS.
Gooernor Speaks at Fordham Uni
Ueratg Commencement.

To the first graduates Of the Fordhaun University
School q Law Governor Hughes. who came down
-to,n Albany especially TO be present at the com
ne1oer,ent exercises last night. gave his views
Is 70 what real success in the profession was
FOUNDED upon. He told the Ii. BIS that
they had chosen the profession merely for the
Tches 70 be obtained in II they had made poor
selection but Il they held by the old professional
Meal u .nreIectual work or mental mastery they
would have 10 occasion 10 regret their choice
Ihe Governor said he had never known man
10 grow rich a. the bar who would not have gained
greater riches in Some other field. Nevertheless.
Ae Eaid. i the graduates had a real love for the
work q reason and took delight in wrestling with
problems until they were thrashed out TO their
o"n satisfaction they might live happy in the law
eFen i they died poor.
N z more serious strain the Governor told the
efaouates and the ouseful of their friends IN the
theatre Of ST Francis College in West 18th street
NAT The true lawyer 4 man OF personal moe
pendence, and that no man had right to remain
q TIE profession whose convictions could De pui-
Chased for 2 retainer When lawyer reaches the
pont said the Governor where he feels mat ne has
70 work for given client he has fallen from ms
Position and from true ideals Of independence OF
MS profession
Governor HUGHES also advised the graduates 10
be ever careful Ia regard the courts with dignity
Whatever criticisms might be made on the JUDI
oary, he said Il was duty uphold the majesty
u the courts as interpreted by the judges chosel
by the people Likewise in dealing with 1uIles. II
would always fe found that in the end slhce'i'S'
AIaiehtforVardness and earnestness pald pes'"
wear General Mooney. who Tepreseht7u ~ -
"shop Farley and Paul Fuller, dean "i the Law
S-looL also made addresses
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
CARNEGIE OFFERS AID TO STEVENS
Will Give $4,000 for New Wings if $4,000
Is Raised-s7. 800 Pledged.

The Alumni Association of Stevens Institute OF
Technology held its annual meeting last night in
the institute at Hoboken. President Humphreys
announced that Andrew Carnegie had condition
allv offered to give $1,000 for the two wings be
added to Stevens School If $4,000 collected
from other sources. President Humphreys said he
had pledges aggregating 1890. The association
elected the following officers:
President Henry Samuel Morton. 81. Of Ho-
boken; first vice-president, H NJ Brtnckerhoff 80.
of New York: second vice president. Walter Kidd.
81 of Montclair, y. j.; secretary. ]. H Cuntz 81.
of Hoboken; treasurer, Louis A Martin. jr.. 1890,
of Hoboken; directors. Samuel V Hoffman. 'ss, of
New York (for year,: Henry C. Meyer. 1r., 92.
of MontcIair. N ]. Gor two years.: Robert E.
Hall. 's5 OF New York flor two years.; alumni
trustee. Henry Torrance. jr.. go. of New York
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

medical science tried. Under the treatment
of the physicians Mr.. Belmont rallied. and on
Saturday he appeared much better that hopes
of HIS ultimate recovery entertained by the
family The temporary improvement fol-
lowed. however. by relapse on Sunday, and since
then the physicianG had known that the end was
Perry Belmont and August Belmont, who
in Europe. have been informed of the death of
their brother. and August Belmont, jr., will repre-
sent his father at the funeral.
The funeral services will be held in the Cathe-
dral of the Incarnation at Garden City, Long
Island, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The
Right Rev. Frederick Burgess, Bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese will officiate, assisted by other
clergymen attached to the cathedral. The burial
will be in the Belmont plot in Woodlawn Gene
terry, Westchester County. The palbearers will
be Stuyvesant Fish. Mr.. Fearing, of Newport; H.
Eldridge, C. NJ. Oelrichs and four others, whose
acceptances had not been received last night.
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont. the third son of
the late August Belmont, born in this city No
vember H. 1858, and was thus in his fftieth year
Graduating from the Naval Academy in 1874, he
served only two years, abandoning naval career
and entering his fathers banking firm. In 1882 he
married Miss Sarah Swan Whiting, who obtained
divorce from him. and in 1896 he married to
Mrs. Alvah Smith Vanderbilt by Mayor Strong.
The first Mrs. Belmont married to George
Lockhart Rives.
Mr. Belmont until 1900 had no interests outside
of business and social affairs In 1900 he came
strongly in favor of Bryan In periodical owned
by him, THE Verdict and for time there was
talk of making him Mr.. Bryan's running mate. But
Mr. Belmont dscountenanced that project and con-
tnued IN politics only to serve one term in Con-
gress from 1901 1908 He a delegate to the
Democratic convention in 1900 and Mr.. Bryan con-
ferred with him visit East.
Mr. Belmont had a large estate at Meadow Brook
and acquired all the property he could to protect
himself from neighbors who might be undesirable
to him Mr.. and Mrs. Belmont went to his New
port home. BeIcourt Immediately after their mar
rage and in the spring of that year he decided the
house to his wife. She already owned Marble
House. which a gift to her from her first hus-
band. In Newport Mr.. Belmont was active in local
affairs and in 1898 made a Park Commissioners.
In this city he member of many Clubs was
interested yachting horse racing and In athletics
He was a member Of the Brook, Racquet and Ten
mis- New York Athletic, Union, Knickerbocker Man
haitian Metropolitan. Lawyers, Meadow Brook
Lambs New York Yacht. Turf and Field and Uni
versity clubs of New York and the Metropolitan
q, Washington He also member of clubs
IN Paris and In London. He leaves a wife and two
brothers Perry and August
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
ARMED BOYS ENTER RIVES HOME.
w.anons Consisted of File, Saw Made from
Table Knife, Skeleton Key and Wire.

Three young italians, armed with a hle' saw
"a. <-oro a table knife. a skeleton key and bent
,i, forced an entrance yesterday afternoon to tho
home of George L. Rives former Corporation Coun-
sci.
- -a,sa the manhole cover the sidewalk IN
tor. of No 10 West Ssth street, and one after an
other drop through. The policeman knew that the
Pi,es home was unoccupied for the summer, and
6rauing his revolver. he raised the cover anu
called TO the boys to come out Receiving no re
-. y, s-onned through the opening and entered
a. o.,,,r where he found them crouched behind
large case. They were held for trial in JEFFERSON
Market court.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
CHANCELLOR DAY NOT TO RETIRE
Denies Also That He Intends to Take Trip
Around the World.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Syracuse June 10.-Chancellor James X. Day OF
Syracuse University emphatica1y denied to-day
that he was to retire from his place as head OF
the university.
These reports are absolutely untrue" he said
1.-THE board of trustees at it's meeting last week
approved nv administration, and wanted to draw
up a resolution to that effect, but l said IL was
not necessary. That they told me could take as
much time off l pleased in the event OF MY
health requiring a long rest is not the case My
beaItb is not IMPAIRED and have intention of
taking other than the customary summer vacation
LAS to my taking trip around the world, there
is nothing TO it. 1 offered leave of absence
last winter by the board, but did not take IT, L
certainly have more intention of resignins than
1 did the first week 1 took up my duties as chan
ceIlor of Syracuse University. 1 glad L am
big and strong and can stand all these things that
are made out of whole cloth"
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
CORNELL MEDICAL ALUMNI DINNER.

The Cornell Medical Alumni Association neiu
i,e annual banquet at the Hotel Manhattan iae'
-. nth more than a hundred members pres
.rt DIR Mary Crawford, the new ambulance sur
qeon Of the Williamsburg Hospital. was guest
In nsssing il might be mentioned that Whatever
the physicians present might think OF ~oie'Ie ~
,hev threw of the yoke last night anu the menu
os NOT of the health cure sanatorium sort
The affair was informal In q way, for win TWO
o,cbestras there was really more music thah
snea,,fng and the latter was in a light. faIniilar
vein with references understood by the aiu"in.
o,d alurnuae as evidenced by their laughter at
o,n+s which did not pierce to the laymans un-
deretanding DR. Victor Corse Thorne was me
,aet,,aster and DR. William VI. Polk. dean OF the
,ad,cal school; DR.. W. Gilman Thompson; Dt-
John Hartwell and Dr. Samuel Mli"ahh "ei'
alreTS
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
PERCIVAL LOWELL WEDS HERE.
Astronomer and Boston Woman Get Mar
rage License at City Hall.

PercivaI Lowell, the founder of the Lowell Oh
servatory with Miss Constance Savage Keith. Of
Boston obtained a marriage license at the City
Hall Yesterday morning. They were married later
at ST Bartholomew's Church by the Rev. Dr.
Leighton Parks. Professor and Mrs Lowell left
here on the Merchants Limited for Boston at 8
o'clock in the afternoon.
Miss Keith, who had obtained the marriage
license with him in the morning, carried a large
bouquet of flowers. The professor gave his resi-
dence as Flagstaff, Ariz., where he makes his
Economical observations He gave his age at fifty
three years and Miss Keith's forty-four.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

Ioh, Frederick Finerty native OF Galway
Ireland where he was born on September TO- 1896.
He Ues educated in the national schools OF ireiand
and with private tutors and came to this country
IN 1854 He served In the Union army in the last
year NJ the war He also saw service IN some
Indian campaigns. In 1858 he became a reporter
IN 1.-The Chicago Republican" and in lsn-H ne
u,os citv editor Of that newspaper He then joined
the CITY staff Of 1.-The Chicago Tribune. where he
,o,,,;,ed three veYrs From 1876 to 1882 he was
war CORRESPONDENT OF THE Chicago Times, being
engaged in reporting the Indian wars on the IRON
.,.r Returning TO Chicago in 1882 he founded
..The Chicago Citizen and the same year he was
alectad to Congress an Independent and served
nm. term He advocated the increase OF the navy
and additional fortiffcations In 1884 he was an
ardent supporter of Mr.. Blaine for President and
acted thereafter with the Republican party untll
1900 when he supported Mr.. Bryan on the anti
,r,nerial,sttc issue. He was radical advocate OF
irish tndependence and served seven times as pres
tdent of the United Irish Societies of chicago For
three terms he president of the United irish
1aarue Of America. Mr.. Finerty was popular
,.o,urer on historical subjects, American irish and
cosmonoltan He the author OF Warpath and
Rivouac' and THE Peoples History Of Ireland
and edited ireland in Pictures" He was a MEM
her of the Grand Army of the Repuphc ana the
American Irish Historical Society
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

'he organ by Mrs Williams. OF Rochester. a mem
Der CT the arst class graduated from vassar IN
ie's. F1ve-mnute addresses were delivered by six
.. 1ne graduating class as follows: The Problem
OF the Street Gang, Eleanor Bertine: Mature
Books end Out-of-Door Life" Florence Louise
builard Popular Substitutes for Art" Ruth
Smiley Trues; "A Modern PHILOSOPHER of Democ-
racy, Jessie Margaret McGarr; Some Greek
Ideals for the Twentieth Century, Mildred Har-
oenbrook: The Chemistry OF Laughter" Ruth
Mary Week
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
,o PROTECT LENox coTTAGERs.
rgy Telegraph to The Tribune

TIy Telegraph 10 The IfIDuHtI
rc,o- MISS jane 10.-Ne~ York summer resi-
-, hara baye obtained the services OF New
~, private detective bureau An agent is mere
80 -. Nth cotragers who feel that steps are
~ -. .. ,,ro+ect them from writers Of threats
- =, ,aerstood that q corps Of private detectives
~ ' -, -, ENGAGED 10 act special watchmen at the
VIZ - .ottsne. william Pollock. OF Pittsheid
oeer.a a reward OF $1,000 for the arrest OF ths
mas -. Tho threatened his Mfs. Two P1nher-
coiiSp' cop - .n,sk italian are working on tho Pol
lock casA
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

Professor Solomon Schechter, president of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America. who lives
at No. 512 West 122d street. took out his papers
yesterday at the federal naturalization bureau In
doing so Professor Schechter, who IS sixty years
of age and a native of Rumania, renounced his al
Iegfance to the King of England. Professor Schech-
ter came here on April 90 1902. from England.
where he had lived for years. Louis Marshall.
LAWYER was present when the distinguished scholar
ma de the necessary affirmation.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
MRS. OWEN JONES WIsTER.

Philadelphia, June 10-Mrs Owen Jones Wister'
mother of Owen Wister, the novelist, is deao at
her home here
Mrs Wister, who In her seventy-secono
year, was Miss Sarah Butler, a daughter oi
Pierce Butler and Fanny Kembe, the noted ac-
tress Her grandfather was John Kemble. also
a noted actor In days gone by and a descenoah'
of Mrs Siddons the great English actress
Mrs Wster was a leader in Philadelphia So
ciety Her husband died many years ago.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

NJ. Boissier, the French historian and archeolo-
t, was horn at Mines in 1923 and educated at the
Ecole Normale He instructor in rhetoric
., MINES from 1Si7 to 1857 and subsequently, At
the rycee Charlemagne in Paris He was appoint
- % fhe chair OF Latin eloquence at the College
a. r,,.nce In 1851 and later was transferred the
.so,r NJ Latin literature. In 1866 he became lect-
er IN Latin language and literature at the Ecole
,o,r,s,e He was elected TO the French Academy
IN 1sS and in 1856 10 the Academy Of Inscriptions
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
VASSAR COLLEGE GRADUATES 2l6.
Hrs. John Q. Rockefeller Gives Every Mem
her Of Class a Book.

Foughkeepsie X Y. June 1o-Erery Iaei-Det "
ihe gra5rs+,r5 toss Of vasss~ College received
ron ~. Jobp :, Rockefeller to-day a copy Oh
Tie dogrsph. r. Alice Freeman Palmer AZ the
%nraenceirezt exercises to-day President 'o-
shhounced several gifts of money from the WI
HaAses q alurna. - .
he bachelors degree wss conferred ON NA
ents. the largest class ever graduated Ion- - -,
ssr. Tb. cornrna,ce,oen. march was played on
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

Mrs Ethel Beatrice Dodge, wife Of waiter
Phelps Dodge and daughter of the late Percy
Harmer Adiard of Staverton Court Gloucester
Shire England, died June at Kissingen' Ger
many In the twenty-seventh year of her age MT.
Dodge is lawyer and author. He is sen oI
the Rev David Stuart Dodge and grandson Oh
the first William E. Dodge. Mrs. Dodge VIII De
buried at Simsbury. Conn.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
Died.

s ~ e.. 6aR sa Ham e s asSs
Of Abingdon. Penn
DoDGE-At Kissngen Germany. Jsne 2 u q. En
EsaT p Of & 5eE age E'hei S ne late Percy FarTnsr
InteTment at simsbury conn
Everest. D. D. Prayer Friday. June IL at 8 o'siocs
terment at New lebanon \ r. saturday. Jaas a.
Chicago. Newark. y. J.. and washinston- D. e..
papers please
FIsHER-At No. 500 sth ave. Asbury Park. y b.
efes eGs NsSae 6 & Esns toery N os St T s.rn Mo- s
please copy.
GIAYmEntersa ;d: into wednesday morning Iaa:
Mrs r H. Gray. in his 2sh year. Funeral private.
HE;IsT-on 'Ioniay. June Philip Heist in his $50
5isison ave BTookiyn on Welnesday June 10.
$ D M Interment at Greenwood. on Thursday. June
HOGENCAMP-on Tuesday morning Juns 1908.
ms ses,denee IN IN nj shi' city John W a9ssncaa2 & N
day s5 Pr m 1d az eo2vegie1es of
copy.
HgBBELL1As No ssS West 1a,h st. Charles Esqua
HUsTED-The funeral services for Charles ssyrsou,
on thursday afternoon june H. at ? o'clock
LAROCoUE-At his residence. No. s East seth ST.
Tuesday June 2 Joseph Laroequs in the Isth year
BarthoIOmew's Church. Madison ave and 44th 81.
qassed 9Sa n6 6nWr, - 5e at 10 "
ASsoS1ATJoN g @ OF THE BAR OF TIE M CITY OF M.w
expresidens officers executive committee OF the
sociation have been appointed COMMITTEES 20 represent
the Association funeral Of late Joseph Larocque
ex-president OF the Association at ST Barthoomeys
Church. Madison ST. Friday. June II.
190S. 10 They requested in the
u '-7 s b BRowxEL1. Secretary.
OGN.BT-st Jamaica Plain. Mass. Tuesday. Juus
1905. Agnes wife OF Charles F. Ogby OF Boston.
youngest daughter Of late Peter Renlsen
Brnckerhoff. OF York Funeral service at St
Johns church. Jamaica Plain. Thursday. June
IL. 2:30 D m and commitments service from
Christ's Church. New Brunswick n j.. on Friday.
II. 1870
wTLSON-On June 2. a short illness. Eliza VII
son. wife of the late Henry Wilson Of New York
services her late residence. the Sulgrax
Apartments. 5T1 West 139Jh Thursday
morning II o'clock Intermsnt at Greenwood
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
OBITUARY
OLIVER 81. p. BELMONT.

Hampstead, Long Island, June 10 (SpeciaD.-Oli-
yer H P Belmont died at 645 o'clock this morn
ing. following operation for appendicitis COM
plicated by peritontis. The end very sud
denly. Only his wife and the family physician
were at his bedside at the time. In the house
also were w. K. Vanderbilt. jr.. and his wife
and Mrs. William Jay.
Following his Illness, which began June 9
DR.. William T. Bull and DR.. Andrew ]. McCosh
had bee nattending him, and everything known to
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
COLONEL JOHN F. FINERTY.

Chicago June 10.-Colonel John F. Finerty, a
well known newspaper man, lecturer and Irish
patriot died at his home here early to-day aged
sixtv-two years. from ailment of the liver with
which he had been suffering for six months
NJ E4nar+v left a wife and two children, John
EYnertv ir assistant attorney for the New York
Central Lines. ard Miss Vera Finerty, a senior
student In the University of Chicago
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
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Highest temperature yesterday 81 degrees: lowest so;
ysrsre IA average corresponding date last year.
So average corresponding date last thirty-hree
InoaI Forecast-Generaly to-day and Friday;
b.ht to fresh winds. mostly northsrly.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
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CEMETERIES
THE wooDLAwN CEMETERY

readily accessible by Harlem trains from, Grand
Central Station. Webster and Jerome Avenue troeys
and by carriage Lots $3.50 Telephone 4S5s
Cranercy for Book of Views representative
once. ST.. New FORK City
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
uohoREn aY QUEEN WIIHELMINA.

The Hague. June 1o.-The Queen of the Neither
lands has conferred the order of knighthood OF
Orange Nassau upon F. Cunliffe Owen, Of New
York.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

RrAKE-COE-on TO- at New York City. by
Rev Dr Robert Collyer Margaret Duryee Coe 70 Clin
ton Haulin Blake, jr.
-STRONG-Ou Thursday, June in Cleveland
bv the Rev Sterley Grace H Strong, Of Nanches-
ter VT daughter Mrs Fanny G. Strong. Frank
l. Hughes of Staten Island New York
,,ORRIs-FELLOWES-At Grace Church. Tuesday.
Iune o by the Rev. william r. Huntington. Carolyn
whitney daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Eel
loves TO Richard Lewis Norris
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
MARIE LOUIS GASTON BOISSiER.

Paris June 10-The death Is announced of Marie
ouis Castor Boissier, grand officer of the Legion
90 Honor and secretary of the French Academy.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
DoroestIc Rates

By EARLY MAIL TRAIN
For all points United States and Mexico Coutsds
f the Foroughs of Manhattan The Bronx) Also foe
Cuba Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines witnoos
extra expense for foreign postage
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11

Nervous take Horsrord's Acid Phosphate to
oui.t the nerves: sick headache and
inSomna. A WHOLESOME tonic
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
MRS. ETHEL BEATRICE DODGE.

and Belles-Lettres. He was the author OF several
books and of many magazine and review articles
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and FOrecast.-weshngton. 10
A balloon flight made Mount Weather Virginia.
which the altitude reached about mile
shove the station At light
v.re found with a temperature of 81
face the winds northerly. with Temperature of
"a degrees conditions have characterized the
lower layer ten days There showers
in the Ohio Valley. Atlantic Gulf except
In the southern portion OF Eastern Texas There
aIeo light upper lake region Illinois
and IN. states from South Dakota southwark Okla
bona 1t considerably cooler in the south Atlantic and
east Gulf states interior of New England and the
lower Ohio Valley in the Northwest and the
interior of the Gulf Low temperatures
There will Thursday the Southern
prbsby continuing Friday the greater portion Lo
cal showers also probable Thursday in the lower Ohio
VALLEY and indicated Tuesday night the general
the eastward OF the depression that
has appeared the Rocky Mountain region will cause
weather Friday in the plains
and possibly In the central valleys over the northern
ans Friday Temperatures will rise Thursday n he
the Missouri and upper Mississippi val
evs and Fridny in the Ohio Valley and the lower
Steamers departing Thursday for European ports will
eraly fair weather. to the Grand Banks
Forecast for Special LocalitIesFor the District of
Columbia Maryland partly cloudy to-day and Friday
light north winds.
For Delaware, Jersey Eastern Pennsylvania and
Eastern New York, generally fair to-day and Friday;
light TO fresh winds mostly north.
For England. fair to-day; cooler in southeastern
portion Friday light TO fresh northwest to north
"io For Western Pennsylvania
orally to-day and Friday warmer Friday light north
east winds
Ioc,, Official Record-The following official record
from the Weather Bureau shows the changes In the
temperature last twentyour hours in comparison
With he corresponding date or last year:
New-York tribune., 1908-06-11
UNDERTAKERS-

FRANK E. CAMPBELL 241-s West 2sd ST. Chapsla
Private and public ambulances Tel 1924 Caelsee