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New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
JOHN MITCHELL ON TRADE UNI0Nss
Second Annual Sycamore Sociological Con-
ference Opens in Massachusetts,.

Sseannore Beach Mass, June 36.-With a repre-
sentative gathering OF nearly hundred and
women interested in the various phases of soco-
logical work the second annual Sycamore Socio-
logical Conference opened here tonight and will be
in session until Thursday evening. The two princi-
nal topics for discussion will be trade unions and
socialism.
The members OF the conference are meeting as the
nersonsl guests OF George W. Coleman. OF Boston
nresdent of the conference and publisher of THE
christian Endeavor World The feature of the
onening session tonight was a paper on The
philosophy of Trade Unionism. written by John
Mitchell the former head of the United Mine
Workers of America. Mr.. Mitchell was not pres
ont in nerson his physicians believing that his
health would not stand the strain of hurried trip
from Chicago to this place, and then immediate
.ournev to Denver where be is to attend the Ma
tional Democratic Convention. Mr. Mitcheifs paper
closed follows
While the growth in numbers ana conservaussLn N
of the trade unions will undoubtedly minimize
f-iction the hope of future peace IN the
world lies in the trade agreement the trace
agreement is the very essence OF trade unlonlsil
it represents the central idea for Whlch trace
unionism stands. namely, the GolIectlVe or JON,
onaSatjnn in modern business lire. In that II Sc
ciIres TO the workingmen what, various penenCehI I
schenes in the past have failed 10 secure-a
measure Of control by working men over 9 G o ths
clearest and most unmistakable recognltion OF
tho importance of labor TO capital. ana capital 70
labor. and there is nothing SO promising Tor the
eetahiishment of friendly relations between these
forces as the growing tendency of their repTesen-
tatiyes to in friendly conference In oroer 10
sdiust conditions of employment
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
E. W. VANDERBILT LITIGATION VOID
Jury 0verpaid in Incompetency Proceedings,
Saws Appellate Division.

The Appellate Division Of the Supreme Court.
sitting in Brooklyn declared yesterday that Ed
ward Ward Vanderbilt not properly declared
incompetent. The proceedings were started by his
daughter, Miss Minerva Vanderbilt. who had been
turned out of her home. she complained. after her
father had married Mary Arm Scannel-Pepper, the
Spiritualist medium.
Based on the decision of commission In 1unacy
and jury committee appointed to manage
Mr. VanderbIlt's property. an action was begun
by Miss Vanderbilt TO get back the property which
her father had given the medium and finally the
medium was indicted for grand larceny. The de-
cision yesterday will put everything back on the
footing that prevailed before Miss Vanderbilt set
the courts to work, with the exception that much
OF the property of the aged man and his wife has
been wasted in the litigation.
The finding of the commission and jury is set
aside regardless of evidence. Miss Vanderbilt s
lawyers the Appellate Division says, gave the
Jurors 30 cents too much pay day during the
hearings The Sheriff distributed the money to the
men according to the decision, and they took 1t
knowing they we're not legally entitled TO it.
While the result might have been the same,
continues the court, we cannot say, after reading
the evidence that the jury was not improperly in
fuenced by the gratuity paid to them
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
FIGHT BRONX RESORT
Manor Asked to Wihdra5o License
for Place Near Public Park.

Mayor Mcclellan was asked yesterday afternoon
to withhold license from James Thom Tor
pleasure park at the southwest entrance to Van
Cortlandt Park. The residents there have learned
that the place IS to be similar to those at Fort
George and Coney Island. and they are preparing
to fight the granting of permit to the apphcant.
The best known residents and property owners OF
the northern section of the city have arrayed tne-
selves against Mr.. Thom's enterprise
Thorn already owns resorts Of a similar character
at both Fort George and Coney Island. II Is held
by lovers of the public parks in this city tnat tns @
creation of such place in the neishborhood VIII
have the effect of bringing an undesiraoie claSS vi
persons to the residential section nearby.
Those who have a sentimental feeling for the
beauties Of Van Cort1andt Park are backed by
MANY who believe that with the establishment OF
the resort at 242d street and Spuyten Duyv1i Road
real estate values will drop for miles around iheS
cite the case of Fort. George. which, they aAese'
Is suffering from what practically amounts 10
blight in a business and residential way as the
result of the small city of resorts which hdS
sprung up there within few years. Among those
who have taken active part In the nsnt asaiii''
the proposed Van Cortlandt resort are;
Cleveland H. Dodge. F. w. Longfellow' george W.
Perkins John B. Dash, Judge Leonard A. Gle
gerich, Louis L. Delsfeld, T. NJ Meiklehain' ITO
fessor Charles Knapp. of Columbia University ana
Suas B. Brownell. nearly all Of whom nave MONIES
at Riverdale. Kingsbridge or Van CortIano'' .AfS
Alice c. Townsend. of the Colonial Danes; Mrs.
Butterworth. of the wornan's Municipal League;
Brother Victor of the Christian Brothers, OF Man
haitian College; the Rev. john Campbell OK tne
Church OF the Mediator, of Kingsbridgej the Rev.
George F. Payson, of Inwood; Charles T. Stursis.
of Morris Heights, and the Rev T. B. Holiand' OF
Sr Georges Protestant Episcopal Church
At the hearing yesterday, which was held Derore
robn p Corrfgan chief of the license bureau, In
the City Hall. Messrs. Isen. Delafeld and George
B. Hayes represented those who are opposed 10
granting the license. while John B. Whalen, former
Corporation Counsel looked out for the interests
of Mr. Thorn. The case was adjourned tor week.
Building operations the proposed resort are pro-
ceeding slowly, pending decision OF the contro-
versy Mr. Thorn plans to spend sSo,VO on the
enterprise He obtained the land on which ne m
tends to open his new resort from the van Cor'-
1andt estate on a ten-year lease 1t Is said oners
we're made 10 Thorn, reinbursng him for any rea-
sonable expense he might have been put to II ne
would cancel his lease but he named prohibitive
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
DIAMoNDs WORTH $4,000 GONE.
Chicago Buyer Finds He Has Lost Them
When He Reaches Employers Offices.

Chicago. June So.-S. C. Powell. buyer enpioseo
by Stern Brothers & Co, wholesale jewellers at
No ios State street reported TO the police to-day
that be had either lost been robbed OF sack
containing $4,000 worth of unset diamonds Powell
said that he had just bought the gems for his
firm and had found out his loss when he went to
the firms Offices after visiting a barber shop In
the building.
Powell declared that he was almost positive he
had the diamonds in his possession when he en-
tered the building. He said that he had two bags
of diamonds one containing $4,000 worth of the
gems and the other $4,000 worth, and that he
carried sack in either inside pocket of his
vest The police inclined believe that Powell
may have been the victim of pickpockets before
entering the building
Powell has been employed by the jewelry concern
for several and during that period has trans
acted nearly ali the purchasing OF gems for the
firm.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
JESUIT COLLEGE LOSES BUILDING.
Fire at Allegany May Have Been Work OF
Black Hand Men.

Buffalo June s0.-A special dispatch TO Ine
News" from Olean says that the main oulolns Oh
St Bonaventure College, at Alegany' was Ie
stroyed by fire this morning Inc hafneS otis
mated In a small, unused corner room, and tne
IAsuit Fathers who have charge of the lnstitu-
tion cannot account for 1t. except by the theory
of fncendarisn About $4,000 loss vas suffered on
the building and $4,000 its contents, books and
furniture AS the school year is over the ouilolns
was untenanted
The FIRE was discovered at 4:SO o'clock this morn
imp AS far as could be ascertained. nobody con-
nected with the college had been in the room
where the fire started for days. This. coupled
with a Black Hand letter received recently oy
Father Butler, threatening that the cohese "oulo
be burned has caused strong impression 10 gain
ground that the college was burned because Father
Butler would not submit to demand for $4,000
blackmail.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
AFTER ONTARIO & WESTERN.
Foreign Stockholders Offer to Buy Control
from New Haven Road.

The foreign stockholders of the New York On
tario Western Railway Company, it reported
in Wall Street yesterday, have made offer for
the controlling interest owned by the New York
New Haven & Hartford, consisting Of s29 16o 600 of
the $50 stock and s. 200 Of the $1,000
preferred. It is understood that the offer is not
likely to be accepted and that the control will
eventually pass to either the New York Central
the option Of which the New Haven's holdings
expired on December 81 last, but is said to have
been indefinitely extended, or to the Delaware &
Hudson, which connects with the Ontario & West
ern in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal region.
The Ontario & Western has trackage rights over
the West Shore Railroad from Cornwall N. Y, to
Weehawken. and OF the objects of the New
York Central in desiring to get control has been
understood to be TO end the friction which has
developed between the West Shore and the Ontario
& Western IN the course of this arrangement
Ownership OF the latter road by the Delaware d
Hudson would give that system entrance into New
York
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
KILLS HER ASSAILANI.
With Children Cinging to Hef
nress Woman Shoots Boarder.

with her thee small children clinging TO her
arasz Mrs Catherine Mancusa, of No. les west
y7t street sho. Donate Rosa. thrty-two years oio'
Who had boarded with her He died in the Ne"
yoru FJospital several hours later. Following the
shooting Mrs Mancusa kissed her children and ned.
She was found just about the time Rosa died. IN d
nearby cellar .
After her husband. Luigi Mancusa, had gone 10
work yesterday morning. Mrs. Mancusa went pack
to he'd with her three children. and. according to
fhe poIice Rosa entered her room and declared
that he would kill her IL she resisted him. After
a brief struggle Mrs. Mancusa managed TO free
herself and ran with her children into another
room where she knew her husband kept re-
volver.
AS Rosa followed her into this room Mrs Man
cusa sent four bullets into his body. One entered
his abdomen, second shattered his Jaw, third
entered his mouth and the last struck him in the
head.
Mrs Mancuss calmly told the police that Rosa
had attempted to assault her. and that she shot
him in self-defence. She taken to the JEFF
ferson Market court, where Magistrate Walsh re-
manded her TO the Coroner Because Of her con-
dition Mrs. MancUsa, request OF her counsel.
sent to Bellevue Hospital.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
MILITIA DRILLS WITH REGULARS.
Special Target Practice for the Benefit of
Officers at Pine Camp.

Pine Camp. n. L. June S0-The recent militia
arrivals, which include Vermont, New Hampshire
and New Jersey troops. Instructed in drilling
with the regulars to-day, and the militia showed
up we'll. Lecture instructions given in out
posts and reconnaissance and in advance rear
guard and patrols by regiments. The cavalry took
part in the drills.
Special target practice was held this afternoon
for the benefit of the officers and the preliminary
athletic contests for the Fourth of July celebra-
tion pulled off. Private Dewitt, OF the engi-
neers, of Peoria, Ill., distinguished himself in the
try-outs and will represent the unit consisting of
the engineers and the 9th Infantry in the broad
jump. 100 and 20 yard dashes and relay The
engineers in every contest. The officials for
the Fourth of July meet are: Field marshal. Cen
eral F. d. Grant; officer in charge, Captain ". T.
Johnston, 18th Cavalry; referee, Captain J. T.
Haines, 11th Cavalry statistical officer, Lieutenant
NJ. G. Holiday, 18th Cavalry. and clerk of the
course, Lieutenant J. L. Schey, engineer corps.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
OVER SEAS 103 TIMES.
North German Lloyd Officials Entertain Old
Patron.

The North German Lloyd liner Kronprinzessfn
CecIe arrived here yesterday from Bremen with
al cabin passengers the largest westward list of
the season, She made unusually good run TO
port When the Kronprinzessin left New York
three weeks ago she carried the record eastward
cabin complement. While the steamer was at
Bremen the officials of the North German Lloyd
line invited the KronprinzessiI Cecie, after whom
the liner was named make a trip on her up
through the North Sea. The kronprfnzessin who
referred to the steamer constantly as my ship,
gave loving cup to Captain Hogemann and the
officers.
DR. and Mrs F. Ziegfeld. Of Chicago. were pas
sengers. DR.. Ziegfeld, who is the director of the
Chicago Conservatory of Music, completed his loSd
trip on steamers of the North German Lloyd Line.
He was the first passenger to go across the At
lantic on the company's old steamer Bremen, In
1855 While in Bremen he was the guest of the
North German Lloyd directors at a dinner and
was referred to their oldest passenger and
friend
Miss FRITZ Schef, the comic opera singer, ar
rived yesterday on the Kronprinzessin IN excellent
health. She will appear In the fall at the knck-
erhocker Theatre in comic OPERA 'Ine
Prfma Donna" by Victor Herbert and Henry Bios
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
WRECKERs DITCHED LIMITED.
Held Responsible for California Fatality
Three Dead and Thirty Hurt

Los Angeles. June 30--The assertion is made
by the officers of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad that the wreck of the California Lin
tied near Winslow, Ariz, Sunday night, de-
IiberateIy brought about by the burning Of the
bridge. which caused three deaths and resulted in
injury to over thirty persons. H J. Franklin.
general coast claim agent for the company. de-
clared that reports from his subordnates estab-
lish clear case of train wrecking It is said that
the bridge was situated that fire could not
have been started by passing engines that train
had passed two hours before the wreck. and that
in the meanwhile track walker had found the
bridge in good condition. Two said to
have been seen running away the engine
crashed into the ditch It is declared that
the wreck Of a freight train in the same vicinity
on June 20 was accomplished by obstruction
placed on the track evidently in the mistaken
belief that the next train due the California
Limited
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
BACK TO SANATORIUM.
I. Merton Bennington Found Dining
at Hotel I'm peridL-

7 NAu+on Bsnn9nr+on the former tIrfrnan ard
real estate operator. who escaped TON IT
Coornbs's sanatortun at Corona. Long ISia1i1' .
Sunday found at breakfast yesreroaS 1'. = 80.
ir. Il, the FIctal Imperial, Broadway ana so
street. and taken back to the sanator1um IN 'n7
afternoon.
Bennington registered at the Imperiai on 'oa'
night and was assigned 20 room OS 'h7 a.
t,ros tIr, tTA wore a battered straw hat
t+h M croun on IL and a suit OF clothes wnien
.,naaraa r,uch the worse FOR wear The day cisrz
read the stories OF Bennington's escape a"u
nhoned the police that the thurman We We - - -
hotel dining room. Patrolman Dunn, oi
oo,, street station was sent to the hotel ana lnVea
I,.tr.+o, "over TO the club" On the way tns
Iatter talked to the officer about having Joneo 1ns
nolics force He went into the recreauon roOl, d@
~ station house and talked freely Win tae poHco
- ,bo,,+ his horses and dogs, but they coulo not
NJ . - .. .x,laio how he escaped from the sana-
So sel - u,sra he had been a patient for nearly
q year. - s,,5
INV horses are all gone from me now ne So
.o,d NV beautiful hounds have all oeen suo-e-
when had my kennels al baIn pe0Sn - y -
ba the delight Of everybody to visie them MS
-, borsss 7 wouldn't take s250-Ooo for BeldaTne
40, fr had her. and trfllion wouldn't ouy the
whole stable. -,
.-FIov did you get away from the sanaoorlurn'
- .Lo.. fool, have been keeping ne there
,,- No reason at all When left the place
walked to Bath Beach and boarded an eieValea
+-a,, The conductors were good fellows and
didn't make me pay. I went 10 tno HollinH
EIouse hut they>wouldn't talk 70 n1e.
who pays your expenses a' '
asked the policeman
Charley Gates, CornelUs N Bliss IT, anu 1on1
A Drake are putting up eounterreir money IoI
me-" answered Bennington Hs laughed IouoIy
at his own reply and then lapsed into hair ooze
A, s++sndznt from the sanatortun took him
.uav in a cab IN the afternoon. and ne enusTSe4S
hid the policemen goodby-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
DIR. FERRIS TO GO ABROAD.
President of State Lunacy Commission VIII
Study Foreign Insane Hospitals.

Albany June 3o.-Tr. Albert Warren Ferrfs pres
,aer+ of the State Commission IN Lunacy. an
ro,,ncsd to-day that he would sail for Europe in
Ju1v To visit Munich. Berlin. Breslau. Vienna, and
possibly Padua study the methods used in those
countries in conducting psychiatric hospitals. or
psychopathc wards. connected with general hos
pitals Dr. Ferris is TO perfect the plans for the
ds-eopnnent Of the psychiatric hospital, sometimes
called the reception hospital for the insane which
is TO be built in New York early as plans can be
formulated
On this trip DR.. Ferris will accompany PROFESSOR
Adolf Never director OF the Pathological INSTITUTES
of New York State Hospitals for the Insane Or.
Never will sever his connection with the New York
state Commission in Lunacy October I, 1909.
to take up his new duties director Of the psyc1-
atrfc hospital OF Johns Hopkins University, at
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
INSURANCE HEADS PRAISE CLEVELAND
Resolutions Adopted, but No Action Taken
to Appoint Successor.

special meeting of the executive committee Of
the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, of
which Grover Cleveland was chairman and
sci was held Yesterday Paul Morton. president Of
the Eduitabl Life Assurance Society. acted as
temporary chairman. Other members of the COM
mittee present were: Charles A. Peabody, presi-
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company;
Thomas A. Buckner. vice-president of the New
York Life Insurance Company; Haley Fiske, vice
president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany; George f. Ide, president of the Home Life
insurance Company and Robert Lynn Cox, secre-
tary of the association
A resolution was adopted praising Mr.. Cleveland
in the following words:
more completely established in the confidence. re
spect and love of his fellow citizens. 1t his
good fortune be placed while yet living IN his
true historical setting thing which has generally
been denied to the great men OF our country.
His service in public office ended in 1897 with the
finish of his second term President of the United
States But his service in the peoples interests
and for the promotion of their welfare continued to
valuable services rendered by Grover Cleveland to
his fellow WAS his contribution to the preSer-
ance To this field of activity he brought all the
experience gained in other and broader fields To
ii he gave guarantee OF honesty and efficiency
equal to which. In the eyes of the American people
no other could have given. This he did in the
interests of some twenty million more policS
holders. He did IT at sacrifice Of quiet and ease
long and active career. and to which he was en-
titled at his time Of life For this service we
II we came 10 know him well and to love and re-
spect him as his associates could not fail to do
No action was taken with reference to selecting
Mr. Clevelands successor as chairman and counsel
This will bs done by the association itself. which
will not hold meeting until October.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
FEWER AUTOMOBILES REGISTERED.

Albany June 30.-There a falling off in the
number of registrations of automobiles for the pur-
nose of securing licenses for the first six months
of this year, compared with the first six months
~ last year according to announcement made to-
dav at the Office of the Secretary of State. Up TO
July / 1907 there s.225 registrations. while
the figures for the first six months of 1905 show
decrease of about two hundred
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
JTTDGE IN RUFF CASE REBUKED.
Refusal to Admit Certain Bondsmen Called
Bias and Partisanship."
rRy Telegraph 70 The Tr;bune

San m apcisco June 30.-Judge Frank II. Dunno,
oe the Superior Court. received rebuke from the
District Court Of Appeals to-day in regard to his
,restnent of ABE" Ruef in regard 10 ball Judge
Dunno refused 10 permit Ruefs relatives TO go
hond as well as any except real estate owners.
r,,s4 anrealed and the District Court after re-
,,.su1ine The law declared there was no reason
for Judge Dunne's refusal. and accordingly re-
ferra5 tbe whole matter OF Ruef's bail TO Judge
eea aweYs court. In the decision biting comment on
Judges who allow bias. or partsanship 10 sway
-hefr decisions" made.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
NEPHEW SAYS CLEVELAND DIED POOR
tBy Telegraph TO The Tribune

tBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
Spokane Wash, June 30.-Grover Cleveland died
poor according to Grover Hoyt. Mr.. Cleveland >
nephew, a resident o. Spokane.
II know that when my uncle's will is read it will
be found that for who reached such an exalted
position he was q comparatively poor man." said
Hoyt to-day. Il know also that the reports that
he had made fortune dealing on the Stock Ex-
change absolutely untrue"
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
kNlckEReockER RECEIVERS LOSE.

The petition OF Ernest Thamann, G. L. Rives
and II. c. Ide. receivers OF the knickerbocker
Trust Company. TO have the order which cut
down their fees from $4,000 to $4,000 each re-
scinded was denied by the Appellate Division CT
the Supreme Court in Brooklyn yesterday. Their
storneys fees suffered similar shrinkages.
The fees were allowed by Justice Clark. OF the
supreme Court. and the case went to the Ap-
nellate Division on appeal Justice Gaynor wrote
the decision which cut down the amounts.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
ESCAPED CoNVIcTS AT BAY.

Fort Smith, Ark. June So.-In fight late last
night between q posse and three men who escaped
from Jail at Stigler. Okla, on Saturday, out
law and member OF the posse were wounded. The
fugitives intrenched in a cave and after more
than one hundred shots were exchanged, the off,
GERS ceased firing and withdrew to safe distances.
where they Will remain until the three fugitves
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
pRosEcuroR KILLS DEFENDANT.

Branford Fla June 3o-N II. Green shot ana
killed L. W. Tidwen to-day on their way TO 1--we
Oak TO attend the trial OF case in which Greeh
was prosecutor and Tidweli the defendant. cor
ouer's Jury acquitted the slayer on the ground OF
self-defence Green is a prominent merchant and
has lived here for fifteen years. Tidwei, who was
a well known farmer leaves a wife and several
small childreas
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
SALE AT MANHAssET, LONG ISLAND

Ernestus Gulick has sold farm Of 105 acres
at Manhasset the north shore, adjoining the
property of the Plandome Realty Company, to a
syndicate which will develop the site.
The Port Washington branch of the Long
Island Railroad will have station at Plandome.
The amount involved in this transaction is over
two hundred thousand dollars The property
changed hands about three years ago for about
half that sum.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
MRS. CLEVELAND GOES TO rAmwoRrH

Princeton, n. j., June Sn.-Mrs. Grover Cleveland
left here to-day for her summer hons at Tam
worth. N H. where she will remain until Septem-
ber. Mrs. Cleveland accompanied by two of
her children. Esther and Richard.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
IeHteH AND READINGS MINES CLOSE

uabanov CITY PENN June 30-The collieries OF
the pbiIadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
nanv and the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. en-
ploying S5 900 persons in the schuylk region shut
down tonight The colieries will remain idle until
Tul &
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01

GOING AWAY OVER THE FOURTH?
s.br-eYer YOU 60 leave order with local aewsdeale
Tor ths SUNDAY TRIBUNE as soon as '9u ssSe1A
New-York tribune., 1908-07-01
TWO DEALS IN WEST 13so STREET.

Nail e Parker. with James A Jackson. havs
sold for Mary Murphy. TO Osk & Luelstein. No
100 West ts3d ST. three-story and basement
dveIIing house. on lot 2Ox9s feet They have
also leased for Osk & Ede1stein No. "a and No
100 West 1880 ST TO client