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New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
J1NITORS MUST NOPE UP.
Court Holds They Can't Lite IN
Easements 7cith LO1C Ceilings.

In sustaining the Tenement House Commits
sioner, who refused to approve plans for the in
stallling of janitors apartments in the Easements
OF fifteen tenement houses in 140th street. be-
tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, the Appel
late Division handed down a ruling yesterday
which will mean the ousting of thousands of jan
itors from their basement dwellings all over the
city. II will mean. said John 2. O'Brien, Assist
ant Corporation Counsel. counsel TO the Tene-
ment House Department. that tenement house
owners and fat and many so-called apartment
house landlords as well. will have to provide
quarters for their Jantors in apartments other
than in the basement. where the ceiling of the
basement is not at least four and a half feet
above the level of the street.
The ruling defines the language in Section 81
that the ceilings of Easements must be four feet
six inches above the level of the street, and not
the level of the courtyard in the rear as many
builders have interpreted in erecting fiathouses.
apartment houses and tenement houses coming
within the provisions OF the tenement house law.
Mr.. O'Brien said that not only did the decision
apply TO buildings erected since 1901. when the
law went into effect. but to all other tene-
ment houses. and by that was meant apartment
houses and flat houses erected prior to 1901
would have to have their basement apartments
at least nine feet in height from floor TO ceiling.
and the latter must be at least two feet above
the level OF the street
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
FIFTEEN HURT IN sTREETCAR RIOTS
Pensacola Strikers Object to the Importation
of Non-Union Men.

Pensacola Fla. April lO-The bringing of car
Ioad NJ strike breakers from St Louis this after
noon by the Pensacola Electric Company was the
signal for rioting and disorder. which resulted in
the injury Of fifteen of the imported men.
No sooner had the strike breakers arrived and
started for the sheds then fight occurred
between them and the sympathizers OF the union
men and from the corner Of Paafox and Wright
streets where the first trouble occurred there was
\ continual riot. in which bricks, bottles and shells
were hurled the strike breakers. the latter.
in turn. firing revovers and using heavy sticks
and bricks For over an hour the riot continued,
and when near the car barns fierce was the on
sIsught on the body of imported men that they
separated and fed, thirty running into negro
house while the remainder reached the car barn
and barricaded doors. The thirty men who
gained the negro house barrcaded the doors, and
II took the police over hour TO disperse the mob
and remove the men TO places Of safety.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
MR.. ELKINS DEPRECATES REPORTS
Asks That Publication of Gossip About His
Daughters Engagement Cease.

Washington. April 1o-Scnator Stephen B. Blkins
in view Of the reports from Rome that the engage
ment Of Miss Katherine Elkins to the Duke OF the
Abruzzi had been confirmed there and that tho
royal family had placed orders for the wedding
gifts, sent to The Associated Press tonight
ment deprecating current reports, as follows:
If you can consistently, will you kindly cease
the publication of dispatches and runOrs Of the
reported engagement OF my daughter? The matter
has occupied the attention of the press long
to such extent that / feel called upon make
this request.
While making il. i wish to state that | appreCi-
ate the kindly expressions that have apeared con-
corning nay daughter in connection with her
ported engagement. Whenever there shall he any
reason 10 make announcement about this matter
VIII be glad to give it TO the press in
tjC
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
LAST DAY AT TRENTON
FORT ROUTS n. j. BOSSES.
Senafc in Panic as Failing Nescel
Post Is Mistaken for Bomb.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune. 7

Trenton April 1.-THE 1S2d session Of the Xer-
Jersey Legislature ended its labors at an early
hour this morning, with the bosses routed and
psn'cstricken. and Governor Fort. Senator Colby.
senator Ackerman and Assemblyman Martin iub,-
lat
The passage OF the Ackerman Civil Service meas
ure marked by contest that will long be
remembered
Shen the bosses heard that the measure was nm
again they gathered in the corridor. awaiting news
Of the vote After the vote was announced Daniel
voorhees, Immediately a telegram to Robert
Davis the Democratic boss of Hudson. urging him
TO come 10 the State House and get the Democrats
who voted for the measure 10 reconsider the vote
But when the Hudson boss arrived the bill had
already been signed by the Governor Every trick
known 10 a boss was unsuccessfully tried to pre-
vent the bill getting 10 the Governor
The members of the Senate received severe
fright tonight when newell post of the main
stairway in the Senate wing fell with crash The
noise was so great that the Senators jumped from
their seats and rushed pancstricken into the cor
ridors many or them believing that bomb had
been set Of.
The annual appropriation bills passed by the
Legislature call for the expenditure of 81 30
and the supplemental bill for s792, ,O6O 3.
In the senate Mr.. Hinchliffe presented a state
nenr s<---s forth that the State Water Supply
Commission had requested him TO withdraw Senate
Ne. IA because of the attacks that have been
made upon 1t and the stories afoat that sinister
influences have been AT work in the measures be
half The statement pointed out that the matter is
worthy Of further consideration and that a new bill
covering the subject should be drawn.
Among the House measures passed by the SEN
were Mr. Martins open primary and recount
bill. Mr.. Colgate's concurrent resolution increas-
ing the salaries OF Senators and Assemblymen to
81 90 and Mr. Clarks bill, anneXng Belleville 10
Newark, with referendum clause.
The House passed Senator Hinchfe's bill al
lowing Paterson to raise money 10 pay its school
teachers the Avis bill. extending the direct nomna-
tion law TO freeholders. and the Fielder BILL aboI-
ishing the Martin act adjustment and commissions
The House by an overwhelming vote defeated the
bill passed by the Senate increasing the tax on
main stem railroad property TO be devoted TO state
uses from one-haf TO three-quarters Of l per cent
each dollar Of assessed valuation.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
SIR HENRY FAILING.
Serious Change for Worse in Former
Premier's Condition.

London. April 1o.-Sir Thomas Barlow. physi-
clan to King Edwards household. and DIR. Ber-
trand Dawson, physician extraordinary TO his
majesty, were called into consultation with Sir
Henry Campbell -Bannermans regular physicians
this afternoon The gravity of the former Pre-
nier's condition was shown by the issue OF a
bulletin this evening. II said
Sir Henry had quiet day, but there is no
improvement In his symptoms. Although he has
had comparatively little suffering, he is very
weak.
The condition OF Sir Henry has undergone d
serious change in the last twenty four hours.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
ALBANY MINISTER'S act.
Criticise Grattan and Barnes for
Racing attitude.
LRx Telegraph 70 The Trlbune. ]

Albany, April 10.-At largely attended meeting
OF the Albany Ministerial Association here to-day
take action the defeat of the Governors anti
racetrack gambling legislation resolutions were
adopted vigorously protesting against the vote OF
Senator Grattan, calling on him to reconsider this
case. and denounclng William Barnes 5r. for die
taIng Grattan's vote against the bills.
There will be a union meeting Of the Protestant
churches of Cohoes. Grattan's home town, in the
First Methodist Church there on Sunday night TO
take up the anti gambling matter with special ref
erence TO his vote II is probable that mass
meeting will grow out OF the meeting of the
Ministerial Association to-day.
The ministers OF Schenectady took similar action
to-day. protesting against the course Of Senator
Wemple.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
BIG LOG KILLS TWO.
accident IN Portable Sa7cmU at En-
field, Mass.
LRr T.l.sraph . rhe TrIbuns. ]

Enfield. Mass. April 1o-George H. Bishop
of the best known lumbermen in Massachu-
setts and Miss Wihelmna Weston, nineteen
years old, instantly killed in an accident
81 4 portable saWmin in the Greenwich Road
this afternoon. MI Bishops wife chaperoned
? party Of young women friends to witness the
mill in operation. Mr.. Bishop explain
ing the process when a huge birch log moving
down slide at terrific speed jumped the chute,
struck Miss Weston, bounded over the head
of Mrs. Bishop and crashed into Bishop. The
todes were taken to Greenwich tonight.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
P. R. R. GETS VALUABLE LINK.
Ohio Interests Object to Acquisition of
Right of Way from Wabash.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Pittsburg April lot became known here to-day
that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
closed deal with b. A. WOrthington, vice-presi-
dent OF the Wabash Railroad. for the entire right
OF way from Steubenville. Ohio. to Midland Penn
embracing thirty-ive miles the north bank OF
the Ohio River. This right of way in strictly
Pennsylvania Railroad territory obtained some
years ago by Joseph Ramsey. president of the
Wabash. who had arranged to spend 81 10000 on a
line to parallel the Pennsylvania lines and com
pete for the business of the potteries and nina
plants of the upper Ohio Valley.
Committees of angry citizens have been sent ,o
Columbus and Harrisburg TO ask that ths new
deal be set aside. 1t being alleged that possible
competition Is killed
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
PENN'S DAUGHTER PLAINTIFF,
Although Dead $50 Years, She Appears
Technically In Philadelphia Suit.

Philadelphia. April 1o.-Though they have been
dead Tor hundred and fifty years William
Aubrey and Letits Aubrey. daughter and son-in-
Law of William Penn. were plaintiffs in case be-
fore Judge Ferguson here to-day. The defendants
we're Ann Tell and the Philadelphia Trust Safe
Deposit and Insurance Company, trustees of an
estate.
The case was formally called and after the
OF the plaintiffs had been called IL was ex-
planned that they dead and that the legal
steps being taken to extinguish a ground rent
created IN 1713. The original deed was in the name
OF Ann Tell and remained an incumbrance on
the property.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
SUICIDE AFTER LETTER.
Mysterious MissiUe Makes Real
Estate Nan DespOndent.

Simon Deutsch. soon after receiving a mystic
rous letter. walked into his bedroom yesterday
and blew his brains out.
Deutsch was real estate operator. He lived
at No. 19 East 1O5th street. The letter. which
came from San Francisco. is supposed to nave
contained news of the failure of a Western busi-
ness deal. He received it about four days ago.
and after reading il tore II up. He refused TO
tell the contents to his wife. Since then he
had been despOndent.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
EouAL RleHIs-No SOAP MOB TOWELS s

Nashville Tenn. April lO-The Nashville. Chat
tanooga & St. Louis Railway is complying with
the recent order from Washington TO furnish the
same accommodations TO white and negro pas
sengers resulting from suit brought by a negro
10 whom soap and towels not furnished The
railway has taken all soap and towels from the
toilet rooms so that both white and black pas
sengers have only drinking water.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
rHE EASTER NEW YORK HERALD

nstoe France r. HOpkinson Smith, Paul Bour-
sef, Mary r. wilkins Freeman, Max Pemberton
sna JOHN Kendriek Bangs few Of the writer's
whose works appear in this years Easter Ed
ton of thc Ssw York Herald issued to-marIow.
in addition there vii he a dozen pages ~ color
end 2 srore of articles apprOpriate 10 the season
BESIDES ina SnoUsshd and one other good features
.ad. 4 course ~ the news. BE sure - orcer your
paper to-day Adyt.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
CAPTAIN TAD" JONES HURT.
His Ankle sprained, He Will Not Be Able
to Play Against Giants.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

New Haven. April IO.-Captain Tad" Jones of
the Yale baseball nine is crippled. He sprained his
ankle sliding 10 first in the game against Tufts
Yesterday and will be unable TO play in New York
Tomorrow, when Yale opens the New York season
lie viii be laid up a fortnight
As McGraw offered Jones a big salary to sign
with the Giants his absence will be regretted by
ihe National Leaguers. Sweeney viii take his
plaee- behind the baL
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
MEETING LAST NIGHT.

state Chairman Woodruff presided at the sss-
sion of the committee last night at the stats
headquarters. No. II East sOth street The frsr
thing up for discussion was the contest in the
1st District of Niagara, where the Merritt
Wadsworth men fought drawn battle with the
Porter Stevens men. John A Merritt of Lock-
port. is the state committeeman from the dis
trict. and on his request the Merritt -wadsworth
delegates were placed on the temporary roll.
The contest will be further thrashed out to-day
before the committee on credentials
The greater part Of the time last night was
given to the Halpin- Page contest in the 1sth
Assembly District OF this city. Mr.. Page lust
squeezed through with victory over William
Hahn in the 18th Assembly District Mr. Halpin
and Mr.. Page were thus thrown into the 1Ith
Congress District
Last night Mr. Halpin said that the county
committee had not credited him with the num-
Der of votes in the district convention he was
turns his district had polled 4.52S votes, willis
the county committee people credited him with
only 4.441. This difference meant loss of Ons
de 'egate in the district and gave the control to
n Parsons men. Ex-Governor Odell. who at
t-nded the meeting last night. argued the Justice
of Mr. Halpins cause, and said that he was en-
Titled TO his seat in the state committee The
state committee decided the other way. AMI
Commissioner Page will therefore succeed Mr.
Hapn in the state committee.
President Parsons and Henry z. O'Brien wsr.
brought into the debate last night as defenders
! OF the apportionment. Mr.. Parsons assuring the
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
MORE EARTH SHOCKS IN MEXICO.

San Antonio, Tex. April 10-A special dispatch
from Monterey Mexico. says that telegraphic dis
patches from Mier and Noriega say that several
distinct earthquakes were felt Wednesday and
again Yesterday Owing 10 the nature OF
the shocks great alarm felt many persons
fleeing to other towns.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
RAILROAD MEN DEcRY RATE REDUCTION

Missouri Valley Iowa. April l0.-Five hundred
ra abroad men from all branches of the service a
a mass meeting here tonight adopted resolutions
protesting against further reduction railroad
rates The resolutions say the loss must eventually
fan on the railroad employes The resolutions are
addressed particularly 10 the Nebraska Railway
Commission.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
MME. GOULD MARRIED ?
She and Prince dc Sagan Reported
Ucdded in Jcrscu

Nine Anna Gould left the St. Regis last night
accompanied by Prince Helie de Sagan. 1t was
reported mat they were married in New Jersey
ana were TO sail for Europe on the Frederick
uer crosse to-day Officials of the North Ger
man Lloyd Line, however said that neither the
Frince nor Nine. Gould had engaged passage
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
CIVIL SERVICE BILL PASSES.
House Approves Ackerman Measure by a
Vote of 80 TO %.

Trenton. \. J.. April 1o.-New Jersey will have n
civil Service Commission. Assemblyman Pierce this
evening secured reconsideration of the vote by
which the Alderman Civil Service bill was lost a
day ago and getting it before the House aga N
ii passed by a vote OF 30 to 2s
The bill taken the Senate for
concurrence in some Assembly amepdments, which
quickly done, and the measure immedi-
ateiy printed and signed by the Governor.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
TWO FATALLY HURT I'M RUNAWAY.

Charlottesville, Va, April I0--Mrs Allan r.
Nauckel wife OF Judge NauckeI, Of Norfolk, and
her mother Mrs. Robertson. fatally injured in
runaway accident to-day. Mrs. Nauckers dress
caught the step OF the vehicle. and she
dragged distance. fractuTing her skull 1t IS
not believed that either Of the win live.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
ANNAPOLIS GRADUATION. JUNE :

Washington. April lo,-June has been fixed
as graduation day for the mdshpmen at the
Naval Academy.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
CENTRAL r. 3. OF NJ. j. AND BALTIC. & OHlO
ROYAL BLUE LINE ROUTE

viii on april l5'h mang&nrate & IN IhroPgh pid napip'
Iea, ing 23d ST. $50 a. M and Liberty 81. 10 a. m
4ilv except SUNDAY. Apply at Ticket Offices, f5i x
1900 Broadway. and Esd street staIion--A%1
New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
SENSATIONAL TIMES PREDICTED.

Legislators and politicians here predict that
the special election, II the racing forces do not
prevent 1t by their threatened appeal to the
courts, will produce conditions many times as
spectacular those attending the nomination
of Senator Franchot. with its deadocked con-
vention for days. and the special train which
conveyed his certificate of nomination to ALBANY
just at the last moment when it could be re-
ceived There is bitter factional fight in that
Congress district between the Stevens Porter
and Merritt Wadsworth forces Senator Fran
chot was elected by small majority. Assem-
blyman Eggeston, of Orleans County last au-
Continued "a second
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26
Vardamon and Brewer.

II was after the first primary that
Vardaman threw his support to Noel
and against Brewer. We cannot UNI
derstand why Vardaman did not sup
port Brewer. the man who had the
support of most Vardamanites, and a
man nearer like Vardaman than any
other man in the race.-Hickory Re-
porter-Index.
1t is easy to understand why varda-
man did not support Brewer (who
lacked whole lot of being like Var
daman). He knew him better than
come of those who were SO bent on
seeing him elected, and thought that
of the two evils, 1t would be better to
support the lesser one. as did great
many others, who could not get ur
any enthusiasm for either of the can
didates in the last primary, and tool
up the one that was elected, for the
want Of better one.-Newton Record
But Governor Vardaman has 'fesset
up. He knows now that he did WRONG
In supporting Noel against Brewer an.
he has the manhood to own it.
| The Newton Record is one Of tn,
several state papers which printed
cartoon depicting Brewer as idea,
one" long before the first primary
But the vote which he receive
proved the falIacy of the prophecy.
i Earl Brewer is big-hearted, bi,
Drained Mississippian- The editor I
this newspaper has known him sine
the days when he went barefoote
. and plowed a one-eyed mule for hi
widowed mother in Carroll County. HI
rise in the world is an eloquent tril
nte to personal merit and to systel
Of government which places person;
i merit above wealth and station an
guarantees to every deserving boy ii
J reward OF his honest efforts.
He may vet be Governor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26

alton between white and colored child
rem. So long as pupils nor parents
raise an objection to the presence Of a ,
colored child. nothing is said; but such |
acquaintance is shown only by children
OF recent immigrants. As soon as an
objection is raised. the Objectionable
child is transferred to school where
its presence is not noticed.
In the high schools the few coiored
students sit apart and no intercourse
is held between them and the great
majority. Such are the actual condi-
tions. OF course. there as in every
community. are light-headed, addle-
Drained men and women who, for the
sake of fancied notoriety and more
from vanity than from other reason.
advocate social relations between the
two races. but public opinion among
the school children settles that ques-
ltion very effectively.
Looking fairly at the relations be.
tween whites and negroes, the latter
find better and more congenial home
and treatment in the south than in the
north; and those who do not appre
ciate that fact are a character that
would find he south very warm place
Consequently the negroes Of New
Orleans simply showed their inabilit,
to comprehend and appreciate familiar
conditions, when they issued the ride
ulous invitation 1t should not be tax
en- In earnest, because we should know
by this time what is and what is no
beyond the negro's comprehension
The Times-Democrat calls it Negr,
Impotence, but that does not describ
|. lit. The negroes who signed the invita-
. ton have thereby proved the conten
; ton of the white south, that the negr
is incapable of self-government. Thes
men, supposed to be leaders of thei
race, should have known existing cor
ditions, but they did not. If they ha
y not been beyond their mental conceT
ton they would not have ventured t
arouse the indignation, perhaps tn
resentment of the white community b
J. what would have been an insult If
had not proceeded from negroes.
Such men should vacate the south
r. Let them go north and swell the nun
= Der of blood yagabonds until the
bring retribution upon themselves. W
: have no use for them and do not war
them at any price. This should b
made plain SO that such stupid il
stances of self-assertions may not o
lcur again. 49, Z
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26

Democrat who is opposed to Bryan
and you viii fnd fellow who has
been voting the Republican ticket for
a quarter of century Memphis Com
mercial Appeal.
But the esteemed g. A. wouldn't
have said as much twelve years ago
when it was supporting the Palmer
and Buckner ticket against the Ne
braskan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26
ALDERMEN.

City-at-Large-M. ]. McGrath.
Ward lie. L. MCGOWAN and DR.. E. J..
Mitchell.
Ward PR. A. Cameron and H. C.
Greer.
Ward "a. T. Powe and c. F. Lassiter.
Ward 4-R. c. McKinzie and N. R. Nc
Cullough.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26
Indignant New Orleans.

Some months ago spelling match
was held in Cleveland, o., to which the
public school pupils throughout the
country were invited. The contest was
won by fourteen years old colored
girl named Mary Bolden,, and now the
negroes of New Orleans have decided
to give spelling bee in her honor,
'open to all pupils of the New Or
leans schools, public and private"
The authors of this invitation
know. of course. that no white child
in the south would participate in a
spelling match of negro children, but
the people of New Orleans do not rel
ish the invitation nor the terms in
which it is conveyed 1t was probably
accident pure and simple which gave
the colored girl in Cleveland the vic
tory, and spelling is after all less a
token of intelligence than of re-
tentive memory. But conditions in the
north are very different from those
prevailing and necessary in the south
and in view of these facts, the ne
groes of New Orleans have committed
a fiagrant blunder-
Cleveland. O., is essentially a cos
mopoIitan city. where almost ever.
language of Europe is spoken. Con
sequently the public schools of tina
city must necessarily be more or les
cosmopolitan. Nevertheless the oil
rule that ..like seeks like" prevail
there to remarkable extent Their
is one very large school, with an a
tendance Of from 400 to 1000 peopl
and situated about three blocks fror
the center OF the business district
the Bfownell school which is b
common consent set aside for sue
children with whom those Of the whit
residents do not desire to ASSOCIATE
This school contains many Of the n
gro children and those Of new imm
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26

The rumor that the trains Of the
Gulf & Ship Island are to be run into
the Northeastern's new depot perhaps
originated from the fact that the
tracks are SO close ogether at the
present passenger station that ladies
have to remove their Merry Widow
hats in order to pass between the
cars.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-08-26

Hon. T. U. sisson is giving Congress
sman Shed Hill the fight Of his life
over in the Fourth district, and the
chances seem to be largely in his "a
vor. Sisson is bright young man
and would make his district an ex
cellent representative.