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New-York tribune., 1908-02-14

cent per deposits. much thereof
as might be necessary. would create fund that
would enable every deposition in failed bank 20
be paid on by the government quickly as his
passbook could be verified
It would seem though this assurances would
absolutely prevent panics among depositors and
would bring into the banks much OF the enormous
quantity OF gold that Is boarded BY for
egn population. especially here in the coal region
IL would seem that with the danger OF panic among
depositors removed the reserve could safely Be
duced from 25-15 2o-10 and finally TO fe-S-
For IL IS evident that without condolences bank
will fail with 80 per cent reserve. surely with
2S per cent, while with perfect condolences on the
part OF depositOrs % per reserve looks like .
wicked waste OF resources In iGlsness Sorre years
since a movement started ascertain the
OF English banks outside OF the Bank Of
England The investigation called OF without
Official report. but II understood that the
age about per cent. and that the whole
mighty financial fabric Of the British empire was
practically carried by the reserve OF the Bank Of
England alone IN connection with the government
1t is hard Just what reasonable objection
be raised 20 such plan OF insurance or what in
terest be injured On the other hand IL 10
evident that any emergency currency IL sure 70
awake all the old greenback and free silver
lunacies that such menace 70 progress
in past years. c. E CHITTENDEN-
Scranton. Penn. Feb :. 1868
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
BELL URGES INCREASE OF PAY

Washington Feb. 13-Gencral Bell. chief OF star
Of the army, to-day recommended to the House
Committee on Military Affairs increased pay
schedule for enlisted along the lines laid down
in the pick-Capron bill, but differing somewhat in
scale HIS recommendation contained four feat
ures:
Creation of the grade of warrant officer. for the
pr of deserving nOn-commiSsloned officers
readustment of initial rates of pay so that they
shall range from si5 to 81. against the range
of from $40 in the navy: cash bonus Of three
months pay for re-enlstment and increase of
from 81 S. N pay for high attainment in
craftsmanship The corresponding Increase in the
navy from s. to 80
1t was estimated by General Bell that if these
schedules are adopted the average increase in pay
OF enlisted men will be 1913 per cent. making the
average monthly pay s23 81 in the army. against
s93 in the navy In conclusion. he said
7 cannot too strongly urge The adoption OF this
schedule in its four essential features II any
of these four features is omitted the whole plan
will be very much weakened and the benefits to
the service materially decreased.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
SUICIDE IN SHOE STORE.
Discharged Salesman Threatens
Murder. Then Shoots Himself.

g Brewer. salesman, sent a bullet mis-
h-ain yesterday afternoon in the wholesale shoe
store - =. r Bates 4 Co. No. I75 Duane street.
after threatening 10 kill G a. Burnen. manager
70 Ire store. and firing a bullet into floor 10
emphasize MS threat. Brewer fell dead.
Members Of the firm told the police the man
hsc been employed by Bates & C Iesrnsn.
Uu- vas discharged 2 few weeks ago. Yesterday
afternoon he entered the store apparently iutoE-
rsted ard began fourishing q revolver, AZ the
sane time declaring that he wouiS kin Nj Burnell
= the latter came near him He left the store,
hove -. without firing the revolver
= soon ne had gone Mr.. BuHei sent clerk
70 The Leonard street police station for officer,
fss-lrg that Brewer would come lack and put mis-
threat into execution The clerk lost time in
Hsr reached the store Brewer had entered it the
second time He again declared his intention of
Ei-hng Pf.rneN and fred one bullet into the floor
en- was a scsnlpering Of those within reach 10
get out Of danger. Brewer eyed this for instant
and then lifting the revolver 10 his risnt temple
pulled the trigger.
de EEL dead Just as Detective Fitzgerald and the
-.erk rushed IN from street Brewer lived a.
Nc. = West 18th street with his wife and three
.hicren He was forty-Hve years old.
co-o-er Harburger who had the case. expressed
re.zrs-ton because the police did not send word
. The corore-'s Office until more than an hour
zfte- Brewer had killed himself. the body having
lie On the floor where 4 fell al that line. Ine
-orone- declared he would make a formal complaint
@ Police Commissioner Bingham
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Harry Levinsohn. of No II East 18th street. who
arrested in Chicago and brought here wednes-
day a charge or stealing jeweIry rom Freuden-
helm Bros. & Levy, No "a Maiden Lane. where he
was employed. was held in s4Jss 5aj. by Maxis-
trate Corrigan. In the Tombs police court yestsr-
day In default of bonds. Leyinsohn va. locked uo
the TOmbs--
The French Steamship Line has Just completed a
contract with the American Taximetsr Company
for the importation OF nine hundred taxcabs with
in the next six months the rate OF thirty cabs
by each freight and passenger steamer from Havre
DR. c. C Carroll. former assistant TO the Massa-
chusetts and New York State Cattle Inspection
Board will lecture on February Is. az 3 D. m. in
West I'D street. The Milk Supply OF New York
and Its Relation tuberculosis; The Quarantine
ing OF Cattle Versus Their Slaughter"
The SeIgnau Solomon Society. Alumni OF tne
Hebrew Orphan Asylum. Will give it's annual enter
tainment and ball at Terrace Garden on March A.
Secretary Taft and Booker T. Washington have
promised 10 address the second annual public meet
ing OF the Brooklyn Armstrong Association N
Plymouth Church Monday evening Ms-rh x
The meeting will be held in the interest o. the
Hampton Institute
The New York -VivisectiOn Society VIII hnia
a public meeting at Carnegie Lyceum this even
ing The list OF speakers includes Senator Alfred
r. Page Assemblyman Frank ". Johnston the
Rev. Henry Frank. the Rev A Lincoln Moore
and John De Witt Warner. Admission is free
Beryl Amer. a seventeen-y -year-oId schoolgirl vho
burned while attending OF the classes %
Third avenue and SchermernOrn street BROOKLYN.
pitaL She stepped on match. which IRE 70
her clothing
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
CREW FRIGHTENED BY METEOR.
Steamers Captain Said 1t Looked Like
Celestial Fourth of July

Captain j. J. MaItby OF the steamer RosedaIa
plying between Havana. Philadelphia and Yonk-
ers, when the vessel arrived at It's pier in Yonx-
yesterday morning told OF giant meteor
that had frightened his crew. The Resedale left
Havana on January 81 and stopped at Cardenas
and Nuevitas on its journey. When 1t
day out from Havana the meteor appeared In
describing tt the captain said;
Il never saw such a sight IN my Iife- II was
like great ball OF flame IN the heavens. and lr
moved rapidly westward IL was followed IN its
flight by traH OF sparks. and only Hken
It 10 a celestial Fourth OF July Il emitted 4
pale green light and. although IL was in the dead
OF night. IL lighted up the ship like a search
light We could everything the boat. tho
faces OF the watch and every spar and rope OF
the ship. We could even see TO read
"Au at the meteor burst into countless
millions OF atoms and fell into the II
travelling about nine degrees above the horizon.
and I fancied I could hear the explosion and
hear IL sizzling il dropped into the water. The
peculiar green light il cast around was most un-
canny. Sailors are superstitious. you know. and
after IL over two whom approached
were trembling as though they had the ague-
The darkness was thick you could cut II with
a knife
was seen, verified the story told by the captain
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
WILL INCREASE PAY, SAYS HULL.
from The Tribune Bureau

from The Tribune Bureau.
Washington. Feb Ia Representative Hull OF
Iowa, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee
gladdened the hearts OF army officers and men
to-day by practically assuring them that there is
to be provision for an increase of their pay in
the army appropriation bill. which will be re
ported the House in few days. Mr.. Hull said
tonight:
The committee has not decided on the percent
age of increase for the different grades: that
question will have settle before the end of
the week AS the enlisted men there seems TO
be opposition TO giving them good increase
of 80 So per cent. The nOn-commisSiOned off,
GERS will get still more than this. and there will
also be a provision for q substantial increase
with each re-enlistment. The officers will also
be looked out for The situation Of the army
without and the constantly increasing diff
Guilty OF keeping men in the ranks is serious
that deem II not longer possible TO deny them
fair Considera ton We think can show the
country that ii will not cost more to maintain
army on a better pay scale than il now bY
reason the difficulty of securing re-enlistments
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
REARDON'S CASE ADJOURNED.

The OF Detective Edward Reardon- OF the
District Attorneys Office. charged with sI.or1ion,
was adjourned by Magistrate Crane in the Tonbs
police court yesterday morning on request OF Mr.
Levy. counsel for the defence Mr.. Levy then soc
writ from Justice Leventritt. in the Supreme
Court, review the evidence in the other two
similar cases against Reardon. in which Resrdon
was held in 800 bail each OF two charges
Shortly afterward Reardon appeared before Jus
tice Deuel. in Special Sessions and said he wanted
O surrender himself Justice Deuel. told him hs
would have have his bondsnen surrender him
and then he. Justice Deuel.. would order him
locked UP.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
by Telegraph to The Tribune

Buffalo Feb 13.-John w Bosche was ran,
estate dealer and e member of the firm, o4
bosche Brothers. carriage manufacturers He
had lived in Buffalo only two years. coming here
from Baker City, Ore. where he occunied
The position Of stenograpfe- il the federal co,,--
tor several years
According 10 his brother Robert C. who with
-haries {. was engaged in business with him.
Bosch left Buffalo ten days ago TO tr. TO inter
est New York capitalists in an insurance bank
deposit scheme which he was attempting to float
Failing 70 get the backing he needed. he is be-
deTed 70 have become respondent and ended
his Life
bosche vas victim Of the morphine habit
lis brother says. and although large sums Of
money had been spent in trying 10 cure him he
was unable TO shake off the habit
Bosche was forty-two years old. He leaves q
WE. Mrs Bosche only recently recovered from
serious illness and the shock Of her husbands
death has prostrated her
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
DRUG FIEND SUICIDE.
DIES At l4STOR HOUSE.
Buffalo Nan Came Here to Float
Business Scheme.

: w Bosche, OF Ne 81 Ketcharn Place Ru-
falo. found dead in his room at the
Astor House. Broadway and vesey street short
iy after o'clock yesterday afternoon The man
had committed suicide by cutting the radial
artery OF his left wrist with a razor and bleed
ing 10 death
A Il. Thurston. manager Of the hotel, said
that Bosche was connected with the firm Of
Bosche Brothers Of Nos. e1s and 800 Main
greet Buffalo
No motive for the deed could be discovered bv
the police or Coroner Shrady. other than the.
the man had evidently been victim of the drug
habit, which was made evident by two hypoder-
nc syr1nges and numerous phials of LIQUID
drugs. as well as by several boxes of different
kinds Of powder
Nj Bosche registered at the hotel on Febru-
z-y 3 He had been in his room q great mart
q the time since then On this account il was
Tot thought strange when the chanbernai6 re-
ported that she could not get in the room TO
clean it in the forenoon When. however a
second call. shortly after 1 O'Clock. also re-
rnsined unanswered. Mr. Thurston date--,i,a7
70 investigate Looking the transom he
saw Bosche's body
bosche had been dead. according to Coroner,s
Physician OHanlon. about twelve hours the,
Every detail OF the act had been carefully ar
ranged tor. and it is supposed that Bosche even
sent word TO q friend in Buffalo of his i,t.,-
ton Shortly after the body was discovered Mr.
ihursloh received telegram from the friend in
Buffalo telling him TO send the body to the Ma
rionai Casket Company at No 4s c:raa+ rora
street.
Letters were also found in Bosches room. ad
dressed 10 MI Thurston. in which he apolosized
for the trouble he was causing the hotel and
one to the coroner, IN which he said that M
autopsy or inquest would be necessary 2. q.
vas simple case OF suicide
The only other open letter WAS a, ,,,.d-
dressed one which was simply dated. The Very
Last II contained the following sentences:
! simply know this If I wanted to live
could show others how 10 live This sound. ,iLa
e crazy man. but as man about to die I saw ro |
you Il IS not"
IN ADDITION there were several letters, which |
were addressed. stamped and sealed o,a or |
which wes 10 his wife, and these Cororer |
snrady ordered posted they were
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
ASK FOR MORE MARINES.

Washington Feh I3-The urgent need OF authori-
zs,f,, - -o,.ress Of the recruiting OF three thou
ss,4 .ad;.5o,ai enlisted Fnen and about nun
ared officers 10 bring the marine corps up TO its
required quota was presented to-day TO sub-com-
rrlt,se % The House Committee on Naval Affairs
py General Elliott. coramanoant or the corps;
-clor.l Denny Of The ouertermaster generals de-
sartuent. xne Colonel Larchhe:nler. adjutant and
nn9afaL
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
NORTH ADAMS EXPRESS HITS ROCK.
Bowlder Rolls Down on New York Central
Tracks North of Purdy's Station.

The North Adams Express, which leaves the
Grand Central Station at 3: 80 p. m. and runs
over the Harlem Division of the New York Cen
tral. ran into a bowIder just north of Purdy's
Station last evening. The rock, loosened by the
.haw weighed several hundred pounds.
The engineer applied the brakes. but the cow
catchsr Of the epgins WAS smashed
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14

Los Angeles. Feb. 13.-The Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce passed a resolution yesterday to ask
various commercial bodies of California Washing
ton and Oregon to pass resolutions and forward
copies to the authorities Washington voicing
the sentiment of the people of the Pacd, Coast in
favor of permanently maintaining a fleet OF at
least six modern battleshtps these waters
New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
FLOWER CLAD HILLS TO GREET FLEET.
San Francisco VIII Scatter Seeds Over
Burned Patches to Enhance the Occasion

San Francisco, Feb. 13-With the scattering OF
seeds over the burned hilIsides this week San
Francisco will begin the first actual work for its
Identification preparatory the coming of the
batteship fleet At yesterdays meeting OF the ex-
ecutive committee for the fleets reception IT was
decided 10 plant az once nasturtium. eschscholtza
and shirley poppy seeds that when Nav comes
the slopes. now dotted with vacant spaces filed
with bricks ana ashes will smile in gorgeous coiOrs
of many flowers
No time is to be lost for the plants take almost
three months TO flower. and whatever the seeds
and their planting Will be appropriated when
the amount is known.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
FREAK LAWS IN TEXAS.
The Lone Star State Overhurdene,
 Win FooIish afta of Legislation.

The Lone Star State Overburdened
 With Foolish Bits of Legislation. Baltimore Sun. .=
 Texas is great State. and mum bers, many good people among its 4,- 00e. .o00 inha bitants. but, judging from some of my experiences in late visit. I should say the big Lone Star Com monwealth was a victim of good deal of foul legislation" said MT. w. M. Bennett, of San Francisco. at the Rennert
 Coming out of Fl Paso, the condac- tor came through the train and warned the passengers that 1t was viola ton of the Texas law for any one to take a drink of wine or other liquor from a private bottle. and that who- ever din so was liable to dne of s200 and three months in jail.
 "on the same Pullman I occupied was a consumptive invalid that was going back to his old home, In the East to die. The sick man had an at. tack which caused him to collapse, ana his nurse rushed terrified through the car begging some one for sttmularf [ told the conductor that I'd take . chance on breaking the law and hand' ed my bottle over to the nurse, Wno bestowed a hearty blessing, while the conductor, a humane man, turned his back on the scene.
 Another ridiculous statute requires the stoppage of any passenger traiD that is an hour late. It Is then des tained for the next twenty-four hours and a new train Is ordered out freHa the next station ahead. By reason of this brilliant piece of legislation the fast train I was on was held two and one-half hours in one town because the company, to avoid being late. had len vthened its schedules
 Such laws would seem to indicate an excess of granger representation In State that is in most respects thoroughly modern and progressive. Public. sentiment as found in talk ink to many Texans. is bitterly against the enactment of measures Of this sort, and it may be taken for granted that they will be speedily re> pealed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
HON. A. A. WILEY.

The representative in Congress from the Second District has been confined to his bed for several weeks suffering from a severe attack of muscular rheu- matism. This of course debars him from taking part fin the deliberations, of the House. but sick as he is, no mat ter that can be attended to by corre- spondenee or through the departments for the interest of his constituents is neglected. It would, perhaps be bet ter for his health. if he neglected corr respondence and other matters for while. and until he was thoroughly able to get about, but to man of his tireless energy and intelligent activity this is an unthinkabie situation
 The friends of Colonel Wiley, throughout the District should bear in mind that he has some opposition and that the Congressional primary comes of with the State primary on the 18th of May and that they should rally to his support and not allow his interests to suffer because of his sickness and enforced absence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
A TYPICAL ISLANDER.

It Is not an uncommon thing for Northern newspapers and speakers to speak harshly about what they are pleased to call the Souths intolerance of criticism. They charge that We are resentful when allusion Is made to any of our faults or failures, but If all of them would be more fair and truthful than some of them are there would be little cause of resentment down here. For example. In a recent issue of The Philadelphia Inquirer we find this item: South who look upon money spent in education as almost a complete loss. but We are not accomplish ing anything like what the situation demands or what Is possible.
 One can hardly imagine a more thoroughly baseless islander than is contained in this positive assertion that the people of the South Hook up- on money spent in education is almost a complete loss" The statement is as The Norfolk Virginian- observes. "an utterly gratuitlous misrepresenta- ton of Southern sentiment towards ed- ucation There iE no state in this sec ton which in proportion to it's taxable values is not sxpsndiAg q great deal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
The Ne~ Yari Vote.

Nashville Banner.
 The New York World declares that mo Democratic candidate for Presi- dent can be elected without the vote of New York. No Democratic candidate can carry New York without the sup port of the independent voters in no other State in the Union is there so large a. body of them" In support of this assertion The World offers the following record of New York vote; over Bryan was 26s,469, but two years later Roosevelt was elected Governor
 Tn isOo McKinlsy's plurality oyer was re::elected Governor by a beEsar-
 "in iso4 Roosevelts plurality was 1T5.552. but Higgins, the Republican csndidate for Governor, had only so.-
 Tn 1905 Jerome was elected Dis trict Attorney in New York County on an independent ticket. polling i2s.- Hearst. running for Mayor on another Independent ticket. polled 224,929 votes.
 "ln 1909 Haghes carried the State by 57,SsS. although all the rest of the Republican State ticket was defeat ed by pluralities ranging from 5000 to
 Tn 1907 Tammany, with a county ticket superior to the Fusion ticket faG shS v6ss eaT.d and the Bronx by only 5000. in pIac0 Of the 60.ooo that was confidently e&. pected."
 These figures might be carried back still farther to show both that New York has vacillated between the two parties in casting its vote. and that In all Presidential elections since the civil war the vote Of New York has fallen on the winning side but with all that. what The World aims at ia not proved It further says;
 Tt is the independent vote of New York which foredooms Mir. Bryan to certain defeat If he Is nominated for does he drive the independent vote away from the ticket in this State. but he himself Is still weaker than this weakened ticket. In 1896 Porter boiled only 574,524 votes for Governor. buI Mir. Bryan was 25,o00 below that. hay. ing 55i.56s. Tn 1900 MT. Bryan had 67S.3S6 votes. but even Stanchfeld boiled 693.733. Plainly the Democratic Party can stand no chance whatev oF carrying New York with MT. Bryan as its candidate.
 All of this might be more forcefuI if 1t had not been for the failure of the Parker experiment. The Worlds figures, which we reproduce, show that ma jority while the Republican can didate for Governor had much smaller plurality than Mir Roosevelt IT MT. Bryan Is doomed to defeat in New York a man whom The World would lose in the West At any rate. an of this Is a waste of words because Mr Bryan is certain to be nominated at Denver, and even though the vote in New York turns out as The World that any other man would have done better.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-30
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1908.
ABOUT LIKE HER.

Sometimes the recalling of an old incident vividly dmpresses on us some things connected with events still re- membered by the older ones but which are almost forgotten nov. The Chat tanooga Times tells of an incident re- lated by Major BarksdaIe. of The Clark ksville (Tenn). Leaf Chronicle, as follows:
 The writer. whils attending the Epis- eopal church ser vices Sunday, recalled sthat fortythree years ago he occupied most the sam seat in point of lo- atton in the old church. Then he was & rminded of ne act of pr. Mary Wal # eF, who jus prior to the beginning of Ne sermon by the rector. Doctor Ring Id. arose in the rear of the church,
 d, 1nsred in bloomers, walked delib- efate1y to the chaneel took a large bouquet of flowers from a vase. threw 1t on the floor and stamped upon it.. and then returned to her seat The in death. Not word was spoken un- til he began the service. The flowers were the colors of the confederate flag. and this was about ten days after Lee s surrender at Appomatox.
 This pr. Mary Walker as some will bear in mind was. or perhaps is. the short-haired female who always posed as a man, not only in clothing. as far as might be but in manner. The episode related by Major Barksdale was much in her line-the Carrie Ma ton line. in many respects. The act was really a dissertation of the church, and one for which she should have been punished, but 1t was in line with the spirit of bitterness, hatred and in- tolerance that dominated most North. ern minds at that period of our history.
 The fact that the flowers in the vase were the colors Of the Confederate flag may have been an accident. but that those colors were thus combined was like a red rag in the face of this abul- lient specimen of Northern loyalty Her own costume should have barred her from the church. and the act of which she was guilty ought to have sent her to prison. but chaos was dom inant in Tennessee just then. and we suppose the disgraceful action of this unsexed creature was regarded by many as the very essence of pure and undehled patriotism. Forty-three years have changed many things though we suspect that among our late enemies there are some who would ap- plaud such an act as that referred to- even now.