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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
POLICE AND BALLOTS.
Testify at Recount Hearing as to
Care of BOres.

II was police day at the Hearst recount hearing
before Justice Lambert yesterday. More than a
score Of officers were examined as TO the care OF
the ballots of the contested mayoralty election
Deputy Attorney General Dolson objected strong
" when Z. l. Richards, Of the Mayors counsel
asked W F Hamilton, who had charge of the
Hearst guards II he had not understood that the
police were friendly Mr. Hearst The court al
lowed the question, however. and MI. hafnliton
said he had understood.
There was stir among the fifty policemen pres
emf when Il came time for them TO tell what they
knew about mutilated ballots Patrolman Fletcher
o. the traffic squad, raised laugh when he toid
how A watcher. formerly Mr.. Hearsts coachman
tried to sell him some real estate while guarding
the ballots at the Mott street storehouse-
What did you and the Hearst watchers DO
there?" he asked.
Read the papers.
All the timer
Not all the lime; we talked together"
About what?
Well, real estate, for one thing one OF the
watchers wanted TO invest and advised me to-
It turned out that the man, whose name Fletcher
had forgotten had provided the officer with IInc1-
con- but Fletcher bought real estate
Several OF the officers. asked about the ballots
that were spilled, unable TO say mat the!
were NIT back in the right boxes. All they knew
was that they saw them put into boxes and en-
velopes
Former Inspector W H Hodgins VINO IS sulis
ror reinstatement on the force said he would vouch
that the ballots gor proper care Many oiIeeis
who had done tours at the storage places agreed
With this.
Another point dwelt on was that the pohceiiiel
hrousbt their ballot boxes the station and left
them there until November g, when they We're IT
moved TO the storage places.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
TRADE SLOW; cHlNAMAN A SUICIDE.

Despondent because Of financial troubles. Long
Wundo. forty years old. Chinaman prominent
among his couDtrymen, committed suicide yester-
day morning by jumping from the roof of the six
story tenement house at No. b! Eighth avenue.
He was almost instantly killed Long was mem
Der nf the firm Of Long Sang II & Co. dealers IN
curios ~ No. go Fifth avenue. and lived at
No $40 Eighth avenue, adjoining the building from
which he jumped
According To Long Wun shuk. brother Of the
dead man. people stopped buying Chinese goods
when times hard As q result Long became
despordent. for he has wife and home in Hong
Kong He was repgted 10 be wealthy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
ROBERT C. CALDWELL NEAR DEATH
"The Great American Affidavit MAKER
Suffering from Senile Dementla.

Robert G Caldwell, whose testimony III i"e
bruce case in London resulted in his arrest on d
CHARGE of neriurv after which he taken TO
the Manhattan State Hospital for the insane Oh
Wards Island has only short time to hVe ac-
cording to the doctors, who have diagnosed MS
Illness as senile Dement'S.
Although it had been reported that EFFORTS n'4
been made to obtain his release. it was said at the
b1ospi+al Yesterday that the old man would never
no allowed to leave the institution He is confined
to a bed in Ward 45. and is constantly watched as
he may die any moment.
The hospital authorities say there Is no POSSIBLE
ftv of the British government making any further
eeorts m have the great American affidavit
maker" eXtradited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
VREEL4ND IND JEROME.
Former Says District attorney Vas
Ncrcr En- pIoy6d by Him.

Il 4 Treeland was & witness again yesterday
IN the Harlem court in the We'll & Weller suit
against directors u the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company. the suit which Delaney Nicoll
described as 2 merry fishing expedition for BIZ
Aro-y and MS gang During his testimony Mr..
EreeIand declared that District Attorney Jerome
Vas not working for him and never had worked
for him r. also said that Thomas T. Ryan vas
not ? man 10 be authorized DO anything
EGeeEc Krener- counsel for the plaintiffs. spent
the day digging out facts about the affairs Of the
Hetr0poi-an Company and lis subsidiary lines. His
questions dealt especially with the Third Avenue
Line deal and the $51"915 paid by Messrs Ryan,
Widener. Do-an. Whitney and Elkins in connec-
lion with lie Wall & Cortiandt Street Ferries Limo
Transaction NJ. Nreeland said he had told the
special grand 5Gry ali he knew about the latter
DO you know that there was 5000 in the Met
ropolitaI Railway treasury 10 pay Degnon & Co
ana The Pennsylvania Steel Company at the time Of
-Ee application for recevership?" asked Mr. Krener
i do not replied the witness
Did you do anything 10 prevent the appointment
= receiver
Edward y. Sayre. secretary and treasurer Of
the Metropolitan Securities Company. testified he
had made payments TO the New York Iuterurtan
Company and -he New York city Railway Com
pauy.
Did you ever omit the name OF any director who
was present at any meeting Tie company
or did you ever omit The name Of Mr. schin:'
asked counsel
To lie best 81 my knowledge entered those
present and those absent
Gid you eyer make Il record 81 anything that
cid J-sltspire2'
-No, sir
ar NreeIand Was recalled He said that ia
4 hs Metropolitan stiil Owed something the pun
chase OF the Third Avenue Railroad. which was
pant Of the floating debt at the time. The debt Of
ne Metropolitan Street Railway Company when
ne Third Avenue lease negotiated was ST.,
eaGo0e
Did you ever make investigation IS 10 whether
the Metropolitan Street Railway reports 70 the rail-
road commissioners were correctT' asked counsel.
The District Attorney made some Investigation.
REPLIED Mr. Treelan6-
In your behalf
The District Attorney was .oi working for me-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
BERMEL COMES BACK AT METZ.

Blaming Controller Metz for much of the dis
credit brought the Borough of Queens and
himself as president, Mr.. Bermel expressed sur
prise in a letter the Controller yesterday over
the dismissal of three for the alleged passing
of exorbitant claims for city work. President Ber-
mel asserted that attacks made on other de-
partments to justify the Controllers actions. He
objects TO making Queens a dumping ground of
abuse and Islander.
Mr. Bermel asked later why the Controllers &C
ton in fixing the Kissena Park purchase price
was not investigated, well the purchase OF
the parade ground at Flushing. the price for
which was approved by Mr. Metz.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
TO CLOSE PENDING ARBITRATION.


Pittsburg April Z7.-Because OF alleged yelled
threats by local officials of the coal miners union
here almost the mines of the Pittsburg district
which started up last week were closed to-day
by the operators, who announce that the effort 10
run the mines pending arbitration has failed.
II is asserted that at the recent Toledo conven-
ton President Francis Feehan of the Pittsburg
district, United Mine Workers. intimated that he
would insist the operators paying two cents ad-
,IitfonaI a ton lifting slate in the mines This
remark is considered to show bad faith. and the
have been ordered closed until everything IS
settled. Only 20 per cent of the mines working.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
3. R. T. BONDS ALL SOLD.
Announcement Followed by Heavy Trading
and Sharp Rise.

Announcement made yesterday that the
s., 00O0V0 OF per cent convertible bonds of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, which were re
Gently purchased by J. p. Morgan & Co. when the
firm became financial agent for the company. have
all been sold These treasury bonds and part
a block Of S90l6,500 which reported held in
the Company's treasury on December 81 last.
The proceeds Of the sale these bonds will
be used to take up the floating debt Of the com
pany, which amounted TO $4.T3,26S at the close Of
last year. There sharp rise yesterday in
the market price from 7l3s to 1885. with the last
sale at 727s. Trading in them was heavy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

An autopsy WAS performed yesterday Tie body
Of Annie Duffy, who taken to the Williams
burg Hospital on Sunday with her body covered
with bruises Or. Charles Wuest said the woman Is
death due To cirrhosis of the liver. Her
brother. Bernard Duffy and married sister. Mrs
Margaret Anderson: viii he discharged. They
we're arrested suspicion
"Edthas Burglar and The Little Princess
will be given al the Children's Educational The
Uhis afternoon under the auspices Of the City
History CLUB of the Educational Aniano~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
THINK MISSING MAIL MlSSENT.

According to the New York postal officials the
two mail bags which the London postal authOri-
ties say we're lost this city never arrived. The
cable story says that the bags contained regis
tered mail valued at 10000. and that was SEM
= by the steamship Majestic and the other by the
Philad-l phia the last week OF March. II Is
believed the bags supposed to have been
stolen were Iuissent. sometimes happens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
STOCK EXCHANGE SEATS BRING MORE

Improvement in financial conditions has caused d
sharp advance in the price of seats on the New
York Stock Exchange The sale Of one at $4,000
and Of another 81 900 was announced yesterday
So 900 was paid for seat at the last sale. month
ago During the panic last fall a seat sold for
$1,000 the lowest price since 1903. They nave sold
as high AZ Sa5 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28

The Aldine Association at Fifth avenue and 18th
street. will entertain its members and friends the
clubhouse this evening The festivities will take
the form of miniature exhibition of aerial prog
and a discussion of that subject Alexander
Graham Bell. Hudson Maxim r. Hopknson Smith
Major George O. Squier. L. S. A; Augustus Post
and Homer Davenport have been invited. Dinner
will be served at : 30 O o'clock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28

Inquiry Yesterday at the office of Leslie NJ Shaw,
former president of the Carnegie Trust Company.
revealed that he had been in Montreal recently,
comforting with Canadian capitalists about organ
ling holding company 10 take over the Montreal
Street Railway Company and the Montreal Light,
Heat and Power Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
IN sREws1ERs WRECK; GELS $4,000.

Miss Annie Mahoney, Brewsters school teacher
obtained a verdict for $1,000 damages against the
New York Central Railroad In the Supreme Court
at White Plains, for injuries she received in the
wreck Of the Brewsters express in February. A
sealed verdict returned by the jury was opened
yesterday TIE plaintiff lost one of her legs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
KERNEL QUITS GUARDIANSHIP

Rorough President Joseph Bermel of Queens has
decided 70 retire from the craftsmanship Of the
Democratic County Committee of Queens. He has
Informed the secretary of the committee of his
resignation meeting of the committee will be
held at the Shinnecock club house. Hunters Point,
Queens. this evening, when new chairman VIII be
elected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
Public Notices.


pUKsUANT TO STATUTORY RECURRENCE 70
lat . ne5sey been sl,en o. 5s@d an an seae 10 1
Legislature. entitled ~
TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY Or NEW YORK -,
PROVIDE FOR THH DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE. OF VIZ ~
IAGEI 4R TCWN5 4t WITHIN The cEoroE
YORK To ACQtIItL SUCH L~ANDs as MAY BE NE
AID To ACQrdR I; LANDS FOR THE sANTTAFT PRO
RAISE FUNDS To CARRY SAID ACiPEFNpy,sT ~ ~
EFFE';T OR TO IMPROVE The SANITARY PROTEC-
upon such bin will be hsd at The Mayors oaoe IN ras
City Tall in The cry OF New York. ThgTsiss A5-i
Dated CITY Hail. New GEORGE 35f A'f5' M W. LII.
This bill will be the seventh heard tina, tine
PrRsUAaNT TO STATUTORY sT. r EEQCIRE,lE2sr 20
ne 400 lr 5ss t sp 1ass4 an an &C. No 81
Legislature. entitled
r TO AM MI5;iI sections Two HTN9REo I'D
GHARTER IS Re F,NACTED BY gHtPTEP F1-R
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND O,,E. AID 9TzS725
LAWS OF N1NErE:E:N fitSuTsE1 5N6 81 SIZE -
FIRE DEPARTMENTs --''- ---l- AND
up frt .a5 P s5I i bsr5y sieH a Pubs as
CO. 1919 1sll al IN d ia cl5y q Ne York On Tau4 7i
GEORGE b 11rcLELr-a>
TINS bin viii be the eighth heard at tha, tine ''
pURsUANT TO STATUTORY REQTIREslz.Zr No
Int ~ passed s9 5o3a 5.s "a q. 2a
TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR OF THE r aus o.
FL ~ III FEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-6vE z-,-rr
VIZ Il n 49,. Al TO PItOLIDE RAPID TRANSIT Raj
n ~, ~ - LES OF OVER ONE MILLION rS-rT
.-11HES' n KEG.ARD To- THE TURCHASE ~ S-@t[
oI5E AZ Lf- ht! II'HEET LIAINTEN sSt-F ~
ri ? % 5,lN OF RAILWAYS For. RAPID ~HsSzy-
e eEi2 T ifA ssa az a: b. a.-s E 6 s:
80 Ti 1907 1870 ocS s n ok on THURSDAY APl
LATED city Han New York April "a zoos
GEORGE p MCCLELLAN
ms 6LI will be the ninth heard al thar time mayor
I1tRSCANT TO STATUTORY REor-1RE,rz-Z- -
Ta,o Is ieIeby hereby given that sr--~z-zr. ~.
t1e Ir-1.,o eS-,5 been passed b. tlc1 --a---zs >
'-e legislature entitled -
~, 10 MEND cha ITt.F; FOf-F; 0F -FFz. LAWS -
5-IIIt4 IE12N HUNDRED AND NINFETY--CNe ~
I'LL LID AN ACT To PROVIDE FOR r pm
SIT RAILWAYS IN CITIES OF OVER t,cE MI -
~ ia 81 ANIS RELATIVE TO FRANCHISES 4TD
Furser notice is hereby given that a P-74- z-..-z
upon such bill Will he held MAYORS once In t-s
30 1905, 1880 O'Clock 4 " -''---
Dated. City Hall. New York April y 1q0s
GEORGE B. Ic-I-z1--I.sN
This bill will be the tenth heard ar THAT tine
DURsUANT To STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. NO
Il tee i hereby given that a-t-Serer= No 1856.
Int No 9o1-has been passed both branches Of: ia
legislature entitled
IN RELATION To SOUTH OXFORD STREET. N
THE EOKOUGH OF BROOKLYN. N THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
Further notice IS hereby given that Fual- He,-tas
upon such lin will be held Mayors 1H-s II
1905 at O'Clock \ NJ
GEORGE B MCLEAN.
This Bin Will be Tire twelfth heard at that time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
WINS HEADS REVISION BOARD.

William NJ WINS was elected chairman OF the new
charter revision commission at its first meeting
Yesterday. j. Cowden Meyers was chosen secre-
tary and Moses Altman, clerk
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4 DIVERT lSEMF-NTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
~ received their Uptown once, 1894 Broadway.
between 36th and 3Ith SITS until o'clock .. Adver-
received following branch Offices a
regular once rates until e'clock m; via 2si sun
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28

4 TIAEFlC CITY SPECIAL. NOTICE. HAVING AN
~ option OF Is DAYS for special rate Of the
best hotels the beach. / prepared a
tractNr those wishing trip
within the time specified Address
WM COCHRAN
$50 Fourth New York city
phone 62i6 trsmsTCy-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-28
THE HOLMHURST.
NEW JERSEY.

Pennsylvania Ave near beach Atlantic city. y J.
CnohsIructei Ocean View. Private baths.
stationary washsands with hot and cold running
Elevator Hotel
Literature
HENRY DARNEIL-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-29
THE COW AND THE BANK ACCOUNT.

Potatoes and sugar ibeets and various
crops that pay big acreage returns
have a very appreciable bill for labor
alonside the total receipts. They are
good crops, however, with which to
lift mortgages and buy the forty adj
joining. When ten acres of potatoes
run up to $1,000 gross the profit is
apparent.
There is one crop that never fails,
the butter fat produced by a herd OF
carefully selected cows. 1t brings the
money twelve times year and good
money it is. While we are increasing
dairy interests each year we are neg
Letting dairying in Iowa and losing
money by it. 1t means work and work
of kind that the average hired man
has schooled himself to avoid. But
that is sirnply incidental. Men must
work if they are to gain wealth by
production and it isn't so hard mat
ter as many seem to think to get q
hired man who is willing to work sens
IDLY along sensible lines for good pay.
Many grain farmers in the middle
west are reducing their acreage un-
der the necessity of getting down to a
one-man basis. owing to the scarcity OF
good help. Intensive farming is be-
coming more popular as its profitable
ness becomes more apparent. Then, too,
the increased value of land cuts a big
figure In the early days, when land
was cheap, the farmer could afford to
attempt to farm all he could see, and If
he. did not succeed it did not make
much particular difference, but since
this land has risen in value from $40
to 500 per acre it has been found nee.
essary to decrease the size of the
farm The farmer is not working 50
hard to make both ends meet, nor
trying to cover SO much ground. He
is making. in fact. about as much on
100 acres rightly conducted, as he did
on section of land in the old days.
In many localities farmers who once
farmed large tracts and employed
many men are now doing the work
themselves, or, at least, with the help
of one man. The great growth of the
dairy interests in the state has helped
to work this change, and it is a change
for the better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-29
NOT THAT THEY LOVE CAESAR MORE.

A noted Washington correspondent
states on the "best senatorial author
ity" that Senator Cummins is to have
easier shedding in that body than had
been expected. At the opening of the
special session he is to be given some
excellent committee assignments, prob
ably the judiciary for one of these and
generally to be treated as senator
instead of an outcast and an outsider.
1t is explained that the "big bosses"
are anxious to keep LaFollette and
progressive republican element. Thus
Senator Cummins it is expected will
get his start as an important member
of the senate without waiting or fight
ing hard for recognition. 1t DIS not that
they love Cummins more but that they
love others less.
It doesn't make much difference how
lit comes about, the state will be
gratified but not surprised to see it's
new senator take prominent place in
the senate 1t was to be expected on
way or another. Senator Cummins
takes his office seriously as a charge
from the people. He is a strong man
who has proved his strength, man of
ability more clearly recognized outside
! the state than at home where the
smoke of years Of conflict has obscured
the true greatness of the man. He has
the essence of leadership, the power
| to inspire confidence, to attract men
to himself as we'll as to the causes he
leads and the wide and catholic view
that sees beyond coteries, and the
boundaries of sectional desire. The
state Of Iowa need not expect that
Cummins will urge a policy that would
benefit the state at the expense of
the country; he will never do it. Cum
minis is big enough and strong enough
to be a national figure and asa .sena-
tor will be United States senator.
The Times-Republican predicts that
long before his long term has expired
the state without respect to partisan
and fractional division, will be ex-
tremely proud of it's new senator for
what he has done and for the wisdom
and sincerity with which he will ap-
proach every vital question. That he
should be recognized early is as much
a tribute to the mans quality as it is
an expression of the dislike and dis
trust of the bosses against LaFolletta.
For Cumnlins has all LaFollette's cour-
age with something finer and greater.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-29
The Life Ideal.

Gust as soon as my husband and ]
have $500 saved up, besides our fare.
we are going back to England. said
woman player. .Then we are going
to buy one Of those gypsy wagons
they have over there. They are too
awfully jolly for words, don't you
know. They are quite wide. have
hunks, cunning little kitchen and
sitting room. You wander through
the country all day, then at night you
stop, cook your supper, sit under the
trees and sleep out in the open or in
the wagon, just as you choose, Many
of my artist and theatrical friends
have them, and just wander from
place to place. 1t is an ideal way to
live; beats households or bungalows.
If YOU have ever slept out in the open
and watched the stars over your head
you feel smothered in bedroom. !
played through Australia, and we went
from place to place In a big wagon.
sleeping out Of doors at night. New
York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-29

way as to invite confidence. The
chairs are heavy and there i great
big davenport or a wide lounge that
looks solid and feels comfortable You
are not afraid to sit down in the best
chair in the room, because it looks
strong and 1t is covered with some
kind of material built for wear in
stead Of looks: It looks all right, too.
but appearance is merely incidental
to its serviceable qualities.
Such rooms usually belong to large
hearted, brainy people who have the
interests Of their families and friends
at heart, people who entertain pleas
antly and agreeably because their
hearts are in the right place. They
may not put on great deal OF style.
but they understand how to dispense
hospitality in a natural, comfortable
way. They get more out of life be-
cause Of it and their influence is good
in the community.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-29
Road LABOR GOING 10 WASTE.

The farmers have union down in
Texas. Like labor unions it is opposed
and properly soto the employment
of convicts in competition with men
who are doing honest labor. Like a
large and growing number of sensible
persons outside of Texas the farmers
union favors the employment of con-
victs in construction of public high
ways.
The convict lease system is a sys-
tenn of outrage upon the convict and
against respectable labor. It is being
generally abolished Why in the name
Of common sense and humanity should
not this sort of labor be employed on
the public roads, especially the
short term convicts, while the life pris-
toners are engaged in preparing road
building material at the penitentiary or
in established stockades where the ma
terial is most abundant.
In North Carolina, in California and
in other states where this system is
employed the road making material
prepared by the state is furnished to
the counties applying for it at actual
cost and the railroads agree to haul it
at a nominal cost because of their
hearty sympathy with the good roads
movement The railroads realize that in
the handling of traffic they are greatly
aided by good wagon roads which per-
nit of hauling at all times, thus pre-
venting congestion of freight at the
stations at certain seasons and scarcity
of freight at other seasons when the
wagon roads are practically impassa-
BILE.
Iowa should have road camps for its
short term men, for tramps, Migrants of
all classes, for bootleggers, pimps, in
corrigible drunkards and men who de-
sert and refuse to support their fam
lilies. This state might as we'll lead in
this as in other reforms that are COM
ing whether we or some other state
lead in them Why doesn't some Iowa
legislator frame bill along these lines
instead of monkeAIng with a multitude
of fads and tinkering at laws already
on the statute books?