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New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
WAITER Il MILLIONAIRE.
Hears from Germany That He Is
Heir to q Big Estate.

Word was received yesterday by Godfried Probst.
a waiter in a bakery owned by William Draude
No. 43 Smith street. Brooklyn that he and his
sister Anna, of Rechenberg. Bavaria, were joint
heirs TO an of nearly s160oo000. left by their
uncle who died ntestate in Bombay, India. twelve
years ago.
According to the letter, which from his sis
ter the uncle. who left home when a small boy
and ran off to sea. amassed the fortune in Bonn
bay and never married. On his death advertise
ments were placed in all European and American
papers, but although two claimants appeared. they
were never able prove their claims
A few months ago Anna Probst the adver-
tfsement and answered it. She easily proved her
relation to the dead man. and was informed that
the estate which consisted of S5.Goo,G0 in prop
erty and $4,000 in money in the Bank of England.
would be turned over her and her brother. All
day yesterday friends called on Probst to congratu-
late him on his good fortune, and he will sail in
a few days for England to arrange his affairs and
meet his sister
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
PRESIDENT ON NEGROES
T4KES RESPONSIBILITY.
ApmoUes General COrbiH's State
ment about Bro1CnsUiIle.

Oyster Bay. Aug. 7-President Roosevelt, in
a statement issued late tonight. made it clear
that the entire responsibility was his for the
issuance of the original order dischargins the
battalion OF negro soldiers for alleged part in
the Brownsville, Tex. rioting and the refusal
to permit suspension Of that order
The President tonight shown the state
ment given out to-day in Washington by Cen
eral Henry C. Corbin. U. S. A. (retlred). in which
he stated that no credit or blame in the Browns
willie decision rested with Judge Taft After
reading the interview. the President. through
his assistant private secretary. Rudolph Forster.
gave out the following:
General Corbin's statement Is absolutely cor
rect and IL was entirely proper that he should
make it. The substance Of the message from the
President which he quoted made public
long ago. In the Brownsville matter the entire
responsibility for issuing the original order and
for declining to allow it's suspension was the
Presidents.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
MUM 1BOUT CADETS.
Secretary Wrght and Colonel Scott
Confer zcith President.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 7.-Secretary Of War Wright
and Colonel Hugh L. Scott. superintendent Of
the West Point Military Academy. talked with
the President to-day regarding decision in the
cases of the eight cadets rAcently suspended for
hazng
1t is believed that the Secretary maintained
his earlier position that clemency might be
shown without violence to military discipline.
and that Colonel Scott held to his former and
contrary opinion The attitude of the President
has already been made known, and he is sup
posed TO have sought to-day a thorough expo
sition of both sides. If a final decision was
reached its purport kept secret and will be
announced probably by the War Department on
Monday
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
MINNESOT4 BRY4NIZED.
Johnson VII Run Again-Nebras-
kan to Speak for Him.
EBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Minneapolis Aug. 7.-Following a conference be-
tween William J. Bryan and Fred B. Lynch at
Lincoln, it was announced to-day that Governor
johnson will be a candidate for renominat tion, that
Bryan will speak at the Minnesota state fair.
and that the state central committee and not
self-appointed Bryan committee will have charge
of the national campaign in Minnesota Johnson's s
name will be presented to the state convention
August 19
Rumors are also current that Bryan has taken
the Johnson managers upon high mountain and
shown them the promised land. Whether this has
taken the form of promise of a place in the
BRYAN Cabinet in case the Nebraskan is elected or
whether Bryan has held out promises of future
support in the Minnesotan should again be-
come nationally ambitious, does not appear but 1t
fs clear that Bryan and Johnsons manager have
come 10 an understanding and that the Bryan
,,olunteers will be asked to submit
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
RAISE CLEVELAND FARES.
WitHout Tickets FiCe Cents, Re
DOrt6d Nf10 Plan.

Cleveland, Aug T.-F1ve-cent cash fare with
Scent tickets will probably be put into opera
tfon shortly by the Municipal Traction Com
pany. as the result of conference to-day OF
the majority OF the City Council with Mayor
Johnson This policy is said TO be the result
of a considerable deficit IN the operating OF the
streetcar system. which a few months ago was
taken over by the Municipal. holding COM
panv. to be operated a straight 3-cent basis
Off1ciaIs of the Municipal are said TO favor
the new rate until prepay are in use.
when II is thought practically all fares viii be
collected. The growing deficit. il is asserted.
is due largely TO the free transfer system be-
gun short time ago on trial. together with in
different collections by conductors.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
THOUSANDS LOCKED OUT
More than 5O,O 900 Men affected in
German IrOnC0rks.

stettin. Aug. THE 5000 riveters of the
Vulcan Shipyard here, who have been locked
out owing to their refusal to accept the terms
of the employers relative to the payment OF
overtime rates and their objection to working
extra hours in the completion Of contracts,
have unanimously rejected the terms offered by
the employers The latter refused to increase
the wages of the men, which, they say, have
averaged this year from 50 so to S12 40 week.
Owing to the attitude of the workmen all the
ironmasters of the district decided to-day to
discharge 60 per cent of their employees. num-
bering five thousand The Shipbuilders'
Federation will follow the example of the iron
masters on August II by locking out forty
five thousand more men:
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
TIDE PINS NAN TO PIER.
RiUer SzCimmcr, Seized 5Cith Cram ps,
Catches Leg IN Piling.

Unconscious and with his right leg wedged be-
tween two boards, Harry White. OF No. 943
Columbus avenue, rescued last night from
the Hudson River after he had been pinned
under the West 10Sth street pier for about
thirty-f1ve minutes While swimming half a
mile from shore White was seized with cramps
but managed to struggle to the wharf. where
the strong tide swept him among the piles His
right leg became wedged against post by a
floating log and pinned him there
Frank and Robert Mcdonald. brothers. and
Hogen White hauled him onto the pier just after
he had lost consciousness. DR.. Weingarten, OF
the J. Hood Wright Hospital. took White to that
institution, where IL was said that he was suf-
fering from cramps abrasions OF the leg and
submersion, but that he would recover.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
Especial BY French Cable to The Tribune.I
rl-.-.--arht 1oas hr The Tribune Association

London Aug. The Lambeth Conference has
closed its session and held its last service at
ST Paul's Cathedral, at which Presiding Bishop
ruttle preached the sermon. II has been at
tended by two hundred and fifty bishops, much
larger number than was present at any of
the previous conferences. The subjects under
discussion have been Of very deep interest and
of very real importance. Each subject was in
+roduced during the first week by selected
sneakers and then committees were appointed
10 deal with the various subjects and prepare
-enorts and resolutions. These committees sat
Cor ten DAYS. and when the conference reassem-
bled on July % their reports were received and
-he resolutions discussed. and afterward the
amendments passed.
The most important reports dealt with the
questions Of home reunion and intercommunion,
~ marriage and divorce and of the organization
cf q consultative body to be composed, under
the Archbishop of Canterbury of representa-
4fves from the English and colonial dioceses and
from the Church in America. While there were
wide differences of opinion among the members
If the conference on many of the subjects. there
mas onlv the most cordial and kindly feeling.
,7ue in no small degree to the character and
ability Of the Archbishop Of Canterbury. 1t
has been evident throughout the conference
that the influence Of the great, missionary Pan
Anglican Congress made a strong impression
r is not too much 70 say that the utterances
Of this conference have dealt. in the first place,
with wider subjects and have been character
tzed by more distinctness and decision than
ever before.
The Episcopal Church IN America was largely
represented and its influence was recognized
and felt Whatever anxieties may have existed
IN regard to any subordination of our Church
in America 10 the Church of England may GER
tainly be dismissed Passing from indepen-
dence through dependence. the relation now is
plainly that Of interdependence, each national
branch being united upon the great common
questions of maintaining the faith and order
Of the Church and having entire freedom and
autonomy about its own affairs
". G DOANE. Bishop of Albany.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
MAY REFUSE HIS GIFT.
Rasers of Uncle ReH'us Fund Dis
ike -Lr. ROckefeIler's ProUiso.
IBy Telegraph :, The Tribune.I J

Atlanta Aug. when John D. Rockefeller
announced recently that he would give $1,000 70
the fund for memorial to Uncle Remus." the
Southern author he made a provisO which Will
probably result in the gift being refused
His statement received here gives the $1,000
provided Atlanta raises $4,000 more President
Jovnes of the Memorial Association Will write
Mr. Rockefeller that his gift, with it's attached
conditions, is hardly an acceptable one Whether
the sum raised is $4,000 or $4,000 he will point
out that It will be used for a memorial. and
that no limit has been set upon the subscription
Mr.. Rockefeller will be informed that his gift Is
accountable only with the conditions removed
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
WOMAN RUN DOWN AT NEWPORT.
Philip Mills's Automobile in Collision with
Bicycle.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribunal ]

New DOrt II. J.. Aug. E-PhlIIp MINIS. OF New
York who had been a guest OF Seymour Johnson
on the yacht SaphO struck woman with his au-
tomobIe tonight and It Is thought that she Is
ously injured.
Mr.. Mills his way TO attend one OF the
numerous dinner parties that given by the
Newport cottagers In honor OF the visiting yachts
men At Spring and Green streets there col
llsion with Mrs. Harry Amey. who he~
bicycle. The woman was thrown heavily to the
paved street and picked up unconscious. Mr,
Mills offered all the aid possible and has agreed 20
be at the police station TO answer 70 any charge
n one should be made.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
KELSEY SEES PROVIDENT REFORM.
Advised That Present Business Management
Will Be Speedily Terminated.

Albany Aug. 7.-Superintendent Otto Kelsey. Of
the State Insurance Department mace puohc To-
dav q memorandum the recent report of the
.xan,,nation of the Provident Savings Life Assur-
ance Society of New York. Superintendent Kelsey
saws that under the law the company was not in
such shape as to make 1t necessary to appoint
receiver. Then he adds:
Consequently no proceedings for a receivership
were possible and a protracted effort has been
made to extricate the company from its Difficult
ties by securing new capital enabling reSuinp-
tion of the writing of new business
Counsel for the owners of a large proportion or
the stock advise the department OF their expecta-
fion that through negotiation or further action at
law in accordance with the decision OF the Appel
Ia ate division the complications in the cOmpanv's
business management will speedily be terminat>-d
and the society placed in the hands of men whN
viii reorganize and reform its management to
command public confidence and receive approval
from Insurance Department. This depart
ment Will render every assistance within its
power toward restoring the company and preserv-
Ing its usefulness.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
EIGHT PERSONS DEAD.
Steamer Premier Hits Reef and
Burns Near Winn3peg.
TBy Telegraph TO The Tribupe.I

Winnipeg. Aug. Eight persons lost their
lives after the steamer Premier. OF the Do
minion Fish Company. struck a reef yesterday
morning on Lake Winnipeg. The vessel i'm
mediateIy caught fire and the flames spread SO
rapidly that two men were burned to death in
their hunks. Six others were drowned. The
steamer was ffoated and to shore. where
the flames destroyed the piers Of the fish COM
pany and all the buildings at Warrens Land
ing. Thirty persons escaped. Among the dead
were Elmer Jones, son of c. Jones. president Of
the Dominion Fish Company. and o. Overton,
son of the general manager Of the company.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
BIG HAUL OF BAD COIN MEN

Branchville Conn. Aug six United States
Secret Service arrested nine Italians here to-
day, charged with cOunterfeiting The officers
rushed into an old farmhouse and captured the
crowd at pistol point. They found thousands of
dollars spurious coin. dies and mouds and
stamp. The coin in quarter and half dollars.
and contained almost much silver as the prod
ucts of government mints.
The bad money had it is said. been circulated
through the western part Of Connecticut and in
Westchester County.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
wHALER HOME AFTER "a YEARS
Captains Wife Has Harpoon That Was in
Whale Sixty Years.
CBy Telegraph 10 The Tr,bun. g,

New Bedford Mass. Aug. AFTER an absence of
twenty-four years from her home port wander
ing about the world the whaling bark Andrew
Hicks arrived to-day in command of CAPTAIN
Church. The Hicks sailed from New Bedford in
1884 round the Horn. Since then she has been en-
gagged in the Northern Pacific whale fisheries She
has had several captains and several owners. She
is still stanch craft and one of the best salers
In gale her crew shipped in.
Mrs. Church, wife OF the captain, brought home
with her harpoOn that had been sticking in a
monster whale for sixty years. II belonged the
bark Alice, of Cold Spring. \. Y. Joseph Thurston,
the second mate, had been away from New Bed
ford since 1875.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
eUNsoAT MAY GO TO HONDURAS.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribu

IBy Telegraph to The Tribune-l
BOSTON, Aug. THE gunboat Scorpion, supposedly
aaoer secret orders rom Washington, will sail for
oftok, Va, tomorrow. ostensibly for target pfac-
slee Il e believed at the navy yard however.
''ist she WlH coal AT Norfolk and then proceed at
. speed IN Honduras in connection with the
troubles there To hurry repairs the force of work
wen rss doubled to-da.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
LIGHTNING KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY.

Charlotte, ~. c., Aug. IA special from Sparta,
Allegheny County brings news OF the death OF an
entire family at Edmonds, ten miles across the
mountains from Sparta, b. lightning. Frank
nf,,rnbv farmer. his wife an1 young son
,are ,n the feld stacking rye when the storm came
uo The trio for shelter. but were struck down
before they reached the house. The bodies We're
found by neghboTs.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
STUDENT PAINTER FALLS TO DEATH.
(By Telegraph 10 The Tribune,

Philadelphia. Aug. 7.-Gustave Bake. who fell
one hundred feet from grder in the Reading ter
minal shed last evening, died to-day In the Hahne-
mann Hospital The accident witnessed by
hundreds of commuters, who their way
10 their trains. Several narrowly escaped being
struck by the he fell.
Bake was a theological student and work
ing as a PAINTER to pay his tuition He expected
TO soon become a minister. His bride of a few
weeks suffered nervous shock when informed Of
his death and is In critical condition.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
AUTO LEAPS INTO PooRHoUsE.

Telegraph to The TFtbunel
South Norwalk. Conn. Aug From $500
Packard touring car TO the pOorhouse the ex-
perience of A. B. Proal. jr-, of New York City in
Norwalk this afternoon. When tearing over the Con-
nectcut Turnpike the steering gear of Mr.. ProaIs s
car broke. The jumped brook at the side Of
a road cleared stone wall and landed sQuarely
on the front porch of the town poorhouse. 1t
was entirely minus the front wheels while the
back ones against the edge OF the stoop.
Singularly enough, Mr. Proal and the three women
who were In the tonneau only bruised and
scared The party was on its way to SaybrOok to
visit relatives
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
THOMAS e wATsoN's DAUGHTER HURT

TBy Telegraph The Tribunel
Alton, Va, Aug. Mrs. Oscor Lee daughter
NJ Thomas E. Watson. of Georgia. fell with her
bsbv as she was alighting from Chesapeake
Ohio train to-day, both mother and child being
bruised but not seriously injured Assistance was
rendered by physician the train
Mrs Lee was her way TO the summer nome
%. her father when the accident occurred.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
DRIVERS STRIKE DURING FUNERAL

Albany Aug. 7-An unusual sight witnessed
here to-day when. during the progress OF funeral
drivers on the carriages suddenly jumped from their
seats and refused to proceed unless the driver OF
tho hearse who they asserted non-union
man was replaced by a union driver. The under
taker finally secured another hearse and union
driver. The body was removed from one hearse TO
the other. and further complications were avoided
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
GIFTS TO ZEPPELIN.
Inn DeyiaL Committee Said to Hare
Raised S4OO,OO

Berlin. Aug 7.-Crown Prince Frederick Will
lam has accepted the presidency of the fmpe-
rial committee which is raising a fund for
Count Zeppelin. the airship inventor. Various
estimates have been made OF the total sub
scrlptfons but 1t is impossible to give the exact
amount It would appear certain. however. that
100000 has been raised. The Krupp family
has given $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
THE FLEET NEAR PORT.
Battleships VII Reach auckland
TO-mOrrOSC- Fine Wedther.

Auckland, n. T., Aug. S.-A wireless dispatch
received at o'clock this morning from the
United States Atlantic fleet says:
THE gale blew itself out last night and fine
weather prevails
"The fleet will arrive at Auckland about s
o'clock tomorrow Sunday morning"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
GRAFT IN ENGLAND.
Ten Nile End Parish Officials Con-
s1cfed- Trial Cost $50, 900.

London. Aug ten municipal officials Of
Mile End parish charged with grating were
convicted tonight after a trial lasting month.
Although the amounts involved were small. the
case excited the greatest interest because trials
on such a charge are unusual in England. Thirty
lawyers were engaged. and the cost of the trial
is estimated at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
SANTA FE FINED $1,000 FOR REsArINe

Chicago Aug THE Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe Railroad Company pleaded guilty to rebating
to-day and was fined S0oo by Judge Bethea in the
United states District Court. 1t was proved that
a bonus paid by the railroad the Garden City
Sugar and Land Company. OF Garden City. Kan.
WAS In effect rebate
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
SILVER SERVICE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE
-. r.lesranh 20 The Tribune

IHy Telegraph TO The Tribunal
,,..-oo,,tb n H Aug IA silver service was
,rasepted To the tattleship New Hampshire to-day
h., the commonwealth. The presentation party In
ciuded Governor and Mrs. Floyd, General and Mrs
C.tarlao Hamblett General and Mrs. Alfred
Evans. General and Mrs Frank Hardy congress-
mon Srlloway and Currier. and others.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
TRAIN HITS COW; FOUR KILLED.

Livingston, Tex, Aug. -Four persons were
killed and four others were injured. two proba-
bly, fatally when a locomotive the tramroad
Of the Livingston Lumber Company struck a COW
and plunged into a deep ravine to-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
DEMOCRATS NAME DEAD MAN.

Worcester. Mass. Aug. IN. NJ. Moriarity, OF
Worcester whose appears in the list % mem
hers of the new Democratic press. committee. was
drowned while bathing in 1901. He was the p1os
Usher Of The Worcester Post"
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
BISHOP D0ANE'S VIEWS
RESULTS At LAMBETH.
Relation Of Church IN England and
America NosU Interdependence.

In compliance with the request of The Trib-
une Bishop W. c. Doane. of the Episcopal Dio-
csse of Albany q delegate TO the Pan-Angli-
csn Congress and TO the Lambeth Conference,
which has just closed it's sessions. sends the
following cable dispatch embodying his views
~ the work OF the congress and the confer
ence and the chief result OF the latter in fits
effect on the Church in America.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-08
TALKED WITH PRESIDENT.
Mr. Hitchcock Says Nezo York Stu
alton Was Discussed That's Al.

oyster Bay, Aug. National Chairman
Hitchcock spent some time at Sycamore Hill
to-day taking the 2:4O D. m. train back to New
York He asked If his conference with the
President was to decide If Governor Hughes
was to be renominated. To this question he
made no direct reply He said the political sit
uation In general had been talked over with the
President and that New York State conditions
we're also discussed. He could say nothing
more, he said.
National Chairman Hitchcock returned to Re
publican headquarters late In the afternoon
from his visit to President Roosevelt at oyster
Bay.
Mr.. Hitchcock can be non-committal in more
ways than any politician around Madison
Square. He was very gracious about 1T all and
said that he and the President had devoted
part of their conference to politics in this state
but beyond adding that there was an element of
uncertainty in the situation ne left the Gov
ernorship question just where it was before he
went to Sycamore Hill.
1t is impossible to disabuse the minds Of Re-
publicans generally that there Is hitch over
the Governorship. The little fellows look to the
big fellows for light. and the big fellows. after
talking it for days, and even weeks. are
just much in the fog ever.
Chairman Hitchcock said that he expected to
leave town Tuesday night for Hot Springs.
Va, to call on Judge Taft From Hot Springs
he will go to Chicago to open the Western
headquarters on the 15h. He is due at Utica
on August IS. to take part in the notification
Of James S. Sherman, the candidate for Vice
President. He will be in New York again on
the 10Th.