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Army and Navy Orders.

WASHINGTON. Sept. Is.-These army orders
were issued to-day:
First Lieut.. Thomas W. Halliday. Third Field
At Ftrst Lieut.. Msldan u. Tomplins, coas, Ar
tIllery, to Fort Monroe.
These navy orders were issued:
Lieut.. O.. X. Oakley. from Naval Academy.
Lieut.. L. Mccsuley, J-., from the Mississippi
10 the Castlne.
Ensign II. a. white 70 the Castine.
AsststAnt Surgeon A. j. Toulon, from Naval
Hospltsl. Boston. to Naval Medical School, Wash
ington.
cruitins station. Buffalo. 10 Naval Medical School.
Washing ton.
Hospital. Portsmouth. TO Naval Medical School.
Washington.
Paymaster VI, T. Gray, from the Texas 70
Portsmouth yard! .
Hospital. Las Anlmss, Cal, TO home and settle
accounts.
Scorpion. a..
Scorpion to the Texas 49,.
Assistant Paymastcr H.. b. Woruen, 10 NAVAL
Hospital. Las AnimAs, Cal .
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TUBERCrLosIS CONGRESS-.
The Exposition which WIN Precede'N
Opened for Private inspection.

WASHINGTON, Sept r1o.-The,. exposi-
ton which will precede by n week the
converting Of the International Tubercu-
losis Congress In Washington and con-
tinue during It's sessions was opened for
private view, to-day. : The exposition
will be opened to the public next Mon
day and the congress will hold Its first
session on September 20. Both the expo
sition and the congress will be held In the
new National Museum. { o.
The several parts of the exposition
have been nearly completed. 1t 10 adj
vided into three seotions-foreign, Fed
eral and domestic. The foreign division
embraces all exhibits from Argentina.
Brazil, Belgium, Great Britain. Germany.
Austria. Hungary. Russia, Switzerland
and Sweden. In the Federal division
are all the exhibits from certain branches
Of the War and Navy Departments, Marine
Hospital. Interior Department. Indian
Affairs, Census and the Government Print
ing Office. Most Of the things To: be seen
pictures. The domestic division en-
braces all the State exhibits. and there
The States Of New York, Michigan, Ohio
Connecticut, COLORADO. MASSACHUSETTS,
Rhode Island, Minnesota, California and
the Carolinas had 9 exniplie PUG
place to-day 70 makea pretty gooo enoM-
ing. others Will Dc seen Witn'n
q Few days.
Among thaexhibits are maps and charts
showing the extent and growth OF the
campaign against tuberculosis, Location
Of. dispensaries. hospitals and assooia-
ations where treatment is given, and the
methods used. The walls are covered
with photographs n other pictures
showing the progress OF tubercui9els
and the various stages OF curapies
T~uberculoeis literature has been pro
vided by the ton. n elaborate displays
OF window m cots. peds, al eorm OF
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FOREST FIRES. IN MANY STATES
The Most Destructive known In the Last
Quarter Of . Century.

WAsHNarcS. Sept. ie.-;.Forest fires
are eating up vast quantities of standing
timber in many States. The fires of
1908 have been the most disastrous that
rave been known for many years. Whole
counties in Minnesota. Wisconsin and
Michigan have been burned v e and
county seat towns and small villages by
the'dozen have been visited by flames and
he people made homeless. The greatest
tires have ragged in Minnesota. Michigan,
~isconsin and British Columbia, yet II
seems that the flames have spread into
Montana. In fact the whole northern
half Of the United States throughout the
vast territory extending from coast to
coast has been .visite1. 1t is reported
that the destruction has been terrific. and
!, is predicted by forest service o ftcers
that the year 1909 will 60 down as n Of
the worst In the last quarter OF a century.
No large part Of the timber country has
entirely escaped. ''
The fires have done good In n way,
the forest service Gays. They have
focused the peoples attention on the
seriousness Of the problem and have
started a widespread movement to check
them by adopting rational systems Of
- ll VlCSttoos
Forest service officers saw there is only
me thing 10 do. and that Is TO patrol
against fires. The time to stop fires is
when they are Just starting and not after
a conhagration has set In. The national
forests are patroIled by a picked force Of
rangers and guards. Some OF these are
on horseback and others on foot. Ma
tional forests suffered. 90 Of one per cent.
in 1905, before the fire patrol was ipaugu.
ratei. The next year this vas reduced
to 4. and lowered to OF per cent in1g07.
These fire fighting crews have been.
equipped with fire fighting tools, ~canteens
and other weapons. Sand Is often used
to put out a smouldering fire. Fire
warnings printed ON muslin and card
board are being put up throughout the
forests. and these are printed in four
languages. English, French. Spanish and
Italian. There are 1900 men doing fire
patrol duty this summer in the national
The National Conservation Commission
has taken up the forest fire question and
viii study It with O view OF solving the
problem and expects to take steps to re-
nlee the destruction year by year to
minimum figures. -.
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SKIRTS BOTHER CAR TENDERS
DUMMIES IN TROUSERS PICKgD
UP WITH NEATNESs. ,s !,

But the Gowncd Variety were Mere Dt1l-
cult No Guarantee Yet That p
Woman Who Is Int by o Surface
Car VIII Not BE Hurt-Men Safer.
The members OF the Public Service
Commission who since last Monday have
been experimenting in the yards OF tho
General Electric Company at Scheneo-
tady with various types of car fendsrs
and wheel guards returned to, town yss-
terday and reported that while no ideal
safety device had yet been discovered
the demonstrations had brought out
many valuable points and that no doubt
the commission would ultimately be able
to decide on a fender and wheel guard
which would give absolute protection TO
pedestrians. ,,.s
"In making the tests Secretary Whit
ney OF the commission said, dummies
representing men. women and children
we're used, and these dummies were fully
clothed. The reports which will be made
by the engineers Of the commission on
their observations of the tests will show
that clothing has a great deal to do with
the effects Of street car accidents. Id
many instances the dress OF the dummiae
representing women was caught by the
corner Of the fender or wheel guard. with
the result that the dummy. was dragged
alongside the car until the car could DO
stopped. A few of the devices which In
theory appeared to be effective proved
on contact with small figures TO be Just
the reverse, and while they would piek
up or throw aside a body Of an adult,
would run I'VE and throw beneath the
trucks the body Of q child.
-On the other hand the merits Of varft
ous devices were clearly brought out
and 1t was q pleasure to see the regularity
with which certain Of them worked.
Some Of the Tenders and some OF the
wheel guards never failed to drop at the
proper time and pick up the dummy
from the track. carrying It safely unth
the car was stopped. but even with these
the thoroughness Of the tests disclosed
whatever weak points there were, and
gave the inventors valuable informatipn
as to the proper adjustment OF their de-
vices and the height above' the rails ak
which they should be carried" - ..6ei-lN
The tests will be continued in Scheneo+
tady for the next two weeks and begin
ming October 20 another series OF Sxpeff-
ments will be made in Pittsburg on the
grounds of the Westinghouse Electric
Company with the safety devices which
have been laid before the commission
by Western inventors.
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ARRESTED IN ,NUM,s, CLOTHES.
Beggar Caught by Police IFhoasht to- He
: = .''sisteF Cecilia"

BeggaF Caught by, Police SThouGht To- he
= 't' = .''sister Cecilia"
In the. arrest yestsrday Of q woman
going about Ninth Avenue tn num- clothes
begging the police think that. they have
got hold Of Sister Cecilia. "a woman col
Letting money as a member OF q Roman
Catholic sieterhood. .'
Detectives Forbes and Duncan noticed
the woman operating on Ninth avenue in
the vicinity Of Forty SECOND street yester-
day and took her in on the gtrehgth'of her
appearance. which coincided with the de-
scription furnished the police Of an i'm
poster. At. Headquarters she gave the
name Of Annie Miller Of SIT West 29d
Street.
SISTER Cecilia. has been giving the
Roman Catholic Church authorities q
lot of trouble and several members OF the
clergy have complained to the police
about her activities. Last Sunday. her
description was read from the pulpits
of a number Of Roman Catholic churches.
The prisoner vas taken to the West
Side court. where q representative Of the
Catholic Charities Organization was ready
to prosecute her. BY the time the police
had got her there. though, Magistrate
Barlow had left the bench and she was
taken back y' .'.ft 's
: Later she vas arraigpei before Magis-
trate Drocge in the night court and sent
to the workhouse.
Detective Duncan had followed her
into a saloon at 500 Ninth avenue and
there he saw her get FIVE cents from the
La-kc,lor n.,.4a- ooLnl che -Nn.n
II she was attached to any Catholic. or
ga~nization. She said that she belonged
to Father McMahon's church in Twenty
second street. When asked for Father
MeMahon's first name, however, she
couldn't answer. Then she broke down
and cried, saying that she was In need
Of money and had taken this means OF
getting it. She had sl.7o in her purse.
The Rev. q. j. McMahon. IL .tbe super
visor of the United Catholic Charities
p. A. Mchianus OF. SAG Broadway appeared
in. court to represent him in prosecuting
the woman. Joseph Skifingtoh, who said
he is Father McMahon's secretary. was
also in court. He said that the Miller
woman was arrested on june 10 for .
similar offence. She was sent to the
workhouse by Magistrate Wahle. On
July 4.,ME skifington said. he visited the
~workhouse. and was surprised to learn
that the woman had been released soon
after her incarceration by order OF Magis-
trate Wahle. ..... ...... ...... .t
At the time he made this discovery, Mr..
Skifington said. the miller woman's law
yer had an appeal pending before Judge
Foster. The. latter upheld Magistrate
Wahle's conviction and refused TO release
the woman. The latter, however, had
been enjoying freedom for some, time
when this decision was made.
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DIED AT THE DINNER TABLE.
An Old Patron OF Smith & McNell's Col.
lapses In His Chair. o.

i8poCo ~
While the main dining room on the
first floor of Smith 4 McNells restaurant
in Greenw ich. street was crowded las
night Louis W. Sherman, aged sales
man for a stationery concern, topplec
out Of his chair in the centre of the room
and fell to- the stone floor. Several. oil
the diners and Mattresses ran to his assist
anoe, and he. was carried into an adjoin'
ing room. He was dead when DR.. Hellen.
brand. arrived from the Hudson street
hospital. tuberculosis was said to be the
! cause &. 80 --s coo
Mr.. Sherman, who was about seventy
Eve years old. had lived in a furnished
room house at EOS Greenw ich street, across
from. the restaurant, for about thirty
years and all that time he was a patron
Of the restaurant. he always sat at the
same table, In a corner Of the second floor
dining room. When he went there last
night and tried to climb the stairs he
gave up after going several steps. II
was shortly after he had seated himself
in the downstairs dining room that he fel
from his chair.
When Policeman Finan of the Church
street station tried to find out something
about the old nan at the restaurant he
learned that even the Mattresses who had
served him for years knew nothing ex-
cept his name. Until the last few weeks,
when the disease undermined his health,
he talked freely on many subjects, but
when questioned about himself he gave
no. information, ,
Mrs. Honora Harry. from whom MI.
Sherman had rented a little DON for %
many years, knew that he had a son Ia
a bank in Cuba and a daughter who was
teaching school in New, Brunswick, Can
ada, aud said that his wife was living.
She had never heard him say where he
was employed. bit said that he Wouldn't
give up work, even when he became al
most too weak to get around.
i The policeman searched the old mans
effects and found that he worked for q
stationery manufacturing concern at
a5I Broadway. and that his son, Frank,
was cashier of a branch Of the Royal
Bank OF. Canada, at Havana, Cuba. A
letter from the o dated September IL
said that the o was sending two checks
for $50 each, One Of these checks had
not been cashed. and the father had not
spent much Of the other $50, A !etuer
vas also found from his daughter. Myra,
which said that she was teaching school
near Fredericton. New Brunswick.
Many Of the mattresses at Smith 4
McNell's were much attached to the old
body might be sent to the Morgue TO
await the arrival of some Of his relatives
from Canada or Cuba they engaged a
Greenwich street undertaken TO take
care Of his remains until his son or daugh-
ter comes, 3d..
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Japanese to Have an outing.

The Japanese Mutual Aid Societys'
which was founded a little less than n
year ago, will have an excursion up thu
Hudson to Stony Point this morning.
There are about 1000 Japanese in New
York, and the society. which has 500 mem-
bers, was organized to extend a helping
hand TO those who have been unfortunate.
The steamer Sea Gate will take the party
to-day. leaving the Battery landing at
10 O'Clock. Games, and speeches by Mr..
Midzuno, Consul-General at New York.
and others are on the programme. ~
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FOLLOWED WIFE IN DEATH.
'.she Died Psiniessly In My Arms; I Obey
Her Request"

Acting upon the dying request Of his
wife. Albert Delsiok. So years old. a car
penter. committed suicide yesterday in
the kitchen. OF his home at "a East
Ninetieth street. His wife had died on
Thursday night after a long illness. and
when In the morning occupants OF the
house smelled gas and broke down the
door they found Delsiok sitting on a
chair In the kitchen with the end Of a
gas tube in his mouth:
On the bed in the front room, covered
by a sheet. lay his wife. Both were dead.
There were two letters on the kitchen
table. One was addressed 10 Adolph
Schuldensberg ger financial secretary of
the lodge OF, the. Knights Of Honor to
which Deisick belonged. 1t was as
follows: > - go.
ApoLpH Ann AIL,Mf FEIENps: My poor
wife died with all her senses and without
pain in my arms at II O'Clock. obey
what she asked. Please see that we are
buried together. -..
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Test OF CaS Meters.

ALBANY. Sept. la.-The upstate Pub
lie Service Commission in a test Of Isl
gas; meters found 81 incorrect to the
prejudice, of, the consumers, registration
being . per cent. or.more fast. The re.
mainder OF the meters were either correct
within the Q per cent. error limit which
the commissions rules allow or slow
To- the prejudice of the company The
slowest meter was found to register "a
per cent. from the trne standard and the
highest ITS
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Incorporated to Operate Department
. stores, : - :

, TRENTON, n. j.. Sept. Is.-The National
Cooperative Society formed 70 operate
department stores was Incorporated here
this afternoon, The company has an
authorized capital. stock Of q 200 900,
which IL divided into 1880, 900 Of first
preferred, 81 900 600 Of SECOND preferred
and 1850, 900 OF common stool, The
interpretations are James r., Mapletoft,
Raymond e. Taylor and joseph Ger
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FOUR FIRES IN A TENEMENT.
Nrebug's Second Attempt In Orange Re
centiy-Man Formerly Insane Arrested.

Seues WAN Fofhncfsy bhbauC TIfeStcus
ORANGE, N. j., Sept. 1s.-For the second
time within a week an attempt at in
cendiarism was discovered in Orange to-
day. The police have in custody Joseph
Plat, a painter, who has been in insane
retreats four times. . .
On Saturday night an attempt was
made 10 fire the Freeman Building. at
Main and Centre streets, but the flames
burned themselves out. This morning II
was discovered that an attempt had been
made to burn a big tenement house at
100 and 100 Centre street. The first and
second flights Of stairs had been saturated
with turpentine aud a match had been
applied at four places. A hole a foot
square was burned in the landing on the
second floor and the walls and ceiling
were scorched. The stairs were oharred
in three places and the mating covering
was also burned. . ' =
In Platt's apartment ~turpentine was
found and he was placed under arrest,
He has been acting queerly again OF late
and his wife left him two weeks ago. He
denies that he had anything to do with
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Ell TH0MASSUITS ADJOURNED.
Lawyer Tells Court the Autoist wsu't
BE Out Of Hospital. Until February,

LoNo BRANCH. N. j.. Sept. Eek
Prosecutor Charles II. WINS Of Red Bank,
counsel for E. r. Thomas, appeared be-
fore Recorder Van Doren this afternoon
and got an adjournment IN the suits
against Thomas growing out Of the col
hsion here on August IL. The two suits set
for trial to-day were those started by. j.
B. NJ. Smith. State Commissioner Of Motor
Cycles. One was for driving an quito
mobile without a license and the other
for exceeding the speed limit
The case OF Chief OF Police James Lay
ton for reckless driving in Long B.anoh.
set for a hearing on Monday. also went
over till October "a. 80,
Thomas on Wednesday last settled with
Emil Seelig. whose team was killed, and
with Daniel Connolly, the driver who had
his collar bone fractured in the collision.
Mr.. Ivens told Recorder Van Doren
that Thomas would not be able to leave
the hospital before February. ".
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Patentee Sues for infringement.

A summons was served upon the officials
OF the Public Service Corporation al
Newark yesterday In a suit brought Jbyi
Alexander H. Mathesius Of 50 Pavonia
avenue. Arlington. to o 10000 for
the alleged infringement upon q pateas
returnable in the United States Circuit
Court at Trenton on September 80. This
plaintiff charges that the Puplic Services
Corporation has in operation 5000 patent
guide wheels = OF his device. l- ,t,a
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Ct, Paul read ReeIects Directors,

MILWAUKEE. Sept. 1s.-Fve directors
OF the Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway Company whose terms have ex-
pred were reelected at the annual stock
holders meeting held here to-day. They
are Henry H. Rogers, Frank g. BoBd, G.
". Hardness, Walter o. Bliss OF New York
and A. j., Earring Of Chicago. The d.
rectors at a later meeting reelected the
old of6oers.
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McCleary Resigns From Post Ofnce Ds'
partmcnt.

WASHINGTON, Sept. io.-The Postmas-
ter-General. this afternoon announced
the resignation on September 10 Of Second
Assistant Postmaster-Genera j. T. Nc
Cleary OF Minnesota, which vas accepted
by the President. On September Is
Mr.. McCleary received the Republican
nomination for Representative in Con-
gress from the Second Minnesota district.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
Submarines Finish Tests

HNEwPoRr, Sept. is.-The submarines
Cuttlefsh. Tarantula and Viper returned
to Newport this morning with the board
OF inspection and survey from the twenty
four hour endurance rup. Whether the
test was satisfactory is moi, known, for
the board Members would not say before
they had made their report to Washing
ton.
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Company's. plant. II they fail Sargent
Vile and Sedgwfck will be destroyed.
The fire gained to-day. as a high north
IL being tried as a last resort. Six Thousand
acres Of timber i" already destroyed.
The fire sweeping Surry has reached Blue
hill township and Is spreading rapidly.
a large fire is now burning on Eagle
Island. . >,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
NEW LINE TO PACIFtC COAST.
Canadian Pacific Buys Alberta Railway a.
aFrnight Route-Heads on Northern.

WINNIPEG, Man. Sept. .ie.-By the pur-
chase of the Alberta Railway and Irri-
cation Company's'line in southern Alberta
for n .oOO. 600 the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road Company intends making the Crows
Nest Pass It's main freight line to- the
Pacific Coast. This move Is intended to
head of the Great Northern road, who b
Il Js, said has been trying TO get control
Of this railway for years.
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CONVICT LEASING TO END.
Georgia Legislature Passes Bill Abolish.
Ing System Next March.

Ing System Next March.
ATLANTA, Sept. 1o.-The convict lease
system. which has produced. so much
graft and cruelty, will end In Georgia
on March 81, 1909. The General Assembly,
which has been in extraordinary session
four weeks considering the convict ques-
ton. to-day passed the bill killing the
lease system and Gov. Hoke' Smith APP
proved the measure this afternoon.
Under tho new system the oonyiots
are to-be usedaon the roads Of the State
and other public works and also on prison
farms. II Is anticipated that under the
new law Georgia in a few years will have
q magnificent systemic OF public highways.
Georgia has been leasing her %conyicte
eince the Days Of .reoonstruction and .sey.
erel of the largest fortunes in Georgia
have been gained from the work OF con
victs.
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MAINE FIRE SPEADING.
hanN Wen and Teams Working 10 Save
big lee Plant. re

NksTRRooKsvILLR, Me-, Sept. 1s.-Ten
instinct forest fires can be. seen tonight.
'hree hundred and fifty men and forty
sans are working on a strip OF land
spaFaang Walkers Lake from Egge-
a'sgih Reach in an effort to keep the
N from reaching the Maine Lake Ice
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DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
AMERICAl

AMERICAN MALTING COMPANY.
Inc boSid OF Dre Il ness = 5 nnon t E M.
ferred stock of this Company. payable on and
after the second day of November. 1905. to share
holders Of record at the close OF the transfer books
on the twenty second day Of October. 1e06. 49,,
LOUIS L. STANTON. Treasurer y
Sentember II. 1908. .,. g, .,. ryr#t ''tn "a
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

HAVE Just returned from Sonora, Mexico.
and have some exceptional chances 70 acquire
mining and timber lands for little initial mouey.
person having nve or ten thousand dollars, with
a view of partnership, guaranteeing quick and
Address CAMPBELL. .4 West ssth st.
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, NaYerly shoe Company Assikns.

p WAVerly shOo 1NssiBns.
BosToN.r Sept. l9.-The Arm Of Bemis
4 Wright, operating under the name Of
the waverly Shoe Company, at Lynn, this
morning made IN assignment. Thomas
w. Gardiner. q MANUFACTURER OF lasts,
and Frank l.. Simpson, q Boston attorney.
are the heaviest creditors. No statement
accompanied the assignment.
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Must Pay Dues out Of Pension.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. ls.-According to
a ruling of the executive council OF the
International Typographical Union ar
nounced to-day all members placed on
the pension roll must pay dues n assess
ments Just as though they were actively
al work.
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AMERICAN EocoMoTIyE COMPANY.

n cMEs stree,. New YcrS' September ioth. iocs
Tine Board OF Directors this day declared o.
quarterly dividend OF one. and three quarters
per cent upon the preferred capital stock pay
ems OF record at the close OF business on Septen-
Der ii, 1908. Checks will be mailed. .
For the purpose OF this dividend. and al, the
annual election TO be held on October %. 100,
the transfer books Of the Company Wit close at
SIP. NJ. September q. 1908. and reopen October
~ 9 T. caILAwAY. Seereafy.a
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WOULD like TO hear Of good mining or other
stock for sale, which would be a safe, profitable
Investment: no wildcat fakes considered IL
DAHBYSHIRE, box 1910. Rochester. N. Y.,=tg~s