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New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
BINGHAM STILL WILLING.
Modestly Puts $500 Increase an
Salmy First ON Budget.

Police Commissioner Bingham whose request for
an increase of salary from 800 to s15,000 much
the Mayor receives was pigeon holed py the
Board of Aldermen after Il had been favorably
acted on by the Board of Estimate last spring,
does not purpose TO let the matter drop there The
first item in his budget expenses for 1902 which
was filed in the Controllers office yesterday pro-
vides for this doubling of his own salary
So that it shall not appear to be too startling
Commissioner Bingham also provides in the budget
for increase in the salaries of the second thro
and fourth deputies from 5000 to 5000 each. the
same as the salary of the first deputy. The Board
of Aldermen rarely tampers with the budget after
It has been passed by the Board of Estimate, so
that Commissioner Bingham stands good chance
of getting his raise unless Alderman Little
Tim Sullivan, who is against it, makes special
point in the
The total amount of money asked by Commits
sioner Bingham SIS 1893 $50, increase of S2o43
039 81 the amount given to the Police Depart
ment for 1903. In 1907 the appropriation was SlS-
$40 $40 It is pointed out that whereas since 1899
the appropriation for the Board of Education mas
been increased 1852 cent, that for the Fire De-
partnent, 6s1a and for the Department of Correc-
tion 81 per cent, the increase of the Police De-
partnent has only Is 13 per- cent 1t is point
ed that It costs the Police Department in sal
aries $685. $50 to furnish policemen for other branch
of the municipal government. One item In
cluded In the detailed amounts spent in this way
for each department reads Cooper Union, S2,sDo, y
which means two patrolmen 1t is understood that
this service is furnished under special ordinance.
Commissioner Bingham wants S4oo0 to give $1,000
year to each of the department chaplains. who
receive compensation. He wants to in
crease the salary of the chief surgeon from $500
to $500. and 10 make eleven more captaincieS at
additional cost of S30.250 a year. He asks for
eight hundred additional patrolmen at $500 each.
at q total cost of s64.ooO year. By the operation
of law the salaries of the s5S policemen now in the
service will be increased by total of SS5.724 30
next year the salaries of hundred and
fifty detectives by total of s344n,
This year the department got $4,000 for "inciden-
tai expenses which amount the Board of Esti-
mate is asked to increase by even 100000 For
furnishing the new Police Headquarters 1000 is
asked.
The Commissioner asks money for police sta
tion in Flatbush and In Ozone Park. and he
wants three branch detective bureaus in Brooklyn
in Brownsville in williamsburg and italian
branch.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
Seen in the Shops,

One ha ndsoms costume Of rajah silk marked
pleats running from the waist to the hern and the
Jumper waist was heavily embroidered in a pale
lavender exactly matching the color OF the ma
terial. with this costume went suimpe OF en-
broidered lace.
Wide neck bows appear to grow wider and mar
row ones grow narrower. In short. the tendency is
to exaggerate. Some very narrow necktfes of
doubled silk. in pink blue, red and green. finished
at the ends with little gilt balls. were selling yes
terday at 50 cents.
In spite of the fact that they are not CONSIDERED
"the thing" except for certain very limited oc-
casions Dutch necks'' making their insidious
way into the fashions. B1ouses cut square at the
neck are beginning to be seen in window displays.
yesterday at S3.
A sd street shop has adopted the plan of showing
its wells over drawings. It Is really more effective
than showing them over wax heads Wax heads
have something corpselike about them. IN spite OF
the bloom on their cheeks but wells are quite en-
tcins with a smart girl in black and white looking
out through the meshes.
High white collars, with a tie Of natural colored
liuen very smart, 25 cents.
Neck bows Of wide gold braid seem to be a fad Of
the moment.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

white lawn. embroidered in black and with biaes
ribbon bows.
Some belts were on sale yesterday which looked
exactly like knitted silk purses OF abnormal
end they would do nicely TO carry ones change tn
as the westerners carried their money In early
days These belts came in various colors. and sold
at 35 cents or three for ST.
Some belts at 81 each were Of brown leather. in
two pieces, so arranged that the belt looked Ike
two snakes intertwined.
Some new French collars are Of linen. very high
and very white. with narrow turnover strip at
the top daintiIy embroidered in dots.
Little outing caps for boys. with a coored band
setting close to the head and a faring crown or
white duck are only % cents.
Some of the smartest white linen waists have
touches of bIue-generally cuffs. collar and a mar
row strip down the front. or across the top or tne
little breast pocket of pale blue linen
s2 20. They are Of natural coIored ponsee. with a
bit Of bright embroidery at the neck
A s,,it of dull red linen. with a tight Jacket and
row Of Iarze white pearl buttons down the front or
the skirt brought a good many women 70 a stand
s,u before the window in which 1t was shown
vasterday 1t was not nearly so bizarre as tt
sounds
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
MRS. eoLpINe GETS NEW COUNSEL.

justice Erlanger. in the Supreme Court, handed
Gown decision yesterday granting the petition
~ Mrs. Mabel g. Goding. who is suing her hus-
bHnd. John n. Goldng, wealthy real estate man,
'ef absolute divorce, make change OF counsel,
substituting the firm Of Quackenbos Posner &
rottle for j. S. g. II. =. Wise. In his decision
justice Eranger said that the firm of j. s. & Ii.
. Wise had by their conduct and correspond
enoe discharged themselves as counsel for Mrs.
Noiong and should Immediately upon service ~
Hse order turn over TO QGackenbos. Posner g.
cottle all OF the papers and documents they Leld
eeiongins 10 Mrs. 4oldug.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
LOWER DEATH RATE FOR JUNE,
Commissioner Crowell Gratifed by Reports
from Health Department.

Mr. Crouen, Street Cleaning Commissioner sent
TO the Health Department yesterday for the June
death rate figures for this year and last ny ois-
tricts to see whether not there had oeen d
fall in the rate Commissioner tro"eh mas
working his force strenuously in order to make
. sood showing and he felt that the figures tha1
the Health Department would furnish him might
hear out his belief that the death rate Woulo Oe
lower than last year because the streets were
kept cleaner this year. He was rlsht' So lal @
June was concerned.
IT,, rarort for last week showed advance
bouever but then this due 70 the large sun
.,-o,. fatality. This was the official table fur
nished:
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
"PooR OLD WOMAN" is RICH.

II became known yesterday through report
made 10 Commissioner Hebberd OF the Charities
Department by Superintendent Roberts Of the City
Home on BackweIi's Island that bankbooks show
ing credits for s5,S40 10 had been found Mrs.
Theresa Schultz. an eighty year-old German WON
an. Little Is known about her. She taken TO
the Home Monday by patrolman of the Union
Market station. She is being detained by order
- Commissioner Hebberd until the Corporation
Counsel can be consulted as the method OF hay-
Ing ber snug fortune cared for
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

More curious opinions about women can De
Cleaned in the various missionary headquarters OF
the city than in any other place in town.
They make the sign OF the cross when ten
them my wife read" said Dr. l. 9. Crawford
who has been a Congregational missionary IN
Turkey for the last thirty years. the other day.
I'm the cities there some .schools for Greek
girls as well as boys endowed by wealthy Greeks
But in the little villages they still believe literally
that woman IS not capable of learning how to
read Often on seeing my wife with book IN
her hand they have asked me il she could read
and when 7 said she could they always made the
sign of the cross whether to express their aston
ishment or to ward off the influence OF sucn
dangerous female I don't know
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
eoRMIEx eErs LleH1 SENTENCE.

Pleading guilty burglary in the third degree
Jack Gormley who surrendered himself to the
police was sentenced yesterday TO four years and
I'VE months IN Sing Sing prison by Judge Foster
IN Part ] Of the Court OF General Sessions
Judge Foster told Gormley that If the grand jury
mac flt to indict him e second offence crimi
lal, he could have been sent away for the rest OF
lis natural life. Abraham Levy, Gormleys attor-
heyi promised that at the expiration sof the SEN
lenoe GorrnIey would leave the state Mrs. CORN
icy was not allowed in the courtroom while her
husband being sentenced.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

1t is estimated that s24oooo0p were stolen from
the people of the United States last year through
short weight and measure the part of food
dealers II is reckoned that an average of g a
year is purloined from each inhsbitant through
short measure milk bottles. short weight cans.
boxes and packages of goods and short weight
ice and coal. The ice thief always bames the
weather for his frauds. Many coal dealers sell
three-quarters of a bushel of coal for a full
bushel. Heavy wrapping paper is paid for at the
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
DoUKHOBoRS ARRESTED.
Fight Canadian Mounted Police Fiercely-
Twelve Sent to Prison.

Yorktown, Saskatchewan, July 1h-Ten mounted
policemen attacked the Doukhabor compound near
mere to-day 10 arrest twelve ringleaders OF a band
OF one hundre that IS confined there by the govern
Inent- 1hs entire band fought fercely. for thres
hours with sticks and other weapons. but were
hammered down. Six men and six women were sent
fo the Nor hern Penitentiary to-day. This policy
mas been adopted by the Canadian government TO
break ID Nan6erlnR hands of this class.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
ERIE SAID TO HAVE BEEN INDICTED.

1t reported that the Hudson County Grand
Jury has found indictment against the Erie
Railroad Company for maintaining a nuisance In
burning soft coal in its locomotives The COM
plaint made by citizens association Of
Jersey City, that is fighting the soft coal smoke
ptlfSa
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
RICHARDS BROUGHT HERE
Lord AshburtOn" arrested in Bos-
ton-Accused of Check Larceny.

a train for New York by Lieutenant Miey of the
New York dc partment.
Richards arrested several weeks ago by the
Boston police and held for time for the New
York police but later turned over to the
Winthrop authorities, who charged him with forg-
ing CHECK. 1t was understood that the Winthrop
settled out of court
Charles Richards. known Lord Ashburton,
Colonel May. Charles Bertram, William Griffis. and
under several other aliases, wanted in this city
the specific charge of the larceny of three checks
of s4oo from Samuel Glantz, of the Preston
Hotel, Fourth avenue and 26th street. on June 10
last. 1t is also believed that a number OF hotel
proprietors and others will appear against the
prisoner when ne is arraigned.
According to Glantz he met Richards at the
Hotel Albany last spring when the latter was posing
as the agent for the Lubricating Oil Company OIL
Boston and becoming popular along the
Great White Way a willing buyer of wine
Richards known "the millionaire lord and
1t rumored that he only acting as an
agent in order study America and its people
According to Glantz Richards went over to his
hotel day and engaged suite of three rooms
for the summer, and started in again to open wine'
paying for it with check of 800 and getting the
difference between the bill and the check in cash
On offering the check Richards is alleged to have
said: You don't know very well. Sammy, and
I had better call UP the bank in Boston and nave
them tell you that o. k In telling the story
last night Mr.. Glantz said:
after L
ings by taking advantage of his offer, and as ne
looked like ready money to me L took checks lor
$500 more during the day. He showed me chechs
and orders for about sS5oo0. and L certainly was
easv AS soon as he heard that had had hiin IN
dcted a number of his friends came ano wanted
me to drop the case. but l am going TO see 1t
through to the end. Why, they even went so 1ar
as TO send me part of the s4o0 on account ana
Richards himself had the nerve to call me up on
the long distance telephone from Boston one oag
and kid me about the money. Wouldn't that get
your goat? ,,
There is no picture of Richards IN the locdl
Ros1Ies' Gallery, but the Boston police nave one
Richards arrived at II o'clock last Night ana dl'er
giving his pedigree was locked up at Police HEAD
quarters. ,
Lieutenant MiIey says that on the way from bus
ton the prisoner told nim that he touched 'he
Rank of England for s650Ooo number of years ago
on5 Was sentenced to eighty-two years in prison.
after having been found guilty of the theIt. AZ
cordne to Miey, Richards said he was pardoneu
after he had served few months OF the sentence
Before leaving Boston Miley says. man ap
neared at the Boston police headquarters ana l"-
sisted on the prisoner signing a mysterious coi-
tract Mey could not remember the man Is iaIie'
other than that part of it was curry. Ahls
Currv told the police that Richards was an OH
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
EXPLOSION vicf,M's BODY FOUND.

Marion Mass, July 1s-The second body TO be
recovered of the four victims of Sundays explosion
on board the launch Dolphin In BuzZard's Bay,
found on the Falmouth shore to-day, and was posi-
tiyelx identified ~ that Roland Northington of
Ipedham and Boston. Mr.. Northington's family are
II their summer lons neax here.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
ASKS sTRATHYRE CAPTAINS ARREST.
Attorney Generals Representative Wants
Homicide Charge Made in Chinamens Case.

Three of the twenty-five Chinese sailors from the
steamer Strathyre, who attempted to drown them
selves Saturday, testified yesterday before Coroner
Hamburger that Captain D. NJ. Gum. the SHIPS
skipper had cheated them out of their wages,
beaten them and starved them to a point where
they preferred TO die rather tnan continue on
board Two OF the crew succeeded in drowning
themselves and three OF the most intelligent of
the Chinese were held at Ellis Island to testify
to the cause of their death. The other twenty
were shipped to England their way to China
on Wednesday,
The hearing before the coroner requested
by Mrs. Mary Grace Quackenbos, special repre-
sentative in New York of Attorney General Bona
parte who contended that the Cinnamon had been
compelled to try to end their lives by the brutality
of Captain Gunn and urged the coroner to order
his arrest on a charge of homicide.
Sergeant Muhall of the harbor police, testified
that Captain Gum refused To throw rope to the
struggling assist him to pull them out of
the water Man Chez ia, the steward, the only
one OF the Cinnamon who speaks English, testified
that for fourteen months of the crew had
been permitted to leave the Strathyre, that their
food consisted of putrid fish and ground potatoes
and that he and others had teen cruelty beaten
several occasions They were fined for the
slightest things. he said, and were forced to pay
exorbitant prices for clothing.
Coroner Harburger said he would not decide
until to-day tomorrow whether he justified
in ordering the arrest of Captain Gum or any OF
his officers, The Strathyre is at Norfolk, loading
coal for the batteship fleet.
Norfolk. Va July 16-Captain Gum said tonight
that he would return New York promptly If
wanted any charge. TO testify In the case
of the mutinous Chinese No order has been
received here for his arrest. He expects TO sail
the Strathyre tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
GLEANINGS.

4. .,. National conference OF Charities and Cor
rct,ops et Richmond group Of women repre-
sent,ng refornatory work for girls attracted much
interest, Among them were Miss Morse. of Massa-
chusetts. Mrs Fairbanks. Of Connecticut; Mrs Fal-
cor,er of Philadelphia; Mrs. Amgh. OF Illinois. and
Mrs. Gregory clerk OF the Denver Juvenile court
-. ,onan who have been in the work for
yaars have gathered about them a fine body of
Young women workers mostly college bred. who
are enthusiastic In their chosen work of teaching
Girls IN reformatories and opening wider views of
life to them.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17
@FdNrEREsr roWbMEN
T = @A8

such children are now being carefully recorded. so
that in time the and cause OF defective
children be definitely known. so far these
records have been followed they show that very
few families producing a large proportion OF
the dependents. detectives and delinquents of the
country
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

AT the same conference Alexander Johnson. sec
rotary of the committee feeble minded children.
laid down the principle that such children should
be kept permanently in institutions. given all the
mental moral and physical training they can re-
ceive given light employment and happy sur
roundings. H"t permitted to marry or to
yote lie stated that family and life histories OF
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

Miss Dorothea Klumpke. the famous California
astronomer. who the first woman 10 gain the
degree of doctor Of mathematics In France, has
special building of her own In the great On
servatory Garden OF Paris. One Of her duties Is
to photograph the stars IN that section of the
heavens known the Paris belt For this pur-
pose she makes frequent balloon sscensions
New-York tribune., 1908-07-17

cost pound OF the food fnclosed In case
investigated recently two-pound packages Of sugar
advertised were found three short each
package.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

shown Twenty of the patriots were
shot without trial; twenty-six others,
and among them Bruno Donati, were
executed. The young advocate had
as ii seemed, sacrificed his life for a
hopeless cause; he was never again to
return TO his beautiful home; but
General Delcaretto caused his head TO
be paraded in front of the house be-
fore the eyes of his widow and his IA
therless children Then, when the
people had been ruined, a commune
or two suppressed and the insurrec-
ton subsidized. the general returned TO
Naples to be rewarded for his gal
lantry by receiving the title of mar
quis decoration of a knightly order
and a pension.
Bruno Donati's widow did Not die
unJT she had educated her two sons.
and had seen that the younger one.
also Bruno. was likel. to be just such
a man as his father she did not re
alIze how much ak, the story OF
the two Brunos would be.
To be continued.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28

filled Steye's place, no! I'm all alone
tonight, and can own up to it. What
would my girls say if l told them
Stoves story and mine?
My! thinking of old times, and
Halloween, makes me banker for
something seasonable to chew on. I've
mind TO crack some nuts, and have
some apple and cider When a woman
getA toward go, the eatings and drink.
ings of life, the comforts of an easy
chair, and an open fire, are more than
companions.
I'm not afraid of ms shadow, and
am going down for bottle of cider,
and some of those Gravenstein
apples"
The cellar store-room was reached,
the apples and the cider placed on the
basket tray, she turned to close the
closet door, but a running shadow on
the tiled floor made her jump, and
drop the tray and safety lantern, shat
tering its chimney, and extinguishing
the candle, leaving her in the dark
ness with her terrors.
She chung to the door-knob with one
hand, and held her skirts high up
with the other. and shrieked like a
bundle of nerves in her steenth year,
Would the horrible nightmare never
end?
Bang, bang came heavy blows upon
a sealed door that had once opened
between the twin cellars, but she was
deafened by hysteria, and scarcely
knew when the door fell, and a hale
man of 60-plus rushed over the broken
panels, shouting to some one behind
him. Call James, and bring the re-
volvers."
Susie, Susie, it cannot be- What =
it, who is he, where is he?" and he
looked around for the criminal who
had caused this terror.
1t was mice, I'm sure Steve! Oh, I
am so glad you've come, so glad"
Footsteps were now approaching
through the other cellar. go back.
George! go back James! obey me, it is
all right now"
George and | were down in our
cellar after some Gravenstein apples.
and bottled cider to help us celebrate
Halloween properly"
Il was here for the same purpose"
AS widowers and widows are much
alike the world over, as also are re
uuited lovers. it was the most natural
thing in the world. from their point of
view, for Stoves hat to be more fire.
quently hung for the next month up
on the widows hatrack than upon his
own.
On Thanksgiving day his trunks al
so took up their abode in 'the other
house" Steve's boy and Susie's girls
thought it almost an evidence of sec
ond childishness," but had known
their respective parents too long to
openly oppose the marriage.
Kate fastened her marriage ar
rangements and left the lovers at
Christmas tide.
And Bessie and George said. I'VE
soonn concluded that the best way for
us to separate ourselves from these
old lovers, was to set up housekeeping
for ourselves at Easter, in the other
house"
But they never rebuilt the cellar
door.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-10-28
Hallozoeen Reunion of ancient LoUers

Keziah Shelton in The Springfield
Republican, When the TOR sale
shingle was taken off the twin half
of the Widow Viewers double house,
her daughters soon saw reasons for
saying disconsolately, only an old
man and his son. after all these years
of emptlness!"
But the Widow Weaver's' discov-
cry thrilled her soul, and fettered her
tongue.
Months passed yet the two families
never met, for if they CHANGED to go
up their respective front walks at the
same moment, the "fence-line" of tall
and closely trimmed privet concealed
each from the other in quite an I'M
American manner.
All Hallows' eve. Kate and Bessie
went off in high spirits to a ball, each
protesting great sorrow that they
must leave their mother alone, yet
neither thought OF remaining with her.
Such unwonted consideration would
have gratified her, though she would
mot have accepted it, Her thoughts
ran on. all the lonely evening, like
reminiscent story
How ODDLY things happen! To
think that So. two should be living
under one roof! Oh, dear me! Those
are the very words that sent him fly
ing, moren 80 years ago,-yes. |
guess II is, it's 81 years come next
Thanksgiving day, that we were to
have been married! He was 81 then.
and ! was %. Gracious Peter! is it
possible that Steven Taylor and me
is 81 and SO year old? Ii don't seem
as if look it. and I'm sure he don't.
Anyway we are old enough for folks
not to crack jokes about the widow
and wldower owning his double house
and living under the same roof,
There go again.--those same
ords after all these years since our
breakoff! remember just how
pleased | was with the idea of living
in those pleasant south chambers of
the old Sargent farmhouse. for I'd
long before got tired of a cold north
chamber, even to sleep in: and | was
none too proud, to begin our home.
keeping in chambers | was willing
to help earn home of our own. Then
along in October, Steve's father had
to break his leg. and was going to be
laid up all winter: and there was
Marin Taylor. who was never worth
any TOO much for work, and with the
old man to take care of, everybody
that knew her said that she wouldn't
be worth her salt to run the house.
80, all our folks leased me about
all the fine times that wouldn't have
for my honeymoon winter. How they'd
hash. and rehash all marm's kinks and
notions. and keep atting M, that as
no woman could be hired to live with
her and put up with her actions, no
matter what wages were offered, why
1t stood to reason. that the daughter
tn-law would have to stand 1t!
" wonder If he remembers that to-
night is the anniversary of that Hal
loween husking bee at Sprague's
farm? What fun there was with the