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New-York tribune., 1908-03-14

rect result of fever he contracted while he was
putting the Manila Fire Department on a business
basis.
Commissioner Bonner was sxty-nine years old
He had been Fire Commissioners only month, haV-
ing been appointed by Mayor Mcclellan to MI the
vacancy left by the resignation of Francis ) Ian
try after the rotten hose" investigation Bonner
was Deputy Commissioner at that time, and was
the only man whom Mayor Mcclellan coulo thihh
Of who could fill the office.
As soon as Commissioner Bonner assumed the
office he planned and executed many REFORMS loi
the benefit of the department. Three weeks ago ne
SUSPENDED Joseph Burke, superintendent OF 'ne
con1b1IstfbIes bureau, and Alexander stevens su-
rerintendent of the building department Tor oens
eleven minutes late in reporting at ther Offices III
the morning and gave orders that every one con-
,7aoed with the department should report on time
When Commissioner Bonner assumed the oIilVe
he announced that he feared his health would rot
permit his remaining at the head ot the oepai ii'
long. ,
commissioner Bonner was born in lreIAho anu
o.-ra to rho United States when nine years Old
When he was seventeen years old he ran with me
volunteer iremen in this city, attaching hlil9e'i
to LADY Washington Company No. 40 III 1901 ne
was made assistant foreman of the company anu
ne became its foreman in 1853. In March OF Io"
tho state LEGISLATURE passed act establishing
the present Fire Department and bonner was ap-
nointed a foreman. In 1872 he became bat'aloh
chief In 1883 he became second assistant chleI oI
The department and first assistant chief in lso4'
In 1883 he became chief. In 1893. after rorty-SA
,yoars o4 service Bonner retired from the depart
rnent and in February of that year TOOK up MS
work In Manila.
Il was said the time of his retirement that rs
had been forced through politics and that he
had not been friendly terms with Chief CroheF
but later developments proved this TO be untrue
Nr Bonner was appointed Deputy Commissioner
two wears ago by Commissioner OBrien.
Mr. Bonner the first man TO estabush the
school of instruction the Fire Department, ana
maintained it long as he was connected WIN tle
department Bonner was always a favortte with
the members Of the department and they knew him
as man who had risen from the ranks
The funeral will take place next Tuesday morn
ing The body will be removed from the home 10
the Church Of the Holy Name soth street and Am
sterciam avenue, at 1870 o'clock The selection Of
ralheare-s and other details of the funeral are in
the hands of Chief Croker. Burial will be in Cal
vary Cemetery after a solemn high mass at the
church.
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LUSITANI4 BETTER YET.
Lozcers Record for Days Run
Still I'm prOUing. Says Captain.

The Lusitania. after coming over the long course
from Daunt's Rock through exceedingly rough
weather arrived here yesterday, beating her own
record and the record of the Mauretania for the
best single days run. The run which was made
from noon Monday to Tuesday was 627 knots.
the big turbiner maintaining throughout that time
average speed of 25.17 knots.
Loyalty and hard work of the stokers was
largely responsible for the record said Captain
Watt 1.-The ship herself is in fine trim. and she is
going TO do even better before long. We had bad
weather but she through IL well and main
tanned throughout the passage average speed OF
23.17 knots
II was said on board that before the steamer left
Liverpool the stokers lined up Captain Watt
came aboard and. saluting him, shouted that they
would push her along for record
The Lusitania made exceptionally good day :
run from noon Thursday 10 yesterday. MAX
ing 625 knots and maintaining average speed OF
215 knots The Mauretania broke all records for a
single days run on her maiden passage from
Liverpool making ga knots
The Lusitania, however. ten hours benlno
her record run. making the passage of 2ss9 nlIes
over the long course from Daunt's Rock to Sandy
Hook Iightshp in days hours 50 minutes
Among the passengers Peter F. Collier and
the MARQUIS and Marchioness of Headfort- MI
Collier had been spending his vacation with the
MARQUIS and the latter and his wife come here as
Mr. Golfers guests The marchiouess was mar
ried in 1901. after having made success singing
the son, Maize" at the Gaiety Theatre in London.
H Gordon Selfridge. formerly o. Marshall
Fields store in Chicago who is building large
7enartment store in London, also on the Lu-
sitania He said the British law prevented him
from building a skyscraper, and that he was con-
tent to construct building the limit Of height
which is eighty feet.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
OBITUARY NOTES.

II. A DELAND. founder Of Deland. Fla. and one
of the leading business of Fairporr, IN Y.
died yesterday. DeIand is the capital of Volusia
County, Fla. sixty miles from St. Augustine. It
has a population Of about fifteen hundred is IN a
fruit growing region and is health resort II is
the seat of the John B. Stetson University.
CLARENCE B. FARROW. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
B :. FarrOw. of Glen Gardner, n. J.. died on
Wednesday Ponce. Porto Rico, where he en-
ployed by a manufacturing concern.
TIMOTHY D. BURROUGHS. a well known resi-
dent Of Madison. n, j. died there Thursday fol-
lowing long illness aged seventy-three years. He
served through the Civil War. attaining the rank
of quartermaster sergeant He was in the dry
goods business in New York for many years.
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FRENCH FARCE AT GERMAN THEATRE

French farce, "Florette and Patapon, by
Hennequin and Weber done INTO German was pre-
santsd last night at the German Theatre The
al,rs az this niece have a long line of character
;stic Gallo farces their credit all OF about the
same material and texture The species Is hxed
and familiar and the plot IS always the samoan
entangIement of wives and husbands. each setting
ont to betray the other The performance last
,,febt was clever out the piece would have TO be
condemned as utterly reprehenslbie If anybody
were disposed to take il seriously. However
persous who go 10 French farces must be pre-
stlned to know in advance the sort of entertain
men; which is 90 be served up to them. Those
uho can digest unrestrained Galllc lubricity VIII
IKE 'Florette and Patapon
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
NINE EAMES INJURIES KNEE.

Nine. Emma Eames was unable appear in
Aida" last night the Metropolitan Opera House
on account of an injury TO her knee. Nine RappOld
her place
The singer injured her knee in the death scene
Of IL TrovatOre'' the Saturday matinee. On
Monday night. when she repeated the scene and
fell to her knees she aggravated the brlIise Not
v,itbsrandiug the advice of physician. she in
sisted on singing the title part IN La Tosca'' on
Wednesday evening. and in jumping from the plaza
I'm the suicide scene she suffered seriously from her
injured knee Yesterday Nine. Eames's physicians
told her that IL she did take needed rest her
injury might be permanent
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
BONNER'S END SUDDEN.
Friends of Fire Commissioner I'm
a7cdre of His Serious Condition.

The death of Fire Commissioner Hugh Bonner,
which occurred at his home in West End avenue
early yesterday morning. told in a late edition of
The Tribune, great surprise TO MS
friends and the members Of the department Few
knew that the old fire fighter ~ and those
who did had no fear that the illness would result
fatally.
Flags all over the city at halfmast yester-
day. Many kilograms and letters of coincidence
were received by the Bonner family from all over
the country.
Bonner was Il victim OF duty, was the remark
made all over New York His death was an indi-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
.IOHN C HOGEROOM

John c. Hogeboon who was for many years in
terested in Republican politics of this state died
suddenly in Hudson. y. Y. yesterday. Mr.. Hoge-
boom was seventy years old He was the son OF
the late Judge Henry Hogeboon1. of the New York
Supreme Court, and himself a lawyer. He
represented the Columbia County district sew
eraI years in the Assembly, and was for time
connected with the legal department of the New
York Central Railroad
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
,.oN,r Help AGAINST HARTMAN

Telegraph to The Iriouie.l
r,rtf,r5 March I3-Leonard NJ. Wallstein and
It Z, Scbvab of New York City, were in Hart
60 to-day but met with Indifferent success in
,,,.ir aforts to forward the proposed suit OF the
I-niou Pacific Stockholders against E H Harrl-
man For several weeks Mr.. Schwao has oeeh en-
daavoring 10 have several prominent haf'ioiu
Union Pacific stockholders ana o'i'e' cap "
- - ,be movement which started in
>-.,, YORK Yesterday Mr. Schwab was turned
down cold nv the Hartford Board OF ifaoe' ana
[,,ers told hin, that the city of Hartford was In
favor of industrial and financial peace
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
Special Notices.
To the Employer,

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MRS. ElIZABETH ?. EARLE.

Mrs. Elizabeth P Earle widow William P
Earle. local hotel man twenty years ago died
yesterday al her home. No Il East 57th street.
Mrs. Earle was born on December 25. 1918 She
leaves ten grandchildren and fifteen great grand
children, the oldest srandchild being twenty-one
years Of age. Her children that survive her
are Eugene NJ. Earle the former proprietor of the
Hotel Darlington; Frank T. Earle. w H Earle
and Mrs. John L. Chadwick, wife of the proprietor
of the Stratford House, No Il East 32d street.
The funeral will be held at her home Monday at
II a. N. The burial will be at Greenwood.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
EuipINOS ASK FREE TRADE.

Cincinnati March 13.-An appeal for the Philip
pines and for the Ftlipinos referring especially to
the removal OF the tariff barrier, voiced before
the Cincinnati Commercial Club at its annual din
ner tonight by Benito Legardo and Pablo Ocampo
de Leon delegates from the Philippines to the
United States. General Clarence r, Edwards. chief
Of the bureau of insular affairs. in a speech de-
clared that the Joint guidance of Secretaries Root
and Taft has been the greatest blessing ever be
slowed upon the people Of our recently acquired
possessions
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
sLossoN LOSES TO cAssIeNoL

Firnin CssSignol, the Frenchman. the ninth
game and scored his second victory in the series
hv defeating George 2 Slosson in the balkline
billiard tournament Slosson's academy last night
by score Of so to 2ss Cassignols consistent play
ing Won for him, He had average of Is 14-E7
and high of 55 4S and 81. Slosson had high
rl,rs Of Il = and 50 and an average OF u S-26.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
PRINCE wIxD1scH-GRAErz HERE.


Prince Vincent Windisch-GraetZ- who has just
arrived ~ Washington TO take Up MS duties as ole
Of the secretaries Of the Austrian Embassy in the
United States the tv-enty-hve-year- r-old son and
her e The head Of the old Hedatized and formerly
B<tE- sovereign house OF WIndisciI-Graetz, which
Traces back lis ancestry in an unbroken line 10
llrlc - Windisch-tSraetz. who fiourIshed II the
early part The thirteenth century The chief or
tne family in question bears the name OF FfIi"S
Alfred Windisch-(sraetz ana for several years
flied the cf4ice OF Prime Minister Of Austria and
Is now Pres dent Of the House Of Lords at Vienna
lie j. one Of few members Of the great Cont
mental artstocrscy who can boast OF being law
He devoted himself the outset Of his career
10 Ihe study of law, passed the examinations, OBJ
tanned mis- diploma OF Doctor OF Law, and dis
tnguisieG himself that branch Of science that
be named bv the Emperor 10 the bench OF the
High Court u Justice-that is to say, the supreme
court-Niich position he hei6 until he became Pre-
Hier. NOW he Is a ma jor on the reserved list OF
u Austrian army, when he was nrst gazetted
80 Premiership he stlll retained the status OF
lieutenant Of dfaSOoas. and IL was only when the
Emperor-s atteutlon Was called 10 the lncongruiy
his Prime Minister ranking - subaiteri ih
$50 army that ne promoted 10 me srade oi
fe-5 or
Prince Alfred exceedingly lioerfl ra1hoeo' pos
s'Aiy os3ng TO his legal lore, and has on sssefsi
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
In Mcmortam.
Grau. Maurice

BRowN-on weanss5ay 4, "a MaIsh II Ieos AZ s.- I.as
A6eT5 4 Brown ~ IL n. si.t year q Der age F9s.rs
private
BgERoge4s 5 Madison Mar. z z. iss
residence. Madison. y. J. Monday. March IS. az
$50 p m
CTfENEsY-At her home in south Manchester Conn.
Fritay, Mareh II iaos o DasgHeaia Alee Bart
Notice Of funeral hereafter
CoNvERsso.At St Luks.s HOSPITAL. New Tors c,,y
Mareh II 1905 sfeE snoT5 lines: az Ss, 40
daush5er OF late John wellinEford and r-svtni.
az her late residence Linden ave EnsIe~ooc " J..
h7ef Es Raroad II % f a. T. Ss d & S.@ York 1s y iio
?. Please omit flowers
EARL.E-on Friday. March 13 Elisa6ets p -,so- =
William P saTs Il her rns+esa m - 49,
eopg. @T5sn 10 -' Il '-'-''' '''-
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mn Ms4s II i:a f: P1 P ! Soa;s 5 en- sasss 9.
81 Stone oTns-1 foIerv ~ ~ ses Aa FDera services az
No as Ridgsxood ave. SATURDAY afternoon. March
MAREsCA-ou WEDNESDAY March II. John ]. Nzrs.c..
beloved husband Of ssdie Anderson and son o. M
aesiasHcs So s3S Fourth ave Broosyn On saigrdsy
s. John the evangelist Relatives and friends invited
attend
MI1LS+on THURSDAY evening March Il. eeors. .;
Maple ave south Orange. n. J. SUNDAY
March ~ o'clock upon arrival Of o'cloek train
from Christopher St, New yOro- Please omit flowers
RAIsToN-Msr-h = the rsstdenc- ot her sister Mrs
Elizabeth CThacu. No Smith Detroit. Mcn.
Mary c.. widow of Duncan c. Rslston- Of Brooklyr
y Y. aged years
sCHROpER-ou THURSDAY. March Y 1aos nv o-l-y.a
wife NATL Schultz her forty
sixth Services residence. Nc ifS2 Der1sIo
BROOKLYN SATURDAY. : D rntsrrsnr az con
v=rfsncs Of The family
voIINER-On March = Iirs voII---. k-pri.r
Funeral a. 10 BIS West Ista
81 Manhattan. SATURDAY. March u az II Il
wFfITE-sudderly. Of pneumonia a. Tanssrtns. FlA
-r1r<fay. Il faNS Mortimer Q White. n hts
sfxty-sevsuth year. Notice OF funeral hereafter.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
GETS THAW's ANSWER TO WIFEs SUIT
Daniel o'Reilly Served with Papers Making
General Denial of Allegations.

Harry Thaw's answer in the annulment proceed
ings begun by his wife, Evelyn Nesot IhaW, was was
sarved Yesterday afternoon on Daniel O'Reilly'
counsel for Mrs. Thaw.
Mr.. O'Reilly while in his office, received the
-,aTers from a clerk employed by A. Russell Pea
bodv Thaw's attorney. The answer consisted OF q
General denial OF Mrs Thaws allegation that her
Lushand was insane at the time of their marriage,
and asked that the suit be dismissed. with costs
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

- ,,o>-- NJ and Mrs Q s Nelen. NeW
1Ia2en: MI and Mrs CYRUS Curtis Ph5ladeIPhis-
II pacEard Springfield; Charles A DING WaLo 10
london NAvARRE-E rarIsne a snerm@nd nn1don a A.
- Jiverpool PRINCE GEpf{tTt[-I J! liliI9
Werdenberg Berlin; HORACE r T nIJile3i : t3}i.c;TSI
P.ron Rosen Russian Ambassador. Charies 4
snitE Garden City. Long IsIand.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE FOR MRS. CURTIS

on the recommendation Of Cornelius J. Sullivan
as referee. Justice Truax. OF the Supreme Court.
granted Yesterday final decree of absolute divorce
10 Mrs Mary O. Curtis from her husband Philip
Curtis Airnony is allowed the rate Of $3.50 a
month PhiIip Curtis who is a broker No. IS
Broad street lives the Union Club. and - a
Harvard graduate of the class OF 30 Mrs. Curtis
was Miss Mary !. OIyrhant
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
JOHN COX,

John Cox. a nonagenarian. died Thursday at
his home. No. 327 Bergen street, Brooklyn. and his
wife. Mrs Elizabeth Cox. who is in her nnetieth
year. feeble that her death is expected daily
Mr.. Cox conducted tailoring shop in Smith
street. Sackett street. until about thirty years
ago, when he retired Besides his wife he leaves
four daughters. eleven grandchildren and two
great-grandchiIdren
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
NEW YORK LAWYER SHOT.

Mortimer Kennedy FIagg, a New York lawyer
was accidentally shot Thursday night at Briar-
cliff Manor where he lives. Mr.. Flagg was alght-
ing from his automobile when reVoFer tha' he
carriAd was discharged, the bullet entering the
.r4or,an Attempts to locate the bullet have been
-,C-assf,,I Nr FIagg's condition is serious.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
AIDA" WITH A CHANGE.

Nine Eames was unable 10 appear at the Metro
poIitan. and Aida performed with Nine.
Rappold in the titular role Her fresh. bright
voice effective. and the opera had an excellent
representation, with the principal parts. usual,
in tn, hands of Nine. Kirkby-Lunn and Messrs.
Caruso. Scott. PIancon and NGhmann-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Forecast-W ashington MaFch %
Tb .tnosnherc conditions have changed hut mile IN
. las, twenty four Fair weather Win Iaooeia
= .-A -.rare-atures been experienced ID al pas
o,,.-r .,cenr along lower lakes and in the
,,,cr cbto Valley. where light showers have faeh' anu
- ,ba ,orth.rn plateau region, where rainy "tatHgl
over II' L. tba Fast and South fair weather ls
,p tas Sat1irday indicated for the upper
ironaIts decide fall In temperature On
srr5ay rhere unsettled weather win los' t-s
SunoaS ..iesourt Valley middle and upper
.;o,s ~ the Mississippi Valley. The weather II INC
~. ~ a'pI he fair with slight temperature changes
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
HARVARD PROFESSOR RESIGNS.

Toston March 13.-Dr. Reginald Heber Fitz,
Hersey professor of theory and practice of physic
a. Harvard Medical School, has resigned his
chair and the resignation has been accepted by
+ba cornoration Dr. Fitz will retire from the
school on September l. under the new age limit
siNtV-fiYe 81 wears
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
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General de Glorgis was born in 1s44 he at
tanned the rank colonel of infantry in 1881, and
was made general when he was ordered 10 the
command of the Macedonian gendarmes- He re-
ceired a number of decorations from the Italian
government for his military services. He was ac-
tive in the campagn of 1s66.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-14
THE WOODLAND CEMETERY

Station. Webster and Jerome Avenue troIsys and
b. carriage $3.50 Up Telsphone 1855 CIransrcJ
FOR Book o< Views representative
Once 20 East 23d St. New York City.
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Domestic Rates

EARLY MAIL TRAIN
FOR a., POINTS United states and Mexico tout
rha E3rouSas Manhattan and Ths BrorxJ-
- - una Porto Rico. Hawaii and PHILIPPINES
rfrhout extra expense for foreign postage
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UNDERTAKES.

FRANK T. CAMPBETL. 2&1-5 wesr z56 Sc ChspsIs-
Private and public anbulances- Tel 1924 ChsiseA
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highest veserdss - le o. isst year
- sTerars for Corresponding date of .az' 'nii's ~
Fair ana colder to-day rain ana "A'i'
| fEssh Heat sA4A1k
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In MemOrinm.
CEMETKRl

C;RAT-. NA1-RICE-Iu loving m--nory dear rus
hand and father. departed this March "a 1907.
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Death notices appearing in THE TRIBUNE win
r-pubished in the Tri-weekIy Tribune without extra
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OBITUARY..
GENERAL c. 3. DE GlORGIS.

Rome March 13-General Giovanni Battlsta De
Giorgis. for some years chief Of the lnteTnatoIdi
C;endarmerie in Macedonia, died here suddenly TINS
morning He was on leave of absence from Mace
donia having returned to Rome early in January.
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or.f.l K-cord-The following official record
= 81. weather Bureou shows the changes in the TEN
-,,re for the last twentyfour hours IN eohpA' iso
-. "a. c,,rr.spondlng Of last year; 100
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as ,dar ,odav: Increasing cloudiness and warmer
fresh west WINDS "a .oi5.- rain
For Eastern Sew York fair ard colder ''-o1S '''-
- sr-,er SUNDAY; fresh west Winds ,,.,..-.
anu t.as,arr penns,!vania New Jersey and Deld"aIe
older TO-DAY: partly cloudy sSday' pFoDao'S
winds
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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-18

Department OF the Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton. N. NJ. March
II, 1908.
A sufficient Contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by M. S. Dee,
contestant, against homestead entry No.
93IS, made August /, 1906, for SEA sec IS.
twp s n. range so e, by John w. Jacobs,
contestee, in which it is alleged under
date OF Feb. 7, 1908 hat the said John
w. Jacobs has wholly abandoned the said
tract, that he has changed his residence
therefrom for more than six months since
making said entry. that the said tract is
not settled upon and cultivated by the
said party as required by law, and that
the said alleged absence from the said
land still exists at date of this affidavit,
and that the said alleged absence from
the said land was not due to his employ
ment in the army, navy or marine corps
OF the United States as a private soldier,
officer, seaman or marine during the war
with Spain or during any other war in
which the nited States may >s engaged;
said parties are hereby notified to appear
respond and offer evidence touching said
allegation at 10 o'clock a. m. on April III.
1908, before n. V. Gallegos. u. ). Court
Commissioner at his office in Tucumcari,
n. M, land hat final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on April 23, 1908,
b%efore)s the Register and Receiver a, the
United States Land Office in Clayton, n.
NJ.
The said contestant having in a proper
affidavit filed March II. 1908, shown that
after due diligence, personal service Of
this notice can not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication
3-2I-S Edward w. Fox, Register.