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New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
FIGHT FOR GENERALS FAME
Veterans of Grant and Sherman
Forget Long Friendship.

An aftermath of Memorial Day last
night in Brooklyn was the fight of John
J. O'Brien, seventy-twO years Old of
No. 10 Butter street. and John Kirk
eighty years Young. of the same ad
dress.
O'Brien was soldier under General
Sherman in the Civil War, and was one
of those who made the famous march to
the sea. Kirk. too. had seen the slaugh-
ter on many a hard fought battlefield,
having been with General Grant when
Lee surrendered
O'Brien and Kirk. steadfast friends
for moro than forty years, literally
went to the mat" after discussion on
the merits of their commanders and
the part they had played in the settle
ment Of the great war.
Finding that his oratoricaI flow was
not sufficient to persuade O'Brien to his
way of thinking Kirk aimed a giant
swing at his jaw. O'Brien ducked and
the fight was on. 1t came to a sudden
end whom Kinks good right foot found
a vulnerable spot in O'Brien's anatomy,
and he went to the floor. After DR.
Nolan, of the Long Island College Hos
pital, had patched OBrien up the old
fellows made mp their differences and
peace reigned once more.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
START FOR SOUTH POLE
Captain Scott Expects to Reach
Goal in December. 1911.

London. June 1.-The British Antarc-
tic expediti - sailed to-day. Captain
Scott has announced December, 1911, as
the time when he expects to reach the
South Pole.
After receiving visits and well wishes
from hundreds of persons. including
Captain Bartlett Of the Arctic steamer
Roosevelt the Terra Nova started this
afternoon from the Thames for Cardiff.
After coaling she will go to New Zea-
land, where Captain Scott will board
her. The 10,000-mile voyage into the
Antarctic will then be continued.
Captain Scott and Lieutenant L. r.
Evans, second in command, say that
they have the best equipped expedition
that has started on polar search. The
officers and scientists to the number of
twenty-eight and the crew of twenty
seven are all picked men, selected from
the many hundreds who have volun-
teered
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
TWENTY-FIVE MEN TO DIE.
Members of Russian Band of
Robbers Sentenced.
WOMEN ESCAPE GALL0WS
Eight Get Life Terms-Bravado
of the Prisoners-Some of
the Grimes Committed.

St Petersburg June 1-Penalties OF
death or life imprisonment have been
meted out TO the men and women MEM
hers of the youthful band which for eigh-
teen months during Ie07-'0s committed a
series of murders and robberies which
kept the residents of a large territory in
a state of terror.
The sentences pronounced yesterday
were submitted to-day for confirmation to
General Hazsnkampf. commander of the
st. Petersburg garrison. Twenty-nine
men, ranging in ages from eighteen to
twenty-five years. were sentenced TO death.
Eight women escaped hanging because of
their sex. but We're sentenced to imprison-
ment for life. A ffteen-year-old boy was
sent to the colony for Juvenile offenders.
The exploits of the band are described
in forty volumes of testimony that was
heard at the trials On August q, 1907.
members of the organization held UP
train on the coast railroad and robbed the
cashier of tho Sestrsretska Imperial Arms
factory of $500, killing a colonel, while
the train was nearing the st. Petersburg
station. Many factories and Wineshops
were looted, and a student. q woman and
several policemen were killed.
The condemned showed great brsvado
during their trials and tested as their sen
tences were pronounced. Some of them
turned TO acquaintances in the courtroom
and laughngIy indicated how the halter
would soon be about their necks
Several of the accused persons had been
tried earlier and convicted of Individual
offences. One of the number committed
suicide while in jail awaiting trial.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
GETS MINE UNDER HAMMER
Montezuma Property, in Costa
Rica, Sold for $4,000.

Persons stopping I'm at No. 165 Broadway
yesterday might have had the unusual
sensation Of bidding for a gold mine. for
Lindsay Russell, trustee in bankruptcy of
the MonteZuma Mines of Costa Rica. of
No. 45 Broadway, was Offering the mines,
mills. shops. buildings and lands of the
company under the auctioneer's hammer,
acting under order of the United States
District Court.
Mr.. Russell announced prior to the auc-
tiOn that the property had been appraised
at s61.O and would not be sold for less
than 20 per cent of the appraised value
There was only one bidder. Bancroft
Smith. who got the property for $500 1t
is said that Mr.. Smith was acting as agent
for James w. Johnson. Of New Brunswick.
N J., who put a large amount of money
into the mine and is the largest creditor
his claim amounting to $4,000
The petition in bankruptcy was filed
against the company on March 81 last. the
schedule showing liabilities of s7s.127 and
the nominal assets being figured al SSo7, ,2s3
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
AGED WIFE CHARGES BIGAMY
Wealthy Woman Who Married Hostler
SAYS She Wants Him Punished.

Paterson y. J., June Mrs. jeanette
Suffern- -Hiscock. the aged heiress Of
Ramaro Valley, is now after her first hus-
hand, Robert IIiscock. whom she married
September % last. while, II is alleged. he
had a wife living in New York She has
preferred a charge Of bGamy before Justice
John Keys. who performed the wedding
ceremony. in this city.
Mrs Hiscock, whose fortune i estimated
at $500. goo appeared before the Grand Jury
i'm shis city and demanded that an ndict-
ment be returned. Foreman Johnston re-
quested her to show proof She produced
q certificate showing hcr marriage to
Robert IIiscock. bat she could not pro-
du,e She certificate showing he had ever
married Anna Davidson, Of no. 277 West
l5sth street, New York. Mrs Hiscock left
the jury room for New York, promising to
bring the required proof in few days
Mrs Iliscock said she married Bob
HiscocII when he was a hostler in the
Ridgewood livery stables. because she was
lonely and wanted a business partner. 4
few DAYS later she discovered, she said,
that he was already married. Two weeks
later she welded his brother Frank. in
Connecticut. MIS- HisCock said she in
tended to have her first husband punished
and also sue her second husband for di-
NorCC
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
BIG GIFTS FOR CHARITIES
$40, 900 for Plainfeld Institutions Un-
der Will of Mrs. M. E. Edgerton.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

PlaiDield. n. J., June by the will of
Mrs. Minnie T. Edgerton. who died here
on Monday, local charities viii receive gen
erous sums of money The will vas read
this evening at the home OF Mrs. Edgertop
by Craig A Marsh. counsel FOR the estate,
which is said TO bc worth about 81 100000
BY the terms Of tho Instrument local chari-
ties will receive about Sl40oO as follows:
Muhlenberg Hospital. $4,000: tho Misses
Isabel. Mary and Florence Tweedy, So 600
To be distributed by them among the poor:
the Young Mems Christian Association.
$1,000; the Young Womeu's Christian Asso-
ciation s1o,0o0; Grace Episcopal Church.
$1,000: Kings Daughters baby camp. s1o,-
090; Playground Commission 5000: Anti
Tuberculosis League of PlainheId and
North Plainfleld, $500; Chief of Police +.
S. Ktely and associates $3.50 for the ne
lice pension fund. hremens pension fund
Sd.000. Servants and many close friends
were also generously remembered
Joseph Tate, "A New York broker. with
offices at No. Il Broadway. is named as
sole executor, and he Is also made resid-
nary legaiee' Mrs EdgeTton was a sister
of James T. Closson, who died about n
year ago. and Mr. Tate was executor of
his estate.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
DlSPLEASURE I'M CANADA
The Montreal Stars" View of
the Guildhall Speech.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Ottawa June Several Canadian news
papers comment to-day on ex-PTesident
Ruosevelt's remarks in London. The
Montreal Star says:
Mr.. Roosevelt took occasion yesterday
TO set Great Britain right on her Egyptian
policy. Perhaps it would be more accurate
to say that he made the occasion. for the
presentation of the freedom OF the city of
London has not heretofore been construed
as an invitation publicly to lecture the
Kings constitutional advisers on their for
eign or domestic policies Mr.. Roosevelt
being what he is. however. and the British
people what they are, it is safe TO assume
that the dissertation will do no one any
harm"
Then The Star" applies Mr.. Roosevelt's
advice regarding Egypt to Nicaragua and
the states, and adds:
ITO paraphrase Mr.. ROosevelts own
words, Either it is or is not right for
there is any other right than that of its
being in the interest of the United States
to do so, it has not yet been made the
subject of any official communication which
would justify the pretext that was taken
advantage of to occupy Nicaraguan terri
tory for an indefinite period The ethics
of nations call for something more than
a desire and pretext in such cases. Even
the tattered Monroe Doctrine. which has
been made to cover so many iHdefensible
happenings in South America, can hardly
be stretched far enough to hide its naked
brutality.
There are, however. other analogies be
tween the situation in Egypt and that in
Central America. Egypt contains the Suez
Canal which Great Britain controls Mica
ragu9 borders the zone of the isthmian
canal which the United States owns What
heightens the emphasis on this phase of the
situation is the fact that there exists i'm
Nicaragua a possible route for a rival canal
which, competent engineers believe. has
many advantages over the location chosen
by the United States for the waterway on
which il Is spending millions of dollars
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
EDWARDS WONT GET THAT FIVE
Controller Says City Employees Must
Not Get Pay for Lectures.

No man drawing a salary from the city
may engage in the pleasant occupation Of
delivering lectures in the free course of
the Board of Education at the modest
compensation Of 3 night and expect TO
be paid for t. This. is construed by Con-
trclipr Prendergast as being against the
provision Of the charter that says that no
man shall 5e drawing emoluments from
two different branches of the city service
al the same time.
when a voucher for s. made out TO the
order Of William H. Edwards came down
from the Board of Education yesterday the
Controller ordered an inv estiga1ion. He
discovered that the Edwards mentioned
was none other than the head of the Street
Cleaning Department and the voucher was
for one OF the lectures he had been giving
IA the free lecture course
Commissioner Edwards laughed when he
heard OF The s. that lie will not get. "Df
course. / don't care for the money" he
said Il get $500 as Commissioner of
Street Cleaning, and Will bc glad 20 talk
about my Job at any time without pay
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
WALSH KEL|HER'S PAL?
Missing Man Identified as Al
Legged Faro Dealer.
KNOWN AS "JACK LEONARD"
Coleman Had Testified That,
When He Played, the Game
Was Not ION the Square.

Boston, June MARTIN ], Walsh, who
has been missing from this city since the
National City Bank of Cambridge went on
the financial rocks last February, was iden-
fiiec by several witnesses in the trial of
Big Bill Keliher to-day not as a close
friend OF the defendant but as the dealer
in the alleged faro game through which
Coleman said he lost much Of the bank :
money.
in the absence OF Mr. Walsh, whose
trunks have been traced out of the coun-
Try. The government to-day placed a dozen
witnesses on the stand. Through their tes-
.Imony Il appeared that a real estate nrm
and the Boston bureau Of the racing de-
partment' Of an alleged telegraph COM
pany, called John r. Marshall & Co, was
made up OF Keliher and Walsh. and that
they had offices at No. 6 Beacon street and
No. 30 Huntington avenue, in this city.
Previously Coleman had testified that
when q faro dealer called Jack Leonard
was playing the game was not 'on the
square" Coleman's most Intimate friend
Wilson W. I,ockhart was placed on the
stand and Identified photograph as that
of The man whom Coleman knew as Jack
Leonard" Immediately afterward a New
ton man identified the same picture IS that
o }
a well known in this city as Keliher.
Several other Witnesses identified the pho
tograph as that of a man whom they had
seen with both Keliher and Coleman at No.
s Beacon street and at No. 80 Huntington
avenue.
Several witnesses were heard this fore
noon. their testimony having to do with
KeIiher's connection with a telegraphic
money order signed by John Marshall
and sent to &c. ". McTaggart," at the
Savoy Hotel, Kansas City, No. on Febru-
arv q. 1910. The order was for 500. 1t was
previously testified that Coleman, while IN
Kansas City. following the wreckinE OF the
hank. went under the name of 6. ". Nc
TagGart
Miss Martha W Kilday, money transfer
clerk AT the office Of the Western Union
telegraph Company in State street, identi-
red Keliher as the man who made the ap-
plication for the money cr1er- On March
q Keliher called again at the Western
Union Office and received check for the
500. made payable TO the order of John
Marshall
2 J. Wood. q grocer. testified 10 cashing
the check and to being notified that il was
irregular. because it did not bear John
MarshalTs Endorsement, so that he was
forced 10 stand the loss OF $500 after he had
turned the check into a bank. He received
the check from q Mrs. Taylor, one of his
regular customers-not the Mrs. Marguerite
Taylor who has figured so prominently in
this case.
( Secret Service officer testified that he
was unable 10 find Miss Laura Atwood al
No 10 West 4lst street. New York. Miss
Atwood is wanted as witness. Then came
the statement by Buffalo hotel clerk that
William J. Keliher and one A ]. Riley
registered there on August 2s 1909 Cole
man had testified that he went to that city
with Keliher 10 play faro over the Can
sdian border.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
CRlTiCISES ALMA MATER
Alumnus Says Harvard Fails to
Teach, Lead and Face Issue.
IN Telegranh to The Tribune.

Cambridge Mass. June ii. Sullivan
Cochrane, Harvard 700, has an indict
ment of Harvard in THE Harvard Illus
trated Magazine" under the caption of
"Veritas."
Few will dispute that for over a CEN
tury, since the establishment of our gov
ernment, Harvard University has been
the foremost educational institution of
this country" Mr.. Cochrane said. 1T
has been an influential moulder of pub
lie opinion, leader of national thought
guiding factor in the life of the indi-
Yidual and the nation. What has been
the result? Has Harvard fulfilled its
potential mission? Has Harvard leader
ship entaiIed on the nation an era of
high progress?
The Indictment against Harvard is
not that of deliberate malfeasance; it is
the Indictment of a teacher that has
failed to teach, of leader that has
neglected to lead, of a champion who
has not faced the issue"
Referring to DR.. Charles w Eliot's
views on democracy, Mr.. Cochrane says:
apparently it did not occur to Presi-
dent Eliot that our democracy demands
fundamentally and primarily not the
education of the masses but the educa-
ton of our educators themselves. In
their high and remote pursuit of culture
they have seemingly lost sight of the
purpose and functions Of their own call
ing
rs ii not time for Harvard itself to
absorb some of the wisdom Of the ages?"
concludes Mr. Cochrane. Let it's fac
ulty. its governors, its overseers, admin
istrators and high functionaries stand
forth and answer to the American ma
tion whether or not Harvard University
has done it's duty by that same nation.
Let them reconsider the record Of the
past Let them decide between truth
and tradition. Let them choose between
yeritas and vanitas."
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
CR|T|C|S|NG ROOSEVELT
EnqIish Press Contains Many
Comments on Speech.
ITS PROPRIETY ATTACKED
Conservatives Uphold Elk -Presi-
dents Views-Liberals Dis
like Utterances.

London, June 2-Theodore Roosevelt
Guildhall speech is again the subject or
long editorial comment in most of the Lon
don morning newspapers, and 1t takes the
leading place in the topics of the day
The new Botha Cabinet of United South
Africa yesterday decided to release Dint-
zulu, son Of tho famous Chief Cetewayo'
who was serving o term of four years I'M
prisonment in Natal for harbortng rebels,
and give him a yearly allowance of $500
subject to his good behavior The London
Radical morning papers sarcastically ex-
press the hope that this act of clemencS
will not incur Mr.. RoOsevelts dtspieasure
on the score Of "sentimeptality."
Editorial comments yesterday afternoon
on his startling utterances concerning Brit
ish rule i'm Egypt were Influenced, as
rule by partisanship. The Conservative
press defended the conclusions drawn by
the American statesman. while the Liberal
papers opposed his deductions with equal
seriousness but outside the subject matter
of the speech the newspapers, almost with
out exception. challenged the proprtety OF
a foreign guest of the city Criticising the
colonial policy of the empire.
OF the comments of the Conservative
press the following are samples:
The Globe'-Tt was not the time nor
the place. nor was the ex-President the per
son, to display this particular form OF IN
terest i'm the business of his hosts.
THE Pail Mall Gazette''-The unconven-
tional is justified only by success. II he
prefers realities TO the proprieties where
vital interests are concerned. so does the
Judgment of the British people.
The Standard''-That he should lay
hands on one of the nations private and
particular political subjects seemed "A social
crime not far from sacriIege, but In read
ing tRe speech carefully there is found
nothing of which to complain
OF the Liberal papers The Westminster
Gazette doubts the necessity for and dis
agrees with the conclusions of the speech
The Star says that Mr.. Roosevelt should
learn that he is not exempt from the GUS
toms of civilized nations
Mr.. Roosevelt passed to-day quietly. He
visited the National Gallery during the
forenoon, had luncheon with several men
prominent in the Nationalist party, and Is
the guest overnight at the country home of
Frederick c. Seous.
There were sixteen leading Nationalists
at the luncheon. and Mr.. Roosevelt had an
intimate discussion of Irish affairs with
them. Only two speeches were made, one
of welcome by John Redmond and the other
a humorous reply by the former President.
Before his departure Mr.. Roosevelt will
be entertained by King George. On this oc-
Gasion his majesty will receive his guest
not in the capacity of a special ambassador
to the funeral of the late King Edward, but
as distinguished visitor.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
BEANS CAUSE FRIGHT
Man Throws Harmless Tin at
German Crown Prince.

Berlin, June alarm was caused among
the royal party returning from the annual
joint review of the Berlin and Potsdam
garrisons at Tempelhof Field today, when
man who had followed at a distance
threw u missile at Crown Prince Frederick
William. The object missed its mark and
fell at the feet of policeman. 1t was an
ordinary tin can and was filled with beans.
The party was about to enter the palace
when the incident occurred. and for a mo-
ment it was believed that bomb had been
thrown.
The police seized the man. who is Rus
sian named Abraham Eierweiss, a resident
of this city It is thought that he is not
responsible for his act.
The crown prince represented the Empe-
ror at tle review, as the abscess on his
majestys right wrist is still bothering him.
Among the Americans present were Her
man Ridder and Mrs. Ridder, of New York;
Harold Mccormick. of Chicago; II. G. En-
cry. of the Tariff Board. and the German
American veterans who are visiting the
fatherlsnd.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
ASSAiLS HlBBARD DEFAMERS
New York Minister Criticises
Them at EX- Mayors Funeral.

Boston, June 1.-Scathing denunciation of
men who slandered the former Mayor when
he was alive and who have heaped en-
conliums him since his death marked
the address of the Rev. John Haynes
Holmes. of New York. at the funeral of
ex-Mayor George A. Hibbard at the
Church Of the Third Religious Society. in
Dorchester, to-day.
Coming over from New York said the
clergyman. i read page after page Of
tribute to him from men who slandered
him when a word of hope from them would
have meant everything Oh, the shame of
it,
Many of the wounds from which ne
died" continued the clergyman, were in
the back where he had been stabbed by
men whom he had befriended Mayor Hib-
hard furnished an almost unheard of ex-
ample He went into politics a poor man
and Quit still poore-.'
During the funeral the official business
Of the city was stopped. Among those pres
ent were Mayor Fitzgerald and eX-Mayors
Green, Hart Curtis and Quincy.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
SIX WRECKS; EIGHT DEAD
Losses in Southwest Gale on
North Atlantic Coast.
A BRlGANTINE ON ROCKS
Six Men Swept Away-Nor-
wegian Bark and British
Steamer Also Ashore.

Halifax. " s. June Thick fog and
quickly born southwesterly gale re-
suited in the wreck of six vessels and
the loss of eight men at various points
along the rocky North Atlantic coast
last night and early to-day.
While most of the crew Of twenty-five
were asleep below decks, the French
brigantine Mauve, a fishing vessel, run
ming free through the fog. piled UP on
Pointe Blanche, at the entrance of st.
Pierre Harbor, Miquelon, this morning.
Six of the men who were on deck were
thrown overheard by the shock when
their craft struck. All were drowned
The remaining nineteen signalled vain
" for assistance. and then made their
perilous way to shore in small boats and
on rafts. The Mauve. which hailed from
Cancalo. France, is believed to be a
total loss
At nearly the same time that the
Mauve struck the Norwegian bark
Borghild, bound from Frederikshsld
Norway. 10 Port Jeddore n. S, was
driven on Castor Lodges off Port Bick-
erton, y. s, sixty miles from Port Jed
dore. The vessel at once began to go
to pieces beneath the pounding Of
heavy sea. Spurred 10y desperation. the
crew of nine launched their fraii small
boats, all of which were battered to
pieces on the rocks. Two of the strug-
Cling men were either drowned or hurled
to death on the lodges. and the remain
ing seven, clinging to the wreckage of
their boats, were in the last stages of
exhaustion when rescued by fishermen,
who bravely put out from Port Bicker-
ton and Cape Mocodome
The Borghild registered 725 tons, and
was built at POrsgrund in 1876. She
will probably be a total loss.
Half a mile inside of Port Nova, y. s.
the British steamer Ben Cruachan, bound
from Baltimore to Chatham. N B.. struck
on the beach so hard that it is doubtful
if she can be saved. Her crew of twenty
six men was rescued.
The tug Pejepscot, hailing from Bruns-
wick, Me. with barges Nos. l and ., be
longing to the Pejepscot Paper Com
pany, went ashore at Cape Spencer All
the crews escaped, the tugs men going
by boat to one barge and thence by
means of lines to the other barge. which
was in q more advantageous position,
and from that to the shore. The Peiep-
scot, which carried a crew of eleven, was
102 feet long and was valued at $4,000.
The steamer Crown of CASTLE. bound
for Montreal from the West Indies re-
ported striking large rock at Cap la /
Roche. near where the steamer Grampian
grounded three weeks ago. The Crown
Of CASTLE will be surveyed at Montreal
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
BLAINE CLUB TO HOLD OUTING.

While the number Of outings Of Tammany
IEan organizations VIII be limited this year,
Republican district clubs gre planning more
ella borate outings than ever before.
one Of the first viii be that of the James
9 Blaine Club Of the ID Assembly Dis
frIct. Of which Joseph I.evenson is the
leader. II VIII be held on Sunday at Gran
berry Lake, on the Delaware, Lackawanna
K Western Railroad. Special trains have
been engaged for 25oa men. women and
children. Prominent Republican leaders In
other parts Of the city have been invited
There via he games Of all kinds. including
O basebail contest between TWO semi-pro-
fessional teams.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
HINT OF TREATY WITH COLOMBIA.

Bogota. Colombia, juno lit is generally
believed here that Carlos Calderou. the
Colombian Foreign Minister. and General
Julio Andrade, the Ecuadoran Minister at
Bogota, have signed a treaty of alliance.
offensive and defensive.
The Foreign Minister Sehor Calderon.
has made fun sta tement to the National
Assembly. in secret session Of the govern
ments foreign policy, aud the Assembly
has unanimously indorsed his policy.