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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
BILLS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
Law to Standardize Weights
and Measures Amended.

Albany April Ex-Governor Hughes to-
day signed the bill of Senator Cobb de-
signed To make more stringent the law pro
vidfng for a standard of weights and
measures The standards furnished by the
United States Sealer Of Weights and Meas
ures are to become the state standards
Provisions are made FOR periodic checking
by the state sealer OF the weights and
measures used in the smaller divisions OF
the state. II is also required periodically
to check the weights and measures in state
institutions
The new law abolishes the fees Of county
and city sealers of weights and measures
and provides that the salary shall be fixed
by the proper local board
Mr.. Hughes approv& a bill OF Senator
Hill amending the state finance law by
directing the loan commissioners of the
several counties of the state 10 pay into
the state treasury within thirty days all
moneys in their hands belonging 10 the
United States deposit fund. 1t brings the
United States deposit funds within the
provisions relating to the investment BY
the State Controller OF the common school
and literary funds in the United States
state, municipal and other bonds Inc
new law also requires the loan comInis-
sioners hereafter 10 pay into the state
treasury the residues of the sum arising
from the sale Of mOrtgaged premises. less
the amount which they are entitled 10 re-
tain for compensation. costs. disburse-
ments and expenses.
The Governor also signed the measure OF
Assemblyman Miller empowering the
board OF trustees Of any first class city 10
adopt building and sanitary codes and the
licensing Of builders and plumbers Inc
boards are also empowered TO provide pen
aIties for violations and TO appoint and 10
remove inspectors and examiners
Senator Hills measure authorizing the
state Controller to make refunds for STOCK
transfer stamps enormously used was also
signed bv Nj Hughes. as were two OF As
seubIynan Merritt's bills One authorizes
the State Controller TO employ examiners
who shall have power to examine the
books and papers Of any public officer' de-
oartment or bureau of the state or SUD
division thereof relating TO moneys palu
into court. The other provides for the ap-
pointment by the state Controller OF an
additional deputy. who shall have charge
OF the New York CITY office. and increases
the salaries Of all the deputies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
SETBACK FOR HARRY THAw
Court Had No Right TO Appoint Ref
cree on His Application.

The order OF Justice Mills. OF the Su-
preme Court, Westminster County. signed
last June. appointing a referee TO take tes-
tinOnv in a proceeding instituted by Mrs
Mary c Thaw in behalf OF Harry K Thaw
was reversed in decision yesterday by
tn, Appellate Division, sitting in Brooklyn
The order. which was signed at White
Plains was TO have testimony taken with
a view OF determining whether Thaw should
remain at Matteawan or be transferred 10
some other institution
TT was contended in Thaws papers that
he was not allowed to play the piano and
was compelled 70 mingle with the other in
mates. Thaw's lawyers also cOntended that
he was illegally committed 10 the institu-
ton The Appellate Division held that
Thaw was acquitted OF murder because he
was insane and that he was ordered com
mItted 20 Matteawan because he was con-
sidered dangerous. II held finally that Jus
tee Mills had no authority 10 grant a ref
erence 10 pass upon the legality OF the
commitment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
REMOVAL APPLICATION DENIED
Former Sewerage Commissioners
Wanted Present Members Ousted-

TBy Telegraph TO The Tribune
Albany. April 29.-AttOrney General . MAJ
ley to-day denied an application for a quo
warranto action TO Gust Charles SOOysmith.
Henry De b Parsons and Linsly R. Will
Jams as members OF the Metropolitan Sew
erage Commission This application was
made by Daniel Lewis. DIN R. Landreth
and Andrew J. Provost. They were APP
pointed by the Mayor. with George A So
per and James II. Fuertes. TO consider
means for protecting the waters Of New
York Bay and vicinity against pollution
on January 9. 1905, they were removed by
the Mayor. without charges being fOrnu-
lated and without notice. and the three
respondents We're appointed in their places.
Lewis. LandTeth and Provost asserted
that their removal was without authority
and illegal. and sought 70 have themselves
restored TO their former positions. The At
torney General holds that the Mayor had
authority to make the removals and de-
MES the application.
Governor Hughes to-day signed a bill OF
Assemblyman A l. Smith extending the
life Of the commission from May L 1910 to
May I. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
LOST NECKLACE ON STEAMER
Wireless Summons Detectives Aboard
the Mexico, but Search Was Futile.

In response To a wireless message sent
to this city, Detectives Cronin and Hen
Messy went down to Quarantine yesterday
and boarded the Ward liner Mexico, in
from Vera cruz. Progreso and Havana
Among the passengers on the Mexico when
she left New York on April :, was Francis
DAILY. a paymaster OF the navy. assigned 70
duty at the naval station az Guantanamo
Mr. DAILY and his wife. who occupied State
room No. l.. left the Mexico at Havana
The steamer proceeded TO progreso. but
had hardly left that port for Vera Cruz
when a message was received there that
Mrs DAILY had lost a small handbag con-
tanning a costly necklace The room which
the Days vacated had been assigned TO a
male passenger from PrOEresO 10 Vera
Cruz. but he had seen neither necklace nor
handbag I'm the room when he was assigned
70 it.
Captain Miller CT the Mexico said the
handbag and its contents might have been
r.lislaid or lost. but he was confident they
had not been stolen. The detectives ex-
amined several stewards. but were satisfied
the Jewels had not been taken by them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
HUSTON FOUND GUILTY
Last of Noted Pennsylvania
Capitol Cases.
RECOMMENDED FOR MERCY
Jury Was Loath to Convict
Architect of Conspiracy
Death Marked Scandal.

Harrisburg. Penn. April Z9.-Joseph VI.
Huston. architect Of the new State Capitol.
was to-day convicted Of conspiracy IN false
ly certifying 10 a padded bin for desks for
the building The trial lasted nearly four
weeks and the jury deIiberated almost
twenty-six hours.
The verdict was reached shortly after 5
o'clock this evening when the twenty
seventh ballot was taken. The verdict was
accompanied with this recommendation 20
mercy:
The Jury would recommend leniency on
the part OF the court in pronouncing sen
tence on account Of his irreproachable repu-
tation prior to this charge"
motion for arrest of Judgment. or sus-
pension Of sentence. so that reasons might
be presented for a new trial. was made az
once and granted Huston was not in court
when the jury handed its verdict 70 the
Judge
The jury. after four ballots. rendered
verdict OF guilty OF defrauGing the com
monwealJh.~ In the collOquy which ensued
between Judge George KunkeIl and Fore
man Edwin s Farver over the peculiar
verdict the foreman said that the jury had
decided TO let the conspiracy or and re-
marked We have agreed that there was
no conspiracy
The Judge sent the jury back for further
elaboration. against the protests of George
s. Graham. chief counsel for the defence
who insisted that the fOreman's statement
should stand as the real finding OF the Jury
on the conspiracy charge After this Incl
dent the turymen ballOted. and one by one
the men were won over. until from seven
70 FIVE for conviction the whole twelve
were in accord.
The trial OF Huston Is the third Of the
series resulting from the exposure Of the
frauds in furnishing the new State Capitol.
and Huston is the fifth Of the seventeen
men indicted on charges OF conspiracy TO
cheat and defraud the state 20 be con-
vfcted. The others convicted were ex-
Auditor General ". P. Snyder. ex-5tate
Treasurer " L. Mathues. ]. NJ Shumaker.
ex-Superintendent OF Public Grounds and
Buildings. and John II. SandersOn. fur
niture contractor. Sanderson and Mathues
are dead and the other two are serving
two-year sentences in the Eastern Peni-
Tertiary They were convicted in a case
from which Huston was severed in jan
uary, 1906.
Huston Is defendant in thirrv-four other
charging conspiracy and false pre-
tence, and Is also a respondent in the
action in equity 70 recover 100000 alleged
10 have been wrongfuIly paid for furnish
ing the Capitol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
MAYOR AFTER MAGISTRATE
Stirred at Excise Dismissals in
Brooklyn Court.

That the Mayor is keeping track OF the
way in which his plan for the enforcement
OF the excise law is being carried out is
shown by the following letter sent by him
TO Police Commissioner Baker yesterday:
In respect Of the magistrate in Brooklyn
who dismissed the Eve liquor tax cases
on the ground that the tax certificate was
not brought into court, be so good as 70
give me IN a written report the names Of
the cases. the name Of the magistrate. the
court stenOgrapher's minutes and all OF
the particulars II IS time that complaint
be made 10 the Appellate Division for the
removal Of magistrates who make dis
orderly rulings, and we must take that
in hand. Please keep record Of them as
they occur. IL is useless for the police 70
do their duty only 10 be thwarted by
ignorant or dishonest judicial rulings.
newspaper report OF the proceedings
in the Flatbush police court on Wednes-
day stated that Magistrate Hylan had
dismissed I'VE complaints because the
LIQUOR tax certif Gates were not produced
He did this on motion Of Charles Russell.
counsel for the defendants. after some
argument on the ground that IL was not
possible 10 prove that the defendants We're
the same persons mentioned in the tax
certificates in the absence OF the latter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
CITY PAYROLL JUMP IN MARCH
Went $3.50, 462 Over February, but
Total Shows Comparative Decrease

Controller Prendergast submitted a state
unent 10 the Board OF Estimate yesterday
showing that the total payroll expenditures
To- March made an increase of set. i62 -
over February. The total disbursements in
this way we're s., 200. So IS. which is a de-
crease Of S12. 4S3 from the expenditures for
the last month OF the previous administra-
ton.
Most 81 the increases over February wsre
due To mandatory provisions and the begin
ming OF the spring work on street improve
ments The principal increases We're: Police
Department. Nl4.2l4; Street Cleaning De-
partment. 255sl. President OF Queens, $iZ.-
49,: President OF Brooklyn. s2l.S52; Fire De-
partment. S44.g77.
The proposition 10 build a municipal bath
house at Coney Island at a cost OF $4,000
was referred 90 the corporate stock budget
committee. with directions to report IN a
week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
GAYNoR's BLUE ENVELOPES
Approves Bill Aboishing Commission
and Rejects Court Clerks Bill.

The Mayor held public hearings on two
legislative bills yesterday. approving one
and rejecting the other. He approved the
bill providing for the adjustment OF the
Adueduct Commission on June /. after
John ! Ryan. a member OF the cid com
mission removed by the Mayor. had made
a protest
In rejecting the bill providing for two
additional clerks for the city Court the
Mayor wrote.
MY reason for not accepting this bill
on behalf OF the city are. First. that the
clerks IL provides for and calls 'cunfiden-
tfal' in order 20 escape resort 20 the
classified civil Service eligible list. are
not confidential. but would have only the
most ordinary and trivial duties 20 per
form. n any Second. that there Il no
need for such clerks. the clerical stan OF
the court already being ample. II not too
large. especially n they work ample
hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
TEN DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
Transient Guests at Cornwall
Escape from Flames.

Cornwall, Ont. April 2s-Ten lives and
a property loss OF 900 were caused by a
fire which destroyed the ROssmOre Hotel,
the Colquhoun Block and damaged sew
eral adjoining buildings here early to-day.
The following is the list OF dead.
ARCHIBALD Mrs " TAYLOR. guest
BULLEN Ernest. beIIboy-
FIELDING. Benjamin. accountant OF the stsr-
ling Bank
GAGNE. Chartss. teller Of the Bank Of Montreal.
Lewis. Que
GRAY. C. J.. manager Of the Ives Modern Bed
company: his wife and two children
HUME. William. porter
WHITE. Miss. OF Cornwall. guest
The origin Of the fire Is not known. but
as Il started on the main stairway II IL be-
lieved a careless smoker dropped a lighted
match or cigar on his way upstairs. Sixty
guests We're asleep in the three upper
stories OF the hotel and a number OF en-
pIoyes were In rooms on the top floor.
BY the time they were aroused the stair
case between the first and second floors
was an impossible barrier OF fire and the
flames were following the stairways to the
upper floors
The death list shows that transient
guests. unfamiliar with the Railways and
the location OF the stairway. used rope
fire escapes or jumped TO adjoining roofs
and escaped with slight injuries. while
bOarders and employees who sought 10 es-
cape through familiar passageways met
death. All the persons on the death list
had made the hotel their home for several
months.
Six bodies have been recovered. the miss
ing four being those OF hotel employees
Charles J. GRAY lost his life in a vain
effort 20 save his wife and two children
He was seen on the roof OF an adjoining
place. evidently seeking a way TO bring
the woman and children 70 the street he
re-enIered a window through which he had
climbed His body was found IN the hall
way with the little ones clasped in his
arms The body of his wife was a short
distance away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
FIFTY THOUSAND TO PARADE
Estimate Of Committee for Socialist
March and Mass Meeting To-day.

TIE International Labor Day OF the so
g.alisrs throughout the world will be cele-
hra-ed in this city TODAY by two parades
OF socialists. socialist trade unions. sing
ing societies and socialist clubs. followed
bv a Joint mass meeting at Union Square.
Fifty. speakers will address the mass meet
ing I'M half a dozen languages. The parade
committee estimates that fifty thousand
persons viii be in line
The organizers Of the parades stated last
n!zht that separate permits have been Sc
cured from the Police Department for the
two parades. one Of which viii start from
s1st and 62d streets and Madison avenue
AZ 800 p. m. the other starting from Rut-
gers Square and the adjacent streets at
j. 30 p. m Both parades are expected TO
reach Union Square at 40 o'clock.
John 4. Wall. cousin of District Attorney
Charles 8 Whitman. viii be the grand
marshal Of the uptown parade. The two
parades will have sixty bands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
INQUIRY INTO GIRLS DEATH
Found in Street Dying from Poison.
So Physician Diagnosed.

Young woman who had given the name
Of Irene Miller. twenty-five years old. OF
No. - East 18Th street. died in Bellevue
Hospital yesterday afternoon under cir
clTrnstances which caused the Coroner TO
begin an inquiry. The girl attracted the
attention OF Miss Fanny Gilbert early yes
terdav morning at the corner OF saith street
and Broadway She appeared TO be so Ill
that Miss Gilbert assisted her 10 the Hotel
Willard and placed her In one OF the rooms
there A physician was called, who after
az examination said that Miss Miller was
suffering from the effects or some drug.
The police were informed and she was
removed 10 the hospital AFTER the young
v0man's death the body was taken TO the
M0rRue. where a. examination showed
thar the inscription. Margaret II. Teddy.
BOSTON Mass" had been tattOoed on one
% the legs II was announced that DR..
Weston. Coroner's physician, would per
form an autopsy to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
COURT UPHoLDs STEVENS
Canal Work Too Important To Be De-
Iayed by Litigations.

Albany. April 29.-Supreme Court Justice
lie Boeuf in a decision to-day rules that
the magnitude Of the barge canal construc-
ton work is such that the courts should
uphold the acts OF the officers charged with
its administration. unless IT appeared that
they were fraudulent. arbitrary and ca
PRECIOUS or clearly illegal" otherwise the
work would be held up. pending the deter
mination Of HtigatiOns by the courts OF
last resort
He denied an application for writ OF
mardamus to compel F. c. Stevens. Super
intendent Of Public Works. to accept DID
of the Lord Construction Company Tor
barge canal contract because its Dld was
the lowest Of those submitted. The con-
tractors had failed 70 file certified check
with their bid. and consequently the next
lowest bidder who had complied fully with
the terms Of the bidding received the
award.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
YANCEY TURNS OVER ALL
Member of Failed Cotton Firm
VIII Begin Life Anew.

Memphis. April c9.-Sacrifcing his en-
tire individual estate TO creditors OF knight.
Nancey & Co. which faned last week.
". J. yancey. OF Memphis. a member OF
the firm. announced to-day that he was
turning his personal fortune over 10 firms
and individuals caugAt in the crash and
beginning life all over again Mr. Yancey
is a wealthy man. but the value OF his
estate is not definitely known
Columbus. Miss. April 2e.-No legal ac-
ton has been taken in connection with
the firm OF Steele. Miller & Co.. cotton fac
tors Of this ana other Mississippi cities.
petition seeking the appointment Of a
receiver for the firm was filed AT Corin1h
yesterday, according 70 dispatches from
thar city by a firm In Bremen. Germany.
This gave rise today rs reports That
further litigation had been instituted IL
this civ. These reports are incorrect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
ASKS ABOUT COTTON POOL
Senate Calls for Tnformation-Smith
Attacks Kickersham.

Washington. April 2s-The Senate to-day
adopted a resolution directing the Attorney
General 10 inquire as 10 the names Of the
party OF parties OF corporations mat sold
the cotton alleged 70 have been bought by
a pool OF purchasers who are now under in
vesUEation by tie Department Of Justice" !;
also as 10 the prices. whether or not they
owned the cotton AT the time OF the sale
thereof" and the price Of spot cotton in the
South on the date Of the contracts.
IN advocating the adoption of the reso-
luton, Senator Smith. Of South Carolina
said ''rhe investigation into the sales Of
cotton which Attorney General Wlckersham
is conducting has cost the American people
nearly S40.0O0.0o0.
Z believe. and the South believes be
added. that this interference az this time Is
for the specific purpose Of relieving certain
bears or the cotton market
Senator Clay introduced a bill prohibiting
the transmission by mail, telephone OF tele-
graph Of all Information concerning future
sales OF cotton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
WARD GETS BEGGING LETTERS.

Albany. April 9.-Assembiyman ARENAS
Ward. IT, 81 New York. intrOducer Of the
bin 20 permit some mysterious millionaire
10 devote ms fortune 10 educational. scien-
.ihc and altruistic purposes through the
economic and general foundation" which
the measure seeks 20 incorporate. Is daily
receiving letters from various parts of the
country. appealing for financial assistance.
Mr Wa.d sald to-day that he intended 10
turn tie letters over " the man behind
the blll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
LIVERPOOL REFUSING DRAFTS
Attempt to Force American Banks to
PAY Recent Cotton Losses.

Liverpool. April 2e.-The question OF the
liability Of exchange brokers IN the United
States IN connection with the troubles Of
the Alabama cotton firm of knight. Nancey
& CO. is 20 he put 70 a test a local house
having resolved 70 attempt 70 throw on
them the responsibility for the conclusion
OF the recent financial transactions.
Liverpool bankers p now refusing 20
accept any new drafts not previously &C
cepted. with the result that thousands OF
bales OF cotton already have been rejected
Drafts already accepted are, Of course,
being honored by the banks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
NAN JUMPS TO DEATH AT FIRE
But Dog Follows from Same Window
and Is Unhurt.

Frankfort ina april 29.-DestrOying
several store buildings. IRE did $50 600 dam
age in the business section Of this city to-
sav Frank Stare plunged headforemost
sr1rn a third floor window OF the Corpora
tive Opera House block and was fatally in
jured.
Immediately after Stare jumped Mrs.
F--enlx Motley threw her pet dog from the
~ ne window. The dog allghted in the
street right side up ana scampered away
ma frl frlred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
gupsoM SUI DEE CALENDAR

The Appellate DlVlsl0n 81 the Supreme
Court removed from Ire Supreme Court
calendar yesterday TIE suit OF Gerald Hun
GRAY receiver Of cyrus Field Jldsan
against Joseph ID. HOadlev The suit grew
out 81 Tie relations of L0s0u and H0ad-
ley lu the defuHCt International Power
OmpauE Tie suit was Tor T2Z2 - I-
H0adley SAID that Jsdson owed him
$50. 30 g. Dut alleged that Grays suit was
improperly pGt Oh TIE calendar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30
seMls WON'T GO TO mILwAukeE.

Deputy Wate: Commissioner Bemis has
written to Mayor Anton Seidel OF NIL
waukee that IL will be impossible for him
20 consider an offer OF the Public Works
Commissionership In that city lie does not
feel that ne can In justice lay down his
work IN this city. Mr. Bemis was recon-
mended for the place BY Mr.. Woodruff. sec
rotary Of the National Municipal Aeagus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-30

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proved its fitness to survive.
II is economical.
Satisfactory for all commercial
purposes; for deliveries, for light
and heavy trucking
Cost of maintenance and depre-
cation cease when work ceases,
when the vehicle stops or is delayed
at shipping depot
Horse service Is available only
part Of the day; il Is chargeabls
"a hours IN the day.
The horse, when idle, leafs bis
head off,"
In midwinter and midsummer
the horse IS driven at extra risk.
All weathers are alike 70 ths
Electric Vehicle
The congestion of traffic, its
confusion and dangers viii be re-
lieved by the extended use OF tho
Electric Vehicle.
The Electric Vehicle saves cost,
work and worry IN the stable, 10
more effective or the street.
Itbelongs with the modern order
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