davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
BALLOON CROSSES CHANNEL.

THE massage from France to England
nv means of a dirigibIa balloon was accom-
pIished for the first time. when the new
Clement Bayard airship. on which Brit
ish Parliamentary committee has an op-
ton made an uney entful voyage over the
English Channel 1t started from La Motto
Breul, near Paris, at Z :f5 a. m, and
reached London in little less than six
hours. Ii circIed al ound st. Paufs Cathe-
dral at l o'clock and reached WOrmwood
Scrubs, where a garage had been erected
for it, at 80 o'clock The airship trav-
elled with the Creates steadiness for the
whole 259 miles. NJ. Clement. The design
er and six others were on board. Will
lam Du Cros. brother of Arthur Du Cros
a prominent member of the British Parlia-
mentary Aerial Defence Committee. who
was one of the passengers, said there was
practically no perceptible motion The car
scarcely vibrated. The time occupied by
the trip was one hour faster than the regu-
lar train anu boat service.
THE fifth international balloon race for
the James Gordon Bennett cup and s4.750
in prizes was started at st. Louis on Mon
! day when ten large aerostats, representing
four countries of Europe and America, as
Cended amid the plaudits of thousands Of
spectators. The starters and time they
ascended follow: The Condor (France)-
Jacques Faure, pilot; Ernest c. Schmolck.
aid; 40 :25. The Million Population Club
Omitted States)-S. Louis Won Phul, of
st. Louis pilot; Joseph O'Reilly, Of st.
Louis aid 4 53. The Azurea (Switzer-
land Captain Emil Messner. pilot: Leon
! Giraudan. aid: 5 :0T. The Harburg III
Germany Lieutenant Leopold Vogt.
pilot; William f. Assman. of St Louis.
aid; IA The Isle. de France (France)-
Alfred lie Blancs pilot; Walther De Mum.
aid; ; "a. The 81. Louis " Omitted
Statesl H L. Honeywell. of st. Louis.
pilot; j. w. Tolland. of st. Louis aid: ; pc.
The Helvetia (Switzerlandl Colonel Theo-
6Ore SchaeCk pilot: Paul Armbruster. aid
; :27 30 The Dusseldorf II CGermany)-
Lieutenant Hans Gercke, pilot; Samuel
f. Perkins New York. aid: : SO. The
America II Omitted States)-Allan r
Hawley, pilot: Augustus Post. aid; . Al.
The Germania Germany Captain Hugo
Won Abercron pilot; August Blanckerts.
aid :54
This Is the order in which they had de-
scended so far as was reported before I
left the office this afternoon: First down,
| the Million Population, six miles north OF
Racine. Wis second down. the Condor.
four miles north of Two Rivers. Wis.
third down, the st Louis w. near HiIlman.
Mich. fourth down, the Harburg ILL., Lake
Nipissing, ont; fifth down, the Isle de
France. near Pogamasing. Ont; sixth
down, the Helvetia. near Lake Temislsam-
ing, Ont Seventh down. the Germania.
near Coocpocache. l79 miles north of Que
bee and about 1lsS miles from st. Louis.
1t was decided to send out hunting ex-
petitions for the remaining three balloons.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
THE CLERGY AND DIVORCE.

The House of Bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, in convention at Cincin-
natl. repealed the section of the canon on
marriage and divorce permitting latitude
of clergymen in remarrying persons who
have been divorced - has been the rule
Of the Church to permit the marriage of
innocent parties 10 Divorces. Under the
new canon. clergymen are instructed that
il any of their parishioners who have been
divorced wish to marry again tley must
have their bonds tied outside the Church
and with no Episcopal minister taking
part in the ceremony.
Miss Antoinette Elizabeth GaZzam. Of
Cornwall, was married TO Charles b. Cal
vim, of New York City. The bride inher-
tied $4,000, 900 from the estate of her moth
er. The bridegroom is civil engineer.
employed by the New York Water Supply
Board on the work passing through Corn
wall
when the ceremony was over the bride
knelt at the feet of the bridegroom and
In the presence of all the guests Implanted
two kisses on bis gloved left hand. The
father of the bride. ex-senator Joseph GaZ-
zam, of Pennsylvania. was not present at
the ceremony
IF the stories told are to be believed,
IL would appear that from the time Miss
Gazzam blossomed into young womanhood
her aim in life was to find representative
of the opposite sex WIN would measure up
10 the standard she had fixed for soul
mate. In one Of these efforts she met
Marshall Clark, who was known to the
public as Niblo, the palmist. Mrs. Clark
brought suit for s150.O00 for the alienation
of Clarlrs affections The suit com
promised by Miss Gazzam paying $4,000.
The bride will tell the story of her last
and successful quest for d soul mate in
magazine II will be called My Search for
a Masculine Counterpart and Legal Com
panion Through the Supernatural
Miss Annah Dillon Ripley. daughter OF
Mrs. s. II. RinleY and nieca of Iannea Hazen
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
SENSITIVE SOULS.

In one Of the schools on the ou's,S. oss.r,taS.
a Western city. where a larse t,,ss-.ss
OF the pupils are Of Italian p~rell'As - de-
teachers were startled one day 1y y'o,ssrs
scent of delegation of infgrlatT| I',.,nT fortn
ali gesticulating wildly and poIs'ithe ~ ne oder
floods OF excited Italian one 80 - act as NJ
pupiIs having been sent foI ~ csuse OF
terrreter' reported that Their Ss5 besn
Complaint was that their Children T,ssacheTs hers saS.
ridicuIed and made fun OF pN
pupils. 9.. demanded tho
astOunded teacher. - ara tsachLhs
.'Why. by a song that yon ysaU Them da-
the children. where you can
Not until the teachers reali1gsSs real Home" and
song was sNIy Old Kentucky s.The day
that thai the offending words Tsse ,ss heart. was
goes by like shadow 'aar Hn and the n,SsssI ,sss
s ers. assured that no offence rwoampanion-
departed in Peaee--1oatn
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
BIG BRIBES OFFERED.

otto G. Foelker, whose story Of attempt
ed bribery has led TO the other revelations,
got $4,000, according TO Gardner's story
through Mr.. Elder. Elder said he had
heard the sum was $4,000. but Gardner
said il was only $1,000. Foelker told his
own story on the stand and said that he
spurned four offers. ranging from $4,000
through $4,000 to anything he might ask,
and Mr. Elder said that Gardner's story
was that Canon Chase of Brooklyn. stuck
so close TO Foelker in Albany that he could
not throw his vote.
"Foelker told as part of his story that
ex-Sherin Alfred T Hobley who is running
for Congress in Foelker's place and has
been indOrsed by the Independence League,
was one Of those who approached him, ask
ing him TO vote against the bill. and say
ing that he understood that some one was
to get or had got 100000 or s225.OO0 for
his vote against the bill.
Newspaper men came in for a share OF
the loot, Gardner's story through Elder
continued. as follows: McAfee. Of The
sun got $4,000; Patrick Relihan, Of The
Press $4,000. and Louis Seibold. Of The
World $4,000. But when the Brooklyn
Bridge was crossed the price dropped TO
10 per cent OF the Manhattan price, for.
aTtDEulilE 10 AHt ltsllfiDtlgs trepiSt
vrin. OF The Brooklyn Citizen. got 5000:
Tirrell, Of The Eagle. now secretary 20
Controller Prendergsst. 5000. and The
Brooklyn Times man $500.
Schroeder told the committee that he
did approach Foelker in 1908 at the request
OF Conrad Hasenhug, Of Brooklyn. then a
member of the State Senate, and that he
wished merely 70 learn how Fo=lker stood
on the anti-race track gambling bills. A
Subpoena was issued for Hasenfug.
Indignant denials were quickly forth
coming from the newspaper correspondents
accused
Gardner issued a statement 10 the com
mittee asserting that Linn Bruce, their
counsel. had promised him immunity from
criminal prosecution If he would corrobo-
rate Elders story OF the bribery fund and
it's distribution. Gardner said he had re-
jected the offer because Elders report of
the conversation with him was false"
THE committee paid a. visit to Sing Sing
prison In the Werden's Office they TOOK
the sworn testimony Of Frederick Schroe-
der, former Quarantine Commissioner, who
is serving a sentence for stealing money
from the Eagle Loan and Savings Com
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

Sothern. the actor at Reno New. on the
grounds OF desertion and non-support Inc
suit was not contested
Jay Gould leased Abbotsford, the IA
nous home of Sir Walter Scott, at Mei-
rose Scotland, for the winter
"Tyrus Cobb, by official verdict OF b. b.
Johnson. president of he American base
ball League. was the leading batsInah Oh
the league during the season just Closed
with a winning percentage over Larry La
toia of Cleveland, of O00O97. AS the Ma
tional League players dropped out, of the
contest some time ago, President JOhnson's s
announcement means that Cobb is the
champion batsman of the country.
What have the aviators been doing be-
sides that which you told me about Well
MANI asked Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
ITS FFXTTIRE Is INTENDED ESPECIALLY@s BUSY MAN &

She is 200 feet long and has $500 CUBIC
metres gas capacity. Dependent from her
is a motor boat 35 feet long and 10 feet
wide Two 20o-horsep power motors Will
drive the propellers. She will be called
the Suchard."
"A we'll chosen name" said Busy Man
How so?" asked Constant Reader
Such hard work has been cut out Tor
her" chuckied Busy Man.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

been carried on by the institute Tor eieh.
years. Mr.. Rockefellers gift consisted OF
securities of par value Of SS'e-v'V'V
bringing the total income bearing ehao"-
ment Of the institute 10 s6,42e.eoo- Inc
total of Mr.. Rockefeller's known phiiah
thropic gifts now reaches almost sl-f'-
Oa0.oc0
Announcement was also made in CleVe-
land of a conditional gift of s25o.Ooo og
John d. Rockefeller TO the medical depart
ment of Western Reserve University Inc
gift. which is a personal one. is made con-
,litional on the raising of s75o.0Oo more by
the university"
What progress has been made in 'he
various political campaigns asked Busy
Man
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
MANUEL REACHES ENGLAND.

THE members OF the Portuguese royal
family left Gibraltar for England. King
Manuel, the Queen Mother Amelie and the
Duke of Oporto embarked the British
royal yacht Victoria and Albert. They
arrived safely at Plymouth on Wednesday
and at once started on a special train for
Wood Norton. Eversham, Worcestershire
phich will be their home. The Queen
Dowager Maria Pia went 10 Pisa. Italy.
She was met by the Kicg and accompanied
his majesty to the royal hunting lodge at
San Rossore, where the royal family is
stopping.
The provisional government of the new
Portuguese republic issued DEGREES abolish
ing the House OF Peers the Council of State
and the titles of nobility. banishng the
Brsganza dynasty and secularizing char
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

Otto H. Kahn. who is out here with
party of New York capitalists. studying the
many changes in the investment market
in California, declared this week that the
directors of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany would put up s250O0O as half the cost
OF fine new opera house for San fran
cisco. provided that local men subscribe
the other half Mr.. Kahn. who is chair
man of the Metropolitan Opera Company
directors. is enthusiastic over San Francisco
as an opera town He declared that the
city should begin work an an opera house
at once and that the wfsest plan would be
to form local grand opera company and
then have the New York company make
annual visits. Twenty-Five years ago the
Tivoh Opera House was founded here. and
until the big fire il was the home of cheap
opera, the like of which could not be
found in this country. For - cents one
could hear the great operas given by an
excellent company-a reproduction OF the
Italian idea
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

pany. of Brooklyn, OF which he was vice
president Schroeder denied the story of
Foelker that Schroeder had offered him
$4,000 TO vote against the Hart-Agnew anti
racetraok gambling bill. which became a
law in 1905 despite the efforts of the turf
interests TO defeat IL.
Half a million seems large sum,
unused Busy Man, "to pay out for i'm
proving the breed Of horses as the racing
magnates always put it, Any persons of
fr,nor+onca d}e7
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
PADDING THE CENSUS ROLLS.

Amazed by the enormous growth shown
by the returns Of the new census for
number Of Western cities. i. Dana Durand.
Director q the Census Bureau, ordered an
investigation. the results Of which appeared
in an announcement that gross frauds had
been perpctrated. Mr.. Durand gave out
also a letter from President Taft directing
thar persons implicated in the alleged
frauds should be prosecuted. Cities spe-
officially mentioned as being affected by the
frauds are Tacoma. Seattle and Aberdeen,
Wash; Portland ORE: Minneapolis, Boise,
idaho and Fort Smith, Ark but IL is stat
ed that there are many others. The re-
suit Of a second enumeration Of Tacoma
was announced. The city shows J,or,u-
lafion of s2,972. an increase Of 45.25s. or
120 per cent over The population Of 1890.
The first figures turned IN for Tacoma
were Hopes IN other words. the actual
population was padded 10 the extent of
1896. which would have meant q further
addition Of % per cent
Massachusetts, has population Of
3 3cG,fI6. This is an increase Of SCI, ,O7O
or 20 per cent over the population Of 1900.
when the total was 2,S05,3s5. The increase
from 1880 10 1900 was 566. s03. or 25.3 per
cent
The eZpected upheaVal in the admins
tstloa - me Police Department Of Ihis
city came with the appointment by Mayor
Gnyu"r Of new Commissioner and new
First and Second Deputy commissioners.
The new officials are: Commissioner James
z. Cropsey. Brooklyn lawyer and per
sonal friend of the Mayor, First Deputy.
Clement J. Driscol, the former newspaper
man VINO has been the Mayors Commits
siOner Of Weights and Measures: Second
Deputy, William J. FLYNN. former head OF
the New York division Of the United States
A-..c,,ct c..,--i.r
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

HYDE. was married at Hampstead, Long
Island In Count Pierre de Viel Castel
''At Sunridge Hall. wheatley Hills. Long
Island, the country place of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Steele their daughter, Miss Flea
nor Steele was married to Count Jean de
Lsgreze. of Paris. a member of the French
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
THE DEATH ROLL.

United States Senator Jonathan p. Dol
liver died at his home in Fort Dodge, Iowa,
after an acute attack of stomach trouble,
which affected his heart. Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, philanthropist, editor educator,
lecturer. composer of The Battle Hymn
of the Republic and other poems. died at
Middletoun. r. L. from pneumonia. aged
ninety-one David Bennett Hill, ex-Unlted
States Senator and Ex-Governor of New
York died suddenly al Wolferts Roost. his
country home near Albany, from acute dill
atation Of the heart. General Thomas L.
Eckert. warm friend of Abraham Lincoln
and for nearly ten years president OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company, died
ct his summer home. Long Branch, at the
are of eighty-eight William Vaughn
Moody, author. playwright and authority
on English literature. died at Colorado
Springs Among his best known works Is
The Great Divide Colonel Ely Ely-Goo-
dard, who for many years had engaged in
copper mining in Vermont, died from ty-
phoid fever at the New York Hospital
Larkin Goldsmith Mead, American sculpt-
or. died in Italy. William o. Cloyes, presi-
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
TO BETTER WELLMAN.

Another attempt To cross the Atlantic
in an airship was announced by Joseph
Brucker, president of the Europe America
Aero Navigator Society. who is now fitting
out an expedition in Germany which will
make the effort next February, starting
from Teneriffe and trusting 10 The ever
constant trade winds to land them at Porto
Rico, Hayti or Cuba. Brucker's dirigible
Is now approaching completion at Munich
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

strong as carbolic acid, and yet is not a
poison. Never yet have physicians been
able to give doses of any disinfectant in
sufficient strength to kill germs.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
BIG ART DEALERS INDICTED.

The members Of the firm OF Duveen
Brothers. art dealers, were indicted by the
federal grand jury. At the same time it
vas. announced that a civil suit had been
brought against the firm for the fort 4iture
OF the pictures and art objects which, il
IS charged. were undervalued by the firm
in its impoTratiOns on its own account or
for its customers. Henry J. Duveen and
BENJAMIN J. Duveen. the only two members
Of the frm so far under arrest, were ar
raigned before Judge Hand, and after en-
tering q plea of not guilty renewed their
bail
- report on an investigation Of the
hanover Finance Company was made pub
lie by William H Hotchkiss. Superintend-
nj of Insurance. This Is a promoting
7rnpany organized for the purpose Of rails
.-- funds for the formation Of an insur-
nee company TO issue insurance against
- Of salary or income due TO total and
permanent disa bili1y. The report says that
the optimistic character Of the prospectus
and the general ambiguity regarding de-
tails necessary 10 carry out the Insurance.
scheme have a tendency TO mislead the
prospective investor. None Of the promo
rers or organizers has shown any faith in
the ultimate success Of the plan by invest
ing even 500 in the bonds
After twenty-three years as president
Of the Chicago d Northwestern Railway
and Jhirtv-eight years in its service. Mar
Nin Hughitt left the presidency and was
elected chairman Of the board Of directors
II was succeeded as president by WilliaIG
a. Gardner, who had been yice-president
for the last four years
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

The new British tramp steamer Damara,
after hanging twelve days on a sunken
rocky ledge off Fort Point. was hauled on
this week and taken 10 the drydock- The
vessel nearly sank while on the way be-
cause the most powerful pumps could
scarcely keep pace with the rush of water
into her hold. In a few days the pilot COM
mission will investigate the cause Of the
accident
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

Colonel Lundeen and other officers AT the
Presidio are making a hard fight against
the proposed ordinance TO reopen three
saloons near the entrance gate Of the mill
tary reservation. Mayor Mccarthy recent
ly addressed letter to Colonel Lundeen call
ing his attention TO the fact that the post
exchange sold many articles to soldiers. but
failed 70 pay any license. Mccarthy be-
lieves that the three saloons would not
cause as much trouble as the blind pigs
now being operated. Colonel Lundeen re-
piled that the Mayor could stop these blind
pigs in a single day II he wanted to and
that the restoration of the canteen, which
the military authorities desired. would put
an end to present drunkepness.
George Moore. a well known mining man
of Nevada and Stewart, B. c.. was acci-
dentally killed while quail shooting near
Oroville. Butte County. this week. II is
thought boy in the party was responsible
for the shooting Moore had gone 10 Oro-
willie to spend the winter.
At Sterling City, in Tehama County, this
week the Diamond Match Company's log
gers cut eight logs. each sixteen feet long
from one huge sugar pine nearly 20 1sst
in height. The top of the trse was shat
tered. but out Of the eight logs 1900 feet
of lumber was sawed. The giant tree was
eight feet in diameter at the stump
The Southern Pacific Company formally
completed this week the Nevada & Cali
fornia Railroad. standard gauge road
running $50 miles from Mojave to Lone
Pine. in Inyo County. Cal. The road was
originally planned TO parallel the Los
Angeles aqueduct and furnish transpOrta-
tion for the army of workmen. supplies
and building material 1t will form the
first link In the new Southern Pacific Rail-
road from Southern California TO Salt
Lake City
The three daughters of the late D. Harvey
Loveland. of Stockton. have begun suit TO
break their fathers will For several years
before his death Loveiand had been in a
sanatorium at times TO recover his mental
balance. The aged man left the greater
part of his estate to an Italian and his
wife who cared for him In his last days.
The daughters will ASK that the will be set
aside aud the property equally divided.
A Sacramento property owner who Is
building a sl00 900 theatre for William Nor
ris Is fearful that the theatre manager
will not be ready TO accept the playhouse
next month. when II Is finished. should
Norris fail 10 accept the house next month
the owner viii make a deal either with
the Shuberts or Klaw & Erlanger
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
ROCKEFELLER PoURs OUT GOLD.

The announcement Of another large
gift by John d. Rockefeller marked the
opening of the new hospital, al 66th street,
overlooking the East River which is TO be
an adjunct Of she Rockefeller Institute for
Medical Research. and will be devoted 10
the study % human diseases. in addition
- the laboratory research work that has
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

For several days san Franciscans have
been enjoying the luxury of sitting out on
their front steps. The mercury has ranged
up to 81 degrees at noon, and the evenings
have been warm and free from wind In
the interior cities the thermometer has
gone above 80 degrees.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
BIG SCANDAL STIRRED UP.

"Ex-State Senator Frank J. Gardner was
held in $4,000 bail on an indictment for
attempting 10 bribe Representative Otto c.
Foelker then a state Senator, in April,
1905. not 10 vote for the anti-gambling BILL
and was served with subpoena to appear
before the legislative investigating commit
tee. He appeared before the committee.
but refused to answer questions on the
ground that they might incriminate him.
He was declared in contempt Of the Leg
islature: and then Robert H Elder. AS
sistant District Attorney of Queens Coun-
ty, related to the committee what Gardner
had told him in a confession made last
March about a 100000 Jackpot raised
10 defeat Governor Hughes's plan.
James r. Keene. the Wall Street specu-
lator and breeder of thoroughbred horses;
Harry Payne Whitney, Dave Mitchell,
Charles II. Hyde. City Chamberlain sand
campaign manager for Mayor Gaynor. act
ing for William A Engeman, president OF
the Brighton Beach Racing Association:
Gene Wood. ex-colonel of the black horse
cavalry: Hitchcock and Parsons and rep
resentatives of the Metropolitan Turf Asso-
citation. the old organization of bookmak-
crs. were named by Mr.. Elder as the men
who. Gardner told him, met at belmont
co.'s and subscribed a half million dollar
corruption fund to defeat the anti-race-
track gambling bill.
Jim Gaffney. Charles T. Murphy's
close friend, was named the man who
handled SI25. 600 of the Fund. while Char
ley Hyde was described as another of the
distributors. and Long Pat McCarren was
said TO be the man who spoiled the game
because he did not have the passing out
Of the cash.
. Steve L LHommedieu. of Orleans and
Niagara counties. missed a chance TO get
$1,000 for throwing the election 70 the
racetrack men through the Vaccinations
Of Mccarren, according to the testimony,
while Grady, the old Tammany warhorse,
got only $4,000. il was stated, and two
Brooklyn Republicans held out fer $4,000
each.
MIR. Elder said Gardner did not tell him
how much Mr.. Hyde got but he added that
the ex-senator, whose story he said he was
repeating. told him that he had TO pay out
$40, 600 of his share 10 others because he
was a man of his word and couldn't get all
that was coming to him. OF this $40 900
half went 10 the president of the Senate.
Elder said Gardner told him, and Mr.. Elder
said further that he understood that the
late John Raines, and not Lewis Stuyve-
sent Chanler, who was Lieutenant Governor
at that time was meant.