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12 THE NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, JULY 28. 189. i i i i a THE. BOARD OF ESTIMATE Removal of Town and Village Bond Investigation Commission Is Threatened by the Mayor. MANY APPROPRIATIONS MADE thm Department of Parka Allowed $02,000 to Prepay tho Ground of tho Zoological Park In tho Bronx.

Jtfayor Van Wyck at a meettnr of the board ot ISetimate and Apportionment yesterday threatened, the removal of the members of the special commission appointed by the Corporation Counsel to Investigate the legality of the outstanding bonds issued by town, and villages now Included In the i i r. i i .1 1 lUlft VUS VlllHUSBMWMI IUU Hot reDort scon The matter came up when Controller Coler asked the board fur-authority to pay for of the bonds. The total amount of the outstanding bonds la The special commission haa rnportrd In favor of Paying the ium the Controller asked for. but the holder, of the bond on which It tiaa not reported demand the principal and Interest. The Mayor asked sharply how long the eommlaalon had been at work.

He was Informed by the Controller that the lavesti- cation had been going on fur seven months. Bwn months! exclaimed the Mayor. "And the work -not completed, yet! This ommlssion should never have been ap- pointed. The Corporation Counsel, the city's legal adviser, should have made the Investigation himself, and If hw had taken so Ions; a time about it he would deserve to be removed. If the commission doesn't re port soon on the rest of the bonds, its members msy be removed, too." The foreman of the commission Is David afcClurs, Richard Croker's pursonal counsel.

The Controller received the authority he aaked for. At the reouest of the Controller the board authorised him to Issue bonds for to pay for work already completed on the Harlem Klvnr Driveway. An appropriation of UtW.mO was made for 3.1M1 new fire 1 hydrants In Manhattan. Oueen. and the iron, and one of litM.SxHl 20 was made to the Hoard of Kduwtlon for administrative purposes.

The Hrooklyn School Hoard asked that when the old Thirteenth Meal-ment Armory was sold the proceed, be placed to the bourn" credit. The request was referred to the Corporation Counsel. The Hoard of Publto Improvements was allowed for remounting maps and other work. The Supervisor of The City Record was allowed Jloo.Mio for additional supplies furnished to various departments. The sum of (4.V447.21 wu appropriated for charitable Institutions In the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, and for the charitable Institutions In Hrooklyn.

The question of the Public Library appropriation was not brought up. The board appropriated to be expended by the Department of Parks In preparing the grounds of the Zoological Park in the Bronx In accordance with the plans of the Zoological Society. In connection with this appropriation William T. Hornaday, Director of the Zoological Park, said after the meeting: Owing to the prominence given to the Mayor's at the previous meeting of the Hoard of Kwtlmate, a great many Krsons received the Impression that the ard of Estimate was opposed to appropriating funds aked for by the Zoological Society. The society Is greatly pleased by the prompt and liberal spirit In which Its plans for the development of the Zoological Park have been by the Mayor and Hoard of Kstlmate.

a Plans and specifications for the ground Improvements to be made forthwith In the Zoological Park, and paid for from the fund appropriated to-day, are now complete and will be laid before the Hoard of Parks at its next meeting. The society is now executing contracts for the buildings that have already been ap- -oved by the Department of Parks and plans for additional buildings will be submitted very shortly." ISSUE OF CITY BONDS. 12,688,092.36 to bo Expended in Pub- He Improvements Bids Will Bo Opened Monday, Aug. 8. Bids were Invited by the Controller yesterday for of city bonds for public Improvements.

The bonds will bear Interest at 3y per cenU. and will be exempt from all taxation In the State except for State purposes. The principal and Interest are payable in gold. The bids will be opened Monday, Aug. 8, at 2 o'clock.

The money realised by the sale of the bonds will be used as follows: For the new East River Bridge, Sor the new aqueduct, for acquiring lands required for a public park, bounded by One Hundred and Eleventh and One Hundred and Fourteenth Streets and First Avenue and the East River, 1 1.738, 312. 12; for school houses and arte, therefor, 1.830,-78a41; for the use and purposes of the Department of Docks and Ferries. for the extension of Riverside Drive to the Boulevard Lafayette, for the construction of an extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Building. eSiO.aiO: for constructing a bridge over tha Harlem River at Willis Avenue. for the sanitary protection of the sources of the water supply S350.OU0: for the erection and equipment of an addition to the present building of the American Museum of Natural History, for a second addition to this museum, X25o.uk; for new buildings.

for the Department of Correction, for laying water mains. ISmO.OOo; for constructing, furnishing, and equipping' a court bouse for the Appellate Division of the Supreme court in the First Department. for the construction of the Melrose Avenue Viaduct, from East One Hundred and Sixty-third Street to East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Street, SllO.imO; for the erection of an addition to the public building In Crotona Park, for paving Jerome Avenue, Stk.uno; for constructing bridges over the tracks of the New Tork Central and Hudson River Railroad at Gerard Avenue, at Walton Avenue, and at River Avenue, and over the tracks of the New York and Putnam Railroad at Fort Independence Street, for the construction of a public bath on Rlvlngton Street, between Ooerck and Manaln Streets. JftO.ooO; for the erection and equipment of a hospital build-tag In Oouverneur Slip. tSO.ono.

The principal on the bonds Is payable Nov. I. t2H. with the exception of those for laying water mains, for the protection of the sources of water supply, and for the new aqueduct, the principal of the bonds for the Vtfi two Punses being payable Nov. 1.

117. and the principal of the bonds for the ew aqueduct being payabls Oct. 1. 1017. THE POLICE SHAKE-UP.

Pve-aalf, tbat Muy Will Be rVelln Seems Other rkasi Mad. Bo a. The shake-up among the police Captains and the remanding of 150 detailed patrol-aeen to patrol duty, have caused much con-' lecture among the members of ttvn noiin. fores as to what th. next change will be.

The drift of the talk In police circles la that the action, of Tuesday la only a beginning. The policemen think that Chief Devery will go right down the line, making chances aad reductions. It Is thought that the rouooamen win corns in lor some changes. Prior to consolidation the roundsmen could be detailed patrol duty at any moment by the Chief or the board, The position of roundsman was not regarded as permajnanc The question as to whether It Is now permanent' Is being actively discussed. Ia Brooklyn, before consolidation, a roundsman's posh Ion was permanent.

It is argued that the same thing now obtains in New York. The Roundsmen's Association has retained ex-Police Commissioner Parker to ook oat for their Interests. Mr. Parker claims that the position of roundsman is SKw permanent. There Is also some talk, about change among the Deputy Chief.

Inspectors, and eoeamanders tn the other boroughs. Ramon are being bruited about that on or two of the older Deputy Chief, and the tew older Captains are about to be retired, and there is some discussion as to the shifting- about ef the Sergeants. It is said that changes ylll also be made to the detective force. aer Is to be Deputy Chief selected to tan place am vacant uy enlex Devery, POYAL is the only Baking will always keep fresh strength regardless of clima Every atom, to the last in even, perfect work. Made from cream of tartar.

Makes wholesome ROYAL BAKINO POWDER NEW r0K. The man spoken of for the piece Is Inspector McLaughlin, and It Is stated that Capt. Kane of the East Fifty-first Strew Station will he made Inspector. The two men prominent tn the Lexow Committee Investigations. Capts.

Creed en and Schmitrbenrer. are far away in the suburbs, the former going to Newtown, where there is a force of only fifteen men, and the latter to Wakefield, a sub-station with a small force. in regard to the report that Capt. Price had ejected reporters from the Tenderloin Stitlon. Chief Devtry said that he had read about the matter In the newsoaoers.

but knew nothlfi officially about it. The said that If it was true that reporters had been elected he would give instructions to have them admitted. Chief lvsry d-nl-d that Capt. Pri- had been selected because he was a Republican, and said that he was put there because he was eminently fit for the place. The Chief refused to talk on the wtrrrlni'ancs of the removal of Hchmltt-berger to Wakefield.

The report that the Olant Squad of Hrooklyn had been disbanded by Chief Dev-ery is not true. The squad will continue In exifctense. QUEENS B0BOTJGH TEACHERS. Appolstsnesjts for the Winter Term Made and SsJarlea Fixed. The Queens Borough School Board in Flushing on Tuesday named the several hundred teachers for the coming term in the schools of the borough.

Nearly all the old teachers have been re-engaged. The minimum salary was fixed at JtJOO. which in many Instances is a big Increase ever the salaries paid before consolidation. Edward C. Chiekerlng was appointed to be teacher of Latin tlreek In the High School at Jamaica, at a salary of and Adelaide W.

Hrown will hold a similar position In Flushing High Scnool at a sxlkry of W. J. UalJui J. former Principal of the Jamaica High School, was appointed Supervisor of phyjl.il culture at a salary of per year, and Evelyn Jay cox and Catherine H. Peck were named as his assistants at salaries of fl.0"0 each.

C. Au-vuxta Williams. -t K. Murlcll. Alice Epler, and Grace Whltaker were appointed teachers of drawing at solarles of 1.ou0 each, and Emma H.

Ward, Josephine Walsh, Ueorgle E. Swift. Emily Ball, and Anna M. Perrlne special teachers of music, at salaries of fl.Ouo each. WANTS $20,000 FOB, HIS LEASE.

HIS SHIELD BROKE THE BLADE. furrow Escape of a Brooklyn Police nil from a Kalfe Thrust. Policeman O'Brien of the Hamburg Avenue Station, Williamsburg, owes It to his shield that his life was saved early yesterday morning from the hand of Andreas Nuss, who has for several weeks shown symptoms of an unbalanced mind. Nuss Inherited some property last Spring snd began to dissipate. He got Into the habit of ill treating his family, and Mrs.

Jfusa at last resolved to leave him. While ahe was getting her things together on Tuesday night Nuas attacked her and turned her and their five children Into the street. It was raining hard at the time, and a neighbor gave the family shelter. Mrs. Nuas at a late hour found Policeman O'Brien, who went to the woman's house.

Nuss had armed himself with a sharp-pointed knife and hid in a closet. While O'Brien was making a search the man sneaked out of his hiding place and stole up behind the policeman. He swung the knife around to O'Brien's left side and made a lunge at the policeman's heart. The point of the knife struck the shield, and the end of the blade was broken. O'Brien used his club and succeeded In overpowering JJuss, whom he look to the police station.

When he was arraigned In court Magistrate ost rand held him in I3.UUU bail for a hearing. POLICE HAN BATHES IN TJNIF0HK. In Cassias; "mall Boys He Takes an lalatended Plssgi. About three doxen small boys violated the law by going In swimming without any clothes on yesterday morning In the East Ktver at Rutgers Street Policeman Edward 8heeban of the Madison Street Station went tn after them with all hi clothes on and thereby did not violate the law, but this sctlon was entirely unintentional on the part of the officer. The place the boys were bathing from Is a dump, and underneath Is a kind of caye whare they often hide.

Nine of the naked boys seised their clothing upon seeing the policeman after them, and got down Into the cave. Sheehan tried to let himself down from a strlngpiece. but he lost his hold and tell into the water. The boys under the dock forgot their trouble and shrieked with laughter. They did not dare go out.

however, and they were placed under arrest by two other policemen who came In answer to Sheehan's cries. In the Essex Market Court Magistrate Crane said that there were wore crimes than swimming In the river, and he discharged all the boya. Sheehan at first said that the boya bad pulled him Into the water but he did not mention this ia court. NEW EIBE ENGINES PURCHASED. Tbe City to Have Taroe of DIsTereat Makes at SSOO Each, xir uim i aioner ecanneil returned to Tire Headquarters yesterday morning af tar a fire nays vacation trip to Saratoga.

He returned In order to open bids for apparatus and supplies. While away he wan compelled to sign ail the pay rolls, which were sent to him at Saratoga, snd which he rsturned after affixing his signature. Bids were opened yesterday for a one-quarter La France ore engine, a one-quarter American fire engine, and a one-quarter Amoskeag fire engine. Ail the companies some time ago bid S3.730 each. Commissioner Srannell refused to accept the bids, saving he believed that an attempt was being made to mulct the city.

The bids in each case yesterday were 13,500. The bids were accepted, making a saving of S730. The contract for furnishing forage to the I department was awarded to Horace Inger sol who was the lowest bidder, at fLltfl. BROOKLYN BRIBERY SUITS Justice Indie ckey Refuses to Dismiss ment8 Against Hep burn and Winant. DEFEND Tenant Opposes the Erection of L.

P. Mortoa's Twenty-Story Bnlldiaa-. Ex-Gov. Morton is to erect a twenty-story building at 110 and 112 Nassau Street, where a Are burned down part of the old building several months ago. Operations have already begun In the burned-down portion, and arrangements have been made with all save one of the tenants of the building that Is standing to vacate on Aug.

1. Plans and specifications were filed In the Building Department, and then it was discovered that Raphael E. Boitel, a Cuban who keeps a small cigar store about four feet In width, had been entirely overlooked, and that no arrangements whatever had been made with him. His lease runs until Aug. 1.

lmw, and when he was Informed that he would have to vacate on Aug. 1 this year he positively declared that he would not. Boitel consulted a builder to ascertain whether Mr. Morton could run up the new building so as to shut out his little store from the street, and when he learned that one of the main piers and columns will have to be built on the site of his store he retained Lawyer John M. Gardner to defend him against what he said was an encroachment on hla riirht.

Boitel pays Jjmjo a year rent for his store. I anu wnen air. Morton's attorneys asked him on what basis he would compromise and cancel the lease he placed his figure at This demand was rejected by Mr. Morton's attorneys, and yesterday Boltel'8 counsel got an order from Justice Blschoff in Supreme Court, Special Term, against Mr. Morton to show cause at A.

M. on Monday why the building operations should not cease, on the ground that It was a violation of the tenant's rights secured by lease. There Art Says Btsk tWo attempt Justice Brooklyn, Ion denying Charles M. to dismiss them by thf leged member of Jury had Theodore la sloner Phil following the charge a member fendants a part of a raised. It venting the ips Tho conte the lndlctirl Grand Jurl acts or He him In Ma been made In his onl lar Questlonl tlce Van Willi, and tioe Van cn that mo the minor defendants, ion contlnu The rmwt defendant bowing thai relation to the crime ch the witness tton wtth th at all It was be indicted temiants theory that is th.

crime trict Attorrf mnke. Is nut bribe, a com offer tiok nl by Winant lit memtr if present crt of act!" Winant. Th the crime New York my opinion indict In compll.heil. Klnxs CYunt for a promts. actual bribery to me test I m) Winant for bribe.

and warrants Justice Df this point. There was which tween Hioitn isiaa. which live freaencs biihe was ma sent by Hep purpose was Ion to put rights can While the cone) u. led be served bf lime. Powder that and of full te or season.

he can, does pure grape food. NTS MUST BE TRIED 80ms Doubts as to th Cass, Opinion, but Justice Xs Barred by Denying" th Motion. Ifckey of the Supreme Court. ytesterday handed down an opin- tha motion of counsel for Winant and WlllUm Hepburn the Indictments found against March Grand Jury for an al to bribe Frederick O. Isles, a that body.

The March Orand before It the charges made against Willis and ex-rollce Commis-s, and the Grand Jury of the trtonth Indicted the defendants on faade by Isles that while he was of the March Orand Jury the de- trlM to bribe him by offering him fund of y.l which had been alleged, fc.r the purpose of pre- lnuletinvnt of wtius ana rnii- tlon of counsel, made soon afer cut, was, In effect, that the had no lurlsdlctlon over tne nburn. who. Lnles hud met BlmttMn. and rmt no caw had airalnst Wlnnnt. ion.

Justice Dickey said a slml- for dismissal came before Jus- ck In the case of the People tulips. He concurred with jus-ck In his citations and opinion on. The opinion then reviewed oints made by counsel for the which are dismissed. The opln- Seriou. question urjred I a.

to the epburn. There Is no testimony he was ever in Klnifs Cunt In of the act. alleged to constitute need, and neier saw talked with les or any other uerton In conneo- m. Hnd If he committed any crime Tork County, and he should If at all. The argument of de- nsel throughout on the crime charred In the Indictment bribing- a a-rand Jur jr.

The 1J1-y contends that the chance he one for but for an offer to lefH crime liv 1 wl mnA that tkl ce in Kings (Sunty and was made pern tn Kings lYwnty to Isles, a Orand Jury, and that Heoburn nstruitlvelv; that there m-a. a con-at the time Wtween Hepburn and proof before the Grand Jury show. Druiery actually accomplished in nty. It nilglit have been. and.

in would have been, much better to York County for the bribery ao Instend of for an offer to biilie tn The Indictment seems to be or offer to bribe. Instead of for an and so considering It there seems ny sufficient to hold the defendant -rial, for making such an offer to Ctu Cew key reviews the authorities ou says: lome evidence before the Orand Jury i in- conclusion ot concert be-and Winant in the offer to bribe supports the claim of the construc- or at the time the offer to le and the claim that Winant was rn to make the offer and that their common one: enough, in me nnln. epburn on trial. Bi. constitutional fully guarded on the trial.

is not free from doubt. have th. Interests of justice will best the denial of the motion at this ARRESTED AFTER TEN YEARS. Miller. It Is Charged.

Tko.gk Married. Had Proknl.ed to Wed Miss Brown. George Si Miller, an actor livins at 17 West One Hundred and Third Street, was arrested yekterday on a charge preferred by a Miss Kake May Brown. Ten years ago Miller becafrne engaged to Miss Brown, and on the strength of the engagement, it is uu. wrrmra in ner raoinnr several mAney.

Two days before the daw when next Ibe was heard of he was In Ban Francisco. I snjne time It developed that he was inan. ana accorningly jtitns Brown At the a married instituted er. however. he venture! iu ujia v.iij some ume ago.

and wjhen Miss Brown heard of It she renewed h4r rest. whlchJ of the City arinlicatlon for on was granted by Justice O'Dwyer '-i hii ii- result xnat Miller ftnitn.hnilMl .1 a 1 c. ow IU IiUUIOW THE DTJfaZEE COIN1 COLLECTION-. Large Grbnp of East Indian Issue, to be Exhibited. of rare coins left hv the will of Joseph H.

Durkee to an Museum of Art In this cltv by an expert numismatist as largest and most complete collec- Indlan coins in existence. Mr. with the slnklnir of th La Bourgogne. an of wealth and leisure, he had xperlenced and enthusiastic col-poent much Mm. i.

i ostan, and acquired a valuable "ufa of that coun- I'uisees inaian collection was votea to tne rupee and Its varl- collection (the pqrlshed The terms of the Metropblit Is descrlbeH one of the tlons of Durkee French stc Being become an lector. He clllv Wln.l knowledge try. Mr. specially ous parts DORseRiint and properf years ago Metropollt grouping has never The task wishes as uton his Mr. Arth right.

hi Stock It la aald Me T-, ul mat lie ncommon ability In the reading Dlaclna- of fhu i w.i... a lew he spent considerable time at the -ii -aeum ciassnying and a coin. m. n.i., iT lecn exhibited. or carrying out Mr.

Durkee's exDraad In hi. ma uevoivea ffrmer partner and sole executor. none, or white brokers. W. VA.

SHERMAN INJURED. Xattonal deaf Presldeni Bank of for several the thigh his home man went andng hi backward received Mr. She that hie Cashier manairlna may not aent man's Mr. fc) matter of he has hai rat ribs Sherman Pifrpoo Stole Jefw feenjaaii of 1.T76 13JCHJ0 for the Centre morning. Kaiser, Cohen a.

fee sod thai ploy era f. estlmavted tm IS though on piaoeo. named dred anl of his ruiti. in ber anlr for IioiHio An tiii ulliOC3. 1 1 1 kept out rf the way.

Finally fai.n. iu mis 1 1 some ume Bank of Cossssereo Preal- 'rsetare. His Thlarsi Bom. W. Sherman of th v.n..i dommerce may be absent from It weeks because of a fracture of bone received on TumiIi.

tt BeU Haven. Conn. Mr. Sher-O hla h.lklr, A ana as DSJ- iself for a dive, when he fell his Injury. News otna ye.teraay was that 1 was reatlnar mmfnpt.kiu family was not anxious ahmo'hin.

r111" thivaJl is at present If flA fTnl sassi tl. a. me oana. snd It imnnuj can on vice Preal- Yvunt VI iksisa ssi sA ai a v.s,ss ia- uiAe jsir. tiMX hfll.

It Sl I I11fnvlts.sa toa oW -aw iHUv 111 wUV accidenu. Within a few rears 11 lsa 1 iacturii lry frosa His EssoUryer. A. Kaiser, tamtr i Lexington Avenue, was held la "ts uy as agist rate KudUch In fltmt YV.I1ma the rbargs of irrand larcny. I-o 'r Cfik Stern.

a l-o-. a Mrosvdwav he systematically robbed his en. that his thefta S. and Sj.t.aj worth ot WsrWrT V. woh can be spsclflcalfy VsimsP SillsMshrl b.e, BefthTMeyTrsof Tm'lTirV.

rnteenth Street was the cause Borne ot tho lewelrv wr.a aoArtmsnts. We can't pick the winners at the beginning of a season; something is sure to be left at the post bat we can always give the laggards speed, by taking off any handicap of price. That's what we're doing with men's and young men's bicycle-golf suits; breeches also. To-day. Ilttl.

price, for oovsring little feet Ite. I Id 1. narrow widths, cents, were and mors At our Prince St. store only. Rogers, Sc Co.

W.rres and Broadway. Prince and Broadway. Thirty-second and Broadway. WILL OF JAMES A. ROOSEVELT.

Mrs. Roosevelt Receives Half of th Real Estate, Besides Other Property Trust Funds for Heirs. The will of James A. Roosevelt, who died suddenly on a train July 15 last, while en route for his country home, at Oyster Bay, was yesterday filed for probate In the Surrogate's office. A petition was filed wtth the will, but it states that the value of neither the personal nor real property of the testator Is known.

Neither can an estimate of the vslue of the estate be made from the form of the will. There Is no mention of charitable Institutions made In the will whatever. The entire fortune goes to the members of the family and direct heirs. As a matter of fact, none but the widow, children, and grandchildren figure In the disposal of the large estate. With the exception of bequests made to the testator's widow, no absolute bequest are made.

To Mrs. Elizabeth N. Roosevelt, the widow, the testator leaves all of the furniture, plate, bric-4 brae, horses, and furnishings belonging to him in the State. The will states that these belonged to her, anyhow, but in order to avoid any future complication he makes the provision. Mr.

Roosevelt's two houses, one at 4 West Fifty-seventh Street, and the other at Oyster Bay. known as Yellow Banks," are given to Mrs. Roosevelt during her life. At her death they are to go to the two children of the testator. Besides these, Mrs.

Roosevelt receives one-half of all the remainder of the estate absolutely. This bequest Is made In lieu of a dower. The money for the maintenance of the property going to Mrs. Roosevelt, such as taxes and repairs. Is to be taken out of the remaining half of the estate.

No payments are to be made out of the portion of the widow. At the death of Mrs. Roosevelt the will provides that the property left to her for life Is to be divided about equally between Leila Roosevelt Mertitt and W. Km-len Roosevelt, daughter and son of the testator, respectively. Permission is given to W.

Emlen Roosevelt, however, to purchase the place known as Yellow Banks at the death of his mother, for Similar permission la also given for the purchase of the testator's other place adjoining Yellow Banks." The remainder of the estate la created Into trust funds. In which the son and daughter are the principal beneficiaries. The will provides that the daughter may nominate a person or certain persons, who shall receive 50.0 out of the estate at her death. In cae she names more than one person, she shall have the power to say how the fund shall be divided. Contingent trust funds are created In behalf of the testator's grandchildren, Elfrlda Roosevelt, James A.

Roosevelt. and Katherlne Lowell Roosevelt. There Is a provision In the will Ly which James A. Roosevelt, Is to receive (lOA.OuU absolutely in case of the death of the wife of the testator or the boy's mother. HELD FOR A CHILD'S DEATH.

Dr. Brook Charges Mrs. Aug-ustln with Having Caused It Child Would Have Had a Title. Ir. Reginald Pitt Brook, a physician living at KH Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday preferred a charge of homicide against Mrs.

Annie Augustln of the same address, whom he accuses of having caused the death of Monte Brook, his seven-months-old son, by hitting him on the head with a can opener. Mrs. Augustln was arraigned in the Gates Avenue Court, and held without ball for a hearing on Aug. According to Dr. Brook there has been trouble between his family and that of the prisoner (or some time.

He says that she frequently threw missiles at him and his wife, and the trouble culminated on Monday night, when, he says, his wife was In the yard with the child. He aald that Mrs. Augustln suddenly opened the window of her apartments and deliberately threw the can opener at Mrs. Brook. She tried to dodge, but the missile hit the baby on the top of the head.

The wound was dressed by Dr. George H. Davis of 1.1KM Halsey Street, and was not thought to be serious. On Tuesday night the child developed symptoms of meningitis and died yesterday. Dr.

Davis refused to 'Issue a certificate and the Coroner was notified. Mrs. Augustln denied that she had thrown the can opener, or that she had In any way annoyed the doctor's family. Dr. Brook was much affected while telling his story in court, and at one stage broke down completely and wept like a child, Mrs.

Brook was not In court. According to Mrs. Brook, who adds the title of "Lady" to her name, the dead child would have been Count Beaufort had he lived. Her father, she said Is the present holder of thst title, he having Inherited It In direct line from an ancestor who fought for Poland against Russia, and so got the title. The present Count has no male Issue, and the title would have descended to the boy as being the eldest son of the eldest daughter.

Her father, she says. Is now traveling In Africa with her younger slater. According to the law of descent. Mrs. Brook said, the child wss the Viscount Beaufort.

A NEW CORDAGE COMPANY. Joksi Ooo4 Is Its PrMl.e.1 mm Has Palcated Xow Haaklsery. John Good has severed hit connection with the old corporation that has borne his name for so many years, and has formed a new company known as the John Good and Jennings Patent Machine Cordage Company. It is possessed of ample capital, and will begin at once the business of manufacturing cordage-making machinery and cordage on a large scale. New and Improved cordage-making machinery Invented within th.

past two years by Mr. Oood will be employed In the new factory. As receiver of the John Oood Cordage and Machine Company Mr. Oood was unwilling, he says, to turn this new machinery over to that company, and accordingly he Interested a number of capitalists and formed the new organisation. The principal men la the company besides Mr.

Oood are Abraham O. Jennings of the Jennings Lace Works and Albert O. Jennings. Mr. Oood is President and Abrshara Q.

Jennings Treasurer. lajsirwel Bfaai Lay ta Cellar All Blast. Alexander Robertson, forty years old, a plasterer, of Tompkins Avenue New Brighton, L. sprained both ankles and Injured himself tnternsJIy by a fall tnto the cellar of the new bulkUng- at On Hundred and Tblrteenth Street, near 81 Nicholas Aveaue. a ft o'clock Tuesday night.

He was weak that be could not move or make himself heard. He lay there until discovered py worxmeo at 8 oiook eater MtrdiT nf- Th doctors eajr be la not dangerously gwwb Sale of Carpets. Prior to Stock-taking. Best Quality Wilton Carpet, per yard, formerly SI aad I ua. Moquette Carpet, els.

per yard. Lord Taylor, Broadway 20th tit. HOME BUILDERS PROSPER United States League of Building and Loan Associations' Officers Give Good Reports. ATTENDANCE AT OMAHA LARGE Increas In th Ag-greg-at Amount In-Tested in Spit of Large Decreases In Three Cities Total Aa-tts $001,130,037. OMAHA.

July 27. When President Lake A. Sanborn to-day called the annual session of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations to order there were present delegates representing the country from Louisiana to Massachusetts. The Indications are that ths attendance will equal, if it does not exceed, any former gathering. Mayor Moore delivered the address of welcome to the delegates.

He referred to the Anglo-Saxon as a home builder, and congratulated the league on Its motto. The American Home, tne Safeguard of American Liberties." President 8aaborn responded briefly to the welcome, and then read his address, which was, Ui part, as follows: The Secretary's report at the Bankers' Natimal Association meeting, held at Detroit In lttf, stated tbat ths chartered banks of this country had a capital and surplus of 19UO.0UO.0uu The building and loan associations of out country July. 18U7, showed over eWO.00U.OUO of assets, which Includes stocks and surplus also. With the return of prosperity and the consequent employment of the labor of our country, greater progress will be attained and we shall be able to produce better results. This is shown by the payments due from members who have been In arrears, as In the past twelve months hundreds of borrowers have been able to settle up, showing conclusively that one of the first Institutions to feel the quickening pulse of returning prosperity and better times Is the building and loan associations.

Associations Moo. Tests Well. "These associations, while severely tested during the past four years, as a whole, showed a permanency which has been the admiration and wonder of the people, and the percentage of lots by them to the shareholders has been InAnltestmally small." While the Committee on Credentials was at work Secretary Cellartua made his annual financial and Matlatloal report. In the course of which be said: There ha been an Increase tn the amount to-etd In thea. associations la the United States over the ftsurea of last year, notwithstanding som.

heavy in assets which occurred in aTral ef the larger cities. Th. situation moat be regarded aa ancourasrlng. however, when the preratllns financial conditions are considered. The acirrerste assets of the local building and loan associations of the several States bow annmnt to t0ol.lS0.US7.

which t. aa Increase of ti.T41.843 over th. amount shown last year. Pennsylvania, oa official Brures. Increased daring th.

year, although aocordlng to vhe estimated figure, riven In my last annual report the Increase id. 704 Ohio Increased t2.8oO.000- Wasaaohua.ru. tl.6UO.0UU. aad Connecticut. eSSO.Ua).

Illtnol. and Missouri sane tat Ions showed the heaviert decreases, on account of peculiar eoa-dlrton. tn Chlcaso and 91 Lou la. Chicago associations In their last annual report lea. asset, than the rear before, and Pt.

Loul. associations during the earn, period decreased t3.2W.7oa. Ia Cincinnati a net loss of tX.S4n.0no in asset, were sustained Isst year, and yet Ohio I. able to tn the asgresate a net increase of nearly t3.000.000 over the figures of the previous year. Peoallar Conditions la Cities.

The decrease in assets In the three cities referred to was over tlS.000,000 last year. It Is but fair to say that these losses were due en- to keej cause, tn the cities hi question. Auditor MeCulloogb of Illinois attributes the heavy withdrawals and decll nee la new business partly to loss of conadeno. arnica followed the disclosures made tn connection with th. receivership of two lares associations In Chlcaso.

the discovery of several aad partly to the prevail ln business depression. Superriaur Oray of the Missouri Bureau accounts for the decrease la business of tbe St. Louis asaoctatlua to adverse environment, surround Ins the, associations peculiar tc "that city and a want of eonndeace among the people following the assignment of tbe Ave Western Union associations of the associations outaid. of St. Lou la the Supervisor says they have don.

exceedingly well la practically maintaining themselves numerically and preserving tbelr volume of business la Cincinnati there wa. also a lack of confidence, resulting from a number of failures and mismanagement by officers, although th. situation there has Improved and 1. now rss ssurtna. Tendency Taward Lower Interest.

The tendency of th. year has been to lower rates of intense. Money haa bean accumulating ia vast sums, not only In building ss.nril.tlun.. but la all other financial institutions, and tne demand for lues, has been remarkably llsfct. The Question of bow to advantaseuualy dispose of aad laves these accumulative fund, has seas a serious problem ana many aasociatiuaa, and one which some have not yet been able to solve to their entire satisfaction.

Rates of interest oa desirable loan, have of asotaslty been lowered for the laveetlBs uf Ove surplus funda aad a reduction ta the rate per eent. of olvidsada Is suiw to follow. The war ha. had but little effect apoa balldlag aseoolatlona Th. following are the fig-area for the several sisias.

Hwvuff iss numner or lose membership, aad assets Sor IsWT-S: Itu. or Member- State. Aaa'na, Pennsylvania Ohio 7l Illlaol. SMS New Jersey Indiana 4wl New Tors 11T Massachusetts 121 Missouri INS California ISS Iowa ST Mlsalcaa 70 Minnesota AO Tennessee S4 Nebraska Connecticut 15 Other Total .4 22a hip. fc7.77 a) 1ST MO 102.SOJ ai.4i 4.W 1S.1M 2S.O.) II.

Ml 11.20 23 1.SS0.SM 2s 1. 24 ftaasls tm.7l4.BTl eS.T7U.lttl T.M.rv. 4l.uMl.laM T.U4.41 rr.s3.e3 22.4K7.70S 17 ft. 1 tMT 4.2e ass S.TTLS34 f.U4.T WO X.lle I04.e30.atr ,...4.872 L.4M3.1T teot.lSO.0aT rtaoel for mm Oath. Because be said, "damn tn the Harlem Polio Court yesterday morning.

Oeorge Llntnor, a waiter, of 241 East Twenty-axis. Street, was obliged to pay tA. Liataor was arrested on Tuesday night at Ninety-fifth Street and Firth Avenue for riding a bicycle without a light, Magistrate Moll fined him 15. snd Llntnor said, ta a loud voice. That Is whst I call a damn ahama." Tr cost yoo Just 3 Jor using that word la this the Ha en 6th Arc.

20th to 21st Street .9,600 Ladies' Shirt Waists. Special Sale Commencing this morning we shall offer 800 dozen ladies shirt waists of percale, gingham, lawn and fancy novelties In sizes of 2 to 42 at 25c, 50c, 69c, 75c, 85c, 1.00 and 1.25; Worth yoc. to $)j2y. H. O'NEILL CO.

i FICTITIOUS STOCK DEALING. A 2cislon la th fait Orow-lnf Out of th JLsslgn'msnt ef 0utlv bert Co. A decision which Is Interesting to stock broker, and to persons dealing with them on margins, was given by Justice Lea-ghila yesterday In a case tried before Mm last April la Supreme Court. Special Term. William R.

Adams, la June. bought, through B. Cuthbert A Co stock brek. en, who did business at an Broad 8 treat, this city, and who had branch fflces and agencies at various other places, fifty shares of Kock Island Railroad stock 'and twenty-five shares of Canada Southern stock. On Aug.

15, Adams employed the firm to sen these shares, which It did. By his con-stnt and direction It retained 18(100 of the proceeds aa margin on his speculative account and credited It on Its books. Then Adams directed the firm to buy, with this same margin. 400 bars of Oreat West, era stock and 100 share of Northern Pacific first preferred stock. On Aug.

SI last, EL B. Cttthhsrt Co. made a general assignment to Edward H. DalL Th day foJkjwtag Adams received a telegram from Ball announcing the sale by him of the stock, which he had previously been Informed had been purchased for him by the brokers. Adam protested that It was without authority, and finally demanded the proceeds, hut payment was declined.

Adsrns then brought suit against IMIL Individually and a assignee, to obtain th fund. olsmlsslns; th tom-Z Court, would tiuaing rrom tne evidence presented on the trial, tbat the stock "TCNasiij or any margin paid or put thereon by the assignors. Ths transactions were fictitious, and only existed on the books In tbe office of the assignors. The plaintiff was deceived aad defrauded. No such stock came Into the possession of tbe ssalgnors or of the asaisnee.

or was sold by him. and there Is no fund now In his hands that ha been traced by the testimony as the pUintifTs property cr ths proceeds thereof. Yb. saangrTee was Tthe legal adviser of tbe ssMgnorsTand s.rtVl-psted in and was awsre-ofsJdulent lh business they wU. tran tSl t-.

V1. alo misrepresented to.lh" Plaintiff and to oinersT evidently for the purpose of concealing the true nature of the transactions of his Posllla. The assignee's admissions and representations to the SJl-nL. to lhe.I7 b'r tbla action would. If true, both warrant and require a Judgment for the plaintiff, but the testimony of the assignee Lai thai of other witnesses, and the books of the ssslgnors, disprove ths truth of such and rapreaon tat tons.

Cpon this statement of the case, and 1 L.1. flDdl and conclusions Uw' entry of judgment dls-mlsetng the complaint, but without costs, JLb Vnographer directed to furnish the District Attorney of New York County ths tnvny siren upon the trial, to the end that the matter may bt jo the Orand Jury, if It has not been already Investigated by that body" LEGAL 2T0TZS. OoRPoaaTiOM- FitAxcifiss Tax. The New England Loan aad Trust Com nan an rn. corporation, having a capital of fseo.uuo.

sougnt aoout a year ago by writ of certiorari to review the proceedings of the Stats Controller In Imposing- upon It a franchise tax. under tbe Law. of VSM. It appeared that the business of ths com nan nnn.wi In lending money on bonds and mortgages Upon Lrooertv In W.in. aasaav oir.s- sjtSiA I aXem It S5f? nbsl.

and also for am nu nma ucti lirMtnsaiari nTenV-r YTk rSparT-ment The company has a certain stock of fftaitlt State. whichkare in me -course or its -Xpo-itVJ scnT WestTo belent u.ij, i i.ne i nira Appellate fZl? termination of the Btate Controller assessing a tag upon the fPni; The court holds, or. the Opinion below, given by justice slerwin. that the company may be said to hsvstsanltsJ Stock mhu.ii ica rmpiiaj the a mo 1 i .7 i sCounl and als. ilea.

na rrnl: asr virriiiu IDCVITIV I sVlltl the securities thtough which It Usnsacts its York -ithtni im tax law. and is ii in license tax imposed tlereby. Taxns Was No Pvsucatiom or thb Li-Theresa Owen recovered Judgment against the J. a Ogtlvle PubUshlng Company on the trial of her suit for alleged libel by a letter which was published, as she claimed, by being shown by the general manager of the defendant to Its stenosrs. ff typewriter.

The Utter "Pton that a small of m-sslng from the cash nWsa-V. S.b?L WB her employment by the company, was dictated by Its msnag.r to its stenographer, and taken offend addressed to Miss Owen by her. The Second Appellate Division has reversed the Judgment, holding, by Justice this was not a publication. The ordinary rule that when a letter was written and de-llvered to a third person, with the Intent and expectation that It shall be read by that person, aad It is actually read, the publication is complete, was held to have no b5rt "rfc 1Ung and copying were held to be but parts of but one act of ths corporation, and, as Us two servants were required to participate la It, there was no publication of the letter la tbe sense la which that term Is understood by delivery to and reading by a third person of libelous matter. BOBBX2S XX UTDIAJI TEILBJTOXT.

Cltlsaas af Chec-otah Weasd Oatlaws la a Plteheel Baa tie. afUSKEOIuS. Indian T.rrttory, July Tl. Five men who attempted to rob the bank at Checotah. Indian Territory, warn mat just Mtstde the city Rntlts by about fjftsea dtiseoe of Chacotaa.

well armed. A pitched battle took nlace. la which two of the robbers were wounded. Three were captured and ertll be brought ta Mtsfkeaee to await trial. The other two.

klllsr an i Crosby, tbe leaders of the gang. suoor4d In making their escape, but a Poses af en-tv Msrsbals la pursait. One of the gang haa previously nortflsvt the United Statas ofnclai; Ztxl nS52 tlon of th robbers to break Into the baa" aad the pQots were for that His Wife Tare Tlseea. SABAMAC LAICJE. X.

July L-Oard-aer McLane. who own a Summer resort near SC Basis mils, ba a druakaa freaar to-day Bred three shots at his wife with a Celt revolver, ea shot tastns the abdoroea. JcLaa had been drinking bard for tbe past four weak, aad -i. act. rts was arras ed and locked tail.

J5 Jt that ana wUl anhattan Beach. Swept by Ocoan Breezes, Victor Herterfi Igw Es4 i'iVs Pill's MuBa 4 Flrtwofaj Wolf Hopper ta Betrar see. MLaa Stadest r.H- Taat. Bat. 4 T.

H. 4nClFintst BIO MAT. SAT. COOL wHJ 1 1 1 Ul DOCDLE DAKOYI- MTmJ I SW. Swsaaser aarary falgatl sad the tarsal CaJ ta.

Stasat Jilabrad Cass Waal JQRAWD POPULAR WCECTSO rersasaeBt Oreaestrs, Ootd mr ralay algsU pare la Osaesft HsJL KEITH MUmNa Pcrtonuac Vfc. Sos. Mom t. II af e. eeaaae e-raassa bWsssque.

Srh wwes. CkKst Twsa. ataaf trae-desv- i llig Vesvdsrulejssaa. WORLD in WAX Orchestral Coaosrta. CIXZa6ATOORASsl THS TCeUr.

BRIGHTON RACES Oally at 2:30 P. UL Bals er Satsa. CSaurt by Laaaar. Tssa say Caaisy Istaa twata. i n.a..,psj suicids raox 1.

th. rtT. Rlvew Ba that af Pwea BwmU. Bbortly after the Pennsylvania Raflroa4 ferryboat Cfclcago left Jsraey City at U3 ootock A. It.

jsssterday oa her way ta New Tork. a man who stood on tha after deck neddenly threw off las bat. Snouted rood, bya, Jumped oa tarn guard rail, and l.apil -mtn tbe river. A decs: hand gave an alarm i and th boat waa at one stooped, but the man was not sewn aaln, Tne bag left br tho man was taken to th Oivaory Street Ktice Matloo, where- It was subuenUr rccogrased byredrrlck Ro I of a7d EVst mreet as that of ate cuuaia I Peter track of 11 Erie tttreet. Roes said 8tr wasf orty-aevea year.

old. a bach- Vd bad been employed for tweatr i by rsJLker A V-arek-ra. Vtssden tnla Hi a.Mna, v. .1." nan eu i- reroa rrom Indigestion and gastrie trouMes' caiied onlra. Sacfea.

another cousin. Tuesday nlgbf, and when be left Just before micnbrht remarked tbat ba could find no food that would agre wtth him. but thought be would aaake good food tor tbe flahas. Those who beard the re-- nark supposed It was meant for a oka. The body of a naddle-swred man, whiefa I of Strack.

was found Is the North Rlvwr at taa foot of LsToerty Street ysstsrday by Joseph Dabr. aa employe of the New Jersey Central Railroad. There was a harMlkerctaef tlgbUy drawn about the and It was at first thought that a murder had been eomrnltted. but th poHoal i Anally Inollnsd to the theory that the baad-j kerchief had bacoms Ugbt throosrh the bod-! 4 welling in tbe water. Tbe body was san! I tn th Morgue to await Idea tl Acs ton.

i sasssaaasBassasaaa.ssssssps.ssssss.s...,.,, bsmMBB 'I hb. Kzvnrs jrrjsic hzurd. i ttaekbrldtre Saetety Atteads a si Open. 1 Air Rrltsl at Basal. STOCKBRIDGE.

Jatass July 27. Stock. bridge society turned out this afternoon for the second of a series of outdoor Janoe re- "i citals given by Ulss Isadora Duncan and sliss Ellxabeth XUoren Duncan. The recital took place on the lawn at Bonnie Ftraa. the country place of Mrs.

laalsi. Ths stsrnoosj Li was given up to Illustration, of the works of Elhelbert Nevis and rncladd selections -1 from mmnv Af tile i tlons. which were cleverly Interpreted. They i were Illustrated with dancea by Alia lsa-' dora Duncan, while ths reritsttves were riven be tji I v. "vi Msvimszu.

Mrs, "ora Gray Duncan wss the noeomraanUt, L' I. rrom Narcissus. i'S'1 and A t-be-a. "T11 tal wiU have fir i ItS BUbiect ths Ruh. -v Among those prevent at VI ra.

lmigi a 7 r. sa ra. oca- 3 MtM W- Lapsler. Kate LanaUs .1 ex. jimie, aialcoina McBurney.

and J4r. and MraSedgsrick WOKCXSTXB JCAH AJPHTXTATKIX Alaert Cart Is Killed by Gaa (rasa aa! Aatoasatle) Jet. WORCESTER. Uasa Jui. rfatw a aw xxKin an sreasurer of la Curtis Manufactnrtne a dead in bad at his home, this elty.

this 1 inrougs some accident aa auto- In Mr Cnrtls-s room was left' 'Wr" eajoyed tbe best of beaOth, men In VVorcewter. which had always ba Ti aSr.awash U. ssa. sa a 1 wa ana? en-Si en sssw eAss. T9 nrv City Government, aad before that bad baan a Belectmaa of the town.

At the time af aSlsa itatk ba a-a. a aa 1 wa-a-A. as- wslsj xtrnMirmmn oi Vtt4U iBUnLrlfaal eVsmimlaaLr-aa aaJ SWa t. asssal art 1 TTmWlMtm OS, csvarttabU InsUtutiona Ha had sivra larsw-' boapltsis. aad to chare i He had lap-rests la extensive manufart ortea.

Jar. Curtis laavas no widow or ch- 1 I POWHZI, PACTOBT ZX7XOSI0S. Csi. July 2T. At this awnlns; aa explesaoa took ptaea ta the nltro-giyoerina bouse of tha Hses-nt-a cer Cocnpaay.

No one waa la tha buUdta at tne tisse. L-Ur a crew was asot to ciear away tbe debris and exLinraAA tbe luLw4. r-00-4 tarndc explosion took -ii'i tk4 hrea ef the Injured will oia. Moras, Masnowa rnlscraaat caose-S the nrst expsuatoa. This fact has tssra 4ea- auieiy sen.

i i ia had ay the nadias; ef a Mere zuas are feet long under ths seizins- lnHl Weaaf Cue. DratTa. ELIZABETH, K. Julv ITWIlUa vni er. US Stg rear oU bos- arha raw a rrf.iul peaoil Sa SjAa a.

e. It was la hU tnouts, snene days ace, Osed bast a uw Jiaexiaa urotnrrs HusiStas. Tbe 70051 made by the pencil did not fseai. and. us ss, nwiia.

in arte uo Drewsed OSWSXKK X. Jury n-Pantta. -PTbert. 2 taa twelwe yaai old danghtar af City 0.rwsco Beach to-day while banning with iat ooaj waa raeaa.