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NO. 1509. NEW YORK, SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 1900. 12 Pages and Supplement WTC Greater Hew YrklFl O.E-JN i- aa Jersey City. (TWO CkUITf, mm corrmiaT.

noo. bt th itkw tobx nxxs compact. OSYERGE OF COAL STRIKE piers' Executive Must Decide To-Av if Men Are to Go Out. ,7 i' Considered but a Question of Few Hours Expect to Win In Thirty Days, j' nfWAICAPOUSi Sept. 7.

Under the Msstitotlon of the United Mine "Workers America the Executive Board mart de- Cd be (of Clock, to-morrow mgm apvu th application of the districts embraced in fba anthracite region for permission to atria. umtinni to-night are that before the One Umlt has expired messages will have, baea sent' to the President the three jjjtricU in question announcing that the nsUsion has been granted. Following Dkm messages will be others ordering the acs oat of the mines. I r1 MMhi. th.

t41r tBW sot submitted to a vote at the meeting of ttt Executive Board, which was in session kers all day to-day. Expression vers beard from the members of the board as to the advisability, of ordering a strike. ind after a day spent in discussing the sit uation and hearing the views of the board embers President Mitchell said to-night: -1 said some time ago that In my opra- joa there would be a big strike. After talk-tog with my colleagues all dsy I havs no reason to chance my opinion." This assertion Is considered very signifi cant st una time, ana is taken as an as surance that unless conditions very autertally before to-morrow night the big anthracite strike wllT be a question of but a few hours. a report was circulated here to-day that a committee jot Eastern business men.

vbos interests are vitally concerned in the outcome of the strained situation, had vetted upon the operators of the anthracite rectos In an effort to bring about a wage conference, and thus avoid a strike. President Mitchell. Vice President Lewis, and other officers of the mine workers, to-lht denied any knowledge of such a awetlng, and put little credence in the report In so far as actual results are concerned the situation is practically the same as yesterday. The deliberations to-day were for the pur-oas of putting the members of the board is possession of such facts as must neces-aarilr enter Into their consideration before a strike can be ordered. The facta embraced three questions: Will all the men strike? Mow can the half million people be maintained during the striker Can the bituminous districts prevent coal from being diverted to aid the anthracite operators? All have been satisfactorily answered.

If all the 143.0HO men go out it is argued If mine workers' officials that the strike can oe won mirty daya. There is. It Is said, plenty of aid in sight to maintain the strikers and their families. The organisers and officials of the bituminous districts have been called here and all report favorably on the ability to prevent diversion ef coaL- It requires a majority vote of the board to grant permission to strike. No vote has keen taken.

In the event that the majority of the members of the board vote in favor of a "trlke, telegrams announcing the eeeUlon will be sentvto T. D. Nichols ff N'antlcoke. John Fahy. Shamokin.

and Thomas Iuf ry of Kullayres. Presidents of dlntrlets No, i. ft. and 7. respectively, to the effect that the aien la their districts have been given permission to strike.

The men will then be ordered out by President Mitchell, who wtll Immediately depart for the region to take eraonal sunervtsloa of the strike. Several mem hern of the Executive Board will in all probability accompany Mr. Mitchell to lend their assistance. XIXERS WAST ARBITRATION. Keady ta Sabsalt Their Grlevaaeea te aa Impartial TribaaaL.

HAZLETON. Sept statement prepared with the hope of effecting an'ar-sttradon conference and averting a strike nt the anthracite region was issued by T. B. Kiebolla, Thomas Duffy, and John Fahy. district officers of the United Mine Workers of America.

The statement Is as follows: W. tYim illati4. TTla aline Workers of America, of the anthracite coal flelde of Pennsylvania, having- exhausted every effort to Induce the nnrnat- era to meet ua In friendly conference for the regulation of a fair day's wage for a Talr day's work, and all other points mi issue, do hereby agree lo submit our case i'very Respect to honest arbitration as enjoined by the constitution of our organisation, aa follows: To use all honorable means to maintain P0 between ourselves and employers, adjusting ail differences, so far as possible, by arbitration and conciliation, that strikes aay become ALABAMA' WAGES REDUCED. Coal Miner Accept a Cut of and a Half Cent Per Ton. Shtiml HTUNtw Ytrk TimtX BIRMINGIIAM, Als Sept TJ-The Ala-bama miners have accepted a reduction of cents per ton for digging coal, making Vr present wages 52H cents per ton.

Their wages are based on the prices of Pig Iron. Their committees have examined tha books of the leading iron producers and Jonnd that the average price netted at the furnace Is under 111 per ton. The reduction ensued. The reduction Is the first de- from the maximum wages, which P'11 for more than fifteen months. tu miners accepted the reduction without auesuua.

Germany to Facilitate Coal Import. BERLIN. Sept T. The semi-official Reichsanaelger announces that the Ministry of State decided yeaterday, in view Of Jbe deficiencies of coal supply, to facilitate importation by Introducing- everywhere a raw material tariff to continue at least Jeara. Rlst In Ocean Freight Rates for Coal.

LOXDON. Sept. 7. Shipping flrma en-saged In the Canadian trad have' agreed Jo aa advance of 10 per cent In freight raua. because of the advance In coat and Steamship atores.

TO-DAY: I TWELVE PAGES r. REVIEW OF BOOKS AND ARt. WITH INDEX TO Wka Irregular. Financial Affairs. Pages and 6 4t Not 5 TOi No, 2 mixed.

7c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 25c; cotton, mid- nilng. lowc; iron.

Northern No, 1 foun- 2 "7. butter. Western creamery, SlV'-Mc. Commercial World. Page a amusementaPage 7.

Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buy- ra.ia. Buslnesa Troublea. Page 10. t-ourt Calendara-Page 10. durance Note.

Pas IMsea by Fires.Pace S. Marine Intelligence and Foreign Malls. a. Corporations Psge Kailroa.da.-Pag 12. Heal Estate, Page 10.

1 Wted Sen-ice. Par 10. feather Report Pag S. eatrday BIG liners close, together. wiuucniina was Anna or tn Kaiser Wilhelm When They Wr Passed on Wednesday.

The steamship Critic, Capt. Griffin, arrived at this port last night from Dundee. The Captain reported that on Sept- i he Passed the steamships DeutschLand, bound from New fork to Hamburg, and the Kal-ser Wtlhelm der Gross, also from New York to Bremen. The Deutschland was at time two miles ahead. lert this port on Tuesday only one hour part, the latter 'starting first, and after the performance of both ships In record making on westward trips, it waa said that conclusions would be tried on the eastward passage.

Managers of both liners, however. de nteu that there would be any race. ILLINOIS BANK CLOSES. Ex liner low tat Chars the State Bank ef Ceaaeat. i Social to Ntw Yeri Timis.

CmCAOO, Sept. 7. Bank Examiner C. C. Jones Is In charge of the Bute Bank of Lemont, which has closed Its doors.

The Directors yesterday arranged to wind up the bank's affairs and the Examiner is now having a statement of its condition prepared. The bank has placed its assets In the hands of the American Trust and Bavlnga Bank of this city as assignee, J. J. Abbott of the American Trust and Savings Bank said yesterday: I consider the bank in good condition and do not think there will be any loss to creditors. If the assets are as good as we think we shall at once advance cash to- pay off all debts." HISS U'ZINLET'S WEDDI2JG.

Preslslesifs Gift tm His Hleest a Bausip taoas Saabarst of Diaaaaads. Sfeciai It Tkt Nra York Times. WASHINGTON, Sept. T. Arrangements were concluded to-day at the White House tor President and Mrs.

McKlnley's trip to Somerset. to attend the wedding of Miss Mabel McKinley, the President's favorite niece, to Or. Hermanua Baer. -The gift of the President to his niece Is a sumptuous sunburst of diamonds. Several stickpins ornamented with turquoise have also been sent to the bride to satisfy Mrs.

McKlnley's superstition that all brides to be happy must wear something blue during the ceremony. Besides the gifts of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, Miss McKinley will receive numerous presents from the various officials in Washington. W0MA19" WANTED TO STUMP.

Plaaaed to Dress as Goddess ef Liberty antl Speak for Both Parties. Special to Th Nrm York Timt. READING. Sept A short time sgo Mrs. John F.

Richards, wife of a well-known Reading man, declared her intention of dressing as the Goddess of Liberty and stumping Pennsylvania. Mrs. Richards said she would make political speeches, but did not intend to apeak exclusively for any one party. She wished to urge on all men the duty of voting and voting as their consciences dictated. 81ie intended to.

appeal to men to keep the ballot pure and free from money Influence. She had' outlined i her 'plans tp Chairmen Hanna and Jones, and had solicited aid from the Patriotic Order. Sons of America, but received no encouragement. To-day Mrs. Rtcharda's husband presented a petition to court asking for the appointment of a commission In lunacy on his wife.

It is believed that failure to arrange matters for her lnunded political tour unbalanced her mind. FAMILY 8TRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Were Listening to Reading of a Will-One Man Badly Injured. Special ta Tkt Stw York Times. NORWALK, Sept 7.

While a hard thunder shower was in progress last evening John Fits Gibbons was seated near an open window listening te the reading of the will of his father, who had been buried In the morning. Six other relatives were pres ent. Suddenly there was a crasn, and It seemed to the gathering that the house had collapsed. All were rendered unconscious and must have remained so for at least half an hour. William Fits Gibbons, a brother of John, was the first to recover his senses, and set about reviving the others.

It was Impossible to restore John Fits Gibbons to consclouness, and a physician was railed. It was found inat tne injured man had a terrible btyn on the shoulder, which extended down across the body, leaving a red sear all the way to the ankle. Fits Gibbons was unconscious all night and to-day is in a dased condition. He will be laid up from the burns for several weeks. NEGROES AGAINST.

MISS JEWETT. Boston Agitator Cannot Speak in Rich mond Colored Church. Special 10 Tkt New York Time. RICHMOND. Sept.

7. The statement that Miss Ellen Jewett of Boston, the antl-lynching agitator, may make one of her famous speeches here has created some stir among the colored people. It has been said that Miss Jewett may be in Richmond next week, when the big colored Baptist convention opens, when there will be thou sands of negro visitors in the city. The Rev. W.

F. pastor of the Fifth Street Colored Baptist Church of this cltv speaking on this subject to-day said: "That convention Is going to be held in my church, and It Is safe for you to say that Miss Jewett will not deliver one of ber addresses there." Continuing. Pastor Graham said: "The colored people of Richmond don't want any of that sort of thing, and they do not want Miss Jewett here more than do the 1 don oeiieve xnai mtr wouiu to hurJiw talk, and If any of them did. I think they would not find her kind of speeches much to their liking. Among the colored people there Is not the slightest in- nmunkMi when alias Jewell name i.

or it is stated that she Is com- inar Here to prencn 7 au I Rukl.a fact the. majority of them have forgotten that she ever made a speech." STAMPS BET: ON THE ELECTION. Two New York Philatelist Bet Their Collection on Result. -'At the second session of the convention of the Empire State Phllatelio Society, held in the Grand Union Hotel last evening. George E.

Ring, one of the delegates from Brooklyn, an admirer of President McKin I tamos, valued at $3,000. against Secretary I EgV-KSe ley meuO a uet Ul ms vuiiwuvii wi wmrm crat. 'Vv Extension of Chicago' Elevated Road. Special Tkt no York Timet. Sept 7.

Condemnation pro ceedings have been. begun In the Circuit Court by the Metropolitan West Sid Elevated Railway Company against the own ers of property along tne extension or its rleht of way from th present terminus cf th Douglas Park branch of -the road, at Twenty-eighth Street and est era Avenue. The property will bring the terminus of the right of way to Albany Avenue. Vaster Tfeaa Ever ta Calif The Overland unute leavsa vnicago dallv. Cbieaao.

I'alon Pacific and North-weatera line arrives 8aa Francisco P. V. third -day. Drawing room sleeping ears arttfeaut BtMls a aa cart. Tickets and tnfonnattaa at Chl-r and NortSwastara Offloa, edl Broadway GEH.

SERBELL HARRIED United, While Critically i to Miss Marion C. Roorbabh. Ceremony Performed In His lApartmsnt at ths Clartndon HotslBrida Lives on Statsn Island. Lying upon a sick bed. fro Si which he may never arise.

Gen. Edwafd Wellman SerrelL soldier. engineer, and financier. married Thursday evening, in his room at the Clarendon, Hotel. Miss Marlon Roor-bach of Staten Island, an old friend of his family.

They had been engaged to be mar ried for about a year, but the ceremony was not to take place until sonU time next month, the precise date not having been announced to their most IntlmaUe friends. Eight days ago Gen. Serrell was attacked by gastritis and took to his bed. thinking that a few days' rest would Restore him. He was attended by Dr.

Charles Sherman of 331 Sixth Street, but in spile of all his physician's cars and his own! precautions he continued to grow worse. IHla grand' sons; Saxon Serrell and Edward Paul Ser rell. were with him almost constantly, and Miss Roorbach spent several hours every day In watching over him. He seemed to be recovering, but on Thursday he again took a turn for the worse. Miss Roorbach had arranded to have him removed to her home on tne hills back of West New Brighton, whefe he might receive care and comforts thai are Impos sible in a hotel, but Dr.

Shenaan saw him and said that the patient's condition was such that the plan must be abandoned vr the time. He then told Gen. I Serrell that be coald not promise his recovery. xi was men mat uen. tserneu proposea that the marriage be celebrated at once.

Miss Roorbach consented, and such of their near relatives as could be reached were sent for. and the Rev. Samuel Tyler, as sistant rector of St. George-i Protestant Episcopal Church, in Stuwesant Souare. was called in to nerform the ceremony at o'clock.

I Then Gen Serrell lav in his bed. too weak even to sit up. He had seen In great pain during the day, and his Voice was so faint that thoae in the room had to bend over his bed in order to hear Ms responses. There were present at mis sad marriage the grandson, Saxon Serrell, Mrs. Margaret n.

adott ol Brooklyn, a sister lor Gen. ser rell. and her -daughter. Mrs. Kelson Staf ford; Mr.

and Mrs. Dunlap. th latter being a niece of the bridegroom; Biisa ottiiiie Hallensleben. a close friend of the family, and Mr. Crelghton of West New Brighton, brother-in-law of the bride.

I Just as the closing words were uttered Dr. Sherman came into the room. Should Gen. Serrell recovert sufficiently to be moved, the plan of taking him to Staten Island, where Mrs. Serrell for many years had made her home with her sister.

will be carried out. late last night bis condition waa said to be very! critical. Gen. Serrell la a civil engineer, and Is besides welt known as a writer upon sci entific and technical subjects. He was born In this city in November.

1828. and studied surveying and civil engineering under the direction of an elder Tbrother. In 1845 he became assistant enginber In charge or tne central ttauroao ol rsew jersey, and subseouently served in a similar Capacity on the construction of other roads. In lS4S'he accompanied the ex ledltion that located the -ronte of -the railroad between Asplnwall and Panama, and upon hi a return a year later was engage! in building the suspension bridge across I the Niagara at Levis ton, and also that 8t Jolyw it. a.

uen. serreii was in cnarge or tne Hoosac Tunnel in 1858, and was concerned In the work on the Bristol I Bridge over Avon River, in England. I He was one or me principal promoters or the Credit Mobilier by whldh the Union Pacific Railroad waa built Al the breaking out of the war he entered thf Union service and became Lieutenant Oolonel of the First New York Volunteers, hhen its Col onel, and in lfS waa servinglas Chief (En- aineer of the Tenth Army Corps. He re Chief Engineer and Chief of Staff under Gen. B.

F. Butler In 1864. andl designed and personally superintended the) construction of the SwamD Angel Battery that bom barded Charleston. He suggested many improvements in guns that pitoved of great practical value. On March 113, 1865.

the brevet of Brigadier General (of volunteers waa conferred upon him. Hje waa in 128 different actions. I After 1865 Gen. Serrell settled In New York and engaged principally! In the building of railroads. He became In 1887 Presi dent and consulting engineer lof the Wash ington County Railroad.

Iiately he has been consulting engineer fori the company which proposes to Duiid a pridge across the Hudson River at this city, of which Gen. James C. Clarkson Is tne President Gen. Serrell's wife died about four years ago, leaving him with two lildren. a son who bears tils name, and ho is now in Europe, and a daughter, who is the wife of Capt.

Robert Walnwright of the Flrat United States Cavalry, now stationed at Fort Sheridan. Mrs. Serrell is the daughter of the late Orville A. Roorbach. once a heading book seller of this city and the compiler of the Blbiiograpna Americana, iwhich la still an authority for litterateurs.

I She is slight- ly past middle age. She was a close friend of Gen. Serrell's dead wife. SOUTHERN IRON FURNACES IDLE Market Restricted Reg lea Seat at the Ohio by High Fi eights. Special to Tkt Niw York Time.

BIRMINGHAM. Sept 7. High officials of two leading corpo atlons to-day stated that the Southern furnaces had been driven south of the Ohio River for a market and are at present restricted to the small Southern domestic trade and the export business. They stati further that the cost of production of pic iron has in creased in the South in th last eighteen months $3 per ton. In addit on to this the railroads last year raised tl le rate to the Ohio River (1 per ton.

and the railroads north of the Ohio made a st nilar advance. A request to remove the ad ance haa been refused, I Altogether the Southern nirnace has to pay a ton more to maxeiiron and land it at competitive polnta In (Michigan. Illi- note, Wisconsin. Indiana, arid other States I than it did eighteen months ago. This has destroyed the differential I heretofore in favor of th South, since price of pig Iron has declined and Northern and Western furnaces have now the ntonopoly-of th trade In their natural -territory.

The export trade is limited by the) ship room offered, which is comparatively little because of the charter of ocean veahela for carrying men and supplies to the! war centres. The Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company already has five I furnaces idle, the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel add Iron Company three the Alabama Consolidated two, and others in proportion. fTne trade has not been so dull in years, land shipments are lighter than they wer even during panic periods. The soil pine plant of the Central Foundry Company St Bessemer la Idle on account of a strike of th employe.

The company postea a nonce ol a reduc- wages of 0 per cend. to which th employes responded by a damand for a 20 ner cent, advance. The advance beinw m. fusd and the reduction ISsisted on, the men quit wora. iiw manager scale tnat the reduction was forced by the dullnaaa of business and say th strike will not last long.

Iron and Steel Workers! Conference. DETROIT. Sept 7. The Joint conference between the Iron and steel workers and th manufacturers Is still In progress. G.

W. French of the Republic! Iron and Steel Company said that the manufacturers had made them an offer of ton. and that It waa for them to say whether they would accept that price or not 1 1f they do not accept." he said. It meani the end of the Amalgamated Association, for will shut down our mills or get puddlers that will work for prices which wd can afford to pay. THE HEPUBUCAN CXN ENTIOX rally inastrate la to-day's Couuncreial Advertiser.

18 pegne ana ia-pag ncioruu utavatw, caata. incehdiary factory fire. Big Building In ths Bronx Destroyed Los Estimated at $75,000 Other Structure Threatened. five-story brick factory building 458 and 400 East One Hundred and Forty-fourth 8 tree t. owned by T.

B. Clark. Who uses the two lower floors as a paper-box factory, was totally destroyed by a fire which started at 1:40 o'clock this morning. The police have no doubt that the fire was started by an incendiary. Thirty-five minutes after the smoke was first seen Issuing from the stock room of the box factory on the first floor, the whole building was a raging furnace and the firemen, summoned by a third alarm, were using every effort to aave adjoining property.

Chief Croker made another phenomenal run to the scene In his automobile, and for the first, time the megaphones adopted by him for use by the department were tested In actual 'work and seemed to answer every purpose, for the firemen moving along the roofs and upper stories answered promptly to the commands of Chief Croker and Battalion Chief Gorman in the street below. Other tenants in the building were Boiler-man tt Son, piano manufacturers, who occupied quarters above the Clark factory. They carried a heavy stock, including finished pianos, and this inflammable mate rial added fresh fury to the flames and destroyed whatever, hopea the firemen might have had of saving any part of the building. Bollerman's loss alone, it is estimated, will amount to at least $25,000. and the loss by the whole fire cannot be less than $75,000, even should it not extend to other buildings, which at 2:15 o'clock this morning were in great danger.

The Bernstein Cap Company and the Luts Ribbon Company occupied the top floors. 1 The fire was discovered by Policeman Hugh Moffat of the Alexander Avenue Station, who saw a thin wreath of smoke curling up from a window. All the reserves of the Alexander Avenue Station came out in command of Roundsman Walsh and had great difficulty In preserving the fire lines. Soon after 2 o'clock this morning an explosion of barrels of varnish blew out the window frames of the building and scattered bricks In the street The walls were weakened by the explosion Snd the rear wall was expected to fall at any moment At that hour all the floors had fallen In. The flames, too.

reached across the street and the buildings opposite became ignited In dozens of places. The firemen turned their attention to these buildings, which were then- in imminent danger of destruction. The fire at 2:30 O'clock seemed to be spreading. Many firemen were overcome from heat and ambulances were summoned from Ford ham and Harlem Hospitals. The glare of the flames awoke residents for a long distance in every direction, and they crowded close to the biasing building until the flames auddenly shot up high In air and sent out such a fierce heat that the people fled back before It.

1 nis is tne secona lire in tne piece wiinin a week. Just a week ago last night fire was discovered in the same building by Policeman-O'Neill of the same station, and the firemen succeeded in extinguishing it before it gained great headway. At that time evidences of incendiarism were RETAINS POLITICIANS' VOICES. Action to Restrain a Graphophone Com pany from Making Use of Them. Special to The New York Times.

WASHINGTON. Sept curious Injunction suit was brought to-day in the District Supreme Court The plaintiffs are Augustus Davis. William E. Ryan, and Matthew H. Ramage, and the defend ant is the M.

A. Winter Company. The plaintiffs charge that the defendant has in its possession the voices of Bryan. Stevenson, Sulxer, and other statesmen and refuses to surrender them, although the plaintiffs are the legal ownera thereof. The allegations are that the defendant granted to the plaintiffs the right to secure graphophonlc master (original) records and to have the same duplicated for campaign purposes.

The plaintiffs agreed that they would secure at least ten maater records from Democratic politicians, order from the defendant at least 250 duplicates from each record, and pay for each duplicate $1. They paid the defendant $1,000 on account of the contract. Later they procured William J. Bryan, the Democratic nominee for the Presidency of the United States; Adlal K. Stevenson, the Democratic nominee for the Vice Presidency; Charles A.

Towne. nominee for the Vice Presidency of the Populist Party; James D. Richardson. Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee; John J. JJentz, Representative in congress rrom unto; Andrew A.

Lipscomb of Virginia, and William Sulzer, Representative in Congress from New York, to make speeches into the graphophone. The master records of these speeches. It is said, were delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendant for reproduction. Continuing, the plaintiffs say they procured letters recommending the use of (he records from a number of prominent personages, including William K. Hearst.

President of the National Association of Demo cratic Clubs, snd Kichard croker. leader of Tammany Hall, a powerful political organisation of the City of New York." The plaintiffs also say they went to great expense in connection with the contract It Is -charged that the defendant arbitrarily refuses to fill orders for duplicates of the records and has announced that it no longetconslders the contract in force. The injunction prayed for Is to restrain the defendant from keeping these records or disposing of them to other parties than the plaintiff. MASKED MEN ROB A 8TATION. Watchman at Marshall, Mo Fatally Shot by MARSHALL.

Sept. 7. H. H. Mow-rey, night operator of the Chlbago and Al ton Railroad, was robbed last night by three masked robbers.

While th men were rifling the station money drawer. Night Watchman Aulgur appeared, and. pointing his pistol through the partly open door, commanded the men to surrender. He was Immediately shot In the eye by on of th robbers, and died soon after. The robbers escaped.

A HOSPITAL ROMANCE. Wealthy English ex-Patient to Wed an Atlantic City Nurse. "ATLANTIC CITT N. Sept Delia McHenry, a nurse in the City Hospital here. Is, it is announced, engaged to marry James B.

Hillman of Mlddletown. England, general manager ot big iron work In that country. Mr. Hillman was a patient at the hospital, and Miss McHenry waa his nurse. He cam to this country on a pleasure trip, was taken sick in a hotel, and was sent to the hospital for treatment He is stxtv-nln years axe.

and Miaa u. Henry is twenty-seven. -While th hospital setUed $12,000 a year Tor thirteen years on her through royaltie on patents held by him. The wedding will take place uere. Bark's Captain Die' at St.

Martin. -Capt Jess H. Avis of the bark Ella of Philadelphia died suddenly in the Port of St Martina 17 of heart disease. He was buried ashore. The bark arrived here yesterday with a cargo of salt If Yam Fe-rl All Played Oat" Take Hereford's Arid Pasfakat.

It reoalra broke serve fore. elajrs th brain, aad su-ngtan ta stomach." Adv. BROOKLYN TRAIHS OB 8SH Engine Hurled from Track Hangs Over Elevated Structure. PASSENGERS ESCAPE INJURY Traffic en King County Road and Lower Fulton Street Surface Line Blocked for Hour. A twenty-ton locomotive waa almost hurled Into the street as a result of a collision between two trains at the Tillary Street station of the Kings County Elevated Railroad at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

The accident caused a complete suspension of traffic on the elevated road below Flatbush Avenue until nearly midnight and for about fiva hours no surface cars were allowed to pass down or up Fulton Street between the bridge terminal and Court Street The engine hung partially suspended over the edge of th structure. and It was feared that It would topple into the street at any moment At the Tillary Street station there Is spur, extending from the main structure and connecting it with the tracks In the yard of the bridge railroad. By means of this connection trains are operated from the Park Row terminal of the bridge over the Kings County Road to Manhattan Beach. Engine No. 56, drawing two pas senger cars, and bound from Fulton Ferry to East New York, approached the switch at Tillary Street At the same time a mo tor car drawing two passenger coaches.

coming from Park Row on Its way to Man- hattan Beach, waa crossing from the bridge structure to th elevated road. Eugene J. Rosenkrans was the engineer and Edward Boyle the conductor in charge of the train coming from the ferry; the Manhattan Beach train was in charge of Motorman Henry Webber and Conductor Peter Lundy. The Manhattan Beach train waa making for the up-town track of th elevated road on which the ferry train was traveling. All but the last car of the motor train had passed from the bridge switch onto the uptown track when the collision occurred.

The engine of the ferry train crashed into the side of the' last car of the other train, throwing it from the track. The car was swung around with terrific force and its rear end struck the already wabbling en gine a blow, which threw tt from the rails and almost off the structure. As the collision occurred the engineer and fireman of the engine Jumped to the board walk on the inside of tracks. The tracks at this point are close together and heavy timbers are laid between. These keot the derailed car from falling through.

The forward truck of the engine hung susDended over the side of the railroad structure. The coupling between the tender and the first car of the train neia last, and this, together with an iron cross piece and several projecting ties, upon which the rear part of the engine rested, kept the locomotive rrom tailing to me street. Steps were taken at once by the police to prevent Injury to persons riding or walking below bv the possible fall of the engine. The entire reserve-force of the Adams Street Police Station was called out -for this purpose. While the accident caused om delay Jo trolley traffic, and closed that part of the street to oars.

lor nours, travel on tne surface line was not- seriously interfered with. This was due to th fact that cars from Manhattan and Fulton Ferry wer sent up Washington, Adams, and Jay Streets to upper Fulton Street The elevated road, however, waa completely blocked. Whit thorn vpn verv few nassengers In either of the trains at the time of the collision, it was regarded remarkable under the circumstances that no one waa injured. The tender of the engine had been thrown in.t th ltrlcalTv charared third rail. and there waa a great spluttering and flashing for a time at their point of contact.

The first thing the wrecking crew did was to Jack the tender tree irom con tact with the third rail. When the collision occurred the passen gers on both trains were thrown Into a nanlc Women screamed and all made a rush for the doors, but the guards kept 1 I V. A .1 and 11 rtt th lUCir r- i reached the station platform without mla- After an hour's work the wrecking crew replaced the derailed car of the Manhattan Beach train on the' track, and it was taken to the yards. The work of getting the engine back on the rails proved -much more difficult and it waa found necessary to bring a powerful derrick Into It was about midnight before the road was finally cleared and traffic below Flatbush a riifned. Who was responsible for the accident nnt satisfactorily be determined.

Gen eral Manages. J. C. Breckenridee of the company said that the Manhattan Beach haA th rlrht of way. Engineer Ro senkrans.

however, asserted that he was not responalble. The signal set Tor him by -in th switch tower, he said, was for htm to go ahead, and he had no other guide tO lOMOW. motorman ui ins u.nhattan Tteach train, on the other hand. declared that he had been signaled to go ahead and had done so. Edward Sen ad lev.

the towerman. asserted that the signals v. iin nmnerlv set. and that the respon- ihiutv waa not with him. The officials of iii make an investigation to-day, While the colltelon waa not directly responsible for injury to anv one it was Indirectly In order to strengthen the elevated in.JU,i -tnitnr while the heavy derrick was at work.

Iron beams resting upon the i nlarrl under It. One of these beams was verv near i irunt. --r, inffli- on the surface had been resumed Conductor Michael Lavin ef 041 Jefferson Avenue was collecting fares on th aide step of the car.and falling to no-i twain, struck it with his head, and from the car. He received a severe scalp wound, and one of his ribs was fractured, fie was in uumc. PANIC ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE.

Passenger Jump from a Blazing Car Motorman' Prssene of Mind. During the rush hours on Brooklyn -Rridre last night a startling accident oc curred. In which the presence of mind of the motorman of Car 1,068 of the Seventh Avenue probably averted disastrous consequences. The car, which was crowded, left the Manhattan end of the Bridge shortly before 7 o'clock. As It neared the Brooklyn terminus, while rur.nlng at a fair speed, the fuse blew out and the mot.

Vcame de ranged. In an instant smoke and flames leaned from under the car; snd amid shrieks of fright men and women piled out on top of one another, lumping from in ak safety. motorman took In the situation. In glance. He his brake, stooolng the car in Its own length.

When all the passengers were safe, he relcssed the brake and the car -coasted down the Incline and onto the Rands Street Engine Company No. 7 had been sum- rwn it house In Pearl Street, and the flAires were put out with fire extln- smlaher before mucn oanags-waa ooae. The motorman mwi uw E. H. Gary Builds' Methodist Church.

Special lo Tkt New York Tmus. CHICAGO. Sept 7. Elbert H. Gary, for merly a resident of Chicago but now of Nw York, where he Is President of th mtmmi rmtinaaT will erect at in Mt hrwll.xt church coating The building will a memorial to his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Erastua i K. Gary, who were for many years members ot the nilT.ROADI'iO Is assure to patrons of ta I-ausTrvani wn-road. Block stsnals.

automatic switch, atone ballast, and a road war constantly paUllear fnniwi ts Biaauar Kaiiroa ef Aiarica.Adv. Jamaica swept by big storm, i Mils of Railroad Washed Away by Torrential Rains Thousands of Pounds of Damag KINGSTON. Jamaica. Sept terrWa storm swept over this Island last night Th rivers are nil flooded and great dam ag has been don to th banana plantations. Miles of the -railroad track have been washed away.

The torrential rains wmcn were a feature or tne storm conaniw. The losses will amcunt to thousands ot pounds. STORM NEAR BALTIMORE. Wind and Lightning Cause a Panic at th Fair Grounds. to Tkt New York Timet.

BALTIMORE. Sept 7. A terrific wind and electrical' storm played havoc at the1 Baltimore County Fair Grounds, at Tl-monium. this afternoon and caused a panlo among the thousands of people there. The top of the grand stand was ripped oft by the wind.

The Judges' stand was also un- ruoisa. Several women fainted In the crush; oth ers had their clothing torn, but no one waa seriously injured. A sbe waa struck by lightning, a valuable horse killed, and an attendant stunned by the shock. la other narts of the county the storm au. considerable damage.

MANY WRECKS OS FLORIDA COAST. Steaaaer Arrlvlag at Key West Re porta Poar Voauaela Aafcare. KEY WEST, Sept 7. Th Mallory Line steamer Comal. Capt Evans, from New York Sept 1 for Galveston via this port arrived here this morning, forty hours late, haying encountered very heavy weather after passing Jupiter Light 8he reports four vessels shore on the coast a bark at Turtle Harbor and a bark en tine near French Reef; also a four-mast ed schooner, a short distance away, appar ently at ancnor on me reel, ana a square-rigged vessel near Sombrero Light.

wreckers nave left here to render assist ance. WEST PAT.M BEACH. Sent 7. Considerable damage haa been done In this section by the tropical hurricane which haa been blowing here for the-oast few day a The bulkhead of the Palm Beach pier her haa been swept from its foundatlona and washed several hundred feet to the northward. A number of small boats have been torn from their moorings and sunk, and several docks and sea walls have been badly Injured.

DUKE OF ABRUZZI'S HARDSHIPS sf Fingers Were Frostbitten In the Arctic Region and Two Joint Wr Amputated. CHRISTIANIA. Sept 7. Further details regarding the arctic expedition of the Duke of Abruxxi on board the Stella Polare, whose safe return was reported yesterday from Tromsoe, Norway, show that the expedition last year through Nightingale Sound and the British Canal reached as far north as 82 degrees 4 minutes, but finding no wintering harbor, it returned to Tepllts Bay, Crown Prince Rudolph's Land, where the Stella Polare was fro sen in about Bept The Duke ot Abruxsi's fingers were frost bitten on a trial sledge trip- at Christmas, and two Joints were amputated, obliging him to remain for several months in his tent The cold Increased to 52 degrees Celsius. On March 11 the advance was renewed, and ten men started north.

After ten days marchlna- three started to return to the ship, which, however, they never reached. Their fate is unknown. A second party of three men passed the eighty-third parallel after a march of twenty daya. and then returned to the ship. A third party, led oy uapt.

(jagni, wun i i a 1 1 IWU Aipmv HUlurB nuu nn.iw,, reached latitude 86.33 and was then obliged to return through lack of food. It started with six sledges and forty-five dogs, and returned with two sledges and seven dogs, having subsisted for seventeen days exclusively on dog flesh. 1 On Aug. 8 the Stella Polare started homeward. She traversed the British Canal In a elngle day.

and then drifted about for a fortnight in a severe struggle with drift- ice before reaching the open sea. PASTOR REFUSES MORE SALARY. Dr. Lorlsaer ef Bostea Saya that $7,000 a Year I Enowgh. Special to The New York Timet.

BOSTON, Sept 7. The Rev. George Lo rimer, pastor of Tremont Temple, has refused kn increase of $1,000 a year In his salary, recently offered by the society. He give aa his reason that his sense of duty to the church does not permit him to take It Dr! Lorimer is in receipt of $7,000 a year. This is the sum he received when formerly pastor of the Temple, before go ing to Chicago, and It Is what received In Chicago.

Last Spring, when Dr. Lorimer went on a trip to Europe, a movement was started to increase his salary. It met with such general approval that the Executive Committee voted for the increase unanimously. and while the pastor was abroad notified him of -its action. In a letter which he wrot on his way home, declining the In crease, Dr.

wnnwr saia in suDstanc mat he thought ne was getting enougn already. AUTOMOBILES FOR STRIKERS. Street Car Men to Buy Motor Carriages to Run During Strikes. DETROIT. Sept.

7. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National "Association of Street Railway Employes held hers to-day. President Mahon was instruct-' ed to draft a plan- by which the local unions are to be assessed for raising a fund with which to purchase automobiles for use by the street railway men in the cities where the street railway men's strikes are In progress. OPPOSED TO REVISION. Long Island Presbyterian Content with th Confession of Faith." BOUT HOLD.

I L. Sept 7 The Long Island Presbytery has considered the ques tions of the -General Assembly's committee of inquiry ss to the confession of faith, and has answered the first second, and third in tne negative. AW i lrn TV. I. dismissal of the whole subject so that our doctrinal standards shall remain aa they are without any Chang whatever, whether revfeuonaL supplemental.

or substantial!" the Presbytery answers lo the af Amative. i New Photo-Telescopic Device. Special to Tkt New Yor Sept 7. O. W.

Ritchie. 8u periatendent of the Terke Observatory, has perfected a device wrucn makes it possible for astronomers to use the ordinary visual telescope for- photographic aatrsn- omy. Heretofore only a particular atyl of telescope, greatly restricted la range, could be used in photographing the constellations. This was because It was necessary to liave a lens wmcn amies tne diu and violet light rays which affect most th sensl- tJVe UISIV. AHA, luivura WClAAV UCTKV I a color screen that can be adjusted to th lens of a powerful telescope, adapting it for photographic use.

FAST SCHEDtXE AD SCPERB ROAD- BCD. Pstwsyhraoi Railroad trains to th WSt afford Gosafort aad sy. A4r. nrcmwi GROKER'S POLICY Tammany Leader Seeks a CancS- date: Acceptable to A HARMONY CONFERENCE HELD3 niHiii aaiisir a a sa sr- rags area saiai ax nsTrtisiin Far Apart Hill Will Not i' rt. r-t Kicnara croker and ex-Senator Murphy' Spent yesterday looking for a Onhma.

toiial candidate. Th Tammanv loader waa anxious to concilia ta th lieutenants of -David B. Hill in New Tork. and also Hugh McLaughlin In Brooklyn. The hunt for a representative man to become the head of T-V- iwiocraiic Diat ticket was not suo- vwiu yesieraay.

jo decision was made, and. according to Stat Chairman Frank Campbell, none will made until ex-Sena tor tui is acquainted with the latest move and Ideas of Meaara. Croker and Uuraht rwn ne most important event or the day was ui iuuii vuiiiri ruin, at wuica aar. vroker, ex-Senator Murphy. Chairman Campbell, and ex-Senator John McCarty nf nMAbiM.

representing jar. JaCLAugnUA. were present E.x-8enator very effusive -la his greetings of Chairman Campbell, wh 1 a close personal friend of ex-Senator Hill, and has taken the part of ths Hill tacuun in mo ngnt in New Tork. v. Ex-Gov.

Stone of Missouri, representing the Democratic National Committ. la came into the room while ths conference was being held. vBra -vroaw ana Murphy waa to assure Chairman Campbell. i aa the repreuenUUv of ex-Senator HllL i. that there would be no factional fight over the nomination for Governor.

"If Mr. Hill want tr. for Governor are willing to follow hie Judgment with the nrovlso that Cnntraiif Coler shall not be named," were, in sub- fif SB Fff tha ii 4 Wu I phy. Chairman Campbell warn silenC Then Mr. t.TOKAn INtn that aapvfkina, asKstnT.l ka ak Ylfri trail sS Klas Eaa It anA aaU.aI.J o.

'r aBa a. aaas. gaaau "34.0:1 a 1U7 VlfJIWaV of ex-Senator Murphy aa to the dealr of the Croker-Murphy faction to concede te Hill, the right to name a candidate, subject to approval. After half an of Chair i'' man Campbell said: Will Infnn. Uor.

tTtll -tm and he will decide aa to such matters. I im lit, aumoniT 10 rritrsirn I nim. uu win uui auempi 10 upnu nt lueas. -This statement created some embarrass- m.nl th by Messrs. Croker and Murphy that th Hill lieutenants, in view of their probable -defeat at the State Convention, would be willing to go to any length to effect a compromise.

The disposition ot the H1U leaders in New York City yesterday was to Croker. Mr. Croker now wants to name, any man who will be acceptable to ex-Sea ator Hill except Controller The harmpny conference brok up -with the factions as far apart as ever. i ne programme ot me xuu men waa out- lined last eventng by one of the Senator's t'. representatives in this city.

was to place -In nomination Mayor James K. McGulr of Temporary Chairman -of 8tat Convention at. the meeting of tli f' Stat to. held on. Monday.

An unviy in n.uv laciiuns, inn nui mco claim that the Croker-Afurphy-MciAughUn i faction will receive 2 votea and that tr followers of ex-Senator Hill will number -men. The Hill -men then contemplate car rylng the fight Into tne convention, r. Mr. mlu cannot airora to go into any conference with Richard Croker after the" statements which have been made by -th doss 01 jammany j-taii aunng tne past last evening, ne aaaea: ed to the convention, and David Hilt will Mk mAAnlMi. ht4 nomination." I'Z ine.eiioris 01 aar.

vrontr, sar. auauio lln. and ex-Senator Murphy yeaterday were along the lines of getting Controller Color. to withdrawand not allow his friends, to name him at the convention. Tha' three delea-atea from Controller i-' ioier a AEKmuir tiairici.

in arwairn. headed by hia personal John I Shea, do not consider that they are pledged to vote for Controller Coler for Governor If he has no chance of beltu; nomifiated. Rrldo-a f'nmmlssloner Shea aald vesterdavt We are plaoed in a very embarrassing position, controller coler is my cioee per- -sonal friend. I would be very happy to i vaU rep tiinr Tnr iiiivmnt ff th Ktato Convention. I do not a that anything can be accomplished by the three votes from his Assembly District being cast for Him tor overnor." Chairman Campbell said yesterday: Tl.

t.lb .1 ma. hn the situation In any way. I think that Mr. PaIai. nan, 11) nMUnt1 th nn.

1 fCIIUVU. The fact was developed yesterday that Mr. McLaughlin refused to accept Senator William F. Mackey. the alleged Croker-Murphy candidate for Governor.

At the conferences which Norman Ev Mack held with the Brooklyn leader the talk waew piaviH. nvuautuun huu iia, stated that Senator Mackey was not a Strong enough man before th people to name for Governor, and that th leader ttl thl Alff 1 If- AT 1 1 IX VUW AIIU Unw. VW UWUB 111W UHU the SUt ticket fnu. lJt TTf It tunv WVl VI IliU IB New York last evening who were ready te outline the points which he will maka in his speech seconding- the nomination 'of Controller Coler. Thev claimed that rx.

Senator Hill would point out that Controller coier waa mt omy man wno could get tne Independent vote of th Stat, and be A.n.M l.k mm punish any on or to gratify any personal spite, but In the belief that Controller coler was the only man who would carry, th -Stat ticket through this year. According to ex-Senator Hfir friends. -he hss prepared a masterly speech Which ka will deliver favoring Mr. Color's hariL nation. 1 1 waa ajao aioj inaii ina roi.r- Murphy faction would compelled bv ex- Y.

Dsnaiut niu wr lira iuii rwjvnHiDiiiiy m. 'fifrt Mmtulm if th- em 1 1 i. AW, I I IM name the Controller for Governor. The Croker-Murphy faction declared last aJVCIIiua) aaav, -e easae aw wun AS Viliy Aja. Vannw.

tA t.Jl MnfaPave.it. Vaa uatlon through representatives In order have a man acceptable to hlnv named for Governor. CROKER'S STRONG POSITION. J. A) A.

Am nilninoi viaim or tn oow tvi gates contest in 'r ties Imnortant. SARATOGA, i Sent T. Th prevailing opinion among, th Democrats who have arrived her to attend the State Convention t. ax oAir ah n. i the contest for control of the convention.

Shilg.r tm ri ill 1 1 1 1 Ia-kI that there will be little or no friction, and adds: What friction there Is will redound to the good of the party, and will give th -1 A AW poopiv unucrsiaim aa uuli a waa outcome of vigorous rivalry and not Ilk that of th Republicans, all slated weeks bttforo." it Is said by some of Mr. Croker' friend that he control fully 230 of th 420 dele A A At, a. JB-A gse uh wuitniuviii buhi s.m um MOmim that Mr. HU1 can claim Is 149 votes. It taWaal aw arvl Koa aMnOAMwj.ai Mr, Croker starts off with 105 In New Tork.

24 In Erie. 63 la Kings, 0 In Mon roe, in Rensselaer, 0 In Queens, and in Westchester, a total of 228. Mr. Hill's largest vote from any one county is twelve In Mr. Hill controls the vote la thirty-one counties out ol the sixty-one in the State.

Mr. Croker eon trnla ah WAfr Hut nn .1 right, while eleven are about equally shared between the. two. There ar contests In Albany, AQerany. CtUUaUgus, Cayuga, Chautauijua.

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