New-York Tribune from New York, New York • 8

8 GAS COMPANY SUES CITY Supreme Court Hears Action to Collect Bill. The id brought by Urn" Gas asralnM trip Cttf Ot up In Bapreme '-o'lrt. beard Interposed by the dqmpany to uunrer by rlty to the eemplsinl of Uw company. city holds that ff VOkJttb. wWcb was for Uaiitlnc In sf 1' mat the rate of a toot When the city refused to pay the negotiations were entered Into, bat us no pa.I~M!IIHJII< POUM be reached the company took tHr fi the courts holds that the price of flu rents rtiiiir i.

unreasonable because It is oonttacatory Bl property ol 1 In arpuing- for the eltjr Willlam P. Burr. Aspirant Corporation Coonaal. said tnhilo in a similar suit brought by the hn I'inon tSma 'omjnn; aealnst the city anil ie. i.ir.i in Favor of tho pas company the court hml that srbere tho price of an article was regulated by law the purchaser could not refuse to pay that on the ground that It was unreasonable the city Fljould ho permitted to show-, if it could, that the price charged was riot mftrltP) prlcp.

Hut. he paid, ap there could be no market price of pap In Manhattan becnunn was monopoly all the dty could do was to come into sort and prove that the) charged was Because a maximum of 90 rents was ailowed by law he thouitbt was no reason why thai pries be charged the city. A. Garner, who the p-as company, argued that the. decision of af Appeals In the Brooklyn case, disposal of the arpiment of the Assistant Corporation rnunsHl and thought that the, argument of the city should disallowed.

Mr. Burr said that proposition to he passed on was the, reverse of tlmt in the Drosk lyn case. Justice held that inn rases were, analogous In reirartl to the exercise due process law. He reserved his lecMil. TO ADJUST STZ.TE-FEDEBAL EIGHTS.

Bailroad Statistician Has Plan for Simplifying Interstate Commerce Legislation. John Q. Watch, a and writer an legislative, and railroad topics, speaking at a of tfea Paint, Gil and VarTiisli dob of New York at the. last advaaead a somawhat novel idea, for harmonizing nphis of federal prA state governments in interstate commerce lejnplarion. His idea was thai the federal povernnwn! niigrit waive nphi of execution in any particular ttale of any of Ita laws which the stale might adore.

said, "the stale get an executive and administrative cp that it ft i not before possess, which would atone for its of independent action in not makin? the law tindsr -which it acts. The result would be that we mould have a Fir.ple system of revision or oversight emanating from federal government, but executed by local authorities In each stale F. P. Cheesman, the president of the eiul i-nni Hie paint trade had no fault to find with freight rates, bnt was dissatisfied with the flow movement ef freight. JEROME'S MEN MAKE A RAID.

Capture Ninety-seven Alleged Gamblers in Captain Buchanan's District. A raid was In LauV.o-w street, near Broomc. early last right "by Detectives Re.ar<ion and Waa- FTman, of the; District Attorney's office, allied liv of tnspectoT mm. Captain Buchanan, of Btdridgv station, in Him IT I the raid occurred, was i know nothing about it. In the raid gamtrters were Two of these Samuel Oftioff, who Uiat lie lived at No.

"21 Central avenue. Brooklyn. and William Sexton, of No. 191 East Nth street, charard wiih being 'he managers et (be place. The detectives secured $16 a nnniri-f of packs of cards.

GIRLS SHAMPOO STOPS HER WEDDING Sinks Into Trance After Having Hair Washed, and Cannot Be Awakened. Kast Hampton, Nov. 14 A shampoo has spoiled the wedding Miss Maud Fryer, twenty- ye.ar6 old, and may cause her death. the Tras to have an Tuesday to Albert gtasrer. On the preceding Saturday tlip had nT hair washed, and it is believed that some tried, for the tresses re.fused to dry properly, and appeared as stufk tecether with glue.

Her brain finally became affected, and ding was postpened and physicians were called. The young sank into a and remains In that condition all medical efforts. Her face Is said turning purple. Stangnr In nearly crazed. STATE CHARITIES CONFERENCE ENDS.

Several Papers Are Presented and Committee Appointments Announced. Albany, eighth nt the Tork State conference ef Charities and Correction came to an end tonight after three days' dlscusf'ors at the subjects within Its grope. was. devoted to subjects of vagrancy and homeless ness, the report of the special mmittee in that field, being presented by its chairman. O.

F. Lerwis, late superintendent of the joint application bureau for persons seeking charitable assistance in Now York City. Dr. Walter Bensel, formerly assistant sanitary superintendent of the department, now Commissioner of Street Oeaning la New York, read a paper on the housing cf the homeless, and Arthur W. Towne, ef probation commission, one on treatment ef homeless ii Ons and vagrants In Mnaller cities and towns.

At this afternoon's mutation Dr. Charles North upe.rintendrnt of the hospital connected wtth the state prison at Dannemora. presented a pai.er on 'The Habitual work of the last Legislature and of Governor Huglies in approving its legislation for the better protection at children In this state from the evils of modern industrialism, was cordially i.raised by narlee P. McKetma, secretary of the Catholic Homer Bureau lor Dependent Children, his Wflllnis the report of the special committee on cure ft children, of which he is chairman. Tha of committees were announced: to chairmen Include: On conditions and of labor, P.

Sherman, of New York; publio health, ir.eiudinK the prevention or tuberculosis, W. r. of iiistitiiti'MiH. Dennis McCarthy, of Syracuse; the criminal. Dr.

Charles K. Howard! of Buffalo: exhibits. Miss Kate Eialladaxj mt Broeklyn, and from counties and cities, Arthur W. Towne, of Albany. HUNTING FOR MRS.

BARRY'S WILL. Public Administrator Finds Recluse's Jewelry in Police Guard Home. Many relatives of Mrs. Caroline Barry, the wealthy reciuse who was found dead in her noose. No.

avenue. Brooklyn, on TVliisMSo'sjr vinited the offlre of B. penile administrator, of No, Court street, yvwtenlay to that Mrs. Barry rweived proper burial and Incidentally to mwvh for a will, No one knows, apnartaitjy. the dead woman left a will or not.

ChjrSe? and Boms assistants from public office have nc- found B3V etidiraef of existence of rt; TSuy however, quantity of Jewelry i a raf pos vault. An tfl'ffifH wT! h-- to with Frank Varrin. a lawyer, who in now in in rev who one time le-ai adviser Dairy. The rt the relatives who Uiemselvea wtthnsUl. The house and chattel am now being ijj- the TAYLOR WILL RETURN.

Reported That He Will Be in Da if After Inauguration. I By TttbWK 1 Xv Nov. 14 It was learned tonight that preparations for return w. B. Taylor Kentucky and his pun-tinier on the charge complicity if.

th" assassination William have been ma-ie by his friends- He will come to Kentucky the day after tiSo inauguration of Augustus Wlllson ac Governor. will immediately set about to obtair) his release on hail pending bis trial the charge of murder. It la said here to-night that Taylor's friends have rngnped attorneys to represent him and made arrangements for ball In an unlimited amount, provided the motion for hail is granted by the court. Governor-elect Wlllson will go to Indianapolis Saturday, and while it is said he will with the fugitive Governor on the situation, it could not be confirmed to-night. Georgetown.

Nov. When the trial of Caleb Powers was resumed to-day the defence tendered in court an open letter addressed by Powers to W. C. Warring. Sheriff of Scott County, whose duty It Is to summon a jury from Harrison County.

The letter follows: The last Jury In my case was packed against me and fixed for a conviction, not so much by the Sheriff and his deputies of this county as by the Sheriff and his deputies of Bourbon County, the county from my Jury was drawn. In that trial the Sheriff and his deputies of Rnurbon County accompanied the Sheriff and his deputies of this county and indicated who to summon and who not to summon for jury service. I therefore earnestly request you, and through you your deputies, to go unaccompanied by anybody on your tour of selecting prospective jurymen in my case. 1 prayerfully beseech you to summon, as you come to them in some of the moat enlightened sections of the county, not overwhelmingly Democratic, competent and qualified jurors in my case, regardless of their political affiliations, and that you do not let the politicians and officeholders of Harrison County muddy the streams of Justice in this case. P.

B. Please call upon deputies by 'phone on their arrival at Cynthiana and read to them this letter. I understand your deputies are gone. While the court refused to permit the letter to be made a part of the court record, It was allowed to he tendered to Sheriff Warring, but not read. The commonwealth was not ready with its counter avowal to-day, and asked further time, which was granted.

Many Democratic legislators nt the memorable session arrived to-night. UIBBARD NAMED IN HUB. Nominated hji for Mayor Fitzgerald Democrats' Choice. Boston, Nov. 14 -At the joint municipal primaries held to-day one of the lightest votes in years was cast.

total mayoralty vote being- a little over (S.QM out of a registration of The vote was lessened by the fart that the risrht to for their party candidates was refused many Independence voters who were registered as Democrats, and, as they were rot familiar with the law which allowed them to change their party designation by taking oath, many of them left the polls without voting. A feature of primaries was the three-cornered contest for the Republican nomination for Mayor, which Postmaster George A. Hlbbard easily won by vote of 4 to 1 against William E. Hnnnan. Street Commissioner.

Ex-Representative F. W. Bliss, The third candidate, received half as many votes as Hannan. The Democratic nomination of Mayor John F. Fitzgerald was uncontested, although the vote totalled considerably below the strength of the Democratic ballot cast, through the substitution of many other names on the ballot.

John A. vas nominated by the Independence for Mayor. In the. Street Commissioner contest, in which the Democrats had two candidates. Salem D.

Charles, the nt Commissioner, easily won over Thomas J. Giblin, while Alderman C. If. Draper received the votes of the Republican party. biennial mayoralty election occurs on 10.

PORTRAITS OF JUDGES UNVEILED. Bench and Bar Observe Ceremony in Federal Building, Brooklyn. and and lawyers met in the United States PiFtri'i Court room in the Federal Bulldintr, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the unveiling of paintings of the late Charles and Asa V. Tenney. painted by Samuel W.

Poyer, of ex-Judge Edward B. Tomns. a Justice since first of year in the Supreme Court of the Judicial District. The fund for the plcturea was made up by the of the bench and bar In New York City The busings? of disbursing fund and preparing for the unveiling was left In the hands of a committee consisting of George Reynolds. Everett P.

Wheeler, George W. WinpHte. Albert B. Lamb, William J. Toungs, John I.

Allen and Harrington Putnam, with Thomas I and Cothmisstoner Morle as ex-ofDcto members Mr. Putnam, in a brief address, presented the paint wblrh were unveiled as he -poke They are in massive gilt frames on the wall above the br-ncli. Beneath them yesterday sat Judges Lacombe, presiding; "Ward. Noyea, Holt. Adams, Hlatt, Martin.

Hough aJid Cbatfleld. of the Federal courts When Mr. Putnam took his seat rjenf-ral Benjamin K. Tracy was called upon to speak a few words concerning Judge Benedict, his friend for nearly forty years. Then General Wingate.

spoke of Judge Tenner, and he was followed by justice Joseph A. Burr, who spoke reganlinK Justice Thomas. The ceremonies were closed by acceptance of the pictures by Judge chatfleid. Benedict occupied the bench from 1565 to Judge Tenney was appointed In 1887 and served for six months, to be succeeded by Justice Thomas. Thomas was elected to the Supreme Cowl bench lan fall.

Among: those at the unveiling were Joseph H. Cboate, Waldo and Law, Postwsater Roberts and J. ll Kracke, naval Officer of the Port of New York. INDUSTRIAL CRISIS REMEDY. Norfolk.

Vm Nov. Mb" 1" address at the of the American Krderatlon of Labor here today t. V. Powderfy. representtns; the Department of Commence ajid Labor, paid be hoped the day would come In his time when the President of the United States and bis Cabinet officers would consider i 1i 1 beneath tln-jr dignity to visit and addresa the American Federation of Labor AinoiiK the resolutions Introduced was callins; upon C-iiKress In the event of an industrial crisis followinK 'he "financial to find "ways and m.ans to ameliorate and mitigate the crisis by Issuing money without interest to states, counties cities for the purpose of building schools, bridges and pubUe utilities, however.

itmt work ho done at union wages, under 'he eight-hour day," the money to be returned In easy instalments. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. On Monday at p. m. the Canadian Tamp will Bold Its fifth semi-annual -inner at Hotel The rarrru mill of gajri" urivm by nvxnb'-ra Of the cjur' 4 Cfverf Till bo laid for four hundred, and expected many prominent tiTt-itri: ami Ajr will be present.

Loms Kaj her will lecture on "The Modem In the Hudson at It o'clock morntrnc TTw lecture will be under of far Political On llrxidaTr it 11 a. m. Mrs. Wei nr ore wxli on "Tbe Morals of the Modrrr Herojne," and in the evening JjtsUf Willis win an Th.jiliera_v" Mill toe of 'BV-'h A pnbUt heartnp win he held bf mission In the Alriexmantr Chamher. City Hall, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, in discuss the constitutionality and feasibility system at estate registry and transfer.

XEW-YORK DULY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1907. NEW SCHOOL DYNAMITED. Insane Man or Vandal Blamed for Philadelphia Crime. Philadelphia. Nor What are supposed to have been three dynamite bombs wen placed In the Charles Henry public under onstni'tlnn In Geraiantown, suburb, early hikl exploded by moans of lons ftjaea.

hbtes were lorn In the corridor wnlla of the ope so large that and could be driven through it The outer walls of building were also damaged. One of the bombs was placed near the stairway at the front entrance, a second was placed in an electric switch box in the first floor corridor and the third was laid on a window sill Tho only theory the contractor and police have for the placing of the bombs is that the attempt to wreck buildine: was made by either an Insane man or a vandal. WALSH TRIAL CONTINUES. Defence Will Try to Prove All Transactions Legal. Chicago.

Nov. 14 opening statements of in the trial of John R. Walsh were finished to-day, and the taking of testimony began. Assistant District Attorney Dobyns finished bis opening statement. Tn the afternoon Edward T.

Ritsher outlined the case the defence. Hr asserted that it will be shown that the Chicago National Bank never discounted an unsecured note, that neither the bank nor Mr. Walsh ever bought a bond that was worthless, and that the payments made by Mr. Walsh or by the bank were perfectly proper and in the due course of business. Mr.

Ritsher said the defence would show that Mr Walsh made no unjustified loans, and declared that the question to be decided by jury will narrow down to oiks of good faith and honest intent Instead of a crime. It will be shown, he said, that instead of Mr. Walsh owing money to the bank he was actually its creditor. Mr. Dobyns, in his closing statement, said the financial operations of Mr.

Walsh were kept secret from the members the board directors of the bank, declaring that several of them will testify to that effect. The financial troubles of "The Chicago newspaper controlled by Mr. Walsh, were discussed by th" Assistant District Attorney. He asserted thai "The Chronicle" during it? existence ran behind In one year. he said, the receipts were while the expenses were At the conclusion of Mr.

Ritsher's statement T. .1 Jackson, formerly cashier of the Chicago National Rank, was called, to the witness stand. Th? first part of his evidence related to the authorisation of the Chicago National Bank to business. NEW YORK MEN SPEAK. Meeting of the National Conference on Taxation.

in Columbus. Cohimbus, Ohio. Nov. 14. Premier A.

C. Rutherford of the Province of Alberta. Canada, presided at meeting here to-day of National Conference on Taxation John H. MarCracken, of the New York University, spoke on "Taxation of city Real Estate and Improvements on Real Estate." in part follows: The tax on real estate In New York is prohaMv on the the most equitable In its distribution, the simplest in its sdmlnl tratlon and most productive in proportion to the conscious aaerinca Involved and carries with it fewer evil consequences than any tax system hitherto devised. To secure, aji annual revenue of JSo.nno.wi, al an expense of about for assessment and collection with no greater sacrifice than Is Involved in the payment of a rate of IS per cent on a TO per cent valuation, is a illustration of Colburt's supreme art of taxation- -the plucking of greatest number of feathers with the least amount of squealing.

The taxation of i- factor in rental values and not distributed to the ahllitv to It bore, therefore, with undue heaviness upon the poor that the Improvement tux. while nominally direct tax on property, became psychologlrally an Indirect tax for the rent payer. He the superiority of the form of improvement tax used in Britain and suggested the continuance of the present tax on land at a hither rate, and the substitution for the present tax on buildings of a on the rental value of the buildings, rental values of less than QOQ yes being exempt He contended that rental values more readily sscertalnable than the value of improvements. furnish, therefore, a more exact basis of taxation. The single tux.

relieving Improvements entirely of taxation, was 1 not suited, i iw said, city where forty story and four story buildings are allowed to stand in fanw Mock. Professor Edwin B. A Beligmaa, of Columbia University, of fs'ew York, spoke on "Separation of State and Local saying: The first step in any form of taxation in reparation of state and local revenues. Its advantages ai conformity with the natural divisions of government functions and activity, greater enual- Ity In assessments, a lower tax rate removal of conflicts between city and country, and It a flexibility 'if the revenue system and a better adaptation of means to He emphasised distinction that must be between the two phases of separation, namely, the segregation of the sources of revenue nnl the division of the yield of the tax. A.

Pleydell, secretary of the New York Tax Reform League, addressed the meeting on Increase of Taxation." JOHNSOI' REFUSES RAILWAY OFFER. Propowl for Six Months' Test of Three-Cent Fare Rejected. Cleveland. Nov. The Cleveland Electric Railway Company submitted to the Mayor and city officials at a meeting of tho City Council to-day a proposal to make a six months' test of fnren on all its lines within the city.

The company offered to surrender all Its city Krant.s under which it Is enabled to charge a fare and sell eleven tickets for EM) cents. In return the company asked for new gninta for twenty-five years, covering Its entlro city system, the rate of fare to be charged to be determined after the test. Inunetliately following the reading of the communication ltoyor Johnson announced that he was opposed to the proposition, and a resolution was adopted by the council rejecting the offer of the company. DATES FOR CLOSING OF CANALS. Albany, Nov.

14. Superintendent Stevens of tho State Department of Public Works announced today that at noon on Tuesday, December 10, the fcllowing canals would officially closed: Brie, Champlain. Oswego, Cayugs and Seneca. The Black River Will be Officially dosed at mldnight, Saturday. November 30.

The closing data for the main is much later than USUaL Last and in the date was November 'M. MM, Novesaber 36; r.m. November 28; December t. uiid UWI, November -'to. STATE AND CITY EXCHANGE BUILDINGS.

Albany. Nov. 14 The suite Land Board to-day approved the plan of exchanging the state's lmilililiKS. BOW used by the Randall's Island House of Kef for the hospital buildings owned New- York City at Klatbush. The Attorney General WSS authorised to pass title to the property when the city bafi fullllled the requirements Imposed by the exchange.

MUNICIPAL LEAGUE CONVENTION. Philadelphia, Not. Attorney General Bonaparte will preside over the convention of the NaJtanaJ MnnlrtpaJ league In PTOTidence. K. bf-glanliur November 15.

and. in addition to other promlnrni men who will aitenfl. tbrrr will present Majrtrs of many cities and Governors of a half-dozen states. Atlonifj General Bonaparte irni deliver an npon hj Public 1 KILLING OF BROWN TOLD. Jury Completed in Trial of Mrs.

Bradley in Washington. WasMnaton, Nov. 14 Substantial progress was made to day In trial of Mrs Annie T. Brafil'-y on cbrirKf of murdertng Senator Arthur Brown, of T'tah After completing th" Jury, tho Case was opener! for the by Assistant District Attorney Turner, and the of testimony by A dozen witnesses were, examined. Including the manager and a number of employes of hotel where shooting occurred nnd aeiaral members of forcp who were concerned in Mrs Bradley'fl arrest.

When i otirt adjourned for the day prosecution had almost corn pleted direct prfsentatlon of its Much difficulty as exppriencd in the jury. Twenty -eight men were examined before the number could be obtained A large majority were excused on plea that they were opposed to the death penalty for women. Smith Adam, an undertaker, twentyfour years old and unmarried, one of the jurors finally chosen. Is a. The testimony covered the detail? of and Mrs.

Bradley was visibly affected by snnio portions of it. She shuddered at the Bight of the pistol with which the sheotina; waa done, and at one time was moved to tears. .1 Talty, manager of the hotel, repeated hi? story of the killing of Mr. Brown. He said that when ho entered the room Mrs.

Bradley stood by the side of the prostrate form of the man. "Who did this?" he asked of Mr. Brown, and the latter replied. "That woman there." pointing to Mrs. Bradley.

"Is she your wife?" asked Mr. Talty, and Mr Brown replied In the negative. Mr. Talty said ho had then direct.d Mrs. Bradley to leave the room, whereupon she protested, declaring that she was "the mother of Brown's two children." "Mr.

Brown did not deny thin charge." th? witness continued, "and I allowed h-r to remain." He had then asked Mr. Brown if he had any message to send and the latter expressed a desire that his law partner. Mr. Gunn. be sum monad.

"Who shall I say did the anooting?" he had asked of Mr. Brown, and the latter replied: tell him Bradley did It. and hell know. All the people out there know. has given mo trouble all my life." In response to a question as to Mrs.

Bradleys condition at the time Mr. Talty said: "Her expression was that of extreme pity mixed with a slight of vengeance, and she seemed In a dared condition" He added that as Mr. Brown was taken out of the hotel to the hospital he had admonished them "not to let that woman escape." Mr. Turner in his opening address to the jury said it would be shown that Mrs. Bradley had said her act was deliberate.

"If." be said In conclusion, "the government in proving these tilings, and if you believe it was a deliberate murder, we think it would he your duty to return a verdict of guilty as indicted." WRITING BY LINCOLN BRINGS $110. Other Old Letters Disposed of at Sale in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Nov. 14 "Please summon the Cabinet to meet me here at 7 o'clock this evening Thai sentence written by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, sold for HIS r.eurerday at the closing day of sale of letters belonging to Dr. Joshua I.

Colien. of Baltimore. A letter by Alexander Hamilton to Charles Carroil. of CarroUton, in which the writer discussed the federalist and antl-federallst parties, sold for 1130 A letter by John Jacob Astor. the founder of the Astor millions, sold, for $2 23; one by John Audubon.

the naturalist, for so. The following letter by Daniel Bonne to "Jacuh Cohna" started with a bid of and rapidly Jumped to I will bee accountable, for any money put into his hands Inless Mid by Indians the hale amount 1 think it pound-, on your lyes on Licking river on the South Side about Miles from tne olilgho by water and about 20 by land, arise may come up to Sir pleaa s-tni or I Tilre of paper by the grant If he will brine It Another letter by Boone sold for J2l A collection of letters written by Napoleon Ihr Brsl bringing the less. UNEMPLOYED RUSH TO HOMES ABROAD Liners Leave Here with 5.180 in Steerage Expect Exodus of 50,000 in Three Weeks. steamers which palled for yesterday took but In the s.l!>f» passengers. and from the booking 9 on the various transatlantic Itnea It la thought that within the next rhrco wppks nt leasi fifty thousand steerage passengers wl'i leave this port for Europe, The booking la aomewhat larger than It for the corresponding months of laM but this Is attributed partially to tho tlnniT-lal depression In country it thought 11.1 1 steamship thai 'lie cloning down of mills and mines and plants In various parts of the Knifed States in the of th" laboring classes returning to the old country until conditions adjust Th' steerage rusli to Kuropo pentaHy begins In th" first part of ripper and lasts until the third week in amber, and.

while the number of cml- KrHiit? hooked eastward this year Is somewhat larger, ii, to Is nothing ptrlktng in For many years the steamship lines, aapeclally those operating to points in Southern turope, have t.ef tHxrd by passengers anxious to spond th" holidays In tbfl fatherland. Tho Hamburg- American Nner Amcrtka took out yesterday Ficorajf pasaengera; the French Touralne. 1,310, end the IVinnonla. I.MO. WILLIAMSBURQ COMPANY LOSES.

Earthquake Clause Not Upheld in 'Frisco Fire Insurance Cases. San FVandaco, Nov. 14 A verdK-t a bisurance oompaAy affecting nearly all suits In which oartluiuako dausea In polities have, constituted main defence was rendered In the T'nlted states Circuit Court yesterday. The Be was that of Wlliard Co. net.

the Wtntamaborg Fire Insurance Company. amount awarded was $2,500, the full amount for. with Interest at 7 per cent from date of the earthquake, April IS. The ruling of the court followed closely In line with that of Judge, WbJtSOB lv the Herein case some time ago. The defendant company baaed Its defence on the clause In Its policies, which reads that It would not bo liable for loss occasioned by or through volcano, earthquake, etc.

There are about twenty similar suits against the, Willlainsbiirg company, in which the defence is the same as in the action decided yesterday. BUSINESS SLACK IN METAL TRADES. The New York and New Jersey Metal Trades Association, the members of which In ordinary time 3 employ about twelve thousand reported sterday that men are being laid off generally and thai of the National Hetal Trades are also dispensing with many employes Henry C. Hunter, commissioner of the New York and New Jersey Metal Trades Association, made following statement: Wklls business was active at this time last year, there is now aJmost a cessation of orders, in the last two months a large number of our shops have working on stock work and laying off men when the work was done. The slackness of also appUes to the shipyards.

The reason Is tS be due to a. lack of confldence In business circles, which rt Is to be hoped is only temporary. The men affected by the slackness of trade are prrtaclpaltr Macksmllhs. pattern makers, machinists SiaQcmiaicra." SPECIAL MENTION. admitted Into Minimi recommended to the readers of The Tribuue thoroughly reliable, nnd business ran be done by mall with the advertise with perfect FRANK H.

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THE TRIBUHE.LBI-WG FOR I9GI Do Your Trouble Step into at 31 Maiden lane, an.l Ret pair of pebble eye glasses, th- cool. ratty kind that never mist, or Invisible Torlc hi focals for near vision On Sals at all Kowstands Pries 25 Gents Amusements. HEW AMSTERDAM THE MERRY WIDOW mt mm Great Succars i At 5. 3-i TlwlUK IILKDLKI orchestra. i IRFPTV THEATRE Bt near way Eves 8 15.

Mat. Saturday. 2: IS. HENRIETTA CROSMAH iM. AX TIUortOKK ROBERTA In THE RIGHT OF ilfll "Cheers followed the fall of the; Herald.

NEW VflDLf Theatre in the iiUlf Ill Tin World Devoted to Vaudeville. THE CROWDS TEI.L THE WHOLE STORY. rUYiv 25 50C MARRY AN Ir THE $1.00 lauder I 0 fl I) B'way. ttthSt Ev. fl A I II ANOTHER HENRY TV SAVAGB HIT I II ANOTHER HENRY BAVA6KBTI HS TOM JONES Mats Wed.

Ma.l Avd 15 Mats Wed. MAY RObSON RE.JI'VE.VATION OF AUNT TELH A ITI UIS I 30. inr! Sunday. Gala Reopening Tomorrow Eve. Cemploted Exposition.

Las' Season's Wonder This Season Sensation. Moats played 12 Soiois's Brilliant sent also by wire popular and classic to distant parts programs. Adm. to Machinery Hell. 145 Dynamos ELMENDOR -LNDAY MOHT AT PANAMA MONDAY AT S.

lift lilt 4 tT OPERA HOUSE. MA Ml A 1 1 AIM 34 tn Mh Ay. GRAND OPERA SEASON ISS7-S. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN. Director.

THIS WEEK. AT (Bist in America' COMES IVHOFFMANN. Z-p-pilii Pc Jcmelli: MM Gllthert. Crabbe. GlanoU-GalleTt: SAT AT 4 th appearance of Mm? Nordica.

Ponchiellls LA Nordlca. Cisneros; MM. Ancona, Dldur. am ECE 'AT CARMEN. Bressler-Glanoll.

Koelllng. Trentlni. Glaconia; MM. Atbani. Gtllbert, Paddi.

Mairnoz 71c- Cond rharller SCVD. EVK. AT Pop Campanlnt Concert Soloists Mmes Zepptlli Morichlni. MM Albanl. DMar, Crabbe and Manhattan Opera Or VEXT HT.F.K.

MONDAY. Offenbach's LES (OMTS D'HOFF- M.VNN. Mmes Xeppllll. Cisneros. Jomem.

MM. Renaud. Dalrnores. Qillbert. Crabbe, Gianoli-Gallettt.

Dlr, Campanlni. (fifth appearance, of erdis Nordlca. Ciaaeres; MM. Ancona. Arimondt.

Mm Campanlni first appearance MISS MARY GARDEN in Massenet's THAIS. produced for the first tlm- In Mmes. Garden. Gerville-Rearhe. G'acoina.

MM Rcnau-i. Casauran. Mucnox. Grand Corps de Ball-'f Mus fampanini MAT. (Sixth of Nnrdira.) Verdi's AIDA.

Mines Nordlni. De Cisneros MM. Ancona. Arlmondl. Mas Dtr SVT.

EV'fi, Verdi's ll TKOVATOBE. To. mellt Bressler-Gtanoll. MM Albani. Ancona.

Mugn'oi M. Parelli 1 73 c. to i 3d Pop CajDMiatnl Ceaeert. SF FOR ALL ABOVE NOW CELLING. Public Notices.

O'TREMK COURT. BBCOMB JUDIdAI, Jo In of the petition of Thomas F. Gllroy. ef Publi- works of the City of York urd'r and In pursuance of Chapter 4PO of la' of and the laws amendatory thereof, on be half of the Mayor. Aldermen and Commonalty of City of New York, for the appointment of Commissioners of Appraisal arts CORNELL EIGHTH StTI'LEMENTAL PROCEEDING KOTICB OF FILING AND MOTION To CONFIRM FOURTEENTH SEPARATE REPORT.

Public Notlcs Is hereby given that the Fourteenth Pepsrite Report of the Commissioners of Appraisal tn the above matter In of Clerk of the County of Westcttester. at Whit- Plains, in on the Bth of Octcbei Notice further that the Fourteenth Separate Report Includes and affects the parrels of land as Parcel. 43 47, S4Vi I HW, 129. ISO. 424.

44 I 419. 450. 431. and buUdlns; Parcel 510 is further given that an application will made at a Special Term of Supreme Court of State of New York. be heid In and for the.

Ninth Judicial District, Court House, of Court in the Village Of White Plains, Wentchest-r County, New Tork. on the sixteenth day of November. 1907. at 10 o'clock In the. forenoon ef that day.

or as booh after as counsel can be heard, for an confirming i- ltd report and for such other and further relief as may be just. Dated New York. October 1907 18 IKMU-ETON. Corporation Counsel Hall of Records. of Centre and Chamber Streets.

Borough of Manhattan. New York City. Help Male. UCCNSED MAN' FOR ASSISTANT i st at a month and main teuanre. Call at GENERAL DEPARTMENT (rounds of Uollevuo between 9 A.

M. and i I P. M. Help Female. FEMALE.

C.KNEKAI. HELPKRP Wards of Fbrdham Hospital. Snlarv. per month i Apply to the. St PERVISINO Nt RSiJ.

I Fordham Hospital. Southern Roulevttrd and Crotooa 1 DUCHESS GIVES COINS TO IMMIGRANTS. Samples Pie on Ellis Island and Praises Commissioner Watchorn, Her Host. The Duchess of Marlboroujjh. accompanied by Mr.

and Mrs. H. Mackay, spent four hours at Ellis Island yesterday, the. Kue -t of Commissioner Watehorn. The duchess nil Mrs.

were greatly Interested in the women and children waiting to be passed. A few children who appealed to the and Mis. Mackay ruused the visitors to hand (bam BOOM money, and it soon spread among the imn that "two women of the American nobility" ere h.indlnt: out gold pieces. When the party crime to the department whore outbound Iniail- Krants are supplied with packages of for Journeys on trains, the duchess sampled the contents! of one of the packages and expressed high opinion of the pie. While the money exchange I'liiiinisaloner Watcborn bought two Russian and gave one to Mrs.

Mackay one to the duchess. Mrs. Mackny stepped up to the Postal office on the island and surprised Mr. McPermott, the manager, with her knowledge of tho telegraph service, of -which her husband Is president. She told Mr.

McDermott that he was rather young to be a manager, and when he replied that he was old enough to vote Mrs. Maekav smiled. The duchess aaid she was greatly pleaded with her visit and was amazed at the great detail observed la admitting immigrants to ihta country. Amusements. CMP PF THEATRE.

B'MyS JOth "EMPHATIC SVC Herald. JOHN DREW "MY WIFE" Criterion Th tr i a rh MONTH LAST "NU.HTs SSmd9EK The Dairymaids H'-iV-Ar. 5 1 THEATRE. Mm Saturday fcsa 5 Eve. Saturday LAST WEEK THEATRE vviLsON "lu Hoi KMCKERmKKKH ffway 4 ELSIE JAMIS E.S.v.'L A with Mueta.

JOSEPH C.VIVTHOR.N GARRICK i.a>t i nans, GEORGE ARTIE ades Anllt next week onlt FRANCIS VIUOX, 'Wh-n Knights BiM SPECIAL MATINEE NEXT TUESDat I AH PR WAKES PATIENT with Sriw Elliston. Chas Waleot. HUDSON ROBERT £DESN tA fe-XTRA MATINEE THANKSGIVRVQ DAT. SAVOY 31 1 near B-way. e7.

1 Mtg Thurs. A Sat MAN OF Ihri HOUR LYCEUM B'way 4.Vh St At At Thursday Matinees Seats $1.50. TIIK THlfrl' KVRT.K BELLEW 1 1 MARGARET ILI.INGTON. HIPPODROME Dally Mala at I. 2.V.

$1. Evus 25c. to St. SO. LAST "Pioneer with Indians.

i The Beautiful Ballet In Midair. IiIPUTC Msrc and th Builder nluHiS Unequalled rircus Arts from Europe. i Gorgeous rtailet the Sea." I ICT i Neptui'- and t. Wre-k of th. DsjessMl Ship.

I Brilliant Pageant' 'Neptune Daughter." i Marvellous and HystJfjrtaaj TVEIi. NOT. 27. FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE NEW propt "THE AITO RACE" anH "THK ASI.NO. Evenings at VI.V Maty Sat JEFFERSON DE angfi.is.

blanche HINT, ALEXANDER ARK. in THE GAY WHITE WAT. I VDIP 4M -w of B-way. Tel. Bryant klrtiW Era Mat-.

7l'-d ud tat. LAST THREE MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL To-night and Pat NlifTif. "THK NOTORIOra MR? KBBSMITiI" Sat. Mat.

'THE SECOND MRS TAXQCmtAT." MA.IF.STir. Ens sir. Mats Wed and .2 13 I THE TOP 0' TH' WORLD fill V'Q Miss -Mr MBler UuLI 0 Mais Wad. Sat THE GREAT DIVIDE Dl mil Broadway and 30th St Tel 1" 30 Mad. DIWUU Eves.

Mats wed. Sat. Madame In Henrik Ibs-n THE LAST aIA7IUnUA WrER BIILDER. WEEK nAfclrnUlA Nov. A DOLL'S HOUSE.

Fields' Herald Sq. IS Mats. W-d- and CICI nO THE Mini BEHIND with iIILUo the i EDI33. MOV. EVG-.

NOV. 18. at ADRUNA tB. COI'VREIR (First in New Tork) Cavallorl. Jacobv.

Mattfeld. Caruso. Scott I T-uoas (debut i. JoDMti Barocchi Conductor. Ferrari I Wed.

Not. 20. at Farrar Kappold. Jacob-, tjirerd debut chaiiapms Martin (debut Tecchi (debut). Coad Ferrari Tburs.

Etc-. St. at Klrkby-Lunn: Caruso. Journet. Muhlraaaiu Tecchi Condurtor.

Ferrari. Frl. Not. 52. at RIGOLETTO.

Bond Straiflari Muhlrnann. B'sue. Dufrlche. rondoctor FerrarL Nor. 13.

at Farrar. Kappold. Jdt-oby. Glrerd. Challaplns.

Martin. TeccbJ Conductor. Ferrari. Sat. Not.

23 tat at 7 DIE Gadakl. Knots. Van Rooy. Goritz. Blatss.

Reiss. Muhlinaaa. Conductor. Hertz. SKAT? NOW ON" SALE.

WSBBR PIANO USED. CARNEGIE RAIL. PHILHARMONIC FRIDAY. NOV IS SATURDAY xnv IX. at 15 M.

CONDLCTOR SAFONOFF Soloist. Kirkby-Lunn first appearancn season Prelude. Chorale and "Ia Kirkhv-Lunni "Peer Uynt." Suite No. 1 "Jr-'f In memnrtam 1 Kirkby Lunn Richard Symphony. No 4.

minor IS eti la Boxes. and SI." WEEK OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. Eight afternoon or etjiit lonuerts. in $14. Boxes.

anl $10-1, FEMX I.EIFEI.S. Secretary-. Carnes'e Hall. SYMPHONY CONCERTS FOR VOING PEOPLE. Frank Damrowh Pfrectnr First Concert, Sat, Nov.

16, at 2:30 German Folk Sons; Mr. Rudolph Cam. 4 Soloists Mr MW 4 Tickets it Office. IW. 34th st.

Carnegie- Hall ACADEMY OF T- Tl THE LION £2 MOUSE 25 Is IM Ma's. Ve4 A Sa- I PHI Dill A I lhl Abel. Kir- UULUnIAL in 5 Blonde ftre Mat. liuilv BSr. other- II A DQ A vklk I LOV P.

Hil 1 a ALnAmDnA tmw. Mat. Pally tge. DuiM-an Godfrer. HIMMERSIEIN'S Hsary B.

Chsm Wayawafi laalla Brlle Blanche. EaMtt Artie Hall. K.lc*!f Mtagraph. tKk Eva I Mat IOF WFRr WVLOLIt 3 nlp Hip hooRATI nr ASrft Evgs. Ma' sat 3 IS.

DLLA3WU PAVIDJ Cl AIiPUC The Giri DLflnunt Phi Co i.uidenw«»t CTIIVUCCaUT PEI.ASi-O'S OlUlftOHfil Kvenlr.gs sSjarr Matinee at DAVID BELASi'O II i presents Davt.i fTAnrIkLU AnnyMn. MADISON SO, THE COMING OF MRS. PATRICK RI iVKV'S LINCOLN I 3 8:13 25c. S.V. 75c Mat Abnrn DiHICIIIAy Mat i OptmCo.

DUlikrlllHri WEST ENDh bells Rg Next John and Emma Ray. "Kins HORSE SHOW. The box office open dally at MADISON' to the public. from a. m.

until 6 P- fw UM seats and boxes the an. I for any for sale. Horse So ol 081. Kast SM St. fICssVCV BMt 14th Bt.

Sunday Aft. Ere. 5 Goiham East 12Sth $7 Ladles- 11 Ufllham THK nOSa ULIES UUlliaill Sunday Aft. GERMAN EDEN mr CVATIiin r. 188- 1 lUt SKATIRU To-day, Columsu.

The Turf. QUEENS COUNTY JOCKEY CLUB, AQLEDUCT. L. TO- PAY. LAST AT i r.

St Trains foot of UV.VI A. J- 1:00. 1:30 P. 11:1.1 A- 12:50. 100.

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