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DAIL.V FOG a a Fair To-morrow. BROOKLYN. MONDAY. JULY 21.. 1902.

TWELVE PAGES VOL. NO. 20. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION. THE POLICE STILL HOPE Through Coroners' Inquest 7 COMMITTEE OF FIVE er a rt Wanted to Remonstrate With Him on Narrowing Blackwells Island Bridge.

7 "DONT CRY TILL YOURE HIT, jl TO v- 1 Rapid Transit Proposition Offers Liberal Facilities Entire Brooklyn Railroad System Made Tributary to the' TunnePomplulsory Through Routes Without Change of Cars and for One Five Cent Fare. .7, V' Throw Out Vague Intimations of Startling Revelations by New Wit nesses, Which Will Shed New Light on the Now Famous Mystery Will Give No Inkling of Character, of Expected Testimony Sketch ot Mrs, Latimers Life She Is Expected to Testify Again at Inquest To-morrow. wS i i I rv 1 Replied His Honor Sternly Said It and Was Gone. The Committee of Five, which were appointed by the Citizens Committee of Forty In Queens Borough, last week, to call upon Mayor Low and protest against Commissioner Llndenthals plan to reduce the width of the Blackwells Island bridge from 120 to 80 feet, were received by the Mayor this morning. The committee was headed by Borough President Cassidy, and Included John M.

Weed, Jared Barhlte, ex-Judge Luclua Manley, Robert Lallan, John Andrews, H. Bayer, Alderman Nehrbauer, C. Schuler, J. McLaughlin and Rudolph Horak. Mayor Low had several private appointments, and was scheduled to go to a meeting of the Rapid Transit Commission at 12 oclock, and for a time it looked as if he would not see the committee.

Finally, at the earnest solicitation of President Cagsldy, he consented to receive them and give a five-minute hearing. What Is the subject matter you gentlemen wish to talk about asked hie Honor. "We wish to protest against reducing the width of the Blackwells Island Bridge," began one of the committee. "Nothing has been proposed authoritatively In any way of 1 changing the plans, Interrupted the Mayor. "Better not cry out until you are hit" The committee evidently did not take Mayor Low's word, for Rudolph Horak began a short address, during which he aid: "Wa want no change In the plane of the Blackwells Island Bridge.

Any change In the plans will reduce Its carrying capacity, and If the Bridge Commissioner contemplates any Improvements he can always make them on the original structure. Stopping the work on the bridge means the loss of thousands of dollars. We object to any change being made or stopping the work. The stories of the proposed change have depreciated the value of property in Queens thousands of dollars." There has been no order given to etop the work. If there had been I would, know about it, said the Mayor.

I tell you that no changes In the plans have been authoritatively proposed, nor haa any order been given to stop the work," repeated the Mayor. Whan anything la definitely pending tn thin re. spect, I will you gentlemen know, and be glad to give you a hearing. "Will you compel us to go to ooqrt to stop the changing of the plans, asked Mr. Horak angrily.

'1 dont think that wilt he necessary replied Mayor Low with a smile. It may be very proper, too, to etop the work, but nothing as yet bae been determined upon." With these words Mayor Low walked Into hie private office and left the committee standing there. 1 FIEND" Investigation of Druggists Who Sell the Stuff to Boys in Eastern District Physician Refuses to Issue Death Certificate. Bide for the construction of tha Brooklyn tunnel opened by the Rapid Transit Commission fit noon to-day. Three hide were submitted, but In reality they amounted to only two, for there was an alternate bid submitted by the Belmont-McDonald Interest In addition to the regular bid.

The Brooklyn Rapid TnVelt Company bid 87,000,000 for the work, and offered a 6-oent fare and three tru.fers to all parts of Brooklyn over the various surface and elevated lines, with the exception of the lines running to the beaches on which the fare will be 10 cento. The S-cent fare will Include some parts In the Eastayn District. Aa Mr. Wells, in whose naSne the-B. R.

T. made Its bid, explained that by the time the tunnel is in operation, the Williamsburg Bridge will have been completed and the people of the Eastern DlBtrlct will probably ue that bridge. Somewhat of a sensation was caused when a letter was read from Swans-strom, advising gainst award of contract to B. R. on grounds that the oral and written agreements were absolutely worthless, the company had failed to keep certain agreements with the city.

The Commission decided to bold a public hearing on the bids on next Thursday. No award was made to-day. The company offered a ftve-cent fare for a ride through the tunnel to any part of Manhattan and the Bronx, but declined to enter Into any agreement to make terminal connections with other roads, the flve-cent fare to Include line below Fifty-ninth street on which the fare Is lees than five cento. The Interborough Railway Company offered to construct the tunnel for $2,000,000, give a flve-cent fare and three transfers to all the lines of that company In Manhattan and The Bronx and also to construct ah Broadway spur to the Manhattan tunnel. Mr.

Wells, the chief counsel of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, spoke at much length on the proposition of the company to provide accommodating transfers for Brooklyn wilt make that their revenue of traffic to Manhattan. -The Rapid Transit Subway Company offered to construct the tunnel for IV 000,000. and also the addition to the present Manhattan oubway to run betwee.t Forty-second street, Broadway, and Union Square- for $100,000 on condition that the contract be let by July 1 next This la to conect with the Pennsylvania tunnel at that point. I The bid of John L. Welle, who Is on of the general counsel of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Indicates the relation of that towards the proposed tunnel.

Mr. Wells' bid offers very liberal transportation facilities In connection with the tunnel railroad, whereby substantially the entire railroad system of Brooklyn In made tributary to the tunnel for one flve-cent fare, Including trip through the tunnel, either without change of car or by transfer to through care. Inasmuch as a portion of the tunnel railroad running from the point of connection of the Manhattan-Bronx Railroad at City Hall to the lower end of Manhattan Island can be advantageously usfd by passengers on the Manhattan-Bronx Railroad desiring to continue their journey below the City Hall. Mr. Welle has offered In a separate letter to the Rapid Transit Commission that In case the contract for which he has made bid shall be swarded to him, he will be entirely willing to enter into an equitable arrange- PRESIDE! ROOSEVELT His Sister Goes to Oyster Bay on Her Return From the Trip to See Coronation.

Father Belford, of Brooklyn, Among Those Who Saw Him. OYSTER BAY, July 21. President Roosevelt's sister, Mrs. Cowles, wife of Naval Commander Cowlea, reached Oyster Bay this morning. She hae Just returned from London, whither she went to attend the coronation.

Morning trains also brought the Rev, John Belford and Forman 8. Snowden. Mr. Snowden la an official of tha American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Wishes to consult the President about legislation the society will attempt to paaa at the next session of Congress. Father Belford la pastor of Sts.

Peters and Paul's Church, 'Brooklyn, and waa the first pastor and builder of St Dominic's Church- In Oyster Bay. When St Dominic's waa organised Father Belford secured the subscription of Gov. Roose FOR COLIE Son Faints as ex-Policeman Sentenced for Assault on Dr. O'Connell. Is CROOKS GET LENGTHY TERMS.

Sentence Day in Part One of the County Court. Tears and sobs from heart-broken women were plentiful In Part I. of the County Court, this for It was sentence day, amf'the wives, mothers and slaters of the unfortunates who were to be sent away to prison, gathered In a mournful little group at the rear of the court room, to hear the fate of the guilty pronounced by Judge Asplnall. One of the most pathetic of the little groups was that of the family of ex-pollceman Jobn R. Collins, formerly of the Adame street station.

Mrs. Col-line and her four pretty little children had the sympathy of all the spectators, for the disgrace of her husband has been a terrible blow to her and the children. When Collins waa called to the bar, the sobs or hla family were pitiful, and the eight of his father about to he sentenced was too much for the oldest boy, who fainted away. He had to be carried out of the room by court officers. Colling, tome days ago, pleaded guilty to an attempted assault on Dr.

OCon. nell, a police surgeon. Collins had been dismissed from the force for Intoxication, and he blamed Dr. OConnell for hie dismissal. He tried to assault the doctor at hla home tn Remeen street, but was prevented by the doctor's frrenda.

When he stepped up for sentence, bis counsel, William H. White, asked for clemency on the ground that Collins had pleaded guilty, and thus saved the county the expense of a trial. He had been drinking heavily for several days, counsel said, and even now had no recollection of going to the doctor's home. The revolver he took with him was empty, and, besides, he had a wife and four little children, and his wife was soot) again to become a mother. In passing sentence Judge Asplnall said that he had considered all that counsel bad said, and that he was sorry for the wife and her helpless children.

But," said Hla Honor, "Policemen and ex-pollcemeit must remember that they are paid and have been paid to protect property, and when they go about Intoxicated and flourishing revolvers, and trying to assault people, they must be pun lahed. Collins, I sentence you to one year In tha-penttentlary." James Maaee, a youth whom His Honor deolarel was ona of tha most expert of pickpockets, wi sent to, Hie old mother waa in court nd was led but aobbing bitterly. William Flster, qllaa Wilson, and George who gave their address as 295 Bushwick avenue, received eight years In Sing Sing each." They each got four years for burglary and each four years for grand larceny, the second sentences to begin at the expiration of the first. They are charged with committing at least a dozen robberies and of having a house full of plunder. Joseph Goldstein was sentenced to El mlra for grand larceny.

His wife shrieked when sentence was pronounced and when taken from the court room almost fainted In the corridor. George- Rugs was sent to Elmira 1 want all you New York crooks to under stand that you cannot come to Brooklyn and break Into and rob the homes of decent people. Every New York crook who cornea before me will get the limit, said bta Honor In passing sentence. George Schubert convicted of attempted burglary, begged, with tears In his eyee to be sent to the penitentiary, and not to. Elmira, but hla Honor waa not moved, and sent him to the reformatory.

There were several other sentences for minor offenses. BROOKLYN'S CREW LOADS COAL, DEFYING STRIKERS. SOUTHAMPTON, July de, parture of the American cruiser Brook-lyn yesterday waa nearly prevented by the men employed tn placing 1,000 tons of coal In her bunkers. The men went on a atrike, but the crew of the Brocjtlyn, In. stead of watting to parley with, tha atrlkera, -turned In and coaled the cruiser themeelvee.

The Brooklyn left on schedule time. Woman Who Criticized President Says She Will Defend Free. Speeqh. ",7 WASHINGTON, July Taylor, tha War Department clerk who was recently dismissed for crltlolslng President Roosevelt through the public prints, brought suit in mandamus proceedings to-day In the-Supreme Court of tha Pistrlot of Columbia to compel Secretary of Root to reinstate her Justice Hagner Issued a rule against tle Secretary, returnable July 28, to show Why tha writ of mandamus should not be granted. Miss Taylor's case has attracted considerable attention, Inasmuch as It haa been alleged that her dismissal was a violation of the Civil Service law.

The utterances to which the Secretary took exception were made by her In an open letter to the "Poet" of this city. Inher letter she roundly denounced President Rooeevblte "Flag-must-stay-put" speech and characterised the attitude of the Administration In the Philippines as inhuman and barbarous. She alleges In a statement to the press to-day that her object In bringing the suit Is to defend the right free speech. i Secretary Root Justifies hie action on the ground that there was sufficient cause for Miss Taylor'a dismissal In that she had Impaired her usefulness In the department by her attitude of antagon-lem. re) this n't SIXES a Mv Fnn to hour train to Leans New lAd P.

dally. Is Interested in the Independent Movement to Break sioners Power. HEADQUARTERS NOW OPEN. McPhearson on the Contest in the SevdnJi District. A The First Assembly District members of the Brooks independent Republican committee of 260 have opened headquarters at $5 Court street and are already Organizing to give battle to M.

J. Dady. It Is evident that the Independents In the district who are opposed to Mr. Dady believe that he will be the Issue at the primaries. They have heard that he Is willing to allow It to be this way, and that he will probably take an active part In the contest.

An Interesting feature of the situation Is that R. Ross Appleton again appears as a factor In the political field, despite the general assumption that he Intended devoting his entire time to business. Mr, Appleton, who has fought Mr. Dady for some years, has Joined hands with the Independents and will lend hts influence to the effort to displace the Commissioner from Control of the district. Thera was a meeting of some of the Independents at headquarters Friday night, at which Mr.

Appleton was present. Thomas O'Neill, the reform Executive member of the district, was there, as were a number of other persons. Nothing very much was done. R. J.

Warden, who is In charge of headquarters, said thls mornlng that Mr. Dady must take a back seat. The fact that Mr. Appleton is going to take a somewhat lively Interest In the coming political contest in the district la gratifying to the independents, who regard him as the strongest antl-Dady man tn the district On one or two occasions within the past four or five years Mr. Appleton pretty nearly succeeded In overthrowing Mr.

Dady. When the present Independent movement was started last spring by Messrs. Schldren and Brooks It was feared that Mr. Appleton could not be Induced to participate If was Intended then, as It Is now, to make the First District the chief battleground, and the reformers were anxious to draw Into the move evdry one who was opposed to Mr. Dady'a leadership.

Therefore Mr. Appleton's aid was much desired by the Independents. QT A PERSONAL FIGHT IN THE Jameq a rabid anti-Han-bury man In the Seventh Assembly District, made this statement to-day to a Standard Union Reporter: The' fight. In the. Seventh District Is not a personal one between Congressman Hanbury and Elmer 8.

White, but It is a contest In which a large number of organization Republicans who are opposed Hanburys methods are Interested. -Mr. White Is In no way the Issue. He la merely lined up with the rest of us gainst Hanbury. The Congressman is trying his best to create the Impression that White Is posing as a -reformer, which Is not true.

CROKER DID NOT MAKE THE My father never said he would punch John C. Sheehan's head. His good health Is not due to any routine work. He may come over In the fall, but he has made no plans for such a trip." Such was the latest news from Wantage, the home of Richard Croker, as brought to town yesterday by his son Richard Croker, who arrived on the steamship St. Louie.

He says he wont to London to establish a branch house of the brokerage firm of Cammann A of which he is a member. The Man Whom Italian Stabbed Now a Prisoner in Eastern District Hospital. CURIOUS TURN IN THE CASE. Surgeon Declared That Italian Was Merely Shamming. John Sabardln, 85 ydhrs old, of Havemeyer street, died yesterday at the Williamsburg Hospital of Injurtea received last Thursday on board of the Grand Street Ferryboat Flqrlda, and an operation was necessary through the 111-treatment His spleen had been broken and It had to be removed, Sabardln waa arrested Thursday even-lhg for having atabbed John Van Brunt of 100 Oakland street, who waa removed to, and la now at, the Eastern District Hospital.

When the Italian was arraigned Friday morning before Magistrate O'Reilly, at tha Lee avenue police court, Sabardln fainted and was removed to the Williamsburg Hospital, where his Injuries were discovered. It wag first thought that tha police had been guilty of neglect of duty, aa Sabardln had been In the Bedford avenue atatlonhouse nearly twenty hours. Instead of having been removed to- the hospital, but the police showed that when at 10:15 Thursday evening It waa discovered that Sabardln was alck, and an ambulance was called, the surgeon declared that Sabardln was merely shamming. He had had Internal hemmorrhages, aa his spleen had been Injured by a kick, and Coroner Williams took hla antemortem statement before the operation. He said he had been kicked on the ferryboat.

In the meantime the police Investigated the case and now declare thnt Van Brunt had been stabbed by Sabardln, but only after having knocked him down and kicked him. A charge of having caused Sabardln's death has-been preferred against Van I who Is now held a prisoner In the eastern District Lo-jliaL i-5 ment for the transfer of all passengers on the Manhattan-Bronx Rapid Transit Railroad to all stations on tha proposed Brooklyn Tunnel Khllroad in the Bor-pugh of Manhattan, In other words, the awarding of the contract to Mr. Wells will not prevent passengers below the Cit Hall, In Manhattan, from reaching potato above the City Hall by tha tunnel railroad now under process of construction, provided the present contractor. Mr. McDonald, or hla successor, la willing to make an equitable traffic agreement.

The connecting transportation facilities offered by the contracts between Mr. Well and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company may be brief described as follows: Inasmuch as It la considered by the Rapid Transit Commission and by all practical railroad men Impracticable to operate the ordinary trolley car throug.t the tunnel, through-car opportunities are necessarily restricted to those lines on which can be operated the standard equipments to be need In the tunnel. These lines are the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's elevated lines, with surface connections. Mr. Wells otters, by virtue of his contracts with the Brook-1 lyn Rapid Transit Company, If neces- ary authority la grantee by the city, to connect the Fifth avenue elevated with the tunnel in the vicinity of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues, and also to connect the Brighton Beach railroad at Mal-bone street with the entrance to the New: York tunnel at Flatbush and Atlantia avenues by a tunnel extending under Flatbush avenue between those This last connection will require the building ef an additional one and five-eighths miles of tunnel, and is dependent) of coureq upon the consent of the Rapid1 Transit Commission, who have full power In the premises; but the advantages of such a connection, especially to thw Proepect Park Slope and Flatbush sections are so great and the opportunities thereby offered for rapid transit to those localities are so promising, that It Is expected that the Commission will grant Its consent without question In case of the award of the contract to Mr.

Wells-This tunnel extension between Malbonei street and the Junction of Flatbush and Atlantia avenues involves two stations between Malbone street and Atlantic avenue, one at Ninth avenue and tho ether at Berger street, These through routes 'will give tfr seme advantages of rapid traftslt to air the South Brooklyn section as wohlrf he1 afford by the extension of four) branches or the tunnel to those locall-i ties. All the South Brooklyn territory betwen Flatbush aveue and Including Borough Park, Van Pelt ManJ or, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst, all the region on the old Culver line between Greenwood and Washington Cemeteries, all tha Prospect Park Slope section or either side of Flatbush avenue between! Atlantic avenue and Malbone street, all' the Flatbush section on either side of tho Brighton Beach line as far south as tags Highway, will have through cars: to New York via teh tunnel for one five, cent fare, and the people south of Kings Highway on these lines. Including Coney, Island and Brighton Beach, will, at thol option of the contractor, have through! cars over the described line for an tlonal five cent fare. i It le expected that the care used on, these line will conform In every respect! to those of the tunnel proper, being fire-1 proof In construction and equipped wlthj powerful motors, and tha time between' (Continued on 4th Fage 4th Column) velt to head hie building list 1 President Roosevelt and his family pent a very quiet morning. After tho routine official correspondence was die-: posed of the President played a couple of games of tennis with the boys.

PRESIDENT TO SPEND SEVERAL DAYS IN VERMONT. BURLINGTON, -YU dent Roosevelt Is to be the gueat of Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the this summer at the latters' home at Thompson' Point, Lake Champlain. Secretary Shaw sags the President will be with him tblfirst or second week In' August and will remain several days Iti Is expected that the President will ba accompanied by several members of hla family. From Thompson's Point the President will go to Windsor and Brat-tleboro, where he la scheduled to deliver addresses ROOSEVELTS TRIP 1 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

CONCORD. N. July 21. Gov, Jor. dan haa been officially notified that Pres-1 ldent Roosevelt will come to New Hamp- ehlra on Aug.

28. The Governor will detail members of his staff, with Secretary, of 8 tats to meet President Roosevelt in Boston and escort him to Concord, where he will be joined by the Governor staff and proceed to tha Weirs, where the President will be the guest of the New Hampshire Veterans' Association at their annual encampment. Mr. Wright, in his affidavit, LEAVB HEW YORK tiM P. A1, HIV CHICAGO BM A.

M. Pennsylvania gpwlal via P.nn.ylvatf'a Railroad. Dining oar; bullet -g In the Latimer murder mystery Jhe police are hoping against hope that something may materialize during the inqueat to-morrow morning which may erve to give the main idea a to who hot Albert C. Latimer. They still talk of huvlng new.

witnesses at the second session of the Inquest, and Intimate that the witnesses referred to will make Important revelations. But when asked the character of the expected testimony or about the personality pf these witnesses they refuse to give even an Inkling or to say they expect that the mysteriously Important testimony will lead to any arrest for the crime. -t- Capt Re vn olds, although 'he made the positive and unqualified, statement last Friday and Saturday that he would not say another word about the Latimer case, again commenced talking about the alleged burglar to-day. but when asked tf he still adhered to that theory would not so admit. He said he would have two new witnesses at the Inquest who would probably throw a new light on the murder.

Rr trying to get are facta, tangible facta and not theories, about the said Capt Reynolds, "and I believe these witnesses have reference to will give some Important facts about the case not before made known. It would not be right to say who these witnesses are before they appear at the inquest, because they would be annoyed by newspaper men trying to get Inter-views with them, and they do not want to be questioned at all, except In the duo process. of They may not be able to give any facts which would lead to the arrest of any one, but they may tell some things which will, show conclusively whether a burglar or some one else shot Mr. Latimer. My men are still working on the burglar notwithstanding the develop, ments which came out at the 1 Capt.

Reynolds opened a closet door tn his office and, pointing Inside, he said: "The. closet where JUr. Latimer -was found, with bis head' resting on the In side, was very little larger than the one you see here. This was not the -closet Where the burglar was. That closet was on the other side of the room and almost opposite.

Mr. Latimer grappled with the burglar when he came out of 'the larger (Special to The Standard Union.) WASHINGTON, July 21. The Post Bays this morning that Indiana Republicans favor presenting Senator Fairbanks as a Presidential candidate In 1904. They reason that If there la an formidable opposition to President Roosevelt It would be well to be in position to put Fairbanks name forward. Mr.

Fairbanks Is not promoting his own candidacy. Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw is reported as saying he feels certain of President Roosevelt's renomlna-tlon, and that he believes the Iowa He- fiubllcan Convention, which meets short-y, will recommend Roosevelts nomlna-tion. Representative Littlefields press agent Is suggesting him as candidate for Speaker, It the Republicans hold the House. His attitude on the trusts Is said to be a factor in his candidacy.

There Is, however, no present outlook of opposition to Henderson's re-election. A. H. CYCLONE KILLS TWENTY IN RUSSIA TO-DAY. ST.

PETERSBURG, July 21 A cyclone swept over Klew to-day. Twenty persons were killed. PEARY RELIEF, SHIP; REACHES NORTH SYDNEY. NORTH SYDNEY, July Peary arctlo steamer Windward, from New York, July 14, has arrived, She will coal and proceed north to-day, being joined here by Mrs. Peary and her daughter.

NEARLY SIXTY COLLISION ON HAMBURG, July 21. Between fifty and sixty lives were lost In a collision on the River Elbe at 12:90 this morning between the excursion steamer Primus and the Hamburg-American Line tug Hansa. Early reports made the loss of life over 100, but as the day advanced missing passengers turned up and reduced the list. The Primus had made an excursion trip from Buxtehude and had 186 passengers on board. While on the Elbe, between Blankenese and Nlenstetten, the Primus attempted to cross the river channel and was rammed by the Nansa.

The tug tore her way clear through the side of the steamer, almost cutting her In two. The Primus began to sink at once, and the Nansa tried -to save life by pushing her ashore, but grounded while the Primus was In deep water. The Primus began to sente and the Nansa's 'raw set about to rescue the pacicetrlck- closet, and struggled with him until he reached the smaller closet on the oppo site side of the room, where he fell." 'Then you still believe It was a burglar who shot Mr. Latimer?" was asked of Capt. Reynolds.

I am not saying what I believe, said the Captain. This is Mrs. Latimer's version of the case, and her description of how the affair happened." There were reports to-day that some of the witnesses expected at the Inquest to-morrow would not show up. Who these witnesses are could not be ascertained, but It is understood they have Important Information on the subject. Capt.

Buchanan, It Is said, has practically abandoned the burglary theory In the case, and Is working on an entirely new line of investigation. It was learned to-day that Mrs. Latimer, before her marriage, was Badle J. Hand, the daughter of a brick mason, and was bom about twenty-eight yean go at the comer of Ninety-third street and Lexington avenue, Manhattan. When about one week old her mother died, and two yean later her father, Joseph Hand, also died In his new home, 106th street and Second avenue.

She was then taken charge of by her aunt, Mn. Theodore Schofield, who resided In Harlem. When eight yean old she was taken to the home of her maternal grandmother, Mn. Joseph Brewster Hawkins, near New Canaan, Conn. Thera she remained until she was married to Albert C.

Latimer in 1890. Mn. Latimer, It was learned, Is, now staying at the home of her brother-in-law at 126 Cornelia street. It was said that she would be present at the Inquest to-morrow and would again go on the stand, as Coroner Williams Is desirous of getting her to give some definite description of the man who, she says, shot her husband. Thus far, the descriptions of the alleged burglar, which she had been quoted as giving to thtf police-and to other penons, have been so Indefinite and so contradictory that It has been found Impossible to arrive at any positive con clustoh as to th appearance of the person who shot Albert C.

Latimer to death. It (s also said by the Coroner that several of the witnesses who also testified at the first session of the Inquest, will again be placed on the stand In an attempt to assist the police In solving the Latimer murder mystery. INDIANAPOLIS, July 21-Presl-dent Mltcheu of the United Mine Workers has made a careful estimate of the number of strikers and dependents in each district and weekly revenues to be derived from each district under the decision of the convention, together with amounts of weekly assessments by districts. It shows a total of 150,000 striking miners In the anthracite field, the number of dependents being 750,000. The estimated weekly expense In the anthracite field Is 1500,000.

In West Virginia the number of strikers Is estimated at 25.000, with 75,000 dependents. The estimated contributions from districts, sub-districts and locals will reach 1400.000. i The estimated revenues from weekly assessments by districts Is and the estamated public weekly contributions will bring the total to $494,. 000. Of the weekly assessments the Indiana block district must pay Ohio, Indiana, bituminous, Kentucky, Illinois, $50,000.

WASHINGTON, July Secre-tary of the Navy hasrecelved the following dispatch dated Panama, July 20, from Commander Potter of the Ranger' A slight engagement has taken place between an Insurgent and a Government vessel in Panama Bay. I have notified Insurgent vessel that bombardment of the city or anchorage cannot be permitted. LIVES LOST IN: THE RIVER ELBE 'I en passengers, many of whom Jumped Into the Fifty of the' passengers were hauled aboard the tug by means of ropes and boat hooks, and for a time It was thought that this number was all that had been saver. Later It was found that seventy-five others had been taken from the water by other craft. It was bright moonlight when the collision occurred.

A rigid Investigation will be begun. Thirteen bodies were recovered at daylight and others will speedily be found as the Primus sank only 100 feet from shore. The 'members of the Ellbech Male Choral Society were the promoters of the excursion. With their families and friends they made up the greater portion of the excursionists. "The Buffalo Limited, MM.i ertttloe of I gotpiro state lea-.

N.w lorlt dally IS SO Cue Dullelo L.w P. It N.w York Central, As a result of the death of William Dean, 19 year old, of 270 Hooper street, who was killed by the continual use of morphine and by opium smoking, there may be an Investigation by the Coroner which will bring to light the names of ths druggists who furnish morphine to "fiends. Dr. Charles C. Koehler, of 811 North Fifth street, who attended the boy during the last two days of his life, refused to issue a death certificate, not because he thought that there were mysterious features surrounding the death, but because he thought that the proper authorities ought to take some action to prevent the repetition of such cases and to find the druggists who sell morphine without medical prescriptions.

The boy was the son of very respectable parents, the father being an engineer. As the mother states she had discovered some time ago that William waa smoking opium, and after pleading with him he promised that he would atop it. Later on she found that he was swallowing morphine and when ahe remonstrated he told her that hd had heart disease and had to take the poison on advice of a physician. He was for years under medical treatment and hie mother thought him well cared for until last Friday evening, when he wks brought home 111 by one of hla friends and put to bed. It was then that Dr.

Koehler was called In for the first time. When he asked the patient what ailed him the roung fellow requested that hla father rave the room, as he wanted to talk alone with the doctor. Hie request having been complied with, he said that at the age of fifteen he frequented, with some other boys, ths different dance halls and drinking resorts In the Bowery, Manhattan, and with them drifted Into Chinatown, where they visited an opium joint and acquired the opium habit, and thus became a physical wreck. At the request of hie mother he gave up the opium smoking, but began to use morphine. He was without morphine Friday and became sick.

He gave a boy 60 cents and the boy bought some morphine with It Do you mean to tell me that a boy bought morphine for you without a medical prescription?" aaked the doctor in surprise. Oh, yes. Anybody can buy It," was -the prompt answer. But he refused to KlV names end addressee of the druggists who violated the law In that way. He stated that he had taken eighteen grains that evening.

In spite Dt all endeavor of the physician the young fellow sank and en Saturday afternoon ha died. I PRISONERS IN SHERIDAN CASE IDENTIFIED BY WITNESSES LONG ISLAND CITY, July 2L Mlch- sal Carr and Frank Donnelly were held rlY on Wednesday morning ha beard shot fired, and, going to a window, saw two men running down the street He; says that ona of them said to the other: "Take It easy; dont ba In a hurry." He Identified Carr aa the man who poke. Mrs. Torevlo says that ahe was awakened by the barking of her dog and saw two men running past her house and says that ona -man waa Donnelly. Aa there waa no evidence against Strang Magistrate Connaughton let him go.

without ball this morning by Magistrate Connaughton on a charge of having murdered Detective-Sergeant John Sheridan on Wednesday morning last Henry Strang, who had also been arrested on suspicion, was discharged. The complaint waa made by Capt, Anthony Woods, of the Seventy-fifth Precinct. Accompanying this complaint were ths affidavits of William L. Wright, who lives at Henry street and Hunter Dutch Kills and Mrs. Nellie says that avenue; Tore-vlo, who lives at Jane and Rndde streets; Robert McMann, of 841 Jackson avenue; Detective-Sergeant Herbert Graham and Dr.

Benjamin, the Coroners physician..