The Standard Union from Brooklyn, New York • 1

OilL-V Ot3CI i tfoiifl Tomorrow VOL NO. BROOKLYN. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER TWELVE PAGES. 1902.

FOUR OCLOCK EDITION i i SLATE IH fob DhrmsM: T1RIFF BOARD President Roosevelt Says That Is His Preference to Handle 1 the Problem. BERT REISS WILL FILED FOR HITE i Left No Realty, and Amount of Personalty Unknown He Was Heavily Insured. George R. Sheldons Name May Be Wiped Out and Another Substituted. Alleged Murderer of Mrs.

Pulitzer Shouts Wildly For His Lawyer: When Separated From Him Detectives Hustle Him Hurriedly to Headquarters, Where His Picture Is Taken for Rogues Gallery Confesses to Titus and Implicates Charles Simpson Eilling Prisoner to Be Arraigned Before the Coroner Mormons Repudiate the Blood Atonement Theory as Cause For Murderi Gov. Odell, It Is Said, Does Not Want the Wall Street Man on the Ticket His Father and Brother Carry Messages to Senator Platt The Latter May Be Forced to Withdraw His Candidate Kings bounty Delegates Caucus Dike and the Secretary ship of State The Convention in Detail An Ovation for Woodruff Temporary Chairman Quiggs Speech. MUST MAINTAIN PROTECTION. Believes Such a Commission Could Handle the Matter. LOGANSPORT, Sept.

23. President Roosevelt made the most Important speech of his Northwestern -trip here this morning. He discussed tariff revision, admitted the necessity for consideration of the subject, and declared his own personal preference for the establishment of a by-partisan commission to consider the entire subject and make a report to Congress on the same. Senator Beveridge and Congressman Charles Landis met the President here. The President was driven In a severe rain to the stand which had been erected for him.

In part he said: "No law can create industrial well being. or make shiftless and Idle men prosper, he said Rt the outset of his speech. Then he spoke of the Importance of lndl-vdual endeavor, In distinction to combination. He referred to the fixity of our financial system and our economic policy, from which, as It regards the tariff, It might be too much to expect the elimination of political particanBhip. But the proper aim of the party system, he declared, Is to observe the public good.

We must Inevitably divide on party lines, but woe be unto us If we ore not Americans first and party men second Leading up to tariff revision he said: No nation can stand radical readjustments of the tariff schedules at short intervals. Continual sweeping changes cannot but be disastrous, but If the Industrial needs shift as rapidly as they do here, where we often live In one year what Europe does in ten, we need the leapplicatlon of established 'principles tn changed conditions. We must readjust without resorting to a violent surgical operation, the threat of which alone would paralyze the business of the country. We must solve this problem with partisanship as a secondary consideration. We must persevere In the policy of a protective tariff, but we must remove the Irregularities and Incongruities.

We want a system which assures stability, without fossilization. There are a number of ways of bringing this about. My own personal preference would be an Investigation of the entire subject by a preliminary body of experts, who would deal with the matter merely from tbt'int-anpfki This machinery can be provided and can operate successfully if the people make up their minds to- believe that It will handle the question from a business standpoint. Protection Is In the Interest c-f the American producer. Its Imperative need exists li the choice of maintaining the hlgh-zAmerlcan standard of living of the American working man, the best fed, best educated and most Intelligent workingman on the face of the earth.

Mayor Low has affixed his signature to the ordinance adopted by the Board of Aldermen approving resolutions of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for changing the grades of the approaches to the new East River bridge in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Other papers approved by the Mayor are: Changing the grade of Twentieth street, between Vanderbilt and Teqth avenues; Flatbush avenue, between East Twenty-sixth street and Nostrand avenue; Rogers avenue, between Malbone street and FlatbUBh avenue, and Nostrand avenue, between the same streets; authorizing the Issuance ot 4266,161.31 In (orporate stock for the erection of new fire houses In Brooklyn and Queens, and for sites, additions and alterations. IJ. S. S.

PANTHER AND MARINES AT COLON. WASHINGTON, 8ept 23. Word was received by the Navy Department this morning that the Panther had arrived at Colon. She has on board 400 marines under command of Col. Russell, destined for duty on the Isthmus of Panama.

(SpwUI to Th Standard Union.) SARATOGA. Sept 2a. The Republican 'la in Imminent danger ot being broken. At present the only open place I' on It Is that of Secretary of State. But 1 the change which Is expected Is the wlp-1 Ing out of George R.

Sheldons name and the substitution of some one else as can- didate for Lieutenant-Governor. The situation is acute and has been so all the 'I morning, and If 'Sheldon escapes being bowled over he will do so only by the narrowest margin, I Gov. Odell does not want him on the i ticket, and the friends of the former are making a drive upon the New Tork man. Senator Platt stands between the Gov-' ernor and Sheldon, and this afternoon ti la merely a question of how determined 1 Odell wjll he when the crisis comes, It la needless "to say that the prospect-' lve nominee for second place will bring all the pressure he can muster to bear upon Mr. Platt to offset the onslaught from those who want to see him retired from oonsderatlcn.

It was not long after breakfast that the reports ot Sheldons undoing, which were Posting so thickly about last night, were renewed. It was said that Gov. Odell had Informed Senator Platt that he would riot run it Sheldon were riomlnaU ed. Later howpver, the pumor became modified. 1 Th Governors father and I brother carried to the Senator the jwlsh i of thi Executive In the matter.

They, i had a conference with Mr. Platt, and are said to have told him that the Governor was very much In earnest In bis desire to sea some One else nominated, believing that he would work for the ticket Senator Platt out for Sheldon and refuses to sanction a change. Many of the big u-State men here pointed out 1 to Mr. Platt that another man should be named for second place. These same men, so It Is said, and others in various parts of the State, havo showered telegrams of protest upon the who Is In Albany.

These things are having their effect and the 'evidence of this Is that the Governor sent his father nd brother to the Senate) tr to tell him that there must be a change. There Is a bare posslbllly that a test of Strength between the two State leaders may occur. Shrewd politicians are arguing that If Mr. Odell persists in his objections the Senator will give way some time this evening. He brought Sheldon out, and naturally dislikes to humiliate him by putting him out of the race at this time.

There are two things which have brought about this present situation. One Is his alleged connections with many large financial concerns, and the other Is his outbreak against a well-known Brooklyn man, when he used language which caused such a general shock here. I- Sheldon Is put out of the running It Is believed that either Senator Horace White, of Syracuse. or Senator Frank Waylord Higgins, of Cattaraugus, will be nominated for Lieutenant-Governor. Mr.

Sheldon was asked this morning If it was true that he Intended to retire from the race. He replied: If Senator Platt says that It Is best for the party for me to get out, I will do so, but not unless he does. The Kings County delegates are fully alive to the situation. They were the first to smell the smoke this morning. Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff was hustle and bustje, keeping Id the arena and taking an active part In what was going He saw Senator Platt and all the other big men who figured directly In the present Interesting situation.

Afterward, when he was on bis way to the convention hall, he was asked by a Standard Union reporter what he thought would be the outcome ot the fight against Sheldon. "I do not believe Sheldon will be nominated, he said. The temper Is such that I dont think he can be. The likelihood of an upset in the pro gramme put a stop to the plans which the Kings County delegation had on foot The delegation caucused at 11 o'clock this morning, and they were to decide whether or not to accept for Brooklyn the place of Secretary of State. Kings had been making a play for second place Was she willing to come down a peg or two? The Sheldon rumors changed the current of The delegates didnt know just what -might happen.

Nobody Young said that Eilling- was a young man about 23 years old, with smooth-shaven face and about ftvs feet seven-inches tall. He said Eilling has ft clear, I bright face and pale complexion. When Young saw him last he was dressed In al dark suit, with a straw hat. After Capt. Titus got through question-! Ing Young he sent the prisoner to thel Criminal Court House, where he will bo1 arraigned before the Coroner.

YOUNG INSANE, SAYS LAWYER. After Lawyer Hart's conference withj Young, at Derby, which lasted an' hour and a half, the attorney made a statement that Young rehearsed to blml the same story as he did to his friendW last night. In which he Implicated WH-1 Ham Simpson Eilling. i Mr. Hart stated! he would at once have an Insanity expert examine him.

He said there was no doubt In his mind that Young was Insane, and this would account for many things, including the absence qf any motive in the case. Young, who had talked freely to every, one up to thla time, refused to say any-1 thing further after his counsel left and had evidently been advised by himl to keep hie mouth shut The prisoner! ate a good breakfast. It was the fired meal he had eaten since yesterday morn-1 Ing. Youngs demeanor this morning was surprisingly cool. Robert L.

Pierce, the special officer, who, with Louis Hahn, went out and captured Young, for thai first time this- morning told his He related the details of the but state that Young did not make any. fight, as was stated, though they were obliged to use strategy to capture him,) as he constantly kept his hand In his. pocket. It was quite evident that he had been walking about Connecticut for a long time when he was taken. CHICAGO, Sept 23.

Headed by B. H. Roberta, of Utah, the Mormons of Chi-' cago and throughout the country ar protesting that the doctrine of "blood atonement of that church was behind! the murder of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer. In an Interview Mr.

Roberts said: I It is contemptible, mean and unjust' to charge the murder of Mrs. Pulitzer to blood which Is of our church. The doctrine of blood atonement -ts -taken-from th scrlptpfe In Genesis, wherein it Is stated that wM soever sheddeth mans blood by man' shall his blood be We maintain' that when one man murders another; there Is no forgiveness for the slayer, i "I know John W. Young, father of Hooper Young, well. He was always a bright and good man.

He was the fa-' vorite son of Brigham Young. So far as Hooper Young la concerned I do not recall now whether I ever met him or' not. Young was taken to District-Attorney, Jeromes office In the Criminal Court! Building In a cab, where he was closeted! with the District Attorney for almost an hour. From there he was taken to thei Toombs police court, where he appeared, before Magistrate Mayo, The following affidavit was submitted by Deputy Sergeant Hughes: "Edward P. Hughes, being duly sworn, deposes and says as follows: That he la a resident of the City of New York and! resides at 243 Baltic street, that be Is a detective sergeant attache ij the Municipal Police Force of the cltyi of New York; that, as he Is Informal and verily believes, on the 16th day of September, 1902, at 103 West Fifty-eighth, street.

In the city and county of Newi York, one William Hooper Young did fe-! lonlously kill and murder one Annie Pulitzer, and therefore does accuse Wll-I llam Hooper Young 'Of the said murder of the said Annie Pulitzer, and prays that he be held to answer for the same' Magistrate Mayo Immediately signed the commitment paper and remanded the prisoner to the Toombs for further examination on Sept. 30 without ball. Young seemed as though he was ready, to collapse. As he stood before the Magistrate his limbs trembled perceptibly) and his fingers moved as though htsi nerves were all unstrung. Young gazed upon the crowds In almost as curious a manner as they gazed upon him.

The searching glances which' they darted at him failed to move h'm1 In the least. After Youngs arraignment and commitment he was taken across the Bridge! of Sighs and locked up. He was placed In the hospital row, which Is on thel ground floor of the new Toombs prison. The fact that he Is confined there Is re-, garded as significant of the fact that the; police think that either hls physical ori mental condition needs looking Into. 1 The police are skeptical regarding.

Youngs story. They think Eilling Is purely an Imaginary person, created by Young for the occasion. 1 It developed this afternoon that Young told Capt. Titus that he took Mrs. Pulitzer's diamond earrings and sold them for 38.60.

They were worth 3160. Thousands of people were at the Grand Central Station, In Manhattan, this morning to catch a glimpse of William Hooper Young, the alleged murderer ot Mrs. Annie Pulitzer. The crowd waited In the train shed, and as soon as a train pulled In they would sweep up the platform, carrying the police with them, and eagerly scan the faces of the passengers who alighted. Such a swirling mass of humanity was seldom seen In the Grand Central Station before.

Young arrived at 9:12 and was bundled Into a cab and taken to Police Headquarters, where he was Immediately taken Into the private office of Capt. Tltua. He was handcuffed to Detective Peter Finley, and was accompanied by Detective Sergeant Hughes and Lawyer Hart, who baa been engaged by his father to defend him. When the train pulled Into the Grand Central station the detectives held Young until every one else had left the train and then took him out on the Vanderbilt avenue aide of the depot, where the cab was In waiting. The crowd saw the move and rushed up the platform to where the police were holding their prisoner, waiting for a gate to be opened.

Young became terrified and his lawyer got lost in the crowd. As soon as Young missed him he began to shout, I want my lawyer. I want my lawyer. All this time the detectives were pushing him through the crowd. Finley, handcuffed to Young, was hauling him along, and Hughes was pushing him.

Hart was in the back of the crowd, vainly trying to reach the side of the murderer, who was almost in tears. When they reached the cab Young was unwilling to enter until he was assured that they would wait for his lawyer. Finally, Hart came up and got Inside the cab. Hughes Jumped on the box. the driver snapped the whip, and amid the Jeers and hisses of the crowd the detectives started for headquarters with their prize.

They entered by the Moth street en trance and oulckly got the man out of sight of th crowd and Into the private offices of Capt. Tltua, Th prisoner had a wild look In hls epee-ind was carrying a large bundle of newspapers. He wore a pair of blue serge trouser and a gray sack ooat with a check vest. His white shirt was soiled, and he wore no necktie. Detective Finley and his man left Derby, at 7:25 this morning.

The run to Bridgeport was made In forty minutes. Young sat In the smoking car reading the newspapers with an air of unmistakable vanity. His lawyer offered him a cigarette, but he refused It, saying that he wanted a box of that he was going to be a good boy In the future and not smoke any more cigarettes or drink 4ny more whiskey, because It had been his downfall. Detective Finley said that It seemed as though every commuter In Connecticut had tried to come Into the smoking car In which the murderer was a passenger. PRISONERS PICTURE TAKEN.

The prisoner was taken to the Rogues Gallery, where his photograph was taken. The detectives say they had no trouble with Young on the trip from Derby. Lawyer Hart told the reporters at headquarters that his client was absolutely Innocent of the crime. After the prisoner's picture had been taken, he was hustled Into Capt. Titus office, where he was questioned for nearly two hours.

He made a remarkable statement, accusing one Charles Simpson Killing of the crime, and showing that he was the victim of circumstances. The story It the same he told the Connecticut authorities and his counsel, and was made publtc for the first time by Capt. This story, as told by the chief detective, follows: CONFESSION OF THE CRIME. Young said he met a man named Charles Simpson Eilling In Central Park three weeks ago. The marl accosted him.

He was a degenerate. After this first meeting Eilling was to call at Young's flat, 101 West Fifty-eighth street, Man. hattan, regularly. On the night In ques tlon Killing and Young met Mrs. Pulitzer by appointment at Broadway and Forty-sixth street.

The three went to Young's flat together. Young went out for whiskey, leaving Eilling and Mrs. Pulitzer alone. When he returned he found Mrs. Pulitzer on the bed with a gag In her mouth.

Eilling was gone. Young's story continues: I opened her clothes at the waist and tried to restore respiration by moving her hands beck and forth over her head. When this did not succeed I put my hand In her waist and found that her heart was not beating Convinced that she was dead, I started nut to get a policeman. I thought I would go to Headquarters, and believing they were at the City Hall, started downtown on the elevated. On my way I thought of the disgrace this would bring on me and my father, then started back to get rid of the body.

I took the long knife and started to cut Mrs. Pulitzer In order to more easily put he? In th trunk. The stench, however, wat so great that I desisted." considered Mr. Woodruff In this connection. Kings could not profit at the expense of New York CountyKgnd this was obvious to all.

At the caucus Mr. Woodruff was elected ctialrman. He made a speech tn which he congratulated the delegates upon being united. He said that It was the third time he had been elected chairman and the fourth consecutive time that the delegation had coihe to Saratoga as a solid body. The effect of this unity, he pointed out, had been apparent at the three previous conventions and was obvious at that moment, then referred to the tangled situation, and suggested that talk about a candidate from Kings for Secretary of State be deferred.

This was unanimously agreed to and an adjournment taken. It looks more than ever that Sheriff Dike will be the nominee for Secretary of StAte. The Colonel is not particularly anxious for this honor, but no doubt will accept If pressed to do so. It is said this afternoon that Kings can have the place If It wants It. The Sheriff was seen at the Convention Hall by a representative of The Standard Union, who asked him If he would accept.

His reply was this: I understand that the offer was a tentative one and it is mv opinion that It was probably meant to sound the Brooklyn delegation. Tbere will be no final discussion of thetoiatter until this evening. Doubtless one of the purposes of the offer was to see If Kings was willing to recede from Its position to stand lor second place and nothing else. THE CONVENTION IN DETAIL (By Publlahen Pmu.) SARATOGA, 8ept. 23.

Nine hundred and fifty-four delegates. In voices from piping treble to diapason baBS, answered to the roll call of iha Republican State Convention, which met at nesn to-dayin the Convention Hall In this famous watering place. The State ticket to be formally nominated by the convention tomorrow hat been chalked on the Blate of the State organization for several days, and It will be nominated without protest, despite the numerous reports that George R. Sheldon, of New York, would be forced off the ticket The Secretary of folate has not as yet been named, but opinion tends toward Senator James B. McEwan, of Albany, as the man.

The ticket as it stands this morning Is as follows: or Governor Benjamin B. Odell, of Orange County. For Lieutenant-Governor George Sheldon, of New York. Foi Secretary of State Senator James B. McEwan, of Albany County.

For Attorney-General H. B. Coman, of Madison County. For Controller Nathan B. Muller, of Cortland County.

For Treasurer-John G. Wtckser, of Erie. For Justice of the Court of Appeals William E. Werner, of Monroe. For State Engineer E.

Bond, of Jefferson. There were reports of resentful opposition to Sheldons candidacy late last night and this morning and several delegations were said to have kicked hard to Senator Platt to have the name of the new political light from Wall street washed off the slate. Meanwhile the well greased wheels of the organization moved right along, working out Its own political garment, which It will wear during the coming campaign. Were It not for the rumora about Sheldon and the opposition that he Is creating, Sara-toglans might well believe that a convention of Pennsylvania Quakers was In progress. An Erie County politician, who known the ways and workings of the State machine, said this morning: The delegates you see here with badges as bright as shooting gallery targets have come here to nominate a ticket.

If they were not made to feel that they were an Important factor they would go back home and sulk. So the Old Man' Just gives the hoys a whirl before the convention and they think they are doing all the work. The boys talk new candidates but the slate Is as to be-fore nenr-by a A his the the the of con- FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERED. Bulk of Property Goes to Wife and Daughter. The last will and testament' of Bert Reiss was filed In the Surrogate's office to-day.

Re Isa died on Sept. 10, at 303 McDonough street, of pneumonia. The will Is dated March 29. 1900, and was witnessed by Sadie Bloch, of 306 Bridge street; John H. Snyder, of 90 Sterling place; Alfred D.

Wall, of 73 Lee avenue, and Lewis D. Babcock, of 215 Montague street. The value of the personal property Is unknown. The deceased left no real estate. The following bequests were made: I give and bequeath my law business and library and all Income and profits flowing therefrom (particularly excepting therefrom all fees, commissions and emoluments to which I may be or become entitled as receiver of any corporation) to my brothers, Edgar Poe Reiss and Mortimer H.

Reiss. I give and bequeath to my dear friend, Hugo Hirsh, my three-stone diamond ring as a token of remembrance for his devoted friendship and his ever kind and constant Interest In my welfare from boyhood. I direct that my executors hereinafter named set aside from my estate the sum of 3250 and purchase with said sum suitable and fitting tokens of remembrance to be given to the following named persons, who at various periods of my life have shown their true friendship, good will and ever watchful Interest In my career: William J. Gaynor, Hon. Jacob Worth, Abraham Abraham, Hon.

Paul E. DeFere. Hon. Charles H. Hyde, Max Bemsheim, Hon.

James R. Howe, Lee H. Straub. The testator gives to his aunt, Emma Bayard Sellg. 31,000, and to his sifter, Ethel Harriet Reiss, the sum of 33,000.

Annie Benecke, formerly a domestic In the employ of the testator's parents. Is bequeathed 3200, for her care of me In my childhood. There are two charitable bequests, the Hebrew Orphan Asylum receiving 3260 and the Society for the Providing of the Poor of Brooklyn 3100. In both cases the money Is to be added to the general funds of the Institutions. The residue of the estate, excepting the testator's stock in the American Stopper Company, Is left to thp executors In trust, with directions to convert It into cash and dispose of It os follows: Mrs.

Blanche Reins, the widow, Is to be paid three-eighths, and the testator's parents, vVerdlnand Reiss and Clara Reiss, one-fourth, share and share alike. The remaining three-eights is to be held in trust until the testator's daughter, Madeline Sylvia Reiss, reaches the age of nineteen, when she is to be paid the principal, with whatever Interest may have accumulated. In the mean time the income Is to be applied to her education. The testator's stock in the Amer. lean Stopper Company Is bequeathed In the following proportions: Three-eighths to Mrs.

Blanche V. Reiss, three-eights to the testators daughter, and one-eighth each to his parents. The will states, however, that the stock is subject to a trust agreement entered Into with other directors and stockholders of the American Stopper Company. The will also contains this clause: It Is my will that my funeral and burial services be held under the ceremonies of the Masonic fraternity, of which I am a member: that my body be cremated and the ashes thereof be buried at Cypress Hills In our family plot, and that no large or expensive monument be erected over my grave. The will was filed by Hirsh and Ras-quln, and the executors are Blanche V.

Reiss, Hugo Hirsh and Ferdinand Reiss. The deceased was said to have been heavily Insured. FIRE ALMOST WIPES OUT MISSION IN TURKEY. BOSTON, Sept. 23.

The American Board of Foreign Missions has Just received from Rev. James McNaughton, a missionary, a letter dated Aflon Kara Hlssar, Sept. 4, 1902, giving an account ot a great fire in that city of 26.000 Inhabitants. He says: "The Christian popu lation Is almost In despair. Of 1,000 Christian houses only 200 remain standing.

Not a single prominent Christian house remains. The Christian popula tlon la In great distress and ordinary privacy and common decency are Impossible under present conditions. When the case was called for the fourth time this morning Ackron was still conspicuous by his absence. His counsellor, Mr. Murtha, was called before the Judge, who asked him for an explanation.

"This man had the best of Intentions, said Counselor Murtha. He Intended to be hero, but In all probability he has been drinking, and In my estimation that will account for hit non-appearance here this morning. After much telephoning and running up and down stairs, word came that Ackron was on his way to the court, and shortly after he did appear. He scowled all round. "Why were you not here? asked the magistrate sternly.

Ackron replied that last night his house had been robbed and that he had some trouble getting the harness for his horse. "You should have communicated with your counsel as a matter of courtesy to him and to the Court. You are charged with maintaining a place for gambling. Ackron attempted to reply, but Counsellor Murtha put on the brakes, and re, plied Not guilty." Ackons face reddened up and a ecowl darkened his hi II pa moved convulsively, but he went quietly with the officer to the pen, where the key ere turned upon him and he was left among the other prisoners. At 1 o'clock Magistrate Furlong had not returned nor had a bondsman appeared, and Ackrou was still In the cell.

sown: LriE hit vc cccit the bcAuttful rnrlnm it the Branch oC Ui Uruoklyn Bank, at RQ1 Fulton strati oi'po-lie Flatbush avenua. AH art tnvtud. and small account! rsosivsd. Laris idREAT CHANGES IN CONEY ISLAND FORESHADOWED i Park Commissioner Young and Borough President Swanstrom Got New ideas in -Boston as to treet and Park Improvements Brooklyn to Be Made a Cleaner, More Wholesome and More Attractive Place to Uve In. FAILING TO GET BONDSMAN ACKRON IS LOCKED IN CELL and then after a pause he continued: "There are two officials here from Brooklyn who are the most inquisitive persons I have ever met.

Please come down and help me In a few momenta President Stratton appeared, all smiles, and Mr. Young and he Immediately began A discussion on parks, while I continued my conversation with the Mayor. These two officials were kind enough to devote the whole day to us. They took us around Boston and showed us everything that they thought might Interest us. "We visited the Dover and street public baths.

The Dover street bath Is an atlthe-year-round bath and corres ponds In character to the two Interior baths which we are about to establish In Brooklyn. It Is 43 feet wide by 110 feet In depth, and coat Boston 386.000, Including the land. It la of simple but pleasing architectural appearance and located In a congested tenement house district. It has two entrances, one for males and the other for females. When we got there we found a long line of men and boys waiting in the outer reception room, many of them carrying towels.

Each bather Is provided with a separate bathing closet, containing a shower bath with hot and cold water, so that the bather can regulate the temperature to suit himself. No charge Is made for a bath unless the bather requires a towel or soap. In which case one cent each la charged. I asked Mayor Collins whether it was worth while to piake so small a charge and whether It would not be better to have everything free. This was one of the things that I was anxious to learn about In view of what we are doing In Brooklyn In the same direction.

The Mayor replied that the poor people who used the bath preferred to pay when they received something In return. It tends to preserve their self respect, he (Continued on tth Page 8th Column.) (Continued on 2d Page 2d Column.) made and when the convention meets to-morrow they will yell aye without exception for It." Politicians arose late this morning, the convention was not called before noon. To-days session of the convention Is merely to effect an organization to transact the more Important work tomorrow. Lemuel Ell Quigg, as temporary chairman, delivered an opening address to the delegates, which is said be the tenor of the platform to Be adopted to-morrow. Convention Hall began to fill long the hour of the calling of the convention.

Broadway, the main street leading to the Auditorium, was one long column of people moving conventionwards, though the leaders and big politicians were the last to forsake their headquarters at the United States Hotel. Incoming trains bringing delegates from counties this morning swelled the number of visitors to thousands, while brass bands with marching clubs Injected a lively spirit In the otherwise fairly dull situation. The Club and the Capital City Club of Albany paraded In front of Senator Depews quarters this morning, and Capt George Addington, of the club, In a speech, made the Senator and his wife members oflhe club. Senator Depew thanked the club In speech of his characteristic humor. Senator Platt received great applause when he entered the convention hall, faint smile curled the corners of mouth ss the only sign of recognition of his greeting.

Senator Depew, Chairman Dunn and Lou Payn soon followed and were accorded ovations. Timothy L. Woodruff carried off honors of welcome. He arrived while band was playing "America. Three cheers and a tiger were given by Kings County delegation.

The hands tho clock pointed to 12 16 when the Borough President Swanstrom and Park Commissioner Toung, lust" back from their viBlt to Boston, are delighted with their experiences and the sights they saw In the centre of culture. The particular object of their visit was to In-'spect the Boston park system, with the 'view of picking up new Ideas to be utilized in beautifying the Brooklyn park lands. The Brooklyn officials had a let-'ter of Introduction from Mayor low to Mayor Collins, of Boston, and met with a most hearty reception. One of the results of their trip, it was said by I Swanstrom this morning, Would be sweeping changes In Coney Island. The nature of the changes he was not ready to discuss.

"Mr. Young and he said, went to Boston to see if we could get any ideas which might be helpful to us In the direction of making Brooklyn a 'cleaner, wholesomer and more attractive place to live In. Although he is a Republican and am a Democrat, we are working to the safhe end, being equally interested in the development of Brooklyn, both from a utilitarian and aesthetic point of view. It seems to me that a public official alive to the possibilities of his office ought occasionally to visit other cities to see what they are doing In the matter of development. Upon arriving in BOston Saturday morning we at once called on Mayor Collins and presented a letter of Intro-auction from Mayor Low.

Gen. Collins received us most courteously and we lost no time in plying him with questions about parks, subways, street pavements, sewers, baths, schools and libraries. After answering a hundred or more questions he excused nimself and went th the telephone and called up the President ot the Boston Park Board, Hon. Charles E. Stratton, who la said to be pne of the best Informed men in Boston.

Is that you, Charlie 7 we heard His Honor say, COAL SELLS FOR $12- -PER ION IN BROOM TO-DAY Charles E. Ackron continues to figure prominently in the Gates avenue court He the proprietor of the retort bearing Ms name at 614 Jamaica avenue. There Were three complaints made against him this morning, one for running an alleged crap game and two others for assault. He failed to appear In court this morning, after his hame had been called four times, and his ball bond was about to be forfeited when, at 10:40 o'clock, he made his appearance and was arraigned on the three charges. Failing to filmlsh ball on, the third charge he was locked up in the pen.

On the first charge he was held In 31, 000 ball, and on the charge of horsewhipping his hostler, Herman Rohde; the ball was fixed at 3600. The third charge, mads by Burtls D. Williamson, of assaulting him and breaking his eye-glasses and maltreating him, was held' over, aa the complainant had left their court room under a misapprehension that court had adjourned. Ackrona arrest was made last night at 1-80 o'clock by Detectives Ralph Wllou and Van Wagner, of the Liberty avenui station, at his resort, on Jamaica avenue, When placed under arrest he asked to be taken to the station bouse In a ccach, which was granted, and In the mean time he telephoned his counsel, William H. Martha, who started Immediately, and later met the coach at Fulton street and Pennsylvania avenue.

The prisoner was then taken to Judge Fur, leng's borne at 86 Sunnyslde avenue, where a ball bond was Issued for 31.000. Henry Kuntz, of 484 Belmont avenue, a sleel engraver, went on the bond. It whs near the break of day before "the ball bond was Issued. THE SYLPH ARRIVES i v. AT THE NAVY YARD.

j- President Roosevelts yacht, the Sylph, arrived at 10:30 this morning at the Navy, Yard. She wilt have her entire machinery overhauled. highest price that will be known during the winter. The officiate of the exchange will not say that there not be another advance. It depends on the supply.

If the strike continues during the fall and winter there Is no reason they can see at thla time why the cost will not go higher as the supply becomes scarcer. They do not. of course, know any more about the strike situation than any others not In the trade. They declare that they are dependent for their prices upon that which It made by the wholesalers, that la, the selling agents of ths railroad companies which min the cowl In Pennsylvania, The pries of coal has gone soaring again. To-day It Is 312 per ton.

The Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Coal Exchange raised the pries, to go Into effect this morning, and all family coal Is now quoted at 312 a ton. Secretary reason of the exchange has Issued this statement to customers: Dear Sir, The Board of Trustees of the Coal Exchange recommend that the price for family coni be made 312 per ton, to take eeffet Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, 190. There la no assurance that this Is the.