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TAFT AND SHERMANDISCUSS POLITICS

To-day and to-morrow,partly cloudy.Z you LXX....N0 23,286.

CONFLICTING RUMORSON MAYOR'S CONDITION

AMERICAN MAKESAVIATION RECORD

• B. Mcissant. of Chicago, Car-'r|es Passenger Over Eng-

lish Channel.

RESUMES TRIP TO LONDONOmission of Afternoon Bulletin

Brings City Officials to theHospital and Spreads

Scare Stories.

But Doctors and Secretary AgreeThat He Passed Best Day

Since Shooting.

TOOK FIRST SOLID FOOD

J. B. MOISSANT.

PATTEN QUITS BIG BOARD

POLICEMAN SAVES THREEFROM DEATH AT CONEY

FACTORIES FALL PREY TOFLAMES IN JERSEY CITY

ONE OF MR MOISSANT S AEROPLANES. SHOWING NOVEL TAUjFIBCZ

OF THIN' WOOD,

iPhoto by Paul Thnrnpufn. i

-peal. Enrland. Aug. IS.—Moifsant re-

KEtfd'his flight to London at 4:.V."_ jn ideal weather, with only a

rpht western breeze. Moissanu with

p.ieux beside him. made a splendid e-et-

m-g\m-g\ He was watched by a crowd of

ttD'f than five hundred people, who ar-

jived at-

manstone by motorcycle or

en loot.jloiFsarit T

""as 53 anxious not to loseLje in cr.ntlnuir.sr his Paris to London\u0084...-• he slept with his mechanician

fej| a >jay s -v close beside his aero-\u25a0.ler.«.. and early in the- morning: he

Hind conditions so tempting: that he

V^uld have made a still earlier startvgjj he not premised the public not to

leave ur.til about 5 o'clock.

The machine travelled at a good pace

gr.,3 -n-as J=o«ri lost to view behind the

trm. •-

tali** Trip by Compass—

Re-

fusal to Heed Warnings atCalais

—Lathams Ma-

chine Wrecked.BEST DAY FOR MAYOR.

The bulletin issued at 9:30 o'clocklast night by the surgeons attendingMayor Gaynor at St. Mary's Hospital.Hoboken, follows:

"To-day has been the best day theMayor has had since he received hisinjury, and this evening he is strongerthan at any previous tim©.

''There ir- no foundation for thealarming rumors which have been incirculation. If conditions continue assatisfactory as they now are, only twodaily bulletins wMI be issued hereafter.

"ARLITZ."BREWER,"STEWART."DOWD."PARRISH."

A* "nidnigHt Robert Adamson, theMavß''« secretary, said that Mr Gay-

nnr kad just awakened and said:"Heflo, Bob! I'm feeling fine."

PMy mechanician, who weighs 162'•\u25a0 ads. had never been in an aeroplane

ore. and did not know where Iwas

BaaiC him when we left Paris. The peo-s* trir-d to dissuade me from making 1

*\u25a0'* flight from Calais in the strong.

feny wind, but in spite •\u25a0: the pitchingduring the crossing of the Channel, the

E'eau-st difficulty encountered in the"^P *as landing, the sea and land windstitisicg dangerous cross currents.'*

\u25a0ksfc^d how he came to attempt Euch afct a -

mati nat from Paris to London,•^flfciajit said that the idea had beenS«iaed in aviation circles in Parisi2<s had bf^n general! regarded as anfepos.cibiijty He scoffed at this notion.£W said that not only would be attempt\k*r!s*!f, but he would \u25a0 las carry a

i«£*ri?er He was surprised to hear»W Latham had started on th" fiijrht.**"

determined tn follow him. in spite'**Latham's big advantage.

Weight Carried Over Sea.-'o<>Fam wno is thirty-five y^ar? old.-f slight build, but h • b bash of jovial

1?SS*:raTn*nt. He first visited Paris**•*month? ago, and became interested

5 the study of aviation. He had twos**&iei built after his own designs.

jjs*'"iund th* subject po fascinating that-\u2666- fleiermined to become a practical air-

jfrr Hi.« flight to-day was made in amachine, \u25a0 \u25a0;..• sighs about

•.*?*'•* hundred pounds. He himself

S^ aa but'>ut 150 pounds, so .... thegUI \u25a0'£•:-\u25a0 mted to about 1.150

•£snd«.y,

I5'*JJ f. a burly Parisian, clad in over-- »if:*'*

not kno*"' v.-her*- he was going\u25a0, 'a ht ttarttd, b-it cays that h« felt

Describing his experience?, he said:This is only my sixth flight in an aero-pSMJ?. Idid not know the way from?£ris to Calais when Istarted, and I&sot know the way to London. Ishall*a»e to rely on the compass. IwouldSi? to md in Hyde Park ifIcan find

fit:

An average height of between 300 and

fflO feet was maintained over the water.

Tlz aeronaut expected to land at Dover.

bet -aas forced by the wind a few miles

sonh. and made the coast near Deal.Tht cold was intense and both Hoiasant

;*ad his mechanician were benumbed.Moiss r seemed to take his feat as if:• •Rere a daily occurrence. "When herevived sufficiently he laughed and saidJ* a reporter: "This is my first visit to

Hr.£iand."

Refuses to Heed Warnings.

lloifpant cared nothing for the warn---. of the people, and even the fact

.last th^re was D . torpedo boat to fol-

low in his wake, but only a slow mov-[£f tug. did not deter him. He made

Cm trip in thirty-seven minutes. When

Ip descended his eyes were bloodshottad rreatly \u25a0 named, as a result of the

Ittaiy rainstorm into which they drove.- approachinp the English ooast. Thehirt Kind beat the rain into the faces

c" the men like hail, and almost blinded

To make th« feat ptil!more surprising.

Mc:ssar.t was totally ignorant of the

geography of his course. He had never>*tz in England, was obliged to rely

tstirely or. the compass, and the crossing

cf tie Channel was accomplished in the... of a strong westerly wind.The Channel flight was an incident in

the aerial voyage from Paris to London.

SlniFsam lefj. Iss>" yesterday in com-•

jsr-r with Hubert "Latham, and reachediciTf in two hours. Latham's aero-

piSTip -vas wrecked, and this mornin?;'llcissant.; 'llcissant.- leaving Amiens at an early

fcanr. headed for Calais. Hi? meehan-riar. Albert Fileux, who had accom-jaricd him across the country, took hisjlace in the machine when the. motor

'v? set•- motion for the dash across

ihe Channel. Thousands who had path-

fred to watch the daring aeronaut were

rsszed. and lanced him not to make the

Bttemjrt in the face cf the half cale that

su blowing.

Deal. England. Aug. 17.—

An American

dtizen bas performed one of the mostfiari"g fea ts in th« history of aviation.

John B. v.-;?== . of Chicago, flew to-

(z:across \u25a0-\u25a0- English Channel, from

ells'? to Tilrnanstone. with a passenger.

a r.<i by this achievement far surpassedthe feats of Sleriot, de Lesseps and the

(atfartssssi English aeronaut Rolls, vrho

later tret-----

st Bournemouth.The ttro-rsan flight from France to

T-yr'sri? Wat the more astonishing. =? c

<~Va« czly a month aero that BCotssant.....,-\u25a0

•- f.y. and he made so few flights

jr.d *-a? so little known among aero-r;u:s that even his nationality was not

ciJdos*d. He ma reported to be a..Spaniard, and it was only when he

is-ded in Engiansl to-day that it was

-evealed that he was a young architect

frera Chicago.

tca'Jaucd .c third p_'ji<>

MOONLIGHT TRIPS ON STrt. 'ALBANY*'Hudson River Day Line last down bo**.—

Mrs. W. H. Felton Argues Against

Fifteen Corporation Attorneys.

Atlanta. Auk. it Mr- v. H. I^lton «e-6ritP h*r seventy-five y*-nrs and white hair,

made a brilliant Portia to-day when «be

appeared before the State Railroad Com-

mission to arguH Pincle handed in opj-oFi-

tlon to th« briefs of fifteen corporationlawyers Mrs. FeU on is th.- widow of Con;

Hiiissnisn Felton snd is widely known in

the South through -her writings.

To-day ehe advocated th*» replacing of \u25a0

fv.j,,, which the Louisville 1 NashvilleRallrccd had removed at Feltonia. Oh

Wit 1:almost the ee.se. of a maintenance of

way man eb« handled the intricacies of sid-

ing riphts. tapping ore lands and railroadclaims.

She declared that It was unfair for the

railroad to removf- the switch after recl"-*-,ng trm from tin Felton estate ;-'."' worthof rieht of way. Btu oci examined *'"*attorney •;" made th« closing argumentfor the railroad and who argued that the•jvitoh had «\u25a0\u25a0' paid icr Its '-**; Th*com-mission rese-rved decieionj

A PORTIA AT SEVENTY-FIVE

Falls in Fainting Fit, Clothing

Catching on Radiator.Edward McNaughton. seventy-six

years old a retired custom tailor, wasaccidentally strangled to death in his

room at the Mansion House. No. 899

Broad street. Newark, yesterday. He

was found by his son William, who

notified the police County Physician

Mackenzie, who examined the old man,

said he felt satisfied that death was due

to an accident.According to the son. M-Naughton

was subject to fainting spells, and it is

believed that he slipped from a chair

while in one of these faints, his shirt

band catching on the- valve of the radi-

ator in the room.causing him to strangle

to death while he was unconscious. He

made no outcry of any kind, and those

in the hotel were not aware that any-

thing had happened to him until the son

called to see him and found him dead.

MAN ODDLY STRANGLED

Springing out of hi? machine, Mr.Lindner hastily cranked it. and, with

the express now less than half a block

away, he climbed hack into his scat and

ban feed his car off the track. The ex-

press whizzed by with less than a footseparating the sides of the cars from the

front of the automobile. The collision

with the gates smashed the front of the

automobile and the lamps, but Mr.Lind-

ner was able to continue on his way

home.

He was on hi? way to Lynbrook, while

the streets were Still wet, and as he ap-proached the railroad grade crossing at

Jamaica and Lefferts avenues the safety

gates were suddenly lowered to permit

an eastbound express train to paF?. Mr.

Lindner released his clutch and appliedthe brakes, but the heavy automobileskidded along the wet pavement, crashedthrough the gates and finally stopped on

the track aiong which the express trainwas already approaching only a feu-hundred feet away.

TO BUY COLUMBUS'S HOMEKnights of Order Visit Birth-

place at Rome.Genoa. Aug. 17— A party of Knights

of Columbus and about two hundredAmericans visited to-day the monumentof Columbus.* Dr. John Buckley, ofNew York, on behalf of the Knights,

placed a wreath at the foot of the monu-ment The party also visited the house

where Columbus was born.There is a plan for the purchase of

the house "ny the Knights of Columbusand its transformation into a kind ofrhrine of international interest. This Isthe first party of Knights to visit thebirthplace of tl.e i>atron of their order.

BOMB IN LITTLE ITALYTears Off Front Door of Tene-

merit in Harlem.Italians livingin the four story apart-

ment house at No. 313 East 119 th streetwere roused from their beds at 1 o'clockthis morning by a violent explosion inthe street, followed by the sound ofbreaking glass and falling timbers.When they rushed out they discoveredthat the front door had been blown topieces by a bomb, which evidently hadbeen placed in the vestibule.

The b-jildinsf is owned by Orinzio Co-!a=T>onr»<->. a wealthy contractor, wholives on the second floor with his three

sisters Other Italian families, all of

them well tc do. occupied the otherfloors. Colasnonno said he had receivedno threatening letters, but that his part-

ner. Vito Contessa, had received such

letters about six months ago. The re-

serves from the East 126th street stationv.-ere called out to quiet the Italians.who swarmed through the street, much

excited. The damage was plight.

SAVES AUTO FROM EXPRESSOwner Quick to Act on Track of

Approaching Train.p. F. W. Lindner, a summer resident

of brook. Lone Island, yesterday

save.d his CO- horsepower touring car by

the narrowest of margins from being

smashed to pieces by an express trainof the Long Island Railroad at Richmond

Hill. Queens Borough.

Says State Committee ActionGives Him Genuine Pleasure.Oyster Pay. Aue 17. —Theodore Roose-

velt may stay out of polities in New-York State during the coming campaignas a result of the action of the Repub-lican State Committee yesterday in re-fusing to rc< ommend him as temporarychairman of the ptate convention.

Mr Roosevelt laughed to-day as hetalked of yesterday's meeting, and saidthat the result cave him p^nuine pleas-ure ITe explained his attitude by say-

ing that he felt the. committee had re-lieved him of all responsibility in con-nection with the conduct and result ofthe campaign.

He added that he had n<M decidedwhether he would attend the conventionHe would talk things over with Repre-sentative W W. Cocks and other politi-cal leaders of his home district, he said,

before deciding, and he is inclined to thebelief that it would be better to stayaway and let the "old guard' 1 carry onthe fight by itself

ROOSEVELT MAY STAY OUT

'Continued C2stccci pasr.

The undertow, however, still pre-vented Creamer from reaching thebeach, and the crowd began to fear thatthe patrolman and the bathers WOTS

doomed. Dalton saw Creamer's danger

and ran back to the parking space,looking for a rope At length he foundseveral pieces and tied them together

until he had about fiftyfeet of line.With this he ran again to the water

and. calling to Creamer, threw it outlike a lasso. The almost exhausted pa-trolman caught the end of the rope andmanaged to fasten it about the tire.Dalton and half a dozen other men thengrasped the line and pulled the threeashore. Tt was many minutes before

Dalton. when he saw the plight ofCreamer, who was unable to reach theshore, ran back to his machine andloosened one of the emergency tires

from the side of his < ar. H^ then re-turned to the beach ami threw- th- ttr»far out and within reach of the patrol-

man. Creamer succeeded in getting ahold on the impromptu life preserver,

and it served to keep the t«,, boys

above the 6ir'face.

Makes Second Rescue.

Once more the patrolman dove into theocean and was swept out toward thehelpless boys. The undertow was run-ning Hke a millrace and Creamer was

carried several hundred f>et up the

beach before he could swim out of rang*

of the current. Once free from this dan-ger, he swiftly overhauled the boys andgrasped them and then struck backtoward the shore. The crowd of m.ire

than three thousand persons was drawnup on the beach, cheering the patrolman

and begging him t<- boar up until help

arrived.

While the patrolman was thus en-

gaged, Henry Dalton. a chauffeur, of No.oO'J Halsey street. Brooklyn, whose ma-

chine was one of those parked at the

foot of the sea wall, ran up to Creamer

and told him that two hoys were drown-ing about two hundred yards down the

beach. Although he was already fa-tigued by his efforts in rescuing the man

on the beach, Creamer ran down the

shore until he came In sight of the twoboys, who were striving desperately tokeep above water.

Plunges Into Surf.

As his horse's feet struck the edge of

the water Creamer flung himself from

the saddle and plunged into the surf,

regardless of the fact that he was fully

dressed, even to his helmet and his

heavy riding leggings. While the crowdon the shore cheered the patrolman, he

struck out in the direction of the drown-

ing man, who by this time was being

carried out by the undertow. Creamer

found that he had a serious battle to

wage with a strong current, impeded

as he was by his clumsy clothing.

After diving three times for the ex-

hausted man. Creamer at last managed

to secure a hold on his bathing suit and

began to fight his way back to the ihore.Several times he had almost reached apoint where he could gain a foothold,

only to be swept back by the surf.Awaiting a favorable opportunity, hemanaged to half drag his unconsciousburden up the beach and then startedto resuscitate him.

Without faltering an instant or lessen-

ing his pace the horse took the jagged

topped wall with a beautiful leap

Creamer sitting on his back like a

statue. Th<» patrolman and his mount

landed in the soft s.ind ten feet below,

and sprang ahead, In the direction wher-

the crowd was thickest. Creamer could

now make out the form of a man strug-

gling in the water about two hundredfeet from shore.

As Creamer was looking down Surf

avenue for signs of the man who was to

relieve him he heard loud cries for help

coming from the direction of the beachat the foot of the Ocean Boulevard.

Without a moment's hesitation he

wheeled his horse about and dug thespurs into his flanks. The animal pprans?

forward with a bound and headedstraight for the high stone wall at the

foot of the Concourse, where many auto-

mobiles were parked

Creamer was sitting on Ms horse at

the Ocean Boulevard and Surf avenue,

when he heard cries for h»lp, andspurred his horse toward the beach. Hecleared

'the high stone fence with a

single leap and made his way to thewater's edge.

Thousands of ba>h»H? it BrirhtonBeach and Coney Island yesterday saw

a thrillingrescue of fcwe b<->ys and a man

from drowning by Mounted PatrolmanJohn creamer, of the Coney Island pta-

tkm. nho rlunged int" the water la f'iHuniform and brought the struggling trioback to shore.

Thrown as Life Preserver WhenHe Was Near Giving Up

—Leaped Concourse Wall

on Horseback.

OWES LIFE TO AUTO TIRE

Fully Dressed. He Plunges TwiceInto Surf, and Is Taken Out

Nearly Exhausted,

Mr. Sherman, laughing heartily, aal4

The Vice-President hesitated. Someone suggested that "that element of theparty is going on the Supreme Courtbeach."

'"What about state issues?""I am not much of an authority Hi

state Issues; not that Iclaim SB be much

of an authority on any i33iies.'*"What about the direct primary law?""Ithought that was settled at th- last

session of On Legislature.""But not to the satisfaction of one

element of the party."

President Taft. from the first, >.as en-

deavored to bring about harmony inNew York State. He has fairly pleaded

with the leaders to "avoid a tight.'* butthere is apparently a likelihood that hisadvice willnot be heeded.

Vice-President Sherman told the Pres-ident that the Republican state platform

would carry a warm indorsement of h?3administration and all his acts.

"Will it be \u25a0 clean-cut, rrogr^xstvft

platform, as Mr, Roosevelt 180 ?'*the Vice-President was asked.

"Ihaven't digested Colonel Roosevelt's

statement as yet. It-will be a clean-cutRepublican platform, however, Ican te!lyou that much."

To Serve in Interest of

Mr. Sherman said he did not think the

events of yesterday would have \u25a0 vsry

serious effect on the Republican cam-paign, although he could not say they

exactly tended to harmony.

"Ithas been suggested that you mi^htwithdraw in the interest of harmciy?"

\u25a0 No,Iam going to serve in-the inter-est of harmony."

•\u25a0I don"t know that Mr. BBMsmsil was

turned down Ionly know that anotherman was sslsctai as temporary (|ilr-

man of th^ convention."

"Did you explain the tur-. dMIof

TheuifcTß Rv>osev»lf?

With regard to the "New York situa-

tion, and especially the action of the Re-publican State Committee yesterday. Mr.Sherman said he had explained matters

to the President as far as he understoodthem.

Will Begin Letter at Once.

President Taft will begin work at onceon the letter, which is expected to be thekeynote of the Congress campaign. Hawill address the communication to Rep-

resentative William B. McKinley, ofIllinois, chairman of the Republican

Congressional Committee. It has not

been decided as yet whether the letter

will be given out In advance of its ap-

pearance in the textbook. There is

every likelihood that it will. however.Mr. Sherman urged the President to

make the tariff a prominent issue."On the ground that it is the beat

tariff billever enacted?" was suggested.

•I have never said it was the besttariff billever passed," replied Mr.Sher-

man. "Stability is the real test ol a

tariff act. Ifthe Payne law stands long-

er than the Dingley law stood then itwill

have proved itself a better law. If It

doesn't stand as lons then it won't baas good a law."

Representative Nicholas Longworto,

of Ohio, who has been called into nearly

all of. the recent conferences at the Presi-

dent's home, was present at the inter-view with Mr. Sherman to-day. Repre-

sentative Anthony, of Kansas, one ofthe two so-called "stand-patters'* Is theKansas delegation, who succeeded Instaving off defeat at the hands of theinsurgents in the recent primaries in

that state, also saw the President. Mr.Anthony supported Speaker Cannon, buthe. too. said to-day that he deplored thestand Mr. Cannon is taking. Mr. An-thony said that Speaker Cannon "aIalmost been forgotten as an issue inKansas until he cams into the campaign

and made himself one.

Th» Vice-President also talked witH

the President regarding the Congresscampaign. He vants the fight to be

waged along the old lines "A straight-

out Republican fight on the Republicanplatform and th» record ci the party,

including th«» tariff," he put it.At Mr. Sherman's solicitation Presi-

dent Taft agreed to point the way la

the campaign by writinga letter whichIs to be mad? a part of the campaign

textbook of the Republican committee.

To Deplore Cannon's Attitude.

While the fight apparently !=> to b* dJ-r^ted along th» lines of the past. itcan be stated authoritatively that the

feature of'the party reorganization

plans, which calls for the retirement ofSpeaker Joseph Gurney Cannon, will bestrictly adhered to. ItI? even said thatVice-President Sherman, one of thestanchest supporters the Speaker everhad. has become reconciled to the factthat Mr. Cannon must go. A statement

is being prepared in quarters close to thaadministration, in which the attitude re-

cently taken by Mr Cannon in public in-terviews will be deplored, and in whichit will be made plain that there is nothought on the part of many of Ma for-mer supporters again to name Mr Can-non.

Vice-President Won't Withdrawin Roosevelt's Favor-Expects

No Repudiation.

Beverly,! Mill An*. IT.—For rear!?-three hours this afternoon PresidentTaft and Vic«^President r".errnan talkedover the d»f«?at of Theodore Rooseveltat the hands si the »-v York StateRepublican Committee yesterday, andthe selection of Mr. Sherman over Mr.Roosevelt as temporary chairman of

the Saratoga convention. Mr. Shermansaid he had no Intention of withdraw-ing in favor of Mr. Roosevelt and he

treated lightly the stories that theremight be a fight to repudiate the ac-

tion of the state committee In the con-vention.

Will Point Way in CongressCampaign

—Urged to MakeTariff Leading Issue

— Can-non Must Go, ItIs Said.

PRESIDENT TO ISSUE LETTER

4 ,rjtmued on fourth jujja.

Italians Pray in Street.Directly to the south ami west of the

burning block of building.-* are many

flimsy wooden tenement houses, occu-pied by Poles and Italians, and when theroar of the flames was heard by thesepeople they rushed from their homes,

dragging their household effects with

them They remained In the streets,

kneeling and praying f->r help.

Shortly before midnight the ftrs wm

The flames raced through the building,

being fanned by a thirty-mile wind, andsoon began to 11. k up against the sidf-sof the rollingmill of the Ames Spike

Company, which occupied the rest of the

block from Washington to Steubenstreet. The fire spread so quickly and

in so many different directions that a

second and third alarm were turned inas soon as the firemen had reached thescene. Acting Chief I.ovell arranged hismen in single file about the burning

buildings and kept every available hosepouring water on the fire.

Despite the fact that the third alarm

had summoned every bit of fire fight-

ing apparatus in Jersey City, the Chiefrealized that the wind would thwart hisbest efforts, and it was then that he

sent out a call for help to the New York

firemen

Rush Help from New York.

Battalion Chief Norton, of the nth dis-trict, and fifty men, and Engine Com-panies 7. 18 and :'.<>. crossed the North

River by way of the Cortlandt and Des-

brosses street ferries. Before they ar-

rived, however, the flames, sweeping

down Washington street, had leaped

across the and began consuming

the big factory of the Riegel Sack Com-pany, on the northeast corner.

This building is equipped with auto-

matic extinguishers and a factory firedepartment, but the flames ate their

way through the building, causing aportion of the wall to collapse. It was

only by the most desperate work on thepart of the firemen that the building was

saved from total destruction.When the New York fire fighters got

to Washington and Morgan streets they

at once pitched in to help the, local de-

partment men, and the effect of their.=kill in fighting flames was at once e\i-

dent. They attacked the flames withpowerful streams from their compoundengines, and threw up a water wall, thus

preventing the spread of the flames be-

yond the block bounded by Washington,

Steuben. Morgan and Warren streets

The burning cork made a blaze thatwas terrific in Us heat, and the firemen

were scorched, even when standing

across the street from the fire. An elec-

tric light wirs f"H to the street, andFireman Babcock. of Engine Company S.thinking it was dead, picked it up and

was so badly shocked that be <1ie«l a

short time Infer in the City HospitalA few minutes later Captain Brehm

of Engine. Company 7 was caught be-neath the falling walls of the Indepen-

dent Baking Powder Company, and was

removed to the hospital, suffering fromtwo badly crushed l^gs.

The fire had Us start in the engine

room of the Truslow & Tulle Company,

manufacturers of cork and cork prod-

uct?, at the corner of Washington and

Morjran street?. Thi? was a four story

brick building and burned like dry

kindling•wood.

Several firemen were badly injured by

walls caving in, one of the most seri-

ously hurt being William Brehm. acting

captain of Engine Company 7. of the

local force.

A peculiar feature of the fire was the

fact that every building in the burnedblock, bounded by Washington, Warren,

Steuben and Morgan streets, was de-molished by the flamef. with the single

exception of a small frame house, which

escaped with a slight scorching. Dyna-

mite was brought, into use in order to

prevent the spread of the flames, whilewater walls were formed on all four

sides of the burning area, and these did

much to keep th<= fire from spreading to

the tenement district.

Battalion Chief and CompaniesRespond to Call for Help

—Captain Hurt and Fire-man Reported Missing.

In a fire which threatened at one timeto sweep the greater part of Jersey

City's business district, last night, morethan $1,000,000 damage was done, and

one fireman, Spencer Babcock, of En-gine Company S. was killed by a I'veelectric light wire. So fierce was the

blaze that acting Chief Lov«?ll sent to

Manhattan for help, and Chief broker

at once dispatched three engine com-panies and fifty men. under acting Bat-

talion Chief Norton, of the -Mh District,

to the scene by way of the ferries. Hadit not been for the aid rendered by the

Manhattan department the area moweddown by the flames would have beenmuch larger.

NEW YORK CITY SENDS AID

Fireman Killed by Live Wire andDamages Placed at More

than $1,000,000.

"The literal truth is that the Mayor isin better condition this evening than he

has been at any time since he was

brought to the hospital. He took solidfood for the first time to-day, and it

seems to have agreed with him. Ihavejust been talking with the Sister who

took his temperature at <» o'clock and

she- tells me that it was 992-5. Thetemperature always goes up h little

about that hour, SO that this figure isthe lowest yet! His cough has almostentirely disappeared. He can now lie

on either side, though he prefers to lie

on the right side, for then he is free

from what little is left of the cough."

Mayor's Best Day.

The attending physicians also took oc-casion to deny th* alarming rumors of

the day in last Bight's bulletin, which

stated that the Mayor had passed thej^gt day since receiving his Injuries

The bulletin was issued at 0:15 p. m.,

and read:"To-day has been the best day the

IJayor has passed since receiving his in-inr«c c. and this evening he is stronger

Continued on tci cud pajrar

\u25a0There is absolutely no reason for thealarming reports sent out this afternoon.

Ihave been trying all the evening to

analyze the source of these statements.

The only conclusion T can remh is thatthey were prompted by the failure to

issue \u25a0 midday bulletin and by the ad-

ditional fact that th<- various city offi-cials came to the hospital at the sametime this afternoon

Dr. Ernst J. Lederle and Robert Ad-amson. the Mayor's secretary, were

kept busy all last evening reassuring in-quirers that there was no reason for thepessimistic reports of the afternoon.

No Cause for Alarm.

At 8:80 last night Mr. Adamson. in

conversation with a Tribune reporter,

said:

Secretary Backs Bulletins.

He informed the visitors that the

Mayor's condition was entirely satisfac-

tory and that there had been no un-

favorable symptoms. He told them that

the bulletins issued by the physicians

covered everything- then- was to say and

were in no way misleading. The party ofofficials remained at the hospital forhalf an hour and left with little com-

ment, except that some of them saidthe\* were relieved to hoar good news.

The fact that no noon bulletin was

issued yesterday, as has been the cus-

tom each day. led to further speculation

as to the Mayor's condition. It was an-

nounced by Dr. Arlitz. hous»- physician

at St. Mary's, that only two bulletins a

day would be given out in the future,

one early in the morning and the otherat night. This was taken to bo an en-

couraging sign by th*- Mayor's friends

and watchers at the hospital. It was

paid that the noon bulletin was omittedresterday for the reason that there was

no change in the Mayor's condition sincemorning. Th<- bulletin at Ba. m. read:

'\u25a0The Mayor has parsed a very good

night. Up slept well, has enjoyed his

breakfast and is gaining in strength."

The bulletin was signed by Prs. Ar-

litz and Dowd. Dr. Brewer and Dr.Parrish were with the Mayor for severalhours during the day.

These unfavorable reports evidently

reached the ear? of most of the city

official? during the afternoon. Shortly

after 4 o'clock Acting Mayor Mitchell,

Porough President MrAn^ny and several

other city officials arrived at the hospi-

tal in automobiles. They hurried insideto ascertain if the rumors were wellfounded. Robert Adamson. the Mayor's

secretary, met them and allayed theirfears.

At the same time thcr» appeared to be

some cause for anxiety late yesterdayafternoon, when a persistent rumor was

current about the hospital that the pa-

tient had suffered a turn for the worseand that the- genera! tone of the bulletins

from the sickroom had not fairly indi-

cated the Mayor's real condition. Otherrumors had it that the patient's throatwas badly swollen tn th" region of the

wound.

It was a day of somewhat contra-

dictory reports and rumors from therick r^orn of Mayor Oaynor at StMary's Hospital yesterday as to thsactual condition of the patient. The

bulletins issued by the attending physi-

cians were optimistic, and stated that

the Mayor's condition was satisfactory

and that he was gaining in strength.

He had experienced his 'strongest day"'

since he was admitted to the hospital,

and had taken his first substantial nour-ishment, in the form of milk toast, which

had been given to him three times dur-ing the day. according to one of theMayor's attendant?

Will Not Resign Unless President TaftRequires It.

San Francisco. Aug. 17.-On his arrival

from Klamath. Falls to-day. Secretary R.

\ Ballir.ST •*** that h* was still *•*•»"\u25a0_!_, inot to rcslsn until required to do sobviWMident Tafi. ii.. reused to di*us*[lie re«ull .the California primaries.

MR. BALLINGER DETERMINED

Mrs. Keller was crossing Second ave-

nue when the car struck her and knocked

her down.' She fell across the tracks,

and before the motorman could stop his

car the forward wheels passed over her

and cut her leg.<= off below the knee, fur-

ther pinning her under the truck so that

she could not be pulled out. Then two-

score of the crowd, under the directionof the policemen, got hold of the car andlifted it. forward end up until Mrs.Keller was released and taken out.

Victim Dies Half Hour After Be-ing Mangled by Trolley.

After a Second avenue, car had run

down and fatally hurt Mrs. Dora Keller,

forty-six years old. of No. 403 East 76th.street, at Second avenue and 76th street,

last night forty men had to lift the car

«o that the unconscious woman could be

taken out She was carried to a nearby

drug store, where she died about half an

hour afterward

Columbia. S. C Aug. 17.— According to

official statements given out by the

Southern Railway late to-night, no onewas killed and no one seriously Injured

in the wreck at Ruckton.

LIFT CAR TO GET WOMAN

Fifteen injured hnve already been

taken out of the wreck. So far no dead

have been found. All the cars except

three sleepers were overturned. The

cars overturned were the mail, express

and combination cans and two passenger

coaches.

FLORIDA LIMITED WRECKED

Every Car Overturned —AtLeast Fifteen Hurt.

Charlotte. N. C Aug. 17.— According

to meagre information just received here

the Southern Railroad's Florida Limited,

No. 30, was wrecked near Rockton, a

flag station, at 10:30 to-nierht. Tt is re-

ported that every tar left the track. The

wreck is now burning.

Although no longer actively engaged inbusiness, Mr. Patten has not given up

speculating in wheat and cotton, and

since July 1, when he retired with a

fortune estimated at $25,000,000, h* lareported to have -learnd up between$1,500,000 ;ind $3,000,000 in the wheat

market.

\u25a0

The New York Stock Exchange mem-

bership of James A. Patten, the Chicago

speculator, who is one of the men re-cently Indicted by a federal grand jury

in connection with the alleged pool in

May cotton which he is said to haveengineered, was Sold yesterday for $70.-

000. The name of the purchaser wasnot made public.

Mr. Patten is now on his wav backfrom Europe, where he went severalweeks ago for a reet, and is expected to

arrive here to-day on the steamship

Adriatic. Before sailing for his trip

abroad Mr. Patten left word with his

brokers. J. S. Bache & Co.. to sell his

Stock Exchange seat ifa fair offer was

received. The . opportunity presenteditself, yesterday to dispose of the seatfor $70,000. which was an advance of$5,000 over the last preceding price at

which a membership was sold. Mr. Pat-

ten was communicated with by wire-

less. He replied; that the price was

satisfactory and directed that the seat

be sold, which was done.

Mr. Patten bought his seat on the

Stock Exchange on April2. 1896, when

they were selling around $54,000, so that

by selling it for $70,000 he has made a

handsome profit. He could have made a

great deal more by disposing of it last

December, when several memberships

.Hanged hands at from $90,000 to $95,-

000, the latter figure being a high rec-

ord for Stock Exchange memberships.

At the time Mr. Patten purchased his

seat it was said that he intended to take

an active part.in the stock market, but

he continued to devote all his attention

to grain and cotton. The sale of the

seat, according to his brokers, was in

line with his recent retirement from ac-

tive business. He had already disposed

of his membership on the Chicago Boardof Trade.

Disposal Follows Announcementof Intention to Retire from

AllBusiness.

BECAME A MEMBER IN 1898

Chicago Speculator Sells StockExchange Seat for $70,000.

j. B. MOISSANT, OF CHICAGO.Who carried a passenger in a Bleriot monoplane across the English Channel