IG, 1909.

WURETUIINSCIIEERFVL

You may judge the man by thev/ater he drinks— select peopledrink White Rock.

"The World's Best Table Water"

KEVET CHIH.Minister Wu'i Secretary

MINISTER WU TTNO-KANO WIN'O SHIN' HOChinese Consul here

(Photograph taken en Steamship Oruba.)

Police Also Receive Orders for HardWork of Celebration.

The officers of the first squadron of the Hudson-

Fulton celebration naval parade lined up yesterdayIn the office of captain George A. White, flag of-

ficer of the squadron, for instructions on the for-

mation of the squadron and movements of. the ves-

sels. Captain White had hundreds of cardboardrepresentations of eteamers. tugboats, ferryboats

and other vessels on a longtable, and with these he

nave illustrations of the formation of the line and

Showed the captains of ferryboats how they could

cross the line of the parade. Signal flags andlights also were explained, while the starting and"turning points were charted on a blueprint.

The police also got their instructions yesterday

#or the patrolling of the city during the celebra-tion. Blueprints and cardboard dummies con-

tributed to the making at the police instructions,

but it took a small volume to contain the results{£ Deputy Commissioner Bugher's work. It is

"called Special Order No. 255. and its thirty-two

pages are devoted chiefly to the arrangements for

the day and the night parades of September 25.

'*~A new feature of the police plans Is a flying au-tomobile brigade of six cars. E«ch will carry acrew of thirty policemen and will be assigned to aspecial station to which telephone wires will bestrung, so that the men can be rushed to any point

rat high speed. There are to be fifteen field hospi-

tals between Dyckman street and the Battery.They will fly white flags, with gold and green

crosses by day. At night three green and white"balloons will be attached to the flagpoles.*

The hardest puzzle Commissioner Pusher had to

£r«lve was how to keep the city patrolled while themajority of the force was on duty on the line ofVirade. This willbe done by cutting out all "snap""jobs- for the day and putting every man on the

"force on patrol duty. The big crush Is expected

*«lctse Riverside Drive, from 72d street to 145 th*etreet. This stretch of territory has been divided

into three rones— the drive proper, the park andthe space from the wall at the foot of the park to

'the river front. These rones have been divided'Into sections, and each section placed under the

command of an Inspector. There will be twenty-1three police telephone boxes along the route of•the parade, and a system of wigwagging has been\u25a0etrranged between the land force and the harbor"police. All commanders of waterfront precinctstiave been Instructed to examine the wharves in

'their precincts, nnd close them for the day of the'parade if they do not seem capable of bearing a*rowd. Eighteen patfol wagons In charge of

TJblice surgeons willbe spread over the city, with*"*flietaid" and emergency kits.-*

The harbor police and the revenue cutter s*r-

\u25a0*vice will work together in policing the river. The'Patrol, the flagship of the police fleet, will carry two

*fclue lights at night while each of the other vesselsfof the fleet will carry one blue light. Arrange-

\u25a0tnents have been made by which, Ifa gasolene boatlatches fire, the police boats can signal a shorepost, and that, in turn, can telephone one of the"sire patrol boats. The fire patrols will be stationedntBattery Park, Gajisevoort street. West 36th 6trectand St. George, Btaten Island. During the day thepolice boats will carry white flags with the word"•'Police" in black letters.

Arrangement? have been made for th<- mountedNiection of the police to m-ater and feed thtir harass"InOntral Park The sheepfold willbe turned into• corral, and the men on duty InRiverside Priv*will feed their horeee in relays. The men will be

x>n duty from 10 a. m. until midnight The orders•ay. "The men win be excused for supper, if jrac-ticAhle."

Many soci«-tie* and museums will have .xhibi-tions as features of the celebration. The AmericanSjejejsty of Mechanical Engineers has on exhibitionin the Engineering Society Building, at No. 28 WestS9th street, models of the Olermont and other «-arlysteamboats. The models include the Phoenix, builtI>> John 6tevens. one of John Fitch'e earlier types,ir.d» model of Kricsson's Monitor. Amodel of theDeutschland, of the Hamburg- American Lane.

jphowe the modern steam vessel.The Grand Army posts in Manhattan and The

Bronx will furnish the guard of honor at the re-viewing- stand for the military parade. The forty-

*even posts have bt-tn asked to make up a quota ofilve hundred men for the guard.

Captain Jacob W. Milk-r, chairman of the naval'toarmde committee, ha^ arranged for a special per-formance at the Hippodrome for the men and offl-c*-rs from the foreign men-of-war on the r.ieht ofSeptember W. There willbe no women in the audi-ence that evening, all the eeate being given to theaajssra.

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NAVALOFFICERS READY

CONTRACT WITH CVRTISS.

games M.Beck Makes Public Docu-ment Aviator IsSaid to Dispute.

,Much has been said about the Glenn H. CurtUs•*o«itra(t to fly for the Hudson-Fulton Celebrationv,Commission. There have been hints in the taMe-messages from Europe ttm the men composing the•committee on aeronautic* did not know a contract

\\rhtn they owned one, and yesterday Mr. Curtiss\u25a0«ras quoted as saying in Paris that he "never•signed any contract, but only entered Into a pre-liminary agreement."

James M. Beck, former Assistant Attorney Gen-ejral of the United States, Inchairman of the aero-

\u25a0 Cwutics committee. He gave out copies of the•contract signed by Mr. CutUes on August 4. and•aid yesterday:

22 "Istill prefer to think that Mr. Curtiss has beenJBisquoted. But. as his and Mr. Bishop's repeated*ajanials of the existence of such a contract are cal-y^stdated to put tae Hudson-Fulton commission In a*aUsi position, it seems necessary to give to the.newspapers the- exact contract, which was notonly signed by Mr. Curtiss but acknowledged byWin before a notary public. In sending him a copy

;cf this contract, w^th the first payment of (1,500.\u2666Ac secretary of the commission sent a copy whichbore the signatures of the acting president andrecretary of the commission tosteed of that of Mr.

'Hammer, the secretary of the aeronautics com-mittee; othertriFe It was an exact copy of the con-tract

sg "This copy mas sent, not as a new contract, butij*4mply for the greater protection of Mr. Curtiss*sCTbat the contract already Figned by him was reeog-*%daed as in full force was shown by sending Mr.tbvtlss. together with the duplicate copy, the firstJ'jayment of $l.y)0. Probably the matter la a«a-'.<le*n!r, as we are advlFrd that Mr. Curtles vailed"to-day and will reach this city on September 21Cor the purpose of making the flight*.j The contract bearing Curtles's name was i^aledMldelivered In the presence of Thomas P. White,notary public, of Mo. 5 East 42d street. The com-,wtttee agreed to pay Curtiss $5,000. bum of it

\u25a0Bioon the eign!nr af the contract and its approval• try the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission.After recounting the fact that Curtiss agreed to

•"attempt to make a flightIn his aeroplane fre/nj£fOovwrnor*s Island up the Hudson and around atnioy or other mask near Grant's Tomb and return

Jo Governor's Island." there is a clause providing"that Cut tins shall be permitted to compete for anyeMeeisJ prises offered.

>Mr.Curtlss returned the $1,500 to the commissiona few days ago. liis believed, however, that hewill«y.

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Guaranteed Mortgage Certificatesbased on them, in amounts of $200,

$500, $1,000 and $5,000.Absolutely safe, and you nave no-

thing to do but receive the interest.

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Fulton Said to Haw Taken His Ideas fromthe Marquis Jonfroj.

Paris,. Sept. >.—Oeorge Montorgue.il, in a review«C Robert Fulton's career In France. published to-day, reproduce* an official account of Fulton'strials on the Seine on January 26. IKS. and Fulton's•or'"*, saying that Che real Inspiration of his dis-©oviry was the experiment of Marquis J.,uffr«>y at

\u25a0Mrs In l?tl.'

Thus, the writer attempts to prove\u25a0at "the steamboat Is a French invention, per-fected In Fiance by an American and developed InAoereca." and he says for this reason France issending a member of the Institute end a detach-nVnt tither fleet to Join in the "tribute of gratitude\u2666*«* Aancrfca fa paying to her illustrious sen. whoin "

<ui# wars made the Old World tributary to the

ii;m aaiartasu says that Fulton left France be-•Buss the government of Kapateon would not ae-<"vl hi* Nautilus, a prototype of the submarine.v/Hli tare* of which, Fulton told Napoleon, hecsMiM <J**troy the English fleet. Subsequently Ful-xnn orfT'-d'the *:3utll»« io England., but "^titimi• v.-an tf&:u> destroy the

"secret, whereupon Fulton

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HUDSON. FULTON STAMPS READY.fFrmm The Tribune, Bureau.)

Washington. Sept. 15.—The new Hudson-Pulton2-cent stamps have arrived at the PostonVe De-partment and are practically ready for distribu-tion throughout the country. There are to be onlyfifty million of these stamps Issued, and the de-partment has received many requests from poet-masters from all parts of the country, so that thesupply is likely to be quickly exhausted. The firstlot willbe sent out from Washington on Monday,and will go to the more distant points. The firstsales of the stamps will be on September 23.

SUBMARINE FLEET COMING HERE.Newport. R. 1.. Sept. 16—The Atlantic submarinefleet sailed to-day to take part Inthe Hudson-ru*

lon celebration In Xew York, after which the fleetvlllgo south for vrlnter manoravree. The fleet con.sSels of the parent ship Castlne. the submarine ten

.dfr.Nlnn and the submarine* ". Plunger, OctopusCuttieii6h,,TaraniuUi Viu«x.

L<act night the detectives attempted to raid asmall houue In Nattor'a Alley In Which It was al-leged that opium smoking was the diversion. Theyfound the doors barred and the shutters locked.Curious ones, attracted by the noise made by theraidera. caw the whole proceeding, and when the•eteetfvca BsJtai in their mission there was muchlaartasj aaji beedssT. The raiders whipped out theirrevolvers and shot in the air. Their shots wentwild, but one struck Miss Rose Stewart, on theporch of the Ct-dareroft. and another ptntrated awindow and wall of the Hotel Warwick.

Police reserves were sent to the scene and ar-rested County Detective Ferdinand David. FrankD.Jarr and William Blaster, allof Newark. JudgeHifbee placed David, under 16,000 ball (or his ap-pearance before the grand jury. The others wereliacd under $1,000 ball each to-night for a hearingon Friday afternoon before Recorder Keffer on acharge of disorderly conduce

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County Detectives at Atlantic CityHeld for Grand Jury.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]Atlantic City, Sept. tf.-Sinc© the "shooting up"

of the bot^l end of South Carolina avenue lantmidnight by detectives in the employ of ProsecutorGoldenberg and the wounding of Miss Rose Stew-art, a smttreas at the Hotel Chalfonte, resentmentagainst the "reform" movement has grown.

When Ooldenberg was appointed by GovernorFort it was with the understanding that he endgambling in tha entire county. He appointedWilliam Baitzell county detective and brought sev-eral men from Newark to make raids. In all ln-

stanrou «ay«» one the plates raided have been con-*ducted l.y negroes.

TURN TABLES ONRAIDERS

Lieutenant Commander H. A. WILEY, to bureau ofnavigation. Navy Department.

Lieutenant Commander J. P. MORTON, to office ofJudfre advocate reneral. Nary Department.

Lieutenant E. T. CONSTIEN, detached Naval WarCollege. Newport. R. I.: to office judge advocatageneral. Navy Department.

Lieutenant J. R. DEFREES. detached navy yard.Washington: home, await orders.

Ensign R. R. STEWART, to the Worden.I «

ARMY.First Lieutenant HENRY T. BI'RGIN. eaut artillery

corpg. to Seattle, Wash., command mine planterSamuel Bias-coll.Captain FREDERICK W. PHISTERER, coast artillerycorps, from 56th Company to 122(1 Company

Followingofficers to Major WILLIAMJ. NICHOLSON.7th Cavalry. Tort RDey. Kansas; First LieutenantCHARLES \\\ VAN WAY. Bt* Cavalry; First U*u-tf-nant EDWARD DAVIS. 11th Cavalry; SecondLieutenant* CHARLES M. MAIONE. 7th Cavalry;HERBERT E. MANN. 7th Cavalry; ORLANDO GPALMER. 7th Cavalry, and LOUIS H. KIL-BOCRXE. «th Cavalrj.

Following officers relievo* from Army War Collo**upon expiration of lures of absence: Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES ST. J. CHUBB. 2d Infantry;

Lieutenant Colonel DAVID J. RVMBOT'OH. litField Artillery: Major WALTER K. WRIGHT, fithInfantry; Major HENRY C HODCCB, Jr.. Jst In-fantry: Major ALFRED M. HUNTER, coast artil-lery corps; Major WALDO E. ATER. 9th Infan-try;Ma.tor JAMES H. FRIER. 10th Infantry. Cap-tain ARTHI'R JOHVSON. 13th Infantry; CaptainFRANCIS .T KOESTER. commlnsary; CaptainPOWELL CLAYTON. Jr. 11th Cavalry: CaptainHARRY H. TEBBRTTS 10th Infantry, and Cap-tain GEORGE E THORNE. 24th Infantry

Follow-In* changes In cnast artillery corps: JOHNA. BERRY, first llfiitMiant. to captain: JOHN 11.PIRIE. *»con<i lieutenant, to tlrtx. Il»ut»nant. to.".:<th Company; Captain Berry on unassls;n<>4 list.

Following; officers of medical corps to th» Philippines-Major WILLIAME. PI'RVIANCE. Fort DoukUs!ftah: Captain JOHN R. BORLEY. Fort Ca»»y.\Vat.hlnitton. and First Lieutenant JOHN B. H.WARING. Fort Milry.California.

Leaves of «h»»no»: First Lieutenant JAMES M. BUR-ROUGHS. 12th Cavalry, one. month; Major W. H.GORDON. l«th Infantry, four months; First Lieu-tenant 'I.IFFORt) L. CORBIN. coast artillery,one month and fifteen days.

NAVY.

ORDERS ISSUED.— The following"orders havebeen issued:

Winthrop Orders Free Sunday forSailors.

[nwi TJM Tribune Hnrftu1Washtngton. September 15.

ON AN INSPECTION TRIP.-Beekman Wtn-throp. Ar-Elrtant Secretary of the Navy, will leaveWashington early to-morrow morning for an ex-tended trip through the West, where he will In-spect the fortifications and hospitals on the Pa-cific Coast H» will return by way of t**Antmaßto visit the naval hospital there.

He announced to-night that the "Dreadnought"which is to be built by the N<?w York ShipbuildingCompany at Camden will be called the Wyoming.while the one to be built by the Cramps will becalled the Arkansas. There are only two staftMileft, Oklahoma and Nevada, which have no name-sakes in the navy.

Mr. Winthrop issued an order to-day dispensingwith Sunday inspection aboard chips. This eervesto give the sailors almost absolute freedom onSunday.

ARMY AND NAVY NOTES

Baltimore Company Incorporated to Take OverAssets Recently Sold at Foreclosure.

Baltimore, Sept. 15.—Articles of Incorporation ofthe Baltimore Steel Car and Foundry Companywere filed to-day at Annapolis. This company,which Is capitalized at $1,500,000. will acquire theplant and assets of the South Baltimore Steel Carand Foundry Company, recently sold at foreclosureto satisfy claims aggregating $1.250.00 J. The prop-erty was bought in by a committee representingthe creditors.It is understood

(the Standard Steel Company, of

Ptttsbure, is negotiating for the purchase of theplant, and It was learned to-day that a tentativeagreement for the «ale of the works to the Stand-ard company had been reached and would be Bub-mitted to the stockholders of the Baltimore con-cern for ratification.

A report from Plttsburg that Ifthe deal is con-cluded the plant will be moved from Baltimore toButler, Perm., where the Standard has its mainworks, was positively denied.

FALL RIVER STRIKERS ACCEPT OFFERFall River, Mass.. Sept. 15.—The striking weavers'

at the Iron Works Cotton Mills have accepted a 5per cent Increase in wages and will return to workto-morrow morning. The weavers struck on Mon-day, demanding a 10 per asnt advance. About onethou sind weavers were involved in the movementand about five thousand employes were thrown outof work by the closing of the mills. :

DETECTIVE NICOLAY REDUCED.Detective Alexander Klcoeay. of the Central OlSee, who. on September t. arrested a:* a suspicious

person fourteen-year-old Nicholas T. Blackwell Jr••« "f"

''i1'"' ol *cotton trade paper In Dallas!Tex., und who was subsequently placed on trialbefore Deputy Commlsatoaer Stover, was yeaterdayfined tn days* pay by Commissioner Bake* andtransferred to the Leonard street station for dutyas a patrolman.

AUSTRIAN HOMES RIGHTS RESTORED.William Williams. Commtaatooei of Immigration

reinstated yesterday on Bills lekwd the AustrianHome, -which waa debarred several weeks ago Th«commissioner was Informed that the Kllis IslandBfattt, tke Manager and Ike missionary had baeartlanlssei, that the secretary and th* chairman ofthe executive commutes of the home had reasgaedand that a matron had been engaged by the home.

HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED.New Orleans. Sept. 15.—Hurricane warnings for

Key West and Southern Florida were Issued at theNew Orleans Weather Bureau this afternoon. Adisturbance of marked Intensity west of JamaicaIs said to be moving northwestward. It will beunsafe for shipping along the' West Cuban andSouthwest Florida coasts for the next two days.i \u25a0

ARMY OFFICER TRIES SUICIDE.St. Louts. Sept. 15.—A mart who says he is Joseph

B. Conklin, first lieutenant In the Signal Corps ofthe United States Army, stationed at Brooklyn, IsIn a critical condition In the City Hospital from anoverdose of digitalis, taken with suicidal Intent.He said his wife lived at No. 345 Qutncy street.Brooklyn, and that he had been in poor health.

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—— 'READING DIVIDEND declared.

Philadelphia. Sept. IB.—The directors of the Read-ing company to-day declared the regular seml-an-nual dividend of - per cent on the second preferredel*:* ;' ~~~~""^;

New York Company Stockholders to Vote onPlan to Take Over BellProperties.

A special nr.eetlag of the stockholders of the NewYork Telephone Company to vote on a propositionto' increase the capital stock from $00,000,000 to$lf»),OOf>,«00 has been called for September 20. Theproposed doubling of the capital stock, it is stated.1.-s to cmshi« the company to carry out a plan it hasin view for taking over allof the Hell properties Inthis state. These Include the New York and NewJersey Telephone Company, the Dell TelephoneCompany of Buffalo and the Centra] Now YorkTelephone and Telegraph Company.

The New York Telephone Company and the otherthree companies named are nil controlled throughstock ownership by the American Telephone andTelegraph Company, and It was explained by ofll-oors of this concern yesterday that the step justannounced wag simply another move in carryingout the policy of consolidation recently begun bythe parent company.

TO ACQUIRE STEEL CAR PLANT.

INCREASE IN BANK STOCK DENIED.The advance in the price of National City Hank

Stock, which hos gone up about 18 DOtnta In thelasi few day* and la now seHtng al 415, ta attrib-uted to rumors that the director! of tke institutionwii: shortly recci end an Increase m Its capitalsio.-k. Officers ol the bank denied yesterday thatthe directors were contemplaMng any such action.They said that th« r.- wduM be no obje. iln i:liik th* capital •took and tkal Io do m might hurttiio hank, n that it would be tr>.. huge to handleproperly. The capital Stock of the !,ank Is n..w135.0M.eea, -. 11 ..f which Is cloeety held bj tke ui-reotork and others mtereated in the Institution

TO DOUBLE TELEPHONE STOCK.

NEW YORK AT TAXATIONCONGRESS

Lawson Purdy to Take Part in Discussion ofProposed Changes.

Al the third ml confer*and local taxation, Io be b< id tn LoulsYtlle I:

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:i. allei Rl| |enl ntthe Int«-rn.-»tlonnl Trix Association. Will i'r»'sent t\v.>

•''.ns. one for adoption by state legislatures,\u25a0:nk,' th" federal government to refrain from

thn taxation of corporal ns so thai this source ofrm-onue may he left to the suit.---; the Other, roquesting the immediate repeal of the law authoris-ing federal taxation or corporations.

Ed of tke adjustment of federalto state taxation, with reference te. Inheritance,corporation nnd Income taxei and the threatenedInterference with state revenues \\A\ b.» thrownopen for general discussion. Lawaoa Purdy, presi-dent of tin- Department of T.-<\.-s end Aaseaamentsof this <ity end V..' iirestiont of the Internattoti i\Tax Assoctatlofl, is t., op.-n tho dtocusejoii !>>• anH.idres.s on "Proposed Changes in Federal Taxa-Iton."

Thin conference, held under the auspices of theInternational Tux Association, in composed of dele-gates appointed liy the povernnrs of the variousstates and tke presidents, of ontveraitiea.

MURPHY ON CANDIDATES.Washington. Sept. la.—The news of the renewal

of the strike of the Pressed Steel Car Companyworkmen caused great surprise here. Th3t Bk«Mwas considerable dissatisfaction among the re-turned strikers had been known, but it was not ex-pected that any such action as to-day's wouldhappen, at least so soon after the adjudication ofthe previous trouble. The mediation board, whichconsists of Dr. Charles P. Xeill. the Commissionerof Labor, and Judge Martin A. Knapp, the chair-man of the Interstate Commerce Commission, prob-ably willbe called on to exert Its efforts once morein the direction of adjusting the present serioussituation at McKees Rocks.

The mediation board and the Department of Jus-tice would be the only two departments of the gov-ernment likely to be drawn into the matter. T*;eDepartment of Justice will not have to deal withthe situation unless some federal law is violated bythe strikers or by the other side of the big indus-trial contest.

Schoenville Employe* Say ImportedBosses AreRetained.

Plttsburg. Sept. 13.—The car workers' strike atthe plant of the Pressed Steel Car Company, in6choenvi!l#\ which was thought to have been set-tled on Wednesday of last week, after costing ninelives and heavy •financial loss, began anew to-daywhen between 3.fltf> and 4.««« employes of the carworks walked from their work and quietly dispersedto their homes.

The workmen now allege that the ear company of-ficials have broken faith with, them regarding thedischarging of imported bosses brought here dur-ing the recent eight weeks' labor dispute. Late to-day it was announced by the car plant officialsthat they would probably discharge what few Im-ported workmen are yet m the plant. In a secondeffort to resume business and keep the plant run-ning.

To-night there are fifty deputy sheriffs on guardat the car plant. Ll'tle or no trouble is expected,however, and ItU believed that by to-morrow noonthe car works will again be in full operation.

STRIKER SHOT AT NEW CASTLE. PEN*.New Castle. P-nn. Sept. 15. -One striker was prob-

ably fatally shot and several others were sertoustybeaten this afternoon during an outbreak at theplant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Com-pany. Two officers were arrested after the shoot-•"«. «T{je trouble took place while police wereescorting Imported men Jnto the plant.

ANOTHER. TYPHOID FEVER EPIDEMIC.

Tammany Boss Not Worried OverProtests— Boom for Rider.

Charles F. Murphy, who put' In the greater partof the day with the district leaders and callers atthe Wigwam In 14th street yesterday, said thatJustice Dowling and Justice Gerard, as well asJustice C.aynni^ were talked of in the Tammany or-ganization for Mayor.

Bpeakmg Of the protests by th»» organization menagainst Justice Gaynor as a Tammany candidateMr. Murphy said:

"It is true that there have been me protests.Hut there Is nothing unusual abyut that, it alwayshappens thai some on« Is displeased with what hebelieves to be the probable action of the convention.Xk Importance should be attached to th. proteststhus far received agulnst any man who may havebeen talked of as the prospective candidate."

"What do you beat about" the Dowling and theGerard booms?" was asked."Ihear a number of the district leaders talking

about them now and then." said Mr. Murphy, "butldon't know that they are candidates.**

Four German-Americans called on Mr. Murphyyesterday in behalf of Herman Ridder for Mayor,and if Mr. Ridder cannot have the first place onthe ticket. Mr. Murphy's cullers yesterday inti-mated that the second place would be acceptable.The callers were Dr. M. Simon, Alfred Mueller, ofthe United Sinking Societies; Herman Haussler. ofIke Swablan Society, and John Xubel. They saidthat they bad seen In the newspapers that someof the leaders favored Mr. Ridder for Controller,and that they had Just dropped in to say that Mr.RJdder would make a first clasw candidate forMayor and that Ike first place on the ticket wasnone too good for him.

JEROM£ HAS 650 SIGNERS.

Bath Beach and Bay Ridge Swimming BeachesPolluted by Fourteenth Avenue Sewer.

There Is an epidemic of typhoid fever in the r..i>n

Beach ami Bay Ridge sections of Brooklyn. AH thehospitals In the sections have many typhoid pa-tients and there Is a big increase in the number ofcases being treated at the Bionics el the sufferers.The unusually large number of cases is said t» b*due M the pollution of the waters at the bathingbeaches by the Fourteenth avenue sewer. As thoswimming season Is over, the physicians believethe epidemic willbe checked soon. The NorwegianHospital has nine cases.

SAN FRANCISCO MINING STOCKSSan Francisco, Sept. 15.—The official closing «iuo.

tatlons for mining'stocks to-day were as follows:Alfn tTlJaattc* 1*Alpha Con (*7 Kentucky Con *«Amies !B>|L Wash Con \u25a0Iteloher P<» Mentcan I*1Heat A Is*lt/her '.Vinvj.lcr.wl Con *>Bullion Srt-Ophlr *•\u25a0fal^Jonla 3&|Overman *•Challenge Cbn «> l'.<t,.»i »Ctiollar SSI Havan *\u2666ConlMence !.*>>»« Bel.-her '\u2666Coo Cal A Va !.»>' Sierra Nevada. «Con Imperial OH' t'nion Con •*Gould iCarry 281 ftah Con -2?Hal, * Norcross 41 \>H..w Jacket **»JulU Oft!

That Number Subscribe to Petition on Open- Iing Day at Headquarters.

John A. Henneberry. District Attorney Jerome's icampaign manager, reported last night that 650 :voters signed the Jerome nomination papers yester- ,day, the Brat day that {]'.>\u25a0 In-:id<iu.irters, nt 4M [street and Sixth avenue, were open. Heading the [

list were Thomas S. Burners, .of Re 12 West 96th Istreet, and Alonzo It. Peck, of— 7 West S2d

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street, who have served on various grand Juriesin the last four years.

"We have not yet mu<lc any effort to get names,"\u25a0aid Mr.Henneberry. "and we have not given peti-tions except to friends who have written for themor called to take them with them."

BUFFALO MAYORALTY NOMINATIONS

Republican and Democratic Conventions Held—Jacob J. Siegrist Named by Republicans.Buffalo. Sept. is. \u25a0 The Republican and Democratic

conventions wero held this afternoon. The Repub-licans nominated Councilman Jacob J. Siegrtat. amerchant, for Mayor. The Democrats nominatedAlderman l^ouls P. Fuhrman.a wholesale meatpacker, for the same office.

Alderman Fuhrman ts at present Acting Mayorin the absence of Mayor J. N. Adam.

ASSEMBLY NOMINATIONSAmsterdam. N. V.. Sept. 15. -Johnson P. Van

Oitnda. of this city, was nominated for the As-sembly to-day by the Republicans of MontgomeryCounty.

Schenectady, N. V., Sept. 15.—John R. Parker waanominated to-day by the Republicans for the As-sembly.

DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE CALL.Albany. Sept. 15.—Thomas W. Oaborne. chairman

of the executive committee of the DemocraticLeague, recently organised at Saratoga, fawned a

vcall to-day for a meeting of. the executive commit-tee nt.tha office of S. Stanwond Menken, No. hiWilliam street, New York*/next Tuesday, at noon,

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Some See Standard Oiland Morgan

Harmony Move inHis Election.James Rtillman. chairman of the board of direc-

tors of the National City Bank, was 'elected a di-rector of the Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago & St.Louts Railway Company, commonly known as theBig Four, at a meeting of the directors of theroad yesterday. He succeeded James Barnett. re-signed. The board also adopted a resolution, whichwill be submitted to the stockholders at the an-nual meeting on October 27. providing for an issueof (20,000,000 bonds. The usual quarterly dividendof I>4 per cent on the preferred stock was declared.

The election of Mr. BtUlmai) to the Big Fourboard, in view of the facts that he retired from anumber of directorates a year or so ago, being

succeeded by Frank A. Vanderllp, and that it fol-lowed so closely the election of .1 P. Morgan, jr..as a director of the National City Bank, was re-garded in some qunrteis as evidence that therewas complete harmony between the Standard Oiland Morgan Interests.

The general opinion In the Street appeared to be.however, that there was no particular sJgnlflrsMirnin Mr. Stlllman's entry into the Big Four board,and that it was nwrely to round out his member-ship in the various subsidiary companies of theKew York Central system. Mr. StUlman has beena director of the New York Central company fora number of years, and Is also en the boards ofthe following subsidiary companies of the Central:Michigan Central. New York & Barlem, New York& Ottawa, New York & Putnam. New York. Chi-cago- & St. Louis. Kutland, and West Shore rail-roads and various minor subsidiaries of the sys-tem.

Of the bond issue, only SIO.OOQ,(iM, it Is understood,will be brought out in the near future. About halfof this sum, it is said, will he used to pay off ad-vances made to the "Bli;Four" by the Lake Shore,and the remainder willbe devoted to Improvements.Of the remaining J10.000,000 of the proposed Issueone-half. It is understood, willbe reserved for meet-Ing the IMOMtt notes of the company maturingon -Tune 1, 1911, and one-half will be used for futureImprovements. The rate of Interest will not bedecided until the issue has be#-n authorised by thestockholders.Itis expected that the proposed financing of tho

"Big Four" will be the last undertaken by any ofthe New York Central lines for some time to come.The needs of the New York Central proper havehe-en fullyprovided for. and that company, as wellas its subsidiaries, It is stated, Is well suppliedwith funds.

The directors of the New York Centra] A HudsonRiver Railroad Company also met yesterday, buttook no action in regard to electing a successor toB. H. Harrlman. The board appointed a commit-tee, conslstinK of President Brown and James Still-man, to draw up resolutions on Mr. llarriman-sdeath and submit them to the board at its meetingnext Wednesday. Among the directors present siyesterday's meeting. which was the first ulnce earlyin the summer, were J. Plerpont Morgan, JamesStillman. D. O. Mills, Ok—H. BowdOin, WilliamRockefeller, Frederick Vanderbllt, W. H. Newmanand W. C. Brown.

STILLMANIN"BIGFOTJR"

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Mayor McClellan Talks on Spirit ofthe Constitution.

Rochester. Sept. 15.—Mayor George B. McClellanof New York, after speaking at the Wyomingcounty Fair, in Warsaw, this afternoon, returnedto this city this evening and was entertained atdinner at the Genesee Valley Club by DemocraticState Commltteerr.an Thomas W. Flnucane. Aninformal reception was then held at the WhitcombHouse, and Mayor HeClellaa left at 9:4". o'clock forMalone. wheie he will speak at another agricult-ural fair. From Malon" he will return to NewYork. Mayor McCleiinn would not discuss politicshere to-night, except to give it as his opinion thatthe fusionists in New York City did not knowWhere they stood. He said there was no truth Ina report from Syracuse to the effect that he had\u25a0aid that he holts Judge Gaynor would beTammany's candidate for Mayor. He was askedregarding the charges made by ex-Police Commis-sioner Bingham. but would not discuss them.

In his speech at Warsaw, Mayor McClellan.sr^Tking on the preservation of the spirit of theConstitution, said In part:

A tendency has recently been developing in thedirection of a centralization never contemplatedby the fathers when they signed the Constitution.Kven that great New Torker. Alexander Hamil-ton, when he hid reached the compromise upon th«»question ••!" state's rights loyally supported thecompromise that he had helped to bring about. Thepresent-day tendency is to ignore that compromise,to assume thai the doctrine of stare rights wasburied -with th*> doctrine of secession and to per-mit the national government forcibly to seize allthe powers expressly reserved to the states by theConstitution.

It is our duty to rreserve Inviolate the spirit ofconservatism which Tji< always actuated us in thepast. While for us th' past is not sacred merelyheoause it Is the past, it is to be respected becauseof the lessons which its experience teaches. Weshould not preach a hearting back to the teach-ings of the fa*nen because of filial devotion, butwe should apply, where possible, the fathers' teach-ing* remodelled tot meet new conditions, andwhan experience ha* \u25a0roved such teachings wrong,or when they do not meet the requirements ofmodern times, then we should lav them astde andAnd new measures for new thing*. We should notfollow every fad and fancy of the "our simply be-r:iu.«e it is now. We should not follow strangegods "'1 sfrang»r men merely for a love of chango.We ought not to assume that any change must bean Improvement ; for even though existing condi-tions may In some res-perts be bad. they are capableof being mad* Infinitely WOTfe

There is nothing so* sacred about th» Constitu-tion that precludes the advocacy of »3 amendment.But where such amendment- Is desired it should befrankly faced, and not dodged. If the states areto be reduced to the portion of provinces. ifourwhole schema and system of government is to bechanged. Ifwe are to be ruled from Washington inall our i.caJ and every-day affairs. if the inter-state commerce power of the Constitution is to beusfd to regulate not only corporation*, but per-sons who may or may not actually do an. Inter-state commerce business; If the power of taxationIs to be used to pry Into the affairs of every do-mestic corporation; if. In short, state sovereigntyIs to become a Joke and state government a mem-ory, let the Constitution be amended openly, mthe broad light "t day. and not violated In thedark.

When public opinion really desires that thevarious powers of the state should be voided tothe nation, let it be done regularly and in order.But meanwhile it is the duty of all Americans whobelieve In political honor and political honesty, nomatter how they mar dln>r In the principles theyhold, to maintain Inviolate the spirit of th« Con-stitution.

William G.McAdoo Says PoliticiansInterfere withNew Jersey Interests.

William a. McAdoo, president of the HudsonTunnels Company. In a speech to about three, hun-dred New Jersey real estate men in the HudsonTerminal Building yesterday sharply criticised, theso-called reformer in politics, who, he. said, wasmaking it more difficult for the corporations andthe people to get along. It was real estate men'sday at the terminal, and after an inspection trip.under the guidance of the New Jersey and NewYork Real Estate Exchange, Ike visitors held a. con-vention to listen to speeches from Mr. McAdoo, Jo-seph P. Day, president of the New York Board ofReal Estate Brokers; Judge Robert Carey, of Jer-sey City; Henry Lerr.mermann. vice-president ofthe New Jersey Development Federation, andGeorge G. Baylies. Otto Kempner. president oftheexchange, presided.

Mr. McAdoo urged his listeners to take a greaterinterest in their localities. Ha said now that thetunnels had removed the, water barrier it was up tothe people of each city or town to bring the peopleto live there. "On next Monday." he said, 'a tramwill leave this terminal every minute and a halfduring the rush, hour. No Interstate CommerceCommission or other commission compelled us todo this. It was done on our own Initiative. Ibe-lieve inreasonable regulation of public utilitycor-porations, but it must be done for the benefit ofthe people and not as a political asset of any manor group of men. Corporations are not the enemiesof the people, and should not be held as such.Demagogues are now at work throughout the coun-try who are making it more dim nit for the cor-porations and the people to get along. The cor-poration cannot get along without the people andthe people cannot get along without the corpora-tion, and we should recognize this fact."

Mr. MeAiaa evidently had in mind the trouble heis having in getting a franchise for a station atHenderson street. Jersey City.

CAR WORKS STRIKE AGAIN.

ASRS FOR FAIR PLAYDEFENDS STATE PO WEIL

Recalled Minister Dodges Ptary-Cook Controversy.

T>r. Wu Tinp-fanp, Chinese Minister to the UnitedStates and three other countries, who was recalledrecently while on olllcial business in Peru, arrivedhere last niKht from Colon on the Koyal MailSteam Packet liner Oruba. He brought hack ahigh opinion of the "polite Peruvians," as he calledthem, and a most optimistic Impression cf the good

he believes will come with the opening of the Pan-ama Canal.

Minister Wu laughed heartily when lie was toldthat a number of reporters wen waltteg to seehim in the leading room, and h»- made his way di-rectly to that part of the steamer. He shook handlwith each reporter and ma<!e some comment an Uwpaper he represented.

"I have pome mail to look over for a minute,"

he said, "and then, gentlemen, Iwill i» ready toanswer any question you may i;nt to ask.**Afterreading his mall Mr. Wu was Invited out on deckto pose for a flasiiiicht picture. When this w.is

over he returned to the reading room, and sinking

Into a lounKe said: "Begin, gentlemen; I am

ready."lie explained that aa lie was accredited to Cub*.

Mexico and Peru M well as to Washington, he took

the first opportunity of visiting IVru that had cometo him since his appointment as minister.

Asked how he found the pe->i I*ol Peru. Minister

Wu f-nid: "Oh. they are exceptionally cordial,

pleasant and so polite. Every country has its ownpeculiarities and its own way Of dotng business.

Politeness is a marked peculiarity of the Peru-

vian.*. They are of the Latin ra> «\u25a0. What Inotf^edparticularly was that they were so polite -some-thing like our own people."

An awkward pause followed this last utterance,

and the minister looked quizzically at the menabout him. Then, as one of the group was about tospeak. Mr. Wu continued his observations by say-Ing: "Your people are not rude. Ido not say thatthey are. not polite, and. anyway, present company,don't you see. Is always exempted."

The Chinese Minister would rot bo dragged Intothe Cook- •\u25a0>• controversy. He had heard frag-mentary reports that the pole has been discovered.He seemed to l:iu<w more of Dr. Cook than ofCommander Peary, and explained that as he wis

not a scientific man he could not give an opinion."I,et me see." he said. "Both these men are

Americans, are they not? Wei l, then, why do theyquarrel V'

Asked what he thought the discovery wouldmean to th* world. Mr. Wu said: "I can't say.\u25a0What Is your opinion? ,This Is the twentieth cen-tury", and Iam prepared to see many wonders.Nothing Is Impossible to your people In this age.

Ithink within a few years we snail be able to fly

with the facility with which we now ride. When•re know how to live, how to regulate our lives, wewill be able to do anything We will b*» able toaccomplish apparent wooden when we are moreadvanced, when we develop our energy along scien-tific lines."

When the aeroplane as an ngent of warfare \u25a0was

suggested the Chinese Minister frowned. Heseemed pained at the mero mention of war. and\u25a0aid: "Ihope battles will never more be foughtamong nations. Why should we fight? ifyou andIhave a difference of opinion or a quarrel wetake it to a court for settlement. If individualssettle dllferei this way, why should nations go••> war. I think we are slowly and surely comingto .i universal peace."

Minister Wu dwelt some time on the future oflit* own count!-' saying that she was trying tobring arout reform by degrees nnd needed time"We have many things to reform in China." heeald. "but we need time to put our house in order.China's doors are wide open for every one. Everyone Is welcome. There, Is no discrimination againstrace or religion, for our policy Is toleration."

Concerning his recall the minister raid: "Ireceived a brief cable while at Lima that Iwas'•\u25a0 return to China. The Minister to Italy re-ceived his ttb<vit the Hmc time. Alli can say isthat Ihave to obey order* Ido hope, however,that Iwilt be permitted to go back to China byway of Kurone. There, are a few countries therethat Ihave not Been. 1 like to travel, and Ihavesome plans of mv own. In IV>3 Ihad planned Justsuch a trip when ireceived tin Imperial edict togo home by way of Sin Francisco."

Asked If he had anything to nay to the Ameri-can people before, leaving their country, MinisterWu chuckle.! >'.•>. i have, but i won't say Ituntil iam really going back to China," he replied."Iwill be here for at least two months yet."

SEES GOOD TIMES AHEAD.

MINISTER \VU TING-FANG RETURNING FROM rERU.

XETT-.OmC DAiLY TRIBUNE, TETOjXSDAY.'

SEPTEMBER