The Manyema District of the Congo Free Stats

lies to the eastward of the centre, between theCongo River and Lake Tanganyika and south of

the Stanley Falls region. It Is a long distance

from the rich copper deposits previously found be-

tween the Kassal River and the Atlantic, and in

the southeastern regions. Gold and copper have

also been found near Lake Tanganyika. Stevens's"Copper Handbook" says: "The principal copper de-posits of the Congo Free State, as now known, are

In Katanga, the southeastern province, around the

headwaters of the principal affluent of the Congo

River'

American Expedition Finds Rich

Mineral Deposits.Prpr,iscpl!l Oct. 20.— Reports received from R.

Tv Mohun, leader of the American expedition in

the Congo, say that he has discovered rich de-

posits of gold, tin and copper in the Manyema

district.

GOLD FIELDS IN CONGO.

Two Workmen Killed When OneDrops Match in Barrel.

Two men lost iheir lives and a third was pain-

fully burned in a fire which was started when

one accidentally dropped a match in a barrel of

celluloid material in the building at No. 164

Duane street, last night.

David Mahoney. of No. S Manhasset Place.,

Brooklyn, and Henry Jones, of No. 114 East 2<>th

street, were burred to death trying to escapa

from rhe cellar. With them was William Sett-gast, of No. 83 North Henry street, Brooklyn,

who was burned about the fnce and body.

The three men were employes of Stillman &

Engle, manufacturers at celluloid novelties. The

hurst of flames knocked Mahoney senseless,

jonrs struggled with Settga«=t to the elevator

shaft and there stumbled and fell in the path

of the fire. A boarded doorway hindered the

firemen. (

CELLULOID FIRE FATAL.1 :

Twelve Companies Plan Combinationwith $200,000,000 Capital.

[Br ifefcsjnatl to Th Trlbun*.].Cleveland, Oct. 29.—The merger of twelve tele-

phone companies operating between New York

and Kansas City and as far south as the Gulf is

said to be assured. When completed the syndi-

cate will have a capitalization of $200,000,000.

Long distance service willbe immediately possi-

ble between New York, Pennsylvania and Ohiotowns.

"The project was started by men of meanscontrolling the principal companies." said Bart

C. Hubbell, president of the Interocean Tele-phone and Telegraph Company, of Buffalo, in an

interview here to-day, "and Is nearing com-,

pletion. Over twenty thousand miles of poles

and wires willbe included in the string."

BIG TELEPHONE MERGER.

Children Summoned to Her Bedside—Old Heart Trouble.

Mrs. William Astor. who has b~»n in poor

health for the last few months at her horn*. Hn,

842 Fifth avenue, was said la-«>t night to be

critically ill. and it was decided to call her im-

mediate family to her bedside. Mr. and Mrs. J.

Laurens Van Alen were expected to arrive at

the house last night

Pr. Austin Flint issued a bulletin last night

saying that Mrs Astor suffered a lOLUIISaWI of

an old heart trouble about four weeks a?". Since

then she has had «>ev«ral attacks, but he said shewas resting quietly Mrs. Astor is nearly sev-

enty-eight years old.

MRS. WILLIAMASTOR ILL.

Five Inches Coves Mountains inVicinity of Roanoke.

Roanoke, Va., Oct. 29 —The flrst snnw of the

season to-night covers the mo«ntalns of South-TPstern Virginia to a depth of fiveinches. It fellaJI day vest of Roanoke.

SNOW IN VIRGINIA.

Report That Young Turks Will

Make Third Son Their Ruler.Paris, Oct 3".— A dispatch from Smyrna says

that the Younff Turks, believing that the Sultan

has alsecret understanding with Tewflk Pacha,

the Foreign Minister, hay« decided to dethrone,

him and replace him by his third son Salonica

troops will b«* !«ent to overawe the Albanian

guard and fanatical reactionists.

MOVE TO OUST SULTAN.

| Old Hotel Man Expires After Three

Days' Unconsciousness.John P. Caddagan, lessee and manager of the

i Hoffman House, who had been seriously illandj unconscious for the last three days, died lastj night at his hotel at 10:40 o'clock. Death was

\u25a0 caused by cirrhosis of the liver., Mr, Caddagan was born in Springfield. Mass.,I sixty-one years ago. At sixteen he entered the

Broadway Central Hotel at 520 a month. Hewas gradually promoted to managing clerk.

He became interested In the drama, and soonwon the friendship of Edwin Booth. Charlotte

i Cufihman and other well known players As, manager for Dion Boucicault he travelled allover the world for fifteen years.

Mr. Caddagan later managed the Union Hotel

!in Saratoga. After turning his attention to

| railroad construction in North Carolina he re-j turned to New York and assumed the manage-

I ment of the Hoffman House.Mr. Caddagan was a bachelor. He leaves a'< stepmother and two sisters, the Misses Anna

i and Margaret Caddagan, who were at his bed-| side when he died. Mr. Caridagan was a mem-| ber of the Manhattan Club, the Catholic Club1 and of the Oakland and Kanoaks golf clubs..

iCAUGHT DEER WITH OYSTER DREDGE.i »

i Swimming Mile from Shore Buck EscapesHounds Only To Be Hauled on Boat.

Sayville. Long Island, Oct. 23.—Deer hunting with!an oyster dredge is the newest sport on the Great:South Bay. A full grown buck was captured yes-

I terday by oyster dredgers, who found him swim-

r mtng in the bay and haul*-d him aboard their boat

;near Great River. The buck had been driven intoIthe water by hounds and be wns paddling in the Ice

\u25a0 cold water nearly a mile from Ehsre, when the

J Ileebf brothers' dredge captured him.,-a;,:. Heebe sent the '\u25a0 "r scampering through

1 the forest on the George Taylor Reserve, near Great! RKer, when he res< d shore.

J. P. CADDAGAN DEAD.

ODDS ON TAFT IN DENVER.[By Te!?irra.r>h to The Trlbur.». ]

Denver, Oct. 29.— Even money is offered herethat Taft will have 50,000 plurality in New York,with no takers. There Is plenty of money readyto hack Taft at 4 to 1. with few bets made. Evenmoney that Bryan will carry Colorado is taken.Indiana for Taft at 100 to 60 finds no takers. *

The commission charged by brokers for plac-ing bet6was increased yesterday from 1 to '_M2M 2per cent. The reason for this increase, it wassaid, was that the brokers did not care to takethe risk of getting- into trouble incurred through

the new anti-betting law for only 1 per cent ofthe stakes.

i'*

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JOHNSON FAVORITE IN MINNESOTA.[ByTelegraph to The Tribune.]

St. Paul. Oct. 29.—Fifty thousand dollars havebeen wagered on the re-election of Governor John-son in Minnesota thus far at odds of from S to 4against the Republican candidate. One hundredthousand dollars has been posted that Johnson willbe the next Governor, and that Taft will not re-ceive &fl,<v>o majority over Bryan. On the latterproposition more than half has been covered. Mr.Roosevelt carried the state by 176.000.

On the Consolidated St"ck Exchange 6 to 5was offered nn Hughes, but n*> Chanler moneywas forthcoming.

1:07; to those already mentioned a Bryan manput up $.V»0 against $2..Vt0 put up by a Taftsupporter.

HAAN'S RESTAURANT, PARK ROW BLDG.Open Election Night. Return* announced. Music-Sdvt >.

What effect think you will an liens round ofcleaning, scrubbing. washing and Ironing haveupon a human *oul? How far toward, the ideal Inmoral and spiritual development will such a soulbe able to advance?"

WILL DARN,BUT DARNED IF THEY SCRUBICy T»l«>irrnph to Th« Tribune. I

Ptttsburg, Oct. 2?.— The State Federation of Penn-sylvania Women this afternoon, after a long dis-cussion, decided that it was all right to darn andmend for th« family, hut too much scrubbing, etc.,

wouldn't do. It was finally decided to establish atun.l of $15,000 to maintain a n-hoiarMilp at thePennsylvania State College in domestic science.Mr*. Anna C. Tllllnghnst, a delegate from Tituji-

vllle Perm., made an address, closing with thefollowing:

Hong Kong Man with Two Can Bring Only

One Into United States.San Francisco, Oct. 29.

—The Immigration authori-

ties nt Washington have ordered a temporary di-vision In the family of Robert Hu Tung Bosman, theHong Kong millionaire who was barred from the

United States because of hi*belief in polygamyand because he was accompanied by two wives.Th« government has ruled that Bosman may stay-

in this country with one of his wives, but the othermust be deported. •

The embarrassing predicament has been solved.It Is said, and Mrs. Clara Bosman. who Is accom-panied by four children, will remain In attendanceupon her husband, Who la under treatment la the

German Hospital for nervous disorders.

MUST RID HIMSELF OF ONE WIFE.

Bughcr's Men Cut Way ThroughWall to Alleged Poolroom.

Two hundred men were made prisoners in two

police raids yesterday on alleged poolrooms in thebasements of East Side tenement houses. Deputy

Commissioner Bugher made the ra.i<ls over theheads of Captain Shaw, of the Fast sth street sta-tion, and Inspector Burfelnd. One of the places wasin 7th street end the other in Second avenue. They

were fitted up as social dubs, and, It Is said, hadbeen running for several months. Everything fromstuss to horserace betting. It is said, was played.

Deputy Commissioner Rugher ordered the re-serves from seven precincts shortly after 3 o'clockand the. suspected poolrooms were surrounded. The7th street house had been fortified against attackand the police had to cut their way In through awall. More than a half hour was occupied In forc-ing an entrance. Cards and, gnming paraphernalia,the police say, were found in both places.

All of the men were charged with aiding andabetting gambling, and will be arraigned In tY*YorkvilieVmrt to-d;«y. One of them is said to bea former police sergeant. To find room for all theprisoners It was necessary to divide them betweenthe Mulberry !=trf.-t, Elizabeth street, Mercer streetand Macdougal street stations.

Later in the day a ra.d was made on « stationerystore In 14th street east of Third avenue, also inCaptain Shaw's precinct. The police battered inthe doors and on the second story found, they say,

a well equipped poolroom, but It wa« empty. Theretverf electric "buzzers"' and doors four inches thick.A roulette wheel, cards, chips and other gamblingmaterials were found in a room which had a"dummy" wall of papier mache, with an exit to

the rear yard. Three months ago Deputy Commis-sioner' Bugher raided the same place- and madeseveral arrests.

ARREST 200 INTWO RAIDS.

"Our system of sports in the high schools J«anything but educational." said Mr. Schneider."The youngsters that do the playing are taught

that they are better than their fellows Ifthey

can beat some one else they are exalted likedemigods It has reached a time when so-

called sport Is really a disease."

School, Athletes Exalted to Demi-gods, Says Chicago Educator.

[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]Chicago, Oct. 29.

—Football, basket ball and

American sports In general have become- a na-

tional disease, according to President O. C.

Schneider of the Chicago Board of Education.He was led to this declaration through the criti-

cism of Superintendent of Schools Cooley, whocomplained of the physical culture work in thehigh schools.

"SPORTS A DISEASE."

Detective? were detailed tn make further in-vestigation of the robberies, and the Identity of

several passengers who were robbed will prob-

ably be learned Some of the articles recoveredwere marked "Davis" and- "Gregg" and

••Wheeler." Mrs Fellows Dnvis. Jr.. Miss ClaraT. Gregg and George B Wheeler were on the

passenger list of the Adriatic.When seen at the Hotel Marfriattan last

night. Captain Blagrave said that he wouldremain in New York City as long as necessary

to prosecute the case against the four men. To

do so he willpostpone a trip to Mexico.Police Headquarters reported last night that

th.c total value of the goods stolen might reach

SlO.noo. No statement has been issued by the

officials of the line.

In the bag was found Russian sable and other

valuable furs, said to be woVth $3.non. A string

of pearl? and a dog collar of the same gems,

valued at many thousand dollars, were also

found.

I>avid Nisbett. a valet to Captain Herbert B.

Blagrave, complained that Captain Blagrave's

trunks had been wrenched open on the voyage

over. Investigation followed and Harry- Caven-dish, William Chalk. James Kelly and WilliamHenry, four suspected sailors, were arrested late

last night. At Police Headquarters the police

wrung from them Information which ;ed to the

discovert' of quantities of clothing and valuables

-which had been taken from passengers 1 baggage.

A large canvas bag such as sailors use on

shipboard was found in the men's o.uarters filled

with stolen material. A diamond brooch valuedat S3.n(H'. which had been taken from Captain

Blagrave's trunk, was found in a crevice in the

ironwork ot the hurricane deck.According to the police, the m»n confessed

that on October 25. when the deck was clear ofpassengers, they tore the fastenings from the

after hold hatch. Trunks ar.d bags were forcedopen and much valuable loot stored in the can-

vas bag. Captain Blagraves trunks were among

the first that the robbers happened on. and in

one of them they found his Jewel case with the

diamond brooch and several other pieces of jew-

elry.

Booty Hidden About Liner—Four

Men Confess.Plunder valued at more than JR.nno. taken by-

sailors from the baggage of the passengers on

the steamship Adriatic, which arrived yesterday.

was recovered by the police from hiding places

about the ship. Four sailors who were arrestedadmitted the robberies.

ROb TRUNKS ON ADRIATIC

SAILORS STEAL $8,000

Weakens Chanter's Hopes in Three

Counties — Vigorous At-

tack on Tarnmany.

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Dunkirk. N. T . Oct. 20.—After two days' cam*

! palgning In and around New York City Gov-ernor Hughes resumed his uDStat* canvass to-day, speaking in Oswego, Gen<^se» and C>isii-tauqua counties and holding an Informal recep-

tion at Syracuse. At Oswego, where v-» b»»an

the day's work,and here and at Fredonia. -where

he ended his day. the Governor got a cordialwelcome and assurances that he would receive atriumphant re-election. Huge audiences andenthusiastic ones were the rule.

One feature of th* Governor's speeches to-4ay

was a vigorous reply to Lieutenant Governor'Chanter's assertion that, despite the creation ofthe Public Service commissions, not a mile ofnew railroad had been built In the Governor'sterm of office. Governor Hughes tore this ac-cusation to shreds by showing that the Im-portant Fourth avenue subway InBrooklyn wasbeing held up solely by Democratic extrav-agance In New York City.

The Governor reached this place after a longday spent largely on railroad trains. At th»station several hundred people were waiting togreet him. 11» rode to the Auditorium, wfier*the meeting was h»ld. down a lane .of torchesand red fire The Auditorium was crowded.From 2,300 to 3,00"!) persons were present, al-though there was a Democratic meetfais; latown, and apparently all the people there wersheart c..d soul with the Governor.

"Service of the people is the highest honor iaAmerican life." he declared, and his auditorscheered. They cheered #till louder when hs>said: •

"These are the things Iam interested In:Fidelity and capacity in the discharge of dutiesto the state, the maintenance of free opportunityfor labor and Ju*t business enterprise, the main-tenance of the common welfare by Insistence onthe public's rights."

From this place the Governor went by auto-mobile to Fredonia. where after a rousing1 meet-ing he attended a dinner given by JusticeHooker and other local workers. To-morrowhe will take a trip around Chautauqua County

by automobile and trolley, reaching Jamestown, for an early afternoon meeting.

THE GOVERNOR'S FREDONIA SPEECH.In his speech at Fredonia Governor Hughe*

Said: • •

We are about to make in the nation one ofthose decisive choice* which have so much to dowith the prosperity and continued efficiency Qfour Institutions. There are tiy»?« who maythink that our success depends upon our forma]relations; upon our system of government it.itself; upon the resources and the wealth of thecountry. The real basis of a that we cherishmust be found In the intelligence and goodjudgment of the average man. ItIs because wecan unfailingly rely upon the good sense of theaverage man that we are able to maintain freeInstitutions, and that 00* system cf governmentdoes not become a mockery-

You cannot stampede the American public.Lincoln saM "You cannot fool" all th« peopleall the time." You cannot fool any great partof the people any great part of the time, andnothing is more conspicuous in our history than,

in the course of a campaign, the gradual focus-sing of the sound opinion and intelligence of thecountry upon the points in issue, and the almosi.complete certainty with which the verdftt maybe awaited with confidence that 'he choice ac-tually made will be one which history will pro-noonca to be Ist

When, on next Tuesday, »we meet together

and. in the good humored American way, wotalk over the feature* of the campaign. Demo-crats and Republicans alike will be well satis-fled with the choice that has been made la theselection of William Howard Taft as our nextPresident.

ItIs not an exaggeration to say that it wouldbe difficult to find two years inour history whenmore legislation of Importance to the people ofth« state and their interests have beer enactedthan in the last two. That has been the resultof co-operati.»n en a large scale, which shouldnot be lost sight of because of any temporarycontroversies in which we may have been en-gaged. We have had measures passed relating

to different Important intents. Take, for ex-ample, the question of agriculture. We hay«Improved the machinery of the Agricultural De-partment. We have added facilities. It Is mostregrettable to see boys who have a fine chanc*to lead independent; useful, happy ?liss in ourrural communities, with the prosperity <thatawaits intelligent farming, seeking the hot com-petition for which they are not prepared in ourgreat metropolis.

There is a situation in New- York in connec-tion withour traction interests, where apparent-ly it is desired to escape the restrictions of the.law. We have had there a very sorry spectacleas a result of the ab«ep<> of proper supervisionon the part of the state. Now we have underthe law the necessity < Ihaving the securitiespassed upon by a proper body representing thestate, to Insure that they art* issued, in accord-ance with law and with proper reference tr> the.value of the property they represent. The book-keeping of these companies is placed under th»control or under the supervision at the PublicService Commission, so that books shall be keptin a proper way. If leases are to he made ortransfers of properties are to be made, theymust be fair, not simoly for promoters and fi-• nanclal manipulators at the expense of the s«r-vlce.

*As you know. Ihave beer, absolutely opposed

to arbitrary measures in regard to these mat-ters. Iwon't approve legislation that nobodyknows the effect of that deals with thes** mat-ters. That is too Important. We want to con-serve opportunities for honest enterprise. We-have thousands and thousands of men that aredependent for their livelihood on the efficiencyof .These enterprises. We are all dependent onthem in our varied activities. We seed the veryb»st facilities. We want what is right,and youcan't get what is right unless you study thefacts, and you have to have some one who willstudy the facts of particular cases and mete outredress according to th* grievances that mayactually exist. Thai Is the policyIstand for.

At Dunkirk ex-Mayor Alexander William* ofthat place fell from the platform of the Gov-ernor's car and was considerably Injured.

LABOR CHEERS HUGHES IN OOWIGovernor Hughes spoke first.to-day at O*«

wego. Despite the fact that he was an hourbehind schedule then and the time named forthe meeting made it difficult for men tt> attend.the theatre was full, with only a smattering ofwomen In the a^embfage. It was an enthusi-astic throng

—on« which cheered the Governor

as nobody farvs President Roosevelt ever wascheered In OSWSSJO, according to local politician*—

and followed the Governor with ringing ap-plause after the meeting was ©vet

Laboring men, workers In the shops and fao-torles. were i" the audience, and listened In-tently to the Governor"* recital of the benefits to

labor under his administration. They cheeredhe'.'tily when he told of the legislation safe-guarding factory- workers, reducing their hour*,broadening the score* of the Labor Department

and providing more Inspectors to see to the en-forcement of the labor laws, and Jthe semi-monthly pay Ml! for railroad men. which affectsabout six hundred employes In

•>«»Tveir>

From this meeting th» Governor was whirledin an automobile over to o*\\«go Falls to make

CROWDS HANG UPON HIS

RINGING WORDS.

ALL TELL GOVERNORBFS CERTALN TO WIS

POLITICAL NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr. Taft speak* at several cities in Cen-tral \>u- York, advocating the re-electionof Governor Hughe*, closing with a great

demonstration at Syracuse.

Governor Hughes end* a bu*y day ofeffective campaigning at Frednnia. Y. V..having tpoken also at O*icego. Fulton,

Batavia and Dunkirk.

James 8. Sherman speaks at Albany,

sharply attacking Mr. Bryan's attitude on

foreign commercedRepublican yattonaZ Chairman Hitch-

eovk expresses the belief that m^rrnl

iJatrs regarded ax doubtful or Democraticvia be for Toft and Sherman..

Secretary Cortelyou at a meeting inMurray HillLyceum attack* the economic

record and principles of Mr. Bryan.

Representative Londenslager. secretary

of the Republican Congressional Commit'tee. prdirts an ivcreaMC in the Republicanmajority in the next House.

William J. Bryan speaks at Cnhoe*,he*, Oneida, Rome and other points,

closing irith tiro meetings in Syracuse, ntone of which ex-Judge Alton H.. Parkeralso speak*. •

Lieutenant Governor Chanter} makeseleven speeches at Flattsburg. Ogdcnsburg

and intervening1 points.

Chairman Mack ofm the Democratic .Ya-tional Committee is now not nearly to

confident that Sew York suite will 70Democratic.•

GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.'Its purity nab made It larnoui."

—Advt.

This w;i:* the way William ,i Bryan concludedhis speech ;<t tins )>)*< <\u25a0 to-day, after denounc-ing Mr Taft for threatening a panic m the oaaaoi hi* election, and in ordei to show that aliiiii' was no« upon the country.

Bryan Wants Park Loungers Cared for fromCampaign Funds.

Rome, N. V., Oct. "They are talking pros-perity and the papers tell us that they are go-ing to have a great big parade in New YorkCity next Saturday night. They are going to

have red fire; they are going to have Illumina-tions; they are going to have bands, and whenIwas in New York Isaw th"m building grand-

stands along the route for the people who will

watch the parade. Why don't {hey take themoney and furnish lodgings at. night for, thehundreds of men whom Isaw sleeping on thebenches in th« park?

"Ihad occasion to ride down Broadway twonights, one, time at 2 o'clock and another timeat io'clock in th« morning, and there were notless than .'(*«> men sleeping in on»- park oabenches, -end they were protecting themselvesfrom the cold by tieing newspapers around theirlimbs, and while these men have not the money

with which to buy lodging, the Republicanparty is pouring out its money from it.-, cam-paign fund on red tin- in order to prove that itis the party of prosperity."

A PLACE FOR RIDDER'S $37,000.

Now, after all this money has been spent, it

is discovered that some one has blundered, andthat instead <>f having four elevated railway

tracks to provide for every demand of the fut-ure, not even the two tracks first planned canbe placed on the bridge without endangering

its safety. New York's newest and largest

bridge is without provision for a single ek-vat^drailway track, ami. what Is still worse, there b

no prospect of providing such accommodationby the squandering of a few hundred thousanddollars iiv>re of the taxpayers' money. Recon-

struction is the only safe method of strengths-

Ing a cantilever structure bungled as the Black-well's Island Bridge has been bungled.

This Is what the officials of the bridge de-partment will ultimately have to admit is tn«(i'ltcorrio of the "absurd sensationalism" in-dulged in by The Tribune five months ago. and

verely rebuked by officials and some of itscontemporaries. What might have happened!,.-•\u25a0\u25a0! The Tribune refrained from being "sensa.-tionai" is another story.

Meantime there Is absolute. silence; calm, dig-nified, completely safe silence The Tribunealone Is in a position, to say, without fear of con-tradiction, that the Blackwell'a Island Bridge,which has cost the taxpayers nearly twice whatwas estimated, has turned* out a huge mis-take. Upon the plea that greater traffic facili-ties were necessary than those provided in theoriginal plans and specifications, the cost of thesuperstructure was increased from $5,132,985,specified in the contract, to $7,442,985. Instead<if two elevated railway tracks, as originallyplanned, the bridge was to have four elevatedrailway tracks. The increase in cost was large,

of course, but it was defended by the statementthat the added facilities would equip the struct-ure for all time to come.

Commissioner Stevenson admitted yesterdaythat he had received the reoort of Messrs. B'l-ler & Hodge, hut said that he would not discussthe subject until he had also received a reportfrom Professor W. H. Burr, of Columbia Uni-versity, who has likewise been conducting ,-n

Investigation into the condition of the newbridge pn behalf of the Bridge Commissioner

All day yesterday, The Tribune is informed.the Bridge Commissioner was clnsattd nl hProfessor Burr. I.ate in the afternoon a Trih-jne

reporter managed to find Chief Engineer Inger-soll of the Bridge I>epartment in his ofnre nresponse to queries he said that the Commi?-sloner was busy going over strain sheets of t!i»Blackwell's Island Bridge. t

"The report of Professor Burr." said Mr. In-gersoll, "is expected to-morrow. Until it Is re-ceived neither the Commissioner nor myself hasanything to say regarding the article published

in The Tribune. When the report of ProfessorBurr is received both it and that made byMessrs. Boiler & Hodgre will be given to thepublic."

The investigation ordered five months ago

has been completed. The report of the expertswas handed to the Commissioner of Bridge? ,-n

Wednesday. Still the Commissioner is si'ent. al-though the report, which was to convict TheTribune of rank sensationalism, has been in hispossession since Wednesday. The promptnessof five months ago has disappeared, and theMayor has not yet cracked a new Joke on th«subject.

When The Tribune called public attention last

May to the grave apprehension entertained by

bridge engineers that the structure was being

dangerously overloaded, the Commissioner '•#Bridges was extraordinarily prompt in char-nrterizing the story as utterly absurd May>r

IfcdeUfta was sarcastically facetious and !n-nlored his friend, the Bridge Commissioner, netto forget to let him know when the bridge wasplanned to fall so that he might be present.

Generally the officials charged with the ad-ministration of the city's affairs deplored the

fa.ct that The Tribune should indulge in rid!ci-lous sensationalism on so important a subject

More in sorrow than in anger the Board of Esti-

mate ordered an expert investigation not be-cause it felt there was even a a^hadow of truth

In the charges published in The Tribune bitsimply to ease the public mind and forever setat rest the absurd suspicion that anything waswrong with the mighty stretches of steel thatspan the East River between Manhattan andQueens.

At a meeting of the executive committee In

charge of the opening c.Hehration of the n»-wbrirlee. held on Wednesday evening in the B>r-

outrh of Queens, it was decided on the advice of

Mayor McCleHan to postpone the date for theholding of the ceremonies until n*xt sprlr&.Already the date has been set bark severaltimes, and unfortunately there will be many

important questions to decidf in connection wjththe structure before the opening ceremonies arelikely to tnke pla<-".

Commissioner Puzzling Over Queens-boro Bridge Finding.

There was an ominous silence yesterday in

the city Bridge Department regarding the factspublished exclusively in yesterday morning's

Tribune as to the findings in the report of theengineering experts appointed five vmonths a?'>by the Board of Estimate to investigate thesafety of the Blackwell'a Island (Queensboro)

Bridge. Commissioner Stevenson did not ap-pear at his office in trie Park Row Buildinglong

enough even to deny the statements made inThe Tribune that the report of the experts,which was handed to the department on Wednes-day, will disclose serious defects In New York'snewest bridge structure that nothing short of

reconstruction can remedy.

STEVENSON SILENT SOW.

HODGE'S REPORT STDiVS

Wife Informs Husband Why She Took HerLife and That of Their Child.

Worcpstor, M \u25a0-\u25a0- Oct. 29.— When Loula Mlnoli,

a granite cutter, returned homo from work to-night i- found his wife aged nineteen years, and•\u25a0\u25a0 year-old baby, C»-Kar. dead In bed with theirthroats cut. The medical examiner deckled thatthe voman had killed the \u25a0 MM and then committed\u25a0uicide with the same weapon, her husband's razor.

Mrs. M.lnoli '*?t a letter for her husband, in whichj-h*' d?<-!arfd that Bh»> loved him. but thai she was-(.in* to end her life because rite did not know howto be a housekeeper. .

CORDELIA BOTKIN LOSES APPEAL.Fan Francisco. Oct. 29.— mi Di trlct «'»urt of

Appeals to-day afT!rm<-<i th^ *u<lt;meni of the lowercourt Id the case of Cordelia notkin, who waseenirnced to life Imprisonment In ISM for (he mur-der of Mis. J«hn P, Itannins, of Dover, Del., by

means of poisoned candy p^nt through the malls

from San Francisco.

HEND'K HUDSON FOOTBALL SPECIAL.West I't.-liincctoii Qct. 31. See Day Line Advt.

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COULDN'T KEEP HOUSE, KILLED SELF.

The gr^at moral forces of the nation. Ihave noccuM of his election. Inever have had. Ihave

no suspicion that the people of New York do not

lcr.^w a good thing when they see it,although itdoes take a Mine from the West to makeeorr,* of them open their eyes."

Mr. Taft then spoke on the Mr question, andpave reasons why the workingman should votethe Republican ticket, putting the protective

tariff and the pledge of the Republican party to

refise' the schedules along protective lines flirt,

the long list of statutes especially beneficial to

lar.or second and his own friendliness to laborlat-t He also explained his labor decisions; andEhoved how unfounded is the allegation of hispolitical opponents that he has been or is an-tagonistic to the workingmfen. Incidentally ,hebrought out the inconsistency of Gompers, whotwelve years ago, declared that any alliance be-tween the American Federation of Labor andany one of the political parties would mean the

destruction of the federation.NO CHEERS FOR BRYAN".

Itwef fully expected, in view of the fact that

Mr. Bryan wss in town, that there would be

heard some shouts for Bryan while the parade

•was passing, but there -were none. The entire

crowd apparently was solidly Republican. If

there -were any Democrats in the throngs which

llne<s the streets they -.-.... anxious to make

their political faith known.

At Turn Hall Mr. "aft compared the records'•\u25a0.:..-.: ... Democratic parties. He

also took up Mr. Bryan's record and declaredthat ItwouMprove disastrous to the prosperity of

the nation to -intrust the important powers of

Chief Executive to a man who for twelve years

bad b*en erg&ged in making repeated prophecies

only to have them disproved, and in proposing

yuack remedies which sounded well from ther>:Etform, but were impracticable. The audience

\u25a0was composed largely of Germans. After his

address Mr. Taft returned to his car, whichwill remain h«=re until morning.

The first stop sf the Taft train was at Lyons

at 9:30 this morning. Mr. Taft seemed com-pletely recovered from the fatigue of his stren-lious day in New York yesterday, and while his

voice wae somewhat husky he had no difficulty:rj making it carry well.

PRAISE FOR GOVERNOR HUGHES.

At Cananflalgrua, the next stop. Mr. Taft be-

gan his remarks v.lth en eloquent tribute to

Governor Hughes. He said:We ar» met to-day. Ithink, not to argue re-

luctant fudges into a decision, but rather tofelicitate ourselves on the fact that our argu-

ments in favor of our cause are so many thatV.*«? \u25a0-.y expect •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' certainty a victory nextv.«-ek Tuesday. You have In New York the op-portunity of electing a great man your Gov-ernor, and. while propheci'-s were made of theImpossibility of doing 80. those prophecies aretc»n to have been born of a mistaken idea ofthe judgment of the people. They know a goodman, they know a courageous man. they know

an able man, they know an Intelligent man whenthey see Mm, an when he represents a moralIssue, when he -peaks as from moral conviction,

tbe inference that he is going to be successful*f ordinarily a sound one, especially when it is}.»-*<iict»d of a people like the people of the Stateof N>w York. The whole state ticket Iunder-

Eftand to be of such a character that it is mostf&tivfactory to Republicans, and [ hope to Demo-

crats es well, to vote for it and see itput in

With respect to the personnel of the national• tortIcannot speak, except of the Vice-Presi-dential candidate, with whom Iam delighted to

be associated, your own James S. Sherman.

Th« vital issue of this campaign. Mr\ Tafttesertfd, was whether or net the American peo-

pl*have been ««\u25a0 Iserved under the administra-tions of .MrKir.Vjand Roosevelt. He added:

Isometimes think, that wo fail to appreciatev-hat governing means; it does not mean ora-tory; it does not mean the power •' debate; it£r«.y nntot mean the aovanefment of plausibletheories, but it Met the po\vr of efficient per-formance

*When you have a popular g<rvemnjent the

enly method by whirh it can be carried on isby a system of parties in which the membersOf the parties wrrifi^many of their non-essr-n-tlal v>w« and pgree on a few great principle*

PARTY RECORDS CONTRASTED.

Comparing the two parties, first, what experi-

ence has each had in governing; pr-eond. whatif ft that united them? Is It a force that islikely to k~»p th<>m together in such \u25a0 way asto cive them a full sense of responsibility toth* people at lar^e. in carrying on the gov*>rn-

ra*m? Ax*1 the mon whom they pejert for lead-

en Ktatesxcefl. men with a 9ne sense of govern-dental propriety and governmental policy? Hav-rng xn*d> that romps ris=on without regard to

the particular principle* which they uphold inthe ..... Issun. v«>u ran usually make UPyour mind* which party yob ought

''take. •»•-

tauFf t^iw^n ea«h Presidential election manyls,i»u*-s are likely to arise that <arnot be submit-ted to a party*; crises nre likely to come thatrannot be f,ubmitfd to the rank and file of

'''"r^^pi^ aR<j you have col to take a party and[i .-• Jt to work those \u25a0:>•\u25a0',!•- out That wasexhibited in the r^ord ft the Republican party

«"-ith reference to the Spanish war. We d'-u-r-rr.lriefl to <nd th« international scandal nt ourfloors. We \\fr\l into the war 'n Cuba, nd wecame out in the Rtyippineat, ten thousand 'milessway, and v.\u25a0<- bad '\u25a0\u25a0 dactd« the js*tir-s which\vt,T(. tr.er** raised and which wese difficult to*n»*t. They pr^-s^-it^d new ph*Jgpfl of povern-

taeat that we hart never had before, but withWilliam McKinley at the h*a<l. with your own

ihu Root to aid him. as on« of the greatest

Jurists and •\u25a0fate-men this world has ever fi"fn;

•rtth the Republican party behind him, with its

Continued on «ecoud £-•#*•

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j\NEW-YORK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1908.— TWELVE PAGES.

MR. TAFT WELCOMED[flCENTRALNEW YORK

PRICE THREE CENTS.

CLIMAX OF ENTHUSIASM

AT SYRACUSE.

"Icongratulate the people of New York ontheir splendid state ticket," Mr Taft began.

tfter a few words acknowledging Mr. r>r:sroirsIntroduction. "Icongratulate the people of New

Y^rk en their opportunity to vote for such arational figure as Governor Hughes, and Iwant

to acknowledge the indebtedness of those of uson the national ticket to Governor Hughes forthe great fight he has made for us in the West,lending to us his name and prestige as one of

On entering the Alhambra Mr. Taft found ansudleiice of about four thousand people, includ-ing £ lumber of the boys from the university,

\u25a0who took a generous part in his welcome withtheir college yells. The entire audience carried

rmal! flags, while -the hall was beautifully deco-

rated with flags, bunting and electric lights.Representative Driscnl] presented Mr. Taft, pay-inga glowing tribute to him.

Jl>r T>!*srmr>h te TJ-* TribunalSyracuse, N. T.. Oct. 20.—Mr. Taft closed his

day's campaigning in Syracuse this evening

with a tremendous demonstration in the streets,

ar.d a most Enthusiastic reception from two au-diences, despite the fact that Mr. Bryan was inTie city and spoke at the same hour When Mr.

Taft left his train, a,t 8 o'clock, he was met by

8 marching flambeau club, which escorted him

to the Alhamara and later to Turn Hall, while& parade of many thousand men in the uniformscf various marching- olubs followed the auto-BaaMMi of the party.

'Governor Hughes Strongly Indorsed

in Several Speeches —Bryan's

Track Crossed.

Taft and Hughes Money BeggingHarder than Ever.

The betting odds on Toft and Hughes in thefinancial district were again lengthened yester-day. The price*»QUoted ranged from I<> to 44to 1 on Taft and from I<> to 7 to even money

on Hughes. Two bets of 10 to 1 on Taft werereported. Both were made on the Cotton Ex-change and were for small amounts, one of $2*V>to ?2<> ar.d the other $100 to $10. As a generalrule, however, the odda on Taft were 5 to 1.

One Stock Exchange house, reported a bet of5.-..m"i<i at 5 to lon Tart. On the Curb $5,006was offered on Taft at ." to 1, but found notakers. Of the 930,000 Hughes money offsredin the same quarter only about $5,000 wasplaced, the following bets being reported: £-!.-<*>against SL'.OOO. $-J..V«"> against $2,090 and $100against £7.-1 on Chanier.

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ODDS LENGTHEN AGAIN.

"From the several thousand letters received,"

said Mr. Ix'udensiager. "and -from persona]interviews with politicians and other observersfrom all sections of the country. Iam convincedthat a conservative estimate of the politicalcomplexion of the next House is that it willshow 227 Republicans and IH4 Democrats."Iam confident that election result* will give

an increase in the number of Republicansrather than a decrease. This campaign hasbeen a strange one In many respects; unusualconditions have existed In different bectfona,and while there will he some changes, the netresult will, in my judgment, be as stated."

Mr.Loudemlagcr Predicts 227 Re-publicans, 164 Democrats.

Representative Henry C. Loudenslager, ofNew Jersey, secretary of the Republican Na-

tional Congressional Committee, who ha." been incharge of the New York headquarters In thecampaign, gave out yesterday his estimate of

the complexion of the House of Representatives

in the »stst Congress.

GAIN IN NEXT HOUSE.

At the Stock Exchange a small bet of $100to $70 was placed on Hughes. This was the

; highest odds reported on Hughes during the< day and is the highest so far in the campaign.1 Bryan money was very scarce, Wednesday

night's rousing: meeting at Madison Square* Gar-Iden evidently having: thrown a bad scare into; the Democratic leader's supporters, and only ai few men could be found who were willing- to

risk their money on Bryan's chances. In addi-

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