V OU LXI- -V- 20.056.
WHAT VAX WYCK HAS COST CITY
GREAT INCREASE IN EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT UNDER
TAMMANY MISRULE.
MAYOR'S RECORD ON LEGISLATION FOR NEW-YORK
Albany' Oct. 13 (Special).— Hall
r -»tors. wfeo are conscious that the great in-
' *.<*i j n th» cost of New-York** government
£Ta*"
ince Mayor Van Wyck assumed office is harm
. that organization, have been alleging re
ently that the bulk of the city's Increase of ex
ditures is due to mandatory legislation by
the Republican legislature. An examination of
tbe Vt»'-^ oT ~ legislation of the last four years.
much of which was approved by Mayor Van
Wrck, does not support this contention.
Vast increases in the salaries paid to city of
ficiate have been made year after year, but no
II O ne would have the audacity to assert that
mandatory legislation brought this about. Only
one city department has had its salary list
tJlt<stm& to any extent by legislation, the De
partment of Education: yet the Increases in
galaxies can be pointed out in department after
department. Governor Odell, in his annual
message Is the legislature this year, said:
••While the revision of the charter has for Its
object an Improvement in New-York City gov
ernment, ret it has not fully met all expecta
tior.s. particularly at? to expenditures and the
kusbandinK of the resources of the city." This
I was a plain invitation to any Tammany Hall
Senator or Assemblyman eked by the ex
travagance of Mayor Van Wyck's administra
tion to present bills reducing the expenditures
of the city departments. No such bills were pre
sented by them.
Governor Odell also called attention In his
message to the fact that in the County of Kings
the combined compensation of the Sheriff.
County Clerk and Register amounted to £3<>0.000
a year, and h» added: "This could be reduced
i by abolishing the fee system and substituting
therefor salaries, the balance to be paid into the
treasury (or the purpose of reducing the taxes
upon property." Did any Tammany Hall Sena
tor or Assemblyman rush forward with bills to
bring about this reform? On the contrary. It
»as left to Senator Marshall, of Kings County,
to Introduce the needed measures. Of course,
they were welcomed by that stern economist.
Mayor Van Wyck? Not at all. Upon the con
trary, on April 21 last, he disapproved each of
the hills. Governor Odell. however, decided that
the measures were not purely city affairs, and
therefore had not been properly before Mayor
I Van Wyek. and he signed them. Thus a large
amount of money was saved.
One of the most important measures passed
this year was Assembly bill No. 764, Introduced
by assemblyman Morgan. Republican, of Brook
lyn, giving the city the right to take possession
of water rights "not in actual use." The city
had been threatened by Tammany Hall officials
with a contract involving an expenditure of
$200,000,000. That measure killed the proposed
contract. It might have been expected that the
Tammany Hall Senators and Assemblymen un
der the Inspiration of the city administration
would take the lead In an effort to secure such.
IMPORTANT MEASURES \CCEPTED AND REJECTED.
The record of Mayor Van Wyck in Important
city measures in the last four years is given
below (it betas understood that the bills he dis
approved of were merely legislative measures
at that period, and did not gain the chapter
numbers accredited to them in the statement
until they were signed by the Governor of the
¦Mb):
ISfcL
March It— Mayor Van Wyck accepted for the
city the uict, which subsequently became Chap-
Wi>i of the Laws of LHM, confirming the title
of the Koman Catholic Orphan Asylum to cer
tain lands la the city of New-York.
March ,i- Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter ;
H. Laws at IHMH. which gives the Board of
Education -charge of the public school teachers' |
retirement fund.
March If— Mayor Van Wyck approved Chapter !
9ti Laws of IM>S. exempting real and personal
Property of the United Hebrew Charities from I
taxation.
Marco 22— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chap
ter CM."., Laws of 1898, permiting the filing of \
amended claims relative to damages cloned by
chacgt* of grade in tiie Twenty-third and Twen
ty-fourth ward/:.
April I— Mayor Van AVyck accepted Chapter
23U. Laws of UK defining the rights of the j
PuMic Administrator.
• XL.' !.*»— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chap
ter 17-. Laws of IfIHL fixing at $1,200 the »al
atlf* of the attendants of the Supreme Court of i
ti;e Kirn Judicial District, the Appellate Di
vision of the Bopresae Court for the First De
fiarimt-nt. the Court of General Sessions and ]
the City Court.
-April 7— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
2.J7. L*i»b of lr&S, changing a lease of the city i
of New-York v, the Mount Sinai Hospital to a .
crant.
AprH - Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
3":«, La-ug of INH, authorizing the Justices of
the Aji;. ...-!,- Division of the Supreme Court of
the Firs: Department to appoint for each part
or term a .-i—ial deputy to the clerk of the city
*nd county of New- York, alid all necessary as- ,
rtstanui to each of such special deputies.
April 11— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
3t*J, Lar.» of 1898. specifying the persons who
art to receive pensions from tha police fund of
th* Police Department.
Ar-ril N— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
3M. Laws of INHS. authorizing the Commission
«a of the Sinking Fund to invest surplus funds
in boruSs and rtoc-k of the city.
April 1— Mayer Van Wyck accepted Chapter
3*. L*» of W»\ declaring that all the pro
visions of Chapter 001 of the I-rfiws tit liW>, in
relation lo the compensation at police clerks, as-
Cifcl&nis, «tenoßTapb«i» and interpreters "shall
app!y to and pumttm the lame matters in the
•*:•! S*-<*.nd Division."
March -Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
2!'^, Law* of \i?J*, making the pay of the Kaw-
Utrecht pottos force the same as that of the
P"lie« force of New-York.
Itareh Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
*;<-. Laws of lsyS. providing for the payment of
Unpaid t.ux,-s in that portion of Queens County
*Ithln the territory of greater New-York.
April Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
«*"2. Laws of li£i&, authorizing justices of the
Appellate Divtiricn of the Supreme Court in the
*^st Department to appoint one deputy clerk
and two assistant clerks.
April Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
«*». Lawn of IMS. authorizing the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment to audit a "bill of
Edward J. H. Tamst-n, not exceeding $(1.90<> 00,
lot counsel fees, expenses and disbursements on
the trial and In the defence of the indictments
»>y the People of the fitate of New-York against
wm*t!f while Sheriff of the city and county of
•^tw-York. and which trial resulted in his
favor."
l«09.
* March Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
•*. Laws of 1809. providing that salaries of
s°w>ty officers in the counties of New-York.
ln(?s, Queens and Richmond shall, unless
otherwise provided by law. be fixed by the
J'oard of Estimate and Apportionment.
?>io Ron 24— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
212. Laws of 1889. amending Section 948 of
J-napter 378 of the Laws of 1897 so as to read:
Unlesg it shall be petitioned for by a majority
•* th* owners of the property on the line of the
»£• br the New York Central and $5.00 by th»
«•* Shore. New York to Buffalo and " return.
re?*** Uth. tub end 30th. Good only In coachoa.
ifJu'i* 1 rate " *<* made lor the Pan-American *-*-
legislation, but It was left to a Republican As
semblyman to present it and punh it. Governor
Odell had said in his annual message: "By what
now seems to have been an unfortunate omis
sion in the original charter of the ctty of New-
York, the city is not given the game rights that
are afforded other municipalities for securing
an additional water supply. It should therefore
be your first aim to correct and repeal such pro
visions of the law as interfere with the free and
full exercise of puch powers of the city of New-
York, and then to place it upon an equality with
the other cities of the State." Governor Odell's
support and that of other leading Republicans
passed the measure, and after that Mayor Van
Wyck approved of it. Then it became a law,
and le now Chapter 93 of the Laws of 190 L
It might naturally be thought that the execu
tive of a city anxious to reduce its expenses
would welcome such an act as that passed in
February last by the Republican legislature
abolishing the Board of Police of four salaried
members and substituting one commissioner.
Mayor Van Wyck. however, disapproved the act,
and denounced it in his veto message. Then it
was passed over his head.
Mayor Van Wyck also disapproved of the re
vision of the charter of New-York made this
year, although it is likely to lead to a decrease
of the city's expenditures in consequence of its
placing so much control of them in the hands of
borough officers, who are naturally well ac
quainted with the needs of each section.
Mayor Van Wyck approved of Chapter 2»>l.
Laws of I*'.<*, raising the salaries of section
foremen, dump inspectors, stable foremen and
assistant stable foremen of the Department of
Street Cleaning.
The measure- of largest Importance disap
proved of by Mayor Van Wyck is now Chapter
7.-.1 of the Laws of li*>»>. It established a uniform
salary schedule for the school teachers of the
city, and raised the salaries of some of them.
Its most Important feature was the following
command: "The Board of Estimate and Appor
tionment shall appropriate for the general school
fund for the year ISXU. and annually for each
year thereafter, an amount ecjual to not leas
than four mills on every dollar of assessed valu
ation of the real and personal estate In the city
Of New-Yorfc liable to taxation." That pro
vision was put in the bill to secure the main
tenance of the public schools. No Tammany
Hall Senator or Assemblyman the pres.-nt year
put In any bill for its repeal. Mayor Van
Wycks attempt to kill that bill somehow is
not made a leading feature by Tammany Hall
speakers In the present municipal campaign;
nor will it be. Tammany Hall had not made
sufficient appropriations for the schools. That
law compels the city authorities to do m yearly.
It may be mandatory, but the legislature .saw
no other way to force the city authorities to do
their duty.
proposed Improvement, no assessment shall be
Imposed for the paving of any street or any
portion thereof which has once been paved, and
the expense thereof paid by the owners of the
adjoining property."
April s— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Cnapter
257, Laws of 1899. providing for th Improve
ment of CHnton-ave., Borough of Brooklyn.
April Mayor Van Wvck accepted Chapter
:_'•;] Laws of is<«i«, providing that the member*
of the Department of Street Cleaning shall re
ceive certain salaries
April Mayor Van \\'y< k accepted Chapter
.171. Laws of IV.«*. regulating the use of street
railway tracks upon Amster^am-ave.
April 22— Mayor Van Wyok accepted Chapter
417. Laws of (899. for the payment of certain
salaries to the school teachers.
April 21— Mayor Van \Vy> k accepted Chapter
433, Laws of I^'.<'.«, abolishing the office of County
Treasurer in the counties of Queens and Rich
mond and devolving their duties upon the Con
troller of Mew-York.
April 14 — Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
4M, Laws of 1809. authorizing the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment to provide for the
payment of services rendered to the city of
Brooklyn by the volunteer fin-men of the towns
of Flatbush, Flatlands, New-Utrecht and
Gravesend.
April 13- Mayor Van Wyck returned "not ac
cepted** bill providing for the acceptance of
'one-third part of the sum originally assessed"
for the grading of Surf aye.. Borough of Brook
lyn, and providing for the payment of one-half
of the deficiency by the city of New- York.
May 10— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
584, Laws of IKLX) concerning the terms upon
which franchises shall be granted.
Apri. 28— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
I 568, Laws of 1SI«>. providing for the construction
of lateral sewers.
April 24 — Mayor Van Wyck recorded his dis
approval of Chapter 501, Laws of 18.09. ending
i the terms of office of the Commissioners of
Records for the County of Kings and providing'
I for the appointment of a Commissioner of
! Records by the District Attorney of Kings
County. Mayor Van Wyck in his veto message
: paid: "The act is jo drawn as to be* mandatory.
i The fifth section 'lot only authorizes the Com
; missioner 'to appoint such assistants and em
ployes as may be necessary' in his opinion for
¦ the proper discharge of the duties of his office,
! but also empowers him 'to fix their compensa
tion and determine the amount necessary for
the other expenses of his office.' This is dis
tinctly at variance with the charter provisions
j regulating appropriations for departments of
i the city government. Such departments, In
cluding the present Commissioners of Records,
' are required to submit their estimates of the
1 sums required for their operations during the
1 succeeding year to the Board of Estimate and
j Apportionment, which Is charged with the duty
I of determining to what extent such estimates
i are reasonable and necessary."
April 18— Mayor Van Wyck returned "not ac
! cepted" Chapter (>43, Laws of 1809, providing
• that two-thirds of the cost of opening Prospect
i aye.. Kings County, should be paid by the city
' of New- York. Mayor Van Wyck in his veto
| message said: "It is especially unjust and ob
; jectionable that a mandatory act should assume
1 to take two-thirds of the cost of an assessment
i and place It on the taxpayer at large in a case
! like the present, where the board empowered
! to jay the assessment was expressly vested with
I discretion as to the extent of the area covered
I by It and where their determination was sub
j mitted for action to the Supreme Court."
' May 13— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
• (JOJ). Laws of 1809, authorizing the Board of
I Estimate and Apportionment to allow counsel
¦ fees of $5,000 yearly for three years after the
i expiration of his term of office to "the present
¦ Sheriff of the county of York."
I May Ift— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
i 074. Laws of ISflfl. providing that "the Police
I Board ehall appoint for each station" designated
, f or the detention of women "not more than two
! respectable women, who shall be known as
i police matrons."
j May 2— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
GOO of the Laws of 1899, providing that inter
preter* In Justices' courts in the boroughs of
i Manhattan and Brooklyn shall receive an an
] nual salary of $1,200
1000.
March 21— Mayor Van Wyck accepted Chapter
i 2(U, Laws of 1000, authorizing an audit of claims
< ontlnncri on ihlrd pnße.
Reduced rates every day to Buffalo by the New
York Central and West Shore Railroads. Inquir.
Ji P ticket agents. A trata every hour.-Advt. .
NEW- YORK. MONDAY. OCTOBER 14. I!HH. -FOURTEEN FAGES.- byT J£^:x2£w
RHODES AXD HIS ENEMIES.
BTILL ANOTHER CARD TO PLAY AGAINST
HIS LIBERAL ACCUSERS.
ADVICE TO GENERAL. BULLER-MACDOXALD
AND THE AUSTRALIAN COMMAND.
(Copyrljrht; 1W1: By Th» New-Tork Tribune.)
IBT CAHUC TO THE THIBI'NK 1
London, Oct. 14. 1 a. m.— Business associates
of C^cll Rhodes make no secret of their belief
that his correspondence with Mr. Schnadhorst
In regard to the famous check for £r>,(HtO forms
by no means the best card which the Cape ex-
Premi.-r has to play against his Liberal oppo
nents. They assert that this sensation is as
nothing compared with what will follow if Mr.
Rhodes is forced to reply to the charges which
are being made against him. It is hinted that
he is in a position to disclose the financial rela
tions between certain officials of the Llbernl or
ganizations and Mr. Kruger. The Liberals, for
their part, belt-?ve Mr. Rhodes endeavored to
bribe Mr. Schnadhorst by offering to make him
a present of a number of shares in the Chart
ered Company of South Africa.
Mr. Markham. M. P.. who has come Into such
prominence of late, delivered a speech at Kim
berley on Saturday night that should be very
interesting to Sir Kedvers Buller. He said that
General Buller's International detective had
paid him a visit and offered to give him valuable
Information about the Transvaal secret service.
The detective added that if Mr. Markham wanted
any information manufactured he could manu
facture it as well as anybody; but the offer was
rejected
General Buller is, meanwhile, being urged by
his friends to publish without delay the full text
Of his heliograni to General White In reference
to the surrender of Ladysmith.
Messrs. Rhodes. Wernherr and Belt, three life
governors of the De Beers diamond mines, are
entitled to one-fourth of the net profits after M
per cent has been paid by the company In any
one year. These rights die with the holders, and
It Is now proposed to commute them by the pay
ment of an enormous sum. Among Stock Ex
change men the proposition is meeting with a
good deal of adverse criticism. Not one of the
three governors is a gni d life from the point ot
view of an Insurance company, and the rights
are worth $7r><>,ooo a year to thorn at present.
Information has reached here from Constan
tinople that a Russo- Belgian syndicate has
made application to the Porte for an Important
extensive rallwaj com: ess ton In Asia Minor and
Palestine. The application is regarded as much
a political us a financial undertaking, and us
designed for the purpose of combatting the
growth of German political and financial Influ
ence in Asiati. Turkey, the Holy Land and Ara
bia. The Russian Ambassador at Constantinople
Is understood to be using his influence to have
the concession granted.
The Standard" thinks that the Hrltlsh troops
have a good chance of capturing Generul Tlotha,
Very little is known h<re In regard to th« move
ments of the Boer commandant-general flnce
the failure of his attempt on the Natal frontier.
His wagons, with un escort, under Orob«'i8 a .r,
have been detached and sent eastward. Botha
with his main body marched In the same direc
tion for Borne time, onlj to find that his retrf.it
v as being cut oft by one of th" British columns.
which was apparently moving j>aruliei with
him. He then marched due north U> within a
few miles of Plet RStlef, Where he is believed
to have halted la B rlif!l« ult and perilous posi
tion. He cannot break back toward Zululand
or the Natal frontier without throwing himself
right into the arms of hi* pursuers. If he goes
north he >yin tow n Bwaslland, and will get
Into trouble with the warlike native-. He may
possibly drift away toward the west and find a
temporary refuge In the passes of the EUands
berg. on the whole. "The Standard** considers
that the Transvaal army Is in a tight corner.
"Th'j Dally News," on the other hand, takes the
view that General Botha has got clear away.
A new advance In wireless telegraphy Is re
corded thi* morning. "The Dully Telegraph"
says thiit Marconi has succeeded In transmitting
messages through the air for nearly .°..">«t miles.
which is almost double the maximum distance
hitherto reported.
The task of finding v commander- In-chief for
the Australian troops In the new commonwealth
is giving the authorities no little trouble. To
Sir Hector MacDonsid may be offered the post.
Such un appointment would certainly bo popular
in Australia, where the General hits become a
gr.-.it favorite. The Australian troops havo
rather a poor opinion of the average Kngllsh
officer owing mainly to his subjection to red
tape measures imposed by the War office. This
f.-.-ling, however. Is not extended to men like
Mac Donald who have proved their capacity In
the field. The present visit of the General to
Australia may have some connection with the
appointment. I- N. F.
CAMPOS SALLES IN PERIL.
TWO AUMF.D ITALIANS ARRESTED IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN
RK) JANEIRO.
Paris, Oct. 13. — The Lisbon correspondent of
"La Patrie" says a telegram has been received
at the Portuguese capital from Rio Janeiro, as
serting that two Italians were arrested Friday
evening last In the corridor of the Presidential
palace by an officer of the guard. Both were
armed with revolvers and daggers.
In Rio Janeiro it Is believed that they are
anarchists, and intended to assassinate Presi
dent Campos Salles.
PERSECUTIONS OF ARMENIANS.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DEMANDS THAT
TURKEY SHOn.D PI'NISH THE GIILTY
Constantinople, Oct. 13.— M. Zinovleff, Russian
Ambassador to Turkey, had an audience of the
Sultan on Friday. The conversation dealt chief
ly with the deplorable situation in the Mush
district, and the persecutions and murders of
Armenians. —
The Ambassador insisted that Turkey should
punish the guilty persons.
REPARATION TO A FRENCH OFFICIAL.
Paris, Oct. 13.— The French Vice-Consul In
Monastlr. European Turkey, was recently at
tacked by Turkish soldiers, according to a dis
patch from Balonica. His assailants were ar
rested, and the military commandant apolo
gized for the outrage.
CHINA GIVES BOXP.
LAST OFFICIAL ACT OF THE PEACE PLENI
POTENTIARIES IN PEKING.
Peking, Oct. 13. — The Chinese plenipoten
tiaries to-day performed their last official act
and forwarded to the Spanish Minister, vt I '•<
the doyen of the diplomatic corps, a bond for
the Indemnity of 450.000,000 taels.
O-Ltarrhs! F'vfrj almoet invariably >-!<>;d 10
JATNE 3 EJCPECTGRANT.-Advt.
C- P. STEAMER ON ROCKS.
THE HATING, OF THE ALASKAN ROUTE,
STRIKES IN A DENSE FOG.
MAXT PASSENGERS ON BOARD. BUT NO
PANIC OR LOSS OF LIFE RESULTED—
EFFORTS TO SAVE THE VESSEL.
Vancouver. B. C. Oct. 13.— 1n a dense fog the
Canadian Pr.clflc steamer Hating, from Skag
way to Vancouver, went ashore yesterday after
noon at Tucker Bay, Jarvls Island, and Is now
hard and fast on the rocks. The place is a
small, rocky inlet lying to the northeast of
Lasquette Island, at the entrance to Sablne
Strait, forty-nine miles north of Vancouver.
When the steamer went ashore Captain Gosse
was on watch. The fog at the time was so dense
that It was impossible to see ten feet in any
direction.
The Hating had on board 170 passengers, of
whom ISO were first class and 40 second class.
There was no panic, and the passengers were
Boon made aware that no danger was to be
feared.
After an examination of the steamer, when it
was found that she could not get off the rocks
by her own efforts, the captain started the pilot.
Gunns, off to Vancouver in a ship's boat, with
four men. They had rowed thirty-five miles of
the distance when a tug picked them up and
brought them in this afternoon. As soon as the
news of the accident was received here, the
Canadian Pacific office telegraphed to Nanaimo
M have the steamer Joan dispatched to Jarvls
Island to take as many passengers as possible
fnm the Hating and bring them down to Van
eoover. The collier Maude was also dispatched
to Jarvis Island, starting at « o'clock this even-
Ing. She carried a number of Canadian Pacific
oflli ials. who will ascertain the Hating's pre
cise condition and arrange to get her off the
rocks if possible. The passengers will probably
r^-ach here to-morrow morning.
The Hating is a partioulnrly good boat, having
been brought from Hong Kong for the northern
Hade about eight months ago. Her estimated
value is 9340,000.
Victoria, 8.C.. Oct. 13.— The Canadian Pacific
officials here have advices to the effect that the
Hating will be a total loss. Captain Gosse. who
wai in command, was considered a most careful
and successful navigator. This is his ftrat acci
d.-M.
ALL WELL WITH DE LA VAULX
THE COUNTS BALLOON SIGHTED FIFTY
MILES FROM MARSEILLES. HEAD
ING FOR ALGERIA.
Marseille*. Oct. 14.— A steamer which has ar
rived here reports having sighted the balloon of
Count de la Vaulx yesterday (Sunday), about
12:90 p. m. The balloon was about fifty miles
from Marseilles, and shaping its course for Al
geria. The car was about sixty feet above the
sea. Count de la Vaulx signalled that all was
well.
A dispatch from Toulon says a carrier pigeon
arrived there at 3 o'clock last evening from the
balloon of Count de la Vaulx, .bearing the report
t>at tht» balloon was being driven by a north
' northeast wind and going at a fair speed, the
weather being very fine and all well.
Purls. Oct. 13.— Considerable interest is mani
fested in the attempt of the Count de la Vaulx.
the aeronaut, who left i>*-« Sablettes, near Tou
lon, last night, on a balloon voyage across the
Mediterranean, with the view of testing the pos
sibility of using balloons between France. Cor
sica and Algeria in time of war.
The success of the experiment has been fre
quently endangered of late by hitches in the
arrangements. Count de la Vaulx has received
semi-official support in the shape of subscrip
tions from the Ministers of Marine and War.
The former had promised a cruiser as a convoy,
and also lent the Inflating apparatus. A fort
night ago. however. M. De Lam— aw decided that
the season was not propitious for the experi
ment, and withdrew the cruiser and the appar
atus. Count de la Vaulx with difficulty replaced
the apparatus. Then a portion of the balloon
shed collapsed In a gale, and tore the balloon.
This damage was repaired, but a lew days ago
another accldenl delayed hi" departure
Finally the aeronaut'! luck changed, Weather
and wind Improved, and. at the hurt moment.
M De Lanessan revoked bis decision and ordered
the French second class cruiser im Chayla to
convoy the balloon, which is also convoyed by a
' The aeronaut In accompanied by two other
aeronauts and a naval lieutenant. He expects
to reach Algeria Wednesday night or Thursday
morning. He took with him seventy-five carrier
pigeons to be released in three batches daily.
The balloon, which is • decorated with the tri
color carries accumulators for electric signal
lamp's and an electric pump to draw up sea
water "for ballast, whenever necessary, by tube*
Immersed in the sea. Count de la aulx by a
system of floats Intends to keep about forty feet
above the water.
PRECAUTIONS AT CABUL.
A LAKGE AFGHAN' PORCH MAINTAINING
ORDER -IiORD CURZON'S TOL'H
POSTPONED.
London. Oct. 14.-"A largs Afghan force has
been assembled around Cabul and Is maintain
ing order." says a dispatch to "The Dally News"
from Simla. "Hablbullah Khan has appointed
a special guard for each Kuropean in Cabul.
directing that the guards shall answer with
their lives for the safety of their charges.
¦ The Indian Government has postponed the
ukupl move to Calcutta, and Lord Curzon has
definitely postponed his projected tour."
LOOKING FOR I.OXG MIBBING WIFE.
MRS. DRAPER DIBAPPKAHED SOON AFTER
HER MARRIAGE THIRTEEN YEARS AGO.
About thirteen years ago Robert Yost Draper
married Estelle Norene De Wolfe, of the well
known De Wolfe family of Rhoie Island. The
marriage took place In England, and soon after
ward the couple came to this country. On their
arrival in New- York they went to a hotel and.
after engaging apartments. Mr. Draper went
out for some purpose. On his return a few
moments later, his wife had disappeared, and
she has never been heard of from that day to
this.
Under the laws of New-York. If a couple are
separated for a certain number of years, either
party has sufficient ground for a divorce, pro
viding efforts have been made to locate the
missing one. To this end Mr. Draper caused
the following advertisement to be inserted in a
morning paper yesterday:
E«tell« Norene Draper, wtfe of Robert Toet Draper, for
merly of Providence, R. 1., call on Lawyer Oeorre Rob
inson No. 8» Na«»au-»t.. New-Tork. London. S«n Frmn
sleco. Chicago. Boston and Providence papers plraae copy.
Mr. Robinson, when seen last night, said that
Mr Draper was probably staying at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, but It was said there that no one
of that name was registered.
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THINK DEVERYWOrLD BE SAFE.
TAMMAXY LEADERS DRAWIXG INFERENCES FROM CHOREE'S
DEXIAL AXD SHEPARD'S EVASIOX.
SHEEIIAN ESTIMATES THE FUSION' PLURALITY.
C. Shechan, after a study of present conditions and the figures of
ISJ>7, estimated that the fusion ticket would be elected by over fifty thousand
plurality.
Mr. Croker made his first public statement since his return from Europe.
He denied a story that he had declared that it Mr. Shepard were elected Devery
would resign, taking the Tammany victory as a personal vindication, and not
wishing to embarrass the incoming administration. Tammany men drew the
inference from this denial and Mr. Shepard's dodging of the Pevery issue that
the ".Big Chief" was secure.
Mr. Shepard was not at his home all day, and made no public statements.
He attended Holy Trinity Church. Brooklyn, of which he is a vestryman, in
the morning.
CROKER MAKES A DENIAL.
TAMMANY INFERENCES ABOUT DEVERY
FROM IT AND SHEPARD'S SPEECH.
Richard Croker broke silence yesterday for
the first time since he returned from Europe.
His remarks were .prompted by a story printed
yesterday quoting Mr. Croker as declaring that
If Shepard was elected Devery would regard
the success of the Democratic ticket as a vindi
cation of himself and offer his resignation to
Mr. Shepard rather than embarrass the incom
ing administration. Up to this time since he got
back, no matter what has been in the papers,
Croker has kept his tongue in his 'cheek and
his lips still. Yesterday, when he read the arti
cle about Devery. he broke forth with a com
plete and absolute denial of the statement.
This denial was regarded as all the more
significant owing to past reticence. Taking Mr.
Croker's sudden denial and bracketing with it
Edward M. Shepard's evasion el the Devery
issue in his Brooklyn speech, the politicians yes
terday declared that l»e\ery had triumphed and
that Tammany had become a tall to the Devery
kite.
Tell any Tammany politician, after the speech
made in Brooklyn on Saturday night by Mr.
Shepard, that the Democratic candidate for
Mayor, if elected, will be Independent and re- i
move Devery; that he Is his own man and that !
he is not committed to Tammany, and he will ;
laugh In your face. Shepard's past record and i
his strenuous assertions that he Intended to act j
as Mayor In an Independent manner stilled for j
a time those who were inclined to sustain the j
assertion made and reiterated by Timothy D. j
Sullivan and his associates in the gambling j
"combine" that Shepard was nominated only
after Kings County politicians promised that he
would keep his hands off Devery and protect the
gambling syndicate. After the speech made on
Saturday night by Shepard; after his shifty and
palpable evasion of the issue, the Tammany
men now believe that Sullivan and his friends
really did have assurances, and arguments that
that hi incredible do not shake them.
Taking Croker's denial and Shepard's evasion
the politicians generally ' yesterday declared
that the power of the gambling syndicate had !
been proved; that Croker was compelled to stand j
by I 'every, and that Shepard got the nomina- !
tion for Mayor only after the gambling "com- '
bine" had been placated. It was pointed out !
that the "combine" was now in actual control ¦
of the organization and the tickets in the field; '
that Croker was simply the manager for the !
gambling "combine." obeying its dictates.
This is what the Tammany leaders declare. j
The Kings County men. on the other hand, bit- '
terly deny it. They detest the Tammany or
ganization, and especially the gambling "com
bine." They resisted the effort to "Deveryize"
Brooklyn, and were successful. They assert j
that Shepard will be free and independent. De
sptte this, they are not satisfied with Shep- j
ard. They wanted him to flay Tammany. They i
have mads Tammany the point of attack In i
the campaign book. They are abusing Tar- |
many In the hope that this will win votes for j
them In Brooklyn. They wanted Shepard to !
strike at Tammany and Tammany methods in :
the hope that this would solidify the Independ- j
ent vote. Shepard'fi failure to do so ha» had a j
disquieting effect upon them. They axe asking. .
In the Ham** breath that they are announcing ¦
Shepard'n independence, If he has been delivered •
to Tammany.
Mr. Shepard will open headquarters* In the
Hoffman House to-day, and he wtl spend several i
hours each day in Manhattan until after elec- ,
tion. Ha will meet the Tammany leaders and [
other supporters, and hold daily consultations i
about the campaign. John A. Mason, secretary ,
of the Democratic State Committee, will be in :
charge of the headquarters, and Senator McCar- j
ren will represent Kings County there. Neither j
Mr. Croker nor any other of the Tammany lead- j
en* will be at Shepard's headquarters. Croker !
will direct the campaign from Tammany Hall, j
He will be there dally, beginning to-day, and in [
the evenings he will be at the Democratic Club.
Croker and the Tammany leaders are getting j
ready for a rousing campaign. Despite the fric- i
tion between the Kings County leaders and the- j
Tammany leaders, each organization Is going in J
to win. The only one to suffer apparently by i
this friction will be Shepar.l. The head of th«» !
ticket Is much less important to Tammany and !
to Kings than Is the election of the borough ami
county tickets. The result la, as is freely
charged, that both Tammany and the Mclaugh
lin machine are trading upon the head of the
ticket for support of the county and borough
offices.
The Tammany campaign will be formally
opened in Manhattan next Thursday evening
with a mass meeting held in and around Tam
many Hall. Mr. Croker. who is now supervising
every move that Is being made on the political
checkerboard by the Tammany organization,
has directed that this meeting shall surpass any
thing that has heretofore been attempted by the !
Tammany organization in behalf of a local
ticket. >
Mr. Croker. according to his lieutenants, is [
taking an Interest in the details of this cam
paign such as he has never before exhibited.
He has given orders in a general way to all his
lieutenants as to what to do. hut no new move ¦
of any kind or description is made without its ,
first being submitted to him. :
The committee of thirty-five which was ap- !
¦pointed to arrange for the big mass meeting i
Thursday night, spent most of Saturday In ;
working up details. It hsi; been decided to have |
a large display of fireworks. >
All of the district leaders have not yet been
heard from. Those In the downtown districts,
however. Informed the committee that they will
march their constituents to the hall behind brass
bands.
Mr. Shepard will make the long speech of the
evening. He will be followed by William W. j
Ladd. Jr.. candidate for Controller: George M. j
Van Hoesen. candidate for President of the
Board of Aldermen: Henry W. Unger. candidate j
for District Attorney; Thomas F. Grady.
Thomas C. T. Cram, Congressman Henry M. ;
Goldfogle. Congressman William Sulzer. Con
gressman Amos J. Cummings and Congressman
George B. McClellan.
Outside of the Wigwam there will be four big
stands from which speeches will be made.
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EXPECTS THE FUSION PLURALITY TO
BE ABOVE FIFTY THOUSAND.
PI.I %I.ITIE* IN ISO 7.
Mtmhnttnn ami The Itront, Thih
mmm * 10.C22
Urooklyn. Low * n ,t Tr«< com
bined 27.0<*2
Quet-ii., I.otr and Truer romblncil 2.2.14»
Hi. Inn. .ml. Low and Trney earn
blned :iO.ORA
Total Low and Tnicjr over Tani-
Dlltn * l!>.tl»:
JOII\ C. SIIEEIIAVS FORECAST OS THIS
VKAK'S VOTE. t
-Mnnhnttnn and The Hront. fusion pln
r»li *>' 30.000
II rook n. fusion plurality .......... ..SO.OOO
Qaeenn, fusion plurality 5..-WM*
Illrhmond, fusion plurality ......... I.UOO
Total ffunloa plurality this fall 53.500
"My reason far believing that Tammany will
be defeated by more than 53,000 plurality this
fall," said John C. Sheehan to a Tribune re
porter yesterday, "is that the people are aroused
against them cow Just as they were in l*l>4,
following: the exposures by the Lex Commit
tee. I was a district leader in Tammany Hall*
then, and I ought to know something about It.
If anything. I think the feeling against Tam- '
many Is more Intense now than it was then, but
It is a fact that all reasonable men will concede
that Tammany has far greater resources now
than it e\er has had. The organization, handi
capped as it Is with a leader whose record as an
English country squire angers even the loyal
members of the Tammany organization, and by
the fact that criminal complicity with th©
gamblers has been proved against It — laboring
under these handicaps, Tammany will still, on
account of its large number of well paid office
holders, and the number of merchant!* and cor
porations It can squeeze, make, a gam* fight for
Its official existence.
HAD PATRONAGE IN ISM. BUT LOST.
"But Tammany had the patronage in 1594.
and still it was driven from power by the voters,
who were disgusted with the way things were
going on. Colonel Strong in the old city rolled
up a plurality of 4f. I*7, even with the police
friendly to the ruling administration. But for
it» enormous corruption fund and its leverage
on account of its officeholders, I should be in
clined to say that the fusion plurality against
Tammany in the territory of the old city this
fall would equal that of IM)4. and it may do
that anyway.
"I consider that thirty thousand in Manhattan
and The Bronx as the estimated fusion plurality
is rational, and I shall be disappointed if it doe*
not reach that. The signs are multiplying that
the people are not with Tammany as they were
in IM»7. At that time the administration of
Colonel Strong: was somewhat on the defensive.
Things had occurred to make many people be
lieve that their liberties were going 1 to be «*•
stroyed. The Rain, law and Rooseveltism both
were unpopular, and the German Democrats
were anxious for a chance to turn the reform
administration out. But even with all this feel
ing ngalnat the outgoing administration. It i*
worth the while of Mr. Croker and his friends*
to not© that there was in I*".*" an anti-Tammany
plurality of 1'.».4H;.
"Tammany In the campaign of 1*97 In this;
county rolled up a slender plurality of 10,«£J
against Its combined opponents, but across!
the bridge the Low and Tracy votes combined
gave a plurality of 27.1 •*-. Queens followed suit
with a plurality of 2.230. and Richmond with.
one of 700, giving a combined plurality of 3tt€M
in the three boroughs, as against the Tammany
plurality of 10,022 in Manhattan, or a net ami*
Tammany plurality of lS>,4lt; in the entire city.
"Henry George in lSt>7 received l'!.'»TK votes
in Manhattan and The Bronx. 6.KM in Brooklyn.
1 oU*i In Queens, and .'>.»<{ in Richmond, or a.
total of SUM In the whole city.
"I don't undertake to say that all of theso
21.000 votes will come to the fusion ticket this
year, but I do assert with confidence that we
will get two-thirds of them. There is nothing in
the Tammany ticket to attract the George men.
while on the fusion ticket both In this borough
and in Brooklyn they have representative men."
•Why do you think the plurality will be as
much as 30.000 this year, when Bryan carried
the county by over 30.000 last year?" Mr. 3hce->
han was asked.
ONLY ONE TRUST THIS TEAR.
"The fight last year was on national lines, with
several newspapers of large Influence steadily
banging away for Bryan on the no trust Issue. 1
National lines are this year wiped out. The only,
trust In the field Is the Tammany trust, and the
men who hate trusts are all lined up against!
Mr. Croker's close corporation. There are mo«
powerful Influence* working against Tammany
this year than ever before. Tammany itself has
created those Influences. There has been or
ganized and systematized grafting' and squeez
ing and coercion for every man who has coma
within the reach of Tammany's official power.
'Croker struck the keynote when he. declared
he was working for his own pocket all the time.
After that, all the smaller fry had their cue.
and they too began working for their particular
pockets all the time. The Ice Trust, with Van
Wvck with his pockets crammed full of shares,
and the Fire Department, with Marks selling i:
stuff at his own figures, are samples. But th«
drafting' went farther than that. Every small
dealer on the East Side was made to feel th»
"crews Jew pedlers and Italian bootblacks
were compelled to buy three or four chowder
party tickets at $5 apiece once or twice a year,
and the new Croker system of running every,
fhlng on a commercial basis steered by skilled
legal talent, who have been remarkably sue
ceslful In most cases In keeping within the law.
baa been developed and pushed along untii It
ha* got to be a second nature with the ma
jority of Tammany officials to expect somethiaa
where they are not entitled to anything. and
to Pent (or that something until they get It.j
no matter whether any one is hurt or not.
"This -vstem has made the people sore. Every
little shopkeeper in this borough can tell his tal<s
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