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But for 0M Bhacfclaa on his wrist* he could have
■ ecrsped
Balrd via* a native of Ohio, forty-four years
old, and Whitney haul been a member of a the
atrical company, which recently played "Bon
Hur" in thlß city. He. was convicted of having
forifed a number of small check*, and mas sen
tenced to serre six years In the penitentiary.
Whitney was an assumed name. The man said
his father was a wealthy and prominent man in
an Eastern dtr. trat persistently refused to re
veal his identity
< in<-- injtn in the first coach of No. 3 managed
to raiw* a window and had forced his body half
way to freedom when he became lodged He
fought fidffly for life, but each movement only
edged hltr. the more tightly. The flames swept
over him and left htm writhing In agony. He
cri«-d mm, 'I or Gods sake. i>hoot me." The on
lookers. pre\ented from approaching the scene
be*«u*e of dM inter.se heat, could do nothing to
relieve thf man* fYoring* Finally a timber
from th«- roof of the car fell on bis head, killing
him.
A correspondent says that all the bodies have
been removed from the wreckage. This indi
cates that the seventeen bodies now in this city
are all that there will be a possible chance of
identifyirg.
He say* a car in which he believes twenty-five
persons were killed was completely consumed.
He also say« that a drygoods box was placed
aJonrside the track and the bones of O»e bodies
which were entirely burned up were placed in
It This box will be brought to this city by the
coroner t'.iis afternoon.
Many thrilling rescues are reported, <me man
wh.se name could not be learned, forced his wa>
Into a coach that had received th< brunt of the
*no.k and. st-eing a young *<rl who had been
plr.neu under a seal endeavored to lift her to a
place of safety, A* he raised her the girl died
in his inn» . „
The mmcwt dropped his burner, and seized a
man who wit lying under h roof tlmt>e-. He
dragged the man to it clearing in the wreckage.
where others carried aim to a place of sarety.
This one -escuer sa-ved four lives.
MINERS DEMAND LESS.
MAT YET AVERT STRIKE.
Mitchell Takes ('onscnaiivc Stood—
Jtks Fair Play for Dolan
;By Jr'egnpli to The Trlbun* I
indiannpoliF. Mhtcli 16.— Developments in the
BBinen convention to-day show that the lead
.-, at Use i-.inization have determined to
jr.ake substantial reductions in their demands.
and the scale committee appointed by President
Mitchell has been practically instructed t<> limit
the demands to a restoration of the 5.5 pt-r cent
reduction, which was accepted at the meeting
|sj | -ars ago.
anthracite scale
aw. to regard the operators" refusal
a final rhaners bu: te frame a reply in
. . greatly reduce. .
I union and the grant
■iay.
Pr^irt^r.t Mitchell if acting a conservative
part To-day h^ was the leader of the advocates
to «eat District President I»olan and District
Vice -President Be'.Mngham its delegates, when
many of tr miners would have nre vented them
from ha>ing seate in the convention. He said:
Nn one man in this convention has greater
cause for resentment against . rick Dolan
than 1. as one man la tbia convention has been
more grossly wronged by nlm than 1 have. But
I nope I am big enough to forget personal
■yanga srhca the laws of t!i»- L'nlted Mine
Workers of America are called into question.
I >-*> with Secretary Wilson that you will
rc^k« a rr.ietaW- if you refuse to seat Mr. Dolan.
I hay» no d'etre to sustain his action in the con
vention, but whether he do*-s justice lo me or
■Rot 1 wi'.l do }u*t ire lo him.
TAKE NO STEAM COAL OB.DEBS
Agents 0! Carrying Hoads Shut Down—Do
mestic Sizes Unaffected.
Th* 111* f f I lIIH.HI Sllrtll Of lil".^! OC the «. - oal
paaterda) araa that there was -'.ill a
?irni^ likeiihooii <>f an anthracite strike «'!i
Ajrii i The sales agents >«f ■•!'••• c,al carrying
p'"H"|f *"l*ff. they fai<J. srere tukiiis no <>rder»
for cither i>..- wnal! ■tram v\z*-s or J^r the large
v\z*-, kivi-w:: ia hrnhrn tnthrai Itc, aiilco la us^d
at f- . tad in !t.>conmtl\ •s. Tho BlfTßfctra
of the Ooal Ifcrdiants 1 Aaaocfatioa h.-iu •'•rinal
DoaCerenoes yesterday, in reCerenoe to the ad
rano r aatl imdte i renreaeuta*
u\. ■ Ktattea ni
Tii - :' ' ■■- Bar bare not been g.i,e:aiiy
adrai cd. The probahUlttes a:.- that the April
prices • :.igh. ■:■ than usual :! !.- ;.»-.i; The
preaw •. estahUaned si the rod of
the strike •■! [K2, and srerw no\ baaed altog
on th«- prices at the runups nin The hirusjwii]
den and tot .-tt-ani sizes <>f anthradte has hin
eateot the abtlit) of the dealers
• ■•»'.•: thefi aqppMea •• . Individual oper
atara at towei than oompany prteeji. Domvutlc
s:ze>- an- nit hfl>'-red in any sna)
RECORD YEAR f6r ANTHRACITE MINES.
•i sf Peon
>■
»■• st on
•■
ROADS WANT 5.000.000 BARRELS OF OIU
:Hv -i..>p. ,...1, . T >... Tn i. .,,,,. |
Oetveetao, Isaren JG-Fom coal haulms Ttesas
Bellwads] f»ani|H-(I the oil markH t.»-day sad chot
the prteS Bp seven rem* a arrel l.y Inviting bids
for :,.r*t).mt barrels for imniedm'.- <leliv.-r;. . Thi*
ex^edf-d thn >.vß!!a!:'.e SOppty m Storage !'.■■ nioi"
thar. •»■(, million t.arr. lt<. Tl;.- tbraatonmg ooal
Btrike :s responsible • lion of tbe Texas
: Hi. "Katy." th» rnatlooal and tbs
Fr:«'.. The roada aiimit thai the pwjsuU coal sup
ply woul<J not keep them in operation twenty days
enould a strik.- occur n-rv. i >rd«»r>. have been
ataead for oil tn California.
ANOTHER THEATRE FOR "BIG TIM."
Albany. M»r. U - The Olympic Theat!--
Compar.y r>l B lale mas . •!(•<» rp..i i, to-day with
a eapiml <t |2. r . f '.f«oo The dirertura am Timothy
I> jtlßitail Sf Ksar-Terk *.:•>. J ba J Kennedy.
Frank L. Rspnt. Mer.ry P Burrar.l, William 11.
Klrieh, St BufTal... John W. fiwislflins. "f Seatt>,
Wa»r ht<<l John J. Ryan, of ("ln'-inuati.
T> » Wilbur-Bhubert Th*-if» Comparj-. tf Kow-
York City wjk m.1»o inrorpornted with a eari'al at
$:or..OOfi Ttie directors a.rf- l^ee Si;ul»ert M:iX C
And»-»r<ri nnd nBJWIi L W'ilhut. of NVw-Torll City]
Tl:n»»thT P. Sullivan. rnngrewnin:i. I* al:>- | the
pmprlr'or of the Dewey Th«»air# In this city, 'n.o
Wtlbur-Plmbert company ta incorporated to nianar
the M--i.)/>mi<- theatres in tnia <lt> and in Uoator^ *"
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ENO'S
+ HEALTH-GIVING*
FRUIT
a* REFRESHING <
SALT
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REFORM BILLS TO RUSH.
ESn IKSUBANCB BEAMING.
IfiWUH May Be Ready in Tzco
If Whs— Little Change Likely.
I By T>l««rraph to Th« Tribune ]
Albany. Maich 16.— Whatever changes are to be
made In the insurance reform bills will be settled
at a conference in New- York by a sub-committee
of th. Armstrong Investigating Committee. Charles
E. Hughes, the counsel, and Miles M. Dawson, the
actuary. in the next few days. According to the
■MSSbsrs of the committee, comparatively few
poi:us are at iw»u« . The disposal of these, once
agreed on. which probably will take a week, the
drafting of the amended bills will b« rushed. The
committee hopes to have the bills In their revised
form here in two weeks and on their way to pas
sage early in April.
The main point for discussion will be the per
centage of contingency reserve. On the limitation
of expenses the committee will have arguments,
but Assemblyman Cox pointed out to-night that tbs
committee, m providing two ways for a limitation
of expenses, had amply assured the policyholders
of reduction hy nt least one method. Said he:
It may not have been apparent to the cursory
glance that the report provided two separate, dis
tinct methods of reducing expenses, eacli of which
would be effective. The companies, for instance,
•while opposing the section placing a limit on ex
j..<r. have not argued against publicity of u.c
counts. Now, that in itself will work out to limit
expenses, since, under the bills, with a standard
form of policy, the companies will have the same
common denomination, and a policyholder, having
the reports or two companies before him, easily
can se* which onti, h giving to'lts poUeyholders the
better treatment
LITTLE CHANGE LIKELY.
As t . the limitation of business, :t is practically
certain that the section will not be changed. Nei
ther will the Important provision wiping out of ex
istence the present boards of trustees bo altered.
Just what method of limiting business expenses
will be chosen after the conference is doubtful. It
appears likely that the publicity provision will be
retained, with perhaps BOOM modification of the
section placing a definite limit to expenditures.
Said s member of the committee:
I am almost willing to say that within five yeara
the average man will not know in what company
his lif. Ie insured any more than the average man
linw knows in what companies liis house and furni
turs are Insured. He will not feel any more alarm
ha to safety, either. It will be simply that be
takes out a certain amount of insurance as p<-r
contract with a reputable agent, knowing dennite
ly from his contract w hat he will get. not caring
freatly with which company the agent places n.
t will work a great change with the agents. th*T.
will be at lea6t five thousand fewer, but it will be
for th«ir benefit as well as for the public's.
The question of agents' expenses will receive much
careful thought. It seems probable that h oom
promise wil! be reached, giving to the agents a
umall'r renewal period than now exists, with possi
bly a 45 per esjat first year commission.
A section of the bills certain to be greatly modi
fied. if not eliminated altogether, is the one pro
viding that out of state Insurance companies must
comply exactly with the new regulations. Deferred
dividends will be left to the discretion of the policy
holders as the bills provide now. The annual ac
counting us to earnings 16 an important phase of
tbe publicity method of limitation of expenses
which Assemblyman Cox pointed out.
The progress of the revised bills will be rapid,
the committeemen Climate. In the Senate, of
course, the real opposition will centit The Assem
bly, from present Indications, will pass the meas
ures without any difficulty. As The Tribune has
taid, a canvass lias been made by members of the
committee as to the prospects In the Senate, which
assures th- m that the bills will pai-s there, because
of political exigencies. Nevertheless, a party
caucus probably will be called to hasten tbe ad
vancement of the reforms. The Governor has in
dicated •-ral times that he wanted speedy
action, and It i» expected that it any dang< : IS
opposition is manifested, he will use his influence.
The public iiearing on the reform insurji..-.; legis
lation end.-d this afternoon, after a final hearing,
whien nsore than ever confirmed the Impression
that t!.<- companies have m&<ie out a p....r osse with
tbe Armsr committee.
HAMILTON IN "LIMET.KJHT."
Andrew Hamilton, base speech yesterd.iy mads
pucta a ewieatlon. did not come near the Assembly
Chamber. wh,-ie tbe final hearing i\ja held to-day.
I*- w;,s about • wn artet he had read tbe morning
I-.11 ers. His attitude wan that of a man of sur
position, a:id tbe sort •,{ friends wiio had been
liulditig :.K.ot eaine Hocking back.
The --Judge-- «a!l^d at the Albai dub and spent
KMDO ttaao at his Bee When asked by a Tribune
correspondent if iher© vu i:<Jt eomethlag he would
■a) by w..y el pplementlnt his Bt&tenent before
tbe Armstrong committee his answer might well be
Interpreted in the phrase <f the yreet. "Not yet.
but soon."
The Albany men irho own yellow dog* threw
Kit their dMOta tu-day. That particular < l u r of
■ iu(j has been a.t a diacouni for some tune in AJ
lj;i!!> By his decided Btaml before the committee,
t»y bis cheerful mptlon of the appellation,
"Jodge" Hamilton baa given all mi.-!i dogs a blue
i Ibbon {"-.li^r'-e.
'i be eflfa t <'f ills appearance and ment, dl
\<-tied ot its surprise and considered hi the cold,
<:.!:» Judgment of Hie n»-xt morning, was variously
digested. There was a preponderance of opinion
that it the Armstrong committee • vr i. id an 1.1. ■
.if i.-ttiiig the mutual insurance companies off with
■ . . ■ lean sweep election In November, "Judge"
Hamilton's utterances had dissipated it.
J't:i r< w.i* no doiiot that be bad given certain
forme i associates such a fright as they have not
!;■.(! stnee ii. Insurance li ve.-tigatlon i»-ga!i
IVhetber or not he puipowis to follow the request
• ' the I'owicr committee to eppear before it for
•examination is not at al! rortaiu. There were
.'rirT.d* <>f the "Judge" wii-. know the mass of In
formation le^nifilnn inner Working! which lie ha-<
n his command who declared to-day that there
w«-re niemLw-rs of th»- Kowlt-r committee who would
be glad if the "judg* k.i,i hi regrets thut be
srse .liable to accept their Invitation. They also
seemed certain that the mjlis for an accounting
snd reatitotioa ould nerer i>< pruned.
There were these 'iut ihe Capitol who lntcr
pr<*t»-d Hamilton* speech differently— "convicted
out of bia own n o'lth." was their verdict. They
call.d ii -i 'gigantic bluff.'" which would speedily
be • .-ailed" r.y --ill reformers within the company
The -judge" himself «*ai<i resterday that bis sut<
ment was only the firM cbaptei ol a volume
The last day of the hearing developed only one
new feature fitsht of the nasißillSUt ana fra
terr.Hl companies against the sectioa of tii« bill
which gives them v black . .-ye. There was further
prot*-e! from the companies <i!iisi<i« 1 1 « state,
tbteattesasgt resMrlsals ir n.w v..ik Stat- tried io
fore*, drastic tv. s <.i, them. There was further
protest on be.iuiif of the life Insurance agents
■gains! the proposed cut la Ibeir Hrsi commissions
and renewals, a man who appeared as ■ pisia
MULjllUldll attempted to atla. k the --kill and
sccuracj of Idles If. Dawson, the committee's
actuary, but was cut than by Senator Armstrong.
Th*-ie w.'.b a hii^age attack on the eonunittei plaii
\i< iialise be Kqultablc
The tirst spsaknr was a. i. Dtckenson, who rep
res«-tited ti.f- AineiKaii A»s.j. ialiwi of Public Ac
countants, an organisation numbering m.- six
hundred, and the New-York Stat< society of ] 3IJ
members. He declared that nowi, in the reform
bill was there aai prevlskMi for tbs improvement
Sf iii»uiaii.e bookkeeping. Ji- BBBSrted that 'iion
ie.ijfer a»»et.- covered up, indeed almost authorised
"jfllow uo*; .u. .i other lii^Kul tranaactkHML Ben
! u-tor Anastrong took exception to tii. ipsaker*s
hialeiueiil thai Urn luperinlenqeai hud ;,j; ,j JllUl
I puv»er in ileilaiiiiK ll.e BSOeta that BhnilH iiol be
j admitted. Tbe gstist<ir *ojj tne power had to ho
I vaeteal Beanewbeva, and that tbs Btate Bu|Ntrint<Hi-
J dent sme the bbsb.
lic:.ry 8 Chase, an.jtlit-i public accountant, ex
pUlned th* MnM«achuseltH i^w on corporation
bookkeeping and u::iiituig utid pointed out Its ad<
vantages. Ila i.. M that the Btate Superintendent
of laasmace should be a public seeountani of at
Isaat tt.r..T years i tjfti lojuiu. v iiiijm ii. Bracks
followed with an tapeal far a balance sheet whicli
• oiiid act be "v usanuieii i«-i tbe burial ■■! the
ttmii abessl a ossapasy."
in r>ei,«ir of th»- HSXttHSiiient itmuran'-r companies
J. H. Williams. counsel of tbe Masonic Uf< Ab.so
ria'tor. of ■uslale, i.ne-i that tt,. OMSmHtea
h«<l no» fiv^n ih»rn a "fair seal " He baUeved that
th« on» roinpan\ aaasatesd was nr>t r. r .' that Would
throw a (svsjraMe lirnt "Ti aaMsameai ompani^.
He de^iarM ih.t the pasasge of th<- section ai it
lood at prcaojit BMaat iuc anUi:llaUon ul asseaa
NEW-YORK DAILY TBXBCVK. SATCKDAY. MABCH 17. MM
ment companies which carried Insurance amount
in* to $3.42 X,001).
liarwin r. Kingsley. vice-president of the New-
York Ufa, after Bparrln* with Senator Arm«tron
for time, renewed the attack of th« companies
aga'n<>t the limitation of new buelness.
MR. MERRITTS PPKBCH.
Assemblyman Merrltt. of St. Lawrence County,
who was a candidate for Speaker of the House
this session, appeared as a pollcyholder In the
Equitable and the Washington Life. He went
into the peculiar situation which th«* Equitable pre
sents now that Thomas F. Ryan is in control. He
paid in part :
I notice with regret that you have not provided
I in any of the bills thus far Introduced that the
; department of Insurance shall hereafter be paid
| by thr stuff directly and not by the imposition of
1 f><»:« <>f any sort upon the Insurance companies, l
!>eli*»ve that such a change would meet with the
approval of the people generally Whatever com-
Bent I have heard upon thlp suggestion has been
In favor of it, and I trust that you may deem It
wisn to submit a bill to provide for this method.
Tho proposed section 95 provides for the mutu
.■iliz.iti.m of thla particular company among othern.
1? .wins to be simply Justice that these policy
holders nhould be given a voice In the choice of
!hf (llrertord who are to control the company that
owns this huge capital. The Justness of the amend
ment being self-evident, the only Question to be
considered is the power of the Legislature to enact
the leKislatlon proposed.
This section if enacted Into lair in its present
form In the case of the Equitable Life— without the
courts having passed upon this provision of mu
tuality In the society's charter— fixes a value on
the controlling interest In the capital stock which
it does not now possess.
If this proposed act becomes a law It will simply
strengthen thp haiuK of the person controlling the
majority of the shares of the society's stock, for
the. second condition to mutualization requires that
th* plan of retirement shall first have been ap
proved by a vote of the stockholders representing
a majority of the shares, and. as I have already
stated, it Is universally known where this- power
lies, r have therefore, in my proposed amendment,
struck out the second condition, which requlreH th«
consent of the majority of the stockholder to the
plan of retirement, for the reason that, as I be
lieve the surplus belongs to the pollcyholders and
not to the stockholders, the policyholders alone.
Bl ould have the power of determining what It la
worth to them to have the company mutualized
nnd the complications resulting from stockholders'
control done away with.
It Is certain that Mr. Ryan, controlling the ma
jority of the slock of the Kquitable. will not con
xent't.. any plan of muiualiuitlon which do* b not
return to him the principal and interest of the sum
which he paid to Mr. Hyde in the private transac
tion which he had with htm when he hought the
control of tbe company.
The proper way to mutuallre a company Is for tho
Ijegislatuie to exercise tho re.serve powers of tho
state and amend the charter of the Equitable So
ciety, This i*)wer is explicitly reserved both by the
constitution and hy the Revised Statutes.
Henry C I.lpplncott, manager of agencies of the
IVnn Mutual Life Company, of Philadelphia, made
•i l.ist plea for the agents. He admitted that the
small companies had suffered severely from the
unholy competition of the big companies, but held
that actual agents wrc not overpaid.
Senator Armstrong declared that It was the dellb
erate purpose of the committee it» encourage
"straight" life insurance at the expense of the en
■ loviment and other speculative forms.
Stewart Brown, who announced himself as a
N. w York broker, with no connection with any
Insurance company, except that he held policies
amounting to $200,000, was the last speaker. If
there w:i» any part of the reform, bill against which
ho did r.ot protest it seemed to be because he had
forgotten It. He argued vagruely for everything,
from expensive new business to deferred dividends.
Brown, it developed, used to be a confidential
;i;?. r.t of the lute John A- Mc<"all. He- became pres
ident of the North American Trust Company. He
Wt that place when the Produce Exchange Trust
Company got into trouble and tbs North American
company questioned certain tiansactlonß.
.Mist liefore adjournment a telegram was received
from iJovernor John A. Johnson of Minnesota, who
■aid that policyholders all over the country were
looking to the I-f pislattire of the State of New-Tork
to paas iaws which would properly reform the life
insurance companies.
FIGHTING FOR PROXIES.
Rival Interests in New-York Life
Anxious to Get Control.
Tha present administration of the New- York
Life is sending out requests for proxies to the
policy-holders of the company. They have a big
force at work going over the books of the com
pany, getting up a list of the policyholders and
fending out for tho proxies. All this is being paid
lor with the policyholderß* money. With the requests
for proxies arc sent letters making arguments In
favor of continuing the present administration in
nd re-electing the trustees whose terras ex
pire. The policyholders are asked to fill in the
proxies and eend them to President OIT anil John
Claflln.
A pulley holder who received one of tho letters
• :it It to the pollcyholders" committee with
a. revues- fur advice. The committee will take
Mep* to counteract the work of the administration,
and it Is expected that an attempt will be made to
prevent the u^e ut tho policy holders' money to
continue the present administration In power. There
are h lx trustees to be elected this year to succeed
A\ illlam U. Hornblowar, Alexander 10. Orr, John
Claflln, Darwin P. Kingaiey, Woodbury l^angdon
and cieorge A. Morrison.
The statement of Andrew Hamilton before tho
legislative. <ominltlee on Thursday caused consid
erable uneasiness and exettemeat among the trus
t.»' of the New-York Life Insurance Company
yesterday. They were anxious to defend them
selves from th<- chargei made by Hamilton and
weru .i-ajilmous In denying that they had ever
known liHiivllto:i or heard of him until hi» name
wu.i brought out In the testimony tak'-ti i>y the
Armstrong committee. But they mostly exhibited
a retiring disposition, with no wish to bring their
najnes before tiie public.
One. of those who was willing to speak over his
own name was John Clatlin, who succeeded (J«-orge
\V. I'erkjns as chairman of the flnnnce committee.
He said:
in view of the broad, publicity Ki^eu u> Andrew
Hamilton's statement in Albany yesterday to the
effect that ihu trustees of the New-York Life kne w
all altoul the disbursements made by him, I make
this statement:
I have no acquaintance with Mr. Hamilton, and
prior to Mr. McOall's testimony 1 diil not know thut
Hamilton waa disbursing any amounts of money,
large or small, for tha company in connection with
legislation. After Mr. Me* all had testified before
the legislative committee, l expressed to him my
astonishment at the facts which he liad then
disclosed, and i asked him why h»> had not con
suited some of ills trustees before making the
paymi tits to Hamilton. lie replied that lie con
sidered the matter In the light of a secret ser
vice, and that he believed his authority as presi
dent justified him in making any payments which
lie thought beneflelal to the company without
consultation with any of the trustees.
1 think Mr. McCall honestly belinved his pay
ments to Hamilton were necessary to protect the
company from uerlous Injury.
Colonel Augustus (i. I'alne, who was a member
of the auditing cuminiitee about six years ago,
made the following explanation of the work of the
committee
The stmlltlnp committee cannot be held responri
ble for the Improper expenditure of money. It met
only four days in the month, and eat for only two
hours each lime. It saw only the payments that
were made, and passed upon them. It did not see
th<- vouchers
The committee never went behind th« payments,
an.l accepted as correct and proper the matters
laid before it by the controll. r. Had the committee
insisted upon £oi!ifc' into detail concerning each
payment and of examining each voucher, a ver
itable army of clerks would have had to be em
ployed. As It If. there are more than two hundred
• it-i ks In the controller's office.
There *v no way whereby the auditing com
mlttee could have known of the. payments to Ham
ilton of JIU.OOU by the I'arla office. It wa« done
on the cabled order of the late President McCall.
The auditing committee never knew that there
wa» such a man uh Andrew Hamilton until the
Armstrong committee unearthed him, and 1 think
this Is true of many of the trustees. The uudiluiif
commit never 1....1 his ai-eount, and bis nnm,.
i,. \«i appeared on our books, s,, fur as 1 myself
personally know.
Referring to ti.e pensioning of ex-Prtsidtnt lieers.
to which Hamilton alluded on Thursday, Colonel
Paine said:
Tbs reaaoo that Been ma given a pension was
because he aras s.. strongly intrenched through
ills untrol of proxies In the company, thut ha
. ■ollld not be Misted except with difficulty. The
tecal department, therefore, sanctioned this course
which wus adopted. '
Colonel I'alne added that Hamilton's appearance
before the legislative committee would huve no
effect on ih.- Pewter oommtttee, bui thut auH would
li< rough! ugainM him, as proposed.
it i> believed that Attorney Qnasral .Mayer will
loon Institute Milts against the trustee* of the
New York i.ife, such as have been brought against
the iiir». tors of the Bqultabt)
The bylaws cruinnufe of tne Equltabl** ig making
rapid progress with it* work It is expected th.-v
the report will h# handed In at ih» April meeting
Of the <iir#rtor». .ni that it win be n<>et on at the
May maottag, aad the vacancies in the board filled
vi tiiui time 1: is said that It Is the intention of
the Equitable to t*-«r Hnwn Its present huildlnff In
a few years, perhaps within two years, and put up
a thirty story office building In Its place. It IS
understood that President Morton has no Intention
of giving up either the <^'afe Snvarin or the law
yers' Club, nnd that Thnmns F Hynn is consider
ing reviving the Crlmmlns policy holders' rommitt- •■
and using It to Influence legislation at Albany. It
is not known Just what members of the eosnmlttee
he expects to get to serve in this capacity. The
tactics employed will be delay and obstruction.
A «üb- commit tee of tTie ArrrißtronK committee will
visit Mr. Hughes In this city next week and go
over with him the testimony. It hi then expected
to report tha bills back to the tagMatorc in their
final form week after next.
Samuel Untermyer returned to this city from
Albany yesterday. He had fallen In Albany nnd
injured one of his \rg*. so that he wns not able to
be at his office yesterday.
LAWSON DECLARES POLICIES FRAUDS.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune . ]
Boston. March 17. — Thomas \V. I>a\vson to
day sent a telegram to Chairman Armstrong
and the members of the insurance investigating 1
committee of the New York I>egislatur • ray
ing that the New-York Mutual I^lfc Insurance
officials were doing their utmost to defeat the
recommendation of the c-ommlttee for :i public
list of pollcyholders. Ho said that thousands of
policies are fraudulent.
TAKE L. G. TEWKSBVRY.
Former Owner of Joe Patchen Held
in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. March 16.— Lewis Q. Tewkshury
was arrested to-day In this city at the request
of the New-York police authorities. Tho follow
ing telegram was received at local poiiea head
quarters:
Make every effort to arrest I>ewi<» Q. Tewka
burj' Ho is under indictment In th!.s city for
grand larceny.
Within fifteen minutes after the receipt of the
telegram Tewksbury was under nrrest and had
been committed for a further hearing next Tues
day. He engaged counsel, who will apply for
a writ of habeas corpus. Tewksbury la still in
Jail. '
Tewksbury, it is alleged, fled from New-York
to Mexico, leaving behind debts amounting to
hundreds of thousands of dollars. He has been
in this city three weeks*.
Lewis G. Tewksbury, "Prince I^ewla." was a
small druggist in Manchester before he came
here in 18N.S. He did a big business: as a banker
under the firm name of Lewis G. Tewkshury &
Co. at No. 32 Broadway. In 190 ft the firm went
to the wall and Tewksbury disappeared, leav
ing debts aggregating at leaat S44X>,oo<>. A few
months later he was found doing a prosperous
business as a banker and broker in the City
of Mexico by O. Gerson Oppenheim, a lawyer.
He la said to have since paid off mo?t of the
debts he left here.
He finally went to England. His wife. Mary
Mills Tewksbury. divorced him in 1902. In Lon
don he met Mrs. Violet Butler, the divorced
wife of Guy Butler, an Indian fighter. Soon
after their marriage in 19Ot Mrs. Tewksbury
sued Amzi L. Barber to recover the amount of
two drafts aggregating $t>.77*>. A few months
later dispatches from London said that Tewks
bury had been forced Into bankruptcy. In No
vember, 1905, he was arrested in London with
his wife, charged with passing worthless checks.
While at the height of his success here he was
known as the owner of fast horses and as a lav
ish entertainer. Among the famous horses which
he owned were John R. Gentry and Joe Patchen.
BRACKET! MEASURE REPORTED.
Bill Giving Policyholders Bight to Sue
Favored in Senate.
[By Telegraph tS The Tribune ]
Albany. March I«.— The much mooted Krackett
bill, repealing Section 66 of the Insurance law,
introduced at the beginning of the session, was
report?d favorably by the Senate Insurance Com
mittee to-day. It Is now in general orders, wheru
probably it will remain <intll the decision of the
insurance legislation, since this provision forms
one of the sections of the Armstrong committee's
reform btllß.
H.-cti.jn C<> of the Insuranct tew sijociti.s t:.;>t DO
policyholder of a company may begin an action
for an accounting against the company without
first obtaining the consent of tho Attorney General
— virtually making the state a partner in the
It is a relic of tha times when the insurance com
panies obtained what legislation they wanted, anil
by the difficulties it Interposed, has staved off
niany troubles. Its r<rr> M would leave any policy
holder froe to sue hia c-ompauiy for an accounting.
No material objection has been raised by the
companies to this section of the committee's bills.
BILL RECALLS METCALFE CASE.
Makes It a Misdemeanor to Exclude from
Theatre Without Just Cause.
[By Telf-praph to The TYii jn». ]
Albany, March 16. A bill introduced hy Senator
• larcimr and Assemblyman Murphy. ( ,f Brooklyn,
to-day mukes it a misdemeuiior to exclude a person
from any public place of amu*.-!- >-nt without Just
cause.
The measure la understood to apply to the case of
James Metcalfe, dramatic critic of "Life," who was
shut out of the trust theatres because a tlrm of
managers alleged that his criticisms of their pro
ductions wera dictated by race prejudice.
it is an amendment to the Penal Code, providing
that all persons within the Jurisdiction of the stat.
shall be entitled to the full "ficeommodatious, a.l
vantages, facilities and privileges of licensed ttaee
tres iind places of amusement" Any nanager,
owner or any other person who excludes nny person
from S»ch a place without just cans,, la to be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor.
TALK OF GUNNTNG FOR COREY.
Coal Company Officials Want to Oust Steel
Trust Head.
I By Telegraph to Tha Tribune. 1
Pittsburgh March 10. -The officials of the I'ltts
burg Coal Company are after William E. Corey,
and it Is openly asserted here that ho will retire
from the head of the United States Steel Cor
poration at the April meetins.
The stock books of the corporation closed to
day, and it is said the cards have beeti stacked
for the dropping of Mr. Corey. His recent <io
mand upon the coal company for the fulfilment
of its contract to supply coal to the steel com
pany no matter what the result of the Indian
apolis conference might be is said to be th* mov
ing force.
It wus always supposed that the coal company
held thl* contract for supplying not less than
eight million tons of coal a year to the ateel
company on a sliding scalo prleo based on the
cost of mining. This is said to be an e rror. Tn«
price is it llxed one
F. L. Kobbln*. of the coal company, hud thing--!
framed up with th<- leaders ol the miners L-y
which the pies'iit scale, would moat likely hu\t
been accepted for the coming your. The ik-rnaiiJ
of Mr. Corey upset thia arrangement. A* ■ re-
Bult the coal company otticluls bava started after
Mr. Corey.
Tl»e story telegraphed laat nlglit from Rlver
•lde, Cal., that a reconciliation la la progress
bttwaaa Mr. and Mrs. Corey is denied hero.
BLOW AIMED AT "UNCLES'" INCOME.
lUy TelegTaph to Tite Tribune-.]
Albany, March lt> .--■ Pawnbrokers' charges are ar
bitrarily cut from 30 to is per eeni ■ year in Xew-
York by th. Kckir.uri bill, wbieb lutssed tbs flssimi
Jsly this morning. At present New-York City
pawnbrokers may charge 3 per eeal for lbs Brat
six iiifnitlm tor sums of lfjis than I!"'"* in.! " mi
. «i,t par mnnil, for the (■"■••ond six months Rv SjM
t<*nns .f the Eekman bill they are prohlbltedfroni
charging more th*;i ] per cent foi the tirst six
months and 1 per c-nt tbaraafter
A iiI'ARANTEEU Ct-HE FOR FILES.
Itehlnf. Blind. Bl«4in» or Protrnflin* Pu«« your
dru»«lit will refund m«n».y if PA ZO OINTMENT falll
to cure you in I to 14 day* 60* <-"^ i»r..> r rau«
PIANOLA RECITAL
TO-DAY (SATURDAY) at 3 P. M.
(No rardu si »'lm!Ml«n nun— ll7 )
HUMI
MRS. HARRIETT FOSTER— Mezzo Contralto.
Mr. ERNEST HUNTER, * the ORGAN and HANOLA.
HPIIKSK Programt are selected to
■^ demonstrate the artistic range of
the Pianok and Aeolian Pipe Organ,
as well as to call attention to Aeolian
Hall. New York's new musical cen
tre. They will Ik* found interesting
from either the musical or educational
standpoint. In addition to their main
purpose, these recitals have become a
part of the musical life of New York,
and are worth y of anyone's attention.
AEOLIAN HALLmT £*?•£«?,
FAVOR STATE CONTROL
Many Interests Support Lee Bill on
E m ploy me n t A gen cies.
Two bills have be«fl introduced in the legislature
'•oncernlng the iSglliStilßi of employment agencies,
one known as tIM Prentiss bill, which has been
referred to the <Mties Committee, for their super
vision oader. onViera to be. appointed in each city.
The Lea bill, introduced by ABsemulyman Warren
L Las aad Senator Cooper, both of Kir.gs County.
has for its object state- control of the employment
agencies in conformity with the recommendations
made by Governor Hlggins in his message this
yr-ir. State control was also favored by the
Women's Municipal League and its organization
doing Kast Side settlement work in a bill Intro
duced by Senator Armstrong last y«ar. and the
passage of which was urged by Its representatives.
The hearing on the Prentlsa and I>ee bill 3 has
been announced for next Tuesday. The L«e bill
has been referred to the Commutes on I^abor and
Industries, as it contains provisions for enforcement
through the Commissioner of Labor.
H. B. Hradbury, of No. 60 Wall street, who rep
resents directly and indirectly a large number of
employment agencies, and who will go to Albany
on Tuesday to urge the passage of the bill giving
state control, maUe the following statement yester
day as to the position of those who favor state
control:
A large number of people who have been inter
ested In this matter tor some time had under wa>
plans for carrying uui the recommendation or t»o\
ernor Hlgglns. Tiie expense, of running tae one or-
Bee. in New-York. City has been about **>.'*»>. and
for a sum not to exceed and probably conaiaeraDly
less th.vi this amount the law could be honestly
and effectively enforc«d In the entire State, througn
some state department. Also a large portion of tne
expenses, if not all of them, will coma back direct
ly to the state, even before the money is spent, in
advance license fees, which ure to Ui paid on
May 1 in each year. A large number or conrer
ences have been'held with all those who are inter
ested In the matter, Including the representative*
of the Kast Side Settlement workers, and it wm
Mipposed up to within a very short tlm* 'hat they
were strongly in favor of state control, ■» they
hud so expxtassd themselves. their reasons there
for, among others, being that the enforcement of
the law la New-York City had been unsatisfactory
Cor many reasons, and that it wai practically uri
enforced in any other city, with the posslole ex
ception of Buftalo. With little or no warning, they
broke away from the conference and Introduced a
bill to continue city control, and those who haci
t to fore been planning to secure stats control
formulated the bill introduced for that purpose,
afterTgaba consulting with the Settlement work
ers and conceding to them alnu.st everything bill
they requested la the way of provisions in the bill
aS In i T?on*»renc« wttb P. T. Sherman. State Com
missioner of Labor, relating to stat.- control, he ex
pressed the opinion that hli department already
bad co much wort to do that it would be £po«lbls
to «o organize the department that he could take
in* the , iSdiiiuiial %vork. even if extra men were
wao'ntcJt. perform the active work In enforcing
th<flaw Mr. Sherman has also written a letter in
which he says: "It is further my opinion that wnlla
the ■ rvteion of employment ag. noies seems
Sfma facie to fall within the general scope of tne
ri. tlartment of Labor, vet. In fact, it is really for
•twTiothe general rharacter of the dutle. now per
formed by tha diff.-rent bureaus or this depart
"Tt'was Inen lestrnad that tIM Department cf Agri
eulttnThad already a well organized and working
bureau which had for Its original object tbe secur-
Ine , f f i-m hel* but which had expanded to such
an extent Thit Investigation had been made of the
condition of employment agencies In New-\ork
O?y. is well as the- condition, under which Isasst-
Krants secured employment. This was done mcon-
SuttaUo^wtth the P federal authorities, and ■ large
amount of practical informat.on ha.l been derived
as to the condition of the immigrants before they
started for this country, where they cam" from,
and other matter* directly relating to the subject:
The department also has ofllccs m every city of tbs
flrat and second classes, In which the law could >»•
enforced with HUle or no additional expense to*
offices or clerk hire. The nun in charge of this
bureau wore Iboroughly familiar with th,- employ
ment agency situation, especially in the city of
N.w York Upon learning this ihos.- who were in
favor of state control immediately consulted with
i "ommlssioner Sherman, and asked him if he would
OPPOM placing the proposed new bureau in the
■\Kiicultural Department, rather than in his. and
he has replied that he would not oppose It, and
that he thought it ought to go to BO— S other de
partment rather than to his.
' Most people who have discussed the subject seem
to think that the matter should b« under state con
trol so that the law could be administered hon
estly, effectively, economically and with equality
throughout th.> state.
GAS TALK BLOWS UP.
irilliam Martin Touches Match to
Mayor — Smoke Kings Session.
William Mnrtln. of the Knights of Labor, sor
l>ri.vd Mayor McClellan Mai the assemblage at
the public hearing Bterday on the SO-t>nt Gas hill
when be asked lbs M.iyor if he or any of his rola
tives had any interest In gas stock or gas com
panlsa
The Muyor slowly replied-
remark hi absolutely Improper, bur i i, ay..a v..
no ueslti (lon In saying thai 1 have ni> Interest In
any k;.s stock*, n >f lia\e. us far I know, any "Of
my relatives.
Fiidi.is K. ThurtH-r also helped lo enli..
bawrtag Whan 111 an appeal to the. Major ■
the biU he said:
I am aware that It takes a b*M man in public
life to stand ui> against public clamor, but ■ ma
lurlty of tbe fair uilr.ded mxn in New- York do ti >c
believe that you are .i ■*fraud Mayor or thai
you can b« swerved from doln^ wuat you think
right py journalistic abu.>e or potitlraj expediency.
Mayor McClellan closed thut point by aWTttJ
That Is not the question here. The only oueatlon
here is as to the approval or non-approval ol tuu
bill.
Those opponeil to the bill, represented by the
couoael of the airtervnt gas iwapaiilss. occupied
■ixty-ntna minute*, while those supporting it used
leas than one-quarter of that time Charles W
Mathawsoa oavaaal for the Consolidated Gaa Com
paay, Said that H centH was M extremely low th»»t
it practically amounted to conliHcatloii.
When the Mayor asked him. if the bill tec ma a
law. if it would drive the company into bankruptcy
Mi Mathewaoß liad to ataM thai it would not '
WUltem N Dykaaaa, Hfimiimj the Hrooklvn
l-r.ron gas wjtHm. followed Mr. Mathewaon and
talk "' n. the MM vein. H- asss admitted that th^
bill would not drive the company nt e bankruptcy.
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THREE FIREMEX KILLED.
Roof of Armory Crashes in on Men
Fighting Flames.
C'amden, N. J.. March Ift — Thr»« firemen \vera
killed and nine others seriously injured to
niphr at a flre which destroyed the old 6th Regi
ment Armory, at Bridge and Wes: streets, ta
this city.
George W. Shields. William Hillman ar
iam Jobes were killed.
The follov.lngr were Injured: Charts! WsrtMßjßft
ton. probably fatally. Ssth 111 in 1 11 WUBbbbj
Simpson, William Elver?un. Josiah Saiee. .lames
Elberson, Harry Peas<». I and
George Quinr*.
The fire started in the boiler room el M ar
mory and quickly spread to all parts of the
stru'-ture. About a dozen firemen were ordered
into the burning- building with a line of hcaa,
They ivfre making good progress in fighting the
flame* when they were warned by Firemaa
Harry Dease that the roof was giving way.
Before the men could heed the warning the
great expanse of roof fell, burring Dease and
the others under it. Shields. Hillman a:ul Jobes
were crushed to death, but the other* managjal
to follow tiie line of th^ hose and escaped, after
most of them had been seriously lacerated and
burned. The Injured were removed to Cooper
Hospital.
A general alarm was sounded, and after a
gTeat effort the flames were confined --> the ar
mory, which was entirely destroyed. Aboui
twenty houses surrounding the armory were
scorched.
It was at first though: that Shie! is ar.d Hill
man were the Bl rj sweaawi k;ll;?d, ■;: in search
ing for their bodies the rescuers found that ef
Jobes. Ip to that time he had not been rr.issed.
Worthing-tt.n. who la believed to be fa'ally fr
jured. ivas hurt while golSjr to the tra TH
apparatus on wblch he was riclng crashed lots
an electric light po'.e. and he was raßgbt be
tween it ami the tru^k.
Th" building had btrfl abandoned by the Wl
Regiment, and had sir.i-e been occupied by
vari.,us firms. Recently the structure w.is pur
chased by the West Jersey * Usaßtiora Rail
re«d Company, wblrh intended to tear It down
to make way for improvements along b Set
shore line, ar.d the tenants of the building bit
moved out wbeti th-» tire was discovered. Their
loss is not heavy. »
Those who occupied the armory w»r» B*Cs9
<i-n Bowltngj A!U-\ Company. F G Hit:fcatr,
wall paper manufacturer, and Sperry ,v EftfidbV
inson. trading stamp couipajiy. Farts rf tin
building were also used for the stesaga of
scenery by the Taylor Amu». Compaaji
owners ef the Tay'or Opera House. IB rhi • city,
and as a stable by C, M. Alcnu. Tbe tatter swl
forty horses lti tiie place, but all sf tbSBB were
safely taken from the buiMins. The tora! y .oti
la estimated at between SsO.€ol> and *I3^€oft
All the West Jersey A Seashore Railroad*
trains were held up for more that- at; hour, th*
company's tracks being Hess to tr-e armorf
building
OYSTZK CHOP IN DANGER.
Multitudes of Starfish Are Devouring: Se«i
in Long Island Beds.
Flue Point. Long Island. M.ttvM '"rrtte
apvrehensioi; f.»r the safety of the oyster CTOJ
has bc-en aroused here through tbe sudden *5*
pearance ad multitudes of starfish, -which sra
devouring th«» young seed.
Last seas«)n an urmmial quantity al spow*
taneutis see.l starte.l t.« grow, affor.i!:!? ths
promise >»f a most profitable crop, but Mh prt»"
ence of the Irtish has caused hstvoc imoSg
the beds.
The owners ad. the oyster bassl wil! rsjaswi to
dredging on an enormous scale, arMck .>perarto3
may tend to reduce the numbers of tbe starts*
and aav« v portion of the crop.
"Errands to go
Through slush
and snow 7"
Why not
Telephone ?
Rates are tow.
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