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IwtM 'ni 1 s^fi^W^^^^- fflVt Turn ? V^LXV- ...N°- 21.073. jUGGIXS OX INSORASCE. *LAIT S AIMED AT EVILS*' £ltbrrp Attacks Misuse of Powers of Great Wealth. governor Hippirs. in a letter to a meeting in /w^-r Union in honor of the eighth anniversary - the founding of the People's Institute, last j-jit_ said the recent insurance Investigation f!tf •conducted to a conclusion without fear or jj^" He said that It was a hopeful sign when « Ttf t wea.th and vested Interests are arraigned jtt!i* bar of public opinion and made to answer gvfts at selfishness and lawless greed." Senator Nathaniel A. Elsberg. one of the jyeikfrf, denounced dishonesty in higft business 0,1 political circles. Governor Hlggins's letter 91*- I regret that I am unable to accept your ln tjttti, to be present at the oele,bration of your aghth ar.r.iv.-rsarj". but prior engagements make j. ■spibi* 1 for me to do so. The Insurance investigation was pet in motion jy xne When it apjieared that something was jjiicil'y wrong in the management of the great gasper.. It was conducted to a conclusion vttliou: flaw or favor by an impartial com- Bltie* ai(l.--d T>y counsel of the highest rank. XJ»on the rr;v>rt of such committee legislation is pend!»S to correct the evils heretofore existing. p U a hopeful sign when vast wealth and rtjtrd Interests are arraigned at the bar of public opinion and made to answer to charges af w :flshness and lawless grerd The constituted tfnrles of povernment. not yielding to popular cl&raor. not aw kn:g to discredit all because a fr«r haw- proved recreant to their trust, desire Utter- < " people rather than the plutocrats. isd to promote the common Brood rather than iat.er tbt rai :Ties of the few. Ir, erdei that they may do the best service thonld hold them to a due sense of ft»ponsib:!ity. whereby inertia md excess are «oder and whereby it is a* reprehensible ij^Btpo far .is it I not to go far enough. Th» toj Ie f the evening; was "Civic Rlghteous 5(0." TYr Rev. Thomas R. Sltcer presided. Pjßstnr Blsbersj was prevented speaking for gSjmtnntes after he had faced his audience be- OSS? of the applause of the three thousand per- S9OF 7'- 1 When the enthusiasm quieted he m .ghes who said the nation ■Si Bnt • • igh without r •■•'■■" Unless i tea live it, sound honesty in life, nothing will avail. They a law of honor, honesty and -: Bp**k!: * of the "white slave" prohlem. Sena tor E>V--»r rapped the landlords who let, for awMtrr.t rent*, place* to be used as dens of tic* and crime :. Corpora.* tscl of Jer ; ; >ved a direct primary law, s>that voter* may vote for the candidates they on a ticket- He also farmed ;>ermit any man who wishes to be iate of the United States tosmbciv his wish in a petition to the Secre- tiry ' who shall put that man's name on ' he people to v :, in part: ; übllcan form of government means of a policy in which the Church Is ■ptratt i from the state, it was never intended tbat ■"•• should sever morality from government. Sprague Smith read letters from Lc:.wi Watson Gilder and Lyman Abbott. THE DKWEY AGAIN AT SEA The Drydock and Her Convoy Start for Gibraltar. I*B Palrr.as. <~anary If=landp, March It. — The Tr.\'*<\ States floatlne; drydock Dewey. which is ping to the naval station at oiongapo, Philip pine Island^, left here on Saturday in tow of the SSVin Brutus. rse«?ar and Glacier and the navy tuf Potomac. The Dewejr will all at Gibraltar. • HELD IP HYPNOTIZED. Victim Says Highzi-ai/men Mesmer ized Him to Sleep. r*>pra;.h to The Tribune ] Bt. Lojis. March 18.— If the story told the Pell* to-night by '';'.ri Vickera, late of New- ijhio. be true, he was held up, kjpaotfxed, abdncte4 and robbed off ?2.V» by two Rnn^e :: •• . They thrust a r.istol in is face rMday erenlnc when he went out to mail a Mtter r.ea: his home, at No. 3.062 Finney »revjf._ pushed him into a carnage and im c*:;a:> . • .-,,., p [n some way un bovn ■ ■ H- is . •;, . r : r. ...h^ not chlorof oi med and afloat n cr being forced to tak*- any drug. Ht atyi . of th<; two men affe<-ted him ■• . and ho it-can to fret drowsy as soon ■ Ijs : ■ lias* He 'hinks h<- must rized. He knew nothing more night hi a room at the New ■ All his money, except 02 cents, - Th» be . . ... to the hotel by him appear to be dru«V«d or in •-txi. >.•-: dickers could remember nothing ****!! roing to th»- hotel <>r having a eonveraa ■■ "rtta • • clerk. He must have slept for - ■ ■ ■ •■ •-:. boon Much of V: k«rfrs story has been corroborated . believe h*- tell? the truth. 5 ■an li centor .'uid has devised a new kind of asion (HIM W. MORE HOSTILE. Papers Arousing People tl Foreigners. ■ ■'■ . . magtetraK referred to In the ■ass <;.,;.-..,.. nabbed htrr— l 1 or was stabbed by * *•»«» . . , ! tba tnaaaacra of mle ***r^t .-.• •;,.. ihacK in tde latter pa.rt of let> >M*r> **S. HERMANN OEIRICHS IN WRECK. **&cher Saves Train After Walking: Track Suspended in Midair. IVlc«rapl to Thf- Tril-'<in#.J •*• Aageiet March II -Mr* Hermann Oalrlena *•■ - ■ . ,:, th<- Foutheru Pacific "owl" ***'• "fcleb a rancher saved from beiDK wracked ■*•> "ttJa >,m hundred feet of a bad waSbOUJ ■« £** uchx Hakereneld. The ran. -h-r heard jj* rush of w ft T*r an-1 telephoned the [-.,• ' ;";> *• tot men ■ ..ande. Then carrying ■ lantern jf »'Uied Hlo,* tUskundermlned track, v.i.: h with *,}■** "M .-.M^Jel in tae air. The I ZUr..' ■ .-ame !n sight, but the enfli •.■ latflV- '•'" v<kH!t aI Parnioao, on tl.«- K'-rn uount> J? r ' ' • ■'; i '! i : , : , :K 'p,r t rr.ent In the Pullman *«• *-• »*| r*u*uins Uom San i-YaiiCi^co. nn To-day, fair. To-morrow, now; norUwiMtfU-ly wind*. LAKE STEAMER BURNS. Tug Rescues Sixty-five Persons — One Man Drowns. Milwaukee. March 18.— The steamer Atlanta, of the Goodrich Line, burned to the water's edge to-night, ten miles north of Port Washing ton. The Smith brothers, fishermen, of Port Washington, went to the rescue with the tug Teseler and rescued the passengers and crew, numbering sixty-five persons, who had taken to lifeboats. All were safely transferred to the steamer Georgia, another of the Goodrich Line boats northbound, with the exception of one man who was drowned during the transfer. The Atlanta was valued at $160,000. and the boat and cargo are a total loss. The Atlanta carried only two passengers. The fire was dis covered when smoke was seen issuing from the ho.d. and the blaze was found with difficulty. The crew was set to work fighting the flames, and the fight was kept up for more than an hour. Then Captain MoCauley and the crew took to the lifeboats. There was no sea running. MERCY SHOWN TO MOROS. Efforts of Troops to Save Women and Children at Mount Da jo. Manila, March IS.— Further investigation shows that many women and children were saved in the attack against Moro outlaws on Mount Daja Those killed were killed at long range by shell fire. The attack was delayed six months, while Governor Scott was endeavoring to persuade the outlaws to surrender. All overtures were scorned, and the defiant attitude of the leaders of the out laws and the Arab priests persuaded their fol lowers that the goverment would be unable to dislodge them from their fortress within two rears. Leading Moros, In their desire for the extermi nation of the outlaws, aided the troops in the fight. Two hundred Moros. under the direction of dattos. carried water to the troops. The reports of company and troop comman ders to Major General Wood show that every effort was made to save women and children. After the fight was over the general ordered supplies and assistance for the women and chil dren remaining alive in fhe crater The Hultan and the principal dattoe are still congratulating General Wood on the killing of the outlaws, which made possible the tilling of the fields. WAS NOT YELLOW FEVER. Netc Orleans Rejoices After Au topsy on Suspicious Case. [By Tel#rrarm to The Tribune. 1 New Orleans, March IS.— The people of all I^oulsiana were overjoyed this morning when the official announcement was made that the suspicious case of fever was not yellow fever. The patient, Jules Dbernse. died at the Charity Hospital early this morning, and as soon as popsible the health officers of Alabama. Mis sissippi and Texas, who have been here making an investigation, were Informed. All went to the hospital and assisted In the autopsy, which proved to the satisfaction of all that the man did not have yellow fever in any form, and that <!»»ath was from catarrhal latindlce and dissipa tion. All viPiting health officers approved of this report p.nd will return home to-night. They congratulated the Louisiana officials on their promptness In making report on the first sus picious case which appeared. DISAGREE WITH PARKER. Indiana Democrats Deplore a Re turn to Sectionalism. [By Telegraph to The Trlt>un«. ] Indianapolis, March 18.— Interviews with lead ing Democrats here and throughout the state, Including such men as ex-United States Senator David Turpie, ex-Congressman John E. Lamb. ■ airman Risk ai;d others, regarding ntlments expressed by ex-Judge Parker In the South asserting Itself In the r>emoc/-atic party show that Mr. Parker's posi ting has aroused a good deal of feeling, and that Democrats believe the attempt to array one 9t* tion against another in the Democratic party is ill timed and Impolitic. Mr. Lamb declares that sectionalism ought to recated by every Democrat and any effort to revive It ought to be condemned. Democrats. lan**, should .stand for the same things, (Vest, North and South "The effect of a PresldentiaJ nomination given Itlzen out of the se< edlne states as a member of OUT party."' added Mr Turpie, I certainly h<» to excite and reinvigorate. liner of sectional hostility so general dur itiK the war period, and the voters of both sec tions and of fill iia,rti«-s would feel the Influence. It would be adverse t" our success, and at this time would be. imprudent and premature" ALBANY MAN DISAPPEARS [Ry T»«rraph to The Triton* ) Savannah. March IS.— P. S. Fitts. of King «ior>. B. 1., if here looking for his brother. E. B. Pitts of Albmiy. N. V.. who huf been missing since March •. He will offer a reward for information j, . .;,. .„ to the discovery of, the missing mans x .. . eabouta. On the date named Kltts. who had arrived a few dayi befow by steamer from New York, appeared on board n.e steamship Kansas City, on which he had enenged passage to New York. The pieward f^w him l«ave the ship with a letter In his hand. This was a few minutes before the vessel saiif-d. Not lons » f "' r Ul " Kallisas '''>■ put to **" the abeenc* "f Pitts was discovered Ht.« !•*• was aboard. FEAR NEGRO MAY ESCAPE. [By T*>l**raph to Th* Tribune 1 Wilmington. Del.. March IS. A dispatch re oefred her» to-day from Mllford, Del . announces thai the negrr, Frederick M Groves, who nar .,,ulv escaped lynching at that place recently after assaulUn* a young white nchool teacher. will b<- tri»<l next month at Georgetown. This ha«< caaaed h aenaatlon. aa It wns stated by the aothorltlea nt the time the negr,. was rescued from the mob and tak.-n to ths Dover Jail th; " h,. should i- '••I'" 1 ""^ Th« off. ii. •• was coinn.it' .. In Suasex « ounty, h ,,. ... termination to try the accused In Oorg-ctown Inasmuch R* the Georgetown Jail ii. 4r.f-.uic escape* l from It being fre fJSfut'SiXhS ££ea wi.l e~ap* after hem*' .-,.t..v.-.1 from Povgr. , jRD ." 6AYB H. H. ROGERS. H I. Bo era .v h»« ' "-" : " ' ' """r^ ramdi fi mi !.--• »■ N ■> ■ '•■'•■' " :,;:;:;:■;;;,'...■ »;:---■-— that Uier» was co trutU iv Uie * lory ' NEW- YORK. MONDAY. MARCH 19, 1906,-TWELVE PAGES.- -^JWLWBu- MITCHELL TO BAER. WOULD CONFER FURTHER. Had Expected Joint Committee to Make Final Decision. Indianapolis. March 18.-^Tohn Mitchell, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America, has mailed to George F. Baer. chairman of the anthracite coal operators' committee, his reply to the committee's communication rejecting the demands of the miners* organization. The let ter follows: Indianapolis. March 17. 190f>. Mr. George F. Baer. Chairman. Philadelphia. r>ear Sir: Referring afraln to your communi cation dated March 10. with accompanying' doc uments, and to our reply thereto. I write to say that I have submitted to our committee the answer made by your committee to the proposi tions presented by us It is unnecessary to state that we were keenly disappointed to learn that our demands were rejected In toto. and that our arguments in favor of them had received so lit tle consideration at your hands that they were practically ignored In your reply to us. We have a*;ain reviewed the scale presented for your consideration; hava compared it with the scale of wages paid for similar classes of labor in other coal producing states and dis tricts, and we are satisfied beyond the perad venture of doubt that the wages proposed are not in excess of. Indeed, that they are not so high, as the wages paid in the bituminous min ing districts of our country. Judging from the language employed in your answer to us. it is perfectly evident thst we failed to make clear, or that you failed to un derstand, the real import of the propositions submitter! by us. Wo wish to assure you that wo are not unmind ful of the great public interests involved in this controversy as to our futjre relations, neither are we unappreciatlve of the splendid efforts made by the Anthraoit- Coal Strike Commission to establish a relationship between us that would insure a Just and permanent peace; but. if you will refer to the award of that commis sion, you will find that the commission Itself was In doubt as to the permanency of Its find ings, and expressed the hope that at the ex piration of the award th» relation of operator and employe would have so far Improved as to make Impossible such a condition as existed throughout the country In consequence of the strike in the anthracite region. We ha/1 enter tained the hope that our adherenco to the letter and the spirit of the award, and the absence of local or genera] strikes durlnir the pest three years, would have appealed more strongly to your confidence, and that we might reasonably oxpect serious consideration of our claims at this time. When wo met In Joint conference, at No. 143 Liberty street. New York City, on the loth day of last February, it was agreed that when the separate committees of seven had terminated their work they should report to the committee of the whole. We understood this to mean that after we had submitted our demands and our reasons therefrr and you had prepared your reply thereto the Joint committee would meet, confer and. if possible, reach an agreement. But It would seem from reading your ply that all our propositions have been rejected and that your final decision has been given. We trust that this conception of your intention is incorrect. It is our opinion that neither you nor we can afford to break off negotiations in this abrupt manner. So far as we and the In terests we represent are concerned we are not willing to accept any share of the responsibility this action entails. We believe that further meeting should be held and that we should strive earnestly and conscientiously to reconcile our differences. While it may be true that on the part of the operators there has been no serious cause for complaint during the last three years, we wish to assure you that in expressing this opinion y«u do not reflect our views. Not only has there been criticism among the miners, b",** what Is more important, there exists much cause for criticism and complaint To such an extent is this true that we feel It Incumbent upon us to say that we. cannot with any degree of con tentment or satisfaction work under present conditions. However, we repeat that the In terests involved are so vast that we are not willing to break off negotiations without first making further efforts to reconcile our differ ences. We, therefore, propose that further con ference or conferences be held between now and April 1. If this suggestion moots with your approval wo will be pleased to arrange with you a date upon which our Joint committee may reconvene. COAL OPERATORS SPLIT. Not United on Question of Increase to Miners. [By THegraph to The Tribune] Indianapolis, March 18. —The arrival of opera tors from tho four states included in the com petitive district makes It clear to-night that they are divided among themselves as to the policy to be pursued in the conference to-mor row, and that there will be no effort to displace Francis 1,. Robbins, president of the Plttsburg CoeJ Company, as president and elect a man who is oppose.' to making any concessions to the miners. There is also a strong sent!- i-or of refusing to confer with the minors' mittoe till tho Ryan resolution is rescinded for mally by the convention, those advocating thi* it is folly to enter Into a ■ with men whose hands art- tied. Certain o] .■. that President Mitchell has given secret Instructions to members of the committee to Ignore the Ryan resolution; that he is doing tMs to pul th<- burden of concessions on the convention, and they want that body to resolution absolutely and In as forma! a manner as it was adopted. A resolu tion ! ■ d will be offered at the operators' conference, refusing t<> confer with th<- miners' scab- committee till the Ryan resolution Is out of the way. Th< hour the operators who concessions say they havi conferred with many manufacturers and ■ . consumers of coal since the adjou i February, and without exception th< nsumers insist that the miner*' wages shall not !>•■ Increased if there la to be a corresponding Increase in tl The volume <>f business In the last two years, the operators say. ha.s been larger than In any corresponding period, bur owing to Increased ■ Itlon profits ai ■ and any h In the cost oi i ■ dshlp which ■ ■ tamed I vanoe the mln< >f them, es pecially President Robbing and others from ol rt-Bto per cent reduction that wai • * 111 1 th<- other hand, tnai. 1 miner dele ■ ■ ; c meaaun ■■:•;. ■■ firm for th« • nt join; ■ Th>- Illi the moßi that they will strike. f the cation. If the conventioi i com promise thai provides only foi of the ', i per cent reduction. HOLDING COAL; PRICE MAY ADVANCE Ptttsburjr. March IS With ■ sufficient water rtar* '" *hip coal routh, the Uononcaheta River Consolidated Coal ;md I'okt* Company i.- hold) 3,000.000 bushela of eaal In th« Plttsburg harbor. Aft. r April 1 H I* expected that. If the wage ad i-ance li noi ri inted 'he miners the |.ricp ..r co*i will -o up nt least BO cents ■ t< r: to the consumer. With the amount r»| ronl In the ► irbor the com ,,-,. v will net h Mp profit. THi: TRAIN OF THE CENTURY. Twentieth Oenlury Limited, IS-ho«ir.traln between New York and Chicago ny the .W* ■•*<■,! iVntral Linen. Leuves New York 3 'if p. in . arrives Chicago ».Al :-.*.'. :-..:.-...- Bight ■ ride.— AdvU DEMOCRATS CONFER. SENATORS TALK RATES. Many Favorable to Provision for N cm-Suspension , Says Tillman. Washington, March 18. — Senator Xowlands. of Nevada, to-day entertained seventeen of his Democratic colleagues at luncheon at his sub urban home, the object being to exchange views on the Railroad Rate bill before the Senate, Practically the entire afternoon was spent In discussing the bill. The talk converged almost entirely around the attitude the Democrats should assume toward the questions of a sus pension or non-Busr>enslon of the rates to be fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission In any case arising before It. pending a review of the issue on an appeal to the courts. "With the exception of two or three Senators," said Senator Tillman. who Is In charge of the bill on the floor of the Senate, "all those present were favorable to a provision for a non-suspen sion of the ratf .-», and I think," he added, "that all the Democrats will come around to the idea of voting for non-suspension when th« Issue is presented." Other Senators admitted that the discussion showed that the Democrats were about as divided In their views on the question of amend ments as were their Republican colleagues. Senators who were present said the gathering was entirely informal. There was bo att< come to any conclusion on the question dl>- I and no plan of action was outlined for the future. There was, however, a full and free interchange of views on the rate bill ■ Thi ocrata who were present stated to-night that th* bill will under no circumstances be made ■ party Issue. Those present at the luncheon. In addition to the host, were Senators Bailey, Blackburn. Clay, Culberson, Dubois. Foster. Frazier, P Rayner. Simmons, Stone, Tillman. Latlmer, Mc- Creary, Martin. Overman and Patterson. NOTE TOLD OF SUICIDE. Guest at drand Union Hotel Shoots Himself — May Die. A guest at the rjrand Union Hotel, who regis tered as "A. Darling, Newark. N. J.." attempted to rommlt suicide last night by shooting hlm«elf in the head. He was taken to Flower Hospital, and Is not expected to recover. The man, who is about fifty years old, regis tered at the hotel on March IS, He was as to a room, and did not behave in any way to attract attention. Shortly after 8 o'clock last night Agnes Cooper, a maid. h*>arrj a pistol shot In Darling's room and informed the manage ment Patrolman Maroney, of the East ",sth street station, was called. He forced the door and found Darling lyins on the floor mumbling Incoherently to himself. The suicide left a note "to the authorities." which was taken to the Eaet 35th street sta tion. The note told of the writer's intention to commit suicide. The sergeant at the station refused to divulge Its contents. No letters or other marks of Identification were found. MR. STORER TO RETIRE. The President Will Name His Suc cessor To-day. Washington. March IS.— other than admitting th.-v Bellamy Storer, the American Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, is to retire tmmed from his post Secretary Root declined to make any statement to-night regarding: tho change in the office. A successor to Mr. S'torer will be named by the President to-morrow. The Secre tary refuse.! to say who the n->\v ambassador would be. It is known that there has been some friction with the administration, which neither Mr. Root nor others conversant with the condition of affairs will discuss. BARONS WIFE A SUICIDE. Mother of U. S. A. Officer Shoots Herself in His Rooms. Leavenworth, Kan., March Cart Una yon dem Bussche. said to be the divorced wife of Baron yon dem Bussche-Haddenhausen. of Ber lin, committed suicide, j.y shooting herself to-day at the Quarters of h«r son. Second Lieutenant Carl Frederick yon dern Bussche. of the lsth Infantry, I. 8. A., at Fort LeaTanworth. Lieutenant yon dem Bussche la a cousin of Frelherr yon dem Bussche- Haddenhnusen. first secretary of the Ger man Embassy at Washington. Mrs. yon dem Buss.-he fired a bullel Into her head. In her room, adjoining her Bon's private room. She had lived with him for some time. She Is said to have been treated last summer, at Den ver, where she formerly lived, for a nervous dis ease. Baron yon dem Bussche and his wife are said to bare come to the United States from Prussia several years ago. Ha was a mining engineer, and for many years lived in Denver, where the son was born. The son. In 1898. enlisted in the 6th Infantry, and in 1901 was commissioned second lieutenant. Three years ago Lieutenant yon dem Bussche was ordered to the Philippines with his regim.-nt. and his mother accompanied htm. When he re turned to Fort Leaven worth, something over a year SCO, she followed him, and since then lias lived with the young officer at tho officers" <niarieis at the fort. Six months ago her husband visited her. hut Boon left, and. it was said, returned to Berlin where he now lives. Later it became known that the pair had been divorced. Mrs. yon d.-m Bussrhe was forty-six years old. KANSAS SNOW MAY SAVE WHEAT. IBv Tel*Rraph to Th* Tribune.] Topeka, Kan.. March 18.— Nearly eight inches of ■now fell In Nebraska, Kansas and < >kl:ilmma to day. The storm began early in th<» day and snow is falling yet to-night. Railroad traffic In tins pan of the country has been demoralized by the storm. There was n<> wind. The snow will be a great benefit to the growing wheat. There has been very little snow during the winter anil mere was danger that the crop would not thrive. This mow will put the ground in poo] .iltion and probably insure the crop. AGAINST ANTI-INJUNCTION BILL. [By I>l«graj>h tr» Th» Tribi • Indianapolis, March UL — Indianapolis business hers of the ii from Indiana, asking tnem to M-tion Mil ■ ' bill Bhoul : CAPTAIN GEORGE W. LLOYD ILL. Captain <"»eorge W. Lloyd, who for forty yearn voluntarily cared for and guarded the grave or i Paine, was taken sarloualy til Saturday .:.! removed to the New Rochelle Hospital, wher« he is in a critical condition. Captain Lloyd is e|phtv-seven rears, old Only ■ few days u^o ha lost ins wife. lie is suffering from an old Injury sustained while serving as a si>y lv the Confederate army, la Croat of. Ulchmgad. SLIDE W RECKS CAMP. One Killed, Several Seriously In jured — Loss , -9400 ,000. Ouray, Col., March 18. — A mammoth snowslid© In the Mount Sneffels region, six miles south of Ouray. last night wrecked the Camp Bird mine mill, trarahouse, boarding house and reading room. William Cressey was killed, and it is feared that other lives were lost. A number of men. it Is reported, were seriously Injured. The property loss Is $400,000. ' The Camp Bird bunkhouse. containing two hundred men, narrowly escaped destruction. The home of General Manager Cox also escaped. The slide had largely spent its force before reaching the assay shops and general offices. This slide happens annually, but It was larger this year than usual. Telephone, communication with Mount fels is interrupted, and the news of the 4 was brought this afternoon by County Commls- sloner Smith. A rescue party started out at nnc», but it will take them several hours to reach Mount Sneffels, aa the roads and trains are blocked with snow. A telephone message from Sllverton to-day said that a report has been received that scores of miners were killed by the destruction of the boarding house, but this report is discredited. Oamp Bird mine was sold by Thomas K. Walsh several years ago to an English company. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST. Earthquake in Formosa and Land slides in Brazil. Tokio, March 18. — An earthquake at Kagl. Formosa, yesterday destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed many hundreds of people. London, March 18. — "The Dally Telegraph's" Tokto correspondent. telegraphing 1 concerning the earthquake In Formosa, says that the rail way lines were twisted, telegraph polos thrown down and houses destroyed. The "N'lch! that th>> casualties exceeded on© hundred, and the "Jlji Shlmpo" places them as high as oliiht hundred. An official dispatch, the correspondent adds, reports sixty deaths, many more persons injured and two hundred houses desti Kagi is on the railroad line, about fifty miles north of Tainan. On some mapa the town la given as Kiavi. Rio Janeiro, March 18.— A storm on Friday caused landslides and floods. Twenty persons were killed or Injured here, and landslides at Petropolls, capital of the state of Rio Janeiro, tilled fifty persons and Injured many more. Petropolls is a town of about nine thousand in habitants. It has a large German colony. Its In dustries consist of cotton mills, cigar manufactories ajid breweries. It Is on a railroad Una and lies twenty-two miles northeast of Rio Janeiro. CAR WILD ON HILL. Dashes Two Miles and Stops Itself —Tzi-o Hurt. A car of the Hamburg avenue line. Williams burg, on Its way from Canarsie yesterday after pot neyond control and dashed down Rock away avenue hill with terrific speed. Two pas sengers, Joseph Emalken, of No. 1705 St. Mark's avenue, and Miss Lena Lewis, of No. 675 Myrtle avenue, were severely hurt about the face and neck by Jumping off. The car sped on for nearly two miles, the mo torman, apparently, powerless to control it. The passengers were excited, but on advice of the conductor kept In the middle of the car and es caped injury. The car stopped on a slight grade. The motorman said the fuse burned out and the brakes refused to work. BOW DOWN TO MOST. Dead Leader Eulogized by "Reds" Ashes to Come Here. Johann J. Moat, the anarchist leader, who died on Saturday in Cincinnati, was placed on the highest pedestal In the gift of anarchy yesterday afternoon ;it a meeting of tho International Manila Groups at Pli3ta Hall. No. 24'> Kast 80th street, and was worshipped with all their declared. In so many words, to have been at once great and almost endowed with supernatural gifts to spread the principles of anarchy. Kinma Goldman presided, and In a fiery speech aroused the meeting to an unusual pitch of en thusiasm. Phe said that Most' 9 body might be dead, but that the "great principle of the group which he so well propagated"' would live after "him and some day "reach the zenith of his ex >ns. . . . Then Most will be glorified the petty horde of capitalists, and tho poor will live A3 they never lived before." Kmma Goldman's speech was followed by others equally as fiery and enthusiastic as her own. M. EhgneUeh, the "group's" philosopher and writer, delivered what was regarded as I lo spoke for more than an hour on Moat's work and his Imprisonment for the August I.ott, who Is slated to succeed Most as tho chieftain, also spoke In glowing Resolutions were adopted that Mosfa body should b(» brought to this city at any cost. Later In the day a telegmm was received from the •group" In Cincinnati saying that the authori ties advised against removing the body. Following out Most's command, the body will be cremated In Cincinnati. The ashes will be brought to this dry probably on Thursday. The meeting decided that every member of the or ganization, which numbers ten thousand, should m»»i the ashen at the Grand Central Station and convey them with great solemnity to the headquarters at No. 325 East 75th street, where anarchistic rites will be held. KNOCKS WOMAN IN FRONT OF CAR. Hurrying Man at the Bridge Forgiven After Apology — Victim Slightly Hurt. Mlsn Theresa O'Loughlln. of No 101 Charles street. Brooklyn, was knocked In front of a moving car at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Brldg« last night by Charles \V. Burnham. of No C 2 Qulncy street, who ran into her while hurrying to catch another car. The youne woman fell on the fender, and rolled to the pavement, fortunately out of the way of the wheels When picked up she was found to have no more serious Injuries than a laceration of the scnlp. several bruises and a bad shock. Mr Uurnham apologized, and Mb» O'Loughiln jitXu««U to limit* ansonifilatnt against him. PRICE TIIREE CENTS. AVAILS \.Y. LIFE BOARD I NTERMYER PROTESTS. Want* Trustees Held Responsible for Proxy Expense*. An emphatic protest against the activity of officials of the New York I-ife Insurance <v>m pany In their campaign for proxies for t'.ie forthcoming general election on April 11 has been made by counsel for the InternatlonaJ policyholders* commute*, which b being for.n-(i by Stuyvesant Fish. The officials and tru--->es are warned that the committee will hold them personally responsible for any of the company's money spent In such a campaign. It Is estimated that the cost of postage alone so far baa been $30,000 and that of printing and stationery much more. The protest was In the form of a letter from Samuel I'ntermyer to Alexander E. Orr. presi dent of the N>'.v York Life, which was delivered by mcoemjer Saturday night at Mr. Orr's home* No. 102 Remscn street. Brooklyn. No letter was sent to President Peabody of the Mutual Ufa Insurance Company, which company Is also so liciting proxies through its agency force. It was said that the Mutual's election was not scheduled to take place until next June, and that decided action would probably be taken by tha committee; later on. Mr. T'ntr: fir Oolum acre he will address the Ohio House. Committee on Insurance, which la now consider ing reform legislation b.Lse.l on recommends/* f the Armstrong rommittoe. The lnvtta— r:ie fmm r^.rl Him Ml. who Is the "Arm strong of Ohio." The companies will be heard at a hearing on Tuesday. They are making a muoa '^ht In Ohio than they did at night Mr. Vntermver and others win speak bfl favor of th« reform bills. It 'hat he will go trom Cleveland to Chicago to attend a meeting prs sided over by i, | hnson of Minnesota looking to uniform legislation on lnsurano* matters. Andrew Hamilton is coming to this city early In the week with otN-r chapters of his dis closures. He will probably give details of -".blower, against whom he has a bitter gru-ls* It was learned last night that he pu: <ing some men tion of Julien T. Davles. the general sollc • the Mutuai Life, though in what particular could n«-.t bf» learned. Just what meth lace his additional state lie has not been decided. He purposes furnishing proof of his unsupported • Friday. MR. INTKRMYER'S TETTER. The letter which Mr. Untermyer sent to Presf* dent Orr was called forth by the report that la a four months' campaign the company has ob tained ■ xies. The Fish committee has so far : o and 50.000 pi The letter follows: As counsel for the policyholders and committee that are now representing upward of fifty thou sand poilcyholders In your company, although no canvass for proxies has been possible. I am in etruct-d to protest ( n their behalf against the ex traordinary us« that is being made by you and your officers of the. agency forc«s of the company, who are being pressed into the service of soliciting proxies for the re-election, of yourself and asso ciates a.« directors at enormous expense to the policy holders. You are well aware that your tenure of office and that of your associates are about to be terminated and a new election ordered by the cnas-tm^nt of the pending 1 legislation. You krow th:it until this legis latlon is enacted the pollcyholders ar>> practically disenfranchised. You and your associar.-s ar.- re sponsible fnr their helpless "position in this <■• ■ It was under your administration that the requests of policy-holders £or Inspection of the list*, so that they might know who were their associates and be able to communicate with them as to thu selection of trustees, was recently denied When the court frranced that demand it vru under your administration that the funds of the pollcyboJdera were used in the appeal from tha' ruilnsr. which re sulted in the extraordinary decision that denied to them access to the li.-ts. It Is the result of tha: litigation, conducted for the defeat of th« rights nf the priftrjnnlll— and at his expense, wht.'h emphasizes th<« necessity for tha pending legislation. In Its remarkable opinion In that r;is»\ the co;rt observes wit prophetic vision thar these lists "might prove a valuable asset In unscrupulous hards." And so they will if vmi are i*-rmitt«d t» utilize them as yy < • i ; are now doing. I am informed tnat within the. Just few days yoim sent out from yi.ur head ottice to your entlre-i agency force throughout th* country- telegram**, urging them to collect proxies. I have before m»j one of a number of printed letters and circulars. Issued from your head office. ■Tun ii by the cashier of your company, with an accompanying form of proxy, addressed to rollcyholdera. inclosing a biog raphy of each of the directors and officers whon> you seek to re-elect. Including yourself. This proxy* Is to Messrs. John Clan 1 in. Oscar F. S:raua and" Clarence H. Mackay, of whom biographies are alsa- Inclosed, printed at the expense of the policyhold ers. Your circular letter concludes as follows "Your Interest as a pollcyholder cannot better be served than by promptly executing tha Inclosed form and returning It as suggested." SAYS POSTAGE WOULD COST J3POOO. If these documents have been sent to every pol« lcyholder the cost to the company on postal* alone would be about JSO.uuO. and the cost oi print-J Ins and stationery as much more. How you 1u»» t:fy such expenditures (to say nothing of the. manU. fest impropriety of such Lion at this Juncture) £ fail to understand. These documents are coming to ua la great nunv* hers from infuriated policyholders, with t.*« reJ «ji:est that our committee take sorna action to pre vent your thus wasting the money of the pol!ey-i holders in the attempt ti> return yourselves tap Office. I have also had placed In my hands circular let-, ters. signed by your vice-president. 3lr Buckner and sent broadcast to your agents >on« mocthi ago. before the pending bills were. Introduced, and-: at a time when It was expected that your election 1 for trustees would b« held on April 11. At enor mous expense to the company the. a~r>acv fore*, was circularized and toducemsnta v«r« held out to them to gather ptoiisa ta favor of the rresans management. In these circulars schemes and com*' blnatlons aro suggested and the agents are tol<* how many proxies are expected from each of then* by tha management. * I am told that, as a result of this misuse c' tN» time, of the high-priced officials of the co~*dtjiv" and of theagenoy force, you have within the last three months succeeded in collecting, through tou agents and otherwise, from pclicyholders who ar» familiar with existing conditions about a h-i-dri*! thou.sund proxies, of which approximately seventh thousand come from your horn« ofnee aged's about fifteen thousand from the Chicago bran.-'he* and about fifteen thousand from your forei^ agencies through your Paris office. * l>>n publication of the Armstrong r-port ynti Issued tntaaetiou to step this campaign. Vv, supposed that was the end of It. and that you would await the result of the recommendations of that report. You faar« now resumed the campaign apparently In th« hop* of "stealing: a march* on th« poHcv holders while they are In this defenceless situation. owing to the short time Intervening between row and April 11. and to your refusal to allow then' to Inspect the llsr of pcHcyhoMor* 9ma to It is g-nerally understood that you ari fl v<vji» associates are bending all your efforts ami mrtuenci to the defeat of the bills that are Steed j • w,,* luting the present board out of office The at'ituda of jrour representatives at the hearing ' * legislative committee and the resumption • cßmpalgn to collect proxies confirm 'hat b. • We n.-.-.irdlngly protest against the use of th# policy holders' money for such manifestly imrrooer purposes The poUcyholderf ar* • ••:: h plna and -\- t that th^- legislature will act In time to de». < Latest nova <<n vmr ;>« rr. by postponing »h.- elec tion until they can secure access to the But. In order that there shall i-.» r .,> room for misunderstanding on the snbjen ■-•r.-br notified that you and every officer and dire your company who ts responsible for or who con curred in the Inauguration or prosecution of this campaign will be held personally responsible for t .- noiM] expended in this transparent and defla-it attempt t-> oat the powerful organization of tha company tot \.>ur HM their own purposes and for the defeat of th« rlrhts of the policy holders There "ill probably be a meeting of the Fow. l«r committee, to-da.y. when a letter f rom "Judce"* Hamilton will be coosMrrcd. A special com« mlttee of tea Armstrong commtttoa win confer with Charlaa E. Hughes and consider the mat ters presented at the public hftaitii£i at Albany. This nifetlng w!!! be held at Mr. Hughess bjOOs] on Tuesday. The Joint committee on Insurance of the Na tional JLsaoclaUoa or Public Acoount&ats aae\