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2 fROKEIt FREES niS MIND Talks of Hearst's Defeat and Tam many Politicians. [Copyrta+.t, ISP!, br Publishers' Pr«»»J Dublin. Ireland, Nov. 17.-Rlchard Crok«r to-day added a chapter to hta previous sUtemeat about William R. Hearst, and incidentally paid hi» re spects to his enemies In Tammany Hall. >.fter the interview was written he personally made correo tlons. It Is therefore a sort of offlcla.l proclamation -the la*:. Croker declares, that he will xnsjta. la reply to a question as to what had caused Hearst a defeat. Croker replied: "God Almlchty." Then he added: "His defeat Is a Judgment of Heaven owin* to bis •eurri:oua charge* and _ Ms ungentlemanly conduct of the campaign, vilifying every one who did not hold his opinion. En all my experience I do not remember a campaign which tnnk to such billingsgate. ~I see Hearst referred to me as a corrupt poli tician. If he think* so. why did he visit me in 1905 at Wantage and beg me to resume the leadership or Tammany Hall? Mr. Hearst implored me to re enter politics, saying that Lewis Nixon was Incom petent and that everybody wanted me to return. Hearst also confessed that he was ambitious to enter politics and aaid I could help htm. Now Hearst is putting me in the position of being in the •Plunderbund' with Belmont. Morgan. Carnegie. Root, Roosevelt. Ryan. Freedman and the Rev Lindsay Parker. I am proud to be associated with the** gentlemen, for they have done more for New York asleep than Hearst has accomplished in a conscious state of mind. "When I was in New York Hearst and I were clem friends, and I always lilted him. Surely Hearst did not at that time think me corrupt. I do not know why he thinks so now. Hearst nas »rcatly changed in the las: few years. Now. ap parent' he 1- controlled by the ides, that he la greater* than the Democratic party. He is ambi tious to make the party his servant. He Is a slave to passion and egotism. Hie creed Is that every body who is for him Is an angel, while everybody who is aguirst him is a demon. "Because I think he la still a danger to Democ racy I consider it my duty to speak. I: Hearst bad been elected Governor and had continued rais ing class distinctions, cursing those who made our country and vilifying every one with a bank ac count. I am convinced he would have caused a cla*s war, bringing sadder days than any America has ever known. "Hie power to do this has not disappeared. De mocracy should* be on guard against him. God he!; Democracy if Hearstlsm becomes its guiding principle." Crok<-r was asked what he had to say about the charge made by Bourke Cockran that he was a corrupt politician, and he replied: «, •'When CocXran was a poor youth I not only In troducrd him into politics, but as he had no money I lrr-h;c»»d Tammany to pay the expenses of his Congress campaign. When he got into Congress Cockran wanted 10 be appointed to Uie Ways and Means Committee. I still had faith in him. and su£rgftot»<J his appointment to Speaker Crisp. ■Mr. Crisp demurred, saying he teareci Democ racy would be sorry later; but finally Cockran was appointed. I coneider Cockran one of the most dangerous men in American politics. All that Is necessary to learn bis character is to look him straight In the face and watch the t little, closely eet. l^ady eyes roll in his head. Tea is the man who got into the Four Hundred and is now preach ing 1 .••<!.:; politics. God save Democracy from sucn reiormerg. 1 it.ll. unable to explain the attacks on me by my onetime Tammany friends because of my interview in rifle l^utun frwiu.m. 1 unnpi/ Wiuiteu .0 v... dicate ray ,1 friends whom 1 saw a year ago pictured in Hearst's papers in striped suits marcn :ng to prison, i befriended them in the past and ttougbt 1 v.os defending them now. •I was Joiin Oakley's friend when he wanted a friend; i was George Buant.-ell's friend when he wam*xi a friend; 1 was Senator Qulnn's friend when he wanted a friend, Quinn says 1 am not the tsiimi Croker thai i was twenty years ago, and that I have become an aristocrat. I want to tell Quinn I iiave not changed since i first met him, ex cept lor ir.e added years and Lbese white hairs. By attacking me these men show a desire to continue the internal warfare. They hid belter leave my character alone and levote their time to strengtn tr.ing tiie organization. '1 aiwajs found Charles F. Murphy upright, hon est and weli panning, 1 am sull unable to ac count for r.is support of Hearst in the nominating convention. It was the first occasion in my recol lection when Tammany was able to nominate its own man (t-ulzer* for Governor. Murphy allowed the i,i>ort'^city to i>as«. "It seems tv me neaj-^t held his Independence I>*apue Hub over Tammany. I would go to the stakr tffore eu Emitting to each tactics. Senator JleCarren played Hie part right. H- refused to desert his friends and the organization. It is absurd lo accuse him of treacnery. To be treacherous Is to be underhanded. MeCarren, on the contrary. £rv«» oren notic* that he would retaliate for the blows H^art^t showered on him. "1 am giad the rest of the ticket was elected. I am especially eased with the election of the judiciary nominees. I believe the Judges would have won ever, if Tammany had not supported Hearst and the latter iad nominated his own iuaaes. Tammany's judges are ail capable men, Tiie talk of a corrupt benoh is all claptrap. Since the time of Tweed Tainmuny as not nominated sn unlit judge, with the possible exception of ex- Jurige Daly. H? was nominated during the lead ership oi John Kr-]ly, and was the only Democrat elected. After he reached the bench Daly ignored his friends. ■*H« d>cKned to appoint Michael Daly, a com- P«*i ' ' man. recommended by Tammany, clerk of tbe court, on the ground that he was too close to the organization. He also antagonized me. "It fa happenei th-at I had an opportunity to •T- 1 -*:!' the real estate busings, and 1 wanted ray firm appointed city auctioneer!!, as It Is legally necessary for a. majority of the Judges to select a real wiate linn fur this petition. All of the fudges numbering twenty-eight, except Daly and one other, favored me. It has been said that this was the reason of ir.y refusal to agTte to the renomlna tion of Jj.ige Daly, but it Is not true. "Daly hau his court man, Henry, named, and mace him standing referee in practically every cas«. Tammany belie-v^d Daly was unfit and de clined to renomlnatft him. The Bar Association first indorseri Da'.y ar.rl then rescinded Its indorse ment, if 1 was wrong in this case, the fault was not mine, alone, as the action was the unanimous wish of the Tammany leaders. •I ask the Judgment of ail fair minded persons } have nothing to regard with shame in my po litical career except my friendship for Bourke Cockran. I r.ever did anything corrupt nor be trayed anybody. "Only once dM I ever enter a deal with the Re pnbllcan.«. and that was during the administration of Governor Black, when Senator Platt and I egTe-fi to urge th» T>a.s^a«» of th- Anti-Cartoon bill. The agreement was without result, as Gov ernor Black declined i- E'.ga the bill. Black -f» praised as New York's best Governor for his atti tude, but dlrooily afterward he was being car tooned as '■•■ rogu»». "I am convinced that if th« Anti-Cartoon bill had tossed President ItcKinley wouia now be alive If the cartooned TliinieTbanders' are assassinate the responsibility will not be hard to trace. " ttt "" "I afiirm that on no other occasion have I nego tiated with the Republicans. If any one believes he has proofs to the contrary, or if any one can rpecincally accuse me of corruption In my thlrty flve years rtf political life, let him speak nut I give r,ermisHion to everybody to tell all he knows •.bout me now. "Regarding the future. I want to dispel the ru mor that I intend to re-enter politics. Nothing could induce me to reassert myself In Tammany and play another part In politics. lam out for rood and all. I would not live five years If I re turned to the political arena. Here in Ireland with my hordes, I am looking forward to the fifteen bent years of my life. "When I resumed the leadership of Tammany In ISM I did no only alter twenty-live of the district leaders had urged me to untangle matters I insisted the call must be unanimous. I Went Into the executive committee meeting and asked" if anybody opposed me to let him stand up like a man. Nobody stood. Then Mr. Sheehan arose and said he wanted to announce that he was ready to follow wherever I mtcht lead. I will never as sume the position again. I do not Intend to return to New York shortly, as alleged. I consid ered returning to gather evidence for my libel 6ult On Broadway and en nassau St. Vcu irii! bear more and mere about cur wonderful fall store upon Broadway, at the corner cf 27 Street. Our snow cases and windows contain exquisite patterns, and in both cur stores we are catering to the particular nan at a very moderate figure. Suitirgs from $25 upward trousers from $6.50 Burnbam $ Phillips high-Class tailoring Only nassau Broadway below Beekman at 27 Street MT&lnet the I^onflon m»«atln«, but as the suit was settled by an apolosr, I will remain here. "This will be all ray future. Concerning Tara rn&ny'a future the m«n on the spot are the best Judges. I have no Information as to a fight r-t? tw»*n Murphy and MoClellan. but I regret m,i understand ing, and hope some means will li« found to change Murphy** opinion. of Mayor MoClellan an<j McClellan-s opinion of Murphy. The future of the Democratic party la In the hands or the worktnemen, and Democrats should Improve the conditions of labor and should Insist that trusts which raise prices b*> killed Rebates and enormous dividend* should be prohibited, and combining to raise prices or oomer foodstuffs on the Stock Exchange should be made a criminal offence. DEMOCRATS A ND LABOR. "Tine real lesson of the election was that the peo ple are alive to th« dangers of trusts. If Demo crats fail to realize that a change Is coming In America, the party will surely suffer. Democrats should seize the opportunity to work In harmony •with labor. "Unless the Democracy prct«ots workingtr.en from unscrupulous capital. It will ctase to be a groat party. "In conclusion, let roe give this advice to the party: To refrain from personal vilification in fut ure campaigns. Calumny never wins political bat tles. Fight on clean-cut imves, and do not accuse opponents of crime* simply because they are oppo nents. If you cannot win by fair means, do not stoop to foul ones. Do not despair at defeat, if you have retained your manhood That has been the lesson of my political career. REPLIES TO MR. CROKER. Hearst Stamps Old Tammany Chief* Statement as Ridiculous. Austin, Tex., Nov. 17.— Mr. Hearst issued a state ment hrre to-night in reply to Mr. Croker's Dublin interview. The editor denied the former leader's declaration that Hearst had ask«*d Croker to re turn to this country and resume the leadership of Tammany Hall. Mr. Hearst's statement says: Croker's statement that I asked him to come home and be the leader of Tamman; Hall is ri diculous. I drove him out of Tammany and drove his Ice Trust Mayor out of office. I have no objec tion to Croker as a private citizen or ac an exile and I {saw- no interest in the internal management of Tammany, but as a citizen I would object to Croker as a leader of Tammany. He If absolutely the worst ]<*ad*-r Tammany has had, and his influ ence has always been exerted In behalf of corpora tion ridden candidates. As a Democrat, I would also oblect to him. as his local leadership has al ways been disastrous to the party, as well as dis creditable. M'CARREX GAIXS POINT. W. S. Clarke, of Brooklyn Street Cleaning Department, Transferred. It was learned last nlg:ht that Assistant Su perintendent William S. Clarke, of the Brook lyn Street Cleaning Department, had been trans ferred three weeks ago to the 10th District, of Manhattan. His successor in Brooklyn is Alfred Taylor, who comes from the "vVilliamsburg dis trict. It was said at the time of Commissioner Woodbury's resignation that Senator McCarren had asked Mayor MeClellan for Clarke"s trans fer, and that Major WfM.rihury had objected, re fusing to allow politics to enter his department. The Mayor's insistence that McCarren'e request be complied with was supposed to have been the immediate cause of Commissioner Woodbury's resignation. Mr. Clarke Is reported as saying that he believed there was no politics In his transfer. BELMOXT NOT A MEMBER t Conner Says Bailey Is Nassau State Committeenuin. Buffalo, Nov. 17. — Relative to the letter of Perry Belmont to William J. Conners, chairman of the Democratic State Committee, in which he Insists on recognition as a member of the state commit tee, Mr. Conners said to-day that, as he understood the Eltuatlcn, Mr. Belmont was not elected a mem ber of the state committee during the convention held In Buffalo. "The matter as It has been placed before me as chairman of the state committee, shows that Mr. Belmont was not elected during trie Buffalo con vention," said Mr. Conners this afternoon. "In the committee on contested seats three Nassau County delegates were unseated in the convention, and the three seated delegates from Nassau, with two dele gates from Suffolk County, voted for Edward O. Bailey, jr., which elected him a member of fhe state committee. Of the nine votes cast Mr. Bailey had five, which gave him a majority over Mr. Belmont, and I, therefore, believe, on the state ments given to me, that Mr. Bailey was elected a member of the state committee." AFTER THE MAYOR STILL. Hearst's League to Reintroduce Bill for City Recount. Announcement was made last night by the Inde pendence league that the bills introduced and sup ported by that organization at the last session of the state legislature would be redrafted and reln troduced at the coming session. Prominent among them will be the recount bill, providing for a re count of the votes cast in the last, municipal elec tion In this city, showing, apparently, that Mr. Hearst Is again turning his attention to this city. The league has laid out a definite legislative pro gramme, comj'rlslng the introduction of its pet measures by representatives, and the formation of citizens' committees to appear at legislative hearings in favor of these measures. Among the bills Delng drafted by the league's law committee now are the recount bill, tkts direct nomination measure, a ballot reform bill, a pure food bill, a measure providing for the municipal ownership of public utilities, an employers' liability bill and a bill changing the make-up of the Rapid Transit Commission. The league will present also a resolution for a constitutional amendment allowing New York City to eliminate from the city's debt limit the Income producing properties, thus allowing It a greater margin for Improvements. This resolution was ptu^ed last year, but must be passed again before the amendment can be voted on by the people. The direct nomination bill will make the third Tuesday of September, Primary Day, a holiday. Candidates will be voted for by the Australian system, and first and second choices will be named, tae second choice to take the nomination If no first choice candidate receives a majority of the votes. The nominees are to assemble thirty days before elec tion to prepare a state platform. The rapid transit bill would make the term of the ] 'resent commissioners expire on July 1, ITO7, permitting the Mayor thereafter to appoint three commissioners, one of whom should be an ex perienced engineer. These three, with the Mayor and Controller, would be the board. They would hold office for six years, th<»lr terms adjusted so that each new city administration would have the appointment of a new member, who. with the new Mayor and Controller, would make a majority of the board. Th* ballot reform bill would provide for the Australian ballot, and would make election officers subject to a Civil Service examination. They would be officers of the Supreme Court. Votes cast would be subject to a summary canvass by the court, and the bill will outline a procedure for such canvass, and the appeals therefrom to the Appellate Division and the Court of Appeals. ME. KEENAN ON TAMMANY HEADS. Croker Greatest, Murphy Treated Unfairly, Kelly Honest, Says City Chamberlain. City Chamberlain Patrick Keonan, who has just told his Bth District organization that he cannot continue longer as leader, before going away yester day for a vacation of four or five weeks had this to cay al^out Tammany leaders: Croker was the greatest leader the Tammany organization ever had. He was the head. He was the boss. He nipped all intrigue In the bud. He never forgave a traitor. He never forgot a service. But let me say that no man can remain at the head of an organization like Tammany Hall and keep the ranks intaot forever. The strain is too great. There Is sure to be an outbreak now and then. "Charlie" Murphy is criticised, and often unjust ly. He Is not treated fairly. I knew Boss Tweed, but I was always In the ranks that fought against him. Tweed was a man who made enemies among the people because of his ex travagance and Intense desire to make improve ments where nobody thought we needed th.»m. John Kelly, who followed Mm in Turn many Hall, was a different sort of man. He was honest, and when I say that I mean It. I never anked a favor of Tweed. I never needt-d a favor from him. Tammany Hall will continue as ;in organization. Its Influence enters the homes and hearts of the voters. The father gives his loyalty to the or ganization and teaches his son to do likewise It Is a sort of family Institution. THE STATE CANVASS. Albany, Nov. 17.— The following official returns were received here to-day: GREENE. Hufbtl 4.158 Hearst 8,728 Bruce 4,106 Chanler „ 8.7K5 O'Brien — 4.103 Whulcn 8.718 L«wl« 4.0*8 (Jlynn 8.774 Wallenmeter 4.081 Usiuaer _.... 8.770 May«r 4 078 Jackion 8.7 M Van AUtjm* 4.083 i Bken* 8.770 BULL4VAN. 3 1 ■ j j^h tB ••••■»*•••••• 4.183 I litk.l f, t ■•>■••••■••••* 8,174 Bruce 4.209 (Tianlsr 3.109 O'Brien 4,161 ' \Vh»l*n 8.111 Lewis ~ 4,Jf*> C-ynn S.llß Wallenmeler 4.11*4 : <aun*r 8.113 Mayer 4.100 ! Jack.on _.. B.IIS Vim AitUMs 4.262 I Bk«B« |,10t mt:w-tork DAILY TRnfnm Sunday, yOYEMBEH 18. 190& John Jameson] Three -J^T -^ '^ Star I Whiskey Appeals primarily to particular people of cultivated taste and of moderate indulgence. MEYER S'S CHANCES GOOD. Republican Alderman lAkely To Be Xext Recorder. On the latest counting of noses In the Board of Aldermen with reference to the election of a suc cessor to Recorder Qoff. the Republicans and their allies have the best of it by a vote of 40 to 89. There are serenty-nine votes In the board. lnc'.udln» President McGowan and the borough presidents. At this time it looks as If five or six Democratic aldermen from Brookl\n. sooner than see tne Hearst-Murphy men triumph, will throw their sup port to Alderman James ("owdlu Meyers, the Re publican leader of the board, one of the canrtiaai«s for the recordershtp. The Tammany men and tne Hearst men are getting together on the proposi tion Last week the Independence League execu tive committee decided that, rather than see a Re publican « lected as Recorder, the Hearst member* of the Board of Aldermen had better vote for tne Tammany candidate, whoever he may be. The Independence League has three candidate*-- Herbert R. IvimbergThomas Ollleran and ex-Jus tlce John Palmi?ri. Tammany has two candidates— ex-Corporation Counsel Delany and Branciß 8 . Jlc- Avoy. The Republicans have one candidate, Alder man James Cow din Meiers, the leader of the board. Normally, the Republicans have 81 partisan votes In the board. Mr. Meyers Is extremely popular with the members, and some of the Mc^rren aiuer mtn say that they are ready to support him. There are five or six McCarren men. and these, with three or four Republican Municipal Owner ship members, give Mr. Meyers 40 votes. The Tam many men are working hard to get some or tne Hearst deserters In line, and it is possible that they will do It before the end of December, when tfc« board acts on the recorderahip. SAYS TALLY SHEETS VIOLATE LAW. Leaguer Declares Election Inspectors liable to Arrest. Robert Stewart, who la representing the Indepen dence 'League at the canvass of the vote In King* County, declared yesterday that every one of the tally sheets in the 607 districts In Brooklyn was made out in violation of the law, and that the eleo tlon Inspectors had grossly violated the law. Mr. Stewart was supported In his assertions by Maurlo* Thaall, the Democratic representative at the can vass. To-morrow, In the Kings County Court House. Justice Dickey will examine the. void and protested ballots, and, beginning to-morrow, the board will hold night sessions. Beveral election inspectors will be: called before the board to-morrow to explain, if possible, the wholesale errors in the tally sheets. SEES NO DEMOCRATIC PARTY. General Bragg Says It Does Not Exist North of Mason and Dixon's Line. [By Telegraph to The Tribune. J Fond-du-Lac. Wls., Nov. 17.— General Edward 8. Bragg sees no Democratic party north of Mason ltd Dixon's line. This is his statement In a dis cussion of conditions prevailing in "Wisconsin. "No political organization north of that line," h» says, "reflects the spirit of Democracy, as I learned to know it ana as I accepted It. What is t ! ..< i:so ol discussing leaders, when I can see no ;>arty in the Northern states? "I wili say this: The fact that Mr. Hearst re ceived co large a vote Indicates to me clearly that socialism ha* a greater hold upon the American people than the conservative element ever dreamed of before. The New York election Bhows that so clalistn Is a thing to be reckoned with in the future." THUGS STILL BUSY. Assault 8 and Robberies Continue in Pittsburg. Pitttfburg, Nov. 17.— Thugs continue their work In this city, and several assaults and a large number of robberies occurred In the city and its vicinity to day. The police continue to arrest suspicious char acters, but have been unable to capture any per son directly Implicated In the outrages. Twenty elg-ht additional plain clothes officers were added to the force to-day, and were assigned to the East End and Oakland districts. Miss Jeannette Brownie*?, of Braddock, was dis figured for life by a N-'gro. who threw carbolic acid In her face. The Negro stopped the girl and asked her several questions. She tried to pass him, and without provocation he threw the acid, burn- Ing her face severely. Armed men are searching* Braddock and Hwissvale boroughs for the Negro, and he Is threatened with lynching if captured. Mrs. Joseph Shirley came suddenly upon a man ransacking her home to-day at Oakmont, a suburb. The robber struck at her with a knife, cutting her gown. Her screams attracted the neighbors, and the man escaped with her money. Mi*3 Margaret Nichols was held up near her home by a man, who held a revolver at her head. Her cries for help brought assistance, and the highwayman fled. In the last twenty-four hours over twenty houses were entered and ranstcked In this city. A. P. HEINZE's'cAR IN CRASH. Runs Into Wagon and Is Badly Wrecked — No One Hurt. A large touring automobile owned by Arthur P. Helnze. a broker, of No. 42 Broadway, and a brother of F. Augustus Heinze, living at No. 220 Madison avenue, ran into an express wa«on In Madison avenue between 46th and 47th streets last night The chauffeur, Edward Stag*, of No. 147 East 55th street, and the footman, James McGlll. of No. 804 East 39th street. Jumped to safety. The machine was badly damaged. The chauffeur was on his way to get Mr. Hflnze and take him to a theatre. Hugh Keensn, of No. 240 West 144 th street, the driver of the express wagon, was coming out of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad yards in Madison avenue. Keenen clung to his seat when the car hit the wagon, and stopped his horses. COMPLIMENTS TJ. S. ARCHITECTS Sir Purdon Says Columbia School Has Out stripped That of England. F!r Caspar Purdon Clarke contrasted English and American architects last night at a dinner of the Society of Columbia Unlrerstty Architects, held in celebration of the quarter centennial of the founding of the S.^ool of Architecture of the uni versity. He told of the difficulties of getting good architects In England several years ago. He said that it was not until fifty years ugo that a school of architecture w;is established In Great Britain, and that that school had not made us much prog ress as had the School of Architecture at Columbia iii twenty-five years. He said that within a few years he expected that tlie Metropolitan Mustunj of Art In this city would hHve numerous valuable architectural plans and models, and ho expected to get a valuable one from Italy. Just what the latter was, he said, he did not care to reveal, as. If he did so, difficulty might be encountered in getting it. Other speakers at the dinner were Seth !/)■»• and President Butler. DOUMA MEMBER ARRIVES. Among the pßfspngr-i * on th<* Hamburg- American linf-r Amenks, which arrived yesterday, was Dr. ghmaryahn Lewtn, Editor of the Zionist weekly, "Das Juedlsi-he." and a member of the Russian lwunia dissolved by the Cxar. Dr. I.ewln was met at the pder by representative** from sev«ral Jewish societies in this city. He said he came here t<> maktt addresßf-a to Jewish sj'mpathlaiers In New York and other large cities of the United States and stimulate among them a greater Interest in the efforts of the Russians to obtain a constitutional government. OHIO SOCIETY MEETS DECEMBER I.' At the annual meeting of the Ohio Society of Now York, to be held at the Hotel Manhattan on December 1, a dinner will be served for Its mem bers, followed by the business meeting of the so ciety. The entertainment committee, has announced that Francis MaoMlllen, a native of Ohio, who will make bis debut In this country as a violinist with the New York Symphony Orchestra, will bo the guest of the society, and will play privately to th« members before hU first nublfo j>«rfuru:«-u j*. NEW YORK is not only the chief manufacturing center for pianos in this country, but is also the most important retail point, £very manufacturer aims to put his best foot forward in the New York market, and concentrates his strongest efforts here. Therefore, to take the pre-eminent position in a field characterized by such strenuous competition is in reality a remarkable commercial achievement. That the Aeolian Company has been able to do this in a comparatively short space of time has amazed those who know the traditions by which the musical business has bean hedged in. Here is a concern that has united in a single, compact, aggressive organization a half-dozen of the most notable manufacturing enterprises in the musical industry. With its numerous factories operating under the most favorable and modern conditions, backed with the large*! cap ital employed in this line of business, with its own branch hcu««i and distributing points in every quarter of the civilized world, com manding the services of the best inventive talent and «xpert artisans any* where obtainable, this home is better equipped in every department thafl any similar enterprise. It is therefore only logical that a piano houie p^sttttini mch positive advantages over all other piano houses, and ranking it th« largest concern in the musical instrument industry of the world, ehould be able to offer at its New York headquarters by far the best proposition to the intending piano purchaser, both in quality and in price. Briefly epitomized, the line of instrument* en tile xi Aeo.itn Haii [*«' n»im else in Manhattan) is as follows i THE WEBER PIANO: For a half- THE WHEELOCK PIANO: *>- . century holding a place in the fore- . :*: quarter of a century tajietd SI bcilo front of artistic pianos and to-day at W- ing up a reputation rot stnn integrity the zenith of its fame. Used by in construction and for |*r- »c :»..»- Roicnthal, by the Metropolitan caj qualuT. yet produced at a price Opera House, by Caruso and other that brings it w:tr.:r the reach of those singer* of international reputation. -.-.aZ who have a Lsnirod sum to ir.Trst is - * a piano. THE STECK PIANO: Made on German ideals of thoroughness and THE STLYVESANT PIANO: A reliability, owned by Richard Wagner reliable piano of good tone •-.; great and praised by Franz Liszt; used by durability, not advocated as **ths best over 200 public schools in New ; piano obtainable," but as uncjtirstioa- York. ably the best piano a its prut, $25f1l THE PIANOLA PIANO: Ori 2 inatcd by the Aeolian Company and more extensively copied and imitated than any musical instrument ever devised; admittedly the greatest success in the musical industry of modern times. Made in Weber, Steck, Wheeiock and Stuyvesant styles. THE EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT: Here is the largest and best assort ment of slightly used pianos offered anywhere ; pianos taken in exchange for the Pianola Piano and remarkable for their exceptionally fine condition. AH the well-known makes are represented and prices range from $100 up. '■ 'HE keynote of the entire piano business is confidence* * The situation at Aeolian Hall is such as to invite the highest degree of confidence, for in a business of such mag nitude a single sale counts for little in comparison with principles; and the one principle which is known to pay best in the long run is to keep absolute faith with the public The Aeolian Company, a 2T,fflSS^Sr "PRIVATE HACKSTANDS" LEGAL. Magistrate Walsh Quotes ex-Judge Parker in Their favor in Test Case. Magistrate Walsh decided In favor of the "pri vate hackstands" In a test case yesterday. Alexander McKenna, a licensed public hack man, wan arrested some time ago, charged with disorderly conduct, In trying to get his cab In the space supposed to be reserved by one Hav erty, a liveryman who has the contract for sup plying cabs to the natrons of the Hotel Bel mont. The complaint against McKenna was made by Thomas O'Brien, the hotel manager. Magistrate Walsh quoted various decisions of tho Supreme Court, and one written by ex- Judge Parker. In support of his contention that the hotel hackman may enjoy a practical monop oly of such privileges under his IWns. . SPRING GUN KILLS INTRUDER Man Who Placed Weapon in Country House Will Not Be Prosecuted. Belllngham, Mass., Nov. 17.— The spring gun which E. O. Woodbury, of Woonsocket, R. 1., had i>la< ed In the cellar of hln summer home here and by which Charles A. Proctor, of Rock lunrt, M», was fatally thnt last night, appar ently caused the deuth of Procter a few hours before Mr Woodburv returned to the house. It Is understood that the authorltlm will take no v i. <"i .i«*lns: W'nodbury. Proctor's motive In entering the cellar Is supposed to have beeu burglary. Conditions ' that have made Aeolian Hall the Piano Center ol Greater New York UNNECESSARY WEIGHT FOR OVERCOATS IS BURDENSOMB Our Moule cloth is about half the weight of the usual Overcoating, still w*^° enough for the coldest weather. It is soft as velvet and excellent for wear. Wf make them plain edges, felled by hand, velvet collar, lined throughout with oat guaranteed silk, to measure $30. They have every appearance of the costfi"** garment. Our Combination, Full Dress Suit with Tuxedo coat, silk lined through^ and faced with the very best of silk. $62, is special value, and style that cannot surpassed at any price. Samples given or mailed to any address. ARNHEIM, Broadway and Ninth Street. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES THE NEW AMSTERDAM SAFE DEPOSIT CO» Broadway and 39th St., New York Gty. Central Location. "TTt/f^ 3^IHEI.U XSXJn.Ga-3Li-A.n pnoOF Owing to the incre*Kd demand for Safety Deposit Boxes, THE NEV A-MST^ V|,s» B DEPOSIT COMPANY hare added »ever»l hundred aew Bow* to their vaults. Sale I*F** R*nt from Ssper year and upward. Storage for Silverware and Va uabl«. Will call for and deliver goods when requ**Ud. Telephone 1000 BryaßW