OL -LXVI....>; 0 21. DM.
0 X. P. STOCK ISSUE.
fgCBEASE OF $95fi00fi00.
Her' 1 ' Grotcth of Business Reason
Given ' ; .v Reid's Directors.
■ rt MCiei financial plan of the Northern
rtr j Sf rutt^sy Company was mad* public late
!/t Wht. I 1 provides for the increase of the
pi:»l ft^k from tLSS.<MMMM>r>. * * present
nount. * iS».«ool,«ea A special meeting of
8 " yto, K!i<ldcrs is called for January 7 to take
\-tlnn on « 1;V Proposal la authorize the issue of
1 M- I (ii)il,{««t additional stock, tho right to Bub-
Pin St."?.* *«>/•< V) of which at par. In propor
o their respective holdings of the present
m( * jjs to be offered to holders of record
. d«* of business on December 311 The
hat the plan contemplated the immediate
of jrc.if'VfVi of new stock, the payments
♦or which would hp distributed over a longer
-tffod than "••" l »l Jow *< tll< * Fub^,rii.or!« to the
Gtrat Nnn hern's $»»"\« " *>.00< > of new stock, and
,;ju thai 7 rer i int interest would be allowed on
thf imym^rns. !ia!! aJrC3d >* been printed In The
7>ibune.
payments nre to be made at the office of J. P.
jlorpan &■ Co .. Baal agents of the company, as
follow- Five per <-cnt on or before February I.
OUT; T ! » re ' cut " n ■■•■ before April 1, and 12 1 *
p*r cent every three months thereafter up to
s nd Including January I. IMQI The reasons for
•nuking this great utoek issue are set forth in a
fircular to the stockholders, which is in part as
folio** :
Tr.^ rai'iJ growth of population and development
<>f ijus:iifs« in the preat territory served by your
fjftcm <f railways have overtaxed the capacity of
if! transportation linos, anJ that uf non* more
Ihsn of your o» n.
£inn« your company brg:in business In Itl the
ounmTcial tons carried on«» mile upon your rall
»s>i> hay« Increased from 9<£,4*7,:5! to ii.iMo.KO.flS-)
ft the year ended Ji:n<- S>\ I?m>. In the sauic period
:M> «rf' ■!:!!.?!> of the property have increased from
BtfOSJ pass ■■" *01.- *~>'o gross, and from J. 7-;
. n*>t to &i).i£&.o4M net.
Freight owr* havo been increased IT.fcSl. passenger
czr* c*9 sod locomotives (3. Increase m capacity
of frolght ears and in hauling- power of locomo
as>* h«» been much gr^itfr than the increase in
their numl" r Wvertl your railways are tin
»b> to pronwtly move a!! th<* business urged upon
ii»m. the ituome «>f which is continually growing.
trid th>- rea,uir< d Improvements and additions are Of
goA | nature that trom one to threw >•■ ira will b«
p^-d<>d to complete them, ■- ng to the « te of the
lit»or ra«rk> t and thn necessarily slow progress of
tmprerwneat work on lines already in Bervlce mov
ir.g traffic, i
In view of these, farts, your directors consider it
* duty lo th» public and to the stockholders of the
company t« further considerably increase the com
jtr.y'f mil'-^Cfl and facilities. Such increase will
rwjiiir* tn*> early raising of lf.rp*< amount* of fresh
csr' ta '- f'" r which the fxistd:*: accuillies of th*
company W'>;:!d 7iot be aval la or sufficient. Your
i;r*rr<-<Tft n r f r>t ojilnlon that this can be done to
list advance of the public and the stockholders
tr bicfwam of th«» company's rr^sent capital stock
ef BS.**.*W by SSSXMIjOM of dew stoik. the legal
r^.T of th l:"'.ders of th^ existing stock to sub
f«ib» rttabJy for the n>-v.\ In proportion to their
toldir.ps. t"-'.rtr observed.
In %ipw of the. considerable time tbat will elapse
Vfor» the tt>w stock will be Issuahto, the hoard
tit >mi ••'I'd to the htorkho'.dprs that the
rwoVj'inns to f^f adopted by th- m for Increase of
rnrk sboulfl c-ontaln a provip.i.»n for payment by
th# company to subscribers, nut in default, of in
■,-f. v.T> n 'i the payments stated in their rerv-ipta
■Ucb Interest shall b*> payable quarterly at the
mri* r«?e p<r rent uf the regular quarterly dlvi
c»nd« Cnot inrlutfinff any extra dividend) which
♦rrm tin* to time shall b^ declared and he paid
ji r<«piv! <->f it* pr^s^r.t ku. of capital stock out
ri th» conpany*s net revenues derived from its
■ iv fiii transportation business.
Tlie reservation regarding "any extra divi
6ni" is believed to refer to the probability of
as extra dividend within the next two 'years,
r»presfr;tinK ■•:-:'. Northern Paclflc"«
equity la itie Bcr]inrton. it beinc understood
that The plan for the *alo of the Northern Pa
ciSr's holdlnii of Burlington slock to the Great
Northern, which has been temporarily shelved.
■wi:i b*> taken op apraln well before the end of
ISO S and carried to a conclusion.
It may be noted that the resolutions recom
sw.d^d by the directors for adoption by th«
ftfx-khoMrrs recite as the reason for the increase
of the capi'dl stock that the stockholder? "deem
It oocf-ssary for the construction, acquisition
end operation of this company's railways now
•- cnurs-p of construction or acquisition, or which
nay hereafter be constructed or acquired.**
No fnrther advices from .-"• Paul were re
toivffl yesterday at the Great Northern offices 1
It this city concerning the objections raised by
the Attorney General of Minnesota to the pro-
U>s*d ■ •>*.< « M.t hV» increase In ihe company's
capiTal stock. President Hill says that there is
absolutely no mystery about i ;.■• case at all.
Th*- circular tells ihe whole siory. It is a plain
badseEs propodtiOQ prompted by the need a <<'
th» oumpany and the development of the couii
try.
It la [Kiinted <-vi that hi any case, even grant
ir^f prsrything that the Attorney General may
ID«W, a stock issue cannot !«• prevented *x
<iiii wh«n ili<--gal; thai Greet Northern stock-
Klflfrs msy i»' euro thai thai company Is not
ISKuinK siu. x fo» ilirpal puri-os^s. and that no
I»rs..r ; r j,!h<»- will l«'iiefit morn by the •x
peoditure ..; th^ money thai Mini •■: it^'lf.
It is alsi) pointed «»ut that the prop • issue
■tf Stock is not to be made until May. IJWB, and
befonr then ther? will be tim^ for everybody to
1* sa:is;i< -!. Mr. HiH sayu that ... por . ...-it of
tte st... v. •;.» closely hei<j. uhlch means that
fl3s.«MM«*t f ir is IK .t for sal<-.
The Rtoclc market showed rle«'ided improve
meat yesterday, nun Ui«j Hill stocks, which
JJ Buffered exr-eAdinslr severe declines on
Thursday, rallied vitJ' rl:^ '••-• at the list-, after
initial ireakness. Northern Parlflc made a n»t
C 8!!; f :;i._ j,,,inis. closing at _M'» : . iftei liav
«t touched _•'■• Great Northern fad vanced *- M/ 2M /2
J"':ntF. aud ti)e <n»- certiflcates cain^i 3?4 points.
MS EAST RIVER TUBES.
3/cn JfV//7,- Through Tunnel from
Manhattan to Brooklyn.
A KhriU v. hi«tl» blowing ♦•.•■ ten minutes in
*h* yards of the NV-w York Tunnel Company, at
'*•« Battery, was Ui<* only external demonstra
tion mai- yesterday in celebration of the Joining
«*tbe i\\., sections of the Kast Riv<T tunnel, But
wr* * gs pi^at clieering below th» rlvep V>e<l
*aen tii« earth lietwVen the two pr^at shields
and T. J. H-o\\:i. general superintendent.
for<*(j },( s VHV ♦-,„„ •» )O Manhattan tube and
M« wftik v . Brooklyn. He walked quickly.
Rr<s Petamed on :i ferryboal to the Manhattan
J^rds at fbf. Battery. He entered the pate at
'■-•t' m , and for ten minutes i isteam tvhistle
■»Qouare<| ,<, ;,n vvithin a radius '. half a
■ r '"'> thai tli.. j; :i si lUver tunuol uas practically
Hie :,.ji<^ .rased Mr. Brown railed up
I* Housjh. president of the New York Tunnel
'""m^any. aii(l announcexj that the tubes had
**•*• "iWrately joined.
Stwethau two weeks aeo the tunnel workers
"■' !ri *°""l '!i<- Hjlk-s by forcing ■ six-inch pipe
| hr «URh ii»r urth' between the shields. Early
-**t'-rday nmrnina;, with some seven feel of
''•-ij betw«r-r thf>m th<* »ans» '" both tubes
«uid bear each other at work.
'•i tboui •_' j, in. a pi.-k from Ihe Brooklyn
tJi'u a " 1 " tlir ""«l> tbe "iln »all of <..r'h Into
. nh! " ta » tube, and witbio ■ f*w minutes
to ace on*
*-» ( ? )^ r ' a ll " > •bout twenty Inches v ide was
in* Run *^ntendem Mullen crawled into it
Vm, *' 4 " ' Pushed throuph by Mr. Brown, who
ij',, T*"* 1 him F. a ■-.-.-. engineer of "•■■
'■iiM i , Jn *JJvlsf l# t:. followed Mr. Brown, and the
■■Otis walked i-> Brooklyn.
i-Tr* " r 'UK'i announced yesterday that there
2 nr ' hhrll >" ■> mretinp of the tubes. He
' iawS C|r -" : " exactly. No visitors will be
tiMrfc t0 enter Ihe tunnels, and the celebration
ft^rS *' He Manned for Monday will be de
o£« until lh - <"n:pletion of the north tuhe.
•-) '••'5 rim broken for the East River tunnel
•
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** tt - i.v.: Htrtisuy*, Jerez,. Spain.-- Aavt.
_^^^^ifir»» wlnd .
MRS. STOKES A SPEAKER
A TTAI KS UOR SEC A RS.
Says Theif Hurt Spiritual Side of
Men and- Women.
As a "friend of the working nun and women"
and a -socialist." Mrs. J. <"}. Phelps Stokes,
who was Miss Rose Harriet Pastor, appeared
yesterday fore the Board of Aldermen's com
mittee on railroads and denounced the city's
antiquated noraocara She was glad such con
ditions existed because it helped the cause of
socialism. lira. Stokes predicted "a change In
our industrial conditions" in "less than a hun
dred years,' which she hoped would come
•without blood." Her protest was based largely
on the Injury the cars brought to the spiritual
side of the men and women.
"I appear for the workingwomen and the
worklngmen." said Mrs. Stokes. "And I am
here as a socialist. The greatest danger to the
people has not been stated, and that is their
Fpirltual danger. Men and women are imbruted
by these horPecars. They are embittered, and
they become hateful through them and the con
ditions they meet on them. It is not so much
the lack of comfort and the neglect, the in-
Jury to their physical being, and even to their
morals, but their morals suffer through their
spiritual side. As a socialist I am glad. in* a
measure, of this oppression. 1 am glad If such
conditions exist strongly enough to mako peo
ple protest. If it calls their attention to heinous
wrongs it is good. It makes strongly for social
ism. It means that the change is coming in our
industrial conditions. I hope it. will come with
out blood and peaceably, but it will — ye?,
and In leas than a hundred years.'* This was
said to some of the aldermen, who smiled.
"You gentlemen don't realise what they suffer
on the Kast Bide. They can't protest. They
don't know what to do. Some of them don't
even know you exist If they wanted to pro
test the/ couldn't spare the time to come here.
Hut they foe! these conditions deeply, and they
ar*i learning, and they will some day make the
change from this Industrial system to a better
one."
When Mr?. Stokes concluded her speech nh»
wjis warmly applauded. Several other women
al=o attacked the horsecars. A reprew '
live of th<- University Settlement followed, and
:u-ke<] the committee to Introduce to the board
an ordinance, which read as follows:
That the Board of Aldermen publicly censure
the Metropolitan Street Railwaj Compan) for
Its neglect of the public comfort and th* d**-
Oanoe of the public ukl>*
That the Board of Aldermen request the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment to tak*
such st<-j..s a^ are within Its power to remove
the horsecars from the < it y streets.
That the Board or" Aldermen request, and it
hereby does request, the Legislature at the
i , XT session to jriv power to the Kailroad Com
missioners to enforce its orders or to '-reate a
local board with adequate power to cope with
the transit problem
That the Legislature be requested to enact
legislation for the removal of horsecars from
the city of New York.
\\ N Amory. who is suing President Vr^elani
of the N<w Yoik City Hallway Company for
lit..!, and lias brought charges against District
Attorney Jerome, also took the floor as a strong
opponent of the borsecara Mr. Amory had a
long speech prepared and it. it were Innumerable
charges. Including one In which he Invited Mr
\ •.. iind and Mr. Jerome to su.» him if 11 was
not true Thia charge "There would be no
• to-day if 'lie managers
of the Metropolitan Railway Company had not
robbed their w n -t... Icholdera of millions of dol
lars and cheated the citizens of New Fork."
Mr Amor} was exceeding!) Liner in his attack
ri Mi' ■)'•' on c
After th<- speaker h;i'l made charges against
nearly all of the men connected with traction lo
ts In 1 ■ ' - asked by Alderman
. |- if he could proved what lie had said.
Mi Atnorj wai positive that he could Alder
man I'iemei thought Mr. Amory was wandering
fj,.m the su'oje. i under discussion, and told him
so • iui o* ii ■ i erled ■. m . ■ I>-t him go
■ ..rid th« apeak< r i-ontlnued for many minutes.
Mr Amory** statement was accepted, and he
was told 'I" 1 ''' would lie called on lat.r for
evld< nee.
STAND/^R 7 ) OIL INCREASES WAGES
Will Affect Employes of Subsidiary Com
panies Receiving Less Than $100 a Month.
•;,,,. Pip* Line*. Natural (>( > i-- Companies, and
O : I Producing Companies, commonly known a<»
Standard Oil Company properties, have advanced
the wises of their employe? 10 pr cent In all
'. s ,> s where employe! were receivinjc lesa than
IK?) ji month, the increase to take effect on Jnn
uary J- ,
GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER.
"It» rarity ha* made it famous." — Advt.
HENRI. CONFISEUR. 07-69 W. 44TH.
. «i»e ,i . .... i; mi • . Parixtnn Te;i Room, Patisa*
rt«MsUcei Franc* 18 ? -• Buabuna. Catalogue.-
NEW- YORK. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15. 10(K>. -SIXTEEN PAGES.-* T^KVriauo,, PRICE THREE ("EXTS.
THE REICHSTAG IN SESSION.
Dissolved by lmporlal Qe<-ree on Thursday
VATICAN'S STATEMENT.
THE COSCOIWAJ HOLDS.
Declares It Ha* Not Yet Been De
nounced hi; France,
Rome, Dee.. 14. —The pnpe and the Papal Sec
retary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val. have
refused all requests to grant interview? for pub
lication on th" Franco-Vatican situation. Hut
the followine* statement is authorize.) by th>>
Vatican:
The Concordat, the most solemn bilateral con
tiact, has not been denounced by the French
government, which wishes to establish a new
legal standing for the Church in France.
The government did not agree with the Holy
See on this subject, and repeatedly and openly
showed hostility toward the head of the Church.
Violence may prevail for a time, but those who
are suffering from this Rtate of oppression pre
serve all their rights and all their claims. The
explosion of Joy among the Masonic and dema
goglc societies as a result of the persecution on
the part of the government shows that the war
la against the Church and religion.
Notwithstanding file bills passed and regula
tions adopted, France at the present time has
no law granting religious liberty to those who
do not comply with tho law providing for the
separation of Church and Stnte. The one good
point in the circular issued recently by the
French Minister nt. Public Worship, M. Briand,
is his confession that it is Impossible to apply
to cultural aasoeiatSons 'he laws of ISSI and
19«»1. which were adopted for the regulation of
other kinds of associations' meetings. Therefor*
what Is needed is a real law providing for real
-, Instead of arbitrary ministerial rir
rula rs.
The loyalty and good will of the Holy See
:• r similar circumstances waa shown in
Brazil.
Th*»re were a monarchy and a Concordat, both
<>f which the republicans suppressed ;md pro
claimed their separation from the Holy See,
vi ler certain reserves. Later the Brazilian Re
public came to an understanding with the Vni
ican, and a I'.-tptl Nuncio was accredited to Rio
.Inneiro. v niie a Brazilian Minister was accred
it* d to the Vatican.
The search •if the nunciature nt Paris and tho
expulsion from France of Monslgnor Montagninl,
Becretary of the nunciature, were steps taken
wiih the object of making the world believe the
false statements circulated later and which
were said to have originated in the discovery r> "
doctujpents seized at the nunciature, such as the
report that some of tne French episcopacy and
clergy were ready to make applications to hold
religions meetings. There is no truth In tli"
statement. The Holy Se. i« not opposed to the
wnkinc of application* under the law, but
takes exception to th. whole spirit of the circu
lar issued by Minister of Public Worship M.
Briand.
STATE TO (rET CHURCHES.
Continuance of Public Wonhip in
France Under Ldttcs of 1881.
Paris. Dec 14. The Cabinet met to-day, with
President Falliere.s In the chair. In order to de
cide on the new legislation to be presented to
PHrllament. but tho tPit of the measures de
cided on will not be ready until to-morrow. The
steps to be taken are of a very sweeping char
acter.
Tt is proposed to amend the law of V.MVt, pro
viding for the separation of Church and State.
by which a years grace was allowed before the
permanent alienation of the Church property,
and to suppress the privilege of forming new
diocesan associations during that period, and
all church property, including the seminaries,
will immediately be handed over to ihe State, to
the departments and to the communes, under
conditions insuring that the churches them
selves will be retained for religious uses The
'continuance of public worship will be provided
for under a combination of the laws of ISM
and 1!« M.
With regard to the pensions and allowances of !
the' clergy distinctions will be made by which !
those who are entitled to the former will los« i
their rights if they are deprived of thfiir French j
citizenship, while those who are entitled to the I
latter will lose their allowances if they do not j
conform with the law. The conditions under ■
which the clergy will forfeit their French cit- j
izenship will lie drawn up in a special measure^!
to be prepared later. i
The first day of the regime of the separation |
of Church and State having passed without j
grave disorders, public Interest in the details of
the continuation of the struggle is already vis
ibly flagging, ft la now apparent that the re- j
distance of the clergy will be purely passive, and
that there is no prospect of religious passions t
being aroused unless the churches are closed, j
and the government therefore is resting on its
oars and will continue to do so until Parliament J
authorises the drastic measures which the Cabi- j
net is preparing. In the mean time in this city.
Continued on fourth page.
OVER NIGHT TO CHICAGO.
PENNSYLVANIA. SPECIAL.
i m hours via Pennsylvania Railroad, rock
iJn.M ilViatl^a* roadbed, ' leaves New York 3:;.»
i" m •fflpriv-d ••!■' '-•> S: '"' A; M. Other fast trains
to Chicago, Cleveland, Cluciunatl and St. Louis.—
Advt. ° ' . s — -■
COUNT YON BAM.ESTREM.
President of the Reichstag.
ROAD £S GULFS WAGOX.
WAI.DOHF GI'ESTS SCARED
P. R. R. Tunnel Causes- Section of
83d Street to Sink.
A big garbage wagon, laden with the refuse
Of the Waldorf Astoria, went crashing through
the roadway of 3."? d street opposite that hotel
about 10 o'clock last, night, and caused much
excitement among th© guests. The wagon fell
into a hollow section of the, roadway caused by
the digging of the Pennsylvania tunnel, and wild
rumors flew around that the entire hotel was
In danger. This intensified the excitement and
brought hundreds to the scene, until the Tender
loin reserves had to be summoned.
The wagon was being driven through 3.* M
street, and had reached a point about two hun
dred feet west of Fifth avenue when a piece of
asphalt about fifteen feet square gave way under
the weight of the heavy vehicle. The driver,
Charles Mahoney, an employe of Donovan
Brothers, contractors, Jumped from his seat.
tut the traces and lashed up the horses. He said
afterward that he thought the "md of creation
wuz cumin*." The wagOO meanwhile "h;td sunk
about two feet into the' ground.
Then the rumor spread that the whole street
was sinking nnd that the Waldorf was threat
ened. The corridors of the big hotel were
jammed with guests eager to know the truth
about the situation and very much alarmed.
Out In 33d street and along the avenue there
■•. . 1 a blockade of carriages, cabs and auto
mobiles, and traffic was stopped for nearly an
hour.
officials of the railroad company first denied,
then admitted, that the accident was CBUBBd by
the tunnel di^ginc. One of >he engineers of
the company, after he had carefully inspected
the roadbed, admitted that the company had
been alarmed for some days, and actually
feared that n serious accident mic;br have oc
rurred. Explaining, he said:
There is absolutely no danger to the build-
Ings, Init s serious accident might have oc
curred on tbe roadway which we could not well
avert. All tbe buildings In the neighborhood
have been, shor.-d up, and, as a mutter of fact,
there is a huge layer of rock below this hollow
Bertion, separating it and the tunnel. Several
ri;iys ago when the men were ;t t work they dug
Into an old stream, wide and deep In some sec.
ti'in-i. This stream runs into what is known on
the old map of the city as Collet Pond.
Naturally we were al:\med, for it ia a long,
hollow excavation, which causes the streets it
traverses to ! " - unsafe. There is no danger
now. I believe. The street will he filled in to
nlghi.
The Pennsylvania tunnel at this point is said
to be sixty-five feet below the surface. The
police would not take any chances of further
accidents, and closed 33d street from Fifth
avenue to Astor Court. j •
RUNAWAY INJURES SHOPPERS.
Dashes Into Crowd Outside Store and Bowls
Over Men, Women and Babies.
A runawas horse dashed in among a crowd of
holiday shoppers at (iOth street and Third ave
nue yesterday, knocked down two women and
the perambulators they were wheeling and so
severely injured William Plant, of No. \M\ Kast
4.'< d street, that he was taken to the Presbyterian
Hospital.
The horse was being ridden from a black
smith's shop i.y John Shick. sixteen years old.
of No. 1117 Third avenue. The boy lost control
of the animal, and it galloped madly down the
avenue. Shick clinging to its neck At 60th
street it run on th>> sidewalk and bowled over
Plant and the tjro women
Mrs. F.llen Frylter. and Mrs. Mary Roller botk
of No. 41. r > East »>4th street, were the women.
They were more frightened than hurt, and their
baliies. apparently, quite uninjured. Plant was
injured about the head and body.
MAINE HUNTING SEASON COST 10 LIVES.
Augusta.* Me.. Dec. 11. During the open season
on big game, which closed to-night, ten persons
lost their lives in Maine by 'he use of firearms.
the overturning of a canoe or exposure. in
three cases the victim was mistaken for a deer
or b"ar. tiv«* persons were killed by the acci
dental discharge of puns, on* was capslaed from
s canoe and one died from exposure in addi
tion there were ,-i number of accidents wbich
did not result fatallj
ACCIDENTALLY. SHOT BY BROTHER.
New Brunswick, S. J.. Dec 14 (Special). -
<ieorge R. Patterson was killed at his home, at
Ryder's r.ane. this afternoon by his own gun.
He har| been hunting, and on returning home
removed one of the shells from, the gun and
stood it up. A younger brother got hold of th<
pun, and in handling It the shell not removed ex
ploded, the charge entering Patterson's face and
blowing one side of it off. He died almost in
stantly. Coroner Moke waa summoned and
gave a permit for burlßl
AUGUSTA. CHARLESTON. SUMMERVILLE
AND SOUTH.
0:25 it. m. and '■'-■' V>- '" Unexcelled servi.-e via.
lvmi. & Atlantic Const Uno R. it. Florida In«
formation Bureau. Broadway, cor. fata St.— Advt
OFFICERS TO BE TRIED.
Court Martial for Those in Charge of
Negro Troops at Brownsville.
[From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. Dec. 14.— Major C. W. Penrose
and Captain K. A. Macklin. IT.th Infantry, will
be tried by general court martial, by order of
the President. This means the bringing before
an army court of the officers who were in charge
of the troops of the Ota Infantry at Browns
ville. Tex., at the time of the disturbances in
that town leading to the discharge without
honor of the members of the battalion of the
regiment Stationed at Fort Brown. The trial
will in each case be on the charge el neglect of
duty, under the Sixty-second Article of War.
The detail of a court for this purpose is the re
sult of the recommendation of th*> General Staff.
The President ordered an investigation of the
conduct of the officers of the 2."> th Infantry who
were in command of the battalion of Negro
soldiers at Fort Brown. He desires to be in
possession of all the information relating to the
Incident. The instructions to those who ob
tained testimony were that they should ascer
tain to what extent the commission* officers
were responsible for the occurrences and in
what degree they failed to he properly posted
on all that went on la the weeks just preced
ing the outbreak of the Negro troops in the
town. It has been charged that the officers
failed to make themselves familiar with the
local sentiment and the action of the men. and
that the commanding officer refused to believe
the complaints made by citizens. The fact that
soldiers could get their weapons and go into the
town and return without the knowledge of any
of th*> officers has been commented on. and the
President feels that the previous investigations
did not fully cover the situation.
The specifications will include among ether
things the charge that the two officers named
failed to exercise due diligence In preventing
the occurrence when the condition of affairs at
Brownsville made it necessary that all proper
precautions should be. taken to prevent a clash
between the troops and the citizens, and also
that they did not examine the rifiesvfif the men
until daylight, although they learned of the true
state of affairs by 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning.
The details as to the membership of the court
and the place of trial have been left to the dis
cretion of the commander of the Department of
Texas.
SIX MORE MESSAGES.
To Be Sent htf the President to Con
gress \t\rt ll'eek.
[From Th<« Tribune BBUNSM.]
■Washington. Dec. 1 1 —If .Congress pays proper
heed to the messages it receives from the White
House next week the members will have little
time to get Into mischief. No less than half a
dozen important documents are promised (mm
the I*resident before Wednesday evening and
one or two more are said to be '"in the air."
On Monday the President will transmit mes
sages bearing on Panaxna and the personnel of
the navy; on Tuesday Congress will read a mes
sage accompanying the report of Mr. Metcalf
on the Japanese incident, a message on i\iba
and a message relating to public lands, on
Wednesday the President will send In a message
on tha Brownsville incident. This document. It
is understood, will contain a « omplete report on
the riot and subsequent discharge of the Negro
troops, and will give more fully than has yet
appeared the President's attitude toward the men
dismissed from the army.
It was said on the floor 'if the House to-day
by a Republican member who had seen tho
President that ht> was preparing a special mes
sage on the slil[.i subsidy question. If the Presi
dent does prepare such a paper and senda It to
Congress next week, it will make seven for the
period, and will break all records for the num
ber of special documents transmitted from the
White House to the Capito; in a similar spa.-c of
time.
COAL SHORTAGE WORSE.
Crovcrnom Maji Be Asked to Have
Militia More Train*.
Minneapolis. Dec 14.- With the cold wave sig
nal flying, tbe coal shortage in the Northwest
becomes not only a cause of severe suffering, but
an absolute, menace to human Ufft
CBenburn. S. I>.. Is seriously considering an
appeal to the governors of North Dakota and
Minnesota to employ the state mi'.ltia in forcing
the moving of coal trahn. BieleUt, Minn., faces
darkness and suffering through deprivation of
coal, and apprehensive- reports hay* come from,
numerous other places. *
The <;ienburn. N D., situation is summed tip
in a statement from the Oi».> n ;>ur!i Commercial
Club, as follows:
The dealers advise that the situation i=i en
tirely up to the railroads. as shippers are unable
to obtain cars to load with coal. To-day we will
•wire Governor Searles, requesting him to tak<*
up the matter with Governor Johnson of Minne
sota, and. if necessary, call out the. militia of the
two states to run coal trains
The situation all through this section is des
perate, and with the liability of blizzards at
any time many may freeze to death if fuel is
not available soon. Farmers are already coming
to town with reports of burning sheds and other
outhouses for fuel. We have notified the farm
ers that If the worst comes they can bring their
families and bedding and camp In our four-room
brick schoolhous*. We have sufficient coal to
heat the building for three months at least, and
it will go further in this way than it would if
distributed among those who are out of coal, as
it would not make a bushel each.
We will also wire our Senators at Washington
to-day asking their Interest with the federal
government. We cannot put our words strong
enough to convey to you the Importance of
getting railroads to haul special trains of coal
into the section that is suffering. Lignite Is
unavailable, as the same handicap Is met there.
We telephoned the Burlington mines and asked
if they could not let us have five cars if we
pent men there to load them. They replied they
were sixty cars or more back: In orders and
could not obtain cars to load. Farmers cannot
go to the mines and haul more than 1.000 to
1 "_•<"><» r.'our.iis. as the roads are almost Impas
sable.
ASKS ABOUT CAS SHORTAGE.
Commerce Commission Urges Railroads to
Relieve Suffering.
Washington. Dsc. M —In view of th* complaints
of car shortage, resulting, it Is said. In failure to
transport the naiii— rt»s of life and coal for bouse
hold uaa ill* 1 Interstate Commerce Commission ha*
tent th*» following telegram to the presidents of a
number of Western and Northwestern railroads:
From many parts of in* country, and particu
larly from your section, the Interstate Commerce
Commission is receiving numerous and importunate
complaints of ear shortage aiM failure to transport
th* innimnrin of life. In various places In the
Northwest it la represented that people are actu
ally frerztnjj because sufficient coal for household
use cannot be procured. owing to extraordinary
delaya In moving that article. Til* eomnilsston
therefore urges you lo mike ev*ry v>O3*lbln effort
to meet at once the needa and relt<-\-». the suffering
of those dependent upon the facilities of your road.
The telegram was Kent jo the presidents of lbs
Great Northern. Northern Pacific, ilinneapolls. St.
Paul & Sault Bte. Marie. Chicago & Northwestern.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago. Bur
lington & Qulncy^
FLORIDA AND CAROLINA RESORTS.
Seaboard Au- Ulne shortest, qilicltest. pleusantest
i\if BooklatA etc. No. US; Broadway, New York.
-Avivt
REJECT BA.NKERS' PLAN.
SO CBEDIT CIUur.SCT.
Congress; Hbtcever, M>;i Enact
Some Remedial Measure. .
[From Th* Tr-.hun* 1 Bureau. 1
Washington. Dec. 14 — The credit currency'
plan formulated by the American Bankers' As
sociation in its convention in Washington last
month will not lie adopted by Congress at (Mi
session, nor will It find an easy road to adop
tion for some years la come. When the plan of
lbs bankers was first made public an unofficial
statement appeared which credited Secretary
Shaw with' criticising the plan on the ground
that the first proposition provided for the laau»
•■f any bunk meeting the required conditions of
a credit currency equal to 4«» per cent of it=»
bond secured circulation, subject to a tax of 2' 3
per cent ■ year on the averag** amount outstand
ing. Such a circulation, according to the news
paper reports of the Secretary 1 s views, woult
not constitute an emergency circulation, as -wan
asserted for It. because the tax was not suf9
ciently high to insure Its retirement as soon as
the emergency had passed. On the contrary, ■
bank Issue subject to a tax of only -'2 per cent
might easily remain in circulation throughout
a prolonged period si prosperity, when Interest
was high, and might tnu-t be absorbed into th«
permanent circulation, and so serve merely to>
inflate the volume of currency rather than add
that elasticity the need of 'which is felt at not
infrequent but usually for brief periods.
Mr. Shaw is also credited with saying, about
this time, that "no new and unguaranteed form
of money should be injected into our system."
But later the Secretary made an official state
ment in which he said: "The Secretary will b«
pleased beyond measure if Congress will adopt
every detail of th« plan recommended by th*»
recent committee of bankers and business men."
What led Mr. Shaw apparently so radically to
change his views Is nor known, but tnat the un
official statements credited to him are *ln far
greater accord with the views of Congress than
those expressed In the official statement quoted
Is unquestionably true. ' '■•* '■ '\
Congress will not enact legislation providing
for an addition to the present system of any
credit circulation: neither will it make any pro
vision for an emergency currency which might
easily be converted into a practically permanent
addition to the circulation, and thus utterly fall
of the purpose for which it was provided. These
statements are made with th" utmost confidence
In their accuracy.
it is possible that some plan will be formu
lated and enacted into law at this session by
which such eriit-rg»>ncles as have recently or
curred, and which have led th- Secretary of the
Treasury to believe It necessary to advance In
terest, retire bonds, etc.. to relieve financial
stringency, may be obviated, but If this 13 ac
complished it will not be along the lines of the
plan of the Bankers' Association, and It will not
be a resort to credit currency.
James B. Korgan, president of the First Na
tional Ba.nk of Chicago, and A. B. Hepburn,
president of the Chase National Bank of New
York, have "been In thin city recently working
for the adoption of the bankers* scheme, but
have not met with much encouragement. In a
genera] and non-committal way the Speaker has
talked of the lack of time at a short session and
the great amount of work attendant on getting
the big supply biJls through. Senator Aldrich.
chairman of the Finance Committee, has asked
some pertln*nt but abstruse questions of Messrs.
Hepburn and* Forgan, and they have returned
to their homes little encouraged over the situa
tion.
Nevertheless, the men who ate things tn Con
gress are really cudgelling their brain*, and- it
Is possible that some measure calculated, to
prove remedial in its operation will be devised.
If this can be effected, the details carefully
worked out and the leaders of the minority as
well as the majority satisfied that It Is a wi?e
measure, bo that It can be passed quietly and
without much debate, it will be don«. If It la
not possible to do ail this and If th« scheme
devised excites opposition and seems likely t»
provoke debate. It win bo abandoned until the
next session of Congress.
The Bankers' Association has done ■<K*od by
emphasizing; the necessity of remedial legisla
tion. The President has dona more In this di
rection by congratulating Secretary Shaw on
his Ingenuity In meeting 1 emergencies, but the
framing of the legislation •will be performed by
that small coterie In the two houses of Congress
popularly known as tho "financial sharps." and
only when they have worked out every detail
and the respective committees ar« practically
ready to report a bill will th© provisions of th«
measure come, to light. And whether that wl3
be this session or next will depend almoat en
tirely on the success of tha "sharps** in, "greas
ing the ways" for the launching: of their con
templated measure. :; .*"
»
CREEL TO BE ATVTRASgATim^ 7
"Well Known Financier to Represent Maxico
at Washington.
City of iiexlco. Pec. 14. — It has been officially
announced by the Mexican government that En
rique C Creel. Governor of the State of Chihua
hua, has been appointed Mexican Ambassador
to the. United States.
Sefior Creel is of American descent, and Is on©
of the wealthiest and most progressive men of
the republic.
WIRELESS FISHING CRUSADE.
Boats in Menhaden Waters To Be Equipped
with Special Apparatus.
The menhaden are to havo a sorry time of M
next season, for the fishing boats that pursue
them are t<» be equipped with wireless telegrapn
apparatus By this means the news of th«»
swarming places of thu wily menhaden may I?
Hashed from any vessel finding them in grjateat.
abundance t'> the entire fleet.
The American Fisheries Company has ordered
complete equipments for ■"« of its steamers —
the Alaska, the Arizona, the J. 1.. Lawrence, tho
Joseph WhariL.ii and the Walter Adams. Tho
private yacht Xllndora. belonging to General
Manager Delaney of the American Flsherfea
Company, is also to be equipped with the wire
less telegraph apparatus.
These vessels, which form at>out one- seventh
el the fishing company's fleet, had] from Sas
Harbor. I.ong Island. If the use of the wireless
tH-graph proves helpful in the lt«»7 season,
which ■.vii! open la the spring, all the company's
other vessels will be equipped likewise.
NEW YORK HERALD'S CHRISTMAS NUM
BER. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 18.
» harming Full Pasa .Pictures in holes*! and
eight paicf Comic Secth»n »^ t*«lors. Original
Christmas Stories, crisp Holiday tluiuor. Older
«CSMf HOW.— Advt.