2
MR. HUGHES KEPT BUSY
Gcvernor^Elect Grappling xdth Sub
ject of Appointments.
Gk>v«rnor-elect Hughes was busy the greater
t pert of the day yesterday receiving callers arid .
j compliments and ire! ting rid of a ' .-. rjr« rolum* cf
j correßporidenco. Mr. Hujrhes returned from Ro
ch*#t*r on a nlarht trKin. r*>acljinK her« yesterday
'forenoon. Jlis etveerh at the Rochester Chamber
" of Commerre dinner prompted the newspaper men
'to fire a number of Questions at him. .In a cam
palfrn speech in Buffalo Mr. Hughes said:
; When I take, my oath cf office, I propose t<>
make an examination of my own. I propose to deal
*ith Ike matter fairly and fearlessly: I propose to
do that in connection with «err matter of de
partmental work.
When this utterance- wsj referred to yesterday
Mr. Hngb«s raid:
"What I •aid and what I had In mind wan that
I proposed to make an examination of my own. In
my own way. as I believed I was aWe to do. Into
the affairs of the departments, to satisfy myself *•
Governor that the business at the et*te was being
conducted In a proper manner."
In response to the questions Mr. Hughes «ald that
he had not received any Intimation that Superin
tendent Kelsey of the Insurance Department con
templated resinning, or that the State Civil Service
Commission would auk him to review the charges
against Fiscal Supervisor Bender, dismissed by
Governor Hig«"lriß.
Mr. Keiaey. who arrived hare yesterday. w««
«sked by a Tribune reporter If there was any
truth In the report that, following Superintendent
XCbunn's example, he purposed to resign his office,
•I nave no knowledge of any ouch intention on my
part." he. said. Milling.
"Was there any understanding or agreement be
t««in you ana Governor H logins with reference to
the appointment of Lewi* M. Swasey as State Su
perintendent of Election!?" was asked.
"Xo," Raid Mr. Hugbeu; "I assumed that Gover
nor Xflgglns would exercise- his best Judgment In
•0 matters until the expiration of his term."
"It Is reported that your message to the Legis
lator* will contain not more than COO words. Is
that dorrectT"
"So, It win have as many words a* are neoes
•ary to express what I have to say. and as few
a* X can express myself In."
52» Governor-elect nald last nlfrht that It would
be a»vtrsJ days before he would have any appolnt
manta to announoa.
Many basinesa i&en who rerflll the able adminll
tf»tloa of Che Department of Docks and Ferries
under Commissioner aJcDoujjall liawkes in the
Xow administration have written Mr. Hughes
eMC*»Uns ilr. llawken ajt a tit man (or the posi
tion of Bupertntendent of Public Works. There
is some doubt about Mr. Hawkcs lakins It. if
offered. Mr. Hawkes is both an engineer and
lawyer, and is regarded as an expert on questions
Livolvtrnr the value or administration of water
front problems In this city. He in busy with his
professional duties. H« would suffer a financial
torn by taking the state position. Mr. Hawkes 18
,Yloe-pre*ldent and counsel of the Maritime Asso
ciation and of the committee on harbors of the
Chiunber of Commerce, Mr. HawlaPH's friends pay
that be la thoroughly elijrlble for the state posi
tion, but they do not believe that ho could be pre
vailed on to accept It.
The appointment of Mr. Swasey at* pt«t« wuperin
fsndetit of elections Is i* r«o»*»=c appointment by
Governor Hifrtfns. Mr. Hufrhes will hay*» to send
*o the Senate the name of some, one for the position."
Tbei Brooklyn friends of Mr. Bwaaey are confident
that no better man can be found for the election*
cyioe, and they will he disappointed If Governor
Hujrheo does not keep him in the place.
Henry B. Van Alstyne. thf present State En
gineer ana Surveyor, and Winslnrw Meade. of
Jtochester, also hwv* been r*»comiwm?<*d btehly to
<Jkn»ernor-<!le"t Hughes for the. position of Superin
tendent of Public works.
BAYS LEAGUE IS INDEPENDENT PARTY
Hearst's County Committee Chairman Quotes
Figures to Prove It.
TinrytLy r>rlf:coll. chairman of th«« New Tork
Oounty OaassattaM of '." linlepprai^nr* 1 I^eapiip,
la*t titpht said that th« offlcial count of th« l^agu*
vot« in New York County shnw*>d lliat fill IBM re
o»lv«»d on thr l«a»ru«» ticket 63, 412 \«ttes; In Kings
County. 51.100. and In Queen*. 7.a»*
"This makes the league an iinJ»inpndent st»t«
pnrty. and wo Fhall bo aWe to hold primaries the
fame a? the Republican and Detnorrsjrlc <ircn-nlzii
ilont>." said Mr. Diis^oll.
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"BART - DUIfN HAS COGGEy DROPPED.
Correction Commissioner Deposid as Leader
By Sidewalk Meeting.
"Bart" Dunn, rr ••l''. with Correction CobbsnJs
rlonfr John V. ' •>.*.••■ . of the new I,sth Assembly
DlPUict. last sight 1. '- : with ills folk'Wtrs on th«
iridew-alk in from of CoggeVa Wy*ndr «'1d1», in
33nst ii'tii street. and elected Patrick Burnes asso
ciate leader In j>lace ct Cogg^y, who is a McOlellan
men.
When tlie new district* were formed <'hajles F.
Murphy, fearing 100 much strife if the old district
Spaders fougul f«r control when> tb«lr V»oun«lary
lines conflicted, Induced tin* leaden an situated to
■liar* control <;f thrlr districts "Bart" Dunn was
leader of the old !Sth and Commlasionar Coggey of
tn« old 24tti Now they arc both In the new i vt ' 1 -
Murphy wants to ?"t rid of the M(*~loNan men.
«.ri<J he told I>unn to *<• ahead and name a new
man for leader In the lower half of the old district.
•This is what Dunn did last night when he and his
lulloweni put In I. :rnes.
"Burnes will go down to the »x*cutlve f-r.tnmittf«
tn place at Coggey. and he'll lx- re< ogrdrwi." said
•T>ann sir. <''*;*'> s«ss re-elected as leader of his
district some time ago.
THE LOUISIANA'S DAMAGES PROVE BAD.
New Orleans, Dec. 14.— Examination of the
battleship Louisiana's starboard engine to-day
sjhowfd that the injury to the piston whs worse
than reported yesterday. In addition to the pie
ton rirp, other parts of the merits am
cracked, and repairs may d«'.;iy the Louisiana's
departure for a ■reek. The ■.( ism of the acci
dent has not been announced.
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MR. MOODY IN OIL CASE.
Summons 'Attorneys for Conference
on Elkins Laic.
Chicago, Dec. 14.— IM»trict Attorney Sims end
J. H. Wllkferson, npecial assistant to Mr. Sims
•in the Standard I Oil case, were summoned by
•telegraph to Washington by Attorney General
Moody to-day for a conference on the case. The
Question of ' whether the Elkina law wan re
pealed- when the Hepburn Railroad Rate bill
■went Into effect was raised in the arguments
on the , demurrers to the Indictments returned
tinder the Elkins law. charging tho oil company
with accepting unlawful concessions from rail
roads. . .
■ Th* conference In "Washington. Mr. Sims said
to-night, would consider this question.
S. B. FRENCH THE BUYER.
Credited Purchaser of Valuable
Fifth Avenue Site.
Horace 8. Ely & Co. and Taylor Brothers sold,
three days ago. a plot 80 by 12.% feet. In Fifth
avenue, 35 feet south of 72d" street, for Ed
ward H. Van Ingen. for about $B.V>.OnO. At
that time It was said that the buyer might erect
on the plte one of the finest American basement
dwelling houses built In this city in some years.
In view of this and tho fact that every person
identified with the transaction said they were
pledged, to secrecy as to the name of tho buyer,
the real estate market has become greatly in
terested as to who Is the buyer.
It was learned from a trustworthy source last
night that the buyer is K. Barton French. He
lives at No. 16 West BlPt street. It is said that
he will improve half of the plot with an Ameri
can basement dwelling house.
Mr. French Is a member of the Stock Ex
change firm of Van Em burgh & Atterbury, at
Xo. 1 Nassau street, and Is known as J. Pier
pont Morgan's broker. A daughter of his be
came the wife of Charles Stoele. of J. Plerpont
Morgan & Co. Mr French has been twice mar
ried. His second v.ifo was Miss Mary Walker
Fr-ani. They were married in 1893. Her father
was United States Minister to Rumania, and
also to <;reec<«. Her mother is an intimate friend
of Carmen Sylva. of Rumania. Mrs. Fearn was
a guest of Que*»n Elizabeth last summer.
Mr. French owns a fine tract of land at Hot
Springs, Va., known as Barton Hall, and another
large parcel of land at Newport, known as Bar
ton Lodge.
THREE WORKMEN BURNED
Explosion at Leather Works 3 1 ay
Prove Fatal..
An explosion In the miring shed of the Ham
burg Cordovan leather Company's works at
Sussex avenue and Lock street, Newark, late
yesterday afternoon burned three men so pnvere
ly that they will probably die.. Th« men were
burned about the face and hands and may have
inhaled some of the flames. They are: William
Meller. No. 04 Newark street; Charles L,illlen
thal. No. 182 West Klnney street, and Rocco
Sullivano. Hoyden street.
The men were standing over a big cauldron of
the varniph mixture being boiled over an open
fire. This accident was the third of the kind
In the last three months in Newark.
BROKER HURT BY r AUTO.
May Be Fatal Accident — Son Also
Injured.
' By Telegraph to The Tribune. }
IfUlvllle, N. J. Dec 14.— 8y the overturning:
of a big touring car on the Port Elizabeth
Turnpike this afternoon. A. J. Decker, a stock
broker, of Baltimore, was perhaps fatally In
jured and his son Albert was severely hurt.
The couple were rushing along at thirty miles
an hour on the way from Cape May to Phila
delphia, when a team driven by John Watson
rounded a sharp curve.
The elder Decker, who was driving the car,
took the right, bat became excited, and. losing
control of the. car, plunged Into a deep ditch
by the side of the road. The younger man was
thrown several feet Into a briar thicket and
dislocated] Ills shoulder and broke his wrist.
His father was caught under the overturned car
and was apparently life-less when removed. He
revived three hours after, however, but phy
sicians say that his skull is fractured, and that
he has only a slim chance of recovery.
TO JAIL FOR PEONAGE.
Manager and Five Employes of
Lumber Company Sentenced.
Peneacola, Fla . TV.-. 14- Federal Judg« Swain
to-day sentenced Manager W. S. Harlan and five
employes of the Jackson Lumber Company, of
Ijockhart, Ala., convicte*! of conspiracy to commit
peonage. Manager llarlan must serve eighteen
months in the penitentiary and pay 15,600 fine.
Superintendent Robert Gallagher must serve fifteen
months and nay $1,000 fins*. Dr. W. K. Grace,
Oscar Sander's. E. l{u£glns and C. C. Hilton must
serve thirteen months each nnd pay lines of $1,000
each. The cases were applied.
MRS. BIRDSONG GETS FIVE YEARS.
HazelliurFt. Mis:s.. Dee. 14 (Special). — Mrs.
Angle F. Klrdsoiiß, who was convicted of man
slaughter for killing Dr. Thomas P. Butler, was
s< ntencod by Judge Miller to-flay to live years'
Imprisonment . An appeal will be tnken from
the verdict.
THE SHAH HAS RALLIED.
Teheran, Persia, Dee. 14, ♦ 1 .'in p. tn.— The Shah
has again rallied. Another slight improvement
la his condition was noticeable to-day.
The heir apparent. Prince Mohammed All
Mlrza. who arrived recently at Kaibin, has
started on his Journey to Teheran.
NEV^YOE^ TtyiitX TRTBTINR SATTTimAY. DECEMBER 15; 1906^
COPPER MERGER REPORT
Greene 'Interests Taken Over by the
Amalgamated, It Is Said.
Control of the Greene Consolidated Copper
Company, It is understood on excellent author
ity, has passed to Thomas F. Cole and John D.
Ryan, who represent the Amalgamated Copper
Company. An official announcement concerning
a coalition of the Greena and Cole-Ryan Inter
ests is expected on Monday, following- a meeting
of the directors of the Greene company.
When Colonel Greene, president of the Greene
company, was seen yesterday afternoon he re
fused to confirm the various circumstantial
stories concerning the merger, but he Intimated
that a statement would be forthcoming in a day
or two that would show just what the new rela
tions between the companies are.
Thomas F. Cole and John D. Ryan control the
Butte Coalition Company, the North Butte and
other copper producing mines, and the taking
over of the Greene, If it is accomplished, will
give the Amalgamated interests almost absolute
control of the copper situation. The only big
American producers left out will be the Caltmet
and Hecla and the Phelps, Dodge & Co. inter
est?. As the rhelps. Dodge & Co. interests are
supposed to be represented in the new coalition
between Colonel Greene and the Cole-Ryan In
terests, it goes without paying that all the big
producers are working In harmony.
Messrs. Cole and Ryan already control the
Cananea Central Company, with a capita of
$10,000,000, $0,000,000 of which is issued. The
Cananea Central is a new development lying
contiguous to the Greene properties in Northern
Sonora. Mexico, about fifty miles south of the
Arizona line. The Cananea Central Company
was organized late last summer. It bought from
Colonel Greene several hundred acres of copper
prospects alongside the Greene, and at once
began opening shafts. The. new company began
to make money at once from shipping ore. The
company paid Colonel Greene 200,000 shares of
Cananea Central for the mineral lands that he
turned over to them, and Colonel Greene turned
these shares into the treasury of the Greene
Copper Company. The Cananea Central has no
smelter or plant other than hoists, but it is
understood that if the merger goes through as
planned, a new Hmelt«r and a new concentrator
will be built close to the Gre<>r# plant, which
has cost th« Greene company op to date about
$16,000,000 in gold.
Th« Greene company owns r>l per cent of the
stock of tho Sierra Madrf Land and Lumber
Company, which owns *o,» mio acres of pine
timber, with n stumpage «'fltimated at 18,0<»O,
000,000 feet, in Northern Chihuahua, only a short
distance away from the Greene copper plant.
lirokers representing "the lake" interests for
two weeks have been busy gathering in Greene
stock on the curb both in Now York and Boston.
Thorn are- 1.000,000 shares of it. with a par value
of $10. Ten days ago the stock sold around 2.">.
In the last three days it has een forced up to
33«4.
The stock of the new company is to be under
written at $25 a share, and on this basis a val
uation of $257 50 is placed on the Greene Con
solidated stock, exclusive of such distribution of
the treasury assets of the Greene Consolidated
Copper Company as may be made. Among
these treasury assets are included $2,000,000
per value of Cananea Central stock, which un
der the proposed plan of exchanges, it is fig
ured, Is worth about $.".,000,000.
Among those largely interested In the new
company are H. H. Rogers, Thomas F. Cole.
John D. Ryan. John W. Gates. Phelps, Dodge &
Co. and Colonel W. C. Greene. The Greene com
pany has about 8,000 stockholders.
WABASH BEATS POLITZ.
Injunction Restraining Debenture
Bond Retirement Dissolved.
[By Tel-graph to The Tribuns.]
St. Louis, Dec. 14.— the Circuit Court here
this afternoon the application of Joseph Politz,
of New York, for an' order restraining the Wa
bash Railway Company from retiring $30,000,
000 of its debenture bonds bearing no interest
and substituting therefore a like amount of 4
per cent gold bonds was denied by Judge With
row, who dissolved the temporary injunction
recently granted Politr.. Polltz's lawyer al
leged the new bond issue was planned at To
ledo In October. Politz objected to the new
mortgage, saying it was designed to cover all
the Wabaeh property, replacing the old one cov
ering its properties west of the Mississippi.
C. H. VENNER TO J. J. HILL.
Makes Public His Attack on Great Northern
and Its Directors and President.
C. H. Venner, who has figured at various times
as a litigant in corporation affairs, and only re
cently trained his legal batteries against James J.
Hill, president of the Northern Securities Company
and th<? Great Northern Railway Company, made
public yesterday a Ion? letter addressed by him to
v the Great Northern Railway Company, its di-
tors and James J. Hill. esq.. president. ' In this
letter, accompanying which is a copy of a com
munication addressed by him to Mr. Hill on Oc
tober 1, .Mr. Venner attacks the plan for Issuing
$60,000,000 additional Great Northern stork, asks why
it was not submitted to the stockholders at theur
annual meeting In October, refers to "mysterious
blind pool operations In railroad corporation af
fairs," asks for "a statement in detail, showing
exactly tor what purposes and in what amounts it
is proposed to expend the $60,000,000," Inquires (re
ferring to th« lssu< of £s,Cu>,fl<M stock a year ago)
what was "t!,. disposition of the stock, about
K5.000.000. not subscribed for. and who received the
benefit of the premium of about $10,000,000." and
renews his request for Information concerning the
ore ads, saying that he is informed "that these
lands were, bought and paid for out of th* funds
of the Great Northern Railway Company, and were
held in trust for it and its stockholders through
the Lake Superior Company, Limited, and that
they were In no sense the personal property of Mr.
Hill."
FOLK AFTER HOLDING COMPANIES.
Governor, Fighting Merger in St. Louis. Will
Recommend Remedial Legislation.
| I'.y T«1as*B|»ll »o The Tilt'iine.l
Jefferson City, Mo, Dec. 11. (governor Folk
paid to-day that quo warranto i>roceedings
against the North American Company, of De
troit, whk*b recently acquired a controlling in
terp« in the principal public utility corporations
of St. l.ouin. including the Mre<-i. railways, were
contemplated. Attorney Qeneraj Hadley. he said,
had fxpn-.-vsed the opinion that the courts would
sustain ouster proceedings under the common
law If the company could l><- shown to be a hold
ing company fur the corporations. Governor
Folk naiii In* would recommend, and he predicted
that tho Legislature would pass, a law prohibit
ing a corporation from owning or controlling a
majority <-f the stock of another corporation.
TO ENFORCE SAFETY BRAKE ACT.
Federal Government Will Institute Suits
Against Ohio Railroads.
• asirn] hto i ha Tribune 1
Cleveland, Dec. 14.— Suits will X- fllea in tho
United States Wstricl Court to-morrow morn
ing by John J. Bulllvan, United Btates District
Attorney, acting under Instructions from th«-
Department of Justice, against the trie, Hig
Four, i.ukc Shore, Toledo .\; Ohic Central and
the Detroit ft Toledo short Line railroads under
t!:<' safety applian <• section <>r tfic intt-rntiite
Commerce law. i nder thai ;i4-t railroads are
required to equip frelghl cars with safety ap
pliance brakes, making M unnecessary for
i>i;;kiin<-n to >t«|i between cars while coupling.
Each violation of this law is penalized In S 1 < m >.
TRUST COMPANY MEN MEET.
At the annual convention in this city yesterday
of the '.Trust Companies' Association of the State
of New York, tlie by-laws were mended to timkti
th« president eligibln to re-election for a singl.»
t»rm. and John 10. Borne, president of th« Colonial
Trust Company, wjis chosen to act for a second
year m president of the association. A few changes
were made in the list of other ofneers, among
th>-iii l" mi; tt,.- election of Otto T. Banns rd, presi
dent of the New York Trust Company, to a vle«
presidency JuUhh D. F&trchlld, preatdenl of th«
Kings County Trust Company, and Beymour Van
Bantvoord, President of t |,,. Sei-urlty Trust Com.
pan v . of Troy, u.i.. . i»., i,.i vice-president". No
usmesi ■•: itubllo Interest wan transacted, ami
as T«e l; ''■•■■ 1,.:. 1 predicted, no • ffort mi made
to ■ ur« th« association's approval of any msssuig
for Uu> repeal of. tin Trust Coaxsiay. XUM*v» Lw%
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luncheon or an after
theatre supper all
prepared with the Edison
service — coffee machine,
chafing dish and water
boiler— on a dining-room
table, without any fuss and
bother, without any dan
ger of upsetting an alcohol
lamp, is an experience de
lightful to hostess and
guests.
Electric heating and
cooking appliances offer
many Christmas gifts.
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PROBE BY LUNACY BOARD.
Investigating Institution Where Mrs.
Thomas Jumped to Her Death.
Alhany, Deo. 14— The State Commission In
Lunacy is investigating, according to a state
ment made to-night by HecrPtary T. K. McUarr.
the legal status of tho institution conducted by
D«\ A. Josephine Sherman In Kast GOth street.
New York City, from the fourth floor of which
Mrs. Cora A. Thomas, a patient, threw herself
to the pavement on Sunday lset, and also an In
stitution in Brooklyn from which a woman pa
tient wandered s short time ago and killed her
self at Coney Island.
Th« law provides that Institutions caring for
insane patients must receive authorization from
the state commission. S. P. Koenlntr. repre
senting the commission in New York City, has
been requested to Investigate both matters, and
Coroner Harburger has been requested to trans
mit to the state commission his findings relative
to the death of Mrs. Thomas.
CITY HOLDS BIG SALE.
Disposes of '$9,800,000 in Bands and
Corporate Stock.
Nine million eight hundred thousand dollars of
corporate stock and bonds of the city of New York
were sold through Controller Metz yesterday after
noon. The National City Bank' was $500 short In
its bid on the average price and It Just failed to
get the entire issue. It bid 101. 159 for all. The
average price was 101.43 for the 1966, or fifty-year,
bonds, 100.83 for th«) 1026 stock vi 4v i 4 100.11 for tha
1916 bonds.
The issue included $7, 000,000 of corporate stock
for various municipal purposes. $1,000,000 of stock
to provide for the supply of water, $300,000 of stork
for the supply or water (th« new Board of Water
Supply bondfO. $1,000,000 assessment bonds for street
and park openings and $500.<J00 of assessment bonds
for street Improvements.
The last two issues were for ten years the water
bonds for twenty years, according to statute, and
the ether bonds for the regular water supply and
the $7,000,000 issue were fifty-year stock.
There were seventy-five bidders. The total
amount of the bid was $28,813,460. The income basis
of the fifty-year stock is about 3.93 per c?nk of
the 1323 stock, 3.93 per cent, and of the 1916. 3.98 per
cent.
The Controller said he was well pleased with the
sale, a summary of which follows:
Total amount of bids received $33. 813,460
Average price of 1956 Ffock 101.43
ln<yime basis, about <per cent)..... • 8.93
Prf»-« of 1926 stock 100.68
Ineoniw basis, about (per cent).-. ........... 8.95
Average prle« of 1916 b0nd5. ................ 190.11
Income basis, about (per cent).............* 98
CRITICISES CAHDINAX GIBBONS.
Dr. Guinness Says He Prevented Government
from Acting Prelate Replies.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.]
Baltimore. Dec. 11.— The Rev. Dr. H. Gratton
Guinness, of I-ondon. founder and president of the
East London Institute for Home and Foreign Mis
sions, criticised Cardinal Gibbons this afterrloon In
an address on "Congo Atrocities" at Brown Me
morial Presbyterian Church. After declaring that
King Leopold was having thousands of natives
slaughtered annually in order that he might be
come more wealthy by the rubber Industry, Dr.
Guinness cause a sensation by saying: •
"The strong hand In this country that prevented
the government from taking notice of the condi
tions in the Congo was that of Cardinal Gibbons."
It was bis opinion. Dr. Guinness further stated,
that Cardinal Gibbons was a champion of th« King
of Belgium, did not know the truth and was mis
informed on the subject. The Cardinal received
only specialised information from Brussels, and
was not permitted to have the information that
would cause him to take action other than that he
had.
Cardinal Gibbons, when told of the statement of
Dr. Guinness, said that it was not truo that lie
was not Informed on the subject, and added that It
was more than likely that he knew far more than
Dr. Guinness did. The Cardinal also said that it
was true that there had been a number of atrocities
in the Conpo; that that country was one of great
area, but that King Leopold was doing ail he pos
sibly could to check them and to preserve peace.
He said that tin* conditions at one time were such
that the Catholic missionaries bad complained, but
that when the complaint was presented to the King
the matter -was investigated and the conditions
were speedily changed. •
In closing, he said:
"I consider the present agitation due to two things-
The desire of a certain nation or nations to grab it
and to religious prejudice."
SECRETARY ROOT'S ACTION INDORSED
Boston, Dec. 14.— Resolutions indorsing the action
Of Secretary Root in addressing th*> British gov
ernment on the Congo situation were adopted to
day at a meeting of the administrative committee
of the Congo Reform Association.
INDIANA REDUCES FREIGHT RATES.
State Railroad Commission Cuts Down Tolls
on Vandalia Line Some 20 Per Cent.
[ By T. lrgrai>li to Th« Tribune. ]
Indianapolis. Dec. ll.— The State Railroad Com
mission to-day reduced rate.-) on six classes of
freights on the Vandalia Railroad between this
city and •rerre Haute, the reductions Including
ever) "lie of the twenty-eight striilon*. The whole
sale merchants had made complaints against the
road ami after hearing ill the parties to tli« con
troversy the commission rendered us decision ••*
nii» t important It has rendered.
Hates on first class freight from hero to Tern
•Hauto are reduced from ■ cents, to "7 cents per
hundred pounds; second class. ._• cents to 17 l 3 cents,
and other classes approximately.
' NO WEAPONS WITHOUT LICENSE.
Governor Magoon So Detiees — Sanitation
for Cuban Towns.
Havana, Dee, n Governor Magooa has Issued a
decree directing ail rural guardsmen lo be •spe
cially vigilant in arresting all persiHW bearing arms
without license,
Another Settee plovid.H faf the >'KP' -ndl'iii- Of
j:::'K.im<» ior sanltaAoa ii\ various towns throughout
the inland This step N taken in accordance with
recommendations made >» me Board ol Sanitation
The amount mentioned eras aafjruurlated bj ( oo
gre<««i last July, but nvvef eapeadsd
£lways Remember the Full t rae ' -
axative gromo Quinine^ (VL& **«««*
CunMaCoMiaOoePay.eripinSDsya^^- ■»•* *S?yW\^ 2^
We're ready to play Santa to
day —
Smoking Jackets.
Pigskin Cigar Cases.
Pigskin Cigarette Cases.
Silk Hats. -
Opera Hats.
Hat Boxes.
Pigskin Card Cases.
Traveling Bags.
Pigskin Picture Frames.
Steamer Rugs.
Suit Cases.
Traveling Clocks.
Pigskin Collar Cases.
Pigskin Purses.
Pigskin Bill Folds,
Rogers, Peet & Company.
Three Broadway Stores.
258 842 1290
at at at
Warren st. 13th ar. 32nd at.
keep for years ; never mould or
PDnTO become stale, but take on a de
■ ■*■■ " ** licious nutty flavor. Besides they
D| ICTITC contain only 6.71 V starch.
rUI |3 Health Food Co.. 61 sth Ay., N. Y.
MR. KELSEY IX TOWN.
State Insurance Commissioner Look
ing After Coming Election.
Superintendent Kelsey arrived In town again
yesterday, and expects to remain here until
after Tuesday's elections. Mr. Kelsey will hold
another conference this morning with the vari
ous "administration" and "opposition" Interests
as to ways and means of counting th« ballots.
Mr Kelsey said that up to date. he had been
unable to obtain the services of five Inspectors
agreeable to all interests, such men as were
agreed on being apparently unwilling to serve
nSSS manager, said that the number of
position" ballots received at the «nternatlonai
headquarters yesterday was even greater than
that of the preceding day. lif-'s applica-
The argument on the Mutual Life s appucn
tion for an injunction of Commissioner £*•£"»
revocation of the company charter in Ken
tucky is set down for the Franklin Circuit Court
to-day. In view of the proximity of the In
surance elections, however, it Is not believed
35 the deferred decision will affect Tuesday's
the criminal branch of the Supreme Court
yesterday Justice Greenbaum postponed sen
tence until Monday on George Burnham, Jr..
vice-president of the Mutual Reserve,
Justice Greenbaum told William Rand. Jr..
Mr Burnham's counsel, that, he was consider
ing a legal question Involved In the case, and
suggested the postponement with the lawyers*
consent. Burnham therefore returned to tha
Tombs.
INVESTIGATE INCOME TAX
Civic Federation Appoints Commit
tee — Abo One for Trusts.
A meeting of the department of Industrial eco
nomics of the National Civic Federation was held
yesterday, nt which It was decided, as a rwult of
•ussUm at Thursday's meeting of the fad
eratlon on the income and Inheritance tax. to ap
point a special committee for the purpose of In
vestigating the subject from every point of view,
the results to be made known later. President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia, who is the
lead of this department, tt was stated, will ap
point PiulHssor Edwin R. Selignnan. of Columbia,
chairman of the DM eommltteu as a world wide
authority on this and kindred subjects.
The department also. It was stated, decided, on
account of the extended reference President Roose
velt made te corporations In htl message, to ap
point another committee to investigate. th» effect
of corporations on the. welfare of the people of the
United St »tes. and the following statement was
Issued:
These subjects are now of vital interest t"» tsjS
people of tho entire country, and It Is. amsssn
to lnvesticate them m a calm, fair and impartial
manner When mutionalres and officers of bis cor
porations advocate and talk unreservedly on .an
Income or inheritance tax it may be taken for
Lr inted that these subjects have taken a deep bold
of the public mln.l. The apparent difficulty of llv
ing up to the. Interstate Commerce law In its en
tirety as set forth by some authorities on the sub
let and the conflict of opinions regarding its use
fulness will probably be brought into the scope of
the matters to be investigated, and the Questions ■■
a whole, will be very carefully considered before a
renort is made Since the department of Industrial
economics ivaVnrst formed, these and kindred sub
iects lave grown in public Interest, and l th* In
vesUgatJons of the committees will be as thorough
as possible.
JUSTICE DEUEL LOSES A POINT.
Appellate Division Refuses to Vacate Order
of Reference.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
handed down a decision yesterday denying a
motion to vacate an order of reference made
Juno -0 In proceedings for the removal of Joseph
M. DeueJ from the office of Justice of the Special
Sessions. Ex-Judge Martin I* Stover had been
appointed referee in the matter. Last week
motion we* made to vacate the order appointing
bi;u. based on an alleged discovery that the law
provided that a Justice of the Court of Special
Sessions easjM be removed only in the* manner
prescribed for Iks removal of Jmlgejai of th->
higher courts that is. upon impeachment by
the Assembly after trial by the State Senate.
The opinion, rendered per .uriam, r«-_-tte*
thai "the Court of Special Sessions Is a court
not of record and. the provisions of the Act of
1885 being still in force, it follows that this
court has Jurisdiction of the proceeding, and
the motion must consequently be denied."
The motion made to remove Justice Deuei
followed the revelations made in the libel suit
brought by the Justice against "Collier's Week
ly an-) Norman ll:ipgood.
COL. JOHN MERCER BROOKE DEAD.
Lexington. Va.. Dec M.-.Colonel John Mercer
Brooke, eighty years old. emevttas uiiifissse. of
Posies In th ■ Virginia Military Institute! died BU ,|.
aenlj t,. .•.. . olonel Bro..ke w;us n son .»f (Vneral
V,..r^ . v Ur«>ke, of 'rKlnUi. He « m born m
T*in»PM. KUi.. and -m,,,,i .h,. United States naval
mv* anl r.t. v^ ntOr of Up *P ■*• wundlnic appa
f^\ i :;l; 8 7ronVfor^n^:S;, r .° f ■"---"--
Prize packages from our Km«
tree —
Bath Robes.
Dressing (xowns.
Pipts.
Pigskin Letter Folds.
Mufflers.
Umbrellas.
Neckwear.
Pigskin Change Purses.
Safety Razors.
■ Pigskin Razor Rolls,
Canes.
loves.
Silk Handkerchiefs.
Jewel Boxes.
Silk Hose. ■ -.*;
ROGEHS, Pf.f.t & COMPANT,
Three Broadway Stores.
253 842 1203
opposita near cpposjta
City Hall. Union Square. Greelqy S^tum
Go to Europe in May and return — — .—
in Autumn and find your unused PSD | M
bread delicious this is trua -^-^L^J
only of that wonderful bread, PllppC
81 Mt. Prospect Aye., Newark. * **•■ ■
The songs of other 'days, as
-well as the music of to-day, 13 at
the command of all who own a
Victor Talking Machine or an
Edison Phonograph. Come in
and listen to what you like.
Victor Taring Machtao*.^ IT f» SVM
Edison Fhono2Tapha......s 14 to 9 40
R#gina Player Pian05..... #130 to $730
Regtna Music 80m. .....S S to 94SS
Regina Chtma Clock», „. .9173 to $379
Our Broadway store Is the
home of everything in musical
instruments of the present,
Broadway and Seventeenth St
Th« only manufacturers or ir.u»! i bex»«
In America.
PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM
Cleanses and beauclflaa the hair. Pr>
raotes a luxuriant growth
>fver Fail* to Restore Gray ■*
to •• Yonthrol Color.
Cures scalp diaeaaea and balr fal'.ias,
BOc. and 11. at Dm«!sta.
Enameled Steel
Cooking Utensils
Guaranteed to be absolutory free
from poisonous composition. safe
to nse, and will last for years.
' ]EWIS SPONGER,
ISO and 18 i Went i.'d Street, and
135 West Forty-rlrot St. Mew York.
LORD TURNOVR LN THIS CITY.
Cousin of Duke of Marlborougli Goiag 1
to Mexico for a Rest.
Lord Tumour, first cousin of the Puk« of Mar!*
borough ami hear of the Earl of ■Winterton, «•
rived here yesterday on tha Baltic. He will awntin
In this city for a week, the guest of Brentoa
Buckwalter, and will then go M Mexico. wli«re»»
hopes to get what he termed a much needed r*eu
A steamer shawl watch Lord -r.our esewWl
over Ms arm as at walked down the gang Pi"*
was mistaken by an OTMSSeJswH reporter for »
new style of opera cloak, and rumor soon . -»
It that dM young member of !! > i .i..'nentwoßHs>
fjassJats this fashion in t.iia country. h had
He laughed heartily at Hal suggestion that h * -£
probably come here in Beared si an heiress ruc^
than a search for rest * - a«or»
"Say anything yoa Ilk*." he said 7 but I»* ,
you that 1 am not looking for an heiress, ' »v
for ■100 within a week."
JAPANESE BONDS NOW READY.
■asm lee* & Co. announce to tte hold< **!:
temporary certificate* lssiu-d by them for th * "•JJ
of the Imperial Japanesa government •* f° J^"
st-r'.ln* Win. dn« J.inuarv 1. '';'■■ rnV^stoT*
Will b,> rea.ly f^r JeMvery at th»«ra«« »j •&
ami after December tft »p;» | ,TeUl,un
temporary certificates. Not m-> re than one d»j-.
.ire,{ schedule will tw received on Jm *»
Holders transmitting ,. a S. be*
advlswd to Indicate whether their ex
sent by registered mail or by express at w
pensa and risk. — —~»
YOUR AILMENT ■ NATURE^
PROOF.
To overcome that ailment
You require Nature's A^.itanc.
ENO'S
* FRUIT
SALT
Is Nature's Own KeowJ)
NO FAMILY SHOULD EVER »
WITHOUT IT. —
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